Chapter number nine! It's really good I got to use Ivankov in my fanfic because he is one of my favourite characters if you don't count Strawhats :D I really love Ivan-sama! 3 But anyways, please review if you liked/didn't like something, favorite and follow :D The next chapter will be "the end" :D
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First Sanji tried to grit his teeth together but when the pain started to get worse and worse, he couldn't help shouting. His mouth was dry and he felt exhausted because of the poisoning but he still found some energy to shout out aloud. It felt humiliating to scream like that but he couldn't stop it.
Other members ( expect Luffy ) were somehow shocked to hear the screaming starting to get louder and louder from below the deck. They hadn't expected shouting so full of pain getting out of their chef's mouth. Franky was crying all the time and trying to blow his nose every now and then, Brook was motionlessly sitting on the deck and Usopp was trying to concentrate on his ivestigations while gritting his teeth and trying to block the screaming. Nami and Chopper were holding back tears and their lower lips shoke slightly but they refused to cry. Maybe it was hard for Chopper to only listen at their chef yell in pain and be able to do nothing for him. Robin was reading books with earplugs but it wasn't enough to just block the sound to concentrate on something else. Zoro seemed to have no reaction at all but everyone realised he couldn't take his usual naps during the day: he just sat there, swords on his lap and apparently tried to meditate. Their captain was clenching his fists and gritting his teeth hard but he didn't show any other reaction because he knew their chef wouldn't break his promise.
Emporio Ivankov tied his ship to Sunny-Go because he wanted to see Sanji's treatment fully. He spent a lot of time with Chopper, talking about hormones as a treatment and advicing him how to deal with Sanji after the treatment. He knew that Luffy had managed to eat lots of food back at the level 5.5 of Impel Down because he was a gomu-person but Sanji was a normal human so his strenght would return much slower. Besides, his energy was low from the start because he hadn't eaten after he started to throw up everything he managed to swallow.
Robin and Brook took care of feeding the crew while their chef was shouting below the deck. Even though Brook got dead sense of taste, Robin was there to taste-test the food if needed. They worked in silence before nobody could think of something nice to talk when all they could hear was their nakama shouting in pain. The mealtimes were also a lot more quiet than usual. Well, it was mostly because Luffy wasn't trying to steal food as he had promised to their chef but also because nobody felt like talking.
Hardly nobody slept also during the night. Even earplugs couldn't block all the yelling which kept them awake. Chopper didn't even try to sleep, instead he studied the notes he had made with Ivankov and tried to prepare more medications. Nami drew maps all night long but Robin managed to fall asleep. Usopp was working at his own workshop even thought that was next-door to Franky's weapon development room where Sanji was fighting for his life. Only Luffy, Franky and Robin managed to sleep pretty normally and Brook - - well you couldn't really tell the difference whether he was sleeping or thinking. Surprisingly Zoro couldn't sleep but he thought that he would have plenty of time to sleep after their chef was back to his work. He spent his time up in the crows nest, training.
The shouting went on 30 hours before it stopped suddenly. Everyone realised it immediately because they had gotten used to it somehow already and then it suddenly stopped and silence fell on the ship. Nobody dared to go and take a look if their chef was alive or if he had kicked the poison. Well, nobody else expect Zoro, who slowly went towards Franky's weapons development room, lucky that he didn't get lost on the way. He opened the door carefully and saw their chef trembling form in the dark, skin covered in sweat.
"Could you - - help me get out of this, Marimo?" Sanji asked quietly and coughed hard.
My throat is all sore and dry from all the shouting...It feels like I can't move a shitty muscle!
"Good to see that you kept your promise, Ero-cook," Zoro teased but Sanji didn't laugh or get annoyed: he was way too tired for that,"Do I have to carry you out of here?" Sanji laughed slightly at the guestion but didn't refuse the offer since there was no power at all in his legs and arms.
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"Sanji!" Chopper rushed to Sanji when he was carried on the deck on Zoro's back. Tears which he had been holding back were now freely falling down.
"Chopper..." Sanji sighed, tired. It seemed like he could not stay awake for long. He turned to look at their captain and smiled at him,"I will be back to work shortly, captain."
Luffy just laughed and let his chef be taken back to the infirmary to take a proper rest. Nami and Franky wiped their tears and Robin chuckled slightly at the sight,"Welcome back, Cook-san." Usopp still refused to cry and Brook had no reaction at all. Ivankov couldn't help wondering if all the members of this crew had born under some miracle star.
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Next morning came and Sanji got up, feeling a little bit better but he still didn't dare to stand up, his feet feeling like they would give in under his weight. Chopper was fussing around him, changing the drops all the time and checking him way too often.
Sanji was pretty deligted to see his lovely ladies who kept him some company. On the contrary, Ivan wasn't travelling alone so he had to ask for Chopper to close the door so that those shitty okamas couldn't come inside and try to put that lovely dress on him. He knew he had promised to even chance into okama again as a prize of his treatment but he really felt like refusing the offer as long as possible. Of course he felt grateful for all they had done for him because without them, he would have never become so strong. But he really didn't want the crew to see him wearing that pink dress and okamas flirting with him...
I bet the look on Marimo's face would be priceless...I don't know whether he would laugh or tease me about it...
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