Here is the second bonus^^
First, if you wonder about the "..."-change in this chapter. I finally found out how I can change the correction language in my word-document without clicking on English (Great Britain) for every word. So just so you know and do not wonder;)
To be true I had this one already in the baselines before I got a comment asking about it. I just edited a bit and cut out one or two persons. My baselines for the bonus chapters are done except the last one(I'll guess I will split the last two bonus prompts in two chapters). So yeah, I am thinking about telling some spoilers. But no. I will do that in the next one. Because then I won't spoil too much and I can keep the chronologic order for the things happening in the bonus line more easily.
Just telling some will get their wish, but this wish will be the last bonus. Still, have to figure out how it will work the best.
Also Mythelfa, I hope you are going to like this one as you were who gave me a few ideas for people I could add ;)
CelinaB: You're welcome ;) and there will be some more bonus. I am wondering about the reactions^^
myzmsandraa99: :x no spoilers for the next one. I will just point indirectly up and say the answer is there ^^
~Bonus 2 - A picture goes around the world~
An alliance between Whitebeard and Mugiwara no Luffy confirmed?
Izo blinked surprised at the headline. But then the cross-dresser was amused when he looked at the picture of the article. How didn't anyone notice that someone was taking a photo at the moment?
It showed Marco and Luffy during their make-up-make-out-session after the fight with the Marines.
Izo giggled as the started to search for a scissor to cut the picture out. Their den-den-mushi wouldn't be quiet for the next days, but it would spare them some time gather their allies to make it public to them.
Makino smiled softly at the picture that showed Luffy and most likely the person he loved.
She couldn't think that her little boy, who was like a mix of a son and a brother to her, would just kiss someone without having feelings for this person. Especially not like this.
But Luffy looked happy in the picture. Even if there were some tear strains, only weakly noticeable, on his cheeks and little blood spots on the body of the blonde.
Her boy must have thought that he lost his lover. This was the only way, she could explain the tears and the blood.
A sound made Makino turn her head. In a crib next to her was a baby with tufts of red hair. It seemed to have woken up from its slumber.
"Did you have a nice slumber, sweetie?" Makino asked softly and lifted the baby up in her arms. It seemed happy to be in its mothers and looked around curiously.
"This is your uncle Luffy with his lover. It will still be a long time before you are able to meet him", Makino said when she noticed the dark eyes of Shanks and her child were fixed on the picture.
The baby just made a happy sound and patted the picture.
Dadan was getting impatient. How long did these idiots of her need to get the den-den-mushi from Makino?
She took a drag from her cigarette to calm her down. But she didn't need to be calm. The angrier she was, the better. She had someone to roast after all.
There did go a picture of her youngest foster-son Luffy kissing a blonde (attractive, but she wouldn't say that out loud) male, who was on the same crew as Ace, around the world.
"Boss, we got everything."
Finally, the idiots were back.
Dadan didn't take long to dial the number which was written behind Ace's name on the paper, which Makino had given her idiots with the den-den-mushi.
She skipped the greeting when someone answered and demanded directly to talk to Portgas D Ace.
"A woman who sounds like a bear? That can only be one person. Yo, Dadan", Ace said after she had to wait for a few minutes. A vein popped on her heard. "Don't just greet me with a 'Yo Dadan', you ungrateful brat. Now give me the guy who kissed you brother so I can roast him."
Laughter could be heard from Ace. What did this brat find so funny? She may only be a bandit in the East Blue, but she didn't care who she needed to hit for her brats.
Dadan didn't have any problem beating Garp after the war for putting her foster-sons through so much shit without helping them. So she wouldn't care if she had to hit a crew member of a Yonko.
"Sorry, Dadan. But that is not possible at the moment. At least, if you don't want Luffy to hear it. He is clingier to Marco than ever. Maybe because they had a fight before this happened. But I don't think it is a good idea to roast Marco now. Luffy will get all whiny and pouty that you feel like you kicked a lost puppy. But I can promise you that Sabo and I invite you to a pineapple-Phoenix-feast if he hurts Luffy."
That sounded promising.
Sengoku studied Garp carefully. He had to choose the right moment to break the news to his companion.
Now he would able to get back at him for all the times the man just laughed about the stunts the crazy grandson had pulled against the world government.
It would be interesting how shocked Garp would be by finding out his biological grandson was possible dating a pirate, who is Whitebeard's first mate and was already a pirate during the clash of Gold Roger and Shiki at Edd War. There was no information on the Phoenix's age, so that would be a very good shock.
"So Garp, your rough family made it into the paper again", Sengoku started the conversation.
Garp had a put a cracker in his mouth but stopped to look at him. Like the other wanted him to go on.
"A picture of you grandson kissing the Phoenix is going around the world", Sengoku said and showed the article with the picture to the retired vice admiral.
Garp looked shocked. The cracker bag nearly fell down if Sengoku didn't catch it.
With a content grin, the former Fleet Admiral ate a cracker only to choke on it a few seconds later, when his old friend started to laugh.
"Typical Luffy. That isn't really an alliance. That is something deeper. He wouldn't do anything like this without putting his heart into it."
Garp laughed and seemed quite happy about it.
This surprised Sengoku. He half-way had expected the other to jump up and set sail for the New World to beat the Phoenix. But he should have expected that Garp would understand more than the press had written. After all, the grandson was as crazy as the grandfather.
"Garp, Sengoku, stop taking cracker breaks. I need you to make the new recruits work harder. Otherwise, we won't stand a chance to destroy this pirate pack and their alliance", Sakazuki said.
Sengoku sighed. He remembered why he nominated Kuzan two years ago. The Hie Hie no Mi user would have been much calmer about that kind of news and would wait how dangerous that could be. But Akainu was going to get a lot of potential good marines killed in his delusion of absolute justice.
Garp just laughed. "How can you destroy an alliance which doesn't even exist?"
Sengoku had to suppress a chuckle.
Maybe this was going to bet better than shocking Garp. After all, the things that had happened Akainu deserved some punishment and this was possibly the best chance.
"How can it not be an alliance? Both crews have an unwanted person with them. So it was only logical if they joined forces to protect these persons that shouldn't exist!"
"Well, then it is a good thing, we have a proof that one of these two is interest in a male. So there will be no babies to hunt down on this side."
Garp burst out into laughter. But Sengoku noticed a sad gleam in the eyes of his old friend and couldn't help but feel sorry. He knew that even if Garp wasn't good at showing it, he cared for his family, especially his grandchildren dearly. To see a grand-grandchild would definitely make this man happy.
But he couldn't say anything now. Even if Akainu seemed lost at his words and just stared at them.
"So that's why, the Phoenix was distracted during the fight", Kizaru stated the obvious fact as the admiral appeared behind them. "He was worried for his pregnant friend."
Sengoku didn't know if Borsalino was serious about believing the second part or if the admiral had just said it to rile up Akainu more.
The Fleet Admiral looked troubled. He seemed to have the same thoughts as Sengoku himself, but also seemed to feel more anger towards Kizaru.
"Careful, Sakazuki. I can already see steam. You are going to destroy some important paper", Garp said with a grin and a cracker in his mouth. Like his old friend hoped that the Fleet Admiral would burn some to crisps.
Let's see how far they would be able to push Akainu.
Gloriosa was happy to get a newspaper again. It got even rarer in the last years to get one on Amazon Lily. Stupid news crows. But she could understand, as it was hard to reach their island by flying.
So when she had gotten her hands on the newspaper, she had made herself comfortable at home, took a sip of her coffee and stopped. Gloriosa blinked once, then twice. But the picture didn't change.
Her eyes went up to the headline. An alliance between Luffy and Whitebeard? Well, that wouldn't be really a surprise. She expected it somehow because of the connection between Portgas D Ace, the man who should be executed two years ago, and Monkey D Luffy.
But she never guessed that there could be another reason. A reason which wasn't good for the peace of the Kuja pirates and the peace on Amazon Lily.
How should she hide this from Boa Hancock? Hebihime would go crazy if she found out that Luffy seemed to be in a relationship. Well, more like she would misunderstand it and saw the Straw Hat captain as a victim, the Pirate Empress had to save.
Or she misunderstood the whole action behind the kiss. That would probably be the best. But was Hebihime dense enough to think that? Well, it could be… after all, Boa Hancock didn't get it out of her mind since two years that Luffy would marry her just because he had hugged her.
So maybe there was a chance …
"Elder Nyon, I heard that we got a newspaper again. Are there any news about Luffy?" Marguerite asked.
The blonde Kuja pirate did come by very often to hear about the world outside Amazon Lily. Even if she was able to see it now on her own. But maybe they were to limit on the ship to see much of the world.
"It is a wonder when nothing is written about Luffy. They believe now that he formed an alliance with the Yonko Whitebeard", Gloriosa explained.
"Luffy?!"
A silent groan left the older woman. Why did this woman have to come by, too? Seriously this one never visited her except if it could be very bad. She didn't know what kind of a lie she should tell Boa Hancock to prevent the younger woman to go on a rampage towards the New World.
Brutal honesty didn't really work. Or Hebihime would have stopped thinking about a marriage with Luffy after he said no to her more than once.
Gloriosa didn't register at first, how Boa Hancock took the newspaper to see it for herself. But when she noticed, she carefully watched the reaction of the most beautiful woman in the world. The brown eyes had widened and the way her mouth moved only meant trouble.
"Why is this excuse for a man locking lips with my dear beloved?"
"It is a tradition in some cultures that two men kiss each other to confirm the alliance", Gloriosa lied. After all, it didn't seem like Boa Hancock read much of the article. The brown eyes had been fixed on the picture like she was trying to burn it by just glaring at it.
Gloriosa didn't even feel bad for that lie. She had to do it.
For the peace of the world.
Gladino stared at the newspaper which was now wet and slightly brown. But the important passages was still clear to read or see.
He felt like his life was crused by god. Why did he have to meet people who attract more troubled attention than anything else?
First, he had met this boy, who attracted trouble like he was a magnet for it, on Little Garden. Only to find out later that Portgas D Ace, the second division commander, was the sworn brother of the boy. And also a bit later that Monkey D Dragon, the most wanted man in the world, was the boy's father.
This boy was going to be the death of him just because he had met and knew him. Gladino had a bad feeling about it.
Now the boy was kissing the blonde man, he had been forced to help in the war. Whitebeard's first mate, if he remembered right.
Seriously, why did he have to meet people like these?
"Are there any flashy news?" Buggy asked.
"No… just Whitebeard having a new ally."
This got the attention of the clown. It even seemed to surprise him, if Gladino guessed the facial expression right.
"Why would this be more interesting than something our mercenaries had done? But let me see who allied the stupid old man."
Buggy took the paper from him and Gladino did take instantly a few steps back to avoid getting hit by the body parts of his boss.
He was right in his prediction. Buggy's body parts flew around the room in shock.
"So kissing some pirate now makes it the front page?!" the clown screeched.
His poor ears…
Somewhere hidden on an island in the Grand Line Sabo was having a hard time not to laugh about his colleagues.
They shouldn't be shocked. After all, none of them knew Luffy personally. They had only heard about his actions. But didn't, for example, know how much of an airhead his little brother could be.
Maybe they thought he was like Dragon, who was Luffy's father, and now they were picturing how Dragon would kiss a man.
Koala pulled his left cheek a bit in an attempt to scold him. But she failed because he could see that she was amused about the situation, too.
This only got better as Dragon himself appeared in the room. The man just lifted an eyebrow to the shocked faces and Sabo's and Koala's amused ones.
"Luffy's relationship towards Whitebeard's right hand made it on the first page", he said with a grin. Now, this would be interesting. How would Dragon react to this?
The most wanted man in the world went to a desk and lifted the paper. The eyes seemed to rest on the picture.
"Well, he surely has an interesting way of making things public", Dragon mused.
"Bon-chan, we got a newspaper. It contains information about Mugi-chan", one of his friends in level 5.5 said.
Bon Clay jumped out of his seat. He was always delighted to hear about Luffy. The boy who showed him such selfless friendship. It always made his heart jump in joy to hear about his friend again.
The current queen of Newkama Land took the newspaper from his friend with a 'Thank you' and then started to read the article about Luffy.
But he stopped when he saw the picture.
Bon Clay felt how his vision became blurry and tears of joy cascade over his face.
"I'm so happy for you, Mugi-chan."
Rayleigh laughed about the article.
These press idiots got something to talk about for months with that picture. Again Luffy was the centre of the attention.
Well, having your picture taking while kissing Whitebeard's first division commander that was something not many would be able to tell. To be true, it was only Luffy.
But the news didn't surprise him.
He had suspected that something was going on between them. It was just the way they were acting around each other during the training. But since there was no clear evidence, he didn't say anything.
Pity, they kept it a secret. He would have loved to tease the bird.
Just as a little revenge from this fights they had back in the time when Roger was still alive.
Well, he should beg back to Shakky so he could use a den-den-mushi in private. He wouldn't let this opportunity slip.
"So Luffy likes men?" "I never pictured him in that light." "Well, he wasn't interested in Boa Hancock and we know the straight man able to say no to her are rare."
Law sighed and turned to his right side to sleep a little more with using a sleeping Bepo as a pillow. Why did he get such a gossip-loving, noisy crew and such an attention-catching ally?
It is not like he hadn't expected something like that. When they hatched the plan against Kaido, Luffy even said that Law would be in trouble when he heard Whitebeard. The captain of the Heart pirates had first that the only reason was the older overprotective brother in the crew of the Yonko and the actions of the Yonko during the war.
It wouldn't even have surprised him if the Yonko crew had shown up during their battle with Kaido.
Now with finding out that the first division commander of the crew of the world's strongest man is Luffy's lover Law was even more surprised that they hadn't shown up. Especially after the stunt in Dressrosa.
The surgeon shook his head lightly. The day was too nice to think about ifs. But the babbling of his crew started to annoy him.
"If I gave you the den-den-mushi number of the Straw Hats, will you be quiet and let me sleep?"
The crew was silent for a minute before they all said: "Yes, Captain."
Even Bepo said it in his sleep. Law could only chuckle about the behaviour of his navigator. The surgeon said the number and a small smile ghosted over his lips when he heard the rambling crew leaving.
"We are going to congratulate on your behalf, too, Captain."
The nerve of them…
"Captain Squardo, news about a possible deeper extension to the family."
Squardo turned his head to his crew member, who had a newspaper in his hands. The news sounded fishy. He knew that there was no call today. Normally they would have heard something like that via a den-den-mushi call.
Also, there weren't many new people who would ally themselves with Whitebeard now. The younger generation was mostly doing what they want and didn't care about an alliance with one of the most influencing men in the New World.
So he was sceptic about the news. Most people used an alliance to betray the other one if the time was right. Like Capone 'Gang' Bege who betrayed Big Mom.
Squardo clenched his fist at the thought of betrayal. He shouldn't be so sceptic. He hadn't been any better during the war at Marine Ford. He had betrayed his father figure, his allies and friends just because of a lie.
Maybe this new possible ally was okay.
He waved the crew member over to him, so he could take a look at the article.
Squardo was shocked when he read the news.
The press only wrote now about a possible alliance between Whitebeard and Monkey D Luffy?
Seriously, every one of the participants in the war knew that the brat was a part of the family, even unofficial, after Whitebeard had declared that they should back him up. How dense had the press to be since there was a den-den-mushi which showed how they all fought to protect Luffy after he broke down due exhaustion of going through Impel Down and the war?
His eyes studied the picture. So it wasn't only Ace, who was the older sworn brother to the brat, had a particular interest in the boy. Squardo pitied Marco already. Because he knew that if a certain woman saw this picture…
Well, he was going to bet some money that the Phoenix would cut of his ears just to stop hearing her.
"Looks like it is official now. Let the others know to be friendly to the Straw Hat pirates as long as they behave", he said to his crew member.
Little Oars Jr. stared thoughtfully at the sea. His crew members had told him that Ace's little brother belonged now officially to the family and from the picture of the article was Marco's lover.
He sighed. He didn't remember the boy much, but he heard from his crew how determined Luffy was to save his older brother. Something that made Little Oars Jr. respect the young captain.
Now that the boy was part of the family. He felt like he should send something like a welcome-gift. That was the reason why he sat in the sand and watched the sea. He was determined to find a perfect, but simple gift.
Mihawk had hoped to have a little peace and quiet. But not at the moment as it seemed.
He had heard Perona shrieked. Something must have happened with his secret personal favourite crew whose captain belonged to the Worst Generation.
Mihawk set down his wine glass and no second too late. Perona burst into the room with a newspaper in his hand.
The pink-haired woman seemed a bit out of breath. "This is the last news someone would expect from them", she said. Perona seemed torn between being shocked, amused and close to cooing that something was cute.
He wondered what kind of news did have that effect on her.
The title of the article wasn't the reason for her behaviour. But it did worry him that Akainu would do something stupid which could unbalance everything into chaos.
Then Mihawk saw the reason for Perona's torn emotions.
The captain of the Straw Hat pirates, Monkey D Luffy, was kissing the first division commander of the Whitebeard pirates, Marco.
The swordsman shook his head in slight amusement. The boy really seemed to know how to make life interesting.
It was now only a matter of time when a certain Yonko would appear and demand a party.
Whitey Bay had a devilish grin on her lips.
In her left hand was the newspaper with the picture of Marco kissing Ace's little brother and in her right hand was the receiver of a den-den-mushi.
She tapped a little with her foot. How long did they need to answer her call?
"Hello."
Finally, Izo's voice greeted.
"You seriously left me waiting for a long time, Izo-chan."
"Whitey?" Then there was a laughter. The Ice Witch lifted an eyebrow. "Sorry, but I just thought about some crying division commanders who liked to bet that you would be the first to call."
This made her grin. "So I am not the first? What a pity, who is the lucky one to win?"
"Ace. He seemed to be good at betting when his little brother is involved."
"Then tell, Ace-chan, 50% of the loot is mine. Also, would you please get our favourite bird? I want some answers~", Whitey Bay said with a grin. She could hear Izo laugh.
"I will tell Ace", he told her, but then made a break. She could hear some mumble in the background before Izo carried on talking to her. "But I can't get Marco at the moment. Luffy is … well more clingy since the incident. So Marco will mostly be busy with Luffy and I really hate to interrupt them when they have some private time."
This made her pout. She could understand it to a certain degree. But where was the fun if she couldn't tease the bird? Also
"So how come we didn't know that? It is a bit impersonal to find out from the newspaper." That was something that really bugged her.
"The plan was to tell you at the next meeting. And we only know about these two for around two months now."
Whitey Bay started at the picture. So the others only knew for around two months. That meant this had been a secret for a longer time.
"So care to share some details?"
Also, I know that it probably says I uploaded it on the 10th May. But it is the 11th already in Germany (a little bit after midnight), but well couldn't sleep, yet, so I upload this one early^^