"Talking"

Thinking

Mikael's POV

It has been a week since Thatch left, and I don't think I could get more bored. All I do is sit and watch the days go by. While I was looking at the stars, my snail started to ring.

Puru Puru Puru. "Hello, Mikael speaking," I said.

"Mikael-ya, how's it going?" Law asked.

"Law," I exclaimed. "I'm alone, again."

"What about your pirate friend?" Law inquired.

"His captain sent someone after him," I told him, sounding sad. "Also, my bracelet might have glowed, when I ran into the person after Thatch."

"WHAT!?" Law yelled, "and you thought it would be okay to wait a week to tell me? Who was it?"

"I'm still a little shocked by it," I said. "It was Marco The Phoenix, Whitebeard's first commander. We also had a small fight, and I wouldn't tell him anything about myself."

"Mikael-ya, are you crazy, he could have killed you," He screamed. "But, you're bracelet glowed because of him?"

"I can take care of myself," I proclaimed loudly, getting mad. "Yes, it did, but I don't know what to do. I wanted to go with him, but I still have to find Ace and I have a bad feeling."

"Yeah, but that doesn't stop me from worrying. I am your older brother," Law exclaimed. "What kinda bad feeling? The last time you had one of your bad feelings, he was coming to visit."

"Yeah, I know and I think he is," I said."My birthday is coming up and I'll be 17."

"I hope he isn't coming," Law expressed. "I have to go, Mikael-ya."

"Fine, bye Law," I yelled, hanging up on him.

Well, he was no help. I thought, getting up and walking out of the house.

I just walked around the forest for a while. After a few hours, I got hungry so I went fishing. However, when I got to the beach I saw a wolf laying on the sand bleeding from a gunshot.

"Oh God," I said, looking in my bag for bandages.

"What are you doing?" Someone asked, sounding scared and angry.

"Who said that?" I questioned, looking for someone else on the beach.

"I did," the wolf said.

"Ah...!" I screamed, falling back on the sand away from the wolf.

"Don't Scream," he growled at me.

"What is it with me and talking animals?" I asked, whispering to myself as I got back up and looked at the wolf's wounds. "My name is Mikael, and I'm going to have to clean a stitch your wounds."

"Why are you doing that?" He asked me.

"Because I wanna be a doctor like my older brother, and I have a problem with helping anyone I see that is hurt," I explained, as I finished stitching up his wounds. "You never told me your name."

"You are not very smart," he told me, " and I have no name."

"Yes, I am!" I yelled, hitting his head. "I have a big heart. Well, we will have to think up one for you.

He had white fur with black spots that look like bones, so maybe I could call him Bones? I wondered, wrapping bandages around his leg and chest.

"What about Bones?" I asked him as I stood up off the sand.

"I like it," he said, smiling.

"Well, Bones, it'll take at least a week for your gunshot to heal and just a few days for you're cut to heal," I explained. "So, you can either stay with me or just lay here by yourself."

I smiled at him and turned to the water with my fishin' pole, and started fishing. I heard him whimper as he stood up, and try to walk. He was soon at my side laying down, and I knew his answer.

My wish came true, I'm not alone anymore, and seems like I never will be. I thought, reaching over and petting Bones.

Week Later on The Moby Dick

Thatch's POV

"Hey, Pops," I said as I got up on deck.

"How was your mission son?" Pops asked, as always straight to business.

"It was going well until I was caught in a storm," I explained as Marco landed on the deck, after changing from his phoenix form. "Pops, I need to talk in private about what happened next."

"Really, now why can't we know?" Izo asked, hitting my head as he walked by.

"Because, Thatchy here promised his new friend that Pops was the only one to know about her for now, yoi," Marco said, standing beside me.

"Graha... She still has you upset my son?" Pops asked Marco.

Marco didn't answer Pops he just left to go to his room.

She must really still be bothering him. I thought, watching him disappear below deck.

"Thatch, we will talk in my room," Pops said in his 'dad' voice.

"Hai, Pops," I replied, following him to his room.

"So, why is it you won't tell Marco anything about her?" Pops asked as soon as we got to his room.

"She asked me not to," I explained. "You are the only one allowed to know everything about Mikey."

"Mikey," Pops said, looking confused.

"It's the nickname I gave her," I told him. "She wouldn't let me call her Mikael in front of Marco."

"Graha... Cheeky brat," Pops laughed. "So, what all are you allowed to tell me?"

"Her name is Portgas D Mikael," I said, smiling as I told him about her. "She is going to be 17 in a few days. She wants to join our crew but first, she wants to find her little brother, Ace. She can use all three forms of haki, and she stood her own pretty good against Marco, only had a few bruises. Also, there are one, or two more important things you need to know."

"What are they son?" Pops questioned.

"She and her older brother are why Shanks was at that island so much," I explained as I looked up at Pops, "and Shanks got her a bracelet that glows when you're true love is close to you. Mikael's bracelet glowed when Marco was fighting with her."

"What!" Izo yelled from outside the door.

Izo's POV

Shit. I thought as Thatch opened the door, making me fall to the ground.

"You should know better than to listen to people's conversations, Izo," Thatch exclaimed, looking down at me.

"Well, I'm a pirate," I told him. "What do I care about right from wrong."

Thatch just started laughing after I said that.

"Haha... Mikael, haha, said almost the same, haha, thing to Marco, and it's one of the things that really pissed him off," Thatch said through his laughter.

"Graha... I want Marco to be the one to do the research on her," Pops started. "I know I've heard that name before."

"She got her first wanted poster when she was 11," Thatch said. "Also Pops she saved me from dying and she is good with medical stuff. She also uses a sword."

"She what?" I asked, looking at Thatch.

"In the storm, I was thrown off my ship and everything. I must have hit my head on something because when I came back up to the water surface I was hit by a massive wave and passed out," Thatch explained, rubbing the back of his head. "When I woke up next I was in her bed and she had stitched up my head. She also used the wood from my ship to fix up her house, so I was kinda stuck there. Besides, I didn't wanna leave her alone."

I was mad at this Mikael chick until I heard how she saved Thatch, but I don't like how she is treating Marco.

"About her and Marco?" I inquired.

"She is going to tell him when she joins, but until then he is to know nothing," Thatch said. "Also, I haven't told Pops everything either. She has another last name but is scared to use it."

"What is it?" I asked, pulling on Thatch's ear.

"Ita!" He yelled, pulling away from me. "I can only tell you two, but no one else is to know."

"No one else is to know," Pops said.

"Gol D Mikael is her true name," he replied.

Mikael's POV

Achoo, someone must be talking about me. I thought, wiping my nose.

"We need to get things ready to leave," I told Bones as we walked back to the house.

His wounds had healed fine and he was now helping me hunt and everything. I even convinced him to leave with me when I set sail to find Ace. However, ever since I told Law about feeling like Jiji was coming soon, I've only felt worse. So, we are leaving tomorrow.

"Is leaving really our only option?" Bones asked when we got back.

"Yeah, unless you wanna be made into a marine dog," I told him, getting my clothes and everything packed.

While I was going through my books to see which ones I was going to bring, two pieces of paper fell out of one and one had a note written on it.

Hey Mikey,

I left my vivre card with you so if you want to find me you can.
I know you weren't going to say bye to me, but I wish you would have.
I wish you luck in finding Ace, and if you have to leave early come find me!

Love,
Thatchy

I was cry after that, and took the vivre card and sat it on the table and it moved north.

"So, are we going to where it's pointing?" Bones questioned, looking at the paper.

"Yeah," I replied, petting his head. "You get to meet Thatchy."

That night we sat out to find Thatch and The Moby Dick. I had used the leftover wood from Thatch's ship to make me one. It wasn't perfect but It was going to have to work until I could still have one.

"It's going to take us a week to get there, so we need to restock every few islands," I told Bones, petting him as I looked over a map to see where we would be stopping first. "Looks like Water 7 will be our first stop."

I went to bed after that, and Bones stayed up guarding the ship.

Water 7

After a few days, we finally got to Water 7, but when we did I was attacked by a freaky and somehow got a new bounty and a pirate name. Bones also has a bounty now, and he somehow ate the Water Water Fruit while we were there.

~Flashback~

I had just had a pirate flag made for our ship, and marines show up. They started to chase up, and apparently one of them got a picture of me and Bones.

"Stop right there pirate scum!" yelled one of the marines.

"You know that doesn't sound like too much fun, so we are going to keep running," I replied, sticking my tongue out at him. "Bones, you go left I'll go right, and we meet back at the ship."

"Got it," he said as he took off.

Half of the marines followed me and the other half followed him. I stopped after I was a few feet away from my ship.

"My name is Portgas D Mikael, and from now On I'll be a pirate, and starting today I'm the captain of the Wolf pirates!" I yelled before attacking the marines.

I used my Conqueror's Haki to knock out the weaker marines, and all that was left was the captain. I took out my sword and got into a fighting stance.

"Now, little girl you don't wanna do that," He told me, making me angry.

"Well, you don't wanna call me little!" I screamed attacking him.

He blocked my first attack and tried to shoot me. I blocked it with my sword, and right as I was about to attack him again a big wave of water hit us both out of nowhere. After all the water cleared, I looked around for the Marines but didn't see them anymore. However, I did see Bones running over to me.

"What just happened?" I asked him.

"I don't know, but we need to leave," he told me as we ran to the ship.

~End Flashback~

"How?" I asked. "That's all I wanna know."

"I was hungry so I ate the first thing I saw," Bones explained.

"Uh, you are a lot like all my brothers in one," I exclaimed, flopping down on my bed. "You can be smart like Law and Sabo, moody like Ace, and dumb like Luffy."

"That's a little much don't you think?" He inquired, laying beside me.

"No, but we need to check which direction we need to head from here," I said as I sat up and got Thatch's vivre card out.

I sat it on the table and watched as the paper moved west.

"West it is then," I said, getting everything ready to go. "Is it safe for you to go into the water since you are water?"

"I don't know, maybe, "Bones replied, sitting on my bed.

"We could test it," I told him, holding a bucket of water.

I threw it on him before he could even give me an answer, and it did nothing to him.

"I guess you're lucky," I said as I walked away.

"Yeah, but did you really have to do that?" He asked, shaking himself dry.

I just hummed my answer and went on about my business.

Thatch's POV

I was out on watch duty when the newspaper was dropped on the deck. I jumped down from the crow's nest and freaked out when I saw Mikael's face on the front of it.

"Shit, Mikey, what the hell were you thinking?" I asked not knowing anyone was listening.

"What'd she do now, yoi?" Marco questioned as he walked up behind me.

"Ah..!" I yelled, holding the newspaper tighter. "Don't scare me like that, and she attacked marines at Water 7. However, she left the island early also, her birthday isn't until the end of this week."

"She should be fine," Izo said, from beside me. "If she can hold her own against Marco, she can handle a few marines."

"Right, sorry," I replied, smiling down at her picture. "She's really matured in the week and a half we've been gone."

Whop, Marco hit me upside the head.

"Shut up, Thatch, and get back to work," he commanded taking the newspaper, but as he did the wanted posters fell out.

"Oh, wow her bounty went up by 100 thousand," I said, holding up her poster and another, "and she has a companion."

"Really?' Izo asked.

"Yeah her name is now Sea Wolf Mikael, and apparently she is traveling with a wolf named Watery Bones," I explained holding it up.

"Give me that, yoi!" Marco yelled. "I'm going to talk to Pops."

He left after that and I got back to my watch duty. Izo went back to his room.

I hope she found my vivre card before she left. I thought, climbing up the ladder to the crow's nest.

Sabaody Archipelago

Mikael's POV

It's been a few days since we left Water 7 and tomorrow is my birthday, and I was hoping to have found Thatch by now.

"You do know that the paper isn't moving right now, right?" Bones asked, looking at the paper on the table.

"What, when did it stop moving?" I inquired, picking it up.

"While you were sulking about not being with Thatch yet," he replied, getting up and walking off the ship.

"Hey, don't leave without me!" I yelled, running to catch up. "This place is bad, Garp told me it has a few lawless places and people always go missing."

He just huffed at me and stopped walking. I petted his head as I walked by him. Bones hates it when I treat him like a pet but I think it's cute.

"Stop that," he growled. "Where does the paper want us to go now?"

"Uh," I said as I looked at my hand at the paper, and it moved to the right. "We probably need to go right for now."

"Great, so through the amusement park?" he asked sarcastically.

"Yepp," I replied not caring what he thought. "Plus, we have to go to Shakky's Rip-off Bar anyways."

"Why?" Bones inquired.

"Because, my father's first mate's wife owns it, and I wanna meet him again," I explained. "I don't remember much about him or my dad, but I would like to meet him."

"Maybe, that's where Thatch is right now," Bones said, trying to cheer me up.

I just laughed and took off wherever the paper took me. Bones followed me quietly.

Marco's POV

Pops wants to go back to The New World now that Thatch is back. I was hoping we would stay in Paradise for a little while longer. It was nice not having other pirates attack us as much.

"Thatch, where you going, yoi?" I asked as I saw him getting ready to climb down off the ship.

"Oh, me, I was just going to Shakky's, Rayleigh would be the first person she would see if she stops by here," he replied, smiling innocently as I heard a few of our crewmates yell. "Plus, I might need to hide from the Third Division for a while."

"Thatch, what did you do to my division?" Jozu asked as he heard what Thatch said.

"I did nothing," Thatch said as he jumped off the ship, landing on the ground.

"I'll be going with him, yoi," I told Pops, transforming into my Phoenix and taking off.

I followed Thatch as he walked to the Rip-Off Bar, and when he got there I landed and went in with him.

"Hello Commanders, what can we do for you?" Rayleigh asked as we sat at the bar.

"I was just wondering if a girl stopped by recently asking about your captain?" Thatch inquired. "I'd also like a drink."

Shakky placed a beer in front of Thatch and lit a cigarette.

"Anything for you?" she asked as she blew out a puff of smoke.

"I'll have a water, yoi," I replied.

"No, no one has asked about Roger in a while," Rayleigh told Thatch as the door opened.

"So, I was right," someone said as the door closed again.

Mikael's POV

Damm wolf, always right about everything. I thought as I looked at Thatch.

"Thatchy!" I yelled, jumping on his back.

"Mikey, I knew you would wanna come here to see Rayleigh and Shakuyaku," Thatch said as he pointed to them.

"Oh, hi I'm Portgas D Mikael," I told them, waving high, but then Thatch elbowed me in the side. "Ita, sorry I meant Gol D Mikael. Happy now Thatchy."

"What?" Rayleigh asked, looking confused about something. "How, Garp told me you and Rouge died?"

"He lied, mom was the only one to not make it. She did give birth to my brother though," I explained, as I hugged him. "I've always wanted to ask you about dad. Garp wouldn't tell me anything. I remember mom crying one day after he left but to be honest that's all I remember. Ace has asked people about him and everyone said he was the devil, and any kids he might have needed to be killed."

As I was telling him this my bracelet was glowing bright blue.

Oh no, Marco is here and I just told him my real name, great. I thought, pulling away from Rayleigh.

"Thatch, you're a dead man," I said, looking over at Marco. "He wasn't supposed to know anything yet!"

Bones was at my side in an instant when I raised my voice, and he stood in front of me growling.

"Where did you get that bracelet?" Rayleigh asked as he pulled my wrist to him so he could look at it.

"Shanks, and I know how it works," I replied. "This isn't the first time it's glowed."

"This was your father's," Shakuyaku told me as Rayleigh kept looking at it. "Shanks was told to give it to either you or Ace."

"He gave it to me when I turned 13," I explained, holding my hand close to my heart. "He only told me how it worked, not where he got it from. That would have been nice to know. I would have worn it all the time."

"What do you mean?" Thatch asked.

"Well, when I found you I wasn't wearing it, but the night you slept in the bed; I had a feeling that I might need it so I put it back on," I told him as everyone was listening. "And when Marco showed up it glowed. I've not told him what it means yet."

"Well, you could tell me now, yoi," Marco said, looking at me.

"I don't think now is a good idea," I told him, smiling. "Besides, we don't know each other all that good yet."

"Fine, but Pops wants to meet you," he replied, placing his hand on mine.

"Bones, come on we are going to meet Whitebeard," I said, holding Marco's hand and blushing

"Mikey, are you blushing?" Thatch asked in a mocking tone.

"Bones, when you feel like chewing on someone, Thatch is your new toy," I told him as he looked at Thatch and growled.

"You wouldn't do that to me," Thatch said as he got up and ran out the bar with Bones chasing him.

"Maybe having you around won't be so bad," Marco said, smiling at me.

"You thought I was going to be bad to have around?" I asked him, feeling hurt.

"You have to admit our first impressions of each other aren't that great," he declared as we got closer to The Moby Dick.

"True," I replied, letting go of his hand and holding mine out. "Then, let's start over."

"Okay," he exclaimed grabbing my hand. "I'm Marco The Phoenix, first mate and first division commander of the Whitebeard pirates."

"Hello, I'm Portgas D Mikael, or Sea Wolf Mikael as the Marines call me," I replied, shaking his hand.

As I was about to let go he kept holding my hand, and it made my bracelet glow brightly again.

Marco's POV

What is going on with me, yoi? All I wanna do is be close to her. This has never happened to me before. I thought as I kept holding her hand.

"Marco, are you just going just hold my hand and stand there, or are we going?" she asked, squeezing my hand, pulling me out my thoughts.

"Uh, yeah we are going," I said, sounding like a teenager in love.

Wait, am I falling for Mikael after only meeting her twice? I asked myself as we made it to the ship.

"Wow," she said, looking over the ship as I watch her.

"Yeah, it's amazing, yoi," I told her, but then remembered I was looking at her and blushed. "Let's go see Pops."

"Okay," she replied also blushing.

As we were getting ready to climb up the side of the ship, I heard Thatch yelling something about a water wolf chasing him. Mikael just fell to the ground laughing and I looked over at Thatch to see Mikael's wolf Bones, shooting water at him.

"Did he eat a devil fruit?" I asked her as I helped her up off the ground.

"Yeah, he seems to have it pretty much under control for only having it a few days," she explained as she started climbing up the rope ladder. "He got it in Water 7 before the marines found us."

"Oh," was all I said, watching her climb up the ladder.

"Hey Marco, you just going to watch her climb, or are you going to go up?" Thatch asked me as Bones shot him in the head with a small water bullet.

I just flipped him off and climbed up the ladder. Bones used his water to rocket himself up on the deck and he landed as soon as Mikael stepped over the side.

"It looks bigger than Thatchy said," Mikael said as I climbed over the edge to see Izo walking over.

"You must be the Mikey, Thatch is always talking about," he declared, looking her over. "So, you here to join or visit?"

"You always jump right into questions, or do you just expect me to know who you are, Izo?" Mikael questioned, looking around for something.

"I.. Uh.. no, it's just I wanna know," Izo stuttered out.

"It's fine, Thatch pretty much told me about everyone," Mikael explained. "Unless you got someone new in the time he was away or in the time he got back. Also, yes I'll be joining."

"What, I thought you had someone to look for?" I asked, feeling kinda happy she was staying.

"I do, but I found something better that is here," she declared, as Thatch climbed over the ship's railing.

"What did you find?" Izo asked, looking like he knew something.

"Knowing Thatch and how much he likes you, he probably told you," she replied.

"Can you tell me, now, yoi?" I inquired, watching how she and Izo pretty much were getting along.

"I guess," she replied. "It has something to do with you and my bracelet, and what it means when it glows."

"Mikael!" Bones yelled from beside her. "Not now. He needs to know everything about you before you tell him."

"Fine, I wanna meet Pops though," She said, grabbing my hand and running over to Pops.

"Pops meet Mikael and Bones, they wanna join," I told him, letting go of Mikael's hand.

"Graha... I see no problem in it, and brat just so you know I hold nothing that Roger did to you," Pops told her as she laughed and then cried.

I held her while she cried and Bones just sat watching everything I did.

"Thanks, Pops, I know me joining you is going to be great. However, there is one person I know you'll love to have join also, but it'll be a year or two before he can," she declared, looking up at Pops. "It will also be harder to get him to join."

"And who might this person be?" Pops asked her.

"My little brother Portgas D Ace, and he is my blood brother," she replied. "So, his real name is Gol D Ace."

Pops just laughed and we partied to celebrate Mikael joining, but she didn't drink or anything with everyone else.

"Why you not partying, yoi?" I asked, sitting beside her.

"I don't feel like it, plus Thatch is just going to do this all again tomorrow," she explained, laying her head on my shoulder.

"Why is that?" I question, placing my hand on hers.

"I turn 17 tomorrow," she said, looking over at me. "Wanna play a game?"

"Sure, what kinda game?" I asked.

"All you do is ask any question and I answer it and then ask you one," she told me, setting up.

"Okay, I'll go first then," I replied.

Marco talking Mikael talking

How many brothers do you have?

Four. Law, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy. When did you join Pops?

When I was 14, people were after me, and Pops saved me. What made you leave the island early?

I knew Jiji was coming back to get me and probably marry me off to some Marine brat, and I wasn't going to let that happen. Are you a noble, because you look like you are?

I was born a noble but ran away when I was young. How did you know that?

My brother Sabo was born a noble but ran away. Why call him Pops and instead of Captain?

It makes us all feel wanted, in a world where we are nothing but monsters. Why join now, instead of when you find Ace?

Pops can protect me from Garp. Why did you blush early when we got to the ship?

I thought you heard what I said. Why won't you tell me what you're bracelet means when it glows?

I did, and I thought it was cute. I also know you were looking at me when you said it. About the bracelet thing, Thatch and Bones say I need to wait to tell you because of how you might react. Why does it bother you so much?

Because I know it has something to do with me. Plus, I might have started to like you. Will you tell me soon?

Aw, you're so cute. I might tell you tomorrow if you come with me to get my tattoo. Did you just hide your face because of a blush?

Maybe, have you ever kissed anyone?

No, and I think I'm getting tired and Thatchy said I could sleep in his room.

"Oh, okay good night, Mikael," I said.

"Night Marco," she replied, disappearing below deck.

Dammit, I shouldn't have asked her that, but she did say I could ask any question. I pondered as Thatch walked over.

"Where did Mikey run off to, blushing like crazy?" He asked, sitting down.

"Your room," I replied, getting up and leaving.

No One's POV

The Whitebeard Pirates party all night long even after the person the party was for went to bed. Thatch was also already drunkenly planning tomorrow's party also. However, no one was ready for the crazy marine that was fixing to stop by or for the uproar that he would bring with him. Also, Marco couldn't wait to hear what Mikael had to tell him.

(One Piece [AMV] I am Only Human)