Chapter 15

We made our way to an area with many broke parts from ships. Sanji lifted me up over some of the piles since I was so short, so I couldn't see where I was going at some parts.

I ran after Zoro at one point since he was going to run into the sea for some reason.

We made it to the shore to see a giant thing covered in a sheet. "Hey! We are here! Franky! Give us the ship!" Luffy yelled then took my hand from Sanji and pulled me along.

"Oi!" Sanji shouted.

"Oh, Ice pops!" I waved at him.

"Good to see you." He nodded to me.

"Where's Franky?" Luffy asked.

"Unfortunately, he had to go somewhere, but the ship is completed. I will show it to you in place of Franky." Iceburg informed us as he went over and grabbed the sheet covering it. "It's amazing! When I saw its blueprints, my eyes opened wide in surprise. It can sail any kind of sea."

"Show us!" Luffy and Chopper demanded.

"Here is Franky's message to you Straw Hat. If you are going to be King of the Pirates someday then board the King of Animals ship!" Iceburg pulled it off to show a really pretty ship that left us all speechless.

We went up to the deck, and Luffy was crawling all across the actual lawn it has.

"That is your room." Iceburg pointed up shocking me. "It's usually called the Crow's nest, but for this ship, it's the Angel's nest. Once you can fly, you can use the entrance on the top and side easily."

"Thanks!" I grinned brightly.

Sanji shouted that he was in love with the fridge while I went to the Angel's nest to find it is actually huge. Half of it is my room then the other half is a workout area. I even have a bed big enough for my wings to rest on it to.

"Where is Franky? This is too much of a gift to not hug him for it." I mumbled after I had used the skylight exit that was actually just right above the bed and glided down to the deck using my wings.

I was surprised when I got caught by someone and saw it was Nami. "You scared me when you jumped off!" She exclaimed then tried her best to put me down carefully, but she fell with me and I laughed. "You looked worried, are you okay?"

"Did you see Franky from up there?" Luffy ran over to us.

"That's what I'm worried about, I really wanna thank him." I stated.

"Same!" Luffy nodded so we went over to Iceburg. "Where's Franky? We want to thank him."

"It seems he has no intention of seeing you guys again." Iceburg informed us.

"Why?!" I yelled.

"Are you going to ask him to join you guys as a shipwright?" Iceburg questioned Luffy.

"Yeah, how do you know?" Luffy asked him.

"He seems to have realised it to." Iceburg informed us.

"Is he staying for the Franky Family?" I asked.

"He does want to set sail with you guys but went to hide since he probably can't reject you face to face. He's entrusting this dream ship that he's been planning all this time to you is proof enough, isn't it?" Iceburg grinned. "Don't worry, Juno. He has genuinely come to like you guys, but he's imposing a duty upon himself to stay on this island forever."

"But he will die!" I yelled.

"It's a stupid persistence if you ask me. If you really intend to take him with you, do whatever it takes." Iceburg demanded.

"Kidnap!" I yelled. "...his Speedos!"

"Why those?!" Zoro yelled.

"He really likes them, like Luffy with his hat." I grinned.

"That is sound logic." Robin spoke up.

"Is that really okay?" Luffy asked Iceburg.

"Weren't you going to kidnap me?" I reminded him and he laughed happily.

"That's different." Luffy didn't explain much to me, but only patted my head when I turned it to the side and I then whined since my headband dug in. "Why are you still wearing the stupid band?"

"Because I ne-...I don't know." I admitted. "Guess I got used to it."

I pulled on my shawl a little for comfortable and Luffy then ran off to go find Franky. Soon after it seems there was a lot of chaos going on in town. Sanji and Zoro had also left once someone from the Franky Family came to tell us they actually stole Franky's speedos.

"So it was a good idea!" I laughed.

Luffy made it back to the ship with the speedos then as he jumped onto the ship he took me down making Nami yell at him.

My back hit the floor, and I felt him sitting on my chest while also covering my eyes with his hand confusing me as we heard another crash.

"You better have covered her eyes!" Sanji yelled.

"Yeah, I did. Hey, Zoro, can you keep her eyes covered?" Luffy asked.

"Don't sit on her!" Sanji yelled as Luffy got pulled off me and Zoro's hands replaced Luffy's then they helped me up.

"Her hair is already a mess." Nami sighed as she started to sort it.

"Franky! Thanks for the ship! It's the best ship ever!" Luffy yelled to him.

"Yeah! I wish you a safe journey!" Franky told us.

"Get on the ship!" I demanded. "It's a good idea since its Luffy's!"

"Yeah, if you want me to give this back to you, then join us!" Luffy offered, and I heard a lot of yelling from the town.

"Put something on? I have." I mumbled as I felt Zoro's hands shake.

I tried to look up at him, but my head hit his chest and his hands were still over my eyes. "Give them back Straw Hat!" Franky demanded.

"Then join us!' Luffy yelled.

"Don't be silly! You think you can make me join you just by stealing my speedos?" Franky asked.

"Yeah..." I mumbled.

People started screaming for some reason, and Zoro pulled me closer to his chest. "What a strong-willed guy he is!" Luffy gasped.

"Strong Willy?" I asked.

"Make her deaf to." Nami demanded as she probably smacked Luffy. "He's just a total perv!"

"If it's okay to get rough with him, I can help." Robin spoke up.

"Come to think of it, Ice Pops said that we had no choice but to take him by force." Luffy mumbled.

"Are you gonna torture him?" I asked nervously.

"No, he will enjoy this." Robin patted my head reassuring me.

"You are very nice!" I nodded believing her.

"He's a dead man." Zoro grumbled then I heard Robin use her powers. "Grab!"

"You grabbed them! Ouch!" Luffy screamed and so did many others like Chopper.

I was right against Zoro's chest now as I heard Franky yelling. "He's enjoying that?" I asked confused.

"It's gonna come off like a tangerine!" Mozu and Kiwi yelled, and I tried to imagine what is happening.

"Juno save yourself from that image." Sanji asked me as he took both of my hands in his.

"Hey, Robin! I want him to still be a man when he joins us!" Luffy yelled.

"If you are telling us, pirates, to give up the treasure right in front of us, we can't back off unless you give us a good reason." Robin explained.

"Yeah, Franky is a treasure!" I agreed.

"His balls?!" People screamed.

"His balls? Are those being grabbed?" I asked and Sanji screamed meaning yes.

"I wanna stay on this island." Franky started to explain. "I really do appreciate you guys. I wanna go with you and help out, but there's something I need to do here. That's why I gave you the ship as a gift! I'm not a shipwright anymore. This is my last ship!"

"Hold it, Franky." Iceburg demanded. "I don't think that ship has become the dream ship you are referring to yet."

"What I wanna do has changed!" Franky yelled.

"That's not true." He retorted. "Everything you are doing on this island right now is atonement. You are still regretting that Tom was taken that day because of you. But he has already forgiven you on that day and tried to guide you."

"You brought the punks on the backstreets together though it doesn't appear that way to others." Iceburg pointed out.

"That's not why I did what I did at all!" Franky freaked out.

"You quit building ships even though that was your favourite thing to do and have lived suppressing yourself. Are you going to live the rest of your life like that?" Iceburg asked him.

"Don't!" I yelled shocking the others. "Tom! He would want you to go live your life not be a slave to their death! People die for others wanting them to be happy and free!" I explained. "That's why I'm leaving and going to get strong for myself, but you are staying here and just being a slave like I was!"

"She is right doing this changes nothing, isn't it about time to forgive yourself, Franky?" Iceburg asked. "Isn't it about time for you to start living for your own dream?"

"What the heck?!" Franky yelled. "A bag?!"

"It has what you will need for your journey, Bro!" The Franky Family exclaimed. "Bro! Please forgive us. We are really sorry! We are prepared to receive any kind of punishment! Since we are fools, we couldn't think of anything else!"

"To steal my speedo?! Is that what you always thought to?!" Franky shouted. "Mind your own business! It's my life! No one can decide it but me! How can I, your boss, willingly walk on the way paved by my underlings?!"

"I'm sorry, but aren't we allowed to think a little? We are deeply indebted to you for taking on thugs like us." Zambai explained. "Aren't we even allowed to think about your happiness?!"

Franky screamed again but also cried loudly. "You guys are all-ow! Ow!"

"Robin you are gonna make him a woman." Luffy whined.

"He's crying!" Chopper pointed out.

"Damn you, Nico Robin! You are not gonna get away with this!" Franky declared.

"Robin!" Luffy yelled. "Huh? You aren't doing anything?"

"Oh, he's that happy to, is Sanji cooking something?" I giggled.

"You said you cried because Sanji was cutting apples yesterday." Robin giggled. "Its onions that make you cry when they are cut."

"Oh...hehe." I let out seeing I got caught in a lie.

"I only grabbed it once." Robin informed us. "How sly of him to pretend that he's crying out of pain."

The others thought he was still in pain when he wasn't. "We got trouble your grandpa is back!" Someone from the Franky family yelled. "They are at the opposite shore."

"What? I thought he said he wasn't going to capture us." Luffy complained.

"Let's get ready to set sail." Sanji added.

"I'm giving these back!" Luffy shouted. "Get aboard my ship."

"Don't get so cocky, you guys are total amateurs who could only manage makeshift repairs! It'd be a pity for such a magnificent ship not to have a shipwright on board." Franky mumbled. "I, Franky, will be the shipwright on your ship!"

"Put those on first!" Sanji demanded, and I was finally allowed to see again.

Franky made his way up the side. "Let's go." I held out my hand to Franky, and he took it as I pulled him on. Everyone in town yelled at him mostly calling him a perv, but I'm sure he will be missed.

"Set sail!" Luffy ordered and we took off as everyone waved to us.

"Hey, Luffy!" Chopper and Nami nagged him.

"Are you really sure you don't have to wait for one more person, Straw Hat?" Franky asked.

"I did wait, ever since I heard what Sanji told us. I made it so that our room at Galley-La would be empty." Luffy grinned nervously. I took his hand in mine as Sanji had told us before Usopp had been rehearsing his apology to them.

Zoro was the one who stopped them from getting him back right away because Usopp needs to come to them and apologise first since he disrespected and fought his captain.

"I'm sure he will have a fun life, too." Luffy mumbled.

"Wait one second." I demanded as I released my wings and then pushed myself up into the air. I went up until I landed on my knees on the top of the Angel's nest and I let all my eyes open and looked to Water Seven.

"FOUND HIM!" I yelled. "He's coming our way! We should wait for him!"

"Really?!" Luffy launched himself up to stand beside me and I pointed out where Usopp is.

"He looks terri-wah!" I freaked as the ship shook and Luffy grabbed my arm so I don't fall off.

I looked to see. "Marine ship! Garp is on it!"

"Grandpa?!" Luffy looked towards it.

"Hey, Luffy! Can you hear me?!" Garp yelled. "This is Grandpa! If you can hear me, say something!"

"What are you doing here?!" Luffy asked him.

"Go away!" I complained. "Luffy's smile is gone again!"

"The thing is a lot has happened since then, sorry but I'm gonna send you to the bottom of the sea!" Garp informed us.

"You couldn't even talk back to Sengoku loser!" I yelled as Luffy was freaking out.

"I will fight your gang all by myself!" He declared and then got handed a cannonball.

"I need to wait for it to get closer, so he can't reach it after." I mumbled then he just threw it, and it exploded next to the ship. "...I might need to learn how to rap to not die."

"He fired a cannonball with his bare hand!" Sanji freaked out.

"You should see him with crackers." I hummed as I grabbed Luffy and jumped off the Angel's nest. I went to flap my wings to stop us from hitting the floor, but he just hugged me and spun.

He did land on his feet with me in his arms, and he laughed at my expression.

"Not the time to be lovey-dovey!" Franky yelled. "A whole bunch of those things are about to come flying at us!"

"Full speed ahead!" Luffy ordered. "We will take care of the cannonballs!"

"Where's Usopp?!" Chopper asked me as he was sniffing the air.

"I saw him! But then Luffy's gramps wants to kill us with his balls so I got distracted." I explained.

"She's too innocent." Sanji cried for some reason.

"I smell him!" Chopper exclaimed. "He's here!"

We saw he had finally gotten to the edge of town to see us sailing off. He started to make his way down to the murky area we were at as we defended ourselves and the ship from the cannonballs.

I used my eyes to see the cannonballs and they did slow down for me, so I was able to point out where they would be coming from and Zoro would cut them up.

I had control of some stones as well, and I had them float in the way of some of the cannonballs making them blow up early before they reached us.

Usopp shouted to us as he got closer to the ship, but it was all nonsense. He didn't have the courage to apologise he thought it could all go back to normal.

I remembered back to when Luffy tried to go to collect Usopp. "Zoro." I mumbled as I saw quite the tense look on his face.

"Hold it, you guys!" Zoro called out to them. "I won't allow any of us to go get him."

"What? Why?" Luffy whined.

"Whatever you do, don't assume a subservient attitude towards him, Luffy." Zoro warned him. "I'm not gonna accept him until he apologises first."

Chopper was screaming at him, and Nami was angry to. "Shut up!" Zoro yelled as I took Nami's hand to calm her. "No matter what feelings were involved in Luffy's and Usopp's first argument, or no matter who the right one is once a man decides to fight a duel, the outcome of the duel decides that argument."

"He lost and walked out on us, now listen, you guys. He might be an idiot, but he's still our captain." Zoro pulled Luffy's cheek. "If Usopp can't treat him with respect when things are critical, we are better off without him in our gang."

"And you." Zoro turned to me and I was scared making Nami stand in front of me.

Zoro bent down in front of me and held out his hand to me, so he was near my height. "I won't hurt you. If you think I'm angry or need calming down just grab my hand and I will calm down."

I took his hand and he patted my head. "You are part of this crew now, you can voice your opinion to." He told me as he stood up straight and the others looked at me.

"That kind of thing can get you and many others killed anywhere. If someone does something bad once, they will do it again if they weren't given a punishment." I explained. "I'm not trying to say you should hurt him! But it might repeat and can get others killed...well maybe not in this sense."

"No, it could." Zoro added. "If the captain stops commanding respect, his gang will fall apart without fail. I don't care if you want to act happy-go-lucky, but if you, the man who is above me ever show weakness, then I will be the one leaving the gang."

"Hey, that won't solve anything." Nami spoke up.

"It's good that idiot now wants to come back, but as Juno said he will do it again if he doesn't realise his mistake. He needs to take responsibility. I won't accept anything else no matter what!" Zoro stated. "If he doesn't apologise, we will be leaving him here."

"Hold on, Zoro. It's true that his actions weren't appropriate, but we can give him a good talking to once he comes ba-" Nami went to say then Zoro stabbed his sword into the floor. "Is leaving the gang such a trivial matter?!"

"No." Nami sighed.

"Juno." Zoro looked down at me.

"Oi, don't pressure her." Sanji spoke up.

"She's part of this group now, you aren't a follower or a pet or a slave." Zoro stated. "Say what you want and need."

"I agree with him. I'm sorry...but I'd be scared if this crew can just part so easily...I could lose my home." I explained as I shivered. "I don't want to go back..."

"That won't happen." Luffy stated as Nami tightened her hold on my hand.

"But you can't control everyone." I retorted. "I can order people, but I won't do that, I can't allow myself to."

"They are right." Sanji added shocking Nami.

"There's no way we can trust a man who'd do such a thing on impulse. Here is what it boils down to, if the first words coming from Usopp are a sincere apology, then we are all good." Zoro explained. "Otherwise, there's no place here for him to come back to."

"It doesn't have to be the first words just part of his weird tangent." I grinned as Zoro looked at me. "I'm taking this seriously, little things can mean life and death for me, but he is still a skilled person who benefits the crew...And I wanna learn how to do origami."

"Let's just stay here and wait for him." Luffy mumbled.

Usopp was silent as we got further away from him and I saw he looked pissed but hurt. I'm frustrated, apologising should be the easiest thing to do, unlike all the other stuff they have done. "Apologise you dickface! You hurt people so you have to! If you can't then, you aren't a brave man!" I yelled at him and Zoro pulled me back from the railing.

"I said don't talk to him!" Zoro shouted.

"He needs help to realise it as Franky and Robin did for me and as Iceburg did for Franky." I explained. "Some people just can't see it or don't want to, so you need to yell it at them."

"You bring yourself down, but you are strong." Zoro admitted confusing me as to where that came from. "Need me to yell in your face at points?" He smirked.

"Yes!" I nodded and laughed.

"I'm sorry!" We heard Usopp yell making me sigh in relief. "I was wrong!"

"Usopp." Zoro smirked, but I can see all the tension leave his body, he really wanted Usopp to come back as much as we did.

"I know I'm being pathetic! I know I said I was leaving the gang, but is there any chance that I can take that back?!" Usopp was crying. "Please let me join you guys just one more time!"

"Go on, Luffy." I pushed his back as he was inching closer to the side where Usopp is.

He threw his arm all the way to Usopp. "You idiot! Grab my hand already!" Luffy was crying more than Usopp, so I took his other hand to try and calm him somewhat.

Usopp took his hand and Luffy sobbed into my shoulder making me laugh. "You are the one who's an idiot." Zoro added as Sanji was celebrating.

Luffy pulled him back making all of us three fall to the deck, but I laughed as they cried. "This is gonna be fun!" I exclaimed.

"We finally got everyone on board!" Luffy celebrated.

Garp was still throwing cannonballs at us nonstop as he chased us. "Can we fart?" I asked.

"No!" Sanji yelled like he was in despair that I would fart.

"She means the ship." Franky explained. "And we plan to."

He pointed up to show Zoro was furling the sails, so they don't get ripped or drag us down as we fly. "Hey! Are you really sure about this, Franky?!" Zoro asked.

"Huh? Are you asking me if I'm really sure?" Franky complained.

"You are tying a rope around Juno's waist." Zoro pointed out as Chopper was very concerned as to why he was doing that.

"Oh, she wants to learn how to fly! This can help her understand what it should be like!" Franky grinned.

"Thanks!" I exclaimed. "I thought you might have wanted me to stop using my hands for weeks on end."

"Juno." Usopp whined then screamed as a cannonball got near and I moved up a rock and it exploded when it hit the rock. "HOW?!"

"Rock beats cannonball." I stated.

"No, it beats paper!" He retorted.

"It's scissors!" Nami screeched.

"Why were you so confident?" Usopp sighed.

"Well, I want to be confident. I have none so I will fake it! Like you do!" I grinned. "I'm sure it will become real for me at some point. To be confident you need to know things, I know you guys...that's about it."

Robin laughed as she patted my head. "I can't wait to watch you as you grow, in many ways." Robin ran her hand over my cheek and then looked me up and down.

Some of the crew coughed loudly while I was just grinning at her. Yep, I didn't get it, but let's be confident.

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