Author's Note: Yes, I know you're going to kill me about how short this is ... I'M SORRY! I swear, chapter 15 will be a thousand times better but this drabble (I don't know how to spell it, I've never had to spell it before) of a chapter had to exist. I don't own One Piece. Please review, no matter how mad you are at me! The next chapter will be on like Saturday and then I'm going to be gone for the next 2 weeks (after next week) so you'll have to wait.
Speechless
By: Setkia
Full Summary
Sanji is a cook at the Baratie who, for a reason not fully understood by all the other cooks, has not spoken a word in three years. He goes through his life normally, communicating through paper and pen. He hasn't felt the urge to speak since he's decided he would never speak again. Things change though when one day, while taking out the trash, he accidentally runs into the "Demon the Streets".
Roronoa Zoro, the "Demon of the Streets" is a mystery but he's feared by everyone who hears his name. He's on the run from the police with a wanted poster and a big prize if he's found and captured. With an accidental wrong turn, he encounters a strange man with long legs and blond hair. Zoro learnt pretty early on that in his line of work, you don't get attached to people and yet somehow this cook is working his way through his barriers.
PART ONE: BATTLE SCARS
On and on, like we're living on a broken record.
Hope is strong, but misery's a little quicker.
Sit, and we wait, and we drown there,
Thinking, "Why bother playing when it's unfair?"
They say life's a waste, I say they lack belief.
They tell me luck will travel, I tell 'em that's why I've got feet.
Left, right, left, right,
Moving along to the pulse of a heartbeat.
This could be the last chance you have to fly.
Do you like the ground? Want it to pass you by?
Man, you had it all when you were just a kid.
Do you even remember who you were back then?
What do you want in life? Will you be twice as strong?
What would you sacrifice? What are you waiting on?
-Battle Scars, Paradise Fears
XIV
Sanji's mind goes blank. He can't think, he can't even breathe.
He knows Ace is screaming something along the lines of "I told you so!" and Luffy's asking who Roronoa Zoro is but all he can see is Zoro who is sitting there, just seeming too calm. How is he so calm while Sanji feels like he's having a heart attack?
"I'm going to see them," Zoro declares.
Sanji stares at him and opens his mouth in an attempt to speak, but even know he can't get the words out.
"Why would you go?" asks Luffy.
Ace glares at Zoro and gives Sanji a sympathetic look, as though Sanji is someone who has encountered misfortune and thus, is in serious need to pity, but he doesn't tell Luffy.
"I'll get going," Zoro says, standing up.
"But—"
"Let him go," says Ace.
Luffy frowns. "But I don't know what's going on!"
You can't go. You're still hurt. You're insane. You're walking into a trap, surely. You can't turn yourself in. You're innocent, aren't you? Don't you believe you're innocent? Tell me you're misunderstood, tell me they've got the wrong man, tell me … tell me you're not giving up. Not yet.
And yet no words come out. Instead, he watches hopelessly as Zoro gets up and leaves the room, leaving the door wide opening in his wake as he descends the stairs.
Sanji doesn't hesitate.
He runs right after him.
Author's Note #2: The thank-yous! (OH MY GOD WE'RE AT 101!)
lilcutieprincess: I'm pretty sure if I were in his position, I wouldn't have done what Sanji had done. Mainly cause I can't lift my leg so high I can actually smack someone in the side of the head ...
Random Person: Yay for stupid decisions!
Tsukino Aisuru - A: I know this chapter sucks ... I AM SO SORRY!
noir: Crappy questions deserve crappy answers.
crystalbluefox: Oh thank God, I seriously feel so much better!
ThePoliceLlama: I suppose ...
NaruHinaLuvr: And you want to kill me for this chapter ... Sorry.
: Yup ... That happened ...
