Chapter 21

" Zoro, you're in charge, I need to take Luffy and go meet with my lawyer, arrange a few things as Lady Potter, won't take long, I hope. " Serena says and disappears with Luffy.

Luffy curses when they reappear in the lawyers office, " I hate apparition, have I told you that, Yuhi hime? "

" Ah, Serena, welcome back, now why has my client graced me with her presence again? "

" First, Luffy is now my husband, make that legal and all here, I have copies of all the legal crap, have my PR person send out that notice though send it specifically to Dumbledore and Molly Weasley before the public finds out. Second I would like Hermione Granger to become legal guardian to any of my future children should it be necessary. That includes if any future kids need to be sent to her because things are too dangerous at the moment. "

The lawyer smiles and they set to filling out all the proper paperwork, Luffy and Serena had already discussed that with Hermione and she had agreed. The lawyer looks at her client, " I really love working for you, you make things so very interesting and I've been reading up on the laws in your new dimension, I believe the Straw Hat Crew could use a lawyer and I would actually get you off because I couldn't be bought. "

Luffy grins at this though he wasn't happy with the fact that he had to learn how to be a noble in this world, but still, just in case it had to be done, at least he existed here thanks to this lawyer and upon further dealings she makes it so the other Straw Hats could as well. This lawyer was all right, she actually believed in justice, true justice, taking out all the bad guys by any means necessary, she did not wear rose tinted glasses.

Merry Go:

" I can get why Serena had to take Luffy and deal with the legal crap, this way she has her bases covered in her home dimension. " Nami admits.

" Very true, plus I overheard a conversation between them and 'Mione, they're making 'Mione legal guardian for their future kids, just in case. " George says.

" That's actually well thought out, then again Luffy doesn't strike me as the kind of person whom would allow harm to come to his family. " Sanji says.

" Willingly, " Ace adds, " Oh, she about killed us several times for our stubborn stupidity, she's the main reason he actually thinks even as he rushes in recklessly. "

" Wait, she worked a miracle and gets him to plan even as he's charging in recklessly? " Nami asks.

" Yeah, pretty much. " Ace admits, Luffy was still the same old lovable goof ball but his sadistic side was a force to be reckoned with.

Nami smiles then and sets to work with continuing Ace's lessons on learning when to retreat from a fight. George chuckles as Ace takes another almost hit to his family jewels, he was learning how to dodge those attacks so Nami was getting more creative and imbuing Haki into her Clima Tact, making it so those attacks hurt him too. Ace was nearly cursing, he had never thought that he would need to worry about the weather attacking him, Nami was proving this to be wrong. Of course, he didn't know that Usopp was soon to become a part of these lessons as well. Just then a Haki imbued lead star slams into him. Ace swears as he actually feels pain from that.

" You will learn when to run from a fight, even if we have to damn near kill you to make the lesson sink in. " Nami tells him, Usopp would not be using any of his exploding stars as Ace was fire itself, instead he would be using Paste Stars and his Prank Stars that George had helped him to create. Ace curses when he gets hit with another one and his clothes turn pink. His eyes turn to George, " This has you written all over it, George. "

George chuckles, " Well, I might have given my mate Usopp the idea, he just ran with it. "

Ace moans, these lessons were aimed at literally beating humility into him, and with Serena at the helm of them, well, they were bound to be interesting, to say the least. That was when Robin entered the fray and tripped him up. Ace curses at this, they were literally going to do what Serena wanted done, though Robin smiles at him, " I should warn you that this attitude to never retreat when wise will kill you one day, Fire Fist Ace. "

Hearing it said so matter of factly scared Ace more than he cared to admit. She was one scary chick when she wanted to be, not to mention her sprouted limbs were all imbued with Haki so he couldn't evade them, this was good for him, as he was too used to fists and stuff going through him. It meant that he had to keep his guard up at all times. Then Luna starts throwing spells at him too and Ace curses again before using Soru to up his speed. Nami and Usopp both used Geppo to get above him and suddenly they were all attacking him at once. Twenty minutes later Ace was down, exhausted from the constant evasions he'd had to do. Nami frowns at this, " You failed, Ace, the object was to retreat not fight until you drop from exhaustion. "

Ace flips her off and Nami smiles sweetly before she kicks him hard in his family jewels. Ace barely holds in his howl of anguish, damn but she was sadistic. Fred sighs, " You will learn how to retreat, Ace. You have to, especially if you ever want to be a famous pirate, all captains know when enough is enough, look at Luffy. "

Ace groans, none of them were going to let up until the lesson was firmly ingrained into his psyche. He just hoped that sadistic Luffy didn't help them teach it to him. Zoro was now swinging weights in his mouth and both hands separately, he needed to get stronger and he would, he had no other choice. This crew was gaining notoriety which meant stronger opponents would be coming for them and he couldn't allow himself to falter. Everyone apparently felt that way as they were all training to get stronger in their own ways, plus they had to protect Robin from Admiral class opponents in the World Government. They would protect their Nakama or die trying.

The magicals were all studying spells and Luna was laying runes on weapons or anything else that was used to fight, there was literally no other choice in the matter, they must get stronger, especially to help Luffy fulfill his dream of being Pirate King. They would get stronger and they would protect their Nakama, that was all there was to it. Of course, saying so was a simple matter actually doing so, not so much. Blood, sweat, and tears would help them all achieve their ambitions in the end.

Elena giggles happily as she continues to do her Look Out duties. She loved being a Straw Hat, it was fun. Her eyes widen as she takes in the marine symbol at the bow of the Merry, " Marines, dead ahead, prepare for a fight. " Elena calls out.

Sanji and Zoro move immediately and Chopper gets Ace back in fighting form quickly. George, Luna, and Nami all hide so they could board and loot the marines, maybe get a few more training manuals and use their own techniques against them. They needed more gun powder, might as well loot them as they could shrink their loot and store more of it. Fred gets ready to fight their new friends as well. Usopp already had Ginga Pachinko ready for action, though he heads for the cannons first, they'd be more likely to help out right now. Sanji kicks away the incoming cannonballs even as Fred blows them up prematurely. Once the Marines were in sight Robin joined the fray and sprouted limbs all south of the border and clenches her fists together saying, " Grab. "

The men on the Merry wince even as the marines start to board, this was the cue of the looting team, George and Luna making quick work of their conscious foes with spells and potions. Then they set to work on shrinking everything and grabbing it up, Nami officially loved magic when it came to looting. Back on the Merry the boys are making sure not to damage her while Usopp is picking his shots and picking off the marines before they can board the Merry. Usopp would most likely never be a front line fighter but he was an excellent long distance fighter and with Serena working on his self-esteem he was actually doing very well. Usopp had a gift for sniping as she had been helping him to nurture it.

Sanji uses his Party Table technique on several marines before he decides to go kick happy, though he always made sure to kick them off the Merry. Zoro was making sure to keep his techniques from harming Merry and that they also deposited the marines in the ocean. Fred just used Soru in combination with Haki and his tonfa to knock them into the ocean. Luna's runes were coming in real handy as they were keeping the Merry from getting hit. That and the combination of Fred and Sanji dealing with the cannon balls though Usopp's Haki imbued Lead Stars were working wonders on that front as well. Nami and George start to take out the gunners while Luna destroys the cannons themselves.

The skirmish ended just as Luffy and Serena returned, " Aw man, I missed a fight. " Luffy says.

" Hey, you're the one who kept us this long, Kaizoku-o. You just had to stop by the Magical Menagerie and get a baby Cerberus to train and raise. " Serena says, holding up the cage to prove her point.

" She's so cute though. " Luffy whines.

Serena rolls her eyes at this, goof ball Luffy was out in full force. " She is your full responsibility, Monkey D. Luffy, do you understand me. "

Luffy smiles at this, " Tōzen( Of course). "

Serena gives him a stern look, " This also means that you clean up after her until she's Ship broken. "

At this Luffy looks at his wife, " Fine, but you get to deal with grandpa when he catches up with us. "

Serena curses up a blue streak at this, Luffy always did fight dirty. The wife of Straw Hat Luffy walks over to the main mast and starts banging her head on it. Wondering once again why she even fell for Luffy and now why she had agreed to marry him. Luffy grins and brings out his Cerberus pup, beginning the ship breaking process, that would have to happen before anything else and he generally tried to avoid using spells when training animals. The rest of the crew stares at the pup and then shakes their heads, " Claws, has Luffy ever met Hagrid by any chance? " Fred asks her.

Serena stops her head banging as she thinks about this, " Damn, yes, at the Yule Ball, Luffy actually met Fluffy. "

Luffy grins, " I like Fluffy, he's sooooooo coooooool . I like the Blast Ended Skrewts to, I want one of those, can I have one, Yuhi hime? "

Fred and George stare at him in horror, " Bloody hell, Gred… "

" There's another Hagrid, I know, Forge. " Fred moans the rest of the sentence.

" Luffy, you will not be able to have a Blast Ended Skrewt as long as you are married to me. " Serena informs him, the very thought giving her nightmares.

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