Sorry for the wait guys .This has been a trying few months. So many things have happened, but I guess the worst would be that my cat, my baby, died while I was at college. I didn't even get to say goodbye. And a lot of other shit happened too but I won't bore you with details that was just the worst. I hope I don't disappoint with this chappie since you guys have been waiting so long.^^; I also hope you like the Sabo sections. i wanted to give him a little background.

WARNING: I'm introducing two OC's/ kinda not Oc's ( Don't worry their just crew mate they won't have to much importance ). 'Tales of' fans should recognize who I modeled the girl after and everyone should recognize the guy.

This chapter is dedicated to Boo, my heart, my soul, my baby and the best cat anyone could have asked for.

Important message at the bottom.

Dangerous Relations and Reactions

-Ace & Sabo –

A stream of curses followed Marco as he stumbled up the stairs from the sleeping quarters to the deck.

Up until a couple of minutes ago, he had been blissfully asleep when a certain fire-users loud shouts had echoed across the cabin and woken him and probably half of the damn ship.

'Damn Ace.'the legendary zoan thought venomously. 'Just because he's a damn early bird doesn't mean the rest of us are. When I get my hands on him-!'

Now Marco was not an ill-tempered person by nature, but dammit you did not interrupt his sleep!

As many could tell from looking at him Marco was not the most alert person in the world , a fact that was all the more clear in the mornings. And thus due to his sleepy nature and his general aversion to mornings it was no surprise that he took a bit longer than most to become fully aware when he woke up early.

So naturally upon reaching the deck and seeing the usually calm, and composed Ace prancing around like a ballerina, Marco thought he might actually still be sleeping.

Absentmindly, he brought a hand up to pinch his cheek and winced as the pain shot across his face.

Nope, defiantly awake. So what on earth…..?

" 30 million berries on her first try ,oh, I'm soooooooo proud! "Ace gushed as he twirled conducting a move that should by all means be impossible with his physic.

Marco raised a brow at that. The only time Ace used that horrifying baby voice was when he was talking about his-

Ohhhhhh.

Understanding dawned on Marco, and he turned on his heels and headed down to Ace's room.

oOoOoSABOoOoOoOo

Sabo sighed as blood began to crust on his hands. He usually preferred to rely on his saber in a one-on-one but it had been knocked out of his hands some time during the scrap and he had to resort to different means.

He jumped, startled, as a soft weight hit the side of his face. Snatching the towel from his head, he ran it over his hands, before shooting his first mate a grateful look.

"Thanks." Patty flashed her captain a smile.

"No problem nanoja." She said, waving a dismissive hand. "Just hurry and clean up. This treasure ain't gonna haul itself back to the ship noja ." And with that she flounced away, her long blonde pigtails bouncing with each step.

Sabo rolled his eyes, but hastened to comply, not wanting to inconvenience his crew.

He slowly shifted the unconscious pirate off the chest he had fallen over, and hefted the heavy load into his arms. He paused a moment to consider his fallen enemy, before setting off to his ship. The blow he'd struck had not been fatal, so he should live. Maybe next time he and his crew would think before threatening his friends.

The blond hummed as he made his way to the ship, basking in the glow of a successful hunt. The trek to the ship wasn't that long but Sabo, despite Patty's request, took the time to linger and admire the familiar scenery around him. It wasn't often that he found a forest that reminded him of the one he spent majority of his childhood running around in, but when he did he couldn't help but get lost in the past.

A gentle breeze wafted across the clearing, causing a bittersweet smile to overtake Sabo face. The young captain allowed the winds of the past to surround him. If he listened close enough he could just about make-out the exuberant laugh of a certain little hellion.

Sabo sighed heavily.

It was times like these that he realized just how dearly he missed his baby sister. Granted, he missed Ace too, but he at least got to talk with him on a regular basis. Luffy, on the other hand…

Well, there was a reason he and Ace valued their Luffy reports. It was one of the only things that kept him sane.

Rationally speaking he knew very well that Luffy could take care of herself, but he was her older brother. It was his job to worry.

'At least I don't worry as much as Ace.' He thought amused as he resumed his trek to the ship. Ace took worrying to an entirely new level.

As the young captain neared the ship, he was greeted with a barrage of rambunctious laughter and lewd wolf-whistles. With a frown he turned in the direction of the commotion and saw a large chunk of his crew standing idle.

Sabo scowled at the treasure chests that lay around them. He wasn't a harsh captain, but he did run a fair ship. He was not going to allow anybody to laze about while others worked.

With a grunt, he set down his chest and walked with a purposeful air over to the group of slackers. As he neared, he noticed that the lot of them were huddled over something.

"Whoa, check out the new talent." He heard one of the slackers say lecherously. "There is hope for us yet."

"Indeed." Another agreed. " If only we could be greeted with such lovely news every day."

Sabo couldn't resist an amused eye-roll, as he stopped just on the outskirt of the group. The new Wanted posters must have come in. He should have known. It was a regular ritual to 'check out the talent' among the new rookies, and apparently someone must have really caught their eye seeing as not one of them had noticed him.

"Thank God for small mercies." One crowed. Sabo recognized him as Sinbad(1) his newest and most troublesome Nakama. Of course he'd be the one leading the admirers. "I don't know if I could handle another Alvida."

"I don't know," the first said. "Rumor is she's hot now."

That caused the lot of them to burst out laughing.

" What!?" Sinbad snorted incredulously. "Alvida turning hot is as likely as a talking skeleton. But let's get back on this broad. I wouldn't mind working under her!" Numerous hoots of agreement accompanied that statement.

Sabo snorted, deciding it was time to get back to work. Normally he was content to allow them their fun on the matter, but it was high noon and they had things to do. Crossing his arms, he politely cleared his throat.

The assembled group jumped with various exclamations of surprise.

"Cap'n!"

"We were just taking a little break that's all!"

"Yeah the paper came in-"

"And we were just keeping up on current events like-"

"Like Wanted pictures?" Sabo said with a smirk. At least 15 guilty smiles greeted his words.

"She must be a real looker," Sabo continued, "If you're so ready to leave my crew for hers."

Chuckling, Sinbad threw an arm around Sabo's shoulder. "Aw Sabo, you know you're the only Captain for us."

"Yeah, yeah," Sabo scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Cause no one else would put up with you lot. Though I am curious about this illustrious rookie." Sinbad immediately brightened. With a smile, he thrust the poster into Sabo hands.

"Just take a gander, Cap .She's a regular wonder of the seven seas ." He said dreamily as he pretended to swoon, causing the rest of the group to burst into laughter. Sabo smirked.

"Hmm," He mused. "She sounds quite pretty." Sinbad smiled and nodded vigorously.

"Guess that means she's defiantly out of your league Sin." Sinbad's smile dropped.

"OI!" He shouted indignantly as the group laughed even harder.

Chuckling, Sabo glanced down towards the poster in his hands.

And froze.

The assembled crew-mates stared in bewilderment at their leader. One second he was just fine and the next he had gone completely rigid, his face a mask of utter shock.

"Um Cap'n?" Sinbad waved a hand in front of the frozen captain's face. " Saboooooo?"

Sabo didn't so much as blink.

"I think you broke em Sin." someone said quietly. Sinbad looked at his Captain nervously. What had he done?

"OI!" yelled an angry voice that made all but Sabo jump. Turning they saw an angry Patty making a beeline for their group. "What are you lot doing just standing around noja! " She growled. "Get to work!" As her crewmates( save Sinbad who was still staring at Sabo) hastened to comply with her orders, Patty turned to the still frozen Sabo with narrowed eyes.

"Oi Sabo," she snapped. Ignoring the fretting Sinbad, she marched up to Sabo, and got in his face. "Set a better example for your crew nanoja! We have another island we need to explore noja , and you and those slackers just standing there gawking at some pic- ack!"

Whatever else Patty had to say was cut off as Sabo hooked an arm around her waist and spirited her away to the ship, leaving Sinbad to blink after them.

oOoOoACEoOoOoOo

Marco returned to the deck about ten minutes later, Ace's Den-Den Mushi in hand. By that time a few more crew members had risen, and each and every one of them was pressed against the walls of the railing, unwilling to go anywhere near Ace who was now presenting the picture to an amused Whitebeard.

"This is her pops!" Ace said proudly as he waved the picture in Whitebeards face. "This is Luffy!"

"I gathered as much." Whitebeard grunted. "Stop waving it so I can get a decent look." Ace immediately complied, going so far as to push the picture closer into Whitebeard's face.

Whitebeard gave the poster an apprising look. The girl was most defiantly quite the looker, with soft features, onyx hair, and perfectly tanned skin. However, what struck him most about the picture was not her beauty, but her smile. In that smile, he could see everything he needed to know about this girl. Shanks did right by this girl. She had his acknowledgement, only time would tell if she could keep it.

He gave the bouncing Ace an indulgent smile. "30 mil is a nice beginner's bounty, especially for the East Blue. You should be proud."

From the way Ace swelled up at his words 'proud' didn't begin to cut it.

Marco sighed, pitying Sabo's crew, since he knew, after so many conversations with a long-suffering Patty, that Sabo, despite being the more level-headed brother, tended to act about the same as his brother when their little sister was involved.

Unfortunately, his sigh brought him to Ace's attention. Marco only had a split second to consider the merits of simply flying off the boat, before Ace was upon him waving the poster in his face.

"This is her Marc!" Ace said excitably jamming the poster into the others face. "My little sister ! Luffy!"

"Yeah, yeah I heard you tell Pops." Marco said resignedly. Shifting the Den-Den Mushi to one hand, he took the picture from his beaming friends hands, knowing that flame-user would not leave him alone until he looked. Though truthfully, he was a bit curious about his best friends little sister, or at least what she looked like. From all the times Ace bragged about his sister's looks (much to the annoyance of some of their female crewmates) she had to be a knockout.

Ace's smile turned smug as Marco eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets as he locked eyes with the picture.

"Didn't I tell you she was a knockout?" Ace smugly stated putting his hands on his hips arrogantly.

'Knock-out didn't even begin to cut it!' Marco thought. Reverently, he brought the poster closer to get a better look. He could now see why Ace was so protective of the straw-hatted girl. She was quite a catch.

His concentration on the poster was broken as the Den-Den Mushi started ringing. In a flash, the Den-Den Mushi was snatched from his hands and Ace was sitting against the railing chatting away, leaving the poster clutched in Marco's hands.

"Did you see it?"

"Hasn't she grown?"

"And 30 mil as her first bounty!"

Marco did not have to be a genius to figure out who the other was talking to.

oOoOoSABOoOoOo

Patty stared at her fawning captain in exasperation. After spiriting her away to the ship he had deposited her in the middle of the deck, shoved the poster in her hands, rushed towards his bedroom only to return with his Den-Den Mushi clutched in his hands.

The next 10 minutes saw him sprawled out on the deck on his stomach his legs kicking back and forth, as he and his brother gushed over their little sister.

"Yeah I just got it!"

"I know she's so cute!"

"Yeah, that's quite an accomplish for the East Blue. I'd expect nothing less!"

Really, she shouldn't be surprised. This happened whenever he got hyped up talking about his little sister.

'But it doesn't stop it from being a bit jarring, nanoja.'She thought, sharing looks of fond exasperation with her Nakama as they passed by the scene.

Sighing, the blonde looked down to the picture her captain had excitably shoved in her hands. She smiled fondly at the beaming girl on the poster. She was very happy to finally see the girl that her Captain so loved. She was an adorable little girl, one that Patty was sure she would most defiantly get along with should they ever meet.

The sound of footsteps jolted her out of her observation and the pig-tailed first mate turned eyes toward the newly arrived Sinbad who was staring at their captain in utter disbelief.

"Is this a regular thing?" He asked quietly. Patty gave him a sympathetic look. She had forgotten that Sinbad was new and thus unused to such displays.

"Whenever he gets particularly excited about his sister , noja." Patty said sympathetically. Sinbad eyes widened.

"That's his sister!?" Sinbad exclaimed. Patty nodded and Sinbad's jaw dropped .The cute girl on the wanted poster was the precious sister their Captain talked so fondly about all the time! Sinbad groaned. That meant she was totally off-limits! Damn!

Sneaking a glance at the poster Patty now held, he groaned again, this time even louder. Double Damn!

Patty threw him an amused, knowing glance.

"Better throw away all those plans for romance, noja." She said slyly. "Sabo is pretty bad when it comes to his sister, but from what he's told me his brother's even worse than he is."

Sinbad immediately paled at those words , just then catching on to fact that since the cute girl was Sabo's sister that meant she was also Ace's sister. If he had any leftover plans to woo the new rookie they died at that thought. One does not reside on Sabo's ship long without learning about Ace's notorious temper and he liked his manly bits where they were, thank you very much.

Any further muses were cut off as Sabo's voice suddenly rose. The two pirates turned toward their captain and saw that he now sported a rather serious expression.

"Now Ace, before we discuss anything else I need to know-"

oOoOoOoACEoOoOoOOo

"No Sabo," Ace snorted into the phone as he rolled his eyes. " I haven't tried to kill anybody. Why would I?"

Marco snorted. Why would he indeed? Ace's sister complex was notorious , his over-protectiveness even moreso. Obviously, Sabo knew his brother better than he knew himself.

"Whoa, what a babe." Marco nearly jumped out of skin as a voice sounded close to his ear. Unbeknownst to him one of the younger Nakama, a notorious late riser, had wondered to his side and was now leering at the poster over his shoulders. "I'd love to show her my wonder of the seven seas if you know what I mean."

Marco cringed. Noooooooooooo.

A split second later the deck had been all but deserted, save for Marco, the idiot, who was now staring around the now empty deck apprehensively and a chuckling Whitebeard.

Ace had suddenly gone very still, the Den-Den Mushi falling from his hands.

"Ace? ACE!? What's going on!?"

Ace ignored the frantic voice and turned toward the boy with a venomous glare, the air simmering around his form. (Marco wisely chose this time to retreat to the safety of Whitebeard's side.)

"What did you just say about my sister?" Ace growled, his voice dripping with killing intent. The idiot turned a shade of white only previously achieved by the dead, finally realizing his blunder. Nervously, he took a step back, nearly fainting in terror as Ace mimicked his action.

"A-a-a-a-ace I swear if I knew that was your sister I would have never said that out loud."

"So you would have thought it!?" Ace roared as a red light encompassed his body . Seeing that his life was now in danger, the boy gave up all pretenses and ran, an enraged Ace hot on his heels.

Marco sighed from his safe perch behind Whitebeard's chair. He had considered helping the fool but now he saw it was pointless. He spared a glance at Whitebeard only to see him watching the preceding with an amused glint in his eyes. That settled it. The poor boy didn't have a prayer.

"GET BACK HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU!" The incised Logia bellowed as he sent blast after blast at his fleeing crew-mate.

"POPS!" the other wailed as he frantically dodged Ace's flames. "POPS HELP ME!"

Whitebeard merely gave his fleeing son a roguish smile.

"Lad, even I won't get involved in this."

"POPS!"

"DIE!"

oOoOoSABOoOoOo

Sabo sighed as the familiar sounds of Ace trying to kill someone was swallowed by the dial tone.

Sometimes his brother was so predictable it was scary.

Of course, Sabo could get where he was coming from. He knew quite a bit about crass men, and he especially knew what they thought about women. It was disturbing and infuriating to think that there were men out there thinking such thoughts about his sister. But, Sabo had grown in the last three years since his first realization of the numerous perverts out there. He knew that guys were going to admire his sister. He have didn't like it (and he most certainly did not) but he would be naïve to think he could stop it.

Speaking of which…

"Sinbad." Sinbad started and turned to his captain warily.

"Yeah Cap'n?"

"You have cleaning duty. For a month." Sinbad's jaw dropped.

"Wha!?"

"Mmm. Better make it two." And with that the young captain flounced off to dish out more punishments, leaving a bewildered Sinbad and an amused Patty in his wake.

"Patty?" whimpered Sinbad as he turned to his senior Nakama. Patty merely patted his back with a smile.

"You made eyes at his sissy, Sin." She said matter-of-factly." Just be glad it's not a year."

-Shanks-

Mihawk surveyed his red-heir companion over the side of his flagon. Now that the initial surprise had worn off , and the following party had begun to wane the redhead's attention was focused on doting over the poster of the straw hat girl. He brushed a finger over her face, cooing over it like the sentimental idiot he was.

"Aw Luffy, I remember when she was just a little squirt," Shanks cooed as he snuggled the picture. "Aw she sure has grown."

Mihawk smirked evilly. The three hours he had spent bidding his time was over. Now was the time for revenge.

"Yes, in all the right places." He drawled, before taking a swig of his rum.

Behind him, he noticed Ben stiffen but Shanks, the idiot, didn't catch the hidden implication and nodded, laughing. Mihawk eyes narrowed. Maybe he needed to be a little more direct.

"You mean her muscles right." The captain said jovially. "Ha, I bet she's been training so hard."

"You wouldn't be able to tell, her body was so soft against mine." Mihawk said. Shanks froze.

It was impossible for him to not catch that.

Slowly, he placed his flagon down and stared stonily at his friend.

"Mihawk." He said quietly, dangerously. "How would you know how her body feels?"

Mihawk fought back a smirk with difficulty. Bingo.

"One usually finds out the softness of another's body when it's pressed against their own."

Mihawk took a slow swig of his drink, reveling in the look of rage that slowly began to overtake the red-head's feature. Oh, how wonderful it was to be the one teasing this time…

"And why exactly was her body pressed up against yours?" Shanks forced out, between gritted teeth , his hand seeking his weapon. Contrary to popular belief, Mihawk wasn't as asexual as his nature portrayed him. He loved a good woman as much as the next man. He was just discreet with his womanizing ways. For him to have Luffy's body pressed against his … well needless to say, the swordsman had about ten seconds to explain himself before Shanks went Emperor on his ass. Behind him he could hear Lucky Roo and Yasopp grip their weapons as well.

That was good because now Mihawk had five seconds.

Mihawk sent his furious friend an amused look, already picking up on his internal countdown.

"Calm down, "he said lazily. "It's not how you think."

"Then how is it!?" the irate captain ground out. Mihawk smirked and Shanks saw red.

"MIHAWK!" If the bastard had touched one hair on her head then he'd-

Mihawk chuckled softly. "Now, now, calm yourself. I know how you dote on the girl. I wouldn't have touched her. In fact, instead of plotting to kill me, you should be thanking me. I did, after all, save her from marring her lovely face."

Shanks eyes remained narrowed, (mainly due to Mihawk calling Luffy 'lovely'. He was not allowed to think such thoughts about his Anchor.) but his posture did relax.

"Explain." He said gruffly. Mihawk would have rolled his eyes if he did not view such an action beneath him.

"She attacked me." He said simply. Shank eyes widened in disbelief.

"She attacked you!?" Mihawk nodded curtly. "Why?"

Mihawk shrugged. "She has a crewmate who is a swordsman."

Shanks eyes narrowed in confusion before widening in realization.

"Mihawk." He groaned, dropping his head into his palm. "You didn't!"

Mihawk shrugged again. "He challenged me. I was honored-bond to accept his request."

Shank massaged his forehead tiredly. Out of all the swordsmen of all the pirate crews, he had to meet Luffy's and go after hers.

"What happened then?" He sighed.

"He lost." Mihawk said simply.

Shanks groaned again. Damn Mihawk and his damned rookie-slicing ways. Anchor was to never find out the two of them were friends.

Wait. Anchor…..

"And how does this equate to Anchor pressed against you?" He snapped. Mihawk smirked , how he was enjoying this.

"Well, apparently you're little anchor is quite similar to you in regards to the welfare of her crewmates. She took great offense to me cutting him down and attempted to, how you say, 'pound my face in'."

Shanks stared at him.

"She was quite ferocious." Mihawk continued, a small amount of relish coloring his tone. "She did not cease her rampage until I told her he was still alive."

"You actually left him alive!?" Lucky Roo balked. That was surprising.

"Yes, I did." Mihawk said. "I guess I wanted my own little rookie in my debt." Shanks rolled his eyes.

'Or you're just going soft.' He thought amused, though he did not dare say it aloud.

"That doesn't explain how her body ended up pressed against yours." Yasopp grit out.

Mihawk sighed. "Like I said she attacked me, but I was not going to sit there and let her hit me, so I moved out of the way and stopped her from taking a few broken pieces of wood to the face. The fact that I had to press her close to me to prevent it was an unanticipated consequence." A welcome one, but unanticipated all the same.

Lucky Roo and Yasopp visibly relaxed at this and Shanks rubbed the back of his head. Ben merely went back to his drink, though his steady gaze remained on Mihawk.

"So , you didn't do anything to her?" Shanks pressed.

"No Shanks I didn't, I was merely teasing." Mihawk said slowly.

"You can tease!?" Yasopp gasped dramatically. Mihawk snorted.

"Yes, I can. Despite popular belief I do have a sense of humor."

"A twisted one." Shanks grumbled.

"You're just upset because you were not the one doing the teasing this time old friend." Mihawk drawled. "I must say, it is quite amusing to see the great Emperor Shanks reduce to that of a flustered father." Shanks pouted and took a swing of his drink.

"Ah cheer up cap'n." Lucky Roo boomed, his good humor restored upon discovering Luffy's virtue was still intact. "At least he didn't tell you she had a lad." Mihawk smirked.

"What?" Shanks asked warily at the sight of Mihawk's mirth. He wasn't sure if he could take another round of Mihawk brand teasing.

"Nothing." Mihawk said airily. He rather liked his little rookie and it wouldn't do well to have him killed after going through the trouble of sparing him. Besides, it was a baseless assumption. There was also that blond cook to consider.

Mihawk spared a glance at his frazzled friend. He defiantly wasn't done, but teasing him about a supposed love interest was just a bit too cruel.

However…..

"Your Luffy, she has rubber powers, am I right?"

Ben tensed again and Shanks nodded, staring at Mihawk suspiciously.

'If she had attacked him, shouldn't he already know that?'

"Ah." The swordsman said, and turned back to his drink. Shanks stared at him a bit longer, shrugged and went back to his own drink.

"Maybe that's why she runs around without a bra."

Mihawk threw his head back and laughed as a quarter of the men including Shanks spewed their drinks at his words. He didn't have to look at his friend to know he as well as Lucky Roo, Yasopp and Ben had drawn their weapons.

Not wanting to give them time to surround him, Mihawk, one of the seven Warlords of the Sea and the strongest swordsman in the world beat a hasty retreat to his boat, laughing deeply as Shanks angry bellows followed him.

"MIHAWK! YOU SWORD-SLINGING BASTARD! GET BACK HERE! I'LL KILL YOU! "

TBC(IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW!)….

IMPORTANT NEWS: I want to know, do you want a pairing for Luffy? I'm asking, so let me know. I've put up a poll so you can vote . I'll also count reviews. If the majority say they want Luffy romance, there will be Luffy romance, meaning Luffy will end up with someone. If the majority doesn't , then there won't be, meaning there will be hints but she'll remain single. It's all or nothing. Voting will go on until chapter 9. If you want romance then I'll put a poll up on my profile of who the options are. If you don't then it's final, there won't be a Luffy romance, period.

Also can you guys believe that this whole story came to be just from the thought I had of Mihawk teasing Shanks about fem!Luffy wanted Poster? And I think that might be the last of the boob jokes.

1: There's a Whitebeard, a Blackbeard and a Bonnie. I can use Sinbad.