I changed chapter five because it just sucked. It ended too nicely so I'm making it more dramatic. I apologize for those who read the other version and that this one took so long. Please let me know if you like this one better.

Chapter 5

Sanji sat on the bed in the room he had shared with Marco but now with Nami. She was pacing back and forth contemplating everything he just told her. Probably trying to find a way out.

"You know you could start a war right?" Nami demanded again.

"I'm sorry," he said for the millionth time. "And Marco's told me every day we were here." Though he seemed reluctant to leave as well. Neither said anything for several minutes. A knock on the door got a response from Sanji, "Come in."

Zoro entered and walked right up to the blonde, "I need to talk to you," then he grabbed his wrist to lead him to a different room.

As soon as the door closed the swordsman shoved Sanji into it and kissed him. Zoro's hand un-tucked the cook's shirt to glide up his abdomen and pinch his nipple. The blonde moaned and asked, "Miss me?"

"Maybe," the marimo replied undoing the other's belt.

Sanji was a bit nervous about this but he didn't want it to stop. He removed Zoro's shirt to explore the muscle. The marimo attacked the other's neck.

Zoro was about to grab Sanji's half erect member when a voice called, "I know you're busy but I need to borrow Sanji."

"Later Robin," Zoro growled.

A hand appeared out of the wall and Sanji jumped away from it and Zoro. It unlocked the door and both barely had time to redress. It disappeared as the door opened.

"Let me rephrase that," Robin smiled evilly, "I'm taking Sanji."

The swordsman crossed his arms and stared at her. After a few seconds Zoro looked away running his hand through his hair, "Give him back when you're done."

"I'm not an object!" said person yelled.

"Of course you're not," The raven haired woman giggled and hooked their arms. "How does a walk sound?" They left and when Robin was sure no one was listening she asked, "Why were you really here Prince Sanji?"

He sighed, "I wanted a break and I kept hearing strange stories about devil fruit here. I wanted to see it for myself. Every day I wish Zeff hadn't named me his heir but who else will take care of Nami and Vivi."

The archeologist stared at him confused, "He named you heir?"

"I was an orphan who got hired as a cook but I got along with the princess' and Zeff thought I would make a good care taker," he summarized.

"That's an honor," she replied.

Sanji shook his head, "I'm not cut out to be king but Vivi," he smiled proudly, "Now there's a good ruler."

Robin nodded in understanding. "What are you going to do? I like you but I can't stay quiet forever. It's my duty to protect my kingdom."

"As is mine but I can't think of a way around war without forcing Nami or Vivi to marry," he sighed.

"I have an idea," she shoved him into a group of awaiting guards that shackled him. "Take him to the dungeon," Robin smiled evilly, "We'll use his sister as leverage against his kingdom and make them surrender. No fighting. No war." She turned and walked away.

Nami after Robin explained what happened to Sanji

How could they do something like this? After Sanji talked so energetically about them. He considered them friends and they turned their backs on him.

The door opened but Nami kept her back to whoever walked in. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Luffy place a tray of food on the night stand. He sat next to her and smiled. "I didn't eat it." What? Was he talking about the food?

"Congratulations I stopped you," Ace commented dryly.

"It must be boring in here," Luffy stated, "What do you do in here?"

"Sit and wait to be rescued," she lied. Plotting her escape of course but she couldn't tell them that. How could she use this simpleton? First she would have to get rid of Ace.

To her surprise neither laughed. "I can tell you now that Robin planned this so being rescued is slim to none," Ace looked away. "Also this is Robin's plan no one else had anything to do with. You can't imagine how mad everyone got at her for what she did. Especially Zoro. I feel bad about it."

Why would he tell her this? What would he gain? What did he want? Sanji said that he was attached to Marco. Perhaps he wanted information. Or when she was returned home after the ransom he would want her to explain what he told her. She smiled evilly, "If you're telling me this to pass on to Marco later on it's no use. I'm sure when he finds out what happened to Sanji he'll hate you." Ace flinched. "If I tell him what you just told me he'll think you're weak for letting it happen."

"I have other things to take care of," he said quickly, "Luffy let's go."

Nami turned sad eyes on Luffy, "Can't you stay? It is boring in here."

His smile widened, "I'm going to stay for a while."

"Alright but don't eat her food," he left.

"What do you want to do?" he jumped off the bed.

"How about we go for a walk?" she asked innocently.

His face turned serious, "You're not allowed to leave this room. If you do escape Robin will have Sanji killed." His face returned to normal, "Don't you just love Sanji's cooking. It's amazing."

Maybe he isn't as dumb as she thought. He was right nonetheless: if she did leave they probably would kill Sanji. What was she supposed to do? Could she just let them keep her brother in a dungeon? Would she even be able to sit here without trying something?

Nami looked at Luffy, "Thank you." What surprised her most is that she meant it.

The dungeon

Sanji sat against one of the walls to his cell. The dungeon was huge and very loud with cursing, fights, and other things he didn't want to think about. Luckily he had the moderate sized but grimy cell to himself. The lighting down there was very dim and Sanji could barely see his own hand in front of his face. Man he could really use a cigarette right now but they along with his lighter were taken. He had to escape, find Nami, and leave. Even if he could get them out they would probably be captured again. They didn't have transportation or even disguises. They were also in Mihawk's kingdom anyone here was likely to turn them in.

"Sanji?" a voice whispered loudly.

Who knew him down here? Or perhaps someone had come down here to speak with him. "Over here," he called softly as he stood. The blonde walked over to the bars squinting so he could make out the dark figure.

"Sanji?" a rough hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Zoro?" he finally recognized the voice. "What the hell are you doing here?"

The hand moved away. There was a scrape of metal then a clink and the door opened. "Breaking you out," Sanji could hear the other's smile.

"We have to get Nami," he stated as he followed Zoro out. "What if the guards catch us?"

"I have Brook, Franky, Chopper, and Usopp distracting them," they began climbing stairs, "Ace is getting a horse ready."

"Why are you helping me?" Sanji asked suspiciously.

"What too good for my help," he replied.

"It's not that," they began walking down the hallways, "Robin is the one who put me in there."

"She's just trying to do what she thinks is best," he stopped at when two openings appeared. "Which way was it?"

"It's the left you idiot. I can't believe you don't know how to navigate your own castle," the blonde sighed as they continued. "Since you're helping me know there's going to be when I return."

Zoro grunted, "If you can get your old man to hold his shit together I can get mine to then we can have a very tense civil meeting."

"And solve what? I still did something wrong," he asked exasperated.

"We'll figure something out," the marimo opened the door to his room.

Nami sat on the bed laughing as she watched Luffy reenact something from his past. He fell over when they entered.

"We have to hurry," Zoro grunted, "I don't know how long Franky can keep Robin in her room. Luffy go check on my father. Don't tell him anything."

The boy ran out to do as he was told.

"What's going on?" Nami asked.

"We're escaping," Sanji grabbed her hand and followed Zoro.

"Can we trust them?" she glared at the green haired man.

"Of course you can trust me," he growled. They made it outside and were almost to the stables. The shadows of the night shrouded them from prying eyes.

Ace jumped out and Nami reacted on instinct. She was suspicious and decided to attack the closest person to her that wasn't her brother. Her claimant bar stuck Zoro in the groin. He fell over and Sanji had to bit his lip to keep from laughing. He's here to help us. He's here to help us. He repeated this mantra but it wasn't all that useful as Ace was cracking up.

"You bitch," the man on the floor moaned. "Shut up Ace you're going to draw attention to us."

He quieted but was still giggling even as Zoro stood unsteadily and followed the raven haired man to a saddled horse. Nami climbed on first with Sanji sitting behind her.

Zoro said, "Send me a message," before they disappeared into the night.

Mihawk's bedroom

Robin entered her father's room. It was dark except for the candles lighting up a desk. Mihawk sat in his chair immersed in his book. He looked up to watch his daughter. She had told him about Sanji but they had not discussed what would happen after she threw him in the dungeon.

"To show that we only want peace I suggest we give back Princess Nami," she started, "But we need to punish Prince Sanji else others will think us weak."

"I agree," the king replied. "What do you suggest?"

"We should keep him here as a servant. Rumors will do the rest," she waved her hand nonchalantly. There will be no war and Zoro gets to keep Sanji. Win win for both side.

"An excellent idea but we have neither Prince Sanji nor Princess Nami," Mihawk stated as if bored. "Your brother, Zoro, saw to that."

At that moment said man walked in. He looked at Robin quizzically before approaching his father. "We need to talk."

"Yes," their father answered, "Why'd you let them go?"

Zoro looked surprised at being found out but quickly recovered himself, "It's time we resolve the issues between our kingdoms without violence or blackmail. Let's just get together and talk."

"What if Prince Sanji betrays you and tries to kill us if we meet to talk it out?" Mihawk questioned. "Perhaps King Zeff will attack on his own. Maybe I'll kill them myself. What's to stop this from ending in ruin?"

"I trust Sanji," was all he said.

His father smirked, "Then we will go but if anything happens it will fall on you."

The next morning in Zeff's Kingdom

Sanji flew across the throne room and hit the wall. He had told Zeff everything and now the old man was seething. There was no doubt how much pain the blonde would be in when the geezer was gone. To top everything off the king was already angry because the captain of the guard, Marco, had disappeared the same day as Nami and Sanji.

"You better have a way to solve this eggplant," he stormed over to the prince to kick him again but Nami stepped into his path.

"He does," she stated calmly. Vivi knelt to his side to make sure he wasn't hurt too badly.

Sanji's mind went blank. He didn't have a plan. What was he supposed to say? All he had thought about was getting Nami back home safe. Relax, what had Zoro said? If you can get your old man to hold his shit together I can get mine to then we can have a very tense civil meeting. That's right a civil meeting.

Sanji stood, "Zoro and I want to end the conflict. Have a meeting between you two and sort out some kind of truce."

King Zeff glared at his son, "No matter how that meeting ends I'm going to finish kicking your ass after."

All three of his children sighed in relief.

Sanji went to his room to begin the message to Zoro. When he got their there was a letter on his writing desk. It was from Marco. He tore it open and read:

To Sanji,

I'm sorry I could not save you when you and Nami were kidnapped.

From Marco

What the hell that was it? He sighed as he place the note into one of his pockets then lit a cigarette. It's not like Marco had many places to hide. In fact he would bet everything that he knew the one place Marco would go to but that wasn't important right now. It's not like he could go and get him.

Sanji gave the letter for Zoro to a servant and demanded it get delivered as soon as possible. There was no time to waste. The next day the blonde received a reply. It had a location and a date on it. This one day would mean the life or death of many people. Everyone hoped it would lean toward life.