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Good news! It's always seemed like my baby Luffy fics get the most views and positive feedback, and I finished one! It's baby Luffy and Katakuri as his papa. I don't know when it will be ready, though. Anyways, enjoy~

"C'mon, give us a break for awhile, Luffy!" Usopp protested. Nami wondered if he honestly thought they could relax there. It wasn't leisurely anymore. To prove her point, a huge wave with sea monkeys came up behind them. Getting back to normal was not hard at all. They maneuvered the ship to ride the wave, and the sea monkeys ran away when Luffy showed up. "Hey, the animals are afraid of Luffy again."

They hadn't been in Upper Yard. It had been odd but also kind of nice, even if they attacked him. After things calmed down, no more monsters after them and the sea relatively calm, Nami went on the waver. After Luffy failed at it and needed to be rescued. He frowned on the railing as Nami used it perfectly.

After that, Usopp went through all of the dials. All of them worked but the cloud creating one. Robin was sitting and looking at the glass tube that now held the rock fragment. She was still amazed with it, but nobody touched it with their bare hands. Luffy sat next to her, wondering what would happen if he ate it. "I think it would be a very bad idea."

"Shishishi, me too! But maybe I'll try it one-"

"You will not!" Zoro said sternly, as if talking to a child. Luffy pulled his stretched out cheek away and promised he wouldn't.

"Hey, Luffy. What was that move you made when fighting Enel? Where you went super fast?" Nami wondered while Usopp was coming up with good uses for their stash of dials. Luffy remembered that time, and said he'd tried pumping his blood faster. It made him faster for a bit, but also took up a lot of energy. "It looked really promising."

He nodded. "I was thinking that, too," he agreed. "And other moves, too. But those are a secret for now! Shishishi…" Zoro smiled and sat next to him, pulling him into his lap and then falling asleep almost immediately. Even though Luffy kept talking, Zoro slept. Chopper came out of the infirmary and said he wanted to do a blood draw from Luffy. "Oh, ok. Why?"

"I want to draw directly from the new marks." Luffy let Chopper do it, even if he hated being poked and stabbed, and the reindeer hurried back inside.

Since they were out of blood bags, they would need to dock at an island with a hospital they could buy or steal blood from. Either was acceptable for them. They were pirates, after all. Nami sat over where most were gathered on the deck. Zoro was still asleep.

"So, we will now officially sort the money! Our treasure has to be worth a lot. Each one of us will get an equal amount. Don't look so shocked! We all deserve it after that. Being struck by lightning and burnt and stabbed and all."

"You went through the least pain, you know?" Usopp said sourly. "You weren't electrocuted!"

Luffy said, "Well, we all went through a lot there. It should be equal," he decided. Nami said they would divide it equally, but it wouldn't end up that much to spend actually. "Why?"

Sanji said, "The Merry is barely holding together. We need to have her repaired. In this shape, she won't last much longer." Usopp grew angry. "Which is why we need to pay for repairs," he said before he could get yelled at by an offended sniper. The others agreed. And they should get her lots of upgrades. "Maybe a remodeled kitchen," Sanji mused.

"We'll have to find shipwrights to do that, so we need to try and be gentle with her for now. We don't know when or where we can find someone that can repair her," Nami said calmly. Then they divided the treasure. They'd cash it in on an island for paper money. Luffy couldn't wait to get to another island. "Why?"

"I wanna go on a date with Zoro. We never got to ever go to a food place together. Cause a bunch of stuff happened at the Baratie." Nami said they went out at Louge Town. "Mostly shopping for Zoro's swords. We got some food and stuff, but I wanna go to dinner." Zoro was still sleeping, so he didn't hear any of this.

Nami smiled sadly, no doubt thinking of her time with Vivi. But then she smiled at Robin. It wasn't the same, of course, but they got along very well and had common interests. Not in navigation and archaeologist stuff. "Hey, Robin, do you study dinosaur stuff, too?"

"That's called paleontology. But, no, I don't do that. Though you did end up going to see real dinosaurs, right?" Luffy nodded. But he wished he could find a dinosaur foot bone. That would be cool. "Maybe you can find something like that at an island. I've seen shark teeth being sold before."

"Oooh, cool," Luffy said, leaning against Zoro's chest.

Luffy looked up at the mast of the Merry, his smile relaxing a bit into one of sadness. She was so hurt. A shipwright was definitely the next member. Well, planned member. They hadn't planned to have Robin for anything.

But then they needed a musician. He was tired of waiting as it was. Pirates should sing! The ship jostled, and they saw the sea monkeys were back. Everytime Luffy went behind to shoo them away, they moved to the side or front. Totally toying with them. "Luffy, tell them to go away! Be scary!" Usopp shouted in exasperation.

"Leave now!" he exclaimed angrily, firmly. They squawked and swam away. Chopper looked at him in fear. "What? Usopp told me to!"

"I know!" Chopper said quickly. "It's just weird for you to be angry and use it in your voice. Act scary." Luffy asked if he'd done a good job. "Yeah. Hey… act as scary as you can. I wanna see!" Luffy was unsure, not wanting to freak him out. Chopper hugged his legs. "You're Luffy! I won't be scared."

A group had gathered, hearing the conversation and wanting to see it, too. He felt under a lot of pressure. Well, might as well try! Maybe he could scare enemies. Neehee! Probably not. So he turned to them, and summoned the anger and rage he'd felt when he and Ace learned Sabo died. When someone murdered him for no reason.

His pupils dilated and he let out a vicious snarl, his body hunching. "Okay! Enough of that, let's have something nice to eat," Sanji said. Luffy immediately went back to normal.

"Did I do good?" he asked.

"Um, yeah," Usopp said. Nami said he was really scary, but grinned.

"Think of the people you could intimidate for deals. How much we could get by you just scaring them!" Nami exclaimed. Zoro frowned deeply, not liking them doing that. "C'mon, don't scowl just because Luffy can be scarier than you," Nami teased. She walked away, and Chopper had his hooves on his hat.

Luffy asked if he was okay. "Yeah. I'm just surprised you can be so scary. You've never scared me after I got to know you."

"Hmm, I'm a secret scary person," Luffy said with a laugh. Zoro said it could actually be quite useful some day. "Maybe. I'd rather be happy, though."

"Then be happy," Nami said with a fond smile. "Besides, if someone knows you, it's pretty obvious you're not evil. Even if you have red eyes and weird tattoos." Luffy stuck his tongue out at her and looked at his arm. It didn't really look like a tattoo. More like his skin had crackled like ice around a single entry point.

Usopp mentioned he could always cover that. "Not the whole arm, but you could wear an arm sleeve. You hide your other marks, right?" Luffy nodded, feeling his stomach and chest where the original ones had been before spreading after he was sick. "I'll make you one," the sniper said with a smile. "You can count on me!" He gave a thumbs up, and Luffy smiled with a nod.

Not long later, a black, tight and breathable sash went over the black marks on his arm. The one from the burn on his leg was healed with no remaining trace. He liked it, though it didn't stretch when he stretched his own arm. Actually, that was inconvenient, because when it sprung back to its normal length, the thing bunched up.

"Well, not everything can be perfect," Usopp said with a shrug. Luffy thanked him and liked it anyway. They approached the island a couple hours later, an island chain it seemed, with nothing on it. No towns, no people at all. But they had to stay and wait for the log pose to set, though Luffy said there was nobody anywhere near. They could see everything on the flat plane of the island.

When they got off, Luffy was bummed. They needed the Merry fixed as soon as possible! Looking at her current state was upsetting, and it was hard for him not to only look at all of the repairs that made her look completely different than she had originally. "Wanna go on a walk?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah!"

"Mind if I come along?" Robin wondered.

"Oh, okay," Luffy said in surprise. They walked along the coast, Luffy and Zoro holding hands. Luffy wondered why she wanted to come with them, but she spoke before either teen could ask.

"Luffy, do you trust me?"

"Of course. We all do. Why do you ask?" Luffy wondered. Robin looked down, and didn't answer. They stopped walking, and Luffy stayed quiet for her to talk.

"I just want to thank you. About Sky Island. Usually I'm all alone when it comes to any interest in exploration or archeology. And I just want to make sure you know I'm not studying you or anything of the sort." Luffy said he knew that. "I just had fun there, that's all."

Zoro said, "You sound like you've never had fun before." She just smiled, and they continued on their walk. After a bit, Luffy heard snoring from someone else. He said he could hear somebody sleeping. Might as well avoid that person. It would suck to be asleep and then wake up to pirates. So they walked around the noise, and the land was relatively small, so they made a whole loop.

When they got back, the others were on the ship. There really wasn't anything interesting here. "When will the pose be set?" Usopp asked.

"You've asked me three times! The answer is the same: I DON'T KNOW," Nami said in frustration and annoyance. He pulled on Usopp's nose until he gave up. Luffy wondered when the next place with a hospital would be. He was uncomfortable being without any blood bags.

"Hopefully soon. I don't think any of us like it, to be honest," Nami said. Robin got back on the ship and to the crowsnest to read in the tranquil environment. Only the sounds of sea gulls and soft sloshing noise of waves lapping at the shore. Boring it was, but also relaxing.

Then a ship came up, a very large fox figurehead. "Hmm? Who're these people?" Sanji wondered as he served Nami a chocolate parfait. They were noisy. "And here I was enjoying the peace and quiet," Sanji huffed. The pirates really were noisy. There were hundreds of them, and none smelled too nice.

"Hey, Luffy. Try and scare them away. It can be practice," Usopp snickered.

"They're not animals, though," Luffy pointed out. Nami said he'd been scary to them as well. And they didn't know what kind of guy Luffy actually was. Luffy laughed, but would try it. He jumped down, Zoro staying put but in a ready stance. The Straw Hats watched the other crew come off, and saw a very strange guy come over.

He had a long, pointed nose, a strangely shaped mouth and a split head. And weird eyebrows. What an eccentric looking guy. Luffy looked to his crew a bit away, and Chopper called for him to go all out. Luffy walked to the captain, and donned that terrifying look, eyes almost unnaturally wide, lip curled, and eyebrows sharply turned down.

"Who are you?" he asked with a growl. His crew was silent, watching and listening. The weird captain and his crew looked shocked. "What do you want?" he growled, taking a few steps forward, fingers curled as if in claws. Luffy was using a mix of traits from past enemies and opponents. And when Ace was super cranky.

He was getting a lot of inspiration by Bellamy's crazy sadistic expression. "Answer me!" he shouted sharply, making them jerk.

"Em… uh, we, uh wanted to play… a game."

"What game?!" he snapped. He didn't really like acting like this. But it drove them back onto their ship. He heard Nami telling him to drive them off. "This is my shore! Mine! You hear me?!" he shouted, biting back giggles at their expressions.

"Sorry, sir!" and they left. Luffy cracked up laughing as his crew did, too. He ran over, asked how he'd done. Sanji said they looked like they'd shit their pants. Well, Luffy hadn't smelled any sudden shit.

"Neehee! They wanted to play a game, but I spoke too soon, maybe!"

Robin was smiling pleasantly from the crowsnest. "Well, whatever game they wanted to play was probably nothing good. They looked like a weird bunch, didn't they?" Nami said, looking at the newspaper they'd gotten after leaving Sky Island. "Cowards."

Zoro pointed out she'd been intimidated before, too. "Not truly. Luffy would never harm any of us, no matter how angry he was." Luffy grinned and said he was just mimicking the people mostly from Mocktown. "I can see that being useful. Those guys were disgusting and insane."

For dinner, they were having a picnic at a really nice place. Raised higher, so they could see the ocean on all sides, since there was very little vegetation and no buildings here to obstruct the view. It was a barbeque with sake. Barely any was left, but they had some regardless. Well, Luffy didn't like most types of alcohol, so he had freshly squeezed lemonade. It was a nice time.

"That sure smells nice," a tired voice said coming up behind them, walking up the hill. He hadn't noticed anyone coming up. Damnit. He put his hat back on and asked who he was until Robin took a shaky step back.

"Robin-chan?" Sanji asked. She fell on her butt in front of the very tall man with bushy black hair and tan skin. He had a lazy face.

"Hey! You were the sleeping guy, weren't you!" Luffy demanded.

"Ah, yes, I was sleeping." Usopp demanded to know why he didn't tell them he heard somebody on the island.

"He was just sleeping, I didn't think it was a big deal!" Usopp said he should pay more attention. Zoro told him to be quiet. It wasn't his job to be the guard dog.

"Shut up! Stop arguing, this is clearly an enemy! Don't be idiots!" Nami shouted. The two quieted their arguing. "Robin, what is the problem?" Nami asked. "Luffy, scare him away!"

"You're all over reacting, I'm not going to do anything. But you've grown into a fine young woman, Nico Robin." He knew her personally? It sounded that way. "We met once." Robin was shaking, and Luffy was angry at whoever this was, scaring their friend and nakama. "Don't be so hostile, I wasn't ordered here." He laid on his side, really looking nonthreatening. He looked at Luffy in interest. "I didn't expect this to be your actual appearance. Closing your eyes in your bounty photo was a smart thing."

"It was an accident. I didn't know I was being photographed," Luffy said in a cold voice. He didn't like this man, but could tell he was a marine because he had the smell of one. And of his grandpa, faint though it may be. He had to be someone strong, then, to scare Robin. But he didn't want to reveal his senses to an enemy that was strong.

He hadn't smelled him since he avoided the snoring guy, whoever he was. Maybe that was a mistake. Their meal was ruined completely. Zoro demanded to know who he worked for. He had said he wasn't "ordered" there. Clearly someone working for somebody else. But Luffy didn't need to say he was a marine before Robin finally spoke.

"He's a marine. An admiral."

"Admiral?! That's higher than vice admiral, right?" Luffy asked. This guy was stronger than Garp?! Scary! Robin nodded.

The others were shocked, too. Worried. They were strong, but against an admiral? Only second to the fleet admiral, the strongest person in the marines. He was crazy strong, then. Should they be worried? But he said he wasn't there to cause problems for them. So, what was he doing here, then?

They hadn't seen any ship in the surrounding areas, anyways.

"There are only three people in the marines named admiral. 'Akainu the red dog', 'Aokiji the blue pheasant', and 'Kizaru the yellow monkey'. The only member ranked higher is the fleet admiral, the leader of the marines. Those three are named the ultimate assault force by the World Government, and he's one of them!"

"Ehhh?!" Chopper screamed, hiding behind Zoro's legs. Luffy watched closely. He sounded genuine. But he could be lying. It wouldn't be so odd or surprising if a marine could lie. At least, strong marines. Garp never lied, so he wasn't a good practice example. This guy definitely knew Garp.

Usopp was hiding behind Sanji, demanding to know why he was there. "A lot of pirates have bounties over 100 million, go after them, not us!" His voice and pointing finger were shaking. Sanji didn't shove him away.

"Chill, chill, I'm not even here to cause trouble. I'm only here for a walk and then a nap. No need for so much hostility," Aokiji insisted. Nami looked to Luffy. Asking if he was telling the truth. Luffy put a thumbs up, and they calmed. "Well that was easy." Luffy was paying close attention to him, very close attention. To his voice, heartbeat, his body language. Anything, he was keeping track of.

For once, he wasn't the one shouting about it. Knowing this guy was stronger than grandpa bothered him, and humbled him. Zoro still had his hand on his sword. "Why are you here then? What's the point of coming here in particular?" Aokiji finally gave his reason. He wanted to confirm that Robin was with them, now.

"I thought she would be with you -"

"Because she belongs with us," Luffy said in a sharp voice. Robin was still looking fearful, hands shaking, but she was back to standing. But all of them were in front of her for her own protection and comfort. Aokiji didn't look convinced, and just made direct eye contact with Robin.

Almost looking disappointed. "Do you have a problem with that?!" Sanji snapped.

"I'm not here to cause any confrontations. I told you I was just here to see that Nico Robin was with you to determine the overall bounty of your crew. Don't be so hostile."

"Ah, I think he's telling the truth, now. But can you go away? We're trying to eat, and now it's getting cold out and our food is going to not be good anymore."

Robin said it was probably due to his devil fruit. "Heh? Devil fruit?"

"He's made of ice. The ice ice fruit. A logia."

"Another one?! We keep running into them, and most of them are enemies!" Usopp lamented. Nami said that at least this one didn't think he was a god. Aokiji looked confused. Nami said they went to Sky Island and that was where they'd been.

"I see."

Luffy sat down to eat his food, and steal his friends' while they weren't looking. "Now isn't the time for eating, idiot!" Luffy shot back that he never wanted them to waste food, and that Aokiji was being honest. "Robin still looks scared. Make him go away!" Zoro called him childish. Why didn't he make him go away? "I'm protecting the ladies!" Sanji shot back.

Nami stomped on Luffy's hand when he went for her plate. He laughed some more, shoving food in his mouth. The crew let their guard down, trusting Luffy's instincts. And he was right. Aokiji wasn't hostile one bit. He just watched in slight confusion. "You sure do trust his thumbs up," Aokiji said, laying on his side now.

"Luffy has good instincts. Please, leave now," Usopp said stiffly. Chopper nodded frantically in agreement. Luffy shoved more meat in his mouth, and requested he leave since he was making his crew uncomfortable. And he also requested he make it not cold anymore. Robin was uncomfortable, confused and tense.

"Hellloooo? Go away now, please," Luffy said, though in a flat voice. He looked relaxed, and he was, he didn't sense any hostility from him.

"How should I say this. You and your grandfather are really alike, Luffy. Is it open minded, or absentminded?" Aokiji asked with a sigh, rubbing his head. Luffy tensed at hearing about his grandpa, even though he knew he knew him. Since he smelled like him and all. "Though your grandpa never talks about you."

Usopp said, "How rude!"

Luffy didn't have an answer. "Maybe it's looks, or something else about you. When it was found out who you are, he avoided anything having to do with you or your childhood, not that we pressed. Why is that?"

"Garp doesn't care about me at all. I'm not upset he doesn't talk about me or anything," Luffy said honestly. Aokiji frowned slightly at that, and just said, "I see." His crew was frowning. They knew Luffy's childhood a bit rough, but he never spoke about any parental figures. Maybe this was why.

But then his demeanor completely changed and Luffy sensed it. He stood up sharply, back to glaring. "Even though I only came to see Nico Robin, maybe I should just kill you all here." Usopp raged at Luffy. "He was being honest before, I swear!" Aokiji calmly said he had been telling the truth. But now he'd changed his mind. "Your captain does have good instincts. Besides recruiting her.

"You may be strong pirates, due to experiences, but no matter how strong you are, if she stays on your crew, it will only lead to your ruin. And she'll escape away, like usual. Every group this woman has affiliated herself with, always ends in ruin and death, her the only one making it out alive. You'd be better off without her." Everyone seethed at this, and stepped in front of her. "Are these people your new tools to fulfil your ambitions? You'll see soon enough. Once her curses come about another time, the cycle continues."

She had a pinched face, her lips pursed tightly. He continued to bad mouth her, his voice low and deliberate. She was growing more and more upset, demanding to know what the point of being there was. He didn't respond to her question directly, but stood up.

"But even if you disowned her right now, I still shouldn't let you leave. You're just a handful of rogues at the moment, but based on your rapid succession in strength and number, you'll only become more of a thorn in our side. Even if you've only fought against other pirates and a 'god' so far doesn't mean you'll stay that way. It would be best to take you all out early.

"Besides, now I've met the captain, and I don't think it would be safe for justice if he lives," Aokiji said simply, forming a sword of ice.

Zoro was seething, and drew his own sword. "You won't touch Luffy at all."

Luffy asked why he thought he should die. He was feeling worried. An admiral… he didn't feel he was in the right condition to fight him. If he'd had a good portion of blood that day, he would feel more confident. "There's a reason your grandpa doesn't talk about you, and it's not because he doesn't care. I'll have to ask him later. I just know there's something off about you."

Chopper encouraged him to try and scare him off. "He's an admiral, do you think Luffy's glare is gonna spook him?!" Usopp shouted.

"Everyone go," Luffy hissed. "Get the ship moving!"

Robin said, "It- it won't matter. He can just freeze the ocean and stop us."

"Then what do we do?!" Luffy demanded. Aokiji was behind him, a hand out. He dodged, moving out of the way before he moved to Robin, freezing her instantly. "ROBIN!" but Luffy was targeted again. He backed away, yelling at them to get Robin thawed and safe. "Hurry!"

"For god's sake, don't save a woman like that," Aokiji said dismissively as they hurried Robin's frozen body to the ship.

"We're not letting you fight alone!" Sanji shouted. He moved to kick Aokiji, but his leg was frozen, making him scream. Zoro slashed with his sword, but it was frozen up to his arm.

"Everyone, go! I'll fight him alone!" He turned and gave them a grin. "Don't worry! I'll be okay!" he insisted. Zoro looked terrified, but nodded, and ran, Sanji having trouble running with his leg frozen. He heard Zoro say they'd go back once they were thawed. "Believe in him, he'll be okay!" Zoro had faith in him.

He stood in front of his enemy and unleashed his gomu gomu storm, added strength, but that didn't matter, as he was touched and frozen instantly. "Ice time." He froze to the ground, and the ice was so thick that he couldn't hear or smell anything anymore. He was still alive and conscious. He tried to move, but it was ice covering all of him, thick and tough.

Luffy expected to be shattered at any second. This was scary. He was blind and deaf, all senses useless as he didn't know what was happening around him or would happen to him. He didn't die instantly, but he still didn't know what was happening. Maybe he was being taken away to the marines.

Be executed or tested on, maybe.

He finally fell unconscious, truly disconnected from everything around him.

I skipped the davy back fight because I don't really like the arc and didn't feel like writing it. Sky Island was a chore enough lol.