Hey guys we back. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the last chapter as much as you did and for the most part agree with the three way pairing. Some of you guys asked why I chose Gerard Valkyrie instead of any of the others like pernida or Lille Barro and honestly it's because he's the first one that came to mind. No other reason than that to be honest. Anyways this chapter will be the first one after the time skip and will introduce Monet. I know some of you guys suggested he mess around with others such as robin, boa, etc and I'd be all for that. However, I don't want to do it where upon hearing his voice they melt and spread their legs like I've seen in other stories. If I can think of a good way for them to interact and lead to it then I will if not I'm sorry. Anyways with that long AN out the way let's get on with the chapter.

A lot had happened in the world in the past two years. The Straw Hat pirates along with 'Fire Fist' Ace had seemingly disappeared. No one had heard from them since their stunt at Sabaody then Luffy and Ace at Marineford. A year and a half after what was dubbed 'the war of the best' or 'Paramount war' Trafalgar Law, captain of the Heart Pirates had personally delivered 116 hearts of notorious pirates to the world government.

This led to him joining the ranks of the Shichibukai alongside Doflamingo, Boa Hancock, Dracule Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, and to the worlds surprise Buggy the Clown. There was one slot unoccupied due to the death of one Gekko Moria back at Marineford at the hands of Uzumaki Naruto. Speaking of the blond he along with the rest of the crew followed the Straw Hat's lead and laid low for the last two years with the exception of the captain who showed himself after a year and a half.

The crew spent the last two years at Sherbet Kingdom with Naruto's teacher Gerard Valkyrie. The man was a slave driver who expected perfection as the blond had told them. It was hard work, they would be pushed to the limit everyday from sunrise to sundown with small breaks for food and a day of recovery before they would start again. Though it was grueling work it did pay off. Everybody improved incredibly.

The captain and first mate most of all. Their areas of improvement that increased the most was in their use of their devil fruits, haki, and swordsman ship. They were put to spar everyday, sometimes one would be blind folded to improve their kenbunshoku haki. Other days it would be hand to hand and others they'd work on their devil fruits. Law perhaps had the most improvement of all of them. He could now create larger rooms and hold them without breaking a sweat.

Likewise Naruto also took his abilities with his fruit to new heights. Gerard had told him about some of the techniques the previous user could do with the fruit and taught them to him. It was a bit difficult as he had to recall back about thirty five years and give him as much detail as possible but he got it.

Not only had the blond, and the rest of the crew, gotten stronger but his relationship with Bonney grew as well. During the days he had off to recover from training, if possible the two would meet up for a romp. They would meet up somewhere on sorbet and disappear for hours on end. He was sure his crew mates and her for that matter knew what was going on but didn't say anything.

The two were somewhere above friends with benefits but below being in a relationship. They were free to date and sleep with whoever they wanted but as far as he knew they'd only been doing each other. It was complicated to try and put a label on it.

The sudden shaking of the sub managed to snap the blond out of his women troubles. "We're here already?" He mumbled to himself. His eyes suddenly looked to the door right before someone knocked.

"Time to go. Get ready." His captain said from the other side and walked away. The blond sat up on his bed and reached over to the end to pick up a jacket that one of the crew members had dropped off to him earlier. It was a black trench coat style jacket with a black fur hood that reached just below his knees. Turning it around he noticed it had a white Heart Pirates jolly roger on the back and another towards the bottom.

He chuckled softly to himself as he put it on. "The man really has the jolly roger on everything."

He walked over to his blade and realized the jacket stopped him from actually securing it around his waist. Taking a page out of his captains book he rested it on his shoulder, handle up and gripped it from the now bottom of the sheath. Heading out he nodded to some of the crew members that were walking down the same passageways.

A few minutes of walking and he met up with the rest on the main deck inside the sub. He noticed Law was dressed similarly only his jeans were blue as opposed to his black, his jacket didn't have a hood, and he now wore a new white spotted hat.

"Now that Naruto's here we can get started." Law told the crew. "You all remember the plan?" Everyone nodded "Bepo take us up."

A couple minutes pass and the sub finally surfaced. The blond saw the captain nod his head to the door and began to leave. The crew followed them out watched as the two landed on the snowy plane. "Everyone we'll meet you soon at Zou!" Law yelled. Naruto waved them goodbye until the sub was fully submerged once more.

"So this is Punk Hazard" He commented having turned around to look at the island.

"Yeah, Caesar is most likely in the laboratory up there." Law pointed with his blade. "I doubt he'll trust us right away so I brought these just incase." He added before pulling out two familiar bags out of his coat pockets. A small light blue bubble encased the two and before the blond knew it he felt a tingling sensation in his chest. Looking down he saw a small square shaped hole where his heart should be and before he could ask, another was put in its place. "Follow my lead and we'll be fine. Trust me."

Naruto frowned as he looked down at his chest. "It's weird knowing that's not my heart beating in there. What are you going to do with ours?"

"Keep them safe" Was all the older man said as he began walking through the snow. It was a bit troublesome walking through all that snow in regular shoes as the snow would sometimes be knee deep but with a little help from Law's devil fruit they made it to the entrance of the lab in a few minutes.

The two knocked hard on the giant metal doors for a minute and waited. "You really think he's gonna hear us?" The blond asked. His question was answered in the form of the doors opening slightly revealing a sinister looking man. He had long black hair with two brown horns growing out of the back of his head. He wore brown, yellow, and orange overalls underneath a light blue coat, that looked like it was made out of gas. The word 'gas' was also printed on both sides of the coat. All in all, that along with the fact that he wore purple lipstick Naruto thought he looked like…well a clown.

"Oh what's this?" Caesar asked, mostly to himself. "The Shichibukai Trafalgar Law and his vice captain 'Deathdealer' Uzumaki Naruto. What brings you two gentlemen to my humble abode?" He asked leaning forward, a creepy smile on his face.

"Caesar" Law greeted with a nod "We're looking into research the world government is carrying out. This facility should contain valuable traces of research that is still going on to this day." He explained. The smokey clown crossed his arms and stared at them for a minute before smiling and stepping aside, opening the door a little wider as he did so.

"Why don't we talk more inside." He answered before closing the door after the blond entered and began walking down the cold corridors of what should be an abandoned lab. The two men follow the man as he floated, they couldn't help but notice that a strange sound was emitting from the man. It was getting annoying fast.

They remained silent the entire time but made sure to memorize the path they took to get to the room they were being led to, as well as making mental notes of anything they passed that looked important. "Please come in. Sit down." The clown told them.

The two pirates glanced around the room as they made to sit down. Along the walls were vials and chemicals placed on tables that were perpendicular to the walls. In the center of the room were two couches facing each other with a small table in between them. On the other side of the room was a giant empty cage across from a giant screen that was currently off.

"What would he need a cage for if the island is supposed to be uninhabited?" The blond thought as he sat down. He watched the clown critically as he sat or floated on the other couch across them.

"Monet!" Caesar yelled. Both men turned their heads to the door when they heard the sound of clicks getting closer. The sound grew louder and louder until someone was finally revealed.

It was a woman. A gorgeous woman in both men's opinion. She was of average height and had bright green hair complementing her yellow eyes. Resting on her head was a pair of light colored glasses whose lenses seemed to have a swirl pattern on them. She wore a short dark blue dress that ended just a few inches passed her hips. The blond let his eyes trail down from her face and noticed she had large breasts, larger than Bonney's even. Going a little more south he took in her long legs and mentally nodded to himself. He mentally rated her a 9/10 easily.

"Gentlemen this is Monet my assistant. Monet, I'm sure you know who they are but for formality sake this is Trafalgar Law and Uzumaki Naruto." Caesar introduced the woman.

Monet clasped her hands near her stomach and nodded. "A pleasure to meet you."

"Indeed it is." Naruto mumbled. He then felt an elbow lightly tap his side which caused him to grunt slightly. He removed his eyes from the woman to see Law shaking his head in exasperation. It increased more when the woman lightly giggled before covering her mouth and turning her head away slightly.

Caesar who'd been watching the interaction deadpanned at his assistant. "Don't act all innocent and pure." His face turned serious shortly after and gave his attention back to the two individuals in front of him.

"So you're here for research." Caesar started "As a scientist myself I can see why you would think this is a good place to look. However, why should I let you two run around my island?"

Law having seen something like this coming answered with no hesitation. "I'm sure we can come to an agreement." They watched as Caesar rubbed his chin and closed his eyes in thought. Suddenly, he stopped and a smile appeared on his face. They heard him mumble something like 'yes this could be beneficial' to himself.

"I'm almost afraid to know what's going on in his mind right now" Naruto thought as he watched the clown laugh to himself.

Once he composed himself the clown spoke "Fine, the two of you can stay on two conditions." He said raising up two fingers, his attention was on the captain though. "One, I have some men around here who in one way or another have wound up crippled and unable to walk or function properly. Using your power I have a procedure I want you to perform on them to help them walk again."

"That's fine. What else?"

"Second, I can't have you two powerhouses running around the island just like that. I need a bit of insurance." The last word being said after a dramatic pause.

"Enough with the suspense what do you want as insurance?" Naruto asked impatiently. That noise he was emitting along with his creepy smile was getting on his nerves.

Caesar glared at the blond momentarily before turning his attention back to the surgeon. "What I want are your hearts." The blond's eyes brows raised high in surprise. Caesar saw this as well and didn't bother to hide his glee at what he assumed as shock. And he was right in a sense. Naruto was shocked not at the fact that he'd be losing 'his heart' but at the fact that Law had prepared for this exact scenario and already had two dummy hearts ready. The clown continued "Now I'm not unreasonable, so in exchange for your two hearts you will receive Monet's heart. This way as long as we have each other by the balls neither of us will do something stupid. So what do you say?"

Law turned to look at Naruto who had a fake frown now on his face and nodded. Internally the surgeon smirked as everything was going as planned. He glanced at the woman who also nodded with a smile on her face. "I'll do it on the condition that you don't tell Doflamingo that we're here." Law countered. Caesar narrowed his eyes at him, as if he was weighing the decision in his head before nodding. "Room" the familiar blue bubble encompassed all four of them. Three of which were tapped in the chest quickly, with a soft 'pop' sound following soon after.

Three hearts rested in the captains hand, two of which were handed to the clown while he pocketed the other.

"Excellent shirororo" Caesar laughed in glee as he looked at the two beating hearts in his hands. "Make yourselves at home. Later some of my men can lead you to your resting quarters. If you need me I'll be in the lab. Monet make sure our guests feel welcome." He ordered as he floated towards the door.

"I'm your assistant not a servant" The green haired woman scoffed. The clown glared at her before telling her to just do it and exiting the room.

Law wasted no time and stood up as well. "I'm going to go look around. You should do the same." He told his second in command as he headed out. Sighing the blond stood up and noticed Monet was just there curiously staring at him.

"Have you been here long?"

She blinked. "Yes a while now."

"Would you like to accompany me? I don't know the area and could use a guide."

"Oh?" She said in a teasing tone "You've only just met me and you're asking me to go somewhere with you." She finished with her hands on her cheeks.

"Pretty much yeah."

She nodded and began walking next to him as they exited the room. As they walked down the corridors with Monet telling him what certain rooms were for and where certain hallways led she commented "You know I'm curious. The Heart Pirates haven't been seen in about two years or so. Why make yourselves known now?"

Naruto didn't answer immediately "It sounds like an innocent question but… she's Caesars assistant. If he works for Doflamingo it stands to reason that she does as well." He thought. "We have to take care of some business." He replied cryptically.

The green haired woman tilted her head slightly. "Business? Does it have anything to do with the Straw Hat Pirates? You guys did take Straw Hat Luffy and Fire Fist Ace from the Marines in their own turf before you disappeared."

Naruto had to hand it to her. It genuinely sounded like curiosity but he knew better. She was fishing for information. All the more reason to believe she's not only working for Caesar. He wasn't sure if Law had the same train of thought as him but he'd let him know later just in case. In the mean time he was going to try and see if he can get any sign out of her that would prove his theory.

"No it has nothing to do with them. We don't even know where they are." He replied before changing the subject. "However, speaking about Marineford always winds me up."

The beauty raised an eyebrow "Why's that?"

"You know that I killed Gekko Moria right?" She nodded "Prior to that I battled it out with Doflamingo." He glanced at her briefly and saw she had no change in her facial expression. "We battled it out and he had the upper hand at first but I managed to corner him. He was on the ground choking on his own blood, I was so close that I could've spit on him but I let my guard down and he got away."

This time Monet was looking at him with slightly widened eyes. She didn't have time to say anything as the blond continued. "But anyways enough about me, tell me about you."

She got over her shock and her smile returned. "There's not much to tell. I'm Caesar's assistant and I make sure he doesn't destroy the place." The blond didn't miss how she failed to mention how she'd gotten here in the first place. "It's boring around here, but I have the feeling that with you two here now things are going to get better." She commented flashing him a smile.

"Why's that?"

"Because I can tell you annoy Caesar." He hates being interrupted or disrespected and you telling him to cut his theatrics earlier ticked him off. Watching you upset him will amuse me greatly." She ended with a laugh.

The two didn't mention anything else relating to the last two years and continued on with the tour of the area. He was sure she didn't show him anything that they were working on but at least now had a good idea of the layout of the area. About an hour and a half into their tour they ended up meeting with Law, who was being accompanied by two henchmen in hazmat suits.

They told Monet that they'd take over from there and they'd been instructed to take the two to their quarters. She waved goodbye at them and walked away in the opposite direction. Their rooms were a floor above where they'd met with the clown earlier in the day and were conveniently next to each other.

Once they entered and they closed their doors Naruto looked to the side where a light blue hue had appeared through the wall. Seconds later his captain flashed into existence in his room and leaned up against the wall. "Did you find anything?"

"Nothing that we're looking for. Also, do you know Monet?" He asked. If the frown of confusion on the mans face was any indication the answer was no.

"I've never met her. Why?"

"Well I know you've got bad blood with Doflamingo. If Caesar is working for him don't you think that maybe Monet is too?" He went on to explain what she had asked him and like him, Law also found it slightly suspicious.

"Damn." The man cursed silently glaring at the floor. "Chances are Doflamingo will probably know we're here by today. We'll have to move carefully. I'll handle looking for our objective, you do the same but also keep a close eye on Monet."

"And Caesar?" The blond asked.

The man shook his head. "He's of little concern. As long as we play it right it'll be over before he realizes it." He said before disappearing back to his room.

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"Law and Uzumaki are here Doflamingo-sama"

"hehehehehe keep an eye on them. Law can be handled easily enough. When the time comes I'll have Vergo take care of him. Uzumaki on the other hand is a little different but still manageable. Find out anything you can about him, Law, and Straw Hat Luffy. Good job reporting this Monet."

And I'll end it right there. What did you guys think? This is roughly about a month before the Straw Hats are set to appear. Something to keep in mind is that in this story Law is much stronger than he was originally. Anyways I'd like some ideas as to have Naruto and Monet interact a bit more. I know how I'm gonna set up the lemon for Naruto and Viola/violet and don't wanna do the same scenario here. If you guys have Ideas feel free to make them known in a review or PM me. Stay safe. Later.