Everyone except Kuina and Kuro looked at Nico Robin with shock.
"What does that mean?" Robin questioned Kuro with a confident smile.
Kuro put his face on his hand and looked down at her, "Listen Robin Hood, I'm a pirate. Now you may be thinking I got paid big time after helping saved a country but I didn't."
Kuro looked at Nami, "We didn't get paid right Nami?"
Nami thought about it and realized, "Yeah we didn't get paid!"
"Is that what we're suppose to be worrying about!?" Usopp cried.
Chopper hugged Usopp fearfully, "Is she really a deadly assassin?"
Usopp realized what Chopper said and tried to hide behind Kuina.
Chopper followed after him and hid behind him.
They stared at Nico Robin fearfully.
"As you should know mister Kuro, my name is not Robin Hood and I hope you'll stop calling me that," Nico Robin smiled.
Kuro looked at her strangely, "The heck you mean, if you're not Robin Hood, then who stole my money?"
Robin became lost, "I don't know who stole your money but I assure you it's not me."
Kuro looked at her suspiciously, "If you're not Robin Hood, who are you?"
"My name is Nico Robin," Robin introduced herself to the crew.
"Ah ha," Kuro pointed, "That's exactly what the real Robin Hood would say. You won't fool me twice!"
Robin rubbed her head with her hand, "It's really frustrating talking with you, I want to talk to your captain."
Robin turned to Luffy with a smile, "I would like to join your band of pirate crew. Since you took out Crocodile, I've lost my protection so that's your fault. You hold responsibility for my protection and you'll accept that won't you?"
"Accepted," Sanji swooned.
"We've only met her, we can't do that!" Nami shark teethed.
Luffy looked at Robin carefully and turned to Kuina with a smile, "I think she's a good person what do you think?"
Kuina smiled while looking at Robin, "She reminds me of Nami, so I think she's a good person."
"Why do you and Kuro keep saying people remind you of me?" Nami sweat dropped.
"Cause they just do." Kuina smiled.
"Does that mean she's a good person!" Chopper exclaimed.
"I guess yeah," Usopp lost his fears and stared.
"Wahhhh!" Sanji cried with heart eyes.
Zoro wanted to cringe at Sanji.
Luffy looked back at Robin and smiled, "Welcome aboard then, can you tell us what you can do?"
Robin nodded with a calm smile, "I'm an archeologist, I can do assassination, spying, espionage, and many other things."
"Eeeeeeeeee!" Usopp and Chopper became scared of Robin again.
"Archeologist? What's that?" Luffy questioned with a head tilt.
"They dig up dinosaur bones," Kuro elaborated.
"Oh," Luffy fisted his palm in understanding but then became confused, "Why?"
Kuro shrugged, "Beats me, just another weirdo in the crew I guess."
Robin sweat dropped and wanted to explain but decided not to.
Since Kuro was trolling her, she decided to do a little trolling herself.
"You seem quite an interesting individual, mind telling me about yourself since I've told you all about myself," Robin smiled.
Luffy looked at Kuro and suddenly realized he wanted to hear Kuro's backstory on how Kuro was able to do all the cool and weird things he did.
"Sure," Kuro sighed, "But only because Cap is interested."
Kuro cleared his throat and started his story.
"You see, it all began on the day I was born. My grandfather was found a criminal and had to flee with my father. The two of them became pirates."
Kuina and Zoro immediately knew Kuro was bullshitting but wanted to see where he went with this.
"My father and grandfather died at sea as pirates. My mother couldn't afford to feed me and Kuina so she joined the marines."
Chopper tearing up at the story.
"With the benefits given to marines, my mom was able to take care of me and Kuina."
Hearing good things, Chopper started smiling while wiping his tears.
"But one day, Kuina tripped down the stairs and was badly injured."
Everyone looked at Kuina saw her smiling with her eyes closed.
Zoro held back his laugh.
"My mom couldn't afford treatment for Kuina so we got stuck. In the end, someone my mom knew suggested I join Cipher Pol at a young age. In exchange, Kuina would be given free treatment."
Robin's eyes widened but quickly regain her calm.
"My mom at first refused, but after hearing about it, I convinced her and joined Cipher Pol."
Kuina wondered when Kuro came up with the story.
"At the Cipher Pol academy, it was a dog eat dog world. I had to be tough as the world government tried to break me into submission."
Tears started forming on Usopp eye's as he tried to hide it.
"Thinking about my mom and Kuina gave me strength, strength that allowed me to survive and become one of the top ten graduates."
Ok, Zoro felt he had to see where this story went.
"As one of the top ten graduates, I was given the title Catalyst Nine. Together with the other ten Catalyst, we were called the seed of apocalypse."
Luffy's eyes widened, there seemed to be so much mystery that he didn't want to hear a spoil but at the same time wanted to hear it.
Robin was skeptical but took in the information calmly.
"Seeing that we were too powerful, the world government thought of disposing of us. But as the revolutionary army grew stronger, they decided to keep us in a dormant state for when they needed us."
Nami was shocked, she never knew there was such a secret.
Robin wondered how Kuro was here if he was in a dormant state.
"One day, a new pirate king was crowned."
Everyone stopped and processed the information.
Kuro looked to have been born around the time Gold Roger died though.
Seeing that Kuro was most likely telling a fake story, Luffy looked at him with expectant eyes expecting him to continue.
Robin felt like she had been fooled, of course, he wouldn't reveal his origin so easily.
Everyone else sighed inside as they continued listening.
"The pirate king attacked the world government out of anger one day. The world government awakened us to fight him."
Usopp focused more on Kuro's words wondering how the battle was going to turn out.
"The pirate king was too much for us. By the order of the world government, we combined together and brought forth Apocalyse."
Chopper became awed along with Usopp.
"The fight was Heavens Fell, it was long and brutal, but in the end, the pirate king won."
Everyone did not expect that, since Kuro was a friend from their perspective, he should have won.
"My sister who was part of the pirate king's crew remembered me and the pirate king spared me."
Kuro looked solemn and everyone felt they would believe him if they didn't know the facts.
"The revolutionary army swooped in after the battle and won. I was forced to flee with the remnant of the world government."
This shouldn't be how the story ends since Kuro was with them, was what everyone thought.
"The remnant of the world government made a plan to get back on top after their defeat, they decided to make another super-being far more powerful than Apocalypse."
Everyone held their breath wondering who the new super being was going to be.
"Using cloning and merging technology made by Vegapunk, the word government created a super being named Armageddon."
Armageddon, it sounded very powerful was what everyone thought.
"Armageddon had the blood of Fishmen, Lunarian, Giant, Mink, and all sorts of other races."
Everyone thought of how powerful a being like that could be.
"As the world quaked and trembled, the pirate king knew this was going to be a tough battle and many people came to help."
Everyone thought of all the strong figures in the world they could at the battle.
"Armageddon decimated them," Kuro said solemnly.
"What!" Luffy yelled.
"I thought they were going to win!" Usopp cried.
"It can't be!" Chopper yelled.
"We should let him continue," Robin smiled as she wondered where this fake story was going.
"Yeah, we should," Kuina smiled at the thought of hitting Kuro's head after this.
Kuro obliged their wishes.
"Seeing his crewmates about to be killed, the pirate king did something inconceivable."
Everyone's eyes widened a little, wondering what was so inconceivable for the pirate king to do.
"The pirate king decided to fight dirty and fed Armageddon a devil fruit."
"What's so inconceivable about that?" Nami shark teethed.
"Must be one honorable pirate," Zoro smirked.
"I guess Armageddon drowns then?" Robin questioned.
Kuro nodded solemnly and continued.
"As Armageddon was sinking into the sea, it grabbed the pirate king and tried to drag him down with it."
Kuro rested his face on his hand and smiled, "My sister rushed in and managed to save the pirate king."
"Everyone lived happily ever after?" Robin questioned with a smile.
Kuro shook his head and continued with a sad face.
"After the battle, the pirate king was greatly injured and tired. I was forced and ordered by the world government to kill him."
Everyone took a breath wondering if Kuro would succeed.
"My sister found out why I was under the control of the world government and ended her life."
Everyone became quiet as Kuina thought about how hard she would hit Kuro's head after this.
"Let's just say I did a lot of unpleasant things to the world government before they managed to regain control of me again."
Chopper became further sad at what was happening to fake story Kuro.
"With the half-dead pirate king bearing his anger upon them, the world government activated a faulty time machine Vegapunk made."
Everyone's thoughts stopped and became blank.
"They gave me a mission, get into the time machine and stop Ohara's destruction so that the revolutionary army wouldn't be formed."
There was just no way this story was real was what everyone thought as shock dawned on them.
Robin had the most frightened reaction which she hid very well.
She started to wonder how this story was going to play out since Ohara was destroyed.
Kuro smiled, "Unfortunately for them, before I was sent back, the pirate king managed to break their control over me. I was sent back to the past before Ohara's destruction. Unfortunately, as a baby, I couldn't really do anything besides watch it play out. With my knowledge and experience, I helped Kuina and Zoro get stronger from the ground up to become bounty hunters and then joined Luffy's crew to be where I am today."
"There's no way," Kuina bluntly stated.
"What was the pirate king's name?" Luffy questioned quietly and everyone looked at him.
"You don't want spoilers do you Cap?" Kuro smiled.
"Nope," Luffy grinned and laughed.
Everyone took a breath, either Kuro was a truther, a liar, or both.
Usopp thought of something, "How was the time machine faulty?"
Everyone became curious and looked at Kuro.
Kuro smiled, "I shouldn't have survived childbirth since the time machine wasn't really a time machine. I won't speak much about it but I met someone closer than an enemy after I was reborn."
"That seems like a riddle," Sanji thought out loud.
"Someone closer than enemies," Robin thought out loud, "It must be a friend."
Robin looked at Kuro, "Am I right?"
Kuro had his mouth gaping, and everyone enjoyed the sight.
Kuro laughed, "You're right."
Robin enjoyed the moment of victory, "What's their name?"
Kuro scratched his head sheepishly, "I don't know his name, but everyone here knows him as Trust Me Bro."
Everyone took a deep breath, could it be true or was Kuro a very good liar?
Usopp felt that not even he could make his lies that believable.
Robin looked at Kuro thoughtfully, "I can't seem to tell if you're lying or telling the truth."
"It seems you like being an interrogator," Kuro replied with a grin.
Luffy decided Robin needed some backup and turned to Kuina.
Kuina understood and nodded.
She used her full observation haki and stared at Kuro, "Was all of that the truth Kuro?"
Kuro shrugged with a smile, "I don't know, you tell me," Kuro gazed back.
Kuina stopped using her observation haki, "The story was fake, but only because the person telling it didn't believe it. Either the person who told the story to him was a liar or something else entirely."
Kuina smiled as she stared at Kuro, "Whether it was real or not, it was very thought-provoking."
Kuro clapped his hand happily, "I bet it was so thought-provoking you forgot to hit me on the head."
Kuina immediately realized this and rushed toward Kuro faster than the eye can see.
Kuro knew he couldn't dodge and took it laughing.
From the wreckage, they heard something very disturbing from Kuro, "Ooooooooo harder Daddy!"
Kuina became surprised, "Son?!"
Robin watched everyone's reaction and wondered if they were seeing the same shit she was seeing.
From the look on their faces and the laughing Luffy, she determined yes.
