"Zoro, what the hell are you doing?!" Lambo gaped as Zoro lifted the cage over his shoulder. "You're injured, you big green dumbass!"
"Sh-Shut it..." Zoro gritted his teeth, ignoring the fact that his wound (which was painful for Lambo to even look at) squirted out blood with each movement he made. "This is nothing..."
Luffy frowned as he examined the wound from his place in the cage on Zoro's back. "You sure? You're bleeding all over the place."
"You shut up, too..."
"Wh-What's up with this guy?!" Nami exclaimed, eyes wide with disbelief. "And how the hell is he able to lift that thing when he just got stabbed?!"
"Hey, who's that girl?" Zoro grunted in question. "I think I heard you say her name was Nami or something, right?"
"Yeah, she's our new navigator," Luffy responded cheerfully.
"Th-This is insane!" Nami shouted. "Just what the hell are you guys?!"
Zoro didn't answer, instead taking step after grueling step forward, the cage held firmly over his shoulder.
"Seriously..." Lambo groaned before hurrying over and grabbing the other end of the cage. He doubted he was actually being much help, but he couldn't think of anything else to do, and this was better than nothing. "Do you even know where you're going?"
"Away from here," Zoro grunted in an "isn't-it-obvious" kind of way.
"That's not what I meant, and you know it..." The cow-clad boy grumbled as he tried his best to be able to hold some of the weight.
"H-Hey! Hold it!" Nami said once she'd snapped out of her stupor. "Wh-Why are you doing this? You're..." She paused and her face hardened. "You're just pirates..." She muttered before turning on her heel and walking away.
Lambo frowned. "She really hates pirates, doesn't she? I wonder what happened?"
"Beats me..." Luffy mumbled with a frown.
Lambo gave a small sigh. "Rhetorical question, Luffy..."
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Finally having pushed himself too far, Zoro let go of the cage, which he was at this point dragging instead of carrying, and fell to the ground. "Ugh..."
Lambo sat down next to him and frowned worriedly. "You okay, Zoro?"
Zoro scoffed. "This is nothing... I've had worse..."
"Somehow, I doubt that..." He looked at his wound and frowned further. "It's still bleeding... If only we had some bandages or something..."
"Hey," Luffy suddenly spoke up. "What's with this weird dog?"
Both of them blinked and turned to follow their captain's gaze. Standing a small distance away was a small, white floppy-eared dog. It didn't move at all. It just stood there, staring at them motionlessly.
"...It's kinda creepy..." Lambo mumbled after a few seconds of the silent staring.
Luffy grinned and pushed at the cage, causing it to move closer to the dog.
"...Could you have done that this whole time?" Lambo muttered in irritation. He was ignored.
Instead, Luffy initiated a staring contest with the dog, which didn't even seem to really look at him. After a while, Luffy started to pull at his face and make silly expressions to try to get the animal to react.
Nothing.
"...It's not moving," he said after a while.
"Who cares?" Zoro said as he dragged himself over to lean against a wall. "It's just a dog."
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From Mafioso to Pirate (Katekyo Hitman Reborn x One Piece)
FanficAt the age of fifteen, Lambo is looked down upon by everyone in his so-called family. When he's just about to give up on ever proving himself to them, he finds himself being stalked by some kid wearing a straw hat shouting, "Join my crew!" A "Lambo...