3 What are you?
Zoro Pov
"A sword?"
I was walking around the island with Sanji, trying to find the other members of the crew, but then the idiot cook got lost, all that idiot had to do was follow me. As I yelled out Sanji's name to try and find him, I ended up in the forest. The deeper I went into the forest, the more lifeless it looked, I hadn't even seen any living things except plants. There is also this weird feeling I'm getting when I go towards the center, it's like someone is watching me every step I take.
Curiosity took over me and I ended up in the middle of the forest. In the center of the forest, there were no trees, only a sword embedded into a stone. The stone looked old, it had moss all over it, and there were also no trees 50 feet close to the stone. The sword had this menacing aura. At first, I thought it was a graded blade because of its aura, but the more I tried to remember a sword like this, it was just blank in my head.
The sword was a purple katana with a dark color covering the top of the blade and purple on the sharp side, the handle of the blade was also purple with some gold on it, it also had a golden flower on the middle of both sides of the handle. Right next to the blade lays its scabbard, the scabbard was the same as the handle of the blade, but with a lighter purple and 3 golden flowers, there was also a red cloth tied on the upper part of the scabbard.
[Note: The sword is the cover]
As I got closer to the blade, the weird feeling grew bigger and bigger, to the point I started sweating. The blade looked brand new, but seeing that it was embedded in an old rock, it looked like it had been there for ages. When I tried to hold the sword, I heard a menacing laugh before I could even touch it.
"Kekekekeke"
As soon as I heard the laugh, I jumped backward and put my hand on one of my swords. Cold sweat was running down my whole body, my body was stiff, ready to attack, but the voice made me weak, it was as if I was scared.
"Who's there?!" I yelled out
For a second there was no answer, but then the laugh started again. The laugh grew louder and louder, I thought it was gonna burst my ears.
"Kekekekekeke"
"Stop hiding and show yourself!" I demanded, but there was no answer
As I looked around, ready to fight, there was a sound that really made me nervous. It was a voice so unholy I thought it was a demon speaking.
"What is your name?" Asked the voice
"And why should I answer that?" I said with confidence
Though on the outside, I looked confident, on the inside, my instinct was telling me to get the hell out of there.
"Apologies. You see, I haven't seen people in hundreds of years, so I got a little bit excited.... My name is Baal, I am the very sword you see in front of you." Said the voice
"A sword that could speak? I never heard of it!" I said with annoyance
I was getting irritated, this bastard was playing games with me, a sword that's speaking, what bullshit.
"Don't play games with me and come out!" I demanded
"I'm telling you the truth, I am Baal, the sword of fear." Said the voice
"So now tell me, what is your name?" The voice asked
I'm still not sure if this bastard is telling me the truth, but with my current strength, I don't think I can beat him. If he is speaking the truth, then this sword might just be one of the 21 Great Grade Blades!
As I made up my conclusion, I put back my sword into its scabbard and proceeded to tell him my name.
"Roronoa Zoro" I said
"Zoro huh, kekekekeke. Say Zoro, what is your goal? What is it you live for? What drives you?" Asked the Baal with a hint of amusement
"And why should I tell you that?"
I might have put my sword back on its scabbard, but I was still on guard, I was still not sure if he was speaking the truth.
"Come on Roronoa Zoro, I haven't met people in years, heck I haven't even seen living beings in years, except these stupid plants of course kekekekekekeke. I would never hurt you, I wouldn't even think about it, I just want a wielder, a wielder that will take me to the top, a wielder that can become the strongest swordsman in this vast sea!"
The more I heard him talk, the more I calmed down and for some reason, I started to trust him. A sword that had no wielder for hundreds of years, no one to talk to, and nothing but green and blue to look at, even I would go crazy. Maybe he was telling the truth, maybe he really just wanted a wielder who could take him to the top, and if I used him as a sword, then that wish would come true because I would be the greatest swordsman in the world!
"I'll be the best swordsman in the world! That is my dream!" I stated
"KEKEKEKEKEKE, what a great dream!"
"Say Zoro, why don't you become my wielder? I'll grant you the power to achieve that dream!"
I was tempted by the offer, but for him to give me power so I could become the greatest swordsman ticked me off.
"I don't need your help, I can gain that power with my own hard work" I snorted at Baal
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"To become the world's greatest swordsman, you would need a sword, seeing you carrying 3 swords, you would need swords," Said Baal, his tone was like he was speaking to a dumbass
"I know that! But I will not take power that I myself did not achieve!" I said with a flushed face
"Fine, if you become my wielder, I will become a sort of teacher for you. I will only teach you, and you will have to work hard to achieve your goal!"
"You? Teach me?" I said with a dumbfounded look
"Just because I am a sword does not mean I don't know anything Zoro. I have been alive for hundreds of years, I had countless wielders that took me to the very top!"
I started thinking as soon as he said those words to me. Maybe if I became the wielder of this sword, I'd be able to beat him.
As I accepted the offer, I started to walk towards the sword. When I pulled out the sword, a dark purple aura burst out of the sword, breaking the stone. The dark purple aura could be felt across the whole island. The aura was a sign of a newly-born demon wielder.
"KEKEKEKEKEKE, THAT'S RIGHT, THE BIRTH OF A DEMON WIELDER! RORANOA ZORO, YOUR NAME WILL FOREVER BE ENGRAVED IN HISTORY! A LEGENDARY FIGURE WHO MANAGED TO CONQUER A DEMON! KEKEKEKKE"
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3rd person POV
Meanwhile at the beach of the lost island, 5 minutes before Zoro accepted Baal.
"That idiot! He was just right next to me a moment ago!" yelled out Sanji
"That's why you always walk behind that moron" sighed Nami
"Shishishishishi, he'll be fine! But we do need to find him, I'm getting a weird feeling when looking at the forest" said luffy with a serious face after he started talking about the feeling he's getting
"Yeah you're not the only one, me and Zoro felt it too when we woke up, it's like something is inside that forest" said Sanji
"W-w-w-w-What?! Is there a ghost in that forest or something?!" Said Usopp
Usopp had sweat all over his body while making a funny scared face. After Usopp said those words, little chopper also got scared at the thought of a scary ghost
"AHHHHH, is this a haunted island?! Let's go find zoro and get out of here!" said Chopper while crying
"Hahahaha, how cute" murmur Robin
"miss navigator, do you know where we are? I have never seen or even heard of this island before" Asked Robin
"No, I haven't heard of this island before too. I don't even think it's on the map" answered Nami
"Hmmm, how odd. Is it perhaps a unknown island that has never been discovered?" said robin
As soon as Robin said those words, a burst of dark purple aura came out of the forest, darkening everything for a split second then turning back to normal.
"What the hell was that?" Asked Sanji with a serious face
"I don't know, but I don't like it" Said luffy with a dark face
Luffy was angry, though he doesn't know why he was angry, was it because Zoro was still nowhere to be found? or was it something else?
"We have to find Zoro!" Said chopper with a concerned look
"Let's go!" Ordered luffy
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I got bored so I made another chapter, hope you like it.
By the way, if you're wondering why Baat is acting like that, there is a reason for that. If you wanna know the reason, you gotta wait for the next chapter hahahahaha.
