It had been a week since they had left an island called the Island Of Dreams, or something like that.

They had stopped to pick up supplies and to get a break from Luffy's shouts of being bored. Letting the energetic teen run through a nearby town, Sanji got the task from Nami to pick up some meat from the market store in town.

"Of course Nami-san~!" Sanji did his noodle dance and walked down the ramp to the land and set off on his adventure, to the town.

Taking in the scenery, Sanji was surprised by the amount of people going down the streets. The shops were full, the streets were packed, and there was a beautiful woman right next to him reading someone's palm. Sanji sighed and knew that he would have to wait for a while before he could buy anything.

"Excuse me, young man." an elderly woman called from behind him.

"Yes madam?" Sanji smiled.

"Could you help me with these bags, they're mighty heavy," the woman said with a strained voice.

"Of course!" Sanji picked up the three bags the woman had been carrying and was surprised at how heavy they actually were. The old woman smiled, her eyes crinkling and gestured for him to follow her.

She had lived a while away from the town. Her home a small cottage that seemed run down.

"Miss? Is this where you live?"

"Yes young man. I know it's not the fanciest place in town, but it suits me just fine."

Inside the cottage, the ceiling was sunk in a bit, so Sanji was to bend down a little when entering. There was a small fireplace that was lit and a pot hanging over it, a sweet smell came from it. The wooden floor squeaked when Sanji stepped on it. The walls were covered in paintings that were very beautiful and detailed. Various men and women were drawn, all were smiling, though one seemed to be scared...

"Here is fine." the old woman suddenly said, pointing to the small table Sanji hadn't seen. "Thank you young man, It would have been difficult to carry all that here."

"I was happy to help!" Sanji smiled warmly at her, but slowly the smile faded when he noticed her grinning at him. "Ma'am?"

Suddenly the room went dark, Sanji felt two hands suddenly grabs his arms, and he felt himself sit down on something. Then the room went bright.

"Ah, yes. You'll be perfect." a man's voice suddenly said, right next to Sanji's ear. Sanji jerked away and glared at the now present man.

He seemed to be in his early twenties, long black hair slicked back, fancy suit much like Sanji's, but what stood out the most...were his completely black eyes. Like his entire eye ball was black, with a tiny silver dot in the middle of each eye.

"What the hell?!" Sanji growled out, struggling helplessly against the black arms locking his in place.

"My, my. What a feisty one I've chose." The man suddenly licked Sanji's neck, making the teen freeze. Then slowly the man wrapped his arms around Sanji's shoulders.

"We are going to have, so. much. fun." the man purred, but cried out in pain as Sanji threw his head back into the man's face.

The arms suddenly disappeared, letting Sanji escape out of the chair. Turning around Sanji came face to face with a glaring man with black eyes.

"You BITCH!" Sanji was sent flying into a wall by a smack across his face.

Sanji coughed out blood, his vision getting blurry. He struggled to get to his feet but quickly dodged a fist aimed at his face. A flurry of kicks and punches were thrown back and forth until a fist caught Sanji's ribs.

The young male was forced back a couple of steps, holding onto his side tightly. He knew that punch had broken a rib or two. Now severely pissed off, Sanji sent all his attacks at the man's head, who's eyes widened in shock as he was sent flying by one of Sanji's kicks.

"Bastard!" Sanji spat, a trail of blood rolled down his chin.

The man groaned and stood up, swaying slightly to the right before snapping his head up and staring directly into Sanji's eyes. Thin black veins travel up Sanji's neck towards his eyes. Sanji gasped in pain and clutched his face, his eyes felt like they were on fire. He couldn't see it, but they were now black with silver dots, just like the man's.

Said man's eyes slowly turned into normal brown eyes. With a small smile the man whispered "free," then blood gushed out of his nose, mouth, and eyes. He fell to the ground.

Sanji gasped as the pain slowly left his eyes, the black now gone and a normal blue showed. Sanji then promptly fainted.


"Oi! Cook,! Wake up!"

Opening his eyes slightly, Sanji saw Zoro's face right above his. Sanji suddenly jerked his head up, smashing their foreheads together. Sanji and Zoro fell back, both groaning at their now present headaches.

"What the hell shitty marimo!?" Sanji clutched his head in pain.

"You wouldn't wake up you shit cook!" Zoro yelled back, he too holding his head in his hands.

"You both are too stupid." Nami commented as she walked by.

"Nami-swan~!" Sanji sang, forgetting about his headache.

Zoro grumbled to himself.

"SANJI!" Luffy's voice suddenly called out, "FOOD!"

The cook smiled and brushed himself off before heading to the kitchen, he did not notice his reflection in the steel grinning at him.

With black eyes.