Hi again! Gods how time goes fast, a week feels like nothing… The second round is up, time for some dancing… Thank you for the reviews: 10th Squad 3rd Seat, Miss Doflamingo, TheRoseJr, MsWildLuck, kshi1205, Shiningheart of ThunderClan! And if you feel confused about something, remember everything happens for a reason ^/^ There's a lot of pairings in this one (and some bromance X3)

(PS I told you about my driving license test last time… Well I failed the first time, but I passed the retaking :DD now it's only the practical part left ^/^) Anyways enjoy round 2!

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One after another the contestant of the remaining crews pulled out one of those small balls. Almost all the crews had picked their own captains to participate, except for the Strawhats and Heart pirates.

Robin who had volunteered, she had always liked dancing, could feel the excitement build up inside of her. But she was anxious too. This was clearly going to be a pair dance and both Sanji and Zoro would throw major tantrums if another man would dance with her. Well, she couldn't care less. They were always worrying too much. But she still found it cute, especially in Zoro, who else ways was so strong and had that "I-don't-care-about-anything-attitude".

"The ones to pick a ball of same colour are going to form pairs. No complaining, even if you're both men."

Everybody felt droplets of sweat form on their foreheads. Were these people serious? But it was too late. The blonde was already moving about holding the bag in a firm grip. First up was one of the submarine mechanics of the Heart pirates. He was nervous and his hand shook slightly from the pressure. All eyes were on his hand as it emerged into the bag.

With a deep breath he gripped one of the round objects in the bag and pulled it out. It was a sky blue with the word 'Hip' engraved on the surface. Nothing happened as the skylander moved on walking over to the Kid pirates next to them. Captain Kid grinned as he in a quick motion snatched a ball from the bag. It was as red as fire. There was something written on this ball too. 'sa'

"What's the meaning of these?" he huffed moodily. Elyza only shook her head as she continued to Captain X-Drake who seemed ready to face any challenge she would throw against him. With determination he took out a green ball from the bag. The ball was as green as grass, with the word 'go' adorning its top. His determined face turned to one of puzzlement.

On the inside Elyza had so much fun. She enjoyed every confused face, every irritated sound from the 'Captain' Kid, the strawhat monkey trying to understand, and failing. Heck, even the Surgeon of death scowling and trying to figure out her captain amused her. "It's only proof her personality is contagious." She felt her stomach tighten as she thought about her captain. It often seemed her captain didn't have any preference when it came to… ahem… sexual stuff. It didn't matter if the one to keep her company at night was male or female. This often worried her blonde first mate. Not the bisexuality, but the fact that she was so reckless. "She should find someone and settle down." Her mind darkened at the thought. "Oh right, she won't settle down before she gets her revenge." Her thoughts were interrupted by a bright flash.

"Seems as if someone pulled the black ball." she pointed out, quickly checking the remaining crews. It was Scratchmen Apoo and the Air pirates who had disappeared. Good. This was the only part of the plan that wasn't so thought through. But it had still gone well, which satisfied her.

"Half way through." she stated. "Time to find out who's going to be your…" she looked at the men holding the balls, still unable to move after the bright flash." …partners." She walked towards the pink haired woman. Jewelery Bonney showed no fear as she pulled out a second fire red ball. 'Sal'.

"Follow Rin into one of the rooms, you two." The girl, with the braids, ran up to the blonde when her name was mentioned. Silently she motioned to the two captains to follow her down the stairs.

Elyza kept on walking. She came to a halt in front of Gang Bege Capone. He was lighting a cigarette and bidding his time before pulling out a white ball from the bag.

Everyone studied the white ball intently. "Oi, Blondie." Penguin shouted. Trafalgar Law wanted to smack him on the head for his rudeness. But he contained himself. Let Penguin make a fool out of himself. "Why doesn't the white ball have any writing?"

She turned back and looked at the white ball. "That's why" a quick nod in the general direction of the white ball before turning back and moving towards Robin.

The ball was becoming darker by the second. From white to a light grey, to a darker grey until it became black. At this point they all knew what the black ball meant, except for Zoro who was still sleeping, but finally awoke because of the third flash.

"Why can't I choose a ball?" Luffy whined, but Nami was gripping him around his waist, just to make sure he wouldn't do anything stupid. "Luffy you can't dance, I if anyone, should know." She sighed as he turned to face her giving her the puppy eyes with a quivering lower lip. She moved her hands to his cheeks. "I'm sorry captain, but a no means no." All his energy seemed to go out of him as he sat down on the floor, pouting and ignoring Nami who had sat herself down in his lap. He soon gave up the ignoring and braced her in a very elastic hug. She giggled and felt a little more at ease. That was until Robin picked up the sky blue ball with the word 'hop' engraved on it. "All hell's going to break loose." She muttered as she watched Zoros reaction when his girlfriend was led away with a stranger in a white jumpsuit and a funny hat. Usopp struggled to hold back both him and Sanji and it was a miracle how he actually managed to hold back two of the three strongest Strawhat pirates at once.

"You can follow Ronya." A woman with very short purple hair and green commando coloured pants signed to follow her and both Shachi and Robin did as they were told. Down the stairs and into the darkness, or so it seemed to everybody else.

"Last but not least." Elyza said, as she held the bag in front of the Magician. Hawkins pulled up, what the cards already had told him, a green ball. 'Tan'.

"Shasha, go make them ready, if you would." A dark haired youngling with a northerners facial features started moving down the same stairs. It was quite odd because he had a lot of resemblance to another northerner on the same ship. Penguin curiously looked over at his captain. "Captain did you..?"

"Yes, Penguin" His captain answered him. "He seems to be from our home island."

There was quite a round of gasps, but the blonde woman only smirked as if she knew something no one else did.

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About half an hour later the first couple started the show. Luffy and Nami had fallen asleep; she in his lap, but nobody seemed to mind. Sanji and Zoro had calmed down, but everybody saw that Zoro still had a hand on the hilt of the cursed sword and Sanji had been chain smoking since Robin went down those stairs. But know she had appeared and everybody let out a breath they didn't know they'd been holding.

A beat started pumping from somewhere on the ship and Robin started moving to the very beat. She didn't wear her normal clothes, but a pair of neon green mini shorts together with a purple sports bra and a grey leather jacket on top.

Her feet moved as if she had been doing this all her life. Her arms made waves, some locking moves and even some tutting. Half a minute into the song she was joined by Shachi. He didn't were his jumpsuit or funny hat, and under the neon green tank top you could actually see his abs. He wasn't as good as Robin, but he didn't fall far behind.

About half way through the song his face turned red as Robin turned to him and started pumping the air only centimetres from him. He ran his hand close down her body as he suppressed a shiver. The eyes of the marimo headed swordsman promised pain and maybe even death to him if he didn't stop right now. But his captain's calm eyes urged him to continue. They'd made it this far and wouldn't give up just because of some straw hat bastard.

Robin was enjoying this. She'd always liked dancing. But her whole body ached for it to be Zoro and not one of the heart pirates she would dance with. "I must go dancing with Zoro sometime."

It didn't take long for the song to end and as it did Robin ran straight into the waiting arms of Zoro. She whispered something that made him blush slightly, but he nodded and grinned, before bringing her face to his.

Shachi walked sheepishly back to his crew were he was met with something like "Unfair, dude!" "Haha you're dead meat…" and "Did you see the green haired guy? He wanted to split you right on the spot!"

The shiver he had suppressed earlier came back when he felt someone glare on his retreating back and he didn't need to turn around to know that this someone had green hair and carried three swords.

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Second on the stage were Hawkins and Drake. Both were wearing black pants and V-necked shirts. There were a lot of whistling and cheering from the pirates, but there were no outright homophobic reactions.

Their expressions were completely formal and the one you would have when a stranger asks for directions. But they weren't strangers, a thing not many knew, but they were actually childhood friends. Living in neighbouring towns on the same island in the sea called the north blue. And now when they slowly danced to the tune of a tango a lot of memories resurfaced.

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"Basil, I want to become a marine when I grow up." The little brown haired boy smiled a big smile. It went from side to side and his ears lifted in excitement. "I want everyone to be equal, but I also want to sail the sea." The two boys gazed out at the ravaging beauty called the sea. She was quite calm that day and the cold northern winds didn't faze the boys at all. Both had lived their whole lives on this vast island in the North blue and didn't fear the cold weather.

"You sure about that?" Basil the blonde asked him. When Drake only nodded seriously he sighed and took out his deck of cards from his pocket. Shuffling them once, twice, then handing them to his friend who was used to this and shuffled them a third time, at the same time thinking about his future as a marine.

"You are going to feel betrayal, but there will always be someone who loves you for who you are. She's as old as earth itself and holds even Davy Jones locker in her palms." Basil looked up at Drake. "I think it means the marines will betray you, but you'll still sail the sea. Oh look!" he furrowed his brows, only three small things above both of his eyes. "I think I'm going to sail the sea too, but as a pirate." Drake's eyes widened at his friends words. "What are you saying? I always thought you wanted to become a detective like in the stories?" The blonde shook his head. "You're going to need a friend when the time comes, and I'll be there for you… They smiled and shook hands. "Let's always be friends."

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The years went by. Drake advanced in the ranks among the marines. Everywhere he saw injustice he fixed things. But soon he noticed some of the marines didn't take their missions seriously. Others misused the power given to them. Of course there were good people. He'd been Aokji's apprentice during the Ohara incident and knew about the man helping a little girl. And Garp was a hero in the true meaning of the word. But the most of those bearing the kanji of 'justice' on their backs spred more injustice than they fixed.

After many years of serving the marines he gave up. Somehow he found himself on his home island. There he lay in the snow, not caring if a comet would have hit him and he'd died right on the spot. But as he lay there he remembered blonde long hair and funny eyebrows, a deck of cards and the freedom of a pirate flag.

With a jolt he sat up and started running to the harbour. From the market he bought the necessary supplies. A few lads in marine uniforms he didn't recognize met him in front of the ship he just purchased.

"You're the one they call X-Drake aren't you?" he nodded and to his surprise they fell down to their knees. "Please let us sail with you, we're tired of the marines injustice!" He chuckled slightly. "Rise, please as pirates we're all just as worthy." His face had a look of determination. The wound on his chin was still fresh from the battle only days ago. "Let's save the world in our own way." "Aye captain!"

He stood at the steering wheel. "Let's head for the Grand Line!" When they started their journey they were about five people, but before entering the Grand Line they had grown to a healthy number of twenty five, all x-marines and all men looking for freedom under the Jolly Roger. And all through the journey X-Drake had only one thought in his mind. "I'll find you, my friend. I'll find you in the Grand Line. And I'm sorry for doubting you."

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"How long ago was it since we used to play detectives on our home island, Basil?" X-Drake said. He ignored the now silent crowds as he twined and swirled the blonde back and forth.

In his opinion the song ended way to fast, but emotion was weakness so he showed none. When they struck the ending pose, Drake bending down over Basil, who had one foot in the air, the applause was deafening. As each of them walked to their respective crews there were the faintest of blushes on both men's cheeks. But nobody seemed to notice. There was a lot of fist bumping and "Bromance for life!" crap spinning around until Jewelery Bonney appeared on stage with the sexiest dress ever clinging to her body.

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Eustass Kid stood beside her and as the spicy salsa rhythm started they started dancing. Salsa is known to be passionate, but this was on a totally different level. You could feel the sexual tension in between them. Only a selected few knew about their history and the rest thought it was only the genre of the dance, but the newly qualified love Dr. Law saw the sparks, the chemistry and, dare he say it? Love, between his rivals.

The formerly mentioned sexy dress was a blood red colour. It was full of sparkles and loose strands of fabric, which swirled back and forth in time with her hips. Her hair was curled and fell down to her shoulders. She really liked the attention and the feeling of Eustass hand in hers. He looked so handsome in black pants that hugged his legs and a red open shirt haphazardly tucked into his pants.

"I've always thought of her as a sister, but how can I think of my 'sister' as sexy?" Kid was seriously confused about his feelings. He could pull an act of annoyance and a bad temper, but everything concerning the pink haired woman made him confused. He had never admitted it to anyone, even himself, before. But all the music drew out strong feelings. But not only euphoric ones, but also the guilt he felt from his past. But right now the upbeat salsa only made him feel desire. He desired the woman in front of him and he could have sworn the same feelings played up in her eyes.

But all too soon the rhythms stopped, and heavily panting they walked back to their waiting crews. "Nice job, captain!" Railey shouted from the cage to his female captain.

The people in the cage had decreased since the beginning of round one, but nobody seemed to panic anymore. It seemed as if the whole thing was a show, or contest, or something. The Hawkins pirate had taken out a pack of cards of his own and the whole lot of them were playing poker without any problems in the world. Only thing disturbing the peace was Chopper instructing Usopp how to treat Sanjis bleeding nose. The red salsa dress had been too much for him.

"Congratulations, all of you made it through round two." Elyza smiled a genuine smile at them. "Now it's time for the Grand Finale." She turned to Rin who stood beside her. "Could you go after the..?" She didn't get to finish the sentence because a flushed Muse had ran up the stairs and straight into her making them both fall over.

As the PunkRock captain sat on her first mate, straddling her she screamed in delight. "I finally made the perfect song for when we rebuild the world!" In her excitement she bent over and kissed the light lips of her blonde first mate. "Rin, never mind she seem to have found the way herself." The blonde's voice seemed oddly strained and slightly husky. "Captain would you like to judge the final round? It's your alliance after all." At this the brunette looked up and around her. All pirates were staring at her, except for Nami and Luffy. "Ah how cute they look!" she thought. But back to the problem at hand, almost all male pirates were suffering of severe nose bleeding and when she needed to lean on something, so she wouldn't fall over, she only made it worse. As she looked down she noticed her hand on her first mates chest.

Even Trafalgar Law who was a doctor and had seen the most abnormal things felt droplets of blood trickle from his nose. Shachi, Penguin and Sanji were already unconscious. The only ones not faced were Zoro, who as soon as Robin saw the men's reactions pulled him into a kiss, Luffy, because he was sleeping, and Chopper and Bepo, because they were animals.

Muse smiled sheepishly, "Ooops…" But she didn't move straight away, she was having way too much fun.

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HAha I really love the ending XD I tried to give the other pirates some attention so this wouldn't only be about Muse and Law... Yeah I mentioned there would be a lot of pairings, well it isn't over yet, but some will have to wait for now… But yeah what do you think? Review and tell me! This story is far from over and I have a lot in store for you, just wait and see :DD