Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, I will get back to you soon. I promise. I've just had a heap of work dumped on me at the moment, so I have to get through it all before I continue with anything else.

Erm, once again, forgive any errors, mistakes, or just plain crappiness.

This will be a ZoLu, and SanNam, there won't be many hints for a while yet. I'm gonna try and make this story a little longer than what I originally had in mind. Hope you like it though. :)

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Chapter 2 : Freaking Frustrating Fish

Luffy… was dead. Or, at least that's what Sanji wished he was. The little bastard was running around and exploring, and where was he? Stuck in a fucked up tree!! Struggling with all his might, the blonde groaned and slumped as he realised… yeah, he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Two branches were wrapped around his middle, holding him securely, but making it impossible for him to kick his way out of this mess. His legs were floppy over the branches, him seeing no point in wasting energy when surely the branch would break from too much weight.

… right?

Glancing at the thick, and frustratingly dependable looking branch, Sanji sighed heavily.

"Oiii! Sanji! What are you doing up there?" Luffy called from the ground, arms full of pointless and random objects that he had seen that looked cool. There was a rock that had a white cross over it like Chopper's cross. There was a leaf that was the same colour as Zoro's hair, not to mention a flower that smelled like Nami did. Ooh, and a pretty old looking rock-wood-rotten-weird… thing that he was sure Robin would identify! Maybe… Basically, he'd found something for everyone. Sanji glared down at the boy below him.

"Just hanging around - what the hell do you think!? Get me down!" the blonde yelled, sounding almost Zoro-ish as he did so. Blinking rapidly, Luffy looked from Sanji, to the branch, to Sanji again before shrugging and shooting an arm up to the blonde. Grabbing the front of his jacket, the captain ignored the way Sanji's eyes widened… and then jerked him forcefully through the tree's branches and out the bottom, dropping him to the ground. Grinning like a fool, Luffy leered down at the blonde as Sanji tried to untwist himself and get to his feet again. He was gonna kill him… Yep, he was going to commit the worst of all pirate crimes. Mutiny. And damn he was gonna enjoy it!

"There! Now let's go!" Luffy announced, turning and heading off in a random direction, completely oblivious to the dagger like glare he was receiving from his pissed off chef. Muttering curses, and pulling leaves and twigs from his hair, Sanji followed. He hated this place already… Of course, he hated any place that didn't have Nami in it. Ahh… where was she now? Was she okay? Was she mad? She was so charming when she was mad… but scary too. But still charming! Calming a little with thoughts of Nami, Sanji sighed.

"So, captain. You got us on this island, how are we getting off?" he asked, looking around idly as they walked. Luffy paused and blinked. Well that was obvious…

"Same way we got here of course." he snorted, laughing a little, "Sanji's so stupid." The blonde frowned again at that. If he had of been a cat, he would have hissed.

"Right… Stupid, that means a great deal coming from someone… oh, forget it." the blonde snapped, stalking behind the dark haired boy. Looked like today was going to be one of those days.

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Frowning and thinking of the many ways she could make Zoro pay (literally) when he got back, Nami glared as the little dingy bearing two of her nakama, finally made it into the calm zone between the island and the fast moving current.

"Shouldn't we drop anchor?" Chopper asked, clutching the railing and peeking over it with adorably wide eyes.

"The current's too strong…" Nami replied, shaking her head a little and inwardly sighing in relief as Zoro and Usopp began heading safely towards the Island. HOW, did they manage that? … Possibly because Zoro scared the living daylights out of his long nosed comrade, and made him row like a professional. That would explain it.

"Navigator-san, perhaps we should give it a try? If we don't try something, we'll end up drifting out of range and sight. If they need our help…" Robin said quietly, glancing at Zoro and Usopp every now and again. Looking up at the sky, Nami sighed and then nodded.

"Alright. Chopper, if you would? Robin?" she instructed. If this didn't work… then it would break the line and they would lose their anchor. Worse yet, quite possibly the rope wouldn't break, and it would pull Merry around and over, ripping the side of her hull as it dragged. Biting her lip, she clenched her fingers on the railing… and waited. Seconds stretched into minutes which seemed like days as she waited for the inevitable splash. It didn't take long to hit the water, but to Nami, it felt like an eternity. What if she had made the wrong decision in letting them do that? She was in charge (not that she wasn't always anyway) of the crew now that Zoro and Usopp had left the ship as well. Once again, those seconds stretched to their breaking point, nearly driving Nami mad with anxiety.

The ship jerked rather violently, and she gave a short squeak, having expected it, but not been prepared for it. Chopper squealed and yelled as he toppled from his position on the railing, and headed for the water. He grabbed at the edge of the deck, but with only hooves, he couldn't quite grasp the narrow edge. Hands sprouted quickly from the wood, catching the little reindeer and passing him up into the archaeologist's waiting arms. The ship gave another jerk as it reached the end of it's turn and the current tugged at it, trying to pull it away from the anchor which was now buried deeply in the sea floor. This time, Nami was prepared, grabbing the railing and holding herself upright, dreading the sound of splintering wood and the feeling of inertia as the ship turned over… but no such feelings, or sounds came.

Robin gave a soft gasp as the ship jerked, falling backwards and barely managing to grab the railing to stop herself, as Chopper clutched to her to try and stop himself falling too. The ship stayed still after that, floating and continuing to bob in the current but no longer actually moving. Slowly, Merry turned back to her vertical position on the sea, easing the bobbing down to a minimum.

"Are we dead?" Chopper mumbled against Robin's stomach, clutching to her shirt. The black haired woman chuckled softly as she tugged the reindeer lightly off of her.

"No, doctor-san." she replied as she straightened herself and headed down to where Nami was wiping a hand over her forehead in relief. Chopper trotted over to them with wide eyes, before grinning widely.

"We did it!" he cheered, bouncing a bit. Nami smiled a little and nodded, patting the top of his pink, fluffy hat. She glanced at Robin, whose eyes were sparkling slightly in amusement that didn't show on her face.

Usopp grunted slightly as he continued rowing the small boat towards the shore of the island.

"Zoroooo…" he whined, dropping the oars and giving the swordsman a pathetic look, "Why are we trying this AGAIN?"

"Because… Luffy and Sanji are still on that damned island…" Zoro replied simply, head tilted slightly to the side as he looked past Usopp at the island they were approaching. Merry sat not far behind them, her anchor having been dropped in order to keep her from floating away. Once again, the long nose let out a pathetic sounding whine.

"Then why am I doing all the rowing?" he complained, jutting his bottom lip up in an annoyed pout. Zoro turned steely eyes on his companion, frowned heavily… and shrugged noncommittally.

"I don't know. You grabbed the oars." he replied, once again turning back to the island. Usopp nearly had a fit. His mouth dropped open, and his eyes nearly rolled back in his head.

"You mean…! You let me…? You asshole!" the sniper shouted before Zoro frowned and held up a hand, telling the younger man to be quiet. Standing up, he placed a hand on the hilt of one of his swords and flicked it out with a thumb. A small thoughtful frown made it's way onto his face as he walked towards Usopp (who started jabbering about never in his life having insulted the older teen).

"Shut up, Usopp…" Zoro snapped slightly, and Usopp did indeed clamp his lips tightly closed. There was a soft rumble, and a shifting of the waves beneath him and both teens frowned deeply.

"Damn…" both swore before the water parted between them and the island. Out of it's depths, and rumbling like the worst stomach ache… came a large monster. Both of it's bulbous eyes were set on one side of it's head, and it was barely the width of the little boat that Usopp and Zoro were floating in. A large smattering of spikes ran over it's sides, along it's back, and across the fins on either side. Zoro glared. Usopp screamed… and grabbed the oars. The boat spun around and began heading at high speed back for Merry again, regardless of the current. He reached the ship again before the current could grab a hold anyway.

"Stupid FISH!" Zoro yelled, glaring at the creature before him as the little boat flew at high speed back towards the ship, "I'll chop you up and Sanji can cook you! Then Luffy can eat you!" With that, the swordsman leapt off the small boat, flashed his swords and began swinging at the so called, 'stupid fish'. Thin flashes of blood leapt up from the wounds Zoro created on the creature's thick hide, but no matter what he did… the swordsman couldn't fly. Eventually he fell into the ocean, leaving the creature wounded… but no less alive. Hitting the water with a splash that was barely audible over the creature's loud wail, Zoro resurfaced a second later to swim straight for the fish thing.

"Stupid, bastard, idiot, fish… thing!" Zoro swore as he swam at high speed straight at his 'opponent'. Turning both large eyes downwards towards the small, green haired speck that was Zoro… the fish thing opened it's cavernous mouth wide, sharp teeth lining the lips, palate, tongue, and circling all the way right back to it's gullet. Zoro paused…

Maybe… not such a good idea…He thought before growling slightly and advancing anyway, Yep. Definitely a Luffy type idea…And yet, he kept advancing. His arms and legs continued to push him towards the large mouth… Placing the bone handle of Wadou between his teeth, Zoro narrowed his eyes as he reached the thing's lips and twisting his lower body… he planted both sets of feet on the lower lip of the creature's mouth. Sinking down slightly, he bent his knees and shoved, hard. The force of his push both caused a deafening squeal of pain from the beast, and hefted Zoro upwards towards the top lip. Gritting his teeth, he sunk both swords into the more easily pierced flesh. This earned him another deafening squeal.

"Shouldn't…" and he twisted the swords nastily, "Stand between me… and my friends!" and he stabbed harshly upwards, ignoring the way the teeth he had planted his shoes on… were stabbing through the tough soles of his boots and into the soft arches of his feet. The creature's eyes were watering heavily with pain, not to mention the foul smelling blood that was coating Zoro completely. Green eyes widened as he suddenly found the lip above him… clamping downwards at an incredible speed.

"Shit!" he growled, before yanking the swords free and pushing off of the teeth. He grunted as the teeth stabbed into his feet and then pulled out again as he leapt free. The lips slammed together with an echoing thud. Slamming back into the water, Zoro worked his way to the surface and gasped for air as the being thrashed about… and turned sideways. Two eyes glared at him and Zoro grimaced before frowning.

"Asshole… it's your own damn fault." he growled before yelling as he found a spiky fin under him. It slashed upwards, cutting through the backs of his pants and up through the back of his shirt, leaving long and thin slashes in his skin. Though seemingly shallow, Zoro felt a strange tingling sensation running through his body, and it stemmed from those wounds.

The salt…He growled harshly in his head, before starting to swim towards the still glaring beast before him. The was a loud growl from the beast, before another of those fins scraped over the backs of his calves. No pain or tingling stemmed from the wounds this time, and Zoro was grateful for the natural drug known as adrenaline. But… was it just him… or was he slowing down?

Damn… the water! He swore silently as he continued back towards his enemy. No… he was too slow for it just to be water weight… And his arms, and legs! Nothing was moving!

"A… d-da…" he stuttered, but no noise would come from his mouth! DAMN! He was underwater too! What the fuck!? It was then that his brain decided to dredge up the memory of Sanji telling Nami about how some fish had poisonous spines that would immobilise their prey before eating it. …Wait… Eating!? … He was SO doomed. A loud explosion that he wasn't even sure he heard, caused the water around him to ripple and quake. He had no idea what it was, or what it had been… hell, his brain wasn't even on speaking terms with the rest of his nervous system. His eyes could see, but no thoughts, or images or ideas seemed to connect to his brain. Flashes of blue, then green… then brown… and a large smattering of red to go right along with it.

… Nice.

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Sanji heaved a sigh as Luffy climbed yet another tree.

"Idiot…" he muttered under his breath as he glanced from side to side to make sure every skerrick of edible food had been found… and then consumed by the never ending pit of a captain.

"Woohoo, Sanji! You should see it from up here!" Luffy crowed from his perch atop the very tip of the tree. He turned to look down at his friend and grinned slightly. 'Hmphing' in annoyance, the blonde glanced around at the undergrowth before squeaking slightly as a rather large and furry spider crawled out from between a few leaves on the ground. Shuddering, he took a very large step away from the creature before pausing as a resounding 'boom' echoed around the island.

"What the…?" Sanji muttered.

"Sounds like Merry's cannon!" Luffy called down, his face entirely serious. The blonde beneath him nodded silently. The was another 'boom' and then a loud 'crack' like something had fallen down and hit the water.

"Whoooooaaaa…" Luffy breathed in awe as a large, almost three mile high fountain of water spurted into the air and then fell glittering to Earth again.

"What?" Sanji asked, not able to see anything through the trees. He was sure it was some sort of random bird or something Luffy found absolutely fascinating, but it didn't hurt to ask. He paused and blinked though when water hit his face and he looked up to sees something flailing through the air before it disappeared into the forest a long way away.

"Ooh, there goes Zoro." Sanji commented, raising a hand to his cigarette and not looking worried, or fazed in the slightest.

"Zoro can fly!" Luffy chuckled as he leapt down from the tree and grinned at the blonde. Sanji shrugged slightly before he sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I'm guessing we go find him, yes?"

"Of course! He may know the way back to the ship!" and Luffy bolted off into the undergrowth.

"Yippee…" Sanji commented to himself, knowing that Zoro would have absolutely no idea where the hell he even was let alone how to get back to the ship. He kept pace with Luffy easily until the captain slowed to a marching walk… and started singing. Suddenly, the chef had the innate urge to commit mutiny.

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When Zoro came to, he was lying with what must have been at least a bucket of dirt up his nose. Wait… no, not just that. The side of his face was sticky… Grunting slightly, he opened his eyes and blinked almost dazedly at the hand lying beside his face. It… was red. Blinking a little more to try and clear his vision, he realised that there were small lumps of dark, congealed blood colouring his skin. Slowly lifting on of his fingers, he blinked a little when he didn't feel anything. No pain, not even a twinge… nothing. Carefully sitting up, he blinked a little as blood rushed in his ears and dirt fell away in sticky clumps from his face.

Looking down at his own imprint in the earth below, he made a soft noise of confusion when… absolutely nothing hurt. Now, he was able to handle extreme amounts of pain as if it was a mere nip on his finger. But… when he was beaten up by a fish, blown out of the water, and then sent into the ground at such a force… well, he'd expect to feel something. Spitting out bloody tasting dirt and forcing himself not to gag as a reflex to the residue on the top of his tongue, he gradually made his way to his feet and then leant against a tree for support. He was weakened… probably by blood loss. The skid mark he'd made upon impact, was glittering red, blood still pooled on the surface in places.

"…o'…" he noised, but his tongue refused to co-operate, and instead of saying 'wow' like he intended… he bit the side of his tongue instead. Growling in aggravation at the sharp tang of blood leaking into his mouth, he paused when he noticed… no, that didn't hurt at all. What the hell was going on here? Was the fish's poison still at work or…? Had he, by some idiotic miracle that was usually only associated with his insane captain, escaped that whole thing unharmed? He thought it over for five seconds before shaking his head and dismissing it entirely. He wasn't a devil fruit user, nor was he a rubber man, and it didn't matter how tough he made himself, Luffy would still have the advantage of being able to bounce back. Literally. Hence, he was harmed and the fish's poison was still at work in his system.

Well… maybe he should take advantage of that? Looking down at himself, Zoro sighed slightly when he saw that the backs of his pants around the calves and over his thighs, was ripped to shreds. Not only that, but his skin beneath was stained a nice dark red, the wet edges of the weird material sticking to his legs. Usually, this would create large amounts of discomfort but… right now, he could feel no such thing. All he knew was that he was moving, and his muscles were co-operating, but that was it. His nerves weren't on speaking terms with him yet, but when they came back online… woohoo, he was in for one hell of a shock. His Haramaki was in tatters, bits and pieces of it lying around either soaked in blood or half buried in the disturbed earth. His shirt… well, his shirt was pretty much intact.

Hmm, Haramaki destroyed… that meant something. Haramaki, Haramaki… Something to do with something sharp… SWORDS! Where were his swords!? Snapping his head back and forth, Zoro groaned slightly as his world dimmed dramatically. Yeah… Shaking his head like that, not such a grand idea. But he had to find his katana… Frowning heavily as he leaned away from the tree, he made a soft sound as his body swayed almost to the point where he was about ready to pass out. And still he felt nothing. No pain at all… Fuck, it was too weird really.

"…sa…" he grunted as he dropped back against the tree again. He wasn't even capable of normal speech… Damn… Shifting back to his feet again, he turned and began working his way around the area in slow, and certainly not properly shaped, circles. After a while though, he forgot what he was even looking for as his body finally gave out on him. Never had he experienced such a hopeless, and absolutely horrible feeling running through him as he did at the moment when his knees buckled and he fell face forward into a large patch of tall, cool, green grass. He let out a soft and almost angry noise. He wasn't unconscious… but he was damned if he could move.

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Sanji was absolutely, one hundred percent sure that he had seen that same damn bush at least ten times now. How did he know? Because he'd picked the damn thing dry of berries the FIRST freakin' time he'd seen it! Stopping in place, he turned and inspected the bush thoroughly just to make sure.

"Oi, Luffy…" he muttered. The singing ahead stopped abruptly and the straw hatted captain turned to look back at the blonde.

"Naa?"

"We're walking in circles, idiot." Sanji said as he stood straight again and sighed heavily, smoke wisping from his mouth.

"How do you know?" Luffy asked as he walked back and blinked at the chef.

"Because I've seen this same damn bush at least ten times. I say we go a different direction, eh?"

"Hmm… how about this way?" the captain suggested, pointing to the right of the direction they had up until now, been repeatedly taking.

"Sure, looks fine to me. Marimo's probably dead already anyway." the blonde commented, once again not giving the slightest damn. Chuckling merrily, Luffy slapped Sanji jovially on the shoulder.

"You're so funny!" and he (once again) began humming merrily as they did indeed (once again) take the same direction they had been taking that last ten times. Blinded by his annoyance at both being slapped on the shoulder, and being told he was funny, Sanji promptly forgot they were going right and (third time's the charm) followed after his captain. They walked for a fair while after that, pausing only briefly to take a drink from a small stream that Luffy had discovered. Deeming it that streams tended to run straight, or would eventually lead them back to the beach again, Sanji said that they would follow that course of action.

When Luffy tried to protest, Sanji simply kicked him into a tree. The chef wasn't happy about being separated from his beloved Nami-san for so long, and he wasn't at all happy about wandering around in the middle of a dense, damp, and stifling forest. At least on the beach there would be some sort of cool ocean breeze, and they would be able to fish and see the ship if it came close. Unfortunately, as it stood, the stream in fact led to a small oasis in the very heart of the forest. The oasis was surrounded by a large, grassy patch that, under a different circumstance, would have made for a wonderful picnic spot.

"Naa…" Luffy whined as he deflated and then moved over to the water's edge, "A stupid pond. I thought you said this was gonna lead us to Zoro!" Sanji sighed a little, moving over to stand beside his pouting captain.

"I never said it would lead us to Marimo brain, I said it would either lead us across the island, or back to the beach." he defended as he crouched down and scooped up a handful of the water to wash his face with. A loud 'ribbet' made him look up and blink as a frog floated on a lily pad near to him.

"Hmm?" he noised, watching as the frog stared at him with large and bulbous eyes. It wasn't thinking about jumping on him was it? It didn't look poisonous… he hoped. It was a funny coloured green, almost the same colour as the lily pad it was sitting on. What the stupid thing was doing out in the open like this, he had no idea. Didn't it know that it was in serious danger of being either eaten, or prodded by a rubber captain nearby? Of course it didn't. It's day consisted of eat a fly, and then stare at nothing as it's lily pad slowly revolved it's way around the edge of the pond. The next day it would probably eat two flies and then stare at a tree off in the distance just for a change. Gee, what a fun life.

"What's that?" Luffy asked as he crouched down and looked too, "Oooh, a frog! Heh heh!" and he reached out a hand to do something only Luffy would do, which was prod it in the chest. The frog inflated slightly, puffing it's chest and throat up as it glared at the boy before it. Sighing as he listened to the frog's offended 'ribbets' and Luffy's continuing laughter and shouts of 'so cool!', Sanji settled himself back onto the grass and crossed his arms over his knees. What the hell was this place? So far he had seen nothing special about it but… it just seemed so big. When Nami had shown him the island on the map, it had appeared to be a mere spec on the sheet of parchment but… the actual island itself seemed absolutely huge when you were walking around on it.

"AHHH!!" Luffy suddenly screamed as the frog decided enough was enough, and leapt onto his face, clinging with padded and sticky feet as the rubber boy ran back and forth, screaming that he was blinded. Sanji paid no attention what so ever, continuing to think about how the hell they were going to get out of this place.

"Oi, come on Luffy." he said as he got back to his feet again, brushing off the seat of his pants and the backs of his legs before turning to raise a swirly eyebrow as Luffy ran headlong into a tree. The frog made a getaway over the boy's head, ribbetting and croaking for all it was worth before it dived back into the pond again as if nothing had happened.

"Oww…" Luffy whined as he rubbed at his now reddened and bleeding nose, "Stupid frog…" After giving it a good solid glare, he quickly turned and trotted after the blonde chef as they made an exit through the forest. Once again the two found themselves walking for a long time, even Luffy getting rather ticked off by the heat and the fact that the place was a never ending movie of tree, bush, vine, ground, tree, bush, vine, etcetera, etcetera. He wanted adventure, he wanted to see something cool! Like monkeys, or lions, or even a stripey snake would have been cool! An abnormally sized worm would have done the trick. A damn BEETLE even! But nope. There was nothing. Anything that seemed to be in their path, quickly fled before either of them had the chance to look at it, let alone let an inquisitive pirate captain prod it.

"Marimo must've flown a fair way…" Sanji commented into the silence as he tugged slightly at the collar of his shirt. It was so hot in here… Luffy nodded a little in response, tongue lolling from his mouth more in boredom than thirst, though he was obviously hungry from the continuing growling coming from the boy's stomach.

"Maybe he landed on the other side of the island?" the boy captain suggested, grabbing a branch with a nice grouping of healthy looking green leaves on it, and breaking it off so he could fan himself with it.

"Maybe…" Sanji shrugged in response, copying Luffy's idea. A swarm of gnats flew up in an angry black, speckled spiral. Waving a hand at them irritably, he sighed when they flew off, quite obviously scandalised. Fanning himself with the branch, Luffy paused a little as an interesting smell reached his nose. He knew that smell… it was like the smell of mud, combined with a tangy, coppery smell that he thought… Yes, it was. He knew that smell! It was blood!

"I smell blood and mud." he stated bluntly as he turned off the track and started trudging through the thick undergrowth. Sanji blinked.

"Ehhh?" He noised, confused as hell as to why Luffy just suddenly decided to take an off road detour. Oh well… if he questioned it then he would just drive himself nuts with the boringness and simple idiocy of whatever plan Luffy had up his sleeve. Don't get him wrong, he didn't mind it when Luffy actually came up with a bright idea during a fight, or even on the ship when something went totally and utterly wrong and the boy captain would step in and perform his role perfectly. But when they got into situations like this… well, he wasn't exactly willing to put up with the bastard's bullshit.

"I have no idea where you're going, Luffy… but it better be freakin' good 'cause I'm sick of trudging around this oven of a forest…" the blonde grumbled and whinged as he followed the dark haired boy through the shrubbery.

"It's getting stronger… can't you smell it?" the captain called back, his voice serious. Sanji blinked a little at the tone and sniffed the air a little. Indeed it did smell like mud and blood… Wow, trust Luffy to act smart just when the chef was too pissed with him to speak.

"You think the stupid Marimo hurt himself when he hit land?" the blonde asked, also serious. If the smell of blood was this strong, then it was sure to attract… unwelcome visitors. Lions, tigers, and meat eating predators (that could have been why Luffy had smelt it) would be flocking to the area anytime soon, and if Marimo was hurt… well, he didn't stand a good chance of surviving a fight with too many teeth and claws to count. Finally they moved out into a small clearing and Luffy paused, eyes widening slightly as he gazed down at the scene before him. A fair size skid mark, mud kicked up and speckling the green carpet of grass. A blemish on the face of a beautiful piece of clearing. Yep, Zoro had been here alright.

"Wow… that's gotta hurt." Sanji muttered as he moved over and crouched down by the far end of the skid mark, frowning a little as he reached out and touched the earth. Cold. That meant that Zoro must have been long gone.

"Look…" Luffy muttered, pulling something from the dirt and holding it up, grimacing slightly at the mud as he shook it free and then frowning at the dark, blood stained material, "It's Zoro's haramaki…"

"Fucking hell…" the blonde commented quietly, grimacing at the long trail of sticky and shining blood left on the mud. The smell wasn't too fantastic either.

"He must be okay, because he's not here."

"Something may have gotten to him before we did…" Sanji muttered. Luffy turned sharp eyes on the chef.

"Zoro wouldn't let something eat him… even if he were wounded." he frowned. Shrugging as he got to his feet and stuck his hands into his pockets, the blonde sighed a little.

"Well… we may as well look for him." he sighed, dropping his cigarette to the ground and grinding his heel down on it before pulling out another one and lighting it. Sighing out a stream of smoke, he opened his eyes again to see Luffy was… gone.

"Oi!" he yelled, grabbing the cig from his mouth and looking around, "OI! Luffy!" There was no response. Nothing but a soft rustling as a light breeze picked up. Pausing a little, Sanji sniffed the air. He could smell rain… There was a storm coming.

"Fuck it all!" he growled as he stomped off, hoping he was heading in the same direction as what Luffy was going in. If not... well, he was screwed then, wasn't he?

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