Hurrah! Another update C:! I feel like I might have made Robin kind of OOC. I hope I didn't, but she's kind of tricky to write when it comes to feelings and expressing things. Well, I hope you enjoyed the last update. Here we go ;D!

Robin's point of view

"Everyone, off the ship!" Nami instructed as soon as the Sunny was docked. Taking a deep breath, I followed them off of the ship and onto the island. It was indeed very small, but there was a very cozy looking village ahead of us. Mom followed us shortly, wearing her jacket and hat. Nami had given her a bag to put a few books I'd given her in. We headed to the village, but the closer we got to it, the more the dreaded feeling inside me increased.

Mom was looking at the houses carefully, until she spotted one with a distinct roof that was painted blue. We followed her to it, and I watched her go up the stairs to the door. She knocked on it and we waited. We heard footsteps getting closer to the door. After it was opened, a woman with dark brown hair appeared which was tied in a loose bun. She had a kind face, and there were a few scars on her cheeks.

"You made it, finally," the woman said, closing the door behind her and walking towards my mom. After greeting each other and hugging, Mom turned back to us.

"This is my daughter, Robin," she introduced me, and then pointed out the rest of the crew. She was taken aback by Brook, but then greeted us and invited us in. We walked into her house, which was small, but friendly and neat. We tried fitting in her living room. Some of us had to sit on the floor instead of the couches.

"Cora, thank you very much for willing to have me here," Mom said, taking off her hat and setting it on the couch's hand rest. Chopper, Luffy, and Nami and Usopp had taken over the couches, and the rest of us sat silently on the floor. I looked at my mother as she spoke to her friend, then turned my head away and closed my eyes. Hearing someone settle down near me, I slowly opened my eyes to look. Zoro was sitting beside me, but between us was quite a distance. He crossed his legs and closed his eyes. I turned my head slowly back to my mom, and a slight smile appeared on my face. Although it might have been unobvious to the rest, I knew that this was his way of reassuring me.

"Excuse me, Cora," Nami said, pointing at her log pose. "How long does it take for a log pose to set on this island?"

Cora blinked a few times before answering. "One day."

Nami cringed and let out a sigh. I noticed her glancing at me, a slight guilty look on her face. "In that case…we can't stay here very long."

"Why don't I show you around the village before leaving? You might find a few things that could benefit you in your trip," Cora suggested, getting up. Luffy was thrilled with the idea, and immediately ran out the door. The village was full of very friendly people, and I could see a forest behind all the houses. There was also a library, and quite a big one for such a small village. Chopper immediately ran into it. I was also happy to see such a big amount of books, but I took my time. Many of the books talked about the histories of islands, which is what interested me most. Some of them were about the climates in many places, and some talked about medicines and unusual remedies. Luffy, who wasn't interested in reading, was running back and forth between the isles, trying to catch Usopp.

I glanced behind me and found Zoro looking through the books. I raised my eyebrows in surprise, but then noticed he was only pulling them out, taking a look at their covers, then shoving them back in. I chuckled at how frustrated he looked after a while of doing the same thing over and over again. He finally shoved the last book in and grumbled.

"Careful with the books," I said, turning my attention back to the shelf I'd been scanning. He muttered something under his breath and stomped out of the library. After getting out of the library, Cora showed us around more houses, and introduced us to more people. When it was time for lunch, Sanji invited Cora to come along and have a meal with us on the Sunny.

"Oh wow, this is amazing!" Cora exclaimed after taking a bite of the dish. Sanji thanked her then wiggled away to Nami. When everyone, minus Luffy, was finished eating, Nami spoke.

"It would be better if we left soon," she said, getting up. "I don't want us to sail off at night, and I don't want us to sleep overnight either. It's a risk."

Everyone agreed and we quietly got off the ship again. The crew stood silently in front of the ship while I walked to my mom. I smiled at her and gave her a hug, which she returned.

"Robin," she whispered softly. "This is our second home now."

I felt a chill run through my entire body and my eyes began to sting. I let out a deep sigh and felt a few tears escape my eyes. But I didn't mind it this time. She placed her hand on my head and rubbed it.

"I'm so glad you're alive," I told her. She nodded and began crying herself.

"So am I, Robin."

We parted and simply looked at each other. After wiping our tears she gave me a slight smirk.

"He is quite endearing," she said quietly, so only I could hear it. I couldn't help but let out a chuckle. I silently agreed.

…..

We left the island and headed towards our next destination. Surprisingly, Nami stopped talking to me about Zoro. She stopped nagging, which was a relief to me, but I did find it quite strange. Nami was a persistent girl after all. I also observed Zoro's situation, and found that Franky had also stopped with the odd looks he'd been giving him for a while. Although it was a good thing, I did find it a bit surprising that they gave up so easily. But that wasn't the only thing I noticed.

It appeared that Zoro was avoiding me.

I investigated the situation a bit further. Many times he fell asleep in the crow's nest, but I wasn't able to find him there recently. He would do his training, then immediately go back into the men's quarter. Occasionally he spent time on the deck, but only if I wasn't there. I decided not to make any kind of move until he was ready to speak to me again. Although, I didn't know how long that would take.

"Gonna sleep inside," he said to Luffy, who had wakened him from his nap on the deck. Luffy seemed a bit confused, but then ran off to Sanji after giving Zoro a slight concerned look. I knew I'd done nothing to upset him. I was aware of what I did and what I didn't do, and nothing I did would have caused his strange behavior. Perhaps he's taking time to think, or to convince himself of something. I did not know.

A week had passed, and there was no change in his attitude. It irritated me in a way, but I kept calm and didn't say anything about it. I was starting to doubt how sure I was that I hadn't done anything to upset him. After Thriller Bark, we were supposed to head to Fishman Island, but then many things happened with my mother and such. Now we were heading there, but it seemed that it wouldn't be as easy as we had expected it to be.

"Sabaody Archipelago, huh?" Nami said as we approached the island.

"Woah, what are these bubbles?" Usopp exclaimed. I made my way off the ship once it stopped. Bubbles were forming from the ground and floating upwards, and we could hear popping noises due to the bursting of the bubbles when they went up too high. There were also trees with numbers on them. We were docked near one that had the number 41 on it. Zoro also jumped off the ship.

"Oi, where are you going?!" Sanji and Usopp called after him.

"A walk," he replied.

"YOU NO SENSE OF DIRECTION IDIOT! YOU'LL GET LOST!" Sanji yelled. I could see Zoro's face forming a deep frown.

"There are numbers on these trees! Geez, what do you think I am?" Zoro snapped.

"Wow, I'm surprised he thought that much about it," Sanji said.

"Well alright," they said, waving. "Have a safe trip!"

He stiffened and stomped away angrily. I saw him glance up at the tree before disappearing. Apparently, there were many known pirates on this island as well, with bounties that went over 100,000 belis. Such as Trafalgar Law, Eustass Kid, Killer, and X Drake.

Nami and I had gone shopping that day, absolutely clueless about what we were going to be facing on this island.

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As you can see, I'll be adding the incident that happened in Sabaody Archipelago in the next Chapter, hopefully. Kk hope you enjoyed it 8D!