378Chapter 49: Out of Control
Gecko Moria was nowhere near spiritual ware. If he was, then he would have known that things were going to hell.
Zoro's body go up.
"What!" said Moria.
He saw the strange feral look on Zoro's face.
However suddenly Zoro ran away, confusing Moria.
"What just happened?" asked Moira.
The thing controlling Zoro's body wasn't interested in Moria.
After all it had other prey to get.
With Group 2, they were freaking out a little.
"Okay! Whatever is going on isn't normal." Said Rukia.
"I'm sure it will be fine." Said Luffy.
Rukia slapped him.
"Whatever is going with Zoro is not good." Said Renji.
However all of them started to get another bad feeling.
Zoro was coming in closer.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Said Franky.
Even Luffy was getting the bad feeling about it.
"It's not Zoro." He said.
"What?" asked Renji.
"I can tell whatever is coming isn't Zoro." Said Luffy.
Renji was very confused as was Brook but the others by this point knew Luffy well enough to know what he meant.
Meanwhile Zoro's mind scape he was looking at the strange doppelganger.
"What the hell is that thing!" yelled Zoro.
"Uh…" said Mugimugi-Chan.
"Like I expect an answer from you." Said Zoro.
"It's a piece of you created when you got your powers back." Sighed Wadou.
"what?" asked Zoro.
"Oh do you want to know the truth?" asked his doppelganger.
He began to attack Zoro. But Zoro managed to dodge the attacks.
HE would fight back but he didn't have any weapons to do so.
"Look, it's worse outside." Said Midori Taka.
"What!" yelled Zoro.
The three Zanpakuto seemed a bit nervous.
"What's going on outside!" yelled Zoro.
Outside Zoro's body arrived where group two was.
IT had an evil grin as it god his swords ready.
The body then used 108 Pound Cannon on them. However all of them managed to doge.
"Something is definitely controlling his body." Said Franky.
"But what?" asked Rukia.
"His shadow is missing." Said Renji.
"Yeah… we kind of noticed." Said Franky.
"Shadows are a soul." Explained Brook.
"And getting stolen it messed with Zoro somehow." Said Rukia.
"I don't think that's it." Said Luffy getting feeling.
"What should we do?" asked Brook, "I might have been fighting Hollows for years, but I'm a little out of depth."
"Maybe be him up and knock him out." Said Luffy.
"It's the best we can do." Said Robin.
That was when arms sprouted on Zoro limbs.
However whatever controlling Zoro grabbed one of her arms very harm causing Robin to groan in pain.
Robin flinched and disappeared the arms.
"Whatever's controlling him know." Said Robin.
Luffy ran towards him and started to glow.
"Gum Gum Pistol!" he yelled out.
He punched Zoro's body hard.
However Zoro's body got up and the thing controlling hos body gave a feral smile.
Back inside Zoro's mindscape, he knew he had to fight back. And started using his no sword technique.
However he knew he was as a disadvantage.
As his doppelganger had swords on him.
"Hey! Is there any way to get any swords?" asked Zoro.
"Why aren't you using them?" mocked his doppelganger.
Zoro glared at his doppelganger who proceeded to using 108 Pound Canon on him as well.
However Zoro dodged. Unfortunately his doppelganger was much faster than him and got another hit in.
"Poor you…" said his doppelganger.
Zoro got up and glared at the white doppelganger.
"I've had worse." Said Zoro glaring at him.
"I guess soon you're have far worse than that… and you probably won't feel it." Said the white doppelganger.
"what?" asked Zoro.
"What!" yelled Wadou.
"Are you seriously going to try to do that?" asked Midori Taka.
"You can't!" said Mugimugi-Chan.
"I will." Laughed the Doppelganger, "It's not like he really needs it… expect for fulfilling that stupid dream."
"What?" asked Zoro.
On the outside there was a huge spike in Spiritual Pressure.
Zoro's body smiled, then it coughed up blood and started to convulse.
Luffy's eyes widened as it did.
"What's going on?" asked Renji.
"I don't know… but I have a theory." Said Rukia.
Back inside… Zoro looked at his doppelganger.
"What are you doing?" asked Zoro.
"Trust me you're thank me later!" mocked the Doppelganger, "Like I said you don't really need it any more… it's just holding you back.
"What the hell are you talking about!" yelled Zoro.
"He's trying to destroy your body." Said Wadou.
"What!" yelled Zoro.
On the outside, Rukia put on the red glove, she ran over and slammed Zoro's face with it, getting him out of his body.
Thankfully it seemed intact.
"We'll heal him later." Said Rukia.
"Huh…" said Brook realizing something.
"What?" asked Robin.
"His body is dead, isn't it?" asked Brook.
"yeah." Said Rukia.
Meanwhile Moria, he didn't care what exactly happened to Zoro's body but it didn't matter, he had a perfect shadow for this body.
However that was when the shadow suddenly disappeared.
"What the!" yelled Moria, "Where did the shadow go!"
Then he paled… well if it was possible he would have paled.
"Who killed him." Said Moria.
However he didn't know that Zoro was technically still alive it's just that removing his soul from his body would just let Zoro regain his shadow because well… his body was dead, now that it was dead it rejoined his soul.
Inside Zoro's mindscape. The Zanpakuto trio breathed a sigh of relief as even Zoro felt it too.
The fact he was no longer in his body.
The doppelganger started laughing.
"Wait…" said Midori Taka.
"Yes… it's true." Said the doppelganger, "That was all a ploy to leave his body."
"Damn it." Muttered Zoro.
He knew he had to beat whatever the doppelganger was.
However back with Team 2, they breathed a sigh of relief.
But it was short lived as Zoro's soul reaper from got up, he turned around and they saw that on his face was a hollow mask.
"What?" asked Renji.
"What's going on?" asked Rukia.
"I don't know." Said Brook.
Luffy was still ready to fight however.
With Team 1, they were all heading to where they felt the Spiritual Pressure.
"It's getting stronger." Said Tashiro.
"I'm getting a bad feeling about this." Said Chopper.
Ryuma followed them.
Meanwhile the pink haired woman looked at the ensembled group.
"Spirit stuff?" asked one of them.
"Yes, there's something going on the island involing Hollows, but I don't know what is it." Said the woman.
"Are you sure you should get involved?" asked another.
"I don't know who might be here." Said the woman, "But I have way to fight."
The woman ran off in the direction of where Team 2 was.
Things were getting complicated… so much more complicated.
And it would probably only get worse from there.
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"Roronoa Zoro is dead?" asked Doctor Hogback, the one who made the zombies.
"According to Lord Moria he is." Said a female zombie who was covered in scars.
"Huh…" said Doctor Hogback, "Can one of you find the body? I think he'll make a good zombie."
"That sounds like an idea that a terrible idea." Said the zombie, "I get the feeling that he isn't' really dead."
"Then why else would his shadow disappear?" asked Doctor Hogback.
"I wish you would disappear." Muttered the zombie.
Doctor Hogback didn't know how to react to that and slumped down.
End of Guide
Next Time: Things have gotten worse now that Zoro's out of his body, will he be able to beat up the Doppelganger while Luffy fights his (spiritual) body? Find out next time!
