To be honest, I had a hard time trying not to write a sequel. Forgive Sanji his bad mouth. He grows out of it in a chapter or so. Enjoy!

Weirdo Base Strikes Back- The Cage of Illusion and Weirdo Base Punch

Chapter 1. Temper

Sanji didn't care. He didn't. He also didn't care that people thought he should care. He didn't care about what they ever said, anyway.

He didn't have an attitude. The whole world just sucked.

Okay, so maybe he was being grumpy, but that wasn't his fault in the first place, now was it?

He angrily kicked the wall, leaving a small dent. Well, crap. He hadn't ment to kick that hard.

It was all that punk's fault!

Dang it Luffy, if you're up there watching, give the guy a migrane or something, will ya? It's not like he doesn't deserve worse.

"Hey kid, stop kickn' stuff. You're gonna get in trouble again." A bemused voice floated though the open door. Damn smug punk.

"I don't care. It's all your fault!"

A grinning, ghastly chocolate-haired head poked into the room. "I know. You told me before."

He glared at it. The face just smiled, amused.

"Stop doing that, you psyco! Damn chesire cat!"

"You don't want to make me make you calm down, do you?"

"... Hell. NO."

"Then do it yourself! I gotta wash our stinkin' laundry. Se ya in a bit."

The head departed, along with the rest of its body.

"Freak," Sanji muttered to himself as he flopped onto his neat bed. He sighed loudly. Maybe the idiot was right, he should calm down. It was only one match, after all. And against a little nobody. The rematch was tomorrow, he could do twice as well.

He kind of wondered how the others were doing. He hadn't seen them in such a long time... Divided into teams, two people on each team. He still regretted getting stuck with that moronic punk. The teams weren't ever meant to be who you wanted to be paired up with, however. They were based on who you fought the best with on the same side. Him with the big moron, and Nami with Usopp.

And Luffy. Idiot. He got away with not comming. He's long gone.

Damn it Luffy, why'd you have to leave? We weren't finished with you yet, idiot. Why did you go?

"Luffy, you coward. Always doing as you please... WE DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD GO! YOU MAY BE CAPTAIN, BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR CREW! DO YOU HEAR ME?" he shouted to the ceiling, more in anger than sorrow.

'I'm sorry...'

He didn't have to hear it know what it said.

"Yeah, well..." he frustratedly rubbed the hot tears out of his eyes.

'I didn't mean to, you know that Sanji... It was an accident...'

"You're one damn clumsy pirate!"

'Ha ha ha...!'

He could hear the easy grin in that laugh, he'd seen it so many times before.

"We all miss you. But, we're not letting that get in the way, you know that, don't you? We miss you but we're okay. It's just like you'll come back after a while."

'I'm glad...'

He thought silently for a moment, before asking curiously, "... Hey Luffy. You never really left, did you?"

'Nope...! I'll only really die when no one remembers me...'

"When you're forgotten?"

'Yup...! I'll never die, Sanji...'

Sanji chuckled into a pillow. He was alot more calm now, all his frustration having dissolved. It was so nice to hear a voice besides Zoro's once in a while. It's not that he hated the guy. Far from it. Any opposition between them only went as far as, and didn't exceed, rivalry and extreme anoyance. They were comrades.

But, anoying was definitly enough. Sanji didn't care to meet anything that was both anoying and life-threatening. He'd had enough of that, frankly, and he supposed there would be more of it to come.

To Be Continued...

And there you have it, folks! Ah, Luffy... The thing about this story is that, while the sad parts may be difficult, once you get through them it's not as sad as it looks. I like to surprise. Tell me what you think.