(Y/N)'s outfit:
(Y/N) was running through Grove 13 towards Shakky's Bar. 'Shit! I need to get ready for their arrival! Everyone supposed to be meeting up tomorrow!!' (Y/N) bursted through the bar's door, huffing through her mask. "What's the rush, (Y/N). You nearly startled me." Shakky spoke with calmness in her voice, taking another hit of her cig.
(Y/N) struggled to catch her breath, turning to Rayleigh. "Pops! They're gonna be here tomorrow! I'm not readyyy." (Y/N) ran to Rayleigh, holding her hands up for a hug.
Rayleigh held up his hand, holding the crying woman back by her face. "You just missed your cook and I'm surprised you haven't ran into Franky or Zoro. They've been here for the last ten days or so."
(Y/N) sprung up in shock. "Huh?! Really?! I've been in Grove 20, doing some odd jobs. I started two weeks ago and just finished today, so I barely left." (Y/N) calmly explained before the realization hit her. "WAIT A MINUTE?!! THEY'RE HERE ALREADY?!!"
Rayleigh chuckled before Duval spoke to the masked woman. "You better head to the Sunny before they leave without you. Remember, it's at Grove 14 now!"
(Y/N) stared at Duval in shock from his words before flying out the door. 'What the hell?! How did I not see them! I knew about Brook being here, since his Soul King posters are everywhere, but the other three?! Have everyone else made it too? God damn I'm so nervous..' (Y/N) finally spotted the Sunny with a upgraded cyborg posing on the railing and a black haired woman standing in front of him.
'Is that Franky and Robin?!' (Y/N)'s thoughts were confirmed when her cyborg yelled out. "Boy, did I miss you!!"
(Y/N) hovered in the air and watched the two stand in awkward silence. Finally, Robin smiled at her cyborg. "You haven't changed a bit, Franky."
"Is that a joke, sister?! I'm a brand new man! No, I'm more than a man! I'm the stuff dreams are made of!" Franky began to change his pose as he spoke. "Gaze upon this fantastic transformation! Likes of which this world has never seen!! Yeah baby!! I'm beyond human comprehension!"
"Fair enough. Though I might argue, you've been that way for quite some time now." Robin began to board the Sunny.
"Huh?" Franky turned to her. "So I'm not just a freak, I'm a super freak?! You're gonna make me blush!"
"HELL YEAH YOU ARE!!" (Y/N) yelled at the cyborg making him look up in confusion. The masked woman soared to her cyborg, hugging his neck. "Franky!! Robin!! I've missed you guys so much!!"
"Uhh.. I'm sorry, but who are you?" Franky looked down at the masked woman in confusion. Robin snickered at the scene. "My, my. How've you grown."
(Y/N) glared up at her cyborg, bonking his head. "You're telling me you can't figure it out by my voice alone?!" The woman threw off her mask, revealing herself and also showing the scar on her left eye.
"(Y/N)?!" Franky wrapped his arms around his friend, hugging her tight. "I thought you were a goner when that cyborg shot you! Turns out you just got a nasty scar, huh?"
(Y/N) squirmed out of his giant arms, sitting on his shoulder. "Yep! I think it's pretty badass and I don't regret how I got it."
Robin smiled up at (Y/N), the (h/c) haired woman returning her smile before Robin spoke. "I've missed you dearly, (Y/N). I'm glad to see you're doing alright." (Y/N) happily nodded at her archeologist as Robin walked up to the foremast. "This is the coating I take it? It's like jelly!" Robin smiled at she poked the coating.
"Yep! Took a little longer than we expected, but Rayleigh did his part! Bottom of the sea, here we come!" Franky smirked up (Y/N) before turning back to Robin. "After everyone gets back of course."
"Speaking of which, I saw Rayleigh at the bar." Robin spoke back to her crew mates making (Y/N) jaw drop.
"Oh come on! How many of you guys did I miss?!" (Y/N) leaned her back over Franky's shoulder in defeat. Both Franky and Robin looked at (Y/N) in confusion before Franky questioned the two. "What number were you ladies? Who are we missing?"
"I was number 9. So the only one left, is him." Robin smiled at (Y/N) as she slid down Franky's back, falling on her head. "Ow.."
Franky laughed at the (h/c) haired woman before sitting down on his lounge chair he had set up. "Hm? Luffy. Well I'm sure our captain will show up soon enough. The ship's ready whenever he is." Franky popped open a large bottle of cola. "New weapons ready too! Hahahah!!"
Robin walked up to her cyborg. "That sounds just splendid! By the way, where's everyone else? Busy?"
Franky gulped down a bit of cola before he replied. "Usopp and Sanji stopped by earlier. Usopp's picking up some fuel from the trip and Sanji's getting groceries, of course."
"I missed Usopp too..." (Y/N) sulked on the ground, drawing circles on the ship's coating with her finger.
Franky and Robin looked down at (Y/N) in confusion once more before Robin pulled out her bag. "I ran into something interesting on the way over." Robin grabbed Brook's Soul King poster from her bag, holding it up to the two. "Have you seen these?"
"Oh yeah! They're all around the archipelago. It's kinda hard to miss." (Y/N) sat up with a smile on her face.
Franky stared at the two in confusion making Robin explain. "It's for a concert today. He's calling himself Soul King."
"Yeah... there's a story behind that. He's big news now! They're selling his TD's all over the place. He's left the darkness far behind." Franky's words made (Y/N) turn to him with curiosity in her eyes. The cyborg was looking up to the sky as he spoke. "He rose up from those foggy seas and now he's a shinning star! His fans raise his name to the heavens, if you pardon my poetry." Franky took a few chugs from his large cola bottle. "He didn't say anything about this to me, but he's making a lot of people happy with his music. He might not want to be a pirate anymore."
(Y/N) sighed, standing up as she dusted off her leggings. "Only time will tell. I know he was here, but I wasn't able to go see him since I was working."
Franky and Robin looked at (Y/N) in confusion for a third time before Franky finally spoke. "Alright, let's address this." (Y/N) looked at him in confusion before Robin finished his thought. "You speak as if you were here longer than anyone else. Why is that?"
"Because I was. Long story short, I came back three weeks after the crew separated the first time." (Y/N) placed her hands on her hips as her crew mates stared at her in shock. "It was only after I arrived, Pops gave me that newspaper with 'Capt's message."
"Pops?" Robin questioned making (Y/N) shake her head.
"Ah, sorry! 'Pops' is the nickname I gave my mentor, Rayleigh." (Y/N) spoke with a smile.
"Mentor?!" Franky looked at his crew mate in shock.
(Y/N) quickly waved him off. "I'm sure everyone has a story to tell about our time away from one another, so we'll have to talk about everything later..." (Y/N) turned back around her when she saw two more of her crew mates heading their way. "Usopp! Chopper!" The woman flew off the Sunny, hugging the two in each of her arm.
"(Y/N)!!" The boys hugged her back making (Y/N) happily giggle.
"Wow you're stunning!" Usopp smiled up at the hovering woman making her blush. Chopper nodded his head in agreement.
"Thank you, but damn! I've missed you guys so much!!" (Y/N) cried out before flying the two on board the Sunny.
"That is so cool!!" Chopper's eyes beaming with stars when he saw Franky, Usopp quickly added in. "HECK YEAHH!! Can I get a body like that too?!"
(Y/N) and Robin looked back at their crew mates admiring their cyborg before giggling at one another. "Robin! (Y/N)!" A familiar voice called out to the two women making them turn around. "Nami!" Both (Y/N) and Robin smiled up at their girlfriend. Robin quickly complimented the ginger. "I love the hair!" (Y/N) nodded in agreement before flying up to Nami, carrying her bridal style back to the Sunny.
"It's like you can fly everywhere now, (Y/N)!" Nami smiled at her friend.
"Actually yeah. I've trained my body in both strength and stamina, so I can fly for way longer than 30 seconds. I think I'm up to 10-12 minutes now before I start feeling tired." (Y/N) laid on the air as she hovered next to her girlfriends, winking at them.
The three shared a giggle before Nami looked over at Franky. "Wow, he looks terrible. Did he do that to himself?"
Robin laughed. "It's Franky. Don't ask."
Nami placed her shopping bags on the ground. "Woah. This must be the coating, huh?!" The ginger stared at the coating in shocked awe. Franky smiled at Nami, waving at the ginger as he said hello. Nami held up her hand. "Yeah I see you. Ugh. Like our crew didn't stick out enough already."
The boys went back to their joyful screams about Franky as the cyborg acted like a robot to make them even happier. (Y/N) placed her hand on her face, smiling at her cyborg. 'He'll make a great father one day.' A familiar voice spoke to the Straw Hats on the Sunny making (Y/N) turn around. Nami leaned over the railing. "Hey Rayleigh! Hey Shakky!"
"Sorry to interrupt your reunion, but we kinda got an incident. Actually, two very large incidents that demand your attention." Rayleigh smiled down at the crew.
"What's up, Pops?" (Y/N) tilted her head in confusion.
Once Shakky and Rayleigh explained the situations, Nami questioned their words. "The Navy?!"
"That's right. They thought those fake Straw Hats were the real deal and mobilized their forces. Pacifistas, too." Shakky looked over at (Y/N) who was holding her left eye, remembering what happened two years ago. Shakky looked back at Nami was she continued. "I have them wired tapped, so there's no mistaking it. Anyway, Brook is finishing up his concert. But I have given him a call backstage to let him know what was going on. He said he'll come after the encore, so it shouldn't be long."
Franky leaned over the railing with an excited small reindeer on his back. "Oh yeah? Giving up stardom to be a lowly pirate? Goes without saying, but the man's got a backbone."
(Y/N) nudged Franky's arm. "Was that a skull joke?" The two shared a laugh.
Rayleigh was preparing to tell Nami all of tips and tricks about operating a coated ship, but was yelled over by Usopp. "We aren't getting ready to take off, are we?! We're missing half the crew here! Did Luffy even make it to the achipologo, yet?!"
"It's all under control." Rayleigh smiled back at the long nosed man making (Y/N) tilt her head in confusion. "In other words, Luffy arrived earlier this morning."
(Y/N) grew anxious from Rayleigh's words. 'I hope he's not going to be mad at me for disobeying his orders two years ago.' (Y/N) sighed as Robin spoke up with a smile. "It's almost time to go!"
"I gave Sanji a baby transponder snail when he stopped by, so I'll tell him to come back. He should have Zoro with him too." Franky smiled at his crew mates. Light blush grew on (Y/N)'s face. 'My cook and my sensei? I can only imagine how much they grew. If their glow up turned anything like the rest of my crew, just kill me now because I'll die happy.' (Y/N) held her hot blushing face in her hands as she happily hummed.
"Good." Shakky spoke to the Straw Hats. "We should hurry. Because, any moment now, the Navy will be attacking with a sizable force. Unfortunately, there's no way to contact your captain." Shakky pulled out a small piece of paper. "But if you follow this Vivre card, you should be able to hunt him down. Let's hope the fake Straw Hats buy you a bit of time."
"Grove 42 is on the outskirts, so it's close to the sea. Take the Sunny there and be ready to depart on a moment's notice." Rayleigh turned back to the Straw Hats. "I'm sure you'll like to relax after these two difficult years, but it wasn't meant to be. The winds of the New World wait for no one." (Y/N) placed her hands on her hips as she let her (h/l) (h/c) hair blow behind her from the day's nice breeze after Rayleigh's words. 'Talk about perfect timing, huh?'
Rayleigh explained his tips and trick about operating the coated Sunny to Nami before handing her a paper. "Thanks for the tips. This should be fun." Nami smiled down at the paper Rayleigh gave her.
"You guys think Luffy grew a big beard or big muscles or something?! Oh man I bet he looks cool now!" Usopp yelled out in excitement making (Y/N) giggle.
Robin smiled up at the long nose. "I'm sure he does."
"Okay, enough talk! Let's head to Grove 42!" Nami shouted out making Franky speak up. "Oh right. Guess I better give Zoro and Sanji a call then." The cyborg walked off to retrieve his transponder snail.
"I'm worried though." Robin placed her hand on his chin, her words making Chopper, Nami and (Y/N) turn to her in confusion. "Knowing Luffy, he's probably finding someway to get into trouble as we speak."
Realization stuck Nami making her lightly sigh. "It will be our trouble soon enough. This is going to be another wild ride, isn't it?"
"Oh! I have an idea!" Chopper spoke up making the three women look down at him. "Let me go pick him up! This will be good, I promise!!"
Chopper giggled making (Y/N) told her head in confusion. "Oh shoot! That reminds me!" (Y/N) began to frantically fly around the Sunny.
"(Y/N)? What are you doing?" Nami called out to her with confusion in her voice.
"I can't find him anywhere! Pluto!! Come here boy!!" (Y/N) placed her head in her hand in thought as she landed back on the grass deck. "Where the hell did that little guy run off to? He always does this."
"Pluto? Who are you talking about?" Usopp questioned down to the woman from where he stood on the upper deck.
(Y/N) patted her left hip. "My sickle. He always runs off when he supposed to be guarding the Sunny. Knowing him, he's probably sleeping around here.. somewhere that is."
"Your sickle? Wait... don't tell me.." Usopp started before Chopper and himself yelled with excitement in their eyes. "Do you have a new power?!!"
(Y/N) happily nodded at the two making Nami speak up. "Really, (Y/N)? You got a third devil fruit now?!"
"Yeah. He should be around here somewhere." (Y/N) began calling out for Pluto one more before looking up in the sky above the Sunny. "Ah there he is!" (Y/N) pointed up, leading everyone's gaze to the sky.
"What is that?" Usopp questioned as the small furry creature few down to (Y/N) and landed on her shoulder. Robin replied for (Y/N). "It's a griffin, i believe?"
(Y/N) smiled at her friend. "Yep! About six months ago, I purchased a devil fruit. Later finding out, it was an ancient Zoan type causing this little cutie to be born." Pluto happily coo'd at his mom before rubbing his face against hers.
Chopper wanted to stay to talk with Pluto, but left to pick up Luffy. Franky came back to inform his crew mates about his conversation with Sanji, but halted when he saw Pluto. "Woah, what is that?!"
(Y/N) and Pluto innocently turned to the cyborg. "We just went over this." (Y/N) shook her head, pointing up at the small griffin on her shoulder. "This is Pluto, my left sickle. Pluto, meet Franky. He's our ship's perverted cyborg shipwright." Franky grinned at (Y/N)'s claim making her yell at him that it wasn't a compliment.
After Pluto's reveal, (Y/N) hovered criss-cross in the air as if she was sitting on a seat. Usopp, Robin, Franky, Nami and herself were all catching up with one another after they got the Sunny to the rendezvous point at Grove 42. The four looked up when they heard on of their crew mate's famous laughs. "YOHOHOHO!!"
"No way!" (Y/N) looked up with a smile. Nami adding in. "Look who's here!"
"Ussopp!! Namiii!! Rooobin!! (Y/NNN)!! fRANKYYYY!!" Brook sung their names as he flew in on the back of a flying fish. The skeleton jumped off the fish, sticking the landing on the grass deck.
"Alright! You're here!" Usopp cheered as Franky starred at the skeleton in shock. "What a surprise! I didn't think you'll abandon stardom! Atta boy!"
"Yohohoho!" Brook stood up, facing his crew mates. "Nothing could keep me from coming back. I've missed you all so.." Brook looked over at the three females in the crew. "I see that you three have only grown lovelier in out time apart." (Y/N) smiled a Brook as light blush kissed her face. The skeleton walked over to an barrel, taking a seat on top of it. "With all that in mind... there's something I need to know..." Brook strung his guitar making Usopp happily question about it already being song time. Brook took a deep breath. "Please Nami. May I look at your panties?"
"No way in hell!!" Nami roundhouse kicked the perverted pile of bones making (Y/N) bust out laughing as Nami continued. "I never let you look at them two years ago! Why would I let you see them now?!"
Brook shook on the floor. "Right... I was just excited to see you... It made my soul shake and it's still shaking right now.. In fact, it's about to leak out of my ear!"
Usopp stared at the shaking skeleton. "I didn't think you could have a muscle spasm without any muscles."
"Seriously. How is it none of you have grown up after all this time." Nami sassed her crew mates.
(Y/N) floated next to the skeleton. "Are you okay, Brook?"
Brook shook off Nami's kick as (Y/N) helped him to his feet. "AHH!! WHAT IS THAT THING?!" Brook screamed making Pluto fly back in fear. (Y/N) quickly calmed the two down, explaining what Pluto was a third time. (Y/N) sighed after the explanation as Brook looked back towards Nami. "Rejection aside. I was actually expecting to be the last one here."
"Pluto Retract." (Y/N) commanded her griffin making him fly into the air before turning into a sickle. (Y/N) caught her blade, spinning him in her hand before and placed him safely in his sleeve. 'I'm honestly getting tired of explaining him, so he's going to sleep for now. Sorry readers..'
"Don't worry. Chopper is off looking for our missing captain.." Robin was spoken over by a familiar voice calling out to the Straw Hats.
Everyone gathered together, looking up at the gigantic bird their captain, doctor, swordsman and chef sat on. "Wow. Talk about perfect timing." Franky spoke out to the group on the Sunny.
"GUYYSSS!!" Luffy yelled down to his crew. (Y/N) couldn't help but smile at the four as her captain yelled. "HEYYY!!"
"Told ya I would find them!!" Chopper yelled out making his crew mates on the Sunny joyfully laugh.
"Luffy! Zoro! Sanji!!" Usopp screamed out. Nami and waved up at the three. "HEYYY!!"
"Together again! I've been waiting for this day!!" Brook screamed out with tears in his eyes.
Franky lifted up his shades. "Everyone looks stronger! I like it!"
(Y/N) wiped the tears from her eyes. "My family! They're back together again!!" (Y/N) brightly smiled up at her boys, but stopped when he saw blood pouring out of Sanji's nose. "Oh no, what happened?!" The cook flew off the large bird from a rocket stream of blood and eventually falling into the ocean. "Uh... should I go after him—"
(Y/N) was cut off by Usopp smacked the back of her head. "Don't be stupid. You're a devil fruit user, remember?!"
(Y/N) was about to respond, but Usopp dove into the ocean after his chef. (Y/N) shook her head before Zoro walked up to her. "What happened to your eye, sensei?"
"I could ask the same about you." Zoro smirked down at (Y/N) before wrapping his arms around her.
(Y/N) hugged him back, softly crying into his chest. "I've missed you so much." Zoro lightly chuckled making (Y/N) look up at him. "Hey! It's not funny! I thought you were dead!"
Before Zoro could respond, the two heard Nami yelling at her captain and shipwright. "This is no time to be fooling around! We need to get out of here while we can before the Navy's on top of us!"
A cannon ball hit the ocean beside Sunny making the crew rush to the edge. "Oh no! It looks like we're too late!" Usopp held up his telescope. "I see three Navy ships!" The long nosed man turned back to his crew. "If we don't do something fast, we're going to be dead in the water!" More cannon fire was made Usopp look back through his telescope. "Oh no, they're gonna hit!"
(Y/N) jaw slightly dropped when she saw pink arrows fly through the air, turning the cannonballs into stone. 'Boa?' The Pirate Empresses' ship, the Perfume Yuda, came into view in front of the three Marine vessels. "Boa!!" (Y/N) smiled from ear to ear.
"Huh?" Nami turned to (Y/N) in confusion as Robin spoke up. "That flag... It can't be." Nami turned to Robin even more confused, questioning if Robin knew the flag. Robin quickly explained. "That's the Kuja symbol. They're a strong crew of Amazonians led by one of the Seven Warlords."
"You're joking, right?!" Usopp yelled at Robin in shock.
"Not at all. Her name is Boa Handcock. They say anyone who lays eyes on her will be enamored by her beauty and turned to stone, unless she grants you mercy." Robin calmly explained as Brook looked through Usopp's telescope.
Brook fell back in lustful satisfaction. "Ooo! Beauty starts and ends with her! If I had eyes, they'd be sparkling!!"
"Hey, watch it!" Usopp caught his falling telescope before looking through it, his jaw dropped when he saw Boa. "Oh wow! She's a real life goddess!!"
Sanji quickly shot up from his nose bleed earlier. "Is she really that fine?!" The cook ran to the railing, pulling out his own telescope. "My goddess! Gotta find her! I wanna see! I wanna—" The cook turned to stone with hearts in his eyes when he spotted the Empress.
"Handcock said she wasn't coming here." Luffy spoke up making Usopp, Brook and Sanji question him.
"Wait, 'Capt. You know her too?" (Y/N) tilted her head at her Captain with curiosity in her eyes.
Luffy nodded his head as Usopp, Brook and Sanji turned to question (Y/N). "Yeah, (Y/N). I'm with the boys on this one." Nami spoke up making (Y/N) turn to her. "How do you know the Pirate Empress?"
"Oh! I thought I told you guys about that Amazonian island I went to six years ago. I met Boa there and became great friends with her." (Y/N) looked away from her crew, blush clear on her face. "Some would say I little too close."
"What do you mean?!" Usopp, Brook and Sanji questioned further making (Y/N) wave them off, saying they can talk about it later.
Everyone turned back to Boa to watch her wink at the Straw Hats. Brook fell on his back, claiming he could die of ecstasy. Luffy spoke up next. "Looks like we have an opening. Let's set sail!"
"So you really know that Warlord?" Nami questioned her captain.
Luffy turned to the ginger. "Yeah! I made friends with her when that 'bear' guy sent me to Amazon Lily."
(Y/N) placed her fist in her hand, having a lightbulb go off in her head. "Ah! That's the name of the island I was talking about!"
"You mean the legendary island where only women live?" Usopp turned to the two before looking back at Boa's ship. "I never believed it was a real place."
Sanji grabbed Luffy by his collar. "You're been palling around with the Pirate Empress?! Come clean now!! You weren't really training at all these past two years, were you?!"
Luffy innocently smiled up at his chef. "What else would have I been doing?" Sanji fell onto his hands and knees, sobbing as he claimed life wasn't fair. Luffy just stared at the chef. "Man. What's his problem."
"Oh 'Capt. I have one last thing I need to talk to you about before we set sail." (Y/N) held her hands together, nervously playing with her fingers.
Luffy looked over at her in confusion. "What's up?"
"Uhh.. How do I best explain this quickly... After Kuma sent me away, I ended up on the Red Force." (Y/N) paused for a moment, lightly sighing.
Robin took the time to question. "Isn't that the ship of the Red-Haired Pirates?"
"Wait... so that means you saw Shanks?!" Luffy exclaimed with a wide grin.
(Y/N) nodded her head, looking down to the ground. "Yes... I was also at Marineford." Everyone looked at the (h/c) haired woman in shock. "I saw the newspaper never mentioned my presence and I'll have to explain why later. Three weeks after Maineford, I arrived here in hopes you guys will return. But I soon found about your message, 'Capt..." (Y/N) deeply sighed, hugging herself with her arms. "I'm sorry I disobeyed your orders, Luffy."
"Hm?" Luffy had a confused expression on his face before laughing. (Y/N) looked up in shock at her captain's laughter. "You worry too much, (Y/N)! So what if you were early? The time away was to train and I can tell you've gotten plenty stronger! At the end of the day, all that matters is that you're back, safe and sound!"
Tears began to form in (Y/N)'s (e/c) eyes. "Thank you... Thank you so much, Luffy!" (Y/N) ran at Luffy, hugging his face into her chest. "You don't understand how afraid I was from what you would say."
Luffy struggled to pry his face off (Y/N)'s body. "Cwnt breete!" (Translation: Can't breathe!)
"He's so lucky." The rest of the Straw Hats said in unison, staring at the two.
The (h/c) haired woman tilted her head in confusion before realizing the position she put Luffy in. "Oh I'm sorry!" (Y/N) quickly left Luffy go, to see light blush on his face. Blush ran across (Y/N)'s cheeks making her clasp her hands over her face. "That's so embarrassing... One last thing, 'Capt!" Luffy looked up at her in slight confusion as (Y/N) cleared her throat to speak. "I have a message from Shanks for you."
"Really?! Shanks wanted to tell me something?!" Luffy had stars in his eyes, desperately wanting to know.
(Y/N) happily nodded her head. "Mhm. He said..." The (h/c) haired woman got inches away from Luffy's face making blush kiss her captain's cheeks. "He can't wait to see you again, in the New World."
"That sounds like Shanks!" Luffy giggled, brightly smiling back at his crew mate. "We should get going then, to the New World!"