…..

The two animals stopped when they reached the middle of the forest, resting to sort their breathing. Sanji especially was out of breath and tense, wondering around the cat with worry.

"Will you sit your big tail down already?! You're annoying!" The cat growled.

"Shut it grass cat! I'm thinking, what if they won't come back for us… what if they forget about us, you idiot cat! I don't know about you, but I'm not fond of starving like we did before!" Sanji snarled.

Zoro laid on the ground lazily, resting on his side and closing his eyes like it's not a big deal at all. "So what if they don't come?! We won't starve we just let luck guide us and we'll be just fine, chill out! And even if it won't work, we can always come back to the city again." The cat said with confidence, with Sanji rising his eyebrows at him, not liking his attitude at all.

"We can't just count on luck Zoro! Stop being an idiot! Do you really want to die?! We can't come back to the city, don't talk bullshit; we'll die on the way there! So stop acting like the dumbass and lazy grass cat that you are, and start taking it seriously! If they won't come for us then… we have to go back to them."

That took Zoro's attention and he got up on his paws and glared at Sanji, making sure he knows how angry he is and what he'll do if he dares to try.

"Don't even think about it or I'll cut your ears off!" Zoro growled but Sanji didn't back away from him, he was stubborn too.

"I can cut your grassy ass if I want to, stupid cat! I don't want to be abandoned! I like Nami and her family… I don't want to leave them." He whispered sadly the last sentence, his ears falling down just like his face.

He got really attached to them, even if it was for a short time. Zoro stared at him with silence and sighed; why was he being so harsh on the fox he didn't know. He just wanted to stay with him and not be separated. It felt like the fox didn't mind to be separate only to come back to these humans, but he realized it was a little more complicated than that. Zoro too didn't wish to be abandon by Luffy and Ace, but he was willing to take it if it meant to stay by the fox's side. He came closer to him, biting his ears gently.

"Hey, stop that! Those stupid humans would not abandon us! They can't do that! And even if they will, they don't deserve to have you or me since they don't care enough. We'll find others."

"Still… didn't you say you like Luffy? Didn't he help you?! How can you say that?!" He barked again, and Zoro bit his ear even harder. "Ouch! You asshole grass cat!" Sanji bit his neck back, what made the cat hiss in pain.

"I do like him! But… but if he decides to ditch me it's his fault, not mine!"

"He won't do that to you!" Sanji said stubbornly, he could not bear it if Zoro's masters decided to abandon him here, he just couldn't.

"The same goes to you! They won't leave you here, so shut your big mouth and stay!" With that Zoro bit his neck and dragged him to fall to the ground, wrestling with Sanji's paws playfully. Sanji calmed down a bit and play with him for some time.

After a while, they calmed down until they heard a noise from the bushes of something moving. Zoro rose up, slowly and carefully. Going ahead of him to protected Sanji from anything that may come at them, Sanji rose his head and ears up, listing to the movements.

"I smell something in there… it's odd."

"Wait a sec… Zoro it's…"

"Shut it! I'm going to defeat it before he attacks." Zoro growled and started to run at the bush, jumping at his prey and catching it with his nails. To his surprise he only heard a cry and the creature ran away to hide behind a thin tree that didn't hide his body at all. Who the hell was this thing?

Sanji came right back after him, sighing deeply. "I told you to wait didn't I, asshole cat?! Now look what you've done, you scared him." He said and came closer to him with no worry in the world, Zoro just stayed there and stared confused at what was going on.

"You… know that… creature?"

"Yes, I know him and he's not a creature, you idiot grass! He is a reindeer, and his name is Chopper. Now stop being an ass and introduce yourself. Hi Chopper, get out from there, we can see you anyway."

The so called Chopper came out from behind the tree, shaking from Zoro and looking at Sanji imploringly asking for help. "Ahh please don't kill me."

Zoro rolled his eyes and came closer to him, slowly, trying not scare him and sniffed him. The reindeer was shaking and seemed to want to run away, but Sanji pet his legs with his fluffy tail, that seemed to calm him down.

"It's fine Chopper, he is my friend, he won't hurt you."

"Is this the cat you said you lost?" Chopper asked when Zoro kept sniffing him only for Chopper to sniff him back.

"Yep, this is him. The idiot grass cat… Zoro."

"Oi, spiral ass fox shut it!" Zoro growled and showed his teeth, only to make Chopper laugh.

"Then he's my friend too, I'm Chopper." He said and came closer to Zoro, who sent him a warm look.

"Sorry if I scared you earlier, I thought you came to eat us."

"No worries, I'm just glad to finally meet you. Sanji told me so much about you." Sanji sent him a warning looks to shut up, but the reindeer didn't seem to get it! Damn him. Zoro smiled his cocky ass smile and came closer to Chopper. After Chopper laid down on the ground Zoro jumped on his back and found a good spot to sit.

"Oh really? And what the spiral fox been telling about me?"

"Well he said you are very important to him and…" Chopper started innocently only to make Sanji to go red and jump at the reindeer's face, no way he's going to let him spoil out all he said about the cat only because he thought he lost him forever.

"That's enough, you don't need to tell him shit like that!"

Zoro sat there amused enjoying Sanji's embarrassed act and face, wiggling his tail. "Is that so? I'm important to you." He repeated with satisfaction only to see Sanji even more embarrassed.

"Keep dreaming asshole cat! Keep dreaming!" Sanji snarled and hit him with his tail, only to make him laugh.

They stayed there with the reindeer for some time, sharing their stories and letting Chopper get used to Zoro. He actually was very good with the young reindeer, enough to make him look at him with adoring eyes and call him "Cool!" to Sanji who only rolled eyes. At least he seemed to like the idiot cat, and Zoro seem to like him back.

They slept together that night curled up with each other, but Zoro tried to stay close to Sanji's body. It was comfortable and warm for all of them that night, even if it was deep in the woods.

….

The day after, all the kids came to search them together. Calling them and bringing food to attract them. That worked because they were getting hungry, Luffy laughed and took Zoro and Sanji together in his hands. Kissing both of them with affection.

"Don't worry Zoro and Sanji, we'll all stay together, shishi." He laughed and the two animals wiggled their tails in happy manner, they would stay together now and won't need to miss each other again.

"Hey Luffy, give me Sanji! I want to hold him too!" Nami insisted and Luffy let her take him slowly. Then Nami hugged him and kissed his head.

"I'll be with you too, so don't run away again, okay?" She said and walked back to home together. After they reach the house, Luffy and Nami put them down onto the ground and ran to the set table in the backyard, running around shouting and playing like the kids they were. Sanji and Zoro ran around next to them, playing who could catch the other's tail first, Zoro ran after Sanji first and then Sanji ran after him.

In the afternoon, Bellemere called everyone to the meal and Luffy screamed "Food!" and ran ahead of them. Zoro and Sanji came to the table too, curious of what they were doing and sniffed around. Zoro jumped on the table and signed for Sanji to come too. Sanji did and looked around the meals. "Wow, that smells good."

"Yes, it does." He came to take a bit but was raised up by Bellemere that shooed them away from the table, threw them as far away from the food and warned them to stay away. She gave them their food, but they were more into the food on the table.

"I can steal some if I want." Sanji bragged to who Zoro snorted at him.

"Yes right you moron, let's go from here."

"I really can!" Sanji raised his ears just to be dragged away by his neck by Zoro gentle biting.

They started to run around after each other's tails again, while the kids and grownups ate and laughed together.

At some point, Sanji ran into Usopp that was messing around with a weird bottles and chemicals. Sanji came closer to him and jumpped on his head, staring at his hands with curios eyes. "Hi look Zoro, it's that weird long nose doing weird things again."

Zoro yawned and scratched his neck. "Leave him alone stupid fox! It smells disgusting."

"But what do you think he's doing?" He asked and kept looking at his hands moving around the little chemicals jars.

"Who cares, let's go!" Zoro nuzzled his tail, trying to play with it.

Then Usopp rose his head and noticed the two animals around him, he smiled and showed them the jar. "Oh, hello there Sanji, Zoro. Look at this! I'm going to create the most amazing potion in the world! You two are going to be the witness of this amazing discovery! You're lucky ones, with this I'm going to save all the sick people in the whole world!"

Sanji laughed at his head and looked at Zoro. "What do you think he's saying?"

"Must be some bullshit, come on!" Zoro said bored and Sanji laughed.

"Yes you're right." Sanji agreed and jumped from Usopp's head, pursuing after Zoro's tail now. Usopp screamed at them with despair.

"Oii you guys, don't you want to be the witness of amazing discovery? Hey!" But the two animals were already busy with their own games of chasing to pay attention to him.

After the month was over, Luffy come back home with Ace, Shanks, Nami and the two animals that didn't stop to fighting even in the car. To Luffy's amusement Nami shouted them to stop. At first Nami called home a lot, but got used to Luffy's home pretty quickly and enjoyed her new home with Luffy and Ace.

The same went to Sanji, at first he was a little uncomfortable with the new environment, but Zoro was with him and showed him around the place in the outside so he got used to it. They slept under each other on Zoro's big cushion, with Zoro nuzzling Sanji's body and walking around the area, sniffing around after intruding smells.

After a while, they became inseparable, to where Zoro went Sanji went and to where Sanji went Zoro followed. Just like the kids, with Usopp that came to visit them and play.

All went well until one incident before the end of the month, Zoro just came back with Sanji after their walk in the street. They saw some weird thing on the floor and Zoro just came and ate it. Sanji figured it's not that big of a deal, they eat junk all the time, but it seems it was. Because after they came back Zoro fell down on the floor and starts to growl in pain. Sanji didn't know what to do, but tried to come next to him. "You're okay? What's wrong Zoro?"

"I... don't feel so good." He whined and Sanji licked his ear.

"I can go and call your master, just wait." The fox tried to go but Zoro stopped him.

"Noooo... Sanji, stay!" He whines, and laid on the floor barely moving. Sanji whined a little and laid down next to him, licking him and trying to comfort the poor suffering cat, but it didn't seem to work. Sanji felt his heart come out for him, and whined pitifully at the silent Zoro.

"Zoro... don't die! Don't you dare to die on me!" Sanji wailed and nuzzled Zoro's neck hugging him gently. The fox didn't know what to do, should he stay with the cat or call for the others, he really didn't know. He wanted to help Zoro feel better, but he didn't know how.

The first one that noticed was Nami, who ran for them with worried look. "What is it Sanji? Is something wrong with Zoro?"

Sanji wailed even more loudly and started to walk around in circle for her, showing her how scared he was and that he wanted her to help Zoro. Nami got the message 'cause the next thing she did was call Shanks and rush him and to take Zoro to the doctor. Shanks smiled at her and pet her head, reassuring her not to worry. She started to cry and with her Luffy started to cry with fear of Zoro's life. Ace was the only one that stayed there with serious face and looked down on his legs.

An hour later, they hurried to the vet, holding Zoro carefully not to make him suffer even more. They waited in line, Sanji was tense and nervous at the other animals around and tried to walk around but Nami held him in her arms, not letting him move. He wanted to go to Zoro's side, to lick his face, to comfort him, but she didn't let him so he just whined and tried to free himself from her hold.

Nami kept crying to herself and pet Sanji fur gently; Luffy was just silent and looked at Zoro with tears in his eyes, stroking him slowly with his hand full of love. Shanks was the one to hold Zoro, and tried to calm down the three kids but with no luck.

When their turn finally come, Luffy jumped and ran to the vet biting his lip, his face full of tears and screamed. "Please save Zoro! I'll do anything, just please save him! He's my best friend!" The vet looked oddly at the kid and then at Shanks that come to him with Zoro.

"Please take a look at him for us." Shanks asked quietly, and came to the table in his room.

"Come after me, kids don't worry and wait outside."

"I want to come too!" Luffy said and after him Nami.

"Stay here okay? I'll be right back." Shanks said and the door closed.

The kids sat in the waiting room chairs and pouted with anger at the stupid adults with Sanji whining and raving in Nami's hands. He was so scared and confused, were were they taking Zoro?! What they were going to do to him!? Sanji started to make load noises of distress to call Zoro, he just wanted to hear Zoro answer him from that room so he knew he was still alive but he didn't hear anything and it's made him panic. No way he going to let them kill Zoro, no way in hell!

But Nami hugged the distressed fox and stroked him gently, calming him down a little. "Don't worry Sanji, the doctor will save Zoro just wait a little longer." She tried to say, Sanji understood that she was trying to calm him down even without knowing what she was saying, and so he wanted to believe her. But it was so hard for him, he wanted to go where Zoro was, but he couldn't so he just let Nami stroke his fur, his ears down he made little, sad noises.

Sanks came out after an hour and said Zoro's going to be okay after a little surgery, the kids got scared but the vet promised that he will be okay and that it's not a big surgery.

They let Zoro stay in the clinic for a day, with the three kids looked at their feet with sadness, each his own. Shanks sighed at their sad faces and was glad it wasn't something serious or they would really drive him nuts with their sadness.

Sanji didn't know how to take it that they left the place without Zoro, what did that mean?! Did Zoro really died? If so what is he going to do now?! He felt like he didn't want anything anymore, only to see Zoro and his body shook in Nami arms.

That night Sanji whined and howled all night, Nami took him to her bed with them but it didn't help. Sanji kept howling and Shanks had no choice but to bind Sanji collar's to sleep outside with closed windows. Since he really needed his sleep that night to work in the morning, not that really help Sanji cries and neighbors' complaints, but he didn't care much.

The next morning, they all came to take Zoro home. Carfully and slowly after his surgery, they tried to take him in his box. Sanji was so excited and surprised that he didn't stop wondering around the sleeping Zoro with his tail wiggling like crazy, whining to him a little and trying to make him notice him.

After Zoro was done his beauty sleep, he purred at Sanji worrying over him and wiggled his tail. "Hi spiral fox." He said with his deep voice.

"Hi stupid idiot grass cat." Sanji answered and sat close to him, touching his nose with Zoro's and licking his neck. "How do you feel? Does it still hurt?"

"No, I'm fine now." Zoro purred, enjoying Sanji treatment.

"That's good! Don't scare me like that you asshole cat! You know how freaked out I was because of you!?" Sanji scolded him and Zoro giggled.

"Well, now we're even, ass fox!"

"Jerk grass cat!"

"Stupid spiral brow." Zoro purred with calmness that made Sanji blush.

"I hate you! But I don't want to be without you, so from now on no more eating from the street, ever! You hear me asshole?! No more!"

Zoro raised his head and looked at him for a while. "Then you too, not allowed eating from it."

Sanji only growled at him and put his head on Zoro's back, closing his eyes. "Fine asshole, I won't!"

They slept calmly and Luffy, Nami and Ace were happy to have Zoro back. Maybe not fully active, but alive and well. And the vet gave them medicine to give Zoro after his surgery to help his stomach and forbid the kids to let them wonder around and let them eat things outside.

And that's how they kept living, Nami sometimes took them to her house and they visited Chopper and Luffy took them to his house, there they wrestled and played together. Happy and strong they kept support each other through all of their days.

The end.

AN: finally here is the end, sorry for the delay. I made a new skype, if anyone want to chat. I hope you like how it's end, please say what you think about it. I wasn't sure how to end it. I was so happy to read all your review's, thank you so very much!