"Hey, Boss, Chore-boy and his crew got new bounty posters!" Patty said when he came in Zeff's office with that morning's newspaper. "I didn't see one for Sanji, though..." He trailed off, placing the posters on the desk for Zeff to flip through.

"Oh? That's odd, even their pet has a bounty, why would...?" Zeff muttered, until he came to a badly drawn poster and stopped. He spent at least five minutes blinking and staring at the poster from every angle. "Hmm... Patty, look at this one."

"Eh? What about it?" Patty asked, confused. He didn't know who this was. Sure, the name was right, but surely their Sanji wasn't the only person in the entire Five Seas (six if you ask anybody in Paradise or the New World) with the name 'Sanji'?

"Well, the name is right, the moniker would fit with both his fighting style and fashion sense, the eyebrow is even curled..." Zeff said, doubtfully. He wondered if he was trying to find similarities that didn't exist in this picture. Or if somebody was really this horrible of an artist. "And, according to this, this person is a Strawhat." He finished, pointing at the small emblem in the corner that indicated what Jolly Roger this person sailed under, if any.

"Yeah, but with such an impressive bounty, wouldn't they make sure they have a better picture?" Patty was still confused. "I mean, look at the pictures they got of that girl that was with them." He held up Nami's poster. "It looks like they got her to pose like a model! While everyone else is in different fighting poses. Well, except for the pet. Why did they give the pet a bounty?" He was honestly confused on that point.

"Hmm..." Zeff glanced at Chopper's poster. "Could be that the pet isn't a mere pet, but the Marines themselves aren't quite sure what kind of role he fills on the ship." He shrugged and went back to the poster that may or may not be his Lil' Eggplant. "Let me call somebody and ask. Garp should know." He finally muttered. After all, the old Marine had managed to track down Sanji's past way back when they were still recovering from nearly starving on that rock. He never mentioned to Sanji that he knew about Germa 66, and he never questioned why he had been working on that passenger ship in the first place. He figured that who the boys family was, was enough of an explanation on that front.

"Alright, boss. Man, if that is Sanji, I am never going to let him live it down." Patty left, already laughing at the possibility that it was Sanji. He also wanted to let the others know that Sanji might have a bounty already. Of course, he had to explain that they didn't know for sure that it was him because the drawing was so awful. Yes, Carne, drawing. Not picture.

In the meantime, Zeff made his call, and stared at the drawing that he was more and more positive was Sanji. A fond smile crossed his face when he thought of how his boy was doing out there. "Hey, Garp... Yeah, it's me, Zeff. Listen, you might be able to help clear something up for me over here..."

Ten minutes later, he hung up and beamed, staring at the bounty poster in front of him. Yup, it was his Sanji alright. That was a very impressive amount for a first bounty. Not nearly as impressive as Chore-boys had been considering that Sanji had gotten his already half-way through Paradise and Chore-boy got his when he was still in East Blue, but still an impressive amount indeed. And, the lack of a good picture might keep his birth family away for longer. As far as they were concerned, he died years ago, after all.

Smiling, he made his way to the kitchen, the customers were going to get a treat today, he was in a good mood. And when he was in a good mood, there was only one thing he would allow to come from the kitchen, and that was his own food. Using a recipe learned from the Okama Queen of Kamabakaland him/herself.

He knew his boy would make a name for himself, he knew that he could do it.