The Ending

All the hearts were pounding.

Their breath also roars in the middle of crucial seconds.

But when the clouds finally move, the moonlight can illuminate and show what really happened.

The full moon has restored Zoro's weakened form back into his werewolf form when he jumps in reflex to reach Robin, wanted to block the demon's attack. But he finds out that his hand already stretched into the demon's left back and penetrated into his front chest, tore his heart, and spread his blood toward Robin's face who was only a few feet in front of him.

Make it time.

Sanji then falls to the ground with Zoro's hand still stuck in his back. His wings are still flapping and hitting the werewolf's face as he's trying to free himself before he's finally calm down due to exhaustion. His right hand that had been stretched out to pounce on Robin was still moving. Zoro then returns to his human form and pulls out his hand. Being freed, Sanji then drags himself wobbly, wanting to reach something that was on the woman's grip. Feeling that she understand, Robin then kneels down, putting the skull Sanji wanted to hold on the ground next to him.

Crawling, Sanji then touched the skull. Somehow, the image of the skull drawn on his retina didn't show the same object. In his eyes, the skull still seems to have a full skin, hazel eyes still there, ears still complete, cherry lips are there, and her whole wavy hair is thrown loose. The skull was an alive head with the full body and she's smiling.

His angel is there.

The demon's tears run out his cheek. He calls her name. "Nami-san..."

In his view, she holds in his hand and replies him. "It's okay, Sanji-kun. It's over now..."

As being free of the curse that ensnared him along with the return of his memory, his expression is no longer wicked. It's seen peacefully. The black wings and the horns are slowly shrinking and disappearing. Then, his hands and head are dropping limply. His eyes return to blue but it's soon slowly shut. And, finally, his body slowly falls into the grains of ash.

...Die.

Ero-Leech..., Zoro called on his thought. Still clenching his fist, he winces at the grain of ash that partially blew. He ignores the blood dripping from his hand, knowing it wasn't the blood of the demon's he had just killed. However, there was nothing he could do but accept this tragic fate. He then returned to his human form.

"Why are you here, woman?" he scolds. "Are you crazy, what if you were killed, huh?"

Robin replies, putting on her typical smile, "Because I am a stupid vampire who could love a wolf."

Zoro feels he's insinuated because the sentence was like a proper reply to his allusions first when they were at home after the three leeches left. She's always able to keep him lose words. But this time, he could see the honesty in her eyes and that was the answer to his question five months ago. Robin didn't deceive him just for taking on the advantage. Well, she didn't deny it was her intention at first, but her feelings had changed over the time they've been living together.

Robin then lifts the skull, stares at both holes of the eye. "If I were in the same position, I would do everything to protect you even if you had to lie. Sanji must've been doing it so..." she pauses and hugs the skull. "…to this girl."

They then look at each other. Long enough to finally Zoro voices. "We'll bury them."

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This morning, the sun is warm. Not enough stabbing for Robin who wears black mantle. She put down a flower arrangement over two simple cruciform tombs that Zoro made from pieces of wooden chairs he took from the chapel, one for Sanji and one for the unlucky girl he never was acquainted named Nami. Zoro himself stands behind Robin and makes a shadow that covers the sunrays on her. They buried Sanji's ashes and Nami's skull just in front of the locked school gate to remind the tragedy as well as want to give a new and more peaceful impression to the school that has experienced a series of horror.

Ater praying, Robin says to Zoro without turning around. "If I ever seem to transform to a demon like him, would you like to kill me too?"

Her sentence reminds Zoro that their problem isn't over yet. It is true that Coven said they will accept Robin back after this mission, but are they trustworthy? Is it true they don't want to destroy Robin's knowledge who still keeps a million secret of vampires from the historical literature spread around the world? Or, what if they secretly wanted to use Robin to make an experiment how to control demon power within vampire' genes with or without Sanji being brought alive? Zoro could read the current situation that the Mariejois is preparing itself for the Assault invasions from Monkey D. Dragon's squad, as Robin ever told him, they might now need the existence of Diable to be an additional army. His own race sure doesn't want to get involved, but if vampires really set Diable to life then werewolves will still be dragged in order to take care of these demons to not prey on them all. If that happens, the world war will really blaze!

Is it really impossible to see vampires and humans coexist together? Vampires and werewolf could also coexist together? Will it occur more and more tragedy? Perhaps, that's God's intention to create them divided into 3 different races.

Well, Zoro and Robin already know that the thing they believe the most is themselves. This will be more complicated if she chooses to disappear and looks for new shelter far away from Central Coven's hand. She would be directly labeled traitors and will be increasingly hunted down to anywhere. No place is safe. And with the knowledge of Diable, the insecure situation like this could increase her potency to transform, who knows? But, living a life like that sometimes feels better than living a life with full of falsehood and not being free.

And so Zoro replied. "I won't let it happen," he said simply.

Before they met long ago and started to live together, they were accustomed to nomadic life alone. Robin never considers Central Coven as her home and Zoro was just kept wandering. Now, they'll be nomadic together as he doesn't let Robin just take all the burden and runaway alone. Wherever they will go after this, obviously they return to trust each other once again.

And this time, more intimate.

THE END

A/N Note: Finally it finished! I listen to "Wind" by FTISLAND for SanjixNami's tragic part here. It's really a sad song, especially if you read the translation because it's about "the woman is gone, the man is broken heart, but he said he'd go finding her and make her smile again, and they will be together forever again even though his body was turning cold by the wind". As for Zorobin, I didn't ship them as strong as I used to be, so I didn't listen to a specific song about them but I think the song could also close this story (since it's rock song). Anyway, thank you for reading!