"That bastard! He left us, to kidnap the damn princess!" shouted Sanji. The others stood, felling sad and betrayed.
"No, I refuse! I will not accept this! We're going to find Zoro, bring back the princess, and take Zoro with us when we leave as our swordsman." Luffy said. The others nodded.
Zoro stopped and put the sleeping girl down. Not even a second after he laid her down, Sanako jerked up. At first she panicked, then she saw Zoro. Sanako grabbed his shirt and pulled him into a tight hug, crying. "Zoro, what took you so long!" she cried into his chest. Zoro pulled her into an awkward hug.
"I'm sorry Sanako, it won't happen again!" he said. She still cried. Then Zoro pulled her up. "So tell me, the rebels, are they the good guys or the bad guys?" Zoro asked.
Taro, Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Robin, and Usopp stood with Isao and the guards at the edge of the forest. "We need to find that man and Sanako! I need to be married to her as soon as possible!" Taro said. Isao nodded in agreement.
"We're going to find Zoro, and after I beat the shit out of him, then we'll lock him on the ship until we're ready to leave!" Sanji said.
"There was probably a good reason. Swordsman won't act like that unless it was important!" Robin said.
"I don't care what the reason is! There is no reason to ever kidnap a lady!" Sanji said.
"Yah, Zoro's gone too far this time. The thing I'm worried about is that Zoro's pretty strong. There's no way we can take him back against his will without hurting him." Usopp said nervously.
"That's why I'm here! Whatever it takes to bring Zoro back, I'm all for." little Chopper said with a hesitant smile, even though he didn't want to see Zoro hurt.
"Well, he's costing me a million berries! I can't wait to pound his face in the ground!" Nami said.
"Then let's go!" Luffy said. The goofy kid was gone, and Luffy was serious now, which is rare for him. Luffy is only serious when he needs to be after all.
Zoro and Sanako walked into a camp of a large number of people decked out in green. They saw their visitors and froze. "Sanako!" the leader shouted. Everyone burst out into cheers at seeing the young princess. Zoro smirked as Sanako grinned and started talking to them. Pulling the leader aside, Zoro spoke in a soft whisper.
"I need you guy's to watch over her. I brought her here, but some others aren't too happy with me and I have to go head them off. Keep her safe." Zoro growled. The leader nodded. Then Zoro ran towards the woods.
"Excuse me sir." came the leaders voice. Zoro turned around. "If people are after you, they'll be coming from that way, where you came from." he said pointing in the opposite direction from where Zoro was going. Turning red and growling, Zoro did a one-eighty and ran into the woods again. Sanako came back to see Zoro was gone.
"Where's Zoro?" she asked.
Zoro ran through the forest to collide into Luffy and the gang. "ZORO!" Luffy screamed. Zoro glared at Luffy.
"Where is Sanako?" asked Taro.
"I left her with the rebels." Zoro said.
"ZORO! THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL HER AND YOU LEFT HER WITH THEM!" screamed Nami. Robin looked between the interactions and started to piece things together.
"Yah! How could you! The beautiful Sanako may already be dead, and it's all your fault!" shouted Sanji. He came at Zoro with a hard kick that Zoro blocked with two of his swords. Then Sanji kicked at him again, only to be pulled to the ground by a dis-embodied arm. Everyone turned to look at Robin who was walking over to Zoro and stood by his side. "Robin! What are you doing?" Sanji cried! Robin kept her arms crossed across her chest.
"What is going on?" Taro asked. Robin shrugged. Zoro decided that she wasn't the most pressing issue at the moment, and tuned to the others just as Luffy pulled his fist back.
"Gum-gum pistol!" Luffy shouted.
"Ah crap!" Zoro muttered as Luffy's fist came at him. He dodged the attack, and Sanji struggled up so Luffy's hand snapped into him and the two flung into the others. Sanji jerked to his feet and ran at Zoro again. The two clashed and while Zoro was distracted, Usopp went to fire a shot at him, but Robin grabbed both his arms and restrained him to keep him from firing. Then she held him onto the ground to stop his movements. Luffy pulled back his fist again, aiming for Zoro but Robin restrained him as well.
"Robin, why are you helping Zoro?" asked Nami. The question seemed to startle Robin. It seemed she had no idea she was even helping Zoro until now. Then she smiled.
"I'm helping him because we are nakama." she said. It was Nami's turn to be stumped, but Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper weren't. Chopper through a small yellow pill into his mouth.
"Rumble ball!" he shouted. Then he charged at Zoro. "Heavy point!" he shouted. Zoro froze, unable to hit the small reindeer charging at him, and let Chopper hit him. Zoro went down hard, then Sanji came after him. In a second he disarmed to still surprised Zoro so his two swords were embedded into the ground behind him. Zoro pulled out Wado Ichimonji and held it out in front of him. The two clashed once again, Zoro blocking all of Sanji's kicks, then Sanji kicked his wrist. Chopper tock the opportunity to get in a hard hit from behind, causing Zoro to drop his third sword. Sanji then aimed a hard kick at Zoro, and he put his arms up, but the hit never came. Looking up, everyone stood in shock as Sanako fell onto the ground, having blocked the attack with her body. Zoro was suddenly pissed, and punched Sanji hard enough that he went flying. Robin watched in shock as the rebels came out of the forest to stand behind them. Zoro kneeled down to pick Sanako up into his arms.
"What the hell did you think you were doing?" he shouted. Sanako gave a small smile.
"I was just trying to protect you, brother." she said.
I don't know how many were expecting that, but there it was! Hope you liked it! Please review! I can't wait to update soon! Thanks for reading!