Chapter 11: Two Older Brothers, One Younger Sister and Brother (pt.1)

Two months had passed since they had finished building their hideout and Mt. Corvo was painted white by the cold snow packed onto the ground, the blizzard currently dominating the mountain came down hard. The wind blew furiously as snowflakes whipped everything in their sight, making it difficult to see beyond a couple of inches.

"Sabo he's coming to you! Don't let him get away!" Ace shouted as he zipped through the 'winter wonderland.'

"Hai! I won't!" was the blonde's determined response as he kept up with the freckled boy's steady pace.

Dori breathed through her nose as the frigid air burned her lungs before she breathed out, she and Luffy were at the top of the ridge where the two older boys were currently leading their meal to. Her pipe was currently out of sight as she gripped the net tightly in her hands.

In front of them, a danpa ran away in fear as the two most experienced children cornered the reverse-panda bear (as Dori referred to the animal in her mind) against a wall of steep rock, just as they planned.

"Yosh! We drove him to the bay!" Ace proclaimed as he lifted his pipe, ready to pounce on their prey. While Sabo let his pipe trail behind him on the ground as he prepared to launch himself at the bear.

Sabo chuckled in excitement as he secured his top hat on his head before calling out to the youngest members of their little family, "Luffy! Dori! Get ready!" he warned.

Luffy smiled widely in anticipation as he gripped his pipe tightly, "Here he is!" he exclaimed looking at her joyfully before throwing himself off the ridge at her nod, "Let's go!" he shouted as he planted his feet against the slanting wall and began to slide down quickly.

Following his lead Dori jumped off and began to slide down gracefully as well, "Baka!" she shouted in concern as Luffy tripped and became a human snowball as he rolled down the rest of the way before he hit a curved ledge and began free falling towards the bear.

"You can't get away!" he shouted determinedly as he bounced off the ground and slammed into the bear's stomach as Sabo and Ace blocked off the bear's only other route of escape… not that the poor thing was going to get far as Luffy seemed to have knocked it out, much to the older boys' surprise and pride. "Yatta! I got him!" he screamed triumphantly as he raised his pipe in the air.

Dori smiled widely at her baby brother's exclamation as she stumbled slightly at the bottom of the cliff, "Good job, Luffy!" she cheered as she wrapped the younger boy into a hug after covering the bear with the net as Sabo laughed triumphantly.

"We got two of them today! We can have a lot of danpa soup!" Ace exclaimed in excitement as he looked at Sabo joyfully at the successfulness of their hunt.

"Yeah!" Sabo shouted in agreement.

He turned and looked at her excitedly, "Nee-chan! Did you see!" he chirped as he bounced on the balls of his feet.

"Un! I'm so proud of you Lu-chan!" she shouted as the younger boy began to bounce around happily.

"I did it! I did it! I did it!" he screamed happily as he ran around the danpa, "I made my first kill today! Yatta!" he shouted in celebration as Dori began to laugh at the younger boy's happiness.

"Hey, look!" Sabo screamed alarmed as he pointed to the cliff above them making Ace gasp slightly in shock, "Luffy, Dori! Watch your backs!" he shouted in fear as she turned her head to see what had made both of the older boys pale dramatically.

Dori felt all of the air escape from her lungs as she stared at the enormous tiger in fear.

"Back?" Luffy said curiously as he turned his head. "A big tiger!" he cried fearfully as tears and mucus began to stream down his face as he fell onto the bear in shock.

"He must have caught wind of our prey!" Ace stated worriedly as he stared at his youngest siblings in concern.

"Dori! Luffy! Get away from there!" Sabo shouted, "He just wants the danpa!"

Dori felt herself freeze as she spied the tiger king of Mt. Corvo leap off the cliff and land in front of the danpa.

"That's my prize! I'm not gonna let you...h-h-have it!" Luffy shouted tearfully as he began to whack the tiger's head futilely with his pipe.

Ace swallowed in concern before shouting out, "Dori move! Get away from there!"

"He's too tough for you Luffy! Get away now!" Sabo shouted in concern.

"I-I can-can't mo-move…" Dori whispered terrified as the tiger locked eyes with an adamant Luffy.

Luffy ignored Sabo as he continued to hit the tiger, "No! Go away, stupid!" he shouted at the tiger, only to be licked by the massive beast, "Otherwise, I', gonna beat you up!" he continued screaming before the tiger, finally fed up with Luffy's shouting, shoved him away with one massive push with his paw. Throwing Luffy off of the bear.

Dori shook in fear as she watched her younger brother soar above her, slowly she began to crawl away, never turning away from the predator in front of her.

"That fool!" Ace shouted in concern, "Dori get away from there!"

"Luffy!" Sabo screamed as the younger boy struggled to get to his feet.

"You bastard," Luffy hissed hatefully, "Gum-Gum…" he shouted as his fist flew through the air and hit the ground before bouncing off and hitting the tiger in its face, not that it seemed to notice, before hitting the ground once more only for his still stretched out arm to be stepped on by the tiger making Luffy fly through the air to where his arm was stuck. Dori barely withheld a scream as Luffy bounced around until landing on the now seriously annoyed tiger's head.

The tiger started thrashing his head violently from side to side, as it tried to dislodge a screaming Luffy. It only took a couple of jerks to send the seven-year-old boy flying off into a different direction. Dori fearfully continued crawling backward until a hand grasped her shoulder, making her gasp in shock before looking up at Ace's concerned face.

"Baka, why didn't you run?" he chastised her as he helped her to her feet.

Blushing, Dori looked down as she tried to shield her face, "Sorry, Ace…" she whispered. The older boy sighed resignedly before looking up as he saw Luffy stand up once more and begin to shout out the name of his ultimate technique.

Sabo sprinted up ahead of them as he tried to stop the suicidal brat, as that was really the only way Dori could describe Luffy's idiotic actions, from launching himself at the tiger once more. "Wait, wait, wait!" he shouted while tackling him.

"Get on." Ace demanded, pulling her out of her reverie. The older boy kneeled in front of her as he waited for Dori to climb onto his back. She shakily wrapped her arms around his neck, as Ace hooked his arms under her legs before he started running towards the other boys.

Burying her face into the crook of Ace's shoulders she mumbled, "Thank you Ace."

Sabo had thrown a protesting Luffy over his shoulder as they started running away from the tiger and their stolen prey, "Let's run while he's distracted!" Ace commanded as he led them into the forest, Dori just clung him tighter as the scenery blurred around them.

"Osu!" Sabo shouted in agreement as Luffy continued shouting back at the tiger in anger.

"I'll get even with you!" he vowed furiously as the tiger ignored them and began tearing into the danpa carcass.

They didn't stop running until they reached the place they had hidden the other danpa, Luffy had finally stopped protesting and screaming angrily so Sabo had let the boy down from his arms.

"Ooof!" Luffy rubbed his bottom as Sabo glared down angrily at him.

"What were you thinking Luffy!" he shouted, "You could have gotten seriously hurt! And Ace and I were nowhere near enough to help you!"

Ace let her down gently from where she had been clinging to him, "Luffy what would have happened if you died!" he growled angrily.

Luffy didn't look up at them, his prized straw-hat covering his face, "Sorry." he whispered. Looking at her little brother in concern she tugged on the two older boy's sleeves.

"Drop it," she demanded.

The two boys glanced at her before looking back at their youngest sibling before they began to prep the danpa up for transportation. Looking at her little brother with understanding, Dori extended a hand in front of his face, "C'mon Lu, let's go home."

It was already dark by the time the four siblings had reached the halfway point towards their treehouse and were crossing the bridge in silence. Ace and Sabo were walking ahead of them as they carried their soon to be meal in a stretcher they had made out of their pipes and a spare net. Luffy was still holding her hand but seemed to be completely lost in thought as a frown marred his face. Dori was barely able to withhold a sigh, it just seemed wrong when Luffy wasn't smiling.

"Sorry about your first prize," Sabo said sincerely as he turned his head back to look at him. Luffy's grip on her hand tightened as he avoided the blue eyes of their brother.

Ace didn't look back at all, "Leave him alone. We had no chance against that tiger."

"But that was my prize!" Luffy protested, finally looking up at his older brothers, "He can't just steal it!" he shouted angrily before jumping furiously causing the bridge to shake.

Dori let go his hand as tried to steady herself as Luffy glared angrily at the boards beneath their feet, "Y-Y-You fool! Don't shake it!" Ace shouted.

Dori gulped in fear when a wicked grin bloomed on Luffy's face as he started laughing before beginning to jump carelessly on the bridge causing the bridge to swing wildly from side to side. "Lu-Luffy, d-don't!" she shouted in fear.

Dori held tightly onto the rope as Sabo began screaming in panic, "You little-!"

"Stop, Luffy!" Ace glared as he almost lost his footing.

Luffy ignored them as he continued jumping until, that is, he fell through the boards, "Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Luffy!" she shouted as she grabbed hold of his hand before she began to slip with him, just as she was about to fall to her death, due to the most idiotic brother she had ever had, someone behind her grabbed hold of her ankles. Dori watched morosely as the danpa they had been planning to eat for dinner flew down into the freezing river beneath them.

Looking behind her, she could see Ace grimacing as he struggled to hold onto her as Sabo held onto his own ankles, "Sabo! Pull us up now!" he screamed.

"I-I got it!" he grunted as he pulled them up.

Sighing in relief, as Sabo began pulling them back onto the bridge, Dori looked down at her totally-completely-unapologetic little brother. A smile bloomed across his face as he began giggling, "Sorry!" he chirped.

"Baka!" Ace and Sabo screamed in unison as soon as they were all safely on the bridge before whacking him on his head.

"Itai!"

Rubbing her head tiredly, she murmured, "You deserved that Luffy." before she began pinching his cheeks in anger, "Don't ever do that again." she growled menacingly. Luffy paled dramatically as he tried to withhold tears from how hard she was pinching his face before he began nodding quickly. She let go of his cheeks and smiled softly as she pat his already bruising skin, "Good." she nodded before getting up and continuing to walk home.

"We're home finally! Let's just go to bed on such a bad day." Sabo said in relief as they climbed up into their sanctuary. Dori looked around the room blearily before letting herself fall down face first onto one of the futons on the ground.

"Ehh? Go to bed on a bad day?" Luffy said in amusement as he began giggling, "Oh!" he gasped, "I'm starving!"

"It's your fault!" Ace shouted angrily before hitting him again.

"Itai!" Luffy cried out as he fell onto the ground before crawling towards her and cuddled into her side.

Sabo sighed, "But if someone steals the prey that you caught by yourself for the very first time, I can see why someone would get angry." he explained as the two older boys pulled the blankets over them and sat down as they prepared for bed.

"But it's reckless to fight such a big tiger…" Ace said in angry concern.

Sabo smiled widely, "That's something you would do!" he teased.

"Humph! Shut up!" he shot back before the two of them yawned in unison before they laid back onto their own futons, Dori shifted until she was facing up at the ceiling with the rest of her precious people.

Luffy giggled beside her as he pulled their thin blanket over their heads, "It's great to have brothers!" he whispered to her enthusiastically.

Dori smiled gently, "Unn, it is." she whispered back.

"If they come aboard my ship…" he murmured dreamily, Dori giggled as Luffy began laughing in excitement before pulling the blanket down.

"What are you two laughing about?" Ace asked curiously as he looked at them. Dori just smiled sweetly up at him.

"Nothin', nothing at all." she chirped with a smile.

"That's not going to make your stomach full," Sabo commented as he glanced at us suspiciously.

"I made up my mind!" Luffy shouted, making the boys let out a grunt of curiosity, "Ace! Sabo! You guys gotta come aboard my ship! Okay? Say yes!"

"That's so sudden!" Sabo scowled.

"We decided to leave it to the future." Ace agreed, looking disinterested at the conversation.

Dori looked at Luffy curiously, "What about me Lu? You don't want me to be a part of your crew anymore?" she asked.

Luffy looked at her as if she'd just told him she had become a vegetarian, "Nee-chan! You're already apart of my crew!" he exclaimed.

"When was that decided!?" she shouted along with Ace and Sabo.

Luffy ignored them as he smiled sweetly up at the ceiling, "It'd be fun to be with each other and you'll need my help, won't you?" he declared as he looked up to the older boys.

"You're the one that needs help, aren't you?" Sabo asked rhetorically as he propped his head onto his left hand, while Ace did the same except he propped his head onto his right hand.

"Yea." Ace agreed as he stared at the youngest of the quartet skeptically.

"No!" Luffy protested as he sat up abruptly, "I'm gonna help you!"

Dori giggled under her breath, Luffy was just too cute when he got wound up.

Ace smirked confidently as he addressed them, "You guys are welcome to come aboard my ship."

"No, my ship!" Sabo and Luffy screamed together as they glared at each other.

"Then, this is not gonna work," he said mischievously as he looked down at her. Dori bit her lip as she tried to stop the peals of laughter from escaping her mouth. Ace was a manipulative little brat.

"Are you sure about it?" Luffy asked sadly.

"Yeah." Ace stated as he laid down onto his side.

"Sabo?"

Sabo looked at Luffy determinedly, "I'm not going to work for anyone. Forget it." he replied to his unasked question before laying down to go to sleep.

"Dori?"

She sighed, "I'm not getting dragged into this argument again Lu-chan… at this point, I might have to search the Grandline for a captain since you three can't stop fighting."

"You can't do that!" Ace gasped as he and Sabo looked at her in horror.

"Why not?" she asked.

"Be-because…" Sabo stammered.

Dori lifted her eyebrow challengingly, "Because what?"

Ace scowled, "Because we said so, that's it!"

"Yeah, exactly." Sabo agreed.

Huffing, Dori rolled her eyes at the boy's less than stellar explanation, crossing her arms over her chest she declared, "I can do whatever I want."

"Y-You!" Sabo growled as Ace glared angrily at her.

"Come on!" Luffy whined, "It's gonna be fun!" he grumbled before looking up excitedly, "Oh yeah!" he gasped " How about this? The one who beats the big tiger can be the captain!"

"The big tiger? Are you serious?" Ace asked incredulously as he stopped trying to glare at her into submission.

"The chances of you becoming a captain are pretty low," Sabo stated as the three of them looked at Luffy curiously.

Luffy frowned angrily, "That's not true! None of us can compete against him now!"

"Good idea!" Ace and Sabo cheered, "Dori won't count since she doesn't want to be captain, but she'll have to join the crew whose captain wins." Ace declared.

Dori sighed before smiling, "Fine." she agreed.

Luffy smiled, "Yatta! Let's do it!"

"Alright!" she chirped along with Ace and Sabo who were smiling at each other challengingly. Dori smiled lovingly at her brothers, boys would be boys. Dylan had taught her that. She just hoped that no one would get hurt.

Dori made her way to Dandan's hut with practiced ease as she maneuvered her way through the frozen foliage, her idiotic brother's had decided the next morning that they were all going to challenge the tiger that day, and since she didn't really have to be involved with that fight she had opted out of encountering the massive tiger ever again.

It had been a while since she had seen her foster mother and the rest of the bandits… and in a way she had missed them. Dandan wasn't the most open or loving person, but Dori knew that the gruff woman loved all four of them in her own strange way. Shivering as a cold burst of wind wracked her frame, Dori pulled the wool poncho closer to her body, she absolutely hated the cold. But at the same time, she couldn't help but admire the peaceful scenery surrounding her. The jungle was blanketed by the soft puffy snow, making it look like a true winter wonderland coming straight out of a movie. Her red rain boots crunched the snow underneath her feet as she walked, and she could hear the faint scurrying of animals that weren't in hibernation moving around as the scavenged for food.

'Christmas is coming up.' She thought absentmindedly as she spotted a giant boar and her baby stomp close by her as they dug underneath the snow to eat some roots.

Dori pondered whether or not she should introduce the holiday to her boys, she was never an extremely religious person… and after she and Dylan were kidnapped-and tortured- she had stopped really believing in god, but Christmas had always warmed her heart. She had so many precious memories of Christmas past' with her beloved twin, even the very last Christmas she had with Dylan was treasured by her even though they had been strapped to dingy old beds in a freezing abandoned hospital. It would just feel wrong not to celebrate with her precious people.

Nodding decisively, "We're celebrating Christmas this year." She stated with determination, breaking the peaceful silence of the jungle.

~Meanwhile~

"Are you ready?" Ace challenged his two brothers as they waited for the tiger to appear in a clearing surround by the jungles thick trees and foliage.

"Osu." Sabo replied in determination as his eyes darted across the landscape.

"We went through so much trouble to catch these." Luffy bemoaned morosely as he stared at the giant fish, "What a waste!"

"Don't complain. We caught these to use them as bait." Sabo reprimanded him as they heard a menacing growl coming from the frozen jungle in front of them, "Oh? Here he comes!" Sabo exclaimed with excitement.

"What a greedy bastard!" Luffy hissed as he placed a protective hand on the fish strapped to his back, "He can't have them today!" he yelled determined before gulping nervously as another angry growl emerged from behind the trees. He was determined to win the competition and become their captain!

Ace smirked in determination, "He's here!" he yelled as the fog that had clouded the clearing began lifting, revealing the growling animal.

"Hmm? Is that the tiger?" Sabo asked confusedly as the animal stood on its hind legs and roared, "What!? It's a bear!" he scowled angrily.

"That's not what we expected!" Luffy said disappointedly, "Go away! Shoo! Shoo!" he yelled while motioning it away with his hands.

"Wait, it seems like he's as strong as the tiger." Ace stated as he glared down his opponent, "We can't beat the tiger if we can't beat him."

"I see!" Sabo exclaimed, "So he's perfect for practice." he said as he looked at Ace, "Wha-" he exclaimed as Ace began running towards the bear.

"I go first!" he screamed as Sabo began running after him.

"That's not fair!" the blond-haired boy shouted.

"That's cheating!" Luffy yelled indignantly as he made up the rear.

Ace leaped confidently into the air and struck the bear on the nose with his pipe-

~Back with Dori~

She broke out into a run as she saw the hut in the distance, there was smoke coming from the chimney and she could see Pochi mulling around in his doghouse before looking up to see her and wagging his tail erratically. "Pochi!" she shouted joyfully as the shibu inu came running to greet her, throwing her arms around the dog in greeting as the dog began whining in happiness and showering her with kisses.

Giggling at the dog's enthusiastic greeting, Dori hadn't noticed Dadan until the curly haired woman spoke up, "Chibi what are you doing here?" she asked gruffly as she tried to come off absentmindedly. She failed.

Looking up happily, Dori shot the woman a warm smile. Dadan hadn't changed since she'd last her, "Dadan!" she chirped as she stood up and enveloped the woman into a hug, "It's been awhile since I had last seen you! I missed you." She admitted sheepishly.

The older woman burned red in embarrassment at the child's admission, "E-Eh!?" she stammered, "U-Uh, Ga-Gaki… Alright, I get it! Now let me go!" she shouted nervously as Dori snuggled into her.

Giggling at the older woman's attitude Dori let her go, the woman was such a tsundere.

"Oh.." Dogra exclaimed as he spotted her, "Dori? What are you doing here?" he asked curiously as she shot him a smile.

Dori giggled in amusement as Dadan screamed, "That's what I asked!"

"Oh~ You know…" she said carelessly, "I was in the neighborhood and I wanted to drop by to say hi!"

Dadan scowled, "Well you said 'hi' so you can leave now! Wherever you are those demon brothers of yours are sure to follow!" she proclaimed as her eyes darted behind Dori as if expecting the boys to pop out any second to scare her.

Pouting, Dori grabbed hold of the curly haired woman's hand, "The boy's are out fighting the giant tiger today and I'm loooonely!" she whined before brightening up, "So I'm going to stay here today!"

After ripping her hand out of Dori's grip, Dadan huffed in resignation, "Fine brat! Just don't get in my way." She grouched as she entered the hut.

"Hai!" Dori chirped as she skipped in after her. Plopping down by the fire in the center if the room she began warming her freezing swollen fingers in content before looking up at her lazing foster mom, "Ne, Dadan what day is it?"

Without looking away from her red saucer of alcohol the woman responded harshly, "How the hell should I know, I'm a mountain bandit, not a calendar."

"It's the 10th of December…" Magra stated as he looked at her in curiosity.

Dori scowled at Dadan before sending a bright smile up to the bandit, "Thank you Magra, that gives me just enough time to go Christmas shopping and prepare a feast…" she trailed off as she began brainstorming what to get the boys.

Luffy would probably be happy with just the food she'd be preparing, but she wanted to give her little brother something that he wouldn't be able to lose… Sabo would probably be happy to get a new book, either in Spanish or English, and a journal perhaps to begin recording his life before he set sail to be a pirate… Ace would probably appreciate a weapon more, or maybe some new shoes, his were completely falling apart.

"What's a Cistmas?" one of the bandit's asked interrupting her chain of thought.

"Hmm," Dori stalled as she tried to come up with a way to explain the holiday, "Well… Christmas is like a big party where we celebrate being together with your family and close friends! You put up a bunch of decorations and sing Christmas carols… There's even a big feast and you exchange presents… It's a lot of fun!" she said excitedly as the bandits began looking at each other in anticipation.

"Are we going to be celebrating Cistmas this year?" Dogra asked.

"Yup, we're gonna be celebrating Christmas this year!" she chirped as they cheered.

Dadan scowled as she banged her sake cup harshly onto the ground destroying the bright atmosphere, "That just sounds like unnecessary work!"

Dori tackled the woman onto her back as she hugged her as tightly as she could before letting her misty hazel eyes connect with Dadan's angry ones, "Please.." she whimpered tearfully as her bottom lip wobbled dangerously.

The red-haired woman seemed to melt into a puddle before she snapped, "Fine! Just stop looking at me like that!"

"Yay!" Dori cheered as she threw her hands up in the air before skipping around the room in happiness.

After helping Dadan prepare a heavy soup for lunch, Dori came across balls of bright colored yarn thrown into a basket in the corner of Dadan's closet. Picking up a red ball of yarn gently, she caressed the soft yarn up against her face. She could make a fine scarf for Luffy with that yarn.

"Dadan!" she screamed as grinned widely, "Can I have this yarn!?"

"What for!?" she shouted angrily as she stormed into the room.

"To make Lu-chan's present of course!" she chirped as she continued looting through the woman's closet until she came across a crochet hook, "Aha!" she exclaimed while holding it above her head before looking up at her, "So can I have it? Please!"

"Fine! Just stop going through my things!" she shouted angrily as Dori jumped up and gave her a quick hug before sprinting to the living area of the hut.

"Thank you Dadan!"

Dori woke up to the sound of the bandit's usual morning routine, she gingerly rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she wondered what on earth she was doing curled up in her old bedroom before she recalled the events from the night before. She had been halfway done with Luffy's scarf when she had begun nodding off in her seat until Dadan had lost her nerve and sent her upstairs to sleep. Smiling softly Dori stood up and quickly made the futon as she heard Dadan shout.

"Dogra! Magra! Where is the country called Goa!?"

"Mt. Corvo, Gray Terminal and Windmill Village are a part of the goa kingdom supposedly, " Dogra answered from his seat as he looked at his boss curiously as she scowled at the newspaper in her hand.

"That's what I thought." The gruff woman stated.

Dori skipped into the room and plopped herself next to the woman as she tried to get a peak of the newspaper article that had wound up her foster mom so much.

"Easy, easy, boss. It's rare to see you reading a newspaper… Hell must be freezing over." Magra mumbled as he stirred the pot of porridge in front of him earning a smack from Dadan, "Ouch!"

"Somebody's gonna visit the Kingdom? It's making the headlines… What's going on here… Are they that big a deal?" Dadan murmured as Dori crawled onto her lap.

"Let me see!" Dori whined before her breathing stopped altogether and her face paled.

"These Celestial Dragons?" Dadan finished pondering before looking down at Dori in surprise as she whispered "Shit."

"Dori?" Dadan asked in concern as the little girl sitting on her lap suddenly stood up and rushed to the doorway.

"Sorry Dadan, I have'ta go see the boys now… could you hide my present for Lu-chan? Thanks!" she shouted hurriedly as Dadan spluttered behind her.

"Wait you're not even wearing shoes! Do-Dori! You're coat!" Dadan screamed as she looked at the now distant figure running through the snow.

Dori panted as her bare feet crunched the snow underneath her, tears built up in her eyes as she was blinded by the cold as she ran to her boys.

Author's Note:

Hey, hey, hey~ How are you guys? I know it's been a while but I haven't had the motivation to write lately…. Plus I've been really busy with College and work (I'm working two jobs! I swear the only day I'm home, this is including the weekends, is Friday! My dog is so pissed that I leave every morning...), I'm not even going to bother explaining to you guys about what happened to my computer either (short version is that the memory died... I was able to recover a bunch of stuff but I sadly lost a lot of things that had been saved to it as well, including the next five chapters of this fic)... Basically, I've been really busy, well I hope that you guys have enjoyed this chapter and you should be expecting the next one to come out in about a month or two for Christmas... Leave a review here if you think I should do a Holloween special this year!

Guys feel welcome to check out my other fics including my first ever Harry Potter fanfic: "Hogwarts Wallflower" (which by the way has a lot of chapters already prewritten for it) as well as my other stories "Across the Sea we Found It" and "The Spare" (it's an OHSHC and Naruto fanfic respectively…) and no I'm not using this fic as a way to advertise my other one… alright, alright… maybe a little bit...

Anyway, I wanted to know if you guys want me to do a side story portraying Dylan's POV. It would go from his death up until he meets up with his sister again… remember he would be falling into the Naruto Universe. In this fic I'm making the Naruto Universe an island in the New World, I'll also probably make the hidden One Piece hidden somewhere in the Elemental Countries….. Yup! So tell me what you think, I'd be willing to hear suggestions as to what part of the Time line Dylan lands in and what kind of ninja he'd end up being… (though him being a part of Konoha is something I won't change, he could come from another village but he needs to end up at Konoha)….

This Chapter is Dedicated to: Every single one of my viewers! Thank you for continuing to read this story!

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