Sanji sighed tossing over in bed, Zoro shifted pulling Sanji closer to him. Nami slipped into there room holding the exact same book about mending. She placed it on the table before leaving the two to sleep. Sanji fluttered open there eyes, he sat up as Zoro's arm dropped into his lap. He stretched and rubbed his eyes. He looked to the book and perked up. Sanji got up picking up the book and flipped to the last page. He sat on the bed and finished the book. Zoro groaned patting the empty place next to him. He opened his eye and sat up. Sanji dropped the book earning Zoro's attention.

"Everything okay?" Zoro asked.

Sanji turned to him with tears in his eyes. Zoro crawled over to him and cupped his face.

"What's wrong why are you crying, your shaking too." Zoro asked.

"I- I know, why we shouldn't mend."

"Calm down. It can't be that bad."

"We could die."

Zoro's eye widened, "What?"

"There was a marriage, they mended. But, they couldn't control there form. But then fell stiff and unmended. The woman survived impregnated with the half bloods son. But the half blood was killed. They couldn't work together, the half blood Roger, he was too strong, and the element Rouge, was to delicate. And no one knows what had happened to them."

"Then, we have to always work together."

"That's not all." Sanji said.

Zoro cocked a brow.

"We can't mend with anyone else. It's like marriage, we can't be with anyone else then each other. It's said that the few survivors who tried to mend. Couldn't mend with anyone else."

"Sanji." Zoro growled.

Sanji turned to Zoro, he cupped his cheeks and kissed his forehead. Zoro pulled back and looked at him.

"Do you think I care, sure we just started this. But I would rather be mended with you for the rest of my life then mend with of my own kind." Zoro said.

Sanji's eyes watered before they embraced. Sanji buried his head in the crook of Zoro's neck. The door was swung open as they turned to Nami and Robin.

"You two have to leave immediately. They are coming." Nami said.

They threw them some clothes and left them to change once they finished they stepped out to Nami and Robin.

"You must follow the road down into a small village. Where there is a small well, each of you throw a coin and make a wish. Ask to see the fire bird. They will take you to see the sky ship." Nami said.

"Wh-What's a fire bird." Sanji asked.

"The ultimate mending, they escaped Gold Quarter with you two. They are hardly apart. And haven't seen each other in three years. Well until now. They are perched somewhere twitterpated." Nami groaned.

Nami and Robin pushed them out, handing them a bag with a few coins, water, food, medicine, directions. The usual.

"One more thing, you will enter a fair, a witches fair. Don't under any circumstances make eye contact, speak or go near one. Once you do, you'll never see the other again." Robin said.

Her blue eyes narrowed to Sanji, they both nodded as they headed off down the street. They headed back inside, cleaning things up. Before heading back into a back room. Robin pulled out her crystal ball. Watching over the couple on there journey.

"Sanji, under any circumstances. Don't glance at him." She muttered.

"Do you know what that was all about?" Zoro asked.

Sanji shrugged as there was a small fair down the street. They took hands looking down walking through. Some women and men calling out to them. One in general noticed the couple and smirked.

"Sanji Vinsmoke, what a pleasure to see you again." She spoke.

Sanji's head snapped up and shot over to her. Once his eyes met hers, he froze. She was breath taking. Zoro turned to him to find Sanji frozen in the middle of the street staring at something. Zoro turned to her, to find a man. Dressed with a purple Afro, blue eyeshadow, and pink smirked lips. Zoro cringed before Sanji's hand slipped from Zoro's and walked over to him.

"Sanji!" Zoro called.

But Sanji was entranced by the so called woman before him. Once he stepped up to him he placed a finger under his chin.

"Why don't you come work for me, how about it sweetheart?" He asked.

Zoro rushed up to him to try to stop him. But Sanji wasn't there anymore. His eyes clouded over by his spell. Sanji nodded slowly, there was a thin chain that slipped out from under his table and wrapped around Sanji's ankle. 

"What the hell did you do?!" Zoro spat.

"I didn't do anything, only those who's minds are dirty and there tongue are pure have fallen for my spell. A trick." He giggled.

Zoro grabbed his coat and picked him up, "Listen up, you let him go or I'll wring your neck myself."

"My my, Zoro Roronoa, a short fuse you have. I can't let him go, he has to fight it himself. Now. Be gone."

A sink hole opened up under Zoro, he was dropped into it crying out Sanji's name. He snapped shutting the hole and grabbing the small chain.

"Come candy boy, we have work to do."

Sanji nodded following after her. She lead him into a small wagon and chained him to the door.

"Now, don't move. I'll be back later my dear, I won't be long."

Sanji nodded slowly sitting down in front of the wagon.

Zoro fell falling back into the inn. Nami and Robin gasped as Zoro emerged from the rubble. They both face palmed, as Zoro was about to rush off and get Sanji back. Robin stopped him in his tracks.

"You can't go rushing out there, the guards are coming, if you stick your nose out there. Then you'll be captured and taken back to Gold Quarter. So lay low here."

"We have a place for you to stay."

"What about Sanji? If they don't find me here, then they are sure to find him at the-"

"That's why you will be the one to get to him first." Nami winked.

Zoro blinked as they took him down to the basement under there feet. Before they closed it they handed him a candle.

"Zoro, how you break Sanji's spell, is something dear to your heart." Robins said.

Zoro cocked a confused brow before climbing down they shut the hatch and clouded Zoro's scent with a heavy lavender. The door was busted in as Smoker and a few dogs sniffed out the place.

"Good evening officer." Nami and Robin both said.

"Can it, they are here." Smoker barked.

"Whatever do you mean?" They asked.

"Stop talking!"

They looked at each other before back to Smoker. His dogs sniffed around going around the inn before getting behind the desk. Robin and Nami didn't move watching the dogs. Smoker walked over to them standing over the hatch.

"Mind stepping aside ladies?" He asked.

"We do." They said.

"Move." Smoker barked.

They shrugged and stepped aside. Smoker growled seeing the hatch and jumping over the counter. He opened it and climbed down. Lighting a match and searching around the basement. He growled finding it empty, he turned up to the witches.

"Oh, you looking for Zoro? He left."  Robin giggled.

"Bummer you won't be able to catch him." Nami hummed.

They slammed the door shut moving a crate over the door. Smoker banged up at the door as the witches walked off packing there things.

"So, you think the candle worked?" Nami asked.

"Oh, the Babylon candle? I mean Zoro should know how it works. He was a witch for a while."

The doors were slammed open as they turned to a man with black slick back hair.

"Where is he?" He asked.

"Xavier." Nami gulped.

"The spell broke when, Zoro kissed Sanji." Robin muttered.

Zoro walked into the fair, it was quiet. And eerie. Zoro kept to his swords walking into the fair. No one was around, but the tents were set up he walked up to the wagon Sanji was at. He sat staring blankly into the street.

"Something dear to my heart?" Zoro muttered.

Zoro approached and knelt down before Sanji.

"I like you?" Zoro asked.

Sanji only blinked, no response. Zoro sat back on his heels.

"Dear to my heart? Kuina?"

Nothing, Sanji still remained sitting before the wagon. Zoro sighed sitting next to him, he groaned holding his head.

"What the hell is close to my heart?"

He looked over to Sanji, he reached over and brushed a strand of blonde hair out of the way.

"You, you are the one close to my heart. I love you." Zoro sighed.