Here is Chart Delta, featuring everyone's favorite group of illegal government assassins with a few cameos by Galley-La. Lots of footnotes this time. Oh well.

Please remember to review, and let me know which ones are your favorites! I'm not sure what I'll be doing for Chart Epsilon yet, but I'll likely try to focus on a single pairing this time rather than a group. Who knows?

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1. Air– The adoring faces of Water Seven's residents become just a little harder to bear when Kaku thinks of how he earned the title 'Yamazaru'.*

2. Apples– "Just got these in from Saint Poplar, Franky," Blueno called, tossing the cyborg a fresh red apple; "Puffing Tom's a real miracle, eh?"

3. Beginning– Some of them, like Kalifa, were 'volunteered' by parents; others were found starving in the city or half-drowned in the merciless ocean, but in the end they were all brought to the same place for the same purpose.

4. Bugs– This was the one problem with soru, thought Kalifa distastefully as she rubbed the smears from her glasses.

5. Coffee– It was established in short order that Kalifa would not bring coffee to Paulie no matter how many times he asked her.

6. Dark– Lucci leaned back against the railing of the Marine battleship that came to pick him up, staining the white-painted wood red with the blood that coated his arms to the elbows.

7. Despair– Drinking wasn't really in character for Iceburg, but every time he did – if he'd had enough already – he would offer a toast to departed friends.

8. Doors– Blueno's Doa Doa dimension is an unnerving place, and most of CP9 secretly respects him for being able to spend so much time there.

9. Drink– Coffee, black; coffee, with sugar but no milk; green tea with cream; sake, of any sort; lemonade; and rum.**

10. Duty– "The only one who felt that… was you," Lucci declared, and only he knew if it was a lie.

11. Earth– The world is a vast place, and, if nothing else, the former members of CP9 know how to start new lives.

12. End– Kaku's instructor had a habit of stabbing the end of the boy's nose with a knife to test his tekkai and his reflexes.

13. Fall– The Doa Doa dimension was insulated from the sounds as well as the shocks of the Marine warship cannon barrage; Enies Lobby blazed a silent blue in the strange half-light, and CP9 watched it burn.

14. Fire– The blueprints disappeared into ash before his eyes, and Spandam began to realize just how insane these people really were.

15. Flexible– Jabura doesn't even attempt to hide the way his eyes trace along Kalifa's body when she moves.

16. Flying– What Paulie would say if he saw her using getsupo in a skirt, Kalifa doesn't know; but she almost wishes she does.

17. Food– "I'm going to eat you alive," Jabura howled, the malice in his voice warping into bloodlust as his teeth and claws lengthened into wicked points.

18. Foot– "Let go of me, chapapa," Fukuro hissed, shaking the foot that Franky currently had grasped in a death-grip.

19. Grave– Their connection to Water Seven died at that moment, and the ruins of Iceburg's mansion marked its final resting place.

20. Green– The light that filtered down through the new leaves was emerald, and Lucci closed his eyes to enjoy it.

21. Head– "Does that hurt, chapa?" Fukuro asked curiously as Kaku's face elongated.

22. Hollow– There is an empty space within him, and it can only be filled with blood.

23. Honor– Both justice and personal vengeance demanded Spandam's death, and if the one was a suddenly more pressing than the other, well…

24. Hope– The ship is fully stocked, the sky is clear, and the sails billow with the early morning breeze as the former members of CP9 look to the horizon.

25. Light– A faint beam of light followed after Kaku's leg, and the other children watched raptly, impressed.

26. Lost– "Yoyoi~… the way… has closed before my very eyes…" decided Kumadori, peering around himself at the maze of trees.

27. Metal– "I will – become – stronger!" Jabura shouted, and the last blow splintered the steel bar like wood.

28. New– "The next generation," Kaku murmured to Lucci, who watched the black-clothed children impassively.

29. Old– The World Government will certainly send agents after them; but they are young, and fresh from the field, and the outcome of that fight is not in question.

30. Peace– "I'll never forgive you for what you did to Robin," Strawhat declared after a moment, and his eyes were hard as he grasped Lucci's hand.

31. Poison– Every now and then Fukuro wonders what happened to their old instructor, Magellan, and if he is still around.

32. Pretty– "A pretty flower for a pretty lady, eh?" Jabura chuckled, but a look from Kalifa stilled his tongue.

33. Rain– Every year, Blueno stands outside his bar in the rain, staring out to sea as if he could already see the wave approaching.

34. Regret– The golden DenDen-Mushi sat impassively on Spandam's palm, and he got the feeling that it was secretly laughing at him.

35. Roses– Roses would be inappropriate, of course, but Iceburg is always sure to leave something nice on Kalifa's desk on her birthday.

36. Secret– There are no meetings between the members of CP9 assigned to Galley-La; there is no need for them.

37. Snakes– There is a nest of vipers just outside the training camp, and this constitutes an acceptable training ground for kami-e.

38. Snow– The snowball knocked Lucci's hat clean off, and Kaku was so surprised that he wasn't able to dodge the return fire.

39. Solid– Yes, they were dysfunctional, quarrelsome and occasionally immature; but, Lucci realized as he slipped once more into unconsciousness, with the strong hands of his… nakama… beneath him, they were the only constant in his life.

40. Spring– "This tree… yoyoi… it represents, the new beginning that faces us~," Kumadori declared; Jabura silently reached over and uprooted it. †

41. Stable– If anything, the Zoan Fruit exacerbated the darkness already present in Rob Lucci; it did not create it.

42. Strange– Something other than mere nails is holding this little sheep-ship together, but will doesn't count for much against the Agua Laguna, Kaku muses.

43. Summer– Assassins, especially government assassins, always wear black… even in high sunlight.

44. Taboo– "Sexual harassment," Kalifa called as the knock on her cabin door repeated itself.

45. Ugly– "All I said was, 'why Gyatharine', chapapa," Fukuro managed to squeak out with Jabura's boot in his stomach.

46. War– The tattered scraps of the flag only make official what began long ago.

47. Water– It's fortunate that Kalifa is the embodiment of cleanliness now, given that fully two-thirds of CP9 are incapable of taking baths without turning into limp ragdolls.

48. Welcome– For not having seen each other for five years, CP9's reunion is markedly tepid; but there is a sense of rightness to the quiet meal.

49. Winter– Kumadori rarely gets sent to winter islands, as his hair tends to freeze.

50. Wood– Rokushiki isn't even necessary for dealing with the small-time thugs who attack Dock 1; in fact, it's much more entertaining simply to smack them with heavy beams of wood.

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*#1. Kaku is known as the 'mountain monkey' because of his roof-jumping. I figured he might feel a little guilty about using rokushiki for it.

**#9. Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Kumadori, Fukuro, and Jabura. Blueno drinks whatever.

#40. I'm not sure why Jabura's the asshole in most of these. He never really struck me as the buddiest of CP9, though, so maybe that's why.

(I just suck at characterization.)