One Piece: The Child of the Storm

Chapter 5: A Night with the Swordsman

One night Zoro was on look while watching Merry as he lifted weights. Merry was reading a picture book that Robin gave to her to pass the time with Zoro. However Merry didn't quite know how to read just yet. Then she look up as Zoro and thought that he could read it to her, so she got up and walked over to him. Zoro looked down at his feet and saw Merry holding her book as she looked up at him.

Zoro: "Go on kid I'm busy right now."

Zoro resumed his training. Merry didn't give up she then tried tugging his pants leg to get his attention, but Zoro just shrugged her off. Merry then got mad at Zoro for not helping read her book, she then picked up her book and threw it at Zoro's head.

Zoro: "Ow! Hey what was that for!?"

Zoro saw Merry was about to cry. He scratched his head, picked up the book and walked over to Merry. Zoro sat on the floor with Merry on his lap and he began to read.

Zoro: "Once upon a time there live a fox. This fox was strong and brave; he thought that he was unbeatable until one night. The fox challenged a girl fox to a fight. The fox thought that this was going to be an easy win. But in the end the girl fox beat the boy fox at his own game. Day and night the boy fox train to become stronger then girl fox ever was. Then the day came to fight the girl fox again, but she didn't show up. He waited for two day and two nights but she never came. He grew tired of waiting for her so he searched though out the forest to find her and fight her again. Until a crow told him that she was taken away by hunters. The boy fox never forgave himself for being so weak, and on that day he made a promise that he would become stronger than she ever was. The End"

As Zoro closed the book Merry was happy of the story, but Zoro was so moved that it bright him to tears. Merry saw that Zoro was crying and wanted him to be happy again, so she got up and gave him a kiss on the check. Zoro gave Merry a pat on the head to show that he was fine. Ever scenes that night Merry would always go to Zoro when she wanted to read a book. The crew then started to nickname him Father Goose; of course Sanji never let it go of the nickname.