Italics indicate thinking.

Bold is for attacks.

Steve's POV

It's been two years and I've gotten stronger. The training with Rayleigh was a huge help. I understand Haki and my Devil fruit now, and I'm reading to get back on the sea, I worked hard and went through some hard times for two years but it will be worth it.

Appearance wise I hadn't changed too much. I had trimmed my hair, less shaggy and done into a cleaner cut. I had a little stubble on my chin and lips but it was kept low into little more than a shadowed goatee. I had traded out my tee shirt and flannel for a sleeveless skin tight shirt.

"Luffy let's go!" I called.

"I'm coming!" Luffy ran up and grabbed his hat "Has it been two years already?"

"Time flies." I laughed.

Luffy said goodbye to his animal friends and we got ready to go. Hancock and her Kuja pirates would be giving us a ride back to the archipelago.

Wyper's POV

"It's good to be back." I said looking out at the crowds of people running around "I guess I should go check in."

I looked around at the crowds of people. Gregory was the only person I'd seen for two years so it was nice to see some other people. I had cut my ponytail off. I went back to how I used to look years ago, short hair and looser clothes. I stopped by the bar and told Rayleigh that I was back in town.

"Franky here yet?" I asked.

"He's been here since a week ago." Shakky explained.

"We'll I'm heading out to meet him." I told her.

I got back to the ship and sure enough Franky was well at work getting everything ready.

"SUPER~ you're here." He yelled.

"What the hell happened to you?" I said jumping onboard

Franky was all big and metal.

"An upgrade here an upgrade there you know how it is." He laughed.

"I guess." I said spitting out a seed and putting a handful back in my mouth.

Franky and I talked and got to work making sure everything was ready to go, the Sunny was all coated but the ship needed to be refueled for the weapon systems and Franky and I had both been wanting to get some secret projects working.

"Any one in there?" I heard a familiar voice yelled.

"YOW!" Franky yelled "Did you get shorter?"

"Screw you Franky!"

"Hey Rose." I walked out.

She did look shorter, or maybe I was taller. She looked a little curvier and her hair was now cut into a short bob that covered one of her eyes. She had on a tight leotard and a cape fluttered behind her.

"How'd the arm hold up?" I asked.

"Fine." She said "It's even better than before, maybe when we have time I'll show you some of the tricks I've got now, Zoro been by yet?"

"Shakky said he's here but I don't know where on the island he is." I told her.

Steve's POV

"Can I trust you to get around on your own for a few hours?" I asked.

"I'll be fine." Luffy said "I'll keep the disguise on."

"Okay I'll catch up." I told him "I'm gonna try and find Robin."

I went around Sabaody keeping my hood up trying to find anyone I recognized. It didn't take me very long to find the woman I was looking for. She was hiding up against the side of a building. She looked paler than a few years ago. Her hair was styled differently and she looked a tad older but there was no mistaking it that was my Robin for sure.

"Guess who." I said covering her eyes.

My body was twisted and contorted in a painful way as hands sprouted up all around.

"Ow Ow Ow Robin it's me!"

"Sorry." She said letting me go "Don't sneak up on me like that."

I pulled her close "I missed you."

She took a second to take in my body "I missed you too, you look good, even more handsome than before."

"You too, I didn't think you could get more beautiful." I said moving closer.

Robin leaned back against the wall and I slowly started kissing her. We stood there for a long time just holding and kissing each other.

"I missed you so much…Hmm…" She said as I kissed her neck "That tickles are you really gonna keep that scruff?"

"I thought you might like the more mature look." I said "unless you prefer me fresh faced."

"I'll have to get used to it…Maybe we can run back to the ship and catch up some more." She giggled.

"You two quit being gross."

We both stopped and looked to the end of the ally.

"I missed you…Mama, Papa."

"Lil!"

The little girl ran up and gave us a big huge.

Both of them are back in my arms, right where they belong.

I backed up and looked at Lil. She was twelve now and she was a little taller but still on the short side for someone her age I doubted she was much taller than 4 and a half feet if you measured generously. She was wearing a white and black dress and poncho. She had a panda like hat on and her hair was tied up in pigtails that came out the sides of the fur helmet hat.

"I've missed you two." She smiled.

"Give me another hug." I said squeezing her.

"Papa…too tight…Let's go to the ship already!" Lil whined "I wanna put my stuff in my room."

"Alight let's go." Robin said.

Lil marched along towards the ship and I held Robin's hand as we walked. I smiled; my little family was back together. When we got back to the Sunny Franky, Rose and Wyper were there. Lil ran off to get her room all set up.

"I gotta go find Zoro." Rose said sitting back on the railing "Wanna come?"

"Yeah sure." I told her "We'll be back."

We hopped off the ship and headed back into town.

"What's with the hair?" I asked.

"I wanted a new look." She shrugged "What's with the arms."

"Don't touch them." I said "they're dangerous."

"Mysterious." She said making ghost noises.

"It's a Devil Fruit." I told her "I can't turn it off."

Rose got serious "Really. What'll happen? If someone touches them I mean."

"You get burnt, under these bandages my arms are literally on fire." I told her "I can't touch them…Robin and Lil..."

"I'm sorry." She said "There they are."

We found Zoro and Sanji in the middle of the rode arguing like always.

"Bring it I'll cut you in half!"

"I'll kick your ass Mosshead!"

"BOYS!" Rose yelled "Knock it off!"

They both stopped the fight and bent to her demands.

"You two seen Luffy yet?" I asked.

"Nope." Zoro said.

Sanji didn't answer he just kept staring at Rose. The transponders snail rang and Franky told us where to meet them. There was a lot of noise coming from nearby so we decided to stop there on the way back, sure enough Luffy was the cause of the commotion and had gotten spotted.

"I thought I told you to stay out of trouble!" I yelled.

Luffy was all excited to see the others but there was another Pacifista behind him.

"You're in the way!"

Zoro cut it, Sanji kicked it and I punched it. Rose's arm buzzed and a huge sword came out the side allowing her to slash it.

"I cut it."

"No I broke its neck."

"I think I melted his wires."

"Will you three quit the dick measuring contest?" Rose snapped.

"Come on we gotta go everyone else is waiting." I told Luffy.

On our way out Luffy stopped running and said goodbye to Rayleigh.

"Rayleigh…thank you." I smiled "For everything you did for us."

"We're gonna do it Rayleigh." Luffy said "We're gonna be Kings of the Pirates!"

We left Rayleigh there and went back to the ship. Along the way we ran across the ghost girl from Thriller Bark. She warned us that the Marines were moving at that we needed to get out of here in a hurry. She seemed to know Zoro pretty well but I didn't press the issue much, though I don't think my sister was as accommodating, her glare could kill. We hitched a ride from some bird and got back to the ship in perfect time. Luffy was in awe of Franky and Sanji was bleeding out on the floor over seeing Nami and Robin.

"This isn't fair!" Rose whined.

"What now?!" Zoro snapped.

"Two years…I grew for two years and Nami's boobs are still way bigger! And she's showing them off more now too, this sucks!"

"You'll always be flat." Zoro told her.

"Way to be sensitive!" she snapped "And who was that ghost girl, you two certainly seemed awfully friendly!"

"Enough arguing you two, Marines are coming." I said spotting a ship on the water not far from us.

The Marine ship tried to attack us but Hancock ran some interference and turned their cannonballs to stone.

"Oh it's just Hancock." Luffy said.

"She winked at us!" Brook said stunned.

"You know that woman?" Nami asked.

"We got sent to her Island two years ago." I explained "She's…I don't even know what to call her, friend is probably the wrong was to describe the relationship between me and her."

Hancock…thank you, without you I…

I suddenly felt a shiver up my spine.

"So you were at the island of women…and you're an acquaintance of the Pirate Empress" Robin said "I expect that you were on your best behavior."

"Of course I was dear." I said nervously "My love, my sweetest darling! Compared to you that woman is nothing more than…than a piece of garbage."

"I HEARD THAT YOU URCHIN!" I heard a shrill scream ring out over the water.

Franky opened a valve and the bubble on the ship started filling with air. Nami explained how the bubble worked and soon we were ready to descend to Fishman Island.

"I know we all have a lot to talk about." Luffy said "but I just wanted to thank you all for putting up with our selfish request the last two years."

"Let's set sail."

"Onto to Fishman Island!"

The water looked so pretty as we descended lower and lower.

"Hey Papa~" Lil hummed "What's with the bandages?"

"Are you hurt?" Chopper asked "Do you want me to look at it?"

"No." I said "No matter what never take them off."

"Why not?" Usopp asked.

I pulled the bandages off one arm and showed them the fire covered limb.

"WHAT?!"

"That is the curse of the Demon-Demon Fruit." I told them "By the way I can't swim anymore."

"A Devil Fruit." Nami said.

"I ain't happy about it. That's what I get for not thinking my plan through." I mumbled wrapping my arms back up "This stuff burns everyone but me so be careful. Enough about me let's get sinking."

"Wow this is weird." Chopper said.

"Actually you can do me a favor Chopper." I said handing him a small piece of the bandage "I don't know why this stuff never burns, it's gotta be some kinda chemical treatment on these bandages, it'd be great if you could try and figure out what it is so I can make some spares."

"I'll try, I've never heard of something like this." He said "I'll do my best though"

"Thanks…now then Luffy."

"LET'S GO!" he cheered.

AN

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