---------------- Chapter 10 / The Chase is On!

Zoro stood in the hall in front of Luffy's and Ace's bedroom door. An hour had past and it was now time to wake the cook and ask him to dinner. It had been a very uncomfortable hour as he had sat in the living room with everyone else listening to Ace and Chopper retell the cook's tell and then everyone making comments on the matter. It just made it seem like Sanji was some kind of a project and not a person with his own say in the matters. Zoro knew if it was him he would want a fucking say. Doing all this shit behind the man's back didn't seem right to him… it felt like the cowards way but... he was under orders of Luffy and he would never go against the leader he had pledged his loyalties to.

Shifting the glass of ice water to his other hand he had brought for the blonde he opened the door and walked in for once not knocking. He was not sure why he didn't knock …no that was a lie… he wanted to see what Sanji looked like sleeping. He soooo needed to get control on this.

As the door turned in to the room the swordsman got his wish. There on Ace's bed was Sanji curled up on his side snuggling into a spare pillow. Zoro moved over to the bed and gazed down at the man and just watched him sleep. He seemed so peaceful laying there as soft puffs of breaths came from his slightly parted rosy lips.

Zoro frowned at the next thought; Sanji's beauty seemed to make him all that much more… tragic? …Tragic ... Yes tragic that was what the blonde was … a tragic beauty. One that needed saving even from himself …no from himself most of all. He, Zoro could do that for him… if the cook would let him. He could make Sanji happy and keep him safe. Only if the cook would let him… such strength and power that the cook was made up of was always so hard to grasp and keep a hold of… it was like smoke in the wind. You can grab at it but it will always slip through your fingers …only if you take the time and care to use both of your hands to cup around it do you stand a chance of catching it. Then you could never let your hands crack or open again else the smoke would slip out and fade into the air as if it never was.

The swordsman's train of thought came to an abrupt stop as the cook rolled onto his back in his sleep and the hair that always covered the left side of his face slipped off to the side just enough to uncover the hints of some kind of scar on the man's cheek. Wondering if that was why the cook wore his hair so stupidly like that he bent down to try and get a closer look at the scar. It was hard to see still though with all that damn hair in the way. Zoro bent down closer to the man and reached out a hand to brush it away but as he did the cook moved again in his sleep and the action startled the swordsman causing his other hand to tip that held the glass of ice water and he ended up dump over half of it in the cook's face.

Zoro jerked back as the cook's eyes flew open and blinked widely as he sputtered chocking on some of the water that had went in his mouth.

A blue furious eye turned to the green haired man and a foot lashed out at Zoro's chest as the cook yelled at him, "What the fuck asshole?"

Zoro grunted in pain as he was not quick enough to block the leg but fast enough to capture it at the ankle so the cook could not draw back like he seemed to want to, to most likely deliver another attack. "I was bringing you water!" He tried to explain.

"Yeah well unlike shitty marimos I don't take in water around me. I use my mouth to drink it!" growled out the still very pissed cook and kept trying to tug his foot away.

"Some of it got in your mouth." grinned the swordsman pointing out. He could not help it he loved the way that blue eye held such fire within it when Sanji was mad.

Sanji glared all the harder at Zoro but then finally asked, "Was that the only reason you came in here, to dump water on me?"

Still grinning like a fool the swordsman casually replied, "I wanted to ask you to dinner."

The blonde stopped struggling to get his leg free now and really looked at the swordsman. "You mean…like a date?" he asked in confusion, the anger slipping away from his face due to the surprise of the request and what it could mean.

"Why do you always assume that?" he asked but the swordsman's grin only grew as he mocked and leaned in close to the cook's wet face as he used his hand to guide the man's foot he held over his shoulder to stand stuck up in the air behind Zoro, leaving them in a very provocative pose. "Maybe because you want it to be?" asked Zoro his voice slipping into a lustful tone as his dark eyes shimmered with something the cook had never seen there before.

Sanji was not really sure what it was in the swordsman's eyes but whatever it was with that question he had asked had the cook's whole face in a deep blush. Talk about the tables getting turned. Sanji never even thought Zoro knew how to flirt and now Zoro was Sanji was all tongue tied and could only just stare at the man and realize just how attractive he was….when he was not busy brooding or being an asshole that is.

"Zoro was just asking you to dinner for all of us. With him being the one to cause you grief earlier we thought it best if he did the asking." came Ace's fuming voice in the open doorway as he stood there with his hands down at his sides in tight fists that made the knuckles turn white.

Zoro and Sanji both looked to the doorway upon hearing the man's voice and looked like a pair of deer caught in headlights at seeing the sight of Ace there.

Zoro let go of Sanji's foot as he pulled back and at the same time sat the now half full glass of water on the nightstand by the bed. "Erm ... yeah." He agreed with Ace and rubbed the back of his neck. This was not good. He really had not been thinking, just …fuck … how was he going to convince Ace what he saw had been nothing? Cause, well it had been something. Zoro had clearly just put the move on his friend's boyfriend.

Sanji sat up trying to wipe the water from his face then a high pitch "Eep!" came from him half making him jumped out of the bed and then back down again as he tried to get away from the ice cube that had slide down his chest that had been hiding in his hair.

Zoro looked back and could not help but snicker, yet Ace came charging into the room to help the blonde out as he picked up the ice cube and the others that lay about on the bed. Ace's hand gripping them tightly making them melt rather heavily before he stuffed them into the glass they had clearly came from.

Sanji rubbed his chest over the cold spot as he adjusted himself to sit cross-legged now on the bed. "Thanks…" he muttered and looked up to Ace who was glaring daggers into the swordsman. This was rather awkward, not like he had not been in this position before with a jealous lover but not with someone he cared about… and … not with whatever the fuck Zoro was to him.

Sanji reached out and took one of Ace's hands drawing the man's attention to him and gave the fire shooter one of his best dashing smiles. "Well if its dinner with all you fine people how can I refuse." he purred pouring on the sensual looks to Ace as he tugged the man down to him and kissed him.

Ace willingly went to the blonde and kissed him back. He as well shifted to sit on the bed next to the man and opened an eye to look at Zoro as he deepened the kiss with Sanji. The gun slinger's tongue probing into the cook's mouth as he let his hands have free run over the blonde's bare back massaging into.

Zoro could not help but look as Ace was clearly making a statement to him.

The gun slinger pulled Sanji tighter to him making the kiss go deeper still as he worked his mouth on the cook's to the point he had the poor blonde moaning in reply, all while Ace kept that one trained eye on Zoro.

It was at that sound from Sanji that Zoro could not take it anymore and turned sharply on his heel. He huffed out through clenched teeth, "I will go tell Chopper the cook is up." The doctor having wanted to recheck Sanji's wound, and it was the prefect excuse for the swordsman to leave before he said something he would regret. With out another word Zoro left the room.

Ace watched Zoro leave and was about pull up from the kiss since he had made his point when the cook pulled him down on top of him as Sanji lay back on the bed, one of the blonde's legs wrapping around the gun slinger's waist and rolled his hips to Ace's. Clearly Sanji wanted just a little more of the attention and Ace was all but to happy to give it to him.

Slowly Sanji pulled his lips from Ace's and trailed his kisses down the man's neck. He knew what the kiss had been for but… Ace's kisses were just too good to not get wrapped up in them. "How long do we have till we need to get ready for dinner?" he asked in-between his nibbles on the man's neck.

Ace licked his now free lips tilting his head to the side giving the blonde an easier time to get at what he wanted. "Mmm not long, Luffy wants to leave as soon as we can." groaned Ace feeling his cock harden which was no longer so sore that he thought he would not be able to take part in the act again.

"Maybe enough time for a quickie? I'm dying to know what my cock would feel like in that hot ass of yours this time around." purred the cook as his nails lightly scratched over Ace's bare back making the man arch at the feel of it.

"Oh fuck…." Ace moaned out. The thought of Sanji topping him made everything leave one head to flood the lower one as he answered back, "If there is not time we will just have to make there be."

"Like hell you guys will…Luffy is out there chewing on the damn couch! Besides you assholes need to rein it in a little having already kept us up all night AND most of the morning! I think having done all that you two should be able to control yourselves if not I have some sedatives and don't think I wont use them on you fuckers!" Chopper roared in annoyance as he made his way through the room stepping over this and that, "And another thing Ace! You and Luffy need to clean this room it's becoming a health hazard I think I just saw a plate drag bowl under Luffy's bed over there." huffed the little man waving his hand towards Luffy's bed on the other side of the room.

The couple on Ace's bed looked over to Chopper and pouted at getting scolded; Ace pulled to sit up and helped the blonde to do the same. Ace then rubbed the back of his head, "I have been meaning to clean I just keep forgetting." He assured the younger man.

Chopper gave Ace a skeptical eye as he went to his knees in front of Sanji and started to pull off the bandage on the blonde's gut after lowering the sweatpants down enough to do so. He was in a very foul mood. He thought he was going to be able to handle this thing with Robin but watching Franky play kissy face with the woman he had just made love to that morning was so hard for him to stomach and just sit there and act like everything was fine and dandy normal. He had been relived when Zoro had stormed into the room telling him Sanji was up. Yet when he gets here... more damn kiss and sex talk!

"Awe Choppy your not jealous are you?… You know I still wuv you!" cooed Sanji and wrapped his arms around the man pulling him into a hug.

"You damn pervert get off me! I'm trying to assess your wound here! And you fucking asshole you know I hate that nickname!" The little doctor pushed the blonde back grinding his teeth. Stupid ex-girlfriends and pet names!

Sanji laughed out loud pulling back from Chopper and the sound of it was almost musical to Ace's ears. Sanji was truly beautiful. He was not jealous though of Sanji's flirting with Chopper, Ace could defiantly see it was just all in fun but…Zoro… he was going to have to have another talk with his friend. There was no way Ace was giving up Sanji and that damn swordsman better learn that fact real fast.


After Sanji got bandaged up again and a huge long winded lecture with Ace about what he should and should not do for the next few days due to his wound Chopper then dragged the cook away making him and Ace get changed in separate rooms to make sure no tomfoolery was to be had.

Once everyone was ready the whole gang and Sanji headed up to the roadside while Franky pulled the van out from the garage of Kaya and Usopp's mansion home. The van was a custom build job from combine efforts of Usopp and Franky. It was long sleek and dark blue in color though so dark that it almost made it seem black and had what Sanji thought was a rams head on the front as a hood ornament. They called it the Mini Mary 2 for some crazy ass reason that Sanji didn't bother to ask about.

They then all piled in, Franky driving and his girlfriend Robin riding shotgun while the next row of seats went to Kaya, Usopp, Nami and Luffy. The middle row of seats went to Brook, Chopper, Johnny and Yosaku. Thus leaving the back row for Zoro, Ace and him self, Sanji.

Ace had made it a point to sit in the middle between Zoro and Sanji then turned his back on the swordsman and gave his full attention to the cook.

"You know…I think you should stay the night again." smirked the fire shooter as he moved closer to the blonde.

The blonde laughed. "Humm I would but I really should get back to my place if only to get a change of clothing."

"Then why don't we stop at your place after dinner and you can pack up some stuff and come back with us ne?" Ace asked as he lay a hand to the man's thigh. "Or ... just not wear clothing. Either is fine with me I assure you." Ace promised and it was accompanied with a devilish grin to that handsome face of his.

Sanji reached out and let his hand cup Ace's face and his thumb rub over some of those sexy freckles that just added to the man's charm. "We will see." He made no promise but in truth it really was getting hard to say no. It was such fun being around these people and Ace… well he was beyond fun he was much more nailed into Sanji's heart now wanting never be with out the man.

Ace turned his head and with his one free hand placed it over top of Sanji's hand as he kiss the palm of the blonde's hand before turning his head back around. "Come on say yes… you know how much I love that word coming from those sweet lips of yours."

The hint at last night's escapades had Sanji blushing and he had to look away. "So anyways…" he tried for topic change. "Where are we going?"

"Out to dinner, remember silly." Ace teased and moved in closer and as Sanji took his hand back. Ace let his other hand on the man's thigh slide a few inches higher.

Sanji scooted back in his seat as Ace got closer to him, the cook still blushing. "I dint mean like that baka. I mean where are we going to eat?" smirked the cook finding Ace's childish nature so cute at times.

"Oh… I huh don't remember the name." Ace lied a bit uneasy and leaned in then to kiss the cook's neck.

Sanji blushed more and could not help but look to the others in the vehicle. They all seemed to be busy in there own conversations or watching the video screens that hung down for each row of seats with some movie playing, though Zoro seemed to be brooding and looking out his window.

"Oh well maybe we should ask I mean I do have a bit ... huh ... sway with some places and I could get .. ohhh better oh so better .. erm seats, no! A table, yes a table with seats." Sanji muttered and moaned as Ace had his way with the cook's neck and that hand of the gun slinger's crept up a little higher on Sanji's thigh.

"Mmm let's ask later, for now let's just enjoy the ride humm?" purred Ace and brought his lips up to Sanji's kissing the man soundly.

Again Sanji could not help but look to the others. Chopper had now leaned up to whisper something to Nami who then in turn whispered something to Robin and she had turned on some music which blasted now in the back. Still however it was not enough to pull him from the kiss and he eagerly met Ace's enthusiasm and let an arm drape over the man as Ace leaned into him.

Ace had thought he could keep Sanji distracted from where they were heading with flirting and toying hands alone but when he started to ask questions Ace had to move to the more direct hands on approach which seemed to be working and thanks to the now loud music blaring in the back no one would be able to hear all the naughty sounds he would get from the lovely cook.

As the fire shooter's hand now moved over top of Sanji's crotch the blonde moaned in utter delight and pushed his hips up in seeking more attention. Sanji really could not help himself when it came to Ace he was finding. The man just made him so hot and burn with need for more and more. Still something seemed off here.

Ace rubbed at the stiffen member in Sanji's pants working it hard through the cloth as his mouth only deepened the kiss on the blonde making the sweetest sounding whimpers come from him that Ace hungrily fed upon.

Zoro had been staring out the window trying to think about anything but the blonde a seat over from him when his eyes pulled him back over to the man once again at the feel of the long back row seat softly thump. He could not help but stare as Ace pinned the cook to the seat and started to work Sanji to a frenzy of need. Zoro's nostrils flared in irritation at the show before him, like last night had not been bad enough.

Luffy had ended up bunking with him in his room since he had a spare bed and all in his room. With that having happened he thought maybe he could compose his feelings to the man but no Luffy went to sleep right away snoring and mumbling about meat as the sounds from the room next door seemed to get louder. Listening to Sanji beg for it just a bit harder then crying out with praise once he got what he wanted had been…well it had been a very long night. Zoro had tried pounding on the wall that was next to his bed and Ace's as Ace's bed repeatedly slammed into that very wall but it did no good. Zoro had then resulted to yelling at them to 'Shut the fuck up already!' but that did no good... he then went into a series of threats and promises of bodily harm … nothing got though to the bastards. Not even Nami pounding on the door yelling at them to tone it down. So Zoro laid there and listened to it, his mind wandering, his cock hardening and his hand then taking care of matters.

Soon Zoro found him self wanting the blonde to be just a bit louder, and beg just a bit more. The swordsman promised himself that this was only because yes the blonde was hot and he, Zoro had been with out the pleasures of a partner for some time now. That's all there was to it. As morning then came and him having done so already a few times over he got up and took a shower and then got back in bed to find that the noise had finally stopped. Yet as he lay there he could hear now the soft mummers of the pair's voices through the wall. He could not make out what they were saying but the tones of it were soft and comforting. Zoro had rolled over onto his side and stared at the drooling sleeping Luffy. Could he really have something like that with this man or…was something that wild and yet that tender only possible with Sanji? Brave and strong and willing to do anything for a person he cared for, a real sense of honor above his own self's worth. Annoyed at these thoughts Zoro had refused to believe the blonde anything but trouble and forced himself to sleep.

Only now however Zoro was willing to admit to the fact he wanted Sanji for himself. Yet there was the small matter of …Ace. The swordsman stared at the back of the gun slinger's head and grinded his teeth. He knew Ace was mainly doing this make-out session to keep Sanji's attention away from where they were taking the man but still dammit! It was too much like what Ace had done in the bedroom of … making the statement that 'this is mine keep your hands off'. Zoro was not the kind of man to steal another's lover but dammit … ok maybe he was if that lover was Sanji. Zoro really had wanted it to just be lust, that he could deal with but no ... that fucking blonde bastard had to be so noble and so fucking strong, the kind of man Zoro could respect and see him self spending the rest of his life with. Zoro would claim Sanji was so wonderful and prefect for him just to spite him … that is if it didn't sound so stupid. Still there was nothing the swordsman could do about it all at the moment. For now he would just as they say have to grin and bare it…maybe just not with the grin part.

Ace rubbed at Sanji's crotch faster really getting into playing his part in things as he let his lips pull from Sanji to gulp in air then quickly push his lips back down on the blonde's.

Sanji could hardly take it anymore as his hips jerked with a will of their own up into Ace's hand. At the chance of air though he tried to gasp it in but not fast enough and found his lips once again captured. He laid a hand to Ace's chest trying to push the man back a little from him but Ace would not move and then Sanji's cock twitched getting closer to release. Sanji's hand slid down Ace's chest to his wrist to try and make him to at lest back off with that some, as the cook didn't want to end up cumming in his pants and having to walk into a restaurant like that. Yet Ace would not stop. Sanji blushed harder as he begged in whimpers into the man's mouth. "No... ngh please no.. Ace no, no, oh god."

Ace felt rather guilty now but if he let up on the man he would notice they were now on the edge of town and could piece together where they were going. He had to keep the cook's attention for Sanji's own good. Ace reminded himself over and over again that once they got there that the contract would be broken and Sanji would be free and able to come live with them and be safe were Ace could for the rest of his days take care of the man and spend an entirety making this up to him. "Shh just let it happen." Ace breathed in Sanji's mouth and then forced down more kisses on the blonde.

He was fucking going to clock the bastard! Zoro raged with in himself. There was no fucking reason for Ace to be going this damn far! He could not hear Sanji due to the godly loud music playing but he could see Sanji saying no and Ace kept going assuring the cook to go with it. The poor bastard was trembling under Ace.

Feeling as if he was going to pass out before he cummed, Sanji turned his head letting Ace have his neck so he could breathe in much needed air and the gun slinger let him due to feeling so guilty and of depriving Sanji of so little air. As Sanji gasped in more air he opened his eyes looking over Ace's shoulder and blushed brightly as he saw Zoro watching them. His blue eye then held to those dark ones and his hips started to trust faster into Ace's hand. Sanji licked his lips with desire; he should be trying to get Ace to stop even more now with noticing the swordsman watching but he could not help it. To know Zoro was watching him like this … it got him rather hot even more so with Ace's added feverish touches to him.

Yet a flashing light caught Sanji's eye and that eye turned past Zoro to the window next to the man. The van was passing by shabby buildings some with flashing neon signs, then there was 24 liquor store, a few over flamboyant hookers of mix sexs, drunks stumbling out of a cruddy bar, and a man pushing a shopping cart that most likely had all his worldly possessions in it. They were at the edge of the city. If they were going out to eat then they should have been going more inwards to the city not out. In fact Chopper had not yet once turned around and bitched at them and Sanji was sure he and Ace had bumped the doctor's seat a few times. What the fuck was going on here?

Ace tried to pull Sanji's head back into a kiss but this time the blonde was very firm about not doing so and pushed Ace back enough so he could see the man's face.

"Where are we going?" Sanji asked again this time with a bit of a glare due to his suspicion.

Ace blinked and the pulled a smile up to his face as if nothing was wrong. "To dinner remember?" he tried the joke again but this time the blonde didn't find it so cute.

Sanji looked more out the windows as he kept pushing Ace off him as the gun slinger kept trying to pull him back into kisses. "Oi Chopper!" He yelled in the doctor's ear over the music.

Chopper nearly jumped out of his seat but turned around nervously looking at the three in the back seat then to Sanji's frowning face and he put on his best act…which was not that very good, "Huh... yes Sanji?" He asked loudly.

"Where are we going?" Sanji asked again with raised voice.

"Out to eat?" Chopper tried.

Sanji narrowed his eyes at the doctor. They would not know … they could not know…but last night… the food…then today and now…"OH FUCK!" Sanji gasped out and threw himself over the back seat row and opened the backdoors of the van.

"Sanji!" cried out Chopper trying to reach for him but his seatbelt held him in place.

Both Zoro and Ace grabbed the cook's arms trying to get the blonde to stop as the backdoors of the van were thrown open, then Sanji slid himself out of his jacket leaving coat arms the only thing in Ace's and Zoro's grasp as he jumped out of the moving van and tucked and rolled as he hit asphalt.

The car behind them had to swerve to miss hitting the cook and Ace and Zoro both then tossed the jacket down onto the seat and jumped over the seat to also jump out of the van as it was starting to slow. Word having must have finally reached Franky on what was happening.

Sanji didn't even come to a stop he was just rolling one moment then was on his feet running the next as fast as he could back towards the inner city. Ace and Zoro were hot on his heels as they called out for him to stop. Sanji didn't look back just yet though he knew that would slow him down and cost him precious seconds. Sanji's legs burned with fire as he worked his muscles hard while he tore through the street and then onto a busy sidewalk pushing people out of the way and then ran down one back ally, then another busy street, hopped a fence, ran down another back ally, then doubled back one street and over to another then down another back ally, and only then did he look back. He only saw Ace down at the mouth of the ally and kept running while he looked back over his shoulder but turned his head just in time to see Zoro coming towards him from the other side of the alleyway. How the fuck had that green haired bastard got in front of him?

Sanji stopped running to take up a fighting stance as he put his back to the wall his legs apart and his hands in his pockets as a dark shadow came over his face. "Both of you need to back off now…"

Ace and Zoro slowed as they got now with in talking distance of the blonde.

"Sanji we are just trying to help you." pleaded Ace.

"I don't need that fucking kind of help!" Sanji yelled.

"I get it your pissed we didn't tell you, I would be to but the contract can be broke if we take you to Zeff." Zoro then tried.

"NO!" Sanji yelled his frown coming on darker. "The contract can not be broken like that you bastards!" Sanji itched to raise one of his legs to kick someone, anything!

"Don't you want to be free Sanji?" Ace frowned.

"Of course I do but not at that cost!" the cook snapped.

"What cost?" frowned Zoro.

Sanji eyed the swordsman. Was it possible they didn't know? "The only way to break the contract is for Zeff to kill himself in front of me. Doflamingo set it up that fucked up way to make sure I didn't try sneak off to see him…" Sanji's jaw clenched tightly.

"Son of a bitch…" muttered Ace pushing back his hat from his head to let it fall and rest on his back as he scratched at his head.

"Come back with us cook we can work something else out. We can keep you and Zeff safe." Zoro said in a softer tone then he normally used and held a hand out to the blonde.

Ace narrowed his eyes at Zoro then put his hand out Sanji, "Yes come back with me Sanji I will personally make sure everything is taken care of."

Sanji stared at the two of them as they started to close in on him each offering a hand. He never felt more trapped in his life. Yes they where offering him freedom but already he nearly got Zeff killed from his own selfish desires for a free life and pretending like he could have it with these people.

"No!" Sanji yelled and then tried to get around them but both grabbed him their arms wrapping around him and he used their hold then to support himself pulling down towards the ground then jumping up to serve up a double kick assault to them that knocked Ace off fully taking the blow the head and back into some garbage bags and boxes in the alleyway and made Zoro stumble his grip slipping from the cook due to taking a kick to the throat. They had been well aimed kicks no dangerous then needed and he didn't even give full power. Had the two been trying to fight with him they could have most likely blocked the attacks or something but their goaled had been to hold the cook down and he took advantage of their weakness to free him self.

Sanji turned and in a spin to get around the swordsman as he was doubled over holding his throat trying to get in air and the cook delivered a solid flat foot kick to Zoro's ass sending him into Ace as the man was just getting up. Sanji then took the advantage of the confusion and ran again.

Zoro and Ace's recovery was quick. Clearly they were going to need to use more force on the bastard. They untangled themselves from each other and ran after the cook but made it too late to the street as the cab the cook had just got into peeled away from the curb side.

Both Ace and Zoro stood in the middle of the street watching it go each with their own remorse on what ifs. Ace then turned to Zoro, "This is your entirely fault! If you had not tried to get him to come to you I could have talked him down by now!"

Zoro turned fuming eyes to Ace, "Or maybe it's your fault for nearly rapping him in the car ride over! I'm sure he didn't appreciate that! I bet it's the reason he ran to start with!"

"Fuck you it was not rape! And you keep your fucking hands off him from here on out!" Ace yelled.

"You don't fucking own him if I want to touch him I will in fact I'll be making it a point to touch him the next time I see him and give him a real reason to stay!" shot back the swordsman.

"Like hell you will asshole! Sanji is mine!" Ace shoved Zoro in the chest with his hands.

"Just cause you shoved your tongue down his throat does not make him yours!" Zoro shoved back.

"He wants me! He comes to me not you!" Ace shoved again then gripping the swordsman's tank top in fisting hands to shake him.

Zoro mimicked the action gripping at the dark blue t-shirt Ace wore, "Only cause he does not know better but he will! I'll make sure of that!" Zoro promised with a sneer.

Both men pissed at the situation that had just happened and now taking it out on one another having no other outlet.

"Like I would allow that asshole!" Ace yelled then let one of his hands go to take a swing at the swordsman.

The scuffle was on then each getting punches in on the other as they duked it out in the middle of the street and didn't stop till the others found them. Luffy and Franky had to pull them apart with some help from Johnny and Yosaku. As the two men were dragged from each other their eyes glared into each others.

It was clear now the chase is on for the cook's affections!


A/N: Woot finaly got this out .. I would have got it out sooner too if I had not been stuck on how I wanted Zoro to wake Sanji up tee hee. At first I thought about having some sweet sappy cuddleness after the huge shocker of the last chapter but that just didn't seem right for Zoro and Sanji at this stage in there … relationship? Lol And of course now that we are midway in the story its has became clear both Ace and Zoro want Sanji!

Next Chapter! Doflamingo returns! Smoker makes the scene and hamsters run a muck! xD Think am kidding about that shit don't ya hehe just wait! And don't forget to review! I need to know people are at lest slightly amused by this story xD

Reviewer Replies:

Dandy-red – Lol sometimes but I try though ^.^

Hehe yeah I the way I had it come out at first I wanted it to really have that shock value. Yet as you can see it was just a father doing the only thing he could to try and keep his son alive during a very bad time yet never the less it had a lasting effect on Sanji screwing him up a bit. As I have always said blame the patents for how the kids turn out xD I joke…kinda .

Well if you loved jealous Zoro last time maybe you will again with a side kick of Ace jealousy too tee hee.

Thank you sooo much for reviewing!

xdrake24 – As I said last time it was for killing two birds with one stone. Needing a really big reason why Sanji didn't eat and why he is the way he is towards women. Sorry if it grossed ya out but it was meant to, to hit home the tragedy that is Sanji's past.

Don't think I have read/watched that.

Thanks so much for reviewing and hope this was a fast enough update for ya ^.^