Lost in Another World
Chapter 3 – I'm here for you
(A/N As you can expect, I don't own any of the series. But no doubt, you already knew that. Also I finally threw in some originality so please don't butcher me for trying.)
Zoro had finally started opening his eyes after his fight against Makarov. He was rubbing his head as he was looking around to see that he was in an unfamiliar location.
"Oh...where am I?" groaned Zoro as he looked around.
"Oh you're finally awake kid." said a man with dark blue-black coloured hair.
"Who the heck are you?" questioned Zoro.
"You are one hell of a rude kid you know that. My name is Macao." said Macao as he got closer to Zoro with a tray of food.
"Ugh...what happened?" asked Zoro as he was rubbing his head.
"You don't remember do you? The master must've hit you really hard." said Macao as he placed the tray of food on the table next to Zoro.
Zoro then remembered that he had challenged Makarov and the rest was history.
"I lost didn't I?" said Zoro.
"Yeah, you did. But I had to admit, for a kid you sure were skilled. I mean I could barely see your attack. You're definitely something kid." said Macao.
"The name's Zoro and I'm not a kid." said Zoro in annoyed tone.
"Okay okay, just eat and we'll get going." said Macao.
"Going? Go where?" asked Zoro.
"To the guild, you lost remember. That means you're going to be a part of Fairy Tail." said Macao as he left the room.
Zoro then proceeded to eat the food and looked out the window to see the city of Magnolia. From the first glance, it reminded him of Water 7. It was a merchant city with a population of 60000. Magnolia was a large built-up area, extending over large, rectangular surface to the shores of Lake Sciliora. Splitting the town vertically and horizontally was a series of large roads. It was a in a western style, with its buildings being mildly reminiscent of the neat Medieval ones.
After finishing his meal, he placed his bowl on the tray and left the room to see that Macao was reading the newspaper until he noticed Zoro walk down the stairs.
"Hey Zoro, you ready to go?" asked Macao.
"May as well, I want to get my swords." replied Zoro.
The two then headed out of Macao's house and started walking towards the guild. As he was walking, he could see all the buildings and how they were in a close proximity. Zoro wasn't really one for Urban locations, he always preferred small villages. It was more peaceful and quieter that way.
"Well ki...Zoro, here we are." said Macao.
Zoro then looked up to see a building which looked like it consisted of three floors and had several architectonic styles. The shape was similar of a pagoda, each floor being smaller than the below it and sitting on the latter's roof. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round pointed dome. The roof below the one with the dome housed a large banner which had the symbol of the Fairy Tail, held up by a pair of vertical poles.
"Is it just me or does it look a like bar?" asked Zoro.
"It is a bar." answered Macao.
"What? I thought you said that this place was a guild?" asked Zoro.
"It is." replied Macao.
"But you just said it was a bar." argued Zoro.
"It's both. Come on, let's go." said Macao.
"(Am I really joining this place?)" thought Zoro as he walked in with Macao. As he walked in, he noticed the place was full of people. There were kids, teens and adults everywhere.
"Ah, there you are Zoro." said Makarov as he walked towards Zoro.
"Oh there you are old man." said Zoro.
"Well then, are you ready?" asked Makarov.
"Ready for what?" asked Zoro even though he knew what Makarov was talking about.
"To be part of our guild." said Makarov.
"Not like I have much of a choice." replied Zoro.
"Hahaha! Don't worry, it's not so bad here. So where do you want it?" asked Makarov.
"Want what?" asked Zoro.
"Your guild mark." said Makarov.
Zoro then decided to get closer and revealed his left arm.
"Just place it here." said Zoro.
Makarov then got the magical stamp and stamped his shoulder. Just then a green Fairy Tail mark was on his arm.
"Won't this just wash off?" asked Zoro.
"It won't as long as you're a part of our guild." said Makarov.
"Whatever, where the heck are my swords?" asked Zoro.
"They're upstairs. I'll go get them now." said Makarov as he walked upstairs.
Zoro then went over to the counter with Macao.
"Hey, can I have a drink?" asked Macao.
"Sure." said the Bartender.
"I want one too." said Zoro.
"Sure Zoro, hey get the kid some juice." said Macao which made Zoro pop out a vein.
"Hey! I don't want juice! I want some alcohol too!" yelled Zoro.
"Sorry but you ain't getting any alcohol at your age." said Macao.
"I'm 21 years old!" argued Zoro.
"Not with that body you're not." said Macao as he drank his beer.
Zoro just cursed under his breath as he waited for his juice. The bartended then went over to Zoro and passed him a big glass of orange juice.
"Here ya go kid." said the Bartended as he went back to work.
Zoro then started drinking the juice.
"(I can't believe I have to drink this crap. I seriously want some...)" thought Zoro but then he felt like he was being watched. He turned his head to the left and saw a brown hair sticking out of a wooden pillar. "(Who is that?)"
Zoro just decided to ignore her and carried on drinking his juice, waiting for Makarov to arrived with his swords. He could feel that he was being stared at again and he turned his head again. This time he was able to see her face before the she quickly hid herself again.
"Okay, what are you you doing?" asked Zoro as he turned to the pillar.
Just then a small girl with long brown hair with a pony tail in a sun dress walked out of the pillar.
"Uh...hi, my name is Cana." said Cana.
Zoro just stayed silent and started at the girl without responding.
"So whats your name?" asked Cana.
"Zoro, Roronoa Zoro." answered Zoro as he just carried on drinking. "So why were you staring at me from behind that pillar?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to play with me. You were sat by yourself and I thought you wanted to join me." said Cana.
"No thanks, I don't have time to play with kids." said Zoro as he finished his juice.
"B-but...you're a kid too!" said Cana.
"I'm not a kid! I'm 21 years old and I was just turned into an 8 year old again." complained Zoro.
"There's no way that's true! I mean I haven't heard of any kind of magic that can't revert someone's age. I mean time perhaps but not age." said Cana.
"That's because it wasn't through magic." said Zoro.
"But then how?" asked Cana.
"It was with..." said Zoro but then he noticed that Makarov had finally arrived with his three swords.
"Took ya long enough old man."
"My bad Zoro. Oh I see you already made a friend." said Makarov as he passed Zoro's blades to him.
Zoro then grabbed the three blades and took out all three of them to make sure that they were the right ones. All three were correct so he quickly sheathed his blades and bundled them on his haramaki over on his right hip.
"Wow, you use blades?" asked Cana.
"Yeah, I use all three of them." said Zoro.
"Wow, it's almost as if you're a prince." said Cana.
"A prince? (You assume I'm a price cos I'm carrying swords?)" thought Zoro.
"Yeah, the hero who uses his trusty swords to defeat evil and save the princess." said Cana.
"Are you gonna save a princess?" asked Cana.
"No! I'm not a prince and I'm not saving a princess. I'm just a swordsman." said Zoro.
"Now then Zoro, can I ask what you're going to do?" asked Makarov.
"I'm gonna go and train. As I am now, I'm too weak." said Zoro.
"But Zoro, aren't you gonna look for a place to stay?" asked Makarov.
"I'll survive. I can sleep wherever I want." said Zoro as he started walking away.
"I should've known you were going to be stubborn. Zoro, take this." said Makarov as he passed a large back pack to Zoro.
"What's this?" asked Zoro.
"Just some travelling supplies, I knew I had to prepare it since I knew you wouldn't stay for long." said Makarov.
"Thanks old man." said Zoro as he got ready to leave.
"Zoro." said Makarov making Zoro turn back to Makarov. "You can always come back if you need us."
Zoro just nodded and left the guild.
"Master, was it a good idea?" asked Cana.
"I know that he needs some time to adjust to us. But I know he'll be fine." said Makarov.
"I really wanted to get to know him." said Cana.
"Really? Why?" asked Makarov.
"Well...he was pretty cute." said Cana as he hid her blushing face.
Zoro then carried on walking through the city until he finally reached the gate.
"I don't know if I'll ever be able to go home but I need to try. Thank you for everything." said Zoro as he bowed to Magnolia and left.
Zoro then carried on travelling with his swords and backpack. He didn't really know where he was going and didn't really care. Wherever he went, that was where destiny had chosen for him. After a while, he entered a forest. The forest was quite large and seemed endless, as he carried on travelling it started getting dark so he decided to set up camp.
He had some cooking utensils, a blanket, a compass, map, medicine, towels and some food and water.
"I don't know how long this is gonna last me but I'll try and scavenge some food just to be safe next time." said Zoro as he fell asleep.
The next day, he carried on travelling with all of his equipment. For some reason, he didn't find a clear exit out of the forest. The forest was a lot larger than expected, no matter where he went there was no exit.
5 days later, Zoro was still going through the forest trying to find a way out.
"GOD DAMN IT! WHERE AM I?!" yelled Zoro in frustration. With all that travelling, he was already getting low of food and water. He made no progress on getting out of the forest in those days and he just gave up. Zoro then fell flat on his back.
"This place is like a maze. Every direction I turn to, there's no way out of here!" yelled Zoro. "How the heck am I gonna find a way out now?"
Zoro then closed his eyes and ended up going unconscious. He didn't know whether it was because he didn't have a proper meal or because he was just tired. But when he opened his eyes again, he thought he could hear a familiar sound. Zoro then got up and started walking towards the source of the sound and he was amazed at what he saw.
Right before him was a giant lake with a few trees surrounding it. What was even better was that there were tons of fruits and berries around so he was assured about food supplies.
"Whoa, this is amazing." said Zoro as he walked closer to the lake. The water was crystal and seemed fresh. It was clear enough for Zoro to drink.
"Alright, I think I can train here." said Zoro as he took off his bag and got his swords ready. "Now time to train!"
So then, Zoro proceeded to train like his usual childhood days. He started off with weight training, he tied a rope on some boulders and threw the rope across a tree. While having a weight on his mouth, he pulled the ropes with his right and left arm. Afterwards, he started his abilities. He had started training his Ittoryu, Nitoryu and Santoryu.
5 months later
"Oni...GIRI!" cried Zoro as he charged at the tree with his swords. He then re-appeared behind the tree after slashing the tree. Zoro then walked over to the tree to see the damage he had caused but it still wasn't as good. He saw that the cut was only half way, he'd normally be able to cut trees with only one sword but due to the lack of strength, he still had a long way to go.
"I've made some progress but I can still get stronger." said Zoro as he sheathed his blades. Zoro then went to his camp site near the lake. Zoro had been repeating the same training ever since he found the location, weight training in the morning, sword training in the afternoon, Haki training in the evening.
It was finally starting to get dark and Zoro decided to have his dinner and get some rest. Everyday he was still thinking about his crew and whether or not if he would be able to get home. But the one thing he couldn't forget was the kiss that he shared with Nami and Robin. He definitely cared for them as a part of his crew but he was never ready to accept their feelings that he shared since he thought that it would get in the way of his goals.
"I hope they're doing okay." said Zoro as he was about to rest. Zoro then laid out his blanket and rested on it. He looked up to the sky and saw the many stars. As he carried on watching, his eyelids finally started getting heavier. "Well, better get some rest."
Just then, Zoro's right eye quickly opened as he felt spiritual energy around him. He then turned his head to the West and started running towards that direction with his swords.
He carried on running until he found the source of the spiritual energy. In front of him were two bandits who were in black robes and they were attacking a small child on the ground. She had red hair and she was wearing a rag type clothes.
"That's what you get for trying to steal our food you brat!" said the black robe bandit as he kicked the kid.
"(What the hell is wrong with them? How can they just attack her while she's down?!)" thought Zoro. But then the second bandit took out his sword.
"Now to finish this." said the bandit as he raised his sword. "Die" said the bandit as he swung his sword down. But just before the sword hit the kid, Zoro intercepted and stopped the sword with the Shusui.
"What the?!" said the bandit.
"That's enough. The victor's already been decided." said Zoro angrily.
"Kid, I don't know who you are but if you don't go away right now, this swords going to cut your head off!" said the bandit.
"Don't make me exert more than I need to. I'm too tired." said Zoro as he disarmed the bandit and sent his blade flying.
"You brat! We're gonna teach you a..." said the bandit but then Zoro sent a wave of killing intent on the two.
"Leave." said Zoro angrily. The two bandits were trembling at the power he unleashed and quickly backed off.
"D-d-don't think you've seen the last of us. W-we'll be back!" said the two bandits as they ran off.
"Cowards, beating those who can't defend themselves." said Zoro as he went over to unconscious child. He then flipped her over to see that the girl was covered in bruises and cuts. However the one thing that surprised him the most was the fact that she had lost her right eye.
"(This isn't good! She's dying!)" thought Zoro as he quickly picked her up bridal style and took her back to his camp. After reaching his camp, he quickly started going through his backpack and looked for every medical equipment he could find. He found some bandages, ointment, disinfectant. He quickly started treating her wounds and covered her wounds with bandages.
"Okay, that should help you heal." said Zoro as he sat down but then he noticed that she was breathing heavily as well. "What the?" Zoro then went over to the girl and placed his forehead on hers and then he was even more surprised.
"You've gotta be kidding me! She has a fever too?!" said Zoro as he quickly went through his backpack again and but the best thing he could find was his towels. "Oh great, now what do I do?"
Zoro then decided to quickly go to the lake and grab a bowl of water and ran back to the camp. He then soaked the towels and squeezed the water out and placed it on her forehead.
"Not really much I can do right now. I can't get back to the guild, I'm at least a 5 days walk away and not to mention I don't even know the way back." said Zoro as he looked at the unconscious girl.
"All I can hope is that the wounds heal and you'll live." said Zoro. Zoro then carried on changing the towel from time to time but then he heard something.
"Jel...lal..." said the girl as she shed a tear from her left eye.
"Jellal? Who's she dreaming about? Whatever it is, it isn't good." said Zoro.
Zoro then covered the blanket around the unconscious girl and went underneath a tree. He then placed his hands behind his head and just fell asleep. It wasn't really cold out so it was no problem for him to sleep.
The next day
Zoro was already awake and had already started his morning training of weights. He would continuously check on the girls state but she wasn't waking up.
"She hasn't woken up yet. Her fever died down but I guess the wounds are still deep." said Zoro as he carried on pulling the weights. But then his stomach started growling and he just let go of the ropes.
"Oh man I'm hungry. Maybe I'll find a boar this time." said Zoro as he got his swords.
After a while of walking, he really did manage to find a boar like creature. He wasn't really sure what kind of taste he could expect from the creature but he was too hungry to give a damn. He then proceeds to use his swords skills and defeated the boar.
"Alright! Maybe I can enjoy a decent meal now." thought Zoro as he tied a rope around the boars legs and started pulling it back to the camp. With the training he had done for those months, his strength had increased exceptionally. He could easily beat an adult in arm wrestling if he wanted to.
After reaching the camp, Zoro started the fire and started cutting up the boar to get the meat. To be honest, he didn't really know how to cook it perfectly like Sanji. The best he could do was just placed it over a fire and cook it. After getting the meat ready, he started cooking the meat on the pan that was in his backpack. He had some seasonings and spices too but he didn't want to use them since he was worried he might add the wrong one and mess up the meat.
"Okay, I think it'll be done soon. Maybe I should..." said Zoro but then he felt it. He turned his head to see that the girl was actually moving. Zoro then quickly got up and ran to the girl who finally opened her left eye.
"Hey, you're finally awake." said Zoro.
The girl didn't respond and just tried to stand up. But she fell back down due to her injuries.
"You shouldn't try and get up too quickly. Your wounds were severe." said Zoro as he tried to get closer but the girl moved away even with her injuries.
"W-wha? What?" asked Zoro.
"Where am I? W-what happened?" asked the girl as she looked around.
"Maybe I should explain." said Zoro. Zoro could see that she still had her doubts about whether or not if she wanted to trust him and he couldn't blame her. Zoro kept his distance and just decided to explain everything to the girl.
"And then I brought you here and the rest is history." said Zoro.
"I see. Well thank you for helping me." said the girl.
"If you really wanna thank me, then you could at least start by telling me your name." said Zoro.
"M-my name is Erza. Erza Scarlet." said Erza.
"My name is Zoro. Roronoa Zoro. So Erza, tell me. What were you doing? I mean I heard that you were trying to steal their food." said Zoro.
"I...don't have a home. I was just wandering but I got hungry. I didn't...have any money so I could only resort to stealing." said Erza.
"I see. I guess I can't blame you for your actions but even so, you should be more careful. Your actions nearly cost you your life." said Zoro.
"I didn't have a..." said Erza but then they heard a loud growl. Zoro then looked over to the girl who was hiding her face.
"Come on." said Zoro as he got up.
"Where are you going?" asked Erza.
"To fix up breakfast. You said that you were hungry and you didn't eat since yesterdays incident. So come on, I got some meat and you can have some." said Zoro as he went over to the fire.
Erza then stood up and followed after Zoro who went over to the fire. The two then watched as the meat was finally done. Zoro then took out the meat from the fire and cut in half and gave it to Erza. The two then began eating their breakfast but it wasn't really much of a breakfast.
"Ugh." said Erza.
"What is it?" asked Zoro.
"This meat has no taste. All you did was warm it up." said Erza.
"Yeah, so?" said Zoro as he carried on eating.
"Don't you even know how to cook? How have you been surviving with food like this?" complained Erza.
"As long as it's edible and fills up my stomach, I don't care." said Zoro as he finished his meat. He then stood up and started walking off.
"Where the heck are you going?" asked Erza.
"To train. I've already wasted enough time just sitting here talking to you." said Zoro as he headed into the woods.
"Idiot." insulted Erza.
A few hours later
"Santoryu...ONI!" said Zoro as he got his weapons ready. "GIRI!" Zoro then zoomed straight towards the tree and swung all three of his blades. This time the cut was much deeper but it wasn't enough to cut down the tree.
"Well...at least I'm making progress. But I need to get stronger and faster." said Zoro as he sheathed his blades. "I guess that's enough for today, better head to camp for now."
Zoro then walked back to the camp but he started wondering if that girl was still there or if she left. Either way, it didn't matter since she was okay. After getting close to the camp, there was a nice aroma wavering in the air. As soon as Zoro caught the smell, he started drooling. He then went over to the camp and saw that Erza was still there and she was actually cooking.
"What are you doing?" asked Zoro as he got closer to Erza.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm cooking dinner." said Erza.
"Where did you get all ingredients?" asked Zoro.
"I noticed how you still had some leftover meat so I decided to use that. Also I found the seasonings in your bag. Now wash up so we can have dinner." said Erza.
Zoro then walked over to the lake and washed his hands but his hands were covered in cuts and blister from all his training. But it mattered little to him, he didn't care how much punishment he had to go through. He was determined to reach the strength that he had lost. After washing up, he returned to Erza.
"Well here ya go." said Erza as he passed a bowl of her curry to Zoro. The food definitely looked edible and it smelled pretty nice. Zoro then got a spoonful and tried some. "So how is it?"
"This...this is great!" said Zoro. He was really amazed at how good it was and started eating it faster.
"Good!" said Erza as she gave him a smile. She then poured some for herself and enjoyed the dinner that she had made. The two then finished the rest and just laid on the ground.
"Man, that was good. I haven't eaten anything that good in a long time. How did you learn to cook like that?" said Zoro.
"I use to cook with my mother. She taught me all about cooking and I use to help her but now..." said Erza.
"O-oh...um, I'm sorry." apologised Zoro.
"It's okay. I've moved on from their death." said Erza.
"Erza, do you mind if I can ask you a question?" asked Zoro.
"What is it?" asked Erza.
"What happened to your right eye?" asked Zoro. But as soon as she remembered about her right eye, she started trembling. As if she remembered a horrible memory that she wanted to forget but couldn't. She started remembering the screams, the pain but importantly...her friends.
"Erza? Erza?! What's the matter?" asked Zoro as he was shaking her. Erza then snapped back to reality and realised that she head shed a tear from her left eye.
"Huh? What?" asked Erza.
"I thought I lost you for a sec there. After I asked you that question, you just stayed silent and started crying. What's wrong?" asked Zoro.
"Z-Zoro..." said Erza as she quickly placed her head on his chest and carried on crying. Zoro didn't deny it and just decided to comfort her.
After a while of crying, Erza then finally calmed down and decided to let Zoro know the truth. She told him about how she grew up in Rosemary Village with her friends Kagura and Simon. But they were attacked by a cult who followed someone called Zeref. She then told him about how she was enslaved by the cult and forced to build the thing they called the Tower of Heavan. They had a plan to escape but they were caught and as punishment, she lost her eye. After that, she explained the revolt that she lead which freed all the prisoners and they all escaped.
Zoro listened to the story and understood the pain that she had to face. Of course, he never knew what it felt like to be imprisoned but he could relate to the torture she had to go through. He wanted to know about "Jellal" too since she didn't mention him in her story but he didn't want to remember anymore painful memories. After the explanation, they just decided to rest as usual. Zoro decided to give her some space to calm down and decided to rest underneath the tree as usual.
The next day
Zoro finally started opening his eyes as he heard the sound of the birds and felt the sun starting to rise. But something was off, he could feel something warm next to him. He turned his head to see that Erza was sleeping with her head on his shoulder. She had covered the two with the blanket that he gave her. Zoro then decided to slowly move away from her to make sure that she wouldn't wake up.
"(She must've had a rough night. I probably shouldn't have asked about her eye.)" thought Zoro as he went to his usual weight training location.
After an hour, Erza was also starting to wake up as well. She then realised that she wasn't near the fire but where Zoro was sleeping. But only Zoro wasn't there. She looked around trying to find him but then she heard a faint noise. A sound of something crashing on grounds. Erza then got up and started walking towards the source of the voice and what she saw just amazed her.
Zoro was doing his usual training of lifting boulders with the weight hanging on his mouth. He carried on pulling the weights both left and right but then he stopped.
"Don't you have anything better to do then just stare at me?" asked Zoro as he let go of the ropes. He then turned his head towards Erza who was just blankly staring at him. "Oy! Can't you hear me?"
Erza then snapped back to reality and saw that Zoro was staring at her.
"What are you doing?" asked Erza.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm training." said Zoro as he was rubbing his hands.
"Why are you training like this? This is too extreme!" said Erza as she saw the size of the boulders that were attached to the rope.
"Not it's not. If I can't even keep up to a training like this, then I don't deserve to call myself a swordsman." said Zoro.
Erza then walked up closer and saw the state of his hands. His hands were shaking being covered in blisters and cuts.
"What the heck is this?! Look at what you did to your hands!" yelled Erza as she grabbed Zoro's hands. She then started pulling him back to the camp site.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" questioned Zoro.
"I'm taking you back. We need to fix up your hands." answered Erza as she carried on pulling him.
At the camp, Erza then used the leftover ointment and covered Zoro's hands with bandage.
"Seriously, what were thinking training with your hands in that state?" asked Erza as she finished covering Zoro's hand.
"I still have a long way to go before reaching the strength I had. I can't let simple injuries like these slow me down." said Zoro.
"What are you talking about?" asked Erza. Zoro then realised that he never told her about who he was.
"The truth is that I..." said Zoro but then he started sensing something.
"Zoro? What's wrong?" asked Erza.
"GET DOWN!" Zoro then turned to Erza and quickly grabbed her. Just then an explosion appeared from behind them.
"What was that?" asked Erza. Zoro then turned his head to the forest and pointed towards the direction.
"It was them." answered Zoro. Just then, a group of black robed bandits revealed themselves. But the one who stood out the most was the bulkiest one in the middle. He had a black armour and two cannons attached to his arms.
"Impressive kid, not even the most skilled wizards can see through our illusion magic." said the leader.
"Who are you?!" questioned Zoro.
"That's a secret but since you won't live long enough to tell anyone, I may as well tell you now. I am Zorc and I am the leader of the Black Arms." said Zorc as he took off his hood. He revealed to be a bald man with a snake tattoo on the side of his face.
"What do you want with us?" questioned Zoro.
"Well kid, I heard from some of my men that you got in the way of my men's work." said Zorc.
"If by work you mean trying to kill my friend. Yeah, I stopped them." said Zoro.
"See kid, you don't do that. Those who stand in our way, will be crushed. At first I was ready to just ignore this matter since it was just a food theft but then they told me something interesting. Apparently the boy who was carrying swords, not only disarmed my men but used some kind of magic which made my men cower. That kind of power can be useful." said Zorc.
"What are you getting at?" asked Zoro.
"I wanted to see this boy for myself. I usually let my men handle this but I though that this might be interesting. It's not every day that I see a young mage with such magic." said Zorc.
"Well too bad." said Zoro.
"What?" asked Zorc.
"I'm not a mage and I don't use magic." said Zoro.
"No magic? Then what are you kid?" asked Zorc.
"I'm a swordsman." answered Zoro as he got out his Shusui and pointed it at Zorc.
"Hehe...hahahaha!" laughed Zorc.
"What's so funny?" asked Zoro.
"It's actually quite sad. Here I was hoping to see something interesting but I guess I just wasted my time." said Zorc. Just then two of his members walked closer to him.
"But master, we are sure that he used some type of magic." said the black arm 1
"Yes, he sent some kind of pressure through his eyes and it made use feel...overwhelmed." said the black arm 2
"Is that so?" asked Zorc as he turned to his two subordinates.
"Yes master! We wouldn't lie to you." said the black arm 1
"Well then prove it. I came here expecting a challenge but all I found out was that you idiots were overwhelmed by a child. Defeat this child or it will be your heads." warned Zorc. The two black arms then started trembling and just nodded. The two then took out their swords and got ready to attack Zoro.
"Erza, I need you to get away from here." said Zoro.
"What?! I can't just..." said Erza.
"GO! I can't protect you while fighting these guys." said Zoro. Erza then nodded and ran back.
"Protecting the girl? No point in trying to be a hero now, kid." said Zorc.
"No, I was just making sure that she wouldn't get hurt. Also I don't want her to see what happens to you guys when I'm done with you." said Zoro as he took off his black bandana off his left arm.
"Well aren't we cocky." said Zorc.
"It's not being cocky if you know you're going to win." said Zoro as he tied the bandana around his head and took out his three swords. Zorc was interested to see whether or not if the kid would actually be able to do anything. Those without magic would always be easily beaten but Zoro was really confident about the outcome.
"Now then, let's begin." said Zoro as he placed the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth.
"(Three swords? This might be interesting.)" thought Zorc.
The two black arms then got ready to attack and got in both sides of Zoro. The two black arms then charged towards Zoro with their swords.
"Santoryu..." said Zoro as he placed his swords over his mouth blade. As the two were getting closer and closer.
"TORA GARI!" Zoro then swung forth a descending slash towards the two. Hitting both of them at the same time and giving them an X mark on their torso. The black arms then flip over and collapse on the ground. The other members including Zorc were actually surprised at the power that Zoro just used.
"Well...who's next?" asked Zoro as he turned to the group. The black arms were taken back by the question but Zorc just smiled and walked forward.
"I'll take you on." said Zorc as he got himself ready.
"So you're coming out already? I guess this will be quicker than expected." said Zoro.
"I wouldn't act all high and mighty yet kid, for I have yet to show you my true power." said Zorc as he took off his robe to reveal his black armour.
"Whatever. Let's see if you can withstand my attack." said Zoro as he got himself ready.
"Very well then, you can have the first attack." said Zorc as he stood on the same spot.
"Hope you don't regret it." said Zoro as he crossed his blades. "Santoryu"
"(Bring it)" thought Zorc
"ONI...GIRI!" yelled Zoro as he charged at Zorc with all three of his blades. But just as the blades were about to come in contact with Zorc's armour, Zoro immediately stopped just as the blade was about to touch his armour.
"What the?!" thought Zoro as he flew back and crashed into a tree.
"See that kid, my armour is infused with my magic. I specialise in repelling magic and my armour stops any physical attacks, you can't touch me." said Zorc as he pointed his cannons at Zoro. He then started shooting them Zoro but Zoro was dodging them barely. "I see you're quite agile but is she?"
Zorc the turned his cannon towards Erza and fired.
"Erza!" yelled Zoro as he quickly ran over to her. Just then the explosion occurred and after the smoke cleared, Zoro was standing in front of Erza with a huge burn mark on his back.
"ZORO!" cried Erza.
"Good...you're...okay." said Zoro as he fell on his knees.
"W-why did you..." asked Erza
"I will never let my friends get hurt." said Zoro as he tried to stand up.
"Now do you realise the power of the black arms? We cannot be beaten. You are too predictable with your kind and gentle feelings, that is why you lose kid. You will never fulfil your dreams without magic or power." said Zorc.
"You're right...it is in my nature to be kind." said Zoro which made Zorc laugh.
"But know this: When it comes to protecting my friends and ambition, you do not trifle with me! I am the most powerful swordsman you will ever encounter and I will defeat you!" threatened Zoro as he got into a stance again.
"You're a foolish child. You just won't learn will you." said Zorc as he pointed his cannon and Zoro and Erza.
"NOOOO!" cried Erza as she got in front of Zoro.
"Erza? What are you..." said Zoro but then Erza created a magic circle underneath her.
"I will never lose my friends again!" cried Erza as he started shedding tears. Just then she used her magic to steal all of the swords from the Black Arms.
"(This girl...her powers are so strong!)" thought Zorc as he sensed her magic.
Erza then redirected the weapons towards the Black Arms and sent the weapons flying towards them. Zorc then immediately created his own magic circle and stopped the weapons before they reached them.
"Didn't I tell you?! I can repel magic!" said Zorc as he sent the weapons to another direction. He then pointed his two cannons at Erza and Zoro and fired at them again causing a huge smoke screen to appear.
"Go and take his swords. Bring the girl too, at least she'll have some worth."
The members of the black arms then started walking over to Zoro and Erza but it wasn't easy to see them as the smoke was still up.
"Santoryu..."
Zorc then stopped walking as soon as he heard that word.
"Enbima Yonezu..."
Zorc then turned his head to see a red glow from the smoke cloud.
"ONI GIRI!" yelled Zoro as he rushed towards the black arms. This time his swords were twisted during the slash for the added force, resulting him in attacking all of the black arms at once. All of them collapsed on the ground.
Zorc just watched as Zoro single handedly took out his group with a single attack. Zoro himself however was covered in blood, his clothes were a bit ripped up as well.
"How the hell are you alive?! I hit you twice with my cannons!" said Zorc
"I have a crew that I must return to and until I do, not even death itself can take my life away." said Zoro as he pointed the Kitetsu at Zorc.
"We'll just have to see now won't we!" said Zorc as he created two purple magic circles and sent a barrage of energy beams at Zoro. Zoro then rushed at Zorc while dodging all the energy blasts and was getting closer. Zoro was about to attack again but then the black armour started repelling Zoro and pushed him back again.
"You just don't learn do you kid? As long as I am wearing this armour, there are no physical attacks in this world that can touch me!" said Zorc.
"(He's right...my blades can't reach him. His magic is stopping me from attacking that armour.)" thought Zoro as he got back up again.
"(I have a portion of my strength back but if I overdo it, my katanas will break. I can't go about this recklessly. I have to be able to rely on the strength of my katana and break through that magic.)" thought Zoro. Zoro then took a deep breath and sheathed all three of his weapons.
"What are you doing?" asked Zorc. Zoro didn't answer and just simple took out the Wado Ichimonji.
"What are you just gonna use one sword? You couldn't hit me before with three so how do you intend to defend yourself with one?" asked Zorc.
"Just using three swords and using Santoryu are two completely different things. And besides, I won't defend...I'm going to end this now with just one blade." said Zoro.
"We'll see about that! Take this!" yelled Zorc as he created two more magic circles and blasted two energy beams at Zoro. Zoro just stayed in place and moved his head left and right and dodged the two energy beams. "What?! He dodged them?!"
"(This is an important lesson Zoro, there are swordsman out there who are capable of cutting nothing.) remembered Zoro.
"(Just like everything...his magic too has a rhythm. And as long as I can hear it, I can cut it.)" thought Zoro.
He then charged at Zorc while gripping on to the hilt of his blade.
"Just try it kid!" said Zorc as he started shooting from his cannons but Zoro just dodged left to right.
"Itoryu Iai." said Zoro as he got closer and slashed Zorc and then re-appeared behind him.
"Shishi Sonson." said Zoro as he sheathed his blade. Upon doing so, there was a huge slash Zorcs torso and his armour had fallen off. He had blood dripping from his torso and mouth after that attack and he fell on his knees.
"H-how...did you...hit me? M-my armour...should've repel..." said Zorc.
"As a swordsman, we are trained to cut anything. And through this fight, I learned that I could even cut magic." said Zoro as he took off his bandana.
"Well...shit." said Zorc as he collapsed on the ground. Zoro then also collapsed to the ground.
"ZORO!" cried Erza as she quickly ran over to him. "You idiot!" Erza then started shedding her tears on Zoro.
"Come on, don't cry. You didn't think I was gonna let these guys kill me did you?" said Zoro but then he started to lose conscious and fainted.
A few hours later
Zoro was then waking up to a familiar location. He opened his eyes to see that he was in the same room when he first arrived to this world.
"Ugh...what happened?" asked Zoro as he looked around. He then looked at himself and saw that he was covered in bandages.
"You're finally awake." said Makarov.
"Huh, old man? What're you doing here?" asked Zoro.
"You're in the Fairy Tail guild. We found you all wounded and burnt up like last time only this time you weren't gonna die." said Makarov.
"But...how did you find me? I was sure that I was at least a good 5 days away from the guild. Wait, was I knocked our for 5 days?!" asked Zoro.
"Uh no. Zoro you were in the forest right behind the guild. It only takes about 30 minutes to reach from here." said Makarov which made Zoro go white in embarrassment.
"W-what?" asked Zoro.
"Also we noticed how you were going around in circles for 5 days straight so I decided to knock you out and take you to a location where you could train." said Makarov which made Zoro realise the reason why he felt tired after all that travelling. Makarov had gotten tired of watching Zoro wander around aimlessly and decided to make him fall asleep and take him to a good location.
"Oh..." said Zoro as he looked away in embarrassment.
"By the way, I'm really impressed." said Makarov.
"Impressed? Impressed at what?" asked Zoro.
"What you did. The bandits that you defeated were the notorious Black Arms. They were known for defeating even the most toughest guilds and selling wizards for a high price." said Makarov.
"Really? But they weren't anything impressive." said Zoro.
"You say that but you were almost killed. I mean after all, they were S-class. Not even some of our strongest wizards were able to defeat them due to their ability to repel magic." said Makarov.
"S-class? The heck is that?" asked Zoro.
"Oh right, you don't know about our job types do you. We categorise our jobs as normal, S-class, SS-class, 10 year jobs and 100 year jobs. But the important fact is that you completed an S-class mission without even knowing it." said Makarov.
"What's the deal? I beat him and now he's caught. End of story." said Zoro.
"But it's the fact that you were able to accomplish an S-class mission which is surprising. S-class missions are extremely dangerous, if you make even the smallest mistake, it will be the end of you. But you were able to accomplish it as a child." said Makarov.
"I don't use magic so his powers were useless." said Zoro but then he immediately remembered about Erza. "Where's Erza?"
"Erza? Do you mean the girl that was with you when you were knocked out?" asked Makarov.
"Yeah, where is she?" asked Zoro. Makarov then turned his head and Zoro turned to the direction as well and saw that Erza was resting her head on the table.
"She came here as soon as we finished tending her wounds. Compared to you, hers were just light scratches." said Makarov. "By the way, what happened to her eye?"
"Sorry old man, that's not my secret to tell." said Zoro.
"Very well, I won't dig any deeper if you don't want to." said Makarov.
"So what happens now?" asked Zoro.
"Well seeing as to how you were almost killed again by going off on your own, I'd say that you should settle down for a while and find a place to stay. After all, this reward belongs to you." said Makarov as he pulled out a sack.
"What's this?" asked Zoro.
"It's your reward. It's 8 million jewels. You've earned it." said Makarov as he passed the bag to Zoro.
"Hey old man, can you do me a favour?" asked Zoro.
"What is it?" asked Makarov.
A few hours later
Erza was finally waking up after her sleep. She then looked up to see that the sun was starting to set.
"How long was I asleep for?" said Erza as she rubbed her head.
"Only about a few hours." said Zoro. Erza then immediately turned her head to the source of the sound and saw that Zoro was doing handstand push ups with his right arm. Erza then smiled and then went over to Zoro and punched him right in the gut. Zoro then collapsed on the ground and grabbed his stomach and started rolling in pain.
"Why you! What was that for?!" questioned Zoro with annoyance. Just then Erza started walking in closer and she got her arms ready. Zoro then got himself ready to take another hit but then he felt something else. He felt Erza wrap her arms around him.
"Erza?" asked Zoro.
"I'm so glad." said Erza as she started shedding tears with her left eye. "I was so worried that you would never wake up again."
"Why would you be worried? You know that some injury like that won't stop me." said Zoro.
"I was worried that I might lose my friend." said Erza which surprised Zoro. "I never want to lose my friend again."
"Then train with me." said Zoro.
"W-what?" asked Erza.
"You don't want to see your friends get hurt right? Then train with me so that you can become stronger and protect those you care about." said Zoro.
"B-but I don't have any strength like you. I mean, you're so much stronger. I don't have any kind of power." said Erza.
"Wrong. You do have power. Unlike me, you have magic and you can train to become stronger with me." said Zoro.
"Can I really?" asked Erza.
"Erza, I realised that in this world, you need to stand up for yourself. When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back. It's not like somebody's gonna save you all the time. That is why I will be here for you, to let you know that you're not alone." said Zoro as he smiled at her. Erza then wiped away her tears and smiled back.
"Okay." said Erza.
A few months later
Zoro was standing outside the Fairy Tail Guild waiting, he had his swords ready and got new clothes. This time he was wearing black pants and shoes with a navy coloured t-shirt.
"The heck is taking her so long?" said Zoro as he was tapping his foot.
"Zoro!" said Erza as she was walking towards him.. Zoro then turned to see the new Erza. This time she was wearing armour and she had longer hair. She decided to tie up her hair into a ponytail and she also had a sword on her waist. But the biggest change was the fact that she had her right eye again., it had the exact colour as her left.
"I hope I didn't make you wait too long." said Erza.
"Meh, not really. So you ready to go on our mission?" asked Zoro.
"Yep." said Erza as she grabbed Zoro's hand and pulled him away to the train station.
End
(A/N HOLY SMOLY THIS WAS A LONG CHAPTER! It's even longer than the two chapters combined. To be honest, this chapter was meant to be split in two after Zoro saved Erza but I thought, I may as well just let you guys have the full treat. Now there are something I have to let you guys know and IT IS IMPORTANT!
First of all, I definitely want to know if you guys like this story or not. Cos I am gonna admit it, I am not the best Fic writer and my English isn't the best either. Hell, I don't even have Microsoft word so I need to spell and grammar check these files by myself. And yet there are still tons of typos, mistakes and such. So your honest opinion of the story so far would be much appreciated.
Second, do you guys actually want this to be harem or a single love line? The truth is, when it comes to subjects like these, I usually let the readers decide and I just follow on with what they request. I want this story to be enjoyable for everyone so getting your opinions would be great.
Lastly, I will not be uploading any time soon. Have a shit load of college work piling up on me and I have other fics that need to be uploaded.
Now to answer them reviews
ShiroHollow96 (Thanks for reviewing): Thanks! I'm not really keen on the idea of giving Zoro magic. I kind of wanted to let Fairy Tail know that Zoro was strong enough without magic.
Nispi (Thanks for the review and the advice): Okay, maybe I did sound a bit desperate for reviews but to be honest, I only wanted to know how they felt about the story so far. With many people following and favouring the story, I wanted to improve it in a way so that it can be enjoyable for everyone. That's why hearing your opinions matter, maybe I didn't say it in the most appropriate way but that was the only reason why.
I will definitely not be giving up on this cos of the lack of reviews. I am gonna try and make this story as different as possible from "I'm not lost". Of course, this will mean Zoro will go through many of the important arcs through the story and kick ass while doing it. Also, regarding romance I was hoping to let you guys decide on that. Depending on what the majority wanted, I wanted to change it to suit their taste.
DjGinsu13 (Thanks for the positive review) : Yeah definitely agreed, he's my favourite character from One Piece. I wanted to see some stories about him but the best ones I found were "I'm not lost" and "Cutting Iron". Also thanks for the Conqueror's Haki, I kind of wanted him to be a force to be reckoned with.
Firebird0315 (Woohoo! Thanks for the review) : Well how do you want the harem? It can change. Just give me some ideas as to who you want and I might change it. I definitely want to add every element that makes Zoro...well Zoro. I want to make him fight, sleep, train, encourage and get lost like hell.
roronoamindo555 (Um, I don't understand what you wrote but hopefully google translate got it right) : Well I apologise if I didn't get this right but I will definitely try to add everything to the fic which makes the story the best. Fairy tail is made of emotions, actions, adventure, comedy and fricking sexy ladies.
PersonaQeminod1 (Oh thanks for reviewing on this fic too.): The iron dragon slayer won't get the chance.
warrior of six blades (Thank you so much reviewing again) : I wanted Zoro to know that Kuina was there for him. I wanted to give him that emotional connection to let him live. I try to make Zoro as close as he is to the anime. That way I'd know how he would react to conversations and such. Anyways hope you can stay for future chapters.
MASSEXPLOSION (Thank you for the kind review): I try to update as soon as I can but in doing so, I make many mistake which I want to change. I have a lot of things to do now so updates my take a while but I will try my best not to rush it. I attempted to add in some originality to this one to make sure that it wouldn't be a complete rip off.
Kemono no yari(…...thanks): next what?
Guests (Chapter 1, Nov 11): I am definitely thinking about updating since I have been wanting to do this one for a while now. I was definitely saddened to know that the other one might not update at all so I decided to make my own.
Guest (Chapter 1, Nov 12) : The Zoro harem train will definitely be going now! Woohoo!
GR : Next Chapter, is where it all begins.
Anyways thank you all reviewing, I definitely appreciate your opinions and would like to see them for further improvements. As I said, I want to make this enjoyable for everyone but of course others may have different opinions so I will try my best appeal to you all. Anyways have a good morning/day/evening/night!)