OK! HERE'S THE JIZZ anyway i decided NOT to include my heritage at first, however when i noticed that i already included a full name for Rinoa, and her 2 younger siblings well, i decided to make a twist in the story that you guys might like besides who in the world of One Piece ever heard of a P. as a middle name?! But that's your opinion! So read the chapter and tell me what you think and this is around the 10k damn! Also i will add a tattoo thingy looking to make Rinoa and her 2 younger siblings different!
The whole family went to sleep after dinner, unknown to Rinoa that something she never wanted to happen will happen. Rinoa took her t-shirt leaving her only with her sports bra. Rinoa then checked her back before she went to the bed, she was happy at the fact that it didn't happen...yet. Rinoa grimaced the last time it happened, the damn thing does not like rain at all! Rinoa fell asleep worrying if she had the medical for it. Rinoa remembered a memory that she cherished so much, Rinoa smiled dreaming about the memory.
Rinoa was just carrying a 2 year old Luffy to the dining room when she accidentally tripped on a broken wood. Rinoa yelped and cursed silently when Luffy slipped from her arms, Luffy was just laughing at the whole thing. He was probably thinking that this was all a game. Rinoa didn't have enough time and feared for the worst when a blur of orange and black raced ahead of her. Rinoa blinked and smiled when she noticed that it was Ace catching Luffy preventing the small boy from receiving any damage whatsoever. Luffy was gurgling and laughing holding his two small hands to hold Ace's face. Sabo came and helped Rinoa up. Rinoa smiled and practically flew towards Luffy, snatching the baby from Ace's arms, said boy was looking at his arms that once had Luffy on it. Luffy cooed a bit and his smile widened more when he saw Rinoa's face. Rinoa grinned and started caressing Luffy's chubby face. Ace crossed his arms before looking away, Rinoa caught the words 'such as ass-overprotective'. She didn't like being called and ass so while Ace was looking in another way she kicked him on the knees.
This surprised Ace so he didn't have enough time to catch himself so he landed face first on the floor. Sabo started laughing, Rinoa smirked a bit before running towards the dining room. Luffy was giggling on the way. Ace was pissed and Rinoa knows that she heard Ace cursing a bit. Makino was already placing some plates when she noticed Rinoa and Luffy come in.
"Rinoa! Nice to see that you're still taking care of him! Come sit down it won't be long the food is almost ready" Makino threw Rinoa and Luffy a smile before going back in the kitchen. Rinoa placed Luffy in the baby chair and she sat next to him knowing that she has to feed him. By the arch way she saw Ace giving her a glare and Sabo was smirking while his hands were behind his head.
"hey Rinoa i think you owe someone an apology!" Sabo exclaimed before his eyes wandered over to a scowling Ace. Rinoa smiled sheepishly.
"sorry Ace-nii~" Rinoa joked about the nii part, Ace scoffed before sitting down next to Rinoa. Sabo sat down next to Luffy. Luffy gurgled and gummed on his fingers loving the fact that his 3 older siblings were near or right next to him. Rinoa felt the anger that was resonating from Ace she felt a shiver coming from up her spine. Rinoa did what seems to her was right and grabbed Ace's hand with her hand, she held him like that until Ace noticed. Ace suddenly became slightly pink and quickly took his hand away from her. Rinoa was confused.
"what? It works on Luffy but why does it make you angry?" she asked innocently thinking that Ace is angry at her. Sabo choked and began to laugh hysterically knowing why Ace blushed. Ace's mouth slightly gaped not knowing what to say, he looked away his blush growing. Rinoa felt guilt for making her brother mad, she looked down on the floor. Ace glanced at her for a bit before looking away once more. Sabo grinned slightly and looked at Rinoa "hey he's not angry! he's just..." he stopped himself when he received an intense glare from Ace that promised pain. Rinoa looked at Sabo happy "thanks Sabo-nii!" giving Sabo a smile that even made the blonde blush. Makino came in before any other fights can initiate. Luffy cheered when he smelled food, Sabo grinned. Makino placed the food on the table before winking at Ace. Ace knew why and can't help but feel embarrassed. The siblings began to eat before anyone else can come in.
Once they were done, Rinoa cleaned Luffy up once more before carrying him outside. Ace and Sabo followed with their pipes in case a wolf decided to attack. Rinoa placed Luffy down on the grass and went over to the apple tree, she knows that if they decide to go out why not bring some food. Luffy looked at Rinoa with wide eyes and began to crawl to her, he was too impatient; Luffy grabbed onto a low branch that was luckily within his reach and began to stand up. Sabo elbowed Ace and pointed at Luffy who was attempting to walk towards Rinoa. Sabo was silently cheering for Luffy, while Ace on the other hand had a bored expression but deep inside he was happy. Rinoa was about to pluck her 4th apple when she felt tiny arms grab her leg. She jumped a bit before her mouth began to smile so wide that Sabo thought that her mouth might rip. Luffy tried to reach for the apple that was in her hand when he was suddenly scooped up. He started blinking until he heard laughing, looking up she saw Rinoa cheering.
"i knew he can do it! I knew it!" Rinoa began to cheer and sup Luffy around like he was some sort of doll. Sabo smirked and looked at Ace who had a scowl on his face not liking that he lost on his predicament.
"alright alright! Just settle down Luffy just wanted the apple..." Ace ended before looking at the confused baby. Rinoa didn't hear it and gave the apple to Luffy, who cheered on getting what he wanted. Rinoa was just so happy.
the memory ended when Rinoa smelled food. Her stomach began to rumble, she opened her eyes and noticed that the sun was slightly up. Rinoa looked around and smiled when she saw how her siblings were settled on the bed. Gian was clinging onto Psalm while Psalm was hugging Gian, on the other bed Luffy was in between Ace and Sabo, he had a goofy smile, his hat was hanging on a stool close to him, Ace and Sabo were both at peace but Ace seemed to be frowning. Sabo's top hat was on the floor clearly neglected at the moment. Rinoa smiled to herself, loving the fact that she was with all of her precious siblings, not like she was gonna say that out loud. Rinoa stretched before grabbing a jacket to cover herself, she didn't feel like wearing a t-shirt at the moment. She zipped it up a bit not completely before leaving the room quietly. When she turned around however she bumped into someone. Rinoa landed on the ground with a light thud, hoping that it didn't wake her brother up. She looked up to see a man with a long mustache, not Whitebeard.
"sorry about that, i was about to tell you guys that it's breakfast time anyway, oh! My name is Vista, nice to meet you" Vista said while caressing his moustache. Rinoa somewhat thought that he was Whitebeard just because of the moustache...Damn. Her stomach grumbled once more, making Rinoa blush a bit. Vista smiled and helped the starving girl up. "come on Thatch will kill me if I kept you from eating" he shivered a bit making Rinoa chuckle.
"you don't want to wake them up?" he asked her.
"nah, i think it's best if it's only me first" Rinoa admitted, having a mental image of how breakfast would be. Vista chuckled slightly, "i heard from Izo that you can eat your fair share!" he commented while slapping Rinoa's back. Rinoa staggered forward a bit but grinned sheepishly, that was until a huge figure peaked around the corner towards them. Rinoa was afraid a bit never seeing a man with huge muscles before, well technically the man was huge without the muscles.
"oh so one of the guests are awake, nice to meet you name's Jozu" Jozu introduced himself. Rinoa relaxed a bit, she then looked around the hall a bit. "umm so can we go eat" she asked blushing slightly, they laughed "well then let's go" Jozu was already walking down the stairs, Rinoa and Vista right behind him. The dining table was filled with food and some plates, there were also other people that Rinoa doesn't recognize. She recognizes Marco, Thatch, Haruta and Izo, but the others were foreign to her, there was Whitebeard also. He was sipping some of his coffee, to wake himself up while reading the newspaper. He noticed Rinoa come in with Jozu and Vista.
"Rinoa where are your siblings?" he asked her hoping to get an answer, Rinoa just smiled and shaked her head. Pops smirked now knowing that she didn't even dare wake them up, he continued to drink his coffee. Rinoa sat down next to Haruta, when a pain that she knew too well spiked on her back. He eye twitched but she just smiled and reached for a plate. Pops saw this but shrugged not really caring, unless it gets out of hand.
Rinoa placed as much food as her plate can hold, by the looks of it everyone else wasn't actually expecting her to. Thatch laughed along with Haruta, who was leaning against her chair. Izo on the other hand did not like the way she ate. Rinoa's cheeks were bulging since it was filled with food, she swallowed all of it before grinning. Marco was watching her carefully, however he didn't comment when he saw her in pain. Rinoa just continued to eat like a barbarian, as Izo put it, stuffing as much food as she could in her mouth. Her hands on the other hand was grabbing for any food that she could grab from any plate. This reminded how grabby Luffy's hands are but Thatch wasn't prepared for it, resulting for half of his plate to be taken by the girl. Namur gaped at the sight and shielded his food, just like he does with his younger brothers. Vista and Jozu on the other hand leaned on the wall watching their siblings fate, they finished first since they had to go to work like everyone else. Pops laughed loudly, making Rinoa look at him.
"hey how come your mustache is shaped like a crescent moon?" she asked him before taking a huge bite out of a pie. Pops grinned once more, saying the answer he said to Luffy before.
"it's a mystery" he thought that it was enough of an answer but Rinoa gave him a blank look. She swallowed her food.
"are you serious? I'm not Luffy, let me guess to do you use gel to let it stay like that?" she asked once again since she saw Daniel use gel for his hair one time. Pops eyes widened before he smiled, he never used gel before it's just how his mustache shaped itself.
"no, it's just how it's shaped, gurararara" he laughed when Rinoa's eyes widened and her jaw slacked. It is pretty unusual to see mustaches like Pops.
"hey Pops, me Vista and Namur need to go, or Blenheim will strangle us for being late" Jozu stated before getting his stuff and heading for the door. Pops nodded his head, knowing how Blenheim is, Vista hurried after his brother, and Namur ate as much as he could before giving the rest to Rinoa. Rinoa cheered and dug in the food that was given to her. Namur rushed out before his brothers leave him behind. Pops grinned at the scene and looked back at the starving girl, who was wolfing down the remaining food in everyone's plate besides his.
"are you even gonna leave any for your siblings-yoi?" Marco asked her bewildered at the amount of food, she can eat as much as Luffy! Rinoa looked at him, still chewing. After a few seconds she swallowed and talked "well maybe it depends! This food is so much better than what we eat in the forest that's for sure!" Izo's eyes widened at the information.
"but wait, don't you have umm Makino was it, to give you food?" he asked, not liking the reason why she was eating like a barbarian, when ladies should be neat and organized! Rinoa grinned at him.
"well me, my siblings biologically and my best friends live in the forest since, well we just wanted to. We were playing to make the treehouse as our clubhouse but considering how we see each other everyday so we just made it our home!" she explained in one breath, which made Haruta worried, but ignored it when Rinoa started drinking water.
"sooo, you guys live in the forest?" she needed confirmation. Rinoa smiled fondly and nodded her head slowly, already homesick. Suddenly the pain in her back spiked once more and she had no choice but to look at it.
She excused herself and went to the bathroom going to the direction Sabo had given her before. Haruta however had gotten curious and asked Pops if she could play. Pops knew what she was planning but still gave her permission to go. Haruta gave Pops a smile and went after Rinoa, Pops had to restrain Thatch from following along knowing the trouble they might get into. Haruta sneakily followed the oblivious girl to the bathroom, once Rinoa went inside Haruta went into a corner. Haruta had somehow manage to make no sound following her but she didn't care at the moment she was far too curious. She creaked the door of the bathroom open and saw Rinoa without her jacket, but her sports bra was still on. Haruta blinked and she blushed a bit but still did as planned. Haruta saw some sort of tattoo on the back of Rinoa. The tattoo had 3 stars that seemed to form a triangle and in the middle was seems to be a sun, the tattoo was yellow. She grew curious and decided to look a bit closer, but Haruta retreated when she saw Rinoa move.
Rinoa was heaving a bit and her face was flushed. She looked like she was sick! Haruta was about to go and ask her, when she noticed Rinoa's hand graze over the tattoo. All of a sudden Rinoa had let out a hiss. Haruta went back to Pops to tell what she saw. Rinoa however was trying to find a way to stop the damn tattoo from hurting her! The tattoo had appeared about 3 years ago but it never bothered her unless there was danger. She knew because every time she got in trouble or something bad was gonna happen the damn thing kept hurting. It was a process that Rinoa was still not used to. Rinoa turned the sink on, she had used her right hand and started collecting a handful of water. The collected water was used to try and ease the pain, since it felt like hot metal was against her skin at the moment. Rinoa was focusing on the pain that she never knew that people was coming for her until she heard the door open with a bang.
She looked at the doorway to see Ace, Marco and Thatch there standing frozen. Marco then turned and hid behind the way next to the door, Rinoa heard him groan. Thatch was blushing furiously and she can see a bit of blood appear on his nose, Thatch was dragged by Marco to hide also. Ace however was staring at the tattoo and noticed how water was splashed on the area. Before Thatch could even grab for his brother, Ace walked over to Rinoa. Rinoa looked like a deer caught in the headlights, in other words she looked like she busted. Which she is since Ace was wondering in his head 'when did she get a tattoo?!'. Rinoa looked at them with wide eyes. She never expected for them to come running in like the worst thing had happened to her. Once Ace was in arm's reach from her, Ace grabbed her shoulders and forced her whole body to turn to him.
"why the hell do you have a damn tattoo?" he hissed at her. Rinoa blinked before she frowned. Yes it was a tattoo but she never wanted one to begin with! Her own brother was getting the wrong idea!
"ok, before you go to conclusions let me tell you! This damn tattoo appeared on my skin about 3 years ago!" She told Ace fiercely. Ace's left hand traveled down to her tattoo and caressed it. Rinoa suddenly felt the burning pain again and couldnt help but hiss. Her torso arched up a bit and Ace leaned down to see the tattoo a bit more.
To Marco and Thatch the way they looked is very...disturbing. Marco had his bored expression but in his mind he was screaming at what Ace was doing. Thatch's nose was dripping with blood he didn't even bother wiping it off. The scene in front of them was too...Thatch couldnt even finish his thought when he saw Rinoa look at them. She mouthed them 'it's not what you think', well she tried to but what Thatch did catch at her mouthing was 'it's what you think'. His nosebleed increased and he heard Marco sigh before grabbing for a tissue. Marco shoved the tissue to Thatch with a glare. Thatch knew what the glare meant and nodded his head, he blocked his nose with the tissue. He looked at Marco asking of what to do silently. Marco shrugged and mouthed Thatch to wait. Thatch groaned but figured that it was the best option at the moment. Rinoa tried to yank her brother's grip off of her but her actions were in vain when Ace's grip tightened. Ace was looking at the tattoo more, the longer her stared the narrower his eyes get. Rinoa blinked, wait when did Ace even woke up?! Rinoa sighed and did her last attempt and bit her brothers exposed neck.
Thatch's jaw dropped, Marco's eyes widened a bit. Instead of an ow response from her brother like Rinoa expected, a moan escaped. Rinoa blinked and looked at her brother whose eyes looked at hers in disbelief. What did she do?! She just bit his damn neck! Was that a wrong move or something?! Ace couldn't believe it, Rinoa had bit him in an attempt to get him off of her! Ace turned scarlet and jumped away from Rinoa like she was the most disgusting being of all. Rinoa felt offended but shrugged it off, then the pain came back. She tried to keep the noise in but of course she failed. Rinoa fell down on the floor while clawing on the damn tattoo. Thatch panicked and rushed to her side along with Marco. Ace took Rinoa's jacket and tried to put it on her, he did but backwards. He didn't care at the moment, they have to bring her to the infirmary at the moment. Marco went downstairs first to prepare the bed in the infirmary while Ace carried Rinoa bridal-style, however he brushed against the tattoo. Rinoa whined and clutched onto Ace a bit tighter, Ace avoided touching the damn thing as much as he could while going downstairs. Thatch looked around the bathroom a bit longer to see if there was anything that she left, he didn't saw anything so he went after Ace and Rinoa. However he didn't see Rinoa's dragon necklace on the floor, it was covered by the carpets, it's red ruby eyes glowing. The bathroom door closed and all you can see was the glowing red eyes.
Ace placed Rinoa down on the infirmary bed, and Marco handed him the first aid kit. Rinoa felt her pride go bye-bye just like that when she accepted their help. She didn't want any help but of course she just had to go to a bathroom that everyone can use! Ace allowed the cotton ball to absorb the alcohol, and asked Rinoa if she could turn around. Rinoa groaned before doing as requested, Marco told her that it might sting. Rinoa was confused, she was about to ask when she felt that familiar sting when she uses the antibiotics, only it stung way more than it should.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Rinoa yelled, clearly not expecting that. She tried to muffle the rest of her scream using the damn pillow but it did no fucking help at all! Ace bit his lip guilt piling in his heart, he didn't expect that it hurt that much! Marco shook his head and looked at the door when he heard running. There by the door was the rest of the Romero siblings, Sabo who was carrying Gian, Luffy, Pops, Haruta and Izo. It wasn't that surprising, but they might get the wrong idea from their angle. Thatch sputtered a bit, Marco gave his brother a glare that told him it's not what he thinks it it. Psalm paled a bit when she saw Rinoa's state. Psalm was instantly by her side and pushed Marco and Ace away.
"you should have called for me, dammit!" Psalm yelled at them before examining the tattoo. The skin around the tattoo was bright red already, clearly not the result that Marco and Ace wanted, since they were frowning at the sight. Psalm pressed down on the tattoo and was not happy when she heard Rinoa gasp in utter pure pain. She glared at Marco and Ace.
"great, you just made it worse! MotherFucker of all times it just had to be now!" Psalm yelled at the top of her lungs pulling on her hair a bit. Gian watched his older sister yell and he frowned. He was still a baby but he knew when his sister's are upset or frustrated.
"te!" he spoke to Psalm reaching his small arms out for her. Psalm looked at her brother surprised, she forgot that her brother was with her! Psalm frowned sadly.
"take Gian away from here, it's not something he needs to see..." she told Sabo who nodded his head, before heading for the living room. Haruta and Izo went with him to make sure that Gian has a lot of people to play with just in case he got tired of playing with Sabo. Psalm gave her attention back to her sister. She sighed before whacking her head.
"why the hell didn't you tell me?!" she asked her fiercely. Rinoa looked at her before glaring, she tried to stand up but the pain was too much that she landed back on the bed with a small thud.
"you were asleep! I didn't want to wake you guys up...besides i forgot to bring the stuff for this! I thought that we were gonna be safe." Rinoa admitted before hissing once again. Psalm cursed before rushing to get the iPhone to call the others. She was not taking any chances, sis needs the stuff fast! Pops watched in worry, Thatch sat next to Rinoa and began to talk about his recipes. Ace gaped at the fact that Thatch already warmed up to Rinoa to the point he started sharing his recipes. Rinoa tried grinning but it was easily replaced by a whine when she tried to even lift her torso up. Thatch pushed her down and told her to stay down, he didn't want his friend to get hurt any further. Ace felt a sudden pang in his chest when he saw Rinoa gave Thatch a smile. Why was he feeling this way again?
Psalm rushed to the room and checked the bed for the damn iPhone. She cursed when she noticed the amount missed calls that came from the group. Seriously there was more than 10 missed calls and over 30 messages! It was just the first damn day, well night, but still! Psalm dialed the phone number as fast as she could without messing up, how can sis even forget about that?! The ringing started and she heard someone moan, well it was still early in the morning.
"who's there?" it was Xenia, clearly not so happy about being waken up. Psalm didn't care if the whole forest heard she scream.
"IS THE MEDICINE THERE?! RINOA IS HAVING IT!" Psalm screamed, she heard something fall down and heard Xenia groan in pain of falling down, she heard a door being slammed open figuring out easily that the others rushed to know what happened. Gurio and Kasai were looking at Psalm before rushing to where Rinoa was.
"PSALM WHAT THE HELL! Don't scream like that! Wait, Rinoa is having it?! Nusrat!" Xenia yelled for Nusrat to get the supplies, however Nusrat is already a few steps ahead, she had everything in a bag and she looked ready to leave the treehouse to get to Rinoa.
"well?! what are we waiting for let's go!" she yelled turning around only to be stopped by Gerard and Jennifer. They gave her a look clearly wanting to ask how she got everything ready in a flash. On the other line Psalm was already yelling for them to get to the damn house. Daniel ran back to his section getting his stuff ready, Gerard and Jennifer did the same thing in a calmer pace. However they knew that if they don't get there faster it might leave Rinoa scars. The tattoo was not something to mess with when it knew that danger is gonna happen. Last time that happened Rinoa received an injury on her abdomen, thinking about it made her sick. Xenia hanged up before saying that they will be there as fast as they could. Psalm sent the address and the others prepared while Nusrat threatened to leave without them. Gerard sighed and called for a taxi, telling the taxi to meet them in front of the Orphanage. Daniel had at least 500 beli with him to pay the taxi driver.
Seriously they were some loyal friends, Jennifer was already strolling out of the tree house, not even waiting for the others. They all went to the orphanage and was surprised when they saw the taxi there already. That was fast. The driver helped them with the luggage and asked where they were going. Xenia showed the address and the driver, mapped the coordinates on his GPS it was about 46 miles away from the orphanage, and the driver estimated the amount of money that needed to be paid, and how long it will take for them to get there. To be honest none of them were happy when they heard that it will get them about 3 hours to get there and 150 beli in total, so Jennifer for once in her life, screamed at the man to go at full speed and told him that a friend needed them fast. The driver was scared out of his life and just nodded his head, he said that the total cost now will be 350 beli since they will be in a 65 mile speed. Jennifer was happy while Xenia and Nusrat cowered a bit afraid of how Jennifer will act around them now, Gerard and Daniel groaned before pushing the 2 girls in the car. Now all they had to do was wait and hope for the best.
Rinoa felt the intense pain and knew that without the medicine she will receive another scar, a permanent one if not treated fast. The fucking tattoo made the past 3 years for her hell ever since it appeared. She saw by the corner of her eye Gurio and Kasai running in, Kasai was purring in worry, while Gurio was howling quietly. Pops went in and tried to talk to her, so that she could be distracted for a little bit...Well it never works. As long as the pain is still there Rinoa never calms down. Another hiss erupted from her and Luffy was by her side already. Luffy was concerned for his big sister, he never saw Rinoa in so much pain. Ace felt his heart clench at the sight, he didn't want Luffy to see anymore so he did what he thought was a good thing in his mind.
"Luffy wait in the living room, and play with Gian will you" he commanded maybe a bit harsher than he intended to, but apologizing in a crucial time right now is not required at the moment. Luffy bit his bottom lip ready to protest but one look from Pops and he sighed, leaving the room in a gloomy state. Marco sighed before he looked at Rinoa in sympathy, the week was a horrible week to visit wasn't it? Thatch seemed to have the same idea before running his fingers through Rinoa's raven hair, seriously they were Ace and her were far too similar even though they weren't siblings by blood. Rinoa sighed liking how the fingers ran through her hair, the pained expression was still there but Psalm knew that Rinoa was content. Another pain struck Rinoa, and this one struck her hard. Rinoa screamed and tried to muffle her scream, once again it was in vain when the ringing of her scream echoed throughout the house. Pops was clearly concerned but when he was about to ask why it was happening to her, his gate alarm on his keys began to ring, well that was fast. He clicked the button to open the gates and yelled for Izo to see through the window. He heard Izo yelled that he saw someone and excused himself to greet them. Before he could even open the door for them, a short girl black haired girl that wears glasses barged in.
"ok where's Rin-Chan?!" she yelled asking Gian, the girl lost her mind, the baby can't even speak yet! Sabo sweatdropped before he said that she was in the infirmary. Without another word the girl ran to wherever the infirmary could be, she already went the wrong direction. By the corner of Izo's eye he saw another girl come running in, before she stopped and bowed in front of Pops and then running after the other girl. Pops had to blink before he saw the tall black haired girl drag the short black haired girl to the other direction. Haruta sweatdropped and noticed that there were other people by the door waiting for them, apparently it seems that only the boys had the decency to actually ask for permission to enter. Pops smiled a bit before helping them with the luggage and what seems like to be a medical bag. A blond haired girl suddenly took Gian.
"ok Gian you have to try and talk since we need to know where your big sister is!" she screamed at him, instead of crying like Luffy expected, Gian started gurgling clearly not understanding the current situation and began to play with the colorful blonde hair. The girl groaned before placing Gian down on the ground. She took the medical bag and went to where the other girls went to, honestly they acted like they knew the house! The 2 boys moaned in annoyance, the car that they used to come here already drove away.
"sorry about that, ehehe, my name is Gerard and my friend here is Daniel...and the 3 girls that ran in was Xenia, Jennifer and Nusrat-Oh yea! Did you saw a huge tiger and a golden retriever somewhere, cause we need to find them before-" he was cut off by a scream.
"RINOA WHAT THE FUCK, THIS IS WORSE THAN ALL THE OTHERS!" It was Xenia's scream, alarming everyone in the household. Gerard and Daniel took off like cheetahs to see what's wrong this time, Haruta, Izo, Sabo and Pops right behind them, Sabo took Gian with him. When they arrived in the infirmary the first thing the saw was the purplish looking bruise on the part where the tattoo was. Xenia pressed down on it and cursed when a sudden red glow appeared.
"fuck! Jennifer!" Xenia only used the name if the situation is very serious, she usually uses, jen or jenny when she calls for Jennifer. Jennifer instantly grabbed for some antibiotics, Psalm pushed everyone else outside, much to Luffy's complaints he did as told. Psalm looked back to her sister's torture, the antibiotics were working their magic once more and Rinoa fell asleep allowing Xenia to continue what she panned.
"now...who wants to operate?" she asked in a sadistic way, Jennifer smiled slightly and handed the other stuff, Psalm shuddered and went out saying that she doesn't want to see it, Nusrat thought for a minute before joining in the 'fun' as Xenia would call it.
Psalm saw the line outside the door and made sure that she was in front guarding the entrance, she didn't want them to be disturbed. She looked at Gian who had wide innocent and curious eyes, she was still wondering how their eyes are big, well Luffy did have big eyes. Now all she had to do was make sure that no one wakes sis up! Psalm knew that if Sis woke up during her operation, all hell with break loose. Sabo was already having difficulty carrying Gian for so long, seriously how much does this baby even weigh?! Psalm saw this and she smirked.
"you know...Gian is 20 pounds of you're wondering~" amusement radiated from what she said. Sabo gaped internally, a baby this small can be heavy?! Ace suddenly took Gian and see if he was heavy. Well for a baby yes he is, but not too heavy. Gian stared into Ace's eyes, Ace's voice hitched in his throat it looked like Gian was trying to see through Ace's soul! Something Luffy would do but damn Gian's too adorable! Marco heard Thatch cooing, giving said man a disbelief look.
"what? Gian's too adorable!" Thatch protested noticing the look he was getting from his own brother, Thatch knew Marco and Marco did think that Gian was adorable he just had a better restraint to showing his expression! Pops snickered a bit before looking at Psalm seriously.
"tell us, what had caused your sister undeniable pain..." he asked-no demanded, he was done asking he needs to know what actually caused Rinoa to be in so much pain. Psalm sighed before looking at Gerard and Daniel for permission, they both nodded their head not wanting to keep the secret.
"well you see, umm the tattoo is some sort of warning for when danger is near...and if danger is nearer the pain gets worse it's only Rinoa that has the tattoo so far and i hope she will be the only one!" she shivered not wanting to know the pain, if sis is screaming like that then she really doesn't want to know! It takes a lot to make Rinoa scream bloody murder!
"also the look of the tattoo is some sort of mark...you know our race is different from all of you, well to be exact our heritage..." she said while a dark look appeared on her face. Pops was confused what did she mean by they were different?
"what do you mean-yoi?" Marco asked confused also, Psalm looked at her with a blank expression, it did not fit her attitude.
Psalm sighed before plopping down on the floor "well, me, sis and Gian are different because of the blood in our veins" she muttered the last part a bit. Ace's eyes widened not liking where this was leading to. Psalm sighed and decided in a silent argument.
"let me start in the beginning-shit sis will kill me, ~sigh~ anyway when me and sis were in the junkyard looking for extra stuff for the treehouse, we heard some men talking about our 'parents' i still remembered their names, if you're gonna ask it's Rex and Liza, anyway, they said that they were in jail and ~gulp~ they died-i don't believe it one bit but when sis found a newspaper talking about our parents and how justice had killed the demons, i couldn't believe it! Our heritage is considered a demon-a fucking demon! As far as i know me sis and Gian are the only ones left that is a pureblood of our heritage...i grew afraid for my life and all i knew was the fact that sis had beaten the men to the point they could have died...no one found out so, yea" she finished there she didn't want to continue. Thatch frowned. "That does not answer the question!"
"fine, me and sis found a way to hack into the government's system and found a file talking about us. We saw the amount of people from our heritage that was murdered by the government, let's just say we didn't saw our names and figured that they don't know about us yet-so the tattoo appeared maybe about a week after we hacked into the database, it only hurt sis when danger was coming or in worse case scenarios very near...then Garp appeared and explained that the firstborn of every family in our heritage had acquired the damn tattoo so that we know if the government or any danger that is near can harm us! He found out that we hacked and cleared whatever evidence that showed that we did, he was one of the few people that ever accepted us...After that sis went quiet for at least 2 weeks if not more. So yea we are very different" Psalm said grinning a bit at the memory of Garp helping them out.
Ace, Sabo and Luffy gaped they never knew! Pops and Marco traded knowing looks, Thatch Haruta and Izo were silent. Gerard noticed the knowing looks and he glared slightly at Pops, "oi old man what do you know?" he hissed out, Marco cursed internally not liking that they were caught. Pops exhaled.
"we know about your heritage...Garp had told us the last time he visited, well he told me and Marco..." he honestly told her and the others. For some reason Luffy felt betrayed, because they kept a secret that involved his sister! How dare they! Luffy was about to yell out when Daniel raised a hand.
"look kid don't get angry at the fact that they kept a secret from you! You know Rinoa wouldn't want you to snap at your family anyway!" he yelled his anger got the best of him, he didn't like it when people were trying to bug in their business he knew that it was a bad idea to visit. Luffy was stunned he didn't expect to get scolded he didn't even said anything yet!
"what?! Is it wrong to worry about an older sister?!" he yelled at him. Daniel blinked before frowning once more.
"did you not hear me?! Rinoa does not want you to worry about her! I knew i should have forced her to say no to coming here! This is just a waste of time anyway! As a matter of fact why would Rinoa even dare visit the people that left her in the first place?!" he shouted, Gian whimpered a bit and hid his head in Ace's neck, he didn't like all the yelling. Psalm went stiff, she never expected those words to ever come out of Daniel's mouth. Gerard whipped his head towards Daniel, his face filled with disbelief, not expecting that either. Daniel's face was slight red not used to yelling in anger, he was used to yelling for fun, but for anger no he wasn't. Izo and Haruta sneaked away before telling Pops that they will bring their stuff upstairs, they didn't want to listen anymore. Thatch Marco Ace and Sabo were silent their eyes were shadowed either by their hair or hat. Pops and Luffy had a similar thought 'why would you force her not to?'. Psalm went over to Daniel with a smile, then she whacked him on the back of his head, her face was filled with rage.
"you..." she started before grabbing Daniel's collar, she was using her actual strength unconsciously. Now Gerard knew what Rinoa meant, when she said that Psalm just needed a push.
"how in the seven gates of hell can you say that?!" she roared at Daniel, shaking him a bit. Daniel had a blank expression not regretting what he said. Everyone went quiet only Gian's whimpers could be heard, Ace rubbed the little boy's back soothingly. Marco felt bad for the little guy since his oldest sister probably is fighting for her life, while the other was fighting with someone they called a friend. Psalm couldn't take it anymore and threw Daniel as far as she could. Daniel landed around 4 feet from where he was before, he guessed that his elbow could be broken. Daniel sat up in time that he saw the punch that was coming towards him, he barely avoided it but Psalm was prepared and kicked him while he was trying to avoid the fist.
"you know i want to beat that pretty face of yours but i can't! Sis will kill me if i did!" Psalm reasoned gritting her teeth harshly. Thatch was impressed with the amount of loyalty that Psalm had for her older sister even though they acted like they don't care about each other. The statement seemed to amuse Daniel since a smirk appeared on his face.
"hehe, i guess you still are weak! Without Rinoa you're just a useless doll!" Daniel laughed a bit thinking that it was funny. Luffy held his straw hat and gripped on it like it was a life force, he didn't like where this was going to. Pops was prepared to interfere, Sabo was about to run in and stop them but Psalm took hold of Daniel's shirt and dragged him to the door. Marco knew what she was planning but before he can even do anything Psalm literally broke the door by tossing Daniel on it. The door's hinges broke and Daniel landed on the cold ground outside, it started raining so the ground was all muddy. Daniel's shirt was all dirty from the mud, but no one actually cared.
Psalm charged at him throwing a right hook at him. Daniel staggered down to the ground a bit, but he caught himself on time before he can land on his face. Psalm aimed her kick on Daniel's chin, but Daniel caught her foot and twisted her. Psalm silently cursed before she kicked Daniel's face while she was twisting in mid air. Daniel fell down on the ground but got on his feet before Psalm could land another blow at him. Psalm on the other hand wasn't use to the wet ground, Daniel however is perfect for the terrain for him and Rinoa usually trains in the rain resulting for wet ground. Daniel smirked and got a conclusion that he will win this round, however unfortunate for him Rinoa appeared looking drained. Xenia and Nusrat were yelling for her to come back, while Jennifer was observing what the her best friend would do at her current strength. Ace was about to stop Rinoa from doing anything that can do anymore damage to her body, but Sabo gave him a hard glare. Sabo didn't want Ace to interfere at all, he wanted to see what Rinoa will do. Luffy at the moment was beside Pops tears flowing down his huge eyes, Marco caressed his brothers hair trying to comfort him. Thatch on the other hand dazed off, not knowing how he will take care of this situation anymore.
"you know -gulp- why the hell did you even try to fight him Psalm?" Rinoa hissed at her younger sister, who flinched. Psalm stuttered her words, she looked small compared to her older sister at the moment. Gerard felt bad for Psalm, knowing that Rinoa never actually liked her, and seeing her like this will just aggravate Rinoa further. Rinoa advanced at her cowering sister, but turned her gaze towards Daniel. Xenia yelled for Rinoa to get back in the house since she doesn't know how the tattoo will react to the rain. Rinoa ignored her friend and continued to stay under the rain. Psalm gulped, "but sis he was insulting me an-and he was saying of why you even visit Ace Sabo and Luffy..." Psalm tried to explain in a smaller scale. Rinoa's eyebrow twitched before she sighed, her expression saging.
"you know, it's not horrible to visit them even for a little bit...I-I just miss them so much" Rinoa said to Daniel, who looked like a car just struck him. To Daniel he never saw Rinoa look like that, to the others they already saw how Rinoa looked so broken when she talks about Ace Sabo and Luffy. Daniel however being stubborn argued back "why? why in the damn world do you still miss them?" quiet only for Rinoa to hear him. Suddenly Rinoa felt light, the pain disappeared telling Rinoa that the danger was gone. Now Rinoa understood, this was the danger it was warning her to watch out for. Rinoa gritted her teeth, and forced Daniel to turn around, she hated the fact that her best friend thinks that she doesn't miss her own brothers. Rinoa tried her best to make it look like she was still in pain, but she guessed that the gasps were from the sight of her strength coming back.
"i hate it when you said that, at my face! You know what i'll be nice for now, but if you say anything else i will hurt you personally, Daniel" Rinoa roared at Daniel. Her grip didn't falter one bit, making it look frightening to the others. Ace was worried for her injury since she just got out of 'surgery' but he noticed how her body language completely changed, her back was straighter, her grip on Daniel seemed to look tight, and the look of pain on her face disappeared. Thatch was awed at the strength Rinoa was displaying but he also knew that she has a limit, he can see it. Marco still had his bored expression on his face, Luffy on the other hand fell asleep with tears glistening and his cheeks puffed, he looked like he was having a nightmare which would be the case. Sabo and Gian stayed inside so that Gian wouldn't get wet, they were playing peek-a-boo so that Gian can be distracted.
"that's enough! Get in before you all get sick!" Pops shouted gaining the attention of Rinoa. Rinoa sighed before letting go of Daniel, who breathe a sigh of relief. However Rinoa gave Daniel a menacing glare, telling him that if he tries anything else she will be taking care of it. Daniel rushed inside where he was given a towel by Izo to dry off. Everyone else along with Psalm went in but Rinoa decided to stay outside for a little longer.
She didn't notice Gerard come up to her until he spoke "you know...i noticed how your pain disappeared when you started arguing with Daniel" he told what he saw, Rinoa sighed and smiled a bit.
"you know me so well" she said sarcastically. Gerard smirked and punched her shoulder in a teasing manner. Rinoa let out a laugh before looking up at the grey morning sky. The earth was crying once more, and she didn't like it one bit but she was marveled on how nice the rain looked.
"come on let's go inside before we get sick" Gerard pointed out grabbing her hand. Rinoa grumbled under her breath before complying to what he wants, not like she was gonna stop him from doing what he wants. The pain was gone and that was all that mattered to Rinoa at the moment, hopefully it won't leave any unwanted scar, no matter how look it may look.
Once inside they were inside, Rinoa was met by a crying Gian. She looked at Sabo who was looking at her sheepishly "we had a minor accident..." he said before looking away. Rinoa raised an eyebrow when she noticed the scar on Gian's right hand perfectly nor-wait...had there always been a scar there? Rinoa's eye widened when she saw a bit of blood drip from the hand, her eye twitching in annoyance.
"Sabo!" she called for the blonde that covered his ears. Ace smirked knowing that his brother will get an earful from the 'mother' in the group. Pops grinned before setting his eyes at the waking Luffy. Luffy's straw hat was dangling from his neck neglected at the moment. Luffy's wide eyes opened instantly when he saw the ceiling instead of the grey skies. He panicked a bit thinking everything was a dream before a hand rested on his head.
Luffy turned to the person who placed their hand on top of his head, grinning when he saw Pops grinning face. "Pops! is it time to eat yet? Wait where's my hat?!" he asked loudly earning him a booming laugh from the man he just asked. Marco stopped Luffy asking for his hat, which was just dangling from his neck, by placing the hat forcefully on Luffy's head. Thatch on the other hand was already a step ahead, running towards the kitchen when he heard his little brother ask. Izo started laughing along with Haruta while they were walking towards the dining room. Luffy on the other hand looked absolutely confused about why they were laughing. Marco just shook at his brother telling him to forget about it silently. Luffy grinned placing his hand on his chin he looked like he was thinking of something-wait Luffy thinking? Sabo thought that the end of the world was already happening because it was known to rarely think, but right now in front of them. Luffy grinned making sure that his hat was on his head before running at Rinoa snatching Gian out of her grasp, surprising Rinoa, and running towards the kitchen.
"Luffy! Hold him properly at least!" Rinoa yelled running after her hyperactive brother who doesn't know how to care a baby properly. Gian just gurgled holding his chubby hands out towards the table. Nusrat and the others were too tired at the moment and plopped down on the couch or on top of the rug in the living room even Psalm. Jennifer however wanted to eat first considering that she missed breakfast, and probably lunch. So she quietly went to the dining room, no one really noticed her besides Pops who was watching her every move.
Jennifer quickly sat down next to Rinoa, who was startled with her presence. Luffy was already devouring the food that was given to him, in incredible speed. "he acts like you" Jennifer commented very quietly watching Luffy eat tremendous amount of food. Rinoa sweatdropped and snickered a bit. They do act one way or another, it's a shame that they aren't blood related. Luffy was trying to feed Gian, who was shaking his head in protest. Ace tried also but only got the food thrown at him, Sabo didn't even try having little information of how to take care of babies, well this is the only time that they ever tried to feed a baby well there was Luffy but they didn't really help on taking care of him. Rinoa smirked before she clicked her tongue gaining Gian's attention easily. Haruta was creeped out a bit since the older sister had absolute control of the younger brother. Rinoa took a piece of an apple and handed it to Gian's small hands. Gian blinked at it and ate the apple slice eagerly. Luffy, Ace and Sabo's jaws dropped on the ground, just how did she do that?!
"what? you gotta know what he wants, he can't talk yet you know" Rinoa stated grabbing a piece of bread devouring the poor thing in one bite. Jennifer on the other hand took some soup instead of the solids. "hey Rinoa can you pass me the soy sauce?" she whispered in her ear. Rinoa nodded her head reaching for the soy sauce that was in front of Haruta. Luffy just continued eating the food, unconsciously he ripped the soy sauce from Rinoa's hold. Izo choked a bit, trying to contain his laughter when Rinoa's face turned to shock. Marco and Haruta looked at each other before Haruta howled in laughter, banging her hand on her lap. Ace and Sabo were holding Gian, hoping to get away from Luffy's unexpected luck. Thatch looked from the corner of his eye to see the commotion why he was cooking, and honestly he wished that he can make fun of Rinoa at the moment.
Jennifer on the other hand smiled a bit taking some of her hair out of her face. Rinoa blinked for what seems to be the 100th time before sighing. Luffy didn't even know what hit him. As far as Pops was concerned Rinoa threw a piece of pie at Luffy. Luffy yelped not expecting the flying food, but ate it afterwards in one gulp. Rinoa growled once again before looking around for something harder and probably sharper than just food. Jennifer knew that glint in her eyes and that meant that there was no escaping no matter what, without out thinking Jennifer whacked Rinoa on the back of her head. The food that was coming to Marco's mouth dropped when he saw it happen, either the girl was crazy or she was used to doing this. By the way that Jennifer whacked her, Marco figured that she wasn't even thinking about what can happen to her. Jennifer went back to eating but she was cautious knowing that Rinoa might get revenge. Rinoa was stunned that Jennifer was the one that whacked her on the head, but Jennifer did know she might be doing so she had the advantage. Rinoa pouted before crossing her arms over her chest.
"boo, Jen you're no fun, i was just gonna throw a fork a Luffy" she stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Pops laughed out loud, Marco chuckled slightly, Thatch hit his head with the spatula not minding that it was hot. Sabo and Ace were taken aback, not expecting for Rinoa to wanting to hit Luffy. Luffy paled a bit before taking his plate, and running out of the dining room. Gian giggled thinking that everyone was playing with him.
"Luffy! Get back here and eat your food here! Dammit!" Rinoa yelled at his little brother, who ignored her, his trademark laugh echoing throughout the halls. However Luffy accidentally tripped over Daniel spilling the contents of his plate on Daniel, said boy was not happy about the food that was spilled on him.
"What the fuck?!" he screamed at the top of his lungs which sounded like a girl screaming for help. This alerted everyone else that was sleeping in the living room, but when they saw what happened.
"hahahahaha! what the hell happened to you?" Xenia asked laughing hysterically holding her stomach. Daniel's face a turned a vibrant color of red, murmuring a few curses before running for the bathroom. Luffy was pouting about his food, Nusrat smacked his back playfully.
"aww it's just food, i'll give you some of mine!" she told Luffy who beamed at her. Rinoa smiled fondly at her so called family, then she felt someone ruffle her hair. She looked up to see Pops smiling at her, a silent question ringing through the air. Rinoa frowned before looking away mad that he even dared ask her, well she thinks he asked her to stay. How can she? That meant she will have to leave the life that she lived for almost all her life! She can't do that now can she? Rinoa sighed before plopping down on the floor leaning on the wall, the laughter of her best friends and siblings ringing through the air. However the incident today will be carved in her memory for eternity. Now all she has to do is make sure that the government doesn't discover her and her siblings...Life is never gonna be the same isn't it? Rinoa touched her tattoo cursing the blood that ran through her veins, but she knows 2 other people that has 'demonic' blood running through their veins, and she has to protect them. It's the job of the bis sister right?
To Be Continued~
A/N: OK this chapter had to be re-written like 3 times! That's because of the plot in the middle confused me, and i'm the author XD now for next chapter i hope you guys won't kill me...ok little spoiler it involves the government-Oh wait Thats a HUGE spoiler XD just watch out for unexpected new character next chap! I wont be able to update this until next month probably since i have a lot to write also! hopefully my best friend won't kill me! Till next time~!