I Don't own One Piece. Sorry I don't update fast but you know life does get in the way, good news is I'll probably finish this semesters school work with this month so I should be free to write for a few months…if I don't find a job…freely , don't know when chapter 3 will be out, I've only written two scenes and I'm redoing one of them.

Chapter 2: On a Boat

Shan waited behind her desk, it's been fine long days since there last job with killing that perverted duke. Kazuya, their look out and archer said there was a marine base just a sail away from that last island. Elsa was ecstatic until Kazuya said that this wasn't the island that was run by the man they were looking for, Mass Claw James, a Vice-Captain in the marines.

Shan was starting to feel a tiny bit guilty about not telling Elsa her fiancé Mac was slowly dieing due to how he received his devil fruit powers, by injection with a zoan fruit that was liquefied…but that guilty feeling quickly disappeared due to Elsa's emotional violent outburst over the past month…plus it was for the great good of there family.

Under that giant shifting cloak of hers, Elsa was a beautiful woman with a body other women would envy and men want…to do stuff to. But under that beautiful outer layer of Elsa was a completely train wreck of mental problems due to the trials and trauma she and Mac went threw over the years before Shan even meet the two…and some of the things they've been threw in Death Root.

Nowadays Elsa was starting to look sickly pale, instead majestic porcelain pale skin she usually has, her once silky hair was frizzy and unkempt, black hair mixed with the two white streaks that ran threw it. The large baggy T-Shirt's that she wore around the ship that once belonged to Mac and the black sweat pants screamed Elsa wasn't mentally or emotionally fine.

Usually Elsa could be found in one of two places on the ship these days, her room or down below deck in the lower levels of the ship.

Shan was just glad Elsa hasn't tried to kill herself……she did have to worry about Elsa trying to kill the others , Shan ordered the others to lock their doors while they slept…or at any moment there going to be alone in their rooms.

The other members of the crew Shan didn't have to worry about to much, they could take care of themselves…Shan did wonder where Mr. Poly wondered off to, she hasn't seen him in a week…crazy old man. Thankfully Kazuya and Penny haven't changed that much over the past month, Penny was training and Kazuya was still somewhat on rehab….his muscles were doing a lot better these days.

Penny K.D. Mabui aka 'Sunshine' was their teams youngest member and cook, and if you asked Penny she'll say she's also and I quote 'Mistress of all things sharp and pointy'. Over the past month Penny finally hit a growth spurt, the young blonde girl was now a few inches shorter than Shan. Penny has long blonde wavy hair and eyes that seemed to reflected and transmit here emotions perfectly. Penny's usually seen wearing a bright orange vast and long tight sundress, with short blue jean shorts underneath.

The effects puberty have started to show on the young girl, two weeks back Shan decided to give Penny the 'talk', and go over everything with the girl about what she knew and what she needed to know about becoming a young woman. The blonde girl never really had anyone to talk to and teach her while she grew up, since Penny could remember she's always been around men until she met Shan and Elsa…worse yet who knows what that blonde cyclops that's now on the Straw Hats crew could have taught her.

When Shan reached the subject of sex during there little talk Penny just laughed and said she wasn't a naïve little girl…and she's had her ear on the door when Elsa and Mac were going at it, once or twice with Kazuya, Razz, and Siamon when one of them brought a girl back from the bars when they went out drinking…Penny also commented on why Meku never brought any girls home even thou he usually went with them. Shan blushed slightly when Penny admitted she even watched her and Endo make love threw a crack in the door.

Shan decided to give Penny a level stare with a raised eyebrow, the blonde fidgeted for a few seconds before throwing her hands into the air yelled "What I was curious!"

Just like Penny, her pet Pan the panda seemed to have had a growth spurt over the last month also…he wasn't tiny anymore. For some reason he just grew, now coming up to her knee…when on all fours, and taller when on two legs. Shan warned Penny that since Pan has grown she'll have to exercise him now since he was to be a battle animal, and panda's these days seemed to end up lazy and…chubby, Pan growled at her for saying that.

This now just leaves us with the final remaining teammate, Kazuya. He really hasn't change much over the course of the month. His red eyes seemed to be getting more crimson , if that was even possible, and his blonde hair was getting longer. Like Elsa with the colors black and white, and Penny with yellow, Kaz always seemed to wear something that has red in it. His red coat was usually flowing in the wind from his perch in the crow's nest, which was one of the many reasons his codename is 'Crow'.

But at that very moment Shan was wondering just why the hell Kazuya was standing in her office "Why the hell are you in my office Mr.…" Shan paused, she wanted to sound professionally but there was a major flaw with that " …screw it, no one knows your last name Kazuya…why are you here?"

"It seems…we drifted off course when Elsa had that little fit of hers. Now it seems were off course AND now it may take awhile before we can reach that marine base island you wanted to search." Kazuya was staring at her oddly while he talked, she didn't understand why, she didn't think it really mattered in the first place.

Shan sighed "I'll handle it so don't worry…I'll handle everything…" Shan frowned at Kazuya "…and why are you staring at me like that?"

"It's just your breakfast request was rather odd…"

"It was just pancakes Kazuya…we haven't had those in a really long time."

"Yeah but you also wanted them to be peanut butter flavored with a pickle topping, smothered with tomato sauce…if I didn't know any better I'll say you where having those pregnancy cravings." Shan quickly stood up and pointed towards the door.

"Out! Get the hell out Kazuya before I kill you." she growled. Kazuya slowly backed out, hands up in defense, not wanting to make the violet haired leader angrier….even if he had no clue why she was now suddenly pissed at him.

"As for punishment for angering me, when we reach the next island…if we can…your helping me shop for Penny, from underwear to everything else a growing girl needs."

"Wha-" Shan slammed the door in his face, resting her back against it with a heavy sigh.

----X----

Shan finally left her office to patrol around the ship to check on the teams other two females, she just needed to remember where they were. From what she remembered Penny should still be trying to-

CRASH

Damn it… Hopefully Penny was okay, that girl was going to get herself kill one of these days while she practiced like that. Shan walked a little fast towards deck, faster than she originally intended to go…so she slowed down. She wasn't going to hurry it was Penny's fault in the first place if she was hurt. But…Shan needed to get there quickly…just in case.

Shan emerged onto deck, the dark clouds overhead suggesting that it'll be raining soon. In the middle of the deck, spread eagle with a panda looking down at her was Penny. Walking closer Shan tapped Pan with her foot signaling the panda to move, he understood.

Penny was smiling up at her, eyes sparkling "So how fast this time?"

The blonde laughed as she stood with Shan's help, a slight limp in her right "Reached sixty mph…Shan it was wonderful."

"You finally figured out your powers fully right?"

"Yep."

Shan pushed her glasses back up the bridge of her nose "And the high speeds, I'm sure your going to try and reach won't hurt you?"

"Not sure I'll tell you when I do." Penny laughed and started to levitate off of the ground, Shan pulled the girl down with a solid thud.

"Not until your legs healed…Pan make sure she doesn't and I'll give you as much steak as you can eat." the panda saluted, Penny whined "Ah come one!"

"No Penny…Also….Penny remember you and me are going shopping at the next island." Shan said as she walked away going to where she suspected Elsa would be.

"Awww….why?" Penny whined "I just want to keep training, I'm perfectly fine with going commando." Shan slapped her forehead.

"Penny I've told you before, you're a growing girl, you need these things…plus your out grown your clothes…the ones your wearing are very tight on you, am I right?"

Penny huffed "Yeah…then why didn't we buy some stuff at the last island?"

"Because Penny, that island didn't have a running bank since we took down there leader, plus even if we found one we wouldn't be able to exchange the large bills we have, that Duke weakened the economy to much." Penny gave a unladylike snort in anger while crossing her arms. Shan smiled as she walked, oh the joys of raising a budding teenager just when you yourself have just entered adulthood.

Shan's next stop, Elsa. Now that colored impaired woman was in either one of two places, her room or down in the lower holds where they stored things, more importantly that's where they stored the Turtle for future use…but they'll need Endo to get it out.

Stepping into the lift, pulling a leaver, the lift creaked to life and started traveling downward. After about a minute the lift shook to a stop and Shan exited. Shan was lucky Mac and Elsa's room was near all of the stuff down here….well after the move to this room, Mac built the room larger than the 'Captains Room' , which Shan now lived in.

Standing still for a second Shan listened to the sounds of the hallway, if Elsa was on this floor the sounds of metal on metal should be heard…she didn't hear anything so move to the stairs and going up one floor to where the room was located, knocking onto the door of Elsa's room.

"Go away…" a muffled growled from inside, Shan ignored it and walked in, ducking under the rather large scythe that was aimed at her head.

"Now that wasn't very nice Elsa."

"Get the hell out Shan." grumbled Elsa poking her out from under her bed covers "I really don't want to see someone like you right now." the growl Elsa added at the end of the sentence suggested Elsa was still pissed at her even thou it's been a month since Water 7.

"Gee Elsa I would have thought you would have forgiven me for saving your beautiful little ass from being captured, killed, or worse at the Lobby." Shan frowned while saying that, a somewhat sarcastic tone in her voice.

"I don't give a shit Tifihe, I'm still fucking pissed at you for not letting not letting me go after my Mel!" Elsa screamed back.

"Would you rather be locked up with him in whatever hellhole Mass Claw locked him in, and most likely raped by the marines that worked there!?"

"Yes!" Elsa screeched "If it means being with my Mel then stuck on this fucking ship with a complete bitch like you!" Elsa's covers flew into the air, the black haired girl launched at Shan wearing nothing but lace panties, and covered in fur due to quickly changing into her hybrid form. For those of you who didn't know Elsa Nativa AKA Death was a zoan Devil Fruit user, she ate the Usagi Usagi no mi: Model Snow which meant she was a snow rabbit zoan.

But unlike most zoan users Hybrid Form, which was usually the powerhouse point, Elsa hybrid form was naturally all speed. She was thin like usual, with tight muscles….again same as usual, but with the shift in appearance her muscles and bone structure also transformed making her body more animal like so she could reach speeds that aren't natural for humans, hell in her hybrid form her speed was faster than that move those…CP9 people used.

The white streaks that were in Elsa's hair where gone, replaced by two long rabbit ears…Shan remembered examining when she first found out about Elsa's powers…or to be more precise when they forced her to admit to eating a Devil Fruit. The white hair streaks believe it or not where connected right above Elsa's ears, it didn't look like it…but that's just the way Elsa styles her hair…so whenever Elsa shifts her human ears disappear and are replaced by two long rabbit ears.

Other than being a few inches taller, covered in short white fur, the large ears, the rabbit nose and teeth, and the hands and feet that looks lot like a rabbits paws, Elsa looked relatively the same.

Shan thought and observed all of that in the few milliseconds that it took Elsa to leap out of the bed at Shan. A few more milliseconds and thoughts wondering if Mac and Elsa ever used there hybrid forms, Mac was a Grizzly Bear zoan, in there many experiments during sex crossed Shan's mind…and also thoughts of what would it be like if Endo used his when they had sex (not passionate love making…the more primal one) he wasn't called a wood man for nothing…splinters may be a problem thou.

"Rabbit Punchy!" Elsa shrieked, fist moving in a blur. Shan ducked and round house kicked Elsa in the side, bringing the navigator out of the air and sailing over the bed landing on the floor with a solid thump.

Shan straighten herself, blowing a strand of her hair out of face. The low hissing growl that escaped from Elsa told her that the navigator wasn't done yet…and also to look up with rabbits can growl later.

It seemed…that it's finally come to the point where Elsa has become a problem. Shan hopped that Elsa would have worked in out herself…but it's finally come to that braking point, and Shan wasn't really in the position to be the voice or reason (due to her own problems). What was it that there now jail second in command, Siamon, say about handling subordinates when he worked for the marines that he liked but they were out of line…oh yes…tough love.

Elsa slowly stood, that dangerous gleam in her eye. Shan reached into her jacket pulling out a syringe, removing a rubber tip from the needle so it didn't poke her.

"I don't want to do this Elsa…when you wake up and calm down then we'll need to talk."

"Fuck you! It's all your fault things are the way they are, it's all because of you that my Melcom isn't here right now by my side. It's your fault that they took away the two of the four people I let into my heart, my Mel and Razz, a man who's been more of a brother to me then my own two fucking n o good abandoning brothers!" Shan could see tears running down, and some getting stuck , Elsa's fur.

But due to Elsa mental stability at that moment and her unstable emotions that tear inducing depression the girl was in quickly changed back into pure rage, pure aggression.

Elsa leapt and spun in the air, kicking wildly, directly at Shan "Rapid Rabbit Stomp!" Elsa yelled feet a blur.

Shan ducked and spun out of the way keeping her left foot firmly on the ground, right leg in the air, bringing it down quickly on Elsa in a Guillotine Axe Kick.

Elsa gasped in pain slamming chin and chest first into the cold wooden planks of the floor. Shan was on Elsa's back instantly pinning the taller yet younger girl to the ground, the syringed with the sedative in the rabbit girls neck "Shhhh…relax my friend…close your eyes….we'll talk when you wake." she whispered soothingly into Elsa's long ear.

"Take a breather…" Elsa's muscles relaxed as she reverted back to her human form. Shan sighed as she hefted Elsa onto her shoulder, stumbled a little and left the room.

"Lets get some clothes on you girl." Shan thought it may be a good idea to get Elsa out of the room that brought Elsa so many memories…so to Shan's room it is, even thou her clothes may be a little tight on Elsa, the girl was taller and bigger in the chest area.

So Shan walked, tears trailing down her expressionless face.

----(Green Isle-Lords Palace)----

"Your telling me those wrenched rebels actually managed to take over the north guard post!?" yelled a rather sickly pale man in clothes that looked five times to big for him. His hair hung around his face and his large hook nose and beady black eyes made him look just plain intimidating even with his small stature.

"Yes…Yes sir, we seem to have underestimated there leader." stuttered a soldier, his armor seemed to be a random assortment of pieces picked up from around….places.

"That bloody fish woman bartender!" the pale man, Lord Bran, growled standing up, his bones seemed to snap and pop as he moved.

"Happy…get on the underground mushi and get me assassins, bounty hunters, mercenaries……something! That fucking bartender needs to BE DEAD!"

"Yes sir, right away sir." the soldier known as Happy chirped running out of the room.

Bran laughed darkly to himself, soon he'll own every piece of land on this island, force it's people into enslavement if they didn't pay…his laughter only grew.

----X----

Beri…beri beri…beri beri beri

Kazuya jerked awake and sighed picking up the Mushi receiver "Hello?"

"Oh um…yes are you for hire?"

Kazuya blinked at the blunt question "That depends on what you want exactly…where not prostitutes if that's what your looking for." Before Water 7, Endo did get some informants who where whores, and a few brothels on the payroll….and Shan is putting them to good use, they can get information and blackmail…but this guy didn't need to know that.

"No…no….we need…um fighters." the voice on the other line said.

"Then yes, yes we are. What's the job?" Kazuya got a notepad and a pen. He hated mushi duty but if no one did it they wouldn't have any work.

"My boss…needs um…people to…um take care of a rebel force….um on his island."

"That's within are current abilities sir. Now if you would give me your islands latitude and longitude we'll be there as fast as we can." Kazuya cursed to himself, he was starting to sound like one of those mushi marketers, he hated those people.

"We aren't that…um fare away, we…um were using a short signal."

"Just give me the islands location please…and you'll talk to my boss when we get there about price."

"Um…yes it's-'

----X----

Shan sat at the edge of her bed watching Elsa sleep…or at least struggle back into the conscious world. Brushing a strand of black hair off the girls forehead, Shan gave a true smile, even if Elsa couldn't see it, Shan hoped the younger girl could feel the love behind it. Shan loved Elsa like a sister, she'll do anything for the girl…even if it means kicking the girls ass or comforting her when she's an emotional wreck. Shan now knew the answer to why she ignored Elsa's problems…because she has her own problems to work out.

But from here on out she's going to care for Elsa like any loving sister would…because she owed Elsa her life…from way back then. Elsa was one of four people who rescued her from her evil father…well it was more Shan poisoning her evil father, running away, somehow running into someone and falling unconscious with her father somehow living threw the poisoning. Shan laughed at herself when she remembered back then, it was late at night and she woke up next to a strange blonde haired boy, she screamed and three people come crashing into the room very awkwardly, a pretty and leggy black haired girl, a…very large boy, and a fish man…

Kazuya burst into the room, just as Shan was cupping Elsa's cheek pausing in mid step. Shan raised a thin eyebrow at the blonde haired red eyed man.

"What do you want Kazuya? I'm watching over Elsa right now."

Kazuya blinked a few times and shook his head trying to banish all thoughts of the perverted girl on girl thoughts he was having…sadly he failed "Oh…" he coughed "…Yes. I got us a job offer from the mushi's."

"Does it take us off course…more."

"No, from what I can tell from Elsa's maps, and that huge Global Positioning Post Elsa and Mac invented it really isn't that far, maybe just an hour or two south west." Kaz then pointed at Elsa "But we're going to need her awake we go anywhere."

Shan sighed looking back as Elsa "She'll be up soon."

----X----

Have any questions about this chapter, just ask in the review and I'll answer to the best of my abilities. As you guys can see I'm going to try to make this fic live up to it's M rating…with out any lemon's you perverts. But also since it's M I'm going to try to take this into a dark place that isn't really seen in most OP related things that doesn't mean just gore, I'm also not going to go easy or skim over certain words/nudity/and other M related material (again I'm not writing lemons you perverts…if Endo and Mac were in this story then you'll get a little…nothing lemony…just some of the stuff before and after said lemon action)

Now with Penny, I getting annoyed sometimes when in story's that have a child character in it's cast of mostly adult characters, and the story goes over an undefined amount of time, which is most lily month/years, never show the child grow. So I'm showing Penny grow, and somewhat mature (into kind of a female Endo) she's becoming a young woman, she's going to have a few boyfriends over the years…yes I know Penny's pairing is with Austin from Crew of the Axe, but Penny and Austin haven't defined there relationship yet plus there kids…I want there relationship to more realistic, and as that Penny and Austin story I tried to do way back shows that Penny and Austin won't officially get together until there 17/18 or 18/19. Don't worry fans Penny and Austin will have there moments when there teens and pre-teens…when ever the two groups meet.

I also see teenage Penny turning into somewhat of a rebel, with black mascara an eyebrow piercing and a bellybutton ring…I mean come on look who's she's raised by Elsa who's basically what you call a 'cheerful Goth', Endo who's a psycho, and Meku…do I really need to explain that one?

So read and review…and next chapter the remaining four DR's get to play Villain.