Zoro's point of view

We held a group meeting on the deck at Nami's request. She showed us an eternal pose and explained what the plan was, and it was confirmed by Luffy, who was glad to help Robin's mom. When the log pose finally set after another day of waiting, we sailed off. For the next few days, Robin was doing as much as she could with her mom. She gave her a tour of the entire ship, and also talked a lot about us to her. I couldn't help but try to hear what she had to say about me, but in the end she didn't even mention me. I shrugged it off and went on napping. I wasn't the kind of person who cared much what other people thought.

"Oh no," Nami whispered. I opened my eyes and looked over at her. She was looking back and forth between the ocean and the sky. She quickly called everyone to get on the deck.

"Guys, a very big storm is approaching. Whirlpools and small cyclones are starting to appear and it's gonna be hard to get out of it," she said, then started instructing us in what to do. Robin and her mom were still down in the aquarium, but Nami didn't bother calling them. We quickly pulled the sails and tied down everything on the deck with rope. Franky was at the steering wheel beside Nami, who was directing him. Black clouds were starting to cover the sky and it began to rain. I looked over the railing and sure enough, I could see whirlpools covering the ocean. A few cyclones appeared not too far from where we were. Everyone was trying not to fall off by holding onto things.

A big wave suddenly hit the side of the Sunny and most of us tumbled over, either hitting the railing or falling on top of each other. I heard a scream, followed by a splash. I quickly looked over the side of the ship and saw a pink hat. Chopper had fallen off. Luffy freaked out and was about to jump into the water after him when Usopp stopped him. I took off my shirt and dove into the ocean. After surfacing, I scanned the water around me. The rain was falling hard and the Sunny swayed back and forth. When I finally caught sight of him, I tried swimming over to where he was. Then suddenly a wave came my way and pushed me with it, causing me to hit the side of our ship. I felt a sharp pain in my head and lifted my hand to touch it. There was lots of blood. Ignoring it, I hurriedly swam towards Chopper, who was slowly floating away. I was hearing the calls of everyone on deck, but suddenly their voices faded out. I guessed they might have toppled over again.

Only then did I notice that Chopper was being pulled into a whirlpool. I started kicking wildly and swimming faster. I grabbed his leg and tried swimming back but we were being pulled in. We were slowly heading further and further away from the Sunny. I tried keeping my eyes on the ship in order not to lose it. I felt my vision starting to blur and quickly shook my head as I kept kicking and trying to get away from the whirlpool. I caught sight of Robin, who was looking over the railing. She crossed her arms and sprouted them from the side of the ship, one after the other until they got to us. I swam a little further until I got to her hand and took hold of it. My other hand was holding onto Chopper. We were slowly pulled in, and I noticed that Luffy had grabbed Robin and was pulling, and everyone else had soon joined, too.

We finally reached the ship and were pulled aboard. Usopp was working on trying to get the water out of Chopper's lungs while I lay back, catching my breath. Nami ordered Franky to do a coupe de burst so we could finally get away from that crazy weather. I held onto the railing and made sure Chopper was held well by Usopp. The ship flew out of the water and away from the storm. When we finally landed, the weather had cleared up and there were no more black clouds covering the sky. I coughed a few times, trying to get rid of any unwanted water left in me. Robin walked over to me and knelt down, then without warning, she put her hand on my head and gently pushed it down.

"Oi!" I yelled.

"You're bleeding," she said. I was quite aware of that. She called over to Chopper, who had finally regained consciousness. He freaked out once he saw how much I was bleeding and he brought an entire bag of white bandages along with him. He cleansed the wound and started wrapping my head with a long strip of white cloth. It went over almost my entire face.

"Oi, Chopper! I can't breathe!" I objected before he covered my mouth.

"Ch-Chopper!" I tried pushing him away from me, but he turned to his human form and kept wrapping it around my head. I heard a laugh coming from Luffy and a chuckle from Robin. I got up and started running, grabbing the cloth and starting to pull it off.

"HEY! COME BACK, I'M NOT DONE YET!" Chopper yelled behind me. I ran up the crow's nest, but he soon caught up with me.

"Chopper! Don't wrap it around my entire head, I can't breathe, dammit!" I told him after getting rid of all the cloth. He heaved a long sigh and nodded, then properly wrapped it around the top of my head.

"Sorry, I just freaked out," he apologized, taking the extra cloth and walking out.

"Thanks, Chopper," I said. He started wiggling, blushing and telling me he wasn't happy. I followed him down the stairs. Sanji announced that it was dinner time and we rushed to the kitchen before Luffy ate our share of food.

"You're a very skilled navigator, Nami," Robin's mom pointed out as she helped clear off the table. Nami laughed slightly, saying it was nothing. I got up and walked to Sanji, who was washing the dishes.

"Listen up now, cook," I told him. "Where the hell did you put all my sake?"

"Eh?" he said, looking over at me. "Oh sure, it's in the-I'LL NEVER TELL YOU! Tch, you drank up all the bottles last time, and you're getting none this time. Dumb moss head."

I growled at him and stocked out of the kitchen. When I was about to walk up to the crow's nest, I sensed eyes on me. I turned and saw Nami and Robin's mom looking over at me with weird smiles on their faces. I cringed.

"What…the heck?" I whispered to myself as I opened the door to go up the stairs. Suddenly I felt even more eyes on me. I slammed the door shut and turned my head. This time it wasn't only Nami and Robin's mom, it was Franky as well. Not only were they looking at me strangely with freaky smiles, they were giggling as well.

"What's the big idea?" I told them.

"Oh…nothing," Nami said, covering her mouth with her hand. I rolled my eyes at them in frustration. Not long after that, Robin came from the aquarium with her book, and then noticed the weird atmosphere.

"Is everything alright?" she asked as she glanced between me and the creep group. Surprisingly, they were giving her the same looks, too.

"Don't ask me, they've been staring at me like that for a while," I said irritably.

"Nothing to worry about, Nico Robin," Franky said, flipping his hair. "It's just we found out something interesting about two certain people."

I cocked my eyebrow at them. "Eh?"

I glanced at Robin, who had a calm and collected expression. For some reason, she didn't seem as confused as I was. I might have been imagining things, but I thought I sensed annoyance in her eyes.

"Oh, I see," she finally said as she turned, heading to her room. "I find it childish when people get into others' business."

She stopped in her tracks. "Very childish."

The group no longer stared at us after that, as if intimidated by what Robin had said. I shot them a glare before opening the door to the crow's nest and climbing the stairs. I agreed with her.

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Hiii guys c:! So I want to apologize to the people who reviewed and I didn't reply to them. There was some kind of problem with my reviews, and not all of them were appearing, so to the ones who reviewed before I updated the last chapter, I apologize! And too bad many of you are called "Guest" LOL. I'll try to make it obvious to who I'm replying, so I hope you'll recognize my reply to you. Here we go 8D!

Guest [reviewed on the 15th of August]: I hope you like what I'm putting between Zoro and Robin so far, and it's enough to satisfy your want for the story to be about them! And it is, to a certain extent. And thank you so much ;D! Yeah, Robin is a strong character, so hopefully I wrote it well. I'm not sure what Nami and Robin moment you're referring to, but regardless, I'm glad you're enjoying it 8D!

Guest [reviewed on the 18th of August, today]: AHHH! It makes me so incredibly happy to hear that you want it to go on q-q Thank you very much!

Roronoa Robin: Omg q-q one of your all time favorites? I've said this tons of times, but that makes me SO FREAKING HAPPY! Thank you so much! And actually, in the English sub as well, they have the exact same voices (in my opinion) so I suspect they might have the same voice actress, but I haven't checked. I'm glad you think that, I really do hope I portrayed her well! Ehehe, indeed, you got it :33 She's suspecting something going on between Robin and Zoro. Phew, thank God! I'm happy to know you don't think they're OOC. I do try to keep them in character. Thank you 8D!

And lastly, thank you all for your kind reviews and for favoriting/following my story C:! I'm sorry this chapter is short, but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless!