"The log pose takes half a day to settle!" Nami told them all over the breakfast table. "I want you all on board the Thousand Sunny before sundown, we need to clear the island's magnetic field before dark." Nami put down a map of the island, pointing at the harbor.

"why?" Luffy asked, chewing on a large piece of meat, looking at the map on the table.

"because There will be a very favorable wind tonight, could save us a whole day of sailing if we time it right." Nami curled up the map, sliding it down the front of her shirt. "Come here and I'll give you your allowance."

Nami was the one who kept an eye on the finances, while they waited for the logpose to set on a shopping island, the strawhats were all given a moderate sum to spend on what they wanted.

Of course, Nami spent as much money as she pleased, but given her rather stingy nature, she usually managed to haggle the price to a fraction of it's actual worth.

"Nami-SWWWAAAANNN~" Sanji danced around Nami, offering her more coffee. "Would you like me to accompany you today and carry your bags?!" Sanji wiggled his behind excitedly, his eyes taking the form of hearts. "I would love to spend the whole day with Nami-Swaaaann~" Sanji turned instantly to Robin. "And Robin-Chwaaaan as well!" He added as he refilled the coffee cup of the archeologist.

"Thank you for the Offer Sanji-kun" Nami said without even batting an eyelid at the cook. "but don't you have to restock the food supply?"

"Make sure you buy a ton of meat!" Luffy commanded from his seat, his cheeks swollen with food.

"aye aye captain" Sanji mocked as he turned back to the fridge, slicing up some pineapple for the fruit salad. "I'll need someone to come with me to carry the groceries" Sanji said and cut the pineapple into star shapes.

Nami passed out the allowance, "then just take one of the guys go with you."'

"As you wish Nami-Swaaaaan~" Sanji twirled around, looking over the group "how about you Chopper?"

The little reindeer man almost coughed up the apple he was eating. "Ah! I'm so sorry Sanji, but I wanted to get some medicine and medical books!" The little doctor looked very sorry, "we're all out of band-aid too!" Chopper said, pointing towards Zoro. "I had to use it all on Zoro!"

Zoro glared at Sanji, drinking heavily from his mug of -hopefully- water. Since it was this early in the morning. As their eyes met, the swordsman and the cook glared daggers at each other, before breaking up the starting contest to keep the discussion going.

"Don't sweat it, Usopp will come with me then." Sanji said, looking the liar and sharpshooter straight in the eye.

"uuuuh... I suddenly came down with the "if-I-have-to-go-shopping-and-carry-heavy-things-I'll-die" disease again!" Usopp said, prompting the gullible Chopper to jump him in an attempt to cure his strangely specifically named illness.

Still glaring at Usopp, Sanji looked at Luffy. There's no way I can take that idiot with me, he'd eat the supplies before I got them to the ship.

He then looked at Brook, who sat and sipped tea with his non-existent lips. I wouldn't be able to shop in peace if I took him with me either.

"where's Franky?" Sanji asked, looking around for the cyborg.

"oh, he said he needed to make some "super" modifications for his newest secret weapon, and left early to find the parts he needed." Nami said casually, reading a newspaper. "I already gave him his money"

Sanji looked over. There was no one left to help him carry the massive amounts of food needed for the crew... no one besides...

"Oi, stupid Marimo, you have nothing better to do anyway." Sanji put out his cigarette. "You're gonna come with me." Sanji got ready for some arguments, glaring down the swordsman.

"... fine." Zoro frowned as he put down his mug. "But we better buy alcohol too"

After managing to lose the Swordsman three times in the crowd, Sanji had managed to do a large part of the shopping.

He would never admit it, but shopping was easy when Zoro carried the groceries. Of course, the stupid swordsman getting lost at every single turn was annoying, and if he DID get lost, it always took a while to find him again.

But Sanji didn't have to carry more than a single bag, and Zoro could carry a huge load of groceries without getting tired.

what is with this stupid marimo-head anyway? how much can he even carry? In an attempt to overload the swordsman, Sanji bought the largest fish, the biggest sacks of vegetables, and an entire stock of meat. None of it seemed to bother the green haired swordsman.

"oi. Cook. when are we going to go back to the ship?" Zoro half droned from the pile of groceries he carried.

"why?" Sanji grinned in delight. "Is it getting too heavy Marimo-kun?" his voice was thick with sarcasm and victory, "Too much for you? do you need help?" the cook mocked, lighting himself a cigarette.

"no. I'm just getting hungry, make me something to eat."

The curly eyebrow jerked in anger at the demand. "Damn you crappy-Marimo! You don't boss me around! Who the hell wants to make you food, idiot!?" Sanji pointed at the swordsman with his cigarette, his mouth twitching in anger. "I don't care! You can eat shit, shitty-swordsman!"

"we've been walking around all day Stupid-cook!" Zoro snapped back at the chef "You've been looking at fruits for the last half hour! I'm hungry, so gimme something to eat bastard!"

Sanji settled down as he took a big puff from his tobacco. "Why don't you just BUY something at the stands? I'm not gonna waste time cooking something JUST for you!"

Zoro's brow twitched, "you curly-cook..."

Sanji sent the swordsman a sinister smile "oh? is there maybe a reason you want ME to make it? Do you LOVE my cooking, shitty marimo?"

Zoro hesitated for a moment, much to Sanji's amusement "like hell there is! no reason! I just wanted something to eat! Who cares about your shitty cooking!?" with that, Zoro put down the groceries and stormed off to the food stands to buy himself something to eat.

Sanji sat down on a barrel of alcohol, looking at Zoro walk away into the crowd. Drawing a long deep puff of smoke from his cigarette, his eyes calmed and his expression became heavy.

it's not like I care if you never compliment my cooking, asshole.

Sanji wasn't bitter. It was a matter of pride. The only people who had eaten his cooking, and not praised him, were the crappy old Cook Zeff, and 'pirate hunter' Roronoa Zoro. Sanji frowned at the notion, his food was the greatest! it was delicious and very healthy too. Why should he specifically cook for someone with no taste in food!?

As soon as that crap-swordman gets back, I'll tell him th- Sanji was suddenly snapped from his thoughts... "oh crap! He probably got lost somewhere and is on the other side of the island by now!"

Zoro was not in the best mood right now. As he walked from one food Stall to the other, he didn't see anything really appetizing. after all, he was used to Sanji's high quality home cooked meals.

ugh, who cares, it's just food. I just need to eat something because I'm hungry!

"Welcome dear customer!"

Zoro was torn from his thoughts by a lean man, who eagerly pointed Zoro to his stall. "you look hungry! How about you try my world-famous Sea-king roast! Covered in my special meat-dressing! It's cheap and delicious!"

"oh really?" Zoro walked to the stall, looking over the selection of roasted meat. "It doesn't look to bad"

It really didn't look bad, it also had a good smell, it reminded him of the way the kitchen onboard the Sunny smelled when Sanji cooked sea-king meat. The smell alone had his mouth starting to water.

"You're Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, aren't you?" The man said as he took his stand behind the counter. "A member of the Straw hat crew?"

Zoro's perceptive intuition was piqued. "... is that a problem?"

The man waved his hands repeatedly, "no ,no, no! that's wrong! not a problem at all!" The man looked down at his hands "I am a big fan of the straw hat crew! In this world where men with dreams are ridiculed, your crew shines bright to men like me, who once had a dream!"

"You -HAD- a dream?" Zoro's nerves settled a little, his hand resting on the hilts of his sword.

"Yes, I wanted to have a great Restaurant on the grand line! Like the Baratie in East blue!" The man said, spreading his arms in enthusiasm. "But it never happened, now all I have is this stand."

"Can't you just try again? Giving up is not going to achieve anything you know..." Zoro said, frowning at how easily that man gave up on his dreams.

"Don't worry about another man's troubles!" the man said, cheerful again. "Here, have some of my food, free of charge of course!"

"Free?" Zoro said as he eyed the food suspiciously, "you will never have the money to buy a restaurant if you-" The swordsman was interrupted by a mug of ale pushed to his face.

"here! eat up" The man smiled a crooked smile. "For the Straw hat crew's ace!"

"the ace?" Zoro took the food with a grin, "where did you hear that?"

"of course!" The man pointed at Zoro with flair. "everyone knows that the first member, and the one who always has the back of his captain, is 'Pirate hunter' Roronoa Zoro!"

Zoro grinned wider at the compliment. "Stop talking nonsense! I'm taking your food, and you better not try to charge me after I eat it." The swordsman took a big bite from the meat, only to raise his brows in surprise. "hey! this is pretty good!"

The man laughed, "of course it is! it's my world famous Sea-king roast!" he fished up another piece, dripping with the meat-dressing. "here! give some to your captain, I'd be honored to know that Monkey D. Luffy himself ate my cooking!"

that stupid swordsman, getting lost at a time like this! if we are late, Nami is going to be angry! Sanji had asked a vendor to keep an eye on the mountain of groceries, as he went looking for his crewmate. but then again, Nami-san is also beautiful when she is angry~

Zoro's green hair was easy to locate in the crowd, Sanji could tell a Marimo out of a crowd of a thousand people with a glance.

"OIIIIIIIIIIII! STUPID MARIMO!" Sanji ran up to the swordsman. "Where the hell do you think you are going?" Sanji frowned at his crewmate, reaching for his packet of cigarettes.

"huh? I was heading back to where you were..." Zoro said, blinking at the chef.

"THAT IS IN THE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE DIRECTION" Sanji yelled in anger, attempting to kick Zoro's head. The swordsman dodged of course, but Sanji's foot hit the meat the swordsman was carrying, sending it flying into the ground.

"You idiot!" Zoro exclaimed with a shortness of breath. "Don't just kick me out of nowhere like that!"

Sanji looked at the food that now lay on the dusty ground, the meat-dressing lumpy with dirt. "What was that? Is that what you bought yourself to eat?" Sanji lowered his leg, walking over to the meat.

"oh crap, that was the one for Luffy!" Zoro exclaimed, picking up the meat from the street.

"For Luffy?" Sanji blinked, watching Zoro look around. "You bought food for Luffy? why?"

Zoro frowned as he saw the dirt all over the meat. "It was really good, so the vendor wanted me to give some to Luffy for some advertisement or something..."

Sanji's heart skipped a beat. really good?

"what should I do? I don't want it to go to waste..." Zoro looked around, holding the dripping meat.

Did he say that meat was "really good"? Sanji's fists trembled slightly in anger. Never... not once, had Zoro said a thing about his food. and now, out of nowhere, he buys some random fast food and calls it "REALLY GOOD"?!

Sanji tried his best to quell his anger, he snapped out of it when he heard splashing of water. "What are you doing? Shitty Marimo?" Sanji's trembling hands lighted a cigarette as he watched Zoro wash off the meat in a water fountain.

"I don't want it to go to waste, I'm washing off the dirt." Zoro said and washed off all the meat-dressing. "It´s not like Luffy will dislike it, It's meat"

Sanji nodded. Yes. if Zoro hadn't done that, he would have picked it up himself. As a chef he couldn't forgive anyone wasting food.

but wait.

Even the stupid swordsman doesn't want to waste it? Sanji was getting more and more pissed off. what was so special about THAT food? "... oi. Marimo." Sanji's voice was thick with scorn.

"Huh? what? you have a problem?" Zoro recognized the tone of Sanji's voice, getting ready to fight.

"can you take me to that food stand? I want to know what is so great about that food..."Sanji glared at Zoro with such intensity that the taller man honestly backed up a bit from the out of place killing intent.

"Sure... It's just over... there?" Zoro pointed to the place where the stand was, only to notice it was gone. "huh... It was here earlier... or was it over there?"

The cook blew smoke in annoyance. I should have known better than assume he could tell me the location of anything at all... "forget it, let's just get the groceries back to the Sunny."

why is it bothering me? Sanji stood in the kitchen, cutting up potatoes. The waves rolled the sunny go gently, as they had set out according to Nami's schedule, and caught the perfect wind.

"...ji?"

I don't care if the swordsman has no taste in food. Putting the potatoes aside, Sanji started cleaning the carrots. Luffy didn't think the meat he brought was anything EXTRAORDINARY. just, meat. Luffy likes all meat...

"...nji?"

The carrots looked smooth and fresh as Sanji put the clean ones besides the sink. Everyone else loves my food. the swordsman just has no taste... stupid Marimo...

"...anji... SANJI!"

Sanji was snapped out of his thoughts by Chopper's cute voice. "Huh? Oh! Chopper?" Sanji wiped his hands on the apron, turning to the ship's doctor. "what is it?"

Chopped looked up at the blond, blinking suspiciously at him. "You are really absent minded... don't tell me... YOU ARE SICK!?" Chopper hurriedly pushed a chair towards the cook, climbing up for a closer look at Sanji's eye. "your pupils are not dilated or anything... where does it hurt?"

"Chopper... I'm not sick. I'm FINE. I was just thinking about things, that's all" Sanji smiled, grabbing his packets of cigarettes.

"They must be very important things! You were so absent minded!" Chopper exclaimed cutely, curious as to what was going on inside Sanji's mind.

Sanji blushed a little before catching himself. "no! nothing important! just something stupid, that's all..."

"you're blushing..." Chopper remarked as the pink flush crawled over Sanji's cheeks.

"I am not! It's just the steam from the pots!" Sanji added the potatoes and carrots to the boiling water, trying to get rid of the blush on his face. why was he blushing? he had no reason to blush.

"I see..." Chopper put the chair back in its place. "well then, Can I have some garlic? I want to make some medicine..."

"Oh, sure, help yourself. It's hanging in the pantry..." Sanji started preparing the fish be bought this afternoon, trying to get the blush off his cheeks. Why did he feel so awkward?

"OI! ZOROOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luffy reached up and grabbed the bottom of the Crow's nest, shooting himself to the highest point of the Sunny. "Do you have any more of the meat you gave me today?" The captain stuck his head into the gym, smiling hopefully at the Swordsman and his first crewmember.

Zoro put down the weights, turning his head to Luffy. "I already told you, It was just this one portion." he panted, putting the weights down. "It´ll be dinner soon anyway..."

"I knooooow... " Luffy climbed into the crow's nest. "But I am hungry noooooooooooooow"

when is this idiot captain NOT hungry? Zoro grabbed a towel, cleaning sweat from his brow.

"It can't be helped, you will have to wait." Zoro sat down, getting into meditative position.

Luffy didn't agree, whining on the floor. "meeeeat... meaaaaaat... I want some more..."

Zoro's brow twitched, "Go bother the idiot cook if you are hungry!" He snapped at the captain, frowning in his face.

"I don't wanna... Sanji's been in a really weird mood today." Luffy whined and grabbed one of the dumbbells. "ever since you guys got back on the ship..." Luffy pouted as he rolled the circular weight on the floor.

Zoro blinked. "what do you mean, 'weird mood'?"

Luffy stretched. "I dunno! He's just been a little distant today." Shrugging, Luffy got ready to climb back down. "he'll snap out of it soon." and with a jump down the mast, the captain was gone.

Zoro closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind for some meditation. weird mood? that's right... he was a lot less annoying when he served the girls snacks today... Catching himself thinking, Zoro made another attempt at clearing his mind. He also acted weird today after shopping. maybe something happened... Shaking his head trying to get rid of the thoughts, Zoro scowled. Why do I care? He can do what he wants. It's not my problem.

Then with a slight suffocated groan, Zoro noticed this strange feeling in his stomach. He felt a bit sick.

NEXT CHAPTER UP SOON.

What could be wrong? can you GUESS what is gonna happen?! OH! what is that you say? Is it totally given away in the TITLE?