So this is my 2. fanfiction, that isn't going to be a one-shot. I hope you'll like this story.

I would love to know what you think, because i hate to write a story, upload it here, if none seems to like it at all or only a few of the viewers are leaving a review. I would really love to see if there is something people are wondering about or if something doesn't work or just what they think about my story. Just so I know the hours I spend writing on this story isn't in vain. I have other stories on my laptop I want to continue, so if this one doesn't get any attention, I'll drop it after I have uploaded the chapters that already are finished.

I do not own One Piece or the characters, besides my OC's. This goes for all the chapters.

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Whitebeard was looking at the villa he and his friends just had repaired. It was big and it had taken some time and effort, but he liked the result. This was the first step for not only his future, but for the future of this country, Grand Kingdom. A country that dissed children, unless they were from the nobles. Common people and the poor had nothing much to say or could do much. Whitebeard had seen so many street kids and this would be their new home.

"It really looks good Whitebeard," said Dragon.

"I just hope we can find someone to help you out," said Roger.

"I've already found myself a cook, but yes, I would properly need more help, when I got more children," said Whitebeard.

"I'll come and help from time to time, Whitebeard," said Shanks, smiling.

"I think we'll all come and give a hand, no matter if you get more children or not," said Dragon.

Roger nodded and looked at his son, which were chased by Dragon's son. He would come and help the street kids and others, who need help and he knew now where to go, when he need someone to take care of his son. Not that he planned on leaving his child or so, but you never know. Besides Whitebeard would love to watch over Ace for a couple of hours, if he needed it.

"So do you think we can do it? I mean really make a difference?" asked Rouge.

"I do so, my love," said Roger and took his wife in his arm.

"We just need to believe. Garp and Marco got permission to run a special division under the police just for the abused children. Well, they do not have permission to help children from the noble, but at least it's a start," said Dragon.

"Sure. So how do we best help the children and get them here? Those who already lives on the street. They do not trust adults," said Kira, the wife of Dragon.

"We have to try. I'll help," said Shanks.

They nodded and looked at the villa. Hopefully it would soon have life and children's laughter all over. Right now it seemed empty, but the first step was taken. Now they need to have faith and they needed to work to get the place running. Whitebeard felt anxious. He always wanted a family, but his wife died in childbirth and so did the child. It would have been a girl. It was a couple of years ago and he didn't find love again, but this was what he always had dreamt of.

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The ally was dark and small, but he could hide here, -no he lived here. There was an old container and he had made it his home. He couldn't remember how long he had been living here, stealing food from the stores and other stuff. Mostly he only took what the stores threw out, but sometimes he had to steal from the store itself. He was 5 years old, but already a sneaky thief. He took the dry bread and took a bite. It had been all he could find, or rather had the time to steal. It was raining and there had been some guards too. Suddenly he heard a sound and he prepared to make a run. He looked outside the container, ready to fight for freedom.

"Here," said a gentle voice and a hand hold some fruit.

He grabbed it and was ready to make a run for it, but the man took a step back and leaned against the wall. The boy ate the fruit, watching the stranger with suspicious eyes.

"I know a place where you can get free food, a place to sleep and get a stabile life. You wouldn't have to steal or be afraid to die, when you feel sick or something else. Want to see the place?" asked the man.

Suspicious eyes. "What do they want from me?" the boy asked.

He had heard of gangs who used children to do their dirty work and later murder or steal. What was the deal here?

"That you live like a normal kid, later teen and then adult. They expect you to work for a better future. You own future. For your dreams. And they will help you. Not everyone in this world is evil or thinking of themselves. There are people who want to help others too," said the man.

"There are no such people," said the boy.

"Want to make a bet?" asked the man.

"A bet?"

"If I'm lying you can go back. If not, you'll stay," he said.

The boy looked at the man. He couldn't really see him, because of the darkness, but something about the man made him believe his words. The boy had a good feeling about this man. A feeling he hadn't had around others. So he nodded and took the hand of the man.

As they walked out from the ally and onto the street with lights, the boy saw that the man had red hair and he smiled friendly. The boy had green hair and some scratches, but beside from being starving he looked healthy.

"My name is Shanks. What is yours?" asked the man.

"I have giving me the name Zoro. I can't remember what my parent's called me. They are dead and have been so for 3 years," said the boy.

"You'll get a new father. He is kind, but can be strict too. It is necessary. He does all out of love," said Shanks.

Silence. Shanks and Zoro walked hand in hand to the big villa. Zoro squeezed the hand of Shanks tight and Shanks was taken by surprised of the boy's strength, but he smiled. Zoro. He would be the first child to live here.

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Zoro was the first boy Shanks brought to the villa of Whitebeard, but he kept finding and helping the street kids with his gentle personality. Marco brought an abused child, with the name of Law and he came with Kaya as she lost her parents. Later a man with the name Zeff, brought a blond boy, which name was Sanji, who had been hanging out around his restaurant. Slowly the villa got more life and the children felt safe.

"Oyaji. The woman is here," said Thatch, who was the cook in this big villa.

"Let her in," smiled Whitebeard.

An overweight woman with orange curly hair walked in. Behind her were two men.

"Welcome Dadan. Who did you bring with you?" asked Whitebeard.

"They are my friends and they look for work too. They are gardener," said the woman.

"I see. How do you feel about children?" asked Whitebeard.

"They need discipline, love and can be a pain in the ass, but it will be alright," said Dadan and the two others nodded.

"What are your names?" asked Whitebeard.

"Dogra."

"Magra."

"Alright. Dadan, Magra and Dogra. You are hired. Let me show you around and you rooms," said Whitebeard.

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"So how many kids do you have now Whitebeard?" asked Roger.

"There is Sanji, Zoro, Kaya, Law, Kid, and Koala. I know that Marco and his new partner Dracule are working to free two girls from Arlong. We are growing thanks to Akagami and Marco," said Whitebeard.

"So now 6 kids and soon 8. It's only been almost a year," said Roger.

"Yeah. I can't believe it either. Zoro was the first to be here. Shanks found him in an ally, where he lived in a container. The kid had giving himself his name," said Whitebeard.

"There are still some children out there," said Dragon.

"Shanks is doing his best, I know, but it is really hard to find them," said Kira.

"I know my dear," said Dragon.

Short after came Shanks with two boys. They were dirty and looked beaten up. They looked down at the ground, afraid to regain eye contact with anyone. Both held Shanks' hands. You could see them trembled a bit. Shanks also looked like he had been in a fight. He had some dirt on his clothes and a scratch, but he smiled.

"Found those two, who was in trouble. Some guys from the south had their grab on them, but I managed to break them free. Their names are Penguin and Shachi," said Shanks and looked at the boys.

"Welcome to your new home. I'm Whitebeard, but you may call me Oyaji. Let us get you cleaned up and some new clothes will be in order too. Thatch would you make them some food?" Whitebeard squatted down in front of the boys and smiled to them.

"New home?" Penguin looked at Whitebeard.

"Oyaji?" Shachi looked hopefully.

"Yes. Don't be afraid anymore. You are safe now and you'll have a future," smiled Whitebeard.

Shachi and Penguin hugged Whitebeard with tears falling from their eyes. Now they were 8, soon 10 kids in the house of Whitebeard. Happy kids. They fought each other, they teased each other, they helped each other and they helped out, learning live from another view. Whitebeard smiled and felt happiness. Now he had the family he always had dreamt of, but there was still room for more.

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He was sitting in the park watching his son running free and having fun. He smiled and continued to draw the picture he was working on, just looking up to watch his son. Suddenly he saw his son running towards the sea and he rushed towards him, barely managed to catch him, before he walked into the sea.

"You know you can't swim, so why even running to the sea?" he asked his son.

"But the water looks so tempting," was the answer.

"I can teach him to swim," said a voice behind them.

He turned around, just to see a girl around 8 years standing there with a bright smile.

"That's kind of you. Do you know how to swim?" asked the man.

"Yes. Thatch taught me. Can I then ask you for a favor?" asked the girl.

"I knew this wasn't for free," said the man.

"I just want to watch you draw, afterwards. By the way I'm Nojiko and over there is my friend, Shanks," said the girl, nodded towards the bench where the man sat minutes ago.

"I'm Yasopp, this is Usopp. If you can teach him to swim, you can see my draw as often you can," smiled the man.

"Yes. I'm going to be the best swimmer in the world," said Usopp.

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Marco sighed lightly as he walked to his usual bar. Another day where it was impossible to get those two girls out of the hands of Arlong. He felt bad for those two girls, living with that criminal. They know he was criminal, but they couldn't prove it, so they couldn't take the girls with force. As far as the law concerned, the two girls had a good life with Arlong. If only they could infiltrate his base, but that man was too smart. Even his partner Dracule couldn't do much in this case, and he was famous for being able to torn gangs apart.

"Marco what's up?" asked a voice beside him, as he sat in the bar.

He looked to his right, because he hadn't recognized the voice, yet he knew it from somewhere. There sat a woman with long bright red hair and a smile he knew too well. He had seen it so much on her brother lately, but he hadn't seen her in 5 years. She had disappeared.

"Diana? How? When? What?" Marco looked confused.

"It's been too long, hasn't it? I'm sorry I didn't call or so, but I was undercover," she said.

"What?"

"I'm a freelancer detective and have been doing some infiltration. Heard of Don Krieg?"

"Yeah. Four days ago his organization fall apart and his true nature disposed, so he got arrested," said Marco.

Diana nodded.

"It was you?"

She smiled.

"And here I thought Dracule was the only one good at this," he smirked.

"You know Mihawk?"

"He is my partner," said Marco. "You know him?"

"Yes. He taught me to infiltrate. You look like you could need some help," she said.

"Yeah. I'm trying to make Arlong's empire fall apart for two girls he has in his hands," he sighed.

"Arlong? You are crazy. You can't do that," she said.

"You know him?"

"Yes. Let me do it and give me 3 months," said Diana.

"No way. Your brother would kill me," said Marco.

"No he won't. Let me do it Marco. Don't think I don't know what you have been up to the past year. Even though I haven't been in touch, it's only because I couldn't risk it. Give me 3 months, and Arlong's empire will fall apart," said Diana.

"Do you think you can do it? I won't be able to back you up," said Marco.

"Don't worry. I'll back her up," said Izo, who was the barkeeper.

"Izo. Nice to know, but I can do it on my own," smiled Diana.

"Sure. Vista and Jozu wants some action too and they have their eyes on Arlong. So I suggest you visit those two and let them help you," said Izo.

"Vista and Jozu? I see. Well thanks," smiled Diana and turned to Marco.

"It's really good to see you again. I've missed you," she said.

"And I've missed you. Would you visit Whitebeard?" asked Marco.

"Sure. And brother too," she said.

"On Sunday there is a party at the villa. Then it's been a year since we finished the project. We are going to celebrate it," he said.

"I'll be there," said Diana.

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The kids were playing and the adults sat talking about many things. Diana could hear laughter, screaming and talking. She liked the atmosphere at once as she walked behind the house, to get to the party. Only Marco knew that she would come, so it would be a surprise for them all. She could hear her brother and she could feel how much she missed him. Too much. As she turned the corner, she could see them all. Nobody had seen her, so she walked towards them with fast, but still firm steps.

"Looks like a hell of a party," she smiled as she was in hearing range.

All, besides the kids, felt silence and looked at her. Shanks was the first person to react, as he jumped up and hugged her tight. Diana hugged him back and tears were building up in her eyes. It truly had been too long.

"Diana… And here I thought you were dead," he whispered.

"I would come back and haunt you if I was dead," said Diana.

"Diana… Where the hell did you came from?" asked Roger.

"Well, I've been with Don Krieg," she smiled and her eyes felt on Dracule Mihawk.

"So that was it," said Mihawk.

"Yep," she smiled.

"Say what? Have you been with him for 5 years? How did you escape punishment?" asked Shanks.

"Dear brother. I was the one to bring him down. Something I learnt from Mihawk. I'm a freelance detective," she smiled.

"Ah you are Miss Blue," said Garp.

"Yes. One of my aliases," said Diana and sat down.

"One? How many do you have?" asked Shanks.

"Many," she said.

"We could use one of them. Are you up to it?" asked Mihawk.

"Sure. I told Marco I would do it, so yesterday I've been doing some footwork," said Diana.

"You've met already?" Shanks looked at Marco.

"Yes, we met Friday. I told her about our problem and she told me she could do it in three months," said Marco.

"Three months? Are you insane sis? You can't do it. Arlong would rip you apart. He hates women. Don't do it. I forbid it," said Shanks.

"Arlong hates women, yes, but sometimes he needs a woman to do certain things and who would be better to lure him out in the open? He doesn't take others in, so it would be difficult for Mihawk to infiltrate his gang. And the two girls needs help," said Diana.

"You wouldn't…" Shanks looked perplex.

"Trust me brother I can more than you think. And I will be in contact. This time it is easier to have a life beside the alias," said Diana.

"But…"

"Don't you trust your sister Shanks? If she says she can do it, she can," cut Roger him of.

Shanks gave in and they started to talk about other stuff. Diana was sorry that she missed the birth of Luffy and other stuff. She congratulated Whitebeard for living out his dreams and she befriended the kids. Her kindness was most welcome here. Thatch flirted with her, which made Shanks threatened him and soon they laughed about Shanks protective nature. Then again Diana was his little sister and he had thought she was dead or maybe imprisoned.

As Diana promised she brought down Arlong's empire within three months and the two girls, Nami and Nojiko came to live with Whitebeard and the others. Shanks was relieved that Diana had been able to take care of herself and he thanked Mihawk for teaching her. He simply stated that Diana was a natural.

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Diana became a detective, working for Garp, but as she helped a young girl, named Robin, she was caught and killed. It was a shock for them all and they moan over her. Especially Shanks and Thatch. She had been the girlfriend of Thatch and an autopsy showed that she had been pregnant too. It was a hard time for them all, but the kids, especially Nami, Nojiko and Robin helped them through it. It was those three kids that Diana had helped, so it helped them. Diana had been like Shanks. Caring, loving and a kind person.

"I can't believe she is gone for good this time. Why did this happen? She was so aware of her surroundings," said Shanks and drank the rest of his sake.

"She saved Robin from being killed. She is a hero," said Benn, the best friend of Shanks and also roommate.

"I miss her," cried Shanks.

Benn didn't know what to say. He also missed the red haired woman. Her smile and her spirit, which was like her brother. The fact that she had been pregnant and so in love, didn't make it easier. She didn't deserve dead. He laid a hand on Shanks' shoulder and tried to comfort his best friend.

"Another bottle," sobbed Shanks to the young waitress.

"I'm sorry, but we are closing now," said the waitress. She had dark green hair and a friendly smile.

"Just another bottle to drown my sorrows," pleaded Shanks.

"Come on Shanks. They have closed. Let's go home," said Benn.

"We don't have any booze at home," said Shanks.

"You could go to bed. You've enough to drink already," said Benn.

"You can go home. I'm going to find another bar," said Shanks and walked out.

Benn rolled his eyes, paid their bill and walked out. As he came out, Shanks was nowhere to be seen and no matter how much he looked, he couldn't find him. Benn knew that Shanks could take care of himself, so he walked home.

As the young waitress locked the bar, she found Shanks sitting in the ally, crying his heart out. She squatted in front of him, feeling sorrow for him. It was clear to her that this man had lost someone important to him. Softly she laid her hand on his knees. Shanks looked up and sew her caring and compassionate face. He tried to smile, but failed.

"Why don't you walk home?" she asked softly.

"I … don't think I can manage that," he said.

"And it's impossible to get a cab right now. I live nearby, so why don't you sleep on my couch?" she asked.

"That's dangerous for a young woman to ask a stranger such thing," said Shanks.

"I know Yasopp and he has been talking a lot about you. You're Shanks right?" she smiled.

"Yeah… And you?"

"I'm Makino."

Shanks nodded and remember that Yasopp had told him about this young and lovely waitress. Wasn't it the reason he came to that bar tonight in the first place? Well he couldn't remember. He stood up and let her help him to her place. It was neat, but Shanks didn't notice many things. He fell on to couch and slept almost instantly. Makino put a blanket on him and called Yasopp, so he could give Shanks' roommate a note on his whereabouts.


At the beginning of the story Luffy is 3 and Ace 6 years old.

I know it is cruel to introduce an OC, just to kill her, but I needed a character to die for the sake of the story.

So what do you think? Shall I continue?

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I'll try to upload frequently. I'm aiming for at least one chapter at week.