Alrighty, thanks for dealing with me not updating the past month! Hopefully you'll deal with this too, my stories are no longer going to be weekly updates, this is because that caused unneeded stress of rushing to finish a chapter just to update. Instead I'll be updating the first and last weeks of the months, that is full week. So I'll be updating this week, the week of the 22nd, the week of the 5th of June, and the week of the 25th of June. July will be another hiatus month because it's another Camp Nanowrimo. Hopefully I'll get more done by then. Giving Humanity a Chance won't really be posted until June because I only realistically have like four chapters done I think. The Harry goes to Ilvermorny will join Death's Gift on what will be Harry Potter Wednesday. The Decisions Over Tea will be joining TSABL on ASL Friday. For those that do read Death's Gift I apologize for forgetting to tell you that it wouldn't be updated as well along with this and TSABL. Anyways onwards with the story.
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Donquixote Prince
A year or so had passed by since Doffy had made the deal with Big Mom. In that year, it was made known to the entirety of the New World that the area surrounding Dressrosa was under Big Mom's protection. Big Mom couldn't exactly declare Dressrosa under her protection without messing with Doffy's Shichibukai title. Of course, with the Shichibukai title it already made Dressrosa protected, Big Mom declaring her protection though would discourage Kaidou from attacking the place. While Kaidou couldn't logistically die through normal means, Big Mom's Soru Soru Fruit was a completely different story. The woman could just simply extract the entirety of the man-beast's soul and kill him that way.
Also, during that time, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo all got to know Pudding pretty well. It turned out that the reason why the girl had a slightly violent personality was because of the fact that she was horribly bullied for her third eye. Even her mother, Linlin, bullied her for the eye. Although, Pudding and the three boys attributed that to the bipolar nature instilled by her genetic mutation. The bullying had resulted in Pudding turning violent to protect herself but the fact that the three boys treated her perfectly normal with her third eye out in the normal mitigated most of that personality. Sabo was a bit thankful for that because he was sure had they not met her, down the line the first time someone complimented her eye she would more than likely be put in a state of shock.
Anyhow, Pudding visited often, sometimes hanging out with the trio at the dwarven kingdom. She seemed to get along big time with Mansherry. Though the person she got along the most with was Sugar. This was because Sugar's side effect of her devil fruit seemed to be identical the main power of Pudding's Devil Fruit, the Memo Memo no Mi. However, Pudding's devil fruit was a tad bit more versatile in the effect of memories. Rather, since her powers revolved around it, she could also insert and edit memories of other people.
Soon enough Luffy was eleven and it was the time for an event that he was dreading, the Reverie. The Reverie was a quadrennial event where kings and queens from the kingdoms under the World Government came to discuss events. Now one would be confused as to why Luffy was dreading it when it meant that Luffy could meet Sarie again. The problem was that Ace could not go. Why? Because as the son of Gol D Rogers, he'd be a target, and while as far as they knew, nobody had yet to learn that. But it was better to be safe than sorry. Of course, Ace was perfectly fine with staying in Dressrosa but that was because Doffy had bargained by allowing Ace to participate in the tournament that was taking place during the two day period that they'd be gone. Sabo, however, was going as he said he needed to learn the politics for the various kingdoms if he was ever to help Luffy when he became King.
The day they were leaving, Ace was saying goodbye to the two at the docks as the tournament didn't start for another two hours. With him was Pudding who wanted to wave the two off as well.
"Let's hope nothing bad happens." Pudding said offhandedly, causing Luffy to whine as he knew what she was talking about.
The other two knew as well because Ace and Sabo chuckled.
"Yeah, knowing Luffy, something might go wrong." Sabo said.
"Hey! Just because trouble follows me around sometimes doesn't mean that something bad is going to happen!" He huffed.
The three rose their brows at him, causing him to huff and turn away. The conversation from that and onto what they believed would happen at the Reverie. They didn't exactly think that anything bad would happen as since it took place in Mariejois anybody would be hesitant to cause any problems. Soon enough though their talking came to an end as Doffy gestured for Sabo and Luffy to get on the ship. Rosinante seemed to already be on the ship. As for Law, Law was staying at the Kingdom as it was a trial run for him as the holder of the Corazon position. In fact, the people who were set up to watch the Kingdom while Doffy was gone were the holders of the other three seats and Law. Anyhow, they all set off, heading for the lift that would take them to Mariejois.
It took about a week to get to the lift, once there they spotted a couple other ships as well. Doflamingo even helped point out which ships were which, as each was a Royal ship. The one that was darkly painted and had a flag of pink flower was Kano country. The one with two boxing gloves was Prodence Kingdom which was led by an ally of Dressrosa, Elizabello the Second. Doflamingo however admitted his surprise at the presence of the third ship he pointed out. It was a modest looking ship with a flag of a shuriken and a naginata. He said that was the flag of Wano Country, which wasn't a country affiliated with the World Government. One would even say that the World Government was rather hostile to them because one of the families from the kingdom was the Kozuki Family. The Kozuki family was the family that had created the Poneglyphs which is what landed them the hostility. Soon enough though the lift shifted and started moving upwards. It took about half an hour but they soon reached the top and were granted a view of a magnificent sight. It was a sprawling city with large houses that resembled mansions and in the background was a large palace covered by mist.
"Welcome to Mariejois boys." Doffy said, smiling at their awed faces.
To be honest Doflamingo wasn't entirely sure as to why he had decided to come here. Mariejois held horrible memories for him considering the fact that he was ousted from this place when he asked to retain his status as a Celestial Dragon. It was probably the fact that Rosi had pointed out that he needed to be aware of the problems in the world and the Reverie was the best way to do it. Plus, it'd be a wonderful way to shove it back into the faces of the Celestial Dragons. Anyways, he had the ship anchored to the port off of the lift and they all got off, Doffy and the boys rolling their eyes when Rosinante tripped and tumbled from the ship and onto the docks.
Their destination was the giant palace in the back. Said palace was the headquarters for the World Government and the home of the Gorosei and the Commander in Chief. As they were heading towards the palace they spotted many Celestial Dragons. They seemed to be out of their suits and helmets that they wore outside of Mariejois but they still seemed pompous as ever. In fact they all seemed to be sneering at Doflamingo. Doffy was just smiling and occasionally waving at the Celestial Dragons.
"Papa, why are they sneering at only you?" Luffy asked.
Doffy turned his smile at his son before answering.
"Well, beyond the fact that I know the treasure of Mariejois, it's also the fact that I blackmailed them. Also, the only reason I'm a Shichibukai is because of that knowledge and they hate it." Doffy said.
Luffy ah'ed, as did Sabo. Soon enough they reached the palace where the guards bowed and let them in. They were then directed to their rooms which was a luxurious room with two king sized beds and an even fancier bathroom. Of course, Sabo and Luffy claimed one bed while Doffy claimed another. It turned out that Rosinante received a completely different room.
"Why's that brother? I'd figured you'd be placed with us." Doffy said.
Rosinante chuckled sheepishly before rubbing the back of his head.
"Ah, well it's going to probably come out at the Reverie later today but… I was promoted a few months ago." Rosinante said.
Doflamingo gaped at that.
"Promoted? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked.
"Well, it was a little hectic, the process that is. It just now settled down." Rosi said.
Doffy then shrugged his shoulders, accepting that answer.
"What did you get promoted to Uncle Rosi!?" Luffy asked eagerly.
"I got promoted to Vice Admiral." He said with a smile.
Luffy cheered for Rosinante, as did Sabo. Doflamingo patted Rosi on his back and spoke.
"Well, when we get back we're going to have to celebrate." Doffy said, nodding.
After they got settled in, they realized they had about two hours before the first of the two sessions for the Reverie happened. So, Doflamingo said that the two boys could go exploring, as from what he remembered, the Celestial Dragons weren't allowed in the Palace.
The Palace was a rather interesting place, as it had six different floors and hundreds of rooms. There were also lots of Marines all over the place too which was to be expected as the headquarters for the Marines. However, they ended up running into a kid who looked to be about a year younger than Luffy. She had blue hair that went to her shoulders and was wearing a pink cross-patterned dress.
"Oh! I didn't think that I'd run into any other kids here." She said, looking at them with interest.
The girl seemed pretty interested in Luffy's attire. But to be completely honest, anyone who saw him was. After all, he looked like a miniature Doffy but in a theme of red. Luffy, however just smiled at her and held out his hand.
"Heya! I'm Donquixote D. Luffy and this is Sabo, one of my best friends!" He said.
Now, normally Luffy would have called Sabo his brother but… Ace and Sabo seemed a bit odd about that lately. Of course, they would never explain to him, only that it might change in a couple years or so. Luffy was, sadly, completely oblivious to the fact that Sabo and Ace were still heavily attached to him. Pudding had tried to explain it a few times but every time she tried she was somehow thwarted by a bar of soap. That bar of soap just so happened to come out of either the hands of Ace or Sabo. The girl blinked at him before smiling back and holding her hand out and shaking Luffy's.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Nefeltari Vivi!" She said.
Sabo picked up the conversation after that.
"So, I'm guessing that you're here for the Reverie?" He asked.
Vivi nodded before frowning.
"Yeah, but it's boring here! I mean I know I have to learn how to be a good ruler for my kingdom and this is part of it but still." She said huffing.
Luffy partially understood that. However, he was really excited to be here because he would be able to see the place that his Papa had been as a kid. It was also the place that Luffy would help his Papa return to after bringing down the World Government. Of course, some would think that was an odd dream for a kid, he, Ace, and Sabo had been working on it for a while. Especially with the help of Pudding who seemed to be quite the strategist. Her idea was to become a Shichibukai and influence the public that way.
"I guess I can understand that. But it's really neat to see Mariejois!" Luffy said.
Sabo nodded at that, causing Vivi to sigh.
"I guess so. But still there needs to be more things for us to do." Vivi said.
Luffy got an idea and started dragging Vivi along with him. The girl seemed very confused and Sabo was just shaking his head and sighing as he followed along. A few minutes later they were in front of an open door. Inside the room was Rosinante who seemed to be sitting at a desk, talking to a man wearing the Justice Cloak and a red suit. The man also seemed to be smoking a cigar.
"We want your response by the end of the week Vice Admiral Rosinante." The man said in a gruff voice.
Rosinante just waved his hand and nodded.
"I know, I know. You'll have it by the end of the week. It's a big decision Admiral Akainu." He said.
The man nodded before turning, spotting the two boys and Vivi.
"This must be Garp's brat and Donquixote's adopted son." The man said bluntly, giving Luffy an odd look.
Rosinante rolled his eyes.
"Admiral, enough of that. You know my brother has changed a lot. Your 'Absolute Justice' doesn't apply anymore." Rosinante said.
Akainu turned his eyes to Rosinante for a second before walking out of the room. When the man was out of the room, Uncle Rosi sighed before turning to the trio. Luffy then spoke the question on his mind.
"Who was that man and what was he talking about Uncle?" Luffy asked.
"Oh? Him? That was Admiral Akainu." Rosinante said.
Luffy lit up at that, remembering another Admiral that he had met.
"Like Admiral Kizaru?" Luffy asked.
Rosinante nodded at that before answering the next part of Luffy's question.
"Yup, he was here to see if I've decided which Admiral I wanted to study under." He said.
Vivi spoke up, curious about that.
"Ah, that's not normal is that?" She asked.
Rosinante took in the unfamiliar face, seemingly just have recognized that she was there. He chuckled softly at her question and nodded.
"Yeah, normally the Vice Admirals are on their own training but a select few get to study under certain Admirals. These few are those who are considered for succeeding the Admirals." Rosi said.
They could understand that, the Marines would want to keep an eye out for anyone who had the skills to become an Admiral. It'd allow them to replace the other Admirals when they either became the Fleet Admiral or retired.
"So have you decided?" Sabo asked.
Rosinante huffed before leaning back in his chair.
"I've decided to study under Admiral Aokiji. Which is going to irritate Akainu. The man had wanted me to pick him." Rosinante said.
The man was very adamant about Rosinante choosing him as his mentor. He wanted to corrupt Rosi with his view of Absolute Justice. Anyhow, Rosi decided to change the subject from there.
"So, who's this?" He asked gesturing at Vivi.
"I'm Nefeltari Vivi." She said, curtseying.
Rosinante seemed to recognize the name as he ah'ed and nodded.
"Your family's the one who turned down the chance at being a Celestial Dragon and decided to stay rulers of your kingdom." Rosinante said.
Vivi nodded at that and Luffy and Sabo looked at her in awe.
"Your family turned down being a Celestial Dragon?" Sabo asked.
"Mhm, from what our records say, we preferred caring for our citizens." She said.
The conversation tapered off there and Rosinante spoke up.
"So, what brings you three here?" He asked.
"Well, we were bored and there was nothing to do, the first day session isn't for another two hours." Luffy said.
Rosinante could partially understand their boredom. Sitting around doing nothing for two hours would be rather boring for anybody. So, Rosinante got an idea and stood up. He gestured for them to follow him and he led them through the building. Soon enough they came to a door that he promptly opened up. It revealed a training dojo that had training dummies off to the side and a rack of weapons. Interestingly enough, there were a set of pipes on the weapons racks. Rosinante put it off to the more odd Vice Admirals that occasionally visited the place. But for what he had planned it was perfect.
"Alright then, how about we do some training?" He asked.
Sabo and Luffy perked up at that but Vivi had a confused look on her face.
"Training?" She asked.
Rosinante nodded.
"Yup, training. Even though you're here for two days I'll teach you the basics of Haki, something that those two already know." He said.
Despite her confusion at first, Vivi was very eager to learn. Especially after a spar between Sabo and Luffy was used as demonstration for the various Haki. Of course, Rosi had to explain to Vivi about Luffy's Devil Fruit when she saw that Luffy was physically stronger than Sabo who was older than him by three years. But despite the fact that Luffy was physically stronger, Sabo still gave it his all, ending it in a draw. Although, had Luffy used the full powers of his Devil Fruit, he'd have won. This was because while Haki could bypass defenses that Devil Fruit users had, it couldn't really bypass the light weapons generated by Luffy. Speaking of such powers, over the years Luffy hadn't been able to figure out exactly what the lyre was for. One day, about a year ago when the dwarves suggested he try playing and singing with it did he find out. Apparently, the lyre was tied to Apollo's powers as a God of Music, this meant that anything that Luffy played would sound beautiful and on top of that could be used to calm, inspire, or even heal people.
Anyways, they trained for the two hours they had and then made their way to the meeting room. The various kings and queens seemed to be already seated. Luffy's father was seated next to Sarie, who despite her being the youngest there looked rather confident. Vivi split off from them and sat by her father who seemed to be a nice man if how he was smiling at everyone told anything. Luffy and Sabo went over and sat at the seats placed by Doffy, after both giving Sarie a hug. After everyone was settled in a man with blonde hair, a beard and blue eyes spoke up.
"I'd like to thank everyone for gathering for this year's Reverie. For those who don't know me I'm Thalassa Lucas, King of Illusia Kingdom." The man said.
Everyone nodded at that. From there the man, who seemed to be acting as the head of the council, brought up various topics. From new alliances and possible ideas for improving each other's countries. It was with that part, that Sarie spoke up and introduced the sewage system and recycling plant to the Reverie. A lot of the Kings and Queens seemed interested but a rather fat looking man with a metal jaw spoke up.
"Bettering our kingdoms? Pah, what use is that if it doesn't earn me money?" He said offhandedly.
Sarie alerted the boys to the fact that the man was Wapol, the current King of Drum Kingdom. She also told them, in a whisper tone, that a lot of the kings and queens disliked the man because he was always rather rude. But they tried to avoid alienating the man because of the fact that Drum Kingdom's doctors were the best in the world. That is, until Dressrosa came into the picture. Because of the medical genius that was Trafalgar Law, Dressrosa was soon coming to beat Drum Kingdom.
"I think it's a wonderful idea." King Lucas said, the others nodding.
Wapol just scoffed and didn't speak any further. Sarie took that as notice to continue explaining the process, with the help of Doffy. She even had charts of how it had improved life in Dawn Kingdom and Dressrosa. The Kings and Queens who wanted to adapt the system to their kingdoms received copies of the plans, Vivi's father was one of them. The meeting then proceeded onwards until the session came to an end for the day. Luffy, Sabo, and Doffy headed back to their rooms where dinner would be waiting for them. Sarie had said that she'd meet up with them tomorrow for a training session if they were up for it.
The next day, sure enough, Sarie met Luffy and Sabo in the training dojo. Vivi seemed to have joined them as well. It started off with a sparring session between Sabo and Sarie with a tie between the two, as neither could end up putting the other into submission. Since today was the last day, most of the time before the last Reverie session was spent on getting Vivi into learning the basics of how to unlock her Haki. That way she could train on her own when she got back to Alabasta. Soon after their training sessions, they made their way to the meeting room for one last time.
This meeting was no different from the last. That was, until near the end, when King Lucas held up a very familiar picture of Luffy's biological father.
"The man in this picture calls himself Dragon, and is also known as the Revolutionary Dragon." Lucas said.
"Revolutionary Dragon?" Kozuki Oden asked.
Luffy and Sabo had met the man before they left the previous meeting yesterday. Damiyo Oden was a man of average looks with black hair that was tied into a short ponytail that stuck out of the back of his head. He wore a simple kimono and had a sword sheathed on his hip. They had learned that the man was not exactly the ruler of the entirety of Wano Country but rather the ruler of a specific section of the country, hence the title Daimyo. Also, they had learned that Wano Country was an isolationist type country and that traveling outside the borders was usually a punishable offense. However, Oden was given leeway as a member of the Kozuki family. They never did though learn why he was invited to the Reverie. Anyhow, Thalassa nodded at the man before speaking.
"Yes, this man believes in liberating the various kingdoms from the World Government's grasp. As members of the World Government, this is a very dangerous ideal to have and I predict that he will soon become a problem." King Lucas.
Sarie spoke up at that, wanting to voice her opinion.
"As far as I know, he only wishes to liberate the oppressed. In fact, he saved the people of my kingdom from that horrible event my father orchestrated." Sarie said.
King Lucas hummed at that.
"Well, that would explain the reports that I've been getting. Some of the kingdoms that have been having instances with the man are rather… corrupt to say the least." Lucas mused.
"So then, the question is, what is the council going to do about Dragon?" Doffy said.
Personally, Doffy hoped they did nothing. Dragon had occasionally visited Dressrosa to spend some time with Luffy and he'd be lying to himself if he said he wasn't getting attached to the man. Although he did wish that the man didn't bring the okama every time he visited.
Once again, Wapol scoffed at the conversation they were having. That seemed to have the added effect of many of the kings and queens' eyes twitching.
"What's this got to do with me? It doesn't affect my kingdom." He said.
It seemed that one of the Kings, specifically the King of Prodence Kingdom, Elizabello the Second, finally had enough of Wapol's attitude. The buff looking man with his yellow boxing gloves stood and slammed his fist on the table. This caused a multitude of cracks to appear on it, which was a surprise in and of itself since the table was made of a really strong material.
"King Wapol, I'd advise you to shut your mouth or one of us may just have to declare war against your kingdom." Elizabello bit out.
Wapol seemed to flinch at that and shrink back into his seat. Many of the other kings and queens were trying to hold in their smirks at seeing the man cowed. After that Elizabello took a deep breath before sitting back down.
"So, what will we do?" The man asked.
The council debated for a half hour before Doflamingo spoke up.
"So, we've come to an agreement? We are to do nothing until we can get more information on the so called Revolutionary Dragon?" Doffy asked.
Everyone nodded at that before Lucas stood up.
"Alright then, that concludes the Reverie for this session. We will meet once more in four years." He said, before nodding and leaving.
After that, Luffy introduced his Papa to Vivi's father, Nefeltari Cobra. Doffy seemed to get along with the man to the point he proposed an alliance with the man. Vivi promised to correspond with letters to keep in touch, as did Sabo and Luffy. Of course, they also promised to get Ace to introduce himself via letter. From there, they left and headed back to their ship, to make their way back home.
Ooh boy, this was interesting to write. So I like realized that Wano Country isn't an allied force of the World Government when I was writing this so I had to find a way to include them. While Luffy didn't have much interaction with the man, it'll be important down the road come Dressrosa which will be hella different from canon Dressrosa if the point of this story didn't inform you. Anyways we're nearing canon timeline and TSABL will be on the canon time line after this week's update so I'm speeding this up. The next chapter will cover the following years, the Thatch incident with WB when Luffy turns 15, then the remaining time before canon. Anyways I hope yall enjoyed it and don't forget to leave suggestions