Warning: The Author doesn't know very well the One-Piece franchise.

If you feel like this is making you cringe, gag, discomfy, or not related to the franchise...please know the author is sorry (T-T)

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Wealth, Fame, Power...Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, attained this and everything else the world had to offer.

And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas.

"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!"

These words lured men to the Grand Line in pursuit of dreams greater than they've ever dared to imagine!

This is the time known as the Great Pirate Era!

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No One POV

"Oh no! Our customer!"

Everyone was shocked...Confused...Scared...So many emotions were happening as they couldn't find the right word to describe them.

The male had shoes on Lieutenant Fullbody, who was on the ground. Lieutenant Fullbody is covered in cuts, bruises, and some blood. As for the male, he was smiling while his white boot was pressing hard on Lieutenant Fullbody's head.

"Excuse me! Sir!" A male voice shouted the male turned to see who the voice belongs to.

A large, muscular man with somewhat-oversized forearms, prominent lips, and black hair formed in an elaborate goatee around his chin. His Baratie uniform is heavily customized, consisting of a dark double-breasted shirt, matching shorts, and a white apron; these are accompanied by a pink ascot, an earring in his right ear, and a braided hachimaki headband.

The male tilted his head, signaling that he was curious about what the worker wanted.

"Please take your foot off of him! Can't you see he's a Marine Lieutenant?!" The worker yelled while pointing at the groaning Lieutenant Fullbody.

"Hehe..." The male chuckled, "I'm aware of this one's-" He pressed his foot harder, "Occupation. However, you weren't there as to why he's in a state like this."

"Still-" The worker was going to move closer, but the air felt very when he could feel the male's smile. "Taking to such length. On a Marine Lieutenant. This could cause so many problems that could've been avoided by taking a different approach."

"But he deserved it." Sanji came in as he stood next to the male. "He didn't treat the food or me with respect...and he insulted all the cooks."

"Plus..." The male turned his direction to the frightened woman. "He first broke the table, scaring everyone, and has pushed the poor woman to where she is now..."

The worker grunted as he wasn't liking Sanji taking sides with the male person.

"So in my eyes, I see this as a disciplinary action." The male took his foot off Lieutenant Fullbody.

Full body grunts as he gets up angrily. "You're gonna regret this...All of the you...No restaurants should allow this to happen...I'll make you pay..." He looks up as his anger was now visible, "Do you understand me!! I'll shut you down! The entire place! This whole restaurant is finished! Do you hear me!?"

Sanji turns to Fullbody, "Then, maybe I should just finish you off now."

Suddenly two people burst from the ceiling. One looks like they belong to the kitchen crew while the other doesn't even look like they belong to the kitchen crew.

The person has black shaggy hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build. He wears a straw hat, blue shorts with cuffs, sandals, and a sleeveless red vest.

The one that appears as a chef, has short blonde hair, which was somewhat unkempt, and a mustache that he keeps underneath his extra-long chef's hat. His mustache is considerably long and has a beard. He wears his chef's uniform, with a blue ascot, and white apron. Also, he has a peg leg.

Many people were shocked by the sudden two people crashing down. Asking if they're, okay. What just happened?

The Chef growls as the other guy gasps. "I can breathe again!" The other guy spoke in relief and joy.

"Boss Zeff, what's happening here?" One of the worker's questions. "You didn't hurt yourself, didn't you?"

"Dammit! My ceiling!" Zeff yells as he looks up at the damage. "Another thing that's gonna have to get fixed because of you!" Zeff looks at the straw hat guy, "This is all your fault, you brat!"

"How is it my fault!?" The straw hat challenge. "You attacked me!"

"Boss, can you stop messing around and give us a hand?" The chefs of the Baratie plead, "Sanji's gone crazy again!"

Zeff turns to see Sanji being pulled back by three chefs. "Hey, Sanji!" Zeff yells while Sanji is growling.

The male came into Sanji's view and boop his nose. "Don't think it's rude to not look at someone when they're talking to you?"

To everyone's surprise, Sanji calmed down before blushing a little at the action. Now Zeff and the straw hat man turn their attention to the male as they were shocked by what they're seeing.

The male was beautiful...And the outfit they're wearing is not helping them and others change their minds about them. More so on how the outfit shows his rather large chest as it jiggled a little when he got close to Sanji.

Zeff shook his head as he couldn't ignore the fact that Sanji was going to listen to a stranger rather than him. "Oh, now you listen to someone that's not even a chef here!? Do you want to sink my restaurant to the bottom of the sea?! You punk!"

Fullbody laughs as he was enjoying seeing Sanji getting scolded. But he quickly kept quiet when the male turn to him along with Zeff.

"You, two!" Zeff yells as he kicks both Zeff and Sanji out. "Get your ass out of my restaurant!"

'What kind of restaurant is this!?' Fullbody thought to himself. 'That boss is like a gangster. It's almost as if...if...this were a pirate ship!'

"How can you deny our motto that the customer is king!?" The buff worker demanded to know from Sanji.

"The only kingly customers are the ones who stomach the slop that you call food," Sanji answers.

"That's it. If you two wanna fight, you'll keep it in the kitchen, you understand me!?" Zeff stated.

'Are all these idiots cooks?' Fullbody asks himself as he watches the scene.

Suddenly everyone could hear footsteps as if someone was about to leave. Everyone turned to see that the male was leaving.

'Oh no!' All of the chefs screamed in their heads. Panicking, they don't want him to leave!

"W-Wait!!" One of the chefs yells as the buff one rush to stop them. "L-Look! Maybe I was too hard as I was just concerned with anyone..." They bow their heads in an apology way. "My name is Patty and I hope you can forgive me!!"

The male laughed a little before he walked past the scarred Patty, thinking that he did something wrong. "Wait please!!"

Now Sanji is the one panicking. He...He doesn't him to leave. Now thinking before all of this happen, they never had a chance to say their name! How is he going to find them if he doesn't know their names?!

The male was close to the door when he spotted three individuals that captured his eyes.

The first person is a slim tan-skinned teenager with medium-length black curly hair, prominent lips, and a long nose, which is an allusion to Pinocchio. He wears an olive-green plaid bandanna, a blue and white striped armband on his left arm, along with special sniper goggles, brown overalls with a white sash, and no shirt underneath. He also carries with him a yellow satchel, in which he stores all his tools and gadgets in.

The second person is a slim young woman of average height with orange hair and brown eyes. The male considers her to be very attractive or even beautiful. Her outfit consisted of a white and blue striped shirt, her orange mini-skirt, and brown high-heeled boots.

The third is a muscular man of average height with lightly tanned skin. He carries three swords, bundled up with a green haramaki over his right hip. A black bandana is tied around his left bicep and tied around his head. Outfit-wise, he wears black trousers tucked inside black boots, a plain white shirt with three undone buttons at the collar, and his green haramaki.

The three of them caught the male looking at them as they froze. They don't know what the person was capable of as no one knows how he was able to injure Fullbody. And now to see that they're looking at them, made them on guard...But yet...they can't.

They can only smell cherry blossom and not the heavy blood lust that they felt when they were hurting Fullbody. But this makes them more unedge...Their minds are messing with them. Screaming to be on guard but yet there is denying it, fully trusting that the person isn't going to harm them.

Suddenly a Marine soldier bursts into the restaurant. "L-Lieutenant Full..." The Marine soldier stops when he sees the male coming to him but is ignored as they went outside. He quickly snapped out of it as he was back to being panicked and scared, "Lieutenant Fullboy! W-We've got trouble!"

"Geeze...what a wild restaurant..." The straw hat man commented.

"Pirate Krieg's underling has escaped!"

Fullbody's eyes widened. "What?!"

"After seven of us finally captured him to get a lead on Kireg Pirates..." The Marine soldier explains as he put his head down in shame.

"Can't be! When we captured him three days ago, he was on the brink of starvation!" Fullbody yells out of frustration.

At the mention of Krieg's name, a customer begins to panic. "K-Kreig Pirates..."

"They're the ones who're said to be the most powerful pirates in the East Blue..."

"I'm very..." Without warning the Marine soldier is then shot by a man that turns out to be Krieg's crewman.

A relatively lanky, average-sized man with short, scruffy hair and slight stubble. His eyes are surrounded by dark rings, possibly stemming from terror and exhaustion.

His clothes consist of an open gray-white jacket lined with twin red sea-serpent designs, a green undershirt, gray trousers, a gray headband with blue stripes, and two round earrings on each ear.

The killer calmly sits down and demands food. "Anything is fine. Bring me food. This is a restaurant, right?"

"Welcome, ya damn crook." Patty welcomed as he tries to put on the best smile.

He wasn't in a good mood. First Sanji caused a major scene... A very good customer left the restaurant...And now...THIS! A killer, terrorizing the other customers, just sitting down and demanding food!

"I'll say it only one more time, so listen well." The killer repeats himself, "Bring me food."

"That cook is gonna get killed..." Fullbody commented.

"Um, sir, I'm sorry, but do you have the money to pay for the food?" Patty asks.

Instead of answering, the killer points a gun at Patty. "Would a bullet do?"

"So you don't have the money, right?" Patty announced the answer as he starts slamming Gin to the floor.

"What?!" Fullbody once again went into a shocking state.

"Patty, that dumb ass!" Zeff complains, "He broke the chair..."

"What power!" The straw hat man was in awe of what he was witnessing.

"If you are unable to pay then you are not a customer and you will not be treated as a customer," Patty announced.

"Good job, Cook!" One of the customers cheered.

"Beat that pirate up, Patty-san!" One of the cooks suggested.

The Pirate's stomach starts to grumble as if it was causing him pain. Considering he hasn't eaten in days, it's been taking a toll on his body and health.

"Oh...your stomach is grumbling, pirate." Patty pointed out.

"That was a fart, you stupid raccoon dog. Just bring me food." The pirate ordered while sliding in a few insults.

"If you're not a customer, beat it already!!"

Sanji decides to take his leave of the situation and, as Patty continues to pummel Gin, he removes himself to the kitchen to continue cooking.

After a thorough beating, Patty bars Gin from the restaurant. "Dammit! If I were in a normal state..." The pirate cursed at himself as he lays on the deck of the ship, beaten and hungry when a shadow figure stood over him.

"Oh, dear...Starvation can become a man's greatest weakness." The Pirate looks up as his eyes widen.

It was a male with the same smile but yet there was some sadness to it. The Pirate watches the male sitting down as they gently touch their face before pulling back. "I shouldn't have touched you without your consent. May I?"

The Pirate only gasps and shakes a little before nodding. No one has ever asked a pirate permission to be touched.

The male examines the Pirate's condition. "I see that Patty is only generous to customers. Then again, you are the one that threatened him."

The door opens as Sanji appears with food. He froze when seeing the male as he thought they'd already left. But now, he was more relieved that they didn't.

Sanji presented the food to the Pirate as a sign that it was for him. "Eat it."

The Pirate tears up and refuses the food. "Shut up! Beat it! Even when I'm down and out, I won't take charity from others. Take this food away now!"

The male shook his head. "Are you sure that's the right move to make? Considering you can't even stand, holding the status of a wanted fugitive, and alone in the open water...you are most likely going to die."

"To me, anyone who's hungry is a customer," Sanji explains. "I can understand how a hungry person feels more than anyone. You can die for your pride if you want, but if you eat and survive, don't you think there's a future for you?"

The Pirate grunted as he shakes a little. He sees someone holding some of the food to him and sees that it was the male. "You can't even stand, so what made you think you can eat properly, hmm? Come on, lean on the wall so you won't choke."

The Pirate almost cries as the male starts helping in feeding him. "Delicious...Delicious..." They cried as they couldn't hold it in while the male chuckled. "Now, now. Don't talk while eating. It shows bad manners, and you'll choke."

Unknown to the three of them, the straw hat man, is watching this exchange. "Hey, you two! It's a good thing that you're helping him! Hey, you two! Join my group!"

"Huh?" Sanji was confused while the male just stared at the straw hat man.

"Be the cook on my pirate ship! And I need another amazing fighter!" Luffy explains.

"Huh?!" Now both Sanji and the male spoke at the same time.

"Are you a pirate?" The male asks as he notices that the food was empty. "Yep." The straw hat answers.

"Why the hell did you shoot a cannonball into this restaurant?" Sanji asks as they could still see the damage.

"That was an accident! Self-defense, stray shot." The straw hat pirate explains.

The male chuckles. "What?"

"In any event, don't do anything stupid to this restaurant. The owner used to be a cook in a famous pirate group." Sanji warns as well as explains Zeff.

"I see...So Pop was a pirate..." The straw hat man muttered.

"To that damn geezer, this restaurant is like his treasure... On top of that, those cooks, who came here out of admiration for him, are all hot-headed just like pirates." Sanji explains further, "Well, they're perfect for this place since pirates come and go."

"Yeah, this place is wild." The straw hat man agreed with Sanji.

"Yeah. This is how it is here every day. There're even customers who come to see fights between cooks and pirates these days. Because of that, the waiters all got scared and ran away."

"Ah, I see...That's why Pop told me to work here for a year..." The straw hat man turns to Sanji, "Hey, join our group."

"I refuse. There's a reason that I have to work in this restaurant." Sanji answers as he declines the invitation.

"No! I refuse!" The straw hat man argues.

"Wh-What do you mean?!" Sanji asks as he was confused. "I refuse your refusal!" Straw hat man answers, "You're a good cook, so let's be pirates together!"

"Hey, listen to what I say," Sanji argues. "So what's that reason?" Straw hat man asks. "I don't need to tell you," Sanji answers.

"Huh? You just told me to listen to what you say!" Straw hat man repeated what Sanji said. "I'm telling you to accept what I say! I'm gonna cut you into three pieces, you damn straw hat!" Sanji threatens.

"What'd you say?! I'm gonna beat you up if you make fun of the straw hat, you jerkwad!"

"Sorry to interrupt..." The two of them turn and notices the male and the pirate.

"What?!" The two of them yelled.

"I'm Gin of the Krieg Pirates." Gin introduce himself as the male chuckled, watching the interactions. "You're a pirate, too, right? Do you have any goals?"

"I'm aiming for the One Piece. I'm going to enter the Grand Line." Straw hat man answers.

Hearing what Straw Hat Man says, Gin immediately spoke, "Given that you're looking for a cook, and another strong fighter, it seems you have only a few members."

"Yep. They'll be the fifth and sixth members." The straw hat man points at the male and Sanji.

"Why are you counting us?!" Sanji immediately asks.

"Since you seem like a nice guy, I'll warn you." Gin spoke, "The Grand Line is the one place you should avoid. You're still young. You don't need to rush. The Grand Line is only a small portion of the entire ocean. If you want to be a pirate, there's an endless ocean out there."

"I see...You know something about the Grand Line?" Straw hat man asks, ignoring the warning.

"No...I don't know anything...I don't understand anything about it..." Gin spoke as he was trying to pull himself together. "That's exactly why I fear it..."

"It's amusing how you're an underling of Krieg, yet you quiver..." The male pointed out.

"Hmm? Who's Krieg?" Straw hat man asks in wonder.

"He's the don of a pirate fleet that controls the captains of fifty pirate ships." The male explained as Gin looked shocked by how they know. "Words about a few people can spread far and wide."

Gin nodded as he gets on a small boat. "So long, then..."

"But I'm still going to Grand Line." Straw hat man stubbornly answers.

"Yeah. Do whatever you like." Gin gives up and accepts it. "I'm a stranger to you. I don't have the right to try to stop you. I just wanted to warn you. Sanji-san, thank you so much! You too beauty-san! I owe my life to you two."

"Best get going." The male waves at Gin, "Captain might throw a tantrum about where you've been."

"Hey, you, chore boy!" Zeff yells as Straw hat man froze. "Ugh! Pops!"

"There you are!" Zeff notices the male was still on board as he quickly went to them.

"You better get going Gin." Gin nodded as he starts to leave.

"Sanji! Chore boy! Get to work already!" Zeff ordered as he was close to the three men. The two of them left as it was only Zeff and the male.

"Look, I'm sorry about the chaos that happens in there!" Zeff bows his head, "Please, stay and we'll make the best food for you. And you won't have to pay!"

The male smiled, "A fool would deny a chance to have an amazing chef make food." They went inside as Zeff started to celebrate that they were going back in.

The male went back in as he notices that the table he was once in was damaged. He looks around and notices the three individuals that caught his eye were sitting at a table.

"Mind if I join?" The three individuals froze and turn to see the male having a seat with them. He smiles at them, "Don't worry, I don't bite. Unless I'm hungry."

The three of them blush as which causes the male to laugh a bit. "We-We don't mind!" The guy is a big-nose answer.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" The girl asks as she glares. "Did you forget that he beat up that Marine Lieutenant and we didn't even see it?!"

"Hmm?" The male looks at the green hair man and notices his weapons. "Three swords. But more so, three katanas. Tell me, are you a swordsman?"

"Yes. I am." The green hair man tries to see if the male possesses any weapon, but he doesn't find any. Makes him wonder how they caused the damage.

"I'm curious how you can wield three swords. Do you use them separately, or all at once?" The male asks his eyes shimmering with curiosity.

The green hair male couldn't help but be at ease with them. "I use all three swords at once. It's a technique that I know."

"Oh wow!" The male smiled as he shifted his attention to the girl. "So, are you, their spy?"

"A spy?" The girl was shocked by the question. "Yes," The male nodded. "Seeing how you are a beautiful young lady; any man could be on their knees for you. Allowing you to have the advantage."

The woman blushed as she looks up and see her friend was still doing their work. "Hey, chore boy!"

The straw hat man looks down and became annoyed to find out that his friends are having lunch while he is working to repay the debt. Plus, one of the people he wanted to join his crew is with him, and they didn't even answer the question.

"Ahhh...You're eating yummy food without me?! And talking to them?! And you didn't answer the question, will you join?!"

The three of them ignored him and look at the male when they heard that they were asked to join. "You should join us!" The girl agreed as she introduces herself, "I'm Nami!"

"My name is Usopp!" The long-nose man introduced as the green hair male went next. "Zoro."

"Hehe, nice to meet you guys." The male smiled as Usop and Zoro blushed a little. "You guys are allowed to eat whatever you like. Considering the owner is allowing the meal to be free for me."

"Ah! Seriously?!" Nami's eyes widen and ask. The male nodded, "Consider this a gift for a new friendship."

The straw hat man was shocked that they were gonna eat so many foods for free. As payback, he puts a booger into Zoro's drink, much to the amusement of Nami, the male, and Usopp.

Zoro sees it before he takes a drink and in retaliation makes Luffy drink it.

The laughter from the three of them catches Sanji's attention and when he looks over at them, he notices the male.

Head over heels, Sanji runs over and presents a rose to them. "You know, you never answer your hero." Sanji flirted as everyone looked at the two. "What is your name?"

The male looks at the straw hat pirate before looking at Sanji. "I'm sorry...but I can't answer since I'm decided to join..."

Sanji and the others' eyes widen. He decided to join?!

"Then I'm prepared to be a lowly pirate or devil if I'm with you!" Sanji stated with hearty eyes. "However, how tragic it is! There's too great an obstacle between us!"

"That obstacle is me, right, Sanji?"

Sanji snapped out of his love trance as he heard Zeff's voice. "Damn, geezer!"

"This is a good opportunity. Why don't you become a pirate with them?" Zeff suggested as Sanji looks at him.

"You are no longer needed at this restaurant!"

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"I see...They saved your life, and you were able to come back here...Is that what you're saying, Gin?"

"Y-Yes...B-But...I never imagined the main ship was in this condition..."

"Don Krieg!"

"What?"

"I'll take you there...to the Sea Restaurant Baratie..."

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Have you guys noticed how he's dodging questions are manipulating the situation with another? Wonder when he's going to properly introduce himself...

Hope you guys like this chapter as it's longer than the last chapter!!

Till then mates!

Ahoy!!