Hi everyone! I'm sure you're confused because it's only been three days since an update. Well… SURPRISE UPDATE. No, really I'm updating because I'm celebrating me reaching Chapter 16 and starting Chapter 17. Now you may be like, why is chapter 17 so big, well, I'll tell you! Chapter 17 is the start of Water 7 and possibly Enies Lobby. I'm not exactly sure if I'm combining the two or not. This means I am roughly three to four chapters away from beating the collective shit out of the World Government (If you're wondering why it's so short till then it's because Thriller Bark is going to be short and combined with the Sabaody Archi Chapter, this is because, due to certain reasons Luffy will be having none of Moriah's shit). Anyways! I got my first flame which consisted of someone telling me that this writing is the equivalent of child learning how to write for the first time. To be honest, I'm usually better with writing but it's very difficult to easily write everything when the characters are technically overpowered. As far as I can tell it slowly gets better. Anyways this chapter covers Baratie, as expected so I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own HP or One Piece.

Death's Gift to His Master

Kaya's and Usopp's integration to the crew was smooth and flawless. The other crew members took to calling them Big Sis and Big Bro rather immediately since they were the new Commanders of the Healer and the Sniper divisions. When Usopp got on the ship he asked for schematics for a sniper rifle and a shotgun which Luffy gladly handed over. Not two days later did Usopp come out with a brand new sniper rifle and shotgun strapped to his back. Of course before hand, Luffy had introduced the duo to their new training regimen though of course Kaya's was easier because her body was still recovering, although it was still hell for her. Kaya, having no weapon training, allowed her new siblings to pick out her weapon. It was actually Zoro who ended up choosing for her, having believed her perfect for a sword. Lo and behold Zoro was actually right and Kaya took to the sword like a fish to water. Although if you were to compare Kaya's style of sword fighting to Zoro's it'd be like comparing a dancer to a dragon. Where Kaya was grace and fluidity, Zoro was pure brute force. Other than that Luffy piled Kaya up with various medical books for her to study on so she could learn more and be the best doctor for the Armada.

However, unlike with Nami, Luffy didn't offer them any Devil Fruits. He explained he had two reasons for it. The first was that neither of them fit their fighting styles so it would be rather pointless for them to eat the fruits. The second was that they needed people who didn't have Devil Fruits as well or all the Commanders would be screwed if they fell in water. Which if you thought about it made complete sense.

Beyond that, on their way to Baratie, Luffy decided to start doing the interviews for the various non-commanders and see what division they wanted to join. When Luffy first acquired Alvida's ship, speaking of that they need to start naming the ships, they had two hundred and fifty crew members. Now though after saving Shells Town, Orange Town, and Syrup Village they had a total of three hundred and fifty give or take a few. Out of those three hundred and fifty, sixty-five of them went to Alvida for the Heavy Combat division which left two hundred and eighty five. Out of those two hundred and eighty five, fifty went to Zoro for the Sword Division leaving two hundred and thirty five. Then out of those two hundred and thirty five, a surprising one hundred and ten went to Nami leaving one hundred and twenty five. Of course then again seventy five went to her for the Navigation Division and the other thirty five went to her for the Finance Division. Of the remaining one hundred and twenty five, thirty five went to Kaya for the Healer Division leaving ninety. Of that ninety, twenty went to Usopp for the Sniper Divisision leaving seventy. Of the seventy remaining were twenty who wanted to become cooks, fifteen that wanted to become shipwrights, fifteen who wanted to become musicians, ten who wanted to become spies and help gather information, five who wanted to be researchers, and five who wanted to become assassins if needed.

All in all, they had their hands full. Especially for Nami who suddenly had a hundred and ten subordinates under her thumbs and was staying up late at night to make teaching plans to teach her new little brothers and sisters. Of course, she would never admit it but she wouldn't rather do anything else, she was happy here.

Another topic Luffy had to consider was the flag design, because the crew wanted something they could get tattooed on their body to proudly represent their crew. At first Usopp suggested a skull and crossbones with a straw hat on the skull but Luffy felt it was too simple. So Instead they went with a skull that had a straw hat and superimposed behind it was the symbol for the Deathly Hallows. The crew had asked what it meant and all Luffy replied was:

"The last enemy that shall be defeated is Death."

Of course they loved it, although the Commanders seemed rather confused but let it go for now because they didn't have the grounds to even start asking. So with that being said they made their way to Baratie. They would have stopped at an island for the tattoos but Nami said there's a tattoo parlor in Cocoyashi village and it'd be great revenue for the village. I mean come on, over three hundred people getting tattoos that cost about five thousand Belly per hour and considering how Luffy wanted the Commanders to get the tattoos on their backs, to mock his brother, that'll add up real fast. Nami estimated that for the small tattoos for the crew members it'd take about two hours so together that's roughly three million five hundred thousand belly. For the Commanders, because the tattoo artists on Cocoyashi are actually rather good and rather fast, she estimated maybe four hours and since they're picking someone up at Baratie that'd make about a hundred forty thousand belly. So the total was three million six hundred forty thousand belly. And since most if not all the crew members were paying out of pocket it wouldn't even make a dent in the belly that Luffy had gotten when he acquired Alvida or when they robbed Buggy.

Anyhow, soon enough they reached Baratie, the floating restaurant. It was an interesting sight as it seemed to be shaped like a fish. However, the interesting part was not the ship but rather the Marine that seemed to be trying to talk to them.

"I don't recognize your flag. I am Lieutenant Fullbody of the Marines, who's your captain." The man said.

"That'd be me, yo." Luffy said.

"You're really lucky that I'm on vacation or I'd have to deal with you guys." Fullbody said.

Somebody from inside the cabin on the marine ship seemed to be asking him to stop messing with them. So the man started walking away, that was not before the man ordered them to fire the cannon.

"Hey Nami! How's your Cloud Road you've been working on?" Luffy asked.

"I can only hold somebody for about twenty seconds." She said.

"Good! Prepare to put one under me!" Luffy said.

When the cannon fired Luffy jumped off the ship and turned so that he was facing the cannonball and the Marine ship rather than the Baratie that he'd be forced to face or fall off. Luffy suddenly expanded and the Cannonball hit him before being flung back at the Marine ship, going straight through the cannon and into the cannonball room, causing it to explode. Luffy however, safely landed on top of the fluffy cloud that Nami prepared for him before jumping off it and onto the ship before it could dissipate. The crew was then laughing at the Marine who had fired at them who was cursing at them. They laughed even harder when they saw the woman on the docks of the Baratie laughing at him, because she was more than likely the woman he was on vacation with.

Jokes aside they docked at the Baratie and got off. From there they made their way off the ship and into the restaurant, leaving the crew to watch over the ship, as the Baratie couldn't handle three hundred plus people. Entering they saw the restaurant had plenty of people ranging from pirates to marines to civilians. They were directed to a table where they all were seated and handed a menu. Nami of course told them not to get much, pointedly looking at Luffy.

"Hey! It's not my fault I have a high metabolism." Luffy whined.

"Yeah, well we need to make sure you don't eat us out of our Belly." Nami said.

Soon enough though they were approached by a blonde haired man with a curling eyebrow wearing a black suit and black dress shoes.

"Hello, I am Sanji, the assistant head chef and I will be taking your orders today, beautiful ladies." Sanji said, only looking at Nami, Alvida, and Kaya, causing the guys to roll their eyes.

"Ah, why aren't there any waiters?" Nami asked.

"That's because they left yesterday for time off. We have enough chefs for them to take over the waiters' positions temporarily. Now what would you wonderful women like?" Sanji asked.

"Ah, well I actually have a message for Zeff that is, first." Luffy said, causing Sanji to look at him.

"Oh, you have a message for the old man? What is it?" Sanji asked curiously.

"Can you tell him Shanks sent me?" Luffy asked.

"Very well, but I still need your orders." Sanji said.

Thankfully they had already decided what they wanted. Luffy of course got a meat type dish, Alvida preferring a noodle type dish, Zoro wanted sushi, Nami wanted something made with oranges, Kaya really really wanted pancakes, and Usopp simply wanted hamburgers. Quickly after that though they were approached by a mustached man wearing a head chef hat and had a peg leg.

"Oh, you're the one that kid sent?" Zeff said.

"Ah, well when a crew member of mine suggested Baratie, and later told me you ran it, to get a chef it reminded me of something that I had forgot. When I was a kid Shanks said that you were the best chef there was and that if I ever needed to get a cook for my ship to ask you." Luffy said.

"Ah, I guess he'd definitely send you to me since I trained the cook he has on his ship. How do you know Shanks anyways?" Zeff asked.

"He gave me this hat shishishi. Told me to give it back to him when I become a great pirate." Luffy said.

"Hey kid what's your name?" The man asked.

"Oh, it's Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said, seeming to shock the man.

"The Will of D eh..? Well I'll see what I can do. I can't do much on short notice but I'll try. For now, enjoy your dinner." Zeff said, before heading off.

"What did he mean by the Will of D?" Nami asked.

"Well, I actually have no clue but certain people throughout history have had the middle initial D. In fact, my grandpa has it, my brother has it, Roger had it, Roger's wife even had it." Luffy said

"You're not blood related to your brother, right? You had introduced him as Portgas D. Ace so there's the chance." Alvida said.

"Yeah, we're not related by blood but we're as close as brothers can be. Although I guess the term would be brothers in arms? But I really don't know…." Luffy said looking off to the distance, wistful.

That action was clearly noticed by the others who filed that away for later because soon after their food arrived, being served by Sanji. Their food, of course, was really amazing and they asked who cooked it.

"Oh, that was me, the one who was going to cook your food was asked to prepare the Marine's food over there." Sanji said, directing his head over to the Marine and a woman who turned out to be Lieutenant Fullbody.

"That jerk? He attacked us when he docked." Luffy said.

"Might as well keep an eye on the man, I have to serve his food." Sanji said, sighing before leaving.

As they enjoyed their food Luffy kept an eye on Lieutenant Fullbody as Sanji served the food. When the man tried to guess the wine, and was proven wrong by Sanji who then flirted with the woman Luffy saw that the man was getting pissed off. About ten minutes later when the actual dinner appeared Luffy saw the man put a fly in his dish and call Sanji over.

"Waiter! What is this fly?" Fullbody asked, trying to hide his smirk.

"I don't know, I'm not a fly expert." Sanji snarked, causing the man to get ridiculed even by the woman he was with.

"And you're an idiot Fullbody." Luffy said, standing up.

"What did you sa- YOU'RE THE BRAT WHO DESTORYED ME SHIP!" Fullbody yelled.

"Yeah, and you're the idiot who purposefully put a fly in his dish just to embarrass the chef here." Luffy said before walking up to the man and grabbing him.

Everyone in the restaurant watched as Luffy dragged the man out the doors and toss him into the ocean. Luffy walked back in and dusted off his hands before stopping at Sanji.

"Why did you do that? I was going to do something." Sanji said with a frown.

"Because if you had done something you would have gotten in trouble. I mean, the chefs and waiters aren't allowed to harm the customers but… other customers?" Luffy said.

"Well… I guess I thank you then. If I had done something, then old man Zeff would have yelled at me till morning." Sanji said with a sigh.

"What happened here?!" Another chef came in and yelled.

"Ah, that was me. One of your customers tried making fun of the chefs by putting a fly in his soup. I 'helped' him outside." Luffy said, causing Sanji to smirk.

"Well… I guess if he put a fly in his soup then that would have been grounds to kick him out.." The chef said before heading off.

Shortly after though a man looking near dead came in and asked for food. However, the previous chef refused to feed him. So Sanji took the man to the back where Luffy followed and saw Sanji feed the man.

"I don't want to be ashamed for having to result to begging but this is the best rice ever!" The man said.

"Hum~ I've decided! You're to be the Commander of the Cook Division in my crew!" Luffy said, seemingly shocking the man.

"Wha- I refuse." The Sanji said.

"I refuse your objection. After all, from what I've seen you don't really like it here that much." Luffy said, shocking Sanji even more.

"H-H-How did you know that?" Sanji asked.

"Well, for one it's in how you act around customers. You don't exactly pay attention to them and only pay attention to the women. While that may be you just being an unrepentant pervert that doesn't explain why you completely ignore the men." Luffy said.

"Eheheh." Sanji said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head as he smoked.

"Excuse me for interrupting but.. I'm Gin and I work for the Krieg Pirates what is your goal?" Gin asked.

"Oh, my goal is first and foremost the largest family possible and secondly One Piece which is why we're making our way to the Grand Line." Luffy said.

"Ah, it's nice to have more than one goal.. You said you're looking for a Cook so you can't have that many people." Gin said.

"Well, actually we have like three hundred and fifty plus the five commanders and me." Luffy said.

"Wow, three hundred and fifty, that's a nice number but.. It's still not enough! My captain's crew had over five thousand and we were wiped out by one man." Gin shouted.

"…Who was the man?" Luffy asked.

"It was the Shichibukai, Mihawk." Gin said.

"Oh! Hawky! Ah, he won't be a problem really." Luffy said, causing Gin to gasp out in shock.

"Hawky?! You call the Shichibukai Hawky?" Gin shouted.

"Yup, he visited some times to visit Shanks. You probably woke him up from his nap. He doesn't usually attack pirates unless he's ordered to by the World Government." Luffy said.

"…. You know, thinking about it, Don Krieg did yell at the man to move his boat." Gin said.

"That would have done it." Luffy said.

"Aaah, I don't know if I should go back to Don Krieg." Gin said.

"Why not?" Sanji asked, deciding to join in on the conversation.

"Well, the man's cruel for one. He orders us to kill anyone who gets in our way, including their families. It's not nice being his being his Combat Commander." Gin said with sigh.

"Why don't you join us?" Luffy said suddenly.

"Wha?" Gin said, shocked.

"Well, I mean you can't stay here for sure and my crew is one big family. Secondly, we don't kill everyone, only when there's no other choice and it's not going to bite us in the back later." Luffy said.

"But what would I do?" Gin asked.

"Well, I still need a Vice-Commander for our Heavy Combat Division. Alvida's starting to go stir crazy with all the paperwork." Luffy said.

"A-are you sure?" Gin asked.

"Yeah! I'm positive!" Luffy said with his usual smile.

"Alright! I'll join." Gin said with a smile too.

"This is nice and all but I gotta go back in." Sanji said, pushing himself off the railing before heading back in.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to the others." Luffy said, heading back in too.

The other customers seemed surprised that Gin came back in but waved it off. Luffy headed over to his table where his siblings were waiting.

"Hey everyone! I got a surprise for you guys, especially you Alvida." Luffy said.

"Oh, what is it?" Alvida asked, interested.

Luffy presented Gin to them before smiling.

"Meet your Vice-Commander Alvida, Gin here left the Krieg Pirates for us." Luffy said.

"Oh?! This is great! Less paperwork for me!" Alvida cheered, causing the others to groan though Nami's was suspiciously absent.

"…Nami do you actually like paperwork?" Zoro asked, in almost horror.

"What?! It's nice and calming plus part of my paperwork involves me reading my subordinates' navigation charts and counting money. What's there not to like?!" Nami said, offended.

Gin started to laugh, shocking everyone else.

"Haha! This is nothing like it was in my old crew. It's nice and comforting, I like it." Gin said with a smile.

Luffy pulled him up a seat so they all could talk.

"So, Gin, what's your heavy combat specialty?" Alvida asked.

"Oh? I uh use tonfas with iron balls the size of cannonballs on the end." Gin said.

"That's.. an interesting choice of weapon. Judging by the sound of it you use two… how do you fight like that? I mean I'm sure I can but you?" Usopp said, before getting hit on the head by Kaya.

"Usopp.. what have I told you about lying if it wasn't to tell a story?" Kaya asked sweetly.

"….Not to?" Usopp said hesitantly.

"Good boy." Kaya said.

"Heh, well I actually can use them pretty well. I've trained well enough to move and fight with them without problem." Gin said.

"Oh, well I'll have fun putting you through the paces" Alvida said with a smirk.

Soon enough though there came in running.

"The Shichibukai Mihawk is here!" The man yelled, shocking everyone.

"Did he follow me here?!" Gin shouted in a panic.

Luffy shook his head before replying.

"Probably not, destroying the fleet was probably enough for him." Luffy said before heading outside, Zoro following behind fast.

Lo and behold there it was, Mihawk's small coffin sized ship with him sitting in the center. Luffy didn't seem nervous at all, he even ran up to the docks and waved at the man.

"Hey Hawky!" Luffy yelled, causing Mihawk's eyes to twitch.

"Luffy, I see you're still wearing Shanks' hat." Mihawk noted.

"Yup! I have to keep my promise to him after all." Luffy said.

"Ah, and who's this." He asked.

"Oh this is the Commander of my Swordsman Division." Luffy said with a smile.

"I wish to challenge you Dracule Mihawk!" Zoro yelled, causing Luffy to turn his head.

"You're not exactly at his level right now Zoro." Luffy said.

"I know that! But I still have to try. My goal is to become the best swordsman in the world!" Zoro said before charging at the man.

In an instant Mihawk was blocking Zoro's attacks with a tiny knife that couldn't even be called a dagger. Every strike that Zoro sent Mihawk's way was instantly blocked in an amount of speed that Zoro couldn't even comprehend.

"You're certainly tenacious I'll give you that but let's see if you can block me." Mihawk said before going on the offensive with a single strike.

When the strike hit Zoro was able to dodge enough using Haki to make it go off it's intended target and strike at the right side rather than where his heart was. That caused Mihawk to give Zoro an approving glance.

"I see you've been training in Haki… You're not exactly that good in it yet but you are good enough to redirect my attack elsewhere. Tell me, why are you not moving back?" Mihawk asked.

"Because, moving back is the exact same as losing, and if I lose then how can I stand up to my captain, my brother? The same man who I told I would become the world's greatest swordsman by his side as he becomes Pirate King? I'd be going back on my promise!" Zoro shouted, causing Mihawk to finally show a smile.

"Your crewmate is very willful Luffy… I approve. For that I will use my best sword, the Black Sword, the greatest sword in the world." Mihawk said, pulling the sword off his back.

'This is it…' Zoro said as he readied his three swords as he charged forward.

"Tri Elements Sword!" Zoro yelled, charging forward and past Mihawk.

Everyone was shocked when two of Zoro's swords shattered. They were even more shocked when he turned around and braced himself.

"What are you doing?" Mihawk asked.

"It's shameful for a swordsman to be attacked at the back." Zoro said smiling.

"Very well." Mihawk said, before striking Zoro.

Zoro suddenly started spurting blood from the chest, although it wasn't a lot as the wound seemed to not be that deep but it'd probably still scar. Mihawk turned to Luffy as if accusing him of something.

"What did you do Straw Hat?" Mihawk asked.

"I just made it so that he wouldn't need to be in bed for weeks. We do have someone to kill soon after all…" Luffy said.

"Oh and who are you going to kill?" Mihawk asked, interested.

"Arlong… he hurt one of my siblings and for that he's going to pay." Luffy said.

"Seems like you adopted the same attitude as Whitebeard… Though it might have to do with Ace doesn't it?" Mihawk said.

"Shishishi, what do you think?" Luffy asked, laughing.

"Well, I'll just head on in. I actually came here to kill some time by getting something to eat. Do take care of him, I'll look forward to the day he can actually beat me." Mihawk said before heading into the restaurant.

Kaya then rushed up to Zoro and began to start taking care of him by first disinfecting the wounds and then cleaning them.

"Sheesh Zoro, I'm going to have to engrave a bed in the infirmary with your name on it at this rate." She said, suddenly hitting Luffy with a memory from his past life.

"My lord Mr. Potter, at this rate you're going to have your name engraved on one of these beds if you don't stop getting into trouble." Madame Pomphrey said to Harry.

"Heheh, but it's not my fault that the Dementors approached me mid match." Harry said sheepishly, causing Madame Pomphrey to scoff.

"Dementors! In a school! What are they thinking, I've had forty different students in the past week come to me for Dementor exposure! At this rate, I'll have to pry some chocolate from Professor Lupin." She said with a sigh.

"Do you think they'll find Sirius Black?" Harry asked, worried a bit for his life.

Pomphrey sighed before grabbing a towel to start washing one of the bed pans.

"I honestly don't know. Sirius Black was always a resourceful person…. Get some sleep Mr. Potter you'll need it later if you want to see your fellow Gryffindors. I heard they're throwing you a party." Madame Pomphrey said before Harry's eyes fluttered closed.

"Luffy! Luffy!" Nami shouted.

"Huh what?" Luffy asked.

"You seemed out of it, what's wrong?" Nami asked.

"Ah it's nothing, what did you want?" Luffy asked.

"Well, Sanji over here said he wanted to talk to you." She said.

Sure enough Sanji was standing there, looking as if he wanted to ask him something.

"What is it?" Luffy asked.

"Well, I was thinking about it, and old man Zeff talked to me about it, and I decided I want to join your crew." Sanji said.

"That's great but I'm curious, what caused the change of mind?" Luffy asked.

"Well, it was that marimo. The way he talked about his dream and how dedicated he was to you, it kind of drew me in. Also, the problem that I had was taken care of." Sanji said.

"What was the problem, if I may ask." Luffy said.

"Well… you see a long time ago when I was a kid the old man saved my life and recruited me as a chef. I felt as if I still owed him a debt of gratitude but he assured me, quite painfully if I might add, that it was already taken care of." Sanji said, rubbing his face in pain.

"Ah! Well, before you join I have one question…. What is your dream?" Luffy asked.

"I wish to discover the All Blue and make the most delicious dishes from it!" Sanji said proudly.

"Alright! That's a wonderful dream! Welcome aboard Commander of the Cook Division and our new brother." Luffy said with a smile.

After saying goodbye to everyone and getting back on the ship Luffy had a meeting with everyone in the conference room.

"So… I actually have a question for you Sanji, because this would only work with you." Luffy said.

"What is it?" Sanji asked, trying hard to not flirt with the women present as they were glaring at him.

"Do you wish for your kicks to be as strong as steel?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah that'd be wonderful but how would you do that?" Sanji asked, curious.

Luffy promptly brought out the now dubbed, Devil Box, and brought out the Tekkou Tekkou no Mi and handed it to Sanji.

"That is the Steel Fruit. With it you will become a Steel Human. It is a Paramecia Class fruit meaning you can't control steel but you can turn into it." Luffy said.

"This will really work? I mean the fruit I would have wanted the most would be the Suke Suke No Mi but.. this would help my combat skills." Sanji said.

"… what's the Suke Suke No Mi?" Nami asked.

"I don't think you want to know. But yeah it works." Luffy said, lest Nami unleash her wraith on Sanji again via zapping him with lightning.

"Alright then I guess… down the hatch!" Sanji said before eating the fruit, gagging afterwards.

"Blue was that awful!" Sanji said, causing the others to laugh.

"Well, welcome to the crew Sanji." Luffy said with a smile.

This uh, chapter, was interesting to write. Only because I wasn't entirely sure how to work the fight with Mihawk. I just knew that Krieg was going to go down quickly because of his awful arrogance. Also, you people may be noticing the term "Blue" being used a lot. Because I'm not entirely sure if everybody in OP believes in a God I stuck with Pirates using the term "Blue" like the Blue Seas instead of God. Now don't throw Skypiea at me because I checked that, God in terms of Skypiea is a title for their leader. Anyways! Thanks for reading and please leave suggestions in your reviews. Even though I have a lot of chapters done doesn't mean that I can't change anything! Although… I have a question, someone wanted me to de-age Arlong and like make him see the error of his ways. Now, technically I can use a de-aging potion to de-age him but should I? It's up to you guys if you want it. If you do I'll just change the ending I had for the next chapter and make him leave with Hachi.