Kiza: Hello everyone, i am so sorry for the late update and short chapter, i just started collage so I've been busy, so please enjoy and please reivew

"LET HIM GO!" Sanji suddenly screams with anger as he watches James pick up the boy, Alex, by his hair and throw him onto the ground. It was either early in the morning or late at night. But either way they had come into the holding cells and where now beating the boy. And all he could do was watch and yell for them to stop. But of course they would only punch him if he tried to protest. He could only imagine why they were hurting him, then again, every day he spent on this ship he would see how sick and twisted. More so than pirates then he sees James pull out a gun and point it at the boy seeing that he gets a shocked look. "DON'T YOU DARE! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Sanji yells, James then looks up at the blond and smirks.

"Are you willing to take this boy's punishment?" he asks, Sanji then nods.

"Of course! Just leave him alone! Do what you wish with me, but do not harm him anymore!" James then grabs Alex and throws him back into his cell, he then walks over to Sanji's cell, opens it, and drags him out. "You're really going to regret this."

000

Gasping, Zoro sits up and looks around. It was slightly dark outside, but the sun was starting to come up. He didn't know why he woke up spooked as much as he was. But he knew it wasn't normal, he had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach and he knew it had something to do with Sanji. Running his hand through his hair, he gets up, showers, dresses, brushes his teeth and heads out to the deck.

By this time, he knew that Sanji would be up preparing breakfast for the crew. But that wasn't the case, not for a while now. And that irked him to no end, he didn't understand why Law was having them wait, looking over the railing he looks down at the water below. The ocean was oddly calm seeing they were out in world. But then again the Grand Line was an unpredictable place after all. Sighing he runs his hand through his hair and rubs the back of his neck, but stops feeling a chain.

Ah, that's right. Sanji had gotten him a silver chain with a tiger as a pendent and it held a sword in between its teeth. He had sworn that the blond knew just about everything about him. He even knew exactly what he liked and that scared him a little. But in a sense it was cute to him too. He couldn't believe that he had even thought of accusing the blond he had fallen for to be a cheating kind of guy. But, at the time he was slightly nervous about the blond leaving him. Because in all honesty, Zoro never really did pay much attention to him even after Sanji had told him that he loved him. So in a way, Sanji hating him for as long as he had was his own fault.

But he wasn't going to make the same mistake again, no way, never again. Turning around he sees Robin walk up and stand next to him. At least it was her and not the sea-witch. He was in no mood to deal with the navigator.

"You're worried." He nods. "I can understand. You love him, and you did just get him back only to lose him." Zoro then glares at her. "But don't worry. Everything will be alright. We will get him back. We did so two years ago."

"What if we don't?" he asks suddenly, he didn't even know where that question came from, but he couldn't help it. This man seemed stronger than the whole crew put together. "What if this time, we don't make it in time? What if this time, they kill him, put his head on a stick and show it to the world?" Zoro asks as he grip's the railing tightly, he couldn't help but feel, anger and nervousness bubble up in his stomach. Robin couldn't help but frown, why was the swordsman suddenly thinking the way he was. He wasn't known for thinking that way, nor ever doubting that they could save one of their own. Especially Sanji.

"Zoro," she calls using the male's name to get a full attention. "Zoro, we will save him. We won't let him be killed. Why are you thinking like that?" She asks, the said swordsman sighs as he runs his hand through his hair out of frustration and shrugs. He, in all honesty didn't know why he was saying what he was saying, all his training with Mihawk just seemed to have gone to waste if he couldn't even stop this marine who was a swordsman too. He felt frustrated that he couldn't even help the blond as much as he would like. "If Law's plan works, we should be able to fight him." Robin points out, Zoro nods.

That was true, if Law's plan of blocking out sound to prevent James from using that sword worked, then they would stand a chance. But this was just a theory, not a fact, so all they could do now was head to the island James was taking their chef and hopefully bring him home safe and sound.

"Robin, Zoro." Turning around they see Nami with a concerned look on her face, causing the older crew members to look at her with worry.

"What is it?" Zoro asks walking up the said navigator holds out a newspaper to him, reaching out he grabs it.

"Page two." She states, nodding the first mate opens up the newspaper and gets a shocked look seeing page two. "Impel down…how in the hell are we going to get back to impel down!? Zoro, Robin there is no way we can't save him!" hearing that Zoro growls at her.

"How can you say that!? Damn it sea witch there has to be a way to get back to Impel down!"

"Zoro we can't turn around here on the grand line and head back the way we came! It's impossible! We might as well just give up."

"NO WAY!" Luffy's sudden scream causes the three pirates to jump and startle, looking over they see him walking out from below deck with Law following him, the poor guy looked like he was forced out of bed by their said captain. "THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE LEAVING SANJI TO THOSE MURDERS!" Luffy screams with anger, that itself causes the rest of the crew to come rushing out to see why their captain was yelling. Zoro sighs as he rubs the back of his neck and noticed how Law had flinched at the loudness of his voice.

"Luffy! For once think logically here! There is no way we can turn back and head to Impel down!" Nami scolds, she could see the look of nothing but pure anger in his eyes. "Luffy, we can't turn back. It's impossible."

"Keep thinking that." Zoro then looks at the sleepy Law who was rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He really did feel sorry for the older male. "There is one way, but in order for them to turn back…they need to come back our way. And that also means, the island we just left…I happen to have an eternal pose so we can head back to that island and wait for them there, and strike." Law explains, he then covers his mouth as he yawns. He really wanted to go back to bed, but no, Luffy just had to get up and drag him out of bed with him to find out why Roronoa and Nami where fighting. Suddenly his shoulders where being gripped tightly, looking up he is met with Zoro's glare.

"You better be telling the truth Law." The doctor nods as he then pushes the taller male away from him.

"I am. Not to worry. Go wake up your shipwright and have him turn this ship around." Law explains as he tugs his hand that was being tightly held by Luffy's, urging him to head back to bed, but Luffy doesn't move, causing the older to sigh. "What Luffy?"

"Why can't we just have Nami do it?" Luffy asks, Law then frowns as he then shakes his head.

"After what we heard you still trust her to actually turn the ship around?" he asks, hearing that Nami walks up to him growling. He then glares at her, but says nothing as he walks past her. "I'll do it then." With that he walks away below deck, sighing Luffy looks between Zoro and Nami.

"What's gotten into you two lately? It's like you two can't stop fighting." Luffy asks, Zoro then glares at the navigator who glares right back at him. The two were acting like a pair of dogs that didn't want to share a single damn thing, Zoro sighs. "Is it because you're worried about Sanji?" Luffy asks, hearing that Zoro looks away. "If that's the case, then why fight!? You two sh-"

"No, oh no. Unlike her, I'm not gonna give up just because she believes we can't do something! Just because she's too scared to do a damn thing!" Zoro cuts in, Luffy sighs as he merely stairs at him. "I…I almost lost him the day of the storm two years or so ago…I almost lost him again the first time the marines took him…and I'm not about to lose him now just because of someone who is too chicken shit to go and save him!" Zoro explains with anger, he didn't understand how she could still be so scared to do something that she was willing not to go after one of their own!

"You act as if it would be so easy to fight against that marine! If you don't remember what happened to Ace the-"

"ACE WAS A DIFFERENT STORY THAN SANJI!" Luffy suddenly yells, causing Zoro and Nami to flinch, suddenly Zoro looks up and sees the rest of the crew including Law where now on the deck and watching the argument progress. "Don't you dare say anything about my big brother! HE DIED WITH NO REGREST AND DIED SAVING MY LIFE!" Luffy explains, fist shaking at his sides, the brim of his hat covered his eyes, but one didn't need to see his face in order to tell how angry he was. It was somewhat of an unspoken rule, that no one was to mention Ace or his death in front of Luffy, he was still easily angered by it, and the emotional wounds were still fresh. Quite frankly Zoro was surprised Nami would even bring it up, of course she must have done it without thinking, but still seeing his captain become as angry as he was did piss him off a little.

"Calm down stra-"

"No! I won't let anything like that happen again! It was already bad enough that Ace was killed right in front of me and I couldn't do a damn thing! I don't want the same thing happening to Sanji!" Luffy cuts Law off with a harsh tone, causing the male to flinch slightly, of course Luffy didn't notice, but Zoro sure as hell noticed how the male flinched at the other captain's tone.

"And we won't Luffy…" Law says in a low tone, catching the younger teen's attention, Luffy then turns to look at Law. "You have my word, I'll do my best to help you save your chef. But you have to stay calm because if you're not…it won't help anyone. It will only put him in more danger than he is already in. if we can cut the ship off on its way back towards us, then we can get him."

"I just hope they haven't damaged his leg any more than it is." Chopper states, Zoro then frowns. That's right, he had forgotten that his leg wasn't getting any better, he had forgotten that he couldn't defend himself. Growling he shakes his head, he had to calm down, because if he didn't, the moment he would see that marine ship, he would go on a rampage and ruin whatever they had planned. Looking up Law was holding his hand out, in the palm of his hand, where ear plugs small enough to put in the ear and not noticeable.

"We will use these. That way James's sword won't affect us. But I can't say whether or not we will find him alive…knowing the marines….they might kill him on the boat once he sees us there." hearing that, Zoro gets a worried look, along with the rest of the crew. Law then frowns and looks away. He didn't want to say it, but it had to be said because it was the truth. "I apologize…I shouldn't have said th-"he was cut off by Zoro placing his hand on the older male's shoulder, Law then looks up at him.

"No. your right. That's why we have to get going now, so that doesn't happen." Law then nods as Zoro then looks at Nami. "Get your act together. Or you'll just get in the way."

000

Sweat, tears and blood mixed together on the ground, Sanji was panting trying to catch his breath. What Kaiser and his men did…was the last straw, not even pirates went as far as to do…THAT. This had truly become hell, this was it, if the others found him like this, (Which he doubted they would seeing they couldn't even get close to him) he knew what they would do, they girls would see him as nothing, Franky, brook, and Usopp would probably lose all respect for him and or they wouldn't even acknowledge him, Chopper would worry, he would care. Luffy, he would kick him off of the crew seeing him unworthy and easily beaten. And finally, Zoro…oh Zoro he wouldn't even look at him, he would see him as weak, dirty, a cheater, a useless replicable chef that isn't worth the time of being in love with. He could feel fresh tears of anger, frustration and sadness stream down his face as he laid on the cold ground of the holding cells.

He holds back a sob as he hears the cell doors open, suddenly he was roughly pulled up by his hair and he whimpers. He opens his visible eye and is met with the sight of Kaiser, who had a sick grin on his face. He couldn't help but flinch as the man lifts his hand and as if to mock him, he gently pats his cheek.

"Now, after all of this, who would love you? Who would you run to?" the marine asks, Sanji then gets a shocked look and then looks away. Kaiser laughs. "Who do you belong to?" he asks, Sanji knew very well what would happen if he didn't answer.

"I…Y-you…I belong…to you…Vice admiral James…"