"Come on, Rose!" A small boy with blue hair said as he ran ahead of the small girl with Raven black hair holding a teddy bear that had once been her mother's.

"Wait for me and Teddy, Rogue!" She called, rushing after him. The two children reached the port where a large pirate ship was docked.

"Wow... Real Pirates!" Rogue said.

"Do you think mommy and daddy are on there? What if these pirates are mean?" Rose asked. Rogue grabbed his little sister's hand.

"Come on, Rose! I have a good feeling about this! Mom and Dad have to be there!" He said. He ran forward.

"Wait, Rogue! You're going to make me drop Teddy!" Rose said.

Soon the two children reached where the ship was waiting. A woman stood alone off to the side, watching as a giant man unloaded a large barrel of sake.

"Wow!" Rogue said as he saw them.

"Rogue!" Rose scolded as the woman looked over at the two children. She approached them, making Rose hold her teddy tightly and hide behind Rogue.

"Hello, children. Are you lost? Do you need help finding your parents?" The woman asked.

"Our parents are Pirates. We wanted to see if this was our uncle's ship since mom and dad are part of his crew." Rogue said. Rose continued to hide. The woman stared at them.

"You wouldn't be Portgas D Rogue and Portgas D Rose, would you?" The woman asked. Rogue gave her a look.

"Why?" He asked. The woman smiled kindly at the kids.

"My name is Nico Robin. I'm also a member of your uncle's crew. Would you like to meet him?" She asked. Rogue and Rose nodded. Robin took the kids' hands and lead them on board.

"Luffy!" Robin called. The man sitting on the lion head figurehead of the ship turned. Rogue's mouth slid open in shock.

This must be the captain of the ship. Rogue's uncle Luffy.

He wore a red coat around his shoulders that had to belong to the previous pirate King, Rogue's Grandpa Roger. On his mess of black hair sat a Straw Hat. He had a small black soul patch on his chin, making him look more like the 25 year old that he was, rather than the little kid that Dadan said was his personality.

Luffy walked down the steps to where Rogue and Rose waited with Robin.

"So... You two are my niece and nephew, huh?" He asked. Rogue swollowed hard. Luffy didn't seem to be childlike at all.

"Shishishishi! That's pretty cool! Rogue, you look just like you're dad did at that age! But you've got Aoi-chan's hair." Luffy said as he plopped down on the deck, cross-legged.

"I do?" Rogue asked. Luffy grinned and laughed again.

"And this pretty little girl must be Rose!" Luffy said and picked up Rose.

"Aww! Such a cutie!" He laughed. Rose, being normally shy to others, did something amazing. She started to laugh and kick her feet as Luffy held her in the air.

"Come on! Let's play tag!" Luffy said. Suddenly a fist knocked Luffy on the head.

"Ow!" Luffy yelped.

"Idiot! We should be helping them find their parents, not playing games!" A voice yelled. Rogue and Rose turned and saw a beautiful orange haired woman. Rose was immediately entranced by her.

"Well, Ace and Aoi have to come back eventually! They didn't grab all their stuff!" Luffy said.

"What do you mean "didn't grab all their stuff?" Aren't Mom and Dad part of your crew, Uncle Luffy?" Rogue asked.

"They are, but they decided they wanted to spend the next few years with you two before you guys take off on your own. After that, who knows. Maybe they'll join up with us again, maybe they'll stay here. It's all up to them." Luffy said. The woman sighed.

"Luffy, shouldn't you go see Dadan?" She asked. Luffy grinned at her.

"I'll wait here until Ace and Aoi-chan get back! I don't want my niece and nephew here alone before they meet everyone." Luffy said.

"Well, why don't you take them with you?!" The woman yelled. She felt a tug on the leg of her jeans. She looked down and saw Rose standing there, a small blush on her face while she held tight to her teddy.

"E-excuse me, miss? Y-you're really p-pretty." She said. The orange haired lady knelt down.

"You think I'm pretty?" She asked. Rose nodded and hid her face in her teddy bear.

"M-my name is R-Rose." She stuttered. The woman smiled at her.

"Well, hello, Rose. I'm Nami. I'm a friend of your mom's and I'm the navigator of this ship." Nami said. Rose looked up at her with wide jade eyes.

"You're the navigator?! Kai's mommy tells me that the navigator is the most important member of a pirate crew along with the captain and the cook!" Rose said. Nami smiled.

"Really? And why is that?" Nami asked.

"Well, Kai's mommy says that with out a captain, there isn't a crew, and with out a cook, the crew wouldn't have any food, but with out a navigator, the crew would always be lost and wouldn't find any islands to get food and new friends! So the navigator is the most important!" Rose said. Nami smiled at her again.

"Did you ever draw any maps, Miss Nami?" Rose asked. Nami nodded.

"I drew a map of the Grandline and New World." She said. Stars came in to Rose's eyes.

"Can I see it?!" She asked excitedly, a wide smile on her face.

"Sure you can, Rose! Come on, I'll show you!" Nami said and picked her up, carrying her to her office.

Meanwhile, Rogue was poking Zoro as he slept. Zoro grunted and opened his eye and saw Rogue staring at him with a blank face. Zoro blinked.

"... Ace, did someone turn you on to a kid and die your hair blue?" Zoro asked. Rogue scowled.

"I'm not Ace! I'm his son, Rogue!" Rogue yelled.

"No kiddin'? So we're at Dawn Island already, huh?" Zoro asked as he yawned.

"So you're the swordsman of the crew, huh? Do you have a kid?" Rogue asked. Zoro scowled, making Rogue shudder.

"Other than your parents, I have no idea what kind of pirate would want a kid." Zoro said. Rogue pouted.

"Aw, man. If you had a kid, I would have recruited them as the swordsman in my pirate crew when I'm big!" Rogue said. Zoro sat up.

"Well, maybe I can teach you to use a sword, after all, the captain can be a swordsman, too." Zoro said. Rogue gaped at him.

"Really?" Rogue asked.

"Sure, why not? I was about your age when I started." Zoro said.

Back with Nami and Rose, Nami was showing the seven year old her maps.

"Wow, Miss Nami! You drew all of these by yourself?" Rose asked.

"You bet! And here, take a look at this one." Nami said and handed a small map to Rose.

"Oh? What's this one?" She asked. She read the paper.

"Cocoyashi Village." She read. Nami smiled and nodded.

"Uh-huh. That's my home town where I grew up. It's the first map I ever drew. I was just about as old as you and Rogue when I did." Nami said. Rose smiled happily.

"Wow... When I grow up, I wanna be just like you, Miss Nami!" Rose said.

"Huh? Like me?" Nami asked. Rose nodded.

"I wanna be a pretty navigator!" Rose said, making Nami blush.

"Aww, that's sweet, Rose, but don't you want to be a doctor like your mommy?" Nami asked. Rose shook her head.

"I wanna be a navigator like you!" Rose said. Nami smiled. She reached over to a book shelf and pulled a book off of it.

"Then you'll need this. Go ahead and take it. You can keep it. You're parents can pay me for it when they get back." Nami said.

"Maps of the world. Wow! Really, Miss Nami? I can have it?!" Rose asked. Nami smiled happily and nodddd at her.

"It's what got me started." Nami said. Rose hugged Nami.

"Thank you so much, Miss Nami!" She said. Nami laughed happily. There was a knock on the door.

"Nami? Are you in here? I have the results back from your test!" A small voice said and in walked an adorable talking reindeer. Rose let out a squeal and ran over and hugged him.

"A talking reindeer! And he's so cute and soft! Just like Teddy!" She said and nuzzled his fur. Nami giggled.

"Chopper, this is Rose, Ace and Aoi's daughter. Rose, this is Chopper, he's our head doctor." Nami said. Rose smiled at him.

"So you work with my mommy?!" She asked. Chopper gave her his cute smile.

"Uh-huh! You're mom and I work closely together. She likes to tell me stories from when you and Rogue were babies." He said. Rose's eyes turned to stars.

"Rose, why don't you go head out and meet the rest of the crew with Rogue. Chopper and I need to talk for a moment." Nami said, handing her teddy bear back to the little girl. Rose let go of Chopper and took back her teddy and held on to the book.

"Okay, thank you again, Miss Nami!" She said and ran out of the office. Nami turned to Chopper and sat back down in her chair.

"Well, what are the results?" Nami asked.

"The test came back positive." Chopper said. Nami sighed and closed her brown eyes.

"So how are you going to tell Sanji? Do you want to stay here until you give birth?" Chopper asked. Nami shook her head.

"No, we can't stay here. Someone would be bound to recognize us eventually, and you can't leave me here, you guys would be completely lost with out me." Nami sighed. "I'll figure something out, Chopper, don't worry." She said with a smile and rested her hand on her stomach.

"Okay, Nami." Chopper said. He stared at her for a moment.

"What will you name the baby?" He asked. Nami shrugged.

"Sanji and I will talk about it when it gets closer to my due date." She said.

Time skip.

"Well, it seems things are settled for us up there. Should we head back and get our kids?" Ace asked, looking up at the tree house that he and Aoi had just revamped to make more suitable for a family of four. Aoi smiled and nodded at him.

The two held each other's hands and began to walk back to the docks as the sun began to set. Aoi stopped at the cliff where Ace and Luffy sat after they had thought Sabo died and stared across the sea. A small sigh escaped her lips. Ace looked back at her.

"Is everything okay, love?" He asked.

"So much has happened. It's been ten years, Ace. It was ten years ago today that I went to that group therapy and met Camille. It's so strange to think that if I had told Hilda to fuck herself with a broomstick then none if this would have happened." She said. Ace wrapped his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"I have to admit, I'm going to miss sailing the seas." She said. Ace chuckled.

"Of course you will, Aoi. It's written in our souls. We were always meant to be Pirates. We are children of the sea. One day, love. One day we'll sail again." Ace said. Aoi smiled and turned in his arms and kissed him.

"As long as I'm by your side, I don't care where we go or how we get there." She said. Ace smiled and kissed her again.

"Now let's go get our kids before Luffy gives them crazy ideas." He said. Aoi laughed.

"Knowing Luffy, it's too late for that." She said. They continued to the docks and boarded the Thousand Sunny for the last time.

"Aoi! Ace! There you are!" Usopp called and waved to his friends. Aoi giggled when a tiny, black haired girl holding a teddy bear smacked Usopp.

"You're it, Mister Usopp!" She squealed and ran to hide behind Zoro. Ace and Aoi grinned. Luffy suddenly jumped on Ace and Aoi.

"Hey! Rogue! Rose! You're mom and dad are back!" Luffy called. Rogue and Rose came out from their hiding spots and came out to see the two.

Rogue stared at his parents.

"You're my dad?" He asked Ace. Ace knelt down in front of his son.

"Rogue. Look at how much you've grown up. And you're still wearing those beads I gave you." He said. Rogue grinned.

"Well of course I am! I want to be just like my dad!" Rogue said with a bright smile. Ace pulled Rogue in to a hug with tears in his eyes. Aoi smiled.

"Mommy!" Rose called out and ran up to Aoi. Aoi knelt down and opened her arms in time for Rose to jump in them.

"Well hello there, beautiful little girl! Why, I believe that Teddy you're holding is the same one your daddy gave to me when we started dating. Have you been taking good care of him?" Aoi asked. Rose nodded.

"I knew you would, sweetie pie." She said and kissed her daughter's head. Ace stood up with Rogue in his arms.

"Mom! Dad! We spent the whole day here with uncle Luffy and the rest of the crew! Sanji made us lunch and Uncle Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper played tag with us, and Mister Brook played music for us and Mister Franky showed us all the super cool stuff on the Sunny and Robin read us a story and Nami showed us maps from all the places you've been. Did you really go to Dressrosa, Dad? Did you?!" Rogue asked. Ace smiled.

"You bet we did!" Ace said with a laugh.

"Mommy, I'm gonna be just like Miss Nami when I grow up! I'm gonna be a pretty navigator! She even gave me the book that helped her get started!" Rose said. Aoi cocked an eyebrow.

"Did she, now?" She asked. Rose nodded. Aoi chuckled and looked at Nami.

"How much for the book?" She asked. Nami smiled.

"You know what, Aoi? Just for this one time, free of charge. Consider it a going away present." Nami said. Aoi blinked rapidly.

"Wow, Nami. Thank you." She said.

"Mom, do we really have to stay here? Can't we sail the seas with uncle Luffy?" Rogue asked. Aoi sighed softly and rubbed Rogue's head.

"Well, sweetie, it's a little bit more dangerous where Uncle Luffy and the others are going. And with how little you and Rose are, bad guys would try to hurt you all the time. Daddy and I want to get you and Rose strong so that you two can have your own adventures and see the world when your all big." Aoi said. Rogue pouted.

"Well, I guess that's our cue to leave." Ace said.

"Hey, before you guys leave, I want to tell everyone something." Nami said. Everyone looked at the orange haired woman. She took a deep breath and pressed her hands to her stomach.

"I'm having a baby. Sanji's baby." Nami said. While Usopp and Zoro seemed surprised, Luffy, Chopper, Franky and Brook cheered for the coming of a new crew member. Robin, Ace and Aoi smiled happily. Sanji stood there in utter shock, staring at Nami.

"I'm... I'm gonna be a dad?" Sanji asked. Ace smacked him on the back.

"Hey, congradulations, buddy! Trust me, it's going to be the best thing in the world, holding your baby in your arms." Ace said. Sanji smiled and laughed. He pulled Nami in to an embrace.

Aoi and Ace decided that it was time for them to step off the Sunny and go home with Rogue and Rose. Aoi looked to everyone as they stood together to see they're friends off.

Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook....

A sad smile pulled up Aoi's lips as she handed Rose to Ace. She walked up to each and everyone of them, hugging them tightly.

"Thank you. All of you. For making my life worth living." Aoi said. With that, Ace and Aoi left the ship and went to spend their lives with their kids.

The end

RT_Strawhat_Ninja: *wiping away flood of tears* I-I'm not cr-crying! Y-you're crying!!!

Aoi: Ninja-chan... You're crying.

Aka: like a bitch.

RT_Strawhat_Ninja: sh-sh-shut up!!

Aoi: ^_^' okay, while the crybaby is cleaning herself up, you guys, next chapter, we're doing a Q&A!

Aka: so if you guys have any questions for Ninja-chan, Aoi, or myself, ask away and we'll answer them all in the next chapter! Feel free to ask anything you like, and we'll answer it.

Aoi: and stay tuned to hear from Ninja-chan the line up for the next stories! If you guys liked Aka & Law's appearence in this story, then let Ninja-chan know if you want to see more!

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Aoi & Aka: see you in the Q&A!

RT_Strawhat_Ninja: *still crying like a bitch* byyyyee~ T^T