"Whenever we fall asleep, we can continue my memories. There's still much I want to show you," Rosan decided, detaching himself from Robin and stretching his body.

Robin nodded in agreement, stretching herself, before realizing something.

So naturally, had she slotted herself back into Rosan's life and vice versa, that they had forgotten some key details.

"Rosan… I'm apart of Baroque Works and there's not a chance Crocodile will let me leave without repercussion," Robin told him warily.

She was too valuable to his goals and he would send as many people as necessary to get her back. She just got Rosan back... she didn't want to lose him already.

Maybe she would go back and act as a mole for the redhead? It could be another infiltration mission like the ones they did all the time as children.

The redhead resisted the urge to scowl as his possessive streak came rearing full force.

"I won't let you go back to someone who only wants to use you while I can stop it," Rosan said bluntly, making her flush slightly in appreciation at his steadfast resolve.

"Infiltration missions are cancelled until further notice. I'm not letting you out of my sight. If you stay with me, I'll protect you." The redhead's words were to the point and she was sure he meant it when he said she wasn't leaving his sight.

"As possessive as ever. Some things really don't ever change," Robin sighed fondly, conceding without putting up a fight. She was worried about him but he was already an enemy of Baroque Works.

If she went back to them, Rosan would go retrieve her himself just like all those times when they were kids. The man was spoiled then and he was clearly spoiled now, making sure everything that belonged to him stayed that way.

Wait a second…

"I just realized that you're apart of a pirate crew… and you're not the captain," Robin pointed out. As far as she knew, Straw Hat Luffy was the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and Rosan was just a member of the crew...

That was surreal! Rosan expressed almost no interest in being a pirate at all and showed outright disdain when it came to taking orders from people he didn't respect.

Besides, despite not wanting to lead anyone, the redhead would much rather do that then take orders, as shown with his time on the White Rose, leading the clones and Meiko.

"It's a surprise isn't it? Luffy is a rather unique captain though and I doubt I'd have an easier time following someone else. He allows me many liberties that I appreciate," Rosan said softly.

Monkey D. Luffy… to think he managed to get such a wild card like Rosan under his banner. He must be far more dangerous then Baroque Works thought of him... even Robin underestimated him at a glance but Rosan would never follow someone so weak.

"Will he not have a problem with me on the ship? I didn't really leave a good first impression," Robin added warily.

Come to think of it, she doubted the rest of the crew would be accepting of her.

She had blown up that Igaram's ship after all. He wasn't dead but they didn't know that yet.

"Of course. Luffy is my little brother and he knows you from my memories. He's probably ecstatic that we reunited and has probably already slotted you into the crew… As for the others, if they have a problem I'll deal with it," Rosan hummed.

She sweatdropped at that. Something told her this Luffy was a bit… eccentric.

Well, he had to be if he was able to successfully tame Rosan.

"Wait… little brother?" Robin repeated.

"Yeah… I found Ace and Luffy over the years and we… we became really close despite early problems. You'll see it in my memories," he explained.

"Ace…" Robin mused. She was so glad that they had managed to meet and make amends. It was something Rosan used to tear himself up about nonstop when they were kids. She spent many a night reassuring him.

She actually recognized Ace around 3 years ago while looking at bounty posters. The Devil Child couldn't hold back the gasp at seeing Portgas D. in his name and she kept tabs on him in hopes that he'd somehow end up close to her location.

Robin had resolved to tell him about Rosan if they had ever met but she was happy that they had managed to connect regardless.

The young man had been quite the superstar pirate and absolutely blazed through the Grand Line. He didn't stay in an area long enough for her to even consider heading to his location and she was already apart of Baroque Works at that point too.

Now he was apart of the Whitebeard Pirates and sported a hefty bounty of 650,000,000! He quickly asserted himself as a force in the pirate world and she guessed Rosan had a hand in that.

She still wanted to meet him. Robin was looking forward to seeing those memories.

"Right, now let's go check on my crew after we shower… They're really stupid and though I don't normally feel like interfering, I find myself doing it often."

"That's just because you actually like them!" Mod beamed.

Robin giggled at the sigh Rosan let out before freezing.

"Oh… I never did tell them that they were headed to Little Garden," she muttered. Luckily, she actually did plan on heading back to Alabasta so she already had an Eternal Pose.

"Little Garden? What's wrong with it?" Rosan asked with a tilted head.

"It's a prehistoric island that's home to dinosaurs and two giant pirates," Robin informed him. "While those things alone probably won't phase your crew, the log pose takes about a year to connect to a new island."

"Oh that's not very good," Mod said in dread, realizing the implications.

"Hm, so unless we can find an Eternal Pose… we may be in a bit of trouble," Rosan deduced.

"That's a nice way to put it but don't worry, I have one already," Robin smiled.

The redhead hummed and pulled her into a side hug. "Already proving to be more useful then my crew right now. I missed you."

The brunette couldn't contain her laughter at that. "I missed you too."

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"Ah, I see what you meant by prehistoric island but why is it called Little Garden?" Rosan murmured, glancing at the massive dinosaurs lazing about with a contemplative expression.

"Probably because it's inhabitants are incredibly large, so it's little to them," Robin informed.

She did not like that look in his eyes.

They hadn't even been here for 10 minutes and it seemed like the redhead was up to something crazy.

"Ram… do you think Maro would enjoy a pet dinosaur or two?" Rosan asked suddenly.

Yep, she knew it.

"Definitely! But these are too big and too boring," Ram muttered, staring at the giant creatures with an impressed gaze. "We read a book on dinosaurs, you should get her a T-Rex or a Pterodactyl or a Velociraptor!"

"I can't believe we're discussing this... Please don't get her any of those carnivores. Get her like… a Triceratops. They're herbivores, much gentler then those previous options and should be cooler to her than a Brontosaurus," Mod said, staring unimpressed at the giddy ring.

She couldn't believe she was even entertaining this...

"Who is Maro?" Robin couldn't help but ask.

"My student. She was also Grim when Reaper was still active," Rosan informed her.

"So she was Grim. You must have a lot of trust in her, considering I haven't seen her at all in any of your current memories…" Robin mused.

Grim wasn't nearly as well known as Reaper, considering hardly anyone saw them but there were whispers of someone following Reaper around who had inverted colors of their outfit.

To think that her best friend actually took on a student... it was rather unlike him.

"Rosan trusts her with his life because he found her at nothing. Maro was a homeless girl without even a name when he found her as Reaper."

"She stole a bag of apples from me. She was a dirty and skinny little thing, surviving off of pure spite and it caught my attention."

"When she had nothing, Rosan decided to give her something and though she struggled with it, eventually became a reliable source. She's practically his daughter."

"She's also my best friend and a massive pervert," Ram chimed. "That damn goblin is always staring at my ass. I don't know how Auntie Angel can put up with her."

"P-Please don't be so crude," Mod muttered in embarrassment.

"Bah, she stares at your ass too!" The ring said shamelessly.

"PLEASE STOP BEING SO CRUDE!" The Devil Fruit yelled in mortification.

D-Did Maro really stare at her butt?! B-But she wore a dress!

Robin took in the information with a surprised expression (and amusement at the conversation happening between Ram and Mod). The fact that Rosan had probably found her after losing his emotions spoke volumes on how valuable Maro was to him.

"Yeah, I even gave her a Mythical Zoan as a show of trust. Stole it from someone named Joker in the Grand Line… I don't suppose you know who that is?"

"...You stole a Mythical Zoan from Joker?" Robin asked in disbelief, eyes widening slightly. "I don't know his identity but he's the most prevalent underground broker in the Grand Line," she stressed.

Information gathering was her specialty and she had been in the Grand Line for 10 years now. Joker was a mysterious person but she knew that they were very famous and dangerous in the underground world.

"Yeah… he knows Reaper stole it too. Pretty sure he's holding a vendetta against me and waiting for the day we meet," Rosan commented idly, looking utterly unbothered by the prospect of being on such a dangerous person's radar.

Robin forgot how crazy they all were…

She missed it.

Rosan eventually nodded his head and vowed to find two Triceratops before leaving the island.

"Now that we've figured that out…" He turned towards Robin and took off his open purple cardigan before draping it over the surprised woman and leaving him in a sleeveless black shirt, that showcased his tattoo and muscular arms.

"You're dressed way too open for an island like this," Rosan muttered, buttoning it up and successfully covering Robin's exposed body. "You may catch a sickness like that."

While the all cowgirl outfit, that he washed, was great for the desert, it was far too risque for this potentially dangerous place.

"I get sick once and you never let it go," Robin grumbled, remembering the chaos of the day she somehow got sick.

It was endearing how much of an idiot the little genius had been and to avoid a repeat of that, she kept the comfortable cardigan on. Little Garden was still rather hot but the Cardigan's material was fantastic and didn't isolate the heat much at all.

"I didn't know you had a tattoo. It looks good," Robin commented. He had expressed interest in one as a child but based on his memories, that interest seemed to have long vanished. The intricate tattoo that was his name with a thorny rose running through it looked beautiful.

"Thank you... Angel did it for me when I was 16. It looks incredible for someone who learned how to make them in one week," Rosan nodded. "Now that we've solved one issue… where exactly is Luffy? I teleported us to his straw hat but he must have been in a rush and I missed him…"

He didn't see any footsteps that would belong to his little brother, so maybe he had gotten a hitchhike from one of the dinosaurs. That would explain the massive footprints on the floor unless Luffy managed to inflate himself to large degrees.

Actually...

"Come, I can feel him this way." Rosan pointed in a direction and the duo was off.

Monkey D. Luffy… Robin was interested in learning more about the rubber boy who earned Rosan's loyalty.

Then again, only someone more insane then Rosan, would be able to get the redhead to follow them. He was an agent of chaos after all.

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"I should warn you, Baroque Works is also on this island," Robin warned. "Not only are Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine here, Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek should be as well."

"How useful are this 3 and Goldenweek?" Rosan muttered. "The previous agents thought it was smart to get in the way between me and Luffy's spat and now the booger bomb one is going to pay the price."

Robin blinked at that ominous message. "Mr. 3 isn't really all that strong but he's crafty and has the Doru Doru no mi. Anything that happens on this island, will be because of his planning. Miss Goldenweek is not a fighter but she has some form hypnotism that alters personality based on the color of her paint," she explained.

The redhead hummed at that. Wax, huh? While not as powerful as Mr 5's fruit, it could be more resourceful. He'd have to see but if the man disappointed him… he'd probably just let him die. His Devil Fruit wasn't as must have and Rosan didn't need some other person's brains besides Robin.

The redhead summoned a bug and had it fly off, before continuing on his way and the duo eventually made their way to the sound of constant, unnaturally loud, laughter that seemed to shake the ground they walked on.

Pushing through the massive amount of shrubbery, Robin and Rosan were greeted to the sight of a giant, Luffy, and Vivi chatting away.

Luffy immediately turned around and his grin widened, as he rocketed over towards the two.

"Rosan! Robin! You're back!" he cheered, crashing into the redhead who easily accepted the hug. "Woah! Your eyes are glowing a little!"

"Luffy," Rosan smiled softly. "Yeah… catching up with Robin did wonders for me."

"That's great! Thanks Robin," Luffy beamed, pulling the woman into the hug, much to her surprise. "She's traveling with us, right?! Hey, are you a musician?! Sing a song!" The rubber boy demanded.

It was like looking at little Rosan again and Robin had spent four years dealing with and getting used to the walking, overbearing, unrelenting headache.

"I'm right here," Rosan deadpanned.

"I said what I said," Robin retorted, smiling slightly at the beaming rubber boy.

"I'm in your care and no, I'm not a musician. I'm an archaeologist. Rosan is the one who can sing, not me. I'm much better at dancing."

"I'm a scout," Rosan said flatly, glancing at the other two people with Luffy.

The giant was regarding them with cheerful curiosity while Vivi immediately stiffened at the sight of the two. She immediately zeroed in on Robin, making the Devil Child glance over with a neutral expression.

"Friends of yours?" The giant boomed. His voice was so loud, they could feel their bones shaking as a side effect.

"Yeah! They're apart of my crew!" Luffy beamed, not having the slightest problem with Robin at all.

The, now introduced, Dorry waved them over cheerfully. "Welcome friends! My name is Dorry! Come, we're eating dinosaur meat!"

"Thank you for having us," Rosan nodded, taking a seat and accepting the meat. Glancing at Robin, he grabbed her portion and expertly cut it into smaller slices.

She smiled at the thoughtful gesture and grabbed the much more tolerable sized pieces. "Thank you Rosan."

"Of course, Robin."

Vivi began staring a hole into the duo and Rosan took it upon himself to return the favor.

Unfortunately for her, his eyes were far more unsettling then her own.

The bluenette began fidgeting at his intimidating gaze, idly grabbing her neck, and glanced away first.

"What happened between you two?" Robin asked curiously through their connection. She dearly missed being linked up and they had done so almost immediately after exiting the Pocket Dimension.

"She wanted us to capture and interrogate you. I immediately denied her request but she persisted and got too close to us so I choked her out."

Robin felt warm inside at how he was willing to protect her from his entire crew if he needed to. That explained why they had been in the castle. He doubted anyone would have tried anything but he didn't want her to be too uncomfortable.

"You're too adorable sometimes, Rosan," Robin said fondly.

"I'm not adorable, I'm handsome," he countered.

It was a miracle that Dorry and Luffy didn't sense the unbelievable tension, lost in their own conversations, as Rosan, Robin and Vivi stared at each other.

Rosan and Robin were content to remain completely silent, communicating through their link about when the visibly anxious Vivi would crack.

Watching the two smile to each other occasionally did nothing for her nerves. Why were they doing that? What reason did they have to just randomly smile to the other in unison?

The exploding volcano seemed to do the trick because Vivi jumped high into the air with a loud shriek before blushing hot at the amused stares from the two adults.

Dorry explained to the group that he had been fighting his fellow former captain, Brogy for over 100 years and that the volcano signified that it was time for the two to duel so that they could see which one was permitted to head back to their home island, Elbaf.

Luffy naturally wanted to see this and eagerly watched the battle with starry eyes.

With Dorry gone and Luffy distracted, Vivi saw that this was as good as chance as any to try and get some answers because these two weren't taking her serious at all.

Remembering what Nami said, the princess smoothed over her anger and took a more professional air.

"Miss All Sunday and Rosan-san…" Vivi coughed to get their attention. They had taken their eyes off the princess to observe the even battle between the two giants with some interest.

"Could you beat them?" Robin asked suddenly, gazing at the redhead curiously.

"Of course," Rosan replied disinterestedly. "It doesn't matter how hard they hit if they can't hit me and I can hit even harder. Besides, I've been fighting foes bigger than me for as long as I can remember. The size difference would be their undoing because I'd be in my element."

"Rosan and Miss All Sunday…" Vivi tried again, an annoyed expression on her face.

"Have you been keeping up with your training?" Rosan asked in return. "I have to admit, I haven't trained nearly as hard these past 10 years but I think it's about time I pick it up again."

"You and me both," Robin sighed. "I have gotten much more adept at battling with my clone, thanks to our teamwork back in the days and I'd be happy to show you while I get back into the swing of things. Being in the Grand Line for so long did wonders for me."

"MISS ALL SUNDAY AND ROSAN!" Vivi roared, fed up with them ignoring her.

"I no longer go by Miss All Sunday," Robin said, shooting her a coy smile. "Rosan stole me away from them so I'm just Robin now."

"W-What?! So you just… left because of him?" Vivi asked, not believing her ears. "And I'm supposed to accept that?!"

Robin raised a brow at her angry expression but she half expected to be treated with such hostility. "I don't care if you accept it or not," she replied coolly. "I was never loyal to Crocodile in the first place and always planned on betraying him. Doing it for Rosan was the best scenario I could ask for."

"I won't allow anyone to use you like a tool," Rosan muttered, eyes glowing menacingly. He idly pulled the woman closer to him and hugged her with one arm.

Robin smiled at him and easily returned it, pleased that someone looked at her like the human she was. Luffy was the same, staring at her like she were an old friend.

Vivi... not so much but Robin didn't really care. She had no feelings for the princess of Alabasta at the moment so to her, Vivi was just the same as every other person who looked at her like that.

"Y-You'd just betray them…? After everything you've done? You killed Igaram right in front of me!" Vivi snarled, not accepting that for even a second. Her attempt at being civil was swiftly thrown out of the window at the infuriating duo.

The Devil Child looked unfazed by her anger.

"I am only loyal to one person and he's right here," Robin said bluntly, leaning onto Rosan to stress her point. "Also, Igaram isn't dead. I made sure he'd survive that attack but I had to play up appearances you know? After all, I did lead you to Crocodile's identity. You're very welcome for that, by the way."

Vivi's eyes widened in epic proportions at that revelation and she actually took a step back at the woman's words. She felt her heart stop cold and failed to stop her mouth from opening.

Igaram… he was alive...? Miss All Sunday hadn't killed him? She was always planning on betraying Baroque Works? Was that why she let Vivi follow her in the first place? But why? It's not like she knew this Rosan was alive. There's no way she could have known...

"Honestly, now that I have Rosan back, I don't care what anyone thinks of me. As long as he approves, I won't be bothered so if you want to hate me, that's fine with me," Robin declared simply.

When only one person in the entire world acknowledged you as a person, then eventually that one person's acknowledgment would be all you needed. That was the case between Robin and Rosan.

Rosan was the only one who saw her as human, so Rosan was the only one who she'd be human around.

If Vivi hated her so be it. Millions of people hated her already.

"I'll always approve," Rosan smiled softly, idly watching the battle between the giants end in a draw. They were far too evenly matched it seemed. It was no wonder they were fighting for 100 years with no results.

"That's all I need," Robin smiled back.

Vivi watched the two interact with pure confusion on her face, anger evaporating in favor of befuddlement.

She just… she didn't understand either of them! Miss All Sunday had gone from a chilly and mysterious agent, to… to this! Her entire personality did a complete 180! The woman didn't care about anything, didn't regard anyone with emotion and followed any instructions given to her without a hint of hesitation.

Now, the woman was content to stay close to Rosan, never pushing him away when he initiated contact (the last person to touch her wasn't functioning at a level where he could talk about it!) and she was smiling genuine smiles! Her glacial gaze turned warm when around him and it was just so hard to wrap her head around!

As if to further throw her off, Miss All- Robin was saying that Igaram was alive and that she always planned on betraying Baroque Works?!

All of this because of one person?

She thought Rosan was just a demonic robot. He was clinical, ruthless and showed no emotion despite how brutal his actions were. His actions at Whiskey Peak were still fresh on her mind and she had more then one nightmare of watching the redhead slaughter those people without a hint of remorse.

Spending time around the Straw Hats, showed her just how different they all were compared to the redhead. Even Zoro, who seemed like the most hardened one after him, was much less… terrifying then the monster who seemed as bad as Crocodile.

Yet here he was being anything but. Despite killing those agents without blinking once, he could still smile and look like a normal human being and that was just too polarizing to her because wasn't acting human before.

It just wasn't fair that a monster like him, could act so human. He had things he cared for... things he'd kill for and one of them happened to be one of the people that played a strong hand in ruining her life.

It just wasn't fair...

"I think we broke her," Rosan hummed.

"She's hopelessly naive and young so I wouldn't expect her to understand either of us," Robin replied, idly adjusting the cardigan. "This is so comfortable, where did you buy it from?"

"Most of my cardigans are from Fregate but this one's from Celadon. I'm assuming most of your wardrobe is still on Alabasta, right? We can go there to buy you some new clothes after this journey."

Ah, only a few days of reuniting and Rosan was already back to spoiling her.

Robin missed this. She deserved to be spoiled a bit.

"Wait, what's Celadon?" She asked.

"An island that Maro is the queen of. The twins are there too... Did I ever mention that Maro and Angel are married?"

"You have been incredibly productive over the years, haven't you?"

Rosan snorted quietly and Robin shook her head in amusement.

The redhead had connections in big places it seemed. The North Blue was practically being controlled by him at this point, having two powerhouse islands as allies, especially ones who apparently were allied with the World Government, gave him a plethora of benefits...

Honestly, only he could do something like this.

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"Nami and Usopp are with the other giant?" Rosan repeated. "Huh, good for them. I figured they'd be too cowardly to leave the ship."

He paused for a second, tilting his head to the side as he really thought about it. "Who am I kidding, they are definitely too cowardly. They probably were found first."

Luffy laughed cheerfully at that.

Rosan stood up and stretched a bit, before saying, "I'm gonna go find some dinosaurs. Since I know where most of you are, I'll explore this island a bit."

"Why are you off to find a dinosaur?" Vivi couldn't help but ask, watching Robin get up at the same time as him.

"A present to my student. She's always wanted a dinosaur. Thinks they're cute. Upset they're extinct," Rosan drawled, marching off after a short nod to Robin.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Dorry-san," the Devil Child smiled politely, following Rosan deeper into the forest.

"Gegyagyagyagya! It was my pleasure!" Dorry boomed heartily, holding a cup of ale that he had gotten from Brogy, who had gotten it from the crew.

Vivi didn't trust the idea of letting them go off alone but they had already crossed quite the distance and Luffy was content to hang around Dorry. If she went alone, she wasn't sure what would happen to her… whether by inhabitants of the jungle or those two.

Best if she just stay here then...

"I trust you aren't only looking for the Triceratops?" Robin asked once they were alone.

"It's my number 1 priority but you're right. Baroque Works has begun moving and their target is Dorry," Rosan replied, pushing through shrubbery and allowing Robin to walk through it.

She smiled thankfully at the small gesture before humming, "So not only are they after the ones on their hit list, they want the giant's bounties too. Mr. 3 is always trying to move up the rankings so this doesn't surprise me."

Almost on cue, the two heard a small explosion from the area they had just left.

"That must have been Mr. 5's doing," Rosan mused, not glancing back and continuing forward. "Does anyone know how you look besides Crocodile?"

"Yes, it's how the princess knew to follow me. As his secret proxy, I give out all the orders to the agents."

"You need a disguise then. I went off alone because I suspect they want to isolate and capture us. Luffy and I have already shown our strength and they know they cannot defeat us," Rosan warned, turning towards her and humming in contemplation.

He gazed almost blankly at the red strand and Robin let out a quiet sigh.

"You don't need to feel guilty, Rosan. I quite like how the red compliments my hair so I was planning on keeping it," she said softly.

"...Right. You do look good with it," he nodded, almost looking like he were trying to convince himself that it was normal that a strand of her hair was red.

Well, small steps. At least he thought it looked good.

Grabbing a black strand of her hair, he uttered, "Modify: Appearance," and began the process of turning her head of hair purple, leaving the red strand there. After finishing, he took out a pair of shades and handed it over to her.

Robin was impressed with his thinking and accepted the accessories. "Let's communicate like this from now on then."

"I was thinking the same thing."

The duo walked in silence while communicating through their link and they noticed the volcano erupt again, signaling another duel between the giants.

Unfortunately, this one probably wasn't going to end in a draw.

"You won't interfere?" Robin asked curiously.

"No. I have my own way of doing things that goes against what my crew want to do. Their priority will be defending the giants pride."

"And you?"

"To find a pair of Triceratops of course. Whatever I happen to find along the way, is just a bonus."

"You never cease to display how terrifying you can be," Mod mused, amusement clear on her features.

Robin had to agree with her because they actually managed to find two baby Triceratops first in their mission to sabotage Baroque Works.

The dark green creatures stared at them warily while chewing on the vegetation around, not moving at the threats but being cautious all the same.

They immediately stopped chewing and froze at the slight pressure washing over them.

Rosan took a confident step forward and began patting one of the ancient baby creatures between its three horns, applying his pressure the whole time, until it submitted to his will and began growling in satisfaction.

In a matter of moments, it was putty in his hand and Robin swore she heard it purring of all things.

"Modify: Size," Rosan hummed, eyes pulsing as he modified the herbivore and made it smaller. It rumbled in confusion at the change in size and Rosan picked up the puppy sized dinosaur.

Since it was a baby, it would grow bigger but he would rather not give Maro to gigantic triceratops because the idiot would still try and keep them in her castle. So to prevent that, he made sure their full size wouldn't be the actual size of a triceratops.

"What do you think? Will she like it?" Rosan asked curiously, patting the little baby soothingly to get it to calm down.

"It's… really adorable," Mod admitted reluctantly, resisting the urge to coo at the tiny thing and failing miserably.

"I agree," Robin said, holding out her hands and smiling as Rosan placed the miniature dino in it. Remembering exactly how he had pet it, the Devil Child repeated the same process and it relaxed in her grasp as well.

Rosan turned to the other one and repeated the same process until he was finished. After some quick inspection he figured out that the one Robin held was male and his was female.

Perfect. He wouldn't have to find another and Maro could raise a little army of Triceratops if she so pleased. He was not going to get her any other species so this would do.

"Goblin will love it," Ram laughed. It was no T-Rex but it was probably the second best option on the island.

"Good, maybe it'll make her happy enough to accept the upcoming agents going her way," Rosan said, getting a sweatdrop out of all of them. "Alright, we can focus on said agents now. My bug has found a wax base and is currently camped there so for now, we'll go deal with Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine."

"You know where they are?" She asked, grabbing onto him with one hand. She made sure to safely tuck the little dinosaur into her frame and secured it.

"With Luffy and Vivi," he muttered. "Modification: Save Point."

The two promptly vanished from view.

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Rosan and Robin showed up just in time to see Usopp get crushed under Miss Valentine after attempting a valiant effort in a 2 on 1.

"Ow," Rosan said blandly, looking at the struggling Vivi. She was currently being held up by her neck, courtesy of Mr. 5 and Karoo was struggling next to her.

"Rosan!" Luffy beamed, crushed under the house of Dory. "Great, get me out of here!"

Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine went pale at the sight of the redhead, instinctively backing up, only to freeze at the piercing gaze of the one who had effortlessly dealt with them. He glanced at them for just a moment, making it clear that they wouldn't be escaping, before taking his eyes off of them.

The male agent's head was still throbbing from the excruciating pain of getting his skull crushed and having it slammed into the pavement over and over again.

"Luffy, look. I got a present for Maro," Rosan said, prompting Robin to show him the tiny little dinosaur. He showed the one that he was currently holding and the little thing blinked sleepily at being presented but accepted it without fuss.

The rubber boy's eyes turned into stars. "AWESOME! I WANT A PET DINOSAUR TOO! GIMME ONE!" Luffy screamed excitedly.

"No. You'd have to take a lot of time to tend to it... Including feeding it," Rosan denied, using words that would absolutely dissuade Luffy.

"Feed it?! No way," the rubber boy immediately lost interest.

He was not sharing his meat with the dinosaur.

Rosan had no plans of telling him it was a herbivore. Luffy probably wouldn't share anything regardless... he'd end up taking care of the dinosaur and he had no intentions of doing that.

"A little help," Vivi groaned, watching the exchange with disbelief because of the fact that she was still being choked.

The agents were in the same boat as her. Part of them were relieved that he had not deigned to regard them yet, another part was outraged at being treated so lightly and a tiny part was wondering how they managed to get a dinosaur that small, along with trying to figure out the identity of the mysterious woman holding it.

Rosan made his way over to Luffy and regarded the mountain curiously. Eventually, he nodded to himself.

Rearing his foot back, the onlookers jaws dropped in horror, as he planted a sneaker and shattered the entire area blocking Luffy.

The rubber boy stretched and grinned thankfully towards Rosan, before glaring at the visibly terrified agents.

"Luffy, there's two others on this island and they have Nami and Zoro," Rosan said suddenly, handing the female dino off to the helpful clone of Robin. "Take Usopp and Vivi and go find them? I'll deal with these two," he suggested.

Luffy reeled back in shock "They have Zoro and Nami?!" Without hesitation, he picked up the unconscious Usopp, while effortlessly yanking Vivi out of Mr. 5's grip (the man spluttered at that) and he took off in the direction Rosan pointed at, Karoo hot on his heels.

"I'll leave them to you, Rosan!" Luffy hollered, vanishing in the shrubbery and leaving behind just the four.

It was only when Luffy disappeared, did Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine realize that the rubber boy's mere presence, was holding back a true demon.

The air turned cold around them and they did a sharp intake, gazing at the neutral redhead with trepidation.

"I'm impressed by your ignorance," Rosan began idly. "Despite losing so easily, you still showed up to harass my crew…"

"Good, this makes things much easier."

Mr. 5 didn't have any time to react as a fist planted itself in his gut and he bent over a complete 90 degrees at the pain.

Rosan was merciless. The redhead forcefully straightened the keeled over man by driving his knee upwards, connecting directly with the man's nose and causing a spurt of blood to spill.

The agent teetered back but Rosan lashed out quickly with his left hand. Soon, the man's face was once again being crushed by the redhead's grip.

"M-Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine screamed in horror. She couldn't be left alone with this monster again. S-She needed to save him!

Trying to assist him proved impossible though, due to the multitude of arms forcing her onto the floor, courtesy of the shade wearing woman that was following the redhead.

There were now two of her and one was holding onto the sleeping dinosaurs, while the other was presumably the one holding her down.

"Don't interfere just yet. Don't you want to wait for your turn?" the woman smiled coyly, looking infuriatingly familiar but Miss Valentine couldn't find out from where.

She didn't know anyone with purple hair but there was something familiar about this person's voice. Not to mention this Devil Fruit ability...

The kilo woman wasn't able to dwell on it for long, due to the terrifying redhead hoisting up her partner like he was yesterday's trash.

"What do you plan on doing?" Robin asked curiously.

"Making him my subordinate," Rosan replied ominously.

"Mr. 5, I have to say… You've been nothing but a disappointment since meeting you. You and your partner actually but your Devil Fruit is much more impressive then hers and the way you use it… attempting to throw a booger on me of all things?"

The redhead tutted. "I was going to propose that you join my side but after what I've seen. I think I can use your Devil Fruit better then you can. Even if you joined me, someone with your talents would only be a liability, so I'm going to mold you into the perfect weapon for my dear student."

Robin raised a brow curiously at that simple declaration. Mold into the perfect weapon? It sounded like Rosan had a technique for this and that was a terrifyingly immoral prospect.

Mr. 5 tried to struggle in his grip but Rosan was unyielding and the redhead slammed him into the floor, stunning him and making the man go still.

"Modification:…" Rosan thought to himself and Robin.

Miss Valentine struggled helplessly and could only watch in terror, as the redhead's hand began glowing ominously.

"...Overhaul."

The agent was helpless to resist and Rosan began the process of altering the bomb man's mind.

"Overhaul?" Robin asked Mod-chan, noticing that Rosan was focused on the task.

"Do you remember Hijack, The technique Rosan used on Izumi?" Mod asked and Robin shuddered at the memory.

How could she forget that technique? Everything in Rosan's memories were still fresh on her mind and that one was one of the big ones that stuck out.

To no longer have any control over your body… doing whatever it was someone else wanted.

It was horrifying. Robin was glad she knew Rosan because she had no doubt that he'd have found a way to force her on his side.

He did like capable people after all.

"Believe it or not… Hijack is the more ethical of the two techniques. Overhaul is the counterpart to Hijack but instead of taking over a person's body…"

"...It takes over a person's mind," Robin finished, actually taking a step back in surprise at the revelation.

That was… This was Rosan's way to prevent people from betraying him... it was...

Terrifying.

Rosan removed his grip from the bomb man's head and stood up, dusting himself off in the process.

Mr. 5 slowly pulled himself up and inspected his own beaten body for a moment, before focusing on Rosan.

"You sure did number on me… Boss," the bomb man grunted eventually.

"I needed to check your tolerance. I can't just have anyone be my student's bodyguard," Rosan replied coolly, face not betraying anything.

Miss Valentine's eyes widened in confusion and she began to struggle even more. Increasing her weight did nothing considering she was already being forced to the ground and the unknown woman's grip was unforgiving.

"Of course! I won't let her highness down," the former agent saluted.

"M-Mr. 5 what is the meaning of this?!" Miss Valentine screeched, terror dominating her body at watching the male agent answer to this demon. "What's going on?! Don't you remember the mission?"

The agent glanced over at her for half a second. "Mission? I only answer to whoever Rosan-sama or Maro-sama decides I listen to," he answered coolly. "And I no longer go by Mr. 5, my name is Gem," the former agent added, adjusting his shades.

Perfect. Rosan had been refining Overhaul over the years. He no longer required the person to be unconscious but someone with a strong will could still resist it.

Clearly Gem didn't have a strong will.

"Right. Gem, standby in my base until further notice. I'll be bringing you over to your new station soon and have you checked out."

Gem saluted and didn't resist as Rosan grabbed him. With a glow of his eyes, the man vanished into his Pocket Dimension, leaving just three.

Watching Rosan so effortlessly recruit Gem, gave Miss Valentine a startling realization.

"You… You're Miss All Sunday," the woman whispered in horror. That explained why everything was so familiar about this woman.

But why?! What was she doing here? Why did she betray Baroque Works?!

Robin, who had been deep in thought, gazed at the woman with a tilted head. "That's right. I'm impressed you noticed through the disguise. Like Gem-san, I decided to change allegiances for personal reasons."

Miss Valentine had no idea who this redhead was to so effortlessly recruit not only her partner, but the partner of Mr. 0 too. He was so much more dangerous then led to believe.

"I don't know w-what you did to Mr. 5 and Miss All Sunday... but it won't work on me." Miss Valentine tried to appear brave, despite how bad the situation was for her.

She had no help right now. Mr. 5 was already on his side, same as Miss All Sunday… Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek were probably in the midst of their performance…

The woman was at the complete mercy of these two. What were they planning on doing to her? She didn't care if he tried to recruit her, she wouldn't fall for i—

"Recruit you?" Rosan interrupted her musing with a hauntingly cold statement.

Miss Valentine froze at that questioning tone, dread and horror filling her at the implications of that simple and short sentence.

Rosan walked towards her and knelt down, nodding to Robin in the process.

The multitude of arms released the woman, allowing her some freedom to move but she was unable to do so because of Rosan gently gripping her chin a warning clear in his hold.

"I think you're dearly mistaken, Panty Flasher-san," the redhead said softly, staring directly into her horrified green eyes. "I recruited Gem because his Devil Fruit is strong but he has no clue how to use it. You think I'm going to attempt to recruit you?"

His voice was set in a low whisper as he spoke to her and she began shuddering at what he was implying, cool feeling in her body turning downright freezing.

"Tell me… why exactly should I even bother trying to recruit you? What are you good for besides giving the world a view of what you wear? I'm better off killing you so that you don't tell Mr. 0 about Miss All Sunday's whereabouts, don't you think?"

"You are a one trick pony. You're use of your Devil Fruit, is even more atrocious then Mr. 5's and it's not nearly as interesting to me. There's much more uses yet you do one thing. Do you think I'm going to go through the trouble of fighting with you to find them? Do you think I want to?"

Rosan's voice never shifted, constantly conveying no emotion as he ridiculed and shattered Miss Valentine's worth. Tears were pricking her eyes at his cruel assessment, a combination of the terror and his harsh words overwhelming her.

"You are useless. That is why I have no interest in dead weight like you. Even that Mr. 5, who used boogers of all things, was much more powerful then you. So tell me and I want an honest answer… why should I ever let you leave this island alive? What purpose should you serve, besides dying by my hand? Please tell me." The redhead asked, satisfied with his job.

"…Ahhh!" Miss Valentine was outright sobbing now, confidence destroyed by him and he released his grip on her chin. She didn't even try to run, curling into herself and shuddering in terror at the demon in front of her.

"P-Please don't kill me! I-I can be useful… please just give me a chance to prove it!" Mikita begged, pleading for her life. "I'll… I'll swear my loyalty to you, I won't ever even think about betraying you. I'll do anything you want so please…please let me live!"

"Was it really necessary to destroy her self worth?" Robin asked softly, watching the entire exchange with an unreadable expression.

It was much more jarring to see how heartless he could be in person, then in his memories. She was used to Rosan's speeches being uplifting but right now, they were anything but.

"You don't approve?" Rosan hummed curiously. "I find that it's much easier to manipulate a person when they're like this."

"Yes that's true but… not everyone is as ruthless as you, Rosan. You should have learned this from Maro," Mod said softly.

"You're moral compass was always off and I'm very used to it but it's just… combined with you rewiring someone into a puppet, I'm a little jarred," Robin admitted.

It must have been because she had been giving these agents orders for years but Robin was actually beginning to feel bad for the mess of a woman who thought she was really about to die.

Rosan glanced back at her in contemplation.

Perhaps he was the real Devil if the Devil Child and a Devil Fruit couldn't handle his actions.

"You'll do anything?" The redhead asked quietly.

A tremor shot through her body at that question but she fearfully nodded.

He tilted his head.

"Get up. I have no interest in your body," Rosan demanded, glancing calmly at the broken agent.

Everything had gone as he had expected, though he expected her to be a bit more resilient... He also didn't expect Robin or Mod to disprove but oh well. Perhaps this method would have to be employed against enemies they truly disliked.

Miss Valentine fearfully looked up at him and hastily complied with his order, stumbling due to how quickly she got up. She was visibly shaking as she gazed at the apathetic redhead and the woman ducked her head to avoid eye contact.

"Tell me your name. Your real name," the redhead requested softly, gripping her chin and making her gaze into his eyes.

Let there be no doubts about who she was answering to.

"M-Mikita," Miss Valentine replied shakily. Her heart felt constricted right now, looking into those dimly glowing eyes of his and she dearly hoped he accepted any answer she gave.

Rosan hummed. "You just declared your loyalty to me. I hope you understand what happens if you let me down. I'm going to send you to my partner after we're done here and when I do, you will do anything she asks of you. Luckily for you, she's much more gentle then I am so don't anger her on purpose," he informed her.

Mikita was filled with a well of relief at hearing that. Not only would she be kept alive, she wasn't going to be in the redhead's presence.

She didn't think she could handle being near him for long so it was a mercy that he seemed to be able to detect that.

"We're done here. Go back to that wax house you have set up as your base. I will retrieve you after I'm finished with business," Rosan ordered, turning away from the woman and making his way back over to Robin.

He... he even knew about the wax house?

"Don't do anything that might hint at betraying me. I will know and death will be the only thing on your mind when I'm finished with you."

She bit her lip and shuddered, tears forming in her eyes again at his heartless words, before nodding at his order. The woman turned on her heel and dashed off without hesitation, eager to get out of his sight.

"You are dangerously effective," Robin said calmly, glancing at the redhead up and down.

"There's a reason I was so cruel. Maro is the complete opposite of me and once Mikita realizes that's who she'll be working under, then her loyalty towards the queen will become unshakable," Rosan uttered.

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"How manipulative of you," Mod hummed idly.

"I just love that you're leaving all these people to Maro!" Ram cackled. She was the only one truly unbothered by Rosan's methods. It was his right to use any method he deemed necessary against his enemies. She was one of his many methods and she was also the most dangerous. In her eyes, everything else was child's play.

"She only has the clone army and most recently, Kaori. I want her to have more backup in case things go awry and agents from the Grand Line should be incredibly helpful."

With his work on Mr. 5, the man should be significantly stronger then he used to be. He had Rosan's mind powering up his thoughts on more ways to implement his Devil Fruit after all. Like this, he'd become a valuable asset for Maro—

"Rosan… that Overhaul technique… could you promise me not to use it again, unless you see no other option?" Robin asked suddenly, making everyone go silent.

Mod and Ram nervously eyed the conversation.

Rosan blinked before turning to regard Robin.

"Why?" He asked curiously. To just not use a technique he had been refining over the years seemed incredibly stupid and inefficient of him.

"I just… I don't want to see you forcefully molding someone into your perfect weapon… it reminds me of what Doc tried to do to you," Robin admitted quietly. The only difference was that, whereas Doc failed, Rosan didn't.

Rosan froze at that and pursed his lip in displeasure. "It seems even years later, I can't fully wash off the mark he left on me," the redhead muttered. "I wonder… Did I do to Maro, what Doc did to me?"

He practically forced her against her will, to become the perfect weapon… even going so far to force her to kill someone. In fact, he had only chosen the queen as his student because he could sense her potential —

"OF COURSE NOT!" Mod snarled loudly at Rosan, a look of pure anger on her features.

Ram's jaw dropped, at hearing her Auntie actually scream. The look of genuine anger made her jaw drop ever further.

"Mod-chan?" Rosan and Robin said at the same time, stunned by the volume. They had never expected to hear her scream so loudly for something so serious.

"Don't you ever, and I mean ever, even think about comparing yourself to that monster of a man who would mercilessly torture a little boy for months straight," Mod growled.

"You saw something in Maro and took her away from a life of inevitable death to one of unconditional love. You fed her, clothed her, nurtured her, named her. Maro is your daughter in all but blood."

Robin's eyes went soft at that. She really wanted to meet this Maro now.

"Doc took you away from a life of love and threw you into one of hell. The situations aren't even close and the intentions may have been but you always gave Maro a choice. You never had that choice. I can't… I won't allow you to think you and that man are similar at all!" Mod finished, panting after her rant.

Rosan remained silent, a look of slight surprise on his features that would normally not have been there even a few days ago. After a moment, he snorted quietly and said, "You're right, Mod-chan. You always seem to be right when it comes to stuff like this."

She flushed red at that and began grumbling, pleased that he had so quickly seen the truth in her statements.

"Of course she's always right," Robin smiled teasingly. "Mother knows best after all."

"C-Could you two stop please?" Mod whined. Here she was, motivating Rosan and now she was being made fun of.

That wasn't fair! Why did they have to treat her like this!

"Sorry, Mom," they replied in unison, smiling at each other all the while.

"Ugh, I hate you two so much sometimes. I miss the days when we used to bully Rosan, when did I suddenly become the target?"

"Everyone has an equal chance, even Robin," Rosan replied.

"Let's leave me out of this, I much prefer being on the opposite side," Robin smiled placidly.

"No/Nope/No can, Mother!" They chorused at the same time, causing her to sweatdrop.

She was never going to get used to that.

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Nami vowed to make sure Rosan was here whenever they docked. From now on, he was going to be her personal bodyguard because this was absolutely nonsense.

The redhead wouldn't let this series of events happen because he wasn't silly and he seemed to know everything and he would have scouted this out because his claims of being a scout were not bullshit... If this is what happened after one island they landed on didn't have him scouting it, she would never doubt his claims again.

First, she realizes a little to late that they actually landed on an island called Little Giant, then the crew decides to leave her and Usopp alone on the ship, like Usopp was going to be able to protect them, then a dinosaur waltzed out to try and make them food, only to be eliminated by a giant of all things and finally that damn Usopp had left her behind to get captured by some wax machine.

This was stupid.

Now, it was raining wax on her and Zoro and the idiot swordsman was doing every stupid thing in the book, including but not limited too, posing to look good, making light of the situation and trying to saw off his legs.

Mod-chan wouldn't have let this happen to her. She'd save her immediately while dealing with these morons but her and Rosan were busy catching up with someone important from their past.

She was happy for them, really. It's just she didn't really fancy losing her life in the process of them being happy.

At least Luffy was here…

That normally would have made her happy but the rubber boy was currently being subdued by Miss Goldenweek's hypnotism paint. Now, their captain had lost the will to fight and was picnicking with the childlike agent.

"DIE IN MISERY TO MY BEAUTIFUL ART!" Mr. 3 raved, holding Usopp and Vivi's body up with wax. They had tried to get Luffy free from the colors trap, but the wax agent had quickly dispatched of them and prepared to add them to the candle figure too.

He had no idea where Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine were, but to allow these three to escape… they were definitely dead. If not to him, then to Mr. 0 for failing their mission twice.

"Where are Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine?" Miss Goldenweek asked the docile Luffy.

"Rosan's dealing with them," the rubber boy replied calmly, sipping tea.

"Dealing with them?" She replied slowly, eyes furrowed. The moment the straw hat had shown up, she had thrown her paint on him to prevent him from interfering, due to how dangerous the agents stressed he and the redhead were.

What happened to them if they were left with the redhead?

The answer to her question revealed itself, at the sight of a gigantic, unnaturally red fireball crashing right into the wax figure and completely melting the part that was dropping the pieces onto them.

"Trying to turn my crew into wax figures?" Rosan said idly, walking through the shrubbery with a smoking mouth. "When you wish to kill someone, I only accept torturous deaths if they've wronged you. Killing everyone slowly otherwise, is tasteless. Death is not something you should toy with."

"Rosan!" Nami sobbed comically, tears of happiness falling from her face at being saved finally. While there was no longer wax falling on them, they were still stuck, probably due to Rosan not wanting to hit them with the dangerous flames.

Miss Goldenweek was already on the move, throwing one of her color traps right onto the redhead who didn't dodge it. He looked down and tilted his head at the green paint on his sleeveless shirt.

"Calming Green," the agent said. This one made the person wish to have a picnic with her, much like Straw Hat was doing right now.

"No," Nami gasped in horror. Was Rosan no longer going to help them either?!

Rosan slowly walked over to the placid Goldenweek and stood right before her. She offered him a cup of tea, which he accepted and the redhead downed it in one gulp.

"That's good. This is green tea?" Rosan asked conversationally, reaching his cup out for another refill.

"Yes, my favorite," Miss Goldenweek replied, taking another sip.

"I prefer lemon tea with honey and a lot of sugar. White tea is also very nice," Rosan hummed. Green tea was pretty good… not enough sugar (he had a dangerous sweet tooth) but it was adequate.

Without any warning, Rosan darted forward and grabbed the girl by her neck, catching everyone there by surprise. With no effort, he hoisted the shocked agent to the sky and began to squeeze.

"M-Miss Goldenweek?!" Mr. 3 gaped. Her colors trap didn't work on someone?! But how?!

Miss Goldenweek gasped in surprise and immediately reached for the large arm choking her out. She let out a gagging noise of fear and desperately asked him to put her down with her gaze alone.

"Hypnotic abilities based on paint... You use them to alter an individual's personality... Impressive," Rosan correctly deduced, rubbing the green paint on his shirt.

"Unfortunately for you, not only is my mind incredibly fortified, I have no personality for you to manipulate so all you've done, is ruin my shirt," he finished.

"I don't like when people mess up my outfit," he said ominously.

Everyone shuddered at those words.

"Will you offer them a chance to join Maro as well?" Robin watched Rosan deal with this from out of the agents sight. She idly pat the still sleeping triceratops on its head and smiled at the adorable creature.

"I will offer Ms. Goldenweek, I will not offer Mr. 3."

She raised a brow at that. "Why not Mr. 3?"

"I won't overhaul him and his base personality is not to my liking. He won't be useful to Maro."

Robin blinked at that, before a small smile made it's way on her face and she rolled her eyes.

This was why she loved Rosan. He treated her with so much respect. They truly were equals in his eyes and the Devil Child was one of the few people who he would actually listen to.

"Sleep for a bit," Rosan told her kindly. "Modify Target: Rest Mode," he thought to himself.

Miss Goldenweek tried hard to resist but Rosan's grip around her neck was unyielding and tears began to unwillingly form in her eyes. She gasped but no sound came out and Rosan simply tilted his head at her.

In combination with the lack of oxygen, the technique was devastating to the little agent and she passed out with purple and red burned in her image.

He slung the child over his shoulder and glanced at Luffy. His little brother was still drinking tea with a serene expression on his face.

That expression turned into distress, as a fireball collided with him and burned his shirt.

"AHHHHHHHHH HOT, HOT, HOT!" Luffy howled, desperately rolling around to put out the flames. "ROSAN, WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?!"

"Payback for punching me in the cheek at Whiskey Peak," Rosan hummed, getting a sweatdrop out of everyone there.

"He has got to be one of the most vindictive people on the planet," Nami muttered in awe. She could only hope to reach that level of petty one day.

"A-Aren't they brothers?!" Vivi gaped in disbelief, watching as Luffy rolled around in a desperate attempt to put out the flames.

Mr. 3 wasn't even sure what was going on right now. Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 were missing, Miss Goldenweek was currently resting on the redhead's shoulder like a sack of potatoes… and the redhead had just struck his captain with a fireball.

Surely they weren't about to be defeated by this crew right?

No… they had been defeated, not him.

Nodding to himself, Mr. 3 turned tail and ran off.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Luffy roared, patting himself off as he jogged after the cowardly agent. Everyone watched the smoky boy run after the agent with a sweatdrop.

"You guys need some more fire too?" Rosan prodded calmly, watching Robin walk up to him with a calm smile. He offered to take the triceratops out of her hand but surprisingly, she shook her head no.

"Always pretending to be so cool and collected when you actually gush over cute things," he taunted, crouching down to melt the wax that was securing the giant and his crew.

"You didn't seem to mind when you were the one I was gushing over, jealous little boy," Robin retorted, glaring slightly at him for calling her out.

"Some things never change and one of them is how possessive Rosan is," Mod laughed.

Robin and Ram joined her and all three began laughing at him.

"Hmph," Rosan scoffed, freeing Zoro, Nami and Brogy from their prison. "If you have a problem with my possessive streak, you're free to exit my body otherwise, it won't stop."

"That's not fair," Mod pouted, grumbling at his demand.

"I like you're possessive streak! Everything should belong to you!" Ram grinned eagerly.

Robin and Mod sweatdropped at that.

Ram was severely problematic and it was a good thing she wasn't the only voice in Rosan's head.

Nami tearfully hugged the redhead in relief. "Thank you for saving me big bro! From now on, you're my bodyguard!" She sobbed.

Rosan ignored her, used to her antics by now and glanced in the direction his brother had ran off to.

He no longer cared about the fate of the wax man. There was no point in recruiting him. He already took liberties to destroy his ship so the man was trapped here... it was only a matter of time before he died.

The same couldn't be said about the girl on his shoulder. Her ability was interesting and while it wasn't able to evoke his emotions like Jango, it could still be a boon in battle and had an even faster application then the hippie.

He also needed to retrieve Miss Valentine…

"I'll be back," Rosan told them, walking off in the direction of the wax house. "I have some things to finish off so you guys wait for Luffy. Feel free to set sail without us too, I have to visit someone."

"You two leave a lot," Vivi pointed out warily. None of this would have happened if he had just been here the whole time. The redhead seemed like he could easily deal with these issues.

"I thought you didn't like me. Why are you trying to learn about me?" Rosan shot back, not waiting for a reply and vanishing into the jungle.

"Worried about us? I was under the assumption you hated me even more, princess," Robin smiled teasingly, disappearing after the redhead.

Vivi growled and resisted the urge to yank out her hair. "I hate them both. Every time I talk to them, I get a headache and I can't deal with that on the daily."

"Welcome to the club," Nami nodded sagely. It seemed like from what little she had seen of Robin, the woman could be infuriating if she wanted to.

Despite looking physically the same, albeit with different colored hair (Modification maybe?), the woman's change in demeanor made her look like a completely different person.

Even Rosan looked a little happier.

She was happy for them! She wanted to speak more to the person that Rosan seemed to hold in such high regards.

"Can someone patch up my legs?" Zoro asked suddenly, glancing down at the mess of his legs. He had cut about halfway through before Luffy showed up so they were bleeding quite a bit.

Nami punched him on the skull and snarled out an, "Idiot. You were totally useless up there!"

Usopp was just glad he didn't have to interfere with the fight. Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine sure hit hard.

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Sanji had to wonder… Should he really be drinking tea right about now?

No… he probably shouldn't.

The chef placed the tea down and began glancing around at the weird place.

"Who makes a house around here…?" He asked himself curiously. Sanji had ran into it while searching for Nami and Vivi and decided to check it out.

The tea was nice but it was also warm, meaning someone had been here recently. Not only that, there was a Den-Den Mushi here...

No sooner was he caught in his musings, did the Den-Den Mushi begin ringing.

He raised a brow and answered it, saying, "Hello, this is the Crap Cafe. Would you like to make a reservation?"

The voice that answered was visibly agitated, barely holding it behind a calm tone. "Cut the shit, you idiot. Where is your report? You're late."

Sanji raised a brow at that. Report? "Er… who is this?" He asked.

"It's me. Mr. 0," they replied, remembering that this suspicion was warranted.

Mr. 0? Wasn't that the leader of that Baroque Works group? So that meant that Baroque Works were on this island even now...

"You've been gone a long time. Have you accomplished your mission, Mr. 3?" Crocodile prodded.

Why did this guy sound so annoyed already? Was it because of his joke? Sheesh, what a stiff. But still, this made everything a little more clear to him.

"Why are you hesitating? Answer my question. Did you eliminate Princess Vivi and the Straw Hats?" The voice on the other line was getting more and more impatient and Sanji had to hazard a guess that his joke wasn't the only reason he was so uptight.

"Yeah, they're all dead so there's no need to send anymore agents after them," Sanji answered.

Crocodile grunted. At least one thing was going well.

"Good. The Unluckies should be on their way with an Eternal Pose to Alabasta, after dealing with some business I have for them…"

An Eternal Pose to Alabasta? That sounded perfect! Now they could sail straight there while no longer attracting any agents.

"Once you get it, sail to Alabasta with Miss Goldenweek and standby for orders… We would have begun our plan but a key piece is missing… Tell me, have you seen anything regarding Miss All Sunday?" Mr. 0 suddenly asked.

Miss All Sunday…?

Oh right, that mysterious beauty who Rosan hogged to himself was the partner to this guy. That explained why he was so clearly aggravated. She had been missing for a while due to their scout and probably had no intentions of rejoining the organization.

He wondered just how important she was for him to be this visibly annoyed.

"...Miss All Sunday? Nope, no clue where she is," Sanji replied eventually. He'd let Rosan deal with that since the woman was seemingly under his protection. He'd just play dumb for now to avoid interfering with Reaper.

The redhead was smart, he probably already thought of something to say.

There was silence on the other line before Crocodile said, "Understood, standby for the Unluckies."

Sanji regarded the phone curiously before shrugging.

At least they had an Eternal Pose now.

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"Oh, Sanji. I didn't expect to see you here," Rosan greeted the blonde haired chef, with a nod.

"So this is Sanji?" Robin asked curiously, offering the chef a smile. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Robin," she greeted.

The greeting on Sanji's lip was cut short at the voice of Robin and hearts appeared in his eyes as he knelt on one knee and held the, slightly confused, woman's hand.

"A beautiful name for a beautiful woman," Sanji complimented, leaning closer to kiss the woman's hand.

That was cut abruptly short, at the bronze hand crashing into his face.

"R-Rosan, you sunnova —" Sanji's words died in his throat at the furious mixed eyes glaring at him with fury.

"Hands off my Mother, pervert," Ram snarled, glaring at the chef with contempt and dragging Robin a fair distance away from him. "Only Father is allowed to do that! Anyone else can and will die by my hands!"

"Hm?" Rosan tilted his head. He was the only one who could do what? Kiss Robin's hand? Since when?

"Not being very subtle at all, huh Ram?" Mod sweatdropped.

Robin watched in confused amusement, as Ram showed exactly who she got her possessiveness from.

"Stay away from creeps like that, Mother. Auntie Angel showed me exactly what to do so if he approaches you like that again, lemme know," the ring whispered encouragingly.

"Thank you for protecting me, Ram," Robin thanked. She didn't mind the chef's actions but since Ram did, she wouldn't protest.

"M-Mother?!" Sanji whispered in disbelief, watching the two beautiful woman interact with each other. The chef glared at Rosan in disbelief due to his odd kinks.

Already?! Why did he have to be so greedy?! Sanji couldn't catch a break around this guy!

Rosan blinked at the glaring figure. Just what perception of him did Sanji have besides the one from him being Reaper?

He wasn't keen on figuring out.

"What are you doing here, Sanji? Was there anything of interest in this wax house?" Rosan asked, making the chef turn serious for a minute.

"I had a conversation with Mr. 0, actually," Sanji said, recalling the conversation. "I posed as Mr. 3 and he should be sending an Eternal Pose to Alabasta over to us… Also, he asked me if I knew about Miss All Sunday's whereabouts but I told him I have no clue. He was seriously annoyed… something tells me he really wants her."

Rosan and Robin raised a brow at that.

"It's to be expected that he's looking for me. I'm pivotal to his plans after all," Robin mused, a little worried for Rosan's safety. Crocodile was no joke and had rightfully earned his title as a Warlord.

"Hm. He can't continue his plan without you? How unfortunate for him. I'm not letting you go for even a second. You're mine," Rosan muttered. He needed to find an object for Robin to keep on her person so that he could make a Save Point for her.

Robin withheld her blush of embarrassment at his blunt words. Ugh, they had just met again and he was already back to these levels of possessiveness?

He was a trip.

"A pendant. I want a pendant like yours so that I can put this picture of us in it."

He smiled at that and nodded. That would be easy.

Rosan explained Nami's situation to Sanji and predictably, his eyes went wide with worry and he darted off with a, "I'll leave the Eternal Pose to you," before vanishing deeper into the jungle.

"That was easy," Rosan muttered. There was one thing and one thing only on that chef's mind. Honestly, it was rather detrimental but he wouldn't dissuade him of it.

The man had been so distracted by Ram and Robin's beauty, he didn't even deign to mention the little girl flung over his shoulder.

"He didn't mention Mikita… I wonder if she ran away," Rosan mused. Well, if she did, she'd quickly find that there was nowhere to go because he had destroyed their ship.

Guess he'd have to spend more time looking for her. Claiming loyalty and then running away? How dumb. There was no escaping from him and she was going to pay the price for thinking that there was.

Robin had been hoping she wasn't dumb enough to run off. Rosan clearly had a plan and the boy despised traitors so he always had one in store for them. Betraying him would be terribly costly and he'd make sure you knew that.

"I'm right here…" A submissive voice whispered, catching both their attention.

Miss Valentine floated down from her vantage point on a high tree and landed in front of Rosan, holding her head down and shrinking into herself at the sight of the tall redhead.

"I uh… I noticed the blonde and since you only act like that when it was you and Miss All Sunday, I assumed you didn't want the other members of your crew to know about our dealings," she whispered, hoping she had done the right thing.

"Surprisingly insightful. Well done," Rosan nodded, impressed by her foresight. "Come. Let's wait in this base. I need to wake up this little child right here anyways."

It was only then did Mikita notice Miss Goldenweek flung over his shoulder and she realized that the much stronger agents had lost too. Any lingering hope she had, that they'd somehow be saved from this man, was quickly banished by that simple fact.

"R-Right. Miss Friday and Mr. 13 should be the ones to bring an Eternal Pose," the former agent said submissively, bowing her head and making her way into the building.

Robin couldn't help but shudder at how easily Rosan had molded her into a loyal servant. He didn't even need to use Overhaul on the young woman and she was still acting so subservient.

He always had plenty of charisma but this was something so much more dangerous. She was glad that she had run into the man before he was like this… Imagine if they had met not knowing each other and she was still an agent for Baroque Works.

Would he have done the same thing to her, if she proved to be useful? She didn't doubt it.

"Don't think about what ifs," Rosan muttered, making his way into the building. "The only thing that matters is that we're here now, together."

She smiled happily and banished those thoughts like he said.

He was right. There was no need for her think about a timeline where these things happened because that timeline didn't exist.

Leave it to him to say something like that.

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Miss Goldenweek woke up rather abruptly, the memory of two different eyes squeezing her heart until she couldn't breathe. Despite her inherent laziness, she shot up and glanced around wildly. There was a clear panic set on her features as she assessed the situation at hand.

Mr. 3 wasn't here and neither was Mr. 5. It was Miss Valentine, Miss All Sunday, two tiny dinosaurs and the redhead who had choked her out.

The three humans (well, two humans and a monster) were drinking a cup of tea and the little dinosaurs were chewing on their own specially prepared vegetation.

Wait a second…

"Miss All Sunday?!" Miss Goldenweek gawked. What was she doing here?! Why wasn't she at Alabasta? Why were they drinking tea with the enemy?! What were those ridiculously small dinosaurs doing here?

"Miss Goldenweek," The cardigan wearing woman greeted, assessing the young girl with a cool gaze.

"You're awake," Rosan greeted, glancing at her. "Do you want some Green Tea? It's your favorite, correct?"

Miss Valentine said nothing, refusing to make eye contact with her superior.

"What's going on? Why aren't we attacking him right now… it's 3 to 1!" Miss Goldenweek said, fearfully making distance between her and the man so he didn't grip her neck again.

"It is 3 to 1, but are you really strong enough to take the three of us out?" Rosan questioned, making her jump in surprise. "I don't know how you can do it but the Grand Line has been full of surprises so it's possible."

The girl went pale at the lack of response from both her supposed allies and realized that she was the one outnumbered, completely trapped and alone with all enemies.

That blank gaze stared into her and she began trembling due to what the creature who owned those eyes had done to her.

"You're scaring her," Robin admonished, feeling bad for the child.

"Rosan-sama is quite intimidating," Mikita added quietly.

The scout of the Straw Hats tilted his head. Fine, he wouldn't use his tactics on this one then.

"Is that so? Then Mikita and Robin, you can explain her situation," Rosan replied. The redhead moved over to the triceratops and began petting them on their heads, much to both creature's delight.

Robin raised a brow but conceded, turning towards the terrified painter.

"I'm going to be blunt, you've lost and have no way to get off this island, Miss Goldenweek," she began. It was best to just be brutally honest and it was a habit she had picked up from Rosan himself.

"Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 have been recruited by Rosan here and as for me… well, I've been his ally for years so it was easy for me to join his side again."

Mikita and Miss Goldenweek's eyes widened at that last bit of information. Miss All Sunday was always an ally to the redhead? Just who was he to know the woman before even Mr. 0?! She had been one of the first members in Baroque Works and played a part in recruiting the rest of them!

"Rosan-sama wants to offer you a chance to join his side," Mikita said, much to her surprise. "While you were unconscious, I've been talking to him and I think where he's going to send us is much better than being his enemy or staying with Mr. 0…"

While a majority (all) of Mikita was still terrified of Rosan, he had been talking to her about Maro and she'd be lying if staying on the queen's island didn't sound far more appealing then working as an agent.

Compared to Mr. 0 and Rosan, Queen Maro sounded like a godsend and she was eager to meet the compassionate woman.

"What if I refuse…?" Miss Goldenweek asked.

"The ship you brought here has been destroyed, all your allies are defeated and Mr. 0 doesn't tolerate failures… he will never let you live so a new ship is out of the window," Robin informed her. "But if you insist on refusing, we have no more obligation to help you and will leave you on this island. You are our enemy after all."

There was no way she could survive on this island alone… and even if she contacted Mr. 0, he'd absolutely kill her for failing the mission.

At least these people were giving her a choice…

Their conversation was cut short, by the arrival of Miss Friday and Mr. 13. The two animal agents assessed all the occupants in the room, gaze lingering on Robin for a while, before freezing at the sight of Rosan.

Mikita and Miss Goldenweek froze at the arrivals and even Robin gained a slightly worried expression. The Devil Child prepared to quickly subdue them before they could think to fly off but Rosan held a hand up to stop her.

"Mr. 13. Miss Friday," he greeted. "I see that you've brought the Eternal Pose. Give it to me."

They gawked at his demand and gaped even further when the two animals hastily followed through with his order, dropping the Eternal Pose to Alabasta in his hand as if they feared what he'd do if they refused to.

W-What? He couldn't possibly…

"Thank you," Rosan said kindly as he rubbed both the animals on their head at a job well done. "Now, I need you to relay this information to Mr. 0, okay?"

They nodded eagerly and stilled to listen to the redhead's order.

He already had Mr. 13 and Miss Friday on his side?!

"When did this happen?" Robin asked in shock. Even she wasn't aware that they were on his side.

"When I showed up to the ship the first time we saw each other again. I was chasing these two," Rosan replied. "I managed to recruit them first of all the agents. Too useful for animals so I figured I could use them."

Her little companion had grown up into a real threat. To already have moles inside of Crocodile's carefully crafted agency… and not only moles, the most information filled ones too.

Miss Friday, Mr. 13… and Miss All Sunday.

It was at this moment Mikita knew she made the right choice following the redhead. If he somehow managed to already recruit the Unluckies then he was even more dangerous then she already thought he was.

Miss Goldenweek was coming to the same conclusion if the look of worry on her face meant anything. Now it was 5 on 1 and somehow, the lone redhead was the one with all the allies.

"Tell Mr. 0 that Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine are dead and that Mr. 3 has received the Eternal Pose," Rosan began. "When he asks how, you may pin the blame on me. As for Miss Goldenweek…"

The redhead tilted his head at her curiously. "Tell him that she's dead too."

Miss Goldenweek understood that gaze. It meant two things. Join him and her death would be faked or refuse and remain on this island, dying anyways.

It was a no brainer.

"I'll join you," she decided hesitantly, getting a satisfied nod out of the redhead.

It was better to join him then to risk dying here and Miss Valentine vouched for him… despite being visibly terrified, there was hope in her words and it had to be better than working for Mr. 0.

"A wise decision," he praised. "Now, did Mr. 0 ask about Miss All Sunday's whereabouts? Did he ask you to find out what happened to her?" Rosan asked the animals.

They both nodded, a nervous expression on their faces. They weren't sure what to tell Crocodile so hopefully Rosan had an order for them.

"...Inform him that she was captured by a World Government group known as Cipher Pol on her way back to Alabasta. Lead him to thinking they are still transporting her. Maybe he'll be inclined to send units after them but I doubt it," Rosan eventually said, getting a nod of acknowledgment out of them.

The animals didn't know who they were, but someone like Crocodile should be at least aware of them.

"This will be your last mission from me and your last report to him. If I'm correct, Mr. 0 will realize that you two misled him somewhere along the lines and you will die. Come to me before that," he said and they nodded hastily.

With that, he dismissed the two and finished his tea off. The animal duo flew off to report to the, undoubtedly furious, Mr. 0.

They already betrayed him and that fear would ensure that they'd seek safety from Rosan. He had been purposely vague on what information Crocodile would catch as a lie, so the ones they had told previously had a very real possibility of being found out.

"Cipher Pol?" Robin asked with a small shudder.

She didn't think Rosan remembered them… Robin had informed them of the group long ago when she mustered up the courage to tell him things about Ohara... about how strong of a hand they had to play.

The redhead gazed at her and immediately placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't be afraid of them. I'm here."

She relaxed minutely at that and nodded at his confidence.

"If I said we had you, he wouldn't believe it. After all, he thinks Mr. 3 eliminated us and Sanji said he had no clue where you were," Rosan muttered, standing up and stretching.

"Crocodile should know what Cipher Pol is and based on what you told me, he'll think twice about causing direct conflict with them. At best, this should thin the number of agents on Alabasta when we land there, giving us more freedom," the redhead assured.

Each former agent stared at the redhead in disbelief at his quick thinking.

W-What type of monster was he? This man… he had just entered the Grand Line? How unlucky were they to have stumbled upon such a creature?!

Just who was he? Monster seemed to be too nice of a word… they were staring at an actual Demon. A cunning Demon made all the more dangerous by his rational and emotionless mind.

Robin never expected Rosan to think this far ahead in a way that didn't make things the most amount of fun for him. She was proud of him despite how scary a place his mind was.

"It's about time we go," Rosan muttered.

A little fly flew on his hand and he tapped it idly, modifying it into his trusty bird instead. Placing the Eternal Pose on its figure and securing it, Rosan shooed it off and had it fly to his crew.

It chirped, rubbed its cheek against his own and flew off.

"Grab onto me, we're leaving this island," Rosan ordered and they hastily moved to follow his order.

Once everything was in order, Rosan activated Save Point and the entire group vanished.

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"Master!" Maro squealed, tackling him excitedly and nuzzling him.

Huh… was he hotter than normal? Maybe he just used his Dragon recently? Actually, maybe it was because his arms were out! Mama mia!

"You're sweaty," Rosan said flatly, wrapping an arm around the woman's exposed midriff and squeezing her gently. She was dressed in a sports bra with leggings and the girl had clearly been working up a sweat that she was wiping on his undershirt with glee.

She was lucky he loved her.

"I was training with Kaori when you showed up!" She gushed, nearly lifting him off the floor in her excitement. "Thanks for bringing someone actually tolerable this time instead of that stupid Jango! She's smarter, more awesome, better looking, wayyyy stronger and awesome!"

"You already said that," Rosan pointed out.

"That just means I really mean it!" She beamed.

"You're embarrassing me, your majesty," Kaori muttered, blushing red at the praise. The princess was incredibly powerful and despite her own formidable strength, she stood no chance of defeating her.

The fishwoman nodded at Rosan as greeting and he nodded back. "Rosan, who are these people?"

Maro removed her head from his chest and peeked over his shoulder, regarding the new arrivals with curiosity.

A flash of horror suddenly appeared on her face. Without warning, she picked Rosan up and summarily tossed him far through the air.

He landed perfectly on his feet and tilted his head at her. "You have been so violent lately. Should I start disciplining you, little Goblin?"

"I just knew you were gonna keep throwing people my way so I threw you away!" Maro bellowed, glaring at the redhead furiously.

Quick as a dime, she turned towards the onlookers and grinned brightly at them.

"Hiya, nice to meetcha all. I'm Queen Maro of Celadon but you can just call me Maro! I'm sorry for whatever my Master did to you all and I'll be sure to give him a piece of my mind!"

They sweatdropped at her antics.

Marching up to the redhead with a purpose, Maro was about to do just that, when Rosan reached out a hand and began gripping her vulnerable cheek.

"O-Ow! Shtop you asshole!" She whined and he did just that, before pulling her into another hug.

Underhanded ass. He was such a dick for knowing exactly how to calm her down.

"At least hear me out?" Rosan hummed, petting a specific spot on her white and blue hair and getting a sigh of bliss out of her.

"Fine — wait a second... YOUR EYES!" Maro gaped, looking into his eyes and seeing the faint glow in them.

"OH MY KAMI, I CAN SEE A GLOW! OH WAIT, I GOTTA TELL ANGEL AND DEMON ABOUT THIS THEN YOU CAN EXPLAI — WAIT, I RECOGNIZE YOU NOW! AREN'T YOU NICO ROBIN?! HOLY SHIT MASTER, WHAT'S GOING ON? WAIT, DON'T TELL ME YET!"

Not waiting for a response, the queen sprinted out of the room to go retrieve the twins and Rosan, completely unfazed by her speaking a mile a minute, followed after her.

Kaori bowed apologetically to the confused crowd. "I'm sorry about her. Your majesty is… hyper."

Robin, the only one utterly unfazed, giggled and said, "Her excitable nature reminds me of someone and it's rather endearing."

She was going to like Maro just fine.

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"Oh so you just don't want me to have only the clone army to defend our island?" Maro said in realization, a happy flush dusting her fair cheeks.

"Yes, that's right. I figured if I met some interesting people, I'd send them your way. These three are agents from an organization I'm currently at odds with and I managed to recruit them."

"You're so fucking sweet, Master!" Maro gushed, making the agents gasp a bit at her crude language. "It's nice to meet you all. I hope Master didn't make your lives too hard. He can be a bit… cold," she finished lamely.

"That's an understatement," Demon snorted.

"Master is an asshole," Angel nodded.

The three former agents nodded in unison, Miss Valentine especially and they found themselves very much liking the energy exuded by the cheerful queen.

The redhead shrugged helplessly. "How rude, after I went to the trouble of getting Maro such a rare gift too. Figured I could give you something nice since you are so willingly accepting new allies," Rosan hummed.

Maro's eyes widened excitedly at that. "Gift? For me?! Show me!" She demanded.

A reward for accepting interesting people?! Master was too kind!

With a wave of his hand, Rosan revealed his gift and Maro's eyes bugged.

"Master you didn't," Angel groaned in disbelief. Was he serious? Of all the fucking —

"MASTER YOU DID!" Maro let out the loudest squeal yet.

The queen jumped around in excitement, before tackling Rosan to the floor and kissing him directly on the cheek repeatedly in her happiness. "Y-YOU GOT ME TWO PET DINOSAURS?!"

"Anything for my spoiled little student," Rosan hummed, accepting her thanks with a slight smile. It was always nice to see his family in good spirits.

The little things raised their head at the volume and Maro squealed again, picking both up and nuzzling them into her large chest with gusto.

Angel's glare deepened at that. How dare those stupid little ancient reptiles steal her boobs!

"We were on an island full of them so I figured you'd like one. They're triceratops. Herbivore. One Male. One Female. Babies who I made puppy sized. No name," he informed her.

"I can't believe you got her not one, but two dinosaurs," Angel said flatly, staring at her older brother with a deadpan expression.

"She's always wanted them and she deserved them. It's not often you run into wild dinosaurs so I just took the opportunity granted to me," Rosan shrugged.

"Don't worry, Master! I'll take good care of Gladiolus and Anemone!" Maro beamed, sitting back down and petting the pleased reptiles on her lap.

Gladiolus was the boy and Anemone would be the girl!

"Gladiolus? Anemone?" Angel mouthed to herself, glaring at the creatures sitting on her goddamn perfect thighs! Those belonged to her dammit! Who did they think they were?!

She was about to direct her ire towards Rosan for allowing this to happen but restrained herself at the genuine joy on Maro's face.

She guessed the queen deserved it… maybe.

"They're adorable," Demon said, patting Anemone on her skull and picking her up. "I'll have to do a checkup on them and give you a proper diet to feed the two."

The queen nodded happily and finally focused on the three agents.

"So these three are agents you want me to take in… I suspect you're gonna get more?" Maro prodded.

"Depends on if they are interesting or not," Rosan replied, indicating with his head for them to introduce themselves.

"I'm Gem," Mr. 5 said immediately, bowing lowly to the queen. "I ate the Bomu Bomu no mi and became an explosion man. I hope to live up to your expectations as a bodyguard, Maro-sama."

"Master overhauled him," Maro thought to herself immediately, glancing at the bomb man with a curious gaze. Outwardly though, she beamed in excitement.

"You ate such an awesome fruit! Awesome Gem, you'll be a great addition!"

He nodded with a proud smile on his face.

Her very own terrorist. How exciting!

"I'm Mikita…" Miss Valentine introduced quietly, bowing her head and refusing to make eye contact. "I ate the Kiro Kiro no mi and I'll do anything to prove I'm useful to you… Please give me a chance," the woman begged.

"Master scarred this one," the Dokkaebi thought. They were his enemies after all so it was no surprise that some force probably went into recruiting them. If this one's sense of self worth was shattered, he probably wanted her to…

"Hey, you don't gotta be afraid around me! I may have really sharp fangs but I don't bite!" Maro beamed encouragingly, showing her abnormally sharp fangs in question. "As long as you're loyal to this island, that's all I can ask for! You're one of us now and you can trust me."

She finished her speech with a gentle rub on the woman's shoulder and relied on Demon to make Angel to stand down (he did).

Mikita's head shot up at that and she regarded the queen with a shocked expression, before tears formed in her eyes and she nodded determinedly.

The Queen… she really was as amazing as Rosan said she was. Someone like this… Someone so kind and gentle, willing to accept former enemies despite their uselessness, deserved 100% of her loyalty and that's exactly what she was going to get.

Robin shot Rosan a glance at that and he simply hummed in return.

Maro focused on the last one of the three and that prompted Miss Goldenweek to speak up.

She had watched the queen's interaction with Mikita and seeing how kind she was, decided it was good that she chose to come here. With the queen, she doubted she'd be forced to do anything she didn't want to.

"I'm… Marianne," the child introduced. "I use my painting abilities to hypnotize people based on the color."

Maro's eyes sparkled at that and the queen nodded enthusiastically. "So not only are you an awesome painter… you can hypnotize people too! You're incredible! Are you interested in being a professional artist?! I'd love to have you work on some things around the castle!"

Marianne blinked at that question. Not only were her artistic abilities prioritized… She wanted to use her paint… for more than just combat purposes? That sounded…

"That sounds nice," she smiled brightly, happy to be working under the queen now.

The Queen clapped and laughed in joy, infectious energy reaching them all.

"Alright! I've got a nice little building complex that you and your future agent allies can live in while you're off duty! It has no inhabitants so it'll be you guys only and you're free to change it how you want as long as Master agrees to help. Kaori, do you mind showing them where it is?" Maro fired off.

She actually had quite a bit of empty complexes just in case of emergency. Sometimes they were rented out for visitors when the hotels were packed for an ever greater price! It was a great way to milk them of their money!

Kaori nodded easily at her request and beckoned the agents to follow her. She didn't mind going outside because the citizens had very quickly warmed up to her after seeing how friendly the fishwoman was with the popular queen.

They really did love Maro. Anything she liked, they did and though they were a tad fearful at first... Maro (much to her embarrassment) made an entire speech to her people about how they would not tolerate any sort of prejudice to anyone at all. Everyone deserved to be treated fairly unless they proved otherwise.

That moment managed to solidify Kaori's loyalty and she realized that she had no intention of leaving Celadon because she was just as bad as the citizens when it came to loving the Queen.

Soon it was just Rosan, Robin and the rulers of Celadon.

"Alright, now that we've dealt with them…" Maro began, placing a sleeping Gladiolus on a comfy looking chair. Anemone was still awake and curiously prodded Demon's hand with her horn, much to the doctor's amusement.

"...Let's get down to the serious serious business!" She beamed, closing the distance between her and Robin with an eager grin. "Are you actually Nico Robin?! I've heard so much about you and I've seen Master's memories too! I'm so happy to see you guys reunited and I've wanted to meet you for the longest!"

Robin accepted the queen's eager rambling and offered a kind smile. "It's nice to meet you, Maro. I've heard much about you as well and I haven't even gotten to your part of Rosan's memories! He really cherishes you three," she replied.

Maro squealed with a rosy blush at that admittance and tackled Rosan for the umpteenth time. This must have been a normal occurrence because the redhead didn't look remotely bothered, just wrapping.

"I KNEW YOU THOUGHT I WAS HOT!" Maro beamed.

"I never once mentioned your looks to Robin," Rosan replied calmly.

"Liar liar! Just admit it!"

"I have nothing to admit. I've called you beautiful on multiple occasions."

"Say I'm hot! Hot, Master!"

"No."

The twins effortlessly ignored the two and turned to face the sweatdropping Devil Child instead.

"To finally meet you in the flesh… I'm honored. We can't view his memories but we know almost everything about Master's past. You've been a huge influence to him," Demon bowed, introducing himself and kindly shaking her hand.

Robin smiled at the purple haired clone of Rosan and shook the elegant looking clone's hand.

His features were all around softer than Rosan's own, lacking the sharpness the oldest triplet had, and that extended to his smooth purple hair, tied into a high ponytail. He was currently wearing a loose black kimono that, combined with his general appearance, gave him a rather pretty look.

His genuine kindness was nothing like Rosan's rude and confident demeanor. The man exuded a gentle aura that would put anyone at ease.

"Angel and Demon, I was surprised to see that Rosan made clones! To see that you both have such different personalities from him… I'm glad to meet you," Robin greeted, before turning towards a fidgeting Angel.

"Rosan I don't know why you're so reluctant to transform into your female form," Robin joked with an amused smile, remembering the first time they had forced the boy to do it. "Though, I'm a bit glad because she's a little too gorgeous don't you think?"

The female clone (Robin laughed heartily at the memory of Angel's gender revelation and Rosan discovering the beauty of female puberty) had the same red hair as her creator, that was not nearly as spiky and much longer, reaching her back and having a blue daisy resting in it.

Like her brother, Angel's features were much softer than Rosan's and she was surprisingly dainty in appearance... barring the fact that was only a little shorter then Robin.

The woman wore a short, white and blue dress and thigh high combo that hugged her curves (she was significantly less curvy then female Rosan it looked) and showed off the beautiful sapphire ring on her finger.

Angel blushed beet red and squeaked at the compliment. "N-Nico Robin! You have no idea how long I w-wanted to meet you! I'm Angel, Master's younger sister and Maro's wife!"

She wanted to be on her very best behavior because this was Master's best friend! Nico Robin had been everything to Rosan and played a huge part in shaping him into who he was.

"Oh, you and Maro are married?" Robin asked curiously, glancing back and forth between the two. "You two seem like an amazing fit, I'm happy for you!"

"O-Oh you!" Angel gushed, switching on a dime and hugging the noticeably taller woman happily with tears in her eyes. "I'm so glad to finally be able to see Master's first companion. Just off of meeting each other, I can see Master's eyes glowing slightly! I… I normally only see brief glimpses of it but to see it for so long… Just… thank you."

Robin's eyes softened at the looks of gratefulness on all three of their faces.

It seems Rosan's emotions were important to all of them and the relief that they displayed at making genuine progress made her as happy as it did sad.

She had an inkling as to why they weren't traveling with Rosan anymore but she'd have to see it in his memories to confirm.

"I'm just happy to be reunited with him… I thought he was dead for so long but because he told me to be strong for the both of us, I had to do it and it payed off," Robin said sincerely, hugging the crying redhead back.

Funnily enough, those words Rosan told her, were eerily similar to the ones that Meiko had told him. Those two really were more alike then they assumed.

A small part of Robin wondered if she'd be just like him if she had to witness the boy die in her arms.

Based on the brief sadness in Demon and Angel's eyes, they too realized that those words were painfully familiar.

"I'm happy you guys are getting along so well," Rosan's muffled voice came out. He was still being glomped by Maro but the two were watching with fond smiles on their face.

"Robin needs a new wardrobe and I doubt her clothes at Baroque Works is better then anything you guys have," the redhead said, pulling himself up with the leech known as Maro.

"Already letting her wear your clothes? I knew that was your cardigan," Maro leered, grinning like the pervert she was. "Though, I don't really mind that you aren't wearing long clothes right now. Look at those free arms!"

The Queen shamelessly squeezed his arm with a pleased noise.

"Nice," she nodded.

Angel extracted herself from Robin's grasp and marched over to her drooling wife in order to grip her by the cheek and drag her off of Rosan.

"Stop giving Robin such a bad impression of you, idiot!" She reprimanded, tugging the whining queen's cheek.

"F-Fine! I'll stop being who I am because you want me to be like the rest of them!" Maro said with large teary eyes.

"WHO IS THEM?!" Angel roared, calling her out on her bullshit immediately.

Demon and Robin watched with a serene smile on their faces while Rosan sighed, walking over to pet Gladiolus' head.

"I'd say I'm surprised, but somehow I'm not," the Devil Child said.

"Perfect, you'll see this very often," Demon replied.

"Somehow it's always my fault too," Rosan grunted.

"Of course it is, you're you!" Mod laughed.

"Father's greed coming to bite him in the ass," Ram tutted. This was why she was only greedy for Father, Mother and Auntie Mod.

Rosan scratched his head. Surely he wasn't actually the problem…

Right?

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"So you want to buy a new wardrobe for Robin, right?" Maro beamed, nodding her head. "Okay! Let's go, I wanna show her around the island that we all worked so hard on. Celadon is amazing!"

"Thank you, Maro," Robin smiled at the energetic queen. "Rosan, I didn't bring any beri with me. Will you be paying?"

"Yeah, I have more than enough to get you what you want," Rosan nodded before Maro interrupted them both.

"P-Pay?!" She gawked. "Are you two nuts?! You think my dear citizens would ever make Master pay for anything?! Even without me there, they'd still give you things for free! You're super popular here!"

Rosan was incredibly popular with the citizens of Celadon. After all, a majority of the buildings that they lived and worked in had been refined by him and it was no secret that Maro looked up to him.

He was also one half of the duo that had freed their island from the tyrant king! Of course they'd offer him free stuff. Coupled with the fact that he didn't live here, he was practically a celebrity to their people!

He wasn't popular as Demon but Maro was beginning to think Demon was the most popular person on this island… Seriously, even the tourists wanted to see him. According to a list that the more gossipy people of her island piloted, the Doctor was considered the best looking person on the island...

Good, he deserved it. Demon was awesome. Also, Maro was considered the second best and that left her beaming in joy.

"I'll show you guys our best clothing stores! You'll come out looking even hotter than you already are," Maro grinned, getting a slight embarrassed flush out of Robin.

Getting compliments from people she didn't care about left her mostly unfazed but she liked everyone in this room and... she wasn't used to being complimented earnestly.

"Ah I love clothes shopping!" Angel gushed. "Master, do you need more clothes?!"

"No, you and Akemi have given me entirely too much clothes. If I brought it all on the ship, we'd sink," Rosan replied.

"I think you need more too!" His sister beamed, completely ignoring him.

They sweatdropped at her but Rosan conceded with a small sigh.

The redhead blinked for a second and extended his hand, watching as the ring on his finger shuddered and transformed into Ram.

"Father, Mother! I'd like to talk to Auntie Angel, Maro and Uncle Demon for a second about something important!" Ram beamed, hugging the two woman excitedly.

The three in question raised a curious brow at what the ring called Robin but neither her or Rosan seemed to mind it very much.

"Right, we'll wait outside."

Robin and Rosan both went outside, leaving 4 left.

"Ram," Demon greeted with a small smile, hugging the ring warmly and getting a happy sigh out of her when he began to stroke her hair.

"What's the occasion? I don't think you've ever wanted to talk to us without Master unless its to cause problems... which you dont talk to Angel about either," Maro prodded, knowing her best friend was plotting something.

Ram nodded at her astute observation.

"I've decided that I want Nico Robin to be my mother!" she declared bluntly. "To make that happen, we need her and Father to get together but I can tell that they're both really stupid when it comes to what they want and I can't get them together alone."

...

Maro's jaw dropped to the floor at that blunt statement and her eyes bugged in disbelief. "W-W-What the hell did you just say?!" She spluttered.

Ram, her best friend… was playing matchmaker?! HER?! The ring who only craved violence… The same ring who had more then a few screws loose, was trying to set her Father up with someone?! The same Father whose attention she wanted nonstop?!

Maro could say with confidence, that Ram didn't have a single romantic bone in her body. But all of a sudden, she was cupid?!

No way...

"I'm in," Angel said without hesitation, making Maro's jaw drop further.

The redhead looked offended that her wife was so shocked. "What?! I think they're really cute and look at them! Since coming here, they've barely been away from each other!"

"Master Mod mentioned that they both had a crush on each other as kids but Master didn't notice because he wasn't in tuned with that side of his emotions," Demon interjected calmly. "I think they deserve a little happiness that they seem to find in each other."

"You too?!" Maro gaped. The Dokkaebi didn't think they'd be so willing to pair Rosan with anyone! They were all jealously protective of the redhead (Demon less so) and tried hard to protect his chasity when they could.

Angel especially, seemed to want to kill whoever it was her teacher hooked up with. The girl would scream murder if someone even sent him a suggestive glance in her presence!

Maro was the only one who genuinely didn't mind seeing Master get together with the various women interested in him.

She was rather proud that he was so popular!

"So, we're all in agreement?!" Ram asked excitedly. "You don't have to ask Auntie, she's already in!"

Maro snorted but smiled at the little schemers. "Alright, I'm in! Operation: Robin and Rosan is a go!"

"Yeah!" They chorused.

...

"What do you think they're talking about in there?" Rosan muttered.

"I'm not sure," Robin admitted. "Mod-chan?"

"...I have no clue," Mod lied.

There was no way she was going to be the one to ruin this plan… that was Rosan's thing.

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"Thank you again for this, Maro… I do still feel a little guilty for not paying for all of these."

"Haha! Don't sweat it, you're Master's precious friend so you're my precious friend too! Besides, my island's super rich and we have tons of resources! Some clothes won't hurt and Mai was happy to accomodate!"

Robin smiled at the friendly woman and the two exchanged hugs.

"You would have made me pay for everything anyways," Rosan muttered, perfectly balancing all the bags in his arms. He even had his draconic tail out, balancing even more of the clothing on it.

"You sure you didn't want to go without buying anything for a little longer?" Angel said suggestively, raising a brow in amusement. "You look really good in Master's clothes."

"Do I?" Robin mused, looking down at the purple cardigan. "This is a nice cardigan… It smells like Rosan and I do love the color purple… maybe I'll keep this," she decided, nodding her head at that decision.

Rosan raised a brow incredulously at her. "I don't have a decision in whether you get to keep my clothing? I like that cardigan too you know and we just bought you an entire wardrobe," Rosan muttered.

"Yes, but I already got comfortable wearing this one and I quite like it," Robin retorted. Sure it was a bit big on her but she wasn't that much shorter then Rosan... she was just much slimmer.

Rosan snorted at the protective hold she had on his purple cardigan and conceded without much difficulty. "Fine, keep it."

If she wanted it, she could keep it. At least she looked good in it... even if it was a bit big on her but that honestly made it look better.

Maro and Angel grinned at each other at their interactions.

"I say you let her keep it… you two even have matching pendants now!" Angel gushed, looking at the tiny black pendant around Robin's neck that had a picture of a younger her and Rosan inside of it.

The redhead had gone out and bought it himself while they were out shopping for clothes. He had gotten it in black because his was white and when he verified that Robin liked it (she loved it), he applied his Save Point to it.

The limit of his points had increased to seven over the years. The locations were Aiko's castle, Maro's tiara, Luffy's straw hat, Rosan's earrings and Robin's pendant (it used to be on the White Rose).

That left two and he wasn't sure what to place them on but it never hurt to have spares.

"Alright you two! Be sure to visit us again," Maro beamed, pulling the both of them into a hug. "Master, you're not allowed to show up without Robin, okay?!"

"I second this!" Angel beamed, joining the group hug.

"Right. That works for me since I don't want her out of my sight," Rosan hummed.

Robin rolled her eyes at his words.

"You're lucky I'm the same way currently or else I'd reprimand your possessive streak," she admonished, grabbing onto the man so they could vanish.

"Bye you three, I really enjoyed meeting you and can't wait to see you all again," Robin smiled at Rosan's old travel companions. She really did like all of them and their oddities.

She was glad that despite blowing up on them so long ago, Rosan still cherished the clones.

With a short wave, Rosan activated his Save Point and they vanished.

"That girl's a keeper," Angel sighed.

"I agree," Demon nodded sagely.

Maro didn't say anything, prompting the twins to look at the queen in confusion, considering she always had something to say.

Her eyes were furrowed and she looked at the spot Rosan had just been in with a contemplative expression.

"Maro, what's wrong?" Angel asked her wife in concern.

"Master… he's hot," the Dokkaebi replied after a short pause.

They sighed at her stupidity.

Seriously?

"Yes, Maro… We've established that Master was hot like 10 years ago," Demon said, not seeing the point of stating old news.

"It's why I want to commit murder so often. His hotness gives me stress," Angel added.

"No! Not like that!" She retorted, brows furrowing deeper. "His body… it's really hot. I thought it was because he recently transformed into his Dragon but he's somehow gotten even warmer."

The clones froze at that and they began seriously thinking about her concerns.

"Not only that but… I've been around Master a lot and I've never seen him activate Save Point that slowly," Maro finished gravely, a worried look dominating her now.

It wasn't terribly slow, but it was off by a couple of seconds that she noticed immediately.

Damn it she should have mentioned his body temperature sooner but her fears had only been confirmed after watching him activate his traveling technique.

"Are you saying Master's sick?" Angel asked with her own confused look, raising a brow incredulously.

Demon was just as confused, shaking his head in denial. "That's not possible. Without Modification I think it's impossible for him to get sick but with it and the Philosopher's Stone? There's absolutely zero chance it happens."

Master's immune system was incredible. If anything even remotely dangerous entered him, his body would instantly attack it and purge him of it. The stone he consumed amplified what Modification already fortified. His body was near invincible to anything normal and if it was new, it'd only affect him once and not for long.

Demon marveled at it whenever he did checkups and if he were greedier, he'd inspect the man's blood samples to see if they could do anything more with it.

Getting sick was not an option for him and they all knew that.

Master Mod especially would make sure of it…

"I know but it's just… they were on an ancient island right? Who knows what type of diseases they could have?" Maro frowned, idly petting Anemone in her concern.

Demon began thinking deeper before a flash of horror crossed his features.

"What if he is sick but he's not supposed to be?" Angel chimed in, gnawing her nails. How did she not notice?! She should know everything about Master no matter what!

"Modification… it might have gotten him sick on purpose," Demon finally said. "Master's body is almost always passively being worked on by Modification in hopes of improving anything. It keeps him in peak condition, ensures that he's healthy and… builds up his immunities when it sees the opportunity."

They all paled.

A sickness that Modification willingly let enter Rosan's immune system? And it actually affected him?

"Ah shit," Maro concluded for all of them.

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"Hm… is it just me or was that Save Point slower than normal... No. It was definitely slower than normal," Rosan mused as he appeared on the deck of the Going Merry.

"STOP JUST APPEARING LIKE THAT!" Usopp roared, clutching his chest in fear.

"I-I agree," Vivi wheezed. The moment Rosan appeared, she jumped high into the air and collapsed on the floor.

Rosan ignored them for the moment in favor of inspecting his body with an almost confused expression.

Robin, who had been about to formally introduce herself to the crew, paused at the silence from the redhead and turned to face him. "Rosan? What's the matter?" she asked, tilting her head at his furrowed brows…

Was... was he hotter then normal? He had been pretty hot before but she just attributed that to the fact that he radiated an unreal body heat already which must have been because of Ragnarok.

Upon closer inspection, Robin saw that the redhead's cheeks were a little flushed and she immediately closed the short distance between them. The woman placed a hand against his forehead and immediately drew it back due to the burning heat.

"What in the world," Robin muttered, gazing at her hand in shock.

Any greeting on the Straw Hats lips, died down at seeing the concern on Robin's face.

"Robin? Did I just burn you? But how? I haven't activated any technique." Rosan tilted his head in confusion.

"Mod-chan?"

"One second…" Mod frowned, noticing the same things Robin noticed. It couldn't possibly be...

Activating Modification, the woman searched for any recent changes in his body and immediately froze at what she saw.

Almost at the same time, a wave of vertigo hit Rosan and he abruptly collapsed on his knees, much to the shock of everyone watching.

"ROSAN?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Luffy shouted, rocketing forward towards his brother and immediately grabbing onto him. "W-Woah?! You're so hot!" He gaped, watching as the redhead's skin actually began steaming.

"That must be… because of the Philosopher's Stone," Rosan grunted, gazing at the smoke with half lidded eyes. "It's healing something right now but its going into overdrive and I'm not exactly —"

The redhead's statement was cut short by a harsh cough and they noticed that his cheeks were flushed a deep red, reminiscent of his own hair.

"It can't be… am I sick?" Rosan asked Mod-chan.

"...Yes," Mod said. "Modification saw a chance to improve your immune system drastically and allowed a virus on that island to successfully invade your body."

"What?!" Robin whispered in horror, much to the confusion of everyone there. "But Rosan's immune system is already amazing! If there's something that can get him sick then…"

"Then it's a good thing I'm the one who got it," Rosan interrupted, panting from exertion. The Philosopher's Stone constant healing was quickly draining him of his energy. "If anyone else here did, they'd be dead within hours."

"Rosan's sick?!" Luffy repeated in disbelief. "He's never gotten sick before! Ever!"

"What do we do?" Nami asked in concern. If Rosan was actually sick, even with Modification and his bodies natural strength, they'd need an actual doctor to heal him which was something no one here was equipped to do.

"I'll be fine… I just need to go to… Demon. He'll be able to patch me up," Rosan said, forcing himself up. "Modification: Save Poi —,"

The technique never activated because the redhead suddenly collapsed on the floor in a heap, body thudding unceremoniously.

"ROSAN!" Robin and Luffy screamed, quickly moving over to the redhead and hoisting him up.

Mod had gone radio silent but she was no doubt trying to ensure that her user was in no life threatening situation.

"SANJI, GO GET SOME WATER AND ANYTHING TO REPLENISH HIS ENERGY!" Nami barked, mind moving a mile a minute.

They needed to find a doctor and quick. Alabasta was too far right now and there was no telling what would happen to the redhead's condition in the time it got there.

Sanji saluted, worry on his face and he darted off to do that.

"It's fine…" Rosan strained. He looked up and everyone saw two bright glowing orbs in his eyes. "I'll be fine. My body will heal me in time and I'll be stronger than ever. I just need to rest and I will Purge it eventually…"

He shut his eyes and collapsed again. Thankfully, Robin and Luffy held the taller redhead up and they quickly moved him over to a bed to lie in. They went to the more neat Nami's room and after her approval, lied him down.

The Straw Hats, sans Sanji, quickly followed after and looked at the flushed face of the, for once, vulnerable redhead. His body was actively steaming and his eyes were shut tight as he panted harshly.

"So this is how it feels to get sick?" Rosan grunted, a wry smile crossing his features despite the situation. "I knew I was right to get you a doctor that time, Robin."

"Now's not the time for jokes, Rosan! If something's strong enough to get you sick, that's a serious issue!" Robin said, hastily removing his shirt so he could get some cool air on his body. He was burning up right now... a human should not be steaming like that.

"We need to find him a doctor!" Vivi decided resolutely. Alabasta could wait, the redhead needed help urgently.

The heat in the air seemed to amplify at that statement and they paused.

"No doctor is allowed to touch me besides Demon," Rosan suddenly said seriously, face set into a cold visage. "I don't trust them with my body. I will never trust them with my body."

They shuddered at that statement. Did something happen between Rosan and a Doctor...?

Nami and Robin knew exactly what he meant by that statement and their gazes turned soft.

"You need medical attention, Rosan!" Robin stressed, not willing to wield. "You need to see a doctor, I'll be there to watch you the whole time. Nothing will happen to you. You don't need to trust them. Trust me."

Rosan listened to her plea and hummed, before coughing again. Eventually he nodded his head. "Of course I trust you... I'll never doubt you again."

They sighed in relief at how easily he conceded and Sanji burst into the room with a glass of water. Handing it over to Robin, he said, "I'll go make some soup for him. Let him drink that slowly."

Robin pushed the glass to his lips and the redhead accepted it greedily, downing it quickly despite Sanji's warning.

She was too worried to chastise him so she didn't.

Rosan let out a sigh at the cool water and placed his head back on the pillow. "You guys... need to focus on not getting our ship sunk. Don't forget where we are."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him," Robin assured them all and they nodded, reluctantly leaving the room.

"Don't die!" Luffy demanded, glancing worriedly at his oldest brother and closing the door behind him.

"It seems like no matter how much time passes, I'll always end up overly relying on you," Rosan coughed, smiling despite his current conditions.

Robin sighed in exasperation. "Getting sick sure has made your emotions flare up a lot."

"It's true…" Mod said tiredly. "I can't believe Modification saw it fit to let this virus enter your body. On the bright side, when you do heal from this you'll be immune to just about anything and if not, your body will quickly nullify it."

That meant his life wasn't in immediate danger.

"I guess this is good preparation for when the actual virus makes an appearance," Rosan mused, making Mod flinch back.

The sickly redhead regarded Robin with a heavy pant before coming to a decision. "Here, it should be easier to care for me if I'm like this."

"Hm?" Robin asked in confusion.

What was he planning now? Sick Rosan was already looking like he was as unpredictable as his days of being a child.

"Modify, Age: 4."

The Devil Child watched with shocked eyes, as the flushed redhead transformed into a near carbon copy of how he looked as a child. The only difference, were the heterochromatic eyes that little Rosan didn't have until he was nine.

"There you go," Rosan said, voice squeaky. He looked down and saw how large his baggy black pants were, before modifying it to make them fit.

"Stop overexerting yourself!" Robin demanded, grabbing a cool rag and placing it on his head. "You don't get to use Modification while sick, we both know how taxing it can be when your out of energy so just rest. I'll take care of you," she assured.

"Yes boss," he squeaked and Robin nearly cooed.

She forgot just how adorable Rosan was as a child.

"It's not transmittable so your fine to take care of him without catching anything," Mod said quietly.

She felt a little guilty, considering it was Modification that had gotten him sick. She would need to keep a closer eye on things like this in the future so that she could consult with Rosan.

While checking what was wrong, Mod had also been busy making sure Ram didn't have a full blown panic attack.

The ring was full blown sobbing at seeing her father actually get sick and the sight was so surreal, that Mod swiftly put her to sleep.

Hopefully she'd be calm after waking up. The girl was downright hysterical.

Nami quietly opened the door to her room with a plate of soup in her hand and made her way over to the duo.

She nearly dropped the plate at the sight of the tiny redhead. "R-Rosan?! What happened to you?"

H...He was so adorable!

"Oh, Nami," Rosan's childish voice rang out raspily. "I modified my age so that it would be easier to care for me. I was much smaller as a four year old compared to how I am at 24."

She resisted the urge to squeal at the Chibi Rosan and handed the soup over to Robin.

"We'll have to find an island soon and get you medical attention so hang tight, okay?" Nami requested, making her way back out to the deck.

The door shut, leaving just the two alone and Rosan let out a miserable sigh.

"I don't even think I can enter my mindscape right now," he grunted, pushing himself up to accept the food, only for Robin to gently lie him back down.

"I'm going to restrain you with my Devil Fruit if you keep moving," she warned, feeding him the soup.

"You know how restless I am… it was a nightmare for you and Mod-chan trying to get me to sleep because of how much energy I had," Rosan reminded them, getting fond smiles out of them.

"Such terrible times. You were such an annoying child but that's why we loved you," Robin teased.

"Oh the good days, I wish you had the energy to enter your mindscape, I want to sleep with all of you again," Mod giggled.

"Well, that's just a you issue. I don't suffer such things," Rosan taunted, opening his arms up. "Robin, come."

"You are so lucky you're sick or else you'd be suffering a headache," Mod deadpanned.

Robin rolled her eyes but acquiesced, getting in the bed with a quiet giggle and hugging the incredibly warm child.

"You're really hot," she muttered. It was a good thing she had spent years in the desert. Such heat was the norm.

"I've been told that many times over the years, so it's nothing new," Rosan coughed, wrapping his arms around her and almost instantly falling asleep.

Getting the last word in then going to sleep? He really was a piece of work…

...She missed him. She really missed him.

Clutching his tiny body closer to her, Robin decided she had been awake long enough and got herself ready for sleep.

"Goodnight, Robin," Mod said warmly, elation filling her body at the fact that she was here.

"Goodnight, Mod-chan," Robin replied happily.

The sick redhead snored quietly and idly buried his hot body deeper into Robin, getting a smile out of her and causing her to clutch him like a teddy bear.

Rosan was sick but he'd get better as long as they got him medical attention. He was actually here with her and that made her feel lighter then she felt in a very long time.

For the first time in 16 years, Robin fell asleep with a smile on her face.

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Crocodile could admit that he was pretty easily annoyed.

He was not the most rational man around, but he prided himself on being able to keep some of his cool in situations. At least to the point where it didn't affect his battle sense.

Right now, when everything was finally coming together, was not one of those times.

Why?

Because Cipher Pol had Miss All Sunday, a woman who was necessary for his plans.

Of course someone as information heavy as him, knew about the secret agency. Crocodile had been a Warlord for years. It was an oversight on his part to not think that Cipher Pol was not hunting down Nico Robin of all people.

But that begged the question… if they knew to capture her, did that mean they would soon converge upon him? He would know if he was being watched beyond the appearances he made when saving the country from pirates and he was confident nobody but Nico Robin knew he was Mr. 0 now that those pirates were dead.

They would be suspicious if reports stated she was on Alabasta… but she had been evading the World Government for 20 years. He could play dumb when questioned and they'd believe it, lest they openly admit a pirate was better than them.

The only hiccup in that, would be if Nico Robin herself told them of his identity.

He wasn't foolish enough to think she'd keep that information to herself. There was no loyalty between the two. Their relationship was mutually beneficial, strictly hinging on what they could provide to each other.

Coupled with the fact that he needed her to read the Poneglyph…

"Mr. 13. Miss Friday. Send a message to Mr. 2 to sail out to Little Garden and intercept any ship that he sees for clues on Miss All Sunday's whereabouts… Even Mr. 3's. And have the millions keep an eye out for any Marine vessel," he ordered the attentive animals. He had been forced to reveal his identity to them due to Miss All Sunday not being here but that was fine.

Nico Robin was essential to him more than ever now. If the Marines interfered in his business before he discovered Pluton's location… he'd be in trouble.

Unfortunately, Nico Robin was the only one who could tell him where it was.

Just how long had Cipher Pol been watching her? Crocodile felt his paranoia rising at the thought that they could potentially come after him.

Perhaps he should shake some rust off… he wasn't as strong as he had been the days he had been sailing but with his current annoyance, he needed to let off some steam.

The animal agents, sensing his irritation, saluted and hastily went to give the letter to Mr. 2.

Unknown to Crocodile, once they finished that mission, they'd go and find Rosan immediately to get away from the man who, in his irritation, completely dehydrated the massive Banawani next to him.

It didn't even have time to scream and Crocodile glared dispassionately, eventually throwing the animal in the water so that it could hydrate again.

In his anger, he was attacking things around him and that just wouldn't do. It was about time he released some of his building anger so that he could commence Utopia without anymore hitches.

If Cipher Pol did decide to come after him… well Crocodile would show them a glimpse of the pirate he had been before settling down in this country.