SailorStar9: With Chapter 229 uploaded, I present Chapter 20 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
Pairings: Married!Ace/Sasha, Sibling!Luffy/Sasha, Sibling!Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha
Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 230: Arc 14: Complete Siege on the Straw Hats!
"Food?" Luffy was awakened by the smell of food after Kin'emon and Kanjuro returned from grocery shopping.
"I thought you were sleeping." Usopp gaped in shock as Luffy started munching down.
"He is still sleeping." Sasha corrected, seeing Luffy slam face-first on the table.
"The Navy might come at any time." Zoro reminded. "Let's hurry and eat."
"And they all kept talking about was how Rebecca-dono's father is a prince of some country." Kin'emon related the rumors he and Kanjuro overheard in town.
"That's right." Kanjuro agreed.
"What's that?" Luffy demanded, gobbling down the food. "That's a strange story. And I'm sad because Sabo is gone. We've gonna catch up with Sanji's group, too, in a hurry."
"Get mad, or cry, or rush, or sleep, or eat!" Zoro snapped. "Do one at a time! You're so restless."
"Rebecca's father is that soldier man..." Luffy argued., before falling back to sleep.
"You've not fully recovered!" Usopp reminded. "Don't be greedy and get more sleep!"
"By thunder! Who made up such a lie?" Luffy pressed, scuffling down the food in front of him.
"But I can understand how you can't buy that." Zoro agreed.
"I started the rumor." Kyros admitted. "The only people who knew about Rebecca's birth are some people in the Don Quixote Family who did the research. The only thing that the whole nation knows about is her mother. I started the rumor before they found out I'm her father."
"Why?" Robin asked.
"I have a criminal record." Kyros confessed. "I'm ill-bred as well. I wasn't supposed to marry a member of the royal family in the first place. So this is how it should be."
"No, it's not!" Luffy retorted. "Does Rebecca know that?"
"She must've gotten the letter." Kyros replied. "I wrote everything about my life truthfully. I made her suffer for a long time. I want her to cut her connection to a person like me and live happily in the light hereafter. So that's the only way I can make it up to her as a father. I'm thinking of leaving this country when you guys do. She's still a child. I don't want her to ruin her chance to be happy by being caught in the moment. I convinced King Riku-sama too."
He's not buying it at all. Sasha, Zoro and Usopp sweatdropped in unison when they saw Luffy's unconvinced expression.
"Commander!" Leo voiced over the Den Den Mushi. "I mean, Kyros-sama! This is Leo."
"Zoro-senpai!" Bartolomeo burst into the house. "Luffy-senpai you're up!" he spotted Luffy. "Good morning!"
"Bartolomeo, report!" Sasha barked, before the green-haired man went into full fan-boy mode.
"Oh yeah!" Bartolomeo snapped out of his hero-worship. "There's a lot of commotion at the Navy camp. They're gonna be here any minute. 'Great Adviser' Tsuru and the former Fleet Admiral Sengoku arrived."
"Tsuru and Sengoku?" Franky echoed.
"Leo, what did you call me for?" Kyros asked.
"The Navy is going into action now." Leo confirmed Bartolomeo's report.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
