Final Chapter (part 1)

The doctor, with a cheering luffy in his arms boarded the first carriage that they had come across and in a few moments notice, the small droplets of water turned into a full blown rain. He thanked god that the rain had fell after they had boarded the carriage and not when they were still running, it would sadden him that his favorite geisha would catch a cold and would miss an important time like this. They were greeted warmly by the sisters who saw that the two were barely wet and was relieved as they were slightly worried earlier that their brother would've been stuck under the rain if it was not for law.

A change of clothes was needed for the upcoming performance of the two, they would've to use their most expensive and beautiful kimono from their vast wardrobe for the huge audience, namiko was already in her attire which was an intricately designed gold kimono with the four chinese mythical gods embroidered around the cloth, further elaborated by the semi precious stones that was sewn in it, but more importantly, law was excited to see the boy wearing his most beautiful kimono. Robin offered the doctor to stay as the rain wouldn't be weakening after a few more hours, to which he obliged gratefully. The three minus luffy and sanji, who was assigned to help the boy entered the tea room and had some warm beverages to pass some time.

"I wonder how everything would turn out today…" hanako said much to herself than to everyone.

"It would be fine onee-san! I mean we're talking about mugi-chan here! For all we know he might commit mistakes during the performance to which we would not even notice!" Namiko, who was also nervous though hides it very well reassured her sister that everything would be okay.

"Excuse me for my insolence but isn't luffy-ya the most talented dancer around?" Law asked rhetorically. He believes that mugi-chan would rock the house no matter what.

"Yes I have plenty of faith for my youngest brother trafalgar-san but this dance is in a higher level that we're talking about, the dances that you have seen before were child's play compared to the elaborate steps of this play that have been performed for centuries…" she said as soon as she heard the question, it was a fact that many of the nobles who came to see them were well versed in the art and it would be a shame if they would see through the mistakes of the performers, today was not just any other day, the ceremony is the deal breaker for a geisha's future career, so for robin mistake is not an option.

Luffy exited his room after a few hours of meticulous preparation he found law gaping at how beautiful he is right now, it was not just his usual attire of pastel coloured kimonos with a few patterns and a depiction of nature at the bottom part, but this time it was more flashy and you can say that it was really expensive. His inner was a simple black and white with the black running through the seams followed by a black and gold one which was thicker and is covered in black and gold triangles and was lastly topped off with an intricately adorned bloody red kimono with gold embroidery.

"beautiful…" were the only words that the young doctor had managed to say to his lover.

Luffy bit his lower lip fighting hard the blush, though it was useless at this point, he nodded in appreciation and nodded to his adoptive sisters as well. Everyone stood up from their seats as usopp had announced that their carriages are waiting for them outside. Boarding separate carriage they set off to the concert hall.

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The ship's passengers were all but very excited today, first, was ace who was pacing back and forth at the lounge, he was already wearing his choice of formal attire for his brother's debut which was a simple yet stylish gray suit that he rarely uses, with marco and sabo also dressed up for the event, the two were trying to contain the restlessness of the young heir. Second was kidd, he and bonney had combined their cash for the auction, he was a little fidgety earlier but with his twin sister on his side who reassures him, he was at least doing better than ace.

The others were already prepared as the time that they left for the concert hall was nearing. The skies were still as gray as earlier this mid morning but the strong rain had already subsided to a harmless shower. They were at their final week in japan and would be soon going back to the united states, today was quite siginifacant for the tourist who had stayed at the land of the rising sun. It is a now or never moment for some people, for the others, their few last stretches of entertainment and for ace, it might be the last time that he is gonna see luffy for the time being as he is soon needed at his father's businesses.

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Luffy was a little, no screw that, he was more than just a little nervous, his hands were a little sweaty and he could feel his stomach churning with his every movement, normally, the boy wasn't easily worried or distracted before performances, but today, all of his mojo had flew away out of the window. Taking a peek at the curtain that separates the performers and the audience it had come ti his attention that countless of people had come to see him, law, kidd, ace, ace's friends who frankly, he does not remember the names due to the fact that he had only met them once, makino was also present but sadly, his childhood idol, shanks was not around. He was happy and yet flabbergasted that his friends and family were present, it did not help him either when namiko was called before the audience to perform her sought after shamisen performance.

The lights had dimmed and the applause died, it was deadly silent at the enclosed building, no one dared to make a disturbance. As soon as namiko was seated at the center of the stage, she was soon followed by a dozen of man carrying instruments such as shamisens, taiko drums and flutes who took their seats by the edges of the arena.

She started off with a single pluck from her shamisen which was followed by the low thuds of the drums and the high pitched wind instruments. She gains momentum at a relatively moderate pace while her back ups were doing the same invoking a tranquil mood for the audience, as well as the people from backstage, there was no wonder why people called her a witch. For her songs were known to ensnare its listeners, hypnotize them, project her music into their subconsciousness. With a smile, she strummed her string instrument in a much faster way, from the backstage people can see how the senior musicians were sweating, luffy chuckled to that.

The lights of the hall soon changed according to the mood of her beat, fake sakura blossoms were falling to the stage as she entered the climax of her song, which involves incredible speed and dexterity. The audience were still quiet, appreciating every

Only a few more minutes and the song would be over, hanako ran up to her brother and put on the final touches to his overall getup because luffy's performance calls for some illusion that would make his eyes slant a little, it was rare that he puts on makeup on his body, but as it is imperative, he has no choice but to comply.

"Luffy! Good luck" she whispered. Luffy smiled at her sister and nodded. Namiko stood up and garnered a huge round of applause from the audience, she glanced at her siblings from the back and received a two thumbs up from luffy.

There was a 10 minute intermission before luffy's performance, hanako joined the audience and sat between kidd and law, the bidding will commence as the maiko starts performing.

Luffy entered the main stage and bowed before everyone, receiving applause, the orchestra started playing with namiko joining them ang sang the piece.

The story was about the sun goddesses' brother who was thrown out of heaven to the mortal world. Luffy moves gracefully around the stage as he was translating one of the most popular myths of japan. His hands shows action, small movements each has a secret meaning for the trained eye with one hand holding a fan that serves as various improvised tools, his kimono sways as he move around in small mincing steps. The story continues as the man saw chopsticks float around by the river, a sign that there could be inhabitants nearby. He followed the river and met an old man and an old woman who were weeping and tells him of their dilemma. Every year the orochi or great serpent with 8 heads eats one of the couple's daughters, originally there were eight but now only one remains. The hero of the story agrees to slay the monster and in return, he asks her hand in marriage to which the couple agrees.

"250,000"

Hanako nodded. Neither one of the three tore their eyes from the stage.

"300,000"

The banished god transformed the young lady into a comb which he safely tucked into his hair, each character were portrayed by luffy alone, shifting within characters by body movements. He then ordered the household to build a fence with 8 gates and brew 8 vats of strong sake as the serpent loves to drink and before it arrives he asks them to hide.

"4-400,000…"

"450,000!"

Hanako was a bit surprised at the amount that his brother's mizuage had reached, with this substantial amount she is sure that his brother would not go without money for a long time.

Surely when night came, the eight headed serpent arrived and each of the orochi's head took a drink from each of the vats, luffy transformed into the orochi by hiding behind of a container and removed his red kimono, the gold and black triangle patterns of his clothing gave an illusion from afar that they were scales as the gold cloth glistens but not shines entirely with the lighting. Artistically, he shifted his knees and shoulders repeatedly to show that he was slithering with the fan in his hand he scooped at the containers gesturing the audience that he was drinking.

"460,000… (huff)"

"500,000!"

"550,000"

"600,000!"

After, the orochi had become intoxicated from the strong brew of sake and the hero of the story proceeded to slay each of the heads, luffy used his fan as a sword and danced gracefully across the stage slashing it to the wind, he made jerky movements at the final swing as it seems that his sword had struck something hard. There was a sword hidden inside the serpent's tail and claimed it rightfully.

"Wha?"

"We can do this all day, you know?"

" tsk…I-I concede…"

Hanako nodded and stood up before going on her way to his brother.

With the serpent gone and the youngest daughter saved, the story ended with the hero marrying the last daughter and lived peacefully for the most of their lives. The audience roared in applause as they have never seen a better interpretation of the play before, claps and shouts of praises were heard across the dome with luffy bowing gracefully before everyone and proceeded to exit the stage. He was greeted by a huge bouquet of flowers from an admire with her sisters on his side. Namiko apparently received her own bouquet of flowers too earlier.

A flash of light from the camera and confettis were thrown in the air for the successful performance of namiko and mugi-chan. Interviewers and journalists flocked the famed household members asking for their opinions that would be probably grace the newspaper's headline tomorrow.

The party was by far the biggest that the young geishas had ever been to. The nobles who bought the most expensive seats got a chance to meet them and refreshment were overflowing. Crocodile was one of them and when he saw his 'family' he approached them holding boxes of gift for each of the now official geishas.

"Congratulations! I've known from the start that you two would be stars from the beginning!" He commented with a smirk gracing his pale face.

"Thank you very much crocodile-san for watching us perform!"

"Iie, your praises are too much!"

They laughed as the formalities ended with crocodile holding out an arm for her lady, to which hanako blushingly accepted. The now retired warlord paraded his beautiful 'wife' and 'kids' were introduced to his colleagues with everyone commending at how their performance was brilliant.

"I already talked to my lawyer and he said that after we get hitched, we can start the adoption process for the two!" He said as hanako was slightly leaning unto him as a photographer took a photo of them.

"Why, that's good news! I also have some news for you…" she whispered as they walked around hall. Crocodile only hummed awaiting his wife's words.

"I can still have a baby…" she said quietly, anyone can probably hear the happiness radiating from her voice.

"…"

Robin looked up to his husband and raised an eyebrow, she got her response when she felt his uninjured arm coil around her waist and the tall man placed a loving peck on her head. She only managed to chuckle.

"Namiko, who do you think won the bidding?" Luffy asked nervously.

"I don't know, robin wouldn't tell…" she replied in a quiet manner. Mugi-chan only nodded his head and they dropped the conversation after instead, enjoyed theirselves at the snack buffet.

"Congratulations lu, you set the roof on fire!" Mugi-chan snapped his head at the voice, there was ace with bouquet of flowers for the two.

"Ace-nii!" He ran up and hugged his older brother who was accompanied by marco and thatch which the latter handed one of ace's bouquet to nami. Formalities ended then and there as the quintet took a seat. Marco popped a champagne bottle open and for a few minutes, luffy forgot about the winner and decided to relish the moment with his brother.

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Outside, kidd walked out of the dome and lighted a cigarette stick, he rarely smokes but occasionally he lets himself have a treat.

Law marched outside with his arms crossed and marched up to the unsuspecting kidd and threw a punch directly at the back of his head. The strength was enough to make the man fell on his knees but it was not enough to knock the man unconscious.

Kidd vehemently threw his cancer stick and lunged forward and tackled law to the ground.

"What the fuck is your problem? " The red head took the man's collar while sitting on his stomach, his feet buried at the young surgeon's elbow effectively immobilizing him.

The surgeon tried to wiggle his way out but the taller man's weight and strength was weighting him down.

"Get over it, trafalgar! I won! Fair and square!"

To be continued…

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Yay for cliffies!

One more to go guys! Thank you so much for those who keep on reading this!