chapter 26! :) I have written almost the whole story already but it takes time to work all the details etc :) I hope you enjoy and please review! I am working on another fanfic also, check my new story "Strawhat's police station" if the title gets you interested :)
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Sanji woke up around midday the next day. Their doctor had given him a good dose of anesthetic to force him to rest for a while at least. He had received a new wound when the old ones weren't healed yet and he was suffering from a slight blood-poisoning which was apparently enough of a reason to drug him to sleep.
Sanji staggered on his feet and headed towards the kitchen. He knew he wasn't allowed to stress his shoulder but he wanted to make sure nobody had destroyed the kitchen during the night and the morning.
Shit...I was just about to get back to my work and then something like this happens...gods must hate me...or Luffy...
The kitchen was perfectly fine to his surprise. Everything was put to their right places, there was no leftovers on the table ( as if there would be leftovers when Luffy is our captain...) and everything was clean. The chef sighed deeply in relief.
He went on the deck and saw Zoro sitting on Luffy's usual place on top of Lion-chan's head. Sanji smirked a little at the sight and had an idea of how to distract the swordman from his meditation. Even though he knew the swordman hated if someone interrupted him during his meditation, Sanji was willing to take the risk.
Nobody else was on the deck. Chopper, Nami and Robin were probably in the library to read books and draw maps, Franky and Usopp were probably in their workshops developing their weapons as usual after fights. Then the perverted skeleton and their captain were probably in the aquarium room admiring the fishes.
Sanji tried to approach the swordman quietly even though he guessed Zoro knew he was coming. He stood behind the other man, not saying a word.
"What? You have something to say or are you just trying to disturb my training, Mr Nosebleed?" Zoro asked calmly but Sanji said nothing.
Instead of answering the guestions, Sanji approached the man and placed a small kiss on his cheek. Zoro got startlet by the sudden movement, lost his concentration and even fell off from top of the lion's head into the sea.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Zoro hissed when he got back on the deck, pressing Sanji against the floor. There was cold sea water dripping from his clothes.
"Let go of me, Moss-head or Chopper will kill you for injuring his patient," Sanji adviced the green-haired man.
"If you wanted to get my attention so badly, why bother with such a trick?!" Zoro inquired and Sanji blushed at the guestion.
"I wasn't begging for your attention, you idiot!" Sanji hissed back at the man on top of him."Besides, you are heavy."
"Muscles weights a lot," Zoro said and grinned widely."And as you have probably noticed, I have lots of muscle."
Sanji tried to struggle out of the situation but saw only one way to get out when his legs were trapped again. And he wouldn't do such a low trick as kicking someone's family jewels if the situation wasn't utterly hopeless. And it wasn't. "Could you please get off me?"
Zoro didn't move from the spot, however. He allowed his hands to hover cross the new wound on the blond's shoulder and he saw Sanji gulp hard."Does it hurt?"
"Not really, it's only annoying," Sanji complained and Zoro chuckled before hiding his face against Sanji's chest. Usually the blond would have only gotten annoyed by the guestion but the mood prevented him from doing so.
"I am sorry about that," Zoro apologiced. Sanji could feel Zoro's breath against his skin but said nothing.
"It wasn't your fault - - " Sanji tried to reassure the man.
" - - I know that!" Zoro hissed quickly."But I still feel quilty."
They laid there on the deck quietly for a while, staring at each others eyes. It was really comfortable, the closeness they had. They could feel each others warm breaths on their faces without the awkwardness. Their both mouths got dry all of a sudden and they were trying to swallow while looking at each other closely.
Their sweet moment lasted for a while before Sara interrupted them. She stood there on top of the stairs, blushing hard. "What - - are you guys doing?!" she managed to stagger and both males could sense her rage. They jumped up as fast as they could and cleared their throats while blushing hard.
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"Look, Brook! There is a huge fish in there!" Luffy cheered and made faces against the aquarium glass. Someone would have to clean all the snot and drool later.
"I can see it! It's huge!" Brook shouted at the captain."Ah! Even though I have no eyes to see! Yohohoho! Skull joke!"
"Skull joke!" Luffy cheered the skeleton."You are really funny! Another skull joke!"
"I can't come up with the jokes just when you order me, Luffy-san! My brains are all stiff!" Brook explained."Even though I don't have any brains! Yohohoho!"
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Nami, Robin and Chopper could hear the duo shouting and laughing in the aquarium room.
"KEEP QUIET! I AM TRYING TO DRAW MAPS SERIOUSLY OVER HERE!" Nami shouted angrily and they heard how their captain and musician fell silent all of the sudden. "Really, those idiots never think of others!"
Chopper sighed deeply and continued reading the notes he had made with Sara. He had had lots of new information from the woman and the book she had brought with her was pretty useful too. He could study these new pieces of information and be a step closer in developing the cure to all diseases.
Robin smiled gently at the small doctor who was suddenly full of energy.
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Usopp and Franky were depeloping their weapons below the deck when they heard Sara shouting at the deck. They couldn't hear what she was saying because of the voice insulating material Franky had installed. They could hear the angry woman on the deck and they knew that an angry woman shouldn't be approached: they had plently of experience of that with their navigator.
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"What - - are you guys doing!?" Sara repeated the guestion when neither of them knew what to say.
"Sara-chan! What are you doing here?" Sanji tried his usual swooning but it didn't work on Sara.
"Don't think that I am some foolish teenager!" Sara hissed."I know what I saw!"
Sanji blushed but didn't know how to explain the situation. He couldn't understand how the woman had managed to surprise them but then again, they both had had their thoughts full of each other.
"Ero-cook. Kiss. Cheek,"Zoro spelled slowly." I. Sea. Zoro. Shock." He grinned at the woman who was clearly annoyed by the situation.
"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Sara shouted."Sanji-san would never do such a thing!"
"Sara-chan, please calm down!" Sanji almost begged the woman to take a deep breath before she would say or do something stupid.
"I WON'T!" Sara hissed at the blond."He is lying, isn't he?!"
Sanji pulled out a smoke and lit his cigarette. "Sorry, but he isn't."
Sara blinked before the answer sunk into her."You...kissed him?! Are you sick or something?!"
It was Sanji's turn to be angry. Well, only slightly because he was talking to a young lady."I don't know who you think you are when you judge us like that!"
"But - - I am a lady!" Sara staggered."You love ladies! I love you! You love me!" Sara yelled desperately and blushed.
"Let me tell you one thing," Zoro stepped forward with a threatening voice."This guy is a womanizer. You are nothing special in his league: you are just a teenaged girl with foolish fantasies, living in her fairytale world."
Sara took a threatening step forward the swordman who didn't move from the spot. As if he would loose in a theatfullnes against a teenaged girl!
"Both of you, calm down!" Sanji ordered and gave glances at both of them while stepping in between them.
"DON'T YOU INTERRUPT THIS!" Sara shouted and grabbed Sanji's shoulder to push him away from her way. Unfortunately it was Sanji's wounded shoulder and the man hissed in pain, glutching his shoulder hard.
"SANJI!" Sara shouted and tried to kneel next to the man she loved. She was utterly stunned to notice Sanji turning his head away, not even looking at her.
"Hey, Ero-cook," Zoro said calmly, not trying to approach the man. It was sort of a respectfull movement telling the chef that he was strong enough to stand a minor pain like that. "Do you want me to fetch Chopper?"
Sanji shoke his head and sat on the ground while holding his shoulder.
"I am...sorry, Sanji-san!" Sara apologiced. Tears were glistering in her eyes but it had no effect at all on the chef.
"I am sorry to ask you this, Sara-chan but could you please get away from me?" Sanji asked nicely but the words hurt the woman the most.
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!" Sara yelled again. She was in her rage-mood again. "HOW CAN YOU TREAT A WOMAN WHO LOVES YOU LIKE THIS?!"
Sanji hissed and hid his face from Sara. Zoro stepped in and pushed the woman further from the chef. "What do you think you are doing? Shouting at the man you love? Hurting him?"
"THEN WHAT ABOUT YOU?!" Sara hissed back at the swordman."YOU DIDN'T WORRY OVER HIM WHEN HIS SHOULDER HURT, YOU JUST STOOD THERE AND WATCHED HIS SUFFERING! BESIDES, YOU ARE A MAN!"
"BECAUSE I TRUST HIM!" Zoro shouted back at the woman to silence her for a while."He can handle this sort of pain and I know that he hates the most if someone is fussing over a small wound!"
Sara gulped and was about to say something before Sanji stood up and interrupted her."That's right, Sara-chan. This wound is nothing in our league so stop fussing around and concentrate on getting back to your mother."
Sara couldn't take it anymore. Two Strawhats, especially the man she loved, were against her. "THEN I WILL JUMP INTO THE SEA!" Sara threatened and took a step closer to the edge."There- - are plently of sharks willing to eat me!"
"Fine. Jump," Sanji cheered the woman.
"WHAT?!" Zoro and Sara hissed at the same time. They hadn't expected this to happen and neither of them had expected the answer Sanji gave.
"You are welcome to jump. Do as you wish," Sanji stated.
"But...you will save a woman, right?" Sara inquired.
"No. I won't save a woman if it's you," Sanji said and Sara broke into tears.
"FINE! I WILL DO IT!" Sara said and stepped on the railing, ready to jump.
"Hey Sanji, what trick are you trying to pull...?" Zoro asked quietly but Sanji said no word.
Sara hadn't planned to jump from the start but the sudden emotions she felt made her really sad and ready to do anything to get the blond's attention. She stood there but realised how stupid it was and decided to get back on the deck when she slipped and fell into the sea.
Zoro watched at Sanji, surprised that the man didn't jump after her even though he had just said that he wouldn't. Then he saw how Sanji bit his teeth and glenched his fists together.
"You are really going to let her drown? She is a hammer!" Zoro hissed at the blond, not really understanding what was going in his head. Then the blond stared at Zoro, nodding at him, and then the swordman realised what the blond was thinking." You don't expect me to save her?!"
"Who else is there?" Sanji chuckled." Besides, I think that nothing would annoy her as much as you saving her." Sanji explained and winked at the swordman who grinned slightly before jumping into the water.
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Author's note:
Yay! Sara is angry! I hope this scene didn't come out of nowhere but I wanted to write this! There will be a happy ending in this story even though it might be slightly umbelievable at the moment :P This chapter was a little bit longer than the previous chapters but I didn't want to end this scene stupidly :)
And I bet that some of you are thinking that "Sanji can't be so rude towards a lady" but chill out, I have a plan ;)