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one-idea · 2 months

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Shanks raise ASL part 6

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So Ace squares his shoulders and raises his head to meet Shanks’ eyes. And he asks only one question. “What would you do if you found out Gol D. Roger’s had a son?”

The little boy braces himself. He’s ready, or so he thinks. He’s ready for this man to hate him. To tell him that his father was the devil and that his offspring are demons. That Ace shouldn’t exist. Maybe he’d kill Ace right where he stands. Tell Luffy and Sabo that Ace ran away for good and just continue on with life without the burden that is Ace.

What he doesn’t expect is for Shanks to walk towards him silently. The man’s eyes looking intently at his face, studying his features, looking for… something? Ace had no idea what. Did he think he was lying? Was he looking for proof? But then Shanks eyes welled up with tears and he dropped to his knees in front of Ace, throwing his arms around the boy and holding him close.

Ace has never been so confused. He expected to be shun or hit. Instead he was held like he was something precious. One of Shanks’ arms was firmly wrapped around his waist while the other hand was buried into his hair forcing Ace close to the man as he cried into Ace’s hair.

He could feel Shanks’ shaky breath as the man calmed down. “What would I do if I found out that Gol D. Roger’s had a son?” Shanks voice was gentle yet despite that Ace still tensed. He had no idea how Shanks was going to respond. Most adults mocked or hit him by now but Shanks was still holding him so tightly.

Shanks slowly pulled back just enough to look Ace in the eyes as he answers “I’d find him and protect him with my life just as his father protected me.”

“What?” Ace couldn’t understand. What did Shanks mean. Gol D. Rogers had never protected anyone.

Shanks could see the disbelief on the kid’s face. Which made sense. He had to wonder just how much Ace truly knew about his father. “Gol D. Roger’s found me in a treasure chest when I was a baby. He took me in and raised me as his own. I owe him everything.” Shanks said as he look Ace over again. Now that he was looking for it he could see Roger’s silver eyes. The dark hair was the same color as his captain’s, but the wavy texture was all Rouge, as were the constellation of freckles on the young boy’s cheeks.

“No that- you can’t be-” Ace didn’t know what to say. The man Shanks was describing, and the person that Shanks was were not compatible with his understand of who Roger and his crew were. “You can’t be a Roger’s pirate. They were monsters!” He couldn’t make his metal image of Roger and his crew and his memories of Shanks playing with his brothers and protecting them line up in his mind. There was no way this man who was so kind and doting to his brothers could be one of the bloodthirsty Roger pirates. He just couldn’t be.

“Now who told you that?” Shanks’ heart hurt to hear his captain’s son refer to their old family as monsters.

“Everyone. Everyone says that Roger was the devil and I’m his hell spawn.” Ace told him angrily. How did Shanks not get it. Ace was a monster and so was Roger. “I shouldn’t even be alive.”

Shanks pulled him close again, curling around the boy, shielding him from the world as best he could. Who did this? Who told his captain’s son all of these lies? Who told Ace he shouldn’t exist? Shanks was going to rip them apart for this. Ace should have been raised in the Oro Jackson surrounded by a loving crew that would protect him until death took them. But that wasn’t possible. He remembered why his captain handed himself over. Did Ace know about that?

“Your father was one of the greatest men I have ever known.” Ace started to argue but Shanks gently shushed him. “Let me finish. He was brave and kind and brought joy to those around him. And he fell in love with a wonderful woman, Portagas D. Rouge. But he was sick. He knew he didn’t have long. And when he found out your mom was pregnant he made a decision. He turned himself in to the marines.”

Ace’s heart was pounding in his chest. “What, what do you mean. He didn’t turn himself in he was caught by Gramps.” Shanks had to pause and breath through his rage at that one. Garp had been ‘raising’ Ace? That answered a few questions, but not all of them. After all Roger considered Garp a friend, but Shanks had disliked the man since he stood by and ordered Roger’s execution.

“He turned himself in to Garp, but he made him promise two things. One that the marines wouldn’t hunt down the rest of his crew after his executions, and two that you and your mom would be safe.” Shanks held the boy a little tighter. His captain gave up everything, and for what? If Roger’s could see them now would he think his sacrifice worth it?

“But why- how- I don’t understand.” Ace couldn’t wrap his head around what Shanks was telling him. Roger’s had been caught and executed for his crimes. What was this nonsense about noble sacrifices?

Shanks couldn’t blame the kid for not understanding it. He hadn’t understood his captain’s actions for a long time. But now as a captain himself, as someone who has a lover he would burn the world for, and as a freshly minted father of three, because these are HIS boys, he thinks he’s finally starting to get it. He would do anything to keep his crew, Mihawk, and the boys safe. Parting with his own life would be a small price to pay to guarantee their safety. But Shanks also knew the rest of his captain’s story.

“The marines lied kid.” He said with so much bitterness. “They lied to Roger. Promised they wouldn’t hunt down the crew and the people he cared for.” He let out a dark chuckle. “His body wasn’t even cold before they turned on us. Chased the crew all over the sea. Luckily we all disbanded before his execution or they would have got us all in one fell swoop. I was 15 and they chased me like rabid dogs. At the time I knew Rouge, your mom, was pregnant, but I had hoped that information was a secret. Apparently not as they launched a full hunt for you and your mom.” Shanks paused.

He was still furious he hadn’t been able to help Rouge at the time but none of them could have. He wasn’t lying about the marine pursuit being relentless for the first few years after Roger’s execution. It was a miracle that so many of them survived. But the price that he lost contact with his old family. He hadn’t talked to Buggy since Lougetown. He had run into Rayleigh a few years back and had sobbed like a child at seeing his second father again.

“I didn’t hear about the man hunt for the two of you until years later. By then I had to assume you both were dead.” Shanks tightened his arms around the silent boy. “I’m so glad you’re alive.”

Ace sat there is silence processing the new news. His father had died….for him? That couldn’t be right. Roger was the King of the Pirates he was selfish, he wouldn’t sacrifice so much for them.

“Your mom, do you know what happened to her?” Shanks felt awful asking, he had a feeling he already knew the answer, but he had to know. If Rouge was alive she was coming with them. No if ands or buts about it.

His hope didn’t live long. “She died giving birth to me.” Ace’s voice was hallow. He was still processing all of this news. His mom’s death was a fact. He killed her. The very first sin of his existence.

Shanks sighed and held Ace close. “She loved you so much. I’m sorry you didn’t get to met her.” They sat there in silence for a bit. Just taking in all that they had learned in the past few minutes.

“I don’t understand.” Ace finally said. “Everyone says that Roger was a monster, but the way you talk about him….” Ace just couldn’t wrap his head around everything he had just learned. Shanks thought for a second. He had an idea but Ace wasn’t going to like it.

“Do you think Luffy could ever be a monster?” Ace’s head shot back and he shoved himself a way from Shanks.

“Never! What are you talking about. Luffy is the kindest person I know. He could never be-”

“King of the Pirates?” Shanks finished Ace’s sentence, but not the way Ace would have. The boy was going to say monster, but Shanks’ interjection froze the boy in his tracks. “I believe that Luffy is going to be the next King of the Pirates. And with that, there is going to come a lot of lies from the government. They’re going to tell the world that Luffy is a monster. That he deserves to die. So I’m asking you, will you believe them when they say that about Luffy?” Shanks looked Ace dead in the eyes. Never wavering in his question.

“Never. Luffy just wants to be free.” Ace responds unshakable in his beliefs.

“So did Roger.” Ace froze again. He hated comparing his father to his little brother, but he also finally understood what Shanks was getting at. “Look you don’t have to like your dad, but you should know the truth about him. And the truth was he adore you. Enough to die for you without a second thought.”

Shanks sighed as he stood up. This was good. He’s overjoyed to know who Ace is and that he’s alive, but he’s also full of fury and wants to hunt Garp down, because what was that man thinking? Letting Ace believe all of the government’s propaganda. He’s exhausted from the emotional rollercoaster he’s been on tonight and he can see that Ace is to. But there’s one more thing they need to talk about before he can end this conversation.

“And I would to.” Ace jerks to met Shanks’ eyes. “I would die for you and your brothers in a heart beat. Not because you’re my captain’s son. But because I’ve come to see you as mine. I wasn’t lying when I said I wanted all three of you on my crew. You’re my kids. I would fight the world for you, the government and anyone else who tried to hurt you. Because you are Ace and I love you.” Shanks never broke eye contact with the boy. “Not because of who your dad is and not despite of who your dad is, but because of who you are.”

Ace felt tears well up in his eyes as he rushed towards Shanks. The man bending down to scoop the boy up and hold him close as he cried into his shoulder. Someone wanted him. Someone wanted Ace around. Shanks knew who his father was and didn’t hate him. He loved him, he said he did. Has anyone besides Luffy and Sabo ever said that to Ace before.

“I got you. It’s okay. You’re never going to be alone again.” Shanks reassured the boy as he held him close. “One day when you’re ready to set out on your own you’ll have my full support but until that day comes I’ve got you.” Shanks promised as he started to make his way out of the little shack. “Even after that you’ll still have me. I’ll always have your back, until the day I die. If you and your brothers need me I’ll be there. I swear this to you.” Shanks looked up at the moon as he started making his way back Foosha village. Back to Mihawk, Luffy, and Sabo. Back the the Red Force and his crew. And he made one more promise.

‘I’ll keep your boy safe Captain. I’ll raise him as my own, give him all the love you gave me. I won’t fail him. I couldn’t protect you but I’ll protect him with my life. I promise.”

Finally the bonding moment the two of them need.

Next time:

The return of a mountain bandit.

Shanks promise gets put to the test.

#the fact that Ace hates his father but adores Luffy when they share the same dream is one of my Roman Empires.#it needs to be talked about more.#shanks is such a dad #shanks is luffy’s dad okay.#monkey d. luffy #portagas d. ace #revolutionary sabo #shanks #asl brothers #asl trio #mishanks #dracule mihawk #I’ve been going mental over the parallels between Luffy and Roger and hiw Shanks sees them vs Ace and now you get to to.

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bumblebeeappletree · 1 year

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This is a wildly different au. Modern au with a twist. Ace is the son of the Fae King who was taken to the human realm in order to be safe as the king had died while his queen went into hiding in order to keep their son safe. She died in childbirth. Sabo was originally meant to become a changling for Ace but the switch never came to be. Ace managed to be given a human appearance and was hidden within human woods. Eventually Sabo ran away from home and met Ace in the woods and they became friends. However Sabo had learn stories about the fae and quickly realize that Ace was a Fae child. Ace himself didn’t know he wasn’t human until he overheard a conversation about him.

Luffy met Ace and Sabo when they were seven and he was four. Luffy quickly attached himself to Ace and well, the three became brothers not long after. Ace and Sabo wanted to keep Luffy in the dark about Ace being a Fae child, but they taught Luffy everything he needed to know should he ever meet one of the Fae that wasn’t Ace.

Garp wasn’t too sure how to interact with his now three grandchildren. He knew the Fae King and he knew Ace, but he wasn’t sure how to deal with the fact that Ace had become brothers with a human child and Garp’s biological grandson. But, he still wants them to become marines. Hopefully Ace could join the human realm fully and stay safe there.

Shanks is a Fae who went to visit the human realm and quickly grew to like Luffy… especially after seeing how much alike Luffy was to the king. He wore the crown to the throne as to protect it, and to give it to the next in line. When he crossed paths with Ace he had come to realize that this was the prince, and yet he couldn’t help his gaze to travel to the younger child… Ace and Sabo aren’t sure how to regard the adult Fae and his intentions with their younger brother.

Devil fruits are strange fruits. They don’t come from the fae’s realm and can effect both those from the Fae realm and those in the human realm. The same consequence is to loose the ability to swim. Luffy ate the gum gum fruit and Shanks panics. After all, Devil fruits were much more rare in the human realm. How could Luffy interact with other humans if he’s now made of rubber?

After loosing his arm, and giving away the straw hat crown to Luffy, Shanks promises Luffy that he’ll send a friend to help him learn his powers.

Rayleigh had managed to sneak off into the human realm to see what favor Shanks exactly wanted from him. Helping a child learn how not to stretch with his new Devil fruit powers in order to keep a somewhat normal life was not it. Especially not the son of his king being the child’s older brother. Or even that the child with the Devil fruit powers being chosen to become the next Fae King. Was Luffy even partly Fae? But the two children with their human brother grew on him and he trained all three.

Years pass and on the day of Luffy’s seventeenth birthday, he ran from the house he grew up in, to explore the human realm he hardly knows even though he grew up in it his whole life.

Ace and Sabo panic.

Luffy gains a court full of humans, hidden Devil Fruit users, and a fishmen Fae that’s friends with Ace.

All the while Luffy actually doesn’t know what Fae are.

#one piece #fic ideas #portgas d ace #portgas d. ace #one piece sabo #op Sabo #Sabo #monkey d luffy #monkey d. luffy #monkey d. garp #red haired shanks #akagami no shanks #silvers rayleigh #asl trio #asl brothers #long ass post #modern au #fae au #I was thinking about an idea that slowly transformed into this #just imagine that Luffy is just so god damn weird that he isn’t normal for both human and Fae standards #and most of his crew really are humans #Ussop’s dad was human and Shanks liked him and Yassop just fallowed Shanks into the Fae realm #Sanji is a weird ass experiment with his siblings to see if humans can gain Fae abilities or something #Chopper is still a regular reindeer with a blue nose mutation that are the human human fruit #not too sure about Robin’s backstory #Nami is somewhat aware of the Fae #Franky’s still a cyborg because why not and Brook is still a skeleton #and Vivi joins them full time because I said so <3 #edit: whoops accidentally put in seventh birthday instead of seventeenth

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craneworms · 3 months

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au where sabo actually becomes a pirate. so, he still looses his memories and is saved by dragon but in this au he remembers his dream of becoming a pirate and writing a book about his travels, and really only remembering that decides to follow said dreams in hopes of recovering his memory while doing so.

so, he becomes a pirate at the ripe age of 10 years old. and somehow everyone he comes across is completely endeared to this this little snot-nosed ball of energy. i imagine along the way he picks up some of his own crew too, maybe kuina as his first mate? koala too! i like the idea of some stray kid just picking up other stray kids like it’s nobodies business. i think at wano (or maybe even before that) yamato joins too. they have a lot in common and i think their relationship would be fun. i’m honestly not sure for other members it could go any way you want it to, really. the more tragic the character is the better, really

his crew forms a pretty close relationship with the wbp too, who just find them drifting at sea on a boat that they definitely can’t sail and are immediately like ONE OF US!! not only would that be a nice eventual reunion for koala with jimbe and the other sun pirates, it means that they aren’t completely vulnerable. and, eventually, it gives sabo a route to meet ace again, probably helping him remember the rest of his memories.

also,, ace and luffy thinking that sabo is 100%, definitely, without a doubt dead and then suddenly seeing a bounty poster for him (because, lets be honest, the marines are NOT above putting a bounty on a bunch of mostly harmless children) and being like wtf?? and also there is some conflict potential there because they have no sabo lost his memory. they just think he presumably just left them to think he died. I don’t think it would be a huge thing,, but there’s definitely some feelings about that.

basically just a lot of sabo getting into impossible situations and somehow weaselling himself out of them. & a lot of adults being absolutely terrified and concerned for this band of tiny children just,, out in the world with absolutely zero responsible adults around to look after them. there is a lot of impromptu adoption attempts, all of which fail to increasingly hilarious degrees,, and also because these kids just want to be free to explore the world and achieve their dreams and they’d be damned if anyone stopped them — even if it is super dangerous on the grand line.

#one piece #one piece sabo #revolutionary sabo #flame emperor sabo #koala one piece #shimotsuki kuina #kuina one piece #op au #one piece au #idk i think it’s a shame that sabo never got to fufill his childhood dream #it’s just a lot of kids being kids #he probably meets important charecters like law and kidd on his adventures too #like he somehow knows everyone and when he’s asked about it sabo is just like ‘we met when we were young!’#and everyone else is just so confused and dumbfounded #he probably has the best stories too and kids always love him because he has like a decade of experiences on the grand line to talk about

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quinloki · 3 months

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omg it's so hard to be a responsible adult and not stay up and have my little daydreams while I listen to music xD and I unfortunately have to work tomorrow since our company doesn't consider it a holiday T_T I'm glad I could send you something in return to kill you bc you always kill me <333

I think I can officially say I got the sabo brainrot, damn (jk)

omg okay so I was also thinking how you'd meet ace and I'm like duh school a man like whitebeard would prolly want his sons to go out and experience the world especially if they're running a major business! and I'm like omg imagine ace in college it opens up so many dumb shenanigans that you both have so much dirt on eachother and you really give him a good wack when you find everything out because you overlooked so much it made you mad! like ace would always treat for meals or drinks and you obvi talked about his job after college, but he never mentioned WHERE he was going to work in a mailroom!! or that it was his dad's company!! that bastard

lolol and for some (mild) tension you meet shanks and he is just like heavyyyyyy flirting and izou finds it hilarous how annoyed sabo and marco look (and pops is like leave my future daughter in law alone xDDDD)

the tension in that hotel room after everyone is aware of the shower xD throw in a little bickering over who should sleep where, bc obvi you're so shaken up right? and they argue over who's bed you should sleep in so they can comfort you >>

the polycule would be interesting I won't lie idk how the dynamics with those two in particular would be tho bc honestly they give me such similar vibes sometimes. I mean I read sabo/reader/ace sometimes but ace is a puppy dog so it's a different dynamic >>

I could picture like, sabo does the more dangerous work, so you're officialy dating marco the ceo and you get dressed up and go to events with him but sometimes his little brother offers to take you home bc you're soooo tired from interacting with all those business peeps and sabo is just such a good younger brother to take care of his bro's girlfriend such a gentleman (nvm that you're going back to sabo's room and not marco's) like rather than a poly they just both share bc you couldn't pick they're just both too good IDK MAN I JUST WANT THEM BOTH SO BAD T_T

ok but the riskiest part of being the weakness is the fact that pops basically parades you around and calls you his daughter in law and nobody can figure out exactly what it is that got him to favor you so much but you run with it when you need to (like when ace/luffy are being a little shit)

also random thought before anyone officially starts dating, you start going to events with ace bc you get hired for the company or something (maybe ceo's secretary >> since ace is gonna be the boss someday!!) and people just assume you're dating and when pops calls you the daughter in law they're like oh congrats to the lovely couple and you both just look at eachother disgusted bc ew, no (like you'd also rather lick his face than anything romantic bc you've seen him eat food off a bar floor and other disgusting habits and absolutely not) and then everyone is just confused (incoming shanks flirting at that moment sounds perfect xD) then you realize getting called the daughter in law means pops has some idea of what's going on and now you have to figure how much and how mortified you should be

So there's a comic out there called something like Him & Him & Him, that's basically a girl and three guys (an uncle and twin nephews), and it's porn with a dash of plot, but I like the way it was done. That comic makes me think of what Sabo x Marco x Reader would be.

Which, to make it concise, in the comic, the lady marries the uncle legally, but all of them live together, and it's like you were saying "Oh what a good brother he is, looking out for Marco's fiance like that."

So yes, yes I like that head canon very much. We were going to split this into two different Pick One endings, but fully polycule works too.

It certainly turns into Two Against One though, cause in this situation the reader is the puppy dog >.>

Gods the kink and dynamics I could explore....

heck, Kaz, HECK I already have plenty to work on but this is killing me. Marco brainrot is real, and Sabo is just rushing the gates I swear, and now all this - ALL THIS DELICIOUS chatter and idea swapping and head canoning and world building KAZ I NEED TO WRITE THIS.

The world can blame you, I'm making notes, it's going into the primary rotation. I'll finishing Birds of a Feather and put this in its spot and I hope you're happy (affectionate).

I love the secretary idea too and the misunderstandings XD

And I think Pops likes the reader because she's a capable fighter, and not afraid to defend people, and also his sons want to protect her and he's like "Yeah, no, I get it." but less romantic and more "This smol creature reminds me of Ace and I love them both." sort of thing XD

#quin answers #quin muses #kazieai #I just need a title for this thing so I can start tagging it better.

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missmungoe · 2 years

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🌹 please because it’s a win for all, thank you!

(Another little bit from the Happy AU of Mnemosyne)

“So you’re Red-Hair,” the dark-haired one said, his face an impressive contradiction of cheerful freckles and the most serious frown Shanks had ever seen on a kid. He had his skinny arms crossed over his chest, and was looking him up and down, a scrutiny that would have given Garp a run for his money.

“Usually when someone says my name with that inflection, they’re in uniform announcing my arrest, but you’re a little young to be a cadet,” Shanks said.

When his attempted humour did nothing to budge that very serious frown, “You’ve got the patented navy look of accusal down, though,” Shanks said. “Hey, if you ever think about joining, I’ll be happy to write you a reference.”

When there was still no reaction, he murmured to Makino, “Should I be worried?”

“I don’t think so,” she said, with a prim smile. “He’s not armed.”

“What, because he usually is?”

The boy’s mouth firmed into a line, a note of challenge flashing in his eyes, before he bent his back, a perfectly performed bow, and Shanks’ brows lifted when he announced to the galley, “My name is Ace. I’m honoured to make your acquaintance.”

The whole galley was silent, his whole crew observing him with expressions varying from amusement to intrigue.

Shanks was grinning, but then he couldn’t help it. “The honour is mine,” he returned, as Ace straightened back up, his little features still furrowed. “You know, as polite as that greeting was, it would be a lot more convincing if you didn’t also look like you’re about to challenge me to a duel at dawn.”

“I’m grateful that you saved Luffy,” Ace said, crossing his arms again. “But you left her.”

The words hit their mark, but Shanks didn’t flinch at the stab of guilt, although didn’t meet Makino’s gaze now. And he didn’t tell the kid that he wasn’t giving her enough credit; that she had made her own choice to stay, knowing from the look in his eyes that his feelings ran deeper than adult logic could ever rationalise.

And he wouldn’t disparage him for being protective of her, when it was what she deserved, and what Shanks hadn’t been able to do for her.

And so, “I did,” Shanks said.

Ace’s brows furrowed a bit, before he shifted his weight, and Shanks wondered if he’d expected an excuse.

“Would you still have left if you’d known about the baby?” he asked then.

Shrewd kid. He couldn’t be more than ten years old, but the eyes watching him looked older. And had it been another kid asking, he might have sugarcoated it a bit, but this one wouldn’t be satisfied with anything but the truth, and so, “Yeah,” Shanks said.

This time he met Makino’s eyes, but she didn’t look away, only met his look calmly, but then she knew this part; the reason why he couldn’t stay.

But then, because this was also the truth, “But I was always going to come back,” Shanks said. “Even before I knew.”

Ace said nothing, only watched him, as though weighing not just the validity of his words but his honour, which was a frankly disconcerting assessment from a kid wearing a cheerful yellow bandaid with ladybugs across his brow.

He also wondered why it felt so familiar, as though he’d been subjected to this kind of scrutiny before, but couldn’t recall where.

Then Ace gave a nod. “Good.”

It wasn’t a full acceptance, not yet, but it was no small thing, Shanks thought.

Beside him, his blond-haired companion grinned. “Don’t take it personally,” he said to Shanks. “He’s always like this.” Then at Ace’s look of betrayal, “What? You are!”

“I’m trying to look cool, Sabo, what the hell?!”

“You should have taken off the bandaid then,” Sabo said, as Ace slapped his hand over it, the tops of his freckled cheeks colouring.

“It was the last one she had,” he grumbled.

“Really? Because Luffy said you fought him for that one.”

“S-Shut up!”

Grinning, Shanks looked between the two boys, before he lowered his voice to ask Makino, “Did you get a couple of tiny bodyguards while I was away?”

Her smile was soft, holding something small and private, and he felt a pang then, finding the months he’d been gone in it, as she murmured, “Something like that.”

Their eyes met. And she didn’t look very changed, taking in her short hair, mussed with sleep and freed of her usual kerchief, and her gentle features, her lines a little softer, evidence of her pregnancy in the way she held herself, a different kind of maturity than when he’d left her.

His hand spread over her stomach, rounding under the silk of her nightdress, and even prepared for it this time, his breath still caught when he felt it kick.

Small hands took his, guiding it to the side, her gently calloused palms pressed over his scarred knuckles as she directed his hand to where the kicking was the strongest. “There,” she said.

Watching their hands, her own small and fair in comparison, Shanks felt the movements beneath his palm, and the little presence, intertwined with hers. A little red thread.

“Hey, Shanks?” Luffy’s voice spoke up.

His eyes were still glued to her belly, and their hands atop it. “Hm?”

Looking up found him staring at the same thing, his features pinched with a contemplative look, before dark eyes met his, as Luffy asked him, “How did you put the baby in there?”

When all Shanks did was stare at him, Luffy continued, “Ace said he’d tell me, but he never did.” He shot an accusing look at the boy in question, who looked like he regretted ever opening his mouth, as Sabo nudged him with a grin.

“Oh do enlighten us, Captain,” Yasopp said, his grin echoed by the rest of the galley. Makino looked like she was trying to sink through the bench.

“I’d like to know, too!” a voice chimed in from across the compartment.

“Nevermind, Boss, I’ll explain! See, Luffy, when your ship drops anchor in a port, sometimes it stirs up silt from the seabed, and sometimes that silt—”

Someone gave him a shove, choking off his laughter, even as more rose to overtake it, filling the galley of his ship like lungs heaving for a much-needed breath.

Watching them, Luffy screwed his face up. “Why are you talking about anchors? I want to know how the baby got there!” Frustrated, he rounded on the two boys. “Why won’t you tell me?! Sabo!”

“Hey, I thought the anchor metaphor was really good,” Sabo said.

More voices chimed in, offering a variety of metaphors, although none of which seemed to satisfy Luffy, who demanded a better explanation, to their growing delight.

Looking down found Makino watching the spectacle, the smile brimming in her eyes holding him captive, before they lifted to his. Under their hands, the movements hadn’t stopped, as though the little presence within responded to the sound of their laughter.

“Missed us?” Shanks murmured.

The tears spilling over her cheeks was her answer, even before the laughing sob left her, as she pressed her brow to his shoulder.

#Shanks x Makino #fanfic #mungoe writes #WIP meme #thank you!!#this is also for the anon who requested ASL earlier #I'd completely forgotten that I'd written this bit!#but here you go<3

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enjomo-arch · 10 months

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RELATION HEADCANONS // GOL D. ROGER

♠ while ace was a kid, i don't think he hated roger all the way. i don't even think i can name it hate. he was rather frustrated that he couldn't find out anything about his father or even himself because any answer only put his parent in an unpleasant light. ace did believe that roger is not actually a bad person. he really did, that's why he was always getting so angry whenever adults would call his family as devils. however, the way he grew up and how he himself began to hate the fact that he had to suffer through it, i'm more than sure that if ace and roger sat down and talked, most of the deep wounds ace carried from his childhood would eventually be closed. ace essentially feels abandoned, and learning that roger was still somewhere out here but not reaching him would make him spin a lil, he may be bitter but having finally had the opportunity to meet his own biological family ? something ace has wanted to have ever since he could remember ? it'd definitely start to mend their relationship and lead it on the right path.

♠ ace is competetive, loves a challenge, and guess that this is something he could boldly inherit from his father. i'm more than sure that whatever roger boasts that he can do ace would interject with ' but i'll do it better ' and they just end up making a rush / competiton of stupid shit. while at the beggining it'd frustrate ace because he wants to win with his dad, at the end of the day, deep down he'd just enjoy the activity they get to have together. whether it's butting heads or other funny stuff, he's glad he can feel like 'other' kids and experience actual family bonding.

♠ the moment ace learns that roger named him after his sword ? he'd think this is the most badass shit ever to be named after a weapon, especially a sword.

♠ he doesn't even want to imagine what would happen if ace started telling roger about his brothers. telling him everything about luffy, what happened with sabo and who took care of him ( maybe skip the bit of garp beating his ass up when he was 10 lmfao ). he'd be soo eager as he always is to talk how strong luffy is and what dream he has set for himself. of course, roger would surely notice the huge tattoo of the whitebeard on ace's back so he'd get to that too and tell the whole truth about how edward wanted him to be his son and run the seas under his name. he'd still like to refer to edward as his adoptive father though. best of all at the end, ace showing roger his devil fruit powers and just his head would go up in flames in front of him. lowkey hoping to scare the shit out of roger with that, or even start panicking that it's hot and he's burning. he'd laugh about that for another week if roger would actually fall for that, he's a little bastard after all.

in conclusion i feel like the more ace gets to catch up his time with roger the more he'd grow out of his grief about the past. ace isn't a person who likes to live by what happened, but move forward and improve. maybe meeting roger is also the answer to the question he asked garp when he was a kid. if he lived long enough to be able to meet his family, i think he'd grow to understand that he deserved to live and whatever poison was planted in his mouth wears off.

#pirateborn #「004」 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗬 #「001」 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 #「002」 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 #i wanted to make these short but im v bonkers abt ace and roger bonding and letting ace overcome the damage from his past

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mnemosyneslunarian-ocs · 2 years

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Relationship & History with Ace

finally can sit and get to this-- now this is purely written for the verse where Ace lives. and the ‘how’ / ‘canon-devergents’ will also be noted here. (relationship & history spots are reversed here cause it gets long for the history-- with all the explaining of how canon story events still occur & get slightly changed)

Relationship with Alace:

the start of their relationship was awkward. with Ace being unsure if he’s good dad material and suddenly meeting his kid that’s already 2 almost 3. as well as Alace being shy / hiding at times, being nervous that he won’t like her.

it doesn’t take long though for her to become attached to Ace, her shy & quiet personaltiy changing to that of a cheerful kid with a lot of energy, and maybe a bit too much curiousity that caused her to cause trouble

given how Luffy was when they were kids, Alace’s clingyness doesn’t really bother Ace much. She’s often clinging to him in some way or other, either clinging to his hand, leg, his head (when sitting on his shoulders), his back when he’s sitting on the ground.

a main reason ace takes alace with him when he leaves to go regain the mera mera no mi, is both cause she threw crying tantrums when it was brought up about leaving her behind, and also considering that it might be safer (ironicly) due to the fact some who were trying to find this hidden village were also likely to destroy it & everyone within it.

ace isnt really the type to freak out over every cut & bruise, specially cause kids get them a lot if theyre adventurous or at least he did as a kid. he does get startled though when alace is seen suddenly on high places (like tree branches, counters, railings, the railing of the side a boat). he also likely would retaliate if someone hurt her, how though would depend if it was an adult or another kid.

MORE TO BE ADDED LATER, WILL REBLOG WHEN I ADD MORE.

History:

a few hours after the paramount war ended, on the way to where the gravestones would be placed. Ace is revived in critical condition via Marco’s awakened phoneix zoan df’s powers. due to this, technically he DID die. so the mera-mera fruit has started to respawn, and his vivre card did turn into ashes.

he’s in a medical coma for roughly 4-5 months, it’s durring this time that Alace meets him, mostly reconizing him from the bounty pictures Isuka used to show her from time to time.

Alace, being in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar faces, is quiet and reserved, as well as tends to stay in the room waiting for when Ace’ll wake up.

after 4-5 months, when he finally wakes up. being confused as to how he survived that, he’s more caught off gaurd & confused noticing Alace in the room.

the first few months for the rest of the year were a bit awkward, while he got the tldr story from others there and the letter Alace had with her. it was still hard for him to believe he had a kid, though he also could see resembalnces of him and isuka in her.

after the first year passes, things are a bit less awkward, though still a learning process, specially since Alace’s personality seemed to grow from shy & quiet to curious, troublesome & cheerful after his coma ended.

of course news of Ace’s successful recovery was sent to luffy and select other ex-commanders of the white beard pirates. the rest of the world still presumed him to be deceased though.

at the time of the two-year timeskip, Ace & Alace head off to dessarosa, hearing rumors of the mera mera fruit possibly being there

While Ace tried to convince Alace to stay behind, given her age, it just resulted into a crying fit and other childish tatics to get her way.

Ace does reunite with both luffy and sabo at dessarosa, he works with sabo to get the mera mera fruit back from the colluseum while luffy heads off with zoro & sanji.

Alace was actually left with nami back on the sunny since Ace actually ran into that group when arriving in Dessarosa.

#portgas d ace #portgas d alace #portgas family #portgas d. ace

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cyborg-franky · 3 years

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Hey can I pls get headcanons for the straw hats boys, law, kid, sabo, and ace on how they would react to meeting their soulmate the first time?

Sorry if that's too many characters 🙏🏽 feel free to pick and choose who you want to do.

I'll a bunch for you just maybe not allllll I'll see how I feel as I get going! but please enjoy <3 I'll use a mix of different soulmate AUs too!

Sabo

- He'd never really thought about meeting his soulmate. - Not that he didn't want to meet them though, he'd just be surprised if he ever did. - He always wore long sleeves, so he never really thought much of the name on his wrist unless he caught sight of it while showing or getting changed. - He’d be elated to meet his soulmate, he’d grin ear to ear and embrace them. -------------- Ace - He never wanted to meet his soulmate. - He didn’t think he deserved to have someone love him. - Knowing love could be more troublesome then it was worth. - Maybe it was part of the reason he never sat still for very long, running away from another ‘destiny’ he didn’t need. - He would have mixed reactions when you came into his life, showing him matching scars on your body that he had, including his tattoos. -----------------

Kid - Whatever - Didn’t care for the idea of soulmates, didn’t need anyone trying to get him to settle down. - He’d be up for a one-night stand or some regular adult times but nothing more than the psychical perks of a relationship. - Again, don’t get in his way. - He would be pleased if a strong or worthy soulmate found him. - Would try and bullshit his way out of not having proof you were his soulmate since he’d lost the arm that had your name on it. ----------------------- Law - Are those feelings and emotions? Get those away from me. - Nothing good ever happens for him really, so the fact he may never meet you never crossed his mind as a negative. Just another thing in life. - He’d be surprised if you did find him, happier then he thought he would be. - Would be very protective and terrified of falling for you, his heart was fragile. - He’d lost so many people in his life that he hoped you’d never find him, happy knowing you were safe somewhere far from him.

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Brook - You’d be long dead, no trace of your name or your connection anywhere on his body. He might not even remember he had one. - He had wished to one day meet you though. ---------------------- Zoro - Surprised but unphased. - Has a very ‘if it happens it happens’ mind set on it. - As long as you don’t want him to settle down and give up his life and his goals, he’s pretty happy and chill with you. - Doesn’t matter who you are, he’ll treat you with respect. - Might take him awhile to warm up. ----------------------- Sanji - The idea of soulmates always bothered him. Just another element of his life he felt he had no control over. - He ran away from the idea of soulmates when he left everything behind. - Always hid the soulmate mark, never wanting it to be a reminder to himself and to get in the way of his pursuit for other partners. - Something in him changes when he sees you though, the overwhelming feeling of love and connection he’d always wanted filling his heart. - He’d hug you so hard. ---------------- Luffy - Soulmate? Do you mean another friend and crew member? Then excellent! He couldn’t wait to meet you! -------------------- Franky - After modding so much of his body he’d lost the soulmate counter that counted down till the very second he would meet his. - Soulmates were always the last thing on his mind. - He didn’t need more then the loving friends and found family he’d surrounded himself with over the years. - Saying that though, he wouldn’t turn you away. -------------------- Usopp - EXCITED - No matter how lonely he’d felt growing up he always knew there was someone out there for him to love and to love him back, the thought of you made him less lonely. - He worried he’d disappoint you, not be good enough for you. - One of the reasons why he’d wanted to set of to sea was a better chance of finding you. - When the red string of fate finally tugged you closer, he’d be so happy.

#sfw #headcannons #soulmate au #sanji x reader #luffy x reader #sabo x reader #zoro x reader #usopp x reader #franky x reader #brook x reader #trafalgar law x reader #eustass kid x reader #portugas d ace x reader #one piece x reader #one piece reader insert

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opfmorelikelythanyouthink · 2 years

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Au Where...

Roger isn't dead/dies

So Ace is born

Shanks&Buggy at 17 leave to become their own Captains while the others are settling down a little to wait for the baby.

(They still visit a lot)

((If they don't the Roger Pirates will hunt them down and make a big show of them being ungrateful children that never visit their family anymore))

Then Luffy is born

And Dragon decides to Spite his father by giving his son to his father's rival. (Plus with the way he was raised. Knowing how the elders are. (Not really wanting his kid to be raised to be a marine) (and knowing both Roger and Whitebeard are good dads (it was a toss up to who he should give Luffy to)

Then Ace finds Sabo on an island and adopts him

(The others decided this happened because Luffy is too young to play/fight him (Luffy2 Ace5 Sabo5)

When Sabo gets hurt badly they decide to leave him with Dragon while he heals and Sabo likes it too much and asks to stay)

When Ace was younger sometimes he'd get into fights with people on the Oro Jackson and run away to his mom.

One day she's rather to far away or siding with the others and he runs off to Whitebeard's ship.

(Or he really ran away this time (to be his own pirate instead of on his dad or mom's ship) And Whitebeard picks him up)

There was once when Luffy was 7 that the Roger Pirates and Red-Haired Pirates teamed up and Luffy got in trouble and hurt. Shanks saved him and gave him Roger's hat (which Shanks stole himself around Luffys age)

Someone made a comment about Luffy being the next Pirate King (crowned prince or something)

Ace when asked: "Pirate King is a lame title anyway. Why would I care"

Roger sulked until he found Luffy following him around and mimicking him

It lasted a week.

After Shanks lost his arm and Mihawk refused to spar with him Buggy found a child and decided to curse bless Mihawk with him.

Perona of course ends up with him too.

(Ok so maybe The Roger Pirates had business they couldn't take kids on (at least not Luffy yet) And Shanks was watching him)

(And so for Luffy's 7th birthday they decided to give Luffy an adventure.

It began in Dawn (meeting up with Garp for Garp to chase them around a bit)

Then Garp left and some bandits appeared (maybe Luffy didn't know that wasn't part of the surprise or something)(same with the Devil Fruit)

Maybe they taught him how to use his Devil Fruit or brought him to Buggy so they could help.

The East Blue arc of One Piece kinda happens with them as little kids.

Luffy+Koby+Zoro

Shanks crew find them (and Garp picks up Koby&Helmeppo) (And after Luffy declaring Zoro is his first mate decide to take him with them to find which island he lives on (they don't think stopping by every island in the East Blue is that bad an idea)

So they take them to Buggy's island (Where Buggy is trying to scare off a little thief and find out why she's trying to steal from him)

Luffy bullys Buggy for bulling Nami and "saves" her

The Red-Haired Pirates decide to take Nami home (and find out what's wrong) but first take a stop at Syrup Island to restock, meet up with Usopp, and see if Zoro lives there (unlikely but worth a shot) (The kids run off on their own really quickly and they don't see why not)

After finding out Usopp's mom is sick And after the kids Adventure (which actually freaks out the adults when they learned what happened)

They split up. Part of the crew going to the doctor (probably Kureha or Crocus) with the old ship and the others staying in East Blue to wait for Roger to come back on the Going Merry

They head to the Baratie to have Lunch/Dinner and maybe try to talk to Nami about why's she stealing.

Then they get interrupted by a pirate and then Mihawk.

(Sanji and Zeff get into a fight and Sanji runs away (Zeff knows this and asks Shanks to look after him while he cools down and so Sanji can hang out with his new friends for a bit)

Nami runs away with the Going Merry (to sell it) and the others go after them.

The Arlong Park Ark (kids version) (maybe Bell-mère is still alive)

Loguetown Ark... Buggy comes to help with the kids while they wait for the Roger Pirates. The kids decide to scatter.

The Roger Pirates show up. Shanks has to leave to his crew and the kids need to go home.

The kids don't want to go home and Luffy has been following/mimicking Roger for a bit and Roger hasn't gifted him anything yet. And what would it hurt to prolong the Adventure a bit.

A lot happens.

Luffy finds the rest of his crew and then the Red-Haired Pirates find them (The Roger Pirates) and yell at them. (And return the kids to their parents (with the promise to let the kids meet up in the future)) (Zoro somehow ends up with Mihawk)

That leaves Luffy with the Roger Pirates and the other "Worst Generation/Supernovas" on Saboady.

Roger Decides it's time for him to finally have a fleet (one that will absolutely scare the Marines/World Government (for many years to come. Long after his death)

(time for training)

Then Roger finds out Ace Ran Away to Whitebeard/Edward Newgate

#one piece #gol d. roger #roger pirates #shanks #buggy #monkey d luffy #straw hat pirates #portgas d. ace #edward newgate

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lawluheaven · 3 years

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Hello. So I've been scouring through your blog ever since yesterday and goddamn I love the Crazy Boyfriend Support Group. Yohoho. Can you do more of those?

Law counted the seconds it took for him to clock. It was agonizing to wait for his last shift to end seeing as tonight was the weekly meeting for the Crazy Boyfriend Support Group.

Marco would be taking them out today, and if he knew the man well- which he did seeing as they had been dating their respective boyfriends for over two years now- then the duo would go over safety precautions, some tips on how to stop their boyfriends from picking a fight and finally get to the best part.

They would go to laser tag.

At first, Law has been a bit hesitant, because he avoids active activities and couldn’t imagine a game with grown adults running around in the dark trying to shoot each other with light could be fun. He had gone the first time only due to Luffy pouting, but he had dominated that night.

He enjoyed hunting down the screaming adults with bright lights and overhearing Marco letting loose on the other side of the field. It was at that moment he realized why such a reserve man like him was with Ace and Sabo.

The blond cackled as he made a teenager weep by chasing him down while making use of his voice acting career, of a monster from a movie release that year.

“Big plans with your boy tonight Trafalgar?” Asks Kureha, his young at heart boss with a cheeky grin. She is working on some essays over a new cup of coffee as she will be needed throughout the night and it was the only way to keep herself up.

“Not tonight. It’s Thursday.” Law drone. He ranks a hand through his hair missing his hat but he can’t wear it while on duty.

“Oh yes, the brother-in-law” She teased taking an overly loud sip of her drink just because she knows he hates when someone slurps. The witch. “When are you going to get off your ass and make an honest man out poor Luffy?”

“Make an honest man out of Luffy?”

The old man threw her head back into a loud rough. “As honest as one can make that boy! Honestly, if he hadn’t help my Chopper I would think the boy a thug!”

Law didn’t have the heart to tell her that Luffy is a thug and so is Chopper after the boy joined his boyfriend's “martial art club” when the straw hat-wearing male stop those bullies from throwing poor little Chopper off that bridge.

Kids had always been jealous of how smart the younger doctor was but that envy went too far that day. They claim they weren’t going to let go, just scare Chopper, who was dangling over the edge screaming but Luffy rearrange their faces anyway.

It’s how they met. Law had been the one to calm down a sobbing Chopper when they were in the emergency room while Luffy was getting treated. He only learned that the cute patient who asked for his number had done when the police arrive to take some statements.

“The seventh.” He says instead.

“Pardon?”

“I plan to propose to Luffy on the seventh at eight thirty-seven pm. The day and time we met” He says fighting the blush he knows is blooming on his face and missing his hat much more. Law could have hide under it if he was wearing it. “Marco is going to help me make it romantic”

“More romantic than remembering the exact time you met him?” She scoffs with genuine distastes clouding her wrinkly face “Get out of here Trafalgar. Your sweet love is disgusting. I give you permission to head home early with pay”

Law is out of his sit the moment she said get out, putting on his coat and clocking out at the same time. He offers her a two-finger salute as he breezes past her. Marco is aware they are going to pick up the ring for Luffy tonight and had been sending texts of the best places that he knew sold rings strong enough to withstand the brothers’ strength.

The man had gotten rings for Ace and Sabo after all.

Then, the Crazy Boyfriend Support Group would go out for laser and make more teenagers wept. He can’t wait.

#LawluHeaven #Lawlu #Crazy Boyfriend Support Group #Modern Au #Law is a Doctor #and A luffy is a thug #((Its so late I'm so sorry))#thanks-captain-obvious

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laws-yellow-submarine · 2 years

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Ok @mysticaltigersorceress let's do this lol, forewarning that this is very much just word vomit at this point and I'm very tired and semi-coherent so if anyone reads this and it doesn't make sense or seems all over the place: you're right!

So like, I mentioned this morning that my Driving To Work Thoughts™ were about Hazel's perception of beauty and how that applies to herself and junk, so I will now share those thoughts in the least spoilery way that I can lmfao

Hazel and Luffy both see "beauty" as a sort of title or a type of person, or something I'm tired and explaining is HARD but we see it in canon when Alvida reappears after eating her devil fruit (Luffy calls her "a beauty" but he doesn't seem to consider her "beautiful", which is weird to explain but makes sense if you don't think about it)

Hazel, having read a lot of stories over the years, can see beauty in certain traits (hard-working, kind, etc. All those fairy tale princess traits lol). For example: Makino doesn't display ideal beauty (she's not like stunningly gorgeous) but she is Hazel's only real example growing up of what a "pretty girl" looks like: someone feminine and clean and not necessarily slim but like, no hard lines (muscle, for example). So in Hazel's opinion, she is not a "pretty girl".

Now granted, Hazel also isn't the type to feel self-conscious about this. She grew up with almost zero feminine influence, she had Garp as a grandfather, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy as her childhood companions, and the mountain bandits plus Dadan as sort of caretakers; beauty just didn't matter in the grand scheme of things, and she would've been the only one who could've cared about it in the first place (Makino did her best to encourage "girliness" when she could, but Hazel has never felt "pretty")

So now as an adult, Hazel isn't overly concerned about beauty, but applying the concept to herself feels...uncomfortable. When she and Ace started dating as teens she figured appearance didn't play a part in it, they were extremely close friends close in age who'd grown up together, she’d read stories with similar relationship structures, it just made logical sense (cause that's a recipe for a spicy romance lmfao). When Sanji fawns over her at first she doesn't know how to react, but seeing him fawn over Nami (who IS a "pretty girl") and every other woman they meet makes Hazel feel more confident that it's just a Sanji thing, and nothing to actually do with her.

None of this is true of course, but she literally can't even picture herself as being "pretty" or "beautiful". She could have beautiful features but she's not a "pretty girl". But that doesn't mean she doesn't want to be. Again, she's read all those fairy tales, she's imagined herself as the heroine in more than one story, and they all have one thing in common: they were undeniably beautiful.

There's a part coming up that I want to show but tbh idk how I'll make it fit yet, or if I'll end up having to cut it, but in chapter 9 Nami was in charge of getting clothes for the both of them. She knows Hazel's style is more practical, so she stuck to things like shorts and t-shirts and tank tops and jeans, while keeping the more feminine styles for herself. But when she's showing Hazel what she bought, there's a dress that catches her eye and Hazel gravitates to it. Nami didn't intend for it to be hers, but once she sees Hazel looking at it (specifically the way she's looking at it) Nami decides that it's hers. Hazel tries to protest since she'll never get a chance to wear it ("and it'll probably look silly on me anyway!") but Nami insists and says she'll make sure to find a time for them to get dressed up (a prospect which both terrifies and excites Hazel lol). She doesn't get a chance to wear it for a LONG time though lol

By the time Hazel does get to dress up, a lot has happened that actually does make her feel self-conscious about her appearance (and it only gets worse from there lol technically I've already spoiled what happens on this blog since I talked about it before I committed to writing Together With Fruit, I'm too lazy to go find and delete the posts lmfao). Putting the dress on, getting dolled up by Nami and Robin, all just makes her feel out of place, like a kid playing dress up - not at all like a princess in a fairy tale. But she goes out anyway and has a good time and just maybe the person she's with helps her feel...pretty.

Cause here's the thing, a certain moss-headed love interest doesn't view beauty in a physical sense. Sure, he can appreciate aesthetics, and the fact Hazel actually looks like a stereotypical girl might make his heart thump a little bit (cause I'm just a sucker for those moments lol), but to him what stands out as beautiful is a person's character. Hazel's kindness, her strength (both physical and emotional), her dedication… these are what attracts Zoro. He can see the things she's gone through, the things she's put herself through for others, and every scar she's gained from it only makes her more beautiful in his eyes…

And the only reason I was even thinking about this today is because a while back I saw a post that asked "what's a common theme that appears in everything you write", and while granted I haven't actually written much, I have a lot of ideas and half-formed plots in my head for various OCs and the one common thing is redemption and reconciliation. One of my favorite things in a romance is when you think a couple is solid and perfect, then something happens to show that things aren't perfect, and the couple has to work to fix that thing so they can be stronger (often with a breakup then makeup scenario lol). I love the idea of being so drawn together that even when you think it's over you find a way to see their side and you come back stronger together. But Hazel and Zoro broke the mold for me when it comes to this theme.

I've played around with ways things might become iffy between them, probably when they reunite after the time skip. After so much has happened, and Hazel has literally been to Hell and back, can he really still see her in that way? And at least for now I think some of that anxiety would center around her physical appearance (her appearance is so drastically different post-time skip, like, so much happens lol), but it's also that she can't be exactly the same person that she was 2 years before. And maybe Zoro is feeling some anxiety too, but on the flip side: can she really still feel that way towards him, when she's been through so much? Did he train enough to be worthy of that strength she carries? At some point his priorities shift to not only become the World's Greatest Swordsman, but also to help lift up his partner the way she lifts him (and everyone else) up.

And I think it's important for everyone to know that Zoro is attentive to every scar, he caresses every muscle, and treats her with such utter reverence...honestly thinking about it right now, think "Take Me to Church" vibes lol

He makes Hazel feel absolutely, stunningly beautiful, and it's the only time it doesn't feel uncomfortable.

#roronoa zoro #monkey d. hazel #one piece #one piece original character #one piece oc #together with fruit #twf #i had such coherent thoughts this morning and then like 2 paragraphs in my brain fell asleep lol #like literally this is just me writing the thoughts as they show up so if it's weird I'm so sorry lmfao

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You know what would be hilarious in the Shanks raises ASL AU?

The boys accidentally causing Chaos for Buggy, and him finally getting his hands on them and trying to find their parents and find out who raised these nuisances, and then oop! They're his secret nephewz!

Oh we will get to Buggy.

Part of me says they don’t meet Buggy until in cannon on orange island. Because Luffy gets one look at Buggy and just yells “Uncle Buggy!”

He grew up hearing stories for Shanks about his childhood on the Oro Jackson. Hearing about his adventures with Buggy, and how much Shanks misses him.

Now face to face with his uncle, Luffy is PUMPED. He could finally give something back to Shanks and reunite him with his brother. He’s talking a mile a minute about how much Shanks misses Buggy.

Meanwhile Buggy is standing there staring at this crazy kid, who he has locked in a cage with a canon pointed at him, who is talking crazy about Shanks. Shanks doesn’t miss him! Wait how does this kid know Shanks? Wait is that Shanks/Roger’s hat?

(Note: Nami is standing there so confused by what this crazy kid is talking about.)

The other part of me wants all of ASL to run into Buggy. While leaving Dawn island they Red force stops to restock and they just happen to dock on an island where Buggy is.

ASL go off to explore, probably being trailed by Benn or another member in of the crew.

Of course shenanigans happen and the boys lose/ditch their adult supervision. And find their way into clown territory.

Buggy goes to chase the dumb kids out of his turf. He gets sacked upside the head by Ace or Sabo (probably both) for his trouble.

Cue scooby doo style chase between Buggy and ASL.

He finally gets a hold of Luffy. His hand flying out and grabbing Luffy by the back of his shirt (scruffs him like a cat) Ace and Sabo are furious. But of course he does this right in front of the Red hair pirates.

Shanks is furious that his sons are being chased around by another pirate. Especially with Luffy being held in the air like a misbehaving kitten (it’s eerily similar to how Higuma held Luffy over the sea. It’s a fresh wound)

But then he sees who is holding Luffy. “Buggy is that you?”

“Shanks? What are you doing here!?!” And then Buggy take a closer look at the kid in his hand. More specifically the hat he’s wearing. “And why does this kid have your hat? What’s going on? Wait I don’t care about you!” Buggy is all over the place. Literally, so many body parts are floating around. ASL hit him a lot.

“Shanks you know this big nose?” Ace asked pointing at the man holding his little brother.

“What did you just say about my nose?!?” Buggy hates these gremlins.

“Oh ya” Shanks ignores Buggy’s yelling. “Kids meet your Uncle Buggy.”

“Uncle?” ASL cries out looking at the clown. One with disgust, one with intrigue, and one with excitement (guess who’s who)

“Uncle?” Buggy says at the same time. He’s so shocked he drops Luffy. The kid landing with an oof. (How many women has Shanks knocked up?)

Wait until he finds out who Ace is!

Here’s a link to the main idea

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #portagas d. ace #fire fist ace #one piece ace #revolutionary sabo #one piece sabo #shanks is luffy’s dad okay.#shanks #asl brothers #buggy the clown #op buggy #buggy one piece #captain buggy

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gildedmuse · 4 years

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So... I have this bad habit where sometimes, when attempting to summarize the idea for a fic, I go into waaay too much detail.

Like, I don't go as far as to actually wrote the damn thing because, you know, effort and laziness, but... Well, it's a close call. It gets to the point where it's less a summary and more what my friends use to call a Quick Fic. All that's .kissing is the actual dialogue and descriptive narration.

Having said that....

Here is a "summary" of an ZoLaw AU where Law works for Doflamingo...

What happened was, basically, Law got caught by Doflamingo after eating the devil's fruit which eventually allowed him to cure his dieses, thus why he's still alive. Or, at least, isn't dead from lead poisoning. Because let's face it, Doflamingo could have just killed the boy then and there. Sure, he'd have to find the fruit all over again, but better that the deal with this little traitor

Except really it was his brother who had been the traitor. Law is still just a child, and children can be so suspectable to any number of ideas so long as an adult gives them a pat on the head and a treat after.

Which is when Doflamingo realizes that he can just manipulate Law into being another loyal follower. Then eventually - when he's no longer useful - Doffy will have him sacrifice his life for his own immortality. By that point Law will be family, and family never lets Doffy down. Not anymore.

So it's under Doffy's personal tutorage that Law grows up, and as much as he might resit the man who imprisoned Corazon, it's hard not to eventually fall to all Doflamingo's sweet praise and promised. And Law gets what he had wanted all along: a way to get back at the world that willingly watched his home wiped off the official world map and would be happy to see the entire town dead to the very last one. This Law truly earns his title Surgeon of Death, acting as the top officer of Hearts in the Doflamingo crime family. And yet despite his cruelty, he isn't even on the government's wanted list; protected under the Shichibukai's jolly roger.

In the meantime, the Strawhats are still doing their thing right on through Punk Hazard (which they somehow manage to not only live through but actually do more damage and cause twice as much chaos. The biggest difference is that Ceaser and Monet escape and Sanji can't perv out over being in Nami's body). So this time when they roll into Dressrosa it's less "backing up the plan of an ally" and much more "on complete and total accident" and "without a damn clue".

Yeah, basically they're the Grand Line's easiest prey.

But, hey, it works out! Well, no, not really. But Sanji does meet Violet, Luffy meet Sabo and help recover Ace's devil's fruit, and Zoro does get lost and require a magic fairy guide. Plus, hey, since they're not really there for any purpose other than that they happened to be passing by, it's not like they can't pull a dine and dash. They may be unprepared, but The Monster Trio can still keep up the fight until everyone is back on the Sunny.

A perfect escape!

Except no.

Because Luffy isn't totally ready to leave, not when he wants to know more about what Sabo is doing and help his new friend Rebecca. Not that they have time to debate the merits of staying or pulling a tactical retreat since at that poing Big Momma is on their ass. And that scary dude in the long black coat is still somehow following them, teleporting himself through the fucking air like wtf why is this happening now!? Nami is forced to make an executive decision: they're can't stay. Also, oh God oh God they're trapped and they're going to be killed and oh God.

It's moments like these you're almost thankful one of your crew members is a total maniac. Because in the middle of all this mess, Zoro just smirks, tells Nami to just concentrate on getting away from that annoying ass ship, he's got their other attacker covered. Which only makes everyone freaks out MORE because what is Zoro thinking: he'll be killed! ("Not immediately, of course. First they'll likely torture him for information, perhaps even kill him as slowly as possible." / "What? Why would you say that? That is not SUPER helpful to hear right then!") The Sunny goes into an all out panic attack. Everyone is yelling or crying or both.

Except Luffy.

Luffy who looks at Zoro, at the singing ship, at the dark power user trying to slash their ship apart, at the shore line of this island and the way it radiates a fake happiness covering Rebecca's very real pain. Luffy who just lowers his hat over his eyes and gives the nod.

Zoro smiles, and is immediately almost clobbered by a giant Chopper. What is Luffy saying? Don't they realize that is the same guy who almost took down Sanji, Zoro AND Luffy only moments ago? Zoro can't fight him alone! Sanji, more calm than the rest, lights a cigarette while explaining that he's not trying to stop Zoro from getting himself killed or anything, but Chopper is right. That guy was incredibly tough, and there's no way Zoro can do it alone ("Shut up dartbrow! You don't know what the hell you're talking about! I could take him down with just the two swords! With one hand behind my back!" / "He already kicked your ass once, Marimo! Or have you forgotten because of all the head trauma!?" / "The only reason he kicked OUR asses is because YOU kept getting in my way you damn weak-ass cook!" / "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, IDIOT MARIMO!?") Franky tries to regulate the fight but he's busy blocking those deadly aimed slashes from hitting his poor ship while Brook and Kin'emon work on stopping the incoming cannon balls. Either way they're going to have to do something SUPER fast if they want to get out of here. Yeah, Luffy, we need an actual plan. We can't just send Zoro out to-

"Zoro", Luffy says and despite everything going on around them the deck of the Sunny goes really quiet. They all know that tone. "Zoro, I need you to take care of this until we can get back. I still need to kick Mingo's ass for a friend."

At the sound of his captain's no nonsense voice, Zoro is suddenly easily able to stand, shrugging off the pile of people trying to stop him from jumping to his death (and by pile of people I do mean the coward trio and Sanji, who is mostly just trying to get in a few kicks). He draws Wado, clutching the katana in his teeth and yet still somehow manages what you know is a smirk. It's a promise.

And like that, Zoro is launching himself right into the blue sphere of the battle.

A battle against one of Doflamingo's top officers. A devil's fruit user with a twisted heart and home field advantage. Needless to say, it does not end well for our hero.

—🧡—

Although, Law has to give his rival swordsman some credit. He has his share of fun toying with the boy, and despite never standing any real chance of victory Law can admit the strawhat pirate puts up a better fight than most. Far better than Law had been expecting from some one so new to the New World (supposedly he got Mihawk to agree to train him, but Law has met the Hawk Eye and finds the idea utterly absurd). Then there is the way his smile had just an edge of what Law could only call manical delight, even when it became clear he'd long lost. This greenhaired kid really is stupid enough to believe his captain will come back for him. As though he would come charging back into Doflamingo's territory a second time just to retrieve a single crew member. One who was not only crazy enough to sacrifice himself but couldn't even win the fight. At the same time the swordman's loyalty and faith - as misplaced as it is - is kind of... Adorable. Who knew someone could come so far on the Grand Line and still be so innocent?

Law immediately wants to corrupt it.

Thes other family members will whine tell you, Doffy has always had... Let's say... A "soft spot" for Law. He's spoiled that brat for years, is what they mean but don't dare to say. Sure enough, Law barely has to work to talk Doffy around to letting him personally see to the prisoner's arrangements. Doflamingo is a little suspecious at first (he can never truly trust Law, not after the Corazon incident), but he quickly dismisses it. He's had the Heart Officer's loyalty for years now.

Of course, when he sees the spark of interest light in his apprentice as they eye their newest spoils of war, he can't help but tease Law. After all, Zoro is quite an enticing young man and Law isn't the only one there who likes pretty things. They're so fun to destroy which - judging from the way Law shivers when Doffy runs a hand through thick green hair before yanking the boys head back against the wall hard enough to leave the young captive panting and dizzy - is precisely his protege's plan.

(Doflamingo also happens to know Zoro almost definitely had trained under Mihawk, and he would love to see his fellow warlord's eyes flash with barely contained anger when he learns how Doflamingo has broken his favorite toy. It's not his fault - Mihawk is always so uptight and repressed, it makes agonizing him too much fun for Doflamingo to resist.)

In the end, though, he knows when Law's determination is set. And for whatever reason the boy has decided he absolutely has to be the one to keep their guest "comfortable" while his captain makes up his mind on what he'll do. So Doflamingo only teases for a bit - touches a little, plays with the barely conscious boy kneeling at his feet, enjoys the way Zoro still has enough spirit left to try taking bite when Doffy's fingers trail to close to his bloody lips (oh, and, what a joy! Law nearly growls at the prospect of not being the one to ruin the boy!) - but eventually he stops his little game. He gives in, telling Law to have fun with his treasure. He is the one who took him down after all. It is only fair he keeps him.

Just try not to completely break the poor thing, not until Strawhat returns for him.

Law snorts at the very idea. This is hardly the first time they'd done this. He's never seen a single captain try and retrieve their stolen property (he has of course, but he doesn't remember them). He doesn't see why Strawhat-ya would be particularly special.

Before Doflamingo can come up with a clever, vague answer about Law trusting him, Zoro suddenly gives a bark of laughter that would have scared lesser men senseless. It only serves to draw the two men's interest back to their little pet.

Luffy won't come back for him, Zoro confirms, much to Law's surprise (he personally never thought Strawhat-ya would, but then why would the swordsman sacrifice himself so willingly for a man he has so little faith in?) and has Doflamingo raising an eyebrow in.... Interest. Zoro looks at both of them with no fear, like he hadn't taken a humiliating defeat and is even now bloody and chained up, helplessly listening in on these two infamous pirates talk about him like he is a mere object. Actually, if anything, he appears to be wearing a smirk under all that blood. Because he knows something they don't.

Luffy won't come back for him, because his captain knows Zoro doesn't need to be rescued.

To Law, this makes Zoro look like an even sweeter treat. Doflamingo is simply amused, remarking that perhaps their little pup has yet to realize the leash around his neck is shaped like a noose.

Zoro meets his gaze, steady yet daring. He promised Luffy that he'd take care of it, and so that is what he will do. He'll never go back on his word, especially when it comes to his captain. Something Doflamingo with his distrusting and fear-toed crew couldn't understand. So see, their plan to use Zoro as bait will never work, because Zoro swore to Luffy that he'd be take care of it. So he will. Luffy has enough faith in Zoro that he'd never believe anything less and would never turn around out of doing to try and mount a rescue.

No, when Luffy comes back it will be for the sole purpose of kicking Doflamingo's ass.

The mood darkens. In a flash, Doflamingo is in back in front of him, yanking Zoro forward by the chin. He squeezes hard enough to bruise. You can hear the cracking of bone as he explains to Zoro exactly how precarious his current position is only to grow second by second more frustrate by Zoro's completely lack of fear. So he squeezes harder. He slams the boys head back into the wall and starts smiling when he gets a since from the stoic swordsman.

Before he can do any real damage Law steps in, reminding Doffy that he promised him he could have the boy. And just like that, Doflamingo's whole mood appears to shift back to calm. He puts on his fake smile and let's Zoro go, even pets the boy's hair. Of course, he had promised. And he, too, is a man of his word. Something Zoro will surely learn in time now that he is one of them.

Zoro, now with blurred vision and the taste of fresh blood on his tongue, is smart enough not to answer. But not smart enough to lower his head or try and appear humbled. Lucky for him, Doflamingo decides the boy isn't worth it. When he turns around he notes the hungry way Law is eyeing the kneeling prisoner behind him. Which brings a crueller, yet more genuine, smile to Doffy's featurss. The Strawhats vice captain may act invincible now, but he's never faced Doflamingo's own Surgeon Of Death. As disinterested and put off as Law might usually act, the boy can be dangerously twisted. He's sure his top officer will break the young pirate down bit by bit - both literally and figuratively - long before his captain can come running back in to try and find him (and Doflamingo is sure Strawhat will, no matter what Zoro might think).

He leaves with one last reminder to Law not to completely shatter the infamous Pirate Hunter. No, Doffy would hate to see their newest family member treated so poorly, especially seeing as he has much bigger plans in store for the young Mr. Roronoa. Specifically, he wants to see the face of Monkey D Luffy when he watches as the last bit of his first mate's spirit broken.

And because Doffy practically raised the boy and knows exactly the right buttons to push, he decides to give Law a little extra motivation to bring Zoro to that point. Just in case that interest turns into something dangerous like longing or - laughable as it is - actual fondness. It's so simple, too: as he walks by he simply whispers how there is nothing like crushing the heart of unrequited love.

It will be such a treat, tearing Zoro from his captain, and watching Luffy realize he's lost his chance to love the other man, wouldn't it Law? What a truly tragic romance. It almost makes you hope the two of them at least had some time together. Law didn't happen to give them a moment along before forcing Zoro to throw himself into the fight, hmm? Just a small, precious second or so for the two to share a final kiss. After all, not even Doffy is so cruel as to deny the poor boys such a tender moment.

Sure enough, Law's eyes immediately narrow and Doflamingo can feel the jealousy rolling off him. Not because Law gives a damn for their prisoner's feelings - Doflamingo raised him better than that - but he always has had a possessive streak. Having taken an interest in the swordsman, he will hate the thought that the boy might even think of another or that Law won't be the first to possess him in ever possible way.

Doffy leaves with a cruel, deep laugh. He can't wait until dinner, when he may just happen to remember the rumours about his "friend" Mihawk and his taking a young green-haired boy under this wing and in to his bed. By tomorrow he suspects every part of Zoro's body will bare at least some mark that he now firmly belongs to no one but Trafalgar Law.

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likemymask · 4 years

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One Piece Daemon AU

Presented with only slight spelling corrections and some elaborations, the mess of a One Piece Daemon/His Dark Materials AU that would not leave me alone and would only let me work on it at 1-3AM.

Also now I’m writing snippets for it just like my Gundam Wing and Star Trek daemon AU. Because.

Luffy: sea king with Conqueror Haki so they can’t be controlled. Separated but not because that’s as free as you can get. Fuck yea, she’s in north blue chilling the fuck out (heh) half the time and being absolutely chaotic as shit the other half. Her attitude is diametrically opposed to what Luffy is doing at the time. LOL she runs/swims into Shanks when Luffy’s still barely a pirate so he has no idea (not that the marines do either) one time. This 2000ft tall monster is squinting at him, and he thinks he’s about to get ate and then she goes “oh you’re so much smaller now!” Cause of course she spent her formative years as a baby version of his daemon. The entire crew is goddamn losing it, cause what kind of monster is this that even Red Hair’s Haki can’t control it, until Shanks yells out her name and then everyone loses it further still. I have decided Eastern dragon aesthetic but water/earth theme as opposed to Kaido’s air/fire theme. Still blue, but blue-green, tiger stripes cause camoflage and also badass and maybe she settles after Luffy meets Zoro’s daemon *whistles*

Zoro: tiger obviously normal colors or green and black cause why the fuck not, Zoro is not into stealth really. ”The only one who can call me stupid is me. “ “.....stupid” Cat vs sword fight ensues. Can be found cuddling Chopper when Zoro’s tired, super sloshed, both.

Nami: monkey? Lemur: small, fast, quick hands, caring but only when you prove you deserve it. Absolutely torments Zoro’s when she’s pissed because tigers can’t normally climb fucking main masts but a) she parkours and b) when has that ever stopped Zoro/her? Likes to hang out in the tree grove, absolutely pick pockets people while Nami plays distraction.

Robin: cat some kind of cat not big CARACAL. Looks aloof but absolutely ready to be ridiculous at any opportunity.

Franky: dog or dolphin. Something excitable loyal ready to throw down Newfoundland? Big, friendly, over-excitable, likes water and sailing...yes.

Usopp: Corvid or monkey; curious, intelligent, stubborn, inventive, tool solving/using. Lives in groups/troops and cares for others. Probably corvid, too similar to Nami otherwise. Crow most likely.

Sanji: swan. Black, and absolutely a viper and very sorry about Sanji’s attitude towards woman cause she’s more refined about it. Same intensity though. Will bite the shit out of you. Tiger vs swan fight, GO. Do also groom each other though cause human affectionate displays are stupid sometimes.

Fishmen don’t have daemons its another conflict and excuse for racism.

Law: wolf but like starved and Eurasian crazy with it. LONG leggos. Spiky black fur around the head, grey black white speckled cause T R A U M A

Ace: was a fire hawk, no actual fire but red as hell and BIG tail and wings. Her species not liked on most islands cause they don’t leave once they’re settled. They stand their ground. More angst ha ha. Never met settled Luffys daemon because I’M A MONSTER.

Sabo: never settled until he learned Ace was dead and then she settled as fire hawk because trauma and angst and also he knows who he is now. Not being settled was useful for a while when he did infiltration etc but now they’re both happy/sad about it.

Garp. Big dog. Bull mastiff dog. Not good with kids only with attacking things and defending but very loyal. Also big. “ Bullmastiffs are also difficult even for adults to control, so they aren’t a good choice if your child wants to help walk the dog. They like to please and crave attention, but they’re so big that even a well-intentioned nudge can end up hurting small children. ” HMMMMM RINGS A BELL, THIS DOES

Chopper: also no daemon or if so then monkey because HANDS. OH BOI THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A FUN THING. EAT SOME FRUIT, WAKE UP WITH A SOUL. Wait no people think he’s a pet. No daemon then.

Mihawk: literally whatever Shank’s daemon is he insists this is why they’re friends while Mihawk wine aunts in the background. He’s more refined though than Shanks and his soul (this is not a challenge). Like absolutely cold as ice until he cracks a pun, but no one believes the victim cause no way Mihawk would do that. Soooo proud, regal, loyal but willing to have a good time. Some kind of dog or cat. Big and fast and POWER. Could do big cat to be more like Zoro or a dog/canid to foil it. Maned wolf?

Vivi: it’s lazy to say her bird Caracue I can’t spell it’s one am but imma do it. KAROO HOW THE FUCK DID I MISSPELL THAT.

Crocodile: big fuck off alligator cause fuck you that’s why. HOLY FUCK I FORGOT HE HAD THE BANANA ONES IN HIS CASINO THAT’S GREAT

Logias turn to same element so Ace’s daemon is now a literal actual fire hawk, fuck the history books I’m writing this shit.

Don fuck face Flamingo: is what it is but like Kipo And the Age of Wonderbeasts it got TEETH, cause anything that survived acid water and shit is not cool. In fact, you know what, she’s albino and thinks that makes her special, honey you just don’t got shrimp vitamins, you buffoon of a bird.

All the dino Zoans are modern descendant of those animals so chickens. Or birds. Chickens would be so goddamn funny especially the 3 foot tall fluffy ones...fuck what’re they called(Brahmas). Oh wait. Emus. Ohhhhhhh fuck emus as an option.

Mammoth Zoan can have a Mammoth daemon because I want to see that on a ship.

(Makino) Bartender lady I can’t remember her name starts with m capybara cause she’s chill as shit and friend shaped.

Dadan: is not friend shaped but is friend. Big fuck off bear or buffalo or wildebeest

Brooke: Laboon, Lampoon whatever Moby Dick. There’s some trauma, they had to leave him, but they didn’t want to and Brooke offered to stay but Laboon thought he’d be fine. Spoiler alert He Is Not. No one is fine.

Ohhhhhhh fuck bad good idea: Rogers daemon also a Sea King but the marines never goddamn figured it out, hoooooo my gods Shanks is having goddamn flashbacks.

Momo and Kaido both have Eastern dragon daemons cause fake fruit.mythical zoan fruit but Momos is the size of a gecko and black so she’s hide-able. Kaido’s isn’t as big but is still Fuck Off huge. Red because I said so.

Beastmen also do not have daemons because fuck the amount of significant characters in One Piece

Cora(zon): also had a wolf, because yay trauma and repeats and trauma bonding!But she was like, pretty yellow white and dog-ish up until the moment she ripped your throat out for offending her/harming her pack. Law learned much from her about appearances, being underestimated, and then for the most part did the exact opposite.

Slime man: *Aka Trebol* has a hagfish cause fuck him and Doflamingo

Boa: her snake weapon thing. Big noodley boy. The skull is for A E S T H E T I C

Ace's daemon named Picaro: Spanish for naughty/badly behaved and that is a synonym for rogue cause MOMMA'S BOI and I keep misreading Rouge as rogue cause PIRATES, and this way it's a little better than naming the fire hawk Red though Ace does call her that sometimes . You know what, he has the same daemon as Rouge/mom actually cause stubborn enough to not go into labor for 20 months is bonkers and that shit deserves recognition. Also because FUCK the number of characters in One Piece. Celestial Dragons don't have special daemons but they do splice/separate cause they're fuckers that's why AU of AU Luffy's daemon close enough to WRECK MARINEFORD'S SHIT THAT'S RIGHT BABEY ACE LIVES, ASL REUNION AND SUCH Sabo's daemon settles as a dog but one of the CRAZY breeds, like poodle or husky.

AU OF AU PART TWO: originally when thinking about a One Piece daemon AU Luffy was gonna have a cheetah; long, fast, use recoil to increase speed and change directions, males live in groups with their brothers and are highly affectionate. Tendency to run into walls. Has a fur pattern presentation named King Cheetah, looks like a more Armament Haki version.

#daemon #daemons #hdm #his dark materials #one piece #i have no goddamn control over my brain at 1AM

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britishassistant · 4 years

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But I Like One Piece (2)

Her parents stay home so the family can strategize.

A war meeting, like those of their ancestors.

She tells them of the paradox that is Naruto, and they tell her that there’s a gag order which prevents them from ferreting out the reason behind the universal hatred of the village.

She tells them about the white masks. Her father frowns and smooths a hand across her bruised arm. “That’s the way of ninja, my girl. Spying even on their weakest and gentlest.”

“Should we continue to associate with the boy? We risk our acceptance in the village, or deportation if the village council believe that we are a threat to him.” Her mother argues.

“But if Mayu-chan reneges on her promise, Hokage-sama could take the rejection as an insult to his hospitality and have us deported anyway.” Her father counters. “Or...”

He tries to make a discreet slicing motion across his neck. It’d work better if he didn’t do the noise too. Okaa-sama covers her face with her hands and lets out a little sob.

“I want to feed him.”

Her parents turn to her.

She fidgets. “Otou-sama, Okaa-sama, he’s—he’s hungry. And alone. He doesn’t know that he needs vitamins to grow up strong, or that he’ll get sick from rotten food, or that too many sweet or greasy foods are bad for him. No one was feeding him. Letting that continue...it’s dishonorable. If—if it would ease things for Otou-sama and Okaa-sama, we could act like I was being bad by doing this? So you could tell everyone that you didn’t support my behavior while I did it, so the council and the Hokage-sama couldn’t deport us?”

She squirms as they stare down at her.

Then squeaks as both envelop her in a fierce hug.

“When did my little girl get so grown up?” Her mother asks, sounding choked up.

“We’re not doing it.” Her father says before she can reply. “Our family stays together, damn what the tree-huggers may think. Even if we have enemies on all sides, the Ketsugi clan will weather any blows. Invite the boy round here for meals—he could likely use the company.”

It’s not that simple, of course.

Naruto freezes up when her mother arrives with her to invite him for breakfast. He won’t stop pinching himself once they insist he stay for lunch and to play in the afternoon. He starts crying outright once they suggest he sleepover on the spare futon after Ichiraku’s (which was delicious and she had to stop herself from begging Teuchi-sama for the recipe).

He’s not the problem in this equation.

Everyone else is.

The masks appear just as they’re getting ready for bed, and insist Naruto has to go back to his apartment, no matter how much he pleads or her father cajoles or her mother negotiates.

They tell him it’s “not healthy to spend so much time with foreigners to the village”.

Her parents go red at that, arguing that they’ve worked hard for the good of Konoha since they arrived, that Mayu-chan has never known any other home, she’s practically a native.

They still take Naruto away.

People begin to whisper openly about “iron-hearted immigrants jeopardizing village safety”.

She delivers Naruto his food, but there’s a masked person outside the door who goes through her cooking, destroying the now-almost-triangular onigiri, saying she could’ve poisoned it, like that wouldn’t ruin the meal.

It takes all of her willpower not to kick the stupid mask in her stupid shin.

The dark-haired police knock on their door several times throughout the week to query numerous complaints called in about them.

A man spits on her mother at work, and her coworkers just pretend nothing’s happened.

Her father comes home with a black eye that he laughs off, but he makes her wear different, nondescript clothes when she delivers Naruto’s dinner.

Another mask inspects that too.

The next day, someone’s daubed “GO BACK TO IRON” on their house.

Or they’ve tried to at any rate.

She’s woken early by an indignant shriek of rage.

There’s a black streak covering her window.

When she pushes it up and sticks her head out, she sees Naruto dumping the contents of a black can of paint over a woman’s head, red in the face and yelling incoherently.

The woman staggers, shrieking and spluttering and trying to pull off the paint can where it’s become wedged over her ears.

There’s a man who grabs Naruto’s collar and shakes him until he goes limp, snarling about monsters and demons and ungratefulness.

He’s right under her window.

She lands on him like a sack of bricks.

They end up in front of the Hokage again, this time covered in paint.

She doesn’t know where Otou-sama and Okaa-sama are. There’s masks everywhere.

The Hokage sighs. “So all this fuss is over a few meals and a sleepover?”

“Yes, Hokage-sama.” She says, bowing deeply, channelling as much of Nico Robin as she can into her movements and speech. “My family and I are very sorry if we have broken any rules of the village. We didn’t know, and...I thought Naruto would like to eat with us, and maybe stay over. Because food tastes better when you share it together.”

“Yeah, they were just being nice, believe it!” Naruto yells, fists clenched, hair splotched black.

The Hokage rubs the space between his eyes, and looks very tired. “I appreciate your intentions, Mayu-kun. However, as Naruto-kun’s apartment is paid for by the village, he needs to spend more time there than he can at his friends’ houses. Otherwise we would worry he’d been kidnapped.”

“I understand, Hokage-sama.” She says, not understanding in the slightest. Surely adult supervision was better for that rather than staying in a state-subsidized apartment alone?

From the way Naruto’s mouth twists unhappily, he doesn’t get it either.

The old man takes a deep inhale on his pipe, blowing out an impressive cloud. “Well, how about a compromise?”

And so it is decided that Naruto may eat with the Ketsugi family twice a day if he so chooses, and sleep over once a month.

These visits are non-obligatory for him, and there are no dispensations for village holidays.

If her family decides to gift Naruto with necessities outside of food, that is at their discretion. These items must bear the Uzumaki spiral. The presence of the Ketsugi pelican is forbidden.

Mayu can deliver him meals, and they can play together during the day, but he has to go home by sundown every evening and eat one meal on his own.

If not, the masks and the police will come and get him again.

It’s not perfect.

It’s not even that good, which her parents agree after hugging her so tightly that paint smears on their pajamas as well when they’re finally allowed to see her.

But if it makes Naruto smile so widely that his eyes go all squinty and hold her hand all the way back, then she’ll make do.

Even if they do have to help scrub the graffiti off of her house.

The next week, a letter arrives to say that she will be attending the Village Academy.

She does not want to attend the Academy. It’s ninja school and she doesn’t want to be a ninja.

“But why do you want to be a pirate?” Her mother asks, despairing.

“Because they’re free.” She answers. “They’re the freest people in the world.”

“So are bandits.” Her father replies, wiping miso off Naruto’s chin. “But sleeping in the dirt and being attacked by ninja and samurai isn’t much fun, is it?”

Naruto laughs as she pouts. “It’s okay, Mayu-chan! Bein’ a ninja will be WAY better than a dumb ol’ pirate, believe it!”

She tries to kick him under the table and misses. “Better a pirate with comrades and treasure than a lonely old hokage with paperwork.”

He lets out a cry and is off a mile a minute, jabbering that hokages aren’t lonely, everyone’s their comrade, and when he becomes hokage he’ll set any dumb paperwork on fire, believe it!

She hates the Academy even more once they arrive.

There’s dozens of children there, all squabbling, laughing, talking. Yet not a one of them is willing to sit next to Naruto. When he tries to make friends, they push and scramble to get away like he’s somehow diseased.

She squeezes his hand, but he still looks crushed.

She doesn’t get it. In the anime stills of her last life he was always smiling, always happy. Luffy had Ace and Sabo, Shanks and Makino, Garp and Dandan at least. How could this boy have nobody and still be made to smile?

The teacher’s even worse.

The woman goes around the room and has people introduce themselves, but skips over Naruto. He doesn’t get the handout she passes out. It’s like she’s pretending he doesn't exist.

So she gives her handout to him, and relays his questions when the teacher ignores his raised hand.

She’s not the one who wants to be a ninja, after all.

She and Naruto go to the teacher’s lounge when lunch rolls around.

A man with a scar across his nose answers the door, and lets them in to reheat their thermoses of broth in an old microwave. He’s awkward, but at least he tries to be nice to Naruto.

They get back to the classroom, and she watches, worrying her lower lip, as he pours the boiling liquid over the tofu, seaweed, green onions and pre-cooked noodles.

“How is it?” She bursts out when he takes the first bite. “I know it’s not going to be as good as Ichiraku’s, but did I get the seasoning right? Are the noodles okay?”

He slurps, and chews contemplatively.

She leans forward.

He opens his mouth—

And promptly shoves another serving of noodles and toppings into it, grinning at her indignant shriek.

“I’m never cooking for you again.” She grumps as he laughs at her. They both know that’s a lie.

The Academy gets better and worse.

On the “better” side, their classmates begin approaching Naruto more, seeing him interact and eat with her.

He doesn’t become Mr. Popular overnight, but they’ll ask him if he has an extra pencil, tell him to be quiet if he’s getting overexcited without cowering. Some even say “hello” to him.

Guess it’s hard to see a boy who whines for a solid forty-five minutes about how he needed her pudding cup to survive afternoon classes after eating his own as a demon.

The goofy victory dance he does when she gives in is also helps.

In his defense, the Academy is making them do long division and fractions in afternoon classes. In a world without calculators, so everything must be done by hand.

It’s hard for her and she’s done this shit once already. For Naruto, who she suspects has some form of dyslexia more and more with each passing day...well, he deserves the pudding cup.

The first to approach is a brown-haired boy with red markings on his cheeks called “Kiba”.

He comes up to them in the schoolyard and sniffs Naruto. “You smell more like a dumb fox than a demon. I bet you’re really weak.”

Naruto bristles like a cat, fists clenching. She grabs one of them. The teachers actively look for any opportunity to punish him, and she isn’t going to let them have the satisfaction.

“Why don’t you and your dumb nose go away then?” She snaps.

The boy snarls and his teeth look like they’ve been sharpened. “Nobody was talking to you, dead fish eyes!”

“Hey!” Naruto yells, lunging for the boy, “Don’t call Mayu-chan that!”

“Try to stop me!” He jeers, looking far happier than he has any right to when Naruto jumps on him for the insult and the two begin wrestling in the dirt despite her attempts to separate them.

Somehow this leads to Kiba eating bits of their lunches, alternating between joking around with Naruto and pulling pranks on him. It’s a weird frenemy thing she’s not sure how to dissect.

Next there’s a sweet, rotund boy named “Chouji”, who must come from a family of cooks.

His lunchboxes are tiered masterpieces that make her green with envy— perfectly cooked rice making up expertly formed onigiri and sushi, braised pork, duck and beef that’s so tender it practically falls apart at the slightest brush, fruit and vegetables cut into intricate shapes.

He tentatively approaches them to ask about the french onion soup that Naruto’s eyeing dubiously, perplexed by the bread and cheese in place of noodles.

“Is it just onions, or are there other vegetables?” He asks in a break in her cajoling.

“Ah, it’s a mixture of white onions, shallots, and leeks.” She says, pleasantly surprised. “It’s not traditional, but I figured the more variety the better, right?”

The boy nods solemnly. “Could I try some?”

“Sure!” She passes over her own untouched bowl. He picks up some onions and cheese with his chopsticks and bites into it.

He puts the chopsticks down. She worries her lower lip. Did he not like it?

“Ketsugi-chan. If I trade you my cutlets, can I have this?”

She blinks and begins grinning like a loon. Naruto begins whining about how he wants a cutlet too.

So she gains a friend who she can trade cooking tips and tricks with. It’s surprisingly nice.

On the “worse” side of Academy life, people being less scared of Naruto means bullies begin to try their luck.

They’re just overconfident brats, playing at having a semblance of “power” by picking on adult-sanctioned targets.

Their little quibbles have nothing on the abuses adults have heaped on both Naruto and her.

Unsurprisingly, her family is now quasi-reviled in the village even with the Hokage’s sanction of their friendship with Naruto and they get charged more for goods and paid less for their services. Even the shopkeeps who used to coo when she was younger watch her warily now.

It’s easier to ruin a reputation than it is to repair it after all. But she digresses.

It’s standard bullying fare, almost cliche in its predictability. Verbal taunting in the hallway and bathrooms, their stuff going missing, framings for petty thefts, sharp or messy substances in their seats, attacks that don’t go in their favor.

One did attempt to ruin their food once.

They don’t try that anymore.

The teachers still refuse to acknowledge Naruto. It’s getting a bit ridiculous.

At this point he could dance naked on the tables and if the other students kept quiet about it the teacher would probably do her best to pretend it wasn’t happening.

She should probably learn the woman’s name at some point. Otou-sama and Okaa-sama get bemused looks whenever she just refers to her as “the teacher”.

She’ll do so when the teacher stops glaring at her for conveying Naruto’s input.

The white masks have begun watching her more often.

It feels like there’s one in every tree she looks at, silent and waiting for the excuse to hurt.

Nobody else ever seems to see them as frequently she does, not even Naruto who has a literal cohort of masks shadowing him at all times.

Some of them large enough to be adults, others...worryingly small.

She tries her best not to look.

They’re walking home one Friday when they meet one of the other “main characters”.

She’s grumbling because she got into an argument with the teacher over the story of Usagi-hime. Apparently a tyrant on the level of the World Government is a “benevolent goddess” here.

Naruto just snickers when she makes wordless growls as she mimes choking their teacher.

His head snaps up at the sound of ugly laughter.

He frowns and tugs her to follow him off the path towards the sound of taunting.

There are three girls holding a fourth with pink hair and an red ribbon down, while a fifth laughs.

The fifth girl holds up a round object. “That forehead is so monstrously huge, I bet we could fry an egg on it, couldn’t we? Teach you to play ninja, hiding behind Yamanaka-chan!”

“Hey!” Yells Naruto. “Stop being mean to her!”

“Stop playing with food.” She adds. “It’s a waste.”

The fifth girl sneers, trying to hide a flinch at that word. “Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it? You’re just a moronic demon and an iron-hearted slant!”

“Well.” She says. “At least the egg didn’t break.”

Her knuckles are scraped and stinging and one of her teeth feels wobbly. Naruto’s got a rapidly healing black eye. The pink-haired girl who seems to be universally hated has a bloody nose.

She inspects the egg, sniffs it. It seems to be perfectly fresh. But what to do with it?

Rice omelet, scotch egg, boiled egg in ramen, spaghetti carbonara, meringue—

The hated girl sniffles, trembling. Naruto frowns at her distress, then turns puppy-eyes on her.

No. Nope, nope, nope. Naruto’s enough. She’s already befriended the main character when she was supposed to just feed him, she can’t be more involved in this dumb story than this—

The pink haired girl’s stomach growls.

God. Dammit.

“Hey.” She holds the egg up. “Wanna bake a cake with this?”

Mixing the batter and the buttercream makes her scrapes sting and crack, and she scowls furiously when they bleed and she has to stop what she’s doing to go wash her hands again.

Naruto’s eager to pick up where she leaves off, whisking so fast he almost spatters both mixtures all over the countertop in spite of her protests.

Thank god Pinky has the good sense to keep her eyes on the jam, carefully mixing in the sugar so it doesn’t burn.

The cakes come out slightly lopsided, but they’re cooked through, so she tries to cut them more evenly. Then she slathers buttercream on one, the set raspberry jam on the other, and presses them together, covering the top in the last of the buttercream.

It’s not the best Victoria Sponge she’s ever made, but Naruto and Pinky seem to like it.

They send Pinky home with half the cake and the rest of the jam. She made it, after all.

Okaa-sama declares that she’ll be making their lunches until her hands are healed at dinner, partly as a punishment for fighting. Her knuckles keep bleeding too much for her to safely prepare food anyway.

She frowns at her hands. They’re her tools. She can’t let this happen again

“Otou-sama.” She asks, while her mother tells Naruto to sit up straight and keep his elbows tucked in. “Do you know anybody who can teach me to fight with just my feet?”

Her father tilts his head to the side, contemplating.

“I’ll ask around at work and see.” He says.

Monday morning, she and Naruto (who said he wanted in on training) are at a training ground at 5AM.

It’s early even by the standards of their old food delivery system.

Her father had seemed weirdly excited the night before and told her that it was a matter of clan honor to make a good impression on her new teacher.

There’s a faint yell echoing in the morning mist.

A man in green spandex bursts out of the undergrowth, executing a series of flawless backflips to land in front of them in the center of the training field.

“GOOOD MORNING BLOSSOMING YOUTHS!!” He shoots them a thumbs up and the rising sun glints off his teeth. “I am Konoha’s Beautiful Green Beast, MAITO GAI!! It is my HONOR to train you into blossoming in THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUR YOUTH!!”

She gets the feeling she’s going to regret this.

She regrets this so much. So, so much.

Everything hurts.

Naruto groans beside her, face down on the desk. “‘M not doing this anymore, believe it.”

She limply aims a swat at him. “You’re not allowed to abandon me. Jumping ship is bad.”

“M not a pirate.” He grumbles. “M gonna be Hokage, believe it.”

She’s about to reply that a Hokage shouldn’t abandon his people either, when a bright voice goes, “Wow, you guys look dead!”

She lifts her face from the desk to see the blond girl Chouji hangs out with a lot. She looks far too pleased with her assessment.

“Sakura said you guys helped her out yesterday.” The blond girl continues after a minute of uncomprehending staring. “And Chouji says you cook good food. Wanna eat lunch with us?”

“I can’t feel my legs.” She tells her honestly. Naruto mumbles in agreement.

The blonde girl laughs like she’s told the world’s best joke.

They end up getting scolded for sleeping in class.

When lunch rolls around, her legs tremble when she walks over to where Blondie and Pinky and Chouji are eating. Naruto wobbles into a seat, and nearly falls on top of a sleeping boy.

“You didn’t cook today?” Chouji asks, looking concerned.

She snorts and holds up her scabbed hands. “Unsanitary. Okaa-sama put me on probation until they’re healed. It’s my fault anyway—I shouldn’t have been careless with them.”

“I—I’m sorry, Mayu-san!” Pinky squeaks. “If I’d stood up to Ami...”

Naruto snorts, cheeks slightly red. “That’s not your fault! Those girls were jerks, believe it!”

Blondie nods, throwing an arm around Pinky. “Yeah! We’ll make them regret messing with you!”

She accepts a conciliatory tempura from Chouji, and is struck by a thought. “Ah, by the way, what were your names again?”

A disbelieving silence. Blondie wordlessly gestures to herself and Pinky, going red when she nods.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW OUR NAMES, WE'VE BEEN CLASSMATES FOR OVER A YEAR!!”

The sleeping boy snorts when she topples out of her chair at the force of Blondie’s yell, while Naruto groans and munches on an octopus sausage.

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