Day 18- Bottle

Sort of overly proud of this for no good reason, enjoy!

Sanji was getting increasingly worried for his nakamas' health. What had started as an innocent party at an island they had just landed on had turned into a drinking contest of epic proportions. Zoro and Nami were duking it out, while Usopp and Robin had established a betting ring and were turning a tidy profit. Nami would've been proud, had she been completely sober. Everyone else were spectating, Luffy eating meat by the ton as he did. In Chopper's case, he had the job of deciding when competitors were too drunk to continue. Essentially he was the judge. And Sanji had the all-important job of delivering the drink of choice: bottled beer. He had ensured that nothing was tampered with, so Zoro and Nami could go full-out without having to wake up to fight like Zoro had at Whiskey Peak.

He opened the sixteenth bottles and delivered them to the table. They were chugged in full and slammed onto the table. He was about to go back for the next bottle when-

"Oi Sanji-bro! This guy wants to see if he can out-drink our Superr two starting from zero!" Franky yelled out.

"Sure, I'll get him a bottle as well. What's his name?"

"I'm Marcus, but you can call me Mark," Mark said.

"Alright Mark. Join the fun! Usopp, start a new line on the betting!" There was a surge of people heading towards the two booths. Sanji snorted in his head. As if this could be called fun. It was a high-stakes game. Nami had bet Zoro's debt on this. Neither could lose. The repercussions were too great. Sanji went to get the next lot, but stopped by Usopp's stall first to check up on the profit.

"How's it going over here?"

"Oh hey Sanji! It's going well. We've got 20,000 on Nami winning, 17,500 on Zoro and 5,000 on Mark, though that's still going up." He turned away to deal with customers,"Oh, thank you! All of you! And the same person, you guys must be sure!" And turned back to Sanji, "19,000 on Zoro. You know, this reminds me of when I ran a mafia gang at the age of 7!" Sanji walked away before he could elaborate further.

He grabbed a bottle opener and opened each one separately. Bottle 17 for the marimo and Nami-san, bottle 1 for Mark. It was then that he noticed some similarities to someone he had seen before. He froze up as he looked the man over. He had a blonde, curled fringe over one eye and green eyes. He was wearing an open shirt and smart trousers.

"Mark, are you copying me?" He asked.

"Uhh... yeah. I'm a big fan actually. Even if most of the people in my town don't believe you exist..." He trailed off.

"I DON'T EXIST? HOW DARE THEY!" Sanji exploded into fiery glory. Everyone around him laughed.

"Aww poor curly. People don't think he exists..." Zoro quipped.

"Shut it national treasure!" Sanji yelled. He stormed out to get the next lot.

Yeah, I'm not finishing this here. Before you spear me with a cross though, it's because I'm giving you a choice of who wins. I have a favourite of course who, if I had control, would win, no doubt. But you have a choice! Make good on it! You have until I post day 31 to review with your answer! Go! Go! Go!

Ps. Credit goes to me for Mark.

Reviews always appreciated, especially now!