Luffy leans back into his seat, glancing around at the floating restaurant. This place was starting to become a little home base for him, he loved the food and the doctors know about him being rubber so there was not much to explain to them.
The three sisters had given him a lot of the hamster-dogs drool to take with him, making his recovery much much faster than he should have been. He frowned as he saw the blood in his mind's eyes, pouring out of him and staining the straw on the floor; the hamster-dogs who had been hiding in the piles of straw rushed to him and licked the wounds closed, but he still needed a doctor.
Luffy smiles in remembrance, he had driven the pirates off the island and talked to the town's people with the three sisters. Then he contacted his grandfather.
"Oi did you here about that island?" A diner from the next table said, "The one with the hamster-dogs? They were meant to have had all died out! But there are still a few left!" The man stood and walks away, chatting to his friend about the news.
Luffy grins boldly; it had only been two weeks since he spoke with his grandfather and already things were going well. The old man claimed to have been the one to discover this rare species of hamster-dog, and informed the marines of such. Now the the whole island had been labelled as a protected wild life home.
A small marine base was being build on a rock mass off the shores of the island, which was creating more jobs on the island as well as the town's people getting ready to become a tourist place for people to see these animal.
"That went well..." Luffy mumbles to himself as he glances down at the photos there were placed all over the table, "Grandpa is going to love these!" The hamster-dogs were all around the camera at first, but had gotten used to it and settled down to made many nice photos.
Luffy blinks as he see more people coming in the main doors, it was becoming very busy. "Glad I booked myself in for a room tonight." He says aloud, the restaurant asked people to book in everyday if not they would kick you out the room and tell you to sleep in your ship. "I think I'll turn in for the night." Luffy said as he stood and began to gather his photos together, putting them into a pile.
Luffy walks passed the tables and chairs, over to the counter; he blinks as he noticed the kind blonde who gave him coffee the on his last visit. Smiling brightly he came closer, Luffy had been resting here for the last two weeks but this was the first time he seen the blonde again.
"Hello again! You're that waiter from before!" Luffy said loudly as he leans on the counter, "Thanks for the food! It was great, as always!" Luffy places his money down, which the other man took with one hand.
The blonde was reading and was barely glancing his way, and seemingly not listening. Frowning slightly at this Luffy put his hands flat on the counter and pulls himself up and over the other side; causing the blonde waiter to freeze in his seat. Luffy places his chin of the waiter's shoulder and reads whatever is so interesting.
'That pirate thief...' Luffy thinks as he saw an outline of a woman in the newspaper the man was holding.
"WHAT DO THINK YOU'ER DOING?" The blonde shouts in anger as he bolted out of his seat and turning to Luffy talking normal now, "You're not allowed in this area!"
"I'm Luffy!" Luffy introduced himself as he held out a hand for him to shake, "And you are?"
"Sanji, the sous-chef." Sanji says as he stared at the offending hand with his viable eye, "And you can't be here. Move along." He grabs the grinning Luffy by the back on the collar and dragged him out from behind the counter.
"Thank you for the food, Sanji the sous-chef." Luffy says with respect and gave him a little hand, "I'm going to bed now. Good night!" Sanji huffed a little but Luffy noticed a small smile on his face as he turned back to the counter.
Luffy turned and starts for the stairs that lead to the small rooms the restaurant had for some guests, he climbed the now familiar stairs and heading towards his room. He ran an hand over his healed arm there would be no scars, for some reason after he ate his fruit he never gained any scars after healing.
As he walked down the long corridor, a door opened just a hat walked through. Luffy halts and blinks at the hat which seemed to be moving on it's own. There the rest of it came out, the hat came further and further out and touched the ceiling. Luffy brought his eyes back down from the ceiling and stares at the owner of the tall hat, an old man wearing a chef's uniform.
"Oh? You? Back again? How are you feeling now?" The old man said as his eyes landed on Luffy, he grinned at him.
"I'm good thanks!" Luffy answeres with a big grin showing his teeth, "And thanks for the food! I think this got to be the best restaurant I've ever eaten at!"
"Thank you very much." The chef replies with a proud smirk, "Shame we can't get many staff, people keep leaving us. Even have some of my cooks working up front. If this keeps happen, we may here to close down."
Luffy looked horrific, "What? Close down! You can't do that!" He shouts at the old man, "What's the happen, why can't you keep staff?"
"Some people..." The old chef said with a sigh as he looks around at the walls, "They came here few months ago and asks to build out the place. When I said no they started their own restaurant, they 'scouted' my men and any who come here."
"Mmmmm..." Luffy hums with a deep frown very unhappy about this; but remembers downstairs, "You're busy tonight, you are still doing well."
"Yes but only pirates are coming here now." the chef said to that sadly as he started to walk along, Luffy blinks as he heard a odd sound as he went along and on looking down, he saw the old man had a wooden leg, "Those people are scaring the common people away by hiring their own pirates. I don't know which pirates are causing the trouble, if so I would sort them out myself. I really hope we can manage here, this place is my treasure."
The two fell silent and Luffy saw his room coming up, he stopped outside and turns to the old man. "Night old chef man!" Luffy said trying to keep his grin up, but he was not pleased with the news.
"G'Night. Next time you come, I'll ask you to clean up your own blood." The old man walked off laughing lightly. Luffy watches him until he had gone around the corner, then turned to his door and opens it with the key he was given.
Luffy marches right in and taking off his hat he flops down on the little bed, staring at the ceiling. He places his hat in his line of vision. He thought of the three woman with their hamster-dogs, and the old chef with his restaurant.
'They are all right in saying,' Luffy thinks to himself as he stares intently at the hat, '...that it does not have to be gold for something to be a treasure.' Luffy's eyes narrowed, he was going to find the pirates that was messing with his favorite restaurant. 'I'll sort them out old man.'