Hi, all! Is the first chapter strange? I hope you can enjoy this chapter...


Zoro knew that it was him. He smiled and turned around to find the source of the sound, and he guessed it right. It was his blonde friend; the one Kaku might ask to join their team, as well as the one who was busy with his cooking thing.

"Er, Sanji…" Zoro frowned.

"Yea, it's me. What's wrong? In fact—don't tell me. My boss said that you have a problem with this vending machine… right?" Sanji went into the back of the machine. Before Zoro could reply, he began to check around the cables.

"Nothing wrong…" He answered, then threw Zoro a skeptical look, "Are you sure this machine is broken?"

"Sure it's broken…" Zoro answered awkwardly.

"The cables are all plugged perfectly and nothing is broken." Sanji moved over Zoro's direction and coughed a little, "Have you inserted the coin yet?"


"Now back to the beginning…" Kaku said roughly as he relaxed on the grass, "You're late again."

"Sorry, but you said I didn't have a time limit." Zoro laughed

"Yeah, you didn't." Kaku opened his can and took a sip.

"Well, you had a point. That was my fault anyways," Zoro chuckled, "I bet you never forget to insert a coin into vending machine."

Kaku burst out laughing. Zoro chuckled too. Kaku teased, "What the fuck?! That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard!"

"But in the end it all turned out okay!" Zoro yelled, "Because now we've got an awesome new member for our team."

"No kidding?!" Kaku screamed out, his juice was about to fall off his hand. Zoro shook his head confidently,"Oh, Zoro! You're so great!"

They did a high-five together, and then danced along the field. Zoro interrupted, "Hey, instead of doing this silly dance, why don't we do another exercise while we're waiting for that new guy?!"

"You make a point," Kaku replied, "but first, tell me how you got us a new member."

"Um, well, if I hadn't forgotten to insert the coin, I might not have seen him," Zoro began with his story, "He was the new employee of the café. He reminded me to insert the coin"—at this Kaku chuckled—"then asked me about what I was doing there. I told him that I bought the juice for the exercise break. He seemed to be interested in that so I asked him whether he wants to join us or not."

"And then?" Kaku took another sip and drop the empty can.

"I was right. He was interested with our team. He received my invitation after I told him that we're short on players."

"I see." Kaku said calmly. Zoro drank his juice until the can was empty and dropped it into the nearest trash can. The two sank into silence.

"Mind if I…?" the blonde interrupted from behind them. He joined the two on the grass, which now was dry.

"What?" Zoro asked, "Of course we don't."

Kaku laughed again. He wiped his tears, "You both are really best friends!"

"Huh? You're not going insane, are you?" Zoro rubbed his temple.

"Stop that. You look like an old man." Sanji teased.

"Well, there's something we need to do first," Kaku stood up and held his hand out to Sanji, "Introduction."

"That's a good point," Sanji smiled and shook Kaku's hand, "I'm Sanji. I'm joining this team."

"I'm Kaku," With his lips curved, Kaku asked,"Do you have any experiences in soccer?"

"Um, I don't think so…" Sanji seemed baffled, "I joined a cooking club in my school, but I usually play soccer with my classmates in a spare time."

"Oh, so you're the one whom Zoro said might join this team?!" Kaku involved happily. Sanji glanced at Zoro.

"You said that I might join this team?" Sanji asked his classmate, "You promoted me!"

"Don't get mad! This team is short on players and I've seen you play soccer before. So I thought you might be interested in."

"No, no, no. That's not what I asked you. I don't get mad. You said that I might wanna join this team, but what happened? I'm REALLY joining this team!" Sanji cheered.

"But this won't be enough. We need at least eleven players including us, another one for a back-up player, if possible." Zoro warned.

"Let's just do some drills for Sanji. We'll see how good he is." Kaku pointed at their blonde teammate. He really didn't mind Sanji's curved eyebrow. Or maybe he didn't even notice it?


Kaku, who was dry some minutes ago, now was all wet with sweat as he tested Sanji. Meanwhile, Sanji was… remained dry. He didn't look tired at all. Now Kaku knew how hard Sanji could be beaten up. Sanji was a great player, and Kaku really needed another orange juice.

"I can't believe it!" Kaku threw the ball to Zoro. He turned at Sanji, "If you joined us a long time before, we wouldn't need to be afraid to lose anymore!"

"You better believe it," Sanji laughed, "There'll be someone who can beat me up. I'm not the best player anyway."

Zoro stood up, "Wait a minute, you made our greatest-player captain tired, wet with sweat, and then you want to deny the fact that you're a great player?"

"I didn't say I'm not a great player. I said I'm not the best player!" Sanji grumped.

"You're the best player," Zoro complimented as the ball rolled toward Sanji's leg. He mimicked his tone, "You better believe it."

Kaku laughed out loud while Sanji rolled his eyes. His hair-covered left eye still wasn't uncovered even though the wind was running heavier. The clouds suddenly covered the sunlight caused the sky turned gray.

"Oi, it looks like it's going to rain."

"You got that right, dartboard-eyebrow."

"Shut up, stupid marimo," Sanji looked at his watch, "I have an appointment with my mates."

"You have other mates?" Kaku asked curiously.

"To be precisely, I joined a band."

"Cool! What are you playing?"

"Guitar. Oh, I gotta go. Sorry, chumps. See ya later!" Sanji ran across the field.

"What a busy kid. He's multitalented, isn't he?"

"Oh, perhaps," Zoro grabbed the ball, "He's got a job, he joined the cooking club, kenpo club, and a band. Now he's joining our team. That's why I told you that he's busy."

"What's his band's name?"

"Mugiwara Kaizoku Band. Pretty cool, huh?" Zoro grinned.

"Yeah, that's a pretty unique name." Kaku pulled his admiring face, "Who are the members?"

"Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Chopper and Robin. You don't know them."

"Well, you're right, but still… Hey, it looks like you care about him, right?" Kaku rested his elbow on Zoro's shoulder.

"What?!" Zoro panicked, "No way!"

"I think so," Kaku smiled innocently, "You know all of his band member and the clubs he joined. There's no other reason for you to know all of them."

"I…It's just because…" Zoro felt his face blushed, "I was supposed to join that band too, but I can't manage time as well as that blonde can."

"Then, what about the other things you know about him?" Kaku beamed and elbowed his muscular teammate.

"I think I—." Zoro grasped his mouth as the words escaped.