Luffy's Terrifying Mom

by warp writer

Luffy has a mom like anyone else, but unlike most moms she's highly reputable and terrifying marine. He also has two cousins he was really close too when he was young and they're marines too. Luffy's mom is mad at him for becoming a pirate, but not for the reason everyone else thinks. What happens when the strawhats meet more of Luffy's monstrous family.

14. Conclusion! Lilia's Truth!

Warp Writer is back! I keep saying sorry for always taking so long on these chapters, and I am, but let's face it, you can't rush a good story.

Last chapter, one of you asked why Zoro did Six Swords Style instead of Nine Sword Style. Remember, this story is set immediately after the Enies Lobby arc, so one of Zoro's swords are broken, which mean 3x2 not 3x3.

This chapter is going to have a few surprises, so get ready.

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Chapter 13

Conclusion! Lilia's Truths!

Luffy was beaten. This was no surprise. Lilia was the She-Demon. Lilia had the strength of an admiral. Lilia was the mother of the same guy who fearlessly, or recklessly, challenges warlords, fake-gods, and even one of the world's most dangerous facilities.

"Well… I think I got my point across," Lilia said, as she reverted back from her hybrid form to her normal form. "Hope I didn't rough you up too much, sweetie."

"No…." Luffy lied. He was usually a pretty bad liar, but right now all he could manage was a moaning sound. He was lying on what appeared to be his front (it was hard to tell since all of his arms and legs were bent in awkward directions). He had bumps all over his head, a swollen eye, swollen lips, and a high degree of bruises all over his body that seemed impossible for a rubber man to get. It made anything Nami did to him look tame in comparison.

"Really? Well, anyway, get up here so I can give you a hug, sweetie," Lilia said as she held out her arms for a hug.

"...A-aren't you mad at me?" Luffy moaned in a, presumably, confused voice.

"Mad? Why would I be mad?" Lilia said in an, innocently, sarcastic tone. "Because you without telling me? Because you didn't say good bye? Now why would I be mad at that?"

"So… are you mad, mom?" Even when it came to his own mother, Luffy was bad at taking the hint.

Lilia giggled. "Less mad and more disappointed that my own son never felt comfortable enough to tell me he wanted to be the pirate king-"

"You knew?! Ow!" Reactions made him hurt right now. "How…?"

"I'm your mother," Lilia said as if it answered everything. "There is very little I don't know about you, my sweet little Lulu."

Luffy was thankful no one heard that, and, unbeknownst to him, Lilia was glad no one heard her say that. They both had images to maintain after all.

"As for how," Lilia continued. "I've known for about ten years. It's not like you did the greatest job hiding it, you know? You'd always preach it whenever you thought I wasn't around, didn't you?"

"Um…"

"Plus, Makino told me the full story."

"What-?! Oww…. I thought she was my ally," Luffy moaned.

"A lesson you should know, Luffy, is that sometimes to help your friends you have to do things that they wouldn't like instead of what the would like. Do you understand, sweetie?"

"Yes, maim," Luffy groaned with his face in the sand. First he was beaten up, now he's being lectured. It was like he was a kid all over again.

"Besides, it's not like I never knew that Red-Hair Shanks and his crew had docked at Foosha Village and that you always hung out with them. If not as a marine, then surely as a mother, I'd know that my favorite little boy was chatting it up with one of the most notorious pirates of this era. Honestly, Luffy, I thought you knew me better than that."

Luffy had nothing to say. For the past ten yearshe had been hiding his dream from his mom, but now, right of the blue, she tells him she knew all along! What was that all about?! "You could've told me, you know?"

"I was waiting for when you'd decide to tell me your goal," Lilia said. "I really didn't expect you to leave without telling me first. After that, I decided to search for you."

"I feel played with," Luffy moaned. Even he knew how infuriating his mom is.

"Just to clarify, but were those people with you your crew?" Lilia asked.

"It's obvious, don't you think?" Luffy said seriously. "Don't tell me you thought- what were you thinking?"

"I thought they could've been people that have just been giving you lifts from time to time."

Luffy said nothing. What he wanted to say was too dangerous to say to his mother.

"Anyway," she continued. "Looks like your crew was beaten by Ren and Shauna."

"What?!" Luffy jumped up, his injuries magically disappeared somehow. "H-how can you tell?!"

"Hm," Lilia pondered. "I guess you're old enough to know about it. You see Luffy there's this thing called haki. It's something anybody could use, but not a lot of people actually do. So, basically-"

"Mom, what does this have to do with my crew?" Luffy asked as politely as possible, so his mom wouldn't hurt him again.

"Oh, sorry. Basically, one use of haki is the ability to sense people, so I can just sense your crew," Lilia finished. "This ability is called observation haki. You understand?"

"It's a mystery power," Luffy surmised.

Lilia sighed. She blamed Garp for Luffy's simplicity. "In a way, yes, but it's a bit more than a "mystery power", sweetie."

"So, Zoro and the others were beaten, huh? Luffy said almost sadly.

"Fraid so," Lilia nodded. "Chock it all up to Ren and Shauna having a bit more combat experience than them, minus Nico Robin, of course."

"If it wasn't those two who beat them," Luffy started, "I'd never believe that even Zoro and Sanji could lose like that."

"If it makes you feel any better, Ren and Shauna didn't come out of the fight unscathed. Your crew gave them a run for their money. Besides, I did train them afterall."

"They're not dead, are they?" Luffy asked hesitantly.

"Luffy! Ren and Shauna aren't killers," Lilia said hotly.

"I know, I know," Luffy defended. "But… Shauna can go a bit overboard, you know?"

"Hello pot, my name is kettle," Shauna's voice said sarcastically.

The mother and son looked to see their niece/cousin approaching them at a steady pace. She looked considerably different than she did what must have been an hour ago. She was covered in semi-fresh cuts and sand, had been messed up because of fight, and the lower half of her uniform was torn into two pieces, revealing her lower half in a rather flattering way, and wrapped around both her arms. Judging by the blood stains, she used them to patch up a very serious injury.

"Shauna! Nice to see you're looking well," Lilia said brightly.

"Well?! I was nearly chopped to pieces because of that stupid Veggie Top and I was nearly electrocuted by that slutty Citrus Scalp!" Shauna complained openly. "Not to mention manhandled by Devil Child and nearly blasted by the Cyborg!"

"Shauna, are you taking a tone with me?" Lilia said darkly and quietly.

"N-no… Captain Lilia, maim," Shauna flinched.

"Good," Lilia smiled sweetly and evilly.

"Veggie Top? Citrus Scalp?" Luffy repeated."You mean Zoro and Nami?"

"Yeah, I think that was their names."

"Are they okay?!" Luffy, knowing his cousin pretty well, was feeling frantic.

"They're fine, more or less, a little banged up though," Shauna said dismissively. "Your swordsman has some broken bones and they'll all be pretty sore for awhile, but it's nothing serious."

"Good," Luffy sighed in relief.

"That aside, how'd you know where to find us, Shauna," Lilia asked. "I don't recall telling you where I'd be."

"I had hunch you'd go to the center of the island, Captain," Shauna answered.

"Guess I should adjust my habits, so I'm not so predictable," Lilia said disappointedly. She did not like being called, "predictable", then she smiled as she looked at Shauna. "But I have to say, Shauna, I like your bold look. It gives me a chance to see that the Aura D. family specially designed training for women is doing its job. You know? To give women superhuman strength while also preventing their beautiful bodies from developing unsightly muscles. Naturally, they'd have to work three to four times harder than a man, but like they say on Amazon Lily, "strength is beauty" or something like that."

"While I'm glad our families training objectives are being met and all, could you please not stare at me so… hard, Captain," Shauna said as her cheeks went slightly red. She didn't mind showing skin or anything, but didn't like being leered at. Plus, it was a bit insulting being looked at like some kind of successful lab rat. "Anyway, where is Ren, Captain?"

"It appears he's coming in our direction," Lilia explained as she looked at the empty space. "Unfortunately, he seems to be in worse condition than you."

"I see," Shauna said with an impassive face. "Then I'll just go get him."

"No need," Lilia said as the black gas substance formed in her hand. "I was going to get you both soon enough, but I didn't think you both would be able to get here so soon." The black has formed into a mid-sized cloud- the same kind of cloud that whisked Ren, Shauna, and the Straw Hats to their respective battle locations- and flew into the direction where Ren was. "He should be here within a minute."

"That's good, I guess," she said unemotionally. After a minute, Ren arrived, via the black cloud, limply hanging as he weakly flailed, and gently descended on the sandy ground. Shauna's eyes widen at the sight of her twin in such a beaten state, plus there were traces of dried blood on his face. However much she claimed to dislike him, no sister could enjoy seeing her brother in such a painful state. She ran to her twin brother. "Ren!"

"Hm… you sure do have powerful crewmembers, Luffy," Lilia said as she gazed at Ren.

"Ugh… I won, so there's no reason to yell," was the first thing Ren said when he got up, getting a bop on the head from Shauna in the process.

"No one's yelling at you, you wuss," Shauna said irritably.

"Oh," Ren said in understanding. "When I saw Aunt Lily's black cloud thing come and get me, I thought she was angry that I was taking too long, so I got a little panicky."

"Understandable," Shauna nodded.

"I had you picked up because you seemed to be in bad condition," Lilia frowned. "Besides, do I really seem like the kind aunt who'd yell at her niece and nephew just for being a little late?"

"No…" Ren and Shauna lied in unison. It was safer to just agree with anything their aunt/captain said.

"Ren, why's your uniform all burnt?" Shauna looked at some of the burn marks.

"I was hit by a flaming foot," Ren said bitterly.

"What?"

"So, what now?" Ren asked, ignoring Shauna, then he saw Luffy. "Hey, cous. You're still alive?"

"I'm glad you're okay too, cous," Luffy said sarcastically.

"I wouldn't say okay, more not dead. Your Black Leg kicks hard, you know? The Long Nose and talking reindeer were trouble too."

"I guess the guys I fought were pretty strong too, I guess," Shauna said in a tsundere-ish tone. "But I was able to handle them no problem. Honestly, they hardly gave me any trouble at all. Although, they did have me at several instances, but I countered them each an every time. Really they were quite strong, but no challenge whatsoever, but quite skilled too."

"Jeez, tell us how you really feel, sis," Ren said dryly. "No, really. Are they strong or not?... Hey, what happened to your arms?!" Ren gazed at Shauna's poorly wrapped arms with pure horror. The dried blood remains from the wounds was all the two pieces of fabric.

"Oh, this?" Shauna gestured to her wounded arms. "No big deal. That Veggie Top just cut me a bit."

"Looks more than "a bit" if you ask me," Ren said as he continued to eye Shauna's arms.

"Well, you know, I did break several of his ribs, so it's not like we aren't even," Shauna said, then turned to Luffy. "But I gotta admit, you've got a pretty okay crew with you, cousin."

"Your compliments feel insincere after beating them half to death," Luffy said dryly. "So you two really beat all of my crew?"

"Yup," the twins said in unison.

"Ren with Sanji, Shauna with Zoro?"

"Yup," Ren said cheerfully, while Shauna thought about her answer. "I wouldn't say it was just Veggie Top, but also Citrus Scalp and Devil Child helped as well."

"What about Franky?"

"The cyborg? I guess he helped too."

"That long nose and reindeer were tricky, too," Ren interjected.

"None of them are dead, are they?" Luffy pressed

"Just broken boned," Ren answered as he tried to lift himself up, but then gripped his ribs and fell back down. "Can't say I got out much better than them, though. I should've killed that Black Leg."

"So, what'd you think of them?" Luffy asked curiously. He didn't like that they hurt his crew, but guessed that they were the unfortunate victims of his mom's little scheme. Honestly, how could his own mom be so insane? She just dragged him, his crew, and his cousins and got them into some crazy, life or death situation without any consideration for their feelings. Who does that?

"I'd also like to hear both of your inputs on Luffy's friends," Lilia interjected.

"They were okay," Ren and Shauna said in unison.

"That's a weak explanation," Lilia said unimpressed. "Oh well,I'll find out pretty soon. We are going to pick them up after all."

"We are?" Luffy and his cousins said together.

"We are," Lilia answered. "come on you three, I'll carry you all."

"Er… I'm fine," Luffy said hesitantly. The idea of his mom carrying him was just way too embarrassing.

"You sure? You seem pretty banged up."

'Whose fault is that?' The twins thought sarcastically.

"Yeah, I'm fine…." As quickly as they had left, Luffy's injuries resurfaced and he collapsed and appeared to be unconscious.

"So, I guess I'll be carrying Luffy then," Lilia said, unfazed at seeing her own son had collapsed. "You two want me to give you a lift as well?"

"Sure…" They said hesitantly. The twins knew, that with their injuries, trying to move would be difficult, but still… being flown by Aunt/Captain Lily/Lilia could get complicated.

Lilia picked up Luffy and slung him on her back like a little kid, then the black substance came out of her body, came out of her back in the form of wide, long, thin pitch black strap looking things that immediately wrapped around Luffy's unconscious body, and secured him on Lilia's back. Next she gestured at Ren and Shauna. The black, gas-like substance flowed out of hand and went near the twins, then formed two well made chairs.

Shauna blinked, then looked at her aunt/captain. "Lawn chairs?"

"What's wrong with it?" Lilia said. "I thought you two would want to be comfortable."

"It's nice, but… why a lawn chair?" Shauna seemed genuinely confused at her aunt/captain's choice of furniture shape. "I mean you could make anything, couldn't you?"

"Lawn chairs are comfy and they fit the summer mood, don't they," Lilia said as her eyes narrowed. The topic of her furniture choice seemed to really matter to her.

Normally, Shauna would've flinched when faced with her superior officers intense stare, but for right now she wouldn't back down. "I'm just saying that if I could choose what I put my rear on, it would be a couch or, better yet, a recliner."

"A recliner?!" Lilia repeated incredulously. "My lawn chair is far superior to a mere recliner! I swear, you're just like your mother. Neither of you have any taste when it comes to seating arrangements."

"Oh really?" By this point, you could see the lightning generated from the intense glares sent between the aunt/captain and niece/subordinate.

'Is this a girl thing…?' Ren thought awkwardly as he still laid on the ground. Were lawn chairs and recliners really worth having an argument over? He glanced at his unconscious cousin, who was still strapped to his aunt's back. 'Sure stay unconscious while I have to deal with two crazy ladies.'

"I'll have you know that the lawn chair is-"

"You know," Ren said hesitantly, since he was interrupting his aunt, as he clumsily climbed on to one of the lawn chairs. "I don't hate lawn chairs, so I don't mind riding on one."

"You see," Lilia said as she smiled victoriously. "Even your own brother realises the greatness of lawn chairs. Oh Ren, you were always my favorite sibling child!"

"You can't possibly believe that I put any stock in my brain dead brothers opinion," Shauna said dryly.

"Hey!"

"But lawn chairs and recliners are not worth arguing about," Shauna conceded. Ren sighed in relief now that the ridiculous argument was over. Shauna immediately jerked her head in the direction of her younger twin, with creepily sweet, wide smile. "However, Ren-chan, I will meet with you later to discuss your treachery. Understand?"

Ren gulped. Whenever his sister called him, "Ren-chan," it could only mean something terrible would happen "Y-yes, maim…."

When Shauna finally sat on the lawn chair, the same solid black strips that strapped Luffy to his mother's back popped out of the midsection of the chair of Ren and Shauna's chairs, and wrapped around their waists, securing them to their chairs and startling them both. Lilia simply said, "Safety first."

"You know, of all the devil fruit powers that I've seen," Shauna said as she fingered the leathery strap. "Captain Lilia's ability is by far the most the most useful."

"You're right about that," Ren nodded. "More useful than that Scarf-Scarf fruit, that's for sure."

"And it's definitely better than that Peep-Peep fruit," Shauna said as shivered at the memory ."The ability to see through other people's clothes. The things people give up the ability to swim for, honestly."

"I don't know," Ren said with a perverted smile. "I could see the use in a power like that."

"Like you'd actually use it, you pervert wannabe," Shauna snorted. "Aside from passing what you think are smooth lines, you're nothing but a cherry boy. Remember your first date with Meredith."

"Hey," Ren blushed. "You promised you'd never talk about that."

"But you were just so awkward," Shauna laughed. "You couldn't even hold her hand, then you were so nervous you kept spilling drinks all over her, and at the end of it all you did was shake her hand."

"Please, shut up," Ren said as he slumped down in depression.

"Enough chit-chat, Demonic Tool: Strings!" Lilia said as hundreds pitch black strings sprouted from her body and hovered over to the chairs, then subsequently attaching itself to the edges of the chairs, as if mixing with the otherworldly matter. "Hold on tight." Immediately, Lilia sprouted her large, devil-like wings, and began flying into the sky, hoisting the chairs carrying Ren and Shauna, and Luffy, who was still strapped to her back, with complete ease, as they were nothing more than plush-stuffed doll.

"There is nothing wrong with being nervous around girls, Ren," Lilia said to her nephew after a few moments in the air. They must've been at least 10,000 feet in the air, by now. "Being a cherry boy is nothing to be ashamed of, you know?

"Please… don't say anything else," Ren said as he sunk deeper into depression.

"In some ways you're preferable to other perverts, you know, bro?" Shauna said as she laughed under her breath. She looked at her captain. "So, what happens next? Are we going to arrest the Strawhat pirates?"

"Oh, hell no," Lilia said immediately. "I could never, ever arrest my only baby, now could I?"

"Okay, not Luffy, but what about his crew members?"

"They've been taking care of Luffy, correct? So it would be ungrateful of me to just go arrest them, wouldn't it?"

"T-then what was the point of making us fight them in the first place?!" Shana raised her voice, unintentionally at her captain/aunt.

"I didn't want any distractions while talking to Luffy, so I gave you kids something to do while we were chatting," Lilia shrugged. "It was just a time waster."

Ren and Shauna looked at each other with shocked looks. They both shouted in unison, "You mean we did that for nothing?!"

"I wouldn't say for nothing," she replied nonchalantly. "I'm sure both sides learned something, I guess?"

"I got kicked by a guy with fire legs!" Ren screamed

"I nearly got my arms cut off by some creepy, multi-headed demon swordsman!" Shauna shouted.

"Are you kids questioning my methods?" Lilia said in a neutral, icy tone.

"No…." They groaned in defeat. "We've been toyed with. Manipulated. Made fools of."

The next few minutes was mostly quiet. After a while, Lilia look at the empty front with notable focus. "Huh? They're here already."

"Who's here?" Shauna asked.

"The Demonic Six have come back from their mission. Darn, that Nagika is probably gonna annoy me about doing this whole thing. She can be such a pest."

Ren and Shauna didn't hear anything after "The Demonic Six have come back". The six strongest warriors under their captain have returned!

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"Yuki! Slow down!" Ellie shouted over the wind pressure as Yuki continued to use Moon Bounce to boost the speed of her flight. Yuki naturally didn't need to use Moon Bounce to fly since she could already fly, but using the technique boosted her flying speed. It was good for her, but bad for anyone riding behind her.

"Can't, Ellie," Yuki shouted back. "I want to get there as fast as possible.!

"Yuki, you do realize that you just past the island two minutes ago, don't you?" Nagika said.

"...Oh… I did…?" Yuki said as she suddenly slowed down. "Thank you for the warning, Miss Nagika."

"Not a problem, deary," Nagika said.

"You're way too high-strung," Ridge complained. "What's the rush? I mean it's the captain we're talking about. She's probably got those pirates all bound up by now."

"Keep in mind one of those pirates is Lilia's son, Ridge," Nagika pointed out.

"Right, I kind of forgot," Ridge said.

"You know, I've been thinking about it for a while now, but I just can't picture our captain having a son," Oscar suddenly said. "A daughter I, at the very least, can picture. She'd probably be the scary type like her mom and be really good at fighting, but a son… I just don't know. Is he the strong silent type?"

"No," Yuki answered.

"Then is he an intellectual?"

"Not even close," Yuki said. "Plus, I don't think you could call Master an intellectual, but maybe you could call her a free thinker, and if you are, I would definitely call Luffy a free thinker."

"Just a thought, but how should we act when we actually meet him," Ellie asked. "I mean we're basically meeting our boss's son."

"You got a point, Els," Oscar said, sweating a bit. "I mean, Captain Lilia cares about her kid, right?"

"She adores him," Nagika answered. "I do too, just so you know."

"So, how should we act? Casual? Business like?" Ridge began to worry.

Nagika shrugged. "I for one don't care too much. So long as you don't mistreat him, I'll be fine, but you know if you did something rude well… I'd claw your eyes out." Nagika added viciously as her fingers began to extend a bit and her nails started to become unnaturally sharp. "But that's just me and this is Lilia we're talking about, she's definitely going to have her standards when the time arrives."

"Oh, really," Ridge said as he paled a bit.

"You should listen to Miss Nagika," Yuki said warningly. "I was just a thirteen year old girl when I met him, so it was fine, but you're all full grown adults, and Master won't be merciful if she disapproves of the way you treat him."

"Is that so? Then I should prepare, since this'll be my first time meeting him," Rizen said as he got into the "thinker" position.

"You've met him dozens of time, you nimrod," Nagika snapped. "You're his gosh darn godfather for pete's sake."

"I am? You don't say?" Rizen said in mock surprise.

"Oh, you're messing with us," Nagika realized dryly.

"Of course," Rizen said coolly. "I may forget everything else like it was nothing, but I'd never forget that I have a godson."

"You wouldn't?" The other four asked in unison.

"No, I wouldn't," Rizen said in an annoyed tone, then he whispered to only Nagika, "I wouldn't forget that I had an actual child either."

"Oh, Rizen," Nagika whispered back while she blushed, then she smacked him over the head. "Don't think I forgive you for making a fool out of me!"

"Ow…"

"But, about the whole 'how to treat the captain's son' question, just be nice to him," Ellie suggested. "You guys do know how to be nice, don't you?"

"Well, yeah, but, honestly, he might as well be royalty to us," Oscar said, catching everyone's attention. "I mean, without his mom, most of us would be dead."

A collective moment of silence occurred. Most of them looked deep in thought.

"My brother and I would still be stuck in Impel Down," Ridge said solemnly. Another moment of silence. Ridge rarely talked about his brother since that horrible tragedy three years ago...

"I still can't ever thank the Captain enough for saving my island," Ellie said softly.

"I wouldn't be dead," Nagika said, before smiling meaningfully. "But I can't deny that life is more fun with her than without."

"I'd still be a lost wanderer without her," Rizen said softly. "I forget a lot of things, but I can never forget how much I owe her."

"Master has done a lot for all of us," Yuki said in heartfelt manner. "Oh, we're here."

Below them was a desert island that seemed completely covered in sand. They were right above the shore, but not a body could be seen, but there was a ship with jolly roger with a strawhat on it. Yuki knew on sight that that was Luffy's ship.

"Great," Nagika groaned. "Where is that psychopath?"

"I can sense the captain's presence on this island," Ridge said. "Along with Ren and Shauna."

"Plus, there's a handful of other presences," Oscar noted.

"I can feel them too," Ellie said. "But that handfuls voice's feel kind of weak, like they came out of a hard battle, and Ren and Shauna don't feel much better, but Lilia is with them, so it's good. There's also another presence I don't recognize."

"It's been awhile, but I'll bet my right wing that that's Luffy!" Yuki exclaimed happily.

"You all do know that I can feel all that too and that there was no need for the long winded explanation, right?" Nagika inquired.

"Well yeah, but doesn't it sound better with an explanation," Ellie asked good naturedly.

"I can feel the ship approaching our location," Nagika said as she looked at the open sea, ignoring Ellie. "Lilia will probably come this way, so it's probably best to wait here."

"Even if you say that," Yuki began, as she continued to fly. "It's boring to just sit around and wait, don't you think?"

"You're starting to sound like your master more and more everyday," Nagika sighed, but this time with a small grin. "I guess I'll wait here for the ship to arrive and explain the situation, but, now that I think about it, I don't think I understand the situation any better than them."

"Ok, roger that, Miss Nagika," Yuki said respectfully, as Nagika jumped off the sleigh-contraption from what must've at least a hundred foot drop and landed gracefully on the sandy terrain, creating a rather large cloud of dust as she dropped on the ground.

As they flew farther, Ellie stared at Nagika's fading form with eyes of admiration. Even before joining the Demon Unit, Ellie had looked up to the two women known as "The Two Great Ladies of The Demon Unit". She longed to be like them, strong, beautiful, courageous, but recognized that she still had a long way to be anywhere near where they are. Like back when Yuki had threatened to drop them from the sky, she, along with Oscar and Ridge, were genuinely scared, but Nagika, and of course Rizen, were completely calm. At that height her Moon Bounce would've proved ineffective. Even the "special power" given to them by Captain Lilia would've proved risky to use in that situation.

"What you thinking about, Ellie," Oscar asked her, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Oh nothing," Ellie answered coolly. "Just thinking that we have a lot of cool people in our unit."

"Hm? Well… I can't argue with you there," Oscar nodded.

After ten minutes of flying, the group came across three bodies lying in the sand.

"You guys see that," Oscar shouted.

"Yeah, they're part of the voices we were hearing before," Oscar noted. "No wonder their voices sounded so weak, they look more beat up than a fishing boat in a storm in the Grand Line! And is that a raccoon-dog over there!"

"They must be apart of Luffy's crew, although I'm not sure exactly who they are," Yuki guessed. "I'm guessing Master has something to do with this."

"I'm gonna go help them," Ellie said suddenly. "I wouldn't feel right just leaving them. Moon Bounce!"

"I'm going to help her," Oscar said before using the same technique to follow after her. "Moon Bounce!"

"They could at least have asked us before leaving," Yuki complained.

"It's fine, Yuki," Rizen said.

"Yup, everyone here is allowed to do what they believe is right," Ridge agreed. "It's been like that since before you and I even joined the Captain."

"I guess you're right," Yuki conceded.

After another 15 minutes, the now smaller group came across another set of bodies. But this time, they were all at the center of a comically large crater.

"This is definitely Shauna's work," Rizen said with certainty. "Which means that other group we saw before were people Ren dealt with."

"Whoa! That hole's almost as big as the ones my hammer makes," Ridge bellowed happily. "I've taught that girl well."

"Please, all you did was teach her a couple of moves. It was Mister Rizen's bo staff lessons and Master Lilia's training that made her this strong," Yuki snorted as she used her hawk-vision to gaze at the four unconscious bodies "They must be more of Luffy's crew. That green haired guy must be Roronoa Zoro and that dark haired woman has to be Devil Child Nico Robin!"

"You know, after seeing this and that other group, I have a pretty good idea of what happened here, and it all goes back to Lilia," Rizen explained. "And if I'm right, the Nagika is gonna go ballistic."

"Probably," Ridge agreed. "But for now, how about we go help them out?"

"I'm fine with that," Rizen said.

"If you're leaving, could you please cut off theses reigns for me, Mister Rizen?" Yuki asked respectfully.

"Sure, Yuki," Rizen said before leaping off of his seat, unsheathing his sword at lightning fast speed, and hacking off the reigns, making the sleigh fall to the ground. Ridge, who was still in the sleigh, unstrapped his giant war hammer and smashed the sleigh with so much force it turned to dust. Yuki thought of it as him just showing off, but also knew, since the sleigh was just going to end up as a waste of space, it was better for it to be dust in the air (actually it would've been better to recycle it, but oh well).

"Finally," Yuki sighed happily. She didn't want to say anything since she respected and admired her fellow Demonic Six members, except for Ridge of course, but carrying 5 full grown adults is a tough job to handle, even with Master Lilia's training, which made her superhumanly strong. Although, her limits weren't completely pushed. Even after flying what must have been at least 1000 miles while carrying her comrades, she still had energy to spare. Plus, now that her load was taken off of her back, Yuki felt like she could fly another 1000 miles easy.

Yuki used her haki to sense where the remaining presences from before were located and found them instantly. Easily the greatest presence was her master Lilia. Then there was Yuki's two close friends, Ren and Shauna, who felt quite worn out, not that it was surprising considering that the must have fought really intense battles. Finally- Yuki's heart skipped a beat as she felt it- was her master's only son and the boy she loved, Monkey D. Luffy.

It is not as though the only reason she loved Luffy was because he was her master's son, although it would be a lie to say that it didn't play any part. To her, Luffy had a lot going for him, such as his cuteness, his sense of humor, his strong will, his ability to make her feel good, and even, occasionally, make her smile. Yuki didn't let herself smile often.

She thought back to the very first day she met Luffy back on Dawn Island's Foosha Village, 5 years ago. She could very easily remember what she was thinking and feeling that day, despite it being such a long.

---

On a boat different from the main marine ship, Lilia, Nagika, Rizen, and a considerably younger Yuki had docked on the Foosha Village docks. "We're here everyone."

The moment Lilia had said that, she caught the attention of the entire dock. "Lilia? Is that you?"

"Hey it is her!"

"It is great to see you!"

"Wow," Yuki said in awe of how popular her new master is. "Is Master Lilia famous or something?"

"You could say that," Nagika answered in a yawn. She seemed very tired after the long boat ride and Rizen was completely passed out. "She's well liked in this village at least."

"Yuki! Nagi! Rizen! Come on!" Lilia called. "Let's head out! We have to get to the mountains before nightfall!"

"Let us rest a bit, would ya?" Nagika shouted back at her. "Rizen and I had to fight schools of seakings all night while you and Yuki slept through it all! Who sleeps through giant seaking attacks any way?"

"Stop complaining," Lilia said unsympathetically. "At least I got my beauty sleep, so it's a win for you, right?"

"You selfish wench!" Nagika snapped.

"What was that, you eternal virgin?!"

"What'd you call me?! Whore?!"

"At least I'm experienced!"

...Yuki kept her ears covered by the middle of their argument, realizing this was not something a thirteen year old should be hearing, while everyone who had crowded around Lilia began inching away as the women yelled at each other. Eventually, the two women agreed to let Nagika and Rizen rest for an hour and Lilia would go visit a woman named Makino, then they would leave for the mountains. Lilia asked Yuki if she was coming, but she replied that she wanted to look around the village a bit.

"There really isn't much to see, you know," Lilia said.

"But I've never been outside Kumodi Island before," Yuki countered, still in the boat. "And I want to see the difference between here and there."

"Suit yourself," Lilia shrugged. "Just head to the Party's Bar when you're done. Everyone here is sincerely nice, so just ask if you need directions."

"I forgot to ask, but why are we here," Yuki said as Lilia exited the docks. "And why do we have to go to the mountains? Does Master Lilia have a house there?"

"No, not a house," Nagika answered. "Did we not explain before? The mountains is where Lily's son is."

"Son?!" Yuki repeated in shock. "Master has a son?!"

"Yup," Nagika nodded. "Actually, Rizen and I are his godparents."

"A son… wow." Yuki looked a little shellshocked.

"Is it that surprising? Lots of women Lily's age have kids, you know?"

Yuki would've said that the same could've applied to her, but refrained since she was actually a bit intimidated by her master's best friend. Instead she asked, "How old is he?"

"He's 12, a year younger than you, actually," Nagika answered.

"Oh," Yuki said hollowly. They were practically the same age! "What's he like?"

"He's a sweetheart! He's a little hyper, blunt, and slow witted, but, honestly, he could've turned out much worse with Lily as a mom… does this bother you, Yuki?" Nagika noted the young girl's expression.

"It doesn't bother me… I'm just surprised… is this going to affect my training somehow?"

"Well, because of her work as a marine, she tries to spend as much time with him as possible, but keep in mind that it was Lily who offered to train you in the first place, so I know she'll spend the appropriate amount of time training you," Nagika explained. "Anyway, didn't you want to explore the village?"

"Oh, yeah," Yuki said, knowing Nagika just wanted her out of the way so she could catch up on her sleep. Yuki jumped off the ship and landed with less grace than how her master would have done it. "I'll see you later, Miss Nagika."

True to her master's words, there was not much to see in this quaint little village. But that's what caught her attention. There were no muggings, no people getting stabbed or shot, no thugs to do the muggings and the stabbings, just regular, peaceful people who went about their day. It might as well be another world to Yuki. Her train of thought was interrupted by a voice.

"Excuse me, miss, may I ask for your name please?"

Yuki turned to the direction of the voice. It belonged to an elderly man with a cleft chin. He was short and had a cane. He wore yellow framed glasses and a yellow coat and had a hat with red stripes on it. He had a kind looking face, but despite that Yuki habitually asked in a forward, mannerless way, "Who wants to know?"

"Now don't take that tone with me," the old man said while scowling. "I merely asked for your name."

"I-I'm sorry," Yuki said while blushing, knowing she was being rude. "My name is Yuki. I'm sorry for my tone, sir."

"Quite alright, dear," he said kindly. "You're not from around here are, though?"

"You can tell?"

"Aside from a few obvious differences, I've just never seen you before, and as mayor I should know everyone in my own village," he declared.

"You're the mayor?" Yuki said with surprise.

"Mayor Woop Slap, if you want to be specific," Mayor said with a wink. "So I'm guessing you came from a different village than?"

"Not exactly," Yuki started. "I came from a different island with Master Lilia."

"Master… Lilia? You don't mean our Lilia, dou you?" Mayor looked shocked.

"She seems pretty famous in this village," Yuki noted

"Well… yes, but that isn't really the point," Mayor said. "What is it with you and calling her "Master Lilia," if you don't mind my asking?"

"Master Lilia is going to be my teacher," Yuki explained. "She's taken me in as her "main disciple" as she puts it."

"Oh, so she's… never mind." The mayor seemed to have more to say, but she didn't press it. When he finished talking someone yelled, "Pirates!"

"Pirates?!"

"They're here?!"

"We have to hide the children!"

"We really need a better way to warn people that pirates are coming," Mayor sighed. "People panicking will only cause a worse disaster."

"Shouldn't you be more worried, sir," Yuki asked.

"It will be fine, I think," Mayor assured her.

"Right, Master Lilia is here," Yuki said excitedly. "Not to mention Mister Rizen and Miss Nagika are also here!"

"Well, yeah, they do seem to be the best people for the job right now," Mayor agreed. "But you should probably look away. Lilia's fights aren't something a girl your age should see."

"I agree with you, but I've already seen her fight," Yuki choked. "Master is very brutal."

"Agreed," Mayor Woop Slap said solemnly.

Within the next few minutes, they saw a dark pillar of energy sprout out into the sky like a geyser, then they heard the agonized screams of the pirates begging for mercy as Lilia was no doubt giving them the worse beating they've ever gotten. After a few minutes the screaming stopped.

"Well that ended as quickly as it started, didn't it," Mayor mused to lighten the mood.

"Yep," Yuki choked. She flinched when she saw Lilia fly towards them in her hybrid form, the descending right in front of them. The already tall and terrifying Lilia seemed even taller and more terrifying in her hybrid form, though, in some ways, even more beautiful. "H-Hello, Master."

"So you were here, huh," Lilia said. "Did you see my fight?"

"No, but I heard it," Yuki said.

"Oh. I see you've met the Mayor," Lilia said as she noted the Mayor. "Hello again, Mayor."

"Good to see you again, Lilia," Mayor Woop Slap replied. "Don't you think you went too far? I mean we could hear the screams from all the way over here."

"You don't mess with a ladies hair," Lilia muttered as she fingered her beautiful and long black hair. "Anyway, Yuki, come to Party's Bar with me, I want to introduce you to my son and my niece and nephew."

"You have a niece and nephew?" Yuki asked, feeling surprised.

"Yes, they are my little sister's kids," Lilia explained. "Actually they're twins and the same age as you."

"Luffy and the twins are here? I thought they'd still be up in the mountains," Mayor said.

"Apparently he got into an argument with Ace and came down here to blow off a bit of steam, then Ren and Shauna came down here to make sure he didn't get hurt," Lilia explained. "But Anyway, Mayor, you want to come with us to see them?"

"I would, but I have to finish some important business of mine, but I'll see you all when I'm done," Mayor Woop Slap explained.

"I see, take your time than. Come on Yuki," Lilia said as she reverted back into her normal form and grabbed Yuki by her wrist, the dragged her along. Not long after, they arrived at place called Party's Bar. When they walked in, Yuki guessed that most of the customers must've left because of the pirate attack or today was a slow day. There were only five other people in the bar and most of them seemed too young to be guessed by their pale faces and the way they flinched when Lilia walked in, that they had seen her brutally beat the invading pirates.

"Hey, kids," Lilia greeted.

"Hi, Aunt Lily," a raven haired boy and girl said in unison, they sounded a little shaky.

'They must be the twins and Master's niece and nephew," Yuki surmised.

'Nice work beating the pirates, Lilia," a green haired woman said.

'She must be that Makino woman Master was talking about from before.'

"Hey, Lilia," a tall, dark curly haired, muscular teen wearing nothing but an open yellow coat, an orange hat, and shorts said forcefully.

'Who is he? He looks too old to be a twelve year old, so I guess he's not Master's child, then that means…."

"Hi, mom," said a young boy wearing a strawhat. Yuki's eyes immediately fell upon him.

'So he's Master's son,' Yuki realized.

"Aunt Lily, who is she," the young girl asked, pointing at Yuki.

"Oh, right, let me introduce you all," Lilia said as she gestured to the twins. "Those are the twins and my niece and nephew, Shauna and Ren," then she gestured green haired woman and dark curly haired boy, "that woman is Makino, the owner and barmaid of this bar, and he's Ace. Our relationship is bit hard to explain."

"You could say that again," Ace grumbled, then flinched when Lilia shot him a look.

"Finally, but not leastly, is my cute and adorable son, Luffy," Lilia continued as she gestured to the last person, the boy with the Straw Hat.

"Mom," Luffy groaned in embarrassment when his mother called him "cute and adorable". "You're embarrassing me."

"Well that's your fault for being born with that adorable face, now isn't it? Oh, wait, I guess it's my fault for passing on my genes to you." Lilia joked,making Luffy groan even more and the boy known as Ace snicker. Yuki looked at her master with a look of confusion. It was unusual, if not unheard of, to see her tease or joke with anyone other than Miss Nagika, but she guessed that's just how a mother would act with her child, though she wouldn't know since didn't have a mother of her own. Lilia put a hand on Yuki's shoulder and finally said, "This is Yuki, I've decided to take her on as my main disciple."

"Your main disciple," Makino repeated in shock. "You mean like Reisha?"

"Reisha?" Yuki said in confusion.

"I haven't seen Reisha-Onee-san in a long time," Luffy said good naturedly, making the teen known as Ace and the twins, Shauna and Ren, look at him quizzically.

"Yeah, kind of like her," Lilia said with an annoyed frown, as if the topic of this "Reisha" person was a sore one.

"Master, you had another student before me?" Yuki asked in the tone of a curious young girl, not a future marine.

"Yes, but that was a long while before your time, so put it out of your mind for now at least," Lilia said evenly. Yuki obeyed without question. She'd never disobey her master. "Anyway, say hi to everyone, you're being rude."

"Yes, maim," Yuki complied, then bowed to everyone respectfully. "Hello everyone, my name is Yuki. I hope we can all get along from now on."

To Yuki's displeasure, the people in front of her were silent. For a brief moment, she wondered if she had done something wrong, after all, her experience actually interacting with other people was spotty at best. The silence was broken when they started laughing. Yuki's face illustrated her confusion.

"Sorry, sweetie," Makino the barmaid said after her laugh. Her smile made Yuki appreciate her beauty and graceful appearance. "But you don't need to act so formally with all of us. If you are going to be Lilia's student, then that practically makes you apart of our family."

"Um…" Yuki wasn't sure of what to say.

"Yeah, I agree with Miss Makino," Shauna said joyfully. "You are our friend now, so you can relax."

"Every once in awhile, you say the right thing, sis," Ren said teasing, making his twin bop him on the head.

"I always say the right thing, you jerk," Shauna yelled.

"Ow… that hurt, monster girl," Ren moaned as he rubbed the new bump on his head. "Anyway, I hope that we can be friends." Ren then looked at Yuki with a lustful eye. "Maybe, more than friends, if you want."

"Ignore him," Shauna said as she elbowed him in his ribs. "He's just a pervert wannabe."

"Don't call me that!" Ren shouted.

"Uh…." Yuki was now even more lost.

"I think what those two are trying to say," Ace began with warmhearted grin, which Yuki found a bit surprising since up until now, Ace had seemed rather standoffish. "Is that, since you're now that woman's student or whatever, you don't need to put on any formalities. Basically, just be yourself."

"Ace… isn't any good with words," Ren said.

"I got to agree with you there, bro," Shauna nodded. "That was really awkward. You should leave speeches to someone smarter than you, Ace."

"You two shut the hell up!" Ace snapped. "You guys are just as bad!"

"Um…?" Yuki's confusion did not end.

"Sorry, this is more hectic than I'd thought it be," Lilia said apologetically. "Luffy?"

Lilia's son had ran up to Yuki excitedly and, without hesitation, said, "I'm Luffy, let's be friends."

"As you can see," Lilia said as she laughed a bit. "My boy is quite forward and demanding. I'm not sure where he gets it from."

'Probably from the same woman who asked a girl she barely knew to become her disciple one hour after they met,' Yuki thought. She gave a quick once-over of Luffy. Up close, Yuki could see that she that she was just a bit taller than Luffy (although his strawhat might have added an inch or two) and he had a babyish face, although that wasn't a bad thing to her. Aside from their raven black hair color, she didn't see any discernable similarities between him and her master, then she saw it. They had the same eyes. The eyes that held a thousand stories behind those alluring black eyes, although his seemed, for lack of better words, weaker, which was probably because he was so young.

Yuki then noticed that she was staring a bit too hard at him, but, at the same time, she was compelled to keep looking, as her face felt warmer. He was cute to her.

"Hey, are you okay?" Luffy asked as he waved his hand in front of her face, snapping her out her thoughts. "Your face is all red."

"Huh… yeah I'm… fine," Yuki said as she shook her head, and ignoring her master's playful giggle as she watched the two younger kids. "So, hi, Luffy. Like Master had said, I'm Yuki, just Yuki, so you know. And I'd really like to be your friend, since, you know, I'm going to be your mother's student, it would be better if we got along."

"Cool," Luffy said happily. "You're as nice as Reisha-Onee-San."

"Thanks and you know…" Yuki began nervously. "I hear you're a year younger than me, so, if you want, you can consider me your… onee-san."

"That sounds good," Luffy said with an ear-to-ear smile. "Well, then it's great to meet you, Yuki-nee."

"Hearing you call me that makes me really happy… little brother."

---

And that was how Yuki met her first love and began her life as Lilia's main disciple. As for how she started seeing Luffy as a lover instead of a little brother, that was story for another day.

"It's kind of embarrassing thinking back on it," Yuki said to herself as her cheeks reddened(which was kind of hard to see because of her black feathers). Not more than a minute later, Yuki felt four familiar presences closing in on her; her master, the twins, and… Luffy. In the next second, they came into sight and Yuki sped up towards them. "Master Lilia! Ren and Shauna! You guys are… not horrible looking…."

"Gee, thanks, Yuki," Shauna said sarcastically. Yuki couldn't help herself though. Shauna and Ren had definitely seen better days. Ren looked as though he was run over by a herd of stampeding bulls with all those bruises and obvious broken bones, plus his clothes had burn marks on his uniform. Shauna was in relatively better condition, but there were cuts on her face and body, and she poorly wrapped two pieces of uniform over what was obviously an awful wound on her arms. Both twins were on solid back lawn chairs that were no doubt created by Master Lilia's devil fruit power and were tether by at least a hundred black strings attached to the woman. As for her master… she looked the same with her devil wings and deadly aura.

"Sorry, but, wow, what happened? I flew over like half a dozen unconscious bodies on the way over here."

"Basically, Aunt Lily made us fight with Luffy's crew in a one vs many survival tournament format," Ren explained. "We managed to win, but, as you can see, barely."

"Oh." Yuki wasn't really surprised by that, it was totally something her master would do.

"Anyway, I assume you and the others finished your mission with success," Lilia asked in an official voice.

"Yes, maim," Yuki replied in an official voice. "I, Lieutenant Yuki, along with Lieutenant Rizen, Lieutenant Nagika, Lieutenant Oscar, Lieutenant Ellie, and, to a lesser extent, Lieutenant Ridge have successfully resolved the Regalaton civil war."

"We have too many lieutenants in our unit," Ren muttered, while Shauna nodded in agreement.

"So, Master Lilia, where is Luffy," Yuki asked anxiously. "I sensed his presence with you."

"Hm? He's right here," Lilia said as she gestured to her back. Yuki didn't notice that strapped to her master's back (via the black stuff that came from her master's body) was her crush, Luffy.

"He's unconscious," Yuki realized. "Master… what did you do…?"

"I just gave him a light scolding for his irresponsible behavior," Lilia explained with an evil smile.

'What's her definition of a heavy scolding?' The twins wondered to themselves.

"Aside from that, where are the others," Lilia asked, ignoring Yuki's stare.

"Like I said before, we all flew over unconscious bodies, who I'm guessing are Luffy's crew members, before so Mister Rizen, Oscar, Ellie, and Ridge went to deal with them, also Miss Nagika is at the shore waiting for our ship to arrive."

"That Nagika," Lilia grumbled. "She is going to nag me about doing this stunt, for sure."

"Meat…" The four conscious people blinked when the heard the familiar moan. "Sanji give me meat…."

The younger marines suddenly started laughing. "This guy hasn't changed one bit," Yuki said in between chuckles. "Glad to see having a 300 million berry bounty hasn't changed him."

"Which one was Sanji again?" Shauna asked as she giggled.

"The blond one with the drawn on wanted poster," Ren answered as he laughed.

"Not sure why you all are laughing," Lilia said. "Everybody knows a good heaping helping of meat is great for an empty belly."

It only made them laugh harder to see yet another similarity between the mother and son. "Master, do you even realize how similar you sound to Luffy when you say things like that?"

"Well we are mother and son, but you know I feel like I'm being made fun of," Lilia said as her eyes began to glow bright red. "I'm not, am I?" She added in a threatening voice.

"No, maim," the three said simultaneously.

"Good," Lilia said. "Now, let's get-"

"Where am I…?" Luffy mumbled as he awakened. "Gah! Why am I tied to mom's back?"

"I prefer to use the word strapped, dear," Lilia said.

"Mom, why are you here," Luffy asked, genuinely confused.

"Why am I here? You know why I'm here, don't you," Lilia said, confused.

'She beat him so bad that he actually developed amnesia,' the twins surmised.

"Ah! I remember now," Luffy tried to break out of the black restrains his mother conjured, but they were very sturdy. "My crew, where are they? Are they alright?"

"We're about to find out, sweetheart," Lilia explained. "They are being looked after by my subordinates, at least that's what Yuki said."

"Yuki?" Luffy looked up to finally notice the gigantic black hovering next to them. "Yuki-nee? Is that you?"

"Yeah, it is, or have you forgotten what I look like when I'm in my full hawk form… little bro?" It was hard to tell behind her black feathers, but Yuki was blushing.

"So you're Luffy's godfather?" Nami said in surprise. Just a few minutes ago, Nami had awoken in the middle of a gigantic sand crater lying next to unconscious Zoro and Franky, and Rob, who had also begun to awaken. If that wasn't strange enough, two men, a tall good looking, dark haired man with a sword strapped to his waist, and a large mountain of a man with a gigantic hammer strapped to his back, had come up to them and asked them if they needed help. Nami and Robin tensed up when they introduced themselves as subordinates of Captain Aura D. Lilia. It didn't help that the swordsman had grabbed the two beauties of the Straw Hats by their waists and jumped what must have been a 50 foot climb out of the crater (he must've used moon bounce) without their consent. When the big man with the hammer came up with Zoro and Franky's bodies slung over his shoulders, and the swordsman explained that they had no desire to harm or arrest them and only wanted to escort them back to the shore, the ladies, reluctantly, agreed to their help; feeling it would be difficult to escape them in their current condition.

As they walked through the desert, Nami and Robin learned the two men's names were Rizen and Ridge, and Rizen mentioned he was Luffy's godfather.

"Yes I am," Rizen confirmed. "And what is your name again?"

"It's Nami!" Nami snapped. "I've told you 5 times already!"

"Sorry about him," Ridge said sincerely. "His memory is worse than a rock's. It took him twenty introductions before he finally memorized mine."

"So anyway, we'd like to take you back to shore with us," Rizen said.

"You already said that!"

"Nami, I think it's pointless to get mad at this point," Robin whispered.

"But Robin," Nami whispered back. "Is it really okay to just go along with these guys? I mean even if the sword guy is Luffy's godfather or whatever, it doesn't exactly prove he's an ally. I mean, it's not like being a relative of Luffy has given them a reason to go easy on us lately."

"I know, but we don't have much choice," Robin nodded. "I can't explain right now, but Rizen and Ridge are not men we can escape from in a half beaten condition. How are you feeling, anyway?"

"Well, the spot where she hit me is still really sore," Nami said as she rubbed her solar plexus. "Ugh… I can't believe a person who can make 50 foot crater hit me with a metal rod."

"Actually, it's an iron bo staff," Rizen said.

"Oh, sure, you can remember that, but you can't remember my name," Nami said bitterly.

"Well, anyway," Robin said. "Is there any reason for you two to help us?"

"None," Rizen said.

"Absolutely nothing," Ridge nodded.

Nami and Robin blinked. These marines were strange.

"Um, why are you two not wearing the usual uniforms anyway," Nami asked to change the mood.

"Lilia doesn't really care about formalities like that," Rizen answered. "Although she does make the lower officers wear them. Does that answer your question, Naki?"

"It's Nami!"

"Pretty close, though," Ridge humored. "He's called Reggie, Ricki, and even Ribbit before he finally learned my named."

"So, Saint Swordsman," Robin began. "You said you were Luffy's godfather, but exactly how did that happen?"

"...I forgot."

"You forgot?!" Nami and Ridge shouted together.

"Can I assume that it was Luffy's mother who asked you to be his godfather?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, I think that's right, maybe?" Rizen said. "She, Nagika, and I did travel a lot together before this whole navy gig."

"Is that so?" Nami said. "Wait, who's Nagika?"

"My fiance, and Luffy's godmother, also she's Lilia's best friend."

"Really? Then she must be as crazy as her friend."

"The opposite actually," Ridge interjected. "She's certainly no ordinary lady, I assure you, but she's a lot, well, sainer than the captain."

"Nagika… yes, I've heard stories of her," Robin said mostly to herself. "Well, that's three members of the Demonic Six, so where are the three?"

"You seem to know a lot about our unit, miss," Rizen noted. "Who are you anyway?"

"Robin," she answered. "I've told three times already."

"Demonic Six?" Nami said questioningly.

"They are the top six fighters of the Demon Unit under their captain, Aura D. Lilia."

"That's us in a nutshell," Ridge said lightly. It was actually kind of impressive how upbeat he was while having to carry both Zoro and the even heavier Franky over his shoulders, plus he was carrying Zoro's three swords on his waist. "I'm ranked 6th, by the way, and Rizen here is 2nd best."

"2nd best, huh," Nami said. "Are Ren and Shauna apart of this so called "Demonic Six"?"

"Nope."

"Oh," Nami said, feeling a little surprised that there were monsters even stronger than a girl who can make giant craters just by swinging a staff. "So, who's number one?"

Before anyone could answer, a familiar groan was heard. "Ugh… where are my swords?" Zoro's eyes widened when he realized that he was slung over Ridge's shoulder, then he pushed himself off and Ridge made no effort to stop him. As Zoro clumsily landed on the sand, Nami and Robin went to him.

"Easy, Zoro," Nami said with concern. "You're in really rough shape."

"Indeed, you're most likely in a worse shape than the rest of us," Robin nodded. "Your ribs must be in pieces. If you move, you'll cause internal bleed from multiple vital organs, and, in the worst case scenario, you'll die."

"Robin!" Nami squealed.

"Where are my swords?" Zoro asked, making Nami hit him over the head, leaving a large bump.

"That's all you can say?!"

"You mean these," Ridge said as he held all three of Zoro's swords in his one giant hand, then tossed them by Zoro, who carefully picked them up. "There you go."

"Someone, explain," Zoro said as he glanced between the two new faces. Nami and Robin exchanged glances.

"Let me start at the beginning," Nami sighed.

"Oh a beautiful angel has descended upon our lands," Sanji declared dramatically as Ellie looked over him.

"How dare you say that!" Ellie said insulted before smacking Sanji on his head.

"I can't believe he called her an "angel"," Oscar said with equal disgust.

"Um, is that a problem," Usopp asked as Oscar gave him and Chopper a look over.

"Well, yeah," Oscar snorted. "We're the Demon Unit, so calling us "angels" is kind of-"

"WWWHHHAAAAT!?" Usopp and Chopper screamed, interrupting Oscar. "You guys are Apart of Luffy's moms crew!?"

"Guess we never did introduce ourselves, did we?" Oscar said as he laughed a bit.

"We thought you were nice people here to help us," Usopp squealed.

"But instead you are here to arrest us," Chopper cried.

"Ahh… it only makes sense that a beauty like you would be working for Lily-san," Sanji said poetically, then he coughed up blood. "Blegh!"

"Sanji!" Chopper shouted in concern.

"Careful," Ellie warned. "You're very badly injured and shouldn't move around much… and "Lily-san"? You don't mean our captain, Lilia, do you?"

"Oh, yes, Lilia," Sanji continued his dramatics. "I heard her glorious name from that not so great Ren."

"Ren? Oh, right, he calls Captain Lilia 'Aunt Lily'," Ellie realised. "Word of advice, you shouldn't call her that." Ellie added morbidly.

"Enough about that! What's your purpose, cause if you're here to arrest us, I warn you, I have 80 million men on my side!" Usopp lied proudly.

"You do?! I didn't kno!," Chopper, gullibly, believed every untrue word of that shameless lie.

"That is such a lie," Ellie said dryly.

"She found me out!" Usopp squealed.

"That was a lie!" Chopper was genuinely shocked.

"Too bad, I wanted to fight 80 million men," Oscar said disappointedly.

"Anyway… we aren't going to arrest you unless our captain orders it,", Ellie said. "Also you guys were only fighting Ren? If the captain just wanted to arrest you, she would've just bombarded with our soldiers like usual, and why was it just and Ren and you guys here when the rest of the ship is still on the sea, and why is there a talking reindeer here?"

"I ate the Human-Human fruit," Chopper answered casually.

"Basically, your captain made us fight Ren, and made our friends fight that Shauna girl," Usopp summarized. "She all, but made it into one big survival tournament."

"Wow. And apparently our leaders are mother and son," Ellie humored.

""Apparently"? You don't really know?" Chopper asked.

"No, not really at least. My friends and I just learned about it a couple hours ago. I'm guessing your captain never told you either?"

"No," Usopp answered. "He never really tells us anything about his family."

"Huh? Well, anyway, We all should head to the shoreline, where our ships are, at least I think your ship is the one with the sunflowers figurehead, right?"

"It's actually a lion," Usopp said. "But, wait, how can we be sure you're not going to just arrest or us or worse when you take us to our ship?"

"You can't, but you don't seem much of a choice, besides in your guy's condition, can you really escape us?" Elli said calculatively, making Usopp even more wary of their help.

"Usopp! How dare you be suspicious of such a beautiful lady- Gaah!" Sanji coughed up blood in the middle of his rant.

"Sanji!" Usopp and Chopper squealed in fear and shock.

"We need a doctor!" Chopper wailed frantically.

"You're the doctor," Usopp reminded.

"Even if he is a doctor," Ellie said calmly. "Can you really help him without any equipment?"

"I… can't," Chopper admitted, depressed. No way he could treat someone in Sanji's condition without some of his medical supplies.

"Ahhh," Sanji sighed in his usual bliss. "How fortunate I am to be cared about by such a wonderful lady! I do wonder how I came to deserve such a blessing!"

"You guys should hurry," Oscar said. "He seems to have brain damage."

"He sounds like Ren, now that I think about it," Ellie noted.

"No he's always like that," Usopp said dryly.

"No medicine can cure him," Chopper said bleakly.

"Okay, whatever. Let's just go," Ellie said as she scooped up Chopper and Usopp by their waists.

"W-what are you doing," Usopp said frantically.

"It'd be too slow to just let you two walk on your own. MOON BOUNCE!" Ellie exclaimed as she leaped into the air and jumped on the sky at a rapid speed, much faster than any of the CP9 agents Usopp and Chopper had seen at Enies Lobby. "Oh, yeah, I forgot to say before, but I'm Ellie."

"I wanted to be carried by her," Sanji whined, as the three faded into the distance.

"Stop complaining," Oscar said bitterly as he lifted Sanji up on his shoulder. He had no desire to be doing this, but he had already come this far and Ellie would probably get mad at him for not following through. "I'm Oscar by the way. MOON BOUNCE!" At speeds equal to Ellie, Oscar leaped into the air and went to the shoreline.

"So you're Luffy's godfather?" Zoro asked for the fifth time.

"Yes, and what is your name," Rizen asked for the fifth time.

"Zoro. So, you're Luffy's godfather," Zoro asked for the sixth time.

"ENOUGH!" Nami screamed, pulling at her hair. "You two have been asking the same thing for the past ten minutes!"

"You know, I wonder if all master swordsmen are wrong in the head," Ridge said, equally annoyed.

"I find it amusing," Robin said with a small smile.

"You would," Nami said dryly. "Anyway, Zoro, are you sure it's a good idea for you to be walking? I mean, you were in the worst condition of any of us."

"It's fine," Zoro grunted as he limped forward. "She just broke a few ribs is all. Dang, she sure can hit." Zoro added in a mutter.

"Yup! That girl is a cut above the rest, I can assure you as her teacher," Ridge said with pride.

"You taught Shauna," Nami said, shocked.

"Well, I guess it'd be more accurate to say I tutored her more than actually teaching her," Ridge explained. "Rizen here is the one who taught her the basics, but I taught her the move that created that big hole in the ground."

"So you're the one I can blame!" Nami screamed, smacking Ridge over the head.

"Oww!" Ridge rubbed the big bump that was now on his head. "Don't go blaming me for all this, it was the captain who made you guys fight each other, not us. We weren't' even here. Dang you hit hard." Ridge added, rubbing his head. "Do you have any idea what it's like to always reap the consequences of your psychotic captain's insane orders?!"

"Yes, yes we do." Nami and Zoro said dryly.

"W-well I guess you guys would understand since the captain's son is your captain, but since I've never even heard of the kid, I wouldn't even know."

"You mean Lilia doesn't even mention she has a son?" Robin inquired.

"Nope. Come to think of it, she hardly talks about herself at all. I wouldn't even know she had a sister if Ren and Shauna hadn't joined the unit."

"Her sister is Ren and Shauna's mom?" Nami asked. "That makes her Luffy's aunt, doesn't it?"

"Well that's how it usually works, ain't it," Ridge replied. "Although, it's not like I've ever met the woman."

"Hold on, if you taught Shauna, then why doesn't she use a sword to fight?" Zoro asked. This guy used a sword, so why didn't his student?

"Rizen here is well versed in all types of weapons, but his preferred choice is the sword," Ridge explained for his partner.

"As for why I didn't teach Shauna the sword, well… let's just say if there's one thing thing Lilia and her sister have in common it's how protective they are over their kids. Lilia's sister nearly tried to kill me when I attempted to teach Shauna how to use a blade," Rizan explained with a hollow smile. "And when I tried to teach Luffy, Lilia she… Lilia she… She.. Lili-AAAAAHHH!" Suddenly, Rizen dropped to his knees, grabbed at his hair, and started screaming very loudly and fearfully, startling the Straw Hats.

"What's wrong with him?!" Nami exclaimed, her heart racing from the sudden scream.

"He's remembering one of Captain' punishments," Ridge explained excitedly. "This happens to all of us from time to time."

"What happens?!" Nami and Zoro exclaimed.

"Rizen! Rizen! Get ahold of yourself!" Ridge yelled in a commanding voice after running to his friend, not even noticing he dropped Franky. "Go to your happy place. Nagika, swords and weapons, good sake! Hurry!"

"This… is disturbing…" Nami gawked at the strange scene. "How horrible is Luffy's mom with her punishments?"

"I have heard of cruel the She-Demon can be, but this…" Robin actually looked amused at the thought. "She certainly seems different from our captain."

"Sake and swords are my happy place too," Zoro mentioned.

"What does that have to do with anything?! Nami screamed.

"I'm… I'm fine now," Rizen sighed as he slowly got up. "Sorry, it's just that Li-"

"No! Don't think about it, you fool!" Ridge shouted loudly. "It will only make you suffer!"

"You're right, thank you," Rizen said tiredly.

"No problem, man," Ridge dismissed. "I remember when… GAAAAHHHH!"

"Ridge! Go to your happy place!" Rizen ordered and shook Ridge rapidly. "Alcohol and oranges! Alcohol and oranges! Alcohol and oranges!"

"Very different..." Nami sweat dropped, suddenly feeling thankful that Luffy wasn't like his mother.

At this point, Franky had finally regained consciousness only to see a very large man crying into the sky while another man was comforting the other man. "How long was I out?"

---

"Finally, they've arrived," Nagika said to herself, as the marine ship approached the shore. It had taken longer than Nagika expected for the ship to finally arrive. Haki didn't seem to be very accurate for time related decisions it seems. A couple minutes later, the ship docked onto the shore and stair were dropped. The first to come down was… what was his name again? Jack? Jim? Tom? Well she knew he was the best sniper on the crew.

"Hello, soldier," Nagika greeted.

"You forgot my name again, didn't you, Lieutenant Nagika?" He whined.

"Of course I didn't… Jeff?"

"It's John!"

"Sorry."

"Out of the way! Out of the the way!" A giant, yellow fishman came tumbling down the ship stairs. He was Tom. When he ran, he bumped into Nagika, nearly knocking her over. This could be the worst mistake he'd make today.

"Tom… I'd love to hear your reason for bumping into me," Nagika's eyes glew red and a dark red and a dark aura surrounded her.

Tom yelped. "S-sorry Nagika… I just got excited over that ship over there. I saw it through the port window and was disappointed when the captain snagged it away."

"That ship? What's so special about it?" Nagika asked after taking a few breaths. "You know, besides its unique appearance."

"What's so special about it?! You aren't a shipwright, so you can't see that this ship is made from head to toe with Adam Wood!"

"Oh, that's a rare wood, right? It's the strongest type of wood there is." Nagika was underwhelmed. "You got arrested because you made Gold Roger's ship using Adam Wood, right?"

"Correct. I'm surprised a pirate crew would be able to get it. It's very expensive. Maybe it was stolen?"

"I hope not. It would break Lily's heart knowing her son became a thief."

"Yeah, it sure- WHAT!?" Tom's jaw dropped to the ground, along with John's. "The captain doesn't have kids! It's impossible!"

"I'm getting tired of telling this story," Nagika sighed. "Yes she does. He's a pirate. No, he's not bad. Ask her yourself if you want to know who the dad is. Do you get all that?"

"Um… no."

"Good."

"Nagika! So you all have returned." Nagika inwardly groaned at the voice of their doctor, Kureto. The very tall and very old man man walked down the steps. He wore a black leather jacket and black leather pants. Despite his old age, the elderly looking man was quite spry. "Explain why we all head to go completely off course to a desert island. I hate sand!"

"I don't know old man, I wasn't even here when this all happened," Nagika explained, more than a little annoyed. "I wasn't even here when this all happened."

"Who're you calling old!" Kureto yelled. "I'm only 141 years old. Wait, you being here means the rest of you finished the mission, right?"

"That's right."

"So where are the rest of the Demonic Six?"

"They went to find Lily and the other people she brought the other people she brought here," Nagika answered.

"You mean the pirates, I assume. I don't understand why she just didn't arrest them then and there," Kureto complained. "Who are they anyway?"

"The Straw Hat Pirates," Nagika answered.

"Who?" John, Tom, and Kureto said in unison.

"Wait," Nagika blinked. "Don't' you guys look at the new wanted posters over 300 million?"

"Nope." All three of them said, making Nagika hit them.

"Ow…" All three of them groaned.

"You idiots!" Nagika roared. "There are only a handful of rules to follow in this unit and one them is to memorize all the bounties 300 million and above! Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, maim," all three of them moaned dejectedly.

"You know, you shouldn't treat the elderly so roughly," Kureto said, rubbing the bump on his head."

"I thought you weren't old?" Nagika asked.

"I am old when I need to be," Kureto told her cheekily.

"Pathetic," she sighed. "As for who the Straw Hats are… they're a group of pirates who are regarded as quite the annoyance to the World Government."

"Really?" Tom became intrigued. "What did they do?"

"Their first big campaign was defeating the ex-warlord Crocodile, who tried to take over the country of Alabasta awhile back, but the official credit went to the marine on the scene over there. The World Government wouldn't want people knowing that someone from their system was defeated by a pirate who was trying to protect a country from said person, you know?"

"Figures," all three of them said dryly.

"Their most recent actions really got under the Government's skin," Nagika continued. "They attacked and defeated Enies Lobby."

"What?!" Tom was shocked.

"But the most amazing thing about them is that Straw Hat Luffy, the crew's captain, is our captain's son."

3, 2, 1.

"WHAT?!"

"Why are you two surprised," Nagika asked Tom and John. "I just told you two this a minute ago."

"That doesn't make it any less shocking," Tom exclaimed.

"You guys are hopeless," Nagika sighed, then she looked to the other direction. "Oh, look Oscar and Ellie have come back and they've brought friends."

"I don't see anything," John said.

"Me neither," Tom said. "I'm telling you, that haki stuff is amazing. Wait, don't change the subject. How can our captain have a kid?"

"She hooked up with a ma-"

"Don't finish that sentence!" The three of them slumped down into depression.

"A long life truly is unfortunate," Kureto said sadly. "You only meet a woman as wonderful the captain once and now I find out she was taken before I had even got a chance."

"Short or long, if no one remembers your name then that is an even worse existence," John said gloomily. "Lilia is the only person who didn't make me feel like a nobody, granted she forgot my name as much as everyone else, but she treated me better than anybody else."

"I was going to rot in Impel Down, but then a beautiful heroine came and whisked me away from that hell," Tom said depressingly.

Nagika could only say one thing. "Eh?"

"Nagika, I'm here," Ellie had appeared in a blur of speed carrying a reindeer thing and a long nose man in her arms. "I need the doc to look over some guys and Oscar is coming with another potential patient… what is with those guy?"

"I'm not sure…" As Nagika said that, Oscar appeared with a blonde man on his back.

"Sanji!" The long nosed boy and reindeer thing cried out.

"Hey, guys," Sanji waved from Oscar's back.

"Sup, everybody," Oscar waved. "Yo, Doc, I brought a patient for you check out."

"Hey, Oscar, let me ask you something," Nagika said suddenly with a thoughtful look.

"Yes, maim?" Oscar stood attentively.

"How do you think Lily has a son?" Nagika asked.

"That was sudden," Ellie said.

"Oh, I think I know now. He's adopted!" Oscar said this with the utmost confidence. "I mean, there's no way that there's a man out there who can handle our captain."

"That would make more sense," Sanji said, getting off of Oscar. "That woman was way too gorgeous to be related to Luffy."

"Well, you both are wrong," Nagika said. "Luffy is one hundred percent Lily's son… or fifty percent. However genetics works."

"No!" Oscar and Sanji slumped down into depression. "Impossible… Not fair…"

"Eh?" Ellie went.

"My thoughts exactly," Nagika said. "Looks like you have some competition for Oscar."

"Hmph, like he ever had a chance with the captain, child or no child," Elli said, annoyed.

"Sanji is more of a pervert than even I thought," the long nose said dryly.

"I don't understand the big deal about Luffy being his mom's son," the reindeer thing said innocently.

"It's an adult thing."

"Ellie, who are these guys?" Nagika asked.

"I think they're apart of the captain's son's crew," she explained.

"Is that so?" Nagika looked down at the two pirates with impassive eyes. "Tell me your names, please."

"I-I'm Usopp," Usopp stuttered.

"I-I'm Chopper," Chopper stuttered.

"Chopper?" Kureto began to rise from his depression

"I am Lieutenant Rem Nagika," she introduced. "I am also the godmother of Monkey D. Luffy."

"What?!" Usopp and Chopper screamed.

"You are Luffy's godmother?!" Usopp was hysterical.

"Why does everyone yell," Nagika groaned.

"Godmother?" Sanji rose up and got a good look at Nagika, then he, predictably, went into love mode. "What a gorgeous woman!" Sanji dashed to her. "So you are my beloved captain's godmother, eh? Ah, yes, you truly look like the maternal type. I would just love if you- AH!"

Nagika smacked Sanji in his chest, making him go down in agony. "You shouldn't move so recklessly, you're badly injured. Probably some broken ribs. Kureto, check all three of them out."

"Yeah, yeah," he nodded lazily.

"And the rest of you," Nagika began. "Get off the ground! It would've been hell even if you did get to be with Lilia!"

"Oh, to be cared about by such a woman," Sanji sighed blissfully. "I'm truly blessed."

"Did that guy receive brain damage or something," Ellie asked Usopp and Chopper.

"No, he's just insane," Usopp said dryly.

"While you're being treated," Nagika looked at Usopp and Chopper. "You guys can explain what has happened here while all of us were gone."

The scary look in her eyes made them immediately answer. They explained how Lilia, who they called, "Luffy's mom", made them (the Straw Hat Pictures) fight Ren, who these three fought, Shauna, who had to fight four other members of their crew, and Lilia, who took Luffy with her.

"Well," Ellie said after a moment of silence. "That's one way to discipline your kids, I guess. As expected, the captain has a unique style of parenting."

"Unique my a**!" Nagika said in a dark undertone. She started stomping forward, passing the depressed Oscar.

"She seems angry," Usopp whispered.

"Oh, she is," Ellie backed up a bit. "I suggest you get ready for a show."

"What do you mean-"

"WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THAT WOMAN!?" Nagika roared so loudly that no one would be surprised to hear that they heard it back in Water 7, interrupting Chopper. She swung her right arm with so much incredible, inhuman power that she created an air slash that blasted right through the sand and it rose so high it went straight to the sky! It continued forward and easily destroyed a hill of sand and keep on going. Usopp, Chopper, and Sanji were left open mouthed.

"She just destroyed an entire mountain of sand!" Usopp yelled, feeling frightened.

"She's so strong!" Chopper gasped.

"She's so beautiful when she's angry," Sanji sighed.

"You're a complete dunderhead!" Usopp yelled at Sanji.

"That's Nagika for you," Ellie said cheerfully. "If it were me, I'd only be able to destroy part of that mountain of sand."

"This a whole unit is full of monsters," Usopp said as he trembled.

"W-what's going to happen to us," Chopper said, also trembling.

"You three," Nagika said. "Hurry up and get treated."

"Yes, maim!" Usopp and Chopper scrambled to their feet.

"Okay, you three… eh, where's the other one?"

"Over there," Usopp said dryly as he pointed to Sanji, who was flirting with Ellie.

"He's the flirtatious type, I see," Nagika said. "He and Ren, would've gotten along."

"No, they wouldn't have," Usopp and Chopper said together.

"Hey you, the reindeer thing," Kureto waved his hand towards Chopper, who turned to face him.

"Me?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah, you," Kureto said as he walked to Chopper. "You're name is Tony Tony Chopper, right?"

"How do you know my name… oh, right, my wanted poster," Chopper realized sadly.

"Wanted poster? What did a doctor do to get a wanted poster?" Kureto wondered.

"How did you know I was a doctor?"

"Because I am Kureto, older brother of your teacher, Kureha."

---

It was explained to Franky what had happened after he was knocked out. After that, Ridge realized that they were moving far too slow and told the Straw Hats that he and Rizen would carry them, but they were reluctant to be carried by two marines, so Ridge and Rizen forcefully grabbed the four injured rogues and immediately used Moon Bounce to speed up their trip.

"Hey! Put me down, now!" Nami demanded as she and Robin were slung over Rizen's shoulder.

"Hey, relax, lady," Ridge demanded. He had Zoro and Franky slung over his shoulder. Zoro attempted to struggle, but his injuries held him back. "This is a quick ride to your ship. Enjoy it."

"Yeah, this is real enjoyable," Zoro said sarcastically.

"I don't mind, but…" Franky glanced. "I can't believe you lost to Shauna, bro. I knew she was strong, but to think she was that strong is impressive."

"Yeah she was, but next time, I will win," Zoro stated.

"Hopefully, you won't get a next time," Rizen said. "This whole… whatever was just one of Lilia's whims."

"Her whims nearly got us killed," Nami seethed.

"Shauna's no killer, and neither is Ren," Rizen said. "They were just doing what their captain/aunt ordered them to do, so I hope you don't hold it against them."

"Well, we can at least understand what it's like to have to follow unreasonable demands from your crazy captain," Nami muttered.

"Even if the kid is her kid, I doubt he's half as bad as his mom," Ridge said.

"I'm curious, what is this Lilia really like," Franky asked.

"Well, despite a few quirks, she's a really a great woman, no one's better," Ridge said with pride. "I owe my whole life to her. She saved my brother and I from Impel Down."

"Impel Down?!" Nami, Zoro, and Franky Shouted together in shock, while Robin's eyes widened.

"Yeah, my brother and I were infamous criminals before joining up with Lilia. Our parents died when I was a kid so we had to resort to piracy to eat. Over time we even started a crew and became more well known. We never killed anyone, but we did rough people over whenever they tried to resist. After a while we got bounties and that's when things started to go south for us."

"Marines and bounty hunters started to attack you, I presume," Robin said.

"Yup. You're as intelligent as expected, Nico Robin. Anyway, we managed to fight off the navy and bounty hunters for about a year, until we had the misfortune of encountering… the Demon Unit…"

"That must've been rough," Rizen said. "Guess I wasn't there at the time."

"You were the one who fought me! Urgh, well we tried to escape, but Lilia commands her ship well, so we could never get away. When we realized that escaping wasn't an option, we decided to take the fight to them." Ridge paused for a moment and shook his head. "Biggest mistake ever. We managed to find out that the highest ranking officer was only a captain and a woman, so we thought it would be easy to beat them, but…"

"But Aura D. Lilia was no ordinary lady, was she?" Robin interjected. "Even from when she was just a rookie officer, it was said her strength surpassed that of an average captain."

"You said it best, Nico Robin," Ridge nodded. "We had beaten other captains and commodores and even a couple of rear admirals before then, so we got pretty full of ourselves, except for my brother, who had heard a few stories about captain before then and let me tell you, they were not child friendly. Anyway, despite what we had heard, we were about to raid their ship, but they beat us to the punch. The captain, Rizen, and Oscar had forced their way onto our ship. Just three people vs our one hundred. Ww honestly thought they were suicidal, but we were wrong. To make a long story short, Rizen kicked my butt, the captain beat my brother, though I didn't actually see the fight, and the rest of our crew fell in an instant. Our crew which had won so many battles, lost to a mere three marines. Funny, don't you think?"

The Straw Hats took a moment to analyze the huge marines tone. He didn't remotely sound bitter. On the contrary, he sounded amused and nostalgic. It was confusing, but understandable. How many times had their own captain done exactly what his mother did to Ridge's crew to his own enemies? Nami and Robin understood more than most how surreal such a thing looked. Who would've thought, after 8 years of oppression, a tiny crew of four or five would utterly crush a tyrannical and powerful crew of fish men? Who would've guessed that a three year plan to overthrow an entire nation would be stopped by a rookie pirate who, at the time, only had a thirty million berri bounty?

"After our loss, the crew and I were sent to Impel Down. Terrible place, if you kids ever get unlucky enough to get caught and sent there, I don't know, kill yourself."

"Kill ourselves?!" Nami shouted incredulously as Zoro, Robin, and Franky became stone faced.

"Don't give the pigs in the World Government the satisfaction that you suffered," Ridge pressed. "I was only there for two days, but they pushed me to near death during that time."

"Aren't you a marine, so doesn't that mean you work for the government?" Franky said with a dark tone.

"I maybe a marine, but I am only loyal to the captain and my comrades and no one else," Ridge said proudly.

"But to tell us to kill ourselves…" Nami said.

"I'm just saying that death is better than that place."

"Still, you were once a pirate set to rot in Impel Down, but now you're a marine," Zoro started. "How'd that happen?"

"The captain got my brother and I out," Ridge grinned.

"But she was the one who put you in there in the first place," Nami pointed out. "So why would she get you out?"

"Why indeed…" Ridge said distantly. "It was 8 years ago…."

There was a long, awkward pause. The Straw Hats were waiting for him to speak, but he never did.

"And?" Nami was the first to ask.

"And what?" Ridge said.

"What happened 8 years ago? Why'd Luffy's old lady save you from Impel Down?" Franky asked.

"You kids don't want to hear that boring story," Ridge chuckled.

"We kind of do," Nami said.

"I don't," Zoro said. Although, he refrained to say how annoying he thought it was to not finish a story after starting it. "But what happened to the rest of your crew? They in your unit too?"

"No. Lilia did indeed get them out of prison, but had them spread out to join the units of other marine friends of hers."

"Really? And you guys were okay with something like that?" Nami asked, thinking she would hate to be separated from her crew, her friends.

"Lilia said they weren't strong enough," Ridge answered without hesitation.

"What?" Nami was shocked to hear that Luffy's mother would use a reason like that to refuse people onto her ship… then again if Luffy was asked by someone who he didn't like wouldn't he reject them? Of course, there was Robin, but she was a special case.

"It may have seemed like an unkind thing at the time, I certainly thought so, but we are usually stationed in the New World and that isn't such an easy place to be in. Pirate or marine, if you're weak you're dead. Like it or not, it was either prison life in Impel Down, die like fish food in the New World, or live as marines. Plus, it's not like I never get to see them again. I see them all the time and they're actually quite happy their lives. And it would be pretty unreasonable to cram a hundred new members on our little ship."

"How did she even get permission for you and your crew to get out of jail?" Franky asked. "I mean, a captain doesn't tend to have that kind of authority, right?"

"You may not have noticed, but the captain isn't an ordinary captain," Ridge said as if that explained everything. "She's had more than a few offers to move up the ranks, but she always rejects them. There's not a doubt in my mind that she'd be an admiral by now if she had accepted her promotions."

"Is there a reason she declined moving up the ranks?" Robin inquired.

"She just likes the name captain," Rizen smirked.

'What a simple reason,' the four Straw Hats thought together. Hearing this story made them see a bit more of Luffy in his mother, or maybe it was the other way around.

"As for how she got us out, while I'm not sure about the ifs and buts, all I know is that the captain worked out a deal with the higher ups to get us out so long as she takes responsibility for us."

"Seems to me that Aura D. Lilia isn't as cruel as the rumors and stories make her out to be," Robin said.

"I wouldn't go that far," Ridge said grimly. "When I reunited with my brother after leaving Impel Down he was covered in bandages, had five broken ribs, a shattered knee, and a cracked skull… the captain is a truly good person, but she is also a true sadist."

"Ridge, we should probably move out of the way," Rizen said in a slightly worried tone.

"Why- oh… got ya," Ridge nodded, making the pirates a bit confused.

"What are you- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Nami screamed as she and the others saw a an impossibly large blade of air ravaging through the mountains of sand like a hurricane through houses. Rizen and Ridge immediately jerked out of the air blade's path and allowed it to pass them harmlessly and watched it .

"What... was that…?" Franky wondered aloud.

"That was my fiancé's work," Rizen explained. "Guess she found out about Lilia's little stunt."

"Your fiancé… oh, the woman who's Luffy's godmother," Nami realized as she and her crew mates gazed at how the gigantic blade of air left behind nothing but a frighteningly deep, black canyon. It made the the huge hole Shauna had made look small. "She must be really strong."

"She is strong in more ways than one," Rizen said with a grin.

"She has to be strong, she and Rizen are the only ones who can control the captain," Rodge said.

"I can calm her down from time to time, but it's Nagika who can really keep Lilia on her leash, "Rizen explained. "Being friends since they were young girls has it's pros and cons, you know?"

"Such power and range," Zoro whispered. "It looks like it would go all the way to the other side of the island…"

"It could, but it will stop once it gets to where Lilia is," Rizen said.

"But Luffy's with her!" Nami exclaimed.

"If that thing hits them, it will cut them clean in half, no it would reduce them to a bloody stain," Robin said calmly.

"Don't say that!" Franky and Nami shouted.

"Well… I wouldn't worry," Rizen shouted. "This happens all the time."

---

"Yuki-onee-san, that hurts," Luffy complained, as Yuki the giant black hawk continued to peck the restrained boy.

"Good, do you have any idea how mad I am at you," Yuki scolded in between pecks. "How could you just leave me- er- home without telling me- er- master?"

"I'm sorry, I thought it was a good idea," Luffy said as he endured his older sister figures powerful pecks."

"You know, isn't Yuki's beak just a morphed version of her lips," Ren said suddenly.

Yuki's pecking slowed.

"You're right, Ren," Shauna said. "So, basically, Yuki's been kissing Luffy for over two minutes now. Wow, Yuki, I wish I had that kind of courage."

Yuki stopped pecking. Despite her pitch black feathers, Yuki's blush could be clearly seen. "M-Master, I swear that wasn't my intention! Besides, whatever they are originally, my beak, for right now, is a beak and nothing else!"

"Yuki," Lilia said darkly. She had remained silent for the duration of Yuki and Luffy's reunion.

"Y-yes, Master…"

"I'll forgive you for now, but in the future I won't tolerate any form of sexual harassment on my own son, understand?" Lilia's eyes glew bright red.

"Ye-yes, Master…" Yuki said dejectedly.

"What's sexual harassment?" Luffy's asked.

"When you're older," Lilia answered automatically.

"You always say that, but I'm older now," Luffy pouted childishly.

"More importantly, there's something I want to talk to you about, Luffy," Lilia said in a serious voice. "It's about your father."

There was long silence, before Ren spoke the question that was on all four of the teenagers's minds. "We've never heard of Luffy's dad…"

"Luffy, Garp told you about your dad, right?"

"Yeah, how did you know, mom," Luffy inquired.

"He used a transponder snail to tell me he met with you a few days ago. He's kind of the reason we're reunited now."

"Great…" Luffy groaned.

"So he told you Drago is your dad, I assume."

"That's what Grandpa said."

"Funny, 'Dragon' is the same name as the world's most wanted man," Shauna said.

"That's my husband," Lilia said lightly. The three other teenagers needed a second to process this new bit of information.

"WHAAAT?!" They shouted in unison.

"Why do you guys always shout?" Lilia asked, rubbing her head.

"The most wanted man in the world is Luffy's dad?!" Shauna exclaimed.

"The revolutionary leader is Master's husband?!" Yuki exclaimed.

"That would mean Dragon is our uncle!" Ren realized.

"Dragon is my dad?!" Luffy shouted.

"You already knew that!" The other three shouted at Luffy.

"I wanted to join in," Luffy laughed.

"B-but, Master… how?" Yuki was unsure of what to ask.

"How? Really Yuki, you of all people should know the how, considering your strange obsession you have over my child."

Yuki's cheeks went red and she unconsciously looked at Luffy, who was oblivious to the meaning behind his mother's words. "That has nothing to do with anything."

"Anyway, Luffy, I heard that your father saw you off at Loguetown, that true?"

"That's what grandpa said, but I didn't actually see him. All I heard was a voice."

"That, so," Lilia paused for a moment. "Was there a powerful gust of wind?"

"Yeah, there was! It was really sudden. It was a mystery wind."

"So it was him," Lilia whispered. "Isn't that just typical, he leaves saying it was for Luffy's sake, but then goes and appears before him all of a sudden without even introducing himself. What a little… I need to hit something."

'Please don't be me,' Yuki hoped. Suddenly, she saw something something fast and big coming straight towards them. A gigantic air blade that was as tall as a giant was hurdling straight at them. "What is that?"

"That's one of my moves, but it's way more powerful than anything I can make," Ren analyzed.

"Looks like Nagi sent me a present," Lilia grinned evilly. "I'll accept it with a closed fist."

"I think you mean 'open arms'," Shauna corrected.

"I said what I said," Lilia said as as the black substance took shape in her hands to form a pitch black sword. "Demonic Weapon: Sword!" Lilia swung with almost all of her power. "Demonic Technique: Black Slash!" A wave of black as large as the air blade was created by Lilia's swing and it clashed with Nagika's Tempest Slash. The two attacks exploded on contact causing the sand to blow away in every direction. The four teens had to cover their eyes to avoid getting the sand in their eyes. unfortunately for Luffy, his arms and legs was restrained at the moment so he could only close his eyes. When the dust cleared, a huge hole that was so deep that it made the one Shauna made look like a little dent in comparison was created.

"Whoa, that was one Aunt Nagika's attacks?!" Luffy was starry eyed. "She's so cool!"

"Hey, I was the one who countered her attack!" Lilia hated it when Nagika got more admiration from Luffy than her. She was his gosh darn mother for pete's sake! "Though, I meant to do more damage than that."

"That hole looks bottomless," Shauna sighed. "Why is it that every island we go to gets destroyed?"

"Say the girl who made a gigantic hole not too long ago," Yuki said teasingly.

"Hey, that swordsman left me no other choice," Shauna claimed.

"Swordsman? Oh right, my crew!" Luffy remembered. "I need to get them."

"I'm guessing they were those unconscious bodies me and the other flew over," Yuki surmised. "Don't worry, Rizen-san, Ridge, Ellie, and Oscar got to them and probably took them to your ship by now."

"Oh really, thanks, Yuki-nee," Luffy thanked. "I haven't seen Uncle Rizen in forever, but who are Ridge, Ellie, and Oscar?"

"They're my subordinates," Lilia answered.

"I've never met mom's crew before," Luffy mentioned. "What are they like?"

"What are they like?" Shaun repeated then began to think.

"What are they like…?" Ren began to think with his arms crossed.

"They are…" Yuki paused and thought to herself. The three of them seemed to be thinking of rather unpleasant memories.

"Unique…." The three said in unison.

"That aside, let's get back to the previous topic," Shauna said. "Dragon is our uncle?!"

"Since he's my husband and I'm your aunt, then yeah, he is," Lilia answered nonchalantly.

"But… how… why didn't you tell us, tell Luffy," Shauna pressed.

"Garp made me promise not to tell Luffy until he was ready," Lilia sighed, then glanced backwards to her kid. "He didn't want you to know, because he feared you would hate yourself."

"Oh, like how Ace always acted like a big baby whenever someone mentioned his dad," Ren realized.

"Yeah, kind of like that," Lilia nodded. "Not that it ever mattered, you probably never heard of Dragon before your grandpa mentioned it to you, did you, Luffy."

"Nope," Luffy said. "But why did he leave you, mom? Did you scare him away?"

'Is he trying to get himself killed?!' The three young marines thought in unison, but, to their surprise, Lilia only giggled.

"I'm not sure where you get it from, but you really have no sense of drama, sweet heart," Lilia said light heartedly. "Probably a quirk that idiot Garp gave you."

'Master always seems so much more kinder with Luffy than with anybody else,' Yuki thought. 'It's because he's her son, of course, but is it so much to ask that I get a little kindness too? She can bully that other girl as much as she wants, though.'

"I guess," Luffy laughed.

"Laugh it up, kiddo," Lilia said darkly. "You're going to get the rest of your punishment once we get back to the shoreline."

"What?!" Luffy wailed. "But I thought I was already punished when you beat me up before."

"You were punished by Master and aren't unconscious for two day," Yuki wondered. "Come on, Luffy, she's your mom. You should know that one of her punishments will leave you traumatized for at least a week, maybe more."

"Like I was going to forgive you for leaving the island without telling me just like that," Lilia muttered.

"Ren, Shauna, you got to save me!" Luffy begged.

"Sorry, cous, but we're powerless against Aunt Lily, you know that," Ren said, then he started tearing up. "I'll do my best to send you as many good vibrations as I can. Be strong, Cousin Luffy!"

"Oh no, my cute little cousin is going to experience the worst hell on the entire planet," Shauna was actually crying into her hands.

"I'm the one who wants to cry," Luffy whimpered.

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And done! Wow, that was the longest chapter I have EVER written. I hoped you all enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure you guys can guess who Tom is. And I hoped I revealed a bit more about Lilia's character and her similarities to Luffy. I hope I was able to give you a slightly better insight on the members of the Demonic Six.

Read and review please.

Warp Writer out!