Birthday/Valentine's Day Special:
Quick Note: This takes place 11 years in the future….. Oh and "this means they are speaking in Spainsh!"
The rolling waves were tame under the fast speed of the small dark blue racing dingy, as it skid quietly across the surface a trail of water quickly following behind it. A small figure braced the howling salted wind unflinchingly, their black cloak billowed behind them, only impeded by the red medium sized duffel bag that was strapped onto their back, but miraculously the hood protecting the identity of the person hadn't flown off from the sheer speed they were going…
Dori carefully checked the direction of the vivre card again and adjusted the direction of the dingy expertly, she had been making her way to the Moby Dick for three days now and based on the information she'd gathered at the last island she'd stopped at that morning… she was close to finally arriving at the ship of the 'Strongest Man in the World.' But more importantly she was close to reuniting with Ace for the first time since he joined the Whitebeard pirates. Sure the two of them had continued to exchange letters, like they had always done since Ace left their home island when she was sixteen, but she had missed the freckled faced boy-well-man.
A small smile tugged at the corner of her lips (despite the fact that she was slightly pissed at Ace, considering that they had agreed to meet up at an island five days away from her current location two weeks previously) as she thought about the last time she had seen the muscular black haired man. She had decided to temporarily travel with Ace and the Spade Pirates when the two had accidentally met up in the Grandline when she was eighteen, at first the plan was originally for her to accompany them until the next island but she had ended up staying with the crew for three entire months before she ended up departing (she had received new information, a lead if you will, on the possible whereabouts of the Elemental Nations from a reliable contact of hers that deemed some investigating).
Those three months spent with the Spade Pirates had been the most relaxing she'd had since she set off from Fooshia Village when she turned seventeen, sure it had been action packed and extremely loud at times (Ace's crew had been as rowdy as when her brothers were children) but it was the most human interaction that she'd had since she started her journey as a 'Ghost Pirate.' She was as much of a pirate as Ace and now Luffy (as he had set sail just last week), she was just an invisible one. After all it would be hard to conduct all of the detective work she had been doing for roughly three years now if she had a bounty like the boys.
But spending time with Ace had definitely been a plus, the two of them had tentatively started a relationship just before Ace had set sail when he was seventeen and it had been nice to curl up in the older boy's arms at night like she'd always done growing up.
Dori sighed in relief as she saw the massive ship that Ace was currently dwelling on in the distance, taking her hand off the wheel she readjusted the red bandanna, which had been gifted to her as a child by Shanks, around her neck. Despite the fact that years had gone by since she was a nine year old brat living on Mt. Corvo, her style of clothes hadn't really changed all that much… She still often liked to wear overalls (though her outfit now kind of looked like she was wearing booty shorts with suspenders now from how long the straps were), but now the shorts were cut down mid-thigh and clung to her tightly as if were a second layer of skin (Ace had told her once that it made her ass look huge), she wore a dull orange shirt that clung to her chest in all the right places (considering that she wasn't exactly ample in that department, unfortunately) underneath and the overall straps had holsters attached to them carrying her two guns as well as a strong metal pipe that resembled the ones she used to fight with as a child, her red rain boots were exchanged for red leather cowgirl boots that gave her pathetically small stature of exactly five feet a two inch boost where she had hidden two small pocket knives. Her waist length hair was in a tight French braid underneath her hood to stop any loose stands from smacking against her skin painfully as she glided across the sea. The dark cloak that covered her features from the world really was the main difference between her current style and her style from the past.
Dori quickly flipped on the 'silent' switch on the small dashboard in front of her that made the already pretty quiet engine of the dingy go completely silent as she sneaked off to tie it up to the ship at an angle in which the person at the crow's nest would never be able to spot her.
"Thatch! Ace! You bastards! I'm going to get you!" an angry and frustrated voice screamed from above her on the deck, followed up by two mischievous howls (one that was very familiar to Dori) of laughter and the scuffling of feet as they pounded their way across the deck trying to get away from the person they had aggravated. "Stay put!" he screamed angrily.
"Hahahaha! No way Izo!" Ace's familiar, and comforting, voice shouted back at the irritated crew member now identified as Izo. Dori smiled bemused as she heard the scuffle of an amazing chase going on board of the deck before she smirked mischievously, finding a way that she could get rid of the pent up anger that the freckled man had caused her when her didn't show up to their rendezvous point, and pulled the hood over her head more snuggly and made sure to cover her entire body with the heavy cloak. She crouched down before jumping up onto the railing of the ship harshly as she pulled out her pipe and smacked it against the railing under her feet, gaining the attention of everyone on the deck as they got into defensive statures against the figure that had sneaked onto their ship.
A tall muscular blond haired man (his hair funnily enough resembled a pineapple, letting her know that it was the First Commander of the Whitebeard pirates that Ace enjoyed playing pranks on) with an open shirt, showing off his Whitebeard tattoo, stepped forward while glaring suspiciously at the small 'intruder' in front of him. "Identify yourself! What's your business with us!?" he growled out in a threating manner.
Lowering her head so that it would be even harder for anyone to spot her face, she chuckled 'darkly' before calling out, "Portgas D. Ace~" she said lifting her head slightly to show off the malicious smile painted on her face, "You should have known I'd come to beat your skinny ass when you didn't show up two weeks ago…" she growled menacingly while her right hand clenched the pipe tightly, causing the cowboy hat wearing man to gasp in recognition before he paled rapidly (making his freckles stand out even more against his now pasty white complexion) causing his 'brothers' to stand closer to him in a protective manner.
"Oi, Ace! You recognize this chit?" Thatch asked his freckled counterpart in concern and curiosity. Ace only nodded at Thatch's question, not trusting his voice just yet to form a verbal response.
"Oho? Ace… Lu caught your tongue?" she teased angrily as her left hand delicately rested against her cheek, "You ass, you were actually gonna get some you know? But now the only thing I want to do is hammer your testicles to the wall…" she hissed in Spanish, causing a green tint to color Ace's previous pale face.
"Ah…" the small whimper trembled out of his lips, "Was that su-supposed to be t-two weeks ago? Haha.. please d-don't….. You know how b-bad I am at keeping a record of time, I-I thought we we-were meeting up next mon-month…" Ace stuttered out in fear, making his crew members more anxious as they had never seen Ace so terrified of someone before.
"Hmmm," she contemplated his shaky excuse before motioning to come close to her, only for him to shake his head rapidly in response earning an angry growl from the small woman balanced on the railing. Nervously he moved closer to her, despite his protesting crew mates, until he was a two yards away from her, "Did you at least remember to buy me a decent present you jerk?" she asked resigned.
Ace smiled widely at that question, "Yea I did, it's in my room."
"Alright then!" she chirped, her malicious aura disappearing immediately as her mood did a complete 180, and jumped down attaching her pipe to its holster on her hip. "I'm not gonna castrate you this time Ace! But if you ever forget to…" she trailed off, "Well let's just say, your never gonna make Jii-chan a great-grandfather, k?" she said happily as she pulled down her hood revealing her face.
"Ha… Right! Never forgetting again!" Ace agreed hurriedly as color returned to his face before he smiled happily down at his, now not murderous, girlfriend. He had missed her, despite the terrifying threat she'd made against his manhood.
"Good!" she nodded before turning to look at all of the crew members that had surrounded them to see what the commotion had been all about, bowing politely at them, "Ah, sorry about that. I was really pissed that Ace forgot to meet up with me at the rendezvous point two weeks ago like he was supposed to, after all you'd think the baka would remember to meet up with me… especially after the punishment he got the last time he didn't show up on time." she said smiling sweetly when Ace shuddered as he remembered her extremely cruel-and creative-punishment, "I'm Monkey D. Dorian, Ace's girlfriend. It's a pleasure to finally meet you all in person."
Marco's eyes widened in surprise as seemingly everyone on board screamed "WHAT!" in unison before Thatch started laughing hysterically.
"A-Ace! You're so whi-whipped!" he screamed out between howls of laughter causing the other shocked members to start laughing with him, Ace's eyes widened as he saw his laughing brothers (despite feeling embarrassed by their ribbing, he was sporting a blush on his face) before looking at his now stony faced girlfriend. This wasn't going to end well. He tried telling them to cut it out with some desperate hand signals behind Dori's back, only to be ignored as his brothers were all going purple faced with laughter, when said girlfriend snapped.
Dori's hand whipped so fast to the gun resting in its holster that the pirates that were actually paying attention to the couple didn't see her hand move and quickly fired a bullet to land a few millimeters away from where Thatch's crotch was as he stopped rolling on the floor, "That was just a warning shot, the next one is planting itself in your left testie. Does anyone else think it's funny?" she asked the now pale Whitebeard pirates causing all of them to shake their heads rapidly in fear, "Ah, I thought so!" she chirped before turning to Ace and grabbing his hand, "Ace~ Introduce me to your Oyaji, k? That way we can spend the rest of the afternoon in your cabin dealing out your punishment!"
Ace looked both reluctant and excited (and slightly terrified) at the thought of Dori's cruel-unique-punishment. He was going to spend the rest of the afternoon, evening and probably early morning tied to his bed… not that he was complaining, but Dori was probably still a little pissed based on how tight she was clenching on his hand… well it was either she was still pissed or being around that many unfamiliar men was unnerving her. Dori had never gotten over the fact that she'd been raped as a child, he didn't think she ever would, but he wouldn't ever look down on her... after all she had conquered the majority of her fear over sex with him.
Ace looked at her anxious expression as he led her to Oyaji's cabin and smiled gently at her, looking around to make sure they were alone, he bent down to her level and kissed her softly on the lips, "Don't be nervous Dori, he's gonna love you. After all, I do." He told her confidently as she smiled lovingly back at him, and the tenseness that had been in her posture seemed to melt.
"Hmm, if you say so Ace." She said softly, her hold on his hand turning gentler before she looked up coyly at him, "But that doesn't mean you are getting out of your punishment, Ace!" she teased, her cheeks reddening slightly at the implications of her statement.
Ace smiled widely back at her, despite that their faces were now competing in their bright shades (Dori had never lost the ability of being able to make Ace go as red as cherry when she wanted him to), "I wouldn't have it any other way." He responded back saucily. Standing in front of the Pirate Captains quarters he looked back down lovingly at the girl who had been standing by his side since he was ten years old, "Dori."
"Hmm?" she said looking up at him curiously despite the fact that she was nervous to meet Oyaji.
"Happy Birthday!"
A giant smile bloomed across her face; he was going to make this the best birthday she'd ever had... even if he'd mixed up the dates of the original day they were supposed to meet up. Together they opened the heavy door in front of them…
Author's Note:
SO… yea. I wrote that… Please use you imaginations to figure out what happens next… I'm not ready to write Dori as a saucy-sexually active-woman just yet… I do have to admit it was interesting trying to write the duo as adults vs them as the kids I've gotten used to them being… Anyway they were a little OOC, the both of them, but that's mostly due to the fact that in my head they are still 9 and 10 respectively… in the future when they are actually this age they are going to act somewhat similarly but not exactly like the way that they acted in this omake. (I was just experimenting… though sexual scenes will eventually be incorporated into the fic, it is rated 'M' after all) Although Ace is still going to have a healthy amount of respect-read fear-for Dori, as she (literally in this short) has him by the balls, but all of this power she has over him was given to her by him and the same goes for vice versa (Dori likes being put in the spot as much as she likes being the one to put him in the spot). Right now though in the current timeline of the fic, they are just entering a tentative puppy love… Ace is still in denial (of everything, he'd rather pretend she's a boy until it's impossible for him not to), and Dori is too traumatized by the events that led her to the OP universe… though she does love to relentlessly tease him, its Dori's favorite pastime to make Ace go as red as cherry… Hehehe, she's a bit of sadist. Her profession in this fic is all really going to happen though, that's already what I've planned… Hehe, she's a Ghost Pirate. Her goal? Not telling :P
Anyway… HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORI AND DYL!
Oh, and I hope you guys are all enjoying Valentine's Day!
I love you all! 3
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Mara-Chan (o l l o)