A while, I was looking around at the crossover section for One Piece (I just got the Day One Edition of the new One Piece game for the 3DS and I love it!) and noticed a distinct lack of Megaman stories. There should be more of them, dammit! Anyways, I don't own anything. They belong to their respective writers and creators. Though if I owned them, I'd finish the canceled Megaman Legends 3 and have more Mega Man Star Force games than just the three! If I also owned Minecraft (owned by its respected owners), I'd cover Foxy the Pirate's ship with Creepers and have them blow it up with him on it.

"Is what you desire...recorded there?"

Nico Robin, known as the Devil's Child and Ms. All-Sunday, ignored King Nefertari Cobra as she gazed upon the large, black, imposing cube before her, a single side written with a strange language. While the whole world may seem to be unable to look at them as more than mere scribbles, to her, Robin could read them fluently. Yet...This one was amazing, stunning. A tale of a man who dreamed of a world where humans and those different were on equal grounds. He created his very own children and gave them true life. Yet, hardship followed. A rival, wanting domination over all, began to use other creations the man made in plans to dominate. The middle of the three children of the first man, since the eldest had ended up missing, asked to be modified to combat the other man and his forces to try and protect them all. As she read the words inscribed upon the stone, she was unaware she was actually reading it aloud in her depth reading. Battles against beings that could create blades of elements, unleash lightning in ways one would never expect it to perform, even an alien being of grand power! And all without even devouring an Akuma no Mi and losing the ability to swim! Even if this stone was only saying a small summary of just two tales of heroics, perhaps the last ones known, and the beginning of hero, she felt it was incomplete. As if...it wasn't what she was truly looking for. Slowly, the battles began to fade out and the man, finally entering his final years, began to build one last son. The youngest of them all, it would take thirty years for him to be complete-thirty years the man did not have.

"'To you, reader of my special code, this is the only one of the stones I was able to use my robotic assistants to hide that I and my daughter made to tell of the years before they began to take over the world. Blues...Rock...My two eldest sons are gone now, but I leave to you in this stone they key to the youngest two of my children who still live. My daughter does not know it, but while she rested, I placed her in the only available pod connected to my youngest son,'" Robin read, "'The two within this container are living beings much like you are, but also different. My only daughter...she told me she wanted to be a nurse before he began to try to perform world domination. If you could, find it in your heart to try to help her dream flourish. As for my youngest, I left all that I could to him. His codename is Pluton, but his true name is X. "X" is the first of a new generation of Robots which contain an innovative new feature-The ability to think, feel, and make his own decisions. His sister is also being given these new features while she rests with X. However, this ability could be very dangerous. If "X" or Roll were to break the first rule of Robotics-"A robot must never kill a human being"-the results may be disastrous, and I fear that no force on Earth could stop "X." Roll, possibly, but not "X." Approximately 30 years will be required before we can safely confirm their reliabilities with the removal of the need to obey the three laws from their systems. Unfortunately, I will not live to see that day, nor do I have anyone to carry on my work. Therefore, I have decided to seal them in these capsules behind this new alloy I created just for this containment, which will test their internal systems until their reliability has been confirmed. Please do not disturb the capsules until that time. If that time has since passed, then touch the left side of this container and "X" and Roll will awake. "X" possesses great risks as well as great possibilities. I can only hope for the best. This is Thomas D. Light, September 18th, 20XX.'"

"Thirty years? It's been considerable longer than that," Cobra whispered, 'Does...Does that mean it's safe to open it, or…?'

"A fitting place for a state secret," a gruff voice noted, making the two turn their heads to see the man behind everything going on above them enter, "You wouldn't be able to find this place without knowing where to look…" he walked up to beside Robin, "...So is this a Poneglyph, Nico Robin?"

"...You arrived quickly, Sir Crocodile," Robin noted as Cobra watched them, the arms sprouting from his own keeping them pinned behind his back.

"It's rather...Hmm, I'm not quite sure how to describe it…" Crocodile noted, "So can you decipher it?"

"...Yes."

"Then read it aloud. Read this Poneglyph…" Crocodile grinned darkly.

'Oh no…! If he finds out about...' Cobra began to think before Robin began to speak.

"'Alabasta is conquered by Kahira, in year 239 of the Heaven's Calendar...'"

'Wh...Why is she not telling the true history in it?' Cobra thought in shock as Crocodile stopped her, demanding information on Pluton.

"That is not recorded here. There is only history written here," Robin informed in a half-lie.

"What?" Crocodile growled.

"The name 'Pluton' isn't mentioned in this passage even once."

"...I see...What a shame."

"!?"

"You were a most capable partner, but I'll be killing you here," Crocodile informed gravely.

"!-!-!? Wha!?" Robin's eyes widened as Cobra's eyes did the same.

"The arrangement made between us 4 years ago has now come to an end. Back then, you told me this…"If you lead me to the Poneglyph, then I will give you information on the secret weapon." The work you've done for Baroque Works these past four years," Crocodile began to assume a fighting stance, "Were invaluable thanks to you intellect and leadership. For me, that was enough. You were a highly useful woman. However! At the very end, you broke your promise to me…!" Robin barely avoided the swipe aimed at her, her hat taking the golden hook aimed for her head, "The Poneglyph of this country failed to give me any leads on Pluton!"

"Zzz….Zzz…" a young boy, around seventeen, snored on the grass outside the royal tomb, injuries all over his body, "Zzz…" the ground began to rumble, awakening the boy, "Huh? Hm!?" he got up with a yawn, "Ah, that was a nice nap." he started to come out his his sleepy state, "...That's right. My body couldn't move all of a sudden...And I couldn't help but take a nap…And...Now that I'm all better..." he bopped his fist into his palm, "Ah-" instantly getting up fully, he began to charge in anger, "Crocodiilee! I'm gonna kick your ass!" he dashed right past a revealed hidden stairway before going back to it and glaring at it with strained eyes, "That hole...It's Croc-like."

"Water?" Crocodile asked as he looked down at Robin's form, blood coming out of the wound he delivered to her stomach area with his hook, "I will forgive everything, Nico Robin. Because, you see...I never trusted anyone, from the very beginning…" he continued as he walked away from Robin, "I've already verified Pluton's existence from Cobra's reaction earlier. I can find it myself without relying on this cryptic block of junk! It's all a matter of time once I take over this country…!" his eyes widened as he felt the area start to rumble, "What's going on?! It's still too soon for the palace square bombing…" glancing over at the Poneglyph, his eyes settled upon the glowing writing as Cobra rested against the side of it, "Ah, it must be you...What did you do…!?"

"Nothing much, really...This Poneglyph...contains one final hope…from the Void Century..." Cobra informed, 'X...Please...If you truly are the legendary Pluton...If you truly were made to protect and not destroy like the World Government believes...Then help us in our darkest hour!'

The cube began to glow brighter before it seemed to start folding in on itself. Crocodile watched as the Poneglyph finished collapsing to expose a pair of strange glowing containers, back to back. Within both containers, a lone figure rested within each, suspended in a glowing liquid. One appeared to be a young girl, no older than eighteen. Her long, blond hair was done in a ponytail with a green bow. Her red dress went down to just above her knees, letting what was under her knees be covered in red boots with white soles and buttons on the sides. The top of the red dress had a white piece connected to it with two black/dark green orbs on the front. Her arms were covered in black sleeves with white cuffs on her wrists. The other figure, despite being unknown to him, made a small sense of something well up in Crocodile. The man seemed to be around the same age as the girl, possibly between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and seemed to have a decent build. He wore a black bodysuit with a set of white lines going up from the middle of the front of his legs upwards on the middle of his body. He wore the strangest armor he had ever seen. Blue armor in various shades adorned the lower arms, shoulders, torso, head, and lower legs. Ruby jewels covered the elbows and kneecaps with a gold border on the tops and a white border on the bottoms. White trimming adorned the wrists on the armor with a pair of white gloves covering the hands while white armor covered the area that turned from his legs to his feet with gold soldes on his boots. White detailing on the torso armor seemed to make an 'X' in it with the white line on his bodysuit going into the bottom of the letter with a white and cyan belt around his waist, a pentagon emerald trimmed in gold acting as the buckle. His helmet was a series of blue shades with a pair of black rings trimmed in gold on the sides and a ruby gem directly on the helmet's forehead area. Sirens blared out of the two containers as the bottoms opened, exposing vents that instantly released the glowing liquid, revealed to be just plain water. Crocodile put his hand on the ground and the water instantly dried up. Hissing came from the pods before the tops opened and let the clear glass slid down, letting the two fall over.

"What? Children were in that?" Crocodile raised a brow before a wall nearby exploded, revealing the injured teen, panting hard as he glared at Crocodile, "You again, Strawhat Luffy?"

"I've cornered you now, Croc…!" the teen declared.

"How...Are you still alive?" Crocodile demanded, "Why must you come after me again and again no matter how many times I kill you?" he started to tremble in anger, "Well, STRAW HAT!?"

"How did he…" Cobra pondered before noticing Robin's small movements.

"Mugiwara…" Robin whispered.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO KILL YOU BEFORE YOU'RE SATISFIED!?" Crocodile roared out.

"You still haven't returned...the thing you've stolen…!" Luffy scowled.

"'The thing I stole…?'" Crocodile repeated with a dry chuckle, "Money? Fame…? Trust…? Is it life?" he began to chuckle madly, "Or perhaps the rain!? Kuhahaha! What is it you want back? I've stolen so many things, you see."

"The Country!" Luffy declared, none of them aware of the two figures starting to open their eyes, the girl's a calming ocean blue and the boy's a fierce, serene emerald.

"Country!?" Crocodile repeated, "You're an odd fellow...I'm only about to steal the country now...By becoming its new king…!"

"No, when I came here, it was already stolen!" Luffy argued, none of them seeing how the blue-wearing teen was watching the interaction as the girl's eyes closed once more, "Her country was nowhere to be found!" his entire body trembled, unaware of his irises turning into dots with rings in them, "If this were really her country…" he rushed right at Crocodile in rage, "THEN SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SMILE A LOT MORE!"

The blue armored teen's eyes widened as he witnessed it. The one called 'Strawhat Luffy' had struck the man, apparently named 'Croc' by 'Strawhat Luffy,' with a swiping kick...with the leg stretching like rubber. ...What kind of robot was he? The kick impacted with 'Croc's' face and sent him rocketing backwards.

'What the...How can he kick me without any water…?' Crocodile thought as he began to get up.

"CROCODIIIILEE!" Luffy roared as he stretched his right arm back as he charged at 'Croc.'

"Wai-" Crocodile's sentence was cut off by the punch that impacted with the center of his face, sending him slamming into a wall and breaking it apart, "Ku...Ha...It...It can't be…" of the two from the capsules, the male's eyes widened as he saw that Luffy was bleeding, "You used your blood!?"

"Blood works just as well as clumping up your sand, right!?" Luffy calmly asked as he held up his bleeding right fist.

"First Rainbase, and then the Royal Palace," Crocodile laughed madly, "And now… this underground temple!" Luffy and the male just looked on at him, wondering just what he was trying to say here. "You should be rewarded for your insistence on challenging me," Crocodile went on, "Even though I put you through hell twice now, you keep coming back."

Luffy went for another attack, forcing Crocodile to jump out of the way so that Luffy went slamming through the wall this time. As Cobra and the male watched, Crocodile reached for his hook and pulled off the golden part to reveal that there was another hook just underneath it. Only this one seemed to be made of iron and was embedded with large holes with a slight pink haze drifting from it.

'Poison?' the male thought.

"You're a pirate, Straw Hat!" Crocodile declared and Luffy's eyes widen a little in confusion when he saw that, "You certainly proven that with your determination to defeat me no matter the cost." He stood back up. "And I'll admit that you've become an annoying persistent opponent during our three encounters!"

Luffy stared at the hook before he asked, "Alright. What's that?"

"A poisonous hook," Crocodile stated as he held up his weapon and let the golden hook covering fall.

"I see," Luffy noted simply, clearly not caring.

"You seem to be a confident pirate I suppose, so surely you must understand…" Crocodile said, frowning heavily, "That a duel between pirates is always about two people fighting for survival. And when that's the case, there's no such thing as playing dirty!"

Luffy turned into a battle position as the male began to slowly stand up, not once looking away from them.

"When the explosion happens in the square, this place will most likely crumble to dust!" Crocodile informed them, making the male's eyes widen, "This will be our final battle! Let's settle this once and for all!"

"A...bomb?" the two fighters turned to see the male standing up.

"Ah! You're the boy from the capsule over there," Crocodile noted.

"What bomb?" the male asked.

"Croc here put a bomb somewhere in the city near the plaza!" Luffy informed as he pointed at Crocodile, "If it goes off, a lot of people will die!"

"...Understood," the male nodded before looking at the other three on the ground and then at Cobra, "Can you stand?"

"..." Cobra slowly got up and nodded.

"Help her," he motioned to the girl from the other capsule, "Once we're out, I'll start looking for the bomb."

"Thanks!" Luffy grinned.

"Oh no you don't!" Crocodile growled as his left arm all the way up to the gold part of it turned to sand, "I won't let you!"

The male moved to the side and the shot hook zipped past him. Crocodile retracted the sand-made limb and the golden hook as the male picked up Robin. Looking at Cobra, the male nodded before they began to run out of the area and up the stairs. Once they were gone, the two below were immediately at each other's throats, no longer caring what happened to themselves and focusing only on beating the other.

"My boy...Are you the one...called 'X' by the writing?" Cobra asked as they made their way out.

"...Yes...The last words I remember before going to sleep until just a few minutes ago were 'Do well in the future, my son, Hikari D. X,'" the male informed.

"A…Your middle name is 'D?'"

X nodded. He wasn't getting it. Why did he seem so surprised at his middle name? A soft moan reached his ultra-sensitive voice recognition system. Looking down, Cobra noticed the girl in his arms was starting to awake just as they got outside. Cobra gently put her down along with X putting Robin down. Slowly, the blond-haired girl's eyes began to slide open, the unfocused misty-blue turning into a soft sapphire/jade blend.

"P...Papa…" the girl mumbled out as she began to sit up before she stopped and ran the palm on her right hand on the ground, "...Why is there grass in the lab?"

"This isn't a lab," X informed, "It's a tomb of sorts, judging by the detailing, the hieroglyphics, and structure."

"?!" the girl gasped before turning to look up at X, "Ek...X?!" she hopped up and looked at him in shock, "Wh...Why are you out of your capsule?! You're not done with...with…" she glanced around before gawking, "WHERE ARE WE!-!-!-!?"

"You've...both been resting for...for well over thirty years," Cobra informed, "More than that...It's possibly been around a good sixteen hundred (1600) years since you've been sealed away during the Void Century."

"Void Century?" the girl repeated slowly before she collapsed to her knees, "Nooooooo...No no no no no no noooooooo…" she bent down, putting her hands on the grass as she started trembling, "No no no no no no no no! NOOOOOOOOOO!-!-!-!"

X moved a step back at the scream she released, trying to stop the ringing that developed in his ears. Cobra gently held the sobbing girl close. He had some experience with crying girls around her physical age considering his status as a father of a girl around that age.

"It...He said he wouldn't...He promised me…!" she choked out, "Why...? Why did you break your promise to let me stay with you, Papa?!"

"...He had something for you to do," Cobra gently spoke, doing his best to think, "From what Nico Robin over there read on the Poneglyph written by Thomas Light, I think he wanted you to stay by your younger brother, X, and help him in life as best as possible."

The girl continued her sobs, Cobra unsure if she heard him or not. Looking up at X, he nodded to him. X nodded back before running off. He may not know the man, but he could tell that he would make sure his 'sister' was okay. He had to locate the bomb before it went off and he didn't have a clue when it would go off.

"Look! It's Roronoa Zoro!"

X skidded to a halt at that shout. Looking past a corner, he saw the strange sight of an injured man in dark-green pants, black boots, a green sash around his waist with three swords in it, a white shirt, a green bandana on his left bicep, three earrings in his left ear, and green hair. Before the man was a group of soldiers from what he could assume by the white uniforms with blue detailing slightly hidden beneath cloaks to prevent sunstroke.

"Damn it, even the Marines are here...I haven't got any time to waste…!" the man growled as he began to pull one of the blades out.

"What're you doing here!?" one of the Marines demanded.

"Just where do you think you are!?" a pudgy one added.

"That's what I should be asking you," the man, 'Zoro' X assumed, raised a brow.

"Go back to that corner and turn north to get to the palace square!"

"Turn back and head right! You're going the wrong way!"

"What're you, an idiot?!" a third demanded.

X raised a brow as Zoro gawked at them. In a matter of seconds, Zoro was running off. X was quick in pursuit, surprising the Marines.

"Who was that?!"

"Was he a member of Baroque Works?!"

"Crap! He's gonna try to stop Zoro!"

Zoro looked over his shoulder to see X had caught up easily, "Are you looking for the bomb as well?"

"Yes," X nodded, "You are 'Roronoa Zoro,' correct?"

"Yeah."

"...Hikari D. X," the blue-armored warrior informed, "Turn left at the corner and we'll reach the plaza in ten-point-twenty seconds."

"Thanks," Zoro nodded as he went right...making X skid to a halt.

"Zoro! I said 'left!'" X called.

"?!" Zoro skidded to a halt and ran back towards X, "You weren't clear enough, dammit!"

X blinked twice. He wasn't? Tilting his head in thought, he nearly forgot about the bomb to contemplate just how he wasn't clear. Perhaps he wasn't loud enough?

"Come on, dammit!" Zoro barked, snapping X out of his thoughts.

"Affirmative," X nodded as he gave chase, feeling unwell as he witnessed the injured, possibly dying, men scattered about, "This...What is this?"

"A civil war, one manipulated into happening by a pirate called Crocodile," Zoro scowled as they skidded to a halt before a clock tower, facing a large all-out war.

"Is...Is this normal of humans?" X asked, shaking a bit.

"Nah. Only those who feel as if they have nothing left to lose," Zoro frowned, "And what do you mean by that? You're a human as well."

"But...I'm not a…" X began before looking up, "Does the face of a clock tower normally open?"

"Wha?" Zoro looked up to see the clock tower's clock did seem to be slightly opened, "I don't think that's normal."

"Do you suppose the bomb is up there?" X asked.

"Can't hurt to check," Zoro smirked, his hand resting on the white blade of his three swords.

The two quickly ran up the stairs, X keeping ahead of Zoro. The swordsman narrowed his eyes at the armored guy before him. He didn't even seem tired at all from going up all these steps. As they ran by a window, X skidded to a halt and looked out. X's broad-range eye camera zoomed in to see the sight of a man-sized falcon falling from the sky, injured badly and looking as if he had been caught in an explosion.

"What is it?" Zoro asked.

"Someone shot a bird in midair from here," X scowled, "A peregrine falcon if I'm cross-referencing correctly."

"Cross-what?" Zoro raised a brow, "Whatever. Now we know for sure the bomb's up there if someone's shooting from up here."

X nodded with narrowed eyes. The two kept on running up before getting to the roof part of the tower that led into the actual tower part. X stopped when he noticed Zoro stopped and looked down. With his sight, X could make out a group of people and what appeared to be a reindeer-like robot down on the ground.

"Hey! I've been looking for you guys!" Zoro shouted.

"You're up there too, Zoro!?" the orange-haired girl X could make out exclaimed.

"...Why is there a woman from a harem down there?" X asked Zoro, pointing at the orange-haired girl.

"Who's that, Zoro!?" a man in bandages and a long nose shouted.

"This is X!" Zoro replied, "What're you guys doing down there?"

"THAT'S WHAT I WANNA ASK!" the long nose shouted.

"Well the Marines kept telling me, "Head North, head North," so I thought I should climb up here…" Zoro informed before pointing at X, "But this guy said they meant to turn left."

"DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'NORTH' AND 'UP!?'" long nose demanded, "In any case...Good job! Just get up there and-"

"It's no good…" X looked at the blue-haired girl that he faintly heard speak, "You can't head inside the clock tower from where those three are at. To get to the top of the clock tower, you have to use the special staircase located on the first floor!"

X's eyes widened. Then...Then he and Zoro ran up the wrong way! Looking at the clock tower, his inspected every angle of it. Narrowing his eyes, he calculated what needed to be done. As everyone else watched as the face of the clock opened up fully to expose the cannon, X ran towards the side of the tower. He jumped and landed on the side. As he began to slide down, he made another jump and got up higher. Repeating his wall jumping, he scaled up higher and higher towards the opening. He began to faintly make out two figures. One was a woman in a frog-themed outfit with frog-themed guns in her hands. The other figure was a man in a purple robe with his white hair fluffed up around his head and sunglasses above his closed eyes. X was a bit confused on how a man could have so much of his facial features resembled the number '7.' He ignored it to press on in his scaling.

"Tic Tac Tic. Hey, listen, Mr. 7, I feel we're important characters," the woman noted.

"That's right, Miss Father's~~Day~~~."

"I wonder if we can get a promotion after this...What do you think?" Ms. Father's Day giggled sinisterly.

"Haha! That'd be awesome! So good, Miss Father's Day!" Mr. 7 laughed, "Because-Ah oh!-We're going to use such a big cannon toward the center of the crowd and shoot! So good! Hahaha!"

I think not," X stated as he landed between them, grabbing their frog-themed gun and 7-themed gun and crushed them.

"Gaaaaah! Wh-Who are you?!" Miss Father's Day exclaimed in shock.

"My name is 'X,' a robot designed by Dr. Thomas D. Light," X informed, "To protect the innocent lives below, I will not allow you to fire this bomb!"

"Oh? What are you going to do?" Mr. 7 asked before X picked them up by the front of their clothes and hung them on some hooks nearby, "Gah!"

"H-Hey!" Miss Father's Day exclaimed, "You bastard! Put us down right now!"

"Using the correct method, you can get yourselves down. By then, though, the bomb will be taken care of," X informed as he entered the cannon and narrowed his eyes, "A time bomb." hearing the sound of something landing, he turned to see the blue-haired girl from the floor landing with what he assumed was the reindeer-robot, but bigger now.

"...How did you change like that?" X asked the reindeer-robot.

"I'm a Reindeer who ate the Hito-Hito no Mi, so now I can change into different forms!" the figure informed.

"And you?" X asked the girl.

"The bomb!" Vivi shouted.

"Ah! Oh, you're right," X nodded before turning to the bomb and opened the armor of his left hand, revealing a small array of items, including a pair of scissors, "I can disarm the bomb. I was in the middle of analyzing where the wiring lead to and which one would detonate the bomb if cut." he cut the white wire near the bottom and the ticking stopped, the timer halting at '00:00:15,' "Bomb disabled."

"Whaaaaa!?" the two Baroque Works agents exclaimed in shock as X walked out of the cannon.

"Th...there was a timer on the bomb?" the reindeer-robot asked, making X look down to see that it had shifted to the size of a small child while also noting the pink top hat with a white 'X' on it.

"A doctor?" X asked.

"Yes. Mr. Doctor is a great one," the girl nodded.

"Shut up!" the reindeer-robot snapped as X began to witness the strangest wiggling dance he had ever seen in the last half-hour of his awakening, "J...Just because you're calling me the best doesn't mean that I like it! Asshole!"

"...You are not pleased?" X asked.

"He is. He seems to be unable to take compliments, though," the girl laughed sheepishly, "Oh yes! I am Vivi."

X nodded before looking at 'Mr. Doctor,' "There's injured at a tomb nearby. One has a stab wound through her midsection that needs to be treated immediately."

"Ah!" 'Mr. Doctor' froze before adopting a stern look, "Lead me there!"

X nodded before looking at the two agents, "What about them?"

"I've got an idea," Vivi informed before cutting the lighting rope from the cannon and quickly began to tie them up...while they were still on the hooks.

"Oh come on!" Miss Father's Day snapped, "At least let us down!"

"You will be," a voice informed before X looked at the opening to see the injured falcon there, its form now humanoid, "Once the authorities arrive."

"P...Pell!" Vivi exclaimed.

"This place holds a lot of memories," the humanoid falcon noted, "It's the Suna-Suna Dan's secret base…" he glanced over at Vivi, "Really, you were such a noise child...You gave me a headache almost everyday. Princess Vivi, I am very pleased that I am able to serve the Nefertari Family. It's something from the depths of my heart that I am so proud of." he looked at X, "Who are you?"

"My name is 'X,'" the robot informed, "Please, can you take Mr. Doctor and I to the royal tomb? A man and a woman are injured there, the woman having a stab wound through her midsection."

"Wait," X turned to Vivi, "I'll go with Mr. Doctor, Mr. Warrior."

"...I'm not a warrior," X noted.

"Yet, you helped save us from this bomb by disarming it," Vivi informed, "I'll go with them. Please, try to stop the fighting."

"...Why do they fight?" X asked.

"...There has been little rain these last few years," Pell informed, "The men not in uniform are rebels believing the king was the cause of it with forbidden Dance Powder."

"...Then only rain will make them stop," X informed, "But, I will stay and keep guard of these two to prevent the bomb's detonation until it can be safely transported to the bottom of the sea."

Pell nodded. He didn't know the man, but his princess seemed to trust him. It was then the ground began to rumble. Glancing out to the east, where the royal tomb was, X was able to see that nearly halfway towards it, the ground began to bubble up before exploding, letting something shoot into the sky in a smoking, sandy spiral. X saw that it was Crocodile, beaten thoroughly to the point of unconsciousness.

"On second thought, we need to get down that hole," X informed, "A young man named 'Luffy' is down there most likely, having just beaten Crocodile."

"Luffy?!" Mr. Doctor exclaimed in shock before running to the hole and shouting down, "Everyone! Luffy's in a hole that just formed nearby! Try to get him out of it!"

"Let's get going," Pell informed.

"Vivi, can you stay here? If it starts to rain, we need someone from the Royal Family to calm the masses," X informed.

Vivi nodded. X waited until the other were flying off before slumping down beside the cannon. He gazed up at the sky through the opening and began to feel the connection. It was old, but out in the sky was still a satellite. It amazed him at how, despite its age, that it was still fully operable in terms of video. Closing his eyes, he connected to the satellite's video feed and awed at the sight of the planet that was being gazed upon. A singular ring stretched across the planet vertically with a long series of islands littered all over it. There was even a small set of islands in the sky, even! And was...was that a city of gold?! Miraculous! Opening his eyes, X smiled a little in amazement as he watched as rain began to finally fall. This was Earth? It was marvelous.

"King Cobra!" Pell shouted as he swooped down and landed, changing into his normal human self.

"Where's the injured?!" Mr. Doctor demanded before blinking twice.

"Hm? A robot doctor modeled after a reindeer?" Roll pondered, pausing from packing up her medical supplies in the satchel she had on her body.

"I'm a Reindeer!" Mr. Doctor snapped, his eyes blank and his teeth shark-like at the insinuation.

"Who are you?" Pell demanded before noticing Robin, "Ah! Ms. All-Sunday!"

"Hm? I thought she was called 'Nico Robin,'" Roll tilted her head as she looked over at her left, where the woman was sound asleep with tight bandages on where she had been stabbed.

"Wh-Why did you treat her?" Pell asked.

"I'm a nurse in training," Roll fumed, puffing one of her cheeks up in annoyance, "It's wrong to not treat others just for being bad or good."

The reindeer nodded as he ran over and began to examine the treatments, "Oh, these are some great wrappings! Did you use a forward or reverse wrap?"

"I used a small blend of both on Mr. Nefertari here and a reverse wrap on Ms. Nico there," Roll informed with a smile, glad to see someone noticing her technique, "My dream is to be one of the best nurses after all! One that can help any doctor treat any cure! Except for death, that'll happen no matter how much you want to prevent it. Everything has an end after all." she looked over at Pell, not noticing the reindeer looking at her in awe, "Is there anywhere these two can be moved? They need to stay in comfortable areas, such as beds. The areas need to be clean as well, so as to prevent any infections."

"Uh...Well...We have a medical wing at the palace, but…" Pell began.

"Good! Then let's get there quickly and make sure their wounds don't get exacerbated!" Roll ordered.

By the end of it all, a confused-and slightly frightened-Pell was carrying the reindeer (who was finally able to introduce himself as Tony Tony Chopper to the girl), the robot girl, the king, and the right-hand lady of Crocodile to the palace. It didn't help the Royal Guard member that the reindeer had chosen that, once they had flown over the hole Luffy made, once he saw Luffy was okay, he passed out just as the rain began to fall.

"You...You were right," Vivi gasped as she watched the fighting starting to die down.

"It's your cue," X informed.

Vivi nodded before standing on the top of the opening, "EVERYONE! PLEASE! STOP FIGHTING!" X smiled as his hearing picked up the voices of the people, all finally noticing their princess, "The rain right now, will fall again like before. Because all the nightmares have ended!-!-!" he frowned as he heard the roars of anger from the rebels involving some sort of attack before hearing someone ordering the royal army to stand down before another voice ordered the rebels to stand down, "I...Igaram! Mr. Protector, please stay here with the prisoners."

"Affirmative," X nodded, "And my name is 'X,' your highness."

X watched as the young girl ran off. Closing his eyes once more, he connected to the satellite to observe while he listened. He smiled a little as he watched Crocodile be stripped of a title by a Marine officer. He smiled a little as he saw Pell land to let the man speak, was surprised to find out that the man was actually the king of the land, and applauded the man in how he declared that the war would reunite them all and do their best to live on. He opened his eyes to see the three Marines run in. X pointed at the two still tied up and hanging before he pointed behind him with his thumb.

"Be careful with this. The bomb still has a chance of going off with enough force," X advised.

"Thank you," one of them, the chubby one X remembered when direction Zoro to the main plaza, thanked.

"You're welcome," X nodded.

X sat in a chair, looking at the sleeping form of Roll. The girl had exhausted herself worrying over and treating everyone there. What the doctors here called the most dangerous poison known to them, she had treated Luffy for it in just under a few minutes. Looking over her bed, his eyes settled on the sleeping form of Nico Robin. The woman was able to read the language his father made with ease and, because of it, the king was able to awaken them at long last. X owed this woman a lot of thanks. He then glanced around at the others in medical beds. The orange-haired woman was the only one still in her covers, content in her sleep. Chopper (Roll informed her of their names as she finished treating them) had his pillow near his feet, the blond-haired man with a curled eyebrow (he and Roll had both analyzed it long enough to know it was purely natural. Along with the other eyebrow) was almost off the bed with only his feet still on it, the upper half of it occupied by Zoro (Roll nearly throttled the man for all the wounds he had until she caught him trying to take the bandages off. Most of the time before they fell asleep after she caught him, Sanji the blond man was laughing at how Zoro had been beaten with a broom). The long nose (Usopp) didn't have as much bandages as he previously had (X was surprised to see that the nose was natural and Roll immediately declared him a Tengu, much to Usopp's annoyance) and was asleep facing backwards with his behind in the air. Luffy was completely sprawled out, a snot bubble in his nose. Turning to the door opening, he saw a large man with his hair done up in horizontal curls climbing up to his head enter, wearing a formal sleeping outfit. It also caught the attention of Vivi (whom Roll also treated since she had minor wounds compared to the others), who was wearing a white sleeping down with a blue blanket on her shoulders.

"Princess Vivi, why are you still awake?" the man asked.

"Igaram," Vivi smiled before resuming her observation of the rain.

"You cannot sleep?" Igaram asked.

"I can, but right now...All I want to do is watch it rain. Just for a little longer."

Igaram smiled softly at that. He heard the sound of blankets being moved and looked to see X was putting Usopp correctly into bed. Igaram nodded before he began to help by putting Sanji and Zoro into their beds.

"Ah, Pell, he...He's one of the most proudest soldiers that I have ever seen," Igaram informed with a smile.

"Yes...I really want to thank him once he awakes," Vivi agreed.

"That would be the highest reward for him," Igaram agreed before looking at X, "So...You and the girl who treated Pell beyond what the other doctors could do were resting in what the Royal Family protected for all these years?"

"Yes," X nodded, looking down at Roll with a small smile, "I'm glad your king released us. He...is a good man."

"Indeed," Igaram nodded as he glanced over at Vivi, "He has a way with crying girls."

"I-Igaram!" Vivi blushed.

"But...Is it true? Are you...the Island Destroyer known as Pluton?" Igaram asked, making Vivi gasp softly and look at X.

"...My codename is 'Pluton,' but I do not believe I have the capability to destroy entire islands," X informed.

"X, you must never call yourself 'Pluton' under any circumstance," Igaram warned, "The World Government will not stop pursuing you until you are captured and placed under their power."

"Why would they want me?"

"To control," Vivi informed, "They cannot stand pirates and will do whatever it takes to eliminate them."

"If they have you, then you'll be forced to kill so many innocent lives," Igaram trembled.

The two knew what they were speaking of. Having been part of a criminal organization for two years, they had seen some of the more...darker aspects of the Marines. X looked at Roll as she turned a little in her sleep. His eyes narrowed before facing them.

"I refuse to let them control me. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," X informed, "If they do actions that threaten other lives, I'll give it my all to try to save just as many lives threatened."

"Eh? This is an outstanding combination…" one of the elder doctors of the royal family, who had stopped by to check on the injured, noted as he watched Chopper mixing something up with Roll providing the correct amounts of components, "No, truly logical...Very amazing. Where did you learn all this doctor skill?"

"Hihi...Tony-kun is an outstanding doctor from the Drum Kingdom," Vivi informed, walking by with a bowl of cold water.

"What!-! Really!? So you came from the country that used to be very famous for it's doctors?" the elder asked in amazement as Roll giggled.

'Chopper-chan already told me about it the other day,' Roll thought as she glanced over at the snoring Luffy while X was speaking with Robin, 'Three days...I hope their captain wakes up.'

"Shut up!" Roll looked to see the sheepish smile Chopper was giving while pulling a chair out and offering tea, "Quit staring at me! Moron! Get the hell away from me, asshole!"

"Can I take that to mean: 'Please, have some tea and observe all you like?'" the doctor asked Vivi.

"I think so!" Vivi giggled with Roll.

"Goodness! This is extraordinary," the doctor complimented.

"Shut up…"

"Chopper-chan is quite the talented doctor!" Roll complimented with a giggle.

"I'm extremely impressed!" the doctor agreed as Vivi gently wiped Luffy's forehead with a moistened cloth.

"Shut up and get the hell away from me, assholes!"

"Are you sure?" X asked with a small frown.

"Indeed," Robin replied, "What you did was inexcusable."

"...No one is born to be alone," X informed before he glanced at Luffy with Roll at the same time, not noticing the brief look of shock.

"He's awake," they said in unison just before Luffy got up and screamed.

"WHOAAAAAAAAH!-!-!-!-!-! I SLEPT VERY WELL!-!-!-!-!" Luffy screamed to the heavens before he began to feel his head as Sanji and Usopp entered the room, "Huh? Hat? My Hat? I feel very hungry!-!-! Where's my breakfast and Hat!-!? Breakfast! Hat?!"

"You just woke up and you're already loud!" Sanji noted, a cigarette in his mouth, "And it won't be breakfast. It's early evening right now."

"Stop moving you," Roll fumed as she walloped Luffy's head with a green broom.

"ITE!" Luffy yelped in shock, "How did you hit me with a broom?! Are you like Jii-chan and his fists?!"

"How are you so active despite just waking up from three days of sleep?" Roll questioned before stretching a small bit of Luffy's arm, "And this body...How are you rubber?" 'And what does he mean by his Grandfather and his fists?!'

Roll yelped in surprise when an arm grew out of Luffy's arm above her stretching area and put a straw hat on Luffy's head.

"Nurse-san found this near the front of the palace," Robin informed with a small smile.

"Oh, good!" Luffy grinned before noticing the three newcomers (to him), "Eh? Oh! You!" he pointed at Robin, "You're the lady who saved me from the funny moving sand!"

"You mean quicksand?" X asked as he looked at Robin.

"Indeed," Robin informed with a small smile, "Had I not, you would have suffocated slowly and cruelly while bleeding out, dying the sands red with the blood you lost."

"How morbid…" Usopp and Nami whispered as they hid behind X.

"Oh! Why are you here?!"

"My father granted her amnesty from her crimes," Vivi informed, "She's been tasked with using her powers to repair the palace from all the damages caused by the attacks three days ago as agreed upon for her amnesty."

"Powers?" Luffy asked, "You mean how she got my hat and made Sanji and Usopp fly?"

Robin smirked before a bouquet of her arms bloom on her left elbow.

"SUGEI! Oi! Join my nakama!" Luffy demanded before Usopp and Nami slapped the back of his head.

"Don't make decisions that fast!" both barked.

"Why are you hitting him?" Roll frowned.

"It's normal with us," Chopper informed, finding this a good distraction from the doctor's praise aside from the man being called out.

"I'm glad you got well, Luffy-san!" Vivi giggled.

"Got well? I've always been well," Luffy noted in confusion.

"You dummy!" Roll sighed, "You were in a serious condition. You had a temperature of 103 degrees for a while, you had poison running through your system, multiple cuts and stab wounds on your body, and how is it that not one piece left a scar?!"

"You look completely healed from what I can see," X added.

"Luffy, these are X and Roll. Roll attended you all this time, helping Chopper and Vivi!" Nami informed.

"Really? Thanks!" Luffy grinned as he stretched his arms out and pulled all four into a big hug.

"Oh hey, Luffy! You woke up?" Zoro asked, wearing a black robe with his sash, bandana, and swords on him.

"Oi, Zoro, long time no see!" Luffy greeted, letting the four go before realizing what he said, "'Long time no see?'"

"Ahh, oi! You went out training again, didn't you?!" Chopper demanded as Zoro poured a cup of water for himself, Chopper and Roll running over to him.

"What? It's my business, right?" Zoro asked.

"No means no! I'm the ship doctor!" Chopper snapped.

"And don't take off the bandages, either!" Roll growled as she whipped her broom out.

"...Sumimasen," Zoro bowed, sweat running down his entire head.

"Your sister is scary when it comes to making sure patients are okay," Usopp whispered as he and X sweatdropped.

X simply nodded.

"'Long time no see'...? 'Long time no see?'" Luffy repeated as he tilted his head in confusion.

"Again, you were asleep for three days, Captain-san," Robin informed with a small smile.

"Three days?! Did I sleep for three whole days?!" Luffy exclaimed in shock before he added after three seconds, "I missed fifteen meals…"

"How come you can calculate so quickly when it comes to food?!" Nami demanded.

"On top of that, in his calculations there are five meals a day!" Usopp added.

"He must be adding a snack and dessert," Roll giggled.

"Did I hear right that the captain is up?!" Igaram, sporting three curls instead of his many, red lipstick, and a red dress, asked as he entered with a pair of cooks pushing in a large cart of fruits and vegetables into the room, "It'll be dinner time soon, so would you wait a little?"

"What…?!" Zoro freaked.

"Oh oi, old tube-hair guy! You're alive?!" Luffy asked.

"S...So you really were into that sort of thing…" Zoro gawked before Roll's broom slammed into the tops of their heads.

"My apologies for these two," Roll apologized sheepishly.

"No, minna. She's Terracotta-san," Vivi introduced, "She's Igaram's wife and is also the head of the palace's servers."

"Thanks for helping Vivi-sama and my husband."

"No way…! A wife could resemble her husband, but this is too much!" Zoro muttered with a sweatdrop.

"I heard you eat a lot. Would you have some fruit to hold you over until dinner time?" Terracotta asked.

"Okay," Luffy relied before everyone blinked and the food was gone.

"Are you a magician?!" Zoro, Sanji, and Roll exclaimed with blank eyes and shark-like teeth.

"Occhan, I'm gonna eat three days worth of food!" Luffy declared.

"Looking forward to it! I've devoted my past thirty years to the job of serving!" Terracotta informed, pumping a fist, "I won't lose against a youngster's stomach, so eat to your heart's content!"

"Th...The heck is this?" Roll gawked as she witnessed Luffy's arms stretching and eating everything he could grab.

X munched on a rice ball as he observed how Luffy was eating. It seems that being rubber let his mouth act like squirrel cheeks. He wondered if Luffy could store food in there for later...but decided against it after seeing how fast the cheeks were shrinking and then growing back up.

"Eat quick or it'll be gone!" Zoro ordered the three newcomers to Luffy's eating habits before luffy stole the piece of meat he was about to bite into...along with Usopp's freshly obtained cooked lobster.

"Oi, Luffy! You just took the food from my plate, didn't you?!" Usopp demanded, a foot on the table with a knife aimed at the captain.

Luffy, mouth full, shook his head until Nami slammed a fist into one of his cheeks, making him shoot a bone from a piece of meat out.

"Don't spit the food!" Nami snapped.

"Oi, oi, if you eat in a hurry like that, you'll…" Sanji noted as Chopper was slurping up a ton of spaghetti before Luffy could get it.

"We've got a lot, so…" Vivi began to say as Usopp pulled out a pellet.

"Well then, wait and see, Luffy. I'll put the Tabasco Star on this," Usopp chuckled sinisterly as he cracked open the pellet and caused a liquid to cover the rice ball he had on his plate.

Luffy caught the rice ball and shoved it into his mouth. His face turned red before tilting his mouth skyward to release a stream of flames. As Roll yelped and began to call for some water for Luffy, Usopp began to start laughing like mad with a camel with long eyelashes. Usopp then noticed the camel was eating at the table as well.

"Oi! Eyelashes, when did you…?!" Usopp freaked as the camel laughed again as he ate some steak.

"What do you call that dish?" Sanji asked a chef near him.

"This is called Konafa. You bake noodles in the oven and…"

"Umai~!" Nami and Roll moaned in delight as Robin smiled as she ate her meal.

"It's quite delicious," Robin complimented.

X nodded. While Roll did say he didn't need to eat unless he wanted some extra fuel if his sunlight reserves ever went dry, he was amazed at how food tasted. As food was served, it was quickly picked up by everyone.

"Oi, off man (Oi, old man)! I diffn mow mu mere meh ming (I didn't know you were the king)!" Luffy informed with a full mouth, "Men mu're...muff...Mimi's mad, muh (Then you're...um...Vivi's dad, huh)?"

"W-Well...We can talk after the dinner," Cobra chuckled.

"Meah, mu're might (Yeah, you're right)," Luffy agreed before he began to rapidly eat once more.

"Can I have another mug full?!" Zoro called out.

"Oh~! Strawberry cake~! How I missed you~!" Roll moaned in pleasure as she ate a slice of cake decorated in strawberries.

"Oi, we need some water here!" Sani called as a choking Chopper was banging on the table with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"What a noisy dinner table…" a guard sweatdropped.

"They're too vulgar to keep watching…" another added while Vivi just laughed.

"How can Vivi-sama just keep laughing…?"

Slowly, the guard began to realize just why it was so hard for her to stop laughing. In a matter of moments after that, they began to crack up as well. On the table, Luffy was laughing while as round as a ball with all the food he ate, Usopp was dancing while balancing plates on his nose, and Chopper was dancing with Chopsticks in his nose and mouth.

"Wooooo!-!-!-!" Luffy cheered, butt-naked, as all the males were in a large spring-like room with lion statues dispensing water from their jaws into the large tub in the middle of the steamy room.

"This is the palace's best bath," Cobra informed, "It's usually used in the rainy season!"

"This is great!-!-! Luxury!-!-! Luxury!-!-!" Usopp cheered.

"Such amazing architecture," X noted.

"Aren't you afraid of rusting?" Chopper asked.

"No," X replied, "Roll explained to me that Father created Roll and I to be just like humans, meaning we can eat, sleep, and bathe."

"Can you poop?" Luffy asked.

"What kind of question is that?!" Sanji and Usopp snapped.

"...I refuse to answer on the count of it being awkward?" X sweatdropped.

"So you've got cobalt hair," Zoro noted, "Not the weirdest hair color I've seen."

"You should, Marimo," Sanji smirked.

"What was that, Ero-cook?" Zoro growled before the two began to butt heads in anger.

"I'll be the first to go in!" Luffy declared as he and Usopp ran.

"No, I'll be the first!" Usopp declared before they tripped and began to slide all over.

"Are you guys enjoying that?" X sweatdropped.

"Well, I really enjoyed the dinner. Because of the current situation, I thought we'd keep it simple, but it seems that anything you guys get involved with would become a party," Cobra noted as Luffy and Usopp splashed around in the water.

"Oi Zoro, look at this! We can train here!" Luffy called, causing Zoro to pause from lathering Chopper's back to see Luffy and Usopp under the lions.

"Training! Training!" Usopp declared.

"What training is that?!" Zoro demanded.

"Martial arts," X cross-referenced once more, "Along with various religious practices. One of which has the training as a way to cleanse one of impure thoughts."

"So, where's the women's bath?" Sanji asked, lightly elbowing Igaram.

"Are you nuts?! Why would I tell you?! Vivi-sama's there!"

"Don't be so stingy!" Sanji assured as he slapped Igaram's back.

"It's behind that wall!" Cobra informed, pointing at a wall.

"King! You bastard!" Igaram barked.

"Oh, Ossan! You're not bad at all!" Usopp noted.

"This feels good~!" Nami moaned in delight as Robin used her blooming arms to wash Nami's back for her, "I wonder if a ship with a big bath like this exists…"

"I'm sure it does, since the sea is so vast," Vivi noted.

"How big is the sea now since it was a thousand years ago?" Roll pondered, recalling the powers one of the twenty figures had was the ability to alter the planet's surface.

"It's quite massive," Robin replied as Roll washed her back before adding, "And I've been on a few ships that had baths this large, but not quite as good as this one."

"We saw Giants...we saw Dinosaurs…" Vivi noted.

"Eh? Dinosaurs?!" Roll exclaimed in shock.

"We also saw cherry blossoms bloom in a winter land...There're more and more things in the sea that are beyond our imagination!" Vivi giggled in awe before Roll squeaked as hid behind Robin.

"Hentai-tachi!" Roll screamed as she pointed at the wall where all the males were peeking over...including Eyelashes the camel.

"Oi, what're you all doing?!" Vivi demanded.

"Those idiots…" Nami sighed before standing up, "It'll be 100,000 berries per person, okay?"

"Hm?" Luffy tilted his head as Nami turned them, her body covered in her towel.

"Happiness Punch!"

"Sh-Shameful!" Roll exclaimed with a blush after Nami let her towel drop.

Nearly all the males fell over with nosebleeds. X looked up with a heavy blush, Chopper tilted his head, and Luffy just laughed and gave a thumbs up.

"Nami-san!" Vivi and Roll exclaimed in shock.

Nami frowned as she watched Luffy go down last, "Do you think Luffy's gay?"

"Where'd this come from?!" Roll exclaimed.

"He didn't go down like the others," Nami frowned, "X looked away before he got a good look, Chopper I can get since he's a Reindeer, but Luffy?"

"Are they all sleeping with funny eyes?" Luffy asked as he pointed at the downed men and camel, all with nosebleeds and hearts in their eyes.

"Let...Let's not disturb them if they are, Luffy-san," X noted, trying-but failing-to delete the memory of the navigator's large E-Cups, 'She really does have orange hair...Gah! Delete memory! Delete memory! Error?!'

"Mellorine…" Sanji moaned in delight.

"...Arigatou…" Cobra thanked after a few more minutes.

"You dirty old man…" everyone said in unison.

"I'm not talking about that!" Cobra snapped before recovering and bowing, "I'm talking about the country."

"Oi oi, is it okay...for a king to do such a thing…?" Zoro asked.

"This is a serious incident, Cobra-sama," Igaram advised, "A king shouldn't bow his head to anyone."

"Igaram...Authority is something you wear over your clothes," Cobra informed, keeping his bow, "But we're in a bath. There isn't such a thing as a naked king."

'Perhaps I should advise against mentioning about naked emperors,' X thought.

"I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart as a father and as a resident of this land," Cobra continued before getting up with a smile, "Domo arigatou. I really appreciate it!"

"I can't believe we're doing this," Roll muttered in her normal dress as she, Robin, and X followed the Straw Hats on riding a set of horse-sized ducks through the desert.

"Hmm...This is nice," Zoro noted, Robin sitting behind him on the horse-sized duck he was on.

"So this is finally farewell to the sand kingdom…" Usopp sniffled, Roll sitting behind him, before clearing up quickly to look at Luffy, "Oi, Luffy, when are you gonna stop eating?"

"The Alabasta dishes are great!" Luffy informed, X behind him, "Sanji, make them sometime…"

"Yeah. I was interested, too, so I got some recipes from Terracotta-san. Some spices, too."

"Oh, I hope you got the strawberry cake!" Roll beamed.

"Hai, Roll-san~!" Sanji declared, a heart replacing his eye.

"It was nice of them to let us have the books they had on hand there," X noted as he looked through a book on ships.

"Nami, are you feeling sick?" Chopper asked in concern as Nami rode in silence.

"Nami, do you want one piece of meat? Just one piece, though," Luffy offered.

"I believe it is something else," Robin noted.

"...Nami-san, you're thinking about Ms. Vivi, yes?" X asked.

"I understand how you're feeling..but thinking doesn't get you anywhere," Sanji informed.

"You two seemed to be really close," Roll noted, "But cheer up a little. I'm hoping to work along well with you on the ship."

"I...For Vivi's sake...I'm willing to give up...on the 1 billion berries…" Nami calmly informed.

"Of course you should!" nearly everyone shouted.

"So it was about money?!" Sanji freaked.

"Oh my!" Robin giggled.

"Eh?!" Roll exclaimed.

"Ah! Usopp fell!" Chopper screamed.

"I'll get him!" X offered as he jumped off and grabbed Usopp before running after them.

"Nami! Don't act misleading!" Zoro barked.

"What?! What're you guys worked up about?" Nami asked, "If it's about Vivi, it's no use worrying about it, right?"

"Oi! Usopp fell and X is chasing us!" Chopper shouted before screaming, "X is catching up so fast!-!-!"

"Leave them be," Nami shrugged.

"It was your fault!" everyone but X and Robin shouted.

"Is he trustworthy, Ms. Nico?" X asked.

"Hai. Bon Clay is a special man. When he becomes friends with someone, to him, they're a friend for life," Robin informed with her ever-present smile, "He was quite brokenhearted to hear you all had to be eliminated."

"Oh! Merry!" Chopper shouted as he pointed ahead towards a river where a lamb-themed caravel was.

"A caravel?" Roll asked, "Kawaii! It's a lamb!"

"That's our ship! The Going Merry!" Usopp beamed happily, "It comes from the village I was born in and given to us by my friend Kaya and her butler Merry!"

"Eh? The ship is named after a butler?" Roll asked in amazement.

"He made her!" Luffy grinned with a laugh.

"I've been waiting, you guys!" a voice laughed.

The ducks all stopped before the ship and let everyone off as the voice continued laughing. Roll looked up and shuddered a little, hiding behind X. The man(?) wore a blue, swan-themed ballet outfit with a pink jacket trimmed in white, white fake feathers on his back, and a crown with two puffballs on the sides.

"Long time no see!" he greeted.

"We're here!" Sanji informed.

"Okay, unload!" Usopp ordered as everyone but Robin, X, and Roll began to unload the ducks.

"Are you the one called 'Bon Clay?'" X asked as the man jumped down from the crow's nest.

"Yep!" he replied, "Oh! Who are you?"

"X. This is my sister, Roll," X informed, "We're new members of this ship."

"Oh! A pleasure!" Bon Clay greeted before tapping X's cheek and Roll's cheek, "To have new nakama is so precious! So for you two, I will show you the power of my Mane-Mane no Mi!" with that, he touched the right side of his face and Roll was suddenly before the two, wearing Bon Clay's clothes, "Anyone I touch, I can turn into with touching my right cheek," he then turned into X, "And then with my left hand touching the left side of my face…" he touched the left side of his face and changed back, "I change back!"

"Oh! Shapeshifting!" X applauded.

"Creepy…" Roll whispered.

"Thanks, you guys!" Usopp thanked, "We have to say goodbye to you here."

"Have a safe trip!" Zoro waved with the others.

"Say hello to the King, the old tube-hair guy, and the others!" Luffy called.

"And make sure Pele has his bandages changed daily!" Roll added.

"Take care!" Nami called.

"I'll see you...definitely see you again someday!" Bon Clay sobbed, "Hm? Wait a sec!"

"What?!" Sanji asked.

"Don't 'what' me!" Bon snapped, "That's not how you should treat your friend, is it?!"

"See?" Robin giggled, "A pleasure, Bon Clay."

"Nico Robin!" Bon Clay exclaimed, "Ah! So good to see you're safe! Did you find your Poneglyph?"

"Not yet," Robin replied, "But I did find a new crew to take me in."

"That's great to hear!" Bon Clay sobbed happily.

"What do you mean 'friend?' We were enemies. You lied to us!" Luffy pointed out.

"Did you not hear what Robin-san said?" Roll frowned.

"I did," Nami nodded, "It seems he didn't know we were the enemy until long after the fact he was on the ship."

"Even if we're not enemies, why are you on our ship?!" Luffy demanded as the loading process for the ship began.

"You stupid head!" Bon Clay barked.

"What'd you say?!" Luffy demanded.

"Listen! If I wasn't on this ship now, what do you think would've happened to it?!" Bon Clay demanded.

"My guess is that it would have been taken," Roll assumed.

"Bing-bong! Correct!" Bon Clay declared.

"What?!" Luffy freaked.

"Do you know what's going on around this island's perimeter right now?!" Bon Clay demanded, "He declared that the Mugiwara Kaizoku were not allowed to be hunted while on Alabasta as thanks for delivering his daughter back to the country safely! But the Marines are waiting at the sea for you all!"

"What?! Then you protected the Going Merry from the Marines?!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Why?!" Usopp asked.

"How come?!" Chopper pondered.

"Because we're friends!" Bon Clay replied with a thumbs up.

In a matter of minutes, all four were on the ship, laughing and dancing together. Roll and X sweatdropped as they watched and X swore he heard some sort of jaunty partying tune on a piano.

"Do we still have stuff to load?" Nami asked before seeing a trail of hands acting as a conveyor belt for the remaining supplies.

"In other words, Mr. 2...You guys couldn't get off of the island due to the Marine's coast siege, so you wanted to find allies...Isn't that right?"

"Bon-chan!" the Baka Trio screamed as Bon Clay fell over in shock.

"That's right...In a time like this…" Bon Clay sniffled, "Because it's a time like this...Gather! In the name of friendship! Let's unite our strength and fight together!"

"YEAH!-!-!-!" the Baka Trio and honorary member Bon-chan cried out bravely.

"Geez…" Nami and Roll sighed.

"Yeah!" a group of men on a swan-themed caravel shouted nearby.

"So, thanks in advance!" one of them added.

"You were there?!" Zoro, Sanji, Roll, and Nami shouted in surprise.

"Cast off!" Nami ordered.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!"

"Dammit! Shoot cannonballs! Then I could repel them!" Luffy complained as Merry looked like a pincushion with all the black spikes impaling her.

"Seriously...Gimmie a break!" Bon Clay shouted.

"This is bad," X noted as he skimmed through a book on ship maintenance, "If any of those spears hits the keel, Going Merry will sink!"

"SINK?!" Usopp freaked.

"Oi! X, can you do something?" Luffy asked.

"...Oh, yes," X nodded before clenching his right hand before it went into his arm and was replaced with the end of a blaster, "X-Buster."

X aimed and red energy lit up in the barrel. With a single mental command, a sphere of red energy shot out and slammed into the ship that was shooting them with spears, blasting a hole in the side.

"SUGEI!" Luffy, Chopper, Bon Clay, Bon Clay's crew, and Usopp screamed, stars in their eyes, "He fires a laser!"

"Here come more!" Nami freaked as more ship began to fire.

"Roll Buster!" Roll shouted as red armor formed on her right lower arm and replaced her hand with a blaster as well.

The two siblings began to fire lasers that deflected the spikes shot at them, Robin, Sanji, Zoro, and Nami spotting the shots Roll fired were weaker than X's shots.

"Oi! X, keep focused on sinking their ships!" Luffy ordered, "Roll, Zoro, SAnji, Usopp, protect the side X isn't on!"

"So this is the Black Cage Unit's specialty, the Black Spear Formation," Robin noted with a small smile, "All of the ships, while at a distance, move together in unison with their target, never letting them escape. However…" she glanced over at X as he shot the keep of another ship and sinking it, 'Pluton is on our side...'

"They're breaking it!" a Marine freaked, "The formation's being broken apart by someone on the ship!"

"It...They have Nico Robin on their ship!" a Marine screamed, looking through a spyglass, "And...And the one sinking the ships...Is a man in armor with a laser gun for an arm!"

"Eh?! A LASER?!" the men of the Marines screamed in excitement, stars in their eyes before one marine vessel exploded and hit another vessel, sinking them.

"Hm?" X looked nearby to see Usopp gawking by a cannon, "Mr. Usopp? Did you do that?"

"Sugei!" Luffy cheered as Usopp looked at them with his fish-like face.

"O...Okay!" he assumed a brave stance, "It was just as I calculated! That's what happens to ships once I'm on the job!"

"Hana-chan, that was amazing! Good job!" Bon cheered, "With you and X-chan, the East and North are clear! Now we can break through there in one shot!"

"Bon Clay-sama! There's trouble!" the lookout on Bon's ship shouted.

"What is it?!"

"The 'Black Cage' is here!"

"Oh no!"

"What's going on?" Luffy asked as X looked through a book of Marines that was the latest update.

"Ah. Here we are. 'Black Cage' Hina. Patrols the waters of Alabasta for Pirates. Eater of the Cage-Cage Fruit, she can turn her body into cages," X noted, "Hm? Mr. Captain, why is your grandfather a Marine?"

"Eh?!" Roll exclaimed as she looked at the page, "H...He's right!"

"Let's hurry and fly the coop!"

"Aye! Bon Clay-sama!" his crew shouted.

"To the east!" Nami ordered.

"The east?" Bon Clay asked.

"Noon at the eastern harbor...we have an appointment," Robin informed.

"Hm?" Bon looked at her.

"We don't have time to go around, so we have to dash through," Nami added.

"We're going there to pick up our friend if she wants to be picked up," Luffy added.

That sold it for Mr. 2. They were going to see their nakama, so he had to do what was right in his mind! Minutes later, Black Cage Hina was livid as her intended targets turned out to be fakes with Straw Hat Luffy being Bon Clay. It only grew worse when a red energy shot slammed into her ship's keel and began to sink it. X smiled from the crow's nest as his buster changed back into a hand.

"I'll need some time to recharge!" X shouted down to the crew, "Mr. Usopp, thanks for the calculation on the needed angle for that shot for me!"

"No problem!" Usopp gave a thumbs up as they waved to Bon Clay and his crew while they made their escape in the distraction.

'Even if I go astray as a man… Even if I go astray as a woman…' Bon Clay thought as he posed on the back of his ship, his back towards the Going Merry, 'I can't go astray as a person! If we are to fall, we'll fall together into the true sky. If we are to fall, let it be in the sea...The flower of friendship… is rejoicing… I'll make it bloom… Oh, come my way (Okama Way)! By… Bon Clay.'

"Bon-chan! We'll never forget you!" Luffy sobbed with Usopp and Chopper as the two ships separated.

"Look! The east coast!" Roll shouted.

"On the shore!" Usop called out, looking out with his goggles.

=I recently...went on a little adventure…= Vivi's voice echoed all over from the speakers on all parts of the island =It was a journey...to cross the dark sea in search of 'despair.' After I left the country, I saw such a vast sea=

"Oh! Vivi-chan looks so beautiful~!" Sanji swooned as Vivi was wearing a white and gold dress with a violet cape.

=And on that sea, I found unbelievable, thriving islands...Creatures I had never seen before...Sceneries I could barely consider real...At times, the melody of the waves was quiet...swaying gently, as if easing my small worries…= X swore he heard a sad piano music start playing at that point =Other times, the melody was violent...laughing at me, as if it would tear apart my weak heart...In that dark, dark storm, I encountered a single, small, ship. The ship said to me, while pushing onwards… 'Can't you see that light?' This wondrous ship, which never lost its way even in darkness, danced its way across the huge waves=

"It's Merry~!" Chopper sobbed, "She's talking about Merry~~~!"

=The ship didn't fight the sea, but its stem was pointed straight ahead, even during a headwind. And the ship pointed and said, 'Look! There's a light!' History will soon call this an illusion, but to me, it is the only truth. And...=

"Oi, this is bad! More Marine ships are heading this way!" Usopp informed.

"Just how many ships are there?!" Zoro demanded.

"Six," X noted, his eyes closed as he hacked the lone satellite in space once more.

"Dammit! We're gonna sail out now!" Zoro ordered.

"But Vivi's right there!" Roll argued.

=I came to say Goodbye!=

"What did she just…?" Luffy questioned.

=I can't...go with you! Thank you so much for everything! I'd like to go on more adventures, but there's no ignoring...that I love this country!= Vivi informed =So I can't go!=

"Vivi…" Roll whispered.

=I...I...I...I will remain here...but if we ever meet again some day…=

"She's crying," X whispered before noticing everyone but Robin, himself, and Roll jump onto the railing, backs facing Vivi.

=...will you call me your friend again?!=

"Raise them!" Luffy ordered.

As one, they rolled up their left sleeves and held their fists into the air, exposing a black 'X' on the back of their left arms. Vivi and the horse-sized duck beside her held their left limbs up as well, showing their black X marks as well.

"Do any of you get this?" Roll whispered.

"From what I can tell, the 'x' they have on their arms means their bond," Robin guessed.

"Set sail!" Luffy roared out as cannonballs rained down on them.

"Looks like the Navy stopped following us," Zoro examined.

"Hmm…"

"Hmm…"

"Hmm…"

"The satellite I managed to hack into shows them going to the south of us," X added.

"Hmm…"

"Hmm…"

"Hmm…"

"We did shake them off, right?!" Zoro growled a little, earning more sad moans, "You know...What's with those indifferent replies…?"

"I believe that's why, Swordsman-san," Robin, smiling, noted as she pointed at the second floor of the deck, where everyone but Zoro and the trio of newcomers were sticking their heads and arms out of the spaces in the railing, all looking sadly at a spot beside Chopper.

"I miss her!" all five sobbed.

"Don't be whiny!" Zoro snapped, "If you wanted her to stay with us that badly, you should've taken her by force!"

"Ah! So cruel!" Roll exclaimed in shock.

"We could have done that?" X asked in confusion.

"No!" Roll snapped as she whapped X on the head with her broom.

"Ahh! You're such a savage!" Chopper exclaimed in his tears, glaring at Zoro with everyone.

"You're the worst!" Nami added.

"Marimo," Sanji stated.

"Santoryu (Three-Sword Style)..."

"Oi, matte, Luffy," Usopp frowned, "'Santoryu' isn't an insult."

"Yontoryu (Four-Sword Style)..."

"You just increased it by one. The number isn't exactly the problem…" Usopp informed, "Listen. You know natto, right? Even if you call natto rotten, it wouldn't..." he then screamed, "That's right! We still need to do that!"

"What's 'that?'" Roll asked.

"Interviews!" Usopp informed, "We had to delay them since Luffy was out of it for three days!"

"..." X quickly looked up the definition, "...I thought we were already allowed to join."

"It's a formal passage," Usopp informed, "I had to convince Luffy to do this since he keeps inviting everyone left and right it seems."

Minutes laters, Luffy and Chopper were watching a sprouted limb on the deck. They moved their upper bodies that they followed the hand part of it as the arm bent back. Once the knuckles were on the ground, a second pair of hands appeared and lightly made the two fall over. The two began to laugh happily before Chopper froze when he saw Robin, wearing a modest violet blouse and purple slacks, looking at him from the table Usopp had pulled out for him, X, Roll, and Robin. Chopper yelped before trying to hide behind Luffy in the peeking position. Only...it was in reverse with his body peeking out. Roll giggled at the reindeer's antics.

"Pay attention!" Usopp barked, "Answer my questions honestly! I'll ask the list one more time since two of you didn't seem to pay attention to me. What are your names?!" he then seemed to realize something and quickly corrected his sitting position, "Ah...I'm Usopp. Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you."

"Hikari D. X."

"Hikari D. Roll."

"Nico Robin."

"Okay, then, X, Roll, Nico Robin, what are your occupations?"

"Unknown at the moment," X stated.

"Nurse in training," Roll informed.

"..." Still smiling, Robin replied with, "An archaeologist."

"An archaeologist?!" Usopp repeated in surprise.

"Hai. If it wasn't for her, Nii-chan and I wouldn't be here," Roll informed before frowning, 'And I wouldn't know that Father...did this...'

"I come from a long line of archaeologists," Robin informed.

"Hmm...I see...That kind of family, huh?" Usopp wrote it down on one of the three sheets.

"I became an archaeologist and then was turned into a wanted criminal. That was when I was eight. sInce then, I've spent the past twenty years hiding from the world.

"S...Since you were eight…?" Usopp asked, "Be yourself all this time?"

"But then, there was no way for a child to be able to survive alone on the sea," Robin continued, "So, in the end, in order to protect myself and in order to achieve my goal, I've chosen to follow various rogues...So that's how it was."

"So does that mean that Crocodile was just another rogue to you?"

"Yeah, I guess...in order to get closer to the Rio Poneglyph…"

'Rio…?' Usopp, Roll, and X thought.

"Thanks to that, I've become good at doing things behind the scenes. I'm sure I'll be able to help you all as well."

"Oh…? You're full of confidence," Usopp noted before him before looking at Roll, "You said you were a Nurse in training, right?"

"Yes," Roll nodded, "I really want to just help cure people and animals. After all, one of the first lessons I learned is that there is a cure for nearly all diseases."

"Why nearly all?" Usopp asked.

"...Death can't be cured," Roll replied after a few moments, "Even robots die. And…"

"Ah! Gomen, gomen!" Usopp apologized as he saw Roll starting to tear up, "X-san, why do you not know?"

"I...am unsure what I was designed for," X admitted as Roll facepalmed.

"I thought you seemed too sleepy that day," Roll muttered before looking at Usopp, "Let me explain, please. Papa created X to be the first of a new generation of robots, ones that could think and make their own decisions without programming limitations nor have the Three Laws put into them. Due to this, there was a slight fear that since Nii-chan didn't have any moral programming to dictate his morality or actions, he could become a grave threat to the world."

'That explains why they call Pluton the 'Island Destroyer,'' Robin thought.

"Eh?!" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp exclaimed in shock.

"Which is why X, and apparently myself, was sealed into a special capsule that would test his systems in a myriad of scenarios designed to ensure that X would be able to discern right from wrong and be always willing to do the right thing."

"So would the right thing mean turning in pirates?" Chopper asked.

"...I don't see a reason to turn anyone here in," X noted, "You all seem like good people and reindeer."

"Urusei!" Chopper barked as he began his silly dance once more, "J-Just because you're calling me good doesn't mean I like it, asshole!"

Roll giggled at Chopper's dance before continuing, "The process should have only taken thirty years, but considering how long we were in there…"

"The World Nobles declared that any and all research on the Poneglyphs like you two were in was banned," Robin informed with a straight face, "Anyone who tries is immediately set to be hunted down and killed."

"What?!" Roll exclaimed.

"..." X frowned.

Usopp cleared his throat, "As...As much as I want to know as well, I still don't understand what X's role could be for this crew."

"Papa made X with just one thing in mind; for the people of the future and being a guide to peace and happiness."

"A priest then?" Usopp asked as Zoro snorted nearby, resting against the mast.

"Well...Whenever we talked about religion, people sometimes gave the family funny looks."

"Why?" Usopp asked, looking at Roll when she said that.

"Well...The Light family always believed that God...is a girl," Roll informed.

"A woman is Kami-sama?!" Sanji's voice shouted from the kitchen in joy, "Mellorine~!"

"Well, you've got someone converted with just that sentence," Usopp sweatdropped.

"An...Anyways, X was designed with 'limitless potential.' I don't really get it since Papa normally did the more complex stuff when I had to do other things like make a meal for him or ready another set of shots for his illness at the time," Roll continued.

"Again?!" Nami's voice groaned, making them look over at the entrance to the women's quarters to see Nami walk out with a small box, "Usopp!"

"The music box again?" Usopp asked.

"..." X walked over and looked it over, "I think I can help."

X walked back to the table and put the box down before him. Part of the armor on his left arm opened, exposing small tools. Picking one up, X slowly opened it up by removing the screws. Looking inside, X looked around before taking another tool out. After a few minutes, X closed it up and gave it to Nami.

"There. I managed to rewound the springs that were bent out of shape by constant use," X informed, "It should work as good as it did when you first got it."

Nami raised a brow before opening the top. The ballerina that popped up once the box opened began to spin as the soft melody began to play from it. She slowly closed it with a small smile.

"You're quite the handyman," Nami noted before kissing X's cheek and making the robot blush heavily, "Thanks."

"Um...N-No problem…"

"Okay. So I should write down 'Handyman,' yes?" Usopp whispered to Roll.

"Seems like it," Roll nodded.

"Okay. So since X is good at being someone with 'unlimited potential,' what about you two?" Usopp asked as he wrote down X's role for the crew.

"Taking care of others and cleaning," Roll informed.

"..." Robin smiled softly as she put her cheek in her right hand, "Assassination."

"Luffy!" Usopp tilted his head back towards the captain, his eyes blank with tears going to his lips, "This investigation has concluded that Nico Robin is too dangerous!"

"I think they're a little busy right now," Roll giggled as she watched Luffy and Chopper being tickled by Robin's sprouted arms.

"Are you guys listening?!" Usopp demanded, eyes blank and teeth shark-like.

"By the way, how did Robin convince Nami?" Usopp asked, "I thought you'd be out here to put her two cents in, but…"

"I spoke with her the other day," Nami informed, her eyes berri signs, "Onee-sama gave me a few jewels she swiped from Crocodile!"

"Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi…" Usopp and Zoro swatted the air before them in annoyance.

"Nami's been suckered…" Usopp whispered to Zoro.

"That's an evil trick," Zoro frowned.

"She said she's been around a lot of seedy groups," Roll noted, standing between them, "So it shouldn't be a surprise that she did something like that. Also...Is Nami-san always like that?"

"She's a damn witch is what she is," Zoro muttered as Sanji slid down the stair railing behind Robin, carrying two plates and two drinks.

"Oh, love...Floating love…" Sanji spoke as he made a small dance around the table, X swearing he was hearing something like soft jazz play complete with finger snaps and saxophone, "I'm a driftwood that just lays its burnt-to-a-crisp body in that stream…"

"Is that normal?" Roll asked with a sweatdrop.

"I'm driftwood that has been struck by the thunderbolt that is your beauty and caught in a raging torrent…"

"Pretty much," the two replied with deadpan looks before Sanji put a plate and drink before Robin and offered the other two to Roll, "Snack for you both."

"Oh, arigatou," Robin thanked.

"Um...Thanks?" Roll sweatdropped as she took the chocolate cake and tea from Sanji.

"And his reaction is no surprise," Zoro muttered.

"Yeah...We just have to consider that he was a lost cause from the start involving the two new girls…" Usopp added.

"In any case...Now that it's come to this, the two of us original crewmates are the last holdouts," Zoro scowled, standing firm.

"So I guess we'll have to prove to you we can be good for the ship, right?" Roll asked.

"Yes," Usopp nodded, "The others are so simple-minded, or should I say lax."

"Oi, Usopp, Roll!" the two turned, the girl putting her plate and drink down on a barrel beside her, to see that Luffy had made his eyes large and round like Chopper's eyes, made a kitty-like face from his lips, and had a pair of Robin's arms growing out of the sides of his hat, "Chopper!"

"..." Roll held her stomach as she began to laugh as Chopper was slamming the floor with his hooves while Usopp began to laugh so hard he was crying.

Zoro groaned as he walked off. X got up and followed the swordsman. The marimo stopped once he was near the front of the ship, looking out at the sea ahead. X looked at the figurehead and had to admit that he liked the little lamb theme it had.

"Try not to sit on it. That's Luffy's special seat," X looked over at Zoro.

X nodded before bowing, "It is nice to work with you."

"Heh," Zoro smirked, "You were pretty good that day."

"?"

"How did you climb up that wall without anything but jumps?" Zoro asked.

"My gloves and the soles of my boots are designed to create strong friction on certain surfaces, letting me do a kick jump up vertical surfaces," X informed, "I could try to make you a pair of boots if you want."

"Nah," Zoro shrugged, "But...You seem strong. When we get to the next island, I want to spar with you on it."

"Spar?" X repeated while he tilted his head.

"Yeah," X did not like that glint Zoro had in his eyes before they heard footsteps.

"This ship is nice...Is it always like this?" Robin asked as she walked over.

"Yeah...It is," Zoro replied.

"I see…" Zoro blinked twice at the smile she gave him before she walked off.

'What is that woman up to…?' Zoro thought.

"By the way, Navigator-san...Is it smooth sailing right now?" Robin asked.

"Wind, weather...Both no problem!" Nami replied, "It's going very smoothly, Onee-sama!"

"You definitely got jewelry from her, didn't you?!" Zoro demanded.

"Sanji! Isn't our snack ready?" Luffy asked.

"Just hold on a sec!"

"I'm hungry!" Luffy complained.

"Me too! Me too! Me too!" Usopp and Chopper childishly agreed.

"Okay, okay. Just hold on a sec!"

Yes, I went with Megaman X Command Mission for X's design, but I think the design is cooler than any other basic armor we've seen him with!