A Million Reasons to Smile

Day 1

Jenna looked around the room. She couldn't see Ace anywhere. "Where was he?" She wondered, sitting up and rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

It was a typical day at the Moby Dick. Nothing really new happens when your crew is one of the most feared in the Grand Line. No other pirates would dare to stand up to Edward Newgate, or as people know him as Whitebeard.

She frowned and got up. "Ace?" She called, but no answer. It was pretty rare for him to leave the room while she was asleep.

Ace knew that she gets paranoid. So he always stayed in bed and waited until she woke up.

"Ace, where are you?" She called again, walking to the door and leaving the room. "What the-?" She blinked, surprised from what she saw.

A sign was put up on the wall in front of Ace's bedroom door. It read:

'GOOD MORNING, JENNA!'

She tilted her head confused.

As far as she knew, she was the only female on this crew. And the only one named Jenna.

So this was definitely meant for her.

She smiled. "Wonder who did that." She murmured to herself and looked down the hallway.

There were more signs put up, all lined up and leading towards the deck. Smiling, she followed them curiously while reading the messages.

'I hope you have a great day today!'

'Remember to smile!'

'You look absolutely beautiful!'

'That outfit looks good on you! No, wait, anything looks good on you!'

She giggled at the last message. If it was complimenting an outfit, then these messages were probably left by Izo.

"What a nice way to start the day." She laughed and headed out to the deck of the Moby.

Her eyes widened. "What is this?!" She asked Ace. "Were you the one who did this?"

The freckled man looked over at her with a smile on his face.

-Flashback-

The infamous Fire Fist Ace woke up from a strange noise coming from the deck. He grumbled quietly. "The heck is that...?"

Glancing at the sleeping girl beside him, he quietly got up, careful not to wake her and left to see what was going on.

He sighed heavily and shook his head. "Jewel, what are you doing?" He asked the brunette nekogirl.

She was covered head to toe in paint splatters. Upon hearing his voice, she looked up and smiled brightly. It was early morning yet she didn't look the least bit tired.

"Hey, Portgas." She laughed quietly. "Is sis asleep?"

He nodded, walking closer. "She won't be for long when she finds out that I'm not in the room."

"Okay, okay." She laughed and finished putting in the final touches.

Walking away from her masterpiece, she grinned at Ace. "What do you think?" She asked and gestured to the painting.

Ace looked it over.

It was a large portrait of Jenna. Half human, half nine tailed fox.

-End of Flashback-

Her eyes scanned over the painting on the floor.

It was her.

She smiled, eyeing the white painted flames surrounding her body. It was mixed with other colors, namely blue, green, pink and orange.

"You paint?" She asked, still staring at the artwork.

Ace shook his head. "This wasn't my doing." Although he knew perfectly well who.

Jenna frowned confused. The only person she knew who could have done this was her sister.

Her sister was a captain of her own pirate crew, but she knew her sister was pretty far away. It would have taken her all night to have flown from her ship to the Moby.

She looked over at Ace for some sort of explanation, but the pirate just shrugged it off.