Sitting here broken he could only laugh. He was willing to give up his life to protect them but how the table have turned. He watched as each and everyone one of them fell, those moments would haunt him for the remainder of his short and pitiful life. He had no concept of time he could have been sitting there for minutes or hours. None of that matters anymore, everything he ever cared for was dead before him. After what seemed like hours he finally stood up and walk over to one of his dead comrades, he kneels down and says,

"I'm sorry captain"

But once he saw his captains straw hat a meter away covered in blood he could no longer control it everything broke apart, he sobbed uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect everyone like I said I would. I'm sorry that none of you will ever achieve your dreams, just because I was too weak to stop them!"

He wanted so badly for a response he knew would never come so he simply sat there defeated. Until a gruff voice called out

"Pitiful and to believe I had chosen you to become the next Demon Wind"

He growled, "Who the hell is that"

The voice laughed and replied,

"I am the great god Ashura and you pathetic human are who I had chosen to bring about the new age of chaos, sad that you were far too weak for such a simple task."

The man exhausted just sat there in silence but he was seething. The voice now identified as Ashura laughs yet again,

"I can feel the anger coming from you, I would taunt more for your pathetic nature but that is not why I am here."

Finally having enough the man yelled,

"Then why are you here I have lost everything and you approach me and taunt me of the state I know I am in! The weakness I displayed with the death of my comrades! My inability to save all those I care about! Then why oh great fucking god Ashura! Why are you here!"

The shadows around him collect to create a man, or more so a shadow of a man with piercing red eyes but nothing else to him. He stares intently at the man before he finally speaks,

"I am a god you measly mortal and I will be spoken to as one with respect."

Ashura lets loose a blast of energy that shakes him to the core, he thought that this god would kill right there and then the energy recedes.

"But I must say your a gutsy little bastard."

Ashura laughs before quieting down and staring at the man again.

"I have come here to give you a second chance of sorts, I believed that this was not to be the outcome of this fateful day. My fellow gods may have had a hand in this and I will not stand for my champion to lose. I am the great Ashura and you as my champion must become a demon that will tear through any obstacle that stands before you."

He simply stares at the god before asking in a much quieter tone,

"Second chance?"

Ashura walks up to him

"Yes, you pitiful man a second chance. I am a demon god the rules do not adhere to me as much as the others and as my champion, I have full control of your fate. With that, I ask you do you wish to save them?"

It was an obvious answer and they both knew he didn't need to say it. Ashura smiles and say,

"Then mortal you will be given a second chance. Do not squander this none have ever received a gift from the gods like this. And with that spread my name through the world and let it be known that none can challenge my power."

Ashura creates a silver orb and shoots it at him, he experiences excruciating pain and before he blacks out he thinks,

"Shit should have asked what he meant by a second chance."

He wakes up disorientated, he has no idea where that blasted god had done but he said second chance so he could only hope for the best. Shaken from his thoughts, there in front of him a young boy with a straw-hat with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"So you're Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro"

That's a wrap, I'd like to say it's a good start but I can't be sure since that my personal opinion. I'm gonna try to keep a few canon parts as close as I can get to the original anime but forgive me if I mess a few small details up since ya know One Piece has 800+ episodes now. Plus I have shit a memory. If you're reading this and like it thanks to you for reading if you hate it well I'm sorry it wasn't up to your liking. Before I forget all characters belong to Eiichiro Oda the only thing I own is a bit of the plot and the OC's if I put any.