"This isn't going well," Law said, watching as Sanji violently shook Luffy in an attempt to wake him up. Sanji knew it wouldn't be easy, Luffy was stuck in a deep, dark hole, and the captain was hard to wake regardless. They had limited time, though. If they didn't hurry they would all be fucked.

"That's an understatement," Sanji grumbled, pausing in his shaking to reevaluate. How the hell could he wake Luffy up? "I wish I had meat with me. Despite everything going on in his head right now, meat would probably still snap him out of it."

"There's plenty of rotting flesh downstairs." Law grimaced as soon as the words left his mouth. "Sorry."

"We're so fucking screwed," Sanji sighed, staring at Luffy as if that alone would wake him up, "Oi, Luffy, you can't be the pirate king if you stay like this."

Sanji wasn't surprised when Luffy didn't even react. It had worked with Law, but Luffy was evidently in a deeper hallucination than the other captain had been.

"He's going to find us soon enough. We'll have to fight him ourselves, unless your captain can wake up," Law said, and Sanji knew he was right. They couldn't wait on Luffy forever, and while he would undoubtedly be pissed when things were over, they had no other options.

"I know. We're going to win, one way or another. We'll just have to be faster than him," Sanji said, pausing as a loud thud broke through the silence of the house. He was closing in on them fast. For as confident as Sanji sounded, inside he knew they could lose. Both Law and himself were in no shape to fight, physically and mentally exhausted. Luffy showed no signs of coming to, and nobody else could help them.

Once again, they were fucked.

Still, Sanji stood albeit on shaky legs, prepared to fight with everything he had left. Law did the same, his sword unsheathed and a room ready at his hand.

The closet door opened with a bang, but standing before them wasn't the enemy. It was Noah, a frazzled look on his face.

"I set the house on fire, we have to go!" he shouted, grabbing Law by his oversized coat and pulling him out of the closet. Sanji gaped, too many questions wanting to escape his mouth at once.

"How the hell did you do that?! And what about everyone else?!" he shouted, hefting Luffy over his shoulder and following Noah back into the main room of the house.

"I wanted to help, and I'm good at burning things! I didn't realize they were all in the basement though!" Noah replied, a guilty look on his face. Sanji's heart nearly stopped beating as he made a run for the basement, trying to breathe through all the smoke.

"They're still down here?!" he shrieked, skidding to a halt in the middle of the basement. He could barely see, but Zoro's hair caught his eye and he quickly started dragging them towards the stairs.

"That won't work, Mr. Blackleg! We don't have time, let me handle it!" Law shouted, creating an impossibly large room that he definitely did not have the energy to make. Just as the ceiling above them started to cave in, they were all suddenly outside, landing in a heap a few feet from the burning house. Sanji looked around frantically, making sure everyone was accounted for, and sighed in relief. They were finally out of there, and the basement was finally destroyed. But they weren't out of the woods yet. There was one important person missing.

"Where did he go?" Law asked Noah, eyes trained on the smoldering house.

"I don't know. He was still in there when I came to get you, but I lost sight of him after that. Even with his powers, I don't know if he could survive that." Noah said, watching as the last of the house came crumbling down. It was a fairly large fire, Sanji was impressed Noah started it.

"If he was dead, wouldn't they all be back to normal?" Sanji asked, wondering why Luffy and the others were still out of it. Noah seemed to freeze, belatedly realizing that was true. But if he was still alive, where was he?

They were too focused on the house. Law suddenly made a pained noise, and when Sanji turned back to look he nearly stopped breathing. Noah gasped, eyes wide as blood dripped from Law's sword, sticking out of the captains abdomen. Sanji's mind flashed back to his hallucination from earlier, only this time it was real. Law coughed up blood, collapsing onto his knees as his sword was ripped back out of his body, leaving a gaping hole in its wake.

"Fuck, Law! You bastard!" Sanji lashed out, his legs blazing as he kicked the boss with all of his strength. It was a good hit, but in turn he felt himself slip into yet another hallucination.

He could have sworn he heard Luffy's enraged scream, and hoped it wasn't just an illusion.

"...coming to…nji...Sanji?"

He blinked as Choppers concerned face registered in his foggy mind, gasping as he jolted up. He was in some sort of hospital, but he had no idea how he'd gotten there.

"What happened?" he asked, rubbing his aching head. Zoro and Nami were there as well, looking fairly healthy if not a little scratched up.

"Luffy lost his shit after Law went down, he finished it pretty quick. We had to get Law some help, and you needed some patching up too, so we came here." Zoro explained, looking like he needed medical attention as well. But knowing Zoro, he'd rejected any help.

"Fuck," Sanji flopped back down, feeling oddly groggy, "How long have we been here?"

"Two days." Chopper said, and Sanji nearly shrieked. How had he slept for two whole days?

"Is everyone okay? Fuck, Law got stabbed, how is he alive?" Sanji asked, remembering the look of shock as the surgeon realized what had happened.

"His sword missed his vital organs, thankfully. He hasn't woken up yet, but he'll be okay. Everyone just needs to rest now." Chopper explained, and it was then that Sanji noticed how tired the reindeer looked.

"That includes you too, Chopper. This place has it's own doctors, right?" Sanji asked. Chopper looked guilty, and Sanji knew the answer.

"Yes, but they were a little overwhelmed by us suddenly coming here with so many injuries. There's only one doctor since the island isn't very populated, and a handful of nurses. I had to help them, Sanji."

"Yeah, but it's been two days. I'm sure they can handle it by now with all of us stabilized," Sanji said, watching as Chopper rubbed his eyes and hopped down from the chair he was sitting on.

"I guess I could use a nap, but after that I'm going to check on everyone again." Sanji watched as the small doctor left the room, yawning cutely as he did so. They were lucky to have Chopper with them, but the reindeer pushed himself too far sometimes.

"So, what happened to that asshole? I'm assuming Luffy really gave it to him." Sanji asked, wishing he could have been conscious to see that.

"We were all pretty messed up at the time, but from what I can remember Luffy really let him have it. When I finally snapped out of it, that guy wasn't even breathing anymore. Luffy was passed out, but he didn't seem to have any major wounds," Zoro replied, looking a little too serious for Sanji's liking.

"He killed that guy? That's not like him," Sanji said, a cold feeling settling itself in his stomach. Luffy almost always left their enemies alive, so for him to actually kill someone was concerning.

"He was in a really deep illusion, but for some reason seeing Law get run through broke him out of it. He must really like the asshole." Zoro didn't look very happy about that, but eventually the swordsman would have to accept the fact that Luffy trusted Law without hesitation.

"Well, at least its all finally over. Now we can leave, right?" Zoro and Nami looked at each other, and Sanji felt his heart drop. "What is it?"

"We could leave, except...Luffy hasn't woken up yet, either. Both he and Law are in pretty critical condition."

"But you said he didn't have any major wounds?" Sanji was confused. It wasn't like Luffy to be unconscious for so long, especially when they could finally move on to Dressrosa.

"He had some. Most of it's mental. He was in a deeper illusion than anyone else, for a long time. Seeing Law like that sure as fuck didn't help. The doctors say he'll wake up when he's ready, but it could take a while. I guess it's his body's way of dealing with it."

"Fuck." Was all Sanji could say. He was so ready to leave the island and everything that happened on it behind.

"We could leave even if he's unconscious, but for Law's sake..." Nami trailed off, glancing across the hall into another room.

"It's best if we stay until he's better." Sanji agreed, eyes focused on the hallway. He had the urge to go check on the two captains, but the idea of getting out of bed sounded terrible. His body was still sore, and mentally, well...he wasn't sure how he was going to cope with everything. That had been one of the most unpleasant foes they've ever had to fight.

"We'll give it a few more days. If they still haven't woken up, we'll leave. Now, if you all don't mind, I want to go look at my treasure some more," Nami said, grinning as she left the room. Zoro sighed, all of that trouble had been for treasure.

"Leave it to the sea-witch to get us into this mess," Zoro grumbled, sitting heavily on the empty bed next to Sanji's. Sanji knew he had to be hurt, but Zoro would never show it.

"Oi, don't call her that. She had no idea what it entailed. All that matters is that we can finally move on," Sanji said, yawning as he felt sleep pulling at his eyelids. After sleeping for two days, he really wanted to stay awake for a while, but his body had other plans.

"Yeah, sure. Get some sleep, dartboard-brow."

Sanji muttered some sort of insult before falling asleep yet again.

"You do realize this isn't necessary, right?" Sanji asked, grinning sheepishly as Carol handed him bag after bag full of food.

"Nonsense, you and your friends saved our island and brought Noah back to us. I'm finally back in charge here, so if I want you to have free food you're gonna get it," Carol replied, handing him one final bag and smiling at him. She had insisted on returning to the grocery store despite her health being far from where it should be. Her stomach had shrunk after not eating for so long, and she needed to gain weight. But she still acted like she was in top shape.

"Thank you, really. We all appreciate it," Sanji said, looking back at Zoro who nodded in agreement. They were finally leaving, and as a going away present the town gave them far too much food. Sanji wondered how they would replace that much. On top of that, they didn't have to pay the inn's bill. Nami was ecstatic.

The others were all waiting on the ship, having said their goodbye's already. Law was on strict bed rest, and Luffy needed to be carefully monitored as well. All of their mental states were in need of repair, but none more than Luffy's. The captain hadn't been acting like himself since waking up. He'd often stare blankly off into space, and he was more clingy than usual. Especially with Law, who was acting more or less like his usual self. A bit jumpy, perhaps, but he really hadn't been awake much. Sanji wondered how he would be once he was healed.

"I wish we had more to give you. This village wouldn't have made it if you all hadn't come through. Those people were sick, and I'm worried about Noah. A child shouldn't have to see that." Carol trailed off, but was quick to put a smile back on her face. "We're alive, that's all that matters."

"He's a good kid. I'm sure he'll be fine." Sanji agreed, although he still couldn't understand why Noah was so fascinated with Law.

But then, he wasn't really one to talk.

He had been planning on confronting Law about that night, but he'd decided that during the heat of the moment when he thought he would die. Now that things were settled, he was having second thoughts.

"You kids be careful out there, okay? I'll look for you in the newspapers!" Carol yelled as they carried the large amount of groceries to the ship.

"We'll try!" Sanji replied, grinning as they boarded Sunny. Sanji couldn't wait to put all of his new ingredients away and finally leave. The people were nice, sure, but the experience was one Sanji would like to forget.

But he still had one pressing issue to deal with. They had kissed on that island, and as much as Sanji wanted to pretend it never happened, he couldn't. He should confront Law…

But he wasn't going to. Not yet, anyways. He had some things to figure out first, because he'd had plenty of revelations in that house, and now it was time to deal with them. What he wanted from Law was something he'd never imagined wanting from a man. And Law wanted him, too, it had been obvious that night.

Fuck, he had a lot to think about.

Sooo sorry for the long wait, life has really been kicking my ass lately and I haven't had time to do much. I can't say when the next chapter will come out, but I'm not giving up on this. Thanks to all who still like it, y'all are patient! I do hope you continue reading, but with my updates being so inconsistent, I wouldn't blame anyone for giving up on it. I'm going to try to squeeze out another chapter today but we'll see! Anyways, thanks for the support thus far, you guys are awesome!