Sanji was very silent as he stood over the tiny stove that came with the ship.

As it had turned out, not only had this little ship been filled to the brim with cola for fuel, but it had also been fully stocked with every-thing Sanji could need for his cooking, particularly there was a ton of meat.

The little ship was now just riding on the currents, to safe them in fuel.

"Oi Sanji." Luffy poked his head down in the kitchen. "When do we eat?" he asked.

"Soon." Sanji murmured. "Just be patient." Secretly Sanji was very thankful that he was able to cook now, it gave him a break, allowed his head to relax and was sending calm waves through his body, almost as if he was following the ships movements over the ocean, and that transferred to his calm chopping.

"Sanji?" Luffy blinked. "Every-thing okay?" he asked.

"This ship.." Sanji exhaled deeply, calmly blowing out a cloud of smoke as he did so. "It runs on cola." He noted.

"Yeah." Luffy nodded. "So?" he asked.

"I've only ever heard of one person whom could build cola engines." Sanji observed as he very relaxed took out his smoke and ashed it in an ash tray very conveniently put out to him where he could reach it. "Trouble just is, he vanished over a decade ago. No one knows where." Then he turned to Luffy and looked him straight in the eyes, not letting Luffys eyes go. "Riiiight Luffy?" he asked sternly, which made the question sound way more like a command than a question.

"Yeah I guess so." Luffy nodded in a big smile. "But don't worry." He stated as he held up a hand. "I'm sure that ones we find Thousand Sunny he'll pop up." He told. "That is what we have to do, find Sunny and he'll come."

Sanji blinked. "Are you sure?" he asked. "I mean, he must have had his reason to just.. well what-ever he did."

Luffy how-ever blinked as he simply grinned and reached for the tray with shell-fish on it. "I'm just going to set the table." He stated as he turned.

"NO, WAIT, LUFFY!" Sanji exclaimed as he let go of the knife and turned around. "DON'T!"

And all-ready Luffy had tripped nearly dropping all of the food. If it wasn't for Sanji whom had just managed to catch the food before it hit the floor.

"Luffy." Sanji exhaled deeply as he closed his eyes, obviously trying to calm himself.. Though 'trying' would be the key word at that time. "Just.. go out and rest before dinner, please!" he asked.

Up on deck Chopper in his brain point and Donnie blinked as they heard the loud crashes and voices from down in the kitchen.

Donnie blinked. "So…" he hesitated. "That's the great Straw-hat Luffy?"

Chopper nodded.

"He's a lot different from what I would have imagined." Donnie hesitated.

Chopper sighed deeply. "Yeah, he is.. Completely his own." He finally told, leaning his head in his hoofs over the table.

"I would also think being captured by pirates would be different." Donnie at last confessed.

"What do you even know about Pirates?" Chopper asked Donnie as he looked up at the younger Doctor.

"Well, supposedly pirates are the deadliest most dangerous people that exist, they have no moral values and no mercy, a pirate will have no mercy and no regard for life." Donnie listed, then look at Chopper and blushed embarrassed as he looked down on the table.

Amused Chopper shook his head. "I hope you see now that not all pirates are like that." He laughed amused.

Slowly Donnie nodded his head.

"pirates are just like marines, they are all individuals, some pirates are nasty and evil, I've met plenty of them. But just as many of them are cool people wanting to help." Chopper told in a smile. "Like the straw-hat crew, all we did was helping a ton of people, the marines just weren't that happy about giving us credit." He told in a chuckle.

Slowly Donnie looked up at Chopper.

"And the marines are like that to, lots of marines are great people whom has done great things." Chopper noted. "But some of them are mean and only think off their own fortune, both worlds are just made up from that, a lot of different human beings." He pointed out in a smile. "What makes pirates so different is that we are just a lot of small ships having nothing to do with each other, whom refuses to follow the rules a government has decided upon, but follow our own set of moral values." He told. "The straw-hat value set is very simple, we'll do any-thing to help our friends and nakamas, so you don't have to worry at all, since you are our friend." He told in a grin.

Donnie blinked. "You erh.. have a lot of friends?" he asked.

"oh yes! All over the world ocean." Chopper laughed. "where-ever we went, it was like we would make new friends, all the time." He told in a smile. "And we helped so many people, in alabasta, we were there helping defeat Crocodile, or sky island. Oh first time I even met Luffy, he saved my home island, drum island, from Warpol, this really mean nasty king whom wanted to destroy the villages around the island, just so he could take over the power."

"Wow." Donnie sat back. "That.. that sounds amazing." He at last told.

"So you see, just because I am a pirate, doesn't mean I am evil." Chopper told. "So I hope you don't mind that I am a reindeer with a blue nose, whom can transform talk and walk upright, and a pirate."

Donnie shook his head. "Not at all, in fact.. Now I just look up to you even more." Donnie told. "When I was a kid, and said I wanted to be a great doctor, people kept telling me to quite, that I am to dumb, to clumsy, to all over the place." He told. "I read about your research, how you based your medicine on not just what one island said, but combined all islands different techniques to find so many more cures." He grinned. "It actually makes sense now, that you were a pirate, that's how you went to different islands and discovered all of those different remedies isn't it?" he asked. "That's why I joined the marines myself, right after having graduated as a doctor." He told pointing at himself in a proud smile. "I always wanted to see the different uses up close, at their natural islands." He grinned. "You inspired me all-ready then, but to know now, you made it from being just a reindeer, and go so far. It's so inspirational." He told in a smile. "I feel like I can do any-thing now, thank you Chopper." He told bowing his head in a respectful bow.

Chopper shook his head. "Don't do that." He asked, making Donnie look up again. "Listen to me." He told capturing Donnies eye. "Right now you are a pretty good doctor, some day you are going to be a great one! I can tell!" he told in a smile. "I'll be looking so much forward to discuss medical discoveries with you in the future!" he stated in a big laugh.

"Eh.. Eh.. Eh.." Donnie looked wide-eyed at Chopper then exclaimed. "BAKA! I don't cry because I am so happy! Your shitty compliments doesn't make me happy, just because you are my hero, don't think this means any-thing to me."

"You shit head, then what was that entire speech about!?" Chopper exclaimed. "As I would be the least bit touched by such a shitty story, I don't get happy just because you compliment me!" he yelled.

And then they both leaped forward and hugged each other, crying.

At that moment Sanji stepped in with a tray in his hand. "Oi you two." He called to them. "Can you stop being idiots all-ready and help set the table, dinner is ready." He told.