Emichii: Yo peoples! Guess what? I'm writing this on the 3rd of July 2006 and I always update all three of my current fanfic on Saturday so that means that on the 8th of July, you'll all be reading this. So what? Well, one- 8th July is the day after the last day of term 2! So that means I have all the time in the world on the holidays to write! And 8th July is also my birthday! YAAYYY! And earlier, I told you I was 12… that means I'm gonna be 13! YAAYYY! Is that good? And plus- guess what other anime/manga character has the same birthday as me? I'll tell you later! And this is the last chapter of the wonderful Swords and Compasses! YAAYYY! And I am relatively excited so let me use this energy to create a magical ending! This is the last chapter of…. SWORDS AND COMPASSES!
Chapter Ten- The battle is over! But we still can't get along like civilised people!
"Zoro… don't die now!" Nami clenched her fists and watched Zoro.
Luffy had carried Zoro back to the ship where the lifeless swordsman lay on his bed. Chopper went around nervously, carrying medication and bandages and syringes and IV stuff and stitches and everything.
"Is he gonna survive?" Nami whispered.
Sanji said, "Oh yeah, 'course he will. Zoro's tough."
"Yeah," added Luffy. "Zoro can do it! He can pull through,"
The Straw Hat crew sat around waiting for Zoro to wake up.
Chopper said worriedly, "I'm sorry, Nami but… please don't get your hopes too high up. That was deadly poison and he got in quite a hard fight."
Nami was holding Zoro's hand. She whispered again, "Please Zoro, don't die, don't die, don't die…"
Chopper placed his hoof onto Zoro's wrist and tried to find his pulse.
"How is he?" asked Ussop.
Chopper shook his head. "Not good. I can't find his pulse." He pulled out his stethoscope and tried again.
Nami squeezed her eyes shut. Please don't let it be true. She didn't want to hear. Zoro, don't die.
She could imagine it all now… Chopper shaking his head and telling her he was dead.
Zoro… She thought of him now. He was teasing her, laughing, dragging her around.
Suddenly she had hope again, please Zoro-don't die!
When she opened her eyes again, she saw Luffy and the others. Luffy was staring at his bruised hands, eyes lowered, hair falling over his eyes.
Sanji was looking away in the other direction, thinking.
Ussop had buried his head in his hands.
Chopper was looking at Zoro.
He is dead.
The idea of the whole thing struck her dumb. Everywhere she looked, Zoro's death seemed to scream at her from everywhere.
Now she said to the others, hoarsely and her throat dry: "Please, can I have some time alone with him?"
When they had left her alone, she sat next to Zoro and said, "Zoro, why did you have to die?" Over and over she repeated it, and grew angry. Tears fell from her eyes and she cried louder, "Zoro, you dummy- why did you have to die? Why did you have to leave me?"
She watched his still face again and the tears from her dripping onto his face.
Nami buried her head into his chest and cried.
Sanji watched from the doorway and sniffed. Nami clutched the folds of Zoro's clothes and cried angrily, "Why did you have to die?"
In anger, desperation and sadness, she reached feebly over to his face and slapped him.
Hahahahahahaha! Many thanx to my bro.
"Ow! That really hurt!"
Nami stared at Zoro, tears still running from her eyes.
Sanji jerked to attention.
"Zoro…?" she asked timidly.
"Yo!" he said cheerfully.
Nami threw herself at Zoro, crying. "You big idiot! How could you just die and make me suffer and then come back and just say 'yo'? I was really scared that you died! I was! I thought you had gone and just left me here! WWAAAAAAAAHHH!"
"Eh?"
Sanji was standing in the doorway, mouth wide open, and chin just about touching the ground.
Seconds later, Luffy was at the doorway, gaping. "Hey Ussop! Chopper, Zoro's alive!"
Everybody was so happy that Zoro was alive that in good spirits, Sanji said, "Let's celebrate!"
Chopper went off to get the beer while Nami wouldn't let go of Zoro even though Zoro was practically choking.
"Um, Nami," Luffy said, "maybe you should let go of Zoro now- before he dies again."
Zoro and Nami's faces blushed and Nami let go of Zoro.
When Chopper came back with the beer, Ussop cheered, "Everybody, eat, drink and be merry!"
"YAAAYYY!" they cheered.
Then Sanji said, glaring dangerously at Zoro, "By the way, Zoro… Is anything up with you and Nami? It's really suspicious the way you two were acting."
"What?" Zoro sputtered. "There is absolutely nothing-NOTHING going on!"
Sanji and Zoro started arguing.
Nami giggled good-naturedly and Luffy sighed. "Why can't we just get along?"
THE END!
Emichii: YAAAYYYYYY! That was the last chapter of Swords and Compasses! And a good one too! My apologies though, if you check every other one of my fanfic- the last chapters are always so short-hahaha! Anyway, did you know that my birthday is the same day as Haru from Rave Master's? It's true! Go read Rave Master vol.1, the manga and see the profile! Anyways, sadly… that's the end of another of my wonderful fanfic! Did you like it? Read and review!
By the way, sadly, this will be the last One Piece fanfic for a while because I'm out of ideas for One Piece… and since I always write 3 fanfic at a time- the cycle goes around again! The new fanfic is a .Hack/Legend of the Twilight fanfic. It's gonna be called Rare Hunter/ Mireille.
Why's it about Mireille? Because she's absolutely adorable! I love her! She's so cool! Here's the description. Balmung has a very very special event for rare hunters and Mireille has accepted the challenge. She has to retrieve the Walking Stone and bring it back to Balmung. Balmung in return, will give her something extraordinarily rare. But there is only one Walking Stone in the world and all the other rare hunters aren't gonna give up trying to complete this challenge. And there's more to the storyline. Mireille has been quiet lately, instead of laughing and talking all the time and Rena thinks that it is because of Shugo…
Rare Hunter/ Mireille is gonna be out next week! YAAYYY! Hope you all read it! Until then- Emichii!
