Robin

Robin never quite believed in Fate before she joined the Straw Hat crew. Even if she did she would had believed that Fate hated her; that she must've done something incredibly evil and cruel in her last life to be given the cards she was dealt.

She never bothered with Fate, she only believed in her own skills and history. Two things that could never betray her and things she could always rely on. They had never failed her before and she thought she never needed a friend as long as she had her books next to her.

Until she met Luffy.

Until she met her nakama.

They made her believe in destiny and that she could rely on others when she was in need and they in turn can rely on her when they needed help. It was how their crew worked.

She does what they couldn't do and they do what she couldn't do.

It was the dynamics of their crew and many thought it was unorthodox and disastrous but it worked for them and she wouldn't have it any other way. Her crew was her treasure and she would do anything to have them by her side.

She didn't quite believe in Fate, still, but she believed in her friends, her crew… her family. There was nothing that would change that.

So, she doesn't question it when her tiny boat, she had stolen from the Marines as she escaped her island again, bumped into a much larger ship with a Dragon figurehead. She looked up just in time to see a blond man look over the rail at her, his blue eyes curious as he evaluated her and a spark of recognition ran through her but she didn't say anything as she looked back up, her expression calm and unreadable.

"Are you lost, ma'am?" The man called out, his smile polite and open.

"I think I am." She smiles back, just as polite, as she looked up back at him. "Will you help me?"

"Where are you heading?"

"I am not sure."

The man made a noise of understanding before tipping his hat and said, "Well, I can't with good conscience leave a dame in distress. We are heading to a small island on the Grand Line called Drum Island. You wouldn't mind being dropped there would you?"

Robin tilted her head in thought but she already knew her answer. If she remembered correctly that was Chopper's hometown. "Yes, that would be wonderful."

Robin wasn't sure if it was luck or Fate but she thanked whatever it was that gave her this chance as she boarded the Revolutionary ship once more.

Chopper

"They are coming." He shivered, his tears frozen by now but he was still warm from his thick fur. He was immensely grateful Dr. Hiluluk was next to him, keeping him company these last few days as he waited for his crew to come. He wasn't sure he could have waited f he wasn't there. To afraid to be left alone.

He wasn't sure how long he had been out there since the first day—maybe five days? six? but every day Dr. Hiluluk would bring him food and stay as long as he could because he didn't have fur like him to keep him warm.

He would surely have set out to sea by now but he knew he was scared, scared that he would fall into the sea or he would be able to get anywhere without help so he would rather wait. He wasn't as strong and brave as Luffy or Zoro or Sanji—or clever like Robin and Nami, he wasn't as inventive or skilled as Franky or Usopp or Brook. All he knew was medicine.

But he was useful. He had his worth. They couldn't leave him here. They wouldn't leave him here. They were his friends.

"They are coming."

Brook

He felt weak.

The small ship that Crocus-san had given him was flooding with sea water and soon he would submerged, he could already feel the effect of the sea on him as his skeletal arms laid over the side of the boat.

Maybe another hour before he would sink.

If he had a heart, it would be thudding loudly in panic as he sunk lower and lower each minute. He tried not to think about it but focused on his crew, on Laboon, on his skull jokes and music as his last minutes dwindled and he would sink into the depths of the ocean.

"Brook?"

Usopp

He was grateful to his mother, he really was as he sailed the Merry towards the Grand line. He wasn't the best at navigating so he admit he had missed most island as he tried to follow the log pose and he suddenly felt grateful for Nami because this was no easy job.

He found comfort and joy in seeing Merry back in the sea where she belonged and he couldn't stop murmuring apologized to her as he stroked the side of her rail, promising to meet up with their nakama. To reunite everyone once again.

He was the Great Captain Usopp so that was what he would do.

He spent most of his days just talking to Merry, telling her what she had missed after she'd died. The adventure they went on with Sunny who was great and wonderful and warm but wasn't Merry. But they loved Sunny as much as they'd loved Merry.

He could almost feel Merry glow with joy and it made him happy to feel her spirit glow like that.

It was on the third day on the sea that he spotted something. He squinted as he spotted something ahead, a small boat?

He gripped his Kuro Kabuto in hand; alert if the person in the boat was hostile.

The boat floated closer and was that a…skeleton leaning over the boat?

His heart sped up in hope and anticipation as he leaned over the rail, a large grin on his face as joy swept over him when he recognized the flashy clothing off the only talking skeleton he knew.

"Brook?"

Luffy

"What the hell is Gramps doing here?" Ace hissed as he pushed Luffy towards Marco who caught the younger pirate in his arms. The deck was chaotic as they all began to retaliate to the battleship that was attacking. Amidst all the chaos, Whitebeard sat calmly in his seat and watched as if waiting for something. "Take him to the kitchen and keep him there, Marco."

"I ain't anyone's babysitter, yoi." Marco grumbled in protest but did as he was told, dragging the struggling young Captain to the kitchen.

"What! No way! Let me go! I wanna stay with Ace!" Luffy protested, trying to get out of the phoenix's grasp. He latched onto Ace's legs causing the man to stumble and his arms to stretch as Marco tried to drag the rest of his body back.

"Freaky." Thatch muttered with wide eyes and Ace raised his eyes to the sky, he had forgotten how stubborn Luffy was.

"Luffy, you don't understand," Ace said, trying to keep his voice even as his little brother looked up at him with wide, angry eyes. "Gramps thinks you're dead. You can't be here." He could only imagine what chaos that would cause a shake up in the world especially since Gramps was a Marine. He shuddered at the possible scenarios.

"I'm not scared of Gramps!" Luffy shouted, tearing Ace from his thoughts, as Thatch pried his arms from Ace's leg and he snapped back to the rest of his body. He began to kick the air frantically as Marco wrapped his arms around his middle and began to drag him down to the kitchen. "No! Pineapple-man let me go!"

"My name is Marco, yoi!" Marco shouted as he descended down the stair with a kicking and screaming Luffy.

Ace shook his head, sighing, and turned back to the chaos as the ship rocked again as the explosion hit the side of Moby Dick. Ace growled, anger surging through him and flames erupting in his hands and shoulders; he didn't care who this man was to him. No one attacked his family.

He ran to the side of the ship and glared down to where the Marine battleship was floating, Garp standing proudly on the deck, readying for another attack.

He leaned over the rail and shouted, "Will ya stop it already! We haven't done shit!"

"Is that my grandson I hear? Ace, why don't you come down here and face me like a man! I didn't raise you to be a pirate for Whitebeard." Garp growled out, his eyes narrowed and cracking his knuckles loudly.

"Raise me?! You sent me to be raised with bandits! That isn't raising anything in my eyes! What are you doing here, anyways?"

Garp stuck a finger up his nose and said, nonchalantly, "I was bored."

Ace gave him a weird look, "That doesn't give you a reason to attack Oyaji! He'll kick any Marine's ass!"

"Yeah!" His insides froze as a presence came up from behind him and latched onto his back causing his front to press heavily against the rail from the new weight. "Leave Ace alone, stupid Gramps! And mustache guy, too! They didn't do anything to you! I'll kick your ass!"

Ace could see Garp pale at the voice of his supposedly dead grandson and the old man stumbled back, falling on his ass in shock as Luffy gave him a wide grin over Ace's shoulder. Snot ran down his nose and his eyes bulged out, almost out of his socket, in shock as if he had just seen a ghost.

"L-L-L-Luffy?!"

"He's slippery, yoi." Marco whispered in apology behind him and Ace groaned in despair, placing his hands over his face as he felt the heavy and rubbery weight of his idiotic, reckless little brother on his back.

"Shishishishi!"

"Luffy, you idiot."

It about to go down with Garp! I know the other parts with Brook, Chopper and Usopp are super short but it's setting up for the next part with them so yeah that's my excuse lol but yeah, I was pleasantly surprised to see how much follows/faves I got with my absence for the week so thank you guys for the interest with the story! I really enjoy writing it and I have other ideas brewing now so once I'm done with this one, I will be doing other OP stories! So, anyways, please review/fave/follow. They make my day and make me write faster! Till next time!