Disclaimer: I wish I owned One Piece. I would have someone dress up as Zoro and strip for me XD

Chapter 6: The Pervy Cook Is Back!

As Luffy and the crew was sailing away from Syrup Village, Luffy remembered something.

"Crap I Almost forgot someone. LOCHIE! COME HERE BOY!" Luffy yelled and whistled for someone.

"Who is Lochie?" Usopp asked.

"You'll see." Zoro and Nami replied simultaneously.

All of a sudden, Lochie came rushing towards the Going Merry and bursted through the water once again.

"AHHHHHHHH! SOMEONE HELP US! WE'RE ABOUT TO BE EATING BY A FREAKING SEA KING!" Usopp yelled. He ran into the inside of the Going Merry and started praying loudly.

"Usopp! Come out already. This is our new friend temporarily. He'll be our personal ride for other things. He can travel to locations quicker than usual since they roam all over the Grand boy! You been good? I'm so sorry I almost forgot about you. Here's your treat for being such a good boy." Luffy said while rubbing and feeding Lochie. After Lochie got done eating, he started to lick Luffy for feeding him. Usopp came back out after Luffy told him he's seemed to calm down.

"Stop boy. That tickles. Hey I got another favor for you Lochie. Can you wait for me at whiskey peaks? Luffy asked Lochie. Lochie looked confused. " I'll be coming to the Grand Line soon and I want you to wait for me at Whiskey Peaks. I know you'll be lonely but if you do this for me, I'll let you have some of the food from this place called Bariate. Luffy said.

Lochie started to think about this. If he did this, He can get another treat! Lochie started to shake his head and Luffy smiled.

"Good boy! I'll see you in the Grand ?" Luffy asked. Lochie nodded his head and swam off to Whiskey Peaks.

"Wow Luffy! That's cool! You tamed another creature!" Usopp said with excitement in his voice.

"Yup."

Nami was busy watching the weather for any sudden changes. She wore her log pose that she got from Fishman island. "Looks like we're in clear sailings guys." Nami told them.

"Since we got some smooth sailing, you feel like training some more witch." Zoro asked her. He was itching to go half serious with her again. He saw a hint of a challenge within her.

"No. I been training ever since we beat Buggy. I need a break. I'm going to take a nap. Wake me when we make it close to Sanji." Nami said yawning while walking inside of the Merry.

" Tch. Hey Luffy. Help me practice for a while." Zoro told Luffy.

"How about you practice on those Marines that will be approaching us in 3 hours." Luffy suggested.

"Grrrrr...Fine! If my muscles still ache for a battle, you and I will be sparring." Zoro said walking towards the side of the Merry and sunk down to take a quick nap. While Zoro and Nami were taking a nap, Luffy and Usopp was trying to paint their Jolly Roger for the ship.

"Done!" Luffy yelled. He held up his painting. Usopp turned his back to contain his laughter.

"What's funny?" Luffy said glaring. Usopp turned back around.

"Luffy. No matter what timeline we're in, you still can't draw!" Usopp said bursting out in laughter. Luffy pouted because he knew Usopp was going to draw the Jolly Roger again. He was so going to get revenge against Usopp for laughing at him. After Usopp got done laughing, he painted the Jolly Roger and was proceeding to hang it up.

"There! Now this is how you make a perfect Jolly Roger." Usopp said proudly. When Usopp was climbing down the mast, Luffy shot a quick blast of Conqueror's Haki at Usopp, making him slip and fall onto his back.

"AHHHHH! MY BACK!" Usopp yelled. He shaking violently because his back was in pain.

"Whoa Usopp. You should watch where you step. It is a hot day and wood can get very slippery when wet." Luffy said whistling. Usopp glared at him. He knew Luffy shot him with some Haki.

"I'll get that bastard back." Usopp said to his self.

Anyways, Luffy noticed two familiar presences. "Hey Zoro. You feel like picking those two idiots up from behind that rock?" Luffy asked Zoro.

"Hm. We might as well." Zoro grumbled.

Luffy told Usopp to pull the ship towards the rock formation. As they pulled up next to the rock formation, someone jumped out from behind the rocks.

"Shit! It's pirates!" he shouted angrily before catching sight of Zoro. "Big Bro Zoro?" he said with a confused expression.

Zoro quickly got down to business. "Johnny, what happened to Yosaku?" Although Zoro knew what was wrong with him.

Johnny's shoulders sagged as he made his account of what had happened. After Johnny got done explaining, Luffy cutted in."Bring him onto our ship. We'll see what we can do for him." Johnny quickly obeyed, his mind filling with hope. He brought the sick man onto the Going Merry carefully. Nami was awoken by constant crying, she instantly knew who it was.

"Is he gonna be OK, Big Bro?" Johnny was on the verge of tears. Zoro turned to Nami."Scurvy?" he asked sternly. Nami nodded.

"Usopp, can you go get some limes from the fridge, squeeze the juice out, and bring it here?" she asked. Usopp followed her instructions hastily. He came back with a cup full of juice, and Nami told him to let the man drink it, which he did.

"He should recover in a few days' time," Nami told Johnny, whose eyes widened.

"Really sis!? He's gonna be ok!?" he asked in relief.

"Don't call me sis. And yeah, he'll be fine. Just make sure he gets more vitamin C in the future. Yosaku suddenly got up and looked at his hands in awe.

"I'm…alive," he stated in wonder. Johnny really did start crying now."He's better! It's a miracle!" Both men cheered and started dancing around the ship. Luffy and Usopp joined in.

"You don't get better that quickly, dumb ass! Lay your ass back down!" Nami screamed in frustration. Yosaku unwillingly did as he was told, passing out in the process. She sighed. "I can't wait til get Chopper back."

Luffy nodded in agreement. "I hear ya. Anyways, let's go get our chief now." Luffy said.

"Chief? If your looking for a chief, there's this restaurant that's in the middle of the sea." Johnny said

"We already know that. That's where we were originally heading anyway." Nami said.

"Oh. Well anyways you guys need to be careful. There's certain rumors floating around that a man named "Hawkeye" was seen roaming around this area of the sea." Johnny said warning them. Although, everyone already knew Hawkeye was coming towards the Bariate already.

...

"So you guys are bounty hunters and used to work with Zoro?" Luffy asked boredly, already knowing what they were.

"Yup. We only go after small timers though. Here's some of the Big timers in this sea." Johnny started throwing out some of the wanted posters onto the Merry's deck. Nami eyes scanned for a certain fishman's bounty.

"Look who has a bounty Luffy?" Nami said in an amused tone.

"Whoa! He has a bounty of 20 millon beris. Impressive." Luffy said smirking. He couldn't wait to break Arlong's face.

While Luffy was talking about Arlong, they noticed a Marine battleship approaching them.

"Hey, you pirates! I've never seen your flag before. I am Marine Lieutenant Ironfist Fullbody. Who's your captain? Identify yourselves."

I am Straw Hat Luffy!" Luffy shouted as he stepped forward.

"I am God Usopp!" Usopp shouted, stepping up beside him. Luffy shot him an annoyed look, but turned his attention back to Fullbody.

"Our mark was just made a couple days ago!" he shouted./pp"I was the one who made the mark!" Usopp added. He was about to shout something else, but Zoro walked forward and bonked him over the head, causing him to bite his tongue. Zoro then proceeded to drag him away, telling him to come make himself useful.

"Well, I'm just here to eat at the restaurant. Consider yourselves lucky. But the next time we meet, consider your lives forfeit," Fullbody shouted. "Come on darling, our food is waiting for us." But as their ship pulled up towards the entrance to the restaurant, Fullbody turned to the Marine on duty and pointed his thumb down. "Their ship is an eyesore. Sink it."

"Hey, the bastards are firing at us!" Yosaku yelled frantically. Luffy was ready for the cannonball that flew towards their ship and batted it away with his fist. It exploded when it hit the water, but their ship was unharmed.

"What the hell did you just do!?" Yosaku asked.

"I punched it," Luffy said as if it was obvious.

"You don't just punch a cannonball away! That's not possible, you know!?" Johnny chimed in.

"Well I just did, so it clearly is," Luffy said sensibly. The enemy Marines, who had been ordered to sink their ship, not just fire at it once, scrambled for the second cannonball that they didn't think they'd need, and fired again. This time, Someone sliced the cannonball in half. Zoro who sliced the cannonball in half, walked towards the Marine ship and jumped onto it. Yosaku and Johnny watched with awestruck expressions.

"Hey Zoro. Don't cut the ship in half. We need a certain person that's in the cell of the ship." Luffy said

"Got it." Zoro replied. Zoro started walking towards the Marines and noticed that they were really wasn't able to put up of a fight and sighed to himself.

"Dammit Luffy! This isn't even a fair fight at all!" Zoro yelled at Luffy. Luffy and Usopp was trying to hold their laughter in.

"Well get back on the Merry. Time to go fetch Sanji." Luffy told him.

As soon as Zoro jumped back onto the Merry, They proceeded to sail off to the Bariate.

...

When the crew pulled up to the sea restaurant, they couldn't help but to feel nostalgic about the place again. They walked through the doors and was greeted by one of the cooks.

"Welcome to the Baratie, ya damn crooks! Name's Patty." said Patty in a happy tune. "Six in your party?"

"Yes. Now will you please have that waiter bring me some food before I lose my mind." Luffy said acting fidgety.

"This way you damn pirates." Patty said as he led them to a table. Patty started walking away before Fullbody burst into the restaurant looking pissed. He glared around until he saw Luffy and his group before he stomped towards them.

"You filthy, no name pirates! In the name of the Marines, I'm arresting you for attacking my ship!" he bellowed before a blond man in a suit stood in front of him. Luffy and the crew looked and smiled, knowing exactly who it was.

"If you wanna arrest them," Sanji said as he breathed some cigarette smoke out. "Wait until after I've fed them. "

Greetings." came a voice smooth as fine whiskey, with enough rasp to remind everyone that it was a true man's man speaking. Luffy almost vibrated out of his skin, he was trying to contain his excitement. "I'm Sanji, and I'll be serving you. For the table, compliments of the house, Steak Tartare." A bronzed hand, encased in the finest silk shirt and suit navigated the maze of glasses and cutlery to lay the dish in easy reach of everyone. "I almost brought the stuffed mushrooms, but I could tell that the long-nosed gentleman doesn't like mushrooms and the monsieur with the straw hat appreciates red meat." The click of finely-polished shoes sounded as the presence moved. "For the red-headed Venus, a Fruit Macedonia, including the superb tangerines of Cocoyashi Village. Something in my heart just told me she'd love it." Nami had to suppress tears. "For the rare Lost Moss Head, our finest Sake. I'd heard they prefer to be watered with it over other liquids." Zoro grinned wryly. Cheeky Bastard. "For you two," the waiter said, coming on Johnny and Yosaku, who were eagerly wondering what special considerations they were getting. "I have nothing." Their hearts made lovely tinkling noises as they shattered on the ground.

"Hey Sanji. Missed us much?" Luffy said grinning.

"As if! Idiot Captain. But I see you changed almost." Sanji said smirking. "The only person I missed was...MY DEAR NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji said yelling. Some of the customers started to stare at them.

"Looks like this pervert hasn't changed not one bit." Zoro said annoyed.

"What was that you 3rd rate swordsman?!" Sanji said irritated.

As Zoro and Sanji was arguing, they forgot about the Marine Lt That was yelling at Sanji.

"Excuse me! Who are you?" Fullbody asked in an annoyed voice. "Like I care if they're customers. They're pirates! They're not getting any food for wh-" was all he said before receiving a kick to the jaw.

"As long as they're in here, they eat." he said with a dark look on his face.

"I should've known that was going to happen again." Luffy said. Nami, Zoro, and Usopp nodded in agreement.

"What's going on here?" shouted a voice from the stairs. Everyone looked to see Chef Zeff walking down the stairs to see why everyone was yelling.

"Sanji's beating up customers again!" Patty yelled.

"This joker here tried to prevent this lovely lady from eating. What was I supposed to do geezer?" Sanji said as he looked at Zeff with a bored expression. Zeff walked over and tried to kick Sanji in the face with his left foot but, Sanji did something that completely shocked everyone. He sidestepped out of Zeff's range.

Zeff smirked. "Looks like the brat's Observation Haki has gotten better." Zeff thought.

"Quit picking fights with the customers Sanji!" he said before he turned to Fullbody and kicked him towards the door. "And you, GET OUT OF MY RESTAURANT!"

Everyone watched as Fullbody landed like a ragdoll near the door as a marine burst through with a scared look on his face.

"Lieutenant Fullbody. That Krieg pirate has escaped!"

"What?! How can that be? He was on the verge of starvation when we found him three days ago. We haven't fed him yet, so how can he still be moving?" Fullbody screamed as the other customers were muttering in fear about Don Krieg.

"He escaped while we were busy with the fir-" he said before a gunshot went off. The marine fell to the ground, revealing a thin and tired Gin standing in the doorway. Everyone looked at him with expressions ranging from fear to blank as Gin stood there. Luffy looked at Gin as memories of what Gin did to keep Sanji alive came to his mind as he smiled.

'Looks like the guest of honor has arrived. Now to put my plan into fruition.' he said grinning.

Gin slowly walked toward an empty table, wobbling a bit with hunger before sitting in a chair and putting his feet up onto the table.

"I want food." he said in a tired voice.

"Welcome to the Baratie, ya scumbag!" Patty said with mock politeness. "How will you be paying for ya meal?"

"You take bullets?" he asked as he pointed the gun at Patty's head, causing Patty to smash him into the table.

"That's another table you've broken Patty!" Zeff yelled.

"We only take Beris asswipe!" Patty said as he cracked his knuckles. "If ya don't got money, ya don't eat!"

Gin's stomach grumbled with hunger, making Patty smirk at him. "Hungry eh?"

"It's gas asshole." Gin mumbled before demanding food. Patty lost his patience with Gin before pounding him into the ground. As this happened, Luffy looked around and stopped when he saw Sanji in the kitchen making food. He smiled as Patty told the customers to enjoy their meals before throwing Gin out the back.

"Hey guys. Stay here." Luffy said, walked out onto the ledge above Gin as he lay there mumbling something. He looked up when Sanji came out with a plate of food and a glass of water and set them down next to him.

"Eat up." Sanji said as he sat down next to the railing. Gin looked at the food with hunger in his eyes before he looked away.

"I don't want your charity. Take it and go." he said.

Sanji just looked at him. "Forget what they said. If someone's hungry, then they're a customer."

"I'm not a customer." Gin said as his stomach roared with hunger.

Sanji looked to the sky in deep thought. "It boggles the mind, the ocean. How losing your food and water out here can mean death." He looked back at Gin before continuing. "I know what it's like to starve because of the sea more than anyone. If you want to die with dignity, fine. But if you eat and live, won't that give you a chance to fight for your honor in the future?" Gin's eyes widened a bit at those words. Luffy smiled as Gin took the plate and started scarfing down the food.

"Delicious. It's delicious. It's wonderful!" Gin said through his tears as he kept eating. "I'm sorry. I thought that was the end for me. I thought I was gonna die! It's too yummy!"

"It's good huh?" Sanji said with a smile as Luffy laughed before he jumped down and landed on the railing next to them both.

"Hey Sanji. You think he has the making of a Straw Hat Pirate within him? Luffy asked him.

"Huh? What makes you say that?" Sanji asked.

"Just thinking about something." Luffy said smirking. Sanji knew that look and knew Luffy had some kind of crazy plan in mind.

"Well we'll just to see and find out." Sanji said as he inhaled cigarette smoke.

"Hate to interrupt..." Gin said clearing his throat.

"Yeah?" Luffy and Sanji said simultaneously

"My name is Gin, Vice Captain of the Don Kreig Pirates. You said you are a pirate?" Gin asked.

"Yup."

"What are you after?" Gin asked.

"the One Piece. I'm going to the Grand Line after I finish up some business in this sea." Luffy said.

"You don't even look like you have enough crew members to go into the Grand Line." Gin said.

"Actually, let me tell you a little secret. I have 5 crew members here in the East Blue and 5 in the Grand Line. I'm planning on recruiting 2 more crew members before I head back to the Grand Line." Luffy told Gin.

"WHAT?! YOU BEEN TO THE GRAND LINE?!" Gin yelled. He was shocked that someone was able to survive in the Grand Line.

"Yup. But don't tell anyone else that." Luffy said winking.

"Hey Luffy. What sort of crazy plan do you have up your sleeve this time?" Sanji asked Luffy.

"I'll tell you in a couple of minutes." Luffy replied.

After Gin got done eating, he thanked Sanji and was preparing to sail off but stopped.

"Word of advice... Do not go back to the Grand Line. It is not a place that you would not want to return back to." Gin warned Luffy.

"Oh. I'm definitely going back. And I was hoping to recruit you too. Maybe another time. Luffy said grinning.

" I appreciate the offer Straw Hat, But, I would have to decline." Gin said declining Luffy's offer.

"Well my offer will still be on the table if we see each other again." Luffy said to Gin while he was sailing off. After Gin sailed off, Sanji and Luffy were walking back into the Bariate.

"So about this crazy plan of yours Luffy?" Sanji asked.

...

"So you want to recruit a couple of crew members and train us so we won't make the same mistakes we made last time?' Sanji asked Luffy, sitting at the table with the crew (except Johnny and Yosaku)

"Yup."

"And the first crew member we will be recruiting is Gin?" Sanji asked.

"Yup."

Sanji lit a cigarette and exhaled the smoke. "Looks like this is one crazy plan. I like it."

"Anyways, what are we going to do about Nami's village?" Zoro asked.

"Save it again. Duh!" Usopp said oboviously.

"But, she has the new tattoo. How will she be able to fool Arlong?" Zoro asked.

"Oh I got that covered already. I can make a mirage on my arm to make it seem like I still got his mark." Nami said holding her Clima Tact in her hand.

"Wow Nami. You had this planned from the start? I'm impressed." Luffy said amused.

"Well since I saw you and knew it was the real you, I knew you was going to help me again." Nami said smiling. Luffy, Usopp, Zoro started smiling also.

"FOR MY SWEET ANGEL, I WOULD JUMP IN THE PITS OF HELL IF IT MEANT SAVING YOUR SOUL!" Sanji said yelling with a gleam of fire in his eyes. Nami started to chuckle nervously.

"So Sanji, you haven't gotten rusty, have you?" Luffy asked.

"Oh please! I sensed you guys coming when you picked up those two idots from behind that rock formation." Sanji said pointing towards Johnny and Yosaku.

"So you improved your Observation?" Luffy said smirking.

"That's not the only thing shitty Captain." Sanji said grinning.

"Well anyways, here's the plan. Usopp, I want you and Nami to take Johnny and Yosaku with to you Cocoyashi Village. Conceal the ship as soon you see Cocoyashi Village come into view and sail it toward the south side of the village by Nami's house and let Usopp and them off and sail back to the port and resume you plan. Luffy told them. "Also i want you to tell Johnny and Yosaku to teach Nami's sister the basics of swordsplay. Snipe anyone who gets anywhere near Nami's house." Luffy told Usopp. Usopp nodded.

"Nami. Do you have the 100 million beris?" Luffy asked Nami.

"I've collected the 100 million beris in the first 3 years of us returning back here." Nami said

"Okay so leave from here tomorrow morning. After we deal with Hawkeye and Kreig, we'll be on our way. Got it?" Luffy asked the crew.

"Yes Captain!" Everyone responded.

"Good. Now Zoro. Sanji and I will help you get ready for Hawkeye. You ready?" Luffy asked.

"I've been ready." Zoro said grinning.

"Get ready, shitty swordsman. I'm not holding back either." Sanji said smirking.

"It wouldn't be fun if you did, crap cook." Zoro replied.

Whew this chapter wasn't that hard as the previous one. Time for some more action next chapter! I promise I will try my best for Zoro's fight against Hawkeye. Til next time :D

on a side note...

For the past couple of weeks, readers have been having problems with my story and I feel the need that I must apologize for my actions. I am indeed copying other author's writings from different op stories but I have a reason for those actions.

The only thing I'm currently good at is dialogue and action scenes (partially) but I'm good with certain characters interactions with others in the east blue. And as I said before this story entirely be strayed from canon but there will be a lot of twists and more intense than before. And as I said before, I do have the approval from other authors but that only to an extent.

Now my other was that the weak trio has been improving at fast pace rate and some readers are a little bit taken back by how fast their improving. My reason for them improving so greatly is because a couple of reasons such as...

1.) in the manga & anime, everyone has gotten better and are one of the strongest crews in the New World but Oda hasn't been showing the ways how the crew has improved and only wanted to balance out things. I want to show you guys how inside my mind I think how the Straw Hat Pirates are supposed to be. I want to experiment with a crew that can rival Whitebeard's crew in strength.

2.) Before the crew makes it to Water 7, they will be compared to Whitebeard's crew and the Wold Government will take action against the Straw Hats because this rise of power is unprecedented. By the time the crew makes it to Alabasta, the story is will be completely different because I'm throwing in a lot of surprises and twists into the mix.

3.) Now the reason on how everyone is improving so drastically is because they all been to the Grand Line and finally knows that the Grand Line is a hellish place and they know they can't just go in so half assed anymore and just "winging it". So, the only way the crew (except the new crew members) are upgrading so quickly is because they still have the experience from the previous timeline and everyone was not just sitting down on their asses without doing nothing for the past 10 years. They know this isn't a dream because they all had a sort of a reminder that the previous timeline was real.

I promise you guys... this will be a good Op fanfic just have patience with me. I will not forget about anything in the story. There will be a lot of surprises in the Grand Line. :')