One Piece: Sea Devil Sanji

"Stop running away from me, Meat!" shouted Luffy, still crawling after Chopper down some stairs to the center hall of the castle.

"Quit it, you demon!" Chopper was sceaming and fighting off Luffy's multiple attemps at grabbing him "I hate you!"

"Meat!" Luffy stretched his arm and managed to get a hold of Chopper's shoulder "Finally got you, Meat!"

"I said stop! I'm not your food!" Chopper transformed into Heavy Point, his human form and punched Luffy to the ground. He then turned back to his Brain Point and fled outside the castle crying "Dammit!"

"Hello" Sanji suddenly appeared right before him, barring his way.

"Gyaaaaaa! I forgot about the other demon!" shrieked Chopper from fright. He quickly put the breaks on his run and dashed in the opposite direction. However, he found his legs running in the air.

Sanji had caught Chopper by his right horn, lifting him up to his eye level.

"Gyaaaaaa! Let me go, demon! I won't be your food!" he was struggling to free himself but failed, so he decided to turn to his Heavy Point once again. However, he froze in place and his eyes widened when Sanji plopped something in his mouth.

Sanji smiled and brought him back down to the ground.

Chopper swallowed and stood still for a moment then started doing a silly dance while holding his cheeks "Yuuummmmmyyy!!" his eyes were all stars "It's so sweet and fluffy!"

"I have more if you want" Sanji pulled out several different pieces of candy "These have different flavors and texture but they're still sweet. I'm sure you'll like them"

Chopper was drooling, already forgot about his earlier panic. He snatched them from Sanji's hand. He sniffed them and ate another one "This is so good!"

Sanji watched in amus.e.m.e.nt then asked "Your name is Chopper, right?"

Chopper nodded as he happily ate another piece of candy.

"Would you like to join our pirate crew?"

Chopper's eyes opened wide in shock as he jumped back away from Sanji "Y-you're pirates!?"

"Yup"

"R-really...!?" Chopper hesitantly approached Sanji and lightly touched the back of his hand as if to make sure he's real or not.

"Yes, really"

"D-does that mean you carry a flag with skull and bones...!?"

"It's right on our ship's sail. Do you like pirates?"

Chopper jumped away again from him again and shouted "No, of course not!!" but Sanji could see the interest in his eyes.

"Still, would you like to come along with us?"

"What!? Do you still want to eat me!?"

"To the seas I mean, idiot! I've seen you taking care of Luffy earlier. You're a good doctor. It'd really help us out alot, if we had someone like you in our crew"

"S-shut up! I don't need to hear any word of praise from a human! Don't mess with me, you hear!" eventhough he said that, he was doing a cheerful dance, clearly happy about it.

"So, how about it?" Sanji gave him a smile "I can make you more of those sweets if you choose to join us"

"R-really!?" Sanji nodded at him making him happy but then he remembered something "B-but I'm a reindeer! How could I ever travel along with humans!?" Chopper lowered his head and continued in a glum voice "B-besides... aren't you scared of how I look...? I'm a reindeer but I talk and walk on two legs... I have horns... Hooves... And my nose is blue too..."

"Haha, so what? I also talk and walk on two legs" Sanji kneeled in front of Chopper to look him in the eye "And aren't you the one who is scared of us? You've been calling us demons since we came here"

"S-sorry..." Chopper gave him an awkward smile then continued dejectedly "B-but still, I'm a monster..." he changed into his human form to drive his point "How can you be ok with me...?"

Sanji grinned at him and lifted his leg as it caught fire "I'm a monster too"

"Gyaaa! You're really a demon!" Chopper jumped in fright.

"Hey, quit it with your screaming!" Sanji kicked him in the head "You said you're a monster! How can you be afraid of another monster!?"

"S-sorry" Chopper rubbed his head as he calmed down.

"So you see, we're the same" Sanji exhaled smoke then added "Besides, this island is very small compared to the world. Did you really think you're the only monster in existance? There are many more scarier creatures out there"

"R-really?"

"Yeah. There are all kinds of Sea Kings in the ocean. Dragons in a far away land. A country full a giants. A giant snake in the sky. Fish-men in the bottom of the sea. Dwarves that can change into bugs. People with wings. Others that ate Devil Fruits and became monsters themselves. Etc..."

Chopper looked at him in wonder the more he said. Sanji was sure that even if all of that was a bunch of lies, being the naive and clueless person that he is, Chopper would still believe him.

"But more importantly, there're people who're known as Minks. They are half human half animal" Sanji pointed at Chopper "Some even half reindeers like you"

"Wow!! Someone like me!!?" stars were jumping out from Chopper's eyes.

"Yeah. Don't you want to go see them? If you join us, I promise that we'll take you there"

"I-I want to but..." Chopper said timidly and looked Sanji in the eye "A-are you really ok with someone like me?"

"If I wasn't, I wouldn't have invited you now would I?" even hearing that, Chopper was still being indecisive. So, Sanji patted him on the shoulder "I wouldn't pressure you into it, but just think about it, ok? You have until tonight before you decide? We'll be leaving by then"

Chopper gave him a small nod with his head.

Just at that moment came Luffy's yell from inside the castle "Meat, where're you!?"

Chopper shivered and run away screaming into the forest "Gyaaaaaa! I won't let you get me!"

Sanji sighed and walked towards Luffy. He found him still bandaged and crawling on the ceiling like some king of lizard "Hey, Luf-"

"Oryaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh" Luffy dive bombed him the moment he layed eye on him, resulting in a loud crash.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Sanji picked himself up and shouted at his captain.

"Oh, hey Sanji" Luffy wobbled up "Sorry about that, I thought you're that meat"

"Is meat all you think about, dumbass!?" Sanji kicked him back down "Besides, didn't you hear him talk! He's not something for you to eat!"

"Wait a sec... He really did speak" Luffy rubbed his chin as he layed on his back "He is fluffy and walks on two legs... Looks like a reindeer... Can be small... Or grow big... Ah!" Luffy shouted in realisation as he jumped to his feet "He's a monster!"

"Yeah, he is"

"That's so cooooool!" exclaimed Luffy in full excitement mode and faced the cook "Sanji! Let's get him to join our crew!"

"I already invited him but he's still not sure of a decision" Sanji puffed on his cigarette "He may not want to come"

"No, you're wrong!" Luffy pointed at Sanji in accusation "I've already decided to bring him along!"

"And that's your opinion, not his!" Sanji yelled at him with shark teeth but then grinned "Still, that's the spirit my secret weapon!"

"Eh, what's that?"

"You" Sanji pointed at him "You need to work your magic on him"

"Come again!?"

"It worked on Me. And Nami-san. And Robin-chan. Moss-head. Even Law, to a certain extent come to think of it. Oh, and Chopper too" Sanji was reminiscing about his past life.

"Uh... What're you talking about!?" Luffy felt Sanji was talking over his head.

Sanji looked at him seriously and said "I want you to be your usual annoying and stubborn self and chase after him, telling him you want him to be your crewmate. And remember, he has seven cool transformations"

"Cooool, leave it me!" Luffy punched the air.

"Alright, he's outside the castle" Sanji pointed to the forest "Go after him my secret weapon! You're in charge of convincing him!"

"Yes sir!" Luffy immediately dashed outside while shouting "Where are you, monster!? Join our crew!"

"Gyaaaaaa!" came Chopper's yell once Luffy found him.

***

At night.

"A crybaby midget like you is calling yourself a man!? Don't be rediculous!" Kureha came running after Chopper, throwing knives at him "I won't let you escape, you cheeky little thing!"

"Gyaaaaaaa!" Chopper was sweatting and screaming his lungs out "I'm sorry, Doctorine! But I'm already a man! I'm going to be a pirate and see the world!"

"Just what do you think you can even accomplish by going out to the seas!? Are you going to live out your days as deluded as that quack doctor, you're so fond of!?"

"No you're wrong...! Doc wasn't deluded! His research was completed! He told me so!"

"I don't care!" she continued throwing knives at him "Stop right there!"

Sanji sweeped in just then carrying Luffy on his back. He picked Chopper under his arm then quickly Sky Walked up in the air.

"Gyaaaaaa!" shrieked Chopper "I'm flying!"

"Relax, it's me" said Sanji.

"Oh..." he looked at Sanji then back down "Gyaaaaaa! I'm flying!"

"Shut up or I'll turn you into a piece of seasoned steak once we land" shouted Sanji.

Chopper paled and nodded his head.

Luffy laughed "Shishishi, let's go be pirates together, Chopper!"

The latter relaxed and smiled at him "Yeah!"

"Alright, hold on tight you two" interjected Sanji "I'm picking up pace" he sped up making them scream in excitement, well in Luffy's case at least. Chopper was foaming in the mouth from fright.

It didn't take them long to spot the Going Merry in the distance. And moments later, they landed right on deck where they found the rest waiting for them.

"Wooohooo! That was awesome!" cheered Luffy while slapping the blond cook on his back like some king of mount "Do it again, Sanji!"

"Get off of me already, shit-head!" Sanji grabbed him by the scraff of his shirt and threw him down.

"Luffy, Sanji, you two are finally back!" said Usopp "We were worried that you two got lost or something!"

"Oi! Don't lump me together with the likes of that idiot swordsman, Usopp!" Sanji pointed with his thumb at Zoro.

"Watch your mouth, stupid cook!" Zoro partly unsheathed his sword "Or you'll lose a tongue!"

"Let's see you try, marimo!" Sanji butted heads with him as sparks exploded from their eyes.

"You two, stop it now!" Nami came in between the two, pushing them apart. She then looked at the cook and pointed at the passed out Chopper "More importantly, what's that weird doll in your hands, Sanji-kun?"

Sanji grinned at her "This is our new doctor. His name is Tony Tony Chopper"

"What!!?" they were all surprised even Luffy.

"He's a doctor!?" asked Luffy.

"Of course. Didn't you know?"

Luffy crossed his arms and said "I just thought he's a cool reindeer that can transform into seven different forms"

"Ah!" Chopper abruptly woke up "Oh no! I forgot to bring my surgical tools, because I was too busy trying to escape!"

"I-it spoke..." stammered Nami and Vivi as they watched him.

"What kind of creature is he?" wondered Zoro.

"It's a monsteeeer!" screamed Usopp.

"Gyaaaaa!" Chopper answered with one of his screams as he clutched at Sanji.

"He's our new crewmate!" Luffy whacked Usopp on top of his head "Don't scare him off!"

"Oh, you're right" Usopp nodded his head.

Sanji removed a blue backpack from his back and gave it to Chopper "This is yours"

"My backpack!" Chopper hugged tight and looked at Sanji "But how!?"

"It was the doctress" Sanji smiled at him "She knew you were leaving all along, so she gave it to me to hand it to you"

"..." Chopper didn't know what to say.

"She just hates tearful goodbyes" Sanji patted his head "That's why she was harsh on you when you left. But she's happy for you"

Chopper nodded lightly.

Sanji turned his head and arcked his eyebrow as he noticed Robin was eyeing Chopper like a piece of candy. He swung him to the right and her eyes followed him and another time to the left and her eyes was still glued to him. Sanji smirked as he could swear he was seeing a shadow of a blush on her sheeks.

"Do you want to hold him, Robin-chan?" she twitched when Sanji spoke to her.

She looked at him and asked "Can I..?"

"Of course!" Sanji twirled towards her "He'd even be happy to be your pet, if you want?"

"Hey, I'm no one's pet!" shouted Chopper in indignation "I'm a-"

"Oh..." Sanji gave him a sinister smile "What did you say, *emergency food*?"

"N-nothing!" Chopper shuddered "I'll be her pet!"

"Good" Sanji rubbed the little reindeer's head then handed him to her "This is for you, Robin-chan"

"Thanks" she displayed a content smile as she held Chopper close to her like a plushy. With the little twinkle in her eyes, Sanji was sure she was in heaven right now.

"Alright, everyone!" Usopp came running with a barrel of rum and mugs "Let's celebrate the new addition to our crew!"

"Yeah, let's party!/*Quack*!" everyone agreed happilly.

"Hey, cook!" said Zoro while eagerly pouring himself a drink "Bring some snacks to go with the drinks!"

"What did you say to me!?" Sanji grounded his teeth at him "I'm not your servant, you piece of shit!"

"Sanji-kuuun, I'd love some snacks my self!" said Nami, giving him a seductive wink.

"Right away, Nwami-swan!!!" Sanji immediately switched gears into his mellorine state and disappeared in a tornado of hearts towards the kitchen.

"What a tool..." mumbled Zoro.

Sanji reappeared with many plates on his person and set them down between the crew. He looked at them with a smile and said "Hey guys, you're about to witness something incredible"

They looked at him as he pointed at the Drum Castle "Everyone watch the sky"

Earlier, Dr. Kureha asked Sanji to lend her a hand in setting the canons of the armoury outside the castle. She wanted to use the *cure for the country's cold heart* that Dr. Hiriluk, the quack doctor and Chopper's first friend, had developed before he died, as a send off to her beloved student.

Just as the crew turned their heads, they heard loud cannon shots fired towards the sky from that direction. They exploded in the air producing the image of falling cherry-blossoms by the dying the falling snow pink... It was a breathtaking spectacle.

"Whoa.../*Quack...*" exclaimed Luffy, Usopp and Carue in wonder.

"It's like I'm seeing a dream..." added Vivi.

"You said it..." even Zoro wasn't immune to its effects.

Chopper started to cry as he witnessed the beautiful scene, the fruit of his dear dead friend's life work. Robin smiled at him as she rubbed his fur soothingly.

Sanji hugged Nami from behind as he looked at the sky and said "It's beautiful. Isn't it, Nami-san?"

"It's so pretty..." she was in too much awe of it that she didn't even get embarassed this time by the intimate action of Sanji in front of the others.

Sanji placed a finger on her chin and turned her face to his own. He brought his lips to hers in short but sweet kiss then smiled at her "Not as pretty as you though"

She returned his smile "You never stop being a flirt, do you?"

"With you?" he smirked at her "Never..."

***

Another night passed for the Strawhats on the Grand Line. The Going Merry, now sails at the fastest speed towards the kingdom of sand, Alabasta.

"Doctor! We need a doctor!" screamed chopper in panic as he run circles on the deck "Oh... I'm a doctor" he stopped and plucked the frozen Mr. 3 from the mast. He was blue and incased in ice with a pathetic look etched on his face.

"We totally forgot about him" said Vivi as she watched Chopper administer some shots to Mr. 3.

"Is he dead?" asked Usopp.

"Phew, looks like he'll survive" Chopper sighed in relief as he found a pulse on Mr. 3.

"*Quack* *Quack*" said Carue to the side while puffing his c.h.e.s.t.

"Yeah, it's thanks to you Carue" Chopper looked at the Spot-Billed Duck "If you didn't tell me about him and he was left in the cold any longer, it'd have been the end for him"

"You can understand what Carue is saying, Tony-kun?" asked Vivi with surprise.

"Well, I was originally a normal animal so I can communicate with other animals" answered Chopper shyly.

"That's amazing, Chopper!" exclaimed Nami from the upper deck "You're not only well versed in medical skills, but you can talk to animals too!"

"S-shut up! That doesn't make me happy one bit, you idiot!" though he was doing a silly happy dance.

"You seem pretty happy to me..." Usopp and Vivi sweatdropped.

"You idiot! Get out of my kitchen!" shouted Sanji as he kicked his rubber captain out.

"Ow! But I'm hungry!" Luffy cried, his arms and legs grabbing into the wall.

"Then wait till meal time!" Sanji kicked his head, sending him crashing into the mast and falling down.

"No fair!" Luffy rolled around on the floor like a spoiled child.

"Oh, shut up and be patient!" Sanji came next to the navigator "Nami-san, did you see? Just look at what this buffoon is trying to do! I properly divided our food supplies so that they'd last long enough for ten people to reach Alabasta. But at this rate he'll eat everything on his own if he keeps stealing food. We need to buy a refrigerator with a lock on it or we'll end up starving thanks to him!"

"You may be right, Sanji-kun" Nami sighed helplessly "Afterall, it is a matter of life and death..."

"And you three!" Sanji turned and glared at Usopp, Chopper and Carue making them flinch "I know that you were also planning to steal food! So go fish something from the ocean to make up for it or I'll serve your steaming corpses for lunch!"

They nodded frantically as they scurried over each other to fullfill his orders.

Robin came out right after Sanji and chuckled lightly "Cook-san, you act so much like a big brother disciplining his siblings"

"I do?" Sanji raised a curly eyebrow at her as he exhaled smoke.

"You're right, Robin-neesan" snickered Nami "Though I'd say more like a father admonishing his kids"

Vivi laughed after her "Yeah, yeah, Daddy Sanji!"

"Daddy Sanji!/*Quack*!" echoed Luffy and the other three.

"As If I'd father idiots like them..." muttered Sanji in embarass.e.m.e.nt. He coughed into his fist to regain his composure then clasped his hands and stared at the sky with a faraway look on his face "No, my children will be beautiful, smart, talented and most importantly... they will be the product of love between me and my Nwami-swwwaaan!"

"Don't decide for me, idiot!!!" a red as a tomato Nami punted him off the balcony. He crashed down to the middle deck while shouting his eternal love for her.

"Ero-cook" commented Zoro while leisurely laying with hands behind his back not far from where Sanji landed.

"What was that, bastard!?" Sanji stood back up.

"You heard me, ero-cook" Zoro opened one eye as he looked at Sanji "Why don't you keep it down? I'm trying to nap here!"

"Then go somewhere else! That's not a place to be sleeping in!" Sanji snapped back but then smirked at him "Or are you perhaps looking for a fight, shitty marimo?"

"So what if I'm, dartboard?" Zoro returned his smirk as he stood up.

"That's it, I'm going to kick your ass!"

"Hah! You wish, blondie!"

The two jumped at each other but were stopped by two punches to their heads slamming them to the floor.

They lifted their heads and found Nami looking at them with a tick mark on her eyebrow and her hands on her sides "Can't we have a day without the stupid bickering between you two hotheads! It's such a nice weather today, I want to enjoy my morning in peace without you two ruining it for me!"

"Yes, Nami-san!" Sanji readily agreed.

Zoro grunted in annoyance as he glared at her for interrupting their fight. He wanted to test himself against Sanji to see how big the gap of strength between them really is. Especially after hearing of the fight between Sanji and Luffy in Drum Island.

He grumbled as he got back up while rubbing a painful lump on his head "Hey, witch! Did you get stronger or something? Your punch is heavier than usual!"

"Mhm? What're you talking about?"

"Wait a minute!" Sanji abruptly caught her wrist as he brought his face uncomfortably close to hers, looking deeply into her brown eyes.

"W-what!?" Nami was taken back by him.

"Nami-san, have you felt any kind of change in your body since this morning?" he asked in a serious voice.

"N-no... Maybe, I don't know" she didn't understand what he's getting at.

Sanji rested his chin on his hand in thought as he looked at her then said "Wait just a moment" he disappeared and reappeared at lightning speeds with a newly made sandwich in his hand "Eat this, Nami-san"

"Eh? Why?"

"Just trust me on this, ok" he smiled at her.

She looked at him for a moment then complied. She took a small bite from the sandwich.

"Don't move untill I tell you to" she hesitantly nodded at him. He surprised her by kneeling down and bringing his ear to her stomach, making her blushed from the proximity.

The rest approached the two wondering what's going on.

"What's Sanji doing to Nami?" asked Chopper innocently.

"I don't know..." said Luffy "Does she have gas or something?"

A tick mark appeared on her forehead but she kept herself still as Sanji told her to.

"Maybe she got pregnant by Cook-san" said Robin airily.

"Really!?" Chopper and Luffy exclaimed, looking at her already believing it.

"Wow, I didn't know their relationship was this advanced" added Usopp.

"You're so daring, Nami!" Vivi and Carue looked at her in admiration.

"Hm... Don't tell me in nine months time we'll have a little curly-brow or a witch on our ship...?" Zoro shuddered at the thought "Please no. The two of them are annoying enough as it is, we don't need another one"

"Shut up, I'm not pregnant!!!" Nami couldn't take it anymore and yelled at them "We didn't even..." she didn't continue as she flushed crimson at the implication.

Sanji at that moment stood back up and looked at her with wide grin "Oh, Nami-san! My beautiful angel!"

"W-what!? Don't tell me, I'm really pregnant!?" she started to doubt herself by the look on his face "B-but all we did was kiss! Can someone get pregnant by just a kiss!?"

"Eventhough I would be very happy if that's the case, you're not pregnant Nami-san" Sanji heard a sigh of relief from Zoro "But it's something to be happy about too"

"What is it then?" Usopp asked the question that's on everyone's mind.

"This needs a demonstration" he disappeared once again and reappeared with a cooked dino leg twice as big as him "Now pay attention, this is not something that you could witness everyday"

They watched him intently and their mouths fell to the floor except for Robin's as under one minute he devoured the whole leg making his stomach bulge like a sac of potatoes. Then their eyes popped of their sockets except for Robin's again as he instantly digested and absorbed the extra weight.

Sanji smirked as he looked at their shocked faces and said "So, does anyone have any idea what I just did?"

"That... That was so coooool!/*Quack*!" exclaimed Luffy, Usopp, Chopper and Carue.

"That's not what I asked, shit-heads!" Sanji shouted at them with shark teeth.

"Are you a wizard or something, dart-brow?" said Zoro crossing his arms and continued "First that Haki magic now this weird magic that we don't know about. What's next? Are you going to transform into bats like some vampire"

"Vampppireee!!" shrieked Usopp, Carue and Chopper in horror with the latter adding "So you were really a demon all along, Sanji!"

"You're so cool, Sanji!" Luffy was as excited as ever.

Sanji rubbed his temples in frustration and decided to ignore them.

"Sanji-kun, isn't what you just did similar to what Luffy sometimes do when he eats too much?" remarked Nami.

"Oh Nami-san, you're so intelligent!" he swooned over her.

"So, I'm a vampire?" asked Luffy in genuine curiosity.

"Gyaaaaaa!" the earlier trio jumped away from him in fright.

"No you're not, dumbass!" Sanji kicked the four of them into the wall "If I hear another sound coming from any of you, I'm going to deep-fry you alive!" they clasped their mouths and frantically nodded their heads.

Sanji took a deep calming breath then looked at the rest "First, it's not magic!" he leveled a glared at Zoro who scoffed then continued "It's a mind-body technique called Life Return(Seimei Kikan). Hypothetically, it makes it possible for you to control and enhance your every bodily function"

"Is that really possible, Sanji?" asked Vivi.

"Nothing is impossible in this world, Vivi-chan. And when I say every bodily function, I mean everything. This may include heart rate, muscle tension, blood flow, pain perception, blood pressure, etc... And like I just showed you, the rate of Digestion and Absorption of food. It's the first function that experience an upgrade and you always take control over when you gain Life Return" he looked at Nami and smiled at her "Which you also acquired today. Though you're still in its earlier stage of unconscious use just like in Luffy's case"

"I did!?" she pointed at herself.

He nodded "That's why your strength increased a bit. Now your body can on its own digest all the food and most of your body fat, then completely absorb all the nutrients without a waste to enhance your physique"

"But how did I get Life Return!? I've never even heard of it before"

"Normally, you'd have to go through some special training for it. But..." he grinned as he pointed at himself with his thumb "You've got me with you!"

"What do you mean, Cook-san?" asked Robin, intrigued as she picked up Chopper in her arms, playing with his fur.

"Just a sec, Robin-chan" Sanji smiled at her then took one last lungfull of his cigarette before he threw it in the ocean. He unleashed his Conqueror's Haki on Mr. 3, who woke up since earlier but pretended to be passed out, making him foam in the mouth and knocked out for real "Well, that takes care of our shitty eavesdropper"

The rest were suprised by Sanji's action at first but then they looked at Mr. 3 and shrugged not really caring. They turned back to Sanji.

"Anyway, it's thanks to this" he lifted his hand and it caught five "My Diable Flames. I know that most of you were wondering about it since you saw me use it several times before. Well, you can think of it as the manifestation of my emotions and my burning soul. Something that is unique to me..."

"At first when I awakened it, I only used it for combat. But one day I had the good idea of cooking with it. It was like using normal fire. Though after a while, I noticed that it has a purifying effect on the food if used in a certain way. And consequently this food has a purifying effect on the body of whoever consumes it. So after years of experimentation" 'Since my past life actually' "I finally succeeded in perfecting it a year ago. I call this method, Diable Cooking"

"So now, if you eat at least three meals a day of my food cooked with this method for approximately two weeks, your body will be purified enough that you automatically enter the first stage of Life Return, Digestion and Absorption. And Life Return will continue to upgrade the more you eat of my food and unlock more abilities..." he looked at them excitedly "Isn't this a great cheat?"

"I see... That's amazing, Cook-san" commented Robin with Chopper and Carue nodding at her words.

"Yeah" added Vivi in awe "I didn't know your food had such an incredible effect"

"That's right. Sanji's food is the best!" agreed Luffy, though he didn't really understand what the blond was talking about.

"So does that mean we can also obtain this Life Return?" asked Usopp.

"Naturally" nodded Sanji "Excluding Luffy, Nami-san was only the first to have it because she spent the most time with me. I suspect by the time we reached Alabasta, at least you and marimo will gain it too"

"Ah, Sanji-kun!" interjected Nami "I just realized but does it mean that now I can eat whatever I want without getting fat?" she asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Don't worry, Nami-san. Everything I cook for you is totally balanced and healthy" answered Sanji, smiling as he held her hand "But now with Life Return, you can even eat the whole pantry and you won't lose your beautiful figure"

Stars exploded from her eyes as she jump-hugged him, squeezing his head between her b.r.e.a.s.ts "Sanji-kuuu~nnn, you're the best!!!"

He giggled pervertedly with a heart-shaped eye, enjoying her fragrance and the softness on his face. He sneaked his hands behind her squeezing her b.u.t.t cheeks "Oh, I'm happy that you're happy Nwami-swan!"

"Ero-cook" muttered Zoro but then he blanched when he remembered something he wanted to forget "Ugh, I know that I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life where the ship is run over by little thems..." he left for the stern grumbling "I'm going to train. I need to keep my mind off of things"