Chapter 8: Feast! Straw Hats and Foxy Pirates Truce!

(Robin's dream)

Pictures emerged from white. One had Robin with a baby in her arms. "Congratulations, Robin," someone spoke. "It's a boy!" The baby cried loudly to Robin's joy.

"You're finally here!" she cried. "Ash…" Another picture emerged to see Robin breastfeeding baby Ash while still dressed with a t-shirt. "My goodness… You're awfully hungry!" Another picture had Ash as a toddler with Robin using her Devil Fruit powers to hold a book while cradling the boy in her arms. "Goldilocks tasted the porridge for Baby Bear. 'This is just right,' she said." Another image had Ash as a small kid with a book on hand and writing on a piece of paper. Robin looked over to see what Ash jotted down while holding a cup of liquid.

"Is this right?" the little Ash wondered.

"Yes, it is! My, what are you doing with my translating skills in Poneglyphs?" A chuckle could be heard between the two. One more image had Ash about his current age with Robin on an excavation.

"Look at this, Mom!"

"Yes, this is big! Gol's legacy is bigger than anyone has imagine!"

"Let's verify before we report it."

"Good idea." Robin saw Ash as a son to her, but…

(Reality)

…It was all a dream to her. She leaned on the rail of the Sunny's starboard. It was another day on the Thousand Sunny with everyone minding their own business with Brook playing his violin and Zoro and Ash practicing swordplay. Sanji cooked in the kitchen and Nami studied her maps while observing her compass-like wristband. In the crow's nest, Zoro held Ash's feet as Ash did sit-ups from an elevated platform. He held his swords tied to dumbells. "How many have you done?" he asked Ash.

"Well… I wasn't really counting…" he grunted. "But I can still keep going!" Sanji made pellets in the kitchen to which Pikachu had to try.

"A special recipe," he explained. "Let's see how you like it." Pikachu nibbled on it before taking a big bite. It chimed in delight. "Glad you like it. Let me make some for Ash, knowing he'll be done with Moss-Head soon." As predicted, Ash and Zoro came down from the crow's nest. The workout session left Ash with a potent smell that made Brook want to plug his nose despite his nose no longer among his body. Ash's soaked skin came from sweat.

"Boy, you've put on some power in today's session," Zoro complimented. "It's not easy training when you're the trainer, right?" Nami and Robin saw Ash come down and decided to learn of any updates with their progress.

"Tell me about it," Ash groaned. "You're a beast with your sword skills." Nami chuckled to Ash's honesty with a side of observation.

"Yeah, but you're not doing too shabby either, if you're keeping up with him," she pointed out. Zoro agreed to Nami's point.

"He's not lacking in that department, that's for sure," he proclaimed. "Take a break, Ash. We'll continue tomorrow if we're still at sea." Nami agreed by waiving her hand around her nose.

"No kidding, he needs it. All that sweat's got you soaked to the bone."

"That's for sure, Nami," Ash felt as he tried to swing sweat off him. "I can feel it." Sanji came out with Pikachu after filling his stomach.

"I can't imagine the odor you'll be giving off," Robin scoffed. "I can draw you a bath if you'd like." Sanji and Brook gasped to the offer Robin gave Ash.

"Did she say… a bath?!" a shocked Sanji repeated.

"And with Robin?!" a shocked Brook added. Ash pondered his body about a bath.

"After that workout, I could use one," he believed. "But I can manage to draw one. Thanks, anyway." Robin smiled to Ash, not minding the rejection.

"Not a problem, dear," she trusted. Sanji and Brook sighed in relief as Ash headed to the bathroom.

"Good," Sanji muttered. "I'd rather not think of how Robin would scrub Ash down."

"Agreed," Brook huffed. "My heart didn't need to skip a beat… That is, if I had a heart." While Ash and Pikachu took a bath, Robin focused on that dream. Nami reemerged to see Robin.

"Still thinking about Ash as a son?" she teased. Robin looked up to the sky.

"Yeah," she replied. "I had a dream that I was the one who gave birth to him and stay by his side as he grew up." To Nami, Robin began to wish for a child of her own. "Could you imagine seeing Ash as like a little brother to you and Nojiko?" Nami blinked but tried. Suddenly, she did imagine herself at about Ash's age holding Baby Ash in her arms. She let out a huge squeal.

"Oh, I would never let him go!" Robin giggled at her reaction.

"Well, he's certainly on his way with growing up. He's kinda like Luffy but not as simple-minded. I could see him in a decade and how much he would grow." Nami began to imagine once more. She saw Ash with plenty of muscles holding massive treasure chests with gold and Berries inside. The more she dreamed, the more she started to drool. She now envisioned herself with Ash in a tuxedo and her in a shoulder-less white cross of a wedding dress and a one-piece swimsuit designed with flower patterns. She also wore a skirt that only covered her back while wearing white flower-pattern nylon stockings and laced stiletto heels. Both kissed in her dream with her breasts massaging his chest. Nami's drool in reality spilled onto the deck. "Nami?" Robin's call didn't stir her. She snapped her fingers which snapped Nami back to the present. She now noticed the drool.

"Oh, god!" She wiped the drool. "Sorry." Robin giggled, not minding the dream.

"All is good." Suddenly, a laugh.

"Feh… fehfehfehfehfeh!" laughed a man. Hearing the laugh, all turned to the sound, even bringing out Chopper from the men's room. What came was a massive ship with plenty of sails including a purple one which looked to have a drawing of a cartoon-like fox and "KITSUNE" written near it. The Straw Hats realized who appeared.

"It's the Sexy Foxy?!" gasped Usopp. "How?!" That's when from the other ship came a man in a purple robe and orange overalls holding a round body. His raven hair had two spikes split from the center. He had a red nose and a rectangular chin. His ship stopped by the Sunny.

"Well, well, if it isn't my former adversaries from two years ago: Luffy and the Straw Hat crew." Luffy came to meet the man while Nami recognized who he was.

"Foxy and the Foxy pirates?" she identified. To Luffy, it was like an old friend visiting.

"Split-Head!" he misidentified. "We missed you!" Foxy curled in a fetal position, upset to the naming.

"He… still… calls… me… Split-Head?" he cried. A gorilla-like man and a turquoise-haired woman rushed to Foxy's aid. The giant man wore a beanie cap and suspenders to keep his yellow pants on. The woman wore an open pink jumpsuit over a pink and magenta bikini, along with a giant cotton ball on her striped hat. Both wore black eye masks.

"This is a rather unsettling surprise," Robin said.

"Tell me about it," Nami groaned. "What the hell are they doing here?" Citing history, Usopp had an idea.

"Oh, I know what they're doing here," he assumed. "It's another Davy Back Fight! Sorry, but you'll have to challenge us another-" Foxy, now recovered, laughed.

"Perish the thoughts, young Straw Hats!" he scoffed. "I, Silver Fox Foxy, come in peace this time around." None of the Straw Hats were willing to accept his reason. "Allow me to clarify: There have been rumors of a new Straw Hat aboard your vessel that have itched our interest." The turquoise-haired looked around on the ship as Zoro wasn't sure to trust Foxy's word.

"You came to meet us on a rumor?" he guessed skeptically. The turquoise-haired became anxious and shoved Foxy as more women came out. Everyone wore the same mask.

"Where is he?!" the turquoise-haired woman excitedly wondered. "Where's the Beastman?!" None of the women could see Ash who he and Pikachu spotted the sail in curiosity.

"Come on out, Beastman!" they excitedly called out. Seeing all the women on board, Sanji couldn't hold himself back from meeting the women on the visiting ship. His eyes now hearts, he tore his top and showed his slim body.

"I'm the Beastman you seek, my Foxies!" he proposed. "Allow me to be your prey~!" To the women, Sanji wasn't who they sought.

"NOT ON YOUR LIFE!" Foxy recovered again and urged the women to back away, still wincing from the pile.

"Sorry…" he apologized. "Anyway, we heard rumors of you guys having a new member on board, a so-called Beastman. I believe his name was… Ash, if I remember his 75 million Berry bounty." Luffy snapped his fingers in knowing who they sought.

"I know who you're talking about!" he remembered. "Yeah, Ash Ketchum is one of us alright. He's awesome and his beasts are actually Pokémon he brought from another world! You should see them-" Nami clubbed Luffy in the head with her staff as all but Robin grew angry at Luffy's rambling.

"DON'T TELL HIM THAT, YOU IDIOT!" they snapped.

"Oops…" Foxy grew more intrigued to meeting Ash and his Pokémon.

"Ash Ketchum, eh?" he repeated the name. "Well, these women are practically dying to see him. I hope you don't mind bringing him-" Before Foxy finished, Ash opened the door to get a better look at the Sexy Foxy. He emerged topless and Pikachu perched itself on the shoulder.

"Hey, Luf-ster!" he called. "What's with the ship from the window?" The Foxy women gawked to seeing Ash without his vest on. They shrieked in delight to finding the Beastman. "Oh boy…" The women jumped ship to ship and raced after Ash who closed and locked the bathroom door as the girls tried to pry it open. Sanji wasn't fortunate as he became trampled again by the mob. Foxy had to calm the mob down.

"Ladies, you won't get a piece if everyone rushes at once. Everyone return." Each of the girls returned to the vessel but the turquoise-haired.

"It's safe now!" she assured. "You can come on out." Foxy came on board to which Ash opened the door to meet the new pirates.

"Ash Ketchum, I do apologize for the rude acknowledgment," he swore. "I'm Silver Fox Foxy, but you can call me Foxy. By me is my longtime crew woman, Porche. We became interested with the new recruit and came to meet in peace." Ash became fascinated to learning about the Foxy Pirates.

"Really?" he awed.

"Come on the Sexy Foxy and you'll see." The women on the Sexy Foxy prompted Porche to suggest one more thing. Porche leaned toward Ash's ear.

"And don't worry about wearing a top," she advised. "It's a great look for you." Ash nodded while the turquoise-haired snatched Pikachu. "You're such an adorable rodent!" She rubbed cheek-to-cheek with the Pokémon. Pikachu didn't like the rubbing.

"Take it easy on Pikachu!" warned Ash. The turquoise-haired lifted Pikachu from her face.

"Pikachu, huh? I wanna call you Pika-Cheeks!" She resumed her cuddling, but more gently. This made Pikachu smile. The women viewed Ash now coming out.

"Is it just me or did the Beastman buff up?" one woman noticed.

"Oh, my god!" another woman saw. "He's beefcake compared to his poster!"

"I call dibs to rub his pecs!" one more woman shrilled. Foxy turned to the other Straw Hats.

"Normally, a Davy Back Fight would be in order, especially against you for him," he began. "But we've been in several Davy Back Fights beforehand and our crew's a bit on the sore side. Instead, how about we have a feast on the Sexy Foxy?" Sanji lit a cigarette, mulling to Ash's luck.

"I don't get it," he groaned. "What makes him so special?" The turquoise-haired turned to a sound from the men's room and with Pikachu in her arm, opened the door to find Chopper cowering inside.

"Choppy!" she squealed. She ran in to snatch Chopper, much to his chagrin.

"Not again!" he cried.

"Typical of Porche to go after Chopper like a deranged pet owner," Nami witnessed. Proche came out with Pikachu and Chopper in her arms. Chopper couldn't break free from Porche's grip. Pikachu squeaked to Chopper, trying to calm him down.

"You have no idea what she's capable of doing," the reindeer whined. All boarded the other ship and Foxy made sure to give the Straw Hats space. That's when Ash saw some not-so human pirates like a green-skinned redhead man in yellow. His pointy nose made Ash a little nervous.

"I don't think that's human, right?" he asked Zoro.

"Capote's a fishman," he explained. "They're not as uncommon around here. In fact, there are plenty of fishmen in existence." Ash blinked to the name.

"Fishmen? Oh boy." Everyone on the Sexy Foxy gathered in the mess hall.

"I'm sure we can have pirates like us come together once in a while for some peace," Foxy wished. Ash had company with Porche and several of Foxy's girls at his seat, much to Sanji's and Brook's growing chagrin.

"It's not fair!" they complained. Porche fed Ash despite wanting to eat by himself.

"Open wide…" she urged. Surrendering, Ash continued the feeding. Having a moment with all the pirates on hand, Foxy wanted to know more about Ash.

"So, how did you find this sea, Ash?" he asked. Ash explained from his finding of Doubloon Island in his world to being separated from his friends, Misty and Tracey. He also brought up how he save the Straw Hats by mistake and became part of the crew. "I see. Well, I'm actually glad to see that it wasn't a mistake you're regretting… though it does upset me that you weren't part of my crew." Ash shrugged his shoulders.

"What can I do? By the way, what's up with your sail? It looks so… goofy."

"Well, this is a punishment for losing a Davy Back Fight." Ash cringed to Foxy's defeat. "Though Straw Hat gave me a new Jolly Roger, and it's been with me ever since."

"Still, I think it deserves better." Suddenly, Porche had an idea.

"Maybe you can let me ride your dragon," she suggested. Ash itched his head to the idea.

"Porche, Charizard's not a dragon."

"Still, I wanna ride it! Consider it a feel for Pokémon."

"Okay!" Ash and Porche stepped out where Ash released Charizard. Seeing its trainer, Charizard wondered about the ordeal. "Think you can give Porche a ride? She wants to know the feel of riding a Pokémon in the air." Charizard nodded and craned to let Porche hop on with Ash's boost. With a jump, Porche began to fly with Charizard.

"Whoa!" Everyone came out to see Porche on Charizard.

"It's a shame your Charizard isn't a dragon, no?" questioned Foxy.

"I don't mind," Ash huffed. "Though, you could say Charizard's attitude's better since battling that Poliwrath." Porche felt freedom and even released her hold on Charizard. That move made her plummet. She screamed and Sanji jumped into action.

"Porche!" he yelled as he started to run up on thin air like running up a staircase. Ash dashed to position himself should Sanji miss.

"Sanji's using his Sky Walk!" pointed Chopper. Sanji was within reach and extended his arms out. It looked like a save but Porche slipped through his arms.

"Crap!" Ash slowed down in position as Charizard raced to save her as well. That's when Ash slid, catching Porche before she hit the deck.

"Gotcha!" he grunted. Sanji landed but felt he let Porche die. That's when…

"You saved me, Ash!" greeted Porche as she pelted Ash with kisses. In his arms like a groom holding a bride, Porche got closer to his face. "My hero!" She planted one to the lips. Foxy laughed to the scene as Porche's tongue tasted inside his mouth.

"Now that is what I call a Beastman!" After everyone settled down, the women brought Pikachu new duds. He wore a red bandanna and a blue fatigue shirt. "Ash, I thank you for making sure my Porche is safe."

"Not a problem," Ash replied.

"In fact, you deserve a special reward." That's when Foxy connected his thumb, middle and ring fingers and pointed to Ash with a grin. Ash blinked, not sure what to expect. "Slow-Slow Beam!" Pink beams emerged and struck Ash.

"That's not good…" gulped Nami. "Now Ash will be slow for 30 seconds." The Foxy women, all with hearts for eyes behind their masks, stormed and a parade of kisses got Ash as he couldn't move much. All the girls kissed Ash while he couldn't move. The last girl kissed him and suddenly, lipstick emerged on his face, his lips, his shoulders and his chest.

"Man, those girls can be vicious," Nami joked. Ash returned to normal movement with a lot of make-up on him. The Straw Hats returned to the Sunny and the Sexy Foxy seemed to be taking off. The girls continued to make Ash blush with calls like "Sweetie Pie", "Honey Bun", "Ashy Poo" and others.

"That was one of their nicer moments," Luffy noted.

"Yeah, no Davy Back Fight," Usopp listed. "No losing crew members… A nice day all around."

"For your information, I'm the one covered in all this make-up," whined Ash. "I need another bath." That's when Luffy remembered something else.

"Hold on," he spoke up before stretching his arm out and pulling an Afro wig. "When I fought Split-Head before, I wore this." The others gulped to the wig.

"Luffy, why did you bring that out!" scorned Nami. Rather than answer, Luffy placed the wig on Ash's head. Something inside him caused an alteration.

"So…" Ash muttered. "So funky! I feel a jive coursing through my head and my soul has a craving for more!" Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, Sanji, Franky and Brook felt the surging soul from Ash. Nami and Zoro weren't pleased. Robin had a chuckle.

"It's bad enough when Luffy does it," Zoro groaned. "We don't need Ash to follow. It's bad enough with one idiot." Ash received praise from the Foxy pirates. Who else would befriend the Beastman?

TO BE CONTINUED...