Shishi walked above deck the next day once he was feeling better. His entire upper body was in bandage wrap, he looked around at the damage that was on the ship. He sighed and scratched the back of his head. Carameil walked up from behind him and placed his hat on his head, Shishi turned and looked at her, he then put the hat on his back. "Hey."

"Feeling better?" She asked,

"I'm fine, just terribly sore."

"I see." She folded her arms and looked down, she sighed and looked up at him. "I'm sorry...but your shirt and vest were destroyed in the battle." He sighed.

"It's fine."

"We'll need something more durable for you to wear."

"Yeah."

"Yeah..." she then looked into his eyes, she went to say something but didn't. He sighed and then turned and walked away. He walked over to Nami and hugged her from behind, she then turned her head and looked over her shoulder at him.

"Hey." She said, "Feeling better?"

"I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough..."

"Shishi, you're fine." She then turned and placed her hand on his head and rubbed the top of his head, "You were as strong as you needed to be, but sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to get you anywhere." He looked up at her with tears in his eyes, she frowned, "Hey, dont you dare cry on me."

"But so many of the crew died..."

"I know, it's why I've called up some friends." She smiled, his eyes widened.

"Friends?"

"Yep, Chopper as well as Robin."

"Really?" She nodded, he gave a small smile.

"They're on their way now, Bege is bringing them here."

"Chopper...Robin...I haven't seen them since-"

"Since you were a little boy." Nami smiles and gave him a wink, "You're gonna be okay." He nodded and smiled.

"Looks like we're getting the gang back together."

"It appears so." She smiled, "So how'd you do it?"

"Do what?"

"Gear Second."

"Hm?" He paused and thought about it for a minute, "I don't know, all I knew was that I definitely didn't want to die."

"I see."

"Yeah," He then smiled,

"And hey, you'll get to Gear Third in no time, and then Gear Fourth and so much beyond."

"Yosh!" He nodded, "Maybe even a Gear Fifth!"

"That would be impressive." It wasn't long before Bege and he crew arrived shortly next to the Straw Hat ship. Nami smiles over at Bege and waved. "Hey there!!!" Nami called, Bege smiled. He then walked over to the edge of his ship and looked at Nami.

"It's good to see you again." He said, he then looked over at Shishi, "Woah! Luffy what happened?!"

"No, that's not Luffy." Nami said with a laugh, "Believe it or not that's Shishi."

"WHAT?!?!! SHISHI?!!!!"

Shishi smiles and waved, "Hi!"

"How you've grown! You look just like your father!" Bege smirked, "I have a great deal of respect for your father, so if you're anything like him I suppose I have respect for you too." Shishi smiled, "Ah! I don't think you remember Pez now, do you?"

"Can't say I do."

"He used to baby sit you every once in a while when your dad And Bege would go out on one of their crazy exploits." Nami said to her son,

"Ooooh."

"Oi!! Pez!! Get out here and say hi!!" Bege called back, Carameil then walked over to Shishi as well as Pinku.

"Here, you dropped this." Pinku said to Shishi handing him his gun back, Shishi smiled and took it and placed it back in his belt.

"Thanks." Shishi smiled, Soon they heard footsteps. Shishi and his friends looked over as Pez walked over to them. Pez was tall and super muscular, unlike the weird shapes and sizes that his parents were he seemed to have more of a normal body. He had a tight white shirt on as well as a leather jacket, he had black boots with spurs on the back of them and he wore jeans. Like his father he had a large cigar in his mouth, his hair was greased back and he wore some sunglasses. Carameil's eyes instantly shaped to hearts and blood shot out her nose.

"H-H-H-HOT!!!!!" Carameil said as she fell backwards out cold. Pez smiles and removes his glasses and put them in his jacket.

"Thanks." He held up his thumb and fire came out of the top of it which he used to light his cigar, "You're pretty fiery too." Carameil about died.

"This is Pez! Hasn't he grown into a nice young man?" Bege asked Nami, Nami smiles and nodded.

"Yeah, he's a total ladies man now." Nami said with a smile, "Nice to see you again Pez."

"Good to see you too." He said with a smile, he then looked at Shishi, he smirked, "No don't tell me. Is that little Shishi?" Pez jumped onto the the Straw Hat ship, like his mother he was fairly tall. Shishi looked up at Pez in awe.

"Sugei..." Shishi said with a smile. Pez smiles down at Shishi, "How'd you get your powers?"

"I killed my Uncle Oven for murdering my grandfather and then I found his fruit and ate it. So technically I'm the new Oven."

"Sugei..."

"What about you? Your dad pass down his fruit?"

"Sure did! I even have gained Gear Second!"

"Awesome! Top shelf!" He said holding up his fist, Shishi jumped and fist bumped Pez.

"Pez!" Chiffon called, Pez swallowed, "What are you doing? You haven't even cleaned up your room."

"But mooooom..." he whined,

"No buts! Get back here now!"

"I'm a grown man!!!" Pez said as his voice cracked, he turned around, "I'm going to start journeying with the Straw Hats now!"

"Not until after you clean your room!"

He groaned, "You're embarrassing me!!!"

"The only one embarrassing someone is you! You're embarrassing me!!! NOW GET BACK HERE NOW AND CLEAN YOUR ROOM!!!!" Chills ran down everyone's spine.

"Y-Yes ma'am..." Pez then jumped back on the other ship and went straight to his room to clean it.

"Sorry about him." Chiffon said, everyone went dead silent and all sat there awkwardly. Eventually Pez came back.

"My room is clean..."

"So if I check it then there's nothing on your floor?"

"Yes ma'am..."

"Good, now you can go with your friends." She kissed his cheek and Pez hopped over to the Straw Hat ship.

"Hey y'all!" A voice called, Nami looked over and smiled.

"Robin! Chopper!" Nami said with a smile super happy to see her friends. They came over and got back on the Straw Hat ship, "It's nice to see you again!" Nami said pulling Robin in for a hug, suddenly Sanji came up to Robin.

"ROBIN!!!!" His eyes became hearts and his nose started to bleed, Robin smiled and wrapped her arms around Sanji.

"I've missed you Sanji!" Robin said with a smile. Sanji was smiling too but for different reasons. Soon Chiffon came to edge of the boat with a present for Pez.

"Pez." She said, Pez turned around, "I got you something, your father and I wanted to give you this for your birthday but we want to give it to you now as a parting gift." Pez then caught the present, he opened the lid to the box and his eyes dazzled, there was several large cigars like his father had. "We love you son." Pez decided to play it cool, he closed the box and looked up at her, he then nodded.

"You too."

"YOU TOO?!?!! I AM YOUR MOTHER YOU BETTER SAY I LOVE YOU TOO!!!" Chills ran down everyone's spines again, "SAY IT! MOM I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!" Pez swallowed.

"Mom...I love you too."

Chiffon smiled, "Awww, how sweet. See you around!" And with that their ship quickly sailed away. Pez rubbed his forehead.

"Dude...your mom terrifies me." Shishi said,

"She terrifies everyone."

"Welp, now that we got the gang back together and a new member, now what?" Shishi asked his mother. She looked at him.

"Now, you need to get feeling better. We can't fight them again with you being in the banged up condition you are in."

"Yeah, but do you expect me to just sit around and do nothing?"

"Pretty much, the rest of us will come up with a plan of attack. Now which one should we attack first? The Ice Captain or the Captain of the Dead?"

"You can chose."

"Captain of the Dead it is."

"Cool!"

Shishi had spent the next couple of days healing as well as training. Nami had made stops for repairs as well as getting more stuff for Sanji to cook with. Carameil and Shishi never went on a date purely to the fact that Shishi forgot and Carameil was too busy being a love struck puppy over Pez and Milion, where Pinku was being...well...whatever she was over Shishi like no tomorrow. Pretty soon Shishi felt well enough that he removed the rest of the bandages from his body.

He walked above deck only to run into Pinku, "Ah! Pinku! What's up?"

"Oh..." she blushed, "Not much...Um...Shishi."

"Yeah, what's up?"

"You see...the Sakura Festival is coming up and I was wondering if maybe you wanted to spend the day with me...?"

"Sakura Festival?" He blinked a few times, "WAIT!! ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR ALREADY?!?!!!" She nodded, he then calmed down and smiled. "Sure, I'd love to spend the day with you."

"Really?!"

"Yep."

"Cool." She smiles, "I see that you're getting better."

"Yes, much better. I just need a shirt and stuff is all."

"Maybe we can get you one at the festival we are going too."

"Festival?"

"Yeah, your mom wants to celebrate since most of the Straw Hats are back together."

"Sounds like fun."

"Mhmm." Pinku smiles, she then blushed, "Shishi..."

"Yeah?"

"I need to tell you something..."

"What is it?"

"I...I like...I like..." she then looked into his eyes, she froze stiff and swallowed hard.

"You like???"

"Um..." she wanted to tell him, but couldn't, "I like your hat." He blinked a few times, she just gave him a nervous smile.

"Cool, Thanks." He smiled and patted her head before he walked off. Pinky groaned and then planted her face on the barrel next to her. Carameil took notice of her and walked over to him.

"You okay?" Carameil asked

"No..."

"What's up?"

"I can't tell Shishi I like him..."

"I can't believe that you like him, he's kind of dull."

"I guess...he's just super cute and he's really strong..."

"Just tell him you like him."

"I can't..."

"Then I'll tell him."

"No don't do that..."

"Why not?"

"What if he makes fun of me?"

"Shishi isn't the type to make fun of people." Carameil smiles, "Hey! How about this! Tonight is the festival, when you go out with him tell him how you feel!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yep!"

"Okay."

"Good!" Carameil smiled and went below deck. She was suddenly grabbed and pinned against the wall by Sanji, "Hey! Let me go! Aren't a little too young for you?!"

"Hold still." He said to her, he looked down into her eyes, she glared at him. He moved his hand and moves her bangs out of the way, his eyes suddenly widened, she had curls on her eyebrows, they were one was clockwise and was placed in the same spot as Sanji's, and the other one was a mirror image of the other one but curled counter clockwise.

"What are you doing you perv?!"

"Shut up." He then lifted her bangs, she had a third eye on her forehead only it was closed. She grit her teeth, she stomped on his foot causing him to let go. She put her bangs back and then shoved him.

"WHAT THE HELL?!?!!" She yelled at him, "WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A-"

"Your mother. What was her name?"

"WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?!?! YOU AREN'T GONNA SCREW MY MOM!!!!"

"Tell me brat."

Carameil froze, she swallowed, she then glared at him, "Pudding. Charlotte Pudding." She reaches in her bra and showed him the note, "See!" He took the note and looked at it. It was without a doubt Pudding's handwriting. He then handed it back to her.

"Get our of here."

"Whatever. And here I thought you were pretty cool." She put the note back and walked off. Sanji then stumbled against the wall, he wiped some tears and grit his teeth.

"So Pudding actually gave birth..." He then pulled a pocket watch out of his pocket and opened it. Inside was a picture of him and Pudding on their wedding day, "Our daughter is alive Pudding...I wish you could've been here to see her...she looks just like you..." he closed his eyes and snapped the pocket watch shut and put it away. He then walked up the stairs all the while he had a flashback.

*Flashback*

Pudding ran into the kitchen hardly being able to contain her excitement. "Sanji!" She said almost in a singing matter, Sanji turned from the dish he was making and smiled at her.

"Hello my love, dinner is almost ready."

"Mmm, it smells so good!"

"That's good, it's your favorite."

"Can I talk to you about something?"

"Sure, I wanted to speak with you about something too."

"Alright, how about on the count of three we both say what we want to say."

"Alright."

"Okay, one, two, three." The two of them then spoke in unison.

"I want a baby." Sanji said,

"I'm pregnant." Pudding said. They both froze, They then both smiled. "Surprise!" She said with a smile, Sanji smiled back at her. Soon a knock came from the door.

"I wonder who that could be?"

"I'll get it." Pudding then walked over to the door, she opened it and suddenly screamed. Sanji ran into the other room, he saw a figure standing in the door. He had Pudding in a choke hold.

"Pudding!" He went to attack.

"Black-Leg, stand down. Or your, "wife" will die." The figure said, Sanji paused. He swallowed hard and then he stopped, "Stupid boy." The sound of a slash was heard followed by blood.

"NO!!!" Sanji screamed.

Nine months had passed. Sanji hadn't done much, he mostly stayed alone in his and Pudding's house laying on the couch. "Sanji." Sanji looked up and saw Luffy, Sanji stood up and walked over to him. He quickly collapsed onto Luffy in a mess, "I'm sorry Sanji, truly I am. I can't imagine the pain you must be in."

"I stood down...i stood down like an idiot while that monster he..."

"Beating yourself up isn't going to help anything. But I've come with news." He pulled out a piece of paper, it was a bounty poster, "The man who we suspect killed putting is a man in a metal mask known as Don Diego. No one knows where this guy came from...but he's dangerous. His bounty is nearly a billion, he shows up and vanished without a sight leaving only bloodshed." Sanji looked at the poster, "I'm thinking of getting the gang back together to hunt him down, You game?"

"When we find this guy...promise me I can kick him so hard he sees the curvature of the earth." Sanji then took his cigar out and used it to burn to the poster.

*End Flashback*

15 Years Ago

Meanwhile in an entire different part of the world Pudding had just given birth to Sanji's child. Pudding kissed the little one on the forehead. "Miss Charlotte I-" the Doctor started.

"It's Mrs. Vinsmoke."

"Yes...Mrs. Vinsmoke, the man who attempted to murder you is still at large. For the safety of yourself and your baby, you two might have to separate, and you need to go into deep hiding."

"I can't just do that, Sanji is probably still looking for me."

"My sources say that he's not."

"Well your sources are wrong!" Pudding said as tears formed in her eyes, "He loves me, he's going to come back...he has too."

"Does he even know where you are right now?"

"...no..."

"There isn't much time, Don Diego could be plotting a course here as we speak." The Doctor went to take the baby,

"No wait!" Pudding said, "Just...let me look at her...one more time please."

"I'll give you five minutes." He then turned and left the room and left Pudding and the infant alone. The baby girl made a small noise and then slowly opened her eyes.

"Hello little one..." Pudding said with a weak smile, "I want you to know that I love you very much...nothing can ever stop me from loving you...you're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me...and your dad loves you very much too." The baby made a cute squeal. Pudding then closed her eyes and started to cry.

Present Day

Carameil sat on the East side of the ship looking down at the sea. She pulled out her note and she read it over and over. "What is it about him that's so wonderfully but impossibly familiar..." she said to herself as Sanji came to her mind. She put the note away and then she sighed. "What is he to me? Is he some stranger...or is he actually someone I know..." Nami took observation of Carameil and she walked over to her.

"What's got you so blue kid?" She asked, Carameil just shook her head.

"That man...the blonde one...Sanji..." she sighed, "What is he to me?"

"Have you asked him?"

"No...I'm too scared...but when he looked at me, it's like he recognized me." She sighed, "He knew exactly where my eyebrows curled...and he knew that I have a third eye. I don't know if he's a fan of mine, or if I should stay away from him, or if he is some pedophile or what..."

"Well, Sanji's not a pedophile, he definitely goes for women his age." Nami said, "You can stay away from him, but granted that normally just ends in several hours of relaxation. And I don't know, have you done anything to make him your fan?"

"No! I don't even know the guy!"

"I see." Nami sighed, "Look, this isn't my place telling you this...but long ago Sanji lost someone."

"Who?"

"His wife and his daughter. His wife gave him great love and he gave her everything in return. He found out she was pregnant...and that's when he lost her. Later his wife reached out to Luffy and I...she told us not to tell Sanji of her whereabouts, but she said that she had a daughter."

"Was that daughter me...?" Carameil asked looking Nami in the eyes, Nami only smiled.

"I don't know," she shook her head, "We didn't get a description, or anything on this baby, just that she had a daughter."

"I see..." Carameil said as she shakily breathed out, "I need to know Nami...I don't know where I came from and I don't know what he is to me."

"Then maybe spend time with him, get to know him. He's really a great guy once you get to know him."

"I'm sure he is..." she sighed and looked back down into the ocean. "Do you ever miss your husband...?"

"Luffy?" She sighed, "Yep, every second of every day." She then smiled, "But when I look at my son, when he smiles and laughs, it's like I'm with Luffy all over again when we first set foot on this ship all those years ago." She then faced Carameil, "And hey, if Sanji's not your dad I'll adopt you." Carameil laughed softly.

"Thanks, but I'm better off alone."

"Suit yourself." Nami then winked at her and walked away. Pretty soon they made it to their stop where the Sakura Festival was going to be held. Shishi took off with Pinku straight to the center of the festival. The two looked around in awe.

"Shishi, What should we do first?"

"There's a lot, Hey let's play a few games!"

"Sure!"

They then ran off and played several carnival games. Shishi didn't know it yet but he was slowly developing feelings for Pinku. Pinku then stopped at a vendor, she walked into the tent and looked around. She then spotted a red leather vest with an awesome picture of a lion on the back of it. It looked about Shishi's size. She then found the person running the tent, "Excuse me?" Pinku said politely, "How much is that Lion vest?" He sat up and looked at it,

"What?! You want that one there?!"

"Mhmm!"

"Well..."

"Is it not for sale? I'm sorry..."

"No! No! It's for sale! It's just that, no one has wanted to buy it before."

"Why not?"

"I don't know, it's really old, but it's sturdier than steel itself and as light as silk! It's the perfect collectors item!!"

"Can I have it please?!" She asked, she reached in her pockets and pulled out all her sacks of money, "This is how much I have! Is it enough?!" The man's eyes widened, he gave a gentle chuckle.

"Here," he opened one of the sacks and took out some coins, "You seem like a girl with good taste, so you give me...this much." He said as he sorted five coins into his right hand, "And as a special gift for you I'll throw in a matching kimono for the night of the festivities."

"It's a deal!" Pinku said excitedly. Meanwhile Shishi was outside the tent looking around for Pinku.

"Pinku...Pink! Pinky! Pinkaroo where are you?!" As soon as he had used up all the pink puns he could Pinku came out of the tent. He suddenly jumped and looked over at her, "Ah! There you are!"

"Sorry!" She then showed him the vest, "Here! I got you this!"

"Woooah...sugei..." he took the vest and then put it on, "Hm. Hmmmmm."

"Well?"

"It fits nicely! And it's pretty comfortable too!" He said putting his hat on his back. She smiled at him, he then looked at the kimono she was wearing. "Woah, nice dress."

"It's a kimono."

"Yeah, nice dress."

She blushed and then laughed at his silliness. "Come on! Let's go get something to eat!"

"Okay!" Food. Now that was something Shishi always said yes to. Pinku took his hand and they went around to the food vendors, Shishi gasped when he saw a cheeseburger stand, he pumped his fists into the air, "YOSH!!!!" He quickly ran over, he was suddenly grabbed by the collar.

"Hey kid," Shishi turned around to the person who had a hold of him, "There's a line."

"A line...?" He turned his head around, his jaw literally dropped to the floor. The line was extremely massive. Pinku walked over to him.

"Come on, let's stand in line." She said grabbing his jaw and closing it, Shishi sighed and walked to the back of the line with her. Shishi waited impatiently, Pinku had done up her hair into a neat little bun while she was putting her kimono on and she was hoping Shishi would notice. She took some loose hair and tucked it behind her ear, she blushed and looked away from him. "Shishi...there's something I've been meaning to tell you..."

"What is it?" He asked turning to face him, she then looked into his eyes, her eyes dazzled. Fireworks went off behind Shishi's head causing Pinku to fall even more in love with him.

"I..." she said, "I like..." she then shut her eyes and softly puckered her lips.

"Oi, Pinku." She opened her eyes and looked infront of her, the line had moved, "You comin' or what?" She swallowed and moved in line and stood next to Shishi. The two of them stood in line in silence. She then turned and faced him again.

"Shishi...something has been on my mind since we met..."

"Sure, what's up?"

"Oh...well..." she blushed, "You See I've kind of got a-" suddenly Shishi's palm hit her face. Pinku was extremely confused.

"Sorry, there was a mosquito. It was going to bite you." He said removing his hand, he looked at his palm, "Yep! Got it!"

"Oh..." they then sat there in silence again as the line moved. "I'll just tell him later..." she thought. It took nearly two hours but they made it to the front of the line. Although when they made it the shop had closed down for the night and Shishi about died. Luckily Pinku has found an alternative for Shishi so he didn't starve. The two of them spent as much time as they could at the festival before resturning to the ship to watch the fireworks. They say next to each other and watched the different fireworks go off. "Shishi..."

"Yeah?" He said not looking away from the fireworks.

"I think that..." she then looked at him and sighed, maybe she shouldn't tell him, "If it's up to me...I think that you'd be an awesome Pirate King." She nodded and then got up and started to walk away. She suddenly stopped when Shishi grabbed her wrist.

"What's wrong?"

She turned and faced him, she blushed heavily. "Shishi...I've been trying to tell you something but...I don't think you'd understand."

"Well, try me."

She swallowed hard, she then walked closer to him, she looked up into his eyes. "I really like..." she then choked on her words again. She cleared her throat, she then just placed her hands on the side of his face and then stood on her toes and kissed him. Shishi's eyes widened, he was confused, but at the same time secretly thrilled. Pinku then pulled away, "That's what I've been trying to tell you Shishi...I like you and I deeply care about you..." she then looked down shyly, "You flooded my mind from the moment you showed up on my father's ship...I agreed to go with you because I wanted to be with you..." she then looked at him, she then gasped when suddenly Shishi brought her in for a hug.

"I don't return your feelings...at least not right now...I can't...with everything that's going on I have to stay focused...for now let's stay friends okay?"

To her surprise Pinku actually smiled, "Yeah, friends."

Meanwhile Carameil slept below deck, she shivered at the cold night touching her skin. Eventually she felt something warm wrap around her. She opened her eyes slightly to see Sanji leave, she then looked at saw that Sanji had put his jacket on her. Carameil just sighed and she fell back asleep.