It's almost over now
Zoro had woken up the next day around noon while the crew was furiously working on a few plans. He had at first been confused at how he had even wounded up on the kitchen tablet with his head wrapped in bandages, but he soon realized that… one, Ace was no longer here and two, it was the afternoon.
They were going to be pissed since he missed the group meeting with the other card holders.
"What the hell happened?" he asked slowly shifting onto his side for an easier push into a sitting position only for chopper and Sanji to roll him back onto his back. "OI!" he felt nausea rush over him before he calmed down a bit; wow, what HAPPENED!
"Oi, you need to take it easy." Sanji was the first to speak before moving to the sink and filling up some water to allow Chopper to finish.
"Sanji kicked you and it hit far closer to your temple then I would have liked, but you've been out of it since last night… how do you feel?" Chopper looked concern before Zoro blinked back several times.
"Wait… Sanji knocked me out?"
"Yeah, shitty Marimo, I knocked you out."
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!"
Everyone pointed to Luffy but Zoro and Luffy himself who laughed nervously.
"Dang captain." Zoro complained before going back to lying down to fall asleep, no reason to complain about missing Ace would surely explain to the others… who would give him hell about it.
It went silent as Sanji walked back over and held the glass for Zoro to see, it was at that moment Zoro knew he was thirsty, and he slowly shifted again to sit up… Chopper and Sanji again stopped that movement.
"OI!" he called out angrily. "I'm trying to drink here!" Sanji gave a low amused chuckle before gently his hand was behind Zoro's head holding it up so the swordsman could drink.
"Doctor's orders." He smugly announced to the disheveled swordsman while he blushed at this treatment.
Slowly Chopper allowed Zoro to test his legs and arms before another hour had passed, Zoro being fed like a new born by Sanji who kept his smug face on at all times, before the poor swordsman could even stand up. The only reason why Chopper was allowing this at such a fast 'healing' was because Chopper knew he wouldn't keep the swordsman down for long… Better to make sure the thick head was still alright before moving on.
The day light feigned into more of a slight night creeping upon the island while music was blearing out from those 'people', the crew took note to stay inside this time, and it was at this time Zoro realized that: 1) his captain, Nami, and Usopp were gone since he had last saw them that morning.
"Oi, where's the crew?" he asked while pushing down any fear of more chaos being created by the riley bunch of pirates.
"They're finishing up a mini contest, stupid." Sanji stated as he put the last touches to the meal before gently placing it inside the oven. "You have to take part in one of them; Nami san told me to tell you." Sanji glanced at the swordsman sitting with a glass of water by his twitching hand, the music would change into that song soon and the event was almost over.
"Interesting song." Zoro pointed out making Sanji nod. Zoro knew this music, they gave it to him once before he joined the crew while he was part of the group in East Blue. The group was saying only one thing: Get your ass back in shape or we'll find and gut you.
Yep, Ace told them, and he was screwed.
*The bird and the worm*
Zoro couldn't sleep even after the group had come back from the scurry in the forest with the plentiful… if not painful by the bandages that had to be applied to the three… ingredients. A walk through the forest was… painful.
How the hell did that happen! He shouted in his head while shaking it on the outside for the rest to see.
Yet when the answer came he had been slightly surprised. The group he was in did this, the cards did this, and now… now the contest was being cut short due to how many people quit after seeing the body of one of the late night people 'strolling' around and … Well, he deserved it, didn't he, trying to steal other people admission into the game.
He patted his haramaki, Nami had given him the 'document' to their entry after this, and he couldn't help but give a low chuckle. Around this time Zoro's eyes began to shut for sleep but he didn't get far into it as he felt something slightly burn his hand.
"What do you want, Ace."
"Time for the late night." Ace's reply didn't make any sense but Zoro didn't really try to get anymore out of him as he easily slipped out of the hammock and put on his boot walking out with Ace.
"How close?" Zoro asked as he was ready to close the door.
"Three others, one happened today, but we still have too many."
"I see." The door closed as the blue eyes opened a few minutes later with a confused frown.
Please forgive spelling and Grammar.