This chapter might have a few typos, my cat decided to dance on my keyboard while I wasn't looking. Even now she is glaring at it with an intent to kill (the keyboard and me.)

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Double edged sword

Makino was as happy as can be. Shanks dropped her off home and now she is skipping through her house with a grin. I can't wait to see him again, it sucks we don't have any classes together. I am a year older than him, plus, all my classes are fourth year classes. To think, after this year I'll have my teaching degree. Yes, Makino wants to become a teacher, an elementary school teacher to be exact. She loves children with all her heart, that is what made her want to choose the job. But the problem is what she is going to do with the bar?

The bar is a building owned by her family. She does not want to give the building away; her whole childhood is stuffed in there. But still, she does wonder what she can do-

"Makino?"

Makino froze. Her grin turned into a mortified look when she heard the voice. A navy-blue haired woman peaked out from the wall that made the kitchen. "M-mom? I didn't know you'd be here?" Makino's mom is always away, so it is a surprise to see the woman.

"Dear? You looked like you've seen a ghost. Why are you dressed up so nicely?"

The college student stiffened. "I was out with friends." Makino gave her mother a lie concealed smile and put her bag on the counter.

Why did Makino lie? As said before, her father ran out on her and her mother. Since then, her mother has hated men, and raised Makino to do the same. If she found out Makino was dating someone, the woman would demand their breakup, even if Makino is an adult.

"How have you been, mother?" Makino walked in her kitchen and took out a few cups.

The mother went on a ramble about how she's been doing, you know what old people do. "How about you dear?"

Before Makino could answer, her stomach twisted and her head began to feel light. A burning sensation filled her throat as her knees hit the ground. The mother rushed to her daughter's side once she heard the crash. Makino's head jerked as vomit poured out of her. What is going on? I'm sick? I'm never sick?

Killer scrunched his nose at his 'best friend'. The redhead was grinning ear to ear with an extra pep in his step. Maybe it's a pod person? Maybe I have the wrong best friend? Kiddo is never this happy! "What is wrong with you?"

The blonde's question made Kid chuckle, "nothing, I'm having a great day."

"Well can you stop? You're scaring me." Killer replied with a grumble.

"How could I not be happy, my Killer said I love you to a girl! Better yet Koala! You have it bad~" Kid hummed.

This is why Kid has been so happy. He has been so happy teasing the crap out of Killer. Why did I have to say it in front of him? Damnit. "When are you going to propose, Killer?"

Killer growled, "shut up. I swear, you can't be saying anything with you crushing on Sab."

Kid shrugged, "true." he said simply, as if it didn't make Killer's head explode.

The blonde grabbed his best friend by the shoulder and started to shake, "You have a crush on Sab?! And your admitting it!?"

His shaking made Kid want to vomit, "y-yes, n-o-w st-op sh-aking m-e-e!" Killer stopped shaking but kept a hold on the redhead's shoulder. He felt like if he let go of his best friend, he'd run away.

Right now, they are on their way to meet Koala and Sab at the orphanage. Koala wanted to meet the boys Sab talked fondly of, Killer wanted to be with Koala, and Kid… Well. You know what he wants. It is now 6 pm and the boys are five minutes late. They are going to become later with the amount of questions Killer is throwing at Kid.

"When did you realize?"

"weeks ago."

"AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!"

"Killer, you act like we are the ponies in My Little Pony. I don't have to tell you everything you know."

"Of course we are Kiddo! I'm Applejack and your Rainbow Dash!"

Kid raised a brow, "Since when is honesty your best quality?"

Killer shrugged, "asked my cutie mark."

The redhead rolled his eyes, this is going to be a long day.

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"Ann! You're here!" Izo cheered, giving her best friend a hug. Ann stiffened before returning the hug. The reason the twin stiffened was because of everyone watching her. There were 15 of the siblings in total, some of them brought their counterparts to the dinner as well. Right now she is attending the Newgate's annual dinner.

"So, you're the girl my brother has an obsession with?" Ann turned around and saw a dark haired man. He was very tall, had sharp dark eyes, a bazar haircut, and broad chin. "Ah-um y-es?" why did I act like I'm asking a question! Ann mentally screamed. She was beyond nervous, so nervous that she flinched when Marco hugged her earlier.

"Hahaha! You don't have to be so nervous! I'm Kozuki Oden! Marco's older brother." The man stuck out his hand with a smile, Ann accepted with a shy one.

The woman behind the man spoke up, "I'm Toki, Oden's fiancé." Oden is a fourth year at the NWC and Toki is a clothing designer for the Whitebeard brand. They met each other when Pops first hired her, it was love at first site. Toki stuck out her hand to Ann, the twin was a little less timid with the greeting.

Marco wrapped his arm around Ann's waist and placed a kiss on her head. "You don't have to be so nervous, yoi." he commented.

Ann frowned, "of course I'm nervous, I am meeting your family. They are important to you, so they are important to me. Stop saying that Marco." Marco sighed while Oden and Toki chuckled.

All the siblings introduced themselves to Ann. Ann loved how different all their personalities are. "You already know me Ann!" Thatch introduced with a grin.

"No wonder she was so nervous." Rakuyo snorted.

"Hey! What is that supposed to mean!" Thatch whined.

Namur rolled his eyes at his whining brother and pointed Ann to the direction of the dining room. As you could've imagined, the room was massive. It's twice the size of mine! Ann thought. Marco chuckled at her shocked expression and pulled out a chair for her to sit in. Ann and Marco sat on one side of Pops, Oden and Toki sat on the other.

Pops turned his attention to Ann with a grin, "Hello Ann. How have you been? How is your brother? Tell him I said thank you again."

Ann smiled at the old man, "Hey Whitebeard, I'm doing well. My brother got out of the hospital a couple weeks ago, but he is ok. You don't have to keep saying thank you, soon enough my grumpy older brother will find it irritating."

"Law was in the hospital?" Oden asked. He is familiar with what happened between him and Thatch, even though he wasn't there. He is grateful for the college student.

Everyone in school has heard of the surgeon, Ann wasn't surprised Oden has heard of him as well. "Ah yes, but he is ok now. Only a minor seizure."

"A seizure!?"

Almost all the siblings said in unison. Thatch, Izo, and Marco are the only ones Ann told the story too. "Yes, but he is fine I swear." Ann went on a ramble about the whole situation. The siblings still were worried, no matter how many times Ann said it was fine.

"Do you have any other siblings?" Curiel asked.

Ann grinned, "I do! Um… I'll go from oldest to youngest. Shanks is the oldest, he is 20. Torao is 19. I have a twin sister named Sab, and the youngest is Luffy."

Haruta jumped when he heard Luffy's name. "Monkey D. Luffy! Hahaha, I have class with her. Her, Zoro, and Sanji!"

Ann nodded.

"Yes, I've seen her too. That girl is… interesting." Ann gave a nervous chuckle to Jozu's comment. Of course they know her…

"You and Shanks look nothing alike." Thatch added. He knew they were siblings, he was just speaking his mind.

"Shanks and Law are adopted, but even if we aren't blood related, they both are still my annoying older brothers."

The smile Pops made was a rival to Luffy's. After that, all of them shared hilarious stories about their siblings. Ann was happy she got a few embarrassing ones with Marco.

"Did my younger brother ever tell you about his stuffed duck? He would never go anywhere without it! I think it is still in his closet!" Fossa chortled.

Thatch jumped out of his seat, "I'll go get it!"

"The hell you will, yoi! Don't touch my duck!" Marco said with a red face.

Ann laughed at Marco's embarrassment and decided to taunt him. "What is the duck's name hm?" the girlfriend wiggled a brow at her flustered boyfriend.

Marco grew redder and snorted. There is no way I'm telling her that.

"His name is birdie." Izo answered.

"B-ir-die!" Ann could not hold back her laughter. "That is adorable!" she shouted with tears coming from her eyes.

"Oi! Izo, yoi!" Marco's growl was deaf to Izo's ears.

Whitebeard joined in the teasing, "it was the best thing I have ever bought you, son." Marco flared more at Pops taking Izo's side.

Thatch decided to interject again, "yeah. We thought you were going to marry Birdie until Ann came along!" Ann stopped laughing and blushed from Thatch's comment.

The rest of the night, the Newgate family and Ann embarrassed Marco to the best of their ability. It was the best night Ann has ever had. A moment she'll never forget.

Koala laughed at the growth on Killer's leg. The cheery brunette attached himself to Killer's limb as soon as he saw him. And he isn't planning on letting go. "Killer! I haven't seen you in so longggg! You never come! Why don't you come, meanie." Killer sighed at the child. "I'm sorry Luffy, I have been busy." the blonde pointed to Koala who was still chuckling. Luffy glared at the woman with his big eyes, It reminded Koala of Luffia's stares.

"Are you Killer's girlfriend?" the boy blurted.

Sabo was taken back by the question. He was sitting on Kid's lap on the floor, reading the new book Sab bought him. It was a chapter book called One Piece, so far, he thinks it is interesting. "How do you know what a girlfriend is Lu?" The youngest blonde asked. He peeked out from his book for an answer.

Luffy scratched his head. "That is what Sab and Kid are." He blurted again. Sab and Kid groaned at the boy's answer, before either could deny, Ace interjected. "You got that right." his input, followed by Sabo's nod in agreement, made Sab blush a little. "We aren't dating, we are just close." Her simple answer made Ace roll his eyes.

Right now, the brunette is sitting on Sab's lap, right next to Kid and Sabo. He was hugging his whale stuffy named Moby and leaning against Sab's torso. "You guys flirt all the time." Sab puffed out her cheek and looked at the ten-year-old on her lap. "And how do you know what flirting is Mr." she started to pull at his freckled cheek. "You're too young to know that stuff."

Ace whined as the older woman pulled at his face, Kid and Sabo chuckled as she did.

"You guys always stare at each other, you're never apart, you tease each other. Sab has this weird obsession with how soft your hair is." Koala counted the fingers on her hand as she listed the facts. "Shut up Koala!" Sab flared at her best friend. I should've never told her that!

Killer continued the list Koala started. "You both have pet names for each other, Kid has a weird addiction to you petting him."

"Damn you Killer!" Kid shouted.

The children rolled their eyes at the teenagers. I don't understand what is so hard about this? It is obvious that they both like each other, why don't they say it? I'm never going to be such a wuss when I get older. Ace mentally huffed.

The teenagers started to tease each other until the children deemed it dinner time. Sab, Koala, and the troublesome trio went to go get dinner. While Killer and Kid stayed behind. Kid took a seat behind Kokoro's desk. Right now, the woman is out till tomorrow morning to visit her granddaughter. That is why she asked Kid and Sab to watch the three brats.

The hot head's eyes lurked around the deck until he spotted something peeking out. "No way." His mutter caught Killer's attention. Killer walked behind the desk and watched Kid open the compartment. It had a bunch of things from their childhood.

Kid pulled out his old goggles from the desk, "she kept this?" the smile on his face made Killer sprout one as well. He dug his hand in the desk and pulled out more things. "Look, it is a picture of us and our moms." Kid turned his head to see the picture.

The picture showed a grumpy Kid, sticking his tongue out at an even grumpier Killer. The best part of the picture is the fact their moms were in the same pose. Killer and Tasu had one hand on their hip and another hand pointing at the stubborn redheads. Kid and Kim had their hand crossed over their chest, tongue sticking out at the nagging duo.

"That happened on their birthday." Kid blurted. Both their moms shared the same birthday and were the same age. The best friends sometimes wonder if they were twins and just kept it a secret.

Killer switched to another picture. This one had Kokoro and their moms when they were in high school. Sadly, the picture also included their deadbeat dads. The blonde scrunched his nose when he saw his father that ran out when he found out his mother was pregnant. Kid compressed his teeth, shit bag. Kid dug his hand back into the desk and pulled out another item, this one was a blue bouncy ball.

"Remember when we broke her office window with this?" Kid laughed. Killer went to the other side of the room and put his hands up to catch the ball.

"What do you mean we?" Killer caught the flying ball with one hand. "That was a hundred percent you, Kid."

"No it wasn't!" Kid flared, making Killer chuckle. The ball hit Kid square in the face. It bounced off the hot head's face and knocked over the framed picture on Kokoro's desk. "Fuck." Kid muttered as he got off the chair to check the damage.

Killer rolled his eyes, "you still can't catch."

"Shut up!" Kid countered.

The redhead picked up the frame and scanned it. It is definitely broken. The glass was cracked, and the frame was split in two, but that was not what Kid's attention was directed on. There was another photo slipping out from behind it.

Sab, Koala, and the boys came into the room, but didn't speak. For some reason there was heavy tension building in the air, and it was all coming from Killer. The black corner of the picture made Killer recognize it immediately.

Kid tugged on the picture to see if it would fall out. "It's not ours Kid. We shouldn't touch it." The redhead didn't listen, for some reason, the picture was calling him. Begging him to see it. When the picture came out fully… Kid froze.

Tension doubled as Killer shook, a mixture of guilt and angst washed over his body. "Kid.. I-"

"Why are there two." Sab, Koala, and the kids raised a brow. All of them could feel the cold chill in the air, it was starting to frighten them. Killer reached out his hand, but drew it back. "Kid-"

"Did you know about this." Kid interjected with a rare cold tone. Kid is always flaring at everyone, but still.. Sab has never heard him use this tone before.

"It wasn't my place to tell you." the blonde's voice was lower than a whisper, yet everyone heard it. Everyone could hear the grief building up in his throat. Kid turned his head and glared at his best friend. His eyes were sharp and glowing with rage. The hand with the image trembled as he spoke, "what the hell are you talking about Killer!"

The blonde stiffened and down casted his gaze, for once, Killer couldn't meet his best friend's eyes. "I-I couldn't tell you. How could I h-h-ave told you!" The blonde's stutter made an uneasiness clench in Koala's stomach. "So, you kept it from me!?" Kid's lips twitched as tears started to fog his eyes. He was too hurt to be shocked right now, even with his hand gripping life changing news. Killer's knuckles turned completely white from how hard he scrunched them. this was unbearable for him.

His nod made his pushed back bangs fall over his face, "Kokoro told me… two years ago." Kid dug his teeth into his lips from the answer. "You lied to me for two years!" The pain in Kid's voice made a sharp pain hit Killer's chest. He couldn't tell his best friend, no matter how much he wanted to. After the accident two years ago, Kokoro told him the big secret, but made him promise not to tell Kid. What could I have done?

Kid felt as if his world was about to crumble. The one person I trusted my whole life lied to me. Kept this from me. What the hell am I supposed to feel! Right now, all I feel is pure agony! Even with Killer trying to explain himself, there is now a second voice in my head pushing me not to trust him. I have never had this voice before, not with him, not with Killer, not with my brother. "Why are there two Killer! Fucking tell me!" Kid brought the picture up and stuck it out to his best friend. That is when Sab and Koala saw it.

Both women were speechless, neither one knew what to say.

Killer grit his teeth, "there is two Kid! I'm fucking sorry for keeping it a secret! I had to! Kokoro…" the blonde's cry made the redhead stiffen. Warm tears ran down his cheek. "She said I couldn't Kid. I'm sorry, Kid! I'm so sorry! But I just couldn't tell you... It's true. Y-

You have a twin... Kid."

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Makino's mom IS an OC, I was going to make it Dadan, but she doesn't fit in with the events about to take place.

Kid's twin IS an OC, if you have read another fanfic of mine... you might know who it is. And if you haven't read that fanfic, don't go reading it now! That is CHEATING!

I will not be posting till Friday or Saturday because I like making suffer- I mean I am busy. Yep!

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