A/N : I'm on a roll with writing! Next chapter will probably be up this weekend sometime. Please review xx

As night time rolled around, I was beginning to feel more and more afraid. I had volunteered for watch tonight so that I could leave the ship without causing any fuss. I stepped off the side of the ship and landed on the soft beach, trying to remember the directions the man had told me earlier today. I tried not to think of the worst as I put one foot after the other. I couldn't tell anyone because who knows if they have me or the Sunny tapped, but I don't doubt that they will come to save me..as long as he toys with me and doesn't kill me right away that is.

"Sanji, so you came," the same voice from earlier today alerted me that I had arrived at their ship. The familiar black flag along with a skull and crossbones greeted me as I followed him inside the ship. "Yasha has been looking forward to this for a long time."

We reached a room after walking down a long hallway. The first mate opened the door and ushered me in quite forcefully. There was a man lounging in a large chair and his face twitched into a smirk when his eyes fell onto me.

"Sanji...it has been a long time hasn't it?" Yasha asked me in a dark voice. I involuntary stepped forward and met those cold, red eyes. "Although I didn't expect to see you like this..." he continued, surely referring to my swapped gender.

"A lot of things have changed," I commented, choosing to reply so I wouldn't risk angering him.

"I know you remember our little deal, and unfortunately for you the time has come," he said and walked closer to me. "However, I will propose another option. If you become my woman, I will keep you safe and protected," he continued with a dirty smirk on his face. Disgusting, as if I would ever become this ass-hole's woman.

"No," I stated, staying brave. He whipped his hand away from where it had been stroking my face and his lips contorted in anger.

He turned over to his first mate, who was still standing at the door. "Lock her up in the dungeon, my fun will begin tomorrow." the man nodded and moved to grab hold of my arm as he tugged me out of the room and down six flights of stairs into a cold, dark prison cell. He took my hands and hooked me up to the cuffs hanging from the wall before chaining my legs as well. And then he left.


A icy, wet chill came over me and I shot my eyes open. My hair and body was dripping wet as Yasha held a empty bucket of water in his right hand. He chucked it to the side and moved closer, tracing his finger along my chin.

"Last chance," he said, and I knew what he was referring to.

"No way."

He scoffed and reached behind him to pull out a pair of black gloves with spikes protruding out of them. He retracted his arm before swinging it back at my chest, and I winched as the pain shot through my body.

"I heard you've found yourself a pirate crew," he growled between punches. "Too bad you are never going to see them again. This has been my long awaited revenge on that bastard Zeff!"

I would see them again. They would come save me, won't they?

After he had his share of using me as a punching bag, he ripped the blood stained gloves off of his hands and threw them on the ground. I watched him through weary eyes as he took out something that resembled a tattoo pen and some ink.

"Now..." he muttered. "Where would you like the wonderful mark of the Black King Pirates?" I was too weak to protest as he glanced over my body, and I could't do anything when he tugged the hem of my skirt down to reveal a bare hip. He smirked at this, and within a few moments he had stamped the flag I had seen earlier over my lower hip. He wasn't done, and he stepped out of my cell only to return with a long, black whip. Yasha used his free hands to loosen all my cuffs, and then he flipped me around so I was facing the wall before doing them up again. I could hear his laughter as he slashed my back over and over again with that whip.

Please. Get here soon.

I was barely conscious but could still hear the sounds of battle on deck. Next, I heard footsteps and Yasha stopped whipping my torn up back to talk to the man.

"Who?"

"The Straw Hat Pirates!"

My hearing was deteriorating, and my vision fuzzy, but I could pick up on that last sentence anywhere.

"That's your crew isn't it?" Yasha turned to ask me, not really expecting a response. "Well unluckily for them, when they find you it will be too late."

Yasha took out his sword and aimed it at my back, before rushing forward and letting it stab me.


2 HOURS EARLIER

Luffy raced out of the boys cabin, his stomach growling angrily already.

"Sanji!" He yelled, looking for his favourite cook. There was no response, and Luffy was sure that the blond cook had been on watch last night. After looking in the crows nest, he walked back into the boy's cabin - confused.

"Have you guys seen Sanji?" he asked, only getting hungrier.

Zoro's eyes opened as he heard the name, and he looked at Luffy with a confused, tired face. "What do you mean? She's on watch."

Luffy shook his head, "she's not on deck or in the crows nest," he replied, which made Zoro shoot up. He knew there was something wrong last night, and now she was missing? He climbed up the ladder with Luffy close behind him as the rest of the crew slowly woke up.

"Sanji?" he called out as the green swordsman pushed the door open, walking into the girl's cabin and searching the room.

"Zoro what the hell are you doing in here?" Nami yelled, pulling the covers up to cover her body. This awoke Robin, who also looked at the two.

"Sanji's missing," Luffy stated, his own anger growing.

Nami and Robin sat up, and Robin's eyes held a darkness.

"That man she fought yesterday, I saw an inked tattoo on his right arm," she stated. "He's apart of the Black King Pirates who are supposedly docked somewhere at this island."

"Well what would they want with Sanji?" Nami questioned.

"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a sweet visit."

After a few more statements, Luffy and Zoro walked back onto deck, followed by Nami and Robin a few moments later. The rest of the boys had already accumulated on deck, and had picked up on the problem at hand.

"We have to go find Sanji," Luffy stated, not bothering to hide his anger. Unlike Zoro, who was portraying a very calm exterior.

"We can't just barge in, they are infamous and strong pirates," Nami stated, trying to weigh their options. "How about we send in half the crew as a distraction, and while you are fighting, a smaller group with infiltrate the ship and look for Sanji."

Everyone seemed to agree with this, and so Nami began planning out the teams. "Luffy, Franky, Brook, Usopp, Law and Zoro, you guys are the distraction - you will attack the ship and create havoc. This will allow Robin, Chopper and I to go beneath the ship and look for Sanji."

Zoro stepped up and as the crew were talking he took hold of Nami's arm, gently pulling her away. "I want to go with you guys to look for her," he said confidently.

Nami didn't seem to excited about this, as it would lessen the power that the infiltrating group had, but she agreed, "alright," she said. Nami then turned to Franky, "Franky can you ride out on the Mini Merry and see if you can figure out where their ship is docked?"

After an hour of preparation, Franky returned.

"They're about 2 miles south-west," he stated and pulled the Mini-Merry back onto the Sunny.

Nami nodded, "Luffy, your group is going to go there on foot, you guys can head out now," she said. "But remember, you are not going to look for Sanji, your job is to create a disturbance on deck- understand?"

"Yup!" Luffy nodded and he hopped onto the beach, wanting to kick the ass of whoever captured Sanji. The rest of his team followed suit.

"We will take the Shark Submerge so that we can sneak to the ship without being spotted. Then, while they are creating a scene we will be able to sneak in using Robin's powers," Nami said and led everyone to the Shark Submerge. As Zoro leaned against the wall of the submarine, he frowned. There was something on Sanji's mind the previous night, and he should have pushed harder to figure out what it was - maybe if he knew he could have prevented this from happening. If those bastards hurt her, he was going to kill them.

"Zoro, remember our job is to recuse Sanji, so don't start fighting anyone - okay?" Nami asked, making sure Zoro was in the right mind-set as they sailed towards the enemy.


PRESENT

I wasn't sure how I was still able to think or breathe with that large sword still stuck in my back, but I knew I wouldn't be conscious for very long. I had to somehow alert the crew where I was. Yasha had since gone up to the deck to initiate himself in the fight, and so if I could just yell loud enough, perhaps they would be able to hear me.

"Luffy!" I called out, raising my voice as loud as it could go, but even that just sounded like normal volume. I did not have enough energy, but that wasn't going to stop me. "Nami!" My mind was getting less focused, and I couldn't remember why exactly I was yelling my crew's names, but I continued, and finally when I had barely any energy left, "Zoro!" I said, and it was barely louder than a croaked whisper. My ears picked up on footsteps running towards my cell, and I was hoping it wasn't Yasha.

"Sanji!"

That wasn't Yasha, that had to have been Nami's voice. Although I couldn't see, my vision was much too blurry. I heard metal, and then I felt myself falling - but someone caught me. I felt the large knife being pulled gently out of my back, and then I was flipped over in those big arms. I tried my best to focus at least a little, and when my eyes saw a green tuff of hair - I let myself relax. Zoro had me.

"Zoro.." I whispered, using one of my hands to grip his shirt tightly. They saved me, I knew they would come.

"I'm sorry," I barely heard him say before my vision completely went, and I could only see black.