One Piece: Law and Disorder-Blood is Thick

Epilogue

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Luffy was watching the B block getting ready to fight in the Colosseum below when he realized someone was standing next to him. He stumbled back a bit, astonished that his Observational Haki didn’t detect the boy. The boy perked up an eyebrow at his reaction and Luffy examined him. Royal blue hair, blood scarlet eyes, and pale, sickly skin.

“What’s a kid like you doing here?” Luffy asked, after settling his shock.

“What, indeed,” the kid said, giggling a little under his breath. “He was right. You don’t remember do you?”

“Hm?” Luffy cocked his head at the little boy.

The boy gestured for Luffy to lean down so he can whisper in his ear. “Let’s play, Luffy nii-san.”

Luffy’s eyes enlarged, he suddenly saw the warm sun hitting the deck on the Sunny Go. Somebody sitting on the railing outside of the kitchen, the sea breeze rustling past the teen’s blue hair and snapping his clothes.

“Lucy!”

Luffy blinked and he broke out of his thoughts. He turned his head to see Cavendish who had been trying to gain his attention for the past few seconds.

“Is something the matter?” Cavendish said, irked. “Or are you just this rude normally? Pay attention when someone calls you.”

“Right…” Luffy indiscreetly glanced around, searching for the blue haired boy. “Hey, do they allow kids in here?”

“What? Of course not.”

Luffy ran a hand through his beard. Was I dreaming, or something?

. . . .

Luffy was defeating fodder left and right when he got down into the stadium with his block. As he dodged and attacked he saw something out of the corner of his eye and they popped out of his sockets. The blue haired boy was skipping and dancing around the stage, narrowly evading swords and clubs.

“What are you doing here, Blue Raspberry Head!?” Luffy leaped forward to push the kid out of the way of a lance.

“I told you we were going to play,” the blue haired boy said as Luffy kicked a man out of the way from falling on top of the kid. “You sure have short term memory, nii-san!”

“We can’t play here, idiot!”

“Why not?”

Luffy did a complicated flip to kick the person who was behind him and the guy who was stampeding toward the blue haired boy. They both got the teeth knocked out of them and fell unconscious. The blue haired boy clapped and cheered. “That was awesome!”

Luffy gasped when he saw a bull charging toward the kid and he raced to grab the kid and then threw him into the air, keeping him out of the way for the time being. Luffy deflected a couple of swords that were coming down on him and punched each competitor in the face, knocking them out.

Luffy caught the kid again, sighing in relief. “That was close…”

The kid was laughing his head off. “That was fun!”

“Hey! That was not the least bit fun! Are you stupid, Blue Raspberry Head?”

“It was to me,” the kid smiled brightly and Luffy’s jaw dropped as the kid began to disappear. “And by the way, I prefer Fruit Punch.”

Luffy’s arms were empty. “Eh? Huh? Wha?”

He searched around for the kid, and producing no results he crossed his arms. “That was weird. Maybe I really am hallucinating. Too bad Chopper isn’t here so I can ask him to diagnose me.”