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Chapter 16: The Perverted Cook Strikes!

"Wow…" Was all Luffy could say as he gazed at the new and improved Going Merry. After they were all finished eating, Merry had guided the Straw Hats to see the ship in which they'll be staying in for in indefinite amount of time. It seemed that Merry this time had outdone himself. This version of the Going Merry looks majestic in every sense of the word. Much bigger than the first one and more stocked up as well. Luffy wondered if his bounty hunter friends had anything to do with this particular improvement. 'Eh, knowing how different this timeline is compared to my first one, they probably are the ones that helped Merry make the Going Merry into this.' Luffy thought offhandedly as he could see the expressions on his crewmates faces.

Everyone of his crewmembers sans Usopp and Kaya have varying expressions of awe as they gaze upon their new home. They then looked towards Usopp and Kaya, who looked on at their expressions as if they were expecting it.

"Hope you like what you see my dear friends." Kaya said as she jumped onto the deck of the ship, with Usopp following her lead soon after.

When the rest got up on the deck, Usopp began showing them around the Going Merry, showing them where certain places are such as the kitchen, sleeping quarters, bathroom, training room, and the anchor room.

As this was going on, Merry tapped Luffy's shoulder and pointed towards the forest. Noticing Merry's serious expression, Luffy nodded at him and followed him.


Later with Luffy and Merry…

"So what is it Merry?" Luffy asked as the two were now deep inside the forest.

"Just keep following me and I'll explain it to you when we get there." Merry stated as he just kept leading Luffy more and more into the forest. They soon reached what appeared to be a burial ground as they can see some sort.

"Why are we here?" Luffy asked, knowing that this place is where the deceased Young Money Pirate crew is. It's been roughly over nine and a half years since he's been here, so might as well pay his respects he thought to himself as he created four bouquets of flowers and laid one for each of the tombs.


Here Lies

'Young Money' West Drizzy

Expy of Lil Wayne, Lil John, Kanye West, and Drake

Former user of the Gold-Gold Fruit

Cocky Jokester who can rhyme well

Best hits are 'Pirate's Paradise' and 'Den-Den Bling'

Like most rapper's, he died young and bloody


Here Lies

'Devil Bomber' Raheem Omar

Drizzy's Hype Man

Really funny and psychotic guy with hilarious accent

Allahu Akbaring his way through each and every battle

Only guy I regret murdering, though his death was hysterical


Here Lies

'Bouncer' Steezy Soulja

Drizzy's Songwriter

Fast-talking and uppity, though very cocky

Really unpredictable, though physically weak

First one with a bounty to die, could've made less of a mess


Here Lies

'Ruiner' Takeuchi Itsuki…

Or what's left of him anyways…

Really annoying faggot who does not know when to shut up

Very predictable, but hard to deal with due to shit devil fruit

Took a lot of pleasure in ending his 'shitty' life


Luffy chuckled as he remembered that Wayne himself chiseled out the descriptions on each of the crewmembers with bounties of the now defunct Young Money Pirates. Though he himself wonders why Wayne put certain things there. After finishing paying his respects, he looked at Merry and motioned him to continue on the way. As they continued walking, Luffy noticed that some of the trees were scorched a bit and that there is a lot of soot all over the ground as well as covering some of the trees. Merry soon led Luffy to an area in the forest that is completely blackened by something.

"What happened here?" Luffy asked in wonder as he walked around the scorched earth.

"*sigh* Kuro happened. His ashes are surprisingly still over there." Merry stated solemnly pointing Luffy to the direction of Kuro's ashes. Seeing as Luffy wants an explanation, Merry continued "Two days ago, I found him in Mistress Kaya's room, with me none the wiser seeing as I hired him and he went by the name Klahadore at the time. I soon gave him a gift from the mistress, expecting him to accept it with open arms like he always had, but then he revealed his true self. It escalated to the point that it ended up with him turning into charcoal by my power." Merry explained as he looked at his right hand.

Luffy narrowed his sights on Merry, wanting more of an explanation to what he is referring to. "What do you mean 'your power'?" Luffy asks seriously as Merry sighs once more before engulfing himself suddenly in blue flames, startling Luffy as he did not expect this.

"This is the power I am speaking of Mr. Luffy." Merry explained as he showed his full zoan form in all its glory. "And I know what you're going to ask me next as well. The answer to your unasked question, I got this devil fruit power from the psychotic orange haired doctor that taught Kaya." Merry explained before he reverted back to his normal, human form. "As to why I brought you here, In his final moments, Kuro stated out something…Unsettling to me. He said that he wouldn't be going out alone, and it only took me a while later until I realized what he meant." He then looked at Luffy with a serious gaze. "Kaya's parents, Edmund and Charlotte, are currently away, doing some business over at an island that is on the other side of the East Blue, with no one that they brought with them capable of protecting them like I can. Kuro may have had someone target them for his own nefarious plan that I have yet to find out." He finished as he looked at Luffy expectantly.

"Okay, so what do I have to do with any of this?" Luffy asked Merry.

"Help me find them and ensure their safety." Merry pleaded as he went down on his knees.

"…It will take a while, just know that alright? Now can you get up? I don't like it when my friends bow to me." Luffy stated, making Merry get back up from the ground.

"Thank you…Luffy." Merry breathed out in relief.

With that out of the way, Luffy extended his Observation Haki as far as he could, searching for Kaya's parents. It only took a couple of seconds before Luffy gave Merry a questioning look.

"Merry?" Luffy asked simply.

"Yes?" Merry responded back.

"You said that Edmund and Charlotte left for a trip correct?" Luffy questioned, making Merry give him a worried look.

"Yes?" Merry once more responded with the same answer.
"Then why are they here on the island?" Luffy revealed a little irritated that all of their concern was for nothing, especially considering that the two came with an extra person. Once whom Luffy is all too familiar with.

"They're here?" Merry asked in shock, to which Luffy nodded in confirmation and pointed towards the direction they are at, which coincidentally is back at the docks from where they originally were.

Merry wasted no time as he transformed into his Zoan-Human Hybrid form(Think of a buffer Merry with more prominent horns, white furry claws, and black feathered wings) and beelined towards the direction Luffy pointed at.


At The Docks…

"Ah, my beautiful, lovely ladies, how the sun pales in comparison to your magnificent radiance. Would you all care to join me for a nice meal?" A blonde man with a curly eyebrow said in a 'romantic' tone of voice as he hit on the five female Straw Hat members, each with different expressions varying from amused to downright disgusted. Behind him, Usopp gripped his bow tightly and Zoro slowly started taking out Shusui, both of them preparing to skewer the man in front of them. More into the background, there were two more people who Luffy could swear were named after some piece of meat. Before they can do so however, their captain came back with Kaya's family's head butler.

"Hey guys! What's going on?" Luffy asked innocently as he looked on at the scene unfolding to Sanji duking it out Usopp, who appears to not appreciate said chef attempting to hit on his girlfriend.

"Oh, you know…the usual." Zoro responded as he pointed behind him where the fight is taking place.

Meanwhile with Merry, he is fretting over the safety and wellbeing of Edmund and Charlotte. "Are you two okay? Nothing came to harm you right?" Merry asked with much worry.

Edmund smiled tranquilly to his head butler as he patted his shoulders as a sign that he is indeed alright. "Do not fret my dear friend, we are fine because of those men over there."Edmund replied as he motioned two of the men, who are known as Carne and Patty, to come where he is standing.

"Uhh…hello there! The name's Patty! And my good friend beside me is Carne! And the…" Patty introduced before slowly turning around to see Sanji kick a projectile back to Usopp. He sweatdropped before turning his attention back to Edmund and Merry. "…Man over there fighting the guy with the bow is Sanji."

"So, what happened?" Merry asked the two men.

"Well…It all started one beautiful morning..." Carne began.


Flashback…

"Remind us again why we have to accompany you to get supplies for the Baratie." Patty complained as he looked on at the horizon.

"Well, for starters, after you and Carne essentially ruined the relationship with the last cargo company willing to ship our ingredients to the Baratie two years ago, we've had to make with what we have and monthly go out from the Baratie to the nearest island and get our supplies from there." Sanji explained before continuing. "Furthermore, the two of you caused the last fight in the restaurant, and as the rule states, 'The last people to be in a fight in the restaurant will be the ones to get our supplies.' you two are responsible for getting the supplies, not me." Sanji finished as he took a drag from the cigarette in his mouth.

"Then why are you here!?" Carne yelled angrily, making Sanji look at him as if he were a just an indignant child.

"Obviously it's to make sure that the two of you don't screw up anything and to make sure you get the best ingredients you can get." Sanji coolly retorted, much to the anger and frustration of both Carne and Patty, seeing as Sanji seems to deem the both of them incompetent for the task. They would've attacked Sanji, but they both know that he is the much better fighter compared to the two. Even if they did have their weapons, he would merely kick the cannonballs out of the way or kick them back at them, like he's done many times before.

The three soon reached the island, and immediately went towards the market. It took a little longer than it should've due to Sanji getting distracted by the local beauties and despite both Carne's and Patty's efforts, they couldn't get him back on track. The two chefs looked at each other, giving a silent message to one another, before nodding in acknowledgement. They looked at Sanji one last time before turning around walking away from him and towards the market.

After about two hours or so rummaging throughout the market, the sounds of gunshots were heard throughout the area. Piquing their interests, Cane and Patty went to investigate the sounds. When their search ended, they were greeted by the sight of a massive group of pirates holding cutlasses and flintlocks with a couple dead people here and there. One burly pirate in particular held a dying butler in his hands by the suit.

"We will only ask one more time! Where are Edmund and Charlotte!" The pirate questioned angrily as he punched the bloodied butler he is currently gripping by neck in the gut, causing said butler to cough out blood and bile.

"I…will not say where they are…for the last time…Even if it means…my death!" The butler proclaimed furiously.

The two chefs at this point had had enough of what they were seeing. Before the pirate holding the dying butler could do anything else, a cannonball hit his head, causing said part to explode upon impact and for the now dead pirate to drop the butler. The entire pirate crew looked at their dead comrade before turning their attention towards the two former-gangsters-turned-chefs, one of which is holding a bazooka, who despite the massive number disadvantage, did not seemed phased whatsoever.

"What do you say to good ol' rough housin Carne?" Patty asked his longtime friend as he reloaded his bazooka.

"It would be a pleasure Patty." Carne remarked as he brandished a large knife from seemingly nowhere.

A wave of grunts soon came at the two, all of them thinking that with their sheer numbers, they'd be able to overwhelm the two chefs. However as with Murphy's Law, Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

"Eat this to your heart's content! Heartburn Steak!" Patty exclaimed as he shot his bazooka, shooting out a dozen fragment bombs, which either killed or severely injured a majority of the grunts that came at them.

As soon as the bombs all blew up, Carne suddenly appeared before the remaining grunts of the first wave. "Enjoy dessert ya bastards!" Carne roared out as weaved through the group with impressive agility and sliced them as if he were a raging twister.

Seeing their comrades either dead or injured in such a little amount of time caused the other pirates to cower in fear. However, they too had some tricks up their sleeves.

"The Nyaban Brothers! They'll beat them for sure!" a grunt from the back yelled happily as two men, one burly and one skinny, front flipped in midair and landed in front of Carne and Patty.

"Let's show these two the true strength of the Black Cat Pirates!" Sham told his brother confidently.

"Indeed brother, let's show these two what happens when you mess with the Black Cat Pirates!" Buchi roared out cockily as the two Cat themed pirates then rushed rather sloppily at Patty and Carne, slightly confusing them. Once they got close enough, the Nyaban Brothers suddenly unleashed their true speed and snatched Patty's bazooka and Carne's large knife, surprising the two chefs.

"You damn bastards! Give us back our weapons!" Yelled out Patty as he rushed Sham, who held his bazooka.

"That's right! They are rightfully ours!" Roared out Carne as he ran after Buchi, who had his giant knife.

"Well…If you want them back so badly…" Buchi began.

"…Then come and get them!" Sham finished as they rushed the two chefs in order to finish them off.

"Jeez, I leave the two of you for a nice chat with the local lovelies and you guys get yourselves into a mess like this." a voice suddenly spoke out. The Nyaban Brothers didn't even have a chance to react to the new voice as their heads were kicked into the concrete below them. Lo and behold, enter Sanji.

"We kept trying to get you to come with us, but noooooooo! You just had to think with your dick now didn't you!?" the two chefs exclaimed in surprising unison.

"Tch. Whatever, just tend to the butler over there, I'll take care of the rest." Sanji stated as he ran towards the now frightened pirates, who were too afraid to do anything. "Party Table Kick Course!" Sanji said half-heartedly as he went through each and every single one of the Black Cat Pirates, knocking them out in a matter of seconds.

"Okay, may you two shitty cooks tell me what happened here?" Sanji requested. Before he can get his answer however, the chefs were interrupted by girly scream. They turned towards the direction they heard the sound and saw a man wearing heart-shaped glasses laying on the floor holding his nads in great pain as a rich looking woman kept kicking him down until he knocked out via too much pain while another man with two butlers looked on with an expression that mixed amusement with worry. The three chefs walked up to the four people, with their footsteps getting their attention.

"Are the three of you part of their group as well?" Questioned Charlotte coldly as she stood defensively in front of her husband, while the two butlers hesitantly stood defensively in front of her.

"Calm down lady, we are the ones that took care of most of them. Also, here's you butler." Patty explained as he handed them their bloodied butler.

"Rover…" Edmund lamented solemnly as he held the dying, unconscious man in his arms. He immediately got his two other butlers to go to the nearest clinic or hospital with him following them shortly after giving a short and curt thank you.

"What happened to our butler?" Charlotte softly asked as tears ran down her cheeks.

"From what we saw miss, the pirates were apparently looking for you and your husband, for reasons we don't know." Sanji said as he gave Charlotte a comforting pat on the shoulder. "If you'd like, the three of us can temporarily be your bodyguards to ensure this doesn't happen again." Sanji continued on as he gave her a gentle smile.


Flashback End…

"After that, we went to get our supplies, sent all of the pirates to local marines, then we guarded them for the next couple of days, and now here we are." Carne finished the explanation to Merry.

"Wait what happened to Rover?" Merry asked as he wasn't told what happened to his fellow butler after beatdown he was given. As if the world heard his question, two butlers brought out a wheelchair holding the injured butler, who despite looking worse for wear, is alive and well. Merry immediately went to help his fellow butlers bring back their injured butler to the mansion, leaving Carne, Patty, Edmund, and Charlotte on their own.

Meanwhile, Luffy looked on in amusement as he gazed upon the ensuing battle between Usopp and Sanji. 'Usopp really did improve a whole lot since I've last seen him. I'm actually not surprised he can hold his own against Sanji and Zoro, seeing who trained him.' Luffy thought to himself as he decided to intervene between his chef and sniper. Luffy jumped between them the moment their strikes were about to hit each other, blocking them and surprising Sanji and Usopp by his sudden display.

"Luffy!?" They both exclaimed in unison before glaring at each other once more.

"Now now guys, let's play nice with each other and calm down. We're nakama after all." Luffy explained, causing Usopp and Sanji to look at each other cautiously before Usopp turned away with a huff.

"As long as he's not hitting on Kaya, I won't have any problems with him." Usopp said.

"Hey, I am just admiring our beautiful maidens. Why would you get vicious with me for hitting on your single friend?" Sanji questioned, causing something within Usopp to snap.

"SHE'S NOT SINGLE!" Usopp snapped, causing many of his fellow crewmates to look at him in shock and surprise, except for their captain who chuckled in amusement in the background. "I…Uhhh…What I mean to say is…" Usopp weakly tried to say as all of his bravado suddenly left him. Kaya got surrounded by the rest of the females in the group as they wiggled their eyebrows at her suggestively, making Kaya blush in embarrassment. Luffy and Zoro both simultaneously went behind a red-faced Usopp and gave him a pat in the back in acknowledgement.

Sanji, on the other hand, jaw dropped at the revelation, wondering how such a delicate, beautiful woman got with him of all people. Despite this thought running through his mind, he realized that if the long nosed man truly makes her happy, then it is alright. Sanji sighed as he took out a cigarette and lit it, enjoying the taste it gives as he takes a puff. 'So this is the crew I joined huh?' Sanji thought as he saw everybody heading back towards the mansion without a care in the world.

Sanji smiled.

'This is SO worth it.' Sanji thought pervertedly as he gazed at his female crew member's asses.


Well then... Our favorite chivalrous pervert cook is here and that's pretty much gonna be all of the people that are going to be joining from the East Blue. I will write a couple more chapters, and BOOM! The new and improved Strawhats are going to the Grand Line, with a couple surprises here and there.

That's gonna be all for today and make sure to favorite, follow, and review!

Forzarismo

December 11, 2016

A/N: The beginning is one massive hope spot. Interpret it however you want.