A/N: Well, thank you all for the comments! I'm very happy with the latest results, though I still have some doubts….anyways. To the replies!

Crimsom-Wyvern

Well, someone had to! :P I also hate Oda for that, that's soooo unfair. I was pretty pissed already with the new post-skip time appearances, I honestly was hoping Monet would break the ice and bring some of the joy back for me to watch this show again. Unfortunately I only made it bitter…

I was sooo upset with Law as well, and this bastard got shot dozens of times, lost a freakking arm and is still going! WTF? Logic….you get none.

I'm still wary about the whole pairing thing, I'm actually terrified by this possibility. I know very well how much of a deal a story about Monet is, and considering people "don't" really like Chopper for anything aside fluffiness (or yaoi)I'm not sure on which ground things will stand. Only time will tell. Hell, it will come to a point in the story that I really won't know what to do.

crushvox

Not even close to an end, or half of it. In fact….perhaps this story will be long as the anime goes from now on. I still have a LONG ground to cover until I catch up…soo…yeah. :P I'm glad for FanFiction, it gives you something else to expect aside only the new episodes.

Blue VanLocke

Yes, she's weird on her own way, that's why I liked her so much. Sometimes I think her personality can be very erratic once she opens herself more towards the others.

Yes, she still uses the same outfit. Cause random reasons did not allow me time to put into perspective if she ever wondered about using the same clothes for so long.(3 days) But that might change soon, especially judging on what she ended going into on the last chapter. :P

Charlie

Glad I could keep the humor! That isn't exactly easy, it tends to variate depending on who's reading. At least for you it worked fine.

Robin and Monet share similar traces indeed, makes building her personality quite easy. I can relate her ways with other characters and in that way create a mix that develops during the course of time.

The hardest part will be her powers, the fact she's already worked out from previous fights, and how can she tag along in a fight with her nakamas.

I still believe everyone is eager to see the Family's reaction once they find her out.

demonslayer4;

Well, thanks! You're right, the first ones were terrible! J But thankfully I'm making progress, hopefully I can live up to expectations.

Rod Vulpine;

Ominous?…ominous…..ominous….*checks dictionary* AH! Ominous!...yeah, probably….

Initially Chopper was glad for Monet's idea of using the sewers to pass by any inconvenience they would probably face at the surface. Now he wasn't so sure he liked this idea.

Especially because the smell was ruining his sniffing skills.

The tunnels were really old, few of them collapsed, who knows how long ago, forcing both of them to take several detours to find an alternative route. Weird as it seems Monet was having fun dealing with all this problematic occasions that would pop up in front of them. Chopper was trying to contain his nervousness every time they faced an obstacle that would cost them precious time, it made him puzzled as to why she was finding this entertaining.

Boy, perhaps she was really bored if playing with broken walls was keeping her distracted.

It was when Chopper realized they haven't shared a single word ever since they came inside the sewers, at first he felt stupid for not starting a conversation, on the other hand he didn't want to distract her of finding her way to the port area.

The darkness of the tunnels wasn't absolute thanks to the small lamp Chopper brought with him, it was a good thing the sewers were out of use, otherwise the usual gases that would accumulate at such areas would've instantly reacted to the flames and exploded around both of them in a matter of second.

The echoing sound of his hooves was the only thing indicating the presence of life down this dark path. The harpy was unusually quiet for Chopper's likening. Not that he liked to hear her talk! He was just worried with her overextended silence.

It was a good thing these tunnels were large enough to allow both of them to walk despite their height, Monet would've experienced serious issues if she had to crawl. It was by imagining such scene that Chopper's been unable to contain a laugh.

Monet blinked for a second before turning her head around to look at him.

"Something funny?" She asked curious as to what made him laugh all of sudden, her voice easily echoed through the cold darkness. The reindeer sweatdropped.

"Hum….yeah. Just thinking about something…." He said nervously, despite talking quietly his voice echoed just as much as the harpy. Monet tilted her head at him, inexplicably this made Chopper blush.

"Oh, what is it? I could use something to laugh," The harpy stood watching the reindeer expectantly. Chopper wondered if he should be honest with her, but what else could he say? He seriously doubted he would be able to pull a joke out of thin air, he was no damn comedian after all.

"I was…thinking if these tunnels were shorter….how weird it would've been for you to crawl through them…"

Monet raised an eyebrow at him, but few seconds later she chuckled. The reindeer felt a wave of relief wash over him, thankfully she didn't took that badly as he feared.

"Well, that actually would look funny," She admitted while smiling at the thought. "At least I can tell it's more about how funny it would look, normally other people would enjoy seeing me in disgrace like that."

An odd silence followed these words. Chopper grasped his both hands nervously, he wasn't sure he should say anything but still found the courage to do it so.

"I would never laugh about anything that might hurt you Monet. I'm sorry if I brought back any bad memories."

If Monet was surprised she covered it well, still her eyes locked into his with such intensity that made the reindeer tense for no real reason. Thankfully her expression softened few seconds later, it seems whatever was bothering her finally went away.

"It's alright, no harm done. I know you didn't mean to. Let's keep going, few installations will be reachable from this tunnel, we can get a better idea of what's going on from inside one of them,"

"How much until we get there?" The reindeer asked apprehensively.

"A while," She said sounding quite relaxed. "It's there something you wish to talk about?"

"Húh?" Chopper's ears perked at this question. "Like what exactly?

"Like what do you think about my tail feathers? You've been staring at them for a while…."

The reindeer stood shocked while looking at her, a flush of shame and fear coming at him like a bullet.

"I-I-I did? I….I'm sorry, I-I didn't notice…." He stuttered while lamely excusing himself. Monet laughed heartedly at him.

"I was just messing with you, I had no idea if you stared or not," She said smacking him playfully with the tip of her wing. Chopper was dumbfounded at this.

"Oh….heh, yeah….that's…"

Realizing how uneasy the reindeer had become her smiled instantly faded. She came closer towards him and couldn't help but sense how tense he was.

"Tony, are you ok?" She asked with such softness that Chopper couldn't help but stare back at her.

"*sigh* I'm fine, it's just….I can't stop worrying about everyone else," He said while gripping his backpack harder than necessary, but Monet felt there was more to that. Her penetrating gaze fixed on his eyes unforgivingly. Realizing the stare Chopper trembled a bit before continuing. "….I'm scared of dying."

Monet blinked for a second, her mouth hang open as if to say something but no words came out of it. She definitely wasn't expecting this kind of confession, also it made her clueless as what to say in response, she wasn't exactly well known for cheering people up, her social skills were lame at most aspects.

She looked at him deeply in the eyes, she found nothing but hopelessness, doubt and fear. Was he really that badly doubtful of himself because of what few of his nakama thought about him?

She rustled her feathers with some agitation, being frustrated at having to deal with his despair. Chopper stared slightly curious at her reaction.

"Remember when you saved me at Punk Hazard?" She wait for his nod before continuing. "I was ready to die back then. I had nothing but my sister to live for at that moment. I….hate to admit but….I was scared….and I still am."

Chopper's eyes widened a bit, of all people he thought Monet would be the one not scared among all of them. Monet held her breath for a bit while lost in thoughts, she knew that there wasn't much she could say to alleviate his fear, but maybe inspire him to overcome that fear was the goal.

"Despite the terrible things we'll probably face here….at least I know I won't die alone."

Chopper's mouth opened slightly at shock, he stared for a long time into her eyes, he felt as if something was burning inside his chest making difficult for him to breath.

For the first time Chopper wondered for how long the harpy has been suffering while working for Doflamingo, did she ever felt any kind of happiness along all these years working under him?

Could he blame himself that he sympathized greatly with what she just said?

"Can we pull this out?" Chopper asked hopefully.

"Maybe we can, it depends entirely on us. The others have their own problems to deal, as long we keep watching our backs there's nothing to worry about."

'Yeah….you're right," The reindeer said in agreement. "At least I'll be able to try out some new stuff."

"That's the spirit," Monet said, happy for his change of mood. "I'm curious to see what you can do, we really haven't fought against each other yet," Chopper snorted.

"For that I'm glad. I would've got several bruises and whatnot else," He said with a nervous chuckle. Monet giggled.

"Ah, you're just being modest. I'm sure it wouldn't have been that bad," Chopper gave her an scrutinizing stare, the harpy slowly came to accept the truth. "Okay, probably it was going to be really bad."

"I don- " Chopper stopped for a second, his ears caught a resonating disturbance. "Do you hear that?"

Monet stopped and stood attentively still while testing her audition, she could hear something but nothing really distinct.

"What is it?" Chopper took few seconds to respond.

"It sounds like…..yelling and…..sword fight?" He seemed puzzled.

"Perhaps we're close to the Colosseum," The harpy said while thinking hard on a plausible explanation.

"Colosseum? You mean like…an arena?" Monet nodded. " It's there such thing here?" Chopper was taken by surprise, he never thought he would actually ever see one of those, and for a good reason.

"Aye, the venue is usually used for hosting fights and competitions. Used to be honorable for a man to fight in this arena. The Colosseum battles were not to the death. Joker's thirst for violence changed the traditions, and he tortuously drowns a gladiator for not shedding any blood for the spectators.'

"Oh, that's…I really don't know what to say," Monet shrugged.

"Well, not that I really care about it, but we could take a look if you want," She said tentatively. The reindeer frowned slightly.

"Shouldn't we focus on getting to the port?" He asked severely, which was highly unusual to see such seriousness coming from him.

Monet hesitated a bit before answering.

"Well….actually the port is under the Colosseum…"

"WHAT?!"

The shock of the hidden information caught Chopper totally off-guard, he stared at the harpy as if he never saw her before.

"And you….wait! But then where exactly Luffy's group is heading to?" He asked sounding quite upset.

"I told them where the entrance is, but not where the factory is…." For the first time Monet actually seemed nervous. Chopper eyed her with suspicion.

"Monet…." He started very slowly. "…where is the factory?"

"Right beneath the Colosseum," She said rather timidly. The look of betrayal Chopper was giving her made things very awkward for the harpy to deal with.

The reindeer wasn't sure if he should explode at her or just remain in silence. Perhaps it was better to question it first before pointing fingers.

"Why?" Was all Chopper said. At least Monet had the decency to look ashamed.

"I couldn't lead them straight at her, it's just too dangerous. You saw how they ran for it before Law had even finished talking. I need to talk with her first, I can't risk her safety! Tony…. please, believe me on this,"

She sounded desperate, which was exactly what gave the reindeer the assurance he needed to know she's being truthful. Oh, the hell with it, what choice does he have anyway?

"Alright. Where exactly are we going then?"

Monet would've let out a breath of relief if she could, she wasn't expecting that Tony would believe her at all. She was well aware of the risks she took by misguiding the Straw Hats like that, not only it would cost them time but also could endanger their lifes even more.

But worst of all, it could be enough reason to get her kicked out of the crew.

"The Officer Tower, that's where my sister probably is, follow me."

'We're so dead'

Getting in the port area using a complex sewer system took time but wasn't all that difficult. Now that both of them have a good view of the whole complex the reindeer wondered how where they supposed to reach the tower without being spotted by, at least, a dozen armed men.

At first Chopper expected to see one or two ships and several supply crates, instead they found a great number of highly armored ships with hundreds of pirates and Doflamingo's subordinates around the whole complex.

"What's the plan?" Chopper asked while observing the shipments being carried by several toys. He had previously questioned the harpy about the toys, he heard before they used to be people, but these toys were men who had previously fought at the Colosseum and lost. They were tricked and turned into toys against their own will.

"Plan?" She said humorously. "I admit my plan was mostly about getting in there, how to get there was irrelevant."

"Was?" Chopper asked with a touch of sarcasm. He really couldn't recognize himself anymore.

"Obviously the fact Trebol might be in the Tower guarding Sugar makes me more wary about going around knocking people out of the way," She said as a matter-of-fact. Chopper rolled his eyes, she sounded the exact opposite of Luffy. No doubt the mugiwara captain would've took down half the enemy party by now, and probably wrecked few ships.

"Can we try to sneak in? I rather take my chances dealing with this Trebol than hundreds of his peers."

"Now that's a smart way to go. I'm relieved you're not just as dense as Zoro or Luffy," Chopper huffed undignified.

"Now that's unfair! Why would you think I'm like them?" He asked annoyed at the assumption. The harpy was clearly having fun with the conversation.

"Just something Nami keeps reminding me every time she can. Of course I never would assume you're slow to think, but then she said you're silly on your own way."

"Silly?"

Before Chopper could question further the harpy stretched her wings wide open and flew away. Chopper thought he was about to have a heart attack. How could she be so crazy like that?!

He watched as the harpy flew nearby the gigantic walls, she made use of the non-illuminated corners to cover her advance. After covering a good distance she made a sharp turn directly towards the Tower, in a matter of seconds she flew inside through of the small windows.

'She did it...' Chopper was totally amazed by the easiness with which she did that, fearless like Luffy but not as dumb at all. As the seconds went by Chopper finally realized something.

"HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME?!" He yelled panicked at the long gone harpy.

"Did you heard that?" A guard few meters down below asked. His companion gave him an odd look.

"I heard something, I think it came from up there..." He slowly turned around to observe the wall. The reindeer sweatdropped as he covered himself away from the guards.

'She just left me behind, I can't believe it...' Chopper was at total despair with what happened. How could she have done this to him? Did she not trust him at all? Or she had her own reasons to do this? 'Urgh, I'm going to look for her and demand an explanation. I'm going to be really upset if she just forgot me here.'

Chopper calculated a quick jump and waited for the right opportunity to perform it, once the guards finally decided they were just hearing things he made a single long jump covering the greatest distance possible to the tower. Once he landed he quickly morphed into his smaller form and used some crates to hide.

He managed to reach just few meters outside the Tower, but the number of people going through this area was gigantic, and the areas to cover were highly reduced. It was by sheer luck nobody saw him jumping in there, he would've to thank the poorly illuminated area.

Many toys were passing by carrying large crates, this gave the reindeer the chance he needed as he used one of the crates to cover his quick walkthrough. He was expecting the toy to react to his presence, but it merely kept doing his work. Without time to question this Chopper went for the nearest door possible, surprisingly it was unguarded.

Chopper raised an eyebrow. How could they be so careless like that?

Making his way inside was much easier than it should, which made him even more nervous. What exactly could be inside that didn't need tight security personnel around?

The halls were very spaced, but there was nothing really important inside of them, he morphed back to jumping point before moving further. No time to waste walking around, and being small surely wouldn't cover more distance.

With progressive jumps Chopper went after any stairs available, despite having huge walls they did not extended upwards as much, there must be a second floor and a staircase somewhere.

What he found instead was the main entrance of the Tower, or so it appeared to be.

Chopper crossed a huge gate of iron, at first found himself inside a vastly well-illuminated room. It was very colorful from what he could expect of such important place inside a secret port filled with dangerous people. It reminded him vaguely of Biscuits Room, but why they would like that in here?

His answer was awaiting just few meters away.

What appears to be a ten-year-old girl was standing still observing the reindeer as he made his way inside. She had somewhat familiar aquamarine hair and dark blue eyes. She was wearing a white dress with light blue polka dots, a magenta hooded cape with bear-like ears, a monocle shaped and worn like an eyepatch on her left eye, and a small crown, as well as open-toed sandals.

Before Chopper could say anything a huge noise echoed into the room, followed by a small earthquake. It seems a explosion of sorts just happened outside the room. The girl stared around, she seemed unfazed by what happened.

"Hum...hi there," Chopper asked timidly to the girl. She stared at him, and this time her expression was one of surprise. "What are you doing here?" He asked not quite understanding why there would be a ten year old girl in such place.

"I should be the one asking," Her voice sounded awfully familiar to Chopper, the reindeer felt he was missing some crucial detail here. She seemed more concerned on eating the weird candy inside the bow she was holding than anything else.

"What-

Before Chopper could ask something came flying through the wall. Whatever it was impacted on the opposite wall and shattered into thousands of pieces. The girl seemed appalled by what happened ,she slowly turned around after placing the bow at the floor. Chopper had the strange feeling she was getting ready for something, but his mind just laughed off the possibility she was getting ready to fight, such nonsense.

Still there was something very off about all this.

Once the dust cleared out, the hole on the wall became very visible, it was with great shock that Chopper saw Monet coming thorough it as if nothing happened. Still he took notice of her murderous mood as she made her way in, it was the same look she had before killing Breed.

"Well, thanks for leaving me behind," Chopper said recovering from the shock. Monet eyed him briefly, her assassin gaze dissipated instantly.

"Sorry, Tony. I was going to get back at you, I had to-

She interrupted herself once she noticed the small girl standing in the middle of the room.

"Sugar!"

Chopper could've sworn his jaw fell to the floor.

'You have to be kidding me!'

A/N: I had to do some quick grammar fixing, forgive me for that folks. I was in a real hurry so things came out really poor at some aspects.