IF YOU HAVE NOT READ FALLING APART - I recommend you stop right now, none of these stories would make much sense if you keep reading.

Asa: Did ya miss us?

Ang3l: We were only gone for like an hour or two!

Asa: So as the summary says, these are basically extras that have nothing to do with the original plot of Falling Apart.

Ang3l: Meaning they're really just plot bunnies that I need to get out of my head... this will continue through out my writing of the Falling Apart series.

Asa: Ang3l would be more then happy to consider writing suggestions/ideas for one-shots that you guys can supply! Whether its wanting to her to write a story about my and Luffy's first kiss or even about a specific movie!

Ang3l: *Cough* Strong World *Cough*

Asa: anything and everything! Just review and let us know what you would like!

Ang3l: Just remember: NOTHING IN THIS COLLECTION EFFECTS THE OFFICIAL SERIES! So if lets say Luffy and Asa hate each other in one of these one-shots, that doesn't mean they will in the actual story.

Asa: Think of it as writing Fanfiction for a Fanfiction!

Ang3l: Nice way of putting it!

Info about One-Shot: This is my version of episode 131: The First Patient! The Untold Story of the Rumble Ball! Lot's of AsaxChopper bonding as well as AsaxRobin bonding! Takes place just after Robin joins the crew!

The Untold Adventures of Asa & the Straw Hats

New Hope for Nico Robin

My first night as a Straw Hat Pirate was a ton of fun. We had a party to celebrate not only mine but Nico Robin's joining into the crew (mostly mine since they still didn't fully trust her, though I did try to include her).

I had decided to ask Nami if it was alright if I bunked with the guys, mostly because it was always to quiet in the women's cabin at night. It gave me time to think and despite having a roommate I always felt alone. The guys however, were quite loud in their sleep, it was a constant reminder that they were there and they wouldn't leave me alone again. The Navigator had been appalled at the idea at first but after a lot of begging she finally caved. The guys didn't have a problem with it either; the only problem was that I had to sleep as far away from Sanji as possible. I knew he was too much of a gentleman to try anything but a girl can't be too careful!

"Everyone! Wake up!"

I groaned at the Nami's call and rolled over, well, I tried to. I completely forgot the fact that I was on a hammock and with a small squeak I toppled over the edge, slamming into the sleeping person in the hammock below mine. Which just so happened to be Luffy.

Luckily though, I managed to catch myself on his hammock but I accidentally got our legs entangled. I couldn't help but sigh. Darn his rubber fruit. Luffy was half in his hammock with his upper body hanging off the side and resting on Ussop who was a bunk lower. I tried to be careful and unknot our limbs vaguely aware of Sanji mumbling something in his half asleep daze.

"BASTARD! DON'T STICK THAT UGLY MUG OF YOURS IN MY FACE!"

"THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY!"

The sudden shouts made me jump and the hammock rocked precariously. I sucked in a breath and tried to regain my balance but the netting made it difficult to do so.

Everything went to hell when Nami called "We're approaching an island!"

As if someone spoke the word 'meat' Luffy was awake in seconds. "Huh? Island?" The boy was up in an instant, knocking Ussop onto the floor and flinging me into a fighting Zoro and Sanji.

Why did I want to sleep in the guy's cabin again?

Mumbling a quick apology I raced up the ladder that was attached to the mast, following my energetic captain.

When I was out on deck, I rubbed what little sleep was left in my eyes and peered out to where Nami was looking. Just as she had said, there was a good size island dead ahead.

Zoro, Chopper, Ussop, Nami, Luffy, Sanji and I all stood around on the beach, taking in the tropical island. It was quite beautiful.

"I wonder if there'll be monsters!" Luffy exclaimed, looking ready to charge off. "I want to see some big strong ones!"

Nami hummed. "There's no signs of anything strange. It's just a small island."

I raised up a finger and wisely said "Looks can be deceiving though." Everyone looked over at me. I blinked. "What?"

"It scares me when you say stuff like that, with you being psychic and all." Ussop said nervously stepping back from the forest.

I grinned sheepishly. "Sorry."

"Look at this, Nami-san!" Sanji called from up in one of the trees. In his hand was a fruit that very closely resembled a pineapple except its stem was much longer. "This fruit would be perfect for storing up! And it looks like the whole island's loaded with 'em!"

Sanji tossed the fruit to Nami who caught it easily and smiled. "Then we should gather some and stockpile them on the ship."

"I'll bet there's a lot more plants around here I can use." Sanji said, sliding down the tree. "This island is like a cook's paradise!"

"Alright. Then, Sanji-kun, you go look for food supplies. You five do this." Nami turned to us and held out five sticks. I tilted my head. Where the heck did she get those? "The three who draw short straws will spend the day gathering fruit. The two who draw the long straw will stay here and guard the ship."

"And just why are you giving out the orders?" said an irritated Zoro. Nami looked at him with half lidded eyes.

"That's a good point. Normally the captain gives the orders, but…" She trailed off and we all looked over at Luffy who was holding three sticks in his hand.

"Oh! There all short!"

Ussop deadpanned. "Why the hell did you draw three!?"

"The one who takes the most is smarter right?"

I face-palmed.

"Do you honestly think there's a captain on this ship capable of giving orders?" Nami finished.

Everyone slapped their hands to the side. "Not at all."

After drawing the straws it was determined that Chopper and I would be staying back to guard the ship will the others would go and gather fruit, Nami went to survey the island and Sanji decided he would accompany her. I smiled down at Chopper and grabbed his hand(hoof?) and we walked back to the Merry together.

When we got on we waved goodbye to everyone as they ventured into the island. I turned to Chopper as he jumped off the railing. "So Chopper. It's just me, you and Merry. What do you wanna do first?" The little reindeer looked around.

"The ship looks a lot bigger when no one's here." He looked around at the big ship. He was right, it was pretty empty wasn't it? I looked back over at Chopper. How old was he? He was still just a kid. It must have been hard for him to leave his home island. Noticing the slightly lonely look in his eye, I knelt down in front of him. Taking his hat and bending the sides in carefully I shaped it to look like a classic pirate hat.

I stepped back and saluted. "Your orders Captain!" I said in my best pirate voice. Looking shocked, Chopper looked up at his hat and smiled happily.

"Listen up everyone!" He said playing along. "From this day on, the mighty Chopper is your new captain!"

I smiled too. That's better. Chopper pointed at me. "First mate Asa! Let's go to the look out!"

"Aye, Aye Captain!"

We climbed up the rigging and into the crow's nest, Chopper stood on the edge and looked down at the deck, while I looked out towards the sea, scanning it with my eyes. "Eyes up here!" Captain Chopper yelled to the imaginary crew. "Luffy! Don't eat other people's food! Ussop! Get off your ass and work harder! Sanji! Make me something good! Asa! Keep watch for enemy ships!"

I laughed and raised my hands in the air. "Captain Chopper, banzai! Banzai!" I cheered. Chopper laughed too and lost his balance, falling back into the crow's nest. I caught him in my lap, still laughing. Not being able to resist the temptation I tickled the little reindeer's stomach and he tried to roll away but I didn't give up. When I thought he could use a break I stopped and we sat back, letting our laughter calm down.

We lay down and watched the clouds but both of us froze when we heard a door open and close on deck. We shared a look before peering over the edge and down at the deck below. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I looked at Chopper.

"We've just been upgraded from Pirates to Spies." I whispered. He gulped but nodded and we slowly made or way down. When we were on deck we looked around for a potential weapon, finding nothing but some sticks. Picking them up we walked over to the storage room, I put my finger to my lips and pointed to it. He nodded and gripped the stick tightly.

I couldn't help but smile at his bravery. He's just too cute.

I carefully reached my hand to the door and it creaked open. When we saw who was inside Chopper screamed and ran behind me, I however just sighed in relief. "Oh, it's just you Robin. You scared us there."

The women looked up from lighting the weird Bunsen burner looking thing and smiled at us. "My apologizes, I didn't mean to interrupt your game."

"You didn't." I said, returning the smile. "Whatcha doing?"

"Just making some coffee, care for some?"

I nodded, coffee sounded quite good right now. "Yes, please!"

"It'll be done soon."

I looked around the room, never having really explored much of the Merry and noticed a table covered in a bunch of medications and supplies. I looked at Chopper who was shaking in fear behind me. "Is that your stuff Chopper?" I asked referring to the things on the table.

He looked up at me and nodded carefully moving across the room and always keeping Robin in his sights. I followed after him and noticed 10 small golden balls in a dish. They looked sort of like gumballs. They must be Chopper's Rumble Balls!

"What are these Chopper?" I asked pointing to them. He hopped up on the crate that was acting like a bench.

"These are Rumble Balls! I fell asleep last night after I finished these ten." I nodded and watched as he set to work making ten more. The little guy really was a genius when I came to doctoring.

"This reminds me of the first time I made a Rumble Ball. Doctorine sure scolded me that day. I wonder how Doctorine's doing. Maybe I should write to her." Chopper said to himself, seemingly off in his own little world.

I smiled and rested my cheek on the desk beside him. "I think she'd like that." Chopper looked over at me.

"Do you want to help me? You can write one to your family too!"

I stiffened and it didn't go unnoticed by Robin who was sitting quietly behind us. "Uh, That's okay Chopper. I can't really contact my aunt and uncle at the moment. Maybe another time."

I heard Robin behind us put the cap over the flame to extinguish it, meaning the coffee was done. I stood up and walked over to Robin who went to lift the glass off the burner but hissed quietly and dropped it. "Hot." I frowned, about to ask her if she was okay. But apparently the sudden sound from Robin scared Chopper and he freaked out, and used his Rumble Ball. It was a cool display of what the Rumble Ball could do until he crashed into two large barrels of water and knocked over the burner.

Robin and I chuckled lightly. Robin knelt in front of the scared reindeer. "You don't need to give me such a fierce look." With that she sprouts arms from Choppers body and started tickling him. I felt kinda sorry for the kid considering he had just recovered from my tickle attack. "You're so cute!" She complimented and let him go. "I like you." Chopper blushed heavily.

"C-Cute?" The reindeer jumped up and started an odd dance. "Stop joking around! You liking me doesn't make me the least bit happy! Why would that make me happy!? Asshole! Asshole!"

Ignoring Choppers antics I walked over to an empty barrel and picked it up. "Well, I'm going to get some more water. Would you guys like to come?" I asked.

Robin nodded. "I think a walk sounds nice."

Chopper nodded too, not wanting to be left alone. He insisted that he should carry the barrel because it was his fault the water spilt (I also think he was trying to prove he was a man).

We were all pretty quiet for the first little while but soon Robin broke it, as she fiddled gently with some type of branch she picked up she said "What a pleasant atmosphere."

She wasn't wrong. There were exotic birds flying overhead, the sun was shining through the trees and the weather was warm and comfortable. Chopper however freaked out again.

"S-S-So what!?" He said jumping and shaking like a leaf. I sighed, jeez he needs to learn to relax a little.

"Nothing at all. The weathers nice. That's all I meant. It's really been too long since I last felt like this."

I looked at Robin sadly. She certainly has a rough life. I couldn't help but smile to think that she would be free soon-ish. Robin noticed my smile but she said nothing of it instead she asked "I take it you're their newest member?"

I nodded. "Yep, I've been traveling with them for a bit but I didn't join until just before we left Alabasta." Robin nodded, seeming intrigued.

"How did you know my real name when we first met?"

I looked over at the archeologist about to answer but Chopper beat me to it. "She's psychic!" He said happily. I smiled and nodded.

Robin frowned. "So you can see the future?"

"And the past. To an extent at least."

That statement caused her to tense and she looked at me with shock and pain in her eyes. I gave her a wide smile, trying not to show sympathy. Sometimes people didn't take to that very well. Just as soon as the feelings were there, they were gone. "I see." I could tell she didn't really believe me. Probably writing it off as some inside joke that the crew had or some game me and Chopper were playing.

"I can prove it! Well, I won't say the past mostly because I think that would make people uncomfortable but I can predict the future!"

"Oh?" She said, now smiling again.

"Shall I do one short term and one long term prediction?"

We took a seat in the clearing that we arrived in as Chopper went to fill the barrel in the lake. Robin picked a white flower and twirled it in her hands. "If you wish."

I nodded and thought about what would happen at the end of this filler episode. It was a good thing I had a fantastic memory. "Okay, tonight the crew is going to have a camp fire on the beach. Ussop will spout off a nonsense story about how a Giant King Cobra stopped him from gathering fruits and Nami will joke about making Zoro collect fruit through the night." I told her.

She raised an eyebrow at me. "That's a bit specific." I shrugged.

"Just remember that if that one's true then the one I'm about to tell you will be too."

She nodded and I knew I had her full attention. In my head I was debating on how much I should tell her and I figured I might as well tell her the key points. I glanced over at Chopper to make sure he isn't listening. "Listen, the past is catching up Robin." The women froze and hung on to my every word. "You will be taken to Enies Lobby." Robin began shaking.

"W-Why are you telling me this." She said, almost sounding angry.

"I'm telling you because there is still hope. You are taken to Enies Lobby and Luffy storms into the place and demands to have his Nakama back. Monkey D. Luffy is the man who is going to set you free Robin."

The archeologist didn't get a chance to comment because at that moment Chopper came back with the barrel of water. I thought about what I told Robin. I knew it was dangerous telling her that much information but she needed to know that she couldn't give up. I trusted her. We all headed back to the ship, but Robin stayed behind us a little ways, probably thinking of where I came up with such an impossible idea.

We sat around the camp fire that night. I was sitting beside Chopper, Ussop was sitting beside Luffy, Zoro and Sanji were sitting beside each other (due to the lack of spots left) and Nami was standing by the baskets of fruits that the boys brought back. Robin sat alone, outside the camp fire circle in her chair but I knew she was listening intently.

Nami glared at Luffy and Ussop. "And? Why weren't you two able to get anything?"

Luffy ripped a piece of a leg of meat. "I'm not really sure actually."

Ussop took a dramatic pose. "Back then, I thought to myself… Just as the Giant King Cobra attacked me…" He fell backwards and held his chest. "I thought 'Sorry, guys. I risked my life to get the fruit…but I didn't make it!'" He popped a ketchup star in his hand to look like blood.

Everyone ignored him. But I could feel the piercing stare coming from the archeologist.

"On the other hand, Zoro did a really good job! You're going to have to continue on through the night now!"

Zoro spit out the food he was eating.

"Ah, Nami-san is so wonderful when she gives snappy orders!" Sanji gushed.

"Shut the hell up! You lech of a cook!"

Sanji's domineer did a 180. "You lookin' for a fight, Marimo-head!?"

"I was kidding!" Nami laughed as she pushed the fighting guys apart.

As the crew laughed happily, Robin sat with her face in a book and cried silent tears. A small smile on her face.

Ang3l: So! You don't have to review or anything if you don't want to. I'm writing these purely to get them out of my head.

Asa: They will not be updated regularly unless a lot of people are putting out ideas for stories.

Until Next Time!