Protectors [One Piece Fanfiction]

Her Power and His Father

The young Vice-Admiral proceeded to heal all of the wounds Luffy got from his fight in Enies Lobby, making him as good as new. While she healed him, Sanji was being his usual self, fawning over Irin as she was a very attractive lady. But if one were to see the girl not smiling, they'd find her very intimidating. It was a good thing she was always smiling. On the other hand, Garp was busy fixing the wall he broke because his subordinates found it unfair that they had to fix his mess, so they got the Vice Admiral to help them with their work.

"Irin-swann! I'm hurt too, please heal me!" Sanji pleaded with his usual heart eyes, the young Vice Admiral smiled and said, "Sure! I was planning to fix all of you guys anyway!".

While healing the others, Irin listened to Luffy talk about his adventures so far and what happened after she left. "Oh yeah! I met Ace in Alabasta! I'm sure he'd be super happy to know that you're alive!" the boy in the Straw Hat stated, excitedly. Irin looked at Luffy with her eyes slightly widened from surprise and then chuckled, "Yeah, I heard from Ace that the two of you met up in Alabasta," the Straw Hat boy was shocked, "Whaaat?! Ace knows that you're alive?!" he questioned loudly. The young Vice Admiral smiled softly, "Mhmm, he knew from the start... Sorry for not telling you, Luffy... But yeah, I just met Ace not long ago, he said he was happy to see you and not to worry too much about you," she spoke, once again apologising to her friend for her uninformed departure. "It's okay! I don't get angry over little things like that!" Luffy smiled. Irin on the other hand sweatdropped, remembering a distant memory where Luffy said something similar. 'But I literally left without telling you, became a marine and you thought I was dead... How is this a small matter...' Irin thought to herself. Luffy never ceased to amaze her.

"By the way Luffy, I heard you met your dad," Garp spoke, fixing the wall as he turned around to look at his grandson. Irin had just finished healing everyone that was present in the room. "Huh? Dad? What do you mean by Dad? I have a Dad?" Luffy questioned with a straight face while the younger Vice Admiral just stood next to him silently, drifting away in her thoughts as her face contorted into one with much sadness. Garp picked his nose and continued, "What's that? He didn't introduce himself to you then? I heard he saw you off at Lougetown!"

Everyone stared at the 'Hero of the Marines' while wondering how Luffy's dad was like, well, except Irin. She had already known who Luffy's dad was quite a while ago. "The name of your father is... Monkey D. Dragon. He's a revolutionary," Garp announced while picking his nose and hammering the broken wall, "Dragon?" Luffy questioned. Everyone who was present at that moment were all in utter and complete shock, except for the two Vice Admirals and Luffy. Irin grinned at their reactions, she always wondered how people would react if people found out that the world's worst criminal had a son and she always found Luffy's family rather interesting, it seemed almost too surreal for her, she liked how cool his family was. Luffy was confused as to why everyone was acting this way so he asked, "Hey guys, why is everyone so..."

"Idiot! You don't know Dragon's name?!" scolded Sanji, his cigarette almost flying out of his mouth.

"Your father is a completely outrageous man!" Nami exclaimed.

"Huh?" Luffy looked at his friends who were all in shock.

"Hey Robin..." the Straw Hats captain turned to look at Nico Robin.

"How should I explain this... Pirates usually wouldn't try to disrupt the government or the marines by themselves... But there is currently a power that is trying to directly oppose the World Government. That would be the Revolutionary Army. And the man at the centre would be Dragon," Robin informed, as Luffy just stared at her, trying to take in all the information. She continued to speak and said, "Right now throughout the world this kind of thought is being spread. Encouraging countries to overthrow their monarchies. Countless countries have already fallen. As expected, the government was upset. And has labelled the puppet master Dragon as the most dangerous criminal in the world. They have been constantly pursuing him but... They couldn't even find a trace as to where he came from. He was a mysterious man...And yet..." sweat formed around her forehead as she spoke.

"And yet?" Luffy repeated.

There was an eerie silence surrounding them and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of Garp's hammer knocking on the wood. "Ah! I probably shouldn't have said all that," the older Vice Admiral suddenly said, "But Garp-jiisan it was kinda funny how everyone reacted!" Irin commented, laughing to herself. Garp laughed and continued, "That's too bad, Irin! Well then, forget what I just said!" Everyone's jaw dropped at the Vice Admiral's antics and it was once again quiet due to the shock. They were shocked at the fact that the infamous Dragon had a son and they were shocked at how childish Monkey D. Garp was. Irin only laughed at the scene. She had always found it funny how similar Luffy was to Garp.

"Then... Jii-chan, do you know who Irin's parent's are?" Luffy suddenly questioned, out of nowhere. Irin was shocked by his question, her brows then furrowed at the thought of it. It wasn't the type of expression that was angry but instead it was more of an expression of sadness. It made sense why Luffy asked about her parents as she had never once mentioned her parents when they were younger and she appeared in his life when his grandfather brought her home. Despite being the best of friends he did not know a single thing about her past.

"It's not something I like talking about, Luffy... But..."