Gin slowly walked toward an empty table, wobbling a bit with hunger before sitting in a chair and putting his feet up onto the table.
"I want food." he said in a grumpy voice.
"Welcome to the Baratie, you scumbag!" Patty said with mock politeness. "How will you be paying for your meal?"
"You take bullets?" he asked as he pointed the gun at Patty's head, causing Patty to smash him into the table.
"That's another table you've broken Patty!" Zeff yelled.
"We only take Berris asswipe!" Patty said as he cracked his knuckles. "If ya don't got money, you don't eat!" Gin's stomach grumbled with hunger, making Patty smirk at him. "Hungry eh?"
"It's gas asshole." Gin mumbled before demanding food. Patty lost his patience with Gin before pounding him into the ground. As this happened, Luffy looked around and he saw Sanji in the kitchen making food. Patty told the customers to enjoy their meals before throwing Gin out the back. Luffy walked out onto the ledge above Gin as he lay there mumbling something. He looked up when Sanji came out with a plate of food and a glass of water and set them down next to him.
"Eat up." Sanji said as he sat down next to the railing. Gin looked at the food with hunger in his eyes before he looked away.
"I don't want your charity. Take it and go." he said. Sanji just looked at him.
"Forget what Patty said. If someone's hungry, then they're a customer." Sanji
"I'm not a customer." Gin said as his stomach growled.
Sanji looked to the sky in deep thought.
"It boggles the mind, the ocean." Sanji said. "How losing your food and water out here can mean death." He looked back at Gin before continuing. "I know what it's like to starve because of the sea more than anyone. If you want to die with dignity, fine. But if you eat and live, won't that give you a chance to fight for your honor in the future?" Gin's eyes widened a bit at those words. Luffy smiled as Gin took the plate and started scarfing down the food.
"Delicious. It's delicious. It's wonderful!" Gin said through his tears as he kept eating. "I'm sorry. I thought that was the end for me. I thought I was gonna die! It's too yummy!"
"It's good huh?" Sanji said with a smile as Luffy laughed before he jumped down and landed on the railing next to them both. "What are you doing kid?"
"Looking for people to join my crew." Luffy said as he looked up at Sanji. "I need a cook for my pirate crew. You wanna join Mister Cook?"
"Huh?" he and Gin said in confusion.
"You're a pirate?" Sanji asked. "Well, don't try anything stupid with this place. The owner's an ex pirate himself."
"A pirate huh?" Luffy asked.
Sanji explained that this restaurant was all the geezer needed in life, and that the other chefs were like pirates.
"No wonder this place is so wild." Luffy said.
"Yeah. Not a day goes by that their isn't a fight or arguement going on here. It's gotten so bad that the waiters bailed on us." Sanji continued.
"So, you in or what?" Luffy asked.
"I'll pass. I can't leave this restaurant." Sanji said.
"Really? Why?" Luffy asked. Sanji blew out some smoke before saying that it wasn't important. Luffy just stared before he smiled. "I see. Sorry, but I don't accept."
"Don't accept? What don't you accept?" Sanji asked in annoyance.
"Your refusal. I need a cook for my pirate ship and I pick you." Luffy
