Sanji's Siren Song

Chapter 2 ~ Zeff's Letter ~

Little Eggplant,

I never thought that I'd be writing you a letter... 'specially about this particular topic of all things, but this is bigger than my bein' embarrassed about writin' it to you and you not wantin' to read about it. But Sanji, this is about Asherah, and as you have seen by the time you have bothered to open this, she is in pretty bad shape.

I don't think I ever told you about the full truth about her and her mother Haenyo. It was always a question of where do I begin with the whole truth.... Ah, fuck it - simple is best.

You see Asherah and Haenyo are not just mermaids, but Sirens; yes lad, Sirens, the ones that most pirates fear, but like most beings, you only need to fear them when they have been wronged, their Song is not always dangerous, it can be a beeeeuuuti-ful thing. They can sing like the Angel's themselves when they want, but there is a rarer Song that each Siren holds close to her heart - her Mate Song. This Song is taught to a Human by a Siren when they wish to become Mates. They can only teach ONE human their Song for their 'hole life, and it is an 'mazing bond like no other, if the human is havin' trouble at sea then he can sing or whistle the Song and his Siren will come to his aid. They always come back to you and both mates can have other partners - I mean, Sirens can swim a long way and they live quite long lives if they are careful, it was nice to have options.... Errr..... Anyways....

Do you 'member 'ow you met little Ashy??? 'Member it was after we got off that gods-forsaken rock?? 'Member that ship with the mermaid for a figurehead? Well, that weren't just no figurehead boy, those bastard pirates had killed Asherah's mother, Haenyo, and tied her to the figurehead. I 'member you askin' me why I was cryin' and I wound up tellin' you that it was 'cause I was bloody 'appy that they had found us? I really wasn't, I was cryin' for my Mate. It hurt my heart so bad to see her like that, I wanted to kill those bastard pirates, but I 'ad both you and Asherah now to look 'fter, and I only 'ad me one leg.... I still haven't found them..... bastards.

Yeah, you read that right, I was Haenyo's Human Mate - No Little Eggplant, Asherah is not my daughter, but Haenyo did tell me that I gave her two sons, Zin and Seren, human males that live in the North Blue. Asherah also has two sisters that are Sirens - Cascade and Meridian - who live in West Blue, they are not mine. Anyway, this is not important at the moment, I've gotten off track again.

This is the point - while we were stuck on that rock, Haenyo and Asherah were looking after us, Ashy told me that you had trouble sleepin' so she sung to you, but what she didn't know was that she had begun to sing her Mate Song to you. It wasn't until I gave her a book a few years later about Sirens that she realized what she 'ad done and by that stage it was too late to break the Bond, if her Mum 'and't died, there may have been a chance to reverse what she did, as the book said 'hat sommtimes little kids do that without knowing, but the time for breaking your Bond with Asherah has long since past.

Sanji, Asherah is dying, her heart is breaking in two. What you (and myself) never noticed over the years was that every time you got your fucking bell end wet, you would be whistling up a treat and Ashy would turn up, with a big smile on her face sayin' she was there to see us (even back then I kinda knew that part was a lie), she would always catch you leavin' the ship or wherever it was that you left your latest conquest, I noticed that her face would fall, while grasping her chest when she realized that you weren' whistling for her but 'cause someone else had made you happy. Yet, Ashy would shake her head and have a smile on her face to greet her oldest friend - You.

It took me a couple of years to put the whistling together with Ashy turning up, that she must have taught you her Mate Song. By then, I could see that each time you whistled after having a good fuck, it was takin' its toll on the poor thing, who has only ever had you in her sight, while you have been utterly blind to her. Do you know that she has only had one other lover?? While I canna ever begin to count yours, you good-for-nothin' horny bastard. Sorry....

There are a couple of things that you will need to do for Asherah to survive this: You will need to return the affection she has for you, not just in words but in actions too, tell her you love her, but you will also need to make love to the girl (yes you moron, she is still a girl.... Woman.... you know what I mean!!), don't just fuck her - you need to do this with all your heart and the sincerity I know you have. Little Eggplant, you may not know it, but I do know that you love Ashy will all your heart.

If for some stupid reason, you feel that you are unable to do this with true feelings for her, then it will be better off lettin' her simply dive off the boat and become sea water. Asherah is too far gone for you to toy with her like you did as children.

If you need to help, there is a book in Asherah's belongings that maybe of some use or send word to either Mako Village in the Siren Islands in East Blue (this is where Asherah stays when not at Baratie) or Captain Andrina of the Delphine, the ship that brought her to you.

Please Sanji, I'm beggin' you as a father figure to you both, don't let my little Siren die, she is all I have left of her Mother, and I know you will never be whole again if you let her go.

Zeff.