"Why the hell did I let you lead?" Sanji growled when he realized his marimo crewmate had gotten them lost. Sanji had no idea how the idiot could even manage to get them lost on a straight path. Angrily Sanji landed a perfectly placed kick to the green haired swordsmans chest causing the man to fly backwards into a poor, unsuspecting tree.

"Ow! What was that for you bastard!" Zoro yelled as he rubbed his chest. His glare was ignored by a certain blond chef.

"Come on. I think the ships this way. If Luffy's eaten our entire food supply I'm making you catch me more."

Zoro huffed and stood up. He was not sulking! He was simply angry and was in dire need of some alcohol.

The cook took a cigar out of his pocket and lit it. After he took a drag he looked behind him to make sure the green haired idiot was still behind him.

Sanji frowned when he saw smoke coming from the harbor. He looked behind him and exchanged a nod with the swordsman. They began racing towards the docks, their sprinting got faster when they realize that yes, it was the Sunny burning.

The duo raced through the throngs of people and aboard their ship. They frowned when they didn't see any of their crewmates. Or enemies for that matter. They did, however, see a little dark haired Indonesian boy screaming as a large fire grew in front of him. Sanji quickly poured water over the fire, completely extinguishing it for all except for a large burn mark.

The little boy suddenly started sobbing and his long nose sniffed. He looked suspiciously like Usopp. Sanji growled at that. Since when did Usopp have a kid and why was he on their ship?

"Usopp!" Sanji yelled, angrily. He was going to give the cowardly sniper a nice hard kick in the place the sun doesn't shine for this. This little boy was left alone and he almost caused permanent damage to the ship. His Nami-swan would be ballistic when she learned of the damages she would have to pay for.

The boy sniffled though, "Do I know you? How do you know my name?" He whimpered. The boy brought his knees to his chest and covered his head with his skinny arms. "Please don't be mad at me."

Sanji just stared at the boy. His overall confused state was enhanced when he saw a small Japanese boy walk out of the kitchen stuffing a cookie in his mouth. His eyes widened when he saw Zoro.

"Are you a pirate?" The boy asked excitedly jumping up and down. He ran up to the marimo and grinned. "Cool! You have three swords!"

"What?" Zoro started confused.

"My name's Monkey D Luffy and I'm going to be the pirate king! I promised Shanks I would so I must." The boy grinned and adjusted the too big straw hat on his head so he could see correctly.

"Sanji? What's going on?" Zoro asked as he stared at the seven year old Japanese boy who called himself Luffy.

"I don't know." Sanji frowned. "It seems like they were turned into children somehow."

"What are you talking about?" Mini-Usopp asked.

Sanji frowned, "How old are you?"

Mini-Usopp held up seven fingers. Mini-Luffy grinned and ran up to the boy.

"Cool! I'm seven too. Do you want to be my friend?"

"Where are we? Where's my mother? Did my dad take me to sea with him?" Mini-Usopp asked as he looked around the boat. "Is he here? I don't see him."

"If they're seven that means they were turned back ten years. If everyone was turned back ten years we have to find Brook, Franky or Robin. One of them could know something."

"I don't know. Luffy and Usopp seemed to have forgotten their memories." Sanji said frowning.

"Franky! Brook! Robin! Come here!" Zoro shouted. Sanji winced at the blatant disrespect in which Zoro shouted his Robin-chawns name.

Hesitantly a bare foot stepped out of one of the rooms. A little blue haired head followed. A little boy, no older than four stepped out of the room and stared at Zoro. He looked down at his feet and twiddled his thumbs.

"Franky?" Sanji asked in disbelief. Now he was really confused. If Franky was ten years younger he would still be in his mid twenties. This boy was definitely not 24.

"How do you know my name?" The boy asked glaring at the blond. "Where's my mommy?"

"I-I don't know."

Little Franky looked devastated at that. "She left me alone with pirates again didn't she." he spat bitterly.

"You called?"

Sanji looked up as a eight year old dark haired girl leaned over the railing and looked down at them. She looked confused and a bit scared but Sanji could tell she was hiding it. She was smart and was trying to figure out what was happening before she attacked.

Next to her was redhaired little girl. She was frowning suspiciously at them. Her thin legs were against her chest and her face was half hidden by her knees.

"Robin-chawn? Nami-swan?" Sanji asked.

"How do you know my name? Who are you? Are you a pirate? I won't let you take my money!" Mini-Nami yelled. She took a defensive position. Sanji and Zoro both saw that she was shaking though.

A little dark skinned boy walked out of one of the rooms. A smaller version of Chopper with him.

"Well that looks like our whole crew," Sanji mumbled taking a deep breath. He reached into his pocket to grab another cigarette but somehow it flung out of his hand. He glared at little Usopp but little Usopp glared right back with surprising courage. His sling shot was shaking a bit though.

"Smoking is bad for you!" The little boy yelled. "My mommy said our neighbor died because she smoked. You shouldn't do it!"

Sanji just stared at the boy. He glared at Zoro as the man let out a snort. He went to take a swing from his bottle of Sake he had swiped from the kitchen earlier but frowned when he noticed it missing.

"Al-kee-hol is bad too," Usopp glared.

Zoro glared at the boy and huffed. He crossed his arms. "So how do we get them back to normal?"

Sanji sighed and bit his lip, trying to get some leftover nicotine into his mouth. "The villagers should know. We'll ask them tomorrow. It's too late to be disturbing anyone right now"

"We can't sleep in a hotel. We'll sleep here."

Sanji reluctantly agreed. He stared at the kids and frowned. "You guys hungry?"

He was met with an eager nod from Luffy and hesitant nods from everyone else. Sanji made his way to the kitchen and began cooking a simple meal that kids would enjoy and that was healthy and filled with nutrients. Zoro set the table and motioned for the kids to sit down. A little while later Sanji emerged from the kitchen with spaghetti and meatballs. He served each child a portion before serving himself and Zoro the rest.

Luffy eagerly dug in and grinned. He loudly slurped his food and stuffed his face.

The rest of the kids stared and watch in awe or disgust as the boy inhaled his meal. They waited to see if the boy would drop dead from poison before they deemed the food safe and slowly began to eat.

Sanji made sure they ate everything before he cleaned up. Zoro stood up and watched the kids. Luffy seemed as carefree as ever but all the other kids looked utterly terrified and confused.

Franky whimpered and curled up in himself. He was the youngest of the group, Zoro noticed with a frown. Brook was also about 80 years younger which didn't make much sense. The little boy had skin and was no longer a mere skeleton. He was still concerningly thin though.

Sanji returned and frowned. They couldn't send these kids to sleep in their own rooms. The boat was big and they might get scared or hurt.

"I'll take watch for the night," Zoro offered. "You take them into our room and lay blankets or something down for them in there."

Sanji nodded. He stared at the kids not sure what to think, and led them to his room. He went to the storage room and took out comforters. He then went around to each of his crew members rooms and took their pillows and blankets. The mini-crew members sat on either Sanji's bed or Zoro's bed. Sanji sighed, he was given the marimo as a roommate. They had to split up, Nami and Robin roomed together, Usopp and Chopper roomed together though Chopper usually spent his nights in the infirmary.

Franky and Brook roomed together, Franky having had his own room before Brook joined the crew. Luffy of course, being the captain got his own room. Sanji was stuck with Zoro, they roomed together anyways whenever they were on land so Nami had the brilliant idea to have them room together all the time.

Zoro spent most of the nights on watch to Sanji didn't really care.

The blond lay out the bedding and motioned for the kids to get down there and sleep. He gave Nami and Robin Zoro's bed and tucked each kid in. He waited until they were all asleep before exiting the room. He slowly closed the door behind him and made his way to the kitchen to clean up. Surprisingly Zoro was already there scrubbing dishes.

"What are you doing?" Sanji asked amused, leaning against the wall. He had waited for Zoro to finish the dishes before speaking so he didn't disturb the man. It was endearing watching the normally barbarian-like man do domestic tasks.

Not that Sanji would ever admit that of course.

Zoro put away the last dish before turning. "I thought you would take longer to put all the kids to sleep so I thought I would help out. Asshole."

Sanji raised an eyebrow at that.

"Since you're here you can finish up here," Zoro grunted. He made an attempt to leave but someone was blocking the doorway.

Four year old Franky was standing there in his tight underwear and oversized Hawaiian shirt. He had one arm wrapped around his shivering frame and his other hand was rubbing his eye.

"Franky? What are you doing up?" Sanji asked.

The little blue haired boy pouted and ran up to Sanji. The blond looked nicer and less scary than the green haired man. Franky held up his arms and started up at Sanji with big, watery blue eyes.

Sanji just stared at him confused. Zoro just rolled his eyes, "He wants you to pick him up."

Sanji glared at him, "I know that you idiot!" He turned to Franky and hesitated a bit.

Franky got upset and tears began streaming down his face. Sanji just stared at the boy shocked. He grabbed Franky and lifted the boy into the air. Franky just cried harder.

Zoro huffed and took the little boy into his arms. He cradled the boy against his chest and rocked him a bit.

Franky's sobs slowly turned to sniffles before stopping completely.

"What happened? I thought you were asleep," Sanji asked, concerned.

"...nightmare…" the boy whispered. Zoro frowned.

"A nightmare? Man up and face that motherfucker. Don't be such a wimp."

Sanji glared at the marimo and took Franky into his arms. He was a natural once he relaxed.

"Do you want to tell me about it?"

Franky nodded, "I dreamed that Tom was taken away."

"Tom?"

Franky nodded into Sanji's neck. "I live with him and Iceberg. Well I did. Mommy must have taken me away from them again."

Sanji rubbed the boy's back soothingly. He raised an eyebrow at Zoro but the marimo just shrugged.

"Do you think you can go back to sleep?" Sanji asked.

Franky shook his head. Tears dripping everywhere.

Zoro took the boy back, "You can help me guard the ship tonight then."

Franky perked up at that, "Really?"

Zoro nodded. He looked at the cook and nodded at him.

Sanji just sighed. He went to the fridge and pulled out a carton of milk. He poured some into a cup and heated it before handing it to Zoro. "Have him drink this. I'm going to check on the rest of the crew."

Zoro nodded and carried the boy outside. He settled them down on the grassy area and Zoro seated the boy in his lap. He handed the boy the mug and made sure he drank all of it before easing the boy to sleep again. He caressed some hair from Franky's face and frowned when the boy shivered.

As if on cue Sanji appeared with a blanket. He draped the blanket over the small blue haired boy and took the empty mug. Sanji disappeared into the kitchen and returned empty handed. He kneeled in front of Zoro and lifted Franky into his arms carefully so he wouldn't disturb the boy. Franky whimpered and shifted. Zoro adjusted the blanket on him carefully.

"I'm going to bed, will you be okay all night?"

Zoro nodded, "it's fine." Sanji sighed and carefully carried the boy to his room. He put the boy in his bed before climbing in after him.

Sanji sighed and frowned at their messed up situation. What happened when Zoro got them lost? He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. He could stress about it in the morning. Right now he just needed his rest.

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Sanji woke up when something small jumped on him yelling for food. He groaned and opened his eyes to glare at the little Japanese boy grinning at him.

"Sanji! Can you make meat for breakfast? I'm so hungry!"

Sanji groaned. Luffy was Luffy no matter how old he was.

He looked around the room, Luffy had woken the rest of the kids up with his loud requests.

Sanji sat up and got out of his bed. He walked towards the door and made his way to the kitchen. He took out a pan and began making scrambled eggs for the kids.

Zoro raised an eyebrow at this and stood and stretched. "I'm going to bed," he mumbled.

Sanji frowned, "Eat something first."

Zoro shook his head, "feed the kids. Pack some left overs for me."

Sanji nodded. "I'm going to head into town and question some people about why our crew turned into kids."

Zoro nodded, "Okay." He disappeared into the bedroom.

Sanji quickly counted the kids and made them all sit before serving them their portions. He put a sausage on each of their plates and poured them each a glass of orange juice. He sighed, he would have to buy more kid friendly food later.

"You kids ready for a walk?" Sanji asked after they all finished eating. He disliked the fact that he would have to chaperone seven kids around. It wasn't like he could leave them unattended and he wasn't about to wake up Zoro. The man hadn't slept in over 24 hours. He suppose he could wait until Zoro woke up but that would be hours.

He also needed his crew back to normal.

Sanji was tempted to leash at least Luffy and Brook up but he decided against it. He would buy a couple of leashes and collars in town if no one offered him a permanent solution to changing his crew back.

"Everyone hold hands and stay near me." Sanji ordered.

Sanji lifted Franky onto his left hip and grabbed Luffy's hand. He motioned for the rest of the lids to grab onto him or hold Luffy's hand. He slowly walked them into town and had to grip Luffy's hand to make sure the boy didn't bolt off when he smelled food.

Sanji's eyed for a playground or something. He sighed in relief when he spotted a park with a playground in it.

"Go play, but don't go too far." Sanji commanded as he placed Franky on the ground and released Luffy's hand.

He made sure the kids stayed within the playground before looking around at all the moms. He paused at a pretty blonde woman with an infant and approached her.

"Hello my sweet. I was enchanted by your beauty and thought I would come over to say hi."

The woman looked at Sanji before offering the handsome man a small smile, "oh, hello." She said politely.

"It's a beautiful day today, perfect for a day in the park. Can I ask you a question?"

"Sorry sir, but I'm married," the woman interrupted him. She offered him a small smile.

"Well he must be a lucky man. However I was going to ask you if anything strange has happened here recently."

"Whatever do you mean?"

As soon as she asked that Nami ran up to Sanji and tugged at his sleeve. Sanji turned and frowned at the scrapes on her arm.

Tears filled the little girls eyes, "It hurts." she sniffed.

Sanji kneeled and observed the scrapes, they weren't that bad but he guessed to Nami they were horrible.

"Here, let me," The blonde woman offers. She pulled out a bag and took out a water bottle, some sort of cream and a bandage.

Nami sniffled and held out her arm. Sanji watched as the woman cleaned and dressed Nami's wound.

"See, no more tears. Go on and play."

Nami said a quick 'thank you' before running off.

"She's cute."

"I know," Sanji smiled at the little girl before turning back to the woman, "back to my question though. Is there some reason why someone would turn into a child here? Or something like that?"

The blonde looked surprised at that, "You mean you don't know. The island has a special power to revert people's ages. Why?"

"That little girl is my friend. She was turned into a child with no memory of her life." Sanji said.

The woman offered a smile, "then I suggest you get as far away from this island as possible. The longer you stay here the longer it takes to turn back."

"Well I can't leave. The waters are filled with pirates and my navigator is eight." Sanji pointed out.

"Well you have to do something. Otherwise they could stay this way for a couple of months."

Sanji sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"How long if we get off this island?"

"A month at most. They will turn back at the next full moon."

Sanji sighed. "Thank you." he turned and went to talk to a couple other women but they said the same thing the blond did. Annoyed he turned to the playground. "Kids, come on. We're leaving." he yelled.

A collection of 'aww's rang out. Sanji counted his seven before he began to head out. He took their hands and ushered them back to the ship with the promise of food. He let the kids run around on the ships grassy area before checking on Zoro. The man was still asleep. His food untouched. Sanji took the food. He would let Luffy inhale it and cook Zoro something fresh once the man woke up.

Sanji called Luffy over and gave the boy Zoro's breakfast. He then made his way to the kitchen and put the plate in the sink.

He made the kids a quick lunch and settled the younger kids down for some quiet time in Sanji's room. He let Brook, Nami, and Robin read in the library since he trusted them not to make a mess.

Luffy didn't put up much of a fight since his belly was filled. He and Chopper fell asleep immediately. Usopp just laid there quietly, not really awake but not really sleeping either. Franky just clung onto Sanji, the little boy refusing to fall asleep in a bed.

Sanji didn't really mind. He did however vow to get the kids some proper clothes. Their clothes were too big for their little bodies.

It was also too cold for a four year old to wear just a shirt and a small speedo.

Sanji sat down in the library and rocked Franky while he watched the aquarium and kept an eye on the older kids.

Brook sat down next to him and looked at Sanji. "I don't understand what's happening."

Sanji frowned, "Don't worry about it, okay. Just go with the flow. As soon as I can I'll explain. I just don't know all the facts myself."

Brook frowned but accepted that answer. He pulled out a book and began reading it.

Sanji sighed and let himself relax. He took a deep breath and tried to digest their situation. He adjusted Franky in his arms and stood up. "I'm going to clean up a bit." Sanji told the three 8 year-olds. "Are you guys hungry?"

After he received three nods he made his way to the kitchen and made a quick one handed meal, he was careful not to disturb Franky.

He looked up when he heard someone enter the kitchen. He sighed in relief when he saw Zoro.

"I guess you didn't find a way to reverse them."

Sanji shook his head. "The women I spoke too all said that we had to get off this island and wait a month before they turn back."

"We can't leave. They're too young," Zoro argued.

Sanji huffed, "I know that you idiot but we don't really have a choice now, do we." He walked up to Zoro and shifted Franky into the marimos arms. He then took the snack he prepared and put it in a bowl. He put it in the library and returned to the kitchen.

"You must be hungry. What do you want?"

Zoro's eyes widened at that. Sanji never cooked him a special meal before.

"Don't give me that look. I know you haven't eaten in half a day."

Zoro chuckled at that, "Cake?"

"Cake is not a proper meal," Sanji frowned disapprovingly. He almost gave in when he saw the sad disappointed look Zoro gave him but he crushed those feelings down and glared.

"Fine. Make me whatever."

Sanji huffed and turned to the stove. He decided on a chicken sandwich. After he finished he put the plate in front of Zoro and took the sleepy but definitely awake Franky into his arms.

"Are you hungry?" Sanji asked as he sat down and made sure Zoro ate everything on his plate.

Franky just shook his head and buried his face sleepily. Sanji chuckled and smoothed Franky's blue hair down.

The boy sighed and rested in Sanji's arms.

"Are you going to be my new mommy now?" Franky asked quietly.

Sanji and Zoro froze at that.

"What?" Sanji choked.

"My mommy gave me to you. That makes you my new mommy, right?"

"Well you can't argue with that logic," Zoro smirked.

Franky turned to Zoro and smiled, "And that makes you my daddy, right?"

At this Sanji and Zoro just stared at the boy.

Franky just smiled innocently.

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So, what did you think? Do you think I should expand upon this or not? If I do expand it will contain slash between Zoro and Sanji.

Anyways, please review.

Lilac ;)