Story Title: Portgas D. Luffy
Author: The Dark Crimson Blood
Genres: Family/Hurt comfort/Angst
Main Character(s): Luffy/Ace/Trafalgar
Summary: Portgas D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace are siblings; he hated her because her birth was what caused the death of their mother. Let's watch as she makes new relations with unexpected people.
Words: 2,459

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Damn it, he had gotten too carried away. The black haired man drops the pipe and removes the sweat away from his forehead. He stared down at her for a few seconds before crouching and removing the black blindfold from around her eyes; that were still wide and open- despite her unconscious state. He closed them for her and checked for any injuries.

She was fine besides the minor scrapes, bruises, and cuts- if you ignored the fact that her damned head was bleeding. Didn't she eat a devil fruit? She was made of rubber, and the weapon had been blunt; had it not? Frown deepening, he picked the pipe back up and examined the end that had mercilessly whammed into her head, it was sharp.

The wound didn't seem to be too bad; it wasn't deep, but someone with at least some medical experience would need to wrap it… Maybe if he just left the child on the outside of the mountain base… Yeah, that would work…

AgainLuffy found herself waking with a dead stiff body- but her head, it hurt even more than it did before. What the heck happened? She asked herself but then paused, forcing herself to remember despite the vision blurring pain in her head.

Ah, she hadn't been able to dodge that last blow… Damn it she was so weak! Clenching her fists; she forced herself up, she was going to train some more, she didn't need rest. This time, as she exited the base; she did feel something watching her, but she had no idea it was the curious eyes of none other than Portgas D. Ace

Sooner or later, a month passed; and Luffy was no longer a whiny brat that would cry and complain whenever there was something she couldn't do; she had successfully mastered Observation, Sensory, and Haki. She could through straight punches and kicks that actually made contact with the target; she had even managed to take down a giant bear that had been undefeated for quite some time now. In fact, that was what she brought to Dandan's base for Dinner.

Currently, she was preparing to sling shot herself again, except this time she overshot it and she was sent flying towards the Gray terminal before rolling through all the trash- coming to an abrupt stop when crashing into a person who was all too familiar.

"Ace?" She asked, standing up and stretching; "What're you doing here? If you sleep on the ground, you'll catch a cold." For some reason, she felt weaker than usual.

"You're the one who crashed into me, you annoying brat!" Ace yelled, shooting up and pointing an accusing figure at Luffy.

"I heard someone say pirate fund, you guys are pirates? That's cool! Since I'm gonna be Pirate King one day!" She laughed loudly, hands already on her hips.

Ace and Sabo exchanged glances and she found herself being tied up literally seconds later.

"Hey, hey; what's going on?" She asked, normally she would be able to break these ropes; but for some reason she felt different, weaker.

"We have to kill her,"

"Ehh? Don't kill me! I didn't hear anything I swear!" Luffy lied horribly.

Sooner or later she found herself being held by the neck; the person holding her was large and bulky.

Turning her head to the side, she replied to the scary looking man with a simple; 'I don't know, never heard of it' it was an obvious lie and because of it; she was taken away, to somewhere she had never been before. They had tied her up with the rope left by Ace and Sabo; in a moment of weakness, she shouted at them and told them not to throw her into the lake; letting them know she couldn't swim. This immediately gave away a major weakness they could have taken advantage of, but didn't.

Instead; they seemed to have favored taking her back to their base for interrogation. The last thing she saw as she was carried away harshly, were Ace's and Sabo's running figures as they left the area, running of in the opposite direction. She decided she wouldn't call after them.

These men were weak, and she could have taken them out with Haki; but for some reason she couldn't; it was confusing; why couldn't she knock them unconscious. She struggled every bit of the way towards the base; and then the apparent torture began, she was constantly hit over the head with what seemed to be a large hammer.

She laughed when they failed; only succeeding in bruising her for some reason, where her devil fruit powers weakening too? She frowned, thinking she probably shouldn't have shouted out the fact that she was rubber and normal attacks wouldn't hurt her.

She was called a demon for a minute before the man, Bluejam got gloves that were spiked; and he hit her. It was merciless and painful; Luffy had cried out; 'That hurt, jerk!' as blood splattered everywhere. The man told her he would stop if she were to tell him where the treasure was. But she refused; if she did that, then she would be betraying the trust of two potential friends. She didn't want to be alone anymore, so she kept silent.

She didn't even cry out anymore as each punch rained down on her and she became a bloody mess, tears dripping out of her eyes and onto the ground to mix with the vast amount of blood she had already lost.

It wasn't until evening that she was rescued by none other than Ace and Sabo; they had defeated Bluejam, something she should have been able to do. She clenched her fists in frustration as she felt Sabo help her up before carrying her. She couldn't move.

Why the hell was she so weak?

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Later, Luffy slowly opened her eyes open a bit, really; she should be used to this kind of pain by now, but it felt worse than usual- for some reason.

"Ace, I think he's awake."

At this recognition, Luffy forced herself to sit up; she sent them both a beaming smile; "Thanks! You saved me!"

"You wouldn't even be in that damned situation if you had just told him where we hid the treasure!" Ace retorted angrily, standing up and bluntly yelling at her.

"But then we couldn't be friends!"

"I'm sure there's someone else-"
"There's only you; Shanks is gone and I hate mountain bandits!" Luffy yelled in reply, lip quivering.

"So… Is it good that I'm alive?"

"Of course!"

And just like that, an unbreakable bond was formed between three children.

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The very next week; Luffy was almost completely healed, save for a couple of bruises and healing scars that would soon disappear. She had gotten up early; so her friends were still asleep. She crawled over to Ace, "Na, Ace; I'm going out ahead of you guys, okay?" Ace grumbled in his sleep, waving her off with a nod and a simple 'I don't care.'

She smiled, "cya" already changed in her daily attire; she left the mountain base and made her way towards the usual place she was trained in the forest.

Her pace was slightly slower than it was during her last meet; and it annoyed the man. She was a D. She should have been able to doge his sword completely, not evading it to the point it only made a flesh wound. He frowned in distaste; "You're slower today, Luffy."

"I'm sorry." Luffy apologized as the blindfold was taken off of her.

"As an owner of the rare Haoshoku haki, I'd expect better from you… Here I thought you were motivated to become a stronger fighter… Perhaps I should find a better student" The man said with a tone that held disappointment.

"I am! I'm just… Slower… I'll train harder; I swear!" The light glinted off the man's glasses;

"If you say so; if you're so determined, we'll start sparring tomorrow and see how you do." Luffy nodded enthusiastically at his reply; "Here, eat this; it's full of nutrients and will boost your strength significantly, though it has a rather peculiar taste." He continued, handing Luffy a fruit that looked a lot like the Gomu Gomu no Mi Luffy ate.

"Isn't this a devil fruit?"

"Of course not, I don't want you to die."

"Okay… Thanks. Luffy swallowed the fruit in one bite and shrugged it off; it must not have been a devil fruit considering she didn't feel anything at all, usually something would change.

"Then I'll see you tomorrow, Luffy-kun." The man walked away and Luffy let out a sigh; if she didn't want to be abandoned and become weak; she had better start training harder. She needed someone- or something strong to fight; to test her abilities on. Ace and Sabo; she couldn't do that to them. Besides; Kuro told her to not show them her full strength- or anyone else; she couldn't even tell anyone about her training!

She swallowed; tiredly wiping her forehead to free it of the wet substance that had formed on it, then, she sped up.

It was thanks to her sudden boost of energy- or, sudden boost of exertion that she was able to make it back to the mountain base in less than ten minutes; she nearly crashed into Ace in a sad attempt to slow down.

"Damn it Luffy watch where you're going!" Ace yelled, crossing his arms angrily.

"Sorry, sorry" Luffy replied with a slight laugh

"Where the hell did you go anyway?"

"Not tellin'"

"Fine."

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Luffy was fully aware that she was being followed. Thankfully it wasn't by strangers or people she didn't know; but the fact that her brothers were trying to figure out where she disappeared to so much was something she would have to prevent. It hadn't taken her very long to notice them, seeing as she had been trained for these kinds of situations over and over again.

Even the minor details could be analyzed properly; such as how Ace and Sabo slept facing towards her instead of on their backs, they weren't snoring as they usually did, and every couple of minutes their eyes would twitch. It didn't get any more obvious than that.

It was fortunate for Luffy that yesterday; Kuro had told her he couldn't train her today, as he had apparently broken one of his possessions and would have to fix it. Just as she had done for most of his other excuses, she shrugged her shoulders and simply accepted it. However, despite wanting to sleep in as long as possible on such a rare day off, she wakes up at the same time she normally does. At an hour where the sun hasn't even risen yet, Luffy decides to start the day off with a game.

A wild goose chase; with her brothers as the two main players.

With a smirk drawn playfully on her lips, she jumps out of the open tree house window and pointlessly runs through the forest. She's faster than them, and had a head start to boost, so she doesn't have to run long before jumping onto a tree and hiding her presence completely

From a far away distance; she watched her brother's scramble out the tree house in the same direction she had went. When they arrived; they paused in horror, her footsteps had led to the trench she had fallen in not so long ago.

'Did he really go down there?" They asked each other before looking back to her footprints, yup; those were hers alright. They seemed to have exchanged glances with each other before slowly making their way down, it was quite hilarious to watch; but she only watched halfway until they were out of sight.

The smile on her face widens as she watches them clumsy trip over themselves in an attempt to find her. She waits a few seconds before speeding off again, flying over a rather familiar trench and dropping one of her sandals as she passes.

As they climb down the trench, she can't help but giggle at the 'What the hell?!" that leaves the mouths of her brothers. The sound of multiple growling wolves at the bottom of the trench resounds through her ears. 'Revenge' she thinks with a childish smirk, continuing her way through the woods and leaving muddy footsteps in the ground.

She circles her footsteps so they'd eventually connect with one another, and then she heads back towards the tree house without another word.

Surly, by the time they came back, it'd be evening.

She stretches her back out with a satisfying sigh while her head spins around the hundreds of things she could possibly do to entertain herself. A light bulb appears above her head, and as she finds a dry path to lead her back to the mountain base, she decides that perhaps she'll visit Makino.

Luffy spends the entire day talking with Makino; she returns after a hot bath and a full stomach. Right now she lies in the middle of the makeshift bed, waiting for her brothers to return. It's roughly six at night, and so she can't help but be surprised that they're not back yet. Perhaps now, they'd have learned their lesson and would stop trying to follow her around.

Her train of thought ceases when two boys covered in dirt, mud, sweat, and blood track inside. "Where'd you guys go?" She asks, feigning curiosity as she cocks her head to the side. "Makino visited today! I played with her all day and I was gonna invite you, but you guys disappeared somewhere!" Two towels are dropped on their heads.

With red faces and guilty eyes, the two boys are forced to lie blatantly.

"Training!"

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A/N: Rewritten, cleaned.

I consolidated two of the original chapters again.

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~Crimsy