Thatch looked around. It was quite nice even if the bat-shit crazy grandpa from Luffy and Ace was here who hadn't hit anyone, yet. Akagami seemed to be more around his child instead of drinking.
The child was cute. It definitely came after the mother except for the hair. But the sweetest thing was when Seán gave the present from his mother and father to Luffy and Marco. With a bright smile like Makino, he told them with a very light lisp: "Congratulations uncle Luffy and Marco." And how Seán had looked up to them like they were his role models.
He could go on about how cute this child was. He was going to get sugar-high by just looking and talking about it.
Thatch shook his head. He should stop now and checked in the kitchen area if everything was alright. But the red-haired stopped.
Zoro had stood up. This meant there would be a short interesting speech. The swordsman was a man of few words if needed. So this should be interesting, especially when Nami gave Zoro a paper.
"We know that the honour of the speeches especially the first one is normally with the parents or family if they are attending the wedding. But most of us know how this will end if let Ace or Sabo talk about Luffy."
"What does that mean?"
"Your brother-complex and now be quiet."
Zoro looked at the two brothers of his captain as Nami had shouted at them. Koala even pinched Sabo's cheek a bit, which made the second division commander. This resulted in Nami hitting Ace and glaring at him.
When they were quiet, he went on: "With us, it could be the same. As we follow this captain for more than six years now with a two-year break to train, during which Luffy decided to get himself a boyfriend and keep a secret. But that is beside the point we want to talk about. We decided to tell you a bit of the life with our captain, but not everything as the most of the adventures we went through made into the papers. We decided to just pick out a moment which is special for every one of us.
For me, it is the day I met this crazy man who decided that he become the pirate king. Back then, I had the title pirate hunter, because I did it to pay my debts, and thought of him as an eyesore and wanted him to get lost. But this idiot wasn't going to leave and even broke into the marine base to get my swords to blackmail me into joining him. Provoking this axe-hand idiot by destroying the statue. Seriously, I pity Ace and Sabo a bit and wonder why they don't have grey hair, yet. But I don't regret joining him one bit and I still stay to my words back in the East Blue, Luffy."
This made most of the guest wonder but Thatch noticed how Usopp and Sanji seemed to know what Zoro meant. Luffy grinned at his swordsman and nodded. "Didn't expect anything else."
The sniper took the paper from Zoro. "I could lie and tell you the world about the moment. But that wouldn't be right. I was a scary cat most of the time and would like to run away. Especially at the beginning of the journey. That changed in Alabasta when the mole-lady and the batter-guy laughed about my captain's dream. His goal. At that point, I decided for me, that I will stop running away if people started to laugh or insult the dream of my friends. Because that was the reason Luffy took on the most fights. To protect something we hold dear", Usopp started to sob.
Sanji patted the sniper's shoulders and went on: "There are lots of moments I could tell you about. Like the time he recruited me. But there is another moment for me which solidified that I did the right decision back then on joining him and that I have some of the best Nakama I could get. I went alone to Whole Cake Island to settle things with my family, only to be forced into a marriage which would end in a bloodbath. This reckless captain of mine followed and I don't think I have ever seen him that weak like he was on Whole Cake Island. He didn't care about the consequences of saving my family just that I am coming back. Seriously, you shitty captain that was one of the craziest stunts you have pulled jumping out of the cake."
