Gotta get to deck 4 and start prepping for breakfast. Sanji picked up his pace as he navigated through the too small hallways. They really did try to stuff as many staff quarters on the lower decks as possible. It took a lot of manpower to keep the Sunny running. After all it was an exodus class space cruise liner. Sanji finally made it to the ladder well and wished he was allowed to use the damn elevator. He climbed the stairs. The chef quarters were on the 0-10 level. Nothing like a 14 story climb to get your blood pumping first thing in the morning. He had made it up to deck 1 and was about to keep heading up when the door flung open nearly hitting him.

"What the-" Uh oh he had lost his balance. That was the last thing he needed right now! A strong pair of hands grabbed Sanji's lapel.

"Watch out. You could fall and hurt yourself like that."

Sanji stared at the man. First looking at his hand wrinkling Sanji's outfit he had spent extra time ironing so maybe he would get tipped a bit more. " Let-tch! GO!" Sanji swatted the man's hand off of his jacket. Then looking at the rest of the man. He had tan skin which was a rarity if you were staff. Grey eyes met Sanji's.

"Hey I just saved your ass. You could say thank you." Sanji continued to let his eyes take in the man's appearance.

"I wouldn't have needed saving if you had opened the hatch like a normal human being!" The man had a sweatpants on and a t-shirt with the Sunny's insignia on it. He was a trainer. Likely ran classes. No wonder the guy was so muscular. What was he even doing on this level? The gyms were on the 0-2 level. Wait a second… " I didn't need saving anyway! I would have managed fine on my own!"

"Didn't seem like it to me princess! Whatever" The green haired man crossed his arms. Green hair..? What the hell? Maybe he was a hybrid like Luffy. It didn't look dyed. You couldn't see any other color at the roots. "I was just trying to find my way to the gyms." He scratched his head and looked at the map on the wall. "Oi cook, Do you know how to get there? I am supposed to teach a kendo class in an hour but, I keep ending up in the wrong area of this ship." The man huffed in annoyance.

Sanji was caught off guard for moment. How could this moss head know he was a cook? Then he remembered what he was wearing. "I have a name first of all. Second of all you idiot, you just go down these stairs until you reach the 0-2 level. Clearly indicated by the big 0 dash 2 on the wall."

"Huh but we are on 1 right now… I AM NOT AN IDIOT!" The man's temper flared "Listen you shitty cook! I don't need your help after all!"

"Shitty cook? You would die of pleasure if my food EVER graced your mouth!" Sanji was leaning towards the man and before he thought about what he was doing he had kicked the man down a set of stairs.

The man stood up shaking with rage now but, Sanji had the high ground so he wasn't worried about the guy getting him back. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT SHIT COOK!"

Just as he was making his way back up the stairs after Sanji a woman burst through the same door the moss head had moments before effectively pushing Sanji down the stairs on top of the moss head.

"Get the f-" The green haired man spat.

"You get off ME!" The two men wrestled to be free of the other.

"SHUT UP ALREADY" Both men looked up the flight of stairs at a orange haired woman.

"NAMI-SWAN~!" Sanji shouted as his eyes caressed every curve of Nami is that revealing uniform.

"What part of shut up don't you understand Sanji? You are disturbing guests with all your racket."

"Yes my dear but, you see this brute nearly pushed me down the stairs-" Sanji started as he struggled to untangle himself so he could be near his love.

"I don't care. Hush and hurry up you've got like 10 minutes before you're late and you know how Zeff gets when people are late to their shift." Like Sanji had a shift. He scoffed mentally. He was there from breakfast all the way to midrats. It was his job to ensure everyone's dietary needs were met and satisfied. He occasionally cooked for the guests but, he was head of the kitchen that took care of the staff. But, his sweet Nami had a point he did need to get going. Zeff would be upset if he was late. Zeff being head chef of the entire ship was usually upset anyway. He shoved the other man off of him and bounced up the stairs to his darling.

"Thank you my love what would I do without you." She snatched her hand, that he had somehow ensnared, away from him.


"GO!" She shouted taking on a almost monster like appearance.

"As you wish my love." And with that he was off to the galley.

"What a freak…" Zoro groaned rubbing the back of his head that had been knocked against the wall not once but twice now because of that damn cook.

"He's not all bad once you get to know him." The woman that other man had called Nami stated as she stared after the strange blonde.

"You only say that because he practically worships you." That much was apparent from the brief interaction Zoro had managed to witness.

"Oh there no practically about it. He does but, it's become something I've grown to expect from him. I'm Nami by the way. I am a navigator. You are…?"

"Zoro. Physical Instructor." He stated trying to be as stoic as he could manage.

"A physical instructor? What are you doing up here? Are you lost?" She snickered. "There are maps EVERYWHERE and everything is numbered how are you lost?"

She was no more help than the damn cook. Witch. "Nevermind I'll figure it out on my own." He brushed off his sweat pants and started up towards her.

"You need to go down. To the 0-2….Actually come to think of it...are you new staff?"

"Yes." He crossed his arms.

"Hold on one second." She pulled some sort of communicator out of her pocket. "Luffy are you busy?" She said a wicked smile growing on her face as she maintained eye contact with Zoro.

"I'm never busy, you know that Nami. But, Sanji is about to cook breakfast meat …." He could hear the boy groaning through the communicator.

"Okay I just thought you might like to meet a new person…" Nami was clearly trying to sound nonchalant.

"A NEW PERSON! shit Luffy what the hell are you-GIVE THAT BACK IT'S NOT COOKED ALL THEWA-" Zoro could hear the shit cooks voice along with some crashing and this Luffy through the communicator Nami was holding. Zoro smiled at the thought. At least someone was giving that bastard chef a rough time.

"NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-" The shouting was coming from the communicator but, soon began to echo in the ladder well until a young, raven haired boy apeared; sliding down the railing until he nearly tackled Nami. She moved in the nick of time and he ran into the metal wall. Zoro flinched at the thud the boy had made with his head and the wall.

"Nami where-" She just pointed at Zoro the young man's excited gaze turned towards Zoro and he wasn't sure he wanted the attention. This boy looked a bit deranged. Hair unkempt and shoved under a straw hat. Torn shorts that were once a part of a uniform as well as a tank top that also appeared to have once been an actual uniform shirt.

"Luffy he needs to go to the gym deck. He's a physical instructor so you two will probably be getting to know each other pretty well."

Zoro's eye brows knit together. It didn't look like this kid was a gym instructor. He was too lean. Zoro eyed him closer. The kids skin was pink and almost translucent. Come to think of it…. that high speed run into the wall should have knocked him out. Nami must have sensed Zoro's confusion.

"Zoro this is Luffy. He's part alien but, we aren't really sure what kind. He's a 'fun boss' here on the Sunny." She made air quotes while rolling hers eyes a bit at Luffy's job title.

"A fun boss?" This woman had to be messing with Zoro. I mean yeah he wasn't the smartest but, he still had a brain.

"Yeah him and a select few others come up with activities for passengers when we are on a particularly long stretch. Anyway, I have to go do real work. Luffy take him to the gym and in a timely manner please." She added "Not everyone has as much leeway with their jobs as you do." With that she exited through the hatch she had come through.

"Isn't Nami fun?" The boy said smiling ear to ear.

"I don't think fun is the first word I would use to describe that woman." Zoro started up the stairs for a third time thinking of other words to describe that woman he had only briefly met.

"Are you ready to go to the gym?" Luffy noted more than asked.

"Yeah I've been trying to get there all morning." Zoro groaned.

"Follow me I will get you there quick."

The boy grabbed Zoro's hand and went up to the second deck and through the hatch into the main hallway. Luffy grabbed his communicator and spoke into it as they weaved around the hallways making what seemed to Zoro random turns. "Oi! Franky"

"What is it Luffy? I'm in the middle of something right now."

"I want to try it now."

"Now?...eeeehhhhh" The man on the other end of the communicator pausing for a minute "okay SUPER activating the chutes! What level?"

"Deck 2 to 0-2"

"That's a long way to go. Are you sure?"

"Yeah Nami told me to take Zoro there."

"Who? Nevermind if he's with you I'll meet'em."

Luffy rounded one more corner and pulled open a hatch leading to what was just a dark metal tube that went down. A trash chute?

"Shishishishi" His shoulders shook as he chuckled excitedly. Zoro did not like where this was going. "Tell me when the chute system is ready FRANKY!" Luffy shouted excitedly into the communicator

"Just a couple more-" The rest of the sentence was muffled.

"What the hell are you doing?!" The boys arms had stretched and wrapped Zoro a few times and the boy was pulling him into the small metal tube. The man on the communicator hadn't even said it was ready! All of a sudden Zoro was falling. He slammed into the metal at every turn. He was pretty sure he was screaming his head off but, the boy was just laughing.