Revelation

Everyone gave Luffy annoying look but at least this guy had one thing in mind his whole time and didn't bother with the subtleties. Nami gave Vivi a hug while Sanji tried sneaking in only to be punched by Nami. Seeing this Vivi burst out laughing and hugged Sanji too which melted Sanji.

Even Robin had a smile on her face. She had seen with her own eyes how Ohara was destroyed and was left alone. She was glad that at least another person who might face the wrath of the Government had the support of her friends.

Someone who carried the will of D.

"What do we need to do?" Vivi asked while looking at Ken.

"Why are you all looking at me? I am not the Captain. He is." Ken replied while pointing at Luffy who was busy pulling the mouth of Ace for hitting him before.

"Ken, you know very well how Luffy is. You are the strategist of our group so please help her." Nami said with pleading eyes.

"Sigh! What a drag!" Ken replied imitating Shikamaru.

"Vivi, you need to join our group and we will have to take help from another person. Only then this country could be saved and escape the wrath of the Government."

"Help from another person? Who?" Sanji asked.

Ken looked at the fighting duo and said

"Ace, Luffy.. I think it's time to contact our old lost friend and brother."

"Huh!"

"Really? Sugeeee!!"

Ace and Luffy both had bright face when Ken mentioned about their another brother.

"Brother? You have another brother? How many brothers are you all?"

"I bet he is also a monster and a ninja."

"I will raise money for the bet. Who thinks that the other brother is also a monster?" Nami even wanted to start a gambling session here. All of them were surprised that Ken and others had another brother but they accepted it fast.

"Sabo, he is also one of us who had shared the sake with when we were young. He is in the revolutionary army."

"Sabo.. I have heard of him." Robin said. She had been in the sea and she had heard of the rising prominence of the Revolutionary Army.

"Yes. They say he is one the most notorious criminal."

"It's just the depiction of the Government since they are opposing the Government." Ace said.

"One is a Commander in the Whitebeard Pirates and another is in the Revolutionary Army who is managed by the most notorious criminal of all time. This family is fucked up in so many ways."

"You want us to contact the Revolutionary Army?" Vivi asked.

"No, not right now. In a few years the Reverie will start. Your father just needs to be 'kidnapped' by Sabo and you need to join our crew. This will help your kingdom to coast off the wrath of the Government."

Vivi was downtrodden hearing the words of Ken. She knew that saving the kingdom wasn't going to be easy but she didn't expect that she would have leave her father's side in order to save her family and the kingdom.

"I get it. I will join the crew." Vivi said as she accepted the offer.

"Yosha!!"

"Hurray!!"

"Yohooo!"

Everyone cheered as now Vivi officially joined their crew. She had been with them as a guest and a friend but she was officially the member of the crew with Luffy approving of course.

"Robin, you understand why we are asking you to come with us?" Ken asked.

"But you don't need me. You Captain can read the Ponegyph too it seems."

"He is an idiot and whatever he reads, he will end up forgetting. We need you to be the actual translator but that is not the main point. We want you to be our friend. The Poneglyphs can come later."

Robin fought the tears in her eyes. She had never been asked this question in her life in the sea. She had been struggling, fighting and running hard to survive from the Government.

"If I join the crew, you will be targeted by the Government."

"We will be targeted by the Government no matter what we do. And at the end in order to reach the end island we will have to go against the Government in one way or the other. Besides don't you want to see them suffer and fight for what they have done to your home?"

"Home!"

This was the breaking point of Robin as she broke down in tears. She missed her home, her mother, Clover and her colleagues, Saul..everyone flashed before her eyes and it was true that a part of her does want to get back at the Government but she had considered that as a distant dream.

"I... I... I want to join your crew." Robin replied with tears in her eyes. She didn't know what she was going to face but for the first time in a very long time someone had approached her with genuine care and trust. She had almost forgotten what that feeling was.

Ken smiled while others were little confused about the past of Robin so everyone looked at Ken with question marks. It was then Ken replied.

"Whatever Vivi is fearing that will happen to her kingdom, everything and more had happened in her home long ago."

"What?"

"Shit!"

"Can't believe it."

"Those bastards!"

Vivi was the first to approach her and giver her a hug as she could already imagine her worst nightmares had come to life for someone. She couldn't imagine someone who had seen the horror.

"Luffy, are you okay with it?"

"Of course."

"Another nakama! Hurray!"

".."

"Now, it's time for the revelation." Ken said as he saw the jolly mood of everyone.

"Yes!"

"Oh god! I was being suffocated by the secret. I almost thought I would burst." Usopp said.

"Yes. It's so hard pretending! I would rather rob people than go on acting."

Vivi, Robin and Chopper were confused by what Usopp and Nami meant.

"Guys, my Devil Fruit is a little different and we have been hiding something from you for a long time. It is time we come clean."

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