Hello there!

I'm sooooooo sorry. REALLY! I know i haven't updated in such a long time, but i swear ... university is about to kill me one of these days. The chapter isn't as long as i wanted it to be, but i have a lot of work to do and i thought that i would at least update that much to let you know i'm still alive ^^

I really hope that you'll watch out for new updates even though i'm not sure when that will be. Sorry again!

Hope you'll like the chapter anyway :D

For a few moments Sanji and Zoro just sat there staring at each other with blank expressions.

Sanji, for one part, can't really form a complete sentence in his head. Before, his thoughts were buzzing like bees inside his head, but now, nothing. Every word in his thoughts, every emotion in his heart stood still. His world has stopped just now. Blinded by the hurt of losing Sara.

Just Blankness.

Zoro on the other hand is confused. He too can't think straight, but for a completely different reason.

Sara has been in his body, even if it had turned female it has still been his body and he saw and felt everything Sara did with his body. Hell, he even had felt her feelings.

He felt her confusion about remembering one of his memories.

He felt her love for the cook.

He felt her pleasure while sleeping with the cook and he also felt the content feeling which filled her heart afterwards.

But was it really her heart? Or was it his?

He knew that it was her mind and soul that controlled his female body but why is it that he feels the love she had felt even now?

And why the hell did it hurt to see the cook broken like that? Is it some kind of "leftover" feeling from Sara? Or is it his own feeling and he's actually feeling sorry for the cook?

It was confusing and he felt frustrated because he wasn't sure how he should react or talk to Sanji.

The both of them were brought out of their reverie by the shaking voice of the still crying old woman.

"You should go back to your ship. You should be there the moment your friends come back."

Zoro and Sanji looked at her lethargically but stood up none the less.

"Once again I have to say I'm sorry. I know Sara had a good time and I'm grateful for that. But I know how you must feel. It would be the best if you forget it. Forget about Sara and lead a happy life young man. "

She bid them farewell and left the building soon after while both men still stood in the small room thinking about everything that had happened.

The first one to come back to his senses was Zoro. He turned towards Sanji but didn't dare to look the cook in the eye.

"We really should go back to the ship. The others are searching for me, aren't they? There is no way to contact them so we should at least wait there for them to come back. "

Sanji just nodded and walked silently past Zoro out of the room and down the stairs.

The way to the ship continued in the same manner like before. Not talking to each other and still lost in their thoughts. Sanji not in the mood to talk and Zoro still confused how he should act towards the blonde.

When they arrived at the ship Zoro sat down on the bench at the grass-deck and opened his mouth, still thinking of what to say to Sanji. But he just walked up the stairs, stepped into the galley and closed the door behind him, clearly showing that he didn't want to talk to him.

Great, now Zoro had to deal with a moody Sanji. What struck him the most was that he was the reason why Sanji was sad. Or rather his existence was the reason. Would Sanji be happier if Sara had stayed and Zoro would have disappeared?

He didn't want to think about that possibility. He may not have been on the best terms with the cook but he surely didn't wish for his disappearance!

Right?

The swordsman didn't know what to think anymore. He closed his eyes and sat there as if taking a nap but his mind didn't want to shut down. It kept replaying the events that happened when he 'was' Sara and the thoughts that formed themselves afterwards.

He didn't even notice that the day had already turned into night and that the noise of the port town has died down so that the only thing left that could be heard was the soft crashing of the waves against the Sunny.

But it wouldn't stay that silent for long. Zoro was interrupted in his thoughts when he heard a shrill scream on his left. He opened his eyes and looked over to find the source of the noise only to see Usopp standing there with his mouth wide open.

"ZOROOOOOO! Since when are you back? Where have you been? Is anyone else here? What has happened to you?"

Shit, he hadn't thought about that part. What should he tell them? The truth or should he lie?

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