The chefs engaged in another round of fighting. You saw an odd man taking a shot at Patty and Carne. You rushed grabbed both of them by the collar and brought them out of harm's way. You took the blow for them and remained upright.
"(First Name)!! Are you alright?!" Carne shouted.
"I'm fine. This weirdo was aiming at your faces" you replied.
"You didn't need to take the blow for us. We would've been fine!!" Patty scolded.
The weirdo lets out a long sigh. "Just what do you think you guys think you're doing??" he demanded.
The newcomer lets out a laugh. "So let's do this. But before we begin, it's only fair I give you a warning. I am Pearl: The Invincible Sheild!!" Whoever he is, the Kreig Pirates are happy to see him.
"Hey, it's Pearl!!"
Even though you didn't feel any pain from the early attack, you clicked your tongue as you felt a burn on your arm.
"(First Name), are you sure you're okay??" Zeff asked in concern.
"I'd say that little girl is far from okay. She just experienced my Pearl Surprise, one of my signature punches, you bumbling, pathetic fool!!" Pearl boasted arrogantly.
This irked you, Zeff and Sanji.
"I was planning on dragging this battle on so that they can have a fair share of punches but it seems I cut their tongue first for spouting shit" Your eye twitched.
Your attention is soon brought to a Kreig Pirate trying to make off with a downed chef's kitchen knife. With Sanji and Zeff's attention on the newcomer, you stride gracefully to the would-be thief before clearing your throat. The pirate looks up at you, still gripping the chef's knife, and cowers at your cold expression before getting kicked across the face in the air, knocking him and a few other pirates off the fin platforms and into the water.
The chef's knife goes flying into the air as the pirate is knocked away and caught in your hand. "Oi, you lot better listen well. A cook's knife is their soul and scum like you all have no right to desecrate one with your filth"
You walk to the fallen chef as you put the knife back into its holster. The pirates stupidly aren't phased by your threat as they all charge at you at once with weapons in hand. You were about to counterattack them when a black blur zoomed past you kicked every pirate in the face and knocked them down. You looked to see it was Sanji.
"Like I'd let you filth even lay a hand on her" he confidently states.
"While I am flattered that a gentleman like you is around I can manage my fights as far as you can see" you chuckled.
"I mean no disrespect, (First Name). But I can't allow a woman to dirty her hands" Sanji takes your hand and kisses it. "But since you're no ordinary woman, I'll just have to take comfort in not letting you dirty them alone"
You smiled and asked, "Shall we fillet these flounders together then??"
"It would be my pleasure" he smirked.
Pearl is the only one left standing. "How very impudent of you to defeat them using only your kicks. Am I to be impressed by that??"
"I'm a chef, remember??" Sanji reminded him. "I couldn't do my job very well if I ruined my hands in battle" he lifts his leg and points it at Pearl. "So I'll be taking you down with my feet"
You doze off with a bored expression as you don't want to hear this nonsense. You snapped out of it when Pearl slammed the iron shields on his hands together causing the pearls embedded in them to let out a ring.
"I may be a gentleman but I'm not gentle. Even battleship cannons don't work on me. I come out of my attack unharmed!!"
You were about to run in and destroy the shields when Luffy came flying at the Baratie clinging to the portion of the mast he gripped earlier and slammed smack dab into Pearl causing his face to hit the shield that he was protectively holding in front of him.
Luffy surprisingly lands upright on his feet between you and Sanji. "Boy, that could've been bad. Good thing I didn't fall into the ocean" he stated as he patted his pants free of dirt.
You looked at Pearl now sporting a bloody nose. As soon as he sees blood, the Kreig pirates start to panic, telling him to calm down, and then hell breaks loose. Pearl burst into a fiery rage and set himself ablaze with white bright flames coating his shields as well as the entire platform. "Fire pearls: Special Treat!!"
He let loose several fire-coated pearls at anyone who stood in his way. Being a shark woman, these flames do not affect you but your clothes are a different story. Luckily they didn't burn too much but still revealed more than you wanted to be seen.
"AAAH!! MY BUTT'S ON FIRE!! (FIRST NAME), HELP!!" Luffy cried.
You sweatdrop at Luffy as he runs around with his butt on fire. "I don't know how to help, Luffy. I don't have water powers . . ."
Both you and Sanji leap into the rings of fire to combat Pearl before his flames bring down the restaurant. Pearl is shocked to see you both surrounded by the blaze without fear.
"But . . but these flames scare anyone away!!" Pearl exclaimed.
"Well, if I was scared of fire, I wouldn't be much of a chef" Sanji explained.
"Oh, pls. As if these mere flames would ever scare me, I'm waterproof" you scoffed.
"I hate them. I hate the refined gentleman and graceful woman!!" Pearl stated.
"Well, sucks to suck then" you shrugged as you and Sanji smirked.
Sanji takes the first shot aiming a kick in Pearl's face and you follow suit.
"You stupid fools!! You're insane!!" Pearl yelled as he cradled his even bloodier nose. "I'LL KILL YOU!! Fire!! Need more fire!! Fire Pearls!!" Pearl releases more of the fiery orbs towards the open doors of the Baratie and Zeff is still standing in front of them. The chefs attempted to warn Zeff but he wouldn't budge. You smirked as he raised his peg leg and extinguished the fiery projectiles with the gust of wind, leaving the harmless black pearls to clatter to the ground.
You sensed something coming at you and Sanji as you turned to see a spiked iron ball in a chain flying through the air, ready to crush those currently on the fin platforms. You would've easily dodged out of the way if it weren't for Sanji and no way you're gonna leave him behind.
Luffy's sudden appearance through the blaze surprised you a little. His butt is still on fire but his focus is on the spiked iron ball heading straight toward you all. He stretched his arms behind his back before launching them at the spiked weapon. "GUM GUM BAZOOKA!!"
His rubbery attack sent the ball right back where it came from. Sanji is frozen in shock at what just transpired but still manages to speak. "He tossed that thing right back"
Meanwhile, you sweatdrop at Luffy still trying to put out the fire in his pants. "You still haven't put it out?? Just stretch your lower half into the ocean to put it out" you questioned.
While you're a little distracted by Luffy's goofiness, you hear something broke and turn to see another mast of the galleon destroyed, causing it to fall forward and directly on top of Pearl's head leaving it to turn purple and swollen as he collapses. The Kreig Pirates shout and yell as one of their strongest is down.
"So weird . . ." Sanji commented.
"Weird is an understatement to what he is . . ." you voiced with a bored expression.
"Yeah, that guy sure is goofy" Luffy agrees as he finally puts out the fire on his pants.
Zeff's grunts in pain drew your attention as you all turned to see Zeff being knocked to the floor.
"The battle ends right here" Ghin has set his foot planted in the middle of Zeff's back, keeping him down, and a pistol aimed at his head.
"Shoot him!! Do it now!!" Kreig ordered. "All we have to do is kill the geezer, then the restaurant is ours!!"
No one dared to move a muscle, lest they wanted Zeff's brains to be splattered on the doorway of his dream.