lany-chan – of course she is, after all she is Luffy and D. on top of it :D

Cinnamon-fudg3 – if you will cry then I hope it will be from laughter, but let me know. And thanks, I only wish I won't get some idiotic teachers.

squirpsdolphin, – thanks for liking this xD

.wonderland – Yeah, they totally are. It's one of the few reasons, why I started to write this story, there are only few stories of them and most of them on hiatus, so I hope I won't be writer like that and actually complete it

New change: One very kind person (ninjabunny11) offered to do proofreading. From now on they would be even less mistakes, so applaud to this generous girl.

Last time:

"No, that's not it. We were just told she died." Ace answered. "Wait, a marine? You must have heard wrong. Luffy wouldn't be caught in marine garbs if her life depended on it. She wants to be Pirate King, after all." Sabo nodded in agreement. Life must really hate me.

Thatch's POV

This was starting to remind me of some kind of soap-opera. All I was missing was a tub of popcorn.

"Seems like Luffy has a lot to explain," Shanks said, walking back toward his ship, "but this isn't a story meant for everyone's ears. I'm gonna take my leave and take the marines with me, since they have orders to follow me."

The girl ran to him and hugged him. "Thanks, Shanks, it was nice seeing you again."

Shanks laughed, ruffling her hair. "Yeah, Anchor. Don't get killed before you complete your dream." he said to her.

"Don't worry Shanks, I'm hard to kill." she said to him and raised her hand to touch her chest and I wondered why. (A/N: When Luffy was sleeping she had buttoned her cardigan so she would be little warmer, so the scar wasn't visible.) "The next time I see you, I'll kick your ass." she said cheekily and I marveled at the kid's guts; she was really something else.

"Luffy, I believe you already kicked Shanks' ass." said Benn.

"Benn, you said that was only sparring. Besides, we were tied," she answered, and I wondered how much was Shanks had been holding back. Looking around, I wasn't the only one thinking this. Benn Yasopp shook their heads in exasperation, and suddenly I felt like I was missing something.

"Luffy, take care of yourself. Keep an eye on my adorable Usopp." said Yasopp.

"Don't worry Yasopp, I'll look after all my nakama."

The ginger-haired girl nearby sighed. "You mean that we'll be looking after you."

Luffy grinned. "That's what nakama are for. To look after each other!" Luffy said happily and I agreed with her. The two Strawhats on our deck agreed as well, if the fond smiles were any indication.

Ginger thanked Shanks and his crew for enduring Luffy's antics, but they shook their head saying that it was fun. After the farewells were done with and Shanks was gone, I noticed that Ace and Sabo had gotten close to Luffy, like they were ready to prevent her from running away. She didn't look like she wanted to escape, though. If anything, she looked comfortable between them.

"Giant-ossan," Luffy turned back to look at Pops, "would you mind if the rest of my nakama came on board? They're worrywarts, and I don't want them to plan a rescue mission, thinking I'm kept here against my will or something."

The Strawhat with green hair mumbled something along the lines of, 'Yeah, that sounds like something the idiots would do.'

"I don't have any problems with it," Pops replied. "In fact, I'm interested in what kind of companions you have." The commanders nodded their heads.

Luffy suddenly yelled, "GUYS, STOP SNEAKING AROUND AND COME HERE!" I jumped a bit at her loud voice. In the next second there were six people coming on board.

I gaped at them; where did she manage to find a crew like that? "Okay everyone; these are my nakama. You already know Nami and Zoro." she said, pointing at them. "This is Robin, Usopp, Chopper, Franky, Sanji, and Brook."

I couldn't help but gape "You have on your crew a tanuki, a robot and a skeleton."

"You jerk, I'm a reindeer!" yelled the tiny creature before me.

"Ah, sorry then. Wait, you can talk!" I yelled, surprised. It's not every day you encounter talking reindeer, even on the Grand Line.

"Chopper is a reindeer who ate the Human Human fruit, so now he can talk. He's the best doctor ever!" Luffy informed us happily.

"You jerk, saying that won't make me happy." the creature said, doing what was pretty obviously a happy dance.

"You look pretty happy," commented Ace.

"And I'm not a robot. I'm only a humble cyborg." said Franky, unhappy with me.

"Okay, so you have on your crew a cyborg, a talking reindeer/doctor and a living skeleton. Is that better?" I asked and the three in question nodded, satisfied.

The rest of the introductions were quickly dealt with. Luffy's nakama didn't say it, but they seemed happy that she had found her brothers.

Speaking of her brothers, Ace looked like he about to set something on fire. "Now that we know each other, will you finally tell us what the fuck happened?!" Ace finally demanded, angry that he still didn't have his explanation. Luffy looked at him, then at Sabo.

"Do they know about you?" she asked softly and I raised my eyebrows. Know what exactly?

"Pops and the commanders know; why?" Sabo replied.

She gestured at our crew, who already woken up from Shanks' 'attack'. "Then they shouldn't listen to what I have to say."

Pops agreed. We waited a moment for the rest of the crew to leave, and we were on the deck alone.

"This is gonna be a long story; you should probably take a seat." she said. Pops stayed in his chair, and everybody else sat down, forming a circle, with Sabo and Ace on either side of their sister. We noticed that she suddenly looked very sad. Her brothers each placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"It started with Jii-chan. He was out drinking with Bakainu, and he got so smashed, he told him about you two." The brothers froze at the implications, as did the rest of us. "When I was 13, I met Bakainu in Fuusha Village. I didn't like him. I didn't even need my devil fruit to tell me he was bad news. So I followed him." I gulped, dreading what she was going to say next. "We talked. He wanted me to help him find my brothers, so he could take them in for execution." she said with such venom I found myself flinching. The brothers paled.

"So I cut a deal with him. He didn't know about my dad, but he did know that I was the granddaughter of a Vice-Admiral, so he thought I would be an asset to the marines. He said that if I joined them, he would leave you guys alone and confiscate every file that marines had on you guys. So I agreed." she said, grinning nervously, but Ace and Sabo seemed enraged. I couldn't blame them.

"Why didn't you tell us? We deserved to know! Why did you let us think all these years that you were dead?" Ace yelled at her. I could tell, though, that he was more pissed off on himself than his sister. She had sacrificed herself for them and they didn't even know.

"If I had told you, you would have done everything in your powers to stop him, Ace." she said to him, gently cupping his chin, so he would look her in the eyes. "I love you and Sabo. And there was a way to save you two from being killed, so I took it. No matter the cost. You two are my precious brothers."

"She's right, as much as I hate to admit it," Sabo added. "We didn't have a chance against the Admiral at the time. We would have died, and Luffy would have blamed herself for it. But today, we're all alive, and we've all found places where we belong." He nuzzled Luffy's neck. "Thank you, Luffy. I know how hard it must have been for you."

Ace kissed her forehead. "I hate it as well." he sighed. "Thank you Luffy, but don't do it ever again." I felt like I had no right to intrude on this moment between the siblings. The commanders looked uncomfortable, too. However, you couldn't deny that the three looked really sweet together.

Something was still bothering me. "Sorry to interrupt the moment, but why did you change your mind and leave the marines, if Akainu has such information on your brothers?" I glanced at her curiously and shivered as I saw her malicious glare (though if anyone mentioned it I would have denied it. I'm a Whitebeard pirate, not some sissy).

"Akainu was keeping his end of the deal. He never said anything to anyone." She glanced at her brothers. "The only thing that was proving your blood-relationships to your families was written in a single document. I destroyed it, so now if he tried to claim that Sabo was an ex-noble or Ace was the son of the late Pirate King, he would have nothing to back him up. Furthermore, he would have to explain where and when he found this information. In the process, he'd probably be forced to reveal our deal if he didn't want his superiors to think he withheld information from them, which he did. In the end, he'd probably be severely punished. So, he'll definitely keep this info to himself." she said to us.

I gaped. For someone who acted like an oblivious idiot, she could be terrifyingly smart.

"You destroyed it?" Marco asked curiously. "Wasn't he keeping it somewhere you would have hard time getting to, yoi? Akainu may be a bastard, but he's not an idiot."

"Ace," Sabo with a knowing look, "do you remember the article Haruta showed us? The one about a fire in Mariejois and a witness seeing some kind of angel?"

I wondered where he was getting with this.

"Mariejois is even more heavy-guarded than Marine HQ. The most secret documents are kept there." Sabo continued to explain and we looked at the smug Luffy. I remembered their reaction when we said an angel had been sighted. It was as if they had seen a ghost.

Ace groaned. "And Luffy's devil fruit powers would explain the part about an angel." Now everyone was facing Luffy, wanting to hear her answer.

"Yup, though I had only wanted to set the place with the documents on fire, but there was an armory right next door. So the fire was little bigger than expected." she said sheepishly.

Oh, my god, she's just like her brothers. Maybe I can convince her to help me with some pranks?

"Don't even think about it, Thatch, yoi." Marco said sternly. I gave him the most innocent look I could muster, but he wasn't taking the bait.

Sabo shook his head. "Only you, Luffy, could burn down half of Mariejois by accident." he said with resignation, then added, "Well, you and Ace."

"What the hell supposed to mean?!" yelled Ace, and all of us laughed.

"That explains the burning city. What about the 'angel' part?" asked Izo, curiosity getting the better of him.

"When I was little I ate the Angel Angel Fruit," answered Luffy.

She's a Mythical Zoan like Marco?! "Can we see, pretty please?" I asked, her wanting to see her transformation.

She looked a little uncomfortable. "I guess I don't really have a problem with it; I didn't usually use my powers in the past because I didn't want Ace and Sabo to find out that I was alive. So I've never shown my other form to so many people before."

But then she closed her eyes and white light started forming around her, making me squint. Wings formed from her back. As the light disappeared, I blinked and looked at her. The wings were about the same size as Marco's in his Phoenix form. The feathers were silver as they sprouted from her back, but as they continued on they became scarlet red. Similarly, Luffy's hair was mostly silver but scarlet at the tips. With her silver hair brushing against cheeks, her black eyes stood out.

I was trying really hard to keep my nose from bleeding. If her brothers saw me now, I'd probably be a dead man. Then she went back to human form.

"I didn't know there was a devil fruit that could make you an angel." Marco said. Makes sense that he was interested; as far as I knew, he and Luffy were currently the only mythical Zoans in existence.

"I didn't know either. Even the marines don't have any information about it. I guess it's the first time anyone's eaten the fruit." Then she asked if she could see his transformation in return. Marco agreed to show her later.

Luffy's POV

After telling my story to my brothers, I asked if I could speak with giant-ossan alone. Some of the commanders still didn't trust me and were against it, but Whitebeard agreed. The hardest part was convincing Ace and Sabo to leave as well. Fortunately they listened to giant-ossan, so the two of us headed into the Captain's room.

"When I found out that my mission included meeting you all, I had Robin get as much info on you as she could. Your crew is big, so I had her focus on you, the commanders, and people who the marines consider suspicious." Whitebeard narrowed his eyes, getting an idea of where this conversation was heading.

"This could just be a false rumor, but both Robin and I didn't like it, so I've decided to let you know. I heard that you and your crew are like a big family, and now that I confirmed it with my own eyes, I hope what she found was just a mistake." I said as I gave him the folder; he looked at me, mulling my words before flipping the folder open.

Ace's POV

The second she disappeared with Pops I jumped up and started pacing, probably getting on the nerves of everyone around me. After finding out she was alive, I didn't want to let her out of my sight. In the back of my mind, I was afraid she would vanish again.

I was brought out of my negative thoughts when Sabo punched my leg. "Ace, I get it. You're worried about her. I'm worried too, but wearing the floor down won't help her. Besides she's with Pops. There's nowhere safer." I nodded. That makes sense. I sat down again.

"Is this the girl I heard you guys talking about?" Marco asked us. "On May 5th, I think? You said it was her birthday."

"Yes, that's her." Sabo answered. Then he looked at our sister's crew. "If it's alright, would you tell us some stories about you and Luffy? I still remember how she tells stories. She only mentions what she thinks is important, so none of it makes sense." Sabo chuckled and I grinned. Good idea, Sabo. The commanders must have been curious as well, because they leaned in slightly.

And so the Strawhats told us how they had met Luffy, and the adventures they went on. Some stories were so unreal that I didn't really wanted to believe them, but one look at the Strawhats and I could see they were telling the truth. (A/N: Even though the Strawhats told them stories, they didn't describe how exactly they beat their opponent. So they know they win against these people, but they don't how hard it was to beat them or how injured Strawhats were in the end.)

As Zoro was telling us about Jaya, Nami interrupted. "I still don't get why you didn't fight back. That guy made fun of me when I said we want to go to the island in the sky, slammed Luffy against the bar and then groped her!" Nami exclaimed. I growled at the thought of someone touching sweet, innocent Luffy that way. I glanced at Sabo, and I could tell that he felt the same.

"Luffy ordered me not to," Zoro defended himself. "Besides, they weren't worth wasting our strength on. They were just bunch of cowards, convinced that they were hot shit."

Marco nodded. "Impressive. Not many could just take that kind of treatment calmly." Zoro, seemingly satisfied, continued the story. I put on a calm face, but I was planning a million different ways of torturing that guy Bellamy if I ever got my hands on him.

Then they told me how Luffy kicked God's ass, traveled to Water 7, and met Franky, who they were initially at complete odds with. I could feel Marco and Thatch's wonder as they talked about destroying Enies Lobby, and they are not easy to impress. They told us of how they split up at Sabaody so that half of them could stay with Luffy, because the others already had bounties on their heads.

Six hours later, it was already dinner time and my stomach started grumbling, not happy about being neglected for so long. Instead of demanding food, I wondered why Luffy wasn't back yet.

I thought back to her appearance. She looked the same, yet entirely different. She had lost her baby fat that made her look so cute. Now she was really-

"I'm glad we got to meet your sister," Thatch suddenly chuckled to me. "She seems fun, plus she's pretty easy on the eyes. I can't really fathom how such a bombshell can be related to either of you." I don't think he realized that he was treading on thin ice. The other commanders got it rather quickly, seeing how they went far away from Thatch.

"Thatch, how dare you talk like that about our little sister?" Sabo said looking like the Devil himself.

Thatch paled and ran up to Marco, hiding behind him. "Please Marco, don't let them take me. I didn't mean it like that." Thatch pleaded crying anime tears. Tough luck, man; even Marco won't get in the way of two overprotective brothers..

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"Ace, Sabo! I'm back!" Luffy waved at us coming from inside of the ship. We instantly stopped beating Thatch up and went to hug her. The commanders sweat-dropped at our behavior.

"I see, Thatch said something unbecoming."

I blinked. "Pops, when did you get here? I didn't notice you."

Jaws dropped around me. "He was right behind her; how could you not notice someone huge as Pops?" they yelled at me. I just shrugged.

"Yes, Thatch had some inappropriate comments." Sabo answered, giving Thatch a dark glare.

I huffed. "That doesn't matter anymore. I'm hungry; can we go and eat something?"

"Me too," Luffy chimed in, "it's been such a long time since I last ate. Sanji! Meat!" She trotted over to the blonde with the black suit, and we followed her.

"I made dinner while everyone else was swapping stories." said the cook.

"You're the best, Sanji!" Luffy said, pumping her arms in the air.

I gave him a dark glare and inched closer to Luffy. Sabo and I exchanged glances, and we silently nodded.

Luffy loves meat.

Sanji is a cook.

We won't let him have Luffy; she's ours.

Marco's POV

After Sabo, Ace, and the Strawhats headed over to their ship, I approached Pops, hoping he would tell me what had him in such a foul mood. He noticed me, but shook his head. I guessed this wasn't the right time to talk about it, so I headed off to the dining hall to eat, agreeing with Ace's statement about being hungry.

And with this I am stopping.

Cinnamon-Fudg3 I hope you're satisfied with mine describing Luffy's DF I don't think I can do better, but feel free to ask.

We're finally getting to see the relationship between Ace, Sabo and Luffy. *squeal* I think now it's quite obvious who I'll be pairing Luffy with. I hope you don't mind this, but I seriously love this pairing. If you have problems with it write a review or be silenced forever….