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It was finally over. 'Straw Hat' Monkey D. Luffy had beaten the Pirate Admiral 'Foul Play' Don Krieg, who had previously been called the strongest pirate from the East Blue. Diamond gauntlets, built in guns, a flamethrower, bombs, wooden stakes, a spiked cape, the MH5 the deadly poison gas bomb, the exploding battle spear, and the wootz steal body armor. Don Krieg had lived up to his 'Foul Play' nickname and employed every dirty tactic and weapon he had in his arsenal. But in the end, it was all useless against someone as strong-willed and determined as Monkey D. Luffy.
Luffy had withstood the explosions, survived the poison gas, and shattered Krieg's armor before he drove him down into the deck of the Baratie with a vicious Gum Gum Hammer. Don Krieg's spotless battle record had been tarnished and after Sanji had fished him out of the water, Luffy had walked away from the fight as the victor.
As 'Red Shoes' Zeff had told Sanji during the battle, "Even with a hundred thousand more weapons our Chore Boy can still bring him to his knees because he does not know fear. Krieg may have more pirates in his command, he may have terrible weapons that cause mass destruction to everything in his path, but he will never have that kid's heart."
After the fight the unconscious Don Krieg was still on his feet shrieking that he would never be defeated. But he was then knocked out by his own right hand man, Gin. During the battle Gin and fought Sanji and had managed to beat him but refused to follow Krieg's order to kill the cook who had fed him and saved him from starving to death. For his failure to follow the order, Krieg had ordered Gin to keep his gasmask off when he launched the MH5 Poison Gas Bomb. Gin had sacrificed himself and gave up his own gasmask so that Luffy and Sanji could survive the deadly gas. He had spent almost the entirety of Luffy's fight with Krieg on the back deck of the Baratie attempting to get the poison gas out of his lungs.
Gin hefted Krieg onto is shoulder and loaded him and the other surviving Krieg pirates onto a boat and then sailed off. Now the long fight was finally over and the threat had passed. Sanji took Luffy to the chef's quarters so he could recover and sleep off his injuries.
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Zzzzzzzzz... zzzzzzzzz... zzzzzzz—SNORT! Luffy awoke with a start and found himself in an unfamiliar bed. It took him a few seconds for him to realize that something important was missing. "GAAAAHH! MY HAT!" exclaimed Luffy, "WHERE'S MY HAT!"
"It's right over there," Sanji pointed out as he casually sat on the windowsill smoking a cigarette. "Calm down."
"Oh good, here it is," Luffy commented as he reached out to the shelf near his bed and put his treasured straw hat back on his head. Now that he had his hat back, Luffy remembered how he got here, "Hey! Those pirates..."
"They're gone now," Sanji told him, "All thanks to you."
"Me?"
"Yeah," Sanji replied, "and Gin asked me to tell you 'see you on the Grand Line'."
"Oh, he did... to you?"
"NO! TO YOU!" snapped the cook. Sanji left the room through the window and leaned against the railing of the deck that was outside.
"Soooo... I guess I don't have to do any more lame-o chores now that I got those pirates off of your back, right?" asked Luffy.
"That's the deal," Sanji answered. Zeff had agreed that if Luffy ran off the Krieg Pirates he could stop being the Chore Boy. Luffy had won the battle and Krieg's armada was gone, now he was no longer Chore Boy and was free to go.
"Hey, I was wondering..." Luffy attempted to ask Sanji, but the cook cut him off.
"No, I'm not gonna run away with you and become a pirate," said Sanji. "I've got some unfinished business here and I'll stay until Zeff acknowledges my skill."
