Neb: I do not own One Piece, this is a ZoRobin fanfic. I hope you enjoy. :)
The Strawhat crew with there additions Bollus and Livia head to the next Island where Gelvo the Heartless lives. It was a late at night, so they decided they were going to reach the island in the mourning. "So my lady," Sanji spoke up to Livia. "What would you like to eat?"
"Surprise me," she responded with little interest.
"So cold, yet beautiful," Saji grinned.
"So this Gelvo the Heartless," Robin spoke up. "How many times did you guys go after him?"
"Bollus and I followed after him for revenge," Livia responded.
"Zoro seemed to want that also," Bollus added. "But he must have gotten lost, cause it was only our ships sailing after him."
"Shut up," Zoro growled. Luffy then started laughing before Zoro started chasing him around the kitchen.
"Zoro," Luffy spoke up. "Your such an airhead."
"Here you go Livia- CHWAN," Sanji smiled. "Fish and shrimp salad with a nice vinegarette."
"That looks good," Luffy grinned as his mouth watered.
"Oi," Sanji yelled. "Wait for yours." Luffy almost dug into Livia's plate before Sanji started kicking him.
"He can have it," Livia responded before getting up. "I'm not hungry." Sanji was definitely disappointed, but Zoro wasn't surprised by her attitude. She was called the Red Headed Devil due to how to mean she can be.
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Above deck, Zoro and Luffy were training against Bollus and Livia. "Gum-Gum no Bazooka," Luffy yelled as he smacked his hands against Bollus sending him flying back.
"Damn your strong," Bollus yelled as he readied his cannon. "Get a taste of my Dragon Flame Shot!" Bollus changed the dials on his cannon creating a fire wave at Luffy followed by an impact blast. Luffy was now flying in the air not sure what the hell he was hit by. Zoro had sheathed all of his swords as he decided he would be fair and only fight with one sword against Livia.
"Don't insult me," Livia growled. "Fight me with all three of them."
"It's fine," Zoro grinned. "I've changed since back in the day. I'm just as good with one or two swords. Besides, my third sword is broken, I'll be getting a new one soon enough."
"Fine," Livia smiled. "Then I'll hit you with one of my best attacks. Take the pressure of the abyss. Single strike style! Shingurusōdoabisu!" Zoro drew his blade in an instant and blocked her attack only to fly directly in the air towards the ocean. Luffy's arm moved over and grabbed him before pulling him back towards the fight.
"Oni Giri," Zoro yelled as he cut across her. She fell back and grunted as Zoro resheathed all his swords.
"He drew all three of them so fast," Bollus grunted.
"Gum-Gum no Pistol," Luffy yelled and Bollus turned his head only to get the smack in the face.
"Bastard I was distracted," Bollus yelled.
"Sorry," Luffy chuckled.
"That's not good enough," Bollus screamed louder. "Asshole!"
"Zoro," Robin spoke up. "Can I talk to you in private." Zoro looked over to her and nodded. The two of them headed to the crows nest and Luffy shouted to Franky to help him fight Bollus and Livia. As they made their way upstairs Zoro could tell something weighed heavy on Robin's mind. For once she seemed nervous to comment which seemed out of character. "I'd like to apologize for my actions against you on the island." Robin stared at her and nodded.
"Wasn't your fault," Zoro explained. "That was Livia's damn devil fruit power."
"That's not true... I mean it is, but..." Zoro raised an eyebrow and she sighed. "Those feelings were there Zoro, they were hidden and the fruit brought them out of me. It's been so long since I've screamed like that at someone, I've always hidden my feeling. It felt good, 'even if it was anger' to feel again."
"I don't seem to understand," Zoro responded. "I guess I cut loose and get angry all the time, it's never been an issue for me."
"That's not the full problem," she shook her head. "A crew is built on trust and I've been hoping to earn your trust, but... if you can't trust me as a member of the crew then I am a liability." He wanted to argue against that, but his damn pride was keeping his mouth shut. "If you knew more about me, would you trust me?"
"Robin," Zoro responded. "You recklessly threw yourself in danger against the CP 9 agents in an attempt of protecting a crew that never needed protecting. Usopp already apologized for what he had done... When will you?" She never thought about that. She never realized she needed to apologize. Maybe not with the rest of the crew, they all felt as though her wanting to be on the crew was enough. Yet they made Usopp apologize for abandoning the crew before coming back. Zoro sighed before turning around to leave, but she grabbed his shirt.
"Wait," Robin spoke up. "I am sorry. I... I put the crew in danger, I had them challenge the world to save me, and I even cost you one of your swords. I'm sorry, such a thing happened to something precious to you." Zoro stared at her and saw tears on her face and grunted.
"I'm not trying to make you cry," Zoro responded in panic. "Alright already, geez. I forgive you and... I am also sorry for not trusting you. You obviously wanna be here." Robin smiled and hugged him causing him to blush. "Alright, that's enough of that. He yawned and headed to the door. I'm going to bed."
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The next day the Straw Hat crew assembled to discuss their battle plan
"When we get there, what should we expect?" Nami asked.
"Swarms of the living dead stuffed in clay, stone, and mud," Bollus responded bluntly as he pulled out a lighter and a cigar. Chopper and Usopp screamed in terror from just thinking about it. "A sick and twisted power for a sick and twisted man."
"What's the big deal?" Luffy responded. "It's not like we haven't faced anything harder."
"That's not all," Livia grunted. "He's said to be indestructible. My last sword broke against him." Zoro looked at her katana and noticed the differences between it and the cutlass she used to use. It looked standard aside from the curved hilt wrapped in red lace and her red wooden sheath with a white dragon painted across it. Probably better she's using this weapon instead. A Katana would better fit her single strike style.
"He hasn't faced my blade yet," Zoro responded. "I'm much stronger than I once was."
"So cool," Chopper yelled.
"Remember what's at stake," Nami spoke up. "Livia's sister is captured by him, so we need to be stealthy."
"Perhaps I should keep a lookout then," Robin smiled as she created a hand with an eyeball on it.
"Sunny should be able to take care of any army he throws at us," Franky grinned. "When the recovery team infiltrates the Island, we will distract him with a large blast to his island."
"I'll stay on the ship," Bollus grinned. "I like blowing stuff up."
"I'll stay too," Ussop decided.
"So will Sanji for extra support," Nami decided and Sanji got hearts in his eyes from her just mentioning him. "The rest of us will split into the team a and team b. Where team a does the recovery mission and team b take on Gelvo the Heartless."
"I'm on team b," Luffy spoke up. "I want to punch the guy."
"Luffy," Zoro responded. "This is my fight."
"Take the help Zoro," Livia responded. "I will join team b. The rest of you get my sister back to your ship." Robin, Nami, and Chopper nodded.
