The Elemental Fox [Marco x Luffy]

Fire Element

A little glimpse into Luffy's past and power.

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Another 2 days passed,

The food stock was running thin by now and Luffy really needed to go to town to buy some more food. Marco, on the other hand had been healing pretty well but was still unable to fly right, his sides still sore and the stab wounds weren't healed yet.

'Ugh I'm so used to healing instantly yoi, this is too slow,' he thought, frowning while preening himself. Marco swore he would never take his power for granted ever. He's been thinking about his family, wondering if Thatch was even alive. He had been trying to avoiding thinking about that... and Ace, he was sure that hot head would've rushed in rage to chase Teach which was under his division, he sighed. Was oyaji okay? Would he be drinking himself to sleep without him there nagging him, did they think he's dead? Are they searching for him? He sighed again.

"What are you thinking so hard about Marco?" Luffy said as they were sitting by the ocean again and he was reading a book. Marco laid his head on his lap and sighed again making him giggle slightly. He decided to lift Marco up and place him on his lap and started grooming him with one hand while the other held a book.

Marco protested by pecking his hand but it was skillfully ignored making him huff but he let it go at the end. It's useless, he realised this guy was stubborn when he wanted to be.

"Neh... do you have a family?" He asked again this time making eye contact.

Marco was surprised by the sudden question, 'he's so on point again yoi, can he read minds?' he wondered sceptically and cocked his head to the side slightly.

"Is that a yes or a no?" Luffy asked with a raised eyebrow. Marco sighed again and nodded slowly. 'This guy sighs too much,' Luffy thought , slightly amused.

"Owh... you must miss them then... don't worry, you'll find them again. I'm sure," he said with a kind smile. "I don't know if I have any family...," the bird tilted his head to the side at that and Luffy continued "I had partial memory loss and I kind of forgot most of my childhood, I had a grandpa but..." his face turned pained saying that.

'How'd you get amnesia yoi?' He wanted to ask so bad, he pointed to his head and cocked his head to the side.

That made Luffy chuckle, it was adorable. So he asked, "are you asking me how I got amnesia?"

Marco was surprised, 'he understood that, yoi?! But, YES!' so he nodded more vigorously than he usually would. Being a bird for so long, unable to communicate, was more frustrating than he thought it would be.

"Ahh, well since you knew I was a slave anyway...I was one of the battle slaves that they threw into rings for 'games'," he said, doing air quotes and spitting the word out venomously. He continued, "I was winning a lot of it, I was strong as a kid but they overestimated it one day...threw me into a fight with a giant."

Marco was not happy about that, though...'so he could fight yoi, I wonder how good he is,' he thought, making a conclusion.

Luffy resumed, "well anyway, no matter how good I was, I was just still an 11 year old child-"

'11 Years Old! WTF Yoi!' He squawked, surprising Luffy. But the raven just smiled at his outburst, petting his head gently and continued.

"-yeah, i was 10 when I was taken, it had been almost a year at this point though, anyways the fight went on but I got bashed on the head too hard, almost died. Surprisingly, they didn't let me die and healed me, but I lost most of my memories. I remembered what happened and why I was taken and enslaved. Apparently, I was too 'precious' to be left to death." he chuckled humorlessly, "I think the saddest part is that losing my memory made it easier for them to control me. For a while at least."