[Roronoa Zoro] ~ Remembering You ~ ||Fanfiction||

~ Chapter 1 ~

With another corrupt government taken down and its people freed from tyranny and hardship, the Straw Hats sailed their way through the New World off on their next adventure. It was a normal day for the crew, Luffy leaned back comfortably on the head of Sunny, soaking in the hot sun beaming down as he gazed over the sea filled with excitement. Sanji fawned over Nami and Robin as they casually sunbathed on their lawn chairs, the scent of tangerine wafted around them while sipping on the cool drinks the cook had put his love into making. Brook, Franky, and Usopp were sitting at a round table on the ship near the girls under an umbrella. Chopper suffering through the heat as he laid on Jimbei's cool lap watching the guys play cards to take his mind off the sweltering heat.

Usopp: "Oi, that's cheating Brook you can't hide your cards in your ribs." Usopp stood up accusingly pointing at Brook annoyed, the skeleton giggled behind his palm and pulled out a stack of cards he had indeed been hiding in his ribs.

Franky: "That's SUPER uncool bro." Franky threw his cards down and picked up his iced cola to sip on.

Brook: "YOHOHOHO, that game was truly rib tickling." Brook laughed at himself and gathered all their cards to reshuffle whilst hearing unanimous groans from the others to prepare for the next game that he promised he wouldn't cheat again.

Zoro comfortably leaned back against the beam of the ship, sweat dripping down his chest with his eyes closed trying to drown out the noise of the crew in the background. He spent the day in search of an answer as to why he's been feeling on edge since he woke up this morning. The air was calm around the ship, Nami noted no upcoming changes to the weather and his haki couldn't pick up on anything out of the ordinary that would pose a danger to the crew.

Zoro: "Oi cook, come here for a second." Zoro called gruffly for Sanji, the cook's hip swerving at the ladies came to a halt and became visibly irritated from being disturbed.

Sanji: "Can't you see I'm busy shitty swordsman?" Sanji bit back but nonetheless reluctantly walked away from Nami's side and gave a 'what' expression to Zoro once he stood before him.

Zoro: "Do you feel anything...off around you?" Zoro questioned, the cook clearly confused by what the swordsman was asking him.

Sanji: "Has the moss on your head finally seeped into your brain?" Sanji asked back, Zoro opened his eyes to deadpan at the cook, regretting asking him. If the cook wasn't going to take him seriously, at least Zoro knew he was always prepared for the worst to come.

'Maybe I just needed some booze.' He thought to himself.

Zoro: "Nevermind, I don't even know why I even bother with you." Zoro said back, about to close his eyes only to sense a kick approaching his head, quickly drawing Wado from his stilt to block the attack.

Sanji: Wasting my precious time over your stupid-" The cook couldn't finish his sentence before the ship began to rumble. The rumbling abruptly stopped after a few seconds, a large hole began to grow out of the deck of the ship. The hole appeared as swirled white smoke with stars glittering in it. The hole had now been fully formed. The swordsman and cook moved into position to defend the ship as they were the closest to the hole. Luffy jumped from his place to stand with Zoro and Sanji, clearly not worried but beamed with excitement as he gawked over the mysterious hole.

As the rest of the crew quickly gathered around the hole, all ready for the worst to come out of this hole...a small hand shot out from the smoke, flailing, trying to find grip around the hole onto the ship. The hand found grip on the edge of the hole, one hand became two hands on the edge, hauling themselves out of the hole to crawl to then lay on the floor of the ship.

Luffy: "Wow look, it's a woman!" Luffy said the obvious, smiling widely at the mysterious woman who laid on her side on his ship, her face appeared fatigued.

You were huffing in and out trying to catch your breath again, feeling sweat dripping down your back. Your breathing eventually evened out, finding the energy to open your eyes to observe where in the world you had stumbled into. Finding the faces of the concerned strangers staring at you, a small 'shit' came out of your mouth as you scrambled to pull yourself up into a seated position, taking off your backpack and what appeared to be a dark green sword attached to it.

Y/N: "Excuse me, I do apologize for disturbing you. Where am I?" You smiled up at everyone as you asked politely, the crew members looked at each other clearly seeing that you were not dangerous, dropping their defenses and gazing at you with wonder.

Sanji: "Oh what a beautiful lady you are, I'm Sanji your savi-" Sanji started walking forward to you, beaming with hearts in his eyes about to work his usual ladies-man routine before he was pushed back by Luffy.

Luffy: "You're on my ship in the New World. Hi, I'm Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates." Luffy happily said as he grabbed your hand and shook it aggressively, you looked at him and started looking at each individual in front of you until your eyes laid upon a familiar green-haired man while he was putting his sword away. Your smile dropped as you gasped, slowly standing up and started walking towards the swordsman, the others were confused by your actions. You eventually stood in front of him ,your eyes glossed over and a small whimper came out of your mouth.

Y/N: "It's you...I've finally found you." You quietly spoke, everyone suddenly looking at Zoro who had become the center of attention. Zoro finally looked up from his swords to face you. What happened next clearly brought everyone out of their confused state as you slammed yourself into Zoro to hug him tightly. Sanji had visibly died at the display of affection from you.

Zoro: "Oi, what are you doing?" Zoro said gruffly, not returning your hug, his arms were raised to not touch you.

Y/N: "I spent so long looking for you, you have no idea how happy I am right now." You said sobbing, tears falling from your face as you felt the relief flood in.

Zoro: "I don't even know who you are and you're touching me like this." Zoro angrily stated.

Y/N: "Y-you don't remember me?" You looked up at him concerned, the weight of his words crushing into your heart.

Robin started to walk towards you from the others to ask the obvious question everyone has on their mind.

Robin: "I see you know our swordsman, do you mind me asking who you are?" Robin asked. You turned your head to the side at the new sound to make eye contact with the woman standing by your side. You could sense her gentle nature, you offered a small smile before clearing your throat to speak.

Y/N: "My name is Roronoa Y/N and this is my husband."