Luffy started to walk out the door, but Sora stopped him. "Luffy, stay here. You can't swim and those waves are sweeping across the deck too swiftly. Nami, stay here with Usopp and make sure Luffy doesn't come out. No matter what…" Sora looked over at Sanji and Zoro, who were soaking wet from just standing in the pouring rain. "Do you guys feel up to helping me? I'll try to hold back the wind, but I can't promise much."
Zoro quickly gave Usopp his swords, shoes and bandana, and nodded. Sanji removed his jacket and shoes and handed them to Usopp as well. Sora hurried outside, and shut the door after Sanji and Zoro came outside.
"Okay, who wants to go onto the mast and tie down the rope? The other one stays down here with me and holds the mast pole steady." Sora yelled above the crashing waves and howling wind, thankfully they weren't far enough in the storm to get lightning.
Sanji and Zoro quickly decided through a game of Rock-paper-scissors. Sanji lost, so he got to go up and tie the stupid mast pole down.
Sora and Zoro held onto the mast pole as Sanji tied himself with a rope in case something happened.
Sora closed her eyes and made the wind calm down a bit, she couldn't control the waves or the rain though. But at least the water wasn't lashing against their faces.
Sanji quickly tied a strong knot, securing the pole in place. Getting off the mast he smiled at Zoro and Sora, "Piece of Ca-" He stopped smiling and talking when he looked past Zoro and Sora. A wall of water was heading right for them.
Sora turned around and saw the wall of water heading right towards them. Zoro grabbed Sora and Sanji and held onto the mast. The wall of water crashed into the boat, sweeping the deck as it did so. Zoro, Sora and Sanji were forced off the mast and off the side of the boat into the water.
Sanji quickly grabbed onto Sora as he felt the rope around his stomach stop him from going with the water.
Sora grabbed onto Zoro's hand as Sanji stopped them from going with the wall of water. The squall continued on its path.
Zoro, who was floating limply in the water began to slip out of Sora's grasp.
Sora screamed as she felt his hand being dragged out of hers. She couldn't loose Zoro, she just wouldn't allow it.
Sanji's grip tightened on Sora's stomach as he began pulling them back towards the boat. He had to get them out of the water. He stopped when he heard Sora scream and try to get out of his grasp. Turning to look at her, he saw that Zoro was drifting away with the huge waves.
Sanji quickly untied the rope, and tied it around Sora's waist. "Stay here!" He yelled as he dove after Zoro.
Sora held onto the rope as she watched her two friends go out of her clouded sight. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on stopping the waves with the wind. She didn't know if she could do it but she had to try. Screaming, she made a giant gust of wind blow the clouds away above them. The waves slowly began to die down. She could see Sanji dragging Zoro's body towards the ship. As soon as he was in Sora's reach, she grabbed onto him and felt the rope tug behind her. Turning around, she saw Usopp, Nami and Luffy heaving the rope back to the boat.
"Sanji… is he okay?" Sora asked as they were pulled onto the boat.
Sanji coughed as he panted, "I-I don't know… do you know what to do if he isn't breathing?"
Sora looked down at Zoro, who was limply being dragged onto the ship. "Pound on his chest and cry… Either that or CPR." Sora thanked Seku for teaching her how to correctly do CPR when she was on the island with him.
They were put onto the deck and Sora untied the rope around her waste and crawled over to Zoro. Sanji fell onto his back on the deck and looked up at the clear sky.
Sora put an ear to Zoro's mouth and listened. "He's not breathing…" Taking a deep breath, she locked lips with Zoro, and exhaled enough air in him to see his chest rise and fall once. She did this again and checked to see if he was breathing. When he wasn't she felt tears sting her eyes, "Damn it Zoro! Don't you die on me!" She cussed at him, placing her hands on his chest, she pushed down, giving him chest compressions. After fifteen of those, she gave him two breaths and continued with the chest compressions.
The rest of the crew sat there watching her give CPR to Zoro. When Zoro made a noise, Sora quickly stopped breathing into him and turned him away from her. Zoro threw up tons of water. When he was done, Zoro coughed and inhaled a breath full of air.
Sora smiled and cried as she looked down at Zoro breathing by himself. She gently stroked his hair as she helped him sit up.
Zoro sat there with a hand on his chest and just concentrated on breathing as Sora cried onto his shoulder. He looked behind Sora and saw the relieved look on his crewmate's faces. With another breath of air, he hugged Sora. "Thank you…" He whispered into her ear, and he kissed her head.
((A/N: Don't worry, this isn't the end. Review please!))
