Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece.

This time was different. He wasn't putting on a suit for a fancy night of fun and reckless activity. This time, he was dressing for battle. Like a shogun strapping on armor, he was donning a black suit and tie along with everyone else. Nami had gone and joined that Shiki idiot as his navigator in order to spare their lives. But Luffy's answer was basically the same as everyone else's:

Like heck.

And yet, for all the seriousness of the situation, he still couldn't conquer the stupid tie. He didn't have to fear Nami's wrath for once, but the whole crew was almost ready. Luffy knew what he needed to do, so he was ready even before Sanji was. He looked every inch the pirate lord that Gol D. Roger must have in his younger days.

"Well, maybe that's stretching it a bit," Zoro thought, not able to withhold a smirk as he saw Luffy stare outside the window solemnly with his arms crossed.

"Zoro," Robin said, causing him turn. He looked at her for a moment, then sighed and surrendered his tie once more. And again, she proved to be an expert at it, tying it just the way he liked even though he never wore ties and this was only the second time she'd done this for him. He briefly wondered if she'd ever done this consistently for any other guy, as she seemed quite good at it.

"Ikimashou," she said in her usual soft tone, but her eyes looked sharper than his katanas. He found it hard to imagine her saying this, but he could almost hear her thinking: "Let's do this."

He grinned deviously. "I couldn't agree more," he said, picking up two heavy guns and handing her one of them. They didn't say a word after that, finding strength in each other's quiet presence even as they shoved enemies out of the way. And they still stood side by side, sure posture, eyes hard set, and hands ready to liberate the nakama they'd come to love like family.

A/N: The oh so short part 2, but I've had this festering in the files of my flash drive and I figured there was no harm in posting it. Yes, this is from the Strong World movie (which will forever be amazing).

If you get around to it, just let me know what you think of it!