Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of chapter last week, although that's technically not true, since I did actually put a new chapter up last week.

I'm not sure how many of you guys noticed, but I actually rewrote the first chapter of 'One Piece High School' and replaced the previous first chapter with the new one. I've also been working on rewriting the whole first part of that story and I'm up to I think Chapter 11 currently. So yeah, if you haven't already, hopefully you can go read the new chapter 1 of 'One Piece High School' and hopefully you'll like it.

Violet just stared in shock at Sanji's back for a second, before smiling. She stepped forward so that she was standing besides Sanji. "You really are a hopeless guy, aren't you? I can see now that you're one a kind, aren't you Sanji?"

Sanji's eyes turned to hearts. "You think I'm special? This is the happiest moment of my life!"

Violet giggled slightly, before turning to the two in front of them. "I guess it can't be helped then. It's basically the same situation as before, leave the woman to me and you can take the guy. Although before we do that… Are you two Moriah's subordinates?"

The round man grinned. "As a matter of fact we are. I'm Hogback and this is Cindry. I'm assuming it was you two who took out Absalom and Perona earlier?"

Violet smiled confidently. "It was. You see, your boss has something of mine that I want back."

Hogback looked between Sanji and Violet. "Which one? The boy or the girl?"

Sanji gritted his teeth. They really did have Nami then. He was about to lunge forward when Violet stuck her hand out in front of him. He gave her a questioning look, but she continued to stare down Hogback and Cindry. "Why have you taken Bellamy?"

Hogback snorted. "After that boy got his ass kicked by Ryuuma, he began running his mouth off about how 'Joker' was gonna make us pay for messing with him. Naturally, that pissed us off, so we figured we'd teach him a lesson."

Violet narrowed her eyes. What was Bellamy doing, just casually throwing around Joker's name like that? If Doflamingo found out, what he would do to Bellamy would probably be 100x worse than what these guys were planning on doing. Still, if they knew Bellamy was working for Joker, she had to free him before he told them anything about Doflamingo.

"And what about Nami?" Sanji demanded. "I swear if you shitty jerks have even laid one finger on her I'll beat the shit out of every last one of you!"

Hogback shook his head dismissively. "You don't need to worry about her kid, she's just leverage so that that worm Helmeppo will finally pay up. He probably needs to hurry though, the boss gave him 'til two, and it's half one now."

Sanji glared at him. "What are you talking about? Helmeppo's debt has nothing to do with Nami, leave her out of this!"

Hogback shrugged. "That's true, but if this is the quickest way to get the money, then that's what we're going to do."

"And what happens if you don't get the money by two?"

"We'll have to up the stakes," Hogback coolly replied. "Maybe the sounds of her screams will hurry Helmeppo up…"

Sanji clenched his fists, a vein popping on his forehead. Violet looked sympathetically at him. "He really does care about Nami, a lot. I've never met a guy like this before…"

Suddenly, Cindry, who had been totally silent, lunged forward, Violet bracing herself. She blocked Cindry's attack, Hogback taking the opportunity to try and take her 2-on-1 before Sanji stepped between the two women and him. He easily sent Hogback tumbling backwards with a kick. Before Hogback could pick himself up, Sanji kicked on the back, knocking him to the ground again. Surprised by how weak the round man was, Sanji finished him off with one final kick. He turned around to see, like before, that Violet had finished off Cindry at this point.

"Wow," Sanji gushed admiringly. "You're so cool!"

Violet smiled slightly. She was developing something of a soft spot for Sanji. "You're not too bad yourself. Anyway… Shall we?"

Sanji nodded, following Violet as they carried on towards Moriah's hideout, totally ignoring the two unconscious bodies they were leaving behind.

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"Let's go Helmeppo!" Coby shouted, a good twenty metres or so ahead of Helmeppo. The two were running now, approximately half an hour left until Moriah's deadline.

Helmeppo panted, struggling to keep up with his best friend, who had adapted to Garp's training slightly better than he had. "Just…. Give…. give me a sec…"

The blonde stopped, hunching over and resting his hands on his knees, trying hard to catch his breath. Coby skidded to a halt and looked back desperately at Helmeppo. "Come on, we need to hurry! If we don't, who knows what they'll do to Nami!"

"We have time. You know the place they said is no more than fifteen minutes away."

"That doesn't matter! Do you really trust these guys with Nami? For all we know, they've already harmed her. We need to get there as quickly as we can!"

Helmeppo sighed, knowing Coby was right, but too exhausted to keep running. Coby was about to say something else when they heard a group of people approaching. The two teenagers froze, thinking it may be Moriah's gang. However, much to their relief, it was four familiar faces that appeared from around the corner. It was Usopp, Chopper, Franky and Brook.

Usopp waved at Helmeppo and Coby. "Hey, Coby, I thought I saw you running this way! Listen, we have a problem with Moriah! He's-"

"Got Nami. I know," Coby interrupted. "It's fine, she'll be OK. Me and Helmeppo have the money… more or less."

"More or less?" Franky asked. Helmeppo sighed.

"We don't even have half of it. Honestly, we have no idea what Moriah's gonna do when we turn up there without anywhere near the amount he wants."

"It's all we have Helmeppo!" Coby shouted, beginning to get annoyed by his friend's negativity.

"That doesn't mean it's enough!" Helmeppo retorted, him a little more realistic about the current predicament than Coby.

"Guys, calm down," Chopper pleaded, stepping between the two. "The most important thing is that we save Nami."

"Yeah, speaking of that," Usopp began, looking around. "Have you two seen Sanji anywhere? He told us to meet him around here, but I can't find him anywhere. Which is really annoying since we could totally do with his help right now."

Coby smiled relievedly. "Really? Sanji's on his way here? That's great, I'd feel a lot safer if he was here! I would have called him, but I don't have his number, only Luffy's and Zoro's. Actually, speaking of those two, I know Luffy's out of town, but I can't seem to get a hold of Zoro either. Where's he?"

Usopp shrugged. "We don't know. Sanji said he couldn't contact him either. Jeez, why did he have to disappear at a time like this…"

"That doesn't matter," Franky interrupted. "There's no time to waste worrying about that now, we need to find Nami. Sanji said he knew where Moriah's hideout was, so when he gets here, we can go."

Coby blinked. "How does Sanji know where Moriah's hideout is? We don't know that. Besides, Nami won't be at their hideout anyway, the note said to meet him on some street. Hang on…"

The pink haired teen reached into his pocket, digging out the note. "Here," he said, handing it over to Usopp. The long nosed teen frowned.

"But I don't know if Sanji's heading here. He definitely said he was going to the hideout. Maybe I should call him…"

"Do it on the way," Coby interrupted. "We don't have long before two now, we need to hurry. Also, try and contact Zoro again. It's worth a shot after all."

The six teenagers nodded, heading off in the direction of the street Moriah had chosen.

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Ryuuma looked out of the window of Moriah's limo, his destination coming into view. The street where Moriah had asked Coby and Helmeppo to go to. "They're not here yet," he stated, not glancing back at his boss who was sitting besides him in the back.

Gecko Moriah was a large, pretty strange looking man. He had purple hair, styled to look like devil horns, pale skin, and a long, quite abnormal looking neck which contrasted amusingly with his small round body. He would probably look quite funny if it wasn't for his sharp teeth, devil horns, and pointy ears which almost made him seem like a Vampire.

"Kishishishi…" he laughed. "Is that so? Well then, I guess we can have some fun with the hostages, huh Ryuuma?"

"It's not time yet though," Ryuuma replied, glancing down at his watch. "They still have ten minutes."

Moriah looked out of the window, a wide smiled on his face. He was enjoying every minute of this. "Kishishishi… that they do. You should go outside and wait for them Ryuuma."

"Sure. Although boss…"

"What is it?"

Ryuuma frowned. "Where is Oars? I would have thought you would have asked him to come for this."

Moriah tapped his nose, winking once at Ryuuma. "Kishishishi… he's preoccupied at the moment with another job for me…."

"This wouldn't have something to do with the two people who have taken out Perona and Absalom, would it? I sent Hogback and Cindry after them."

Moriah laughed. "Kishishishishi… Hogback and Cindry won't stand a chance against those two if they beat Absalom and Perona. Oars however…"

Ryuuma gulped slightly. He had only seen Oars, Moriah's strongest subordinate, in action a couple of times, but he knew that the giant man was a literal monster. He was actually beginning to feel sorry for Sanji and Violet.

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"It's this way!" Sanji shouted, turning right, towards the street Usopp had just told him. It was about five minutes to two now, and the street was a good ten minutes away, meaning they probably wouldn't make it in time, but Sanji sure was determined to try. Violet, struggling to keep up with the blonde, panted as she tried as best as she could to follow him.

Sanji accelerated further, sprinting forwards at top speed. "Hang on Nami… I'm coming for you…"

Just then, a giant hulking figure appeared from around the corner, Sanji skidding to a halt a few metres in front of the huge man. Violet's eyes widened at the sight of their new adversary. He was clearly much taller (and wider) than her and Sanji with wild blonde hair and dark, almost reddish skin. He only had one eye visible, his right one covered by a patch. Violet instinctively hid behind Sanji. "He's… he's bigger than Pica!"

Sanji gritted his teeth. "Who are you?" he barked. "One of Moriah's men?"

"Yes… I am… Oars," the giant man mechanically replied.

Sanji was about to retort when a huge roar erupted from the stomach of Oars. Both Sanji and Violet exchanged a shocked glance, whilst Oars suddenly sat down cross-legged, rubbing his sizeable belly. "Man… I'm hungry. Do you have any food?"

A vein popped on Sanji's forehead. "No, why would I? And even if I did, why would I give it to you?"

"But I'm huuuuungry…." Oars whined.

Sanji blinked. "Wait a second… I'm sure I've heard this before…" It didn't take long for hundreds of memories of Luffy whining the exact same thing in the exact same way to come to mind. Sanji sighed. "Why does this guy have the same personality as Luffy of all people…"

Suddenly, Oars stood up, as if he was remembering something. "Oh yeah, now I remember, I was supposed to do something… Are you two the guys who beat up Absalom and Perona? Mr Ryuuma found them earlier, and when they woke up, they said they were beaten up by a blonde man with a curly eyebrow and a woman with dark hair."

Violet gulped. That description matched them perfectly. She was about to retort when Sanji spoke. "No… that wasn't us. Must have been someone else."

The chemistry teacher's jaw dropped. What was he doing, there's no way this guy would believe that there were another two people that exactly matched the description he had been given wandering about. She was about to speak again, when Oars slowly nodded.

"OK. Sorry for disturbing you two."

With that, Oars began walking off, leaving a shocked Violet behind. Sanji chuckled relievedly. "Wow, he really does have the exact personality of Luffy, huh?"

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"Crap," Zoro swore, hanging up the phone. Robin, who had been standing besides him, frowned, not understanding why her boyfriend was so panicked.

After their movie had finished at about midnight, the couple hadn't felt like going home just yet, given that it was their first date in a long time. So they'd decided to go to the beach where they completely lost track of both the time and everything else, hence why Zoro hadn't noticed his phone ringing several times in the last couple of hours. It was only now, when they were walking home, that Zoro had finally answered his phone, a panicked Usopp telling him the current situation.

"What's wrong?" Robin asked.

"Nami's in trouble. Moriah kidnapped her. I need to go help her. I would ask you to make it home on your own, but I'm not sure if it's safe tonight, so stick close to me." Zoro gave Robin a serious look. "I won't let any harm come to you."

Robin nodded. "OK. Let's go."

With that, the two teenagers began running towards the street Usopp told Zoro to go to.

######

"Just on time," Ryuuma commented, Coby and Helmeppo turning the corner onto the silent alleyway. Moriah's car was parked around the corner on the other side of the alleyway, out of sight. Ryuuma was about to speak again when Usopp, Chopper, Franky and Brook came into sight too. He looked calmly at Coby and Helmeppo, although inwardly he was furious. "What is this? I didn't say you could bring anyone else."

Coby gulped. He had felt stupid, but it had never occurred to him that the presence of his friends would be a problem. "It's fine… uh… Ryuuma, isn't it? We have the money, so where's Nami?"

"Back at the hideout. You'll have to come with us, although there's only room for two in the car. I wasn't anticipating there'd be guests."

Coby gritted his teeth. He had been so relieved when he'd seen Usopp and the others, thinking that he and Helmeppo weren't going to be alone, but it looked like they'd have to go on without them. He turned to face the group behind him. "I'm sorry guys, but for Nami's sake…"

Usopp nodded. "We get it. Good luck man."

"Th… thanks…"

With that, Usopp, Chopper, Franky and Brook watched helplessly as Coby and Helmeppo disappeared from sight. As soon as the sound of Moriah's car driving away had gone fully, Franky groaned.

"Damn it, this is SUPER frustrating! We have no idea what's going on with Nami!"

"Hey Usopp," Chopper said, nudging the long nosed teen. "These guys won't hurt Nami if Coby gives them the money, will they?"

Usopp sighed. "I… don't know."

Just then, the four heard the sound of footsteps frantically running towards them. The sounds grew louder until finally a heavily panting Sanji ran around the corner, skidding to a halt next to his friends. "S… sorry I'm late…" he gasped. "What happened, where's Nami?"

Before anyone could answer, an equally exhausted Violet turned the corner, stopping a little bit further short of the group. Usopp eyed her cautiously. "What's she doing here? Law said-"

"It's fine, she's against Moriah too," Sanji interrupted. "She's on our side for now. So where's Nami, what happened?"

"This bony guy was waiting here when we got here. He said he's still keeping Nami at the hideout, so he took Coby and Helmeppo there," Usopp explained.

Sanji's jaw dropped. "Are you kidding? We were heading to their hideout when you told us to come here! We would have reached there like ten minutes ago if you hadn't made us change direction!"

Usopp bit his lip, feeling guilty now. 'Well, I guess you could say that…"

"But wait," Franky interrupted. "If you guys know where their hideout is, then we can all go there now and back up Coby and Helmeppo."

"You said they drove away," Violet said, speaking for the first time. "Not only do they have a head start, but we are on foot and they are in a vehicle. It will take us a while to catch up to them, if something happens, we'll probably be too late."

Franky glared at her. "So what are we supposed to do?"

Chopper's eyes widened. "What about Zoro!"

Sanji rolled his eyes. "Oh, you finally got ahold of Moss-head?"

"Yeah, and he's on his way here!" Chopper excitedly replied. "If we tell him where the hideout is, he may be close enough that he can get there on time!"

Sanji sighed, seeing one huge flaw in the plan. "Even if you tell him exactly where to go, he's not gonna get there. He'll probably end up on the other side of town."

Usopp gasped. "He has Robin with him though!"

Sanji's eyes widened. "Wait, what? Why would he do that?! Putting Robin in danger like that…"

Usopp shook his head. "Look, it doesn't matter. The fact that Robin's with him may mean they can reach Moriah's hideout and save Nami. Call them quickly."

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Zoro handed Robin his phone, a text message from Sanji on the screen. "This is the address we need to get to. Is it close?"

Robin glanced at the screen, the address seeming familiar to her. She gasped. "That's near the bar where I was held last summer, you know the one which I escaped from? It's close to here, only about five minutes away."

Zoro smirked. "Really? That's great. Lead the way."

Robin nodded, running in front of Zoro as he slowed down. As she had promised, it didn't take long for the two to reach the street Sanji had texted Zoro. When they got there, the road was abandoned, completely empty. Zoro frowned, thinking that Sanji's address must have been wrong, and was about to say something when they heard the sound of a car approaching. He quickly grabbed Robin and pulled her into a nearby alleyway, out of sight. From there he watched as Moriah's limo drove into sight. Zoro gritted his teeth, watching as the car turned into what looked like an abandoned factory. "That must be them. Stay here, out of sight. I'll do this."

Zoro was about to go when Robin grabbed his hand, holding it tightly. "I'm coming too. I won't let you do this alone."

The green haired teen sighed. "Robin, please… I don't want to put you in any danger. Just leave this to me. Please."

"We've been through this before Zoro. In the same way that I know you couldn't bear it if you lost me, I wouldn't be able to take it if I lost you. Please let me come with you."

Zoro tried to meet Robin's gaze with his own, but his girlfriend stubbornly didn't budge. He sighed in defeat. "Stay close to me…" he muttered, turning around to get a good look at the factory. "If I tell you to run, you have to run, OK? Even if it means forgetting about me."

"But…"

"I mean it," Zoro harshly barked, silencing Robin's protests. The dark haired teen slowly nodded, although she was already inwardly hoping that it wouldn't come to that. Zoro nodded, stepping out from their hiding place into the street.

"Let's go."

Thanks for reading! Oh, and if you read my Fairy Tail story also, the new chapter of that will be up some time later this week. By Saturday at latest. Sorry about that, but the chapter's not quite ready yet.