Chapter 26
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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Last Time…
Nami rolled her eyes and Vivi giggled. Zoro was about to say something when they heard a bunch of yelling and running.
"I wonder what's with all of the fuss is about," Usopp said curiously as he kept a look out for the source of the yelling.
Ghin snorted and said in 'I -don't –really –care' tone, "Its probably a bunch of marines chasing after an idiotic pirate, that's all."
The phrase 'an idiotic pirate' passed through their heads and that was when their minds connected all of the dots.
"LUFFY!" They all yelled out at the same time in shock as they all looked out from behind the ruined wall.
Luffy ran passed them, but he caught sight of them and turned in their direction and ran passed them as he shouted in his usually cheerful voice, "Hey guys, I'm glad to finally find you! RUN!"
They did not need to be told twice as they grabbed everything and bolted. It was then that one of the marines that was chasing Luffy, shouted in a booming voice, "There's the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates! GET THEM!"
Selene ran beside Luffy and was about to ask him something when she noticed white thick smoke catching up to Luffy out of the corner of her eye.
'Shit! Its Smoker!' Selene thought as she turned around to meet Smoker head on and fight him while she let the others flee. But before Smoker could reach her, a huge blaze had blocked his attack. Everybody stood there stiff in shock and everyone was confused as to why and where a huge ball of fire came from.
The blaze got smaller and smaller until it became a form of a human. Selene felt as if her eyes almost popped out of her as she recognized the back of the man. And she knew that Luffy did too as she can hear him laugh. It was…
"Portgaz D. Ace," Smoker growled out as he stood in front of Ace. "Why are you protecting Straw Hat and his crew?"
Ace grinned as he turned to look at Luffy and Selene before turning back to face Smoker, he answered, "I merely protecting my little sister and my little brother, that's all. After all, it's the duty of the older sibling to do so."
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"So, you're their older brother…the three make a dangerous trio," Smoker said seriously as his eyes serious intending to catch all of the D. siblings. He is not going to let them get away if it's the last thing he does.
Ace turned his head slightly towards Selene and Luffy and said, "You guys, go ahead and I'll catch up to you later after I deal with these guys."
Selene nodded her head and said, "Sure thing. Alright guys, lets get out of here, now."
Everyone nodded as they began running in the direction of the Going Merry. Selene rolled her eyes as she noticed that Luffy was running backwards as he was trying to watch Smoker and Ace fight.
"Selene, you never did tell us that you and Luffy had an older brother," Ghin said as he was running.
Selene shrugged her shoulders and answered, "I guess that the subject never came up. But I have to wonder, why is Ace –nii doing here in Alabasta though?"
Sanji glanced at Selene in confusion and asked, "What do you mean by that, Selene –angel?"
Zoro rolled his eyes at the perverted cook. But by this time, no one noticed that Luffy was separated from them and now he is lost in the backstreets of Nanohana.
As they were getting closer to the Going Merry, Selene explained, "Its common knowledge throughout the Blues that Whitebeard does not let any of his sons leave his ship, Moby Dick, to travel through the Grand Line like what Ace –nii is apparently doing now. Whitebeard likes to keep his children safe and if any should bring harm to any of his children, hell is going to pay."
Everyone had their eyes wide as they imagine the world's strongest man destroying an enemy. That caused a very cold shivers to travel down their spines. Just before they exited the town, Selene thought that she saw a flash of red hair in one of the alleyways. Shaking her head, she thought that her mind was just playing tricks on her.
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A group of people were hiding out in an alleyway as they watched a small group of pirates run passed. Only one of them, a young woman caught a glimpse of the leader, but did not pay any attention to it. They, of course, recognized who she was immediately as they knew her since she was a small child.
"Are we going to visit them, Captain?" One of the men asked curiously.
The Captain seemed to think for a moment, before answering, "I think it would be best if we did, even if its for an hour or two. Just to make sure that things are going alright with them."
The tall man that was standing next to the Captain rolled his eyes as he knew that his Captain just wanted to see Selene up close. He and the others saw what she was wearing.
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Everyone was on the Going Merry running around, putting their newly bought supplies in their places and tying them down, so they wouldn't roll about and get in their way. As they tried to set sail and get away from the marines who were chasing them, thanks to Luffy.
Everyone was now in their places, ready to go, and waiting for an order from their Captain. It was then that Usopp who spoke up, "Does it feel like that we are missing something?"
It clicked in Nami's mind as to what was wrong. Nami swore, "Not something. Someone. We lost Luffy!"
"That baka!" Zoro face palmed, while everyone else sweat dropped.
Selene decided to take charge, since Luffy was not here. So she began giving out orders, "Nami, Usopp, steer this ship to the harbor, but keep it a good distance from it. Zoro, Ghin, Sanji, keep a look out for Luffy. Knowing him, he will be with Ace –nii and he will make sure that Luffy goes to the harbor. Chopper, go get your medical supplies ready for the trip across the desert."
"Hai!" Everyone responded, before going and doing what they were told.
After sailing the harbor for at least ten minutes, Ghin yelled, "I see Luffy!"
As soon as Ghin said that, Luffy used his devil fruit power to stretched his arm to grab hold of the Going Merry and launched himself at them, smashing into Chopper and Sanji. Selene rolled her eyes as Luffy just laughed about it. She is always expecting to see her hair turning Gray and white each morning that she looks into the mirror, thanks to worrying about Luffy and trying to keep him out of trouble. Its only a matter of time before it does.
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Everyone was relaxing and enjoying themselves as they were traveling to Sandora River and then stop at Erumalu, The City of Green. Ace had joined them, saying that he was traveling to Yuba just like they were. So he can kill a man named Teach D. Marshall or rather Blackbeard, who had killed a fellow comrade and then jumped ship.
Sanji, Vivi, Zoro, Chopper, Ghin, Nami, and Usopp were shocked to find out that Ace is the complete opposite of Luffy when it came to be mature and has manners. Ace and Selene had gotten into a little fight when he noticed that Selene looked like a cat that just caught a mouse. He then realized that Selene had copied his devil fruit and made them her own.
As everyone was enjoying themselves, Selene made her way over to where Ace was, so she could talk to him and find out more about this Blackbeard character, in case she or anyone else from the crew would run into him, sometime in the future. But before she could open her mouth, a huge dark shadow fell upon them. Turning around to see what was happening Selene laid her eyes on a ship that she had not seen, since she and Luffy were just little kids. It was the Red Force.
"SHANKS!" Luffy and Selene both shouted out at the same time in excitement.
"DAD!" Usopp yelled out in shock at seeing his dad for the first time in ages.
Shanks, Ben, and Yasopp all jumped down onto the deck. The others on Going Merry except for Ace were shocked that Luffy and Selene knew an Emperor, and then they remembered when Luffy and Selene talked about Shanks before they had reached Alabasta.
"My, my how you two have grown up over the years," Shanks said as he hugged Luffy and then hugged Selene. "And you guys must be Luffy's crew then."
Ben could not help, but notice that Shanks had his arm around Selene's shoulders and that Shanks was keeping her close to him. Ben had to smile though, when he noticed that Selene was blushing up a storm.
Luffy was practically jumping up and down, when he introduced his crew to his hero and idol. Ace, on the other hand, was glaring at Shanks' arm that was wrapped around Selene's shoulders.
Selene turned to face Shanks and asked, "Shanks, what are you doing here anyways? I thought that you guys would be in the New World."
Ben smirked as he was the one who answered, "Shanks decided to go hunting for a certain hawk that was rumored to be around Alabasta."
Suddenly, there was an angry squawk and Shanks said, "We're hunting a different hawk, not you, Ben."
Ben settled back down on his perch and went back to his nap.
"So, how long are you guys going to be here, Shanks?" Ace asked the older man carefully.
Shanks sat down on the deck and pulled Selene into his lap and replied, "Well, we are just visiting for at least an hour, before we go our separate ways."
Ace nodded and then Luffy began telling Shanks all about the adventures that he and Selene had after he and his crew had left Windmill Village. Selene, on the other hand, could not figure out why she was blushing and why her heart was beating so fast inside of her chest, while she was sitting on Shanks' lap.
'I thought that I got over my crush on Shanks a long time ago,' Selene thought to herself as she half listened to Luffy talked to Shanks. 'But this feels like more than a simple crush. Am I in love with Shanks? I can't be he is at least twenty years older than I am. It would simply not work.'
Selene studied Shanks and Luffy. Shanks turned his head toward Selene and winked at her, before turning his attention back to Luffy. Selene saw in the background Usopp and Yasopp talking to each other and Yasopp giving Usopp some pointers on shooting. Sanji was exchanging recipes with Lucky Roo.
"So how is she working for you, Selene?" Ben asked as he nodded to the rifle.
Selene turned and faced Ben as best as she could, while she was stuck in Shanks' lap. She answered, "She works like a beauty. I take very good care of her like how you showed me when I was younger."
Ben smiled as he nodded and then began talking about other things like how does it feel to be a First Mate to such crazy captains like their captains. Ben began giving Selene tips on how to handle her Captain when he does something stupid.
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"Well, we better get going," Shanks said. "Its good to see that you two are doing so well, especially you, Selene even in your new outfit."
Selene's face turned bright red when Shanks wrapped his arms around her chest from behind and put his face in her long braided midnight black hair, taking a deep breath. This action caused Ace, Zoro, Sanji, and Ghin to growl and Nami and Vivi both smile with a knowing look on their faces, while Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp remained clueless at what was really going on.
Ben decided to step in when he noticed that those four were planning to kill Shanks for flirting with someone that they consider a sister and is off limits. Ben placed his hand on Shanks' shoulder and nodded towards the angry group of men and said, "Captain, I think that it best that we leave now."
Shanks looked over at the group and got a look on his face that spelled mischief and said, "Alright, but I have one more thing to do before I leave."
Ben raised an eyebrow in confusion, but soon his expression turned into an expression of shock and surprise, along with both crews. Shanks spun Selene around and smashed his lips on her lips. Selene was in shock at the first second, before she began kissing Shanks back. Normally, she would have beaten the crap out of him, but somehow it just felt right.
"SHANKS! YOU BASTARD!" Ace shouted as he lunged at Shanks with the intent to kill Shanks, who dodged Ace and jumped back onto the Red Force. Suddenly, before Shanks could do or say anything, his crotch was on fire as Ace had finally remembered that he had a devil fruit power. Shanks was now panicking and trying to put out the fire as the Red Force sailed away.
Ben shook his head and told Shanks, "You better hope that Ace does not tell Whitebeard about this."
Shanks paled at the thought of overprotective father like Whitebeard. He and his crew knew that even though Whitebeard did not declare Selene and Luffy as his children, they were family through Ace.
OMAKE
Shanks was resting and taking it easy in his room, since the fire event as the doctor did order him to do. When the Red Force shook and a loud angry voice shouted, "SHANKS! HOW DARE YOU MOLEST ACE'S SISTER!"
Shanks raced up to the deck and saw a very angry Whitebeard and his crew coming after him.
"Boys, this maybe the last day that we live, but I want to let you that it's a honor to sail with you all and it was worth kissing Selene. Now lets get out of here!" Shanks yelled at his crew.
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Smoker and his crew were sailing around Alabasta with the intent of getting as close to the capital as possible, when they all witnessed Red Force sail passed them at impossible speeds and two of Whitebeard's ships chasing them and Whitebeard yelling how Shanks should keep his hands off of his daughter and to stay away from her.
Tashigi looked at Smoker and asked, "What was that about?"
Smoker grunted and answered, "I don't know, but I have a feeling that involves the Straw Hats somehow."
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