Unlikely Union
"That's enough Sanji!" someone said.
Everyone turned to see that Gin had Zeff on the ground with a piece of Zeff's peg leg in one hand and a gun in another aiming at Zeff.
"I don't want to kill you," Gin said, "Even though he used to be a famous pirate, but now he's just a simple chef. I will kill him."
"That man broke head chef's artificial wooden leg!" Patty said.
"Boss!" the chefs yelled.
"I can take him down," Luffy said.
"Wait! Let's listen to him first!" Sanji responded.
"Do you want to spare this man's life, then leave this ship Sanji!" Gin told Sanji.
"I won't leave this ship unless I'm dead," Sanji said, "And I don't plan to die easy."
"Sanji! Don't tease him or he will kill Zeff!" a chef yelled.
"Why are you so worried old man?" Sanji asked, "You don't have any right to order chefs anymore."
"Shut up stupid kid! You don't have the right to talk to me like that!" Zeff responded.
"Stop calling me a stupid kid!" Sanji yelled.
"Is Sanji thinking of using this opportunity to get rid of Zeff?" a chef asked.
"Gin, point your gun at me if you have the guts," Sanji told Gin.
"What are you thinking? You'll get killed!" Luffy responded.
"I said I won't die easy, but if I die, then it's alright," Sanji responded.
"Sanji, why?" Gin asked.
"If you want to die that much, I'll help you!" someone said.
They turned to see that Pearl was up already.
"You broke my nose twice in one fight. It's not just luck! You are too dangerous," Pearl said, "If you don't want that old man to die, then don't move!"
Pearl was about to punched Sanji.
Luffy summoned a force of Haki that stopped Pearl cold.
"Gin, you are a coward if you think that by threatening the old man we'll agree to your request," Sanji said.
"Why? It's the easiest and best way!" Gin responded, "If you leave this restaurant, and Luffy joins the Krieg Pirates, everyone will survive!"
"Because this restaurant is that old man's treasure," Sanji replied, "I already taken power and dream from that old man. I don't want that old man to lose anything more!"
"This is not a time to talk about that stupid story, stupid kid!" Zeff said.
"Shut up! How many times do I have to tell you not to treat me as a kid!" Sanji yelled back.
Sanji had a surge of will power.
Pearl finally recover and was about to attack.
"Gum-Gum Pistol!" Luffy yelled as he pulled his fist back.
Luffy swinged his fist forward and hit Pearl with enough force that it send him flying backwards.
Before Gin could shoot, Luffy summoned another force of Haki on Gin that was enough to render him weak enough to collapsed.
"You are pathetic Gin. You fight with no honor," Luffy said, "If this is how you guys fight, I don't want to be part of it!"
"Why did you interfere?" Sanji asked.
"Because, I may not understand a lot of things, but I do understand what it's like to fight for one's treasure," Luffy said.
Sanji noticed that Luffy wasn't joking about it.
"I guess he does," Sanji thought as he remembered how he met Zeff.
…Flashback…
Sanji was 10 years old and was already working at a cruise ship as a chef-trainee.
Sanji had one goal back then, and that was to find a legenday sea where every kind of fish in the world can be found…
"All Blue?" a chef asked.
"Didn't you know the legendary sea?" Sanji asked.
"I knew it, but you are really crazy!" one chef responded.
"That's okay, because we are sea chefs. It's not strange that we dream about that sea," the chef said.
"Right? One day I will find that sea!" Sanji responded.
The other chefs just laughed at Sanji, telling him it was impossible.
…Later that night…
The chefs were complaining that the passengers weren't even eating their food.
Most of the chefs ate what the passengers didn't, but Sanji threw his leftovers away.
Then the cruise ship was attack by Zeff's pirate crew, back when Zeff was younger and had both his legs.
Noises could be heard from the kitchen.
"What's that noise?" Sanji asked.
"A pirate ship! Pirates are attacking us!" a chef replied.
"Pirates!" Sanji responded.
…
Zeff had returned from the Grand Line and was already attacking ships.
Soon Zeff had the captain and his men captured.
"Red Leg Zeff! What do you want from us?" the captain asked.
"Take over!" Zeff replied in an order.
Zeff's pirate crew attack the cruise ship's workers and punished any passengers could attack.
Meanwhile, it was storming and the storm was getting worse.
"Captain! We need to hurry before the storm hit us!" Zeff's crew member told Zeff.
"I know!" Zeff responded.
However, when one of his men stolen food from the cruise ship, Zeff kicked the man.
"I always tell you not to touch other people's food, idiot!" Zeff told the man.
Sanji came out holding two kitchen knives.
"Hey kid. It's dangerous to play with knives," a pirate said.
"Shut up!" Sanji yelled.
"No Sanji! Don't fight them!" a chef yelled.
"Kid! Don't annoy them!" a passenger yelled.
"Do something! Isn't he a member of your crew?" a passenger asked the cruise ship's captain.
"Sanji! Step aside!" the captain yelled.
"Kid! Do you want to die?" Zeff threatened, "If you do, I'll help you!"
"Who wants to die?!" Sanji yelled, "You will kill us anyways, right? So I better kill you first!"
Zeff kicked Sanji into a wall of the ship.
"Sanji!" the chefs yelled.
Sanji got back up and even bit Zeff in the leg.
"I have a dream! One day I'll find the all blue!" Sanji said.
All the pirates, except for Zeff, laughed at Sanji.
Zeff kicked Sanji away.
"Let's go captain! The storm is getting worse faster than we thought!" a pirate yelled.
"Okay! Take all the treasures to our ship!" Zeff ordered.
A huge wave came over the ship.
Sanji was caught in the wave and was forced overboard.
At that moment, Zeff jumped up, used his kick to break off a mast, and dived after Sanji just as another huge wave came and destroyed both ships and killed those that stayed on them.
…
Sanji woke up on a stranded island.
Only one there was Zeff.
"You have regained consciousness kid? You are very lucky," Zeff said.
Sanji tried to move and felt pain.
"A person that has been kicked by me can't move so fast," Zeff said.
"Where's the ship?" Sanji asked.
"It sunk! Don't you see the pieces?" Zeff asked.
Sanji looked around and saw that there were remains of a ship or two on the island.
"My ship was destroyed too. I can tell by looking at that piece of wood. But it is good that I didn't find any dead bodies," Zeff said, "It has been two days since the storm. We have arrived in an isolated island without any fruit or animal! Even though we are in the middle of the sea. The cliff here are too steep to climb down, and even if we do manage to get down, we won't be able to get back up."
Sanji was clearly upset.
"Do you want to cry? Is it because you don't have any food with you?" Zeff asked.
"Says who?" Sanji asked, "It's all your fault! I will kill you!"
"Stop barking! You are the one who will die, and I will eat your body for food," Zeff said, "The only choice for us is to wait for someone to rescue us. If we are lucky, maybe there will be a ship tomorrow. However, if we are unlucky, we will have to wait here until we become corpses."
"Me? A corpse?" Sanji asked scared.
Zeff dropped a small bag of bad in front of Sanji.
"This is your portion of food," Zeff said, "It's the food I've found. It's enough for 5 days. So you will have to use your head on how to make it enough for you. Luckily both of us are chefs."
Sanji noticed that Zeff had a bag several times bigger than his.
"Wait a minute! Your portion is 3 times bigger than mine!" Sanji yelled, "That's not fair!"
"I am an adult, so I need more energy than you," Zeff responded as he placed his food on Sanji's head, "In a situation like this, we'd be better be good to each other so we can survive."
"Stupid old man!" Sanji said.
"You should be happy that I gave you that food. Don't even think that I will get along with you," Zeff said, "You stay here, and I will wait on the other side. If you see a ship, call me! Before that, we won't touch each other, so we won't lose any energy!"
Zeff headed to the other side of the island.
Sanji decided on how to handle his food, unaware that Zeff just crushed one of his legs into an amputation with a rock.
…
Sanji manage to make is 5 days worth of food last 25 days.
Luckily there was water basins created from the storm.
Ships came once in a while, but none seemed to pay any attention to the island, even after Sanji yelled for it.
Now 70 days passed and ships still haven't docked.
It rained every once in a while, preventing Sanji from lighting a signal fire for any ship to see.
Sanji finally reached his breaking point and decided to try and steal Zeff's food.
However, when he headed over to Zeff's side and rip open the bag that was still unopened, Sanji found not food but treasure.
"I told you not to see each other until we saw a ship!" Zeff responded.
"Why is there only treasure in this bag?" Sanji asked.
"I may have many treasures, but I can't eat them," Zeff replied.
"Hey! This bag, it was all treasure?" Sanji asked, "Wait a second!"
Sanji rushed to Zeff and saw that one of Zeff's legs was missing.
"What happened to your leg?" Sanji asked.
Zeff didn't replied.
"You … ate your own leg!" Sanji cried.
"Yes," Zeff responded.
"But then you gave me all your food!" Sanji started yelling.
"Yes," Zeff replied.
"But without your leg, you can't be a pirate anymore!" Sanji yelled.
"Yes," Zeff replied.
"Are you out of your mind? I am thinking of killing you and I never did something for you! Why did you give me all your food?" Sanji yelled.
"Because both of us share the same dream," Zeff replied.
"All Blue? But your crew said it doesn't exist," Sanji responded.
"It does. And when the time comes, I'll go back to the Grand Line, even if I have to travel for one year," Zeff explained, "But I see the possibility to find All Blue in the Grand Line. I have lost my crew, and without them, I don't want to be a pirate anymore. And even when they don't believe in the All Blue, they were good people."
"Good people?" Sanji asked.
Zeff collapsed onto the ground.
"Don't die old man! You can't leave me!" Sanji yelled.
"The sea can be so cruel to us. I wonder how many people are waiting like is in this wide sea," Zeff said, "I have been a pirate for so long, and I have been through the situation where I didn't have anything to eat many times. Whenever I think of that, I come up with an idea. It would be great if there was a restaurant in the middle of the sea."
"Restaurant?" Sanji asked.
"Yes, and if I ever get out of this island, I will put everything to build a restaurant," Zeff said, "The only person who can open the restaurant in this age of pirates is me."
"Okay! I will help you! So don't die," Sanji responded.
"A weak kid like you can't help me," Zeff responded.
"I will become stronger! You'll see!" Sanji yelled.
…
On the 85th Day a ship finally docked and found Sanji and Zeff barely alive.
…End of Flashback…
"He ate his leg and gave me all the food, and we both survived to see this restaurant be opened," Sanji said.
Pearl and Gin started getting up.
"Gin, if you want to fight so badly, then fight me!" Sanji responded, "Because I'll fight for this restaurant!"