Chapter 4- The Fight For Roronoa Zoro's Heart

ROBIN

Robin saw her running towards Zoro, knowing that it was she who had stolen his heart she had to stop her. Stopping her attack on the marines, she jumped into Tashigi's path, the marine stopped and stared at her with fury in her eyes. Robin knew that Tashigi had seen her hug Zoro, and knew that it had made her very angry so this could be a slightly more difficult battle than usual, but nothing she couldn't handle. Taking a deep breath she glanced at Zoro who was sending marines flying every few seconds. 'This is for you Zoro' she thought to herself ' I will fight for the key to your heart.'

TASHIGI

Zoro…. she whispered to herself, I will win, this is a battle I cannot lose… Nico Robin was an exceptionally strong opponent, she had learned that when fighting her in Alabasta but now she knew what to expect from her. She wasn't ready to fight Zoro, but this would be her chance to show him that she was getting stronger and would one day fight with him. Beating Nico Robin would prove that fact, she hoped. Zoro… she wanted to call to him and tell him… I still love you Zoro. With those words ringing in her head she gripped her sword tightly and went running towards Nico Robin.

ZORO

Man… how many of these idiots are there? He thought to himself, he had already sent about fifty marines either to their death or at least injury. Why do they not retreat? He felt like shouting that out, RETREAT you idiots or you will all die…his mind trailed off as he had just glanced at Robin and found her glaring at Tashigi.

"Oh my fucking god…" he said out loud " this could be bad." And he found himself running towards them, dodging many marines as he did. He didn't know what he would do, he didn't know who he loved anymore. Tashigi or Robin? He couldn't think right now, he had to stop them from hurting each other he just had to. I love Tashigi… don't I? His mind was trying to figure this out, what about Robin? You would at least be allowed to be with her… but do you love her? Closing his eyes he realized that he had stopped running, he shook his head trying to clear his thoughts but he just couldn't. He tried to make himself think about who he loved and he knew only problem was… she wasn't one of the choices. He could only picture Kuina in his mind right now they were fighting like they always were but it was different this time, he could see Robin and Tashigi in the background but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't reach them. She wouldn't let him through and he couldn't beat her not while her soul still lingered in his heart. Opening his eyes he knew what he had to do, he had to move on. His heart was set on Kuina and it had been for a long time ever since the day she died and he had cried and didn't know why, then he realized that he had loved her. Not a child like love, a love that would never leave, the one love everyone wishes for but few get. Now he had to leave it behind, he would never stop loving her but he had to let others have a place in his heart. Closing his eyes once again, completely ignoring the fact that five marines were running towards him, he saw everything that he had been through with Kuina and then her shut it away, deep in his soul was where it would have to stay. Sensing that if he didn't move he would probably die, he dodged the marines and sent them flying into the ocean with his ' Tiger Trap'. Landing softly he looked up and saw a sight that made the blood in his veins run cold. Walking calmly towards the battle was, the Supreme Admiral of the Navy. Aokiji.

" Oh shit," he muttered to himself " this is bad." Spinning around he ran back into the heart of the battle.

" Sanji! Nami!" he screamed, " run like hell!" they turned and upon seeing Aokiji they ran, Sanji grabbed Luffy and headed towards the ship. Luffy was still in fighting mode which meant that he didn't want to leave and was still trying to punch anything that moved, including Sanji. Zoro shook his head with a slight smile, and ran directly at Robin, who currently had Tashigi in a headlock.

" Robin!" he shouted, " we have to get out of here!"

ROBIN

Attacking that foolish marine was way to easy; standing still was the perfect tactic the marine just kept attacking but not moving at all. Tashigi was trying to get close enough to use her sword, but wasn't getting anywhere close. Robin just kept having arms grow out of the ground and trip her. She was getting annoyed Robin could see that, so deciding to finish this quickly she trapped Tashigi in a headlock and was about to snap her neck when she heard a shout from behind her.

" Robin!" he shouted, " we have to get out of here!" turning slowly she saw Zoro running towards her defending himself with one sword. Looking behind her she saw the rest of the crew running back to the ship, and preparing to head off from the island. Not realizing what they were running from, she turned back to Tashigi so that she could finish what she had started, when she felt a hand on her arm.

" Robin" Zoro said in a hushed urgent voice " we really don't have time for this."

" What are you talking about," she said with a scowl " if you just want to save her, then that won't work…" she trailed off because Zoro had just forcibly turned her head to look over in the other direction, where Aokiji was still striding calmly towards them.

" Oh shit" she whispered, feeling her knees start to shake she collapsed or would have if Zoro hadn't put a strong arm around her waist to keep her up.

" Sanji!" he roared at the cook who had jumped off the ship to come and help " get Robin out of here! I'll hold off the crap marines!"

" Fine take all the glory" the cook shouted as her picked Robin up with elegant ease " but don't expect too much praise, we'll start off and you had better be on before we leave the dock." He had a slight smile on his face; Zoro just nodded and grinned back. Sanji turned and ran away. The last thing that she saw before being turned away from him, was him turning back to Tashigi with an soft smile on his face.

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