Things playing out exactly as before gave Luffy and Zoro a great advantage. Luffy, being the little devil he was, destroyed the roof of Baratiè again and again he was forced to work there for two weeks. But seeing his cook alive and well made up for it and, even if Zoro would never admit it aloud, he too was glad to see Sanji again. As soon as Gin came to the restaurant, Luffy went out and counted down from three to zero. As soon as he thought "zero", Gin was thrown out of Baratiè.

"Tough day, huh?" he asked the pirate with a wide grin as Gin rubbed his stomach, growling. After a while Sanji showed up and gave food to him. Luffy then remembered how much time had passed since the last time he had eaten Sanji's food. A few weeks, but still a lot to Luffy.

"That's really kind of you," Luffy commented and Sanji gave him an emotionless look. "To feed him I mean." Sanji blowed smoke from his mouth and said.

"To me, any hungry person is a costumer. No one should ever experience the pain of starving, as long as I'm a cook, I'll feed anyone who wants food."

"Speaking from experience? Never mind don't answer that. I want to to recruit you as the cook of my pirate ship." Luffy said and waited for his refusal, which of course came fast.

"I refuse."

"Oh, come on!" Luffy pouted. "I refuse your refusal! You're becoming my cook, unless you convince me of a reason you have to stay!" Sanji stared at him for a bit, thinking he was really stupid.

"For your information, I'm not stupid." Luffy smirked, thanking Rayleigh for teaching him Haki.

Sanji gaped in shock. 'How could he tell what I was thinking?! Is this guy a...'

"I'm not a mind reader, either, just so you know." Now Sanji's cigarette fell out of his mouth. "Anyway, tell me why you don't want to leave. You must have a dream, right? It'll be fun! I'm heading to the Grand Line, by the way."At that Gin flinched, not liking the mention of that horrible place.

He looked up.

"Kid, you're going to the Grand Line?" At Luffy's nod he practically shouted. "You can't go there!"

"Why not?"

"That place is a graveyard of pirate ships. It is filled with monstrous people and the weather is unpredictable! It's way too dangerous! You are a good kid, so I'm warning you, don't go."

"So? I should abandon my dream, because I hear that it's too dangerous or people telling me it's impossible?" He asked, sounding like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Sanji almost looked at Luffy with a new respect, as he himself had been told that his dream was impossible. He shook his head, convincing himself that the idiot was just a big daydreamer.

"If it was like that I'd have given up long ago! You have no idea what my grandpa did to me trying to get becoming Pirate King out of my head!"

"And I sure as hell don't want to know." A new voice said and they turned to see the green haired swordsman cross armed. Zoro yawned and looked at Sanji for a long pause, mainly because his rival was breathing, then turned at Luffy, deciding to play along. "Is this our new cook?"

"Not you, too!" Exclaimed an angry Sanji. "I'm not becoming a pirate, you shitty swordsman!" His words made Zoro wonder. He didn't know if he should feel happy or annoyed at the return of his past nickname.

"Look swirly, if my captain declares you a crew member, you either become one or die trying not to be. Trust me, I know. Now let's go Luffy, you have work to do."

Zoro practically dragged Luffy inside the restaurant and Luffy was not happy. "Hey,what do you want, Zoro? I'm trying to convince Sanji to become our cook!" Zoro let go of Luffy and turned to face him, his expression showed he was dead serious. Luffy noticed his look and furrowed his eyebrows.

"Something wrong?" He asked, mentally sighing for facing a problem in the very first day of coming back in time.

"Two things, named Nami and Mihawk. After what you said to Nami, don't give me that look, I heard your conversation quite well. Anyway, we don't know if she will leave again and I want to know if she does, should I stay to fight Mihawk?"

Luffy honestly hadn't thought of that. If Nami didn't leave, then they'd go to her island and kick Arlong's ass together after dealing with Mihawk and if she did leave, should Zoro fight Mihawk? After a long pause, Luffy hummed.

"Hmmm...I think you should fight Mihawk either way." He concluded and Zoro raised an eyebrow. Of course, he didn't mind fighting Mihawk, not at all! In fact, he'd love to see his face when he gave the 'greatest' a piece of his mind. But was it worth to waste time?Even if his body isn't adjusted to his real strength, he knows all Mihawk's moves and is pretty sure Mihawk would beat him up.

"If you fight him, then he will grow a respect for you. He was amazed the first time, what will he think THIS time? And I think we could use his cooperation, I just got the feeling. Also, do it to ease his boredom."

He added, the last part teasingly, making Zoro chuckle, and his captain did have a point. He nodded.

"Only to ease his boredom." Zoro added with a smirk and then left to join Ussop as Luffy served the guests. While he talked with Zoro, Sanji had come back and started flirting with the female costumers, meaning Gin was going to burst that door open with Krieg in his arms any minute. And how true that was! After two minutes Gin came with Krieg, begging for food.

While the cooks were busy making fun of Krieg, Sanji quickly prepared some rice and a glass of water and brought them to Krieg, who started eating almost as fast as Luffy.

"What the hell are you doing Sanji?!" "If he gets better he's gonna destroy our restaurant!" Similar shouts and complaints were shot at the blond by other cooks, but as Luffy remembered really well, Sanji didn't give a damn.

Seeing Sanji stand by his beliefs, Zoro mentally admitted that he was worth a praise. Not many could hold on to their priorities like Sanji did.

After getting better, Kreig shot a lariat at Sanji and threw him across the room, an action that made Luffy want to kick that bastard's ass right then and there. Krieg ordered food for 100 people, which Sanji was going to obey, if not for the other chefs.

They surrounded Sanji and pointed dangerous weapons at him, but Sanji couldn't care less.

"If his crew gets better they are gonna take our ship! I know that you gave food to the costumers I threw out in the past and then I couldn't say if it was right or wrong, but this time is definitely wrong!" Patty yelled at him, clearly frustrated.

"What are you, his double agent?! If you intend to prepare the food, we're gonna shoot you." Sanji stood his pace though.

"If you want to shoot, do it. I'm a cook and my duty is to feed those who are hungry. I can deal with them after they're full." Luffy smiled at the kind nature of his chef while the cooks stared at Sanji as though he had gone insane, not noticing Zeff coming until he slammed a huge bag on the floor, claiming to be the food for the crew. Again the chefs complied that he would take their ship, but Zeff shut them up and explained the difference between them and Sanji. The chefs just stared, again.

"Owner Zeff." One random chef whispered in awe, loud enough for them to hear. Krieg was left wide eyed for a moment.

"You're...Zeff the Red Leg!" He quickly regained his composed face. "So you are alive, huh?"

"So what if I'm alive? Now I'm no longer a pirate, as you can see I make my living as a cook. Now, take that food and feed your men. Oh, and do you really think we'll let you take our ship so easily? Or that you even can? Right, Mr. Couldn't-Get-Through-The-Grand-Line?"

At that statement, the costumers began whispering along the cooks as how the king of East Blue couldn't live through Grand Line. Krieg began rambling on about his oh so great adventure, also telling about Mihawk, but only how he had sliced his ships.

"You're right, my ships didn't stand more than seven days in the Grand Line, but it was only a fluke of fate! I had strength, numbers and ambition! I only lacked information! But I assume that now I found it. You are sure to have kept a journal of the year you spent in Grand Line and with that journal and this ship, my crew will conquer the Grand Line easily and I'll become Pirate King!" He started laughing like a mad man until someone stopped him.

"Shut the hell up!" Luffy snapped finally, making Zoro silently thank him for that. Seriously, he had been ready to cut the man in pieces. But most of the audience didn't side with Zoro. They all gaped with noise and stared wide eyed at the young lad. Krieg was pissed, and Gin was praying that the kid didn't say too much.

"What did you say, brat?"He asked in a low, dangerous voice, even though his glare didn't even BEGIN to faze the boy.

'Try one of Whitebeard-ossan's glares. Huh, even THAT wouldn't scare me.' Thought Luffy, bored at his lame opponent .

"Beside being stupid you're also deaf?" Luffy asked, making Zoro smirk, Nami shake in fear along with Ussop and the others hold their breath in shock and/or terror.

"I told you to shut up!"

"Who do you think you are, brat?! Do you know who you're talking to?!" He yelled, furious at Luffy, who continued to look without a trace of fear or doubt.

"I'm Don Krieg, the strongest man in the world!" Krieg smirked, thinking that he undoubtedly had scared the boy shitless by mentioning his name, but his smirk was soon wiped off when he heard laughing. Luffy was rolling on the ground in laughter, tears in his eyes along with Zoro who had clutched his stomach, and was laughing his head off, while the others looked at them like they were insane. Krieg for one was beyond pissed off now.

Luffy finally was able to form words."You..hahaha...you...the..hah...the s-strongest in the WORLD?!Hahahaha!"He wiped his tears and breathed heavily. Both of them just couldn't help it. That weakling saying he was the strongest in the world was like saying Garp was an ordinary old man that couldn't properly walk without a supporting cane.

"What, are you kidding? Half of the people I know could wipe the floor with you! Didn't Mihawk already teach you that?"

Ok, that was enough for Krieg. He ran up yelling at Luffy, making the others scream his name, shout in fear while Zoro yawn in boredom. Luffy sighed and used armament Haki to give Krieg a light punch, which sent him out of the restaurant and directly in his ship. Luffy scratched the back of his head sheepishly and apologized for breaking the door, while Gin made a run for it along with the food, of course after having sent Luffy a startled look.

The cooks, especially Sanji and Zeff were openly staring at Luffy with disbelief written all over their faces.

Luffy looked at Zoro and nodded, the first mate understood that the time for his duel had come. Zoro walked down the stairs, while Luffy's eyes were locked at Nami who was also staring at him, open mouthed.

'So she didn't leave, huh? Maybe she forgot because of my performance.' Luffy reasoned and then turned at Zeff. "Ossan, if I beat the crap out of those wannabes, are we even?" He asked with a grin and Zeff smiled upon hearing the word 'wannabes', as if he was a great pirate. Though Zeff thought he wasn't far from that. "Huh! Do as you like."

Zeff ordered Sanji and the other cooks to send the costumers out and take out the 'Fin'. They obeyed and Zeff glanced at Luffy again, this time like he was analyzing the kid. 'This kid...He's not normal.'

Some miles away, a certain Warlord was making his way to Baratiè.

"Now then, what will we have for lunch?"