Chapter 32! I hope you were pleased with the scene in the previous chapter :P And I would like to receive comments about my work so please review :3
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Sanji woke up, feeling Zoro's hands around him. Zoro's warm stomach was against his bare back. He turned to look if the swordman was awake yet, but the loud snoring made the message clear to him.
"Hey, Zoro, I need to prepare breakfast. Other's will probably come back here soon," Sanji explained to the sleeping form of the swordman but the man didn't loosen his hold around the chef's waist. He couldn't bring himself to wake the deep-sleeper so he decided to wait for a while longer.
Well, breakfast can wait...I rarely get a chance to sleep with Zoro like this... I get to prepare breakfast everyday!
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Others had had a busy night. Usopp had had to babysit their crew's captain, doctor and musician - at least their musician should be old enough to take care of himself! The three of them had eaten way too much and Usopp had had to literally drag them to the motel. Luckily he had trained a lot during those past two years of separation but so their captain's apppetite had grown.
Nami, Robin and Sara had looked for a closest bar and they had sat there until the late night. Nami had drank a lot but she wasn't even drunk, not even the slightlest. Robin had enjoyed only a glass of martini and Sara had taken a glass of apple juice since she wasn't too used to drink. They had chatted a long time and also trying to gather some information.
After the night at the motel, they returned back to the ship. They could smell the delicious smell of Sanji's cookings even before they saw their ship.
"Oi, Sanji-kun!" Nami shouted to inform that they had returned.
"Nami-san! Robin-swan! Sara-chan!" Sanji swooned while rushing out of the kitchen to greet the ladies. "Did you enjoy your night out?"
"It was the best!" Nami praised."Nothing wins spending time with girls!"
"Did you enjoy your time with kenshi-san?" Robin chuckled and Sanji blushed deeply. "Apparently you did."
Sara got depressed after seeing Sanji's reaction to the archeologist's guestion. She had though that she still had a chance but it seemed like she was loosing the game this time.
"Ah, that's right!" Sanji suddenly gasped."Sara-chan, are you going to look for your mother?"
"I think that was the plan!" she tried to smile like usual but she couldn't do that at the moment.
"I could escort you on your way back! You don't need to go alone!" Sanji suggested and Sara agreed immediately. Maybe she still had a chance. "But please, breakfast is served, don't wait until our captain arrives here!" Sanji adviced and the women stepped into the kitchen just before they heard a loud shout from somewhere: "SANJI! BREAKFAST!"
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Sara was really happy to look for her mother with Sanji. She could show her mother how fine man she had found, not like she was going to marry him but still.
She couldn't remember her mother's adress but she remembered a place where she used to spend time a lot. She had played around at her mothers acquaintances restaurant with his son. She had seen the restaurant last night when they had looked for a place to sleep so she remembered it clearly.
The restaurant was already open so they stepped in. Sara saw the familiar restaurant owner behind the desk, rubbing his head. "Werner-san?" she called out quietly but the man lifted his head immediately.
"Is that - - " he staggered, stepping closer to Sara,"you, Sara?!"
"Yup! That's me!" Sara smiled happily, staring at the man. He hadn't changed at all.
"Oh, you just wait until my son hears about this! Have you seen your mother yet? What have you been up to all these years?!" The man called Werner i inquired.
"No, I came to ask you for her adress. I can't remember it!" Sara explained herself."I will tell you everything a little later, I want to see my mum first!"
"That's fine! I can't wait to hear the whole story!" Werner smiled brightly before turning his attention to the blond man standing next to Sara. "And who might you be?"
"Ah, my bad!" Sanji chuckled."I am Sanji, I am a part of pirate crew who saved Sara-chan and brough her back here."
Werner blinked slightly before he recognised the man in front of him."Could you be Strawhat crew's Blackleg Sanji? Dont' worry, I am not going to arrest you or something!"
"That's me alright," Sanji sighed.
"Thank you for saving Sara! She is like my own daughter to me!" Werner thanked the chef but Sanji shoke his head.
"You should thank our captain, he is the one who allowed Sara to come with us!"
"That's probably right!" Werner laughed."But anyways, you needed Mary's adress? I will write it down immediately!"
"Eh, in first-name terms with my mother, aren't you?" Sara teased. " I told you many years ago that you would be a perfetc match!"
"I wished that you forgot about that already..." Werner sighed and gave them a note with an adress. "Say my regards to your mother!"
"I will, bye!" Sara waved happily.
They found the small house pretty easily. A red house with small garden and white windows was easy to detect. Sara hesitated before reaching for the door and knocked carefully.
"Who is it?" was a woman voice heard from the inside before the door opened. The woman with red,curly hair gasped when she saw her long-lost daughter standing on her doorway. "Sara!" She shouted and hugged the girl, tears flooding from her eyes.
"I am home," Sara whispered to her ear before she started to cry.
The women's hug took a while but Sanji couldn't bring himself to interrupt such a lovely reunion. "And who is this gentleman?" Sara's mother Mary asked.
Sanji took Mary's hand, kissing the back of the hand like a proper gentleman would do. " I am Sanji, I was here to escort your lovely daughter back home."
Sara's mother blushed slightly. It had been a long time since somebody had treated her like a woman should be treated. "Oh my godness!" She gasped. "Would you like to have some tea?" she offered but Sanji had to refuse the offer.
"I should head back to our ship before my captain looses his mind!" Sanji smirked."Besides, I think the two of you have a lots to catch up!"
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"Eh?! Ero-cook went to escort that woman?!" Zoro staggered back at the ship. He woke up after Sanji had already left with Sara.
"Are you jealous, kenshi-san?" Robin chuckled and Zoro lowered his head to hide the slight blush.
"No way!" Zoro hissed."But he shouldn't lead that woman on any longer!"
"Don't worry, it's just Sanji-kun we are talking about!" Nami said, hitting the swordman's back with her palm. "He will return soon to swoon after me and Robin!"
It was only a while after their conversation when Sanji returned back to the ship. "Nami-san! Robin-swan! How about some dessert?!"
"Sorry, Sanji-kun, but Chopper insisted that you should be out of the kitchen for a while yet so Usopp is trying to make something simple for us to eat! You already did too much when you prepared the breakfast!" Nami preached and Sanji rubbed his neck.
"Sorry about that!" Sanji apologiced."I just forget about my shoulder too easily!"
"Idiot," Zoro grumbled as usual.
"What?! You want to fight again?!" Sanji shouted back at the man but he knew fighting was no option when their doctor had returned to his duty.
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