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"Come on, Come on! Hurry up Rei!"
Luffy dragged her downstairs from the little room she was in, a giggling Makino right behind them. Sure she had just met Luffy, but he had this bubbly energy that just made you feel relaxed and like him. They had hit off pretty well and she decided to join his crew when he created one when they were older.
"Shanks!" he had yelled and ran over to a red haired man, still dragging her behind and Reina had lost her footing, bumping into the man.
"Oof." she sat up and looked at the man, who was simply giving her a goofy grin, much too close to her face.
"Pervert!" she yelled, punching him sending him backwards. The bar was silent for a bit, until it began roaring in laughter. Even Makino was laughing.
"Shanks!" Luffy cried out, running to the man in with a broken nose.
Shanks looked at the little girl holding his broken nose, as he tried to stand up.
"No, no. I'm not a pervert. I have a friend named Mihawk, he's a pervert. I just wanted to know if you were alright. I was there when Luffy brought you in earlier." he explained, so she let it go, "What's your name? I'm Shanks and where did you come from?" he asked.
"My name is Potter Reina, I turned six today and where I came from, well you wouldn't believe me." she shrugged.
"Try me. I've heard crazy things before." he said and everyone leaned in wondering whether story was.
So for the next couple hours she began explaining her life, from her parents, her relatives, her Grampa Albus, the prophecy that Mother Magic told her and then coming here. At the end of her story, many were angry and Makino in tears.
"You poor thing." the green haired woman cried as she brought her into a hug.
"You believe me?" she asked surprised.
"No one can fake that can of story and you are on the small size." Shanks fists shook. No child should ever go through that. Ever.
"What exactly do you do?" she asked, wondering what his job was.
"Shanks is a pirate. The best pirate in the whole world! But I'm going to be better." Luffy declared.
Reina looked at her new friend and then the grinning red haired man and then back again. She couldn't hold it any longer.
"HAHAHAHA! He's not a pirate, just look at him!" she pointed at the gaping red head.
"Yes he is!" Luffy countered.
"No he isn't!"
"Yes he is!"
"No he isn't!"
And they would have continued arguing had a smoking man with a long hair and carrying a pistol had not interrupted them. This was Ben Beckman.
"Reina, what exactly do you think is a pirate?" he asked, ignoring Shanks mumbled of 'whats wrong with me?' as he pat his self down.
"Pirates, are mean looking, ugly, they never shower, always have long beard, attacks anything, obsessed with power and gold, always drunk-" she began listing off and the bar full of pirates began roaring in laughter again.
"Sorry to diappoint you Reina, but not all pirates are like that-except our captain likes getting drunk." Ben gave her a soft smile.
"I'm not always drunk!" Shanks yelled, but Ben simply gave him a look that quieted him down.
"Whoa really? You guys are awesome then." she happily exclaimed, "It must be a lot of work being the captain huh?" she asked.
"Eh, I'm not the captain. Shanks is." Ben sweatdropped at her shocked look.
"No way!"
"You better believe it squirt. I'm the best captain there is." Shanks grinned making a pose, with Luffy cheering him on. Reina looked at him and then back to Ben with a pittying look.
"You poor thing." she patted the man's shoulder and that set the pirates off again at Shanks depressing look. Luffy, having given up trying to cheer up the man, slid into the seat beside the raven haired girl.
"Rei, since you have no where to go, want to stay with me?" he asked.
Luffy always felt lonely. None of the children liked to play with him, always calling him mean names and his grampa was never there and when he was, he always went on and on about being a marine or training him. He was so happy when Reina agreed to join his crew and never made fun of his dream. He was also extremely angry at what her family had done to her. He made a promise to beat them up if ever saw them.
"I won't be intruding will I?" she asked, not believing how fast things were moving about.
"Of course not dear. You're always welcome." Makino smiled.
"Thank you then. I've got to be close to my captain after all." she grinned as Luffy pulled her into a hug and laughed and then began talking about the different adventures they could go on.
Makino smiled, glad that her favorite little boy and the young girl that wormed her way into her heart were getting along well.
One Week Later
"Luffy no don't eat that!" but she was too late.
"Yuck, that's disgusting! How can food taste that bad." the young boy spat, but still finished eating it.
"Its called a devil fruit Luffy. It gives you a power, but in exchange you're weak to sea water and can't swim any more." she explained.
"What! But I love swimming!" he cried and she gave him a deadpanned look.
"You don't even know how to swim. But if it makes you feel any better, I ate one too. My power gives me the ability to copy the powers of any fruit as long as they look me in the eye." she said and when he looked her in the eye, she felt his power being copied.
"So...what's my power?" he asked, looking at him.
"I don't kn-"
"Luffy! Did you eat the fruit that was in here!" Shanks yelled, waving around the wooden box.
"Yeah, it was disgusting, but now Rei and I are looking for what can of power I have." he smiled happily.
"You idiot! Now you can't swim-Wait a minute. How do you know about devil fruits Rei?" he turned his attention to her, and she simply shrugged.
"I ate one too. Its the Copy-Copy fruit and I just copied Luffy's powers. We're trying to figure it out though. You wouldn't happen to know what it is do you?" she asked, however it was Ben who answered.
"Its called the Gum-Gum fruit. It turns the person's body into rubber." he said and then demonstrated by pulling Luffy's arm, which stretched.
"Whoa!" the two six year olds exclaimed.
"Come on! Lets go practice." Luffy cheered happily as he dragged her out of her seat and out the bar. They kept running, until they reached the beach, which was when Reina had heard something.
"Luffy, there's someone crying." she said and this time she dragged him. They were surprised when they had seen it was a Sea King and Luffy was even surprised when Reina had began speaking to it.
"Hello little one, are you hurt?" the raven haired girl asked.
"I don't know where I am. I think I'm lost." the Sea King that sounded female sniffed.
"Its alright, you can stay with us if you'd like." Reina petted the beautiful fish.
"Really? I'd love to." she exclaimed nuzzling int the human's face.
"Do you have a name? My name is Reina and this is my friend Luffy."
"I don't have a name. Can you give me one?"
"Hmm...I'll call you Rhea. Do you like it?"
"Yes, its a beautiful name!"
"Rei, you can speak to Sea Kings?!" Luffy cried out, stars in his eyes at the awesomeness of his first mate. Reina for her part was confused.
"Didn't you understand her?" she asked and he shook his head.
"Oh well. I hope you don't she'll be staying with us. And I named her Rhea." she said happily.
"Its nice to meet you Rhea!" he waved at the large Sea King, who grinned and waved her tail.
"Come on Rei, we need to get strong." Luffy said and the rest of the day, they practiced with their Gum-Gum powers, with Luffy declaring he was going to make it the greatest power ever.
When it was nightfall, they made their way back to the bar and were greeted by the sight of a drunk Shanks telling another man to drink up. When the man spotted them, he waved them over.
"Luffy, Rei, this is Mihawk a friend of mine. He came all the way here to see me, isn't he a great friend?" while Luffy nodded enthusiastically, Reina racked her brain. For some reason, she had heard that name before.
"Hello there little lady," the man Mihawk gave her this creepy smile-which would have left other females swoon-and that's when it hit her.
"I remember you!" she exclaimed, gaining the attention of many, "Shanks said you were a pervert!" and with that, she kicked the man right between the legs.
"Ouch!" the pirates screamed, holding their precious jewels from the small yet deadly girl.
The last thing Mihawk remembered was the adorable girl-who would defiantly be looker when she grew older-glaring down at his collapsed form. He would get his revenge on the red head, that was a promise.
Two updates in July. Hope you enjoyed!
