I tweeked the teaser chapter and added it to the rest…


In the midst of the touching emotional reunion between father and son the only thing Nami managed to say was

"So is he hired or what?"

Both men burst out laughing

"I guess we can hire him on a trail basis." Sanji laughed "Though if he sucks he's outta here."

"I'll try my best to work up to your expectations." Laughed Alex

Not only was Sanji able to have a happy unexpected reunion with his father, the restaurant gained the 4th chef they so desperately needed.

Alex became the assistant head chef to no ones objection, though Sanji said it felt strange for his father to be working under him and it not being the other way around but Alex insisted.

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"No no my boy, I wouldn't have it any other way. You have far more experience than me, having sailed the seas all over this world honing your skill. You have long since surpassed me. I shouldn't even be given the honor of being the assistant."

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The Father Son Master Chef team brought the restaurant up another notch and became world famous within its first year.

It was now in the middle of the place's second year and they already had to expand twice. Well, they had to expand anyway to make room for their new addition also, but hey, two bird with one stone and all that.

The addition of Baratte would help take some of the over flow. They finished renovating it. Baratte would stay Baratte, a fish shaped floating restaurant, and the Fighting Chefs were still the main attraction. If pirates couldn't get their hands on Nami's log book of the Grand Line they might have better luck getting Old Zeff's.

Ha! No chance.

The restaurant was now more of a dinner cruse that sailed around Cristo Island and featured as a Family Restaurant: Parental Discretion Advised. The inside was renovated, remolding the upstairs living quarters into a loft dinning area. It was up there families could sit with their children and they could watch the Fighting Cooks do battle safely. Though the majority of the real pirate attacks were done during the afternoon when young children were hardly ever present. Thus about 80 precent of the Fighting Cooks battles were staged.

But staged or not, Baratte's biggest issue still remained. Keeping the part time waiter and hosting staff staffed. Even though they could deal with the staged battles, the real battles always scared them away. So now Nami was in the process of hiring serving staff that could handle working in a dangerous potentially life threading work place. Not an easy task.

As Sanji followed his father into the kitchen Nami went out to the Dinning area were the hostess applicant was waiting.

"Delia." Nami called

"Haaai!" called a young woman hopping up from the waiting bench.

She looked to be about Nami's age, and was tall and very thin with legs from here to the Grand Line, which her almost too short skirt and nearly too high, high heels showed off. Nami's back and ankles hurt just looking at those heels.

"To think I use to be able to wear heels like that." Thought Nami

The girl's shirt was a baggy lose white dress shirt that tied in the front with flowy sleeves. The top buttons where undone to show of a simple green drop shaped pendant. A number of bangles of various styles and colors encircled her wrists and she had rings on both of her thumbs and ring fingers. The nails were manicured and painted and deep shade of crimson. Her lipstick matched. The make up was well done and didn't look exaggerated or too dramatic, just enough to highlight her features and draw out her natural beauty. The eyes were light brown, almost gold. Her hair was jet black and bone strait with bangs and cut just above her shoulders.

She was beautiful…If you were into the whole anorexic look. She looked like a twig one could easily snap in two. Nami wasn't sure she had what it took to hold her own hosting at Baratte.

Nami gave her a wide professional smile. "Hello I'm Nami, the manager of this place. Sorry for the wait."

"Oh that's fine." Smiles the girl

Nami leads Delia to a booth and starts to look over her resume. Not that the resume told her anything important…All Nami needed to know was if someone was ready and able to hold their own if a pirate fight broke out. She had had people post help wanted flyers in the kinds of places her Sanji and the rest of the crew would usually frequent back in their pirating days. Not exactly your friendly neighborhood unemployment office. She wondered how a girl like Delia got a hold of one. She really didn't seem the type of girl that would be caught dead in places like that.

"So you have hostessing and waiting experience…"

"Doesn't everyone." Smiled Delia

Nami smiled "Yes, I suppose at one point most people have had to wait tables or something like that. Do you have any other kinds of work experience?"

"I dabbled in the pleasure industry for a while." Delia says slyly

Nami smiles "Ah, I see…"

"Look, I know I've been involved in questionable things… but based on where you posted your flyers, I seriously doubt you care." Delia smiles deviously with a hit of mischief

"Touché." Smiles Nami. She sets Delia's resume aside and gets down to business.

"So I trust you know Baratte's reputation." Said Nami

"Sure, sure." Nodded Delia "The Pirate Fighting Cooks. They were famous in East Blue. I was surprised they closed and set up shop here at first. But then I heard Old Zeff died." Deila laughed "Man that guy as like ancient but everyone was sure he was gonna live 'til he was 150 or something."

Nami put aside her sentiment and continued on. "So you do know that some times they do fight actual pirates' right?" Inquired Nami "Not all of the fights are staged."

"Ya, I heard about that. They're after Zeff's book having to do with the Grand Line right?"

"Right…Look. A lot of these idiots are light weights and couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag… but some can actually be really dangerous. People have gotten hurt." Nami sighed "I'm sorry, but do you really think you hold your own if a fight broke out?"

Delia stood up and from some where from under that flowy shrit, or almost too short skirt the petite young woman produced a rather large bull whip. The loud crack of it made Nami jump.

"One of my jobs was as a Dominatrix; fully licensed and certified with a whip." Delia smiled impishly "I can snuff out a candle or take out an eye with this thing. I've made men more than twice my size cry out in both agony and pleasure."

Nami raised an eye brow "Ah I see…" She then turned her eyes to the whip and then glanced back at Delia's smirking face. "You need a license?"

"You do if you wanna work." Smiles Delia "All fun and games until someone loses an eye… or something like that."

Nami still wasn't completely convinced. She maybe good with a whip, but she also looked like good gust of wind could blow her away.

Delia sensed Nami's doubt "Look, I know that doesn't seem like much, but the fact that I don't look dangerous is an advantage. The bad guys usually ignore me, gives me the element of surprise." A flick of Delia's wrist quickly produced a butterfly knife. "I can handle myself in a tough crowd and I'm not intimidated by big burly brutes. I can be friendly and do the bubbly hostess thing too. That's the kind of person you need right? I really need a job and I don't have what one would call occupational skills; and you guys are paying triple what a normal hostess salary is plus medical benefits. When I can get some food in me I'll bulk right up, you'll see."

Nami admitted the girl did look like it had been awhile since her last meal. It explained why she looked anorexic. It wasn't by choice.

Nami sighed. "You do know before I hire you that you have to sign a release freeing us from liability for any pirate battle induced injury you get. That's what the medical benefits are for. They'll cover that, but you can't sue us."

"No problem." Smiled Delia

Nami sighs again. "I guess we can see how it goes…can you start tonight? We really need someone right away."

"Yay!" Delia reaches over and hugs Nami "You won't regret this I'll work really hard you wait and see!"

Nami laughed "Damn straight you will. And you better live up to that big talk of yours."

"You bet!" beamed Delia

"Come on." Said Nami "I'll introduce you to everyone."

Delia followed Nami to the kitchen

"Hey everyone. Meet the brave new hostess of Baratte, Delia." Nami announces

"Ah, Nami dear, do you really think its ok?" Asks Alex "She's so tiny, I could fit her in my pocket."

Delia smiles "I maybe be small old man but I'm spunky. I'll give those pirates a run for their money. You just wait and see."

Alex lets out a laugh and Delia laughs with him.

Suddenly there's a loud crash from one corner of the kitchen.

"Diana?!"

In a blink Delia's butterfly knife comes out and she strikes a defensive stance.

"Who wants ta know!?" She asks in a stern threatening tone. She turns to the direction the voice called out.

She suddenly looks extremely surprised "SANJI?!?! Oh, No Way!" Is that really you? OMG!"

Now it was Nami's turn to be shocked "Diana?! That Diana. The Diana that dumped you so bad you went on a downward spiral of sorrow and despair?" It must be. Nami thought. She had known Zeff so she had to have known Sanji too. Why are these things suddenly not clicking with me? Maybe it's all these years of peace and happiness. Life is saying 'you're getting too soft in your blissful carefree life, time to shake things up again…'

Delia or rather Diana suddenly ducked behind a counter and held up each of her pointer fingers up in front her mouth.

"SHHHH! 'Diana' is in deep shit." She whispered

"I'll say you are." Said Nami threateningly as she took a step towards Diana

Sanji stopped her holding her back "Don't Nami, it won't be good for the baby."

For a moment Diana looked confused as to why Nami was suddenly so pissed off, then it finally clicked and she looked a Sanji. "Oh yaaa. I screwed you over really bad that one time." She continued in her whispering tone. "You're still pissed off about that? That was like years ago…"

Erik crouched down next to Diana "Why are you whispering?" He whispered

"I told you. I'm in deep shit. Diana had to disappear. You don't know Diana. She was never here. Hou…but why should you do me any favors?" She looked up at Nami "Does this mean I don't get the job after all?"

Nami only gave her a 'what the hell you think' look.

"Oh…"Diana buried her head in her arms. "I'm so fucked. What am I gonna do?"

Nami raised and eye brow and cocked her head to one side "This is Diana. This is the flaming bitch that tortured and tormented you after shattering your heart into tiny pieces all those years ago?"

Sanji only nodded a bit confused about how feeble his former tormenter now seemed.

"Hmmm, I pictured her as more evil and bitchy. Right now she seems kind of…what's the word? Pathetic."

"Oh, I was an evil flaming bitch back then… Ah man this is like divine retribution for all the terrible things I've done isn't it? It can't possibly get much worse…"

Diana's stomach suddenly let out a loud rumbling growl. She groans and holds her empty tummy.

Sanji gave a heavy sigh. "I picked a hell of a time to quit smoking…"

Sanji walks over to Diana and pulls her up by the arm. Though instead of throwing her out like she thought Sanji was going to do he only sits her down in a booth in the bar section just out side of the kitchen.

"Just wait there." Sanji tells her sternly

Nami came out and sat across from the distraught, anxious, half starved girl looking her over. At second glance Nami saw that the flowy flashy clothing was only to cover up how frail she looked and the well applied make up covered the pale and sickly color of her skin.

Diana didn't look up at Nami; she only stared at the table with her hands in her lap.

This was Diana. This was the girl that forced Sanji to the edge of despair and made him attempt suicide. Well, it probably wasn't entirely Diana's fault. He said there had been others. Plus many other things had contributed over the years. Creepy Stalker Guy murdering his mother when he was seven was the first drop in the bucket. Then there was the neglect and disregard from the other people around him followed by one broken heart after another. No it wasn't all Diana's fault, but it only takes one drop to make the whole thing over flow. She had been the proverbial last straw.

Sanji came out of the kitchen, set a plate of food down in front of Diana and sat down next to his wife.

Diana looked at the food. After a moment tears started running down her cheeks.

"Just eat it." Sanji said callously

"Still can't let a person go hungry can you?" Diana smiled weakly

"Nope." Said Nami "A person could be the most evilly vile being that's ever walked the planet, but he'll still feed them if they're starving."

Diana gave a small laugh "That always got him in trouble with the other chefs."

"Ya well this is my restaurant; I can do whatever the hell I want."

Nami smiled slyly. She recognized his tone as that of Yami, Sanji's dark alter ego. Usually he only spoke directly to men. Sometimes he would talk to Nami, but Yami was actually nice to her and seemed rude only because he was blunt got straight to the point of things. Nami actually had grown to like Yami a lot. He was fun to BS with. These days he was gradually starting to meld into Sanji's regular personality. They were becoming one instead of staying two separate personalities.

Diana looked up at Sanji and seemed a bit freighted seeing Yami's dark eyes glaring at her. I was probably the first time she had ever meeting him. Yami hadn't fully manifested until after she left him.

"He's not going to hurt you." Said Nami "Even if he can find it in his heart to hate you, he still can't raise a hand against a woman."

Diana smiled sadly and nodded "As much a things change they stay the same."

"Eat." Said Nami "You look like your going to pass out any moment."

"There's no way I can pay for this…"Said Diana

"You get one free meal during each shift." Sighs Sanji "You can use your employee discount at either Baratte or here. And employees get their pick of foods that are within a week of the expurgation date also day old breads and cakes… No one that works for us will ever have to worry about going hungry."

Diana looked up at Sanji in utter disbelief "You mean I can still have the job?"

"Ya sure…" He said indifferently.

"Sanji… is it really ok?" Nami asked

"She'll be at Baratte so it's not like I have to see her everyday…" Sanji shrugged

Diana's face lit up like a Christmas tree "Oh Thank You! You always were too sweet." She hopped up and clapped her hands and went to hug Sanji.

Sanji stopped her with a hand on her face. "Don't even think about touching me…" Yami said darkly

Diana zipped back to her seat and laughed nervously "Right… I guess I can't expect you to forgive me completely…" She picked up her fork and started eating "Ooooh this is soo good. Your cooking always was so amazing Sanji. You've done really well for your self. Just look at you. You achieved your dream of finding All Blue and opening your own place…" She looked over at Nami and smiled "And you've even got married to beautiful woman and are about to have a kid."

"Kissing up won't get you anywhere with me sister." Nami says cynically

Diana hung her head going back to looking dejected and dismal. "Sorry."

Nami and Sanji sat back just watching Diana eat in silence

After a moment Nami spoke up. Nami was curious but had always been afraid to ask…but now that Yami had surfaced he'd be able to handle it. "What did she do to Sanji anyway?"

Diana suddenly became still and got that 'Oh Shit' look in her eyes.

Sanji let Yami's eyes glare playfully impish as he smiled a twisted and mischievous smile.

Diana saw the look and seemed to shrink.

"Do you wanna tell her or should I?" he asked

Diana only shrunk more.

"Our dear sweet…" Yami tilted his head to one side and smiled deviously "Delia, Is into BDSM."

Nami nodded "Ya, she said she had been a Dominatrix. A fully licensed and certified whip wielding one."

Yami nodded "Ya. To use a bull whip on people, you have to train for about a year and be licensed. You see as dark and nefarious the world of BDSM seems, it's actually well structured and they take care of their own. There are rules. Strict rules set in place to insure everyone's safety. Diana…sorry Delia introduced Sanji to this world. She told him of great love and trust. I mean you have to trust some if you're going to let them tie you up and have their way with you." Yami smiled "Isn't that right?"

Delia just remained silent

"Well she betrayed that trust. There a hierarchy in these circles. Master/Slave, Dominant/Submissive, Top/Bottom, Seme/Uke whatever you wanna call it. I was Submissive and she was my Dominant."

Nami raised an eye brow "Submissive?"

Yami laughed "Is that really so hard to believe?"

Nami thought for a moment "Well…no... Sanji said he likes serving people, he's not really assertive, and tends to be fine with what other people want… though if he feels strongly about something he'll argue his point, he leads when he needs to… and he sure doesn't act submissive in bed." Said Nami

Yami turned to her and grinned and mischievously playful grin "That's because I took over love."

"Ah." Nami smiled

Delia finaly spoke up "Um…why are you talk about Sanji in the third person? He's right here?"

Nami turned back to Delia. "Oh no dear, this is Yami…he's Sanji's dark alter ego. It's not exactly full blown Split Personality Disorder any more, they're starting to meld together more, but every so often Yami takes over." Nami explained to her casually "He fully manifested shortly after you betrayed Sanji and shattered his heart into a million tiny pieces. This is why he can speak so harshly to you. Sanji still has some control over him so he won't hurt you. So how does it feel to cause someone to go insane?" Nami knew that it wasn't completely Delia's fault Sanji had gone crazy, others had contributed long before she had come along…but if Nami couldn't hit her for real like she really, really wanted to, she'd attack with words. Word hurt just as much as fists sometimes. And these words really did seem to hurt Delia…

"You see Nami dear," Yami continued "there's an understanding that who's ever on top protects those that are underneath them. The ones that are submissive trust that the dominant will keep them safe and not hurt them…well you know, not hurt them past a certain point. One way dominates do this is to have a collar on their submissive…"

"Like a pet or something?" Asked Nami

Yami tilted his head thoughtfully "Hmm, I guess that's the general idea. It's like a dog with his master. The master takes care of him and in return the dog loves his master unconditionally."

Now that sounded like Sanji. Nami thought. He really was like a little puppy dog back when she first met him. He still kind of was sometimes actually.

"You have the leash and collar on you pet to protect them, so people know that they're yours… same kind of thing in these kinds of circles. A collar on a submissive means you belong to someone. Another dominate can't tough you with out permission."

"And a submissive with out a collar?" Asks Nami

"Same as a stray pet on the street, anyone can take them home."

"And Delia didn't have one on Sanji." Said Nami

"She did… but then, while he was still tied up and gagged during a game one night, she took it away… It pretty much said he was anyone's meat to do what they pleased. I really don't want to go into details what happened after that, but you can image the effect that kind of thing had. After that she just left. Like all the others."

Nami didn't have to imagine the effect it had had. She knew. To fully and completely trust someone and then to have that trust shattered. Nami glared at Delia "Why? Why do that?"

"I…I was bored with him. He was way too submissive for me…I don't know what I was thinking…and I really have no excuse. It didn't go over well at all with group when they realized Sanji didn't know what I was going to do that night. Usually when you do something like that you've talked it over and the submissive is ok with it. They bared me from the group and black listed me. The only clubs I could get into where the less reputable ones where the really sadistic sadists hung out… I mean there are those that fill the dark stereo types. There's ones where it's just a fetish they satisfy on the weekends then go back to their normally 9 to 5 jobs and then there're the ones where something in their brains is just off, seriously insane. That's what eventually got me in the trouble I am now. I pissed one off really bad."

Delia cringed "Hou, not only is he gonna kill me, he's gonna make it painfully slow and he's gonna get off doing it. I know I did some bad things in the past, but not bad enough to get killed. "

Nami raised an eye brow but decided to hold her tongue.

Delia looked back up at Sanji and Nami. "I've been hiding out for like a year now…but then I was like 'I can't hide out forever' so I though, I need to find someone to help me get this guy off my back. But they'd have to be really badass, so I was like, The Mugiwara Pirates are as badass as you can get! No one fucks with the King of Pirates or anyone affiliated with them. But then everyone told me you could only get official affiliation from The King himself and you can't find him anywhere…"

True. Thought Nami. No one knew where the hell Luffy was. Some think he went back to the Grand Line, who knew for sure…

"But then." Delia continues "I heard you could get afflation from his original inner circle. The Legendary Pirates that were with The King on his first voyage, before he became King. That's why I came here. Not only did I hear this island was great to find a job, since it's a newly developed Island, but I also heard a rumor that two of the Legendary Pirates were here. Is it true?"

It was widely known on the Isaland that that Sanji and Nami were once pirates. They had many pirate flags and old wanted posters up all over the bar area of their restaurant including their own old wanted posters framed. However it was known to only a handful of people on the island that they had actually sailed under the King of Pirates. It was widely known that Cristo Island was part of the protected territories of the Mugiwara Armada. But no one really knew who on the island had the afflation with the group. Now a days Luffy was only known as The King of Pirates, and the original crew was referred to as 'The Legendary Pirates' or 'The Kings Inner Circle'. And even if people new their names hardly anyone knew what they actually looked like anymore. As stories and legends do, their featuers and charateristics were greatly exggagerated. People usually just passed Sanji and Nami off as simply having the same names as the Legendary Pirates, just a coincidence. No way, a nice, ordinary, down to earth couple like Sanji and Nami could be the Sanji and Nami, the Steel Leg disciple of Red Leg Zeff and genius cartographer, navigator and master thief that caused the fall of the notorious Arlong Pirate group. People believed what they wanted to maintain their peaceful way of living.

Sanji and Nami exchanged sly looks

"It is ture isn't it?" asked Delia

They added sly smiles to thier sly looks.

"Ya it's ture. They are here." Nami said casually with a hint of deviance

Delia "Do you know where I can find them?"
She looked back and forth and Sanji and Nami with hopeful eyes.

Sanji and Nami give her wide Cheshire Cat grins.

"Ah, don't tell me..." Delia's raised spirits plumit

Sanji and Nami pull down their collars and turn to show her the tattoos of the Straw hated skull and cross bones of the Mugiwara Jolly Rodger.

"No way." Delia groans dejectedly as puts her head down on the table

Nami looks at Sanji "Catches on quick doesn't she? Though I'm surprised she didn't figure it out sooner."

"Ya, me too." Agreed Sanji

"So waddaya think love?" Asked Nami. "Should we show compassion and forgiveness and grant this poor girl clemency."

"Hmmm, I don't know…" Said Sanji

"For someone that was talking big about being able to handle herself in a tough crowd and not being intimidated by big burly brutes. You sure do seem intimidated now." Says Nami

"Hou…" agonizes Delia "There a difference between a mindless brute and an evil psycho. Pirates are after treasure and junk, you can buy them off. But this guys is a really live, full blooded no shit Sociopath. Being a Sadist and a Sociopath is not a good combination."

"Very true." Says Sanji

"I guess we should just stick to the code for this one then." Says Nami

Sanji nods "Hmm the code…"

"The code?" Asks Delia "Like, the Pirates Code?"

"The Kings Code." Says Nami "W.W.L.D."

Delia tilts her head to one side "Hu?"

"What would Luffy do?" Says Sanji

"When considering one for affiliation in place of the Pirate King we can't let our personal biases or feelings be a factor." Explains Nami.

"The reason the members of the original inner circle can grant affiliation in the absence of the Pirate King is because we know him and his feelings better than anyone else." Says Sanji.

"So what do you think?" Asks Nami "Would Luffy grant her affiliation?"

"Well he let Robin join and she was part of and evil organization that tried to kill us and in her other jobs she was an assassin. " Said Sanji

Someone suddenly sneezed from behind Sanji and Nami "My, my, Hikaru-chan, someone seems to be gossiping about your dear sweet mother."

"Ah Robin, prefect." Says Nami "You can put in an impartial opinion."

"Impartial opinion on what?" Asks Robin as she sits down next to Delia.

"She's pleading sanctuary and wants affiliation." Explains Sanji gesturing at Delia

"But she has "history" with Sanji." Says Nami

"I take it not good history." Says Robin

Nami smiles "Meet Diana."

Robin looked at the girl sitting next to her and then to Sanji. "Diana?! That Diana. The Diana that dumped you so bad you went on a downward spiral of sorrow and despair? This is the girl that tortured and tormented you after shattering your heart into tiny pieces all those years ago?"

"Yup." Nodded Sanji.

"Thought apparently its Delia now." Nami lowered her voice to a whisper mocking Delia a bit " 'Cause Diana's in deep shit'…"

"Ah is that so. I can see why you need an impartial." Said Robin "What's her situation?"

Nami explained about the psycho sadist being after Delia.

"That is frightening indeed." Said Robin "And do you mind asking what exactly she did to Sanji?"

They told her an abridged version of what happened in the past.

"I see." Robin paused to deliberate, turning the information over in her head.

After a moment Robin speaks up "Here's what I think."

Sanji and Nami lean in to listen more intently. Being the oldest and wisest member of the Inner Circle, they greatly respected Robin and valued her opinions and input.

"Luffy would most likely be sympathetic to her predicament and initially grant her affiliation…"

"Really?!" Delia asked excitedly

"However." Robin said sternly shifting her eyes to Delia

Delia's excitement faded "However…"

"Sanji is a close and dear friend to Luffy and he would surely take into account the atrocious betrayal."

Delia's sprits plummeted for the countless time. "I figured as much…"

Robin turned to look at Delia fully "To grant you affiliation I believe Luffy would need you to answer one question."

"And what question is that?" asked Delia

"Are you sorry for what you did to Sanji?"

"I…um…" the question took Delia by surprise. She looked over at Sanji for a moment and then looked down and thought for a moment.

"Yes." she said "I feel terrible. I didn't at first. I didn't even care. It's true. I was an evil bitch. But after I did what I did, my life started to spiral downwards. For years I've been living a pitiful and degrading existence, and now this guy is after me. In the past year I've been running and hiding from this guy, I thought 'What did I do to deserve all this?' and then I looked back on all the terrible things I'd done in the past, the kind of person I was."

She looks up at Sanji and tears are streaking down her face. "I remember what I did you Sanji. It was the worst thing someone could do to another person. You were such a kind sweet caring person. You loved me, you trusted me and I betrayed you in the worst possible way. I've actually been thinking a lot about you lately…wondering if you were ok. I thought about your personality and how what I did would've affected you. I probably messed you up really bad didn't I? You've had a lot of issues haven't you? With your split personality and most likely a bunch of other things. You were such a beautiful kind person and I broke you."

Delia fully burst out into tears at that point. "I'm so sorry. I know you can never ever forgive me and I don't expect to you to."

Nami's heart went out to Delia. She knew what she was going through. Nami had been thought it herself. She had hurt and broke Sanji in the past as well. Sanji had forgiven her, but the guilt still tore her apart even now after so many years. It took everything Nami had not to start crying too.

"But you know what?" Delia had calmed down a bit and wasn't crying as hard. "Now that I see you now, I'm really glad to know, in spite of all that, you turned out ok. You were a pirate sailing under the Pirate King and now your a legend. You're the owner and head chef at a world famous restaurant, you achieved your dream of finding all blue and you're married, about to have a kid. I'm really happy for you and glad you're better off that me. I know I don't deserve to be forgiven, but I don't wanna die. I want to start over."

Robin looked at Sanji and Nami giving them a knowing smile. They smiled back.

Nami started to giggle

"What?" asked Delia "What's so funny? I was being sincere…"

"I know, I'm sorry…I was just thinking of Luffy…You would've had him at 'Yes, I feel terrible.' He has the attention span of a 5 year old…he wouldn't have sat through a long apology like that, no matter how sincere or meaningful it is.''

Nami started to laugh harder and it was Robin's turn to start giggling "That's true. She would have said that and before she could say any more he would have been like 'Hai. Ok.' given her that big grin of his and turned his attention straight to something else."

Thinking of that made Nami laugh harder causing Sanji's grin to turn into a laugh as well. "Ya, probably food. He'd be like, "I'm hungry. Sanji! Food!"

All three of the ex-pirates burst out laughing thinking about their friend and former captain. Delia was feeling a bit uncomfortable and confused, like being the only person not in on an inside joke.

Robin sensed this and turned to Delia "Luffy is extremely simple minded." She explained "It doesn't take much to making him happy."

"Or get him pissed off." Added Nami

"Or calm him down from getting pissed off…" Said Sanji "Unless you did something to his hat. Then you were just dead."

Robin continued ignoring the side commentary. "But because of his simple minded nature, he could see clearly things others couldn't because they're caught up with other complex ideas that are swarming in their minds. So in a sense, in spite of his simple mindedness, Luffy is an extremely wise person. You wouldn't have had to give a long speech to prove your sincerity, he would have already been able to sense it, and just the fact you were able to admit you did something wrong and say your sorry would be enough for him." Robin smiled

"Then…you mean…he'd help me out? I'm granted affiliation?" Asked Delia

"Certainly." Robin smiled

"YAT-TAAA!" Delia through her arms around Robin

Nami raised an eye brow "What is it with her and wanting to hug things?"

"She always was a touchy feely person." Said Sanji

"Yay! This is the first time in a long time things are looking up for me. I can't thank you enough. I owe you guys major! For the job and everything else. You want me to do anything, just name it. Like you know, if you need a baby sitter or…"

"No way I'm letting you within 20 feet of my kid." Sanji cuts her off coldly

Delia attempted to shrink again.

"The King of Pirates may forgive and excuse your past, but you still have to earn your trust." Says Nami. "Getting the Captain to wave you in is only the first step. You start at square one like everyone else."

Delia nods "I understand."

"Good." Says Nami. "Now finish eating then come to the back office and we'll get started on your paper work."

Delia nodded

Nami turned back to Robin "Ah, Robin, did you come down here for something in particular?"

"No not really, Hikaru and I were just going to head out for a walk before lunch." Robin stood up with Hikaru. "Wave bye, bye now." Robin held up one of Hikaru's arms to wave with.

Nami waved back "Bye bye Hee-chan Aunty Nami and Uncle Sanji will see you later."

"As for You." Nami turned to Sanji and poked him in the arm "You have the lunch rush to prepare for."

"Hai, Hai." Said Sanji as he gets up to head back to the kitchen. As he pushed the door to the kitchen open he gave a deep sigh. "I picked a hell of a time to quit smoking."


Haha! So now Diana...Delia is working for Sanji and Nami now...Wild shinaigans insue!... well not really...I picture Nami and Delia tradeing insults back and fourth and being bithcy to each other XD Oh Delia's SO gonna be Nami's bitch...I'm so bad.

But now, we have the Creepy Stalker Guy2 in the form of Psyco Sadist Guy...tho it won't end tragicly the way it did with Creepy Salker Guy. Promise.