Hey guys! Go D Usopp here, back with another chapter of 'The Trio's New Chance'! This is Zoro's POV of him waking up! Anyways, I'm writing this during my break in class... This is my life at the moment. Studying and writing. I'm enjoying writing this fanfiction, and I hope that YOU *points at the reader*, the readers, are also enjoying it.

"Shitty captain, stop stealing all the food!" - Speech

"I'll protect my nakama!" – Thinking

"Santoryu Ogi: Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai!" – Attacks

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, but I do know that Oda is actually O D A. Get it, the D in the middle?

Chapter 2

Shimotsuki Village, 10 years ago

Zoro woke up with his face in the grass. He spit out the dirt that was in his mouth. He looked down. He was tiny. He was tiny? He was tiny! Zoro took a deep breath. He was tiny, but that meant he had more time to get stronger. He would complete his dream, while protecting his nakama. However, he knew he couldn't get strong enough, by staying in the village. And the only way to leave was to defeat Koushirou sensei. Before, in the future, he could easily defeat him, with his haki. However, now, he couldn't use his haki. He knew that he still had his muscle memory, and his instincts. But was that enough to defeat his sensei? Well, there was only one way to find out!

Isshin Dojo

"Sensei!" Zoro called, after coming to the dojo.

Koushiro, who was sipping some tea, looked over to the doorway, to see his pupil, Zoro, with his swords. Curious, he asked Zoro what the matter was.

"Sensei, I, Roronoa Zoro, challenge you, Koushiro sensei to a match."

Koushiro was surprised. He didn't expect Zoro to challenge him, first thing in the morning. However, he knew, that if Zoro defeated him, he would get to leave the dojo. He didn't understand why Zoro wanted to leave.

Before he could ask, Zoro answered his unspoken question, telling him he won't be strong enough to become the world's strongest swordsman, if he were to remain here. 'And protect my nakama.' He mentally added at the end.

Koushiro understood. So he accepted the match, knowing that Zoro was going to complete his and Kuina's dream, no matter what. He got into his ken style. Meanwhile, Zoro also got into his Santoryu Ken.

On the side, a leaf fell from a tree. While it was slowly falling to the ground, the two challengers stared at each other, trying to predict the other's move. When it fell, the battle began. The sensei, and his student clashed.

"Where will you go to train Zoro?" Koushiro asked, curious, as his ex-student had not told his plans yet.

"Hmmm… I don't know yet… I'll probably go to the Grand Line to get experience, as well as get to fight stronger opponents." Zoro told him, as he was getting onto a boat, not before stocking it with food and water.

Koushiro was surprised. He didn't want to have his student killed. But he knew that Zoro would go to any heights to fulfil his dream. He sighed.

"Just be careful, okay? You're like the son I never had, no I don't want to lose you too." Koushiro told him, surprising Zoro, as he never knew his sensei felt about him that way. Although, he did feel his sensei hold back on him during the fight. He could just nod, as Koushiro smiled sadly at him.

As he left in his boat, with his swords, as well as supplies, he looked at his Wado Ichimonji, and remembered the times he went through with the sword. He sighed. It was going to take a long time to get as strong as was in the previous timeline.

A few days later, Somewhere in the Grand Line

Zoro was on his boat, sleeping, as he let the waves take him wherever they wanted to.

All of a sudden, his senses screamed at him to wake up, and be on the lookout. Within a second, he slammed his eyes open, and grabbed his swords, ready for battle.

His eyes widened, to the size of plate. He saw something – a ship that he never expected to see. "The Moby Dick…" he whispered, still in shock. He thought they would be in the New World, not here.

Zoro smirked. He knew what he had to do.

On the Moby Dick

Marco was awake, unlike the other bastards, who were sleeping like rocks. He was happy that today, so far, there was nothing that happened. Whitebeard had wanted to come to the Grand Line, for a vacation – time away from the New World. The old man wanted some peace. And to be honest, so did he. In the New World, there were always pirates that tried to attack them, which always ruined their day.

All of a sudden, he detected a person sneaking on board. His eyes narrowed. Why would anyone want to do that? He had seen a lot of pirates trying to do that in the New World. It was a bad idea. However, this was the Grand Line. With a sigh, he went to check on the 'possible threat'. He leaned over the rail. To his surprise, it was a kid. He had green hair, his skin was brown, wearing cheap clothes. What caught his attention were the three swords he had with him.

"Oi gaki, what are you doing?" Marco yelled, getting a few members to wake up. The kid just looked up, grinning. "The name's Roronoa Zoro, and I'm here to fight you all!" Zoro yelled back, surprising him. He knew that even if Zoro tried, the kid couldn't take him on. However, impressed by his courage, he allowed him on board.

"And why do you want to fight us?" A booming voice came from the side, surprising everyone that was awake, that Whitebeard, now awake, was looking at the brat with an amused look.

"Because I want to become stronger, so that I can become the strongest swordsman in the world." Zoro stated with a calm voice.

"Gurararara~!" Whitebeard laughed out loud. "You are sure an interesting brat! Why don't you become one of my sons? You have a lot of potential." This surprised everyone, except for Marco, who was used to his captain's actions and Zoro, who had planned this from the beginning.

"No thanks." Zoro declined, shocking the crew. Before they could ask why, Zoro raised his hand, telling them to wait until he's finished. "I already have a captain that I'm going to join in a few years. If I join you, I won't be able to join my captain. That's a sign of betrayal." Zoro explained.

Whitebeard started to think about it for a moment. Then he asked him to become a temporary member of the crew. Zoro knew that Whitebeard's crew had many swordsmen that could last against Mihawk for a fair amount of time. So he agreed. Zoro was going to train under the Whitebeard pirates.

And it's the end of the chapter! Are you surprised? Luffy is with Shanks, and Zoro is with Whitebeard. I was surprised myself by the length of the chapter. Now next chapter is going to be Sanji's chapter. You guys might already know how the chapter's going to end up. So… all I'm going to say is that Sanji won't meet Zeff. At least not for the most of the time. I hope that y'all enjoyed the chapter. So, see you again in the next chapter.