Robin's concerns

Luffy's face instantly turned into a book which had pages in it that could be turned and read. And Usopp suffered after his hand turned into a book. It was both funny and horrible to look at. Robin got curious and peeked on the books of both of his crew mates. She could read the details of their life and everything that had happened to them in the past.

Even those things that they themselves had forgotten or might not know. Robin gave a casual read and did a double take when she read one part of Luffy but didn't open her mouth on what she read. But this small movement was seen by Ken.

Meanwhile, the carriage had again started going towards the Rainbase. It was still a long way and would take at least 2 days to reach. After a long journey and having fun with their new found powers they decided to camp for the night at an open place.

"Ace, where is your bounty hunter?" Ken asked as he remembered that Ace was searching for a bounty hunter who had supposedly met with Blackbeard.

"He is supposed to be around this place.." Ace said, quite unsure now if this was the right place. Teach was a cunning guy and so he was quite skeptical if he would come to such an open space where there was no one.

The next day everybody was on their way to Rainbase when Ace finally came across the bounty hunter who proclaimed that he defeated Blackbeard. Of course, this was all a lie to attract Ace and make a move to catch him.

It was all because he wanted to prove to his sons that he was as powerful as his sons imagined him to be. His sons came running in to stop his father from doing a blunder.

Of course, the precious bomb that the bounty hunter made had no effect on Ace. Ace was a logia to start with and fire was his home. And now he was ultra buff with magic and fire became his food too.

So in a sense, this bounty hunter just delivered food at his table. The bounty hunter was shaking on his knees when Ace just ate up the fire. Luffy, Usopp and Chopper had sparkles in their eyes seeing the cool move of Ace.

Chopper got into Ken's face and started saying.

"Ken.. Ken.. Give me power like this .. Please... Make me cool like him."

"Did you finish your character?" Ken asked back.

This brought tears in the eyes of chopper and turned into a bird and flew away. Ken just shook his head looking at the childish behavior of Chopper.

"Do you have to be so cruel?" Nami came and punched hard on the skull of Ken. Ken in response just shook his shoulders. Meanwhile, Ace had gone to talk with the bounty hunter. The sons came forward bravely saying that their father only wanted to be a hero for them.

Ace, of course, understood this and just asked about the address and didn't care about the fact that this guy was trying to kill him. After knowing where Blackbeard was he got up and declared that he would go on his way.

"Brothers, I will be going back."

"Sure. Go and do whatever you need to do."

"It was nice meeting you Ace. You made us realize that brothers can be diametrically different."

"Hope you will catch this scum called Blackbeard."

At the end it was Ken's part to say something. He looked straight into the eyes of Ace and said.

"Remember all your promises you made to us and all the promises you did to the people in the sea. I don't want to be the guy to say 'I told you so' every time."

"Why do you always speak ill of me?" Ace got irritated.

"Because you, my brother, give me a headache more than Luffy. Sabo is a sensible guy. Luffy is an idiot but he knows what needs to be done and what not to. You do just the opposite."

"How dare you say that to me?"

"What about it? Just because you became a dragon slayer doesn't mean you are one."

"..."

Looking at the two brothers fighting, Luffy joined in and started throwing punches at each other. The other crew members were a little amused seeing such brotherhood. They could definitely see the love and care that these three had been brought up with.

After bidding goodbye Ace finally went back in the same direction that they have been travelling through. Nami made a small carriage for him where he could use his fire power to cruise through the sand. She also gave him a magical bag where he could keep his belongings and food. He was super grateful and wished that he would have gotten such useful teammates like her in his crew.

The crew started travelling towards Rainbase again. It was still a long way to go so everyone got a little busy with their own selves. Especially Vivi, she was able to make a music player for Ken. This was the only requirement that Ken asked from Vivi. He really missed having something to play on his ears since he had come to this world.

When Vivi got that specific, he was happy the most because it meant he could finally get to hear some songs that he had missed. Of course, there were no recorded songs in the player and they needed to add in it. But at least it took the step in the right direction.

Among all the crew members, Ken could see that something was bothering Robin. She would read her book on the way and occasionally look at Luffy in a little confusion. Others too noticed it and even Luffy who had finally got his hand on Observation haki seemed to feel that Robin had something to say.

"Oye Robin, is there something bothering you? Are you hungry? I can give 1/50th of my piece."

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