"Hah…hah…."
The sound of breathing nearby, breaths taken harshly and with great need catches in my ears bringing me back from the blackness.
"Hah…shit.."
A voice greets my ears and furthers my return from the depths of oblivion.
"Get up.."
A sharp pain in my side from the impact of something against a broken rib..
"Get the FUCK UP SANJI!"
The snarling voice fills my mind and I finally crack open my eyes but I can't concentrate all I see above me is a blur of green.
"Goddamnit didn't I just tell you to get up? You are terrible at listening to me.."
The vague shape of a blood covered hand fills my vision then and I blink once more before lifting my limp and equally bloodied hand to grasp it with a strength I was sure must have been lost but is suddenly returning.
"Good.."
The hand grips mine tightly and pulls me up to my feet and my vision jostles as everything whirls and leaps around me eventually I can focus and settle my attention on the green haired man attached to the hand.
"Zoro.."
My voice is cracked and his rough breathing once again is the only sound I hear as he turns his dark gaze in my direction his hand freed from mine and moving to fall upon the bloodied hilt of one of his katana.
"Don't say it, just get out there love chef and don't make me worry about you again.."
His voice is rough as his breathing as he runs away from me and back into the fray of white clad enemies. All I can do is stand there and stare blankly after him a faint frown creasing my lips for a moment before I reach into my pocket and pull a cig out of the pack in my filthy coat.
"Like I would.."
I mutter without finishing the sentence and pull out my lighter to light the fag and take a deep drag before tucking the lighter away and heading off in the direction the swordsman went. It was my life to fight by his side until we finally both fell once and for all, until that day came I wouldn't leave him to battle without me and I knew he felt the same about me. It was the closest thing to love I felt I would ever experience with a man or women…on the sea you take what you can get.