Secrets She Never Knew (OnePiece Fanfiction)

05 | Little Partners

A/N: Just wanted to say thank you to @KayPea10201, AlieAlejandra , @xKiocox and @MarieRoberts3 for the votes/comments/adding my book to your reading list(s). Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it and I will be sure to keep this up! ☆〜（ゝ。∂）

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Previously...

The three older ones sighed. They had had to repeat the story several times now, "Listen, Luffy, anything you don't understand, it's called a mystery thing, alright?"

"Oh," Luffy smacked his fist into the palm of his hand, "So it's a mystery thing!"

Sabo sweat dropped, That's gonna cause more trouble in the future, Ace...

Sayeko laughed, I love these three! I swear, upon my life, I will protect them with all my might. Even should the world reject me or despise me, as long as I could be of help to them, I will be more than happy.

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Third Person POV

"Meow?" The purr of a kitten could be heard from behind the door.

"Hmm? Did you bring animals here or something?" Sayeko asked the three boys.

"Uhh..." The boys trailed off, unsure of how she would react.

The cute face of a little kitten popped out from behind the door. A little puppy's face popped out after it, along with a baby blue bird perched on top of its head. A little squirrel came out last.

She stared at the little critters and they stared back, little eyes full of curiosity. The kitten had pale ginger brown and fur with gray streaks, lovely sky blue eyes that screamed the phrase, 'curioser and curioser'. The puppy had dark gray fur, the color of smoke rising from the ashes, streaks of orange-red 'lava' curled around his tail and ears, golden eyes gleaming. The baby blue bird had feathers the color of the sky and a beak golden like the sun. The squirrel had brown fur, like all squirrels, but streaks of mint green lined his back along with a darker chocolate brown, green eyes shining like grass under a golden sun.

"They're... so... cute!" Sayeko squealed inside, "Are they your friends?"

"Well, sort of," Sabo replied as the squirrel came up to him and settled on his shoulders. He took an acorn from his pocket and gave it to him, or her, "Luffy got chased by a wild boar, and it was chasing these guys too... "

~Flashback~

"Oi, Luffy!" Sabo called, "What do you wa--eh?" Both boys were surprised to find Luffy gone in the one second they had take their eyes off the mischievous little seven-year-old who has an unbelievable knack for getting into trouble.

"Where's Luffy?" Ace asked as he stared at the spot the little kid used to be.

"UWAAAA! HELP ME!!!" A scream rang broke the still air in the forest as the two boys turned towards the source of the sound. Loud gallops could be heard as trees fell after Luffy, kicking up dirt all around.

"The hell, Luffy?!" Ace shouted as soon as he saw the wild boar tailing after their younger friend, "Don't scream or you'll make it angrier!!!"