Disclaimer; I do not own One Piece. The only one who is mine is Bast. There will be more OC's later, though. Again, not a Law X Kid fic! I don't go for that stuff! But if Ikkaku and Killer wind up dating, you can yell at me in the comments. I don't think they will, but it really is out of my control.
Dad; tou-san
Mom; kā-san
Older brother; nii-san
Older sister; onê-san
Wrote them that way because… I wanted to.
"Bast-ya, it's time to leave," Law said, than started walking.
"Where are we going?" Bast said, bouncing along behind.
Kid caught up from behind and said, "We're pirates, so we live on ships, or in your dad's case, a sub."
"Sandwich?" Bast asked. He was having trouble keeping up with his dads
"Submarine," Law said, hefting his sword up onto his shoulder and staring off at the horizon.
"Wow! A submarine!" Bast said, yellow eyes glittering with excitement. He could hardly wait! The harbor was just a few blocks away, but it felt like a mile.
"My ship is better," Kid said. They walked in silence for awhile, then rounded a corner. Sunlight spilled across the weathered wood of the docks. People were running around everywhere, pirates and marines, civilians and merchants. Bast ogled everything, drinking it in. The ships were so majestic. Their masts seemed to scrape the sky.
"We're here," Law said, jogging Bast back to the present.
"Cool!" Bast cheered, looking at the ship and the submarine docked before them. Kid's ship was one of the coolest things Bast ever seen! The ship had a skull in the front and a cool design on the sails. It looked creepy, and Bast loved it.
Than there was the submarine. It had two masts, and a lamp off one side. It was bright yellow, with a smiley face painted on the side. There were five symbols that Bast didn't know, though. They looked sort of like the ones on the paper that Kā-san read… hang on, they were really familiar…
"Law tou-san! Dose five marks on your ship look like the ones on your hands!"
Law blinked. "Yeah. It says death. D-e-a-t-h," He said, pointing to each of the letters on his hands in turn.
"What does it mean?"
Law didn't say anything.
"Tou-san?" Bast said tentatively.
"…It's when someone leaves and you can never get them back." Law said at last, looking off at the horizon, his normal sly smile absent.
"He's looking to the North again," Muttered Penguin.
"I don't know what happened to captain there, but it wasn't good," Muttered Shachi.
"Do you think someone died?" Whispered Penguin.
"Probably. Possibly multiple people." Whispered back Shachi.
"Stop that," Ikkaku said.
"Oh," Bast said at last. She paused. "But why do you have it on your hand?"
Law didn't answer, he just shrugged and started to walk to his submarine.
"Anyway," Said Kid, much too loudly, "Why don't you check out my ship?"
"Okay!" Bast said, running up the gangplank and proceeding to run around all over Kid's ship at high speeds, checking out everything. He climbed the skull on the front of the boat. He climbed both masts. He ran around belowdecks. Finally, he was satisfied he'd seen everything, except for one locked door.
Bast frowned at the lock, than tugged on it. Nothing happened. He tugged on it again. The chain creaked a little. Bast gripped the lock tighter in his meaty little fist, and was about to yank it down as hard as he could, when Kid came up behind him.
"That's my room," Kid said. "None of my crew except for Killer is allowed in there. Your room is the empty one, down and to the right, past Killer's room." Kid didn't add the 'and stop trying to break into my room, brat,' at the end, but it was definitely there.
Bast nodded and ran off. The first door he came to had a lock on it, but it was open. Bast pulled the door open slightly and looked in. Definitely Killer's.
He continued down the hall, opened the next door on the right, and walked in.
The room was mostly bare, with one bed in the far right-hand corner. The bed was bolted to the wall. On the back wall was a small round window, letting in steamers of dusty sunlight. The left side of the room was filled with stacks of barrels and boxes. A layer of dust covered everything, making the room look slightly smudged.
Bast ran over and jumped as hard as he could onto the bed, sending up a huge cloud of dust. Bast flopped down on the bed, the springs groaning.
Bast watched the small particles of dust float through the air above him, lit gold with the sun, and he coughed and grinned and laughed.
"Bast? Brr. This is a creepy ship," said a voice from out in the hall. "Bast? Where are you?"
"In here!" Bast yelled. The door opened and Ik-ik-ikaky (Ikkaku) Onê-chan walked in.
"There you are. Want to see Captain's submarine?"
"Yeah!" Bast said, jumping off the bed and running over to her.
The two left, Bast running on ahead and Ikkaku walking behind, but not too far behind. She was on a rival pirate ship, she knew, and she was staying as close as she could to the person who was supposed to be there, thank you very much.
Ikkaku frowned as she passed the door with "Killer" scratched crudely into the wood. She pulled out a slip of paper and slipped it under the door, than caught up with Bast with a light jog.
"Slow down, Bast," Ikkaku said.
The two dashed out onto the deck, into the sunlight. Bast vaulted over the railing and jumped out over the sea.
"Ack! Bast! Get back here!" Ikkaku yelled, knowing it was useless. The little boy was-
"Bast? When did you get down here?" Bepo's voice echoed up the side of the ship.
"I jumped!" Bast's voice wafted up to Ikkaku, cheery as ever.
Ikkaku ran over to the railing and looked out at the submarine. Standing on the deck of the Polar Tang, was Bast, alive and well.
"That would have been bad," Ikkaku murmured to herself.
"What are you doing on my ship?" Ikkaku stole a glance over her shoulder. A menacing figure approached the young woman, goggles glinting in the late afternoon sun, captains' coat billowing behind him in the light wind. Yup, that was Kid, walking up behind her…
Ikkaku shrieked and vaulted over the railing. Oh shit, she thought. That's the ocean! Help!
"Room! Shambles!"
"Captain!" Ikkaku bawled. "You saved mee!"
Law looked around. All the rest of his crew was cheering. Bast was sitting in is that an impact crater? In the deck, grinning his little head off.
"Alright, Chibi Eustass-ya. This is the Polar Tang," Law said, ignoring Ikkaku, quietly pretending that he didn't just save her. "Penguin, would you show him around?"
"Yup, Captain!" Penguin said. "Now this is the main deck. Through here is the kitchen-" his voice faded out as he walked away, the perpetually cheerful redhead following.
A few hours later the sun was setting, and Bast had thoroughly explored the Polar Tang. He liked his room. It was small, but it had one of the really big portholes looking out into the sea. He was just starting to feel sleepy when Ikkaku approached him.
"Before you go to bed tonight, why don't you have a bath? You haven't had one in days and you are a little stinky," she said, smiling a bit.
"Bath… okay." Bast said, sounding dubious. Ikkaku sighed internally. She hadn't volunteered for this. She was the only one who was not on watch, operating the engines, or suffering from a case of overwhelming male pride. She had pointed out that Bast was a boy, so he should be bathed by such, but Captain had told her to, which was enough.
A little later, Shachi, who was supposed on watch, heard an interesting conversation through the bathing room door…
"I'll draw the bath, you get undressed," Ikkaku said.
Bast said something Shachi couldn't hear. He moved a little closer and pressed his ear against the keyhole.
"No, see, the water's not too hot, test it with your toe. See? Now climb on in…"
Splashing sounds.
"Oh." Ikkaku said faintly.
The door slammed open before Shachi could react, sending him flying into the wall and his sunglasses skittering down the corridor.
"CAPTAIN! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" Ikkaku yelled.
Law suddenly appeared in the hall, sword over shoulder.
"What is it, Ikkaku?"
"Bast is… is… a girl." Ikkaku stuttered.
"What? Monocle-ya said he was a boy…"
"No, Onê-chan is right. I am a girl!" Bast said, popping out of the bubbles in the bathtub.
"Why…?" Law said faintly. He looked lost.
"I let you fink I was a boy 'cause it was funny!" Bast said, giggling.
"O… kay?" Muttered Shachi, scrambling for his sunglasses.
"Weren't you supposed to be on duty, Shachi?" Law asked, tilting his head and staring at his crewman.
"Well, um…" stuttered Shachi.
Well, there we go! Bast's a girl! Chapter three is going to be a short one, but I have most of Chapter four finished and I know what will happen through the next few chapters. Hope you guys like it! Also, if any of you know a good betareader that works with One Piece, specifically family, adventure, and humor, please tell me. Please leave a review! Follow! Favorite! Pretty Please?