The Elemental Fox [Marco x Luffy]

Letters (1st week home)

Thatch suspecting the mother hen's odd behaviour and would finally find out more, but the circumstances suck.

Hi, HollowSea here I just wanted to say that I've written as far as the war ends and it would be great to know what you want to happen next after that.

Enjoy~

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Thatch, the 16th division commander and head chef was glad that Marco was home safe and alive, all that's missing was just Ace and everything would be perfect. However, his brother was hiding something from him and Izo was in on it if those random knowing smirks and questioning looks were any indication.

Two days after Marco returned and settled back in as the 1st division commander, he was already getting a headache. He loves his family, he really does but not the paperworks. While he was away, not much was done and a whole stack of it was now in his room and he was tempted to just burn them all. But like the good son he is, he did them anyway for hours until around lunch when he went out early to take a break. He was not in a very great mood, that was until he heard a familiar screech and a more familiar bald eagle landed on his outstretched arm. On one of his legs was a tube that contained a piece of paper, rolled to fit. It was Kazuki delivering a letter from Luffy. So he brought the eagle back into his cabin to send a reply, ignoring questioning looks shot at him from the others.

Dear, Marco

Hi, pineapple chicken shishishi, I missed you already. I hope you found them and are with your family now. Nothing much happened on my island of course, I sent you this letter so you could keep in touch with me. You don't have to reply now, Kazuki would sometimes fly by randomly so you can wait till then, also if you could, feed him some food and water whenever he visits please~, Thanks~

Love,

M. D. L.

He replied,

Luffy,

I can't stop you from ever calling me that, can I? I miss you too, you cheeky fox. Anyway, I am with my family and I wanted to thank you. I promise I will make sure to feed Kazuki. I think my brothers are wondering about him already, he is a rare eagle after all. You do realise I can't hide you from them any longer right?

I told oyaji, my captain, about you but left out a lot for now. He wants to kidnap you by the way, I told him no but I don't know how long that will last.

Until next time,

Marco.

Marco came out after a while asking for some water and leftover food from Thatch before sending the eagle away. Thatch kept questioning him about it and all he could say was that he met the eagle back when he landed on the island. He hated not being able to tell his family but a promise is a promise.

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Everyone on deck freaked out when a huge large bald eagle just dived towards Marco, of course Whitebeard just watched with an amused look and his son looked happier already (as happy as his face could show) while he casually went back into his cabin with the eagle.

That was the first thing Thatch noticed was odd, he questioned him but his answer was vague making him pout and he noticed Izo watched with narrowed eyes behind his fan like it was a puzzle he wanted to solve. It happened several times, when Marco was not around it would sometimes fly away after a while or just land on the yardarm or railing waiting. He doesn't let anyone come close and would peck anyone else but Marco, plus the hen always looked happier even if slightly when the eagle visits. Oyaji had ordered everyone to leave the eagle alone and even feed it sometimes, since it didn't bother them. Besides that, Thatch sometimes noticed his brother pausing in whatever he does to just stare out into the ocean with a distant look, sometimes a smile. Why?! AAAHHHH he was CURIOUS and he decided to bother Izo about it, he would not give up after all.