Chapter 2. Sanji: "This sure is a weird village..."
"Keso... It's damn cold here." Sanji shivered. He looked around the cave. There was nothing in here, no living thing, other than himself. Those stupid ugly "girls" had finally stopped chasing him, but he really didn't want to live with them, or even just see them. Their appearances were such a disgrace to all the other ladies in the world who were actually beautiful.
Nami-chann... Robin-swan... And the others... Are you guys alright?
He heard footsteps behind him. He quickly turned around, to find Ivankov there. "Oh, I finally found you. Come on, let's go."
"I don't need you to pity me," growled Sanji, as he took the cigarette out of his mouth and he puffed out a ball of smoke.
"Hey, you'll need to improve so you can show Luffy-san and the others once this year is over."
"Yes... I know that. I've already improved, I tell you, it's just I need more enemies to train with... Ones that are actually not retarded and dress up as women."
"Hey! You don't insult my people!" Ivankov's expression was a bit frightening.
Then, Sanji heard it. The sound of a woman's tear falling. He sat there wide-eyed, not believing himself. There was an actual woman on this island?
Who cares about Ivankov? He quickly rushed off to find the woman whose tears were falling.
He ran along the beach, and through the forest with deformed looking pink trees. At least they leave a good smell. Just who is this woman in this island?
Wow. Sanji thought, as he enjoyed the extraordinary view. There were valleys and valleys of pink hills and lines of lines of beautiful sakura trees with pink petals floating all over the place. There were beautiful butterflies of all colors, fluttering and flying wherever they wanted to go. As Sanji climbed up the highest hill that he could see, he saw more sights that amazed him even more. There were flocks and flocks of birds that would fly in the sky in the most incredible formations ever. Once he started looking down, he noticed there was a village.
He jumped down lightly just in time to see four men say their goodbyes to each other before separating. As he stood in the middle of the parting men, one of the men turned around and spotted Sanji. "Oi, who are you?" He caused the other three men to turn around spontaneously. They looked at him, and surely, they were confused. They tilted their heads to the left, then to the right, then back to the left, and over and over again. Just like Luffy. Sanji recalled, always confused and tilting his head like that. "I'm Sanji. Who are you?" Whilst the man did not reply quite quickly, he looked around and soon noticed that the villagers were crowding over and forming a circle, with him and the four men inside. "What's wrong with this place..." He muttered under his breath. "Ivankov never told me about a place like this..."
"Ivankov?" One of the three men tilted their head straight. "You are fweds with Ivankov?" Wow, he talked funny. Like a child. Or a parrot.
Another of the three men tilted his head straight and surprised Sanji by saying: "You think he speaks funne? Like a child? Or a bird? Are you crazi?" Sanji hardly showed his surprise before the last of the three men's head tilted the right way and Sanji opened his mouth, then closed it again.
The last of the three men said: "Squawkk! We are birdys. Gahahaha... No we're not!" Sanji started to think that they were seriously retard just like what he had said to Ivankov a while later, only Sanji was sure, these people weren't Ivankov's people. Ivankov said that he had told Sanji everything about the island, and surely he would know of this village in his own kingdom... This village is weird. Utterly weird.
Finally, the first man, who didn't seem to have a fucked up brain spoke again. "I'm sorry, Mr. Sanji, but these three men here, they are like that because of an incident from a long time ago. Even if they are weird like that, they are nice and strong when it comes to fighting, and the whole village relies on them. They are the BG Trio."
Sanji noticed that when the man had talked about the "incident from before", the three men off to the side listening flinched and expressed what could only be pain. Sanji nodded slightly and took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up. Instantly, all the villagers and the four men were amazed. Villagers from the crowds were having different reactions. Some were "ohh" "ahh" or "woww"ing, while others screamed in fear.
"What? Have you guys never saw fire before?" Sanji asked them, irritated.
"Fire? What's fire?" Asked a young child.
"Oi, how do you not know what fire is? How can you even live without it? This is fire." Said Sanji, trying to be patient, while creating a flame with his cigarette lighter. This time, all the people were amazed. They tried to get closer to it, and see what it really was. "Oi, don't get too close. It could burn you."
The first man tried to control the crowds. As the curious villagers backed up, he walked in front of him, smiled, and bowed deeply with his head down. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Sanji-who-knows-how-to-use-fire, I am Jace Elton, just call me Jace."
One of the three men stepped up, and said: "Oi! Yoroshiku! I am Kedi, the leader of the BG Trio."
Okay... Jace is the smart man, and Kedi is the leader of the three, and he wears a red bandana.
"I'm Edik! And you can remember me by the scar that looks like the letter "E" on my left cheek," he exclaimed, clearly having read Sanji's mind again.
"I'm Deik! Just remember me by knowing I'm the tallest one."
Sanji chuckled. "How funny names, and thank you for the pointers. Could you tell me a bit more about this village?"
"Sure!" Replied Jace. Jace started going over the name of the vilage, when it was founded and by who, how many residents, the locations of shops and restaraunts, and a nice little hotel that he could stay for the night, if he wanted to stay there, that was.
Wait a second... I feel like I forgot something... He stood there and thought for a while, leaving Jace up ahead, still walking and pointing out places as if Sanji was still there. "Oi, thinking about something? Let's go!" Jace's voice filled the air. Whatever... Explore the village first. Sanji started walking again and this time, he was actually there next to Jace, with Jace pointing and laughing, clearly he was in a good mood.
Nobody noticed a woman kneeling in the shadows, behind a boulder. There was a nice long scar across her belly, and her nose was deformed. Her orange hair was cut as short as a man's, and she was wearing pants that were so broken and torn. Sanji... Out of all people I had to see you? I gotta admit it's nice to see you though... But I have to avoid you. I will not allow you to see me, and I have to go, but there is no where I can go if I look like this. Not even back to the nice ossan in that island on the sky... He won't recognize me... He won't let me back in...
Luffy... Min'na... Can I still be your nakama if I look like this? Will you guys still accept me as the same Nami-san as before?
