***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece, Oda does, I do own the characters I made up in this story (ex: Ivy, Cecily (Shadow), and any other made up characters throughout this story that I might create). Also, please do not copy this story and claim it as your own. I'm sorry for the super late updates...life's been chaotic. I got a new job and got a new puppy...Good news though, Next week my work is over for the summer so more and hopefully faster chapter updates for my lovely readers :)***

Chapter

"This would be easier if we knew what Train-Car Robin was in." Usopp pondered, sitting on top of Franky's shoulders, and rubbing his chin, "Then we wouldn't have to go through all these Marines…"

"OI, I AIN'T A RIDE!' Franky berated, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, and trying to pry Usopp off his shoulders, "STAND ON YOUR OWN, SLIMY-SQUID-KING!"

"OI! WHO ARE YOU CALLING SQUID…king…" Usopp trailed-off, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, breaking-off upon thinking of something, and smirking, "Slimy Squid…no…Sticky Octopus…That might work."

"Squid. Octopus. Same difference." Franky dismissed, raising an eyebrow at Usopp, and giving him a quizzical-look, "What are you rambling about?"

"You just gave me an idea, Bikini-Man." Usopp smirked, getting off Franky's shoulders, digging through his bag, taking out what he needed, quickly inventing Octo-Shoes, sticking them onto his feet, stepping over to the side of the train, and giving Franky a nod before heading to Robin, "I'm going on ahead."

"Alright. Be careful Bro." Franky advised, nodding his head, leaping onto the next Train-Car, and noticing Nero sitting-casually on the top of the train, Who's this guy?

"Looks like I was right to wait out here." a voice smirked, sitting on top of the train, crossing his arms against his chest, and smirking upon seeing Franky making his way on top of the train, "It's too bad I can't kill you. The name's Nero."

I highly doubt he'll fall for it, but it's worth a shot. Franky thought, narrowing his eyes in thought, pointing behind Nero, and playing-innocent, "If you CP9 Bastards are so clever then how did he get behind you?"

"Huh? I don't s…AGGHHH!" Nero puzzled, turning his head to look behind him, being sent crashing into the roof of the train, Franky had sucker-punched him in the face when Nero took the bait, and glaring up at Franky, "THAT WAS A CHEAP-SHOT, BASTARD!"

"I wouldn't be called King of the Underworld if I didn't play dirty, now would I? STRONG HAMMER!" Franky smirked, punching Nero in the face, only Nero dodged, being sent crashing backwards by Nero's attack, catching himself before he fell off, sucking in air, and spitting fire at Nero, "FRESH FIRE!"

"SHAVE! PAPER-ART! TEMPEST KICK! MOON-WALK!" Nero chanted, dodging Franky's attack, using Moon-Walk to move out of the way of the fire, stepping back onto the train, and narrowing his eyes at him, Something is weird with this guy's body.

HAS THIS GUY LOST HIS MIND?! HE WALKED RIGHT OUT TO SEA… Franky thought, widening his eyes as he saw Nero jump off the train and hoover in mid-air before landing back onto the roof of the train, and narrowing his eyes at Nero, HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?!

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Franky and Nero inquired, charging at each other, and dodging each other's attacks.

"TEMPEST KICK!" Nero chanted, sending a cut-of-wind at Franky, widening his eyes upon seeing Franky block it with his arm, seeing Franky suck in air again, thinking he was gonna breath fire again, and narrowing his eyes when he spit out nails at him, WHAT THE HELL?! SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS GUY!

"STAR SHIELD!" Franky chanted, putting his arm up, his arm turning into a shield, blocking the attack, rushing towards the next train-car, spitting nails out at Nero, his eyes going out of their sockets, jumping up into the air, holding his butt, baring his teeth at Nero, a tick-mark appeared on his head, and Nero shooting bullets at his back, "MASTER NAIL! OWW! THAT HURT, JERK!"

It's like his whole body is metal…huh? I get it. It's not his whole body that's metal, just his front. Nero thought, smirking as his bullets hurt Franky, holding two guns in each of his hands, vaulting over Franky, and blocking his path, "I figured out your weakness. Only your front is metal."

THIS AIN'T GOOD! HE'S GOT MY NUMBER NOW! Doesn't matter. I just have to make sure he doesn't get my back. I have the SUPER solution to that. Franky thought, narrowing his eyes at Nero, smirking-smugly, lying flat-on his back against the train's roof, and looking pleased with himself, (**That's one way to fix that problem, but…it's a wimp-move**), "DON'T GET COCKY! I HAVE A MOVE THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT WEAKNESS! FRANKY-INVINCIBLE!"

That's so idiotic I don't even have a comeback. Nero thought, a sweatdrop appeared on his head, barring his teeth, and a large-tick mark appeared on his head, "YOU CAN'T FIGHT LIKE THAT, DUMBASS!"

"It's too bad you pissed me off." Franky voiced, standing-up, and striking a pose, "Let me ask you something, Bro. You ever heard of a centaur?"

"You mean those things from Greek Mythology that are half-man half-horse? What about it?" Nero replied, furrowing his eyebrows together in confusion, narrowing his eyes at Franky, hearing Franky say something, and thinking Franky said Pervert, Did he just say pervert?

"CONVERT!" Franky chanted, his lower-half in the front splitting in half, his front-lower-half extending in front of him, and putting his arms out in front of him, "FRANKY: CENTAUR MODE!"

"THAT'S BACKWARDS!" Nero noted, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, and pointing a finger at Franky, "YOUR HEAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FRONT, NOT YOUR CROTCH, DUMBASS!"

"JUST WAIT UNTIL I REARRANGE YOUR FACE, WEASEL-BOY!" Franky warned, sent crashing to the edge of the train-roof when Nero used Tempest kick at him, grabbing the edge of the roof as he slide off the train, and glaring up at Nero when Nero stalked over to him, "CRAP!"

"Whether you have 2 legs or 4, you're still pretty useless to me." Nero cackled, stalking over to him, pointing the guns at Franky, smirking-darkly, tapping his boot against Franky's fingers, dropping them when Franky swung his body onto the roof, and being pinned down onto the roof by Franky, "Let me give you a hand…EK?!"

"DON'T YOU DA…Just kidding." Franky grinned, pinning Nero to the roof, sitting on top of him, and cracking his neck, "What was that about 4 legs being useless, Weasel-Face?"

DAMMIT, I CAN'T MOVE! Nero thought, sweat-beads morphing onto his face, and struggling to get out of Franky's hold, "I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D USE SUCH A DUMB TRICK!"

"If I'm so dumb then why did you fall for it? Tell me what you want on your tombstone, Bro." Franky smirked-darkly, taking off the skin from his hand, cracking his knuckles, punching Nero in the face, and falling into the 2nd-Train-Car, "ULTIMATE-HAMMER!"

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To Rocket-Man

"Has anyone seen Luffy?" Nami inquired, a worried-look appeared on her face, roaming her eyes around the room, and frowning, "He was just here."

"Why? Are you worried about him, Nami?" I teased, standing beside Chopper, pretending to be Aqua Laguna, and putting our hands up in the air.

"GUM-GUM!" Zambai chanted, standing in front of us, and putting his hands out in front of us.

"300 CALIBAR!" Lulu chanted, standing beside Zambai, and putting his fist out in front of him.

"CANNON!" Lulu and Zambai chanted, throwing their fists at us, and pretending to destroy the Agua Laguna.

"Of course I'm worried. He causes trouble the second we don't have eyes on him." Nami began, her eyebrow twitching in irritation, barring her teeth, and a tick-mark appeared on her head, "KNOCK THAT OFF, MORONS!"

"He could've gotten stuck inside Rocket-Man's chimney." Chopper hinted, turning his head towards Zoro, and blinking-innocently at Zoro, "It happens, right Zoro?"

"CHOKING YOU HAPPENS TOO!" Zoro mentioned, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, a dark-aura seeping out of him, and choking Chopper.

"I wouldn't worry too much about Luffy." Shadow assured, smiling at Nami, and sweatdropping upon seeing Zoro choking Chopper, "He's probably sitting on top of the train eating his meat that he shoved into his pants' pockets."

"GUYS!" Luffy called, sticking his head through the window, and pointing in front of us, "There's a train in front of us. I think it's the Smashing-Tom."

"It's the Puffing-Tom, Stupid." Nami corrected, standing beside me, scrunching her eyebrows together in confusion, and looking out the window, "We can't be at the Puffing-Tom yet."

"LUFFY YOU JUST CHANGED YOUR CLOTHES!" I scolded, barring my teeth, and a tick-mark appeared on my head, "GET INSIDE BEFORE YOUR CLOTHES ARE ALL WET!"

"Nuh-Huh. It way cooler up here." Luffy rejected, puffing his cheeks out stubbornly, crossing his arms against his chest, and flinging himself over to the caboose, "I'm going over to the train."

"It's two train cars attached together…but what happened to the rest of the train?" Paulie informed, standing up, peering out the window, squinting upon seeing Luffy gesturing something, and tilting his head in confusion, "What is he saying?"

"That must be Sanji's doing." I guessed, squinting my eyes to see Luffy crossing his arms into an X in our direction, glancing out the window, an undisturbed-tone in my voice, turning my head to glance towards them, and noticing they were looking at me with their jaws hanging opened, "He's saying our crewmates aren't there and he's being shot at…what?"

"You can actually understand that?" Lulu mused, scratching his chin, and looking at me in awe, "Impressive."

"When you lived with that numbskull for as long as I have, it's really not that complicated." I intoned, seeing Luffy gesture something else to us, interpreting it, and turning to Zoro, "He says go ahead and cut 'em."

"Ok." Zoro grinned, unsheathing his 2 swords, cutting the caboose into 4, and sheathing the swords, "2 SWORD STYLE: SWORD DRAW: RASHOMON!"

"EHHH!" everyone that hasn't seen Zoro fight exclaimed, their eyes going out of their sockets, and sticking their hands up into the air.

"IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT WARN US!" Lulu hinted, barring his teeth, and smacking the air with his hands.

"I did." Luffy frowned, flinging himself back to the Rocket-Man, landing on the roof, and tilting his head in confusion, "I said cut 'em."

"YEAH, BUT WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE THAT!" Lulu justified, barring his teeth, and smacking his hand.

Is that a Sea-King? There's someone on these train-tracks strong enough to cut a Sea-King in half. Zoro thought, spotting a Sea-King that was cut in half, tying his bandanna around his head, standing on top of the roof, calling towards the rest of us, and gazing ahead, "HEADS UP, EVERYONE! WE'VE GOT COMPANY!"

"What…hang on, there's someone on the tracks." Zambai informed, sticking his head out the window, squinting, seeing someone on the tracks, recognizing who it was, and getting dark-blotches of fright across his face, "THAT'S THE SHIP SLASHER!"

"The ship what?" Luffy repeated, tilting his head sideways, and scrunching his face up in confusion.

"They call him Ship-Slasher T-Bone. He's from the Navy." Zambai explained, beads of sweat appeared on his face, and burrowing his eyebrows together, "His sword cuts Pirate ships apart like a knife cuts through steak. That's where his nickname came from."

"Sounds awesome." Luffy grinned, sitting down beside me, standing up, racing towards the window, and craning his neck to see Zoro's fight.

"IT WON'T BE SO AWESOME IF WE GET CUT IN HALF!" Zambai pointed out, calling over his shoulder to the other Franky Family, and preparing to fight, "GET READY TO FIRE FRANKY FAMILY!"

"STOP!" Luffy ordered, frowning at them, and turning his head to look at them, "ZORO CAN HANDLE IT!"

"…" Zambai began, trailing off upon seeing the look on Luffy's face, staring at him for a few seconds, nodding his head, and barking out orders, "STAND DOWN!"

"I'll only say this once," Zoro warned, tying his bandanna around his head, standing on the front of the train, gripping the sheaths of his swords, and narrowing his eyes at T-Bone, "Get the hell out of the way."

"I'M A PROUD CAPTAIN OF THE NAVY!" T-Bone announced, gripping his sword, sensing Zoro, standing on the tracks, and narrowing his eyes at Zoro, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

"I did warn you, Pal. ONCE WE HAVE A GOAL, NOTHING IS GONNA STAND IN OUR WAY!" Zoro declared, unsheathing his swords, placing one sword in his mouth, holding the other two in his hands, and attacking T-Bone, "3 SWORD STYLE: BULL DEMON: BULLHOOFS!"

"I'M WARNING YOU! I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR SHIP IN HALF!" T-Bone warned, holding his sword above his head, being sent crashing into the water, and failing to dodge Zoro's attack, "RIGHT ANGLE: FLAMING BIRD! GAHH!"

"I'll admit, you've got guts to keep moving forward in a storm like this and you seem like one of the good marines, but guts can only take you so far." Zoro commented, untying his bandanna, sheathing his swords, and glancing at T-Bone out of the corner of his eyes, "Just like you, us Pirates have burdens of our own as well."

THOSE TWO ARE MONSTROUSLY-STRONG AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN THE CAPTAIN! It makes me wonder about little-guy. Zambai thought, a sweat-drop appeared on his head, staring at us in fright-awe, roaming his eyes over to Chopper, and narrowing his eyes at him, "Oi, Raccoon-Dog. Are you strong like the others?"

"I'M A REINDEER, DAMMIT!" Chopper corrected, barring his teeth, a tick-mark appeared on his head, freezing when he heard Zambai's question, and tilting his head down, "I'm not as strong as Luffy, Zoro, Ivy, Sanji, or Shadow, but I try my best."

"He's being modest." I grinned, lifting Chopper up into my arms, and squishing my cheeks against his, "When push comes to shove, our little Chopper is a total badass. Without his expert medical-knowledge, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Shadow, and I would've be goners a long time ago."

"QUIT IT, JACKASS! THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME HAPPY!" Chopper berated, jumping out of my arms, blushing, and doing his happy-dance.

We really need to work on Chopper's ability to accept praise…Shadow thought, a sweatdrop appeared on her head as she watched Chopper, shaking her head, and turning to Nami, "You think Sanji detached the train-cars?"

"Who else." Nami nodded, rolling her eyes, and the corners of her lips lifted up into a half-smile.

"Does that mean we're close?" Luffy probed, listening to Nami's conversation, turning to Nami, and walking over to her.

"I think so." Nami nodded, clutching her Clima-Tact in her hand, and narrowing her eyes, Hang in there Robin. We'll be there soon.

"Good. I'm itching to kick that Pidgeon-Guy's ass." Luffy announced, clenching his hands into fists, glaring ahead, bolting out the train-window, sitting on the front of the train, and shouting at the top of his voice, "WE'RE COMING ROBIN!"

TO BE CONTINUED…