What?!" Sanji yelled. "Didn't you hear me? I said no, you silver haired bastard!"
"Hate to interrupt..." Gin said after eating his meal.
"WHAT?!" they both shouted.
"My name's Gin, a pirate of Don Krieg's fleet. You said you're a pirate kid?" he asked.
"Yeah. My names also Gin by the way , but you can call me Luffy"
"What are you after?" he asked.
"One Piece!" Luffy said with a smile. "I'm heading to the Grand Line soon to go after it." He looked on as Gin looked back in utter terror.
"You can't have been searching that long." he said. "If you don't have a cook, your crew can't be that big."
"He's the fifth member." Luffy said as he pointed at Sanji.
"No I'm not!" Sanji yelled.
"Let me give you some advice kid. Stay away from the Grand Line. There are plenty of other places that you can go to." Gin said.
"I know, but One Piece is in the Grand Line, so that's where I'm going." Luffy said. "You sound like you've been there." Gin grew quiet as he stared at the ground while shaking.
"Once." he muttered. "That place makes no sense! It was nothing but one horror after another there."
"Is that so?" Sanji said.
In the restaurant
Man this food is great!" Usopp said as he, Zoro, and Nami were eating inside the restaurant while Johnny and Yosaku ate their meals on the Going Merry so others wouldn't think they were pirates. "I really hope we get a chef from here to join us."
"Yeah. It'd be great." Nami said in a quiet voice. Both of them looked at her as she stood up and left the table.
"Where are you going?" Zoro asked.
"To get some air." she said without even looking back at them. She walked out the doors and went to the back before leaning onto the rails. She sighed as she thought about her home. She remembered how Luffy offered to beat Arlong and save her island and smiled at that. She was truly touched that someone would do something like that for her. She heard sails unfurling as she looked to the left to see Gin bowing his head at Sanji as the tiny boat he was on sailed away.
"Sanji!" Screamed Zeff. "Get back to work!" he said before he went back into the restaurant.
"Shitty old geezer." Sanji mumbled. While they walked toward the door, Luffy sensed Nami and looked to his left to see her looking back at him.
"Oh. Hey Nami!" Luffy called.
"Who?" Sanji asked as he was about to walk into the door. He looked over to see Nami as well.
"Nami. She's my navigator and friend .Where'd you go?" Luffy said before he looked back to see Sanji presenting a rose to Nami.
"It must be fate that we meet like this Miss." Sanji said.
"Oh hello." she said in quiet voice before she turned to Luffy. "Friend of yours?"
"He's our new cook." Luffy said with a grin as he walked towards.
"I'm not your cook!" Sanji said before something clicked. "Wait. Our? As in, she's in your crew?"
"Yep." Luffy said. Sanji looked back at her before he closed his eyes.
"Fate is a cruel Mistress. To be so close, yet so far." Sanji said.
"What is he talking about Luffy?" Nami asked.
Chapter 10
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