Gift of Happiness or Sorrow?

Gone

They finally made it to the next island. Like usual their luck was horrible, after the fight with the marines the crew had to deal with storms. Everyone wanted to make it up to Zoro so they treated him like a king. He forgave them eventually and things went back to normal. Zoro even told them that if they did that again he would run away from them. They tried to tell him he couldn't do it by himself but then he reminded them of how well he's been with Chopper's baby classes and when Sanji teaches him how to cook. Zoro was ready to become a parent, he could if he wanted to so they stopped trying to argue with him and promised not to do it again. 

Zoro reached his third trimester when they got to their destination. The island looked deserted. They docked on the beach, Nami and Robin take out a beach towel and lay on it with their sunglasses trying to get a tan. Franky checked the ship. Brook played his music. Luffy, Usopp and Chopper went to explore. Sanji set up a portable kitchen on the beach before he went to get ingredients. Zoro, with the help of Franky, set a beach towel, with a beach umbrella. Sanji got back and started cooking. He looked back to Zoro who lay there taking a nap in his swim trunks. Sanji finished making the kabobs for everyone, Chopper pops out from the jungle with a bag full of herbs.

"Hey Sanji, where is Zoro?"

"What?" Sanji looks back at the spot Zoro was in. He wasn't there, he looks around the beach. "Maybe he's on the Sunny." He looks over to Franky who is sitting on a deck chair on the sand facing the ocean drinking his cola. "Hey Franky," Sanji yells, Franky turns to him, "did Zoro go on the Sunny?"

"Is he not taking a nap?" Franky looks behind Sanji to see a Zoro less spot. Worried he stands up. Sanji, officially freaked out, stops making the kabobs. He runs to check the Sunny, maybe Franky wasn't paying attention and he got on board. He was not. From the Sunny he could see most of the beach. He looked down to Franky. "Nothing." Sanji shook his heads. Nami turns to them.

"What's going on?"Brook's music stops.

"Zoro seems to be missing. He's not where we left him." Sanji jumps off the Sunny and walks to shore. Robin sits up after listening in on the conversation.

"Where was he?"

"There," Sanji pointed to the spot behind the grill where Zoro's beach towel was laying. "He was taking a nap." Sanji bend down extremely worried. 

"Don't worry I'm sure he just wondered around, maybe he just got lost, he'll be fine," Nami said the last part slowly. Zoro from eight months ago would be fine but this is the momma Zoro. He would not have wandered off by himself without some sort of protection. Luffy and Usopp's laughs could be heard. They all looked in the direction the laughs were coming from then Luffy and Usopp pop out from the jungle. Just the two of them. " Zoro's not with you, ok I'm officially worried now."

"Why?" Usopp asks.

"He's missing."

"Are you sure he didn't just get lost..never mind. But isn't this island deserted?"

"Maybe not. There could be someone living deep in the jungle. How far did you guys go?"

"We didn't go far, from where we were we could still see the ocean."

"Chopper go see if you could track him." Chopper goes to the towel Zoro was laying on and sniffs it, he turns to his reindeer form and goes into the jungle. Everyone follows him into the jungle.

Zoro suddenly felt like something was missing, he started listening to his surroundings. There were a lot of voices, he was laying on something, like a big pillow, he couldn't hear or smell the ocean anymore. Quickly he opens his eye. He was definitely not on the beach. He looked around trying to figure out where he was. There was stone walls, statues and buildings covered in moss everywhere, but there were also wooden huts sprinkled throughout the clearing they lived in. He was sitting on top of a three layered stand. Pillows covered the third layer where he was sitting. A rectangle covered with plates of food set in front of him. They all wore loincloths around their waist, a the small amount of women wore skirts the went up to their knees with a small top that showed their belly button. There were not a lot of woman he realized as he observes everyone. Where was he? Where was everyone else?

They stopped  as Chopper stopped in front of them. He looks straight down at Zoro's sunglasses, with a crack on one lens. "This is as far as his scent goes."

"Is there something else you smell?" Robin asks. Chopper tilts his head up taking in a big sniff closing his eye.

"I smell the tree, the herbs I was collecting, and..." Chopper opens his eyes, "I smell other people, they're not that far."

"So there are people on this island."

"But what would they want from Zoro?" Chopper followed the scent and as he got closer he started running, the crew followed going deeper and deeper into the jingle. They get to a clearing, covering their eyes from the sudden light shining. Once they got use to it they looked around the moss covered stone and wooden huts. It seemed deserted, everyone thought until they all heard a loud noise coming from the center and ran towards it. It looked like they were all celebrating something and at the top of an alter like stage was Zoro. He seemed very nervous. His head was locked on some people dancing but he was sitting very stiffly. He looked to the side and saw the gang, he smiled.

"Sanji!" Zoro yelled eye locked on each other. Sanji exhaled, at least he wasn't injured or in any danger. He was safe but what was going on? The music stopped and the locals stopped in place turning to the group. All eye were on them. A tall and buff man stands up along with others equally as buff, the last one to stand was sitting next to Zoro. He walked down to the group. He stares at them intensely before raising his hands.

"Let us feast for these people have brought back 'the lost one' to us!" The locals cheer and yell and the dancing and singing began again. "Please enjoy yourselves," not even a second later luffy started eating the food set out. Chopper turned into his cute form and trotted over to Zoro.

"We just came here for Zoro," Nami said. Sanji, following Chopper helped him and and started to drag him along. "We'll just leave. Luffy! Come on Sanji was making us kabobs." The buff men stop them from leaving. 

"Please stay and enjoy this feast before you leave," the way he was saying it didn't seem like he was asking. Sanji sits next to Zoro on the altar like stage with Chopper on the other side of Zoro. Luffy stuffed his face on with the locals. Nami and Robin sat together observing the others. Brook played music. Franky and Usopp played with some of the warriors. They partied like they usually do except for Zoro. Sanji paid extra attention to Zoro at he notice that Zoro was not excited about them staying. Almost every move the chief made Zoro would flinch. When night came he told everyone to stay the night. Zoro and Sanji got their own hut to sleep in, the rest of the crew shared one.

Everyone was asleep, all was quiet, the only thing that could be heard is the wind blowing through the trees and the few animals that are around. Luffy like always was fast asleep with Usopp and Chopper. Robin, Nami, Brook and Franky were very aware of their surroundings. They knew something was up, first they kidnapped Zoro and hold a feast as they got thanked for bringing back their 'lost one' whatever that meant. Everyone laid still as they heard the door to the hut open then it closed. The person who walked in tip toed closer and closer to them. Observing everyone until they found who they were looking for. They tip toed over to Luffy then bend down, with one hand reached over to wake him up but didn't get far. They looked at the hand on the arm that stopped and trailing it up to the person's face. Looking at Brook's face they jumped back about to scream until Robin used her power to cover the person's mouth. 

"What do you want?" Nami said not very friendly.

"I'm sorry, I mean you no harm, I came to warn you." The person revealed to be a woman with brown hair, different from the locals who all had black hair. She hold up her arms show her hands.

"About what?" Robin says putting her hand down.

"You need to get off of this island, everyone does."

"Why?"

"Because your lives are in danger."