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The crew barges into a marine base, raiding it for no particular reason, Luffy just seeking chaos out of boredom.
"OIII!!! LETS BOMB SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE!!!" Luffy screams, running around, his feet hitting the ground hard as a wide, goofy grin spreads over his face, prepared for pure chaos.
"oi, Luffy. calm down." Sanji chuckles, enjoying watching Luffy sprint around.
"shut up, dumb cook. its annoying to hear your voice." Zoro grunts, walking past Sanji and cutting down a door
"why don't you shut up, shitty Marimo?!" Sanji snaps back, glaring daggers into Zoro's back.
Zoro grunts again and shuffles through a drawer, hoping to find some berries to repay his debt to Nami.
Sanji scoffs "idiot." and stomps away, Luffy sprinting after him screaming about bombs.
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After several minutes of shuffling through the drawers, Zoro pulls out a file named 'Vinsmoke Sanji'
"weird... didn't know that cook had a last name." Zoro thinks, opening up the files out of curiosity.
Zoro looks at a note on it saying 'failure' and Zoro's eyebrow arches up at this, wondering what it means.
Zoro flips to the next page, and this makes him freeze.
its a photo.
of Sanji.
as a kid.
in a helmet.
in a cage.
Zoro's hands start shaking slightly, the image making him feel sick to his stomach.
Zoro flips to the next page, and sees another photo of Sanji as a kid training, but failing, and being beaten by his brother. the notes uptop saying shit like
failure
useless
better off dead
and more shit that no one should ever call a child.
this makes Zoro even more sick, vomit building up in his mouth, but he pushes it down, flipping another page, dangerously curious for more... big mistake.
Zoro looks at the page, and this time sees Sanji as an adult.
his whole life mapped out.
everyone that means something to him.
a photo of Zeff,
a photo of Luffy,
heck, even a photo of Zoro!
Zoro reads more, and reads a small part of it saying "these people mean something to Vinsmoke Sanji. use them as hostages if needed."
this breaks Zoro.
the sick feeling wins over.
Zoro stumbles over to the corner of the room, grabs a garbage can, and vomits inside it.
Zoro pulls back from the garbage can, and wipes his mouth with his sleeve, still feeling sick to his stomach.
Zoro grabs the files and holds it over a fire, burning it. unable to read it anymore.
Zoro stands up and walks out, keeping his expression stoic as he looks around, and finally spots Sanji helping Luffy burn something in the corner.
Zoro walks over, trying to stay casual, and says, his voice a little strained "you guys done yet?"
Luffy whines "but I didn't finish burning this meat yet!!!"
"Luffy, I'm not letting you eat that mystery meat yet." Sanji growls, staring at the purple-ish meat that Luffy wants desperately to eat
Luffy whines louder, trying to reach for it, but Sanji slaps his hand away.
Zoro lets out a soft chuckle, happy to see that Sanji is happy, judging by what he just saw.
Sanji slams the meat into the fireplace, and drags Luffy away by the hair.
"come on, Zoro. before this idiot eats something toxic." Sanji grumbles, stomping away as Luffy screams in agony, missing his precious meat.
Zoro scoffs and walks after his boyfriend, getting lost for a few seconds, until Sanji walks back and grabs Zoro by the earrings, dragging him to the Sunny as well.