My One Piece (Book I)

Chapter-52 Death and Alive.

AT THE THOUSAND SUNNY,
SHORES OF THRILLER BARK...

"Wh-What the hell is that..?" Nami says in horror followed by everyone looking at the screen in absolute shock.

Around Zoro's heart, there was a black mist of smoke strangling it around and making his heart beat slower.
They are terrified and confused but they have a little clue on what that might be since they know about the curse.

"So that's the one, huh..?" Ussop ask with a concern in his eyes and trembling in fear,

"Seems like it.." Chopper says studying Zoro's vitals and checking his pulse,

"Can you do anything to stable him for now, Chopper..?" Franky ask with a confused look,

"I don't know..
This is beyond my medical expertise since i never seen or treated anything like this before. .." Chopper says almost in tears but working tirelessly,

Then they notice that black mist appeared in shape of a hand with claws squeezing his heart like a sponge and as soon as they saw the claw pressing against his heart,
Zoro shot back screaming in agony..

"CHOPPER.!" Nami screamed, her eyes moving between the screen and Zoro,

Chopper looked helpless, trembling as he saw a claw strangling his dear friend's life out of him and the thought of not able to do anything to help Zoro eat Chopper of guilt from inside..

"I-I...I Can't..!
I don't know...
I don't know how to help Zoro..!" Chopper says crying looking at Luffy,

"It's not your fault Chopper..!" Robin says trying to comfort the little furry friend,

"Bu-But.. I'm the doctor..!
I was supposed to save everyone's life.. How can i call myself a doctor if i can't even save my friend..?" Chopper says critics in Robin's arms,

"Ch-CHOPPER..!" Zoro says glaring at Chopper and getting everyone's attention towards him,

"DON'T YOU DARE...
Don't you fucking DARE..." Zoro says screaming, staring dagger at Chopper still groan in pain,

They all look shocked as Chopper got down from Robin and ran towards Zoro,

"Don't you DARE BLAME YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING... Some--something that had nothing to do with you...
This is simply a consequence of some of the tough decisions i made..
No matter what happened,
Don't you dare cry about it..
you're a Man, Chopper..!
And the best doctor I've ever known,
I will gladly fight thousands of battles knowing you got my back.
I have my faith in you.." Zoro says gathered all his will power to give Chopper some hope,

As soon as he finished,
Zoro cough blood and dropped on the bed in pain..

"Zoro..! You need to stop talking..
You already lost a lot of blood.." Nami says with tears holding his head and placing it gently on the soft pillow,

"Please.." Nami says held on to his hand, gripping it tight,

On the screen, That black mist suddenly  grew even more, surrounding his whole heart and completely compressing it, making Zoro scream in pain, gripping Nami's hand.

"Guys..! HIS HEART IS BEING SQUEEZED BY THAT BLACK SMOKE...
If this continues..." Sanji says in horrors,

"We'll lose Zoro forever..." Ussop says with tears forming on his eyes,