Sora tried to sit up, but she couldn't. Feeling a sharp pain in her gut, she screamed.

"I'm sorry…" Nami said as she pulled the medical thread through the start of her stomach, Usopp was holding Sora's legs down.

Sora screamed again as Nami put another stitch in her. "What are you doing!"

Zoro's voice came from right next to her, and then she saw his spirit. His face, seeming so clear. She felt tears drop onto her face from his. "I'm sorry Sora… I wish I was getting sown up instead of you."

Sora screamed again as tears streamed out of her eyes, "It hurts so much! I just want to die!"

Zoro looked up at Sanji, who had tears in his eyes too. "I'll take her… it's okay. You need to rest." Zoro scooted around so that he was above Sora's head, and grabbed onto her shoulders. Placing his forehead on hers, he listened to her cry and scream in pain.

"What happened…" Sora asked Sanji, who was holding her hand tightly. Her other hand was holding onto Zoro's hair. "I remember trying to escape from Akito… and he found his sword." She screamed again as she squeezed Sanji's hand. "And then he sliced me open."

Sanji spoke up, "I saw you hit the water and dove after you… when I finally found you, I tried to drag you back up to the surface, but that… Akito guy wouldn't let go. I kicked him in the face, and broke his nose… he let go and I dragged you-" Sora screamed again, tears falling fast from her eyes. "-With me to the surface," Sanji continued.

"When we finally got you on board, we discovered that you weren't breathing." Zoro continued. Tears falling into her hair. Sora screamed again and tightened her grip on his hair. "I had to give you a rescue breath and that's when we discovered that you had been injured."

Sora breathed heavily as Nami continued to stitch her up, "I'm sorry guys… I'm sorry I'm such a handful. If only I hadn't of jumped on that mast. I'm sorry I-"

Zoro's grip tightened on her shoulders, "You're not a handful… and it was smart of you to jump on that mast. I don't think I could have pulled most of the moves that you pulled when you fought him…"

Sora's breath became less shallow as Nami stitched on. Sora couldn't handle the pain anymore, and passed out. Her hand slipped out of Zoro's hair as she blacked out, but her whimpering continued.

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Sora awoke the next morning, lying on Zoro's bed. Sitting up she screamed in pain and fell back down.

Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, and Nami sat up from sleeping on the floor beside the bed.

Zoro, who was closest to the bed, reached it first and grabbed Sora's hand.

Sora turned her head towards them and smiled, "Hi guys…" She said weakly as she squeezed Zoro's hand.

Nami quickly placed a hand on Sora's forehead, Zoro and Sanji looking at her. Nami sighed and smiled, "No fever, no infection… It's going to hurt for a while though."

Sora heard Sanji, Zoro and Luffy let out sighs of relief. Sora looked over at Nami who was leaving the room with Luffy. "Thanks Nami…"

Nami smiled and left the room. Sora stared at the ceiling, feeling the pain in her stomach throb periodically. "It hurts so much…" She whined as she squeezed Zoro's hand. "H-how did you guys do in that battle?"

Zoro let Sanji talk first, "Well, I helped Nami and Usopp take out the guys that were piling into the ship." He said as he sat on the floor by her.

Zoro went next, "I fought on the ship with Luffy… you ate a cursed fruit?" He asked, making her gasp, and then whine for it hurt her stomach.

Sora nodded, "Yeah… before I was blind, I was on Akito's ship. With, Seku… Seku did something, and Akito punished him for it. I was mad at Akito, so I went into his cabin one day, saw the fruit just sitting there… and I was so hungry. I ate the fruit just as he was walking in. He was furious. They stopped on the nearest abandoned island, he sliced my eyes in anger and threw me off the ship. Seku dove off when they were heading out and spent a few months there, nursing me back to health… I would have died, if he hadn't…" Sora winced as her stomach sent a wave of pain throughout her.

"What's your power?" Sanji asked, not looking at her.

Sora stroked Sanji's hair with her other hand, "That disgusting fruit gave me the power to control wind. I just use it so I can see most of the time… and, to move the ship's sails… that kind of stuff." Sora felt Zoro push some hair behind her ear, and she smiled. "Thanks Zoro, Sanji… I'd be dead twice over without you two…"