No way in hell was this going to stand. The damn cooks job was to cook…he couldn't just tack a sign a sign to the galley door saying "Day off- sandwiches in fridge" and leave it like that!

Not when the cook KNOWS that Luffy would finish off the whole crews stack of sandwiches before they could even discern the god damned note!

That was why Zoro was looking for him. Not because he was worried. Not because Chopper smelled something weird…that had been described as Sanji wrestling with a canine. No he wanted dinner…and maybe answers.

The desire for answers grew as the search took him deeper into the ship. The storage cellar was empty and Zoro was walking back to the ladder when he heard a relieved sigh. A sigh coming from the mechanical access room below the cellar.

Franky would be pissed if he knew the cook was playing around with the "dangerous and delicate" machinery there.

Zoro pulled up the hatch to the ships belly and hopped down before the cook could escape. He was just about to yell at the damned fool when he got an eyeful.

Sanji was a fox. Vixen? Fox Man? Kitsune? He looked more delicate than normal but also more quicker and flexible. A large fluffy tail escaped the back of the cooks pants and tall soft triangular ears wilted slightly at the sight of Zoro.

"Shitty swordsman not know to take a hint?!" Came an earthy growl. In the low light Zoro could make out the sharp teeth. The rest of cooks face looked the same pretty much, maybe a little more angular and the eyes seemed a little off.

"Why…didn't you tell us?"

Sanji sighed and held up a paw.

"Didn't realize it was going to happen so damn soon. I can't fucking cook like this! The hair in the food alone! And do you know how impossible it is to hold a knife with..with..THESE." Sanjis whine as he threw his tiny paws up came to Zoros ears as nothing but adorable. The foxy cook felt a shift in Zoro and turned suddenly in panic.

"SHIT! You need to leave right now!"

"Eh, why?"

"I'm probably throwing out pheromones right now…you don't want to be answering."

Zoro couldn't help but laugh.

"You're in mother fucking HEAT?! That's what you're telling me?"

Sanjis cheeks tinged red. In anger, he told himself.

"Fuck you. Just get out."

Zoro turned back to the hatch…and Sanji sighed in relief as the tense need he had been feeling was surely about to fade away at the bastards exit.

The hatch closed with a thump.

Zoro stalked back toward the fox. A fox that was stunned that the swordsman would actually stay with him in this current state and the dangers they entailed.

"It's too late. I was already on the hunt before I knew about this business…I'm going to be having you or dinner! Whichever comes first, and I'm thinking that's going to be you."

The foxes tail twitched pleasantly. There was something hot about being chased.