"That man was the one who kidnapped her years ago."

Sanji froze, then grabbed Furuma's shirt. "YOU LET HER GET KIDNAPPED BY HIM?! WHY COULDN'T YOU STOP HIM!?"

"We were 5 years old..." he sweatdropped.

"What was she doing by herself?" He asked in a tone that sounded like he'd kill someone if it wasn't answered.

"Can you put me down so I can tell you?" Sanji glared at him for a couple seconds, then put him down.

Furuma sat down. "What I heard from before we met, her father was a famous pirate. I forget the name, but he disappeared before she was born. As for her mom," He turned his head. "She lost her in a rainstorm, and Takono and Rokuu were found in front of the orphanage."

5 years after the storm...

"Aki-san!!" A young blonde heard from not too far. "Aki-saan!!" She heard again. It was Rokuu, but in rabbit pajamas. The blonde smiled, and kneeled down to Rokuu's height. "What's wrong?"

"Takono won't get out of bed, and I want to play!!" She whined.

"You could ask your other friends!"

"But I only have two friends, and they're playing already!! It's a two-player game, and they won't stop!!"

"What about the other boys and girls?" She asked again.

"All the girls are mean!" She said sadly. "And the boys aren't letting us play with them!"

"Why not?" Aki asked her, softly.

"They hate girls... So can you wake up Takono? Please?" She asked nicely.

"Sure..." She pet her hair and walked up the stairs. When she turned her head, the first thing she saw was a blanket with something under it, a stuffed bear and a little patch of pink hair. "Takono, is something wrong?"

"Aki-san, how come nobody wants to play with me?" She asked.

"Rokuu just said she wanted to." Aki sat on the bed behind Takono. The girl sat up, with shorter hair.

"She wants to steal my teddy bear..." She told her sadly.

"She just wants to play."

"Yesterday, Rokuu took it, and she didn't ask, and drew all over him!!" She whined.

Aki took the bear and showed the front to Takono. "But I washed him, remember?"

"But she still ruined it!!" She whined again. The blonde put her hand over Takono's hand.

"Come on. I'll help you get dressed, and then we'll go downstairs, okay?" She nodded.

Downstairs...

A red-haired girl and a redhead (both red XD) were scribbling on the wall next to the staircase with crayons.

"Are you sure we won't get in trouble?" The redhead asked.

"I dunno, I never done this before." The red-haired girl replied. "Isn't it almost Aki-san's birthday?"

"Yeah..." She stopped coloring.

"So we can make this her birthday present!" Rokuu walked by slowly, looking down. "Oi, Rokuu, what's wrong?"

"I wanna play, but you two didn't let me. And Takono's still upstairs."

The redhead smiled at her. "You wanna color? I'll give you my crayons!"

"You'll get in trouble!" She cried.

"We will?" The red haired girl started to cry. "I don't want to get in trouble!!" Aki and Takono, holding hands, came down the stairs. Takono had her bear back with her, and she was wearing overals with a duck on the front pocket, and a dark green t-shirt. The red haired girl just cried more, seeing Aki there.

"Amanda, did you do this?" She hugged the woman's leg and kept crying.

"Me...(sniff) and--and Jani did it... am--am--am I in trouble??" She sniffed again, sobbing into Aki's long, green skirt.

"No, It's really beautiful though... but don't draw on the wall again, okay?" Amanda nodded.

Furuma walked in, curiously. "Hi, guys!!"

"Go away, dummy! No boys allowed near us!!" He pouted, but just stayed there anyway.

Rokuu tried to take Takono's bear away, but she pulled it away. "Aki-san!! She wants my bear!!"

"She never lets me play with it!!" Rokuu pointed at Takono.

Aki sighed. "Girls, why don't you try sharing?"

"Rokuu never shares, and she stealed my stuff. And I love this teddy. It's from mommy and daddy..." Takono replied quietly.

"Where's mommy and daddy anyway?" Rokuu asked. Aki looked up in thought. She didn't know what to tell them.

"They're dead!" Jani told her. Furuma's head shot up. "Oi, stoppit, Jani!!"

"They are not!!" Takono yelled back.

"Yuh HUH!" (trying to make them talk like 5 year olds.) "Why do you think you're here?"

"Because I was... uh... LOST!"

"No you weren't!!"

Rokuu started to tear up, thinking about her parents. "A-AKI SAN!!"

Aki picked Rokuu up and told her, "Your parents aren't dead. I promise."

Takono stuck her tongue out at Jani, who crossed her arms. "Fine, pink head."

"My name's Takono!!"

"It should be pink head. Pink hair is too weird." Embarrassed, Takono drooped her head down, covering her hair with her bear.

"So's red hair." She mumbled.

"It's not as weird. Blue hair's weird too, but Rokuu's not a dummy."

"Me neither!!" Takono exclaimed.

"Yeah you are!" Jani laughed. Takono felt really embarrassed now. She didn't want to cry in front of her, so she punched her in the shoulder and hid behind Aki.

"Jani, stop it!!" Amanda told her. "Say you're sorry!"

"Yeah!" Furuma continued. "That was mean."

"But it's true!" She pointed to Takono.

"Jani, apologize." Aki said softly.

"NO!! I DONT WANNA!!" She screamed. Takono finally ran out from behind Aki and started punching Jani.

"Takono!! Stop it!!" The blonde pulled Takono off the redhead, who was the one crying now. (they're 5. they're supposed to cry a lot.) The pink haired girl stared at Jani for a second, then ran upstairs and shut the door.

...

The redhead ran to the stairs. "Why that--"

"Jani," Aki stopped her. "Just leave her alone for a little while, okay?" She turned around to look at her, then huffed and walked away.

...

Rokuu entered the room that night, before it was everyone's curfew. She spotted Takono stuffing all her stuff into a backpack. "Takono, what're you doing?"

Takono leaned over onto the bag. "Nobody likes us, we're stuck here until we grow up and I wanna see mommy and daddy." She looked at her. "I want to leave."

"But you'll get in trouble!!"

"Not if I'm not caught... but I don't want to go alone... do you wanna come?" Rokuu shook her head. "So I'm stuck here... She closed her bag and tried to pick it up, but groaned, then dragged it down the stairs. Furuma noticed the two, seeing as they were his only friends and he was playing with his toy cars. "Oi, Whatcha doing?"

Takono whispered in his ear, "I wanna run away, but I don't wanna go alone."

"Can I come?" He asked. She nodded, then he stood up, put his cars in her backpack and helped her carry her bag.

Once Rokuu opened the door, it was pouring outside. "Guys?"

"I don't care!!" Takono told her, as she tugged on the backpack, also holding her bear in her other arm.

The two gazed outside, then at each other, until Furuma whispered, "On three."

"One..."

"Two..."

"Three!" The two kids pulled as hard as they could, dragging the bag across the road. (which took about 5 minutes...)

Soon, they were completely soaked. Takono sneezed, then looked around her. The two were under a big tree, covering the rushing pour.

"Oi, cook! Next time wait for us!!" Zoro called. Sanji's eyes rolled. "This is a little important."

"Are you guys even listening?" Furuma sweatdropped.

"Wait a sec, what happened?" Deji asked curiously. Nami looked up from where she was sitting, waiting for them to be quiet.

"Do you guys want me to get to the end or what?" The boy asked.

"Well could you please get to the part where we find out why we're here??" Nami asked.

"Alright, alright."

Furuma and Takono ended up playing catch with her bear. Behind a tree, a familiar bald man was talking to his captain.

"¿Cómo vamos a llamar piratas a nosotros mismos si no actuamos como piratas, capitán?"

The captain sweatdropped. "Fuego..."

"Me refiero, claro! Tenemos un buque y todo eso, pero no tenemos que construir una reputación?"

"FUEGO..." His vein popped.

"Estamos nunca va a conseguir incluso un beli sobre nuestras cabezas si no hacemos algo!"

"FUEGO!!"

"EEHHH?! FUEGO? FUEGO?? ¿DÓNDE?! ¿DÓNDE ESTÁ EL FUEGO, JACKAL?" He screamed, looking for fire. (fuego means fire) "Oh, usted me entiende. ehehe!" He laughed nervously. (if you want to know what he's saying, go look it up. thats what I did.) Jackal smacked himself in the face.

"Why's my best man such an idiot?" He asked himself.

"Hey! I know a little english! I am not an idiot!!" He told him in a spanish accent.

"Then how about speaking in the language I use?"

"If you whine, I no talk." He answered.

"JUST GO DO WHAT I TOLD YOU!!" His captain yelled again.

"Si, señor!!"

"Wait..." The two heard. Jackal smirked.

"Oh yes... Gemini... I've forgotten already..." A masked man with a playing-card shaped blade walked out.

"Well you shouldn't have forgotten. I'm the strongest on our crew..." A star sparkled next to him. "And the handsomest..."

"You know what, I'll do it myself..." Jackal came out.

The two kids spotted him, and hid behind a tree in fear. "Hey, what're you so scared of?"

"You, now go away! You're ugly!!" An arrow shot through his head, not expecting that response. He did spot a bear on the ground, then took it.

"Okay, I guess I'll take this." Takono gasped, and ran out from behind the tree.

"NOO!!" Furuma grabbed her overall straps. "Don't do it!!"

"SO it's your kuma-chan?" (teddy bear)

"Give it back!!" She tried pushing Furuma off. "IT'S MINE!!"

He smirked. "Okay then, we'll make a deal. I'll take this, and in return, I'll also grant you one wish..." He heard loud laughing behind him from his idiotic crewmates.

Takono wanted to wish for her bear back, but she's also wanted to see her parents. "I want my mommy and daddy..." She quietly told him...

"Oh yeah..." Furuma thought. "Now's your chance! You can get them back!" They smiled.

"But there's a catch-- It may take years, but you have to be able to pay me enough to do this. Every year. 500 billion beli."

"I'll do it! Now gimme my mommy!!" He picked her up by her overall straps. "PUT ME DOWN!!"

"I'll tell you now, doing this won't be easy..." He laughed, then stopped, still hearing Fuego and Gemini snickering. "He's a genie..."

"And every year it's only gotten worse for her. He would even abuse her sometimes. But everytime I saw her alone, no matter how much I try to tell her, she wanted her parents back more than anything. And just as I suspected over the years, he lied."

Everyone just gazed into space, thinking about how it must've been to go through that all. Nami's had more of an idea because it was just like her deal with Arlong.

"So now you see what's going on?" Once he looked around, he saw the look in Sanji's eye. He looked like he was about to kill someone. And maybe he was. Before he's decided to do any damage, someone passes by.

"Takono chan?"

Yep, its finally more than 1200 words. (nod) uh huh. uh huh.

CYAPEEPS!!