NOTICE: Despite appearances, this is NOT a shipping fanfiction. Also, if you have any problems with two men raising a child, just don't read this fanfick. It's rated T for minor language and Kid being Kid. (Mentions of murder, murder, more murder, and more murder.) Enjoy!
Quick notes for those who watch anime Dubbed or don't know much Japanese;
Dad; tou-san
Mom; kā-san
Older brother; nii-san
Older sister; onê-san
Wrote them that way because… I wanted to.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.
After much thought and pestering from Bepo, Law decided that it would be best if they got out of their submarine for a few days, and so he checked all 20 Heart pirates into one of Waypoint island's many hostels, to stay until they were restocked.
Unfortunately, as Law discovered later, that jerk Eustass Kid had the same idea.
The Heart Pirates had claimed one entire dorm room, and as it turns out, Kid had claimed the one next door. They, of course, discovered this in the worst possible way.
The Heart Pirates were walking to their dorm. The place they were staying had multiple dorms built all around a central office, with gravel paths that led down to each individual building. It formed a starburst pattern, which Law decided was quite artistic. He looked at the slip of paper Monocle-ya, the guy who ran the place, had given him. Dorm number 15.
"Captain?" Shachi said tentatively. "I thought the point of a Hostel was saving money…"
"And?" Law said.
"He means that renting one whole dorm is sort of beside the point," Penguin finished.
"…"
Suddenly, loud music started blaring from nowhere.
"I'm worried about our neighbors, captain," Ikkyaku said.
"Aw, don't worry, Ikkyaku-chan, that can't be our neighbors," Cilone said.
"I wasn't talking to you," Ikkyaku snapped.
"I'm sorry," Bepo said.
"I wasn't talking to you either!"
"I'm sorry,"
"Argh! Why did I join this crew?"
Law stopped walking. "No, Ikkyaku, you're right. They are our neighbors. He gestured with his sword.
Outside of dorm 16 were the Kid pirates from the South Blue. Law recognized them from the newspapers. They were the ones playing the music.
"Eustass-ya…" Law said.
"Captain, look. It's Trafalgar Law," said a guy with a mask on. Law decided it was probably Killer, Kid's first mate.
"Trafalgar…" Eustass said, staring at him with a wicked grin on his face. "I've heard some nasty stories about you."
Law flipped him off and walked into dorm 15, followed by his crew.
"Eustass-ya's a jerk," Law told his crew conversationally.
Outside…
"Looks like the rumors are true, Kid." Killer said.
"You're right. He's crazy." Kid said.
In the morning, there was a note slipped under the doors to dorms 15 and 16 from the manager, asking, very politely, for Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kid to please inquire at the main desk.
The manager wrung his hands and nervously watched the two menacing figures, the shorter who was six inches taller than him, approach his desk.
"Ahem, kind sirs, please pardon the intrusion," he said, his eyes nervously flicking back and forth between the two, trying to do his best not to stare at either. He'd heard that Kid killed anyone who stared at him, and he figured Law was the same. "Yes, please be seated." He said, even though they were both standing. "I have something that is undoubtedly important to one of you, arrived just a few hours ago."
"What do you want?" Kid interrupted.
"What are you talking about, monocle-ya?" Law asked.
"Cut to the chase." Kid said.
"Well, I guess you'd better see him." He said, than called, "come on out, son."
From behind the desk, a child emerged. The child had rumpled, short, bright red hair and slightly menacing yellow eyes.
"Do either of you recognize him? His mother came here a few hours ago. She was raging mad and said that if her pirate fiancee ditched her with a baby, she would do the same to him. She said that he was staying at our hostel and I would know him, he would be the worst pirate here. I asked for the father's name, but she didn't hear me." The manager took a deep breath. "So, is he your son?"
Both Law and Kid regarded each other.
He looks like someone who'd ditch a woman with a baby, Law thought.
Ha! He probably has a million angry lovers! Armies of little Trafalgars' with toy swords! Now that's scary.
"He's got your hair, Eustass-ya." Law said, still keeping his gaze on Kid.
"He's got your eyes, Trafalgar." Eustass said, staring at Law.
"You daddy?" interrupted the kid.
"Which one?" Kid said. He was sort of impressed that the brat wasn't staring at either him or Trafalgar. Looking yes, but not staring. Just noticing that they were there. Now if only everyone would react like that.
"You," the child said, pointing at Kid, "An' you," now pointing at Law.
"What's your mother's name, little Eustass-ya?" asked Law. He was pretty sure that the boy was Eustass's kid, (ha!) but he wanted to make sure.
The kid shrugged. "Mommy."
"Your dad?"
The boy shook his head.
"Chibi Trafalgar," said Kid, "I'm not your father."
The child backed up until he was standing with his back against the front desk, than slid down until he was sitting. The boy closed his yellow eyes. He looked like he was thinking hard.
"I know!" The kid said excitedly. "Both of you can be daddy! I want that!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Screamed the manager. "You can't possibly want them for parents! They are notorious pirates! Trafalgar Law is ruthless and Eustass Kid kills people for fun! Look son, if neither of them are your father we can just take you down to Wayponint's orphanage! I should have just done that right away. The manager is nice and understanding. You're too young! You can't be more than three!"
Kid and Law glared at the manager until he swallowed and stopped talking. His face turned the same shade as cold oatmeal.
"I Like them," the boy said, pouting and scowling. "I know they good. An' I'm four, not three."
Eustass-ya/Trafalgar is obviously the brat's father, Law and Kid thought in unison, but I just can't leave that brat with him. It's sort of endearing how much faith he has in me though. I'm not "good."
"Okay, boy. I guess we're your parents." Law and Kid said at once.
"Yay!" cheered the boy, tackling them both in an unexpected group hug. Law and Kid leaned as far away from each other as they could.
"Come on, I'll take you and Trafalgar out to lunch. What do you like to eat?" Kid said, walking away from the manager.
"Fish! Rice balls! Cabbage rolls!" He said happily. "Don't like umeebosh, bread, curry udon."
"Do you mean Umiboshi, Chibi Eustass-ya?"
"Yeah! Bleh!" The kid mimed throwing up.
"This kid has good taste. He's definitely yours though, Eustass-ya."
"He's your brat, Trafalgar," Eustass said bluntly. "Who else would be so stupid to not like bread?"
"Dat's mean," he said, scowling.
"Chibi Eustass-ya, we're going out for food," Law said, picking up the boy and settling him on his shoulders. "And Eustass-ya is paying! How great is that?"
…
"What!" Yelled all of the Heart Pirates, sans Law. "You're adopting a kid?"
"Yeah. It's complicated. Eustass-ya is his father, but I couldn't leave him with a homicidal maniac."
"Hello," Ikkyaku said, ignoring her captain and addressing the boy. She dropped down on one knee so she was closer to the boy's height. "What's your name?" She smiled warmly. "I'm Ikkaku."
The boy grinned. "Bast!"
"That's a lovely name." Then she frowned. "Captain, did you know that?"
"No."
"Captain, you adopted someone you didn't even know the name of?" Ikkaku raged.
"I'm sorry," Bepo said.
"You have nothing to do with this, Bepo! Captian, you need to apologize to Bast!"
"…"
"Bast, go play with Bepo. You don't need to see this."
Bast looked over the crowd. "You Bepo nii-san?" He said, pointing at the polar bear.
"I'm sorry,"
"Ah ha ha ha! Bepo!" Bast said, tackling him and hugging him fiercely. "Bepo fluffy."
"Are you sure that he's Kid's son, captain? He's too nice." Shachi said.
"Pretty sure. He's not mine, I know that," Law said.
Kid walked into dorm 16 laughing. "Guess what, Killer? Trafalgar's a father! And I adopted him!"
"Huh?"
"I adopted Trafalgar's son."
"Then why isn't he with you right now?" Killer asked, pushing back his chair.
"We're splitting time. Trafalgar gets him tonight, I get him tomorrow."
"Can we at least see him, Captain?" Wire asked.
"I'll ask Trafalgar." Kid said, standing and walking to the next dormitory over.
"Hey, Trafalgar. My crew wants to see your son."
"He's your son, but sure. I want him back though." Law said, looking up from the table where he was playing cards with two of his crew. The boy was on the floor, playing some game with a girl pirate.
Hmph. Trafalgar lets women join his crew, shows how weak he is, thought Kid.
"Kay, Kid tou-san! I wanna meet your friends!" The boy said, jumping to his feet and racing to Kid. He jumped up and landed on Kid's chest, clinging to the edges of his cape.
He's strong, Thought Kid proudly. Dammit! Why am I thinking like a father? He's not mine!
Kid walked to his dorm and pulled the boy of his chest.
"This is him."
"Hi! You're Kid tou-san's crew, right? I'm Bast and I'm four years old. I like you!"
Daddy? Thought all of the kid pirates. And why isn't he scared of us?
I'm always wearing a mask, thought Killer.
I look like a scarecrow, thought Heat.
I wear fishnet stockings, thought Wire.
We're creepy, thought the rest of the Kid pirates.
"Whee!" Bast said, running over to Killer and climbing his hair.
"Be careful with Trafalgar's son. I don't want him to get hurt." Kid said when it looked like Killer was about to protest.
What! Is Kid's hard heart opening to this brat? How many boys just like this one has he killed?
Although Kid couldn't read Killer's face, he knew what he was thinking.
"I like him. He isn't scared of me. I guess I don't want to betray his trust." Kid said, sitting down heavily. "Crap. I better not be going soft."
"Eustass-ya, I want your son back," Law said, sticking his head around the door.
"Yay! Law tou-san!" Bast said, climbing off Killer and running to Law.
"But he's your father…" Mumbled Law under his breath. "Never mind. Come here, Bast-ya."
Hey! So, what do you guys think about Bast? Fyi, this first chapter takes place one year before Sabody, so Law is 23 and Kid is 20. This is my first continued fanfiction. And I already said it above, but I'll say it again; this is not going to be a Law X Kid fanfick. Views expressed by any of the characters do not necessarily reflect the views of the author. Please review! Even if you think my story is total crap, please tell me why it is total crap (Without being an asshole about it) and I will proceed to make this story not total crap!