SailorStar9: With Chapter 242 uploaded, I present Chapter 243 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 Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.

Chapter 243: Arc 15: The King of the Day! Duke Dogstorm Appears!


"I see Duke-sama's sanatorium already." Wanda remarked as the building came into view. "Thank you for coming with me. I'll tell you the rest of the story later."

"What's going on?" Franky blinked as Sicilian's subordinates started falling off the building. "Sicilian-dono, what's the matter?"

"Wanda." the lion musketeer noted. "They-gara keep saying sweet things, so I just pushed them off the cliff."

"Sicilian-dono," Wanda interrupted before Sicilian could discipline his subordinates again. "They-tiea are the Straw Hats."

"The duke is expecting you." Sicilian opened the door to Dogstorm's room. "You can go in. Hurry up."


"Luffy, everyone." Chopper beamed as the small group of medics re-bandaged Dogstorm.

"He's huge." Usopp gawked, his eyes taking in Dogstorm's large size, said Mink Duke as sipping one of Sasha's healing teas.

"Duke-sama!" Wanda wept in relief. "I'm glad that you're okay."

"Wanda, I'm sorry to make you worry." Dogstorm apologized. "So you-gara are the Straw Hats." he put down the tea cup. "You saved us in every way. Thank you very much."

"I heard my crew save your people, but I haven't gotten to hear the whole story yet." Luffy remarked.

"Well, you-gara and the rest saved us too, Straw Hat Luffy." Dogstorm stated.

"Uh oh." Sasha muttered, seeing Dogstorm suddenly salivating. "Brook, you'd better hide."

"A little won't hurt." Franky told the skeleton.

"'A little' could kill me." Brook argued. "You have no idea how much I got sucked on and chewed on the past few days."

"You-gara, that straw hat looks good on you." Dogstorm commented. "I was once... I can't remember who it was. That cat..."

"Master Cat Viper." Wanda supplied.

"I was once traveling across the sea with that one." Dogstorm reminisced. "Shanks, who is one of the Yonkou now was wearing that kind of hat then."

"Old man, you know Shanks?" Luffy beamed. "How? I got this hat from him and... he fell asleep!" he exclaimed when Dogstorm flopped onto the pillow and dozed off.

"It's already six o'clock." Wanda pointed out.

"It's only six." Usopp reminded. "He's not a kid."

"Like I mentioned earlier, the Mokomo Dukedom is governed by two rulers at the same time." Wanda explained. "Duke Dogstorm is the official ruler, but Master Cat Viper who guards the old sacred Whale Forest possesses the same right."

"What does it have to do with him falling asleep?" Usopp wondered.

"They really don't each other." Wanda replied. "When they come face-to-face, they might try to kill each other."

"Those two..." Sasha sighed. "Puts a whole new meaning to 'fighting like cats and dogs', huh?"

"Unfortunately." Wanda agreed to the assessment. "I heard they used to be best friends, but they're both well-respected kings, so even if they fight, it'll be an equal match. They had too many fights and they don't' even wanna face each other now. So one of them, from six in the morning to six in the evening with the sun and another from six in the evening to six in the morning with the moon. That's how they split their living hours."

"They hate each other so much?" Franky was surprised.

"All the people in this fortress should be sleeping now." Wanda noted.

"I'm getting tired." Sicilian struggled to keep himself awake. "The day-and-night shifts are affecting us, too. The people of the city are active during the day. And the people in the forest are nocturnal."

"And the time shift is affecting your internal clocks, huh?" Sasha mused, the lion musketeer had slumped down on the floor, asleep.

"We've always lived with the custom of having two rulers." Wanda added. "Even during the recent battle; the fight between Jack's group and us in Kurau City is intensifying."


SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.