Ch 17 Determined

The smoke clears and Don Krieg walks back in, completely unscathed. The light gleaming off his shiny gold armor.

Krieg: " That's the best dessert you've got, you lousy cook!?"

Vince: " That's not good....."

Krieg: " Serving that pile of crap for dessert... This is the worst restaurant I've ever been to."

Alex: " Maybe if you weren't trying to steal the fucking place, you'd get better service!!!"

Luffy: " Whoah!! His body's gold and shiny!!!"

Patty: " That bastard and his fancy steel armor! Get him!!" He yells as the chefs charge at Krieg.

Krieg: " Annoying little shits!!!" He yells, guns appear from several places on his armor and in his hands, and he opens fire, shooting the chefs down, critically wounding them.

Luffy: " Guns!?"

Sanji: " From all over his body!"

Krieg: " You damn worms think you can defy me?! I'm the strongest!"

Krieg: " This steel arm, more powerful than that of anyone! This body of steel, tougher than anyone else's!"

Krieg: " And this diamond fist that can pulverize anything!!! My entire body is a finely tuned weapon!"

Alex: " Boastful much....." He mutters to himself.

Krieg: " I'm the fleet admiral of 50 ships and the commander of 5,000 men! I've won every single battle I've been in! There is no other man more worthy of the title Don that I am!"

Krieg: " So if I tell you to prepare food for my men, then you shut up and do it!! Nobody goes against Don Krieg!"

Zeff walks up to Krieg and sets a large sack on the ground in front of him.

Chefs: " Chef Zeff!"

Zeff: " There's enough food here for a hundred people. So hurry and bring it to you men."

Vince: " Zeff...."

Krieg: " Did... Did they just say, Zeff?!"

Chefs: " Sir! How could you give them the food?! Just what's the meaning of this?! Once those pirates on that ship recover, they'll take over our restaurant!!"

Zeff: " That's only if... they still have any fighting spirit left at all."

Zeff: " Isn't that right, defeated warriors of the Grand Line?" He states, looking directly at Krieg.

Chef 3: " W-what!? Don Krieg, defeated?!"

Chef 1: " The strongest man of East Blue.....! The pirate fleet admiral of 50 ships....! Even he was utterly defeated by the Grand Line!!"

Luffy: " Grand Line?!"

Krieg: " You're..... Red Leg Zeff!!"

Alex: ' Red Leg Zeff?! I knew that old guy looked familiar.....'

Krieg: " So you were alive, Red Leg Zeff... The peerless captain and cook of his own pirate crew."

Zeff: " So what if I'm alive? It's got nothing to do with you. As you can see, I'm living as a mere cook now."

Krieg: " Hahaha.... Interesting to hear it put that way..... but from the way I see it, you're living as cook not by choice. But because that's the only thing you can do."

Krieg: " With the way you are now, you can't wear your infamous red shoes."

Krieg: " To speak of Red Leg Zeff, is to speak of the master of kicking who refused to use his hands in battle! The pirate whose destructive kicks could pulverize bedrock. And leave a clear imprint even on steel!"

Krieg: " Your nickname " Red Leg" refers to your legs. That would be died in the blood of your enemies after a fight. Though I've heard from rumors that you died during a shipwreck. It seems that you've managed to survive, though at the cost of one of your precious legs. With one of your legs gone, you shouldn't be able to fight anymore."

Zeff: " I may not be able to fight anymore, but I can still cook as long as I have these hands. But just what are you getting at exactly?"

Krieg: " Red Leg Zeff, you're a man who once braved the waters of the Devil's Hideout, the Grand Line itself! Not only that, you returned without injury. You must've kept a log during your time on the Grand Line. So what I'm getting at is.....Hand over that log to me!"

Luffy: " Cool, you've been to the Grand Line, old man?" He asks Zeff.

Zeff: " Yes. You are certainly correct to assume that I kept a log, and I indeed have it to this day. But I shan't hand that over to you. That log is the pride of me and my men who bravely ventured the Grand Line together. It's much too valuable to give to the likes of you!"

Krieg: " Then I'll just steal it from you! It's true that I came back defeated from the Grand Line....! But even so, I'm still the mighty Don Krieg!"

Krieg: " That ocean shrouded by darkness. The mention of which alone causes weak men to tremble in their boots..! I had enough power to conquer that sea! Enough man power! Enough ambition! The only thing I lacked was information! That was my only flaw!"

Krieg: " I simply did not know enough.... Which is why I'll steal your travel log and ship!"

Vince: " I'm not letting you take the old man's treasure!! I'll protect it with my life! Zeff saved me when I had nowhere left to go!"

Patty: " Yeah! Like hell we'll let you! If we lose this ship, we've got nowhere to go!"

Chef 1: " That's right! All the cooks here were chased out by other restaurants before finally finding their home in this place!"

Krieg: " Silence! The difference in strength between you and I is clear as night and day! I even proved it to you just now! Don't you dare forget that I'm the strongest!" He yells, the force of which being enough to knock all the chefs down, but Vince stands tall, glaring at the pirate fleet admiral.

Krieg: " Once I obtain Zeff's travel log, I'll reassemble my pirate fleet, and find the One Piece to become the greatest pirate of this era!"

Luffy: " Hold it right there! The one who'll become Pirate King is me."

Vince: " Cap'n?"

Patty: " Hey, stand back down kid! Or you'll be killed!"

Luffy: " I'm not standing down, especially on this point!"

Vince: " Hmph... I knew there was something I liked about you."

Krieg: " Did you say something, little brat? I'll be nice enough to let your comment just now slide."

Luffy: " It's fine, you don't have to let it slide. I was only stating the truth."

Krieg: " This ain't a game."

Luffy: " Of course."

Alex: " You planning to rumble, Luffy?"

Zoro: " Need a hand?"

Luffy: " Oh hey, Zoro, Usopp, Alex no it's fine, you can just stay sitting down. Me and the new guy got this."

Krieg: " Ha... hahaha! Aahahaha! Those are your crewmates? A rather small bunch, ain't they!?"

Luffy: " What're you talking about!? I've got three others as well!"

Sanji: " Hey, you just counted me in, didn't you?"

Krieg: " Don't joke with me, punk! Even my fleet of 50 ships and 5,000 pirates, were utterly decimated by that devilish sea in just 7 days only because we lacked information!"

Patty: " S-seven days?!"

Chef 1: " The entire Krieg pirate fleet was annihilated in just a week?!"

Usopp: " Dyou hear that just now?! 50 ships gone! In just a week!"

Zoro: " Heh, sound interesting."

Alex: " Yeah, the Grand Line's gonna be fun."

Krieg: " Even as a bluff, your comments just now show how completely ignorant you are to reality! If there's one thing I hate, it's empty boasting like yours!"

Vince: " I highly doubt it's empty boasting. I haven't seen what my Cap'n is capable of yet, but I have not doubt he's going to kick your ass."

Krieg: " Keep saying that and I'll kill you both right on the spot once I get back from unloading this food!"

Krieg: " As for the rest of you..... I'll give you a little extension. I'm going to give this food to my subordinates. And then return back here." He states, grabbing the large sack of food and hefting it over his shoulder.

Krieg: " I'd suggest you leave this place within that time if you don't want to die. The only thing's I need are this ship and Zeff's travel log."

Krieg: " If any of you still feel like dying even after I warned you, then so be it! I'll bury you to the bottom of the sea for eternity!" He exclaims, as he walks out.

Gin: " Sanji.... please forgive me! I had no idea..... no idea at all that this would happen....! I...."

Zeff: " There's no need for you to apologize."

Gin: " Huh?"

Chefs: " Sir!"

Zeff: " The cooks of this restaurant acted out of their own free will, and this is the result of that."

Patty: " Sir! How could you of all people side with Sanji on this!? Just what's the meaning of this!?"

Chefs: " That's right! He's the one to blame for all this! He just wants to destroy this restaurant that's so important to you, sir!"

Chef 1: " Sanji! Were you planning on using this mess we're in to become the next head chef!?"

Chef 2: " Or have you just completely lost it!? Which is it?!"

Chef 3: " And what about you, Vince!?"

Zeff: " Silence, you numbskulls!"

Zeff: " Have any one of you ever been hungry enough to die...? Do any of you know just how terrifying and painful it is. To be stuck in this ocean, deprived of food and water!?"

Patty: " Wha.... what do you mean, sir?!"

Zeff: " If you've got time to be crying over spilt milk, then just leave this place using the back door!"

All the cooks grab weapons and prepare to fight, a newfound determination in their hearts.

Vince: " One last good old rumble before I set sail. No way I'm backing down."

Gin: " W-what're you all doing?! Haven't you realized how powerful the Don is by now?! You need to run away!"

Sanji: " Hey, Gin.... Let me tell you something. It's my duty as a cook to feed anyone who's starving."

Sanji: " But the one's who're coming to attack this ship are those who've already been fed. So, you better not complain when I kill them."

Sanji: " If someone is planning on stealing this ship, then I'll kill that person without a second thought, even if it's you. Got that?"

Patty: " Hmph, you save a person only to kill him afterward? Some guy you are."

Sanji: " Shut up, you shitty cook."

Luffy: " Hey! What do you think about him? Pretty good, right?" He asks, pointing to Sanji.

Alex: " I like him, so far. That Vince guy you got to join the crew isn't half bad either."

Usopp: " Who cares about him! If we don't get out of here soon...."

Zoro: " Calm down, our enemies are wounded pirates."

Luffy: " That's right, and besides, I have got to fight with that guy. If he truly is strong, then he and I are going to butt heads eventually anyways!"

Luffy: " Oh that's right, Gin."

Gin: " Hm?" He looks over to Luffy.

Luffy: " You said you didn't know anything about the Grand Line. But didn't you guys go there?"

Gin: " What I don't know is the truth... I just can't believe it.... I just don't know if those 7 days we spent on the Grand Line was real of just a nightmare..... I'm still wrestling with it in my mind.... He just appeared all of a sudden...."

Gin: " To think all 50 ships of the Krieg Pirate Fleet, were destroyed by a single man...!!!"

Luffy: " What!?"

Alex: ' It had to have been one of the 7 warlords....'

Sanji: " Impossiple!!"

Vince: " The entire Krieg Pirate Fleet was crushed by a single man?!"

Gin: " While we still had no idea what was going on, our ships sank one by one.... And if it weren't for that storm that whisked us away, even our main ship would've been sunk...."

Gin: " I don't know how many of our ships managed to survive..... It's just too terrifying to believe as real....! I don't even want to think about..... That hawk-eyed man whose glare is sharp enough to kill a man! I don't! I don't want to think about him!"

Zoro: " What?!"

Alex: ' Dracule Mihawk!!'