Luffy stayed shut up in the tiny cabin with Robin's friend for a good three days. Which was great for his 'crew' since it meant that the lot of them were able to carry out Zorro's order without much of a fuss just yet. And in that time they had gotten far enough away from any land that even if Luffy or Kay threw a world class hissy fit, neither of them would be able to so much as get off of the ship without drowning.

Also there was the fact that Robin had caught on to their little scheme like hours after it had been implemented, and while she wasn't exactly happy about the dirty tactics, she had promised not to tell Luffy anything and then had walked off to go visit Kay.

Kay had remained asleep for the entirety of the three days that they had been at sea, and Luffy had decided to attach himself to her side like a damned barnacle to the underbelly of a whale. Or maybe he was more like a leech?

None of them could really figure out what he was- just that he was beginning to annoy them with his refusal's to leave the woman's side.

Sanji and Chopper were a great deal more understanding about the whole thing than the rest of them were. Mainly because they had seen the toll that the past three days had been taking on their friend. He was quiet. Far more than he'd ever been before in all of the time that they had gotten to know him.

Not only that, but his appetite had greatly decreased. Though oddly Kay's food was usually touched a bit. But after the two had asked Luffy if she had regained consciousness yet to eat, and getting a frustrated sounding no from their friend, they had come to realize that the only reason that Kay's food was touched at all had to do with the fact that Luffy had been forcing the stuff down her throat at a fairly steady rate.

Gradually strengthening her body with each meal, and helping her to slowly heal from all of the blood loss that she had suffered while he went without and simply maintained a steady watch on her for any signs of distress or decline.

Finally, late evening on the third day all of his exhausting work finally paid off.

Kay began to stir and then slowly opened her eyes causing him to suddenly sit up a little bit straighter in his chair before quickly moving closer to her side and taking one of her hands in his own as her eyes flickered open.

"Hey," He said, making sure to speak in a low, gentle tone as her fingers tightened for a second around his own. "Don't move and don't try to talk for a second. Give me a moment to get you something to drink first, okay?" She didn't speak and instead squeezed his fingers again to show that she understood as he slowly pulled them from her grasp, wincing slightly at the way her hand fell limply to her side and just lay there as he grabbed the pitcher that Robin had brought in earlier and one of the tea cups that Sanji had brought by just in case she got thirsty.

And it was a good thing that someone had thought to leave a cup behind, Luffy never would have thought of asking for one. Carefully fixing Kay some water to drink, he then picked up the glass and walked back to her side and slipped a hand underneath her head like he had been doing these past few days when he had been feeding her while she slept, and put the cup to her lips and carefully tipped it just so that enough water slipped between her lips without choking or drowning her in the process.

"You've been sleeping these past three days," He started to say before falling quiet when she weakly tapped his arm with her hand to indicate that she'd had enough water for the time being. Understanding what she was trying to say, Luffy removed the cup from her lips and gently laid her back down. Knowing that with her injuries, that one small movement had likely hurt her considerably.

He started to open his mouth to tell her that everyone was fine, but she had lost the baby when she had beat him to it, causing him to snap his mouth closed as she looked at him with blank green eyes and croaked. "Everyone? Okay?"

"Everyone is fine." He assured her as he took up his spot next to her on the edge of the bed again. She fell silent for a moment before croaking out her next question.

"Lost it huh?"

"Lost?" Luffy asked, at first not really understanding her question. But after a second or so, he caught on and let his gaze wander a bit before responding with a calm, but saddened sounding.

"Yeah."

"Oh..." Was all that she really said as she seemed to withdraw into herself a little when Luffy felt the need to ask, simply to satisfy his curiosity and learn what kind of person she really was deep down,

"Why did you do it if you knew about your condition? You could have stayed somewhere safe, left saving Robin up to me and the others. So why didn't you?"

"Cause Robin is my friend. But more than that, she's place I have to return to when I have nothing else. I know that she would never turn me away if I needed her, why would I do the same regardless of my condition. I'm not a cruel person, and I'm not trying to belittle the life that I just lost. That was my baby. My son or daughter that has been lost to the world. Robin's godchild. I could never have a child and raise it without her in this world to drop by every now and then and check up on us or visit. I calculated the chances of success if I simply left it to you and your friends. You are strong, but not strong enough. You would have lost not only Robin but maybe one or two others. After that you would have been defeated and captured."

"So then I calculated the odds of success if I joined you. The chances of coming out alive with my help far surpassed the odds of you making it without my help. I weighed the options. And found that though I would be able to save more than just Robin's life- I would have to sacrifice a part of myself to do it. I went knowing that I was going to lose my child. I went knowing that I may even die. I regret that my baby died because of my actions, but I don't regret saving my friend." She said weakly as her eyes began to drift closed again.

Luffy wanted to be mad- no scratch that, he wanted to be downright furious with her for what she had done to herself and her unborn- but when he heard her explain things like she just had, he found that he was oddly lacking in the anger and fury departments.

Okay, so she had known. He could live with that. She had weighed the risks and odds with a calm and calculating mind. He could live with that too. But he was a little bit pissed that in some way he and his friends had been found lacking.

Still, he could work with this.

His captain's analysis was probably more correct than even he was aware of. And if so then he would have to do some serious training to beef himself up a bit so that he didn't fail her the next time something happened.

He managed to doze off in his seat after a few hours, dreaming about if he could rope- *cough* con *cough*- Zorro and maybe the others into training with him. That way he wouldn't be the only person to benefit.