Here is the newest chapter, a chapter that took me way to long to write, and are to short for the time I have kept you waiting. But hopefully you will like it anyway, since I am happy with it. I had a fun time writing it, since I enjoy having more Robin in the story. You will get even more about her in next chapter. Maybe not from her point of view, as now. But she will be in the story.

You will get more off her backstory, not everything but part of it. So next chapter will be a lot of flashbacks, she first one with so many. It will, as it look now, mostly be flashbacks, with Robin in focus. So hope you like it!

The next chapter will also be with the two mystic men, in the chapter. But about their connection to Robin, not their own backstory. That will be later.

Hopefully you like Luffy and Usopp's behavior in the chapter. I tried to keep Luffy smart, but still make him have a bit of temper. Not as bad as Ace, but it's still there. Especially when it involves his gang. And I tried to have a bit of Usopp's cowardly side, without being annoying and boring. Hopefully I managed that.

And this chapter are about the same time as Ace chapter. So this is what Luffy, Usopp and Robin are doing, when Ace run around with Smoker.

So I think that's all. Once again, sorry for the short chapter, but hey, it's about the story, not the length.

Can't say when next chapter will be out, trying to write as fast as I can, but I am more busy with life as it is now. But promise to try to write soon!

So enjoy!

"Usopp!" Luffy shouted and waved when he got closer to his friend. Usopp was standing with an older man, deeply in a conversation. But when he heard Luffy's shout, he looked up, towards the man, and waved back. When Luffy got a response he ran over to Usopp and pulled him into a hug.

"I was worried about you. Didn't know if you were safe during the storm" Luffy said and Usopp smiled, happy to hear that his friend cared for him.
"Dad and Shanks took good care of me" Usopp said and pointed at the man, next to him.
"You must be Luffy" the man said.
"Yepp" Luffy answered with a big smile.
"I am Yasopp" the man informed him and Luffy just nodded.
"Where is Shanks?" Luffy asked instead, already shifting focus.
"He is on his way to a meeting with White Beard" Yasopp said and Luffy looked a bit disappointed for a second, before he nodded.
"Alright. I will see him another time" Luffy said before he turned towards Usopp. "Are you ready to go home? Or do you wish to stay a bit longer?"

Usopp thought about it, he had been without a father for so many years, and even if Yasopp was his biological family, Luffy and the others were his real family. And Usopp wanted to know that they all were unharmed, and wanted to tell them that he was.
"I am ready to go home" he told Luffy who nodded. "Sorry father"
"Nothing to apologize for" Yasopp told his son. "You have a life of your own"
"Thank you" Usopp said, glad that his father understood, he didn't know the man well, so he wasn't sure on how he would react.
"Just know that you are always welcome here" Yasopp informed him and Usopp slowly nodded.
"We will visit soon!" Luffy said and Usopp nodded again, before he walked after Luffy.

"Is everyone alright?" Usopp asked as they walked down the street.
"Yupp. Everyone is safe, most of them left to do their own thing. The only one still in the base are Nami and Vivi, and of course her family" Luffy said. "And Nami has really taken a liking to Vivi. She even offered her stuff, without saying that she owe her money"
At those words Usopp almost stopped. He was so surprised; he had never heard Nami doing anything for free.
"Vivi really is something" Usopp said and Luffy nodded.
"I am happy for both Vivi and Nami. Vivi seemed so lonely before we met her, and Nami, well she need to know real friendship" Luffy said. He knew that Nami still had a hard time seeing them all as friends, knowing it was because of trauma from the past. Despite the fact that they had known each other for almost a year, Nami still waited for their betrayal. So if she could find a friend, who she could start to trust, Luffy would be more than happy. Almost everyone in his gang had someone they were closer to.

"Luffy, look" Usopp suddenly said, and stopped him in his step. Luffy turned to face in the direction Usopp was pointing.
"Robin?" Luffy asked, a bit questioning. He couldn't be sure, since the woman in front of them were dressed in a cape, and the hood covered most of her face. But it was something with her, that told him it was Robin.
"I think it is" Usopp said, having the same feeling as his leader. "What do you think she's doing?"
"I don't know" Luffy said in a low voice. Luffy knew almost nothing about Robin, not her work or her past. He had just found her, by accident.

Luffy was running down the street, very carefree. He didn't even need to run, but he liked to feel the wind against his skin. And he was happy, maybe that's' why he was running. These past months he had got some friends, except his brothers, who now had left him. Luffy wasn't sad, he knew he could meet them whenever he felt like it, or at least Sabo. Ace was a bit more difficult, but he could always call him on the den den mushi. But now, when he got some new friends, he didn't feel as lonely, and his dream on creating his own gang had started to take form. They were still few, only three people, him, Usopp, and Zoro, and the other two didn't get along to well, but he hoped that would change, because Luffy had no intention to throw either of them out. But even if he had two members, he wanted more, knowing he couldn't take over the town as it was now. But he had no interest on hire people to join his gang, or threaten. No he wanted to build a gang of friends, and people he could trust, just like Shank's and White beard, but a better one!

Just as he fantasised about his future gang, and all the fun they would have, he ran around a corner, and soon he collided with someone. Luffy managed to stay on his feet, but the woman hadn't, and she felt down. Luffy looked at the black haired woman, lying in the mud, her clothes was almost ripped away from her body, exposing her skin.
"Sorry" Luffy suddenly said, remembering it was his fault and he helped her up on her feet. Standing in front of him, Luffy saw that she was taller than him, and she was older, he also saw that she was badly hurt.
"Where did she go?" a man shouted and the woman turned around, and Luffy could tell that she was afraid, of whoever was shouting. The woman rushed past him, but she didn't get far until she tripped and landed on the ground again.
"She must be here!" another man shouted and it didn't take long time until Luffy made his decision. He ran over to the woman.
"I will help you" he said and took her in his arms. The woman was about to protest when she froze. Luffy turned around and saw a man with grey hair, some sort of words on his chest, and a long cape. Luffy saw the steal on the man's arms and understood that he was a devil user. Next to him was a man with the number three on his head.
"Run" the woman whispered to him, and that was what he did.

Luffy had been able to lose them men, as he ran towards the market, and over some roof tops. To be honest he wasn't sure if they had seen him or not, but from the fear in the woman's voice, he didn't wish to find out. He was tempted to ask who the men were, but when he looked at the woman, she had passed out. He carefully carried her to the hide out, understanding that she needed to rest.
"Ey Luffy…" Usopp started when he entered, his face covered in red, and Luffy understood that he and Zoro had been fighting again.
"Shhy" Luffy said, signing for the other man to be silent.
"Who is she?"
"I don't know, but she is hurt" Luffy said and carried her to a empty room, and carefully laid her down on the bed.
"Wow, what have happened to her?" Usopp asked and Luffy could only shrug his shoulder.
"Judging by her clothes and wounds, I would say rape" Zoro suddenly said and Luffy looked at him with big eyes, then back towards the woman.
"That's bad" Usopp said, feeling sorry for the woman.
"You think?" Zoro asked in a cold voice.
"What is wrong with you? I just felt sorry for her, not feeling like anyone should go through something like that" Usopp answered.
"That's what almost everyone feel, no need to pity her because of it tho" Zoro answered and Usopp was about to answer something when the woman moved.
"Get out!" Luffy said and pushed his friend through the door. He had no experience with anything like this, but he understood that his friends would make the situation worse.

"Mph" the woman said as she opened her eyes, and Luffy could tell that she was frightened, and when she saw him, she sat up, trying to get away. But her wounds stopped her from getting far.
"It's okay" Luffy said, giving her a smile. "You are safe here"
"Nowhere is safe" she answered.
"Okay, that may be true in this town, but me and my friends promise to protect you" Luffy explained, giving her a friendly smile.
"Why?" she asked and Luffy was surprised by the question. He knew that the city was a shit whole, but someone had never asked him why he offered to help them.
"Because you are hurt, and can't fight for yourself" Luffy explained, and the woman slowly nodded, but Luffy could clearly tell that she didn't believe him. "You can stay here for as long as you need. When you are feeling better, you can join my gang if you like. Otherwise I can try to help you find another home"
The woman didn't answer him, and Luffy didn't say anything else about it as he walked towards the door.
"I am Luffy" he said before he opened the door.
"Robin" the woman answered and Luffy smiled.
"Welcome to our home" Luffy answered.

It had taken Robin a few weeks to heal all her wounds, and Luffy had almost expected her to walk away, once they did. But she had stayed with them, and even if it took a few months, she had started to trust them, to some degree at least. Even if it had almost been a year since Robin came to them, Luffy could tell that she didn't trust completely, and he wasn't sure if she ever would. For every new person who joined their gang, she was careful, but Luffy never said anything about it. He never said anything when Robin hid something for them. He never questioned her about her past, or her work, hoping that she one day would tell him. But just seeing her grown from the scared woman to the smart, collective and strong woman he understood that she was, mad him happy. He reminded her from time to time that she could talk to him if she felt like it, letting her know that he was there for her. Robin seemed to appreciate it, but she never said anything. So seeing her now, looking like she was sneaking around made him questionable, and not sure how to act. It was true that he was curious about her as the others, but he didn't want to spy on her.

"Shall we go after her?" Usopp asked and Luffy looked at his friend.
"You wouldn't like if we spied on you" Luffy said and Usopp looked a bit disappointed, he wanted to know what Robin was up to, and before Zoro, so he could show it down the other man's throat.
"What if she is in danger?" Usopp asked, knowing it was a cowardly move to play on Luffy's fears. Luffy was always concerned for all of them, he wanted nothing else then seem all of them safe. So planting the seed in Luffy's mind, that she may be in danger, wasn't to play fair, Usopp know that.
"She should be able to defend herself" Luffy tried, and Usopp understood that the other man tried to reason with himself, trying not to give in for the fear he felt.
"But what if she can't?" Usopp asked, knowing those words would push Luffy over the edge.
"Let's go"

The bar was dark, only a few candles lighted the room. A few people were sitting at different tables, talking in almost whispers. Luffy spotted Robin, or the woman who he thought was Robin. What if he was wrong? Then they were following a stranger, who may be anything but pleased. But if it was a stranger, they wouldn't know if they followed her.
"Order something" Luffy whispered to Usopp as he sat down a few tables from Robin's. He removed his straw hat, hiding it under the table, and kept his head down. If it was Robin, he didn't want to be spotted, feeling like he broke a unspoken promise. Usopp soon returned with a glass of something, and placed it in front of him. Luffy didn't touch it, but it was only there for show anyway.
"Now?" Usopp asked and Luffy looked at him.
"We wait to see if she is alright, or in some sort of danger" Luffy whispered.

Luffy couldn't tell how much time that had past when he felt like someone was watching him, he couldn't see anyone, no it was rather a feeling. Luffy looked at Usopp, to see if he had noticed anything, but from the look, the other man seemed to be unaware. Luffy was about to ask Usopp if he saw someone, who was looking at them, when a man stepped out from the shadows.
"He is walking towards her" Usopp said, but Luffy didn't need to hear his friend's world to be able to tell. Luffy hadn't stopped looking at them man, knowing him all too well. Normally Luffy wouldn't react negatively towards the man, no rather the opposite. But seeing him move towards Robin, he couldn't. Luffy knew what the other man did, and seeing him talking to one of his members didn't feel right. Luffy couldn't be sure towards why the man did it, what was his goal? To spy on him, or something else? He was far from pleased knowing that the other man seemed to have recruited Robin, or had she always been on his side? Luffy didn't know, but seeing this made him doubt Robin more than the man. For some reason he could have expected it from him. He was disappointed and angry at the man, he wouldn't deny that. But what Robin did hurt more, he had trusted her. She was a part of his family, his friend, and he had never expected her to do something like this. Sure Luffy, didn't know what the two of them were doing, since he couldn't hear their conversation, but seeing her talking to him was bad enough.

"What do you think they are talking about?" Usopp asked and Luffy just shrugged his shoulders. Usopp noticed the change in his leader's behaviour, but he couldn't understand why, or what kind of change it was. He could tell it wasn't from fear for Robin, no Luffy didn't seem to fear for her safety any more.
"Do you know the man?" Usopp suddenly asked. Wondering if that was the case, but Usopp didn't understand why that would change anything. Because since Luffy didn't seemed worried about Robin's safety, the man didn't proceed a threat for her. Usopp turned his glance from Luffy to Robin instead, to see her give some papers to the other man, who nodded and suddenly stood up. Usopp looked at the man as he walked closer to them and the exit.
"Is that…" Usopp started as the man passed them.
"Keep an eye on Robin" Luffy said and raised from his chair.
"Wait, what?" Usopp asked, but he didn't have a chance to stop Luffy as he walked out after the stranger. Usopp could have sworn he recognised the man, but he soon got other things to think about, as Robin stood up and walked towards the exit herself. Usopp tried to hide under the table, hoping that she wouldn't see him.

Usopp wasn't sure where Robin was headed, but the woman was walking with determined steps. Usopp tried following her, by walking in the shadows, something he wasn't very good at. If Robin wouldn't notice him, he would be surprised. Damn Luffy, leaving him to do this on his own. He had never admitted it to his leader, but Robin sometimes scared him. He often got the feeling she knew everything that happened, and she was always three steps ahead. Usopp could only imagine what the other woman would do to him, if she found him. Most likely something scary, something he wouldn't survive. Maybe she would feed him to the sharks, throw him into a whole, or eat him. Okay the last one was ridicules, even he knew that. Robin didn't eat people, or did she? Maybe the man she talked to, offered her a meal made by human meat. Usopp felt how he managed to scare himself. And it felt like his legs were shaking, he needed to keep focus, so Robin didn't eat him.

Usopp saw how Robin entered a new house, a house Usopp didn't recognize. But it wasn't a big surprise, since he didn't know where he was. He had a hard time finding his way all over town. He knew the districts close to their base, and where he grew up, but the rest of the city is a cluster fuck of streets, and he had no reason to learn, since he had no planes on visiting them. But now, he felt lost. He just hoped that he wouldn't get into any trouble as he followed Robin inside.

Usopp soon realised that he was at a hotel, and not a classy one. The light was flicker, if working at all. The walls had parts where the colour were missing, and the floor was no longer bright, it was dark from fluids Usopp had no wish to know about. Usopp couldn't understand why Robin would visit a place like that. She had a safe place to go home to, so was she truly thinking of spending her night here? Or was this a trap?

"Where are you going?" a woman's voice made Usopp halter in his step. Usopp looked at an old lady, tugged behind a disk. She matched the condition of the hotel, and Usopp wondered if she had been with it since the start.
"After the lady" Usopp said and the woman smiled.
"You are late, the other men are already in the room" she said "It's number five"
Usopp nodded, a bit dumb folded. He wasn't sure what the lady meant with other men, were Robin supposed to meet someone else? With very unsure steps, he took the few stairs, until he stood in a corridor, looking at the doors with almost invisible numbers, before he stopped in front of number five. Usopp could hear voices on the other side, but no words. He pressed his ears up against the door, in an attempt to hear better, but the only thing he could hear was the men, arguing about something. He could still not make out all the words, the only thing he heard was, the question about what they shall do, and who shall start. Sentences Usopp couldn't make sense off, especially not without context.

Usopp felt like it wasn't much to take back with him, to Luffy. He could only say that she entered a hotel and met someone. He couldn't tell his leader with who, what they talked about, not even in which district. And he couldn't return to Zoro and brag about the fact that he knew what Robin did. To be fair he knew as little as he did, as when he saw her at first. She talked with different people, but that could mean more than one thing. Usopp thought about leaving the hotel, feeling that it would be worse if Robin found him here. But he wasn't sure where he would go, or how to get back to the base, and he wasn't too keen on guessing. Who know what would happen if he ended up in the wrong district. But Usopp thought it was the safest option, over Robin founding him, and he was just about to leave when he heard Robin screaming.

"I knew you are here!" Luffy walked down the dark alley, trying to stay calm. Seeing the man talking to Robin, really made him lose his temper. He couldn't understand any of them, how they could go behind his back. He had still to hear their story, but he doubted it would be good enough to explain their action. Felt like whatever they would say, would be an excuse. If he was honest with himself, Luffy didn't know how to handle the situation, he had never been betrayed by someone he cared for. And it hurt, he could feel the tears burning in his eyes, but he refused to let them fall.

"Stop hiding!" Luffy shouted out in the dark. No one was answering him, and it didn't help his temper. Screaming like he did, in an enemy's district wasn't the best thing he could do, he knew that, and he tried to calm down a bit. He didn't want to get caught, making the situation worse. And he had to think of the others, back at the base. What kind of leader would he be if he got caught and abounded them, or worse, died? Luffy had no illusions on what would happen to him if he got caught. In best case, he would get a clean death, in worse they would torture him, before they went after the others. So he forced himself to calm down a bit, and instead start looking in the shadows.

Luffy closed his eyes as he stepped into the shadows, this wasn't his territory, he rarely used the shadows to hide and then attack. He knew that he had the disadvantage here, but if you want to catch a snake, become a snake. Luffy tried to hear the other man's breathing, feel his pulse, by using his haki. Something he didn't mastered. In the history there were people who mastered it, they could use it as they pleased. The rumours said that Roger could, that he had all three types, and that's why he could rule the city as he did. Luffy didn't know the truth behind it, but he wished it was true, and that he one day would be able to master all three of them. As he tried to use his observation haki to find the other man, Luffy realised how he had much to learn. He could only sense the area closest to him, and he realised he would have a bigger chance of finding the man, if he just stretched his arm.

Thinking of that idea, the teenage boy smiled for himself, as he forced his arms forward, down the alley, as he started to run down it, as quiet he could. His choose still made a louder sound then he preferred, but he wasn't a big fan of running without them.
"You can't hide!" Luffy said, this time in a lower voice, but still loud enough for the other man to hear. Luffy got irritated that he hadn't found the man yet, Luffy knew that he was still around somewhere. So why couldn't he find him? Luffy knew that the other man was good at hiding, but Luffy still felt like he should be able to find him. And Luffy was about to shout once more when someone landed behind him. The man had jumped from the roof.
"Stop shouting Luffy, you will get caught" Luffy stopped abrupt, and turned around to face the man. But as soon as he did, he launched a fist towards his face. The man did no attempt to avoid the punch, and soon he flew backwards and Luffy ran after him, and grabbed his coat.
"Start talking Sabo!" Luffy said and looked down in anger at his older brother.

Usopp rushed through the door, forgetting about what Robin would do if she saw him. Her scream had sent shiver down his spine. Even if he got scared, thinking of what made her scream like that, he felt like he needed to help her. Usopp had no idea what to expect on the other side of the door, but it wasn't what he saw.

The first thing that caught his attention was Robin, lying on the bed. Her hands wear cuffed to the bed, her legs spread over the bed, and Usopp tried to not look, directly at her bared cunt. Her clothes were ripped from her body, revealing her breasts, and Usopp got a glimpse of all the scars on her body, old and new ones. She was covered in blood, but not her own. In the middle of the room was what reminded of two men. Their body parts covered the walls, floor and ceiling. Usopp saw how the skin had been ripped off, together with bones and muscles. The blood had ended up everywhere, and he felt how some dripped down on him. He couldn't distinguish any specific parts of the body; the men were so destroyed. The only thing remaining in one piece were their feet's, which were standing on the floor, near Robin. Usopp looked horrified at Robin, wondering what she had done. But when he met her eyes, he could tell that it wasn't her doing. She had nothing to do with it, but she wasn't sad for it either.

"So I have finally found you again, miss all Sunday" a male voice sounded, and entered the room, from what Usopp guessed was the bathroom. The man was covered in blood, but it didn't seem to bother him at all. Usopp didn't know who the man was, but he understood that he was dangerous. Usopp didn't know how to handle the situation, as the man walked towards Robin. He felt like he needed to protect her, especially since she was bound, and couldn't defend herself.

Usopp tried to figure out how he could scare the other man, so he ran. Usopp had a hard time seeing how it would work. The other man had barely looked at him, but the short second he did, Usopp could tell that he didn't see him as a threat. But as the tall male took another step towards Robin, Usopp felt like he needed to do something drastic, and he ran towards them male, throwing himself at him. Usopp's plan had been to make the other man fall, but that didn't happen. Instead the other man stood tall, looking down at him as he hang around his waist.
"And who do we have here?" the male asked, and Usopp swallowed, but he didn't find the courage to answer.
"He is a friend" Robin finally said in a low weak voice, and the male nodded, and gently removed Usopp from his waist.
"Then I will not hurt you" the male said "But I don't want you in the way"
Usopp felt how the male pushed him down, into a chair before he walked over to Robin, and looked down at her. Robin looked up at him, before she smiled, a smile Usopp never seen her smile. It was a relaxed, genuine one, and she seemed relived and happy.
"It has been awhile Aokiji" Robin said.