"It's lucky for you you managed to keep the girl safe!" She glared at me as well, "And you Leanah! Just standing there letting them kill each other!"

I held my hands up, "They wouldn't have listened anyway!" I defended.

"Arg, You almost lost us all a billion berries!" She walked between Luffy and Zoro, hoisting them up by their collars. "You understand?"

"Who is... that?" Vivi asked me quietly.

"Nami. She's the navigator... and a dangerous person when you piss her off." I saw Zoro twitch, then Luffy.

"But... What berries?" Vivi asked. Luffy and Zoro were glaring at each other again, Zoro weakly threw a punch at Luffy that connected with his cheek. "I don't understand. Why did you save me?" Luffy shoved his foot in Zoro's face.

"About that." Nami said cheerfully, ignoring that Luffy was now pushing on Zoro's face as the swordsman stretched Luffy's face a great deal. "You see, you and I have to have a little chat. We have to work out a contract for a reward."

"What?" The princess asked, "But..."

The captain and swordsman continued fighting until Nami slammed them into the ground again, "KNOCK IT OFF!"

I looked back at Vivi, "We're really not bad people, I swear." I smiled at her.

She just looked at me as if I were an alien.

I shrugged, then looked to Nami, "So... Where are we going to have this discussion?"

"Far away from here." She answered, walking away, dragging Luffy and Zoro behind her.

I motioned for the princess to go before me, "I'll take the rear in case Mr. 5 and Ms. Valentine get up."

Vivi and her duck nodded as she followed Nami. I stared at the girl, Why did I know her name? Is this like what happened with Sanji back on the Baratie?Jesus at this rate I'll never figure out who I was... I sighed.

We ended up next to the river, I spaced out, trying to sort everything in my head. Oh lord... everything just gets more confusing the more I think about it! I shouted at myself, then remembered something.

"Hey." Shanks smiled, "What's wrong?"

I frowned, "I'm not remembering anything, and when I think about what I do remember every thing just gets more confusing."

He laughed, "Oh, is that all?"

"What do you mean is that all?!" I shouted, "It means a lot to me!"

"Don't try and force the memories. Doc even told you that. The more stress you put on yourself the worse off you'll be." He pat my shoulder encouragingly, "Just let them come naturally and try not to dwell on it."

I rubbed my head, "If only it were that easy!" I mumbled to myself.

Zoro explained the full situation to Luffy and Nami explained the contract to Vivi. I sat there awkwardly, feeling a hangover headache coming on.

"Oh! Why didn't you just say so, Zoro!" He did... "I was figuring you just beat up all those guys because they didn't make any food you liked." Luffy laughed.

"WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD THINK THAT?!"

"Luffy would, apparently." I clicked my tongue. He wasn't the brightest person in the world.

He was still laughing, "What a funny mix up!"

"GUYS! SHUT UP!" We went silent at the navigator's shout. She turned to Vivi, "Well, there you have it. In exchange for taking you home, I'd like one Billion berries!" She smirked, "You saw how strong these guys are. If you ask me, it's not a bad deal."

"I can't." Vivi said simply, "But I appreciate the help you've given me so far."

I bit my lip.

"But why?" Nami asked, "You're a princess after all, so aren't you rich?"

The princess looked at Nami, "Do you know much about Alabasta Kingdom?"

I thought, "Uhm... My old captain told me a little bit about Alabasta... It used to be a great prosperous nation... but... Isn't it going through political trouble right now? A... civil war, right?"

Nami stared at me, "Does your old captain just know everything?"

Shanks... know everything? I laughed so hard I thought my sides would split. "That's... That's insane! He just.." I fought to get my breath get back to normal, "He just knows a lot about the Grand Line, He's been in this sea for at least 22 years now."

"Whoa cool. He sailed when Gold Roger was sailing!" Luffy said excitedly, I hit him on the head.

"Yeah, but we have more important things to think about." I looked at Vivi, "Like what Alabasta has to do with Baroque Works, and why she was undercover."

Vivi stared at the ground. "Leanah is right, it used to be a very peaceful place... but in resent years... signs of discontent began to arise, people revolted, and the kindgom fell into utter chaos!" Vivi clenched her hands tighter, "Then one day I learned of a secret organization, Baroque Works!" She glared upwards, more at the sky than us. "I learned that they were manipulating our people, I wanted to find out all the information I could about them, so I went to Igaram for help, You see, he's kept a close eye on me since I was little."

Luffy made circles with his hands, "Old tube hair man?"

"Tube?" Vivi asked, slight confused before the odd description set in, "Oh, yes. I asked him if he would help me infiltrate Baroque Works so I could see who was pulling their strings behind the scenes and what exactly they were up too."

Zoro smiled, "You've got some guts considering you're a princess."

I looked at him, "Well, it doesn't take much effort of a woman to really disguise herself, I mean.." I took off my bandana and hair tie. Then retied the bandana around the bottom half of my face, put my hair in a bun and snatched a hat that was lying on the ground. "See? All you can see are my eyes. With Baroque Works now all I'd have to do is prove myself in a fight, work my way up the ladder and voila, instant infiltration."

He seemed to understand my point, he looked over to the princess. "So were you able to find out what their plan was?"

Vivi nodded, but Nami answered, "To create an ideal nation." She voice seemed more heavy now, "Anyway that's what Igaram said it was. Is that what you found out?"

"It's not." There was something behind Vivi's words, something I couldn't place, "That's just the cover story the boss was using. It's a lie to cover their tracks. Their true goal is to take over Alabasta Kingdom!" Finally I placed the emotion, anger, hatred for the person manipulating her people. "I have to get back and warn everyone! To tell them the truth and stop the fighting! If I don't do something... If I don't tell them..." She began to cry.

I walked over to her, "Hey... It's OK." I looked back at Nami, "We'll help, won't we?" It was more a statement than a question.

She sighed, "Alright I see how it is. Yeah, it's all starting to make sense now... I suppose you would have much money laying around during a civil war." The navigator crossed her arms.

Luffy leaned towards Vivi, "Hey. So did you find out who's in charge?"

Vivi gasped, "What?! The boss's identity!? You shouldn't ask that!" Everyone was- in some way- interested by her reaction.

"But you know don't you?" Luffy asked.

Vivi waved her arms, "Ask me anything but that! If I tell you then your lives will be put in danger too!"

Nami laughed uneasily, "Yeah, I'll pass, this guy is trying to take over an entire country after all." She forced a smile, "I don't want someone like that chasing after me, thank you."

"You don't." Vivi confirmed, "I don't care how strong you are, you wouldn't stand a chance against one of the seven warlords of the sea." Well that narrows it down to seven people... and considering what I know about Hawk-eyes Mihawk I can safely assume it's not him, so tha- Vivi interrupted my thoughts, "Against Crocodile."

Beat.

"Who now?" Luffy asked.

I clapped. "Well that narrows it down nicely to one person." I said sarcastically.

"Ya had to say it." Zoro chastised.

A small noise from the top of the building behind us. I looked up. A sea otter... and a... vulture? The sea otter jumped on the vulture's back and they flew off.

Nami began screaming at Vivi who apologized.

Luffy looked at Zoro and I with wide eyes, "Hey, a warlord? That's cool!"

Zoro smirked, "Not to bad."

I couldn't help but smile a little under my bandana, "Agreed, it'll be an interesting challenge."

Luffy laughed, he was genuinely excited about this development. Nami cried dramatically. "Being hunted by a warlord in the Grand line! That's more than I can handle!"

"It's no big deal," I said, trying to calm her down.

"So when do we get to see this guy?" Zoro asked.

"I wonder what he looks like!"

I sighed, adjusting my bandana but not taking it off.. This hat is actually kind of nice.. "Well, there are worse things." I smiled, "When we meet Crocodile I'll have met my second Warlord."

"SHUT UP YOU!" Nami shouted, then turned, walking away. "Been nice knowing you idiots! Thanks for everything!"

"Where are you going?" Luffy asked.

"They don't know what I look like yet!" She shouted back to us as the Sea Otter and Vulture landed in front of her, "I'm leaving!" She paused as the otter quickly sketched something and showed her four intricately detailed pictures. One of Nami, one of Luffy, and one of Zoro... I assume the one of the person in the stetson and bandana is me... Really anything of note that might've actually identified me was covered, and my eyes were grey like the pencil led. Nami clapped, "Wow! They're so life like!" the sea otter and Vulture flew away again and Nami turned back to us, "No use in leaving now!"

"I'm really sorry." Vivi apologized again.

"She'll get over it." Luffy said.

"Where was she planning on going anyway?" Zoro asked.

"I really don't know.." I replied.

Zoro smiled, "Well then, it looks like the four of us are gonna be sitting at the very top of Baroque Works hit list."

Nami went into depression. Vivi knelt by her. "I do have 500 thousand berries in savings I could give you..."

I sighed, then a voice came from behind us, "You have nothing to fear." I turned around and was mentally scarred by Igaram dressed in an outfit similar to Vivi's holding four dummies. "It's-" He coughed, "Ma. Ma maa! It's going to be alright princess. I've come up with a plan."

Vivi stood up, walking up to the soldier, "Igaram? What are you-?"

Luffy got closer inspecting him and the dummies, "Heh, that's a really funny outfit, old guy."

I blinked, I will never get this image out of my head... Jesus Christ... I rubbed my eyes, taking off my bandana in the process.

"My dear princess Vivi, listen to me carefully, once Baroque Works intelligence find out what happened here agents will be sent after you immediately. Since they're aware that you've learned the boss's true identity you must-"

"Yes. Knowing them they'll send a thousand agents after me." Nami came out of her depression and stared at Vivi in horror.

"Thus my plan. Disguised like this I will pretend to be you." Luffy poked one of the dummies under Igaram's arms, "I will take these four dummies on board with me and sail a straight course to Alabasta."

Luffy glanced up at Igaram. "So these things are us?"

Zoro nodded, finally getting the plan. "A decoy."

"While Baroque Works chase after me, the rest of you will head to Alabasta kingdom along a less direct route."

Nami stood up, "Hold on just a second!" She shouted, stomping over to us, "Who said we were gonna take her with us?!" Nami slumped angrily, "We still haven't discussed the matter of payment!"

Luffy looked lost, "Wait a second... payment for what? Take her where?"

I groaned, "Do you ever pay attention to anything?"

"Seriously Luffy, Where've you been?" Zoro stood up, putting one hand in his hadamaki, and cradling his swords in the other, "The old man wants us to take the princess back home to her kingdom."

"Oh, is that what all this yelling is about?" The captain straightened up, "Sure thing."

I glanced at Nami, waiting for her response. "CROCODLIE MAY ALREADY BE AFTER US!" She screamed.

Luffy looked up at Igaram, "Is this Crocodile guy really that dangerous?"

Igaram looked down at Luffy, "As one of the seven warlords of the seas, he is a legally recognized pirate." I frowned Isn't that kind of a contradiction? "Because of that fact there is no bounty on his head, but long ago his bounty was 80 million berries."

"Whoa."

"Eh, not the most impressive bounty in the world." I didn't exactly recall what Shanks's bounty was, but I was sure it was way way way over 80 million.

"80 MILLION?! THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY!" Nami screamed, "THERE'S NO WAY!"

Igaram stared at Luffy, "Please do this for us."

Luffy smiled, putting his hands on his hips, "Sure. Sounds like it'll be fun."

The soldier nodded, smiling in gratitude. "Thank you, we are forever grateful."

I walked over and pat Nami on the back, "It's OK, I'm sure we'll be fine."

Nami looked over at me, crying, "But he's a warlord!"

"So?" I asked slowly leading her to the docks, "So are six other people, and... hell I know a whole crew of people who could easily take Crocodile on and come out with out a scratch!" I smiled at her, "Warlords? Hah! My old captain could drink a warlord under the table!" I paused. Why did I choose that as an example?

"WHAT KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT IS THAT!?" She shrieked.

"Sorry, it was the first strength that came to mind."

Nami cried more, "What kind of captain did you have that DRINKING was the first strength you thought of?!"

Red Haired Shanks apparently... I thought to myself as we came to a stop in front of a ship.

Igaram coughed. "Ma, ma.." He seemed to be making a conscious effort to raise his voice. "Maaa!" It worked... I guess. "Now I, Vivi," I couldn't take him seriously with the outfit and the high girly voice, "Will leave from here."

Luffy laughed, "Great imitation, old guy."

I glared at Luffy.

"Imitation of who?" Zoro asked.

Vivi and Igaram stared at each other for a moment, Igaram held a hand out to Vivi, "Princess, please give me the Eternal Pose." Vivi pulled something from her pocket and handed it to him.

Nami tilted her head, "What's an Eternal Pose?"

The solider looked over at her, "Hm? You've never heard of it?"

"I have." I said, stepping forward. "It's a more permanent version of a Log Pose. Where a Log Pose can store magnetic fields and point from island to island, an Eternal Pose will only have one magnetic field and always point to one island... Right?"

Igaram nodded. "Yes." He held up the Eternal Pose in his hand, "For instance, this Eternal Pose will always point to Alabasta kingdom."

Vivi looked up at him, "Are you going to use this to set your course home?"

He nodded, "Princess Vivi, please take the indirect island hopping route to Alabasta. I myself have never been that way, but you should only have to pass through two or three islands if you follow the Log." He looked at Luffy, "Please take care of the princess in my absence."

"Yeah!" Luffy answered.

Vivi looked sad, "Igaram..."

The old man's face softened when he looked down at the princess, "I expect that your journey is going to be a difficult one, please.. be careful."

Vivi shifted forward slightly, "Iga..." She looked down, rethinking her good-bye. When she looked up again she was smiling, and she held a hand up to him, he took it. "See you soon."

"Never say Good-bye." Yasopp said, staring me straight in the eyes, "That's far to final." He smiled, "'sides, I've got a feeling we'll meet again."

I laughed, "Right." I held a hand out to him, he took it, "Not good-bye. Just see ya later." He nodded in agreement.

I sighed, I had gotten way to attached to that crew... I was beginning to feel like my memories with them were all I needed.

Igaram boarded the ship with the four dummies and set sail. We watched him sail into the distance.

"And off he goes." Luffy said, holding his hat on the back of his head. "He was such a funny old man."

Vivi glanced back at Luffy then back out to the boat, "And what's more, he's a very reliable old man."

We all smiled, watching him get farther out to sea. A shiver shot down my spine and that prickly feeling settled on the back of my neck and I just knew something bad was going to happen. I looked out to the ship in horror. "No!" I shouted just as it exploded.

The sound didn't even register at first, just a huge flash of light and a large breeze, then the sound hit like a crushing bolder.

BOOOOOOM!

We were all helpless to do anything but stand and watch.

"They're already after us!?" Nami shouted, "That's impossible!"

Luffy face grew dangerously dark as he walked back to pick up his hat that had blown off his head. He bent down and placed the treasured hat back on his head. He stood there for a moment, then broke off in a full run."

Zoro turned to the Navigator. "Nami! The Log?"

She looked at the Log Pose, "Uh! We're fine! It's all set!"

He turned slightly, "Get the girl, and come on." He looked at me, "Leanah, let's go!"

I nodded, "Right! I just need to grab some wood first! We ran out on the way here!"

Zoro growled, "Well hurry!"

"Alright!" I ran off, I know I had seen some worker's wood in one of the buildings, I hopped up on the roof and jumped, Quick, quick, quick! They're right outside of town! I dropped down into a building and grabbed all the wood I could carry then booked it for the ship.

Left here, right there, straight two houses. TURN! Docks straight a head! I went over the directions in my head, making sure I didn't ever accidentally take a wrong turn. I stopped in front of Merry. "Zoro! I need help!"

He held his arms out, "Toss it up!"

I did as was told and tossed the wood up to him, then boarded the ship myself. "Out of the way, Duck!" I said to Vivi's pet that was sitting on top of the hatch to the hold. He rerked at me then moved. "This is not how I expected this day to go." I said to Zoro, hurriedly putting the wood below deck.

"Tell me about it." He hoisted the anchor up.

"I got 'um!" I heard Luffy shout.

"Bring them up! We're ready to go!" Zoro shouted back. Then he got an odd look on his face.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing, just roll out the ladder for Luffy, would ya?"

I nodded, grabbing the rope ladder and unrolling it down the side of the ship, then I saw why Zoro had looked so odd. Luffy was carrying Usopp by his nose, and Sanji by his foot. It was no wonder why they were passed out. "Jeeze."

"We don't have time to look for him!" Nami shouted.

"I'm not just going to leave him here." Vivi held her ground.

Zoro looked over at them, "Hey, what's the problem?"

Nami turned to him, "Apparently her duck 's gone missing, and now she's refusing to leave without him!"

The duck in question walked up between Zoro and I, we both pointed and at the same time said, "This duck?"

Then it was Nami and Vivi's turn for unison, "He's already here?!"

"He made it here before I did." Zoro said, going back to finishing sailing preperations.

"There's a tributary just up the river," Vivi explained as she boarded the ship, "If we take it we can get out to sea faster."

Luffy perched himself on his special seat, "Alright! Let's GO!" He shouted as the sail dropped open.

I sighed, leaning on the railing of the ship. I still felt that feeling on the back of my neck.

"Hey." Zoro said addressing Vivi.

The princess looked up at him, "Mr. Bushido..."

"How many people do you think Baroque Works will send after us?" He asked.

She looked down at the deck. "I'm not sure... I know there are about 2 thousand loyal employees in Baroque Works and I've heard that they're several bases like this one set up in the area."

Nami leaned over the railing, "They really might send a thousand people!?"

I stood over Sanji and Usopp, trying to revive them, it worked.

"Huh?" Sanji asked tiredly.

"Hey!" Usopp exclaimed as he came too. "The ship's leaving!"

Nami glanced back at us, "You're finally awake."

They crawled over to Nami, "Hold on a second, can't we stay just one more night?"

"One night!"

"This town is full of amazingly cute girls-"

"Who knows if we'll ever have this much fun again!"

"Even pirates deserve a vacation!"

"Come on!"

My eye twitched I was getting a little fed up with them. I stood up, "Shut it, you numbskulls!" I shouted walking over to them, "Whiskey Peak is a dangerous place! We couldn't have stayed if we wanted too!"

"But why Leanah!?" Usopp asked, "It was so much fun there!"

"And the women!"

Nami silenced their whining by hitting them on the heads.

"Nami, Leanah, could you explain the situation to them?" I heard Zoro shout.

"I just did," Nami said walking back to the railing.

"Okay.. That was fast."

The navigator smiled, "I left out the complicated parts."

I laughed, "Yeah." I walked down to the main deck and into the girl's room, removing the hat and hanging it on a chair. I popped open my suitcase and switched bandanas, keeping Shanks's one in my pocket rather than around my head. I looked at the package I had picked up from Crocus earlier that day. I'll open it later. I said to myself as I closed the suitcase.

"I'm just glad we got away from the people who were chasing us." A voice said as I emerged from below deck.

"That's for sure." Nami replied.

There was a short pause, "With all this fog we need to be careful to avoid the rocks."

"I'll take care of it, Leanah."

I blinked, "Uh.. Nami. I didn't say that."

The navigator turned to me sightly, "What?"

I shook my head, "I didn't say those things." The prickly feeling was still there, I turned slowly and saw someone sitting on the railing of the upper deck. She was wearing a dark kinda skimpy outfit and a black cowboy hat with a white rim.

"This ship is nice." The woman said. My hands shot to my swords, I was ready to draw.

"What?" Zoro exclaimed, "Who's that?!"

"It's... It's you!" Vivi said.

The dark woman chuckled, looking down at Vivi, "I just happened to run into your dear Mr. 8 a little ways back. He didn't look so good."

My chest seized. It was her!

"So it was you who killed Igaram!"

Luffy was off his perch and point at the woman, "You! What are you doing on my ship, and how did you get here?! Who are you!"

"Answer him!" Vivi shouted, "What are you doing here, Ms. All-Sunday!?"

I narrowed my eyes at Ms. All-Sunday, she didn't seem to have an ill will towards us. And that's what was so off putting about her.

Nami looked over at Vivi, "So you know who she is? Which of the number guys is she partnered with?"

I bit my lip, "Mr. 0... Crocodile." I whispered to myself. There was one more name at the tip of my tongue, in the front of my memory, I just couldn't get to it.

"Her partner is Mr. 0, the boss."

"GAH! Crocodile's her partner!?"

"She's a bad guy?" Luffy asked.

Vivi glared at Ms. All-Sunday, "She's the only one who knows the boss's true identity, that's how we found out who he really is. By following her back to him."

"To be accurate..." Ms. All-Sunday said coolly, "I allowed it."

"So.. She's a good guy then..."

"I know you knew we were there!" Vivi said, "You were the one who told the boss what we knew, weren't you?"

The agent smiled, "That's right."

Luffy pursed his lips, "Alright then, she is bad."

"Luffy, would you cut it out already?" Zoro whispered.

"She seems more neutral than just good or bad." I said.

Vivi stepped forward, "You still haven't told us what it is you're doing here!"

Ms. All-Sunday closed her eyes for a moment, "Oh, right. You were just all so serious about the whole thing I couldn't help myself. A princess doing what ever it would take to save her country, while making herself an enemy of Baroque Works... The idea was just so.. ridiculous."

Vivi looked angry, understandable considering that woman had just insulted Igaram who had twice given his life for her's today. "YOU KILLED HIM!" She screamed.

And everyone had their weapons out and trained on Ms. All-Sunday. Even Usopp and Sanji were awake.

"Sanji.. uhm... you do realize what you're doing here right?" Usopp asked and he held his sling shot, ready to fire.

"Nope." The chef said, pointing a gun at the agent's head, "Not a clue, I just know that the beautiful Ms. Wednesday needs me."

She sighed, "I would really appreciate it if..." I felt something, "Stop pointing those at me." That something slapped my hands, making me drop my swords. I looked up at her.

"No way!"

"You mean-?"

"She's eaten a-?"

"Devil fruit!"

"But which one? What's her power?"

Sanji sat up from the deck, glaring up at the woman, then his glare turned to hearts, "Wow! Now that I get a look, you're beautiful!"

She looked down, "Now there's no need to get so excited. You can all calm down, I haven't been given any orders to follow here. I have no reason to fight you." Luffy jerked forward as his hat went flying off of his head and straight into Ms. All-Sunday's hand. "So you're the captain, I've heard so much about you, Monkey D. Luffy."

Luffy went into a rage, "GIVE ME MY HAT BACK! DO YOU WANT ME TO COME UP THERE AND TAKE IT!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

Usopp slipped behind the mast, "You are a bad person I demand you leave this instant!"

She placed the hat gently over her own. "Bad luck. Picking up a princess who Baroque Works has already made up their mind to see eliminated, protected my a mere handful of pirates." She folded her hands over her knees. "And your luck gets even worse, because of the direction your Log Pose is indicating, you see?" Nami looked down at the Log Pose on her arm, "The name of the next island... is Little Garden. We won't even need to lift a finger, you'll all be dead long before you reach Alabasta."

"MY HAT! GIVE IT TO MEEEEEE!" The captain shouted again.

"I told you to leave now! Evil... doer!"

"Evil doer? Seriously?" Zoro was unimpressed with Usopp.

"You don't think that's a little foolish?" She asked, tossing Luffy's hat down along with an Eternal Pose. "Allowing yourselves to be wiped out?"

The hat landed on Luffy's head and the Eternal Pose landed in Vivi's hands. "An... Eternal Pose?"

"Using that you can just skip right passed Little Garden without stopping, straight to an island near Alabasta. The Pose points to a place known as Nanimonaishima, none of our agents know that course so you won't be followed."

There was a pause, "What?" Nami asked, "So she's good after all?"

"Why are you giving this to us?" Vivi asked.

"It's gotta be a trap." Zoro reasoned.

I narrowed my eyes at her, "I... don't think it is..." I said honestly.

"Your friend there has it right, Mr. Swordsman."

Luffy slowly walked across the deck to Vivi, "Forget your thingy." He said grabbing the Eternal Pose from Vivi, "We don't need it!" He crushed it in his hand.

Nami round house kicked him to the face, "YOU JERK! SHE JUST WENT OUT OF HER TO SHOW US AN EASIER COURSE TO FOLLOW!" Nami pointed at Ms. All-Sunday, "MAYBE SHE ACTUALLY IS TRYING TO HELP US GET AWAY!"

Luffy just stayed there on the deck, then looked over at the agent, "You aren't the one who decides where this ship goes." They stared at each other for a while, then she smiled.

"Well, that's too bad."

Nami groaned at Luffy, he just sat up, "She blew up that funny old man who was nice so now I hate her." His logic was simple.

Ms. All-Sunday nodded, then turned so she could walk along the upper deck, "I'm sorry to hear that, and I'm sorry you didn't accept my offer," She paused, "If you survive, I hope we meet again."

"No!" Came the captain's stubborn reply.

Ms. All-Sunday chuckled and jumped off the side of the boat, "Let's go, Banchi."

I ran over and looked over the railing, "That's kinda cool!"

"Wh- what is that thing?" Zoro asked.

"It isn't a Sea King is it?" Usopp sounded as brave as ever, "No..."

Everyone was looking now, and we all came to the same conclusion, "Whoa! A turtle!"

"Oh, wow! That thing is huge!" Luffy said watching it swim off into the distance.

I looked at Vivi, she stared blankly for a moment before collapsing to her knees, "That woman! I don't even have the slightest idea what's going through her head!"

"And there's no point in thinking about it is there?" Nami asked.

"And there's someone on this boat who's just like that," Zoro said, possibly referring to Luffy.

"Would someone explain what's going on?! None of this makes sense!" Usopp shouted.

Sanji was by Vivi's side in an instant, "Oh, Ms. Wednesday have you joined our crew?" He asked in that love sick way she spoke to all women.

"HEY! EXPLAIN ALREADY!" Usopp shouted as Vivi's duck appeared next to him, "Whoa! Who's ostrich is this? Please! What's going on?"

The duck wrerked, then Sanji got serious, "Are we fighting for food or women?"

Usopp grabbed my arm, "Tell me! Tell me now!"

I shook the Sharp shooter off of me, "FINE! Jesus!" I shook my head, "Sanji, be a dear and go get me a glass of wine, please."

He smiled, "Of course, Leanah!" He danced to the kitchen then came back a little while later with a glass full of wine, "Here you are, mademoiselle." I took it from him.

"Thank you." I sat down. "Whiskey Peak was a town full of bounty hunters," I took a sip, "That party they threw for us was to drop our defenses so they could take Luffy in alive to get his bounty money and rob us all of our stuff."

"But... didn't you pass out from alcohol?" Sanji asked, lighting a cigarette. "I somewhat remember you ranting about beating Zoro."

I nodded, "It was an act, I felt like something was up, Zoro and Nami apparently had the same idea."

Hearts everywhere, "Well of course you and Nami figured it out! You're both so smart!"

"Chs. I didn't see you out there fighting any of the 100 bounty hunters."

"Shut it, moss head!"

"Dart brow!"

"Shitty swordsman!" Sanji stood up, glaring at Zoro.

"Love sick cook!" Zoro just barely unsheathed one of his swords.

"Girls! Girls! You're both pretty!" I shouted at them, "May I get back to my explanation now?"

Zoro glared at me, but sheathed his sword again, and Sanji was facing forward.

I sighed, "Thank you. Anyway, Zoro fought the Bounty hunters, I picked up the slack..." I continued to explain the entire story to Usopp and Sanji.

After I was done Sanji stood up again, "Oh, I see. It's too bad I missed out on all the fun, but it sounds like there will be plenty of demand for my skills." He looked at Vivi, "No need to worry, now that your sleeping prince has awoken, my sweet, you will be safe."

"Whoa!" Usopp said, he blinked, "Glad that wasn't me!"

I sighed, glancing between Sanji and Vivi. The chef turned to me, "My dear, are you getting jealous?"

"No." I said flatly.

"Not even a little?" He teased.

"If I got jealous of you fawning over other girls I would've left the Baratie a whole lot sooner than I did."

"Excuse me..." Vivi started, "I'm sorry but is it really all right that I'm on your ship? I'm just causing you all a lot of trouble."

"It's a little late for apologize don't you think? Nami asked as she walked over and poked Vivi's forehead, "If you didn't want to cause us trouble you shouldn't have told us who you were."

"Mmm.. Sorry about that..."

"Isn't that right, Luffy?" Nami asked.

He threw his fists in the air, "Yeah! I'm hungry too!"

Zoro sighed, "Well, at least now we know we know where we're headed..."

"Yeah..." Sanji stared out at the waves. "Little Garden..."

"Did you hear what she said?" Usopp asked, quivering, "Are we gonna die?"

Luffy laughed, "Who knows? But.. Let's go, pirates!"

The crew let out a "right." of varying degrees of excitement.

I rubbed my eyes, "It is around breakfast time..." I looked at Sanji, "Would you mind?" I asked. He walked into the kitchen. I leaned back, staring at the waves. "I've been a member of this crew for exactly two days now... I've been up a 10 thousand meter high mountain, eaten by a West Blue Island Whale, sailed through a Grand Line super storm, confronted by 100 bounty hunters, and am now marked for death by a company run by a warlord." I pursed my lips, "Could be worse. I could be dead." The rest of the crew (except Luffy and Sanji) sweat dropped.

Author's Note:

And we're off to Little Garden! Woot! Oh the fun they will have, And I hope as you will all notice, Baroque Works does not actually know what she looks like. This will come in handy for later. Next chapter is sailing towards Little Garden and the reveal of what Shanks gave her. My mind is focused on Alabasta right now, there's a development in Leanah and Luffy's way of thinking towards each other, and it's catalyst is because of a person and another person! (Not in the way you're probably thinking, but still.)

Oh! And if you haven't noticed, I've been putting the next chapter title up on my profile. So if you wanna know the next Chapter title, you now know where to look.

Your ever willing Author,
Kari910