A/N: It's been months since I've last updated. I am really, really sorry to those who wanted and expected more out of this story. The main reason why I haven't uploaded in a while is because I've been working on my other fanfic, Hyperdimension Neptunia Z. That and the fact that my writing schedule is getting very shaky nowadays since I'm back in school. So without further ado, let's get the ball rolling.

"HELL YEAH!" Luffy exclaimed.

"You're not worried at all?" Najenda asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You know, considering that this is Esdeath in command, she could have tens of thousands of people after your head." Leone said, putting her arms behind her head.

"Bigger numbers, more danger, more fun!" Luffy said with a wide grin.

"Your confidence will be your downfall." Akame said, trying to convince Luffy that is was pointless to fight back.

Boy, was she wrong.

Luffy slammed his hands on the table.

"Listen up, Akame. Does it sound like I want to sit around and wait for those 3 goons to come to me?! I'm bringing the party to them!" Luffy said, a little irritated at her matter-of-fact tone.

Akame retained a neutral expression, but on the inside, she felt like she was going to throw up from all the stress that is building up inside of her.

"Besides, it's my problem. I want to deal with it on my own." Luffy said.

"Luffy has a point there, Akame. It was his fault for getting capture to begin wi-" Mine started.

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"

Everyone turned to Akame as she yelled that. She had tears welling up in her eyes.

"Luffy just came back here from Esdeath..." Akame said.

"Do you really expect me to let him go out there alone?!" Akame yelled, tears flying.

"Akame. It's fine." Luffy said.

Akame slowly turned her head towards Luffy.

"I swear on my life, that if I don't come back alive, I owe you five pieces of meat." Luffy said, gripping Akame's hand tightly, which made her cry even harder.

"That makes no sense. How is he going to pay her five pieces of meat if he's de-"

"Shh...Mine. Just let the magic happen." Lubbock said, staring at the scene with stars in his eyes.

Sheele felt a twitch in her eye as she looked at the scene, but ignored it, thinking it's natural.

"Can you let go, now please?" Luffy asked.

Akame noticed she was still clinging to Luffy like her life depended on it, even though she stopped crying.

She quickly let go and took a couple of steps back, her face slightly red from embarrassment.

Her stoic look returned to her face, and she cleared her throat.

"My apologies. It would seem that I have lost my composure." Akame said.

"You could say that again." The other Night Raid members thought.

"Getting back to the point..." Najenda said, getting everyone's attention.

"I'm not sure if you can walk around freely now, considering that Esdeath knows what you look like, and mostly likely already has wanted posters of you around." Najenda said.

Luffy had stars in his eyes when he heard her say wanted posters.

"SWEET!" Luffy yelled, surprising everyone in the room. "Does this mean I'm gonna get a bounty?"

"Well, it depends on how desperate she is, and whether or not she wants you brought in dead or alive." Najenda said.

"You do know that that's a bad thing, right? It means you're screwed if you're caught." Mine said, a small frown making it's way on her face.

"So?! That means more danger and more fun for me!" Luffy said with a sloppy grin.

"I don't get it, why are you so happy about this? You should be strategizing on what to do next and how to remain hidden from the light." Najenda said.

"I'm still a pirate, and we pirates want all the action we can get." Luffy said.

Najenda raised an eyebrow.

"And if I do get a bounty, I want to be the highest bounty in this place, and be the capital's most wanted!" Luffy said.

Najenda and Akame sighed. "I see. You've made it awfully clear that you can't be convinced. Do as you will."

"Heh, heh." Luffy chuckled.

"But know that if any of your actions endanger any of our lives, you'll be the one taking responsibility." Najenda said with a glare cold as ice.

Luffy wasn't fazed by it at all.

"Rubber, glue, yadda yadda." Luffy said, picking his nose.

*sigh* "He has no sense of danger.." Mine said, closing her eyes for a moment.

"You worried about him?" Tatsumi said, teasing Mine.

He received a smack to the face.

"The hell was that for?!" Tatsumi yelled.

"I still needed to pay you back for walking in on me while I was changing. *snort* Pevert." Mine said.

The whole room went silent for a brief moment until Tatsumi broke it.

"Pevert? PERVERT?!" Tatsumi said, bursting in laughter.

"What's so funny about that?" Mine snarled.

"Pervert my ass. You had it coming, leaving your door unlocked. Besides, it's not like I looked at you intentionally. There's also the fact that you're complaining about something that happened almost a week ago. How shallow." Tatsumi explained with a shit-eating grin.

"Why you little-" Mine said, trying her best to restrain herself from lunging at him. Specifically his throat.

"Ooh! Are you guys gonna fight?! I wanna join!" Luffy exclaimed, running up to them.

"Hold up." Leone said, grabbing Luffy's arm, forgetting that he could stretch.

"Heh." Luffy snickered as he got closer.

Leone let go of his arm, but Luffy was using that same arm to try to reach out to Tatsumi and Mine.

Key word being tried.

When the arm came back to Luffy, physics worked its magic...

SLAP!

...with the end result being Luffy inadvertently slapping Mine.

Mine had a blank look on her face as she felt the warm, almost burning sensation on her cheek before slowly turning her head at Luffy.

"The hell was that for?" Mine started.

"Uh, my hand slipped?" Luffy said, tilting his head.

Mine silently walked to her room. 1 minute later she came out with Pumpkin, ready to fire.

"Oh boy." Tatsumi and Leone thought at the same time.

Mine aimed at Luffy's crotch.

"ENGAGE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN BEFORE YOU ENGAGE YOUR FUCKING BODY YOU HALFWIT!"

"I have a really strange feeling that that thing doesn't shoot ordinary bullets..." Luffy thought, a cold sweat running down his neck getting angry Nami vibes from this girl.

He watched as yellow light slowly emerged from the gun's barrel.

Then without warning, Mine shot a concentrated spirit blast that completely vaporized anything that came in contact with it.

Exception being Luffy, with his unusual good luck streak with equally creative wit.

"Stay still, dang it!" Mine said, firing blast after blast with none of them hitting.

Luffy did not answer as he dodged, stretched and twisted his body in so many ways that even Najenda found it extremely painful to watch.

"I'll be in the kitchen eating me some meat, so can you save your attempts at killing me later?" Luffy said.

Mine stopped shooting as she had to catch her breath.

"I consign you to my Pumpkin, *huff* damn it."

An hour later, Lubbock and Bulat were currently in the training area chatting about random things.

One of said things being Luffy's stunt from earlier. But then it quickly went down south.

"Hey Bulat, I've been wondering..." Lubbock started.

"Hm?"

"If Luffy is made out of rubber, doesn't that mean he has a dildo for a dick?"

Bulat's eyes widened at that realization.

"Why didn't I think of that sooner?!" Bulat said, facepalming.

"If that's true, then how would he take a piss if he had to go use the bathroom?" Lubbock asked.

"That's an interesting question, but even I don't know the answer to that question." Bulat's said.

*gasp* "But what if he wants Ms. Najenda? I wouldn't know if he had a boner or not because he's made of rubber!" Lubbock said, dragging his fist onto an open hand.

"What's a boner?"

Lubbock and Bulat turned around to see Luffy with his hands behind his head.

Bulat stayed quiet. However, Lubbock decided to answer his question.

"He means when your dick gets rock-hard at the sight of a hot chick. Preferably with big boobies and a nice, plump ass." Lubbock said with no hesitation and so much certainty, Luffy thought he was teasing him for a second.

"Hmm, now that I think about it, Hancock fits that description pretty darn good." Luffy said, putting a finger to his chin.

BACK IN THE ONE PIECE WORLD

Hancock was currently back at the Kuja island, sending out every force she could possibly send out to search for Luffy.

She snapped her head up, as if someone whispered in her ear.

"I don't know why, but I feel like Luffy is talking about me right now." Hancock said, her face turning red.

BACK AT NIGHT RAID'S HIDEOUT

Sheele, for once was successfully washing dishes without any slip ups. However, she felt a chill up her spine.

"I don't know why, but I feel like I need to protect Luffy now more than ever..." Sheele said, narrowing her eyes unknowingly while simultaneously releasing killing intent.

However, this did not go unnoticed by Akame, who was sitting at the table eating one of her stolen chicken legs.

"Sheele, are you feeling alright?" Akame said as a concerned look made its way onto her face.

"Huh?"

Sheele blinked once.

"I'm alright. Why do you ask?"

"I felt a small surge of killing intent coming from you. And it's not like you to suddenly want to murder someone. It's not like you at all." Akame said with a neutral expression.

"Well, I'm fine, so my apologies for worrying you." Sheele said with an apologetic smile.

Akame stared as Sheele got back to work.

"This is Sheele here, I suppose I shouldn't be too worried about her at the moment." Akame thought.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID I GET DONE TELLING YOU?!"

Akame and Sheele turned to the direction of the voice, and Mine was chasing Luffy around the hideout.

"I thought the steak was extra leftovers! That wasn't my fault!" Luffy yelled back.

"YOU KNEW I SAVED MY STEAK FROM LAST NIGHT YOU PIG!" Mine shouted while carrying... a shotgun.

"Where did she get that from?" Akame and Sheele thought.

"That thing can't hurt me...let alone leave a mark on my skin, so why am I runnin-"

WHACK!

"OUCH! DAMMIT, HOW DOES THAT HURT?!" Luffy yelled, holding the top of his head.

In case no one could tell what happened, Luffy just got hit upside the head by Mine swinging her shotgun down. Ouch.

Mine scoffed as she threw the shotgun away. "Serves you right for eating my food."

"I just said I didn't know..." Luffy said, sighing.

Leone and Najenda came in at that point, and only one thing crossed their minds.

"Goddamn."

A/N: Yeah, this was sort of a filler chapter in a sense. A very random filler chapter aside from the beginning. So...yeah. Sorry about that. But other than that, there really isn't much to say, so I'll be seeing you guys next chapter.