One Piece: Sea Devil Sanji

On a spring island somewhere in the *New World*, there is a lone grave surrounded by flowers and tangerine trees.

A man wearing a black suit, black shoes and a blue stripped shirt stood in front of the grave. He has blonde hair parted on the left side of his face and hides his right eye. He has a neetly trimmed back goatee. But his most eye catching feature is his swirly eyebrow. This man is known as Vinsmoke Sanji.

He knelt down and gently touched the name engraved on the tombstone which read *Vinsmoke Nami* "Hello Nami-san. It's been a while since I last payed you a visit.... You wouldn't believe what I have been upto lately"

The man spend the last five hours recounting his misadventures until he sensed someone land on the island "Oh, Nami-san, it appears it's time for me to leave. Time sure flies by when spent in good company" he stood up and dusted his clothes then took one last look at the grave "Please forgive me Nami-san but this is going to be my last visit. Worry not though, it won't be the last time we see each other"

He turned around and headed for the presence he sensed on the east side of the island.

When he reached his destination he spotted a green spot in a sea of sandy white beach "Oi, marimo, how come you didn't get lost for once!?"

"Cut the crap ero-cook, you know why I am here for" the green haired swordman put his hand on his three swords ready to draw them at a moments notice "You have a lot to answer for"

"Relax muscle for brain, we will have our serious talk somewhere else. I don't want to disturb my wife's resting place with our *discussion*"

Zoro relaxed his posture, he too didn't want to duke it out in this island "I guess you have a place in mind then"

"Yeah, so try to keep up with me moss-head. I don't want to back track for you every thirthy seconds cause of your shitty lack of direction"

"Whatever curly-brow, lead the way"

Sanji faced the sea then used *sky walk* and flew in a certain direction. He looked back and spotted Zoro swimming behind since he doesn't have any flying technique.

Two hours later when the sun is beginning to set, Sanji landed in the middle of an island and not too far behind him Zoro walked opposite of him.

The island is barren of vegitation and devoid of any sign of life with a series of mountain ranges going accross of it.

"What say you? Isn't this a fitting place for our final showdown" Sanji lighted one of his signature death cigaretes and took a puff from it "No body is going to disturb our little one on one here"

Zoro inspected the place and nodded his head in aggreement. He took off his upper garments and tossed them aside then fastened his black bandana on his head "I have one question before I cut you to pieces. Why did you do it?"

"As if you could... And I don't have to answer you moss-head but I guess as a last courtesy before I kill you I will give you the satisfaction of granting you an answer" Sanji took a scroll from his vest and threw it at Zoro's feet.

Zoro picked it up and unforlded it. He started reading it and the more he read the more pale his face became. He clutched the scroll in his hands till his hands bled.

"Hey ero-cook, you can't be serious" he ground his teeth in anger and frustration "Do you think she would have uproved of what you have done? And for what? The hubris chance of it being true"

Anger flared inside of Sanji's c.h.e.s.t that caused his hair to stand on end and his body to burst in red flames "Don't you dare guilt trip me by mentioning her, you piece of shit! I once promised her that I would become the devil for her and I will gladly burn the whole world to see her again or have you forget what I am known as these days!" the flame continued to explode around him shaking the entire island and the surrounding ocean "Now enough chitchat and ready yourself!"

Zoro threw the scroll behind him and unsheathed his three swords. One in his mouth and two in his hands "I guess there is no reasoning with you. Not that would stop me from killing you today. I will make you pay for the lives you took, SEA DEVIL"

The two warriors, former crewmates and bitter rivals, stood still and eyed each other.

Sanji was the first to make a move. He blitzed right in front of Zoro and unleached a devasting kick that caused the surrounding mountains to quake. But Zoro was ready for him and blocked with one of his mountain slicing slashes.

There was elctricity in the air from their conquerors haki clash that made the heavens above to split in half.

Their batlle continued for seven days straight but there was no apparent victor in sight between the two.

The island became an unrecognisable through their battle. The earth was scorched black with magma running everywhere. The mountains became sliced and cruched rubble everywhere. Dark trenches that you can't see their bottom, criss-crossing the land.

In the middle stood the two combattants. Sanji's clothes where destroyed leaving him with just his black trousers. His body sporting multiple deep cuts drenching him red in blood. His counterpart, Zoro was equally drenched in blood with many bruses, broken bones and heavy burns.

"*huff* *huff* Why don't you *hhuf* drop dead *hhuf* moss-head. This battle is mine to win!" wheezed Sanji.

"Heh! *huff* *huff* As if I *huff* would lose to *huff* a pansy like you!" sneered Zoro while leaning on Enma, his new Black Sword.

The two are equally as strong and know each other's moves and tricks. Seeing the battle was going nowhere Sanji took a deep breath to steady his breathing and sighed "You are lucky, shitty swordman. If I still had my Raid Suit you would've been fish food by now. Nevertheless, I still have one last trump card"

Zoro raised an eybrow and straightned himself up. He saw sanji reached down and pull two knives from his socks. They looked like any everyday kitchen knives. They have white brown handles with some engravings but their most eye catching features are their black blades, similar to that of Shisui and Yoru (Mihawks's sword).

"Your trump card are kitchen knives!? Are you kidding me? I knew you were an idiot but you must have lost your mind to compete with me in swordmanship. I am not known as the World's Strongest Swordman for nothing!"

"Heh! Eventhough I was trained in swordmanship as a kid, I never intended to be a swordman and I still not. You may be the world's greatest swordman, you may be capable of cutting diamond with your swords and your slashes can split the ocean in two, but when it comes to separating skin from flesh and flesh from bones there no better than a cook. And as a cook I have no equal" Sanji took a stance with his knives and peered at Zoro's eyes "From now on you are just another ingredient in my shooping block. So prepare yourself for a world of pain cause you won't be able to keep up with me" As he finished talking he was envelopped by a smoky black fire that made the space around it shimmer. Even his hair became pitch black reminiscent of the deepest pits of hell.

Seeing his opponent taking a new stance, Zoro steadied himself and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated deep within himself. He enveleppoed his entire body and swords in Armament Haki sporting some firy markings on his arms and shoulders. He opened his right eye which he always kept closed unleaching a blindingly green light. Suddenly, he grew two extra heads and four arms each holding a sword envelopped in Armament Haki. The air around him grew frigid "If you are willing to pull all the stops then who am I to not respond in kind"

This time it was Zoro who made the first move. He swung the three swords in his right hands sending a devastating black slash that split the island in half and continued travelling towards the ocean cutting through several neighboring islands which had the misforture of being in its path.

But Sanji was too fast and evaded the attack and blitzed right above Zoro and spinned on his axis and unleached a kick with his right leg sending a torrent of black flames burrowing deep within the earth leaving a deep pit that exploded in hot magma and shifted the island from its roots.

Zoro was fast enough to roll out of the way but when he stood up he noticed he was missing a piece of his left t.h.i.g.h that dropped not too far from him. He grimaced in pain and looked at Sanji with a piercing look, trying to figure out how he managed to injure him like that.

"Don't give me that look, marimo. I told you, you won't be able to keep up with me anymore so don't burn you beans for brains trying to countermeasure me" Sanji emerged from the fiery magma still burning in black flames. He walked towards the piece of flesh and picked it up.

His hand blurred and the piece of meat was cut apart in several equal sized pieces "Generally cut around 20mm thick, leg steaks are derived from several different cuts: silverside, knuckle, topside and rump. Flavoursome and tender, these steaks are easily adaptable for all types of recipes that require barbecuing, pan-frying or stir-frying" he looked at them for a moment then threw them behind him "Unfortunately this meat is not edible, it reaks of moss and sweat"

Zoro ground his teath "Don't get c.o.c.ky with me ero-cook! That was just a lucky shot, the battle is far from over!"

"Oh, au contarire shit for brains, this batlle is over you just don't know it yet"

They continued to battle for the next couple of hours, it was gruesome and bloody but contrary to how it played out for the last seven days this time it was a one sided slaughter. In the end, Sanji stood over Zoro who was spread out on the ground still clutching at his swords threw sheer will alone, cause he was missing a considerable portion of his flesh.

His right arm that used to be brimming with muscles became just white bones from shoulder down, his left was missing several fingers and was cleanly cleaned of any skin. His legs suffered the same fate but in reverse. His c.h.e.s.t was missing its left portion and his guts were spilled underneath him. His face was missing its nose, a piece of his left ear and the whole of his right. Both his eyes where plucked out.

If it was someone else they would have been long dead but Zoro was still desperately clinging to life.

Sanji only suffered some more new wounds. Some looked especially grave but nothing he can't overcome "*huff* *huff* I admire you tenacity moss-head *huf* but you definetely should kick the bucket now"

"Heh! Heh! Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! *cough* *cough* ha! ha!" Zoro burst out laughing hysterically while coughing up blood "This is nothing for me. *cough* As If these little wounds *cough* from a pansy like you would ever kill me, dart-brow! *cough*"

"Stop spouting nonsense idiot, you are literally missing more than 50% of your flesh" his words were met with deaf ears and loud laughter. He steeled his determination one last time and clutched his knives as if they are his last ancor on his sanity. He closed the distance between him and Zoro and knelt down "I will release you from your misery, marimo. This fight... I am the winner"

Zoro suddenly stopped laughing and somehow entered his Asura Mode one more time. Sanji sensed the incoming danger but it was too late.

"Hah! You should never let your guard down around me, ero-cook! You may have won the battle but but I will not permit you to have the last words!" his body started to spin and he unleached a last ear chattering yell that Sanji swore came from the netherworld "NINE HELLS TATSUMAKI!!!"

A huge tornado of black blades was unleached that tore at the island and its surrounding seas. From afar you could see it reaching the heavens. It broke the land apart and churned the sea asunder.

The attack lasted for a whole hour and when it subsided the island was no more. Only a huge whirlpool that swallowed everything in its path.

Not far away from the epicenter of the battle, there is a small island no more than a hundred square meter, a bloody and battered Sanji swam ashore.

"That shit head! *huff* *huff* He was always a bastard! *huff* *huff* He had to go and be an asshole till the end!" Sanji swore bettween his heavy breathing. He exerted some effort and dragged Zoro's corpse or what's left of it ashore.

He dragged it all the way under the sole tree in the center of the tiny island. He let go of it and sat down leaning on the tree trunk.

He looked at Zoro who was left with only his head and torso then looked at himself. He had lost his right arm from elbow down and his left foot courtesy of Zoro's last attack. He looked again at Zoro and couldn't help himself but smile self-deprecatingly.

"Asshole... Even in death you are still giving me headaches" flames burst from where he lost his ligaments and cauterized his wounds. After he was sure the bleeding stopped, he sighed and closed his eyes, taking in the light breeze. He fell aslleep not long after.

After a while, Sanji woke up and stretched for a bit. He took his cigarates pack from his back pocket but found it destroyed "... I stand by what I said. Biggest asshole I know"

He sighed and stood up while leaning on the tree. He looked at Zoro one more time "I should bury him. This place may not be fitting for the World's Strongest Swordman or I should say now former, but I guess it would do. Though I am sure you will grow to love this place, marimo. You were always someone who apreciated his solitude. However, first things first" he picked up his one remaining knive and plunged it inside Zoro's c.h.e.s.t and extracted his heart "I will be needing this"

He picked some leaves and rope then wrapped it around the heart. Once he was sure it was secured he hanged it around his waist.

Sometime later there was a newly made grave on the lone island "Sorry I lost your swords... Though, I am sure you wouldn't need them anymore"

He kept looking at the grave for a while then sighed. He patted the wrapped heart on his left side, reminding himself of his goal "I better get going"

He jumped and Sky Walked himself away from the island. Eventhough it was ackwardly executed with only one foot, it didn't take long for the island to disappear from his view when he looked back.