"Why are you on a pirate ship?", Johnny asks, rightfully confused, "What's going on around here?"

He's not the only one, Lambo stood slightly behind, but to the side of Zoro so he could get a good look at the stranger.

How the heck does Zoro know this guy?

"Shouldn't we be asking you that?", Lambo asks dryly with a raised brow, "Or do you normally attack every pirate ship you see with no explanation?"

"Hey, relax, is everything okay?", Zoro tries to figure out what's going on, "Where's Yosaku?"

"You got to help us big bro! Yosaku's in trouble!", Johnny exclaims before gesturing for the swordsman to follow him.

Lambo peered over Merry's railing to see a small ship hooked to her side with a bloodied man lying on the deck.

"He's been sick.", Johnny explains as waterfall of tears fell down his cheeks.

Zoro pats the guy's shoulder and jumps over the railing, landing on the ship, Lambo followed after him, and grabbed the guy's legs while Zoro carried him by the arms.

Together, with Johnny's help aboard the Merry, the managed to carefully place Yosaku on top of a blanket in the middle of the deck.

"What is it?", Zoro asked Johnny, panicked at the sight of Yosaku.

Lambo can't even imagine what kind of pain the guy is in, much less figure out what sickness he has.

"A couple days ago, he was healthy and full of life, and now?", Johnny cries, holding his head in his hand, "He keeps fainting and going really pale! I have no idea what's causing it!"

"Povero ragazzo.", Lambo muttered as his eyes flickered from the unmoving body and the distraught man before him. (Poor guy.)

"English.", Zoro states, used to Lambo's switch in languages by this point.

"You weren't supposed to understand that.", Lambo shot back, eyes never leaving the two.

"His teeth have been falling out and his old wound opened up and started bleeding!", Johnny continued to list Yosaku's symptoms, "He just got worst and worst, I didn't know what to do."

Again, what the hell did this guy catch!?

"So, I thought, maybe if we just rest on a little island, but then...", Johnny grimaced, "A canon ball came flying from this ship!"

Lambo's eyes flashed as he whirled to the two culprits.

"Idiotas! Non hai controllato che su quell'isola non ci fosse nienta da vivere!?", Lambo shouted with sharp teeth. (Idiots! You didn't check to see there was nothing living on that island!?)

Luffy and Ussop had no idea what Lambo just said, but they could tell that he was angry. They were just panicking that the rock, they thought it was one, they shot had people on it.

"We're so very sorry!", the two exclaimed in unison as they both bowed in apology.

They waited for Johnny's reply, hoping they could be forgiven. Lambo was furiously pacing next to Zoro as he continued to mumble to himself in Italian.

"... Sorry isn't good enough.", Johnny said glumly, more tears and snot dripping down his face, "Isn't that right? Partner!"

Lambo finally stopped pacing, crossed his arms, and pinched the bridge of his nose. He had no idea what to do in this situation and it was seriously bothering him.

"Non dovremmo mai lasciare che quegli idioti si mandino in giro.", Lambo mumbled.

"Repeat that in a language I can understand.", Zoro said pointedly, obviously tired of not understanding what Lambo has been saying in Italian, it doesn't help that he is worried and panicking over Yosaku like the others as well.

"I said, we shouldn't have let those idiots mess with the cannon.", Lambo repeated accordingly, understanding what Zoro was most likely feeling.

"Ah."

"Big bro.", Zoro stiffened at Johnny's call, "Give it to me straight, is he going to die?"

Nami walked past Luffy and Ussops's panicking and stiff forms towards Yosaku and Johnny.

"So dumb.", Nami comments calmly.

Lambo stiffened, unsure how to respond to that.

"Watch it!", Zoro shouts angrily.

But Nami ignored him, kneeling over Yosaku's prone form, grabbing at his tongue and pulling at his eye lid. She pulled a little on his tongue, and Johnny didn't take that all too well. Gripping tightly to her arm.

"Stop it!", he shouts, spit flying from his mouth, "Whatever you are doing, stop it! You are mocking his death! Damn it! You'll-!"

Nami's hand grabbed his face, effectively shutting him up and she pushed him away from her. Freeing her arm from his grip.

"Luffy, Ussop. We have some limes in storage.", she turns to the teary-eyed duo, "What are you doing!? Get them here now!"

This caused the two to stumble and crash into each other as they ran back inside to do as Nami instructed.

Finally, they returned, much calmer than before, with a barrel of limes. They followed Nami's next instructions and both squeezed some limes, dripping their juices into Yosaku's mouth.

"He's got scurvy.", Nami explained somberly.

"Scurvy?", Johnny repeated confused.

Lambo was just happy he wasn't the only one clueless to what's going on.

Nami hummed in confirmation, "If we weren't too late, he should be fine in a couple of days."

Johnny jumped on her in relief, "Really Big Sis!? Really!? Thank you! Thank You Big Sis!"

Lambo's pretty sure that Nami is tired at having spit fly in her face based on her expression and her twitching brow.

And true to his predictions, she shoved his face away once again.

"Please, don't call me that. It sounds so dumb.", Nami said firmly, "Besides, I'm not a magician. This used to be a hopeless disease that plagued sailors, and we just know how to deal with it now. This is caused by a simple lack of plant derived nutrient, like Vitamin C. Back in the old days, they couldn't carry fruits and vegetables because they couldn't store them. We know better now."

So that's scurvy. Lambo never wants to be in that state, so, he promised himself to eat plenty of nutrients during meal times. Well, if Luffy and Ussop don't stuff all the limes in Yosaku's mouth, that is.

Lambo watched in annoyance, and even awe, as Luffy and Ussop continued to stuff the guy's mouth with lots of limes in hopes he will get better sooner. Lambo is actually low-key impressed at how much he could hold.

"Your smart.", Luffy says to Nami in awe, "You're like a doctor."

"Well, now, how about that.", Ussop says smugly, but Lambo couldn't be bothered to hear the rest of what he was going to say.

His eyes zeroed in on Yosaku's shaking body. Is that supposed to happen?

"YOU GUYS ARE MORONS!", Nami shouts with sharp teeth, "EVERY SAILOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SCURVY!"

Suddenly Yosaku spit out all the limes Luffy and Ussop shoved in his mouth.

"Oh good, he's up.", Lambo stated lightly with a tilt of his head.

Yosaku sat up, face dripping in lime juice, and not even a second later, the two newcomers were dancing in a circle with each other as they shouted in unison in celebration to Yosaku's, scarily, speedy recovery.

"Hurray- Hurray! Hurray-Hurray!"

"There is no way he recovered that fast.", Lambo muttered to the wide-eyed Zoro, who just absently nodded in agreement.

"YOU CAN'T HEAL THAT QUICKLY!", Nami shouted, the sharp teeth back again.

The two suddenly halted in mirroring poses.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves.", they said in sync.

They are starting to freak Lambo out if he's being honest.

"My name is Johnny."

"And I'm Yosaku."

"Together we are the baddest pirate bounty hunter duo in the world.", they finished in sync.

Again, they are really freaking Lambo out, this didn't even feel rehearsed, which made Lambo feel even more uneasy. They weren't even twins! Or brothers, as far as Lambo knows that is.

"Big Bro Zoro over there used to be one of us.", Johnny said.

"Glad to make your acquaintance.", Yosaku greeted.

Zoro smirked and walked up to the two bounty hunters.

"Small world, never thought I'd see you guys again.", Zoro greeted happily.

"Well, if you think your surprised...", Johnny started.

"... We never imagined the great pirate hunter Zoro became a pirate himself.", Yosaku finished.

"Tell me about it.", Zoro chuckled as he reached his hand out.

Johnny grabbed his with a smile, "Big Bro."

Yosaku reached out to join only to freeze, suddenly pale, and then crashed to the ground.

"Partner!?", Johnny called out.

Lambo groaned, "She told you he wouldn't be completely healed that quickly."

…...

It was late at night and Yosaku was resting on a spare cot they had while everyone was hanging out together in the kitchen.

"Let this be a lesson to you.", Nami stated sternly.

"Yeah, this is the kind of trouble you run into when you choose a life on the sea.", Zoro agreed tiredly.

"Which means when we're at sea, we really got to think about how to get the right amount of nutrients with a little amount of food.", Ussop pipes in.

"Not to mention the fact we need to ration the food accordingly and keep Luffy away from it.", Lambo added on.

"Hey!", Luffy protested.

"It's absolutely necessary that someone on this ship knows how to do that.", Nami said, ignoring Luffy, who just shrugged it off and continued to eat.

"It's necessary...", Luffy says as he chews and then he swallows, "Right! Ship needs a cook!"

Everyone looked to Luffy in surprise.

"Let's go find us a cook!", Luffy declared as he stood up from his seat.

"I'm in, good idea!", Ussop exclaimed, standing up as well," We'll have yummy food even when we're out at sea!"

"That's right! You got it!", Luffy replied with his famous wide grin.

"A cook?", Johnny says thoughtfully, "I know just the place. The food is going to blow your mind."

"Alright! Let's go!", Luffy exclaims, "Where to?"

"Consider yourselves warned.", Johnny said knowingly as he walks along the kitchen, "This place is close to the Grand Line, and I've heard a lot of rumors lately."

He stops pointedly in front of Zoro, who sat slouched on the wall like earlier, eyes closed.

"That a certain Hawk-eyed man that you're looking for is there."

Eyes still closed, Zoro's hand grabbed his white katana and gripped it firmly, his eyes opened with an excited smirk on his face.

"Set a course...!", Johnny declared before pointing in a certain direction, "North, north-east!"

Lambo smiled excitedly.

Let's go.

…...

Lambo was halfway up on one of the rope ladders of the ship, the wind blowing through his thick hair as he watched something appear in the distance.

'Our destination is...'

Lambo's eyes widened as he took in the fish heads, and fin-like designs.

'... The Sea Restaurant...'

A wide grin appeared on Lambo's features as he could practically feel his body hum in excitement. It was literally a ship that was also a restaurant, anchored and floating in the middle of the sea.

'... THE BARATIE!'

"So, what do you think?", asked Johnny who looked just as excited as everyone else.

Except Zoro looked more shocked than excited.

Luffy laughed, "Wow! It's a big fish!"

"It's a huge restaurant!", Lambo shouted from his place in the rigging, "I'd say first class! And I can smell the food from here!"

"Lovely!", Nami breathed excitedly.

"This is the coolest place ever!", exclaims Ussop.

The Luffy and Ussop cheered as Johnny stepped back proudly with his arms crossed.

"Just like I told you, right?"

Suddenly a loud horn blared along with frantic ringing of a bell as a ship, a Marine ship sailed right next to the Going Merry. Lambo was the closest on the rope ladder next to the ship.

Of course, he would be.

Lambo tensed, his grip on the ropes tightened as he swiftly climbed down, stumbling to join the rest of the crew in his haste.

"This is a problem.", Lambo said once he regained his footing.

The two ships sailed side by side in tensed silence, mostly from the group on Merry's end.

"I've never seen that pirate flag before."

A man in a white pinstripe suit, with weird looking knuckles, darkly tanned skin, light pink hair, scar running down his cheek and jaw.

"I am Iron Fist Fullbody.", the marine shouted, "But you can just call me sir."

What kind of a name is that? Lambo wondered also wondering how he got those iron things on his knuckles, and did he seriously go through the pain, because they looked like they hurt, just to look cool and intimidating? Also, ego much anyone?

"You there!", he shouted some more, "Who's the Captain!? Identify yourself!"

Luffy marched forward to the railing, "My name is Luffy!"

Ussop stepped up right next to him.

"My name is Ussop! Got it?"

Lambo faced palmed, now wasn't the time for the sniper's lies, especially when they're sailing, right next to a Marine ship.

Luffy stepped in front of the liar.

"We only made our flag the day before yesterday!", Luffy announced.

"That's right Marine!", Ussop added, standing next to Luffy again, "And I drew it!"

Luffy glared at him irritably with an irk mark on his forehead.

Fullbody smirked, "Heh, you did? Is that so?"

His smirk fell as he glared off to the side, right where Johnny and Yosaku were hiding behind the open door inside.

"Hey, you two! Right there! I've seen you before.", Fullbody mused, "You're that bounty hunting duo that goes after the small fish, right?"

The two stepped out of there hiding place, glaring angrily at the Marine.

"Yeah, well we...", Johnny tried to say but trailed off, the two shaking and sweating nervously at the presence of this Marine.

Lambo was uneasy, but he is nothing compared to the fear that Mukuro and Hibari could bring with a single glare (Hibari) or chuckle/knowing smirk (Mukuro). They are the scariest in the Vongola.

"So, you're finally been caught by pirates.", Fullbody said condescendingly.

"Well- actually we...", Johnny tried to protest weakly.

Fullbody chuckled, "Now that's a laugh."

Lambo glared at the Marine, he really did not like him and the way he was staring at the duo bounty hunters and his crew.

"Easy.", Zoro said warningly, placing a firm hand on Lambo's shoulder.

A beautiful woman in a red dress with pale blonde hair pulled into a loose bun appeared at Fullbody's side, arms wrapped around his arm.

"Hey, come on baby, let's get going.", she said with a sultry voice.

Wrapping his arm around her body and the two turned away from the Merry and her occupants.

"Hey, wait a minute!", shouts Johnny, having finally found his voice, "You think small time bounty hunters would go after these guys!?"

He grabbed a big pile of papers from his blue jacket, throwing them out for Fullbody to see, but he didn't even turn around to look.

Lambo noticed the papers were all wanted posters. He grimaced as he saw one with the picture of Tsuna on it. The Poster specified alive, probably because Vongola is paying off the government. But the Marines know how dangerous he is, and sent out a bounty for him anyway.

He noticed how Nami seemed to have recognized one of the wanted posters as well.

But he didn't pay much mind to it, much like how no one paid any mind to his reaction of the wanted poster for Tsunayoshi. The picture showcased Tsuna sitting in his grand chair, much like a throne honestly, elbows rest on the arm rests, legs crossed, fingers interlaced, and Tsuna stared down the picture with a confident smirk on his face.

Where did they even get that picture, when did they? How did they get it in such a way that Tsuna seemed to be posing for the camera?

It's a little creepy to be honest.

"He ignored us.", Johnny said in shock.

"That guy had such a high and mighty attitude that I'm not all that actually surprised.", Lambo commented uncaringly as he leaned on the railing, facing away from the ship.

"Next time we see him, he better have more respect for us.", Yosaku stated irritably.

"Don't count on it.", Lambo deadpanned, "He's a jerk and always will be, I get by easier by just ignoring guys like him."

For some reason he couldn't help but think of Gokudera, Ryohei, and Yamamoto. The last two didn't act like that on purpose, but it was honestly how they treated him whenever he interacted with any of them.

Suddenly, Lambo stiffened, hearing the sound of a cannon being readied, his Dying Will Flames begging to surface from his panic as he stumbled back with the other guys again, and away from the railing and now armed Marine ship.

"Hey you guys, they're pointing that cannon right at us!", Ussop shouts.

There was a loud boom that echoed everywhere as the cannon went off.

"Leave it to me!", shouts Luffy, sitting on the railing, "Gum Gum... !"

He stretched his arms out to grab the main mast and Merry's ram's head just as the cannonball hit him, sending his torso back while his arms and legs held on to the ship.

Lambo had to dive so as to not get hit by Luffy and the cannon ball, barely registering Johnny and Yosaku panicking and freaking out at Luffy's stretched out body from the corner of his vision.

"SLINGSHOT!"

Suddenly, Luffy lost his grip on Merry's head, causing Luffy's body to shift at an angle and sent the cannon ball flying at the Baratie while Luffy slammed into Merry's head.

Why did Lambo decide to join his crew again? Lambo deadpanned at the damaged caused to the restaurant by none other than his very own Captain.

"Great job Luffy.", Lambo drawled sarcastically.

They anchored the ship and Luffy went to the restaurant to apologize, two chefs immediately came out, jumped on him and dragged the downtrodden rubber man the rest of the way into the restaurant.

The crew watched the entire thing from the front of the Merry. Remaining silent even when Luffy was no longer in sight for several minutes.

When it became clear that Luffy wasn't coming out anytime soon, Nami, Ussop, Lambo, and Zoro all sat or laid down, making themselves comfortable as they waited for their Captain to exit while Johnny and Yosaku began to repair the damaged Johnny, and Luffy, caused Merry earlier upon their first meeting.

"What's taking Luffy so long?", Ussop wondered.

"Yeah...", groaned Nami in agreement.

"They're probably going to make him work with no pay for like, a whole month."

"I wouldn't be surprise if it turned out to be longer.", pipes in Lambo, "It depends what the owner is like."

Nami sighed, "He should've just said it was the Marine's fault instead of being so freaking honest."

Lambo shrugged, "At least we know he won't lie to us easily."

…...

Lambo lost track of time for how long they waited, he's pretty sure he might have dozed off by accident, give him a break, he's still healing from his fight with Kuro just a couple days ago.

His arm is all healed, his back should be healed in another day or two, but his stab wounds are still healing, he's not super human like Zoro.

Next thing he knew, Ussop was shaking him awake, and Nami had the four of them row their dingy to the restaurant for some food, and also to hopefully check up on Luffy.

Lambo could hear the bounty hunting duo cheer behind them. Must have finished repairs on the ship.

It honestly wasn't long before they got to the restaurant ship, Lambo and Ussop hopped out of the boat as the front of it lightly hit the deck of the ship, Lambo was holding the boat steady, so it wouldn't float away, while Zoro handed Ussop a rope and the sniper began to tie the dingy to the entrance when they heard shouts from inside.

"WAITER!"

The shout was followed closely by a loud crash.

The Straw Hat Guardian couldn't help but think that the voice oddly sounded like the Marine Fullbody guy that shot at them earlier.

The group of four all shared a look and Ussop hastened in tying his knot. They could hear more crashes from inside.

"How much you want to bet Luffy might have something to do with it?", Ussop asked as they all sped walk to the doors.

"The guy gets in trouble all the time, I'd be surprised if he wasn't involved somehow.", Zoro states as they approached the doors.

Zoro pushing them open only to see a surprising scene. Without Luffy, shockingly. But it still didn't surprise Lambo any less.

The customers were all staring, mouths agapes in shock. The woman that came with Fullbody had her mouth covered, her eyes wide.

"F-Fullbody...?", she said breathlessly her body trembling.

Multiple Chefs crowded on the stairs.

"Sanji?", cries out one in shock, "What's going on?"

"A fight.", Zoro states stoically.

The Straw Hat crew stared at the Marine who looked down on them, being held up by the neck, covered in blood, by a blonde man who looked to be the same age as Zoro, wearing a pristine black suit, his hair covered his right eye, his brow curled at the end, and hanging from his lips is a cigarette.

"Don't ever. Waste food around me again.", the man, Sanji, snarled at the Marine.

Now that's a chef that's dedicated to his job and craft. Don't ask him how he could tell, Lambo just knew, from how angry he was at food being wasted, that this man is a chef.

This is a man that shows power in the art of cooking.

"At sea, if you ever provoke your cook, you're signing your own death warrant.", Sanji states steely, "Remember that."