NorthernLight
We are family
Chapter 1
The ocean blue waves hit the soft sand of the Recochoco Island beaches. Fishermen were setting up for their morning rounds and the shops were just opening up for the day and the morning sun rise woke half the islanders. Well most of them. Out side on the edge of the village on the second larges pier in Recochoco village is dedicated to pirates. It's owner Kastle in the sky who lives with her lovely daughter Monkey D. River.
Kastle grew older only looking more beautiful in the eyes of Luffy who was out on the Thousand sunny with his crew with the new addition of their son Monkey D. Loki. Kastle's light crystal blue's now darker with age still held the light that they once had and forever will. Her long sky blue hair now was cut short to her shoulders after the tough lesson of children pulling it hard often making Luffy laughing at her which she would soon get revenge on later on that day. Her face now had soft wrinkles that were only noticeable if you looked closely and her movements were now slack but not enough to stop her from serving at the bar.
Monkey D. River now the are of sixteen as sitting legs crossed on her old bed in her room upstairs hidden by a curtain for the house was up stairs with the kitchen and bar down stairs. Her face was twisted in a wide smile like the one her father always has on his face twenty four seven unless angered, but that is a rarity. Her long straight black hair reached the small of her back with bangs cut evenly above her eyes while hair cut to she shoulders framing her cheeks and her eyes as blue as her mothers once was, and sun kissed skin like her father. Her figure is thin with long limbs. She stud to be 5.8. Taller then Kastle who was a normal 5.5. She was wearing a red tank top with navy blue short-shorts that went two inches to her knees that were clearly cut, for they looked uneven.
"River!"
Kastle called form down stairs her voice had a tint of slit distress. River quickly jumped to her feet slipping on a pair of tan flip-flops and hurried down stairs. When she did she almost burst in to hysterics.
"Shishishi, mom I don't thin that goes their."
River stated as she found Kastle in the kitchen on the floor with flower in her hair and uncooked eggs in her lap.
"Shut it you, now help me up."
Kastle said/asked and River obeyed grabbing the elder woman to her feet and help pat the flower out of her hair and clean the eggs mess from the pretty blue sun dress she wore under the small apron she had on.
"You okay mom?"
River asked as she cleaned the kitchen up but only to remember that her mothers OCD habits kept that whole bar clean often taking River from her study of painting to wipe the tables as she prepared a large meal for a successful win for the pirates that come in to the bar. This irritated and entertained River at the same time. It may take her from her art but she go to hear the wonderful enchanting stories of the sea.
"I'm fine hun."
Kastle said as she sat in a booth near the kitchen door. River sat across from her with her head in her hands tilted to the side.
"When are Loki and Daddy coming home or Aunt Nami and Uncle Zoro and the twins, or even Will and Uncle Sanji? I'm starting to get lonely and bored."
Complained River but she wasn't the only one Kastle was also feeling the long distance between her and her husband was starting to strain her and made her to start worrying over the rubber man.
"Hopefully soon hun."
Kastle muttered looking out the window and just happened to see another ship but this one looked new, and New as in she never saw it before. Fallowing her gaze River Got up from her seat and went to a small closet and took out a serving apron for the waitresses that the only have when a big party is in the happening. Making eye contact with Kastle, Kastle nodded and slid out of the booth and slipped away into the kitchen to prepare the beer, rum and whisky and even the ale for the new pirates that was now docking. River kept herself busy by whipping down the wooden polished tables.
"Sis, some more pirates have docked and looks to me ready to get stupid!"
Called Kastle's younger brother Musica as he flung the door open and strutting in like he own the place.
"Hey River."
Musica said ruffling River's hair to that point her bangs were sticking up in all sorts of directions. He smiled a handsome smile making a scare on the edge of his lips twist, his eyes squinted slightly with the glee that transfested upon him. His Long light blue hair matched that of his sisters. It was pulled back into a neatly on the back of his head. His eyes were a cool ice blue making his already pail skin look border line sickly. He wore a plain black long sleeved shirt and a pair of baggy jeans that were tucked in his brown
"Hey Uncle Musica."
She said horridly as she fixed her hair. She then noticed the blushing face of Kai her cousin. He as ice blue hair like Musica's eye and green eyes with brown specks. His skin was pail like Musica's. He wore a white shirt with a black tribal style dragon printed on it and jean GUY shorts. On his feet were red sandals.
"Hi, Kai."
River greeted the thirteen year old who turned his head to the side only muttering a.
"Yeah, what ever."
River quickly finished the tables and started to clean the windows. At best the pirates won't reach the bar until a hour before noon, this made River exhale her breath in annoyance. They always had to clean the bar roof to basement just to look nice but inexpensive at the same time. Musica and Kai had gotten themselves busy as well. Musica taking the job as bartender in mixing drinks which has become popular now. Kai had a broom in had and helped River in cleaning the Inside of the bar.
Kastle stepped out of the kitchen drying her wet hands with a basket hanging from the fold of her elbow greeted her younger brother with a smile and quickly went to embrace the man. Musica held no resistance to his sister's motives and took the basket of bread from her hands before wrapping his arms around his sister.
"Kastle it has been to long."
Musica said making Kastle chuckle at the humor.
"Musica we spent time together last week, don't you remember? Me, you, and River, and Kai went into town for supplies."
Kastle asked brushing some hairs from her younger brother's face she then touched his chin.
"Brother dearest you're growing a beard!"
She exclaimed with humor. Musica laughed at his sisters silliness. Kai rolled his eyes at the childish adults. River chucked at them understanding the relationship between the siblings for she sheared the same teasing one with her own older brother.
"Oh! Kastle is that a wrinkle I spy?"
He joked Kastle smacked his hand away as he tried to point it out.
"Well aren't you in a good mood, what have you do to make you this happy, Musica?"
Musica smiled a large wicked smile that gave the room a cold chill.
"Luna may be pregnant again."
Musica said, kai looked confused but Kastle held a happy sparkle in her eyes for the couple but a frown was what he was referring to, the same could be said for River who had her finger pointed accusingly at her Uncle.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW UNCLE MUSICA THAT'S GROWS WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW YOUR SEX LIFE!"
River was a true Monkey D.
"Well River I never asked you to listen now did I?"
River was quiet for a second trying to come up with the right words but slumped on the table in defeat and waved him off with a pout.
"Yeah, yeah what ever. Just I don't know."
They all laughed at her even the always angry Kai.
"River can yo-"
"HUNNY I'M HOME!"
The front door was slammed open almost taking it off the hinges. Kastle gasped, Monkey D. Luffy was standing by the door with Loki next to him.
"LUFFY!"
"LOKI."
Kastle and River exclaimed at the same time tackling the two in to massive glomps. Kastle gave Luffy a kiss then engulfed her sin in another glomp nearly taking him to the floor for she was stronger then her daughter for she ate a devil's fruit and River had not.
"DADDY!"
River jumped in her fathers waiting arms she was over joyed to have her family back together.
"Daddy we missed you."
River whispered in his ear ad he stroked her midnight back hair she inherited from him.
"I missed you to baby girl."
Luffy whispered. Musica clapped a hand on Lokis' shoulder, and said a small goodbye before dragging Kai out of the bar and back home to his own wife Luna taking the basket of bread his sister had put together for him.
"Well I better feed you two, huh? Come on I have lunch waiting in the kitchen."
Kastle rushed everyone in the kitchen to the small family table they had in their for family times. With them all sitting Luffy started telling them about the adventures he and Loki had on the Thousand sunny, Loki filled on small details that his father missed but spoke in a lot more mellow tone then the excited one Luffy has.
"I heard around town that the Marines are going to raid the island looking for pirates more pacifically YOU Luffy."
Kastle said as they continued to eat since they have Luffy who eats A LOT and Loki who also eats A LOT, and lastly River who could eat just as much as Luffy. She is his daughter after all. Luffys face went grim at the information.
"Are they going to build a base?"
He asked his straw hat covering his eyes.
"Now why in the world would I let some thing like that happen?"
Kastle asked with a smirk, earning on of the famous shocked confused looks of his but it turned into a smirk at his wife's bravery.
"Shishishi, that's right Kas Show'em whose boss."
He then looked over the table at his two children who were eating quietly, that's normal for Loki but River there is something wrong, But Luffy decided not to press it until they got the chance to talk privately.
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Later that Night River sat in her small room with she sketch book in the lap of her crossed legs. Her pencil in her hand, her eyes racked over the blank sheet of paper her head bent in confusion.
"I can't thing of anything to draw."
She comfiest out loud letting out a sigh she flung the sketch book onto the floor and pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them and hide her head in them.
"Baby girl what's wrong?"
Luffy asked as he opened the door to the sulking teen.
"Daddy what if the Marines do find you, I'm scared for you."
River asked peeking up at Luffy from her arms tears started to fall from her eyes.
"Oh baby girl."
Luffy whispered to his daughter wrapping his arms around her shoulders. River leaned into him and let out a sob, she quickly wiped away the tears, and giving her father a wishful look.
"Hey Daddy?"
"Yes baby girl?"
"I want to travel the seas with you and Loki."
River said her eyes closed and her face has a soft expression even though she just had been crying. Luffy took in a shark in take of air almost refusing in a loud commanding voice telling his daughter she was just being silly, but one look at the calm look on her face he let out a haggled breath and lay his hand on her forehead.
"River, you feeling alright?"
River raised a brow.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You aren't going out in the sea River, It's too dangerous!"
Luffy fumed standing up to cross his arms over hid red vest; River copied his move with her own arms crossed over her red tank. They both glared at each other for their personalities were the exact same and therefore will not lose to each other. Kastle calls this annoying, so does Loki. Loki was a lot like Their mother while River was like Luffy and acted like him on some occasions normally getting herself hurt for she has never consumed a devil's fruit.
"Why is that dad, is it because of the marines? I can take 'em."
Luffy rolled his eyes at her statement, but returned a second wave of intense glare.
River only said 'dad' when she was getting to worked up in a argument.
"No you can't."
He shot back sternly. River huffed but would not back down from the argument with her rubber father.
"Yes I can and I will prove it!"
She shouted, her fist trembling from a building up rage. Luffy kept a calm exterior, but River knew very well her father was aggravated with her and wanted the discussion to end now.
"You won't need to, River, because you're not going."
Luffy turned on in his step and left the room but not before telling River good night and turning the light off. River fell back on to her soft bed her arms spread wide and a long tired sigh leaving her throat.
"Yeah right Daddy I'll show you."
She whispered and threw her self off the bed and found her black and gray duffel bag and started to shove what she knew she needed in to the bag and grabbed her sketch book and all the pencils she needed. She turned to her closed window, and left a small note and left in to the night.
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The next morning Kastle walked in to her Rivers room to pick up the dirty clothes, with the mind set River went to Aunt Nami, and Uncle Zoro's to play with Milou and Mia their twins. Kastle found a neatly folded piece of paper on the vanity. She picked it up thinking it was a piece of art her daughter had given up on only to find a sentence that made tears fall from her blue eyes.
-"Dad, I will prove you wrong, see you and Loki on the open seas only we will be on separate ships"
-River
i know longest chapter i ever wrote and by the way this is actually the sequel