Another weekly update! I can only wonder how long it will last... TT But yet another great chapter by Oda-sensei, and when he updates, I become inspired. :D DUDE, BLACKBEARD PULLED A MAJOR WTF. I won't say anything to spoil it, but DUDE! He totally just-*gets bricked*

Nevermind... Anyway, I confess to an ulterior motive for my little bouts of semi-advertisement. Two, actually.

One: I am directly influenced by what I do all week when I write, as seen by the last angsty chapter (I'll be sure to warn you guys next time that happens) and I need to remind myself which stories inspired me for the greatest outcome. :D

Two: If the stories are incomplete, then more people reading and reviewing them might make them update faster! Hur hur... :O

So in this semi-advertisement semi-credit corner, I must say, I only read one story this week, really. Over one hundred freakin chapters and over one million freaking words. ._.;; 'One Piece: A Smash Adventure' by Specter24 is amazing yo. It's a SUPER crossover focusing on the One Piece crew as they travel to the worlds of Mario, Zelda, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, Samus, Kirby, Snake, and Fox. Sound familiar? That's right, it's a crossover between One Piece and Super Smash Bros. Brawl! :DDD But it's so much more, with a new adventure in each world and a HUGE conspiracy/evil plot that is... Well... I actually didn't manage to finish it. D: I'm on the final arc, when after going through the different worlds they go to the Smash universe itself and discover some things about the Master Hand and a new, dark world that threatens them all...

Damn, now I need to finish it. The story ahead is exactly seven thousand words long, and a lot like a plate that was broken and put back together with a bunch of bandaids and string. You can totally see where I lost my inspiration and went back and tried to fix it, but no angst in this chapter! Yay~! 8DDD

I. Don't. Own. One Piece. If you can't figure that out, what are you doing here?


"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."

~Robert McCloskey

Lin awoke to the jiggling of the doorknob as she sat up from her position on the couch. "Wha…" A muffled curse sounded and there was a jangling of keys as Lin got up. She looked outside the window and noted how it seemed to be early morning.

Apparently she had fallen asleep after cleaning the kitchen. She made a quick mental note of everything in the house as the figure outside the door seemed to have trouble with the lock. 'Kitchen-clean. Asuka- so tired from excitement from pirates I can only hope fell asleep. Backpack- untouched. Pika-'

"Crap! Pika!" Lin rolled off the couch, pulling the keychain from her pocket. She rushed into Asuka's room just as the front door could be heard opening.

Asuka was indeed sleeping, her arm draped around a curled up Pika. Pushing the button on the keychain, Lin desperately tried to remember how to recall pokémon as the keychain grew. The footsteps moved into the hall and Lin closed the door in a last attempt for a few precious seconds.

"Come on, come on! W.W.A.D., Lin! What Would Ash Do??" She pointed the pokéball at Pika just as the doorknob began to shake ominously. Pika glanced up at her sleepily.

"Pi…?"

"Pika! Return!" Lin hurriedly whispered. A red light shot from the pokéball towards her and Pika seemed to dissolve in a flash of light, waking Asuka just as Dr. Ookami opened the door. Lin turned and hid the shrinking pokéball behind her back. "Mr. Ookami! Welcome home!" The man seemed to look confused about something as Asuka got up. She blinked as her eyes settled on him.

"Daddy, you're back! Did you have fun?" Asuka threw herself at Yamada as he held out his arms.

"Asuka, I hope you were good." He turned and looked at Lin sheepishly. "Sorry about just leaving like that. I hope she wasn't too much trouble…" Lin smiled as Asuka looked at her worriedly.

"No trouble at all! Did you enjoy the party?" Yamada nodded. "Yeah, the sake was great! But this one pirate was crazy! He drank five barrels of sake without passing out. He didn't even seem to get drunk…" Yamada trailed off with a worried expression. Asuka mirrored his face.

"Does that mean… Something's weird with his liver…?" Yamada grinned at her.

"That's my daughter!" Lin shrugged, figuring they were talking about Zoro. She hadn't really appreciated simple trivia back when they were all a story, but now she was glad for all of these facts. 'I knew SBS sections weren't useless! I knew it! I may not have known that something like this would happen; but I knew it!'

"Daddy, what's wrong with Sky-nee-san? Is she sick?"

"I believe she is simply thinking too hard. Some people cannot focus on their surroundings and think at the same time, you see. She'll probably come out of her state on her own." Lin shook herself as she suddenly realized she had spaced out again.

"Ah, sorry!" Asuka giggled before noticing the keychain in Lin's hand. She looked around as a thought occurred to her.

"Sky-nee-san, where did Pi-" Lin wrapped a hand over Asuka's mouth.

"Pizza? Sorry, Asuka, I don't know how to make pizza. Maybe some other time." Lin loudly interrupted before putting her finger to her lips. She winked as Asuka made a small 'o' with her mouth, before they turned to the confused Yamada. Yamada sighed as he realized the two weren't going to elaborate on their little secret, so he brought up another matter.

"So, Lin-san." Lin looked at him in confusion at the seriousness of his tone.

"What are you going to do now?" Lin frowned as she thought to herself. What was she going to do? In fanfics, the answer was glaringly obvious: join the Straw hats. But this wasn't a fanfic; (at least to the best of her knowledge) this was reality. And in reality, she knew that joining up with the Pirate King's crew, a crew composed of people with monstrous strength and skill, was nigh impossible for someone like her.

(AN: I'm not going to bore you with this thought process as we've been through it before. Let's just skip ahead a few minutes.)

"Sky-nee-san… Wake up…"

"Lin-san, there's no need to think so hard about your answer! You can simply say 'I don't know'." Lin blinked as she came crashing back. She wiped a bit of drool off of her lip and looked at the two in front of her in embarrassment.

"Ah, sorry!" She shook her head to clear any remaining thoughts. "Sorry, Mr. Ookami, I don't know." Yamada sighed; he had suspected as much.

"That's all right. I suppose not many would know what to do in your situation either." Lin frowned.

"I suppose the most logical thing to do would be to find another way back home… But…"

"But?"

"… I can't fly." Yamada and Asuka blinked at the odd statement as she elaborated.

"You guys said I fell out of the sky, right? Then there must be some kind of portal up there. Unless…" Lin turned and began pacing, thinking out loud.

"Unless, if it was a two-way portal, then there would be various birds and such in the library, but there never was such a case. If it's a one-way portal, like it seems to be, then that idea is completely moot." She continued pacing while Asuka quickly became bored and walked out of the room as Yamada listened quietly.

"Where would I find another portal then? Even if I shot myself into the sky somehow, there's no guarantee that it would be the right place. And I don't want to exactly crash land into one of my favorite buildings, either. I suppose if I looked around, I would find another portal…" Her attention quickly snapped to Yamada.

"Mr. Ookami, has anything else strange appeared in this town?" Yamada shook his head. "Any mysterious disappearances?" Another negative. Lin sighed.

"I suppose that would mean there wasn't another portal anywhere around here… What do I do now?" A hand clapped on her shoulder, snapping her from her thoughts. Yamada smiled kindly at Lin.

"We'll figure it out eventually. In the mean time, we all need to get ready for the party today." Lin grinned up at him as he seemed to remember something. "Ah, here."

He pressed a small fold of bills into Lin's hand. She immediately recognized them as the One Piece world's currency, beri. "Here's some beri for your trouble. That's the currency here." He added, seeing the look of confusion on Lin's face. Lin shook her head.

"Why would you do that? Asuka was fun to hang around, and I didn't mind at all…" Yamada simply shrugged.

"You need a start, and I'm just glad Asuka didn't come to the tavern. Besides, she doesn't seem hungry, and I forgot to prepare any meals for you two. Paying you is the least I can do." Yamada left before Lin could protest.

Lin slipped the beri into her pocket and held up the keychain to her face. "What do I do now, Pika?"

She didn't get an answer.


"Sugoi!!!" Luffy cheered as he left the tavern. Nami stretched a bit as she came out as well.

"It was nice of Makino to lend us some rooms, and for free too~! Plus it was nice to be able to sleep in." Nami smiled in satisfaction as she came up beside Luffy, only to gape at the scene in front of them. "Eh??" Robin came up behind them.

"Ohayo Captain-san. Ohayo Nami-chan. Did you sleep well?"

Nami turned and looked at Robin oddly. "Do you not see what is there?" Robin smiled mysteriously.

"Ah, yes. It seems the villagers planned a potluck for us." And there was indeed a whole group of huge tables filled to the brim with all kinds of home cooked meals that would make any food appreciator's mouth water. It seemed that the entire village was out today, setting out plate after plate of food. Luffy practically lunged forward before Nami caught him, clunking him on the head. "Don't even think about it!"

Sanji came out then, practically dancing in his silliness.

"Nami-SWAAAAANNN!!! Robin-CHWAAAAAANNN!!! You look like two delicate flowers of pure, radiant beauty on this fine afternoon~!" Nami turned to him as he noodle-danced in his own little happy world.

"Don't tell me you knew about this potluck thing too!" Sanji smiled sheepishly.

"Ah, Nami-san, I apologize! But when I woke up early by habit, I found them setting everything up already! Besides, we could use a break." He shrugged as Brooke and Usopp came out.

"Yohohoho~! Ah, ladies. What a fine-Eh?? What's this??" Brooke's jaw dropped as he took in the mountains of food. Beside him, Usopp looked around and muttered. "Jeez, they really did expect Luffy's appetite." Nami turned on him, still holding a pouting Luffy by the collar.

"You knew too??" Usopp quivered, trying to hide behind Brooke.

"EEP! Don't hurt me Nami! Besides, Chopper and Robin knew too!" He was saved by Franky's SUPER greeting.

"OW! What is the meaning of this?? I can't believe I slept for so long! Oi, girly!" He yelled at Nami, who was starting to twitch as each of her nakama were coming out. "Why didn't you tell me about this party?? Were you guys off and partying without me?? Pretty UN-SUPER of you guys!" Nami shook her head, sighing in resignation.

"No, Franky. We didn't party without you. We just woke up." Her eyes took on a darker look. "And what did I tell you about calling me that??" Chopper soon came out, dragging a still sleeping Zoro.

"Zoro! Wake up! They're going to have a big potluck and we don't want to miss- WHOA." Zoro snoozed on as Chopper looked around in awe. "So cool! So this is what she meant…" Luffy stopped pouting and tilted his head curiously.

"Nah, Chopper, what are you talking about?"

"Yeah, reindeer-gorilla. Where'd you all head off to yesterday for so long?"

Yesterday had been… awkward, to say the least. Usopp (as you may know) had punched his father and had rushed out, as Chopper and Robin went after him. This was what the crew knew about anything. So, needless to say, they had been stunned when Usopp (as you may not know) had raced into the bar and froze at seeing the crew stare at him.

Usopp's father had come up to him, exchanged a few words, and went back to his own nakama with more than a few drinks and a blank face. Usopp, upon returning to the bar with a stony glare in Yasopp's direction, had been rather unwilling to talk about what had happened, so they eventually let the matter drop.

Chopper fidgeted under all of the attention he was getting and Robin spoke up for him.

"One of the villagers admired Doctor-san greatly and invited us to her house for a while." Luffy grinned at the blushing Chopper.

"Cool! Chopper's a real hero with real fans!!"

"…!!" Chopper's face froze as Luffy spoke. Sanji casually lit a cigarette, smirking at the doctor. "Looks like the doctor has fans all over. You know, most girls love the doctor type…" Sanji drifted off with a thoughtful expression as Chopper seemed to be choking on something.

"…..!!!" Franky gave him a thumbs up.

"Way to go, reindeer! Fans show just how SUPER you are!" Chopper exploded.

"S-Shut up! ASSHOLES! BAH! I don't need your praise you… you BASTARDS!!! Hee hee~!" Chopper continued on for a bit, clapping and laughing all the while. Some random villagers frowned at the doctor, covering their children's ears, but he couldn't care less at the moment.

Robin chuckled as Brooke laughed. Luffy seemed almost forget about the food in front of him as he cracked up before a yell distracted him.

"Oi, Anchor!" Shanks came from the harbor, his nakama heading straight to the food. He walked up to Luffy and grinned. "Aren't you guys hungry?? Don't tell me you've lost your appetite boy!" The crew (minus Zoro) slapped the air as one.

"Never."

Shanks laughed, motioning for them to eat. "Come on, they worked a week on all of this food! Don't let that go to waste!"

"Yosh! Let's eat~!!!" Luffy yelled as he flung himself at the nearest table. Shanks watched him practically massacre the table and turned to the crew, blinking rapidly at Brooke. He grinned. "Glad to see Anchor in good hands!" Was all he said. Shanks then turned and joined his crew.

Zoro woke and stared at the crowd before shrugging, heading off to one place or another. The rest of them sighed at their captain (who had found that the majority of the town had taken into consideration his love of meat) before walking into the crowd themselves.


"Come on, Sky-nee-san! They have to be around here somewhere!"

"Asuka, I'm kind of hungry, you know…"

"…" Asuka turned and gave Lin the largest puppy dog eyes she had ever seen. She barely kept herself from squeezing her.

"Okay, okay! Let's go find them!" Asuka grinned widely before running off. Lin had to run to keep up as she smiled at her enthusiasm. She paused as she passed a few tables filled with fruity dishes. Her pokéball was in her pocket, and she wondered about what to feed Pika. Asuka stopped when she noticed Lin wasn't following her and ran back.

"Come on!"

"Um, Asuka… What about Pika?" Asuka looked at her oddly.

"What about Pika-chan?"

"I need to feed her, you know."

"Oh!" Asuka looked at the surrounding tables. "Well… I guess we could find something for her…"

"Thanks! I need to get her quietly though, so you want to be sneaky?" Asuka's eyes glittered and she nodded. Lin grinned, handing her the pokéball as she enlarged it.

"You see that table with the fruit on it? No, the other one. I need you to toss this under the table and feed Pika some fruit while I keep a look out for Chopper for you."

"Under the table… Fruit. Got it!" Asuka chirped as she ran to the table and tossed the pokéball under it, glancing around quickly to see if anyone saw the flash. She then looked thoughtfully at the table as she contemplated the choices.

"Hmm… Which fruit would Pika-chan like…?" Said pikachu blinked in confusion at her surroundings before her stomach responded to the overwhelming smell of food, and she scampered off to another table.


Nami walked casually among the tables, Sanji beside her. She had eventually decided to leave Luffy to his own devices, as the town seemed to know him. It was a nice change, really. For once, they didn't have to watch their captain and fear the possibility of the town chasing them out for his antics. Her thoughts were interrupted by Sanji.

"Nami-san, they had some fruit dishes on those tables over there." He pointed to a nearby section. There were about four tables of fruit dishes, with a fair amount of people around them. Nami and Sanji walked to the one that had the least amount of people, which happened to consist mainly of apples and oranges. There were some ladies at nearby tables, chatting.

"I heard Dr. Ookami took her in and she was out for a few days." The first lady said.

"I wonder if she's still out? I can't imagine anyone waking up after falling from so high up…" Another said, nibbling some pastry. One of the ladies tittered.

"Well I think she's out and about, and definitely weird! I saw it happen, you know." The other two ladies stared at her. The first lady asked

"So what happened then?" The third lady seemed to enjoy the attention.

"So the mayor was just minding his own business when everyone heard some screaming. We looked up, and some weird girl dressed in black falls right on top of him! One of those pirates came along and took her away. I bet that she's some kind of spy for the Government." The lady concluded her story with a hard nod. Nami sighed at the gossip and turned back to the table, then noticed there seemed to be a lot less food on it than before.

Nami reached for a small orange before a yellow blur whisked it away. She blinked. "Eh?" Turning to Sanji, who happened to find yet another beautiful woman, she asked "Sanji-kun?" Sanji was immediately at her side.

"Yes, Nami-swan?"

"There's something weird around here. Watch." Sanji looked at the table as Nami reached for another orange. Like before, a small yellow blur made the orange disappear. Sanji blinked rapidly as he took another puff on his cigarette.

"The hell was that??" He took on a 'heroic knight' tone. "Not to fear, Nami-san! I shall catch it!" Sanji focused intently as Nami watched impatiently. Carefully reaching for an orange, he instead grasped to the left as a blur materialized. "Gotcha!"

Nami blinked as she caught a glimpse of a large yellow mouse with an odd tail and long, pointy ears. Unfortunately, Sanji happened to grab the tail.

"Grk!!" An electric shock went through him and he quickly let go, the small creature jumping onto the ground in front of Nami. Nami 'eeped' as Sanji stumbled back, glaring at the animal. "You shitty rat!!"

Its eyes narrowed.


Lin was, to her credit, keeping an eye out for Chopper, Robin, or Usopp. In fact, she had most definitely spotted Sanji when he began flirting with a random woman next to her. But she hadn't officially met him, and neither had Asuka, so she tried to ignore him for the most part.

Lin was distracted, however, when she recognized Nami at the fruit tables puzzling about something. Nami then called Sanji over as they stared at something on the table. Before Lin could look to see, Asuka ran up to her, panic on her face.

"Sky-nee-san! Pika-chan ran off! She was just under the table and then-"

"PIKACHUUU!!!"

"AAARGH!!!" Lin's eyes widened at the yell as she turned to see Sanji being roasted by Pika. Lin cursed under her breath as she snatched the pokéball keychain from Asuka. She quickly enlarged it as she saw Sanji getting back up, a furious expression on his face. She barely registered Asuka running away as she ran towards Pika.

"Pika! Return!" She pointed the pokéball at Pika just as Sanji wound up for what Lin knew would be a devastating attack.

Nami turned and her eyes narrowed as she saw a girl point a small object towards Sanji. Before she could warn him, however, she noticed a red beam heading for the small creature. The beam hit it directly, and it let out a confused "Pika?" before the beam dissolved the creature, retreating into the object. Sanji lowered his foot and blinked at the empty space the creature had been in.

Both Nami and Sanji turned to see the girl (a villager, Nami presumed) letting the arm that had been holding up the object fall with a relieved sigh. She pushed the button in the middle of the ball, making it shrink. Nami stared at her as she inspected the now small object carefully. Telling Sanji sternly to stay there (he was more concerned with the girl than the recent development) she walked up to the girl and asked "Who are you?"

The girl was so preoccupied with looking over the object she didn't seem to expect Nami, squeaking in shock and fumbling with the object as it dropped to the floor. The girl bent down to retrieve it and looked back at Nami sheepishly.

"S-sorry!" Nami looked at her oddly before smiling kindly.

"What are you sorry about? You got rid of that rat, right? A little cruelly, but I'm not complaining." The girl looked at her in shock before understanding passed over her face.

"Oh… That's why she was upset…" Nami stared at her.

"She?" The girl nodded.

"The ra-err, the pikachu. She hates it when people call her a rat and she kind of attacks when that happens. Really sorry about that, I should have been watching her more carefully." Seeing Nami's confused look, she adjusted her hat and straightened herself.

"My name's Lin and the creature is Pika. I didn't get rid of her, but I can see why you thought that…" Lin trailed off at the look on Nami's face. "Here, she's okay, see?"

Lin pushed the button on the mystery object (Nami was hanging around Luffy too long that she began referencing to the object as a mystery internally) and Nami watched as it grew to the size of a baseball. Taking a few steps back, she gave the mystery object a small toss to the ground in front of her.

Nami watched incredulously as the object opened and a white light spilled out, taking the form of the creature they had seen before it materialized. Sanji, who had been watching from a distance, noticed the creature was back and right in front of Nami.

Lin blinked as Sanji seemed to materialize in front of Nami, glaring at Pika. Lin barely had time to curse under her breath as Sanji slammed his foot directly onto the ground where Pika was; or rather, had been. Pika completely vanished as the ground where it had been formed into a small crater, causing several nearby people to yell and run off.

Pika appeared on the table beside Sanji as Lin was dragged away by Nami, cursing up a storm. Pika's eyes narrowed as she glared at Sanji, then she glanced off to the side where Nami was still pulling a struggling Lin. Pika's eyes widened and she rushed towards her, only to be stopped by a black-clad leg. Sanji smirked at Pika.

"Just where do you think you're going?"


"Ow! Dammit, let me go! Why the hell is he fighting her?!" Nami pulled Lin to a nearby alley and shoved her down, glaring at her.

"What is wrong with you?! First you summon that thing and now-"

"Pika's a pokémon! Not some sort of demon or familiar!" Nami glared at Lin, hands on hips.

"Explain. Now."

"But Pika-"

"Will have to hold her own against Sanji-kun until you can convince me to call him off."

Lin cursed and rushed to explain as Sanji fought Pika.


Meanwhile Sanji was hard-pressed to catch Pika. Slamming his foot onto the table nearby, he watched as she disappeared and materialized onto another table, which was quickly destroyed as well. He cursed as she appeared behind him, sparks manifesting in her cheeks.

"PIKACHU!" A bolt of lighting struck Sanji's foot as he raised it to attack. While the electricity was mainly absorbed into the rubber of his shoe, there was still a bit of a jolt and Sanji backed away a bit. He waited for the next attack, but Pika was standing there with a lost expression in her face as she kept glancing back to where Nami had taken Lin.

Sanji took advantage of this and snap kicked Pika, sending her into a nearby building.

Waiting for her to get back, he thought carefully about his opponent. 'Quick as lightning, but sent flying easily. Seems to be waiting for something before it attacks; almost as if it can't fight for itself very well.'

Pika coughed as she shook herself, glaring at Sanji. She seemed to resolve something in her head and she disappeared again, this time heading straight for Sanji and tackling him. Sanji rolled gracefully and stood back up as Pika's cheeks surged with electricity. She lowered her head and growled as Sanji dashed towards her.


"Doctor Chopper!! Where are you?!" Asuka ran through the streets, searching everywhere for the reindeer. Finally spotting a pink top hat, she ran up and grabbed Chopper's arm, causing him to drop all of the food he was carrying. Chopper whirled, his eyes widening as he saw Asuka, and swallowed the mass in his mouth.

"A-Asuka??" Asuka beamed at the recognition, but forced herself to stay focused. She tugged at Chopper and began to drag him away, not noticing the man in the straw hat watching her curiously.

"Some guy with a spinning eyebrow is attacking Pika-chan!" Chopper's eyes widened and he turned to see Luffy standing there with his head tilted slightly.

"Nah, Chopper, who's this?" Chopper shook his head and began to run in the direction Asuka had come from, where a suspicious amount of people were fleeing.

"No time, Luffy! Sanji's attacking my friend!" Luffy's eyes widened and he ran in the same direction, his speed easily overlapping Chopper's and Asuka's as he ran off.

"SANJIII!!!"


Franky and Robin looked in a direction curiously as they heard the sounds of battle. Franky listened to the various contact noises as he scratched his head thoughtfully. "Sounds like Cook-bro's fighting again. Who's he fighting, though? Doesn't sound like Swordsman-bro…"

Robin's eyes widened slightly as a cry of "PIKACHU" reached them. Crossing her arms, she muttered "Ojo Fleur". Franky looked at her curiously.

"So? Who's he fighting? Are there marines here?" Robin said nothing but instead hurried in another direction. Franky ran after her. "Oi, wait up! What's the matter?"

Robin simply began running. "There seems to be a bit of friendly fire."


"Pokémon trainer?" Lin nodded hurriedly. "…You?"

"Oi! It's true!" Lin huffed indignantly. Nami stared at her.

"…Liar." Lin seemed to flail about for a second.

"It's true! I swear! Pika and I are really from a different dimension! That thing was a pokéball, used to capture pokémon! If you just would listen to me-" Lin began to stand but quickly sat back down when Nami pointed her Clima Tact at her.

"You stay right there! If you aren't from this island, then I have to assume that you're a World Government Agent! Or even a witch and that thing is your familiar; why else would you wearing so much black? And what's with that weird hair?"

Lin glared as she sharply retorted "I happen to like black! Why is your hair orange; are you some kind of fairy??" The Tact began to charge with electricity. "Ack! Sorry! It's just a dye job!"

Nami let the electricity die out as she glared sharply at Lin. "Even if you weren't from this world, how do you know about us pirates?"

"Yesterday I met this reindeer! The family that I'm staying with has a daughter that is apparently a fan of his, so when she ran off and met him, he came to the house! He and his friends came and we all talked about it! Honest!"

Nami slowly lowered her Clima Tact. "… What were their names? The reindeer and his friends?"

"Chopper was the reindeer; there was a lady named Robin and some long-nosed guy named Usopp." Lin waved frantically at Nami, who stared at her and put down her weapon. Nami glared at Lin's look of confusion.

"I still don't believe you about the other world thing, but the Government still doesn't have an official picture of Sogeking without his mask. Your story checks out; Chopper talked about a fan of his inviting the three of them over to her house." Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks…" Nami watched her suspiciously. Lin stood up slowly, eyeing her weapon critically. She bowed her head towards Nami.

"I'm… really sorry about Pika. She just has a temper, especially when being called a rat. Just ask Usopp, he called her a rat yesterday and was completely fried." Nami chuckled despite herself.

"I believe it. But don't think that Sanji-kun's just going to be fried and it'll be over. He's made of tougher stuff than that." Lin nodded.

"I believe you, that's why I'm worried. A pokémon doesn't usually battle on its own; the trainer tells it which moves to use in a traditional battle." Lin turned to the end of the alley worriedly, where the sounds of battle could be heard.

"Pika's a great friend, even if I haven't known her that long at all. I just don't want her to get hurt."


"Zoro-san? Where are you going?" Brooke and Usopp watched as Zoro ran in a random direction. Zoro turned and stopped to see the musician standing nearby with a plate of takoyaki in his bony hand. Usopp seemed to hiding from something as he practically shadowed Brooke.

"Stupid love-cook's fighting, and I'm bored as hell. I want to see if some of those marines from Raftel followed us." Brooke looked at him curiously.

"Is that what those sounds were? Usopp and I nearly jumped out of our skin when we heard those… Although I'm nothing but bones… SKULL JOKE!! YOHOHOHO~!" Usopp turned to Brooke, slapping the air in front of him.

"Oi."

Zoro shrugged as he began to run again. Usopp called out "Zoro! The noises are in the other direction!"

"Shut up!"


"Chu…" Pika glared at Sanji, who glared back. Pika was covered in various bruises and was laying in front of Sanji, but still glaring determinedly. Sanji, on the other hand, was looking more and more like Luffy's favorite barbeque, but was nonetheless on top. He eyed Pika curiously as he took a puff on his cigarette. "Why are you trying to get to the ladies so hard? I won't let you touch them!"

"Pikapi!"

"… Right. Nevermind, then." Sanji was about to continue attacking when a distant yell sounded in the distance. Tilting his head to the side, his eye widened and his face blanched when he realized what it was. "… Shit."

"Gomu gomu no… ROCKET!!!" Sanji was immediately blown away by a red and blue blur and thrown into the side of a building. Pika carefully stood and looked at where the man had stood a second before. "Pi?"

"Pika-chan!!" Chopper ran up to Pika in walk point, Asuka riding on his back. Asuka scurried down and picked up Pika carefully, tears in her eyes. "Pika-chan…"

"Pika! Asuka!" Chopper looked to see Lin come out of a nearby alley, Nami following. Lin's eyes widened as she took in her surroundings, and she immediately ran to Pika and Asuka. "Asuka?? Where'd Sanji go?" Chopper pointed to a nearby collapsed building, where two figures where slowly getting up.

"You… Shitty gomu captain…" Sanji glared at Luffy, who was standing and watching Chopper tend to Pika. Pika looked around frantically, ignoring Chopper as he tried to make her lay down. Lin came into Pika's view, and Pika threw herself at Lin. Sanji's eye widened and he moved to defend her, but Luffy held him back, looking at him curiously.

"What are you doing Sanji?" Sanji tried to pry him off.

"That girl's about to be… Eh?" Sanji trailed off as he took in the scene. Lin was holding Pika tightly, gently stroking her as she rocked her back and forth. There was a look of utmost relief on her face, and Pika seemed to be extremely happy. Sanji and Luffy walked up slowly as Pika smiled.

"Pika pikachu."

"Pika says she thought Lin was kidnapped by some orange fairy. She tried to stop her, but some swirly guy kept attacking her." Chopper explained. Nami and Sanji shared a look.

"Oh."

Sanji ran up to Lin and practically threw himself at her feet. "Ah, my dear! Can you ever forgive me for my ignorance??" Lin glared at him as Asuka ran up to Sanji.

"You're the one that hurt Pika-chan you big meany!" Asuka began kicking Sanji's head as Chopper panicked.

"Asuka! He's injured too, please!"

"OI! What's going on here??" Franky and Robin arrived on the scene, Robin's eyes widening slightly as she took in Pika's condition. She walked up to Lin as she was putting Pika down carefully.

"Lin-san, what happened to Pika-chan?" Lin had Pika lay down while Chopper looked her over.

"Sanji apparently called Pika a rat and she attacked him. Nami got me out of the way as they fought, and Pika thought I was being kidnapped. I guess Sanji thought Pika was trying to go after us." Chopper stood and looked at Pika warily.

"I'll have to move her to where my backpack is; I left it at the tavern. Can you move her without disturbing her injuries?" Lin nodded, taking out her pokéball. Nami eyed the thing.

"What does that do, exactly?" Lin pressed the button and aimed it at Pika while she explained.

"It's an invention that converts pokémon to energy and stores them." Luffy watched her aim at Pika curiously.

"So it's a mystery-"

"Pika! Return!" Luffy was cut off as a red light dissolved Pika and sucked her into the pokéball. His eyes widened and he made an odd choking noise.

"…!!" Lin shrank the pokéball and eyed him warily as she put it in her pocket.

"What's the matter with him?"

"…Su…SUGOIIIII~!!! A BEAM! A BEAM SHOT OUT!! A BEAAAAAMMM~!!!!" Lin jumped back as Luffy began dancing around in his excitement, Chopper sitting on the ground with similar sparkles in his eyes. Franky eyed the device with a gleam in his eye and Robin looked at it curiously.

"So that's how you recall her…" Nami walked up to Robin.

"Robin, did you really meet her yesterday?" Robin nodded.

"Hai, the little girl was a fan of Chopper, and they invited us to her house." Nami hmmed, watching Lin slowly back away from Franky as he began interrogating her on the mechanics of the pokéball.

"I-I don't know how it works; honestly! All I know is how to use it!" Luffy ran up to Lin.

"It shoots out a beam; a beam!! What more could you want??" Luffy began to poke the pokéball in Lin's hand. "Where'd the mystery mouse go? Why did it turn into the beam? What is that thing??" Lin backed away from Luffy's enthusiasm. Asuka looked at Chopper curiously.

"Is that your captain…?" Chopper nodded. Asuka ran up to Luffy and tugged on his vest eagerly. Luffy looked down and stared at the little girl, tilting his head and squinting his eyes.

"Eh? You're that girl that knows Chopper?" Asuka made a little bow.

"My name's Ookami Asuka! Nice to meet you!" Franky and Nami looked down at the little girl. Simultaneously, they smiled.

"Aw, she's so cute~!" Sanji looked at Franky oddly, who coughed to hide his embarrassment.

"… What? She is!" Asuka giggled at them as Luffy grinned.

"My name's Monkey D. Luffy and these are my nakama! Although there's three more…"

"Eh? We missed the action…"

"Th-that's okay! Looks like there was some big battle… Eh? Lin and Asuka are here?"

"Yohohoho~! Ah ladies; I hope neither you nor your panties were harmed in the battle! Would you like me to check?" A fist slammed into him and he collapsed. Lin was officially freaked out by this crew, and if it weren't for Pika needing medical attention, she would have run for the hills. Usopp walked up to Lin, carefully avoiding Nami as she towered over the fallen skeleton.

"Hey Lin! What happened here? Where'd Pika go?" Lin held up the pokéball and explained.

"Eh?? Sanji fought Pika?? Poor Pika…" Lin nodded and eyed Nami.

"Um, is the skeleton alright? He hasn't gotten up in a while…" Usopp shrugged.

"We never know." Zoro didn't seem to particularly care about Brooke as he looked around thoughtfully.

"So what's going on here?" Luffy turned and grinned at Zoro.

"Nothing~!" Zoro shrugged.

"Eh, whatever. Who're those guys?" He asked, indicating Asuka, who was staring at Brooke (who had most likely died all over again with how still he was being), and Lin, who looked like she wanted to run far, far away from this insanity.

Asuka spoke up, repeating her introduction. "My name's Ookami Asuka! And this is Sky-nee-san! Nice to meet you!" Zoro stared at Asuka a bit, before turning to Lin.

"… Your name's Sky?" Lin shook her head.

"No, my name's Lin. She just calls me that." Lin shuffled uneasily, turning to Chopper. "Um, the pokéball doesn't heal pokémon; it just stores them in the same state they were in." Chopper made a small 'o' with his mouth and turned to Luffy.

"Luffy! I need to treat Pika at the tavern still!" Luffy grinned.

"Yosh! Right! You and the girls and Brooke go! We'll stay and fix everything!" He turned as Franky and Zoro shrugged and began picking up various pieces of table. Brooke went over to the girls (after mysteriously healing) and immediately began to interrorgate the ladies about their panties.

Usopp instead went with them, as Brooke was out of comission and would most likely not get up for a while.

Zoro looked and saw Sanji nearly barbequed and discouraged. "What's wrong, ero-cook? You play with one too many fires?" Sanji glared as he began picking up wood.

"None of your business!"


The walk to the tavern was awkward, and Lin felt more and more uncomfortable. Asuka was walking beside her, holding her hand and walking beside Chopper, who was walking besides Usopp. Robin and Nami were in the back, talking about some things.

"Robin, is she really from another world?"

"It would appear so, Nami-chan." Nami turned and looked at Lin, who was fidgeting slightly.

"Is that even possible?"

"I believe so; she spoke of a whole other geography. Not to mention, she's been the talk of the town since she fell from the sky." Nami looked at Robin, startled.

"She's that girl? So that's why the little girl calls her that…" Robin continued.

"Not to mention, this isn't the first time we've dealt with this kind of thing."

"What? When did- Oh, you're talking about…"

"Yes, I believe that could be the cause."

"But why would-"

BOOM!!!

A loud explosion cut off any further conversation. Lin and Chopper stopped and stared ahead. Asuka spoke up first. "That… Sounded like it was coming from the tavern…" Usopp began quaking.

"Y-You guys go on ahead. I'll watch Asuka back here." While the rest of them knew it was more out of self-preservation, they nonetheless agreed and Usopp took Asuka to a nearby alley.

The rest of them quickly ran ahead to the tavern, where a large figure was coming out of the dust from the explosion. There was a long marine coat draped around his shoulders, and it flared dramatically from some unknown wind. The man was tall and broad, walking slowly towards them with his features hidden by a jackal cap on his head as he kept his face down. He slowly raised an arm, finger pointing at the group as the dust slowly settled (dramatically).

"Where is Monkey D. Luffy?"


So yeah. I put in another quote to make this chapter look all badass. It wasn't the best, but it was the most appropriate one I could find immediately. If you guys have a better one, or some other epic saying that you will share, lemme know! :3

I do like the last part, I'll admit. The very, very, very last part. Credit to SilverStar94 who helped me get the mystery figure in here. Cookies to those who can guess who that is! I don't think I made it too hard, it might even be too easy... -.-;;

So? Did you see the whole Pika and Sanji thing coming? I love Sanji and all (30 Days of SaNa by dandywonderous made me love him even more) but for some reason this was the only idea that I could think of to get them together and not in a total Marysue-ish way. Nami does look like a fairy, doesn't she? :P

I found another story that has another 'OMG-I'm-A-Pokémon-Trainer' girl in it, but there wasn't too much focus on the pokémon themselves (except for Luffy trying to eat her Swablu) so maybe you guys will believe me when I say I wasn't trying to rip her off. :D

Oh well. Happy Birthday Shanks! I didn't get you anything, but I still love you~!

Review yo. Review.

PS: I edited the first chapter, the part that introduces Lin. Be sure to check that out later! Plus I'm adding quotes to the other chapters and editing them too! Fun~! :D