Megumi pressed her hand to the now small bump that was forming across her stomach, soft smile across her face. It was so big it was noticeable, but big enough for when she wore skin tight shirts everyone could see. She was excited and nervous all at the same time all she could think of was the Sparkling Enclave Islands, she hasn't been on that island for over two years and now she was coming back and was going to claim it under Whitebeards power.

She started to dress in looser clothing, in case they were spotted by the marines at all she wore a knee length dress the wasn't completely tight around her stomach. She brushed her hair up into a large bun brushing her fingers across the scar that circled her neck she smiled at her reflection.

She twirled on her heels and the skirt spun out around her as she stepped out of the bedroom grabbing her staff on the way out the door Joz had modified it so that staff and can separate so it could hang off a belt, she could hear the chaos on deck.

She gasped looking to the sky wide eyed at the sight in front of the ship, the Sparkling Enclave island was two mountains close to each other they looked like one, the mountain on the right was cut in half which is where most the people lived, an large harbour was at the base of the mountains was a large dock were many ships sat.

No a single marine ship was in sight or an enemy pirates in sight, the people on the dock did not seem bothered when the Moby Dick pulled up to the dock. Whitebeard stepped off the ship first, you could tell that the men on the dock looked up surprised at their Captain.

Megumi stepped off next and many men dropped the boxes and cheered, "LADY AKIYAMA!"

She laughed widely, "So you don't hate me for being a pirate then?"

"No of course not my dear," A voice chuckled.

"Alexandre," She gasped twirling around to look at the butler that was in charge of the house hold, "I thought you would of left."

Alexander chuckled shaking his head, "I was born on this land just like you were my dear," he took her hands and then kissed the back of them, "I am glad to see you are well young Lady, how do you fare on your travels."

Megumi smiled widely, "They are well, Alexander this is my Captain Edward Newgate though he prefers to go by Whitebeard."

Alexander let go of her hands and bowed deeply to her Captain, "I am honoured to have such a great man be on this island."

Whitebeard chuckled, "I'm here because I did not want Megumi to come here with just her division."

Megumi smiled widely looking up the mountain she once had to call home, in the side of the mountains were holes were the miners worked along with a giant elevator that she knew that could easily hold Pops she had seen heavier carts being put into those things.

The mountains glistened from the unmined jewels in the afternoon sun, though Megumi did not actually like this island. Thinking of it now she knew that the Sparkling Enclave Island could become a nice place to live.

Alexander lead Megumi and Whitebeard towards the lift Marco chuckled as he watched many members looking at awe up at what looked like a giant gem that was sitting out of water. All of them were slightly annoyed that they weren't allowed to take of the gems for themselves but it was Pops rules this island was now under their protection.

Megumi watched Marco transform himself into a phoenix and fly around the mountains as the elevator went up the side of the mountain. Alexander was listening to Whitebeard as he explained they weren't here for the jewels that it was Megumi's choice to come and bring the island under the Whitebeard Protection.

The flat of the mountain was huge they didn't have any farms or forests but this was on the most richest islands across the sea, Megumi stepped onto the path at the top of lift and moved quickly through the crowd dodging between people with ease whilst Alexander showed Whitebeard the market stalls and explained how the island was ran.

The Akiyama home was on the edge of the flat mountain and blended into the second mountain, she heard many people gasp as they realised who she was. That the heiress was now back on her home island to reclaim what was her, she bounced up the stairs of the mansion. No were near the size of the Moby Dick but compared to every other home on this island it was massive.

She rested her head against the cool white door breathing evenly, so many memories from this place all were horrible none were good. She was raised for marriage and she seemed to do everything wrong she ate a devil fruit nearly destroyed her home, watched as he father spiralled into drugs and the black market. Her family destroyed itself and now she was the last of the blood line like Ace was the last of the Gol bloodline.

"You alright, yoi?" She didn't even hear Marco land behind her as he rested a hand on her back, "No pains from the baby?"

She laughed shaking her head wide smile across her lips, "No…. not that just thinking that was all… about everything that had happened in this house."

Marco kissed the side of her head smiling gently at her and pushed the door open, "It won't be like that now," Marco smiled softly at her kissing her cheek this time.

Marco was actually surprised when he stepped into the entrance of the house, the entrance was complete marble a large marble stair case with a deep blue carpet ran up the stairs was in the middle of the room many portraits hung up on the wall many corridors and doors lead off from the bottom of the foyer whilst only two corridors lead off from the stairs.

A certain portrait that was hung in the centre of the wall a large portrait sat, like the others the frame was pure silver and the painting was only done by the best, "My engagement portrait," Megumi stated eyes locked onto the portrait that was painted of her before she left.

"They still do that, yoi?" Marco questioned.

Marco must admit that she did look gorgeous within the portrait she stood tall back straight, shoulders back and stomach in. Her pink hair had been piled on top of her head in a large bun like it was now but the bun was held in place by a band of silver with amethysts in the silver. She wore a simple for once rather than a few of dresses he had seen her in, purple dress the corset pushed her chest up further and pinched her waist in, the skirt dropped down to the ground silver ribbon wrapped around the bottom of the dress and across the top and bottom of the corset.

"My mother thought Akainu might of liked to show off his prize," Megumi scoffed as she walked up the stairs, "Though I know he took it so…." She stepped closer towards the picture and noticed a piece of paper was tucked under the frame.

'Sixth level of Impel down,' was all that was written on the note, "Seems like the marines have been here," She stated crunching the note in her hand before she sighed and looked around, nothing looked out of place expect for the portrait that hung on the wall in front of them.

"Might have to take this portrait for myself," Marco chuckled kissing the side of her mouth.

She laughed softly shaking her head, "No…. that portrait should be burnt."

"I don't see why it should be love it's quite an amazing piece of art work and the subject is completely divine, yoi," he whispered into her ear.

Her face burnt pink at his words and she swatted him gently, "Shut up…. You can have a look around I need to find something."

"You sure… A lot of the members will be coming this way and I assume Pops will as well don't you want to wait for them?" Marco asked her.

Megumi shook her head, "no this is something I need to do on my own, the west wing was for guests and the east was where I live just keep them in the west wing for a while I need to find something… you promise me?"

"Of course love," Marco smiled kissing her lips softly, Megumi sighed into his lips running her hands up his chest her fingers wrapped around his shirt and pulled him closer to her. Marco smiled softly as he felt the small bump through her dress press against him, he pulled back kissing her nose gently, "Don't do anything stupid ok, yoi?"

Megumi laughed and slipped past him moving down the east corridor, "Of course I will," then she gone from his sight.

Marco sighed and sat down on the white Marble stairs, throughout all his life he had never stepped foot inside a home of a celestial dragon. Now here he was sitting on the staircase waiting for his Captain to arrive as his lover waltzed through the halls that she owned. He could tell this place held many memories for her, her eyes showed it, it was as if a cloud was hanging over her head.

Megumi glanced around the halls knowing her destination was her room, though she had not been here for years she still remembered all the corridors and the route to her room. All the curtains had been drawn as if to hide the horrors of what had happened in this house away from the world.

So many memories were held in these walls genrations of royalty lived here before the Akiyama family took it back, her mother told her of how they stripped away any presence of the royal family being here and took their home back. Even when she was younger she could see how her mother was power hungry, portraits of her family hung around her as she pushed open the door to her old room.

She was surprised that the room had been completely untouched everything was the same from the day she left, the floor was light wood and so was the furniture the walls were a soft pink colour and so was the rest of the accessories across the room. A large wardrobe was pushed up against the far right wall spreading across half the wall. She threw open the middle doors and was surprised at how many dresses she used to own, not a single short skirt or pair of trousers was in this wardrobe it was all dresses and floor length skirts. She stepped through the sea of material coming to the back of the wardrobe, it was dark in here and she couldn't see a single thing but she knew what she was looking for. Her fingers traced across the wall looking for something the grove of the wood felt so familiar under her fingers as she finally found a small indentation in the wood and pressed down on it.

A soft click sounded in her hair along with the sliding of wood telling her the separate department in her wardrobe had opened, the room used to be her great aunts before she died and gave one of the family heirlooms to Megumi. She reached into the department and pulled out a velvet box before stepping back out into her bedroom, she heard the commotion down stairs of the Whitebeard Pirates had finally found her home and was looking through it.

She remembered her great aunt was the only female in her generation to be born, not a single female was born in her father's generation actually thinking of it a lot of her uncles seemed to die quickly or vanished suddenly. It must have been her father's doing to make sure he would become the air to the Sparkling Enclave islands that was how Megumi became the only living member of the Akiyama family left. Her great aunt had explained to her that only the females of this family by blood and not married into the family can receive this.

She opened the box remembering when she first looked at it thinking it was pretty but now, she noticed this family had a thing about chokers before she was born. Her great aunt had told her this had been in the family before the dark ages and now Megumi had a feeling this might lead her to the centre of the ancient weapon.

She snapped the box shut as her door opened, Izo stood grinning in her door way and laughed at her expression, "You are acting as if Marines are going to pop out from any corner."

"It's the marines," She argued her body relaxed and a soft smile across her lips, "You startled me that was all."

"Pops wants a word, Marco is trying to stop the second division from destroying this place," Izo laughed.

"It deserves to be destroyed," Megumi stated glancing around her room, "The Akiyama family is a dark family, thinking back I think my father killed off his siblings and cousins to become the heir… they just seemed to vanish one day and never return."

"Well you are an extremely wealthy family," Izo sighed, "No wonder siblings would kill each other for this wealth."

She only sighed and hugged the box to her chest, "Were is Pops do you know?"

"Ballroom down stairs," Izo smiled, "Mind if I…." He gestured to the room.

"Go on Izo, anything you want to take you can," She smiled and made her way down to the ball room.

Marco was sitting on the stairs leading up to the stage at the end of the ballroom talking to Whitebeard, "So what are we going to do with this island, yoi?"

"It is up to Megumi, this is her home and I want her to have the choice," Whitebeard answered.

"Should of seen her Pops," Marco sighed running a hand through his hair and resting back on his elbows, "she looked destroyed when her eyes landed on that portrait I thought parents were meant to care for their children not sell them onto a marine so their family can gain the status they once had."

"Celestial Dragons work differently to the rest of the world, the families are greedy and will stop at nothing to have as much power and money as they can, Megumi's father must have done something extremely risky to put them into a position to marry her to one the Admirals," Whitebeard went on, neither had noticed that Megumi stood in the doorway to the ballroom listening to her Captain.

"You are right Pops," Megumi smiled softly looking at them, the velvet box still held tightly within her hands, "Everyone seems to be enjoying my childhood home."

"And what about you my dear?" Whitebeard asked sitting down on the stage looking at her as she walked towards them.

"Fine… I think," She shrugged her shoulders smiling at them both.

Marco pushed himself up off the steps and walked towards her wrapping his arms around her, "We understand this is difficult for you, but soon you can relax spend time with your grandfather whilst we wait on Ace."

"I can't stand still," She huffed and banged her head against his collar bone, "But I know I have to fir the baby."

"Good you are putting the baby first," Whitebeard grinned at them, "Don't want my granddaughter or son being in danger because their mother can't sit still for more than five seconds."

Megumi rolled her eyes slightly, "I want to do some searching on this island first… for the actual crystals that hold the power of Uranus will that be ok Pops?"

"Of course my dear, leave the island in my hands I will sort out who will…"

"Alexander, I want Alexander to be in charge of the island, everyone loves him and he has always put the people of the island first," She stated, "Unlike my father."

Whitebeard smiled and beckoned the girl forward, she threw herself at her Captain wrapping her arms around him dropping the velvet box at Marcos feet. Whitebeard reached out wrapping his arms around her letting the girl cry, Marco smiled weakly she had been strong since Ace left smiling as always but inside she was breaking. She was terrified something was going to happen, "Ace is doing well my dear we both know that and you have been strong for your division but you know for the commanders you don't have to be strong," Whitebeard whispered to his daughter rubbing her back gently.

"I know Pops," She whispered into his shoulder.

"We know you miss him my dear, but this is what Ace wants to do."

"I know," She wailed loudly.

Marco sighed shaking his head softly knowing her coming here would off been a bad idea, he picked up the velvet box and opened it a pure silver choker sat on the pillow in the box gems littered the front of the choker in some strange pattern that Marco did not understand.

"We heard from Ace yesterday, he was at Drum Island now on his way to Alabasta he's fine," Whitebeard chuckled.

"Do you feel like he's fine Pops?" She asked.

"Strangely," He chuckled, "I do."

Megumi pulled back sniffing slightly, Whitebeard wiped away one of the tears from her eyes, "See no need for tears, you are just being silly now aren't you."

Laughter bubbled in the Sirens throat as she smiled slightly nodding her head agreeing with her Captain she was just being silly, Teach was no match for Ace they all knew that. "Now I will go sort out the preparations for the island and make sure the flag is flying high above the building before you return ok?"

"Yes Pops," She smiled.

Marco took of Megumi's hand and pulled her back a bit as their Captain got to his feet and chuckled loudly as he walked from the ballroom, they both heard many members of the crew speaking to Pops asking him questions. "So this was what you were looking for earlier?" Marco asked holding the box out for Megumi.

She nodded her head picking up the choker, "It was an heirloom, something that had been in the family before the dark age…. I think it might hold something to it."

"Well both the elements we have met has said they had been around before the dark age and knew this island was originally called Uranus, yoi," Marco stated.

Megumi hummed and nodded her head, "It might be a key to an entrance of some sort…."

"Maybe…" She hummed brushing her finger over the lighting yellow gem, "I don't know, they must have sealed the entrance off years ago."

Marco took her free hand in his and softly kissed each fingertip making the Siren blush a pretty shade of pink, "Let's go find these gems then."

Megumi huffed as she sat down in the chair in her fathers old office, the high back leather chair the large mahogany desk in front of her, "This is hopeless we have been at this for hours now I am tired," she whined.

Marco sat down on the plush chair in front of the desk, "We can take a break and start tomorrow, it's late we have already had lunch in here and Izo is wanting a family dinner in the magnificent dining room that you have, yoi."

Megumi rested her head against the wood and tapped her feet against the feet of the chair humming to herself, "This is stupid…. How hard can it be to find an entrance to a mountain."

"They did try to destroy these weapons Megumi," Marco stated.

"Then why not destroy the island itself, they have done before with many islands that have tried to show the truth of what the world government have done…" She started to ramble on.

Marco chuckled to himself watching her as she went on about why this island had not been destroyed years ago he got up from his seat and moved around to the back of the chair she was sitting in. She hadn't notice he had moved to set in her talking going on about the world government and the marines, then coming to the conclusion that it was her great some many times ancestors that had locked it away wanting to keep the home island.

Marco grinned spinning her chair around making her face him, he pulled her up to stand in front of him kicking the chair out the way he guided her back cupping her face making him look up at her and pressed his lips softly against his. She whined slightly placing her hands over his, they continued to step back until her thighs bumped against the desk. Marco pushed her back until she sat on top of the desk, his hands trailed down her face as her own arms intertwined around his neck pulling him closer.

His hands glided down her sides and felt the soft bump before wrapping his arms around her pulling him flushed against his body, pulling his mouth from hers he trailed kisses across her jaw line and down her throat avoiding the delicate silver chain around her neck he pressed his lips softly against her collar bone. He pushed her down onto the desk pulling back to take a look at her, her cheeks flushed slightly and her eyes clouded. She whined weakly as her fingers trailed up across his scalp, her nails scratching roughly against his skin making the Phoenix his and bite down making Megumi groan loudly.

A loud knock broke the door, "Will you two not!"

"Oh shut up Izo not like you haven't heard this before, yoi," Marco chuckled.

"Yes there is a difference between you two screwing on the ship than in a place where I shouldn't be hearing it," He argued back through the door.

Megumi sighed resting back against the cold wood of the desk that hadn't been used in over a year and a half, she swung her feet back a few times before feeling the heel slip from her foot and hit the floor. She bolted up, that didn't sound solid that sounded hollow she pushed Marco back and made a waving gesture telling him to move back.

Marco moved back confused look on his face as he watched Megumi kneel down behind the desk, a large rug sat under her fathers desk. Nothing in this room had been changed for years long before her father took control of the family, this had been the same for years. "Marco….. can you push the desk back?" She asked.

Marco nodded his head and pulled her back sitting her on the seat before he pushed the desk back across the floor, the desk moved easily across the floor taking the rug with it. She smiled brightly and knelt back down knocking her hand across the floor hearing the hollowness beneath them.

"So you think, yoi?"

She grinned widely and brushed her hands across the world feeling small indentations in the floor this house was full of secrets, she smiled widely as she removed the choker from her pocket. Marco stood back slightly making sure he wasn't near the floor in front of Megumi as she placed the choker into the floor and twisted it slightly. She heard the wood move against each other then the grinding sound of cogs turning filled the room, the floor shook slightly making Marco reach out and grabbed Megumi by her elbow pulling her up against him.

They both watched as the floor vanished into itself revealing stairs that lead down into the dark abyss, "We found it…." Megumi was actually surprised as she grabbed her fallen shoe and slipped it on.

Marco peered down into the darkness even his sharp bird eyes could not see that far down into the darkness, "We need flashlights of some type."

Megumi hummed and stepped around the clearing to her father's desk, rummaging through the draws she finally pulled out a lighter. With a few attempts she was finally able to get it going, "Do you really think a light with do the job, yoi?"

"No but I have read enough medieval literature to know that when a spooky corridor appears," She stated taking the first few steps down and shining the lighter into the darkness, a large grin spread across her face, "There is always a torch nearby."

Marco was actually surprised that she was right about the torch that sat imbedded into the wall, Megumi stepped out the way for him as he effortlessly yanked the torch from the wall. Lighting the torch with her fathers lighter the corridor light up around them, she placed the lighter in her pocket thinking it might come in handy again.

"You are not going first," Marco stated as he walked down the corridor holding the torch out in front of him.

"Understood boss," Megumi smiled taking hold of the back of his shirt and followed him throughout the corridor.

They might have been wrong, this could of just been a secret path throughout the household and that they will never find the entrance to the mountain, the only sound that filled Megumi's ears were the sounds of their footsteps and the crackling of the torch in Marco's hand.

Neither had a clue of how long they had been walking before the ground under their feet changed the once smooth stone turned into hard rock, Megumi reached forward and snatched the flaming torch out of Marco's hand. Stunning the Phoenix for a second before the Siren dashed passed him and waved the torch high above her head, both eyes widened as millions of gems twinkled within the rocks.

"Holy…." Megumi whispered, this was untouched these gems had not been mined at all the path they walked on was natural not a single manmade object had touched this.

Marco looked around him his eyes widened in surprise, no wonder the Akiyama family was swimming in the belli. If this was the stuff that had not been touched he was curious to what had been touched, he watched Megumi as she stepped closer to one the walls her fingers brushed up the side of the rock. She was in awe at the sight of the diamonds, rubies, sapphires…. All the types of the gems that people will and have killed for laid untouched in front of them both.

"They aren't the elemental crystals…." Megumi stated as she brushed her finger across a diamond, "I can't feel anything from them at all."

Marco looked up seeing the gems twinkle in the low fire light, "Maybe higher up or further into the mountain, yoi?" he questioned.

"Maybe…" She twirled around catching the sight of the path, "Let's go."

She was off before Marco could say anything, you would think for a pregnant woman she would be more careful about her surroundings. Marco sighed jogging to catch up with the woman who seemed to vanish from his sight, the faint glow of the fire was all that he could see and the silhouette when she passed a corner. He also thought for a pregnant woman she would slow down, nope this woman was not going to slow down for anything.

"MARCO!" Her screech bounced off the walls.

He stumbled over his feet as he came to a giant alcove his eyes wide as he looked above them, they must have been walking for hours to come across this. In the centre of sat a giant green and purple orb whilst other gems sparked elements or water or poison dripped down from them.

"Don't," Marco warned grabbing Megumi's free wrist pulling her away from the giant orb, "We don't know what that thing is, yoi."

"Is this it?" She asked slightly surprised.

"Nothing like you imagined?" Marco asked her.

She shook her head, "Not at all… I always saw it being scary but this looks gorgeous like something from a fairy tale."

He hummed in agreement, watching as electricity sparked from one gem and a pink gas escaped another one, "This is just unreal, yoi."

Megumi could not believe that this had been living under her house this entire time, she was standing on top of one of the most powerful weapons known to man and she knew nothing about it. She was stunned she didn't know what to do know, no one had touched these gems in years not since this was sealed off. She glanced around seeing holes in the walls of gems that had been taken long ago, "What do we do?" She asked looking back at Marco who had started to walk around the large alcove.

"It is up to you love," He replied.

"You can't destroy it," A new voice sounded.

Megumi twirled eyes wide as voice bounced around them coming from all directions making them both confused, "WHO ARE YOU!" Megumi ordered.

"I am everything and nothing," The voice replied.

Marco knew this was a bad idea they should of just claimed the island and go, not go on some wide goose chase for one the most powerful weapons in the world, he looked at Megumi who stood with her back to him, "Megumi we should leave!"

"Not until this thing reveals himself," Megumi snapped.

"A temper Miss Akiyama, brilliant to see at least one of my heirs had grown a backbone," the voice chuckled.

"What…?"

A swirl of green and purple fabric formed in front of her, making the siren take a few steps back eyes wide as a man formed in front of her. Well what looked like a man it had the outline and face details but the skin looked like the stairs swirling through the sky, "It is a pleasure to meet you my dear."

AN: And who says I'm not nice to my fans lol. I apologise for the amount of spam some of you might have gotten this weekend, I was glued to my writing of oneshots and this chapter but YAY! We get to Megumi's home which a few more things about her past will be explained also her connection with a certain warlord will appear, (nudge nudge wink wink)…. No nothing dirty lol. I did plan for the elemental if we went this storyline but I kept that a secret from you all, though I was talking to a friend and we both agreed the when Megumi gets further into the pregnancy she will purposely waddle like a penguin lol.

flee27: If it helps you not worry too much, I don't plan to finish this until the first child sets out on his adventure… and then a bit after that with a large war… or might do the war before…. (shrugs) I'll think over it.

XxFire-PhoenixxX: GAH! I love your new picture, glad you are enjoying this.

RainbowGuardian13: lol, yeah poor Ace he will make an appearance next chapter just didn't find the place I wanted to slot him into. I always try to keep to weekly uploads, like this is early for me strangely lol, but if I do have sudden oh no won't finish by end of Sunday I might post giving explanations.

Roxie14: You got the elemental… though not properly appearing till next chapter lol.

Rankochi: I try keep myself to a schedule and honestly being in work helps that schedule a lot, when I got my life sorted I got better with keeping to times lol. Before hand it was like, eeeehhh…. Can't be asked lol.

As always ladies and gents, I'm glad over a 100 of you have stayed with me I always love hearing from you guys. So I'll speak to you next chapter.

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Scarlet.