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Bold is for attacks.

Steve's POV

After our first day in the New World produced nothing but open sea so we packed it up for the night. Before I could go to bed Lil asked me to tell her a story. I made up a goofy little tale about a princess and her knight in shining armor, cleverly named after myself.

"I'm twelve not five." Lil giggled "This is the story about how you saved Mama at Enies Lobby."

"So what it's still a great story." I shrugged "It's how I got this scar."

I showed her the cut on my stomach.

"Taking a Six King Gun to the gut really hurts." I told her.

"That's what you used to stop that Lion in the plaza." Lil commented.

"Yep the strongest of the Six Powers techniques."

"You did it when you looked like…that." Lil said pulling her pillow up by her knees.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Lil poked my arms "They are…Hugs just…aren't the same…"

"I'm sorry Lil." I told her "If you touched them, you'd get burnt."

"I just don't like you when you look like that." She said "All scary and stuff."

"Sorry." I hugged her "I'll try to keep it to a minimum."

I kissed Lil on the forehead and told her to get some sleep. I turned out the light and headed to my own room. Robin was already under the comforter reading a book. Robin closed her book and turned out the light when I got in the bed.

She suddenly kissed me rather aggressively.

"Whoa." I said when she pulled away "Did you ask me to start sleeping in this bed so you could have your way with me?"

"Only in your dreams." She said closing her eyes and laying her head on a pillow "That was just a kiss goodnight."

I turned over and tried to fall asleep. I was a little nervous, I had never slept in the same bed as a woman before, or at least not that I was sober enough to remember. As a result, I had no idea where I was supposed to put my arm or how to not wake Robin in my sleep.

"Is something wrong?" Robin asked clearly sensing my unease.

"I just…have no clue what I'm supposed to do." I admitted embarrassed.

"Your youthful innocence is part of why I love you so much…Here." Robin took my arm and wrapped it around her waist "There all better."

"Is it really that great to be the older one in this relationship?" I asked.

"Being older than you keeps me feeling young." She mumbled.

"You're only 30 stop acting like you in your 60's."

"Still it's…nice to have someone so young with me…"

"I'm only 20."

"Having someone so young." Robin grinned at me "Really turns me on."

Robin went back to sleep and I relaxed and held her.

She's such a tease!

This feel so perfect…Robin right next to me so I know where she is…safe with me.

The following afternoon.

We were headed towards wherever Nami had selected. Everyone was relaxing on the deck drinking and celebrating Cherry Blossoms or something. Zoro was boozing it up and Rose was spectating. Wyper was at the helm while Franky and Luffy played around with Chopper and Lil. Brook played some music and I relaxed on the grass while Robin was up tending to her flowers.

The Cherry blossom petals were filling the air along with a strange stench.

"Bleh!" Chopper whined.

"Oh no Chopper." Lil ran over to check on him "What's wrong?"

"I'm gonna die." The little deer moaned.

"What?" I asked confused.

"You all tuckered out?" Franky asked.

"Maybe someone spiked his drink." Zoro pondered.

I just gave him a look "Yeah because one of us poisoned Chopper's milk…"

"I have an idea." Brook spoke up.

"You're saying you know who did this to him?" Franky asked.

"No…a song, I call it Poison Milk"

"Will you shut up?" Rose growled.

Lil had rested Chopper in her lap while trying to help him.

"You know the Sake tastes kinda funny to." Zoro said "Unless it's supposed to taste like that?"

Why don't you try it…you know double check?

I shook the thought from my mind and sniffed the air.

"Smells funny…" I mumbled.

I looked to the upper deck where Robin was and saw Usopp was spraying insecticide on his plants.

"Up there." I pointed out to Luffy.

"Usopp! Stop killing the crew!" Luffy whined "Chopper and Zoro got poison in their drinks because of you."

Usopp walked to the edge of the railing "Well if it kills you then it means you're an insect!"

"Well Chopper you're a deer not an insect." Lil said "You should be fine."

"You're right I'm still alive." Chopper said as the life suddenly returned to his body.

They do know that stuff's harmful to humans, right?

Chopper went back to sipping his milk "It's kinda bitter, this must be what they say when something has a mature flavor."

"I'm mature let me try." Luffy said snatching the bottle.

"Really you mature?" I raised an eyebrow "Who fed ya that line?"

"Tastes gross." Luffy said flapping his tongue.

Franky started to walk to the other end of the ship.

"Oh dear." Brook said "Captain Cherry Tree is getting away. If he leaves the Cherry Blossom season will end."

"Hey I say when it ends because I'm captain." Luffy yelled.

"Can you guys keep it down" Nami yelled "Turn off the stupid for ten seconds would ya?"

Sanji snapped at us for having fun and 'disturbing' Nami. The second Luffy heard Sanji offer to make Nami a snack he was begging for one too, soon everyone was asking for snacks.

"Fix your own damn deserts!" Sanji yelled.

"You're the chef it's your job!" I snapped back.

The ship was suddenly covered in a dark overcast. Luffy stated yelling and saying that Usopp had poisoned his meat.

"I stopped spraying a while ago." Usopp said.

"Is it snowing?" I wondered as something fell from the sky.

"It's not really cold enough is it?" Wyper asked.

"I'll figure it out." Nami said sticking her hand out "This is…volcanic ash?"

"Ash?!"

We took a quick second to assess the situation. Ash was falling from the clouds above and Nami's log pose was freaking out.

"It got that stuff all over me. Bleck!" Chopper whined.

"It would be bad for your fur to leave it like that." Robin told the little guy "We can take a bath together later okay."

"A BATH?!" Sanji screamed.

"TOGETHER?!" Brook added.

"What the hell?!" I snapped.

"Today's not my bath day but I suppose I'll have to make an exception." Chopper told her.

"Let me take a bath with you as well!" Brook begged Chopper "It is of the utmost importance, I'm filthy! Not only that but I'm gross as well, when have you ever seen something as disgusting as me?!"

Brook fell to the ground sobbing.

"He depressed himself." Lil pointed out.

"It's okay Brook I'll take a bath with you if you want." Chopper apologized.

"I love you Chopper." The skeleton said reassured.

"HEY~!" Luffy yelled "We know where we're going so set sail!"

When I got up to the main deck Franky was already taking directions from Nami on which way to go.

"Don't ignore me Nami!" Usopp whined.

"Rather than complain I suggest you start to prepare." I told him "You can't change his mind so accept it, man up and get prepared…but we can try to avoid the erupting volcanos."

"Woah!" Luffy yelled.

"What now?" I asked.

"There's a guy over there!" he said.

I looked over the edge of the ship and sure enough there was a guy drifting along on some wood.

"Hurry we need to help him." Chopper said running downstairs.

"Slow down kid!" Wyper said going after him.

When I got down into the under portion of the boat Chopper was already doing a brief examination of the guy Luffy had fished out. This guy was big, muscular, had purple hair and a hulking metal arm.

"It's huge compared to mine." Rose said looking at it "But I bet it doesn't have a ton of tools inside it."

"I hate to say this." Nami started "but I think you picked up trouble again…I mean just look at these scars, and what's up with that arm."

I touched the arm and I felt a migraine come on.

"It's made of Seastone." I told them.

"If this guy's got a sea prism stone weapon you know what that means." Nami told us.

"That he's super awesome!" Wyper and Franky nodded.

"No that he was built to fight Devil Fruit users." I groaned back "The chances just went up that this guy is an enemy."

"Well just throw him back then." Zoro suggested.

"NO!" Chopper yelled.

"Very well." Rose said "But he might kill you when he wakes up…make himself a nice reindeer hat."

"I don't care. I'm a doctor and this is my job." Chopper said.

"It's fine." Luffy told him "If he's a problem we'll just kick his ass. This is kinda exciting."

"I prefer a much calmer form of excitement." I told him.

Zoro and Sanji helped Chopper move the guy into the med bay. I was a little nervous about him so I insisted that I wait in there with Luffy.

Rose's POV

Wyper and Franky kept moving the ship while we waited on that guy in the infirmary. I was up on the railing by Zoro and Sanji.

"We caught a big one boys." I lowered my eyes towards the window "Be ready."

"I wonder what he's got in store for us." Zoro said eyeing the door.

My fleshy arm was twitching…something was about to happen I could feel it.

As if on cue a loud crash could be heard from interior.

"Luffy!"

When we got inside it was clear that guy had woken up and throw both Luffy and my brother through the wall.

"Nami get outta here." Sanji commanded.

"Do your best!"

"The Seastone crap hurts like hell." Steve mumbled.

"Get up." The man commanded "Before I kill you tell me why you became a criminal."

My brother and Luffy just smirked.

"To be King of the Pirates that's why." The both told him.

The man pulled back for a punch "DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!"

The two dodged and that one punch destroyed the floor under them.

He's incredibly strong.

I dashed forward with Zoro and Sanji and took a few swings at the guy, all of which were blocked by his massive arm.

Steve jumped over me and poked the air rapidly "Finger Pistol Gatling!"

The strikes bounced off his skin and left not even a dent. The crazy guy took a swing at Steve.

"IRON BODY!"

Steve was hit and slid across the floor before coughing up whatever he had recently eaten.

"Fuck…that hurt…"

I jumped up to try and surprise him from behind but he just grabbed me and threw me to the ground.

How is he so fast! If everyone in the New World is like this…we might be screwed.

Suddenly the ship was rocked to the side.

"We're under attack!" Wyper yelled.

Through the window I saw two people board the ship, and confront those out on the deck.

"I guess they made it!" the attacker in our room smirked.

"Get out there and help them!" Steve yelled at Usopp and Brook "We'll deal with this!"

Lil's POV

The ship was broadsided by another galleon of some kind. Two people boarded the ship, a man and a woman. I pulled out my baton and got ready to fight.

"My name is Ain, the vice admiral of the Neo Marines." The woman introduced herself "our fleet has you surrounded, don't resist."

"OW!" Franky yelled "When you say don't resist that just makes us wanna fight!"

Franky went forward and I cracked a stone.

"The Snake: Cassiopeia!"

A figure appeared; she had the top half of a woman but the tail of a snake.

"Young Missssssss." She hissed.

"Dance to my command!" I yelled "Attack that man!"

"Yessssss."

I sent the snake forward and she slashed at the man with her claws.

*HISS!* She spit poison at him but he was so fast even that mist missed.

Wyper jumped in, the big metal gloves her wore spun and lined up another dial.

"Axe X Impact: Crushing Guillotine!" Wyper's blast went off but it had missed meaning that instead of our opponent a portion of the deck got a huge gash in it.

The guy did some funny dance and the grass came alive and snagged Cass, Wyper and Franky. The vines must have been incredibly tight because even Wyper's jet boots didn't break them and Cass disappeared in a glimmer of light.

"Cassiopeia!"

Who else can I use…Titan is too big…Icarus…no that won't work…I can't focus…focus…that's it!

"The Dog: Nasus!"

A large man dog in light golden armor holding a scepter appeared.

"How may I serve you."

"Slow him down!" I commanded moving my arm to conduct him.

Nasus raised his staff "Wither and Rot…"

A swarm of locusts appeared and started to slow the plant guy down. It was at that point I noticed that even though Nasus had slowed him there was no one to attack. Nami and Chopper we nowhere to be found and Franky, Brook, Wyper and Usopp we still tied down.

"You're a Devil Fruit user aren't you? What did you do to Nami?" Mama asked the woman who was bent over by her hands.

I saw Nami jacket move and then I saw it a tiny Nami…not so much Tiny but younger…like younger than me.

"It's the Return-Return Fruit!" Nasus yelled "Get away from her!"

"Mama pull your hands back!"

"Return."

It was too late, that woman had touched Mama's arm.

Nothing seemed to change accept that Robin got a little shorter and her…umm female proportions diminished.

"My power is that of The Return-Return Fruit" the woman explained "With one touch I can regress the age of anything or anyone by 12 years. That would make you 18 if I had to guess. Two more touches and you would cease to exist."

"Existence…erased…" Mama mumbled before her eyes went wide.

I gasped as the woman appeared before me in an instant.

"Don't touch her!" Mama screamed.

I'm twelve…I won't…exist…

"Rah!" Nasus smacked the woman over the head with his staff "Don't come any closer to the Young Miss."

"Thank you Nasus." I said reading myself.

"You must remain focused." He said "Don't not let her get near anyone else."

The kitchen suddenly exploded and sent the five who were inside it flying out onto the deck. Papa landed near me and the others back by the bench. They were instantly grabbed and pinned to the ground by the vines.

Steve's POV

"Damn." I growled sitting up.

Everything was burning and something was wrong with Nami and Chopper. I looked up and saw the guy had Luffy caught in his mega arm.

Only the second day…was all that work for nothing…

"You think you can be King of the Pirates, you can't even defend your own ship. At least tell me your name boy."

"It's…Monkey D. Luffy."

"Oh I see…Garp's kid…"

The nut threw Luffy onto the deck next to me. The attackers were already planning to sink the ship.

"I am Zed! Leader of the Neo Marines!" the man finally introduced himself "I'm gonna destroy every pirate in this damn world."

There was a brief silence.

"Let's see you survive this!"

The nearby ships started firing on us as the attackers withdrew to their ships.

"Get back here!" I yelled after them.

The ship was getting blasted to bits and thrown back and forth. Luffy was out cold and most of the others were tied down by vines.

"We have to go now!" Robin yelled at me.

"GRRRR! FRANKY!"

I ran over and burnt his bindings

"Get us outta here now!"

I went up front and opened my mouth

"Brimstone!" I blasted a few cannon balls away.

"Come on Sunny I believe in ya!" Franky yelled pulling the lever "Coup De Burst!

The ship took off and just barely held together when we hit the water. I sat on the stairs and surveyed the damage. Sunny was in tatters. Somehow Nami and Chopper had been turned into little kids and Robin looked younger than me. Luffy had gotten the crap kicked out of him and I wasn't much better off.

"Just…get us to port." I told Franky.

AN

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