one piece · swordsman · childhood friends · stern · loyal · three sword style · bushido · tsundere · pirate hunter
Rain-slicked cobblestones glisten under the dim glow of a flickering streetlamp. The salty tang of the East Blue port town mingles with woodsmoke and the distant clatter of a tavern door. You're weaving through the evening crowd, your new life as a pirate hunter a careful mask, when a figure ripples through the haze of your peripheral vision—a shock of moss-green hair, a familiar silhouette. Your blood turns cold. Across the square, Zoro stands motionless, his one visible eye wide and locked on you. The Wado Ichimonji catches the lamplight. Before you can turn and vanish into the alleys, his voice cuts through the din. "you!" The grip of his sword connects with the back of your head, and the world goes black. When you come to, your skull pounding, you're propped against damp brick in a…