This is a continuation story of my 'Nunya Bizniz'. READ THAT FIRST! Otherwise nothing that follows will make sense.
Disclaimer: I do not own One-Piece nor any of it's characters. Those belong to Oda Eiichiro.
Nunya Bizniz 2
Prologue: Return of the Crab
"It's true the alliance is over," Luffy nodded. "But you married one of my sisters. That makes you my nakama now." His statement caused a stunned silence in the area.
Rachel, standing next to Missy looked down on the floor of the deck. She followed the path of some imaginary thing. "Well there goes the crab in a straw hat," she stated.
Standing next to her Missy said, "Just this once I'm not going to yell or hit you for that one."
Ace was standing behind the two women. He followed their line of imaginary sight. "I'm not going to hit you either."
"Melissa isn't related to you by blood Straw Hat-ya!" Law yelled. "That doesn't make us related or nakama in any way."
"Who says you have to share blood?" Zoro asked.
Melissa turned to look at Rachel and leaned in close. In a whisper she asked, "Are they forgetting that we're cousins?"
Rachel returned the whisper with one of her own. "We're cousins, but we're still not related to Luffy and Ace by blood. The only one that can claim he's related to Law is Zoro."
Missy smirked with an evil glint. "So that means that the Nunya is technically part of the Heart Pirates with the Straw Hat's first mate?"
"Over my dead body," Zoro growled as Rachel laughed in the background.
In between giggles Rachel gasped out, "She's not wrong." Her hands moved in circular motions as if she was trying to get the point across. Without warning Zoro turned her around and kissed her.
"I'm not joining the Heart Pirates," he growled after pulling away. "I'm one of the Straw Hat Pirates and my Captain is Straw Hat Luffy."
"Confident, aren't we?" Melissa teased.
Luffy, having ignored all the conversations going on around him, stamped his foot impatiently as he glared at Law. "I've already declared that the Nunya is part of the Straw Hat Crew. That means both Melissa and Rachel are Straw Hats. You married Melissa which now also makes you a Straw Hat."
"IT DOES NOT!" Law yelled.
Rachel leaned over to Missy. "Should we say something? We might only end up getting kissed if we do."
"If we don't then this can only escalate," Missy returned. "Of course, it'll still escalate if we don't say something."
"So we're crabbed if we do and we're crabbed if we don't?" Rachel joked.
Ace, a shadow over his eyes, came up closer behind the two. "Would the two of you just shut up!" He brought both knuckles down quickly. One hit Rachel on the top of her head while the other hit Missy's.
Both women dropped to their knees. "Ow," they groaned at the same time.
Shanks came up, a jug of booze in his hand. Without setting down the jug, he put said hand on Law's shoulder. "You might as well give it up," he advised. "If your time with Luffy and the Straw Hats has taught you anything it should be that once Luffy makes up his mind then nothing will change it." He leaned in and whispered conspiratorily. "That and if you keep arguing your new wife will kill you so just let it go. A word to the wise: Pick your Battles."
"Especially when dealing with those two," Ben cut in.
Rachel and Melissa noticed the men whispering. "What did you say?" Melissa asked.
Shanks and Ben turned away and looked at the sky. At the same time they said, "Nothing."
Law let out a sigh. "I don't have the time to deal with this," he said. "Straw Hat-ya, you know how to contact us?"
"Nami does," Zoro answered instead.
"What about those that will be on board the Nunya?" Law pressed.
"Rachel has that info," Ace put in. "She doesn't trust me to not loose the contact information on purpose and she's worried that Zoro will misplace it."
Missy nodded her head as she looked at Rachel. "That sounds like sound reasoning," she praised.
Rachel had a knowing smile on her face as she looked at Law. "Since we're on that subject, who has the contact information in your crew?"
Missy put her hand to her mouth, trying to hide her laughter and failing. "Shut up," Law put in.
Ace, a shit eating grin on his face, spoke up. "So the wife has control of the balls already, huh?"
Luffy started walking to where everyone could see him. The noise quieted down as he took in a large gulp of air. "LET'S SET SAIL!" he yelled as he threw his fists in the air.
Rachel and Melissa were standing next to eachother. "That is..." Melissa started.
"Just so..." Rachel continued.
"Luffy," Ace finished from behind them.
Law walked past on his way back to the sub. "Let's get going Missy," he said.
Melissa turned to look at Rachel. "I guess this is 'good-bye' for now," she started sniffling.
"Quit the fake tears and get your ass off of my ship," Rachel snapped.
"Oh it's your ship now?"
"Move it," Rachel pointed to where Law was quickly walking away. Melissa noticed how far he had gotten and rushed to catch up to him.
"Your ship huh?" Zoro put his arm around Rachel.
"Do you know how to turn the engine on?"
"So what do you want to do with your ship?" he asked instead.
"It's like our captain said: let's set sail."
