It was a beautiful day for sailing. Everything was peaceful aboard the Going Marry. Nami was reading maps; Zoro was sleeping, against the mainmast, Usopp was sitting at the bow of the ship, admiring the flag he had painted two days ago. Luffy was sitting on his normal spot (Marry's figurehead) meditating like Ragnar had told him. Suddenly Luffy jumped off his seat and landed between Nami and Usopp and waking Zoro.
"Guys, turn the ship to that small island over there." Said Luffy, as he pointed to a rock that poked out of the water.
"Why Luffy, what's so important over there?" Asked Nami.
"There are two people who need our help." Said Luffy.
"Hold up Luffy, how do you they won't try to steal our ship?" Asked Usopp.
"Don't be silly Usopp, nobody will steal the ship." Said Zoro.
Zoro and Usopp went to the rudder room and steered the ship until Nami told them to stop. Luffy had adjusted the sails, with Nami telling him what to do of course.
Not five minutes later, the crew had reached the small rock. Nami asked Zoro to drop the anchor. Zoro dropped the anchor and spotted someone on the rock.
"Johnny, is that you?" Asked Zoro.
"What, Big Bro Zoro, what are you doing here?" Asked Johnny.
"I was about to ask you the same thing. Where is Yosaku?" Asked Zoro.
Johnny sidestepped, to show a very sick looking man. Zoro told Johnny to get aboard quickly.
Luffy walked over next to Zoro and saw Johnny and Yosaku. Luffy smiled, for they looked exactly the same as the last time he had seen them.
Johnny is a tall, thin man, with black hair. He was wearing a dark purple t-shirt and a light blue hoody, light brown trousers and black boots. On his left cheek he had the Japanese word for sea, tattooed in black. He was also wearing a slim pair of sunglasses. And on his side hang a sword
Yosaku is also tall and thin, with grey hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt, long green coat, yellow shorts, and dark brown boots. He also had a red headband on his head. And hanging from his side, was a sword like Johnny's
Johnny soon had Yosaku up on deck.
"What's wrong with him?" Asked Usopp.
"I don't know. Only a few days ago, he was health and full of life. Then out of the blew his old wound opened up and, his teeth started to fall out." Said Johnny.
'I am surrounded by morons.' Thought Nami.
Nami walked over to Yosaku and, pulled out his tongue, which was a wearied purple colour. Nami was about to give a diagnostics, but was beaten to it.
"He has scurvy."
Everyone turned to Luffy, wondering if he was the one who had said that.
"He has scurvy." Said Luffy again.
"Well, here I was, thinking that everyone here was an idiot." Said Nami.
"Is he going to be ok? Big Sis." Asked Johnny.
"Luffy Usopp go get some limes out of storage." Said Nami, then turned to Johnny."He will be fine."
"Really? Big Sis." Said Johnny with excitement, which coursed him to spit all over Nami's face.
"Please, don't call me that, it sounds so dump." Said Nami as, she put her hand over Johnny's mouth.
Luffy and Usopp come back with a barrel full of limes then, started squeezing lime juice into Yosaku's mouth.
Nami explained scurvy once was a big problem long ago and what courses it. Usopp and Luffy then started stuffing Yosaku's mouth with the limes.
Suddenly Yosaku spat out, all the limes in his mouth, jumped up and, started dancing around with Johnny.
"Hurray-hurray, hurray-hurray." The two yelled out.
"YOU CAN'T HEAL, THAT QUICKLY!" Yelled Nami.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves." Said Johnny and Yosaku.
"My name is Johnny." Said Johnny.
"And I'm Yosaku." Said Yosaku.
"And together, we are the baddest bounty hunter duo in the world." Said the two in sync.
"Zoro here used to me one of us." Said Johnny.
"Small world, never thought I would see you two again." Said Zoro.
"You're surprised, we never imagined the famous pirate hunter Zoro, would become a pirate himself." Said Johnny.
Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku went to shake hands, but Yosaku turned sick looking again and fainted.
"Told him, he can't heal that fast." Said Nami.
XXX
Everyone was in the kitchen, sitting around the table, except Yosaku, who was in another room in a spare bed.
"I hope you all learn from this." Said Nami. "It's very important, that we get the proper nutrients even when we are out at sea."
"Okay, we need a cook, and not just any cook, the best cook in the world." Said Luffy.
"Best cook in the world? Don't be stupid Luffy." Said Nami.
"I'm going to be the Pirate King Nami, the Pirate King will only have the best on his crew. I already have the best swordsman, navigator, and sniper in the world, why not the best cook." Said Luffy.
Usopp and Zoro were both pleased with what Luffy had said, but Nami seemed to be a little shocked.
"If it's a cook you are looking for, I know where to find one." Said Johnny.
"Really, where?" Asked Luffy.
"Set a course for south-east," said Johnny.
"What is in that direction?" Asked Zoro.
"This place is close to the Grand line, and I've heard rumours that a certain Hawk Eye is there." Said Johnny, as he looked at Zoro. "This place is called Baratie."
XXX
The next day, everyone (except Yosaku) was on deck looking at a fish like Ship.
"There it is people, the sea restaurant Baratie." Said Johnny.
Suddenly the sound of a ship's horn was heard, and a marine ship pulled up next to the Marry.
"How did we not see that ship before?" Asked Nami.
"Just my luck, of course, the marines show up." Said Zoro.
"Luffy, they're not going to start firing at us, are they?" Asked Usopp.
A man aboard the ship came into view. He was an average sized marine that wore a white pinstripe suit. His hair was pink and well-combed, and he had a scar under his right eye and bolts attached to his knuckles.
"I have never seen that pirate flag before." Said the man.
At the same time as when the man was talking, Johnny sneaked over to where Yosaku was standing behind a door.
"Do you think he knows, we're not a couple of pirates?" Asked Johnny to Yosaku.
"I am Iron Fist Fullbody, but you can call me sir. Who is your Captain, Identify yourself." Said Fullbody.
Luffy stepped forward and said. "I'm the Captain and my name is Luffy."
Usopp stepped forward as well and said. "And my name is Usopp."
Luffy looked at Usopp with annoyance, but soon looked back at Fullbody and said. "We only made our flag a few days ago."
"That's right marine, and I drew it." Said Usopp.
Luffy looked really annoyed now.
Fullybody noticed Yosaku and Johnny hiding behind a door.
"Hey you two, aren't you the two bounty hunters that go after the small bounties?" Asked Fullbody. "So you have finely been court by pirates, that's a laugh."
When Fullbody finished talking, a beautiful woman who had blond hair and was wearing a red dress stepped out from behind Fullbody.
"Come on babe, let's go eat." Said the woman.
"Yes, let us go." Replied Fullbody and started to walk away, with the woman in his arm.
"Hay, wait a minute!" Yelled Johnny, as he pulled out a lot of wanted posters out of his pocket. "Do you think small time bounty hunters would go after these guys?" Johnny then threw the posters on the deck.
"Hey, he ignored us." Said Yosaku.
"What are these things?" Asked Nami, as she knelt and picked up a poster that had Arlong on it.
"Those are wanted pirates." Said Johnny.
"Yeah, we get the reward money if we turn them in." Said Yosaku.
Nami only looked at the poster. She looked at it as if looking into a nightmare.
Luffy could sense that something had upset Nami. He was about to walk over to her and tell her everything was going to be ok, but then Usopp screamed.
"Luffy the marines are pointing a cannon at us!"
BOOM!
The cannon fired, and Luffy jumped to action. Luffy landed on the rail; his right arm turned black, and he punched the cannon ball. The cannon ball was sent back to the marine ship faster than any cannon could shoot it. The cannonball damage the ship to the point of barely staying afloat.
Nami forgot about the poster for a second, as she watched Luffy nearly sink a marine ship with ease.
'Luffy might be able to defeat Arlong, but I can't risk it, if he did lose, my village would be destroyed.' Thought Nami. She then looked back down at the poster she was holding.
"Hey guys let's go eat!" Yelled Luffy.
XXX
Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp used Johnny's and Yosaku's boat to get to the restaurant. The four were about to board the ship, when they heard the sounds of something be smashed, from inside.
"I wonder what is going on in there." Said Usopp.
"Let's have a look." Said Luffy.
The four opened the door to the restaurant, and were a little shocked at what they saw. In the middle of the room, a beaten up Fullbody, being held up by a man with blond hair that covered his left eye. He was wearing a black suit and tie, a blue pinned striped shirt, and black shoes. But what stood out most of all was his curly eyebrow.
Luffy smiled at the sight before him.
'That's Sanji for you, beating you up if you waste food.' Thought Luffy.
"Looks like a fight." Said Zoro.
"OH NO, SANJI NOT AGAIN." Came a voice.
Everyone turned to see a man standing in the doorway. He was an average-sized, muscular man with a lot of hair on his arms and legs. He has light blue hair that is shaved, large lips, and a short black beard. He was wearing a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with yellow buttons on both sides, and light blue on the end of the sleeves. He has knee-length shorts that are the same colour as his shirt, along with brown shoes. He also was wearing a white apron, a pink ascot, an earring in his right ear, and a white rope tied around his head. He has two heart tattoos on his left arm.
"What do you think you're doing to our customer?" Said the man.
"Shut up Patty." Said Sanji. "This marine lieutenant disrespected me, the food, and all the other cooks. So I gave him what he deserved."
"Sanji if you keep on beating up the customers, we will have no job." Said Patty
Sanji dropped Fullbody and let him drop to the floor.
"How dare you treat me like this. I am a customer." Said Fullbody. "I will shut you down for this."
"SHUT UP!" Yelled Sanji, as he tried to kick Fullbody, but was stopped by three other chef's.
"What the hell is going on in here." Said an old man that had walked down the stairs.
The old man had blond hair and whiskers. He had a long moustache that grew horizontally; that was platted. He had an overly tall chef's hat and chef's uniform.
"Head chef Zeff, Sanji's gone crazy again." Said Patty.
"Dam it Sanji, you need to stop going on rampages in my restaurant." Said Zeff.
"Shut up old geyser." Said Sanji.
"Oh, so you're trying to tell me what to do." Said Zeff.
Zeff then pointed at Fullbody and said "You, get out of my restaurant."
Suddenly a marine was yelling for Fullbody.
"Sir, we have a problem. Gin from the Krieg Pirates, has escaped." Said the Marine
"What! How did that happen? He was nearly starving to death when we picked him up; that was three days ago, how did he have the strength to escape?" Asked Fullybody.
"We were trying to stop the ship from sinking, so he got us off guard." Said the Marine.
"Why was the ship sinking?"
"The ship you asked us to sink, well we fired at the ship, and it's Captain punched the cannonball back at us."
"You mean that kid in the straw hat?"
"Yes sir."
Fullbody looked over to Luffy and thought. 'How strong is that kid? If he did that to my ship, Marine H,Q needs know about this.'
Suddenly a gunshot was heard, and the Marine in the doorway fell over, dead. The man that had shot the gun was now in the doorway. He was a relatively thin man of average height with short, scruffy, black hair, a scruffy beard, and a slight moustache. He has dark circles under his eyes, as though he lacks sleep. He was wearing an open grey jacket with a red sea-serpent design on each side with a green shirt underneath, grey pants matching with his jacket, a grey headband with blue stripes design, and two spherical earrings on each ear.
Gin walked in, and sat at a table, putting his feet up on the table.
"I don't care what it is, but bring me something to eat." Said Gin.
Patty put on a fake smile, and walked over to Gin.
"Hello, you dam dirty crook. What would you like to eat today?" Asked Patty, with sarcasm.
"I don't care, just bring me something." Said Gin.
"Not to be rude, but how are you paying for your meal?" Asked Patty.
Gin lifted his gun to Patty's head.
"How about a bullet." Said Gin.
'This place is crazy, that cook is going to get us all killed. I'm out of here.' Thought Fullbody, as he sneaked away.
"So you have no money, what a shame." Said Patty.
Patty then kicked Gin on top of his head, sending him to the floor.
"Dam it Patty. You broke another chair." Said Zeff.
Zeff then noticed Sanji had left for the kitchen, and started cooking.
Patty continued to beat up Gin, and finally threw him outside.
"And don't come back." Said Patty, as he closed the door.
Gin coughed up a little blood, and rolled over onto his back. When his eyes adjusted to the sun, he saw a man sitting on the roof. The man was wearing a black suit and a straw hat.
"You look hungry." Said the man with a straw hat.
"I'm not, just go away." Said Gin.
Suddenly the door that Gin was thrown out of opened, and Sanji walked through it, carrying a plate of food. Sanji placed the plate in front of Gin, then sat down against the railing, and light a cigarette and took a drag and let it out again.
"Eat up." Said Sanji.
"No, I'm not going to accept charity. Take the food away from me." Said Gin.
"I don't care what you say. I'm not about to take food away from someone who is starving to death. The sea is a beautiful and dangerous place, and loosing your food out here is a death sentence. I know how it feels to be starving." Said Sanji.
Gin grabbed the plate, and started to stuff is face. He was sobbing as he ate the food.
"Thank you, I thought I was going to die, thank you." Said Gin.
"Looks like I found my cook, shihihi."
Gin and Sanji looked up to see Luffy standing on the roof.
"So how about it mister. You want to leave this place and join my pirate crew?" Said Luffy.
"So you're a pirate?" Asked Sanji.
"Yep." Replied Luffy.
"Are you the one who nearly sunk the marine ship?" Asked Gin.
"Yeah, they shot at us, so I punched the cannonball back at them." Said Luffy.
What, that's impossible." Said Sanji.
"No, it's not. I saw the whole thing." Said Gin. "I thought I saw your arm turn black before you hit it, did that happen?"
Luffy answered by rolling up his sleeve lifted his arm into view and turned it black with his haki.
Sanji and Gin were a little shocked, when they saw Luffy's arm.
"Ha..have you got devil fruit powers?" Asked Gin.
"Yeah, I do, but that has nothing to do with my arm." Replied Luffy.
"Well, how did you do it?" Asked Sanji.
"If you want to know, you will have to join my crew." Said Luffy.
Sanji then explained he owed the old man a debt, and that he couldn't leave yet.
"I don't except." Said Luffy.
"What do you mean?" Asked Sanji.
"I don't except you refusal to join my crew." Replied Luffy.
"Look I can't go, so take your stupid straw hat and go." Said Sanji.
Gin suddenly dropped to one knee, and Sanji had to take a few steps back, to stop himself from falling over. Sanji and Gin looked at Luffy, he had this dark aura around him.
"I'm only going to warn you once. Never make fun, or touch my hat, if you want to live." Said Luffy.
XXX
Nami had come outside, wondering where Luffy had snuck off to. She heard voices and followed the direction in which they came from. Nami turned the corner just in time to see, Sanji yell in Luffy's face.
"Take your stupid straw hat and go."
Nami then felt the power of Luffy's haki, at the same time as Gin and Sanji. Then she heard Luffy's warning.
'Is that hat the only thing that can make him angry?' Thought Nami.
Nami then went back into the restaurant.
XXX
When Luffy sensed Nami leaving, he stopped the flow of his conquerors haki. Gin was the first to recover, and Sanji not far behind.
"What the hell was that?" Asked Gin, still breathing heavily.
"Did you do that kid?" Asked Sanji.
"Shihihi, sure was, and that was only a little taste." Said Luffy.
"How the hell did you do that?" Asked Sanji.
"I told you, if you want to know, join my crew." Replied Luffy.
"I SAID NO.'' Yelled Sanji.
"If you don't mind me interrupting, but my Nam's Gin. I am second in command of the Don Krieg Pirates. You said you were a pirate, may I ask why you are a pirate?"
"I'm going to find One Piece, and be King Of The Pirates, then I'm going to but the world government in its place."
"So you're heading for the grand line?" Asked Gin.
"Yeah, I made a promise to the man who gave me this hat, that I would become the greatest and strongest pirate ever." Said Luffy.
"Well from the sounds of it, you are unlikely to change your mind, about going to the Grand Line, I was going to give you a warning about that place." Said Gin.
"Thanks, but I know what I'm getting myself into." Said Luffy.
"Fair enough." Said Gin.
XXX
Gin had boarded a small boat, that Sanji had given him.
"Thank you Sanji, no one has ever showed me the kindness that you have." Said Gin.
"Don't mention it." Said Sanji.
"I hope to come back one-day, and repay you, for your kindness." Said Gin.
"Sanji! Where the hell are you? Get back to work."
Sanji looked over his shoulder, and saw Zeff standing in the doorway.
"I'm sorry, you might get fired, for giving me free food." Said Gin.
Sanji picked up the plate and glass, and threw them overboard.
"There, now there is no evidence, so he can't yell at me." Said Sanji.
"Thank you again Sanji, and goodbye." Said Gin.
XXX
"We have been here for four days now, how much longer are we going are we going to sit around doing nothing? and when did this fog arrive?" Asked Usopp.
"Luffy said, we are not leaving until Sanji joins the crew." Said Nami. "And the fog rolled in this morning."
"I'm just sick of sitting on the Marry all day, and not getting anywhere." Said Usopp.
"Come on, this place isn't that bad. Plus all the food is free." Said Nami.
"Only for you." Said Zoro.
"Hey, Luffy eats for free too." Said Nami.
"Only because you told Sanji, you would be paying for him, and Sanji will not take money from you." Said Usopp.
"Yeah, why are you only willing to pay for him, and not us?" Asked Zoro.
"Because, he is the Captain." Replied Nami.
"Is that the only reason?" Asked Usopp mockingly, which got him a punch to the face.
"Of course it is!" Yelled Nami.
"Speaking of Luffy, where is he?" Asked Zoro.
"Probably bugging Sanji to join the crew." Said Nami.
The trio heard a door open, and saw Luffy carrying a giant rubbish bag.
"Hey Luffy, when are we going to leave, and what the hell are you doing?" Asked Usopp.
"We're not going until Sanji comes with us, and I'm trying to convince Sanji to join by helping him." Replied Luffy.
Luffy started to walk away with the bag, but stopped when he sensed something deep in the fog.
'Don Krieg is here. I'm going to deal with him quickly this time.' Thought Luffy.
"what are you looking at Luffy? Asked Nami.
"There is a ship come." Replied Luffy.
Nami, Zoro, and Usopp looked in the direction Luffy was. It took them about thirty seconds, before the could make the outline of a giant ship.
Johnny and Yosahu came running out of the Marry's kitchen.
"Hey big bro Zoro." Said Johnny.
"Looks like a giant ship is headed this way." Said Yosaku.
"We can see that." Replied Zoro.
A big gust of wind blew through, and blew the fog away. When the fog had cleared, everyone could see who the ship belonged to.
"Luffy! We have to get out of here now. That is Don Krieg's ship. Not even you can beat him." Said Nami.
"I told you already, we are not going unless Sanji comes with us." Replied Luffy. "Johnny, Yosaku look after the ship."
"Yes big bro Luffy."
Luffy walked back inside, and saw people in the restaurant, were freaking out. Even the cooks were freaking out.
"Oh no Patty, Don Krieg has come to take revenge for you beating up on of his men." Said a cook named Carne.
"Come on, hasn't he got something better to do?" Said Patty.
Soon the giant galleon (which was ten times the size of Baratie) pulled up next to the restaurant.
"Hey guys, look at the ship, it looks like it's been through a big storm." Said Sanji.
"Yeah, you're right Sanji. Nearly looks like a ghost ship." Said Patty.
Everyone heard the sounds of footsteps, looked out the window and saw a shadow of a man walk past. The main door opened, and revealed Gin, helping a larger man stand. This man was none other than Don Krieg.
"Please, help my Captain, he hasn't eaten in days." Said a nearly crying Gin.
"What! Why would we help him?" Asked Patty. "He will kill us if he gets his strength back."
"I won't." Said Don. "Please, I will not do anything. I haven't eaten in days, I can't even remember the last time I ate."
Don let go of Gin, and fell to the floor.
"Please I need food." Said Don.
"Don Krieg you're the ruler of the east blue, the strongest man alive, you should not beg for food." Said Gin.
Suddenly a bowl, full of fried rice was placed in front of Don. Don looked up to see Sanji.
"Eat up." Said Sanji.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING SANJI!" Yelled all the cooks.
Luffy knew what Sanji was doing, and smiled.
Don reached out for the bowl, and started to stuff his face, and muted. "Thank you."
Everyone had stood there in shock for a minute before Patty yelled out.
"You idiot Sanji! That was probably the only time Don Krieg would be weak enough for the marine's to get him."
Don quickly finished his meal. As soon as he did, he stood up and went to punch Sanji, but Luffy was not going to let that happen. As Don's fist was about to hit Sanji's face, Luffy appeared in-between the two, and punched Don in the chin, coursing him to fall back. Sanji had been knocked over, but was not hurt.
"What! That kid just decked Don Krieg!" Shouted everyone.
"That's not very nice, trying to punch the man who saved your life." Said Luffy.
XXX
All the customers in the restaurant freaked out, and ran out the back door, to the cruise ship that had brought them here.
"Look at that. everyone's freaking out." Said Zoro.
"Hey you." Called Nami, to one of the customers. "What's happening?"
"Someone punched Don Krieg, and now he's going to get angry and destroy this place." Answered a man.
"Who punch him?" Asked Nami.
"Some kid in a suit and a straw hat." Replied the man as he ran off.
"Well, I think Luffy's going to die." Said Nami.
"Come on Usopp lets go have a look." Said Zoro.
XXX
Don Sat up and laughed. "Haha, you cocky little shit, I will teach you a lesson later, first I need to feed my men. Listen up cooks, I have about hundred men left on my ship, go cook some food for them."
"What you're asking us to feed the men who are going to kill us, do you know how stupid that sounds?" Yelled Patty.
Sanji stood up and started to walk away.
"Hey Sanji where do you think you're going?" Asked Patty.
'The kitchen, I have got a hundred more meals to make today." Replied Sanji.
Suddenly Sanji found himself surrounded by cooks holding knifes at him.
"What the hell Sanji." Yelled Patty.
"Are you one of Don Krieg's spies or something?" Asked Carne.
"No, I'm a cook, and it's a cook's job to feed the hungry." Said Sanji.
"Out of the way punks." Said Zeff.
Zeff was holding a giant bag, and placed it at Krieg's feet.
"There are about a hundred meals in here, take it to your men." Said Zeff.
"Head Chef Zeff, what are you doing?" Asked Carne.
"Yeah, why are you acting like Sanji?" Asked Patty.
"Shut up!" Yelled Zeff.
"You're him, aren't you. You're Red Foot Zeff." Said Don.
Zeff didn't say anything, he just looked at the ground.
"Red Foot Zeff your the pirate who sailed the Grand Line for over a year, and lived to tell the tail." Said Krieg.
"Yes I am Red Foot, but I haven't been a pirate for years, I chose the life of a cook." Said Zeff.
"So the famous cook Captain has become nothing more than are common chef." Said Krieg. "Looks like you become a cook, because you have lost your beloved leg. It was said that you got your name because, your foot was stained red from the blood of your enemies. And now that your leg is gone, you are defenceless."
"I don't care about my leg, as long as I have my hands for cooking, I am happy." Said Zeff.
"You must have a log book, about your time in the Grand Line. If you do, give it to me so I can go back to the Grand Line." Said Krieg.
"Back? Is that way your ship is destroyed?" Asked Zeff.
"Yes, I had everything, a big crew, enough ships, even me the strongest man in the world, but we were only there for seven days before this happened. The only thing I was missing was information. If I have that, then I will easily conquer the Grand Line, find the One Piece, and rule over this great Pirate era.
"Hold up." Said Luffy. "Only one man is strong enough to find the One Piece, and be King Of The Pirates."
"Oh really, and who might that be?" Asked Krieg.
"Me." Said Luffy, as he pointed his thumb at himself.
"You are just a stupid cocky little kid, I should kill you right now." Said Krieg.
"Hey Luffy, you doing all right in here?" Asked Zoro.
Zoro and Usopp had entered the restaurant from the back door.
"Yeah Luffy, just lets us know if you need any help, and us awesome fighters will jump in." Said Usopp, as his knees shook violently.
"Don't worry guys, I can take this clown by myself." Said Luffy.
Krieg became angry, and ripped off his overcoat, to reveal his gold wootz steel armor. Suddenly guns appeared out of his shoulder plates.
"I'm going to send you to an early grave kid." Said Krieg.
The Guns on his shoulders then returned to their hiding place.
"But first, I'm going to feed my men. I am coming back, I'm going to take this ship to replace my one, and I want the log book. That's all I'm after, so if you people don't want to die, leave now."
Krieg then left the ship.
"I'm Sorry Sanji, I didn't mean for this to happen." Said Gin.
"You have Nothing to be sorry about sailer." Said Zeff.
"Boss why do you sound like you a taking Sanji's side?" Asked Patty.
"Yeah, he's going to put you out of business." Said another cook.
"YOU FOOLS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT." Yelled Zeff. "None of you knows what it's like, to be on the brink of starvation. It's the worst thing that a man can face."
"What? I don't know what you're talking about Boss." Said Carne.
"The deference between all of you and Sanji is that Sanji knows." Said Zeff. "And if all of you are just going to stand around grumbling, leave this place and never come back.
Everyone was quiet for a few seconds, before Patty grabbed a large knife.
"I for one, am going to stay and fight, I couldn't live with myself, if I left." Said Patty.
The rest of the cooks, started grabbing weapons, and saying that they would stay and defend their home.
"What are you all doing!" Yelled Gin, as he hit the floor with his hands. "You do relies this is Don Krieg you are going to fight, nobody can defeat him, he is the strongest man in the world. Don't throw away your lives."
Everyone heard knuckles cracking, and turned to look at Luffy.
"Ok guys, Don has annoyed me now. You guys save his life, and in return he wants to steal your ship. Just leave everything to me. I will beat up his whole crew." Said Luffy.
"You are crazy kid!" Yelled Gin. "He will kill you, in under a second. He is the strongest man alive."
"Just trust me, all right. But I do have a question for you. How did your ship get like that?" Asked Luffy.
Gin lowered his head, thinking about how what he had seen on the Grand Line.
"It was the most terrifying thing I have ever seen. It was on the seventh day of being on the Grand Line. Our fleet of fifty ships was destroyed by one man."
Usopp, and all the cooks freaked out at Gin's words.
"This man just started sinking ships left right and centre, and his eyes, his eyes were like that of death, sort of like a hawk."
Now it was Zoro's turn to freak out. Zoro started to sweat and shake.
"That can be none other than, Hawkeye Mihawk." Said Zeff.
"You must have done something to piss him off." Said Usopp.
"No, we didn't do anything." Replied Gin.
"You probably woke him up from a nap." Said Zeff.
"But why would someone do something like that?" Asked Gin.
"Because he can." Replied Zeff.
"Luffy! Do we have to go to the Grand Line?" Asked Usopp.
Luffy did not answer Usopp, for he was in his own world.
Suddenly Luffy shouted. "The Grand Line sounds so awesome, I can't wait to go back!"
Everyone look at Luffy, and Shouted. "What! You have been to the Grand Line?"
Luffy then realised what he had said, and decided to run with it.
"Yeah, I've been there before. I spent five years there." Said Luffy.
"WHAT!" Everyone yelled.
Luffy ignored everyone and walk outside, for he sensed Nami doing something he didn't want her to do. Suddenly there was shouting, coming from Don's ship. Luffy looked at it, and saw that it had been cut in half. Not long after Zoro and Usopp had joined Luffy outside, for the cooks were trying to stop the restaurant from sinking with the galleon.
"Big bro Luffy." Said two voices.
Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro looked into the water, and saw Johnny and Yosaku.
Luffy lowered his head, for he knew what had happened.
"Hey are you two alright? Where's Nami?" Asked Zoro.
"I don't know how to tell you this." Said Johnny.
"Big sis Nami, has stolen the ship, and all the treasure." Said Yosaku.
"She did what!" Yelled Usopp and Zoro.
"That bitch, I will kill her." Said Zoro.
Luffy got angry and Yelled. "Shut up Zoro, you will do no such thing."
"But Luffy, she.."
"I KNOW WHAT SHE DID. And I know why she did it, and I'm not angry with her."
Luffy then looked out to sea, and could see the Marry in the distance.
"NAMI!" Shouted Luffy at the top of his lungs.
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"I'm sorry Luffy." Nami said to herself.
Then suddenly she heard him shout. Even though she was so far away, she still heard him.
"Nami!"
Nami fell to her knees, and started to cry. "I'm sorry Luffy, I have no choice. Luffy."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Sorry guys, this chapter had taken longer for me to write than I had planned.
Hope you all like it though and please let me know how I'm doing.
I have big plans for this story, for I'm getting to the part where I wanted to change this up.
To give a hint of whats to come. Ragnar will return in the next chapter. How will he change thing, find out soon.
So till next time.