Scarlet Dragon

Author's Note: Set after Luffy enters the Grand Line.

xXxXx

"Thank you."

"For what? Telling you where your son was going to be and when he was going to be there?" The young woman laughed as she browsed the books on her shelves. "Dragon…"

The tattooed man smiled. "How much do I owe—" He barely dogged the dagger that went flying past.

"I am not going to charge you for information about Luffy. You are his father. And I am about the only person besides Garp that knows that." She had one hand on her hips, glaring at him. "I only charge you for the information when it is related to the Revolutionaries. When it comes to your family, I'll tell you what I know." She walked past him and retrieved the dagger. "Did you even talk to him?" She looked at him as she returned to the shelves.

Dragon looked away, not meeting her eyes. "Well… there was a storm…and marines were after him and had to be distracted…"

She sighed and rolled her eyes. "In other words, no. Or, let me guess, you said something but it got lost in the sounds of the storm." She shook her head in amusement. "Honestly." She quickly flipped through a book before returning it to the shelf and grabbing a map which she spread across her table. She looked over at him. "Now you did not just come here to thank me."

"It was a major reason, but no." Dragon walked over to the map and pointed to several islands. "The first three have civil wars just wrapping up. The rest are places where we are planning to go soon. But I really came here to ask what you know about the goings on in Alabasta."

Her eyes flicked up at him before focusing on the island. "The civil war that is brewing in Alabasta is not one of yours."

"No. The circumstances that are surrounding it are suspicious though. We were wondering if the army should head there to help out."

"No." The woman stood and grabbed a file folder, quickly flipping through the pages. "No, I believe there are plans to halt the war already in place. And if my calculations are correct, they will be successful." She replaced the file and withdrew a few others before returning to the table.

"The missing princess."

She smiled. "The princess of Alabasta is an incredibly determined young lady who absolutely loves her country. Things will work out there. Now, these last four islands, the ones you're going to next? I have the information you will want to deal with those quickly and with the least bloodshed. Let's talk price."

xXxXx

The young woman watched as Dragon sailed away as she rolled up her map. She returned to her desk once he was out of sight and pulled out the article about how the rookie Straw Hat Luffy was nearly executed in the same place that Gol D. Roger was. She walked over to the bulletin board featuring all the other articles that she had collected and added it to the collection.

She smiled at the grinning wanted poster. "Oh Luffy. I can tell already that you are going to shake this world to its core."

xXxXx

Author's Note: Alright. The second installment, featuring Dragon. I plan to do this as various characters coming to visit the Information Dealer, as I shall call her in these notes. While I will try to drop new details about this woman with each of these one shots, all with be disclosed in what will probably be the final one with Luffy meeting her.

The next one will be Ace!

I am not a writer! I am a puppet controlled by fictional characters!