CHAPTER 1

With long strides that made virtually no sound at all, a tall man in black suit, black shoes a even black shirt and tie, walked along the streets of Sabaody. The man had blond hair with one eye visible and wore sunglasses if you looked closely you could also see a swirly eyebrow.

This man was Sanji Vinsmoke the cook of the Strawhat pirates and even a prince of a technical kingdom called Germa 66. A kingdom he wanted to leave behind forever, but unfortunately because an encounter with a certain warlord 2 years ago was brought back into his life again.

Upon remembering the first realization where he landed 2 years ago Sanji clenched his fist so hard his knuckles cracked and some Sakki (killing intent) started to leak out of him making people around him sweat, the air got hotter as the memory was played in Sanjis mind. Upon hearing gulping and squeaking, he realized the people around the street were frozen solid because of him. With a sigh he calmed himself and the air cooled off, people around him could now breathe easier but were still looking at him and not moving an inch. Realizing he caused a scene even though he was supposed to blend in, he decided that he needed to move along fast.

Debating with himself for a moment, he saw at the end of the street, he froze, a flash a of a white and blue uniform of the Navy, he decided to use the fastest method releasing the a wave of observation haki as a sonar he let it travel across the island until he picked up five signals he knew well enough even before he could use haki that well.

As he saw more and more Navy uniforms gather at the end of street he bent his knees and with a combination of techniques called Skywalk and Flash (marines technique Shave) was in the air and above the streets of the city in an instant. With another kick of Skywalk he was already barreling at speeds that could only be seen by those who have skill and have train similar to him.

As he barreled through the sky he could sense those signals he sensed even better. A small smile crossed his face as recognized the five singles and even 2 more he sensed heading towards the others. As he started see the boat of his crew in the distance a flash of alarm hit his senses. A number of hostel singles was following the other two signals and heading towards the others. A cold expression came across his face as he decided to use one of his strongest new techniques to cut the time of his journey.

The five members of the Strawhat pirates on board the new and improved ship Sunny were happily enjoying their reunion. Chopper and Usopp were listening to Franky as he showed them all the features the ship as well as his new body. Brook the happy and pervy skeleton was playing a relaxing tune near the helm as he observed for any new arrivals of their crew. Nami and Robin were talking about the times they spend and the experience they gained.

They were just done exchanging their past stories as Nami said " Well it certainly will be nice to have all of us in one place again." Robin smiled "Yes it certainly will." as Nami turned to look at the other crewmates onboard the deck "Well now that we are together again. It's certain that we will be attracting more attention of the marines and other pirates alike." her counterpart just laughed "Yes it will be more exciting from now on." Nami let loose a sigh "Exciting yeah right. I enjoyed these 2 years of our crewmates staying low and being any more wanted that they already are." As Nami waited the response of her crewmate she was met with silence and a question "Miss Navigator perhaps you missed the two news reports about one of our crewmates during these 2 years ?".

Nami turned to Robin and was going to question her more, as Brook from helm called "Yohoho! Two more of crewmates are coming and they are bringing company with them." The Strawhats turned to the shore and saw their captain and swordsman running towards them and a few meters behind were a horde of marine and even some pacifistas.

Nami quickly turned to Brook and Franky " Prepare to leave quickly! I do not want us to stay here and find more trouble than they already had." The others quickly set about doing just that. Nami now turned to Robin "You were saying about the news i missed? Did Luffy upset someone again?" Robin shock her head "It was not our captain making news, but rather our cook" Nami was left shocked. Luffy and maybe to a smaller degree Zoro always left the biggest impact or damage wherever they walked.

She was about to ask further, as she heard the sound of an elastic arm stretching and soon their smiling captain was onboard "Hey guys! Great to see everybody again.". Usopp and Chopper rushed to him with the former complaining "Jeez Luffy do we have to fight the marines as soon as we met up with you again?" their captain just smiled "Sorry guys. But do not worry Zoro said he would take care of them before we leave and that I should just go ahead." as they looked ahead the saw Zoro had drawn two swords was now walking towards the marine coming towards them. As the marines were getting closer to him and some pacifistas were already starting to charge up their beams, Zoro took a stance and yelled "Santoryu: Nigiri Toro Samon ! " a great slash traveled diagonally across the whole group of marines. The pacifistas were in front of the marine and that probably saved the marines lives as the pacifistas we cleaved in half meanwhile the marines were flung back toward the woods. The strawhats with the exception of Luffy and Robin were gawking at the sight as Usopp mumbling "Of course those two were going to get even stronger over the 2 years. Monsters are just monsters."

Zoro sheathed his swords and walked slowly towards the boat. As he jumped from the shore on the boat he said "Ok now we can go. Just had to take care of a few weaklings. Felt good to stretch though." As Luffy just laughed and the others smiled Franky reported "Ok captain we are ready to head out!" As Luffy was about to respond Usopp interrupted " Hey! Wait a minute Sanji still has not arrived yet." Luffy just smiled "Do not worry, Sanji is very close right now." Some of the Strawhats were not completely convinced. Zoro who had his eyes closed and was sitting with his back to the main mast, suddenly opened his eye and looked towards the stream of the river leading to the open seas. "Luffy the shitty cook." "Yeah I know." He turned to Brook "Lets go to the open sea Sanji is there already."Not seeing any reason to question the captain the skeleton steered the ship towards the open waters.

Usopp and Chopper still a bit nervous asked again "Luffy are you sure about this?" their captain was smiling and was about to respond when the sound of cannon fire and then thunder reach them. "Haha! Looks like Sanji found some more marines." The sound of cannon fire was beginning the die down as they could even hear the sound of wood breaking and sea swallowing something. "Man, Sanji sure has advanced a lot more than I thought he would. Why do you think Zoro?" the swordsman did not respond with usual snark respond about the mentioned cook, but was still looking towards the channel and the open sea which was getting closer.

The lack of his usual response to anything related towards Sanji was not lost to the other especially Nami who turned to Robin "Whats with him? He usually never lack a comment on Sanji" as Robin watched the quiet swordsman "Hmm… perhaps our swordsman sensed some more changes in our cook then he inspected." Still not sure what was going on here. As they getting closer they could already see the end of the river and the open ocean she remembered something "Robin you said they were reports in the news on Sanji during the 2 years we were apart. What were those about?"

Usopp and Chopper overheard the conversation and and were now paying attention as well. With her devil fruit abilities Robin saw that almost everyone was listening on as well, even Zoro tilted the head slightly towards the ongoing conversation.

Robin slowly continued "The first I heard of Sanji was 8 months after we separated. The official report was that Sanji along with 1 unidentified partner attacked and sunk a middle class marine warship, while it was being guarded by the vice admiral Stainless." The shock after these words were uttered was dawning nobody said a word only Luffy and Zoro were not showing any signs of disbelief. But they were now looking fully at the conversation. As she saw that nobody was even in a position to interrupt ask a question she continued "The official marine report was the attack was unprovoked and that Sanji and his partner just ran off after damaging the ship enough for it to sank. But later on the news report began came from various sources including the paper of Big News Morgan. That the ship was carrying slaves for the Celestial Dragons. The crew of the marine ship was found near the wreckage of the ship, slaves were nowhere to be found and the vice admiral was found heavily damaged with broken ribs and imprints of boots burned on his body." Luffy happily cheered at that "HAHA! That a boy Sanji! Man he must be strong to beat up a vice admiral. I fought against some at Marineford, man they were quite strong." Even Zoro commented on the story "Hmm! Stupid cook probably barely beat that guy. But at least he did something good for a change." Nami, Usopp and Chopper turned rock solid and could not speak at the news. Brook was less effected at the news"Yohoho! Our cook sure still remains the knight in shining armor." He remembered Sanji instinct to protect women especially. If they were any women slaves among on the ship he was sure Sanji would not rest until he freed them all and beat up whoever put them there. He was also curious what else has the cook been up too. So he asked: "Robin-san what was the other news you said read about Sanji ?"

Robin continued "The second news came about 5 months ago. The report was delivered by numerous news sources, but none of the official World government news commented on it. It was said that Sanji came to blows with leaders of the marine's special unit G5 vice admirals Smoker and Vergo. The fight was reported to have taken place on island that contained several warehouses, which stored supplies for different navy projects. The reports differ slightly here. But the main things that were concluded are that Sanji was equal to both of them in combat for a while. After some time Smoker for unknown reasons left battlefield leaving Sanji and Vergo to finish their battle that was reported by the reports of G5 members' that witness the fight from some distance. The battle with ended with Sanji winning with, as the reports have said, using some technology to transform himself to a different costume. The costume drew comparisons to the technological kingdom of Nort Blue called Germa 66."

The name drew attention of Brook "Germa! They are some of the most lethal assassins in the world. Their costumes are their trademark. How on earth did Sanji get one of those suits?! " Robin let lose a sigh; she saw that most of her crew were at their wits end with all the information they were getting. She decided to conclude the story fast as they were just about to hit the open sea: "Sanji got the suit as was apparently his birthright. He is the third born son of the king of Germa 66. "

Even Zoro and Luffy were a bit shocked at that " Wow really? Sanji is a prince or something like that " Robin confirmed " Yeah he is by birth. But the reports say he forfeited his right and after a brief encounter left the Germa 66. Though it was later found out he had one of those suits with him. These facts on top of his exploits drove his bounty up again."

Chopper, Nami and Usopp were catatonic at this point. But Zoro heard something that picked hi interest "Bounty rose again? Did that shitty cook get a higher bounty?" Robin smiled a bit at the still his own normal way Zoro looked on Sanji. "Yes with each of these two deeds Sanji got a new higher bounty."

She pulled out two pieces of paper from her bag and unfolded them for the others to see: "The first bounty after the attack on ship." The wanted posted showed a normal picture of Sanji smoking a cigarette with small beard as the only difference. But the bounty number stood out the most it spelled 177 million beli. " Luffy smiled "Wow that's a big raise from his previous one. " Zoro just had tick on his face " That damm cook got a higher bounty then me,"

Luffy laughed at that remark "Hey Robin you said he got a second one as well " Robin nodded and unfolded the second paper "This is the second bounty he got. After this one some the news reporters called him the 12th supernova of the Worst generation. This one got his full name as well and picture of him in his costume that he defeated Vergo in." The poster revealed Sanji from the waist up with his arms crossed in full costume. Under the picture it said: Sanji "Black leg/Stealth black" Vinsmoke bounty 377 million beli.

The paper was snatched by Zoro as he glared at it with a tick mark on his face "That damm pervert will not let me hear the end of it." Luffy just laughed at that "Ha-ha do not worry Zoro, I am sure you will get higher bounty as well soon." the almost catatonic part of the crew (Usopp, Nami and Chopper) was slowly getting their bearings together.

"We are in the open now." came from Brook at the helm. The ship finally exited the stream and came upon an a sight of two sinking and shattered navy ships, small boats full of navy officers heading towards the third navy ship some distance away were also seen.

"Sanji must have taken these ships out while we were heading to the open sea." Luffy noted as observed the damaged ships. Zoro walked next to him and looked at the closes shattered ship that was looked like someone wanted to fold it in half "Yeah. The way the ships are shattered looks like someone struck them with force."

As the others we looking the wreckage, Chopper sounded off:"Man Sanji sure is strong. But where is he?" as the some of the others started to look around for their missing member. A smell started travel along the boat and Luffy was the one who smelled it first "I smell meat !" he bolted to the other side of the ship.

As the other followed the heared."Oh wow its Hancocks ship. Hey look there he is! Sanji!" the others hurried and saw a pirate ship of the Amazon Lily some distance away. The members of Amazon Lily were gathered on the main deck, which had giant fish roasting on a spit.

But the main focus of the Strawhat pirates was a tall man turning the spit, he had his ever present cigarette in his mouth and sunglasses on. He looked over the fish a bit and turned towards them: " Yo. The fish is almost done anyone want some ?".