As he woke up in the morning, he kept thinking about the pirate girl that he met last night at the downstairs bar. He smiled as he revisited the events of the night before.

He had just finished eating his dinner and was playing around with his drink, thinking about what to do tomorrow. He was so concentrated on the swirling colors of his gin and tonic, that he did not notice that the orange-haired girl was sitting next to him and was similarly mulling over her drink. He heard muttering something about Cocoyashi and getting a chef. He thought that he had saw a solitary drop of sadness roll down her cheek. As he looked into her eyes, he had seen sadness of the most extreme kind.

He gulped down the rest of his drink in order to steel his nerves and turned around and asked her,"What's the matter?" She turned towards him and simply said,"nothing." He chuckled which surprised her a bit. "I know that something is bothering you, something close to you, your home, perhaps?" He asked. She was taken back at how precise he was.

Whether it was the drinks that she had consumed or that she couldn't hold in any longer, she just blurted out, "yes." She was initially shocked at what she had just said but broke down and started crying. He turned around and looked at his crew and saw the whole lot of them asleep. Great, now I have to comfort her. He turned back to the girl and placed a comforting arm around her allowed her to cry on his shoulder.

As she was crying, she started to mumble some names that might have been of people who were close to her. She tilted her head so as to cover her eyes and she began to shake as waves of sadness come over her. He looked back at her crew and saw that they were either too drunk to notice or went up to their room to sleep off the drinks. He sighed put a reassuring hand over her shoulder to give her an anchor in her sea of sadness.

They stayed like that for a while until she began to wipe off the remains of her journey in her memories that was on her face.

"Thank you for being so kind and patient."
"No problem. It was the least I could do since it looked like you had some pretty bad memories. If it was caused by your crew, I can help you sort it out."
"What!? No! They actually helped me from my nightmares. I wouldn't do that to them at all!"
"I didn't know. Sorry about that. I thought that it was your crew since pirates can be brutal."
She laughed. "Pirates can be brutal. But not the ones I am with. They are actually quite nice."

He was chuckling about pirates who aren't brutal and dangerous. 'I guess anything can happen in this world.' He chugged down the rest of his drink and stood up to go to his room since he needed to get up early tomorrow. At the same time, the girl tried to get up, but couldn't because of all the drinking she did. "Need some help?" he asked. "Please," she shyly responded. He picked her up ,bridal style, and went upstairs to the rooms. Lost in his thoughts, he mumbled, "I need to get a ride to the grand line tomorrow."

"Eh? What did you say?" The girl asked.
"I said I need a ride into the Grand Line tomorrow but everyone is scared to go in there. Hopefully I can get a ride on some ship."
"Hmmm." She hummed, thinking.
She perked up and said, "what if my crew and I take you to the Grand Line? I feel like I owe you for being there and it seems like you need the ride desperately."
"No,I don't want to bother you and your crew. What if you don't have any room? I don't want to become a hassle to you."
"Nonsense! I'm sure that Luffy and the rest would be fine. Beside we have a small crew and what one more? When they wake up tomorrow, I'll ask them and then you can join us!"
"Really? Thank you! I really need to get into the Grand Line."

He stopped in front of a door and said," I believe that this is you room." He ,carefully and gracefully put her on her feet and opened the door for her. "Thank you very much!" She drunkenly put her hands around my neck. "W-What are you doing?" He asked, slightly nervous. She chuckled and kiss him on his cheek. "You're cute, you know that?"

I am sorry for the lateness of this chapter. I really am. It's just that life is getting really busy and I haven't had time to write up my stories. I feel like a big disappointment. Just try not hate me. I will try to update more regularly.