Little Lady Slytherin - DEVIL FRUIT APPEARES! Seriously, that's you reaction!

TheCaptainOfShips – Of course I know, why do you think I started this story. I wanted more ASL, thought I wish there would be more stories, ones that are actually completed and not left for waste…

ramfomguest – Not telling about Thatch, that would be spoiler and I'm sorry it took me so long to get them together.

Last time:

"I don't know. The only thing I can tell you is that it smells like death."

Those who heard it stilled and narrowed their eyes at the Akuma no Mi. Thatch thought about what he heard before announcing that he was going to talk with Pops about it.

Narrator's POV

After talking to Whitebeard about the devil fruit, Thatch decided to keep it in his room for the time being. He couldn't make up his mind about whether or not to eat it. Meanwhile, Marco was looking for Teach, but couldn't find him anywhere on board, despite asking other crewmates to help with the search. He worriedly made his way onto the deck, where he found the three D's, Robin, Zoro, Izo and Haruta.

"…trace Poneglyph." Robin had just finished saying and Luffy looked thoughtful.

"Is that so? Then what are you waiting for?! I would have expected you to search for it as soon as you heard the rumors," Luffy said, grinning. The archeologist smiled in reply and headed toward Zoro, who was facing the direction of the town.

"Thanks Luffy."

"Nah, it's your dream. But Robin…" Luffy suddenly looked serious and the two Strawhats paused, wondering what she wanted. "…don't follow Zoro's directions. I want you to get there as soon as possible."

The Strawhats and Whitebeards instantly started grinning like loons or outright laughing. Zoro's indignant "Oi!" was lost in the ruckus everyone was making.

"So Zoro's dream was to become The Greatest Swordsman and your archeologist wants to find the truth behind Void Century," mused Izo. "It makes me wonder about the dreams of the other Strawhats."

Luffy smiled widely, but otherwise didn't answer. Haruta frowned, suddenly noticing what everyone else had missed before. "Since when have you had that scar?" she asked with a deadly tone. The pirates who heard the exclamation looked at what the female was talking about.

"Oh, I've had it for a long time. Sometimes I even forget I have one. It's nothing to be mad about," Luffy grinned in answer, despite everybody climbing over each other to peek at the scar on Luffy's chest.

"Holy shit!"

"It's nothing to be mad about?! How can you say that?!" Haruta and Izo yelled simultaneously. Strawhat simply shrugged, not at all bothered.

Vista tried to take everyone's attention off the topic, since Luffy didn't seem like she wanted to talk about it any further. "Is that a sword strapped on your hip?" he asked curiously.

"Hmm… Yeah, it is. It's a gift from my uncle, he sent it to me through Hawky. The last one shattered and Uncle thought this one would be good for me," Luffy said with a fond smile, and many gaped.

"I didn't know you could use a sword," said a confused Ace, as Sabo gaped at the weapon.

"Shanks taught me when I was little, but when Grandpa took me to you and Dadan he confiscated the sword from me. When I was with you, I mainly fought with my fists, but after getting to Marineford, I started using katanas again."

There was round of 'Ohh's and 'Ahh's as they took the information in.

"As nice as this discussion is, we need to gather everyone on board as soon as possible," Marco interrupted. "It seems that the marines have heard about Luffy being in the general area and are sending an Admiral to check it out, yoi."

"You heard Marco," Whitebeard continued. "We're leaving in 30 minutes, so make sure everyone is on board. We don't any need unnecessary fights." The Whitebeard Pirates dispersed to inform their crewmates on the island.

Meanwhile, Luffy headed toward Sunny with a frown. Haruta with Izo looked at her curiously, but instead of asking her any further, they went to check who was missing from their divisions.

"Nami, Franky!" Luffy called out to her nakama to get their attention.

"What's going on, Luffy-san? Things seem lively up there on the Moby. Not that I have the eyes to see it, YOHOHO."

"One of the Admirals is on his way here."

"WHAT?!" yelled the remaining Strawhats on board.

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible!" Nami started. "But Robin and Zoro are still on the island. We'll need to find them quickly." Chopper and Usopp nodded furiously.

"No. Robin is looking for a Poneglyph that's rumored to be on this island. We can't leave before she finds it," Luffy said seriously.

"If we stay here, we're going to die!" cried out a distressed Nami.

"So you would rather leave and keep Robin from reaching her dream?" asked Luffy, her hat shadowing her eyes.

When she said that, the Strawhats paused. They knew that they couldn't keep their nakama from pursuing their dreams. If anything, they wanted to help.

"That's not what I meant," The navigator tried explaining. "But can't we come back once we're sure the Admiral is gone?" Though she already knew that the answer was going to be 'no' by the look on her Captain's face.

"The Whitebeards are leaving in a few minutes," Luffy changed the subject. "I heard that Teach is back, though I didn't notice him. But I feel like something's going to happen, so I need to stay on Moby. I want for you to hide yourselves and Sunny, before Robin and Zoro come back. If you don't do something flashy they won't know you're here. I trust you to come after us when you can. Understood?"

The crew didn't like this. They weren't afraid of the Admiral; well they were, but leaving Luffy alone on Moby when she had one of her gut feelings was scaring them even more.

"We promise to come back. In return, you need to promise to be careful," Sanji said, distracting the rest from their thoughts.

"I can try," Luffy replied with a grin and laughed. The Strawhats just shook their heads, accepting that this was the best they were going to get from her.

"Okay, Marco. Everyone is on board. We can set sail at any time," Namur informed the first-mate, and got a nod in return.

"Now we just need to find out what the Strawhats are doing, yoi." Marco said, and looked around as if they would pop out of nowhere.

"No need to worry about us. We're good to go," said Sanji, coming from behind them. Namur jumped. 'Okay, so they really can pop out from nowhere,' he thought with a sweat-drop as he saw the blond cook, who was closely followed by Luffy.

"Look after our idiotic captain, shitty bastards, so we don't have to kick your ass when we see you again." said Sanji.

"Of course we'll always look after her… Wait, what do you mean by 'when we see you again'?" asked a bewildered Namur.

"Robin and Zoro are still on the island, and they won't come back before they find the Poneglyph, so the rest of us are staying put. Luffy is coming with you, so make sure she's safe. You should know by now just how much of a troublemaker she is."

"But an Admiral is coming here! It's dangerous to stay here!" Ace exploded, but Sanji and Luffy looked at him calmly.

"We can take care of ourselves. There's no need to worry. I should go now, so see you later," the cook said before he jumped onto the other ship.

"Luffy, you're the captain," Ace tried again. "Say something to them. If you order it, the two will come back!"

But Luffy had already made her decision. "I can't stop Robin; it's her dream we're talking about, Ace. If we lose our lives trying to reach our dream, then that's it. But we won't give up our dreams up; they're what make us who we are," Luffy said with a completely serious face. "I'm going to talk with Oyaji." With that, she left everyone behind to think about her words.

"Do you really think that's a smart thing to do, brat?" asked Oyaji.

"I don't do smart things. I do things to piss people off, or because I feel like it." answered Strawhat. Whitebeard started laughing.

"Cheeky brat."

"You're kidding me!" said Thatch, laughing.

"I'm not. You should have seen his face, it was hilarious!" answered Haruta Everyone glanced at them curiously, but decided in the end that they didn't want to know.

"What are you talking about?" Okay, so maybe not everyone. Ace was way too curious for his own good.

Haruta and Thatch looked at him mischievously, but refused to answer.

Ace, Sabo and Luffy sweat-dropped at their behavior, looking up from their mid-day snack.

"They're most likely talking about their latest prank, though I'm not sure it was worth the outcome," answered Teach, as he joined the discussion.

The five of them responded to Teach's response with a brief glance in his direction before turning away. All except for Luffy, who didn't tear her eyes away from him.

"It was definitely worth the few punches from Marco," cried out a triumphant Thatch.

Luffy didn't hear him, though. She was busy staring at Teach, and she definitely didn't like what she was seeing. She made up her mind; when this dinner was over, she was going to talk with Pops.

Marco's POV

The dinner was calm; well, as calm as it could be with Ace stealing food, or with my brothers hollering loudly.

The strange thing was that Luffy was quiet and wasn't stealing food from anyone. She acted otherwise normal (well, based on her definition of normal), but I noticed the quick glances she sent Teach's way. It made me wary; Luffy liked everyone, yet it was obvious to me that she didn't like Marshall.

My attention, however, quickly went to Ace and Sabo the moment I heard them start to complain about paperwork.

"You mean you still haven't completed the stack I gave you, yoi?" I asked. I tried to keep my expression and posture relaxed (later, someone told me that they'd starting sweating from my threatening aura and the small sadistic smirk on my face). Before Ace and Sabo could reply, I caught the two of them by the ear and dragged them to their room so that they could complete their paperwork.

It had already been an hour since I dragged the troublemakers to my room to complete their paperwork.

"CATCH HER!"

"THE BITCH KILLED THATCH!"

We heard yells from outside, and we immediately started running in the direction of the noise. Our crewmates made way for the three of us. As we got closer to the commotion, we heard even more screams and profanities.

When I finally saw what the yelling was about, my blood ran cold. Thatch was lying on the deck in a pool of blood, and I registered Luffy evading attacks from my brothers. It was then that I saw someone sneak up behind her. Luffy dodged the punch he threw her way, only for someone else to slap sea-stone handcuffs onto her wrists.

"What are you doing to Luffy?!" Ace and Sabo yelled, as they saw their sister's lose her balance from the strain of the sea-stone.

"She betrayed us. She killed Commander Thatch!" Someone from the crowd yelled, and I looked at Luffy with horror. I couldn't move. Before I could open my mouth to defend Luffy, she glanced at us and was suddenly gone.

"Where did she go?!"

"She just disappeared!"

"We're far from land, so she has to be on the ship. We need to find her!"

Everyone was yelling, completely lost in their fury. It was then I heard it, a barely audible groan amidst all the shouting. I instantly ran up to Thatch.

I felt for his pulse; it was faint, but still there. I called for a doctor and watched as Thatch was taken away before turning to the crew: "What the hell happened here?"

Everyone glanced at each other before one stepped forward. "I heard something crashing, so I came here and saw Luffy standing over Thatch's body. I started toward her before Teach stopped me. He warned me to stay away from her, saying that I didn't have a chance of defeating her when she had just taken down a commander," he said and looked down, ashamed. "Luffy said, 'don't believe what Teach is saying', but then Teach said something I didn't catch and she went to attack him. At that point, others had arrived and I lost sight of them. We tried to catch Strawhat, but she avoided the attacks and told us to call a doctor." I looked up sharply at that what he said.

"But we thought that was her way of distracting us," someone else added. "Teach then said that her intention from the very beginning was Thatch's devil fruit. That it was the reason why she'd told Thatch to get rid of it; she thought it would be easier to get it that way. But Thatch kept the Akuma no Mi, and Luffy decided to take it by force."

"There has to be some kind of explanation. Luffy wouldn't do something like this!" yelled Ace, with Sabo nodding in agreement. Everyone flinched and didn't dare to look them in the eyes.

"Calm down. We're going to get on bottom of this. Now tell me where Teach is, yoi."

Everyone glanced at each other and the rest of the ship, but Marshall wasn't anywhere. I frowned. "Okay then. The division commanders come with me. We need to talk with Pops. Everyone else, go to your rooms. There isn't anything you can do right now, yoi."

"But what about Strawhat. Shouldn't we go look for her?"

"I don't know where she is, but she definitely isn't on Moby. I can't feel her with my Haki," I replied, a feeling of uneasiness creeping in.

Narrator's POV

Luffy was on her way to Pops when she saw Thatch and decided to chat with him, but the moment she saw him, it was like time had stopped. She yelled. "Thatch, behind you!"

He heard her but wasn't fast enough. Teach stabbed him in the back. Luffy instantly ran to him and flung Teach away.

"Thatch, look at me!" Strawhat panicked when she saw all the blood that was pouring from his wound.

Thatch slowly pried his eyelids open. "Did I die already? Cause right now I'm seeing an angel," he tried to joke.

Luffy looked at his wound. Thatch wasn't going to survive; he was losing too much blood.

Teach stood up, a dark smile appearing on his features. He hadn't planned on stabbing Thatch like this, but in the end it had worked out. Luffy would now pay. As he thought this, a silver light appeared and he had to shield his eyes. When it disappeared, he saw Luffy crouching over Thatch's body, whispering something to him.

The next second, someone came outside and the chaos began. Teach managed to convince everyone into thinking that Luffy was responsible for killing Thatch and they cuffed her, cutting off her access to her powers.

The moment Luffy felt the cuffs on her wrist she wavered, before regaining her balance. It was then that she noticed Marco, Ace and Sabo. They had horrified expressions, just like everyone else. In that moment she knew that she need to get away. Right now, they weren't thinking clearly and with the damned sea-stone on her wrists, she would be captured in an instant. She made her decision to leave for now, so she used geppo to head to the island they'd departed from earlier that day.

"What do you want in exchange for this information?" the Admiral asked suspiciously.

"Not just information. I just delivered her onto Hand Island with sea-stone cuffs! For that I want only one thing, and that is the Shichibukai position," answered the person on the other side of the den-den mushi.

"If what you're saying is true, then I'll make sure you become one of the Shichibukai," huffed Akainu. "We've been looking for a replacement for Crocodile. But don't expect my gratitude, Blackbeard; you're still a pirate."

The other person just laughed in reply before hanging up.

The Admiral left his room. It was already nighttime, but most of the crew was still up. He yelled for everyone to get up on deck. "I just received word that Strawhat Luffy is heading toward this island. I want every damn marine out there searching for her!" His man saluted.

"So, the girl is here. Seems that her luck has run out," said Kizaru from his chair, his expression remaining bored.

An officer walked toward Akainu and saluted stiffly. "Sir, My name is Captain Maverick, and I'm in charge of this island. I would be happy to provide any resources you'll need for the manhunt. Pleased to make your acquaintance." But it was only a formality. Akainu would have their help, with or without the captain's permission.

Luffy was sprinting across the ocean, the sea-stone slowly ebbing her strength away. Combined with the energy she had lost while healing Thatch, she was glad she hadn't lost consciousness.

Just when she thought she would plummet into the water, she finally saw land. The second she reached the beach she collapsed, panting hard.

Her mind wandered back to Moby. Why hadn't they listened to her? And from the looks of horror they had given her, they really thought she'd killed Thatch. How could they think she was capable of killing nakama?

"How the mighty have fallen. It seems that the blood of a demon will always make itself known," said a familiar voice, and Luffy turned her head to face the person.

A blank look covered her features as she recognized the man and struggled to stand. He didn't even give her a chance to run away before he punched her hard. Her last thoughts before blacking out went out to her nakama, Ace and Sabo.

That's it. I know you don't like this ending, but you need to bear with it. I'll give you the next chapter as soon as possible. Ah, and leave me some reviews to make my day better. Ja Ne!