The Going Merry drew towards the dock of the floating restaurant when they saw a large Marine vessel pull up next to them. Usopp looked around frantically, "It didn't come out here to attack us did it?"

Zoro looked up at it and held onto the ship, "I smell trouble."

Nami glared at the ship as the two bounty hunters hid themselves, "Why out of the blue?"

A man in a suit walked out and looked at the ship, "I've never seen that pirate mark before. I'm the Marine Lieutenant Iron Fist Fullbody. Hey who's your captain?"

Luffyko took a step forward, "I am Luffyko."

Usopp mimicked the girl, "I am Usopp."

Luffyko looked at the boy and took another step forward, "Our mark was just made yesterday."

"I was the one who made our mark!" Usopp said proudly.

Iron Fist Fullbody gave the boy a weird look, "What is with you guys." He looked over at the other speaker and then another look. Then he also saw the red head, "Hey why don't two ladies stop playing pirates and join me for dinner?"

Luffyko looked at him then and bit her lip dinner did sound good. "I cannot! No matter how much you tempt me I will never stop being a pirate!"

Nami stared at the girl and put her hand on her forehead in defeat, Luffyko's thoughts were so transparent! "We will be rejecting your offer." Nami added on as she crossed her hands behind her back. She saw the Marine Lieutenant give Luffyko another look over and glared at him.

Iron Fist looked the red head over when he finished the short dark haired girls inspection. He couldn't decide which one was better, the red head was curvier, but the girl with the straw hat had such a tight vest on and he knew nothing else was underneath. He felt someone staring at him and saw a swordsman standing there with death in his eyes. He quickly turned his attention to the two trying to hide from him, "I've seen you two before. You claim to be pirate hunters. It looks like you finally go caught by some. This is to good!"

A woman came up to him and grabbed his arm, "Hey let's go now."

"Sure." He turned away with the blonde on his arm, 'better then the two pirate woman,' his eyes did a quick glance at her figure and bit the inside of his lip, 'If only she had the body of one of them.' He turned to one of his men and gave them a thumbs down, "Sink them."

Johnny was still trying to convince him and threw a whole bunch of wanted posters out. "He simply ignored us, that bastard."

Nami looked over at the bounties, "What's this?"

"Those are people with big bounties on their head. It means if we get one of them we will get the money offered on their heads."

"Don't think it's a good business?" Yosaku asked.

Usopp interrupted, "This is bad, they are aiming right at us!"

Luffyko watched as they lit the cannon that was aiming right at their ship, "Leave it to me!" She stretched herself and grabbed two parts of the ship, "Gum Gum-" The cannon hit her and she stretched back, "Slingshot!" As her one hand slipped sending the cannon into the restaurant.

Zoro brought his hand up to his forehead and sighed, she always did something. He watched as the cooks came up and drag her away. She could handle herself against a bunch of cooks. He looked back at the Marine ship and thought of the Marine Lieutenant; he had been looking at his captain and navigator. He had been looking at Luffyko way too much for his liking. He even knew the moment he noticed Luffyko's lack of clothing. He clenched his jaw and saw Usopp and Nami getting off the ship. "Where are you two going?"

Nami just flashed him a smile, "This is a restaurant I am getting something to eat. Coming?"

Zoro nodded and followed them and found a seat. However, he had the unfortunate sight of being in view of the sleazy Marine Lieutenant and his thin blonde date. He watched as their food came and then their wine. He glared as everyone saw him and talked as if they had seen someone important.

Nami raised an eyebrow when she heard the noise and she turned to see the Lieutenant who had just taken a sip of wine. "This is exquisite. Don't tell me! This fragrance, it's the fragrance of Mitequeo City, in the north, a bit sour and a bit spicy. This wine is Wurzberg Stein." She watched as the waiter slammed the wine bottle down and the Lieutenant looked at him, "Right, waiter?"

The blonde revealed the wine, "Sorry, but it's not sir." He said as he placed a spoon in his hand, "Your soup is getting cold. Please enjoy it while it's hot." Then he walked away leaving Ironfist a joke. He turned back then, "By the way, I'm the Assistant Head Chef, Sanji. All the waiters ran away after what happened yesterday."

Nami and Zoro exchanged a glance and bit their lips trying to contain their loud laughter. "He looked like such an idiot!" Nami said trying to keep her voice and laughter down.

Zoro nodded back trying to get his laughter under control. He watched as the blonde man left, he felt like he needed to thank the stranger, for making the Marine look like the fool. He turned back to his drink when he heard the Marine call the blonde back over. After a while he realized it was about a bug and yet again the Marine looked like the fool. He bit his laughter back until the Marine break the table. "Some people just can't keep their cool." He turned to see Nami give him a look as if she was saying, Are you one to talk? "What?"

"Oh nothing." She gasped then as she saw the Marine step on the blonde's hand and then knocked his date to the ground, "What a despicable man."

Zoro had to nod in agreement, but smiled when the blonde beat the man with a few kicks then held him up with one hand, he only wished he had been the man to beat the Marine. He sighed and turned back to his drink and swirled it, "I wonder what's taking Luffyko."

Usopp sat there quietly, "She probably has to pay for it."

"She's not using my money."

"What if they make her pay with her body!"

Zoro glared at Usopp making the boy cover his mouth. Nami hit the table to get their attention, "That won't happen! It's Luffyko even if they do tell her she won't understand what they mean and they will give up. If not Zoro you will have to kill everybody."

Usopp sighed and looked away from her, "Or you could give her some of your treasure."

Zoro looked away from her and nodded, "It's not like she'd have it without Luffyko."

Nami glared at the two and hit them, "Shut up! If it was up to her it wouldn't even have any money!"

They turned when they heard a crash and they saw an old man on top of Luffy who was in a tight black dress and apron. Zoro glared and reached for his swords as Usopp's jaw dropped, "It happened…"

The man got off the girl and looked at the ceiling, "Damn it! Look what you did! It's all your fault, girl."

Luffyko glared at him, "You did it yourself!"

The other chef's begged him to ignore the girl and help them with Sanji and Zoro stood up and picked the girl up off the floor and set her on her feet. "Luffyko what was that?" He said barely controlling his voice.

Luffyko looked up and fixed her hat, "The old man wants me to serve tables for a year. I managed to lower it down to three months if I wear this thing." She said as she tugged at the ends pulling parts of it high only to have Nami pull it back down.

"Luffyko stop pulling your dress up!"

Luffyko pouted then turned when the man kicked the Lieutenant and cringed, "That had to hurt, that old guy is scary."

Zoro sighed and watched as a Marine came in and said their prisoner had escaped, "What a bunch of useless Marines."

Luffyko watched as the starving pirate was denied food and thrown out. She followed outside and looked down at him, "Hey you're starving, aren't you?"

"Shut up. I'm not the least bit hungry."

Then Sanji came out with food and placed it in front of him, "Eat it."

"Shut up! Go away! This is worse. I won't accept charity. Take it away. Don't be so tough and just eat up. To me a hungry person is a customer."

"I can't pay for it."

Sanji looked up at the sky and talked, "The vast ocean can be very cruel. It is awful to be without food or water, just awful. I understand starving people more than anyone. I don't care if you want to die with dignity. But if you eat up, you can look forward to a new tomorrow, won't you?"

The pirate broke and took the food and ate it, "It is delicious. So delicious. Too delicious." The man cried as he ate bite after bite. I thought I was gunna die. I thought I was a gonner. I've never had a meal so good in my entire life."

Sanji grinned, "So you like it?"

Luffyko looked down at the man and nodded, "Well now, I've found my cook." She leaned over and looked at the guy, "Well aren't you lucky! If he hadn't given you food you would have been all over. Say Mr. Cook care to join us?"

Sanji looked up and saw the girl and a stupid grin came over his face, "Of course I will join you anywhere my sweet!"

"You can be a cook on my pirate ship!"

Sanji looked away and tears formed away, "Alas, I cannot my sweet." Luffyko frowned and jumped over the railing. Sanji looked up and tried to see up her skirt before she landed and sat on the tailing beside her, "So my darling, you are a pirate?"

"Yep!"

"Aren't you the pirates who attacked the restaurant?"

"That was an accident! We were defending ourselves from the Marines!" Luffyko said as she crossed her arms. "It's all that Marines fault that I'm stuck in this weird outfit."

"Those cruel Marines! How dare they shoot at such a lady like you! You were forced to defend and then you were blamed for the attack." Sanji said as he tried to get closer to the girl, "Then the old man forced you to work here! Please be careful my sweet, don't do anything that might hurt the place. That old man was once a pirate and I don't want him to take out his anger on such a beautiful woman like you."

Luffyko tilted her head and then chose to forget the confusing part he had said, "So that old man was a pirate?"

"For that old man, this place is his treasure. And all of his cooks were once pirates too searching for a place to work. There are always pirates here."

Luffyko giggled and nodded, "It seems like such a lively place!"

"It's not bad, I got used to it. Recently people come to see the cooks fight the pirates or other cooks. But because of that all are help keeps running away. Which is why the old man has forced such a delicate creature to work!"

"Oh delicate creature, that sounds good. Hey does that taste good?"

Sanji stared at the girl in surprise and caught a glimpse of her covered in whipped cream, while Luffyko moved on to a more important topic, "Hey join us!"

Sanji saw the old man yanking away the girl from him and he returned to the real world, "Alas I cannot. I have reasons why I must remain here."

"I refuse."

"Refuse what?"

"I refuse your refusal. You are a good cook so come be a pirate with me."

Sanji stood up and held her hand, "My sweet cannot stand to have me apart from her! How tragic that our lives cannot go on together! How cruel fate is to keep me from this delicate sweet angel that has fallen for me!"

"Hey."

Sanji glared at him, "What."

"I'm part of the Kreig Pirates. The name is Gin." He looked over the small pirate girl who he couldn't help but stare at as she sat in a nearly exposed manner. "So you are a pirate too? What's your goal?"

Luffyko turned and nodded with a smile, "I'm looking for the One Piece. I'm headed for the Grand Line!"

"You're still looking for a cook, your crew must be quite small."

Luffyko nodded with a grin, "Ya, we have five counting him!"

"My sweet you cannot count me as I can not sail under the golden sun with you."

Gin looked at her and felt he had to warn her, "You look like a nice young girl, so let me give you a piece of advice. You better not go to the Grand Line. You're still young and pretty. There's no need to rush. The Grand Line is only a small part of the world's oceans. If you wanna be a pirate, there are many less intimidating places."

"Oh I see, so do you know anything about the Grand Line?"

Gin looked like he had seen a ghost, "No I don't. Nothing at all. That's why it was so scary."

Sanji looked at the cowering man, "Are you really one of the dreaded Krieg's men? I didn't think he hired chickens."

Meanwhile with the rest of the crew…

Zoro sat and took another drink as he continued to glare at the other two sharing the table. "She'll be fine." Zoro mimicked as he glared at Nami.

Nami crossed her arms and looked away, "She was fine. She had to wear it so she could leave sooner."

Usopp took a bit of some of the food, "I'm just glad she only has to wait tables." He stopped as he saw both of them glare at him, "I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!"

Luckily he was saved, by Luffyko walking down the stairs, "Hey Luffyko!" Nami called out.

"Hey you guys!"

Usopp grinned at her, "So going to be able to get out of here anytime?"

"Can I redraw the pirate flag?" Zoro asked with a grin as he watched his slim captain walk down the stairs. For being so uninterested in anything feminine, she was able to walk down the stairs like a woman. He also noticed the other men noticing her little walk.

Luffyko glared at them, "I can't believe you! You're all eating while I have to work! That hurts!"

"Not really, that's are free will!" Zoro laughed as the girl glared at him. Luffyko waited till he wasn't looking and dropped a little surprise into his drink making Usopp and Nami try not to laugh. "But I gotta admit, the food here is pretty great." He slowly lifted his glass to his mouth, "Ya I feel pretty sorry for you…" Then he forced the water down the girl's throat, "You drink it!"

Zoro looked down as the girl tried to choke it out, "Just what were you trying to pull on me?" He blushed then as he noticed the front of the black dress was wet and clinging even tighter to her chest.

Sanji looked over at them, "Are those idiots her crew?" Then he saw her, "O' Mother Ocean! Thank you for arranging this encounter today! Oh, my love! Go on laugh at me!" He said as he held a rose up to Nami, "I, who cannot bear torture. As long as I'm with you, it matters not if I'm a pirate or a devil my hearts ready as can be!"

Luffyko stared at him in confusion and Zoro shuddered. "Is he really the same person?"

Sanji looked over and saw Luffyko, "Oh my sweet, what has happened you are all wet!" He valiantly took off his jacket and wrapped it around her, "If only I could accompany you two, alas there would be a great obstacle between us."

Zoro ignored the conversation between Sanji and the owner. All he could look at was the coat around Luffyko. He had called her he's sweet. How could he call his captain he's sweet? She was he's captain! He watched as Luffyko was pulled away once again and sat down in shock. Who was this man and just what was he trying to pull with his captain?