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

Chapter One Hundred Seven ~ Moria joins in

~Third~

"Zoro we're just trying to buy enough time for Luffy to get our shadows back it's not like we need to defeat him"Usopp said as Zoro walked forward "I'm just finishing the fight he started and i've got this new sword couldn't imagine a better time to see what it's capable of"Zoro said "Yeah! You've got this Zoro!"Nicole cheered him on.

Zoro stepped up and challenged Oars, the giant punched down but he dodged and cut the rubble flying at him "Give it a rest! You're practically begging to get flattened!"Usopp said "Can't you try out that sword some other time?"Franky asked "Just ignore them Zoro! You can't pass this up!"Nicole said.

Zoro smirked a bit and looked at Shusui "Didn't notice it earlier but Shusui's got a lot more heft to it, never used a black blade before"he said more to himself before Oars came in with a punch but he deflected it "Yeah!"Nicole cheered as Zoro launched his flying blade attack but Oars dodged it.

"It was stronger then i expected the blade absorbed the blast from the other two into one, it's impressive but it still moves a little too slow for my liking that means i've got some work to do before i can fully master it"Zoro said "You just gotta get used to it!"Nicole called.

"You could of put my eye with that, you lucky bastard! I'm gonna grind you down to a blob!"Oars said stomping his foot down but Zoro dodged it "Zoro!"Chopper called "Holy crap is he alright?" Franky asked "Of course he is!"Nicole snapped a bit as Zoro continued dodging, he jumped back and attacked Oars' foot making him fall down, Oars used it to his advantage though going for a side crush.

Zoro dodged again and jumped back into the dust using it to his advantage he attacked again but again Oars dodged, Zoro jumped back "Come on Zoro don't push it you're just making things worse cause even if you do miraculously take him down what's the point Luffy's shadow is the only one we'll get back from him, we don't even have the slightest idea where yours and Sanji's are"Usopp said.

"If we really wanna get our shadows back we just need to wait here until Luffy takes care of it, there's no point in killing yourself trying to take down an undead giant all we gotta do is believe in Luffy and try to keep this guy busy for a while"Usopp said "I've got plenty of faith in Luffy but i'm also aware of Luffy's one major weakness"Zoro said.

"You're forgetting Luffy's a total moron, Moria's probably tricked him already and given him the slip"Nicole said "If they manage to stall Luffy and the sun rises then we're screwed, him, me and the cook we'll melt until we're nothing but ash, maybe we can't save ourselves but if we can get Luffy his shadow back he can lay this damn island to waste"Zoro said.

"Looks like we got maybe thirty minutes before sunrise, on the plus side we've got some thick fog the suns gonna have a hard time getting through that"Franky said "So we're that close to dawn we should count our blessings we've got this fog can't say it's much comfort though the reality of melting starting to sink in for me"Sanji said.

Then the island started shaking around, Thriller Bark the ship was caught in a current and the fog started to lift "Oh come on!"Nicole said "Damn it well this changes the situation at this point we got no choice but to stop Oa-"Usopp trailed off as the cloth on Oars' stomach opened like a curtain revealing Moria was inside a cockpit of sorts carved into the giant zombie.

"It's Moria!"Usopp freaked out, Nicole was just as shocked no wonder she wasn't able to sense him even though he was so close "Dawn is just around the corner do you think this the best time for you to be standing around?"Moria asked.

"Wait how are you here? What happened to Luffy?"Usopp asked "I knew it, he got tricked"Nicole sighed with a sweatdrop "Explain this Usopp, Nicole just where the hell are you seeing Moria?" Sanji asked "Are you blind? He's right there"Nicole said pointing to Oars's stomach where Moria was just casually sitting in a cockpit.