After skipping the opening and the recap, they were greeted with, "Hawk Eye Mihawk! The Great Swordsman Zoro Falls at Sea!"

Tokoyami dryly gulps at the title card's implication.

When they were on dry land, Johnny and Yosaku explained how it happened.

On the Going Merry, Johnny and Yosaku noticed Nami was looking at the wanted posters, specifically the one of Arlong, who's apparently terrifyingly strong. He went quiet a while ago until he started to go wild recently. The reason why they even have his poster is because his bounty is hard to give up on.

Suddenly, Nami set a change of clothes on the railing, asking if they could turn around. The two hunters blushed, but turned around, all excited by a wink from her and a little tug on her shirt's collar.

Most of the boys blushed at Nami's teasing nature while Mineta and Denki drooled at the thought of Nami changing out of her clothes. Katsuki shook his head, saying, "They're going to get pushed off, aren't they?"

Johnny's heart soared at Nami's boldness while Yosaku wondered if they should take a peak. Just as they turned around, Nami pushed them right into the waters, and when they resurfaced, Nami told them, though hesitatingly, that this is business and that she was just joining forces, not an actual member. All the two could do is watch her sail away until they were sweep away from the galleon's splitting.

"Ugh, boys." Jiro groaned. "You would have deserved that if she was actually changing."

"I refuse to believe that Nami would actually abandon them!" Mina exclaimed.

"Her actions says otherwise." Katsuki said.

"I know she's greedy... but Nami couldn't have been willing to do it." Ochako felt conflicted over all of this.

Izuku could only theorized right now, remembering the Arlong poster. Despite what she've said before about her hatred for pirates, Nami could be working for him, but why? Is she that desperate for money? Is she actually willing in it?

The green-haired boy made himself keep this little theory to himself for now.

The hunters apologized for what have they done while Usopp and Zoro were furious at what Nami has done instead. Since they still have the hunters' boat, Luffy told Zoro and Usopp to follow Nami. Zoro said to let her go, but Luffy only wants Nami as his navigator, so the swordsman reluctantly accepted it. Luffy decided that he have to settle things here.

"You know, you could have still left during all that chaos." Katsuki said.

"But that would mean that we won't get Sanji as their cook." Mina pouted.

"I mean, he's a fucking simp. Straw Hat can get a different cook."

The minions were shocked by their ship's wreckage as Hawk Eye's coffin ship came into view. Before Zoro, Usopp, and the hunters could sail away, Zoro can't believe it's actually him, the man he's looking for, as the minions panicked. They were shock that such an ordinary looking human could do all this destruction by himself nor did he look like he have any special weapons until Zeff pointed out the big sword on Mihawk's back.

The chefs won't believe that Mihawk's sword could cut a ship that huge, but there is a reason why he's the world's greatest swordsman.

"Do you think he has a Devil Fruit?" Denki wondered.

"He has to. That was a big fucking ship!" Katsuki exclaimed.

Zoro wants to fight him to fulfill his promise. One of the underlings demanded why he's after them.

Mihawk's answer? Just killing time.

"Wait, seriously?" Ojiro's eyes widen. "That's it?"

"Well, if you're the world's strongest, what else can you do?" Hizashi jokingly said.

"Hey, I have... hobbies when I was ranked No. 1." Toshinori said, somewhat reluctantly.

The underling pulled out his guns in anger. Before the man shoot, Mihawk pulled out his black blade. Tilting his sword, the bullets bounced off the blade, missing him completely.

The audience were just as shock as the minions. Izuku made a note to himself to research reactions times, especially bullets.

The minion was shock as Zoro suddenly appeared behind them to tell them that Mihawk was able to avert it with the tip of his blade. As the swordsman approached the master, a man asked who he is, but another recognized his three swords.

Seeing that Mihawk's truly the strongest, Zoro challenged him, and though the master swordsman called him foolish, he smirked.

Taking out the Wado Ichimonji, Zoro's willing to fight as the underlings finally realized him as Roronoa Zoro of the Santoryu.

There were murmurs among the students, either out of excitement or worry.

It's too early... It's too early... Tokoyami knew Zoro isn't going to win. He's going to fail.

Usopp warned that Merry is getting out of their sights, but Luffy stared at Zoro and Mihawk. The master swordsman called Zoro weak, and in a flash, it seemed like Mihawk teleported to him. He told him that if he was a competent swordsman, Zoro would be able to see how far their skills actually are before they even fight. Mihawk asked if it was courage or ignorance that caused Zoro to fight against him. Zoro answered with 'ambition' and a promise to his friend instead.

The chefs wondered how this will turn out while the hunters were certain that Zoro will be victorious. Mihawk pulled out his cross necklace, revealing a hidden knife.

"I'm no beast that goes all out when hunting a rabbit. Even if you're a swordsman who's earned a bit of a name for himself, this sea, the East Blue, is the weakest among the four seas. Unfortunately, I don't carry any smaller sharp instrument than this one."

Anger stirred within Katsuki, trying his best not to use his quirk. "Okay, fucking kill him, Zoro! That's just plain insulting!"

"But there's no way that Zoro would become the world's greatest swordsman right now." Tokoyami murmured, sweating nervously.

Zoro refused to be made fun of, already charging after with all three swords.

"Oni... Giri!" With that tiny knife, Mihawk was able to stop that attack, much to everyone's shock.

Zoro could barely even move his swords, revealing their abilities are truly far apart.

"Fuck... No way... No way! He can't be able to do that!" Katsuki gaped at the screen, listening to the shock gasps of the others. Against his will, his mind reminded him of the practical exams' first half and the disaster it became. He told himself that Zoro is a main character, he can live through this.

"He's really that strong?" "That should be impossible!"

"He's the world's strongest for a reason." Toshinori breathed out, impressed with Mihawk's skill.

Zoro repeatedly swung at Mihawk with reckless abandonment, but the man barely moved his knife. After the eyecatches, Mihawk smoothly dodged Zoro's attacks. When he reach the railing, he jumped off of it, and continued on dodging and blocking Zoro's attacks until one clash have caused a shockwave.

Krieg's underlings were shock that Mihawk is even more of a monster than Zoro himself. Zoro was determined to not lose like this, but a memory of Kuina have caused him to fall. With a single karate chop to the back of his head, Zoro's past appeared.

Seeing his past once again have caused the audience to tear up again, wishing that Zoro could win this battle, but seeing how the battle is going for Zoro, that's unlikely.

Zoro tried to swing at Mihawk once again, but he fell instead, breathing heavily. Mihawk asked what does he desire, calling him weak once again.

Yosaku and Johnny wants to attack the master swordsman for insulting Zoro, but Luffy grabbed them and pinned them down, telling them to not intervene.

"Don't interrupt a battle between men!" Kirishima shouted.

"Yeah, he practically saved you from dying instantly." Katsuki said.

Zoro stood up, determined to not lose. Mihawk stared at him as the sun shined down on the battle field, making the world seem black and white.

"Tora..." Luffy's words echoed. Words of the world's greatest swordsman being perfect for the King of the Pirates's crew. "Gari!" Before Zoro could go any further, Mihawk stabbed him in the chest, around where his heart is.

Horrified screams and cries run through the living room.

"He's dead!" "Oh my god!" "Holy shit!" "This can't be happening!" "He can't die already!" "No! No! No!" "Please don't let him die!"

Over the panicking students, the teachers stared wide eyed at the scene until Aizawa was able to notice something.

"Wait, Zoro's alive. Mihawk only stabbed him above his heart."

That only calmed down a couple of his hysterical students. Some of the others were still crying, trying to wipe away their tears, or panting heavily, trying to calm themselves down.

"He's... He's alive, of course. Zoro's a main character." Katsuki slowly let out deep breathes, pretending he wasn't crying before.

"He can still achieve his dream." Izuku let out a hopeful sigh, wiping away his tears with a tissue.

Mihawk asked why Zoro isn't withdrawing, even when the master swordsman nearly stabbed him in the heart. Zoro told him that if he took a step back, he felt like he would be breaking his promise and he'll never take it back. He would rather die than be defeated.

"Zoro, please don't say that after all of that." Mina sniffled.

"But... if that's he feels, we can't tell him otherwise." Kirishima breathed out.

Mihawk is impressed with Zoro. Withdrawing his knife, he asked for him to state his name. Forming his swords into a triangle, Zoro declared his name, and Mihawk said he'll remember it, taking out his large, black blade. Mihawk considers Zoro as strong now, allowing himself to use the world's strongest black sword, the sword that sliced Krieg's ship.

Johnny told Zoro to stop as the green-haired swordsman decided to use his secret technique. He rotates his hand swords rapidly, running as Mihawk lunged after him.

"Sanzen Sekai!" The two clashed... and Zoro's hand blades shattered as blood scattered across from his chest.

Zoro lost.

"Zoro!" There were still some adrenaline running through the kids from the first shock as strings of curses rung through the room.

Tear strained faces couldn't believe what they're seeing.

Zoro finally understood the power of the world's strongest, and he's going to embrace it, arms spread out. Even Mihawk was shock by such a thing, but as Zoro said, "Scars on the back are a swordsman's shame..."

With a single slash of Mihawk's black blade, a curtain of blood decorated Zoro's chest from shoulder to hip. Zoro's friends screamed out to him as the green-haired swordsman fell to the sea.

"Zoro, you suicidal maniac!" Jiro shouted over the cries of the others, and yet...

Tokoyami didn't think of Zoro as foolish for literally embracing death. In fact, he thought of him as... 'manly,' as Kirishima would say.

Sanji stared at the swordsman, revealing that he though Zoro was crazy for not giving up his ambition. Krieg's underlings were terrified of this display of the Grand Line's power. Johnny and Yosaku swam as Luffy launched himself to Mihawk, revealing his Devil Fruit powers to everyone.

When Luffy made it to the wreckage Mihawk stands on, the master swordsman told him he didn't kill Zoro. The hunting duo were able to get Zoro and bring him to their ship as Usopp brought him medicine.

The master swordsman proclaimed himself as 'Dracule Mihawk' and he believes that it's too early for Zoro to die. He wants Zoro to learn more about himself, the world itself, and to become stronger. Mihawk wants Zoro to try to surpass him.

As the adrenaline died down, the students could feel the importance of these words, especially from Dracule Mihawk himself to Zoro.

"Zoro still has a chance." Izuku whispered, feeling this sense of... joy that Zoro could live another day, that he's getting encouragement from the world's greatest swordsman himself to achieve his title.

Dracule asked Luff what his goal is, and of course, it's to be King of the Pirates, which the master swordsman even says that's harder than surpassing him. Luffy wouldn't know, sticking his tongue out childishly until he heard Zoro was alive.

With the Wado Ichimonji raised up high, Zoro called out to Luffy. "Did I worry you? You need no less than the world's greatest swordsman, right?" When he coughed up blood, Johnny and Yosaku told him to stop talking, but Zoro continued on for everyone to hear.

"I... I will not be defeated ever again!" Zoro declared, tears running down his face. "Until the day I defeat him and become a master swordsman... I'll never... be defeated! Got any problem with that... King of the Pirates!"

Lufffy let out a laugh, saying no, while Mihawk could see they're a good team, hoping to see them again.

"Goddamn it, Zoro." Kirishima cried, though it wasn't out of horrified sadness, it was out of happiness. "...You're so manly..."

Izuku nodded in agreement, eyes glued to the screen.

Before Mihawk could go back to his little boat, Don Krieg confronted him, wondering why he didn't take his life. Honestly, Mihawk was going to, but he had enough fun here, so now he wants some rest. Krieg refused that while his minions didn't want the master swordsman to stay any longer.

"Yeah... You're dead. Just plain dead." Katsuki causally said to Krieg. "I'm pretty sure you're just suicidal now."

Krieg took out his guns and tried to shoot him down, but in the explosion, Mihawk escaped while Luffy launched himself back to the Baratie. As the smoke cleared, Luffy told Usopp to bring back Nami as Usopp threw his straw hat back to him, certain that all of them, including Sanji, will reunite together and go to the Grand Line.

So Krieg and his pirates still plan on taking the Baratie while Luffy asked if he could stop doing chores if he could drive them all away. Zeff said sure.

"To Be Continued."

"God, that was a lot more... intense than I thought." Jiro sighed, wiping away her imaginary sweat off her forehead.

"I really thought Zoro died there!" Toru exclaimed. "Like... that little knife..."

"Just be glad he's survived... somehow." Todoroki said, staring at the screen.

Aizawa looked at his class, glad that they've calmed down from that... scene. Though recognizing how emotional One Piece could be, he felt like it won't last for long.


AN: Sorry that it's an one episode chapter, but I just felt like Zoro's battle with Mihawk and his declaration to Luffy deserves its own chapter.

By the way, I saw this on Twitter, so I don't actually know it's actually made by the creator of MHA, but for the 1000th chapter of One Piece, Kohei Horikoshi made a little comic of Class 1-A dressed as the Straw Hats (and Izuku was dressed as Roger, and Todoroki was dressed as Law) but they immediately turned themselves in because they are law biding citizens. I don't know why I need to mention this except for the the fact that it made me really happy to see it, like I love them dressed as the Straw Hats (Kirishima is Franky!). Kind of wish to see them in more One Piece outfits (at least in fanart), but sadly, I have the drawing skills of a five year old (and don't have the money to commission people to do that).

Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.