A/N's:

This chapter is dedicated to everyone who ever reviewed one of my fics,

or ever will, and told me to keep on writing.

It's because of kind people like you I keep trying,

and keep working to get better for you all.

Thank you!

- Chapter 19 / Thank You

Sanji knew there should be sound, but he could not hear anything. He knew he should feel the touches that were trying to hold him back, but he didn't. All he could do was see that red blood on the pavement. The blood belonging to the one man that was not sups to have his blood spilt this day.

The next few moments seemed to be put in slow motion for the blonde as he tugged himself free from the people holding him, and ran. The heels of his designer shoes echoing out as he ran, but he could not hear them nor the chaos of the battle still going on all around him. Sanji could only acknowledge the sight his blue eyes were locked on.

"Zeff!" Sanji screamed, and time caught up with him. Sound came crashing into his ears. Gun shots, screaming, and people yelling as the fighting went on. Sanji's brain registered it all, but paid no mind to it, as he now slid to his knees by Zeff's side.

"Zeff!" Sanji screamed again, and shook his head no. He refused to believe this. "Get up dammit, you stupid old geezer!" Sanji suddenly slammed his fists onto the old man's chest.

"Stop playing around god dammit!" Sanji yelled beating harder now, more frantic, as tears started to roll down his cheeks. "Stop making me worry and … get up, get up!" the blonde's voice cracked as he now sobbed, his pounding fists coming down slower onto the man's chest.

Ace was then behind Sanji trying to pull him back from the man. "Sanji it's no good, Sanji look me Sanji." he pleaded. He knew the blonde could not be thinking to clearly right now, otherwise he would have seen what everyone else did.

Zeff lay on the ground his eyes open, and staring up at the big blue sky, but there was no life in the old man. There was no way there could have been. True Gin had taken the bullet for him, but the bullet had not stopped there, it had not been satisfied with just one body. It had traveled through Gin, and went right dead center to Zeff's head. It had most likely been a quick and painless death, but a death all the same. There was nothing anyone could do. The man was just gone.

Sanji looked back at Ace as the tears just kept rolling down, and looked utterly confused.

Ace now took Sanji's face between his hands, "I'm sorry Sanji he is gone."

Sanji stared at Ace with that confused look still on his face. Zeff was gone, he then questioned in his mind. The more he thought over Ace's words the more an angry frown started too spared over his face. With out warning he then suddenly pushed Ace away hard making the other man fall back. "Shut the fuck up! You don't know what you're saying!" Sanji yelled then turned back to Zeff, and gripped at the man's shirt shaking him.

"Please, please get up!" Sanji's anger melting as he stared at that gaping bullet hole in the man's head. "P-please…Zeff don't leave … don't leave me all alone please." he sobbed hard, his whole body shaking as he felt so broken, and then just fell forward onto his mentor hiding his face to the man's chest. He could smell the faint traces of cream of mushroom soup on the man, and many other fresh ingredients and spices. Zeff's soups were always the best. He most likely had been working on one today. Zeff still felt warm, still felt soft. Zeff was not sups to be dead. What the fuck had this last year of Sanji's life been for if Zeff was not alive? What the fuck was the point of it all!

A wordless scream tore from Sanji's throat, the anguish of everything just all coming out now, and coming out all at once, leaving this primal cry of raw heartbroken pain. The scream kept coming from the blond as he rocked back to turn his tearful face skywards, as his fists clenched harder at Zeff's shirt it held, turning his knuckles white.

Zoro paused to look at Sanji as he screamed out now, but had to turn away again. He wanted to help, he wanted to comfort the man, but he was busy fighting off the bastards that were trying to take this opportunity to get at Sanji. With Franky, Zoro kept on fighting as his heart broke for the blonde. This was all he could do for the man now.

Ace tried again pulling Sanji to him, and this time the blonde let go of Zeff, and clung to him crying hard. Ace wrapped his arms around the blonde, and just let him cry. Ace would have gladly told Sanji it would be ok, but that would have been a lie. The blonde had just lost someone very dear to him, and nothing would ever be able to make that ok. Ace did the only thing he could, and just held the blonde. He probably should have been fighting along side with Zoro, and Franky, but he just could not stomach to leave Sanji so alone, and in so much pain. He needed to get the cook out of here.

"Baby I'm so sorry…" game a ruff grunting voice near by Sanji.

Sanji froze for a moment before pulling a little away from Ace to look back. This time his eyes looked past Zeff to Gin, and he was alive!

"Gin?" Sanji questioned, and he watched Gin's head roll to the side to look at him. At once Sanji fully pulled away from Ace to scramble over to Gin's side. "Gin!" he then cried out louder.

Gin looked up at the blonde now with pain written all over his face, but not from the hole in his chest that went all the way through him, but the pain in his heart. Tears escaped his dark eyes as the blonde came closer to him, and he forced a trembling hand to reach up to cup one of Sanji's pale wet cheeks, as the blonde sat on his legs next to him.

"I'm so sorry baby. Even when I try to do right by you I fail." Gin then whispered out.

Sanji grabbed the hand that touched his cheek, and held tightly to it, but could not find words to say to Gin as he looked down at the man bleeding out on the ground.

"I do love you Sanji, I do. Please believe me. I'm so sorry for hurting you, for doing this all to you. I'm so sorry." Gin cried letting the tears go on falling down his cheeks shamelessly not crying who saw him cry. He had destroyed the one thing he loved so fully in this world. He would never be able to give back everything he had taken from Sanji.

The blonde kept staring into those dark shining tear filled eyes, and he replayed what he had seen. Gin had dropped his gun, and shielded Zeff. Gin had meant to take Zeff's death for him… because … Sanji gasped as it really hit him now. Gin really did truly love him!

Sanji stared down in wonderment at Gin. At this person who loved him! And who was fucking bleeding out everywhere, and was going to die if he did not get some damn help soon! Sanji pulled his hands away from Gin's and at once removed his own suit jacket, and bundled it up as if it were cheep gauze and he then placed it down on the man's chest over the hole to try and put pressure on the wound, to get it to stop bleeding so much.

Sanji looked up to Ace with frantic eyes. "Save him! Please save him! Get him to Chopper!"

Ace narrowed his eyes, and looked to Gin. He rather just let the son of a bitch die. Ace just knew it was because of Gin Sanji was so addicted to drugs, almost died a few times from them, and why the blonde's life was so fucked up was because of Gin, even why Sanji had been a slave, plus Gin being one of the reasons Zeff was dead, yet Sanji still wanted to help this bastard?

"Ace please, get him to Chopper!" Sanji begged pressing down his jacket to Gin's chest.

The fire shooter cursed under his breath, and moved over to the pair, as he bent down he looked to Sanji. "I'm only doing this for you know that, if it was up to me he would be left to bleed out here!" He then picked the man up putting him over his shoulder, and Sanji got up, and helped make adjustments that would be needed for Ace to run to the van.

The medical experts Chopper and Kaya had put the middle row of seats down to make a flat surfaces so they had a place to work within the bullet proof van. Having it all on stand by for any of their people that got injured to badly to fight, as they always did for situations like this.

On top of the van, laying on his stomach was Usopp with his sniper riffle out, taking shots, picking off men one by one, making the numbers dwindle down.

For further defense Nami was by the van doors with her 'shock pole' a specially designed weapon by Usopp, which acted like a taser, but more powerful. Nami was not a fighter, she was more brains, but at times like these everyone helped out. If any person snuck by Brook who was to be stationed near by the van at all times, Nami would use the long pole like arm to jab it at the person, and send a major electric shock to them making them go down for at lest enough time it took for Usopp's attention to be drawn, and get the sniper to finish them off.

Johnny and Yosaku were more in the middle of things with their swords drawn, and keeping an eye on each others back as they just worked better together rather then apart. While Robin was there as well in the middle of the fight, but bare handed. She was a martial arts expert in joint locking techniques thus used mainly only her hands for combat.

As Sanji had then just got Gin settled on Ace another problem arose.

"That's fine you can go on and take that one. I really don't care, but don't think I would let my gifts to my sweet Crocie get away so easily! Bellamy get the old fart, and take him to the car!" Doflamingo yelled out.

Ace moved to put Gin down, but Sanji stopped him, laying his hands on Ace's arms to get him to stop from bending down. "Get him to Chopper!" Sanji again pleaded.

"Sanji…" Ace looked at the blonde as if he was crazy. "I'm not leaving you here alone to deal with them!"

"It's ok Ace, I got his back!" Luffy said suddenly having popped up out of nowhere.

Ace looked at his brother with a frown.

Luffy cracked his knuckles, one hand at a time, his eyes locked on Doflamingo. "Go Ace, I said I got it." It was clear it was an order. Luffy didn't pull rank on his brother very often if ever, but it seemed he was doing so now.

Luffy then called out. "Franky … get Zeff and take him to the van. Zoro go with them, and make the path clear for them!"

Franky at once followed out the order scooping the dead man up into his large arms, and trusted in Zoro to keep his end of things up. So the trio then went, even with Ace being reluctant, through the war zone being followed by Bellamy, and some others that were intent on getting Zeff.

Luffy stood by Sanji's side as both men faced off with Doflamingo.

Doflamingo smirked, "You really think that is going to stop me? I always get what I want." His eyes and posture seemed to shift more to Sanji now, the smile on his face grew, "Isn't that right? I got what I wanted last night huh?"

Sanji bristled, and a panic rolled over him. Please, oh please, he preyed, don't let him tell!

"Oh look at your face. That is just wonderful." Doflamingo let his tongue roll over his lips, as if he was about to enjoy a really fine meal.

Luffy frowned not understanding what the man meant about last night. Chopper had only told him about Doflamingo knowing about the gang, and that was rather clear now, so Luffy didn't get what had Sanji so spooked.

"With that look on your face I think you want to do it again, right here and now for every one to see what a dirty whor-…" was all Doflamingo could get out.

Sanji lost his cool, and rushed at the man with a powerhouse kick move, that was easily deflected by Doflamingo.

Luffy when he had seen Sanji lash out hot headedly, went to try and help but it was too late, and he was forced to stop in his tracks as Doflamingo now held the blonde around the chest to himself with a gun to the temple of his head.

"Now, now don't make me waste such a pretty gift. It would be such a shame for such a pretty face to get splattered all to hell." Doflamingo laughed. He knew Sanji so well, and with hardly any work whatsoever had managed to push the blonde's buttons just the right way to make him lash out, thus once again getting the foolish blonde to fall right into his hands, doing what he wanted, only to yet again trap him. Sanji might be a smart young treat, but Doflamingo could not help, but think Sanji had a ways to go before he could ever match him in any way. After all, Doflamingo was a master at controlling people, them knowing it or not.

Luffy narrowed his eyes at the man. "Let Sanji go, and I promise to only kick your ass a little bit!" he offered, opening negotiations.

Doflamingo laughed at the idiot spouting out nonsense to him. He had no intention of killing Sanji, but let them both think that, it helped for controlling them to his will. A wicked grin then came to his face, and he rubbed himself against the back of Sanji's ass, and whispered in the blonde's ear. "Should I tell him? Should I tell him how much you enjoyed yourself last night with me, and all the other boys ... over, and over again?"

At the feel of man grinding to him, Sanji froze up, the horrors of last night playing in his mind, but now mixed, and caught between the sound of the very gun pressed to his head, that had fired a few minutes ago ending his reason for everything. The shot that had went through Gin, and had killed Zeff. Doflamingo just kept on robbing Sanji of everything he had. Thing was though, now the joke was on Doflamingo, cause Sanji didn't have anything else to lose at this moment. The blonde was just too raw with pain, and anger to even care if his life was taken next.

Sanji jerked back his head slamming it into Doflamingo's face, busting the man's nose all to hell, as blood then squirted free from the damage done.

Luffy was quick to act, rushing up, grabbing Doflamingo's one arm that held the gun, and pushing it skywards as he brought a knee up, and rocketed it into Doflamingo's ribcage.

Grunting Doflamingo let go of Sanji, and with this free hand punched Luffy in the throat making the man stumble back grabbing at his own throat. Doflamingo wasted no more time to put these wet behind the ear pups in their place, as he then brought down his gun hand, and pistol wiped Sanji in the face.

Sanji didn't go down however as he felt his cheek bone fracture, he managed to stay on his feet, and as Doflamingo brought back his gun hand most likely for another hit, Sanji raised his leg in a swift kick knocking the gun out from Doflamingo's hand, and sent it flying.

The next thing Sanji knew then, he was being thrown head first into the ground somehow, and he was seeing stars after his head cracked onto the ground … and hearing many sirens? Maybe his head had hit the ground a little too hard?

Luffy recovered now, plowed into Doflamingo, knocking the man off his feet, keeping him from having gotten on top of Sanji's back, like he had seemed to have been planning. Luffy now sitting on top of Doflamingo's chest, as he held the man down to the ground, started to repeatedly hit the monarch in the face. With each hit, he made it very clear that the words he now said would get pound into the man's hand, "Sanji…" punch "…is not …" punch "… yours …" punch "…anymore!" punch.

Doflamingo retaliated by rolling over as his hands came up to grip at that arm hitting him, and shoved it upwards, dislocating it, popping it from the socket. As Luffy cried out in pain, Doflamingo loomed over his face, and with the blood building up in his own mouth due to the many powerful hits he had taken, spat it out in Luffy's face, as he mocked the other gang leader. "That slut will always be mine…" but that was all he got out.

Luffy had now twisted his body in a near inhumanly way so that his legs came up, and over top of Doflamingo's shoulders, and Luffy's bare heels then smashed into the man's face knocking Doflamingo back, and off him. "Sanji is not yours! Not now, not ever again!" he yelled out.

Sanji was finally just getting up, and on one knee a bit dizzy as he heard what Luffy said, and had to force back the tears. It was so kind of Luffy to keep on like this, but the truth was it really didn't matter anymore. Sanji didn't have a home to go back to, when Zeff had died that had been it for him, there was nothing left. Well maybe, there was Gin. Gin did love him after all, but he had to be honest with himself. The reason he had not been able to say anything back to Gin, was because he didn't love him. He was grateful to the man for what he had tried to do, but the love to give the man in return was just not there. How could he take someone's love, and not return it with his own? The answer was he could not, that would make him even lower then dirt.

Cop cars were now swarming over the area, and if people had thought this place was chaos before, they would have a new definition of the word now.

Luffy on his feet again, wiping the blood from his face as he came running to Sanji, only to pull him to his feet the rest of the way with his one good arm. "Time to go!" he urged, and with his good still working arm pulled Sanji along through that chaos. The van was gone, but that was a given, as well everyone was scattered at the moment. They would have to regroup later, for now the important thing was to survive, and keep the cops from catching them.

Sanji ran however which way Luffy desired to pull him, willing to follow the man, yet at the same time would have just been content to stand in one spot, and let whoever else take him as well. It just didn't matter anymore.

Luffy frowned while pulling Sanji along, as they ran past warehouses. This was bad, there were cops all over the place. It was worse then a damn raid, then again that had been a pretty big fight, and on land which was a big no, no.

The leader kept trying, weaving himself and his cook, be it Sanji knew he was or not, between the warehouses trying to find a way to sneak across the street, but the police cars were just blocking all the paths. There was only one thing he could do now. Luffy paused at one of the doors of the warehouse, and let go of Sanji so he could cheek the door, but found it locked. He thought real hard about this. What had Nami said about ways on how to get a door open when locked? He could hear cops over loud speakers demanding others to give up, and more gun shots from cops shooting down other runners. Ahhhh thinking was hard!

Luffy kicked in the door with a foot pulled Sanji inside with himself. Carefully as he could he then, with one arm, did the best patch job he could on fixing the door, and closing it. In his eyes having done a fine job, Franky however would have been horrified.

Luffy looked around in the dark warehouse, bits of light coming in from the high windows from the second floor that was not there. The place as well was filled with all kinds of things. Many boxes, cars, beds, freaky statues, and whatever the hell that metal thing over there was. Luffy chose to lead Sanji to one of the beds behind some boxes so they would be able to see the doors if anyone came in, yet still be hidden. It was a very smart plan for him.

Sanji numbly sat down on the bed, and stared at nothing, just feeling hallow inside. The only thing he felt keeping him at all in this world right now, and not going fully blank was the pain in his head from were it had hit the ground, and the pain in his cheek where he had, had the gun crash down on it. It was already swelling and badly bruising up. Then something else was giving him reason to focus.

Luffy had been asking if Sanji was ok now for at lest five minutes, but was not getting any reply. Finally he poked the bruise on Sanji's face making the blonde cringe, and pull back from the probing finger.

"Owe what the hell!" complained Sanji.

Luffy smiled big at finally getting a reaction out of Sanji. "Does it hurt?" he then asked.

The blonde frowned. "No it felt good." then had to smack Luffy's hand away, as the guy tried to poke it again. "I was being sarcastic! It hurts ok!"

Luffy blinked, "The pain will go away after awhile. It won't hurt so much in time Sanji."

Sanji stiffened, not so sure if they were talking about his cheek now or not.

"I'm sorry about Zeff. I should have done something more to help." Luffy then bowed his head in apology.

Sanji frowned staring at the man. "Shut up. You have nothing to be sorry for, it's my own fault. I'm the only one to blame!" If it was not for him Zeff would most likely be in some fancy house, having been made king of the arena long ago, with a mass of followers. If Sanji had just died on that shitty boat with his mother … Sanji had to gulp down a breath of air, and shut his eyes tightly at the thought of it all. "It's all my fault." He then whispered out.

Luffy raised his head and looked at Sanji with a frown. "You didn't fire the gun that killed him Sanji…" With his good arm then he went to try, and hug the blonde as Sanji started to shed tears again through his closed eyes.

At the feel of the man's touch, his eyes sprang open, and he shoved Luffy away, "You just don't get it I killed hi-…" he paused in his anger at seeing Luffy fall back on the bed, and wince in pain, Luffy's good hand reaching over to hold his dislocated shoulder. "You're hurt …" Sanji then whispered out, and knew it was cause of him that Luffy was suffering, because Luffy had been fighting for him, to help him.

"Here let me see…" Sanji's voice soften now, as he bent over the younger man, his skillful hands running over Luffy's shoulder under the blue vest he wore. Sanji's fingers feeling along the smooth skin that was over top of the strong muscles, and joints. "It's dislocated …" he then informed. Sanji having had been hurt enough in the past to know about these things, and even enough so as well to do something about it. "I'm going to pop it back in … it's going to hurt." he warned. "You ready?" he questioned looking down at Luffy's face that showed utter trust to him just like the first day they had met, yet only know did he understand this look from Luffy. It made it hard to keep looking at the man right now, so he turned his head away after Luffy nodded.

Sanji pushed the arm back, and Luffy fought not to cry out in the pain of it, but Sanji had not got it right, and had to give it one more go. This time a few tears escaped Luffy's scrunched up eyes as he gritted his teeth in the pain. Yet after it was over Luffy felt a tremendous amount of pain lifted from him, and he breathed out a sigh of relief. It would still need care, but no longer felt like it was going to fall off at every movement.

"Ah that feels better… thank you Sanji." Luffy now smiled up at the blonde.

Sanji blinked, and looked down at Luffy. He reached to the man's face using a thumb to brush away the few tears on Luffy's cheek. Those words and that smile now being given to him, it made Sanji feel, it gave him something. He could not put his finger on what right now, but it made him not want to die.

"Luffy … why did you kiss me that first day we met?" Sanji found himself questioning out loud.

A hint of a blush came to Luffy's cheeks as he looked up at the blonde. As embarrassing a topic as it might be for some, Luffy answered, "Huh well heh ... you kinda reminded me of someone. He had saved my life too." Luffy laughed.

After hearing that, slowly Sanji leaned down, and let his lips press to Luffy's, kissing him softly. Maybe, maybe if he gave himself to Luffy right here, and now he could feel more. He wanted to feel, even if it was only pain, but with this act he knew he could feel good. What did it matter after all, he was just a dirty slut anyways. Just dirt.

The blonde's tongue then pushed its way into the younger boy's mouth, kissing at him more urgently, needing to find those feelings any feelings, just fucking something!

Luffy then with his good arm pushed Sanji back, and looked at the blonde with worry. "Sanji … what are you doing?"

Sanji looked down at the man, and could not answer, just stare wide eyed at him, and the questioned posed to him.

"Sanji my brother Ace, and one of my best friends Zoro really like you a lot. I like you too, but as a friend, not like they do." Luffy said softly, not wanting to hurt the blonde's feelings, but explain to him why this needed to stop. If Luffy was honest with himself however maybe he did have a bit of a crush on Sanji, but with already Ace and Zoro liking Sanji so much, he would never, ever get in their way, and cause problems.

Feeling utterly embarrassed at the rejection Sanji pushed up, and looked away feeling a knot in his stomach. Maybe he was just to dirty for someone like Luffy to touch? Oh god what if he had become to dirty for anyone to touch … oh fuck why could it not have been him that had been shot in the fucking head, and dead right now!

Luffy sat up, and put a hand to his Sanji's shoulder. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…" he stopped, and frowned. "Sanji you know, you don't have to do things like that for people to like you."

Sanji gasped at those words, those words just like Zoro had said to him. Tears leaked to his cheeks as he stared into the darkness of the room. He shook his head. Why was he thinking of that moss-top right now? Like Zoro would really want him if he knew how dirty he was.

"You should not treat yourself like dirt Sanji, you're really amazing." Luffy tried.

Sanji shivered as he remembered Zoro telling him he was not dirt … Ace telling him he was amazing.

"Sanji I know some bad things have happened, but in time some good things can happen too." Luffy let his hand rub to Sanji's shoulder.

Sanji shut his eyes, and shook his head. "Then only good thing that can happen to me now is to die." he said out loud finally, and felt Luffy's touch remove from his shoulder. Suddenly then a hand smacked across his face, and Sanji opened his eyes blinking in shock, as he now looked up to Luffy who was standing before him, his hand still drawn back from the smack he had just delivered.

"Don't you ever say that again! Your life is precious, and Zeff thought so too, else why would he have worked so hard to keep it all those years? Why would he sacrifice himself for you? Don't you dare make his struggles worthless, and be for nothing. He might have had other dreams to do things, but in the end you were the dream he died for. You still can make his dream come true Sanji just by living! Don't let that last dream of his be lost." Luffy angrily glared down at the blonde.

Sanji was utterly shocked all the more now, but gave pause to think over what Luffy was saying. Yet to live, to live now, it just seemed like such a hard thing to do. "I ... I don't have anywhere to go…" he tried for an excuse.

A smile slowly came to Luffy's face, always so quick to forgive, "You will come stay with us of course."

Sanji blinked, and opened his mouth then closed it, and looked down taking a few moments before trying to speak again. "To belong to you, to another gang, and be used?"

Luffy squatted down, and reached out with his good arm so his hand could lift Sanji's chin up, and they could both look each other in the eye. "No Sanji. You're your own person. You only belong to yourself like anyone else. I just want you with us all cause your fun to be around, and you are a nice person, plus I need a cook, and you're a good cook right?"

"Tch I'm only the best." Sanji could not help but reply, his pride getting the better of him.

Luffy smiled big "Yosh! Then you will be my cook!" Luffy laid a hand to Sanji's arm and stood up, pulling Sanji to his feet as well. "Come on I think the close may be clear now. I don't hear so many sirens." He then turned to pull Sanji to the door, but was stopped.

Sanji tugged Luffy back. "Luffy?" he questioned, and waited for the man to turn around, and look at him again. Sanji then smiled weakly, but smiled all the same. "Thank you. Thank you for keeping your promise" Yet his smile then grew strong as Luffy smiled back at him. It would be hard, but nothing in this world was ever easy. He would live … he would live for Zeff ... he would be Zeff's legs, and do what that man could no longer do … and he would live, and maybe with friends like Luffy not be so alone anymore.

A/N's: Again I just want to thank all you that have supported me in my writing. I had a bit of a tough weekend, and felt a little lost, but after talking to some great friends on here, and re-reading all the reviews, I have ever gotten, on all my works, I was feeling pretty damn good.

It's funny, I had to do a little bit of back reading on the first chapter I did for this story, (as I'm sure you all might have notice some of those lines there at the end, was a repeat of some of the things Luffy and Sanji first said to each other), hehe, but yeah I was looking over this chapter, and could see mistakes I made, and the fact that I could point them out, I could not help but feel like maybe over the course of this story I had grown a little bit as a better writer. I hope that's true, as I would love to give you guys better quality work, yet have it come from myself. As someone put it *coughs* Ringo-chwan *coughs* I don't want the Lolly-ness to go out of my stories. Hopefully you all want the same as I.

Next Chapter – Well guys this is it. Next chapter is this last chapter to this story. *wipes a tear from her eye* I always get so emotional over these things. I guess now it comes down to the final question …Who will Sanji pick Ace or Zoro?

Reviewer Replies:

tazx x x - Yup Gin finally redeemed himself a little, or at lest tried to. Awe! I wuv you too hon! ^.^

crystalbluefox - *gigglesnorts* As they say darling payback is a bitch =P *sniffles* Awe that's so sweet! I think … So am I like your drug now? Like how Ace was for Sanji? *wink wink* LOL! I'm so twisted I'm sorry hehehe! Yay I hope I can forever keep you entertained! I also got plans to try, and check out another of your story tonight too! Hopefully if people here at my place leave me alone I will be able to lol.

AnimeFan - Awe so sweet! *blows kisses* Thank you so much, and if you ever try making some stories I will so come by to drop support for you!

vivaciousRingo - LMAO! Oh Ringo-chwan you make me dream big, but I don't think I can get 100 reviews for this story lol. *blushes* Awe you, and your sweet candy words. *gigglesnorts* Yeah I giggled too when I had Chopper say the F-word. xD Yay! I'm so happy you liked the bit about Franky! Cause the next story in "Lovers A to Z" will have more Franky in it! Franky is SUPPHA! And since I could not have him be all cybrog for this story (not that there wont be such things) but I had to tone him down on the power so I left him with just his killer strength since he looks like he could do all that shit anyways, like breaking chains and stuff xD As you saw in this chapter everyone in the gang has their own talents. Which might be seen more next story as well!

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Barablu - Hehe well if I can't make you cry with one of my stories maybe I can make you puke? xD Sadly yes Zeff died T.T and Gin lived! Humm with Gin still in the picture I wonder what that will mean o.o! Guess we will need to wait till next chapter to find out tee hee! I ish such a tease lol. Just remember there is always a plot reason for what I do. Be it deaths or sex or all the shit in-between. ^.^