AC: Hey everyone AC here and welcome to a new One Piece birthday story, but this time it's a collection. In this one I put my character in here who will make her appearance in the upcoming story. Now as always, we starting this one with Luffy so without further adieu.
Dusk & Eclipse: Enjoy the story everyone.
"Birthday? What's that?"
Makino chuckles "birthdays is the day of your birth. People celebrate it on their special day."
"So it's like an anniversary?"
She smiles "yes it just like that." She reaches out and pets the coral-colored cat "I'm surprise. I thought you know about this, Clarity." The cat smirks, leaning into the touch.
"Can you blame me? There is stuff I don't know, hell; I don't even know my own birthday." Makino smile even more, pulling her hand back.
"That's okay. Some people don't know and that's fine." She boop her on the nose "now, do you want to help us distracting the birthday boy?" A big grin is her answer.
"Clarity, you're cheating!" Clarity laughs as she dodges his hands. She grins, jumping on a fence before turning to the small boy.
"I'm not cheating." She grin even more "you're just slow, Luffy." Luffy pouts.
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not and you know it. Besides you cheated, Clarity." The coral-colored fur cat clicks her tongue.
"And how am I cheating, my little one?" Luffy crosses his arms.
"You teleported." Clarity tilts her head.
"When did I do that?" Luffy open his mouth but then close it, wondering at what point she did it. As he tried to remember, he can feel a bit of a headache coming. Sensing that he's going to hurt himself, she smirks before speaking "you don't know, do you?" That seems to snap him out of his thinking.
"Yes I do."
"Uh huh. Sure you do my little one." Luffy pouts causing her to chuckle at his cuteness. It was quiet for a moment. Just a boy and his cat enjoying each other company until Luffy broke it.
"Say Clarity?" Said cat hums in acknowledgement as she look around the area "why are we running away from the village? Did the Mayor or Shanks made you upset?" The cat looks down before tilting her head.
"No one upset me, Luffy. I just want a change of scenery." She giggles "why you ask?"
"Because Makino said you go outside the village when someone upset you." Ah that makes total sense of why he asks. She does tend to do that and leave without telling anyone "but that's okay, Clarity." Luffy smiles as he stares at her "because if anyone upset you, I'll take care of them. No one going to hurt my nakama and gets away with it." He declared before chuckling.
All of a sudden, Clarity chokes on air while Luffy do his signature laugh. As he laugh, Clarity couldn't help but look up at the sky like she was praying to any deity to protect this child, cause god knows if anything happen to him, she will go ballistic. Shaking her head, she looks down and smiles "hey Luffy." She waits until she has his full attention before she continued "I have a little present for you." She smiles when she saw a gleam in his eyes.
"Really? What kind of present?" He asks, jumping up and down in place. She chuckle as she start to stand up. She then jump down and walk a few feet away from him before looking over her shoulder, and with a grin on her muzzle spoke.
"You have to catch me first to find out." Without warning, she started running.
"HEY NO FAIR, YOU CHEATER." Luffy yells as he gives chase while Clarity laughs.
Later on as the sun is going down, the two friends are walking back to the village. Luffy is pouting, glaring at Clarity who had a smirk on her face. He keeps glaring until she spoke "if you keep glaring, it's going to stay like that."
"You keep cheating."
"I wasn't cheating." Luffy frowns.
"Yes you were. I almost had you but then you teleport away from me." She smirks.
"Am I really cheating if I want to keep playing?"
"YES." Clarity laughs. Luffy frown deeper until he noticed how quiet the village is. Looking up, he can see that nobody is outside and that got him curious "Clarity?"
"Yes?"
"Where's everyone?" She took a quick glance around before answering.
"I don't even know, Luffy." That's a lie. She know where everyone were but she doesn't have to tell him that "they must've went inside." The raven haired boy tilts his head.
"Are you sure?" She nods.
"Yes I'm sure." She then looks over her shoulder "say you want to go to the Party's Bar? You're probably hungry from all that playing." Right when she said that, a sound of rumbling was heard from Luffy. He groans as he clutches his stomach causing her to laugh "that answer my question. Come on let's go get some food."
"FOOD." He yells before running with Clarity right beside him. Running up the steps, Luffy went straight for the door and began to open it "Makino do you have any-"
He wasn't able to finish his sentence because as he fully open the door, a sound of poppers went off before everyone yells.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUFFY!"
Luffy stare, jaws open like he couldn't believe his eyes "EEHH."
"Happy Birthday." He looks down to see Clarity, grinning from ear to ear with happiness in her eyes "it's a party for you, Luffy. I was distracting you until it was time."
"You did good job." He looked up to Makino walking towards him, cake in her hand. It was a huge cake with white frosting and seven lit candles on top. She smiles as she stops "I ask Clarity to keep you distracted while we set everything up for the party." She winks "hope you're not mad at her." Looking around, he can see smiles on their face. He then stares at the cake. Before he can answer, he was picked up by Shanks who grins.
"Okay birthday boy, ready to blow out the candles?" He looks at Shanks before looking at the cake. Soon a big grin appears on his face before taking a deep breath and blow. Everyone cheers and soon the party starts.
It was night time when Clarity asks Luffy to follow her outside. Stopping in front of the bar, the cat turns around and smile "you like the surprise?"
"Yep and the cake was delicious." Luffy answers. She nods before looking at the night sky.
"Hey Luffy." He hums in acknowledgement "remember I said I have a present for you?" She glances down to see him nod "and I said I tell you if you catch me right?" Another nod. Without saying anything, she walked up to him and smile. She sat down and stretches out her neck, closing her eyes. It didn't take long for him to figure it out before placing his hand on her head. Nothing happen for a while as Luffy stares at her. Suddenly, a ball of light appeared in front of him until more and more of them appear around. He gasps in awe, watching them fly around him "surprise." Looking down, he see a big grin on her face as she step back "you like it?" She let out a big oomph as she was tackled by the birthday boy.
"It's amazing. Thank you, Clarity." He nuzzles her, smiling in appreciation "I'm so happy to have you in my life." The cat stares at Luffy, repeating the words in head. A soft smile graces her. Love and adoration in her blue eyes before nuzzling him back.
"You're welcome, my twinkle star and happy birthday."
"Clarity, where are we going?" Luffy asks. He and Ace are following a woman, who is leading them through the forest. She had long wavy coral hair that reaches her waist and white-blue skin. She's wearing an aquamarine dress with sweetheart bodice and long flowing skirt, and teal flats. The women giggle before turning her head to reveal a golden mask on her face.
"You'll see, little one." Luffy pouts as Ace chuckles. The walk was quiet as they listen to the sound of wildlife. Soon she stops causing the boys to stop as well "we're here." Looking around, they can see that they're in a middle of a field. Ace looks up and raises an eyebrow.
"Clarity, where are we?" The women, now known as Clarity, grin.
"Luffy's surprise, silly." Before any of them say a word, something flew past them. The two brothers look to their left and gasp in disbelief. Miniature ball of light is flying around the field in an almost fast speed, but that's not what surprises them. What surprise them is that the light is in a shape of a butterfly.
"Whoa."
"Cool."
The butterfly flew past them before dispersing and refiguring, changing into a dragon. It roars, flying upwards before exploding and breaking apart. It went around them as each of them change into butterflies. Ace and Luffy couldn't believe their eyes as they watch the show "surprise." They looked up to Clarity who is smiling. Happiness was shown in her eyes "Happy birthday, Luffy." Realization flashes in Ace's eyes before the boy laugh.
"So that's why you took us here."
"Yep." She looks at Luffy and grins "do you like it?" Luffy laughs.
"Yeah it's awesome." A little butterfly landed on his head, causing Ace to laugh and Clarity to giggle.
"I'm glad you love it, sweetie."
"So… you're now seventeen."
"Uh-huh."
"You're now old enough to set sail, and start your own adventure; which is tomorrow."
"Yeah."
"And if I remember correctly, today is May 5." A smirk appears on Luffy's face as he finishes packing his stuff. Standing up, he turns around where he heard her voice.
"Clarity, what are you-"Luffy stop talking when he saw Clarity smiling while holding a star in her hand. She walked up to him and blow on it causing the star to fly around before turning into miniature stars. He blinks his eyes before chuckling "Clarity."
"Happy birthday, Luffy." She said. Luffy smiles before pulling her into a hug. She blinks her eyes as she hugs him back.
"Thank you, Clarity. You're the best." He said. Clarity smile softly before nuzzling him.
"You're welcome."
Luffy is sitting on the log, staring at the campfire. It was dark out and everything seems quiet minus the cackling of the fire. As he stares at the fire, he couldn't help but letting his thought drift away. It been a year since he starts his training, a year since he was separated from his crew but it also been a year since Ace died.
He bit his lips before shaking his head. He can't let himself get depressed right now. He need get stronger so when it's time reunite with his crew, he'll be able to protect them. He sighs before looking up at night sky, seeing thousands of stars in the sky. As he stares, a wolf walked up to him before sitting down. It was quiet for moment.
But that what is was a moment.
"Came to check on me, Clarity?" Luffy asks, eyeing the coral-colored wolf. The wolf smile softly.
"Yeah... how you're doing?"
"Good just thinking." She nods before looking at the fire.
"Are you thinking about him?" He nodded. It became quiet until Luffy sighs.
"I miss Ace." Clarity frowns.
"I know, Luffy… I miss him… but we can't keep dwelling on the past."
"I know, Clarity but I still miss him." Clarity sighs. She continued to stare at the fire until an idea strike her. Changing into her human form, she turns to Luffy and pokes him, catching his attention. She then rubs her hands together before opening them to reveal a pile of sand. Luffy tilts his head in confusion. She took deep breath and blow at the dust causing it to fly towards around the boy before flying upwards. He watches the dust take shape as a butterfly which cause him smile.
"I realize today it's your birthday." He looks down at Clarity whose smile "but I don't know if you want to celebrate it."
"It's okay." He said before hugging her "I appreciate the gift." Clarity smile before kissing his head.
"Happy birthday, Luffy."
Luffy is sitting on the head of Sunny as he stares at the ocean. He smiles at the view, watching the sunset before something catches his eye. A little glowing butterfly flew past him. Knowing who creating it, he chuckle before getting up. He then follows it to the deck, only to see his crew smiling at him. Usopp and Chopper holding party poppers, Brook playing on his violin, Sanji holding a big cake with Nami and Robin standing next to him, and Franky and Zoro grinning at him.
"Surprise." They said. He laughs making his crew smile even more.
"Let me guess, Clarity."
"Correct little one." He looked up to see Clarity smiling at him. Surrounding her are light butterflies. A soft smile grace his face as he watch her walked over to him, butterflies trailing behind her before going in different direction. Once she got close, she stop in front of him as butterflies flew around the ship.
"Since we weren't able to celebrate your birthday days ago, I decided to celebrate it with your crew. Even though your birthday past already, but late then never." She then hugs him and smile "so surprise." Luffy smiles before hugging back. Nuzzling into her chest, he breath into her scent and then sigh.
"Thank you, Clarity." She chuckle. She then slightly push away from the hug, she lifts up his head before pushing his hat up. Leaning down, she plants a kiss on his forehead making him laugh a bit before pulling back, and with a soft smile on her face spoke.
"You're welcome and happy birthday Luffy."
AC: Finish I hope you guys like it and also Happy Birthday Luffy.
Dusk & Eclipse: Happy Birthday Luffy.
P.S. I wasn't able to post it on his birthday cause the internet messed up before I did so happy belated birthday, Luffy XD
