Kiza: Hi everyone! here is my first Law/Sanji story, please tell me how I did and please enjoy.
"Hey robin, look at this book." Nami calls, the said woman walks over and look over the girl's shoulder. The book cover was a simple dark blue. The name was faded, so hard to read. But the book seemed to be about an island chain down in North blue. Perhaps a history book on those islands. "I'm going to buy it for you. A present." Robin smiles at her. Nami was always spoiling her by buying her history books, the girl knew her weakness.
"Why thank you Nami. That's sweet of you. Now we should pay for that and get going. I can hear Sanji and Zoro arguing." Nodding the girls pay for the book and walk outside only to see the sight of an angry Zoro. "Swordsman-san, where's-"
"Hopefully on a marine ship away from here." Zoro cuts in with a growl. That causes Nami to roll her eyes, she knew that the green haired male didn't mean that. But he was just angry with the blond. That's all. "Are you two done? I still have to help that damn cook with carry-"
"No you don't." looking up they see Sanji walking to them carrying a few bags and next to him, Luffy's older brother; Ace, who they had thought had stayed on the ship. "Let's head back to the ship. And Thanks again Ace…I Hate having to see our gust help me, so I'll cook you a special snack when we get back to Merry." Sanji explains to him, Ace chuckles.
"Oh no, that's alright. Don't over work yourself, its only good manners that I give you hand. Let me be a gentleman to you." Ace tells him as Zoro rolls his eyes and begins to walk away. "Um, Zoro…The harbor is the way Sanji and I just came from." Hearing a growl from Zoro and a few giggles from the girls, Ace Chuckles as Zoro storms past them with Nami walking ahead of the swordsman. "My, my…does he hate it when we point out his bad sense of direction?" Ace asks kindly, Sanji laughs and nods.
"That's not even half of how mad he can get." The blond points out as they let their walking speed slow down slightly. "But, seriously Ace, let me make you something when we get back to the ship. I don't like making our gust work while they are on the ship. That's lack of manners." Sanji says, Ace then looks down at the blond and sighs rubbing the back of his neck. The blond must have been feeling bad about him helping him out, but he wasn't about to let the blond carry the crates he was carrying along with the bags of food the blond was carrying alone. One; it wasn't safe for him to be carrying all of that alone. Two; he was alone. The swordsman had stayed behind for the girls.
"Sanji, really it's alright. You don't have to, I'm happy to help. It's how I am." Ace tells him with a smile, Sanji blushes as he looks away and nods. There was no way to change the older male's mind, so he just let him be. "So, what's it like being on the same ship as my kid brother?" Sanji then begins to giggle, that causes Ace to look down at the blond with confusion.
"It's a roller coaster. But you know what…if Luffy hadn't come into my life…I would still be stuck in the East Blue with no friends…" Sanji explains, Ace frowns slightly. "Without Luffy, I would still at the Baratie with those crazy bastards…In all honesty, I'm grateful to him for taking me away from there because now I can chase my dream and travel the seas. So, I'm happy to be part of his crew." Sanji explains with a smile, Ace stairs at him for a moment before a smile appears on his face. The blond looked happy, and his brother of course looked happy. Nodding they continue to walk in silence. Once reaching the ship Ace follows the blond to the storage room. "Thanks again Ace for helping me." The fire user smiles.
"No problem. Anytime you need help with something, let me know." Ace explains, walking back out to the deck they see the rest of the crew sitting around Robin who was reading a book out loud to them.
"Come on what happens next!?" Luffy asks, Robin smiles as she turns the page.
"As centuries passed, the Island chain grew, the people jumping from island to another starting towns, starting families and starting a new kingdom of which the world would later in history erase it's very civilization. For years the island chain of the North Blue soon became known for its exporting items to the world, and even the world government. Constantly inventing new ways to make everyday life easier, and soon enough, became well known for its chefs," Robin smiles as she sees Ace and Sanji sit down. "It seems this kingdom is well known for its Chefs Cook-san. Maybe you'll like this." She states causing the blond to blush and look down at his lap earning a laugh from the others. "The foods, the spices where soon wanted by everyone. But not every day was peaceful…the kingdom was soon falling into civil war as the terrors of the sea moved onto the island. Riots broke out, famine began, illness spread."
Shivering, Sanji shakes his head as he gets up. He really didn't like stories like the one she was reading. But hell, if the others wanted to dream of the decaying bodies of people. Then he would let them. But he was suddenly pulled back down and by accident into the lap of the fire user, who smiles down at him.
"Well, let me at least take you out to dinner first." That causes the others to laugh, with a dark blush Sanji gets up and sits on the other side of Zoro so that he wasn't siting so close to the logia type.
"My, My. Apparently blond hair and blue-gray eyes are extremely rare in North blue and only found on the Island chain." Robin points out as all eyes fall on the blond who was now openly glaring at them. "So, perhaps you are from that island chain?"
"No way. I was born on a small island in the North blue…in an orphanage…so there's no way I was born there. I know that for a fact. So I happen to have the same hair and eye color as the natives on the island chain." Sanji explains as he gets up and walks away to the kitchen. Everyone remained silent. The chef normally would never talk about his past, as a matter of fact, he never talked about it much. Up until now, they all thought he lived on the orbit with the chefs there, or at least with a family, but apparently not. Ace frowns as he gets up.
"I'll go check on him…" with that he walks away. He wanted to make sure that the blond was okay. Walking into the kitchen he sees the blond siting at the table with an unlit cigarette hanging from his lips. "So, that was new information." Ace comments, causing the blond to look up at him slightly confused, but then a frown replaces the confused look and he nods. "First time telling anyone that? Why so ashamed?"
"I'm not ashamed of it. It's just, I don't like talking about it. It's not fun growing up in a orphanage until your six then run away and live on a cruise ship until said ship is attacked by a pirate who later saves your life isn't exactly a very happy story." Sanji explains, sighing he lays his head on the table and closes his eyes, he could hear the older man pull up a chair and sit next to him. He could feel the heat radiating from his body, meaning he was either leaning closer to him, or he had pulled the chair that close to him.
"It's okay, I'm sure your crew doesn't mind. They are just worried about you storming off like that." Ace explains, smirking he leans in close. "After all, you are the son of the pirate that ruled over that kingdom." He whispers, growling, Sanji pushes the male away, getting up he glares at the male and walks out of the room, but he comes to a stop at the door way.
"I don't understand why you've become so hostile with me since finding out…but just so you know, I won't stand for it. Try that shit again just to taunt me…and see what happens…" with that warning the blond walks out, leaving Ace alone with a smirk on his face.
Growling the chef then kicks open the door to a storage room and slams it shut behind himself. Sighing, he sits down against the door and lets his head fall back against it. He didn't understand why things between himself and the fire user had to change so much, since finding out, Ace had become distant and cold with him. Luffy before had mentioned how Ace hated people of royalty or high class status. But it wasn't as if Sanji wanted to be part of that society! He didn't! He never even knew about that until a few weeks ago when they had encountered Smoker. The marine had managed to get the blond alone and had explained everything to him about who he was, and where he was from, how did Smoker know, he had learned it from Garp. The older man had explained that most of the higher ranked marines knew about his history and where working on capturing him.
"I didn't ask for it…." Sanji whispers to himself, shaking his the blond lets his mind go blank. He didn't want to think of anything or deal with anything with anyone. He just wanted to be alone, he didn't want the crew to know. He growls as he hears a knock at the door.
"Sanji," it was Ace growling the blond hits the door as a warning. "Sanji…hey listen…I'm sorry…" The blond gets up and opens the door, he was openly glaring at the dark haired male. Ace frowns, he hadn't meant to be harsh with the blond, but it just came out that way. Reaching out the older male wraps his arms around the blond he had grown fond of. "I'm sorry babe…forgive me please…" Ace begs the blond sighs as he slowly wraps his arms around his lover and relaxes. Smiling Ace kisses the blond's head and tightens his grip around him. "Babe..."
"What…?"
"Wake up."
Eyes snapping open and siting up Sanji takes several deep breaths. It was a dream, all of that, was a memory that was stilled burned deep into his mind. Covering his face with his hands he shakes his head, trying to rid of himself of those now long gone memories of his now dead lover. That was the beginning of the end of their life together. No one could have predicted that he was going to die weeks later. Groaning in pain, he gets up, showers, brushes his teeth and walks to the kitchen to start breakfast for his soon to be awoken crew. Walking to the counter he begins to pull out pans and others ingredients he was going to use.
"Good morning Mr. Blackleg." Jumping slightly and nearly dropping a cup he had in hand, he quickly turns around and sighs a breath of relief.
"God damn it Law! Don't go sneaking up on people like that!" Sanji scolds. He had almost forgotten about their newest friend that had started traveling with them. "Well, good morning to you too. Tea or coffee?" he asks kindly, Law takes a moment to think.
"Tea would be appreciated thank you." Nodding the blond pulls out the tea kettle and begins to boil the water. "Do you always wake up this early in the morning?" the older male asks, Sanji turns to look at him momentarily and nods.
"Every morning since I joined the crew. It makes it easier on me if I get started before Luffy wakes up because then that way, I can kick him out of my kitchen." Law nods in understanding. He had learned early on that the captain of this crew was always a bit out there and hyper, but how did his crew managed to live on the same ship with him was beyond him. Then again (He dully noted) the whole crew was crazy. Expect for the few, (Robin and the chef to an extent) that had some sense, but even with that the dark haired man felt nervous around Robin. The blond, not so much seeing he has never really made a threat or made it seem as if he was nervous around him.
"Here you go, I hope you enjoy." Sanji comments as he sets the cup down and allows the man to take a sip of the freshly made tea, getting a shocked look, he pulls the cup away and looks at the blond.
"This is…"
"From North Blue? Yeah…I figured you might be homesick, so…yeah I made that blend…if you don't like it I ca-"
"No, no. it's fine. Thank you, I actually enjoy this special blend anyway. It brings back good memories." Law explains as he takes another sip of the tea, looking back up he could see a happy smile on the blond's face.
"Well, I'm happy to hear you like it." With that he turns back to the food he was currently making. It wasn't an extravagant breakfast, it was a simple, pancakes, bacon, eggs kind of breakfast that he knew the others would enjoy. Or so he hoped anyway, as of lately one of the crew members has been skipping meals without reason causing the blond to become angry and worried. Noticing the blond's distress, Law stands up and walks over to him, quickly grabbing his hand keeping it from touching the burning pan. That causes Sanji to jump slightly and look up at the doctor. "W-What are you doing?"
"You seemed to have dazed out for a moment there, your hand was about to get quite the burn. What was so important that you spaced out like that and would risk your hands getting hurt?" Law asks pulling away from the younger male and sits back at the table with his close to empty cup of tea. Sanji sighs as he turns and flips some of the pancakes.
"Zoro, that idiot Moss-head has been skipping meals and I don't know why. I hate it when I go out of my way to make him something he likes and then he completely rejects it…and he's been doing that and avoiding me as well…" the chef explains, nodding Law leans back and thinks of reasons as to why the swordsman would be treating the cook the way he was. Law knew full well that the two never got along, but he also knew that he wouldn't completely cut him off either.
"Perhaps he's been feeling ill. If you like I can check him over for you if you are that worried about him." Law offers, the blond looks at him and smiles warmly. Shaking his head the blond goes back to cooking, Law and Sanji freeze hearing footsteps come running down the hallway, suddenly the door bursts open.
"FOOD!" Luffy cries out of happiness, Law merely watches as he sees the captain wrap his arms around the chef's waist and hugs him tightly. The blond didn't seem bothered by it, he just seemed to act as if the teen wasn't even there, which was strange. "Hey, Zoro said he was going to skip breakfast, so can I have his share!? Please?" Luffy asks, Law could see the blond stiffen, but then he relaxes as he turns to look at his captain with a forced smile.
"Yeah…sure Luffy."
"YAY!" with that the hyperactive teen runs out of the room as the rest of the crew one by one poke their heads in and saying their good mornings mince the First mate. Law could tell the blond was bothered by the fact that Zoro wasn't going to eat and by the fact that he constantly ignored him unless the chef made himself known. Sighing Law knew that this was affecting the chef more then he let on.
Suddenly the ship shakes and rattles, causing the blond to stumble, acting quickly Law gets up and holds the blond against the counter making sure himself nor the chef fell to the ground. Once the shaking stopped, the two nod to one another and run out to the deck.
"MARINES!" hearing that call, Sanji and the doctor growl. Once outside they come to a stop as a shocked look appears on their face.
"M-Marine captain Smoker…what's he doing here!?" Zoro growls as he watches the said man walk onto their deck.
"Calm down straw-hat. I'm not here looking for you." Hearing that shocks the other, Luffy glares at him. Then why else would he be here for? Wasn't he the one who made it clear he was going to be coming after him and him alone? "I'm here for one of your other Crew members." That causes him to growl.
"Oh yeah? Who?" Luffy dares asks, the said marine then turns his gaze, seeing that Luffy follows his eyes and they stop landing on Sanji who was now growling and glaring at him. Luffy then returns his gaze back to the Marine. "Don't even try it, he's not going anywhere with you!" Smoker sighs as Sanji smirks.
"Believe you me straw hat, I don't want to force the kid to come along with me. Only for the seer fact that the only reason I was ordered to take was for the reason that it was a Pirate royal that asked the government to capture him." Smoker explains hearing that the group becomes confused, but refused to relax from their stance.
"What do you mean by that exactly?" Law asks, he knew that he could openly talk to the marine without fear of him attacking him. Smoker sighs.
"The pirate claims to be a family relative of your chef," Sanji glares. "I know, I'm skeptical on it as well, but orders are orders." Law glares at him stepping in front of the blond who looks up at him with shock. What had compelled Law to try and protect him from the Marine? "Move aside Law, Warlord or not I'll do everything in my power to take that blond with me back to headquarters." Smoker explains. Growling Law's body since coming out to the deck tenses, readying to defend himself and the blond at any moment.
"Wait, why would ROYAL Pirate want Sanji for? How can he be related to him?" Nami asks, Sanji then becomes nervous, this was bad, very bad. He couldn't let the crew find out about his blood ties. Smoker takes a quick glance to the blond and he could see how nervous and scared the blond looked, that only added to his suspicion that the blond had not told the crew about his blood ties to the royal pirate.
"Well, that's not my business to tell you. That would be left to your chef, who might I add, looks terrified." Smoker points out that causes everyone to turn and look at the chef, Law couldn't help but feel sorry for the blond. He didn't know what exactly the blond was hiding, but he could tell it must have scared him too much to tell his crew.
"Sanji? What is he talking about?" Luffy asks, that causes the blond to visibly flinch at the question, Luffy frowns. "Sanji, tell me what's going on."
"I'll tell you," Looking up Zoro growls as he sees Tashigi walk up. "He's the son of the king of the North Blue Island chain kingdom."
