I don't own One Piece
The Protector
Tashigi ran through Alabasta
Breathing heavily she hurtled towards where she saw the woman with the kind
Her marines followed her
' Stop right there!'
They had finally caught up
But they underestimated Nico Robin
She took out all of the marines behind Tashigi
Robin had the power of the devil fruit
And now had Tashigi's sword pointing at her throat
And was about to kill her
Until a hand grabbed the blade and held it back so it didn't touch Tashigi
Blood ran down the sword
Tashigi glanced at the man who had saved her
She recognized him by his green hair
Roronoa Zoro
The man who had made a fool of her
The man that she couldn't beat
The man she had to hide her respect for him
Also the man she had to hide her love for
She loved himBut he was a pirate and hated her
But then why was he saving her
Nico Robin's arms had vanished
The sword was being held up by Zoro
His other hand took the hilt and pulled it out of his hand
She gasped when she saw how badly his hand was bleeding
Nico Robin used devil fruit to pin him to the ground
She left with the king
Zoro was freed when she was out of sight
He walked over to Tashigi who was on the ground
And was about to pull her up when a man came up behind him
It was Crocodile, the man responsible for all of this
He made to attack Tashigi but Zoro blocked the attack
His swords went flying until he was left with just the white one
But it was limp in his hand
Tashigi pulled her sword out and ran at Crocodile
He laughed and pushed her backwards
She fell over
And screamed as Crocodile stabbed Zoro in the stomach
Zoro collapsed
There was blood everywhere
She had tears running down her face
Crocodile was still laughing
' You call yourself a marine!'
He laughed loudly
' Don't make me laugh'
' You can't even protect those who are important to you'
She gasped as those words pierced her heart
Crocodile walked away still laughing
She ran to Zoro's side
He was still alive
He sat up and scowled as he glanced at his stomach
Pulling out some bandages he did himself up
And stood up to head back to town to the fight
She put her hand on his arm
' Thank you for saving me…. twice'
He smiled at her
She had never really seen him smile before
It was a pretty smile
' Let me bandage your hand'
They sat down and she took his hand and wrapped some bandages around it
' Tashigi?'
'Yes?'
' What did Crocodile mean when he said you can't protect those you care about?'
She blushed deeply
She had been hoping that he hadn't heard that
' Umm…..well…you see'
Zoro looked at her
He understood
His lips silenced hers
The kiss was brief but meaningful
They broke apart both blushing furiously
Zoro looked at her
' Don't believe him'
' What?'
' Someday you will be able to protect those you care about'
' I know you will'
She looked at him and smiled
' Thank you Zoro'
' I hope we meet again soon Tashigi'
He kissed her again just softly
' Zoro?'
'Yeah'
'I love you'
He grinned happily
' I was always hoping you did'
' I love you too'
They walked back to town
To help stop the rebellion
That's my Fic. Tashigi and Zoro rule! Review!
