Robin couldn't believe it.

Here she was, doing all of this, so that her crew; her Nakama, brothers, sister... her family, can live. So they can continue on their journey, they can achieve their dreams, so they can live.

And yet...

Here Luffy was...

Ordering Usopp in that stupid disguise of his...

To shoot down the Government flag.

Declaring war on the World Government.

For her.

And not one of the crew is protesting. They're just standing there, watching this happening... and is Zoro smirking?! He is! He is enjoying this!

This wasn't supposed to be how any of this went. She turned herself in, with the promise that her crew would be allowed to do their business in Water 7 and sail away, unhindered. She would tag along while CP9 finished their mission, killing Iceburg and finding those blueprints, and then she would accompany them to Enies Lobby without fuss. Once there, she would most likely be put on a ship and sent to Impel Down, where she would stay until they either brought her out for an execution, or she just died.

Her crew, her precious people, they would continue on their journey, mourning her absence, and wishing she hadn't left. But in time they would get caught up in the next adventure, and in time she would just be that girl that sailed with them for a while.

They were not supposed to follow her to get her back! She knew they were insane, but this... this was beyond insane.

She was so tired of it all, so tired of running. Tired of looking over her shoulder, tired of crews and organizations being destroyed simply because she was there. Some of the captains she'd sailed under over the years were genuinely good people, who didn't deserve the fate she brought on them. Others deserved everything they got and more, but that was beside the point. The last thing she wanted to do was drag another crew of good people down with her. Especially this crew.

Her fate was decided long ago, she'd only been delaying the inevitable. She should have died long ago, the night her island burned. Why, why can't Luffy just let her go? She can't... she can't- she just wants to die. She just wants to get it over with, before somebody else she cares about gets hurt because of her.

She wants to... she listens to what Luffy is saying... can she really do this?

"I WANT TO LIVE! TAKE ME TO SEA WITH YOU!" The words come, almost against her will. But, as soon as she says it, she realizes that she meant every word, and a weight that she didn't even know was there, vanishes.

Her crew is here, and even with the threat Spandam poses with that Button of Death, she knows that the seven of them will be alright. The seven of them will get out of this alive.

Because Luffy is standing right there, giving CP9 that smirk. The one that tells his enemies that they better run, and run fast. Because he is going to pound them into the ground until they beg for mercy and then he's just going to keep pounding. Because they tried to take something that belongs to him, and he wants it back.

She never thought she would be the thing he fought so hard to take back.

But now that she's here, she realizes that this is the best place in the world to be.

With these six people, is exactly where she belongs. And their captain will fight for all of them as hard as it takes to keep them there.