Since I've had so many people fav and follow my story I decided to type up the rest of this chapter for you guys! Sorry if it has a few mistakes, I'll look over it later and update it if I see any more mistakes on it, or whenever you guys point it out. And should I add Teach into the story? Just a question.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or the devil fruit used by my OC!


-Ace, the Man that We Kidnapped-


Pops and some other commanders watched as Izou shot some bullets at Cerise. The girl quickly responded by turning into sakura petals and swooping down on the kimono-wearing man. Some of the commanders had been training Cerise to fight by using her devil fruit and she'd been doing quite the job at it too.

"Winter's Storm." Cerise called out quietly and sakura petals spun around Izou, making it impossible for him to see her. The watching commanders nodded at the new move. Cerise watched as the petals spun around the man and dodged a bullet that was shot at her. 'Remember your training, try to take the weapon away from the enemy. That way you'll only have one thing to worry about; taking out just the enemy.'

"Plus: Summer's Heat!" Cerise added on, the sakura petals spinning around Izou noticeably sharpening and putting scrapes on the man's hands and legs, and also tearing up his kimono. Cerise quickly turned back into sakura petals and flew into the storm of sakura leaves and petals before kicking one of Izou's guns out of his hand.

Izou gasped in surprise and pointed his other gun at the girl, quickly firing some shots. Cerise dodged them again and waved off the petals that surrounded the man, making them disappear. Izou looked straight at Cerise and noticed that she had his gun in her hand, aiming right at him. "There's one more bullet in this one, think I'll be able to hit you?" Cerise asked, a teasing gleam in her brown eyes.

Thatch whistled in amazement, "Izou, I think the girl's won!" He called and screamed out when a bullet grazed his pompadour. Izou smiled gently down at the girl and rubbed her soft, pink hair.

"Good job, chisana hana." Izou praised, making Cerise look away from him with a small blush, a tiny smile on her lips. Cerise was more open to everyone and was definitely more open about her feelings. She'd tell Izou or Haruta when she wasn't feeling well. She'd play pranks with Thatch, she'd even sit down in Pops' lap and listen to his stories.


Thatch has probably made one of the best discoveries in history.

He found out something that everyone has wanted to know about Cerise.

Her biggest fear. Or at least one of them.

And it turned out that little Cerise was an arachnophobe. How did Thatch find this out? Well I'll tell you, with a flashback of course.

"Thatch-nii, I'm scared, let's go back." Cerise suggested quietly as Thatch cut through the hanging vines in front of them, he looked back at Cerise and shook his head with a smile.

"It'll be alright, what? You don't trust your big brother?" Thatch asked in a teasing tone and then a big spider dropped down slowly with its web, wiggling its eight legs slowly and creepily. Thatch was about to attack it when a loud, shrill scream was heard from behind him and he turned to see Cerise running away as fast as the wind could carry her.

"MARCO-NII!" she screamed out, tears rolling down her eyes and a look of hysteria in them. Marco practically knocked down his door and looked around to see what was going on as he leaned against the reeling to see where the girl was.

"MARCO-NII!" she screeched again and flew into his arms, knocking him back a bit with surprise as the girl hugged his waist as she cried in fear looking up at him. "IT WAS A MINIBEAST! A MINIBEAST!" she cried out as she hugged his waist tighter.

Marco was at a loss for words. This was totally out of character for Cerise. Cerise was calm and collected child, now she just seemed to be acting like any other brat that Marco saw on other islands. He simply rubbed Cerise's clothed back and looked down at Thatch, who was panting below the ship on the island that they were docked at.

Thatch gave Marco and amused look, "It was just a spider, Cerise." Thatch coaxed, trying to get the girl to go back out there with him.

Cerise just shook her head in Marco's waist and mumbled, "I don't care and I'm not going back."


"Who's the brat that wants to take my head?" Pops bellowed as they sailed in on an island. Cerise peeked over the railing, studying what was ahead of the ship on the island. She saw a man with black hair, wearing a yellow jacket laying on the ground unconscious. She frowned slightly at the state of man and looked over at the big, blue fishman that was sitting one knee on the ground, clearly exhausted.

'They must've been fighting.' Cerise thought and felt herself get tugged by the back of her yellow sundress. Nia, the head nurse, looked down at the girl with scolding blue eyes. Cerise responded with puppy eyes and a pout. "It's not like I'm going to be anywhere near the fight… Please, Nia?" Cerise begged, clasping her hands in front of her chest.

Nia nodded, "Alright, but I'm gonna have to stay here with you." She added quickly after.

"As you wish, I'll take you on!" Pops boasted, "I'll take care of you myself." People below on the island gasped in surprise at the sudden appearance of the man and his crew.

Cerise flinched slightly as she watched Pops walk up to the man on the ground. The man on the ground then slowly got up, a nasty scowl on his face. Pops stopped where he was as a group of men stood in his way and lifted his head up, blowing them all away devastatingly. Cerise's brown eyes widened in surprise, 'I don't even think that's half of Pops' power.' She thought, clearly impressed.

"YOU GUYS!" The man screamed out in worry as his crewmates fell to the ground. He then stood up, "Flaming Net!" he shouted and fire suddenly surrounded him and Pops. Cerise flinched back at the sudden hotness and felt her skin flame up at the scorching heat. Nia looked down at the pink-haired child and noticed how red Cerise's skin had gotten. She quickly picked her up and ran her inside.

"Why didn't you warn me that the guy could use fire?!" Cerise asked angrily, looking at her slightly sunburned skin. Ever since Cerise had started her training, at first they'd train her in the morning, but when Cerise started getting small blisters on her skin they realized that Cerise had a weakness to heat. Sakura petals were highly flammable, so the girl had a bad time whenever it was sunny outside.

As much as Cerise loved going outside, she hated sunburn and would only go outside when the sun was starting to go down. If she did go outside while the sun was out, she'd have to wear a big sunhat that Marco had bought for her to keep her protected from the sun's rays.

Nia smiled apologetically, "I didn't know that he'd do that." She said, rubbing her neck in guilt. Cerise just shrugged it off, flinching at the slight pain.

Suddenly an angered scream was heard and then silence. Nia looked outside from the creak of the door and motioned for Cerise to come and look. Cerise walked over and looked as well, seeing Pops standing tall over the yellow-shirted man.

"Why are there so many cocky people in the world? That guy should've known better, now he's gone and gotten his ass handed to him. He was being way too superbious." Cerise ranted, but stopped as she continued to watch. The man had actually still been alive and got on his knees, shaking as he did so.

"I'm…" he trailed off, making Pops chuckle at the man's persistence.

"You're still trying to stand up?" he asked the man, who was still scowling up at him, "I'd hate to see you die here, kid. If you still want to fight, take my name and roam the seas wild and freely!" Pops offered to the man with a small smile. The yellow-shirted man looked to the side angrily and gasped in full on surprise when Pops kneeled down and held out a hand to him, "Become my son!"

Cerise busted out laughing when the man screamed out, "You've gotta be kidding me!"


Ace sat up abruptly and ran outside, looking at his surroundings and using his hand as a shade from the bright morning sun. He lost, he knew he did and now he was stuck on a ship with the people that he hated. He turned around and fell back against the railing, putting his hands in his hair as he looked down at the ground somberly.

How could he have just lost like that? He was being too cocky, he should've known that he couldn't beat Whitebeard yet. He wasn't called the 'Strongest Man in the World' for no reason. A sudden shout ripped him from his thoughts.

"Yo!" Ace glared over at the one who shouted at him, it was a man with a brown pompadour, "I'm the fourth division commander, Thatch." He greeted happily and sat down on the railing, crossing on leg over the other, "Since you're joining our crew, I think that we should be friends." He suggested.

How dare he? How dare he come up to Ace, after their captain beat his ass and ask to be his friend? And since when was he going to join their crew? When did he ever say that? He didn't agree to that!

"Shut up!" Ace ordered angrily and went back into the position he was in before. Thatch simply laughed it off.

"You sure woke up in a bad mood, I see." Thatch chuckled, "Oh, yeah. Do you want to know what happened to your crew after you passed out?" he asked Ace, knowing that he'd definitely want to know. "Your crew came back to come get you… so we beat them all up. Even little Cerise helped us beat them up! She kicked ass out there!" Thatch cooed, and saw Ace flinch.

"Oh, it's not like they're dead, Cerise doesn't have the heart to kill a person, we're keeping them here on the ship." He added quickly after, quite proud with his self.

Ace sat up with his fixed glare, "Are you sure you want me on your ship like this, without any shackles or anything?" he asked, hatred lacing his voice.

"Shackles?!" Thatch echoed, "We don't need those!" he implied with a cocky smile, making Ace growl at the man.

"Who's Cerise?" Ace had to ask, he saw how Thatch cooed about the girl, and it was totally out of character for the man. Was Cerise some woman that the man loved? Who knew?

Thatch smirked up at the sky, "You'll see her soon enough, it's best if you meet her yourself." Was all that Thatch told Ace before walking off, leaving the fire-user by himself.


Floating around the ship, Cerise looked around the area and couldn't find Ace anywhere. Right when she was about to give up and give his food to someone else, because she was too lazy to go back, a sudden crashing noise was heard, followed by a scream, and then a splash.

Cerise quickly flew over to the spot, the plate of food still in her hands and watched as someone jumped into the sea and came back with Ace, gasping and coughing out water before glaring up angrily at the man who saved him. The savior of Ace just scoffed, "You should thank me for saving you! Not glare!" he scolded before stomping off, muttering about how ungrateful some people were.

Once the scene was the clear, Cerise floated towards the man and landed softly on the ground. The man turned his head to glare at her, he was sitting on the ground with his back against the railing with his head in his knees. He seemed pretty surprised when he saw her before his surprise went into a glare. "What?" he hissed angrily at Cerise.

Cerise backed up a bit before walking up to the man and holding out the plate of food to him, "What's your name?" she asked, waiting for the man to take the plate of food. He didn't even try to take the food, he just stared at the girl with hateful eyes.

"Why do you care? Go do something else, I don't want that shitty food." He snarled out, snapping his head back between his knees. He heard the sound of a plate being put down on the ground. Cerise frowned disapprovingly, Thatch's food wasn't shitty, and his food was beyond delicious. Did he have a grudge against Thatch?

Cerise shook her head, 'No. He just joined the crew about 2 days ago.' She thought.

"You don't have to be so mean to them… Pops just wants you to be his son… you know that, right?" Cerise asked, not waiting for an answer she continued on, "Sure most of them are rumpots and winebibblers, but that doesn't mean that their minacious. You act like they've just kidnapped you or something."

Ace snorted at the irony of what the small girl had said. "Kid, I don't know if you know this, but they did kidnap me." He explained to her with a low growl. He heard the girl make a 'pft' sound and saw that she had a playful smirk on her face.

"Yeah, I know, I saw the fight. And I don't call that kidnapping, I like to use the term 'surprise adoption'." Cerise said, chuckling at her own joke. She sighed when Ace just looked back down at the ground. "My name is Cerise, by the way. I'm pretty sure one of the commanders has bragged about me." She told him with a small smile as Ace gave out a snort.

"So you're Cerise? What's a small girl like you doing on the ship?" he asked her.

Cerise looked up at the setting sun, "They found me and kept me on the ship. I tried to escape so many times, but they wouldn't let me. After some time, I learned that the others aren't so back afterall. I'm sure you'll realize this soon, too." She summarized and Ace watched as pink petals swooped around the small girl delicately, her pink hair swaying softly with the wind as she gazed at the beautiful twilight sky. "It was nice meeting you, Ace." She said and floated off somewhere on the ship.

Ace could see why Thatch wanted him to meet her himself, she was special in her own way. Though, he had no idea what a winebibbler was, probably some word that the girl had made up. He wasn't going to say this out loud, but Cerise interested him. She made it seem like being on this ship wasn't so bad. But then again, Cerise was only child and most children could be manipulated easily, so what she was saying could've been a lie too.

Ace would just have to find out.


I decided to just go on ahead and give you guys another chapter. I literally just finished the rest if this chapter in like two hours. I'm surprised that my fingers don't hurt. I'm going to do my chores now, and remember: Comments are appreciated! JA NE~!

Comment replies:

Guest from Chapter Two: Alright, I'm glad that you understand now! And here's that next chapter!

Alicein: Thank you for the advice, I reread my chapters and realized that you were right, but I'm too lazy to go back and change all that. But I'll be sure to watch for that in the future chapters!

And I give a special thanks to all who fav and followed! You all made me so happy! I'm glad that people like this idea! I didn't think that anyone would like the story to be honest. Oh and I made Cerise an arachnophobe because I'm basing her off of me just a little bit and one of my biggest fears in spiders. I hate spiders and I've been cursed with having seen only big ones, so that's why. Is anyone else here afraid of spiders?

Now for the words!
superbious- proud and overbearing
rumpot- N. Amer. A habitual or heavy drinker
winebibbler- a heavy drinker
minacious- menacing or threatening
I forgot to bold this one but a minibeast is a small invertebrate animal such as an insect or a spider.