A.N.: Hello Readers! Long time No See and for that I am so, so, so, so, SO, sorry! Super quick note here, but it's going to be quite vague. There's going to be something in the story that not everyone will like and if you don't like it then just stop reading, you don't have to flame me. I'm not going to say what it is because then it will kind of give a lot of things away that I have planned but if you're a super genius (*wink wink* [this means that it's quite obvious but not everyone will get it] ) and you guess what it is then don't spoil it for everyone else that hasn't guessed. THANK YOU and onto the story!

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The next morning, I opened my eyes and found myself face to face with Kairo, except that he wasn't awake. He was also snoring way too loud for me to think that he was just faking to sleep. I sat up, letting Kairo's arm fall from me and just sat there watching his sleep for a moment. I felt like my head was in a vice and it was pounding as if I was listening to really, really loud music but it wasn't too bad. I didn't feel nausea which was a good thing considering the amount I had drank yesterday.

Then, I stood up in a sort of crouching position and jumped over him, landing softly on the ground. I quickly looked behind me, to see if he woke up, but it appeared that he hadn't. I grabbed the clothes I had bought before and rapidly changed into a pair of sweatpants and a loose shirt. I tip-toed to the door, waiting to hear Kairo walking up behind me and trapping me against the door as he wondered why I was leaving him but it never came.

I opened the door a small crack and slipped through it, shutting the door silently behind me. I made sure to keep walking quietly as I moved farther from the infirmary and closer to the kitchen. I peeked into it, making sure there was no one inside and I wondered what time it was. I walked in, opening doors to look for cleaning appliances like a broom or mop.

Finally, I found a mop and took it out, along with the bucket that was with it. I filled the bucket with water and a couple drops of soap before taking both above deck. The sky was a strange sort of blue that only happened right before dawn. I couldn't see the sun but I could see where it was going to be rising. I looked at the side of the deck where we had been and stared at the mess. Sighing, I started to clean it up. By the time I was done, the sun was almost a full circle.

I slid down to the ground and breathed slowly, relaxing for a moment. Suddenly, a bottle appeared in my line of vision. Looking in the direction it came from; I saw a person standing there and took a sharp inhalation of breath.

"I didn't think anyone would be out here so early." Luffy said, holding out the water bottle to me again.

"Neither did I." I said, trying to regulate my breathing again. I took the bottle from his hand and nodded my thanks. He produced another bottle from his other hand and took a sip from it.

"So, what are you doing here?" he asked, sitting next to me.

"Cleaning the mess I started yesterday." I said, gesturing to the now clean deck.

"I was just coming to do that." Luffy said, smiling at me.

"Done," I said, laughing.

"Why thank you," Luffy laughed with me and then leaned closer to me.

"What are you doing?" I said, curiously.

"Kissing you because I want to." He said, leaning close to my cheek. Suddenly, the door to the deck swing open and someone walked out.

"Kenna! There you are! I woke up and you were 'poof' gone." Kairo said, standing 5 meters away in front of us. He either seemed to not have noticed he had interrupted something or he just didn't care as he took a step forward. "Where'd you go?"

I jumped up and took a step forward as well. "I had to clean up the mess you made last night." I rebuked.

"Oh, well I was going to make everyone breakfast to make up for it. You can help me!" he grinned evilly before walking forward and starting to lead me towards the kitchen.

I was about to retort when I remembered Luffy and I looked over my shoulder at him. He looked so sad, kind of like a kicked puppy. I knew I couldn't just leave him there. I broke away from Kairo's arm and walked back over to Luffy. The whole time I was going back, I could feel Kairo's eyes on me but I didn't turn around to look at him again. I held my hand out for Luffy and he took it. I heaved him up and… heard a door slam behind me. I looked around and saw the deck was once again empty except for Luffy and I.

"What's up with him?" Luffy asked.

"I don't know…" I trailed away.

"Wow, Kairo, this all looks amazing!" Nami said, 2 hours later as we were all sitting around the kitchen table. Someone had brought up 2 extra chairs so that everyone would have a seat and be able to sit comfortably.

"Thank you, Nami. I did it all by myself." He said. He wasn't looking at me but I knew the comment was directed towards me.

"I think you have some challenge, Sanji." Zoro smirked at said person.

"Oh shut up, moss head." Sanji sneered. He took a bite of a pancake and looked away. "It's good… I guess… I mean… it's tasty and stuff…"

"Thanks, Sanji. That means a lot coming from a master chef like you." Kairo said and I snorted silently. Kairo sure knew how to make someone feel better.

"Bagels, Sausages, Cinnamon Rolls, Croissants, Scrambled Eggs, French Toast, Muffins, Pancakes, Waffles, is there anything you didn't make?" I said, looking at all the different plates littering the table.

"Your favorite." He said, leaning against the sink and finally making eye contact with me.

"Ah ha! I knew something was missing!" I moved over Luffy, who was sitting on the end of the bench, and skipped over to the fridge. I looked around for the familiar package. I didn't see it but I decided to look for it after I heated the pan. I grabbed a frying pan from the draining rack and put it on the stove. I turned the stove on to a low heat and went back to the fridge. I felt everyone's eyes on me but I ignored them, focusing on my one mission. I looked through the fridge thoroughly but still couldn't find it.

"Hey, do you guys have any bacon?" I said, spinning around to look at everyone. I heard a whistle beside me and looking, I saw Kairo shaking a package of bacon in his hand.

"Let me get this straight. You took it out, let it thaw but didn't make it. Then made all that and still didn't make bacon?" I pointed at all the food on the table. He grinned and nodded. "Jerk," I mumbled, snatching the package from his hands. I tested the heat in the pan by lightly drenching my hands in water before flicking said water at the pan. It sizzled and vanished causing me to grin knowing the pan was hot enough. I opened the package and placed the bacon in the pan, loving the sound that it made when it sizzled.

"You guys can start eating without me." I said without turning around since I hadn't heard any knives or forks clanking against the plate. I started searching the drawers for some rubber tongs. "Just save me a little!" I said quickly, remembering Luffy's ravenous tendencies.

"Yeah sure," I heard Luffy say in a muffled voice. I looked behind and saw him trying to stuff two pancakes and two pieces of French toast in his mouth all at once. I sighed and turned back around to flip a piece of bacon. I quickly finished the last bit of bacon and turned around to put the plate on the table when I saw that there wasn't a scrap of foods left on the plates but was in everyone's plates instead. Everyone was too busy eating their food to notice my scowling at them.

"Thank guys," I said, sitting down at the table. "What do I eat now?"

"Oh, I made you a plate, Kenna." Kairo said, producing a plate and placing it in front of me.

"Oh, thank you Kairo." I smiled genuinely at him.

"Anything for my little sister," he said, smiling back at me.

We maintained eye contact for a moment before I had to drop my gaze to my plate for fear of a furious blush taking over my face. I grabbed some pieces of bacon and added them to my plate before finally digging in. The food was absolutely divine and gave me a sort of homesick feeling. There was no noise in the kitchen as everyone was too focused on eating.

"This food is amazing! Thanks, Kairo!" Luffy cheered, literally licking his plate clean. Everyone laughed or made noises of agreement but besides that, no one spoke again. Finally, I looked up again as the room was filled with sighs of contentment. Everyone's plates were completely empty, matching those that had once held all the food.

"I'm glad you all enjoyed the food." Kairo said, smiling and swiping a piece of leftover toast from my plate. I scowled at him but let him have it anyways.

"I'm going to go train. Don't leave the island without me again or I'll be really pissed." Zoro said, before leaving the room.

"I hope you don't mind but I'm going to go read on deck." Robin said in her quiet voice before also departing.

"Come on, Chopper, let's go explore the island!" Usopp cheered and they both ran out of the kitchen.

"I'll go check if there is actually a hot springs spa on this island and if there is we'll go. I think we can all use the relaxation."

"I'll come with you, Nami-Swan!" Sanji sang, with hearts in his eyes once again. She sighed and grumbled a 'fine' before they both left the kitchens.

"Here, I'll clean up." I said, standing and started gathering the plates.

"Oh, I'll help," Luffy said at the same time that Kairo said, "Let me help you." I blinked at them both before continuing with what I was doing.

"I'll help her, Kairo, since you cooked everything. I don't mind." Luffy said

"It's no problem, Luffy. I assure you." Kairo said as I placed the last few dishes in the sink.

"You know what," I said, drawing both of their eyes on me. "You both clean up and deal with your issues. I'm leaving. Ciao!" I said, and then sped out of the kitchen. I heard Kairo scream angrily after me but he didn't do anything else.

I walked to the deck and looked around for something to do. I could see Robin in beach chair next to some orange trees. I was about to wonder why there would be tress on a boat but I had come to accept the strange things that happened on the Going Merry. I looked around in a circle, taking in the island and the wide open sea.

"Where can I get a better view?" I smirked, looking at the crows nest. I saw the ladder leading up to it and I instantly started climbing. I reached the top in no time and looked around happily at the panoramic view I now had. I could see where the sky met the sea and it was absolutely beautiful. The water looked so close that I could touch it but I knew it was miles away. Far out on the horizon, the sea glimmered lightly and I was completely entranced. I was so focused on it, that I didn't notice the person that had joined me until they spoke.

"Beautiful isn't it?"

I jumped, and then looked at him. "Luffy, you scared me! Make a noise next time."

"Sorry. I just finished cleaning up the kitchen." He said.

"Where's Kairo?" I asked, looking over the edge to the lower deck.

"I think he said he was getting his things. I'm not sure what he meant but that's what he said."

"Oh," I looked back up and thought about it for a moment before speaking again. "Well maybe he had his own boat with his own things. Maybe that's how he got to the last island we were at."

"If so, why didn't he just take you away? You have no reason to stay here anymore, you found your brother."

"I owe you all my life. There's no way anyone could take me away from you guys. Not even my brother."

"You think you're in debt to us? You're not. You don't have to stay if you feel obligated."

"That's just it. I don't feel obligated. I want to stay here. This is the only place I can really call home since my original home was destroyed. I just feel like I can really just be myself with you all. I don't have to hide the fact that I have a devil fruit. I can be… me." I looked at him, with a smile on my face.

"Well I'm glad to hear that." He said and smiled back at me. There was a moment of silence

"Luffy, can I ask you a question?"

"You just did." He smirked at me and I scowled at him. "Alright, just kidding around. Ask away."

"Say you like someone… and you know they like you back… but you can never be together because no one would understand… what would you do? Would you leave it alone, wait and see, or act?" I looked away from him, staring out into the sea. There was a long pause of silence before he spoke again.

"You should act because they're probably thinking the same thing right now."

"Yeah but what if they're not? What if they… they…" I trailed off, not knowing what to say.

"Maybe you just have to go for it." He said, his voice sounding weird.

"What do you-" I had turned to look at him and ask him what he meant when his lips met mine.

I gasped in surprise and my eyes widened a little but he didn't back down. Instead he leaned closer a little and I felt myself melting into him. His lips tasted of maple syrup and he smelled of detergent from cleaning up the kitchen. I felt his hand slip into my hair and tug lightly to tilt my head, deepening the kiss. I pressed my palms to his chest and could feel his racing heartbeat. I had just started to wrap my arms around him when I heard a door slam. I jumped and pushed him away from me quickly, clapping a hand to my lips.

"What was that?" I whispered, looking over the edge again.

"Maybe it was Robin going in." Luffy said, sounding dejected.

"Luffy," I started but he cut me off.

"I have things to do." He said, slipping back to the ladder. He didn't even bother with the ladder either. He just stretched his legs down so he was standing on the deck before he let go of the crows nest. He disappeared into the lower decks as the ship rocked lightly against the waves.

"Alright, everyone get on deck!" Nami yelled not more than 10 minutes later. During those 10 minutes, I had stayed up on the crows nest with my legs hanging over the edge.

Now, I stayed up in the crows nest as everyone walked up on deck. I could see Luffy wearing his wide-brimmed hat, Kairo standing next to Zoro; their hair vividly colorful compared to the others, Robin with her book still open, Chopper on Usopp's shoulders, and Sanji standing next to Nami.

"Now then," she said and looked around. Then, she noticed something. "Where's Kenna?"

"Up here!" I cried down to them, waving as they all looked up. "You guys keep talking; I can hear you from up here!"

"No! Come down! I don't want to have to yell!" Nami shouted back.

I sighed and then pushed myself off the edge. I did a flip in the air as they gasped before landing on the deck with one arm outstretched and the limbs touching the ground. I stood up, dusting my clothes off before looking at Nami again.

"Alright, go." I said.

"Uh… sure…" she said, looking a little freaked out by my entrance. "So there is a hot springs spa on this island. It's not too expensive so if you want to go, I can pay. You'll all just owe me a couple favors, that's all."

"Oh, I'll pay, Nami. I got my money back today along with some other things." Kairo said.

"Oh, no. You already made breakfast for everyone this morning. I couldn't."

"At least let me pay for Kenna and myself then. It's the least I can do."

"I actually rather like the idea of him paying," Zoro cut in. "I don't like the way she said we'll 'owe her favors'." He shuddered, ending his sentence.

Usopp, Chopper, Sanji, and Luffy all nodded in agreement and it was decided. Kairo would pay for it and no one would owe Nami favors or a soul.

"Alright, so here's the plan. We'll stay over at the spa, get all rested up and refreshed, and then set out for open sea in the afternoon. Sound good to everyone?" Nami shared, after grumbling a bit about not getting personal slaves.

"Yeah," "Good with me," "Sure," Were the responses shared around the circle.

"Go pack an overnight bag and meet back here in a couple minutes." She said and everyone walked towards the lower decks.

I waited until everyone had more or less disappeared further down the corridor so that I wouldn't be tossed or tussled or even worse, make awkward eye contact with Luffy, before I made my way to my self appointed room. I walked in, letting out a breath I hadn't noticed I was holding, when I saw that the room was empty. I quickly walked over to my things and packed a small bag with a change of clothes, pajamas, and toiletries. I straightened back up and had just turned around when I jumped as I noticed someone else in the room. Kairo stood there for a moment, slightly glaring at me with his head cocked. Then, he straightened his head and spoke.

"Ready to go?" he said, his face splitting in a smile.

I felt unease for a moment, before I brushed it away and nodded. "Yup!" I said and followed him out of the room. Everyone was already on deck when we got there and once we did get there, Nami started leading the way to the Spa.

"I just prefer to call it Bath House." Sanji said about 16 minutes later. "Spa sounds too girly. It sounds like I'm going to get my nails and hair done."

"If you do, you might end up looking better than you went in." Zoro countered and everyone laughed at Sanji's expense.

"Whatever, Marimo, but I think you would benefit much more than me."

"Shut up, how many ladies have flirted with you in the past week?" Zoro asked, clearly knowing the answer and using that to his advantage.

"Why on earth would I commit such acts of frivolity when I have all the lovely ladies I will ever need right here. I have the beautiful Nami, the stunning Kenna, and the dazzling Robin."

"Only problem is none of them will have you."

"What?" he looked at us 3 with a hopeful expression on his face. "Nami?" he grabbed her hands but she pulled away instantly, a vein appearing on her forehead out of anger. "Robin?" she knocked him on the head with the book in her hands once before he could even get his hands on her. "Kenna?" he looked at me hopefully when someone cleared their throat. Everyone looked over at Kairo who grinned at Sanji in a menacing way.

"Err… maybe not…" he moved away from me.

"See, none of them will have you. Face it; I am the better looking man out of us."

"Alright, let's see you make one of them simply blush. That should be easy for a ladies man like you." Sanji sneered.

Zoro turned to look at us and then noticed Nami glaring at him, Robin completely ignored him, and I sensed Kairo looming behind me. "I'm good."

Sanji opened his mouth to tease Zoro for not even trying when Nami interrupted them. "Alright, there is way too much testosterone in this general area." She said, pushing herself between them. "Besides, there it is!" she pointed ahead as a large building came into view.

It was large and inviting, steam billowing out of many of the large chimneys at the top. The building seemed to have many floors and stretched out over the top of the hill we had just climbed to get to it. Even at the distance we were at, you could hear the laughter and chatter that was going on inside the place. We walked into to the open layout entry way and went up to the check-in desk. The room was in a sort of Japanese-Dojo style with a wall of check-in desks. To the left of the front door was a staircase leading to the rest of the building and two doors behind the staircase presumably leading to the baths and changing rooms. Across the room from the front door were the desks where many more people were checking in. The room wasn't packed but it certainly wasn't empty. There were other people checking in or checking out and more people were coming in to stand in line.

"Good Evening, my name is Kumiko. How may I help you?" The woman behind a desk asked, looking at our large group. She seemed to have a permanent smile on her face and bright green eyes. Her hair was short, a dark shade of blonde and curled under her neck, lying perfectly.

"We'd like to rent a room for nine people." Kairo said, after doing a quick head count.

"Alright," she chirped in her cheery voice. She typed a few things at the computer beside her before looking back at us. "That will be 10,500 Berries. How will you be paying?"

"Cash." Kairo pulled a wad of cash from his pocket but quickly put it back in and fished for another one. He pulled out the second one; which was considerably smaller than the first and placed it on the table. It was then that I noticed it had writing on the elastic that was wrapped around it in small font. The writing read 20,000.

"While you're getting your bearings together, let me tell you a bit more about the rules here. We have several rules here at The Mountain Oasis. Pets are allowed inside but they have to remain in the rooms. It is strictly forbidden for them to go into the baths as their hair tends to clog up the drains." She said, looking pointedly at Chopper.

"He's not a pet, he's our friend!" Luffy said, gathering Chopper up in his arms and giving Kumiko puppy eyes.

"Really…" She said, giving us a non-believing look, completely unfazed by his look.

"He just has a rare hair disease." Nami rushed to make up an excuse.

"Then perhaps he should stay out of the baths either way. Just to be safe." She nodded once before continuing. "Boys and girls room separately, no exceptions. Instead of renting you one room, I rented you two, I hope that's alright."

"If it's one of your rules then it's fine." Kairo said, looking around at everyone to confirm and only Sanji complained.

"Great, now I'll be stuck with stinky men all night…" but everyone ignored him and Kairo looked back at Kumiko.

"Alright, bathing suits are to be kept on at all times in the uni-sex bath as a courteous gesture to the other users."

"Uni….sex… bath?" Sanji murmured, his eyes widening in hope.

"And lastly, all baths close at 10 PM sharp but are available for private use after that time for an additional fee. That's all." Kumiko smiled, at us and produced two sets of keys with a large tag on them. "Here are the two keys. As you can see, the Mountain Oasis has more than one floor so the first number on any key card is the floor level. If your number is one, then you're on the first floor. If it's two, second floor. And so on and so forth. The second is always a zero on each of our cards and the last number will tell you which side you're on. The odd numbers are on the left side and the even numbers are on the right side. Here you go." She said, giving Kairo a key card and giving Nami the other.

"What number are you guys?" Nami asked immediately while Robin and I looked over her shoulder.

"We're number 304. How about you?" Kairo asked as we stepped out of line.

"We're in 209." Robin filled in.

"What? We're not even on the same floor? Not to mention not even on the same side or even remotely near each other." I whined, sad at our room situation.

"Do you want to see if we can get closer rooms? Or at least on the same floor?" Kairo asked.

"Don't you think she would have given us closer rooms if it was possible? Plus, I don't want to be a bother… I mean it's not really necessary."

"'Not really necessary'?" Zoro said, teasing me. "This coming from the person who was kidnapped by a prince named Cameron." He smirked at me and I crossed my arms angrily.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I snapped at him and he laughed again.

"Kidnapped?" questioned Kairo from beside us.

"That's a story for another day." I said, nervously brushing him off.

"Hm…" Kairo said, before walking back to Kumiko. "Excuse me, I don't mean to bother you but is it possible for you to give us two rooms that are closer? Like on the same floor?"

"There isn't. Well, there are rooms close to each other but they need to be cleaned."

"We don't mind waiting," Kairo shrugged, "As long as the rooms are nearby each other or at least on the same floor."

"Alright, I'll see if I can arrange something. Just a minute," she held up her hand and walked left to talk to another person. They conversed for a bit before Kumiko walked back over to us. "Are you all willing to go to the baths for about an hour or so while we prepare your rooms?"

"I don't think anyone minds," Kairo said, consulting everyone silently before turning back to speak again. "We weren't going to immediately stay in our rooms anyways. I think we were just going to drop off our bags before we went to the baths."

"Alright then, I'll change your room arrangements." She turned back to the computer and started typing furiously. After about a minute, she looked back at us. "Alright, can I have the keys back?" she asked, holding out her hands, but then she seemed to reconsider something. "Actually," she peeked at her computer for a moment before speaking again. "Keep 209 and give me back 304. I'll give you another room on the 2nd floor."

"Thank you very much, Kumiko." Kairo said, nodding his head in a polite way.

"No problem." She said, smiling back. "When you return from the baths, the key to the second room should be in 209. Have a nice stay!" she said, finishing completely commercial.

We all started walking up the stairs towards room 209. Some of us were voicing our good luck at getting what we wanted as we walked to the end of the hallway. Robin opened the door to room 209 and we all stared in awe at the beauty of the room. It was like the rest of the building, Japanese dojo style. There was a closet on the left wall and a bathroom door on the right. There were two windows across from the door and several seats and tables dotted the room.

"This is so nice!" Luffy said, jumping onto a chair.

"Hey! Watch it, Luffy! This is our room! Don't mess it up!" Nami snarled at him.

"I guess we have to make the beds ourselves." Sanji said, opening a door and looking in at the sheets.

"Where are the beds?" Usopp asked, looking around the room wildly.

"The mats are in here genius." Zoro said, looking into the closet beside Sanji.

"Mats? What ever happened to beds? Or cots?" Usopp whined and everyone laughed.

"I guess I'll stay here…" Chopper said, sitting on the floor, looking sad.

"What? No!" Luffy cried, sitting next to him. "She said you couldn't go in the baths! She didn't say you couldn't come with us! You just can't come in the water though." Luffy finished, making Chopper smile.

"Really?" Chopper said, a look of joy passing on his face. Luffy nodded and they both started dancing around the room in happiness. Everyone laughed again and I took that opportunity to sneak away unnoticed.

"Alright, well I'm going to go get changed." I said, walking towards the bathroom.

"I'm sure they have changing rooms, Kenna." Nami said, stopping me.

"Oh," I said, slightly embarrassed.

"Just grab what you need and let's go." Nami said and everyone got ready.

We all walked back down the stairs and across the room from the stairs were two doors that led to the separate changing rooms. Nami, Robin, and I all walked into the girl one while the others went through the other door. In the changing room, there were individual cubby lockers all around the room and change stalls for additional privacy. I changed into my bathing suit in one of the stalls and when I walked out, I noticed that Nami and Robin were gone, probably already in the baths.

When I walked into the actual bath part, I gasped. It was outside, but there were three walls surrounding the large man made pool. The pool curved in a sort of 'S' or 'C' format and had giant decorative rocks strewn near the far end of the pool. I saw Robin and Nami sitting in the water near the left wall.

"Kenna, hey! What took you so long?" Nami asked, beckoning me closer.

"She was busy ogling." Robin teased as I stuck a foot in the pool. The water was hot, steam was pouring off of it, but it wasn't unpleasant. I quickly sank in, leaving my towel by the edge. We all started talking about generally nothing for a long time. Time passed like seconds while having lots of fun and before I knew it, they sky above was pitch black and we were counting the stars.

Suddenly, Nami made an annoyed sound. "I'm getting all pruny! Okay, I'm getting out." Nami said and stood up. "Coming?" she asked us. Robin stood up as well but I shook my head.

"I'm going to stay here for a little longer." I said.

"Alright, but the baths are going to close soon." Nami warned and then they both left the room. After they disappeared, I looked around the room and noticed I was alone. I took a deep breath and sank completely under the water, closing my eyes. I counted to 30 before resurfacing. I wiped my hair out of my eyes and finally stood up. I had just stepped out of the bath when I heard a voice.

"Hello Kenna," Kairo said, looking around the room and avoiding me all together.

"Kairo," I said, clutching my towel around my tighter. "What are you doing in here? You can't be in here! It's girls only! If you get caught we might get kicked out!"

"I don't see anyone besides us in here right now," he made a show of looking around again. "Also, there's only about 10 minutes left before 10 o'clock so I doubt anyone will be coming in here for a short soak."

"I was just leaving- couldn't you wait until I was back upstairs?" I stumbled over my words as his eyes finally met mine and pierced me through.

"I didn't want an audience." He said, his eyes raking down me. I thought about how I must look with my face and skin flushed and my hair hanging down my back, still damp from my dunk, a towel the only thing covering me.

"Listen, I'll go get changed," I said, looking at my discarded bathing suit for a second. "And meet you out in the hallway so we can talk."

"Yeah," he said, and I had a moment of hope. "We could do that but I won't because then you would know what's coming." I felt my hope fall as he started walking forward. I instantly started moving backwards until I hit the wall diving the girl's bath from the uni-sex bath. "I enjoy the look of," he had been walking while he was talking and now he stood in front of me. He pressed his hands against the wall next to my head before leaning next to my ear, his lips lightly brushing against it. "…surprise on your face." He pulled back and smirked at me. He let his arms drop back to his sides and I took comfort in the additional space I was given.

"Now, let's get down to more serious things."

"L-like what?"

"Have you gotten distracted, Kenna? Since the day you were taken from me, your family, have your loyalties been divided? Have you lost focus on the original goal?"

"N-no! I haven't forgotten!"

"It seems like you have judging by your secret rendezvous at the top of crows nest with a certain captain."

"That was you?" my voice was a whisper but sounded infinitely loud in the quiet room as I realized it was Kairo who had slammed the door back on the Going Merry after Luffy and I kissed.

"Have you let others distract you, Kenna? Because if you have, you know I will have to remove those distractions…" he said, his voice becoming low and dangerous.

"Nothing is distracting me!" I took a step forward, now angry.

"That better be true," he said, leaning forward so suddenly that our faces were inches apart and I had no time to react. "Or someone might get really, really hurt…" he trailed off, leaning closer so that his lips faintly brushed mine for the briefest moment when suddenly, there was this loud voice behind us.

"I swear I left it in here- AH!" Three girls had walked in and screamed loudly at the sight of Kairo. We had both turned to look at them and he sighed before knocking them out with a wave of his hand. They fell to the ground, in what seemed to be a deep sleep.

"It seems like our time has been cut short." He said, taking a couple steps back. "I'll see you later then. Sweet dreams, Kenna." He smirked before walking out of the bath room.

As soon as his footsteps vanished, I sank down the wall and tried to stop my racing heart. I didn't want to think about what Kairo would do to Luffy so instead I stood back up, propping myself up against the wall. I walked back over to the edge of the tub and grabbed my bathing suit. I walked towards the changing room but right before I left the bath room, I turned around and woke up the three girls. I hid in one of the stalls as they left, voicing their confusion. I changed back into my clothes very quickly and made my way back to room 209. I tip toed past room 208 which the boys were in and finally reached the door. I tried to open it but it was locked. I knocked lightly three times but still no one answered. I sighed before walking over to 208. I knocked on the door twice and immediately heard footsteps approaching. The door was pulled open and I saw Sanji there.

"Kenna! There you are! We were wondering where you were!" he said, and then moved aside to presumably let me in. Instead of walking in, I simply looked inside. Everyone was sitting on the floor around a circular table that had a lot of bottles on it and some cups. I recognized the bottles as alcohol and noticed that everyone was pretty much inebriated except for Robin and Kairo who were only slightly buzzed. "Well, come on in." Sanji said, reaching out to pull me in but I instantly jumped back.

"Actually I'm pretty tired so I just came for the key for 209." I said, twisting and untwisting my bathing suit. There were some sounds of disappointment coming from the table but I didn't look at them, just focused my attention on Sanji.

"Alright," Sanji said, grabbing the key from the door side table.

"Uh… you guys should probably keep it because I'm going right to sleep. I just want to unlock the door." I said, taking the key from Sanji and walking over to the door. I unlocked the door and threw the key back to Sanji, who had been waiting at the door. "Good night!" I said, with a wave. Sanji waved back before going back into the room. I did the same and closed the door behind me. I threw my still sopping bathing suit into the tub before making my bed, my thoughts somewhere else entirely. I changed my clothes and lay down once it was made. I willed sleep to take me quickly but my wish was not granted. I almost wanted to put myself in an induced sleep but I knew it would not end well if I did. Sighing, I let time pass me by slowly. At one point, I thought I heard the door open but I quickly snapped my eyes shut and tried to regulate my breathing.

It must have been my imagination for no one popped up but Kairo's words rang out in my head. Sweet dreams… I shivered slightly and finally realized sleep was coming to me.

Maybe it's not such a good thing that I found my brother… was my last thought before I fell asleep.

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A.N.: OMG FINISHED! And what… that only took me like…. 3 months… god I'm sad… I would have gotten it out earlier but I kept getting distracted by other stories that seemed so much better than this one. But they really weren't… Whatever! Next chapter will be out in less than 3 months, I promise! I might come back and edit this because I'm not pleased with some parts but I just want to get it out now. Also, if some parts don't seem possible like Kairo making all that food alone or them having computers in the time period, SHADDAP! It's my story! I'll make it the way I want it! Don't flame me because then you'll look like a retard. Kthxbai. REVIEW!