deaths helper

by kjtrack

When death bargains with you who are you to say no? First in a series where Zoro works for death to set things right in the multiverse. Here Zoro works to end the immortals of remnant. Perhaps he makes friends along the way but what is the worlds greatest swordsman to do in a new place where swords alone are not enough.

1. Chapter 1

Zoro was happy, he was content to live his life with his wife teaching at his sword school. Having achieved his dream he was happy to help raise the next generation of dreamers in this little village his crew had founded after getting the one piece and seeing all their dreams achieved. And so he did live his life happy all the way until the end for death comes for all of us eventually. When it came for Zoro you would think this would be the end for our favorite swordsman but that would be boring and Zoro was never boring.

When he died he was brought before death and unlike most people he was not quickly sorted into the afterlife no that would be boring and Zoro was never boring. Death presents to him two choices he can stay dead or he can becomes deaths champion. Death explains to him what being his champion would entail including going to other worlds where death has been made mad and setting things right. He is told that after he dies in each world he is sent to he would be presented this choice. He is told he can take one object from himself and one thing from the people on a list provided. When he asks what he gets in return he is told that everyone he ever loved or loves in the future would be guaranteed paradise after they have died. This is something he knows he must accept for some of his loved ones must be destined for damnation.

After accepting he is taken to a side room where he is given his first assignment. This assignment is the world of Remnant. There are two people that have been evading death for far to long. Their names are Salem and Ozma. He is explained that one reincarnates when he dies this wouldn't be a problem if he didn't retain everything from all his precious lives, while the other is a semi undead who creates monsters that plague the world. He is told she wishes for death but that it can not come to her because some asshole cursed her. After getting a basic rundown of the world he will heading to he is allowed to head to the "armory".

It's here that is told to choose what he wants to take from his life forward and after being assured that his skills and muscle memory would be there as would his memory he decides to ask for Wado Ichimori only to be told that that item has been selected by a different champion and he must choose another. So he decides to ask for Enma this he is granted. He then is presented a list of names he can choose either skills, abilities, weapons, or items from. This list features some unexpected names. The list was: Chopper, Nami, Kaidou, Jimbei, Robin.

From Robin he chooses her intelligence knowing he will need it in a new world. From Chopper he chooses his medical expertise as that's always handy. From Nami he chooses a sense of direction he will need to know where to head in this new world. Kaidou he takes his durability as strong as Zoro is he can always use more defense. Jimbei he takes his mastery of fishman karate hoping to never need it but wanting to be ready just in case. With these selections made he feels a surge of power through him and he is taken to yet another room. In here he is told that he will be keeping his name but that he will be dropped into this world at age 6 the same age he left his world behind. He would do this while retaining all of his scars as they where a part of his history and history can not simply be erased.

He wakes up to find himself in an orphanage on Patch. He is alone in the room with his sword. When he walks out he is greeted by the man who runs the orphanage. He explains that Zoro was found was found wandering around the forest with nothing but the clothes on his back and his sword. He was delivered here so that he could be watched while the authorities try to find his parents but that would be easier if they had a name for him. Zoro explains his parents are dead (easier this way he thinks) and that his name is Zoro and the sword is a family heirloom and he would like to keep it. Zoro is escorted to breakfast and after eating asks if there is anywhere he can train. He is informed that is impossible especially for someone so young. This makes Zoro mad but he contains his anger knowing it would be best to cooperate for now and leave that night.

After leaving that night much like his last lifetime he traveled the world looking for new fighters to challenge knowing he had to be stronger if he was ever going to defeat those he was sent to defeat. It is through these battles that he first meets Qrow and when Qrow mentions he is about the right age to go to Signal academy a feeder school for Beacon that Zoro's life changes. He gets more information from Qrow who as a teacher knows all about it and guarantees the kid a spot if he wants it. Zoro accepts knowing that Beacon was where Ozpin was and he would need to know more about this man if he was ever to challenge him. That is how Zoro ended up at Signal with two very strange sisters.