Yo! It's been a while, yeah I'll have to apologize for that, this summer has been hectic! Well here's another chapter, about 6,000 words, not too shabby :P I'll try to get more done, especially during the action scenes since it will be more fun for me to write :)
Chapter 10: Gin
"EH?!" All the Strawhats yelled in surprised.
To them, their captain was a strange one indeed. After being at the restaurant for half an hour, the boy already found someone he thought was worthy of being the cook.
"Oi, Luffy are you sure that guy is capable of being on a pirate ship?" Zoro was sceptical. Sure, the blonde guy seemed like he knew how to cook, considering Zoro overheard the conversation and apparently, the blonde guy was the assistant chef. But could he hold himself in a fight was the real question? Being on a pirate ship requires more than just skill in a particular role, you would need to be able to fight or you would be considered deadweight.
As if sensing Zoro's thoughts, Luffy replied, "Don't worry, he's a good chef from what I've heard, and he's a more than capable fighter." His eyes moved to Zoro's for a split second, telling the swordsman not to worry.
"Anyways, apparently, I'm going to be working here for a week to pay off the damages, so it will give me plenty of time to recruit Sanji," They all assumed Sanji was the chef, "and it will give you guys a nice little break."
A smile crept onto everyone's face after hearing Luffy mention the word break. One smile in particular was the largest. Kuro was smiling like a madman, Oh how he loved this new lifestyle.
"By the way Kuro, approximately how long do you think it will take for the Kuroneko division to gather enough supplies to regroup with us?" He asked. "Oh, I'd say given the status they were in when we left Syrup... about a week give or take a few days."
"Hmm... alright, tell them to just wait for further orders until I deem it necessary that we group. Got it?" Kuro nodded, "Sure I'll send word later today, but do you have any specific reason as to why you want to wait for them to regroup with us, I mean, wouldn't it be beneficial for us to have strength in numbers?" Kuro asked, slightly confused. "I understand what you mean, but I'd rather our crew lay low during our time in East Blue, and I also have other plans." For a split second he glanced at Nami, more specifically the spot where the tattoo of the Arlong pirates was. The quick glance went unnoticed by Kuro who merely shrugged. "I guess if that's what you think is best then I guess I have to take your word for it. Now if you will excuse me, I've just been dying to try the food here." He smirked and walked past Luffy.
Luffy chuckled slightly, to him, Kuro seemed to be having a fun time so far. Suddenly, the doors burst open revealing the silhouette of a figure in the sunlight. The silhouette took several steps into the restaurant. It was revealed to be a male who seemed to be in his late 20's to early 30's, and from what Luffy could sense, was dying from starvation. There were murmurs among the customers, identifying the man there to be a pirate of Don Krieg's crew.
He continued walking slowly, what seemed like an agonizingly long time for the customers, was in reality only a couple of seconds as he finally reached the dining table and sat down; kicking his feet up in the air he said, "I don't care what it is... just get me some food."
Patty was there to greet him as he had on his trademark 'Customers are gods' smile on while clasping his hands together. "Welcome, you worthless bastard." His mouth barely moved as he said it cheerfully. The rest of the restaurant gasped as they thought that he was going to be killed for sure.
"I'll only say it again, bring me some food or I'll have to use force."
"I'm sorry sir, but we expect that you pay for the food here... Do you have any money?"
The man lifted a gun that he had in a belt holster into the air, pointing it at Patty's head. "Is a bullet okay?" he answered clearly not amused, but Luffy could see that his eyes were faded. That man was dying.
"So I'll assume that you don't have money..." Patty immediately brought both his fists down onto the man after uttering the sentence. A chair was broken as the man went crashing to the floor. The rest of the restaurant began hollering things like, 'way to go cook!'
'Wow, these guys sure take their business seriously.' Luffy thought, not completely surprised by the violent solution to their 'customer' problem.
The man was kneeling on the floor clutching his growling stomach, his breaths becoming more harsh and shallow.
"Oh, your stomach is growling, you damn filthy pirate."
"That was a fart... Hurry up you jerk, get me something to eat." He growled up at the man, growling stomach and all.
"YOU'RE NO CUSTOMER! SO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Patty yelled, finally snapping.
Meanwhile, Sanji had sneaked away from all the commotion and went into the kitchen. Luffy turned his head and observed him cutting vegetables. 'Hmmm... Interesting.'
Patty had begun his assault on the fallen man. He began kicking at the man's stomach while the man took it all, no energy to fight back all he could do was clutch his stomach and groan in pain. Luffy felt sympathy for the man, as he could relate, having to fight for food everyday during his training, even having to go without food for days, Luffy knew what it was like to be starving. Though at the same Luffy had no obligation to help him, so he simply observed.
Patty soon stopped his assault and stood triumphantly over the man. "Alright everyone, please continue and enjoy your meal." He bowed as he picked him up and walked out to the back. He threw him on the ground and walked away muttering about taking out the trash.
He began rolling pain. "Damn it... I wouldn't normally let anyone get away with that crap..." By now, Luffy was on the upper level observing him. He decided to intervene.
"Hey, you're starving, aren't you?" Luffy felt empathy towards the man as he recalled the many nights he went without food.
"Sh-shut up, I'm not hungry in the slightest" he groaned back.
"Whatever you say..."
Just then, Sanji came out of the restaurant holding a plate of what looked to be seafood and rice in his hand. He walked up to to the man and placed the plate down in front of his broken form.
He looked up and gasped in shock. Sanji had sat down against the railing and he took a puff of his cigarette. "Eat up."
"Shut up! This is even worse, I won't accept charity... take it away!"
Sanji sighed in annoyance. For someone who was starving, He was being really stubborn. "Stop acting so touch, just eat it already. To me, any hungry person is a customer."
"I... I can't pay for this."
"This vast sea is very cruel... It's awful not having food or water... just awful. I understand starving people more than anyone. I don't give a shit if you want to die with dignity, but eating now, you could look forward to tomorrow, right?"
He swallowed as he looked hungrily at the food. In an instant he grabbed the plate and began chowing down as much as he could. Tears were cascading down his face as he was finally able to eat in what seemed to him like an eternity. "This is so delicious, almost too good to be true! I thought I was gonna die..." he began eating hungrily at his food again while muttering and rambling on how delicious it was.
"Heh, so you like it huh?" Sanji smirked.
The touching moment was broken as Luffy's loud laughter filled the air. "I definitely found my new cook! Hey you there! Sanji! How about joining me!" Both the man and Sanji looked up in confusion.
"You'll be the chef aboard my pirate crew!"
"You're a pirate? Then why did you attack the restaurant?"
"That wasn't my fault, that bastard marine attacked us and the cannonball got redirected towards your restaurant."
"Oh, so it was that shitty marine huh..." Sanji sounded a little more pissed. "Anyways, you should stop from causing anymore damage to this restaurant, the head chef here used to be a chef aboard a notorious pirate crew. To him, this restaurant is worth more than any treasure."
"Oh, so that ossan used to be a pirate? That's why he's so strong."
"Well, most pirates in the East Blue like to come here a lot." Sanji added.
"Yeah, this place seems to always be lively."
"It's why all of the waiters are gone, the constant fighting between the cooks and pirates scare them off."
"Hmm, that's probably why that ossan wants me to work here for a full year, too bad that's not happening. Hey, so you going to join me or not?"
"I refuse, I still have reason to stay here."
"Nope, I also refuse!"
"Refuse what?!"
"I refuse your refusal. You're a good cook, and from what I've seen, a capable fighter as well, so you should join my crew!"
"What the hell are you talking about!? I'm not coming with you just because you say you want me to."
"Whatever, I know you'll change your mind, whether you want to or not." Luffy grinned mischievously.
"Sorry to interrupt, but... I'm part of Don Krieg's pirate crew, my name is Gin. So you're a pirate too, huh? What's your goal?" Gin asked in interest.
"That's easy, my goal is to become The Pirate King by finding One Piece. I'm headed for the Grand Line." Luffy replied calmly. Gin was shocked to say the least. This kid who looked no older than 18 said he was headed for the most dangerous place on the planet, and at such a young age.
"How many people are in your crew?"
"Around 106 including him." Luffy pointed to Sanji.
"What! Why are you including me in your count?!" Sanji yelled.
"Because you're going to be a part of my crew." Luffy replied as if it was the most simple concept in the world.
"Hahhh... You just won't let this go will you..."
"Anyways, why do you ask Gin?" Luffy went back to the more pressing matter.
"I've experienced first hand what the Grand Line is capable of. Our crew was over a thousand strong and we got annihilated. I don't mean this out of disrespect, but I recommend not going to the grand line. That place is hell itself." Gin looked visibly traumatized while he talked about the grand line. Apparently something horrible happened to him and his crew while they had ventured out onto those dangerous seas.
"Do you know a lot about the Grand Line?" Luffy asked.
"No, nothing at all... That's why it's so scary."
"Are you sure you're one of Don Krieg's men, to think he'd hire such chickens..." Sanji took another whiff of his cigarette.
"Call me what you will, but I know what I witnessed... But I've wasted too much of your time, I really must get going, my Captain is probably out there waiting for me." Gin stood up, now with a full belly of food.
Sanji was nice enough to find him a dinghy that he could use to temporarily set sail and find his crew. He was standing on the dinghy facing the both of them. "Well I'll see you later."
"I'm still going to the Grand Line." Luffy said blankly.
"Yeah, do what you want, we're strangers so I've got no right trying to stop you. But I have warned you... And Sanji-san... Thank you very much for all you've done. You saved my life and that fried rice was the best! Can I come here again?" He asked with a real smile.
"Heh, Anytime!" Sanji replied back.
"Hey, waiter boy!... Oh... here you are..." Zeff called out from above them as he saw the empty plate of food and Gin who had his strength back and was ready to float away.
"I'm so sorry... Now you're going to get into trouble for letting me eat here for free..."
Sanji began walking towards the plate of food. "Whatever." He picked the plate up and dropped it over the ledge into the ocean below. "Well, they don't have any proof now do they?" He smirked.
Gin's eyes began welling up with tears as he bowed his head in complete gratitude. "Arigatou, Sanji-san. I'll never forget this." Gin soon drifted away past the horizon onto the great open sea.
"Oi, Sanji, Waiter boy, get back to work!" And soon, Luffy and Sanji went back into the restaurant.
When Luffy walked into the restaurant he saw that his crewmates were all sitting at a table enjoying mouthwatering plates of food.
"Oi, what the hell, I'm here working while you guys get to enjoy delicious food! That hurts!" Luffy yelled as his stomach growled. "Alright I'm just going to have some food since I missed lunch." He picked up a fork and began eating from the plate closest to him, which happened to be Nami's. As Luffy was chowing down on Nami's food, which she didn't seem to mind at all, as she was done her fill, Usopp put a booger into a glass of water and handed over to Luffy.
"Here Luffy, have some water to wash that all down." Usopp was snickering quietly as Luffy took the cup.
He brought the cup closer and closer to his lips until it finally touched his mouth. By this time, Nami, Zoro and Kuro were also giggling quietly waiting for the tragedy to occur. Then suddenly out of nowhere, Luffy smacked the cup against Usopp's lips and forced the water, and the booger down his throat. "You drink it!"
By now, the entire restaurant was giving dirty looks towards their table as their laughter was heard throughout the entire restaurant.
Sanji, who was serving another table looked over at the table where they all were. "Are those idiots all part of his crew?" He muttered under his breath. But then, he noticed a beautiful girl with orange hair among them. He handed the wine bottle he was pouring over to the customer. "Pour it yourself."
He then appeared in front of Nami with a rose in his hand kneeling on the ground, swooning he said, "O' Mother Ocean, thank you for arranging this encounter! O' my love, go on laugh at me, as long as I'm with you, it matters not if I'm a pirate or a devil, but alas, there is such a great obstacle between us!" He said clutching his chest.
Nami had no idea what was going on or who this guy was, but the flattery was sure as hell fine with her. To her, it seemed like he worked here, she quickly formulated a plan to use this guy to get as much free stuff out of this place as possible.
Luffy just looked on with a blank expression, already having seen his flirtatious attitude. 'Just his flirtatious attitude, and her greed, nothing else...'
"And that obstacle is me, right Sanji?" Zeff was standing behind the lot of them with a frown on his face. "That's just fine, why not just run off and be a pirate with them?" Sanji turned around and glared at Zeff. "We don't even need you here anymore!" The other cooks began laughing from the kitchen as they were looking over the commotion. "The other cooks don't like you anyways, why don't you become a pirate or whatever you please? Why not just get the hell outta' here?" Zeff was dead serious.
"What the hell is this? I didn't do shit, and you're blowing your head off, old fart?" He walked closer to the old chef. "I don't care about your other excuses... but I will not allow my cooking to be insulted! I don't care what you're going to say, but I will continue being a chef here whether you like it or not!" Sanji grabbed him by the collar.
"How dare you hit your own boss...!" Zeff grabbed a hold of his jacket, "you stupid eggplant!" He threw him across the restaurant. He landed on the crew's table, but everyone saw this coming and they each grabbed a plate to prevent spillage. Sanji groaned, "Are you kidding me... no matter how hard you try, I'm gonna stay as chef here! Until you go to hell!" He exclaimed from his slumped position.
"I won't die... I'll live for another 100 years!" Zeff said as he walked back into the kitchen.
"Stubborn old fool..." Sanji got up and dusted himself off.
"Well isn't this great, the ossan wants you gone and I want you in my crew, this is a perfect opportunity to come join us." Luffy exclaimed.
"Hell no! When will you take no for an answer?!" Sanji yelled back.
"Same thing happened to us." Zoro and Nami said in unison.
After about an hour of Nami milking Sanji for all he was worth, the crew decided to head back to the ship to get some rest. They were all standing around casually. It was eerily misty as they all stared out to sea, or what they could see of it.
"Man, I'm getting sick of this place, you think we'll be able to leave soon?" Usopp sighed.
"Beats me." Zoro replied with a yawn.
"I don't know why you all want to leave this place, it's got free food, a nice atmosphere..." Nami started but was interrupted by Zoro. "You're the only one!"
Luffy walked out onto the deck of the restaurant carrying an over-sized garbage bag. "Oi Luffy, hurry up and get out of this mess!" Usopp complained.
"You can't wait a bit longer? I've almost got Sanji in our grasp, shishishi." Usopp begrudgingly accepted his proposal. "Fine, but please hurry."
Just then, Luffy sensed something approaching the restaurant. He quickly snapped his head into the direction of the incoming object, but to everyone else, it looked like he was staring at empty space.
"Oi Luffy, what's wrong?" Nami asked.
"It seems like Gin's captain has decided to pay this place a visit." Luffy grinned. "Apparently he's worth 17 million beli and commands a fleet of over 5000 men. But from what I can sense, he only has about 200 hundred with him, and they all seem to be dying."
"What!? That's still a pretty high bounty, that's 2 million more than Buggy's!" Nami half screamed. She hated her luck sometimes, why did they always have to encounter the strong pirates...
"You really think I'm going to lose to some weak ass pirate with that low of a bounty?"
Nami paused and stuttered out an answer, "W-w-well h-his bounty is pretty high..." He chuckled at her response, he almost forgot that the bounties in East Blue are not very high, given that it's the weakest, and most peaceful sea. "You don't have to worry about a thing, this fight is going to be more one sided than anything." He grinned as the ship came into view behind him.
Soon, the ship came closer towards the restaurant and it towered over the tiny ship, easily twice as big. Everyone inside the restaurant began to panic and began fleeing the restaurant.
"Oi, Luffy, what should we do? That ship is massive!" Usopp screamed.
"Calm down Usopp, take a closer look." Luffy sighed.
Usopp calmed down and looked closer as the fog dispersed. He let out a gasp as he saw the condition of the ship. Dents, scratches and torn sails littered the ship, and even mast was tilting, barely held together.
"You guys, go inside the restaurant and stay there in case something happens, I need to talk to Nami about our next destination in case we have to make an emergency leave." Luffy jumped onto Merry.
"What! Are you mad?!" Usopp seemed rather scared.
"What's the matter, you chicken?" Zoro teased.
"N-No! Let's go! Zoro and Kuro, you can go first I'll cover the rear."
"Heh, figured as much, let's go Zoro-san, we might finally be able to see some action." Kuro walked past Usopp followed by Zoro.
After everyone left, Nami turned to Luffy. "So what place did you have in mind?"
"We're not going there, you are." Luffy said.
"W-What are you talking about?" Nami was confused.
"You're going to steal the Going Merry, Nami." Luffy was serious here.
"Why?"
"I saw you looking at Arlong's wanted poster earlier, I know about you, remember?" Luffy's expression softened. "And that threat will linger, even when you're having fun with us."
"But couldn't you guys just come with me, why do I have to steal it?"
"I want to make everyone think you betrayed us, if Arlong thinks you're with us, he'll think of it as an act of mutiny and attack people on the island. It's better this way." He was quite happy with his plan. "You can use the treasure on board the ship, we'll try and do this the peaceful way, to keep people involved to a minimum. And if that doesn't work, well I'm always up for a fight." He grinned.
"Luffy..." Nami muttered as she began tearing up. She did the first thing that came to mind, she wrapped her arms around his back and pulled herself to him. She began sobbing into his chest saying 'thank you' as many times as possible. She took it back, her luck was truly amazing. Luffy laughed and returned the embrace. They pulled apart and Nami began wiping her tears.
"And Nami, don't worry, we'll come after you, I'll make sure of it, no matter what... I just have this feeling that shit is going to go down here... So, do we have a deal miss navigator?" He grinned and held out his hand.
Nami laughed, nodded and grabbed Luffy's hand, giving it a firm shake. "Deal."
"Alright, now I think it's time to set this plan in motion, Johnny and Yosaku are still on the ship, I think you're smart enough to find a way to get rid of them." He smirked and winked at her, knowing she knew the implications.
"Yeah... and Luffy..." As if already knowing what she was thinking, he replied, "Don't worry about a thing Nami, I'm way stronger than that Don Krieg guy, you just focus on getting to Cocoyashi, I'll handle everything here." He smiled at her, jumped off Merry and ran into the restaurant. She smiled and turned around, preparing the ship to leave. One boy had managed to bring hope into her miserable life, and the hope was growing exponentially. 'If you were her Bellemere, how would you judge Luffy? He doesn't even act like a pirate.' She looked out into the sea towards her home village, it was almost like a hidden instinct, she always knew where her home was and would always stare out in the same direction when gazing upon the sea.
-Inside-
As Luffy walked through the doors of the restaurant he noticed everyone standing in front of Gin and some big guy in metal armor. 'Must be the Captain...' There was yelling, something about not supplying food to him.
He heard Gin yelling desperately, "Please! We promise not to attack this restaurant, we just need food for our crew." Gin was trying to be reasonable.
"We want to hear it from your captain." One of the cooks argued.
"I-I won't do anything...I promise I will leave after I eat. So please, just spare some food!" Don Krieg was on his hand and knees kneeling before the cooks.
"Please stop captain! Don't beg!" Gin tried to stop him from begging. How could his great captain do such a humble thing as to begging?
His protests were ignored as Don Krieg continued. "Please... even leftovers, anything will suffice!" His plea seemed to have fell on deaf ears as all the cooks still weren't buying it.
Sanji however, didn't listen as he set a bowl of food in front of the pirate captain. "Take it, Gin. Let him eat it."
Gin looked up at Sanji in awe. It was hard to imagine that someone like this actually existed.
Don Krieg wasted no time in eating as he said his thanks and began eating.
"Oi Sanji! Take that food away from him! Don't you know what kind of person he is!? He's a snake! He once raised a marine flag on his ship and docked at a town and then pillaged it when the townspeople least expected it! What makes you think this is any different!? You might have endangered all our lives!" Carne warned.
As Carne was finished his rant, Krieg quickly got up off the ground and punched Sanji straight in the jaw sending him flying back several feet, groaning in pain.
"Don Krieg! What are you doing!? You promised that you'd never hurt these people, so I took you here. Besides, that man saved our lives!"
"Yeah, the food was good." Krieg got up and stood tall over everyone else. "I'm gonna cut things short, my ship is wrecked, and I want a new one, so since you gave me food, I'm going to be nice and let you collect your things and leave with your lives. Also, there's about 100 men still alive on my ship, I need food for all of them."
"Like hell we will! We refuse!" Carne yelled.
"Don't be mistaken, I'm not ordering food, I'm giving you an order that you will obey or else..."
Zeff suddenly appeared in front of Krieg with a giant bag. "Here's food for 100 men, help him get it on board." He said with no emotion in his voice.
"Head chef Zeff!" The staff chorused.
'What is that old man doing feeding his enemy?' Luffy looked on with interest.
"D-Did you just say Zeff!?" Krieg asked as he stepped back a bit in shock.
"Owner! What are you thinking!? If the pirates get better then they'll take over the restaurant!" One of the cooks yelled.
"That's if they have the guts. Isn't that right Mr. Couldn't-get-through-the-grand-line?" He looked over at Krieg whose eyes were bugged out.
"You... You're the Red Leg Zeff!" Krieg looked on with bugged out eyes. This was a complete shock to him, as he wasn't expecting such a legendary pirate to be here of all places. "So, you're still alive huh? One of the greatest pirates in history!"
"So what? It doesn't concern you and as you can see, I make my living as a cook now."
Krieg began cackling in laughter. "That's one way of putting it, but to me, it looks more like that's the only thing your able to do." He said as he eyed his peg-leg. "So the rumors were true, you lost your leg in an accident at sea and now you can no longer do battle." Krieg smirked confidently, knowing that he had the advantage.
"So? Why would I need feet to cook? As long as I have hands... now say what you really want to say."
"You're the only man I know of that has returned from the grand line aliveand you probably kept a journal of your encounters during your voyage. I want that journal."
"Indeed you are correct in assuming that I have a journal. But I'm not giving it to you." Don Krieg lost his smirk. "That journal is not mine alone, it's the pride of my entire crew. Someone like you would never understand it's true value." Krieg was angry now.
"Then you leave me no choice! If you wont hand over the journal then I'll just take it by force. I may have barely escaped the grand line, but I had the essentials going in, power, a giant crew, and ambition, the only thing I lacked was information. With this journal, I'll be able to create another fleet of pirates capable of conquering and ruling the grand line and fine One Piece! Then I'll become the Pirate King!" He declared to the whole restaurant.
Luffy's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he heard those words escape his lips. 'Him? Pirate King!? Ha!' He walked up to the center of the room where the commotion was and faced Krieg. "Buddy, I don't care how large your damn fleet is, the person who is going to be Pirate King is me!" He pointed an accusing finger at the 'Don'.
"What was that kid? I'll pretend I didn't hear that..."
"You don't have to, I'm only speaking the truth."
"This is no joke kid..."
"Of course not, I'm going to the grand line soon..."
"That's not funny kid! It may have been just a lack of information, but my fleet of 5000 men only lasted for 7 days! What makes you think you can make it?"
"Because, I'm not a weak ass bitch like you, and my nakama aren't weak either!"
"Sorry, but I hate your sense of humour... if you insist, shall I kill you off right now?" Krieg's armour lifted up to reveal multiple guns hiding under the metal.
Luffy grinned maliciously as he unsheathed his katana and stared right back at him. Blue eyes stared the larger man down as Luffy awaited the assault.
"Starting a brawl, eh Captain?" Luffy turned his head to see Kuro and Zoro standing at the staircase.
"It's not really a brawl, well not yet at least, until he makes the first move." He turned his head back and prepared for the fight.
Krieg stared the young boy down as if sizing him up. However, he lifted up the large sac of food and began heading out of the restaurant.
"I'll take care you all later... right now I need to feed my men. For those of you who don't wish to die, you'd best be gone when I come back if ya know what's good for you. The only things I want are the journal and this ship. Though if you all have a death wish, I'd have to go out of my way, but I'd be more than happy to send you to the bottom of the ocean." Krieg walked out of the restaurant leaving everyone behind.
"Hey this is all your fault! If you hadn't had fed that pirate in the first place, he wouldn't be here right now!" One of the chefs yelled as he pointed and accusing finger at Sanji.
"All of you shut up!" Zeff exploded at the chefs. "Do any of you have any idea what it's like to be starving to death? What it's like to not have food or water on this vast ocean? Sanji knows that feeling more than anyone here!" Confused whispers were exchanged between the cooks. "The difference between all of you and Sanji is that Sanji knows that feeling!"
All the cooks in the restaurant, were standing there shocked. To think Sanji of all people had such a hard past!
"It's my job as a chef to cook for hungry people. Whenever I see that someone is hungry, no matter what their status, it's my duty to feed them. But don't take that the wrong way Gin, after I fulfill my duty as a chef I will kill anyone who try's to harm this restaurant, even you!" He glared at Gin.
Luffy grinned and stood at the two large doors. "Finally, time for a decent fight!"
Yeah! Another chapter complete! Hope you guys enjoyed, and if anyone could message me a link or something to an artwork I could use for my story that would be great! It just seems really dull having no picture next to the title and summary :P I have big things planned for this story, big things! Well, until next time (hopefully it won't be that long) I'm Viraj and I'm signing out! PEACE!
P.S. I know I semi-copied Animaniac at that scene with Luffy and Nami but I just couldn't think of a better way to get Luffy to help her! And there is no way in hell Nami would ask something like that, she's too prideful! You can hate me all you want though my decision is final :P