Well this chapter should put me over 20k words so far for the total story which I suppose is rather good for another milestone. Not bad for cranking out a chapter a day since the start I guess.

This is a sort of lengthy chapter although shorter than the last.

Also, fairly dark but does explain why she freaks out at Sanji's advances at the Baratie

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Chapter 10: Where there's Smoke, there's Ice

Luffy had pouted at the Baby Den Den Mushi in disappointment and Nami was annoyed for one reason: due to her being a girl, he bounced nonstop questions about why his beloved older sister had not yet returned his calls. The worry only increased when Zoro asked if she could be dead to which Luffy snorted, "She's too strong to die. She's scary!"

Zoro snorted and waved a head towards Luffy. "You said she's not a pirate right?"

Nodding in affirmation, the thin boy grinned as he reminisced. "And she could cook the best meat. She would have been able to make something yummy out of those weird animals we came across in that last island." He noticed an island nearby and pointed at it with enthusiasm. "Oi Nami! What's the name of that village?"

The girl laughed at her captain's attitude and glanced at her map quickly. "Says here that the island has a small place called Syrup Village. Hopefully we can get a new ship and more supplies as well as crewmates there."

Zoro smirked at her, "Thought you weren't a pirate Nami."

Before she could retort, the snail started beeping and ringing which stirred Luffy into frenzy. "Shuuuuuuuush." He picked up the receiver and chirped, "Hello!"

"Ahhh Luffy-kun," a serene female voice sounded. "I'm glad to see my little brother is such a happy pirate."

The Straw Hat's leader laughed in barely restrained joy. "You are missing out! We found this really cool island with really rare animals including a guy in a chest. He kinda had an afro. Do you think I'd look cool with an afro? I'm not sure how it'll look with Shanks' hat though."

A giggle later had the crew smile. So this is Luffy's sister, Zoro and Nami thought at the same time.

"Oh so you're looking to rock the Fleet Admiral's look? You'd need a pet to really pull that off." Nami froze in fear as she knew suspected something unusual. Luffy did not exactly display much knowledge about the Marines so how did his sister…?

"Are you going to turn us into the Marines Miss…?" Silence ensued and Luffy glared at Nami coldly at the accusation.

"My name is Andy and no worries. Trust me, I'm the last person that would do that to the crew of my family." Luffy grinned in affirmation but Nami still looked suspicious. "Anyway Luffy-kun, I'll be rather busy for a while so if I don't answer on the snail, just leave a message and I'll try to respond back. I really missed ya little bro. Also, you forgot to introduce me to your crew you silly dolt."

Laughing, he motioned for his crew to speak to his sister which was made easier by the fact they finally landed on the island. Right as the introductions finished however, a relaxed voice spoke through the receiver. "Ooooo so this is your brother's crew eh Andy-chan?"

The sounds of a brief fight and an indignant whine followed by a very low growl, "Borsalino-san, I'm going to kick your ass. If even he is nice enough to be quiet when I'm in a call, I'd like to expect the same from you."

"Awwww, he's being so nice and considerate to you isn't he? I wonder why that is ehh?" the voice the crew had identified as 'Borsalino' teased back while making kissy noises to the confusion of the Straw Hat Crew. "You never let me have any fun!"

More scuffling, the sound of a smack, and the sound of broken porcelain later, the crew heard Andy's voice as she sighed, "I'll talk to you later Luffy-kun, I've gotten busy again." *Click*

The crew looked at each other in confusion while Nami was contemplating the name of the man she heard. It's really familiar but I can't my finger on it. "Was that her boyfriend or something Luffy?"

He chuckled and shook his head, "Nah I have a feeling they are like us."

Zoro then peeked up all of a sudden, snapping the crew from their playful banter. Motioning towards a cliff, he muttered none too quietly, "What are those guys doing there?" Luffy and Nami peeked over, after the former had safely stowed away his Baby Den Den Mushi with a smile. After all, he was pleased his sister had something to occupy herself with that she would not worry so much about him and Ace.

-Meanwhile-

Andrea was very displeased when she sensed Kizaru eavesdropping but him butting in on her call made her fret. I wonder if he remembers anything Gramps said about the Marine officers. *sigh* the one time I'm counting on Luffy to not know something. "My brother could have freaked out really bad and done something rash. The men of the family aren't known for rationality."

The Admiral laughed her threats off and reclined on a chair he placed on the deck. "Anyway, when you swatted me away with your right hand, I felt a bit odd. I've already discussed this with Sakazuki and we think your scar affects Devil Fruit users. You really are full of surprises eh Andy-chan?"

She glanced at her palm with a faint pain fogging her eyes. "Like I expected a gravestone to be struck by lightning when I touched it?" Relaxing on her hammock that she had grown fond of, she sighed and stared at the shiny burn scar on her palm. Biting her lip as an idea crossed came to her, she held her palm towards Kizaru and a tiny light zipped towards him. He raised his eyebrow and laughed while she facepalmed. "Well… I thought I'd be a miniature Pacifista."

"Ooooo I wonder if you can do anything else with that scar of yours. Anything weird happen before with it?" She waved her palm around more, trying to get a result but all that happened was a very more beams of light that were needle thin.

"Ummm, I remember smacking Luffy once upside the head because he ate all the food in the house yet again and he was scared when he didn't stretch. I actually felt bad for that too." Tilting her head to think, she snorted as a recent memory hit her. "Oh and I can't swim so when I fell in the water before, my hand was floating. Felt kinda weird though since I dislocated my shoulder since my hand wouldn't go below water."

"You look tired after shooting those spaghetti beams," he teased just to have her roll her eyes. "You do those exercises Sakazuki told you to do yes?"

"Yea yea I do them and I do feel the burn of my muscles but am I cut out for this? I mean it's neat and all that my palm does something nifty but I can't save anyone with a tiny beam or by slapping every Devil Fruit user out there." She blew air onto her palm and tilted her head to look at it from a different angle whilst shaking her hand.

Kizaru had a smirk as he held up a Baby Den Den Mushi that Andrea recognized to be her own. "Well, here's your motivation! I'll teach you how to do some kicks and you need to figure out other stuff to do with that scar. Stamina building seems to be what you really need. When you impress me, I'll give you this back but…" a dark look crossed his face. "If not, I'm going to tell him about how that chef attempted to have his way with you in the restaurant."

Unwillingly she blushed in annoyance and glared at the infuriating Admiral. "Blonds need to leave me alone. Fine whatever." Smiling widely, he prepared to show her a couple kicks but made sure to keep a firm grasp of the snail. She was crafty after all but he did notice that odd expression in her eyes.

-The Marine Battleship-

Akainu had practically locked the noblewoman in the dining room in annoyance as anytime he went to answer the Den Den Mushi, "it's business and very important," she had attempted to follow. He was a very private fellow and although he felt a bit freer than usual, restricting his movements was a sore spot for the Magma Fruit user. It had been a couple days since the last call to his annoyance but he did realize those prior days had been a welcome relief but not something to be relied on. The snail going off now did relieve him as he answered it. "Admiral Akainu speaking."

"Ooo I'm glad you're up. I need information." Kizaru's voice spoke through to his surprise and to his shock a serious tone. "What did the Fleet Admiral tell you about Andy-chan?"

Raising an eyebrow in confusion, he thought back to the conversation he had not long after leaving Foosha Village but was unsure how much information to really reveal to his fellow Admiral. "What in particular are you wondering about?"

"Well, she has a problem with blond males, possibly originating from trauma. She displayed a quality earlier that reminded me of the Conqueror's Haki but it was very weak and suppressed. Luckily I intervened before it could get ugly but do you know anything? It would be bad if Andy-chan has some condition that makes it difficult for her to do her job eh?" Akainu scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.

"Well he implied something had happened when she had visited Marineford before when she was younger. For the life of me, I can't remember who she could have been back then. He said Kuzan and Garp are aware of the situation but didn't expand on that." After those words left his mouth, he had an idea what may have happened to her and remembered her reaction to that one Marine that had been subdued by her brother. She seemed overly pleased but how would she have known him unless…

"Ok I'll call Kuzan and let you know what I find out because this might be vital information for us as her handlers. Thanks, bye." The snail fell asleep and Akainu glanced at the Den Den Mushi in confusion. A serious Kizaru meant shit was going to skip the fan and decimate the ceiling.

-Rogue Town Marine Base-

What had started as Smoker berating the youngest Admiral about how he could be expected to watch over a Marine and somewhat implement her training session had come to a screeching halt when a Den Den Mushi went off in the background. Marines clamored around as most of them had been focused too heavily on his ensign, Tashigi's, sword stances than actually paying attention. To his surprise, the Admiral in front of him sat up from the nap that he had been put in as the Den Den Mushi was brought to him. Sighing with boredom, he answered it. "Aokiji here. What is it?"

He then laid on his side and put the snail next to him to await the answer. "Hellooooooo Kuzan. I got a question for you and it's involves something rather confidential. Are you alone?" The youngest Admiral was shocked to actually get a call from Kizaru and shooed away the other lower ranking Marines, leaving just him and Smoker in the room.

"Just me and Smoker now. That fine?" The Light Devil Fruit user coughed his affirmative and the two friends glanced at each other. "So… why the call?"

"Do you know why Andrea has a problem with blond men?" Aokiji's eyes widened and his fist clenched in barely restrained anger.

"Is there a reason for this? Speak fast or I'll forget I'm in the call." Smoker looked from the snail to the Admiral in confusion. The sudden hostility was rare to see from Kuzan when he was not around Akainu.

"A chef from a restaurant got fresh with her you could say. After the initial panic, her expression looked like it could kill and I had to defuse the situation. I did so in a flashy manner if I may say so myself." Smoker audibly groaned at the horrible pun.

"I'm going to have to give you the cold shoulder for that Borsalino," the Ice user deadpanned and after a brief chuckle, he was back to business. "Anyway, that Morgan who got taken out in Shell Town, used to be stationed as some really low underling at Marineford under Sengoku pushing papers or whatever. Garp had brought her on a visit and I got stuck babysitting as she liked me using my power so that she could make snowmen." He sighed and his agitation made him blow out cold air in a manner that reminded him of Smoker. "She literally was a kid and that sick fuck had used his son to lure her away so he could try something. Worst feeling in the world was realizing she wasn't next to me and started to scream." He had to pause to collect himself. "It felt like that shit at Ohara all over again. She was literally the same age as Nico Robin was at that time and he tried something on her. You were right to defuse the situation though. When Morgan tried that on her, he had two hands but after he had attempted to kiss her…"

Borsalino's eyes widened and even the Den Den Mushi's eyes did so. "You mean she actually…?"

"She tore off his hand with her teeth out of fear after he tried to muffle the sounds. That family has a strong set of jaws. Next thing she did was scream and I still hear her voice in my nightmares. I'm glad I saved her but I wish I had been there earlier but that's not even the worst." He stopped for a minute as he knew that his fellow Admiral would not be pleased. "Sengoku hated this too but he was powerless to stop it."

"Just get to the damn point," Kizaru muttered in a rare moment of impatience.

"The World Government ordered it to be covered up. Morgan was sent to that little town along with his family and that was the extent of his punishment. How did the nobles put it…? They felt that the 'whore daughter of Gol D. Roger deserved what she had coming to her'. She had not done anything wrong and even had told Sengoku while riding his goat with a saddle that she wanted to grow up to be a Fleet Admiral like him. The whole situation as well as the lack of punishment likely has been haunting her before she got that weird scar. Fresh pain sometimes overrides the old."

Kizaru sighed and groaned. "Now I got to relay this to Sakazuki. He was pretty pissed I was asking about such things and even more so at the fact he had no idea. It gets complicated. He likes Andy-chan or at least appears so. I think I know my friend well but he either does like her or he's an even cleverer bastard than we thought."

Smoker cursed in surprise at the news. People especially those of importance to Vice-Admirals and Admirals tended to be targeted by vicious pirates with Zephyr being just one example. "So she's likely a target of pirates?"

Kuzan laughed softly to Smoker's surprise and was not surprised to hear his fellow Admiral. "You didn't pay attention when Kuzan said her name did you? Little Andy-chan is less known as Gol D. Andrea. She's had a target on her since being birthed but not by the pirates. Rather ironic eh?"

-Meanwhile-

Andy scowled in annoyance at her hand and even the couple of men that Admiral Kizaru had ordered to stay near her to act as guards were considering running at the brunette's temper starting to flare. Although not intimidating to the Admiral, the little beams of light she had managed to shoot off had hit one guy in the behind and burnt through the Marine's pants. Other than that, she had no progress. Fed up this training session, she walked to the figurehead and stood near the railing to breathe in the salty, sea air. What she did not anticipate was a sea cow rising from the depths and the Marines shouting to ready the cannon. She knew from her grandfather talking about it that the hull of Marine ships had Seastone along it to deter sea kings so she could determine the creature was not a sea king. She had no idea why but she climbed onto the figurehead and walked to the edge and stood eye to eye with the cow fish. She had an affinity for bovines and wondered if this crossed over to the fishier version. A thought came to her and she smiled. "I hope Akainu-san would appreciate me making a meal out of you."

The cow fish started freaking out and was attempting to back away when she had a bright idea and held out her right hand. As if hypnotized, the cow fish came closer and as it came closer, the Marines panicked only more. One man had enough brains to try knock on the Admiral's cabin but they knew he was in a call and might not take this seriously. "Ummm Andy-dono! Run!" One of the Marines shouted to her in a panic. "I can't get a clear shot if you're in the way."

Andrea's eyes closed as she relaxed from being close to the sea cow and her breathing near stilled. The cow fish drew closer and closer until he touched the palm when her eyes snapped open and started to glow a silvery blue. Thin beams of light shot out of her hand like a netting and started to cover the sea cow but what shocked everyone was that between the netting, the sea cow was starting to freeze. Kizaru had opened the cabin door at this moment and beamed over immediately upon seeing the danger but he did not realize the action startled the brunette. A red blob had left her hand and impacted explosively with the partially frozen sea-going bovine who had taken the surprise and the distance between it and her hand to swim away in fear. She felt intense pain and swayed, barely staying conscious long enough to see her friend catch her before she could fall off the figurehead. Her bloody palm was barely felt over the immense exhaustion she felt.

Kizaru held the practically comatose woman in his arms as he yelled for the ship's doctor to tend to her. He glanced at the Den Den Mushi who certainly had gotten more of a workout in this voyage then he remembered it normally getting. This is going to be an uncomfortable call to both of them.