Author's Note: Yes, I have a whole

Author's Note: Yes, I have a whole Luffy needs more love thing going on right now. Blame it on Marineford. Also, I have no idea what to classify this as... Romance? But it isn't, not really... Family? But it isn't, not really... General makes it sound like a gen fic, but it also really isn't that... *has a headache*

On that note, one-sided Zoro/Luffy and one-sided Rayleigh/Roger.

2 Things

As far as Zoro was concerned, there were only two things that he knew without question that Luffy would never hear from him.

One was what had happened with Kuma on Thriller Bark.

There were several levels of reasoning behind this first incident. The shallowest of them was the matter of Zoro's personal pride: to tell Luffy would be to expect something in return, which had not been Zoro's intention.

On a slightly deeper level, he worried about the damage that the knowledge might do to Luffy's mentality. Since meeting Aokiji after the Davy Back Fight, Luffy had been pushing, pushing, pushing himself to his limits in his desperation to keep the forces of the world from taking any single one of them away from him. If he learned that he had almost lost one of them anyway, when he was lying unconscious only a small distance away... This conviction only hardened with Ace's death. Luffy did not need to be reminded of what he would view as his own failures.

But underneath that all was an undertow so powerful that the first time Zoro touched upon the thought, it swept him through to the end of the train of thought, and he could do nothing to stop it. It was the memory of his agreement with Luffy on the day that they had joined hands and formed the Straw Hat pirates.

On the day when you interfere with my dream, Zoro remembered saying, I'll have you repent with a sword through your stomach.

Naturally, Luffy had replied with a grin.

Zoro wondered if the memory would come back to Luffy if he ever learned what Zoro had done that day. He wondered if Luffy would remember those words and take up a sword. He wondered if his captain would be able to accept that Luffy's dream had become more important to Zoro than his own.

The other thing was what had happened in Muggy Kingdom.

Zoro knew, on some level, that if he shared his thoughts with one of the other crew members—Usopp, Franky, Chopper or Robin, that is, since Nami and Sanji were out of the question and he almost thought that Brook might understand, but he couldn't be sure—then they would doubtlessly agree with him on the first thing, if only to spare Luffy's sanity, but find the second slightly puzzling. But to Zoro, the second was far, far more deeply affecting.

The thing was, to Zoro, it was easier to give up his promises and dreams and lay down his life for a captain to some unknown enemy that he couldn't defeat. To lay down his promises and dreams and fall to his knees before the man he hoped to defeat one day and beg for guidance required actually taking his dreams in his own hands and holding them out to be mocked and ridiculed forever—because no matter how many days, months or years went by, he would always have been a pupil of Hawk-Eye Mihawk. When the day came when he defeated the man, he wouldn't just be a man who defeated the best swordsman in the world—he would be a pupil of the best swordsman in the world who turned around and bested his teacher.

Most importantly, though, if Luffy heard about Zoro bowing before Mihawk and begging for instruction, he would know. No one would have to tell him that Zoro would lay down his life for him in a heartbeat, because Zoro held his pride higher than his life and if he was willing to lay down his pride for something—someone—then he most certainly could and would lay down his life for the same cause a thousand times over.

Luffy valued his crew's dreams, and expected them to value their own as much as he valued his. On some level, Zoro realized that one of the reasons why they had connected so well that first time they'd met had been their shared ambitions to stand atop the world. The others had dreams as well, passionate ones, but none of them had made Luffy swear not to interfere. None of them had made Luffy stand and watch from the sidelines as they almost died for their dream.

Something, Zoro felt, would change if Luffy found out. Something between them would have to shift, and Zoro wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.

But then he had stepped into Shakky's bar for the first time in two years, and after the typical pleasantries and confirming that no one else had arrived yet, Rayleigh had fixed him with a speculative look.

"You were tossed over to Hawk-Eye's place, weren't you?"

"Yeah—how'd you know?" asked Zoro. Rayleigh ignored the question.

"You begged him to teach you, didn't you?"

Zoro froze and stared at the man, eyes narrowing as he wondered how far this man had guessed. Rayleigh grinned.

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Của tác giả lưu ý: tôi có nhu cầu hoàn toàn Luffy thêm tình yêu điều đang xảy ra ngay bây giờ. Đổ lỗi cho nó trên Marineford. Ngoài ra, tôi không có ý tưởng gì để phân loại này là... Lãng mạn? Nhưng nó không phải là, không thực sự... Gia đình không? Nhưng nó không phải là, không thực sự... Nói chung làm cho nó âm thanh như một gen fic, nhưng nó cũng thực sự không phải là... * có một nhức đầu *Ngày lưu ý rằng, một mặt Zoro/Luffy và một mặt Rayleigh/Roger.Thứ 2Xa như Zoro là có liên quan, đã có chỉ có hai điều mà ông biết mà không có câu hỏi mà Luffy sẽ không bao giờ nghe từ ông.Một là những gì đã xảy ra với Kuma trên Thriller vỏ cây.Đã có nhiều cấp độ của lý do đằng sau sự cố này đầu tiên. Shallowest của họ đã là các vấn đề của niềm tự hào cá nhân của Zoro: nói với Luffy sẽ là mong đợi một cái gì đó trong trở lại, mà đã không là ý định của Zoro.Trên một mức độ sâu hơn một chút, ông lo lắng về những thiệt hại mà các kiến thức có thể làm để tâm lý của Luffy. Kể từ cuộc họp Aokiji sau Davy trở lại đấu, Luffy đã đẩy, đẩy, đẩy mình đến giới hạn của mình trong tuyệt vọng của mình để giữ cho các lực lượng của thế giới từ chụp bất kỳ người trong số họ ra khỏi anh ta. Nếu ông đã học được rằng ông đã gần như bị mất một trong số họ anyway, khi ông đang nằm bất tỉnh chỉ là một khoảng cách nhỏ đi... Niềm tin này chỉ cứng với cái chết của Ace. Luffy không cần phải được nhắc nhở về những gì ông sẽ xem như là thất bại của mình.Nhưng bên dưới tất cả đã một undertow mạnh mẽ như vậy mà lần đầu tiên Zoro xúc động khi những suy nghĩ, nó xuôi anh ta thông qua vào cuối của đào tạo của tư tưởng, và ông có thể không phải làm gì để ngăn chặn nó. Đó là bộ nhớ của ông thỏa thuận với Luffy trong ngày mà họ đã gia nhập tay và hình thành hải tặc mũ rơm.Những ngày khi bạn can thiệp với ước mơ của tôi, Zoro nhớ nói rằng, tôi sẽ có bạn ăn năn với một thanh kiếm thông qua dạ dày của bạn.Đương nhiên, Luffy đã trả lời với một grin.Zoro tự hỏi nếu bộ nhớ sẽ trở lại Luffy nếu ông đã bao giờ học được những gì Zoro đã làm ngày hôm đó. Ông tự hỏi nếu Luffy sẽ ghi nhớ những từ đó và đưa lên một thanh kiếm. Ông tự hỏi nếu đội trưởng nào có thể chấp nhận rằng ước mơ của Luffy đã trở thành quan trọng để Zoro hơn của chính mình.Điều khác là những gì đã xảy ra trong Vương Quốc Muggy.Zoro biết, trên một số cấp, rằng nếu ông đã chia sẻ suy nghĩ của mình với một trong các thành viên phi hành đoàn khác — Usopp, Franky, trực thăng hoặc Robin, có nghĩa là, kể từ khi Sanji và Nami đã ra câu hỏi và ông hầu như nghĩ rằng Brook có thể hiểu, nhưng ông không thể chắc chắn rằng-sau đó họ sẽ doubtlessly đồng ý với anh ta vào lần đầu tiên, nếu chỉ để phụ tùng của Luffy sanity , nhưng tìm thấy những thứ hai hơi khó hiểu. Nhưng để Zoro, thứ hai đến nay, hơn rất nhiều ảnh hưởng sâu sắc.The thing was, to Zoro, it was easier to give up his promises and dreams and lay down his life for a captain to some unknown enemy that he couldn't defeat. To lay down his promises and dreams and fall to his knees before the man he hoped to defeat one day and beg for guidance required actually taking his dreams in his own hands and holding them out to be mocked and ridiculed forever—because no matter how many days, months or years went by, he would always have been a pupil of Hawk-Eye Mihawk. When the day came when he defeated the man, he wouldn't just be a man who defeated the best swordsman in the world—he would be a pupil of the best swordsman in the world who turned around and bested his teacher.Most importantly, though, if Luffy heard about Zoro bowing before Mihawk and begging for instruction, he would know. No one would have to tell him that Zoro would lay down his life for him in a heartbeat, because Zoro held his pride higher than his life and if he was willing to lay down his pride for something—someone—then he most certainly could and would lay down his life for the same cause a thousand times over.Luffy valued his crew's dreams, and expected them to value their own as much as he valued his. On some level, Zoro realized that one of the reasons why they had connected so well that first time they'd met had been their shared ambitions to stand atop the world. The others had dreams as well, passionate ones, but none of them had made Luffy swear not to interfere. None of them had made Luffy stand and watch from the sidelines as they almost died for their dream.Something, Zoro felt, would change if Luffy found out. Something between them would have to shift, and Zoro wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.But then he had stepped into Shakky's bar for the first time in two years, and after the typical pleasantries and confirming that no one else had arrived yet, Rayleigh had fixed him with a speculative look."You were tossed over to Hawk-Eye's place, weren't you?""Yeah—how'd you know?" asked Zoro. Rayleigh ignored the question."You begged him to teach you, didn't you?"Zoro froze and stared at the man, eyes narrowing as he wondered how far this man had guessed. Rayleigh grinned.