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One day later, the commanders of the Whitebeard pirates where feasting atop the deck.

"Who would have thought that little kid to be this fierce?"

Said Marco while grinning.

By now even if they adresse Cadis D. Lara as a little kid, no one wouldn't show her respect.

Not only because was she strong, more so because she was unyielding.

And the fact that even their father acknowledge her, was even more of a reason.

"Yeah! I would even like to compare notes with her on swordsmanship."

Vista was really looking forward to it.

"Hmmm...Is she that strong with a sword?"

Asked Jozu, he was a brute that only knows how to use his fist.

"She still has some flaws here and there, but she is strong, yes."

Taking a bite of his meat, his eyes turned thoughtful.

"Forget about me, I think even Mihawk would look forward to exchanging a few moves with her."

This got the attention from all of them.

"But how come she isn't known? with her strength she should be a supernova, and one of the most prominent of them."

Asked Haruta the question in everyone's mind.

"Perhaps we should look around if she appeared somewhere."

Said Jozu.

"Nah, you would waste your time, I didn't appear anywhere other than Fisherman Island."

Said a new voice.

"Perhaps you are right."

Replied Jozu while nodding his head.

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Everyone stilled.

Looking around they spotted a blue haired girl, with a tank top and shorts still having bandage here and there and eating from Marco's meat like she was there all along.

""Where did you come from!""

"MY MEAT!"

Everyone ignored a fuming Marco and were looking at the casual Lara flabbergasted.

"Yah! took a good nap!"

Said Lara while stretching happily.

""Don't change the subject!"

"HAHAHA!"

While everyone were still yelling at Lara, Vista was laughing his ass off.

"So, you were curious about me?"

She asked them with mischievous eyes.

"Yeah! How come we don't know of you? But first are you really ok? leaving the bed so soon?"

Asked Marco still a little annoyed, but like the gentleman he is, he still asked about her well being.

But Lara didn't know he was a gentleman, so she looked at him in shock.

"You!Asking about my well being?! Who are you?! Where is the bad guy from yesterday?!"

Jozu was having a hard time keeping Marco at bey.

"No, really are you feeling ok?!"

This was Vista, and since she knows he is a gentleman, she didn't dwell on it.

"Mah, not only was I always able to heal fast, but ever since I ate Goro-chan it has become even more so."

No one asked about Goro-chan.

"As for were do I come from? I come from a Sky island, and only came down recently."

That explain a lot of think.

Then she looked at vista, speculatively.

"You must be Flower Sword Vista, right?"

"Being known by a beautiful lady is my honor."

Vista touched his moustache playfully.

"Hmmm...Jinbe mentioned you when talking about the strongest swordsmen in the world."

At this everyone gave her a look.

"You know Jinbe?"

Asked Namur, as a fishman, he knows that Jinbe won't make friends with a human easily.

"Yeah! we traveled for a while together and had a lot of fun! that sweet guy must already be missing me!"

Looking at her grin, everyone thought one thing...

'Jinbe sweet?!'

"Anyway, he said you were one of the strongest swordsman in the world."

Lara was looking at him with sparkling eyes.

"Yes, but you know seeing your sword yesterday, I can't help but feel like something amiss, like you skipped the basics and directly started cutting steel."

Vista was really curious, he never saw someone using a sword in such a messed up way.

"Basics? I don't know, my master was not a swordsman but a lancer just Like Jiru here, so I had to learn how to use a sword by my own."

Said Lara casually. But her words made everyone, especially Vista flabbergasted. Even if they don't know about swords, they at least still know that for Lara to reach her level of strength, she must be something else...

"You! Do you want me to teach you?"

Vista was looking at her seriously, he couldn't let such an unrefined gem go to waste...

"Really?! I would love to!"

Lara was really happy now, she really loved the sword so much, but every time she swung Kurikara, she felt something missing, like she was eating her favorite dish with her left hand, she Would still enjoy eating but couldn't help the annoyance she felt at the discomfort.

For a long time now she wanted to have someone guide her to the right path, she felt that she had already gone to much astray, and having Vista to teach her was not worse than having mihawk himself as a teacher, after all he might not be as strong, but his basics won't be anything less than the best swordsman in the world.

Everyone could tell that Vista was quite happy to find such a good student.

"Yo, Vista found a good student to bully around!"

Marco smirked at them.

"Nah, he found a student to help him bullying you."

Lara returned the smirk haughtily.

"As if!"

Said Marco disdainfully.

"Nah, this time you lost Marco."

The one who said that was a smiling Thatch.

"Oi, Thatch on who's side are you?"

Marco had a betrayed look.

Thatch looked at him as if he was an idiot.

"On the cute side of course."

Everyone started laughing and quipping, everyone was enjoying themselves.

The atmosphere was broken by a guff voice.

"Marco, Bring the kid."

Everyone became silent.

"Yes, Oyaji!let's go pipsqueak"

"Yeah, wait a second."

Lara didn't forget to finish her piece of meat before standing up.

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Lara was standing in front of Witebeard who was sitting inside his carters, with medical equipment attached to his arms and two nurses tending to him.

Showing her his vulnerable side, said a lot about what this talk was about.

"I see that you were enjoying yourself."

Lara returned his smirk.

"I make a note to always enjoy myself."

She said it like it was a fact, and Witebeard couldn't help approve.

"So you must know why, I invited you here."

Looking at her in the eyes, Witebeard didn't mince his words.

"Become my son, Cadis D. Lara."

Those words had a lot of weight behind them.

'Son huh...'

It's not like the wihtebeard pirates didn't have women in their ranks, forget about the nurses in front of Lara, there were still others like Whitey Bay and Elmy.

But like every pirate was equal in front of the sea, every son of whitebeard was equal in front of him.

Whitebeard has seen it all by now, he saw women and men rise and fall, so he won't discriminate in his old age.

That would be silly.

So he wants Cadis D. Lara to join his family, he really started liking this kid by now, and he was too worried about her to let her leave like that.

Cadis D. Lara's adventure were really messed up.

She just came out of her island and she already made her way toward the new world.

It may look amazing to ignorant people, but in truth it was not a good thing.

Here in the new world being strong wasn't enough, if Whitebeard drop a stone in the streets, he would hit dozen so called strong people.

If she was born in the new world, it would have been ok, she would have grown up understanding how things work here and have people look after her.

But she didn't have that privilege, she was a clueless reckless child with too little experiences.

What is worst, she ate one of the most legendary fruits, making a lot of people desire her powers.

If she was as strong as Mihawk, there would have been no problem, she would have been able to roam freely without care, but Lara was far from that level.

That's why Whitebeard invited Lara in his family, because he likes her guts and for her own protection.

As for Lara, she didn't mind joining, in the first place she never intended to become a captain and was looking to join a crew, at first she thought she would join some rookie, but her journey had been too messed up for that.

What's with the first pirate she saw after falling from the sky was Jinbe, and when she just left him, she found herself falling in front of Whitebeard...

So she wasn't against joining the Whitebeard pirates, not even a day and they already have warmed up to her and was enjoying each other's compagnie, so accepting them as her brothers didn't ring wrong in her ears.

Not to mention, she already accepted Vista as a teacher...

"Hmmm...where should I put the tattoo?"

At that everyone inside the room were grinning.

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That night, the Whitebeard pirates were celebrating on top of the deck.

"Hey, kid you should drink sake, if you are a pirate!"

Said a grinning Marco.

Lara gave him a frightened like rabbit look, with tears and trembling limbs.

"Uncle, you want to get me drunk and do bad things to me? Pervert!"

At this everyone gave Marco the glare, and he had a look of frightened realization.

"Wha!NO!WAIT!"

But everyone kept glaring and an awkward silence fell.

It was broken however by a laughing Lara on all four hitting the hard wood with her fist.

"Hahahaha! If you could see your face! It was priceless!"

Marco became enraged, took her head under his arms and started rubbing his fist on top of it.

"You little imp! you're trying to ruin my reputation!"

"Ah! let me go you brute! this is sexual harassement, I'll sue you! and what reputation?! you're just a perverted uncle!"

"You!"

Looking at the two, every single person there was laughing, even Whitebeard had a grin.

"So Lara, which ship are you going to sail on?"

Asked Thatch even if he already knows the answer, to be honest every commander there would want to have Lara sail with them, not only was she strong, but she was also a lovable social butterfly, they won't get bored for sure.

"Vista's, of course! my sword needs a lot of refining!"

No one was surprised, in this world every real swordsman is a maniac that would take every single opportunity to improve.

"Hmmm...then we will sail tomorrow, get your stuffs ready."

Said Vista seriously.

"What's the rush Vista! it's a banquet don't spoil the mood!"

And with that last statement from Marco, the festive mood resumed once again , after all not everyday they have a new family member to celebrate.

Lara was also enjoying herself, however from time to time she would glance at a rotund dark skinned man, eating cherry pies.

Marshal D. Teach.

Lara really didn't know what to do about him.

He was with the Whitebeard pirates for far too long, she couldn't just go to Whitebeard and say that your son is going to betray you, that was ridiculous.

And she also wasn't going to monitor his movement all the time, she didn't even remember much about how he betrayed, she only remembered that he stabbed a crew member for the Yami Yami no Mi.

Who was it he stabbed?

What did that devil fruit look like?

What were the circumstances?

She didn't remember at all.

Lara really can't remember much after all those years, but since she now was a Whitebeard pirate, she should do her best to stop those things from happening.

But the problem in this world is that fate plays a large role here.

Roger would have died at the hands of Shiki the Golden Lion if not for that fated storm.

Not to mention Luffy, who's fate is ridiculous.

Escaping Enies Lobby, Impel down and Marin Ford.

Going inside the territory of one of the Yonko and making it out alive.

No, this world's fate is ridiculous, and Lara has the feeling that the war of the strongest, one of the most important turning point in this era of pirates will happen no matter what...