Not my problem

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Title: Not my problem
Rating: T – language and violence
Media: Fiction
Characters: Zoro and Sanji
Word Count: 256
Prompt: ‘mental illness’ 

This is such an interesting prompt! Kudos :D

Zoro treads the fine line between destiny and derangement. The swordsman’s hunger for his dream and his determination make him strong but passion for violence has a dark side.

 

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“Problem?” he growled.

 

Problem?!

 

Serious. Sharp. To the point. All these things, he was …but problem?

 

He was determined. Agile, powerful and strong…

 

Zoro did not have a problem.

 

It was them that had a problem, those fools that had attacked him. Three, in fact: serious, sharp and to the point.

 

The swordsman turned his body slightly, allowing the soldiers to fall past him in a wave. He dodged fluidly again and his blades flashed in the sun. One long arc and he spun away; a thin stream of blood followed the tip of the sword clamped between his teeth.

 

Their problem.

 

Not his.

 

Zoro could hear movement behind him, just the soft scrape of a leather shoe in the dirt. In one sharp strike, he knocked the man clean out of the air and slammed him into the ground.

 

He wanted more.

 

Even now, bleeding and bruised. His muscles burned with overuse and his vision blurred with blood loss. He could barely stand but he could still fight.

 

More.

 

“When will we find someone worth fighting?” The swordsman growled, coughing for a minute on a blood clot that had formed in the back of his throat.

 

Sanji grimaced as the swordsman spat blood around his sword, and then the cook blew a thin stream of smoke over the pile of limp bodies.

 

Zoro finally drew the sword from between his lips, tasting the mixed blood tainting the blade. It was almost all theirs.

 

He smiled.

 

“Oh yeah,” the blonde shook his head, “Big fucking problem.”

 

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Comments

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

He is a real contradiction, ne? So full of love and hate, painfully motivated and yet lazy as hell... I love that sensitive brute XD

Fight scenes are probably my favourite - yet another reason to adore Oda!

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Wonderful imagery. :3 Plus a great little interaction between the two.

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

I think that Sanji is probably the only one who would notice (and worry about) things like this. He always seems to be thinking ahead and planning for the straw hats :D Hopefully he'll talk Zoro into seeing a psychologist (*lols* at what Zoro would have to say about that)...

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

It's be a group session with the entire crew. ;3

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

Lovely! 'A'b

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it :D

[c-callosum.livejournal.com]

Very nicely written for such a gory response to the prompt! I really liked the bit where he tasted the blood and figured out whose was whose. That was creepy!

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the gore didn't put you off! I've always felt that way about Zoro - he is strong to the point where it is a *tad* scary... Anyone who loves violence that much can't be entirely sane!

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

Cooooooool.

I am overwhelmed by Zoro's total badassery here.

"Their problem. Not his."

LOVE IT. XD

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much the man though, really! "Roronoa Zoro, Total Badass" :D I think that in the middle of a fight he might be a *tad* scary...

Glad that you liked it!