The heart of the manticor (One Piece ff)

6. The problems of being a woman

Tiana POV:

We talked for a long time about the last two years, laughed a lot and got scolded. Dad also told us a lot about his last two years. But we didn't celebrate, we wanted to come to the island first. That's where we will celebrate.

I'm sitting on the railing with Ben right now and talking to him a little bit. Dad is not a good conversation partner on some topics. That's why I always talk to Ben when it's possible on these topics and Dad is also training with Kyle so it works out fine.

"So what's on your mind darling?" Ben asks me and tears me out of my thoughts. He always calls me darling, after all, he, Dad and the other pirates like Lou and Yasopp raised me. Yep, I grew up on a pirate ship. On one side its funny as hell but sometimes you also wish to have grown up normally, especially if you argue with your own father and then can not avoid him.

"It's about Whitebeard's vice-captain.." I confess to him quietly. Immediately I have his complete attention. "Marco? What happened? It's rare that you are interested in men and then Marco the Phoenix?" he asks immediately. That can be interesting...

"Our encounter was not the best and somehow it annoys me that our Zoan devil fruits are enemies. I would like to get to know him better, but doubt that he wants that. He wanted to kill me, you should have seen his gaze! And the worst thing is.. I can't get this sparrow's brain out of my head! And I don't want to join Whitebeard's crew even though he offered me that. I don't know what to do..." I explain to him, whining and with a pout. Ben listened to me attentively and is now starting to laugh! Was that funny? "That's nasty! Stop laughing!" I complain. "Sorry darling, but this is so cute! ~ You're already 21, but still so young and inexperienced." he tells me. What does that mean? Of course, I haven't slept with any guy yet! So far I have only met old pricks, friends or idiots and with none of them I want to go to bed and have sex! Or what does he mean by experience? I want to know and he should tell me clearly now! So I do what works best with Ben, Dad and Kyle: I cross my arms in front of my chest, push my lower lip forward and look at him with a cute puppy look! That always works with the three men.

I watch Ben and amuse myself inwardly as he slides back and forth more and more uncomfortably. "Okay! That's good, I'm serious again, but stop that damn puppy look! It should be forbidden! Damn I have to talk to Shanks, that we get this look out of you!" says Ben. Perfect! My plan worked!

"You can't do that anyway! ~" I laugh at him. "You're most likely right." the vice-captain sighs. "But back to the topic. As it sounds to me, you fell in love with Marco at first sight. I recommend that you first let the whole thing rest and contact him in a few weeks or months. At the moment, the minds are all still too heated and irritated. Maybe after a certain time he will be different to you and not so aggressive anymore." adds Ben paternal. You can talk to him well, he listens, just like Dad, but with Dad I wouldn't immediately talk about love. He just wants to button up the guys and appears with his emperors haki to intimidate them. And that's annoying as hell.

"Oiiiiiiiii stop laughing!! Do you know how painful a fucking tampon is?!" we hear Kyle roaring. Of course, this attracts our attention and we see Dad rolling on the floor with all the laughter. Nobody believes us when we say that the big and strong Akagami Shanks, a seasoned pirate and yonko, rolls around on the floor laughing like a small child. Typical Dad.

Kyle continues to tell him that it's not funny and decides that we have to visit Ivankov again at some point and Shanks should become a woman. For this sight I would voluntarily surrender to the Navy! Just at the thought of seeing my father as a woman, I have to start laughing. But not only me, but also Ben, Lou, Yasopp and the rest of the men. We all start to laugh. We all watch Kyle and Dad bickering. An image for the gods.

Damn I love this family!

~ a couple of hours later ~

Shanks POV:

The ride was damn fun! Kyle told me more about his experience as a woman and also how Tiana had to show him everything. It sounded really hard, but I couldn't quite stay serious and just had to laugh. Damn! I haven't laughed that much in a long time!

Meanwhile we have docked on an island, finished everything and now mine and Kyle's crews are sitting in a big bar. There are a lot of people here, but mainly men and we are waiting for Tiana. We keep us rather busy and occupied, because we have been sitting here for almost 2 hours now to make people believe that Tiana is here alone. I'm curious how everyone sees my little sweet princess, but somehow I'm also worried.

And then it happens, the door to the bar opens and she comes in. She listened to my fatherly command. Tiana wears tight black jeans, a tight white top, which is airy at the top of the breasts and hides the neckline a bit. She wears her ankle boots with the chains on them. She also wears her whip, disguised as a belt. That's great. Tiana is very attached to the whip, not only because it is her weapon, but also because Mihawk gave her the whip when she was little. He is her godfather. Persuading him was really harder than stopping Ben from smoking!! The next time I see him, I have to tell him that she wears his whip with pride. But now back to my little princess.

Her clothes are okay, it just bothers me a little bit that she doesn't wear a jacket, just this white top... Well, she wears her hair open and has it extra wavy. Accordingly, her waist-length, wavy, red hair somewhat obscures her shoulders and neckline. She reminds me so much of Tanja. Now Tiana looks confusingly similar to her. Tanja is the mother of my sweet little baby girl, but unfortunately she is already dead. I really miss her.

"Stop dreaming and watch out!" Ben admonishes me and tears me out of my thoughts.

Immediately I turn my attention back to Tiana. She lets her gaze slide bored through the bar and then sits down at the counter. All eyes are on her while she orders herself something to drink.

"Damn she's hot!" I hear a pirate say from the next table. "Such a sweet thing here alone, that's a fucking jackpot!" says another. "Well, what do you think? How long does it take for her to get her legs wide open for all of us?" says the next one. There are many more such sayings and even more salacious sayings.

Those damn dirty bags!! They all think that my little princess is free game or what?! My gaze wanders to Ben and the others. In their faces I realize that this does not suit them either and that they would like to hit those wankers in the face. "Just wait, it gets even better." Kyle calmly says to us, drinking a sip of his beer.

I think he's the most relaxed of us all right now. What else is to come? My gaze wanders back to Tiana and at this very moment I see that there is one man to her left and another to her right. The left wanker strokes the back of my little princess and the right dirt bag grabs her buttocks! That's enough! I will tear out the intestines of him! So I get up and I want to intervene and at that very moment I see the right guy flying against the wall. "As long as you don't get permission from me to touch me, you don't get to touch me! Understood?" Tiana says calmly and threateningly at the same time. The guy rubs his belly into which she kicked him and nods hastily. She seems to have everything under her control, so I sit down again and keep watching. For now...