Hey everyone. Thank you for the review and follows.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is I've got another one shot for you.

The bad news is chapter 15 of my main story, of Furry Ears and Fluffy Tails, is not coming along well. Writers block has payed me a serious visit and now I'm seriously stuck.

To grandprincessanastasiaromanoc5: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

This one shot best fits shortly after Ace joined the Whitebeard family (chapter 12) and before the events in chapters 13 and 14. So, it's kinda an in-between chapter thing.

I don't own One Piece. Just my ideas and OC's.

Melisandra watched as some of her family members of put up Ace's and the former Spade Pirate's wanted posters up on the wall. Every Whitebeard pirate had their wanted poster up there, even the wanted posters of their allies were up there, off to one side.

Every member of the family up there, all but Melisandra.

It wasn't that Meli was unhappy about Ace joining the family, quite the opposite. She was thrilled to have someone a little closer to her age plus, Meli liked Ace. He was fun to be around.

It was just that well, all the family was up there. It would be nice to share that with them. There was already so many things that were "when you're older." It made her feel left out at times, like she wasn't completely family yet.

Melisandra knew that was a ridiculous feeling to have but, nevertheless, it was there. She was careful not to let it show, feeling that it came under the heading of childish behavior. It was one thing to act like a kid but quite another to act like a selfish brat.

After the posters were up and admired for a bit, Melisandra wandered off to see what Rakuyo was up to. She hadn't visited with him yet today or yesterday for that matter. That called for a pounce and a hug.

~~~~~ Page Break ~~~~~

Hatura, Izo, Ace, Namur, Marco, and Thatch were all watching Melisandra head off down the hall. Thatch grinned at her retreating form, saying. "Man, is Rakuyo going to be in for it." They all nodded, though all of them except for Ace was a little distracted with a thought.

Melisandra may have been careful with her feelings but unknown to her, the family was aware of the sadness around her at the absence of her own wanted poster. Ace was still to new to have picked that up yet.

They could understand, she was the only one ever to join the family without already having a wanted poster. There was nothing they could do about it unless... A rather thoughtful expression crossed Haruta's features as she contemplated an idea.

When Haruta had thought her idea through, she said. "You know there is no real reason why we can't put a wanted poster of her up." Marco looked like some internal gears were going to blow, Izo was glaring and getting ready to chew Haruta out, Thatch was doing an impression of an angry, gaping fish, while Namur was waiting to hear the rest, and Ace just looked puzzled.

Haruta waved her hands, cutting off the furious outbursts she knew were coming and continued. "Don't go looking like that. Did I say anything about her going out to do anything to get an official one from the Marines? No. We could make one up ourselves and put it up. That's what she really would care about, just having one up there."

At that, the anger level in the hall took a nosedive. Namur nodded in agreement, that would do the trick just fine. Ace was still lost without a clue, in an attempt to get the world to make sense again, he asked. "I'm sorry, just who are we talking about here?"

The others blinked, remembering that Ace would have no idea as to what was going on. Marco gave him a small smile, saying. "Melisandra, yoi. She's the only member of the family without one. It upsets her, makes her feel... left out. We're not really sure what else Meli thinks about it. She does her best not to let it show that it's bothering her, yoi."

The others nodded, that was true and it only made their hearts wrench at the brave face Meli was putting on. They were her older siblings, they were supposed to make things better.

Thatch scratched his chin, saying. "You know, technically Meli already has one. The reward those damn villagers placed on her. It might not have been an official bounty with a poster or anything but, it's close enough."

It was still a sore subject amongst the crew since Melisandra had done nothing wrong to receive a bounty but, for once it would come in handy.

Izo hummed in thought before saying. "The one she was given was 5,000 berries." Ace snorted, saying. "Meli's kitty-eye look alone is worth almost that much alone. She should have at least a thousand more added on."

The others shared a grin. That particular look was a lethal weapon amongst the crew. Probably wouldn't have much affect on the Marines though.

Namur voiced his one concern, saying. "Alright but, we should stop there at 6,000. We don't ant to run the risk of Melisandra's made up bounty being higher then the one the Marines give her. If they happen to find out about her now, they wouldn't issue a very high one, Whitebeard pirate or not."

Haurta voiced her agreement, saying. "Yeah, not only that but they'd think we'd gone nuts. So, all we need to do now is get a picture of her and come up with a good nickname."

Marco grinned, saying. "Oh, I think I've got one for her already and it won't be hard to get a picture of her. We don't have any after all, what more reason do we need."

~~~~~ Page Break ~~~~~

It was later that week that the plan was put into it finale stage of completion. Now, a rather well done wanted poster hung on the wall, along side all the others. All that was left to do was to show Melisandra. A task that was left to Thatch, to bring her here. The others would wait there.

""Ohhhhh Melisandra. Guess what?" Thatch called. Meli looked over to Thatch, he was grinning. He was probably up to something. Melisandra replied. "You've lost your mind and want me to help look for it?"

The level of his merriment went down at that response and Thatch said. "No. You've been hanging around Namur too much. I've got something to show you, a new wanted poster." That puzzled Melisandra, to her knowledge, none of the family had done anything new at the level it would take to get an increase on their bounty. Thatch was still grinning, though the manic quality had gone down some, it was still not helping.

Melisandra followed Thatch anyway. Thatch wouldn't lie about a new poster and she couldn't see anyway he could use that as a prank. It was a further surprise to find Marco, Izo, Haruta, and Ace in the hallway as well. They all had a big, pleased smile on their faces.

Meli started to scan the wanted posters, searching out the new addition. There, on the bottom row, towards the center was a familiar face. It was her own face. Furry ears, fluffy tail, a smile with just a hint of pointy teeth. It was her, her very own wanted poster.

WANTED

Dead or Alive

"Shadow Walker" Meli

6,000 Reward

MARINE

Melisandra's mind was in a whirl, she hadn't done anything to get a poster, so how...

Suddenly, the grins and smiles made sense. Her family had done this for her and all because not having one had upset her so. The emotions within Melisandra were so strong she felt she couldn't speak, her cheeks were wet... when had she started to cry?

Hugs and purrs would just have to be enough for now and for her family, that was all they needed.