Zoro's point of view

I closed the door to the infirmary. Aha, I was pretty satisfied.

"Zoro, what took you so long in there?!" Nami protested as she came up to me. "Is Robin okay?"

"I guess," I said, walking away. I was turning to go into the men's quarter when I tripped over something, but quickly regained my balance before falling. There was a yelp. I looked down, only to find Chopper lying flat across the wooden floor in front of the door.

"What the heck? Chopper? Why are you up?" I said, taking a step back. He was sweating and his tongue stuck out of this mouth.

"It's so hot!" he whined, rolling over on his stomach. I hadn't noticed it, but it was getting pretty warm.

"Splash some water on your face or something," I said, stepping over him.

"Zoro," he called out. I looked back at him. "Will you…carry me to the washroom?"

I rolled my eyes, irritated. "Oi, are you that lazy?!"

"Pleeeeasse!" Chopper begged. I let out an exaggerated sigh, then picked him up and headed to the kitchen. I walked in and placed Chopper in the sink.

"There," I said. Chopper, as if not realizing I hadn't gone to the washroom, frowned.

"This isn't the washroom," he said.

"Deal with it."

He sighed and opened the faucet, splashing his fur with cold water. Once he finished, he shook around and water got all over me.

"Oi! Be more careful," I said, wiping my face. Apologizing and giving me a smile, he hopped out of the sink.

"Thank you, Zoro!"

I nodded and walked after him. "Were you able to locate the ship?"

"Well, no," Chopper said. "But Nami said that she's got an idea of what island they're heading to."

Well, that was good.

I woke up alone next day in the men's quarter. Yawning and getting out of my hammock, I made my way out of the room, only to be welcomed with a punch on the head by Nami.

"WHAT THE HECK?!" I yelled, putting my hands on the bump that had formed.

"What's your problem?!" she snapped. "We've been trying to wake you up for hours! Do you know what we've been going through?"

I looked around the deck. Everything seemed fine. "No."

"The grand line's crazy climate decided to play tricks on us. First the weather was hot, so I had decided to change into cool clothes. Next thing we knew, it started snowing. SNOWING! AND I WAS WEARING NOTHING BUT A TANK TOP AND SHORTS! Then came a thunder storm. All of us were running around trying to control the Sunny, since the storm was freaking wild. And all the while, what were you doing, Zoro?!"

She threw another punch at me. "SLEEPING!"

"It's not my fault none of you knows how to wake someone up!" I yelled back, quickly getting away from her. The weather was freezing, and the only one of us who was enjoying it was Chopper. After we piled up in the kitchen to have a late breakfast, Nami announced that we were two hours away from the next island, which is the place she predicted that they'd taken Robin's mom, Olvia to.

"I'll be taking Robin-chwan her breakfast now!" the love cook announced, wiggling as he walked to the door. Nami stopped him.

"Sanji-kun, I'd like to talk to her," she explained. "Mind if I do it this time?"

He looked disappointed but gave her the plate.

"Oh, and listen guys," she turned to face us before leaving. "Even though Robin trusts we'll be able to on our own, I have a feeling she's gonna want to fight for her mom along with us. And we all know that every single one of us is stubborn and most of the time we have it our way."

I scoffed at that. Yeah right, with her bossing us around all the time. She noticed and flashed a glare at me.

"But it's dangerous for her to be fighting, it's way too soon. So we have to be by her side at all times when we're on the island. And if something happens and we have to run, one of you better help her. She can't run yet."

"As for Chopper and Brook, you guys stay on the ship."

"But Namiii, I wanna go out with you guys!" Chopper whined. Nami explained to him that we needed him strong and not beat up when we came back, since he was the doctor.

"Franky and Usopp, we need more food. I want you to go fishing on the Mini Merry," she said, opening the door to exit the kitchen. "Oh and lastly, from the climate, I can tell that the island we're heading to is gonna be a winter one. So dress well."

With that, she left to serve Robin her breakfast. We slowly began going about our own duties. I was about to start my training when I noticed a ship far off in the distance. There was fog, so I couldn't identify whose ship it was.

"Oi," I turned my head to Nami, who had come out of the infirmary. "I can see a ship."

She walked over to me and looked out. "I can't see well."

"Usopp!" she called out. "Come here!"

Usopp was busy playing with his captain. Soon after Nami's unanswered call, he received a kick from her, and was forced to walk over to the railing and look out.

"Use those binoculars of yours to identify the ship," she ordered. Usopp did as he was told, and as soon as he adjusted his binoculars to be able to see better, he jumped.

"It's the ship that we fought off a day ago!" he exclaimed. "But I don't think it's moving."

Nami concluded that they were docked, and we'd gotten to the island. But the fog was pretty bad. When we finally came to a stop, we took a look at the island. It was covered in snow and packed with trees. We hurriedly got dressed better and were getting ready to get off the ship. Chopper was slumping over the railing, pouting, while Brook stood beside him.

Robin, assisted by Nami, was coming out of the infirmary. Chopper tried to convince her to stay on the ship, since it was very cold and dangerous on the island, but that did not change her mind. Although she looked tired, her face showed determination. We jumped off the ship and into the deep snow, which started making its way into my shoes.

"We're counting on you guys!" Brook and Chopper said, waving. We walked over to the enemy's ship and searched it, but it was completely empty. Everyone that had been on it was now somewhere on this island. The fog, apparently, only surrounded the island. So we were able to see well after passing it.

"It's sooo cold!" Luffy whined, shivering and rubbing his arms as we entered a forest. Nami was making sure Robin didn't lose her balance and was walking by her, their arms hooked. But apparently it wasn't enough, and Robin slipped in the snow and fell onto her back. Nami freaked out, and tried to pull her up. Sanji came to her rescue and helped her onto her feet.

"Okay Sanji, you hold her other arm," Nami said. Luffy was ahead of us and had no idea what was going on. I looked over at Robin, who seemed irritated by being held from both her arms.

"I think I'll be alright if no one holds me at all," Robin said, trying to make them let go of her. Nami shook her head.

"Nope," she said.

"Robin-chan, you just fell from being tired, which means you need support," Love Cook said. Robin cocked one of her eyebrows, as if the reason wasn't because she was tired. She took a deep breath, obviously trying to be as patient as she could.

As we walked deeper into the forest, the sound of shouting men increased. We got closer and noticed that they were enemies.

"Dammit! They came," one of them whispered, backing off. I scanned the group of men that were in front of us. They seemed nervous and frustrated. One of the men turned to his companion.

"You had to make us stop with you?!" he snapped angrily.

"Where's Olvia?" Nami began, flashing glares at all the men. Most of them denied knowing, or gave useless threats. Except one, that is. He had wildly curly hair and his face showed anger. He took out his sword and began walking over to us.

"Go ahead, I'll distract them," he said to his companions. It didn't seem they gave a second thought to try to help him, since they just ran off as soon as he said that. Luffy was about to go after them when the man stood in front of him.

"Wait," he whispered. Luffy looked confused. The man looked over his shoulder, as if making sure the men were gone. When they had gone out of his sight, he let out a long sigh.

"My name is Ken," he began, putting his sword away. "And I want to help you."

All of us cocked our heads at him. "Huh?!"

His angry expression returned as he scratched his head in frustration.

"I started working for the government not long ago, with the belief that they did good things. But about two months ago, they told me their plan of searching for Nico Olvia. And once I knew why they wanted to capture her, I immediately refused to go along with the plan. But after thinking it through a little more, I found that maybe going with them and trying to help her was a better idea than not going at all. I've desperately been trying to get time with her alone and try to assist her, but my attempts have been failing."

We all gazed at the man for a while. Although it was a bit shocking, something about him seemed trustworthy. And if I thought that, there was no way Luffy wouldn't believe him.

"Oh I see," Luffy said. "Okay! Show us to where she is."

The man immediately started leading us deeper into the forest. Nami, especially, seemed very suspicious. I didn't fully trust him either, but he seemed to be telling the truth. Robin, somehow, managed to escape Sanji and Nami's grips. Although she was hunched over because of her wound, she was able to walk okay.

It seemed to take a very long time for us to finally reach a very big cave. Everyone up until then was trying to hide the fact that they were so cold, minus Luffy. But once we stopped walking, the whole group immediately started shivering.

"I-Is this th-the place?" Nami said, her words breaking due to the chattering of her teeth.

"Yeah," the man said. He didn't seem too bothered by the cold. He pointed into the cave. "If you keep going straight, no going right or left, you'll get to where you need to be."

"Eh?" I said, glancing into the cave, then looking over at the man warily. "Is there a reason why you're not coming along?"

"Indeed. I need to go back to my companions, who were heading back to our ship," he said, walking away. "I'm very sorry. Good luck."

We watched him disappear into the woods, then we turned our gaze back to the cave. Luffy had already gone into it, yelling out "ROBIN'S MOM! WE'RE HEEEERE!"

Nami quickly caught up to him, clapping her hand over his mouth. "You're an idiot! Be quiet!"

I groaned, following them into the cave. Robin, who had also entered, knelt for a moment against the wall, breathing heavily and putting her left hand over her stomach. Sanji quickly ran over to her, offering to pick her up. And as I expected, she declined.

"But thank you," she said, taking a last deep breath and starting to walk after us.

"I WANT FOOD!" we heard Luffy shout ahead of us.

"No time for that, you moron!" Sanji yelled after him. Robin, who would have usually given her amusing smile, wasn't paying attention to them at all. She was lost in thought as she struggled to walk straight.

"Zoro," she said, a slight smile appearing on her face. And it wasn't an amused one. That's rare. "I deeply appreciate what you did for me."

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Ken, a curly haired man, of my creation. I really hope you liked this chapter! And I'd like to thank the people who reviewed my story, I appreciate it so much! And of course thank you to the people who favorited/followed it as well, AAAAND a thank you to all the readers 8D!

Oh and to Roronoa Robin I really do like Zoro and Robin together, so thank you for giving me even more encouragement to write it! No need to thank me at all, on the contrary, thank you ;D!