Title (new): Double Identities

Summary (new): Zoro founds out Luffy's dark secret and broke up with him without telling him the truth why. What will Luffy do when he found out Zoro knew? And will Zoro be able to face the inevitable fight between them that will end with one of them dead? Yaoi,ZoLu. (Other pairings might be added later on)

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

A/N: Sorry couldn't update sooner because I was busy. I'm going to be busy from now on because of my examination is coming soon. Sigh… never mind that, I'm still going to write when I got free time :-) Anyway, I've changed the title and summary as you can see. I think this title and summary can better suit this story, hehe. Well, here's another new chapter.

Chapter 3: The Abandoned House

It was around eleven o' clock at night when Luffy arrived at Blackwood Lane. That night was dark because it was the night of the new moon. The streets were only lit by a few street lamps. No people were visible in the streets accept for beggars and stray dogs.

Luffy shivered, wrapping his jacket closer around his body as he made his way to the abandoned house in this particular place. It was a cold night. Even beggars huddled together to keep warm.

The abandoned house in Blackwood Lane is one of the mysteries in this place. For some reason, people feared it and never talk about it. There are some local people says that it is haunted while some people says that it is an unlucky place where people go in there will most probably come out insane. Some people just took it as just an ordinary old house. It is an ancient house. The house is big with ancient designs that can never be found in the houses of Tirisfall again except the mansions that were passed down from generations to generations.

The house was there since anyone can remember. Some of its paint was peeled off and weather beaten. One of the steps leading up to the front door was broken. The windows were covered with dust so thick that anyone couldn't see inside. The house stood there beside the lake, surrounded by tall, uncut grasses and bushes. Nobody ever set foot in this house except kids that dare each other to go inside the house.

What people don't know though is that beneath this abandoned house is the headquarters of the Ravens guild. Well hidden from the public and the last place where the authorities will look for them.

Luffy walked towards the back of the house. He looked around to make sure he was alone before opening the trapdoor that lead down to the basement of this house. He climbed down the ladder and shut the trapdoor above him. The basement looks like any ordinary basement of an old house with a musty smell and old furnitures being covered with dusts.

Luffy walked towards the wall ahead of him. Beside him was a bookshelf. He bended down and removed a thick, old hard covered book from the lowest shelf and reaching in to pull the level at the back of the book shelf. A square part of the wall swung inwards slowly, revealing a flight of stairs that goes further down, dimly lit by candles lined on the walls.

Luffy entered the doorway and pulled a level inside, on the wall, to close the hidden doorway. He walked down the stairs until he reached the landing. Before him was an ancient door made of stone, with six combination locks. The door had two ravens circling each other, as if preparing to pounce on each other any second and tear each other to pieces.

After Luffy turned the right combinations on the locks, the door slid open with a rumbling sound, revealing a vast hall beyond. Brightly lit by torches and candles.

In the hall there's a living room and couches with a coffee table. The walls were lined with bookshelves filled with books. On the other side of the hall there's a training ground. With two wooden dummies tied upright and held in place by poles. Two bulls eye board and a series of weapons such as daggers, darts, crossbows, bows and needles. All the weapons usually used for assassination, except guns. Gun shooting practice is in the other room.

Luffy entered the door at the left corner of the hall where the meeting was being held. He wondered what's tonight meeting is about.

The other of the guild members were already assembled there. All of them were already seated at the long table. Luffy was the last to arrive.

"You're late," Rob Lucci said flatly. Rob Lucci, the head of the Ravens Guild, was seated at the head of the table. His guild name was Steel Claw Raven. He looked at Luffy unemotionally.

Luffy didn't reply and just took a seat beside him. He was he's right hand man so he needed to be beside him during meetings or any other occasion the guild held.

The members assembled there were Nico Robin (Flower Raven), Kaku ( Blade Raven), Blueno(Door Raven), Jyabura(Wolf Raven), and Kalifa(Bubbles Raven). There were all seven of them.

"Why are we here tonight?" Jyabura grumbled. "I have to miss my supper just because of this."

Everybody gave him a look. Kaku rolled his eyes and said, "He thinks his supper is more important than his job."

"Well, of course I—

"Silence!" Lucci yelled sternly. "Your supper can wait. We're here tonight because things have gotten serious."

"What things?" Robin asked.

"The City Guards have stuck their necks too far into our business. And it's time to do something about it."

"Do something? Like eliminating them?" Blueno asked.

"Oh, if that's the case, I'll be happy to do so," Jyabura said, grinning evilly.

"Some of them were spotted near the place where Luffy, Robin and Kaku held a meeting with Kuro."

"Who were they?" Kalifa asked, pushing up her spectacles.

"Roronoa Zoro and Saga," Lucci replied.

Luffy eyes widened at that. A realisation suddenly beginning to dawn on him; Zoro knew who he is!

"Luffy," Lucci's voice snapped Luffy out of his thoughts. "You got work to do." Lucci said, putting two brown envelopes in front of him. The envelope always contained the profile and information of his victims.

Another brown envelope was passed to Jyabura. Jyabura tore into it eagerly. "So I get to kill Saga," Jyabura grinned wickedly.

"Yeah, hope you don't screw this up, wolf boy," Kaku said sarcastically. "I heard that he is very strong too."

"Shut up, giraffe boy. You should switch your job to being a giraffe in the Zoo!" Jyabura shot back. And so the usual insults that hurled between Jyabura and Kaku started again. Robin chuckled while Blueno just looked on.

Luffy reached out with cold shaky hands to open the envelopes. The first one was Senator Locious and the other one was Zoro. Luffy looked at Zoro's profile with dread.

"Is there a problem, Luffy?" Lucci asked, seeing the look on Luffy's face.

"Nope," Luffy quickly recovered from his uneasiness, flashing him a wide grin. Working as an assassin had long taught him how to mask his facial expressions.

"You'll both get two million belis each for the assassination of Roronoa Zoro and Saga," Lucci said. Jyabura gave a woot at that. Then he said to Luffy, "You'll get one hundred and fifty million belis for the senator."

"That's a little too much for a wolf boy like Jyabura," Kalifa said.

"What did you say!?" Jyabura yelled angrily.

"That's sexual harassment," Kalifa said, pushing up her spectacles.

"WHAT!?"

"You're all dismissed," Lucci announced, getting up.

On the way out, Robin caught up with Luffy. "You don't have to do that, you know," Robin said gently. She knew asking Luffy to kill Zoro had put him in a difficult situation.

"I'll do it," Luffy said quietly. "I can't ask other people to do my dirty job."

Robin looked at him sympathetically. Luffy at last knew why Zoro broke up with him. The answer was plain and simple— he was afraid of him.

X X X

Zoro's dream

Zoro was training in the living room of his apartment. A thing he does when he can't fall asleep.

Suddenly, he heard someone had climb up the balcony. "Who's there?" Zoro asked, walking towards the balcony slowly and cautiously.

"Yo, Zoro," Luffy said casually. Stepping out of the dark balcony, grinning like he always grinned when he saw Zoro.

"Lu-Luffy! Why are you here?"

Then, Luffy's cute innocent face suddenly changed into a face full of malice. A look he never saw Luffy wore. He watched as Luffy took out a dagger slowly and... licked the edge of the dagger. Zoro watched in horror at the sight before him. He licked at the dagger slowly even his tongue was bleeding. The pain seemed to not bother him. All the while he kept his bloodlust filled eyes on Zoro.

He stopped licking it and licked his lips, smiling slowly. The smile sent a shiver down Zoro's spine. Blood trickled down from the edge of his mouth.

"To kill you," he said sibilantly. Without warning, he threw the dagger at Zoro.

End of Zoro's dream

Zoro snapped out of his dream and sat up abruptly, sweating profusely. He felt cold all over from that nightmare. He even had goosebumps!

I really need to get over my fear of Luffy being a deadly assassin, Zoro thought to himself, lying back down on the bed. He couldn't fall back asleep for a long time.

The next morning, with his mind made up, he decided to ask Sanji for help. While they were eating breakfast, Zoro asked, "Sanji, I need your help."

"Help? From me? You never asked me for help, shithead," Sanji said incredulously.

"Yeah, but this one I really need your help."

"Okay, what do you want me to help in?" Sanji asked, applying butter on a piece of bread.

"I need you to help me get Luffy's house keys."

"Huh? Why?" Sanji asked in surprise.

"You're working with him that's why," Zoro said, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah but why do u need the keys?" Sanji asked, not liking that idea.

"I need to go in his house to do some investigations. I just need his keys for a while. Just long enough for me to duplicate it," Zoro explained. "So will you help me?"

"Why don't you just pick his lock?" Sanji asked.

"Then he'll know someone has broken into his house," Zoro said matter-of-factly.

"How the hell am I going to steal his keys, shithead? Do I look like a master pickpocket to you?" Sanji said, rolling his eyes.

"Heh, I'm sure you can think of some way," Zoro said grinning.

Sanji groaned and finally gave up. "Fine, I'll find a way."


I've decided not to add Kumadori and Fukurou as one of the assassins because I don't see them to be fit as one. Sorry to all Kumadori and Fukurou fans out there. An assassin has to be silent and stealthy and those two are too loud to be one, lol. It took me a long time to write the desciptions of the place. I can imagine them but it is hard for me to write them out, one of my writing flaws. So, don't hesitate to correct me when you find some mistakes I made. If you're confused of my descriptions, you can always ask me and I'll answer them :-) Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please read and review.