25th chapter! :D I really like the idea of Sanji saving Zoro :3 And I wanted to have a little bit of action for a change because well, it might get a little bit boring :P And jealous Zoro 3
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"Pirates! Surrender yourself!" Was an order heard from the mist.
Sara stepped outside with others but was pushed back inside by Nami. "If they see you, you will be a wanted criminal! You shouldn't get involved in the fight!"
Sara looked around her with confusement on her face. Everyone else were standing there, prepared to fight for their dear lives. Then she noticed Sanji almost next to her."Sanji-san!" she shouted at the gentleman."You are wounded! You should come inside with me - - " Sara tried to protect the man but Sanji shoke his head.
"I can't. We are pirates and pirates can't run from a fight, injured or not," Sanji said with a grin."You go inside and hide yourself so that marines won't see you!"
Sara wanted to protect Sanji but couldn't refuse when it was Sanji who asked her to hide. She was thinking something like "Sanji wants to protect me!" and all sort of knight-images running in her teenage head. But it was nothing of sort of: all of the Strawhats didn't want to include innocent people.
As soon as Sara was safe, they started to fight seriously. The woman didn't hide, however, but stood by the window and watched the battle. Well, as if marines had enough time to look around when they had one of the big rookie crews to take care of.
Luffy attacked the strongest ones directly and tried to take them out as soon as possible. He trusted that others could take care of the lower-ranking marine soldiers. Zoro wiped out as many as possible with single movement and Sanji did his best to attack the soldiers from the air and protect his beloved ladies. Well, as if Nami or Robin would need any help when neither of them was weak by any means.
Franky tried to impress everyone with his new weapons and beams but the only thing he did was distract their captain,sniper and doctor from the battle. Brook was trying to force their enemies to the soft slumber of sleep but his attack affected their captain also. Usopp used raflesia to chase the remaining enemies at Chopper who had blocked his nose from the terrible smell before attacking.
It was an easy fight - well, as if one, single marine ship without high-ranking officers would be enough to beat them. The fight had been so easy that everyone wondered how Sanji had managed to get his shoulder injured.
"I was...distracted..." Sanji admitted, blushing slightly but luckily the darkness hid his face. He could feel Zoro staring at him but the idiot said nothing.
"Let me see the wound!" Chopper ordered and removed the jacked around the chef's shoulder. He looked at the wound carefully and finally sighed deeply."It's nothing serious but you should let your hand rest for a week."
"A WEEK?!" Sanji cursed.
"IF YOU WEREN'T SO STUBBORN I WOULD GIVE YOU ONE MONTH OF SICK LEAVE BUT I KNOW YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR SO LONG!" Chopper raged and stood up. "I will clean the wound in the infirmary, and no buts!"
Sanji sighed and nodded."Of course, doctor."
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"Is Sanji-san alright?" Sara inquired from the small doctor.
"He is fine but I used some anesthetic to make sure he rests at least for a while!" Chopper explained and shoke his head. "Members of monster trio can be impossible!" He cursed by himself.
"Monster trio?" Sara wondered out aloud what that meant.
"That counts Luffy, Zoro and Sanji. They are the strongest ones in our crew and we call them 'monsters' because of their strenght,"Chopper informed.
"But doesn't Robin-san have a higher bounty than Sanji-san has?" Sara asked. If she remembered correctly, Robin had a bounty of 80 million and Sanji had a bounty of 77 million.
"Well, Robin is one of the rare people in this world who can read poneglyph and the World Government wants nobody to find out about the forbidden history they hide," Chopper told Sara who nodded slightly.
"I didn't know she had such an ability...does it mean she is not strong?" Sara inquired.
"You don't want to fight her, trust me! Robin is scary!" the small doctor panicked. Sara hadn't seen Robin fighting when her eyes had focused on Sanji. She had had no idea that the blond was that strong!
"By the way, I studied about some old medicines and herbs back at the mansion. I have one book about them and rest is in my head. Would you like to learn about them?" Sara offered her help when she knew bothering Sanji was not an option.
"Really?!" Chopper sounded utterly happy."I would love to!" Chopper said and Sara promised that she could tell him all of her information first thing in the morning.
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Everyone got back to sleep after they had made sure there would be no other marine ships hiding in the mist and waiting for their chance to attack them. Brook's ability was pretty useful when Sanji had fallen victim to their doctor.
It was up to Luffy to stay out and keep watch. They never knew if the enemy was still out there and they needed someone with haki. Zoro was not suited for the job because everyone suspected that he would only nap all night long and Sanji was under the effect of anesthetic.
It was somehow weird how Luffy never complained about keeping the watch. The impatient idiot he was, he always thought the best for the crew and wanted to keep them safe. He could just sit all night long on top of Lion-chan's head and keep an eye on their surroundings, not moving a muscle. Well, when he stayed up all night he would notice when the chef woke up to prepare breakfast and interrupt his work by fooling around as usual,asking him to hurry up.
But this time Sanji wasn't going to wake up and cook, so it meant that their captain was probably going to steal some watch-snack by himself. It was a miracle how he managed to find all the food which wasn't locked away properly and destoy it in a blink of eye. It was sort of a talent to sniff the food - a bad talent, indeed.
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Author's note:
Me and my dear beta enjoy when Sanji suffers as you can probably guess :P My beta said that "the more blood, the better" XD