It's almost over now

The fight had escalated when more of the crew fell to Zoro's blade until only Usopp and Luffy were left alive. They both still conflicted about attacking their own nakama even though they still shot off a few attacks to run farther.

"Zoro!" Luffy cried out while he fell down after they had came all the way to the beach after taking a few wrong turns. "Stop… please!" Zoro still stood above Luffy as the boy was a crying mess.

"I'm sorry, captain." Zoro raised his sword before striking down his captain in the chest before pulling the blade back as blood coughed up out of Luffy's mouth. Zoro watched as he had the others for a few minutes memorizing his own crew's last breaths before walking away and over to Usopp as the other cried out for Luffy and his crew before turning to Zoro.

"You're our friend! Why are you doing this!" Usopp begged dropping his weapon. "WHY!"

"Because you gave me the card." Zoro's voice was cracking up a bit before he dropped all of his swords. "You gave the command, the crew decided it was important… they… they gave me the card…" Usopp watched as Zoro dropped to his knees now crying fully. "I… I'm sorry…"

"KILL ME!" Usopp blinked back. "Please… Usopp." Neither of the last two straw hats blinked before Usopp motioned with his head 'no'. They both continued to stare at each other before two familiar figures walked forward. Both looked over the scene before one ordered the other to check on Luffy.

"You did an excellent job, Roronoa san." This one had a white mask on. "Why didn't you kill this one and leave one who is stronger?"

"You know the damn reason." Zoro stated while his voice broke at times. "I can't just… I'm not answering…" Zoro still looked down before he slowly stood up and began to leave them all. "Just take him to the elders, I'm going to sleep." The white one nodded before watching Zoro leave before turning to the other masked one. "How is it?" a sigh escaped this one's mask as he looked up with red.

"He's alive, but this wound is the worst out of all of them." Usopp blinked before smiling, Zoro didn't kill his crew. "This only means that the mission was a failure, send a team for clean up at the base camp, those bastards are dead by now." Usopp again blinked in mid silent cheer as he frowned, what did they mean by that?

"Why can't any of them just do what we want?" the red faced one stood up holding Luffy in his arms after patching him up a bit.

"You know how it is, idiot, once you join you have to follow orders… doesn't help Zoro's situation either."

"What are you two talking about?" Usopp growled out standing up on shaky legs. They turned to look at him before motioning their hands to follow.

"We're talking about trying to give him a way out, it only happens on the grand line, Usopp, and it never works… but… I never have seen someone attack their friends killing points only to make it look deadly when it isn't… I mean their all alive…" 'Usopp followed a bit behind until he began to think of something else.

"What will happen to Zoro?"

"He'll be killed unless he does his job." The white one stated in a gruff voice. "It's always like that for people like him; a second chance out of the fighting ring and to a normal life." This one chuckled. "We are called cards, Usopp, Zoro is called a devil child because we found him in the ring." Usopp still couldn't understand what was being said. "Those who complete the 'sandcastle' contest are allowed to leave us for good with no consequences."

"Zoro san, like others, does not realize that if they lower their weapons before their friends are hurt or killed can leave, Zoro only has one shot now, he has to come back for his crew or else he'll be just like Sam and Jen." They both shivered before walking in silence.

Zoro couldn't stop his hands from shaking as he stared down at a few of the guards that he had instantly killed when he remembered how they turned on the music when his crew had realized how to stop his relentless killing. Now all he could think of as he tightened his grip on the last sword on his waist he turned to look at the rest of the retreating and soon dead bodies.

"You all made me kill them." He said calmly until he came to the tent where the colors should be held. " YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO STOP ME!" he directed at Ace as he pushed aside to stare at Jen and Sam.

"Their gone, Zoro." They both looked sad as they sat next to each other their weapons nowhere near them. "Are you sure you want to be here instead of burning your crew's body?"

"Their dead, all I can do now is kill the bastards who made me kill them."

"Zoro…" Jen closed her eyes standing up sadly. "then strike me down and give up, just give up on that bond of friendship." Sam didn't move as he closed his eyes and laid back on the cot Sam and Jen had been sitting on.

"You're just a devil, Zoro, but we always presumed-." Sam was silenced as Zoro yelled for him to shut up before bringing down his sword cutting through Sam's exposed stomach.

"Sam!" Jen turned hissing as the sword had gone through her stomach but she pushed herself to the hilt gripping Zoro's shoulders. "Zoro… please… just forget revenge… go to your… crew…" she dropped to the ground crying as she crawled to Sam's side as he slowly died.

Zoro stared down as his sword covered in blood and left; He'd follow her last order only because he had his revenge.

Please forgive spelling and Grammar.