Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece - if I did I'd be a 41 year old man, hurriedly scribbling more manga for hungry fans, not writing fan fiction.
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Zoro groaned, taking another hit that sent him flying. If this kept up, he'd die before he could meet up with Luffy and the others. Not that he was admitting it to himself. Suddenly Zoro felt a new presence, one that had the Humandrills running in fear. Zoro glanced up, grunting in effort and gave a start which he knew/could feel straining his barely closed over wounds. This was the last person he expected to see right now, and here of all places.
The Shichibukai Hawkeye Mihawk was standing in front of him, looking down at his heavily injured and bandaged form as if to ask 'what brings you here'. One eyebrow was raised, the only thing that showed emotion on his calm face. "Do not move, you have far too many injures to continue. Besides, you cannot defeat me if you cannot defeat the Humandrills."
"Why are you here?" Zoro struggled to breath, let alone talk, as he pushed himself, attempting to stand in the warrior's presence.
"This castle used to be my home. But I think a better question is, why are you doing here?"
Zoro gave up on trying to stand and sat down on the flat stones beneath them."Your fellow warlord Kuma sent me here." he spat the name out, ignoring the spike of fear that rose up with the memories.
"Ah. That explains why Straw Hat was with a different group at Marineford" the yellow-eyed swordsman let slip, watching likehis name-sake for any reactions.
What? What the hell was Luffy doing at Marine HQ? The green-haired man shook, uncertainties and worry tearing apart his composure. "You saw Luffy? How was he? Is he okay?" he fired the questions at the calm warrior before him, hoping against hope all was well with the rubber boy.
"Your captain almost died. It is amazing he didn't, he had many life-threatening injuries. But the worst is to his heart. He lost his brother."
"What?" No. no, no, nononono! This was the worst thing that could happen! no... Luffy! I'm so sorry! He looked back up, fear coursing through his veins that exploded with the Shichbukai's next words. "What happened?"
"Fire Fist Ace died right in front of Straw Hat's eyes. It seems watching his brother die in front of his eyes broke his mind." Mihawk said, no emotion betrayed by his immovable calm.
"No. No, Luffy wouldn't give up. He never has and … he just wouldn't. He can't!" the swordsman argued, tears of anger forming in his eyes. His words sounding like he was trying harder to persuade himself than his idol and dream-holder. "Luffy. I'm so sorry." He looked up, "why? How?"
"Why what? Why did I tell you?"Mihawk asked back, eyebrow raising again.
Zoro shook his head, staring at the ground as he spoke. "No. Why are you here? And how do I leave?"
"I told you, I live here. As for how, I believe there are a couple of old fishing dinghies on the Eastern shore." Came the simple replies.
"Well I need one. I need to get off this damn island and find Luffy!"

I'm running out of time!

Flashback

"Mina! Just find a way to escape! Right now we cant beat these guys!-" he didnt hear the rest of what Luffy was yelling because suddenly Kuma was THERE. Zoro and Usopp were trapped with no escape.

Kuma in front of them, shooting light beams from his hands. Kizaru at their backs, fighting with Rayliegh. Sentomaru beating the crap out of Luffy. Their crew was spread out, scattered like seagulls in a storm.

"Shit!" Usopp yelled, trying to drag Zoro's dead-weight in a safer direction, not seeing the attack Kuma was preparing.
"USOPP! GO!" pushing Usopp away from Kuma and him, away from the open palm flying towards him, away from the pain of Thriller Bark.
"Zoro, wait- ZOR-!" and then silence. Blackness. Emptiness. Loneliness. Did I die? Shit! If I am, I left them all alone with that bastard!... I hope they survive... And sleep.

End flashback

"What does '3D2Y' mean" the pink-headed girl asked, legs crossed under her as she held up the paper for Zoro to read.
"It's a code. Luffy's way of telling us his orders without letting the Marines or World Government learning them too." He answered, staring at the picture of Luffy. His captain, his nakama, head bowed and hat placed over his heart/chest as he says goodbye to his brother. Visible on his arm, where the bandages paused, 3D2Y written vertically down his arm. The 3D had a large 'X' shape over top.
"Why is the '3D' crossed out though?" Perona pesters, bringing the paper onto her lap for a moment. She stares at the pictures, trying to figure it out but gives up, holding the paper back over Zoro's head so he can see again.
We'll meet back here in 3 days! "We had a plan: scatter and hide for 3 days then group up again when it was safe."
"But Kuma sent you here instead. And your friends to other islands"
"Yeah, looks that way." the green-haired man nodded. "It's crossed out to say: old plan is bust. The second part is the new plan."
"So the '2Y' is 2 years?" Perona guessed, then frowned, "it's a long time. Think you'll miss them?" she asked, taking the paper back again, knowing he was done by his turned away gaze, flicking though the pages.
"Nah. Maybe some, like Chopper or Luffy. Definitely not that Ero-cook!" he said, smiling at the memories. He noticed the fliers in her hands, "eh? What are th- oh." his voice is softer at the end, smaller.

WANTED – DEAD OR ALIVE
 MONKEY D. LUFFY
 400,000,000 B

He quickly notices the update and laughs, feeling the stitches being pulled with the movement, but doesn't care. He can't help but laugh at how high the bounty had jumped. That witch Nami is going to either kill him or try and ransom him for this. He paused in thought, smile disappearing. When she catches him at least.Looking at the fliers again, he grunted and nodded to one, asking her to hold it up.

In her hand was a hand-drawn wanted poster. It featured a man with his left eye covered by his fringe, curly eyebrow visible above a large, feminine looking eye and pouting lips. A decent bounty sat at the bottom of the page, along with a name.

WANTED – DEAD OR ALIVE
 BLACK LEG SANJI
 77,000,000 B

Zoro laughs again, thinking back to Water 7, after they had rescued Robin from Ennie's Lobby. The morning after they had received new bounties and the only person with a hand-drawn poster was the cook. Poor swirly-brow had knelt on the ground in a slump all morning. "It was like he got hit with 10 of your 'negative hollows' when he saw that. I think I'll keep that, just to remind him when I see him again."
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