A.N: After time skip, no spoilers.
Hatch 14: Sanji's Christmas Present Hunt
Sanji walked along the snowy streets, window shopping. He had decided to get all of his crewmates a Christmas present, which had turned out to be harder than he had thought. He had decided to simply get meat for Luffy and sake for Zoro, which had been easy enough, but the rest were troublesome. They had a limited amount of space at the ship, so buying something big was out of question, especially if it wasn't anything useful. And he wanted to get everyone something they'd like or at least would find useful, too. And of course he had to think of his budget, too. He couldn't get anything too expensive.
"If I wasn't so tight on money I could get Nami-san and Robin-chan some nice jewelry... but I need to get something cheaper." Sanji thought, cursing. Of course he could save up more money by using cheaper ingredients for their food, but that was out of question. It was far better to have good food for both health and taste reasons. Stopping in front of a certain shop, Sanji wondered if it'd be okay to give Chopper first aid supplies. They'd definitely come in handy, but it'd probably be nicer to give him something he liked instead of what he needed.
"Ah what the hell... I'll just get him some cotton candy" Sanji thought. Since finding a candy store wouldn't be hard it was three down and five to go. Walking down the street again Sanji found a music shop.
"New sheets of music for Brook, perhaps? He missed fifty years so he probably doesn't know all the popular songs that came out back then, even though he's been out over two years." the blonde thought, making up his mind. New notes for Brook.
"What about Franky?" Sanji wondered. It'd be easy to just give him cola or some small tools, but he was aiming for something that was more... personal and memorable "Meat and sake aren't either of those, but whatever."
Deciding to think that a little later, the cook started the search for a candy store to get Chopper's gift. Luckily that didn't take long; he just had to walk straight ahead for a while. Entering the shop he looked around for a while, spotting the cotton candy and something else useful, too.
"Interesting..." Sanji mutteredas he picked up a baggage of two flavored candies. Cola was the another flavor in all of them, but there were plenty of other tastes accompanying it, like strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, even green tea. That would do for Franky. Getting the shipwright's and the doctor's presents Sanji left the shop. Three to go.
"Now, what for my beloved Nami-san?" he wondered. He needed something special, but not too expensive. Looking at the shop windows around him he spotted an advertisement that gave him a perfect idea... well, at least in his opinion. The shop sold shirts that you could choose the text for in different colors. Result: the cook got Nami a yellow shirt that said: "My cook is my love."
"Nami-san is going to love this" he thought, sighing happily. He had thought of getting Robin a similar one, but that would have made Nami's feel less special. Now he only had to get something for Robin and Usopp.
"I might be able to find something suitable for Robin-chan from a bookstore." he thought, starting to search for one. Luckily the town they were in wasn't a small one; so far Sanji had had no problem finding what he was looking for. Obviously the town had a book store as well, and it didn't take long for Sanji to find it.
"Some kind of history book should do... maybe the history of this island?" he wondered as he entered the shop. Surely they'd have a book like that. Finding his way to the history section, the blonde started going over the book titles. Something caught his eye, but it wasn't what he had originally planned. Picking it from the shelf, he read the title out loud: "Traditions and history of Christmas, huh... I suppose this'll do."
The only one left was Usopp.
As Sanji went to pay for the book something caught his eye. Smirking, he picked up another book, having all the eight gifts he needed. The book "Manners for Morons" sounded like a fitting gift for Usopp after all.
A.N: And tomorrow we'll take a look at Law's past... be aware of spoilers in that chapter.