A/N: Finally, an update. Sorry this took so long.

Disclaimer: Fairly Oddparents copyright Butch Hartman, Federator, Nickelodeon and Viacom. One Piece copyright Eiichiro Oda, Shonen Jump, Toei Animation, 4Kids and Funimation. I don't own either.


Trixie was raised in a proper house, and she was raised to have proper manners. That included having table etiquette at all dinners.

This was hard to do when tasting Sanji's cooking. Sitting in the ship's galley, it was tempting to just give up and eat like Luffy, Zoro, and Timmy were eating: stuffing down mouthfuls at a time. Indeed, she was already slipping, eating quicker than she should have. Only Nami and Robin were eating completely following etiquette.

"Mmm, this is great!" Timmy exclaimed, munching on a mutton joint.

"Glad you kids approve," Sanji said, somehow swallowing forkfuls with his cigarette still in his mouth.

Desperate to keep up appearances, Trixie glared at her classmate. "You're disgusting. Why not try chewing your food?"

Before the pink-capped boy could respond, the first mate burst out laughing. "Kid, you're in the wrong place if you want manners. We're pirates, remember? We don't conform to society, let alone manners like this." With that, he bit off another huge bite of meat, much to the proper girl's horror.

"Come on, Trix, you need to loosen up," Timmy said as he bit off some more meat.

"My name's Trixie," she snapped. "And it's not bad to have some manners. You know, the fact that you eat like a slob is one of the reasons you're so unpopular."

"I'd hate to live where you do," Luffy muttered, his mouth full of food even as he squeezed in another fork load, "if I couldn't eat as much as I wanted to."

Rolling her eyes, the popular girl turned back to Timmy. "See, this is why I like hanging out with Tad and Chad instead."

The boy scoffed. "Those two are jerks, I don't get why they're at the top of the social ladder."

"Um, duh, it's because they're rich," Trixie stated as if Timmy's question was as obvious as how ice was made.

At that statement Nami's eyes turned into beri signs. "Rich, you say?" Instantly she pulled her chair closer to the smaller girl, draping an arm around her like they were best friends. "Exactly how rich are we talking about, you sweet little girl you?"

Trixie, no stranger to people wanting her money, answered bluntly. "Nothing that's any good in this universe, I'm sure, and even if they did I doubt they'd share it with you."

While Zoro burst out laughing at the blunt answer, Nami was surprisingly unfazed, she merely shrugged. "Who says I would have asked permission?"

Trixie glared at her, a bit shocked. "You're a thief."

"You don't know the half of it," Zoro muttered, taking a drink of sake.

Sanji gulped down the last of his food. "We're running low on supplies. Nami-san, we are we getting to the next island?"

"Relax," Nami said, getting up. "According to my maps we'll be to the island the Log Prose is pointing to in a few minutes."

"Is there a town on it?" Chopper asked, munching down the last bit of an apple. "I'm running low on medical supplies."

"Sorry, but from what I can tell the island's deserted," the navigator said. "But if I'm right, the Log Prose won't take long to recalibrate itself, so we shouldn't be there long. For once, we should have a stop without incident."


Captain Kuro was not an intimidating figure at first glance. In fact, he looked rather weak to the casual observer, but those that knew him best were terrified of him, and for good reason. Since finding out about Luffy's bounty he had followed the Straw Hat Pirates, hoping for revenge for ruining his three-year plan.

He walked slowly up to Buggy and Alvida, the Buchi and Siam on either side of him. He wore his old black coat that brushed the ground as well as his gloves that held five long swords, each that he used like claws. He stopped about three feet from his fellow pirates and looked up at them.

"So, you're Captain Buggy, eh? I must say you don't look as impressive as you made yourself out to be."

A vein popped up on Buggy's forehead. "And what is that supposed to mean?" Alvida giggled at this, but stopped when she realized the Meowban Brothers were drooling over her. While flattered, she just looked away.

"Never mind," the thinner captain waved it off, adjusting his glasses with his palm, "I just want to be sure you have a half-decent crew. I didn't come into the Grand Line for fun. I could be using this opportunity to find a new island to settle on."

"You don't need to worry about that, aside from having a crew of capable men both my partner and I have the powers of the Devil Fruit at our disposal."

While this got the leader of the Black Cats to raise an eyebrow in interest, he still kept a look of disdain on his face. "This is the Grand Line. Devil Fruit powers are far more common here than in East Blue. You fools are a dime a dozen here."

"What?" Buggy yelled indignantly, with Alvida sharing in his disgust. She pulled her large iron club off her back. "Look, I've only known you for five minutes but already I don't like you. You better shut your trap before I…"

"Captain Buggy!" a crewman shouted, running up to his leader. "Sir, the Straw Hats' ship is sailing up to the island as we speak."

"What?" Buggy and Alvida screamed. Kuro, however, seemed calm.

"Good, it appears that I wasn't wasting my time coming here," he said, walking past the other two captains as if they weren't there. "It'll be nice to carve the four of them into ribbons."

"Actually, at our last count, the Straw Hats had seven members," Alvida noted as she and Buggy walked with him, the Meowban Brothers and Buggy's messenger following right behind them.

"It doesn't matter," Kuro muttered, adjusting his glasses again. "The Straw Hat's victory last time was a mere fluke. This time, I'll prove myself the superior warrior. Then perhaps I can salvage my plan, or maybe I'll hunt down that traitor Djando. Either way will be an accomplishment for me."


The Straw Hat Crew stood on the bow of the Going Merry as the island got bigger, now a mere mile away. Sanji, finishing the cigarette in his mouth, dropped it on the deck and snuffed it with his foot as he pulled out another one.

"Hey, don't just throw that stuff on the deck!" Usopp yelled, extremely angry, "That hurts the ship."

"Relax, Usopp," the cook said, taking a puff, "one little burn mark isn't going to hurt it."

"Kaya gave us this ship!" the sharpshooter yelled. "And I've made all the repairs myself. It's extremely disrespectful!"

"Alright, fine," the blonde said, rolling his visible eye. "No more cigarette burns. Happy?"

"Very," the long-nosed pirate said, folding his arms and putting on a content smile.

Standing to the side a few feet away, the two foreign children watched this exchange. The girl could only respond by shaking her head.

"I don't get it, why was that long-nosed guy so obsessed over a little burn mark? It's not like it's going to really harm the ship."

"Well, judging from what he said, it was given to them by a friend of his," the pink-capped boy noted, "he probably treasures it a lot."

"Yeah, but why? Would a new ship really be that much trouble to get if something happened to this one?"

Timmy looked at her with a look of puzzled shock. Then, realization crossed his features, and he gave sad sighed. "I see…Trixie, I don't think it's something you can understand just yet."

The Asian girl gave an offended look. "And what's that supposed to mean?" She leaned into the shorter boy, giving an angry glare. "Are you calling me stupid?"

"Wh-what? No, that's not what I meant!" Timmy said, wondering how she could have gotten the conversation to this that fast.

"Then what, then?"

"Trixie, you've always been given everything you wanted. Every gift ever given to you has only been your father through money. You don't know what it means to have something you love and treasure, not yet. Maybe you'll learn that while we're here."

Timmy wasn't sure how his crush would react to hearing that, but it still surprised him when she got even angrier. "How would you know anything about me? How would you know I don't have anything I treasure? You don't know anything about me!"

After getting over his shock, Timmy balled his fists. "Well, you've never done anything to convince me…"

"Chop-Chop Buzzsaw!"

That strange statement entered the ears of everyone on deck. The next thing anyone knew they spotted what looked like a circular blade was coming toward the Going Merry.

"Everybody duck!" Usopp yelled as he threw himself on the deck, with Chopper, Nami, and the kids following the order. The others were less dramatic with their dodging as the blade whirled in-between Luffy and Sanji, the blades getting so close that they cut a few strands of the captain's hair. No sooner after passing them did the blade boomerang around and head to shore. On the island was a figure that caused everyone to gasp, but for different reasons.

There, in the sand, was a man, or, rather, half a man. He was just floating there, everything below the waist gone. This sight alone was enough to make Chopper, Timmy, and Trixie nearly faint with shock and Robin to arch an eyebrow, but the others recognized him, especially after the blade flew back to him and stopped spinning, revealing themselves to be a pair of legs with blades on their shoes. As they rejoined with their body, Luffy only ordered one word.

"Buggy!"

"Who is this guy?" Trixie said in horrified shock.

"A rival pirate," Nami said quickly, getting the explanation out of the way.

"Well, so apparently you Straw Hats actually made it to the Grand Line," the clown pirate smirked. "I've been waiting a long time to challenge you again, rubber boy, a very long…"

"What's wrong with his nose?" Chopper asked.

Nami looked in horror, knowing what such a comment did to their enemy. Indeed, Buggy had stopped his monologue and was now giving an expression of pure rage. "What'd you say about my nose, you flashy brat!" He bellowed. "I ought to slice you into ribbons right now…but no, I've got what I came here for." With that, he reached down, pulling something off the blade on his shoe.

Luffy recognized it right away. He felt the top of his head to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Unfortunately, his senses did not lie. "My hat! You stole my hat!" the captain bellowed.

"Yes, you flashy idiot! You want it back?"

As an answer Luffy stretched his arms out until they connected with a tree on the shore. Once he had a grip he used the snap back to catapult himself to the island. Seeing this, Buggy immediately turned and fled into the flora of the jungle.

"Luffy, you idiot!" Zoro yelled, jumping off the ship after his captain. Fortunately, by now they were close enough to shore for even the Devil Fruit users to reach shore safely. "He's trying to get you to follow him! It's a trick!"

The rest of the crew also leap off the deck to pursue their captain, hoping to catch him before he did something foolish. In the end, only three remained on the ship.

"Come on, Trix, let's follow them!" Timmy urged, grabbing her hand and attempting to pull her towards the shore.

"First off, my name's Trixie," the girl said curtly, pulling her hand away. "And no, I'm not chasing after a bunch of freaks."

"Oh, come on, there's a battle going on and you just want to wait around here? Where's the fun in that?"

"Oh, I don't know, how about not getting killed? I swear, you have to be the stupidest-hey!"

The girl's last word was due to the fact that Robin, the only member of the crew still on the ship, had picked her up and placed her under one of her arms. She did the same with Timmy, clutching them both. Then, ignoring the Trixie's protests, she leapt off the ship and hit the sand, chasing after her crew.


Robin quickly caught up with the rest of her crew. This turned out to be because both Buggy and Kuro's men were standing between them and their renegade captain.

"We've been hoping to carve you all into bits," a clown pirate said.

"Yeah, you'll pay for almost destroying our crew!" another said, readying a sword.

Seeing this, Trixie stopped her protests and froze in terror, still being held by Robin. The others, however, met the group with indifference. "We don't have time for this," Zoro said, readying his swords. However, Usopp stopped him.

"Hang on, let us deal with these guys," the sharpshooter said, taking out his slingshot. Nami pulled out the Clima-Tact, getting in a battle position, not that this seemed to intimidate the pirates.

Seeing this, Zoro nodded. "Fine, we better track down Luffy fast." With that, the group sped off, leaving the two facing an army of men.


The rest of the crew was only running for a minute before they came to the next clearing. There, they found a familiar figure waiting for them, but it was neither Luffy nor Buggy.

"Ah, Roanoa Zoro, I've been waiting a long time to challenge you," the familiar figure said, balancing himself on top of his unicycle. The first mate immediately recognized him.

"Cabaji," he said simply. Indeed, it was Buggy's second mate, his drawn sword indicating he was ready for a rematch.

"Yes, it's me, now draw your swords, I plan to prove your previous victory was just a fluke," he insisted, pointing his blade toward Zoro.

He only responded by laughing and folding his arms, putting on a smug grin. "Please, a child could beat you. In fact…"

Grinning, the swordsmen reached over to Robin and grabbed the boy in her arm by the collar of his shirt. Almost casually he tossed the boy in front of the swordsman, causing him to land on his bottom. Timmy rubbed the aching part of his body before realizing his situation. He immediately jumped to his feet and pulled out his sword, trying to look as intimidating as possible.

Cabaji, however, only sneered. "You actually want me to fight this runt?"

"Yeah, Zoro, are you insane?!" Chopper yelled, looking incredibly frightened.

Timmy, despite his efforts, was clearly nervous. He made a sideways glance at the elder swordsman. "Are you sure about this?"

"Relax, kid, all this guy has is a few parlor tricks, he's probably the easiest guy to take we'll find on this island."

"Yes, you're probably right," Robin noted. At that moment, she released her hold on the other child, allowing her to fall to the ground. "You kids have fun."

"Huh? Hey, wait a minute!" Trixie shrieked. But she noticed that the rest of the crew was already gone. "Hey! Why you little-"

She abruptly halted when she remembered her situation. Slowly and nervously, she turned her head to face Cabaji, her face now looking completely terrified.

"Very well, I suppose a warm up would be in order," the swordsman said, readying his blade.


"Did we really have to leave Timmy and Trixie with that guy?" Chopper asked as he ran alongside Zoro, no in his pure reindeer form just so he could keep up.

"Relax, I spared Timmy. He's no expert, but he can handle someone as pitiful as Cabaji. We really need to-whoa!"

Zoro screeched to a halt, as did the remaining three crewmembers, when they saw yet another member of Buggy's crew. Riding on top of the great lion Ritchie was Mohji, beast tamer and Buggy's first mate.

"Well, some of you actually managed to slip Cabaji and the rest of my shipmates," he sneered.

"Ugh, we don't have time for this," Zoro snapped, getting frustrated.

"Relax, I'll take this guy," Chopper said, stepping forward. In the blink of an eye the doctor switched from his reindeer form to his muscular and more intimidating human form, now rivaling the large lion in size.

Not expecting this development, both beast and tamer looked shocked. Satisfied with this, Zoro grinned. "Fine, Chopper, he's all yours."

Without another word Zoro, Sanji, and Robin took off, not even looking back and the resulting brawl.


Crocker emerged from the water, coughing the liquid out of his lungs. His portal had worked, but it had apparently dumped him into some large body of water. Before he could get his bearings straight, he heard the sound of a gun cocking. Turning, he saw a rowboat filled with people wearing uniforms that he would soon learn were that of Marines. The lead one, a big man with short, buzz cut hair and a mustache, was pointing a gun straight at him.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" he demanded, keeping the weapon steady.

Crocker, a bit stunned by this development, decided it was best to play ignorance. "Here? Where is here?"

The leader arched an eyebrow, but answered. "This is the Marine base G8, and I'm Commander Jonathan, the man in charge."

With that statement, the insane teacher looked around. He was in a place completely surrounded by stone cliffs, with a rather large building built on a rock island. The commander spoke again. "Are you here to try and steal our Devil Fruit research?"

Hearing the last line, Crocker gave a malicious grin. "I have no idea what you're talking about, but it sounds interesting. Tell me, what are Devil Fruits?"


A/N: I haven't seen anything past the G8 arc, so if there was a better military base for Crocker to learn about the Devil Fruit, keep it to yourself.