---------------- Chapter 3 / Promise
Chopper took hold of Ace's bare arm in a firm grip as he led him down the hall. "We need to talk." his words coming out firmly. Whatever Ace had done he really seemed to have upset his little friend. Ace could only go along with Chopper and hope whatever he had done could be resolved.
"Doctor-san?" came a calming voice behind them. Chopper stopped and looked around to see Robin following. She was older then most in the gang in her late 20's but she was still lovely to behold having an elegance and grace about her like fine wine. She was dressed in a simple dark blue dress with buttons in the front from top to bottom though not all where done up and this caused to show off lavishly her large chest as a black belt centered her middle to help display even more of her curves and prove she had a very attractive figure. Her raven black shoulder length hair was down as it normally was resting softly to her slender covered shoulder tops.
Robin smiled as Chopper and Ace stopped for her. "I herd we have a visitor. Bushido-san seems to think there might be a chance it's the notorious Mr. Prince. Is this true?" Though the words were as calm as they always were the guys could tell there was a hint of worry.
"It is…b-but he really is not as bad as people say…well he is but he is not…..honest!" Chopper sputtered. Trying to find the right words to assure Robin everything was ok. In this change of events Chopper as well had let go of Ace's arm to now hold his own hands and look to the floor. "He is kinda like you were Robin… trapped somewhere you don't want to be. Sanji is just … I don't know why he is trapped yet but he is a good person."
A knowing smile came to the woman's face as she leaned in and reached up to Chopper's face and pinched the blue fake nose on his face making it squeak. "Kawi." She teased pulling back her hand.
"K-k-kawi?" Chopper questioned very red faced as he looked up at Robin his heart started hammering in his chest then his head quickly turned away from the woman's view as he removed the hat and fake nose having forgotten he still had those damn things on. Fucking Sanji and Ace could have said something to him before he left the bathroom.
Ace smirked, it was not hard to tell the young doctor had a crush on the older woman but he also knew it had to be painful since Robin and Franky had just recently started going out. Yet if Chopper just spoke up maybe things could be different? Hum alone time would do the two good. "Luffy wants him to join us and Sanji promised he was not here under any orders and that he really was just passing by. He told us some other things as well we should all set down and talk about but later…I need to get him a something to wear." He mischievously waggled his brows. Ace suddenly found his arm in that hard grip again.
"Oh no you don't! We need to talk first don't try to get out of it Ace." Chopper nearly growled.
Robin showed a surprise look on her face due to the forwardness of Chopper she had not seen before unless it had to do with someone's health. Her curiosity perked. "Has Fire-shooter-san done something untowardly against Mr. Prince you find upsetting Doctor-san?" She carefully questioned.
Chopper looked down pouting. "Well …" He was not sure how to reply to this. He didn't want to embarrass Ace but didn't wish to lie to Robin.
Ace pouted too getting the wrong idea now. "So you do have a claim on him?"
Chopper's eyes could not open more wider if they tried at Ace's words as his head spun to look at him then Robin as he tried to assure them both, "No, no, no that's not it at all I'm most certainly … No way! Not with that pervert! Not in a million years!"
Robin chuckled and now had the basic idea of what it was. She of course would do more snooping later but for now, "How about I get Mr. Prince something to wear while you two have your talk." She offered. "I would like to get the chance to finally meet him in person anyways."
"Ah thank you Robin…oh but he is taking a shower now." Chopper frowned as Ace pouted not wanting to miss his chance at more privet time with Sanji, especially a wet and naked Sanji.
"That is ok." Robin smiled that little smile of hers and turned away heading off to Ace's room, thinking he would have something well enough for the man's size.
Chopper watched Robin go and was not sure how he felt about Robin going into the bathroom where Sanji was…leaving the two of the alone together …one of them wet and naked. That bastard pervert, if he tries anything I will kick his ass! ...or well try, Chopper thought to himself.
Ace wiggled his arm in Chopper's hold. "Cutting off the circulation here."
Chopper snapped out of his daze and looked to Ace as if just realizing he was there then down to the arm in hold and let go. "Oh sorry." Then turned and headed for his small workroom clinic calling for Ace to, "Come on."
Once inside the room with the door shut Chopper perched himself on the corner of his desk in the small room. Ace leaned against the door and crossed his arms and waited for Chopper to speak first. After a minute of Chopper studying the floor boards he finally lifted his head to Ace with hard set eyes of determination. "Sanji is not like other people you have gone out with and with Luffy set on wanting him to join us things are already going to be complicated."
Ace narrowed his eyes on Chopper and asked, "Just what are you getting at?"
"Sanji is hurting a lot more then you… hell more then I know most likely. He does not need anyone else messing with his mind right now. This change we need to make him go though is going to take a lot out of him and is not going be easy. He needs friends not more pain."
A flare of anger washed over the normally cool headed gun slinger. "You're worried I'm going to hurt Sanji?! What the hell Chopper?" he demanded standing up straight and letting his arms come down to his sides.
Chopper stood up as well not backing down. "Yes I'm! I know you think Sanji the playboy but he uses that as a way of coping to deal with what he is going through. Besides after it's over and you're done with him it will make it difficult on all of the gang."
Ace took a leaning step towards Chopper, the action making most of his face fall into shadows. "Just because you castrate your feelings does not mean I should. I don't know if there is something that will last for sure or not with him but that's for me and him to find out!"
The accusation on his own person had Chopper fuming but he stuck to the main topic at hand. "Something that will last? Is that really your intentions? Or are you just looking for another piece of ass like normal? That's all you have been doing anyways since that baka cop dumped you."
"He was a detective and Smoker has nothing to do with this!" Ace snapped back.
"Doesn't he? You're still not over him and if you're not whole heartily and honestly wanting to be with Sanji I want you to fucking back off!" Chopper moved in closer as did Ace in return till both were in each others face.
"Where the fuck do you get off telling me what to do?!" yelled Ace in the shorter man's face.
"If one of my friends is going to hurt the other I damn well will speak up, be it you Ace or anyone else! So. Fucking, Back. Off. Him!" the venom in each of those last words seemed to pulsate and hang in the air as Chopper glared hard at Ace.
"You live your life a coward if you want. Love is about risks and I'm not about to take the backseat and let it pass me by." Ace declared with conviction.
Chopper stepped back at that and his face seemed to soften. He turned his head down and away from his friend looking a bit ashamed of himself now. "I'm … I'm sorry Ace."
Tension at Chopper's action and words seemed to ease out of Ace. He gave a nod. "I get it. You're worried about him, but so am I. I want to help him too and maybe get the chance at something great while I'm at it."
"Just be careful with him?" the doctor asked softly still not looking at Ace yet.
A soft smile came to Ace's lips. "Of course." With that he turned to the door and opened it.
"Ace?" Chopper called making the man halt in the doorway and look over his shoulder. Chopper looked up at Ace now with deadlock of sincerity. "If you hurt him I will make you pay." The doctor warned.
Having never seen his friend so serious about something Ace could only nod and leave the room shutting the door behind him.
Sanji was leaning on his hands one on each side near of the showerhead with his face up turned to the warm water letting it beat down over him. As he pulled back from the water he heard the door open. He quickly fussed with his hair to hide the left side of his face as he called out. "That was fast. Couldn't wait to see me again ne?" Once he was sure his hair was in place he added, "Maybe you would like to come join me and wash my back?" He opened the dark shower curtain at the end of the tub striking a luring pose and then blinked as a woman stood there before him. Her blue eyes then lowered to his lower half as he had fully exposed himself to her.
Quickly Sanji pulled the curtain over his lower half as a dark blush on his cheeks came up. He had thought it would have been Chopper or if he was really lucky Ace but most certainly not this woman! Sanji bowed formally "Gomen Ms. All-Sunday." He cringed inwardly at his crude behavior to the woman.
Robin just kept that little smile on her face seeming not fazed by any of it. "That's quite alright Mr. Prince, anyways I get the feeling I was not whom you where expecting." She lightly teased. "And please you may call me Robin. I do not go by that other name anymore."
Sanji raised and used more of the shower curtain to hide himself with. "Ah as you wish m'lady." As the silence played on then after Sanji looked left then to right then back at Robin. "Ano…was there something…" the question hanged in the air not fully formed as Sanji started to get a little nervous with her just staring at him like that.
"Yes I was bringing you a clean towel and a something to change into after your shower. I will see to it your clothing is washed… though I did want to meet you face to face after all this time." She explained.
"Ah! Thank you so much! Oh but I feel awful such a fine and gracious lady such as your self has to bothered by such a mundane task for a mere mortal as myself. Such superior and lovely hands as yours should never have to be troubled by such basic choirs." Sanji went off on elaborated praise.
"It's no bother." Robin assured him then changed the subject before he could do anymore praising. "You saved Luffy-san risking yourself?"
Sanji blinked at the topic switch. "Well it really was no risk. I just popped some stitches, he would have drowned …it's really rather silly. If a person is going to live on a boat they really should learn to swim."
"Not everyone has a talent for it. I myself have difficulty with it." came the cool reply of Robin.
"Ah I would gladly spend many hours of coaching you if you wish Robin-chawn!" Sanji all but to eagerly offered in a sing song voice.
Robin chuckled, "That is very generous of you." She made point not to refuse nor expect the offer. "Luffy-san seems very strongly about getting you to join our little family here." She then informed him.
"Ah well ... erm yes. It really would be a privilege alone to be teamed up with a lady such as yourself as well as the others seem wonderful and Dr. Chopper has always been kind to me but I regretfully have to decline still. I have obligations elsewhere you see." Sanji could not help but fidget under her watchful eye. Did she really have to have this talk with him now while he was naked?
"Luffy-san is not one to give up. That's not a threat just a fact he will bug you till you break." She moved to pick up clothing on the floor along with the used bloody towel. "I think you would be am excellent addition to our crew." She gave a bit of an extra inch to her smile.
"I'm most humbled you would think so of me however it's just not simply something that can come to be." He said softly wishing she would hurry up and leave already feeling so awkward talking to her like this.
"Hum we will see." She mused and turned to the door and with out turning to look at him she added. "However if you use anything against them to hurt them in any shape or way I will make you beg for death." Her voice was waaay to cheerful as she said that.
Sanji could only give a nervous smile to the back of her head and as if she had seen it she left the room shutting the door once more.
"Note to self don't piss her off." Sanji warned himself then eased himself back into the rest of his shower in peace where he received no more visitors.
Once he was done he stepped out of the shower and found on the sink counter a pair of grey old sweatpants, a towel and on top a hairdryer and simple black pocket comb. Robin-chan was very considerate even if she was rather scary at times.
Sanji made use of the items drying himself with the towel then using the hair instruments to make his hair shine and look spectacular as it always was and hanging over the left side of his face to follow up with pulling on the sweatpants. They hung loosely on his narrow hips and the effect made his well tone abs look longer then they were. He as well used the hairdryer to help dry his bandage in fear if it was to wet he would have to deal with Chopper's nagging again and a rewrap. After folding the towel he had used and hooking it on the shower rail and set the hairdryer and comb neatly on the sink counter he eased the bathroom door open and poked his head out into the hallway. Not seeing anyone he slipped out of the bathroom and into the hall to come around a corner to come face with the living room and near everyone Ace had spoke about.
Sanji stared at them and they stared back at him till Luffy suddenly shot out of nowhere and into to him. The boy's arms going around his neck in a hug. At lest Luffy was dressed now in a pair of green sweats of his own and baggy white t-shirt with some logo on the front.
"Yay Sanji! You're finally out of the bathroom. Man you take longer then Nami in there!" Luffy laughed as Sanji tried to pry the boy from him. "Ah sorry about that." Sanji wheezed finally getting the boy to come off him.
Yet no sooner had he got out of Luffy's clutches did Sanji find himself in them again as his hand was taken and pulled into the room. "Come on I want you to met everyone … well not everyone Kaya is at work but when she gets back you can met her then." Sanji stumbled to keep up the boy as he was pulled.
"This is Yosaku and Johnny." Luffy informed Sanji who nodded to the short buzzed cut blonde and the dark haired man in sunglasses on the sofa, both who where wearing simple blue jeans and generic t-shirts. Then Sanji was pulled over to a older man who had to at lest be in his late 40's and who was sporting a huge black afro and wearing a rather classy black suit with a bright yellow dress shirt under the coat jacket making his dark chocolate skin contrast all the more against the fabric. "And this is Brook." Luffy went on. "He is our musician cause all gangs like to sing and dance." Sanji blinked at Luffy and wonder if he had been dropped one to many times on the head as a baby then turned his attention back to the elder man.
"Yohohoho!" oddly laughed the older man. "It's a pleasure to meet the famous Mr. Prince."
"Thank you. It's a pleasure to – erk!" Was all Sanji got out as he was jerked tugged to the next person.
A wide devilish grin came to Sani's lips at the new sight he was presented with, a lovely young redhead girl in a skimpy pair of jean cutoff shorts and white with blue strips tube top set before him. Sanji could not help but ogle a bit at her chest as there was just so much of it out there to be seen. "This is Nami" Luffy introduced. The girl looked up from the laptop on her lap giving Sanji a critical eye. "You better not try anything funny while your here. I will be watching you." She warned.
"Ah but to be watched by angel such as you fills my heart –erf…" once again he was pulled to the next person and found himself returning the frown he was faced with. "Ah you already met Zoro kinda." laughed Luffy.
"Che." Was the only comment Zoro gave in return but looked at Sanji boorishly.
Sanji could not help himself and retaliated at the rude behavior. "Ah yes the displeasure has already been had." He smiled to Luffy.
The half assed insult however got Zoro glaring at him asking, "What was that kuso-cook?"
Sanji flinched a bit at the name then came back full force. "Ne? What has that moss over grown on your head and clogged your ears?"
Zoro's eyes widen in a glare as he leaned in face to face with Sanji. "You looking for a fight?"
"Like you would deliver much of one." growled Sanji right back thus bringing Ace out of the group to push his way in-between the two. "Woah now…" Ace eased with a smile.
Luffy however laughed at the scene, "I think they like each other!" came from the younger of the brothers.
Sanji and Zoro both looked to Luffy with raised brows. Yup most certainty dropped too many times on the head, baby or not.
Luffy then went on, "Of course your already met Ace too… huh oh!" and Sanji was pulled to the other side of the room. "This is Usopp!"
The lanky guy had a huge long nose that Sanji just could not get over at looking at. Once he did however he would notice tight curled black hair pulled in a short ponytail as the man wore dark grey work-overhauls with the upper half hanging down to showing off a semi-clean white shirt.
"Yes am the mighty Usopp you probably have herd of me I control over 8,000 men and I'm the most feared gang leader in the city." Usopp boosted in a lie.
Sanji blinked at the guy then turned to Luffy. "Who else ya got?"
"Oi, oi!" Protest Usopp but Luffy guided Sanji on to Robin.
Robin smiled. "I have already had pleasure of meeting all of Mr. Prince." She mused.
Luffy blinked not getting it and Sanji blushed furiously. "Erm ok then…" Luffy shrugged and Sanji then found himself face to face with another older man maybe in his 30's wearing sunglasses and hardly anything else. A red Hawaiian like shirt with palm trees on it and a dark blue speed-o was all that covered the large body builder like man with blue hair and sideburns. Well at lest Sanji didn't feel underdressed anymore. "I'm Franky nice to meet ya cook-bro." leered the man at Sanji offering his hand after his own introduction.
Sanji stiffened a bit at the nickname called to him then hesitantly Sanji took the man's hand to shake and found his hand in a crushing grip. "I do hope you were treating my lady Robin with respect during your privet chat." Franky said with that leering smile but it was clearly a threat and a code among men saying she is mine don't even try it.
Sanji forced a polite smile refusing to show the pain he felt in his hand. "Of course nothing less for such a respectable lady as you have there." Which in guy code meant Sanji understood and respect Franky's claim.
Franky eased up on his grip and shook Sanji's hand normally then let go. Sanji fought not to have his other hand rub the now aching one as Chopper came out from the kitchen/dinning room.
"Ah great you have met everyone now you can eat!" Chopper smiled waving at Sanji to come to him.
Sanji's visible eye twitched at Chopper's words and scowled at the younger man.
"Yosh! More food!" Cried Luffy and went to run by Chopper who caught him holding him back. "Not for you, you have already had yours." Chopper scolded which got a whine from Luffy.
"That's ok really I'm not hungry." Protested Sanji and Ace came up behind him placing hands on his shoulders propelling him to the dinning room saying, "Don't be silly Chopper went to all the trouble of making it just for you."
Sanji then soon found himself seated at a huge long table as Chopper sat down glass of OJ and small cup that's bottom was filled with pills.
"Ah cocktail party." Replied Sanji at the sight and took the pills pouring them into his mouth washing them down with a drink of the OJ. He had not even asked what they were. Either he just didn't care or really trusted Chopper. Then a plate of food was set down in front of Sanji and he bristled at the sight and smell of it. At once he tried to get up but was pushed back down by a smiling Ace who sat down right next to him while Luffy took up the seat on his other side nearly drooling onto his plate.
Looking up he then saw everyone from the living room had followed and was either setting or standing around the table watching him. Sanji rubbed his palms to his thighs itching like crazy for a smoke as his visible blue eye move side to side looking over the many faces.
"The food is going to get cold." Ace tried to encourage him to eat giving him one of those coy sexy smiles of his that made Sanji shift a little in his seat. He would have enjoyed it a lot more to if he didn't feel like he was at the moment a circuses animal performing for a crowd.
Sanji looked back to the food on his plate and eyed it. Scrabbled eggs that should have been beaten and seasoned before put in the pan with flaky edges, toast with butter clearly from a toaster and not even fresh bread, hash browns overly and under cooked in areas, and bacon, huge strips of greasy, stringy, fatty bacon overly cooked in the middle and floppy at the ends. He felt his stomach churn and looked to Chopper for mercy only to find the young man with his hands on his hips waiting for him to eat.
Zoro gave half a laugh. "Seems it's not good enough for him." mocked the swordsman.
Sanji glared up at Zoro and with out so much a word picked up his fork and shoved whatever he could into a first bite. It turned out to be some of the hash browns and at the feel of the food in his mouth he had to force it down.
Zoro smirked and crossed his arms over his chest as if waiting for Sanji to complain but Sanji kept piling it in despite the un-pleasurable feel of it in his mouth and sliding down his throat, his eyes locked on Zoro in that glare the whole time. Yet finally his stomach gave protest as his stomach started to do flip flops as it did so often when he tried to force food on himself. Sanji had to stop and feeling like if he had lost some battle he looked away from Zoro and put his fork down picking up the napkin that lay beside his plate. He held it over his mouth and shut his eyes tightly. He would not throw up with so many people watching, he would not! He ordered his body to meet his will. He then felt a soothing warm hand on his back rubbing in small circles as Ace leaned in and asked softly. "You ok Sanji?"
Sanji didn't reply for a minute or two just breathed through the napkin as his mind went back to a time he use to be around food all the time and didn't have trouble with it … Before he could revisit those thoughts anymore he quickly open his eyes and nodded to Ace. He lowered the napkin down and reached out taking a drink of his juice and looked around the table. Once he sat it down and he gave a dazzling smile, "Thank you so much for the hospitality and food. Really I'm so stuffed I could not eat another bite."
Zoro snorted and rolled his eyes but Chopper seemed happy and nodded and Sanji thankfully started to push the plate away but then had it stanched up by Luffy, "I will finished it!" Luffy offered yet already was digging into it. Sanji had only eaten about a quarter of all the large portions that had been served to him so there was plenty for Luffy to have still.
At some point when he was force feeding himself and in a staring match with the moss-head Robin had left the room and was just now re-entering it with his still dry suit jacket. She came around the table and hooked it on the back of the chair he was sitting in. "Thank you." He smiled and was already reach in his coat pocket for his pack of cigarettes but then paused. "Would you all mind if I smoke?"
Zoro's mouth opened but he found Robin's hand over it as she smiled to Sanji telling him to, "Go ahead."
"I will get an ashtray." Yosaku offered, being a smoker himself he knew where to get one right away and soon returned to the table with it and sat it in front of Sanji.
As soon as Sanji had got the ok he was pulling out his pack and pulled out a single stick placing it into his lips about to search for his lighter when a flame flicked out from his side being offered to him. Sanji turned his head and looked to Ace who was holding a black zippo with a sliver spade on it and on top of the spade sat a skull and crossbones. Ace smiled as he held the flame out for Sanji to light his cigarette on. A faint blush came to the blonde's cheeks as he mumbled a soft, "Do mo arigato ." then leaned in to place the end of his cigarette with in the flame as he slowly sucked in threw the butt of the stick to bring it to life as a blue eye stared into dark brown ones.
Sanji rose up and pulled the cigarette from his lips with two fingers and blew out a breath of smoke just above Ace's head.
"So with Mr. Prince joining us we get to join the Arena fights now right?" Jonny asked.
Sanji quickly turned his eyes to the man and spoke up before anyone else could. "I'm not joining you guys."
Already done with the food Luffy whined. "Aww but Sanji you just have to!"
Sanji shifted in his seat. "As I'm sure you are all aware I already have ties with another group."
"So why not cut them? You don't want to be there right?" Luffy asked reasonable like.
Sanji smoked away on his cigarette frowning now. "Those are very personal questions."
"Too much a coward to even answer?" Zoro smirked. Something about this guy just irked him making him want to push all his buttons. It was almost … fun.
Sanji stood up. "Oi! You're pushing it asshole!"
Franky nudged Zoro before he could say anything else and hissed at the man to, "Just cool it bro." While Ace was tugging Sanji back down into his seat rubbing one of the man's bare shoulders which worked as a great distraction along side his soothing voice. "It's ok you don't have to answer us Sanji, but we would like to help you. If you're being forced to work for Doflamingo, we could do something to get you out of it." Ace assured.
Sanji shook his head no to what no one was really sure. "Why do you even need me anyways? You have Robin-chan to get you into the Arena."
"Actually though I was registered with in the arena I was never in a fight thus have no wins and only those with wins can carry over credit to another gang's creditability." Robin explained.
Biting down on the butt of his cigarette Sanji thought about this for a moment before adding, "It would be easier to get someone else or just get the full twenty people you need for the start in level."
"Nope I have already made up my mind. Besides you're the best Sanji. You have the most wins and are undefeated." Luffy smiled at him.
"What does that have to do with anything?" questioned the blonde.
"We have to have the best." Luffy blinked looking at him like if he was an idiot for asking.
Sanji shook his head pulling out another cigarette from his pack and lighting it with the now spent one before crushing it in the ashtray. "I simply can't I'm sorry."
"Tch if he is the best the best is not worth having. Bet most those arena fights are rigged for him anyways. If he was up against real opponents he would die." Zoro mocked but this time Sanji didn't raise to the bait. The man just sat there questioning to himself why he was sitting here and not storming off.
As Chopper and Franky were scolding Zoro, Sanji finally spoke up, "He is right. I have so many wins because some of them were set up, but no matter who I face I will not die." He frowned and then added. "I can't… I won't die by my own hand and the Arena. That was in the deal."
"There is a contract you signed with Doflamingo?" Nami now spoke up to question.
Numbly Sanji nodded yes.
"We could not use him to get in the Arena either unless we got our hands on that contract and any copies and destroyed them." Nami then pointed out.
"Yosh! Then we break in and get them!" ordered Luffy.
"Baka it's not as simple as that. First of all we don't even know where he is hiding them…unless." Her eyes turned to Sanji and she leaned in to flutter her eyes. "Ne? Sanji-kun do you happen to know where he keeps his contracts?"
Sanji gave her a kind yet sad smile, "I'm sorry Nami-swan that is something I'm not authorized to know."
"Well there goes that." huffed Nami.
"Why don't we just kill him?" Brook offered causally as he took a sip from a tea cup.
"That won't work either. My contracted with him goes ... past that." There was shame in those last two words as Sanji turn his eyes down to the table and smoked at his cigarette not meeting anyone's eyes.
Zoro's eyes narrowed and looked hard as Sanji, "You stupid fuck you willingly signed a contract to be a slave?!"
Sanji bristled but that was all and this time it was Ace that stood up to shout at Zoro. "Can it will you?! Sanji would not - …" Ace's words paused there however and he looked down to his side at Sanji who just sat there looking at the table surface not denying the accusation. Ace fell back into his chair looking at Sanji with raw pain in his eyes and asked, "Why Sanji? Why would you do that to yourself?"
Sanji took a long drag from his cigarette before he answered. "I owed someone my life, that same person I had taken every other dream away from them but one. To protect that one last dream… I gave myself to Doflamingo." he admitted yet still leaving out much. He then stubbed out his cigarette or what little was left of it.
Everyone was looking at him not sure what to say. Ace could not even begin to think how to fix this with how deep Sanji had himself in. Yet because of how deep he was in it just proved how much a guy like this should not be with Doflamingo. It was just infuriating!
"I need to go." Sanji stood up with his jacket feeling he had finally made his point and no one stopped him this time.
Robin however got up, "I will get you your clothing. They are back this way." and so Sanji followed her out of the room and the only other words between them were politeness of thanks and welcome when his clothing where handed to him. The clothing was still a bit damp but they would dry surly by the time he got home he figured.
Once Sanji was dressed and had all his things he came out and bowed to the up and coming little gang. "It was nice to pretend even if only just for a little bit. Thank you." With that he turned to go and Ace called out to him. "Let us give you a ride back home?"
Sanji shook his head. "I will call a cab." then Sanji walked out and onto the deck of the ship then along the dock and soon enough his feet came to crunching in that dirty rough sand and as he just made to the side of the road he herd his name called out.
"SANJI!" It was Luffy on the deck of the ship, some of the others having followed him out as well, Sanji noticed as he turned around to look. "SANJI" Luffy shouted once more. "I PROMISE I WILL GET YOU OUT AND FREE YOU!"
Sanji's chest felt tight as he felt a twinge tug at his heart and just for that that minute he believed the boy who called out so passionately with such conviction. Sanji then let reality hit him and chastised himself for his foolishness. He turned back around sharply and started to walk on to the sidewalk when he heard the boy's voice once more. "I PROMISE SANJI!" yelled Luffy again making Sanji's steps falter as he felt that twinge once more in his heart, that silly, stupid bubble of hope. The blonde reached a hand up then to the wetness running down his checks as he stood there with his backed turned on the people he most likely would never see again. Sure maybe Chopper but…Sanji shook his head at the thoughts. Not able to take it Sanji broke into a run trying to drive out the feelings of hope and stupidity that he just could not afford to have.
A/N: Yes I made Brook of African American just as I made Chopper Latino. I think it gives some color to the Mugiwara's rainbow. ^.^ Sorry if anyone does not like.
Also this chapter was needed as for the set up to show some problems so sorry if it was a bit slow but you all who are willing to stick with it will be rewarded by the next up coming chapter. For the next chapter will debut my first nookie scene!
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As to your comments when is Sanji not huggable? xD Hehe and yay me for staying in char with the boys!
What's this you say? You want more Zoro? Well you're in luck in a chapter or two you will get a whole chapter of nothing but Sanji and Zoro together hehe I still need to work on editing it. Sorry if my editing skills are sucky but I do try! So hopefully I wont give you or anyone else reading to much of a headache.
And yes! Their will be GinxSanji Gin will be playing a big chunky role in this story though not till later chapters that I need to still write but fear not I got it all *taps the side of her head* right up here.
I'm so sad that there are not many GinxSanji or SanjixAce stories out there. I just got tried of it and started to make my own xD Slowly I will change world and make them see the light! Yeah I'm really I'm lacking sleeping sorry.