"We're back!" Luffy and his crew greeted; with the Kid's and Hearts Pirates on their sides. "When was the last time, the author updated this story?" Luffy turned to look at Usopp.
"I don't remember. It's been ages or so!" Usopp exclaimed.
"Don't be ridiculous! It's only 3 months!" Sanji interrupted them. "School starts again, you know? I heard she's been through hell since the school started. She couldn't remember nor even have an idea on how to continue with this story again."
"Then why is she here?" Zoro asked with a boring tone.
"Didn't you hear?" Robin smiled. "She rewatched One Piece again from episodes to episodes so that her love for our navigator will be restored again."
"Oh, she's desperate." Franky laughed.
"Should we start now?" Brook said. "I want to know what will happen next!"
"Yosh! Ja, minna! Ikuzo!" Luffy shouted.
"Ou!" They all cheered.
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Perona couldn't feel at ease after having the thought of her father would plan to assassinate her brother's love of life. "What should I do?" She worried.
"What're you muttering there all alone?" Zoro asked from behind.
"Uwaa!" Perona panicked. "What the hell?!"
"Don't curse at me you stupid girl." Zoro said. "I am just here to get something I forgot to bring."
"Then why're you in my room?!"
"Well, I passed by your opened room and heard you muttering something." Zoro explained. "I thought you lost it and began talking to yourself."
"Shut up! Anyway! Just leave already." Perona huffed.
"Whatever. Where's the old man?" Zoro asked.
"You mean papa?" Perona repeated. She suddenly remembered Hawk's document to kill Nami. "He's probably off somewhere."
"I see." Zoro nodded and headed towards the door.
"Wait! If you're going down, bring my nurse clothes too, then put it in the washing machine." Perona ordered.
"Why the hell are you ordering me around?!" Zoro growled. Perona threw her used clothes at him and pushed him towards the door.
"If you would be so kind; I am tired from WORK in the hospital. Unlike you, alright? Must be nice not to have a part-time job." Perona whined then she slammed the door in front of him. She lie on her bed and looked at her ceiling. Come to think of it, where did she put the documents where Nami was marked 'DEATH'?
"Geez, that little brat." Zoro cursed and headed towards his room first, throwing Perona's clothes on his bed. His phone rang.
"Zoro~ Why are you not here yet?" His captain whined. "We want to start playing in Usopp's house now."
"My bad. Go ahead. I forgot to bring my katana polisher." Zoro yawned and slumped into his rolling chair, in front of his laptop.
"Why do you have to bring those when we can play here?" -Luffy.
"I don't run around smashing pillows and cushions in each other's face." Zoro sweat dropped.
"Ehhhhhh? Zoro~ Robin and Franky are here now! They decided to play with us!" -Luffy
"Yeah yeah. Whatever." Zoro rolled his eyes. He, then saw a piece of paper in Perona's nurse pocket. "What is this, some kind of receipt or something?" He held it but he never look inside it.
"Oh! Zoro! There's a kendo tournament showing at Usopp's TV! You better come quick!" -Luffy
"Seriously?!" Zoro's face widen in excitement. He unconsciously put the piece of paper in his pocket and grabbed his keys. He ran along the hallway, not wanting to miss the whole tournament.
"Did you put my clothes on the washing machine?" Perona shouted from her door, as Zoro ran down the stairs.
"No. It's in my room! Put it yourself!" Zoro shouted back as he put on his shoes.
"You better not be having some dirty magazines in your damn room, Zoro!" Perona yelled and entered his room to get her clothes.
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"Kalifa-san." Nami called out to her guardian.
"Yeah?"
"What do you think will happen if I love again?" Nami asked gently.
Kalifa looked at her in surprise. She would never thought that her kid would ask her that kind of topic; the topic where Nami herself is hurt. "That would be wonderful, Nami."
"Why do you think so?" Nami looked down at her nervous hands while sitting on the edge of Kalifa's hospital bed.
"You had a hard time moving on from that ex of yours and I think it's really time for you to ease up and open yourself to others." Kalifa smiled.
"But what about Arlong's forever chain?" Nami gripped her own hands. "He would never let me do anything I desire."
"Nami." Kalifa called out. "There's no such thing as forever. Even in love nor in hate."
"Kalifa-san. Why are you talking as if Arlong is not to be feared anymore?" Nami asked. "Did something happened?"
"Who knows." Kalifa looked at her window. She knew that the moment she sent a notice to her higher ups about her reports and knowledge, they wouldn't sit back. "Nami, who is the man you're talking about?"
"Huh? What?" Nami blinked. "What're you talking about?"
Kalifa giggled. "Then why did you ask if you could love again? Who is this man?"
"N-no!" Nami denied. "That's not what you think!"
"Is it that Trafalgar Law who will pick you up later?" Kalifa teased.
"H-huh?!" Nami uttered.
"Or is it the guy who has green hair who came with you earlier?" Kalifa giggled.
"W-what?!" Nami's face begin to reddened due to kalifa's teasing.
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"Ne, ne! Zoro will be back here soon." Luffy announced. "For now, what should we do?"
Robin smiled and brought out some papers. "Should we play "GUESS"?"
Everyone titled their heads. "What?"
"You see... Someone I know gave me these abstracts and I-" Robin stopped what she were saying. Should she really tell them that the smart Robin they know is not perfect and not that knowledgeable? Will they be disappointed? "C-can you help me with these?"
At first, they all stared at each other confusingly. Robin bit her lower lips nervously. What if they can't accept a faker like her? What if they cast her away? What if they-
"Sounds fun!" Chopper's eyes shone. "Hey, hey.. What is it about?"
"So there is something that gets our smart Robin confused huh?" Usopp grinned. "Yosh! Let me solve that abstract for you! I am called the Great Genius Usopp; solving these types of problems are easy as pie."
"I doubt that." Brook laughed. "Yohoho!"
"Well~ Everybody has their own limits." Sanji smiled and light his smoke.
"Yeah. Just don't push yourself too hard." Franky looked at his smiling lover. She glowed when she smiled like that. It was a different smile.
"Thank you." Robin whispered to the air.
"But still..." Luffy held the papers up and down. "I can't understand it."
"I pretty much guess it's a place." Robin added up.
"It's a place, huh?" Sanji repeated.
A few moments later...
"I GIVE UP!" Luffy whined. "I used all of my brain power and nothing is coming out!"
"Luffy! It's only been less than 3 minutes!" Usopp scolded.
Luffy pouted. He bent over his body on the sofa with an abstract on his hand. Everyone else was busy guessing the places.
The Straw Hat captain was beginning to get bored. He looked around and caught a glimpse of a picture frame on top of the TV.
"Usopp! You're so tiny here!" Luffy laughed.
"Shut up! That picture was 10 years ago! Mom put that out from the cabinet yesterday." Usopp explained while looking at the abstract in his hands. "I don't even know if that place is still intact."
Luffy looked closely at the picture. Usopp, Yasopp and the mother was smiling in front of a waterfalls. When Luffy looked closely, behind that water that are falling behind them. There has a stone behind it and it shapes like a snake. He looked at the abstract in his hand and the picture of Usopp. He looked back and forth.
"AHHHH!" Luffy shouted.
"Now what?" Franky sighed.
"I found one that matches the abstract!" Luffy exclaimed and ran towards them.
"Really?" Robin stood up and stand beside her captain. She looked at the picture and the abstract together and he was right!
"Usopp! Where is this place?" Robin asked.
"I don't remember though." Usopp answered. "All I remembered is that that place is pretty famous around the Shabaody Area."
"I see." Robin nodded. "Sorry, Sanji-san but could you please search it on the internet for me?"
"With pleasure!" Sanji saluted and ran to find Usopp's laptop in the living room. He opened Usopp's laptop. "Oi. What the heck is your password here, man?"
"Ha-Ha! I put that there because I knew something like this would happen." Usopp said. "How dare you open my laptop without my permission?!"
"Oh. Nevermind I got the password." Sanji ignord the long nose.
"WHAT?!" Usopp screeched.
"You're so easy to see." Luffy laughed. "The password is obviously KAYA."
"How can a dumbbell like you actually guess that?!" Usopp cried.
"Because the person who made this password himself is a more of a dumbbell than the actual dumbbell." Luffy laughed again.
"Why you-!" Usopp was about to argue but his phone rang. "Kaya?" His voice immediately changed into a cheery tone. He walked out of the room to talk to his beloved lover.
"His mood sure change fast when Kaya calls." Chopper sweat dropped.
"Anyway. Did you find something, Sanji?" Franky asked.
"Not yet." Sanji shook his head. "Leave this matter to me. Continue solving that abstract."
Franky nodded. "I know that."
"Robin-san. I am older than you so I know. Why are you so desperate to solve this matter?" Brook asked the busy woman.
Robin stopped what she was doing and she felt all the eyes looked at her.
"The truth is, someone wants me to solve this abstract because I might meet someone in those places." Robin answered.
"Who?" Franky asked.
"Do you know WhiteBeard and Gol D. Roger?" Robin sat down to calm herself. Saying such important information is like disobeying her father but she remembered what Olivia said about trusting her friends.
"Yeah, I know them." Luffy grinned. "Gol D. Roger was Ace's father and Whitebeard is his favorite master. They disappeared though, Ace said."
Robin nodded. "But they're not dead either. They can help us prevent the upcoming war in New World Island."
"W-w-w-war?!" Chopper shrieked. "WHY?!"
"Akainu is somehow collaborating with an underground organization. For now, the one ruling in our academy is Akainu with Fa- no, Sengoku on absence. What do you think will happen if Akainu plans something with all the devil fruit users against the non- devil fruit user in the main city?" Robin looked at them with serious eyes.
"Chaos." Sanji blurt out. "Fear will come to those non-devil fruit users, especially the civilians. Once fear took over them, their conscious will be gone and they will start to kill."
"They will fear the devil fruit users and will call them monsters." Usopp added. He came in the room. "I heard everything from the outside. They will consider devil fruit users an outcast and will start to obliterate them in order to maintain peace."
"Exactly. That is why I must find Roger and Whitebeard in order to stop Akainu. There is no evidence that those things will happen but that is my theory after putting the pieces together." Robin said.
"But what will Akainu gain after doing all this?" Chopper asked.
"Probably he was tired of lurking in the shadows." Franky sighed. "Devil fruit users have to hide their abilities and mostly presence right?"
"Our freedom was limited in the first place." Brook added, knowing the non-freedom he feels whenever going out and hide his true self.
"Do you understand?" Robin looked at her friends.
"All I can understand is there is bad news." Luffy pouted.
"OI!" Chopper and Usopp slapped their captain's head.
"What? What?" Zoro groaned. "What did I miss?" He pants while leaning on the door frame.
"A lot." Sanji said. "But Robin-san, you did mention Akainu is connected to an organization, right? If we break that connection, what will happen?"
"It's going our way." Robin smiled. "Once Akainu has no longer has that contact to that org. all he have is his marine dogs, which our principals and teachers can handle it." Robin said. 'And father is there to control them.' She thought.
"Then, we don't have to go for Akainu but for his connections underground, huh?" Usopp sighed in relief, knowing that he won't go against such dangerous man. "Who are all in the organization?"
Robin put out her phone and looked at her notes. "Golden Lion Shiki and his gang."
Brook and Franky looked at each other. "Wasn't he the one who was drunk in the bar earlier?"
"Doflamingo and his gang." Robin said.
"Eh?!" Usopp Chopper exclaimed. "W-wait! If he's in the organization, won't the principal do something about them?!"
"That is, if he knows." Robin said. "I collected this info myself when I was in the library. Of course, I have a helping hand." She looked at Franky.
"So that's why you wanted me to wait in front of the bar last time." Franky face palmed. "I should have known."
"Eh? What happened?" Luffy asked.
-A moment of flashback~
Robin walked around the library to look for books. Her eyes look across the window and saw Doflamingo talking to a cloaked man/woman in an alley. She finds that suspicious so she uses her ability to eavesdrop them.
"Eh? A gathering?" Doflamingo asked. "Now?"
"Yes. A special guest would like to make an appearance." The cloak GUY said. "In the nearby block, there is a bar. Go there, the bartender would block you of course. Tell him that you're there to attend the gathering, per Ain's order."
"Geez. They better make that damn gathering good." Doflamingo cursed and turn his heels and began to walk.
Robin undid her ability. 'A gathering? Ain?' She thought. She brought out her phone.
"Franky?" She began.
"Yeah? Do you need me to pick you up now?" Franky asked.
"Yes. But don't pick me up at the library. Please wait for me at the next block's bar. Keep an eye out." Robin said.
"Huh?"
Robin hang up and grabbed her things. When she got into the pathway, she couldn't see Doflamingo. Damn his fast ability.
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Franky drove his way to the bar. "Why outside the bar?" He stopped his car. Good thing his garage is nearby. His phone rang again.
"Oi, Franky~ We're having a blast here in the Shabaody bar where Brook works. Come here!" Luffy laughed.
"Wait for a bit. I'm picking up Robin." Franky said.
"Okay~"
Franky hang up and saw Doflamingo entered the bar. Then, he saw a blonde man, who looks pretty beat up, followed Doflamingo not after.
"Geez, that damn Eustass." The blonde man cursed.
'He was beat up by Kidd?' Franky sweat dropped.
He looked at the side mirror where two men were talking. "Did you contact Shiki-sama?"
"Nay, I can't contact them but some says he and his clown subordinates are in a bar somewhere."
"What a VIP." The man said.
"What's a VIP means?" The other man asked.
"Very Important Person, whom we have to wait for."
'or Very Irritating Person.' Franky added in his mind. The door to his car opened and saw his lover.
"Did you wait long?" Robin smiled.
"Nah. I was amused by the people around here." Franky laughed.
"Who did you see?" Robin asked.
"Doflamingo, some blonde guy who was actually beat up by that Eustass, and those two men at the back talking about some Shiki who was VIP." Franky started his car.
"Were they heading towards the same direction?"
"I guess so. They headed towards that bar." Franky said. "Why are you so interested, anyway?"
"No. Nothing. Come on, let's go to Shabaody." Robin buckled her sitbelt.
"So our captain contacted you too." Franky snickered.
"As always." Robin smiled.
-End of Flashback
"So such thing happened." Luffy said. "You're so smart, Robin!"
Robin smiled in return. "Anyway, there is one more person who is the most important in the organization. His name is Arlong; leader of the Sun Pirates."
"E-eh?!" Zoro, Sanji and Usopp screamed.
"Did you know him?" Chopper asked.
"Didn't we tell you?" Usopp gulped. "That Arlong is Nami's guardian!"
"Don't tell me Nami-san is in it too?" Sanji cried.
"No, that I can tell you." Robin interrupt. "She's the key to all this things."
"How?" Luffy asked.
"She plays an important role between Akainu and Arlong without her knowing a thing." Robin explained. She remembered that all of the happenings around the important case is circling around Nami when she got here. "Nami's entire village was being hostage by Arlong's crew. In order to free her village, she needs to obey him and probably accomplish a certain mission. I still need to figure that out."
Everyone looked at each other and frowned.
'Nami' Zoro looked outside the window and think of the long orange hair girl. He put his hands inside his pocket and heard a crumple noise. "Huh, what is this?"
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"Kalifa-san, I'm going now." Nami said. "Law texted me that he's already in front of the hospital."
"Have fun. Don't forget to tell him to wear protection before doing it." Kalifa teased.
"W-what?!" Nami blushed.
"Wouldn't want Cat Burglar to have a round stomach when performing on stage." Kalifa laughed at her own jokes.
"Kalifa-san! Stop saying such things. Now you make me nervous!" Nami's face reddened.
"hai Hai. Now go." Kalifa waved her hands. When Nami closed the door behind her, Kalifa smiled. She haven't seen that innocent face for a long time. She is happy for Nami to feel her wings of freedom. Even if it's just for a bit.
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"Tra-guy! Sorry for the wait." Nami run up to him.
"No worries. I'm kind of relief to see my car in one piece." Law smirked. "What's up?"
"No, it's a long story." Nami shook her head.
"I see." Law nodded and opened the door for her. "Let's go."
"N-now? To your apartment?" Nami uttered. Curse Kalifa for saying some weird things to her, giving weird ideas to her.
"Not yet. A festival right?" Law said. "I promised I will go with you to a lively festival nearby."
"A-ah." Nami sighed in relief and entered the car. She still have to be prepared. Wait, her cold and mature mask is slowly tearing apart! Just because Arlong is gone for his trip and no one was to interrupt her life in a short time doesn't mean she have to be open to others, right?
Law started the car, noticing the woman's nervous face, he smiled. "You look cute, Nami-ya."
"EH?!" Nami touched her blushing face. "What're you saying, Tra-guy?!"
Law's turn to the road while smirking. "You can become innocent too, huh? That's good news."
"O-of course I am not." Nami huffed. "Who do you think you're kidding?"
Law started to drive. "I am going to make you realize how innocent you are later."
Nami leaned on her window. Her face is heated and is red as a tomato. "Idiot."
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"There ya go! The author ran out of ideas, SORRY." Bepo apologized. "If you have any ideas that can help the author, feel free to PM her and she will consider it for the next chapter."
"The author is trying her best to update as much as she can and as fast as she can but she couldn't because she ran out of ideas." Shachi sighed. "Do you have any idea on how this story will turn out? Message her!"
"The author wanted to get into the climax of the story, and as fast as she can, she wanted to end the bothersome conflicts and head straight to romance. Don't you think so too?" Penguin pouted. "Before this reaches chapter 60, she wanted to end the mystery and conflict; probably the reverse harem and sweet scenes will start."
"If all of you are getting tired of this story because of the slow updates and all the conflicts, please hold on. The author is gathering her scattered brain and putting an end to this." Law said calmly. "So that she can finish her other story, THE SECRET ALLIANCE before Christmas."
"And also so that she can create one shots about Christmas containing Nami x (Law,Zoro,Sanji, Luffy Kidd). Pick your bias. Just like she did on Valentines Day." Killer added.
"On the author's update, she's creating a ZoNa story titled "Please Remember My Heart." It's still on progress but it's one heck long story yet it's a one shot." Wire said.
"Good news! The author's pimples are disappearing!" Kidd exclaimed happily then threw the script on the floor angrily. "Why do I have to say that damn line?!"
"C-calm down. You'll break the studio." Usopp laughed nervously. "T-that line was suppose to be Luffy's."
"Then who the hell gave it to -!" Kidd was stopped when Nami kissed him on the cheek.
"My bad." Nami stick her tongue out. "Don't break the studio" She winked and walked away.
Kidd was left mouth hanging while touching her cheek. "I should rampage more."
"Oi!" Usopp and Chopper slapped the air.
Zoro and Law was ready to throw everything around.
"Why, oh why are you desperate to get a kiss?!" Usopp shrieked. "I can give you one if you like!"
Zoro and the Law glared at him. "Do it, I'll cut you to pieces." They threatened.
"Gahh! I was joking!" Usopp cried and ran.
Luffy, was watching the entire time and laughing.
"Come back again, minna!" He grinned and closed the film with his palm.
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