"Haki?" Maro asked in fascination.
Everyone watched Sabo demonstrate it with curious eyes.
To the Queen. Things that didn't make sense, suddenly did. Her and Master's fight with Judge, suddenly made so much more sense with this unknown power added into the mix. It was no wonder nothing was working against him... Wow, if he had his Raid Suit they would have gotten obliterated.
Just how reliant on it were the Germa Family? Judge was certainly strong as all hell, but without his suit he didn't feel even close to someone like say, Garp.
Haki seemed super strong but clearly it wasn't unbeatable... but still, Observation and Armament... the ability to predict, hit Logias and gain an armor?
...THAT WAS SO COOL! IF SHE LEARNED THIS, NO ONE IN THE NORTH BLUE COULD STOP HER! NOT EVEN THAT STUPID JUDGE!
"I wanna learn it! I wanna learn it! How can I learn it?!" Maro jumped up and down eagerly, not noticing Sanji's eyes bugging at her actions.
Angel did and she swiftly delivered a fist to the chef's face.
"We're gonna start training in it after we liberate Alabasta," Rosan mused.
Maro and Luffy instinctively shuddered, backing away from their demonic teacher and getting looks of worry from everyone else.
What exactly did Rosan do to those two?
The redhead in question, blinked at their fearful expressions. "I don't know the techniques either you know? I won't be teaching you. We're all at the same level so we'll all learn with the methods Ace left us."
"If anything, Sabo will teach us and Rosan will just enforce that training when he leaves," Robin supplied helpfully, giggling at their antics.
The looks of relief on their face, made the Straw Hats laugh and Rosan tilt his head.
"Sabo's much nicer then Ace and Rosan," Luffy exclaimed, looking pleased with the concerned blonde.
"Is your training really that bad…?" Sabo couldn't help but ask, getting a fearful nod of agreement out of Nami and Usopp.
Zoro nodded with a snort. "It wasn't nearly as bad before we got Chopper but afterwards, he went full psycho mode on me and Robin."
The Devil Child nodded in agreement. "I felt sore in places I didn't think were possible. I even told him I haven't trained for a long while and he called that the beginner workout..."
"Join the club," Maro whimpered. "Our first time sparring ended up with me in the infirmary! He totally didn't realize I wasn't a monster like him!"
"Good luck," Demon said to a concerned Chopper. "Master is effective but completely ruthless... and I know that best. At least everyone is pretty developed unlike Maro and Luffy who he built up from zero."
"Please don't hurt them too bad! I'm only one person," the reindeer pleaded.
"I blame Mod-chan for him turning out like this. Those two are incredibly unaware of people's limits," Robin said shamelessly, shaking her head.
That woman was an absolute slave driver and it sometimes didn't occur to her that her two children were human and she wasn't.
Rosan tried to warn her with his gaze when they were kids but Robin wasn't aware that Mod-chan was that unaware. She foolishly agreed to join them on their training, thinking that her best friend was over exaggerating but for once, he wasn't and Robin had her sore body to remind her.
"Y-You blame me too?!" Mod gaped in disbelief, red eyes wide at Robin of all people blaming her.
U-Unaware?! Her?! W-Was she truly that harsh on the two growing up?!
"I'm sorry... but it's the truth," Robin said, smiling slightly at her shock.
Nami gawked at that. "Mod-chan?! Really?"
She didn't expect the motherly woman to be so cruel!
Rosan nodded triumphantly, neutral expression managing to come off as smug. "Mod-chan was my only ever teacher and I picked up nearly all her methods considering I was four when she began torturing me."
He was her perfect little soldier, absorbing everything she taught him with a speed that truly did make them look like a mother son duo.
Mod crossed her arms and began sulking in a corner. "It's not my fault… I only had emotions for a few weeks a-and I was barely human in nature! Plus you handled it just fine!"
"I know Mod-chan," he soothed through their connection.
Rosan was hardly a good example to base something on, considering his natural gifts but he wouldn't say that.
"I can't believe I'm actually learning something at the same time as Master," Maro muttered in awe.
He was always five million steps ahead of her and displayed such mastery over his Devil Fruit, compared to her, that she was jealous.
Well, that was in the past. Maro was an incredible user of her own Devil Fruit too! Modification felt like it was Rosan's Devil Fruit to have and she felt the same way about being a Dokkaebi!
It wasn't as versatile but the queen wasn't as creative as her teacher and it was still plenty resourceful. She had always preferred to keep it simple and transforming into a Dokkaebi kept things simple (smashing her club into their skulls).
The group was making their way through the scalding desert and they conversed with each other about various topics.
"Because Maro is training with you guys, that means we get to see Master and Luffy more!" Angel cheered, grabbing her little brother and squeezing him happily.
"Woohoo!" Luffy cheered, squeezing the taller woman back gleefully.
Sanji glared at his captain returning the hug jealously and grumbled to himself.
Rosan and Luffy got to spend years around these two! YEARS!
Both Maro and Angel were incredibly beautiful yet they casually called Rosan Master, initiating contact at any given moment for the hell of it with either the captain or the scout.
Angel especially was either latched to Luffy, Rosan or Sabo and it filled Sanji with pure envy.
The redhead's beauty was not one you saw often. Mature and beautiful, with curves in all the right places (just look at her hips!) and an outfit that she was aware showed it off, Angel was easily one of the most beautiful women he had seen.
Still, acknowledging her beauty felt like he was acknowledging Rosan's own because the two looked remarkably similar and he couldn't acknowledge his love rival's good looks.
No! He wouldn't let his love rival stop him from appreciating beauty in any capacity!
Angel was a beauty and it didn't matter if she looked like Rosan! She was still one of the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen!
To be honest, the only people who Sanji had seen so far that surpassed her natural beauty, were Mod-chan and the female form of —
Everyone paused in confusion, at the sight of Sanji letting out a strangled yell of horror. Without any prompting, the chef fainted.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Sabo asked in concern, watching the chef collapse in the scalding sand with wide eyes.
Nami shrugged, unbothered by the sight. "Eh, he'll be fine. He's been fainting a lot recently."
Demon's own face turned concerned at that. "Why? Is he sick? Does he need a checkup."
Robin shook her head with an amused smile. "No he doesn't need any of that. I believe it's an after effect of seeing Rosan's female form."
The three leaders of Celadon's eyes immediately turned into one of sympathetic understanding and they nodded sagely.
No one reacted normally to seeing Rosan's transformation for the first time.
"Master's overwhelming in more ways then one," Demon nodded sagely. He could freely admit how good looking his older brother was in both forms.
It's not like his male form looked worse… It was just his female form was so… noticeable. It was hard to miss someone walking around with all that...
"Who actually convinced Master to transform? He normally only does it to help me!" Angel gasped in a bit of jealousy. She actually… she actually managed to miss one of Rosan's transformations?! B-But those were meant for her!
"Robin," Rosan grunted in confusion.
Why on Earth was his female transformation causing Sanji to faint? He was aware that she was widely considered attractive but wasn't this a bit much?
A figure collapsing into him, made him pause and he looked down to see a teary eyed Maro looking up at him.
The Queen's lips were wobbling and everyone, barring Angel, Demon, Luffy and Robin, wondered what got her so upset.
"Y-You're telling me I missed out on seeing that hot piece of ass?" Maro whimpered, gripping Rosan's shirt pleadingly. "N-No fair! Please Master, transform again for me! You don't understand how much I look forward to this! We only see it once a year! ONCE! IT'S INJUSTICE!"
The Straw Hats collapsed, not expecting that to be the reason she was so distraught. Queen Maro sure was… shameless and perverted.
"H-Hot piece of…?" Vivi turned scarlet at the queen's crass words, not expecting it out of nobility and the poor princess began steaming in embarrassment as she was forced to remember said hot piece of ass.
"No," Rosan replied blandly, despite Maro getting increasingly grabbier. Was she climbing him? She was climbing him. His student was currently crawling atop his body like some incessant spider.
Sometimes he wondered where he went wrong with his student. It was probably when she asked him if h preferred butts or breasts and he answered butts, much to her delight.
Kindred spirits, she had called them. That's what should have alerted him to the fact that she had a serious problem.
"Robiiiiiin," Maro whined, clambering on Rosan so he didn't think to escape from her. She expertly maneuvered herself on his back, wrapped her arms around his neck and wrapped her legs around his waist so he didn't get any funny ideas of escaping her.
"Yes, Maro?" Robin asked, amusement glittering in her eyes at the Dokkaebi's antics.
Rosan looked wholly unbothered, just letting the goblin do what she wanted.
"Make Master transform again please," the queen requested, fixing adorable puppy dog eyes on the Devil Child.
Before Robin could even open her mouth, Rosan decided to call his trump card.
"Angel. Maro is crushing your boobs on me."
The squeak Maro let out, was instantaneous and the Dokkaebi went white in fear.
Angel's expression immediately turned unamused and the redhead stared at her wife calmly. "Dear," she said serenely.
The Queen began spluttering and the Straw Hats couldn't stamp down their amusement, as she tried to shrink behind her teacher.
"Angel, you need to stop letting Master control you like this! He has you eating out of the palm of his hands!" Maro gaped.
If Master said something, Angel listened! This was ridiculous! He managed to trigger her so easily and she suffered for it!
"So what! Get my boobs off of him!" She barked, marching up to her wife with a scowl. "Honestly, you really should stop being a pervert right now! Stop ruining Robin's perception of you!"
"That's okay. My perception of her won't change," Robin assured, only to blink as the redhead rounded on her.
"Don't even think about encouraging her, Robin!" Angel barked to the Devil Child. "Maro is the type of idiot who only needs one person to enable her bad habits and I won't allow even you to do it!"
Robin was a bit taken aback but Angel was never afraid to speak her mind, no matter her undying respect for the person.
"Understood. I will not say anything next time," she nodded eventually, getting a pleased smile out of the clone.
That smile was quickly wiped off her face as she rounded on her perverted wife. "Hot piece of ass, Maro?! Could you not talk about my sister like that! It doesn't matter how hot and sexy she is!"
"I'm not your sister. And please don't call me hot or sexy, you're my sister you know?" Rosan replied calmly.
They ignored him.
"B-But she looks like you and you're also a hot piece of ass!" Maro whined pleadingly, clambering off the redhead to stand in front of her slightly taller wife. "Can you blame me for wanting to see two of you?! Look at you!"
The Straw Hats don't know how it worked, but Rosan and Luffy's family proved to be just as weird as their captain and scout.
Angel blushed beet red, anger forgotten and she immediately jumped on a pleased Maro. "O-Oh you! Don't go trying to worm your way out with compliments!"
Maro beamed and nuzzled her wife. "I'm just speaking the truth!"
"How did that work?" They all thought in disbelief.
"Sanji's been face first in that sand for a while now," Sabo pointed out in concern, confused by everything going around him but not minding that disturbingly familiar exasperation.
"OH NO, SANJI!"
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"So our opponent is Crocodile?"
Rosan raised a brow. "Our? You're not fighting, Maro. You're not even supposed to be here. Do not reveal yourself. Not you, not Angel and not Demon."
Maro stuck out her tongue and blew him a raspberry. "Bah, you're no fun. Queen this pirate that… you owe me a serious fight after this is over!"
The Straw Hats watched Rosan and Maro argue with sweat. Why was the Queen upset that their scout was trying to not jeopardize her position?
Rosan knew Maro was willing to throw a tantrum about this (and then he'd have to discipline her), so he decided to appease her in another way. "Maro, did you know Chopper developed some medicine called the Rumble Ball exclusively for his Devil Fruit that you happen to share a name with?"
Chopper, Demon and Maro perked up at that.
Chopper because he was suddenly mentioned, Demon because developing medicine for Devil Fruits sounded fascinating, Maro because her and Chopper both shared the Hito Hito no mi.
The reindeer blushed at the attention of 2/3 of the leader's of Celadon and decided to speak up.
"It uh… The Rumble Ball is a drug that distorts my biochemistry that's enhanced by the Hito Hito no mi so that I gain more transformations. I get four additional forms because of it..."
Demon's eyes glittered in fascination while Maro's glittered in awe and confusion.
"You tamper with your own buildup to get full use out of your zoan…? That's so fascinating!" The purple haired doctor awed, staring at the genius with shining eyes. "Would you mind explaining it in detail to me later? I'd love to understand how you managed to come up with it!"
Chopper balked, not expecting anyone to be interested in his Rumble Balls but he nodded eagerly with a happy blush on his face.
It was clear the doctor was pleased to share his knowledge with anyone interested in knowing.
"Could you explain it like you were explaining it to Luffy but just a little smarter? Please?" Maro asked shamelessly. She didn't understand that explanation very well but she did understand that he was using more than human, animal and hybrid using some type of drug.
The doctor sweat a little and blushed bright at being the center of attention to everyone right now. He wasn't used to such eyes being filled with interest beyond his appearance and he realized this was Rosan's way of getting him out of his shell.
He would need to thank the scout later… after attacking him for making the reindeer the center of attention.
"Um… Basically the best way to explain it… You know how we have 3 forms of Zoan, right?" Chopper began, getting a nod out of his fellow zoan. "Right now, you're in your default form, which I call 0% and I'm in my hybrid, which I call 50%!"
Transforming into his animal (or human form since that was his Devil Fruit) the muscular humanoid looked at a curious Maro and said, "This is my 100% form, my "human" transformation like how your 100% form is the Dokkaebi!"
Maro transformed into her own 100% and the massive Dokkaebi inspected herself. "OH! I GET IT NOW!" She roared. "You're basically using combinations of your human and animal form! Like... 20% human, 80% animal to get different hybrid forms?!"
Chopper blinked, not expecting her to understand before he began nodding at his fellow Zoan in excitement. "Exactly! I have a Jump Point that lets me keep my reindeer legs in a human form for example!"
The doctor yelped in fear as the Dokkaebi instantly closed the distance and Maro grabbed his massive hands with her own large ones.
"That's INCREDIBLE!" She squealed. "I never thought of doing that! Using mixed percentages of certain forms... I'd be so fucking strong and it'll let me keep up with all the monsters in my family! Oh, oh! But do you really need the drugs for that? I feel like with enough practice, you can naturally achieve it!"
Chopper opened his mouth, but then closed it as a contemplative expression made its way to his face. "No, I never considered trying to transform into those forms without the Rumble Ball... In theory, that should be possible though... The Rumble Balls don't give me new forms, they just let me alter and combine forms I already have..."
Actually, he was pretty interested about that now. He'd have to find out more about that later.
For now though... he really needed to stop looking at Maro. She was scary!
"You're scaring him," Demon admonished, gently removing Maro's much larger hands out of Chopper's.
Honestly, his queen was so overwhelming and it matched perfectly with Angel's overbearing nature.
"O-Oh! Sorry! I tend to do that a lot," Maro said sheepishly, transforming back to her human form. "I was just so excited because you gave me so much ideas that I need to start practicing immediately! That's genius of you Chopper!"
The reindeer blushed at her praise and began dancing. "S-Stop complimenting me you damn goblin!" He said happily.
"I have to agree though on how genius it is… Could you tell me how you make Rumble Balls? I want to try and make one for Maro so she doesn't pester you until you give in. Obviously you're a reindeer and it'll be different but it'd be an interesting project to make it work on her."
Watching the genuine interest in the kind doctor's eyes and the excited gleam in Maro's eyes filled Chopper with a delighted feeling.
"Okay! I'd like to help. My Rumble Balls are exclusively for me, even with our similar fruits but maybe I can steer you in the right direction…" The equally excited reindeer mused.
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Hoisting up the tiny Chopper, Maro hugged him ecstatically much to Sanji and Angel's rage.
"You're the best Chopper!" She gushed happily.
"D-Don't think your compliments will make me happy, you bastard!" Chopper beamed happily, accepting the hug despite her words. But then the reindeer sobered up as a thought came to him.
"If you do succeed in making the Rumble Balls... make sure you don't eat three," he warned Maro.
Her eyes widened in confusion at that. "Three? Why? What happens if I eat two or three?"
The reindeer frowned. "When I eat two, I lose control of the transformations that I use... When I eat three... I don't know what happens but apparently I lost control and went on a rampage, then I was left paralyzed for days."
Maro frowned at that and cupped her chin. "Got it... I'll keep that in mind. Maybe we can experiment it in a controlled environment to see just what happens and if there's a way to stop it."
Chopper gazed at her with slightly wide eyes, taken aback by her total lack of fear. It was a far cry from him, who was deathly afraid of using 3 Rumble Balls once more unless given no other choice.
She... She was kinda cool.
"We can also inspect Sabo before he has to leave," Demon mused. He wasn't expecting to be learning something from another doctor but one who had lived in the Grand Line would be so helpful to grow his knowledge.
Also, he'd get to spend more time with Rosan and Luffy while learning. This was a golden opportunity!
"Sounds good to me, I don't have to leave immediately and you two seem like experts in your craft," the blonde replied with a smile on his face.
"SABO'S TRAVELING WITH US?!" Luffy beamed, jumping excitedly and landing on Rosan's back. "See Rosan, we were right! They should have just joined my crew and let me be captain!"
Rosan nodded along with him. "They ended up following other people anyways. You're the only one who's still a captain so we should have just all sailed under your ship."
"Not a chance! I'd never follow Luffy!" Sabo retorted like it was second nature, pausing as he realized that.
Huh, seems like they had this conversation more than once.
Judging by the look on Rosan's face, he realized that too, letting a tiny smile replace his neutral expression.
"Maybe I'll travel with them too while Demon is learning and leave Maro by herself. This sounds like too much fun to pass up," Angel mused with a look of contemplation on her features.
"!" Maro's jaw dropped at that and she began shaking Angel incessantly. "I don't care if I'm queen! I will not be left out of any type of fun! I can accept Demon going out occasionally to learn but if my wife tries to go too, then I'm joining with my paperwork! What the fuck is wrong with you guys!"
Nearly everyone sweatdropped at the look of outrage on Maro's face, already quickly growing used to her antics.
"You should all just join my crew!" Luffy beamed.
They were basically already apart so just make it official!
Maro sadly draped her taller body over the rubber boy. "I'd love to Luffy but I have my duties as queen and I really do love what I do. I couldn't just leave my citizens like that! I made a promise to them and I love them as much as I love you two."
Luffy laughed and waved her off with total ease. "That's okay! I know you have your responsibilities! You're like an honorary member anyways!"
The azure haired queen just crooned and began fussing over the rubber boy. "Why the hell are you so damn cute?!" She demanded, hugging him.
The Straw Hats watched Maro gush over how adorable the rubber boy was with fond smiles, while Vivi listened with a contemplative expression.
"Angel was just kidding anyways," Demon snorted. "She'd start missing you after about 5 minutes and I'd have to deal with it at the same time as me learning from Chopper."
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, DEMON!" Angel roared, tackling her brother who easily rebuffed her efforts with a peaceful smile.
That peaceful smile turned into one of rare annoyance (that was alot more common when dealing with his sister) at the fact that she began biting him and he put much more effort into pushing his rabid older sister off of him.
"Get off of me, you animal!" Demon demanded.
"Not until you apologize!" Angel snarled.
Soon, the twins began brawling and Maro shot Rosan a pleading look, not willing to break them up herself and thrusting the duty off onto the oldest brother.
She should have known how bad of an idea that was.
Rosan nodded at her look and calmly approached his fellow triplets, before delivering a swift punch to the both of their skulls and immediately stopping their fight.
"O-Ow! What the fuck, Master?!" Angel whined, holding her head with tears brimming in her eyes.
S-Sometimes she hated that he made her and Demon practically human over the years because that hurt.
"I didn't deserve to get hit," Demon groaned, nursing his head with a pained expression.
"Stop fighting, you're scaring Maro and you know how she gets with her overreactions," Rosan admonished the two, hoisting them both up and away from each other.
Maro gaped at his sheer audacity, mouth opening in shock. "I-I just wanted you to break them up because you're the best at that! What the fuck do you mean I'm scared?!"
"...You aren't?"
"FUCK OFF!"
Without any hesitation, Maro tackled Rosan to the floor and the redhead rebuffed her efforts easily, raising a brow as she began biting him.
"Where have you and Angel gotten the habit of biting from? You've been hanging around Aiko too much. She bit me just the other day," he commented idly, watching the goblin glare up at him with his finger in her mouth.
"Do you guys bite often? When I first started my journey, she had quite the bite mark on her neck. Should I begin checking Angel for them too?"
Every gawked at his forwardness, while Angel and Maro turned bright red.
"M-MASTER!" They shrieked in unison. "STOP EMBARRASSING US!"
Kami, he was just the worst! Why did he say such terrible things so calmly?!
"Don't bite me, I do not share your kinks," he replied coolly, watching as they nearly combusted on the spot from his shamelessness.
"I'm surprised though… that one time I accidentally walked in on you guys, there didn't seem to be any biting going —"
He summoned his wings and quickly flew out of reach of the two lunatics trying to end his existence.
"You are the worst brother in existence," Angel snarled, steaming from embarrassment and wanting to bury herself in the sand.
"I-I knew he saw something that one time!" Maro moaned in misery.
Ugh that day was the most embarrassing day ever and somehow, her and Angel ended up suffering from it more because Master was utterly shameless and didn't let the event phase him at all.
It must have been karma for all the times she shamelessly walked in on him changing.
"Rosan's a menace," Nami said flatly, watching him terrorize the two wives with a look of sympathy.
"No one knows that better than I do," Robin sighed.
Everyone glanced at her forlorn expression in sympathy.
"Wait a second…" Sanji said in horror.
"HE WALKED IN ON THEM?! WHY IS IT ALWAYS HIM?! WHY IS IT NEVER ME?!"
"Dumbass," everyone sighed in unison.
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"Sir Crocodile is quite the conniving one," Rosan mused, listening to Robin and Vivi explain what was happening in Alabasta.
To put it bluntly, the Warlord was putting up a masterclass performance against the citizens of Alabasta that the redhead couldn't help but admire.
Not a single soul was aware of Crocodile's hand in ruining this, thinking it was all the king's doing. He manipulated in entire country into thinking he was their hero, all while running the organization that was sending them into ruin.
It was rather impressive. It was such a shame he didn't have loyal soldiers, else he'd have a real chance of succeeding.
That was why he valued loyalty above all. Traitors costed you more then anyone else.
Judging by the looks of sheer anger on everyone's face, Rosan probably was not going to let anyone besides Robin know that he was going to force the sandman to submit to him.
It was a good thing he didn't plan on sending him over to Maro. The Queen looked like she wanted to commit murder and the redhead instinctively threw up a disguise on the rulers of Celadon, making sure their faces were hidden with the desert cloaks he had given them.
"My kimono!" Maro protested halfheartedly as her short kimono vanished in favor of the light blue desert cloak. At least it was comfortable.
"Don't show your pretty little faces even once, you three," Rosan commanded, getting grumbles out of the wives and a nod out of the doctor.
"No fair, if you're gonna ruin my outfit, then you need to ruin yours too!" Angel complained, stamping her feet like the spoiled brat she was.
The redhead's stared at each other for a bit before the older one waved his hand, causing the armband on it to seamlessly transform into a long black robe that covered him from the neck down.
"Better?" He asked.
Angel beamed. "Better!"
"I'm going to start disciplining you and your spoiled streak," Rosan muttered.
His sister's mouth opened a bit at that and a flash of fear crossed her face. "Y-You don't have to do that! I'll behave!"
The scout snorted and mussed up her long hair, wiping the fear off her face and making it shift into one of rage instead.
He ignored it.
"What exactly is your Devil Fruit?" Sabo asked in wonder. Flying, ability to change clothes, teleporting massive amounts of distance… Alternating your voice into a females?
It seemed exceedingly useful and something the World Government would absolutely want to keep in their hands!
"I'd prefer if you keep it a secret but it's called the Mod Mod no mi. It turns me into a computer man and I'm allowed to modify what I please... and generally do things similar to a computer," Rosan explained.
Modification… That vaguely rang a bell…
"For some reason, when you said the word Modification, the color purple pops up in my mind. You know the reason for that?" Sabo asked curiously.
"!" Mod's eyes widened. "Is he talking about me?! Maybe his memories aren't as buried as we thought it was!"
Oh she felt so happy!
"Maybe…" Rosan mused, nodding to himself. "You might be subconsciously thinking of Mod-chan, she's my Devil Fruit and you've met plenty of times before. I guess she left a lasting impression on you."
"Can you blame him?" Maro and Sanji muttered at the same time, before getting hit by Angel and Nami respectively.
"Oh! Was that the voice you used earlier today? When you claimed everyone?" Vivi asked in realization.
"That's right. She's very popular with everyone who knows her," Rosan commented.
"I like her way more then you!" Nami beamed.
"I do too," Sanji nodded in agreement.
Mod blushed brightly at that, resisting the urge to grin due to the gleam in Ram's eyes.
Rosan shrugged. "She's beautiful, kind and motherly in nature so I can imagine that she's more popular."
His Devil Fruit spluttered at his compliments and tried to curl into herself, lest she die of happiness.
Sabo had seen plenty of Devil Fruits in his time but one that had a gender and seemed to be conscious?
"I'd like to meet her after we're done with Alabasta, we've gotta stay focused for now so my memories can wait," the Chief of Staff decided. Even though he didn't plan on interfering, if he had to he would.
It wouldn't be difficult if things went south. No one on this island was stronger then him after all.
"Alright," Rosan nodded, nearly snorting at the happiness Mod was exuding.
"I-I can't be happy that someone wants to see me?!"
"No, you can only be happy when it's me."
"Y-You… stop being such a possessive little brat! Ugh, you can be so insufferable sometimes!"
"This is what you signed up for. No complaining now."
"WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR?! YOU ATE MY DEVIL FRUIT WITHOUT CONSENT AND PRACTICALLY FORCED ME TO BE YOUR FRIEND! WHAT EXACTLY DID I SIGN UP FOR?!"
"No one told you to spawn there. You clearly wanted me to be the one to eat it. It must have been your Zoan half."
"Surely you don't believe the nonsense you are spouting… right?"
"Mod-chan... I think he does," Robin said calmly, dearly resisting the urge to laugh.
Rosan said nothing, prompting Ram to laugh heartily, Mod to begin stewing, and Robin to stifle her giggle, lest she face the woman's wrath next.
The redhead hummed in confusion. Was he perhaps wrong?
No, Mod-chan was clearly meant to be his Devil Fruit. She was part Zoan after all so she chose him and he reacted accordingly.
"You are absolutely unbelievable. I hope you understand that you can only get away with this because I love you."
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"I'm so hottttt."
"Me tooo."
"Are you going to complain the entire time?" Rosan asked Maro and Luffy.
"Yesssss," they said in unison.
The queen had already taken the liberty of resting on his back and he was now carrying her through the desert but she still felt the need to complain.
Celadon was practically a summer island up until winter where it got incredibly cold, so why was Maro complaining so much about the heat?
The only one who should actually be complaining this much about the heat, was the comatose Chopper being dragged by Zoro.
"Are you seriously not even a little hot?" Sabo asked incredulously, glancing at the utterly unfazed redhead carrying the queen. Even Vivi, whose country this was, had a slight amount of sweat.
Maro looked jealous at that question and began grumbling.
"No. My body's temperature is constantly being regulated so as to shield me from the weather. I cannot feel hot or cold unless I want to," Rosan informed him, ignoring Maro pathetically draping her head on his shoulder.
He was used to this. She did this all the time when he finished training her and especially loved to hold him tight.
"Shameless pervert," Ram grunted with a hard glare. Oh Maro better hope she didn't find her one on one or else the ring would remind her just what mission they were trying to do right now.
How could she even be so utterly perverted to both genders?! Or... was it her just being shameless to Father? Ram had never once seen Maro flirting with Demon after all...
Rosan hummed. His allies, barring Vivi and Robin, were clearly not having a good time right now.
They were traveling through the scorching heat of the desert and it was already taking its toll on them. The crew was suffering something fierce and they sent more then one jealous look towards The triplets, Vivi and Robin.
"Shouldn't you regulate their temperature like you did with me?" Robin asked in amusement.
The redhead thought about it and said, "No. They need to get used to all temperatures. They won't always have me and besides, you've lived in this country for years. You'd be fine regardless."
"You are something else," Robin giggled. She couldn't help the swell of appreciation at basically hearing him imply she would always have him. It was super endearing and adorable.
The duo watched a fed up Luffy beg Vivi to let them have a lunch break.
The kind princess finally relented, saying that they could stop at the nearest crag and Luffy took those words to heart…
Which brought them to their current situation.
"All our supplies were stolen?" Rosan blinked, listening to Luffy and Vivi's explanation about how some birds were playing dead and took all the supplies that Luffy forgot in his haste to get help for them.
"I told you guys not to let Luffy hold onto the supplies," the redhead sighed, watching them hold their heads at his truthful statement.
"THAT WAS THREE DAYS WORTH OF FOOD!" Sanji roared in disbelief, throttling Luffy back and forth.
"THEY TRICKED ME! I CAN'T HELP IT!"
"STOP CHOKING LUFFY! HE CAN'T HELP BEING SO NICE!" Angel roared in fury, tackling Sanji and throttling the chef in return.
"Of course, Angel!" Sanji gushed despite running out of breath.
"I imagine it's those birds right there?" Rosan asked, pointing at the group of avians drinking their water and carrying their packs.
Luffy's eyes bugged in recognition and he immediately took off with a "GET BACK HERE".
"WAIT LUFFY, YOU'LL GET LOST!"
Rosan sighed. "I'll get the supplies," he said calmly, plopping a sullen Maro down and sprouting his draconic wings.
"W-What about Luffy?!" Vivi asked in concern.
"He'll be fine. The supplies are more important."
With that, the redhead rocketed off and quickly vanished from their sight.
"What a surprise, he actually didn't take me with him this time," Robin commented in surprise.
They all nodded, only to blink as the redhead suddenly appeared again, grabbed a visibly amused Robin, and rocketed off for a second time.
The group couldn't dwell on Rosan's eccentrics because Luffy came sprinting back with a gigantic sand dragon chasing him and a camel next to him.
"Isn't this a bit much?" Sabo asked, watching all the chaos unfold with a slight sweatdrop. He knew he was a headache for his allies at the revolutionary but he wasn't this bad.
"This is just a normal day with Master and Luffy," Maro nodded sagely.
Angel hoisted the Dokkaebi up and placed the bluenette on her back, much to Maro's joy. "Those two are probably the most chaotic people on the planet. Every single action they take seems to support it too, without exception. Even with no emotions, Master and Luffy have scary compatibility."
"The twin incarnates of chaos who march to their own beats," Demon joined with a wry smile.
"Tell us about it," the Straw Hats groaned. Those two were too much sometimes.
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Rosan effortlessly caught up to the thieving birds and delivered swift justice onto them, grabbing all their supplies and dumping it in his Pocket Dimension in the process.
He did notice Luffy getting chased by some large sand lizard while he was chasing them... but he decided his brother would be fine and ignored him to continue pursuing the bird.
"You really didn't have to drag me with you to do this," Robin said, amusement clear on her features.
"You've lost freedom privileges, remember? This is your punishment for making Maro, Demon, and Angel hound me."
As if making his point clear, the man dragged the, currently white haired, woman closer to him and began crushing her in a hug, leaving her no room to escape.
"Stop!" Robin protested, squirming to escape his unbelievable grip and failing spectacularly.
Were him and Mod-chan just freaks of nature with their strength? Why was it so hard to escape their grasp?
"No," Rosan replied calmly, watching her struggle with a mockingly smug smirk.
Eventually, she gave up and just slumped in his grasp, glaring at him halfheartedly because she was never the type to get angry.
"How would you like to approach this?" He asked her suddenly, holding her bridal style so that they could slowly fly back to the crew.
Ram grinned in a wolfish manner at that and practically picked up an amused Mod in her happiness.
Robin hummed, not minding being held like this, and got comfortable for the slow flight back.
"Crocodile still thinks we're dead so we can use that to our advantage. Mr. 3 is the only one who could have told him otherwise and he's more than likely dead on Little Giant since we destroyed all their ships…"
Rosan nodded. "What about Mr. 2? Do you think he's recognized us yet?"
"Mr. 2… is a bit stupid," Robin admitted. "I doubt he thought twice about our crew and unless Crocodile brings us up, which he has no reason to considering we're "dead", I don't think he'll mention us but we should prepare for that scenario in case."
"It's good to account for everything," Mod mused.
The redhead hummed and Robin closed her eyes at the gentle tune. "It's only a matter of time before Luffy reveals that we're alive. Before that happens, we should try and sabotage Sir Crocodile."
"It won't be easy… Crocodile has planted many agents in both the rebel and royal army. It will be difficult to capture them all," Robin informed him.
"Leave them be then. I don't really care what the moles stir up and it'll be impossible to stop everyone of them. We're just here to liberate Vivi's country, destroy Baroque Works, give my cute student a soldier or two and force a Crocodile to submit."
Robin rolled her eyes. He really was planning on forcing Crocodile to his side wasn't he? If he could actually keep the man on a leash, he'd be an incredibly useful ally, she would never deny that but it would be difficult with someone like the Warlord.
"I'll support you in anyway possible," the Devil Child replied.
Rosan squeezed her gently. "That's all I can ask for."
"Please just fucking kiss already I'm losing my mind," Ram mouthed to herself, making sure neither heard it.
"Language," Mod mouthed back, struggling terribly to hold back her laughter.
Honestly, all her children were so special.
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Rosan grunted at being mobbed by most of his allies.
"Y-You really got all our supplies back?!" Usopp sobbed happily.
"Now we don't have to starve!" Luffy cried.
"I take back everything I said, you're the best big bro!" Nami joined.
"You can't possibly be a monster! You're like an Angel!" Chopper wept.
"If only you knew," everyone who knew of Rosan's alias thought.
The redhead sighed, ignoring Robin and Sabo's amused look and wondering why the hell Maro and Angel joined the group hug.
"I just like hugging you," Angel beamed, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Ditto!" Maro grinned, shamelessly groping his muscles.
Rosan ignored them all for now, focusing on where they were currently located. "This is Yuba? I thought it was supposed to be an oasis. Why is there only sand and this old man wasting away here?"
"Why is he so rude?" they all thought in disbelief, before explaining the situation to him.
Yuba used to be an oasis but it had been wracked by constant sandstorms, leading the rebellion to relocate to Katorea. They had come here for no reason then because the only person here was this old guy digging away for water.
"Constant sandstorms for three years out of nowhere?" Rosan mused suspiciously, glancing at Robin. The Devil Child caught his eye and nodded to confirm his thoughts.
Their allies didn't miss that notion and all came to the same conclusion.
Crocodile.
Vivi grit her teeth in rage. "He… When will he stop this madness?!"
When they crushed him, obviously. Even with his Devil Fruit, no one suspected Crocodile of anything... This wasn't even to the Warlord's point anymore, the people were just incredibly stupid for not even throwing a hint of suspicion onto him.
"There's no use dwelling on it now," Rosan said calmly. "Let's all get some rest and continue our planning tomorrow."
They all chorused in agreement and prepared to get some much needed sleep.
"GROUP SLEEP!" Maro cheered, causing everyone outside of their family, and Sabo, to jump in confusion.
"WOOHOO!" Luffy jumped up and down in excitement.
"Group sleep?" Nami muttered in confusion. What were they talking about and why did Rosan suddenly exhale so tiredly?
She soon found out why.
"I call Master's left arm!" Maro grinned.
"I call his right!" Angel beamed.
Ah, so that's why. The two wives were utterly unhinged when it came to their scout.
"Can we not?" Rosan sighed in annoyance as he took his hair out of its bun to let it fall free, cloak transforming into a pair of sweatpants and a sleeveless tee that showed his tattoo. "I don't see why you guys need me to be at the bottom of our piles every single time and now you're renting parts of my body? You all are so shameless."
"Shouldn't have been the tallest," Maro sniffed, crossing her arms under her bust as she had the scout modify her outfit into some blue and white pajamas. "I'm cold and you're warm. I need your body heat!"
"Modify the bed! It's too uncomfortable and sandy and overall gross," Angel complained as Rosan transformed her outfit into some shorts and a sleeveless tee.
"This can't be real," Sanji gaped. "Please tell me this isn't real?!"
Demon, trying to be a good younger brother, decided to intervene as Rosan transformed his Yukata into a night robe. "You two are forgetting about Robin, aren't you? Don't go taking her spot now."
He should have known how greedy the two most important people in his life were, even with the fact that they were playing matchmaker.
"Robin will sleep on his chest," Angel decided bluntly, smiling in satisfaction at watching Rosan modify all the beds in the room. "Hurry up, I'm tired!"
"You don't need sleep."
"Who are you to decide that?!"
"Your creator."
"You're the only one focusing on such irrelevant details!"
Robin sweatdropped a bit at how demanding Angel was and had Rosan change her outfit into some comfy shorts and a sweater. "Don't I have any say in this?"
"Nope!" Maro chirped, jumping on the bed excitedly. "Luffy you're sleeping next to me!"
The rubber boy was way ahead of her, already leaping on the bed with visible excitement and the Dokkaebi followed suit.
"Sabo, c'mere!" Angel demanded, watching the revolutionary try and claim a bed for himself. "You thought you were getting out of this?! You're sleeping next to me!"
The blonde tried to protest. "But —"
"No buts!"
The harsh glare from the redhead silenced his complaints and he reluctantly walked over to the budding pile.
Angel was way too demanding. It was insane!
"Sorry Master, I tried," Demon apologized, laying next to Luffy with a sympathetic smile and patting the rubber boy on his head.
"That's okay. This is why you're my favorite of the three," Rosan said easily, lying on the bed and beckoning them all to get it over with and surround him.
Maro and Angel gawked despite clambering to their claimed sides and crushing him.
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW, ASSHOLE!" They both shouted in anger, nestling in.
"This is too much chaos for one crew to handle," Nami muttered in awe. Poor Rosan (he deserved it) looked tired of his families antics.
"Isn't this chaos a bit too organized though?" Vivi joined, watching them quickly get situated despite the bickering going on. There was so much going on but it was incredibly seamless.
Luffy was already comfortably sleeping, draping himself across both Maro and Demon, with his head just reaching the resigned Rosan.
"Rosan's always been smart with his chaos… we all just picked up on it," Robin shrugged helplessly. The way the two wives were glaring at her made it clear that they weren't sleeping until she joined the pile so the Devil Child made her way over and took her spot atop of Rosan.
At least they normally slept with each other. She was normally to his left but this was fine too she supposed.
The redhead sighed. "I'm sorry for them. We've been doing these for years now," he muttered.
"It's fine. This is surprisingly comfortable," Robin muttered, listening to the steady heartbeat of Rosan and quickly falling tired, brushing his chin with her black hair.
"I was going to kill you two, Auntie Angel and Maro, but this is the best outcome," Ram nodded in approval, watching the proximity of Robin and Rosan in glee.
"Come to the mindscape so we can cuddle you both as well!" Mod beamed shamelessly.
Sabo thought it was pretty bad that he was way to comfortable with this for his liking but he attributed that to his lost memories. It did actually feel pretty nice despite the chaos and their collective warmth was quickly helping him fall asleep.
Rosan sighed in annoyance and dragged both him and Robin into the mindscape to give the Devil Fruit what she wanted.
"Yay!" Mod cheered as the four got ready.
"Woohoo!" Ram beamed.
"I know what I need to do now," Sanji said with a serene expression on his face. It was a far cry from how the crew expected him to act at the sight of the three beautiful women surrounding his so called "Love Rival".
"What is that…?" Usopp asked warily. He didn't like that look on the chef's face one bit.
"I'm going to kill him of course," the chef smiled. "He has too much of a head start on me so it's only fair."
They balked at his admittance, listening to how serious he sounded saying it and backed away from the unhinged chef.
Zoro smirked. "If you kill him, that means you'd kill Mod too you know? And don't even get me started on that psychopath Ram."
Sanji froze at that, jaw dropping at the realization that yes, Mod and Rosan did share a body with each other and if he died, the chef would probably never see her beautiful face again.
Not to mention, if he killed Ram's Father... how could he ever live with himself if the beauty cried because of him?
Like he had gotten shot, the blonde collapsed on his knees and held his chest.
"It's not fair! I can't even get my revenge! C-Can I even hit him?!" Sanji cried, crawling into his modified bed in misery and crying himself to sleep.
"He is such an idiot," Nami sighed, sliding into her own bed and letting out another sigh, this time of relief. The bed was incredibly comfortable. It felt far more luxurious then it looked.
Modification was so useful.
"Least he doesn't have such dumbass ideas floating through his head anymore. He'd probably regret not seeing that female form of Rosan again," Zoro snorted.
"What did you just say, shitty marimo?" Sanji snarled, waking up instantly and closing the distance between him and the swordsman.
"I said our scouts got you confused, dumbass love cook," the swordsman snarled back.
The two looked like they were rearing for a fight right now in the middle of their room.
"Seriously?" Nami groaned in exasperation. She really didn't wanna get out of bed right now to deal with these two idiots.
Luckily, she didn't have to.
"I swear to all that is fucking holy, if you two wake Maro or Luffy up, I'm going to rip your balls off and feed it to the other," Angel hissed, pushing herself up and glaring at the two dumbasses with a look that promised pain.
The two began sweating slightly and slowly made their way back to their respective beds, Angel glaring at both all the while until she huffed in satisfaction and tucked herself back into Rosan.
She sighed in bliss and fell right back asleep next to Rosan and Sabo, peaceful smile on her face contrasting the womanly fury from earlier.
Nami sighed in bliss herself and fell asleep.
It felt good to have someone else to deal with all the idiots.