I'm still aliveeee! Anyways, hello again! I have made a new story as you can see…But I haven't lose interest in the other one! Just…no ideas XD literally, and exams are here, so I just decided to drop this so maybe you can forgive me. Well enjoy! OOCnessIdon'tregretnothing! I love it when Luffy has his/her brothers around, I missed them when they passed away, but not really...right? Oops spoiler, sorry. ;-;

Chapter One – Secret

"I DON'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HER GRAMPS! I'M NOT EVEN AN ADULT!" A loud voice yelled. It came from a boy who wore a red T-shirt and dark brown pants. His hair was wavy and black while on his face were freckles. His name was Ace and there was another boy, Sabo sitting on a log from a few good feet away. Sabo had short blond hair, a black top hat with a blue ribbon and goggles around it covering the majority of his hair. His clothing choice was a blue coat which the sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and a black shirt with a slightly torn white frill around his neck. His pants were up to his knees and had a light turquoise color with a black belt tied around and black sneakers. Both had obsidian eyes, but Sabo's had a tint of blue to it.

"WELL GIVE YOUR GRAMPS HERE A BREAK! SHE'S YOUR SISTER NOW! SO TOO BAD YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HER NOW!" An older voice yelled back. The man was named Garp, he was considered a marine hero in his earlier times and still is today to many young men who wish to become marines themselves. Garp wore a white coat with shoulder pads and white pants as well. His hair was gray from his old age and he had a beard, not to mention still muscular. Ace growled in frustration. Dadan had refused to take care of Garp's granddaughter and now he had to take the responsibility?! Hell no! Sabo watched the argument from afar; it was kind of silly for a grandpa and a child no more than 7 years old arguing over another child in his view. He leaned over to the side from his sitting position to take a good look at his new sister. She was hiding behind their supposedly called "grandpa's" leg, how cute, a shy one huh?

"PLUS…! She's such a sweet little angel, aren't you Luffy?" Garp smiled and Sabo swore that he saw flowers in the background as Garp gently held up their new sister. Sabo didn't even know he could be that gentle, but nevertheless Luffy was really adorable for her age. She had obsidian black hair that reached down towards the middle of her back and in her hair was a yellow flower pin. She was wearing a small white dress with sandals. Behind her back was an old straw hat with a red ribbon tied around it. Her eyes were big and had a faint chocolate brown color, her mouth was curved to a small frown as she noticed Sabo observing her and Luffy jumped down from Garp's grasp and hid behind his leg once more with a blush. Sabo unknowingly smiled to himself, she appeared to be the type that was to be protected, and he didn't mind that. Sabo looked over to Ace and saw that his eyes had softened a bit before they hardened and turned to Garp with a glare.

"Fine we'll take care of her old geezer, but only for a while!" He huffed and walked away until Garp gave him a bone crushing hug.

"Now that's my boy!" He laughed and dropped Ace on the floor while caressing Luffy's hair gently. "Grandpa will be gone for a while so stay with these two okay? They're going to be your new family, now have fun!" Garp gave a smile and walked away before pausing. "Oh and Ace, Sabo." Both boys perked up at the call of their names and the marine gave a glare that promised death. "If you ever lay a hand on Luffy, or if she ever cries, you will hear from me, understand?" Both nodded furiously not wanting to argue with him any longer. The glare went away as fast as it came and he left with a wave.

"That man is going to be the end of me someday I know it." Sabo huffed and walked up to Luffy ignoring Ace withering away on the ground from the hug before. "My name is Sabo, and this is Ace, nice to meet you Luffy." Luffy looked up at Sabo with big eyes and a blush appeared on her cheeks again before she looked down on the floor.

"U-um, nice to meet you to!" She blurted out, her eyes never leaving the floor. Sabo smiled at her and put a hand on her chin, lifting it to meet his face.

"There's no need to be shy, we're siblings from now on." He gave a gentle smile and Luffy looked shocked for a moment before giving her own angelic smile.

"Thank you." Sabo felt a small blush creep up on his cheeks as he turned away.

"Er, no problem, now come on let's go to your new home." Sabo turned around and promptly tripped over Ace's figure giving a yelp from both boys one in pain and one in surprise. Sabo fell on top of Ace, knocking the wind out of him and both got up glaring at each other.

"What was that for?! There was no need to kick me in the side!" Ace yelled, clearly ticked off.

"Well if you weren't lying in the middle of the road this would've never happened idiot!" Sabo yelled back.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" both yelled, clashing their foreheads against one another. Luffy looked surprised at the outburst, but then began to giggle until it turned into a small melodic laugh. Both boys ceased their fighting and turned away from each other with pouts on their faces and possibly a small blush forming on their cheeks in embarrassment.

"A-are we going to go to my new home yet?" Luffy asked softly. Her eyes were filled with shyness and newfound curiosity. Maybe her new life wouldn't be as bad as she thought. Luffy happily held both of their hands gently and walked in the middle, the three walked together in silence, knowingly enjoying each other's presence greatly.

"Hey Lu we're home!" Ace yelled with a smile. It's been 2 years since she came, and now they were all inseparable. Luffy jumped up from her activity and ran towards Ace leaping onto him, giving her brother a big yet gentle hug. She then went to Sabo and hugged him as well.

"Welcome home!" She beamed. "I made something for your return!" Luffy ran off into their room and brought out a drawn picture. It was well drawn for a girl that was 7 years old now. The picture had Ace on the right side he was smirking, hands inside his pockets and Sabo was on the left, a gentler smile and one hand tipping his hat. In the middle was Luffy herself, she was smiling and her straw hat was atop her head. It was a warm picture that showed a lot of dedication and work to. Both the brother's smiled at her drawing and Ace ruffled her hair.

"This is amazing Luffy! Maybe you should become an artist!" He complimented. But Luffy only realized something and sat down near their table where all three eat, discuss and play at.

"I need to talk to you two about something…" She mumbled. Ace and Sabo looked at each other in confusion and worry. Luffy was usually more optimistic than that.

"So what is it Luffy?" Sabo asked with a partially fake smile, he was worried. During the past few years Ace and he were becoming too attached to her that soon enough one or both of them stuck to her like glue. They made sure that no male got close and oh dear many tried and failed. Luffy was almost like glass to them. Something very precious that they just can't let go of.

"Well the thing is, I finally decided what I wanted to become!" She said with her cheerful, and not to mention beautiful, smile. Both brothers gained a look of surprise at the sudden mood change, but then they smiled back.

"That's great Lu! Care to fill us in?" Ace asked. Luffy's eyes then sparkled as she gave a big smile.

"I decided that I want to become Queen of the Pirates!" Ace and Sabo kept on smiling. That's right, their sister finally found a dream, a goal, and that would be to become Queen of the-wait. Then it snapped.

"EHHHHHHHHHHH?!" Both yelled and Ace stood up slamming his small fists on the table.

"NO! I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE!" He yelled in anger. There were many bad people out there, he knew. And just letting his cute, adorable, oblivious sister out there…Ace shivered at the thoughts and gave a stern glare at Luffy who looked surprised at the outburst. "No. You can't go out into that dangerous world."

"I'm sorry Luffy, but for once I agree with Ace. Think about it you've seen all the men inside Goa! What's out there is obviously ten times worse!" Sabo exclaimed. Luffy tilted her head, similar to that as a puppy.

"But those men didn't really do anything, they just asked me to come eat with them." Luffy pouted. Sabo looked away at her gestures, and Ace looked down on the floor. Both kept getting so flustered whenever she did some sort of kitty or puppy act. It was so hard to make a straight point to her as well.

"Okay look, Luffy, what me and Ace are trying to say here is that going out to the sea is too dangerous for you, you're just a girl and well let's just say that we'll be really worried every day and I just don't know what to do if you're hurt or…" Sabo gulped. "…dead." Ace gained a solemn look, without Luffy, he would be better off dead, and that applied to both of them. She was their light, a big piece of their lives.

"But Sabo! I'm not a little girl anymore! I can fight! I'll train every day and, and when I grow up I'll be strong!" Luffy protested.

"LUFFY!" Ace yelled. Luffy stopped and looked at her brother's expression. Both had a hurt and sad look, she knew they didn't want to do this, but…Tears came out of her eyes as she jumped out of the tree house and ran far away.

"Wait, Luffy-!" Ace yelled rushing after her, but Sabo stopped him in his tracks as he took a hold of his shirt.

"Leave her be for now…We can talk this over later." Ace grunted in frustration, he hopes she comes back soon. But all they could do for now…was just wait.

Luffy ceased her running after a few minutes and looked behind her, the tree house nowhere in sight. She wiped her tears and caught her breath. Heaving one more sigh, she began to walk. Those jerks, she would show them soon! But her thoughts were stopped as she heard the sound of water running. Water. Luffy grew excited; she ran towards the noise and found a clear, cold river.

"Wooooow…" Luffy whispered in awe. Excitedly she jumped inside and started to swim, not caring about her clothes getting wet. Her legs morphed as she dove underwater. Luffy noticed some crocodiles and waved. The crocodiles smiled and waved in return with their tails. Luffy swam up to them and petted their heads to the reptiles comfort. Luffy loved animals, especially sea or water creatures. They were really nice to her after all.

"Oh want to go for a swim?" She asked a young crocodile that swam up to her eagerly. The young child opened his jaws and gave a vigorous nod. Luffy gave a bright smile which gave away small blushes as she held the child's scaly hand. Both swam and played until the sun was beginning to set. Sadly, she jumped out and waved to the family.

"I'll visit again sometime!" And with that she ran off back to the tree house. Children can never stay mad for long after all. "Ace, Sabo I'm home!" She hollered while jumping up. Both said boys ran towards her and gave a hug.

"Luffy! We were so worried you idiot don't ever go running off like that again!" Ace exclaimed, hitting her on the head with a fist.

"Ow! Ace you're so mean!" Luffy pouted. Sabo went in between the two before a fight could break out.

"Come on now, Luffy finally came back Ace." He said giving a stern glare while turning to his sister with a smile. "And welcome back Luffy, we missed you." Luffy pouted for a bit more before her pout turned into a small smile.

"I missed you too!" She leaped onto the two of them as all three fell onto the floor laughing.

"Hey Luffy you're wet! Did you fall into the river or something?" Sabo asked, bringing a towel and beginning to dry her hair with it.

"Mmm, yeah I guess." Luffy giggled to herself. Her secret was something to never be told of and she planned to keep it that way, for now.

"See you're just a clumsy brat Lu." Ace stuck his tongue out in mock and Luffy returned the gesture. Sabo only laughed at the two. And all three enjoyed a big dinner that night.

"So…I can go out to sea now right?"

"NO!"

"Hey Ace, Sabo!" Luffy said excitedly as she held out a strangely patterned fruit. "Look what I found!"

"Luffy don't go eating weird things now." Sabo looked at the fruit with suspicion. It wasn't like anything he had seen before. The pattern had swirls and even the stem atop had a swirl to it. The fruit also had a color of a light purple. Sabo thought about what kind of fruit it would be for a while and Luffy began to get impatient.

"Hey, Ace." Luffy whispered. "Should I eat the fruit?" Ace grinned and nodded.

"Food is food Luffy, never waste any got that? No matter how horrible." He smiled and Luffy smiled back. She looked at the fruit for a few seconds and swallowed. Sabo turned around just in time to see Luffy swallow the fruit and then it came back to him. He read about it in a book!

"No! Wait Luffy don't swallow that!" He yelled, but it was too late as it already went down her throat. She stuck her tongue out.

"That was really sour and bitter!" She coughed and made a face that showed disgust. "But oh well…" Sabo ran up to her and grabbed her shoulders.

"Luffy spit that out right now!" He said frantically. "That fruit is a gamble! It's something that's called the devil fruit, once you eat that you gain weird powers and you can. Never. Swim!" Luffy's eyes widened at that. Never swim? The world around her crashed down as she went into a daze. Ace obtained a worried look and waved a hand in front of her.

"Hey Luffy, you alright?" As if on cue she began to cry.

"N-never swim?! But Sabo I don't want to lose my swimming ability! No way!" She cried and both brothers panicked.

"A-ah don't cry Luffy! I'm sure maybe the book was wrong do you want to go try?!" Sabo yelled in panic. Luffy immediately stopped her wailing and shook her head. She sniffled a bit, but then stopped after a while.

"No…it's okay." Both of them sighed and Ace held out a hand.

"Come on, let's go somewhere to hunt." She nodded and took his hand. When Ace began to walk away, something strange happened. Luffy's arm stretched. Time appeared to have stopped as all three gazed at the sight.

"Lu-Lu-Luffy, your arm…!" Ace stuttered not really believing this. "OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!"

"AHHHH! SABO MY ARM, MY ARM!" Luffy yelled in surprise. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!"

"CALM DOWN LUFFY…WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT!" Sabo yelled. "Okay…take deep breaths...let's all stop and talk about this." Both nodded furiously not really understanding what was happening.

"Alright, so basically, Luffy, that was from that fruit earlier." Sabo explained slowly. "And now I'm guessing you have some sort of stretchy ability." Ace prodded lightly at Luffy's skin to her discomfort, but he had to know.

"I think its rubber." He concluded stretched her skin and letting it go, the skin snapped back into place.

"Wow that's pretty cool! That didn't hurt at all!" Luffy giggled.

"Yeah it seems like it Ace." Sabo agreed. "Well now…we can't really change this back and…what about her swimming ability?" Luffy jumped out of the tree house and ran towards the river.

"I'll go try it out!" She yelled and sped towards one of her favorite places.

"WAIT LUFFY!" Both elder brothers cried out running after her with metal poles in hand. Luffy skidded to a halt as she looked for the crocodile family, it seemed they weren't here today. She then took a deep breath and dove in. Her body was really heavy as Luffy sunk like a hammer until she morphed her legs. Swimming was now as easy as it was before.

"Hooray! I can still swim!" She said in glee underwater. Until she looked up and saw the shocked faces of her brothers.

"Eh?"

"So…let me get this straight, you're a…half fish?" Sabo questioned for almost the tenth time.

"…Yes, Sabo, Ace, I am half fish, see?" Luffy's legs changed into a scaly blue tail. The fins at the tip were separated into two and were a pale light blue. The sunlight reflected against the scales making different shades of blue appear. Both brother's were stunned and stared at her for a few good minutes.

"Ummm, are you two alright?" Luffy leaned forward, her tail thumped lightly on the ground as her eyes grew, if possible, a bit larger with curiosity and worry. She pouted when there was no response and tried again, but this time with puppy eyes, she knew those always worked. "Don't ignore me Sabo, Ace, is it really that weird?"

"NO! That's not it Luffy! Don't misunderstand you look really pretty and cute like that!" Ace quickly said waving his hands in front of him.

"Y-yeah! What Ace said, it really fits you!" Sabo added and then both turned away with blushes on their faces. Luffy gave a small giggle and changed her legs back while sitting criss cross.

"Don't tell anyone okay? Not even grandpa knows about this." Luffy looked down with a sad and guilty face. "I thought that I was a monster because of it and if I showed anyone then they would hate me…You don't hate me right?" Both looked startled at her words and they moved forward embracing her into a hug.

"No, Luffy you aren't weird, you aren't a monster, you're really pretty you know that?" Sabo said in a soft voice. He stroked her hair as she held back tears.

"Yeah, we're your brothers! We'll always be there for you Luffy, promise." Ace smiled warmly. Luffy then cried softly as she tried to wipe the tears away.

"Thank you…you guys are the best brothers!" She then cried out her heart and as promised, both were there for her until she ceased her crying. Luffy fell asleep from crying too long and Sabo carried her on his back.

"Sabo…so which means that she's a mermaid? The half human half fish from the legends?" Ace asked softly. Sabo nodded slowly in response.

"Yeah, they're kind of rare in these parts. I read about them before, their kind dwelled in some place called Fishman Island and its located about ten thousand feet deep under the ocean, I wonder how Luffy got here." He pondered for a bit and then grinned, a few missing teeth showing. "Well, who cares, what really matters is that she's with us here and that we'll protect her, right Ace?"

"Yeah!" The freckled boy said enthusiastically. "She won't ever get into the hands of those greedy bastards out there." Both brothers laughed and walked home. On the sleeping girl's face, was a smile.

Short, but yus, I had to I'm sorry QAQ Does anyone even read these things? Well Chapter 2 might be on its way w If you all think this should be turned into a story…Haha…Well errr to those you enjoyed reading have a nice day :'D And sorry to those that got bored…Goodbye for now!

-MomoPak-