SailorStar9: With Chapter 246 uploaded, I present Chapter 247 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 247: Arc 15: Luffy's Decision! Sanji on the Brink of Quitting!
"Sanji-kun is from a family of assassins?" Nami breathed.
"I don't know what you're talking about and I don't care." Luffy snapped. "What we wanna know is whether he'll come back or not. He can get married if he wants. But we don't wanna become Big Mom's subordinates because of it. So if they get married, you guys become my subordinates."
His declaration shocked Pekoms so much that the lion Mink bounced off the bed. "Watch what you say, brat!" Pekoms snapped. "Or I'll destroy you. I owe you guys, but don't push your luck. Mama is one of the Yonkou of the sea. This is bad for my wound." he muttered, toppling over. "Either way, he can't escape the marriage. Just like Black Foot has gone to attend it, no one can turn down an invitation to Mama's tea party on any account. If anybody turns it down, he'll get himself quite a shocking present. Because he put Mama to shame." he climbed back into bed. "It's not the kind of present you want. He'll received the decapitated head of a person who was close to him. It could be the head of someone from the Straw Hats, or someone from the restaurant in the East Blue. Or it could be someone from the Kamabakka Kingdom."
"How do you guys know these things?" Luffy demanded.
"That's what power can do, Straw Hat." Pekoms replied. "When someone was powerful as that makes a threat, it's definitely not idle. Who can fight it? That's how powerful the Yonkou are. There's nothing you can do about it."
"That's why Sanji-kun had no choice but to go." Nami realized.
"That's one other thing." Pekoms added. "Let me ease your worries, my saviors. You guys will not become her subordinates. It's a political marriage. Mama always forms a connection with those who'll become her subordinates. So this marriage is a ritual to form a connection between the Vinsmoke Family and the Charlotte Family. It's got nothing to do with you guys. Do you want me to break it down for you more? From the moment they get married, Black Foot Sanji will no longer be part of your crew."
"That's totally unacceptable!" Luffy retorted. "Sanji is my friend."
"But he's Vinsmoke's son first." Pekoms reminded.
"I know Sanji will refuse such a marriage." Luffy was insistent.
"In the face of Mama and the vicious Vinsmoke Family?" Pekoms echoed. "I wonder if he can manage to stay alive after he refuses."
"What are you gonna do now, Lion Viper?" Luffy asked.
"I'll go back to Mama after I get well." Pekoms replied. "He thinks he killed me, that son of a gun – Bege. But he can't get away with it."
"Then, take me with you." Luffy demanded. "Nami, I'm gonna go by myself." he told the navigator. "Like Robin and the others said, if we go together, it'd seem like we want to start a war. We don't have time for that. I'll go by myself. If I got with him," he glanced at Pekoms. "Maybe I can sneak into the tea party and ruin the wedding. It's a deal." he turned to Pekoms. "I'll get Chopper and Sasha." he ran off. "Get well already."
"Hey!" Chopper's group had also arrived at the outhouse Pekoms was resting in. "Luffy, Zoro, how is Pekoms doing?" Chopper asked.
"Chopper," Luffy shouted back. "He's crying from pain and banging his head against a wall and yelling."
"Those are crazy symptoms." Chopper gaped. "We'll check him right away."
"You-gara are the Straw Hats, aren't you?" Cat Viper greeted, coming up behind the group after Brook was mobbed by another group of dog Minks. "I couldn't wait to see you."
"Why did you follow us?" Chopper turned to his patient. "Get rest!"
"I just got better." Cat Viper beamed.
"No, you didn't!" Chopper argued.
"He's huge." Luffy gawked. "Is that Cat Viper? He's a cat monster."
"A Garchu of thanks!" totally ignoring Chopper, Cat Viper pounced onto Luffy and Zoro.
"Cat Viper's spouting blood!" Chopper panicked. "Stay with me, Cat Viper!" he hurried over to the unconscious Cat Viper.
"He totally forgot his size, didn't he?" Sasha muttered. "Milky, can I trouble you to get three blood bags?"
"What's going on?" Law sweatdropped, taking in the scene in front of him,
"Torao!" Luffy greeted. "Are they your friends?" he spotted the Heart Pirate crew behind the older 'D'.
"Yeah, I came to introduce them to you." Law remarked. "They're my crew: 20 in total."
"It's nice to make your acquaintance, Straw Hat!" in an unified pose, the Heart Pirates declared.
"We need to talk." Law informed Luffy.
"What?" Bepo was shocked. "Is that it? Slighted!" he whined with the rest. "We feel slighted, Captain! We're pirates allies, aren't we? Introduce us to the Straw Hats properly."
"We're just allies." Law reminded. "We don't necessarily need to get friendly. What?" he echoed after Usopp briefed him about Sanji's situation. "Black Foot-ya went to see Big Mom? How in the world could that happen?"
"Don't worry." Luffy assured. "I'm going to go take him back. So could you wait to fight Kaido a little bit?"
"That's not my call." Law pointed out. "It's only a matter of time before Kaido comes after us. I thought we could hide ourselves here in Zou for a while, but they know where it is. Even if their target is us next, what do you think will happen to this country if it's attacked again?"
"Now you've done it." Sasha sighed, the Guardians had appeared from the window, sobbing tears.
"Since when were they there?" Nami blinked.
"You came around." Chopper looked down at the stirring Cat Viper. "Stay quiet this time."
"Okay, let's have a banquet!" Cat Viper sat up. "Bring drinks and food."
"I just knew it'll end up like this." Sasha shook her head.
"I see you're already used to this, Thalassa-ya." Law deathpanned, the Minks having broken out the feast.
"Pretty much." Sasha agreed. "Robin, Franky, Brook." she turned to the three oldest of the crew. "Can I trust you to deal with Kin'emon and Kanjuro?"
"Sure." Robin nodded.
"What's that about?" Law wondered.
"A long, messy story." Sasha summarized. "Law, you're from North Blue, right?"
"And?" Law pressed.
"What do you know about the Vinsmokes?" Sasha went straight to the point.
"That's... a surname I never thought I hear again." Law admitted. "Don't tell me Black Foot-ya is one of them?"
"He is." Sasha confirmed. "Though, he's disowned, from what little he told me. But for the Family's patriarch to recall the unavowed offspring... this does not bode well."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
