'So let's start with why someone wants you dead Sanji' Koshiro looked straight at him, his eyes now full of suspicion .

Sanji faltered not quite sure what to say, he wished he had thought faster because in his silence Luffy decided to answer.

'Probably because they wanted to kill me but didn't want to upset Garp, so they went for my cook'

Sanji wanted to smack the stupid teenager but was beaten to the punch, literally by Nami, Luffy looked petulant and stuck his lip out.

'Naaaami, that hurt, I just answered the question' the redhead sighed and sat back down next to the idiot.

They all sat waiting and watching Koshiro, wondering exactly how much he was going to work out.

'Who would want you dead then Luffy?' he looked round at the nervous faces 'I'm not going to tell anyone, I just want to know what's going on and why my son is here.'

The room was still tense with everyone not quite sure how much to say. Once again the silence was interrupted by the one person who probably shouldn't be allowed to talk.

'Well I've pissed off CP-9, the world government and a few of the larger gangs' Luffy scratched his head 'I think that's everyone' he looked at his friends 'Did I miss anyone?'

Sanji's jaw dropped, that fucking idiot, he caught his cigarette as it fell and put it back in his mouth. He knew Luffy hated lying he couldn't do it but he really just needed to learn to stop being so damn honest. The rest looked just as surprised at Luffy, they waited in silence for some kind of reaction from their guest.

The older man just nodded, who the hell just accepts that, Sanji couldn't hide the shock from his face.

He must have picked up on this when he started talking again.'Look I don't care what you guys have done' he gave a small smile 'I honestly thought I would never see him again but thanks to whatever trouble you're in, I now know he's alive and safe'

Sanji noticed a small tremor in his voice at the end, who could blame him, he had spent eight years not knowing where Zoro was and what had happened to him.

'Do you have any clue who took him?' it was Nami who asked.

'I have my suspicions but no proof' he saw the the older man sag a bit in the seat 'When the Marines found Kuina, they said she had been dead for two weeks. I have an ex-student who works in the morgue, he told me when he saw her she had only been dead a day, two at most' a flash of anger crossed his face but was gone just as quick 'the marines kicked all the staff out and used their own, they told me she was killed the day she was taken'

'Why would the marines want your children?' Sanji jumped, he hadn't heard Robin coming in.

Koshiro looked at Robin and he saw a quick flash of recognition cross his face, she was pretty well known in her own right.

'They had asked me repeatedly to let them join some unit they were creating, I told them no that neither had any interest in joining the Marines and that I wouldn't force them'

'So you think they just took them?' Franky asked coming in behind Robin.

So much for keeping secrets, Sanji wondered why they even bothered sometimes. He had to admit though that Robin was probably the best for this, she had a way of seeing things that the rest missed.

Koshiro nodded 'It wasn't that long after I rejected them for the last time that they were taken'

'So what do we do now?' Usopp looked uncomfortable, Sanji figured he was currently running through every dangerous scenario that could come out of this and how to avoid them.

'Zoro should stay here with us' Luffy looked at Koshiro 'He's our nakama, we'll make him remember where he belongs and when I find out who did this' Luffy's eyes were barely visible under his hat 'I'll make them pay'

'I'll trust you with him' Koshiro nodded and stood up 'I'm going to spend some more time with him before I leave'.

Sanji watched as he went down the stairs leaving the gang in the kitchen together.

Everyone sat in silence still not quite sure what to say or do, Sanji's mind was running through the options.

They couldn't keep Zoro tied up in the basement forever, he would eventually need the toilet for a start. Sanji really wanted to make him eat at some point and the idea of spoon feeding him wasn't making him feel great. On the other hand Zoro was now a brainwashed demon out to kill him, of course he would be considerably weaker without his swords, if he found the swords he would probably try to kill them all; he didn't want to risk the safety of his precious angels but something in his gut didn't feel right leaving him down there either. Maybe they could tie him up somewhere brighter, that might assuage some of the guilt.

'Any idea what we're going to do with Zoro-san? It doesn't seem right leaving him down there.' He looked at Brook surprised that the skeleton had been on the same train of thought as himself.

Franky had been looking thoughtful 'I have something SUPER I think might help little bro' without saying anything more he rushed off in the direction of his experiments.

'COOL I wanna see' Luffy ran off with the cyborg leaving the rest behind 'Does it have lasers?'

'I guess we'll work it out when they get back then' Nami pouted 'Let's just meet up when they're done, can we have lunch now Sanji?' she looked at him whilst fluttering her eyelashes.

'Yes my Nami-swan' he could almost swear his eyes went heart shaped and he ran off to make the most amazing lunch for his precious ladies and whilst he was at it he supposed he could make food for the rest of them too.

He would relax with his cooking and worry about the moss in the basement later.