In a small, shack-like house, Ryuko stared at the familiar navy blue and red sailor uniform that was on the small table in the corner of the room. With a small smile on her face, she thought to herself, It've been so long, Senkentsu. It's good to wear you again.
"Ryuko, are you ready?!" The black-haired girl heard Mako shout from outside.
"No!" Ryuko shouted back.
Ryuko quickly change into the navy blue and red kamai, and put on her red, fingerless glove on her left hand. Slipping her red scissor blade into her pocket, Ryuko could hear her friend shout, "Are you ready now?!"
"Yes!" Ryuko shouted.
"Let's go!"
When the blue-eyed girl walk outside, she notice Mako wearing her blue and white No Star uniform from Honnoji Academy. Raising an eyebrow, Ryuko said, "Why are you wearing that? I don't think a bunch of pirates would care if you dress formally for a dinner at their ship."
"I think it would be nice if I wore this again since you haven't wore Senkentsu in a long time." Mako said, tugging on her shirt.
Ryuko sweatdropped as she said, "Alright... Let's go already."
"Okay." Mako said as they walk their way to the docks.
Sanji smiled to himself, placing the covered meals on the dinning table. He believes that those two girls would love the food he made as he thought, I wonder what those two would like to drink. They look nowhere near the drinking age. It could be possible that they might like some soda, but what if one of them isn't much of a fan of sweets? Then again, I could make some lemonade.
As he slice some lemons for this lemonade, the cook begins to think to himself and why he invited those two girls over for dinner with his crew. They're not really up to Sanji's standards for women, and of course, they were at least 17 years old or maybe a little less than that for Mako. It could be possible that Sanji felt a little sorry for them since they were poor and that they have to eat something made out of mystery ingredients even though the girls didn't seem to mind it. Maybe he just want them to have a good meal like he said before. Something they could happily remember back.
Sanji quickly stopped himself, realizing he's millimeters away from giving his finger a cut. He was very glad that he realized that soon, but thought, Was I really that distracted because just of those two?
It could had been just as easy to simply give them the food instead of going through the trouble of them meeting his crazy crew, especially since they'll have to meet Luffy and his blackhole of a stomach, but... no, Sanji felt like that's not enough.
Mako and Ryuko look at the ship with the lion head as Mako said, "How are we going to get on the ship?"
"I'm pretty sure there's some people on the ship, so let's just yell for them." Ryuko said, stuffing her hands into her pockets.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYY!" Mako shouted very loudly, which made the area around slightly shook including Ryuko and the sea.
Ryuko try to steady herself from that surprising shout as she thought, How did she-?! Maybe it's best that I shouldn't ask.
"What was that!?" A male voice shouted in shock.
Looking up, the two girls could see a man looking over the railings of the ship. The most noticeable thing about him was that fact his nose was abnormally long. The man with the long nose stared at the two girls and said, "Who are you?"
"Your blond friend invited us for dinner." Mako said with a smile, giving him a wave.
The man's eyes widen as he ask, "Are you sure the person is from this ship?"
"Yeah. I don't think there's any other ship here that have a giant lion head." Ryuko said, then soon gestured to her eyebrow, making a swirling movement. "Also, this guy have a curly eyebrow."
The long-nosed man stared at the two for only a short moment until he finally said, "Wait here."
Mako and Ryuko look at each other, confused. Soon, the long-nosed man came back with the blond man as the two men look over the railing. With a small nod, the blond man said, "Those are the two I invited."
Once again, the long-nosed man's eyes widen when he heard that. Looking at the surprised man, the blond one said, "What?"
"Nothing. Nothing." The long-nosed man said, holding his hands up in defense.
"Hey! Did you forget about us?" Ryuko shouted.
"Of course we didn't." The blond man said with a small smile.
As the blond man set the rope ladder down for the girls, Ryuko thought to herself, Why does his friend seem to be shocked about us?
Usopp stared at the cook for only a moment. He know that Sanji had invited two girls to dinner for tonight, but he thought they would be older and be a little closer to Sanji's standards for women. These two are obviously somewhere between 15-17 years old.
Once the two girls got on the boat, the brown-haired girl's eyes widen and shouted, "Ryuko, there's grass on this ship!"
When the black-haired girl, Ryuko, notice the grass, her eyes looked a bit shocked, but she shook it off. Sanji smiled and said, "It's good to see you here, girls."
"Do you know them before?" Usopp ask the cook.
"Nope." Sanji simply said.
As Usopp stared at the cook in disbelief, Sanji turn towards the girls and said, "Let me show you two to the dining room."
The two girls nodded as they follow Sanji to the dining room. Soon, Usopp thought to himself, Why did he invited them here then?
In the dining room, Mako happily sat on one of the seats as Ryuko ask the cook, "So what's your name? You never told us."
"Sanji." The cook said.
Sanji notice Mako trying to lift up the metal cover that covers the meal, but gently took her hands away from it and said, "Please don't touch that. Wait until the rest of my crew comes."
"Okay." Mako said with a smile.
Ryuko watch Sanji place more plates on the table, but she slowly glance at her friend, who was staring at the door's window without any signs of blinking. The black-haired girl slowly lean towards Mako and ask, "What are you looking at?"
"I'm having a staring contest with that guy over there." Mako said, trying her best to not blink at all.
"Guy?" Ryuko said, confuse.
Ryuko look at the door's window and finally notice a guy with short, messy, black hair, who's intensely staring at Mako. He wore a straw hat and looked about a few years older than them.
"Luffy, get out of here!" Sanji angrily shout the black-haired guy.
Sticking his head in the room, the black-haired guy, Luffy, said, "But I'm hungry. And you made me lost the staring contest!"
"Wait until dinner is ready!" Sanji shouted as Ryuko notice Luffy's neck looked abnormally long.
Is his neck stretching?! Ryuko thought.
"I want food now!" Luffy shouted.
Sanji let out a soft growl as Luffy finally notices the two girls in the dining room and said, "Who are you anyway? Why are you here?"
"I'm Mako Mankanshoku, and this is my friend, Ryuko." Mako said with a smile, standing up from her seat. "Your cook invited us."
Luffy look at Sanji and said, "You invited them? Why haven't you told me?"
"I did told the crew! You weren't paying attention." Sanji said.
"Hm..." Luffy said until Sanji finally kick the black-haired guy out and shouted, "Wait until dinner!"
As Sanji walk his way to the kitchen, Ryuko ask, "Who was that?"
"My captain." Sanji said. "I know he's a complete idiot, but he's not that bad."
That Luffy guy is the captain? Ryuko thought, looking a bit shocked.
Ryuko look at Mako for a moment and thought, That would be like if someone made Mako a leader of a biker gang.
Later, Ryuko let out a sigh out of boredom, watching Sanji set up the table. Her blue eyes quickly went for the door once she heard it slam open. Luffy came running in, shouting, "Food!"
Soon, the long-nosed man came in, along with a... raccoon? The long-nosed man shouted, "Luffy, make sure you save some food for us!"
"Do you really believe he would do that?" The raccoon said.
"No." The long-nosed man said.
Is that raccoon talking?! Ryuko thought with her eyes widen.
Soon, a woman with long, orange hair and a woman with long, black hair came in as Ryuko thought, Okay. They seem to be mostly normal, or at least look like they're normal. Once a man with very large, robotic arms came in, Ryuko thought, Never mind. A man with green hair and a scar over one of his eyes came in, yawning. His good eye look at Ryuko and said, "Who are you?"
All eyes were on Ryuko and Mako as a skeleton appear in front of the two. Ryuko turned a little pale, wondering how she didn't notice a skeleton came in, especially since that he was quite tall and he have an afro. The skeleton asked Ryuko one question: "How old are you?"
"Um... 17 years old." Ryuko said, a little freaked out that this tall skeleton was somehow alive and talking to her.
"Oh. Then I won't ask." The skeleton said, then sat down on one of the seats.
Ryuko was completely confuse as many questions came to her head, like 'What was he going to ask?'. Sanji slowly walk behind Ryuko and Mako as the two girls could feel a hand on their shoulders. With a small smile, Sanji said, "Remember when I said I've invited some people to dinner? These two are the ones."
Most of the crew look somewhat shocked, except for the black-haired woman, as the green-haired man said, "I didn't know you like girls this young."
"That's not why I invited them, shitty marimo!" Sanji angrily shouted at him. "I just wanted to be nice to them!"
"I'm Mako Mankanshoku." Mako quickly said, standing up.
"Ryuko Matoi." Ryuko said.
Sanji and the green-haired man still look pretty angry at each other. The orange-haired woman approach Sanji and said, "Sanji-kun, what about dinner? I don't want to wait any longer."
"Nami-swan, I'm so sorry~!" Sanji said as his visible eye turns into a pink heart.
This made Ryuko raise an eyebrow at this odd action as Sanji spin his way to the kitchen, usually coming back to set up the table. Nami turn towards the two young girls and said, "My name is Nami."
Nami soon look at her crew mates, inspecting them to introducing themselves. Usopp approaches them and said, "I'm the great captain Usopp!"
"But Sanji said Luffy is the captain." Mako said, making Usopp frown a bit.
"My name is Nico Robin." The black-haired woman said.
Robin eyed Ryuko's outfit and said, "What an interesting choice of clothing. A sailor uniform?"
"You see... We don't know what to dress for something like this. This is the first we've been invited to dinner with a pirate crew." Ryuko said, trying to think of an excuse for wearing Senkentsu without mentioning the fact that her uniform was for protection.
"I see." Robin said.
The furry creature approaches the two girls and said, "I'm Chopper! I'm the crew's doctor."
"A doctor?" Ryuko said.
"You're a doctor?! My dad's a back-alley doctor!" Mako exclaims happily.
"Really?" Chopper said with a smile.
"Yeah. If you compare the number of people he killed versus those he saved, he killed more."
"That's a bad thing!" Chopper shouted in shock, taking a step back.
"Well, my dad said that the dead ones don't sue us, so we don't worry about it."
"She isn't wrong about the dead won't sue them." Robin said, earning some frighten looks from Usopp.
"Yo ho ho ho..." Ryuko and Mako heard the odd laughter from the living skeleton as he turn his head towards Robin. "Robin-san, may I see your panti-"
"NO!" Nami angrily shouted, hitting the skeleton to the ground. "Brook, stop asking that question!"
Brook still laughed, "Yo ho ho ho!"
Was that the question he was going to ask me if I was older? Ryuko thought with a small sweatdrop.
Mako soon walk over to the man with the big arms and said, "What's your name?"
"I'm the SUPER Franky!" The man shouted, striking a pose.
"So cool!" Mako exclaims with Usopp, Chopper, and Luffy while Nami and Ryuko just sweatdrops at their reactions.
Ryuko looked at the green-haired man and said, "So, your name is?"
"Roronoa Zoro." The man said.
"Hm..." Ryuko quietly said.
"It's my turn now!" Luffy shouted. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy! And I'm going to be King of the Pirates!"
Ryuko and Mako stared at the black-haired man as Ryuko thought, King of the Pirates?
"Dinner's ready." Sanji said, earning everyone's attention.
"Yes!" Luffy and Mako shouted as they sat down at the table.
Once everyone sat down at the table, Sanji lift up the covers, revealing their dinner. Mako's eyes sparkled, realizing at their dinner is potato croquettes with little bowls of sauces around them. A small smile appear on Sanji's face as Mako shouted, "It's croquettes!"
Sanji try his best to restrain Luffy from eating the food as Mako was the first one to eat a croquette. Once again, her brown eyes sparkled as Mako said, "And it's made out of real potatoes!"
A couple of the crew mates confuse on Mako's statement since croquettes are obviously made out of potatoes as Sanji had a small frown on his face for only a few seconds, remembering the few things he learned about the two. Mako stop eating when she realized something and quickly said, "Thank you for the food!"
Then Mako continues to eat the food. Soon, the rest of the crew decided to eat as Sanji let Luffy go. Even though Ryuko continue to eat the food, she was quite amazed on how chaotic it already gotten once Luffy was released. Dipping her croquette into some soy sauce with a pair of chopsticks, Ryuko thought, It's more crazy than having dinner with Mako's family.
Ryuko look at the ends of her chopsticks and realized her croquette is gone. She let out a small growl and try to eat her food more quickly before anyone else could eat her food. Yet at the same time, she slightly smiled and thought to herself, This is actually nice.
She took a sip from a cup of lemonade Sanji served her, and her blue eyes widen at the taste. It was slightly more sour than what most lemonades are. Ryuko smiled since she favorited more on the sour tastes than the sweets.
"Bye, everyone!" Mako shouted as she and Ryuko walk away from the ship, carrying a small bag of croquettes Sanji was able to save.
Looking over the railings of the Thousand Sunny as he watches them walk away, Sanji smiled to himself, feeling a bit proud of himself. He slightly jumped at the sound of Robin's voice saying, "That was very nice of you for inviting them here."
"Robin-chwan~!" Sanji happily said, as his visible eye turn into a heart.
"I do wonder why you did. Why, Mr. Cook? You did said that you weren't interested in young girls." Robin ask.
Sanji was able to turn off his lovestruck mode and look at the direction where Mako and Ryuko walk off to. With a small frown on his face, the cook said, "Maybe it was because I heard a few things about the two, like they don't live with their parents and that they've been eating croquettes... that's made out of unidentifiable ingredients. I wanted them to have a day where they can have real food."
Robin look at the cook with an understanding look. Soon, Sanji went back to his lovestruck mode, saying, "Robin-chwan~!"
Ryuko let out a yawn once they reach their small, shack-like house, placing the bag of leftovers on the ground. Mako let out a small yawn too as she said, "Time to go to sleep..."
Mako fell onto her bed on the floor, which is just a bunch of blankets and a pillow, and fell asleep in almost an instant. The black-haired girl slightly smiled as she lay down on her bed of blankets and a pillow, which was right next to Mako's. She quietly let out a sigh, gently petting her kamui as she thought, I guess I didn't need to wear you Senkentsu, but it's nice to wear you again. Ryuko turn towards Mako and notice her guitar case, which used to carry her Scissor Blade but now carry their important stuff, like money and clothing.
The black-haired girl let out a yawn again, and soon fell asleep, but her last thoughts before she does was, I wonder if I would ever meet them again.
AN: I must apologize if their personalities aren't that good or right, or that the some of the characters weren't mentioned much in this chapter. Also, I hope that this was a decent chapter. Anyway, please enjoy what I can offer.
EDIT(February 22, 2017): Okay, after reading a comment, I realized that Sanji's little mistake (cutting his finger with a knife) isn't really in character for him, but I finally decide to fix that. I hope that no one else wasn't too bothered by that.
