~~~~~~Edited on 03/30/2020~~~~~~

Recap:

'This is not good. I can't get out of Krieg's monstrous grip!' You look around to see that the customers have left. Now there is only the chefs, Krieg, Sanji, Luffy, Gin and you.

'Great, why's it always gotta be me in the middle of this?'

Krieg finally starts to speak. "This is a good restaurant, I'll take this ship." Sanji starts to get up, a little line of blood coming from his mouth. "So..........that's what you want...." Patty takes one look at Krieg and starts to whimper like a five year old child. "My ship became a wreck so I want a new one. You'll get off this ship after you take care of what I tell you to." "What?!" you yell. "Don Krieg.......this isn't what you promised." Gin whimpers, clutching his shoulder in pain. He ignores Gin. "There're about 100 of my underlings still alive on my ship. They're weak from hunger and severe injuries. First, prepare 100 meals and water for them. There are some who have already starved to death."

"Are you telling us to revive pirates that are gonna attack this ship!!?? We refuse!" One chef yells. "'Refuse?'" Krieg repeats. "Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not placing an order. I'm giving you orders. It doesn't matter who you are, don't defy me!!" "Jeez man, can you not blow out my eardrums?" you mutter. Krieg glares at you, then smiles. "Oh that's right!" He then pulls your hair, both of you now face to face. "You're coming with me.". "Like hell I will!!" you snap. "Sanji-san..I'm so sorry....I didn't mean for this to happen..." Gin whimpers.

"You son of a bitch! Look at what you've done!!!" Patty screams at Sanji.Sanji merely heads toward the kitchen. "Oi Sanji, where are you going?" "The kitchen." Sanji replies calmly. "I have to prepare 100 meals."

"What?" "HUH?!?!" you scream, after Gin.

"Sanji?!" Luffy says.

"EHHHH!?!?!?!" the remaining chefs scream. Krieg smirks, seeing Sanji was cooperating. "Right, that's how it should be."

Instantly, the chefs have sharp knives and other kitchen weapons pointed at Sanji. Don Krieg scowls at this. "Are you Krieg's spy Sanji?" Carne yells.

"We can't let you go into the kitchen!! We're fed up with your crazy behavior!!!" another chef yells. Sanji holds out his arms. "Go ahead. If you want to stop me, go ahead! I know....he's an incorrigible rogue.I know that much...But that doesn't matter to me. That doesn't matter to me! What happens after we feed them.... it's too much of a bother to think about it. I'm a cook. No more, no less. If there's someone who's hungry I'll feed them. That is all. It's alright for a cook to be that way, don't you think?" Before Sanji can say anymore, Patty punches him right in the back with his oversized fist.

"Patty!" Carne yells in shock. "Hey someone keep him restrained!! Sanji, you sometimes feed customers I drive away at the back door, don't you? I'm not gonna say who's right, but this time it's your mistake. I'm not gonna let you do what you want any longer. I'll protect this restaurant. Fortunately we only have one enemy to fight." Patty heads over to a cabinet and starts to dig something out. "Even if it's Don Krieg, what can he do to us?" He pulls out something that sounds metal, wrapped in white cloth. "This is a sea restaurant where pirates come and go everyday. We're fully prepared to serve any kind of customer!"

Sanji's eyes widen when he sees the object. "That's...." Patty turns to Don Krieg and me. "Are you full now, Don Krieg? After the main course, how about....A piece of iron dessert!!" He tears off the white cloth, revealing a lobster like canon. "MEAT BALL OF DOOM!!!!!"

There is a bright light as a large cannon ball starts to fly near Krieg. He gasps in shock, and then you realize, you're still near the guy!!! You frantically start to thrash around, trying to get away from Krieg. But it's no use. It hits Kriegś chest, and there is a large explosion. The last thing is a bright light and hear Krieg grunt before smoke from the explosion blinds your vision.

Luffy POV:

I watch in shock as the canon starts to head for Krieg and- and y/n. When it collides with Krieg, there is a large amount of smoke, and it starts to clear, but not enough so we can see Krieg. "I might've broken the doors again. Owner's gonna yell at me." Patty says calmly.

"Well you did it to protect the restaurant. It's a small price to pay." Carne says. "What are you saying you idiot?!?!" Sanji yells. Sanji grabs Patty's shirt. "A SMALL PRICE TO PAY?!?! WHAT IF YOU KILLED Y/N-CHAN?!?!?!?!"

Patty rolls his eyes. "So what? She would've just been a low life pirate, like Don-"

"How dare you serve such a nasty dessert!!"

Everyone stares in shock as there stands Don Krieg, alive and pissed. I look to see y/n barely awake. She has blood dripping down from her head onto her right eye. She has a deep cut on her side and is losing blood. "This is a nasty restaurant!!" Krieg yells. Then weapons start to pop out of Don Krieg's gold armour. There are guns under his shoulder guards, lower waist, and two in each hand.

"You're all damn annoying!!!" He prepares to shoot until Y/n attempts to attack him.

(Y/n) POV:

'Shit!! My head hurts so bad right now!!' You look over to see guns coming out of Krieg's armor. Realizing that he is going to shoot at the cooks, you thrash around once more, resorting to biting his hand, causing him to drop you. However he was quick to grab you by the collar once more. "You really think I'm about to let you do that?" "You know, I saw you as potential for my crew, but I think the Navy will rather enjoy the capture of Water Bearer Y/N."

You gasp at this. 'No! I can't! I can't go to the Navy!' Before you can respond, when Krieg headbuts me, hard. A choke of pain escapes your throat, black dots dancing in your vision. The last thing you hear is Sanji and Luffy screaming your name name, before he raises his fist to your head head, and punches you, blacking out as he slings me over his shoulder.

Author POV:

After Krieg takes care of "the nuisance" or, you, he proceeds to fire at the chefs with bullets coming from his shoulders, waist and hand held guns. The chefs scream out at the rapid non stop bullets. "From all over his body!" Luffy yells. "Bullets!!" Sanji yells, trying to dodge them. Gin turns away, not wanting to see Don Krieg fire the bullets anymore. When he stops firing the chefs are all on the ground, shaken up about the matter. Krieg's armor starts to go back to its' original "shape" putting away all of his guns. He then takes off his right hand glove, revealing a diamond hard knuckles.

"Don't defy me!" Krieg snaps. "I'm the strongest! Steel arms more powerful than anyone's, a wootz steel-made body that is harder than anyone's, and a diamond fist that can destroy everything! I have all sorts of built in weapons throughout my body, the 50 ship large fleet and 5,000 pirate force!!! I've won all battles in the past! I am the man fit to be called Don!"

"Out of my way kid!!" Zeff shouts at Luffy as he comes down with a large sack of some sort. Luffy obeys as Zeff makes his way down to Don Krieg. "When I tell you to prepare food, all you have to do is obediently follow my orders! Don't defy me!" Zeff is standing in front of Krieg. He drops the large sack in between them.

"There's probably enough for 100 meals in this. Bring it to your ship right away." Zeff replies calmly. "Owner Zeff!!" the chefs yell in unison. Suddenly Don Krieg has sweat beating down his face, and his body is shaking. "Z-Zeff?" he stutters. Zeff doesn't say anything. He turns around and begins walking away, passing the tired and bloody chefs along the way.

"What're you doing?" "What're you thinking?!"

"If we revive even those on the ship, our restaurant will be completely taken over!!"

"If they have the will to fight that is...." He mutters. He stops walking and turns to face Don Krieg again. "Right, defeated warrior of the Grand Line?" Don Krieg stares in shock.

"I-It can't be...." the chefs start to murmur again. "Don Krieg is a defeated warrior...."

"Then even the ruler of the East Blue.....Even the pirate fleet with 50 ships couldn't sail across...." Carne mutters. Gin is next to Krieg on his knees, holding his head as it hurts to remember such a traumatic experience. "Grand Line?" Luffy says. Don Krieg is still staring at Zeff, except his eyes are wide and look afraid.

"Y-You must be Red Foot Zeff!!!" he yells, pointing to him. His face then calms down, and he is back to his hard glare. "So you are still alive....An incomparable pirate who was a cook and yet also a captain....." Zeff turns to him, his hard glare still on his face. "So what if I'm alive? It has nothing to do with you. As you can see, I live as a cook now."

Krieg then lets out an obnoxiously loud laugh. "If you put it that way it sounds nice.....though rather than living as a cook, it looks like you can only live as a cook. Red Foot Zeff was a master of kicks who never used his hands in battle. I heard that his strong legs crushed bedrock and even left footprints on steel. And Red Foot referred to your shoes which were covered in blood, that splattered as you kicked your enemies down. But you no longer have that precious leg of yours....." He smirks slightly. "I've heard the rumor......how unlucky for you to have an accident at sea, to you losing one of your legs must mean you are unable to fight."

"What about fighting? I can cook without a leg as long as I have these hands. What're you trying to say? Just come right out and say it!" he yells back. "Red Foot Zeff, you're the man who entered the Grand Line and came back unhurt. There should be a log book with the full year of your journey chronicled in it.......Give that to me!!" Don Krieg says, holding his hand out.

"Whoa!!" Luffy says in surprise. "You've been to the Grand Line too, Pops?" "Yeah.... My logbook huh? Indeed I have it with me. But I can't give it to you. The logbook is the pride of all the crewmen I traveled with. It's too important to give to you." Zeff says.

"Then I'll just take from you by force. It's true that I fell from the Grand Line. Even if that's the case, I'm still Don Krieg, the strongest man. Capturing Water Bearer y/n is proof of that. The failure of the Grand Line, it's merely a dark sea route. To sail across it, I had enough power and forces as well as ambition! The only thing that was regrettable was that I lacked information. I just didn't know things.... I'll take your logbook. And I'll form a large pirate fleet again and seize the One Piece. And then, I'll stand on top in this Great Pirate Era!"

Suddenly Luffy walks up to Don Krieg. He then points his finger at him. "Hold on a second! I'm the one who's going to be King of Pirates!" he declares. "Hey back off chore boy! You're no match for him!" Patty warns.

"I can't back off on this. Besides, he has one of my crewmates." he says, turning to Patty. "Did you say something kid? I can let it pass...." Luffy turns to Don Krieg. "You don't have to. I just stated a fact."

"This isn't a game." he says, his voice lowering. "Of course not. I'll conquer the Grand Line." Luffy says calmly. Don Krieg is now pissed. He has his fist out and looks about ready to beat the shit out of Luffy.

"It's no joke you brat! It's true that we didn't have information but a fleet with 5,000 men was wiped out in just seven days! That's a devilish sea!"Gin is shaking now, remembering how dangerous the Grand Line truly was. Thinking about how they lost so many men in so little time. "There's no way someone like you could sail across it!"

"S-seven days?!" Patty squeaks. "K-Krieg's pirate ships were wiped out in just seven days?!" Carne screams in shock.

"Unfortunately I don't find those kind of jokes funny. If you're not going to let it drop, then how about I just crush you here?" Don ignores the comments. "Go ahead if you can!" Luffy yells back.

"Fine by me! As you wish, I'll send you to the netherworld." Don Krieg drops you on the floor next to him. He then readies his guns, all pointed at Luffy. The chefs looked scared, for fear of another attack. Krieg is about to shoot, when up on the stairs he sees Zoro and Usopp. Zoro has one hand on his katana, and Usopp is trying to stand proud, but is shaking.

"Gonna fight, Luffy? Need a hand?" Zoro smirks. "I-If you don't need help though, t-that's fine too......" Usopp says, his body still shaking. Everyone looks up at the two Straw Hat members. "Zoro! Usopp! You stopped by? Well after I kick this guy's ass, can you help Y/n out of here?" Zoro puts his katana away, and lets out an exasperated sigh. Usopp looks so happy right now.

"Y-yeah? T-too bad............. B-but if you say so...... what can we do.......but if push comes to shove, we'll help you..... S-so good luck." Zoro trips Usopp with his katana and he falls over, still shaking with fear.

"W-what did you do that for Zoro!!??" Usopp yells. Zoro completely ignores Usopp. He looks at you, his eyes seem to focus on you.

'So it is her.............'

He looks back to Luffy. "Hey Luffy. Why are we helping that girl?" "Because she's our new crewmate!! Along with Sanji!!" he says proudly.

"D-Damn, you just don't listen n-no matter how much you're told, do you, Luffy?" says a weak voice. Luffy looks down and sees you. "Oh Y/n!! Are you okay? Don't worry our crew will get you out of there!!" You let out a small laugh. 'Man, Makino was right..........he is stubborn.' With a final sigh, you smirk slightly. Slowly, you start to get up, grabbing the wall for support. Then you look up at Usopp, Zoro and finally Luffy.

"Well what are you waiting for Captain? Get me out of here. And make sure to kick this guy's ass for me."

"With pleasure, Y/n!" he says, giving you a thumbs up.

To be Continued......................