Chapter 5: The Letter

"What letter?" Law and Luffy asked in unison, everyone's eyes were now on Garp who was smiling slightly and was rubbing the back of his hat, a trade Law noticed that Luffy always did as well when he was apologizing.

"Ah yes.. Your mother wrote you a letter for when you'd turn eighteen.. I totally forgot about it!" he said, bursting out into laughter.

"Well? Where is that letter than?" Vivi asked, her arms crossed over her chest, looking at Garp seriously. "I lost it!" as the words left Garp's mouth, everyone in that room began yelling at him things like; 'How could you lose it?!' 'You should've put it somewhere save!' and 'How could you even forget something like that?!'.

"I can't belief she gave you that letter! She knew you'd lose it!" Shanks exclaimed as soon as the yelling had ceased, getting everyone's attention. "What do you mean, she knew he'd lose it?" Law asked, glaring at the red-haired man.

Instead of answering his question, Shanks walked up to him and stopped only a few inches in front of him. He looked at Law for a couple of seconds, when Luffy came up next to him. "Shanks! What are you doing?" he asked, trying to get some distance in between them. "Sometimes I don't understand Yue at all.." he muttered, his voice only audible to Law and Luffy. "Yue?" they both asked, looking at each other and than back at Shanks.

As he stepped back a bit and turned around, walking back to where he was standing, he spoke again, this time for everyone to hear. "I really need to talk to your mother about her definition of cute." He shook his head as he spoke.

Everyone in the room looked at him in confusion and it was Law to break the silence. "Do you at least know where you've last seen the letter?"

"Of course I know!" he said, frowning at Law as if he were stupid. "It was when Luffy was five! I put it into a box and left it somewhere!" he explained. "And where is that box?" Sabo asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "Dunno. There are lots of boxes here. Maybe the cellar, basement, or in my room. Oh, or it might be in the guest room." He said, picking his nose while explaining.

After having divided everyone into teams they all made their way into one of the said rooms. Marco, Sabo and Vivi went into the basement, Shanks and Ace into the guest room, Garp into his own room and Luffy and Law went up to the cellar.

Luffy had never gone up the cellar before, because it was mostly used as a storage room for stuff they didn't even use anymore.

"I think this will take us quite some time…" Law muttered as he got up to the cellar, Luffy following right behind him. "Why's that?" he asked, but his question was immediately answered when he looked around the cellar. Everything that had been stored here, was in a box and because Garp never specified what else was in the box, they'd have to search every single box.

Luffy's POV

We've been searching the cellar for at least an hour now, but we still haven't found anything yet.. And the fact that I keep getting distracted by everything we find isn't really helping either..

Traffy hasn't spoken to me since we came up here, only telling me not to play around with everything… I wonder if he's mad at me for something? "Traffy?" I asked cautiously and got a hum as a reply. "Why'd you tell my family that you're my boyfriend?" I asked and I heard something crash behind me, when I turned around I saw that Law had dropped the box that he was carrying and that his face was bright red. When our eyes met I felt the heat rush to my face and quickly turned around again.

I heard him shuffle through the stuff that had fallen out of the box, before he came walking over to me. "I think I found the letter." He said and held it out to me, his eyes fixed on the letter, as if he were trying to avoid looking at me.. Maybe I shouldn't have asked that…

I took the letter from him and looked at the envelop for a bit. The envelop was plain white and my name was written on it in a red-brown like ink. When I turned it around to open it I noticed a warning she had written there and I automatically read it out loud. "Confidential! Read Alone! Letter will burn itself if anyone else reads it!" I looked at Traffy who nodded at me and sat in front of me, waiting for me to read the letter.

Dear Luffy,

Well.. If Garp kept his promise than you've probably never heard anything about me before and if you were hoping to find out more about me through this letter than I'll have to disappoint you! This letter is just me rambling about stuff that is currently flying through my mind.

Luffy.. I'm still getting used to your name.. You're father insisted on it being your name, though I actually wanted it to be something more god-like, you know? But you're father wasn't having it and I went with it.. I think that the Monkey family has some weird tradition with giving their children odd names.. I mean, seriously? Garp, okay, but who names his son Dragon? That's an animal for Christ's sake! Not that I dislike his name or anything, it's just pretty odd..

If I'm not mistaking than Yue has already explained most of the essentials to you or has at least given you the rule book. There for I won't explain anything in this letter, I prefer explaining things like that personally, because I'm horrible at expressing myself through a letter. (P.S. You know Yue as Makino I think.. It's confusing sometimes, with the many different names she always chooses.)

Yue told me today that she had chosen your mate and I'm extremely excited! She showed me a picture of him and I can't wait to see him when he's an adult! I think that his name fits him pretty well, too! I'll be meeting him now and I hope he isn't going to run away screaming.. Because pregnant gods sometimes grow limbs or something else grows out of their body and I happen to have grown a tail and golden horns..

You see, when a mate is chosen both people have to meet for her to attach the invisible string! It's such a beautiful process if you ask me! We went into town today to meet him, of course he doesn't know anything about it though. He was sitting on the playground, reading a book that was twice as thick as him! He's the most adorable kid I've ever seen, with his little fluffy hat and all! When I walked up to him he told me to 'Get lost', because apparently I was distracting him.. Even though he's so adorable, he's pretty mean.. he seemed to just ignore my tail and horns though.. Yue told me later on that it was some national holiday called 'Halloween' and that's why no one looked at me weird.. I sometimes forget stuff like that.. The moment Yue attached the string his deep frown softened and he actually smiled! He smiled! Can you belief that? I'm bursting out of excitement right now! I can't wait to see him when he's all tall and handsome!

I will meet you soon, though. After all, what kind of a mother would I be if I didn't even introduce myself to my son? But of course, I can be quite mean and that's why I'll leave you with a little tease; I'll come visit you two after you've mated for the first time! I might just show up while you're mating, it's such a beautiful process after all! And what kind of a mother wouldn't want to watch her son mate for the first time? I can't wait for it!

About your powers, try not to turn anyone into a dragon or a fairy, okay? Trust me, god's never forget anything like that and they carry grudges for a very long time! They're still mad at me for having turned myself into a goat and having talked to a human just for fun… and that happen more than a thousand years ago!

Well, that's all what I wanted to say and if it wouldn't be for the shortage of heavenly paper I would've gone on with my rambling for hours..

Yours Sincerely,

Eidyia of the Oceanides.

P.S.S. Kick some demi-godly asses while you're at it!

P.S.S.S. This letter will explode in about 10 seconds..

Law's POV

As I was waiting for Luffy-ya to finish his letter I observed his facial expression's to understand what exactly is written in it.. His expression at first was serious, before it turned into a bright smile, before it turned back into a frown. He than let out a surprised gasp before he smiled again, not as brightly as before though, it was a small smile and his eyes softened for some reason I don't know. As I watched him read the letter further his mouth fell open and his face turned bright red. I could feel my heart speeding up as a jolt of excitement ran through my body. And than, for just a brief second he looked at me and our eyes met. I could swear that his blush turned several shades darker. As he read the letter further he began to chuckle and than suddenly, he looked astonished, before it turned into fear and he threw the letter into the air and leaped himself at me.

We crashed into a couple of boxes that were behind me, before a huge explosion reached my ears and the shockwave of it pushed us several meters further.

When I opened my eyes that I hadn't realized I had closed I looked right into Luffy-ya's beautiful brown ones. "She was right.." he muttered and I couldn't help raise an eyebrow at his statement. As I did that he seemed to notice that he had actually said that out loud and I could feel his heartbeat increase to an impossible speed and I realized how close we really were. I felt my face burn with all the blood that had rushed there and it felt like a million butterflies were flying in my stomach.. "What was she right about?" I asked and thanked all the gods that my voice wasn't shaking. Luffy-ya pressed his forehead against mine, our noses pressing against each other. "You really wanna know?" he asked me teasingly and I couldn't get any words out so I just nodded slightly. "She said that.." he began and I could feel his lips brush against mine and my entire body began to shake. "you're.." he continued and our lips were touching now, though I didn't dare to move as I continued to stare into his eyes and our hearts were hammering against each other. "cute.." he finished and as he said the last words, my lips moved along with his.

Neither of us moved as we continued to stare into each others eyes, our lips touching and our bodies pressed against each other and that's when I felt his hand stroking my cheek and move slowly to my chin, stroking over my goatee and I felt him let out a shaky breath when I realized what he was waiting for. I felt like hitting myself for not realizing sooner that he was waiting for me to make a move, after all, he was the one to make the first.. And so I did. I pressed my lips against his to tell him that I too want to kiss him. As he eagerly pressed back I closed my eyes and let out lips move against each other.

I felt his hands on both sides of my face, before they moved up into my hair and my hands automatically moved to his back and pressed him closer against me and he sighed into the kiss and I took the opportunity to let my tongue trail along his lower lip, asking for entrance and my heart skipped a beat when he actually opened his mouth and our tongues clashed together. As our tongues danced around each other it felt like an electric bolt of excitement went through my body with every time they touched even the slightest and I couldn't help but press Luffy-ya more and more against me, wanting to close the non-existing space between us. I had never felt anything like it before when I kissed someone, it was more addicting than anything else in this world.

I hadn't even realized that I had stopped breathing until the need for it over took the pleasure and I had to pull out of the kiss. Apparently Luffy-ya felt the same, because he was also panting heavily, placing kisses on my parted lips while breathing heavily.

Both of us were pulled out of our haze as a cough reached out ears and we looked into the direction it came from.

The blue haired girl who was in the living room was standing there, a deep blush covering her face and the red-haired man standing behind her. They were still standing on the stairs that led up to the cellar and I could hear the others telling them to move it, because they wanted to look as well.

"H-how long have you been standing there?" he asked and I couldn't help but want to ravage his mouth, even if there were people watching. To my disappointment he sat up and I noticed that his face was bright red. He looked down at me and his expression immediately softened.

"A while.." the girl named Vivi said shyly. "We came walking in around the time where you were forcing you're tongues down each other's throats." Shanks said blankly, I could imagine his expression while he said that, but I was too fixated on Luffy-ya to bother and look at them.

"What was that explosion anyways?" Shanks asked and Luffy forced his eyes off of me to look at him. "Mom's letter exploded." Luffy-ya explained and the bluenettes expression brightened. "So you found your mothers letter? What did it say?" she asked excitedly and Luffy-ya seemed to think about it for a while, before he answered her question. "She likes Traffy and thinks he's cute." Was everything he said and I immediately sat up straight, having to catch Luffy-ya, who almost fell onto his back out of surprise. "You're mother mentioned me in the letter?" I asked him and he nodded. "She was mostly talking about you.. And she said that she was going to come by soon.." Luffy-ya said and for some reason his face turned red as he said the last part. "When's she coming by?" I asked and his face turned even redder than it already was. "Not telling." He said and quickly got off of me. Vivi and Shanks had both already gone down the stairs the second Luffy-ya got up and he quickly followed after them. "Luffy-ya?" I asked and got up as well, quickly following after him.

When I got down the stairs I noticed that his brother Sabo and the other blonde man had gone downstairs again and Shanks and Ace were talking as if nothing ever happened. The bluenette, Vivi, was already gone as well. What did Luffy-ya say to them to make them act like nothing happened?

I quickly ran downstairs and noticed that he was just going outside. I immediately ran after him and managed to catch up with him as he was just walking into the next street. "Luffy-ya! Where are you running to? And exactly why are you running, anyways?" I asked him, but he didn't stop and continued walking, so I decided to grab his hand to stop him. He stopped, but didn't turn around to face me. "Luffy-ya? What's wrong?" I asked, but I didn't get a reply. "Luffy-ya? Turn around, please." I asked, but he shook his head heavily in denial, so I decided to turn him around myself. He first looked surprised as he looked at me, but his expression immediately changed to something that I had never seen before.

"Luffy-ya? Tell me wha-" I got cut off as he pressed his lips against mine and wrapped his arms around my neck, pulling me into the kiss. I kissed him back immediately, but I couldn't help but wonder why he ran off. I pulled out of the kiss and he looked at me disappointed, my heart ached seeing him disappointed, but I wanted some answers. "Luffy-ya. Why did you run off?" I asked and he looked at me for a bit before he sighed. "I wanted to think some things over.." he admitted, but I still wasn't satisfied with his answer. "Think about what exactly?"

"About why you never made a move on me even though you obviously like me for instance or why Makino-san didn't tell me sooner that you're my mate or why-" "Hold on a second! I'm your mate?" I asked and it was quite obvious from the sound in my face that I really couldn't belief it. "Yes." He said, cocking his head to the side. "Why else would I be in love with you?" He said he's in love with me.. He loves me? "Traffy? What's wrong?" he asked me, pulling me out of my thoughts. "You love me." It was more a statement than a question and his face turned bright red as if he hadn't realized that he had said that, but he nodded anyways and I couldn't help but smile.

Yup. I'm gonna end it right there! ;) I know I'm a horrible tease, but I'll leave it up to Sunny to decide what happens next :D This was the first time I actually wrote a make-out scene.. I hope I didn't disappoint any of you! I had a lot of fun writing it! :D