After their little pose and announcement, Yosaku fell back out. Turns out, Nami was right, it does take more than just a few lemons to cure scurvy. Well, it doesn’, but it takes more time. Although he was unconscious again, no one was super worried now that everyone knew what it was. Well, except maybe Johnny. It wasn’t all bad though, as night fell, we had talks about the importance of food and nutrients on the sea. I made it absolutely clear that we should get a Cook as soon as possible and that we probably shouldn't even leave our next stop without one. Right on time, Johnny told the cook about the Baratie. It took us a couple of days to really get there though. Stupid travel time!

As we finally floated next to the restaurant, everyone's mouths were agape. Of course, I’ve seen it before but even I was kinda amazed. I mean, how often do you hear about an entire restaurant at sea? It wasn’t only that either, this was going to be Luffy’s first major battle and I was contemplating how much i should get involved and change all last night. Honestly, I still don’t know, at this point, I’m just going with the flow. Get it? Heh, flow? And we’re on the water? Ha!

While we were gawking, a Marine ship pulled on the side of us loudly. Since it was kind of early in the morning, the whistles and loud noise were extremely annoying, but I didn’t let it get to me too much. I’m going to have an amazing opportunity to blow off some steam soon after all.

“I’ve never seen that pirate flag.” said a man slowly walking onto the Marine ship’s deck while looking up at our logo. He’s an average-sized Marine that has a white pinstripe suit. His hair is well-combed, pink like Koby’s, with a scar under his right eye and bolts attached to his knuckles. Johnny and Yosaku took this opportunity to hide behind the kitchen door so that they wouldn’t be labeled as pirates. To be fair, they really aren’t pirates so you can’t blame them, but there’s no way I’m letting them slip from my fingers. They’re definitely joining our crew!

“I am Iron-Fist Fullbody, but you can just call me sir.” he exclaimed with painful arrogance. It kinda makes me want to kick his ass. You know what, I probably should kick his ass. I should do more ass-kicking while I still can and we’re not facing guys like Kaido who will then start kicking mine. “You there! Whose the Captain?! Identify yourself!”

“My name is Luffy!” he yelled back. I stepped forward and glared at the pink haired idiot. Although I already know what’s going to happen, and I know that he returns later on in the series so I shouldn’t kill him, I didn’t like the way he was speaking to our leader.

“And he’s our Captain, so I sincerely suggest that you watch your tone from now.on.” I say with a low voice. Without any orders given, the kids stepped up behind me, hands on their pipes and a murderous look in their eyes. He’s lucky that the brats haven’t actually killed yet, he’s just in for a beating at the moment.

“Oh really? And what if I don’t? Do you know who I am boy? Are you and your orphanage going to do anything about it? From what I see, all you have on your side is a hillbilly with a Strawhat as your boss, are you pirates or farmers?” at this, I could hear the boys growling at the ‘orphans’ comment. In fact, I could swear there was actual Killing Intent from Carrot, which I’m sad to say, didn’t surprise me.

“I can’t seem to find it within me to give a fuck who you are, but ignore my warning if you so choose. It’s not my head on the line and the only reason yours isn’t flying is because we didn’t come here for a fight. Do not take our kindness as a weakness.” I say grimly. Luffy steps forward with a nod.

“We only made our flag recently. As in, the day before yesterday. My Sniper is right, we didn’t come here for a fight, but if you’re looking for a fight, we’ll kick your ass!“ Luffy yells, and while those sound like fighting words, the humongous grin on Luffy’s face kinda offsets the very real threat.

“Is that so?” he asks with snark. Making my I wanna shoot him levels go just a bit higher. He looks around our ship and spots the Pirate Hunting Duo hiding. “Hey! You two right there! I’ve seen you before. You’re that bounty hunter group that goes after the small fish right? Soo, you’ve finally been caught by pirates? Stupid ones too by the looks of it.” he says, laughing while they stumble to explain themselves. The brats however looked as if they wanted to kick his face in, which they absolutely did want to do.

“Hey~, come on baby lets get going.” a woman with a red dress and blonde hair states. She’s kinda cute actually. I wonder if I’ll have enough time to get her to join the dark side, every women likes a bad boy. With a confirmation from Fullbody, they begin to walk off the deck, but it seems Johnny’s pride couldn’t let it end like that.

“Hey wait a minute! You think small time bounty hunters would go after these guys?!” Johnny yells while pulling out a bunch of Wanted Posters and throwing them on the deck. Making a mess I’m going to force him to clean while at it. I noticed that Nami immediately saw Along’s poster and he face fell. Fullbody didn’t waste a glance on the duo and continued walking off the ship.

“What are these things?” Nami inquired while kneeling to pick a few up. No doubt she was only focused on Arlongs though. The fishmen pirates scare me a little bit, especially Arlong. I don’t know if I personally could beat him in a One v One fight. So far, I’ve only battled scrubs and weaklings, which means I have zero experience in real Life or Death fights. All my techniques will mean nothing if I don’t know how to survive. Johnny decided to answer her question.

“Those are all wanted pirates Big Sis Nami.” in the middle of his sentenced he noticed Nami’s expression. He could tell that this guy in particular somehow shook her to the core, and simply seeing his face on a piece paper did something to her that even someone like him knew that something was wrong.

It was then that he noticed something off about Nami there. A sort of sadness yet deep anger as she stared at the poster of the blue fishman with the long nose and sharp teeth. She began to shiver, crumpling up the poster in either rage or sorrow. While I wanted to comfort her, there was something kinda important coming up.

“Hey guuuyyyys! I’m pretty sure they’re about to fucking shoot us!” I warned and in the next second, a large BOOM was heard as a cannonball started speeding right towards our ship. I really wanted to do something cool like Shaving into the air and kicking the cannon back but I wasn’t entirely sure if that wouldn’t break my leg so I let things play out for now.

“Leave it to me!” my trust Captain yelled as he stretched his arms out to hold something while the ball slammed into his chest, pushing him far back. Good thing he’s rubber. “Gum Gum! Slingshot!!!” Unfortunately, Merry’s horn, one of the things he held to not fly off, wasn’t strong enough and broke. This made him curve slightly, and instead of the ball hitting the Marine ship, it flew towards the Baratie and crashed into the roof.

I couldn’t help my laughter as the cooks from the restaurant we basically just bombed came looking for the culprit. They stomped onto our deck without any opposition and their teeth sharpened like fishermen. How are they doing that?

“Who!? Who was the one that’s responsible for that cannonball?!” they yelled without any fear. Which is pretty weird right? I mean, even if we aren’t well known yet, we are still pirates. We have the big scull and everything on our flag.

Without any hesitation or thought put into our decision, me, the brats, the duo and the entire Marine ship pointed towards Luffy who began sweating buckets. That cannot be healthy. Luffy tried to plead his case but the cooks weren’t having it. They grabbed him by his collar and dragged him off the ship. Carrot stepped beside me.

“Shouldn't we...save our Captain?” he asked while trying to hold back his laughter. I shook my head no, before I could speak up however, Pepper stepped in. The look on his face told everyone what they needed to know. My boy was not pleased, not pleased at all.

“Usopp! Those Marines just shot at our ship!!!” he barked with venom. His teeth has also had turned sharp like sharks. How in the hell are they doing that. I mean, can I do that? I mean, technically I’m an anime character right? So I should?

He does not look happy. I sighed as I walked towards the edge of the deck and looked up towards the Marines. If I think about it, I’m kind of pissed off. These bastards shot at Merry! It obviously wasn’t, but what if it actually hit her?!

“First Mate Zorro...since Captain Luffy is indisposed, control of the ship goes to you. Second Mate Usopp would like to make a request.” I state, eyes not leaving the enemy’s ship. The kids, hearing my manner of speech, became serious.

"...what is it?” he asked with a grunt. He was leaning on the rail of our ship with a casual look. It seemed like our resident badass was always chill as long as he doesn’t put his bandana on. Then the guy becomes a demon, someone you do not want to face.

“The kid is right, they tried shooting at our ship. The adventure we’ve only just started, our hopes and dreams, our future...it would have ended right here with only a single order from a nobody in the Blue Sea.”

“Hm...and does that mean you want to masacre them, like with the Black Cats?” he asked with a steady tone, looking away from me to gaze at the sea. I couldn’t see his eyes and it made me nervous. Out of everyone on the crew right now, I would think the one who had the least amount of problems with my killing would have been Zoro.

“Don’t worry, I won’t request that we kill them, the offence isn’t that bad. I just want to show them the error of their ways. No one has to die. They were only following the orders of a stupid man, they aren’t inherently bad people.” though I really wouldn’t mind killing them.

“You don’t worry either, I wasn’t. I don’t care if you kill them or not, I simply wanted to know what you would do.” that...scared me even more. Why? Is he just trying to figure out what kind of person I am? What did he figure out about me by asking me that question?

“And so?” I question. An evil smile slowly forms on his face as he draws his blades. Zoro has always been one of my favorites. If it involves protecting his friends, he won’t be naive about the situation and do what needs to be done to protect the crew.

“Well, we do have to teach them a lesson, don’t we?”

“Good!” I say with a smirk before giving out orders. “Nami! Your job is to rob them blind in the middle of the fighting. A big ship like that must have money on it somewhere. Get every single thing valuable on it and not leave a speck of dust!”

“Got it!!!” she agrees immediately with money signs in her eyes. Like, literally money signs. Still haven’t gotten used to the whole Anime World concept yet have I?

“Brats! Follow me in taking down so of the small fry and clearing a path for the Navigator to do her thing!”

“””Aye!!!””” they shout with a solute. To anyone with the knowledge, it might look really freaking cringy, but those of this world it’s a sign of respect. I’ll make sure all lower ranked members of the crew know this solute. Hell, even the higher members if I can get them to do it.

“Duo! You’re with Zoro, though I doubt he’ll need it, watch his back fight with him!” actually, I know he won’t need it, not this early in the story. Everyone besides Mihawk has no chance against him. This will however be a team experience and that makes it worth the order.

“”Okay!!”’ the Duo yells while trying to mimic the salute from the boys before a moment of hesitation. “Wait a minute, if we attack the Marines with you guys, won’t they think we’re pirates?” Johnny asks. I give him a deadpan stare before answering his question.

“Dude, you are on a pirate ship. Not to mention, they’ve already attacked us. I’m pretty sure they’re going to consider you pirates no matter what now.”

“What?! No wayyyyy!” Yosaku screams in despair. Now that was a total lie, because originally they lived their lives on the sea without problem. Well, they became fishermen instead of being being Bounty Hunters but still. Despite this, I need them on the ship. I have big plans and we’re gonna need more than the original crew to survive the humongous target I’m going to continuously paint on our back.

“Anyway, just do as ordered. Is everyone ready?!” after a bunch of confirmations and a simple nod from the First-Mate, we all jumped onto the enemy ship with troublemaking smiles. Of course, Immediately after we landed on the deck, a bunch of rifles were pointed at us by the scrubs.

“What are you doing on our ship you pirates!? You’re lucky we let yours go after your freaky Captain redirected our shot but don’t get cocky! Leave before we have to force you.” one of the Marines say. I stare at the speaker with an insufferable smirk and pull out my slingshot. Since we’re going non-lethal I better not use my actual guns.

“Well lookie at what we have here. A bunch of dogs barking without their master here to protect them. Listen up you scallywags, you’ll have only one chance and one chance only to drop your weapons and give us your booty before things will have to get violent.”

“...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!” there was a moment of silence before the Marines started laughing. “There are only 8 of you! What are you going to do to us?!” I smile at their question, because really, it is such an amusing question.

“Boys...why don’t you show them what happens when you fuck with a Strawhat? Crush them.” it was with those words, that all hell broke loose. I Geppo’d on top of the crow's nest and began shooting down pellets and my stars at the poor guys. When I haven’t been practicing shooting, I’ve been trying to remake the OG Ussops ammo. Even if they weren’t powerful, they were versatile.

The brats pulled the pipes out and began teleporting all over the ships, giving the idiots concussions with each whack. It’s not their fault really, I beat in the importance of aiming for the head when possible. I don’t want a Thor situation ever happening after all.

Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

Those who were facing off against Zoro and the Duo had it the worst. At most we were giving a few broken bones and concussions. Men who were going against the swordsman got cut though, and I’m pretty sure some of them died.

Yosaku showed a frightening level of professionalism. With a tight frown, he ran ahead and cut the head off of one of the Marines without a single word or scream before facing off against his next opponent. It seemed as if he was an entirely different person altogether the moment the fight began.

Johnny wasn’t a slacker either. While louder and more out of control than his friend, his kills were a lot more messy. He cut off arms and legs before moving to his next target and letting the ones behind him bleed out, screaming in pain. He was merciless, and seemed to take some sort of guilty pleasure from the act.

Never mind, I’m 100% sure that some of them died. Jeez guys, I was supposed to be the bloodthirsty one. This is just ridiculous. I guess you forget that the Duo were actually pretty good bounty hunters who hung out with Zoro before the series started. Killing is their literal job.

“Exploding Star-” I announce without the yelling and fanflare the OG Usopp usually did. My star flew towards an enemy and the moment the attack landed, an explosion knocked back the marine so far that he flew off the boat.

Ohhhh….he might be dead. That hit right in the chest and if it knocked him out when he hit the water than he’s definitely drowning. Mr. 5 said that the OG Usopp’s gunpowder was low quality when he made his attacks, but fuck that. I don’t want low grade gunpowder. Obviously my shit isn’t anything special either, but apparently it packs much more of a punch than I previously thought.

Before long, it turned into less of a fight and more of a hunt. They really started to get scared when I decided to just use my Lead Star and started aiming for the nuts. Was it necessary? No. Did it make me laugh? Absu-Fucking-Lutely

“Oh God help us!” one in particular screamed after I hit a bullseye. With his hands covering his crotch, he fell to the side in a fetal position. With a relatively weak pull on my slingshot, I shot the bastard in the eye.

“.....” it took him a few seconds to realise. “AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!”

“It’s Goda you sacrileges heathen!” eh, he’ll be alright, I held back my draw a lot when I shot. It’ll be blurry for a while but his eye will be fine. After a little more torture, they finally gave up and kneeled, many of the men holding onto their balls in pain. Nami finally came out carrying a humongous bag of stuff.

“Oi! Be grateful and thank Goda, for we are currently are in a good mood. We’re letting you scum go with both your lives and your ship intact. For the Sin of attacking our ship, nothing but Death is what you deserve but I’ve calmed down a bit after kicking your asses!” Pepper shouts at them.

I look around the ship and try to find someone who looks the most important. Finding no one, because all of them just looked like scrubs to me, I just ask my question in general to everyone on the ship.

“Who knows if this ship has some SeaStone?” I have big plans for that stone. I need as much of it as I can. If I can nab a big amount, future battles will go down much more smoothly. In fact, maybe I’ll even be able to skip boss battles!!!!

No one answers at first and so I had to ask again in a less polite tone before someone finally grew the balls to help me with my question. A marine slowly stands up with his hands around his balls in a cautious manner. Apparently he saw what I did to his friends.

“W-we have a small amount sir. Every marine ship does for self repairs. We don’t really have much though” he stutters out. For those who don’t know, the bottom of marine ships are covered in SeaStone. This is because it allows them to sail across the Calm Belt without the worry of being attacked by Sea Kings. Needless to say, it’ll probably be a while before I can use Haki, which means any amount of SeaStone is invaluable.

“SeaStone? Why would we need SeaStone?” asked Nami with an eyebrow raised. Zoro does the same but he doesn’t really speak up about it. I look towards the two of them with a serious expression. Well I hope it’s a serious expression. Sometimes it’s hard not to cringe at myself trying to be cool.

“Do you think Luffy will be the only person on the Sea that will have Devil Fruit powers?” I ask back. Zoro furrowed his brows while Nami looked surprised. “I don’t think the two of you fully know the risks yet, so let me spell it out. Luffy wants to be King! There will be multiple strong people on the sea without Fruit powers but there also will be just as many with them. Men who can turn their entire bodies into vapor, or smoke, or even fire and lava. How will we deal with them?” Haki obviously but they don’t really know that yet. “Zoro, are you confident that you could even defeat them. Can you blade cut fire?” he looked down in thought, and he came to a conclusion fairly quickly. With a shake of his head, he replied no.

“We need a way to not only defend ourselves but also attack back. SeaStone is that way. We just need enough of it.” I don’t have to worry about Nami, but I’m afraid Zoro won’t be susceptible to dirty tricks. I need to sell them on this idea. Who I’m really worried about is Luffy though, I don’t know if he’ll even contemplate using anything but his fist.

“I see…” Nami nods in agreement. “But how did you know that they would have some? I don’t think there are many Devil Fruit users on the Blue Seas. In fact, Luffy is the only one I’ve ever met besides that weird clown guy who could throw his hands. Now that I think about it, Luffy is made of rubber and the other guy couldn’t really be cut, but while weird it’s not really scary. People made of fire and smoke? I’ve never even heard of something like that, does it even exist? Are you sure we need to be so worried.”

“Nami! Do not doubt my information, people like that exist. Infact, they’re even more dangerous people out there. A man made of Magma, a man made of Ice, a man made of Light. There are monsters who can turn into Dragons, control emotions, destroy the world itself. Do you remember who my father is? It must not have sunken in for you yet but please don’t forget my lineage. I am the son of the legendary Yassop, Sniper for the Red Hair Pirates. Father is on the crew of an Emperor. Of course I know some things that most people don’t. For example, Marine ship’s bottom are coated with SeaStone so that they can safely sail through the Calm Belt. The SeaKings leave them alone, which means they don’t have to cross into the Grandline the way pirates do. And trust me, our way is much worse.”

It was then and only then, that the situation seemed to dawn on them. Both Nami and Zoro’s eyes widened when it finally sunk in that I was the son of a Yonko crewman, one of the four strongest crews in the world. My friends weren’t the only ones to hear this either. The Marines heard this and began to shake in fear.

“N-no way…” one mutters with a terrified look on his face. I couldn’t help but laugh at his overreaction. If he thought my lineage was insane, wait until they hear about Luffy’s. That guy’s entire bloodline is monstrous. That simple “D” in his name brings fear to those who know its meaning. I clap my hands to grab everyone's attention.

“Alright! Let’s get going, our Captain has been in that restaurant for a while and we need to go meet our new crew member. Nami, you take one of the idiots and get all the SeaStone they have. Pepper, you go with her to make sure that the tough guy doesn’t do anything that you’ll have to bash his head in for.”

With a nod, they got to moving and gathered everything that we need. Moving back to the ship after tying the Marines up, we decide to finally check up on our leader. While we were walking towards the restaurant, I noticed something though. Both Nami and Zoro were staying some distance away from me. Not much, but I could just tell that they didn’t want to cross some invisible line. I frowned at this. Well that’s not good. I’m not that surprised about Nami, but Zoro too? This wasn’t supposed to happen.

Finally through the doors, we come to see and unusual sight. The atmosphere was so tense Zoro could probably cut it with his sword. There was a man holding that arrogant marine by the neck, a fight obviously finished. He was slim yet muscular, with long legs and blond hair that was brushed over the left side of his face. His eyebrows both formed a spiral but at different ends. His right eyebrow was a spiral at the outer end, while his left eyebrow forms a spiral at the inner end. He was wearing a black, double-breasted suit with golden buttons and tie together with a long-sleeved buttoned blue pinstripe shirt. VInsmoke Sanji, cook of the Strawhat Pirates ...I can’t wait to eat this bastard’s food.

It seems we missed Sanji’s speech about wasting food and provoking Cooks at sea, which is a real fucking shame because I realy wanted to see that badass moment in real life. Shit, I should have known not to take up so much time, we should have just killed the bastards and rushed over here. Already a buff weird guy was scolding Sanji about beating up a Lieutenant. For the life of me, I cannot remember his name. Did he even have one?

The buff guy was yelling at our Cook but really he didn’t seem to mind. He dropped the idiot onto the floor and justified his actions. Sanji really hates wasting food, understandably so for what he went through. I wouldn’t blame him if he even killed anyone for wasting food in front of him, I sure would.

“Oh, you’re going to regret this. All of you! No restaurant should treat its customers like this. I’ll shut you down.Do you understand me? I will shut you down! This entire place! This whole restaurant is finished, do you hear-” before he could waste anymore of our time, I walked up behind his slumped form during his revenge monologue and pointed a gun at his temple. Yea, that shut him up real quick.

“Shut up you fool and put them ears to use. You ordered all of those cannon fodder you call crewmen to sink our ship. If the chef doesn’t kill you for whatever the hell you did to piss him off, I just might. So I suggest-” I was interrupted by a loud CRASH! Ugh, there’s always something.

Out of nowhere our Captain and a man with a pegleg and a long blonde mustache fell through the roof. It was Red Leg Zeff, former Captain of the Cook Pirates and a man who sailed on the Grand Line. I’ve always wondered about the adventures he’s been on and what caused him to go out into the sea.

“I can breath again!” Luffy yells after a deep breath. One of the concerned chefs notices that their Captain was one of the people who fell from the roof too and asks if he’s alright. Zeff ignored him and focused on whose going to pay from his broken roof. This led to an argument with him and Luffy and because I shut up the Lieutenant before Sanji could snap, no grabbed the Captains attention and let the argument play out. Before long, they were hitting each other again while yelling about fees and payments.

No one even noticed a weak looking man walking into the restaurant like he owned the place. Before long he sat at a table and placed his feet up before trying to get someone's attention. Unfortunately for him, everyone was pretty focused on the fight. Why would they pay attention to some nobody.

“Hey, can I get some service around here?” he asked in a low tone, but Luffy and Zeff were still arguing and fighting and no one even heard his question. In fact, I think I’m the only one who even realised he came in. “Hey…” he tried again when no one acknoleged him. Despite his attempted, he was again ignored. Gritting his teeth in frustration, he takes out his gun and pointed it to the ceiling before firing. “Hey!!! What kind of place is this!? Bring me food!!” I guess because of what we did to the Marines, no one could even try to stop him from breaking out.

“Heyyy, I know that guy.” Nami says after a moment. Zoro gave her a confused look and asked how. “While I was looting their ship he was the only prisoner. I saw him their with a creepy look in his eyes.”Oh yeaaa, he was supposed to be locked up on the boat during all of this. I should have let him out when we were kicking those scrubs asses.

“Why didn’t you help him out then?” Zoro wondered. Nami shrugged at this with a look on her face that almost said, ‘Why the hell would I? It’s got nothing to do with me.’ That woman...I wonder if there is something in the world she wouldn’t do for money. What am I saying, of course there isn’t anything like that. This is Nami we’re talking about here.

“I offered but he said he didn’t have any money on hand to pay for my services.” she said with an eyebrow raised. Is...is this girl serious? Wasn’t he in a cell, starving?Did she seriously have no empathy for the man. I love her...but isn’t Nami kind of, sort of, maybe, most definitely a major bitch?

“....but he was locked up, how was he supposed to pay you? He was a prisoner, all of his money were probably confiscated by the Marines, and you most likely stole all of it when I ordered you to sweep through the ship. Doesn’t that mean you already have all of his money, what was he going to give you?” I say after a while.

“That sounds like a him problem. If he didn’t want all of his money stolen, he shouldn’t have been captured in the first place. How is it my fault that his money was already my money by the time he needed to give me more money? That’s just bad planning.” ...there is something seriously wrong with her.

“Hello you damn crook!” the buff man strolled in front of the man without any fear and put on a bright smile. He was average-sized but muscular with a lot of hair on his arms and legs. He had a shaved head, large lips, and a short black beard. Wearing a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with yellow buttons on both sides, and light blue on the end of the sleeves. On his legs were knee-length shorts that are the same color as his shirt, along with brown shoes. He also wears a white apron, a pink ascot, an earring in his right ear, and a white rope tied around his head. Lastly, there’s two heart tattoos on his left arm.

“I’m only going to say this one last time, bring me something to eat and make it quick.” a relatively thin man with short, scruffy hair, a scruffy beard, and a slight mustache. He has dark circles under his eyes, as though he lacks sleep. Wearing an open gray jacket with a red sea-serpent design on each side with a green shirt underneath, gray pants matching with his jacket, a gray headband with blue stripes design, and two spherical earrings in each ear.

“Of course, right away! But might I be so bold as to inquire how you will be paying for this meal?”

“Hmm…” the man hummed, kind of surprised that he’s even being asked that question. He may not be the captain of his crew, but he was still very well known. Gin the Man Demon, Combat Commander of the Krieg Pirate. Without hesitation, Gin points a gun right at the buff man’s head. I cannot for the life of me remember his name. “Will a bullet be enough?” in mere seconds, the buff man smile disappears.

“So you don’t have any money then?” quicker than a man like him should be able to move, he clasps his hands together and smashed down towards Gin’s back. My eyes widen in surprise as just before he gets clobbered, Gin managed to jump out of the way and points his gun at the chef’s head. He shoots but luckily the Cook grabs the Pirate’s wrist and forces it upward before the shot went off. The Cook pulls back his arm and slams his fist into Gin’s stomach, sending him flying.

… Was it Patrick? No, that’s Spongebob. Peter? No, that’s Tinkerbell. Patty!!!

Getting back up now that he has some distance the gun is pointed right back at Patty with a smirk. Immediately a few gunshots were fired but Patty flipped a table over for some cover. Before anymore damage could be done, Zeff came out of nowhere and kicked Gin with his pegleg, causing him to crash into the floor. This time, he didn’t get back up. Well...that wasn’t supposed to happen.

The customers and Cooks started to chear at the conclusion of the battle. Patty even did a small monologue talking about how they served only paying customers and began to kick Gin while he was down. Now, I know that he wasn’t apart of our Crew yet, and I know that currently he’s a loyal member of the Krieg Pirates, but something about seeing him being kicked like that pissed me off enough to intervene. After a couple of wacks I stopped Patty.

“Hey, he gets it, let’s leave it here for now. Throw him out but let’s stop kicking him, alright?” I say with a smile. Sure, I’m a little pissed but Patty’s just doing his job. No need to make enemies for no reason.

“Oh, and who are you, one of his crewmates?” he asked, looking as if he was going to attack if I gave the wrong answer.

“No no no, my Captain is over there-. “ I point towards Luffy, “but sill, I just don’t like seeing guys being beat while down, y’know?”

“...Grrr fine.” Patty agrees, before picking up Gin and walking out of the restaurant. Without any grace, he throws the Pirate before warning him to stay out and don’t come back. I follow to make sure the guy is alright and sit on the rail in silence until he’s ready to talk.

A couple of minutes pass by in pure awkwardness. After a while, I almost get irritated enough to speak out first but before I could, the idiot finally says something. Which, thank Goda, because I almost broke.

“Why did you help me?” he asks, looking at the sky without getting up. My Captain was on the upper stair balcony and gave me a confused look.

“Yea, I’m curious too, why did you help the hungry guy-”

“I’m not hungry!”

“I didn’t think that was like you at all. You even killed all of those kitty people back in your hometown.”

“You hurt me Captain.” I say with a chuckle. “It’s not like I’m a psychopath who only knows violence. The Execution treatment are only for the scum who threaten the Strawhats and the Strawhats territory. The ‘kitty people’ did both and I couldn’t let that stand.”

“Oh? Does that mean hungry guy is part of the crew now?”

“Yup!” I agreed with a nod.

“I’m not hungry!” Gin yells once more. “Wha- wait! I’m not apart of your crew! I’m-”

“Gin the Man Demon, Combat Commander of the Krieg Pirates, and fiercely loyal.” I interrupt, pulling out a little black book from my satchel. “I heard you and your friends tried to brave the Grandline. Unfortunately, you weren’t lucky and irritated Dracule Mihawk, who destroyed your entire fleet. Very unlikely indeed.”

“Whoooaaaaa! He went to the Grandline?!?!? That’s so COOOOL!” I chuckle and laugh at Luffy’s excited response before nodding.

“H-how did you know that?! It only happened just recently!”

“It seems I need to introduce myself. My name is All Knowing Usopp, and while most know me as the Sniper of the Strawhat Pirates, I’m also the Tactician. Information is a Tactician’s bread and butter, and lets just say I’m very good at my job.”

“That still doesn’t explain why you helped me…”

“Wooow Usopp you’re so smart!”

“Well you see, you Gin, have grabbed my attention. Though you’re not a Captain, your skill is definitely admirable. And despite your leader being a piece of shit, you are loyal, not because you agree with his values, but because once someone has your loyalty it’s not something that can easily be discarded. You would make an amazing Strawhat.”

“How dare you! Don Krieg is the strongest! Someone like you could never- GROWL~~~” his speech was interrupted by his stomach.

“And that’s my cue.” Sanji walked in with a dish in hand and sat it down in front of Gin. Was he listening in on our conversation? We were talking for a while. “Eat up.” the hungry man simply stared at the food for a while, clearing wanting to dig in, but his pride stopped him.

“...take it back. I won’t accept charity. It doesn’t matter how out of it I may be, just take the stuff away from me. Now!”

“Stop your whining and eat it already, I don’t care what they say in there, to me, if anyone’s hungry they’re a customer.”

“Sorry..but I’m not your customer- GROWL~~.”

“Hmph, it’s amazing how beautiful yet cruel this ocean can be. How it’s almost a death sentence to lose your food and water out here. How difficult it is to survive. I know how it to go hungry on the sea more than anyone.You can die for your pride if you want, but listen if you eat and survive won’t that give you the opportunity to fight for pride truly worth having in the future?”

“....” the struggle on Gin’s face was clear for all to see, but in the end, he swallowed his pride. He got up and grabbed to food before scarfing it down. The tears ran down his cheeks without restraint as he apologised, over and over again. “Thank you so much! I thought it was over. I truly thought I was going to die! This food, it’s delicious, I’ve never had anything so good before!”

“...Hmph, well of course it is.” Sanji replied with a smile.

“Shishishishi! I think I just found my Cook! You;re lucky he gave you some food, you weren’t looking so good there, ha I thought you were a goner! So! Listen Mr. Cook, why don’t you leave this boat and join my crew! I could use a Cook like you on my ship.”

“His name is Sanji, Captain.” I say with a chuckle. Said Cook looked in my direction and glared. “What? I know you were listening, and like I said, I’m very good at my job. Don’t worry, you’ll have all the time in the world to get to know me as well. You too Gin, after all, from this day forth, you’re both Strawhats!”

“...”

“...”

“Kikikiki-” I laugh. “Welcome to the Family!”