Surprises in Store
Don Krieg left the restaurant and headed to his ship with the bag of food for 100 men.
"Sanji ... please forgive me! I had no idea that this would happen," Gin begged for forgiveness.
"There's no need for your apologize. The cooks of the restaurant acted out of their own free will, and this is the result of that," Zeff explained.
The chefs still blamed Sanji for what happened.
"Silence you numbskulls!" Zeff yelled.
The chefs quieted down.
"Have any one of you ever been hungry enough to die? Do any of you know just how terrifying and painful it is to be stuck in this ocean deprived of food and water?" Zeff asked.
"What do you mean sir?" Pati asked.
Sanji knew what he meant, but kept quiet as he lighted his cigarette.
"If you've got time to be crying over spilt milk, then just leave this place by using the back door," Zeff told the cooks.
The chefs grabbed kitchen huge silverware like items and other things they could use as a weapons and none left the restaurant.
"What are you all doing?" Gin demanded, "Haven't you realized how powerful the Don is by now? You need to run away!"
"Hey Gin! Let me tell you something," Sanji told Gin, "It's my duty as a cook to feed anyone who's starving, but the ones who're coming to attack this ship are those who've already been fed. So you better not complain when I kill him."
"Yeah! And I'll destroy that armor that he brags about," Luffy stated.
"If someone is planning on stealing this ship, then I'll kill that person without a second thought. Even if it's you," Sanji finished, "Got that?"
"Hmph, you save a person only to kill him afterward?" Pati asked, "Some guy you are."
"Shut up!" Sanji told Pati.
"Luffy, you should rethink his offer," Usopp said, "If we're with him, we won't be killed. Even in the Grand Line."
"You did hear him say most of his ships were destroyed and crew were killed within a week in the Grand Line, right?" Zoro stated.
"I don't care what he offers, I'll deny him everytime," Luffy responded.
"Then we should get out of here!" Usopp said.
"No," Luffy replied.
Zeff smirked hearing Luffy's answers.
"Hey Gin! You said you didn't know anything about the Grand Line, but your captain just said you were there," Luffy yelled.
"What I don't know is the truth. I just can't believe it. I just don't know if those 7 days we spent in the Grand Line was real or just a nightmare... I'm still wrestling with it in my mind... he just appeared all of the sudden," Gin explained, "To thing all 50 ships of Krieg Pirates were destroyed by a single man!"
"What?" everyone responded.
"The entire Krieg Pirates was crushed by a single man?" Pati asked.
"While we still had no idea what was going in, our ships sank one by one, and if it weren't for that storm that whisked us away, even our main ship would've sunk," Gin explained, "I don't even know how many of our ships manage to survive. It's just too terrifying to believe as real. I don't even want to think about that Hawk-eyed man whose glare is sharp enough to kill a man! I don't! I don't want to think about him!"
"What?" Zoro responded.
"How can that be?" a chef asked.
"Without a doubt, that had to be the work of the Hawk-eyed man," Zeff said.
"Hawk-eyed man?" Pati asked.
"You saying that you witnessed a man whose glare was as sharp as that of a hawk doesn't necessarily prove it was him, but the fact that he sunk your entire fleet is more than enough proof that it really was him!"
"Hawk-Eyed? Who's that?" Usopp asked.
"Beats me," Luffy replied.
"He's the man I'm searching for," Zoro suddenly spoken.
"Huh?" Luffy and Usopp responded.
"According to what Jahnny said," Zoro explained.
The chefs started to remember serving a man like that.
"That idiot got his information mixed up!" Zoro complained about Johnny.
"What about Johnny?" Luffy asked.
"Never mind," Zoro sighed as he sweatdrop.
"Did he bear some ill grudge against you guys?" Sanji asked Gin.
"I don't remember anything like that! He just attack all of the sudden!" Gin replied.
"Perhaps you disturbed his afternoon nap," Zeff said.
"That's nonsense! You mean to tell me he destroyed our entire fleet for that?" Gin asked.
"No need to get so irritated, it was just an example," Zeff told him, "That's just the kind of place the Grand Line is."
"A place where even the abnormal is normal, huh?" Zoro asked.
"I definetely have to go there!" Luffy said with excitement.
"Could you at least try to think of the danger?" Usopp asked.
"Hey! If Ace passed by here and haven't return, then he must of made it to the Grand Line!" Luffy responded.
"Considering what I heard about him, I would believe it," Zoro said.
"What's your brother's full name?" Zeff asked.
"Portgas D. Ace," Luffy replied.
"White Beard Division Leader Fire Fist Ace, huh?" Zeff asked.
"Wait! White Beard Division?" Gin asked.
"You heard of him?" Luffy asked.
"Of course! But I didn't know your brother was a member of his crew," Gin explained.
"Who is White Beard?" Usopp asked.
"A great pirate that once rival Gold Rogers," Zeff replied, "They say he has based himself somewhere deep in the Grand Line, and is one of the 'Four Emperors'."
"Four emperors?" Luffy asked, "Who are they?"
"I heard of them. They're pirates that have reign the Grand Line," Pati said.
"That's right. There's also a captain with red hair and a scar across one of his eyes that is one of them," a chef said.
"You're talking about Red Hair Shanks," Zeff responded.
"Shanks!" Luffy yelled.
"That's right, you know Shanks," Zore responded.
"And my dad is a member of his crew," Usopp responded.
"You really know who they're talking about?" Sanji asked.
"Yeah! Shanks is the reason I became a pirate," Luffy replied, "He even gave me his straw hat."
"Then that means that hat is the legendary straw hat of Gold Rogers," Zeff thought.
"Wait, if they're deep in the Grand Line, wouldn't that mean they might of found One Piece?" Usopp asked.
"That would be the case, if they were going after One Piece," Zeff said.
"What do you mean?" Luffy asked.
"None of them have actually found One Piece, some say they're not even looking for it," Zeff responded.
"Oh," Luffy responded.
"Well Luffy, it seems that both our goals lies in the Grand Line," Zoro said.
"Yeah," Luffy agreed.
"Bunch of idiots. You lot are the type to rush to their deaths," Sanji said.
"True, but I'd rather have you leave out the idiot part," Zoro responded.
"Huh?" Sanji responded.
"Ever since I've decided to become the world's greatest swordsman, I threw away my attachment to life. The only one who has the right to call me an idiot is me alone," Zoro responded.
"And I made an oath to Shanks, to Ace, and on my other brother's grave that I would achieve my goal," Luffy responded.
"As a real man, the same goes to me," Usopp responded.
"Liar!" Zoro said as he poked Usopp in the head with the back of one of his katanas.
"Idiotic if you ask me," Sanji responded.
Zeff seemed surprise by what he said.
"Hey idiots! The gigantic Galleon that's parked infront of our restaurant belongs to Don Krieg. The ship of the strongest pirate in all of the East Blue! You got that! So you can continue you conversation after we've gotten ourselves out of this mess!" Pati reminded them.
...Krieg Pirate's Ship...
The remaining 100 krieg pirates were eating and drinking as much food and water as they can.
Surprisingly they were able to stand up and recover without getting sick for eating the food so quickly.
The crew cheered as they were saved.
"Yes and we'll set sail back to the Grand Line once again," Krieg said.
The crew weren't so happy about that.
"We're not going back!" a pirate said.
Krieg took a gun and shot at the pirate.
"Anyone else wants to disagree?" Krieg asked.
"No sir!" the crew responded.
"First, we'll abandon this battered this old ship that might sink at any moment, and take over that floating restaurants. Plus, there's a crew in there I want to recruit, and if they know what's good for them, they'll agree. If they don't that crew and the chefs in there are our enemies. The chefs should be easy to deal with, but two of those pirates we're trying to recruit might be a challenge for all of you, so leave them along with their captain to me and I'll talk some sense to them, or they will die by my hands," Krieg told them, "So let's teach them not to mess with the Krieg Pirates!"
"Yeah!" the crew responded.
The Krieg Pirates rushed toward the Baratie Restaurant.
...
The chefs were ready to fight.
...
The Krieg Pirates were about to enter the restaurant when something or someone cut their ship into pieces.
Everyone was caught by surprise by what just happened.
Waves were form as most of the huge galleons started sinking.
...
"Our ship was outside too with Nami Yosaku and Johnny still inside," Zoro responded.
"I'll save them!" Luffy responded.
"It might be too late Luffy!" Usopp yelled.
"Besides Luffy, you can't swim!" Zoro reminded him.
Luffy already headed out.
"Darn it! Come on Usopp, we better go make sure he doesn't drown himself!" Zoro responded.
"What?" Usopp responded.
"Raise the anchor or this ship is going to be dragged under!" Zeff yelled.
"Yes sir!" the crew responded.
Zoro Luffy and Usopp came out to the restaurant's deck and found Johnny and Yosaku in the water, struggling not to be pulled under.
To top that off, the Going Merry was nowhere in sight
"Brother Zoro!" the two bounty hunters cried.
"Yosaku! Johnny! Are you alright?" Zoro asked.
"The ship! Where's our ship?" Usopp asked, "Did it go under?"
"Where's Nami?" Luffy asked.
"About that... we're sorry bro! Nami isn't here anymore!" Johnny replied.
"Sister Nami took the ship and treasure and sailed away," Yosaku explained.
"What?!" Luffy Usopp and Zoro yelled.
...
Zeff noticed a small boat with a man with a large sword strap, had black hair and a beard, Hawk-eye like eyes, wearing a cowboy-like hat, black jacket with no shirt, black pants and a silver necklace around his neck.
...
Luffy pulled Yosaku and Johnny onto the Baratie.
Johnny explained what happened.
...Flashback...
On the Going Merry, during the time Krieg was threatening the chefs and offering Luffy a position in his crew, Nami was looking at a certain wanted poster.
"What are you doing sis?" Yosaku asked.
"You bee staring at that wanted posters for a while now," Johnny said.
"Oh, um ..." Nami responded, "It's nothing..."
Yosaku and Johnny look and saw which poster Nami was looking at.
"Oh? Eyeing the high bounty outlaws, huh?" Yosaku asked.
"But it's best not to go for that guy," Johnny stated, "For a while, he's been keeping quiet."
"But I heard he's recently started rampaging again," Yosaku explained.
"Oh okay," Nami responded as she pretend to walk away.
"Yeah, but that 20 million berry bounty sure is hard to pass up!" Yosaku said.
"But considering his strength, there's a slim chance that even we would be killed by a slim margin," Yosaku said.
They didn't hear anything from Nami and turned to her.
Nami was now pulling her large bag of treasure across the deck.
"Ummm... sis? Isn't that the treasure on our ship?" Johnny asked.
"Yup, I brought it on board just now!" Nami replied.
"YOu know we aren't planning on staying with you guys on this ship forever, right?" Yosaku asked.
"Would you two mind turning around for a second?" Nami requested.
"Huh?" Johnny and Yosaku responded.
"I want to change my clothes! It's a little embarrassing, so if you men could just llook that way for a moment..." Nami said as she put up a blush and pointed.
"Change clothes now?" Yasaku asked.
"S...sure. Why not? We'll look the other way," Johnny responded.
Johnny and Yosaku turned around and look toward the ocean.
Nami used the moment to sneak up behind them and pushed them off the ship.
Johnny and Yosaku splashed into the sea, then swam up to the surface.
"What's going on sis?" Johnny asked.
"What do you mean what? It's just business! After all, I am a thief specializing in stealing from pirates! This ship is no exception," Nami stated with a grin, "I never recall agreeing to be one of your shipmates, I only said we were joining hands!" Nami explained, "It was a lot of fun being with you guys, but I got to go. Tell the others that if we're truly linked by fate, we'll meet again!"
"What?" Yosaku and Johnny responded.
Nami sailed off with the Going Merry, leaving Yosaku and Johnny.
Since Meri (Kaya's servant) told Nami how the ship works, it was easy for Nami to navigate it alone.
Yosaku and Johnny yelled at Nami to stop until someone or something cut the Krieg Pirates' ship into pieces, causing it to sink.
...Flashback...
"Darn that woman! Just because she was acting all nice recently, I let my guard down for one moment and let this happen!" Zoro complained.
"How dare she pull a fast one over us during this crisis!" Usopp complained.
"Wait! I can still see our ship!" Luffy said.
Surely enough, they could still see the ship.
"Yosaku! Johnny! Where's your ship?" Luffy asked.
"We still have ours," Yosaku replied.
"Zoro! Usopp!" Luffy turned to his remaining crew.
"Just let her go. No good will come of chasing after that thief," Zoro said.
"B-but she took our ship!" Usopp argued, "That ship is important!"
"I want Nami to be our navigator no matter what," Luffy said.
"Fine! Hey Usopp! We're going!," Zoro responded, "Why'd I have to follow such a troublesome captain.
Yosaku and Johnny prepared their boats for the four of them.
"Are you coming Luffy?" Usopp asked.
"I can't! I still haven't paid this restaurant back!" Luffy responded.
"Be careful. The situation here is getting crazy," Zoro said.
"Yeah, don't worry," Luffy responded.
"It's him!" someone yelled from the remains of the Krieg Pirate's ship, "The man who destroyed out fleet!"
They turned to the man on the boat.
Even Zoro was surprise to see the man.