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Chapter 8
Mew learns that One Piece has typing or Sanji is totally Fighting/Fire and Fire type moves aren't very effective on him
The Baratie was on fire, half the kitchen was on fire, Zeff's chef hat was on fire, Fullbody's ship that had just pulled up alongside the Baratie was on fire, the section where the guests ate thankfully wasn't on fire but the guests were wondering what was going on, the blonde haired cook that had just taken a point blank Fire Blast was only seared, his cigarette however was ash.
The blonde sighed before reaching into his breast pocket and pulled a new cigarette from its package. Casually he lit it off a nearby burning piece of wood before fixing Mew with a stern glare.
"You'll start with putting out all of these fires before starting on the restaurant repairs. After that you'll come find me for more work. If not then the Baratie will have a brief special of pink rat on a stick, get me?"
Mew, who had been staring up at the blonde wide-eyed, snapped off a salute before it marched to the nearest fire, coincidently the one that the blonde had used to light his cigarette, and doused the fire with Water Gun.
It didn't take Mew very long to put out most of the fires with liberal use of Water Gun. The fires on Fullbody's ship were left for the marines to deal with because, despite the cannonball ride being fun, they were still a bunch of big poopy heads. The fire on Zeff's chief hat, instead of getting put out was made eternal, and quickly spread to the rest of it. The reason? Mew thought it looked cool.
Zeff agreed with it.
In the future the legend of Inferno Chef Zeff would actually become more well known then Red-shoes Zeff. But that was for the future, the present was Mew staring at the holes that its Fire Blast had made.
"Hey Mew, how's it going with the repairs?" Luffy asked as he stepped into the kitchen, an apron wrapped around his waist. Before Mew could even start to respond, Luffy had snatched several bits of food off of prepared plates.
"Mew, mew, mew." Mew responded while it continued to stare at the hole it had left in the wall, its head slowly traveling from one side to the other. Breathing out a rather put upon sigh Mew used Psychic to lift a board into place. It then used Iron Tail to hammer the nails into place.
While Mew was doing this Luffy had been forced into cleaning the dishes. After he had broken a number of dishes Luffy was shoved out to wait tables, all before Mew had finished hammering the first board into place.
Mew was so involved in its work that the sound of a pistol being fired followed by a loud argument didn't break its concentration. It was only as the last nail was driven into place that Mew stopped to take stock of what was going on.
"You're amazing, little cat thing."
"Awesome, not only did you do such damage, but you got it fixed in record time as well!
"You should go find Sanji to see what else he wants you to do. Personally, I'd say you more than paid off the damage that you caused."
The group of chefs that had clustered around to watch Mew, were impressed by the Pokemon's diligence and work ethic. Far more than they were with Mew's apparent captain. Mew floated up until it was at head height with the cooks and offered a cheery wave before zipping off.
Mew found Luffy hanging out at the back of the restaurant, chatting with Sanji and another man that Mew hadn't seen before. Mew settled down on top of Luffy's head just as Luffy refused Sanji's refusal.
"I should have known that pink rat thing was yours." Sanji said upon noticing Mew's arrival.
"Mew's not a rat. Mew's a Mystery Cat!"
"Mew, mew!"
Sanji slowly looked between Luffy and Mew before he blew out a long ribbon of smoke.
"Anyways I'm not going with you."
Luffy began arguing with Sanji while Mew watched until the other man interrupted them. He said that his name was Gin and that he was one of Krieg's Pirates, he asked Luffy about his goals. Luffy responded that he was going to the Grand Line to find One Piece. Gin followed up by saying that Luffy must have a small crew if he was still looking for a cook. Luffy responded that Sanji was the sixth crew member, much to the cook's protests.
Gin warned Luffy that the Grand Line was a place to avoid, Luffy said that he wasn't worried. He was sure that he and his crew could handle it. Gin seemed doubtful but didn't respond. Instead he thanked Sanji for the meal before he said that he would be going back to his captain. Mew, who had been silent during the entire talk, decided to speak.
"Mew mew mew mew, mew mew mew mew mew. Mew mew mew, mew mew mew mew mew. Mew mew mew mew, mew mew mew, mew mew!" The Pokemon proudly proclaimed. Gin and Sanji staring in blank-faced bafflement at Mew.
"What?" Gin asked.
"Mew wished you good luck." Was Luffy's glib response.
"There's no way that was all it said you moron!" Sanji shouted while looking like he wanted to punch Luffy.
"Eh, that was the only part that really mattered."
Hidden by a wall of the Baratie, Zeff, who had been listening to the talk, hummed thoughtfully. Zeff was sure that Mew knew he was here and had said what it did because of it. Either way it meant that Zeff had a lot to think about for the next few days.
