The Bracelet

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

Chapter 8:

Zoro carried Sanji back towards the Thousand Sunny and as they grew closer Sanji began to realize that showing up on deck in Zoro's arms was unacceptable after all. What will Nami-swan think when she sees the two of us together? Sanji thought in a panic. What the hell had he been thinking?! Allowing himself to get lost in Zoro's strong embrace. That addicting feeling of being safe…

Sanji shook his head of such thoughts. They were bad for his sanity. "Marimo! Put me down! The others will see!" Sanji began to complain as Zoro started up the gangplank.

Zoro raised an eyebrow at the cook. All of a sudden he was acting all 'self-conscious'. It was kind of cute. "What will they see, cook?" He asked in a teasing tone.

Sanji sputtered to try and come up with a response for that!

"Your leg is broken. You can't walk, idiot." Zoro deadpanned.

"Tsk." Sanji tsked. "I could…it would just hurt like a bitch."

A frown formed on Zoro's face and he tightened his hold upon the stubborn cook. And he was supposed to be the masochistic one on the crew! Lately, the cook seemed to be inflicting pain upon himself a lot because of his pride. "No can do, shit-cook." Zoro declared as he took the final steps up the gangplank and hopped onto the deck with a heavy thud.

Luffy was following behind the couple with his hands behind his head and a silly grin on his face. He loved watching Zoro and Sanji - it was just so amusing!

All eyes were instantly upon Zoro and Sanji. Franky, Robin, Ussop, Nami, Chopper - had all been there when Zoro had turned up at the Thousand Sunny all scraped up from being lost in the forest for hours as he madly searched the entire island for the Thousand Sunny that had mysteriously moved from where Zoro had last remembered it being harbored.

Zoro had finally arrived at the Sunny just before sunrise and had demanded that Luffy needed to go with him because the cook was in trouble. Everyone else had wanted to go too of course, but Luffy and Zoro had declared that they would be able to handle it. Zoro had surprised everyone by tossing his swords to Franky nonchalantly, and asking the shipwright to please watch his swords.

And now, Zoro with Sanji in his arms had arrived and everyone rushed up to the couple in concern.

"Ah~ Sanji~ you're hurt!" Chopper exclaimed as he ran over to stand in front of Zoro and Sanji and noticed all the cuts and scrapes on Sanji's face. Zoro's green jacket was still covering Sanji's chest and the worse of his embarrassing injuries.

Sanji's face was beet red. He turned his head away from Chopper. "It's not so bad…I was thinking I could try to heal my injuries with my new magical power."

Chopper was nodding at the suggestion. "It's certainly possible."

Nami was looking at the sight of Zoro holding Sanji like a bride with a slight blush on her face. That was just…HOT for some reason. Nami looked over to see how Robin was reacting to the sight and saw that Robin was smiling and looking quite amused.

"How interesting," Robin began at the sight of Sanji in Zoro's arms. "You two seem to be getting along so well as of late."

"We are-" Zoro began.

"We are NOT!" Sanji burst out, "My leg is broken and so I ordered the marimo here to carry me back to the ship!" Sanji declared with an imperious air.

This caused Zoro's eyebrow to twitch in irritation. Damned ero-cook…

Ussop was frowned as he looked at Sanji's twisted leg. Ouch. He was having sympathy pains. "But Sanji…what happened? Who attacked you exactly?" Whoever it was had to be strong to hurt Sanji so badly.

"It was Capt-" Zoro was saying.

"NO ONE." Sanji again interrupted Zoro. "I had a disagreement with an old friend…I handled it. There's nothing else to it, really. I'm okay, Ussop."

Ussop gave Sanji a skeptical look. A man's leg shouldn't look like that…and Zoro was looking murderous for some reason. Was Sanji trying to hide something? Ussop frowned. He considered himself to be close friends with Sanji. He didn't like it when Sanji hid things from him. Whatever it was, Ussop wanted to help his friend out with whatever was bothering Sanji. That's what friends were for.

Franky was holding Zoro's swords in his arms. "Zoro bro, I have your swords for you." Franky grinned, looking quite proud of himself for keeping Zoro's swords safe and sound. "Not a scratch. They're in SUPA condition."

Zoro nodded curtly to the shipwright. "Thanks, Franky. Let me just drop curly-brow off at the infirmary and I'll grab those from you afterwards."

Franky looked surprised that Zoro didn't want his swords right away! Surely, his swords were more important to him than the foul-mouthed cook he appeared to HATE. Although lately they did seem to be getting along a little better. Franky stroked his chin. "Hmm. Ah…okay…Zoro-bro."

Zoro began to head towards the infirmary but Nami suddenly stood in their way with her hands on her hips. She was narrowing her eyes at Sanji. "Ah, Sanji, are you sure you're okay?"

"Ah~ mellorine~!" Sanji burst out, his eyes turning into hearts at the sight of Nami worrying about him. "Thank you for worrying about me, my dear sweet Nami-swan! But I can assure you that I am perfectly-" Zoro walked around Nami and continued his way to the infirmary as if Nami wasn't there.

"Hey! Zoro! I'm in the middle of a conversation with Nami-swan! You inconsiderate jerk!" Sanji complained as Zoro chose to ignore Nami and take Sanji to the infirmary with Chopper following close behind. Sanji noted that the little reindeer was giggling at their antics. The little brat!

Zoro snorted. "That was a conversation? It sounded like verbal diarrhea to me."

Sanji's mouth opened and closed in shock at what Zoro had just said 'verbal diarrhea'?! How had the marimo even come up with something like that?! "Zoro you asshole! Put me down! Nami-swan wants to talk to me! Don't you realize what a rare chance this is? She's worried about me…she must care about me a lot! Maybe she's finally realized her love for me!"

"Yea, right, in your dreams, cook." Zoro sneered.

Sanji pouted at Zoro's hard tone of voice. "Hey, that was kind of harsh, Zoro. It's possible Nami likes me, you know." Sanji tried to argue, a hopeful note to his voice.

Zoro gave Sanji an incredulous look. He scratched his head. "We're talking about the same 'Nami' right? The one who's always bossing you around, making you carry her stuff, dumping her chores on you, using you as a shield, forcing you to make her girlie drinks and desserts-"

Sanji looked scandalized. "Nami-swan doesn't force me to do those things! I gladly do them for Nami-swan because she's a lady and so she's special."

"Che, idiot." Zoro replied.

Sanji was getting angrier by the minute. His temper rising in a way that only Zoro could instigate. Zoro kicked the door to the infirmary open, stomped inside, and tossed Sanji onto the bed. Sanji landed on the bed with a thwump. "Bastard!" Sanji said as pain shot up his leg - he gasped for breath and pulled Zoro's jacket up to block his unsightly chest self-consciously.

A guilty look flashed across Zoro's face before his expression returned to its usual scowl. "Che, I'm going to go get my swords….heal yourself up, cook."

"Don't tell me what to do, shitty swordsman!" Sanji yelled after Zoro as he left the infirmary. When the door closed after the swordsman, Sanji let out a heavy sigh.

Chopper neared the bed. "Are you going to try to use a spell, Sanji?"

Sanji nodded. "Yes…" He removed Zoro's coat, folded it, and set it on the bed next to him. Sanji decided he'd concentrate on healing his broken leg first since it was causing him the most pain. "Here goes nothing." Sanji took a deep breath, put his hands on his broken leg, and summoned his magical power. "Tanka Harwar!" Sanji's leg became engulfed in a blue-tinged light-

However-

Sanji swayed and almost fainted. The glow on his leg faded and went out completely.

"Sanji!" Chopper exclaimed as he watched Sanji fall back to the bed in a near faint. Chopper quickly began to check Sanji's pulse and take some tests. "Ah, Sanji, it looks like you've used up all your magical power."

"I- what?" Sanji murmured, feeling tried.

"You'll have to wait at least 24 hours for your magical power to restore itself before you can use spells again. That must have been some battle…" Chopper frowned and gave Sanji a worried look.

"It sure was. 24 hours, huh? Shit…"

"In the meantime I'll treat your wounds the old-fashioned way. Is that okay, Sanji?"

Sanji pushed himself up on his elbows and gave Chopper a warm look. "Of course that's okay, doctor. I'm in your capable hands."

"Your praise doesn't make me happy, asshole~!" Chopper transformed into his humanoid form, and put his hands on Sanji's legs. "I'm going to have to set your bone before I can put it into a cast. This is going to hurt…do you want an anesthetic?"

Sanji shook his head. "I can take it."

Chopper shrugged. "Okay…" Chopper gripped Sanji's leg and set the bone back into place with a twist.

"Ahh…" Sanji tried not to scream and only ended up letting a low, pained moan. Fuck! That hurt!

Chopper nodded to himself as he began to put Sanji's leg in a cast. After Sanji's leg had successfully been put into a cast, Chopper tended to Sanji's other wounds - the strange wounds on his nipples, the wounds on his neck - they looked like bite marks. How odd. Did Sanji fight a Vampire?! Chopper thought as he cleaned, disinfected the wounds, put a salve, and then began to wrap Sanji's torso with white cloth bandages.

Chopper was just finishing up when Nami entered the infirmary with a strange looking bird perched on her shoulder.

"Nami?" Chopper asked, surprised to see the navigator. Chopper decided to give Nami and Sanji some privacy and moved over to his desk beginning to work on finishing some analyses on new medicines he wanted to make for the crew to use on different kinds of injuries: burns, poison, lacerations, etc.

"Nami-swannnn?!" Sanji greeted.

Nami looked over at the bandaged Sanji and spotted the cast on his leg. "I thought you were going to use a healing spell?" She frowned.

"Ah, my dear, Nami-swan, apparently I used up all my magic in my latest fight…but don't worry my magic shall return in 24 hours!" Sanji explained as little hearts began to form in the air around him. "And then I'll be more useful to you and be able to protect you, my lady."

Nami was still frowning. "Ah, I see…I'm sorry to disturb you when you're injured Sanji, but this carrier pigeon came for you with a message. I thought it might be important so I came here straight away to deliver it to you." Nami explained.

It was Sanji's turn to frown. Carrier pigeon? Sanji looked up at the bird on Nami's shoulder. "But who would be sending me a-" His words died in his throat as he took a closer look at the PINK pigeon with long fake eyelashes, and red nail polish on its claws! It was even wearing a tiny bonnet. Sanji's jaw dropped, his expression filled with horror. That bird was male…there was only one cursed island a cross-dressing bird could be from and that was HELL - aka Momoiro Island! Sanji paled. "Ah, Nami-swan did you read the message the bird has for me?" His voice quavered.

Nami shook her head. "No…I wouldn't peek at someone else's mail. Here." Nami handed Sanji the tiny piece of rolled up paper with his name on it.

With trembling fingers, Sanji unrolled the note. It read:

Sanji-chan,

I hope this letter finds you well. I'm sorry but I have some bad news. The NewKama Ninja have escaped our prison and we believe they are on their way to find you. Please be on your guard. We are also pursuing them but don't know if they'll reach you first.

Take care,

Ivankov

Sanji frowned as he tried to make sense of the strange letter from Ivankov. NewKama Ninja? Prison? Who the fuck are the NewKama Ninja that Ivankov is writing to warn me about? More freaks from Momoiro Island? And these freaks were weird enough to be put into prison? Sanji shuddered at the thought. He just knew that they were probably some cross-dressing freaks coming to find him for some sick reason.

Nami watched Sanji's reactions with interest. "Oi Sanji-kun, who's it from? What's it say?" She leaned forward to peek at the note in Sanji's trembling hands.

Sanji looked up and met Nami's inquisitive eyes. There was no way he could let Nami-swan know about this! Sanji crumbled the note and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it whole!

Nami's eyes went wide when he stuck the message into his mouth. "Ah! Sanji-kun!?" Nami leapt at Sanji and tried to stop him from eating the note and ended up falling on top of his chest. Her breasts were pressing up against Sanji's bandaged torso as she tried to pry Sanji's mouth open with her hands. "Sanji-kun! Mou! Geez!" Nami complained as she realized Sanji had swallowed the note completely.

"Ah~ mellorine~" Blood began to gush out of Sanji's nose at Nami's closeness.

"God! Ew!" Nami quickly pulled back and stood up, looking embarrassed, "I…didn't mean to do that…" A blush tinged her cheeks.

"Ah~ forgive my lecherous behavior, Nami-swan!" Sanji said as he reached out, grabbed a tissue, and put it to his nose to stop the blood flow. "But I could not contain my reaction to such a Goddess being so close-"

"Stop." Nami interrupted Sanji with a firm tone. She sighed heavily. "Just…stop it Sanji."

"What?" Sanji gave Nami a baffled look as he tried to sit up.

Nami gave Sanji a hard look. "Sanji. We need to talk. There's something I need to tell you…"

Sanji gulped and nodded. "Okay…"

Nami crossed her arms over her ample chest. "Sanji…there's something you need to know. I…I'm in love with Luffy. And I have been for a very long time…"

Sanji's jaw dropped. What? What was his beloved Nami saying? She was in love with Luffy?! "What? I don't understand, Nami-swan…"

"You're in my way, Sanji." Nami declared. "I need you to…stop flirting with me all the time. All your romantic attentions are really just bothersome. You're always getting in the way of Luffy and I. We never even have a moment alone together because of you - you're always hovering around me, suffocating me. When I'm in trouble I don't want you to be the one to save me. I want it to be Luffy. I need some space, Sanji. I just want to be left alone for a while. I want to be with Luffy…" Nami pleaded.

Nami's words were daggers being thrown to Sanji's sensitive heart. "I…didn't know, I…" Sanji began to apologize out of reflex, even as his heart was breaking. Nami had just confessed she loved Luffy - not him. And she was also telling him that his 'romantic attentions' were bothersome! He was a bother! Nami didn't love him…in fact, it seemed like she kind of hated him.

Nami sighed and ran a hand back through her hair. "I know, you didn't know, Sanji. You're a little bit self-centered, you know. You just think about yourself and your feelings and don't really take the feelings of others into account. But…I'm sick of putting up with your shenanigans…I want to have more time to spend with Luffy. He's the man who will become the Pirate King and I will become the Pirate Queen, you see. It's only fitting, don't you think?"

CRACK. Sanji thought he could hear the sound of his heart breaking into a million pieces. "Ah, yea, Queen Nami, it has a nice ring to it…" Sanji laughed and smiled brokenly.

Nami didn't seem to realize Sanji's smile was fake. "I knew you'd understand, Sanji-kun." Nami smiled gratefully and clapped her hands together. "And besides, you don't need me anymore. You have Zoro now, right? You two are friends now so you won't be so lonely without me. I'll leave you in Zoro's hands!"

Sanji gave Nami a befuddled look. "Zoro? But he's not…he's just…"

Nami kissed Sanji on the cheek but he hardly noticed. "Thanks for understanding Sanji. I'll see you later. Feel better." Nami exclaimed and skipped out of the infirmary, leaving Sanji alone with his tumultuous thoughts.

Nami loved Luffy. Not him.

Nami-swan….he was so sure…she was the one…

He had tried so hard for his feelings to reach her. When she had been in danger and in Absalom's clutches he had risked his life for her. He had nearly died during that confrontation. Sanji put a hand over his chest as his heart clenched in pain and confusion. The woman he loved had just rejected him…

Robin had chosen Franky and now Nami had chosen Luffy…both girls had chosen someone else. And Sanji had been left alone - alone and unloved.

Neither girl had found him worthy enough to be loved. Am I unworthy of being loved? Will no one ever love me…or is it because I'm too much of a freak? Sanji's eyes burned. He lowered his head and let his bangs shield his expression. "Chopper…can you give me a pain killer and a sleeping pill…I don't want to have dreams tonight." Sanji said in a low, hollow voice. I'm acting like a broken-hearted maiden. God, I'm so pathetic.

Chopper looked up from his paperwork and analyses. "Of course, Sanji!" Chopper gave Sanji a painkiller and sleeping pill that could be used at the same time and had Sanji drink them with a glass of water. Chopper gave Sanji a sympathetic look. "You must be exhausted. You don't look so good. I'll let you go to bed early. Sweet dreams, er, have a pleasant sleep, Sanji." Chopper said as he turned the lights off and left the infirmary, closing the door behind him with a click.

As soon as the door closed, Sanji couldn't stop the tears from streaming down his face. He had been rejected…totally rejected. No one will ever love me…I'll always be alone. Sanji thought to himself, feeling distressed.

And then-

Zoro suddenly entered the infirmary, his two swords securely tucked back into his haramaki. Zoro entered the infirmary and shut the door behind him. It was pitch black in the room and he could hear the cook crying. "Cook?" Zoro flipped on the light switch.

Sanji quickly wiped the tears from his eyes with the backs of his hands.

"Are you crying?" Zoro asked.

"No! No, I'm not shithead." Sanji groused. "Idiot…"

Zoro frowned at Sanji's cast and bandages. He walked over to Sanji's bedside, pulled up a chair, and took a seat right next to the infirmary bed. "I thought you were going to use magic to heal yourself, curly-brow."

Sanji sighed heavily. He was getting tired of explaining this already. "Apparently, I used all my magic up fighting against Kid. It must have been Hell Memories that drained it. Chopper says my magic will replenish itself in 24 hours so it's no big deal."

"I see…" Zoro stared hard at the cook's red-rimmed eyes. "Is that why you were crying?"

"No shitty swordsman! And I wasn't crying!"

"Did Kid…" Zoro looked down at Sanji's crotch worriedly.

Sanji blushed. "Ah! Stop thinking whatever you're thinking, perverted marimo! Kid didn't touch me! And stop looking at my crotch, pervert!"

Zoro looked up at Sanji and frowned. "Didn't touch you?" He looked at Sanji's bandages pointedly.

Sanji sighed and rubbed his temples with his index fingers. "Just a little…nothing major."

"Hmmm…" Zoro hummed in thought. "I saw the Sea Witch leaving from here. What did she want?"

Sanji froze, blood draining from his face. "N-Nothing…"

Zoro narrowed his eyes at Sanji then. Sanji didn't even defend Nami - that was just weird! "She said something to you. What did she say?" Zoro demanded in a low voice.

Sanji blinked. Since when was Zoro so perceptive! "It's…none of your fucking business Marimo!" Sanji burst out and fell back onto his pillow - suddenly drained.

"Cook?!"

"It's nothing Marimo…I took a sleeping pill…it's probably kicking in now…" Sanji said sleepily.

"I thought you didn't like taking medication?" Zoro crossed his arms over his chest.

"Today…today I really don't want to dream."

Zoro gave Sanji a concerned look. What did the Sea Witch say to Sanji to make him all depressed? That tactless bitch…if she hurt Sanji I'll…

"I should go." Zoro stood up abruptly-

However-

Sanji reached out and grabbed Zoro's arm. "Don't go…stay…until I fall asleep…" Sanji said in a soft voice.

Wide-eyed, Zoro sat back down in the chair, feeling shocked. He wanted to tease Sanji for his request but…his heart had fluttered at it too. "O-Okay, cook."

Sanji let out a contented sigh as he fell back onto the bed, and turned his head to look at Zoro. "You're a really good friend, Zoro." Sanji smiled brokenly at Zoro before he closed his eyes and began to drift off. "And friends…are forever…right?"

Zoro swallowed thickly. "Right, cook."

"Zzzzzz…."

Zoro was about to stand up again but then he paused a moment to observe the sleeping cook. This was a rare chance to simply just look at the man. He had never paid so much attention to Sanji before. Sanji had always been there on the edge of his senses, of course. But Zoro had been 100% focused on his training and meditating - until now. When had he begun to look at the cook differently? When had he started to become attracted to the cook?

How the hell did this happen? Zoro wondered. Sanji was a man. What did Captain Kid find so attractive about another man, for example? Zoro looked at the cook's calm sleeping face. His golden hair? His silly curly brow? His sky-blue eyes? His porcelain skin? Zoro's eyes trailed down from the cook's face and to his neck…collarbone…bandaged chest. Those white bandages were covering Sanji's bruised nipples that even Zoro had wanted to touch. Sanji's nipples were pink. Like a girl's.

Zoro's eyes traveled down the bandages to the cook's abs, those two muscle lines that went into the cook's pants alluringly. Zoro slid his eyes down the cook's long long legs.

He swallowed thickly. A blush had risen to Zoro's face and he shifted uneasily in his chair when he realized he had gotten aroused from looking at the sleeping cook! Zoro put his face in his hands and groaned. "FUCKK…" What the hell is wrong with me? I'm as bad as Captain Kid! I'm a fucking pervert. Looking at Sanji lustfully…

No…

Zoro removed his hands, coming to a sudden realization.

Not lustfully.

Lovingly.

He was in love with the cook!

"Shit…I love him." Zoro realized in shock. It was suddenly so clear to Zoro. He had been ignoring it all this time but he loved the cook. Images of Sanji's smiling face popped into Zoro's mind. Images of Sanji when he was serving food to his crewmates. Images of Sanji's serious, gorgeous face when he was fighting a foe. Images of Sanji smoking, the way a cigarette illuminated Sanji's face for a moment when he lit up a new cigarette. All these little moments had been preserved perfectly in Zoro's mind.

He had been ignoring his true feelings for a very long time, he realized. He'd been too busy meditating his emotions away and concentrating on his training and on becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman. He didn't need something like this silly emotion called 'love'. No, he had decided he'd think about things like that after he had achieved his dream.

Training, training, training…

And ignoring Sanji until that moment on Thriller Bark when Sanji had tried to sacrifice his life for Zoro in order to save him. That's when he had finally started looking at Sanji. That's when he couldn't keep ignoring Sanji any more.

Zoro scowled as he looked down at Sanji's sleeping form. A single tear traveled down Sanji's cheek as he slept - no longer able to keep his tears at bay. Zoro reached out and brushed the tear away gently with his thumb. Fucking Sea Witch…

Sanji needed him…needed a friend. He would not betray Sanji. That's why Sanji could never know about his feelings for him. Never know of his perversion. He would be Sanji's friend - always. But he wanted to touch the cook so badly…

No, no, no, I'll protect the cook from myself if I have to. I would never hurt him but…no…the cook can never know I've fallen for him. He'd hate me for it. I just want to be able to stay by his side…forever. And that is the privilege of a friend at least. I will take these feelings with me to the grave if I have to.

Zoro leaned over Sanji's sleeping form and looked at the face of the man he had sinfully fallen in love with - this was a forbidden love.

Zoro didn't realize what he was doing as he leaned down closer and closer to the cook and then his lips were touching the cook's in a feather-soft kiss.

A stolen kiss.

Zoro pulled back a minute later, his eyes glistening. "Shit…I wish there was a way I could protect him. But it's not like a sword with the power to cancel out a Devil's Fruit user's power exists!"

"Actually, there is such a sword." Came a familiar voice.

Zoro's eyes widened and he turned around to see Luffy standing in the doorway, casually.

Zoro flushed. "L-Luffy?! How long have you been standing there?!"

Luffy coughed into his hand, a blush rising to his cheeks and he turned his face away. "Long enough." Luffy turned back to look at Zoro, his expression suddenly serious. "If you want to kiss Sanji again you should ask for his permission, Zoro."

Zoro sputtered. "I- this- I wasn't-"

Luffy held up his hand. "But don't worry. I won't tell Sanji. This time. And about the sword you were talking about…when I broke into this cool wizard's tower I saw a bunch of funny old guys with long beards and pointed hats and they kept yelling at me. 'Oh no! It's a pirate! He's here to steal the sword!' 'Don't let him get to the top floor!' 'He must have heard about the sword's power!' And so, naturally I got curious and I went to the top floor to take a look at the sword and broke into this one room. There was nothing else in the room except for a huge stone and a sword was imbedded into the stone halfway through. I approached the sword and tried to yank it out but it wouldn't budge even using Gear Second! And then this female voice popped up in my head.

" 'Who are you who wishes to wield me? State your purpose for wanting power?'

"I replied: 'I'm the man who will become the Pirate King!'

"The sword replied: 'That is a very unromantic reason. I do not want you to wield me. I will await for another…worthy of the power to cancel out the powers of those who have consumed the Devil's Fruit. For my name is: Enchantment Breaker! The most beautiful sword in the world!'

"And so I had to leave the sword there…maybe it would choose you, Zoro?" Luffy gave Zoro an excited look.

"Enchantment Breaker?" A large grin spread across Zoro's face that was somewhat feral. "Oh yes, that sword will be mine." With a sword like that I'll be able to protect the cook from Captain Kid. Protect the man I love…

Luffy grinned back at Zoro. "Shishishishi…we'll go to the wizard's tower and steal the sword tomorrow then! This is going to be GREAT!"

TBC…!

AN: I hope you all enjoyed that chappy. The next chapter should have more ACTION since Luffy and Zoro are going to go the wizard's tower to try and steal the sword while Sanji is…you'll have to read and find out! Sorry for the long wait on the update. I've had a run of bad luck lately. First I used this awful product from Pantene Pro-V Beautiful Lengths leave-in conditioner (don't use it, it has alcohol in it), and when I got in my pool it had a weird chemical reaction and my hair matted together. I had to cut like a foot of my blonde hair off. So sad. And then I don't live in a very safe neighborhood and so these robbers decided to poison my attack dog, Tramp. It was so weird because at like 3:00 in the morning I heard a splash and looked outside and Tramp had fallen into the pool, but that's never happened before. So I had to go outside and was calling for him to come to me, but he was swimming in circles. So weird. So I got him out of the pool but then he started to throw up, was gasping for breath, and he couldn't see me. I saw some throw up elsewhere in the garden and realized he had been poisoned. I went and got an anti-poison shot from the refrigerator, I keep them just in case, and administered the shot. Right away, Tramp threw up again but his vision returned and he slowly went back to normal and stopped shivering and could breath normally. Then, I heard people on the lot next to my house and went back inside the house. The next day, I found out that the house next to mine was robbed, they stole a gas tank etc. This world is becoming more and more dangerous! Be safe everyone!