So, I had to watch YouTube videos and parts of episodes to write most of this. Anyway, credits to the awesome creator of One Piece, Oda! Some of this is my idea, but many of the events are based on the series. Hope you'll like it C:!
Zoro's point of view
Drinking sake, I walked through a town I had ended up in coincidentally. There were a bunch of rookies all around the island. Some were having fights; some were in bars, some were threatening citizens. I came across a guy who looked pretty ridiculous. He had a dumb haircut and a clear fish tank on his head. Yeah, it was a fish tank. Or I thought it was. I gulped down my drink and heard people around me muttering things to themselves and asking who I was. There was a collapsed man near him. I suddenly stopped in front of the fish-tank-man, who was facing me.
"Huh?" I said, looking at him. "Do you want some directions or something?"
Everyone around me shrieked, and he pointed his gun at me. As soon as he pulled the trigger, I dodged it, gripping my swords and running to his side. As I was about to cut him, a woman with pink hair grabbed me.
"A kid?!" I exclaimed as we fell over.
"Oneechaaaan! Why did you die?! Oneeechaaan!" she yelled. My face was covered in red and I was about to shove her off me when she whispered, "Stay still."
"You tried to attack the Celestial Dragon-sama? Of course you'd die!" she wailed.
"I hit him?" fish-tank-man said. "For a moment, it seemed as though he dodged it…"
"Well," he continued. "As long as he's dead, it's fine."
After he left I got up, wiping the red stuff off me. "Why'd you get in my way?!"
"Huh?! Don't say we got in your way, dumbass!" the girl snapped. "What the hell were you trying to do?! Do you WANT the admirals to come to this island?!"
"Tomato juice," I mumbled to myself. Wait a minute…wasn't she a kid?
She kept scolding me and saying I caused them trouble. Well, whatever. I stood and picked up the guy who'd been shot.
"Where's the hospital?" I asked. She told me to leave him, but I kept going, ignoring her.
"A pirate helping someone?" she said. "I've never heard of that before."
I kept going. He was pretty badly injured.
….
Robin's point of view
We ended up meeting Rayleigh, the Pirate King's former second hand man. He was an old man, but still very strong. He started telling Luffy about the man named Shanks, and how he had been on the Pirate King's ship before. Apparently, Shanks had talked to Rayleigh about Luffy before, which made Luffy even more interested. He clutched his hat, a wide grin on his face.
"Shanks!" he said. Not long after their talk, Usopp wanted to ask a question.
"Pops!" he called Rayleigh. "I have to ask. Is the One Piece treasure…Is it…Is it really-"
"USSOOPPP!" Luffy yelled angrily. "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHERE THE TREASURE IS! I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR IF THERE IS A TREASURE OR NOT!"
We all stared at him, not exactly dumbfounded, but interested in what he was saying.
"I don't know anything about it, but everyone sets off to sea to find out for themselves! If pops were to tell us anything here, then I'll QUIT on becoming Pirate King! If we're gonna have a boring adventure like that, then I would rather die!"
Usopp freaked out after hearing what Luffy said, and immediately changed his mind about wanting to know. It was quite the scene, seeing Luffy express himself that way. And I agreed. At the time, everyone was at the bar together, and it was the first time I had been anywhere near Zoro for the past couple of weeks. He didn't seem quite as distant as he had been on the ship, and I was thankful for that.
I went outside after what happened and headed towards the Sunny. I had a few books I wanted to return, and a particular one to bring back with me. I was planning to spend some time in the bar. I stopped in my tracks and waited. Someone was behind me.
"Robin," a deep voice called out. I turned around to face Zoro, who was holding a bottle of sake, then waited for him to start talking. He had a very blunt look on his face as he rested his hand on his katana. I didn't feel awkward or uncomfortable, but slightly irritated. He had taken his time to stop avoiding me, and now he was taking his time to speak.
I stared back at him just as bluntly.
"Is there something you want to say?" I finally asked.
"Uhuh," he replied. "I've been thinking. A lot. And I don't know if you're aware of this, but I'm not much of a thinker. I don't usually spend much of my time thinking about what I feel or what I should do."
"I'm aware of that," I said.
"And I've come to the conclusion," he continued after a short silence, "that I feel something different towards you."
I felt an uncontrollable rush of pleasure. I could tell that it had taken a lot out of him to say that. It was more than obvious. I expected him to say something else, but it seemed that that was all he was going to say. The blunt expression on his face remained.
"Zoro," I began. "I feel something different towards you as well."
His eyes seemed to widen ever so slightly, so that if you weren't looking carefully, you wouldn't have noticed. We both stayed calm and the cool expressions didn't seem to want to leave our faces.
"Yosh," he finally said, turning around and flicking the bottle cap off.
"Alright," I replied, clutching my books tightly and turning around as well. With that, he went back to the bar and I made my way to the Sunny. After arriving, I let out the chuckle I'd been holding in all the way. That was, indeed, the most frigid confession two people could make. Although, if I were expecting anything to happen, I wouldn't have imagined it happening any other way.
…..
Our captain punched a celestial dragon. Although I agreed that he indeed deserved it, there were consequences. The island was soon covered with marines and admirals. The government had made an incredible number of robots that looked exactly like the Warlord called Bartholomew Kuma, and they were called the Pacifista. Their power and strength were incredible. Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji fought one, and they had to go all-out with their strength in order to defeat it. Not long after that, though, a man named Sentoumaru, who was on the government's side, came with another Pacifista, and he used the power of Haki. He called the Pacifista PX-1.
"Everyone, run away!" Luffy commanded. "We can't stay together…split up and RUN!"
We tried running away as Luffy fought against Sentoumaru, but not long after that Zoro was attacked. He fell over, the dust covering the person responsible for knocking him over.
"What?!" Usopp shrieked, aiming his slingshot at whoever was there. "Who-Who are you?! Get away from Zoro, you freak!"
"Z-Zoro-san! Zoro-san was hit by a beam!" Brook exclaimed.
I then realized who it was. "Kizaru?!"
He was an admiral that had eaten a devil fruit. He was a light man, and was able to shoot beams. I breathed heavily as I watched him lift his foot, getting ready to step on Zoro's back. Not only was he going to step on it, but with his power, he was able to kill him. Light was forming from his foot, and if he hit him, he would pierce right through his back.
"He can shoot beams, too!" Franky shouted. "This is bad, we've gotta do something! HE'S SO CLOSE TO ZORO! ZORO'S GONNA DIE!"
"OH NO! ZORO'S IN TROUBLE!" Luffy cried out. "UUSSOOOPPPP!"
"You…STOP IT!" Usopp shrieked at Kizaru. He immediately aimed his slingshot at the admiral and shot. It went right through him, because he was made of light. He shot and he shot, but it was pointless.
"Damn it, WHY?!" Usopp yelled, shooting like mad. Brook came next with his sword, but his weapon wouldn't do any good.
"I can't stab him either!" Brook said. "What do we do?!"
"It's useless," Kizaru replied. "I ate the Pika-Pika fruit. I'm a light man."
"A light man?!" Franky exclaimed.
"You're kidding, right?!" Nami whimpered. "Zoro's gonna die!"
"ZORO! RUN!" Chopper cried out, tears covering his face.
"My body…won't…" Zoro managed to say.
"It's no use! That guy's at his limit already!" Sanji yelled.
"Viente Fluer!" I yelled, crossing my arms. I sprouted arms out of the ground from either side of Zoro and started rolling him away.
"Alright!" Usopp cried. "Great, Robin!"
I felt a rush of relief as I kept moving him away from Kizaru, but due to his power, he was able to teleport from where he was and reappear on top of Zoro again. He stepped on his back, making me unable to pull him away anymore. I clutched Zoro's shirt and tried to get him away desperately.
"I won't let you get away," Kizaru said. He had one foot on Zoro and raised the other in order to kill him. I clutched harder but it was useless. I couldn't do anything.
"You'll die now," he said, lifting his leg higher. As he was about to shoot the beam from his leg, Rayleigh suddenly appeared, using his own leg to get Kizaru's out of the way. The beam shot towards the sky, making a massive explosion.
Kizaru set his foot down on the ground. "So, now you decide to appear…Dark King, Rayleigh?"
"I won't let you take out these youngsters," Rayleigh replied. "Their era is only beginning!"
"POPS!" Luffy cried out.
"He saved him!" Franky said.
"Thank God…" Chopper exclaimed, still crying. I relaxed my arms, feeling remarkably relieved. I let out a short breath, feeling tired. Thank God…
Kizaru and Rayleigh were having a brief talk when Luffy spoke up.
"USOPP! BROOK!" he yelled. "TAKE ZORO AND RUN!"
"Right!" Usopp said, bending over and picking Zoro up. "Brook, let's go!"
"Everyone, only think of how to escape!" he continued. "Right now…we can't…beat these guys!"
"Oh, great. That's really annoying," Kizaru commented. There was a Pacifista near Franky, Nami, and Sanji. Franky used the last of his Cola-fuel to send it flying away before we all ran off.
"Pops, thank you!" Luffy cried.
"No problem! I'll be praying for your safety!" Rayleigh replied. Kizaru was trying to do something to Zoro and his group when Rayleigh interrupted him.
"I won't let you pass," he said.
"PX-1!" I heard Sentoumaru say. "Roronoa is half-dead! Go take him out!"
The Pacifista started running after them. Sanji left Nami to Franky and ran after Zoro's group as well. Luffy, Chopper and I ran a different way than they did, and we couldn't see what was happening. We suddenly saw two explosions coming from where they were. Luffy was suddenly attacked by Sentoumaru.
"You don't have time to worry about your friends!" he shouted. Chopper stopped running.
"How is he able to hit a rubberman like that?!" he shrieked.
"Chopper!" I cried out. "Don't stop!"
"SANJI!" We heard a yell coming from Usopp. Turning our attention to them, we saw the Pacifista holding Sanji with one of his hands, ready to shoot a beam straight into his chest. And he did. Chopper suddenly turned into his human form and ran towards Luffy.
"Chopper! Don't do it!" I called after him.
"STOP IT, YOU PEOPLE!" he yelled. He had eaten three of his rumble balls, which are the things that made him able to turn into different forms. I had heard of this happening before, and that eating three of them at the same time made him turn into a tremendous sized reindeer, where he wouldn't be able to control himself anymore. Once he turned into his form completely, he let out a loud roar that was almost deafening.
I ran to Luffy and picked him up. "Luffy, watch out!"
I noticed that the Pacifista was about to shoot another beam towards Usopp and the others when the real Bartholomew Kuma appeared.
"Wait, PX-1," he commanded. PX-1 stopped. I could tell it was the real him because of the Bible he held. Zoro, who had been collapsed for a while, slowly lifted himself up and looked at Kuma.
"So, you survived, Roronoa," he said.
"Thanks to your mercy…" Zoro replied, breathing heavily.
"O-Oi, Zoro…there's no time to talk…you need to leave!" Usopp urged.
Kuma took off the glove he wore on his right hand.
"If you were to go on a vacation, where would you like to go?" Kuma asked Zoro.
"Oi…Zoro…if you don't hurry up and run…" Usopp pleaded. Kuma raised his hand and hit Zoro with it.
Zoro disappeared. He literally vanished.
"Huh…Zoro?" Usopp called out, looking around.
"Zoro…san?" Brook said.
"Zoro? ZORO?! ZORO!" Usopp freaked out as he frantically looked around.
"Zoro…vanished!" he said. He clutched his slingshot and looked up at Kuma. "DAMN YOU! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ZORO?!"
He began to cry. "HE WAS…HE WAS JUST…RIGHT HERE!"
"Z-Zoro?" Luffy whispered. "Zoro?!"
"ZORO!" he cried out. I looked back and noticed Chopper's hand coming down to attack us. Quickly I grabbed Luffy and got out of the way. This was a mess. We were in a huge mess.
"Stop it, Chopper! Don't be reckless!" I shouted.
"ZORO! WHERE DID YOU GO?!" Luffy yelled, turning to Sentoumaru. "OI! WHAT'D HE DO TO ZORO? WHERE'D HE DISAPPEAR TO?!"
After Sentoumaru claimed he was the most tight-lipped man in the world, he told us that people are sent flying somewhere faraway. No one other than the person who disappeared knew where, though.
Gradually, my crewmates began to disappear. One after the other. They got hit by Kuma's palm and were sent away. I was in utter shock. First it was Zoro, then it was Brook. Usopp…Sanji…Franky…Nami…Chopper…
Kuma began to walk towards me. I slowly backed away, then turned to run.
"Stop it…" Luffy pleaded. "Stop it…"
"PLEASE!" he cried out. "STOP THIS!"
Kuma was too fast. He raised his hand as Luffy rushed towards me.
"ROBIN!" Luffy shouted.
"LUFFY!" I yelled, reaching out to him. It was too late.
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Whew. C: So, they finally told each other –CHEERS-. I didn't want to put a "I love you" or "I like you" kind of confession, because I just really don't think that'll be the way it would go, if it ever did. So, I hope you weren't disappointed in any kind of way, because I feel like it was a pretty good way of doing it between two not-so-affectionate people. Hopefully you liked it, and thank you for everyone's support, I deeply appreciate it!
Let me know what you think 8D!