edited by Gerbilfriend and me

i hate myself...

Macey: we're back and... wait... are you depressed k?

*depressing aura all around me* what makes you say that?

Macey*thinking and decides to play dumb*: no reason

*glaring cause i know what she is doing* your evil Mace.

Macey: well, talk then. come on. why you hate yourself this time?

i keep giving people sad backgrounds! *hitting head on desk*

Macey: that's it? that's sad man. come on! you have so much to do!

shut up ~ *whining*

Macey*sighing*: whatever. okay- we have changed order of appearances. we want to finish up in the East Blue soon. so Seth & Sora, Crystal, Britta and Rosa, oh plus Lavi. will be coming in as well as Rex (Ace's first mate) and Nami and some others with Luffy will be coming in as well. we will also see/heard from Law and Cora-san soon as well. once we have left the East Blue we will be doing a time skip and introducing people from Ace's Crew, Luffy's Crew and my Crew. Sabo will be joining my join at some point or another. you can find out about the others after/during the time skip. not sure where we will when the skip starts/end though...

Mace! stop giving away storyline stuff!

Macey: whatever. oh! right! we will also be bringing in a love interest for Grandpops! though i don't understand why she is going to be...

*covering Macey's mouth* reviews! right now! before you tell everyone what i have planned/organised!

DryBonesZero-

Yes, Kaitlyn will ask about Haki and yes, Macey will try to teach her. just remember. it takes take to teach and learn it and Macey is a natural/genius when it comes to guys.

AceAyane-

i can't wait for the next chapter either.

ASL: SHE KISSED US!

she did, get over it.

Macey: what happens this chapter?

a lot, anyway, have fun and read it!

Chapter 15

Eight years ago…

Allen sighed as he went digging through the trashcans. He needed to find something, anything, to eat! He was starving! Freeman Allen, a homeless street kid with no place to go. He was also jokingly called 'Quick-Draw Allen' because he was fast when it comes to doing a quick-draw duel or firing off a shot and throwing knifes.

"Wah! Wah! Wah!"

Allen moved his long white hair, which was slowly growing longer, out of his striking ruby red eyes as he heard the sound. What the hell…? Allen wiped his dirty hands on his long black pants as he looked around for where the sound came from… Was that… was that a baby…?

What the hell? What the actual hell? Did someone really dump a baby in the trash?

No, Allen shouldn't care! He could barely take care of himself and the others. There was no way he could take on another kid! But that sound… it was breaking Allen's heart.

"Wah! Wah! Wah!"

Fuck it!

Allen moved closer to the sound but couldn't see anything. But he could hear the sound getting louder. He stopped slowly as the crying got ridiculously loud. Meaning that he was close, pretty much right on top of the baby, if that was what was making the sound… What the hell…? Allen couldn't see anything but the crying was the loudest right here…

Allen stopped and went pale as he realized that the baby must be buried partly under the trash around here or something. Allen dropped to his knees and went digging through the trash until he finally uncovered the baby.

It was practically a newborn… only being born a few hours from what he could guess at the moment… at least, that's what he looked like to Allen.

What the hell…? Who would do this…? Just throw a baby out as if it was trash…? Especially when it was so damn cute! Just look at that fiery red hair and those ruby red eyes! Just like Allen's eyes! And… oh god, Allen was never going to be able to leave this baby alone, now was he? He was already attached to him… damn it!

"Hey little guy," Allen smiled softly as he picked the baby up in his grey and dirty blanket. "It's okay now. Shh…"

The baby tried to grip Allen's grey shirt but couldn't. It was too small and weak and well, it was a new born baby.

Fuck… What was Allen going to do?

Allen was just a sixteen-year-old kid! He already had five other kids to look after as it was, and he knew nothing about newborn babies! What the hell was Allen thinking! What the hell was he doing!

The baby made a whining sound and Allen really couldn't help himself as he hugged the baby and slowly rocked it in his arms. Fuck… the damn little creature had Allen wrapped around his little finger… it looked like he's now a big brother…

Allen just hoped that the others didn't mind… that his friends wouldn't mind a loud crying baby, joining him since there was no way in hell he was leaving the baby behind…

"It's okay little guy," Allen smiled softly to the small baby in his arms. "Big brother Allen's here."

Four years later… four years ago…

"Allen! Allen!" Lavi whined as he grabbed his older brother's pants, trying to get said person's attention. The four-year-old did not like the fact that his big brother was ignoring him. Well, not really ignoring, more like not paying him attention and the four-year-old did not like that. He wanted his big brother's attention and he wanted it now.

"In a minute Lavi," Allen told him as he went back to talking to Corey. They were making a plan to steal some food again. They were running low but they needed to be careful. They were almost caught last time and the people would be guard.

"Stupid big brother…" Lavi muttered as he as sulked, walking away towards the couch nearby.

"Al is our leader Lavi," Lea, the only girl in the group, reminded Lavi from her sot by the table, drinking some water. "He needs to come up with the plans to get us more food and everything. Or do you want to starve?"

Lavi muttered something under his breath that she didn't hear. She was going to ask him to repeat it when Kana come over.

"You annoying little imp!" Kana said to Lavi who flinched in response. Kana was the only one who had been against Allen keeping Lavi when he had first brought the baby to their hideout and said he wasn't going to giving him up. Lea, Corey, Luke and Shin were fine with it as long as the baby didn't get in the way. Kana couldn't really argue or win about getting rid of him since the others were cool with him. "Leave Al alone would ya! And what have I told you about the pranks?!"

Everyone looked over at Kana and cracked up laughing, as his normally dark blue almost black hair was pink and sparkly, no one was sure how Lavi had managed to do it, but it was great! It was brilliant! It was hilarious!

Randomly enough, it was Kana that had started calling the baby that Allen had brought home one day Lavi first. Not that he would admit it. and Lavi has been Lavi since.

"I didn't do it this time big brother Kana!" Lavi told Kana with a dead serious voice, "I swear!" His voice sounding honest and hurt that he would be accused of something like pranking. Lavi was really good at lying, so no one was sure whether or not the kid was telling the truth.

"Well who else could have… huh?" Kana asked as he glared down the kid then turned to Allen who was laughing his head off. "I told you we never should have taken the imp in!"

"You're just mad because you have pink hair now!" Luke grinned widely at the new version of Kana. "Lavi my boy! I bow to your genius work!"

Lavi was the youngest at four, Allen the oldest at twenty. Kana and Corey next at nineteen. Lea at eighteen and Shin and Luke at seventeen.

"I didn't do it!" Lavi told them in all seriousness, and then grinned as he looked over at Shin. "Besides, who taught me how to prank?"

"Shin, you ass!" Kana suddenly shouted as he jumped the younger teen. It was as though the teen just realized that Lavi had a point and went for the original prankster of their group.

"I'm sorry!" Shin to get Kana to let him go. When he did, Shin then grinned and continued. "Not!" and ran away, with Kana shouting bloody murder and going after him making everyone laugh in the process.

Lavi went over and hugged Allen, who hadn't noticed him until now, and he picked up the four-year-old and hugged him back. Their lives were so much better with Lavi in it and the kid was a really fast learner. The four-year-old was just as good, if not better than Allen was, at hitting the mark. They had another 'Quick Draw' in their ranks and it was great! Even more so since Lavi had taken on Allen's family name of Freeman, like the others who have also taken Allen's last name. After all, they were the Quick Draw Freeman Bandits.

Four years later… Two months ago…

"Guys! Lavi run!" Allen shouted as he threw another knife. Damn it! Where the fuck did the Marines come from!? Had this meeting been a trap the whole time!?

Kana pushed Allen behind him and he took a bullet for him while Allen landed on the ground in front of Lavi. Allen grabbed Lavi quickly, and hugged him as more bullets were fired near them. But they never hit them as Corey stood in front of them taking the bullets instead.

They could all tell that the bullets had hit home hard with Corey, he was barely standing. But he would stand there as long as he needed to, in order to protect their leader and youngest member, the Quick Draw Brothers- Allen and Lavi.

"Allen! Get Lavi of out here!" Luke shouted as he turned around with his sword to block a swordsman Marine from going any closer to them.

Lea danced around a few Marines, then kicked their weapons out of their hands. She then kicked and punched them as well. "NOW!"

As long as their leader and his kid brother - okay, more like son, but that's not the point. As long as they were able to get out of this, then everything would be fine! It didn't matter if anyone else died or not, as well as long as Allen and Lavi got away!

"But!" Allen started to say, but Kana interrupted him.

"Get yourself and our imp of a kid brother out of here, Al!" Kana ordered their leader, not looking away from the enemy in front of him. They were all in a silent agreement. As long as Al and Lavi got out of this alive, then everything would be fine. "NOW!"

"Big brother Kana…" Lavi called sadly, looking at Kana then to the others. "Big brother Corey… big brother Luke… big brother Shin… big sister Lea…"

"We love you Lavi," they all said at once, a smile on their faces to assure Lavi that everything would be all right, even without them.

Allen nodded his head slowly as he started crying and then ran with Lavi in his arms, away from the fight.

Two months later… Present time…

"NO!" Lavi shouted as he woke up sitting up as quickly as he could, forgetting about the chains that were on him. He didn't want to relive their deaths… not again… his family dying to protect him… trying to keep Marines from getting to him… but failing…

"Quiet brat!" a Marine told Lavi as he kicked the cage that Lavi was in. Then the man muttered, "I still don't understand why we are even keeping a worthless and nameless brat like you alive anyway."

That was all Lavi was to them, he realized - a worthless and nameless brat.

If Lavi got out of this… he would make sure that he wasn't just some nameless and worthless brat… He was going to have his name known to the world! He was going to show these assholes! He was going to show them! Then, he was going to make them pay. He was going to make them pay dearly for taking away his family… for killing them… for murdering his brothers and sister. He was going to make sure that they paid for murdering his father figure, his big brother Allen, right in front of him… as if it was nothing.

They were all going to pay the moment that Lavi got a chance… if he ever got a chance that is…

"Vice… Vice Admiral Garp sir!" the Marine suddenly shouted, saluting as an old man walked into camp. It was Garp and he was dragging a younger, though slightly taller, man next to him. "What are you doing here sir?" The marine asked nervously.

The man called Garp smirked as he looked at Lavi, who just glared at him in return. "I heard we had one of the Quick-Draw Brothers and I wanted to see for myself! Hahaha! He's just a kid!" the man stated with amusement rather than hatred.

"Shut it old man!" Lavi snapped, trying to move forward but he couldn't due to the chain. Lavi looked at the younger man curiously… No, younger looking man-tiger…? What…? What the hell…? Who the hell is this!?

"Shao here is fine!" Garp laughed out as he noticed the marine who seemed to be on guard. Especially when said marine noticed the tiger man (mink). "He's an old friend of mine! We're taking him to the next island!"

The mink had long dark brown hair that was tied into a high ponytail; it looked as though if he let it out it would be super long otherwise. A cloth for some reason covered the man's left eye and it put mystery on the eye on an otherwise flawless looking face.

He was dressed in a tiger patterned yukata with a fur trimmed over coat. He looked a lot more like a woman than a man because of how his face is shaped. If it weren't for the fact that his yukata showed off his chest a bit freely, he could've easily been mistaken for a woman. He wore a chain that connected both earlobes, which was another odd thing about the male. Though his green emerald eyes seemed to see more than he let on and his tan skin was almost unusual to see on a mink. He was tall and slender with defined muscles as could be seen via the opening in his yukata. One could almost tell a person that he was no ordinary mink because of his muscles. He was a tiger mink, though he looked very much like human since he was one of the odd minks with no fur.

The man, Garp, had said that the younger looking man was an old friend… Just how could someone be an old friend when the younger looked no older than nineteen?

"Garp, I told you…" Shao began to say, looking a little annoyed since he did not appear to want to be here. He was on a mission after all, he was finally had gotten some information on what happened with his son, but Garp was getting in the way! "I can travel perfectly fine by myself. Let go of me, now." His voice was smooth, yet held the undertone of annoyance and disbelief that Garp was doing this. He didn't seem like the type to raise his voice either.

Garp just laughed it off as he kept a hold of Shao. Putting an arm over the man's shoulders, he held onto him tightly this time, as if he knew that Shao would try to brush him off.

"You're a feisty kid!" Garp stated, as though Shao never said a word, while he smirked at Lavi was who looking at Garp again, well, glaring at him really. "I'll take him!" he announced without a moment longer to think about it.

"WHAT!?" the Marines all shouted at the old vice admiral, who had a confused looking mink in his arms and a very confused kid in the cell in front of him.

What the hell was this crazy old man of a marine on about?

Nine years ago…

"Mummy! Mummy!" a three-year-old Macey whined as she grabbed her mom's black pants. "Mummy!"

"What is Macey?" her mother smiled, her slightly darker blonde hair and warm sky blue eyes looking down at her little girl.

"I want to write a letter to Daddy!" Macey beamed, seeing that she had her mother's attention. "Help me please!"

Naomi laughed slightly. Her and Marco's daughter was so cute! Naomi had a feeling that Marco would love to get a letter from her. After all, Macey was his daughter too. Then, he should hopefully stop asking how his daughter was if said girl wrote letters to him too. After all, all Marco really knew about his daughter was the things that Naomi had told him and some photos that she had sent too.

"Sure Macey dear." Naomi told Macey, happy to see that the answer had her daughter jumping up and down with joy. Macey was a bright kid for a three-year-old. Then again, considering who her parents were and who her grandfather was, it's no surprise. Her father Marco was a very smart man, just like herself.

"Yay!" Macey smiled with joy, as she ran to her mother's desk and pulled out pen and paper so she could write the letter to her dad.

'I remember this…' Macey thought to herself, 'I was so little… I had no idea how the world worked. I only thought about bringing a smile to the face of a man that I had never met or known before. But he was still my dad, and I wanted him to be happy and to know that I was happy and okay.'

"What are we going to say to Daddy?" her mother asked, curious what she had in mind.

"Um…" Macey said with the pencil in her hand. "Hi Daddy! How are you? I miss you! I hope we see each other one day! I love you! And I know you love me too! If I can, I want one your old shirts and a pair of scandals like the ones you wear in your photo with Mummy! Love your special little girl, Macey!"

"That's great dear," Naomi smiled.

Macey wrote the letter then showed it to her mom. Her mom rewrote it and showed Macey where she spelt words wrong. Sure, the letter might not make sense fully, but his daughter wrote it so Naomi knew that Marco was going to love it.

"I can't wait to get a letter from dad!" Macey smiled as she held onto her letter she had just written, with the name Daddy Marco written on the outside of the envelope, in her messy three-year-old writing.

Four years later… Five years ago…

"Hey Mum?" seven-year-old Macey asked as they were on their way home after helping out one of their fellow researchers with some things on Haki. It was good that Macey was able to understand most it, even though it was mostly the start of the basics. Macey remembered the man saying something about the basics taking around three or so years to learn. Naomi, Macey's Mom, was a genius, a natural and an expert when it comes to Haki. It also seemed that Macey took after her. Her father was apparently an expert at Haki as well. So it was just another thing that Macey had in common with her father, whom she had never meet, but really wanted to.

"Yes dear?" her mother smiled to her as they walked home.

"What's Dad like?"

"Your father… mmm… let me think. He's very tall- though just taller than me by a little bit, strong but he could never beat me when we used to play, fight and train. He's handsome but he would be starting to get old now. You have his blonde color but his shaped like a pineapple and you have his lovely blue eyes. He's a leader and your grandfather's most loyal and strongest crewmember. I pretty much wear the same clothes that he does- a purple shirt, a turquoise sash, a gold belt, black pants and scandals. Though your father likes to keep a poker face and is very stern, but he is still very loving, protective and if I dare say easily flushed." Naomi was tall for a woman, he was a hundred and eighty-eight centimetres after all. and Marco was taller than her by a centimetre, making him a hundred and eight-nine centimetres.

Macey had stars in her eyes. "Really?"

"Really my dear. Why do you ask?"

Macey looked to the ground, with a partly sad look on her face. She didn't really understand why her parents weren't together like the other Moms and Dads.

"I've never met him before and I was wondering why the two of you aren't together…"

Naomi picked her daughter and gave her a big hug. She wasn't surprised at all by the comment. It was a little unusual since all of the other parents, which Macey knew, were together but not hers.

"Sweety. Your father is a pirate and deserves to be able to sail the sea, while I am researcher who is finally being able to compete our family devil fruit research. We were just from two different worlds and neither of us wanted the other to give up their life or their dreams for the other. That's how much we loved each other. We didn't want to push our own selfishness onto the other."

Macey slowly nodded her head in understanding. She could understand that; she was smart for her age. Her mom went one way in life and her dad went another, but that didn't mean that they didn't love each other.

"Thirteen," Naomi stated softly with a smile to match, having thought of a good idea.

"What…?" Macey asked as she tilted her head sideways in confusion. She didn't understand what that was meant to mean.

"I should have the last of the small things finished up by then," her mother told her. "By your thirteenth birthday, you and I will go and be with your dad, all of your uncles and your grandfather in the New World. Okay? It will be your thirteenth birthday. We'll have a big party and everything! Deal?"

"Deal!" Macey beamed, excited for the prospect of meeting her father and everyone else she heard so much about.

"Good," Naomi beamed back. "Now, let's go write your father another letter!"

'I remember this too…' Macey thought to herself. 'The promise mum made… that she could never keep… that we were going to go live dad and his family and I would get to meet dad on my thirteenth birthday…'

Why was Macey dreaming about all of this now…?

One year later… four years ago…

"MUM!" Macey screamed, as her uncle from the Marines ran her out of the house as it was slowly blowing up and burning down. With her mom, other uncle, some weird people from some group called Cipher Pol. "UNCLE NIC!"

"Damn it Naomi!" her uncle cursed under his breath. He knew that she wasn't going to give up the research. He didn't want to, she didn't want to and their younger brother Nicolai didn't want to either. But what the hell was she doing blowing it all up?! "It's okay Mace. Uncle Nix is going to get you out of here, okay? Mummy and Uncle Nic are going to be fine. All right? I'll get you to your daddy, okay? We'll go to see Daddy Marco and everything will all right, okay? Promise?"

"Okay…" Macey mumbled as she held onto his shirt.

BBBBBOOOOOMMMMM!

Macey was scared- there were explosions going on everywhere. She held onto her uncle tighter. She was scared. She wanted her dad. She wanted Uncle Nic. She wanted her mom…

"Ass-holes!" she heard her Uncle Nix curse, as he seemed to know what was going on, but Macey wasn't completely sure. She remembered one of the men saying something about a buster call… Was that was this was? A buster call…?

"I'll take her," a voice called out and said. It wasn't a voice that she recognized. "You both won't make it out alive at this rate. Better her than you."

"Who the hell are you?" Nix asked as he held onto Macey tighter.

"Someone who wants this girl to live," the voice answered, at the same time not really giving an answer. "Is that her bag?"

"Well, yes…" her uncle answered as another explosion hit the ground.

Macey screamed, as she held onto him tighter. She was scared! Her uncle and the person with the voice kept talking but she couldn't hear it. Who the hell was the person that the voice belonged to…? It sounded familiar to Macey right now… like she had heard it before…

'WAKE UP!' Macey told herself as she could feel the fear from that day taking over again. 'WAKE UP! IT'S NOT REAL! IT'S NOT HAPPENING! IT'S JUST A BAD DREAM! WAKE UP! IT'S NOT HAPPENING! WAKE UP DAMN IT MACEY!'

"Uncle Nix!" Macey shouted as he handed her and her bag over to the person who the voice belonged to. "Uncle Nix! Uncle Nic! MUM! NOOOO!"

Present time…

"NO!" Macey screamed as her eyes shot open, her left hand was up and she was now awake, sweating like no tomorrow.

Macey sat up panting as her left hand went over the left-hand side of her face. It was just dream. Macey kept reminding herself. It was nothing more than a bad dream, a nightmare from a life that she wanted to forget.

"Macey…?" Sabo asked as he sat up rubbing his eyes while Luffy yawned and went back to sleep. Ace didn't even stir. Kaitlyn was clearly awake and looking over at Mace, almost looking worried about the older girl. "What's wrong? Did you see a nightmare again?"

Macey said nothing- she couldn't. She was still upset from the memories… the nightmares… she just wanted to cry…

"Again?" Kaitlyn asked, with a slight frown. "This has happened before?"

"It's happened before, yes." Sabo answered Kailyn, softly with a slow nod though he wasn't sure if he should say much more about the dreams. "The night before we took down a celestial dragon and messed with nobles."

Kaitlyn had seemed to approve of that. She liked the idea of messing with the nobles and a celestial dragon. She hoped the next time that happens, she can join in.

Macey made some whimpering sounds, getting both Sabo's and Kaitlyn's attention. Kaitlyn had never heard the older girl make a sound like that before… Sabo got off of his bed and walked to Macey, who he could tell had started crying. Her head was on her arms, which were over her knees as she had them pulled up to her chest.

"I want to forget…" Macey whimpered out. "I want to forget… I don't want to remember their deaths… I don't want to remember what the Marines did… I don't want to remember everything being burned to the ground when I could do nothing… I want forget! I want to…"

Sabo climbed onto Macey's bed and hugged her, cutting her off from saying she wanted to forget, whatever it was that she wanted to forget about. Macey didn't move or say anything, unless you count the sounds of her crying.

"It's okay Mace," Sabo told her as he hugged her and patted her on the back, trying to comfort the older, and who most people thought was strong, girl. "It's okay." It was all Sabo could do, he wasn't sure what else he could do for her. "I'm here if you want to talk about it."

Macey flinched for a moment then moved her head to look at Sabo, her normally beautiful blue eyes were red and a little blood shot.

"Do you know what a buster call is?" Macey asked him.

A buster call…? That was a marine thing or something right?

"It's something the Marines do or have or something," Sabo answered carefully as he let go of Macey, letting her sit up. "Right?"

Macey looked almost dead in the eyes for moment, like all color had drained from them. Then suddenly just as quick as it'd been gone, it was back again. Macey smiled lightly, though it was clearly forced.

"Right," Macey told Sabo as she hugged him. A blush clearly spreading over his face. "I'll remember that for when I am ready to talk… I just don't feel up to it right now… but, stay with me please? Sabo?"

Sabo nodded his head as he was afraid of speaking. He could do that.

Earlier that Day… On a small island in the East Blue…

Garp sighed as he walked around, this just didn't seem to be his week. They had found nothing at Shoran, which was the last place the Freedom Fighters were rumoured to be at. Well, they did find something- a dead teenage girl and dead marines, a lot of them. But the nearby towns' people, and the rest of people on the island, seemed to have no idea what had happened. Nor did they seem to know or had seen the Freedom Fighters.

So now, Garp was trying to find information on a small island nearby, hoping that someone had seen or heard something.

As Garp walked down the street, he looked around for any decent place to start, but then took notice of something completely unexpected. He stared at a long brown ponytail that looked so familiar…

"Hello," came a smooth voice that belonged to the person with the ponytail. "I'm here see to Simon. He had some information for me."

Damn, even that voice sounded familiar.

"Shao-san I take it then?" the person on the others side asked, almost weary sounding at the thought that he was said person.

"Yes," the familiar voice answered with a nod. He didn't really seem to be bothered by the others actions.

"I'll get the folder that Simon had left for you." the person bowed politely, not wanting to offend the strange man. "He apologizes for not being here in person but he got another job." The hope that was in his voice was evident; apparently, he'd heard some stories about Shao that had him on edge.

"That's fine." Shao answered calmly, reaching for the offered folder it when it was produced. Looking through the contents briefly, he nodded. "Thanks for this. I may look for him again."

Garp stared at the person- they were of mink blood and part of the tiger tribe. Long dark brown hair that is tied into a high ponytail, eye patch cloth, tiger yukata… it was all so familiar. But when the man turned to face him while looking at the folder in his hands, it suddenly clicked on why he was familiar.

No way! Garp knew that person! Shao Qiang! No bloody way! What is that old fart doing here!?

"NO WAY! SHAO!" Garp shouted happily with a wide grin as he walked over just as Shao got his information.

Shao frowned at first as he turned to see who the hell was yelling for him. Upon seeing the source, he then smiled partly as it was only Garp. That is until he realized in horror... Oh crap, it was Garp and he was coming right for him. Sure, the two men got along well enough and Shao didn't have a problem with Garp or anything. It was just that the man was annoying as hell.

"Garp," Shao nodded in greeting as he moved out the way of the man trying to hug him easily. He did not need a hug from a man like Garp, that was a fact. "I didn't know you were here."

"Is this guy an information broker or something?" Garp asked pointing to the person who had given Shao the fold of information he was holding. Sure, Garp was surprised to see Shao, but he still needed to gather intel as well.

"Something like that." Shao stated, purposely not giving full details on the information. He didn't want make it too easy for Garp to track him after all. Though he wasn't sure why Garp was asking in the first place.

Seemingly unfazed, Garp grinned still and turned to the man on the other side. "Oi? You know anything about the Freedom Fighters?" Garp asked the man as he grabbed Shao's shoulder as he was trying to sneak away. Damn it! "I'm looking for them." He continued as though he'd done nothing but ask.

"Their ship was here the other day." the man nodded- a little nervously. He'd heard of this marine and he was legendary in so many stories! Then he pointed in the direction he remembered the pirates going. "They went that way. You're not that far behind them…"

"Great!" Garp smiled, he was glad he had caught up to them. But first… "Shao! Come with me!" he stated, turning to the younger looking man as if a great idea popped into his mind.

"No," Shao stated bluntly, not looking like he'll budge on the matter. "I am perfectly fine to travel on my own, Garp."

"That's no fun Shao!" Garp whined, acting like a child, again. "You're coming with me! I'll take you to your destination! We can talk and catch up and everything else! Just like the good old days when you were fun to be around."

"What are you making us out to be? Teenage girls who like nothing better than to gossip the day away?" Shao asked dubiously, not really looking forward to the wild antics of the grey-haired man.

"Nope! Just some old men who need to catch up! Hahaha!" Garp laughed joyfully, just really happy to see an old friend after a while. "Come on Shao! I haven't seen or spoken to you in forever! Live a little and hang out with me."

"Forever is a long time Garp," Shao told the man, though he doubted it was really that long. He knew for a fact that he saw him within the year and it wasn't nearly that long.

"I know!" Garp laughed, still not seeing the point that Shao was apparently trying to get across. Alas, Shao supposed that's what made the stubborn man likeable in his own way. Always the annoying optimist.

"Um… Vice Admiral Garp sir?" one of his people said, clearing their throat to break into the situation and say what needed to be said. "Don't forget the other reason we're here sir."

Other reason why they were here…?

"Oh right," Garp nodded, suddenly serious again but the famous grin of his, and his family no doubt, still in place. "The Quick Draw Brothers! I almost forgot! Well, let's go meet them then!"

Garp stared down the kid who had chains all over him. This was one of the Quick Draw Brothers? A kid not much older than Luffy? What the hell? And where was the other brother?

"Vice… Vice Admiral Garp sir!" the Marine said saluting as an old man walked in with a younger and taller man next to him, who Garp was apparently dragging with him. "What are you doing here sir?"

The man called Garp smirked as he looked at Lavi who just glared at him. "I heard we had one of the Quick Brothers and I wanted to see for myself! Hahaha! He just a kid!"

"Shut it old man!" Lavi snapped- trying to move forward but couldn't because of the chain. Lavi looked at the younger man… No, younger looking man tiger…? What…? What the hell…? What the hell…? who this hell is this!?

"Shao here is fine!" Garp laughed at the marine who seemed to be on guard after seeing the tiger man (mink). "He's an old friend of mine! We're taking him to the next island!" He didn't seem to care in the slightest that the 'old friend' looked like he could be his grandson at the age of nineteen.

"I also told you Garp…" Shao said looking a little annoyed since he did not want to be here. He was on a mission after all, he was finally had gotten some information on his son but Garp was getting in the way! "I can travel perfectly fine by myself! Release me now."

Garp just laughed it off as he kept hold of Shao, with arm over the man's shoulders and held onto him tightly.

"You're a feisty kid!" Garp smirked at Lavi was who looking at Garp again, well, glaring at him again. "I'll take him!"

"WHAT!?" the Marines shouted at the old vice admiral, with a confused mink in his arms and a very confused kid in the cell in front of him.

"I said, I'll take him!" Garp repeated without missing a beat. "He reminds me of my grandsons! Spirited like Ace, cute like Luffy and seems smart like Sabo! I'll take him and make a great marine out of him! Hahaha!"

"No way!" Lavi shouted, growling a little. There was no way in hell he was becoming a marine! "I'm not becoming a marine!"

Garp opened the cell door and gave Lavi, one of his fists of love. Then got the marine guard to unlock the chains.

"Kid you have two choices," Garp told him as the kid glared at him even more. "Come with me or stay here."

The kid flinched at that. It seemed that he could see what was Garp was saying. He could either come with Garp or not be in a cell or he can stay here and be in the cell for the rest of his life.

"Fine, I'll go with you." Lavi answered shortly, clearly not liking the ideas. "But I'm not becoming a fucking marine. I also want my weapons back!"

"You can have them back once you earn the right to have them!" Garp grinned at the kid. "And I'll make a great marine out of you yet! Hahaha!"

Was this old man deaf, dumb or just plain bat shit insane? Didn't he hear Lavi? He wasn't becoming a marine! And the moment he got the chance, he was taking his weapons back and getting the fuck away from the man and the marines.

Two days later…

Sabo looked over at Macey. She wasn't okay after her nightmare and Sabo really thought that she needed to talk about it but it seemed, that she still wasn't ready. Though, Sabo will admit, she was very admirable as a person and captain…

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to join the crew and get closer to Macey…

And maybe it wasn't so bad that she wasn't talking about the nightmares that much either, it was making them closer and Sabo liked it… he likes being close to Macey. It made him happy, though he couldn't explain how or why…

They had just finished some Haki training. Kaitlyn had joined in as well. Apparently, something happened, Sabo wasn't sure what, but Kaitlyn had asked Macey about how she knew that she was still asleep and not sleeping or something. Macey had answered with Haki and Kaitlyn had instead on Macey teaching her some things about it.

Mace being Mace had agreed to it of course. So Kaitlyn started joining in on the boys' Haki training. Kaitlyn still couldn't really do much but she was trying her hardest, after all. Mace had said that it could take up to two years to just learn the basics and Macey had years on them plus patience to learn it, so they shouldn't get too upset if they weren't able to do much or a lot for another at least six months to year.

"Don," Macey smiled as she called her First Mate over.

What was going on…? Macey had seemed a little distracted during their training/practice for some reason. Sabo thought it was about not getting a lot sleep, since Macey hasn't really slept much but it seems it might be due to something else.

"What up Captain?" Don asked as he eyes her speciously. She wanted something, he knew that smile and look.

"I've had enough of our stalker," Macey told him. Getting the crew's attention. They had a stalker? "Bring them here for me would ya please?"

Oh, that's what this was about.

"Not a problem Mace!" Don grinned.

"Me too! Me too!" Luffy cheered as he got ready to rocket himself over. What the hell was Luffy doing and thinking!? He was only going to get in the way and cause for work for Don to do!

"Oi Lu! I don't think so!" Ace shouted as he grabbed Luffy and pulled him, making Luffy let go of the masts and making him and Ace go flying backwards. "No! ow! That hurt!"

Macey laughed lightly as Don just shook his head then just jumped into the ocean swimming off to get their soon to be new guest. Kaitlyn was laughing her head off with the rest of the crew as Sabo was snickering but went over to help his brothers up.

"You two are idiots, you know that?" Sabo grinned at Ace.

"Whatever!" Ace huffed as he took Sabo's hand getting up then the both of them held onto Luffy as he tried to run away to do it again. "Oi! We said no Lu! Knock it off!"

Seriously, looking after Luffy is a two-man job, if not then more.

"Calm down wild card!" Mace smiled to Luffy as she knocked his straw-hat off his head and ruffled his hair. "You can test out your rocketing power later. Okay? When we're closer to an island, you can rocket over there. Yeah?"

Luffy had stars in his eyes as he nodded his in agreement as Ace looked a horrified that Macey had said that while Sabo was lightly laughing. He knew that Macey had meant it and he didn't think it was a good idea, but this is Macey, she'll have everything planned out for it goes right and for it goes wrong so it will all be okay.

"Thanks Macey!" Luffy grinned.

"No problems Lu!" Macey grinned back. "But please, come on. Call me Mace."

"Okay!" Luffy beamed as he hugged her. Sparking a little flare of jealousy in Sabo. "Thanks Mace! You're the best!"

Luffy ran around telling everyone that he was going to be testing out his move and rocketing himself to an island when they get near one.

"Mace!" Ace said in a low hissing voice and she looked over.

"What up?" Mace asked as walked over to him.

"You're not serious are you?!" Ace asked her in a low voice so that Luffy won't hear. "Luffy will get himself killed!"

"He'll be fine!" Macey told Ace as she waved it off as it was nothing. "Between you and Sabo on the island. Me, Jack and Donny in the sea. Sin in the air and Max in the row boat and Marc in the ship with the rope that we have tied around Luffy to make sure that we can get him if something goes wrong, we have everything covered. No need to worry."

Everyone jumped when they heard something hit the deck, hard. Macey looked over and saw a man coughing up water as Don climbed back into the ship.

"Got him Mace!" Don smirked.

"Did you try and drown him or something?" Mace asked trying hard to not laugh at the man as he coughed and glared at Don then at Mace.

"Oi Mace! That's not funny!" the man told her.

Sabo and everyone glared at the man. How dare he talk to her like that! She's the captain here! And just who the hell does this guy think he is!?

"So, a few questions," Macey smiled as she completely ignored the fact that he was rude to her as she grabbed his shirt and forced him on his knees and arms in front of her. "Just who the fuck are you, how fucking long have you been following us and why the fuck have you been following us? Oh, and I almost forget. Just how the fuck do you know who I am? No, in fact just the most important question- who the fuck are you?"

Macey: thank you for the help with the chapter AceAyane!

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okay. things will happen. and please, for the love of god. DO NOT KILL WEST, MACE!

Macey: i'll try hard not to.

that's the best i am going to get... sigh... anyway, Garp comes in next chapter! i hope you all enjoyed! till next time!