Training and The City of Water I

Luna pulled out her keys from her sash and opened the small black chest she took under her bed. Out of the other two chests, this one was the one Luna didn't open from the moment she locked it after her country destroyed. There were more personal things than the other two. The gold insignia ring that her grandfather made himself, and worn by her father, her brother, and herself in time. The necklace, that was meant to be gifted to her by Leo on their fifteenth birthday. Private letters and some family pictures. The seed of her mother's white tree. She wanted to sow it besides Leo's grave one day, so she hid it until now. Pushing aside a couple of more things too, Luna finally took out the hairpin.

It was a black color and eighteen centimeters long. There was a white lotus flower on top of it made of a white diamond. The hairpin itself was made of seastone. It was an elegant hairpin any young woman would love, yet, Luna didn't even know just how many people she was assassinated with it. It was a gift from her father for her to use it specifically for that reason. She didn't even know why did she keep it.

As her finger moved to its diamond lotus flower, 'My little lotus flower!' her father's voice rang in her ears for a moment. Luna let a sigh ''Oh, well... I'm going to need it now'' she murmured to herself as she made a messy bun with the hairpin before she locked the chest and pushed it under her bed. She then took a few strips of black cloth and got out of the girl's room.

All other straw hats were on the shore and sitting there comfortably while waiting for Luna, who said she would bring the last things they were going to need after she came back about six sticks with her.

When she came back though, she was sweat dropping at the sight she saw.

''Is this much enough?'' Chopper asked Luffy as he was looking too innocent

''Who knows...'' Luffy answered with a thoughtful look before he made a big smile ''Let's get more! There were a lot of sticks!''

''We don't need that much of a stick!'' Luna shout out before they left for more. There was a pile of sticks, and Luna was sure that there were at least twenty or more.

''Eh? We don't?'' Luffy and Chopper asked at the same time, looking completely lost, causing Luna to let a sigh,

''No, we don't'' as she jumped off the ship and go towards there too

''What's these sticks and those clothes for?'' Zoro asked as he pointed out the black cloths in Luna's hand

''It's for the Observation Haki training,'' Luna answered with a big smile as she came beside them, ''We had to pair up, and one of you is going to be blindfolded while your partner won't be. The person who isn't blindfolded has to hit you in the head with one of these sticks.'' as she pointed out the pile of the sticks. While Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were looking at Luna with paled faces, ''The main goal of the person who is blindfolded is to dodge the incoming hit. And not just easily guess and move your head, but you have to clear your mind and try to expand your senses. You had to try to feel the life forces of those around you, and actually feel the hit and dodged it.'' she made a big smile then, looking too happy ''Long for short, you all going to hit until you learn to dodge~''

''Are you sure you don't want to kill us!?'' Usopp yelled out with a pale and frightened face

''What are you talking about?'' Luna asked with a neutral face, looking totally clueless ''Power won't come to you like it's nothing. You can't get stronger without doing this much.'' startling Usopp for a moment ''Either you're going to hit, or you're going to hope to awaken it in a life or death situation.'' while Usopp was debating what Luna said, and some glints of determination were coming into his eyes,

''Life or death situation?'' Sanji asked as he let a puff from his cigarette, ''You can awaken haki like that?''

''Sure,'' Luna casually answered before she explained more ''Intense training can awaken it, also an extreme shock and stress, or some can be born with the ability awakened, with no known training, but that's so rare.''

''Like Aisa...'' Nami said with a thoughtful expression as she remembered the little Aisa said she had been born with that ability

''Yeah... But it's not good to awaken the observation haki at those kinds of situations.'' Luna added

''Why not?'' Luffy asked as he had a confused expression

''Ugh... Well, you see...'' Luna thought about how to explain for a moment, ''I told you observation haki could sense emotions too, right?'' causing everyone to nod their heads. ''When someone awakens this ability unconsciously, they become vulnerable to passively empathizing with the negative emotions of others without having the proper mental fortitude.'' She said as they were all listening carefully ''This can be a traumatic experience for the user, especially in the context of several people dying, as the user will passively empathize with strong emotions of fear, pain, and hate... It's not a good experience.''

''So, one must train mentally too...'' Nami murmured as her eyes were staring at the sticks with a distant glint

''That was the thing you're best, right?'' Robin asked thoughtfully while thinking over the other techniques of observation haki ''I remember there were four usages; presence, strength, emotion, and intent sensing...''

''Yeah... I awakened at some war, so I was a little bit more sensitive to emotions and trained on that more. Man... wasn't that time a mess...'' she trail off as her eyes looked far away into the past for a moment before she shook her head ''Anyway, that's also why we're starting with observation. It's better for to learn like this, and it would be best to predict the enemy's movements in a fight before we strengthen your attacks with armament'' she said, causing them to made an understanding face, especially Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy since they were actually hoping to learn armament the first.

''Alright!'' Luna said with a big smile as she claps her hands, ''Let's pair up! We decided to stay here a week, and even that won't be enough!''

As they were pairing and picking up a stick and the black clothes Luna brought,

''What are you doing?'' Luffy asked as he saw Luna was tying her hairpin to a stick

''It's made of sea stone...'' Luna said before she looked at Luffy with a big smile ''If it's not hurting you, you wouldn't really have the will to dodge it, right?'' causing Luffy to gulp for a moment as his eyes slide to the sea stone tied stick

Soon, everyone was pair up. Luffy was with Luna, and as they decided to a hundred hit for one person, and change the positions after it, Luffy was going to endure two hundred hits since Luna didn't need to switch. He didn't have any compliments though, as he thought he was going to awaken it faster, not that it was that easy, but Luna didn't say anything to him. Zoro was with Sanji, and none of them knew if that was actually good or bad, but they were secretly happy since they now had a chance to hit each other with no one stopping them. Nami was with Robin as Usopp and Chopper were pair up with each other.

After the first hit they took, everyone knew that week was going to be extremely painful or quite fun for Luna.

xxx

After their first painful training, straw hats were made a big campfire on the night and relaxed.

It was quite fun actually, but the problem began when they started to tell different stories to each other. Robin scared the hell out of Usopp, Chopper, Nami, and Luna with her ghost story. It wasn't the story itself that actually frightened them, but the fact that she used her powers to made a fake ghost with a white sheet behind them just after she told her story. And if it's not enough, she took pictures of their terrified faces with the 'Vision Dial' that Usopp took after Luna wanted on the Sky Island. She gave the photos to Luna, saying that it would be a good addition to Luna's newly made 'Cute Picture Collection Album.' Luna wasn't sure, but she took it anyway.

But Robin's ghost story was also not the real problem.

In the morning, everything was normal. They had a good breakfast and began their training as Luna was also giving them some advice and explaining haki in more detail. It all happened when Sanji was preparing lunch.

They were on break. Zoro was napping after he drank a lot of sake. Nami, finally finding some quiet time, began to draw and fix her maps. Robin was relaxing with a book and a cup of coffee. Luffy and Usopp were playing around. Chopper came beside Luna, who's resting on the grass, to talk about something with her. It was about his devil fruit powers and the 'Rumble Ball' From what he knows, Luna knew a lot about devil fruits, and he actually talked about his form after he took three rumble ball.

What made Chopper talk about this was the beginning of their problem.

Luna's story at last night that was about a monster hero named 'Hulk' It was fascinated Chopper, and apparently, it wasn't just Chopper but also Luffy and Usopp.

While Luna was pondering about Chopper's rumble ball and his devil fruit powers, Luffy and Usopp, who heard them, was began to tell Chopper to use that form. Chopper didn't want to do it in the beginning, telling them it could be dangerous and Doctorin, Kureha, banned him to use that. It didn't take long to convince Chopper though. Luffy and Luna assured him they were strong, and it would be fine as Luna also told him that if she saw it, maybe she could understand more. She already knew he would be huge and uncontrollable, but that was all, and it wasn't like she had ever seen it in person. Usopp was also excited, telling him that maybe he would be like that monster hero.

So at the moment, all the animals on the island were hiding and playing dead while the seven Straw Hats were running with a mix of shock, terror, and unbelieving emotions as Chopper was roaring.

''Gyaaaa!!!'' Usopp yelled out with terror as he was closing his ears after Chopper's fearsome roar, ''We're going to die in the hands of our friend!!!''

''He didn't become green!! Why didn't he become green?!'' Luffy also yelled out as he was running away from Chopper

''Why would he become green?!!'' Nami also yelled out with terror before she also add ''How in the hell did this happened?!!!'' all the straw hats that were on the Merry came out too since they didn't want to catch Monster Chopper's attention and made him destroy the Merry.

''He lost his cuteness!!'' Luna also stated with a shocked expression, nonetheless, she was still taking pictures non-stop for her album while she was also running

''Unbelievable...'' Robin muttered as she looked up at Chopper with a mix of shock, amazement and awe.

Their toddler-sized cute little reindeer doctor was now at least fifteen meters tall. His hands were also changed. He was retaining five fingers analogous to a human's, but each digit was replaced by a thick, long, black hoof in the shape of a finger. His eyes were also glowing cyan color. His body became incredibly dense and durable, and he was looking too strong as he was trying to hit them with his palm. They could feel the earth beneath them shook for a moment with the hit. He was looking like he lost all of his consciousness and attacking whatever he sees.

He really was looking like a monster.

''This is not good!'' Luna said as she was observing Chopper

''Really?! And here I thought, what a nice day and decided to run as an exercise!!'' Zoro yelled out with sarcasm, causing Sanji to yell at him as he was saying not to talk to Luna with that tone while he was also trying to protect Nami

''I didn't mean us, you idiot!!!'' Luna also yelled out as everyone was still running away from Chopper while he was running after them, all the while roaring ''He is using too much energy to maintain that form! His body can't handle it! It might be fatal if we leave him like this for a long time!''

''WHAT!!?!?'' everyone shout out with shocked expressions except Robin, but even she was shocked

''But how do we stop him?!'' Usopp asked/yelled as he was now panicking and freaking out

Luna look at Chopper for a moment before she began to took off her skeleton bone bracelet, ''We are going to use the weakness of the devil fruit!'' as she quickly threw her bracelet to Zoro, who caught with a reflex.

''Luffy! Can you go and took the sea stone stick?!'' Luna asked as she was unsheathing her katana, causing everyone to understand the plan in an instant

''You're not going to cut him, right?!'' Nami asked as she was looking at Luna's katana with a fearful expression

''Like I could do something like that to our cute Chopper!!'' Luna yelled out, 'So she would if not cute?!' everyone thought for a moment before Luna also add ''I'm just going to use the dull side to touch him!''

''Didn't you just said he's not cute anymore?!'' Luffy asked as he was running towards the stick with the sea stone

''He will become cute again!'' Luna stated, looking totally determined while others were preparing to get Chopper's attention so that Luffy, Luna, and Zoro could move easier

''Robin, can you hold him on?'' Luna asked as she turned to Robin, who's looking at Chopper with a calculating eyes now

''Maybe for a second'' Robin answered before Luna told her that would be enough and turned to Zoro and Luffy, who finally take the sea stone attached stick. Three of them glance at each other as they nod their head before run towards Chopper.

Meanwhile, Nami was using her Clima-Tack's 'Cool Ball' in a dry and hot environment to change the air density and create a mirage of herself, producing an illusionary copy of herself to deceive Chopper. Usopp and Sanji were also playing the bait and keep Robin out of Chopper's reach while Robin was crossed her arms in front of her chest, ready to use her powers at any given moment.

The moment Luffy, Luna, and Zoro jumped towards Chopper, dozens of hands appeared on him as they tried to make him standstill, but it only lasted for a moment as Chopper was too strong and big and Robin's hands were not enough to hold him on, but that moment was enough for the three of them to get in contact with Chopper without any problem. All three of them press the sea stones on Chopper from different places.

Chopper roared loudly for the last time before he slowly began to shrink as he felt powerless.

When it finally ended, toddler-sized cute little Chopper was lying on the ground unconscious.

''Did he died?!!!'' Usopp came running while he was still freaking out

''No!!'' Luna yelled at him before she checked on Chopper ''He just fainted'' as she was more calm now and was about to say more before Nami suddenly appear behind them

''Explain what just happened.'' She was sounding calm, but when Luffy, Luna, and Usopp turned to look at her, they gulp down while sweating with nervousness.

Robin left the three of them in the hands of fuming Nami as she was also angry at them and took Chopper to their room and place him on the bed for him to rest more comfortably as Zoro and Sanji go back to what they were doing before this was all began. Nami, on the other hand, was yelling at Luffy, Luna, and Usopp for a while now as three of them had huge bumps on their head while sitting beside each other with their heads down.

''You better probably explain this to Chopper so he won't act recklessly like this again!!'' Nami yelled out at Luna after they explained everything, causing her to nod her head before Nami also add ''And you're banned from telling stories again!''

''Ehhh?!!'' three of them looked up to her with shocked faces

''Why??!!'' Luffy asked, looking like he could play his captain card any moment now

''What about our story club?!!'' Usopp also asked, looking like he was talking about something so important

''What the heck is story club?'' a very confused Nami asked as she folded her arms, waiting for another explanation

''Oh, it's a club we formed recently.'' Luna said with a big smile, ''We just sit and tell stories or create them.'' as if it was nothing, which it was really nothing but something they made up when they were bored. It wasn't like they weren't telling stories without the club anyway.

''Yeah, I'm the president, by the way.'' Usopp added after Luna, looking so proud of himself, ''Our members right now are Luffy, Luna, and Chopper.''

''Hey!'' Luffy look at Usopp with an annoyed expression, ''I'm the president since I'm the captain!''

''I told you that's not the same thing!'' Usopp declared with a frowned expression, ''Since I'm the best storyteller, I'm the president!''

''Wait a minute!'' Luna also joined them ''Since it was my idea, I'm the president!''

As they started to fight each other to become the president, Nami's eyebrows were twitching with irritation ''I don't care what you're playing but...'' she slowly said as she held up her fist, causing the three of them to turn to her with paled faces ''Just shut up!!''

After they fall flat on the ground with a second big bump on their head, Nami, who's fuming with anger, go back to the ship to check Robin and Chopper, leaving behind the three of them, who are blaming each other now.

x

After a couple of hours later, Chopper was awake and fond of himself on Luna's bed. He was fine but just tired since they didn't really hit Chopper to stop him but just pressed the sea stone on him until he came back to his usual self. He was quite scared and panicking if he had harmed them as he didn't remember anything, but Luna assured him they were all fine and actually explained everything to Chopper. She also told him about his devil fruit, and he actually might awaken his devil fruit power by force.

''Awakening?'' Chopper asked with a confused expression

''Right, all devil fruits can awaken. It's like the last stage of the devil fruit, but it's rare and complicated. From what I know, an awakened Zoan grants far greater strength, speed, and durability than un-awakened Zoan powers. This also includes a faster recovery rate, which functions involuntarily, even when the user is unconscious. They also usually acting out of instinct and power.'' Luna explained as much as she could

''Like me when I use three rumble ball'' Chopper said with big, widen eyes after what Luna said. He was actually quite shocked to know that it wasn't something only happened to him.

''Yeah, but don't worry about it'' Luna said as she patted his head ''You're still young if you really try, you can find a way to control it.'' she said with a slight smile as Chopper was looking at her unbelievable eyes as if he can't believe that can even be controlled ''For now, don't use it if it's really not necessary. It uses a lot of energy, so it would be too hard on your body'' as she studied at his still tired body, causing Chopper to nod with a determined glint in his eyes as they talked a little bit more about it.

xxx

The next day, everyone was surprised. Chopper, who's resting on the second day due to his tiredness, matched up with Luffy on the third day while Luna was with Usopp.

For all honesty, Luna thought that maybe Usopp could awaken his haki early, but not this early. He had a good vision and instinct as a sniper, even though he probably didn't realize himself. But she was still quite surprised when Usopp began to dodge more than anyone and told her that he sensed some faint outline of Luna for just a moment. While she was explaining to Usopp that was the life force he was sensing and explained that as a sniper he could use it to pick out his targets, and he could even target farther away, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were burning with determination.

'Is it because he doesn't want to hit or his cowardness?' Luna pondered for a moment as she looked at Usopp, who's proudly blabbing about he was the first one, only causing Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to get more determinated. In the end, Luna convinced herself that as long as Usopp had fear for his life, he could be turned out one of the best observation haki users.

After they decided to take some break after their one hundred hits and everyone went to do their own things, Luna has gone to some quiet place on the island. When she finally came to someplace away from everyone,

''Third circle, Shugou Jigoku'' Luna calmly muttered as she unsheathed her katana. She could feel the heavy air before it completely disappeared, ''Reverse Hell'' Luna let her katana float horizontally before she jumped on it and sat in a cross-legged position, looking like she doesn't have any discomfort from that position. She wasn't that high up either, she was at the high of how she would be while standing.

She closed her eyes as she got into her meditating state. She fully isolated herself from the outside world as she let herself drown in her inner world while focusing on her bond with her katana. It took some time, but when she finally opened her eyes, she met the familiar dark space that had nothing but two enormous doors inside of it.

One of the doors was pitch-black, and if there weren't the glowing blood-red details on it, it would be lost in the nothingness there. Just a little bit more, and doors two wings would be completely open. The other door that was facing with it and Luna was walking towards, however, was entirely closed. It was a white door with ice blue engravings on it.

''Naraka,'' Luna's voice echoed in the emptiness

A slender girl with pale skin like a ghost and a straight black hair that was coming to her shoulders, opened her eyes to reveal her gray eyes after she heard Luna's voice. She was wearing a very long, satin, black dress with thin straps and a deep, v-shaped neckline. She was looking elegant.

''What do you want?'' she asked in boredom as she was standing in front of the closed huge door

Right, it was just her look that was elegant, not her. Luna always felt weird when she looked at her.

It was around the third week while she was staying on Mihawk's island that she discovered this. Using the meditation method the old man taught her, Luna was able to communicate with Naraka. However, it was for a short time. The first time she tried, it was only for a brief of moment she saw her. Naraka took her previous appearance and told Luna that she didn't want to look like her present self, and she didn't have her own appearance.

It was like looking at a mirror and see your past self... Literally. But even though Naraka was looking like her as Zero, she was also different from her. She had a sharper look than her emotionless expression. Nonetheless, Naraka was also very evil and crazy. She was a katana that was hungry for blood. Luna always tried to calm herself for not to drown Naraka's feelings.

'Still, why did she had to choose this appearance?' Luna mused herself. The girl in front of her was her own twenty-two years old past self. Naraka was only three years old, no matter how mature she was. Couldn't she choose some younger look?

She already had a developed mind and had her own personality. Luna didn't exactly know how, but from what she knew, Naraka also saw her memories while Luna was creating her, and that was how she was able to take her Zero form. She also apparently could see everything when she was unsheathed and feel around her at some degree even when she was sheathed.

She could say the difference after she saw a Klabautermann. That was a water spirit or fairy, while Naraka was a sword soul. There weren't many swods like that, and the ones had souls, mostly the cursed ones, and not that everyone could get in and communicate with them. Well, there were also others like Mihawk's sword. Yoru was gentle. They were similar yet, entirely different beings, especially the Merry and Naraka. One was the incarnation of the ship that loved and cared, while the other was born from a lot of negative feelings, and Klabautermann felt so otherwordly as it was outside of the world while Naraka was just inside of the sword.

''I was going to ask something about the third circle...'' Luna trail off as she was walking towards her ''What do you think about the possibility to pull you towards me when you are away?'' she asked when she stopped a couple of steps back from her

''You know you have to be in some kind of contract with me to use the hells.'' Naraka said as she was still looking bored ''No matter what you're able to do, the sixteen hell circles is still a sword technique in the end, you can't do anything without a proper sword.''

''Yeah, but you're able to float on the air without me needing to have a contract with you,'' Luna said as she thought about it for a moment.

When she reversed the hell, it was Naraka who explained what happened, and it was their first real talk. It was barely a minute though. According to her, she took some control of the gravity control, so she was able to float in the air without Luna needing to touch her. Luna still needed to unsheathed the sword and activated the hell though.

''That's different. It's just floating.'' Naraka said with a deadpan tone ''You're talking about to use the gravity to pull me to yourself,''

Naraka could float on the air for a very long time if she left like that since it was her, the katana, that made itself float, so it wasn't drawing energy from Luna while it was just floating. But, Luna was still needed to make it move or else, the only thing Naraka could do would be just hung on there without any movement. It was quite complicated for Luna at first, but she was able to survive after she reversed the hell thanks to Naraka, who took the burden from Luna, but that had some consequences for Luna.

Her soul was crushed as she broke the taboo of the nature of her hell, and she was alive thanks to her katana, and according to Mihawk, her will. However, her soul was blocked, not completely crushed or broke. She could still use her eight hot hells and her observation haki since they were already awakened, and she could still improve them. But, she couldn't awaken her cold hells or armament haki like others. She could still awaken them, but she needed more training than others. It was the first time both Luna and Mihawk come across something like this, so they named it 'Soul Block.'

Mihawk also warned Luna to train and awaken them slowly as it could be dangerous to awaken them so suddenly like her hot hells and observation haki. After three years later, and with all the training she was doing with Zoro, she could sense the blockage is loosen quite a lot, but not yet.

''Yeah... I know, but the third circle is the only hell we really share. So I thought that maybe if we both wanted, it could work,'' Luna said, she was actually thought about this a lot, and she knew the will power was quite miraculous ''After what happened with Enel, wouldn't be good if we really managed to do it? There will be other people who would try and separate us.''

''Right, you pathetically let him throw me away and then lost your consciousness.'' Naraka said with a slight frown on her face, looking totally dissatisfied before she made a smirk, ''If it weren't me, who pulled you out, you might simply died there.''

After Luna lost her consciousness when she fell to the ocean, she drowned in this world since she was able to unsheathe her katana just before she hit the sea. After their shared struggles in here, Naraka was able to awaken her flames once again and pull Luna up. Though she still couldn't do it without Luna even though she was unconscious on the outside.

''That's what I'm talking about!'' Luna said with a big smile, not caring about Naraka's sarcastic comment on her possible death ''What would happen to you without me? We have to work on this!''

Sure Naraka had developed her own personality, but it was still Luna who made this katana. Naraka made when Luna was having her worst, so somehow, Naraka took what Luna was afraid of the most. Be imprisoned in the darkness, all alone.

Luna would come here sometimes to talk with Naraka, especially in the past, and Naraka was also the only one who continuously besides Luna for three years now. No matter what they were saying to each other or what they were thinking, they had a pretty strong bond. If anyone wielded Naraka, an evil sword that is extremely hard to control, the only thing she able to do would be just felt around her while sitting in this empty darkness. She needed a master, at least someone like Luna or Zoro.

''My time is ending'' looking into Naraka's eyes as if waiting for an answer while she was starting to disappear. She still couldn't stay there for long, and they couldn't talk any other way from this,

''Fine, I will cooperate.'' Naraka coolly said, ''However, don't come to cry to me if it doesn't work'' her cold warning echoed in the empty darkness as Luna completely disappeared.

''Holy mother!'' was the first words Luna said after she opened her eyes

She lost her balance as she was almost fall back when she saw Luffy's face just in front of hers. Luffy caught Luna from her waist with a reflex just before she fell as Luna kept talking,

''What the...? Luffy?! What were you doing? Did God sent you to scare me like this?'' while she was trying to calm down,

''No, Sanji sent me to tell you that the lunch is ready'' Luffy casually said with a big smile on his face, causing Luna to sweatdrop as he went on ''And I was wondering how are you able to sleep like this...''

Luna blinked a couple of times at this as she calmly talked ''I wasn't sleeping. I was meditating'' Whenever she meditated to talk with Naraka, she would ultimately be isolated from the outside world, so she couldn't say if there was someone coming.

''Hmm...'' Luffy hummed for a moment with a blank face before he made a big smile again and let go of Luna ''Let's go!'' looking like he can't wait for the lunch

Luna got up on her katana and stand up on it ''Alright,'' she casually said

''Hm? You're not getting down?'' Luffy asked in confusion as he saw that Luna was standing on her katana instead of coming down and walk

Luna cleared her throat at this with a somehow proud smile on her face ''Oh, I forgot to tell you... Actually, yesterday I figured out how to fly.''

''But... You already can fly'' he was still looking confused,

''Not that, with my katana'' as she still had a proud smile

Sure she could fly with her flames, but that was only for a short time. Luna preferred to use that only if it's really necessary, or she would use it if she needed to fight while flying since she could still use her flames to fight. Flying with her reverse hell, on the other hand, was different. She could fly for a long time, but since she couldn't use her other hells, she couldn't fight with her katana.

''Oh!'' Luffy finally made a face like he understood what Luna was saying. Until now, Luna could only fly up and down with her katana, not besides.

''Get on,'' Luna said with a cool look as she pointed her back with a thumb ''We will be there in a second,''

''Alright!'' Luffy with a big smile, as he stretched his arm and wrapped around Luna's waist and get on her back as he was also standing on the katana now ''Let's go!'' and with that, they shoot up to the place the katana's tip pointing out, looking like they were surfing on the air as the katana was also lowered its height

''So fast!'' Luffy said with a big smile as he was laughing

''Oh, right!! I forget to tell you that I still can't control the speed!!'' Luna also said with a laugh, but soon, their laughs disappeared

Meanwhile, Straw Hats were on the shore and preparing for the lunch when Luna and Luffy suddenly passed them at a very high speed. They could hear Luffy's panicking yellings, saying that they were leaving the island,

''Wha...??!!!'' Usopp and Chopper look at their gone with shocked expressions as they run towards the edge of the shore and look at the sea ''Luffy!!! Luna!!! Where are you guys going??!!!'' both of them shout out before they saw that they suddenly stopped on top of the ocean.

With a sudden stop, losing his balance, Luffy fell into the sea, dragging Luna along with him since his arm was wrapped around Luna at least two times.

''What... are they doing...?'' Usopp slowly asked as everyone was looking at them with sweatdrops now while they could also hear Luna was saying sorry and trying to hold drowning Luffy.

They were actually pretty far away, but they saw Luna hold of her still floating katana and rotate it towards the island while holding Luffy before they shot towards there. Everyone watched with more sweatdrops as Luna and Luffy come back and began to roll on the ground this time after Luna shut down her hell and caused them to suddenly stop.

''Seriously... Just what are they doing...?'' Usopp asked again, looking dumbfounded

''Just ignore it,'' Zoro calmly advised. He looked like he just found a solution to the world's biggest problem.

Agreeing on this, they went back to what they were doing as Luffy and Luna were finally stopped rolling,

''I still need some training...'' Luna murmured as she was trying to get up while Luffy was laughing, saying it was fun with his spinning eyes...

xxx

Days were passing quite quickly. On the third day, Luna was also told them not to focus on just haki and their own powers too. So, when they were done with their daily haki training, they would do their own things. Zoro, who's almost always blindfolded would do his usual training and thought about new techniques while sometimes clash with Luna, with both of them blindfolded.

Sanji would run around the island with also blindfolded, trying to get stronger his legs as Luna suggested and dodge the sudden attacks that anyone could do at any time. He also almost always stayed blindfolded except while he was preparing the meals. He was also trying on new recipes.

Usopp and Chopper were usually teaming up. Usopp was also blindfolded and trying to snap Chopper or the targets they decided while Chopper was trying to get stronger with his fighting skills. They would usually work one blindfolded while the other wasn't and switch it occasionally. Usopp was also trying to learn 'Shigan,' mainly the one Luna used 'Tobu Shigan,' but, like he used every bit of his luck on observation haki, he had no improvement on it yet. He was also trying to improve Nami's Clima-Tact with the dials, and Luna would also help him sometimes as he was also working on his own weapon that he decided to name it 'Kabuto' but it wasn't finished yet. And, Chopper was usually working on his herbs while Usopp was doing his own things.

Nami was usually closing herself in their room in her free time and working on her maps and writing the logbook, while Robin was usually sitting relaxingly and read a book with her cup of coffee. But, she would think about new techniques she could use with her devil fruit powers when she saw everyone's fighting spirit. Robin, who could pop out eyes everywhere, and usually speed was not really important for her, was chose to focus on her devil fruit powers more. She still would do the daily haki training but not like Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, or Usopp.

Luffy was also always blindfolded, even when he was eating. He was totally fired up when Luna said she would steal his food, and for the first time Luffy actually felt something with his observation haki, was the time when Luna was actually stealing his meat. None of them was surprised at this. In fact, they all facepalmed except Robin, who's found it quite amusing. He would also train with Luna sometimes. They would go and fight, and it would usually end up with Luffy's whinings about how hot since Luna would use flames or heat when Luffy had done something unexpected.

In the end, Usopp, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro were the only ones who awaken their observation haki up until now. Zoro was the last one, and Luna had to fire him up. After seeing how Luffy awakened his haki, Luna was enlightened, and she use sake for him to awaken his observation and even get a help from Sanji. It worked in the end, and she was almost sure that Zoro might be the first one to awaken armament haki.

It wasn't like they had actually completely awakened their haki. They were still clumsy. They could predict where some of the hits were coming from and dodge it, but not entirely and not every time.

It didn't really matter though, it was still amazing they had awakened this much in a short time, and Luna knew the best way to learn haki and improve it to the next level was when your life in danger. They just had needed some real fights. Not just for their haki but also for them to found their new techniques.

Luna, on the other hand, was wholly focused on pulling her katana to herself. She has stabbed the ground and go a little far away and called out words like 'Pull!' 'Come!' 'Naraka!' or even 'Rise!' while she was extending her hand towards her sword. Though it was all in vain since it never worked, and she only became a laughing stock for Zoro. They were also doing some creative trainings with everyone joining. Like playing tag or volleyball with blindfolds, and it was actually pretty fun. Robin and Luna were usually on different teams since Robin tended to cheat with her powers, and Luna had the best haki at the moment.

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On their seventh day, they were finally leaving the island that was half of it got perrty much destroyed thanks to Luffy, Luna, and Zoro's large-scale attacks. There were some places that were burned down as well as a lot of bamboo trees that were cut off or crashed down...

It was a bright morning as they were sailing towards the shiny blue sea once again. The climate was sunny and spring-like. Luna, Nami, and Robin were now relaxing on the upper deck with their drinks, and Sanji was just brought his new invention, 'Potato Paille.' While Sanji was yelling out that he can die happy after they told him that it was delicious, Zoro was also yelling at him to shut up, and he was trying to sleep, and that was the beginning of their bickering... Again.

Soon everyone was eating Sanji's new invention,

''Paille..?'' Luffy was stuffing his mouth non-stop, ''It's so delicious!''

''What's Paille?'' Chopper asked as he was also the same with Luffy

''It's the meat from the tail of the giant monster, Paille!!'' Usopp declared as he was also the same with them ''I killed it. Its body was a hundred meters long!''

''Hundred meters?!! That's amazing, Usopp!!'' Chopper said as he was looking too amazed

''It was nothing. I hadn't even eaten breakfast...'' Usopp dramatically add

''You woke up early to kill it?!!'' Chopper asked in shock as Luna was walking towards them, who's sitting on the railing and looking at the sea

''Chopper, do you remember what my title is?'' while Chopper was surprised and was about to say, captain, Luna chimed in

''It's 'Potato' Paille Usopp...'' she was laughing Usopp's story ''If you want to be the president, you had to make more believable stories,''

''Lu...!!'' Usopp gasp in shock, coughing as the food stuck on his throat for a moment ''Shut up!! It was a perfect story!!!''

''Ehhh??!!!'' Chopper was now more shocked while Luffy was laughing without stopping to eat ''It wasn't real?!'' but before they could answer him, they heard Zoro's voice

''Hm... What is that...?'' he was looking puzzled as he was also eating non-stop, causing them to look at him,

''Hm?'' Luffy look what Zoro was looking at before he made a shocked expression ''It's a frog!! A giant frog!! And it's swimming in freestyle!!''

''Luffy... Frogs don't swim in freestyle...'' Usopp said with a sigh, looking like he heard the oddest thing ''You're even worse than me...''

''It's sure is surprising... a frog swimming in freestyle,'' Luna was also looking quite astonished as she was also looking at there, ignoring Usopp while she was eating her potato paille.

''I wonder where he's going in such a hurry!?'' Luffy asked as he was still shocked, causing Luna to say that maybe he was late for the tea party and hurrying up to a rabbit hole, which confusing Luffy too much, and as she was laughing at her joke that only she understood, Usopp also finally looked towards there

''Ahh!!! It does!! A frog swimming in freestyle!!!'' He was also too shocked along with Chopper, who couldn't even say anything with the shock he was having.

A giant frog with yellow-brown skin and black hair is worn in a chonmage that has numerous scars on it was really swimming in freestyle.

''Take out the paddles!!!'' Luffy ordered, causing all of them to run towards to the paddles even Zoro and Chopper was on his 'Heavy Point' to row faster ''Full speed ahead!! Two o'clock!!''

''Hurry!!'' Usopp also shout out as everyone was eager to go after him

''Hey!!'' Nami suddenly came out of the cabin after the ship changed direction ''Why are we changing direction?!!'' as Sanji and Robin also came out after her

''Nami! We found a huge frog with scars all over his body!! We have to catch him for barbeque no matter what!!'' Luffy declared, shocking Zoro, Luna, and Chopper,

''You're going to eat it?!''

Meanwhile, Nami has noticed something on the horizon and pulled out a pair of binoculars to look through ''Is that... a light tower? Why is there a light tower in the middle of nowhere..?'' she was looking quite bewildered, ''I wonder who lives there...''

''Did you find an island?!'' Luffy asked as the five of them were still paddling

''No, just a light tower! But the log pose isn't pointing to it!''

Not caring about a light tower, Luffy went back to his previous interest ''What about the frog? Tell me, where is it?!''

''No way!!'' Nami shout out before Robin calmly speak

''The frog is going in the direction of the tower as well.''

''First, you wash the frog with white wine. Then you coat it with flour and fry it'' Sanji also calmly began talk about frog recipes,

''Wait, Robin! Sanji!?'' Nami gawked at them with big, widen eyes as the rest of them continued to row at full speed, looking too determined to catch the frog, ''What is wrong with all of you?!!'' Nami shout out as if she was the only sane one left on the ship now

Moments later, they were looking around with the loud sound of clanging, like bells going off while the giant frog leaped out of the water and landed on something just below the surface, causing Luna's eyes to widen as she noticed what was coming when the loud whistle sound in the distance along with the sound of something heavy and massive coming at them at great speed.

''Back! Turn the ship back!!'' Luna shouted out as they were all looking up to the starboard side to see the large metal thing that was steam billowing out of a chimney-like stand on its top and coming towards them so fast.

It was not easy for them to move since they were stuck on the thing below the sea that frog was standing on, but just at the nick of time, they managed to get off, almost flying away to avoid getting hit. The wind was so strong that it almost ended up blowing them over when the metal thing went on with high speed.

''What was that!!??'' Sanji yelled out as they were all looking at it with a shocked faces

But just at that time, ''Ah!!'' Luffy noticed the frog was standing in front of it and was looking like he was ready for a fight ''Hey, frog!! Get out of there! What are you doing?!''

''What's that big metallic thing?!'' this time Usopp asked as he was looking terrified

''A ship?!'' Chopper suggested as he was also shocked

''No... with its shape... It shouldn't be able to sail on the sea!'' Nami stated as she was looking at it with her mouth hanging open before they all watched the frog smacked off the tracks without slowing the train in the least.

Everyone was looking at the frog that was blown away in silence. Luna thought that it was an impressive sight to see a train running on the ocean while she was watching the frog fly through the air as the sea train barreled by at high speed.

''Waah!! He got hit!!'' Luffy broke the silence when the frog hit the ocean

''That thing was blowing smoke...'' Chopper said as his jaw was on the floor while everyone was still in silent as if trying to understand what just happened

''Ah!'' they all snap their heads to the child's voice they heard from the station ''It's terrible! Granny!! Granny, pirates!!!''

It was young and vibrant girl. She was wearing her green hair in pigtails that seem to stand upward and are puffy at the end, along with sandals and a short white shirt over a striped dress of orange and red stripes.

''What?! Really, Chimney?! Alright, hang on!!!'' an old woman came out running, whose facial features make it look as if she is smiling regardless of her actual emotions. Her overweight body shape along with her strange smile, made her look like another frog, and besides her was a rabbit. It had long ears and a cotton-tail and was a light blue with a cream-colored face and front.

''Someone came out of the building!'' Zoro stated as he got over his shock ''Is she calling for reinforcements?!'' preparing himself for a fight that could break out

''Ah... Hey?!'' the old woman picked up the receiver as she was sitting on the floor with a bottle of rum in her other hand ''hm... What was I going to say again? I forgot...''

''You're too damn drunk!!'' Zoro and Usopp shout out with sweatdrops and shark teeth as the old woman put the receiver back on the snail

''What a funny old lady!'' Luna was laughing at her when Robin walked beside her while looking at the old woman and the young child

''Kind of remind me of you for a moment...'' she calmly stated as her hand was resting on her chin with a thoughtful look, causing Luna to stop her laughs and look at her

''I don't get drunk...'' she was blinking with a blank face as Luffy, Nami, and Usopp was jumping off to the platform to talk with the old woman

''Nowadays... maybe not much, but I remember that you once...'' what Robin was saying was cut off with Luna's nervous laughs

''Is that a bunny!?'' Luna literally run away as she also jumped off the ship, leaving behind a chuckling Robin, who's looking like she was pretty enjoying

When Luna finally go towards them, she saw that they were also now eating Potato Paille as the old woman was saying that it was tasting great with rum.

''I'm Chimney!'' The young girl introduced herself before she also pointed out the rabbit and the old woman ''This is Gonbe, the cat and that's my granny, Kokoro!''

''It's a cat?!'' Luna asked in shock as she was looking at the rabbit that was said a cat while Nami and Usopp were sweat dropping

''Nagagagaga!!'' the old Kokoro laughed as she gulped down her rum ''I thought you were train robbers!''

''I'm Luffy.'' Luffy also introduced himself, looking so serious as he folded his arms ''I'm going to be the pirate king.''

''Really?'' Chimney asked, looking interested

''Yeah,'' as Luffy casually answered as Kokoro laugh again, saying that he is funny

''Um... Chimney, that was a steam-powered boat, right?'' Nami asked as she ignored the drunk Kokoro ''But with its shape, how was it able to float?''

''Oh! That was the sea train!!'' Luna said before she looked at them, ''I heard of it before, but it's really amazing something like that managed to be done!'' she said with a laugh, causing Kokoro to also laugh along with her

''Nagagaga!! That's right!'' as she gulped down her rum with a big smile

''Yeah! You don't see that anywhere else in the world! 'Puffing Tom' is really amazing!'' Chimney also said with a big smile, looking proud somehow

''Sea train?'' Usopp asked with a tilted head

''Puffing Tom?'' Nami also asked at the same time with Usopp, looking completely lost

''It's a steam-powered car that moves on the railroad in the sea!!'' Chimney said as she was eating Paille

''A railroad?!'' Usopp asked in wonderment as he turned to look at the sea, searching for a railroad

''Yeah! It's just beneath the surface of the water.'' Chimney began to explain ''The train moves from islands to islands every day, transporting passengers between islands. Sometimes it transports mails and packages too!''

''Wow!! There really is a railroad!'' Luffy said, looking impressed as he and Usopp saw the tracks that were right below the water,

''Yes! And you sailed right onto the railroad!! That was dangerous!!'' Chimney scolded them as Luna was also sitting beside old Kokoro now

''You're right! It really tastes better with rum!'' she was laughing with her, causing Nami to sweatdropped at them while Luna was asking, ''How are those rays stay like that?''

''Dunno! The man who made it was a genius!'' she was looking so proud, but there was sadness for a moment hidden in her eyes that made Luna glance at her with a blank face before she changed the topic and keep talking with her newly found drinking buddy while she was also playing with the 'rabcat' as she decided to call it like that now.

Meanwhile, Luffy was complaining about the frog ''...No matter how you warn, the frog won't understand... Then you ram it flying... That was rude! Plus, he was our prey!'' he shook his head with a disapproval

''Ah... His name is Yokozuna.'' Chimney spoke as she had a troubled expression ''He has been a nuisance for a long time! He likes to compete with his strength with others, and he has been trying to beat the train... He won't die from a crash like that. He will come back again...'' She finished with a sigh.

''Compete!?'' Luffy made an understanding expression ''Oh.. so that's why he didn't run away! That's some very cool fighting spirit!'' he was now looking very impressed,

''What?!'' apparently, Chimney wasn't thinking the same with him ''He causes nothing but a headache! He broke the front of the train so many times already!!'' She was looking quite frustrated, ''Evey time he tries it, he frightens the passengers too!!''

''Is that so...'' Luffy looked like he was competing for something before he loudly declared, ''Okay!! I won't eat him! I don't eat hardworking animals!!''

''You shouldn't be eating frogs in the first place!'' Nami stated but got ignored by everyone

''So...'' Kokoro began as she gulped down her bottle of rum ''Where do you want to go? If you take the next train, you can go to the 'Town of the Spring Queen' St. Poplar, 'The Gourmet City' Pucci, 'Carnival Town' San Faldo. All of them are very interesting places!''

''Eeh?! The Gourmet City?!'' Luffy asked with interest, only causing Nami to smack him on the back of his head

''Don't even think about it! We have a ship, so we can't take a train. We have to follow the log pose!''

''Oh?'' Chimney asked in curiosity, ''Where is your log pose pointing?''

Nami held up her wrist before she answered, ''Should be someplace west of here...''

''Oh!'' this time, Kokoro seemed interested ''Then you are going to Water Seven!'' causing Luna to lift her head to look at her as it took her all attention now. She even stopped eating and drinking, ''The train you saw actually came from the Blue Station there!'' Kokoro went on with her never-ending smiling face, ''That place is true to its nickname, 'The City of Water.' It's a city with the world's best ship factories! The ships they made are trusted by even the world government!''

''Ohhh!! So then there are good shipwrights there, right?!'' Luffy asked with a big smile, looking excited

''Hngnagagaga! Not just good! That place is where you'll find the world's best shipwrights!!'' Kokoro declared with her drunken state as she loudly laughed

''Usopp!! Luna!!'' Luffy looked at them with a big smile, which they were also smiling big ''...Alright! It's decided then! We're going to go there and find a shipwright to be our friend!!'' Luffy beamed happily as Usopp also had a little hope tingling inside of him from the moment he heard the word of the 'worlds best shipwrights'

''In that case... hold on a second'' Kokoro said before she stood up and went inside the station for a moment. They all waited for her to come back in a confused state, and after a few minutes later, she came back with a couple of sheets of paper and handed it over to them,

''Take this. It's a simple map of the island and a letter of recommendation.'' She said with her drunken smiling face as she was extending her hand, ''Just give this to a fella named Iceburg, and I promise he'll look good at your ship. Also, Water 7 is a pretty big place, so be careful not to get lost!''

They were smiling and thanking Kokoro as Nami took the papers before they go back to the ship,

''We plan on going back to water seven soon'' Chimney told them brightly as they were leaning over the railings to say goodbye to them

''If we meet again, I will definitely take you to a nice bar for a few drinks!'' Kokoro said as she held up her bottle of rum

''Really?! Since you're the one offering, you'll be the one who pays then, right?!'' Luna asked frantically, looking so excited to go,

''Nagagaga!! Well, that's the plan!!'' causing Luna to made a big smile,

''Shihihihi!! I hope we see you again!'' Luffy also said with a big smile

''It takes about a week for the log to record water 7, so you will have plenty of time to play around!'' Kokoro said with a laugh as she waved her hand

''Let's go!'' Nami shout out from the upper deck ''Thanks for the information, Kokoro and Chimney!'' as she also waved her hand with a big smile

''Alright then, get ready to set sail!!'' Luffy said with a shiny smile, causing everyone to get ready to set sail with smiles

''Take care!!'' Chimney shout out with a big smile as she waved her hands

''Watch out for marines there!!'' Kokoro lastly warn them with her smiling face, and momently Luna hit by a wave of nervousness that she was trying to ignore it so far

And so, after visiting this strange train station of the sea, Straw Hat Pirates left the Shift Station to resume their search for a new crewmate. Sailing towards 'The City of Water' Water Seven.

''Wahoo!! Let's go to the city of meat!'' Luffy declared

''Were you listening to all...?'' Nami said with a sigh, looking at Luffy's excited face like there no hope for him...

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As the ship was sailing, Luna was now relaxing on her bed with the little dark brown chest that was open beside her.

She was wearing a basic, a little bit of loose white t-shirt, and a short, white shorts that were just under her hips. The t-shirt was under her shorts as the laces of the shorts were left free, and it was looking like a sports suit. She had a white, thin cardigan with a hood that was coming just under her knees that was also loose on her. She was also wearing white high top sneakers. Her dragon and skeleton hand bracelets were still on her, but the long-sleeved cardigan was covering her dragon bracelet that was on her left forearm, holding one of her little seastone throwing knives. Her pitch-black katana was hanging on from her thin white belt that was around her waits, but it was barely seen as her long cardigan was also covering it.

She was looking at the white cap in her hand while her other hand was holding her personal transponder snail that she was using for years now and dialed the number

*purupurupuru* *purupurupuru* *Clachak*

''Hello,'' a deep and rough voice of a man sounded out through the snail

''Old man Aaron!'' Luna said cheerfully

''Oh, Lil' brat Lu,'' he said with a sigh, sounding like he was talking to someone he was sick of it, ''You brats back from the sky then?''

''Yeap!'' She was about to talk more, but the old man act before her

''Where?''

''You're not even going to ask how was it?'' Luna asked, clearly wanting to tell him about their adventure

''I'm a busy old man, don't have time to chit chat with you, brat'' Old man Aaron said with his deep voice, and Luna could tell he was exhaling smoke as she glanced at the snail

''You're so boring...'' Luna let a sigh before she also add ''Water Seven. How long would it take?''

''Hm...'' snail had a thoughtful look for a moment ''In four or maybe five days. Are you in a hurry or something?''

''Nah...'' Luna slowly said as her eyes were focused on the wall now, ''It's fine...''

''I'm sending it with one of my boys then, he will give you a call when he arrived'' Aaron said as Luna could hear he was opening a bottle

''Alright! How is Molly, by the way?'' Luna asked as she didn't hear anything. Usually, Molly would also butt in their talk,

''She went back to New World a couple of days ago. Things seem to start to change there,'' Aaron said with a sigh as he stopped talking for a moment.

Luna was sure he was drinking rum again, ''Changing how?'' she asked with narrowed eyes as she wondered if it was something about Whitebeard, Ace, and Teach.

''It's something about that called 'Smile' It's still so new, so we don't know much, but it's Joker's,'' Aaron said as his eyes were also narrowed and the tone in his voice was asking if she knows something.

'Smile...' Luna pondered on that for a moment, 'So it come to known around these times...?' she let a sigh before she talked to the receiver with a cold tone, ''Well, at the moment, I could care less about him or his doings..''

Old man Aaron also let a sigh at this, ''Whatever... Give a call if you need anything'' he said before he also added, ''But pay properly this time,'' causing Luna to glare at the snail

''Hey! That gem was the national treasure of some country in the East Blue! And my last personal money, you know?!'' Luna said with a frown. She gave everything she had to Aaron that day.

''Don't care, I like cash'' Aaron lastly said before he hung up the call Luna's face

She put the snail back into the chest with a sigh, right beside the four notebooks, and close it before she tiredly lay down on the bed and look at the ceiling. Luna was uneasy for a while now. She knew that Robin was already feeling she found her place. She could see that Robin was trusting every one of them, especially after their encounter with Aokiji. She had to be blind not to see that Robin was happy to see them stand up for her and dismissed everything Aokiji said about her and even ready to fight with him, an Admiral.

However... Robin still didn't give her pistol back.

She really waited for her to give when they were on Long Ring Long Island. They were there for a week, yet Robin was still carrying that empty pistol with her. There was no way she would forget that she would give it back once she found the place she truly belongs to. So, as they were getting closer to Water Seven, Luna was growing more anxious.

She let a long, tired sigh before she got up and left the room. There was no need to think about the things that have not happened yet and be depressed about it much...

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It was afternoon as they were sailing on the calm waters with a smooth wind behind them now,

''Luffy, leave the shipwright search to me'' Sanji said as he was sitting on the upper railing while smoking his cigarette ''I'll definitely find us the hottest girl around,''

''Stupid!!'' Luffy yelled at him as he had a look like how could he even say something like that ''We need a super big man to be our shipwright! He has to be at least five meters tall!!''

''That's too big!'' Luna stated, she was sitting on the stairs with Robin beside her, and as Usopp was nodding in agreement, she went on ''I think two or three meters would be enough'' causing Usopp to sweatdrop this time

''It's still too big!'' he shouted out

''None of that matters, as long as he or she is a good shipwright.'' Zoro calmly said, looking reasonable ''The main concern should be whether or not anyone will want to join a group of pirates.''

Meanwhile, Chopper had a big smile as he turned to Nami, who's also on the upper deck and looking at them ''It's so exciting!! We're going to meet new friends!!''

''Yeap! We were lucky too. We got a map to start us off'' Nami said with a happy smile as she looked at the papers in her hands ''She said to go to the marked location to find some called Iceburg...'' her smile, however, faded away as she opened the paper, and look at it ''Oh, I see...'' It was looking as if it had been drawn by some three-year-old child. She crumpled it up and threw it on the deck, ''It's completely useless sketch!!!'' looking too angry as Chopper was took it and looking at it while saying it was looking like one of Luffy's drawings.

Not bothering Nami's anger, the ones on the below deck was looking at Luffy's draw with different reactions,

''Look here! Let's find someone that looks like this!'' Luffy said as he pointed out his drawing, looking totally serious

''...If I see someone who looks like that, I'll simply turn around and run'' Usopp said with a terrified look as he was sweating and backing away from Luffy,

''I would too. I would jump into the sea if I have to'' Sanji was looking shocked as he looked at the drawing intently, ''Although this guy looks like he's a part octopus, so he would probably still come after me...''

''I still think that five meters are too much'' Luna said as her eyes slide to the '5 meters' words written under the drawing

''How can you be so blind?!! That's clearly not the problem here anymore!!!'' Usopp gasp at her with an unbelieving look

While Robin was watching them with a peaceful smile on her face, Luna was blinking at him with a blank face as if she doesn't understand, which she wasn't since the drawing looked so much like Franky to her. As they were discussing their new possible friend, Nami called out from the upper deck,

''Alright! Everyone, gather up! I'm going to give out the spending money for the week!!'' causing everyone, except Robin and Zoro, to run towards her with big smiles.

After everyone got their money from Nami,

Usopp was gently touching the mast with a sad look in his eyes. The iron plates on the mast were filled with the memories of their adventures. He had some irrational, lingering hope inside him, no matter what Merry said, maybe, just maybe, she could be repaired...

Luffy, Sanji, and Chopper also had sad glints inside their eyes as they look at Usopp, who's touching Merry's mast as if he was afraid to break her. It was a topic that they all ignored to talk about it until now.

Just then, they all heard Zoro ''Hey! Is that Water Seven?!'' causing everyone to go in front of the ship

''He's right!!'' Luffy shout out happily as he saw the island on the horizon and wanted to break out the oars and row the rest of the way, but others told him that was just a waste of energy. When they got closer to the island and finally got a full look at it, everyone was amazed.

At the very top of the city, they could see an enormous fountain in a volcano shape, and water was pouring down into canals. The architecture was very colorful, with tan or peach color for the walls and roofs, which are much time red and semi-circular; nearly all the tents were of red color and texture.

''Fascinating...'' Robin whispered as she was looking at the city with an awe

''It's beautiful...'' Luna also said as she was looking at the canals that were coming down from the top of the city. She really wanted to slide down from there...

''That's so cool!! A giant fountain!!'' Luffy said with a big smile, clearly amazed too

''Man!! That looks like a metropolis!!'' Usopp said with big eyes as they were getting closer

''No wonder the sea train goes here...'' Sanji also add after Usopp as he was also looking amazed like the rest of the crew

''Look!'' Nami pointed out the right side of them, ''It says blue station over there,''

''So, where is the dock?'' Zoro asked while looking over the station for the train

''Maybe it's on the other side,'' Chopper suggested as they were slowly keep sailing, and as they just entered the city, a fisherman warned them not to enter the from the front like that and told them to go from the back. They were a little bit surprised by the helpfulness, but they thanked the fisherman and finally got into the city.

''Wow! Water Seven is so cool!!'' Usopp said with an amazed expression

''This city is the best!'' Luffy also declared after him with a big smile as they were all looking around.

There were waterways and canals that were used for transportation, almost like roads, surrounded by sidewalks on the canals. There were boats of all sizes covering the canals, and there were ramps of water that they were traveling along like streets. Luna couldn't help but think that the city was so much like Venice, Italy. But this city felt more colorful and lively, fitting for their world.

''Everything's floating on the water!! Even the houses...'' Chopper said as he excitedly watched around with shiny eyes

''That's not it.'' Robin said as she looked around, one could see the glint of curiosity to go and discover in her eyes, ''This city is just built on a sunken island. Look closely at the base of the buildings.''

''Wow!! Pillars!'' Chopper looked surprised as he stared at the water was going under some houses through the canals below the houses

''I see...'' Sanji looked around as he let a puff from his smoke ''That's why it's the city of water...''

''Yeah!! Let's go and find a shipwright!!'' Luffy happily shout out before a man also suddenly shout out

''Hey!!'' he was sitting on a table at some coffee just beside the wide canal they were sailing ''You can't anchor your ship there! What are you here for? Robbery?'' he sounded so relaxed,

''No. We just looking for a shipwright'' Luffy said as he went and sat on the figurehead of the Merry.

''Did he just ask if we want to rob him...?'' Nami murmured to herself with a sweatdrop

''Head that way until you see a small peninsula!'' The man shouted again as he pointed out somewhere else with a big smile on his face, ''You can anchor there!''

''Oh, Thank you!'' Luffy also shout back before they turn the ship and go towards the way the man pointed out

After sailing around the backstreets for a short time, they ended up coming to the outskirts of the city and anchored at a small cape. Everyone was looking excited to go into the city now, but as Zoro was pulling up the sails on the mast and just as he pulled to tighten it, the mast snapped almost right in half, and he was forced to grab hold of it to keep it from falling.

Everyone yelled at him, but Usopp was the loudest ''Hey!! Are you trying to break her?!''

''Uh... I just tugged on it a little bit,'' Zoro said as he was also looking as surprised as others. He began to stand it upright once again, ''Holy crap...'' as they heard the loud cracking sound of the wood, ''If Merry is falling apart this easy, we are lucky we made it here at all.''

His words are just offended Usopp more ''It's not just luck!'' as he also tried to help Zoro to hold the mast ''Merry said she would make it! It's her being tough!'' he was looking as if he was about to break and cry right there.

Luna also went to help as everyone was looking at the mast with worried eyes. Nami then turned to look at others after seeing three of them was fixing the mast as much as they could and asked, ''Why aren't the people here afraid of the pirates?''

''That's probably because pirates only come here for repairs'' Zoro grunted as he continued to push the mast as Usopp was hitting him and telling put it upright

''Maybe they have quite strong guys to fight any pirates if necessary...'' Robin suggested as Sanji agreed with a smile

''No doubt about that. There must be strong guys everywhere in a big city like this.''

''For real?!!'' Usopp asked as he looked like he freaked out now, ''Then isn't it dangerous here?!''

''It should be fine since we're all customers'' Sanji calmly said, not impressed by Usopp's frightened yellings

''It's all about money'' Luna said after she and Zoro finally put the mast back in its place ''Pirates that come here probably thinks they can easily threaten the shipwrights after they are done and leave without giving up a single berry. So they probably have strong guys, but as long as you pay, it shouldn't be a problem.''

''R...really?'' Usopp stuttered as he looked calmer now

''We need to find a place to exchange our gold for money...'' Nami slowly said, but she gasped as she saw Luffy and Usopp, who had no worries left, jumped out of the ship.

Before they could go far, however, Nami called out and ran after them, saying that they will go with her. They would need to find the man in Kokoro's letter, Iceburg, and ask him if their ship can be fixed, and then they would find a place to exchange their gold.

And soon, after discussing a little, they decided that taking all the gold with them would be too much and they might have a problem, so they left some of it to exchange later for now and began to go into the city with a still large amount of gold with them.

As they were leaving, Robin, Chopper, and Luna were decided to go some shopping, like books, and discover the city together. Luna also told Zoro to watch the ship since they still had gold on it. He casually nodded before he went and took a nap. Sanji, on the other hand, was in the kitchen, making a shopping list. They were on an island that had nothing on it, except for some long fruits, and so he needed to do a lot of shopping now. He was dreaming to go with Luna and Robin, without knowing they already left...

xxx

Meanwhile, people were rushing to the Dock 1 as they heard pirates were causing trouble. They were looking excited to see the commotion.

''I don't know what you meant'' a man with a blond hair and slicked back on his head while wearing a pair of orange goggles on top said as he also had a cigar in his mouth

''I exactly meant what I said, hahaha!!!'' a man who's wearing a big spherical helmet with a crescent moon on it said with a laugh. He had large canine teeth resembling a demon, and his facial appearance was that of a middle-aged man, and his hair color was white. ''After careful consideration, I am, captain of the big helmet pirates, Mikazi, grateful for the repairs on my ship. However, the price is way too high for what you did'' he arrogantly said

''Don't disturb me, I'm working...'' the blond man with a cigar casually said as he glanced at Mikazi.

''I won't pay even one berry for it! Hahahaha!!'' Mikazi declared as he unsheathed his sword and held it up while his men were also laughing at the shipwright, thinking their captain would kill him any moment now as the blond man was looking like he could care less about them

''Kalifa, what's going on there?'' a tall, middle-aged man with blue hair and similarly colored lips asked as he was rubbing the head of a small mouse in the pocket of his shirt with his index finger

''Um... A client is refusing to for the repair. Looks like trouble, Iceburg.'' a slim, pretty woman with blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair that was about shoulder length, and glasses said as she pushed up her glasses.

''Sounds troublesome indeed'' the man now named Iceburg said, but sounded so casual as if it was not important

Meanwhile, ''You know...'' the blond man with the cigar talked as he was still working on his work ''You shouldn't pick on the hard-working folks... We won't take it silently.''

Just then, one of the workers there, who's carrying a long tree trunk, turned his body, causing the tree trunk to slammed to Mikazi on the head so hard that he fell unconscious.

''B...Boss!!'' his crew called out with shocked expressions as their hands move to their weapons

''Ah... my bad'' the man with the tree trunk casually said, but he was looking like he absolutely didn't really mean it,

''Look where you move with that thing, idiot!!'' one of the men from the pirate crew yelled at him, looking like he still didn't understand what's really going on just when a young man, who had big black eyes with three eyelashes on top of his eye, and a long, rectangular shape nosed man dropped his long handsaw on his back, cutting him as blood spout out

''Ah, excuse me'' he said as if it was just a mere hand slip

''Y...you're tricking us into a fight, aren't you?!!'' the crew shout out as all of them pulled out their weapons, ''We will kill you!!''

Just as a muscular man with black hair and a mustache who was wearing sunglasses, and a tall and slim, yet muscular man with arched eyebrows and a close-shaved goatee, who also had shoulder-length wavy black hair, began to beat them up without any hardship

''Hey, have we tested that cannon yet?'' one of the old workers asked the young one who's cleaning a cannon, which he answered not yet

''Foolish shipwrights! You're all going to die!!!'' one of the pirates said just before a cannon fired and caused a big explosion.

''You're in the shipwrights' territory.'' the blond man with the cigar talked as he stared down the now burned pirates cause of the cannon. ''The pirate's way of things doesn't work here.'' he calmly stated as all of the workers looked down at the pirates, who're pathetically beaten down and lying on the ground unconscious as the shipwrights of the 'Galley-La Company' stand proud.

xxx

Luffy, Nami, and Usopp were now standing at the entrance to the city from the Rocky Cape and looking at Shop in front of them

''Rental Bull Shop?'' Usopp asked as he read the sign, looking too confused

''What's that?'' Luffy was also looking confused as much as Usopp

''What is that for?'' Nami also asked while blinking at the sign while Luffy was asking what's a bull now

''Don't know...'' Usopp answered with a weird face, looking ahead dumbly, ''Is it a bulldog? ...Probably not.''

Understanding they were not getting anywhere with just standing there ''Excuse me!!'' Luffy walked into the shop while pulling the big sack of gold behind him, ''We want to rent a bull!''

''Wait!!'' Usopp and Nami yelled out at the same time as their jaws were on the ground ''Find out what it is first!!'' nonetheless, they still followed after him anyway

''Welcome. Renting a bull?'' A middle-aged man with small glasses who's reading a newspaper look at Luffy, who just gets inside ''How many people?''

''Three,'' Luffy casually answered as he had a big smile

''What kind do you want?'' the man asked as he was preparing a little boat, ''There are three types: Yagara, Rabuka, and King... If there are three of you, how about two Yagara?''

''Okay,'' Luffy simply agreed, ''Please make it extra crispy.''

''What the hell are you talking about?!'' Usopp suddenly yelled out with a shock, causing Luffy to look at him with a blank expression, blinking while asking what's wrong ''I'm pretty sure that this place is not a restaurant!!'' Usopp yelled again, causing the man to look at them weirdly

After Nami and Usopp explained to him that they were strangers and just came to the city ''What?! So, you came here following the log?'' He was looking amazed ''Wow~~ That's amazing. Though, that probably means that you don't know what bulls are'' as he now understood what that weird conversation about before

''Look, those are bulls. Yagara bulls to be exact. They are everywhere in the city. They are special marine creatures that swim on the water'' he explained as he pointed out the city, showing the people who were riding little boats that were pulled by some creature looking like a horse with the tail of a fish. ''This is a water city, so there are more water canals than there are dry roads. Thus, Bulls are crucial to the citizens' everyday life. It is also necessary for tourists to move around the city.''

''So, you use fish to pull the boat?'' Nami asked as he turned to the man

''No,'' The man shake his hands as he explained that they mount the boats on them. It was working very much like the horses on drylands. They were working like horse carriages. He then showed them his bull pool, a fish tank that he keeps the bulls, saying that two Yagara Bulls would cost them 2,000 berry.

After choosing the bulls, which Luffy picked the one that licked him since the man said it did it because he like Luffy, they asked if the bull could carry their sack since it was heavy. The man said they were strong and capable of transporting anything, but asked what's in the sack. He didn't believe Luffy when he said it was gold until Luffy open up the sack and show the gold, causing the owner to shout out, saying give it to him, only getting a smack on his head by Nami.

Upon seeing their gold, the owner of the shop jokingly asked for one million berry for two Yagara Bulls, but did not succeed, ''Hey, is there an exchange nearby?'' Nami asked

''Yes, but that's a lot of gold you have there...'' the owner was now turned back to his normal state ''They won't have enough cash to exchange for all of it. You should go to the city center in the Zousenshima.''

The owner also gave a map to Nami, and after a lot of thanks and saying goodbyes, the three of them finally get in the city of water as Luffy was on his Yagara, carrying the gold while Nami and Usopp were riding the other one.

They were enjoying the city and discovering it, and finally, the bulls that were turned out actually quite smart brought them to the Shopping District from a short cut. It was so crowded and lively, and as they were looking around with awed expressions,

''Look!'' Luffy called out, looking ahead of them, ''A super big bull!!''

It was looking like a large shark as it was actually one of the Rabuka Bulls that were a larger and seemingly more violent type of yagara bull.

''Wow! That looks scary!'' Nami stated as they were passing right beside it

''It looks like it can swallow us...'' Luffy and Usopp said simultaneously. The big bull was carrying a lot of people on its back as it was pulling a big boat.

''Eh?'' Usopp look at the people with a surprise ''What the heck? ... Masks?'' almost everyone on the big boat was wearing masks that were similar to Venetian masks.

Nami, on the other hand, was like it ''Wow... that's looking so high class'' while Usopp was in wonder as to who they were

Meanwhile, Luffy's yagara was pulling him at a fast pace towards something he suddenly noticed, causing Usopp to forget about the people with masks and go after him.

''Welcome!! Would you like something?'' a slim, old woman welcomed Luffy,

''What?'' Luffy looked at his yagara, who came right in front of a food stand ''Are you hungry?''

''Mizu Mizu Meat is for people, but yagara bulls also like them'' the old woman said as she showed the stand of food. Several of the meats looked like little water balloons were hanging on the stand with thin robs tied to them,

''Mizu Mizu?'' Luffy asked, looking interested at the mention of the new kind of meat ''Give me ten!''

And a moment later, Luffy was lying on the boat with a blissful look on his face, ''So~~ Soft~~ Yummy~!!''

''Ehhh?!!'' Usopp looked at Luffy in shock after this, ''Let me try too!!!'' while Luffy was saying him to go and buy himself, causing Usopp to tell Nami to go towards to stand there, Nami's attention was stolen by the people she saw,

''Another one?'' she gazed at the woman on another yagara as she was also wearing a mask, ''If you look carefully... There are lots of people wearing masks...''

''Hey! Nami!'' Usopp yelled out again, causing Nami to snap at him

After enjoying the city a little bit more, they finally reached the entrance to the Zousenshima, where the Shipyards and the City Hall of Water Seven are located. But, they needed to go through the Aquatic Elevator first, which was an elevator working with water. They had to get through some gate, and once the gate closed and they were encircled by walls all over, water would rise, bringing the yagara bulls to up.

xxx

Meanwhile, on the Going Merry,

''Hey!!'' Sanji was calling out on the ship as he was looking around, ''Hey, Zoro!'' and the only one he found was Zoro, who's napping on the deck as he was sitting crosslegged, leaning on the railing. ''Where're Luna-cwan and Robin-chan? They are not on the ship!''

''Hm...'' Zoro didn't even open his eyes, ''They went out with Chopper, saying something about buying some stuff,'' Zoro nonchalantly replied.

''What?!'' Sanji was looking like as if the world collapsed on him ''This sucks! Only you left on the ship! So boring!!!''

''Same to you'' Zoro didn't even budge as he spoke in a bored tone

''Fine!'' Sanji finally said after his whinings, ''I'm going to go shopping too! Watch the ship!'' but the answer he got was a snore ''He already fell asleep...'' Sanji grumbled with a sweatdrop before he shrugged it off and left the ship too

''Why is everyone keep telling me to watch the ship.,'' Zoro muttered in his slumber

Not so long, Zoro's sleep was interrupted once again.

He suddenly unsheathed his katana and blocked the sword that aimed at his head while he was still in his napping position.

The moment Zoro opened his eyes and glared up to the intruders while their swords were still connected, ''I thought you're asleep...'' a tall man with long black hair that was sticking up and a had wide grin spoke in surprise. He was wearing typical goggles, gloves, and suspenders with stockings on his legs as there was a big, pink star in front of him. He also had shamrock-shaped tattoos on his shoulders.

''Who the hell are you?'' Zoro asked as he was glaring at him with a dark look

The man pulled back ''You asked who are we?'' as he was holding up his sword while there were six other men beside him ''Huhuhu!'' as Zoro was now also standing up, unsheathed his two swords, ''Pirate Hunter Zoro! We are Bounty Hunters! Kids cry when they see us! We are the Franky Family!!'' They held up their swords, looking so proud, ''The 60 million bounty on your head is ours!!''

Zoro stared at them with a blank face as he was sweating at their meaningless speech ''... Then we'll hide in the ship and ambush the rest of the crew!! Wahahaha!! We're going to be rich! We're so lucky!!'' He was looking way too happy as the six men cheer with him

''Kill him!'' the man shout out as he launched towards Zoro

Zoro blocked his sword with one katana, merely using his power ''Luck?'' shocking the man as he was shaking while trying to push himself ''More likely unlucky.'' Zoro made a sinister smirk before he threw the man off the ship as if he was nothing

''What?!'' the six men look at their leader fly away to the sky

''Charge!!''

''Get him!!''

As they all launch towards Zoro, ''Two Sword Style,'' Zoro held his swords in front of him, pointing up, like rhinoceros horns, ''Rhino Revolve!'' and spin-slashes around himself in an instant, effectively throwing everyone out of the ship into the sea as they fly away...

Zoro let a sigh ''Boring.''

xxx

Luna, Chopper, and Robin, on the other hand, were walking through the Shopping District.

''Really?! Can I learn it too?!'' Chopper, who's walking on his 'Walking Point' that made him looked like a normal reindeer, asked eagerly as his eyes were shinning while looking up at Luna

''Sure,'' Luna smiled big ''I will teach you once we have time,''

''Fufufufu! I'm sure you will learn in no time, Chopper'' Robin chuckled as she also looked Chopper's shiny eyes,

''Wahh! I can't wait!'' He jumped on his toes a little, like an excited child ''What are you calling it?''

''Eh?'' Luna looked surprised for a moment before she made a thoughtful look ''Hm... I guess it's 'Lunarian'?'' as she was looking not sure at all,

''Lunarian?!'' Chopper repeat with shiny eyes

''Did you just made it up?'' Robin asked as she was still chuckling

''Ugh... Yes,'' Luna said as she averted her gaze,

''It's like we have a secret language between ourselves!'' Chopper exclaimed passionately, ''It would be great if everyone learns!''

Luna didn't think the boys would ever try, maybe Sanji would if Luna, Robin, or Nami asked though, ''I'm sure Nami would also want to learn...'' she said with a smile.

Luna usually wrote things normally, but there were certain things that she didn't want some stranger to learn, so she was writing some parts of her notebooks in a language that did not exist in this world. After she gave Chopper some of her notebooks, such as medical, poison, chemical, Chopper asked to learn about the language Luna used in those notebooks since there were some pages he couldn't read, and Robin was the only one other than Luna who knew it.

''So....'' Luna couldn't find the right words ''sweet~'' the soft sweetness spread in her mouth was made Luna literally cry with happiness ''Mizu Mizu Candy... This must be one of the biggest inventions ever...'' Luna was murmuring with a delightful expression as the stand owner was looking at her with a big smile

While Luna was in her own world in front of some candy stand and eating a lot of green, water balloon-shaped candy,

''The crystal clear water and sidewalk are all so nice...'' Robin had a peaceful smile as she was looking around and waiting for Luna to be done with eating.

''And... There is a walkable road too!!'' Chopper also had a blissful look as he was too eating candy while standing beside Robin. He was also looking around before the shop across them took his attention, ''Wow! What's that, Robin?! So many faces!!'' he had a shocked expression now,

''... That's a mask shop,'' as she looked at the little shop with a lot of different mask choices ''Didn't you see a lot of people wearing such masks pass us by?''

''Ah...?'' Chopper gasp as he remembered the people that had weird and scary faces, ''They were wearing masks?! No wonder they looked so weird...''

''One of the stops of the sea train is the San Faldo. There is a costume party taking place there'' Robin explained, causing Luna's ears to twitch,

''Costume party?!'' as she turned to Robin at an incredible pace with shiny eyes

''Fufufufu, I don't think we would be going to that island,'' Robin said between her chuckles as Luna was lost all of the shines in her eyes and began to sulk

Chopper, on the other hand, was curious, ''How did you know?''

''Everyone on the street was talking about it'' Robin said with a kind smile as she looked at Chopper surprised expression

''You notice those things too?!''

''It's a force of habit. I've been doing that since I was a child'' causing Chopper to looked at her with awe as he was saying she was awesome,

''Look, Chopper!'' Robin, finally noticing the shop Chopper was looking at from the beginning, pointed out there ''A book store,''

''Really?!'' Chopper looked where Robin was pointing out, and after a second later, he was in front of the shop, ''Can I go to see?!''

''.... Of course!'' Robin momently sweatdropped before she made a smile at his eager look ''Go ahead!''

While Robin was chuckling how childish Chopper was looking and Luna was still eating candy with a happy face, a man slowly walked between them.

He was wearing a checkered pattern cloak with necklaces of beads. Accompanying his costume, he was wearing a mask with lipstick and markings that go over the eyes and down the cheeks.

''CP9''

This one word the man spoke was enough to make their smiles to vanish in an instant.

''Robin~! Luna~! I'll go in first, okay?'' Chopper told lastly with a huge smile on his reindeer face before he excitedly got in the book store

Robin watched Chopper get in with an anxious expression. She could hear her heartbeat in her ears as all other voices suddenly lost in her world.

The moment Robin turned her back to look at the man who's slowly walking, Luna's hand gripped her katana's hilt as she also turned towards the masked man with an emotionless expression.

Luna knew Franky Family would come for their money and wanted to be there to prevent that. She wasn't sure if Luffy and Usopp would fight, but Luna chose to go with Robin in the end. She didn't care about the crowded street they were on. She was ready to fight with them, even kill them without caring what people do or say. She was only hoping that things would be fine with others as she also hoped that things would be also fine with them.

''I wouldn't do that if I were you.''

Luna's eyes shook for a moment with the young girl's voice she heard just the moment she was unsheathing her katana. Her head snapped at her left side only to see a girl with a cloak that had colorful diamond patterns and a mask that also had diamond draws around its eyes and pink lipstick.

''A talking reindeer. How rare,'' the girl talked again as she was investing the Mizu Mizu Candy, holding it like something she shouldn't touch, as if holding a trash,

Luna's eyes slide to the shop with this as well as Robin's. A tall and slim man with a pure white cloak and a mask that had no designs on them was walking into the shop. If one would guess, they would say the man was joining the costume party as a ghost.

Fear wash all over Robin as Luna's hand immediately let go of her katana.

Luna wondered if this was what Robin felt when she decided to go with them. She didn't think that their friends were weaker than these people. She already knew they weren't. But at the moment, they didn't know anything about the assassins that trained all of their lives or they had a reason for them to fight.

Luna knew this kind of situation, it was just, up until now, she was always on the other side.

'Don't care for anyone. Don't show you're caring.'

It was a rule for their lives. Because once you cared for someone or show it openly, they would end up dead or use to rule you out.

That's one of the reasons Robin was always alone. She learned it the hard way.

And that's why Luna never showed it openly and chose to hide.

However, both of them ignored it when they were on the little ship that felt like a home with their friends.

Luna's ocean eyes slide to the masked girl and met with her light amber-colored eyes. It was familiar, both her voice and her eyes. The look in her eyes was different, but there was no way Luna would forget it, even if she wanted to, but she didn't know how or why this girl was there, facing with her.

''Shall we go?''

Hearing the girl's voice once again, Luna glance at Robin as she also glanced at her.

x

'I should take human form for this...' Chopped mused as he changed into his 'Heavy Point' that gives him a human-like appearance and height. His reindeer physical characteristics were gone now, and only his blue nose and parts of his fur remained.

He was studying at the new medical books as he wanted it for a while now,

''Ohh~~'' the old woman, who's the shop keeper looked at Chopper with a big smile, ''Nice mask! What are you supposed to be?'' out of everyone in the store who's wearing a mask, Chopper was clearly the most different one.

''Uh..'' Chopper didn't know what to say for a moment ''A reindeer man?'' as he wasn't sure

''Hahaha!! Alright then!'' leaving Chopper alone as he went on to look at the books.

Noticing that neither Robin nor Luna was coming in, even though it's been a while now, Chopper got out of the shop.

''Hey~~~! Robin~! Luna~!'' he was eager to look at the books with them, but once he was outside, he just blankly stared at the street.

''Robin? Luna?''

There was no trace of them.