Zoro's point of view

I slashed another marine as I headed towards the ship, where Luffy had gone. The marines were endless; it's as if they kept reproducing. Geez. Usopp and Brook had come, so that helped with holding them off. I hopped onto the ship and cleared my way by cutting anyone that tried attacking me. I looked around the ship and decided to look into every door I came across. The first door was a men's quarter, the second was an office, and the third was a kitchen. I stood in the doorway, staring at a bottle of sake that stood on the table in the middle of the room. I squinted at it, and then shook my head.

"No time for this," I whispered, closing the door. I started running but stopped. Grunting loudly, I quickly made my way back to the kitchen, snatched the bottle, and ran out to look through more doors.

"Wait a minute," I said to myself as I looked into one of the rooms. "The men's quarter? Didn't I already pass this?"

I cursed, frustrated as I hurriedly went through the same doors all over again. I finally got to a door that led down a flight of stairs. The light grew dimmer as I ran down, but once I got to the end of it, there were torches that lit the way. I sensed something getting closer from far ahead of me and I ducked. A door had been knocked out of its hinges and was thrown towards me. I took out my katana and walked faster, towards the sound. I finally got the entrance where the door was unhinged and found Luffy fighting more marines.

"Zoro!" he yelled, looking briefly at me. "Go ahead; Robin's mom is probably hidden in the back!"

I nodded and slashed the men that were in the way as I ran further. I finally got to a locked door, but I easily sliced it open and stepped in. There sat Robin's mom, with a man hovering over her. I started walking in when suddenly she lifted her head, her hands still cuffed, and she summoned enough energy to kick the man in his face.

The man fell back and she took the chance to run to the door. She noticed me and smiled. The man was starting to get up again and I told her to stay back. When I knocked him out, we started making our way through the hallway again.

"You're tougher than I assumed you'd be," I commented as I slashed yet more men that had come our way. She let out a laugh that sounded much like Robin's.

"Well, I wasn't the strongest when I used to go out for research earlier in my life, but I wasn't the weakest either."

I hadn't noticed it very much before, but her voice sounded eerily like her daughter's, which made me flinch. She noticed and smiled at me.

"What's the matter?" she said, chuckling. UGH, WHAT THE HELL? She was freaking me out. I gave her a frustrated glance and faced front again. Once we walked further, we came across Luffy, who had finished off the marines. His face lit up immediately once he saw Robin's mom. He called out her name and gave her a sudden hug. I wasn't surprised by it as much as she was, but she seemed to be okay with it after getting over the sudden impact.

"Let's go!" he yelled, letting go of her and stomping in front of us. Once we reached the stairs and climbed up, the place had quieted down a little. Sanji was finishing off a group of marines with Usopp to back him up, and Brook came over to us.

"I'm glad everyone's okay!" he exclaimed, laughing his usual cheerful laugh. Robin's mom seemed to be doing better than before. I guessed maybe kicking that man in his face gave her energy. We jumped off the ship and met with Nami, Usopp, and Sanji.

"Thank God you're okay!" Nami cried, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Robin's dear mother! I hope you're doing alright," Sanji tried comforting her.

I started walking ahead of them, but Usopp stopped me.

"You'll get lost," he said bluntly. I gave him an annoyed glance and slowed my pace. We finally got back to the cave, where we thought Robin and Chopper would be. They weren't anywhere in the cave, so we got out again and searched. When we finally heard Chopper's voice coming from inside the woods, we followed it. Once we got to them, we noticed a white cloth covered body.

"Who's that?" Luffy asked, uncomfortably staring at it.

Robin looked up at us, her face brightening once she saw her mom safe with us. She was sitting down against a tree. "It's Ken."

Luffy and Nami gasped loudly, shaking their heads and asking what had happened. Robin explained it clearly and everyone quieted down. Chopper had been digging a big hole, so Sanji and I started helping him finish it up. After properly burying him, we took off in the direction of the cave again. Robin and her mother walked a bit behind us, talking.

I suddenly stopped walking, and everyone noticed.

"What's wrong, Zoro?" Chopper asked. I heard someone behind us. We had walked quite a distance, but I could still see the entrance. There were marines, but they weren't following us. They just stood there holding a small black box with a red button in the middle of it. I was immediately alerted.

"I think they might've planted some bombs in the cave," I told them, taking out my swords.

"The walls could crush us alive," Robin pointed out.

"Oi, Robin! Don't say things like that!" Usopp pleaded.

"So long, straw hats," we heard one of the marines say as he clicked the button.

"CRAP! RUN!" I yelled, turning and dashing after my crew.

"They just can't give it a rest, can they?!" Sanji said, cussing.

"Yohohoho!" Brook laughed along with Luffy as they ran.

The place was falling apart on top of our heads. We boosted our speed but I noticed that Robin wasn't running as fast as we were, and her mother was trying to help her. I slowed down until I reached them and I picked Robin up.

"Oh-" she said, startled. I put her on my back and ran like an idiot to get away from a rock that was inches away from falling on us.

"You better not drop her, shithead!" Sanji warned.

"Damn cook," I whispered, running ahead of him.

"OI, YOU THINK YOU'RE FASTER THAN ME?" he raged as he ran after me.

"That's right!" I yelled back. We passed Robin's mom. We passed Chopper and Usopp. We passed Luffy and Brook. Then we finally passed Nami, who had taken the lead.

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO IDIOTS DOING?!" she snapped. She hit Sanji but let me go. I guessed that it was because I was holding Robin. I chuckled at the cook who was now swooning over Nami.

"OW!" we heard a cry coming from Usopp. We looked back at him. A rock had fallen straight onto his nose. The place was falling apart completely as we boosted our speed for the last time and made it out. We stopped to catch our breaths, thinking that the bombs were planted only in the cave. But apparently we were wrong. Random spots on the ground were suddenly exploding. Luffy laughed hysterically as he ran ahead of us towards the ship. There was no end to it. Everywhere we went a bomb exploded hardly a step away from us. We finally got to the ship and jumped on it. I put Robin down and took out the bottle of sake I had saved from the marine ship.

"Where'd you get that?" Nami inquired.

"The marine ship," I replied, opening it and drinking. It tasted awful. I spit it out and put the bottle down. "The heck is this stuff?!"

"That's what you get for being sidetracked," Usopp said, shaking his head. "Unlike me. I focused on our goal throughout the entire day!"

I scoffed at him and looked out the ship. The place had quieted down and smoke covered the island. Franky came out of the lower deck and greeted us. Chopper started attending to the injured, such as Robin and her mom, and Usopp for his nose.

"Sanji! Food!" Luffy demanded. Nami sighed, frustrated.

"I don't know when the log pose sets on this island," she said worriedly. "And from what we saw on this island, there was no town or village."

"I have a book that contains information about the uninhabited islands on the grand line," Robin said. "I believe it could be of use."

Nami immediately brightened up as she dashed to the library.

"Zoro, it's your turn for a checkup," Chopper appeared in front of me.

"I'm fine," I told him.

"I'm gonna check you anyway," he said. It appeared that I had a few cuts here and there, but they weren't serious at all. I'd hardly noticed them. After patching me up, he went over to check on Luffy. Nami walked out of the library, holding the book and reading. She showed Robin a page.

"Yeah, that's the one," Robin confirmed.

"Okay, guys!" Nami began, closing the book. "The log pose sets in two more days. I suggest we move the Sunny into the fog for cover."

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