Unlikely alliance!?

"SAVE ME!!" Chopper bawled out as he tried to squirm out of Jagger's teeth

"Chopper!" the group exclaimed as they readied their weapons.

"Don't you move the muscle or the raccoon dog gets it!" She said

"IM A REINDEER DAMMIT!". Shouted Chopper with comical anger.

Jagger growled causing him to flinch in fear.

"Try anything suspicious, his head will be bitten off." She barked as she glared into Robin which her hands nearly formed a cross,

She sighed as she uncrossed her hands

"And you too, lower you weapons!" She hissed as she glared at all of them.

"Look we are not here to cause a fight, we just need to find our nakama," said Robin as she

raised her hands in defeat." You guys two, please drop your weapons."

The sniper and musician sighed as they both dropped their weapons.

~Meanwhile in the Anavin household, 10 minutes earlier.~

"Chopper!" Aika exclaimed as she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Hm?" Said Vince as she looked at her, "What do you mean Aika?" She asked

"Oh sorry I don't know what came out of my mouth like that, heh." She said while moving her leg a bit and a avoided her gaze

"Aika, tell me the truth please." She said gently as she knelt to her height.

"Can we talk somewhere, private please." She said.

"I think I have the perfect spot, follow me." As she led her into a room.

"You can spill the beans here now, don't worry the walls are soundproof you can tell me anything." She said as she gave her a small reassuring smile."

As Aika began to talk a soldier knocked at the door.

"What is it?" She asked rather annoyed to be disturbed

"Uhm ma'am we have a situation here, Jagger ran off somewhere in the capital we are worried that she may cause trouble, the available soldiers declined knowing the her ability and power." The

soldier explained,

"So the master orders you directly to stop her from her possible rampaging in the capital." The soldier continued.

"Every bloody time." She sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Sorry Aika, we got to finish the talk another time and for the meantime stay here I don't want you to get into Lucas's bad side." She said as she left.

"I-i can come too!" Aika said

"Aika, sweetie you might get lost again and I might not find you,' she said sadly as she pats her hair.

"Fine." She pouted

~Back to present ~

"Now you pirates leave this place and never come back!" She hissed

Right before Robin could reply Jagger pins her to the ground.

"ROBIN!"The rest of the group shouted.

"You, "Devil child" Nico Robin, you look like a smart fellow get out of here before I will sherd you all into bits!" She roared in her face.

Before she could talk anymore an ear piercing sound reached her sensitive ears and dropped Chopper and unpinned Robin.

"I believe this is enough harassing our guests Jagger"

Said soft feminine voice,

Jagger froze as she heard the voice as if the devil itself has arrived.

"L-lilian what are you doing here." She said trying to stop herself from trembling.

"That's what I'm supposed to ask you Jagger." She said softly while slightly emiting dark aura.

" They didn't break the law here, and yet you attacked them." She said looking into Jagger with cold purple eyes.

Jagger unable to keep her composure lowered her body and ears and tail between her legs. "I'm sorry master."

Like nothing had ever happened the dark atmosphere suddenly disappeared.

"I am very sorry for what my dog has done to you all I hope none of you are deeply injured or hurt." She said as she bowed

"What just happened" The Aika retrieval team (minus Robin) thought.

"Please, come join me for a snack. It's the least I could do for you." She said while she plastered a smile on her face,

"Oh what manner I have, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Lillian it's a pleasure to meet you, Strawhat crew." She said

The rest of the crew shivered for a second as if a Blizzard passed

(A/N: No pun intended )

"Can we trust her," said Ussop as he whispered into Robin who is currently removing the dust out of her dress.

"I guess we should, she might be our ticket to finding Aika." She whispered back.

After a few word exchanges, the group made a decision too trust her.

"Alright, we trust you." Said Robin.

Lilian let out a smile.

"Now shall we go now." She said while extending a hand.

•Timeskip- 10 minutes•

(Also Brook also asked her about her panties a few times only to nearly get skewered by Robin)

"Here we are at the Anavin manor!" Said while raising her hands in the air.

"Whoa." They thought (- Robin)

"I may suggest you to avoid our master, he doesn't seem to like guests." She said while leading them into the hallway.

The strawhats looks at each other with stern expressions

"What do you mean I'm not good with guests." a annoyed male voice responded.

Lilian suddenly froze in fear,

"M-master Lucas." She said stuttering.

A person approached them. A man with blonde hair with cold purple eyes and is wearing a greyish blue coat with black boots.

"It's bad for my reputation." He said while placing his hand on her shoulder.

She shivered slightly in fear before regaining her composure.

"Y-yes master." She said.

"Good." He said while taking his hand out of her shoulder

"Looks like the master suddenly turned to the servant this time." Thought Robin.

"Now shall we talk now strawhat pirates." He said while glaring at them.

They all just nodded and at the lost of words.

He led them to a small private room.

"Now what brings you here, if I may not be mistaken the log pose had already been set a few minutes ago why aren't you guys preparing to leave." He said calmly while stirring a cup of tea.

"Well you see we lost our cabin girl, she might be lost." Robin stated.

Lilian lowered her cup.

"Wait a second, is your cabin girl a 7 year old girl with raven black hair, brown eyes had a scar on her forehead and a butterfly clip." She asked in full detail.

The group looked at her in shock.

"So do you know where Aika is." Said Ussop as he stood up from his seat.

"Yeah I found her a a while ago." She said while pointing towards a small door on the edge of the hallway. "She's there if you want too see her."

As soon as she finished her sentence

"thankyouverymuchforfindingaikawearegrateful." Said Ussop quickly that you can barely comprehend what he is saying.

"My my what manners," said Lucas while taking a sip of his tea.

Meanwhile while they were talking Aika was exploring the room even if it's small and stumbled across a small rose shaped necklace.

"It's lovely," she said wide eyed while observing the small necklace in it's every detail.

"AIKA!!!"

A loud shout startled her and was greeted by Chopper running towards her at a incredible speed.

"Chopper!" She exclaimed back while hugging him.

"Aika thank goodness you're ok." Said Robin while hugging the two of them

"I was very worried young miss Aika, I was so scared that my heart is beating so fast, even if I don't have a heart yohohoho."

(A/N: Skull joke, because it's missing it)

"You got us all worried Aika." Said Ussop

Aika looked at them with small tears forming at her eyes.

"I'm so sorry I made you all guys worry!" She cried out while hugging chopper and Robin

"It's ok Aika." They said to comfort her.

~A few minutes later~

After they all calmed down they finally reveal to Aika what is going on

"What! Big sis Nami got kidnapped!" Aika said shocked

"Told you not to reveal this too soon." Whispered Ussop to Robin

"That's what I felt too young miss Aika, when I heard the news I couldn't believe my eyes even if I have no eyes yohohoho."

"Is this really the best time to joke brook." Said Chopper.

"Do you know who kidnapped her?" Said Aika worryingly.

"No, we only know that she has been taken hostage in this the Bejeweled Maze." Said Robin

As soon as she mentioned the location Lilian bolted in the room.

"Hold up! I know this is very disrespectful of me but going into the Bejeweled Maze is a death trap!" She said frantically.

"Excuse me miss Lilian you mean that the rumors about the forest is real." Said Robin

She just nodded

"So the senient plants, fercious large beasts, unpredictable weather conditions, and position changes are actually REAL!" Said Ussop and Chopper in comedic horror.

"I suddenly had the 'Dont-go-to the-forest-syndrome'" said Ussop.

"What a wuss." Murmured Lilian while glaring at him

"I don't care how many beasts and creatures I will encounter, we will sure save Nami!" Said Chopper trying to regain his courage.

"Right!" Shouted the rest of the strawhats

"You guys are seriously going there." Said Lilian dumbfounded

"Of course we will never leave our nakama behind." Said Robin

"Yeah!" Said Aika raising her hands in the air.

She sighed softly as she looked at them.

"Well I have a hunch on who probably kidnapped your navigator." Said Lilian as she reaches for something in her coat.

She pulled something out that looks like a poster with a woman with purple hair and purplish red eyes with a white tiger behind her with a bounty of 360 million beri with the epithet: "Silver claw."

"Silver claw, Azumae" She said while looking at the poster with grim eyes. "She causes the most disappearances in the city."

"And they had a base deep within the maze." She said while placing the poster on the table

"Well the woods have many tricks and you need someone who experienced this living hell." She said while pointing herself.

"Can we trust you, and why are you helping us?" Said Robin

"Well after knowing that you're going into the woods, my consciousness won't be able to handle if you all die there." She said while shrugging.

"Also Jagger also was born in that forest so she may know about the routes towards the forest." She said while pointing towards a sleeping Jagger

"Also don't worry she won't attack you again, and we won't turn you in." She said while giving them a reassuring look.

"I don't sense anything bad from her Aunt Robin, we can trust her I'm sure of it!" Said Aika

Robin sighed and stroked her hair

"Alright we believe you, so when shall we leave." Said Robin

She smiled. "Tomorrow morning, if I'm correct the safest route will be made tomorrow so you better rest first." She said while leaving the room.

To be continued

Ahhhhhh Finally I'm done this took each and every ounce of creativity juice I had.

The strawhats finally retrieved Aika and found a unlikely ally should they trust their newfound ally or something

unwanted will cloud their fate

OoOoOh creepy