icefox94: so sorry it took this long to get this chapter up. Life caught up with me when fall term started. I'm still not exactly free, but I thought I'd do something productive while I procrastinate on my math homework. XP so here's chapter three. Ace, my lovely muse, say the disclaimer.
Ace: yes ma'am. icefox94 does not own One Piece. Eiichiro Oda does.
icefox94: now on with the story! And no one kill me please. I'd rather get through my math class at least after putting so much time, effort, and stress into it. Not to mention that panic attack I had a week or so ago. ^^() oh, and I remembered to add Marco's little "yoi" at the end of his sentences. If I didn't do it right or added them to much or something, please let me know. Also, does Hancock have one of those? I always hear "ja" at the end of her sentences, but no one has ever mentioned it before, so I wasn't sure if it was just how she spoke cause she's an empress or if she has a little suffix for the ends of her sentences like Marco does. I also make the baby den den mushi a lot cooler than they really are, but who cares. This is fanfiction for a reason!
There might also be more mistakes than usual cause I'm typing up this second half late. I just finished and looked at the clock to notice that it's 2:30 in the morning. Nigh night and enjoy the chapter. I'll get to working on the next chapter in the morning or something since it's the weekend. *yawn and wonders off to bed*
Chapter Four: A Talk With Marco and the Results of the Pregnancy Test
The halls of the Kuja Palace on the island of Amazon Lily are silent except for the click of heels against stone floors. Boa Hancock, the Empress of Amazon Lily and known to the world as Snake Princess, Pirate Empress, and the most beautiful woman in the world, was walking towards a hospital room holding a certain someone dear to her.
She had just found out a few hours ago that Monkey D. Luffy, her beloved, was turned into a woman by the side effects of Emporio Ivankov's Energy Hormone and was sexually assaulted by an enemy soon after. After she got fixed up, Luffy called her brother into her room and has been crying in his arms ever since.
Hancock, who was extremely worried about her beloved, called Marco the Phoenix, the first commander and acting captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, to see if he would allow her love's brother to stay longer. When all Marco asked was what happened, she opened up the door a crack to hear Luffy crying and told him if he wanted to know he would have to ask Luffy and Ace. The raven haired beauty with eyes resembling blue opals was going to Luffy's room to see if she had calmed down. She wanted to make sure she was alright and tell them Marco wanted to talk to them.
When Hancock gets to the closed door of Luffy's room, she is relieved to hear none of the pain filled sobs she heard muffled by the door last time she checked half an hour ago. Smiling in relief that Luffy seems to be done crying for the moment, Hancock lightly knocks on the door and waits for the softly spoken "come in" before entering. Hancock isn't sure what to expect when she walks in, but what she does see makes her pause for a moment in the doorway and smile.
Luffy is half laying on the bed and half laying on Ace with her head using his tanned muscled chest as a pillow and has her arms wrapped around his torso, hugging him to her like he is a human sized teddy bear. Ace doesn't seem to mind this, looking quite comfortable sitting propped up against the headboard with his arms loosely wrapped around his little sister and his head gently resting on hers. Both open their gem like black eyes to look at her, one curious and the other tired but happy to see her.
"Hi Hancock." Luffy chirps with a slight yawn and smiles tiredly towards her.
"How are you feeling Luffy?' Hancock questions as she fully steps into the room and closes the door behind her.
"I'm okay. Just a little tired from crying so much and still hurting from-" Luffy cut off, wanting to finish so his friend wouldn't worry so much, but couldn't find the voice to. Hancock sees the delimma and smiles sympathetically.
"It's okay, Luffy. You don't have to say it." Hancock blushes slightly at the beautiful smile of gratitude she is rewarded for her words.
"So, was there a reason you came here or did you just come to make sure Luffy was okay?" Ace asks.
"Both, actually. I wanted to make sure Luffy was okay, but I also came to tell you that Marco the Phoenix would like to speak to both of you when you are ready." both pairs of raven colored eyebrows shoot up in surprise.
"Marco the Phoenix... Ace, wasn't he the pineapple haired guy that turned into a blue bird made of fire?" Luffy questions aloud. Ace laughs at the comparison between his friend's hair and the tropical fruit before answering.
"Yes he is, but how do you know that he wants to talk to us? Did you call him?" Ace answers Luffy than asks Hancock, not angry or anything, just curious.
"Yes. I called him to ask how long he would allow you to stay here because I was worried about how you leaving would effect Luffy. He wanted to know the situation."
"Did you tell him?" Luffy inquires.
"No. I just told him I had already said to much by calling him and if he wanted to know he would have to talk to the two of you."
"Okay. Thank you for calling him for me and letting us tell him what happened." Luffy thanks with a typical, if not slightly tired, brighter than the sun smile unique to him and Ace.
"Your welcome, Luffy." Hancock replies with another blush before excusing herself from the room.
"So, would you like to talk to Marco now or wait?" Ask inquires, making sure his tone of voice told Luffy he was fine with whatever she wanted to do.
"I want to talk to him now." Luffy says, nuzzling her face into Ace's chest like she would a pillow. Ace laughs at her actions and pulls a baby Den Den Mushi out of his pocket. The rubber girl listens to the little beeps of a number being dialed before hearing the odd dial tone the den den mushi always makes. After only two rings, the dial tone is replaced with a bored "Hello?"
"Hey Marco. It's Ace and Luffy." Ace starts off.
"Hi!" Luffy chirps.
"Hey kid. Heard something happened but not what yoi. You okay?" The worried tone the phoenix used for someone he barely knew makes Luffy smile.
"Mostly."
"Will you tell me what happened yoi? I may not have officially met you, but Ace has told me so much about you I feel like we are family and I've been worrying about you since the Pirate Empress told me something was wrong yoi." even though she just got done crying for two hours strait, the caring words coming from the blond makes Luffy's eyes tear up. Ace notices this and slightly tightens his loose grip to comfort his emotional sibling. Luffy smiles and nods to Marco even though he can't see it.
"Yes. I'll tell you. Thank you for caring so much about me when we don't even know each other." Marco smiles at the teary voice that shakily drifts through the Den Den Mushi to his ears.
"Hey, no problem yoi. Like I said, you already feel like family thanks to your brother yoi. Seriously. He was always bragging about you yoi. The only time he ever shut up was when he had his mouth full or when he was sleeping yoi. It was slightly annoying, actually yoi." Marco says, amusement audible in his voice. After he hears Luffy laugh and Ace squawk in indignation, Marco continues. "Anyways, just tell me whenever you have any trouble and I will do my best to help you in anyway I can yoi. Okay?"
"Okay." Luffy answers with a laugh than her and Ace launch into everything that has happened, starting from getting on Law's submarine at Marineford and ending at the injuries Luffy sustained from the rape and the possible consequences. When they were done telling him everything, Marco whistles impressed but not in a good way.
"This past month just hasn't liked you at all, has it yoi?"
"Not really." Ace and Luffy say together. Marco laughs at this, than sighs.
"Okay, what exactly does this Rob Lucci guy look like yoi?"
Luffy does her best to describe him with Ace helping every now and then when Luffy's descriptions didn't make sense to the phoenix. While they do this, said phoenix writes everything down. If Marco ever sees the bastard that did these things to Luffy, he wanted to know so he could beat the crap out of him if not kill him.
Once Marco gets the information on Lucci's looks, he starts to sketch a male head with sharp facial features. He than draws in the narrowed amused eyes, a thin pointed nose, lips drawn back into a smirk, an odd goatee in the shape of a V with dots at the ends, and eyebrows shaped like a wing's skeleton with a dot in the bend of each wing. After sketching the face, Marco draws out the curly hair covered by a top hat, the mostly black suit covering a well muscled yet lean body with a gray pigeon sitting on his shoulder.
"Okay, using your description I sketched what he might look like so we could capture him if we ever see him yoi. Is this close?" After saying this, Marco holds the picture up to the Den Den Mushi, who sends to image to Ace and Luffy. "I'm guessing my sketch hit the nail on the head yoi?" Marco asks quietly when he hears Luffy gasp.
"It looks exactly like him." Ace answers for Luffy.
"Could you tell me what any of the other CP9 look like in case we see them yoi?" Luffy answers with a "yes" and explains what every one of them looks like with as much detail as she could remember while Marco sketches them out using Luffy's descriptions. Every one of them is as perfect as the sketch of Lucci.
"So the only name you remember is Ron Lucci yoi?" Marco inquires.
"I think the long nosed guy's name was Kaku and the woman was Kalifa. I didn't really meet the others before they tried to kill Ice-ossan the first time, so I don't know their names."
"Okay. Not like we need their names, but they're always nice to know yoi." Marco says while writing their names at the top of their sketches. "Was there anything else you wanted to talk about yoi?"
"No." Luffy answers, hesitating slightly. She doesn't have anything more to say, but she likes talking to the blond and doesn't want to stop. Marco notices the pause and smiles.
"If you ever want to talk to me, Ace and Boa Hancock have my number. You can call me whenever you want, no matter what time. Okay?"
"Okay!" Luffy exclaims with the smile audible in her voice.
"Okay. I'm going to show everyone the sketches and just tell them we need to catch them for you two unless you want me to tell them what happened yoi? They wouldn't tell anyone if they knew yoi."
"You can tell them. I trust your judgment." Luffy answers, making Marco smile for the millionth time.
"Thank you for your trust. Ace, stay with Luffy as long as you like, yoi. Just remember to keep in touch."
"Yes sir!" Ace answers, making Luffy laugh and Marco smirk.
"Okay. Talk to you later yoi."
"Bye!" Both yell at the same time before hanging up. Marco just shakes his head and pockets his Den Den Mushi, than walks out of his room to tell everyone what is going on.
Back with Luffy and Ace
Ace had just hung up and put his baby Den Den Mushi away when there is a knock on the door.
"Come in." Ace says, repeating his words to Hancock earlier. The door opens, allowing Law to walk into the room.
"Hey Mugiwara-ya. How is everything?"
"I think I'm okay." Luffy answers slightly hesitantly.
"So... there is something wrong. Just not physical." Law interprets the pause correctly, saying it more as a statement than a question.
"Yeah." Luffy answers. Law waits for the girl to continue, but when she stays silent, he prods.
"You want to tell me what's wrong? I am a doctor. I might be able to help."
Luffy sighs uncharacteristically and nods.
"Okay, I'll tell you."
Law smiles his typical small smirk and sits in a chair that is by the black haired girl's bed.
"Usually, I don't let anything bother me and when it does, I get angry instead of sad, so it takes a lot to make me cry. The last two hours I cried almost non stop and barely half an hour later, I cry even more when Ace's friend was nice to me. Why am I crying so much?" Luffy explains with the question at the end having a frustrated tone to it. Law just sighs in response and looks at Luffy sympathetically.
"It's understandable, really. I kind of expected your emotions to be so extreme with just turning into a girl. Woman have different amounts of chemicals in their brain, making them more emotional than men, so it's only natural that you would be very emotional until you get used to the differences. Add that onto getting raped and it's no wonder you're an emotional wreck."
Luffy had a confused look on her face throughout Law's explanation. When he's done, the confusion clears and Luffy moves her hands so she can hit her fist in her palm while still hugging Ace. "So it's a mystery!"
Ace and Law look at her with 'WTF' expressions, dot-dot-dot's almost visible over their heads. When the strange dots disappear, Law smacks his face into his palm while Ace laughs.
"Yes, Luffy. It's a mystery." Ace answers between laughs.
'Good. Ace is laughing. Don't know why though. What's so funny? Was it something I said?' Luffy ponders this a moment before mentally shrugging her shoulders. 'I'm just glad he's laughing and smiling. The past week he has been looking so guilty and upset over people who got hurt and died to save him at Marineford. Especially me and Whitebeard.' Luffy thinks, strangely observant. 'I hate seeing him like this when he is usually so strong, but I guess now I can pay him back for all of the times he helped me.' At this, Luffy nods to herself with a determined look on her face, making the other occupants in the room look at her strangely again.
"What are you nodding at, Lu?" Ace asks with a smile. His little sister just smiles at him.
"Nothing!"
"Okay, I'll believe you." The freckled man answers. He can tell it's not nothing, but it didn't look like whatever it is is bothering her, so he drops it.
10 days later
Luffy is laughing in his room one day with Ace and Jinbe, who Hancock allowed into the palace that day to visit Luffy, when they hear a knock on the door. The trio looks over to see a black haired Kuja islander with slightly tan skin and high cheekbones.
"Hey, I know you! You're the doctor that helped me when I first got here! I don't remember you actually helping me since I was unconscious, but I remember Marguerite pointing you out at the feast and telling me what you did for me while I was unconscious." Luffy exclaims while pointing to the doctor.
"I am honored you remember me, Luffy-sama." she says with a smile and slightly bowed head.
"So what are you doing here?" The strawhat wearing pirate asks curiously.
"Actually, I came here to test you for... well... pregnancy. It's been a little over a week, so we will be able to find out with a test if you are or not." Belladonna, the doctor, says slightly nervously and more than a little upset inside. She shouldn't even be doing this because this should have never happened to Luffy-sama. But it did and if the scarred woman is indeed pregnant, than it's better for her to know before she starts getting the side effects so she can prepare.
"Oh, okay." Luffy says with a frown. "Go ahead."
"Okay. I will just need to take some blood to test for hCG. The test should not take more than an hour." Belladonna starts while pulling out a syringe. Luffy holds out her arm and Ace holds it up so she can completely relax her arm. Once Luffy is relaxed, the doctor swabs the inside of her elbow with an alcoholic pad and sticks the needle in Luffy's arm. It takes mere seconds for Belladonna to take the blood. When the needle is full, the doctor puts a cotton ball over the needle and pulls the needle out, than wraps the cotton ball in a bandage that only stick to itself so that the cotton would stay in place. "Okay, I got what I need. The test is 99% accurate, but I will do the test more than once to be positive of the results. I will come back once I get the results to let you know."
After bidding Belladonna goodbye, the trio, which soon becomes a quartet when Law decides to visit, gets so absorbed with their conversations that a little over two hours passes them bye until Belladonna startles them by knocking on the still open door.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."
"That's okay. Do you have the test results?" Law asks. The black haired woman nods and turns to Luffy.
"Would you like me to tell you in private or would you like them to stay?"
"Either way, they're going to find out, so they can stay." The Kuja doctor nods again before taking a deep breath.
"All of the tests were positive. I am sorry Luffy-sama, but you are pregnant."
End Chapter Four
Songs
Christmas Eve and Other Stories Album by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Slaves in Suits by Hania Lee (Tarboy flash on Newgrounds)
Search A Seal (Tethe'Alla) by whoever wrote the Tales of Symphonia game music
Dancing in the Velvet Moon by Nana Mizuki (Rosario+Vampire)
Hateshinaku Tooi Sora Ni by The Stand Up (Kyou Kara Maoh!)