Robin's point of view

"I deeply appreciate what you did for me," I told him. He looked away from me and kept walking. Saying you're welcome wasn't something he ever did, so I was content with seeing the slightest hint of a smile. It was enough for me.

A desperate scream was heard, coming from inside the cave. I quickened my pace, as did everyone else. As we got closer, we heard men shouting and giving threats.

"Oh be quiet, you useless woman," a man said. We started running.

"Useless?" a familiar female voice replied. "You're calling me useless now?"

We heard a cry of pain, and I assumed the man had struck her. Rage began building up inside of me again as we quickly made our way through the cave. The smell in that place was unpleasant, and it was extremely dark and stuffy. We finally got to them. There were two men holding onto my mother from her arms. Her face was covered in blood and her eyes showed disgust as she looked back and forth between the men that held her.

"Cien, fluer!" I said, crossing my arms and sprouting arms from the men's bodies. "Clutch!"

My mom hadn't noticed us, and she was still unaware of my ability at the time. She stared at the men who had fallen down and settled in disturbing positions, unconscious. It was too dark for her to be able to recognize us all, but she did know I was there.

"Robin?" she whispered, suddenly coughing hysterically and falling down. Luffy had already started running ahead of us, while Sanji helped my mom up. Nami stood beside me, heaving in and out heavily. Sanji picked her up and headed after Luffy. Nami followed shortly after him, and I was about to join them when I noticed that Zoro wasn't there. I looked behind me, but there was no sign of him. As much as I wished to go with my mom, it didn't feel right to leave him lost in the cave. And although Ken had clearly told us to walk straight, I wasn't surprised that Zoro lost his way. We'd gotten used to his terrible sense of direction.

I called out to Nami to tell her, but she'd gone too far. I carefully straightened my back, causing my wound to feel like it was being torn open again. I gritted my teeth and tried to ignore the pain as I quickly walked back the direction we'd come from.

"Zoro?" I called out, crossing my arms. I sprouted an ear from one of the walls of the cave ahead of me, to see if I could catch him saying something or hear his steps. I knew sprouting my eyes would be useless, since the cave was pitch black. I stopped walking when I heard the rattling of his katana as he walked. I uncrossed my arms and walked faster until I found him. He turned to me, clutching his katana.

"Oh, there you are," he said, letting go of his swords. "Where the heck did you guys disappear to?"

"We kept going straight," I told him, resting my hand on the wall.

"Right," he said, rolling his eyes and walking ahead of me. "This damn place is a maze."

I smiled at his frustration and walked after him.

"We found my mother," I said, taking the smile off my face. He looked back briefly and nodded.

"Who's got her?"

"Sanji."

"Tch, bad idea."

"He's very careful with ladies, I'm sure she'll be fine," I told him. When we reached the end of the cave and were out in the open again, I noticed that we were near the shore. There was a ship, and many men were surrounding it. As we got closer, we saw Luffy and Sanji fighting them while my mom lay against a tree, Nami standing over her with her climatact in hand. When she noticed us she called us over to explain the situation.

"They're trying to get Olvia onto that ship," she said, pointing, "So they could take her to a marine base. There are so many of them!"

I glanced at my mom, and judging from her appearance, she was unconscious. Zoro immediately joined Luffy and Sanji. Crossing my arms, I broke the spines of many of the men who tried to come near my mom, while Nami formed clouds and hit a group of men approaching with lightning. The place was a complete chaos.

"There's a storm coming," Nami suddenly said, looking up. "A strong one."

The snow was no longer white, and the sky seemed to darken by approaching clouds, as Nami had predicted. From behind me, I heard the scolding of men. I turned around and found a group of men surrounding Ken, not far from where I stood.

"Ken, did you lead them here?! Did you?!" I heard one of the men shout.

I was expecting Ken to deny it, but he didn't.

"Yes, I did. What we're doing is wrong, and you men know that," he replied.

Marines had also showed up, and a group of them were coming towards us so I turned my attention to them, not hearing the rest of the conversation. Not long after that, I heard a loud groan from behind me. I finished up another two marines who had snuck up on us and turned to see where the groan had come from. The group of men who had been surrounding Ken were now gone, and Ken lay in the snow alone, motionless. I ran over to him and bent down, turning him so he could lie on his back. He had three deep cuts in his chest. I put my hand over his heart, but there was no sign of life. He had died.

I was shaking, and whether it was due to the cold or from shock, I didn't know. I sprouted hands from under him and moved his body away from all the chaos, then returned to the battlefield. Nami was overwhelmed by the number of marines who had her surrounded, and quickly called to me when one of them snatched my mom and stormed off towards their ship. I started running after him, but the number of men that covered the place was enormous, and I lost sight of him. I ran faster, crossing my arms to be ready to attack him once I saw him.

Once I caught sight of him again, I sprouted arms from his body, but before I was able to complete my attack, I felt a strong sharp pain due to my wound and I fell over. It had opened up and was bleeding. I looked around frantically to try to find any of my crewmates, but I couldn't see any of them. I tried getting up, but the pain wouldn't allow me. I dragged myself towards the ship as marines passed me, and some tried to attack me. I finally caught sight of Luffy.

"Luffy!" I called out as loud as I could. He turned around and his eyes widened when he saw me. He swiped another group of marines that had come after him and he quickly ran over to me.

"Robin?! Are you okay? Where's your mom?" he asked.

"They took her to the ship," I answered as I felt myself grow colder. I looked down at my stomach, which hadn't stopped bleeding.

"Robin?" Luffy said, leaning closer to look at my face. "Oi, Robin!"

I felt really tired. Closing my eyes and blocking all the sounds that surrounded me, I lost consciousness.

I woke up, feeling cold and stiff. I looked at my surroundings and realized that I was in the cave, near the entrance. Chopper was sitting in front of me, giving me a displeased expression.

I coughed a few times before speaking. "Thank you Chopper, for taking care of me."

I saw a slight blush form on his cheeks as he struggled to keep the stern look on his face.

"You worked too hard!" he scolded. I gave him a smile as I sat up.

"It was necessary," I replied, breathing in and out deeply. "Why did you come?"

"Brook and I heard the chaos from across the island," he explained. "It's not a very big island, which helped. Franky stayed behind with the Sunny while Brook and Usopp and I rushed to where the commotion was. And as we were running through the cave, we bumped into Zoro, who was apparently heading back to the ship with you since you weren't in good shape."

"Oh, I see," I said. I felt this heavy feeling in my head and wondered if Chopper had drugged me. It wouldn't have been a surprise. He stood up and put his little paw on my shoulder.

"Please rest," he said. "Luffy and the others will definitely save her."

I flashed him an appreciative smile, and looked out the cave. I remembered Ken.

"Chopper," I said, looking towards him. "There's a man who helped us find my mother. But he died, and I would like us to give him a proper burial."

Chopper blinked a few times, obvious sadness showing on his face. "Where is he?"

After telling him, he stormed out of the cave, promising to bring him back. He was such a lovable creature, always helping others and looking after them. I put my head back and rested it against the wall. My head felt heavy again.

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HELLO 8D! I know my chapters aren't very long, but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless! Amg I ship them together so much [Zoro and Robin] q-q But I have no experience in writing romance, so I hope you're enjoying what I'm doing so far. I'm trying to put something between them that's not too extreme, because I want to keep them in character. And I also didn't want to put romance as a genre because I don't know if I can call what'll be between them romance. It's more like…special friendship? LIKE THAT. Y'KNOW. LOL. And we all know it can be tricky to write the straw hats [minus Sanji] in a romantic relationship without making them OOC. Anyway, THANK YOU FOR READING :3!