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You see him, standing there. He has his famouse three swords, one in his mouth, two in his hands.  He has piercing green eyes, and a tall skinny frame. Green hair and one ear with three hooks.

A pirate.

The famouse Roanoa Zoro.

The love of your life.

He stands on the bow of a ship, one knee slightly bent, his two arms crossed over his chest like a dead man in a coffin, clutching the swords tightly. Zoro mutters a curse, then leapes into action, jumping over the Going Mary's sterrn and onto another ship. An enemy ship.

Going in for the kill.

He runs past the other enemy pirates, cutting clean even slits into their chests. They fall in rows as he passes, running towords the captain of the ship, a bloodthirsty pirate.

He is the only one left to defend the Going Mary. The rest of Luffy's crew has been taken prisioner, forced to surrender. He is the only one that can save them.

You long to cry out to help him, to do something, but you can't.

You're a pirate on the enemy ship.

He dosen't even grace you a glance. Not that he should.

You are supposed to be enemys, after all.

He runs at your captain, yelling in the midst of battle, all the other crewmates of your ship lying dead on the deck. Blood is everywhere. But you don't notice. You only have eyes for him.

But he's about to attack your captain! Even though it rips your heart, you have been sworn to your captain. You run across the deck, long tall black boots clacking on the deck as you pull out a wide silver sword with a shinning hilt.

You jump in front of your captain jast as Zoro lands his first blow, you meeting it with your sword with a zing.

You don't want to attack, so you just meet his strikes, but do not attempt to strike back. He's storong. Sweat begins to trickle down your brow, and you clench your teeth, scrunching your nose.

Not that he can see. You're wearing as mask.

He finially manages to land a blow on you. You're strong, but not as strong and as fast as the famous Roanoa Zoro. He hits your abdomen, cutting a deep slash in you. You double over in pain, regret that you could not protect your captain, even more regret that you could not love him.

Life is very unfair.

He stabs you in the back once more and you fall to the deck, your mask cracking as it hits the ground.  Blood begins to pool around you. He turns around to begin to attack your captain, who pulls out a sword and attacks with as much spirit as Zoro.

Your mask comes off in pieces, and lays wobbling on the deck. With the smallest movements, you take them and cast them off to the side, looking up  at Zoro with big watchful eyes.

You want him to be the last thing you see.

He and the captain are still landing blows, but Zoro manages to strike deeper wounds than your captain can. He finially falls to his knees, staring up at Zoro and still trying to whack him in the neck or chest, but Zoro runs him through, plunging his sword through your captain's heart. Your captain's eyes go lifeless, and he slumps to the deck, unnmoving.

Zoro is victorious, but it still brings tears to your eyes that you will not live long enough to celebrate it with him.

Your now open hair flutters all over your face in the wird, obscuring your vision of him. You pull out one of your hands and pull it back, wanting to see him as clearly as you can.

Hearing the movement behind him Zoro whirls around and pulls up his swords, ready to strike and finish you off. But then shocked recognition flows through his face. Regret shadows over it too.

It was you under that mask.

He gives you a hard look, trying to see if he's correct.

It's you. You're alive?

 He thought you were dead.

He opens his mouth, your naming flows off of his lips in a whisper. He says it with confusion and anguish.

You just smile, your eyes welling up with tears, your vision becoming blurry. You wish it didn't have to be this way, but it does.

Your eyes blurr, but you can see his figure begin to reach for you.

He says your name again.

And then it all goes black.