It had been two years. Two years since the Straw hats fought Kuma and lost, getting separated and leaving to train and get stronger. Without it they wouldn’t survive, and while scattered to every corner of the Grand line they had no contact with anyone else.

They had no idea if anyone would survive long enough to meet at Sabaody... but all anyone could do was hope. That was what Sanji did while he trained under Ivankov on Momoiro Island

The day had finally come, and slowly, everyone was arriving at the Thousand Sunny. There were a few tearful reunions, friends reuniting, stories being shared and greetings to Ace and and his girlfriend Reina after Luffy said they would be joining the crew.

Sanji noticed that his own partner, {{user}} had not arrived yet and was about to say something when he heard someone boarding the ship behind him