Hi! I'm back. I don't know if the story is good or not, and I don't know where it's going yet. However, I had this idea for a while, so I decided to write it down, hope you like it. If you do, tell me and I will update ^_^

Anyway, the story is, so far, mainly ZoSan. No, English is not my mother tongue. And yes, there is shounen-ai. If it's not your thing, I'm not forcing you to read.

Disclaimer: It's not mine, if it was it would have been more action between Zoro and Sanji, if you know what I mean. Just a suggestion, if you ever stumble upon this story, Oda-sama.

Sanji refused to believe it was Zoro. It couldn't be Zoro! It must be some kind of sick joke. Hell, Zoro couldn't do that! Not only couldn't, he WOULDN'T do that - it was far too embarrassing for Zoro to do anything like that. Alright, all solved, it was not Zoro. No way in hell.

Flashback:

After finding One Piece, they all returned to their homes, to tell everyone themselves that they actually achieved their dreams and goals. Luffy went to Dadan and Makino as the Pirate King; Zoro went to his dojo to tell Koshiro and Kuina that he was the best swordsman; Nami went to Nojiko, to show her the map of the world; Sanji went back to Baratie, just to get his ass kicked by Zeff and to be called an "ungrateful eggplant"; Usopp went back to his village as a real warrior of the sea, having some real stories to tell; Chopper went back to dr. Kureha and was chased around the palace for daring to show his face to her; Robin wanted to go to Ohara (rather what was left of it) to tell them about Rio Poneglyph; Franky returned to Water 7 to help Iceburg with his SUUUUPEEERRRR project of turning Water 7 into a ship and Brook, together with Laboon were back on their Grand Line Tour of the Soul King.

After visiting Koshiro, Zoro mentioned that he wanted to see Mihawk and that was last time Sanji saw Zoro for three and a half years. He hasn't heard anything from him and neither did the rest of the crew. Zoro didn't even show up on Usopps and Kayas wedding; neither did he send them a card or a present. The only weird (if you count Luffy out) thing on the wedding was that Usopp snatched Nami and talked to her in the corner for an hour after opening one of her presents. After that he was really thoughtful and before Nami left for Cocoyashi a week later he gave her a letter without a name on it and said "Please send it along with your next letter".

Probably the same month as Usopps wedding, Sanji heard a really good song on the radio. It was sung by a male singer and it made Sanji really weak in his knees and he got a nose-bleed, not a big one, but still. The voice was hypnotising him. Sanji spent his spare money on buying the recordings of that band, which was called Kuraigana, and any magazine that mentioned the band. From the magazines he got to know that the song he heard was their first song with their new lead singer Aon, and they changed the name from Storm Warning to Kuraigana because of Aon.

Aon was a real mystery. There were a lot of rumours about him, one of which said that Aon was blind. That would be an explanation to why he was blindfolded when he was in public and his close relationship with their guitarist Neah, who came to the band along with Aon. Aon never gave interviews and when the band did, he was silent, just "looking" at Neah to give a response for him. Other rumours said that he couldn't play the guitar and just pretended that he did at the concerts. Those rumours were dispelled when Aon took an acoustic guitar and in public played a really difficult piece.

It didn't take long for Sanji to understand that he was hopelessly in love with Aon. Aon had the body-type he liked best – he was muscular but not like the people who wanted to gain muscle mass, no, it was muscles of someone who trained hard in some kind of martial art and was really good at it. Sanji never got to see the whole face because Aon was always blindfolded and that damned piece of silky black fabric covered half of the face. Aons hair was dark and short in front but somewhat long in the back. Anyway, Sanji was sure as hell determined to meet the singer one day, but Kuraigana never left the Grand Line on their tours and the tickets were sold out before Sanji even heard about the concert.

For two years of his one-sided love he worked at Baratie and even got himself a student (well, he didn't chose the guy, Zeff just shoved the kid into Sanji and said to teach him because the kid was a hopeless idiot). One day he heard a song on the radio and he was almost sure Kuraigana played it, but the vocals were female. It was a quiz, they said later and if you guessed the band correctly, you could win a VIP ticket with access to backstage. Sanji tried his guess, by calling the hot line. He won. He won a ticket to a concert in Alubarna, last concert of the tour, in three months from that day.

The East Blue gang (as they mockingly called themselves) agreed that it was really good timing and Nami sent letters to everyone in Grand Line gang (Robin, Chopper, Franky and Brook) and in a week they left for the Grand Line. Luffy was overjoyed. He was bored to death and was entertaining himself by attacking marine bases. Nami didn't mind it much – he brought home money, so she closed her eyes on this mischief.

Oddly enough, once they were on the Grand Line, Nami said that Zoro will be at Alubarna at the time of the concert, so Sanji will pick him up after the concert and get him to Vivis place. That was the first time he heard anything about Zoro in three years, which made him angry. Why didn't he answer any of Sanjis letters? Of course, they broke up, but they still were nakama, so Sanji expected at least an answer.

At Whiskey Peak they were picked up by Franky, Robin and Brook on Sunny and left the vessel Usopp somehow acquired there. It was really nostalgic to see Sunny and the rest of their crew. Robin told them that Chopper was stuck on the island with some serious illness infecting the inhabitants; he had almost cured it after two years of hard work, but more time was needed and he will be joining them at the Water 7.

Franky did some changes on the ship, like making the girls' bedroom bigger - to be able to fit four people and the same was done to the guys' bedroom. The kitchen was also bigger, to be able to contain two cooks at the same time – Sanji and his apprentice. Kaya was introduced to Choppers study and was appointed Choppers substitute, on one condition from Usopp – Kaya will not be doing any fighting. As all of them (except for Sanjis apprentice) were strong enough to single handily kick CP9 into oblivion (just as example), the condition was accepted without any objections.

Their way to Alabasta didn't have any kind of complications, apart from Luffy being chased through the whole Drum Island by dr. Kureha, who was angry with him for whatever reason. Sanjis opinion was that she was doing that just for the fun of it, but he wisely kept his mouth shut.

Vivi was delighted to see them, hugged them and threw a party that lasted for a week (Luffys idea, he refused to make it shorter). Then, the day of the concert came. Before Sanji left, Nami said to him:

"Don't forget to pick up Zoro after it's finished."

"But Nami-swan, how will I find him? I don't think he'll be on the concert. And by the way, do you think he found his way to Alubarna?"

"No need to worry, Sanji-kun. His sense of direction is not as bad as it was. Have fun." Nami left before he could ask her, how she knew about that.

The concert was everything he expected and more. There was a VIP front row, where he and several rich kids sat. His seat was exactly in front of the spot where Aon stood and the man had a strong presence to him that Sanji was unable to move his gaze anywhere, it was locked on Aon. Sanji saw the man's lips move as he sang his songs giving everything he had. The recordings didn't have even half of the emotion Aon gave now. Sanji noticed his mood change according to songs. During one he was about to jump up and down with pure joy, while during other he was almost going to cry or kick somebody really hard. Such a thing never happened while he listened to the recordings. Sanji was sure that if Aon ever wanted his own army of slaves, he would just need to sing a song and hundreds of thousands would follow, Sanji among them.

After the concert the cook was still sitting in his chair, not moving. People were leaving, while Sanji sat unmoving. He was pissed. The concert was too short. It was then one of the personnel approached him and led him behind the stage. He was freaking out. What was he to say to the band? "Hi, I'm Sanji and I'm in love with Aon."? He couldn't allow that to happen, but Sanji was unsure if he could keep his tongue. The cook began to panic when he saw where the personnel led him to. In front of him was a door with two names on it. Aon, Neah.

The personnel knocked.

"Come in!" it was Neah who answered.

"Neah-sama, Aon-sama, I brought him as you required." the man said.

"Thank you, Serge." Neah answered. "You can go."

The man from personnel left Sanji standing at the doorstep with his heart pounding so loud, everyone could surely hear it. There, with his back to the door, on an armchair sat Aon, his head tilted back tiredly, so Sanji was able to see his forehead and the silky black blindfold. Neah was across the room, packing their things in two bags.

She wasn't taller than Nami, probably just the same height, with Nami-like figure, although dressed modestly. Her hair was black and pulled up in a ponytail. When she looked up, Sanji couldn't help but feel that he saw her somewhere; her yellow eyes didn't help. Of course, he saw her photos before, but he never felt that she looked so familiar. She looked at Aon, who was snoring softly already, and said:

"Oi, if you are planning on sleeping, I'm gonna leave your things here."

Aon just grunted and said with a really hoarse voice, also somewhat familiar to Sanjis ear:

"You didn't have to work your ass off for two hours there, so shut it."

"Be polite to a lady!" Sanji said that before he even realized it.

"Zip it, shit-cook, you're here just to pick us up, because Neah never been to the royal palace." Aon snapped back at Sanji.

Sanji froze.

End of flashback.

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Rhe.