"What happened to him…Who did this to Luffy?!" Zoro asked with a low and dangerous voice, putting his hand to his favorite Wado Ichimonji, ready to punish anyone who messes with his captain.

"It's okay Zoro, I just need some rest and I'll be fine!" Luffy stated with a small smile, while Zoro narrowed his eyes suspiciously and not believing him even for a moment.

"Oh, my…seems that I came in bad time." A voice exclaimed from the shadows, while the whole crew run towards Luffy and surround him protectively like a shield, preparing their weapons at the same time.

"Monkey. D. Luffy, I am happy to finally meet you… both of you actually. Also, I believe that this dagger is yours." The voice continues to say from the shadows, throwing a dagger with a red ribbon upon it on the ground and revealing herself in the process.

The figure was a tall, slender person with beautiful blue eyes, while her other characteristics were hidden by the green cloak she wears.

"You're wrong." Luffy responds, making all of them confused as he removed the dagger from the ground putting it back to his vest.

"Oh?! And where am I wrong exactly?" The woman asked, somewhat amused.

"It's not Monkey. D but Neri. D… Nico-san." Luffy said chuckling, as the woman's eyes widen.

"Lady, I don't know from where you know us…but I must warn you. If you intend to move against Niisan, then you must pass from me first!" Mai said with a sweet and innocent tone, which somehow sent shivers to everyone's spines as she unsheathes her sword at the same time.

"Fufufufu, don't worry Mai-chan. I only want to talk to you, as also to deliver you a message." The woman conveyed.

"Luffy, do you know this woman?" Zoro asked him, without to avert his gaze from the woman even for a second.

"I know of her, but I don't know her personally if that is what you ask Zoro." Luffy said, without wanting to reveal anything else for the time being, as Zoro nods his heads and sheath back his sword.

"Nico-san follow us if you please." Luffy suggests as the woman nods her head, while both Hancock and Chopper start to protest that he needs to rest.

After some minutes, the crew with Luffy and the woman reach Nami's and Nojiko's house and both the siblings with the woman entered the house, while the crew stayed outside waiting for them as also making sure that no one will bother them.

"So, Nico-san what do you want for us?" Luffy asked her, with a smirk.

"First of Luffy-kun, what do you know about me?" The woman asked, while Luffy looks at her with a blank gaze.

"You are known as the 'Devil Child' and also as the 'Light of the Revolution' .Your bounty is 80.000.000 berries and your full name is Nico Robin. Your homeland Ohara was destroyed because of the knowledge that upholds to be able to read the Poneglyphs. Your height is 6'.2" and your devil fruit is the Hana Hana no mi. Also, you're decent at assassination. Is that enough or should I say also your body measures?" Luffy said/asked with the same blank expression, while Mai looks at her brother with awe and Robin with horror/blush about how much knows about her.

"My, my Luffy-kun, you are indeed as good as Garp-san said you are." Robin stated, trying to calm herself down and keep her poker face.

"Jii-chan? Robin onee-san do you know Jii-chan?" Mai asked smiling, making Robin almost to choke from what she called her.

"Eh! Garp-san sends me to you." Robin conveyed calmly, while Luffy starts to mutter something about senile old men.

"You want to join the crew." Luffy stated, rather than asked her, while Robin simply nods her head.

"It's simply terrifying how good Luffy-kun can read people…" Robin starts to think, without to avert her eyes from him.

Luffy looks at her like he's studying her with the same blank expression for a minute, and then he smiles at her.

"Sure, welcome aboard. Now if you excuse me I really need to sleep. Mai, could you tell the others that Robin joined us and make sure that Hancock won't petrify her?" Luffy said smiling, while Robin looks somewhat amused by the last statement.

"Sure thing Niisan!" Mai exclaimed smiling, as she walked towards Luffy and hug him making both Luffy and Robin to feel somewhat awkward.

"Come on Niisan, it's okay to let sometimes, someone else to take care of you." Mai said with a warm smile and gentle voice, as Luffy look at her with a small smile.

"Your smile always saves me, Mai." Luffy stated, looking at her as she starts to blush.

"Stupid Niisan…you always push yourself too much for the sake of the others and especially for my shake." Mai murmured, somewhat sad and concerned but with a gentle tone and gaze while Robin starts to feel like she interrupting something.

Mai helps him to stand up, and put him on the couch in the living room to sleep, kissing him on the forehead and she exited the house with Robin.

As they exited, the crew started to gather around them wanting to know about what they talk as Luffy's condition.

Mai for once took a serious stance, as when Luffy is out she with Hancock is in the command.

"This is Nico Robin and from today on she will join us. Also, I put Luffy to sleep as he needs to rest. If anyone of you or anyone else in this island wakes him up or disturb him I'll personally cut him/her to pieces!" Mai stated with such a serious tone and gaze, that no one of them had ever heard of before, making all of them to really cower in fear and nod their heads frantically.

Nea stayed behind at the house to keep an eye to Luffy and also to make sure that no one disturbs him, while the others go back to the town as it was a first-hand chance to learn about the new member of the crew.

With Luffy

Luffy slept soundlessly, obviously tired from the use of his technique.

"I told you not to use this technique of yours Luffy, why you never listen to me?" A voice exclaimed with a sad tone and tone and a sigh making Luffy stir in his sleep.

"Hm…where am I?" Luffy asked, looking around and not recognize the place.

It was a landscape filled with a grass but if someone looked carefully could see two people side by side on a hill with their gazes upon him.

The first person was a slender, tall woman with long black silky hair and blue-violet eyes, she was dressed in a white-red attire and her hands was rested on the hilt of her sword, a sword that Luffy could recognize anywhere…It was his sword, his mother's sword.

The other person was almost like the first, but with red hair, yellow eyes and her attire were orange-red, her hands were rested on her hips and seemed to frown at him while the first woman had a sad but gentle smile on her face.

Luffy starts to walk towards the two women carefully and ready for everything.

"Welcome, Luffy!" The two women said simultaneously, making Luffy raise an eyebrow.

"Where am I, and how are you still alive mother?" Luffy asked somewhat confused, turning his gaze to the first woman with the black hair.

"I can answer you that," The other woman replied, making Luffy turn his gaze towards her.

"You are inside my word or if you want inside your devil fruit world. You can call me Mera and I am what you call the personification of the Mera mera no mi." The woman began to explain but before she could answer Luffy's other question another figure showed up.

It was a huge well-built man with yellow piercing man with a white coat hang on his shoulders loosely, from his aura and only could someone see that this man is immensely powerful and not someone who want to mess you with.

"I can answer your other question brat," The man stated with a booming voice.

"Despite that you and Rose become one entity when you took all the knowledge and powers from her, her body disappeared, but when you ate the devil fruit her body manifest here as time and space inside this world doesn't exist. You can spend a day, a week or even a month here and despite that in the outside world haven't passed a minute." The man explained earning a nod from Luffy.

"I understand, now another question. Why am I here?" Luffy asked looking at the three of them.

"Mera, do you want to explain him yourself or do you want to do it?" The man asked her looking at Luffy somewhat irritated.

"No, I have it." Mera said as the man nod his head and sit down on the grass to relax, while Mera walks towards Luffy and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Luffy listen, I didn't want to call you inside here so soon but given the circumstances, I didn't have another choice! What you did today was very careless. Your health condition isn't very good and if you do something like this again the next time you'll die! For now, I somewhat and somehow restored your condition to an earlier stage before you use the green flames. You must develop another technique if you want to restore someone's health or if you want to heal your injuries" Mera spoke to him with strict and serious voice but someone could see at the same time her gentle and concern eyes when she spoke to Luffy.

"Ok, so how I do that? How I create a new flame? I don't have actually a manual you know." Luffy said with a chuckle making the man mutter various curses and the two other women to giggle.

"Hm, another flame, It's isn't easy but it isn't also impossible. Every flame Luffy you create needs a need behind for it to exist. What you must envision Luffy, is yourself at your most powerful form, a flame who not only protects you, from any and all harms but anyone at your side. A flame who at the same time burns everything and anything on her pass and at the same time heals and protects you from every and all attack. A flame who works both as a sword and shield at the same time! A flame who can conquer everything!" Mera explained passionately making Luffy to nod and smirk.

"A flame who conquers everything ne? That, I can do it!" Luffy murmured with a newfound passion.

"Brat it's time for you to leave, I hope to not see you anytime here soon for another stupid reason and for your sake." The man exclaimed, with his booming voice as a blinding light appeal taking Luffy away leaving the three others to look at the boy's direction.

"You like him," Mera said with a mischievous smile making the man chuckle.

"Of course I like the brat, but despite that his intentions was noble what he did was stupid. There wasn't a need to put himself into a risk as also to worsen his health condition." The man revealed somewhat sad.

With Mai and the others

The party on the island was going on with the town's people to celebrate their freedom from Arlong's pirates, and at the center of it was Luffy's crew.

Despite all the celebrations, Zoro's, Mai's and Chopper's minds couldn't leave Luffy's picture when he exited the health center.

"Hancock, I know that isn't my job to stick my nose where there isn't my job, but at the same time, Mihawk's words can't leave my mind. If you took his warning and add the picture we all saw previously…I can stop to wonder if he actually knows something we don't." Zoro stated making all of them to look at him and then at Hancock who looks at the floor with a pained look and sigh.

"Hancock oneesan, tell us what is happening to niisan and don't lie to me!" Mai said, with the same serious voice as before who left no room for arguments.

"Normally it isn't my job to tell you this, but I believe that you must know this if none else for Luffy's sake." Hancock stated, making all of them to nod their heads.

"Luffy is sick and his condition isn't the best, what he did earlier only succeeded to make his condition only worse." Hancock revealed making all of them to gasp.

"What are his symptoms, if you know that then I maybe I can find to help him." Chopper exclaimed entering his doctor mode making all of them to smile.

"I don't know Chopper, what our doctor said some years before is that his symptoms can't be identified with any known illnesses and for some reasons his health…will only get worse." Hancock said with a solemn voice and gaze murmuring the last part, making all of them to look at her with widening eyes and gasp from the revelation.

"Then…then that means that if something doesn't happen that Luffy will die?" It was Nami who asked this question making Luffy's crew look at her with widening eyes realizing that no one of them known that she was there.

"Yes. But something like that will not happen, If the need arises I'll turn the world upside down but I'll find a cure for Luffy! I will not leave the first person in the world who taught me so many things without to ask something in return to just die!" Hancock exclaimed with a flame in her eyes and a new found determination.

"Aye, me too! Luffy taught me many things and made me better swordswoman without never to ask something in return!" Aphelandra, Marguerite and Sweet pea said simultaneously.

"Aye, Aye!" The rest of them exclaimed also raising their weapons in the air like they take a vow to save their captain.

A/N: That's it guys, this chapter is officially over!

I hope to like it!

Sorry for my absence all these months but it was summer and I traveled around the world with my daughter, also I wanted Amaya to settle in first with her school.

So for now on you can expect updates from this story, I will try to update her once in a week or once in two weeks as I have also my another story the Rise of a Legend who I am pretty behind at it as also a whole new story, so I ask for your understanding and your patience.

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