So, it's been a while since I put up that poll for what to do for this chapter, and two choices have been tied. One is for a Modern AU, while the other is a canon event. I would like to keep the poll up longer, but I do want to continue, so I've come to a decision.

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G is for Gone

(TAKES PLACE DURING THE POST-ENIES LOBBY ARC)

He didn't think it was possible.

After everything that they went through, from shooting an island whale, to riding the Knock-Up Stream, to escaping G8 and the World Government on Enies Lobby, Blake finally heard the ungodly sound of snapping wood. They really didn't have much of an option at that point.

After everyone loaded onto the Galley-La ship, the Straw Hats had to go through with it. With a torch in hand, Luffy had set Merry ablaze.

This hit Blake hard, not as hard as it did for Usopp, or rather Sniper King, but it hit hard nonetheless. That ship was when he and Robin were truly reunited after Robin got away from Baroque Works, and Merry saved the love of his life above all else.

Merry helped to keep the name of Ohara alive. He couldn't thank her enough.

Blake felt the sudden, yet soft touch of Robin's hand, as the tears began to fall. With a shift, he turned to see tiny tears beginning to well up. This was hitting Robin too, but thankfully on a smaller scale, since Blake had been a Straw Hat damn near the beginning and Robin only joined after Alabasta. Robin pulled Blake in as she gently stroked her lover's head. It broke Robin in a different way than losing a ship like Merry, because they promised that they would protect each other from anything.

And that's a promise that she won't break.

And for the surprise!

G is for Games

NOTE: MODERN AU

Blake, despite being 28, was always one for playing any type of games, and what Robin loved about that was that he could do something like that anywhere, be it at home or even at a library, or with anyone, to varying degrees, from fun to annoyance to varying degrees of anger.

He could keep Luffy's attention by listing off types of meat, with the winner being who could name the most kinds. He could turn Usopp's storytelling into a small enough game, keeping count of how many times he's heard certain lines. He would always play Pokemon with Chopper, either battling the 17-year old himself or playing a Multi Battle with Robin and Usopp as well, sometimes teaming up against his wife. Blake also toyed with Nami, just barely keeping a dollar out of her reach, or deploying the classic 'penny on the sidewalk trick', which at first angered Nami. Blake would even try to organize Robin's collection of books according to many different sets, from genre, to when they were published, from A-Z, so on and so forth. Blake even turns Zoro and Sanji's little bickering matches into a game, using the same rules as he would with Usopp. Franky and Blake would play Jenga on occasion, and Blake would try to see who was better at certain songs with Brook, with the much older man winning most of the time.

But what got Robin even more was how he was able to turn something like shopping or even going with Robin to the library into a game, with Blake making bets with himself over what books Robin would check out, or even seeing what Robin would buy, but what really got to the 30-year old was the game that Blake would try to see what Robin was thinking about. She usually kept her observations to herself, but Blake somehow had the knack of figuring it out.

She found it refreshing at times. Not a lot of other people really know what goes on in her head, but with Blake guessing, it makes her want to outsmart her husband.

All in all, Blake tries to be fun person to be around, yet at the same time he can make the recipient a better person in their own way.

For better or worse, of course.

So, I want to thank the two people who actually casted their votes on the poll. There are a few things I hate about these types of stories, and that's how short they can get, and it honestly makes me mad. So, in these types of instances, I chose to use two different words, in one chapter.

Sorry if it seemed rushed. I really didn't know what to use and what to type. Ultimately, I typed what I typed, but I can assure you that the next Chapter will be better.