A/N: This was a fun little story I came up with. It started off as a one-shot but quickly turned into a multi-chapter fic. This is a sort of yaoi, and will involve some boyxboy loving, so if that's not your thing, turn back now. But I hope the rest of you enjoy, and I would love to know what you think. Opinions make the author want to update sooner! XD
Sanji was the first to admit that he enjoyed the finer things in life, whether it was delicious food, expensive wine, a classy suit, or a beautiful woman. The latter of which didn't seem to be in short supply on this island.
There seemed to be gorgeous women as far as the eye could see, some of which even rivaled his precious Nami-swan and Robin-cwan. He thought for the briefest moment that he was stuck inside some kind of wonderful dream, or that he possibly died and was sent to heaven. But whatever the case was he didn't care, he was just thankful that he was there.
There were so many beautiful women in fact, it was making his job of restocking the food rations that much harder. There seemed to be a gorgeous woman working at nearly ever stand, making any sort of price haggling impossible. But right now he didn't care. He decided that he would enjoy this island for as long as he could, knowing that the log could reset at anytime, and then he would have to say goodbye to this paradise forever.
"You're not from around here are you?" A soft, borderline seductive, voice purred from behind him.
Sanji turned around and could've sworn he felt his heart stop beating, if only for the briefest of moments. Standing before him was a woman that he could only describe as a Goddess. She had long golden hair that fell perfectly down past her shoulders. Her eyes were a piercing green, and he could see himself getting lost in their beauty. Her skin was flawless and white, like a field of freshly fallen snow, and he just knew if he were to touch it that it would be soft as silk.
He chanced a quick glance at the rest of her body, hoping that she wouldn't notice, and nearly felt his head explode right then and there. Every inch of it was perfect, and tried to keep the images of his hand running over those curves out of his mind…he didn't want to get too excited, not while she was still standing before him.
"How could you tell?" He said very nonchalantly, even though his heart was now beating wildly in his chest. He couldn't remember ever being this flustered by a woman before…giddy maybe, but never flustered. Her beauty actually intimidated him.
"I've lived here my whole life, so I'm very familiar with the faces of the locals," she answered, giving Sanji a kind smile, "and I definitely think I would have remembered your face."
Her words were enough to send a chill down his spin, but when she followed it with a flirty smile and wink, he was done for. It was official, he was dreaming, or dead, he still hadn't figured out which. But if he was dreaming then he never wanted to wake, and if he was dead then he truly was in heaven.
"I'm very flattered that you consider my face memorable, that is quite the compliment coming from the living embodiment of beauty herself." Sanji said, turning on some of his usual charm. He could almost faint when he heard the sound of her giggle, and the slightest hint of blush painting her cheeks.
"You're very charming, but I bet you say that to all the ladies," she said shyly, biting her lip as she spoke.
"I can honestly say I have never met anyone whose beauty even comes close to yours. May I ask the lady her name?" He thought briefly that he might be laying it on a little thick, but she seemed to be responding well to the attention, so he would keep it up as long as he could.
"It's Lucy," the woman answered, giving him a coy, teasing smile, "and yours?"
"Sanji," he answered, "it is a pleasure to meet you milady." He took the chance of grabbing her hand, and placing a soft kiss on top of it. He was right, her skin was as smooth as silk.
"I'm very happy to meet such a charming, handsome man. As you can see, there aren't many men like you in these parts."
Sanji was very humbled by her words, and took a look around, only to realize she was right. He hadn't noticed it before, because he was so caught up with all the gorgeous women around him, but now that he took a closer look, there really weren't any men around. There were a few young boys running around, and he could see a handful of elderly men, but nowhere in sight was there an actual adult male.
"I see your point, is there a reason for that?" He asked, all of a sudden becoming very curious about it…not that he really minded, the less men, the less competition.
"The king of this island has some very strict laws when it comes to men of 'mating' age, as he calls it. He has many daughters you see, 12 in total, all very beautiful, and would likely be desired by any man on the island. The king was so paranoid about his daughters meeting and falling in love with a man that he considered 'beneath' them, that he banished all the male's between the ages of 16-60 from this island to a smaller island a few miles from here. He allows them to return once a year to mate with the women on the island, to keep the population up, but during that time he keeps his daughters tightly locked up. And he has no intention of lifting the law until all his daughter's have been married to men of high standing that he approves of….and seeing as how his daughters range from ages 5-28, it will be many, many years until the law is lifted. Leaving many of the women, especially some of his daughters, very lonely in the meantime."
"Wow…" Sanji said, his cigarette falling from his mouth in surprise. He couldn't quite tell if she was being serious or not, her story being pretty hard to believe…that being said, he had heard of stranger things…after all his crew consisted of a rubber man as a captain, a talking reindeer as their doctor, a living skeleton as their musician, and a cyborg as their shipwright…not to mention some of the places they have gone and things they have seen. They visited an island in the sky! Surly that was stranger then a king who had taken overprotective parenting to another level. "That's very unfortunate. It's almost tragic to think of so many beautiful women being so lonely. Goddesses such as yourselves should have someone to fawn over them and worship the ground you walk on."
"It is true that I too am very lonely, and crave nothing more then the intimacy that only physical contact with a member of the opposite sex could give me…which is why, like I said, I am very, very, happy to meet such a charming, handsome man as yourself." She took a few steps closer to him as she spoke, gently placing her hand on his bicep.
Sanji tensed up at the touch, feeling a spark of electricity rush through his body. He relaxed a little bit as she began stroking her hand up and down his arm, and placing her other hand on his chest. He could feel his face begin to heat up, and he prayed he wasn't blushing…the last thing he wanted to do in that moment was come off as a blushing virgin.
"Would you maybe like to go somewhere a little more private where we could talk…" She whispered, leaning so her lips hovered only inches from his ear. He could feel her warm breath on his neck, and could smell her euphoric scent. He nearly lost himself in that moment, especially the way she said the word 'talk', implying that not much talking would be involved.
"O-okay…" he stuttered out, feeling like a complete idiot for his lack of composure. He felt like a teenage boy getting his first taste of physical contact with a girl, but at that point he didn't care. For a woman like this one, he would gladly forget himself completely and become putty his her beautiful, soft, delicate hands.
Her eyes lit up, clearly excited about his willingness, and grabbed his hand to lead him away. They didn't get far though, when a couple of men, in what looked like some sort of guard's uniform, began running their way.
"Lady Lucy!" One of them shouted, having spotted the pair.
"Oh no," Lucy gasped, quickly dragging Sanji into the busy market, weaving amongst the stalls and people, hoping to shake off the men following them.
Sanji had no idea what was going on, and was a little confused upon seeing the men. They looked like they were in their 20's or 30's, so did that mean that her story wasn't true after all?
They kept running for a few minutes, before Lucy pulled him into a random alleyway, both of them taking a moment to catch their breaths.
"Not to spoil the mood, but what just happened back there?" Sanji asked after regaining his composure, casually lighting a cigarette out of habit. "Who were those guys? I thought you said there were no men of that age on this island."
"Those men are the exception, they're the king's guardsmen."
"What makes them the exception?" Sanji asked curiously, wondering what the men had to do in order to prove they wouldn't try anything with his daughters.
"Well…to put it bluntly…the king had them all castrated."
"WHAT!?" Sanji nearly screeched, having the urge to place his hands protectively around his manhood. He hurt just thinking about it, and felt a huge wave of sympathy for those poor souls.
"Which is exactly what will happen to you if they catch us together." Lucy said, her voice full regret. "I'm so sorry for approaching you like I did. I should've known better…but seeing you, I just couldn't help myself. I've craved the touch of a man for so long."
The sad look on her face nearly broke Sanji's heart, and all he wanted to do in that moment was to embrace her, and reassure her that everything was going to be okay, but that thought was forgotten for now, when they heard the voice of the guardsmen getting closer.
"But why are they so concerned seeing you with a man…unless…" he trailed off, distinctively remembering one of the guards yelling 'Lady Lucy'. "Shit."
"Yes, I'm afraid I'm one of the king's daughters." She confessed, avoiding his gaze. "I often sneak out of the castle walls, to explore the island, after all, there isn't much else to do…he usually sends guards after me eventually, so I should've known better then to think today would be different. I apologize, and urge you to leave now before they find you. Get back to your ship while you can."
"But I…" Sanji sighed, so much for this place being like heaven. He hated the idea of giving up his chance of being with such a beautiful, not to mention willing, woman, but he valued his 'manhood' more than that. "Alright. But will you be okay?"
"Yes, I will be fine. They will simply escort me back to the castle, where I will just be watched a little closer over the coming weeks, which really isn't new to me. So go now while you have the chance." She urged, pushing Sanji toward the opening of the alleyway. "Be swift."
Sanji nodded, about to turn tail and run, when he caught one last sad look on Lucy's face. It was a crime for such a beautiful woman to look so sad, so despite her warnings, he turned back around and placed a gentle kiss on her lips.
She gasped in shock at the contact, but quickly melted into it. This is exactly what she had been craving for so long, and felt that it was every bit as magical as she had been expecting.
Their lips slowly began to move against one another, Sanji placing his hand on the back of her neck, to pull her even closer, when the sound of heavy footsteps caused them to jump a part. Just as the two parted, they saw a large group of guardsmen round the corner.
"There they are!" He heard one of them shout as they were spotted almost immediately, and came running toward the shocked duo.
"Go now!" She shouted, and this time he didn't hesitate. He turned toward the direction he knew the ship was docked and began running like his life depended on it…which it very well might have. In the very least his love life depended on it, shuddering as the word 'castration' popped back into his mind.
He was able to keep up a fairly good pace, keeping a nice distance between him and the guards, but knew once he reached the ship that that wouldn't last for long. He just hoped that the rest of his crew was there and that they were ready to leave immediately.
…
"Look at these cute shoes I bought," Nami said proudly, showing off her latest purchase to Robin.
"Those are nice," Robin agreed, checking out the shoes the other woman handed her. "Where did you…"
"Umm…guys," Usopp said, interrupting the women's conversation. "I think we have a problem."
"What is it?" Nami asked confused, standing up, along with Robin, to see what it was the long-nosed man was pointing at.
"What the hell…" Nami said, completely shocked.
"Is that, the cook?" Robin asked, squinting to see into the distance.
"Lift the anchor! Lift the anchor!" They could faintly hear being shouted over and over again.
"What's going on?" Zoro asked, yawning, joining the others to see what exactly disturbed his precious sleep.
"Lift the anchor! We have to get the hell out of here!"
"Is that the cook?" Zoro asked, laughing when he realized it was. "What has that idiot done now?"
"What are you all looking at?" Luffy asked, approaching the others, taking a bite out of the massive slab of meat he had in his hand, nobody bothering to question where he got it.
"The shit cook has gotten himself into some trouble." Zorro answered, gesturing toward the commotion, which was rapidly approaching the ship.
"Coooool, I wonder what he did." Luffy said, almost sounding excited.
"It is not cool!" Nami snapped, slapping their captain on the back of the head. "Someone in town told me that the log takes about two weeks to reset on this island! We can't take off yet, unless we want to get ourselves completely lost on the grand line! This is terrible!"
"Yay! A fight!" Luffy cheered, Nami's panicked words doing nothing to diminish his excitement.
"If you don't shut up, I swear I'll…"
But Nami's words were cut off as Sanji frantically climbed aboard the ship.
"Why didn't you lift the anchor?! I told you we have to get the hell out of here!" The blonde cook said in a panic, rushing over to begin lifting the anchor himself.
"We can't go yet!" Nami said, going over and stopping him from continuing.
"Why not?"
"Because the log won't reset for another two weeks, so we can't leave unless we want to get lost for God knows how long!"
"But, if we stay…" Sanji began, but it was too late, the ship was surrounded by a couple dozen guardsmen, some of the more fierce looking ones making their way onto the ship, "I don't want to lose my balls!"
"I don't know what the hell you did, but shut up and let me try and fix this…" Nami hissed under her breath, silencing any further outburst from the cook.
"Awww, thank you Nami-swan, my sweet…"
"Are you really going to do that now?" She shot him a glare, silencing him immediately.
"You there," one of the guards spoke loudly, pointing his finger clearly at Sanji, who then took a few steps to hide behind Usopp, who quickly hid behind Zorro, who simply rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You are under arrest for breaking one of the island's most important laws."
Nami shot Sanji another look, as if to say 'what the hell did you do?', but he just shrugged, trying to maintain as innocent of a look as possible.
"Excuse me, I'm very sorry to interrupt, but might I ask what it is that my dimwitted crew mate did?" Nami asked sweetly, almost sickeningly so.
"He was seen making physical contact with one of the princesses. This is strictly prohibited by law, and depending on the severity of the physical contact, can be punished by death."
Sanji's eyes widened, not realizing the punishment would be that severe…although if given the choice of castration or death, he might just have to go with death.
"In fact it is a crime for any man between the ages of 16-60 who are capable of mating with a woman to be on this island at all. Meaning several of you are in violation of this law." The guard finished, looking around at a few other's on the ship.
"I understand," Nami said, thinking over the situation quickly. She had no idea why that would be a law in the first place, but if she was going to get them all out of this, while still getting the log to reset; she had to think of something. "But you see, you've got it all wrong. None of the men on this ship are capable of mating, so they can't possibly be in violation of your law. And as for Sanji over there," she said pointing to the blonde who was still attempting to hide, "he might have been in contact with one of your princesses, but I assure you it's all just a big misunderstanding."
"What do you mean?" One of the guards, a captain by the looks of him, asked. Narrowing his eyes suspiciously at the orange-haired woman.
"I will be all to happy to explain…" Nami said, hesitating a bit, not quite thinking up all the details yet. She needed to stall for a little time, so she could come up with something. "But I would prefer to explain the situation directly to the king if possible. I think he would be more likely to understand the situation if I were to explain in person."
The guards turned toward each other, taking a few moments to discuss their options. Nami took this opportunity to whisper something to her crew, while the guards were distracted.
"What are you going to tell them?" Robin asked curiously, impressed by the navigator's ability to think on her feet, and her ability to lie so convincingly.
"I have a couple of ideas, I don't have time to explain them all, but I need you all to promise you will go along with it." Nami said, no hints of joking in her voice whatsoever. "I mean it alright? I might be able to get us out of the situation, not to mention make it so we can stay here the two weeks while the log resets. So no matter what I say, you go along with it. Got it?"
Everyone nodded in understanding, nobody wanting her wrath directed at them. She might appear to be a sweet, innocent girl, but they all knew better, and to cross her, was a mistake.
"Especially you two," Nami said, pointing at both Sanji and Zorro.
"Why are you lumping me in with that idiot? I wasn't caught groping no princess."
"Shut up Marimo! And I wasn't groping her…we shared a beautiful moment."
"Shut up, both of you." Nami snapped, instantly silencing the two men. "As for what I meant by especially you two, you will have to wait and see about that."
"Alright!" One of the guardsmen said, breaking the crew out of their hushed conversation. "We have decided to indulge your request, seeing as the final decision on sentencing falls to his majesty anyways. We will take you before him, and if he believes what you say to be true, then you might escape here unscathed."
"Oh thank you so much!" Nami gushed, once again using her overly sweet voice.
"We will of course have to remove all weapons and restrain you all. We can't risk taking you in front of the king otherwise."
"We understand." Nami agreed, receiving a few skeptical looks from her crewmates. Especially from Zorro, who she knew might actually kill her if anything were to happen to his swords. She gave them all as reassuring of a look as she could, but truthfully she wasn't so sure herself.
Who knew if this king was going to listen to reason? He made some pretty insane sounding laws, so maybe he wouldn't even take anything she had to say into consideration.
She just prayed that the excuses she came up with were believable, and most importantly, that her idiot crewmates played along.
…
The strawhats were led through the castle, and brought into a large room that seemed to be at the center of it.
The room was absolutely incredible, and covered with so much gold, and jewels, that Nami would normally have Belli signs in her eyes, if she wasn't mentally going over what she was going to say. Ogling the valuables could wait…
What must have been 100 guards stood in various places throughout the room, a larger number of which stood along a short stairway, all leading up to what must have been the throne. The man sitting on the throne, definitely gave off an air of entitlement and power…meaning he could only be one person, the king.
He was a bit shorter, and plumper, then they were all expecting, Sanji not quite believing that he could father such a beautiful daughter as Lucy.
"I understand that you are here to plead innocent to the crimes you've committed?" The king asked, scanning the group of nine individuals, kneeling before him.
They were definitely a peculiar bunch, him never seeing such a mismatched group of people before. Was that actually a skeleton? Not to mention a small deer wearing a hat? As much as he normally wouldn't bother hearing criminals out, instead sentencing them instantly, he was curious about this group when the captain of his guard told him about them, so he decided to make an exception.
"Yes your majesty. We are very grateful for this opportunity and can't thank you enough." Nami said, bowing her head, only lifting it when she saw the king gesture her to continue. "Like I mentioned to one of your guards, I don't believe we've broken any of your laws, and ask for your mercy."
The rest of the crew stayed silent, keeping their heads slightly bowed to show respect. Nami had warned them before they arrived that she wanted them to keep quiet, show respect, and most importantly play along. To which they all agreed.
"You claim that you haven't broke any laws, yet I can see clearly that you have. It looks as though several of your crew are male's between the ages of 16-60. And I have an eye witness report from a few of my guards claiming that the blonde one made physical contact with one of my darling daughters. How can you possibly claim innocence? Are you implying that I'm stupid, or that my guards are liars?"
"Of course not your majesty! I would never consider doing such a thing. But from what I understood from your guard, it was only against the law if the male between the ages of 16-60 could potentially mate with, or seduce any of the women on this island, is that correct?"
"Yes, that is indeed correct." The king affirmed, not really able to deny that, considering he had a number of men in his guard that fell between those ages.
"Well then I believe they are all innocent because none of them fall under this category."
"Do continue, I am curious to hear what you have to say." The king said, gesturing for her to go on. He could maybe see some of them not falling into this category, but there were 4 or 5 of them that definitely seemed to fit.
"I guess I'll start explaining from one end to the other. Brook over there on the far end," she said gesturing to her far left. "Is nearly 90 years old, so he far exceeds your age limit. Not to mention he is a skeleton, and wouldn't be able to mate if he tried."
Brook would have shot the woman a glare at that comment, but what she said was true enough and he did agree to play along…not to mention he didn't have eyes to glare with.
"Yes, I wasn't really too concerned about that one, nor do I consider the small deer that's up next to be in violation of the law either." The king agreed, causing Chopper to sigh in relief. "Please do continue."
"Alright, next up is Franky. He may fall under the category age wise, but he is not able to mate because of the fact that he is a cyborg. He is part machine, including the parts necessary for 'intimacy' and therefore he couldn't possibly mate."
Franky wanted to argue that, and let it be known that he definitely still had the parts necessary for 'intimacy' but knew what Nami was trying to do here, and what the consequences would be if he argued…either he would be sent to jail, or worse, he would have to deal with a pissed off Nami.
"I see…" The king said, seeming to be a little more reluctant with that one, but noted the few metal enhancements that he could see, so decided to take her word for it…at least for now.
"Next in line is Robin, but obviously neither me or her fall into the restricted category, so after her is Luffy here." She said, gesturing to the raven-haired captain beside her. "He is actually only 15, so he falls outside your age restriction."
"I'm just a kid," Luffy said, giving the king a gigantic grin. "I don't even know what you guys keep talking about when you say 'mating'…is that like a game?"
Nami might have smacked him for opening his mouth, if what he said hadn't actually helped out their case. Luffy's appearance was definitely youthful enough, and his childish behavior and faked innocence were just the cherry on top.
The king quickly believed this one, and was sure there was no way he could pose any sort of threat. "Continue."
"Next up is Usopp, who does fall into your age category, but I assure you he poses no threat when it comes to mating with any of your women. You see, it is actually a very sad story…years ago when he was only just a child he was in a terrible accident. He had fallen out of a very tall tree, smashing his head on some rocks below it. Ever since then he hasn't been quite right. As a result of the accident he is slightly delusional, and maintains the mindset of a very small child. And he is in no way capable of seducing or mating with anyone."
"Hey! Nami! That's going a little too far! How dare you speak about Captain Usopp, brave warrior of the sea like that! I should send my army of ten thousand men after you for such remarks! Like I did one time to this giant goldfish that tried to attack my home island. It was so big that it must have been double…no triple the size of our island itself. Most men would've run away scared, but not Captain Usopp…"
"I think that proves my point." Nami said cutting his ramblings off. Once again she was relieved that his story helped make her lie more believable, but unlike Luffy, she was sure Usopp hadn't done it on purpose.
"Hey! I wasn't finished!" Usopp argued.
"Yeah, I wanna hear the end of the story!" Luffy added, pouting in a very childlike way. Which she had to stop herself from rolling her eyes at…Luffy was suppose to be '15' not '5', he might have been over doing it a bit. If they got out of this successfully, she would have to remember to smack him for that.
"Alright, I'll buy that." The king said, obviously believing her last excuse, a fact that caused a certain sharpshooter to scowl. "But next in line is the blonde…the one accused of touching my precious daughter. I don't see how you could possibly explain his innocence, when I have an eye witness report from several guards."
"I understand that your majesty, and I don't doubt that it's true, Sanji here probably did come into physical contact with your daughter…" Nami began, causing a panicked look to flash across the cooks face. What was she doing? Was she selling him out? How could his precious Nami-swan do that? "But…any physical contact that might have occurred was purely innocent, and most likely misinterpreted by your guards."
"I don't understand what you are trying to say, how could the action be 'misinterpreted'?" The king narrowed his eyes in doubt at her, having a hard time believing what she was saying. He wasn't a fool, he knew how beautiful his daughters were, how much they were desired, and therefore any contact made with them couldn't have been innocent.
"I'm sorry you guys, I know you normally don't like sharing this with strangers, but I have to tell him the truth." Nami said, looking over in Sanji and Zorro's direction.
Both men gave her a confused look, but slowly nodded their heads, remembering how they agreed to follow along no matter what.
"I know neither Sanji or Zorro pose any threat to any of your women, just like I know that any touches occurring between Sanji and your daughter are completely innocent because…" She paused for dramatic effect, loving the tension building up in the room. She just hoped the two idiots didn't blow it once she finished her statement. "Because the two of them are lovers."
Nami didn't have to look over at the two to imagine what their faces must have looked like, and she knew neither of them would be pleased about this, but she honestly didn't have any other choice. Neither of them could pull off being too young, like Luffy, and she couldn't exactly pull out the 'cyborg' or 'mentally challenged' card more than once, that would just look far too suspicious. Plus she killed two birds with one stone this way…she personally thought it was rather brilliant.
"They are completely, 100% gay, I can assure you of that…having personally walked in on them during a few 'intimate' moments." She continued, relieved that the two of them had stayed silent so far and hadn't argued what she said. It might have worked in Usopp's favor when he tried to argue, but if Zorro or Sanji did, it would blow the whole plan out of the water. This completely depended on them, and their ability to act convincingly.
"You're telling me that the two of them," the king said pointing toward the cook and swordsmen, "are an item?"
"Yes sir. Which is why you've gotten the situation all wrong. Neither Sanji or Zorro have any interest toward any of the women on the island, and if Sanji was touching one of your daughters in anyway, I'm sure it was completely innocent and just taken out of context." Nami said, getting a little worried about the expression on the king's face…he seemed skeptical, very skeptical, and she began to worry that her plan would fail. Figuring she had nothing to lose she continued. "In fact, most of the time they avoid being near women altogether, I think they might actually be scared of them or something…they only tolerate me and Robin because they don't have a choice."
"Nami-san," Sanji said, feigning shyness, hoping he was covering his annoyance, "you don't have to give so many details do you?"
Sanji's eye twitched in annoyance as a few of the guards started to laugh at them and the fact that they 'feared women'…he felt like saying at least he still had his balls, but figured that wouldn't win them any points at the moment.
"I'm sorry Sanji-san, I know it's hard for you to admit and talk about, but they need to understand the truth."
The king sat back and watched the exchange, his eyes narrowing suspiciously. Looking at the blonde, he wouldn't have been too surprised if the claim was true, but the green haired man didn't really seem the type…not to mention he found the whole thing far to convenient.
"Would one of the guards that witnessed the exchange between my daughter and the blonde please step forward." The king said aloud, drawing everyone's attention toward him. One of the guards that were lined up on the staircase stepped forward, giving the king a deep bow. "Can you describe the contact you saw between him and Lucy for me?"
"Of course your highness." The guard answered obediently, but was almost a little hesitant to continue, knowing the king wasn't going to like what he had to say. "Lady Lucy appeared to be stroking the man's bicep, with her other hand was placed on his chest."
"Are you telling me it was Lucy touching him, and not the other way around?" The king asked, anger apparent in his voice. "My beautiful daughter would never do such a thing!"
"I'm sorry you're majesty." The guard said, flinching at the anger in his king's voice.
"And where was his hands during all of this?"
"By his side sir."
"I see…" The king muttered under his breath, looking back at the 9 individuals before him. He scanned over them all, his eyes narrowing when he reached Sanji. He wasn't convinced yet of his, or the green haired man's innocence. "I will pardon you for now, but I forbid you from leaving the island for the 2 weeks it takes the log to reset. And during that time I will have people keeping a very close eye on you. And if I find out that any of the things you told me were lies, the punishment will be severe."
Nami sighed with relief, satisfied that her plan had gone perfectly. They were all pardoned and they were going to get to stay on the island until the log reset. It was perfect!
The only ones not sharing her look of joy at the moment were the two men at the very end. Sanji and Zorro exchanged a look when they realized what the king's words meant. They would be keeping an eye on them…and if they weren't convinced that they were a couple, they were as good as dead.
Not to mention he had to resist an island full of beautiful women…this was going to be the longest two weeks of Sanji's life.