Hi, I am sorry that this chapter took this long. I tried to write it during the week, but it went slowly, being busy. Anyway here it is, and I hope you like it. I enjoyed writing it, it was really fun!

Vivi is one of my favorite One Piece characters, ever, so ofc she was going to be in the story. And I have a plan for her. And she is a bit out of character, but most characters are since the city fucks them up. And you will get the full story what happened with Crocodile and Vivi.

I didn't plan on having Yasopp in this chapter at first, but well it just happened, but I liked it. Just like with Crocus, planed on having them in the story later on, but well here they are now. And you will see more of the Red Hair pirates. Not sure if they will get their own chapter tho.

And in the next chapter I will move back to more SH. Not wanting to introduce all the characters yet. But you have met a lot of the important ones in either their own chapters, or shared chapters. Some character will have more chapters further down the story.

But if you want some character to have a chapter of their own, or a bigger part, let me know and I will see what I can do. Because then I may move some things around and put them into one chapter instead of spreading them out.

And Yeah Cobra has tuberculosis, and I know that you can get it if you spend time with someone who has it. But for the sake of the story, we remove that part, because I don't want Vivi and Pell to have it. It just gets messed up. And you cure it with antibiotics, but you need like 4 different types is it's the most dangerous one, and you need to take it over a long time. That's why this isn't working. Because Cobra is more or less resistance to the ones Vivi gets.

And also don't worry Carue is alive and he is in the story. I just didn't mention him here. But imagine him doing a stealth mission somewhere, or something. Haha

Finally before I end this I want to thank the people who read this story. I love you guys so much :)

So enjoy the chapter :)

"Here, drink this father" Vivi said as she kneeled beside her fathers bed, holding a cup of tea. Cobra slowly sat up, taking the cup from his daughter.

"Thank you" he said with a weak voice and Vivi smiled towards him, before she stood up and walked over to Pell. Pell sat at the table, watching over them both. As Vivi walked over he looked up at the young, troubled girl.

"I need more medicine" Vivi whispered to Pell.
"Was it the last?" Pell asked.
"Almost. I can give him two cups more" Vivi said and looked at her father when he started to cough blood. Vivi got worried at once and was almost on her way to run when her father talked.
"I am alright, don't worry about me" Cobra said and smiled towards his daughter, and Vivi tried to smile back. "I am going to rest for a bit"
"Alright father" Vivi said and looked at her father as he laid down again. When he turned to face the wall Vivi left the room, soon followed by Pell.

"I don't know if I can take this anymore, seeing him like that" Vivi said, and she felt how she almost started to cry. Pell walked over and hugged her.
"I can ask you to stay strong, but I think it's a bit too much to ask" Pell said and Vivi didn't answer, instead she started to cry.
"He needs a doctor" Vivi said "But I can't afford one"
"We will find a way" Pell said.
"I am not some kid you can fool with lies anymore" Vivi answered him. "All I can do is try to get more medicine, medicine that don't help him"
"It's better than nothing" Pell answered in a low voice, knowing that time was running out for his friend.
"I need to go out " Vivi said and stepped back from Pell's safe arms.
"I will come with you" Pell said.
"No. Stay here, watch over him" Vivi said and Pell was about to protest. "Don't. I can take care of myself. And I am faster on my own. He is the one that needs your protection"
"He is safe here. The base is well hidden. The revolutions hide here for years" Pell said.
"And look how it went for them. I don't want any of Big Mom's members to find him. He can't defend himself. Please Pell?" Vivi begged and the older man sighed, knowing he couldn't say no to her.
"I will guard him with my life" Pell told her.
"Hopefully that won't be necessary, but thank you" Vivi said and hugged the older man before she took her coat and headed for the entrance.

When Vivi left the base, she was careful not to be seen by anyone. When she was sure that no one was watching her, she hid the entrance again, then she headed for the roof. She felt safer up there, then on the ground. She was never alone on the roof, but it was less people there. And she had an easier time to stay hidden there, making the shadows work with her. She doubted no one would recognise her, she had coloured her hair brown, hiding the blue one. And she wore clothes that was far from what she used to wear. If someone recognized her, it would be a wonder, but she didn't take any chances. She knew what would happen if someone caught her. Vivi didn't have any illusions of that, and it was all because of Crocodile. She hated that man with all her heart. And she hoped to see that man dead one day!

Vivi stopped at the roof to the library, watching out over the city. She needed to decide where she should go. She looked at the Casino district, she was sure that they would have the medicine, mostly so someone could get high, but to go there was too risky. That's where Crocodile was. She looked at the direction her old home was, but it was nothing left there. She could go south, but she was sure that she wouldn't find what she needed there. She looked to the north, knowing that if she could afford it, The Surgeon of Death may have been able to help her father, but she didn't have the money. And she didn't want to risk it. Vivi then looked to south west, where the harbour was, and after weighted all her options, it felt like the safest and the most possible one. She grabbed her knifes, pulled up her hood and headed towards the harbour.

The harbour was as lively as ever, but despite the drunk and happily singing people, they weren't hostile, but Vivi know better than underestimate them. She knew that the people here was friendly, and accepted people more openly from other district, you would do wisely not to try to fool them. Even drunk they would beat half of the city. But if Vivi hadn't been on a mission, she had liked spending some time down here. Not doing anything special, walking alone the pier with her father. For some reason the harbour didn't felt as chaotic or dangerous as the rest of the city. She liked to pretend that some of the city still was under control, and normal. Even if it was an illusion. Vivi took her gaze from the ocean and kept walking. She needed to find someone that sold medicine, and hopefully she could afford it, if not, well she may do something stupid. But desperate situations needed desperate solutions. And Vivi would do anything to save her father, even if it meant, getting more enemies.

"Hey, need any help?" a man with blond hair asked her as she walked by. Vivi looked at the man, feeling very nervous. Even if she felt safer in the harbour, didn't mean she felt safe. And strangers offering help, always meant that they wanted something.
"I am fine" Vivi said and kept walking. She had been in two pharmacies already, and she was heading towards a third one.
"Oh, don't worry girl, I don't want anything, I just want to help. You seem like you are looking for something" the man said and Vivi stopped.
"That is never true. No one in this town wants to help someone without getting something back" Vivi told him and the man laughed.
"That is normally true, but I have a son in your age, out there somewhere" the man said and pointed at the city. Vivi looked at it, like he expected to see the son standing there.
"Somewhere?" she asked, she didn't thought about how it sounded.
"Yes somewhere" the man said and Vivi just nodded. "And I saw you looking lost, and I hope that if someone sees my son like that, that someone would help him. But I can't hope for that if I am not willing to help someone else child"
"That sounds fair" Vivi only said. She wasn't sure if she believed the other man or not. Feeling that it sounded too good to be true. Vivi had rarely or if even met nice people in this town after everything become like it was now.
"Want to see a picture?" the man asked and Vivi nodded, not sure why. The blond man pulled out a picture from his coat and showed it to her. Vivi looked at the small boy, a child, with black hair and a long nose.
"He is young here" Vivi said and the man nodded.
"He is. It's taken right before I set sail with my captain. Haven't seen him since then. Got back a few years ago, and founded the place like this" the man said and Vivi could only imagine how hard it must be. Leaving a peaceful town, thinking your child was alright, to get back to this. Vivi looked at the man, and she could almost cure herself for feeling that she wanted to trust this man. Trust was a dangerous thing in a place like this. And here she stood and felt like she wanted to trust a stranger. She did know better, but then she sighed, her father would have wanted her to trust people. He always saw the good in them, and she had done that too when she was younger. But now? Not so much. But here this man stood smiling in front of her and she couldn't say no, for some reason.

"So can I help you?" The man asked and Vivi nodded.
"If it makes you happy, you can" she said, and it did really seem to make him happy, because the man stood up, with the biggest smile.
"My name is Yasopp, and my son's name is Usopp" Yasopp said and Vivi smiled.
"It's nice to meet you Yasopp, my name is Titi" Vivi said. She may trust the man a bit, but she wasn't fool enough to use her own name. Instead she used her late mothers name, a name that not many remembered, since she died years ago.
"So what can I help you with Titi?" Yasopp asked and she handed over a paper.
"I am looking for this medicine" she said and he looked concerned at her.
"Are you sick?" he asked and she smiled towards him.
"Not me, but someone I know" she answered and he nodded.
"I am sure that you will not find this in the pharmacy, but maybe Crocus has some, or know where to find it." Yasopp said, while he thought. "I guess there is as good as any place"
"And who is Crocus?" Vivi asked, it wasn't a name she was familiar with.
"He is an old friend, or really an old friend with the captains. They both belonged to Roger's gang at the same time. Captain left before Roger died, wanting to see the world, and Roger wanted him too. Something Captain regrets now. But this isn't important now. So come on Titi, let's find you the medicine you need" Yasopp said and they started walking.

Vivi had thought that Crocus would live down in the harbour with the others of Yasopp gang, or crew like they called themselves. But instead of going somewhere place in the harbour, Yasopp took her to one of the neutral district.
"Crocus would never join a gain after Roger's death, few of his member's did. No he wants to stay out of all this" Yasopp said.
"Not an easy task" Vivi commented and Yasopp laughed.
"No it's not, but he seems to manage quite fine." Yasopp said as they walked over to a door and knocked. And not to long after that an elderly man with glasses and a flower on his head.

"Yasopp?" the man asked and the blond man smiled.
"That's me!" Yasopp answered and they walked inside.
"And you are?" Crocus looked at her.
"Titi" she answered and the old man only nodded before he looked at Yasopp.
"I didn't think you was into that. She is young, can't be more than twenty. So what do you…" Crocus started before Yasopp stopped him.
"God damn you! Do you really think I am into that! What is wrong with you?" he asked the man.
"You wouldn't be the first one to come here with a girl like that" Crocus said.
"I will never come here with a girl like that. She is in Usopp's age for god sake. No she needed help to find some medicine and I thought you may be able to help" Yasopp explained and Crocus looked at them both before he laughed, something that almost made Vivi jump.

"Thank god for that Yasopp. I was worried there for a second." Crocus said before he turned towards her. "And I am sorry if I insulted you, you don't look like a whore, but who can say what they really look like"
"Well I am glad to hear that" Vivi answered and the man laughed again.
"So what do you need?" he asked and Vivi handed him the paper.
"This is for tuberculous" Crocus said and Vivi only nodded. "I am sorry"
"So am I" Vivi answered him.
"How far?" he asked as he started to look through some boxes.
"Too far for this to really help, but it's the only thing I can do, or afford"
"Shame when it gets down to money, really." He commented.
"Can't you help him then? You are a doctor!" Yasopp said, he had no idea what they really was talking about.
"Even if I had all the things I needed, I couldn't. If this doesn't work, it's already too far gone." Crocus said and Yasopp looked at Vivi.
"I am sorry to hear that" he said and Vivi understood that the man actually meant it.
"Thank you" she answered him.

"I have heard that the surgeon in the north district can cure any disease. Have you tried him?" Yasopp tried, and Vivi understood that he just wanted to be helpful.
"Even if my friend could travel, I don't want to risk it. The rumours say that the Surgeon can cure anything, but no one knows if that's for sure. And few people walk out of there alive, that's why his name is Surgeon of Death" Vivi said and Crocus snorted.
"Surgeon of Death, he is a disgrace for all the doctors in this city" Crocus said and looked up from the box and handled over some of the medicine she needed before he started to look in another box. "The girl is clever at least, not going after false hope as many others have"
"It's better to be honest with yourself, then try to cover the truth with a sweet lie" Vivi just said and Crocus nodded.
"If you say so. I just think I would have taken the chance and searched for him, if it could save someone I care about" Yasopp said.
"Remind me to say that to Shanks, so he will make sure that you aren't in charge if he gets sick"
"Hey, I am a good caretaker" Yasopp protested and Vivi smiled when Crocus gave her the other medicine she needed.
"How much?" she asked.
"Take it" Crocus said and Vivi shook her head.
"You can't just give them to me. You need money to live too" she said and the man laughed.
"Oh I have money, more then I need, and in this town, a doctor shouldn't take advantage of the sick." He said and Vivi looked at him before she hugged him.
"Thank you so much" she whispered and Crocus laughed.
"It was nothing, take care of your father now Vivi" he whispered back and Vivi stared at him in shock. How did he know.
"I knew your mother when I was young. You look like her, even with another hair colour, and you used her name. But don't you worry, your secret is safe with me" Crocus said and she slowly nodded and backed away.
"Thank you for the help Yasopp" she said and the other man smiled.
"Glad that I could do something. Do you need help with anything else?" he asked and Vivi guessed he missed having a kid around, someone that he could help.
"No, I am fine. I will go home now" she said and then waved before she left the apartment.

Vivi looked at the dry street, and the people on it. She couldn't climb to the roofs here, people would see her and wonder. So instead she decided to walk a bit, hoping no one would follow. She hugged the medicine tight, glad that she had got it, and for free too. Vivi smiled, she rarely met nice people like that. And to meet someone that had known her mother, she had never done that before. She knew so little of her mother, she died when she was young, and her father rarely ever talked about her. Vivi thought of visiting Crocus sometime again, to ask about her. But she wasn't sure if the man would like that, so she pushed that thought aside.

"I want to visit Sanji" an unfamiliar voice said behind her.
"He will kill you if you get near him again. And you don't even know where he lives. Are you going to look through the whole district?" another voice asked.
"I will kill him before he will kill me. He can't stop me from seeing Sanji. Sanji is my friend! And yes I will search the whole district if I need" the voice said.
"You are hopeless Luffy. And I think he can stop you from seeing Sanji if Sanji don't want to see you. He actually seemed to care about him. And you can't search a whole district" the other one said.
"Why wouldn't Sanji want to be my friend?" Luffy asked, almost upset when he walked into her. Vivi had stopped to let a carriage pass, had stopped and the boy hadn't noticed. Vivi felt down and dropped the medicine. At once she started to pick it up, needing it all.
"That's why he wouldn't want to be your friend! You are to clumsy!" the boy said and walked over to her.

"Do you need any help miss?" the boy asked.
"I am fine" Vivi just answered without looking at him.
"I am not clumsy" Luffy said and helped picking up Vivi's medicine. "Here you go"
"Thank you" she said when she stood up and looked at them for the first time. The boy named Luffy had a straw hat on his head, a red sweater and some black pants.
"I am Luffy" he said to her and she just stared at him. Surprised by his way. She didn't answer him at first, instead she looked at the other boy and blinked in surprise.
"Usopp?" she asked the boy with black hair and dressed in yellow pants, and no shirt.
"Do you know her?" Luffy asked.
"No" Usopp answered. "Or do I know you?"
"You don't know me" Vivi said "But I met your father not long ago"
"You met my dad?" Usopp asked in surprise. "He's alive?"
"Um yeah" was all Vivi could answer. Usopp didn't even know that his father was alive.
"Where?" Usopp asked and looked at her.
"At the harbour" Vivi answered and Usopp looked at the direction she pointed. Vivi first thought she should say that Yasopp most likely still was at Crocus, but she didn't want to tell them where the man lived. She wasn't sure if they knew, or if Crocus wanted to keep it a secret or anything, so she had said nothing of it.
"At Shanks place?" Luffy asked and Vivi nodded.
"That is correct. So if you want to meet him, just go to the docks. I need to go now, it was nice meeting you" she said, and felt like she didn't want to get hold up. It was starting to get late, and her father needed the medicine. Without a reaction from the boys she started walking, thinking that was it. Until they ran towards her and started to ask a lot of question about Yasopp and the harbour.

"Is he a brave warrior?" Usopp asked.
"I don't know" Vivi answered as she looked around her. She had let the neutral district behind her, and was now heading towards Big Mom's district. She had to be careful, even if she wasn't there, she knew that Big Mom posted guards before you entered the district.
"Did you meet Shanks?" Luffy asked.
"No" Vivi only answered.
"That's a shame. He is a really nice man. I haven't met him since I was a kid. He was the one that gave me the Straw Hat" Luffy explained and Vivi looked at it.
"That was nice of him" she said with a smile. She was hoping that the boys would go home. She didn't want them to follow her to the secret base.
"Does he miss me?" Usopp asked and Vivi looked at him.
"I would say so." Vivi started.
"Tell me more!" Usopp said and Vivi looked at him and Usopp blushed. Realising that Vivi most likely would have if he hadn't interrupted her.

Vivi was about to say something when she stopped, at once she armed herself with her peacock slashers.
"They are here" she whispered and the boys looked puzzled at her.
"Who?" Luffy asked.
"We are!" a voice said as a man walked out from the shadows.
"And you are?" Luffy asked and the man laughed.
"Knight Tamago, at your service" the man, dressed in pink and an eggshell said. "Pekoms, come out!"
Tamago looked at the shadows as a lion man walked out.
"Nice to meet you, I am Luffy!" Luffy said and Usopp hit him in the head.
"They are subordinates to Big Mom" Usopp warned him.
"So? I can be friendly anyway" Luffy said and the other man laughed.
"Then be friendly enough to handle her over." Pekoms said.
"Why?" Usopp asked, and looked at her, and then the men.
"Because Crocodile would pay a lot to get his hands on miss Nefeltari" Tamago said and Vivi felt how all her colour disappeared. And at once she got scared, really scared.
"You are Vivi Nefeltari?" Usopp asked in surprise and he was on his way to say something more when Vivi stopped him.
"I was. Now I am just Vivi" she said and looked at the men, trying not to run away, if she was going to get captured, she would do it fighting.
"Don't care who she is, I am not handing her over. I have changed my mind; you aren't worth being friendly too. You scared her, you are bad men!" Luffy said and the other two laughed again, until Luffy punched Tamago in the face. The man dressed in pink flew backwards and hit the wall behind him. At once Pekoms drew his sword, and at that moment, all Vivi could do was fight to survive, caught between Luffy who had decided to take her said, and Big Mom's men.

Vivi tried to catch her breath where she stood. Her hair was a mess, she was covered in blood, Tamago's blood. His head was on the ground, in front of her feet. He had rushed towards her and she had no choice. She had never taken someone's life before, but it was him or her. So when Usopp had shoot something at Tamago, something that made him blind for the moment she sprang into action, and she ended him. Blood had gotten all over her, and now when it was over she was shaking.
"It gets easier" Luffy said when he walked up to her and she looked at him.
"The first one is always the toughest one, it gets easier" Luffy said and cleaned his hands on Tamago's coat. Vivi looked over to where Pekoms was lying, badly hurt.
"I don't want it to get easier. I don't want to do that ever again" she told him and whipped her tears away, she didn't want to cry but it was hard. She looked at the dead men, how had they got to know who she was? Who had told on her? Who had betrayed her, because they hadn't just stumbled up on her, and guessing who she was.

Vivi looked away from the corps when she heard the bell at the clock tower ring.
"I need to go" she said.
"Not alone! If we hadn't been here, you would have died or something worse" Luffy said and Vivi couldn't argue with that, she knew what would have happened.
"Thank you for helping me" she said with a smile.
"I still can't believe that you are…" Usopp started.
"Not anymore. And we don't want anyone else to hear you say those words. We don't need another fight" Vivi said as she started walking towards here home.
"Who is she?" Luffy whispered to Usopp who looked at his friend and shook his head, Luffy being the only one in the tow who didn't know who Vivi was.
"She is the princess, the rightfully heir to the throne and the city" Usopp said.

They walked into the base, after Vivi made sure that no one was following them. The other two looked around, really impressed.
"This is an old revo base" Usopp said and she nodded.
"Did Dragon live here?" Luffy asked.
"I don't know" Vivi said as Pell walked out from a room and looked at her in horror.
"Vivi" he said and rushed over.
"I am fine, it's not my blood" she said, but that seemed to make him even more worried.
"I need to go to father. Luffy and Usopp can tell you what happened" she said and the older man looked at the two boys.
"Hi" Luffy said and waved.
"They saved me, so please give them some food, or drinks, or what they want to have" she said and Pell nodded before she left the room.

Her father was sleeping when she got to his room and she smiled, he looked peaceful and she placed the medicine on the table and sat down in a chair. It had been a long day, and she was still shocked. She had met people who helped her, without wanting anything in return, she had met someone that knew her mother. She had almost been taken and she had killed. She hadn't caught up with everything, she was to exhausted. But the tiredness was keeping her emotions in bay and she was happy for that. Vivi felt like she needed to talk to her father about what happened, but she didn't want to wake him up. He needed to rest, and she knew that.

Vivi had been sitting there for almost an hour before she had stood up and went to take a shower. She had been hoping her father would have wakened, but when he didn't, she left in the need for a shower. And when she stood there she looked at the red water, not sure how she felt about it. She wasn't sure how she should feel. She had been scared and shaken at it, in the moment. Now she just felt exhausted and empty. But she had a feeling that her emotions would catch up to her soon, and it wasn't something she was looking forward too. So she decided that she shouldn't think about it until, it hit her. She finished her shower and went to change, throwing away her bloody clothes. Not wanting to see them.

When she returned to the others, they sat at the table, eating and laughing. Vivi couldn't remembered the last time she heard Pell laugh, and it made her happy to hear.
"I saved some food for you" Pell said and Vivi smiled as she sat down.
"Thank you" she said and started to eat.
"So you seem to have an adventuring day" Pell said and she nodded.
"I did" she answered him and he hugged her.
"Tell me when you want to talk" he said and she nodded, knowing that Pell always was there by her side.
"I like your home" Luffy started and she looked at him. "We live in another revo base. Not as big as this one"
"How did you find it?" Usopp asked.
"We stumbled over it, more or less" Vivi just said, not wanting to say too much.
"I wonder how many there is?" Luffy said.
"I have heard that there is at least one in each district." Pell said.
"I wonder how they look. I want to see them" Luffy said excited and Usopp sighed.
"You can't walk into other district, start searching for hidden bases" he said and Luffy looked disappointed.
"Then when I become king, I will look for them!" Luffy said but Usopp hit him with his elbow and looked at Vivi, but she just smiled.
"Don't worry, if you want to be king, be king. I don't want the city" she said, remembering what had happened with Crocodile and how people had turned on her. For all she cared the city could go to hell, at least that was what she told herself. She hated seeing the city like this, she did, but she didn't want the crown.
"Wiho, then I will be king! You can be queen if you want Vivi" Luffy said without realising what his words meant. The other at the table just looked at him.
"Luffy, you know that if you are king and she is queen, you need to marry her?" Usopp asked and Luffy looked at him and laughed.
"Not when I am king. Then I can do whatever I want. And she can be queen if she want's, because she is my friend" he said and Vivi looked at him before she laughed too. Luffy's words made no since, he had no idea what it meant to rule. But his carefree way made her happy.
"I am looking forward to see your kingdom, Luffy" Vivi said and Luffy smiled before he started talking about all the things he would do when he was king. And for the first time in years Vivi laughed and smiled, she felt relaxed, almost making herself believe in Luffy's fantasy. And when she looked at the two boys, she felt that, maybe, maybe she could get some friends. Friends who didn't want her crown or cared about the rumours, and that made her really happy.