The quake that erupted from the 'boom' shook the entire restaurant at sea. Everyone seemed utterly surprised and also a bit scared. At that moment I knew that I had to calm everyone down and I had to keep them from panicking. Havoc wasn't really helpful in this situation.

"Do not worry!" I quickly announced to the guests.

"It is probably one of our cooks fooling around in the kitchen," I laughed nervously, "so please, take your seats! It is nothing to worry about."

My words came out shakily at the end, but they still managed to make everyone feel at ease and the majority of the visitors continued to talk among themselves once more. 'Few!' I thought to myself and turned around to see a couple waiting to be seated.

"Good day," I bowed a little and threw in a big smile of my own.

"Do you have a reservation?" I questioned them happily.

The man had a very nice striped suit on, very posh and elegant. I immediately saw that he had bolts attached to his right hand 'strange…' at that point I also noticed the little inscription 'Marine' on it, 'he must use those in battle...'

He had very light purple hair that seemed to be cut, but not cleanly. His smile told me everything about him. He was one cocky bastard.

His companion was lovely, quite the opposite of him. She had healthy, shining blonde hair. Her eyes were a piercing blue, almost like lightning. Her peach skin appeared smooth and soft and not as rough as his. Though…she ruined her appearance with a bold red lipstick, which was a shame.

"Yes, under Fullbody," he told me abruptly, looking at his girlfriend with one of those large grins. She laughed a bit, almost as if she had won a prize at that second. My eyebrow twitched a bit as I glanced at the list. I found his name. The Marine had made some conditions such as the wine he wanted to be served and so on. I sighed inwardly and took a peek at the clock; 'Yes!' my shift was over.

"Please come this way," I replied dryly, collecting two menus from the podium, and led them to a seat, one that was almost in the middle of the room.

"Your server will come and take your order," I stated as nicely as I could and placed the menus in front of them. I noted that he had not pulled out the chair for his date, neither was he able to sit in his own chair properly. I frowned at this. 'Jerk,' I thought to myself.

My eyes averted to two of our cooks carrying a strange, straw-hat holding man up the stairs. 'oh?' I scanned the area before slowly sneaking towards the stair case and continuing going upstairs to find out about this new 'intruder'. When I arrived I saw a very busy kitchen.

"Oi, where's Sanji?" I asked aloud, "has anyone seen him?" Waiting for anyone to reply made me impatient, due to our new customer I was a little in a foul mood. Suddenly, someone wrapped their arms around me.

"Angel-swan, you called for me!" Sanji announced dreamily, nuzzling my neck. I laughed a bit.

"Sanji, stop! I am ticklish there," I replied under giggles, he then released me. I turned around to see his eyes filled with hearts and a smile. I smiled back.

"Sanji, it's your shift now," I said, "have fun!" I added with a smile and walked away. He did his usual twirling down the stairs, overly happy.

"No problem, Angel-swan…."

I was concerned about Sanji's mental health sometimes, but he seemed to be just fine. I scanned the area around me for any food, but failed to spot anything right from the start. I cursed a little inwardly and squeezed through the crowd, grabbing food along the way.

When I reached the door to the outside corridor I looked over my bits to see what I had managed to fish out. I had grabbed a steak with mashed potatoes and some unknown garnish. I tasted it, and the garnish was delicious. I grabbed a bottle of water from the kitchen table beside me and went outside.

I leaned against the wall in the shade and started to eat. I heard yelling and fighting inside of the restaurant, but I was too busy with my lunch as to care. What activity my fellow staff members did at this point was their problem. Whatever it was, I knew that Sanji could handle it; I had witnessed what he could do with his legs and what Honor Zeff could manage as well.

Then I heard another crash, rolling my eyes as I listened.

I sighed, exasperated about their behavior. This place kept me on my toes all the time and I rarely got any rest from anything. I dazed at the ocean, drowning a little in my thoughts. I always wondered what else there was out there. I was getting very tired of this job. If Tsuki ever returned to here, I would tell her to take me with her, far away. I wanted to travel around the East Blue and not just go from one job to another place to work.

I wanted to be a swimmer, swimming all day, inside, something different. 'Maybe…' I sighed once more, another breeze blowing through my hair, 'I will try.' A sudden sound, a gunshot, echoed through the restaurant. My eyes widened when the echo of the shot reached me, making my ears pop. I slowly dropped to the floor completely and stayed there. I did not want to go inside now.

"What the hell was that?" I whispered to myself. Then, there was a commotion near the north side of the massive boat. I quietly crawled over and spotted Sanji with a person, eating as if he was a starved animal just let free.

'What is going on around here?' I planned and then decided to go into the kitchen and grab more water, 'I will find out.' I slowly approached them.

"Here's some water," I stated, interrupting the conversation.

Now I got a better look. There was a man with a grey outfit sitting in the circle of people. The stranger was with the straw-hat boy and Sanji. I stood in front of the male, wary about the situation. He looked at me and I smiled at him gently.

"Thank you," he said and grabbed a glass for the water. I placed the jug onto the table and sat next to Sanji, watching the scene before me. It seemed that they were talking about pirates, an odd subject.

"Anyway, would you like to join my crew?" the guy with the straw-hat questioned, a silly grin plastered all across his face, "It will be fun!"

The lad himself had messy black hair and a red vest with denim shorts. The only thing that really made the outfit was the pair of sandals that he wore. I frowned at this, confused. I did not know what they were talking about after all!

"Sorry, but I have a reason to stay," Sanji told the teenager, as he looked at him, "so you will have to find another member for your crew."

"Join what?" I questioned quietly, but it went unheard.

"Nope, I refuse!" the straw-hat boy argued, gritting his teeth together, "you are coming! I know you will!"

"What do you mean, Chore boy?" Sanji hissed, biting down onto his lit cigarette, "say that again?"

The bronze toned male sitting next to the awkward Straw Hat lad shook his head slightly. He had little eyes and had a tough grey biker outfit on. His fish's lips looked funny and so did his attire. The described guy finished his meal, and the ocean breeze filled my nose with the smell of meat. I looked at the weird boy. 'It must be him, the straw-hat' I thought to myself.

"I refuse your objection. You are a very good chef, so I want you to become a pirate with me," he announced loudly, no humor crossing his voice. He seemed to be dead serious about this matter.

"He wants you to be a pirate?" I asked Sanji, amazed about the fact. I looked at him with my best doe eyes, "why?"

"I am not going to be a pirate. I have a reason to be here," Sanji replied back just as harshly, though with authority echoing in his voice. He glanced at me, then at him. Luffy must have noticed this and grinned.

"Is she the reason you can't come?" he asked innocently and pointed at me. I blushed a bit, light rouge visible on my cheeks. Sanji noticed this as well.

"We are just friends….." I whispered, bringing my knees together.

"Angel-swan….." Sanji replied just as quietly. I looked up to see him and then I realized he was pouncing for a hug. The perfect way to ruin a moment…

"Oh he-" I tried to say another sentence, but instead I got to my feet and quickly jumped out of the way, flipping in the air and landing on my feet again away from the group.

"Ama~zing!" Luffy declared noisily as he stared at me, "you are something too!" What a compliment.

"Ooo, Angel-swan…." Sanji groaned as he sat on the floor, blinking innocently when he glanced up towards me.

"I want you to be in my pirate crew, too," Luffy stated immediately, "come on! Don't think it over, let's just go!" I looked into his eyes and thought. There were so many things against this offer, yet a few for it.

"I will become a pirate," I watched his smile widen, "if Sanji does," I ended, knowing Sanji would stay here with Honor Zeff no matter what.

"No way," Sanji said, truthfully.

"Then tell me, why not?" Luffy retorted, huffing a little, "there is no reason to say no!" He and his logic…and at that point they started to argue with each other again.

"Excuse me for interrupting," the other stranger put up his hands in a defending manner, trying to sooth the arguing twosome, "but could you just please listen to me for a moment?"

"What!" they yelled at him at the same time, the male laughing nervously.

I frowned at their behavior and bumped them on the head with both of my fists.

"Have some manners, you two," I hissed gently, not even knowing the straw-hat that well but, bashing him anyway. I could not resist the urge to do it, though…and it even felt…good?

"My name is Gin, and I work for the Kreig Pirates," he explained, looking at the straw-hat lad. "You're a pirate, right? What is your goal?"

"I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates," Luffy announced happily, "and find One Piece on the Grandline!" Luffy grinned cheekily, his laugh echoing through the restaurant. I was so confused, how I always had been in Pre-Calculus. I wanted to know more about this One Piece and the Grandline, but as I glanced at the clock from the corner of my eye and saw the time I realized that my shift had started.

"I have to go back, my job does not wait," I said abruptly, standing up. I took Gin's hand and shook it.

"It was very nice to meet you, Gin. I'm sorry that this conversation didn't last very long. I hope you visit us again sometime soon." I said, smiling. He laughed, a little embarrassed and then I proceeded to go back to my job inside.

"See you later guys!" I left them with their argument, a smile crossing my lips. This incident had lifted my bad mood strangely enough and I felt glad.

I went inside and grabbed my order book.

"Order for number 3 is up!" the chef yelled out, "grab it before it goes cold." I swiftly took the plate and went out towards the mentioned table.

The customer was a lonely girl looking out the window.

"Here you go, miss," I smiled sweetly, "enjoy your dinner." She looked at me and took the plate. 'Something is wrong with her,' I thought to myself as I went back to the kitchen for more orders. The cooks were arguing with each other again, a very familiar scene. Then Honor Zeff did his magic.

"Oi, get back to work," he scoffed, "you aren't having a coffee break while the crowd is flowing in high!" he yelled at the cooks, "now do your duties before I throw you out!"

I quickly picked up the pace. Sanji came back to help me deliver the orders. Then the straw-hat introduced him in the kitchen.

"My name is Monkey D. Luffy," he announced proudly, "nice to meet you!" He yelled over the conversation we had. My eyebrow twitched a bit, he was pretty bold. One word rang in my mind that seemed to describe him well: idiot. I went downstairs and saw someone very familiar.

"Zoro," I whispered as I passed him. He heard his name and looked back at me. We stared at each other for a few seconds. I noticed that he was with two other people.

One of them was a girl with orange hair and brown eyes. She had a white t-shirt on with blue circles imprinted onto it and ugly shorts.

Then there was a young teen with a long nose and an ugly outfit that even Lady Gaga wouldn't decide to wear. It took a few moments, but he decided to pick up the conversation he had with his comrades while I continued my work until Luffy came to the floor from the kitchen as a waiter.

"You!" Luffy said with a face full of shock, "Where were you?"

I guessed those were his friends and Zoro must have been one of them. His crew just laughed at him and Luffy seemed to sulk about it for a bit before sitting with them on a free table. I went back to my customers.

"So you would like the seafood soup without any octopus and macaroni and cheese?" I questioned the lady and her young son. The child smiled at me and said something much unexpected.

"Big boobies."

I blushed big time, almost dropping the pen I had in my hand. The mother stared at her son.

"Seth, where did you learn that?" she demanded to know. I laughed a little nervously and tried to calm his raging mum.

"Kids these days, they just do not know what they are saying." I said, trying to lighten the mood. She sighed and smiled at me. Laughing, she replied, "Yeah, I guess they just pick it up from the streets."

I nodded at that and shortly after left to place in the order.

I turned to see Sanji and Honor Zeff fighting in front of the customers. Sanji was holding him by the collar.

"-anyway, I won't leave here even if you kick me out," Sanji yelled at the top of his lungs. Then Honour Zeff grabbed him and threw him onto the table with full force.

"You dare hold me by the collar, you little brat!" he hissed bitterly, "where are your manners?" Sanji got up and screamed at the retreating Honor Zeff,

"Listen, I don't care how many times you tell me to leave," Sanji seemed devoted to this place, "but I will be a chef here forever. Got a problem with that?" a little pause followed, "I will stay here until you die."

Zeff replied calmly, not as persistent as before, "I won't die for 100 years," and left. Luffy stared at Sanji.

"That's good," the dark haired lad smiled widely, "you have permission from the owner, so you can be a pirate," Luffy stated, as if this was a casual thing, as much as obvious.

"Who wants to?" Sanji replied, he sounded a little irked, "I never wanted to be a pirate and have no intentions to become one." With that stated he once more started to flirt with the girls around him, the former situation forgotten. As the day ended, it was my turn to clean up the main floor.

"Angel-chan, I have food for you!" Sanji announced happily, a few stars sparkling in his eyes.

I glanced at his hand to see wonderfully, decorated, aromatic food on a plate. I dropped everything immediately and rushed to him like a moth to the flame.

"Thank you so much, Sanji," I said to him thankfully, devouring the delicious food. The aroma of the yellow rice filled my stomach, my mouth started to water. I ate it very slowly to savor the food and moment.

"Sanji!" I called out to him to snap him out of his trance; he faced me and tilted his head to the side.

"Will you become a pirate?" I asked him as I ate more rice. He grinned and started to laugh.

"I will never leave this restaurant, no matter what," he finally said after a long pause.

"If you do leave, I am coming with you?" I stated. He smiles and agreed. I never knew how I became so attached to Sanji like this.

"There is something else I would like to know," I stated quietly, Sanji sitting only a space above me on the stairs.

"Yes?" he replied without hesitation.

"What is this One Piece?" I asked him, "What is it about?" Before he could tell me, Luffy came rushing around the corner. He stopped straight in front of me, overhearing what I had asked.

"You don't know what One Piece is?" he said dramatically, while putting on a funny face. I nodded abruptly, a lone sweat drop rolling down the back of my head.

"Can you tell me," was I seriously asking him instead, "Luffy?" He walked up to the two of us, sitting down beside me and began his story.

"The One Piece is what I'm looking for," he began, something weird glowing in his eyes while he did so, "the one thing to complete my mission to become the next Pirate King….It is somewhere on the Grandline…" and with that I completely fell for his story.