The first scene is from the manga but edited to fit the fic... the rest however is back to being entirely my own ideas and thoughts.

Law sighed to himself as he and the Straw Hats sat on the deck of Bartolommeo's ship.

"Hey, Luffy!" Zoro called to his captain. "It looks like our bounties went up again..."

Luffy's face lit up, "Eeeh! Really?!"

"Huh! Did you not know?" Bartolommeo asked, a bit to happily. "Then make your way to my room, I've got the wanted posters!" He walked over to Law and added, "Hey, Trafalgar! I threw yours away but you're now worth 5 hundred million..."

"Yeah, yeah, thanks... Like I give a damn about the numbers..." Law said halfheartedly. His mind had been somewhere else every sense they left Dressrosa. He got away... he thought relieved. But to end up being chased by one of the Emperor... I hope they were able to make it to Zou safely... he did promise he wouldn't do anything stupid... Hey Corazon...? He's safe, right? Did I make the right decision telling him and the others to go on ahead?

"Come on, Tra-guy!" Luffy said grabbing him by the arm and running towards Bartolommeo's room.

"STRAW HAT!" He hollered, preferring to stay on the deck.

"Alright, feel free to take a look!"

"They're framed!"

"I've also got your autographs right here!"

The entire back wall had the Straw Hats wanted posters in a golden frame. To the left of the posters in an oval frame was the pieces of paper with the current five Straw Hats names on them.

While the Straw Hats disgusted their new bounties Law couldn't help but notice one of the posters in particular... Sanji's... Bartolommeo apparently noticed it too.

"Besides those who weren't involved in the Dressrosa incident... everyone's had there bounties raised by fifty million! Us included! But take a look at this..." he said pointing at Sanji's poster. "For some readon, only Black Leg... Sanji-sempai's poster is a little strange... Not only did it go up by one hundred million..."

"Huh...? Wanted only alive...?" The Straw Hats said in shock.

Law's expression grew dark as his eyes narrowed. Why...? He had a bad feeling about this and it made him even more anxious to get to Zou.

"Yohoho! Everyone come see!" Brook said happily as he came into the room.

"What is it Brook?" Nami asked as she, Sanji, and Chopper walked over to see what Brook had in his hand.

"Our bounties went up!" He said holding out the new wanted posters.

"Really!" Chopper said excitedly. "Let me see! Let me see!" His face lit up with impatience as Brook handed him his poster. "Whaaaaaaa?!" Chopper cried falling to the ground. "It only went up fifty berries...!"

"Aaah, their just underestimating you, Chopper," Sanji said placing a hand on the reindeer's head. "Where's mine!" He said impatiently, looking up at Brook.

Brook handed out each of their posters.

"Aaagh! They said they were taking this picture for the cover of a pirate magazine!" Nami said irritated.

"Uuh...N-Nami-San... I don't think they have pirate magazines...," Sanji said, taking his poster from Brook. He hated to be the one that broke the news to her. "Haha, they used your concert poster for yours."

"Indeed, yohoho."

Sanji looked at his one poster and his face lit up, "IT'S ME!"

"Uh, Sanji-kun... who else would it be?"

"No! It's me!" He said turning the poster around for her to see that the picture on it was no longer a lousy sketch but an actual photograph of him.

"That's great... But now we can't use you to go out and buy our disguises when we need them," Nami pointed out.

"Uh, Nami... isn't that a good thing? Remember last time Sanji picked out our disguises? He bought you and Vivi Dancer girls outfits when we were going into the desert and you should have been covered to keep from getting sunburnt..."

"But Nami-San and Vivi-Chan looked so beautiful in those outfits," he said with heart in his eyes.

"Hmmm... Sanji-kun... did you actually look at your whole poster?"

"Why? Is something wrong?" He asked looking at the poster again... His eyes went wide, "Whaaaaaaaaat?!"

Sanji stood out side in the forest of Zou. He was leaning against a tree with what might have been his hundredth cigarette with in the last three hours. Wanted, only alive... he read to himself for the millionth time. Why the hell did they change it? Why only mine? Why mine at all? ...Could it be them? Sanji, vigorously, shook his head, no, they don't want me... they don't care... They never did and never will... but if it's not them... then who and why?!

"Still staring at you poster?"

"Wanda-chan! ...Y-yeah... I just can figure out why the Marines would change it... It's bothersome."

"I'm sure," Wanda smile.

"You've been staring at Sanji's poster for awhile now..." Luffy said sneaking up behind Law. "I was right, wasn't I?" He said smiling his all to contagious smile. "You and Sanji are good friends aren't you?!"

"I guess you could say that..." Law finally admitted.

Some how, Luffy's already big smile got even wider, "Sanji's hard not to like, isn't he?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Law chuckled.

"I knew you two would get along," Luffy said before going to find Zoro.

Shortly after Luffy left, Robin came up and sat next to Law.

"That's worrying you isn't it?"

Law nodded.

"You know what could have made the Marines changed it, don't you?"

Law sighed, "... If I say yes will I be going again mine and Black Leg's agreement?"

"I don't need to know what the reason is and I think Sanji would rather you not lie to us."

"Maybe... But that would also mean that he wouldn't want me to lie about what it is... which would go against our agreement."

"That's true too... Maybe he's leaving it up to you to decide what is too much information or not."

"Possibly... I don't know what I'll do if anything happens to him..."

"Then I'll tell you what we will do. We'll go save him. And after we do, we will protect him from the people that harmed him."

"Even if you knew what I know about him?"

"We don't care about his past. Sanji is Sanji... Nothing is ever going to change that."

"Try telling him that...," Law sighed looking down at the wanted poster in his hand.

Robin tilted her head, "does he not know that already?"

"If he does... he doesn't feel he deserves it..."