Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or anything about it.

Warnings: Swearing

Pairings: ZoroxLuffy. And others, maybe. I'm just gonna go and see how it goes. If I say something now I know I'll end up changing my mind and make some people mad. (So far, not there yet. I'll get there!)

Chapter 4: Who is this?

She smiled at him, "They call me Miss All-Sunday, but my name is Nico Robin, pleasure to meet you."

"Ah, Robin-chan!! What a beauti-", Sanji was cut off when Nami's fist connected with the back of his head.

Zoro finally having recovered from getting hit by a metal door, got up to his feet too look up at the woman, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here only to watch over what happens," She kept the mysterious smile and moved aside, "I was never told to fight."

"What a kind-", Sanji again hit the ground with another lump from Nami's fist.

"You'd better hurry before more show up."

"Yeah, sure," Zoro grabbed Sanji by the collar and dragged him up and he stared with heart eyes at Robin. Zoro glared at the woman as he passed her.

"Don't be rude to the beautiful lady, shit-head!"

"Idiot, if she attacks your gonna be the first one dead." He could only hope she would.

Nami glared at her, 'What is she planning?' "You guys hurry up in there!!"

"Yes, Nami-swan!!"

Zoro stared at the empty space occupied only by a rather large metal box, he could fit in it if he wanted too. He looked at Sanji who shrugged, "Guess that's it." Sanji walked past Zoro over to the box. He knocked on it once, as the sound echoed throughtout the place. Sanji leaned closer knocking once more, but nothing. 'A hole?', Sanji moved back to let the little light being giving off by the moon shine through. He tried to get a good look, but from what he could see, only grey, the very back of it. "Is anything even in there? looks like it might be empty too me."

"Hey, what is this?!", Zoro turned quickly back to the woman called Nico Robin glaring at her.

She smiled again unfazed by his glare, "It's what you're after, Bushido-san."

"He never said what is was...", Sanji gave it a quick jerk as it slide along, "it's not even held down securely, not too heavy either."

'Eh? What did he send us after anyway?,' Nami slowly and carefully moved closer to peer inside the truck. 'Well, I don't know or care what it is, but', Nami's eyes shining again, 'as long as I get a large amount of beli, who cares?!' "Who cares just grab it and move!," Nami yelled back at them her eyes wandered back to this Nico Robin who still stood there.

Zoro kept his hand on his sword ready to pull it out as he walked past Robin. She only greeted him with another smile as he walked by. Zoro finally jumped out of the truck first, and turned to wait as Sanji dragged it along with him. Nico Robin dropped from the truck and moved back to watch them. Nami kept her back to her, trying to peek at her every few seconds. Robin only watched Sanji as he worked pushing the container towards the edge of the truck. Finally Sanji stopped to smile and wave at Robin, who returned the gesture, he finally gave one more shove as it fell over the edge. "Careful!," Nami called as she watched Sanji give that last push. With a loud thunk, followed by another lite 'thunk' that went unnoticed by Nami who was yelling again, "If you break it we won't get paid! And if I don't get paid, you'll pay!"

Zoro looked at the box, listening to the faint sound of shuffling inside it, 'Is something alive in there?'

"Sorry, Nami-san."

Nico Robin had laughed slightly but did nothing. Zoro shoot a quick glare at her and crouched down next to the metal box listening, 'What's in this?', Zoro knocked twice on it but no more sounds came from it. It had silenced inside finally.

"What's up, Zoro?", Nami looked the box over from where she stood.

"Nothing," Zoro stood up and grabbed hold of one side of it, "hurry up and grab the other side."

"Yeah, I don't need you to tell me that Marimo."

Sanji and Zoro lifted the box and were about to move when they noticed some little specks floating in the air, "What is that stuff?"

"Hey, what's wrong-", Nami was cut off before she could question futher, instead a sudden forced hit her as she was forced backwards, a scream escaping her lips.

Sanji froze as he watched Nami fall to the ground, having forgotten what he had just questioned. Sanji stood there for a few seconds before dropping his end and rushing towards Nami.

"Oi!," Zoro yelled and let his end fall with Sanji's.

"NAMI-SAN!!"

"Wait dammit!!"

Before Sanji could reach her he a figure appeared out of no where in front of him. He moved backwards seeing a fist coming right for his face, he turned his head to avoid a fatal blow at least and was struck on his left cheek sending him flying backwards now. "What the hell is going on?!",but whoever it was didn't wait. Zoro strained his eyes to see the other mans face in the dark, he ducked away from the hit. The man continued past him until he hard a long crash.

His fist had instead hit the very metal container they had removed earlier.

One side was now smashed in. Zoro watched the fist jerk free of the metal that had warped around it. "Well at least your faster then the other two, but sadly I don't have any time to waste on you."

"Shit," Sanji was pushing himself up slowly. "Who-", petals seems to appear out of nowhere as they grew out of the ground pulling him back down. "W-what the hell?!!", Sanji yelled confused and shocked, he fought against them to get free.

"Calm down, you'll only get killed if you try anything now," said the calm voice of Miss All Sunday behind him.

"Who the hell are you?!", Zoro growled at the man but arms quickly sprouted pulling him back onto the ground. His eyes went right to Robin, "Let me go, damn you!"

Sanji had given up fighting as he stared at Nami who hadn't moved yet, "Nami-san..."

Zoro still fighting heard a crack and looked over at Sanji to see him fall motionless onto the ground. The arms that had grown out of the ground vanished. The other only turned his attention down too the smashed in container before him.

Zoro noticed that a hook remained where his left hand had once been. 'Fine, they can have it. I have to help them I guess, so we lose our money. Their lives are more important anyway.' Not like much had happened to him, but he wouldn't forget it. When he knew they were safe he'd come back and kick both their assess.

As he lay there watching, the man reached in. But Zoro's mouth fell open, he cursed himself now He would feel a lot better knowing it was something other then what he saw. He stared shocked, what had been pulled out was a kid. Well he had to be in his teens anyway. He could see his small frame in the little light they had, like he hadn't eaten a decent meal in sometime. He hadn't moved, he had just been jerked out onto the ground. 'What? Who?!! Who the hell is that?!!', Zoro stared at him, 'why is he there?!!'

He would have been able to leave it was something else, anything else, but some stupid kid. He cursed that kid now as he watched them.

Slowly the boy lifted himself up, but his arms shook and he appeared to have a hard time holding his head up.

'What's wrong with him?', Zoro watched as the kid slowly pushed himself up, 'well we kinda just dropped his...cage, and he might have been hurt from that thing getting smashed in.' Zoro waited to see if he'd make an escape, but instead he turned back towards the cage. 'What's he doing? Does he think it will be safer in there?!,' Zoro forced himself up some more to watch. The kid reached in and pulled out a hat placing it on his head.

'A hat?!', Zoro only watched then the kid feel back onto the ground and curled into himself.

"Oi, you!!," Zoro fought against the arms, "you ok, hey!!"

"Hey!!", Zoro yelled hoping the boy would move already!

The man reached down and grabbed up the boy by the back of his shirt. "You get away from him dammit!!," Zoro forced himself out of the arms the had sprouted on the ground.

But before he got any further more arms had wrapped around him. He fell forward fighting the get free, "Let him go!!"

The other man walked over him, and before he could do anything more he felt a sharp pain on the back of his head. Why the hell was I so useless?!!', he yelled at himself as things went dark, 'That kid!! Ah, they're gonna regret doing this!!' The arms had let him go as he stumbled to his feet, he eyes fell onto the unconscious form of Nami and still Sanji. 'I need too find Chopper first I guess.' He let himself fall to the ground and sat there cursing at himself, 'I've gotten weak...', he fought to remain awake as the two seemed too ignore him now. What they were saying he didn't know, but they only turned from him, walking away. Everything fading in and out, he let himself fall forward, 'What is going on?'

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Ok, I was worried about it getting to long, guess that doesn't matter. Besides, I guess I do always wish the fics I read would be longer. So I'll see what I can do. The cutting I did in the last chapter, it did make it alot easier for me to go through again anyway. Like this the new edits I did to this better then when it was one.

Yeah I know, Zoro's just letting them get away. But so far they don't have such a strong bond. So he doesn't believe in their will to survive a simple attack like that? Yeah there, good explanation for people who might ask that. There bond will get stronger of course, and yadda yadda. Luffy, yeah you'll see what's up later. Not sure how long it will take me to explain it. yeah, this chapter kinda bugs me...

Well good news is this wasn't the hardest one too type up, just added in the edits here and there. Finally sticking the last part to it. And I would like to try at least every other day to update. But my friend called, and I was running out of things too do. So here it is. And my boredom equals more chapters.

Clarobell: Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Wish I could offer a MSN screenname, but I don't have one.

Anyway, thanks for reading! reviews?