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Chapter 21:

"Oh, are these your friends, Misa- no Akane-chan?" The first-mate's uncle questioned, smiling happily.

"Eh? U-Uh yeah…" She chuckled nervously as everyone got chairs and surrounded the small table instantly.

"Who the hell are you?" Sanji glared at the unknown man.

"E-Eh?" Her uncle blinked twice at the kids. "What's with their attitudes… speaking of which…I feel like I've seen that kid with the Strawhat before…?"

"Ah Sanji!" Akane elbowed the cook. "Ummm I don't know how to ex-"

"Oh. You look like Akane." Luffy pointed out. "Don't you think so guys?"

"Hmm…. Now that you say that Luffy…. They have the same brown eyes and hair color…." Nami narrowed her eyes.

"Ara, and the skin color as well." Robin chuckled.

"Eh?! Does that mean that they-" Chopper and Usopp both looked at Akane shocked.

"Oi, oi, sis. Is that your da-" Franky gulped at the last word.

"Of course not!" Akane snapped, annoyed that no one would let her talk.

"Yohohoho she wouldn't be sitting here if it was her dad, correct?" Brook laughed.

"Eh? How'd you know-" Akane tilted her head.

"Zoro told us." Luffy explained.

"Sorry. It kinda came out." The swordsman shrugged, receiving a glare from the first-mate.

"Who the hell is he, Akane-chwan?!" Sanji demanded.

"Oh my gosh! Lemme explain!" She sighed and turned to Law who tried to hold his laughter. "You could help…" Akane shook her head and then looked at her uncle who was confused by all the conversations.

"Okay, everyone…. This is my uncle." She simply stated while everyone looked at her in surprise.

"EHHHHH?!" They all shouted.

"U-Uncle!? You have an uncle?!" Chopper shrieked.

"Apparantly…." Akane answered.

"B-But-"

"SUGOI!" Luffy laughed. "That's good for you Akane! We should show him our sh-" He began but was stopped by the first-mate covering his mouth. She shook her head vigorously.

"Eh? Show me what?" Her uncle asked sweetly.

"Uh he was gonna say shit." Akane sweat-dropped while Law chuckled even more.

"Shit?!" The whole crew thought to them selves in confusion.

"Sh-Shit? He wants to show me his… shit?" Neji (Uncle's name) sweat-dropped. "Th-That's…"

"No, not that kind of shit!" Nami assured. "He means like our…. House!" The navigator realized that Akane didn't want the secret of being a pirate to get out.

"Ohh house! Wait, you guys live together?"

"Ah! Not all of us!" Akane laughed. "M-Me and that kid over there do! He's…. the REAL son of the people who adopted me!" She lied as she pointed to her hopelessly dense captain.

"Oh! I see!" Her uncle sparkled. "I'm so grateful for your parents!"

"Ah? What the hell are you talking about? I don't care about that."

"Eh?"

"Luffy! You're such a kidder!" Akane laughed, smacking the boy hard on the back.

Chopper and Usopp looked confused along with the captain while the others seemed to understand what the first-mate wanted. "Wh-What's going on?" The doctor asked Robin who chuckled.

"Her uncle doesn't seem to know we're pirates, and I'm guessing Akane-san would like to keep it that way." She whispered.

"Ohhh!" Usopp and Chopper put their fists on the palm of their hands in realization.

"You guys are idiots." Sanji spat. "Making Akane-chan go through all that trouble."

"Who was the one who cussed at the guy in the first place, ero-cook?" Zoro scoffed.

"AH!?"

"Oi, bros… calm down!" Franky laughed. "We got to make a SUPER good reputation for sis' uncle!"

"He's right Minna-san." Brook agreed.

"What are you guys whispering about over there?" Neji asked, curiously.

"Eh?! Nothing really!" Nami laughed. "We're just really surprised she had an uncle!"

"I see. I'm really happy to see her alive after all those years." Her uncle smiled weakly- giving off an awkward aura to the table.

"Oi Waiter! I'm hungry! Bring me meat!" Luffy suddenly demanded- causing the awkwardness to break.

"Y-Yes!" The waiter seemed to recognize the pirate crew and listened immediately, giving him a big plate of meat- just right for the captain. Luffy happily devoured the food.

"I wonder if U-Uncle… has realized yet?" Akane thought to herself.

"Well…." Suddenly Law stood up. "I'll be going then Miss Akane. I have my own business to attend to."

"Eh? Really…. Well I'll ask Uncle about him then… Bye!" She waved, saying good bye.

"You really don't seem like you're dating at all…." Usopp sweat-dropped.

"Don't say that!" Sanji kicked the sniper. "They're not!"

"They are!" Chopper chuckled.

"Oh? That was your boyfriend, Akane?" Her uncle's eyebrows raised in curiosity. "He doesn't seem like a good influence… he had tattoos and that smirk of his was kind of… evil…"

"I guess…." She chuckled nervously.

"You must be thinking weird taste, right Uncle-san?" Brook laughed.

"Hey!" Akane snapped.

"Oh Uncle!" Nami suddenly shot her head up.

"Un-Uncle?! Are everyone of them going to call me that?!" He wondered. "Y-Yes?"

"How long does a log po-" She began but then shut her mouth immediately. "Shit I forgot!"

"Log pose? Is that what you're talking about? Why would you want to know that? Only pirates want to know about that." He asked innocently.

Akane flipped her head towards the navigator. "Nami!" She pleaded in her head and the orange-haired girl jumped.

"O-Oh that's 'cause…. We heard some pirates were here! So I was just wondering…" She told them.

"I see. Well it sets in about 3 days… So then what are you guys doing here?" The uncle questioned.

"This guy is fuckin' nosy!" Everyone, except Luffy thought. "He's definitely suspicious of us!"

"We came on a school trip." Zoro answered this time, much to the surprise of everyone.

"Oh! School trip?"

"Y-yeah! You see… we're in this club and then we managed to get enough money for a trip…. And the money that we had was enough for this island!" Akane lied through her teeth.

"Oi Akane! I'm hungry!" Luffy whined.

"You just ate all that meat!" Nami slapped the captain.

"I can't help it! It's not as good as Sanji's~" He sunk in his chair.

"One of you is a cook?" Her uncle seemed to lighten up. "I like cooking too!"

"Really?" Sanji perked up at once. "What kind of foo-"

"Ah, ah, ah! No one cares!" Zoro interrupted.

"What was that Marimo?!"

"You heard me! No one wants to hear you go on and on about your shitty food!"

"You wanna say that again?!"

"Shut up you idiots!" Nami growled as she hit the two of them- causing a bump on their heads.

"N-Nami swan…" The cook whimpered.

"You guys need to calm down!" Akane begged.

Akane's uncle smiled at the first-mate who was arguing along with her crewmembers. "You guys seem like you've been through a lot." He pointed out, placing his head on his hand.

"We have…" Robin smiled, the only one who actually heard the uncle.

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"So this is the house Mother, you, and I mostly stayed in…." Akane breathed out as she stepped inside the small house.

"Yeah. It's kind of messy right now though!" He apologized as he moved away some clothes on the floor. "I haven't had time to clean since I've been working…"

"Oh!" Luffy ran inside and into the kitchen instantly while Nami and Sanji followed closely- annoyed at his childish behavior. Zoro sat down on a sofa and began snoring away and Brook looked throughout the antique house in interest. Franky and Usopp looked at a few gadgets around the house and Robin and Chopper looked at a bookshelf. "Th-They're quite…." Her uncle stared in amazement.

"Nosy?" Akane finished, chuckling. "Sorry!" She bowed her head while her uncle shook his head.

"It's great to see you have so many friends!" He assured.

"Yeah." She smiled weakly and then sat on the sofa, next to Zoro who was sleeping away. "I was wondering… U-Uncle… could you tell me about…"

"Your father?" Her uncle finished- knowing very well what she meant.

"Yeah…" Her voice drifted as the saw her uncle tense up and clench his fists.

"That man…" He shook his head and sighed. "He's still around here. He didn't even go to jail…."

"Yeah, I know that." Akane confirmed what Law had told her.

"I see. Well, what else can I say about him? I already told you what he's like-"
"Can you tell me where he is?" She asked seriously, interrupting him.

"E-Eh?" Her uncle stared at her in surprise. "Why?!"

"I want to see him." She stated firmly.

"N-no!" He shook his head, refusing. "I cannot tell you that! Definitely not! If I do- and he knows who you are- oh no… I can't even imagine-"

"Uncle…." Her voice drifted- she understood what the man meant. "I know you're worried and all since we just kinda met… and you were looking for me- but I really have to see him. I won't get killed or hurt!" She assured.

"No, no, no…." He repeated- it looked like a trauma had taken over him.

"U-Uncle?"

"He'll kill you." He looked at her seriously. "He's already tried to kill me many times, coming here- but I'm under the protection of the Marines… and if you go there- a person who isn't a citizen of this city- you don't know what he'll do!"

"He tried to kill you, too?!" She gasped.

"He wanted anything to do with that woman to go away- any witnesses or someone who knew that he could be a suspect- but the Marines just took that a sign of his drunkenness and he was only sent to rehab. He returned back…. Last month and tried to kill me once again. It's excruciating even living here- but I can't bring myself to leave the house your mother left."

Akane's shoulders' tensed and she gritted her teeth. "He's been going through hell because of that bastard… Those damn Marines! They're only for fuckin' show!" She convinced herself. "Uncle. That's more the reason I should go see him." She now stared right through him- making her uncle shiver in surprise.
"I told you-"

"Uncle!" Her voice now rose. "I'm telling you! I can take care of myself! And if you don't want me to go alone, I'll take someone from my cre- I mean my group of friends!" She fixed her self.

"You're just a teenager! You can't!" He still refused desperately. "Right when I meet her… I can't let her get hurt too!"

She took a deep breathe, and then noticed everyone now slowly coming by the living room- the room in which her uncle, herself and Zoro (Who was half awake now) were in. "Uncle, You don't know what I've been through- I'm not being egotistical or anything but I'm strong." She assured.

"That's not enough! He has his own damn gang!" Her uncle shouted- revealing a secret. "He made a gang!"

"That's nothing!" Luffy now interrupted, with a piece of meat hanging from his mouth. "We've beaten two Shichibukai's, we've broken into the worst prison on earth, we've fought so many pirate crews that I can't even count!" He declared.

"Wh-what?!"

"Uncle-san. Do you really not recognize his hat?" Robin now joined in.

"His hat?" Sure, Akane's uncle had noticed something familiar- and then it clicked. "Mugiwara…. Luffy…" He gasped and then turned to Akane. "Y-You're a pirate."

TO BE CONTINUED! I'm sorry if this is a boring chapter…. I kinda dragged it lol but I had to make her uncle seem really desperate, ya know? Well until next time! :D