20th chapter! *cheering for myself* :D I think I am starting to fangirl myself slightly when I can't realise it's me writing these stories :_D But well, here goes another chapter of this fanfic :) I will slowly develop their relationship as you have probably noticed :)

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"Is there something I could do?" Sara asked, genuinely interested in working. She needed something else to think than the idiotic chef who didn't notice her feelings and most of all, he didn't respond to them.

"Well, everyone has their own works around here..." Nami sighed and tried to think of something to do for the young woman. Even though she was a guest, she didn't want to waste the offer of help. "Actually, are you good at sewing and patching clothes?"

"I am pretty good, actually!" Sara praised herself. "I used to fix all the clothes back at the mansion!"

"Then you could ask everyone if they had something you could patch! I am probably the only one in this crew who has even the slightest ability to handicrafts and I am busy keeping eye on the weather and log!" Nami explained and Sara nodded before she rushed off.

Sara was really pleased to have something to do. Now she could forget all the things which had caused the earlier out-burst and show Sanji how good of a woman she was! She was not a kid by any means and she wanted to show it!

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Sanji was allowed to return to his work with strict instructions: someone had to keep an eye on him and help him in the kitchen all the time and he had to inform Chopper immediately if something felt wrong. Even though he couldn't taste-test his cookings, cooking was natural to him. Sanji had agreed to his terms but found them hard to follow: not only it was annoying when someone had to babysit him all the time but also he couldn't work like usual when he had to let someone help him. He was used to work alone so it was weird having someone around.

Everyone expect Luffy were allowed to help him. Well, Sanji didn't want to let ladies help him so that meant only Franky, Brook, Usopp, Chopper and Zoro counted. Chopper was busy with his medical studies so Sanji counted him out quickly and then he thought that the clumsy skeleton would do nothing but harm in his beloved kitchen. And then there were three.

Franky was actually surprisingly good in the kitchen. He was used to working with his hands and the small hands appearing from his palms made it much easier for him to cook or in his case do some detailed work. Well, he had some ridiculous ideas of heating the food with beams instead of oven but Sanji refused the offer.

Usopp was also used to working with his hands but he wasn't as good as the cyborg. He was trying to make an impression a little bit too much but he was able to do some basic food on his own. Maybe it was because of his years alone after his mother died that he had had to learn to cook on his own.

Then Zoro was in his own league. He had no experience in cooking but he was pretty good at using knives.

"Born to be a vegetable-chopper, eh?" Sanji teased the green-haired man when he watched his working over his shoulder.

"My dream was to become one from the very beginning, yeah," Zoro teased back and suddenly turned to look at the man behind his back. Sanji had already returned to his work and he couldn't see how the swordman was mentally trying to strip him. Thank gods for his good imagination! Then he tried to shake the wild ideas out of his head because he had to focus on his job.

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After the not-so-usual-meal ( since Luffy couldn't taste ) Zoro tried to go up to the crows nest to do his training. Well, he couldn't reach his training spot, the lost child he was.

"Got lost again, Mr Marimo?" Zoro heard a chuckle behind his back. The insulting name was familiar but the voice belonged to someone else.

"What are you doing here?" Zoro hissed at Sara who smiled gleefully at him.

"Nothing. Just wondering how you can get lost on your own ship," Sara answered honestly. "Do you need any help?"

"Not from you at least," Zoro said in a dark tone and tried to get away from the woman. But the woman just stepped closer and blocked his way out of the situation.

"What happened between you and Sanji-san?" She asked, demanding for a proper answer.

"That's none of your business. Move out of my way," Zoro said in a threatening tone.

"That's my business! What happened?!" Sara raised her voice a little bit.

"Move out of my way or I will - - " Zoro threatened but Sara interrupted him.

"You will what? Oh I am so scared!" Sara teased the swordman. "You know that Sanji will kill you if you hurt me?"

Sara was surprised that her words had no effect at all when the swordman pulled out his sword and pressed it against her throat in a split second. She tried to swallow but felt the cold metal pressing against her throat so she didn't.

"You think you are something special to him? If you think that I am scared of him, you are wrong. Not because I am stronger than him, but because I trust him. He would never hurt his nakama because of some stranger who by some accident got onto our ship!" Zoro hissed at the woman and enjoyed the scared look on her face.

"Let me go..." Sara asked almost nicely but Zoro only laughed at her.

"Should I let go of you when you didn't move out of my way?" Zoro reasoned. "I don't think so. But let me tell you something before I will be nice enough to remove the sword from your throat, okay? You are just a kid playing around in her fantasy world. You know nothing about the real life and the real life of a pirate. Sanji is a pirate. You know nothing about being a pirate."

Zoro removed his sword slowly and put it back to it's place. Sara felt really relieved to have the sword further from her throat but it was now clear to her that the swordman could kill her easily if he wanted to.

It annoyed her.

It annoyed her way too much.

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"Hey idiots and all the lovely ladies on board! It's dinner!" Sanji shouted the usual shout. Luffy rushed to the kitchen as usual but then seemed to remember that he couldn't taste and he got all gloomy. Taking the first bite, he realised the meat was delicious like usual.

"MEAT IS GOOD AGAIN!" Luffy cheered and Sanji sighed.

The hell is loose again...

He stared at how Luffy stole even more food than usual and how he forgot all the table manners - well, as if that was something new.

"Sara-chan! Would you mind taking his sense of taste again? He would be way more and easier to handle!" Sanji suggested.

Sara nodded and smiled widely."Of course! I would do anything for you!"

Nami and Robin shared looks behind others' backs but said nothing.

"Sanji! Don't ask her do something like that!" Luffy shouted, mouth full of food.

"Why not? You are not enjoying your meals even one bit anyways!" Sanji preached at their captain and got approving nods from others.

"You can't do that!" Luffy whined before he realised something rather important.

"But Luffy - - " Sanji started but was interrupted by their captain who had realised his position.

"No. Captain's orders," Luffy ordered and Sanji sighed deeply - he knew when he saw a lost fight.

"Aye aye, captain."

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Author's note:

Ah, luckily I have got many papers full of detailed ideas of the scenes in this fanfic! :D They are a lot of use to me! :) But please review and tell me what you think of my work! I guess that some of you are confused by Sara's behavior but she is 16-years old young girl who is used to getting everything she wants expect freedom at the mansion and well, she is sort of a teenager yet so her hormones are playing tricks on her :D It's pretty normal that a teenage girl gets obsessed with something :P

P.S I did the check on this chapter by myself and I hope I succeeded without my beta for this! :D ( she will check the later chapters of course but this was an expetion, I hope! :D )