2: Tomorrow

---East Blue, Shells Town---

Orion who was 19 now was eating at a restaurant in Shells Town, Food Foo. Sitting across from him was a little girl, her name was Rika and if you were to ask her, she would say she's discussing business with Orion, but Orion was busy eating.

"So, will you help him?" Rika said in a serious tone.

Swallowing a spoonful of the seafood rice he was eating, he spoke. "Help who?" Frankly, he wasn't listening at all, but he didn't tell her to shoo because she was a child.

"You weren't listening to me at all..." Rika sighed exasperated.

"My bad, you caught me while I was eating food." Orion giggled a little as he scratched the back of his head.

"Whatever." Rika sighed.

"He's this guy who helped us. Helmeppo and his stupid dog were bullying our customers! He stopped Helmeppo's dog, but Helmeppo threatened him." She stopped to catch her breath and continued.

"He's supposed to stay tied up outside the Marine Base for thirty days with no food or water! THAT'S JUST TOO CRUEL!" Rika shouted as she slammed her fists on the table. Tears welled up in her eyes as she stood in her seat.

Orion sighed internally as he stared at Rika. 'This sounds like a lot of work. I don't know if I can do anything about this, but I'll try.' Orion thought to himself.

"I'll see what I can do, take me to him." Orion said as he stood from his seat and patted Rika's head with a reassuring smile on his face.

"Right!" Rika exclaimed.

Together, they walked to the Marine Base at the edge of town. On the walk there Orion learned some more details about the situation they were in.

---A Few Minutes Later---

Currently they were in a clearing right outside of the Marine Base, they just needed to climb the wall to get a clear sight of Zoro.

Orion shot his arm upward and grabbed hold of the top of the wall while he grabbed Rika with his other hand. He then pulled himself up the wall.

Orion stood atop the wall. "Stay right here, I'll be back." Orion sat Rika down as he jumped off to the other side, and walked over to Zoro.

"Yo." Orion waved.

"Go away, you're an eyesore." Zoro stated plainly.

'Not even gonna greet me back?' Orion sighed in his head.

"You've been here for twenty days, aren't you hungry...or thirsty? Orion asked as he looked Zoro up and down, silently taking note of his bruises.

"I have self control and willpower. I don't need food or water." A smirk grew on Zoro's face as he said it.

"Now leave before you piss me off." Zoro scowled, his smirk leaving almost as quickly as it appeared.

A smile grew on Orions face as he listened to Zoro, this tied up man has pride. Pride that won't allow him to stop in the middle of this torture because he made a deal.

'He's keeping a promise he made with literal scum. He's pretty cool.' Orion thought to himself.

"Fine. We'll be back tomorrow with food." Orion turned away from Zoro and started walking away.

"Hey! I told you, I don't need food!" Zoro shouted, but he got no response from Orion as he kept walking.

Then Zoro realized something. "We? What do you mean, we?!"

"Oh, me and that little girl over there." Orion said as he pointed towards Rika who was sitting atop the wall.

That was the last thing Orion said to Zoro as he left with Rika and headed back to the Food Foo.

"So...how did it go?" Rika asked.

"It was alright. I've decided that we're going to support him for these last 11 days. We'll feed him tomorrow." Orion had a wide smile on his face.

"Alright! I'll make some rice balls tonight! See ya tomorrow, big bro!" Rika exclaimed excitedly as ran into the Food Foo.

Orion sighed. "What have I gotten myself into?" He asked himself as he walked into the nearest Inn and got a room for himself. The night wasn't long for Orion. As soon as he touched the bed, he fell asleep.

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I'M BACK.....for now anyway. I've been gone for so long.

Writing this chapter was difficult. I was trying to find which part of the story to throw him in. As you can see, I finally found it, but it took SOOOO MUCH WORK!!!

I'm slowly working on my other stories too. I don't have a primary one that I work on the most, but I do have a favorite story. It doesn't effect the amount of effort I put in all that much, as the main contributor is wanting you all to enjoy what you read.