The beginning of the story line. Most of everything after this will be part of the canon story line.

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blackkfirekingkoncor: Believe me, it's going to get a lot more interesting by the time we get to Arlong Park.

1st POV

We had to travel an extra day to get to the baratie. The reason for them being off course was because of a slight storm blowing them off course when Nami was not paying attention to the weather. To think that was the reason I'm with them now…

"Here we are! The oceangoing restaurant!" Johnny yelled waking me up from a nap.

"Brother Zoro! Brother Lucy! Brother Usopp! Brother Nami! Brother August!" Yosaku goes along with him.

"Does he have to call me brother?" Nami replies.

"Hmm?" Zoro says waking from a nap as well.

"Ooo." Usopp says from the crow's nest.

"Oi!" Lucy yells.

"Uhh, why the hell did you have to wake me up!?" I yell from the boys room.

"What do you think?" Johnny and Yosaku yells ignoring me.

"What a huge fish!" Lucy yells out.

"Wow!" Nami says.

"It's so cool!" Usopp yells.

I get out on the deck too see a marine ship right next to us with visible marines from the deck. 'Uh, I just woke up and now I have to deal with this shit.'

"A Marine Ship!" yells Lucy "Where'd it come from?"

"I hope they don't blast us." I hear Usopp mutter. "Oi, we're not pirates!" Johnny yells hiding behind the railing. "Look! Who's that guy?" Yosaku says doing the same thing.

"Why are you so scared?" I ask them as I come up to where they are. I'm wearing only shorts as I just woke up.

"We don't want to be seen with pirates in which we hunt." they say simultaneously.

"Maybe you should've thought about that before you go and hitch a ride on a pirate's ship while claiming you are the partners of the first mate?" I reply.

"I'm Lieutenant Ironfist Fullbody, minister of the marines." a guy on the marine's ship says. "Who's the captain? Speak your name."

"I'm Monkey D. Lucy, we just made our pirate flag yesterday!" Lucy says instantly.

"Yesterday?!" "Ha ha ha! What amateurs!" the idiot "brothers" say. I was hating them more and more everyday. "I'm Usopp." mutters the liar.

I went to the kitchen to look for something to eat completely ignoring the conversation that broke out between the marine and the idiot duo. All we ate were minor stuff that Nami could cook easily since Sanji had yet to join our crew. I just grab an apple from a barrel and walk out of the kitchen. As soon as I leave enough to have my body exposed Lucy comes barreling into me full force knocking us into the railings.

"Oi Lucy what the hell?" I yell at her.

She gets up hastily and says "Sorry" really fast and run backs to where the others are. 'The hell? Since when has Lucy ever been like this. Normally she's laughing her ass of when she barrels into someone.'

"What did I miss?" I say as I come up to them rubbing the fresh bruises you know who gave me.

"Lucy tried knocking back a cannon and hit the baratie like a complete idiot." Zoro says.

Lucy yells "SORRY!" and runs into the restaurant.

…

We were waiting for Lucy to return back to the sip before Zoro said "Why is Lucy so late? Maybe they made her work for a month?" as he says the last part laughingly.

"A year more like." I recite what the head chef said from the manga.

"If the chef is that kinda guy then that would be right." Zoro replies.

"Why didn't she tell them that is was an accident caused by those marines? She's too stubborn!" Nami says face-palming.
"She's way to honest. Haven't you noticed that?" I ask her.

"Why don't we go and see her? And we can eat there too." Usopp says "What do you think?"

"Why not?" says Zoro and me.

As we walk to the baratie, there are loud shots that arise from the baratie signally that Lucy did something. 'Arguing with the head chef if I remember correctly.'

We walk into the restaurant with a fight just beginning. Lucy, the head chef (forgot his name), Sanji, and some other chef were the center of attention with a big argument between Sanji and the head chef with Lucy being entered every now and then with occasional comments. While that was going on we just went to an open table and sat down to watch.

The argument still went on until the doors were slammed opened by a marine. Upon entering he yells at the pink haired Lieutenant marine, "Lieutenant! Lt. Fullbody! It's an emergency!"

Every diverts their attention to him. "I'm very sorry sir. But our captive has escaped from his cell!" the marine continues, "Krieg's crewman has escaped! Even seven of us can't catch him!"

"That's crazy! How can he have any strength left!?" Fullbody yells from the ground not bothering to get up, "We caught him three days ago, when he was nearly dead, and we have not fed him since then!"

The crowd is freaking out yelling "Krieg Pirates?" in shock and "That's the strongest pirate in the east blue!" by some others.

The marine desperately yells out "Forgive me!" before being shot by a new customer.

"Here comes another customer." says the chef standing with Lucy and Sanji. "I hope he doesn't disturb my restaurant." the head chef says. "A pirate?" Lucy says trying to add in a comment. Sanji just continues to smoke the cigarette he was been smoking.

The pirate goes to an empty table and sits down. "Just go and get me something to eat." After nobody moves he adds "This is a restaurant, right?"

The chef walks over to the pirate and asks him "Do you have any money?" shocking the crowd.

"I'll say it again. So you'd better listen. I am the customer. Get me some food now!" the pirate yelling.

"That chef will die." musters Fullbody.

"I'm sorry, sir but do you have any money." continues the chef.

"Will a bullet suffice?" the pirate puts the gun to the leaned in chef. "Because I don't have any money."

With one big sweep the chef using both his hands pounds the pirate into the ground effectively breaking the chair and maybe the floor. The crowd goes wild with the yelling of amazing and what power.

"Patty you broke one of my chairs!" yells the head chef. 'Is that all he can think about is his furniture. When we walked in he was arguing with Lucy, for "breaking his furniture"' I thought.

"What power!" Lucy yells with her usual antics.

"If you don't have the money then you aren't a customer." the chef called Patty says cracking his knuckles. The crowd goes wild once again. "Ho. Your stomach is growling loudly"

"I just farted idiot, now get me some food."

"Get out! You are not a customer." Patty yells throughout the restaurant. "This is only a restaurant that welcomes only customers. A poor pirate like you, I won't give a crumb!" Out of the corner of my eye I can see Fullbody running out of the door.

Patty then kicks the pirate out. When he comes back in he yells "Everyone please continue dining!"

"Wow the chefs here are really strong." Usopp says. 'Sanji goes to the kitchen going to get food for the pirate if I remember correctly from the manga' I thought

"I think only one or two chefs other than him are actually that strong." I reply to him. "If all chefs were like that here than this place would be turned into a fighting center within a few months after it was made."

Lucy still stuck around in the center before leaving to get outside. "I'm going to go see how long Lucy is supposed to stay here for." I say to the rest of the crew. Nami has a strange look on her face almost like suspicion.

I purposely go to a different exit so that I can enter into the conversation that would enfold between Sanji and Lucy. Before I know it I can hear the conversation began between the two.

"I've found a good chef!" I can hear Lucy say from the top floor. "You really are cool! I want you to cook for us." Lucy continues "Hey chef! Would you like to join me? Please become my pirate chef."

"What" says the pirate and Sanji simultaneously.

Lucy jumps down and sits on the railing to the sea. "A pretty girl?!" Sanji then swoons. "So you're a pirate huh?" Sanji continues swooning.

"Even if you are a girl, I will have to decline that offer." Sanji broke the news to Lucy "I have business here."

"No! I refuse!" Lucy says. "I refuse your objection. You're a really good chef, so I want you to become a pirate with me."

"Ah! A pretty girl wants me to be a pirate with her. But I still cannot accept."

I decide it is time to enter the conversation, "There is no hope, you can't refuse."

"Oh August you were here." Lucy say. "Who the hell are you?" Sanji says changing from his swooning to his normal expression in seconds.

"I'm August, I'm a friend of Lucy." I introduce myself. "But anyways you really can't refuse an offer from her. She will ask you continuously until you accept and she never gives up."

"What kind of friend?" Sanji asks me standing up for a fight.

"He's a comrade of mine." Lucy says without hesitation.

"Oi. I never recalled that I joined your crew." I sweat dropped.

"Are you anything other than a friend?" Sanji said rising in anger. Lucy was a bit red after that comment.

"Does it matter to you waiter." I say back.

"I'm not a waiter, I'm a cook. Totally different, shithead." Sanji begins the argument.

"Pervert why do you care about a girl you haven't even met before?"

"Excuse me for interrupting." the pirate said. I completely forgot about him, and I just remembered that he was important and I tried to remember his name.

"What!" Lucy, Sanji, and I said simultaneously.

"My name is Gin and I work for the Krieg Pirates. You're a pirate, right? What's your goal?" he continued.

"My goal is One Piece." Lucy said proudly "That's why I am heading to the grand line."

The pirate, Gin, looked shocked by that statement. "You said that you were looking for a chef. I don't guess you have many members right?"

"I have 6 people including August and Sanji." Lucy says. "Why are you including me!?" Sanji and I say at the same time.

"You aren't a bad person so I'll give you a piece of advice." Gin said. "Don't ever go to the grand line! You're still young, so don't waste your life there."

"If you want to be a pirate you have to explore what's out there." Lucy said unfazed by what he said.

"He's right." I said smiling "The grand line makes what's out here look like a nursery home. But that's what makes the adventure so much more fun."

"He's right that it's no joke there. The grand line is just some part of the ocean." Gin continues.

"Really, do you know a lot about the grand line?" Lucy asked hopefully.

"No… I don't know a thing about the grand line. And that's what makes me so afraid."

A/N: The next chapter of Reincarnation is finished. I meant to finish this a yesterday but I was just lazy and didn't complete it. This is a lot harder than I thought. This is my first story so I didn't really know what to expect in creating chapters. I have to read the chapter first and then read it as I'm writing to make sure I am getting everything correct. I then have to change things around to fit in the addition of August and the gender swap of Lucy. Also to point out I will follow the manga. There will not be any filler arcs in the story. This is also going to be the average wait time for chapter to be released. Or at least I hope. I might of made mistakes while writing this. I was sick when writing this. I will also accept some OC's for my story but I cannot take a lot and I will not add all of them into the story. Favorite and/or Follow if you like the series and review if you want to convey thoughts on the series or to ask questions. Peace!