1 Piece travel fic

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"You know that…that I'm not going to agree to marry you or be your lover immediately just because you told me the truth right?" Robin asked almost hesitantly a minute after she had agreed to join Luffy's crew. They were still sitting at her table with them both wiping the tears from their eyes with their free hands while still holding each others hands.

"I know don't worry. It took a couple of months into the two year training trip for me to realize that I liked you as more than just a friend and even longer after the crew got back together to tell you. I'm not going to rush into things or force you into something you're not ready for." Luffy said immediately and he was stilling giving her a smile, but thankfully he had toned it down from the bright as the sun setting to the soft loving setting.

"Thank you." Robin said smiling at him gratefully for not trying to push her into anything.

"Anything for you." Luffy said without hesitation and she gave a small choked sob at that. He meant it to. He'd do anything for her.

"Do you want to meet the rest of the crew that's with me?" Luffy asked smiling at her and not pressuring her into it if she felt she wasn't ready to meet them yet.

"I think I'd like that." Robin agreed and Luffy grinned back at her before standing, still holding her hand and gently helping her to her feet even though he didn't need to.

"So far we've got the first-mate who's also the swordsman, the sniper, the navigator although we still have to beat up Arlong for her, and the cook is going to join us in less than a week." Luffy said softly as he guided her to the table where his crew was already sitting and the food had just appeared.

"Nice timing Luffy, the food just got here." Usopp said grinning at his captain and then blinking when he noticed the woman holding his captains hand.

"Who's this?" Nami asked looking curiously at the older woman who gave them all one of her fake smiles that seemed real.

"This is our archaeologist Robin! She's really smart and funny too and really strong!" Luffy said with a grin as he introduced his crew to the dark-haired woman.

"Oh? So you're the one who Luffy cries out for when he has a nightmare?" Zoro asked as all three of the crews eyes locked onto Robin who didn't mind how much they were analyzing her.

"Nightmares?" Robin asked looking at Luffy who gave her a soft sad smile.

"Yeah, I'm used to them though so don't worry. Besides now that you're back and I know for sure you aren't dead then they'll hopefully taper off!" Luffy said trying to reassure her but that just worried her a little more. He had nightmares of her death despite the fact that his memories from the future hit him three years ago? Granted he said she was the love of his life and that she had been pregnant at the time of her death but…

"Don't worry Luffy. You know how strong I am, and I have the feeling that now that I'm with you I'll be getting even stronger. I won't be dying on you anytime soon if at all." Robin said giving him a reassuring smile and squeezing his hand slightly.

"Yep I know! I just can't help but worry sometimes." Luffy said grinning at her again as he pulled out a chair for her, much to the rest of the crews surprise.

"Well we both know I'll be training to become a lot stronger now so you don't have to worry as much." Robin said smiling at him and wondering what kind of tricks her future self had learnt and how long it would take her to learn them now since Luffy could no doubt tell her about the techniques.

"Yep! Especially when you get started on learning Armament Haki! I'm going to make sure everyone in the crew is able to use it before long! It's really useful, and Observation Haki too!" Luffy said chatting on about it and he was more interested in helping her learn Armament than Observation since she'd be a beast with Armament Haki! Besides she was already smart and instinctive enough that he was pretty sure she had been using Observation Haki without meaning too or knowing about it for a few years now.

"You mentioned that before, Armament and Observation Haki. What are they?" Zoro asked confused as he looked at his captain who beamed at them all.

"Armament Haki pretty much let's you hit harder and hit those you couldn't before. Like those with a Logia devil fruit like the warlord Crocodile and a few others, using Armament let's you hit them as if they were regular people." Luffy said grinning and showing a brief demonstration by turning his hand a shiny dark black.

"Observation Haki let's you feel when someone is about to attack you or sense things before they hit you, someone who trains it to the extremes however is even able to see a few seconds into the future." Luffy said and Robin blinked at this. So whenever she would be able to sense when someone was about to turn her into the marines for her bounty, or dodge an attack coming at her that she had no way of predicting or seeing…she was using Haki?

"When do we start?" Robin asked looking at her Captain who grinned at her.

"After we hit the Reverse Mountain and officially get in the Grand Line."