? '------ {. ' 'SHIP STEALING ' '.} '------ '?

'I want to get my crew, ' Law said the moment he managed to get Luffy alone.

Luffy nodded in understanding. 'Then let 's go! '

Law sighed, 'We need a ship, Luffy. ' he said simply, moving Kikoku to his other shoulder.

The blade was as long as he was tall, so he looked a bit silly carrying it around. He wouldn 't hit his growth spurt until he was sixteen if this timeline moved like his original one did, so he would be stuck short for a while. But Law wouldn 't carry any other sword. Kikoku was his, and that was that.

'So? ' Luffy tilted his head to the side, 'That 's not a problem. '

Law raised an eyebrow as Luffy laughed like a mad man and yelled for a 'Brothers Meeting '.

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'I cannot believe you stole a ship! ' Corazon yelled, borderline hysterical as he gazed at the ship the brothers presented to him.

It wasn 't a large ship, but it certainly wasn 't small. It had a kitchen, a decent sized room dedicated to medicine (something Law was practically drooling to get his hands on after being in a forest for five months and some change), and a room big enough for them all to sleep in. Of course, Corazon got his own room if he wanted it, but for now it was Sabo 's navigating room.

Zoro grinned proudly as he looked at the ship, 'We picked the nicest one, what d 'you think? '

'What do I think!? ' Corazon shrieked, 'You stole a ship! '

'We paid for it... ' Luffy pouted.

Well, that wasn 't necessarily a lie. They looked at their treasure hole, grabbed two small sacks of treasure, gave it to the guy who originally owned the ship, and booked it. So, they didn 't steal it. They

traded

.

'With what money? ' Corazon looked at them suspiciously.

'We 've been saving up! ' Sabo yelled back.

'Yeah, we rob people! ' Ace crossed his arms, huffing.

'Ace! ' the brothers hissed.

Corazon bemoaned, planting his face in his hands, 'Boys, ' he whined.

'We steal from pirates...? ' Luffy offered.

'I guess that 's the best I 'll get. ' Corazon sighed,

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'I 'm heading out, ' Law called once he attached the cloak Luffy had cheerfully handed to him ' something he stole from a noble whom he seemed to really hate. Law assumed it was Sabo 's dad because the moment Sabo looked at it, he shuddered and redesigned it to make it look like a normal cloak (by ripping off the gold feathers and a majority of the design), handed it to Law with a nod, before telling Luffy that they should hit that place up whenever they had the chance.

It didn 't take a genius to see Sabo hated his parents.

'Law, ' Corazon tripped over his feet as he tried to follow after his son, 'At least take one of us with you! '

'I 'll be fast. ' Law said, smiling slightly, 'Bye, Dad. '

'D ' D ' Dad!? ' Corazon pointed at himself, eyes bugged out and jaw dropped.

Law blew air out of his nose, cheeks flushed, 'Yeah, Dad, so what? ' he muttered.

Corazon 's smile was like looking at the sun, 'Be safe, Law! I love ya! '

Law scurried off the ship as quickly as he could. He may not be that emotionally constipated fourteen-year-old he had originally been, but he was still emotionally constipated even in his (mentally) thirties. He can admit his love for Luffy through actions, and he can show his love for his brothers easily, but they weren 't the type of people to say it. Corazon did, though, and Law was embarrassed by how happy it made him.

It had taken them a bit to get to the North Blue, but with the help of Luffy 's Conqueror Haki and his bet Sea King, Unagi (such an original name, Law knows), the trip through the calm belt was swift and easy. Zoro had still been a little wary around Unagi despite the fish literally being around the brothers whenever Luffy went near the beach ' the thing was seriously obsessed with Luffy, and Law didn 't know if he should be concerned or not.

The snow crunched under his feet, and it was a familiar sound to his ears. He had lived on this island since Cora-san died and left when he was in his late teens. This island was the closest place to home he could 've gotten before the Polar Tang and the Heart Pirates, and later on Luffy and his crew. Law paused when he felt familiar presences and smiled into his coat collar.

Bepo, Penguin, Shachi, oh how he missed his old friends.

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'Woah! A bear! ' Sabo awed the moment Law and his crew stepped abord.

'Sorry, ' Bepo said nervously, shifting closer to Law.

'He talks! ' Ace sputtered.

'I 'm sorry, ' Bepo repeated, and Law grinned.

'Heya Bepo! ' Luffy chirped, walking over to the Mink with a wave, 'Torao! Are we ready to go? '

Law looked over to the newest members of their weird patchwork family ' because these people were new, in a way ' and nodded. 'Yes, I think we are. '

'Everyone, this is Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin. They 're part of my crew. ' He informed before turning to the Heart Pirate 's first crewmembers, 'Guys, this is my family. That there is Ace, Sabo, Luffy, he 's Zoro, and that 's Cora-san. ' He paused before pointing to the Sea King rising out of the water, 'That 's Luffy 's pet, Unagi. '

Penguin and Shachi stared wide-eyed while Bepo yelped in surprise.

'Shishishishi! Let 's set sail! '

? '------ {. ' 'CHEF ' '.} '------ '?

Sanji was so hungry. It 's been days since he 's eaten anything, and the old man has gone much longer than that. Sanji didn 't even know how he 's lasted this long, given that he gave Sanji all the food for some stupid reason Sanji didn 't get.

It wasn 't like he deserved it. He didn 't want to live if the old man would die.

That was why he ended up in this situation; he was too soft-hearted to be a Vinsmoke, and he 's accepted that. But that didn 't make him feel better. At all.

Sanji didn 't want to die. There were so many things that he still wanted to do. He wanted to live a life that was his, his to make decisions for, his to make mistakes in, his to live. He wanted to find the All Blue, wanted to become the best chef ever, wanted to find people who actually cared about him and let him be himself.

Sanji wasn 't going to have that, though, because he was going to die.

'Oi! Law! There 's people over there! '

Sanji lifted his head, and a ship filled his vision.

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Law bit his lip as he watched his newest patients. He easily recognized Black Leg even if he was all skin and bones and a kid, but what worried him was how dehydrated and, frankly, starved he and the old man were.

The ship didn 't have many medical supplies, but Law was able to get them as stabilized as he could, and now they just had to wait.

'Luffy-ya, did this happen originally? ' Law asked.

Because if it didn 't, they were changing the future at a frightening rate and who knows how long they could keep their knowledge of the future and rely on it affectively.

'Yeah, ' Luffy nodded.

Law relaxed. He liked knowing things, especially now that he could plan the downfall of Doflamingo again and have another satisfying win. And if they weren 't changing the future too drastically, he was content.

'Are they going to be okay? ' Luffy asked, looking at Sanji with a look Law was all too familiar with. Despair, hope, fear, care '

The Pirate King of this time would never have a reason to look that way, not if Law has a say in it.

'He 's going to be fine. It will take a while for him to recover fully, but he will. ' Law said. He reached for his sword, and kept it against his shoulder, 'I 'm going to go out, Luffy. '

Luffy nodded, eyes trained on his Nakama, and Law slipped out of the room quietly. Everything would be fine.

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'Oi, Sanji, ' Sanji looked over to one of his saviors, a boy younger than him, and swallowed nervously at the intense look in Luffy 's eyes.

'Y ' Yes? ' Sanji managed out.

'I 'm creating a crew of dreamers, what 's your dream? '

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'Y ' You brought more. '

'Heh, those three are with Law, those two are with all of us. '

'Ace, not you too ' '

'We 'll watch Sanji! '

'No, I 'm putting my ' YOU DAMN BRATS, YOU CAN 'T EXPECT ME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS OLD MAN! '