A/N: I edited the poll on my profile so that you could request other pairings. Sorry about that.
Back to the Sunny!
Nami spent all night packing Mikan's belongings. Her family arrived on Suichu Island with the clothes on their backs and a small satchel of clothes, cartography instruments, and her Clima Tact. They gathered a ton of stuff to raise their daughter. Luffy wanted to bring the fish he caught yesterday, but they agreed only to take a few for Sanji to cook when they returned.
Her lover helped take care of Mikan while she packed, but he ended up falling asleep. That's how most nights went. She understood because he had a physically taxing job. All she did was work a cash register for her job. Fortunately, that would change, and their jobs would balance out once they returned to the sunny. Both Luffy and Nami talked about their crew on a daily basis. They counted the days until they would reunite. Within a few hours, they'd be able to see them. They would flip out once they saw her beautiful daughter.
They'd have more time with Mikan, too. She had grown heavier and bigger. Although she still cried a lot, she also made random sounds like "ba." Coincidentally, she could start eating mashed up vegetables and fruits on the same day they had to leave. Nami had looked forward to this day for that reason as well because she loathed breastfeeding a voracious infant like Mikan.
Sleepiness clouded Nami's vision as she walked downstairs to the fruit basket in the front of the shop. Piano had told Nami that she picked them yesterday. Once the exhausted mother picked the top fruit, she made her way over to the blender on the kitchen island. "Luffy, bring Mikan downstairs!" she yawned, but she knew that he could not hear her over the blender.
On the other hand, leaving the island meant they would have to part with their friends - Piano and Wolfgang. Most likely, they would never see them again since time passed faster than in the real world. Nami developed a close relationship with Piano who gave them room and board. Without her help, she would have probably had Mikan at the shop. And then, Wolfgang and Luffy sparred together. Nami found time to get to know him as well. She knew he had a crush on him since he redirected all his anger from him to Luffy. His nose bled at the slightest touch they shared.
Nami laughed. Maybe he'd accept Luffy's offer to join the crew.
Then, of course, Nami thought of leaving Mikan. As soon as they reached the Sunny, she vowed to herself that she would contact Garp somehow. The other night, she grieved over the thoughts of departing from her daughter. Luffy had attempted to comfort her, and he managed to make her laugh. However, the thoughts had yet to leave her mind. She took a deep breath to prevent tears from falling.
"Hey!" Luffy popped up from behind the island. He held their daughter up to Nami's face.
Nami screamed. Smoothie went everywhere.
Mikan clapped her hands and laughed, "Boobah bah!" Bright, red fruit puree dripped down her face.
"Luffy," she huffed because she couldn't yell, "Don't do that! You got Mikan all messy. Who do you think has to give her a bath now?"
He laughed as he cuddled his daughter to his face. "Mikan scared you? You're such a scaredy-cat, Nami. She's just a baby," he explained, "You're cute, Mi-chan."
The unfortunate mother shut her eyes. She took another deep, long breath, and poured the remaining amount of the fruit mixture into a bowl. With a spoon, she scooped up a certain amount of goopy fruit. "Hold her while I give her some of this fruit stuff," commanded Nami.
Luffy nodded, "She can eat real food now?"
"Yeah! Today's the day!" grinned Nami as she pushed the full spoon towards her mouth, "Come on, MiMi! You can do it!"
The baby immediately opened her mouth. She had wanted the food her parents eat for a while now. When the spoon went into her mouth, she swallowed most of it but then spit out what she could.
What? But she's Luffy's daughter! Nami tried to put another spoonful into her mouth, but her daughter refused. She tried again and again. "I don't understand," she whined, "Mikan, open up!"
Luffy added, "She probably wants meat!"
"I want to try giving her fruit first! First, you should give her a bath before we leave. Oh, and I have some breast milk from last night. I'll go get that," she reluctantly instructed. Maybe she would like a different kind of fruit. She ran upstairs to gather their belongings.
The whimsical father obliged. He turned to the kitchen sink and prepared the water for a bath. However, once Luffy placed Mikan in the sink for a bath, he noticed she changed. Her eyelids covered the majority of her maroon eyes, and her breathing became labored. She no longer smiled. Instead, the corners of her mouth sank into a neutral expression. Even her slick, black hair somehow drooped down her face.
"Mikan?" Luffy asked as he lifted her up, and she gave him a giant smile. "Phew," he sighed, "You scared me." However, when he submerged her in the water again, she became lethargic once more! This situation didn't happen yesterday!
He had seen that sort of expression from someone else.
Studying her face, he realized something else. "You kinda look like me when I touch water," noted Luffy. She inherited a lot of traits from him. Maybe his girlfriend would know, so he wrapped Mikan in a towel and went to the foot of the stairs. "Nami! Mikan is acting funny!" he shouted.
Nami rushed down the stairs and nearly tripped. "Huh? What?" she exclaimed, "What happened?"
"She acted like me when she took a bath."
Mikan seemed fine now, but Nami could use deductive logic. Nami's eyes widened, and her breathing became shallow. Rushing over to the kitchen island, she tasted the remnants of fruit that she pureed earlier. The red goop tasted disgusting like how people described Devil Fruits. She took another swipe with her finger into the bowl and then shoved it into Luffy's mouth. She hurried, "Taste that, Luffy!"
"Ew!" shouted Luffy, "That's disgusting. Don't give me any more of that."
Nami grabbed him by the shoulders. "I think I gave our daughter a Devil Fruit!" Maybe Piano didn't know what it looked like, and that's why she added it to the pile - like any other fruit. How could Nami not have noticed what kind of fruit she picked up to give to her child? She kneeled on the floor.
"What?" Luffy exclaimed. He grinned at Mikan, but then he remembered that she would never get a chance to swim. Frowning, he raised her up into the air as she cheered. "Swimming is pretty awesome, Mi-chan."
Wolfgang entered and looked at the distressed couple. He had overheard what happened. Honestly, the fact that Nami was the one to make such a blunder surprised him. He had no idea what the Devil Fruit did, and he couldn't ask his mom. She randomly disappeared that morning. "Hey, the sky is getting cloudy, so I think you guys should start heading out," he muttered as he held his arm.
Nami crawled up to Wolfgang and grabbed him by the ankle. "I'm a terrible mother," she sulked, "Mikan ate a Devil Fruit."
The teen didn't flinch. "Yeah, I heard. It'll be okay, Nami," said Wolfgang as he helped her to her feet, "I don't know how that fruit got here, but maybe she'll get some awesome power, right?"
Right, they needed to prepare to leave.
Wolfgang frowned as he looked towards the floor. "You can take the cloud car when you're done," he told them.
"Hey," Luffy smiled, "Join my crew."
The young man scowled, "I told you that I couldn't, Luffy. My mom needs me to help with the shop."
Nami wiped her tearful face. "Oh yeah," she sniffed, "Where's Piano?"
Wolfgang shrugged, "I couldn't find her, but she might just be emotional about you guys leaving."
The navigator had looked forward to having a proper farewell. A few months ago, Piano gave her a concoction for stopping ovulation so that she wouldn't have any more kids. However, if her ovulation stopped then her period should have stopped, too, but it didn't.
Nonetheless, she wanted to thank Wolfgang for taking care of them as well. "Thank you," she said as she hugged the kid, "Thank you for taking care of Luffy. Tell your mom I said thank you, too."
Luffy hugged him after Nami finished. "You got a lot stronger, Wolf. Maybe you can beat me one day," he said.
Wolfgang weakly smiled and helped them get ready to leave.
Robin had explained to the Straw Hat Pirates what that phantom island - Suichu Island amidst the chaos of watching Nami and Luffy drive into a large weather form. From what she read before, time inside the waterspout passes faster than outside of it. One month elapses inside for every day that passes outside of it. Everyone could relax now that they knew that their captain and navigator were most likely okay. However, no one truly knew of their living conditions. According to a supposedly mythical book, not many people managed to escape once they entered.
Everyone slept on the deck that night. They shifted blame for who made Nami run away. In the end, they decided once and for all to support the marriage, the sex, and the relationship in its entirety. While they couldn't promise that they'd stay silent, they vowed to respect Nami and Luffy's relationship. Most of them looked to Sanji who had always had the most trouble accepting it.
Then, suddenly, almost exactly 24 hours later, they saw a cloud come from the sky towards the ship. Usopp saw it first. With his specialized goggles, he got a better look. "It's Luffy!"
"And a baby!" Robin noted.
"And a beard?" Zoro mentioned.
Everyone else gathered towards the fore of the ship.
Luffy stopped the cloud card directly above the deck. Slowly, it faded into a mist, and the captain dropped down. "Everybody!" he chuckled.
Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Frankie, and Brook all gathered around the pair. A load lifted from their shoulders as they all simultaneously collapsed around him. Of course, they asked what happened to Nami. Apparently, she traveled on a cloud car a few kilometers behind him. The vehicle could only hold a certain weight. Luffy had a net full of fish along with some kid.
Right, the baby, that was the next question.
"We can't keep it," Zoro told him. Babies cry, and he wasn't up for changing diapers.
Chopper went up to Luffy. "Why did you take a child, Luffy?" he freaked out. While he knew Luffy acted rash in certain situations, he had no idea that he would take a child.
Before Luffy could respond, Nami flew through the atmosphere screaming with a satchel full of stuff. Now, everyone could completely relax. Her cloud hovered above the deck just as Luffy's cloud did. When it faded away, Sanji caught her.
"Oh, hey, everybody," Nami panted as she looked around. Getting to her feet, she immediately searched for Mikan. When she caught sight of her daughter, she snagged her from Luffy. Smiling, Nami brimmed with joy, "Mikan, you're okay! Was it fun?"
The Pirates had wagered a fun bet on whether or not she got pregnant. Robin and Chopper had explained the symptoms to the clueless men. To their relief, she didn't seem pregnant at all. Everyone stared at her abdomen. While she had a bit of bloat around her waistline, it wasn't enough to constitute as pregnant. Plus, women become bloated at certain points in the month. And her breasts had grown, but boobs always fluctuate from time to time. If a month passed in the waterspout, she'd at least have some of these signs.
Brook walked up to the young woman. "Nami-san, are you with child?" asked the skeleton in his usual polite tone.
Nami jumped at the accusation. She protested, "No! I'm not pregnant."
A collective sigh echoed from all around.
"Well, then, may I see your panties?"
She ignored him.
Robin carefully approached Nami and Mikan. Pink tinted her cheeks as she gazed at the child's large, round face. She forgot the last time someone this cute had ever been near her.
Nami giggled, "Hey, Robin, do you want to hold her?"
"Can I?" she cheerfully requested. Once Nami handed the baby to her, the archaeologist felt her heart drop. This child's round, maroon eyes struck her as familiar. She trembled as she held Mikan. Just then, she understood that she might have made an error in assuming the ratio of time, but she decided to allow Nami to tell them.
The navigator could feel everyone stare at her. Although she wanted to tell everyone the news, she could not bring herself to admit the truth to all of them in one sitting. Maybe she could hold a meeting. "I'm hungry, Sanji. Can we all go to the mess hall?" she requested.
Sanji danced towards the kitchen. "Of course, Nami-swan!" cheered the cook as he left.
Naturally, Luffy's ear perked up, and he followed the notion of food along with Sanji towards the kitchen. "Food?" he asked to confirm, "I want meat!" He had waited an entire year to have Sanji's food.
Nami thought to herself, "Okay, so that takes care of Luffy and Sanji." The two guys would become distracted by respectively eating and making food. Sanji would ask too many questions, and Luffy would honestly answer him. If she wanted everyone to have a positive reaction, she had to ease them into their revelation. Out loud, she suggested, "How about we have a meeting to catch up?"
"First," Franky shouted as he held up a single finger, "I SUPER need to ask you two a question. Where did you get that baby?"
Unfortunately, Luffy and Sanji hadn't reached the kitchen yet. The captain turned around and picked his nose to say, "You're talking about Mi-chan? That's my kid. I'm Papa Luffy!" He watched almost everyone laugh, but then he continued, "Nami had a baby with me because we had sex a lot."
If Nami stayed quiet, no one would have believed Luffy. However, her knee-jerk reaction led her to punch Luffy in the face. "Luffy!" she urged him to shut up, but coincidentally, her response alerted their crew.
Time elapsed for them to connect the dots. Robin covered Mikan's ears with spare hands to the baby's amusement. "WHAT?!" yelled everyone except for the archaeologist.
Robin shrugged, "I told you the sources might have been inaccurate. They could have been in there for anywhere from a week to a year."
Now, they had to believe him. Everyone looked at the baby in Robin's arms. Sanji managed to stay in earshot of everything. No one could deny that Mikan looked like a perfect blend of Nami and Luffy's features. Her father's trademark grin flashed at everyone, yet her version had no teeth. She grabbed at the air as she faced the entire Straw Hat crew.
Sanji, Chopper, and Usopp ran around the deck. "They're parents! I can't believe that!" they screamed.
Nami realized she outed herself. Collapsing on the ground for the second time that day, she ruffled her hair and looked up at Luffy who approached her. "I'm horrible," she whimpered. They would have to sit through a mouthful of lectures until everyone brought up the solution to having a baby in a dangerous situation - give her away. Although she planned to make the best choice, she loathed the idea of repeatedly hearing it from each of her friends.
"Hey, Nami, why aren't you beating me up anymore?" curiously asked Luffy as he crouched down next to her.
She groaned, "I'm irresponsible, and everyone probably thinks I'm dumb for having risky sex with you. I didn't know what I was doing, and now, Mikan is here, and she has to leave all because I couldn't figure out what ovulation is."
Luffy pulled her up and wrapped his arm around her waist. She always worried too much. He grinned once he felt her head rest on his shoulder. "I don't know what you're talking about, but you're probably thinking about dumb stuff. Mikan is great. That's all that matters. Look at them," he advised her, "They like her, too."
Frankie held out a smaller hand to have Mikan grab a finger. "Little one, I will SUPER build you a crib," he pledged with a grin.
With the strum of a guitar, Brook declared, "Mikan-san, I wrote this before you were born." He continued into the lullaby melody.
The swordsman cautiously approached the baby. "If you don't cry and poop too much, I might train with you one day," Zoro said with a smirk.
Chopper looked back at the parents. "She has had her check-ups, right?" he asked and then turned back to Mikan once Nami nodded, "I'll be your doctor, Mikan!"
"I don't know what I can teach you, but I'll make a weapon for you just like your mom's. Oh, and maybe I could help build something," Usopp suggested.
Sanji walked up to Mikan. "Is she mine?" he immediately inquired.
"No!"
"I'll cook anything your heart desires," he promised Mikan.
"You shoulda trusted our Nakama! They want us to be happy. Now, Mikan is our Nakama, too, so they want her to be happy. It's simple," he grinned. Why did she have such a difficult time trusting him? With a sigh, he thought about how explaining the obvious to Nami exhausted him. However, he would continue to comfort her because he loved her. Even now, his heart felt full because he had everyone he wanted in one place.
Nami noticed how their respective attitudes about the situation had changed. The Sunny had a ubiquitously buoyant mood - smiles stretched across the deck with the slightest hint of melancholy. Why would they have any bit of sadness if they sincerely enjoyed having Mikan on board? She cautiously reflected Luffy's grin. Hopefully, someone would tell her how they felt.
As Sanji approached, he tucked his hands into his pockets. "Nami-san," he muttered as he embraced her, "We wanted to be there for when you gave birth. We wanted to be there for everything."
When she looked across the surface of the deck, she saw the same hint of sadness from before; however, this time, she understood the reason for the bittersweet sentiment. Tears in her eyes, she smiled back at them. "I wanted you guys there, too," she wept, "I missed you every day."
"You can tell us about your adventures in the meeting, right?" Sanji suggested, he pulled her close to him. Yes, he could finally let go in his way, but apparently, he couldn't physically let go.
"Sanji-kun?" asked Nami as she realized he had yet to let go of their embrace.
Luffy placed his hand on Sanji's shoulder. A dangerously strange aura emitted from him that spread throughout the entire ship despite the captain's grin.
Everyone shivered.
"Okay, okay!" the cook agreed as he finally let go of Nami. He understood the unspoken words of a man.
Nami punched Luffy again. "Don't get jealous!" she yelled.
"I wasn't!" pouted Luffy.
But was he?
Luffy sloppily drew a picture of a girl on someone's expensive drafting paper. He wrote his daughter's name beneath the drawing. "This is Mikan!" explained the pirate, "She's my daughter! And she looks like this!" He held up the poorly drawn picture of a girl with black hair, maroon eyes, and a giant smile. "I want you guys to meet her!" he declared.
"You didn't have to draw her if she's right here," Zoro noted as Mikan gazed up at him with sparkly eyes. While he never asked to hold Mikan, he did not object. Maybe if the kid grew up around pirates, she would end up less annoying than Nami. Then, if she inherited Luffy's perseverance, maybe she could learn how to fight with swords. However, the swordsman's dream bubble popped once Mikan began to drool and fuss. "Can somebody else hold her now?" Zoro loudly requested.
Nami took her from Zoro. "She's probably hungry," the mother pointed out. Unfortunately, she didn't have enough time to make more baby food, so she had to breastfeed. Taking her breast out, she shoved her nipple into Mikan's mouth and looked up at Luffy as if everyone could continue with the conversation.
She watched Brook and Sanji spurt blood from their nose and rolled her eyes. If Luffy suddenly developed his envious side, he'd probably send his deadly aura towards them. The thought amused her.
Usopp tried to distract himself from looking at Nami breastfeeding. "Um," stammered the sniper, "I don't really want to change diapers, but I can play with her and tell her stories." Of course, kids loved Usopp. He had a funny nose, and he told epic tales of his initially fake adventure. However, now, he could tell Mikan tales of the adventures he had with her father. Once Nami finished feeding her, he asked, "Can I hold her?" Her adorable soft skin had the complexion of her father.
The cook took a deep breath to regain his composure. He watched the dining area from the kitchen to contemplate Mikan. Of course, he enjoyed her company. If his hands were free, he would hold her. She had the beauty of her mother, yet the innocence of her father.
Grinning over at Nami, he asked, "Can she have pureed fruits and vegetable?" Once she nodded back at him, he cheered, "I'll nurture my dear Mi-chan to perfection!"
Robin made eye contact with Usopp. "I would like to hold her again," requested the archaeologist. Usopp obliged and handed her the baby. "I want one," she thought to herself as Mikan giggled.
However, Robin knew that waiting would probably be the best option for her. Although she turned 30 a while ago, she knew that her lover needed some convincing. Then again, pirate ships posed a danger to defenseless babies.
"Ow! This kid is cute, Luffy. I didn't think you would be the first to be a daddy," commented Frankie. He pointed over at Sanji with his small hand. "I thought that pervert would have ten kids by now." The cyborg didn't feel comfortable holding someone as delicate as Mikan, so he simply poked her cheek while Robin held her. He wanted to understand her personality so that he could build her the best furniture possible. She seemed like she liked the color yellow.
"Yo ho ho!" exclaimed Brook, "Mikan-chan, did you enjoy the song I played for you? I can play it again if you'd like." She might even like a few other songs he had in his repertoire, but he figured that he should play soft, slow songs for her so that she could fall easily fall asleep. Once the young girl began to giggle, he took that as a sign that she wanted to hear more music. "I will play music for you every night until you fall asleep."
Luffy chuckled, "Mikan's pretty great. She eats a lot just like me, and she knows how to have fun. Her eyes are really pretty just like Nami. I knew you guys would like her. I learned a lot of stuff about babies." He watched Nami softly smile towards their Nakama as he explained all the stuff that happened. Once Sanji served the food, he continued talking despite the food in his mouth, "You can't shake her or drop her. I never did any of that stuff because I'm Papa Luffy. She ate a Devil Fruit just like me, too."
Everyone went silent and stared at him.
That wasn't a good thing, right?
As much as Nami wanted everyone to silently place the blame on Luffy, she stood up. "It was my fault," she sighed, "She ate it this morning."
Sanji finally got an opportunity to hold Mikan as he fed her some goopy baby food. "A Devil Fruit?" asked Sanji, "Are you sure that's what it was?"
"I'm almost certain."
"What kind of power is it?" asked Usopp.
Nami replied, "We don't know yet."
The silence returned until Luffy spoke. "Why are you guys overreacting? Nami didn't do anything wrong. It was an accident," grumbled the captain.
"Nobody's upset. We're just wondering what it means," Zoro explained.
Chopper went up to Nami. "It's okay," he attempted to comfort her, "I'll take a look at her in my office tonight if you want."
She sat down, but she knew that there was one more difficult thing she had to do.
Luffy and Nami waited for everyone to clear out from the mess hall. Sanji and Robin took Mikan on a tour of the ship.
The couple stared at the Den Den Mushi in the corner of the room. Within a few minutes, one of them would call Garp so that he could come pick up their daughter. Using the power of the military, he would most likely get to their location within the week. They planned to sail back to an island they had already visited.
"I don't wanna talk to him after what he did to Ace," the captain declared. Well, he had an issue with what Garp did not do. Luffy knew that pirates and Marines opposed each other, but if Garp let them execute Ace, then how could he forgive him?
Nami frowned, "We agreed to do this. He's basically retired now, so he probably won't give her to the Marines." That would be the worst case scenario. "We could also invite him to our wedding. Maybe he could bring some of our family!"
Luffy rested his head on the table and sulked. While he still understood why they had to let Mikan go, he wanted to stay with her. "Nami, she's my daughter. What if he's hard on her?" he whined, "I want to be with her forever."
"I know, but we have to do this," she grimaced as she put her hand on the Mushi to make their important phone call. "Hello? Mr. Monkey? This is Nami. You see, a lot happened since I saw you."
Garp never expected to hear from Luffy or any of his friends again. So when Nami called him, he was eager to hold a conversation. He wanted to avoid having the same kind of relationship that he had with Dragon, but he may have waited too late. "Yeah?" he asked as he picked his nose, "The orange haired girl? Don't tell me you got knocked up by Luffy." He had a hearty laugh despite the silence. "Hello?"
Nami trembled as she stood in the kitchen. Her wide eyes looked back at Luffy who shrugged in response, and then she looked back to the phone. "Well, we have a kid together now."
"What?" Garp screamed. He just made a wild guess.
"I need you to take care of her. Can you do that without arresting us?" she requested, and once he agreed with grunts, she continued, "Here are the coordinates."
After she finished, Luffy snatched the mic from her hands. "Grandpa! If you go hard on Mikan, I'll come and beat you up!" he cried, tears streamed down his face, "She's my daughter. Let her be what she wants!"
"I'll go easier on my Great-Grandgirl I didn't know Monkeys could have girls," he cheered, "Luffy, I'm proud of you. You made that girl your wife, right?"
Nami sighed when Luffy stay quiet, "He will."
Garp grinned, "Perfect, I'll get to see my grandson's wedding!"
A/N: I guess I still haven't decided on the honorifics. Sorry, I'll change it.
Do you want Wolfgang to join the crew?