A/N: Hey!I'm back with another chapter and also would like to thank all the favs from random/reviewers so far, thank you all much for the support. Now let's check those reviews!

kona kona lee;

Vaya!Muchas gracias!Me estoy de contento que te has gustado por lo que he hecho, mismo que sea muy poco. :P

MusicOfMadness;

Definitely she had(has) potential!I'm quite amazed at how many fans got upset over her death. I though I was among very few on this one.

Blue VanLocke;

Yes she is!Don't worry, I'll try to catch on her personality, but then I have LOTS of characters to get into. Took me a while but now I realize the vast amount of stuff I'm working over.

The Neo Productions;

I feel ya, and don't worry about the explanation. Also I couldn't have that elaborated in the first chapter since that incident happened while they were traveling to the outside of the mountain, so at that moment such wouldn't happen yet. The timeline is really easy to follow, but then with so much happening is hard to remember, lol.

Guest;

Thank you!

The Straw Hats, along with the Marines and Caesar's ex-subordinates, helped the kidnapped children while they made their way into the tunnel. They found an old railroad that would lead straight to the shore outside the mountain. They quickly figured out how to activate the railroad system and gathered everyone inside the giant cartwheels.

While Chopper was helping Monet to get inside Law came nearby her, without being spotted he snatched the Baby Den Den Mushi that was attached to Monet's belt. He didn't want her to contact Doflamingo at any given chance.

Usopp was being very adamant about tying a rope around Monet to make sure she didn't try anything, but Robin's assurance that such wouldn't be necessary was enough to calm down the marksman, at least until the bird women, not missing the chance to make a snark remark, implied she might do something to Usopp if he did not watch himself.

This was enough to make Usopp sweat buckets while Monet was enjoying his distress. No one took it seriously anyways, aside of Usopp of course. It's not like Monet would try anything with the whole straw hat crew and the Marines around her.

After leaving building R-66 using the carts, that were used normally used for fast transportation of heavy material, or even massive amount of supplies, a tense atmosphere was pairing over all of its occupants.

Their journey thorough Punk Hazard was finally coming to an end.

"Hey, cocky bastard!How long till we get outside?" Zoro asked towards Sanji with an yawn. The swordsman had grow bored quickly.

"As if I would know it moss head, why don't you shut up and make sure this thing stay on the tracks?" Sanji replied irritably while moving carefully around the cart. Despite its size the cart didn't gave away any false sense of security, especially when shaking intensely after passing over certain parts of the railroad.

"Why don't you ask that bird women over there?She probably knows since she's been working for Caesar," Smoker suggest while looking towards Monet. Tashigi was standing next her superior office, but she made her best to ignore Monet's presence. Chopper had already patched the marine's shoulder before they got inside.

"I'm not sure if Caesar is even alive considering how far he flew past this tunnel. I've been wondering if we would find him along the way," Sanji said while taking a new cigarette and lighting it up.

"That villainous scientist won't ever think again of doing what he did here along these last years, if he does then mugiwara will send him to where he belongs!" Kin'emon said while staying close to Momonosuke, which still was on his small dragon form.

"I'm sure Caesar's still alive, he wouldn't die so easily. Unlike others..." Law said while shooting a quick glance at Monet, to which the harpy returned with greater intensity. "...at least Vergo is no longer a concern, as soon as we get outside we'll go look for Caesar. Probably will be laying unconscious somewhere."

"Which reminds me...I suppose you're taking Caesar with you, isn't that right mugiwara?" Smoker turned around to face the young straw hat captain.

"Aye, we take him back to the Sunny, Law and I already decided this," Luffy responded with some seriousness.

"Good. Then you won't mind if I take the bird women into custody."

Monet tensed slightly while listening to their conversation. She definitely wasn't looking forward to be taken by the straw hats, but now facing the possibility of being taken by the Marines made her prefer the pirate crew a lot more.

"Nope, she's coming with us," Luffy said without any hesitation.

"Luffy!Are you dumb or what?!She's too dangerous for us to take care off!Do you have any idea how much we already have to worry about!?" Usopp pretty much was complaining at Luffy's ears to make sure he was listening. "For once leave the Marines do their job!"

The straw hat captain made a confused face towards his crew member.

"Huh?What you're talking about?She's fine, she gave me a lot of work back there, hahahahha. I almost died!" He said smiling happily.

"AND HOW EXACTLY THAT MAKES HER LESS DANGEROUS YOU IDIOT?!"

While listening the whole ordeal Zoro was a bit surprised by this, if Monet actually stood her ground against Luffy and himself maybe she wasn't that much of a pitiful warrior as he supposed. Of course Luffy's idiocy probably underestimated Monet's powers and ended giving him a much harder time against the harpy than he should have.

"Usopp-kun, I'm afraid there's no more you can do, you won't make the captain change his mind. Besides I don't think doctor-san would be too happy if his latest patient was arrested without getting a check-up," Robin said with a devious smirk while standing near one of the corners of the cart.

Monet merely glared at her before looking elsewhere. She quickly glanced towards the reindeer that have been checking over the children since they left the labs. The harpy was slightly surprised to see his face reddening considerably while checking his patient's heart-beats.

"Oi, Nami!You're not going to say anything?" Usopp went for her aid at the matter, hoping the navigator could get through Luffy.

"I don't think there's much I can say..." The orange hair girl was looking at Monet with clear distrust. Normally the navigator would have objected more ferociously, but something about the whole thing made her just remain quietly apprehensive.

"You're just being too fast to judge Nami-swan!I'm sure you two would get along just fine," Sanji said in a melodious manner. Nami let out an exasperated breath. Nothing was ever wrong to Sanji when it comes about women.

"Brook!What about you, eh?!I'm sure you must have something against this!" Usopp was looking for support anywhere he could. The skeleton merely shrugged at him.

"I'm not familiar with that beautiful lady. I must get to know her better before forming an opinion," He said rather formally while adjusting his tie. Monet tried to cover a furious blush that spread over her face. Thankfully for her it went unnoticed.

"If that's the way you want, so be it mugiwara," Smoker said after watching the whole display silently. Shortly after he placed his left hand over his chest with clear discomfort. Law took notice of this and slowly raised himself from where he was sitting since he entered the cart.

"I almost forgot..." Law said while getting near Smoker and pulling something out of his pocket.

During that same moment Chopper came towards Monet to perform another check on her. The bird woman was so distracted by Law's actions that she failed to realize what the reindeer was doing. At least until she felt something cold touch her chest, that almost made her swing her wing across the reindeer's face as a reflexive movement.

"Eh?...what?!" Chopper's face was slightly pale. This distraction allowed Monet to recover from her well-hidden outburst. "M-Monet...your heart...?"

"What's the matter doctor-san?" Robin asked after hearing the reindeer gasp at shock.

"She...doesn't have a heartbeat," Chopper responded while being clearly flabbergasted by this 'unheard of' predicament.

"That's because I took it," Law said while looking at them. Monet frowned while staring at the man she hated the most, but her frown faded almost instantly when she saw Law holding over his hand an imprisoned heart. She had all the reason to believe it was hers.

"What?But...how's that possible?She...normally any living being can't live for too long without it," Chopper seemed quite disturbed by this prospect.

"My power allows me to do many things, and this is one," Law said with simplicity while looking at the heart on his hand briefly before turning around and giving it to Smoker.

"Law!What are you doing?Give my heart back to me!" Monet yelled at him while standing up with difficulty. Everyone tensed as they saw the bird women getting slightly enraged. She could be rather scary when angry.

"This is not your heart," Law said calmly before returning to his sitting spot. "That one is from Smoker, yours has been with Caesar all this time."

Monet went pale instantly. If that was correct then he must had given her heart to Caesar, claiming it was from Smoker after Law returned from his engagement. But if her heart has been with Caesar...

"You bastard," She spat it with all the venom and hate she could muster. "I suppose I'm lucky enough that my heart wasn't crushed during Caesar's fight."

"You can say so, I'm actually disappointed it didn't happen, would've spared a lot of problems," Law said without any care while sitting. "Even so it's not like something won't happen,"

Monet froze on spot. She was still debating between attacking Law or leaving matters for the future, but after that last bit she could sense the dread she felt before just minutes ago.

"What do you mean?" Despite any situation Monet was always successful to maintain her voice even and rather threatening.

"At this point Caesar won't have much to lose, he believes he's in possess of Smoker's heart. I wouldn't be surprised if he recovered his senses before we get to him. He sure won't have strength to run away, but sure enough to move over himself. You can take a guess after that..."

Monet tried to respond but the words never came out, she was standing petrified on her current spot, as if she just heard she was about to be executed. She wasn't the only one to understand the possible outcome of Law's inquire.

"Oi, Law," Luffy seemed rather upset while pouting his lips towards his former ally. "Enough playing and just get her heart back," Trafalgar Law sweatdropped slightly while keeping his eyes closed.

"I'm not playing anything mugiwara, if she dies by Caesar's hands that's not my problem, " Law responded rather coldly.

"Hey Luffy, what kind of shitty alliance is this?" Sanji asked abruptly while closing dangerously over them. "I'm not helping any scumbag that cares not if a women dies, especially one treacherous enough to steal her very heart," The blond added rather passionately.

"Pervert cook," Zoro said rather quietly, but by some miracle Sanji managed to hear that.

"Eh?What was that stupid marimo?!" Sanji closed the distance between and Zoro in the split of a second. "What did you say again?" Zoro sweatdropped a bit, but kept his face straight.

"I forgot..."

"Yo-

"ENOUGH!"

Took less of a second for Sanji and Zoro to have their faces planted on the ground with two big bumps over their heads.

"Oi, why did you hit me you damn witch!?" The swordsman asked while raising from the ground angrily and glaring daggers at Nami.

Monet tried her best to not pay attention to them, but seeing Zoro getting smacked down like that by Nami made her quite amused. The bird women still felt very uneasy near the swordsman, she was looking forward for the chance of getting even with the pirate hunter. Normally she would've been more than happy to keep watching as Sanji and Zoro exchanged more words, and soon swords and kicks, at least until Nami put them down for good.

The fact her heart was at Caesar's possession was too much of an unpleasant perspective, simply being the fact Caesar didn't know it was hers. Monet knew better that Caesar did not fully trust her, and if he even knew he had Monet's heart instead, he had no reason to keep her alive since he clearly saw her as being disposable, just the same way Joker saw her.

That was all she was for these men, a mere tool to accomplish their own goals, whether she lived or not was irrelevant.

'We sworn to devote our lifes to his cause, would be really that wrong if we choose to keep living?' Thoughts raced her mind while staring quietly at the metallic ground she was standing over.'I can't do this choice without Sugar...'

"Law, can't you get Monet's heart back?" Chopper asked nervously while coming near the 'Surgeon of Death'. Monet's thoughts came to an abrupt stop. Her sensitive audition caught a silent conversation near her.

"I already said, if she dies it's not my problem," Law said without bothering to look at the reindeer. Chopper quickly glanced at the bird women few meters behind him. Despite listening the conversation Monet kept staring away as if in a trance. Chopper was purely concerned about her and did not think she deserved such fate.

"If she dies it's my fault."

Law slowly raised his head to look at the reindeer in front of him, his eyes silently questioning that logic. Despite Chopper nearly whispering while talking Monet managed to listen what's being said with ease, her eyes widened slightly as she heard that. Why the reindeer was taking responsibility on her behalf?

"I'm a doctor and she's under my care, as a doctor I take full responsibility over those I take care of. If Monet dies under my care, I shall take all the blame for it."

Chopper's voice didn't express concern, but total assurance.

Trafalgar Law and Tony Tony Chopper stared into each other's eyes for what seemed endless minutes. One would think they had created a link in which they exchanged their beliefs over something they had in common, despite Chopper never being aware about what Law ever wanted to be while he was a kid.

Monet silently watched the exchange of glances, her view about the reindeer been slightly different now.

Law slowly raised his left hand with the fingers pointing towards the ground.

"I probably will regret this," He said after sighing heavily. "Room!"

Meanwhile...

Pain shot up Caesar's body while slowly regaining conscious, his eyes opened at their open pace while trying to absorb the intense light of the sun. Its been a long time since he left the inside of his labs. His breath was steady at the most, his legs failed to respond him and the movement of his arms was very limited.

Took him a great deal to turn his back around over the snow, being sunk into it didn't make it any easier.

'Damn, be damned mugiwara!I swear I'll make sure you pay for this, all of you!'

Enraged and beaten Caesar tried to locate his Den Den Mushi so he could call for assistance, what he found instead surprised him and gave away a very interesting idea.

'Smoker's heart!...Yes...I shall not be defeated without taking one of you with me...'

A creepy smile crept upon his face and he tried to locate his hand-manufactured dagger. Once being successful, he placed the heart unceremoniously over the snow. Slowly as Caesar raised his arm, dagger at hand for the strike, he failed to notice a sudden disturbance on the air around him.

"DIE WELL SMOKER, YOU BASTARD!" Caesar yelled in triumph as he lunged the dagger at the small magically caged organ.

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"GAAAARRRGHHH!"

The mad scientist screamed in agony as he held tight the hand, previously holding the dagger, that now was bleeding profusely, an injury produced as his own dagger punctured his hand.

Caesar did not stab a soft surface as he expected. Laying on the ground, were mere seconds ago was a human organ, now a small fractured rock was peacefully standing over the sea of snow.

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Chopper stood in awe as he watched a heart suddenly materialize at Law's hand, where previously he was holding a small rock. Not understanding why Law needed a rock he made a direct question to the Warlord. It made the reindeer quite fascinated that Law would need solid material to perform some sort of transportation, as if to compensate it somewhat.

"Here," Law said extending the hearth towards Chopper. "It took me a while to expand the area for me to locate it. We're still half-way of getting outside. I'm just going to make clear that after this I'll not care if she causes any sort of problem. This is up to you all."

Chopper nodded quietly as he took the heart very carefully, it scared him a bit to feel the beat emanating from inside that strange cube.

"How do I..." But before Chopper could ask Law interrupted him.

"Just go to her, she'll know what to do," He said while using his hat to hide himself away from view. Powering Room to extend that further tired him out a bit, he definitely could use some rest by now.

The straw hat doctor silently nodded as he made her way towards Monet.

Normally she would fake surprise at her heart's recovery, instead she observed as Chopper came by her and, very shyly, gently handed her own heart.

"Did you mean it?" She asked quietly as possible. Chopper stared at confusion. "That you take responsibility for me?"

On any other occasion Chopper would feel very embarrassed and stutter a bit to answer such question, he could understand how meaningful such things could be. By looking at her, those very bright amber eyes and that saddening smile that was constantly over face, how fake she made herself towards the others, made the reindeer wonder for if the word 'Happy' marked over her green t-shirt could be any less meaningful as possible for someone to carry it.

"I do Monet," Chopper said somewhat solemnly. "I just...would you hate me for caring about you?"

The harpy was taken aback by this. It was an odd question for her at the very least. The only person she could imagine that would actually care about her would be Sugar. She realized how much conflicted this reindeer was about the whole deal, and probably he was wondering if she wasn't having an ever harder time with it.

"It was you? That gave me that paper?"

She did not respond it immediately, though she was half-tempted to turn around and ignore him. It still felt wrong to be talking casually with someone she marked as an enemy, especially if was an enemy of Joker's.

But why she was having so much difficulty seeing Chopper as a threat? Because he was weaker? Maybe, or it was something else?

Slowly taking her heart back she decided to give this reindeer the benefit of doubt.

"Yes, but I would rather have you not telling it to anyone else," She said rather gently, much to Chopper's astonishment. "There are powerful people back at Dressrosa that could make use of that information against me, and I'm not yet to change to anyone's side for no good reason."

Monet knew very well how much of a chance Violet would probably take over such information.

Without any warning she placed her wing over the edge of her shirt and lifted it up.

Needless to say chaos ensued right after.

"Oi, what the hell you think you're doing woman?!" Sanji asked enraged as he saw the harpy taking her shirt off, normally he wouldn't mind at all, but in front of Chopper and several children around it was other business. Everyone stared towards her direction, thankfully some Marines were smart enough to keep the children distracted from any obscene display.

"Yohohohoho, may I see your panties aswell?" Brook asked shortly before been kicked away by Sanji.

"Are you mad? What you're trying to prove here?!" Usopp asked while fighting panic, probably thinking she was about to use some secret weapon they were unaware off.

"Chopper, you pervert!" Luffy said without thinking while looking at the reindeer that was covering his face and looking away. Chopper did not expect her to do that, while fighting his own embarrassment at such display he felt a bit enraged by hearing Luffy accusing him of that.

"Shut up Luffy!I had nothing to do with that!"

"No, he didn't," Monet said calmly after adjusting her shirt back. It felt weird to place the heart back inside, but it gave a rather comforting feeling to her.

"What was all that about?" Nami asked puzzled while looking at both of them with suspicious. The navigator has been observing Chopper and Monet interacting for a while, it made her really worried about the reindeer, she did not want for Monet to take advantage of Chopper of some sorts.

"I was merely placing my heart back to where it belongs. I shall thank you for that Chopper," She said while giving an actual smile towards the reindeer. She had actually used his name!

"Shut up bastard, what are you thanking me for!?" He said while dancing around happily with a shy face. Monet was surprised to see how shy the reindeer was to compliments, though in a more 'energetic' way than she was. She did not expect they would actually have something in common.

Perhaps there was something of different about the Straw Hats after all.