Author's Note: Here's the new chapter. The long-awaited Ghost Ship Arc will come next chapter. It will only be about two (maybe three) chapters, because i'm doing a bigger arc after that arc. Expect to see the Baba Yaga in the arc after next!

Oh, and there's an omake at the end of this chapter!

Disclaimer: One Piece is still the property of Eichiiro Oda. It won't be in public domain until many years from now, so, I can't claim copyrights to One Piece.

Ch. 16: "Safe and Sound."

Back on board the Hyperion, Heathcliffe, Isabella, Holden, Soren, Kartik, Matsu, Sebastian, Hatori, and Maki-chan were playing some sort of card game.

"Damnit, I've got the Old Maid!" Holden cried before he took off his shirt. Soren sighed.

"Bro, for the last time, this is not Strip Old Maid," Soren pointed out. Holden crossed his arms. "This isn't Strip Poker either."

"Uhh… What are we playing?" Maki-chan asked everyone.

"I dunno. I lost track after Kartik went up to the deck to look for everyone who went to go rescue Yuki-Rin," Heathcliffe explained. Maki-chan sighed before she got up.

"Whatever. This game got boring a long time ago," Maki-chan said before she left. Everyone but Hatori soon followed.

"Why does it always have to be me?" Hatori wondered to himself.

Back at the Delacroix manor, Kazuma, Hana, and Molly arrived at the door of the room where Yuki-Rin was.

"There she is. Yuki-Rin, I'm coming for you," Kazuma said as he backed up.

"What the bloody hell is he plannin'?" Molly asked Hana.

"You don't mean –" Hana said before Kazuma charged into the door, breaking it.

"YUKI-RIN, WE'RE HERE TO COME SAVE YOU FROM THAT JERKASS!"

Yuki-Rin looked up from the ground to see Kazuma standing triumphantly among parts of a broken door. It also looked like Kazuma had gotten some splinters. Hana and Molly were also there, and they looked shocked. Hana facepalmed.

"Kazuma, sometimes you can be quite an idiot," Hana commented. Despite her tears, Yuki-Rin gave the four a small smile.

"You made it," Was all Yuki-Rin could say. Kazuma ran up to her.

"Are you okay? What did that bastard do to you? Has he rap –" Kazuma asked Yuki-Rin before Hana cut him off.

"Kazuma Miyafuji, don't go there!" Hana warned Kazuma. Yuki-Rin gave a nervous laugh.

"Don't worry, Roscoe hasn't done that," Yuki-Rin said nervously. "Now, about these shackles."

"Don't worry, I've got it all figured out," Kazuma said as he got his nodachi out and raised it over his head. Yuki-Rin closed her eyes and covered her head with her hands.

"Shusho Katto!" Kazuma yelled before he swung his nodachi down, slicing off the chains that binded Yuki-Rin to the wall. Yuki-Rin removed her trembling hands from her head as she opened her eyes. Yuki-Rin gasped.

"I'm… I'm free," Yuki-Rin said as she inspected her wrists and ankles, which were now unshackled, but, they had a red mark where the shackles were.

"No duh. Come on, we're going back to the ship," Hana said.

"Stop right there!"

Roscoe entered the room. Yuki-Rin gasped.

"Roscoe… No…" Yuki-Rin pleaded.

"I'm sorry, Yuki-Rin. You have no say in this matter," Roscoe said. Yuki-Rin felt herself drop to her knees.

"Please, no! Don't hurt me! Don't hurt Molly! Don't hurt Hana! DON'T… HURT… KAZUMA!" Yuki-Rin yelled before she broke down into tears.

"Aww… My wife is sad. Tell your hubby what's wrong," Roscoe said as he walked over to Yuki-Rin and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You! You're the one that's wrong!" Yuki-Rin yelled before she grabbed Roscoe's throat. Roscoe used this opportunity to grab Yuki-Rin by her shirt and throw her to the ground.

"My God… Hana, Molly, find Yulia and Daisuke and get outside and find Aria, Z.G., Drusilla, and/or Karin. I don't think this battlefield is safe for you two," Kazuma told the two.

"Yes, Kazuma," Hana said before she and Molly ran off. Kazuma turned to Roscoe.

"You… You… You…" Kazuma stuttered.

"What is it? Can't help seeing a damsel in distress?" Roscoe tauntingly asked Kazuma.

"You bastard! I can't believe you are doing this to Yuki-Rin! What did she do to deserve this kind of shit?" Kazuma asked Roscoe, who smirked.

"You're one to talk. You sent away those two girls," Roscoe pointed out.

"It wasn't safe for them! This… This is a man's battlefield!" Kazuma yelled. Roscoe got out a knife.

"A man's battlefield you say?" Roscoe asked Kazuma.

"Yep, a man's battlefield. It's where true men come to fight about the struggles men face. And, one of them, is women," Kazuma said evilly. Roscoe picked up Yuki-Rin by the collar of her shirt.

"Kazuma! Help me!" Yuki-Rin shouted.

"Say goodbye to this girl! In due time, she will be married to me and you will never see her again! Yuki-Rin, your days of piracy are over!" Roscoe yelled. Yuki-Rin began kicking and flailing her arms around.

"No! I'm not going with you! Put me down! Put me down! Put me down!" Yuki-Rin screeched loudly. Roscoe smirked.

"Shit! That doesn't look good!" Kazuma thought to himself.

"Sure, honey, I'll put you down right where I want you!" Roscoe yelled before he punched Yuki-Rin in the stomach. He then threw her into the wall, where she fainted upon impact.

"No! Yuki-Rin!" Kazuma cried as he ran over to the barely-conscious Yuki-Rin.

"Yuki-Rin, please wake up! I need you to fight! I need to get you out of here!" Kazuma yelled before Roscoe pushed him so hard, he rolled over a few feet.

"Save it for the theater, Macbeth! This girl is mine and not yours!" Roscoe yelled. Kazuma only responded by flipping him off.

"Fine! Have it your way!" Roscoe yelled before he leaned down to the motionless Yuki-Rin. Kazuma mentally snapped. Something was going to happen to Yuki-Rin.

"No… He can't…" Kazuma thought to himself as he saw Roscoe run his hand down Yuki-Rin's side toward her shorts. Kazuma got up and charged at Roscoe.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF YUKI-RIN, YOU PERVERT!" Kazuma yelled before he sliced Roscoe's leg off with his nodachi. Roscoe's blood sprayed all over Kazuma as Roscoe slumped to the ground. Kazuma panted, taking in the scene before him – Roscoe and his leg were lying in a pool of blood, Kazuma was covered in Roscoe's blood, and Yuki-Rin lay motionless on the floor. Kazuma sheathed his nodachi and picked the limp Yuki-Rin up off of the floor.

"I… I can't believe I did that. Was this in self-defense… Or intentional wounding?" Kazuma asked himself as he carried Yuki-Rin down the hall.

"I gotta get Yuki-Rin to a hospital as soon as I can find somebody from the crew," Kazuma said to himself as he walked down the long, dim hallway.

Outside, Karin was taking a beating from a guard to the mansion, who just arrived.

"Remember, Karin, remain steady!" Z.G. called out from the sidelines. Karin bit her lip as the guard jumped up and kicked her in the back.

"Hey, lady, giving up, yet?" The guard asked Karin.

"N-No… I can still fight," Karin said a bit weakly. She then pistol-whipped the guy, who jumped out of the way and avoided her blow.

"I can see that, dear. You should just stay in the kitchen!" The guard yelled as he sliced his sword down Karin's skimpy dress, revealing much of her figure.

"You bastard! Shigen!" Karin yelled before she gave the final blow to the guard, who was knocked into a tree yards away.

"Karin, where are Kazuma and Yuki-Rin? I have gotten everyone accounted for but them!" Hana asked Karin worriedly. Karin put her hand on Hana's shoulder.

"Sweetie, they're fine. I bet Kazuma is fighting Roscoe right now," Karin re-assured the navigator. "Plus, when you're a lovesick maiden like me, you get to worry about if you boyfriend - *Cough*Kartik*Cough* - is going to make it out alive!" Hana sweatdropped.

"And this is coming from a stalker why?" Hana asked Karin, who shrugged. Kazuma then exited the mansion with Yuki-Rin in tow.

"Guys, we have to take Yuki-Rin to the hospital," Kazuma told Yuki-Rin.

Yuki-Rin awoke in a very nice, canopy bed inside of a bedroom connected to a pool area. Peacocks were even walking into the room from the pool deck.

"Where… Am I? This isn't the Hyperion," Yuki-Rin commented. Then, Roscoe entered, carrying a tray with bread and jam, half of a cantelope, and a glass of orange juice. A flower inside a small vase also sat on the tray.

"Good morning, wifey," Roscoe said serenely.

"Get out of here," Yuki-Rin said bluntly.

"What did you say?" Roscoe asked Yuki-Rin.

"I said, 'get out of here'," Yuki-Rin coldly repeated herself.

"Honey, I can't. This is the house that we built," Roscoe said as he set the tray down onto the bed. Yuki-Rin promptly knocked the tray over onto Roscoe.

"I don't want any of this crap! Take me back to my crew!" Yuki-Rin yelled. Then, the world according to Yuki-Rin started to spin.

"What's going on?" Yuki-Rin thought to herself before she slowly came to her senses in a hospital room.

"Where… Where am I?" Yuki-Rin asked herself. She looked to her left, and she saw Kazuma sitting at her bedside.

"The doctors said that you got a concussion, a sprained ankle, and some scrapes and bruises. They're keeping you here until tomorrow morning as a precaution," Kazuma calmly explained as he held Yuki-Rin's hand. Yuki-Rin then realized something.

"Kazuma, I want to get off of this island as soon as possible!" Yuki-Rin cried.

"We will. The Log Pose resets after one day here, so, we can leave Ginling Island as soon as you get out of the hospital," Kazuma explained. Yuki-Rin felt tears in her eyes beginning to form.

"Kazuma… I never want to see Roscoe again!" Yuki-Rin cried before she broke down sobbing for what seemed to be the millionth time that day.

"You won't, Yuki-Rin. Z.G. called the police after I told everyone what happened, and I heard that Roscoe is going to be arrested for assault," Kazuma explained as Yuki-Rin continued to sob.

"Are you still scared?" Kazuma asked Yuki-Rin.

"Yes," Yuki-Rin answered sadly. Kazuma smiled.

"I know something that will make all the hurt go away," Kazuma said.

"What… What is it?" Yuki-Rin asked Kazuma. Without a word, Kazuma kissed Yuki-Rin on the lips. After the two broke the kiss, Yuki-Rin blushed.

"Kazuma… I forgot to tell you this earlier. I… I love you," Yuki-Rin said. Kazuma smiled.

"I love you too, Yuki-Rin. I want to be your pirate king," Kazuma told Yuki-Rin, who giggled.

"Thank you, Kazuma. You treat me much better than Roscoe. You are my handsome samurai who will protect me from danger," Yuki-Rin said.

"You're welcome, pirate queen," Kazuma said before he and Yuki-Rin hugged.

The next morning, the Capricorn Pirates prepared to leave Ginling Island and Roscoe for good.

"Did they feed you enough at that hospital?" Sebastian worriedly asked Yuki-Rin, who sighed.

"Yes, Sebastian, they fed me enough," Yuki-Rin answered.

"Did Roscoe do anything dirty to you?" Heathcliffe asked Yuki-Rin before he got kicked in the head by Hana.

"You shouldn't ask that!" Hana yelled to Heathcliffe. Yuki-Rin looked at the pirate crew in front of her about to have breakfast. Kartik and Matsu were discussing literature as Karin tried to hug Kartik, Drusilla and Z.G. tried to hold back Karin, Yulia and Daisuke were arguing over something, and Hana tried to get everybody to be quiet. Yuki-Rin smiled.

"There's no way in Hell that I would trade in my nakama for a wealthy husband," Yuki-Rin commented.

"Even if said wealthy noble was Heathcliffe?" Kazuma asked Yuki-Rin, who gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Nope. I wouldn't trade it for the world, silly," Yuki-Rin reminded Kazuma as they sat back and watched their crew being their crew.

"Come on, guys, let's eat!" Sebastian said.

"Of course! That hospital food tasted like prison food!" Yuki-Rin said as she picked up a fork and a knife.

"How do you know what prison food tastes like?" Hatori asked Yuki-Rin.

"Uhh… I dunno," Yuki-Rin said. Her crew began laughing. Yuki-Rin began to laugh along as well.

"My crew... They're like the brothers, sisters, and cousins I've never known that just happen to be awesome and wonderful people. I wouldn't abandon them for anything," Yuki-Rin thought to herself.

Omake:

In the backstage area of where "One Piece: Parallel Works" is filmed, Roscoe was going through the crew's refridgerator.

"I could go for some chicken or waffles right now," Roscoe said. Then, a trapdoor opened under his feet, sending him into the villains' lounge, where Big Margo, Sun-Ni and his workers, the pirate captain who killed Saint Kai-Fei, and Saints Ayame, Sarutobi, and Wothington hung out.

"Welcome home, Roscoe Delacroix. We've been expecting you," Sienna said evilly.

"What… What's going on? I just wanted a snack!" Roscoe cried.

"Join us…. Join us… Join us…" The rest of the villains said in creepy tones of voices. Roscoe screamed and ran away.

"What's his problem?" Puck asked everyone.

"I dunno. Say, who wants to get fried chicken?" Sienna asked everyone.

"I'm in," Saint Sarutobi said.

"Count me in as well," Saint Worthington said as the villains walked off the set.

Ending Note: Yes, I am aware that Big Margo is either supposed to be dead or in a coma. Just... Pay no attention to how the omake corresponds to the canon events in this fic.

Daisuke: "Just a reminder, the authoress leaves for her vacation on Sunday morning, and she will mostly be off-line and not updating until next Friday."

Heathcliffe: "In the mean time, you can leave her a review and/or an SBS question while she is gone."

Sebastian: "We're still doing SBS questions?"

Daisuke and Heathcliffe: "Duh! Where have you been, Sebastian?"