"You can't be serious!?" A chef shouted in disbelief.

"If all of those pirates get their strength back, the restaurant will be completely taken over!" Another one shouted as well.

"That would be true, if they still have the will to fight," Zeff said looking at Krieg. "Tell me, did your will survive defeat?"

"That can't be..." A chef's mouth dropped in shock.

"The great Don Krieg was defeated?" One chef said in disbelief as well.

"Not even HE could do it. A pirate with 50 ships couldn't even make it to the Grand Line!" Another one shouted.

"The Grand Line?!" Luffy and Aya shouted in surprise at the same time.

"It is you isn't it? Your Red Foot Zeff!" Krieg exclaimed, staring at the old chef in shock. "So you are alive, the unrivaled pirate captain who was also the ship's cook."

"Yes, that's right I'm still alive. But, what does any of this have got to do with you?" Zeff told him. "I haven't been a pirate for many years now. I've chose the life of a cook. "

"Hahaha! Chose the life a cook, huh? Yeah, right. You didn't have a choice, old man." Krieg laughed. "You live as a cook because the only thing that you can be now is a cook. He was known far and wide, Red Foot Zeff was a master of deadly kicks who never used his hands in battle." He continued to explain.

"It was said that his mighty legs would crush bedrock into sand and leave footprints on solid steel. Red Foot referred to his boots which became soaked with the blood of his enemies as he beat them down. You know, it really is a pity now that you don't have that precious let of yours. I heard that rumor sometime ago. How unlucky for you to have such an accident at sea. Now, that your greatest weapon has been sacrificed to sea, your defenseless, completely unable to fight! "

"I don't need to fight anymore," Zeff stated. "I'm a cook. As long as I have my two hands for that, I'll be just fine. Enough chit chat, let's get to the point what do you want from me?"

"Red Foot, your the one who saw the perilous waters of the Grand Line then came back unscathed. Impressive, there should be a log book detailing your tactics, a full year of your journey there. Give it to me now!" Krieg demanded. "And the key As well!"

"I don't know what nonsense you're spouting out, but you are not getting my necklace!" Aya threatened him.

"Your necklace is one of the keys to getting into One Piece. Don't tell me that you didn't know!?" Krieg laughed. "So you've been gallivanting the seas and you didn't even have a clue! You're a sad excuse for a pirate!"

"I'll show you!" Aya growled, ready to charge at him. But, Zeff grabbed her by the neck of her shirt holding her back.

"Don't be foolish!" He hissed, scolding Aya.

"Whoa, so is he saying that you've been to the Grand Line too, pops?!" Luffy asked Zeff turning to him.

"Yeah. So, my log book, huh? You're right I do indeed have a record of my travels," Zeff said. "But, I will never hand it over to you. You ignorant brute! That log book is sacred to me, it's the pride of the crewmen that I've sailed with! It's far to important to give to you!"

"Alright, I'll take it," Krieg replied. "It's true that the Grand Line beat me. Still I will never give up on it! I am Don Krieg! I'm the end it's just another ocean. I had enough weapons and men and ambitions, regrettably the only thing I lacked was information. I just didn't know enough. But, now I'll fix all that. Once I have your log book, I'll form another pirate fleet and seize the legendary One Piece! Then I will stand as ruler as this great pirate era!"

"Now, hold on! It's me who's going to be king of the pirates!" Luffy interrupted.

"Wait! Don't be such an idiot!" Patty shouted at Luffy. "You better back off, choreboy!"

"No way, not from this!" Luffy smirked, stepping up to Krieg.

"Did you say something, kid?" Krieg said. "I won't allow that type if stupidity again. "

"On yeah, well stupid or not, I'm just stating the facts as they are!" Luffy smiled.

"This isn't a game," Krieg growled, annoyed.

"Yeah, I know but I'm still gonna conquer the Grand Line!" Luffy stated.

"As will I!" Aya smirked. "I'm going to be queen of the pirates!"

"No, you won't! It's true that we didn't have the information that we needed, but my crew of over 5000 men was wiped out in just seven days, you brats! That sea is hell!" Krieg shouted.

"Don Krieg's fleet were wiped out in seven days?!" A chef exclaimed in shock.

"Unfortunately, I don't find your smart-assery remarks very amusing," Krieg told the two twins. "If you insist on this foolish behavior I'll crush you right here and right now!"

"Go ahead if you can!" Aya taunted.

"I can and I will! It will be my pleasure to send you to an early grave, you cocky runt!" Krieg shouted.

"What's going on, Luffy? You need a hand?" Zoro smirked. Everyone in the room heard the swordsman's voice and turned their heads to see him and Usopp standing at the top of the stairs.

"If you don't need help that's okay too!" Usopp said, shaking a little.

"Did you get lost and end up on the roof?" Aya said in a teasing time of voice, smirking. Zoro blushed.

"No! I did not!" He argued. Luffy smiled, looking up at the two.

"Oh hey guys, appreciate the offer but I got it from here," Luffy told them.

"Oh, too bad, but if you say that you don't need any help who am I to argue!" Usopp shouted but also shaking from head to toe nervously. "Us awesome fighters are just going to sit this one out. Holler if you need us!" Zoro whacked him the his head.

"Whatcha do that for, Zoro!?" Usopp shouted, angrily.

"Shut up already, you weirdo." Zoro shoved him slightly.

"Are those two guys your crew?" Krieg smirked, unimpressed. "That's a pretty small group you got there, kid."

"But that's not all, I got two more!" Luffy told him.

"I'm not apart of your crew!" Sanji shouted at him.

"I'll deal with you later. Right now, I'm going to feed my men," Krieg said. "Those of you who do not wish to die can leave the restaurant now can escape that fate. The only things that I'm after are the log book, the key and this ship. However, if you wish to stay and be slaughtered I have no problem burying every last one of you at sea, know that.


Outside from the restaurant, the two bounty hunters, Johnny and Yosaku, and Nami were waiting on the Merry.

"It just got real quiet," Yosaku said .

"If big bro Zorro is in there then everything should be fine," Johnny replied.

"Yeah, I know but what if it's not?" Yosaku asked.

"Good point. Big sis Nami, should we go in there too?" Johnny asked her. "What do ya think?"

"Big sis?" Yosaku asked. But, he received no response from her as well.

"Hey, are you okay?" Johnny asked. Nami noticed the two were talking to her and she quickly turned around, hiding the wanted poster of the shark man, clutching it tightly behind her back.

"Hmm? Yeah I'm fine! Is something wrong?"


"I'm so sorry, Sanji, I never thought that it would be this way," Gin said.

"You have nothing to apologize for, sir," Zeff told Gin. "Every cook in this restaurant did what they thought was right. That's all there is to say about that."

"Boss, why are you acting as if your taking Sanji's side!?" Patty shouted. "This mess is his fault!"

"He's right! Sanji's is responsible for this whole damn thing!" One chef pitched in.

"Yeah boss! That man's going to put your precious restaurant out of business!" Another one shouted as well.

"YOU FOOLS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! NONE OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION! TO HAVE NO FOOD OR WATER ON THE OPEN OCEAN!THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND! WHAT A TERRIFYING PROSPECT THAT IS! IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION A MAN COULD EVER FACE!" Zeff roared out enraged.

"What? I don't know what you're talking about, Chef Zeff?" Patty asked.

"The difference between all of you and Sanji, is that Sanji knows." Zeff told them. "If all you're going to do is stand around here grumbling, then leave this place and never come back." Aya glanced over at Sanji. So he's been there in that situation before? I wonder what happened for him to be in that situation?

"I got one is going to stand and fight! I couldn't live with myself if I accepted defeat!" A chef shouted.

"I'm staying too!" One chef shouted. "After all, this is our restaurant,isn't it?!"

"That's right! And this place is all I've got too!" Another one shouted as well.

"What are you doing?!" Gin exclaimed. "You saw how powerful Don is, right?"

"Hey, Gin, listen up cause I'm only going to say this once," Sanji explained to him. He walked over to a table and kicked it flipping it right side up and sat down on it. "Feeding someone who is hungry is my sacred moral duty. But, now that your crew his well fed I have no obligations with you. With a clean conscious, I can beat every last one into a bloody pulp. If anyone tries to take the restaurant, they're dead. I'll kill them without a moment's hesitation. Got that?"

"You're a real headcase, Sanji," Patty smirked. "Letting them live then threatening to kill them?"

"Can it, cook." Sanji growled at him.

"See! This guy's awesome!" Luffy smiled.

"Who cares how awesome he is!? We gotta get out of here right now!" Usopp shouted.

"Easy there, Luffy. It is Don Krieg but he's in pretty sad to shape," Zoro told him.

"Hey Gin, you said that you didn't know anything about the Grand Line. But, you've been there? That's doesn't make any sense." Luffy questioned him.

"That's because he lied," Aya frowned, answering for him.

"What?! Why would he do that?" Luffy asked, confused.

"You can be so dense sometimes," Aya sighed.

"Nothing makes any sense now," Gin started to sweat nervously. He had a haunted look in his eyes, recalling the memory from the back of his mind he tried to suppress. "What happened to us on our seventh day of our journey through that cursed sea. I didn't know if it was a dream or reality. But, I was things that's hard to believe. I knew that in my heart that it was impossible. That an entire 50 ship fleet would be completely eradicated by a single man." He continued to explain.

"It all happened so fast. As soon as this man appeared, he began to systematically sink our ships one after another. If that raging storm didn't come upon us when it did, then that monster would have destroyed our flag ship as well. Not a single ship had made it out. It all seemed like terrible nightmare burned into my memory. I just want to forget. His eyes...they were like a hawks, sharp and murderous. His gaze alone felt like cold hand of death!"

"What did you just say?" Zoro's mouth dropped slightly in shock.

"Well, then that can only be one known as Hawkeye," Zeff explained. "Your description of his heartless gaze is proof of his identity and himself. But, the way he decimated your fleet confirms without a doubt that it's him."

"Hawkeye Mihawk!" Zoro shouted in disbelief.

"Zoro, do you know him?" Aya asked.

"Yeah, I do. He's the man I've been looking for," Zoro told her. "Hawkeye is the guy who's the whole reason I set out to sea."

"He sounds like a badass," Aya said, smirking. Then she turned to Gin. "Did that man have some kind of score to settle with you guys?"

"We didn't do anything to him!" Gin told them.

"Perhaps you disturbed him during a nap?" Zeff asked.

"Stupid cook! Why would he destroy an entire fleet for something so trivial?!" Gin shouted.

"There's no reason to shout, it's just an example," Zeff smirked. "I'd thought you want some friendly advice on what kind of a place the Grand Line is."

"And what kind of a place is that?" Aya asked.

"He probably means that anything can happen there," Zoro replied. Usopp's body began trembling, shaking nervously.

"Hey, Luffy! Do we really really have to go there?!" Usopp asked the straw hat captain. But, he received no answer from him. "Luffy?"

"That's so awesome! This is going to be such a blast!" Luffy shouted, excitedly.

"Do you understand the concept of danger?!" Sanji shouted.

"Fine then, my life's goal will be achieved on the Grand Line," Zoro explained. "My rival, is out there somewhere and I'm going to find him!"

"Are you that stupid? It's idiots like you guys who end up dead," Sanji said.

"That may be true, but lay off the name calling," Zoro said. "I devoted my entire life into becoming the world's greatest swordsman. I made my choice so I'm the only one who gets to call them stupid."

"So, you think I'm stupid?" Aya frowned. Zoro's eyes widened.

"What? No! I never said that you were!" He sputtered, defensively.

"Hey! What about me?!" Luffy asked.

"Me too! Right? I mean, it only seems fair!" Usopp added in.

"Shut up, stupid." Zoro told him.

"What morons..." Sanji murmured.

"Enough! Do any of you maggots understand the current situation? That enormous galleon lured in front of our dear little restaurant is none other than Don Krieg's flag ship! So why don't we check back into reality and deal with this!?" Patty shouted.

"Hey guys, look's like they're making their move," Aya said. everyone looked out the windows to see the huge ship advancing slowly towards the restaurant. But, for some strange reason, Krieg's ship stopped. Suddenly, it was split in half by an unknown force as it was demolished.

"What the-!" Luffy shouted, surprised.

"Raise the anchor or we'll sink along with them!" Zeff told a chef.

"Yes, sir!" The chef nodded.

"Wait, Nami and the guys are still on the ship out there!" Zoro shouted. Zoro ran out as did Luffy, Aya and Hello along with the other cooks and Sanji, seeing the damaged pieces of Krieg's ship scattered everywhere.

"Hey big bro!" Yosaku shouted.

"Big bro!" Johnny shouted.

"Yosaku! Johnny!" Aya called out, running over to them, the others did as well.

"Are you okay?!" Luffy shouted.

"What happened to the ship? Where's Nami, is she okay?!" Zoro the two bounty hunters.

"I'm sorry, big bro. I don't know how to say this but, she's gone! Big sis Nami!" Johnny shouted.

"She took all of the treasure and sailed away!" Yosaku shouted as well.

"SHE DID WHAT?!" Luffy, Aya, Zoro and Usopp all screamed out at the same time.

As the waves began to settle, Zoro noticed something else sailing in the water. Krieg's crew began panic in fear. Zoro's eyes widen in shock. In the small boat with an eerie green flame, there was a man. on his back, there was a large black sword that resembled a cross encrusted with some jewels on it. He had short black hair, a beard, mustache, and sideburns that pointed upwards. He was wearing a dark wide brimmed hat with a large plume hanging off the side. Hanging around his neck, was a small golden cross, a long opened black coat, shirtless, with red flower designs on the sleeves and collar, and light purple pants held up with a decorative buckle and long black boots.

However, what stood out the most, was the man's golden yellow eyes, that looked like a hawk's. Sharp and piercing.

"That man is...!"

"No! That bastard! He followed us back!" Krieg exclaimed.

"It's him...he's here," Zoro said. "Hawkeye!"