Vol. 04 Ch. 41 – Memory

Koushirou: "It's you, Zoro. Kuina is resting from exhaustion after losing to a boy who wants to train in the Dojo for a week. "

Zoro: "What? Kuina lost to a boy? " Zoro was surprised after hearing his Sensei's words.

Koushirou: "Tomorrow morning they will come back, you can meet them tomorrow." Koushirou immediately walked off to his room.

Zoro: "Kuina ...?" Zoro looked at Kuina's room with a face with mixed feelings.

Zoro is a 10-year-old boy who is a student at Isshin Dojo. He came to the Isshin Dojo Shimotsuki village with the aim of the Yaburi Dojo but was defeated by the daughter of the Dojo Master and so decided to become a student at Isshin Dojo. With his very hard training, he is now able to defeat the adult in the Dojo. But he still could not beat Kuina, who made Zoro's score almost 2000 defeats. Zoro knew that there were many strong people out there, but he didn't think that Kuina was defeated by someone who came from outside the village.

The next morning, all of the Isshin Dojo students did routine exercises and were directed by Koushirou. Kuina, who woke up that morning, immediately went to training harder because she didn't want to lose again to Law. Arthur this time came alone and only accompanied by Law, Sugar, Koala, and Bepo who will practice sparring at Isshin Dojo. When Arthur arrived in front of the Dojo, Zoro stood crossing his arms across his chest to block Arthur at the entrance.

Zoro: " So who among you guys beat Kuina yesterday? Fight me!" Zoro shouted at Arthur until he caught the attention of Koushirou who was in the Dojo hall.

Law: "I defeated her yesterday. Who are you?" Seeing Arthur who was just silent and smiling made Law answer Zoro's question.

Zoro: "Roronoa Zoro, the best swordsman in the world."

Koushirou: "Zoro, don't block those who want to enter." Koushirou came out after hearing Zoro scream.

Zoro: "Sensei?"

Koushirou: "Arthur, good morning. Don't just stand at the door, please come in. "

Arthur: "Good morning, thank you for your cooperation in giving my crew a chance to experience combat." Arthur followed Koushirou into the Dojo hall where the students had gathered.

Arthur and the others became the center of attention of the Dojo students. Everyone stopped their training and watched Arthur, Law, Sugar, Koala, and... a white bear. All students immediately looked at each other with the same question mark, why is there a white bear there? When they wanted to ask, Koushirou began to open his mouth and give an announcement to his adult disciples. Koushirou did not pair them with children because he felt it would not be a match.

Koushirou: "As I said earlier, the four of them want sparing to hone their fighting abilities. Not all are swordsmen, so this is also an opportunity to gain battle experience and protect yourself. "

Students: "Yes, sensei."

Zoro: "Sensei, I want to fight them." Zoro could not wait to compete with someone who could defeat Kuina last night.

Koushirou felt that the four of them had the same ability as Zoro or even more, even though there were lesser ones and that wasn't too much different. Zoro immediately walks forward with 3 bamboo swords in his hand and waited for who would be his opponent. Seeing Zoro's attitude made Koushirou just smiled and looked at Arthur who was standing beside him.

Arthur: "Bepo, come forward."

Bepo: "Ai, Captain." Bepo answered and jumped into the middle of the Dojo hall.

Students: "Bears can talk !?" A response they will definitely say after hearing Bepo talk.

Bepo: "I'm sorry." Bepo immediately lowered his head limply.

Students: "His heart is so weak !?"

Zoro: "Why don't you go ahead?" Zoro pointed his bamboo sword at Law, who sat beside Arthur.

Arthur: "Calm down, you will definitely compete with the four of them. So don't worry. And if you underestimate your opponent then you can lose. " Arthur answered Zoro's question with a smile on his face.

Zoro: "All right." Zoro immediately bit one of the bamboo sword hilts as his icon, the Santoryu technique.

Zoro who was still small had physical strength equal to or even exceeding that of an adult. But Bepo, who got training from Arthur, didn't lose to Zoro either. Zoro's slash was released but could be avoided by Bepo. After avoiding the slash from Zoro's bamboo sword, Bepo immediately moved quickly towards Zoro's blind spot and launched consecutive kicks.

Bepo: "Aiya, Aiaiaiaiya." Bepo stood on one foot and his hands raised to the ground to see Zoro thrown.

Zoro: "Damn." Zoro tried to get up again but stopped after seeing Kuina standing walking towards Law.

Kuina: "Now it's my turn, I won't lose to you again." Kuina challenged Law and she accepted.

The four of them fought from morning to evening to fight all the students in Isshin Dojo. Besides Kuina and Zoro, all the students in the Dojo only had mediocre abilities. Zoro only managed to win against Koala and as for Kuina was defeated by Law and also Sugar. Sugar almost lost if it wasn't for her devil fruit's ability to make the air a foothold or grip so she could avoid Kuina's attacks.

Arthur: "Koushirou, if possible the four of them will stay and train here for a few days. This is 1 million B for the cost of the four of them stay. "

Koushirou: "That's too much, I can't take it."

Arthur: "Just accept it, please. Law! Sugar! Bepo! Koala! the four of you will stay here for a few days, don't be lazy to skip your regular training. I will return to Athena and tomorrow I will return to see your progress. " Arthur immediately walked out and went back to Athens.

In the evening, the four of them did not forget to meditate to train their Haki before going to sleep. When Arthur arrived in Athena, he found that Sabo had regained consciousness. Arthur went straight to the room where Sabo was resting and saw Sabo sitting on the bed surrounded by Hancock, Robin, Monet, and Baby-5.

Sabo: "Who are you?" Sabo's first question when he saw Arthur enter the room.

Arthur: "Looks like you have a memory loss. Have you also forgotten what your name is? " Arthur walked closer to Sabo's bed.

Sabo: "My name? The four of them said my name was Sabo, but I didn't remember anything. Ugh. " Sabo held his head in pain after trying to remember his past.

Baby-5: "Sabo's body condition has returned to normal, this is a psychological problem. Only time can restore his memory, tomorrow we can start to stimulate his memories with the information we have. Sabo, you rest first. "