Hey guys, hope you're all enjoying your Sunday. I'm personally having an AMAZING day. I won't bore you with the details, just look at my profile pic to see what I'm so happy about.

So yeah, this is gonna be the last chapter before I go on a small break for a couple of months for reasons already mentioned. Sorry about that, but we've all had exams, haven't we? I'll be back when they're over and I hope you all are too.

Nami rested her head on Luffy's shoulder and smiled contentedly. Now this was how she wanted to spend her Friday night.

"Yaah!" Usopp shrieked, throwing the bowl of popcorn high in the air, terrified by the scary movie they were watching. Chopper whimpered, burying his head in Robin's left arm. She giggled, unfazed by the appearance of the murderous psychopath, and turned to Zoro on her right, who was fast asleep.

After Luffy had saved Nami from Absalom, the two had began walking back towards town, where they met Sanji and Sabo travelling the opposite way. Since Luffy and Sabo had by this point missed the start of their movie, the two brothers decided to join Nami and Sanji in going back to Zoro's.

Luffy laughed, pointing his finger at the deformed villain on the screen. "That guy looks funny!"

Usopp glared at him. "This movie's terrifying! How can you find it funny! What the hell's wrong with you?"

Sabo, also unaffected by the film, patted a pale Sanji on the back. "You OK dude?"

Sanji jumped slightly at the sudden contact, before realising it was just Sabo. After taking a second to regain his composure, he nodded. "Y… Yeah."

Franky crossed his arms and looked at Nami. "Letting you choose the movie was a SUPER bad idea…"

Nami, who had had her eyes closed since Usopp first screamed, giggled. "Jeez, you guys are such wimps…"

Usopp glared at her. "Your eyes are closed!"

"I'm scared Robin!" Chopper wailed.

Robin rested her hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "It's fine, it's only a movie…"

The ten (nine minus the sleeping Zoro) continued watching for a further ten minutes or so until the movie ended, Robin, Sabo and an amused Luffy the only ones who didn't have to cover their eyes at any point.

As the credits began, Sabo stood up and headed for the door. "Right. Thanks for having me everyone. I've really enjoyed tonight."

Luffy frowned. "You're going?"

Nami lifted her head up from Luffy's shoulder. "We were going to hang out here for a little longer…"

Sabo nodded. "Yeah, you should, I just really need to get going now. There's someone I have to meet."

Luffy blinked. "Who?"

Sabo tensed briefly before looking back and smiling at his little brother. "No one important."

Nami eyed Sabo suspiciously, having noticed that brief moment when he tensed and watched carefully as the blonde man exited the room. She waited for a couple of seconds before looking around at the group. "Did you see that?"

"See what?" Franky asked.

"He was totally acting suspicious! Don't tell me I'm the only one who noticed how nervous he got when Luffy asked who he was meeting?"

Everyone was silent. "Uh…" Usopp hesitantly began. "Do you not think you're not being slightly… I don't know… paranoid?"

Nami glared at the long-nosed teen, making him instantly regret saying that. "I'm not crazy, OK? I know what I saw, and he was acting shifty! I think we should go follow him!"

I don't think the other seven (Not including Zoro who was still sleeping) could have looked less enthusiastic at that suggestion if they'd tried. Nami looked appealingly at Sanji, but Usopp stood between them. "Oh no you don't!"

Nami switched her pleading face from Sanji to Luffy. "You believe me, don't you Luffy?"

Luffy gulped. "I… uh…."

"Luffy!"

"Sorry Nami, but I don't think Sabo would do anything bad…."

Nami huffed and stood up. "Fine. If you're not going to go after him, then I will!"

Franky scoffed. "On you own?"

Nami, who had been heading for the door, paused. She sighed, turning appealingly to Sanji one last time, Usopp again jumping in the way. Nami gritted her teeth, too stubborn to now back down. "Yeah, I will go on my own!"

With that, the orange haired girl stormed out of the room, slamming the door as she left. The loud bang had the effect of waking up Zoro, who jumped at the sound.

"Wh… what did I miss? What happened to the lion?"

Usopp frowned. "What lion? Wait a second… are you talking about the opening credits? You fell asleep then!?"

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Law stared blankly out of his kitchen window, silently scrubbing the plate in his hand, his mind not at all focused on the menial task of washing up. How could it be given what he'd just heard?

Mr Corazon was Doflamingo's brother. That alone was a startling revelation. But to then find out that Mr Corazon was working with the police to find some kind of secret laboratory that Doflamingo and Caesar Clown had set up, possibly within the school, almost seemed too ridiculous to be true. But it made sense, and Law figured that this was something to do with the SMILE he had heard Caesar mention last year.

And then there was Vergo. Law had been looking for him for so long, to think that he'd finally seen him for the first time today was a strange feeling. He didn't know what he'd been expecting. He had kind of been expecting him to be a demon with horns, but Vergo was just a normal looking guy. Who knew where he lived. That terrified Law. How could he sleep knowing Vergo may come and kill him before he woke up?

Law shook his head, no longer feeling safe in his own home. He quickly grabbed a jacket before leaving his house, locking the door carefully behind him. His parents weren't home, but he still didn't want Vergo entering his house. Not that a locked door would stop him probably…

At that depressing thought Law began walking. After a minute or so, he wondered whether Mr Corazon was watching him. He saved him before after all, so he must be somehow keeping an eye on him. That or he was watching Vergo. If he was, that made him feel a little safer. Although that then raised the question as to why he hadn't apprehended Vergo yet. Maybe he was waiting for him to do something…

Law sighed before continuing on into the night, no idea of where he was going or when he'd get there.

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Vergo didn't bother looking up as the door opened. "There you are."

Violet sighed, really not wanting to apologise, but knowing she had to. "S- Sorry I'm late. I ran into some trouble on the way home."

That was true. partially. She had run into trouble on the way home.

Three hours ago.

After saying bye to Sanji, Violet had once again lost the 'motivation' to go home, and had decided to go for a long walk. A really long walk. She figured now that she had the excuse of running into some thugs, Vergo wouldn't be suspicious about her coming home late.

Vergo yawned. "I assume you dealt with them."

"Y… Yeah." Well, she would have had Sanji not got them first.

"Hn. Well, anyway, you should know that Joker's sent us some… assistance."

Violet blinked. "Assistance?"

"A boy. He seems a bit of a weakling, but his task is eliminating one of the students at your school, so I guess it's not a particularly demanding job."

"Which student? Law?"

"No. Monkey D Luffy apparently. From what Dellinger told me, this kid gave Crocodile trouble, so Joker wants him dealt with in case he becomes a nuisance."

"Is that so?" Violet knew Luffy from Rebecca. She spoke very fondly of him, it would seem like he was a very friendly, if not slightly goofy kid. Violet found it hard to believe that such a person could be any danger to Joker, but Joker was ruthless, so it didn't surprise her that he wouldn't take any chances.

Violet bit her lip, feeling disgusted at herself for thinking that. When did she become so cold that the thought of an innocent child being murdered didn't affect her?

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Nami sighed. She had completely lost Sabo.

After leaving Zoro's house, she'd had him in sight for a couple of blocks before he turned around a corner. When Nami turned around the same corner, Sabo was nowhere to be seen. He'd disappeared into thin air.

So now Nami was making the long journey back home, the sky pitch black. Noticing she was passing the park, Nami glanced to the right, expecting to find it empty.

It wasn't. Sitting on a bench about a hundred metres away were two people, one familiar, one not.

The familiar one was Sabo, sitting on the right, his back to her. Next to him was a taller man with long wild hair, his head tilted to the side, allowing Nami to make out his facial features. He had a strikingly scary looking face, with a red tattoo running down the left side of his face.

Nami gulped and quickly got herself out of sight, hiding behind a tree. For some reason, she felt terrified of the man with Sabo. So this was who he was meeting that he couldn't tell Luffy about.

"-And?" The man gruffly demanded.

Sabo sighed, pausing for a moment before answering. "And nothing. We just had dinner before going to see a movie."

The man frowned, causing a shiver to run up Nami's spine. "You didn't tell him about me?"

"Look this isn't the kind of thing you can say easily. I only just met Luffy a few days ago after so long! Just give me time!"

The man stood up. "Fine. But you should know I'm very impatient to see Luffy…"

Nami's eyes widened. Just what was going on? Who was this man? What did he want with Luffy? Was he dangerous? Why was Sabo helping him? The orange haired girl staggered backwards slightly, overwhelmed with worry. Luckily before she fell someone caught her.

"Nami? What are you doing out at this time? It isn't safe to be wandering out alone…."

Nami quickly scrambled out of Law's arms and looked to where Sabo and the other man had been talking. Both of them were gone. She turned around, a confused Law staring at her like she was crazy. "Where did they go?"

"Who?"

"Sabo was sitting just there with some guy! We need to go after them! Now!"

Law blinked. "The teacher? Why, what's going on?"

Nami looked around the park frantically. "Where are they?"

Law hesitantly put his hand on her shoulder. "Calm down. No one's there. So why don't you explain to me what's-"

"No time," Nami interrupted, turning around and sprinting in the direction of Zoro's house. "I have to go tell Luffy!"

Law just stared at the retreating Nami, shocked to see her in such a panic, before running after her. "Wait!"

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Nami sighed frustratedly, not liking the way all her friends were looking at her like she was crazy. "I'm serious! I saw Sabo with some scary looking guy! He said he wanted to see Luffy, or something like that!"

"I'm seriously worried about her. She's seeing things now…" Usopp whispered into Zoro's ear. Nami glared at him.

"Look, I'm not crazy, I know what I saw and heard! Law saw them too, right?"

Everyone turned to Law, who had followed Nami to the house, worried about her being out alone at such a late time. He bit his lip. "Uhm, well…"

Zoro knew what that meant. "You didn't see anything, did you?"

Law sighed. "No, I didn't."

Nami's jaw dropped. She turned on him angrily. "How could you not have seen anything? You were standing right next to me!"

"I'm sorry, but I didn't see anyone there. I guess its possible they may have left before I looked…."

"Yeah, that's one explanation…" Zoro muttered, earning him a glare from Nami.

"Fine. If you all think I'm crazy, then I'm just gonna leave. Don't want my craziness to rub off on any of you!"

Robin frowned. "Nami…"

"No!" Nami yelled, once again storming out of Zoro's living room, slamming the door behind her.

Law winced slightly, before turning to Luffy. "Maybe you should go after her…"

Luffy nodded weakly. "Y… yeah. Thanks for looking out for her earlier Traffy."

"No problem."

Usopp blinked. "Actually, now that I think about it… what were you doing out at this time anyway?"

Law bit his lip. "Uh… nothing."

Luffy, who had been about to head off after Nami, stopped, sensing there was something wrong. "Traffy?"

Robin sighed. "Trafalgar… is this…?"

"It's nothing," Law said firmly, turning around to head for the door. Luffy, however, stood in his way. Law groaned. "Move out of the way Straw Hat-ya."

Luffy however merely sat down cross-legged in front of the door. "No. Not until you tell us."

Sanji nodded. "There's clearly something up with you."

"You don't really have a choice, you know," Usopp laughed, "Luffy's stubborn enough to sit there all night."

"You guys… Listen, I really don't wanna put you in danger…"

Zoro scoffed. "Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how we spent our summer?"

"We're SUPER used to danger," Franky smirked.

"Speak for yourself…" Usopp muttered, Chopper nodding weakly in agreement.

Law groaned again. "You guys…"

"Trafalgar," Robin began, looking Law directly in the eyes. "Please tell us. We want to help you."

Law gulped slightly, feeling himself getting a little hot under the collar. Why was it that she had this effect on him, even now? "A… Alright. I'll tell you everything…"

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"Wow!" Luffy beamed, looking around the packed square excitedly. "I can't believe we're meeting Coby again! It's been so long, huh?"

Although Coby had been worried, it turned out that Luffy actually did remember him, and was actually really looking forward to seeing him again. It was the Saturday, around midday, the events of last night still fresh in the memory.

Law had told Luffy and the others everything about Doflamingo, Vergo and Caesar. Everyone was stunned that the former teacher, Mr Doflamingo was actually a criminal, and a pretty powerful one at that. The only thing Law left out was Mr Corazon, since he had explicitly stated to Law to keep his identity secret.

What shocked Law was that Luffy and the others actually already knew about Vergo. Kind of. Nami had overheard Violet talking to a 'Vergo' on the first day, but obviously hadn't known who he was. Well, now they did.

However those things weren't currently on the minds of Luffy and Zoro, who were waiting for Coby outside the cinema which Luffy and Sabo had planned to visit the previous evening. Luffy was actually really looking forward to it, whilst Zoro was a little bit more grumpy due to him missing his usual Saturday afternoon nap for this.

"Luffy! Zoro!"

The two turned to the right to see a smiling Coby jogging towards them. Luffy grinned widely. "Coby! Hey! Long time no see!"

Coby laughed, slowing as he reached the two. "Yeah, it has been a while. Wow. What is it, 6 years?"

Zoro yawned. "Something like that."

"Haha, it's so nice to see you two again. Come on, there's this really nice coffee shop nearby. We can talk there."

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Coby watched, both impressed and a little disgusted, as Luffy finished his tenth donut. "You… really haven't changed a bit, have you Luffy?" A quick glance to the side showed that Zoro had dozed off at some point, him hunched over in the chair next to Luffy. "And neither have you Zoro…"

Luffy, seeing this, heartily thumped Zoro on the back, waking him up in probably the least peaceful way he could have. Zoro glared at him before turning to Coby. "So about this Moriah guy?"

Coby gulped. Looked like the pleasantries were over and it was now time to talk business. "You guys remember Morgan, right?" Both Zoro and Luffy nodded. "He had a younger brother in my year, Helmeppo."

Zoro yawned. "Is his brother as big a jerk as he is?"

Coby chuckled slightly. "He was initially. You see, Helmeppo always used to try to intimidate the other kids using the threat of his 'super strong big brother'. However after Morgan left Elementary School, Helmeppo was no longer able to threaten people with his brother, and so people were no longer scared of him. At first he was still a bit of a jerk, but he gradually began to change. He's a really nice guy now. My best friend, actually. His brother on the other hand…"

Luffy blinked. "What happened to him?"

"He just went from bad to worse. He's in jail now actually. Drugs."

Zoro yawned again, not really feeling any sympathy for Morgan. "So Moriah?"

"Gecko Moriah was his dealer. Basically, Morgan agreed to do a few jobs, 'deliveries' mostly, in exchange for his… you know. He got caught though, which meant he was never able to repay his debt. Since Moriah couldn't collect from Morgan, he's decided to target Helmeppo. Somehow they've found out that we're friends, so they're even targeting me too." Coby sighed loudly, running his hands through his hair. "It's a nightmare."

Zoro glanced at Luffy before turning back to Coby. "I uh… I'm sorry about that, but what do you want us to do?"

"Uh… well… I was kind of hoping you two could like… protect us."

"Did you tell the police?"

Coby shook his head. "I wanted to, but Helmeppo said Moriah would kill us if we did."

Suddenly, Luffy stood up. Both Zoro and Coby looked up at him, not sure what he was doing. Suddenly, Luffy grinned. "Yosh! Let's go kick this jerk's ass then!"

Zoro smirked. "I figured that would be your response. Well, if there's nothing else that can be done, guess we'll have to…"

Coby smiled relievedly. "So you'll help us?"

Luffy laughed. "Of course we will. You're our friend Coby!"

Coby looked between Zoro and Luffy, unable to hide his emerging smile, the memory of the time he first met the two coming back to him. "Th… thank you."

Yeah, to be honest, not the most amazing chapter to go out with. I remember last year I had the whole Zoro/Luffy past flashback chapter before going on break and that was apparently a really good chapter. But it is what it is, and I hope you don't mind too much. I guess the Sabo thing's interesting though. Can you guess who he was with?

As always, thanks for reading and please leave a review if you have time.