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gothywolfie Exactly! I can imagine how funny it can turn out if the parents find out. Especially if it's Zoro and Sanji.

MeraNova-I see, but you can still vote for romance between this new crew. I'll do whatever the majority votes for even though there are plenty of combinations.

djdoodet-Yes, I had to put Shanks in eventually. Vote for which who should be together in this new crew.

EanshiHui-Okay, thanks! I got your vote counted.

kittyyuciefan-Don't worry, it's not getting annoying. While you're at it, you can vote on the romance that I might be doing between the kids (well, they're not really kids but you know what I mean).

Translucent Pearl-Thanks! Glad you like it! Got your couple written down and just wondering: Purple marshmallows? Sorry, just wondering where that came from.

WildGamer-It's a huge coincident that you asked those questions because I was planning on answering your questions before you asked it in this chapter. Of course Shanks is old but not THAT old! They left Luffy's crew because they got their own lives too and their own dreams that it's not necessary to stay as pirates.

Serfia Kamay Moto-Thanks! And got your vote too.


"I can't believe Kiki has that kind of attitude!" Iris was talking to herself after her very short argument with Kiki. Everyone was about to leave to look around the village and Kiki is currently in another room.

"I think she's the one with the attitude," Garret whispered to the others,

"Hey! You want to make something out of this, Sword Boy?" said Iris picking a fight.

"Well, if you're willing to," said Garret calmly.

"Now calm down there," said Nick getting in between them.

"Easy for you to say, that captain thinks we're going to get by the Grand line well she's got another thing coming! If I didn't know better, I'd say she's trying to kill us all," said Iris turning around and walking off on her own.

"Iris don't be like that," said Nick and jogged after her

"Iris always did look at the glass half empty," said Katie.

"She seems pretty dangerous when she does though," said Donsopp now know not to get on Iris's bad side and they followed them, leaving Garret since he needs to heal.

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Kiki, having a stubborn streak, is not willing to stay in bed for rest so she's been trying to get outside to see her village again and so she can quickly head for Drum Island.

"Kiki, you're just going to hurt yourself," said Garret resting on the sofa and resting his eyes.

"No I'm not," she said using the wall to support and just reached the door.

"Whatever you say, just don't blame me if you get hurt out there," Garret warned who is enjoying his bed rest.

"Fine I won't," said Kiki and left the house.


"Nice village," said Katie looking around now with a busy village fixing the damage done by Buggy.

"It's a good thing Makino told everyone that we're the good guys here," said Donsopp.

"Shouldn't we be helping them fix the village up, I mean, we sort of helped caused some of it," said Nick.

"Yeah but Buggy started it," said Iris.

"Hey, don't you think Kiki would like to look around her village? I mean, it's a little hard for her to be here on her own," said Nick,

"Yeah, let's go get her," said Katie,

"But I'm not giving her support, you guys can do that," said Iris.

Katie puts her arm around Iris,

"Oh Iris, you're so, so….hold on, let me find the right word," said Katie as the group backtracked to the Makino's place.

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"What do you mean she left!?" everyone exclaimed,

"She wanted to get out and see her village," said Garret still resting.

"And she's by herself?" Nick asked,

"I think she is," said Garret calmly,

"You're so mean!" and Katie hits him,

"Ow! That hurts! Can't you see I'm resting my back?" Garret complained but can't do much since he can't get up without feeling pain.

"But you let Kiki off on her own!"

"Why don't you try stopping that rubber girl when you're stuck to the couch?"

"Okay, you two stop, we'll just go and find her," said Nick, "It's not like she can get very far."


Kiki was walking around by herself but it started getting annoying because she had to lean against the wall for support almost everywhere she goes.

"This place still looks almost the same," she said looking around; then she tripped over something and fell.

"OW! Oooww…where's my hat?" she muffled with her face to the ground and feeling around.

She looked up and started getting up right when the wind kicked in and her hat flew off the ground and into the air.

"Hey! Come back here! Just my bad luck," said Kiki to herself and starts going after it.

She could see that somebody caught it but couldn't see who it was.

"Yours? Little Kiki?" said the person holding the hat out to her.

"Huh?"

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"Kiki!" everyone was shouting.

"Yo! Captain! You're crew's looking for you!" Katie called.

"Hey! Isn't that her hat?" Donsopp pointed.

Everyone looked and started heading for that direction.

"I got it! I got it!" Katie cried running ahead and ran into somebody.

"Sorry," she said.

"Its fine, no harm done!" and the guy turned around saying,

"Yours? Little Kiki?"

"Huh?"

Katie stood up and looked behind the guy,

"I found you!" she jumped on Kiki,

"Owowowowowowow!"

"Sorry!" and Katie lets go.

"Katie!" everyone else caught up.

"Kiki, what are you doing out on your own?" Donsopp asked,

"Yeah, you scared us!" Iris scolded.

Kiki raised an eyebrow,

"I mean…they were," said Iris pointed at the rest of the crew.

"Your crew, Kiki?"

"Who's this guy?" Iris asked giving the guy a look,

"Shanks is the name and I see that Kiki's got that stubborn streak," said Shanks.

"OH MY GOSH! SHANKS?!" Katie almost fainted.

"You're hair doesn't seem as red as they say it is," said Iris and Katie stepped on her foot.

"Ouch…I mean, anyone can tell its red enough to be you," Iris was able to say due to how hard Katie stomped on her foot.

"It's alright," said Shanks with a smile.

"Where's your crew?" Kiki asked taking her hat back.

"And how is it that you're here the same time we are?" Iris asked and Katie stepped on her foot again,

"Stop being rude!" she said to Iris.

"It's fine! You got to give this little girl credit for being protective," said Shanks with a smile,

"Little girl??" Iris growled.

"Shanks…I think this hat belongs to you," said Kiki who handed the hat back to him.

He took the hat and examined it.

"It's in perfect condition, looks just like how I gave it to Luffy," said Shanks but he puts the hat on Kiki's head just as he did to Luffy.

"Keep it for a while longer. You might need my lucky hat to fulfill your dream," said Shanks.

"Wait, how did you know me? And about my dream?" Kiki asked,

"That was the first thing I would ask," said Iris, and Katie stepped on her foot again but missed because Iris saw it coming.

"I knew your parents that's why. I saw you when you were about um…let's see, one year old,"

"Then how did you know it was Kiki in the first place?" Nick asked with his arms folded.

"Easy, I recognized my hat. And (looks at Kiki) she looks just like her father. The black hair doesn't count since both her parents had black hair. But the eyes, those deep chocolate brown eyes are from her mother," said Shanks and smiled.

"…Shanks, my father told me he ate the Devil's fruit because you had it when you visited this village, is that true?" Kiki asked,

"Yes, it is. Of course, he really should've asked before eating anything out of a chest; why do you ask?" Shanks asked Kiki.

"Just curious, and to make sure my father didn't make all his stories up," said Kiki.

Shanks and Katie laughed.

"I thought you believed everything your father said," said Katie.

"I do," said Kiki.

"I'm hungry," said Donsopp and everyone did an anime fall.

They went to Makino's to eat.

"Garret should join us," said Nick,

"I'll get him," said Donsopp.

"So, how old are you kids anyway?" Shanks asked,

"We're not kids for your information." said Iris drinking some water.

"He's just teasing, it's not that bad," said Nick.

"I like him, he's funny," said Katie.

"I don't," said Iris.

"I'm 16, almost 17," said Katie.

"I'm 18," said Nick.

"Almost 19," said Iris in a monotone voice.

"17," said Kiki with a bright smile.

"I'm 17 as well!" said Donsopp walking in with Garret, "What a coincidence, eh Kiki?"

"Who's this guy?" Garret asked pointing at Shanks,

"Clue, red-head," said Iris.

"You're telling me…this is Shanks?"

"That's right! This guy is awesome!" said Katie.

"That's Garret, my first mate," said Kiki.

"Yeah, but I'm only here because my father wants me too," Garret mumbled. Nick and Donsopp helped Garret sit down with them.

"So how old are you, Garret? And I see that you're a swordsman too," said Shanks.

"Yeah, I'm 19 and I will become the best swordsman in the world," said Garret and took a bite to eat.

"Is you're father Roronoa Zoro?" Shanks asked,

"Yes…he is, how did you know?"

"He does know Luffy," Katie pointed out.

"If you want to be the best swordsman in the world, don't you have to defeat your father?" Shanks asked,

"Uh…" Garret wasn't sure what to say.

"Then he's got a long way to go," said Iris.

"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?" Garret exclaimed almost getting up.

"It means just as I said it, you have a long way to go, buddy. You got stabbed in the back by a clown, I think that's a long way to go," said Iris.

"Yeah good luck beating your father at cooking while you think about this kind of stuff," said Garret.

"WHAT? I can beat my father at cooking!"

"Sure you can, I doubt he taught you everything he knew," said Garret.

"I think I can!" said Katie.

Garret and Iris got a sweat drop.

"You're worse than me, Katie, not likely. At least Chief Zeff likes my cooking," said Iris.

"That old geezer lost his taste buds eons ago," said Katie.

"I see your crew gets along well," said Shanks watching them,

"You call this 'getting along'?" Donsopp asked with a sweatdrop,

"You never answered my question from earlier, how did you know about my dream?" Kiki asked.

"I met up with your father a few years ago. He told me how you were doing, where you were, passing the hat to you, and your dream of being the Pirate Queen," said Shanks.

"…How, is he doing?" Kiki asked,

"Luffy? That lad's fine! The only thing that changed about him is that he's matured just a little bit," Shanks joked as he showed how much Luffy matured with his fingers.

Kiki looked away,

"You miss him, don't cha?" Shanks asked,

"I guess so," said Kiki.

"Who wants some meat?" Donsopp asked,

"Me!" Kiki stood up but forgot about her wounds and fell over, but Shanks caught her and puts her back on her chair.

"You're just like your parents, you know that?" Shanks asked,

"Tell me about it, she was pretty dense when I first met her and when I saw her actually being serious for once, it scared me," said Garret.

"I know! It's like she's one person for one minute and another person the next!" said Katie.

"Are these compliments? Or are you guys just making fun of me?" Kiki asked with an eyebrow raised,

"Of course not!" said Katie,

"Of course I'm making fun if you," said Garret.

Kiki stretched her arm to the floor and to Garret's chair and pulled it from under him.


Next: Shanks tells Kiki more about her mother, Ai Mei. And the crew sets out for Drum Island. And hopefully Iris and Kiki stop being mad at each other over a silly argument.

The romance bounced everywhere! But poor Nick wasn't in any romance ideas! But it seems like Garret is a favorite since he was paired with every girl at least once except Katie who was picked to be with Garret twice. I'll see what I can do with these different ideas.

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