I am so sorry that I took so long to upload the latest chapter. I could give you an excuse that I've been busy with school and stuff, but honestly I was just being lazy. Again, I am so sorry.

While I have you guys I'm thinking of starting a new story about Nami and Robin meeting Lilia several years prior to the main story line. That should be fun, right?

Chapter 10

Shauna's Accusation!

While Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper were defeated by Ren, and Zoro, Nami, Robin, and Franky's battle against the dangerous Shauna, who was gaining the upper hand against them, not to far from the location of the Island, five people and a giant black hawk were heading towards the location of the Demon Unit. They are the best six warriors under the great captain Lilia, The She Demon. They were known as, The Demonic Six.

The giant black hawk was attached by a strong rope to a sleigh like contraption and was pulling the five people through the sky.

"Hey Yuki can't you go any faster than this?!" A big and oafish man with a giant steel hammer strapped to his back shouted obnoxiously. His name was Ridge. The sixth strongest man under Lilia.

"You're lucky I'm even flying you jerks to the ship in the first place!" The hawk shouted back. "Why don't you just use Moon Bounce to go back anyway?"

"Cause it's way more enjoyable to use you as a reindeer," he answered loudly, making the hawk growl.

"That's it. You're dead." Yuki, the hawk, stopped mid-flight, the sleigh-like contraption fell down, and was hanging in the air thanks to the stationed giant hawk and the exceptionally strong rope wrapped around it. The five passengers clung to the edge of the contraption for dear life, although a couple of them didn't seem to care that they were hanging 12,000 feet in the air.

"Yuki! This ain't funny!" Ridge shouted.

"I think it's funny," Yuki said smugly.

"Even with Moon Bounce, we'll die at this height!"

"Ridge, you should just apologize to the girl so she'll keep flying us," a woman with dark hair, that was tied in a knot, and beautiful pale skin said blankly, as if she didn't care if they fell or not. She was in a priestess outfit and who looked to be in her mid to late 20's. Her name Nagika. She was the third strongest fighter under Lilia.

"Yuki, please don't drop us!" A woman in her early twenties with neck length brown hair pleaded. She wore a modest blue blouse and a knee length skirt. She was Ellie. The fifth strongest fighter in the platoon.

"Yeah if you're gonna drop any one, drop Ridge." A man in his mid to late twenties begged. He was Oscar, the fourth strongest fight of the Demon Unit.

"Hey!"

"Fine. Kick Ridge off first though."

"You got it, Yuki!" Oscar and Ellie said together.

"You lousy traitors!" Ridge shouted in outrage. "Selling out a comrade to save your own life is cowardly!"

"Sorry, Ridge," Ellie said.

"But at some point we all have to think about our own lives," Oscar said as he raised his foot, when suddenly...

"Putoputoputoputoputoputoputo" went the transponder snail in the 2nd strongest man in the Demon Unit, Rizen's, coat pocket. He hung there, clutchin a side of the sleigh-contraption like it was no big deal. Rizen was a tall and muscular man. He wore ablack leather jacket over a marine Uniform. He had slightly over grown dark hair and had pale grey and mysterious eyes, that made him look very intense. The most noticeable thing about him was the silver sheated sword he had strapped to his waist. He pulled out the transponder snail and answered. "Hello? this is Lieutenant Rizen."

"Lieutenant Rizen, sir, this is Ensign Gabriel reporting! Sir!" the marine on the other line greeted officially and loudly.

"Okay, so what do you want?" Rizen replied in an unofficial tone.

"Sir! I am reporting in to say that, while in you and your team's absence, we had encountered the Straw Hat Pirates."

"Straw Hat Pirates?" Rizen repeated. "They sound familiar."

"Weren't they the guys who attacked Enies Lobby a while back?" Ellie said.

"Yeah they're the one's," Oscar confirmed. "That incident gave the whole crew an overall bounty of over 600 million berries."

Ridge whistled. "Anyone gutsy enough to attack a fortress like Enies Lobby must be extremely strong."

"But knowing captain Lilia, she's probably taken them all out by now," Ellie pointed out. She can be kind of a realist.

"That's disappointing," Ridge said depressingly.

Yuki and Nagika were silent. They knew the Straw Hat pirates well or to be more specific, their captain.

"Actually Captain Lilia didn't exactly wipe out the pirate crew," the marine, who could hear his superiors through the transponder snail, explained on the other line.

This genuinely surprised most of the Demonic Six. They all knew that Captain Lilia was one of the strongest and most feared marine in the business. Despite being ranked a mere captain, she was as strong and as powerful as an admiral.

"Are you saying that the pirates are actually giving our captain a hard time?" Rizen asked intensely.

"Well how do I put this...? Captain Lilia used her power to capture the Straw Hat Pirate's ship and flew it to a nearby uninhabited island, sir. We are on our way there right now."

"Why'd she do that?"

"W-we don't know... sir."

"Ensign, what are the coordinates?" Yuki, the giant hawk, demanded.

"Um..."

"Answer me!" Yuki shouted startling her comrades, even Rizen, who was usually cooler than ice.

"It's 36 degree north latitude, 52 degrees east longitude, Lieutenant Yuki, maim!"

"Good. We're headed there right now!" She stated.

"We are?" Some of them asked.

"We are! Now get on!" The hawk snapped up her neck, making the sleigh-contraption bounce up and give them an opportunity to get their seats. Each of them let go for a single second, then they all used Moon Bounce to get a spot on the sleigh. "Hold on tight! I'm gonna go at full gear!" Which meant she'd be moving at about 350 miles per hour.

"WOAAAAH!" Part of the Demonic Six screamed as Yuki went on top speed. The force of the wind was slamming against their bodies like a raging river.

"Yuki! What is the hurry?!" Ridge shouted, because the wind pressure made it so loud.

"I have to get to Luffy!" She answered.

"Who's Luffy?" Oscar shouted.

"He's the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates," Ellie shouted.

"But what does he have to do with Yuki?" Oscar shouted/asked

"You mean you guys don't know?" Nagika asked with a mysterious grin. They shook their heads. "Straw Hat Luffy is Captain Lilia's son."

Silence. Even Rizen went wide eyed over this revelation.

"I'm sorry I don't think I heard your right," Ridge said after a moment. "I thought I heard you say that the captain had a son and that he was a pirate."

"I did," Nagika said, never losing her grin, "and, for your information, I'm his godmother."

"What?!"

While the Demonic Six were fly to the island where the fighting was, Shauna continued her battle against Zoro and his group. The battle was was playing out evenly, with Shauna maintaining a strong defense against her pirate adversaries.

"This is just getting ridiculous!" Nami shouted in frustration. "She's just one girl, yet we're all having so much trouble beating her!"

"I know how you feel sis, but she's just that strong." Frank said "Just look how easily she's keeping up with Zoro."

Nami looked. Zoro was indeed struggling with Luffy's cousin. No matter how fast or powerful his swings were, Zoro just couldn't seem to get past Shauna's defense and vice versa. The worst part, Zoro seemed to be tiring a bit, while Shauna still seemed to be playing at full gear. For a second Nami thought Zoro might be holding back because Shauna is a girl, but decided that Zoro wasn't that kind of guy. But that just means Shauna is that strong.

"Your pretty strong, Roronoa Zoro," Shauna said as she and Zoro were pushing against each other's weapons.

"You're not too bad yourself," Zoro grunted with respect. On the inside, he was frustrated with himself. The fatigue of this fight was getting to him, but Shauna was still at top form.'It can't be helped. It seems that superhuman stamina is a built in trait of her family.' It just means I have to take the win as fast as I can.'

Shauna did something to gain the upperhand.

"You can't block this!" Shauna declared. Before Zoro could retort, Shaun pulled in her bo staff and shifted it horizontally in one quick second, but it felt like an eternity. Then she jabbed at Zoro and when he blocked it, he was sent flying back at least ten yards away, like a giant invisible hand had hit him with all its might.

"Zoro!" His companions screamed with concern.

Zoro crash landed onto the desert sand, but immediately picked himself backup, although a dull pain spread across his body. "I'm alright! Just sore!" He turned his gaze to Shauna. "That attack used the principle of that Moon Bounce thing in it, am I right?"

Shauna blinked, then she even chuckled for a second. "You're smarter than you look. Yup that particular technique is called Moon Jab. I hate to admit it, but I owe Ren for teaching me how to use Moon Bounce with something other then my legs. He's actually pretty smart when it comes to creative techniques."

"Well, however you learned it, I won't let it get me twice," Zoro declared as he got in a stance.

"We'll see, but I gotta admit you're pretty resilient, Roronoa," Shauna said. "Moon Jab is still in its developing stage, but to be able to get up immediately after taking a direct hit is impressive indeed."

"It's nothin'," Zoro dismissed.

"Um, guys?" Franky said.

"You two are still aware that we're in a middle of a fight, right?" Nami reminded.

Shana went red in the face. "Aw crap! I did it again! I got chummy with a pirate! Why do I keep doing that? Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Shaun kept bonking herself on the head over and over again.

'She's way too hard on herself," all four Straw Hats thought in unison.

"She's so cute," Robin said lightly.

"Yeah, but she's way too serious for her own good," Nami said dryly.

"Time to get serious," Shauna said as she swung her bo staff menacingly.

"Bring it," Zoro said, as he got into a stance.

"MOON BOUNCE!"

"Oni Geri!"

Shauna used the Moon Bounce to launch herself horizontally, like a cannon ball. Zoro charged forward, with his two swords crossed, and they both clashed with all their might and created a shock wave, which blew away part of the sand.

'I have to be careful about getting close,' Zoro thought. 'If I get hit by that crazy Moon Jab attack too many times, I'll be done for, which mean I have to keep a distance.'

Zoro jumped back at least 20 feet, surprising Shauna. "300 Caliber Phoenix!" Zoro swung his swords and generated an attack in the form of a giant green flaming phoenix, which went straight for Shauna.

But Shauna was far from fished.

"TEMPEST KICK!"

Shauna swung her right leg with incredible force and speed, which created a blade of wind even stronger that Kaku from CP9. When the blade made of wind and the fiery phoenix made contact it created a huge explosion. The spectators had to cover their eyes to keep the sand out of their eyes, but Zoro and Shauna stood their and took it like warriors.

"Looks like our attacks canceled each other out," Zoro grinned.

"Seems so," Shauna said with the same grin. "What do you say we go for- what the?!" several tanned arms sprouted out of Shauna's body and restrained her. "What the hell is this?"

"Robin what are you doing?" Zoro asked angrily.

"Sorry, Zoro," Robin said with a smile, while her arms were crossed. "But this is a four on one battle, is it not?"

"She's got a point," Shauna agreed. "And it's not like I wasn't going to attack those guys again anyway,so this is justified."

"Nice work, Robin," Nami said. "I was getting worried for a bit."

"Quick thinking, Robin," Franky said.

"Thank you both."

Zoro wasn't too happy about the situation, but reluctantly sheathed his swords knowing the logic was sound.

"So, now that you've got me, what will you do?" Shauna asked.

"Not sure, guess we'll restrain you and then go look for the captain and the others," Robin answered.

"Is that so? Well before you do that, could you answer a question for me?"

"What is it?"

"Why'd you all join my cousin's crew?" Her voice had an edge of seriousness. The four Straw Hats were startled by the question.

"Why do you care?" Nami said.

"Luffy's an important person to me. He's like a little brother to me. Besides, you'll all probably get the same interrogation from the captain."

"From Luffy's mom? Why?" She grew a bit pale. Having a heart to heart chat with someone who's called the She-Demon was not on Nami's bucket list.

"Because you're taking care of her and since you're a group of unknowns, because, in case you haven't already noticed, Luffy's decision making skills aren't exactly… good."

They were silent.

"So… what would happen if Luffy's mom doesn't like us?" Nami asked hesitantly.

"She'd kill you."

Silence.

"Ha, ha, ha.., t-that's p-pretty funny," Nami laughed dryly.

Shauna was silent.

"You are kidding, r-right," Nami asked hopefully.

"Well, I guess she wouldn't kill you," Shauna said after a moment of thought.

"Phew!" Nami sighed in relief.

"Killing you would probably be merciful compared to some of the things she could do to you, such as all of her torture methods."

Nami and the others went pale. "Dang you, Luffy! Why the hell do you have to always get us in these kind of situations?!"

"Cursing his name will only add fuel to the fire, Catburglar," Shauna said. "But I doubt she'd kill you, since you all seem like nice people."

"Good," Nami sighed with relief, again.

"So are you gonna answer my question?" Shauna said.

"About why we all joined Luffy's crew?"

"Right." Shauna turned to Zoro. "Let's start with you, Veggie Top."

"Veggie Top?" Zoro blushed at his latest nickname. Nami Franky, and even Robin started to chuckle under their breaths at Zoro's newst title.

"Veggie... Top..." Nami said in between chuckles.

"Priceless..." Franky said, as he laughed.

"So you gonna answer me or what?" Shauna said, ignoring the laughter.

"Fine." Zoro said through gritted teeth, as he shook of the embarrassment. laughed little kids.

"Veggie Top," Nami laughed under her breath.

"Priceless," Franky laughed.

"So why'd you join my cousins crew," Shauna persisted, ignoring the laughter.

"Fine." Zoro shook off the embarrassment. "I joined because Luffy saved my life."

"No offense, but that seems like too simple a reason, if you ask me," Shauna said. "Is there more to the story?"

"Yes." Zoro nodded. "Not long after meeting him, I became impressed by his strength and will, also, I saw a kindred spirit when I heard his dream-"

"To become the Pirate King, right?"

Zoro nodded. "You see I also chase a seemingly impossible goal."

"And that would be?" Shauna inquired.

For a moment, Zoro stared at her intently, then he smirked wildly. "To become the world's greatest swordsman!" Zoro proudly stated.

Only the wind made a sound, as the five of them stood in silence.

"Wow, bro," Franky said in awe, "I had no idea that you had that kind of ambition."

Nami and Robin, along with the rest of the crew, knew Zoro's goal already, but it still gave them a tingle inside to hear his ambition.

"A while after that I came face to face with the man I was searching for," Zoro continued.

"Hawk-eye Mihawk," Shauna said, "the world's greatest swordsman and a member of The 7 Warlords of The Sea."

"Yeah, and I fought him." A collection of gasps filled the silence in the air. Shauna was the only one who didn't seem phased, in fact, she seemed amused at the news.

"I'm guessing you lost?"

Zoro smirked somewhat emptily. "I was annihilated. I didn't even stand a chance. I was just some punk who didn't understand the strength of the world. But it made me stronger in the end and it was on that day that I made a promise to Luffy: I will not lose until the day I become the world's greatest swordsman!"

Promise. The word invoked a memory within Shauna's mind.

'Daddy, come home soon, pretty please.'

'No worries, Shauna. Daddy will come back home tomorrow night. And that's a promise.'

"Promis, huh?" Shauna's serious, but slightly playful mood changed to depressing and melancholy, and her eyes were shadowed by her raven bangs. The Straw Hats were caught off guard by the young marines sudden change in expressions. Shauna turned her gaze to Nami. "Citrus Scalp, why'd you join my cousin's crew?"

Nami didn't react to the name, "Citrus Scalp." She was more phased by Shauna's demeanor. It was like looking into the mirror of her past self. She had a feeling that her answer would have some kind of major effect. What would it affect? She didn't know.

Nami took deep breath and answered truthfully. "Before I met Luffy, I was just an unhappy girl who lived what could only be called a living hell. I won't go into specific details, but if it wasn't for Luffy… I'd be nothing but someone's slave. That's why I promised him I'd navigate the Grand Line for him."

Robin and Franky were shocked to hear that Nami was enslaved by someone, but they didn't ask what she was talking about. It was obvious that she was thinking back to a very sad time for herself.

'More promises, eh?' Shauna thought. Her expression was unreadable. Nami, on the other hand, seemed to put all of her emotions into that small and vague, but intense and revealing speech. She held her head down as if embarrassed to have said so much. 'i wonder just how far they'd go to keep their promises?'

"I have a pretty good idea how you joined, Devil Child," Shauna said to Robin, who stood there with her trademark smile. "You were cursed with a 79,000,000 berri bounty at the young of age 8, because of that many people, both marines and pirates, sought you out for their own reasons. To survive, you joined up with various organizations and groups, in the end betraying each and every one of them. During those probably hellish days, you sealed away youur own heart and stopped trusting the world. Twenty years later, fate brings you to Luffy. Knowing him, he didn't think twice about letting you join his crew and as time went on you fell for his kindness, he melted your frozen heart, and you developed a bit of loyalty towards him. When he rescued you at Enies Lobby is when your resolve hardened."

Robin, still crossing her arms to restrain Shauna, was silent. "You didn't have to say all that," Nami said angrily, as she saw Robin stand there, uncomfortably silent. She was surprised to hear Robin laughing.

"You really are a smart girl," Robin said after laughing her usual soft laughter. "Everything was true and then some. Indeed, after getting to know Luffy and the rest I started to regain my appreciation for life. After the Enies Lobby incident, I finally realized that I could trust Luffy, so I promised I wouldn't leave him again."

'Promises again? Is that the only word they know,' Shauna thought with disgust.

"Since we're all telling our life stories," Franky said, with his hands on his hips, "I'll tell you the super life story of how I-"

"Not interested," Shauna said bluntly, cutting of Franky.

"What? Why not?" Franky asked, feeling insulted.

"I got the basic idea of how all you guys joined. Luffy helped you, he earned your respect, you pledge your loyalty to Luffy, bla bla bla bla bla bla. Am I close?"

Franky blinked. "Well that's true, more or less, but there is way more to the story than that. For instance-"

"I really don't care," Shauna said, in a bored tone. That made Franky fall to his knees in depression

"You know... now that she mentions it," Nami began, with her fingers on her chin in a pondering sort of way, "All of us were saved by Luffy, and because of that we joined his crew."

"You could almost say you took advantage of his kindness," Shauna said, with a dark grin. that caught all of their attentions.

"That isn't true!" Nami said sharply. "We'd never take advantage of Luffy's kindness."

The strong feelings in Nami's voice startled and shocked the other 3 Straw Hats to their cores. Zoro, in particular, was especially surprised at Nami's outburst. It's not like he thought Nami was weak willed, (at least not now) but it was just that she exactly scream, "Super loyal teammate."

"I guessed that," Shauna said, with her eyes shadowed by her bangs. "You all seem decent enough, for a group of criminals that is. But you guys don't seem to understand a very important fact of life: promises don't mean a thing!"

To the Straw Hats. what Shauna had said was like someone had thumped them on the head, with an iron finger. It wasn't their first time hearing something so morbid before. Tons of their enemies had said things along those exact lines. What surprised them was that it came from Luffy's own cousin. In the short time they had known her, they saw few similarities between the two, aside from the monstrous strength and raven black hair, but, for whatever reason, she gave off a Luffy-like shine.

Nami, once again, broke the awkward silence. "H-how can you say that? We-"

"I'm done talking!" Shauna shouted as loud as Luffy would have. She then proceeded to, once again, struggle against the many arms Robin had used to retrain her. But this time she was winning. The hidden muscles in Shauna's arms started to bulge out like she was on steroids and she just kept pushing and pushing.

"I… can't hold… on much… longer…." Robin grunted through gritted teeth, as her arms shaked and beads of sweat ran down her face. The other Straw Hats were shocked. No one else had ever pushed against Robin's flower fruit ability through brute strength alone.

"Get ready!" Zoro ordered, as he unsheathed his Wado and Kitetsu, and immediately charged at Shauna.

"GAAAAHHHH!" Shauna broke free of Robin's multiple arm restraint, which turned to flower petals the moment they were broken, and at the same time Robin collapsed on one knee and Nami went to her side.

"Robin!" Zoro muttered under his breath, right before he got within a sword's reach of Shauna. Zoro struck with both swords, but Shauna was more than prepared. With her bo never leaving her hand, she instantaneously blocked Zoro's attack with one arm. In the next second, Shauna attempted to punch Zoro with her Moon Jab attack, but Zoro instantly swerved to the left to avoid the attack.

"I told you before that I wouldn't let myself get hit by that attack again," is what Zoro would have said, but… the moment her attack missed, Shauna used the recoil of her own technique to allow herself to drift back at least 10 feet away, putting some distance between her and Zoro. Shauna slyly grinned at Zoro. "The beauty of my technique is that it works both ways, don't you think? If it hits, you get sent flying, and if it misses, then I get the opportunity to get some breathing room away from my opponent. Awesome, right?"

"Riiight..." Zoro said sarcastically. "If you're done with the explanations, let's get back to-"

"Time-out," Shauna said, while making the time out sign with her hands, which made Zoro, Nami, and Franky fall over.

"Time out?!" The three of them shouted in frustration.

"Just give me a sec, would you," Shauna asked, the she took of her marine uniform and the shirt under it, without a second thought. In response, Zoro quickly turned away, with his cheeks turning a cute shade of red, while Franky whistled pervertedly, but was disappointed when he there was still some fabric under her shirt that covered the majority of her skin, but her cleavage was prominently revealed.

"W-what the hell are you doing?!" Zoro stuttered with a red face, while his back was turned.

"Seduction?" Nami suggested.

"She doesn't seem the type," Robin said, then she smiled. "But with those looks and that body she could definitely pull it off."

"Hm? Oh, no, I'm not that type of girl," Shauna said, while shaking her head and fingering something strapped to her waist and shoulders- a set of weights that were equal to two whole tones. She unstrapped the heavy set weights off of her body- which revealed her black bra and large bust- and dropped them on the desert ground, which made a dull thud.

"Aww," Shauna sighed in relief, then she began to do a few erotic stretches. "I haven't taken those things off in months!"

Franky leered at the attractive Shauna's half naked body, but Nami elbowed him in the face. "Stop gawking and get serious, you perverted cyborg! Pay attention to the fact that, up until a second ago, she was kicking our butts while wearing a set of 100 pound weights!"

"Thanks for calling me a pervert, sis," Franky said with a perverted grin.

"That wasn't a compliment!" Nami shouted.

"Wait, she was wearing what?" Zoro asked, while still looking away from the half naked Shauna.

"To be exact, I was wearing two tones worth of weights," Shauna explained.

"What!?' Zoro jerked his head, Without thinking, back at Shauna, who was still doing her erotic body stretches. Zoro, once again, looked the other way with a red face and a semi-annoyed look. "Would you put your shirt back on already?!"

"You're surprisingly innocent for someone called a demon swordsman," Shauna said, while rolling her eyes, then she picked up her marine uniform and put it back- which made groan in depression and Nami punch the perverted cyborg in the face.

"I have to admit, it's a bit surprising," Nami said.

"But it is kind of cute," Robin giggled.

"Zoro isn't the first guy I'd guess to be shy around naked women," Franky chuckled.

"Shut up!" Zoro shouted in embarrassment. He jerked his head back at Shauna- who was fully clothed once again- and said, "is your "time out" finally over or what?"

"Just one more second." Shauna, wordlessly, used the Moon Bounce technique to leap up into the air. Everyone, including was amazed at how much height she made. She must have been at least 300 feet in the air. Something that would've taken her at least two or three jumps to manage. Next she used, once again, wordlessly, the Tempest Kick technique into the far distance. The air blade must have been twice as fast and four times stronger than before, because when it made contact with it target, it created a huge explosion that was capable of reducing a huge building to rubble. The Straw Hats were shocked to see how much destruction Shauna could cause after taking off her weights.

"So," Shauna began after descending onto the ground, "still think you can beat me?"

Nami and Franky certainly didn't seem sure, and Robin looked neutral, but Zoro actually seemed pleased with the new turn of events.

"Nope," Zoro said with a wild smirk. "But then what's the fun in that?"

And chapter 10 ends here. The Shauna vs. Zoro battle will continue in the next chapter. Now Shauna is even stronger than before and if that wasn't bad enough, the Demonic Six are coming straight for them. The six strongest warriors under Lilia herself. And what's Shauna's problem with promises? One things for sure the Straw Hats will have to rely on all their luck to get out of this jam.