One Piece: Straw Hat Family Chapter 14

One Piece: Straw Hat Family

Break Down the Doors!
The Monkey D. Family Finally Together Again

What?!” shouted the Straw Hat group in shock. All the crew minus Luffy and Nami had gathered to where Robin had been doing a little research.

“That can’t be possible!” Usopp said in disbelief.

“Indeed.” Robin nodded to the long nose man. “However, it is the case for almost all the marines here.” She said as he held several marine files. She then opened on up.

“This man, while twenty-one years old, was only born eighteen years ago. Almost every marine here is older than what their birthdate implies.”

“How can that be?” Zoro asked confused.

“I found that, on each file, something about a ‘Room of Training’ was on it.” Robin said.

“So it has something to do with this room?” said Franky curiously.

“Is there anything on the room?” asked Sanji.

Robin shock her head. “None that I have found yet.”

“So this room ages people?” Usopp said confused.

“You don’t think Luffy’s grandpa took Mika in there?” Chopper said worried.

“It seems…logical.” Robin said though she seem quite hesitant to agree with the reindeer’s assumption.

Brook frown. “That scoundrel!”

“Let’s find Luffy and Nami.” Zoro said out of the blue. The group turned to Zoro and looked at him surprised. “They may not know…”

“He’s right!” Usopp said. But then his expression dropped. “But how will they take it.”

“We can only hope for the best…” Robin said. The group then hurried out of the room and began looking for Luffy and Nami.

Unfortunately, this was not the case. Many floors below the group Luffy and Nami had come to learn the shocking truth. Nami was collapsed on the ground in shock and depression. Luffy stared at the door completely enraged. Coby looked to be ashamed while Helmeppo didn’t speak. It seemed that time had stood still for all of them. But soon, Luffy had enough. Luffy turned to Nami and picked her up. She barely reacted, still staring at the door. Coby and Helmeppo watched him curiously as he moved Nami away from the door.

Luffy took off his hat and placed it on Nami. “We are going to get Mika back.” Luffy said in a serious tone. That seem to bring Nami out of her stupor as she looked up at her fiancé. Luff then turned back towards the door.

“Coby…get out of the way!” Luffy said in a low tone.

“L-L-Luffy, what are doing?” shouted Coby nervous about what Luffy was going to do.

“Gear Third!” Luffy bit into his thumb joint. “Bone Balloon.” Coby and Helmeppo gasped when they saw Luffy’s hand and forearm grow to giant size.

“W-What the hell!” shouted Helmeppo in shock. Coby simply had his mouth open shocked as well. When Luffy didn’t show signs of holding back Helmeppo grabbed Coby and got out of the way.

“Gum-Gum Giant Pistol!” Luffy launched his giant fist towards the door.

Elsewhere, the crew was making their way down some stairs. Suddenly the whole base shook violently. Immediately, everyone grabbed onto the railing. Chopper shouted, “W-W-What was that?!”

“I’ve got a good idea…” Zoro said as he soon stood back up as the shaking calm down.

“I hope Nami is okay.” Robin added as she followed behind Zoro.

“Luffy! You better not be being reckless with Nami around!” shouted Sanji down the stairs.

Back below and outside the Room of Training, the large metal doors were now collapsed inward. Coby and Helmeppo were in complete shock by Luffy’s attack. Nami was only amazed, but soon noticed Luffy wasn’t in sight. That is until the dust settled. Standing in the same spot was Luffy, but really tiny. “Luffy?” Nami said confused.

“I’m fine…” Luffy said though his voice was squeaky and tiny. “Let’s hurry and find Mika!”

“Okay…” Luffy and Nami entered the room.

The couple was shocked when they got there first look inside. The room, if you could call it that, was huge! Beyond huge even, it had a forest and even some buildings. It looked like a village. Not only that, but there was even sunlight and a sky, like they had just stepped outside. Nami even looked back behind to be sure. Behind them was the destroyed doorway.

“This room is...”

“Mysterious.” Luffy said finishing Nami’s sentence.

“Yeah…” said Nami.

Suddenly, alarms began ringing out. Nami and Luffy were immediately on guard. The two soon saw many marines exit from the many small buildings, all armed with guns. With Luffy still shrunk, Nami knew they had to escape. “Luffy, let’s head into that forest.”

Luffy nodded. “Yeah! I’m useless in this form.” The two then ran into the forest.

“Go after them!” shouted one of the marines as every last one of them followed after the two.

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Back outside, the rest of the Straw Hats had made it to the large room. “Wow! What happened here?” Usopp shouted in shock as he saw the large, metal doors down.

“I think Mr. Luffy has been through here.” Brook observed.

“Coby!” Zoro shouted when he saw Coby and, to a lesser extent, Helmeppo stand back up.

Coby heard his name and turned to see the group. Before he could say anything, he heard the hurried footsteps from within the room. Out came more marines, at first to check the situation, but then they saw the pirates. The Straw Hats halted. Zoro grunted, “Shit!”

“Uh, marines!” shouted Coby nervously. “The Straw Hat pirates have invaded the base…uh, capture them!”

“Yes, sir!” The marines saluted to Coby and then returned their attention to the pirates.

“We don’t have time for this!” shouted Franky as he brought his arms together, forming a cannon, and took aim. “Coup de Vent!” Franky shoot out a large cannon of compressed air at the marines. Most of the marines were sent flying back.

Back inside the Room of Training, marines searched the forest for Luffy and Nami. Luckily, the couple had outsmart the marines and were heading for the barracks the marines came out of. As they made their way to the barracks, Luffy finally changed back to his regular size. “Yeah! I’m finally back to normal!” shouted Luffy loudly.

“Luffy! Shush!” Nami said covering his mouth.

Unfortunately, someone one heard. “Hey! Over here!” Luffy and Nami heard on the marines shout.

The two took off running immediately. “There they are!” One of the marines spotted the two fleeing towards the barracks. With his shout, the marines began rushing towards them.

As Luffy and Nami left the forest, Nami was spinning her Perfect Clima-Tact rods releasing Cool and Heat Balls and many of them. The marines paid no heed to what the woman was doing and continued to chase them. They followed the two into the courtyard where they saw only Luffy standing in front of the large building. None of them had noticed the sudden drop in lighting. “Monkey D. Luffy, you are under arrest!” shouted one of the marines as he and everyone pointed their guns at the rubber man. Luffy; however, did not seem worried evident buy his grin.

“Forecast update.” Luffy said with a grin.

The marines looked at the pirate confused. From behind Luffy, Nami stood near the door of the large building. Like Luffy, she too didn’t seem worried. “There are dark clouds on the horizon, chances of a lightning storm are high. I suggest heading for low ground…”

“Dark clouds?” repeated one of the marines confused. One by one, the marines looked up to notice that there were dark clouds above him. All looked confused.

“…or be made of rubber. Good luck, Luffy. Thunderbolt Tempo!” Nami shot a Thunder Ball straight into the clouds. Nami then immediately ducked inside.

“No problem, Nami!” Luffy said shouting back at Nami giving her a thumb up. At that moment, the dark clouds burst with lightning striking down on everyone in the courtyard.

Nami paid no mind to the event going outside. She knew Luffy would be fine as he was made of rubber and be unaffected by her lightning attack. The marines, not so much. This gave Nami ample time to search the building. Hopefully, there would be only a few marines around. And if so, they will be drawn to the action outside. Nami advanced into the building being stealthy and quiet.

Outside, several marines were one the ground charred. Luffy was still standing with a triumphant smile. “That was easy…” Luffy said relaxed.

Suddenly, there came a loud shout from the forest. Several more marines exited the forest branding swords and guns all ready to attack the Straw Hat captain. Luffy saw the marines heading towards him and lost his smile. He then walked towards them. “Where is Garp?!” Luffy shouted as he began fighting the marines.

“What the hell was that sending marines at us?!” Back outside the Room of Training, Usopp was shouting at Coby. The marines Coby had sent at them were easily defeated and lay all over the ground.

“S-Sorry. But I was sure it wouldn’t be too hard to defeat the cadets.” Coby said apologizing to the crew. “And if you’re captured, you still could attempt an escape.”

“Good call.” Zoro and Sanji said agreeing.

“Are Luffy and Nami okay?” asked Chopper.

“I saw a SUPER light show inside the room.” Franky said with grin.

“Definitely Nami…” Robin said. Then a scream came from inside. Flying towards them was a marine. He landed right in front of them with a hard thud. It was soon followed by a scream.

“Garp!”

“And that would definitely be Luffy.” Robin said.

“Damn! Luffy must be tearing up the place.” Usopp said concerned.

“Let him.”  Sanji said as he smoked a cigarette. “It’s what that shitty vice admiral deserves.”

“Should we go in and assist?” asked Brook politely.

“No. I think they are handling themselves fine.” Robin said as she took a seat on some rumble.

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“Mika!” shouted Nami as she opened a door inside the large building. She was disappointed when she found only a closet full of mops.

“Damn.” Nami slammed the door and moved on. As she moved further down the hall, you could see that several doors were already opened by her. Nami stomped and shouted, “Where the hell did Garp hide Mika?”

Nami stopped when she heard a creak. Nami looked down a hallway to see a lone door open just a crack. She took immediate interest of the door and walked over to it. She pushed the door and entered. Nami was surprised. The room she entered was unlike the others. The room was not a closet or a kitchen or a mess hall. It was an actual room like someone was living here. It was small room, probably only for child. Nami took a look around the room. There was a bed, a desk, and shelf with a few pictures on it. Nami looked intensely at the pictures. There were three pictures; one was of her and Luffy holding their baby Mika, another was Garp holding baby Mika, and the last one. Nami’s heart clenched. The last one was Mika, but no longer a baby or a toddler. She was now a little girl, baring a resemblance to Nami when she was that age. Only Mika had dark brown-red hair, darker eyes, and grin that she swore was like Luffy’s own.

Nami couldn’t believe it. She knew that what Coby said was the truth, but seeing her baby now a child was far too much. Nami stepped back and fell back onto the bed. “Ow!” Nami immediately stood back up. Nami didn’t notice, but the bed was a little lumpy. And it had something moving.

Being the covers off, Mika revealed herself. She didn’t look to happy, having been sat on, but soon forgot the about it. She looked at Nami and Nami back at her. Neither one spoke to the other; Nami from mere shock and completely unprepared and Mika who wore a blank. Nami tried to speak first. “Mi…Mi…”

“Hello!” Nami was taken back when Mika happily greeted her.

“H-Hello…” Nami replied almost stunned.

“I’m Monkey D. Namika, but I liked to be called Mika.”

Nami was almost speechless. “Mika…”

“Are you my mama?” asked Mika seemingly eager.

Nami was caught off-guard by Mika’s question. “Wha-what?” Nami said dumbly.

“Because you look like her…” Mika said as she looked over to the picture frame. Nami notice this and grabbed the picture.

She smiled. “Yes…I am.”

Mika gasped. Nami saw the shock on her face despite that it was she who knew or had some idea. She waited for Mika to respond. The little girl seem to be in deep thought. She looked like she trying to figure out what to say or do. Nami waited patiently until Mika finally spoke. “Um…”

“Yes?”

“Is…my daddy…?” Mika nervously shifted in her spot. “Is…my daddy really Monkey D. Luffy?”

Nami looked at her daughter shocked.

“Gum-Gum Whip!” Outside, Luffy wiped out an entire group of marine cadets with a swing of his stretched leg. All the cadets were knocked out. Once Luffy regained his footing, he took a look around. Many marines were knocked out and lay defeated all around him; however, he had yet to see Garp.

“Garp! Come out so I can kick your ass!” shouted Luffy in rage.

“That’s no way to speak to your grandfather, brat!” Hearing a familiar gruff voice, Luffy turned to see Garp. The old man stood just before the defeated marines with his arms crossed and wore a toothy frown. “What the hell are you doing here?”

Luffy didn’t speak, but he turned fully towards Garp. He didn’t look scared looking at his grandfather. He looked downright enraged. Garp wore the same expression as before and continued to shout. “How did you get here so fast?”

Luffy didn’t reply and began walking towards Garp. “How did you know to get here?” Garp kept asking away hardly taking notice of Luffy’s approach. Luffy then began to run towards Garp. The old marine lifted his brow. “What do you think you’re do-” BAM!

“You Bastard!” Luffy punched Garp before he could finish what he was saying. The tremendous power of Luffy’s punch – without the use of his Gum-Gum ability – sent the vice admiral flying back.

Outside the room, the Straw Hats were waiting patiently for Luffy and Nami to return with Mika. While they tried to keep themselves until suddenly the wall of the room suddenly broke. Something then landed just after. “What the hell?!” shouted Usopp in fright.

Coby and Helmeppo rushed over to the crash. When the smoke cleared, the young marines gasped. “Garp!” In the crater, Garp laid unconscious with an expression of shock etched on his face.

“Ha-ha! Luffy did it!” cheered Usopp.

“Was there any doubt.” Zoro said with smile.

“SUPER!” shouted Franky as he posed showing his happiness.

“Mika is coming home!” cheered Chopper as he jumped around in excitement. He was joined by Brook and Sanji also excited.

“Do not worry, Princess Mika~! You will soon see Uncle Sanji again!” shouted Sanji overjoyed.

“Dear Mika, your family is here!” Brook shouted with bliss.

Robin remained silent, but her own joy could be clearly seen. The young woman was smiling, and was waiting in anticipation to see her ‘niece’.

Back inside, Luffy was breathing heavily. He had put every ounce of his strength into that punch. He felt like Garp deserved more, but unfortunately he had sent him flying. He’ll have to find him again. “Luffy!” Before Luffy could go after Garp, his rage bubbled out when he heard Nami’s voice. He turned to see Nami outside the building he had seen her go in.

“Nami?”

“Luffy…” Nami said again. As Luffy stared at Nami, he caught something just behind Nami. The navigator had also taken notice, but she smiled. She turned her head and spoke softly. “It’s okay…he would really like to see you.”

Luffy watched as a little girl walked out from inside. Luffy’s eyes widen as he felt a strange connection with the little girl. The girl seemed a bit bashful as she walked up next to Nami. Nami then took Mika’s hand and both of them walked over to Luffy. The two soon stood before Luffy. Nami gestured to Mika and the little girl took a few steps forward. Luffy looked down on the girl while the girl looked down blushing in nervousness. “Are you…” Mika spoke though softly.

Luffy could barely hear her. “What?”

“Are you…Monkey D. Luffy?”

“Yeah.” Luffy said monotonously. “Are you…?”

“Monkey D. Namika? Yes.” Mika said rather quickly. She slowly lifted her eyes at the man. “A-A-Are you…my daddy?” She asked sounding emotional.

Luffy smiled. “Yes.”

“A-A-And she…” Mika pointed to Nami. “She’s really my mama, right?”

“Yep! The one and only!” Luffy said with a grin across his face.

Nami’s chest tightened and she smiled warmly towards the man she loved. She then noticed Mika shaking. The little girl was indeed shaking. She was looking up at Luffy – her father – with tears in her eyes. But not of sadness, but of joy. She ran straight into him, throwing her arms around and her head into his shirt. Instantly, Luffy hugged back. Through his shirt he could hear her cries. “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!”

“I’m here Mika…” Luffy then stretched his arm and grabbed Nami. He then wrangled her into him and Mika bringing her in for a family hug. Mika then tried to wrap her arm around Nami completing the family hug. Luffy then added, “And mama’s here too. And we’ll never be separated again.”

Mika lifted her head up. Her tears where drying and her eyes looked incredibly hopeful. “Promise?”

“Promise!” Both Luffy and Nami said confidently. Mika grinned and tried to hug her parents even tighter. A truly touching family moment. A family reunited.

TO BE CONTINUED…