Probably should have this, so you don't get confused
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
||Snail phoning||
Change of view or time period
A young woman, no older than twenty-one, cheerfully strolled through the now silent restaurant. All eyes were trained on her as she looked around the area for an open seat. Her black, open toed single sole, high heels with an ankle strap clicked against the wooden floors with grace, not to loud and not to quiet. Denim, knee ripped, skinny jeans hugged at her waist with the leg sleeves being rolled up slightly. A collar shirt, with vertical stripes, has the sleeves rolled up, ending just bellow the elbow, and the top two buttons undone
The crystal blue gem, that lay dead center of her silver sword pendent, glimmered beautifully from the light and complimented her skin tone. Her slightly damp hair seemed to curl in on itself, although not heavily with curls, and was tossed over to one shoulder with a hair piece keeping it together. What caught their attention, as she passed by, was the sheathed sword strapped to her back, which was diagonal to the ground
They all broke from their trance when she finally took her seat and placed her sword down, making it lean against her chair. They all quickly look away and begin to eat their food or continue their once forgotten conversation. Her crimson colored iris's, which easily blended with the orange hues near the pupil, danced around the restaurant before landing on someone
Said someone was a young male, no older than nineteen, who was serving and flirting with a female customer. His built was on the slim side, but still muscular, and held long legs, which no doubt held most of the power. His blonde hair lay straight and firm with it being brushed over his left face or eye and his eyebrow being strangely spiraled at the outer end. Grey-blue eyes quickly met her own
She send him a small smile, "My, my, what a pretty lady you are." As he gently held her hand
'When did he get there? No wait! Why's he holding my hand!?'
He smiles up at her from his kneeling position, "What is your name, mademoiselle?"
Blinking in a confused manner, she answers, "Yuki and yours?"
"Aw! A beautiful name for a beautiful lady~!" He sung, before standing up and letting her hand go, "I am Sanji, your handsome waiter. What would you like?"
Just before she could answer something struck Sanji over the head, "Shitty lil'eggplant." Spoke a gruff voice. Standing right behind Sanji stood an old man with dirty blonde, braided, mustache. His dark colored eyes stared sternly into her own, almost glaring at her, with his chef hat sitting upon his head that almost seemed to reach the ceiling. His left leg was replaced by a wooden peg of some sort
"The hell, shitty old geezer!" Sanji growled, "I was about to take this young ladies order!"
Yuki chuckled at the scene, "It's fine Sanji." Hearts quickly replaced his only visible eye, "I'll have some red wine."
Sanji nodded his head and twirled away, singing some gibberish about her and being kind, "Stupid brat, can't stay away from women."
"Come on Zeff, it's funny to watch." Yuki tried convincing, "So, how have you been?" As she subconsciously reached for a cup of wine, to grab nothing but thin air, "Ugh, so used to having some kind of alcoholic beverage when talking." She says, sighing in disappointment
Rolling his dark blue eyes, he answers, "Fine, if you don't include all the waiters being scared off."
"Hahaha! Seriously?!" She laughs, not entirely believing what he said
Everyone in the restaurant turned heads at her laughter. Those out taking orders watched in disbelief, not used to seeing their head chef talk so openly and familiarly with a random stranger, a woman no less. Sanji, who had come to give her the alcoholic beverage, watched the scene in confusion
Walking over he smiles, "I've brought you your beverage, my lady." As he sets the glass and bottle down, "Anything else?" As he pours her drink
She hums in thought, "Don't know, what do you think?" As she looks at Zeff
Zeff scowls at her, "Just pick something, the food made here is delicious all the same."
"Ehh." She pouts, "But I haven't been here in such a long time...fine, I'll have something you recommend, Mr. Chef."
Sanji looked at her in shock, "How did you?"
She points at his hands, "When you came and held my hand I noticed how you take great care of your hands, almost like their God itself." Before pointing at Zeff, "Unlike this one." A kick to her shin was quickly earned, "Ita! Hey, what was that for?"
"For being disrespectful you brat."
"Eh? But it's true-ow! Why?" She cries, holding her shin
Zeff snorts at her misery, Sanji on the other hand was trying to process all this new information as questions formulated. Like, how did she know Zeff? She's been here before? How come I haven't seen her? And such
"So." The duo turn towards Zeff, "Why did you really come here?"
Grasping her cup she swirls the wine, "Can't I come and enjoy some good food and wine?" She pouts, before taking a sip, "Oh gosh, this stuff is good."
"You can, but you're shaking."
Yuki stops herself from taking another sip of her wine. Sanji raises an eyebrow when he too notices her shaking hand, "Are you alright?" Sanji asks
Sighing dejectedly she places her cup down, "It's nothing, just small side effects." Her expression somewhat solemn, "Anyway, remember the last time I visited?"
Zeff scoffs at her, "How could I not? You came with a man who easily cleared out our food stock in seconds." He states. Sanji blinks rapidly, before his brain clicks. A clear memory of working his ass of for two costumes who ate food under seconds, before asking or demanding for more. Sanji looked at Yuki in shock, "Do you want me to fetch it?"
She nods her head, "If you would." Zeff walks off, heading towards his room, "Sanji, can I have something cold and sweet?"
"Yes~!" He sung, completely forgetting his thoughts, before dancing away
Taking a swing of her delicious wine, she hums in delight. Despite the fact that her hand trembled she made an effort to not let it show, especially to those surrounding her, "Here." A black shelled, red tinted, snail is placed before her
"Yay~. You didn't throw it away like I thought." She cheered, as she gently tapped the snails head
He rolls his eyes at her comment. Sanji soon came over, dancing and twirling, with a ice cream frappe in his hands. Yuki sweat dropped at his flirty lines and lame attempts to woo her, "Stupid eggplant, get back to work!" Sanji looked ready to protest, but a stern glare sent him packing, "So? How bad is your condition?"
Yuki froze mid-grab, "Ah. Well, I ran out of my medicine only a couple of days ago, so the side effects aren't bad." She informs, as she grabs her ice cream frappe, "Just uncontrollable shaking."
"Then?"
She sighs, "My body goes numb. After that, it's the inability to control certain parts of my body, then I feel searing hot pain shoot through me. My body weakens with each stage, possible ending up with some type of cold, and the list goes on." He stares at her with a frown, "Don't worry. It only takes about two weeks before I feel any pain."
"Tch, that means I'll just have to worry about you collapsing or catching a fever then." He grumbles, but the underlining told her that he was worried
Grabbing the spoon she scoops up some ice cream and eats it, "Wow." She says with a large smile, "This is seriously delicious!"
He rolls his eyes and walks away, probably to his room on the second floor. Watching him leave she turns to her snail, a rare snail, that held all her contacts. Staring at it for a few more seconds she shrugs her shoulders deciding to call in later. Making another scoop of ice cream she attempts to eat it, when the sound of a canon going off stopped her
Everyone grew silent as a painfully familiar voice shouted, "Just who are you giving to to, you dumbass?!" When the restaurant shook
'Oh god, please don't be who I think it is.' Yuki thought, as she ate her ice cream at a slower pace. A few cooks walked out, to probably confront the man, when a man with pale, pastel, purple hair walks in. Following behind him, with a beautiful smile, is a blonde woman with her hair pulled into an elegant hair style, which made her hair frame her face nicely. A sigh slips through, 'Well, this day just got interesting.' She thought in distaste
Finishing her ice cream she watched the marine and date have a nice lunch, with Sanji pouring some wine. Apparently the marine, Fullbody, wanted to show off, "Mm! This delicate scent!" He said smelling his wine, "It must be from Micqueot of the Northern lands! And the slight sourness mixed with a thick dry taste...this wine must be...Itelzbulger Stein!" He announces
Looking at her wine bottle she snickers. Those who heard noticed her looked at her wine bottle before doing the same, 'Man, marines here are so pitiful, it actually hurts.' She thought, trying not to laugh out loud
"Am I wrong waiter?!"
Sanji looked at him with a straight face, "Not even close, sir." He sends him a smile after ward, in a mocking manner, "Oh and by the way, I'm actually the assistant head chef. I'm only temporarily filling in for the waiters who all ran away yesterday." Fullbody shook at his answer, "Here's your soup, sir. Pleas enjoy it while it's still hot!" As he walks away
"H-Hey, don't laugh!"
"B-But he was so sure of himself! Pfft!"
Yuki watched in silence, as his face turned red in both anger and embarrassment. But what stayed in her head was what Sanji had said, "Huh, maybe I could help around here." She absently said, "I'll ask when he comes back." As she happily eats her ice cream
She perked at a familiar voice as multiple feet go up the stairs. Looking over she catches the kill-me-red vest and sighs, "Ooh waiter!" Fullbody called out
"Huh?" He walks over and smiles, "I already told you, I'm not a waiter. My, my. What a beautiful lady we have here."
The date of Fullbody blushed lightly, 'This perv.'
"A pleasure to meet you, miss." As he laughed weirdly, "How about you and I share a glass of wine over there?" As he shows her to some table, "Our selection of wine is excellent."
The date seem to think about it, "Well..."
"Hey!" Sanji looks at Fullbody, "Is it customary for this restaurant to serve its soup with insects?!"
Sanji raises his eyebrow, "Insect?"
Fullbody points into his soup, "What's this damn bug in my soup!?" He demands
"Ah. Pardon me, sir." A mocking, yet sincere, smile comes to Sanji's face, "But I'm afraid I do not know. I'm not very knowledgeable about the many types of insects you see."
Laughter easily filled the restaurant, as Fullbody shook in rage. His date tried to stifle her giggle, but even she couldn't hold back her laughter very well. Without missing a beat Fullbody slammed his arm into the table, completely destroying the food, "Kyaaa!"
A full on glare is shot Sanji's way, "Seems like you have no idea who you're dealing with." He growls
Sanji let his face become shadowed, as he absently stared at the spilled food, "Now, now sir." He grits out, "Can't you still eat the soup as long as you remove the bug?"
"I'm a paying customer! For a damn cook, aren't you quite full of yourself?!" Fullbody roared, reading his fist
"Fullbody, stop!" His date cried out, worried for the cook, "Just forgive him!"
Sanji glared right back at Fullbody, "Can money...fill your stomach?"
Yuki finished the last of her ice cream when everything had gone silent. Looking back at the once noisy area she spots a beaten and bloody Fullbody hanging from his jaw, where Sanji held his jaw with a glare. A rather large man, mostly all muscle, screamed in shock at the sight he was shown, 'He kind of reminds me of a naive and annoying baby bull.' She thought, watching the man huff from his nose like an angry bull
Sanji dropped Fullbody to bicker and argue with his cook in arms. Fullbody heavily leaned against the table that a cupped Yuki's empty ice cream cup, "What's with this place...how can there be a restaurant that ill-treats its customers to this extent?!" Yuki frowns at his words and stands up, "I'll close down the restaurant! I'll report this place to the government!" He shouts, buying everyone attention
Sanji looks down at him, "Your going to report us, are you now?" As he exhaled some smoke, "Well, then I guess I have no choice but to kill you right now."
"W-Wha?!"
Sanji stalked forward, perfectly fine with killing the man, when his fellow cooks held him back. Yuki released a sigh as she watched the scene in disappointment, "Arghhhh!" As the ceiling collapsed and two figures fell through
"What is it this time?!"
"Ugh..."
"Whew, that scared the crap outta me."
Yuki can't help but sweat drop, "S-Sir, what are you doing?!"
"Shit!" Zeff complains, "The ceiling of my beautiful restaurant is...-This is all your fault, you damn brat!"
"You destroyed it yourself!"
Yuki rubs her temples, 'I'm surrounded by idiots.' She thought before backing up. Zeff quickly struck at Sanji before turning and striking Fullbody, who flew back a couple of feet, 'Is he going to cry? Wow...that's really, pathetic.' She thought, not liking the sight of the pitiful man
The doors quickly slammed open, "Lieutenant Fullbody! It's an emergency!"
A weak vibe zipped through her mind, 'Ara, ara, who's this?' She thought before paling, 'I'm turning into Kizaru!'
"Forgive me sir, but!" His blood dripped onto the floor, "He's escaped from the ships prison!"
"This place sure is noisy." Luffy comments with a sigh
The marines face morphs into horror and panic, "The underling of the pirate Krieg has escaped! It took seven of us to capture him in the first place, but now he's gone!"
Fullbody shoots him a enraged look, "That impossible!" He denies, "He shouldn't even have the strength to move! He was on the verge of death when we captured him three days ago, not to mention he hasn't had a single scary of food since then!"
Yuki ignored all the feared looks and quickly made her way towards the marine, who looked so shaken. Tears filled his eyes as he shouted, "Please forgive-" But was cut off when the sound of a gun going off rang through the area
All eyes watched as the marine shakily turned around to see Yuki guarding his back with her sword drawn. The pirate, if she could even call him that, stared at her in differently as she sheathed her sword, "Careful, that bullet could've hit me." She warns with a smile, quickly grabbing the marine and moving him aside
Everyone watched in silence as the pirate walked forward, "On customer coming this way." Patty said
Zeff scowls, "He'd better not start any trouble in my restaurant."
"A pirate?"
Fullbody shook in fear as the pirate took Yuki's seat. Everyone stared at the pirate in mixture of fear and horror, "Anything will do...just bring me some food." He rasped out, "This place is a restaurant, right?"
Yuki tuned everything out and walked towards her boat, "Man, marines here are so egotistical and prideful." She whines. Reaching her boat, or striker of sorts, she reaches into her bag and pulls out a wrapped box. Smiling to herself she head back to the floating restaurant and sees the pirate get thrown out. Kneeling beside the fallen pirate she places the box down, "It's good, I promise." She says smiling, before leaning against the railings support beams
He looks at her in shock, not entirely believing what she was doing. Looking at her he clearly remembers the glare she had given him for trying to shoot the marine. Sitting up he gently unwraps the box, not entirely trusting the girl, and pops the top off. Laying inside were all the essential needs for a human to be as healthy as a strong elephant
Tears filled his eyes as another plate of food and water were placed in front of him, "Eat."
Looking up he sees Sanji, who sat next to Yuki. Swallowing his saliva he turns away and starts devouring the two full plates of food, "I don't know what to say...I've never had such delicious food...in my entire life!" He cries, with his tears falling down, "I'm so grateful...I thought I was going to die!...I thought it was all over for me!..."
The two look at one another before grinning, "It's damn good, right?" The two say in unison
"Lucky! You got some food!" Luffy cheered
Yuki smirks, "Nice seeing you, Luffy."
"Yuki-chan, you know him?" Sanji asks, completely confused
"Know him? That's an understatement." Yuki jokes
Luffy eagerly nods his head, "Yea! How could I not know her, she's my sister!"
Sanji choked on his intake of air, not expecting his answer, "Ah, your name is Gin, right?" Looking towards his two savior a he nods, "Keep the box, or return it later, I don't care. But I need to make a call." As she stood up, albeit a little stumble with her footing, "Tell Zeff, I'll pay him when I re-enter the restaurant."
"Of course, Yuki-chwan~!"
Giggling to herself she reaches her boat. Sitting down she places the back snail in her palm and lets out a shaky sigh. Her body shook in uncontrollable ways, as pain sparked through her, "Maybe lying to Zeff was a bad idea." As she dials a number. Leaning against her mini-mast she awaits the person to answer
She didn't need to wait long, ||Who is this?|| Spoke a heavy and spine shaking voice
Grinning at the snail she says, "Hawky-chan~." She swooned
The snail, which looked like any snail, had grew gold, sharp and calculating, eyes along with a black hat that held a fluffy white feather. The person on the other side must have narrowed their eyes, 'cause the snail now portrayed a frown with narrowed eyes, ||Kurotsuki Yuki, what do I owe the pleasure?|| His smooth voice was coated in a mild warning and annoyance
"Where are you?"
||What do you mean?||
Coughing into her hand she sighs, "I ran out a week ago." Before she cringed in pain, "Was hoping you could drop by and hand me some."
The narrowed eyes widen ever so slightly, not noticeable to the human eye, ||What have you been doing to tame the side effects?|| He asks. To her ears it sounded more like a growl
A bitter chuckle slipped out, "Nothing."
||Are you insane!?|| He snapped, ||I'll come and get you myself.||
Blinking at the snail she asks, "You mad?"
||Mad isn't the word I would use.||
"Ha..ha...ha." She nervously laughs, "When do you think you'll be here?"
||Two days.||
"Uwah~. So confident in your answer." Before her mind clicked, "How do you know where I'm at? You can't possible know."
A contemplating look crosses his features, before he answers, ||Garp spoke of how you enjoyed eating at a restaurant called Barattie in the East Blue.||
"I feel like your lying, but I'll take the answer for now."
||Don't die, until then.||
"Yea." Before she hung up. Leaning heavily against the mast she sighs, "I feel like he'll kill me."
"If he won't, I sure will." As knuckles cracked. Turning around she sees a glaring Zeff, "Don't you know the consequences of lying to me?"
"Eh?"
"You shitty brat!"
"Gyaahhh!"
Yuki sat, in a new table, caressing her head that held multiple bumps. Sitting in front of her was a cup filled with jello, all sorts of fruit lay frozen inside, as a single star shaped watermelon lay on top. Pouting slightly she slowly eats the given treat, which was given to her freely by Zeff, before humming in delight. Multiple footsteps caught her attention, as she looks behind her
Standing right behind her stood a very beautiful girl, who held a sun-orange colored, shoulder length, hair. Her caramel, almost orange, looking eyes locked onto her own. The boy next to her, with a strange orange fish-net looking hat, starts complaint about the lack of available chairs. The sound of a chair being pulled from her table snapped the two from their gazes. Looking over she sees moss green, short, cropped hair
"Don't mind?" He asks, a smirk displaying his expression
"Oi Zoro!"
"That's rude, you don't even know her!"
Yuki playfully rolls her eyes, before taking another bite from her treat, "If you tell me about the shits you've done until now." She bargains
The two people behind her blink in confusion, "Zoro you know her?" The boy asks
Zoro nods his head, "She was in the same situation as me when Luffy came to recruit me." He answers, not giving any detail about her being Luffys sister or being a marine
"Yup." She turns to the two, "So, who are you two? Crew mates of Luffy and Zoro as well?"
The boy nods his head, very cautiously, "Yea! My name is Ussop, the captain of this crew!"
Yuki sends Zoro a look which was easily returned with a nod, "I'm just partners with Luffy and them, but the names Nami! I like money!"
"Nice to meet ya, I'm Yuki." She motions to the empty seats, "Not gonna sit?" She teases
The two standing teens quickly took their seat, "Thanks." The two mutter
"So, what have you been up to?" Yuki asks, leaving the spoon in her mouth, "Nothing dangerous I hope."
Ussop and Nami started to rant about how reckless and stupid Luffy was, along with his monster our strength that didn't seem human. Zoro on the other hand understood the underling of her question and shook his head, "Nope, just saving a Marine town, helping this one and getting a navigator."
"I'm not your navigator!"
"Well 'this one' has a name!"
Yuki chuckled at their expressions, "Can't be that bad, could be worse." She reassures. The loud sound of something smashing and breaking quickly reached their ears, "What's all the ruckus?"
As the doors opened, Yuki couldn't help but pity Zeff at that exact moment. Walking out of the kitchen room stood Luffy with an ever present grin, before his eyes landed on them, "Ack! It's you guys!"
"Hey errand-boy." Nami teases
"Heard you have to work here for a year." Snickered Ussop
'No! That horrible! This restaurant wouldn't survive until then!'
"Would it be alright o redraw the ships flag?" Zoro jokes
'Wait! How did they find out how long he needs to work here...'
"You leave me here to work, and go off to eat delicious food all by yourselves?! How selfish!?"
Yuki sweat drops, 'Like you're one to talk.'
Zoro turns away to, while Luffy took it as a chance to drop a booger in his cup, "But I have to admit, the food here is great. Don't take this the wrong way, but..." As Zoro lifted his drink, "Your drinking this glass!"
"Mmf!" As Luffy swallowed, before falling backwards and coughing, "Ack! How could you do this to me?!"
"I should be asking you the same thing!"
"Hahahaha!"
Yuki would have continued to laugh if she hadn't felt like she was being burned alive. Clenching her fists she shuts her mouth, hoping to conceal the pain, and places on a mask. She absently watched as Zeff came forward and spoke to Sanji, but she couldn't hear anything they said. The only sound she could hear was the sound of her beating heart, as the pain slowly decreased
The air around the two grew heavy with tension, but he could make out the faint frustration and worry within it. Sanji must have been mad, 'cause he was soon holding Zeffs collar, before being slammed into the table. The treat thankfully popped into the air, 'Shit!' Grabbing the treat she sighs in relief, 'Almost let it fall.'
Her sense of hearing soon came back as the pain dulled to nothing, the warmth vanishing and leaving her slightly cold to the warm sea breeze, "You can try to chase me out, all you want! But I'll continue to be a cook here, you hear?!" Sanji shouts, "Until the day you die, at the very least!"
Zeff doesn't look back as he walks away, "I ain't dyin'. I'll live for another hundred years."
Sanji grits his teeth, "Pretty mouthy for a geezer, aren't you?!"
Luffy gives Sanji a grin, "Haha! Alright! He gave you permission! Now we can be pirates-"
"As if!"
The trio of pirates, plus one marine, and a waiter were soon moved to a none-broken table. Yuki released a sigh, "I worry for our race." She mutters
"Forgive me for that ruckus just now, as an apology, please enjoy this fruit, Macedonia." Yuki and Zoro sweat drop, "And this glass of Grand Marnier."
Nami smiles happily, "Oh, thank you so much!" She smiles at him, "You're so nice."
"Oh, it's nothing."
"Hey!" Ussop whines, "What about us?! This is gender discrimination!" Zoro nonchalantly sips his tea, "I'll sue you love-crazy cook!"
The two were basically at head now, "I already gave you some tea! You could at least say a word of thanks for that, punk!"
"Wha?! You wanna start something is that it?!" Ussop quickly points at Zoro, "Get'im Zoro!"
"Get him yourself."
"Mm, delicious."
Luffy pouts at the fake, here-have-some-never-mind trick. Yuki rolls her eyes at the sight, "Here, you can have it." As she pushes her treat towards him
"Thanks, Yuki!" As he eats it
Ussop points to his plate, "You haven't even cleared away my plates."
Sanji looks at it, "But you still have mushrooms left! Finish it!"
The two were soon head and head, nose included, "I left them on purpose because I hate mushrooms. I was poisoned by one when I was a kid."
"Well this one ain't poisoned so eat up, long-nose!"
Nami gives a small damsel cry, "Please don't fight just because of me." She swoons
"Anything for you miss!"
"Just who the hells fighting for you!?"
"By the way, Mr. Cook." As Nami grabbed his cheeks, "The food here is just a tad too expensive for me."
"Then it shall be free of charge to you, miss!"
Nami hugs him, "Thank you so much!"
"Ahh ." Before looking directly at Ussop, "Your paying though."
"What!?"
Zoro gives Nami an exasperated look, "You're a real witch, aren't you?"
"You fellas better watch out too." Nami teases
"Ah, Sanji! It's been a while."
The group of pirates, plus one marine, look over and see Sanji swooning once again, "Damn letch."
Luffy raises his drink, to only slam into it, "Hey errand-boy! The hell are you sitting around and drinking tea for?!" Sanji demands, as he drags him away, "Bring out hot towels when the customers come in."
"Ye-Yessir."
"You know, I almost feel bad for this restaurant." Yuki absently comments
"Agreed."
Haha! Just like I promised, a new chapter! If only I could do this with my other stories...that would be nice. Who knows, I might just solely focus on this story before updating the others. 4789 words
