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Chapter 48 - Kat Vs. Zoro as Garth's Puppet

During the fight between the Strawhats and the New Order, one person stood between me and Garth. I blinked for a moment, realizing that the person I had to fight was none other than the man I loved. The father of my son. Zoro, what happened to you? 

Garth smirked evilly, running a hand over Zoro's arm. "Tell me, Shadow Kat, what happens if you were to kill the man you love? Or better yet, what happens if I tell him to kill you?"

"You bastard. What have you done to him?"

Garth smiled. "I have done nothing to him." 

I stood my ground against Garth. "I will not fight Zoro. Nor will I fight you. Garth, you and I were friends once. Now, whatever dark spell you have, Zoro under let him go." Before I knew it, I had no choice but to fight Zoro. 

I looked Zoro in his eyes, knowing that he was still in there, and I would have to fight to save him and everything we stood for. "Zoro, please don't do this. Think about everything we've been through. Think about our friends and our son. Henry needs his father."

Zoro drew all three of his swords like he always did when preparing for a fight. For his infamous Three Sword Strike. 

A few moments after a long fight, Zoro finally came to his senses. He blinked for a second and glanced down at the blood on his swords. What happened? Why does my head hurt? He fell to his knees when he realized whose blood was on the swords. He glanced over at my unconscious body. "Oh no! Pretty Kitty!" He ran over and lifted my body. "I'm so sorry. Don't leave me." Tears ran down his cheeks, knowing that what he had done was not of his own doing.

Garth smirked with a dagger in hand. "And now, Ronoro Zoro, you can join her in death. Who knows, maybe I'll send out some assassins to kill your son. The whole family is dead."

Zoro grabbed Garth's hand holding the dagger. "You monster! You made me attack and potentially kill the women I love. The mother of my only child."

The others arrived a few hours later, walking into a blood-soaked room. Garth's lifeless body with a dagger plunged into his leg, and Zoro was holding my supposedly lifeless body. Chopper ran over to Zoro and placed a hoof on his leg. "Zoro, what happened?"

Zoro looked at him. "I don't know what happened? It's all a blur. One moment, I'm fighting Pretty Kitty, then the next, her blood is my sword. Please, Chopper, can you heal her?"

Chopper nodded. "Of course, I heal her, but first we have to get her back to the ship. All my healing supplies are on the Going Merry."

Luffy and the other came over and saw what had happened. He stopped when he saw what appeared to be my lifeless body. "Zoro, what have you done?"

Zoro didn't say anything, not wanting to admit more to himself than anyone that he might have been the person who ended my life. I'm so sorry, Pretty Kitty. Please forgive me for everything. You mean the world to me. Please don't leave me.

Once everyone got back to the ship, Zoro laid me on the bed in Chopper's office. He watched as Chopper used medical scissors to cut open my shirt. He didn't realize just how deep the slash was. That it had gone through my shirt and into my skin. Unable to be in the same room as Chopper, started to proceed with the surgery. 

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