Sweat was rolling down Sanji's check. He watched from the sidelines as this little girl demolished all the dishes he had just served her moments ago.

How the hell is this little girl eating all this food so fast?

Little strands of hot ramen noodle poked out from the sides of Bonney's mouth as she stuffed her face with curly fries. This was definitely a girl not shy about eating food all at once. She already devoured two bowls of ramen as well as the five plates of fried rice the cook brought out for her crew. They were lucky enough to wolf down two spoonfuls before their captain got her greedy little paws on it. Two spoonfuls were an accomplishment when it meant dealing with Bonney.

"Curly chef!"

Sanji was twisting the cigarette in his mouth, allowing it sit upon his lips better. He lit it up when he heard the little girl yell out.

Curly chef? I'm assuming that's me.

Waves of smoke surrounded him as made his way to the messy table. Pieces of plate were scattered everywhere and broth was dripping from the sides of the wooden table. His eyebrow twitched with disapproval, it took everything in him to keep his cool.

"Yes, young lady?"

"Where are my cinnamon rolls?"

"They are being pulled out of the oven as we speak."

"Well bring them over already! And I want more fries and ramen!"

"As you wish, my lady."

Smoke flew out his flared nostrils as he made his way to the kitchen. I'm going to have to teach this girl some proper table adequate when I come back. Her manners are shitty. Before Sanji had a chance to walk threw the kitchen's swinging doors he felt the whole restaurant violently shake. He turned in horror to see a part of the dinning room in chaotic disarray.

Baratie was under attack! It appeared that someone or something had sliced open the left side of the dinning room. There was a large split between the floors and most of the walls on that side of the restaurant were missing. Tables and chairs were bashed into pieces but it looked like no one was seriously injured. Sanji ran to the carved out opening, standing on the very edge of floating restaurant to find the culprit attacking his beloved Baratie. He noticed that the restaurant wasn't the only one dealing with the attack, it appeared that a ship right below him had been hit by the same vicious strike. It looked like only the top half of the ship had suffer most of the blow, otherwise it would've started sinking by now.

"Captain Bonney!" he heard someone yell from the deck of this delicious looking ship.

He suddenly felt someone by his side, looking down at the wreckage.

"What the fuck is going on, Charlie?"

What Sanji saw next almost made his heart stop. Right before him had to be one of the most beautiful ladies he had seen in his whole life. Her pink hair danced in the air as rose petals rain upon her. Her moist red lips were saying something but all Sanji could hear was a choir of angels honoring her beauty. She was wearing a very short white shirt that was just barely covering her round and ample breast. Sanji was drooling all over himself and was practically falling off the edge of the restaurant. Who was this woman and where did she come from? An angel? No, a fairy? Surly she is some kind of Goddess?

Bonney paid no attention to the love-crazed cook next to her, she was too busy trying to figure out what had happen to her ship. Before Charlie had chance to respond, she noticed that the green haired prisoner was no longer chained up and was running freely on her ship.

"What in the hell?"

He cut one of her lifeboats loose with his swords and started rowing away in full force.

"It was that bastard! I'm going to fucking kill him!"

Sanji snapped out of his glorious 'prince and princess' fantasy when he noticed the look of distress upon Bonney's face.

Who dares upset this beautiful lady?

He looked towards her general eye direction and saw a shitty green haired guy rowing away in a shitty little boat. Sanji grabbed the woman's hand, comforting it with his soothing fingers.

"Do not worry my fair lady, whatever that man has done to you, I shall make him pay with his very blood."

And just like that, Sanji jumped off Baratie and onto her ship. He ran toward the end of her ship to get a better look at the direction of the escaping criminal.

"Hey! You're suppose to bring me my cinnamon rolls, idiot!"

She looked down and saw that Charlie was already starting on the repairs of her ship.

"And you! You better fix my ship CORRECTLY this time!"

"Excuse me, Captain Bonney?"

It was one of her crewmates standing by her side. She was too upset to be dealing with any more morons around her.

"What is it?"

"You need to see this," said the nervous pirate, handing her his binoculars.

She grabbed them from his hand and looked towards his pointing direction. It was the same direction that stupid little escapee was heading. As her eyes began to focus, balls of sweat began to form on her forehead. She practically dropped the binoculars then and there.

"How the hell can this be happening?"

Zoro's swords were in perfect position, he was just seconds from delivering a taste of his three sword style onto the floors above him, but it appeared that something had beat him to the punch. Like magic, the floors above were split in half and he was able to jump onto the deck of the ship. It was obvious that a very powerful blade struck the vessel, but Zoro couldn't figure who the hell would be able to swing a sword like that in the open seas. As he ran towards the end of the ship, his heart was pounding like never before. It couldn't be…no impossible.

He unwrapped the black bandanna off his left arm and tied it onto his head, allowing a sharp grin to spread across his face. He just couldn't believe his fucking luck.

Mihawk, the Greatest Swordsman in the World, was floating in his little boat in East Blue at the this very moment in time. It looked like he had just taken a whole pirate ship down with one effortless hit. The pirates frantically swam towards the direction of Baratie, away from carnage of their destroyed ship. Bonney's ship and Baratie were lucky enough to be holding out like they did against this particular swordsman's attack.

Zoro was not going to let this opportunity slip from him, he released one of the lifeboats and quickly started rowing towards Hawk-Eyes direction.

I knew this day would come, I just never knew it would come so soon. The pirate hunter thought, swinging the oars round and round. I'm ready. It's time.

Sanji couldn't believe what the fuck he was seeing. That idiot who upset that beautiful woman was going to fight the Greatest Swordsman in the World, and a Shichibukai on top of that.

The green haired swordsman was fighting with all his might, but still couldn't even land one single blow with his three swords. Well, make that one sword now. No use going after him, he is as good as dead. Sanji lifted the burning cigarette from his mouth and pointed it towards the losing swordsman.

"Shithead," he spoke, allowing the smoke to dance around him. "May the devil grant you more mercy than I would of ever shown you."

It was over. Finish. It was an unwelcome defeat, but a defeat nonetheless. Zoro quietly held Wadō Ichimonji, the sword that belonged to Kunia, in his left hand, spreading his arms wide open. He turned towards Mihawk, allowing his chest to face the last and fatal blow from the man's dark blade.

"It's shameful for a swordsman to be hit from behind."

"Well said," declared Mihawk, slicing the defeated swordsman across the chest.

Zoro fell hard into the freezing ocean. Although the sea surrounding him was blue, all he could see is red. Blood was spilling out from the fresh wound, becoming one with ocean before him. Rather than fighting his way back to the surface, Zoro gave in to the force pulling him deeper into the depths of sea. All he could think about was Kunia and the promise they made that faithful night. Bubbles broke out from his mouth, burying his cries. His lung felt like they were on fire. He could feel himself surrendering to unconsciousness, but he still had a blistering grip on Kunia's sword. He was never going to allow himself to lose this katana, even in death.

I don't want it to end like this. Not now. Not on our promise.

Suddenly, Zoro noticed something bizarre happening to him. Instead of sinking further down, something from beneath was pushing him quickly upward to the surface. Zoro couldn't believe it. there must have been a whale beneath him making its way back up for air. Zoro was the first to break through the surface. He tried to breath but he was coughing like crazy. This creature was hard and uncomfortable, but the swordsman was too exhausted and dizzy to move.

But this wasn't a whale. Nor any creature of the deep. This was actually a submarine. A pirate submarine to be exact.

Its door flew open and a polar bear wearing an orange jumpsuit was the first one on the scene. He was looking back and forth, making sure the coast was clear. And everything would be fine, expect for one thing.

"Ahhh," screamed Bepo. "A shark!"

Two other men wearing similar outfits as Bepo, only in white, rushed out to see what the big deal was. Their Captain was very close behind, laying his large katana against his left shoulder as he walked.

"That's not a shark, idiot," declared the man wearing the 'penguin' hat. "That's a human."

"Oh, sorry," apologized Bepo in his most sorrowful manner.

"So weak willed," proclaimed the man wearing a green cap.

All at once, Captain Law stopped walking towards his men and flipped the handle of his katana into his right hand. He was slowly pulling his blade out from its scabbard.

Shit. What the fuck is a Shichibukai doing here?

This was the very last thing he expected to be running into after surfacing in East Blue for the first time. He had no intentions to fight the world's greatest swordsman, but he knew he had to prepare for the worst. Alerted by their Captain's defensive stance, Bepo and the two men turned to see Mihawk "Hawk-Eyes" floating on a boat not too far from their vessel.

"Oh my Oda! We're going to die! We're going to die," the three cried out together. Then, without warning, the injured man below them shot his arm up, pointing his katana towards the sky. They didn't even know this man was still even alive, mass amounts of his blood was spilled all over their deck. Despite the fact that he was pale and trembling, Zoro managed to shout out one more thing before he lost all consciousness.

"From now on, I won't lose to anyone ever again! Until I can defeat that man and become an invincible swordsman, I will never lose again!"

Mihawk had a small grin on his face as he walked towards the seat in the middle of his raft.

"You have to practice both your skill and your heart to become stronger," advised Mihawk. "Dare to challenge me again, Roronoa Zoro! I will be waiting!"

And with that, the Greatest Swordsman in the World sat down and sailed away in a blink of an eye. Law didn't know what to make of what had just happened. He looked down at the unconsciousness swordsman curiously. Mihawk, the fearful and all-powerful Shichibukai, wanted this dying man to challenge him to duel again? The Surgeon of Death returned his blade back to its rightful place and laid it against his left shoulder. Adjusting his cap, Law smirked as turned back towards the entryway of his ship.

"Bepo," he called out. "Bring the man inside."

The three looked dumbfounded at their Captain. Surely, they had heard them wrong. There was no way in hell he was planning to help this dead guy! Yes, it must have been a miscommunication on their part…right? Bepo had to ask just to be sure.

"Captain," question the talking polar bear. "You said, throw him overboard, correct?"

Law was already walking backing inside the submarine.

"Bring him in, Bepo."

The three looked back down at the bloody swordsman for a moment and then back up at each other. There was only one thing and one thing alone running through all three minds at that very moment.

"The Captain's gone mad!"

XD XD XD! Another twist! Alright, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to put this story on pause for a moment :( I've been pretty busy lately. I promise I will try to get another chapter up as soon as I can, I just don't know when that will be. That being said, I'm kind of up in the air about which character to focus on next chapter…so I would love to hear your feedback. Should it be Zoro? Sanji? Nami? And what about Usopp— what's going on with that guy? Let me know and I'll try to make the most out the next chapter :3 Till then, thanks for reading and reviewing!