Sanji

It didn't take long for the crew to arrive at the swimming restaurant. Luffy forgot an important thing.

He was too fast with the East Blue Saga. It will take Mihawk at least one or two weeks to arrive here, and he didn't want to let this restaurant be defeated by these stupid pirates. He would train his crew at this time. Besides Chopper and Robin, most of the main crew was here. It would take a while before they would get Brook and Franky. He thought about other people in the East Blue he could recruit but there was nobody worth to bring along with him.

Usopp woke up at this moment.

"Wow, I had a really bad dream.", he said, a little bit confused. "Something about a huge dragon, and…"

He looked around, realizing that everything wasn't a dream.

"KIDNAPPED! I WAS KIDNAPPED! I AM CAPTAIN USOP-" before he could finish his sentence, a fruit was stuffed into his mouth. It was Luffy who put it in his mouth.

The crew watched in horror at this scene. Why was Luffy so cruel to Usopp? First, he kidnapped him, and then…

"Luffy. That was a devil fruit, wasn't it?", Ain asked.

"What? They are worth millions! How could you feet such a treasure to an idiot like him?", Nami saw all the belly's that disappeared in the stomach of this long nose...

After Usopp ate the fruit, he transformed into a puddle of mud.

"You gave him a Logia just like that? Hina is shocked."

"What the hell is a Logia?", Zoro asked and was a little bit amused that the new guy was now mud.

Ain looked towards Usopp with a frown. "But it's dirty. It's disgusting."

"But it's a Logia. In the first half of the Grand Line, he will be invincible."

The mud began to move and a little face that was made out of mud appeared. The funny thing was that the face still had Usopp's long nose.

"What did you do to me, you scoundrel?", after the swamp man said those words, he transformed back into a puddle.

"I made you invincible, Captain Usopp. You can even defeat the notorious Pirate Hunter at this moment."

Zorro didn't believe the words of his new captain.

"Learn how to control that, Usopp.", Luffy grinned. "We will go get something to eat."

While they were walking towards the restaurant they heard Usopp laughing. Long Nose started to realize the new abilities he got thanks to Luffy. It was the illness all Logia users would be infected with at some point in time.

"Why did you give such a precious fruit to this idiot?"

"Well, it should help him survive the first half. And he would be a good second inventory for the group. So his job is now a mix between sniper and bag"

"And what's with me? How can I survive the Grand Line?", asked Nami.

"Do you want to be transformed into a dirty swamp beauty?"

"Well, it's better that you gave it to the long nose…"

.....

The crew sat down on a table and enjoyed the good food. After a while, Usopp entered the restaurant. His body was recovered, but only in half. His upper body was back to normal but his lower body was a little mountain of mud. He looked like a monster and everyone was freaked out after seeing him.

He came to the table without saying a word and began to eat with the others. But everybody could see that he was happy. He thought he was invincible, even if his element was a swamp. Usopp liked to fight with traps, so a swamp wasn't so bad if you consider his fighting style.

"Alright guys, this is our last stop before we enter the Grand Line. I will tell you the rules.", said Luffy enjoying the food.

„I will not personally fight in the Grand Line. If we encounter a Samurai or other strong guys, you will be responsible for it."

Ain, Hina, and Zoro weren't bothered by it. Even Usopp didn't say anything, he thought he was invincible. Only Nami had her eyes wide open, shock written all over her face.

"You are the boss, right? How can you let us fight everyone? What's wrong with you?"

"Start thinking, girl.", Ain said. "He could beat almost everyone in the Grand Line two years ago, do you think he got weaker after all this time? He would bully those pirates if he would take action in the first half of the Grand Line."

Nami's jaw dropped to the ground. Even Zoro was impressed by his new captain, he didn't have the chance to see him in action yet. Usopp thought that Ain would obviously tell a lie, he was now invincible, how could he be defeated by Luffy.

Ain continued.

"You guys are weak and to tell you the truth, in comparison with Luffy, I'm lacking, too. So he lets us fight to bring us to the appropriate level for the second half."

Hina nodded in agreement and Nami gulped down her saliva.

"But you have potential, don't worry. The boss wouldn't choose you to be in his crew if you didn't have anything special. Hina is sure of that."

Nami was looking at Hina and clearly heard the irony of her last sentence. The pink-haired girl wasn't convinced at all that they had potential.

"Ain and Hina are speaking the truth", Luffy said. "I will only let my Pokemon fight, my biggest goal for the Grand Line is to strengthen my little monsters. You are included in the word monster", he grinned and dodged a punch from Nami that was directed towards his head.

"Of course there are situations I will interfere with. If we encounter a character with the strength of an admiral, I will fight with you guys. Mihawk is included in this."

Zoro frowned. "I will fight Mihawk!"

"You wouldn't even defeat his little toe", Ain said with disdain.

"Even if he used his hair as a sword, you would lose. Hina is sure of that."

"Come on girls, don't be mean. What is important is that he can defeat him in the future, I'm sure of that."

While they were talking, a blond cook arrived at the table.

First, he looked towards Nami and his eyes turned into hearts. Then he looked at Hina and the hearts got even bigger. When he saw Ain he started to bleed from his nose and fainted.

The crew looked at him with confusion.

"Hina wants to put this pervert in a cave and throw him out into the sea."

Ain nodded towards Hina.

"I want to erase his existence. Luffy, let me do it."

Nami smiled with confidence. "It's just a pervert, it's because of my beauty"

"Girls, this is our cook. He is a good guy, even though he is a pervert."

"I quit. I will go back to sensei!", said Ain with an emotionless face.

"Hina will go, too."

Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp laughed at that.

Luffy stood up and kicked Sanji that was lying on the ground. He awoke and looked at Luffy, his cool expression was back on his face.

"Hey, dude. I'm searching for a cook. Do you want to join?"

"Hell, no", he answered while lighting up a cigarette.

"Bro, I will show you something. I'm sure you will like it."

He stood up and pointed at Hina. Hina looked towards the other side, she didn't want to face her captain at this moment.

"This beauty is Hina. She is our… Hina, what is your job in our little group?"

"Hina is the jailer", she answered.

"Well, she is the jailer. You know, this girl ate a devil fruit that can tie up people and put them into a cage. For men who like it a little bit more… violence."

Sanji understood the second meaning of this sentence and more blood was coming out of his nose.

"Hina will kill you."

Luffy pointed towards Nami.

"This girl is our navigator. She would do everything for money. And when I say everything, I mean everything…"

Sanji fainted again and Nami started to punch Luffy but he dodged everything. Nami started to freak out.

"Now to the last beauty."

He pointed with his fingers on Ain's head, but the girl had an emotionless face like she couldn't hear or feel anything.

"This girl is a treasure if you learn to know her personalty that hides behind her serious expression. But I would be careful with her. If she touches you one time, you will never be able to use the thing that makes you a man."

Sanji gulped down but the hearts in his eyes didn't disappear.

"But if she touches you a second time, she can erase your whole existence. Like you never were there in the first place!"

Ain gritted her teeth. A blue light formed in her hand and it was directed towards her captain.

"I will erase your existence, you shameless bastard!"

Luffy was lucky that he trained his Observation Haki since the first day. This fearful attack of Ain couldn't land on him, but if she would manage it, he would turn into a five-year-old brat. He was once a little kid with the mind of an adult, he didn't want to return to this stage.

After Ain calmed down and realized that her violence wasn't an option against her boss, she sat down again with a stone-like face.

"What I wanted to tell you, cook. If you come with me, you will be able to travel with those beauties every day."

"I will pack my things! Let's love each other Nami-swan, Hina-cha-", before he could finish his sentence, he was beaten up by the three girls. It was a terrifying scene. All the anger they collected because of their boss was now directed towards the pervert. It was a curse that nobody could land a hit on Luffy, so they found another punching bag.

"Well, the cook is on board. Now we can start our training."

"Why did you kidnap me but tried to convince that pervert? I would agree to come with you if you asked me, you know", Usopp said in agitation.

"To tell you the truth, I just wanted to tease the girls."

Zoro and Usopp laughed at that answer. The three women didn't hear Luffy's answer, they were still beating up the blond cook.