Chapter 21
A month has passed since our little trip in East Blue.
Sailing with Whitebeard is an extremely good experience and even Robin started to trust the crew more .(well Marco and Thatch is a given)
Well not all of them but you get the point.
It was evening and I was helping Marco with some paperwork.
We made some casual talk while working, because no sane person can enjoy doing paperwork in absolute silence.
I wondered how Hitsugaya Toshiro from bleach could do that much paperwork without talking!It was madness!
As we were a working, a pirate from First Division barged in.
" Commander Marco! The Red Forces are ahead us! Pops said to gather the commanders at the deck " he shouted.
"Thanks for informing me yoi. Tsukiko will you come? It' s time to meet them"he said a little bitterly if you ask me.
Or I imagined it.
" Yes let's go! " I exclaimed.
We went to the meeting point and there stood the commanders, some more tough crew mates and Ace, Sabo, Luffy and Robin.
Luffy was bouncing with excitement!
Ace, Sabo and Robin were curious and a little excited.
After so many stories, it was expected.
" My children, are you sure you want to see the Red Haired brat? He might not accept you. "said Whitebeard.
" Believe me pops, he will be elated to see us! " I grinned.
I hadn't told them yet, that Shanks was my father. I wanted to see their faces after the revelation .
" Well i hope so. I don't think he will do anything stupid " he narrowed his eyes.
It was a clear threat that if Shanks did or say anything funny to us, he would be punished.
Marco nodded at his words with his jaw clenched.
Shanks wasn't exactly his favorite person.
Not that he hated him, he was just irritated by him.
Suddenly a wave of dizziness hit me.
I was feeling like suffocating.
I kneeled to the ground and around me many pirates started to drop.
I couldn't breathe properly.
Marco saw my discomfort and he transformed into phoenix.
He landed angrily in front of Shanks.
He glared at him " Stop your foolishness before you do some damage"
" I thought you were seasoned pirates Marco"teased Shanks.
Marco grew more angry.
" Not all of us are experienced. Drop it before you injure them" ordered Marco while pointing at us.
Shanks looked at us and he froze.He instantly dropped his Haki.
He hurriedly came towards us and the others stiffened.They had their hands to their weapons.
" Luna ,is that you? " Shanks hugged me.
" Well except if you have other red haired daughter that I don't know about her, then it's me" I laughed.
" D-D-Daughter ?" sputtered Thatch.
" Surprise! Shanks is my father! How many of you guessed it? " I grinned.
" I didn't expect someone so pleasant and responsible like you, to be related with someone so irritating and irresponsible like him yoi" said Marco.
" You wound me Marco. And here I thought that you would finally join my crew. It turns out my new crew mates will be only my daughter and her friends " he pouted.
Marco clenched his fist and took a deep breath.
" Well about that daddy, we might want to stay here. We already see them as family, we don't really want to leave"I scratched my head sheepishly.
Marco opened his eyes and he looked smug.
" My only daughter abandons her poor dad. I am so hurt! Benn where did I go wrong? " he sulked.
Benn rolled his eyes and hit him lightly at the shoulder .
" Wait a minute! If you were going to stay all along, why did you want to meet the Red Forces? "asked Haruka confused.
" Because they were worried about us and they were waiting for us. Did you honestly believe that we were heading in the New World just the five of us, if we weren't sure that Shanks would accept us?"I asked.
" Pretty much " answered Thatch.
"And that shows the difference between in our intelligence Thatch.
I bet Marco have figured out"I exclaimed and looked at Marco.
" Well I guessed you had a reason to believe they would accept you, I just didn't know the reason " he admitted.
" Liar! You just made that up. "accused Thatch.
" Don't be jealous Thatch of your smart siblings. Everyone is good at his own thing. I believe even you might be useful somewhere " I laughed.
" What did you say brat? I suppose you don't want to eat my food anymore " he smirked.
" Hey! Don't bully my daughter! "yelled Shanks.
"She insulted me first! " Thatch argued.
" She was just merely stating facts" shrugged Marco .
" Why do you always take her side? "he whined.
" Because he is my favorite brother and we spent a lot time together? " I replied.
" I am not your favorite brother? " Luffy looked at me with sad puppy eyes.
" Marco is my favorite older brother. You are my only little brother, so you are special "I explained.
" Yay! And you are my favorite sister! " he hugged me.
"Wait a minute! If we become Whitebeard pirates, does that mean we will become siblings too? "asked Sabo in horror and disbelief.
"Don't look like that brother! Now you have a cute little sister "I winked.
" More like a scary one. " he mumbled.
" Hey Pops! Before I accept your mark I need to ask you something. "I stated seriously.
" What is it, my daughter? " he asked concerned.
"Do you allow future relationships between members of your crew? " I asked.
Most of the crew sweat dropped. They were expecting a serious question.
Whitebeard laughed loudly " Of course daughter"
" Tsukiko my darling daughter, what do you mean" asked Shanks in a malicious tone.
" Nothing daddy,just curious" I laughed.
" I want you to know that you are to young to think about that. And if, I say if in the far future want to date someone, I must talk to him first. " he narrowed his eyes.
" You mean kill him and hide his body? "grinned Benn.
Ace was twitching and sweating. Probably afraid that I would call him my husband and be responsible for his early demise .
" Of course daddy. After all we are brothers and sisters here and no one else would try something to a Whitebeard pirate" I chuckled.
" That's my little girl! " he beamed.
" But didn't you say that Ace -" Luffy tried to say but Sabo covered his mouth.
" What did you say about Ace honey? " he asked suspicious.
" He wanted to say that Ace is really overprotective and he would kill anyone that tried something. Isn't that right Luffy? " I smiled at him.
A smile that promised doom if he argued and made many of the crew shiver.
Luffy got the message and nodded.
" Is that so? Good job Ace. I entrust to you, my daughter " he patted Ace heads.
" Of course. " he laughed awkwardly.
' Did he just got Shank's blessing? I will totally tease him about it when Shanks leave'
I sent a mischievous smile at him and he looked alarmed.
' You are naive Ace ' I chuckled mentally.
A/N : Well this chapter was needed because this means they will become Whitebeard pirates!! (Not just for protection until they find Shanks!) . Well I am happy that I released it early like promised ( I only changed a few lines )
Anyway if I have time, I might release a Christmas special on Christmas ( Europe's time zone, specifically GTM 2). If not Merry Christmas!! ( or if you don't celebrate Christmas, have happy holidays in general!! )