❛ she is recognized for roaming the seas at night. as people fall into slumber, she finds peace in the calming water of the night seas. this is a reminder that the seas are dangerous, especially at night.❜
dead of the night...
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NOT LONG after you left the seas between water seven and enies lobby, you and kuro sat yourselves on top of the ship's figurehead. not a recommended seat, but it was where you always sat down to calm your mind, other than the crow's nest and your quarters.
"hey, kuro. . . do you think that luffy kid, is dragon's son?" you asked out of the blue, not sparing him a glance, only looking at the vast ocean.
"maybe, maybe not. if that's the case, then he could also be garp's grandson, right?" your right-hand man rambled.
you turned to him with a dumbfounded look, "a navy vice-admiral for a grandfather, a father who is a revolutionary army, and the son who wants to be the king of the pirates?!" with a short pause the both of you laughed.
"what a family."
steps were heard as one of your crew was running along the deck, holding yet another ringing den den mushi. "sencho! it's akagami."
you internally sighed and held out your hand for them to hand you the snail. "what is it now, shanks?"
his next words made you gasp audibly, "why?" upon hearing his reason, you bit the inside of your cheek. "that will spark a fight between the two of you, you know."
he chuckled lightly, "i know well."
"oyaji, is. . . he's is barely hanging on, and, i. . ." you trailed off, not knowing what to say next.
"he is a pirate, [name], an emperor at that. he is not weak, and he never will be. he's not dying from a mere fight." not saying another word, he ended the call. kacha.
you could feel you're whole body loss strength as you stare into nothing. swallowing the lump in your throat, kurose watched as you ran inside the cabin up to your quarters. furrowing his brows, he followed suit.
"what's wrong?" he asked in a quiet tone, not wanting to rile you up.
"shanks wants to talk to oyaji, but that old man is as stubborn as his children; he will not listen to him!" you answered, as you go through your collection of vivre cards. trying to find one that was labeled oyaji.
"i'm getting — ." with that he left the room.
back at water seven, franky is telling them about the tree that never fell, "there are only a few trees like that in the world. . . the strongest tree. . . the treasure tree adam." as parts of the tree appear on the black market once in a while, franky always wanted to have it, as it was very expensive and just in time the strawhats arrived in water seven with loads of money, stole their money.
it has been franky's dream to make what he would call a dream ship that could cross any sea, made with the one and only treasure tree, and he wanted the strawhats to have that ship. "the only ship that manages to go around the world, gold roger's oro jackson, was also made with parts of this tree. i'll make a terrific ship."
"can't be helped. . . tom-san, iceberg, and you, in the end, you're all the same kinda shipwright. . . nga ga ga ga ga. . ."
"hah! i'm not gonna let iceberg beat me! now i can understand tom-san's feelings when he died with his pride." kokoro commented
"iceberg also manage to make a ship made from parts of that tree?" sanji asked, taking a puff off his cigarette.
"yeah. . . the ship you saw yesterday, the night howler was his gift for [name]. as she once stopped the world government from coming after the city. though the protection did not last that long only for about 5 years, he still went out of his way to make that ship."
"it is a very pretty ship, suits its captain nga ga ga ga ga!!" kokoro laughed along with franky, who also chuckled.
"it did take a few years of planning, it is a mothership after all." franky concluded.
not long after marines arrived at the scene, someone who wanted to greet his grandchild with the fist of love.
MARINE HEADQUARTERS VICE ADMIRAL MONKEY D. GARP "GARP THE FIST"
after giving luffy at least 5 bumps of the head, garp begins his lecture. "listen, do you even know what kind of guy that red haired is!?"
"shanks!? are shanks and the others doing fine!? where are they!?" luffy's voice was still shaky from every hit his grandfather gave him.
"there are numerous pirates out there. however he is now one of the four most powerful pirates alongside the whitebeard. we call those pirates, who reign like emperors over the latter half of the grand line, the four emperors." garp then explains that the marine and the shichibukai exist in order to counter-balance the four emperors. and if ever it becomes unbalanced, the peace of the world would crumble.
luffy did not understand one bit. he only stared at his strawhat and stated that he missed them.
"not to mention, that girl!! she was here, wasn't she?" garp asked to the general audience, who only shrugged. "huh? what girl?" luffy asked tilting his head.
"[name], of course." garp sighed at himself, of course, his grandchild wouldn't know who [name] is. "we, the marines, are still behind her trail. no one can seem to catch up to her."
franky narrowed his eyes. other than being a pirate, why would the marine be hot on your trail? what did they want? the conversation did not last long, and a ruckus started outside the headquarters, totally ignoring the hole in the wall. this was a very unexpected reunion.
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