SOUP

Zeff points angrily, yelling, "AND WHAT'RE YOU PLANNING TO DO BY TAKING AWAY THE VERY MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU!?" Beside him, Patty is equally furious, shouting, "HEY! DID YOU FORGET YOU INHALED POISON!? DEADLY POISON!" Sanji ignores them, walking away from the Baratie restaurant with the unconscious Gin slung over his shoulder. In the background, Luffy is lying flat on the wooden deck. Sanji pauses and looks back over his shoulder, saying, "WHEN HE WAKES UP, COULD YOU PASS HIM THIS MESSAGE?" A close-up shows Gin's unconscious face as Sanji continues, "SANJI..."

Sanji continues his message for the unconscious Gin: "'LET'S MEET AGAIN, OUT ON THE GRAND LINE.'" Gin's face is shown with his eyes closed as he rests on Sanji's shoulder. Sanji adds, "THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT I WANT TO DO." Patty, smoking a cigar, looks surprised and remarks, "PSH, YOU NEVER LEARN, DO YA?" Sanji, with a cigarette in his mouth, looks back and asks, "YOU'RE... STILL GONNA BE A PIRATE?" Sanji then sits down on the deck next to the resting Luffy. Looking out, Sanji says, "DON KRIEG'S AMBITION BECAME MINE AS WELL... I GUESS BEFORE I REALIZED IT,"

Gin suddenly wakes up with a violent start, coughing up blood with his eyes wide open in shock. Sanji looks completely stunned, sweating as he yells, "GIN!" Other cooks on the Baratie also look over in surprise, shouting, "GIN!" Gin falls to his knees on the deck, looking down as he struggles to breathe. He says quietly, "I MIGHT... ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE HOURS TO LIVE..."

Gin wipes the blood from his mouth, looking determined. "I'VE DECIDED THAT THIS TIME, I'LL DO THINGS OF MY OWN WILL... IN MY OWN WAY. SO IT MIGHT BE A BIT COWARDLY FOR ME TO MAKE THIS DECISION ONLY AT THE END OF MY LIFE, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD FOR ME NONETHELESS." He continues, "ALL I'VE BEEN DOING IS USING THE DON'S NAME AS A 'SHIELD' TO ESCAPE AND HIDE BEHIND. HA. LOYALTY TO THE DON, MY ASS!" He looks toward the Baratie restaurant. "I WON'T HAVE A PLACE TO RUN AWAY TO, RIGHT? IF I DO THAT," Sanji listens quietly. Gin smiles, "ARE NOTHING BUT USELESS WORRYING. THAT GUY OVER THERE TAUGHT ME IT'S BETTER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF...! AS LONG AS YOU'RE PREPARED, THINGS LIKE BEING SCARED OF YOUR ENEMIES OR GETTING HURT,"

Zeff yells orders, "PATTY, CARNE! GIVE THEM THE BOAT WE USE TO GO OUT AND BUY INGREDIENTS." Patty is furious, shouting back, "WHAT!? ARE YOU RETARDED!? WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO GIVE A BOAT TO THE VERY PIRATES THAT ATTACKED US!? HOW'RE WE GONNA BUY FOOD SUPPLIES IF WE GIVE THEM OUR BOAT, YOU NUMBSKULL! THOSE SCUM CAN SWIM AWAY FOR ALL WE CARE!" Sanji listens silently. Carne complains, "ALWAYS ORDERING US AROUND!" Patty adds, "WHY THAT SON OF A...! I SWEAR I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BASTARD ONE DAY!" Zeff shouts them down, "SHUT UP AND GIVE THEM THE DAMN BOAT ALREADY!" Patty relents, "ALRIGHT... YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL..." Patty and Carne run off to get the boat. Patty suggests, "MAYBE IF 15 OF US COOKS ATTACK HIM WHILE HE'S SLEEPING... THEN WE JUST MIGHT WIN." Carne replies, "IF WE'RE GONNA GET'IM, THEN NOW'S OUR BEST CHANCE SINCE HE'S ALL INJURED!" Patty asks, "MIGHT!?" Carne points out, "BUT HE'S INHERITED THE OWNER'S LEGENDARY KICKS!"

The Baratie sits peacefully on the water. A voice says, "HM?" Inside a room, Luffy wakes up with a start, his face and arms covered in bandages. He yells, "MY HAT!" Sanji is sitting nearby at a desk, smoking a cigarette. He calmly says, "IT'S RIGHT THERE, ISN'T IT? SO YOU WOKE UP, DID YOU NOW?" Luffy looks over at his straw hat resting on the bed next to him. "OH... IT IS."

Sanji says, "THEY'VE LEFT. THANKS TO YOU." Luffy pulls a bandage off his face and asks, "WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GUYS?" Sanji replies, "I SEE. DON'T NEED IT. SORRY BUT WE'VE RUN OUT OF MORE BANDAGES." A flashback shows Gin's face as he says, "ALL THOSE THINGS SEEM SO STUPID...! WHEN I LOOK AT HIM," Sanji sits on the deck, looking out at the sea. "HM?" A thought bubble reads, "CAUTIOUS HESITATION AND WHATNOT.. CALCULATING," A small boat carrying the Krieg Pirates sails away in the distance. The pirates panic, yelling, "WE'RE SINKING! WE'RE SINKING!" Gin's voice says, "THANKS AGAIN. IT'S ALRIGHT IF I DON'T RETURN THIS BOAT, RIGHT?" Sanji says, "SEE YA." Luffy is shown smiling widely.

Gin smiles, saying, "SOME SCARY RESTAURANT THIS IS." Sanji grins back, "IF YOU HAVE THE BALLS TO COME BACK AND RETURN IT, GO AHEAD, YOU WEAKLING." The cooks on the Baratie cheer and wave their weapons enthusiastically. "THIS IS 'BARATIE,' THE FIGHTIN' RESTAURANT OF THE SEAS! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEADS! THAT'S RIGHT!" Sanji and Luffy talk. Sanji says, "'LET'S MEET AGAIN OUT ON THE GRAND LINE,' IS WHAT GIN SAID BEFORE LEAVING." Luffy smiles, "COOL, HE SAID THAT TO YOU?" Sanji yells angrily, "TO YOU, DUMBASS!"

Sanji says, "I AIN'T GONNA BE A PIRATE." Luffy smiles, "SO THEN, YOU WANNA..." Luffy looks out the window, "AH THAT'S RIGHT! I'M FINALLY DONE WITH BEING AN ERRAND BOY AS OF TODAY! 'CAUSE I MADE THAT PROMISE WITH THE OLD MAN! RIGHT. CONGRATS." Sanji looks out, smoking his cigarette. "I'M GONNA STAY HERE AND BE A COOK. UNTIL THE DAY THAT DAMN GEEZER ACKNOWLEDGES MY COOKING..." Luffy looks disappointed. "FINE, I'LL GIVE UP THEN." Sanji looks shocked, "BUT YOUR HAND HASN'T GIVEN UP!" Luffy is gripping the railing tightly with his hand.

Luffy and Sanji lean on the balcony railing of the Baratie. Sanji says, "AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING, I CAN'T AFFORD TO LEAVE EVEN MORE. THE COOKS HERE ARE COMPLETELY UNDEPENDABLE." Sanji continues, "BUT I DO WANT TO GO OUT TO GRAND LINE ONE OF THESE DAYS." Luffy smiles enthusiastically, "THEN LET'S GO RIGHT NOW!" Sanji replies, "NOT JUST YET THOUGH." Sanji looks at Luffy with a wide, intense eye. "HEY... DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL BLUE?" Luffy looks confused, "NO." Sanji says, "WHAT? YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE OCEAN OF MIRACLES? WELL YOU SEE, IN ALL BLUE..."

Sanji talks animatedly, gesturing with his hands as he explains his dream. Zeff listens silently through the wall, looking serious. Sanji laughs and talks to Luffy, who listens intently with a smile. Zeff continues to listen from the other side. A close-up shows Zeff's face as he thinks to himself, "TALKING WITH SUCH A STUPIDLY WIDE GRIN ON YOUR FACE... IDIOT."

Inside the Baratie, cooks are gathered around tables. A sign on the wall reads "BARATIE 2ND FLOOR, EMPLOYEE DINING HALL". Someone yells, "TIME FOR SOME GRUB, YOU BASTARDS!" Another asks, "HEY, WHO'S THE ONE IN CHARGE OF COOKING TODAY?" Patty and Carne strike a dramatic pose. Patty says, "THAT'D BE ME!" Carne adds, "AND, ME!" A cook complains, "OH, THE HELLISH DUO? GUESS IT'S NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THEN." Patty yells angrily, "JUST SHUT YOUR TRAPS AND EAT, YOU BOILED-BRAIN IDIOTS!" Luffy and Sanji enter the dining hall. Sanji asks, "HM? HEY... WHERE'S OUR SEATS?" Luffy asks, "WHERE'S THE FOOD?"

The cooks are eating at the tables. One tells Sanji, "THERE AIN'T NO CHAIRS FOR YOU." Another laughs, "JUST EAT ON THE FLOOR! HEH HEH." Sanji looks annoyed, "NO CHAIRS!? THIS IS A RESTAURANT, HOW'S THAT FREAKIN' POSSIBLE!?" Patty holds a plate of food. "FINE, WHATEVER. SOME-THING'S STRANGE ABOUT THEM.. THEY'RE ALWAYS STRANGE. HEY, WHO WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE, OF MAKING THIS MORNING'S SOUP!?" Sanji looks shocked and angry as he stares at his bowl. "WHAT IS THIS, PIG FEED!? HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO PASS THIS CRAP DOWN MY STOMACH!?" Patty smiles proudly, "OH, THAT'D BE ME! PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? I MADE IT ESPECIALLY G..." Sanji yells, "WHA...!!?"

Sanji stands up, furious. "HEY. DOES PROPER HUMAN FOOD NOT SUIT YOU, YOU DAMN RACOON? HA, THIS IS PURE CRAP OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. MAKES ME WANNA PUKE! DID YOU PUT ACTUAL SHIT IN THIS OR WHAT?" Luffy happily eats in the background, stuffing his face. Sanji glares. "I'M PERFECTLY CONFIDENT ABOUT MY SOUP. MAYBE IT'S YOUR DAMN TONGUE THAT'S..." Patty suddenly spits out his food, "YUCK! SPIT!" The other cooks also start spitting out their food in disgust, making a mess. "NO WAY WE CAN EAT THIS FILTH! JUST THROW IT OUT! SPIT, SPIT! EWW, TERRIBLE! JUST TERRIBLE!"

Sanji is enraged, yelling at the top of his lungs, "THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE ALL DOING!?" Patty argues back, "YOU BEING THE ASSISTANT HEAD CHEF WAS ALWAYS JUST A SHAM! IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST! I'M SICK OF YOUR VIOLENT WAYS. IF SOMETHING TASTES BAD, THEN IT'S MY RIGHT TO SAY IT'S BAD." Sanji growls, "WHAT DID YOU..." Zeff enters the room. A cook says, "OWNER!" Sanji looks at him, "GEEZER!" Luffy continues eating, looking confused with his cheeks full of food.

Zeff tastes the soup and looks disgusted. "WHAT'S WITH THIS DISGUSTING SOUP? IS IT SUPPOSED TO TASTE LIKE SLUDGE OR WHAT!? WE'D GO OUT OF BUSINESS IF WE SERVED THIS TO THE CUSTOMERS!" Sanji grabs Zeff by the collar, furious. "DON'T JOKE WITH ME, YOU DAMN GEEZER! HOW'S THIS ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE SOUP YOU MAKE!? WELL!? SPEAK UP! THE SOUP I MAKE...?" Zeff kicks Sanji away, sending him flying across the room. "DON'T GET COCKY!"

Zeff stands tall, looking down. "IT'S A HUNDRED YEARS TOO EARLY FOR A LIL' EGG-PLANT LIKE YOU TO BE COMPARING MY SOUP WITH YOURS! I'VE COOKED ALL AROUND THE WORLD!" Patty watches in shock, thinking, "THE OWNER... PUNCHED HIM...!?" Sanji sits on the floor, rubbing his head. Patty thinks, "HE DIDN'T KICK, BUT PUNCHED HIM INSTEAD...!" Sanji looks angry. "DAMN IT!" He storms out, slamming the door behind him. Luffy drinks the soup directly from a large bowl. "THIS SOUP'S PRETTY GOOD IF YOU ASK ME!"

The cooks sit at the table. One says, "...YEAH, WE KNOW. WHEW, THAT WAS SCARY. HE SURE WAS STOMPING MAD. EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HOW GOOD SANJI'S COOKING IS. BUT IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, THAT IDIOT WOULD NEVER LISTEN TO US...!" Luffy listens, saying, "HM?" Zeff looks serious. "WOULD YOU MIND... TAKING THAT LIL' EGGPLANT WITH YOU? TAKE HIM TO GRAND LINE... IT'S HIS DREAM." Outside, Sanji sits on the floor, listening through the wall. He hears the cooks laughing inside. "JEEZ, THAT WAS MORE TROUBLE THAN IT WAS WORTH, OWNER ZEFF! IT WAS REALLY HARD TO PLAY ALONG. HEY, GIVE ME ANOTHER HELPING OF THIS SOUP! ME TOO! AND ME!" Sanji thinks, "I CAN HEAR YOU... YOU BASTARDS..."

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