Rocinante the Pirate

Title: Rocinante the Pirate
Rating: T
Fandom: One Piece
Summary: Rocinante was never adopted by Sengoku, but was rather taken in by a kind pirate crew, the Death Heart Pirates. He is still angry at his brother for their father's death. Dante wants Roci to forgive Doflamingo, but Roci refuses. An enemy wants revenge on Dante and will take down the Death Heart Pirates if necessary.
Warnings: AU; Pirate Rocinante; Baby Law; OC Pirate Crew

Eight year old Donquixote Rocinante was crying, wandering around aimlessly. His mother had died from illness. Just a few hours ago, his older brother had shot their father. Not only that but he had also sliced off his head, claiming that he'd return to Mariejois. Rocinante was alone. He was cold. He was hungry.

"Hey kid," A teenage girl, around fifteen years old, approached him. She had short sky blue hair and gold eyes. "Why are you crying?"

But Rocinante couldn't stop himself from wailing to respond.

The girl crouched in front of him. "Where are your parents?"

The mention of parents made him cry even harder. "D-Dead!"

The girl brought him into a gentle hug. "Shh…It's going to be okay…"

"I-I have n-n-nowhere t-t-to go!" Rocinante sobbed.

"Would you like to come with me?" The girl offered. "My name is Sky, second in command of the Death Heart Pirates,"

"P-Pirates?" Rocinante wiped his tears with his hand.

"We're not the type that raids towns, steal from the innocent, and kill civilians," Sky told him. "We just hate how the World Government is. We look out for one another, like a tight knit group. Hell, we even think of each other as siblings too! We're kinda like Whitebeard's crew,"

"C-Can I r-really j-j-join?" Rocinante stuttered.

"Of course," Sky nodded. "What's your name?"

"R-Rocinante,"

XXX

Rocinante had grown close to the crew. Dante was the captain and had immediately accepted Rocinante into the crew. He was in his early twenties when they had met and had spiky dark orange hair and green eyes. He was pretty laid back and loved to party. Rather than being a father figure like Whitebeard, he was more of the older brother type and claimed to be too young to be seen as a father figure. His bounty was eighty million berries.

Sky was like a mother to the whole crew, including the captain. She would scold them for their antics if they caused damage to the ship or supplies. She was also a great chef, her specialties being desserts. She would always comfort Rocinante when he had a nightmare and always stayed by his side, even after he fell asleep. She was the closest to Rocinante. Her bounty was fifty million berries.

Sicarius was like that crazy older brother in the family. He loved to ditch his chores and pull pranks. He had dark purple hair and gold eyes. He would sometimes act odd, narrating his actions as if he were on a show. He taught Rocinante stealth, although the blonde's clumsiness would always cause noise. He was a year older than Sky. His bounty was forty million berries.

Fang was like that one crewmate that always had a murderous aura. He had short, wavy, black hair and piercing gold eyes. He was a few years older than Dante and the most muscular out of the entire crew. The only one he was afraid of was Sky. He taught Rocinante close combat. It was until a few months after Rocinante had joined that he learned Fang was a quarter Tiger Shark Fishman. Though he seemed rough and tough, he actually cared deeply about the crewmembers. His bounty was ninety million berries.

Zane was the eldest of the crew. His hair was naturally white though he wasn't an old man. For some reason he wore a white fake beard. He was also the calmest out of them and addressed everyone with san at the end of their names, even Rocinante. He taught Rocinante how to fight with a sword and how to shoot a gun. His bounty was thirty million berries.

Seven years after Rocinante had joined, they had come across a baby who was all alone. He had a few injuries here and there but none too serious. The only thing that they were all worried about was the malnourishment. He was hungry and dehydrated. It was a miracle but they managed to save the child. Rocinante took upon himself to adopt the boy as his son as the crew had taken him in when he was younger. He had named his new son Law.

Their ship was the Dragon's Roar. It wasn't too big nor was it too small. It had quite the space in the men's quarters and Sky's quarters. There were also two bathrooms. The kitchen and dining room fit everyone fairly well. There were several other rooms for storage. The deck was wide enough to play around on and to train on. They had two cannons on each side and one cannon on the deck.

XXX

Ten years after Rocinante had first joined, they had encountered another pirate crew. It wasn't just any pirate crew. It was the Donquixote Pirates. "Ne, ne," Trebol called from the El Flamenco's deck. "You guys are the Death Heart Pirates, right?"

"Yes," Dante nodded.

"Doffy wants to speak with you," Trebol said.

"He has to come to our ship," Dante said. "If I step on your ship, you guys have the upper hand and I'd hate to feel at a disadvantage," He said this carefully, knowing that his crew wasn't strong enough to take them all on.

"I request two of my men to join me then," Doflamingo said.

"Alright," Dante nodded.

Doflamingo, Diamante, and Trebol all boarded the Dragon's Roar. "I'd like to offer an alliance,"

"Why?" Dante asked.

"A small time pirate crew wouldn't attract much attention and would be great for my…business," Doflamingo answered. "I am curious right now; where is the rest of your crew?"

"Trying not to cause any trouble," Dante responded.

"You can't go out there! Dante's having a meeting with the Donquixote Pirates!"

"I don't care!"

"Stop!"

Rocinante stormed onto the deck. He stared at Doflamingo. "It is you…"

Doflamingo stared back. "Roci?"

"Rocinante, do you know Doflamingo?" Dante questioned.

Rocinante bit his lower lip, his eyes wide with tears. "Yes…He's my older brother…"

"Roci you can't just interrupt Dante's meetings, especially if it's with another pirate crew!" Sky grabbed Rocinante's shoulder. "Sorry about that, Dante,"

"He can stay," Dante said.

Sky noticed the tears falling from Roci's eyes. "Which bastard made our little brother cry!?"

"Little brother?" Doflamingo asked.

Rocinante ran back inside the cabin and to the men's quarters. He wiped the tears away furiously. "Damn it…"

"So which one of you was it!?" Sky demanded. "I'll kill you for making Roci cry!"

"Sky," Dante said firmly. "He had just seen his older brother in the first time in ten years,"

"Oh…" Sky lowered her fists. "Is it pinky over here?"

Fang joined Sky and Dante. "Why the **** is Roci crying!? Who did it!? Who hurt our little bro!?"

"Why do you all call him your younger brother?" Doflamingo asked.

"We took him in ten years ago," Sky glared at Doflamingo. "His parents were both dead. He was covered in injuries and malnourished. If you're really his older brother, where the hell were you!?"

"Sky, Fang, go back inside!" Dante ordered. "Don't forget; this is a meeting between pirates,"

"Tch," Sky and Fang reluctantly went back inside to comfort Rocinante.

"I apologize for my crew's rudeness," Dante said. "But we're all rather protective of each other,"

"I want to talk to my brother," Doflamingo said. "We can discuss the alliance later. I want to talk to him,"

"If Roci is up for it, I will allow you two to speak in private," Dante told him. "But if he doesn't want to yet, I will have to respect his wishes,"

XXX

It took a couple minutes to calm down. Rocinante had accepted to speak with his brother. They sat in the living room of the Dragon's Roar. "Rocinante…I'm glad that you're alright," Doflamingo spoke first to start the conversation.

"Are you really?"

That question had taken Doflamingo by surprise. "Of course. You're my little brother!"

"You killed him…" Rocinante whispered. "I begged you to stop but you killed him. You killed Father,"

"He was the reason we suffered, Rocinante," Doflamingo reminded. "If we hadn't left Mariejois, Mother wouldn't have gotten sick and died. If we hadn't left Mariejois, we wouldn't have had to suffer through all that torture. If we hadn't left Mariejois, we wouldn't have ever been separated!"

"He tried to right his wrong!" Rocinante told him. "He only wanted us all to live a peaceful normal life, no servants or worshippers!"

"He was a fool!" Doflamingo shouted.

"Let me ask you this, Doflamingo," Rocinante said angrily. "Sky asked you this same question back on the deck: Where the hell were you? Where were you when I wandered aimlessly for hours? You were heading to Mariejois with Father's head. If I hadn't met the Death Heart Pirates, I wouldn't be here today. I would've died,"

"You ran away!" Doflamingo argued.

"But you didn't bother to go after me!" Rocinante yelled back. "I wanted you to come after me, to hug me and tell me that it would be alright! That you would always be there for me!"

"Daddy?" A timid three year old called. Law was at the entrance, unsure of whether he could enter.

"Law," Rocinante said. "Come here,"

Law ran into his dad's arms. "Scary nightmare!"

"Shh," Rocinante soothed. "It's alright; Daddy's here,"

"Daddy?" Doflamingo questioned.

"He's my son," Rocinante informed. "His name's Law,"

"I-I thought that mean man would take you away!" Law sobbed.

"Shh," Rocinante hugged him tightly. "It's alright now Law. I won't ever leave you," He glanced at his brother. "It's best if you leave now,"

"Roci—"

"Leave,"

Doflamingo stood up and stopped at the exit, looking at his brother and nephew one last time before leaving. Dante had been eavesdropping on the whole conversation and entered the living room. "Law, why don't you go to the kitchen and get a snack from Sky?"

"Okay!" Law nodded and ran out the living room.

"Roci," Dante began.

"I don't want to hear it," Rocinante said.

"He's your brother," Dante told him. "You should make up with him. He's your family,"

"He murdered our father! He left me for dead!" Rocinante snapped. "Hell, why should I believe that he still cares about me!? If you keep on insisting on me making up with my brother, why don't you make up with your own brother!?"

"Donatello not only killed our parents but he wants to kill me," Dante informed him. "But Doflamingo still cares about you. Could you not tell how he felt when you told him to leave? He had just reunited with his younger brother and also just learned that he was an uncle, but you pushed him away,"

Rocinante glared at him. "He's not my brother. My brother died along with my parents,"

I used the same OCs from Donquixote Law but their personalities, ages, and Devil Fruits will be slightly altered. There is no Dimension-Dimension Fruit or any of the time traveling Devil Fruits. Taiyo and Tsuki may make an appearance later in the story. Rocinante's doesn't really have a bounty yet, not having caused any major trouble yet.
The plot of this story will be Dante's brother trying to kill the Death Heart Pirates. Dante is trying to get Rocinante to forgive Doflamingo so they will not end up like how he is with his own brother.