Baratie part 17
*Luffy wakes up.*
Luffy: My hat?! Where’s my hat?!
Sanji: Calm down, it’s on the shelf
Luffy: Oh, there it is.
*Luffy grabs his hat off a shelf.*
Morbius: No need to freak out.
Sanji: Have a good nap?
Luffy: Wait, those pirates.
Sanji: Yeah, they’re gone now. All thanks to you.
Luffy: Me?
Morbius: Yeah. You kicked Krieg’s ass.
Sanji: And Gin asked me to tell you he’ll see you on the open sea.
Luffy: He did? To you?
Sanji and Morbius: No, to you!
Luffy: So this means I don’t have to do anymore lamo chores anymore since I got those pirates off your back, right?
Sanji: That’s the deal.
Morbius: Great! Now we can finally leave.
Luffy: Hey, I was wondering-
Sanji: No! I’m not gonna run away with you to become a pirate.
Luffy: Aw.
Morbius: Even after all we went through?
Sanji: I’ve got some unfinished business here. I’ll stay till Zeff acknowledges my skills.
Luffy: Ok then. I give up.
*But Luffy has his arm stretched out and holding onto Sanji’s neck.*
Sanji: That means you let go!
*Morbius pulls Luffy's arm off of him.*
Morbius: Sorry about that.
Sanji: Whatever. I can’t just leave. These bozos don’t know the first thing about how to run a restaurant. But still, I promised myself that one of these days I’ll go to the sea.
Luffy: Well let’s go right now!
Morbius: Yeah, now’s the perfect opportunity!
Sanji: It just isn’t the right time. Not yet. But there is one place. Say, have either of you heard of the All Blue?
Luffy: No.
Morbius: I don’t think so.
Sanji: You’ve got to be kidding me. That sea is a miracle! In the All Blue, there’s fish from every sea around the world. That one stretch of sea has it all.
Sanji: To us cooks it’s a culinary dream come true. A place that fantastic has gotta be somewhere in the sea.
*Zeff watches their conversation.*
Zeff: That little brat looks truly happy. What an idiot.
*The dinner bell rings.*
Patty: Alright guys! Soups on!
*All the chefs sit at 2 long tables to eat.*
Chef 1: Who’s cooking today?
Patty: That would be me!
Carne: And me!
Chef 2: The rouge duo, huh? I’ll prepare my poor stomach.
Patty: Just shut up and eat!
*Luffy, Sanji and Morbius enter the room, but there’s no seats available for them.*
Sanji: Hey, where’s our seats?
Luffy: And our food?
Morbius: Don’t we get to eat too?
Chef 3: No chairs for you.
Chef 3: Just sit on the floor and eat.
Sanji: No chairs? That doesn’t seem right. This is a restaurant.
Morbius: Let’s just sit on the floor. It won’t make much of a difference.
Sanji: Fine.
*They grab some food and sit on the floor.*
Luffy: They sure are acting strange.
Sanji: Well, that’s nothing new. Bunch of jerks.
Patty: Hey, what is this?! Who prepared the soup this morning?!
Sanji: Oh, I did. That stuff is pretty good, huh? I think I really outdid myself.
Patty: Is that a joke?! I can barely hold this slop down!
*Patty smashes the plate and Sanji is angry.*
Sanji: I thought someone like you would like slop? It makes sense to me since that’s what pigs like.
Patty: Just face it, Sanji! Your soup sucks! It’s disgusting!
Sanji: That soup is nothing short of a delicacy. There’s something wrong with your taste buds.
Carne: That’s gross!
Chef 1: I can’t eat this!
Chef 2: It’s revolting!
Chef 3: This soup is horrible!
*All the chefs find the soup to taste horrible.*
Morbius: They don’t like the food?
Sanji: What the hell is going on, you bastards?!
Patty: We’re sick of the way you run things. You’re a lousy Sou chef and everybody knows it.
Chef 3: You can’t settle every disagreement with violence.
Chef 4: If the food is bad then we’re gonna say so.
Sanji: What did you say?!
Zeff: Don’t forget we’re sea cooks. So you better not waste one single drop of that soup.
*Zeff finishes his soup and throws the plate on the floor.*
Chefs: Boss!
Sanji: Geezer!
Morbius: The head chef too?
*Luffy eats his food.*
Zeff: That wretched little mush tasted like garbage! If we ever serve that kind of trash here, we’d go out of business!
Sanji: Are you really this stupid?! Just how is my soup any different from the stuff you make?!
Zeff: You think they’re the same?! Don’t flatter yourself!
*Zeff punches him.*
Patty: The boss punched him!
Carne: He didn’t kick him.
Zeff: You think you can lecture me in the art of cooking?! Fat chance! I’m a man who’s cooked on more seas and days than you have been alive!
*Sanji gets furious and storms out of the restaurant.*
Morbius: Damn.
*Luffy eats all of his soup.*
Luffy: What’s all the fus about? This soup’s totally awesome.
Morbius: Really?
*Morbius has some.*
Morbius: You’re right. This is some of the best soup I’ve ever had.
Zeff: All of us know the soup is good.
Luffy: Huh?
Zeff: I know that he’s an outstanding chef. Everyone here on the Baratie does.
Chef 2: Yeah, he’s great.
Chef 4: Aside from chef Zeff, he’s the best we got.
Chef 3: That was scary, wasn’t it? He nearly snapped.
Morbius: So why did you say his soup was horrible?
Zeff: Because that thick skulled idiot wouldn’t listen to us if we tried to reason with him.
*Sanji sits outside beside the door.*
Zeff: Hey, kid. You said you need a cook for your ship, right? This isn’t something I wouldn’t be asking anyone. But would you mind taking that brat along with you? Take him to the open sea. That would be best for him. The All Blue is his dream.
Patty: Jeez, boss. You sure made us put in one hell of a show.
Carne: Oh man, I was afraid he was gonna figure it out because of your bad acting.
Patty: Hahahaha! Your acting was way worse than mine!
*Sanji hears everything they’re saying.*
Sanji: I can hear everything, dumbasses…
Zeff: What do you say, kid?
Luffy: No way.
*Everyone is surprised by Luffy’s response.*
Morbius: What?!
Zeff: But earlier you mentioned you needed a cook for your ship. What are you trying to say, that he’s not good enough?
Luffy: Oh, he’s good. I’d love it if he joined my crew and came with us. But it seems like he really wants to stay here and cook with all of you guys. You can ask all you want, but I’m just not gonna take him.
Zeff: So you’re dating you can’t agree to it until he tells you himself, is that right?
Luffy: That’s right. More food please.
Zeff: I suppose that’s fair enough. But who knows if that hard headed brat will agree to join up with you.
Patty: Yeah, once that guy makes up his mind there isn’t anything you can do to change it.
*Suddenly, a large stripped shark holding someone in its mouth crashes into Sanji and the Baratie.*
Morbius: Holy shit!
Chef 1: Is that a fishman?
Chef 2: Did he come all the way from Fishman island?
Chef 3: You idiots, it’s a panda shark!
*Luffy and Morbius notice that it has Yosaku in its mouth.*
Luffy: It’s Yosaku!
Yosaku: Oh, hey big bro Luffy and big bro Morbius.
Luffy: How come you're alone? Where are the others?
Morbius: Did you find Nami? And how’d you get in that shark’s mouth?
*Later, they free Yosaku from the shark’s mouth and let it go.*
Yosaku: We never actually caught up with her. But from the direction big sis is heading, we think we know where she’s going and what she plans to do.
Luffy: I see. Then we can bring her back.
Yosaku: Maybe. It’s just that if our suspicions turn out to be true, then the place she intends to go could mean certain death if we follow her. The point is, we really need your help, big bro Luffy and big bro Morbius. Please, come with me!
Luffy: Ok, but I don’t really get it. Let’s go.
Morbius: I agree. They went through all the trouble to track her. No way we can give up now.
*Before they can leave, Sanji interrupts them.*
Sanji: Wait. Your dream is foolish. Then again, so is mine.
Morbius: Wait, are you saying-
Sanji: Now is as good a time as any. Why not start my quest right now? I’ll be joining your little crew on your journey to be king of the pirates.
Luffy: Huh?
Sanji: You hear me? I wanna be the cook on your ship. What do you say?
Luffy: Yeah, of course!
Morbius: Hurray!
Yosaku: This is great, big bros!
Sanji: You guys happy now or what? I’ll leave now.
Patty: I don’t like it. To tell you the truth, I was hoping to give you the boat of this restaurant personally. But it seems you don’t have a problem with straight up abandoning us.
Sanji: I’m especially sorry for making the lot of you resort to bad acting.
Patty: Hey, wait! How’d you know?!
Sanji: I heard everything, bunch of jerks. Was stomping on my pride the best plan you could come up with? You damn geezer.
Patty: Every little thing has to be a fight with you! I’m sick and tired of it, bring it on!
*But Zeff stops him.*
Zeff: I have never liked children. As a matter of fact I hate children. But there hasn’t been a day where I regret saving a brat like you, Sanji.
Sanji: Fine by me, geezer. Enjoy the rest of your miserable life.
*Luffy, Sanji, Morbius and Yosaku prepare to leave on a small sailing ship.*
Yosaku: This is a nice ship! You sure we can use her?
Chef 1: Of course, it’s Sanji’s.
Morbius: Sweet.
*In the kitchen, the chefs pack meat for Luffy.*
Chef 2: You still need more?
Luffy: Yup. Gonna need more meat.
Chef 3: Just how many days are you gonna be out at sea?
Luffy: I don’t know.
*Sanji packs his things and starts to reminisce of his time with Zeff and walks around the restaurant one more time.*
*Flashback, Zeff and Sanji have just acquired the Baratie.*
Sanji: Amazing! This is the ship that’s going to be our restaurant?!
Zeff: That’s right. I sank my whole fortune into it.
*Zeff sees Sanji smoking a cigarette.*
Zeff: Don’t start smoking, brat. It will ruin your taste buds.
Sanji: But I’m a man now!
*Patty and Carne bust through the door.*
Patty: Hey, is this the seafaring restaurant, Baratie?! Are you the owner?!
Zeff: Yes, I am.
Carne: Is the wanted ad real?! Because we got kicked out of our last job because of rough housing!
Zeff: Of course it is.
*Zeff kicks Sanji in the head.*
Zeff: Is that what you call peeling?!
Sanji: ow! That hurt, geezer!
Sanji: So how do you like the soup?
Zeff: This is the worst soup ever!
Sanji: You know nothing, you old geezer!
*Flashbacks end.*
Yosaku: Big bro is really taking his time.
Luffy: Yeah.
*Sanji exits the Baratie but Patty and Carne attempt to attack him with large utensils.*
Patty: Now it’s payback time!
Carne: You better watch out, Sanji!
*But he kicks both of them to the floor.*
Chef 1: Really guys, that was dumb.
*Sanji approaches the ship.*
Sanji: Let’s get going.
Luffy: You don’t need to say goodbye?
Morbius: You probably won't see them again for a long time.
Sanji: It’s fine.
Zeff: Sanji, take care of yourself. Ok?
*Sanji’s eyes start to fill with tears.
Sanji: Chef Zeff!!!
*He gets down on his knees and bows his dead down.*
Sanji: Thanks, you geezer! I’ll never forget your kindness! I owe my life to you, old man! So thank you!
*As Sanji cries, Zeff and the other chefs start to cry.*
Patty: We’re gonna miss you much!
Carne: I’ll miss you, too!
Zeff: Damn fools. Real men shouldn’t depart with tears…
Morbius: Aw, he’s crying too.
Luffy: Let’s go! Set sail!
Sanji: I’ll see you all again! I’ll come back someday!
*Sanji departs with Luffy and the others.*
Zeff: As long as you sail and have faith in yourself, having nothing to be afraid of, not even death, you will find the All Blue. I’m sure of it… Alright men, customers will be here soon! Get to work already!