Zoro grabbed Sanji's arm tugging him back, "Wait a minute."

Sanji turned to him yanking his arm away from Zoro.

"No I'm not going to wait a minute." Sanji barked.

"What the hell is-"

"Don't you understand, did you see the way they looked at us when we mended? We were like a-"

"Monster." Zoro muttered.

They looked away from each other.

"But." Sanji smiled softly.

Zoro perked up, as Sanji looked over to him.

"I kinda liked it."

Zoro smirked, "maybe we can do it again someday."

Sanji  smiled, "Sure. I'll see you around. Zoro."

His body turned to fire before zipping away. Zoro shifted rubbing the back of his neck.

"I liked it too." Zoro muttered.

Sanji slumped under a tree resting his head against his folded arms. His head filled with, just everything. Mending, Zoro, and how good it felt to mend. He looked up at the trees, and sighed. Soon there was a thick fog rolling at Sanji's feet. Sanji stumbled up looking around as the fog soon rose so Sanji couldn't see his own hand in front of his own face. He coughed and waved away the clouds.

"It's smoke." He coughed.

"Finally found you, Blackleg." A husky voice spoke.

Sanji looked around not finding anyone. He coughed holding his nose and mouth.

"Your going to come with me."

This was bad, very bad. His taste of freedom, and now he was going to be locked away again. Sanji took a breath breathing out fire. But. It only seemed to make it worse. A hand grabbed his wrist binding him back. Sanji looked over his shoulder to a man with a scar over his forehead and face. Amber eyes and two cigars grit between his teeth.

"Smoker." Sanji muttered.

"Long time." He growled.

Sanji looked out to the smoke, frantically looking around for a chance to escape. But. He couldn't find one. He gritted his teeth before inhaling.

"Zoro!" Sanji called.

Zoro perked up, his half blood form awoke.

"Sanji?" Zoro muttered.

He got on all fours slowly turning into his final tiger form and dashing off to find Sanji. Zoro soon stopped when he couldn't hear Sanji's cry anymore. He sniffed around, hopping up on a tree and sniffed the air a bit. Sanji cried out again having Zoro snap his head and sprint off to the cloud of smoke. Zoro planted his feet down before roaring into the smoke and blowing it away. Sanji was being pinned down on his back by Smokers foot while he chained him down. Zoro dashed at Smoker head butting him in the side and knocking him off Sanji. He approached Sanji picking him up by the chain.

"Just untie me!" Sanji cried.

Zoro didn't listen and carried him off until they had gotten to a safe part of the woods. Zoro dropped Sanji taking a claw and cutting through the chains. And a bit of Sanji's clothes, Zoro backed off turning into his half blood form.

"Thanks, I owe you one." Sanji said sitting up.

Zoro held out his hand, as Sanji took it.

"Follow me if you want to be safe." Zoro said.

Sanji followed, as they headed to the waterfall and gotten behind it. Zoro took Sanji to the house and lead him inside. Mihawk perked up along with Perona.

"Where's shanks?" Zoro asked.

Mihawk pointed to the corner, Shanks sat in his animal form facing the corner. He turned to them with the big eyes and whining softly.

"I'm not falling for it red hair. Turn around." Mihawk said.

Shanks turned back to the corner and sighed.

"What he do?" Zoro asked.

"He tried to eat me." Mihawk glared at him, "In more ways then one."

Shanks huffed rolling a small ball under his paw, he looked back at Mihawk who snapped and pointed at the wall. Zoro rolled his eye before looking over at Sanji.

"Come on, let's get you out of those wet clothes." Zoro said.

Sanji nodded as they headed down a hallway. Sanji stood in the doorway as Zoro rummaged through a teenage room.

"You can come in, this was my room." Zoro said without looking up.

Sanji stepped in, looking at potions in bottles and bugs inside of jars. He shuddered seeing a large spider attack the glass. Zoro perked up and turned to him, Sanji hid behind his shoulder staring wide at the spider.

"Mind him, he's on edge." Zoro said.

"Why is that?" Sanji asked.

"You see, a friend cast a spell on him turning him into a spider. And now that she was around recently. He freaks out."

"Your friends with a witch?"

Zoro tossed some clothes at Sanji, "I am, now get changed before you catch a cold."

Sanji looked at the clothes then up to Zoro who was waking out of the room.

"Thank you." Sanji said.

Zoro hesitated a moment before shutting the door. Sanji changed out of his wet clothes and into the baggy v neck and jeans that seemed to fit him quite well. He went up to the door opening it. Zoro turned to him and smirked.

"You look good."

As night fell Sanji sat at the table running a fore finger over the rim of his tea glass.

"What's wrong?" Shanks asked.

"I'm worried about my dad, Smoker. He was in the restaurant talking to him. I'm just hoping he's okay." Sanji said.

"We can go check." Zoro said.

Sanji looked over to Zoro standing at the table.

"Don't be an idiot, you'll get caught and then we'll never see you again."

"We'll be fine, we have Chimera." Zoro said.

Mihawk banged his mug against the table, "If you use that thing out there, you'll be on the top of the list to get back. Under any circumstances you can't use Chimera. Mending between an element and a half blood is, just don't do it!"
Zoro took Sanji's arm as they left going back to the town. Sanji lit up his hand to give some light.

"Do you know why we can't mend in public?" Sanji asked.

"No idea."

"I started to read about it, but the last page was torn out of the book. So I have no clue."

After a good hour of wandering, and getting lost, by Zoro. They finally made it to town. They hid in the outskirts of the forest. The town was filled with guards looking around for Sanji.

"I'll go, they haven't seen me. What does your old man look like?" Zoro asked.

"Just go to the Baratie, and ask for Zeff. Tell him eggplant sent him. He'll understand."

Zoro nodded about to head off, when Sanji grabbed his wrist. Zoro turned to him and cocked a brow.

"Good luck." Sanji whispered.

Zoro smirked walking into town leaving Sanji to cower behind the trees. Zoro walked into town blending in, mostly with his green hair. But he headed inside the Baratie. The place was turned on its side, everything thrashed, broken, tossed, ripped, shattered, and bleeding. A man stepped out limping and holding a cane.

"You here to finish off the job?" The man asked.

"No, I need to see Zeff." Zoro said.

"Well, your looking at what's left of him."

"Eggplant sent me."

Zeff's eyes widened, "He's okay, thank god."

His eyes narrowed to the door opening. Zoro glanced over to Smoker rubbing his neck.

"I've told you six times already," Zeff said to Zoro, "You have to let the dish chill over night, then at dawn you take it out and put it in the oven at 360 degrees. Simpleton, I'll write it down for you."

Zeff limped to the kitchen, Zoro watched as one of Zeff's legs were missing. Zoro cocked a brow to the makeshift peg leg.

"Have you seen a blonde with a curled eyebrow?" Smoker asked.

Zoro didn't turn to him, "Can't say I have."

"If you do, let me know. He's apart of the rebellion. And could snap and kill everyone at any moment."

Zoro snickered about to turn to him, but Zeff stepped out. He approached Zoro and handed him a scrap of paper.

"Now remember to give that to your wife for me." Zeff said.

Zoro nodded, "She will happy knowing what she's been doing wrong."

"we found him!"

Zoro perked up, his half bloods showing. Right, in front, of, Smoker.

"Your one of them!" He barked.

Zeff pushed Zoro into the kitchen, who jumped over tables and sliding over trays. He dashed through the back door and out of the alley. Zoro stood in the streets looking around. Until he saw a black flame being cornered. He rushed down to help, only to run into Sanji running out of a different alley way. There bodies collided, and they formed Chimera. The guards gasped as Chimera backed up.

"Red hair!" Mihawk called.

Shanks and Mihawk formed there Griffin trying to protect the special mend. Chimera started running out of town and at the end of town Smoker stood before them. They looked at each other before Sanji spit fire at him. He growled as they jumped over him and ran out of town. They turned back to see the Griffin turning to them. He cried out at them as they ran off. Smoker shot a bullet at them but missing.