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Time skip - 1 month later - Saké POV

I was walking around the sub trying to find Rum so we could train some before dinner. When I found her, she was already in the training room punching away at a punching bag. About a week into our stay on the sub, Law learned what we needed when Rum start acting really crazy and she broke something important - some medical device, apparently. Law's expression was priceless; it made me wish I had a camera. Thankfully, Law finally said we could use the gym, but alas, since Rum broke something, Law was in a rush to get to the next Island. I asked Pablo, the navigator for the Heart Pirates, where the next island was going to be. He said it was close to Water 7, which is where I wanted to go.

I walked up to Rum. She was still punching the living daylights out of a punching bag. "Do you have to kill the poor punching bag?" I asked.

She stopped punching long enough to look at me and went back to punching. "Yes, I do. But at least I won't put so much force behind a punch to cause it to go flying off the hook like pretty-boy Steve Rogers." She left it at that.

"We need to talk about what to do from here on out," I told her. Rum stopped her punching and turned around to face me. She had a confused look on her face.

"What do you mean by that?" Rum asked.

"I mean about once we get to the next island, there are decisions to be made. One being is whether or not we are staying here with this crew or moving on. The second thing would be if we both decide to stay, we'll need to get going and try and figure out a way home," I said, and then I sat down criss-cross-apple-sauce. Rum did the same thing right across from me.

Rum POV

Damn, decisions decisions. I know we left Hera and other people behind at home, but coming here, to the One Piece world, is a dream come true. Plus, I feel like I actually belong. I want to stay with the Heart Pirates.

I look up at Saké and told her my thoughts. "I want to stay here in this world. I don't know about you, but it feels like I belong here and not back home. On top of that, I want to give this world a shake and I want to join this crew." She looked at me and nodded, but she held a blank look on her face.

"Well, I'm not surprised you said that," Saké replied with a sigh "Well, I sure as hell am not sticking around. I agree I feel like I belong here as well, so looking for a way back is not on the list of things to do. I want to get off and look for -"

"Your swordsman and join their crew," I interrupted with a grin.

"- well that's not the only reason, but a huge one. I have never been a huge fan of Law. I just don't really like him," Saké said while scrunching her nose.

"Well, I like him," I said with a sigh.

"Yes, I know. Everyone back home knows this. Anyway, I talked to the navigator about what's been going on and where we are headed towards next. It's an island located near Water 7 and if what Pablo –" I snickered at his name. Saké glared at me "– said is right, they are about to hit Water 7. The island we are heading towards could be the perfect opportunity."

"So you're hoping you can run into them at Water 7. But what if you miss them?" I asked.

"I won't," Saké said with a glare. I shrugged my shoulders.

"You just want to meet Zoro and do something adventurous!" I teased.

Saké POV

I want to meet Zoro. She is always close to spot-on when it comes down to me. I am going to stay on the positive side and hope I will be able to join the Strawhats, but I am not one-hundred-percent sure what will happen to Rum if-slash-when I leave. Knowing her and her ability to piss people off, I may never see her again or I will, but she'll be missing a vital organ like her heart. Then there is the fact that Law may or may not let her join his crew. But Rum being her persistent self, she will most likely end up on the Heart Pirates crew anyway.

"So you want to stay. You do realize you need Law's permission to stay? You know that, right?" I reminded.

"And when have you ever known me for taking no for an answer? I mean, really, do you not know me?" Rum asked. She was giving me her "are-you-kidding-me" look. I shook my head.

I sighed. "I know you, sadly enough. You should at least ask before you do, though. You never know, he may say yes." Rum bursted out laughing.

"Do you really think that? After I turned annoying and accidentally broke that expensive-looking thing?" Rum quieried. Her laughter calmed down to what seemed like endless giggling.

"Well, once again, you never know. But, yeah, you are probably right," I admitted. "I do believe we should let Law know what we plan on doing, since he let us stay on his sub and didn't let us die."

"Yes, I suppose. We are going to wait till we get there, right?" Rum asked for reassurance.

I just shook my head. "No, we need to tell him. I don't like doing surprises unless you know the surprises are happy ones. Plus, I don't think Law will find being stuck with you a good surprise."

"Wait, how is being stuck with me a bad surprise? I am a fun person, so full of rainbows and sunshine," Rum responded.

I paused. "No. You are a ball of energy that happens to annoy a lot of people. You are much more hyper than the common person so thus, a whole hell of a lot harder to keep in check and under control," I told her without any mercy as to how she would feel. I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room.

"You meanie!" Rum shouted as we left the room.

"So since you want to do it now, you can do the knocking," Rum said with a smile on her face.

I knocked on the door of Law's office and stood there until we heard a faint "come in." With that cue, I opened the door and we both walked in, me going in first and Rum following behind me. Law looked up from the book he was reading.

"What do the two of you want?" Law inquired.

"Rum and I just got done talking about what we are going to do when we get to the next island, whether we stay or not," I said.

"And here I thought I was the one who decided that," he told us

"No, not really. Even if you said we were both to stay, we could leave. Plus, as I view it, we are more like guests and that's using the word as loosely as possible," I said. I heard Rum snickering right next to me.

Law stayed quiet for a few minutes, thinking it over. "Alright, and what have you decided?" he asked.

"I will be leaving and going off on my own. I have a few things I want to do myself. Rum doesn't want to join me," I told him at the same time her Rum whisper from behind me.

"To become a stalker is more like it." I turned my head and looked at her. I then hit her head and turned my head back to Law. He had raised his eyebrow.

"That fine, but what about your sister?" he asked.

"Said sister is standing right here. Do you take pleasure in talking about me as if I am not here?" Rum questioned, sounding rather annoyed.

Rum POV

I was looking around his office while paying attention to the conversation going on.

So his office doubles as his room. That sort of makes sense.

"Said sister is standing right here. Do you take pleasure in talking about me as if I am not here?" I wondered, rather annoyed. Law looked at me with a smirk. "Anyway, I would like to join your crew." I kept my gaze on him and saw he was briefly shocked, but like everything else other than his smirk, it left fast.

"Why should I let you join my crew? You already broke something. You might be more of burden than anything else," he stated.

"That was an accident! I am accident-prone and extremely klutzy at times. I did warn you what would happen when I have pent-up energy! On top of all that, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover," I said.

"Well, either way, you are not going to join my crew and that is final. When we get off at the next island, you will leave with your sister and be on your way," Law said – well, ordered. I just stayed silent, figuring out a way to stay on the ship.

"Fine. I told you, dearest sister of mine," I said. And with that, I left the room to go exploring my ship.

Saké POV

I watched as Rum walked out the door. I shook my head and turned my attention back to Law.

"I am going to say this now so I don't have to say it in the future. Thank you for looking after my sister. She can be a handful at times... On second thought, she can be handful most of the time." I gave him a small smile.

"That is a very noticeable trait of hers. Thanks for the heads up," Law replied.

"Do you know how far we are from the next island?" I asked him.

"When I last talked to Mister Pablo, he said we have at least another day," he answered.

"Alright, thanks," I said as I headed towards the door. I paused there. "She will end up joining your crew one way or another. She is very persistent when she really wants something."

"We will see about that." He went quiet for a second "Is there anything else you needed?" he asked.

"Nope, I'm going to take my leave now," I said and walked out the door. I closed it behind me and I went looking for Rum, knowing full well what she was doing and planning.

I spent a few hours looking for Rum and I didn't even catch a glimpse of her now-red hair. Just shows what she is planning.

"DINNER IS DONE, COME AND GET IT!" suddenly came over the intercom.

Well, I really know now what she is planning. She probably already found where she is going to hide out when I get off this ship. I might as well head to dinner. I am getting kind of hungry.

When I walked in, I spotted Rum eating with Penguin, Shachi, Bepo, and Law. I got in to the food line and got some food, then made my way over to where she was sitting.

"Find anything good?" I asked, she would know what I was referring to.

"Hell yes, what do you take me for? I found a lot of them. I do believe this is going to be fun!" Rum said with a huge smile.

"What are you two talking about?" Penguin asked and Shachi nodded in agreement.

"Oh, nothing you need to worry about," Rum said with a chuckle.

"Yep, that's the cue for her planning something," I said with a sigh.

Time skip - Next day - Rum POV

At breakfast next morning, we learned that we will be docking around lunchtime. Law wouldn't tell us when they were going to be leaving, saying something along the lines of it not being our business seeing as though we were not joining them when they leave. That's what he thinks, at least. I decided to see if his crew knew when they were going to leave, so I went to find Penguin.

I went up behind Penguin very quietly. "HI, PENGUIN!" I shouted, watching him jump a few feet forward. I started to laugh. He screamed like a little girl. It was priceless.

He turned around and looked at me. "Rum, did you really have to do that?" he asked, his hand over his heart.

"Yup, and that was totally awesome! You screamed like a little girl" I told him while laughing my ass off. I was bent over, holding my sides because I was laughing so hard.

"What did you want?!" he said with an anime tick-mark showing up on his head. I managed to calm down enough to ask my question.

"How long are you guys going to be dock?"

"We won't know until we get there and ask someone about the log pose. It could be a few hours to a few weeks," he told me.

"Can you tell me when you find out, please?" I asked.

"I don't see why not," he said while eyeing me. I managed to calm totally down.

"Thanks! You're the best!" I told him. I felt my grin working its way back onto my face and went to look for Saké.

Saké POV

I was walking around on the sub looking for Rum. I just got done talking Law. He said that we will be docking soon. I wanted to talk to her about a few things before I leave. Since I know my sister so well, I knew as soon as we docked she was most likely going to go find where she would be hiding. I found her in the galley eating lunch with everyone else. I got some food and sat down next to her and started eating as well.

"Is everything ready on your end?" I asked Rum.

"Yep, I have everything I need," she told me. "What about you?"

"I got everything ready, but I could use some money. If not, then the first thing I am going to do is steal some. But this whole thing is going to be a 'go with the flow' thing," I told her and she just nodded while putting more food in her mouth.

"You rarely go with the flow, so good luck with all of that," Rum said. I glared at her.

Time skip – A few hours later

"I would like to thank you for letting me stay on your sub," I said to Law.

"Where is your sister? I thought she would be with you," he asked.

"She went up ahead," I lied to him. Thankfully, when I lie, it's really hard to see through them. I knew she was still on the sub, hiding out. "I hope to see you in the future." He nodded, and I turned and left, walking in the direction of town. I was going to need to steal some money as soon as I got there.

Rum's POV

I watch from the shadows as Saké left. We had said our good-byes earlier. And before that, I talked to Penguin and found out the log pose would set in a few hours and then they were leaving as soon as they stocked up on everything. I then slipped back on to the ship and made my way to where I was going to hide out.

Flashback

Saké and I were sitting in our room where we were moved after we got out of the medical area. We were both packing, even though I was staying. I needed to look like I was leaving for my plan to work. We were standing outside on land for the first time in a while. It was time for us to say our good-byes.

"Well, I guess it time for us to go our own ways. Feels kind a weird," I told Saké.

"This the first time we went our own ways. But I want to look into few things and I can't really do that with Law," Saké replied.

"As if! You just don't want to wait two years to find Zoro! You want to meet up with them and join them as soon as you can," I accused her, grinning.

"Anyway, please take care of yourself, okay? When I see you again, I want you in good health, which means that, yes, you need be alive and not be missing any vital organs," Saké said with a smile.

"Yup, you too. Really, don't be missing any limbs when I see you next - that would be too freaky. The next we meet had better be in Sabaody Archipelago," I replied with a huge grin on my face.

"Yes, I will see you then." Saké and I hugged. She then went off to talk to Law. I put my things in the place where I was going to be hiding. I slipped outside and watched as Saké left to the town. I then slipped back onto the ship and went to my hiding place, which happened to be in one of the engine rooms.

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