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

"Hey, you damn geezer! I'm the Sous Chef here. What do you mean you no longer need me?!" Sanji is confronted by Zeff and they argue about Sanji being no longer needed for the restaurant ship.

"You often get into trouble with customers. You flare your nostrils the second you see a girl. Or in this case a boy." Zeff explains while pointing out the flirt Sanji did with the male. "You can't even cook a decent meal, so you're dead weight to this restaurant. That's what I said."

"Say that again..." Sanji refuses to believe his cooking is bad. Hearing the other chefs chuckling at him, added fuel to his anger.

"Also, the other cooks steer clear of you..." Zeff added, "So go be a pirate or whatever, and just leave this restaurant already!" Zeff demands Sanji to leave, that he can go and be a pirate or anything he wants.

Sanji refuses to do so. "Say what? If I keep quiet, you just shoot your mouth off, huh? You damn geezer! The rest I could overlook, but I'm not gonna let you trash my cooking! No matter what you say, I'll stay here as a cook! And that's final!"

Angry because his cooking was insulted, Sanji approaches Zeff and holds his collar. "Just what's the meaning of you grabbing the owner by the collar? You idiot!"

Sanji gets easily thrown off to the table where Luffy and the others sat. Thankfully the male catches Sanji in time before he could crash down on the table.

"Damn, you..." Sanji rumbles while he gets put down, "Quit screwing around...No matter how hard you try to kick me out, I'll continue to work here as a cook...until you die!"

"I won't die! I'll live 100 more years!" Zeff turns around and walks back to the kitchen.

"That geezer is never short of words..." Sanji mumbles as he watches Zeff leave.

"All right, you have permission! Now you can become a pirate." Luffy invites him to join the Straw Hat Pirates again but is rejected. "No way!" Sanji yells before calming down.

"Now...Sorry about that." Sanji gently pushes the male down back to his seat and offers him a fruit dish as an apology, "I'd like to make up for it by serving you Fruit Macedonia, my prince."

The male laughs, "My, thank you! You're so kind." He uses his fork to pick a fruit up and bring it close to Sanji, "Here, I like to share. Want a bite?"

Sanji's nose started to bleed before he quickly wipes it off and gets close. "Any time..."

"And no apology to us?!" Usopp and Nami argues.

"Come on now!" The male quickly spoke to stop the fight from happening, "I could share with you all if you want?"

"Yes, I'll stop." Sanji quickly answer with heart eyes but quickly heard their words, "But I won't share you."

"He didn't mean it like that!" Nami yells and glares at Sanji. "And how said it was because of you?!" Usopp asks rather agitatedly that they would think that.

Zoro sweats as he observes the moment. He can't help but notice the male's outfit, it resembles a wandering samurai, but a rather revealing one. His chest is exposed, and he could feel his nose leaking from staring and seeing it move.

Luffy laughs but is kicked in the face by Sanji. "What are you sitting around for?! When customers sit down, bring them moist hand towels!" Luffy is brought to the kitchen by Sanji.

Time Skip

A few days later, Usopp is seen in the boat talking to Zoro, Nami, and now the male, and complains about their situation. "Well...with this and that going on, four days have passed...When can we leave here?"

"Who knows?" Zoro answers as he lays back. "Is he going to work here as a chore boy for a year?" Usopp is worried that they might be stuck for a year.

"What's the problem? The food is free and it's comfortable here." Nami says she is okay with it since they get free food and a cozy atmosphere.

"For you it is." Zoro corrects her saying she is the one that gets free food.

"Plus me." The male corrects Zoro as he was next to them. Zoro was caught off by them being close as he slips and landed his head on their chest.

Everyone froze as Zoro looks up and see that the male was looking back at him with confusion. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Zoro blushes before he coughs a bit and gets comfortable with them. "No, I'm fine."

"Get off of him!" Nami yells as she kicks Zoro in the head. Zoro flies off the ship and landed in the ocean. Nami turns and glares at Usopp who puts his hands up and quickly backs away.

Luffy is then seen on the restaurant deck carrying a huge garbage bag. "Hey, Luffy!" Usopp called him and complains. "What's going on?! Let's leave here soon!"

"Wait a little longer. I'll try talking to Owner again." Luffy tells them to wait a little bit longer as he will talk to Zeff again. Luffy looks to the sea and seems agitated.

"Hmm?" The male look up and turn to where Luffy was looking.

Suddenly, a pirate ship approaches the restaurant, causing the customers of the restaurant to panic, as they recognize the ship. "An hourglass...on each side of the skull... to show the threat to enemies... That flag is...that flag is... There's no mistake...it belongs to the ruler of the East Blue... Don Krieg!!"

A very large galleon ship, almost triple the size of the ocean-going restaurant Baratie. It had the figurehead of a saber tooth tiger. After returning from the Grand Line, the flagship was in a total wreck, to the point of being compared to a ghost ship.

"Why...why are the Krieg Pirates here?!" The customer starts to panic. "You see it, Patty?! They came!" Now the chefs are also in panic and blame Patty for the appearance of the feared Don Krieg Pirates. "You're gonna get rid of them, right?!"

"I-Isn't it a mistake?!" Patty nervously asks, "This is the Don of a pirate fleet with a 5,000-pirate force we're talking about! Why would he come all the way here to get revenge just for one of his men?!"

"It's no mistake! He's here!" A chef yells as he sweats with fear.

Luffy, Zoro, and the male are looking at the ship while Nami and Usopp panic, "Hey, this is not good! Shouldn't we just get out of here?!"

"What a huge ship!" Luffy is standing with Sanji, "I wonder if Gin came back to repay you and them for the kindness." But Sanji doubts it, "I don't think so...But it seems strange..."

The male looks at the ship and furrows his brows, "Their ship is beaten up..." Zoro agrees as he can see the damage on the ship. "It doesn't seem like they were attacked by cannons...But then, it's hard to think that damage is manmade. Do you think they-" Zoro turns and sees that the male was no longer with him as he looks around fast, "How?!"

"Here he comes..." Sanji squinted his eyes as he notices a figure approaching.

A person is seen on the deck and gets into the restaurant with the help of Gin. A large, muscular man, with purple-gray hair and distinct sideburns. His hair is clipped short, and a thick layer of gauze is wrapped around his scalp. His attire features many fur-lined elements.

His attire consisted of a fur-lined coat over a yellow vest with black spots-like motifs. Around his thick neck, there is a big gold chain.

"S-Sorry...Can I have some water and food? We have money...tons of money...I don't even remember the last time I ate. Please...give me some water and food..."

Everyone is shocked that he is begging for food and water. "What the!?" One of the chefs was the first to speak. "He shows neither dignity nor force." Patty commented, "Is he really that Don Krieg, Commodore of the grand pirate fleet?"

"So he's hungry..." Luffy comments that he looks hungry while Sanji heads to the kitchen and Don Krieg falls to the floor. "C-Captain!" Gin's eyes widen, "Don Krieg!"

Gin then begs them to help his captain, but Patty laughs at him. "This is good! It's a riot to see the famous arch-rogue Don Krieg like this..."

"We have money this time. We're customers!" Gin still begs for food as they have money to pay. Patty denies them, "Don't be ridiculous! Hey, contact the Navy right away. He's at his weakest right now. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! There's no need to feed him anything. Keep him under arrest."

"He's right! We don't know what he'll do once his energy's back. He deserved to starve because of everything he's done!" The other chefs comment on how dreadful Don Krieg is.

Suddenly the air felt like death came in as a kitchen knife is placed near Patty's neck. "How about we rethink ourselves..." Everyone's eyes widen as Patty was shaking a little but stopped when the blade was closer to his skin, Gin and Don Krieg look and see the male holding the knife.

"Right now, Sanji is going to bring food to the starving man, and no one is going to stop him." The male ordered as he leans to Patty's ear, "Are we clear?"

Right on cue, Sanji heads down the ladder with food as Patty gets out of the way. Gin's eyes widen, "Y...You guys!" All of them are shocked to see Sanji offering food to Don Krieg.

"Here, Gin. Let him eat it." Sanji puts the food down as he spoke. "Sanji-san..." Gin spoke with the same shock and look up to see the male smiling while standing on the fainted Patty.

"Thank you!" Don Krieg quickly devours the food.

One of the chefs, Carne, quickly argues with Sanji. "Hey, Sanji! Take that food away now! Do you realize what kind of man he is?! He's the man who's called the East Blue Ruler, the foul player Krieg! It started in a prison. He pretended to be a marine soldier and took over a Navy ship by killing a senior officer on the ship. That's how he declared himself a pirate. He sometimes raises the Navy flag and entered into harbors to attack the towns and passenger ships. He also raises a white flag and then attacked enemy ships...He did anything to continue winning. That's how he got to where he is now!"

"Huh...so he plays dirty." Luffy wonders if Don Krieg is a snake, as everyone is shocked upon hearing Carne's tale.

A bottle was slammed on the ground as Don Krieg finished eating, he attacks Sanji immediately, and Gin, the male, is shocked by the actions. "S...Sanji!"

"Th...This isn't what we agreed, Don Krieg!" Gin spoke with utter shock. "I brought you here under the condition that you wouldn't touch this restaurant! And that man saved our lives..."

Don Krieg grabs Gin's shoulder and breaks them. "Yeah, that was delicious. I feel alive again." The customers flee the restaurant in panic.

The male's eyes widen seeing Sanji and Gin hurt. Don Krieg looks up and sees the male, "So you're the other person..."

Meanwhile, Usopp is seen with Zoro worrying about their situation as they suddenly see the customers leaving. "H-Hey...Wh-What the hell is going on in there?"

"We'll see when we go in there. Are you scared?" Zoro comments if he was scared, but Usopp denies it. "Wha...Don't be silly!"

Zoro then notices something strange with the ship. "This is strange...There's almost no sign of anyone on that ship..."

Don Krieg gazes at the whole restaurant and says he likes it. "This is a good restaurant. I'll take this ship."

"So...that's what you want..." Sanji grunted as he slowly get up. "My ship became a wreck, so I wanted a new one. You'll get off this ship after you take care of what I tell you to do." Don Krieg.

"Don Krieg...This isn't what you promised." Gin grunted while holding his shoulder in pain.

"There's about 100 of my underlings still alive on my ship. They're weak with hunger and severe injuries." Don Krieg also explains before his demands come, "First, prepare 100 meals and water for them. Bring them over immediately!"

The chefs promptly refuse. "Are you telling us to revive pirates that are gonna attack this ship?! We refuse!"

"Refuse? Don't get the wrong idea." He explains, "I'm not placing an order. I'm giving you orders. It doesn't matter who you are...don't defy me!!"

"Sanji-san..." Gin whispers to Sanji, "I'm sorry...I didn't mean for this to happen...To the both of you..." He then looks at the male.

"You son of a bitch! Look what you two done!" Patty yells as he recovered and pulls the male's clothes.

"Release him..." Patty turns to see Don Krieg glaring at him. He froze before letting go of the male. "Now you," Don Krieg points at the male, "Come here."

The male went downstairs as he was now face to face with Don Krieg. "Heh, that's right." Don Krieg smirked as lifted the male's chin, placing his thumb on their lips, "You're not going anywhere!"

The two suddenly hear something being pulled and turn to see the chefs point their weapons at Sanji to prevent him from going to the kitchen. The male's eyes widen a bit at the chef's sudden move while Don Krieg looked annoyed.

"Are you Krieg's spy, Sanji?!" One of the chefs demanded to know. "We can't let you go in the kitchen! We're fed up with your crazy behavior!"

Sanji puts his arm out, "Go ahead..." The chef was shocked by what he said. "If you want to stop me, go ahead! I know...He's an incorrigible rogue...I know that much...But that doesn't matter to me. That doesn't matter! What happens after we feed them...It's too much of a bother to think about it. I'm a cook. No more. No less. If there's someone hungry, I'll feed him. That's all. It's all right for a cook to be that way, don't you think?"

Sanji explains why he is giving them food but is smashed to the ground by Patty. "Patty!" One of the chefs yells with shock. "Hey, someone keeps him restrained!" Patty ordered, "Sanji, you sometimes feed customers I drive away at the back door, don't you? I'm not gonna say who's right, but this time, it's your mistake. I'm not going to let you do what you want any longer. I'll protect this restaurant."

The male became alerted by Patty's last sentence. "Fortunately, we have only one enemy to fight," Patty spoke as he pulls something out. "Even if it's Don Krieg, what can he do against us?"

Don Krieg became annoyed by what Patty was implying. He pushes the male out of his way as they stumbled back but gained their balance. Krieg did a glance as he knows that he pushes them with some force, but yet they took it like a breeze.

"This is a sea restaurant where pirates come and go every day. We're fully prepared to serve any kind of customer!" Patty turns to Don Krieg, "Are you full now, Krieg-san? After the main course, how about...a piece of iron dessert?!"

"Shokuatari Meatball!!"

Patty brings out a cannon and attacks Don Krieg. It look like it hit him as smoke came and cover the area. "I might've broken the doors. Owner's gonna yell at me again."

"Well, you did it to protect the restaurant. It's a small price to pay." One of the chefs spoke.

"What're you gonna do about those in Krieg's ship?" Sanji asks. "Who knows? Maybe we'll spread butter on the ship and stir-fry it..." Patty suggested.

The male and Luffy look at the clouded smoke before they look off guard.

"It'll taste good, right? You lame cook!"

The chef looks surprised and scared. "How dare you serve such a nasty dessert?! This is the lousiest restaurant!" Don Krieg complains about how awful the dessert was and reveals his arsenal of weapons and begins attacking the chefs, "You're damn annoying!"

"All over his body..." The male muttered seeing the armor. Don Krieg turns to the male smirk, thinking he impressed them before looking back at the fallen chefs, "Don't defy me! I'm the strongest! Steel arms are more powerful than anyone...A wootz steel-made body that is harder than anyone...And a diamond fist that can destroy anything! I have all sorts of built-in weapons throughout my body...The 50-ship large fleet and 5,000-pirate force! I've won all battles in the past! I am the man fit to be called Don!"

"Out of my way, kid!" Zeff yells as he goes down the stairs.

"When I tell you to prepare food, all you have to do is obediently follow orders! Don't defy me!" Don Krieg yells.

Zeff brings down a large bag and presents it to Don Krieg. "There's probably enough for 100 meals in this. Bring it to your ship right away."

"Owner Zeff!!" The shocked chefs yell. "What's with that, pops? I could've gotten hurt!" Luffy comments.

However, upon hearing Zeff's name, Don Krieg is shocked.

"Z...Zeff?"

TO BE CONTINUED

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I saw this image and I couldn't help but think of it as being so cute!!

Like I don't know why but I think this is so cute!!