"Hello. Goodbye"

"No, come back here."

"Why? what's there to talk at this stage?"

"Just tell us something, like your age."

"Must I? To people who just don't care?"

"Or else you'll get detention, so don't you dare."

"I really can't be bothered. Let the lesson go on."

"All attention is on you. What'll happen if you're gone."

"I don't know. Go ask yourself."

"It was rhetorical!" The teacher yells.

So that's what went on.

A boy's first day.

An introduction gone wrong.

And attention's not paid.

-noelicoan

"So wait, you're telling me that you have an older brother called Ace, and a sister called Natsuki, who are also pirates?" Nami tried to get the fact through her head. Her captain whom she thought couldn't be any weirder, or hide any secrets, just went against those thoughts.

"Yep!"

"Why didn't you tell us earlier?"

"Forgot." The rest of the straw-hat crew sighed. What did they expect from their captain...

"Where are they?"

"Oh, I left them on land, oops." He scratched his head awkwardly but opened up again with a smile. "Meh! They're strong anyway!"

"They're strong?" Chopper asked.

"Yeah! Ace hadn't eaten the flame flame fruit yet, and Natsuki hasn't eaten a devil fruit at all, but I could never beat them in a fight! They're real strong. Ace and Natsuki!"

"There's a person with meat and blood that you could never beat!?" Nami wondered in awe.

"I guess a monster's older siblings are even greater monsters after all." Usopp said worriedly.

"Yeah! I lost all the time!" He laughed, but then added, "But if I tried now, I bet I'd win!"

"I assume that's a groundless claim..." Zoro mumbled.

"Who's going to win if they tried now!?" Two new voices chimed in at the same time, kicking Luffy down a few pegs.

"Oh, Natsu! Ace! This is the crew I was talking about!" Luffy waved at Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Vivi and Karoo.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Akagami D. Natsuki."

"And I'm Portgas D. Ace. I hear you're looking after of our little brother, thank you."

"No, not at all." They all replied, bowing in return.

"He can be a little tough to handle, but please, take good care of him." Natsuki smiled.

"You probably have lots of catching up to do. Why don't you come in? I'll make you some tea." Sanji offered, and still hadn't gone all female crazy thanks to Natsuki wearing her mask.

"Oh no, it's fine. Don't worry about us." Ace smiled, making Sanji's cigarette light up again, further surprising the straw-hats.

"T-talk about unexpected..."

"That's for sure."

"I would've expected them to be as reckless as Luffy!"

"No, I don't believe it. How can these sensible people be Luffy's siblings?"

"The sea is just full of surprises..."

"Haha! Aren't they funny!?" Luffy smiled at his crew who were making fun of him but didn't take notice of it.

"Luffy, this has been lovely, but look in front." Natsuki pointed out. They all looked, and noticed a whole wall of ships, with the name 'BAROQUE' on its sails.

"Those are the Billions' ships!" Vivi mentioned with anxiety.

"Season of Summer! Don't think you can get away with ruining our plans!"

"What did you do?" Ace asked, knowing that was an alias she used sometimes.

"Oh those bloody bastards. I knew it was too good of them to just let me and my brothers talk peacefully." Natsuki mumbled.

"What?"

"My crew, I asked for some time with my brothers, and they left, saying they'll gather info about the whole rebellion. I bet they attacked someone or something and blamed it on me." Natsuki sighed. "Sorry guys, this one's on me. Ace? You coming?"

"Why not? I need to move my body a bit." Ace jumped off the ship, landing on a small boat which was powered by a weird engine. He set his feet aflame, and the engines roared on fire, setting him free to the ocean.

Natsuki meanwhile leaped to the tip of the Merry, standing on Luffy's favourite spot, and for once, Luffy didn't complain.

She looked at the separate ships, counting ten, and let Ace take half. She smirked, unsheathing Kusanagi, making Zoro gasp.

She jumped high into the air, then landed on the water, running across it as easily as if it were solid ground, then stopped in front of the five ships. She slashed at the ships, and in less than a second, there were cut up pieces of wood and people, blood soaking the ocean red.

Ace used his famous technique, which gained him the name, 'Fire fist'. Setting his hand on fire, he punched a ship, which created a domino effect, his flames setting fire to a giant ship, which then set fire to another, then to another.

The two of them arrived back on Merry, one of them smoking slightly, and the other, drops of blood on her mask. Natsuki took off her mask, and rubbed it slightly, cleaning the blood off the porcelain fox. Though a second later, she saw a blond tornado, whizzing around her like a crazed puppy.

"Ah, forgot about you..." Natsuki sighed, tossing aside Sanji, with hearts in his eyes, ignoring the glares Zoro was sending to her as well. "Also, Luffy would you mind if my crew come on board?"

"Nope! Let's have a party!!!"

Natsuki disappeared, and a moment later reappeared with five people, each one with a massive bump on their head.

"It wasn't my idea!" Haruki exclaimed.

"Of course it wasn't." Natsuki replied with a tight smile.

"I'm telling the truth! It was Fuyuki!" He continued to protest, and the slight twitch to Winter's brow told a story. Immediately Natsuki stood in front of Fuyuki, looked him in the eyes for a good second before deciding.

"Kurama Fuyuki. You are accused by Haruki of your guilt. How do you plead?"

"innocent, obviously."

"By the word of your captain, Natsuki, I decide that you're guilty. Your punishment will be being in charge of night watch for a month together with tickle torture." She yelled, and jumped onto his torso, tickling a particular spot between his ribs.

He didn't last a second.

"S-sto-stop! N-nooo No! Do-don't! Tickl-tickling! Nooo!" Fuyuki yelled, unashamed. The straw hats just looked at the two of them, contemplating on the idea whether to stop her or not.

"Natsu, we're introducing ourselves to them remember?" Aki interrupted, and Fuyuki sighed in relief. Natsuki gave him one final jab at his neck and turned around with a bright smile.

"Well, on the more formal note. My name is Akagami D. Natsuki, and I'm the older sister of Luffy. I am also the captain of these guys. The one with the eyepatch is Kanki, and please don't touch his hands on purpose... We can heal you, but it takes a lot of emotional toll on him, and it makes him think it's his own fault." Kanki nodded, looking down.

Natsuki rubbed his arm, and the small smile came back on.

"The one next to him is Uki, and she may look small and cute, but she can kill you in an instant, so don't test her okay? Then there's Aki, who looks like she can kill you, but is actually just a big bundle of fluff, then there's Haruki, who's super energetic, then there's Fuyuki, who's my right-hand man, and is sometimes a complete jerk." She introduced them one by one, each of them nodding or waving when their names were called.

"You flatter me Natsuki" Fuyuki praised, and Natsuki hit him on the head. Sanji looked at Fuyuki with jealousy, but recognised him from his bounty-photo and turned his attention back on Nami.

"I've never heard of you guys before. Haven't you been a pirate for longer than us?" Nami asked.

"Don't you recognise us? How unusual. I expected someone as smart as you to notice first." Aki commented. Later adding on, "It seems the blondie's got the idea."

"Sanji-kun?"

"Nami-san, they're the ones, you know the sea-"

"You're the Striking Vixen." Zoro cut in.

"Oh, the swordsman finds out first eh?" Natsuki smirked a feline-grin.

"St-strik-striking vixen? You mean the one with five billion berries on her head?" Usopp stuttered, and fell unconscious, spewing bubbles.

"FiVE? Are you serious!? Five billion berries!? I could buy my hometown five times with that money!" Nami yelled, but then turned to the rest of them, "Then that means you're... You're the seasonal pirates!"

"It is kinda obvious you know... Our names are literally the six different seasons." Haruki deadpanned, and was hit by Aki for running his mouth.

"You're Jack Frost!" Chopper exclaimed, and Nami looked at him, slightly surprised that Chopper, who seemed rather ignorant of the outside world, knew him.

Noticing the look Nami was sending him, Chopper blushed. "He was my hero... He's so cool! Able to control the snow like that!" Fuyuki smiled, and made a snow version of Chopper next to the real one, making the speaking reindeer squeal with delight.

"Then you're the Forest Fighter!?" Sanji looked at her sceptically. The Forest Fighter was an amazing pirate, and even his shitty uncle seemed to like her fighting style. He had never known that the forest fighter was a woman though.

"Then this is Ryokuryuu?" Usopp asked after retrieving his consciousness.

"Of course!" Haru turned invisible and flicked Usopp's nose, surprising him indeed.

"How'd you do that!?"

"A devil fruit, duh." Usopp looked rather embarrassed after that.

"So you're the Drying Desert?" Kanki just nodded, feeling out of place in the group of talkative people. "So that's why you didn't want to touch us." Vivi smiled, and Kanki let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding, glad that he was accepted.

"How old are you little girl?" Nami asked Uki, and the Seasons immediately hid behind Natsu and Aki, who were the only people on earth who could calm her down.

"I. Am. Fourteen. But. I. Can. Kill. You. Right. Now. If. I. Wished. So watch it." She grinded through gritted teeth. Nami, properly terrified of the small girl, inched back a bit, lightning hitting her head metaphorically when she recognised Uki as the Raining Miracle.

"Sorry..."

"Ma ma ma. People make mistakes. Besides, you should be proud of your strength at such a young age Uki." Aki consoled, and Uki smiled, hugging her.

"So are we gonna have that party or not!?" Luffy yelled, and they all got out the food and booze, drinking the stuff down.

"Ace. That mission of yours?" Natsuki asked later that night.

"One of my crew, namely Marshall D.Teach... He broke the one rule that kicks you out of the crew. He killed another one of us. He killed a brother, and ran away. My mission is to capture him and get him back."

"Do you need any help?"

"How far can you sense people again?"

"Perhaps a quarter of this world?"

"Wow. You've been training a lot haven't you..."

"Obviously. Do you want me to search him?"

"If possible, yes. His haki is just so black. It's like he just doesn't have a soul or heart that's good in him."

"Got it." Natsuki closed her eyes, and was surprised when she sensed man who was similar to Haruki in a way. She couldn't sense him, but it was obvious that you couldn't sense him. It was like there was a hole in the atmosphere, like someone just cut him out of this world and left a gap. "Ace, I think he may have eaten a devil fruit. Let me check it a bit."

Natsuki searched it up in her dictionary, and was saddened with the results.

"He's eaten the yami yami no mi. You need to be careful Ace. He is absolute darkness. A gaping hole. A vacuum which never allows you to get out. You mustn't lose Ace." Natsuki hugged him dearly, and Ace smiled sincerely.

"Heard from Sabo recently?"

"He won't talk to me... It's like he doesn't know us. But I don't want to intrude into his private territory if there's a reason why he's so silent."

"When are you going to tell Luffy?"

"When Sabo comes to talk to us."

"That may be a long time Natsu."

"I know. I'll go visit him soon."

"Good luck." Ace and Natsuki drank some more, though at the crack of dawn, Natsuki stood up, looked around the ship, and walked across the deck.

"Where are you going?" Zoro asked from the side.

"Just, solving a few problems for miss princess over there. What are you doing up so early?"

"Wanted to ask you a few questions."

"Would you like to come with me?"

"How long will we be?"

"Not long. Besides, if it's guarding, leave it to Fuyuki and Ace. They can sense intruders, so come on, grab my shoulder." Zoro got his katanas and touched Natsuki's shoulder, and in an instant, the two of them were gone.