A/N: Well, I've bad news. ..I lost my PC and everything I had in my HD. I'm totally appalled by this bad luck I have for so long...most of this new chapter was made using a cellphone. It's just awful! I also want to thank every single one of the last reviews, it means a lot for me and I'm sorry I won't be able to respond to each one. It takes too long. ... :(

Also I would like to appoint sudden issues with this story that I came around after thinking over it carefully on the last 2 weeks...

Do you folks remember exactly when the Straw Hats arrived at Dressrosa?How many episodes since that moment until Luffy's confrontation with Doflamingo?

Now I ask you all...

How many HOURS went by since they arrived until the confrontation?!

I'm like...oh shit!This story took 10 chapters for 2 days, but I simply won't be able to do more than 8 chapters if the whole Dressrosa deal lasted few hours, being excessively overextended by so many episodes. I think Oda forgot about the 'how it all started at morning and went until the afternoon and is still the same freaking day!'

Well, this blew me off cause I might be able to do some fighting scenes and some dialogues and character development here and there, but then I'll get stuck because time in a fic will easily pass much faster than One Piece episodes...

crushvox;

Lol, I'm not sure about "boner" but thanks for the compliment. I never understood of the whole asexual thing but...let's see what we can do.

Crimsom-Wyvern;

Well, most definitely. :)

Charlie ;

Flattering too much Charlie?! But thanks anyway! :) Your reviews always made me laugh.

Rod Vulpine;

Thank you so much! Q_Q It really means a lot to me! I'm sooooo sorry for the delays, life screwing with me as always. :(

CyberKrasher;

It's tsundere? I guess it is...if that so I think it kinda is and isn't. He never hated or anything like that, he's just a nervous wreck around her sometimes. Even so thank you! Q_Q

Sugar and Monet stood still facing each other for a very brief second, until Monet came rushing towards her, embracing the little girl with her gigantic wings. At first the girl didn't react, apparently still dazed out by seeing her sister with a so bird-like appearance, but then she finally concluded this wasn't a strange dream and returned the gesture fondly.

Chopper watched the exchange quietly, his eyes wandered between the two of them to the pile of frozen pieces laying at the cracked wall. He could tell Monet engaged someone before entering the room, just who it was exactly it was impossible to tell. At least they were out of danger for the moment, that if they could reason with Sugar.

"Sugar….you have no idea how relieved I am to see you again," Monet said with difficulty, her voice trembling with too much emotion. The little girl seemed to be on a similar ground with their re-encounter, but her expression also had a mix of confusion.

"Oni-chan…what are you doing here? What happened with you?" Sugar asked quietly, she seemed somewhat at shock. Monet chuckled before relieving her sister from her tight embrace.

"Many things happened since I left Punk Hazard, also….there's something we need to talk about. Perhaps we might have to leave Dressrosa."

"What?!" Sugar's state of shock only worsened at this sudden new. "Why are you saying this?! We're safe here with Master, how can you think about leaving him?"

This is when Chopper realized that Sugar was more concerned about leaving Doflamingo's side than Dressrosa. His fear increased as he took that as a sign that the little girl was very loyal to the Shichibukai.

Monet reflected over her sister's words, she knew how much of a thin line she would be walking over in this situation. Talking this out with Sugar would take a serious effort.

"Sugar….the reason I'm not dead it's because that reindeer saved me," The harpy said looking at Chopper. Sugar did the same while slowly studying the tall anthro standing few meters away.

This didn't clear out any doubts the younger girl had, she stared confused between Chopper and Monet.

"What happened? He's a Straw Hat, isn't he? Why would you be tagging along with him?"

"Law betrayed Caesar, he made an alliance with the Straw Hats, his plan was to capture Caesar and went for their help. I fought few of them inside the labs, but…"

Monet paused for a second. It wasn't easy at all to admit to her sister that she lost a fight, especially since Sugar always praised Monet as one of the strongest family members.

"…I've been defeated. My injuries kept me from leaving the lab, so I…."

It was then Monet fully understood the weight of what she had almost done. How could she tell her sister that she has been willing to kill herself?

"You what?" Sugar pressed further for an answer, still trying to get over the fact her big sis had lost a fight.

"Joker always had a backup plan in case the lab was compromised. Detonating the whole facility to erase any traces of what we were doing there was the solution in a case of emergency. I was on my way to blow up the whole facility along with me, the Straw Hats, the Marines, Caesar, the…children…"

Now it was time for both Chopper and Sugar to stare at Monet in disbelief. The reindeer had not know of that. So that's why he found the harpy in a random corridor? She was on her way to kill everyone including herself?! After the few they've been through Chopper wasn't sure anymore if he could get mad at her, she changed since then. Still they would talk about it later.

Sugar stared eye-wide at her sister, apparently the fact that Joker never mentioned anything about Monet's whereabouts made things worse for the little girl to deal with. To hear from her own sister that Master wanted Monet to die for his cause shook her a bit, and to think her sister has been saved by a Straw Hat made things much more conflicting to her.

"Sis….are you leaving Master?" Sugar asked after few seconds of thoughtful silence. Monet let out a heavy sigh before answering.

"I can't bring myself to keep serving him anymore Sugar. I may have a debt towards him, but also I had a debt towards the Straw Hats. Overall I had a choice, and I choose to be with the Straw Hats," Monet said with absolute conviction.

"But Sis! Master…" Sugar was about to protest, saying Master was a nice person, saying he wouldn't hurt them for no reason, but feeling the betrayal in Monet's voice when talking about Master made the little girl lost on what to say. The facts were so heavily against Master, no matter how loyal Sugar was to him, her sister was definitely more important. "…I can't betray him…"

Chopper felt bad for the little girl, she's been confronted with a very difficult choice, it wouldn't be easy for her to make a decision, probably she saw Doflamingo as a father figure.

"I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't sure of what I'm talking about, please trust me on this Sugar," Monet pleaded while shooting a quick glance at the person she just confronted minutes ago. It would be only a matter of time before he stood up again, Monet knew as much.

"If you're saying so, but where should we go? He would go after us! He will kill us! Sis, we can't fight him…" The harpy shared Sugar's hopelessness.

"No, we can't. That's why I'm placing all my trust on mugiwara Luffy to defeat him, it's our only chance of freedom and living the life we always wanted Sugar!" Monet was starting to sound a bit desperate. Something that gave Sugar a more solid ground to stand before making a choice.

"Where would we go then?" Sugar asked with a tone of defeat, apparently fairly convinced about everything that has been said so far.

"I'm a Straw Hat now, they took me in their crew just recently."

Monet said that with such pride that astonished Chopper. Had she really took into them this deep? Was she so determinate on filling into that role?

Sugar's shock was even more apparent, though the girl didn't seem to have anything against it. It blew Chopper's mind away to see her accept all of this with such easiness.

"Mind me if I introduce you to the doctor of the crew?" Monet asked, her tone of humor returning without any problem. Sugar hesitated a bit before nodding.

"Shouldn't we talk on another place? Trebol is right there, but I don't think you killed him just yet," The girl pointed out while she walked towards the reindeer. Monet was by her side, staring at the same direction her sister mentioned.

"He's knocked out for some time, he should've know better after seeing me that I should not be here at all. I can imagine Joker never mentioned anything that happened with me on the last days," Sugar's disappointed face and silence was enough of an answer to Monet. "Hum, totally predictable. At least he doesn't know I'm here yet."

"What are you here for oni-chan? Aside me of course," Sugar asked distractedly, she was analyzing Chopper from head to toe wondering what kind of powers he has.

"Law and Luffy intend to destroy the SMILE factory, as also defeating Doflamingo and the other family members."

"Is there something wrong?" Monet asked noticing the dreadful look in her sister's eyes.

"The Marines are here, they have an admiral with them."

Chopper and Monet eyed each other quickly, sharing their own worries about this unpleasant revelation.

"This explains few things..." Monet muttered while looking at the entrance. "We should get going, but first...Sugar, can you turn the toys back to normal?"

"Eh?But oni-chaannn, it's fun!" The girl whined while grabbing the bowl of candy. Monet sighed.

"I know, but isn't about time you grow up? I know it's part of your powers, but we can't keep going like this anymore. It's time to do the right thing, and keeping the people enslaved like that won't make any good, especially to us. Besides I know you love that candy of yours, but you know the effects of it. Take it easy on that for a second and eat other stuff for a change," The harpy scowled the girl without any hesitation. "You're twenty-two years old, it's about time you actually look like it."

"Twenty-two?..." Chopper forgot that Monet mentioned about her sister's age, but she had nothing like early twenties at all! Since the harpy just refrained the girl about eating the candy, which was in the current bowl Sugar was holding, perhaps that had something to do with her appearance. "How-

Before Chopper could finish something came flying towards the reindeer at blindly speed smacking him across the chest. The reindeer flew away towards the wall without control leaving several cracks as he impacted. He fell to the floor with extreme pain shooting across his body like fire, he could feel that at least few ribs had broken.

"Tony!"

Monet turned around to face the aggressor, she was less than impressed to see Trebol walking towards them. Sugar slowly walked away, standing nearby the reindeer. Chopper coughed up a bit of blood before standing up again, taking slow breaths to alleviate the burning sensation inside his chest.

The figure stood at the other side of the room. He had dark hair that is worn as a bowl-cut, wearing a small pair of sunglasses and had a broad flat nose, which has a snot hanging out of it. He has a long, thick beard and some stubby hair on his upper lips. He also has a small scar just above his right eyebrow. He was holding a scepter with a club suit design on the top.

Before any words could be said snow was visibly falling around the whole room. Monet was already calling into her abilities, her avid stare towards this new foe gave Chopper a dreadful feeling that this man was going to be lots of trouble.

"Behehhe, Monet! What you're doing? Why did you attack me? Ne,ne, who's that animal?" He asked while glaring at the group.

"Careful, he's powerful," Sugar whispered to Chopper. The reindeer gave her a short nod. "He ate the Beta Beta no Mi, he's a sticky gruesome man."

"Is he your bodyguard?"

"Was..."

Monet's powers were manifesting around the room with much more intensity, she was carrying that psychotic murderous expression of her again.

"You should wait outside, we'll take care of it," Chopper advised while preparing his battle stance. Sugar gave him a kick in the leg that surprised the reindeer.

"The hell I am, I'm can handle myself just fine!" She said angrily. The doctor sighed at her stubbornness.

"I sure hope so, let Monet make the first pass. You know this guy better than me, what advice do you have?" Sugar gave him a smug smirk.

"Just try to be faster than him, I mean it. Much faster...if you can."

Judging by the seriousness in which she stated that, Chopper could guess this Trebol man had some sort of lightning speed ability. Which seemed very unlikely judging his appearance, but then he remembered how Hody Jones could convert incredibly fast attacks despite his apparent weight.

"I'm here to take my sister Trebol, you would be a wise man to not stand in my way," Monet said with such venom that gave Chopper chills. Despite the tension rising Sugar seemed quite fine with everything that was happening, which just made Chopper even more dumbstruck as to how could she take all of this suddenness so well.

"Nyeah, nyeah! Joker will be most displeased with you, Sugar was always much more valuable than you. He won't let you get away with her," The coated man retorted ironically. Monet's frown deepened. The temperature had dropped drastically in the last second, to the point Chopper felt compelled to embrace Sugar to make sure she wouldn't be too exposed to the harsh cold.

The girl did not bother with Chopper's concern on her, she was too focused on her sister to care about anything else at the moment. Went Monet became like this it meant she was going to take the fight to the end.

"We should give her some room, you don't want to be close when she gets like that..." Sugar advised him. Chopper remained silent, but gave enough of an sign that he understood her warning.

"I will kill you," Monet said.

It wasn't a warning. It was a statement.

Chopper gulped nervously before jumping away holding Sugar in his arms. His chest still hurting badly from the previous attack. Once they reached the door an explosion sounded on the back and the whole room was filled with a snowstorm that blocked their view. The wind was so strong that almost knocked Chopper out of his feet.

"I should help her," Chopper said feeling guilty by leaving the harpy alone with that enemy. Sugar gave him an scrutinizing look.

"What good can you do to her if you get killed?Last thing she needs is someone to worry about in a situation like this. I known my sister, she can handle herself better alone."

The ground shook as more snow exploded all over the place inside the room. Cracks were forming at the walls with the intensity of the tremors. It would be a matter of time until people outside noticed what was going on.

"We should block the door, avoid anyone coming in," The reindeer suggested while looking for the exit. Sugar snorted at his suggestion.

"Honestly I rather be outside than trapped in here. This is the last thing you want to do," She said deadpanned.

"Then what-

Before Chopper could ask the wall nearby them collapsed. He jumped a quickly as possible to avoid being crushed by the falling debris. After few dramatics seconds they landed on a safer area.

"Ok, outside it is then," Chopper said in agreement after finally taking into consideration all the risks they would be facing by staying inside. He coughed up a bit more and realized he was still bleeding from the inside.

"You should give yourself a check before keep going," Sugar suggest noticing the drips of blood that came from his mouth. Chopper was glad she said that sounding actually concerned rather than sarcastic.

"I'll be fine, as long I don't suffer another blow like that, " Chopper replied feeling sharps of pain at each breath. The fight between Trebol and Monet was escalating quickly, and the reindeer was a bit assured that Monet was causing all the havoc.

"I'll go outside, stay here just in case my sister needs help. " Sugar requested to the reindeer. He nodded before the small girl turned around and moved away towards one of the exits.

"Chopper?"

The reindeer froze, the very familiar voice calling for him not too far away.

"U...Usopp?" He spotted the marksman not too far away hiding behind a pile of debris. His nakama was also stunned to find the reindeer in such place.

"How the heck did you get here? What's going on in there?" He asked fearfully while moving around the debris with extreme cautious.

"Monet's in there, she's fighting a man called Trebol. How did you get in here?"

"Long story, you wouldn't believe it," Usopp replied while working with something inside his backpack. "Shouldn't you be helping Monet?" He asked casually. Chopper felt a pang of guilt before answering.

"I would, but her sister told me I should leave her for the moment."

"Sister?" Usopp stared at the reindeer intrigued. "Oh, yeah...Sugar...wait, did she talked with her?!" He asked almost frantically.

"Yeah, the conversation shook her a bit, but s-

Before Chopper could finish the wall near them collapsed as something came flying through it with incredible speed. As soon the smoke cleared they saw the harpy laying among the debris, she was coughing hard while trying to stand. Visible marks of aggression all over her body.

"Monet! Are you alright?" Chopper asked fearfully while approaching her. She took a second to gather her breath before responding.

"I've been better...you know...perhaps I could use some help. Oh...it's a good thing you're here Usopp. We could use of your skills for this fight," She remarked ironically once she noticed the marksman near the reindeer. A deep cut on her lower lip bleeding profusely, her wings contained few holes among the mass of feathers.

Usopp became white as a sheet while looking at her.

"Why do I have the feeling I came in on a real bad time?"

A/N: Sorry for the slightly shorter chapter folks, I'll have to slow down the updates a bit, I'm really sorry for all the inconvenient.