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[ Ohara - With Jeremiah ]

"Looks like I'll have to show you all your place again ." Jeremiah said as he stared down Spandine , who was currently shaking in his shoes and sweating heavily . There was no mistaking that face .

"W- Wh- What the hell are y- you doing h- here ?!" Spandine yelled with total fear . How the hell could THIS man of all people be here on this island without the government ever hearing about it?!

"Hmm call it protecting a common interest ." Jeremiah said while tying up some of his hair .

"Imagine my surprise when I heard you guys decided to enact a buster call on this island ." He continued as he put his hands in his pockets and started slowly walking toward Spandine who tried to get his body to move but was unable to due to it being frozen in fear .

"W- Who told you about that?!"

"I don't think that's what you need to be worried about right now." Jeremiah said with his eyes beginning to glow brighter as he got closer to Spandine .

Reaching him , Jeremiah stared down at the sweating and trembling man . Then to Spandine's shock , his (Spandine's) body suddenly dropped to the ground in a kneeling position against his will .

"What the hell is this ?!" He yelled in confusion . He was sure Jeremiah was somehow doing this , but he didn't understand how since he hadn't even taken his hands out of his pockets . That's not even mentioning the fact that as far as the WG knew , Jeremiah's power was control over wind . He was pretty sure that wind was not doing this . (Unknown to him , this actually could be done with wind/air by increasing the pressure.)

"You don't know just how long I've waited to finally meet you face to face ." Jeremiah said as he looked down at Spandine . He really had been waiting for this day . He wouldn't let this idiot hurt Robin , physically or emotionally .

"Wh- What do you want from me?! And how are you doing this ?!" Spandine yelled while he tried as hard as he could to get his body to stand , but it was useless .

Jeremiah just stared at him impassively before he used one of his telekinetic vectors (like Lucy from Elfen Lied) to slice off one of his hands , making him scream and curse .

This was something he had taught himself to do recently and it was surprisingly challenging . These vectors/telekinetic limbs required incredible control . Every movement had to be precise . A good thing about them though was that they remained invisible depending on how much energy he used .

"I suggest that you either turn away or leave Ms. Olivia . This won't be pretty . Also in case you're worried about the little bird , don't be . She's fine ." Jeremiah said as he glanced back at the woman who had been standing there in a state of shock .

As for said woman , she was confused when he suddenly started talking about a little bird and was about to ask what he meant before her eyes widened in realization and she nodded and said thanks before quickly running off .

And ignored the screams of pain that followed .

[ With Bisca ]

(She's wearing her outfit that she had after the seven year time skip in Fairy Tail. She's about 5'8 .)

"Could they be any more overbearing?" Bisca muttered to herself as she looked through the scope of one of her rifles from her perched position . She could see about ten Navy battleships just waiting to attack . It sickened her . Honestly , if you asked her the government sometimes (a lot of times) did things that were just pure evil , even more so than pirates in some cases . She She didn't like how they would so readily kill the people they were supposed to protect the moment .

While she could admit that she and the rest of the crew were rather gray/neutral in terms of morals , there were definitely things that they just would not do .

"It's time Bisca ." She heard her captain's voice in the wind (which she used to find pretty freaky when it just came out of nowhere) , bringing her out of her thoughts .

"Got it ." She said before she slightly adjusted her aim and changed the ammo type before she fired . The bullet traveled about 3,000 meters before it got a major speed boost and traveled another 1,500 meters (approximately) .

[On One Of The Marine Ships]

"Vice Admiral Sir! We've still received no word from Chief Spandine. What should we do?" A Marine captain asked with a stiff salute while sweating a bit due to the vice admiral beginning to slowly emit high amounts of heat .

Said vice admiral was tall man standing around 10 feet tall and was wearing the typical vice admiral coat along with a white and blue Marine hat . He also had on pale gray pants and a pale gray hoodie under his coat with the hood currently pulled up over his hat . Lastly he had on black gloves and dark brown boots which his pants were tucked into .

This was Vice Admiral Sakazuki.

"That useless fool . How he ever made it this far is beyond me ." Sakazuki growled out with an annoyed frown. His annoyance grew even more when he could sense something coming towards his ship at a very fast pace , in fact it was so fast that he was only able to barely dodge at the last second and watched as something pierced through the captain's head , and didn't stop until it went through three more people before being embedded in a wall .

Ignoring the dead bodies of his "comrades" , as well as the remaining soldiers who were yelling and/or panicking , Sakazuki walked over to the wall and frowned deeper (did he ever not frown?) when he saw what the small object was .

A bullet .

They were still a few miles out from Ohara . There weren't many people capable of a shot like that. In fact if he was just going off the top of his head , only one person came to mind , but there was no way she was here .

"Hmph . So some idiot has decided to stand in the way of justice." Sakazuki said as the bullet in his hand melted . He was shot at so there was no need for the signal anymore . He could do as he pleased .

He would kill whoever it was in the name of absolute justice .

[With Naruto]

Naruto had just finished up his task and now was pretty much just waiting for the fireworks to start .

'Heh , my bounty has to get raised after this . It might even be as high or even higher than Jeremiah's!' He thought to himself with a laugh while rubbing his hands together . Of course that wasn't likely to happen , but a man can dream right ?

Truthfully their bounties weren't THAT far apart . There was only a few hundred million beli difference . Still though , it was always a friendly competition on the crew to see who could get the highest boost in their bounty .

As of now Jeremiah , Diane , and he himself had the highest ones .

Suddenly he stopped in his tracks before he quickly turned around and caught the cannonball that would have hit him and threw it back with just as much force and velocity .

Not bothering to see the results of his handiwork , Naruto turned back around before he took a single step and disappeared .

It was show time .

[ Thirty Minutes Later ]

Something was wrong .

As Kuzan looked around the island , he immediately took notice of how quiet it was . It didn't make sense .

They had been , and still were , firing at the island for a while now and yet there was no panic . No civilians running around screaming , no children crying , nothing .

'Did they all run away ? Impossible . There's no way an entire island was evacuated in such a short amount of time .' He thought to himself with a small frown . He was a little conflicted.

On one hand he didn't want to wipe out an entire island of (mostly) innocent people , but on the other hand orders were orders . Was this justice? He honestly couldn't say . But as a vice admiral , he would follow orders and do what he must .

"So you're the vanguard ?" He heard a female voice ask from behind him , making his eyes widen and before he could fully turn around , he was hit in the face with tremendous force which sent him sailing through the air before he righted himself and looked at his attacker .

And once he saw her he became even more shocked , which was barely hidden by his sunglasses .

"Hey now... This is a joke right ?" Kuzan said with a strained smile and a single bead of sweat trailing down his face . It wasn't that he was scared of her . No , it was that he knew if she was here then her captain and the rest of the crew must not be very far .

"Afraid not . So? You gonna fight me or what ?" His attacker asked with a laugh while putting her hands on her hips and repeatedly tapping her right foot .

Said attacker was none other than "The Unchained Beast" Kail , with a bounty of 550,000,000 beli .

Kail (who was about 5'11) was wearing a royal blue long sleeved shirt with tight knee length gray pants and royal blue combat shoes . She also , as usual , was wearing her red beaded necklace with a yellow skull pendant and two fangs. Her blue hair was done in the same style as usual .

Kuzan rubbed his head before he replied "*Sigh* I'd rather not . I'm guessing you won't just let me do my job ?"

"You already know the answer to that ." She replied with a wide smile showing off her sharp teeth .

"*Sigh* As expected ." He said before he used {Shave} and appeared in front of her and met her outstretched fist with his .

And here he thought this job was supposed to be easy .

[ On Sakazuki's Ship ]

"Sir! It looks like Vice Admiral Kuzan is currently locked in a fight with... a female if I'm not mistaken!" A Marine sergeant said while looking through a telescope . It was hard to tell what was happening or who was winning with how fast they were moving .

All he could really make out was the ice on the ground and flashes of lightning .

"Of course he is . I'm surrounded by imbeciles ." Sakazuki growled out as steam began to emit from his body , making the other soldiers sweat and shake nervously/fearfully .

Sakazuki had -multiple times- killed his own men , which the higher-ups unfortunately didn't seem to care about , so they were doing all they could to not piss him off . Apparently though, it wasn't working as well as they hoped since he clearly was getting pissed off .

The sergeant was about to keep reporting on the fight until he saw something heading towards the ship with a large amount of speed .

"Sir , there's-!" He was cut off as the thing landed on the ship with a loud boom , shaking the entire ship and making a lot of seawater come raining down on it .

It turned out said "thing" was in fact not a thing , rather it was a person . And as he stood to his full height , they all recognized him , making every soldier besides Sakazuki go pale .

Standing at about 6'3 with spiky red hair and yellow eyes , it was none other than "Explosive Dragon" Yukihira Souma of New Dawn , with a bounty of 750,000,000 beli .

Souma was wearing a crimson red battle kimono with a navy blue sash around his waist . Underneath he had on navy blue pants , black combat boots , and no shirt which showed a bit of his very solid and well toned chest . He also had on a pair of black gloves

"You..." Sakazuki said with narrowed eyes . So apparently the one that shot at him earlier was indeed who he thought it was .

"Deadshot" Moulin Bisca - Bounty of 670,500,000 beli . Arguably the world's greatest sniper .

"You all should know why I'm here so let's not waste any time. Who wants their ass kicked first ?" Souma asked as he looked around while cracking his knuckles .

When his gaze landed on Sakazuki he stared for a bit before he started chuckling and said "Oh wow . I've gotta say it seems like you've got some shit luck . You've got something my captain wants and he tends to get his way more often than not ."

"Hmph . I don't give a damn what your pathetic captain wants . He , like all criminals , will die in the name of absolute justice ." Sakazuki said as his right arm began bubbling and turning red , making the other soldiers all try to get as far away from him as they could .

They did not want to be melted .

"Hmm is that right ?" Souma asked with a smile although it was kind of offset with the fierce look he had in his eyes . He didn't take kindly to people threatening or badmouthing his family . Sakazuki had just done both .

The two glared at each other before , with no words spoken , they began their clash .

The explosions would be heard for miles .

[ On Ohara ]

Two groups of Marines , about 70 in total , had just set foot on the island and were currently heading towards the Ohara Library so that they could destroy the archaeologists research as well as the poneglyph .

They apparently weren't aware of just how durable said poneglyphs are .

As they were running , one by one they all suddenly began feeling very sick . So much so that a number of them dropped to the ground and began vomiting and coughing , while others lost control of their bowels .

"What- *Cough Cough* What the h- hell is this ?!" One soldier yelled in confusion and agony as his body felt like it was melting over and over again .

"AAAAHHH!!" Another soldier yelled as blood leaked from his pores while his skin began turning a dark shade of purple and felt like it was burning .

Hearing the sound of footsteps , one of the soldiers (who was actually the leader of this group , being a vice admiral) weakly looked up to see who it was and once he did , he realized there was no way they would be leaving here the way they came . They would either be dead or their minds damaged beyond repair .

The apparent attacker , who was a woman , was about 5'7 and had brown shoulder length hair , green eyes , and a very big chest and juicy ass .

This was "Angel of Death" Mikado Ryoko - Bounty of 700,000,000 beli . Also known as "Death Incarnate" .

Ryoko was wearing a black sundress that had tiny silver specks on it which looked like stars with a pink belt around the middle , as well as black pantyhose and pink high heeled shoes. She also had on pink pearl shaped earrings and pink nail polish .

She really liked pink .

Ryoko looked down at all the soldiers around her with her arms folded under her breasts and she couldn't help but admire her own handiwork . Though the soldiers didn't know it , none of what they had just experienced was reality .

She used the power of the Gas Gas Fruit and created a colorless and odorless gas that could put someone in a realistic illusion . She could choose how potent it was and what type of effect it had . For example , she could create fear gas and have someone basically be trapped in their mind as they live their worst fears over and over (though she didn't use that one very often) .

She also could make it so potent that the pain actually would become real and not just a hallucination .

She definitely lived up to her epithets .

She was ever thankful for the nanobots she had inside of her which not only continued to evolve her body and powers , but her mind as well which allowed her to quickly learn and master the art of chemistry . Of course she did have knowledge of it before , but it would have taken her much longer to get to the level she's at now .

"You poor souls . Would you like me to end your suffering ? Or will you continue to struggle until you lose yourselves ?" She asked with what looked like an almost genuinely sad expression.

As if she wasn't the one that put them in this state .

The vice admiral tried . He tried hard . But in the end it was simply too much . As he looked around at all his men and saw them writhing and screaming in pain , as well as feeling his own insane level of pain , he knew what he had to do . He could see some of them already beginning to lose their minds .

"M- Make it quick ." He said as he cried tears of frustration . He hated this feeling of defeat , but what could he do ? He simply wasn't strong enough .

While at this point some people would probably begin to feel sympathy for this man , Ryoko couldn't and wouldn't allow herself to . For one , something like this was always a possibility when he signed up to be a Marine . Not to mention on a mission like this one .

There was also the fact that if she spared him now , she didn't doubt that he would try to cause problems for her and their crew in the future , and that was something she simply would not allow .

Plus she had grown to care for Robin quite a bit in the month since they'd met her . She wouldn't go easy on the people that were trying to destroy her home just because they felt the need to be in control of every little thing .

"I see . Rest well ." Ryoko said as she reached into her cleavage and pulled out a slightly bigger than normal scalpel (yep) and ended them all quickly while managing to not get a single drop of blood on her as usual.

Truly , she was a scary woman .

[ Elsewhere On The Island ]

Another group of Marines , about 50 in total including a vice admiral , were running around destroying things while also looking for the homes of the archaeologists to see if they had any of their research hidden in their houses .

As they were doing this , one soldier -a captain to be exact- noticed a little girl walking towards them and raised his gun while yelling "Run along little girl before you get yourself killed!" 'Even though you'll be dead when we're done anyway .'

Still though , as he looked at her he couldn't help the feeling that he had seen her somewhere before .

Hearing the captain yell , the vice admiral turned around and looked at the girl and after staring at her for a bit his eyes widened .

"Idiot! Get aw-!" As the vice admiral was about to warn the captain , he was cut off as all of a sudden he had a hand sticking through his stomach and out his back . Coughing up blood , he looked down and his eyes widened in shock . There stood the girl looking up at him with a smile , even as his blood sprayed across her face .

He had barely seen her twitch when she moved . Maybe if he was proficient in observation haki he would have been able to dodge , but he focused more on armament haki since that's what came easier to him .

"VICE ADMIRAL!!" The soldiers all yelled as they raised they guns, and the captain now realized where he had seen this girl before. How could he have forgotten ?

The girl was about 4'10 , had long white hair that went down to her knees , and red eyes .

This was "The Bloody Princess" Shiro , who was in fact not a little girl (despite her size and high/soft voice) and was actually 21 years old .

Her bounty was 610,000,000 beli .

Shiro , contrary to her usual attire (which simply consists of bodysuits) , was wearing a white sleeveless blouse with a red skirt . She also had on thigh length striped white and red socks , along with a pair of red boots . Lastly around her neck she had on a black choker with a silver star pendant , which Jeremiah made for her as a gift after she kept telling him how she wanted something to always match him .

"Hi!" She said with a smile as she waved at all the soldiers , after pulling her blood covered arm out of the vice admiral's body , not looking the least bit worried about all the guns and swords that were currently being pointed at her .

"Kill her!" The Marine captain yelled , angered at Shiro's total lack of concern .

That was all the soldiers needed as they all opened fire and littered Shiro's body with dozens of bullets .

After one last shot to her head , they all watched as her body dropped to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut .

"What a shit show this has become ." The captain said after he picked up his superior's body while hearing the sounds of fighting from the sea as well as somewhere on the island . Shaking his head , he turned around to head back to the ship .

Only to be stopped by the sound of laughter .

"Hehe... HA! Hahahahahahaha!" The insane laughter continued and the Marines all watched in horror as Shiro rose from the ground in a zombie like fashion with blood gushing out of her .

"You tried to kill me , so it's okay if I do the same right? You won't mind if I rip off all your heads right? Or crush your hearts? It's okay right? RIGHT?!" She said as she looked at all of them with a wide toothy smile , which showed off her sharp fangs , and with her head tilted to the right as blood leaked from her eyes like tears .

"M- Monster!"

"I thought we killed her!"

"She was shot in the head! How could she not be dead?!"

The captain made the unfortunate mistake of locking gazes with Shiro and , before he could say or do anything , she blurred out of sight before reappearing with her legs wrapped around one soldier's waist , and his head now twisted upside down .

All the while she kept staring at him with that insane smile .

"A- ATTACK!" The captain yelled while shaking and the Marines all (understandably) hesitated before one brave soldier gave a battle roar and charged at her from behind .

Only for her to lean backwards with her legs still wrapped around the dead soldier's waist , making him stab the charging soldier (let's call him Soldier A) stab his comrade's corpse .

Putting her hands on the ground , she wrapped her legs around Soldier A's outstretched arm and twisted her body , breaking his arm in the process .

Jumping back , Shiro rubbed her hands together with a smile before she vanished out of sight .

And reappeared with Soldier A's head impaled on her hand , and ripped off of his body .

Shiro looked at the head before she shook it it off and , after making sure the other Marines were watching , stomped on it , crushing it easily .

Seeing some of them crying , vomiting , and/or shaking in anger, Shiro cocked her head to the side .

"What's wrong ? Didn't you want to play with me ?" She asked with what could be mistaken for pure innocence .

If not for the insane smile along with the blood soaking the ground .

"D- Demon!" One soldier yelled , and that was a mistake as Shiro's gaze snapped to him .

"What did you say ?" She asked with her eyes opened wide .

Gulping , the (clearly dumb) soldier replied "I said y- you're a d- demon !''

For a moment , Shiro just stared at him with wide , bloody eyes .

The next moment he was decapitated .

"Not a demon..." Shiro began as she raised her right hand in the air .

The soldiers all took a step back and watched in morbid fascination as all the blood in the area began floating in the air high above all their heads , before it all collected into a medium sized sphere .

She did this using the power of the Blood Blood Fruit (Which is a paramecia , not a logia like most would expect.)

"...A vampire ." Shiro finished with her eyes glowing red as all the soldiers were petrified with fear .

"{Bloody Rain}" She announced the name of her technique .

And then the true carnage began .

[ On Another Part Of Ohara ]

Moving on to a different part of the island , we find a group of CP9 agents (10 in total) who were running around looking for their leader , Chief Spandine . They had lost contact with him a while ago and with the situation deteriorating as it was , they needed to know what their orders were .

Too bad they didn't know he was already dead .

Turning a corner , they all abruptly stopped in their tracks when they saw someone apparently waiting for them . Someone they all knew though certainly not who they would have expected .

Standing at 5'6 , with wavy neck length blonde hair , green eyes , and light brown hair covering the rest of her body .

This was of course "Weather Witch" Nana , the cute monkey mink of New Dawn .

Her bounty was 515,000,000 beli , the lowest on the crew .

Nana was wearing a short sleeved black shirt with blue stripes that stopped just above her belly button , with tight dark blue pants and black ankle length high heeled boots . Around her waist she had on a black belt with a silver star buckle . Tucked in her belt were three metal rods which were silver .

"Finally . Jeez , I've been waiting forever for you slow pokes ." Nana said with a pout while shaking her right fist at them .

"Where is Chief Spandine ?" The one at the front of the group asked stoically .

'Ignoring me?' Nana thought with slight annoyance .

"Hmmm I guess I could take you to where he is , if you want ." She said as she tilted her head and put a finger on her chin , making her look like a cute airhead .

"No . You'll tell us and we'll go ourselves after we kill or capture you ." Said one of the female agents with a stoic yet almost haughty tone .

Narrowing her eyes , Nana replied "I'm being kind enough to offer to take you to your leader and I would appreciate it if you didn't try to take advantage of said kindness with such idiotic demands . Now I'll say it one more time . I know where your leader is and I'm willing to take you to him if you would like ."

"Like I said before , you will tell us his location and we will go ourselves after we either kill or capture you . I'm strongly leaning towards the former ." The same female agent said as she took a step forward with her eyes also narrowed behind her black sunglasses and still spoke in that same stoic yet haughty tone .

"Fine then ." Nana said as she jumped back .

Seeing that she wasn't gonna do what they wanted , the female agent snarled before she used {Shave} and appeared in front of Nana and attacked her with a {Finger Pistol} .

Only for her hand to go right through her with no resistance whatsoever .

"That won't work ~." Nana said in a sing-song tone before she delivered an uppercut to the agent's chin , send her flying back to the others .

"Dammit , she's a logia !" The one that was at the front of the group said .

"Hm? You're complaining about something like that ? Don't tell me none of you know how to use haki ? Haha , aren't you supposed to be elite government agents ? Were you all really the best they could find ?" Nana said with a raised eyebrow as she giggled . The fight already wouldn't have been what she would consider difficult , but now knowing that they didn't even know how to use haki ? They'd be lucky to last a minute .

"Don't look down on us!" The one at the front yelled , breaking his stoic demeanor as he charged at her and delivered a barrage of punches and kicks , all of which just passed through her body harmlessly .

After one particular punch , Nana shook her head and stepped to the side , then grabbed his arm and used her electro to shock him into a coma .

Looking over at the rest she saw them all charging at her from the ground as well as the sky with the use of {Air Walk} .

At the last second she turned her body completely into her element , and created a large fog in the area .

This was done with the power of the Cloud Cloud Fruit .

Reforming , she raised her left arm in the air and began rotating it , making all the clouds in the area start forming into one large cloud that towered over all buildings in the area .

The large cloud had a wide hole in it from the top to the bottom, making it look like a funnel or tube , and trapped inside were the CP9 agents . They could try to punch or kick their way through but it would be useless . These clouds were as tough as the iron clouds on the sky islands .

"This is the end . Looks like you'll get to meet your leader soon ." Nana said as the large cloud turned dark gray/black and started producing lightning .

"{Lightning Prison}" She said softly as she channeled her electro into her hand and snapped her fingers , and there was a bright flash of light accompanied by a loud boom of thunder as the agents were all fried to death .

Turning around , she skipped away while humming a tune .

She did try to be nice .

[ With Kail ]

"Stay... The fuck... Down!" Kail yelled as she repeatedly slammed Kuzan's head against the ground with her clawed hands that were crackling with electricity .

This was due to the power of her devil fruit . The Dog Dog Fruit: Model - Lightning Wolf . A mythical zoan .

It was perhaps as powerful , if not even more powerful than the Rumble Rumble Fruit , since not only did it have the zoan aspects of the fruit , but the Lightning Wolf (Also known as Raiju) in most depictions has a body that is either made of lightning , or can turn into lightning. In mythology , it's actually known as the companion of Raijin , a Shinto lightning god .

So in a way , you could say her devil fruit was the hybrid of a zoan and logia .

Delivering one last solid punch to his face , Kail stood up and jumped back . She was currently in her hybrid form , making her appearance look more feral .

Her hair , which now also covered her arms and legs , turned light blue with white streaks throughout , and she grew in height, now reaching around 7'0 . Her muscles became more defined and she had lightning crackling all around her body . Her eyes also changed from their usual burnt orange color to an electric shade of blue .

Naturally she also had wolf ears and claws , and her teeth became even sharper than usual .

(Her hybrid form looks like the humanoid werewolves from Noblesse if you want a clearer picture .)

Kuzan coughed as he stood up while feeling some blood running down his face and the back of his head , and took a fighting stance as some of the ground around him froze .

He was in pretty bad shape with wounds all over , and quite frankly he would like to just give up and retreat with how troublesome this day has been (he wasn't even able to finish his nap earlier!) , but if he did then he knew Sakazuki would annoy him all day with his yelling . Not to mention he would probably be written up for insubordination .

'Not giving up huh ?' Kail thought to herself as lightning began swirling around her right arm , changing to a darker shade of blue , and going so fast that the air around her arm became superheated and started turning into plasma . She had also had her fair share of damage , the worst being a hole in her left shoulder from a sword that Kuzan made out of ice , but it should be healed by the end of the day .

Raising her arm in front of her and aiming her fingers in a gun-like fashion she announced her technique .

"{Plasma Pistol!}" She yelled as dark blue lightning trailed down her arm and out of two of her fingertips , resulting in a thin beam of plasma shooting out at mach speeds .

Eyes widening , Kuzan quickly yelled "{Ice Wall!}" And once the large wall of ice was formed he instantly leaped away from it , and was glad he did since the plasma beam easily tore through his hastily made defense (more like melted the entire thing) .

Once it impacted with the ground there was a nearly blinding flash of light and an explosion , and he saw that all that was left was a crater full of molten rock , with the unpleasant scent of fumes reaching his nose , along with making the area heat up greatly .

Turning back to Kail , who's fingers were smoking , he wasn't surprised to see that his ice wall had melted , seeing as he had to rush to make it . It had barely been an inch thick .

"What do you think ? That's something I came up with a little while back . You should be thanking me . If I'd used the full power of that attack you'd probably be nothing more than ash right now , along with this part of the island ." Kail said as she brought her arm down and put it on her hip while grinning , and Kuzan knew better than to think she was bluffing .

Sighing as he ran a hand through his hair (his hat was destroyed earlier , much to his chagrin) , Kuzan looked at Kail and said "Listen , how about we end this after the next attack ? This mission is clearly a failure so there's no point in me sticking around . Whoever does the most damage can call it a victory ."

Hopefully this way he wouldn't get written up or anything , though he was sure Sakazuki would practically nag his ears off . On the plus side , if he lost then he wouldn't have to take part in this awful mission anymore . And of course , he could go back to his nap .

'Hmm... Captain did say if one of us ran into this guy that it would be okay to let him go since he isn't as bad as most of the Marines .' Kail thought to herself before she replied "Fine ."

Nodding and letting out an icy breath , Kuzan stepped back and raised both arms in the air .

Kail did the same , only she brought both arms down to her sides like she was about to go into a horse stance .

They both announced their techniques .

"{Ice Block!}"

"{Lighting Wolf's Rage!}"

The clash shook the entire island .

[ With Souma ]

"Why... Are you standing in the way of justice?" Sakazuki growled out while clashing his magma fists with Souma's haki covered fists .

"Let's not debate philosophies . You have your beliefs , and I have mine . We can leave it at that ." Souma said evenly as he threw a quick uppercut , only for Sakazuki to lean his head back and avoid it , though he did get blown back when Souma channeled an explosion through his fist .

Souma didn't even try to hold back his laugh when he saw Sakuzuki's face contort with what could only be decribed as anger and annoyance , his two predominant emotions .

Oh how he loved his powers .

"ENOUGH!" Sakazuki yelled as he stood up before cocking his magma fist back and announcing a technique .

"{Great Eruption!}" He yelled as he thrusted his fist forward , launching magma at Souma which connected , but also got everything behind him , which included some of the other Marines .

Sakazuki obviously didn't care about that though .

'Hmph . There's no way he survived-'

"That's not all you've got is it ? You've gotta come with something way hotter than that if you want to even think about burning me . Hell , that wasn't even enough to make me sweat ." Souma said once the smoke cleared , and Sakazuki saw that although his kimono was burned off (though his pants were mostly fine , just torn from the shins down) his body was fine , making his eyes widen slightly .

"Look , I don't feel like wasting anymore time on you so I'm gonna go ahead and end it , then take you to my captain so he can get what he wants from you . To think I was actually a little excited to fight you... What a disappointment you've been ." Souma finished with a shake of his head and an exasperated sigh .

Before Sakazuki could say anything , Souma appeared in front of him and palmed his face with his right hand , while smoke was emanating from his legs .

"Don't vomit ." Was all Souma said before he boosted himself , and Sakazuki by extension , high into the air with a powerful explosion .

"{Rocketman!}" He yelled as they blasted off with a huge explosion , destroying the entire ship they had just been on and creating a large wave .

All in a day's work .

[ At The Southern Shore ]

"We really can't thank you all enough ." Clover said and the other archaeologists all nodded while voicing their agreements .

"Don't worry about it . It didn't inconvenience us in any way , so we didn't mind ." Jeremiah said as he sat on a railing on the starboard side of The Big Dipper .

With him were the rest of New Dawn , sans Kail and Souma . Though from what he was sensing , they were both on their way.

Looks like Kail won . Not like he doubted her . That woman was a beast in battle , which he supposed was fitting given her epithet .

As for Souma's battle with Sakazuki , he wasn't surprised at the outcome of that one either . There was still twenty years left until they reached "canon" , so naturally Sakazuki hadn't reached that level of power yet (same goes for Kuzan actually) . You combine that with his duties as a vice admiral , it's pretty much expected that he would lose .

Whereas Souma had time to train everyday , and he did . He , just like the rest of the crew , pushed themselves through grueling training sessions every single day to make sure they were always strong enough to take on anyone crazy enough to challenge them . The results spoke for themselves .

Looking toward the front of the ship , he frowned slightly when he saw Olivia laughing about something as she spoke to Robin .

It wasn't his place to judge . He guessed it was cool to see them building a bond , but he personally felt that Olivia had a lot to make up for . Robin wouldn't bring it up since she's just a kid who's happy to have her mother back in her life , but surely Olivia herself realizes that she can't just act as if she didn't abandon her daughter for years ?

He watched her look up and suddenly make eye contact with him , and saw her eyes widen before she turned away and looked back at Robin with a smile , only now it was a little smaller and a little tighter .

Shaking his head , he turned his gaze elsewhere .

Like he said , not his place to judge .

Seeing Naruto and Bisca talking and laughing with each other , he couldn't help but wonder just when Naruto would finally propopse . They'd been dating for quite a while now , years in fact .

Though he supposed it didn't matter when or even if they got married as long as they were happy, which they clearly were .

Looking at Asta , who seemed to be trying to get Nana to dance with him , he shook his head with a smile . He certainly respected Asta's persistance . It was clear that Nana did indeed have feelings for him , so he figured they'd get together soon . Well , if Nana decided to stop playing hard to get .

Without even looking , he reflexively reached out and grabbed Shiro as she jumped onto his lap . When she had been on her way back to the ship , Jeremiah had seen how much blood she was covered in and was glad she had absorbed it all into herself before any of the Oharans saw her . They would have been scared senseless .

"What's up Shiro ?" He said as he gently rested his chin on top of her head while pulling her closer to him .

"Nothing . I just wanted to sit in my favorite spot ." She said as she bent her head back and looked up at him with a smile .

"Am I only a resting spot for you ? And here I thought you cared about me ." Jeremiah said while looking down at her with a pout and a trembling lower lip as his eyes grew watery .

In another world , he could win an Oscar with his acting skills .

Eyes widening , Shiro quickly turned her body around and shook her head frantically before looking at him with wide eyes as she said "That's not true! You're not just a comfy resting spot !"

"So I'm not even comfy ?" He asked with a voice that sounded like he was about to cry .

"No! I mean , yes ! You're the comfiest , I love touching you!" Shiro said frantically while trying to piece her thoughts together .

'What the heck is happening?!' She thought to herself . She had never seen Jeremiah like this so she had no idea what to do or say .

"Oh . I see . It's just my body that you love ."

"No ! I love everything about you ! I would do anything for you !" Shiro said and was about to say more until Jeremiah covered her lips with one of his fingers and looked at her with a small smile , his eyes no longer watery and his lip not trembling even a little.

"Relax Shiro , it was just a little joke . It was nice to hear what you said though ." Jeremiah said while rubbing the top of her head .

It was good that he had put up a small telekinetic barrier around the two of them . It wasn't anything major , just enough to not let any sound out along with making them hard to be seen by the people outside the barrier .

"I love you too ." He continued as he rested his forehead against Shiro's , looking directly into her beautiful red eyes with a smile .

Shiro just smiled widely with a blush before turning around so that she was facing forward and leaned back into his chest .

"Hehe , We're married !" She said happily as she rocked side to side while humming a song .

Jeremiah raised an eyebrow and glanced down at her before shaking his head with a small smile .

He'd explain it to her later .

[ One Month Later ]

Jeremiah stood in his lab/workshop with bags under his eyes as he looked at his latest creation . He had run many , MANY , tests and he finally cracked the code . He had been up for about three days in a row , only taking breaks to shower and eat a few light meals . If he was a normal person , he would be hallucinating by now .

He could have just had some robotic assistants do it for him , but this was one he felt he needed to do himself (and in general he just preferred to create things himself rather than having robots do it) . Especially since it was the first of many that he planned to create .

About a week ago they had finally finished dropping off all of the Oharans , including the archaeologists who all split up after exchanging vivre cards . Saul had split off a while back , saying he would find his own way .

Clover decided it would be best if they split up , that way they would be less likely to get caught , and even if one of them did somehow get caught , then at least it wouldn't all be in vain . Something Jeremiah agreed with . Really though he had only been helping them for Robin . Whatever they did now wasn't his concern .

The only one left was Olivia who they would be dropping off today .

*Knock Knock*

"Come in ." Jeremiah said with a yawn while putting his latest creation into a pocket on his gray lab coat (Which he often wore while working) .

"Yo . We've reached an island . Olivia's up on the deck with everyone else ." Naruto said after walking into the workshop . He frowned in concern when he saw the bags under Jeremiah's eyes .

'Just what has he been making that he needed to skip sleep for it ?' Naruto thought to himself .

Jeremiah saw the frown and already knew what it was about .

"I'm fine Naruto . I'll get some rest after we drop off Olivia ." He said as he patted Naruto on the shoulder while walking past him.

"You better . I'll be watching you!" Naruto said while motioning to his eyes .

"Yes Mom ." Jeremiah replied sarcastically .

"Hmph! If I'm a mom then I'm the sexiest mom around!" Naruto said with a smirk while puffing out his chest as he continued walking .

"Right... I'm not even gonna get into everything wrong with that statement ." Jeremiah said as he shook his head with a tired smile .

"Hm ? What do you mean ?"

"Nothing at all ."

Finally reaching the deck after a few minutes , Jeremiah saw Olivia talking to Robin before the two shared a hug , with the rest of the crew standing near them .

"Olivia ."

Said woman looked up and saw Jeremiah approaching , making her stand rimrod straight as she waited for whatever he had to say to her . She wasn't really sure why , but he seemed to not like her very much . He wasn't mean to her or anything like that , but whenever she spoke to him he would always keep his answers short and to the point , or tell her he was busy with something and couldn't speak at the moment . Whatever the case , she didn't want to make his opinion of her any worse .

"Y- Yes ?" She replied and internally cursed herself for stuttering.

"Here ." He said before reaching into his pocket and throwing her something , which she fumbled with a bit before catching it securely .

When she saw what it was her eyes widened .

A devil fruit .

The devil fruit looked like an apple and was green with black swirls scattered across the surface .

"I- I don't... For me? I don't know what to say ." Olivia said flustered .

"Which one is it ? I don't think I've seen that one in the DF encyclopedia ." Said Bisca as she , as well as the others , looked at the fruit curiously .

"I created it ." Jeremiah said as he yawned while stretching , ignoring the incredulous stares being sent his way .

"Wait a minute . You CREATED a devil fruit ?!" His crew shouted simultaneously (Well except for Shiro , who just jumped on his back with a wide smile) while everyone, including Robin and Olivia , looked at him with wide eyes .

"Yeah... It's something I've been working on for a while now . I actually only just finished it this morning ." Jeremiah said while idly rubbing Shiro's head , which was resting on his shoulder .

Ryoko and Diane stared enviously as they both wished they could be in that position .

"So what power will she get ?" Kail asked with a raised eyebrow , and Olivia listened intently .

"It'll be more than one . You'll be able to make clones of yourself, as well as produce acid/goop , alter your appearance , and a few other miscellaneous abilities that I'm sure you'll discover on your own . Aside from those you'll have enhanced physical abilities and senses ." Jeremiah said while lightly scratching his head as he looked at Olivia , who's eyes had lit up when he mentioned being able to alter her appearance and cloning herself .

That would certainly make it easier to keep herself hidden from the WG .

As for how Jeremiah made this devil fruit , it was a process that sounds a lot simpler than it actually was . The powers he gave her were a result of him combining the DNA of two alien races . Those being the Splixon race and Polymorph race .

After doing that , he put both into the fruit . But he didn't stop there .

He also put a few , only about 20 , nanobots in it . The nanobots he put into this fruit were nowhere near as powerful as the ones he and his crew had in their bodies , but they would still be enough to allow her to "level up" slightly faster than average .

To top it all off he included a very small dose of the super soldier serum . That , unlike this devil fruit , was very easy to create . He was thinking about creating a more powerful version of it , but that could wait . Anyway , the amount he added didn't really amount to much .

The main reason he added it was so that she could have slightly higher limits , which should already be a little boosted thanks to the nanobots . If she was an up close fighter than maybe he would have given her a little more , but he was pretty sure she would always be a ranged type .

'Honestly , doing this much for someone who isn't even part of my crew... If she wasn't Robin's mother she'd be out of luck .' Jeremiah thought as he shook his head while sighing .

"Oh , there's one more thing . Since that's an artificial devil fruit , and with the way I made it , you won't have the weakness of water like other devil fruit eaters ." He said and that made everyone , Shiro included this time , look at him with even more shock .

This was the main reason he had decided to start making his own devil fruits . With these , a person wouldn't suffer from the traditional devil fruit weaknesses (I.e. Water , seastone .) , and there was also one other major bonus .

A person could eat more than one with no negative repercussions .

He was working on using the research gained from making this devil fruit to remove the weakness to water from his crew who had eaten devil fruits . If he could achieve that , then that would be a major boon . And not just his crew , but a few other people he was friends with as well , like Whitebeard .

As for the two devil fruit issue , with the way their bodies had been modified and evolved by the nanobots (Which had been multiplying over the years . Jeremiah now had millions inside his body , while his crew each had hundreds of thousands) , their bodies could already handle more than one .

'Just who is he ?' Olivia thought to herself . The level of technology that he had at his disposal was far beyond anything she'd seen anywhere else in the world , even from the WG . Not to mention the strength of he and his crew . And now she finds out he could even make his own devil fruits ?

Robin was having similar thoughts .

"I'm sure this goes without saying , but don't tell anyone about this ." Jeremiah said as he looked down into her eyes , making her swallow thickly from the pressure . He wasn't even glaring or anything , just looking at her .

"I understand . Thank you so much ." She said although it's not like she would have told anyone anyway . She herself was also wanted .

"Don't thank me . I'm doing this because I know Robin would always be worried otherwise . This is only for her ." Jeremiah replied bluntly as he turned around and walked away while waving over his shoulder , with Shiro still clinging to his back .

"I'll see you guys later . For now I'm getting some sleep . It's been a pleasure Olivia ." He said before he disappeared around a corner as he headed to his room .

"See ya!" Shiro shouted as they disappeared .

Olivia stood awkwardly as she watched him go before sighing and looked at the rest of the crew .

"Well... I guess I'll be going ." She said with a smile after putting her devil fruit in her backpack .

Kneeling down , she rubbed the head of Robin , who had tears in her eyes .

"Don't cry Robin . These good people will take care of you . They can do a much better job of protecting you than I can ." She said even as her own eyes watered a bit . She hated to leave her daughter again , but she wasn't nearly strong enough to protect her by herself , especially with the World Government still after her .

Robin just hugged her while trying to hold in her tears .

After breaking the hug , she gave Robin and the others a smile , nodding at the crew who all nodded back , before she took off .

"You okay Robin ?" Ryoko asked as she kneeled down and put a hand on Robin's shoulder , only for Robin to suddenly hug her while crying silently .

"Its okay . We've got you ." Ryoko said softly as she rubbed Robins back .

"We've got you ."

...

[ South Blue - Year 1502 ]

Jeremiah , Naruto , and Ryoko were all walking together up a hill as they approached the home of their target . They were here for one simple reason .

It all had to do with a promise Jeremiah made a couple of years ago .

[ Small Flashback - Year 1500 ]

Two men sat , glaring at each other . The only thing separating them being the bars of the prison cell .

Sitting on the outside was a tall man with tanned skin who looked to be about fifty years old , give or take a few years . He had short spiky black hair , paired with a bushy goatee . He also had a scar that curved around his left eye . His attire consisted of the typical uniform for marine Vice Admirals .

This was Marine Vice Admiral , Monkey D. Garp .

Sitting on the inside of the cell was another tall man , who had chin length hair that spiked downwards , as well as a long mustache . He had on a red pirate captain's coat that had seen better days , with a blue button up shirt underneath it . He also had on tan pants , black boots , a yellow sash around his waist , and a white cravat around his neck .

This was , of course , Gol D. Roger . The Pirate King .

The two men continued glaring at each other before Roger suddenly grew a wide smile .

"So ? How long are you gonna keep up that disguise ?" He asked with his smile seeming to grow wider by the second .

"As expected of you" Said Garp as his body began shifting and after about 10 seconds , Jeremiah now sat in his place .

The two were silent for a bit before Jeremiah asked "How've you been Roger ? This place isn't exactly what I'd call cozy ."

Roger just laughed his usual boisterous laugh , and Jeremiah just stared at him in a deadpan fashion .

Eventually Roger quieted down and stayed that way for a while before he finally spoke .

"They're gonna be killing me soon Partner ." Roger said with no preamble . Blunt as always .

"Yeah ." Was all Jeremiah said . What else could , or even needed to be said ? His friend was gonna die .

"My lover is pregnant ."

"Yeah ."

"I'm expecting a girl . She's sure it'll be a boy ." Roger continued with a soft chuckle .

This time Jeremiah just stayed silent .

"Ace if it's a boy , Anne if it's a girl... My legacy.... Boy or girl , you know how they'll be treated if , no , when word gets out ." Roger said as he looked into Jeremiah's eyes with what was probably the most serious expression Jeremiah had ever seen from him

"...Yeah ."

"I have a request Partner . I can't let my child's life be ended before they even have a chance to live it . I need someone I can trust to look after them . I need you ."

No response .

"Rouge too . They'll try to kill her for loving an idiot like me . My child can't grow up alone , Partner ." Roger continued and was about to say more , until Jeremiah held up a hand to stop him .

"Roger... You didn't even need to ask ." Was all he said with a fierce look in his eyes , and Roger's smile came back in full force.

"HAHAHAHA! I'm counting on you Partner ."

After that Jeremiah stayed for a while longer and the two made small talk about many different things , both knowing it would be the last time they would see or speak to each other.

[ Flashback End - Present ]

The trio knocked on the door , and after waiting for a bit the door was cracked open , before opening all the way once the woman inside saw who it was .

Said woman was about 5'5 , had long and wavy strawberry-blonde hair , with red-brown eyes , thin eyebrows , and freckles on her cheeks . She had on a long , short sleeved light blue dress that reached down to her ankles , along with brown sandals . She also had a red hibiscus flower tucked in her hair on the left side of her head.

This was Portgas D. Rouge . Former lover of the Pirate King.

"Jeremiah , Naruto , Ryoko . It's so good to see you all ." Rouge said with a smile as she hugged each of them before she motioned for all of them to come in .

"You too Rouge . How're you doing ?" Ryoko asked once they got inside .

Ryoko was wearing an indigo long sleeved button up with the first three buttons undone , which showed just the right amount of cleavage , with a black skirt and navy blue high heeled shoes . Her legs were left bare , showing off just how sexy they were . She also had on a pearl necklace , along with a silver anklet around her left ankle , and silver bracelet on her right wrist .

The crew had been routinely checking up on Rouge about once a month ever since Roger was executed . None of them minded , in fact the crew all considered her a dear friend at this point , just like Roger himself was .

"Pretty good . Everything's been better since you all got rid of the Marines that were going around trying to kill all the mothers on the island ." Rouge said with a bit of a frown . If not for Jeremiah and his crew coming when they did , she would have been forced to take desperate measures .

"Anyway , would you all like something to drink ? Or a snack?" She offered , to which they all politely declined .

"So , Rouge , how are the babies ?" Jeremiah asked as they all sat down in the living room .

Jeremiah was wearing a black leather jacket with a red shirt under it that had a black star in the middle of the chest, along with black jeans that had two gold zippers on the thighs. He had on a pair of black boots , his necklaces like always , and he had his red headphones wrapped around his neck . Lastly , his long twisted hair was currently worn down , reaching to just above the middle of his back .

"They're doing well . It's still a bit of a surprise that I actually had twins . I'm sure Roger would've been excited ." Rouge said with a mirth filled giggle . Indeed it was quite the surprise when they had found out that rather than having either a girl or boy , Rouge ended up giving birth to one of each .

A boy named Ace , and a beautiful baby girl named Anne .

"No doubt about that . That guy was so proud to know he was having even one kid . Knowing he was having two , I wouldn't be surprised if he cried ." Jeremiah said and Rouge smiled at that , know it was true .

Naturally , Jeremiah himself was also surprised when Rouge had twins . Ace most certainly did not have a sister , much less a twin , in the canon of One Piece . Either the twin died in canon due to Rouge having to hold back from giving birth for so long , or this was a result of the butterfly effect .

Then again , it could be any number of things . This was already pretty much an AU seeing as there's people like Naruto and others from different anime/manga worlds that were obviously not in One Piece canon . Either way , he didn't mind . As stated before , he was fine with some things changing.

"So where are they ? You know , Naruto's just dying to see them." He continued with a small smile , already knowing what would come next .

"No way! I am not getting puked on AGAIN ." Naruto grumbled while leaning back in his chair with his arms folded behind his head. Seriously , why did he have to get puked on literally every time he picked them up?!

Naruto was wearing a dark blue track jacket with orange lines going down the sleeves and around the wrists . Under it he had on a white t-shirt with the image of an orange roaring fox head in the middle . He also had on black pants , and a pair of orange shoes that had black laces and bottoms . His long spiky hair was left down , reaching to his waist and partially covering his right eye .

"I think that's just their way of showing their love to their dear Uncle Naruto ." Rouge said with a giggle , and Jeremiah and Ryoko chuckled at that , while Naruto just grumbled and turned his head away . Though they could all see the red on his face.

He could be a tsundere at times .

"They're upstairs resting . I really have to thank you again . If not for all the help you've given me , I would have a much harder time trying to raise two kids on my own ." Rouge said with a grateful tone . Jeremiah had created a high-tech robotic assistant to help her around the house , especially with her babies . It helped her be able to get a healthy amount of sleep every night , due to not being kept up from loud crying .

Naturally she had been worried at first since she had never seen or heard of anything like it , but over time she got used to it.

On top of that he gave her a substantial amount of money , well over 100,000,000 beli in fact , so that she had more time to be with and provide for her kids , as well as herself . He even renovated her house! What used to be a relatively small house , was now at least tripled in size , had high tech installed throughout the place including what he called an A.I. , and a bunch of baby/child proofing features .

Honestly she couldn't understand it . Sure he had told her that he promised Roger to care of her and the kids , but she doubted even Roger expexcted him to do THIS much for them . Whatever his reason , she was more thankful than he would probably ever realize .

She didn't know how she could ever thank him for doing so much for her .

"I've told you multiple times Rouge , you don't need to thank me. You're a close friend , practically a sister . I'll always help you three as much as I can ." Jeremiah said with a small smile as he lightly tapped her forehead , with Ryoko and Naruto nodding in agreement .

It wasn't simply about the promise to Roger anymore . He really did care about her and the kids , especially since Roger chose him as the godfather . If it was someone he didn't like or care about then he may have still helped , but he wouldn't have done nearly as much as he had .

Rouge's eyes watered a bit as she smiled , before she grabbed a handkerchief and dried them .

Looking down at one of her hands , Jeremiah asked "Is the ring still working alright ?"

Glancing down at her right hand , there was a silver ring that had a black star in the middle of it .

Lifting her arm and raising it out in front of her while balling her fist and aiming it at a book , the ring glowed with black energy before the book was surrounded by a transparent "bubble" of said black energy .

"It's still perfect ." Rouge said with a smile as the energy dissipated .

This was something else Jeremiah had made for her about half a year ago . A power ring .

It could be considered one of his crowning achievements so far, followed by his artificial devil fruits. He had thought long and hard on how he would even go about creating a power ring of all things , when the answer just clicked one day . He had almost slapped himself for not realizing it sooner .

What he did was channel a large amount of his psychic energy into the ring , along with a number of powerful nanobots . Then for the battery , he created a mini arc reactor , which he then stored inside of a lantern (because why not?) .

He also put some of his psychic energy into the reactor , making it constantly generate new "artificial" psychic energy that the ring would absorb when she needed to recharge . Both the ring and lantern were made with adamantium , making them very durable . She was the only one who could use it . If someone tried to take it from her , he built in a feature that would instantly overload their body with energy , to the point that they would eventually either be paralyzed , explode , or disintegrate . Brutal for sure , but it was effective .

The reason he had felt like slapping himself when he finally found the solution was because he could make constructs when using his telekinesis (and even his wind , though to a lesser extent) , not unlike what power rings could do . He just felt like he should have realized a lot sooner .

There was a reason he chose to give this to Rouge of all people . That reason being , she had an incredibly strong will . The fact that in canon she held Ace inside of her for TWENTY months to protect him from the WG is proof of that .

She was a D after all .

"That's good . I've actually been working on something else for you . It should be ready by the end of the week at the latest ." Jeremiah said .

"No no no , I really couldn't ask you to do even more for me than you already have ." Rouge said while waving her hands in front of her .

"Give it up Rouge . You should know by now how stubborn he is when it comes to things like this ." Ryoko said with a smile as she crossed her legs with a smile .

"For sure . Besides , you'll definitely like this one ." Naruto said with a mysterious smile , and Rouge would admit that she was intrigued .

Jeremiah always managed to surprise her with something new and cool whenever he and his crew came to the island . She had no doubt whatever he planned to give her would be just as amazing .

Looking over at Jeremiah , who was staring at her with a small smile while resting his head on his fist , she sighed in defeat .

It's not like she wasn't grateful for him looking out for her so much , it's just that she wished there was some way she could pay him back , rather than always being the one receiving help.

"I really feel like I'm being spoiled ." She said with a pout as she folded her arms .

"It's fine to let yourself be spoiled sometimes ." Was his instantaneous reply , making her pout even more . She could swear he knew what she was gonna say sometimes .

"Oh , I almost forgot . We got a new crew member last month. I'll introduce you to her when we come back ." He said as he stood , with Ryoko and Naruto following .

"You're leaving already ?" Rouge asked with a bit of sadness . She always looked forward to their visits , especially since she didn't really have any close friends on the island .

"Don't mope . We're staying longer than usual this time . About a month or two in fact . I know how much you miss us when we leave ." Jeremiah said while playfully rubbing the the top of her head , to which she lightly knocked his hand away while looking up at him with a red face .

"I don't miss you at all . Not one bit ." She said as she turned her head to the side with her cheeks puffed out , making them all hold in a laugh .

"I'm sure ." Jeremiah said with amusement as he shook his head before turning around .

"Well , see you later Rouge . Try not to miss us too much ." He said with a laugh as they left .

"Dummy ." Rouge muttered with a red faced pout while staring at Jeremiah's back .

Indeed , he was like a big brother .

Once they were a decent distance away , Naruto said "I think Roger would be pretty happy ."

"Agreed ." Ryoko said with a smile .

Jeremiah looked up at the sky .

"I'd like to think so ." He replied as a soft breeze blew through the area .

'I'll make sure to protect them , Roger .'

[ Three Days Later ]

"Rouge , this is Robin . The newest member of the crew ." Jeremiah said as he stood once again in Rouge's house , with Robin standing on his right side while Shiro sat on his shoulders. Held in his left hand was a black and gold metal box .

Kneeling down with a smile , Rouge addressed her "Hi Robin. It's so nice to meet you . I'm Portgas D Rouge ." She said while holding out her hand .

Robin hesitated before she felt Jeremiah softly tap her shoulder and saw him look down at her with a smile and nod.

"I'm Nico Robin ." Robin said as she shook Rouge's hand.

Robin was wearing a purple short sleeved button up shirt , along with a black skirt and purple shoes .

Robin was pretty happy so far in her short time as a member of the crew . Sure she was still a little sad that her mother left her again , but she understood why it needed to be done .

In her time with the crew , they hadn't really gone anywhere yet , but that was fine . Though Jeremiah did tell her that the next place they were going would most likely be Fishman Island, which she could admit she was excited about .

"And of course , it's always a pleasure to see you Shiro ." Rouge said as she rose to her feet and looked at Shiro with a smile .

She didn't even bat an eyelash when seeing Shiro sitting on Jeremiah's shoulders . She was used to it by now . Shiro always clung to him .

"Hi Rouge!" Shiro said happily while waving with a big smile.

Shiro was wearing a blood red skintight bodysuit that had silver stars speckled accross it . She also had on her black choker . She also, apparently , was not wearing any underwear (like most days) if the outline of her nipples was any indication . In her mouth she had a lollipop .

Shiro , despite her size , had a nice bubble butt and her breasts had grown to just about B-cup which was probably the biggest they would ever get (not that Jeremiah minded) .

"I'm guessing that's what you mentioned a few days ago ?" Rouge asked/stated with a raised eyebrow as she pointed at the box Jeremiah was holding .

"Yup . Let's go ait down so I can show you ." Jeremiah said as they all walked into the living room and sat down , with Shiro quickly hopping onto his lap and Robin sitting close to him on his right .

Seeing Rouge trying and failing at hiding her anticipation , Jeremiah smiled a bit before he placed the box on the table in front of him . Placing his hand on the top , they all watched the box glow briefly before there was a clicking sound as it unlocked.

Once it did , Jeremiah leaned back and gestured for Rouge to open it .

'What could it be?' Rouge thought to herself with a bit of eagerness as she reached out and slowly opened the box .

As expected , she was surprised when she saw what was inside.

There , sitting innocently , was three devil fruits . One was a round , orange fruit with a green stem , and had what looked like many small flames as the skin of the fruit .

The second fruit was also orange , but it also had red crack like lines all around it . The fruit itself was shaped like a pear.

The third and final fruit looked rather different compared to the other two . It did have some orange , but the main color was yellow . It also had what looked like little black lightning bolts scattered across the surface . The fruit was shaped like a mango .

"One for each of you ." She heard Jeremiah say and looked up at him with wide eyes .

She watched as he pulled out the first fruit .

"This one is the Flame Flame Fruit . It's a logia that allows the user to manipulate , generate , and become fire itself . This one is for Ace ." He said and she looked at the small fruit with wonder . It always amazed her to think that simply taking a bite out of a piece of fruit could give someone such incredible (and sometimes not so incredible) levels of power .

He pulled out the yellow mango shaped fruit .

"This fruit's main power is generating , manipulating , and absorbing large amounts of lightning/electricity , along with enhancing all of the physical abilities of the person that eats it . It will also give the user power over fire , but not nearly as powerful as what you would get from the Flame Flame Fruit . This one is for Anne . I created this fruit so it doesn't have a name yet ." He continued and Rouge's eyes widened to almost comical proportions .

"Did I hear you correctly ? It sounded like you said you actually CREATED a devil fruit , but there's no way that's possible right ?" Rouge asked incredulously and Jeremiah just stared at her with a blank face . Heck , even Shiro and Robin had blank faces .

"Right . Forgot who I was talking to ." Rouge said with a sigh . Considering everything else she had seen him make (especially her ring) , she guessed she shouldn't be too surprised .

She watched as he pulled out the pear shaped fruit and she could feel the anticipation rising inside of her .

"This fruit's main power is generating and manipulating extremely high levels of heat/fire , and a limited control over lava depending on how much mastery the user has over their powers. It also grants the person who eats it superhuman physical abilities , along with slightly enhanced senses and regeneration . Lastly , it gives the user an immunity to fire and ice based attacks . This one is , of course , for you . The lovely lady of the house . I created this one as well ." Jeremiah finished with a smile as he held out the fruit to Rouge , who was sitting with wide , amazed eyes .

For Rouge's fruit he used the Extrimus serum , which was very easy to create (and it was more stable than the version Killian made) , in addition to the DNA of a Pyronite and the DNA of a Prypiatosian-B . He also added a lot of powerful nanobots , that would help her powers evolve even more , along with containing the radiation her body would give off from the Prypiatosian-B DNA . There was also another reason he added those .

For Anne's fruit , he used the Super Soldier Serum , the DNA of a Transylian , a Conductoid, a Gimlinopithecus , and a little bit from a Pyronite . And of course , nanobots . Can't forget the nanobots .

Both of their fruits could be considered Paramecia/Zoan hybrids.

As for the Flame Flame Fruit , he had started searching for it about a week after Roger was executed . It had taken his crew a whole year to find it , even with the DF encyclopedia , but it was worth it .

"Oh , also you'll still be able to swim even after you eat this ." He said as an afterthought and she just slumped back in her seat , unable to say anything .

"I... I honestly don't know what to say . You do so much for me... For all of us..." She said as she looked into his eyes .

"We're family . Family helps each other , it's as simple as that. I'll always do whatever I can to take care of you three ." Jeremiah replied while idly rubbing Shiro's head , and wrapping his arm around Robin's shoulder as he pulled her closer , making her grow a faint blush .

Rouge stared at him and couldn't stop her eyes from watering up. It was comforting to know someone cared about you so much . He had no obligation to do even half as much as he did for them , and yet he did so much without even asking for or expecting to be thanked .

"Listen though Rouge ." She heard him say with seriousness , and she gave him her full attention .

"Eating these will indeed give you all a major boost , but you all still need to train seriously . You all have a connection to Roger , with Ace and Anne actually carrying his blood inside of them . Though it's unfortunate , it's possible that you all's connection to him will eventually be discovered . Me and the rest of the crew are willing to help and protect all of you as much as possible , but we can't and won't be around all the time. You guys cannot afford to slack off. All of you need to become strong enough to protect each other , as well as yourselves ." Jeremiah said , and Rouge looked at him with absolute seriousness .

She would be damned before she let anyone harm her children .

Wordlessly , she reached out and grabbed the fruit meant for her and bit into it with no hesitation .

To her surprise , it actually tasted good . She had heard that devil fruits were disgusting , but apparently Jeremiah found a way around that too . It was so good in fact , that she ended up eating the whole thing .

Thirty seconds passed and suddenly Rouge felt her body temperature go higher than she ever felt it go before . Looking at her arms and hands , she could see her muscles glowing orange beneath her skin . As admittedly cool as it looked and felt , there was something else that had her attention .

Her mind felt so... Open . As she looked around , the world seemed so bright and colorful , noticing things she never had before . It was as if her whole life she had been experiencing the world through a foggy haze that had finally been lifted .

"What... Is this ?" Rouge asked in amazement . It was all so beautiful .

"That , Rouge , is the power of the mind . What you're experiencing right now is having your mind fully unlocked , so you can now use 90-100% of it , rather than the 30-40% (It's a lie that humans only use 10%) that most people use ." Jeremiah said with a smile . Far too many people underestimated the benefits of being able to use the full power of the brain .

"With that , you'll also be able to do more with your ring than before . Seeing as you now have a higher brain capacity , it should help you think up and store more creative ideas ." He said and as she looked down at her ring , she saw that it was glowing slightly .

This was the other reason he gave her the type of nanobots that he did . As her mind grew stronger , so too would her abilities with her ring grow .

"All I can say is thank you . I promise that we'll work hard ." Rouge said gratefully as she bowed her head , only for Jeremiah to gently grab her chin and make her look into his sharp eyes.

"Rouge . Never bow to anyone . Not to me , not to a king , not to a world noble , no one ." He said with seriousness and she nodded with a small blush , making him smile before he let go and ruffled her hair a bit .

Clearing her throat , Rouge said "Well , now that we've finished with that , why don't we introduce Robin here to Ace and Anne ?"

"Would you like to meet them Robin ?" Jeremiah asked as he looked down at her and she just nodded her head .

She had never been around any babies before , so she was curious .

Nodding in return , Jeremiah picked Shiro up off his lap and put her back onto his shoulders as he stood up and grabbed Robin's hand , before they all headed upstairs .

Reaching the nursery , Rouge opened the door and as they all walked inside , they were greeted by the assistant Jeremiah created for her .

Said assistant had long and straight dark purple hair , with a triagular fringe at the front , and blue eyes . She had on a rather attractive black and white maid outfit , which covered up her large D-cup breasts . She also had on thigh high white socks and black high heeled shoes .

This was the family maid and bodyguard , Saeko .

Jeremiah made her appearance based off of Saeko from Highschool Of The Dead , and her personality was a mix of her's and a few other characters . She could also think and feel like a human .

She was a strong and loyal maid that Rouge was very happy to have around .

"Good afternoon Milady , Father , Lady Shiro ." Saeko said with a curtsy and smile .

"*Sigh* How many times must I say it Saeko ? We're friends . You don't need to address me so formally ." Rouge said as she crossed her arms with her cheeks puffed .

"A maid must address their master and/or mistress properly." Saeko replied with a hidden smile .

"Hey Saeko!" Shiro said happily , as usual .

"Saeko , this is Robin . Our new crew member ." Jeremiah said as he gestured to Robin , whose hand he was still holding.

"It's an honor to meet you Lady Robin ." Saeko said with another curtsy .

Unsure of what to do , Robin gave a curtsy as well and replied "Nice to meet you ."

"I want to introduce Robin to Anne and Ace ." Rouge said and Saeko nodded and stepped aside .

Walking up to the two baby cribs , Jeremiah picked Robin up so that it would be easier for her to see inside .

"Robin , these are Anne and Ace . My godchildren ." Jeremiah said with a smile , watching as Rouge softly rubbed both of their heads .

Anne had inherited her mother's strawberry-blonde hair , along with her freckles . Ace looked much like you would expect a baby version of himself to look .

"So when do you think you'll give them the fruits ?" Jeremiah asked curiously .

"Hmm I guess when they're somewhere between 5-7 ." Rouge responded after thinking for a bit . She knew they would need to train as much as possible , so it was best to give them their powers while they were younger , that way they would have a lot more time to get used to and master them .

"I think that's for the best ." Jeremiah said in agreement .

Scratching his head while thinking to himself , Jeremiah nodded as he came to a decision .

"Alright. I've decided . While we're here for the next two months , I'm gonna help you with your training ." Jeremiah said and watched as Rouge's head snapped to him with wide eyes so fast that he thought she'd get whiplash . Hell , he thought HE had whiplash just from watching her .

"R- really ? You're serious ?" Rouge asked in shock and disbelief , even though she knew he wouldn't lie to her , especially about something so important .

"Of course . If I left you to your own devices you'd probably roast half the island ." Jeremiah replied with a chuckle before Rouge ran at him and pulled him into a tight hug .

Thankfully he had quickly put Robin down , or she would have been nearly crushed from the tight embrace .

Looking down at the woman hugging him , he sighed as he returned it .

"Honestly... What would you do without me ?" Jeremiah asked with a fond smile while softly rubbing her back .

Such a high maintenance little sister she was .