A/N: I'm on a rollllllllllllllllllll... TWO one-shots AND an actual chapter? Lookie me go~!

Not really much else to say, though I think from the reviews of the last chapter, a lot of people will be surprised with the sudden change of events - BUT I DID say that there were going to be a lot of twists and turns :3

Nine chapters, adventures starting... I think we have at least five more chapters to go :P And then we'll start the racing hearts in the horrifying story of Freak Show and all it's glory.

Well, hopefully I'll get another chapter up soon, I'll work on another LuNa one-shot as well, annnnnd I suppose that's it.

So here it is.

Chapter nine.

Enjoy :3

Chapter 9

I caught myself as I fell out of the tree. My heart was beating rapidly, fearing for the baby, but in that moment that I was in the air I had made a hammock out of hands, landing gently and sliding to the ground.

Sighing, I looked around, making sure the coast was clear before hurrying to the ship. I had to clear the misunderstanding with Zoro, before something escalated the situation.

As I went on my way, I hoped that Nami and Luffy got out of town safely. I mean, they had to deal with pirates and Marines. Which I guess wasn't too big of a deal for any of our crew –I just hope they knew that I got out of there safely.

I couldn't waste time. I picked up my pace, running as fast as I could to get to the ship. When it finally came into view, I felt a wave of relief wash over me.

I climbed aboard, "Zoro!"

No answer. I hurried to my bedroom.

"Zoro!"

Nothing.

"Robin?" Harumi popped out of the kitchen. "Did they save you already? They all just left because I saw you get captured."

"I wasn't captured," I told her. "They left?"

"If you're okay, then there's no need to worry, they'll be back soon, right?"

"I hope you're right," I muttered, leaning against the railing to catch my breath.

She was right. Everything would be fine.

So why did I have such a bad feeling?

Nami

Just as Luffy and I started heading back to the ship, Brooke and Sanji burst through the trees, Zoro, Chopper and Franky on their heels.

"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed. "Hey guys."

"Not now, Luffy," Sanji nearly growled as he stopped in front of us. "Robin-chwan has been captured by the Marine's. Harumi saw it herself.

Robin

"If you saw me get captured, you saw me get away, didn't you?" I asked, following her to the aquarium.

"Actually, I didn't really see you get captured. The Marine's were all running around, shouting 'We got her! We got Nico Robin!' It was just my instinct to hurry here as fast as I could and get everyone."

"And then they made you stay behind and watch the ship," I looked around.

"Yeah," she mumbled, staring off into the fish tank.

"I'm sure they'll realize everything soon," I sighed, placing my elbow on the counter of the bar and resting my chin in my hand.

Harumi just looked at me, "Mm. I'm sure of it."

Nami

"How could you have let her do this!" Zoro shouted at me.

"How could you suffocate her with your affection and not realize it!" I shouted back.

We hurried back towards the town, needing to rescue Robin.

"I wasn't suffocating her!"

"She needs a break sometimes, Zoro!" I said, exasperated.

"Even if that's so, she should have asked!"

I slowed to a stop, watching as the rest of them continued on before realizing I fell behind. Zoro turned, too.

"Would you have let her wander the streets on her own?" I asked quietly. "Would you have let her take a single step off the Thousand Sunny without you being by her side?"

"Yes!" he answered immediately, then took a breath. "No. Maybe."

"We had been watching her carefully –"

"Then how did this happen!" he asked angrily. "If you were watching her so carefully, then how did she get captured by Marines?"

"Both of you, stop it," Franky said, placing a hand on Zoro's arm. Zoro grabbed the cyborg arm, pulling it off of his forearm and leaving finger dents in Franky's arm.

"Sorry," Zoro said when he saw.

"It's fine," Franky brushed it off, releasing his damaged cyboric arm and pulling out a second from the depths of his chest cavity. He put the damaged one inside, and I had no doubt he'd either fix it or recycle it into a new weapon once we got back to the ship.

"Can we go save Robin now?" Zoro asked me. "Or do you want to have your girlish fit some more?"

I felt a vein pulsing in my temple as I resisted hitting him. "Let's go."

Robin

"Do you think they met up with Luffy and Nami?" Harumi asked.

"Mm," I nodded, closing my eyes and yawning.

Nami

The Marine's spotted us, but we spotted them first.

"Where's my nakama!" Luffy shouted.

"It's straw-hat Luffy," whispers arose.

"And Roronoa Zoro!"

"He's scary."

"He's definitely scary."

"He's glaring at us."

"He's glaring at everyone."

"WHERE'S MY NAKAMA?" Luffy shouted again.

"You mean Nico Robin?" a female voice asked.

"Yeah!"

"She's already on the ship heading to the nearest Marine base," the same voice informed.

"Who said that?" Luffy looked at me.

"None of their lips are moving, huh?" Usopp agreed.

"And there's no females in this front line," Sanji muttered.

"I'm right here!" A small woman pushed herself to the front of the ranks, her cheeks puffed up and her eyes angry. She was petit. Very petit.

"She's so… so…" Sanji began.

"If you say small, I'm going to beat the shit out of you, pirate!" She shouted.

"She's~ soooo~ cu~ute!" Sanji started prancing over to her.

"Give me a break," Zoro grabbed him by the collar of his suit and pulled him back behind us. "Give us back Nico Robin!"

"Clean your ears! I just said she was already heading towards the nearest Marine base!" the woman shouted back at him. She pointed towards the docks, "The ship's already left and is moving at its highest speed!"

"Robin wouldn't have been caught that easily," Zoro muttered.

"But she's pregnant," the woman called out. "She came pretty willingly when she realized that she'd be shot if she were going to run."

Zoro's face lost a bit of its colour. Actually, I think all of ours did. The Marines knew that Robin was pregnant meant that they had a weakness of ours. A big weakness.

"I'll Gomu Gomu rocket over to the ship and get her back," Luffy told me.

"If anyone so much as nears the ship, we're cutting her stomach open," a man said, coming up behind the small woman.

"You bastard," Zoro spat.

I couldn't say anything. This was on my shoulders. I had let Robin out of my site. If I had known… If I had known that this would happen I… I…

"Nami," Luffy's fingers brushed against mine.

"If you all come willingly, we'll let her go," the woman called.

Zoro clenched his fist, but took a step forward. "You promise?"

"Zoro, you know they won't," I hissed.

"I'm not going to let them hurt her," Zoro looked at me. "And I'm not going to let them hurt my child inside of her."

"We'll come," Luffy said, squaring his shoulders.

"Mm," everyone else agreed, taking step forward. As I tried to match them, Zoro and Luffy stepped in front of me, blocking my path.

"I'm coming too," I told them.

"Shishishi, nope!" Luffy laughed. He grinned over his shoulder at us, "Someone has to rescue us. Franky!"

Franky was hesitant, but he grabbed my arm and started running in the opposite direction.

"But we need to rescue Robin!"

"Someone needs to guide our getaway ship!" Franky said as we turned a corner. I saw them slapping Seastone cuffs on Luffy, Zoro and the rest of them before they were no longer in sight. Luffy and Zoro's faces were hard with determination. They would save her.

"Mm," I said finally. "Let's go back to the ship.

Robin

I watched Harumi wash the glasses at the bar carefully, making sure that each one gleams and sparkled, the essence of absolute cleanliness.

"Harumi!" Nami's voice rang out across the ship.

"They're back!" Harumi brightened, setting the glass down and hurrying to the door. I got up, following her slowly. I didn't want to see Zoro's reaction just yet.

"Harumi! We need to set sail. Now." Nami said.

"Where's everyone else?" Harumi asked.

"Rescuing Robin," Franky's voice reached my ear. "They're taking her to the nearest Marine base. Threatened to hurt her if they didn't come willingly. So while they rescue her, we're rescuing them –"

"They took Zoro?" I closed the distance between me and the door in a heartbeat.

"Robin!" Nami exclaimed.

"What –?"

"We need to tell them that I'm okay," I said, hurrying to the edge of the deck.

"Stop," Nami grabbed me. "They've more than likely left by now. We need to follow them by ship. Otherwise, we're just wasting time. While Franky gets the ship moving, tell us what happened."

They got captured because of me.

Now we had to rescue them.