Author's Note: Hello! Another one out today! Praise the heavens that it didn't take a couple months for this one eh? ;) lolz I try my best ok (actually I could be trying a lot harder…) This one is kind of a filler/kind of not one…does that make sense? Well it doesn't have to! Just read it haha! Oh and I wanted to get this one out really fast so I didn't go over grammer T_T sorry about that but hey be thankful I'm posting tonight anyway. As always review if you have anything to say! I'd appreciate it, oh and if your ever reading my stories and see a random '3' it's because I tried to put a heart there only to have fanfiction take out the bottom half of it! If your ever bored (or tired of waiting for an update teehee) then go check out my other stories *A Fairy's Roar (Fairytail Lazus story)* and *Am I A Psycho? (Naruto Hidan story) * Enjoy the chapter!

****Past Chapter's Reviews****

Pokemonjkl: oh man, I have nothing against Sanji but come on now…he's just toooooooo easy to torture…am I right? And I know! He finally got the balls! (even though it was when no one could see him) but baby steps ;D Glad your enjoying it :3

Onepiecefannumber1: Aw thank you! :3 you guys are too kind haha I can't re-read my chapters cuz then I get all angry at myself over spelling mistakes or places that need better explanatory but hey! I'm sure as hell better then chapter one! Haha…or at least I think so O-o and you don't have to wait any longer now! :D

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Tachi Tsuki un: Thank you! I pride myself in my humorous skills (eeven though most people don't see it)

"That was scary!" Nami and chopper whined, sliding down each other to the ground. Everyone was now feeling the relief of the five crew mates still being alive. Kuki raised her hand to brush her finger tips against her lips, they were still numb from…from…the swordsman caught her looking towards him and they both glanced away awkwardly. "Does this mean…that Zoro likes me?" she snuck another glance, the First Mate was still sitting, obviously tired, "No, he was probably just trying to calm me down…but then again I don't see him kissing Nami or Robin when their upset…" "It's sunlight!" The crowd around the Straw Hats yelled, causing Kuki to notice her surroundings. The breeze was calm and the 'boat's' birds where singing in praise of the warmth. She was alive, if anything at least she was alive. "Anyway, I'm glad nobody disappeared." Ussop exhaled looking visibly stressed. The Helmsman looked at her crewmates; everyone was worse for wear, as well as her clothes.

The suspenders were gone, one stocking had multiple gaping holes and her shirt was starting to crust with old blood. The girl was in desperate need of a shower…one without Zoro this time. Had they even confronted each other about that incident? Kuki would have rather died then bring it up, far too embarrassing. "It's almost like we've all woken up far a nightmare." Sanji explained exhaling the dirty chemicals from his smoke; nicotine running threw his system, telling his body everything was going to be alright. Apparently, the cook's own mind had erased the moment Chopper told him about the 'kiss', since he acted perfectly…normal. Maybe Sanji just wouldn't be able to take it along with his injuries, the thought of the big green oaf stealing away one of his Angels…like some sort of defence mechanism? "Man, that was one bad ghost ride we got on." The smoker finished, smirking. Kuki tried to stand but ended up on her ass, apparently her injuries were worse off then she had originally thought.

The adrenaline from all the action was keeping her up and running, and now with everything calm her body fell victim to the accumulated wounds. "Kuki!" Chopper yelped, scampering over to his patient. The red clumps at the back of her head frightened him, remembering the fall when Oz had thrown the Helmsman to the ground. Why had he not thought of her sooner? "I'm fine, really, just a bit dizzy." She tried to explain, laying down as her vision started to swim lazily back and forth. Everyone started shuffling over to the girl, crowding her sight. The doctor lightly turned her tiny body over so he could get a good look at her back. Kuki hissed as he prodded her skin with his hoofs, a serious look flashed over his face. "What's wrong with her?" Zoro asked, watching the reindeer. The animal looked up from the tiny blonde's back to the First Mate "Her back is severely bruised; maybe a cracked rib, but her head got the worst, a concussion. It seems to have been cut open, she'll need stitches defiantly…" the doctor paused lifting up both hands, taking longer to look at them, as if something shocked him, "and her finger tips have been sliced."

The swordsman grimaced but nodded, "fix her up." The rest of the crew nodded in silent agreement as the young doctor trotted off to get medical supplies. "Wait, you guys have injuries too…" the tiny girl tried to add, her stomach beginning to turn along with her vision. "We're not the one with blood everywhere…not that you don't look beautiful Kuki-Tan!" Sanji swooned, only managing to be serious for a short period of time. "Just let Doctor-San do his job so he can finish quicker." Robin added, smiling down at the Helmsman. Kuki sighed, giving in to the group as she heard the steady tapping of Chopper's hooves, signalling the boy's return. "I'm going to have to put you under her the stitches." The tiny animal explained as he rummaged threw a bag. "I hate needles." Kuki pouted, watching Chopper tap the side of his syringe lightly. "Just suck it up, kiddo." Zoro ordered with a slight smile playing across his face. The tiny blonde's eyes squinted as she received her shot, smirking lazily as the medicine started to drown out her senses, "Fine…'boy'."

"Didn't Luffy shrink before?" Zoro asked. The entire crew was surrounding their captain as he slept silently on a flat rock. Kuki sucked in breath as she tried straightening her back, no broken rib just heavily bruised muscles, and the threading holding the skin on the back of her head together where throbbing. Chopper offered pain medicine, but with the anaesthetic still slightly numbing her senses, the girl didn't want any other drug running threw her system. "When he uses that 'Giant Gear' of his, he told me he shrinks as a side effect…" Chopper explained watching over the rubber-man. No one else needed any extensive care, excluding Zoro and the cook who all refused to get checked out stating they were fine. Kuki huffed crossing her arms, no matter how sore she was the tiny girl needed to get her point across, the First Mate forced her to get taken care of but refused for himself? What part of that was fair? And she most likely looked ridiculous, with fresh bandage wrapping wound around her head, covering each finger and her entire torso, making the poor Helmsman feel very exposed, since the young Doctor didn't want her shirt interfering with the precious bandages he ordered her not to wear one.

How he managed to wrap up her chest and stomach? Kuki didn't know, even thought Nami had specified that the other boys were nowhere near and it was just them two…still embarrassing. The only items to make it threw the battle seemed to be her black shorts and one of her knee-length socks…time to borrow money from Nami again… "Don't you think Luffy's new fighting styles are a bit too harmful on his body?" Ussop asked, biting his lower lip as he watched the black-haired boy in front of them. The Captain's breaths were slow and shallow, no other movement coming from his body except for the rise and fall of his exposed chest. "I'm worried…" the Sharpshooter continued, "If there's going to be stronger enemies from now on he's gunna have to keep using these. If we don't pull ourselves together soon…" Everyone seemed to nod in agreement, nobody willing to speak up, especially the Helmsman, she was the one who had the worst injuries, except for her Captain, what did that say about her?

Kuki sighed as Sanji, Ussop, Nami, Franky and Brooke all turned their attention to the, quite large, group of people that had ran up towards them. "So, from before, what made you go all crazy back then Helmsman-San?" the older woman asked, settling down beside the bruised and battered girl. "Hm?" Kuki questioned, raising an eyebrow that seemed to disappear behind the strikingly white wrapping upon her forehead. "When we first entered the mansion, you were stomping on that Zombie's head as if it were a bug to be squashed." Robin explained, still wearing that 'innocent' close eyed smile. "Oh…" the tiny girl noticed Zoro's ears perk up at the conversation, even if he wasn't looking their way, "I don't really know myself, I can feel emotions and intentions in the air…well more like sence, but all that evil pouring out of the Zombies as they were laughing seemed to… swarm inside me, overcrowding my one feelings, overpowering them." The Archaeologist just bobbed her head up and down slowly, taking every bit of information in, "Well, that could be used against you…"

"I already know that, I'm going to control it…" Kuki mumbled under her breath, instantly regretting her rude tone after, but the older woman still kept smiling, seeming to understand that the Helmsman didn't mean it. "More importantly then that, one of you may marry me!" That voice brought three back to reality, the crowd around them were bowing towards the Straw Hat Crew and a huge lady with pale, pink hair and lips that could swallow Kuki whole…her body shook at the thought. "No!" all the males yelled towards the female, irrated looks staining their faces, but instead of getting upset the woman just brushed it off, as if getting rejected by five people at once wasn't that bad. "That's the 4449th rejection!" the two ratty men beside her started to holler. Kuki's min ran a blank, she couldn't even think about confessing to one person, yet alone 4000 and get rejected by all…you had to give this lady some points. "Even if you thank us," Zoro started to say, running his free hand back and forth along his hair, apparently he was listening to their conversation as well.

"In any case," the pink haired girl started to say again, trying to get in another word. "Luffy already told you old man," the First Mate just continued to ignore the other captain, carrying on his conversation with the old man listening contently. "Hey, you over there!" "We only fight on our own terms," "Don't you want to marry me?!" The helmsman blushed, now the female pirate was singling the swordsman out? Kuki found herself glaring at the larger lady, causing her to stop. "You guys were rescued as a bonus." Zoro finally finished, reacting too late to the flying hand aiming to his face, apparently Nami didn't appreciate his opinion… "What the hell are you saying?!" the navigator screamed, watching as the First Mate flew backwards, rolling over himself until his body was stopped by a large stone jutting upwards. "Um…wasn't that a bit far?" the tiny blonde whispered, not wanting a part of the angry woman's furry. "Just as someone finally thanked us!" Nami carried on her ranting as a long, painful groan sang out from the green clump buried underneath the dust and rock.

Kuki and Chopper both looked at each other as Ussop and the 'Hell woman' started talking about treasure with the other pirates. "If you hold him down…" the young doctor started to hint. "and you get the bandages…" the helmsman added, a devilish smirk creeping upon her face. "Then we can treat him! Yosh!" they cheered, having one high five before getting to work. "That's right I-" Nami slapped a hand over her mouth and froze. The air, that was cheery and relaxed a few moments ago was now chilled and silent. The crew's heads all turned towards their navigator, even 'nurse' and doctor, who were currently trying to mummify Zoro in a full body suit of wrappings. "Forgot something really important!" Nami finished, spinning on her heel to find Luffy still heavily asleep. "What's that?" Ussop asked, blank faced at the girl's sudden depression even though the mention of money was recently the topic of conversation. "His…presence." She was able to mutter out.

Robin straightened up, "What is it?" Nami's hand fell, "This is really serious…" Before the navigator could get to the bottom if it, Kuki's head snapped over to the remains of the tower, feeling the ominous energy. "I see…so my worst fears have come to reality…" the sound was filled with static, as if coming from a snail phone, but it was enough to get everyone's attention. You could hardly miss the extremely large figure sitting on the pile of ruins, how did no one notice him sooner? "So it would seem." the voice was deep, bone chilling in a way that it was so emotionless, it seemed almost robotic. "W-who's that?" the sharpshooter stuttered, you didn't have to have some sort of 'power' to catch the aura seeping out of this…man? Was 'he' considered a man? The figure wasn't big enough to be a giant but was about the size of Moria, who was defiantly not human. "He's here." Nami whispered, taking a step backwards, her face was breaking out in a cold sweat and her breath was starting to become shaky, "Everyone listen…during the fight with Moria I forgot to tell you guys…There's another one! A Shichibukai!"

Everyone stopped, how? How could two be on one island? What God did they piss off to receive this misfortune? "Just as we found a replacement for Crocodile….it's not good to lose another one. Is Moria still breathing?" the snail asked, having no facial moments, just like it's master. "Who knows." The large figure answered, lifting one of his legs to be placed on top of the other. "As long as he is alive we will wait for him to recover and take back his place as Shichibukai. The dignity would be lost if we lose another Shichibukai, this knowledge must not reach anyone else. Man these guys are a problem…" the snail carried on, causing a chill to run threw Kuki's back, just what lengths would he go to, to make sure no one else would find out about the shadow user's defeat? "Do you comprehend what I'm saying?" the snail asked after it's pause, "Obliterate everyone on that island, leave no one left." "Too easy."