A/N: I'm glad to announce I'm back after a very difficult month, thank you all for the reviews and kind words :P And I'll try to keep this going like before.

To the reviews!

orca3553

Oh well I guess it does...

crushvox;

Lol!Ok...

Blue VanLocke;

Does everyone believe this is a CxM just cause they interact that much at the start?I've never seen anyone assume that when Nico Robin came to the crew...

Zaralann;

1- Oh wow, first thing that came into mind was sex then, and he's an anthro reindeer while Monet is an anthro bird, just to be fair.

2- A friendly bond is always nice. I'm trying already...

3- Agreed!

Krasher;

Well...I totally understand your point of view about this. I like to keep things in character when it comes to stories like this one. Also I just can't stand immature Chopper anymore, urgh. I liked him better before the 2 years time skip. Monet deserve better to be honest so I'm might try to kill two birds with one stone in this story.

Slowly she managed to open her eyes as she felt a strange, yet familiar, sensation around her body. Monet went unaware for few seconds, until she finally realized the ship she was currently being kept was already sailing.

The harpy did not expect to have fallen asleep like she did, it was a very surreal situation to deal with. When Monet could ever expect she would sleep aboard the Straw Hats ship? The fact she was still alive was quite a feat after all that happened at Punk Hazard.

Perhaps she underestimated many things about the Straw Hats, from their captain to their doctor. She was right to assume they have become much stronger after two years, but she never would figure them to be so...noble.

Such a word to describe pirates, they are distrustful even among their own kind. She had no reason to believe the Straw Hats to be different.

How wrong she was.

"Monet…are you awake?"

The bird woman slowly raised her head to have a clear view of the reindeer that was standing near the wooden door. His expression was clearly tense and somewhat curious.

"I am now," The harpy responded melancholically.

"You've been sleeping for few hours now, you must be hungry..." He said somewhat unsure.

A very accurate assumption in Monet's opinion. She was half-tempted to ask what he did have in mind for her to eat, although the possibility of having a 'healthy' meal filled with nutrients described by typical doctors made her a bit doubtful, at least she was aware that Chopper was anything but typical.

"Yes I am. How many carrots and apples do you imagine I have to eat until I get healthy?" She asked ironically, Chopper was sweatdropping a bit while thinking carefully on an answer.

"Huh…..none, it's not exactly something Sanji would limit himself to do for you, he's probably thinking on something fancy."

"Oh?It's that so? So I don't have to go on a diet? Do I look decent enough?" She asked sarcastically.

"Yes," Responded the reindeer carelessly. Monet glared at him intensely, it was hard for her to tell if Chopper said that just because he was naïve or he actually mean it.

The bird woman let out a heavy sigh while resting her head back to the pillow. This bed was not exactly made to fit her size, her talons were going way over the board and resting over another pillow placed over a small table.

She could sense Chopper staring at her, she felt rather uncomfortable.

"Why did you switch your body parts?" He asked bluntly. Monet chuckled.

"Now that's a quite personal question, why would you think I did?" Chopper relaxed a bit, at least she didn't react to that question badly as he feared, the doctor allowed himself to take a seat near the harpy.

Monet realized that the reindeer was still on his tall bipedal form which puzzled her, wasn't he actually much smaller than that? Did he forgot to change?

She hated to admit but she liked that appearance much more.

"I don't know, but something tells me Law has something to do with this, otherwise I don't see how this would be possible to accomplish by other means,"

"Oh, a smart one aren't you? That's right, this is something I required a special favor from Law in exchange of my heart. A good deal at most."

"Good deal? If something happened with your heart it would've cost your life. How it's that a good deal?" Chopper was utterly shocked she would think such.

"Well, isn't worthy to risk your life to accomplish a dream, even foolish ones?" She asked serenely.

For that Chopper had no answer.

"What did you do with the original body parts?" The reindeer asked while checking over some notes he wrote during the time the bird woman was sleeping. It was only then that he realized the unusual amount of misspelling.

"You don't want to know," Was all she said before locking her golden eyes over him. Chopper gulped audibly.

"Hum….okay…..I….going to check my nakama. Sanji will bring you something soon,"

"I suppose I'll be encaged on the basement once I get a check-up?" She asked rather humorously. At this the reindeer tensed again.

"Not really. Luffy said you're free to go wherever you want. Caesar is our prisoner, not you."

This caught her by surprise again, she just couldn't believe the Straw Hat's captain would let her go just like that. She spent few minutes trying to analyze Chopper's behavior while wondering where the lie was laying in, but the only thing she got from him was worry and bit of sorrow.

"Law wasn't happy with that decision," She said as a matter-of-fact. Chopper shook his head.

"No, definitely not. Though I would say Nami and Usopp were even madder, and Caesar called you names and other things that earned him a bit of a beating from Sanji."

"Hum, I couldn't care less about what Caesar thinks of me, but since Joker ordered me to take care of him I had to deal with it for quite a long time," Slowly she tried to move her body to sit at the edge of the bed, quite a feat without kicking the reindeer on the process.

"There was an unusual scar across your chest, it took me a lot to dissolve it," Chopper pointed out while he observed as Monet stretched herself, her wingspan was truly amazing. "From what I could tell it was caused by a sword…."

Monet went stiff for a second, slowly she closed her wings while thinking carefully about how to respond. She was a bit doubtful on what would happen if she told Chopper the true, in a way this could reach that blond cook quickly and soon there would be conflict between him and the swordsman Zoro. Rather she decided not to mention anything about it, she could make her way easier around this without sparking any conflicts. Still it was tempting.

"It was, but nothing really fatal," She said casually.

"Monet, that scar went from the front of your chest until your back, if I could say different I would but basically you've been cut in half," Chopper was alarmed by now and definitely did not believe her words.

The harpy stood quiet for a second. There was hardly a way to get out of this without someone making a fuss about it later, most likely the cook. Also those words stung her pride hard.

"I'm fine now, ain't I? You should not worry that much, besides for how long do I have to stay here?" The harpy slowly stood on her feet and so did Chopper, the reindeer was still apprehensive about what to expect from Monet.

"Well, at least until you get something to eat I guess..."

"Can I go out now?" She asked while moving towards the door. Chopper was growing tense at each second, unsure of how to deal with this situation.

"Yes, yes you can…"

Without looking back the harpy moved towards the door with determination, but paused once her wing touched the doorknob. She quickly glanced back and saw the reindeer staring thoughtfully at the wall, maybe it was her imagination but he actually seemed disappointed. Maybe she forgot to say something?

"Why don't you go first?I don't think I've meet with all your crewmembers yet…" Monet said suggestively.

The reindeer seemed taken aback but complied quickly as he made his way to the door without hesitation.

"That would be…a good idea," Chopper felt that saying 'nice' wasn't exactly a word that Monet would go along with.

He barely opened the door when something came falling from the other side of it.

"Ouch! Dammit! Stupid do-

"Usopp?" Asked Chopper while looking at him clearly surprised. Took no longer he briefly saw Luffy and Sanji at each side of the door while trying to hid behind the wooden walls. "You guys were trying to spy on us?"

"What? Noooooo, of course not! The great marksman Usopp has an infinite audition that can reach until the skies above! I was just about to knock when the door opened," Usopp said while faking a strong laugh.

"For how long were you three listening?" Asked Monet severely. Usopp felt sweat coming down his face as he nervously responded.

"Err…not that long…just a minute maybe…STAY AWAY FROM ME!"

"Gez, take it easy Usopp, no need to yell at the lady like that," Sanji said while coming out of his hiding spot while Luffy fell over Usopp after descending carelessly from where he was hiding.

"Luffy you idiot! Get off me!"

"Hahahahah, my bad Usopp,"

Monet calmly observed as the three of them spent few minutes arguing with each other, she hardly could believe they were the ones that caused so much havoc around the seas and defied the World Government so openly. For them to be so carefree and without any worry just like that…..just unbelievable.

Monkey D. Luffy. So many incredible feats with just few years on the seas…how could she not admire his accomplishments? For someone that young like him to have reached that far with the innocent sense of adventure still preserved. One Piece, that what he was looking for, that was his dream, being the King of Pirates was a solid objective. What about the other crewmembers? What their dreams were about?

Did she had a dream?

"Hey Monet! How are ya?! Chopper kept us away so you could rest, do you feel better?" Luffy asked while coming in front of her and leaving Usopp and Sanji talking among themselves.

The harpy wasn't exactly expecting such enthusiasm from their captain, as if she was an old friend he saw long ago and missed dearly.

"Better, I suppose. Is Caesar still alive then?" She asked while trying to move outside without dragging much attention from Usopp and Sanji, but due her anatomy that was impossible.

"How is my angel today?" Asked Sanji courteously while after coming by their side. "I imagine you must be hungry, but I already have something special ready just for you."

'Urgh, and I thought I was the flirtatious one,' "That sounds nice, I'll be looking forward to it. 'Better play nice, even if some of them are hard to tolerate,' Sanji was easy to deal with just by smiling at him, he would melt at her wishes without second though.

While descending the stairs gracefully she met with the rest of the crew at the lower deck. Quite a rare view when she saw a skeleton playing with a guitar. 'Unusual' was the best word to define everything in this ship.

The cyborg she didn't remember clearly, though she knew his name was Franky, probably the one that fought Baby Five without difficulty.

Nico Robin and Nami were sitting at a small table while observing the harpy carefully, though the way Robin observed was way more discreet. Nami was openly staring daggers at Monet.

It was when the harpy remembered the incident at the Biscuit Room, in which she fought Chopper, Robin and Nami. Of course, just as Zoro was kind enough to put, she decided to attack the weaker ones first.

A fair tactic in Monet's view, it forced Robin to distract herself and get injured nearly fatally. Monet fought Luffy previously and nearly bested him, so what gives? She tried the same approach once Zoro got on her way, of course it didn't work but kept him busy. What Monet hated about Zoro was not the fact he called her a coward by attacking weaker opponents, what bothered her is how easily the swordsman defeated her.

Being called coward by a man who decided to cut a woman in half was ironic.

How? How did he paralyzed her? It was some sort of secret Haki ability? It has to be, how else she would get stuck like that? Zoro wasn't a Devil Fruit user after all.

"Oi Luffy, what's she doing down here? Do you have any idea how dangerous she is?" Nami asked angrily while directing herself towards her captain.

"Húh? Chopper said she was good enough, so I think she could take some fresh air. OI SANJI, I'M HUNGRY!"

"I'm right next to you stupid jerk, there's no need to yell!" The cook replied angrily. He blew a smoke of cigar right at Luffy's face, the Straw-Hat boy coughed heavily. "It's getting dark anyways, I'll have dinner ready soon. Momonosuke and Kin' emon are already sleeping, they seemed tired after all that happened. Keep the voice down idiots."

"Hey Monet, how come you have wings? I wish I could fly, that would be awesome!" Luffy said excitedly, much to the Harpy's astonishment. Why was he treating her so friendly like that? How can he be so carefree near a person that nearly murdered him? Was this boy some kind of strange enigma only the most powerful of beings would be able to understand?

Or he was just a big fool?

"You don't need wings, you can stretch all the way, why would you need wings?" Usopp questioned while frowning at his captain. "Do you believe this guy?"

That question being direct at Monet, which took her aback completely. Had the long nose already forgot how much of a treat she was? Did they underestimated the danger she possessed?

Or they felt they could trust her?

"Well…..I guess he's always looking for the nice things, can't blame him for being a bit jealous. I wouldn't trade my wings for anything in this world. Flying is simply unique."

Usopp raised an eyebrow at her and seemed to relax a bit more, apparently she succeed on easing his nerves around her. Of course he had his suspicious, but as long she kept that fake smile of hers she would go through this without problems.

At least that's what she hoped before her eyes falling over Law, that man was crouched near the base of the main mast. His eyes hidden by his hat, but she knew he was aware of everything happening around him. Not much far from him she saw Caesar chained, thankfully the sorry excuse of a scientist was already sleeping and snoring loudly.

"Yohohoho, you must be the one of our guests that was at the med-bay, a pleasure madam, my name's Brook," The skeleton said while passing by her.

"Yeah, it's so-

"May I see your panties?" He interrupted her while closing his creepy face over her.

Monet was very tempted to kick the pervert skeleton over the board of the ship. He most likely would drown since he was a Devil Fruit user, but since he was only a skeleton she had her doubts how much effective that would be.

Before Monet could reply a swift kick from Nami sent Brook flying towards the nearest wall.

"Seriously," Nami scoffed while adjusting her leg back.

"I guess I should thank you," Monet said without looking at her. "I was going to do that, but I'm not really in position of doing such things, not the best course of action,"

"Well, I'm glad to know someone else in this ship actually thinks before acting," The navigator replied formally. "It's quite a change from the usual idiots like Zoro, Luffy and Brook. Franky is decent to some level, Usopp just tries to get out of the way if he can, I call that smart move most times. Chopper is just silly. Urgh….men."

"Silly?" This intrigued the harpy. "How so?"

"Well, he's….how can I say it?...immature most times," Nami seemed a bit unsure of how to describe the reindeer. "He's really smart, considering the things he accomplished and how much he learned, and he's Robin's reading partner after all."

"So it seems few others, I could consider myself childish sometimes," Monet was actually feeling comfortable with this conversation, perhaps the lack of having another woman to talk with after so long had something to do with it.

"You? Hard to believe, but I guess we'll find out. Unless you decide to leave already, Law said you work for Doflamingo," Nami was a bit worried now, she knew Monet was strong, the fact the harpy also worked for Doflamingo made her even more dangerous.

Nami and Chopper had a bit of argument after the harpy fell asleep once they set sail. Nami reminded Chopper what happened last time he brought an unknown injured man aboard the ship and that almost cost them greatly.

Of course Nami didn't mean to upset the reindeer, she was just trying to make him understand that this was one of those situations, she never questioned his good deeds.

Still the navigator was surprised that Chopper did not developed some kind of angst towards the harpy, especially considering how worried the reindeer got with the children that were being kept prisoner back at Punk Hazard. The fact that Monet collaborated on the experiences realized on the kids made the orange hair girl even more confused about why Chopper decided to worry about the harpy so much.

Perhaps he knew something they didn't?

So far Monet has kept in line, now they would gather along for diner and the harpy would come along with them, liked her or not.

Perhaps at this occasion they would know if they could trust her or not.

"Yes I work for him, but then I did the same for Caesar…..who knows?" The bird woman responded before turning around and moving towards the kitchen room.

A pondering question with many possible answers.

Who would know?