His Living Legacy

Chapter One: Ace of Spades

Written by: Loki

Main Parings: Ace/Fem!Lu, and a hint of one-sided San/Lu

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. I do however own the idea of Spade, the main OC child in all of this.

Warnings: Lushi was still 17 when she had sex with Ace. She is now 19 with an almost two year old son, Spade.

It was only supposed to be three days. That's what Lushi kept telling herself. But, she knew that she couldn't have been able to get back to her crew without becoming strong enough—not just for herself or her nakama—but for the happy little accident that caused Ace's legacy to carry on, the accidental son that they'd made together. The one that she decided to name 'Spade'. Just like the card 'Ace of Spades'. But she liked it. That's all that mattered.

How Spade came to be, Lushi guessed that it had something to do with the condom being expired by a year and she'd had friends (more like acquaintances in the local bars) who ended up with those damn things breaking, but she never actually thought it would happen to her!

The last time she had seen Ace before Impel Down, they had confirmed their feelings, having what was what she would easily describe as the best night of her life. But, right now, she gently held the almost two year old boy close to her chest.

Spade had the same freckled complexion his father had, but he had his mother's chocolate brown eyes instead of Ace's liquid moonlight colored eyes... Spade was the perfect mix between the two of them and she would make sure that her son would be able to swim and experience life without devil fruit.

Lushi set her baby down and approached Zoro, who seemed lost as usual. "Long time no see~" the woman chimed happily as she hugged the swordsman tightly. "I missed you!"

Zoro, however, didn't miss a beat as he watched the tiny child cling to Lushi's frayed shorts with one small hand, the other held a stuffed toy that resembled Chopper a little. "I missed you too Captain, but I have a question. Whose kid is this?" he asked curiously.

"Shishishi~!" she giggled. "That's Spade. My son."

Little Spade held his mama's shorts tighter, not sure if this scary man was safe. He made a tiny noise and hid from the scary man.

Lushi picked up her baby again and smiled. "Spade, say hello to Uncle Zoro!" she chimed as the little boy hid his face and mumbled something into her chest. "Sorry, he's still a little shy. Just like his daddy when he was younger..."

"Say, Lushi..." Zoro said quietly, even though it was none of his business. "Do any of your crew even know who the father is?"

She hummed. "Well, most of them should remember. Spade's dad is Ace." she casually said, which caused Zoro's jaw to slightly drop.

One month later, after Lushi gathered her entire crew again:

Having gathered the rest of her nakama, Lushi had to introduce Spade every time. Spade cried when he saw Franky and Brook, but he was enamored with Chopper, since he looked a lot like the stuffed toy he had.

Everyone's reactions to Spade were different. Nami wanted to hug the little boy (who refused and buried his face in Lushi's exposed breasts), Robin congratulated her captain, Franky was SUPER confused, Brook just gave his usual 'Yohoho~' and gave his captain her due congratulations...

Sanji was distraught. Such a vibrant woman had a child. Sanji still respected his captain, but of course he was shattered.

Chopper was thrilled since he wasn't the shortest one on the Sunny now. Plus, Spade liked to follow him around with his little toy reindeer Lushi had made for him before he was born.

Usopp though she was lying at first, but after seeing Spade's freckles, he knew she couldn't possibly be lying.

"Ne, Lushi, just how old is Spade?" Chopper asked, as he watched the little boy play with some oranges Nami gave him. Little Spade stacked a pyramid of five oranges and clapped and giggled cutely at his own accomplishment.

"Spade's almost two. It'd been two months since that night with Ace... When I said that we would meet again in two years." Lushi answered as she stuffed some salad in her mouth. "Old man Rayleigh had me stop training until I had 'im when he saw how sick I was getting."

Chopper's eyes widened. "You were sick?! Why didn't you ever tell us?!" he asked, obviously very concerned.

She shrugged, not exactly knowing why she didn't tell them earlier. "Because I honestly didn't have a clue. That and Spade only ever really made me hungrier than usual until I actually started training with Haki. The old man noticed I was getting stupidly sick after training, since the Haki was taking a lot out of me. Rayleigh was the first to notice that my stomach was growing, and told me what was happening. He made me stop training in order to protect Spade, which I'm grateful for. After Spade was born, I gave every moment of training my all." she explained.

"You should of at least asked me... I'm your doctor for a reason Lushi." he mumbled. "I could smell something different about you about a month after your brother stayed here... I wasn't sure, so I kept it to myself. I mean, you really were starting to smell a lot like him..."

Lushi just made a sad face, which was extremely unusual for the captain. "I wasn't sure what I'd do when Ace... died... but soon after everything in Impel Down happened, I felt like I was going to die from loneliness... And... For some reason, I didn't feel completely alone." she managed slowly. "But, my brother.. was gone. I was confused and I didn't want to think about any of it... And I nearly died too.. But Torao was there to patch me up in the end. Torao must have known about Spade, but never said anything since he was probably certain that I already knew... And I need to thank him. For saving Spade too."

Chopper nodded and patted his captain's back gently with a hoof. "I'm sorry you had to go through all of that Lushi." Chopper frowned. "It must have been hard finding out about Spade.."

Lushi shook her head and watched her son play with his stuffed toy again, which made her smile brightly. "Sanji, can you peel those oranges for Spade? It's about time for him to eat." she asked the chef, who fancifully peeled the oranges and broke apart the fruit for the child and went to go make some more food for the boy, who was quick to eat them all.

Her attention was quickly brought back to her doctor after that. "No. I don't really know how to explain it Chopper. It was more of a blessing, even though I don't believe in any gods or anything, it just felt like... I could breathe again after drowning underwater for so long..." she fondly said, a hand finding it's way to her tummy. "When I found out, I felt relieved. I knew that only I could carry out Ace's legacy."

When Chopper went to look at Spade, the boy was curled up to a sleeping Zoro, which made him laugh a little. Chopper remembered how scared the boy was, but he assumed that since Lushi trusted Zoro, Spade was able to as well. Watching them for a moment more, he saw Nami drape a thin blanket over the little boy and smiled. It was right then that Chopper knew that Spade was going to be alright.

"I think I understand now Lushi." the young doctor said fondly.

Chapter End

Author's Notes:

I'm not sure if I should continue this or not? I pretty much wanted this to be something cute and light-hearted, but I kind of grew attached to Spade as I continued to write... Again, I'm not too sure if I will continue this. If I did, It'd have eventual LawLu in it, haha...

ORIGINALLY, this was supposed to just do a flashback of that night, but I was like... Naah... There's a few Ace/Fem!Lu fics out there, so could you use your imagination a bit until I'm 1000% sure that I won't absolutely bawl at the mention of my precious cinnamon roll?