Not from the series. May seem OOC I wanted bad-ass Zoro. Like Bad Ass Zoro.. Thanks to 4EyedBlonde and zyrz for reviewing!
"Don't hurt him."
Those three words, coming from anybody else can become a pitiful beg.
They aren't.
It is an easy, confident and powerful warning with just the faintest promise of endless pain if ignored and it is terrifying because it comes from a being who has the full capacity to guarantee it.
"Roronora Zoro," Marine Officer Klou does his hardest not to flinch when he meets the steel gaze. This is a once in a life time chance, he tells himself, to find the Straw Hat Crew's captain as vulnerable like this, gravely injured and knocked unconscious during battle. The first mate had seen what happened and reacted almost instantly but Klou had been closer. He doesn't have to fight Roronora Zoro, especially not since he had the sense to point his gun at the unconscious captain. He does, however, have to fight the urge to bolt because Roronora Zoro doesn't yell and panic like the other pirates Klou had always handled. Instead, the pirate regards him with an unsettling calm and almost indifferent air, yet there is something about the way the swordsman holds himself that Klou fears. Like a rattlesnack that coils itself before attack, rigid and ready, the swordsman is still.
Stall for time, Klou tells himself firmly, and reinforcement will come and that will be enough to overwhelm the Straw Hat Crew. He pushes the gun forcefully against black hair tussled under a worn straw hat(and pretends Roronora didn't tighten his grip on the white sword's hilt).
"You come closer, I'll shoot him."
"….You shoot him," The swordsman tilts his head and though his demeanor is collected, his eyes are clouded, and for a moment something dangerous, something dark, something not remotely close to human flickers. "I won't kill you."
Klou stares.
Roronora Zoro grins.
And just like that, Klou drops the gun backing off slowly with his hands in the air.
This may be a once in a life time chance and he may be watching it walk off, on the shoulder of a green headed swordsman who walks away like what just happened never happened. He may get fired or demoted or at least pubiclly humiliated for losing the chance the entire government had been waiting for.
But hell with it because he once heard of a smile that doesn't reach the eyes, yet Roronora Zoro's does, and Klou decides that's much much worse.
*Many have been pointing out that Luffy cannot be killed by a gun. Yes, (thankfully) this is probably true. However, considering from how close the gun would be shot I asummed the bullet could still cause Luffy damage(like a really hard punch) and even a light hit should be taken seriously when it's being targeted at such a sensitive and important area(his head). Even if the gun can't kill Luffy, Zoro would have reacted in the same manner because Zoro never takes risks when Luffy is in danger and can't do anything about it(like how Zoro never stopped Luffy from fighting Crocodile but is the first to jump in when Luffy falls into the sea). I hope this answers the problems Thanks for reading.