"I said, give me a better discount" Nami said staring at the cashier blankly banging her fist on the counter, a pile of clothes next to her.

"Shrewd as ever Nami" Nicole spoke up from next to her, her own pile of clothes next to her, though it was much smaller then Nami's.

"No way ma'am, you're asking me to sell all these clothes for half price! That's a bit" the cashier was cut off as Usopp called for the two ladies.

"You can buy clothes at Fish-Man Island, we need to buy fuel" he said.

"No" Nami simply said before going to get another pile of clothes.

"We still have plenty of time and money, don't worry so much Usopp" Nicole said.

"You got here second, haven't you done enough shopping?" Usopp asked sweatdropping.

"I haven't actually, i've been doing other things these past few days, involving a certain swordsman and a lot of sweat and that's all i'll say about that" Nicole said blushing lightly as she looked away.

Usopp was smart enough to get it and blushed a bit too "Well i guess it has been two years, at least you two are did enough catching up" he said.

"Oh no, we're hardly done, well we are at least until we reach the New World" Nicole said just as Nami came back with a second pile of clothes and placed it next to the firs pile.

"I'll buy these too so discount them by 90%" Nami said, the cashier was stunned silent for a moment before he yelled out "No!"

"Hey, hey, you got better at bargaining after two years" Usopp commented with a sweatdrop.

Nicole giggled a bit and watched the cashier flounder as Nami negotiated a discount, eventually the cashier caved in for an 85% discount.

~

The two ladies were done shopping for clothes so they rented a bubble bike and headed to buy fuel next, while heading back from the fuel shop Usopp spotted a familiar looking reindeer.

"Hey Chopper! Hey!" he called waving.

"Here, here!" Nami called waving too.

"Over here!" Nicole called waving as well.

"I knew it was Chopper!" Usopp said

Chopper turned to look and smiled "Usopp!" he greeted once he had left the bubble bike.

"Oh man, you got so big! You must be comfortable to ride, doing okay?" Usopp asked circling around the reindeer.

"Uh-huh!" Chopper nodded in reply.

"He's right! You're so much softer than before! It's been a long time Chopper!" Nami said hugging the reindeer.

"My cuddle buddy!" Nicole greeted hopping over and hugging Chopper as well, nuzzling into his soft fur "Oh wow! Your furs like a fluffy soft towel, i love it!" she gushed.

Chopper looked at them both a little confused due to meeting the fakes earlier.

"Nami? Nicole?" He asked.

"Yeah?" Nami replied.

"Oh yeah! I'm glad to see you guys but this is no time for that, Robin is in trouble" Chopper told them.

Nicole furrowed her brows confused as they got back on the bubble bike "Explain everything Chopper" she said and the reindeer turned back to his smaller form and told them what happened.

The other three sweatdropped "Chopper, those guys were clearly different people" Nami said.

"Huh? You mean they're imposters? That's why there's two Nami's and Nicole's?" Chopper asked.

"Oh please, Robin has escaped the Government for twenty years, it's unthinkable to me that she could be put into a bag and taken so easily" Nami said.

"I got it! I though there was something wrong, she didn't even smell familiar, now i'm starting to get mad, what's wrong with them? Posing like us ?! I won't allow them to imitate us! As if we're stars those bastards" Chopper said waving his arms happily.

Nicole giggled a bit "Honestly i was starting to worry if you got better as a doctor if you seriously thought those faker were us, i mean the one playing me has a terrible costume!" she huffed a bit.

Usopp sweatdropped a bit "That's what bothers you?" he muttered, Nicole heard but ignored it.

"Well anyway, it can't be helped if we have imitators since our captain became famous" Nami sighed.

"I have to think about how to sign my autograph" Chopper said.

"I have one all ready!" Usopp bragged with a grin.

"We're infamous , don't you get it?" Nami asked emphasizing the in, in the word to get across their fame wasn't the type one normally was happy to get.

"I'll have to think about it too, should i include my last name?" Nicole wondered more to herself, and she, Usopp and Chopper launched into a discussion on autographs.

~

They had reached Grove 17 where the Sunny was docked and put away all the supplies they had bought, right now though Chopper and Usopp were marveling over the new and improved Franky.

"Cool!" Chopper exclaimed.

"Isn't it?! His body is amazing!" Usopp also exclaimed.

Nicole didn't want to show it but she was just as impressed by the more robot like Franky as the two boys, in fact she's always liked the things the boys had liked but just didn't show it.

"You're like a robot! Can you shoot beams or missiles?! What can you transform into?!" Chopper asked climbing around Franky with stars in his eyes.

"Yes! With the dreams and enthusiasm of men riding on his back he goes into action now! His name is Armored Me!" Franky said doing his super pose.

"Robot! Robot!" Chopped exclaimed practically flying with excitement if it wasn't for Usopp holding him back.

"Calm down Chopper! Too much excitement could kill you" Usopp said, Chopper managed to calm down even a little bit so Usopp was able to lay him down and put a towel over his eyes.

"However, Franky you can't do detail work with those huge hands, can you?" Usopp asked.

Then Franky had a smaller mechanical hand pop out of his big one "What did you say?" he asked.

"Whoa, a hand!" Usopp exclaimed.

"A hand came out from a hand!" Chopper exclaimed.

"Whoa" Nicole quietly muttered.

"Robin!" Nami called from the shore coming back from some more shopping.

"Nami, you look great" Robin greeted her back, Nami stepped onto the Sunny looking over at Franky.

"I don't know, i don't understand" Robin replied.

"Oh is this the coating?" Nami asked setting down the last of her bags, Nicole had already put away all their previous shopping hauls so Nami had yet to actually step on the ship.

"Press my nose" Franky told the boys.

"Nose?" Usopp asked.

"Press it for a long time, more than three seconds" Franky said before suddenly changing his tone to be more robotic, Nicole couldn't tell if he did it to just play along or if it was genuine.

"Please press the nose for more than three seconds" Franky instructed in his robot voice.

Usopp pressed the nose while Chopper counted up to three, then suddenly more of Franky's blue hair sprouted from his head surprising the two boys and Nicole.

"Can you set your hair?" Chopper asked.

"Yes i can" Franky simply replied setting his hair in his old pompadour style.

The boys exclaimed "Wow!" while jumping up.

"Oh Nami, hey!" Franky greeted.

"Okay, okay, what was he doing for two years?" Nami asked the two ladies.

Nicole smirked, she couldn't resist an easy opportunity to be a smart ass "It seems like he was doing upgrades" she joked and received sweatdrops in reply.

"Can i see your weapon? Can i?" Chopper asked crawling over to Franky.

Franky moved around like a robot, even making noises, once again Nicole couldn't tell if he was just playing along or if it was genuine robot behavior.

"No way! That's the main event, you gotta wait for Luffy" Franky said, even adding a mecha to the end of his sentence and the boys squealed a kya.

"Guys!" Someone called from the shore.

"Rayleigh, Shakky!" Nami greeted with a smile.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your reunion but there are things going on on this archipelago" Rayleigh said, he told them about what was happening.

"The navy?" Nami asked.

"Yes, they think that the fake Straw Hats are the real ones and have started mobilizing, i wiretapped them so there's no mistake, i told Brook-chan what's going on through the Transponder Snail at the venue, he's on his way here" Shakky told them.

"Oh, so he's gonna abandon stardom? He has backbone as i thought" Franky said.

Nicole snickered a bit "He's all bone though" she joked and this time Chopper and Franky laughed at her joke.

"Nami-chan you're a navigator aren't you? I'll teach you how to operate the coated ship so remember it" Rayleigh told her.

"Okay, i'll try my best" Nami said.

"Oh, what is this? It got tense all of the sudden, but Rayleigh Luffy isn't here yet!" Usopp called from the balcony above the lawn.

"Don't worry, Luffy is here already" Rayleigh told them.

"I can't wait" Robin smiled.

"I gave Sanji a baby transponder snail when he came here, he's with Zoro" Franky told them.

Nicole sighed relieved "Oh good, i was worried he'd stay lost forever and miss our departure" she said.

"You guys will have to hurry, the navy will be here soon, so it's only Monkey-chan that we can't reach, but take this Vivre Card, it will lead him to you" Shakky said handing the piece of paper over to Nicole, who was nearest to her.

"Grove 42 will be perfect, it's on the sea, take the ship there and rendezvous, it's a little busy but you all got through these two years and it's time for a new journey!" Rayleigh told them.