This is my first attempt at writing a fanfiction! I hope I did it satisfactorily. Anyways, This has been in my mind for a long time so I went ahead and typed it out. Here, Sasuke has not screamed vengeance and fought against Naruto yet. He is still his gloomy self. However, The strawhats have undergone the painful time-skip because of several reasons. Alright, This is not following the canon timeline that accurately, I am aware Sarutobi is the Hokage in this period but Tsunade in this story becomes the Hokage way earlier. Like, right after she heals Sasuke and Kakashi. I know this is weird, but trust me it's important. (Also, Old man Sarutobi's death always tears me up so I just pretend that he went on a long and well-deserved vacation by the beach). And this is the only major change I would be making. All the characters will retain their vibrant personalities.

I would hate to spoil it for you guys so this happened after One piece Punk Hazard arc, So please read that before reading this

So stick along and have fun. Oh, and please drop reviews! It would be appreciated.

Akaichi-rin~

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A cloaked figure ran past the canopy of trees. Bright blue irises shadowed by the hood looked up to see the moon casting a soft glow on him. Trembling fingers crept up his cloak to reveal a tattered picture, worn due to repeated folding. He pressed the picture to his lips and gazed at it with adoring eyes.

"I will bring you back, I promise"

...

Robin's eye twinkled as she looked at the happy scene before her. A suitably positioned Umbrella protected her skin from the harsh rays as she read. Her captain and sniper were roughhousing before her and the screaming was occasionally punctuated with luffy's gleeful shouts. Chopper went right along the crazy duo laughing in tandem. She carefully positioned her tanned legs on her seat to see Sanji sliding along, His legs looking weirdly spindly.

"Robiiin-chwan, I got your refreshing drink right here!" He quickly furrowed his brows and bowed low, the angle between his torso and legs a neat 90 degrees while he stretched his tray towards her. He then slid along to Nami, talking rapidly and professing his undying love through prose.

If he were not a cook, He would have been a writer, Robin mused.

"No, Thank you, Sanji. This is enough." And the cook promptly went to the kitchen purposefully striding on Zoro's legs as he walked. The sound of clashes also joined the already noisy air as Zoro and Sanji disappeared in a blur of green and yellow.

Nami was seated right beside her, her eyes furrowed with concentration as she drew the last strokes on her map. Normally, she would be inside her room but because of luffy catapulting across her room, her desk was currently at the bottom of the ocean. Luffy was unsurprisingly very apologetic and even offered to build one himself. Thankfully, Franky stepped up and promised to build a new and improved desk after he finished repairs on the ship.

Having finished his hourly bout of sparring with the cook, Zoro settled down by the deck and seemed to fall asleep instantly. But Robin knew that he would be just as alert and tense as he would be if he were to be awake. After all, His captain was playing quite close to the railings. She would not be surprised if he dashed across the floor to jump in after Luffy even before he fell.

A particularly loud noise startled her and as she turned to look, Luffy was already sailing past her. Her powers were not fast enough to catch him as he fell. A green haired figured moved swiftly beside her and was already diving to bring up the drowning boy.

Nami immediately stood and walked off to fetch warm towels. She had long grown accustomed to this routine and almost nothing her captain did surprised her anymore. She would, of course, knock his face in and order him to be more careful and would be answered by a jubilant laugh. But nothing prevented her from handing the towel to Luffy and his first mate every time they fell in.

Robin crossed her arms to assist Zoro in bringing Luffy back on deck. She watched as the swordsman squeezed out the salt water from his clothes and slid his precious swords back in his waistband.

"Goddamit Luffy!" Nami shrieked as she slammed a fist on his head. "What part of devil fruit users can't swim refuses to go through your brain?"

"It hurts! Nami, Nothing happened!" Luffy exclaimed as he clutched his head and pouted adorably. He looked way younger than his 19-year-old self. Nami through up her hands with exasperation slammed her fist again for good measure.

"Now, Now Nami-san, Let's all relax, shall we?" Brook piped up as he played a wonderfully slow ballad on his violin.

"Oi, Brook! Play that song, will you?" Luffy asked and settled down on the grassy floor on his ship. The melody of bink's sake burst forth. Perhaps Brook sensed that his captain did not want to sing since he played it with a nostalgic hum and only the tune remained as it drifted through the now silent ship.

Robin considered herself truly blessed to be part of such a crew. She no longer had to watch her back when she was with them anymore. It was strangely...relieving and she had not felt this peaceful in a long time. She supposed that saul was speaking the truth after all. She was no longer alone.

Beside her Nami suddenly tensed, she would have looked at the navigator questionably but instead chose to look at the men beside her. They too displayed locked jaws and clenched fists as the pressure suddenly dropped. Robin took up a defensive posture as her eyes scanned the blue waters for imminent threats. Ussop and Chopper had already moved upstairs to their respective workspaces.

The air pulsed as a loud sound was heard. Nami attached the separate pieces of her climatact and looked behind her to shout out a warning to her fellow crewmates. She could see a very clearly distressed Sanji approaching her from the corner of her eyes. Her vision flashed white and she knew no more.

...

Tsunade knew that the job of the hokage was tough, which was part of the reason she did not want it. She was becoming cross-eyed after going through thousands of reports that demanded her immediate attention. The situation was worse since almost all her experienced Shinobi had moved outside the village due to the sudden influx of high-rated missions. She would have been suspicious but she too damm tired to care. Especially when one of the reasons of her headache was standing before her.

An orange jumpsuit clad boy in this case.

A boy who incessantly demanded that catching a cat was beneath him and he wanted, no needed, a higher ranked mission.

Tsunade grit her teeth as she resisted the urge to punch the boy across the room. She was an adult after all, and adults are usually patient with annoying brats. Her saving grace came in the form of an ANBU who dropped into her room. She swallowed her urge to snort when the ANBU's sudden appearance startled Naruto out his rant and he fell on his butt.

The ANBU looked questionably at the group and Tsunade just rolled her wrist in the universal gesture of "go on". Nevertheless, The ANBU stepped over the fallen boy and bent down to whisper in her ear. The hokage immediately grew serious and nodded an affirmative. She eyed the group before her critically and seemingly came to a decision.

"Team 7, You are being reassigned. This is a C-rank mission. There is a strange presence in the vicinity of the village. You are to observe and return immediately. Do not engage"

Naruto immediately brightened and whooped with delight. Kakashi sighed and ordered the three young genin to go prepare for the mission. As the three walked out of the door, The jonin turned and looked his superior.

"Are you sure about this?" He questioned.

Normally he wouldn't but given the bags under the lady's eyes, He wanted to exercise caution. He shouldn't have worried though since a clear-eyed Tsunade stared back at him. She nodded once and dismissed him.

Kakashi saluted and was soon on his way to the village gate ready for some action.