The Change: This is a continuation of Danni being pregnant and everyone's confused. The unsuspecting father's reactions.

Genre: Humor/Romance

Warning(s): OOC reactions and in general; various dads because apparently Danni gets around; references to sexual acts; I have no excuses for this.

Fright

MIHAWK:

"Heyy! It's Hawky! Danni! Danni! It's your baby daddy!" Luffy screamed from his perch on Sunny's head. Danni dropped the bowl of fruit she was holding her face turning deadly pale, her captain's shout seeming to echo around the ocean. Zoro froze mid swing of his kata his face turning a faint green at the reminder of who exactly was the father of the baby currently growing inside of their gunner.

Luffy, completely oblivious to Danni's utter shock and Nami's growing dark aura, he waved his arm wildly and called out, "Oii! Hawky! Come up on board! We got something to show you!" And it was more 'show you' than 'tell you'. Two months had passed since Danni had figured out she was pregnant and not getting fat, and she was now really showing in her pregnancy. Luffy had been ecstatic about the growth of her stomach commenting cheerfully that now she was extra cushy.

Danni had just gone with the flow on that one, having begun to worry about Mihawk's reaction to her pregnancy. And he would find out about it. Nami had been tracking the swordsman for awhile now, and they had finally caught up to him. Danni had thought she'd been prepared, but now faced with the man (he wasn't even on board yet!) in person, she found she really wasn't.

A hand on her arm brought her out of her shock from Luffy's scream, and she jerked violently, her arm circling around her protruding belly protectively as she turned to look at Usopp who had his hands up in a disarming motion. "Woah there, Danni," the sniper soothed. "Don't worry so much, okay?" She mutely nodded her head, not having the ability to say how worried she was.

She couldn't help feeling like the swordsman wouldn't be pleased and she didn't know if she could bear that. Despite the short time they had spent together she had truly grown to like him. Maybe not love him, but there was an opening for that to grow. Sleeping with him probably hadn't been her smartest move, but she didn't regret it one bit. She was afraid he would, though.

Danni was given much more time to think on the subject when the positively sinful voice belonging to Mihawk purred out dangerously, "What do you want, Mugiwara?" She felt a shiver travel down her spine at his voice and she bit her lip, trying to quench the heat building in her stomach. If there was one thing she had found out about being pregnant (besides the strangest cravings, ever) was that she was always horny.

"I told you! We have something to show you!" Luffy answered cheerfully, smile stretched across his face and showing no signs of fading. Ignoring the glower aimed at him, he gripped the golden eyed man's arm and easily manhandled him over to Danni who was standing awkwardly, the bowl of spilled fruit still at her feet.

Mihawk, still glaring at Luffy, wasn't facing her as he growled, "What in the four blu—" The words died in his throat as he turned his head to look at where Luffy was pointing towards enthusiastically. Danni shuffled her feet, the ensuing silence making her stomach churn uncomfortably. Her fingers curled around her stomach nervously and Mihawk's eyes were glued there in an instance.

She was vaguely aware of her crew vanishing to other parts of the ship, leaving the two of them alone on the deck. Swallowing nervously and trying to ignore the trembling of her bottom lip, she managed to choke out, "Hi, Dracule."

He didn't respond at first, eyes still glued to her very much pregnant stomach and she bit her lip, telling herself she wasn't going to cry. "…who?" the swordsman finally asked, eyes locking with her own. She probably should've felt offended by that question, but it was a legit question. It wasn't like she had been a virgin when they'd slept together.

She swallowed again and firmed herself. She wasn't weak. She could do this. Taking a deep breath she answered, keeping her eyes locked with his resolutely, "You." His eyes widen ever so slightly and before she even realized what was happening his hands were cupping her face and all too familiar lips were pressed against her own. His hands moved down from her cheeks past her shoulders and then to her stomach, rubbing the swollen belly with gentle moves.

Danni nearly purred at the move, wrapping her arms around his neck and enjoying the sensation of her belly against delicious abs, his hands having moved from her stomach to her back in a possessive hold. Well, she had apparently been worried for nothing. He pulled away, tugging her lip with his teeth gently before resting his forehead against her's, his hat providing a shadow. "May I stay?"

The 'with you' was silent, but it still brought a bright smile on her face.

MARCO:

(note: because I've denied the events, Whitebeard and Ace are alive, yay!)

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Danni moaned, her grip on Usopp's hand threatening to break said hand as she stared at the approaching Whitebeard ship. The sniper winced at the tight grip on his hand (though he was infinitely glad it wasn't his dominant hand), and awkwardly patted her shoulder comfortingly. He really was the best choice in offering words of comfort.

He knew why she was nervous. She was afraid Marco would be mad or wouldn't want the baby, or even her. Even though they had already had a pretty good friendship even before they had slept together, which had continued (even strengthened, he thought) after they had. To be fair, they hadn't seen each other for five months. It had been two months since Danni had realized she was pregnant, but it had only been five months since the two had last seen each other.

Usopp's hand was finally saved when Luffy bounced over his arms snaking around the gunner and pulling her into an excited hug. "Do you think pineapple will know if it will be a baby mystery bird!?" the captain asked excitedly, eyes practically sparkling.

Danni only moaned again, her face chalk white as her fingers dug into Luffy's arms, which were wrapped around her middle (careful to not be tight around her protruding stomach). She really wasn't prepared to meet Marco and tell him she was pregnant (as if that wasn't obvious now) and that the baby was actually his. What if he didn't want a baby? Didn't want to be tied down by a child? Didn't want to be with her? It wasn't like they were in an actual relationship of anything.

What if—her thoughts were derailed when the two ships finally met and Ace leaped down onto Sunny's deck a bright smile on his face and he called out, "Luffy!"

The rubber boy bounced in place, keeping one arm around his gunner while he raised the other one in a cheerful wave back at his brother, "Ace! Come here, come here!" With a bemused smile the second division commander sauntered over, gaze finally darting away from his brother to Danni, then Usopp and then back to Danni. The fire man's eyes widened and his smile vanished into a gape as he stopped in front of them abruptly.

He took in the possessive arm of his brother's around her (obviously) pregnant belly, and her pale and nervous face and his mind connected dots that didn't even exist. "Luffy! You got Danni pregnant!?" Ace choked out, his head whipping between the two. "Marco's going to kill you!"

Poor Luffy looked utterly confused, and a tentative hope bloomed inside of Danni. "Why would Marco want to kill Luffy?" the gunner asked, her face beginning to gain some color again. Usopp had already scooted his way out of the group, wanting to avoid the drama and confusion.

Ace made a frustrated noise, running an agitated hand through his hair. "For getting you pregnant!" the freckled man moaned. Luffy still looked helplessly confused, even as Ace continued, "He's going to be pissed that another man touched you and managed to knock you up in the first place! Aw man, I don't think I'll even be able to stop him from killing my baby brother! Luffy! How could you, damn it!?"

"Wait, wait, Ace!" Danni interrupted before the younger man could continue to wallow in his self imposed misery. "Luffy didn't get me pregnant, you brat!" Unnoticed by the group (sans Luffy, whose attention had wondered as he didn't understand the conversation) Marco had landed near the group, and was staring at Danni's belly with a dark look in his eyes at the thought of another man having touched the woman. "Marco did!"

The dark look disappeared abruptly, replaced by genuine shock. "You're pregnant with my child?" the blonde asked, brushing past Ace, who looked startled at his sudden appearance. Luffy snickered, his arm unwinding from around his gunner and he wrapped them instead around his brother, dragging him away from the couple.

Danni stared at the phoenix with wide eyes, cheeks bright red. "Is-is that a problem?" she finally managed to push past her lips, her throat having closed up at his sudden appearance and question. Even with Ace's sudden information, she still couldn't shake the doubt.

"A problem?" he asked, stepping into her space and placing his hands on her round belly, awe evident in his eyes. "Never." She relaxed completely, placing her hands over his and letting a relieved smile grace her face.

"Good," she murmured, looking down at their overlapping hands with soft eyes. Marco suddenly chuckled, moving his arms around her waist and pulling her flush against him. She looked up at him in curiosity, placing her arms around his neck, her fingers slipping into his hair. "What?"

He shook his head, a smirk on his face, "Nothing. Just the crew's gonna want to throw a party because you're pregnant." She stared at him blankly before groaning. Damnit. That meant she'd have to watch everyone drinking alcohol when she couldn't have any! His hands slowly slid down her back until they rested on her butt, giving them a squeeze, which made her jump and squeak.

The blonde looked down at her with half lidded eyes dark with desire and a predatory smirk and purred seductively, "I'm sure I can keep your mind and eyes off all the alcohol being consumed, love." She shivered at the promise, swallowing and licking her lips.

She tightened her grip and looked up at him through her lashes, giving him a sultry smile, "I'm gonna hold you to that."

ACE:

(note: once again Whitebeard didn't die, since Ace didn't either. Yay for denial!)

"Where's the rest of your crew?" Marco asked, setting the pregnant woman down on the deck gently, keeping one arm around her waist to keep her steady.

Danni sniffed, rubbing her nose and responding, "They stayed back to make sure I didn't get followed. I can't exactly fight in my condition, and we were heading for your ship anyways. They'll catch up when they're done."

Marco raised an eyebrow and asked, "You were heading here anyways? Why's that?" He frowned slightly when he felt the gunner tense slightly under his arm and he questioned softly, "Danni?"

She looked around warily and then muttered, "If you haven't noticed I'm pregnant." Marco stared at her blankly. Well duh. It was a bit obvious she was. But what the hell did that have to do with them already heading for their ship? She gave him a disgruntled look and hissed under her breath, "It's Ace's."

Oh.

Oh.

"I see," the phoenix responded idly. Then with a bit more hesitation, added, "Ace isn't on the ship at the moment." Danni frowned, biting her lip and looked like she was about to start crying. Marco inwardly panicked, and outwardly soothed, "He's supposed to be back in the evening." She sniffed again and nodded, pressing herself more closely to the blonde, which made him confused.

Danni was not one to initiate physical affection to anyone not on her crew, or Ace now that he thought about it. So the fact that she was practically cuddling into his side, made him worried. Pushing the worried thoughts away he continued to lead the pregnant pirate to Oyaji. He wasn't going to ask about it, because he really didn't think she'd take to that very well.

The two passed many of the crew, but thankfully none of them actually came up to say hi or comment on the gunner's pregnancy. "Oyaji!" the first commander called out as they reached the large man's seat. "We've got a guest!"

The white haired man boomed out a loud laugh and peered down at his first commander and the gunner of the Mugiwara crew. "To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit, missy?" he asked, taking in the round belly and the way she was practically cuddled into Marco's side and the lack of fellow crewmates.

Danni swallowed, pulling away from the safe embrace of her friend and answered the captain, "A hopefully happy one." At the questioning eyebrow she flushed and bit her lip, caressing her belly self consciously and also to reassure herself that the baby was still there. "I'm pregnant with one of your son's child." She didn't want to specify whose and she seriously hoped she didn't have to and that the captain would figure it out for himself.

Whitebeard peered down at her, before gently picking her up and settling her on his knee, ignoring her tense state at the action and the stiff way she sat, cradling her belly. "Ace's, I presume?" he asked, voice tinged with amusement. Her cheeks flushed a deeper shade of red and she nodded shyly, looking up at him through her lashes.

"I—well, are you…are you mad?" she asked tentatively. "Do you think he will be mad? I don't—I—" She tightened her grip around her belly, not looking at him anymore and trembling faintly. Luffy had been ecstatic that he was going to be an uncle, and at first she had been more than ready to tell Ace the news. But the more time that passed the more worried she became about Ace's reaction. What if he didn't want to be a father? She didn't want to burden him with the knowledge that she was pregnant with his child if he didn't want to be a dad, but she wouldn't have been able to hide it once the baby was born.

A large finger petted her head gently and the large pirate captain soothed gently, "Hush, child. I'm not mad, and he won't be either. I dare say Ace will be rather happy with the news."

Danni looked up at him, biting her lip, but was startled when a voice she hadn't been expecting asked, "What will I be happy about?"

She jumped gaping down at Ace, who was peering up in curiosity and apparently unable to see her due to her position on Whitebeard's leg. Said captain took note of this as well, and huffed in amusement, "A truly joyous surprise, my son." Ace blinked in confusion, cocking his head to the side, silently asking what that was. "I'm not the one that will tell you." Without giving Danni any warning whatsoever, he picked her up and set her down in front of a wide eyed and gaping Ace.

"D-Danni!?" the freckled boy exclaimed, eyes jumping from her large belly and her face and back again. "I—who—what—is that…?" he trailed off, cheeks flushing pink. Danni swallowed and then nodded, fingers curling into the fabric covering her stomach. There was a beat of silence and Danni felt tears welling up in her eyes, but they had no chance to fall as she was suddenly picked up in an engulfing hug and Ace shouted proudly, "I'M GONNA BE A FATHER!"

All activity on the ship stopped as the shout echoed through the entire ship, before cheers and whistles erupted. None of it meant a thing to Danni as she was twirled around once before being set down and then pulled into a searing kiss that left her breathless. Ace pulled away, face stretched into a breathtaking smile that made his face light up. "This is amazing," he breathed, gazing at her with awed eyes as he caressed her belly with his hands.

Danni felt all of her worries leave her and her shoulders slumped in relief, completely relaxed for the first time since she had to leave her crew behind because she couldn't help them. She laughed a bit shakily as she cupped Ace's cheeks and brought his face down for a chaste kiss. Everything was going to be great.

SABO:

Sabo blinked in bemusement when upon stepping foot on Sunny he was tackled by Luffy, who was babbling at him at fast pace. Which wasn't unusual, but the words he was catching made for a rather startling picture. Danni; pregnant; uncle; fish and hot sauce with yogurt; yours; best ever; been moaning your name—

"Wait, what?" Sabo interrupted the last few words making him stop in his path for the main deck. He stared down at Luffy who had stopped his babbling and was looking up at him in confusion. "Could you repeat that?"

Luffy nodded his head cheerfully and repeated, bright smile in place, "Sure. Danni's been moaning your name in the middle of the night. When I asked her about it her face turned bright red and she said it was just a pregnancy thing, whatever that means."

Sabo froze as his mind went completely blank. "Sabo?" Luffy asked, unraveling his arms from around the revolutionary, and waving a hand in front of the blonde's face. "Saaboo? Hello? Are you sleeping? I thought only Ace did that…?"

The rubber boy began poking his brother's cheek, repeating his name with each poke. Eventually, Sabo managed to snap out of it as he stammered, "Danni's pregnant?" And moaning his name?

Luffy nodded and added brightly, "And really horny! Though, I don't think I'm supposed to know that…" The captain trailed off, tapping his chin thoughtfully, completely obliviously to the rapidly turning bright red face of his brother.

"Who's the father of the baby exactly?" Sabo asked tentatively, feeling a bit faint. Danni was pregnant. Horny. And apparently craving odd things from some of the concoctions Luffy had mentioned in his earlier babbling. Did he mention she was horny and apparently moaning his name?

Luffy gave him a strange look and answered in a matter of fact tone, "You. Duh."

Before Sabo could formulate a response to that, Usopp walked over to them, looking over his shoulder and saying, "Luffy, has Sabo arrived yet? I think Danni's about to have a panic attack. She's seriously driving herself crazy with all of her worrying about whether or not Sabo's gonna want the baby or not. Why she would think he wouldn't, I have…no…idea…" The sniper trailed off as he stopped looking over his shoulder and saw that Sabo had indeed arrived.

The revolutionary was already racing past him and in the direction of the rest of the crew and thus Danni. He skidded around the corner, his top hat flying off with the force and he took in the scene in front of him. Danni was staring at him with wide, tear filled eyes, belly round with child and holding a bowl of fruit tightly. The rest of the crew was simply staring at him silently, but he didn't care about them; all he cared about was the gorgeous woman in front of him.

"Danni," he murmured moving towards her. She blinked at him, obviously startled. The two didn't bother taking note of the crew leaving them alone, to focused on each other. Shaking his head the blonde wrapped his arms around her pulling her flush against him and peppering her face with light kisses. "Of course, I want your—our child. Why wouldn't I?" he murmured, kissing her lips chastely.

Her bottom lip trembled and she clutched the bowl in her hands tightly as she answered, not looking him in the eye, "I thought you wouldn't want to have the burden of a child when you have your revolutionary work to focus on."

Sabo frowned sharply and retorted, "You and the baby could never be a burden, Danni! I love you!" The words slipped out before he could stop them and he flushed bright red, when her eyes shot upward and stared at him in shock. He swallowed nervously, opening his mouth to say something—what? He had no idea—but she stopped him with a kiss.

She pulled away, cheeks pink and murmured, "I love you, too." Sabo's cheeks faded back to normal as a bright smile spread across his face and his grip around her tightened. He leaned down to kiss her again, this one a bit more fervent and passionate, his hands slipping down to her butt, which he gave a little squeeze. She pulled back with a startled squeak, looking at him with wide eyes, especially when he gave her a rather predatory smile.

"What's this I hear about you being rather horny and moaning my name?" he purred, eyes dark with lust and a deep hunger. She shivered, heat pooling into her stomach as she swallowed roughly, cheeks flushing. Damn it, Luffy.

She peered up at him through her lashes, pushing herself closer against him and asked in return, "I don't know. Why do you ask?" His eyes flashed and she nearly moaned at the animalistic look he gave her. Maybe she would have to thank her captain later.

FIN

Note(s): I seriously have no excuse for this. Whoops. I've upped the rating to M just to be safe, and I have no idea what else will end up in this pile of mush, so yeah. Eheheheheh… (sweat drop) Sorry, for the grossly OOCness of this piece of work!

FOXGEISHA: I swear I am working on CMH! It's just going really slowly. It's happening…just slowly. Then this idea bit me in the butt, so I figured what the hell I'll write it up and post it as a treat for my reader's because I am a terrible person and suck at this. I really am terribly sorry about how slow the CMH chapter is coming along (sobs).

Reviews are welcome, and so are suggestions/requests! Juliedoo: I will write Danni in the Heart Pirate crew because I rather like that idea. I just haven't figure out how to swing it yet. This probably isn't what you expected for Mihawk!Danni interaction…but I might do something else for that, so who knows, hahahaha.

Once again reviews are welcome and much appreciated and terribly sorry about the wait for CMH!