Kiza: Hey guys, heres the next chapter, please review and enjoy.
"God this town is shit." Sanji says as they walk down the market street, frowning the blond not once since they got was he able to find fresh food. This town just screamed bad news and bad vibes. He didn't like it, he felt uneasy. But he felt a little relaxed as he had Law with him this time around. The man was always aware of their surroundings and was quick to act. Not only that, no matter how hard the older male tried to deny it, he had grown fond of his little daughter. "Smells like shit too." Law then chuckles and continues to walk down the street with the blond.
"Well, not to worry, we won't be staying here too long Mr. Blackleg." Law explains, nodding the blond then sees Zoro and Luffy walk up to them. "Well, welcome back." Law greets as the straw hat captain then hugs the other pirate captain tightly, Law rolls his eyes, but smiles slightly.
"Find anything of use chef?" Zoro asks, Sanji frowns and shakes his head. Suddenly they all look up hearing a door slam open and a black haired boy stumble out with an arm full of food. "What th-"
"Get back here you little street rat!" a voice yells with anger, the said boy gets a shocked look and tries to run past them, but Zoro grabs the back of his shirt and lifts him up.
"Put me down!" the boy screams, then they see a cook walk up to them, looking angry and with a metal spoon in his hand. "LET ME GO DAMN IT!"
"You sneaky little brat! How many times have I told you to stay the fuck out of my god damn kitchen! Quit stealing food!" the man scolds, Zoro then puts the boy down and Sanji flinches as he sees the older chef his the boy across the face with the said utensil, suddenly, Zoro had the stranger by his neck pined to the nearest wall.
"I suggest you don't hit kids that aren't yours. It's not your job, and it's not this kid's fault that this town is run down and he's forced to steal. Have some fucking compassion." With that the green haired swords man pushes the man away and turns back to see law kneeling down in front of the kid, looking over at the new forming bruise on his face. The kid was thing, skin was pale like Sanji's, and his hair looked and was short like the chef's too. What shocked Zoro was that the boy had a practice sword strapped to his back. He then watches as the boy tries to hold back tears. "How is he?"
"Well, I would like to give him a proper examination on the ship, but I can't exactly force him to come with us." Law explains, Zoro then walks back over and kneels down in front of him.
"Hey Kid. We need to get you fixed up and feed. But you need to let us take you to our ship." the boy didn't answer, sighing Zoro runs his hand though his hair. He didn't know what to do with the kid. "Hey, come on, want our help or not?" Zoro asks, finally, he sees the boy nod. "Alright. Let's go." Zoro says standing up and walking away to the ship.
"Wrong way Moss-head." Sanji calls, growling he walks back and begins to follow Law who hadn't even bothered to wait for them, he had picked up the boy and began heading back. His doctor instincts where probably kicking in and making him focused on getting the kid to the ship.
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Once in the infirmary, Zoro had noticed that the boy's eyes were red, causing the green haired swordsman to watch the boy as Law wrapped bandages around the boy's arms, legs, feet, hands, elbows, head, over his left eye and torso. Zoro couldn't help but feel bad for the kid, he looked like he had been beaten up pretty bad more than once, and it was noticeable that he hadn't eaten in weeks.
"Hey, I brought him soup if that's okay." Sanji walks in, looking up from wrapping the said bandages around the boy's stomach, he nods.
"Yes, that should do him some good. But only a little bit. He might throw it back up later. Now, I'll leave you three alone. Straw hat said he needed to talk to me." With that he walks out of the room. Sanji sighs as he then takes a seat next to the bed of the red eyed boy.
"Hey, I brought you some food…how are you feeling?" Sanji asks in a soft tone, the boy then looks up at him nervously.
"Why are you helping me…? I mean…I appreciate it….but…why?" he asks, Sanji smiles as he hands the boy the bowl of soup, letting the boy start to eat. Lucky him he was eating slowly. Sighing Sanji leans back in the chair as he looks over at Zoro who was carrying their sleeping daughter.
"You're not the first kid we've helped. That little girl my lover over there is holding, I found her in an ally way two months ago." The boy looks up and nods, then his face lights up seeing Zoro's three swords strapped to his side.
"You're a swordsman?" Zoro smirks and nods. "I'm training to be one too…" Zoro nods.
"Not a bad choice of a weapon. Once you feel better and if you're willing to let my lover and I take you in…I would like to train you and see how good you really are." Zoro explains the red eyed boy then looks at the two adults with shock.
They were willing to take him in? After they had saw all of his scars? His freaky eye color? After they had seen him steal from someone. The boy then looks down at his lap, he couldn't stop the tears coming to his eyes. He didn't understand why these two wanted to keep him, his own biological parents nearly beat him to death because they didn't want him, but these two pirates did.
"Why?" The boy merely asks, Sanji smiles slightly as he reaches over and gently runs his hands through the boy's hair. That causes the said red eyed child to look up at him.
"Do people ever need a reason to be kind?" hearing that, the boy finally lets the tears stream down his face, smiling Sanji takes the bowl away from the boy and lets him latch onto him and cry into his chest. Sanji sighs as he wraps his arms around the said child and rubs soothing circles on his back, while mumbling calming words into the boy's hair.
Zoro smiles, it looked like he was going to have a protégé after all.
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"So, can he?" Zoro asks, Luffy then looks at his first mate and smiles.
"Sure! Katsu needs a big brother other than me anyway! What's his name?" Luffy asks.
"Ryuu." Looking over they see him standing next to Sanji who was carrying the boy on his back. "My name is Ryuu, Captain." Luffy then smiles.
"Welcome to the family then Ryuu!" Luffy says, Sanji then rolls his eyes as he looks at Zoro and kneels down letting Ryuu climb of his shoulder and stand next to the blond. The first mate could tell the boy was nervous and seemed to be a bit calmer around Sanji. For some reason, his blond haired lover was great with kids. If Katsu wasn't enough proof, then Ryuu would be.
Zoro could see Sanji kneel down next to the boy and whisper something in his ear, Ryuu then blushes and averts his gaze from the blond, he then looks up at the green haired swordsman then back at the ground. He could see Sanji chuckle and ruffle the Ryuu's hair. Zoro then watches as the boy walks to him and stops a few steps in front of him. The boy had a dark blush on his face and was looking everywhere but the green haired swords man. Zoro could hear the boy mumble something, not being able to hear him clearly, he kneels down.
"What? I didn't hear you." The boy then sighs.
"T-thanks…f-for helping me…dad." Hearing that it was now Zoro's turn to blush, but he smiles and ruffles the boy's hair. Oh he really was happy to have a son now.