28th chapter! :D I am starting to suspect there will be around 40 chapters in this fanfic :_D My original plan was to have around 20 chapters but I guess it failed when I got carried away with writing? :P But I guess you don't mind, do you?

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At first Sara tried to avoid the swordman and the blond as well as possible but then she realised she couldn't go on like this: she had to charm the chef and annoy her rival as much as she could. She thought that she stood a chance against the green-haired man and she wasn't going to give up just because they might have some sort of relationship: if they had one, she could just break it.

"Sanji-san!" Sara greeted the man with her usual, bright smile. "How are you feeling?"

"I am so happy to hear you worrying over me! I am not worthly of your worry, my dear Sara-chan!" Sanji swooned. "I am fine but I am not allowed to cook which annoys me pretty much!"

"Then who is cooking?" Sara wondered. She had heard some noises coming from the kitchen.

"I guess Usopp and Brook are trying to come up with something..." Sanji sighed."I hope they will take good care of my kitchen..."

"Then what are you going to do?" Sara inquired.

"Nothing special, I guess?" Sanji chuckled. He knew what was coming next.

"Then would you spend some time with me?" Sara asked, blushing and smiling.

"It would be my pleasure!" Sanji swooned. He couldn't turn Sara down just by some stupid reason, after all. Besides, the stupid swordman was training so he had nothing else to do.

Besides, she is just a teenage girl...she has no real chances even though she is a lady indeed! But let's give her a chance at least! Even though I have already made my choice...

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Chopper saw how Sara behaved around their chef and soon diagnosed her with love-sickness. Their chef was just a normal gentleman and a pervert. He couldn't miss the looks Sara was giving to the blond and all the slight flirting between them. Also the slight blushing when close to the one you fancied was a clear sign.

Usopp couldn't miss the new atmosphere on the ship too. Usopp was actually pretty sharp and he could soon notice that something was definitely going on: Sara was flirting with their chef, Sanji wasn't resbonding to it so eagerly and Zoro was staring at them all the time, sharing looks with the blond. He guessed that it had something to do with the fight the previous day but he couldn't bring up the courage to ask anything.

Brook was old and he had seen lots so he had also some sort of hunch of what was going on. He was almost certain that their chef and swordman must have some sort of relationship but he said nothing.

Robin was the one who was most aware of their relationship. She had peeked a lot and she was pretty much aware of the situation. She guessed that their navigator suspected something because of her constant chuckling but she didn't bother to explain herself.

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"Hey, everyone!" Luffy shouted."It's meal time!"

"Why in the heavens is he shouting that?!" Nami wondered."Everyone knows that he would like to eat everything by himself!"

"Even though Luffy is a selfish bastard it doesn't mean he doesn't care about his crew!" Sanji hissed and threw out his smoke.

"That's right. Captain-san would never let us suffer just because of his stomach," Robin chuckled.

"But have you realised how much he eats? We are loosing money big time!" Nami cursed. "We can't avoid almost anything else but his food!"

"That doesn't count your shopping money, does it?" Zoro grinned but when Nami stared at him he decided to stay quiet. Women were scary.

"Shouldn't we hurry before captain-san eats our food?" Robin suggested and everyone understood her point.

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"If Sanji can't cut his food then Zoro could do it!" Luffy suggested. Everyone in the kitchen blinked.

"EH?!" Even Zoro and Sanji stared at their captain with disbelief. It was a fact that Sanji's other hand shouldn't be used so he could only use fork so he couldn't exactly cut his food into smaller pieces. What they couldn't understand was why their captain suggested it.

"Why Zoro?" Usopp wondered.

"Because he is used to cutting things. It's simple!" Luffy explained and grinned widely.

"Hey Luffy! Slicing meat and using swords are two different things!" Zoro preached.

"So you are not refusing?" Robin chuckled in a way which caused shivers run trough the swordman's spine - in fact, shivers which told him that the woman knew something she shouldn't.

Sanji smiled slightly before changing to his usual fight-tone."Tsk, as if I would let one brainless creature slice my food!"

"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO FIGHT?!" Chopper interrupted their fight. "I will do it as his doctor!"

"Chopper, you are no fun!" Luffy whined.

"DID YOU EXPECT THEM TO FIGHT?!" Nami hit the idiotic captain.

"But Nami! Fights are lots of fun!" Luffy smiled foolishly.

"That's not good enough a reason to let them destroy our ship! They can fight somewhere else if they want to!" Franky complained and Nami nodded.

"Yohohoho! Franky-san and Nami-san are as harsh as usual!" Brook laughed.

"SHUT UP, YOU PERVERTED SKELETON!" Nami and Franky joined their forces.

"HELP ME, THEY ARE GOING TO KILL ME!" Brook begged for mercy."Ah, even though I am already dead! Yohohoho!"

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Nami informed everyone that they would reach the next island inside few days. It was only a matter of time before they could see it in the horizon. It was good news to everyone else expect Sara who wanted to spend more time with the chef. She didn't really care about the other members on board as long as she could make memories with Sanji.

Every member or the Strawhat crew were really pumped up by the news.

Luffy could eat as much as possible at some fancy buffet restaurant. Nami could buy some more paper for her maps and shop more clothes than she needed. Chopper could buy new herbs and medicines and if lucky, some new book about medicines. Usopp could look for a little bit this and a little bit that for his weapons likelywise as Franky, who would also buy lots of Cola so that they wouldn't run out of it before the next island.

Zoro was a poor swordman with huge dept so he could affort nothing. Sanji would fill in their food supplies the best he could and look for new kitchen equipment. Robin would look around the city and pick up information about history and buy few books. Brook would probably assist other members with their shoppings which usually meant helping Sanji with grocery shopping.

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