"Meat! Meat! Meat!" Luffy's voice echoed over Sunny's deck.
The ship bounced excited from one side to the other. Initiated by the captain's carefree laughter a new adventure was about to begin. Closely followed by a series of curses from his crew. How else could it be?
Meanwhile, a trickle of soup had found a way out of its confinement and was delighted to discover the world. Little did it know that the display of curiosity would eventually lead to its downfall. All left was the occasional joyful plop. But not everyone was happy about the turn of events.
"Jeez, what an annoying bunch," the cook growled.
Tonight's appetizer had just been spilled. Cutting and mixing the ingredients, letting it rest, the careful seasoning and the sprinkle of love that went into each step … all in vain. Now he'd be never able to see Nami's and Robin's pleased expressions when they finally tried his newest creation. How could he ever face them again? He wasn't worthy. He failed. And first and foremost, he wasted perfectly fine food. This was unforgivable!
Ready to kick some ass, he lit his cigarette and stepped out of the kitchen. The ship shook once more and Sanji almost kissed the ground.
"Oi, cut the -," His jaw dropped.
"Gomu-Gomu no Rocket!"
As his captain flew past him, Sanji experienced his own mental parade of What. The. Fuck.
It took him a moment to process the occurring situation. The cook was used to insanity, still this was nuts!
'Your body can stand almost anything, it's the mind you have to convince,' at least that's what good, old Zeff constantly told him. If he could see this fiasco of bizarre madness, he'd surely have second thoughts.
A giant pair of hooves dangled over the railing and stomped frantic on the planks. Its legs were covert in short, grayish fur that turned slowly into a muddy white, while the hair under its chin formed a meager excuse of a beard. Dull, slit-shaped pupils stared at nothing in particular, opposed to the rest of the monster, which was viciously trashing to get rid of Luffy, who had grabbed its horns on top. He seemed to have the time of his life, grinning from ear to ear.
"Yaahhhoooo!"
A Goat? Sanji's conclusion felt flat.
From the waist up the creature had the body of a goat - and not the cute, cuddly kind, rather the hideous, ugly kind. Beauty may lay in the eye of the beholder, but this was a violation against nature! Weirdly enough it ended in a fish tail. The two halves didn't make a whole lot of sense together, neither complimented the other. In fact, they almost produced a completely impossible creature.
"The heck is that!?" Sanji asked, pointing at the huge beast as the influence of absurdity ultimately waned.
The rest of the straw hats had assembled by now, either watching and cheering loudly, or simply ignoring the spectacle for better health.
"What do you think it is?" Nami replied over the noise. Already fed up with Luffy's nonsense, she looked more vicious than the monster itself.
"A sea goat," Robin clarified nonchalant. She on the other hand wasn't in the slightest troubled. "And not just any. It seems our captain has his eyes on Pricus the King of sea goats," Robin smiled.
"Pricus?" Nami wondered. The name sounded somewhat familiar.
AN:
This story plays somewhere after Thriller Bark and before Sabaody. Enjoy.