I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE

Chapter 4: The Commanders

"Are you sure they'll be alright?" Namur asked.

"Yeah he's right I mean how do they plan on getting to the ship if we're taking the only boat back?" Thatch added.

"Not only that but if they do plan on swimming to the ship then won't our look outs notice or someone will notice when three kids jump on board." Namur concluded but both concerns were only met by silence as the 1st division commander stared back at the island.

"Don't worry yoi. Just believe in them a little. I'm sure they have something up their sleeves. They're probably skilled at sneaking around to avoid trouble yoi." Marco finally spoke. The journey back to the ship was a relatively peaceful one despite the constant worry the pirates had for the three brats. When they finally arrived back at the Moby Dick a rope ladder was rolled down and the commanders climbed up and were met by the cheers of their fellow crewmates, no brothers.

After saying their hellos they went into the commanders hall and towards the meeting room to meet with the rest and inform them of the events that took place on the Island.

"Yo welcome back so where are the brats?" Vista asked.

The three that returned sighed.

"What are they really that troublesome great what did we get ourselves into." Haruta groaned in annoyance.

"No it's not that." Narmar said looking down there was sadness in his eyes.

"What happened?" Izo askded.

"Those kids…they're different from what we thought. If you were expecting spoiled annoying brats… well once you see them you'd wish they acted like that." Thatch started. 'Really no child should have gone through anything like that. No child should no that kind of pain.'

"What do you mean?" Vista asked.

"You'll see yoi. It doesn't take a genius to know that those kids have been through a lot and they're suffering because of it now…they need help yoi." Marco said determination in his eyes. "And We Are Going to To Help Them. NO matter what."

"You bet." Thatch said with a nod from Namur.

"Okay we're in but what happened on that Island what did you see?"

"We'll the minute we stepped foot on that Island we were attacked by anything that lived, trees, plants, animals. You name it. It's hard to believe those kids survived." Thatch explained earning surprised and impressed looks from the rest.

"Yeah then we finally arrived at a cave only to find it empty. This made Garp's worry and fear skyrocket. He stormed off in another direction looking for the brats. That's when we heard a scream…" Namur continued.

"Was it the kids?" Haruta asked starting to worry but she didn't get an answer as she looked at three witnesses she saw their eyes close and their jaws and fist were clenched.

"Garp… he said something that we only started to fully understand when we found the brats." He continued.

"What did he say?" Vista asked now even he was concerned for the brats he has yet to meet.

"He said, 'No not again, If anyone lays one hand on their heads I'll kill them.'" Thatch answered.

"What does he mean by that." Izo asked now noticing that their fists were shaking with rage. He then narrowed his eyes as he waited for the story to continue dread piling up in his mind.

"We immediately rushed in the direction of the screams and stopped at the ship, it was one of the supper rookies Conroy. Garp found two hats on the ground, apparently belonging to two of his brats… indicating that they were on the ship. When Garp realized this what flashed in his eyes was…fear." Marco explained they last part falling into a whisper but was clearly heard by the room's occupants. "We immediately followed Garp on the ship he took out everyone with a single punch. Now that I look back on it, I think he knew what was happening to his brats, or should I say what happened to them seeing as how they weren't there when we arrived." Marco was saying as an after thought.

"You're right it does seem that way, if you assume he did then all his actions and fears were understandable." Namur agreed.

"Yeah …but it makes me wonder how many times have they been in a situation like that to make Garp automatically assume that 'That' was what was happening to them." Thatch added.

"What happened. Let us in on this!" Haruta complained mad that the story was interrupted again.

"We finally found the Captains room." Marco's face turned grim as he restated the following events. "Garp wasted no time getting in…. What we found…Makes me want to go find that Rookie and put him down." Marco growled, the Commanders that weren't there narrowed their eyes knowing full well that Marco never kills without reason, therefore whatever they saw had to be BAD!

"What did you see?" Izo asked voice quiet.

"That Captain sprawled out face down on the floor. Unconscious and….completely naked." He answered through clenched teeth.

"We didn't think anything of it at first, but like we said before, Garp knew, when he found another of his brats hats on the floor next to the man, he lost it he kicked the man up grabbed his neck and slammed him into the wall. He asked where the kids were, but what the man said still makes my blood run cold." Thatch continued.

"W-what did he say?" Haruta asked as she swallowed a lump that was stuck on her throat.

"He said, 'Oh you know them, I'm sorry were they yours, they were really fun especially the girl she had a good mouth.'" Namur answered through gritted teeth. At once the listeners eyes widened.

"Y-you can't be serious, he was bluffing right, saying something like that would most likely get him killed rather than imprisoned right?" Haruta responded. 'Theres no way, I mean their just kids.

"Hum that's what we thought at the time." Thatch said. "But then we found the kids, or should I say they found us." He continued. "They were they cutest things I've ever seen."

"Exactly their too cute making it to dangerous for them. They are probably the cutest kids any of us have seen." Marco clarified. "Which is why when they get here we have to keep them a secret while Pop's decides if it's okay to let the whole crew know that they'll be on board."

"Anyway when we found the kids Garp said something else that makes me want to protect those brats." Thatch said.

"What?"

"After noticing all the hickey's, on his grand daughters neck, the bruises on her wrists, and the fact she was wearing her brothers shirt, he said, 'Luffy, Ace, Sabo I'm so sorry it happened again didn't it.'" Namur answered. The commanders turned wide-eyed again.

"You're saying it's happened to them before that's what you guys were talking about before!" Izo said barely containing his anger none of them were at this point.

"They said nothing happened but right after that the girl Luffy…she…"Thatch was saying but he was unable to finish his sentence.

"What happened?" Vista asked his voice was low and dangerous, but not directed at his brothers. Noticing Thatch's trembling it was bad.

"She… Threw up…it lasted for five minutes." Namur answered earning raised eyebrows from those listening.

"And?" Haruta asked not seeing the problem other then how long it lasted.

"Her two brothers were instantly at her side and when she finished we all looked at the contents…Her brothers immediately looked away as tears dripped down all three of their faces and they were hugging each other for comfort. Obviously those two knew what it was, they probably were forced to…."Marco wasn't able to finish the sentence as he closed his eyes and grabbed his trembling wrist in an attempt to contain his anger.

"Wait what did she throw up?" Asked Izo Marco instantly looked up with hard eyes.

"Semen." The room was instantly silent. Everyone's blood ran cold. They were furious trying to contain their rage.

"H-how old are those kids?" Izo asked breaking the silence.

"The girl was the youngest probably 6 or 7, they boys were around 9 or 10." Thatch answered.

"They're that young and all this has happened to them." Izo responded.

"There is more…Probably a lot more but we only figured out that and one other thing." Marco said.

"What is it?"

"They're all severe claustrophobics." He answered.

"What?!" To say they were shocked was an understatement.

"They started screaming when they were trying to hide in our bags, they were trembling, their skin pale, and their eyes wide open. They were terrified. They started saying things like; actually it's probably best you here everything they said, so you can understand them better. After all they won't tell us anything. I mean they won't even talk to each other about what's happened to them. " Thatch explained.

"So they've just been bottling up all this, well then the only way to help them is to get them to talk to us." Izo said.

"That's right, but first we have to earn their trust, and judging from their pasts it's going to be hard." Haruta said.

"Well what did they say?" Jozu asked getting back to the topic at hand.

"Well Ace said or should I say screamed, 'Don't touch me! Just Stop! Please stop.' At that point he was in tears. He sounded so broken." Thatch quietly explained.

"Yeah they all did, Sabo was the only one that made it in the bag but once I closed it he screamed, "No stop let me out, Please I'm sorry, Let me out! I can't breathe! Someone HELP ME Please.' It makes me think he was locked up many times before and…" Namur clenched his teeth not wanting to finish that thought.

"Then there was Luffy." Marco started. "She started mumbling "No, stop don't don't come any closer." The all of a sudden she cried, 'Daddy! Rein-nii! Help me!' I really don't want to see that again." Marco released a shuttering breath.

"But we probably will if they don't tell us about their problems." Vista reminded.

"Who is her father and who is Rein?" Thatch asked. "Does she have another brother, and if she does, why isn't he here?"

"I don't know yoi."

"One more question where are they?" Haruta asked. Marco looked like he was going to explain when a voice spoke out.

"Over here. Jeeze I fear for our future if you didn't notice us."

"Did you miss us?"

"Hi Pineapple head." The commanders just stared at the three kids completely speechless. Only one thought going through their head, 'How and when did they get here?' Marco decided to voice this thought.

"How did you get here?"

"Alright, You two ready?" Sabo asked as he flapped his black crow winds preparing for take off.

"Yep. Luffy we'll need you to tell us were Marco is okay?" Ace asked as his arms were replaced with golden feathers dowsed in an orange flame.

"No problem just leave it to me." She grinned as here body was engrossed in a golden fire stuck to her body like a new suit of cloths, in fact if you were to look at her it looked like she wasn't wearing any at all. He red eyes shone brightly in contrast to the gold, and her white hair turned blonde as well as her white ears and fox tail.

"Luffy turn into a fox so I can carry you." Sabo said.

"No Sabo I'm ready I can do this okay." She said earning a sigh from her brothers.

"Alright but if you fall, transform immediately so I can catch you without any problems." Sabo instructed earning a pout from his sister.

"Geeze thanks for the encouraging words." she mumbled.

With that the three of them took off to the sky going high enough so the look out wouldn't think anything of them. Luffy then noticed that Marco and the others finally stopped moving, " Alright they finally stopped moving." She informed.

"What's the situation should we go to that room?" Ace inquired.

"Yeah the three of them are in the room along with 12 others, So 15 in total. Not hostile, I'm pretty sure they're the commanders. Seems like they're discussing what happened on the Island." Luffy Stated.

"Wow you can hear what their saying now impressive." Sabo complimented earning a grin for his sister.

"Alright Alright take us down, I wanna hear what they say, after all I still don't trust them." Ace said. Luffy then flew down and the three used their speed to enter the commander's courters without anyone noticing a thing. It was simple really considering they were all chatting away. They all went out of their transformations and walked over to the room Luffy said was the one. While the commanders were all discussing about the three kids they took it was an opportunity to sneak in after all they were all distracted they weren't paying attention making it easy for the three kids to sneak to the back of the room and sit in a corner and enjoy the show. Apparently they didn't miss much of the story, one of the pirates, Thatch they thought was complaining about being attacked. As they watched the Pirates they were confused to see that they were showing anger and fear for them. No one has ever done that for them before. Well not much anyway, Garp has been doing it during the past year, and Dadan did it during the fire, the Sabo incident, and when they had to leave. Other than that no one's cared for them before they always had to depend on themselves and when they finally met each other they were able to depend on each other at least. Well after they got used to each other each of them had their own dark past and they each had their own issues, Ace tried to Kill Luffy and Sabo until they proved themselves trustworthy.

When the pirates were talking about their claustrophobia they blushed in embarrassment they couldn't believe how fast the pirates found our about that but whatever what was done was done. As long as no one else found out it would be okay. They couldn't even begin to count how many of those disgusting men used their fears to their advantage.

Anyways now that the story is done and they felt like they could trust the Pirates they came out of 'hiding.'

"Wait you mean they didn't come with you?" Vista asked.

"No they said they would sneak on board themselves."

"Really impressive, how'd you do it?" Vista asked clearly intersted.

"Secret." The said putting a finger in front of their lips, holding a devious look in their eyes. 'So Cute'

"Well whatever how long were you here?" Marco asked.

"Grandpa was really worried about us huh?" Luffy asked indirectly answering his question.

"I thought we were hiding what happens to us pretty well, but I guess he knew the whole time." Sabo added.

"And now we're here." Ace said.

"Yeah Gramps said this is the safest place in all the seas." Luffy said stars in her red eyes.

"Yeah that's right little one, you'll be safe here We Promise, we won't let anyone harm you in anyway." Izo promised.

AN: And so it begins. Well I hope you like this chapter now remember to R&R. I promise to get the next chapter out soon.

By the way I did my research on the creatures they can turn it to so their powers were based on the creatures actual abilities. I'll let you know what the creatures are when the commanders figure out they have devil fruit abilities.