Whitebeards Siren
Being found in a ship wreck and taken in by the Whitebeard pirates, Akiyama Megumi didn't expect her high noble life to change so quickly but instead of being disappointed by it she over joyed by finally having a family.
Chapter 7: Fears.
Marco glanced up from the morning paper to look at his two partners who had just got back from taking out a crew that had been causing problems on one the islands nearby and was going to eat before heading to bed, Ace was sniggering into his food and Megumi was pouting they had been back for five minutes and Marco was confused, "Ace.. whats funny?"
Ace burst out laughing, before choking on the piece of toast he was eating, Thatch smacked the younger man on the back, Megumi's eyes narrowed at the fire user. "Don't say it," She hissed.
"She's scared of ducks," Ace burst out laughing slamming his hands on the table.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" She shouted blushing brightly.
"Oh come on, I mean ducks," He was laughing pretty hard holding onto his sides, "Harmless thing ever and you run away screaming."
"SHUT UP!" Her face flamed bright red and hid her face behind the sleeves of her jacket.
"erm.. like to explain?" Marco questioned Ace who was trying to hold his act together but one look at Megumi pouting face he burst in to laughter.
"T-the Captain of the crew the old man wanted us to take down, ate the bird-bird model duck fruit," Ace gasped for breath, "He turned into a duck and Megumi screamed… knocked the man out though."
"ACE!" She cried out in embarrassment.
Marco sniggered slightly behind his paper, "A duck really! You find them terrifying," Ace yelled out.
She cried out in frustrating before smacking him in the face with the toast she was eating and stormed off the steam was practically pouring out her ears as she slammed the mess halls door shut, "Ducks…?" Marco questioned. Making Ace burst out in laughter again.
Megumi bolted up from her sleep as the most girlest scream she ever heard came from the bathroom, she looked at the clock to see it was 9 in the morning she groaned she'd only been asleep for an hour who the fuck was in her bathroom and who the fuck was screaming like a little girl.
She slipped out the bed and padded over to the bathroom and threw the door open steam wafted out the bathroom and around her, she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and looked around the room. The shower was still running and Ace was standing on top of the toilet with a towel around his waist, "… Ace… What the hell?" She asked.
"SPIDER!" He shouted pointing over to the shower.
She blinked a few times looking between the man she'd known not to back down from a fight ever to the small eight legged creature in the corner, "Ace… it's smaller than your thumb…" She was not in the mood for this, just wanting at least five more hours sleep.
"GET RID OF IT!" He shouted at her before freezing at the narrowed sliver eyes, that was another thing he was scared of, her normal glare was fine didn't affect him much, the glare of I'm going to rip you apart was more scary than the time he got caught drinking Gramps Sake, "… Please…"
She sighed and her pair feet padded over to the shower, leaning in and turning it off, she stood on the edge of the bath leaning up to catch the spiders in her hand before turning to Ace hopping down off the bath, "Now are we going to stop talking about my fear of ducks."
Ace looked like he was about to burst out laughing before she thrusts her hands in his face, he screamed jumping off the toilet and ran to the other side of the room, "OK..OK," He yelled at her, "I'LL STOP I PROMISE I WILL STOP!"
"Good, now I'm going to throw this of deck and go back to sleep," She smiled sweetly head tilting, Ace knew she wasn't happy she needed at least 6 hours sleep to function and she hadn't slept well for three days and it was catching up, "And then we are going to sleep ok."
Ace nodded and got back in the shower watching her leave with the eight legged demon in her hands, scared of ducks but fine with insects seriously, Megumi was to tired to greet the rest of the crew as she walked up onto the deck spider still in hands she yawned and stretched slightly as she walked over to the railing and threw the spider over board.
She heard a wolf whistle behind her as she stretched upwards and looked round confused, she looked down to see she was wearing Marco's purple shirt which just brushed the top of her thighs. Her eyes widened and blushed brightly making a small eeping sound and bolted down back to her room.
Later on that evening a storm raged outside the Moby Dick, the sails were pulled up all the doors and windows bolted down but the sound of the thunder and the flashes of lightening filled the ship, Mizuki, Ace and Thatch sat in the fourth division commanders room playing cards.
"I'm worried about Marco," Megumi stated, "Ace do you know where he is?"
"He normally likes to stay on his own during storms," Ace answered, "Most likely in his room…"
"Do you think we should check on him… he's been there since the storm started?" She asked putting her cards down and getting off the bed, "I'm going to check on him."
Ace nodded and watched the girl walk back to the room she shared with the two other men, "Marco," She opened the door slightly to see all the candles in the room burning brightly, she could hear the rain against the window and saw a figure huddled under the sheets…. "Marco," She slipped into the room and closed the door behind her softly moving towards the shape under the sheets.
The thunder boomed and the lighting crashed outside the window making the figure jerk slightly and curl in closer, she could see the tuffs of blonde of his hair poking out from under the covers, "Megumi?" His voice was gentle and soft unlike normal.
"Marco," She slipped up onto the bed hand on the older mans back, "What's wrong Marco?"
He flinched again at the Thunder and turned over to face her, she sat up back against the head board as he rested his head on her lap, she brushed her fingers through his blonde hair. "You don't like Thunderstorms, Pineapple?"
"Not a pineapple," He grumbled into her lap his stance relaxing more and didn't flinch as much as the next roll of thunder went over and the flash of lighting.
She giggled musically to him, "Of course not my love," she leant down and kissed him on the crown she looked over as the door opened again and Ace walked into the room.
He looked from Marco up to Megumi, "Fear of thunder… didn't guess that one," he mumbled as he slipped out of his shoes and climbed onto the bed next to Marco, "Well atleast it's not bad as the fear of ducks."
"ACE!" She screamed and smacked him round the head, "I'LL GET THE FUCKING SPIDER BACK!"
Marco chuckled at the two as he stayed on the bed, the sound of the thunder or the flashes of the lighting didn't bother him as much now. They were there to help chase the fear for him.
AN:. A cute little and funny thing before bed, its like half one in the morning in england, and the fear of duck is actually my fear. I haven't decided if this will turn into M rated yet, this isn't going to be a full story more one shots, her in the war… which I will be changing slightly just cause I cried so much when Ace died I don't think I will be able to handle writing it. I'm open for ideas of one shots to do throughout this story because I would like this series to go on for a while, I respect your views on my work but please don't be harsh cause honestly you wouldn't like me if I ripped into your work Please review and tell me what you think.
