1 piece AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Two days later and Robin was walking down the aisle, looking sad when she noticed the empty spaces where her three children would have been, but smiling when she saw Makino there in her purple dress and wearing her fathers straw hat with a bright grin on her face. She smiled a little wider when she saw her son being cradled protectively in Bonney's arms. The pink haired woman hadn't answered Luffy's question on joining her crew, but she felt responsible for Makino and the still unnamed baby boy, so she'd stay for a little while and watch after them. Even Smoker and Tashigi were in attendance, Luffy having invited them and gave them a recording Den Den Mushi to give the video to his grandparents later.
"Wow…if I didn't know better I'd think you were a goddess." Luffy muttered staring wide eyed at his wife, in the last life her dress had been a basic white one with a veil and small train with no jewelry since Alabasta still had some hard feelings for her part in Baroque Works. In this life where she had actively helped take down the corrupt organization? They didn't let her get away with a basic dress.
No she was wearing a custom made and tailored deep purple wedding dress with a matching veil and no train this time, and was decorated with some of Vivi's own jewelry.
"We both know I'm far from a goddess. More of a demoness." Robin said smiling and trying to fight back her tears. She was happy to finally be getting to call him her husband in the open again, but there were three more people at the least that should be there.
"Well if you're a demoness I must be a demon." Luffy grinned widely at her although she could see the tint of sadness to it as well. He knew that there was a big hole missing. A hole big enough for three beautiful little children that should have been there.
"Well this is the weirdest wedding I've ever been part of but there's no doubt you two love each other…so if you'd like to get on with the vows…Luffy do you wish to go first?" The King said sweatdropping at what the two had said, much to everyone elses disbelief and slight amusement.
"Sure. Robin…for as long as I can remember I've been focused on being the Pirate King, wanting to be the freest man in the world. I've heard being married took away some of your freedom so when I was little I thought I'd never want to get married cause I didn't want to give up my freedom but…" Luffy paused and gave his signature grin to Robin who was surprised, they hadn't done vows last time so this was a bit of a surprise to her.
"If it's you I don't mind being married or giving up my freedom. You, Makino, our son…our family…you all are more important to me than my dream, than my freedom. I could go on about how I promise you lots of treasure but you're not interested in that kind of thing…and Nami would probably steal it…"
"OI!" Nami shouted making the pirates in the room laugh, including a very teary eyed Robin.
"I could promise to always protect you, and I'll do my best to do so, but I know you're not a damsel in distress and would hate if I treated you like that. You've been kicking ass for twenty years after all." Luffy gave her a grin and making her snort slightly.
"More breaking the spines than kicking but same principal." Robin said although she was still smiling tearfully even as everyone looked a bit freaked out.
"I could promise you all that but I know you aren't interested in those kinds of promises…so…what I will promise is that I'll always love and cherish you, you don't need my protection but if someone hurts you I'll crush them, and if someone hurts our family I'll destroy them, that's the promise I'll make to you, my future Pirate Queen." Luffy said making Robin laugh a little at the title he gave her.
"Well…that was an…unusual vow…Robin?" Cobra asked sweatdropping and looking a bit pale as he looked at the woman who admitted to breaking peoples spines for twenty years.
"Luffy…for most of my life I've been told that I don't deserve to exist, don't deserve to live and for a long time I…I believed those words. I believed that I should have never been born or survived the destruction of my home island…" Robin looked down and bit her lip before looking back up at Luffy and smiling happily even though quite a few people looked shocked at what she had said.
"But you…even when I only wanted to die you made me keep living. I resented you for a while for that after you saved me the first time but…but then you reminded me of how much fun it is to be alive. You showed me how I had been merely surviving and never truly living and I…I loved every second of it. Then…when I tried to die a second time to protect you…you fought for me and made me keep living." Robin said tears able to be seen as they fell down her cheeks past her veil.
"You showed me how it felt to be more than just a woman on the run, a woman hated by the world. You…you let me know what it felt like to be in love for the first time and you let me know how it felt to be loved in a world that hates me. I…I could promise to always be by your side supporting your decisions and going along with them but…" Here Robin chuckled a bit.
"Let's admit it dear, you have some really stupid ideas some times but that's okay. I like that about you, you follow your heart more than your head and that's what I love about you, well one of the things. Even if something is so stupid people believe you're an idiot, you always do the right thing and follow your heart and instincts. I can't promise not to call you out on the really stupid ones that could endanger our family…but I can promise to always listen to you. I'll listen to your ideas, your dreams and plans. I'll listen and help make it so that they aren't too dangerous. I could promise you that we'll live together for years and have the largest family in the world but…" Here Robin gave a small giggle again as she glanced to her two children and the empty spot where three should be.
"We're pirates, tomorrow is never a guarantee so I can't promise you years…as for the family bit. While I do want a large family have you heard of how many kids some people have? I love you and I'll love our children but we aren't having twenty plus kids. My body might not survive." Robin joked making Luffy look at her horrified while a few others sweatdropped or just stared in disbelief.
"What I can promise is that I'll stay with you until the day I die, I can promise that our children will never question if they should be alive or not or whether or not they are loved. I can promise that if I'm still alive when you become Pirate King…then I'll definitely be deserving of the title Pirate Queen because you deserve only the best and if that's what it takes then that's what I'll be. I'll be the most dangerous woman in the world for you." Robin said smiling brightly at her husband who grinned widely at her and reached forward to wipe her tears.
"Okay…I could do the whole 'in sickness and in health' thing but after those vows I don't think it's necessary. Nor is it really necessary to ask if you'll take each other as your significant other…" Cobra said sweatdropping, this was certainly going to be the most remembered and talked about wedding in Alabasta for a long time.
"So…just kiss each other will you?" Cobra asked more than said making Luffy grin widely as he uncovered Robin's face and gently cupped her cheeks, wiping away the tears with his thumbs.
"Sounds like the best plan I've heard all day King-Oji-san." Luffy quipped before leaning up and pressing his lips to Robins as she threw her arms around him.
"May I introduce you to Mr. Monkey D. Luffy and Mrs. Monkey Robin!" The King announced as the couple separated for air making a few people chuckle slightly at Robin's new name.
"Monkey Robin…sounds nice but we really didn't think about that did we?" Luffy asked causing Robin to smile at him and chuckle slightly. Her words causing quite a few people to laugh, especially the crew.
"I already said thinking ahead isn't your strong suit. Don't hurt yourself dear, just leave the thinking to me."