A man that goes by the name as Ukite walked around the wilderness. He was always told he should do work and help out at the docks, but he rather not. He disliked the smell of fish and he was what you would call lazy. So working was the farthest thing from his mind besides he had no one too work for other than himself. It was him and always just him and that's how he liked it.

After sulking for three hours he decided to head back to town. He wondered how he could avoid work tomorrow. He could easily tell them he was sick or that he was feeling numb. Yep both of those are great excuses. He continued down the path until a ray shot down in his face, taking a few steps back.

"Stupid sun" He cursed before walking again. It wasn't until he heard a goo-goo-ga-ga that he took a few steps back. Looking around quickly, he's eye's landed on a basket beneath a tree. He started to pale when he saw the basket wiggling back and fourth.

"Is that he baby? Holy shit it's a baby!" His first reaction was looking around for any sign of parents, but there was only the wilderness. He came back to the baby still shaking in the basket. "Hey kid, where's your parents?"

"Dada" The baby cooed.

"Who me?" Ukite pointed to himself. "Hell no! I don't have any kids!"

"Papa" The baby cooed.

"Hell no!"

"Papi"

"Not happening!"

"Dadda"

Ukite sighed in defeat. He was sure this baby wasn't his, but it kept calling him papa. Did it not know it's real parents? He stared into the blue eye's of the baby as it stared into his raven eye's. Then a mental debate came on if he should take the baby. He could always leave and pretend this never happened, but he couldn't live with the internal guilt afterwards. If he did leave it, it would probably die or get raised by apes [1].

Taking it seemed like the best option.

He reached down and took the child out it's bundle. "Your a trouble maker" He commented.

"Dada" Cooed the baby.

Ukite took a peek between the baby's legs finding the answer to it's gender. "Yeah you can call me daddy"

He took the baby back to his half baked apartment for one. While walking in he realized the big mess around, he sat the baby down before cleaning it. While cleaning he wondered exactly what he was going to do with the baby. Taking it to the local orphanage was a big no, especially with the way they treated him. They barely fed, washed, or even acknowledged the kids. The younger one's barely survived in the first place, unless they've been adopted.

His next option was his ex girlfriend. No, she was a bitch anyway and the moment she saw him with a baby. He didn't even want to think about it, but she still remained on the list. Then his final option was a ding dong ditch.

No,even he wasn't that cruel.

As he cleaned he had another realization. He had only enough food for him and nobody else. How was he going to…

"Crap! All this thinking is killing me." Ukite complained. Only a second later he heard the baby crying, later summoning him to his room. He grabbed him and bounced him up and down. "Don't cry. Daddy's here" Ukite then started cradling the baby making him stop crying. "Looks like I have to keep you. Dammit I have too work again"

"Dammit" The baby repeated.

Ukite smiled. "Don't say that it's a bad word"

Today was the day he's working fest would begin. He dressed in his fishing suit and everything, he was not excited. The day just started and he already has two problems. One he didn't know a thing about fishing, second the baby. Baby's couldn't take care of themselves, so he needed a caretaker. So he took his sleeping baby to a house that he was not excited too go to.

When he got there a brunette haired woman opened the door surprised too see him. "What do you want?!" She yelled. "I told you I didn't want too see you again because your a lazy bumb. Who won't work for shit"

"Nice too see you too sweet heart" Ukite told her. "Look Vicky. Long story short I have this baby I need you too watch, while I'm at work, also it's a boy!" Before Vicky could question him, he dumped the baby at the porch and ran off. In his eye's the baby would be fine by the time he got back.

Vicky knew one thing, she was not about to watch his baby. She felt sorry for the woman that was forced to have his kids. Good thing she escaped from that road years ago. She took the baby in and sat it on the couch, while she got ready. It was a one way ticket to the orphanage.

Vicky was put to a halt when the baby started crying. She picked it up and did everything she could too calm it down. It's wasn't easy it was like it knew it's father was missing. Vicky had no experience with babies, how was she going to get this one to sleep? Slip it a pill or two? No.

She grabbed it's bottle and tried too feed him, but he spit it out. After that she did what any rational person would do. She let it cry until it cried itself out. After about thirty minutes of crying it finally stopped.

"Good, I don't know how much more I could take" Vicky assured. Looking back at the baby she found a tarnished piece of paper stuck to the basket. Peeling it away, Vicky unfolded the paper, reading the handwritten note.

Dear Stranger

I know what your thinking, I'm a terrible mother for leaving him in the woods. Please understand that I have my reason's and wouldn't do it otherwise. I ask one thing of you, please give my baby a good home. He doesn't deserve a mother like me, so I ask you find him one. Make sure he has care and all the love in the world. All the things I wish I could give him.

Take care of my baby, Darrius D. Roberts. I love him, but he doesn't need to know my existence. One last thing and please don't judge him for it. He has eaten a devil fruit known as the morph morph fruit. Also sorry, but I have one last request keep him away from the 'Fire Fang' pirates!

Love his caring mother.

Thoughts formed in her head as she read the note for the second time. Checking if she missed anything or even read that right. So apparently she knows little Darrius wasn't the blood baby of Ukite. Also that he found him in the woods. This would certainly make a good conversation when he got back.

Darrius kicked her legs, giggling happy about something. Against her better judgement she would keep him around until Ukite got back. Hours went by and dusk turned to dawn, Vicky fell asleep with baby Darrius in her arm's. She later woke up around midnight and headed downstairs. That's where she found, Ukite sleeping on her couch in his underwear.

She moved up and realized he wasn't really asleep just pretending. "Ukite wake up, we need too have a long talk about Darrius" Vicky told him.

"Who?" Questioned Ukite.

She rolled her eye's figures he doesn't even know the baby's name. This was going too be a long talk.

It was the longest talk either of them have ever had, little did they know it was worth it. They reached a mutual agreement that Vicky would take care of Darrius while Ukite worked. During the years, Vicky realized that Ukite was actually a changed man. He did something she thought he would never do, work and worked hard. They had rekindled their relationship and soon became like a little family. Raising Darrius was certainly a handful, but it was nothing they couldn't handle.

"Darrius, I don't have time for this. You either come out willingly or I take you by force" Vicky threatened.

Darrius spent his days in that toolshed doing who knows what. As far as Vicky knew he was just being lazy and avoiding problems.

"Darrius you have to the count of three …one…two" Vicky was cut off by her son opening and closing the door behind him. "You know one day I am going too learn what you do in there"

Darrius smiled. "Sorry mom that's secret business"

Vicky rolled her eye's. "Secret business my butt. I changed your diapers I can know whatever secret I want. Now hurry up and get dressed your fathers waiting for you"

"Yes mame" Darrius locked the door behind him and went inside the house. He had too wash off the ink on his hands, nobody could learn his passion. He then met up with his father in front of the house. His father possibly suffered from narcolepsy because sleeping was a real habit of his. Darrius didn't have too do much to wake him up, just a good shake.

"Oh, hey son are you ready for work?" Ukite asked him.

"My arm's really hurt. Why do I have too do this anyway? School sounds better than this" Darrius complained.

Ukite laughed out loud at his son's complaint. "Sorry kid, but your mother says those teachers are incompetent and won't listen to a thing she says. And I don't know I damn thing about it, so your stuck working with me"

"There has too be something I can do to convince you otherwise" Darrius placed his hands on his hips and his body began too take a different shape and form. Changing into a lavish, passionate woman a man can only dare to dream of. "Please don't make me go" He said in a sexy voice.

Whack!

Ukite hit him over the head with his fishing rod. However he couldn't hide his bloody drippy nose. "What did I say about seducing me like that!"

Darrius ended up working that day helping his father and his coworkers bring in fish. It wasn't as much to do as his father made it out too be. He was almost having fun, but he wanted too continue his work. He couldn't complain too much because being out in sea did help him out. If he wanted too be a navigator being out in sea gave him the experience he needed.

"Hey, son what if I told you that you weren't actually mine? That I just found you in the woods somewhere. Would you still love me?" Ukite figured too ask the question now than later. He didn't care how much Vicky would nag at him later.

Darrius turned to him and blinked a few times. He felt like it was a very random question too bring up now. "I wouldn't care. You and mom raised me and I came out great, so what's to complain about? I'm still your son right"

"Yeah you are, I just needed too know" Ukite smiled. "Now that I told you a secret you can tell me yours"

Darrius cringed his teeth. He walked straight into that one. "I like too work on maps. I want too be a navigator one day and draw a map of the grand line. Please don't tell mom"

Ukite nodded, he wouldn't give away his son's secret.

As the years went on, Darrius began to ignore his work more often. When he reached the age of fifteen, Vicky had enough. She requested from an old friend of hers that he work at the the infamous prison Impel Down. He would be getting work and also be getting toughed up. When she announced it to them she was surprised when Ukite went off on her.

"I don't understand what I did wrong. He needs too learn how to work, just like you did" Vicky told them both. "It's not like it's a dangerous job. I don't think much happens at that place anyway"

"That's not the point Vicky! You can't just do that behind someone's back. Are son is fine and that's all you need to know!" Ukite shouted.

"What does he really do that's so important. Does it have something too do what he does in the shed?" Vicky questioned.

"Follow me" Ukite grabbed her hand and pulled her outside. He kicked open the shed door revealing to her Darrius works of maps. Vicky seeing this was lost for words feeling a emotion she hadn't felt before. How could she be in the dark for what her son had been doing for how many years?

"Mom! Dad! What are you doing here!" Darrius shouted.

"Son …I'm sorry" Vicky apologized.

"For what?" Asked Darrius.

Two man appeared behind his mother. They both let themselves in moving past his parents. "Darrius it's time to go"

…

Darrius found himself drafted into being a guard at Impel Down. He didn't have much time too say goodbye to his parents. He was able too tell his mother that he didn't blame her and that she was only looking out for him. Wasn't too much he could do other than pack and leave his work behind.

It was already his first day in Impel Down and he felt out of place. Being around people wasn't much in his experience, being denied school. So communication with others wasn't something he could do. But that was the least of his worries, he wanted too continue his passion and draw maps. He could scarp together some paper and go on from there.

Here's where it got tricky. He needed too draw his maps and train hard at the same time. Well living with his mother all these years how hard could it be?

"Hello my names Travious. I guess were roommates" Said the man.

Darrius smiled, his first friend, he had too play this cool. "My names Darrius D. Roberts. Nice too meet you. So were you forced to come here by a overbearing mother too?"

"I guess you could say that except his more of my guardian. I am loyal to him and I owe him this much" Said Travious.

"Your kinda weird … I like that" Darrius commented.

Travious smiled at him. "Thanks. So, Darrius do you drink?"

Darrius titled his head a bit. "I haven't touched a drop a day in my life."

"Then your going too like it"

He started a good friendship with Travious that day. There was no one else Darrius trusted other than him. When it came to training Travious always helped him out. He even kept his map drawing a secret. Even if Travious didn't talk much Darrius felt like he knew him so well. Could Travious really have any secrets?

"Darrius I heard their bringing in a new prisoners today" Travious told him.

"I know" Darrius told him. "One of them is Tegami Ino they said he was crazy enough too attack Enies Lobby."

Travious smirked. "That's nothing compared to this other prisoner. He's the pirate reaper, the marines been hunting him for years"

"Wow" Darrius laid back on the wall. "Two of the worlds biggest criminals brought in on the same day. Guess you could say that's a victory for us"

Travious hesitated that hesitation followed by silence. "Darrius I want to know something. How loyal are you to the government?"

"I come from a back water town, so you could say the government never did much for me. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, just curious" Travious tried too convince him.

Darrius didn't believe he was just curious. There was something more to that, but his mind derailed when he saw some new prisoners pass by. Tegami looked just like his wanted poster made him out too be. Shark teeth and all. Crash was shorter than he expected him to be, for a pirate reaper he expected something more abnormal.

"Hope I never end up on the same boat as those guys" Commented Darrius.

A/N: After writing some horror filled past I thought it would be a relief to write something less horrifying. Ukite didn't really start as a good parent. Example being leaving a baby with his ex girlfriend that hated him at the time, but he got the hang of it. Vicky was kinda overbearing, but she had good reasons. Either way Darrius came out good and a excellent navigator. So anyway I hope you enjoyed.

Fun fact Crash and Tegami came to Impel Down on the same day.

[1] Is a reference to the movie Tarzan of course.