Title: Leave it Behind

Author: Chichicken

Fandom: One Piece

Pairings: Nothing in real, but little Sanji/LuffyxZoro if you want to see it so. Anyway, Zoro-centric.

Warnings: Rated MA for violence, blood and sexual themes. (M might have been enough, but well... )

Spoilers: Thriller Bark

I do not own One Piece, all the rights for Eichiiro Oda! And the lyrics I use all the way through the fic are from song Careless, written by Jonathan Davis!

Leave it Behind

Chapter 7

-I know one way that makes every man lose his strongest will~ And it's much more pleasent for us to do than cutting and hitting...~

The warning bells rang inside Zoro's head. His vision was way too blurry to see what man in front was doing. The only thing he could hear clearly was a rustle of clothes.

-B-But Sir!

-No worries, we'll just dress him up when we finish. The colonel won't find out about anything~!

It was then Zoro felt his pants were pulled away also.

You have forsaken me

You motherfuckers did this fucked up shit to me

Zoro had frozen up. His mind couldn't really make up why all the flashbacks had suddenly caught him. Images just filled his head, blocking his view, making him still like a statue.

The weirdest part about the images was that it was just his voice. When he first started this act while Zoro was sure he would die in the new, sudden pain and humiliation. And then the next day, when he came again and acted like an excited little boy with a new toy. And day after day, little by little getting all other marines to try too, have a taste of the devil. And his laugh when he pulled the fork away from Zoro's hand, the laugh of the victor. His voice booming in great satisfaction:"You can never run away from here Roronoa, you don't have a whole week before you'll be executed... This is all you will remember of your last days of your life."

Someone stabbed Zoro. Right in his rib. The pain of it felt distant, as well as the screams of someone of his nakama. Zoro just stepped further, blinking his eyes.

-Swordsman-san, are you allright??!

Oh, so it was Robin. Zoro tried to concentrate his eyes to see her, but it felt impossible. Answering her question felt too complicated to even try. His mind wasn't done sending its message... but what message, the greenhaired man wasn't sure of it.

Until he heard the voice again.

Suddenly Zoro's senses were as sharp as his katanas. He twisted around, ready to catch the voice again. All marines were like zebras around him, it was hard to make out where one started and one ended.

-Come on, don't back off!!! Attack them!! Every of them has a weakness, use it!!

There he was.

Zoro had never seen the man clearly in the day-light. He didn't look any different from other marines. He was even a little bit shorter than Zoro. Dark brown hair, thick eyebrowns shadowing small eyes. Not so muscular. He used two guns when other marines had to use swords. It looked like he was leading the group.

You can never tell who's the evil.

Once again he was yelling something to the marines and the voice made Zoro shiver. It was a nightmare that he was really standing so close to the monster. The swordsman tried to breathe deeply, hand starting to seek Sandai Kitetsu from his hip; his troublesome child. It was really crying out to be used, to make some blood spilling.

You fucking raped me

The monster was still focused on yelling commands. No wonder he was suprised to feel a sudden sharp cut on his arm, right above the elbow. In fact, the man didn't even know what happened before he saw his arm dropping down on the wooden floor. The man didn't cry out, just raised his shocked eyes to the pirate in front of him.

-Roronoa, he breathed out.

And now it's time for me

To be set free

Monkey D. Luffy was in high spirits. The marines flew so lightly from his hits, no-one seemed to create any problems for him. The captain still wondered how there were so many of them- there were at least 30 ships full of them, all attacking at the same time, or at least how many the Thousand Sunny could take of them. But still, it wasn't a problem- all of them were humans, no demonfruit-users. They were easy to crush, many of them just jumped to the ocean when they realized who they were against to.

He wondered for a while how Zoro was, though. He had been sick for a long time... But well, others closer him must be helping him if some problems came up, Luffy thought, just throwing the worry away from his mind.

The crowd of marines had started to thin out around Luffy. Still one, slightly skinny guy with swords in his hands stepped slowly closer to him. He was clearly scared, his sword shaking a lot. Luffy jumped right in front of him and man cried out, pushing his back against the wall. Luffy laughed out, he just couldn't control himself! The man was really gonna pee in his pants soon!

-Oi ossan, you'd better jump into the ocean like your buddies did! I don't think you can fight with this thing! captain said, bending the blade in his hand easily.

The man's whole body was shaking now. He still swallowed and tried to make his voice sound brave:

-I can't! Our leader, Ringo-san, told us to get Roronoa Zoro back who ran away from us! A-and, we are gonna get all you other Mugiwaras too!!

Luffy stared at the man, slowly progressing the information. And then, suddenly, all the info hit him, hard:

-Wait, what?? You were the ones who kept him there???!!!

The captain grabbed the man's shirt, anger slowly filling his veins. The marine squeaked:

-I-I wasn't holding him t-there, I mean, just a handful of soldiers really s-saw him there!! We are just from the close area, filling the g-groups!!

-How do I know?? What if you're just lying so that you could save your skin?? Luffy yelled, now really filled with rage. The marine startled, but still tried to protect himself:

-It's not o-our fault anyway that he got in that bad shape... He could've just told....

-...told? Luffy asked, his head getting a little messy now. -Told what?

-W-where you all were... We tried to get that information out of him all the time, h-he even said himself that he knew the place b-but that he wouldn't tell, he w-was even ready to die for i-it...

Luffy remembered their first conversation with Zoro at the first day they had saved him.

- We would've came earlier, but there wasn't a single sign of you... We waited on the Spring Island for a long time! Didn't they want to find us? Didn't they ask you where the others are?

- No.

No. Zoro had clearly answered no. There was no misunderstanding, Luffy remembered. He had wondered why the answer caught him odd.

Zoro had lied to him.

The captain's thought was cut when he heard a bloodchilling scream from the other side of the ship.

The marines' attack had really ruined a nice moment. Sanji had felt the real connection between everyone right then, a real relaxation inside the nakama. He had to admit that he was worried of Zoro- the swordsman hadn't seen any marines after they had carried him out of the cell. Even though Zoro looked like he was getting better, Sanji still knew about the things behind the cover. It could all be just an act, this act was just better controlled and more pleasant to others. Maybe the cook was being way too pessimistic, but he still wanted to be realistic. He had pushed the swordsman to be like he used to be... And maybe it hadn't been a right way to talk about the subject.

It was all about the faking, trying to forget what had happened... Just like with their kiss.

God, in the middle of battle, while kicking off all the marines, Sanji still felt like blushing. He had been so stupid! There had to be something wrong with Zoro, getting guys around him do things like that... But then again, hurting and... touching were two different things. And Sanji really had thought nothing.

And still, even though they had thrown some pretty mean things to each other before they separated, Sanji had a feeling that Zoro hadn't really been mad. They had been avoiding each other, but somehow... in an embrassing way.

Did Sanji wanted things more forward with the swordsman? It was a scary and unfamiliar thought to think, but... maybe.

-Cook-san!!! COOK-SAN!!

Sanji was amazed how easily he was into kicking marines off from their ship. He was so deep in his thoughts that Robin's voice finally woke him up.

-What is it Robin-swan??~ You need protection?? I am always ready to...~

-No no, it's about swordsman-san, Robin interrupted him, clear worry in her voice. -His act isn't normal anymore, I fear...!~

Sanji gulped and followed Robin through the sea of soldiers.

First he saw an arm. It still hold a gun in its loose, white fingers.

Sanji saw the open cut-part, it was so sharp that even the round piece of bone was pure white and perfectly smooth. Nothing else than Zoro's katana could do that kind of cut.

Then the horrifed scream made Sanji's hair stood up. He didn't really want to, but still raised up his eyes to see what Zoro was doing.

Wake up

Wake up

One Marine was down on the floor, on his back. He was the one without the arm, losing a lot of blood all the time. Zoro was standing right above him, astride. He was using only one of his katanas. The blade had started its way right under the throat. It had made a straight, light way down, right at the moment slowing down on the stomach. The cut had tore up tidily the clothes in two parts. It had done the same thing for the skin, but not deeply- just leaving a clear road behind it.

Sanji had no idea that the wound hurt that much- it looked unrealisticly light, like a long papercut. But Marine was hysterical, screaming without real words and shaking like crazy. He pleaded madly Zoro to stop whatever he was doing... And Sanji could make out that he was apologizing...

... Shit.

It must really be one of them. This could not end well.

-Zoro!! Sanji yelled out. -I think you've done enough!! There are plenty of other bastards out there!!

The greenhaired man didn't even react that he had heard the other. The head of the katana had stopped right above the stomach. Zoro's eyes shined. He looked like a devil.

He was whispering something, too silently for Sanji to understand what. His lips moved fast, stopped, and then turned into a smirk. His arm raised the sword, the marine's yells got louder and even more unclear.

And then the katana sinked. Sanji heard the thud when the blade's head touched the floor under marine's body. It went all through.

Next to Sanji, Robin had gone totally silent and pale. And around them, most of the marines had stopped fighting. They all stared in fear, none of them daring even to say anything to help their commander.

But Zoro was not done. Without raising the katana, he moved it toward man's upper body, probably destroying some of the marine's viscerals on its way. The sound was sickening and Sanji could hear it all through the marine's painful screams.

The move looked a lot like harakiri*. But not to done for himself, but to other.

More marines froze up around them, around Zoro. He heard Nami's voice from somewhere, then Brooke's, Usopp's...

None of them dared to talk directly to the swordsman in the middle of them. Neither did Sanji.

But of course, there was always someone in their nakama who feared nothing.

Luffy pushed himself through the people, stepping inside the ring, just few metres away from Zoro and the tortured, moaning marine.

The boy's face twisted in suprise and horror. Zoro must have heard the steps in front of him, but he didn't react, didn't even raise his eyes from the victim.

-... Zoro... What are you doing? Luffy asked with silent, almost sad voice.

Everyone around them fell totally silent. The marine between Zoro's legs reached his only hand towards Luffy, desperately whispering:

-Please...please make him stop.... I know I did a sin.... I should have never violated to him....

-Shut up! SHUT UP!! Zoro yelled, veins on his forehead tightening.

Luffy frowned. He eyed first the man, then Zoro, trying to understand what was really going on. Finally he said with strict voice:

-I'm guessing that that's Ringo, the marine who is head of this whole thing... He must be a bad guy... But Zoro. You must stop now.

Veins tightened up on Zoro's neck now.

-Luffy, this man started it. He was the worst. I want revenge, the swordman answered painfully.

-Revenge is done if you kick someone's ass!! You have done enough!! We are not bad guys Zoro, we don't do more than necessary!! Now get away from that marine!!

Luffy sounded enraged. Sanji felt his heart hitting harder than in years. Everything was gonna blow up soon.

Zoro didn't move. His katana shook.

-It's a captain's order, Luffy said, with a lot calmer, but colder, tone.

Everybody held their breathe.

Zoro didn't move.

[tbc]

*Harakiri/Seppuku: Traditional, japanese ritual suicide, used by samurai warrior. Here's a little part from wikipedia: "..With his selected attendant standing by, he would open his kimono, take up his tantō (knife) or wakizashi (short sword)—which the samurai held by the blade with a portion of cloth wrapped around so that it would not cut his hand and cause him to lose his grip—and plunge it into his abdomen, making a left-to-right cut."

I made about one and half years ago a dissertation of japanese samurais, it was a lovely subject : !

My first plan was that this would be a lot longer chapter, since it was supposed to be the last one, but.... *squirms on the train's (yeah I'm traveling now through the land, I hope no-one reads this shit over my shoulder xD ) chair* ... I just don't want to finish this just yet...!! But I'm pretty sure that the next chapter will be the last.. Too bad.

I hope you liked it, I am fascinated how the devil inside of Zoro has awaken 8D !

I thank once again TheWanderingSwordman for correcting my grammatical mistakes in the text. And I'm super-thankful for all the reviews! You guys are amazing ^^ !!

Lilliana1981: oh damn... *taps back* I'm sorry I did it again....!! Heehee, Zoro sure is kicking asses, you see?... But I guess he really overdid it now... Now there's lil' bit more LuZo than SanZo, but we'll see what happens in the end~~!

xHitsulover.: Now you found out :D at least something!

crystalbluefox: *laugh* I love your attitude xDDD And yeah, Zoro liked and didn't like the kiss, of course it confuses him and makes him angry in his sweet aggressive way :D And those marines deserve the kickass, for sure!

The Wandering Swordman: Yaay, I knew you would like it! *claps hands* well with blood... now you saw what I meant, didn't you? xD And problems are tightening up again, I'm gonna hold on with the angst till the very end...!

cb: ...You made a damn good guess, there :'D And Luffy is making his move... with totally different way, though. You'll see!

LunaticV: Heehee, Zoro and Sanji are both silly boys, ain't they?? And yeah, you saw what kind of kick-ass is going on... and it's pretty bloody, isn't it?

*laugh* it's better if you won't sleeptalk xD I stopped it right after things started to go better, thank god it was all about ipods and useless stuff like that...