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Thirteen

Thirteen was a special number to one Monkey D. Luffy. It signified the number of people he loved with all his heart, cherished to the point of breaking, and would protect with his very life.

First there was only two who he honest to god loved, for when they had been added he could do little to protect Ace and Garp. His loving older brother and his tough teacher of a grandfather they both had been added when he was still a babe, they had watched him grow, protected him from the cruelties of the real world for as long as they were able, and they had both raised him with love. He would always love them.

The next two people to be added and cherished were Shanks and Makino. A traveling outlaw known as a pirate who had given him direction and a dream and a smiling protective barkeeper who had given him guidance in a way no one else could they both played a large role in how he was now Shanks had given an arm and his hat to protect him and Makino had sheltered him and shown him a mothers love something he had previously never experienced. They were like the parents he had never had Shanks a playful loving father willing to teach his son and Makino a doting mother who knew the child's' needs and did her best to fulfill them. He would forever cherish them.

Eight people came next one by one they all were collected and added to his slowly growing number of people he would protect to the very end. They were his nakama, his crew, and his friends. A swordsman who constantly gets lost came first he needed someone to understand the hurt from his past and the reasoning behind his goals, a daring thief who wanted nothing more then to be truly free, a lying sniper who craved for someone to teach him things his own father would not, a chivalrous cook who desired to show all that things were not always myth, a naïve doctor required a shield against the harshness of this world, a betrayed archeologist who yearned for someone to truly except her and not turn her away, a emotional ship builder who called for someone to prove to him that he wasn't to blame, and last a perverted musician who hungered for a crew that would not abandon him to the darkness again. Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook; his crew had all been damaged somehow and were all in need of some healing. He would protect them from more hurt with all he had.

The latest person to be added, the thirteenth was to be loved, cherished, and protected with every fiber of his being. Eustass 'Captain' Kidd. Kidd was different from all of the others, he was somehow special. He had a certain place in Luffy's heart that the dark haired teen completely believed no other could fill, Kidd was special. He was Luffy's other half; while Luffy was at times naïve, 'nice', goofy, and almost entirely carefree Kidd was knowledgeable, 'mean', serious, and almost always on guard. They were opposites and in their own rights and they completed each other. Kidd was to be cherished because of that. He was also to be protected, like his crew Kidd didn't need protection because he was powerful as well. But he still needed it, he needed someone to protect him instead of him always being the protector the shield, and so did Luffy. They fit together.

"Luffy, what's your favorite number?"

The eccentric pirate captain looked at his boyfriend; Kidd had been doing this recently. Asking him questions like 'What's your favorite color?' or 'What's your favorite animal?' it was strange. But he had answered all of Kidd's questions anyway because it was Kidd trying to get to know him better. "Thirteen."

"Why?"

"Because that's your number."