Chapter 7

I woke up in my room in the ship. I shift silently, and I notice a warm lump on my chest.

"He didn't want to move from you, you've been sleeping for four days now." I look up to see Zoro standing in the doorway to the room. He walks down, before pausing at seeing a bucket below my bed.

"What's with the bucket?" I shift the sleeping hatchling in my arms.

"I'm…I'm what dragons call a Royal. A royal is, as I said, part of the royal heritage in Dragon-kind. Unlike other dragons though, I'm considered a 'fake royal'. "I can feel Zoro's piercing stare as I look down upon the boy. He's still messy and dirty, though bandaged. I need to wash him later.

"Why?"

"Hmm?"
"Why were you called fake." I look up back at Zoro, testing his eyes. Nothing there seems untrustworthy. He seems, if anything, just curious. No disgust or surprise.

"In the dragon kingdom, there are two continents, separated by a land not ruled by either side, but more for those who wanted a more free, albeit more dangerous, life style. My parents met there. They were both young, and both fell in love. They weren't fans of the negative opinions about each other's continents, and they kept visiting each other. Now, gender, social standing, and things of the like don't usually matter when it comes to marriage, but…they were both royalty of enemy continents. So, they both left their kingdoms, and fled to the mountains. They had children, my younger brother and I, and we learnt about everything from our parents. We learnt about our heritage, everything, as my parents suck at hiding things." Zoro looks down at the bucket.

"What does that have to do with the bucket?" Well, that is easy to answer.

"The reason royal dragons are so wealthy is because we literally shed whatever type of royal substance we are. Mine is gold, so I shed gold, and through the years, I've learnt to shape it into Beli….don't tell Nami, please?" he smirks, and gives a nod, before walking back up the stairs. I look down at the kid

"I know you're awake." His breath hitches, and I see a single red eye crack open.

"You're the fake royal?" Seems this kid is a straight forward one.

"One of the two." Suddenly, he grins.

"I've been looking for you! You seem really cool from the stories I've heard and stuff so-ouch!" I wack him on the head.

"Relax kid, I'm not that amazing. Also, let's get you cleaned up." He stares at me longingly, and nods. I let out a small laugh, before lifting him onto my back, ignoring my wounds, and carry him up the cannon onto the deck. I use one arm to swing us up, while the other carries clothes for myself and him.

"ADRIAN! WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?!" I look to see Nami staring at me wide eyed, Usopp is blushing, Luffy is staring like the clueless person he is, Zoro is keeping a straight face, and Sanji is holding back a nose bleed. I look down at myself. I'm wearing nothing but a revealing wrap bra and extremely short shorts. I give the group a shrug, and start across the deck.

"Hey! Look!" I look over to see a mailman pelican guy fly to Nami. After a short argument on prices, Nami has her newspaper, and unfolds it, only for two sheets of paper to slip out of the middle of it.

"New bounties…..GUYS!LOOK!" The rest of us look over Nami's shoulder, at two wanted posters.

"YESS!FIRST BOUNTY!" I laugh as Luffy rolls around, extremely happy with the sight of his bounty. I look over at the other bounty, and I'm surprised to see my own face there.

It shows a picture of me grinning, my red eyes are bright and my hat snug on my head…that was before the fight. The townspeople had been curious over who I was, I introduced myself, and had a nice conversation with them for about half an hour, before the noise at Arlong park dragged me into the fight. The posters were written clearly.

Monkey D. Luffy 30 000 000 Beli Dead or Alive

Mythril D. Adrian 20 000 000 Beli Dead or Alive

"Well, at least they spelt my name right!" I ignore Nami's yelling over how bad it is to have a bounty, and instead think of a better question. Why the hell do I have a bounty?! It makes no sense, I did just as much as the others in the fight...Oh right…I know why.

"Why does Adrian have a bounty anyways?!" Usopp tries to look outraged, but I can see the obvious relief on his face.

"Isn't it obvious?" Everyone turns to me. I let out a small chuckle, readjusting the kid, who had once again fell asleep on my back.

"I'm a dragon, therefore, a monster in the Marines eyes. I'm a threat, even if I haven't done much…this is gonna cause quite an uproar for those who know of my kind." I stand up, shifting the kid back into a good position for walking, and head down into the bathing room.

"You're good at faking sleep kid." I put the kid into the barrel of warm water. He gives me a grin, before submerging himself, coming up to scrub more grime out of his hair. He takes off his soaked clothes, and I help him wash, cleaning his cuts.

"My name is Dante. Dante Wolfs-bane." I've heard of his family, the 'twin demons'. I can already pretty much process his story through my brain and his behaviour. His parents were known for being extremely strong, so he was expected to be as well.

"I'm not expecting a whole lot out of you because of your name, I will treat you like a normal hatchling, no special treatment, got it?" He looked completely shocked, and I continued to bathe him. It wasn't awkward, more like a mom washing her child. I washed myself up as well, throwing on a black V-neck, white jeans with my red chain. I never wore shoes, due to having tough feet, so I quickly threw some clothes to Dante, and he slipped them on.

"Where did you get these?!"

"I made them myself, I make clothes for myself often, and these are traditional clothes of my family." Dante stared at me. His darker, blood eyes flaring with fire.

"I want to make myself known. Not as the 'twin demons' son, but in my own name." I stare down at the hatchling in front of me. I'm positive he would fit right in.

"Are you prepared for stressful situations, idiots, training, getting into horrible messes, and havoc?" He gives me a blood-thirsty grin, one only a dragon could pull off.

"Then you will be known. You will be known as a Straw-hat pirate. I doubt Luffs will refuse." He finishes slipping on the clothes I gave him. He's wearing a black open vest with red accents, black fingerless gloves, blue jean, a loose black belt that hangs along the hips, and brown sandals, courtesy of the fact that I never wear shoes.

"You in?" He looks me in the eye, and gives me a small nod. I grab him by the wrist, and drag him up the stairs.

"GUYS!" Everyone stares, and I give them a grin. I turn to Luffy, who is sitting on the sheep head.

"Captain! Can Dante join the crew?" Luffy gives a huge grin.

"Of course!" Dante is surrounded by people welcoming him, and I see a smile grow on his face.

"What's your role on the crew?" The excited exclamations halt, everyone staring at Nami.

"What do you mean?" Nami huffs.

"Well, Luffy is Captain. Adrian is first mate. Zoro is the crew's swordsman. Usopp is the sniper." Nami ignores Usopp's protests on being the captain.

"Sanji is the cook, and I'm the navigator. What of those are you?" I look over at Dante, as he thinks hard, head down.

"I'm the quartermaster!" Everyone looks at Dante, confusion in their eyes.

"What's that?" I turn to the group.

"A quartermaster takes stock of supplies, as well as keeps everything in order, they often carry many things with them as well. Speaking of which, I need to buy you a bag." Dante gives me a grin, and I can't help but return it. I'm glad he is on the crew, I would worry sick if a hatchling like him tried to run off. Suddenly, Sanji kicks Luffy in the face.

"STOP TRYING TO TAKE NAMI'S TANGERINES!" I was wondering when Sanji would notice. I watch them bicker, Luffs whining and Sanji nagging. I take a bite of the one of the tangerines in my lap.

"Luffy." He turns his head just in time to catch a tangerine, thrown by yours truly, straight into his mouth. Sanji glares at me, but seems to be debating on whether or not to attack me.

"YOU STUPID MOSS HEAD!" I look over to see Dante yelling at Zoro, who had must have wacked him on the head, judging by the large welt forming.

"I was trying to sleep." Suddenly, a ship sails straight past us. It's wrecked and torn, but is obviously one of the marines.

"Well, go back to sleep marimo, I'll deal with them." Zoro grunts, and, obviously knowing not to underestimate me, goes back to his nap. I watch a short interaction, as the marines turn back to us, before walking down to the ship's main area. I take my place to Luffy's left, and send a glare at the meddling marines. I look them over, then look back, noticing a pissed Sanji.

"Am I needed Luffs?" He gives me a huge grin.

"Nope!" I smile, before walking over to where Dante was watching the marines curiously, and Zoro was snoring loudly.

"Hey pup, want to play a card game?" He turns to me with a scowl.

"I'm not a pup."

"You're a hatchling and a wolfs-bane, therefore a pup." He scowls. I sit down beside him, ignoring the explosions behind me, and take out my lucky deck. The deck is red, with a gold dragon on the back. Each Jack is a serpent dragon with whatever suit it is on its breast. The queen is an angel dragon, a dragon with only feathered wings, and no appendages. Its wings are shaped to match its suit. Finally, the king is a single red eye, with its pupil in the design of its suit. Dante and I play cards or a good half an hour, before the fight ends, and everyone settles for lunch. I sit quietly, watching the birds, and playing with Dante's hair, as the group talks around a chart showing the grand line.

"I say we head straight for it!"

"IDIOT!" I laugh, making the attention divert towards me.

"What's so funny?" I look over at Usopp, his eyes still watery after an incident with a new 'star' containing hot sauce.

"Luffy's pretty much spot on, you just go for it. What? Don't give me those looks! You act as if you've never gone across the- "Oh. The crew stares at me. Suddenly, Zoro magically teleports over, like he loves to do…how does he get past me senses?!

"How did you get back?" Really? How else?

"I'm a dragon. What do dragons have? Wings bro, wings." He gives a snort, before sitting beside me. Dante was half asleep, laying across my lap, and he purrs just loud enough for me to hear. Hmm….is Zoro already familiar to him?

"Well, first we need to stop by a town, and get some meat!" I let out a small laugh, leave it to Luffy to keep track of our meat provisions. I lazily crawl out to the map, reaching out and laying my finger on a small island close to the mountain.

"That's Logue town right?" Nami nods her head.

"What's Logue town?" Zoro finally decides to wake up, now leaning closer to the group.

"I've heard of it. It's called the town of the beginning and the end no?" Nami nods, and I see recognition flicker in Luffy's eyes.

"Why is it called that?" Usopp is still clearly clueless, looking at all of us in an innocent manner. Dante sits up, slightly dazed, proof he was actually asleep this time.

"It's the birthplace and execution site, for Gold Rodger." Dante looks at me and I shake my head, a sign that I'll explain later.

"That is the man who held the one piece…let's go!" Luffy cheers loudly, and I let out a laugh.

Not much later, I find myself looking out at the sunset, a sky of bright orange, red and gold.

"행운을 빌어 자신의 여행 ... 앨런과 함께"

Thanks for waiting for all this time! I was busy, as my dance studio decided extra practises were appropriate. I've been touching up on my knowledge of the series, as this chapter was a little blank for me.

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From: S.W.K.