Koneko

Pairing: Sanzo UssopKaya Franky/Brooks Ace/Smoker Law/kid

Disclaimer: All one piece characters belong to Oda

Italic: Character Personal thoughts

Bold: Flashbacks

A/N: Ok, so this is more of an informative chapter. Short I know, but informative lol. Hope you enjoy.

When Sanji enters Law's office, Sanji is scared, or more terrified of what might be in stored for him. He didn't miss the way Law watched Zoro, more specifically Zoro's expanding middle, and he was dreading what Law wanted to talk about, and Zoro not being with him only added to his anxiety.

Why would Law not want to talk to both of us, but only me?

Finally mustering the courage, and because he had to, Sanji stepped into Law's office, his eyes never leaving the vet as the raven hair man continued to scan over some old documents, which Sanji could only guess were Roronoa's files on the Marimo. After all, if it weren't for those files and documents Law wouldn't have been able to help Zoro recover from the fight against Kuma.

Sanji felt a shiver run down his spine. Just thinking about that day would provoke involuntary emotions to want to surface, and keeping them under control would become a battle with himself.

"You called."His voice sounded small in the office, which was saying a lot considering Law's office was no bigger than a small shed.

"Take a seat, Sanji-ya." Law instructed, his eyes never leaving the documents.

Doing as Law commanded, Sanji sat on the chair provided. The blonde couldn't stop his foot from bouncing, waiting the few seconds for Law to stack the papers in a neat pile. It didn't take long for Law to start talking, and like Sanji predicted the information Law was about to lay on him was not going to be pretty, and from what Sanji could see by the way the vet moved in his chair, he didn't want to tell him either.

"Zoro's pregnancy isn't…" The vet furrowed his eyebrows." normal." Law said awkwardly as he shook his head, as if trying to word the words right. Zoro wasn't normal, so that wouldn't have made much sense. Seeming to finally get his thoughts together, Law sighed, "I mean, it's not normal, but it was bound to happen."

Sanji raised a curly eyebrow, his mouth in a thin line as he tried to understand what Law was getting to. Without having to encourage Law to carry on, the raven hair vet spoke up. "Since Zoro was feeling the side effects of first trimester pregnancy, I started to investigate deeper into Roronoa's document on Zoro, and with the help of Brook and Franky, what I suspected was true."

"That Zoro could get pregnant?" Sanji asked a little confused, because Law was starting to lose him even though the raven hair man just started explaining.

Shaking his head, Law sighed again. "No, not that. There is more to this than Zoro just being able to bear a child… something that I don't know if it's a good thing or bad." Law leaned back on his chair, the chair protesting noisily because of the vet's change of position. His dark eyes left Sanji, so they can now rest on the document on his hand. "It's what Roronoa was planning to do with Zoro from the start, of course, when the cat reached the age he is now."

Sanji didn't understand what Law was trying to tell him. Or at least his mind was running faster than the information Law was trying to get by him. Swallowing slowly, Sanji waited, quietly and patiently to hear what Law wanted to tell him.

"Zoro is only doing what he was made to do… Zoro was not made to fight; he was made to reproduce his kind…"

Slamming his hands on the desk Sanji swore he heard himself deny Law, but he wasn't sure since it felt so surreal. "What… what do you mean?" He inquired, he just hoped what he was starting to suspect was not true.

A knot was starting to form on his chest. He needed to calm down, after all it wasn't Law's fault, this was all his uncle's fault, and whether he liked it or not he had some fault since he was related to him.

He sits down again when Law's attention goes back to the document on his hand, but the blonde couldn't stop his limbs from shaking. He didn't know why, but he felt so angry with himself. "Calm down Sanji… I'll try to explain so you can understand." The blonde heard Law reassure.

Finally getting his emotions to subside, Sanji nodded for Law to continue. He needed to know what he was getting both Zoro and himself into.

"From my understanding, Roronoa had a tough time trying to get a volunteer to use their unborn child as a test subject, until he finally found a…" Law coughed into his hand. "Mentally Ill pregnant mother." Sanji bit his bottom lip. He always wanted to know what kind of mother would have let someone experiment on their child, and now hearing this, Sanji didn't know what else to think about his uncle. The more he found out, the more he didn't like his uncle, which it's not like he liked the man to begin with, this just made it worse.

"She was already pregnant, feeding her the Devil Fruit the embryo inside her fed off it successfully, which from my understanding was by pure luck. The strain the Devil fruit was putting on the mother was killing her slowly… and not to mention her advance pregnancy was agonizing to say the least. However, Roronoa already had a plan that he wanted to reproduce using the baby, which was growing inside her, since this was the only human to successfully ingest the Devil Fruit without dying… but there was a problem. Roronoa wanted to reproduce experiments without risking more children and hurting more mothers, the problem was the baby inside the mother-"

This time it's Sanji who speaks. "was male." Sanji's blue eye snapped towards Law when he saw his prediction to be true when the vet nodded.

"So Roronoa had to do something so when the baby was born, it would be able to reproduce." Law chuckled. "I don't know how he did it, but with the Devil fruit he added some other content, and that content allowed Zoro, a male, to be able to carry a child." Looking defeated Law explained that he didn't know what it was that Roronoa added.

Sanji stayed quiet for a long time, letting what Law just said sink in. "So… Roronoa wanted to make more of the experiments, but why didn't he do it like Doflamingo? Use Zoro's blood? It would have worked, wouldn't it?"

"Because he wanted them to be better… pure, you can almost say. Doflamingo's creations are different than Zoro. I still don't know how, but there has to be a reason why he didn't want to do it like Doflamingo." Law closed his eyes. "One thing I do know is, even though Zoro was made to fight, his role wouldn't have been that. His role would have been to reproduce, and his children would have been trained to fight. He wouldn't have been able to use any other experiment but Zoro for this."

"So wait, you mean to tell me the only experiment that can reproduce is…" Sanji didn't have to finish because Law was already nodding. "Why?" He found himself asking.

"Like I told you, the Devil fruit kills… Those who took Zoro's blood with the Devil Fruit in it, they can't' reproduce because when the Devil Fruit enters their body it kills certain parts of the body, some being the reproductive ones. I don't think Doflamingo knew Zoro could reproduce or else the story would have been much different."

"The Marimo's different…?" Sanji question, but it was more of a statement. "Zoro was the only one born as an experiment… everyone else was made into one using Zoro's blood. Roronoa's plan was not use humans, but force Zoro to reproduce for his sick twist ide-"Sanji cut himself off, placing his hand over his mouth.

"If Zoro has our babies… It would be…." Sanji was shaking as the pieces finally started to fall into place. This is what his uncle wanted to use Zoro for. He didn't know, but still… Zoro is pregnant, Roronoa got what he wanted. "Shit… what life did I save you from, Zoro?" Sanji whispered. Tears starting to form in his blue eyes as he tried to wipe them before they had the chance to spill.

"It's not your fault Sanji." The blonde heard the vet reassure, the doctors hand reaching over and squeezing his. "You didn't know. If you did, I'm sure you would have asked Zoro-ya if he wanted to do this… the question is, what are you going to do? Are you going to tell him?"

"I don't know… I don't want to be like my uncle… I don't want to use Zoro the same way he did." Sanji changed his glance when he saw Law regarding him with a pitted expression. "So all this time, Zoro was going to be used as some kind of tool for my uncles doing!"

Even when Sanji's voice got louder, Law didn't say anything, because he could only imagine how Sanji felt. Sanji believed he could take care of Zoro, not like his uncle did, but give Zoro a home and love him. Now knowing that Roronoa's intention from the start was for Zoro to reproduce, Sanji must be feeling dirty.

Sanji didn't want to be like his uncle. The man he didn't want to resemble.

The sound of Law clearing his throat brought Sanji back to him. Sanji shook his head slowly, "Please don't tell me there's more?" The blonde gritted his teeth when Law nodded again.

Law closed the document and placed it on the table, his eyes never leaving Sanji. "You need to keep a very close eye on Zoro's expanding middle." Seeing Sanji's confused stare Law continued. "There is no record of how his pregnancy progresses, since Zoro never got the chance to get pregnant under Roronoa's care… I will be here, don't worry." He added when he noticed Sanji's worried stare. "You would have an easier access on watching him than me…"

"It's important Sanji, because Zoro could suffer the same fate as his mother."

Sanji felt like he couldn't breathe… suffer the same fate? His babies, Lettuce, Onion and Tomato can kill Zoro… the blonde shook his head. "No… please… how… Why do you say this?" He couldn't believe this.

"Zoro's very being runs on Devil fruit, meaning those babies are also gonna be feeding off it. If anything, without the Devil Fruit your babies wouldn't be able to grow and develop inside Zoro. Meaning, the probability of them tearing Zoro apart is likely."

Seated on the chair, unmoving, his hands still trembling, Sanji couldn't find the air to breathe. "Law this can't be right."

"I could be wrong. I have no data to back this up with since Roronoa never reached so far. If anything the babies might even take longer to form because they need the Devil fruit to be able to form. I don't know. And that's the problem. That's the reason it's very, extremely important-." Law emphasizes, -"that you watch Zoro's expanding belly closely, cause if you don't you might lose him."

Sanji was already nodded numbly.

"If the pregnancy does not progress faster than normal, then I think our best approach would be to wait until Zoro has contractions, that way we are 100 percent sure we are not delivering them too early. Cause if we do go with a normal pregnancy and they are not ready, then we might lose the babies."

"Just keep a close eye on him, please." Sanji didn't response, or more he couldn't. He was just lying with his Marimo a few minutes ago, talking about their babies, and how happy they both were. And now, this- that Zoro could die, or his babies. How the hell was he going to live knowing one of them could die? And not only that, but what Roronoa wanted he was making it true.

"Sanji… you going to be ok." Law's voice sounded distant to his ears. "I needed to tell you. It's up to you if you want to tell Zoro."

The blonde brushed the hair, which was over his eyes, only for it to fall back into place. "No, thank you for telling me." Sanji shook his head. "I don't know if to tell him. I haven't even told him about his mother… this… I don't know if I can."

Sanji stood up from his chair. "Is that all?"

"Yeah. Just remember, like every pregnancy, Zoro has to have the right diet, and exercise. Tomorrow I will be looking for the pills to help Zoro have a smooth pregnancy and work out a good diet." Sanji nodded before he slowly left the office. He couldn't think straight. He didn't notice how ten minutes could feel like agonizing hours.

It wasn't until he reached the kitchen and bumped into Nami that he noticed where he was. "Sanji-kun, are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost, you look so hollow." Nami placed her hand on Sanji's cheek, clearly worried. The lack of Sanji's noodle dance was starting to worry her.

Sanji closed his eyes. "Thanks' Nami… but I'm fine" Sanji smiles, feeling it was fake, having no doubt Nami could see that as well.

The lack of "Swan" told her something was really wrong. Whatever was bothering Sanji must have been something big.

"Where's the Marimo?"

"Oh, I think I saw him in the living room with Luffy. He wasn't too hungry, so I made him something light." Seeing Sanji glance at her with a worried expression, Nami explained that Zoro was probably still going through morning sickness, and eating late probably only make it worse. That seemed to ease the blonde chef.

Without saying anything, Sanji smiled politely as he excused himself from Nami. The sound of the television caught his attention the moment he entered the living room. Luffy was playing a race car game seated on the living room floor, and from the looks of it Zoro was laying on the couch, his feet propped on the arm rest.

Before Zoro could notice Sanji, the blonde pushed Zoro's feet off the arm rest. "What have I told you about placing your feet on the couch, Nami-swan so generously bought for our use? Don't roll your eyes." Sanji scold, his arms crossed in front of him.

"If she bought it and it's in the living room, then it's for everyone's use." The cat huffed in response, setting his feet back on the arm rest and crossing them. Zoro raised an eyebrow, a smirk on his lips, clearly a challenge for Sanji.

To Zoro's amusement, Sanji didn't hit his feet off the couch like he expected, but instead Sanji gently placed one knee on the couch, the other over Zoro as if straddling him. One of the blonde's hands next to the pillow Zoro was using to lay his head on, and the other on his chest as the blonde linger over him.

Soft hands traced the cat's strong chest, as the blonde's finger tips gently mapped out every muscle on Zoro's tan body. Sanji's hands traveled up, Zoro responding by gently caressing Sanji with his own body. Gently, so he wouldn't jostle Zoro more than he wanted, Sanji laid on Zoro's body.

"Hmmm, you're so warm." Sanji turned his head, laying it on Zoro's chest, his ears picking up the cat's strong but steady heart beat underneath the scarred chest, his eyes on the game Luffy was playing, while one of his hands was intertwined with Zoro's. By the way Zoro's body and breathing started to slow; Sanji could tell Zoro was about ready to fall asleep. One of the things he loved was sleeping on Zoro, the cat's deep breathing and moving chest would rock him to sleep.

"What-cha playing Luffy?"

Apparently not knowing Sanji was behind him; Luffy glanced back quickly, then a smile grew on his face when he saw it was the cook. "Mario Carts. You want to play?" Luffy asked, already looking for the next controller.

Sanji smiled, but denied. He was too comfortable to get up now. Zoro was almost at that stage of sleep where his breathing would become deep and his chest would lull him to sleep.

"Shishishi." Luffy turned around to face the television again. "I like to see you two together, it's…" Luffy tapped his chin. "Cute." Luffy glance back a smile on his face when he saw Sanji's red face. "Shishishi!"

"Don't mind Luffy." Sanji heard Zoro murmur, his voice sounding drowsy. Sanji smiled as he cuddled closer to Zoro.

"Sanji you should be careful, you might squish the babies, especially since you look like you're tuning into a puddle on Zoro."

The blonde's eyes snapped open again. Using his hands Sanji pulled himself up, resembling a pushup, "You told Luffy." He asked Zoro, his eyes studying Zoro's relaxed face.

Cracking open his good eyes Zoro peered at Sanji. "Yeah."

For a few seconds Sanji didn't say anything. "So the only ones who don't know is Brook and Franky."

A yawn escaped the cat before he was able to answer Sanji. "They know too. They suspected it since they knew I could get pregnant. Working so long with Roronoa, they knew I was able to get pregnant. Once I told them, along with Lufffy, it confirmed their theory." Seeming to remember something, Zoro shuffled until he was on his elbows, pushing Sanji back some more, Zoro pulled his shirt up. "Cook-"

Sanji glanced down. "Oh…" Sanji chuckled as he looked back at Zoro. "You need bigger pants?"

"You think?" Zoro flinched when Sanji smacked his head. Rubbing his head, the cat watched as Sanji shimmied off him.

"I'll buy you some tomorrow."

"Don't buy him too much, he'll outgrow does pretty fast too." Nami voiced, making herself known, as she entered the living room, and stopped by the couch, crossing her arms on the back rest, as she looked down at Zoro, who was now frowning at her, his ears down. "Didn't you have to alter his pants to fit his thin waist?" Nami asked, her dark eyes now on Sanji.

It took a second, but it seemed to come back to him. "You're right Nami-swan! You're so smart!"

"Ok, tomorrow buy him bigger pants. Zoro and I will look through his old clothes and see which ones he wants me to loosen so they can fit him." Taking the rubber band that was around her wrist, Nami slipped it through the pants button-hole, looped it before stretching it to reach the button and fastened it, useing the rubber band so it could hold the cat's pants up. Zoro flinched, but Nami ignored him, murmuring something close to 'stop being a baby.'

"That should work until tomorrow." Nami smiled at both boys as she turned to leave. "If you didn't have such a thin waist we wouldn't have this problem so early,-oh and bloating can be an ass."

The moment she was out of earshot, Zoro chuckled. "She's really cheap. Trying to save money where she can." Zoro commented, looking at Nami's handy work.

"Nami-swan is so smart!" Sanji swooned, ignoring Zoro's comment.

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Law had left early in the morning to look for the pills for Zoro. Brook and Franky were by the experiment cabin, which was hidden in the forest for their safety. Sanji and Luffy were standing by the doorway, as Zoro and Nami waved them off. Sanji promised Luffy that he would drop him by Usopp's apartment so they could play some video game.

"Ok, since they are gone, come on let's go see what we can do with your old clothes." Nami ushered Zoro towards his room, pushing him with both her hands until they reached.

It wasn't long until they were surrounded by piles of clothes. "What about these?" Zoro handed her some jeans. Nami took it and held it up, pulling the waist of the pant as she studied them. "Nope, these won't last long on you."

"Ugh" Zoro flopped back. "I'm tired. I didn't know this was going to take so damn long."

"Sorry for trying to make good use of what you have. What is the sense to alter pants you would outgrow in less than a week?" Nami shook her head when the cat only waved his hand dismissively before letting it drop to his side.

Nami held up another pair, her eyes analyzing the waist as she stretched it. "I think these can work."

"Whoopee." Zoro said sarcastically. "That's two out of how many?" Nami rolled her eyes.

"Five… you know I should charge you for this. Not only am I doing the finding, but I'm also altering these." Nami bundles the fabric and threw it at Zoro hitting him in the face. She smiled when Zoro flailed his arms and legs in surprise, his green tail puffed.

Zoro sat up, pulling the pants from his face forcefully. "Shit, woman! What's your pro-"

The way Zoro abruptly stopped, his ears lowered and his pupil changing from their normal round to a slit caused a shiver to run down Nami's spine. "Zoro!" Nami screamed when she saw the cat bear his fangs, and with his claws out, jump towards her.

A/N: Sorry for the late update. T-T. I'll try to update the next chapter soon, since this one was shorter.