Mariejois arc: part 11: Eating out with Friends part 1

"Are we almost there? I'm hungry…" Luffy moaned as his rubber stomach started to growl.

"You're always hungry dumb ass, what's new?" Zoro snapped at Luffy, annoyed by his complaining.

"I can't help it, eating is what I do best! Well, that and stretching." Luffy said, pulling at his elastic cheeks.

"By the way darling, that story you told me about how you got this ability…you know, the story you told me after we got out of the bath together. Are there a lot of these 'devil fruits' in the world?" Miia questioned, she had a perplexed look on her face. Trying to fathom how a fruit can give someone powers.

Her rubber hero smiled, "Yeah! There's lots of them…for example, Brook and Chopper both have devil fruit abilities."

"Yes, that is true…" Brook replied, taking a sip from a cup of tea he brought with him. "I ate the Revive-Revive Fruit which allows me to come back to life after I've died. This is why I look like a skeleton." Brook then took a step closer to Miia, and adjusted his top hat. "I've been meaning to ask you something, Miss Miia…..may I see your panties? That is….if you wear any."

Miia slapped Brook with her tail with an infuriated look on her face. "Of course I wear them! And besides, there is only one man who would ever have that privilege!" Miia's expression turned from anger to a love-struck look instantly. She turned to face Luffy with a dreamy look in her eyes. "The only one who would ever be able to see something so personal is my lover. Isn't that right darling?" Miia asked Luffy in a romantic tone of voice.

Unfortunately for Miia, Luffy was too busy thinking of food.

"By the way Miia, about that story you were telling us…about the Will of D. we never heard the rest of what you had to say." Robin asked.

"Oh, yeah. On second thought, maybe I'll tell you guys at a later time, if it's all the same to you." Miia said. With a sudden look of worry and concern. "It's a story that my village holds very dear to us. But with recent events back at my home village, it's….very sad to talk about."

"Finally, we made it to this restaurant." Zoro said, "This food better be damn good if it took this long to walk here." Then Zoro gave Sanji a smug smile, "Although, I'm sure it beats that shitty food you call fine dining, right eyebrows?"

Sanji just gave Zoro a silent look as he gave him the middle finger and said, "At least I can walk in a straight line without needing to ask for directions."

Zoro's face turned from a smug look to one of being utterly pissed off.

"Enough talking, let's go in and eat for crying out loud!" Luffy declared with his hands raised in the air. "I. Want. Meat!"

End of part 1