Chapter 1

I'm back! Welcome everybody to chapter 1 of 'Monkey or Charlotte? The Rubber Pirate'. In this one, we will see who will take care of Luffy. Will it be Dragon? Will it be Garp and I tricked you all last chapter? To know, you need to read this! And with that said, let's start the story!

Legend:

"Talking."

'Thinking...'

Chapter 1: New Family

"You know why Garp rebel brat wants to see us?" Commander of the fourth division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Thatch, asked and the first division commander, Marco shrugged.

"No idea. Pops only said that he wanted to meet with us, yoi." Marco answered as both men looked over the railing where a figure could be seen.

"Is that him?" Thatch asked and Marco nodded.

"It seems like. Pops! He arrived, yoi!"

"Permission to board, Newgate?" Dragon asked from his boat once it was next to the Moby Dick.

Whitebeard nodded "Jump in. So, why does Garp brat wants to do with him? Looking for an alliance?" He asked as Dragon jumped on the boat.

"Kind of." Dragon said as he seemed to help someone get in the boat, making Whitebeard raise his eyebrow. He was surprised when Dragon pulled up a small kid with wild dark pink hair that quickly hid behind Dragon leg.

"Who's the brat?" Thatch asked and Dragon gave him a brief glare before pushing the small kid forward of him with a small push.

"This... is my son."

All the pirate's eyes widen and some even gaped, hearing that the small kid, with those huge brown eyes and pink hair, was this scary man son.

Once he recovered from his own surprise, Whitebeard asked "And why is he with you?"

Dragon glanced at his son before turning to Whitebeard. "I will be busy a couple of months. In that time, I would like for you to watch over him."

"Busy doing what?" Whitebeard asked again and Dragon closed his eyes.

"That's for me to know. So, do you accept?"

Whitebeard remained silent, before nodding "Aye. We will take care of the brat for some months. Then, you will come and take care of him."

Dragon nodded as he bent down to be at the kid's eye level "Luffy, you will be staying with these people for some time. We will meet again."

Luffy watched how the figure of his father was leaving in the horizon. "Brat." He turned around to see the gigantic man that he remembers his grandma talking about. "Come close."

Luffy did as he was now in front of the captain. "You know who I am?"

Luffy nodded "You are that Whitebeard that Grandma complains, right? But you have a mustache, shouldn't it be Whitemustache?" Luffy asked tilting his head making Whitebeard grin.

"Guraguragura! Cheeky brat... as you heard, your father let you at our care for a while. Marco here," He pointed at the guy with a pineapple head, "Will be in charge of you."

"No offense Pops, but I am busy and I don't-" Marco tried to avoid being the babysitter of the brat but a look of his father makes him think twice. Marco sighed as he made a gesture telling him to follow him.

"Where are we going?" Luffy asked as he followed Marco.

"To find you a room. I don't think that you should be sleeping with the rest of the crew just yet."

Luffy quickly got distracted by the boat and the ocean. Back in Whole Cake, he was never allowed to go out with the rest of his Grandma crew. Now, he was in a boat almost if not bigger than Grandma's and the old man that she complains about seems really nice!

Luffy didn't even notice when he started to drift away from the commander and into other part of the ship.

Luffy wandered all the way until he got on front of the figurehead. It is a massive whale head. Luffy walked onto it and sat on the edge with his legs crossed.

"Hey kid!" He turned around as he looked at the pompadour man he saw before waving at him "What are you doing there? Marco is worried that he already lost you."

"Marco? Who's that?" Luffy asked tilting his head and the man smiled.

"The guy that is in charge of you. Also, what are you doing there? It is kind of dangerous."

Luffy shrugged with a smile "But here the view is so awesome! I can see the sea and the sky at the same time!"

The man grinned "Well, can deny that."

"There you are!" Marco screamed as he ran to them. He turned to the red-haired man "Thatch, why didn't you tell me that he was here, yoi!?"

Thatch laughed "I was about to! But we got really into a conversation, didn't we?" he looked at Luffy that nodded with a smile.

Marco sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Whatever. It is time for dinner. So, let's go to the galley."

Luffy grinned at that "Dinner!? Are there any candies?" he asked at the two men that shared a look.

"Candies? Don't you want something better for dinner? It isn't really a good dinner." Thatch said. He was the main cook of the ship and wanted to make sure that their new passenger was eating well.

Luffy shook his head "Back home with Grandma, we ate candies at breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the tea parties were the best!"

"...That doesn't sound like a healthy diet..." Thatch commented and Marco nodded.

"Well, his dad brings some candies with him. Maybe he can eat some now, yoi."

Thatch gave a defeated sigh as he slumped "Fine... but only for this one time! Okay!?"

Luffy grinned as he heard he is now allowed to eat his candies. He followed the two men to the galley and sat on a table as Marco handed him a few sweets.

"Should he eat those now?" Haruta asked and Marco shrugged.

"The kid insisted. It seems that his diet is candy based, so it can't be that bad, yoi."

"I still don't understand what kind of parent would allow his kid to only eat candy." Izo commented as he noticed Luffy steal some candies from Marco's pocket making the crossdresser pirate smirk.

"More than a parent, it seems it is his grandma that allows him." Thatch added and Haruta looked at Luffy tilting her head.

"He kinds of remind me of Big Mom, you know? The pink hair and the obsession with candies."

"Now that you said so... he looks like a Charlotte." Luffy looked at them listening the name of his family.

"You know Grandma?" He asked innocently making the commanders and crewmates eyes widen.

"GRANDMA!?" They asked at the same time and Luffy nodded.

"Yes. Is it bad?"

Whitebeard that also listened to the revelation, walked to the Luffy "Brat, are you related to Big Mom?"

Luffy remembering that is how some minor pirates called his grandma, he nodded. Whitebeard nodded slowly as he walked back to his seat. Not before leaving in front of Luffy a mountain of candy he had from Dragon.

"Pops, what now, yoi?" Marco asked and Whitebeard took a swing from sake.

"Nothing. He is just a child. We are just going to hold our end of the deal and keep him safe."

"You sure? What if-" Marco started but Whitebeard interrupted him.

"But nothing. We are just going to hold our end of the deal come hell and highwater."

Marco nodded unsure as he then went back to see how the kid ate the mountain of candy in front of him. He couldn't help to smile.

This kid might cause trouble, but it will be fun having him around.

And Done! That was chapter 1 one 'Monkey or Charlotte? The Rubber Pirate'. Hope you enjoyed. Now, for some things I wanted to leave clear:

Katakuri and Luffy are close. Really close. He will appear in a not so distant future.

And I don't know what to say now. I know this chapter was kind of dull, but in the next one, better things will happen. Maybe Garp? Maybe Ace and Sabo? Maybe a Charlotte Pirate? Stay tune to find out! Leave a Review that it helps my motivation, PM me for any doubts or suggestions, Follow and Favorite me and the story.

Till Next Time.

Roy D. Harper.

Next Chapter: Pops