warnings: bad plot, cliche, maybe underage in later chapters (if i continue this) probably luccixluffy, i rush a lot, ooc

Summary: Luffy gets taken away by his grandpa and gets lost in Water 7, where Lucci receives an order to take care of him.

AN: I think this story is a bit boring so I might delete it later and I'm bad at keeping people in character

"Hey, looks like you got a new fan."

Lucci looked at Kaku then at the place where Kaku was pointing at. Behind some wooden piles was a shuffling straw hat, and under the straw hat was a tiny, black haired head. Lucci scoffed and waved his hand in dismissal before resuming his work. A few minutes passed before Kaku chuckled and spoke again, "He's still there."

Lucci ignored him and carried the wood beams to the place where they were needed. Kaku stayed where he was and looked back at the boy. The boy, who followed Lucci with his eyes, accidentally caught Kaku's gaze and didn't seem to expect the attention, causing him to slightly jump before hiding behind the wooden pile. Kaku chuckled at the attempt of hiding because he was clearly able to see the top of the straw hat. He didn't know if the chuckle was just for show or not, but it was able to get the little mugiwara's attention. The little head peaked out again, still cautious but a bit more confident. Kaku smiled at the boy when he knew that he got the kid's attention, which was able to make the boy a bit less reluctant to have attention on himself since he was given such a friendly smile. Kaku glanced at the multiple workers watching them and decided to speak while giving a tiny wave. "Hey, little boy?"

Said little boy looked around him as if he was looking for the one that Kaku was speaking to, thinking that Kaku was talking to someone behind him. Kaku gave a friendly laugh that was sure to get the little mugiwara's attention before saying, "There's only one little boy in the shipyard!" The kid looked back at Kaku in surprise, his large eyes swallowing his face and tiny mouth gasping. The expression was very amusing to the shipwright, so he gave another laugh and friendly called out, "Come here!" The boy tentatively slid out from behind the pile and slowly shuffled towards the square-nosed male, whose actions seemed to draw the little one in. Whether it was the smile or the laugh, it didn't matter since it worked. Kaku patiently waited until the boy was at least 10 feet away from him, and when it didn't seem like the boy wasn't going to move any closer he kneeled down and gave him a warm smile.

"Hey! What's your name?"

The boy stared up into Kaku's eyes, finally seeming to break through his little shy barrier with a beaming smile that almost made Kaku coo; this boy was so adorable.

"Luffy!"

He was a bit too trusting and naïve, though.

"Where're your parents, Luffy?" Kaku asked, heart straining at the brightness of the child.

Luffy cocked his head and tapped his chin, eyes staring off as if trying to remember something. In the end he just shrugged and answered, "I don't know."

Kaku gave a sympathetic frown. "Are you lost?" Luffy shook his head and gave another bright smile. Kaku continued, "Are your parents at work?" Luffy shrugged. "How'd you get in here?" Another shrug. Kaku gave a slight smile, yet the corners of his lips were starting to drop. The answers weren't very informative. Also, the boy's parents were probably worried. Maybe the boy ran away from home? "Where do you live?" Kaku asked, hoping to get the address to his home to bring him back to his probably panicking parents. It was dangerous for such a young, innocent child such as Luffy to be roaming such a large city; he could fall into a canal or get murdered or kidnapped, and it seemed that he would likely get targeted since his innocence seemed to draw in the darker souls.

"Foosha Village," Luffy finally answered with information. Kaku tilted his head in confusion.

"Where is that?" Kaku asked.

"East Blue," Luffy answered. If Kaku remembered how to truly act surprised his eyes would've bulged out of his sockets. The East Blue was pretty far from this area of the Grand Line and the journey must've been dangerous for the young boy.

"How did you get to Water 7 then, little Luffy?" Kaku questioned. Luffy scratched the back of his head and it looked like he was trying to remember something, until he suddenly barked out a laugh and answered, "A really cool train that rode on the sea!"

Ah, so the boy was on a family vacation. The sea trains of Water 7 always succeeded in attracting curious tourists and travelers, but a long journey like that must've been risky for the child. "Aren't your parents worried? It's very scary to lose a child when on vacation."

"Hn, my gramps hasn't shown up yet, so I guess I'm off the hook," Luffy shrugged, now completely accustomed to Kaku's presence.

"So your grandfather is here? Where is your hotel?"

"I don't have a hotel, and I don't want to go back to gramps. He's mean." Luffy pouted. Ah, such adorableness was able to brighten anyone's day, but the mention of a mean guardian caused suspicion to rise in Kaku. What kind of mean was his gramps? Was he just mean enough to make the boy dislike him? But wait, maybe he was the reason why little Luffy ran away from home. Did that mean that his grandfather was mean by being abusive? Or maybe Luffy was just being spoiled, like any child, and thought that his grandfather wasn't nice enough, even if he was the nicest old man alive? Well, only one way to find out.

"Did your grandfather, ah, um, ever hit you?" Kaku asked.

"Yep! A bunch!" Luffy smiled. The smile sorta made Kaku think that the boy was lying until he continued. "He would always hit me when I did something stupid and he always says 'I'm doing this because I love you' but that's stupid! His punches of love hurt a lot and doesn't feel like love at all! He threw me off a cliff once, too!"

The phrase "I'm doing this because I love you" gave Kaku an almost shivery feeling; maybe Luffy was being mentally and emotionally manipulated, perhaps even sexually abused? Of course, he shouldn't make assumptions so quickly, but it didn't seem like Luffy was going to get into more detail. And did he say that he got thrown off a cliff? Maybe the boy was lying since he definitely wouldn't be here if that happened.

"What are you doing?" A high pitched voice came from behind him. Kaku tilted his head slightly in surprise; it seems like Lucci has somehow walked behind him without him noticing again.

"Waah, the bird talked!" Luffy exclaimed, pointing at the pigeon perched on Lucci's shoulder. His eyes shone in awe as he stared up at the seemingly talking pigeon.

Lucci's face didn't change from his expressionless mask and let the bird "speak" again, "Who is this?"

Luffy laughed childish delight when the bird spoke again. Kaku spoke for the excited child, "His name is Luffy. Luffy, this is Lucci and his pigeon, Hattori."

Lucci didn't react to how Kaku just gave out his name to some random stranger while Luffy gave a little giggle, "Shishi, our names rhyme!"

Kaku laughed with the young child before the two older men shared a look. Kaku blinked first and looked away as if scorned before Lucci said, "We need you to examine a ship on a harbor across the island."

Kaku nodded and told Luffy to wait for him and stay exactly where he was while he did the job, promising to come back. Luffy yipped an ok and started humming to himself while quietly mumbling "Luffy Lucci Luffy Lucci."

Lucci looked down at the boy that has gotten Kaku's attention. He looked young and hyper, and the excitement rolling off of the boy was already enough to give Lucci the beginnings of a headache. His eyes were large and transparent, showing every emotion swimming in those wide orbs. Under his eye was a scar that looked pretty deep, making Lucci wonder what happened to the young boy. It looked like it had been painful.

Luffy returned the stares that Lucci gave him, except his jovial expression turned into one of caution. The man was tall and he looked like he had pretty strong muscles, making Luffy curious to see exactly how strong this guy is, maybe with a fight. His skin looked like it would be an olive tone if it didn't seem so pale. His face didn't seem to show any emotions except for dark ones and it caused shivers of excitement to crawl all over Luffy's body. This guy was strong, but something made him start feeling that a fight with this guy would be a bad idea. Wariness grew along with the excitement within him as he looked up at the man with untrusting eyes. Instincts within him told him to run away from the dangerous man, but his tendency to get drawn to trouble made him stay where he was, not making a move to go toward the man nor away. Lucci smirked, the only expression would he let on his emotionless face. It caused a pressure in Luffy's chest, and he refused to call it fear. Lucci must have noticed Luffy's predicament before giving one last second of his smirk to Luffy and leaving Luffy alone without another word.

Luffy was about to follow him, but then he remembered what Kaku told him about staying put. He pouted with puffed up cheeks and looked around him at the people in the dock. Everything he saw seemed so amazing to the boy; the large machines, the ships, the cannons! He excitedly wondered if he can get one of these guys to make him a pirate ship, or if they can teach him how to make one so he can make his own ship. That'd make his relationship with the ship much more personal.

He jumped slightly when a loud alarm came out of the speakers all around the city.

"Attention citizens, this is the weather department of Water 7. Aqua Laguna is approaching and will hit at around midnight. Please quickly find shelter and board up. We hope for everyone's safety. Again, Aqua Laguna will come around midnight. Thank you."

A flurry of movement went through the crowds of Water 7 as they rushed to board their windows and doors. The commotion made Luffy confused; what was aqua laguna? Why was everyone panicking? Well, not everyone. Some nonchalantly walked away while naturally conversing with comrades saying "that time of year again" or things similar. He didn't move from his spot and loyally waited for Kaku, even if his instincts told him to run towards the nearest person to explain everything to him, but everyone was already outside his vicinity in their rush to board their homes. Luffy fidgeted in his spot, looking around the shipyard that was slowly emptying.

"Luffy!"

Luffy looked towards the voice and his nervous face was washed away with a look of relief. A smile bloomed on his face as he looked at Kaku walking toward him, but he became alert when he saw the seemingly dangerous pigeon man with him.

"What's aqua laguna?" Luffy asked when they were in his vicinity.

"A large, destructive storm that forces us to board up our homes since it causes massive floods," Kaku answered as he took Luffy's hand. Luffy's eyes widened and his mouth transformed into a small "o" at the explanation. Massive floods? As a person who can't swim, this terrified him, but as a stubborn little boy who's determined to become the King of Pirates, he tried to keep his shivers at a minimum. Which he failed at.

Kaku noticed the trembling and asked, "Luffy are you okay? It's gonna be ok, we just have to board up the windows and stay inside. Would you like to stay with us?"

"Th-thank you guys so much!" Luffy shouted with an exuberant smile. "I promise I won't bother... Much." He mumbled the "much" because he just knew that he was gonna be a bother.

Kaku waved his hand and said, "No! It's fine Luffy, we just don't want such a young kid to be out in aqua laguna. It's very dangerous, and we don't want you to drown. Isn't that right, Lucci?"

Kaku gave a slight nudge to Lucci and received a nod from the grouchy man. Luffy smiled widely but was still tense since Lucci's gaze still rested on him.

Kaku smiled back and started walking towards his home with Luffy's small hand in his. "Why don't you help us board up our abode?"

Luffy nodded, wanting to do anything to compensate for letting him stay in their home.

It was when Lucci was hammering a nail onto a board against the window when his baby den den mushi started ringing. He glimpsed at the other two who were busy boarding up one of the windows on the second floor using a ladder with Luffy on Kaku's shoulders. Luffy seemed to be having fun with all the laughing and chattering he did while bouncing on Kaku's shoulders. Kaku seemed to be too preoccupied with responding to the hyperactive boy and stopping him from doing anything dangerous for him to notice Lucci walking into the home.

He answered the mini transponder snail when he closed his bedroom door behind him, "Hello?"

"Rob Lucci."

Lucci recognized the deep voice as one of the three Admirals: Kuzan, also known as Aokiji. Why would the admiral seek him out directly instead of speaking with his chief?

"Yes? Sir...," Lucci replied. No matter how much he wanted to ask why the man directly contacted him instead of the chief of CP9, he stayed silent as he waited for an answer.

"Your chief isn't important in this request," the man answered as if knowing what Lucci's mental question was, and he even chuckled at Lucci's silence. He most likely guessed that this was his question because anyone would've thought that contacting an agent instead of their boss was suspicious, especially Lucci.

Lucci didn't like being predictable.

"And what may this request be?" Lucci asked, trying to not let the chuckle make him feel demeaned.

"I need you to find a little boy."

Lucci's brow arched at that. He was an assassin, it wasn't part of his duties to find missing children nor bring them in if they had bounties. He wasn't meant to save nor capture; he was meant to kill. He decided to voice his thoughts and slightly hoped that his superior wouldn't get offended.

"This is a request, not a job," Aokiji responded, "but we can still make it about your job if you don't feel like cooperating."

Ah, that was sleazy, threatening one's job if they didn't cooperate. Lucci tensed for a moment, annoyed that he can be manipulated in such a way. He forced his muscles to relax before he could break the den den mushi and asked, "Who is this boy?"

"Ah, I knew you'd come around," Aokiji lazily said, but Lucci could hear the satisfied undertone. "The boy's name is Monkey D Luffy."

Monkey D Luffy? Well, at least Lucci's job got a bit easier. "And if I already found him?"

All he heard was that damn satisfied chuckle before the admiral answered, "You take care of him, of course."

He can feel his surprise sizzling into a pool of anger that churned his stomach and made his veins boil. Did he think he was a joke? He was a highly trained assassin who gained skills in many areas that were able to make him the elite of the elite; his hard work wasn't done to take care of brats. Lucci's anger was starting to bubble but he was able to lessen the fire before it burst in order for his voice to not sound too hostile to his superior. "I'm no babysitter, Admiral Aokiji."

The other's chuckle didn't help him with quenching his irritation. "You can have Kaku take care of him. He's pretty soft inside, despite the bloody shell he's formed all for the sake of being an assassin. All you have to do is protect him, maybe teach him some things."

Lucci let out a long breath. Yeah, Kaku would probably be fine with taking care of the boy, but he didn't want to be near the hyperactive boy; it'd cause him migraines everyday, not to mention he'd have to be child-friendly 24/7. However, the prospect of having an apprentice not being controlled by the government would be interesting. Since Luffy had no contract binding him to the government, he'd be able to do whatever he wanted, while Lucci, who had a contract ever since he couldn't remember, had to obey every command. Training him to be some wound up monster and releasing him to the world would definitely be interesting.

"Don't break him," Aokiji said before hanging up, not even giving Lucci a chance to respond or question his order.

Lucci placed the deactivated den den mushi back into his pocket before leaving the room and eventually the house. Back outside he saw that Kaku and Luffy have found some citizens who seemed to be giving tips on how to board the windows since it was their first time experiencing the aqua laguna. They only started their undercover mission here this year, so they haven't been through the storm either. They heard many stories about what it can do, though. They also heard that Water 7 is slowly sinking, and the difference in magnitude is most noticeable after each aqua laguna.

After hearing more terrifying stories about the destructive storm, Luffy's efforts in boarding up the house multiplied with the fear of being drowned by the floods. Soon the boarding was finished and they went inside right when the clouds and winds started accumulating.

Luffy was trembling under a blanket with his tufts of hair poking out of the top. The sounds of the storm and water hitting the side of their boarded windows and walls made Luffy terrified with the fear of having the boards broken and water flooding the room. Lucci was sipping some coffee while sitting on the couch across the child.

He told Kaku about the request given to him by Admiral Aokiji, and the man agreed, confident that Lucci knew exactly what he was doing since he was the leader after all. However, said leader was contemplating if this was a good idea to agree to the request that he had no obligation to complete. A pro of this is that there will be a group of people who will think that they're very generous and nice people who took in a poor, abused kid, which also means that they'll have to subtly spread news about Luffy being abused. A con of this is that people will think that the reason why they took the boy in was for sinful deeds. Well, it wasn't like they could leave the boy out there, with aqua laguna happening and all. They'd have aqua laguna as an argument against the idea of them bringing the boy in just for unsavory needs. Another con is the money they'll spend, which isn't really a problem since their job provides them with an abundance of profit. Another is that they might have to live with an annoying little brat. And another is that they'll have to keep up the act of being friendly 24/7...

Okay there's a lot of cons but the pro was very rewarding. It might speed up the process. Even though they were trained to be patient, emotionless human beings, they can still feel the urge to speed things up. However, that didn't mean that Lucci would enjoy this experience.

Then he thought, this is Monkey D Garp's grandson? His frame was small and didn't look like it would ever grow into the barrel-like structure of his grandfather. It didn't even look like the kid had much muscle. He was small and skinny and delicate; overall, he looked weak, which was exactly the opposite of what the D family seemed to be. His eyes were flooding with innocence and ignorance of the darkness in the world, wide open yet unseeing to the world hidden within the shadows. Lucci would've wished he could've had that chance when he was that young, but no. He shouldn't regret the early choice that he's made; there's no point regretting the naïve decision he made as a child that determined the rest of his life, no matter how much he felt regret trying to grasp onto the bottom of his heart. He won't let those greedy hands take a hold of him.

"So," Kaku spoke as he walked into the room with 2 mugs of hot chocolate in his hands, "how did you get onto this lovely island, Luffy?"

Luffy's head popped out of the pile of blankets with a cute little gasp of air before the boy's expression turned contemplative.

A few hours ago

"GET MY GODDAMN GRANDSON BACK TO ME OR SO HELP ME I WILL DEMOTE EVERY ONE OF YOUR MISERABLE ASSES."

Said grandson was running and panting down one of the many hall ways of the marine ship, desperately looking for an exit that wouldn't get him caught. Behind him was a group of footmen chasing after him, pushing him to run even harder. Every one of his limbs moved back and forth in an effort to make him run faster and faster, and even if his legs were short he was able to run far from their reach. Finally, he was able to find a hall with light at the end, and right after he burst through the doorway, excitement about being out in the open causing him to shout in success, he bumped into a large body.

"Oi, Garp's grandson." Luffy gave a sound of surprise when he was suddenly lifted by the back of his shirt to a tall man's face. He flailed his arms and legs around in the air while being held up at a tall height. "Your grandfather is looking for you," said the man, who Luffy recognized as the guy who makes ice from his devil fruit power and refuses to make him ice cream with it no matter how many times he asked.

"No! Unhand me stupid marine ice ossan!" Luffy growled, squirming even more.

Aokiji sighed, "Ah, the day would've been much better if we were actually able to take advantage of the nice weather, little Luffy. Why won't you calm down and smell the roses?" Luffy growled and wiggled sumore in confusion. What roses? They were in the middle of the fucking sea and they weren't expecting to reach their destination until a until another few days. His squirming was able to make Aokiji falter his grip a bit, but just when the tall man was going to fix it someone shouted "GIANT FROG!" and the ship suddenly surged to the right. It seemed that a giant frog had crashed into the side of their ship. The momentum of the impact made Aokiji stumble and flare his arms, making him accidentally let go of the boy and throwing him in the direction of the impact.

Luffy made a sound of confusion, wondering why he was flying, before he finally looked down and saw the devilish blue waves of the sea. He gave a frightened scream and flailed his arms as his body sunk in the air and towards the ocean. At 20 feet above the ocean, he heard a loud horn that sort of sounded like a train, but there'd be no trains here, right? Luffy thought about his situation; if he went back to the ship, he'd get Garp's wrath, but if he somehow went to a different ship, he'd be able to escape the consequences of running away. 10 feet left. The latter option seemed to be the best as Luffy looked around, hopefully trying to spot any ship. 3 feet left. He gave a cry of happiness when he saw something moving in the distance and stretched his stretchy arm toward it. When he felt his hand grasp onto something he retracted his arm, quickly pulling him toward the object he grabbed and away from the marine ship. The sea barely grazed the bottom of his feet when he shot himself toward the object.

"GODDAMMIT LUFFY!"

Luffy turned back and saw his grandfather at the edge of the ship, waving his arms towards him with clenched fists. Luffy laughed and let himself get pulled towards the object, wind blowing through his hair and pulling on his body.

"Where does that thing lead to?" Garp asked Aokiji.

"Hm," Aokiji hummed, peering towards the object that Luffy has used as an escape, "it looks like a sea train. The only place that uses those type of things is Water 7."

Garp hummed before giving a hearty laugh, surprising some of the marines around him. "Looks like we're going to Water 7 then!"

"We have a very important meeting in 2 days and we're already a day behind. If we were to stop by at Water 7 and conduct a search for your grandson, we'd be very late, and our ship isn't as fast as the sea train," Aokiji explained. Garp abruptly stopped chuckling to himself at the statement, his expression freezing and losing its warmth. The entire crew was expecting him to throw a rampage at how he wouldn't be able to do what he planned to do, but they were once again surprised when the old man just shrugged and turned around.

"He can take care of himself," Garp mused, "and if he can't, then he'd have to give up on his stupid dream, which I doubt will ever happen." Garp sighed and turned around towards the galley, muttering something about scum of the sea and his poor little corrupted grandson.

"Wooow, sugoii~!" A stretchy boy flailed on top of the sea train, turning his head in every degree to look at the machine in awe. The train was riding on the ocean! His fingers were tightly latched onto one of the ledges to ensure that he wouldn't fly off of the train, but his body was still flying in the wind like a kite. Luffy's laughs were broken with his body swinging up and down in the wind, the train travelling so fast that his face was being pulled back.

Luckily his straw hat was strapped to his neck with a string, but then again, it could still slip off. He decided to stupidly risk it and let one of his arms go, making his other hand strain with the weight of holding Luffy down on the train. He placed his free hand on top of his head to secure his straw hat onto his head.

After an hour his fingers felt like they were going to fall off of his hand. 'Goddammit fingers! Keep on holding on!' Luffy thought, gritting his teeth as he struggled to keep his fingers clenched around the edge. His eyes were closed and his mind was so focused on holding on that he didn't notice the island coming into view. Nor did he notice the train station.

So when the train came to a sudden stop, Luffy, who was still in motion, flew forward and crashed into one of the buildings near the train station with a loud crack that gained everyone's attention. Luffy silently slid down with his face squashed against the wall until he hit the floor, where all he did was slouch down with his face still against the wall and his butt in the air. People were gathering around him and fluttered around him while asking him if he was alright, but when Luffy felt a hand on him, he suddenly bolted up, causing the people around him to take a step back in surprise. The group watched as Luffy's body went from tense to confused. The boy rubbed his face and looked up, seeing the little dent of a small body on the wall above him. Luffy hummed, stepping away from the rubble and making people step back again. How was this kid able to stand up again after that kind of impact? Questions similar to this flitted through the people's minds as Luffy turned around.

"Ne, sorry about the damage!" Luffy bowed, remembering the manners that Ace taught him, before walking away from the scene. The group was too stunned to react, not even able to ask the boy if he needed medical attention.

And then he sees a guy with a cool top hat and is that a pigeon on his shoulder?

Present

"Shishi, a sea train!" Luffy used a compact answer, but his usual smile made it seem like he knew something that they didn't, coating it with childish satisfaction. Kaku gave a small smile as Luffy accepted the cup with a "thank you" before sipping happily. Kaku already knew that he came to the island by a sea train, but he had hoped for a more detailed explanation.

Kaku sat next to Lucci with his own cup of hot chocolate. It felt odd since they usually don't acquaint with each other like this. It was usually just shipwright work then government work with the occasional food break and then sleep. They didn't need to socialize, they just needed to complete the job. Socializing was something they can do without, yet here they were, enjoying hot drinks with their new charge. Well, almost new charge. They still needed to tell Luffy that he's their new charge.

"Luffy?"

Luffy tilted his cup down and let out a light breath before looking at Kaku with those large, intensely innocent eyes. It was so heartclenching that Kaku almost grabbed at his chest. The innocence rolling off of this boy was definitely something that needed to be protected.

"How would you like live with us for a while, Luffy? It'll take a long, long time for you to reach your hometown since it's all the way in the East Blue, and you can help the town rebuild after aqua laguna," Kaku suggested, leaning forward with elbows on his knees in a negotiative pose which shouldn't really be used for a child, but it sometimes made the person he tried to persuade feel better about themselves. "You like helping, right?"

Kaku seemed to assume correctly when Luffy hummed in a tone of agreement, but he still had his brows furrowed in consideration as the gears in his brain churned.

Luffy's brain really only seemed to pull a sparse amount thoughts out of the pool residing in his mind (albeit a small pool since he hasn't really had a lot of experience) and they didn't really seem that negative, so Luffy just shrugged, not one to try and pull out any more thoughts from his hyperactive brain. It was usually Ace doing the thinking, anyway.

Kaku's brow arched and he asked, "So is that a yes?" The question flew over the boy's head; his brain has already worked hard enough with pondering over whether or not to live with these guys, so he just shrugged again. Kaku chuckled and accepted the answer. "I'll take that as a yes then."

Luffy hummed and continued to sip his hot chocolate. He could guess that this would hopefully bring a new batch of adventures since it's an entirely new and unfamiliar place. He couldn't wait to explore the entire island with Ace - oh wait, Ace isn't here. The thought brought a damper to Luffy's excitement, which was noticed by the two men who were keenly watching his every action.

"Is something wrong, little Luffy?" Kaku asked.

Luffy shook his head, not wanting to share his internal problems with people he didn't trust as much as he trusted Ace. Thinking about Ace again seemed to bring Luffy into a deeper depression, causing the men (mostly only Kaku) to worry even more.

"How about some food? You must be hungry after doing all that boarding up work," Kaku chirped before standing up. The promise of food quickly pulled Luffy's mood up all the way to the heavens and the stars reflected in his eyes. He got up and excitedly followed the square nosed man, leaving a distant Lucci behind.

Lucci was still sitting on the couch, leisurely sipping his cup of coffee as he listened to the sounds of a flustered Kaku struggling to cook more and more food for the demanding boy. He didn't need to see in order to hear the boy probably eating all of the rations they saved for aqua laguna. He sighed, Kaku was already cracking under the boy's constant demands. Leaning his head back, he wondered if they were going to be able to live through this aqua laguna.

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