It's the last chapter! Short because it's much more like an epilogue. I hope it seems cute and a good ending! Enjoy~

"What do you want for dinner tonight?" Katakuri asked Luffy as Luffy sat at their newer kitchen table.

"Pancakes!" It had been five months since Katakuri and Brulee "betrayed" the Charlotte family. Brulee lived closer to town on the Whitebeard protected island the three plus Katakuri's old crew lived on. Being on a Whitebeard protected island had kept Mama away. She may be a Yonko, but even she couldn't defeat Whitebeard on her own, especially without the aid of Katakuri being one of the main fighting forces.

The man, however, had not been happy about Katakuri's sudden presence on his protected island. It had been two weeks since they arrived that the Whitebeard Pirates came to protect their island from the powerful Big Mom Pirate after they were called in hysterics after the first sighting of the ex-pirate by a villager.

However, Whitebeard and his strongest commanders were surprised to meet Katakuri and a little boy, both loaded with bags of groceries on their way to their little temporary home before they made their own. To say the strong pirate crew were confused was putting it lightly.

Katakuri had no inkling that the Yonko would be hostile with him as long as he wasn't in return, so he calmly explained that he was no longer a pirate or a member of Charlotte Linlin's family. Whitebeard had the grace to not be too nosey, and could tell Katakuri wasn't lying by recognizing the sincerity of his care of the little boy he said he was raising.

There was an agreement that Katakuri was allowed to stay on Whitebeard's island if he didn't cause any trouble, which the former sweet commander easily agreed to. So he and Luffy just became neighbors who lived further out in the woods and would come down to town to shop for things or get dinner.

Of course, to many, Katakuri was still quite frightening, but for others, seeing him in regular T-shirts with a little child in his chest pocket made him seem much less threatening. Especially when they saw how he interacted with Luffy, who the villagers came to adore quickly. Seeing the big, fiersome, ex-pirate going trick or treating with an excited, mini dinosaur next to him, made the man seem so much less frightening.

Katakuri and Luffy still trained, but it wasn't for Luffy to become strong for anyone else, it was because Luffy wanted to be a strong pirate. So he had to master his Devil Fruit! And Katakuri was still learning to cook from some of the restaurants in town, trying to perfect the craft now that Luffy had no Pudding to cook him sweet things. The man knew Luffy missed Pudding the most.

Smoothie, Oven and Pudding's transponder snails were all at the house, but disconnected for the time being or time forward. Just in case some day Katakuri felt the desire to make contact with his former family. If he felt it was safe or worth it.

He truly missed nothing of being a Big Mom pirate or part of the Charlotte family. And he was extremely happy he didn't live in lands made of food anymore. If someone had told him that he'd abandon everything he'd known for a chance encounter he'd make with a child, he would have thought they were crazy.

He went from a powerful pirate commander with a record high bounty to basically a stay-at-home dad. And he was happy with that. The only thing similar to how his old life was that he was still helping to make the next Pirate King, though it was now a his son instead of his mother.

Luffy would be the pirate king, and Luffy would grow up knowing he was loved. And the feeling was returned as well, of course.

-The End-

Can you imagine little Luffy dressed in a T-Rex costume, trick or treating with Katakuri? So cute! I hope you enjoyed the story!