Coming together

Not too long after, Zoro and Luffy reached Law's house, and, as usual, he was busy with his weird experiments in the basement.

"Hey, Zoro-ya, Luffy-ya what's up?" he asked in the middle of cutting something.

"On second thought..." Zoro didn't want to give Sanji to him. Even if he was the best doctor around, he was also a little crazy at trying things.

"Shishi what are you doing Tra-guy? Can you help this guy? He seems hurt and Zoro's worried about him."

"Shut up! I'm not worried! I'm just don't want Law to treat him," Zoro defended himself and moved away from Law operating table.

"Let me see him, Zoro-ya. It's me or the hospital," Law said calmly and pointed to his other table

"Tra-guy is better than them, don't worry Zoro." Luffy put his hand on his shoulder. In the end Zoro knew they were right and he could not take Sanji to the hospital, so he had to compromise.

"Fine, but if you do anything weird to him I'll cut you!" Zoro glared and put Sanji on the table Law pointed out to him. After Law had finished with his other experiment, he came to Sanji's table and checked his condition.

"I see we need a little surgery, you two get out. I will call you after I finish."

Zoro glared at him at first, since he didn't wanted to leave Sanji alone with him, but did as he was told, like Luffy who keep eating his candies with a big smile on his face.

"He will be fine Zoro. I'm hungry let's see what he has in the fridge and then let's play something."

"I'm not in the mood to play."

"Come on Zoro, I'll decide what we play, it will be fun."

"This guy never listens to anyone does he?!" Zoro sighed with thought, That's how Luffy was.

Two hours has passed and Luffy made Zoro play with him. It drove Zoro nuts but he was thankful for the distraction. Law came out from his room and called to them.

"Oi, don't destroy my house straw hat ya!"

Luffy laughed and stopped playing with Zoro in the living room.

"Sorry sorry… how is he? Does he want food?" Luffy asked before Zoro managed to

"Yes, he's fine now. He needs some rest and maybe a good meal. Where did he come from anyway?"

"No idea, but he looks nice." Luffy laughed and ran to the room Law came from. Zoro sighed with relief and put a hand on his eyes. Good, that idiot was okay, wait why the hell was he worried anyway?! It wasn't his business.

"So Zoro-ya, you know where he comes from right?" Law leaned against the wall and stared at him. Great now Law was on his back.

"From where I come from, it doesn't really matter now."

"Mm…Zoro-ya, you know he should go back there at some point right?"

"I don't care, it isn't my concern where he goes or what he does," Zoro grumbled and cross his arms tightly over his chest.

"Right, at least you know someone else from his family? Someone that can give him a place to stay there he can recover? Cause he can't stay here!"

"Tch! What a nuisance, I don't know! Ask him!" With a growl, Zoro took off after Luffy with angered steps. It was so annoying to Zoro. He didn't want to deal with this or him.

He came to a stop just next to the room, but he didn't go inside yet. He wanted to be ready to talk to the blond again, in a way. So he waited and took a couple of breaths, then he went in without looking at his face. He threw some quick glances at the blond who was talking to Luffy. He seemed to be awake but was a little drugged, must be from the drugs Law gave him. his head was covered with a white bandage what sting Zoro heart a little.

"Oi, What are you doing Luffy?" Zoro sit next to Laffy that sit close to Sanji, too close to Zoro taste.

"Ahhh Zoro, you came! Listen listen, his name is Sanji and he said he knows how to cook! I need a cook, so I decided he's our friend now! Sanji this is our other friend Zoro. Now we're all friends, shishi"

"Haha what's up with that? I hardly know you, Goffy. Hahaha, but I know the moss head over there, he's such a jerk hahaha, but sexy hahaha," Sanji laughed, like the stoner he now was. Damn it, how many drugs had Law given him anyway?!

"Luffy, he's not our friend! he's not from around here anyway," Zoro said seriously but was ignored by the straw hat kid that laughed.

"Doesn't matter. Sanji's our new friend! It's okay Sanji, you have plenty of time to get to know me and I'm sure you love Zoro!"

Well, that sealed the deal. When Luffy decided something, he wouldn't change his mind, no matter what Zoro said, so Zoro just shrugged helplessly and gave into the lost fight.

"Whatever, I don't care!"

The two goofed around a little more when Zoro just sat there wondering why he was still there, and then Luffy decide they should have a party for the new friend in their group. So they gone to a club to eat and dance.

On the way, they met that idiot long nose, Usopp, who Luffy knew for some odd reason. He was very worried about Sanji at first, but when he saw him laughing and smiling like stoner, he was relieved. Zoro caught him up to what had happened that he knew about and why Sanji was acting….so not himself. It made Usopp laugh his ass off and said he'd tell him everything he did after he came out of it, just to see his reaction.

The party kept on until late that night. They ordered a lot of food and enjoyed the music in the club that belong to one of their other friends, Brook, who gave a live performance of singing and dancing with his violin. Franky also came to visit because he loved that club and the music, and was happy to see them.

Luffy invited him to join, of course, and Franky agreed right away and sat with them. Zoro was the only one that didn't seem too much into it. He just didn't like too many people around him, but he did like booze, so he was comforted that at least he could have all the booze he could ask for.

In time, Sanji seemed less drugged and more aware of his surrounding, and was very surprised to see Usopp there. Zoro kept a very close eye on him from afar, just to be sure he wasn't going to do something stupid.

"What the hell Usopp, how did you get here?!" Sanji looked at him with wide eyes

"Aahh, you see…I've known about that room for a long time, but Zeff made me swear not to tell you anything! I actually have a job and a home and everything… even a girlfriend." Usopp's cheeks were deep red in colour.

Sanji didn't know how to react. He'd practically known Usopp his whole life and yet he'd never known about his other life here. In this so called "World". It felt a little lonely.

"Ohhh… then you have a girlfriend here ah? Is she cute? I'd like to meet her."

"She is very cute! Her name is Kaya, she's amazing and sweet and…!"

Sanji smiled mostly to himself rather than at Usopp, Usopp sounded so happy to talk about her. So he should be happy for him as well, even if he felt a little lonely at the thought that he had never told him about this place or her.

"Are you angry I never told you about all of this?" Usopp looked guiltily at his hands, not daring to look at his face. This guy was such an idiot! So Sanji hit his head with his hand playfully and winked.

"Don't be an idiot, why would I be mad? Yes it is annoying you left me out of this "double life" shit you have going on and never told me you were in love... but, I guess you're happy so it's fine for me. But you better not keep anymore shit from me again, you hear me shit head?! Or I'll kick your ass!"

"Got it, never do it again I swear! I don't want my ass to be kicked" Usopp held both of his hands together.

"So what about Nami-san… did she also… know about all this?"

Usopp look guilty again, and sighed.

"Yes she did. We both used to go from your kingdom to this world many times before. But it was very hard without you finding out, so we stopped coming here for a while. Sorry, we didn't mean to trick you or anything…"

Sanji held his hand up to Usopp's face to stop. He didn't want to hear any of it.

"That's enough, I got it. So that means I can go back to my kingdom again, right? That's good to know," Sanji said with calm voice, and Usopp looked anywhere else again but not him and shook with fear.

"What?! is there something more you need to tell me?! Just spit it out already!"

"J… Just don't kill me after I tell you… I don't want to die!"

Sanji sent him a glare and said, "Speak!"

"O-okay, you see…the last time I went in it, it barely functioned like it needed to and…well after I entered it, the machine shut down behind me so… It means that you can't go back. Sorry, don't kill me!" Usopp cried when Sanji held his collar tightly, glaring at him with anger.

"You're right, I am going to kill you after all."

"Wait wait, don't kill me! I swear it's not my fault, someone must have found it in all the chaos and played with it! Please spare my life."

Sanji sighed and let go of his collar. He took a cigarette to his mouth and lit it, taking a deep drag into his lungs.

"What about Nami-san? She must be still stuck in there," he said with worry

"I doubt she is, she got away a little while after me but I saw her again. She was the last one to leave the kingdom but I'm sure she's here somewhere."

"She better be or I'll kick your face so hard you'll wish you never met me! My poor Nami-san," Sanji whined for some time with Usopp looking at him like an idiot.

After all his whining about his poor "Nami-san", Sanji came back to Usopp and looked at him with series expression.

"So… about this machine..Who built it?"

"Not me, but it was a piece of art I tell you. Whoever built it knew what they were doing. I wish I could have taken some parts with me. She was a beautiful machine, such a shame," Usopp whined into his drink and Sanji rolled his eyes.

"Oi, stop crying about a shitty machine! You have a girlfriend already, you lucky bastard."

Usopp put his chin on his hand and smiled with his eyes closed, like he knew something Sanji didn't.

"Oh Sanji, you never understand the beauty of machines and creation," he said, and giggle like crazy.

"And I don't want to understand!" Sanji yelled at him, pissed off, kicking him under the table with Usopp laughing like crazy.

Zoro kept looking at them with his murderous glare. What the hell were these two talking about together in the corner?! It pissed him off so much. What were they having so much fun about?! So he took a big swig from his bottle and frowned hard. God he wanted to kill someone right now! And he didn't even know why! Must be the blond's fault, yep it's all the blond fault! He should have killed him when he was weak and defenceless.

Back at Sanji and Usopp's table, Sanji played with his wine glass with a look of wonder.

"Hi… Sanji I a…"

"Do you remember Gin, Usopp?" he asked without looking at him

"Gin? You mean that guy you fed one day at our way home? Yes I think I do. Kind of. What about him?"

"Well you see… that idiot came back to take my head, but he could not kill me then. I'm not sure why, but he was killed because of me." Sanji said those words in a calm manner and moved the glass in circle in wonder.

"Sanji..!"

"No, really, he could have just finished me off then in that time, but he didn't. It was weird and confusing... and then, I found him dead there." He sighed and put the glass back on the table.

"It's not your fault Sanji! You could not prevent it," Usopp said and gave him a hard look. Sanji nodded and laugh a little in a calm manner.

"The funny thing is… I kind of know something bad was going to happen, but I didn't know when. I'm useless after all," Sanji said and sighed with a deep drag from his cigarette

"What do you mean you know?"

But before Usopp could hear Sanji's answer, Luffy screamed that they should go home for today. So all the group gathered together for one last goodbye before they parted ways.

TBC