Book One: Treasure of the Heart (Zoro X OC)

Chapter Fifteen ~ The Fight begins

~Nicole~

Nojiko had finished telling what had happened in her's and Nami's past, Zoro was snoring away, i had tuned in around the time Nojiko got to telling how their mother died, "To make a choice like that when you're only ten years old, do you know how hard that must of been?"Nojiko asked "All to save the village she loved so much"Usopp said  "That girl"he muttered bending his nose "How ever makes Nami suffer is gonna hear from me!!!"Sanji yelled before getting punched by Nojiko.

"Why'd you do that?"Sanji asked going down "Because i'm telling you to stay out of it, if you go around saying that she's your friend, they're going to become suspicious of her then her eight years of suffering will have been for nothing, don't make it harder then it already is, she has to fight alone knowing there are people who call her friend only makes her suffering worse"Nojiko said, Zoro had woken up and noticed me on his lap, i blushed a bit getting up, i don't know why i even did that in the first place but i don't regret doing it.

Nojiko left after that and we discussed what we should do next, we decided on meeting up with Luffy "Alright let's go meet up with Luffy as soon as possible"Usopp said getting up before turning to Sanji "Hey Sanji what are you doing?"he asked "I'm appreciating happiness"Sanji said "What are you talking about?"Usopp asked "Nami's had to live with way more suffering then any normal person, right i'm making a lot of good vibes so i can send them her way"Sanji said.

"You're weird, but not full of crap, any weaker person would have offed themselves a long time ago but Nami's hung on for eight years, gotta give her that"I said "Of course i can send them your way as well!"Sanji said hearts in his eyes, i sweatdropped "Quite goofing off love cook, let's go"Zoro said getting up, he helped me up ignoring Sanji yelling something about a moss head and off we went towards Cocoyashi Village.

~skip~

We arrived to see Nami stabbing her arm in rage crying out Arlong repeatedly, i just wanted to give her a hug but Luffy handled it, he gave Nami his strawhat "He's gonna pay!"he yelled, i sat next to Zoro as Luffy walked over "Let's go"he said "Right"we responded and followed him to Arlong Park.

~Third~

The villagers had already arrived at Arlong Park, only to have the way blocked but a very beaten up Johnny and Yosaku "Hey are you guys alright?"one of the villagers asked "Did Arlong do this to you?"Genzo asked, the two didn't reply "Move aside, we have business to take care of with the fishmen"Genzo told them "When we finally find out the truth about big sis Nami we realized the only thing we could do is defeat Arlong in battle so we decided to come back here and challenge him"Johnny said.

"Yeah but then we lost but only by a hair"Yosaku said "I'm sorry but i can't let you through this door, you have no chance of victory"Johnny said "What's that?"Genzo asked "Be patient, won't be long now you see we're waiting for the arrival of certain people"Yosaku said "What certain people?"Genzo asked.

"Don't worry they'll be here soon, i bet my life on it"Yosaku said as five people approached in the distance, from the left Nicole, Zoro, Luffy, Sanji and Usopp "There!"the two yelled spotting them "It's them"Nojiko said recognizing their faces "But why would they come to defend our village?"Genzo wondered out loud, "If these people can't handle Arlong and his gang then there really is no hope, not only for this island but for the whole East Blue"Yosaku said.

"Those are the faces of the five people who are going to change your destiny, burn their images into your memory"Johnny said "Step aside"Luffy told the villagers as the group got closer to Arlong Park, meanwhile Arlong was laughing wildly behind the safety of the gate "Hey do you think those two idiots were members of Zoro's little crew?"he asked one of his men "Zoro? They seemed too weak for that, they even worth killing"the crew member said, then a knocking at the gate as Luffy punched it down "What the?!"Arlong wondered outloud "Now which one of you is Arlong?"Luffy asked.