#i think even lucci might realize it

[beaulesbian]

egghead spoilers (ch. 1069 - 1093)

i know there's still no direct reaction from zoro about luffy's gear 5/nika transformation, but i can't stop thinking about this little crumb of interaction between them on egghead:

luffy cheerfully asking if zoro needs any help with fighting rob lucci, and he's clearly still in his gear 5

and zoro telling him to focus on his own fight with kizaru, so at least with a corner of his eye he must have seen him.

the reactions we have seen so far of other people seeing luffy gear 5 were especially of surprise, shock, awe and wonder. with yamato in wano telling the strawhats (minus zoro, again, because he was unconscious beside luffy, healing), how incredible sight it was, to see luffy during the battle (ch. 1051):

on egghead - jimbei and chopper were with luffy when he first started fighting rob lucci (ch. 1069)

and then most of the strawhats - nami, usopp, sanji, robin and franky - who were watching luffy fight in gear 5 while vegapunk was explaining what/who nika is to many people (ch. 1069) - and even sanji was pointing out "he's just luffy, you know, a moron (affectionate)?", but their reactions were still very surprised (obviously).

then there's chapter 1091, with rob lucci trying to attack vegapunk, and zoro pushing him away from the lab,

and luffy goes to gear 5 and giant form when kizaru attacks, ch. 1093.

the only small moment where zoro might have seen luffy (especially bc he went to giant form), was here and... nothing.

just.. "fight your own battle, i will handle this one" - and tbh i love this "no reaction" (so far).

(there is a certain similarity here to the arlong park arc - where nojiko wants to tell them about nami's history, and both luffy and zoro don't care for it to hear it - the words or past weren't important to them, not as much as nami's decisions and actions, ch. 77.)

so it's kinda similar here on egghead with zoro not stopping to look and to realize how luffy changed - it's not important for him what he looks like, what he symbolizes for other people.

it's important to him what he does. zoro is always about the actions. and it's still luffy to him, the man who will be the pirate king, and the only man he decided to follow and call him his captain. someone he can trust and respect, and at the same time someone zoro can call out to keep his focus in front of him on the opponent and on the future (like in enies lobby, punk hazard, and even here on egghead ..).

zoro can focus on fighting rob lucci (and possibly keep him occupied until it's time to go), and knows he can count on the others and luffy to fight the other battles. (just like later on luffy can count on his crew, and focus on fighting saturn & kizaru.)

(i'm sure there will be a reaction in later chapters, especially when he's right there and we see other strawhats beside luffy. but it's interesting that zoro (and brook)'s reaction to gear 5 is still missing on the page. im wondering if brook heard some legends and stories too, and what they mean to him.)

[honeyshiddendesire]

Dirty Alphabet - Rob Lucci

Rob Lucci x female reader 

@scaryinkdemon 👀🫣 more Lucci here ya go !

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A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

Surprisingly attentive but silent. Will carry you to a bath with not much words unless it was a really rough session then he’ll give you lots of head rubs and forehead kisses praising you on your ability to keep up

B = Breath Play (do they like it done to them or doing the deed)

Choke him and he’ll probably kill you but he loves to choke you though

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Must be the animal in him but he loves to breed you full, like super full of his cum. Will very rarely waste it on a facial but doesn’t mind shoving it down your throat if you’ve been misbehaving 

D = Dirtiest Kink (what they think is their dirtiest kink)

Whips! He seems like a sadistic man so I can see him whipping you but only a couple times since he is a pretty strong guy. So let him catch you being an absolute asshole and you’ll get the whip.

E = Exhibitionist?  (Do they like being watched)

Yes he loves punishing you by tying you up and forcing you to watch as he strokes his cock nice and slow but never letting you have a touch. Wanting you to beg to see him cum but even after you beg like I said before he’s sadistic so he still might not let you cum.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Cowgirl so he can make you beg for help, unless your thighs are champions and you can handle the task on your own then he’d prefer a mating press to keep you pinned.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Not even an ounce of goofiness. Even if he’s engaged in some pet play he still won't be goofy he’d be more of a stern tease but mostly he is very strict

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Pretty nicely groomed to be honest. 

I = Initiation (how do they get you going? Vice versa )

He wants when he wants. If he’s stressed then you’re the cure. If you wear any cat ears then he’s game, leopard print? Most definitely will get him going. He’s an animal at heart and will not deny his primal urges to breed if you even tease him with ears for a split second

J = Jealous (how do they get when jealous )

Absolutely but will not do anything about it until you both are home and he can punish you properly. If someone is flirting then he’d probably go up to the person and whisper how he plans on killing them to scare them off, leaving you wondering what scary shit he said since you couldn’t hear.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Pet play hands down. Specifically Cat Play. Wear the ears and the tail and wiggle your butt a bit and that man is on go. 

Bondage because he loves being in control. Fighting pirates and working for the government can sometimes be a tug of war type of situation so in the bedroom he never wants to lose the reins of total control. Even try for a second to take control and be faced with serious consequences. 

Hair pulling but receiving. He realized it once he was down in between those supple thighs of yours eating away at your dripping cunt. He would never tell you though so he just basks in the feeling whenever he’s going down on you.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

Anywhere in the house or in his office at work. Maybe he’s willing to fuck you against a tree to truly feel like the animal he is but he knows how loud you can get and doesn’t like sharing you with anyone even if it is just staring 

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

Stress at work, you being naked, if you wear animal prints, cat ears or attire with cats on them, also if you’re being sassy then he is down

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Don’t dom him and think you’ll get away with it

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Both. When he eats you out he will keep your legs pinned or tied but will leave your hands free to tug on his long hair making him groan. When receiving best believe he is fucking the hell out of your wet throat until you’re choking and gagging on his cock. 

P = Position (favorite position)

Like before this man likes control so cowgirl position you might think you’re in control but his resolve is impeccable. He will make you think he is bored until you are begging for his help and if he does start to lose it then he will slam you down on your back to fuck your brains out.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

Nope. This man will make you wait all damn day until he’s ready but if you really want a quickie you better hope you have some cat ears on you or else don’t expect to win.

R = Rope (shibari, bondage? Do they like it?)

Yes!!!!!!

S = Sharing? (Are they willing to share you?)

No way in hell, not even with Kaku

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Anything you could think of he’ll probably use it on you as a means of pleasurable torture lol

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

So rude and cruel. He will tease you until you’re literally crying and even then he’s so sadistic he still won’t budge until he’s ready

V = Voyeur (do they like to watch)

Loves watching you whine and play with yourself. Finds it humorous to hear you beg for his help that you never get

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Will definitely fuck you in his leopard form from time to time. Is that considered monsterfucking? Idk but either way he will do it and you better be prepared for the beast that you now have on your hands.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Not crazy big/long but is covered from base to tip in thick bulging veins that massage all along your walls making your toes curl. 

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Kind of medium but I see him being stubborn as hell and will even push his own urges down just to fuck with you and make you beg nonstop till you’re in tears.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Man’s brain is always thinking of something so expect him to be awake awhile after you’re asleep. When you do finally close your eyes that’s when his soft side comes out to lightly caress your skin, whispering how you’re actually an important part in his life. Words that would never reach your ears if you were awake but there has been a couple of times that you’ve heard but knew if you said anything it would probably result in your death. (jk? Maybe not lol)

[nicorobinmywife]

forgive me? | Kaku x GN Reader.

Summary: your boyfriend Kaku broke your heart and he regrets it.

Warnings: mild violence (slap in the face).

you closed the newspaper in your hands and let out a sigh, the whole world was talking about the Enies Lobby incident, about how a pirate crew set fire to the entire judiciary island to rescue their crewmate.

you were still in denial, not wanting to believe your boyfriend was a government agent this whole time, and even worse, he was one of those involved in the attempts on Mayor Iceburg's life, Kaku lied to you.

that sweet, gentle and kind galley-la company shipwright you fell in love with was actually a cold, unfeeling servant of the world government, you even wonder if he was lying about loving you too, maybe he just used you as a tool in his stupid mission with CP9.

the fact that Kaku left without even giving you a "Goodbye" makes you sure that he never really loved you.

a few months passed and Kaku never showed up again, the last thing you heard about him was that Spandam blamed CP9 for the Enies Lobby incident and now not only Kaku but the rest of CP9 are now considered wanted criminals by the government, and honestly as much as you are mad and disappointed in Kaku, you didn't want him to die.

sometimes you look at your apartment and realize how empty it is without him, how much you miss hearing his voice, his laugh, his gentle touch, his sweet words...but at the end of the day, it was all just a big lie.

on a certain quiet night, you were sleeping, the sound of the window opening woke you up.

"I'm surprised you had the nerve to show up here." your tone of voice was as cold as your expression when you saw Kaku entering through the window.

you were fighting the urge to throw yourself into his arms, shower him with kisses and tell him how much you missed him.

"love...I've missed you so much...I wish I could be completely honest with you, I didn't want it to be like this... but I couldn't lose my job, I had to complete the mission..." Kaku had a look of regret in his eyes.

Kaku always wanted to tell you the truth but he was afraid of how you would react, not to mention that Lucci might get mad, or even worse, hurt you for knowing too much.

"do you realize how dangerous it is for you to be here in Water Seven again? Iceburg banished you from this town..." you wanted to slap yourself for worrying about Kaku even though he broke your heart.

"I couldn't go another day without seeing you, I had to come back here and talk to you, you deserve an explanation..." Kaku approaches you and tries to touch your face, but is caught off guard when you slap him.

"don'put your hands on me again..." Kaku felt his heart break at your words and seeing you take a step back, moving away from him.

Kaku takes a deep breath, his eyes closed, hoping to get the courage to say a word that has been on his mind for so many years.

"Y/N... I love you... I've always loved you, I've always regret lying to you, I've never stopped loving you, i know i lied about many things but it was to protect you, my love for you is the most sincere thing about me, I know that nothing I can say would make up for it, and I've regretted it every single day since I left... but I had to choose between my life's goal and love, and I chose wrong. I just hope you can forgive me..."

your eyes filled with tears and your fists clenched, but you didn't want to cry in front of Kaku, you didn't want him to see you like this.

"I'm sorry Kaku, but don't think I'm going to forgive you easily, I don't care if you work capturing pirates or whatever, what really hurts me is not knowing if you're being honest with me or not, it's like a whole different person is here in front of me."

Kaku lowered his gaze, taking a deep breath and understanding how you feel about this situation, all he wanted was another chance to prove that his love for you is real and not a big lie.

"if you want my trust back, you're going to have to work hard for it, REALLY hard, you understand? don't waste this second chance."

Kaku widens his eyes hearing your words, even after all he's done, you're willing to try again, he wonders what he did to deserve someone as good as you.

"I promise I won't waste this second chance, I will prove that I love you everyday and show that I deserve your trust, I'm sorry for breaking your heart, i love you." Kaku says with a smile on his face and taking something out of his pocket and putting it in his hands.

you smiled slightly seeing the little stuffed giraffe he placed in your hands, your favorite animal, Kaku left again but he promised to come back, he really is willing to work hard to get your heart and trust back.

you lie in bed cuddling the stuffed giraffe with a slight smile on your face, sighing and wishing from the bottom of your heart that Kaku can make you love and trust him again.

[koalas-koalas-everywhere]

*runs into stage at full speed and almost overshoots the mic, skidding back to be able to grab it* but do we realize that Nika form isn't gear 5??? I mean, besides the fact that we know that the technical term is "awakening". All the previous gears aren't so much unlocked by Luffy (besides the fact that both gears 4 depend on him """unlocking""" haki) but something he develops through his own ingenuity? Gear 1 is him manipulating his muscles into pumping his blood faster and more strongly through his body, increasing his power — he's not just making himself hotter through force of will. Gear 2 isn't him increasing his body mass (as a paramecia, he wouldn't have been able to do it, although now we know he's a zoan type), it's him literally blowing air into his body to inflate it. Same thing goes for boundman, a form reinforced by haki mixed with rubber, which is so impressive when you think about it. Snakeman is such incredible control over his body that he can change the direction of his punches several times. I cannot overstate that these aren't forms in the way Chopper's Points are forms — not that he didn't achieve four to five extra forms through ingenuity, too, with his medical knowledge, but there's a difference between unlocking them (they always existed, he just needed to discover them) and developing them. Ultimately, the rumble balls don't elongate his horns or arms or make his hair grow, they allow Chopper to will them to do that, in the same way that, once Luffy awakens his fruit, he can tap into it, even if it takes some effort.

That's why we can't compare "gear 5" with the other gears when it comes to the damage they are/might be doing to Luffy's body (post-time skip, they have little to no effect one him, so he might have become strong enough to handle them... in the same way he's strong enough to rip the mast out of the ship and carry it up a whale). With all his other gears, Luffy's forcing his body to do unnatural things and putting it under enormous strain (isn't blowing air into your bloodstream supposed to give you a heart attack???). Meanwhile, we should look at g5 like we do Chopper's kaiju form, or Doflamingo turning buildings into strings, or Katakuri turning everything into mochi — extremely draining, especially at first, but in the same way a muscle will struggle with a certain weight at first but get better once you've trained it. When he says, "beat loudly, heart!" or "hit that beat!", it's not in response to it stopping, but to it beating normally instead of *battery solo*, aka it's his way of activating his Nika form. It didn't actually kill him, and if it did, it would have been from exhaustion, not from, say, wearing his veins thin and overtaxing his heart because he's trying to push gallons at the speed he's usually circulating liters.

And since I'm talking about his Nika form — it's interesting that while he's using it, he seems to be less affected by haki? Like, being hit with haki by Sanji and Katakuri in Whole Cake Island made him loose a tooth, both times, when we know his bones have to be rubber too or the rest of it wouldn't work. Still, when hit by haki, they react like they're normal. Meanwhile, while it's clear that it causes him pain, he still reacts as if he was rubber, his face molding itself to Kaido's club. I have no idea what that means, I'm just bringing it up.

Also, since I believe that Luffy's gears are not zoan type forms, that means that he was scammed out of either a form or two — compare to Chopper who has his original reindeer form, a middle point (his usual form) and a "full human" form, which he could always access, even without his rumble balls (can you imagine Chopper awakening his df and turning into like. a dude), or Rob Lucci who has a human form, a beast form, and a halfway point (I'm more willing to consider his slimmer, faster point as a form, unlike Luffy's gears, because, while he uses a technique called Life Return to achieve it, that's just another words for extreme control of his body, meaning he's still willing it to happen, like how Chopper needs rumble balls to control his additional forms at first, but eventually develops enough control to access them on his own. Luffy, outside of Nika form, can't will his fist into becoming bigger, he has to blow air into it). Luffy only has his usual rubber form and his awakened Nika form. Again, compare to Lucci, whose awakened form isn't actually a full leopard (that's his beast form) but a powered-up version of his halfway point, Nika isn't the "full" form of Luffy's df (and that awakened zoan types don't become a fuller version of their model in general, and that Chopper's awakening is more likely to be a powered up version of Brain Point). So there's a chance Luffy has a full-human form (no rubber) and a depowered Nika form (rubber, white haired, but without a lot of his abilities like flying and turning other stuff into rubber).

Also, why can he, as a zoan type, turn other things into rubber, when that's supposed to be a paramecia and probably logia type thing? I mean, not that we're ever told that, directly, but I don't see Rob Lucci turning people and stuff into leopards— *yelps* *exits left, pursued by Kuma*

[emptystove]

Sparrow - Ch 1

One Piece Fanfic (Drama/Romance/Suspense)

Pairings: E. Kid x Reader, Sabo x Reader, Lucci x Reader (one sided)

Rating: EXPLICIT, 18+ ONLY

CW: Language, Violence, Assault

Summary: It's been one year since you woke up with no memory. You spent months working with your sensei, Lucci, to get back into your former life at CP9. With time running out for any chance of regaining your memories, you are losing hope that you will ever truly learn about your past. That is, until a chance encounter with a stranger during your first solo mission turns your world upside down.

Links to AO3 - Fanfic Master List

Chapter 1: Anniversary

You woke up gasping for breath. You blinked a few times as your eyes adjusted to the morning light. Once your mind caught up to your body, you realized that you were in your bedroom. Out of the corner of your eye, you caught a familiar form standing at the door, watching you. 

It would be a shock if it wasn't how you had woken up every day since you could remember. That wasn't saying much though, since you could only remember the last twelve months of your life. 

The muscular figure at your door remained still as you cautiously rose from your bed. His cold eyes were barely visible in the shadow of his dark, shoulder length hair. He folded his arms over his chest, and you waited for him to speak. It was a routine you were painfully familiar with. 

"What were you dreaming about?" Lucci asked, the same as he did every morning.

"I don't remember."

You didn't. You never remembered. Nothing from your dreams and nothing from before you woke up in the medical wing of CP9 headquarters, one year ago. The only difference now was that you woke up in your own bedroom on the top floor of the same building. 

You were ready for him to attack. It was his way of keeping you prepared for anything, another aspect of your constant training. Instead, he allowed you to prepare for the day in solitude. He called it an anniversary gift. It had been one year since you woke up, ten months since they cleared you for training, six months since you began accompanying your sensei on missions, and three weeks since you were cleared for solo field work.

Your first mission on your own would begin in a few hours. The job would be easy. Arrive at the predetermined place. Find your target. He gives you a briefcase full of classified documents. You give him a briefcase full of cash. Then you get the hell out. It was simple.

Simple was a good thing, though. Simple meant success, and success meant you would go back to being a full-fledged CP9 agent. It was what you were told you had been working your whole life for, right? Truthfully, you just hoped getting back in your routine would help bring back some of your memories. That's what Dr. V told you, anyways. He also said that based on all those scans of your brain he took, if you didn't start remembering something soon, you might never get back the memories you lost. Going on field missions with Lucci had gotten you nothing, not even a feeling of familiarity. You were running on auto-pilot for months, going through the motions of your previous life. Hoping, praying that you would feel... anything. This was your last shot. 

You stared back at your reflection in the small bathroom mirror. The woman staring back was a face you knew. She was cold and calculating. She was a trained weapon of the government. She was a killer, and she was damn good at it. But she was hollow. She was utterly unfulfilled. Empty. 

You slid the magazine into your handgun and racked one into the chamber before sliding it easily in the holster under your jacket. You held the leather briefcase tightly as you steadied your nerves. This was it. This was the only aspect of your old life with CP9 you hadn't been allowed to act out yet. Going on this solo mission had to trigger something in you to help get your memories back. It had to, because you couldn't bear to think what you would do if it didn't. 

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You carried out your mission easily. Your mark arrived on time, the handoff was seamless, and you were heading back to headquarters a few minutes ahead of schedule.

You kept to the preplanned route, walking the first several streets on foot and descended the steps into the subway station just before reaching Newgate Memorial Park. Everything was going exactly as planned up until you boarded your train.

As soon as you took your seat, you felt someone's eyes on you. You shifted yourself away from whoever it was, but you could still feel them watching you. You waited until you are approaching your stop before casually glancing toward the offending party.

You only planned on getting a quick look, but when you locked eyes with the man, something strange happened. You had no idea who he was, but the way he was looking at you made you... feel something. His eyes were searching your face desperately. Your mind told you he was probably an enemy agent. You were on a lot of missions with Lucci in the past. You both killed a lot of people. It would be the easiest explanation for this stranger viewing you the way he did.

But something in your gut kept telling you that wasn't true. This man was in shock. He was frozen, staring brazenly right back into you with piercing blue eyes, staring hard but with no malice. 

You were gone the second the doors slid open, easily disappearing before he could get the chance to approach you. 

You took a longer route back to headquarters, ensuring you weren't being tailed. It was overkill, though. The blond from the subway didn't even follow you out of the station. You made it all the way back easily, not a minute behind schedule.

 You wasted no time in finding your sensei. You handed over the newly acquired briefcase and began your debriefing with Lucci. You gave him all the details of the success of your mission, but he could tell you were holding back. 

"What aren't you telling me, Sparrow?"

"It's probably nothing," you began to dismiss it, but a warning look in his eyes pushed you to continue. "Someone was watching me on the train. It wasn't anyone I've seen before. Could've just been some creep, though. He was watching me, but he didn't look like he wanted to kill me."

"Tell me what he looked like."

You watched his face as you recalled everything you observed about the stranger, wondering if he would allow you to sense recognition from him if there was any through his ever stoic mask. 

"Shaggy blond hair, striking blue eyes, a prominent scar across one eye. He was seated so it was hard to tell, but I'd guess about six feet tall. He wore jeans and a navy button down. Didn't catch his shoes. I didn't clock a weapon on him either, though he could have had something."

Lucci's expression gave up nothing, but there was a spark of something behind his expression as he questioned you. "Striking blue eyes, you say?"

You rolled your eyes at whatever implication he was making. "You know what I mean. Blue. Very blue. Not subtly blue or however you'd rather I say it."

He was not amused by your explanation. 

"Did he approach you?"

"Didn't give him the chance." You shrugged like it should have been obvious. "I had the take on me, so I lost him before he could do anything but stare."

"It was the right decision."

"Th-thank you, sensei," you stuttered as you realized this was the closest thing to a compliment he had ever given you. "So, do you know who this guy is?"

"No. He's probably just some pervert who likes staring at women on trains." He rose from his seat across from you, a clear end to the conversation. He paused briefly before exiting to add, "I'll look into it though. If he is a threat, we'll see that he's put down before he can get to you."

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There was no celebration, not that you wanted one with the stuffiest group of people on the planet. You're only reward was being allowed to skip your afternoon training with your sensei. You were free to do whatever else you wanted to, as long as you stayed within the confines of the resident wing of CP9 headquarters. Even you knew it was pathetic as far as rewards go. Still, it was the most you were ever given by anyone you worked with, so you took what you could get, hiding in your room and rereading one of the two books you were allowed to keep that weren't technical training manuals. 

After a particularly long shower, you took a moment to look back at yourself in the mirror of your bathroom. The woman staring back was the same you. At least, you think it was you. Your cold and calculating gaze was softer than you remember, and you found yourself searching in your own eyes for something different. The strange feeling from the train was back, and you couldn't help but remember those striking blue eyes. You didn't know what to make of it, but you started to realize what that feeling was. It was something familiar. His eyes were familiar. 

 You allowed yourself to turn in early, your mind swimming with strange new thoughts and questions. It wasn't much to go off of, and the fact that he didn't even try to follow you made you question whether it was actually that man who was familiar or just the blue color of his eyes. You drifted off wondering what the morning might hold for you, and you couldn't stop yourself from hoping that those eyes would be the trigger that would finally cause you to remember something. A soft smile creeped across your face. For the first time in a year, you were excited with the possibility of what would happen when you woke up.

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You woke up gasping for air. You blinked a few stray tears from your eyes before fully wiping them away with a tired hand. It was still dark out. You squinted at the clock on your nightstand. It was barely past midnight.

You sat on the edge of your bed and waited for your heartrate to calm down when you suddenly straightened. It took you longer than you would have liked to realize that there was someone else in your room. He wasn't perched by the door like he usually was. He was standing behind you, beside the window, uncomfortably close to where you were just lying unconscious.

You spun around on your feet just in time to register his attack. The knife left his hand silently, but you dodged it with ease. He had only launched one attack, but you could tell his form was sloppier than normal. You didn't like what that usually led to.

He continued to spar with you until he had you trapped against the wall. His legs locked yours in place. Your wrists were trapped in one of his hands, and his other gripped your shoulder as his forearm pushed against your throat. You tried to tap out, but he didn't budge.

You could smell the whiskey on his breath as he finally asked, "What were you dreaming about?"

You tell him the truth. "I don't remember." 

"You wouldn't lie to me, would you, little Sparrow?"

You cringe at the name in your heart, but you don't let him see it. You stare back at his menacing features with as much apathy as you can.

"Do you know why we call you Sparrow?"

You did. He loved to tell you why when he was punishing you for something, although this time you weren't sure what you had done wrong. 

"Female sparrows are pathetically unremarkable. They are small. Their coloring is dull and dingy. They nest in urban areas and their patterns can be... problematic."

You finally lowered your gaze, but he moved to stop you. One hand gripped your chin roughly and the other moved slowly to the small of your back, pulling you away from the wall until you were pushed painfully against his chest.

Your eyes widened when you felt how fast his heart was racing. You sensed his aura growing dangerously dark, eyes boring into you with predatory hunger.

"Raising them without others like them can be dangerous." His voice was barely above a whisper as his face lowered ever so slowly toward yours. "They think they're smarter than they really are. They don't see themselves as birds, so if they get released, they won't be able to survive."

His lips were a fraction away from yours now. Your heart was beating just as fast as his, but for a different reason. You were terrified. Lucci had been drunk around you before, but never like this. He would pin you down with his gaze but never before had he pinned you down with his body. 

"Is that what you want, little Sparrow? To be released from me?"

You shook your head side to side as much as his grip would allow.  You prayed that would appease him, but it only made him dig his fingers harder into your back. 

"It doesn't matter what you want, Sparrow. You know that don't you?"

You swallowed hard. His eyelids grew heavy as his rasped breath mixed with yours.

"You are mine, little Sparrow, and there's nothing in this world that can change that. You belong to me. All of you belongs to me, and I'll never let him take you from me."

It was the softness, the tenderness of his kiss that scared you the most. His lips were gentle, but his grip on you was fierce. He shuttered almost imperceptibly as he pulled away, and you knew it wasn't because of any effect you had on him. He was struggling to stop himself from devouring you whole. 

There was no option to say no. He wouldn't even ask. You weren't sure of what you feared more, that he would kill you when you denied him or that he would keep you alive.

What you knew you had to do in that moment was terrifying, but you knew how to handle fear. Honestly, it was Lucci's fault for training you as well as he did. This was the end. You were fine with that. 

That realization made you crack a twisted smile. For the past year, you had thrown yourself into what you were told was your life, what you were told were your choices. You worked tirelessly to excel in a position you couldn't care less about. You underwent countless tests and procedures, you lived alongside people who had nothing but contempt for you, you gave everything you could to support a clearly broken system, just for a chance to learn about yourself, to remember. This was it. It may not have been a memory, but you learned something new about yourself. The first thing you knew in your heart to be true because you could feel it and not because someone told it to you. 

You hated this life. You hated the people around you. Whatever in your past caused you to join CP9 in the first place, well you hated that too. 

It was this moment when you realized that you cared less about getting your memories back than you did about gaining your freedom from this caged existence. You would either escape to live another life, or you would die trying. 

He seemed to falter a bit when he registered your crooked grin, and his grip on your chin loosened enough for you to speak.

"I could really use a drink." 

Next Chapter

[doctortonytchopper]

(spoiler warning for a screenshot from manga chapter 1110 under the cut)

hey does anyone understand whats going on here. i've been reading and watching a huge amount of ch 1110 discussion and i cant find anyone even mention it but my eyes just cannot make sense of what this pair of panels means

prev panel is zoro landing the finishing blow on lucci, we don't see his face bc it's turned down towards the floor. then there's a tri-panel that starts with lucci's still-standing but blank eyed corpse exploding blood and covered in conqueror's aftershocks. then there's THIS baffling pair right after that.

I don't think I would think much of it usually, but it just seems so suspicious since we don't have any explanation yet about why that fight has taken so long? like zoro could still be injured from wano. lucci may be stronger than we realized. the black smoke rings might not mean awakened zoan, and instead could be some strange power the gorosei gave him and kaku as the CP unit under their direct control. they could have been talking about Important Stuff which slowed the fight and which we will hear about later. maybe zoro didn't wanna let on his real strength or that he could use conqueror's haki. he could be struggling with a haki thing, being new to using conquerors or enma being a huge bitch again or something. a lot of stuff could have been happening. ANYWAYS

it's just obvious something was Off about this fight and it seems like Jimbe is having a Reaction (tm) here. and it's either somehow surprising that zoro beat lucci (really doesnt seem likely), or it's something happening with zoro (maybe his use of conquerors? i doubt it).

and then I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on with zoro's face. is that blood?? just shadows? is he being taken over by the spirit of the king of hell?? is he having a panic attack?? what's with the placement of wado, is it like falling out of his mouth? I can't figure out how the angle is working, where's her crossguard, it usually would be like almost right up against his cheek but it's not even in frame?? can someone help me where am I it's so dark in here :(

[lerya-fanfic]

op x reader exchange

@thewanderinglunarian i was your gifter for the @onepiece-reader-exchange hope you like it!

I think this is the first op x reader fic i ever wrote so I really hope you like it!!

Shivering as you opened the door to the marine base CP0 was currently living in, you couldn’t keep the shiver from running through you at the chill the slight breeze brought with it. A summer island this might be, they had these horrible monsoons more times than you cared to think about, drenching you wholly and making your soaking clothes cling to you as you closed the door behind you.

“What happened to you, Y/N.”

Looking up, you see Kaku coming down the stairs. His eyes wide as he takes in your clothing and the way you are shivering. 

“Let’s get you to our rooms, you’re lucky we were just thinking about going to the hot springs on the island. Lucci went to reserve one not too long ago. We can go and join him and get you warmed up.”

The thought about sitting in a hot spring with these two men alone was enough to get you slightly hotter. At times like this you had trouble believing that it was these two men that had chosen you to be their partner. 

Moaning as Kaku’s warm hand touches you on your lower back, you let him lead you to the rooms all of you share. Once there, he turns to get his own change of clothing and a towel, leaving you to pull off the wet clothes and wear something comfortable. Your eyes fell on a shirt that Lucci had been wearing not too long ago, it was just a simple sweatshirt he wore when he was off duty but it always looked so warm.

Slipping on a pair of shorts, you pulled on the sweatshirt before making your way to the living area where Kaku was doing a good job of trying to look busy.

Giggling, you draw his attention to himself and see the smirk taking over his face.

“Oh, he’s going to love that.”

Blushing, you look at the sweatshirt you are wearing, “You think so?”

He approached, pressing his hand to the small of your back again, “Y/N, he’s going to adore this. You know we love seeing you in our clothes. In fact, I’m quite sure Lucci left that out in the odd chance that you needed something else to change into.”

The blush intensified, but the smile never left your face, you felt the heat returning at the thought that Lucci had done this specially for you. Maybe his devil fruit had alerted him to the fact that it would be raining not long after you left, which was both sweet of him to do so, and kind of mean as he hadn’t warned you of the oncoming monsoon.

“So he planned for me to get this wet?”

Kaku it seemed had been in on the joke, going by the way his eyes widened before he started waving his hands in front of him. Trying to get your mind on another track, forgetting that he was only pulling more attention to it by his reaction.

Grinning, almost coyly, you looked through your eyelashes at one of your lovers, noticing the moment he realized you were teasing him.

"That was mean of you Y/N."

You shrug, still smiling coyly, "I haven't heard you complaining, though. You're even still here when I kind of expected us to have left already."

He looks at you, a tender look in his eyes as he does so, "We should leave, shouldn't we."

You nod, following along when he turns and leads the way out of your rooms. Reaching back to take a hold of your hand to pull you close to his side.

No matter the importance to the marines that CP0 held, none of the higher ups were that pleased that two of their top agents had entered a relationship with a civilian woman.

It had caused quite a lot of discourse at the base they were living at right now, a common view she might be if the wrong superior saw her they wouldn't be able to have a very nice soak in the hot springs.

Keeping her head down as she followed along, she was happy to see the familiar path towards the hot springs. The slight draft of hot air has her shivering again, her wet hair making sure she wouldn't forget just how soaked she had been not too long ago. Wrapping her free arm around your waist, you pressed closer to Kaku until such a time you see Lucci waiting there for you. His sharp eyes turn towards you the moment he no doubt hears you approach.

"There you are. I was almost starting to worry."

He stops after that, slowly, deliberately letting his eyes roam from your sandal clath feet up your bare legs, to your shirts that just barely were visible under your (or was that his) shirt, before taking in his shirt on you, finally moving up to lock his eyes onto yours.

"Don't you look delicious."

The blush coloring your face came back full force, making you look down as you try to gain control over it. Looking away, yet not before seeing the smirks on both Kaku and Lucci's faces. This truly had been a ploy to get you to wear one of their sweatshirts. The self-assured grin only asked that all the more clear, despite Kaku's reaction, those two men in your life had been planning something.

With your blush under control, you narrowed your eyes at them. Seeing the grins on their faces only grow, their eyes roaming around your body in a way that makes you feel so very wanted. 

It had after all been the danger they both projected that had attracted you to them in the first place. They breathed danger, something you found out after accidently realizing what their role in the marine was. You should have been scared, but instead you ran toward the danger they posed. That had been one of the main reasons the admirals and higher were so against your relationship, you know what they were and what they were capable of. You were a liability at best, and a treat at worst.

Not that this was going to stop either of you, this felt right and it made you feel so very special that you don't want this to end.

"So… the hot springs?"

Lucci, after reigning in his grin nodded, "I reserved the back one for us, no one else should come near unless there is an emergency, we have the whole place to ourselves for now."

Silently cheering, you make your way to the changing rooms to pull off your clothing and place a towel to the side to wrap around you to protect your modesty. Using the brush and bucket in the corner to get clean and rinse off any excess grime and dirt. Once satisfied, you wrap your towel around you and open the door to the changing room. Stepping out and grinning as your men were waiting for you. Mentioning you should enter the springs first.

An almost sinful moan leaves your mouth as you slowly sink into the spring. This was exactly what you needed right now.

Looking back you see their eyes dilated and the heat most definitely present.

Googling, you mention them to enter the springs too, which they do a little cautiously. The relaxation entered their face once the water reached their waist.

"Seems like we all needed this."

Lucci hums, "Let's just enjoy this before we go back to our rooms, we can have a little bit of a date here as we can't really go out much."

Humming, you settle in between them as soon as they take a seat on the ridge in the spring, snuggling up to your lovers as you enjoy this, enjoy them, grateful for these little moments that made you fall in love all over again.

A kiss being pressed to your hair was the last thing you remember before dozing off as the hot water, and even hotter men, make you sleepy. This was turning out to be the best date yet.

[olivereactsaboutgarbage]

One Piece - Volume 44

4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4?

Chapter 420 - Buster Call

420? 420? 420? Wait, joke cancelled, that's an actual notable number.

BACK TOGETHER!! AND I'M NEVER GOING DOWN AT THE HANDS OF THE LIKES OF YOU!! BECAUSE I'M SO MUCH BETTER!!

Now that Nico Robin is free, she instakills Spamton NEO. Hooray!!! Even Nico Robin got an awesome 1v1 this arc!!!

This sequence of panels has a very special comedic timing. Also:

Zoro and Sanji, you dumbasses, that tower wasn't named Usopp.

Anyway, someone named Usopp isn't dead, so that person might be THE Usopp. Sniper King also isn't dead. It's all a little ambiguous.

These two facial expressions say a lot, I think.

Awesome

Oh right, and Lufpy still isn't done fighting Matt Engarde. Jeez, isn't Lufpy such a slowpoke?

Woah, that's cool. I guess if Kyngpin is stealing Lufpy's fetish gimmick, Lufpy is allowed to steal Kyngpin's coolness gimmick. We... we really are transitioning into a new era of One Piece...

Matt Engarde tells Lufpy to stop throwing his life away for the sake of victory. Lufpy says "No, I'm short-sighted."

Chapter 421 - Gear Three

A bunch of guys with guns show up and say "For this nuking, we're allowing a special exception where we don't kill a certain criminal. As for all the cops, let's not worry about them too hard." What awesome gun guys.

Everyone except Lufpy and Matt Engarde is running around, but those guys are still slowpokes. Lufpy challenges Matt Engarde to a staring contest. Is now really the time, Lufpy...?

Matt Engarde realizes that Lufpy can't win a staring contest if Lufpy is dead, and tries to use this clever strategy to win. He doesn't do a good job at it though.

Lufpy activates "Gear Three" which is where he has a really big hand. That's awesome, I love people with really big hands.

Chapter 422 - Rob Lucci

Some cops talk about how they don't need to worry too much, since there's a really cool and awesome assassin with a dark backstory.

All Lufpy's friends drown. Matt Engarde is about to drown too, but then he doesn't because of Boat. Also, Matt Engarde is a really cool and awesome assassin with a dark backstory.

Lufpy steps on Boat with a really big foot. Ah, now I see...! Lufpy was using a coolness reacharound loophole to reclaim fetishes! Very clever, Lufpy.

Matt Engarde tries to eat Lufpy, but Lufpy circumvents it by increasaing his bust size. Next, Lufpy decides to be even more mean to Boat.

The cops decide to follow Lufpy's lead and be even meaner to Boat. "Friendship is less important than murder" one of them says.

Chapter 423 - Mermaid Legend

Yay!!! Lufpy is winning at fetishes!!! Finally Kyngpin, the main villain of this arc, has been beaten by Lufpy.

Hmm, why does this arc even need any more chapters at this point? I think the crew should just show up at the next place now.

Yay!!! Fun ideas :)

Spamton NEO has recovered from being instakilled by Nico Robin, but he's scared of her now, so he starts tormenting Kyngpin instead, so Kyngpin instakills him.

Spamton NEO is scared of Kyngpin now, so he tries to torment Nico Robin instead, but he accidentally torments Kyngpin instead, so Kyngpin instakills him.

The scary Heart Woman also decides to un-drown everyone who drowned, using her awesome tail. She also decided to take her shirt off for some reason.

Chapter 424 - Escape Ship

OH NO SHE'S GONNA KILL KYNGPIN!!!

Chapter 425 - Bridge of Mortal Combat

Ah, so Kyngpin is aware of how often his circus freaks get killed. And if I already said that, you can't blame me, because that was last year.

Anyway, the circus freaks got killed. Alongside other people such as Sonic's friend Tammy, thank god.

In One Piece? If only. *glares at a framed photo of the glasses idiot*

Meanwhile, Lufpy discovers that Matt Engarde is even stronger than all those recordings Usopp stole. Ah, power scaling.

Chapter 426 - A Ship Waiting for Wind

Everyone watches Lufpy be a slowpoke and smiles and waves. Except Sanji mysteriously isn't there. OMG YES, is Sanji finally gonna do his trademarked espionage again...?! Finally, the one way in which Sanji is actually interesting returns.

Unfortunately, they all get attacked by cops, so they have to fight. OMG YES, I don't need to look at a lame panel of Sanji fighting...!

Also, Usopp shows up. I guess Usopp will be replacing Sanji. That's not who I expected Usopp to be replacing.

Chapter 427 - This Isn't the Afterlife

Usopp says "It's not like I like you or anything, baka slowpoke!" to Lufpy and asks Matt Engarde to fight him instead to speed things up.

Lufpy doesn't want to have his 1v1 stolen, so Usopp says "Well uhhhh try not being dead then." Lufpy decides to try not being dead then. Then Matt Engarde says "Well uhhhh try being dead next." Lufpy decides to ignore him. Matt Engarde decides to try being dead next.

Chapter 428 - Let's Go Back

Every single character who was dead was actually alive. Shit, that means Sonic's friend Tammy is alive. This ending sucks!! I think the time traveler who fixed the Merry Go should have gone back a second time to prevent this ending.

The cops decide to be mean to Boat again. This seems like it might mean people died, but it actually doesn't mean that, because of Sanji leaving. That's actually pretty interesting.

Usopp asks Nico Robin to drown Lufpy. I thought better of you, Usopp. Nico Robin obeys. I thought better of you, Usopp.

Also, the Merry Go shows up. I guess this is probably logistically sound based on the Kyngpin shenanigans, but I don't really remember.

Chapter 429 - Utter Defeat

Poor Sanji. Whenever Lufpy is about to drown it's always Sanji's problem. Usopp should be nicer to Sanji.

Nico Robin thanks everyone while suffocating Lufpy. I think Nico Robin is taking Usopp's orders too seriously...! I seriously thought better of you, Usopp.

Spamton NEO recovers from being instakilled once again, and tells everyone to be just as mean to the Merry Go as they were to Boat. Jeez, will this guy stay instakilled for once?

All the cops kill each other. "I did this," Sanji says.

The cops still want to be mean to the Merry Go, so Zoro and Sanji use an immobilized Lufpy as a human shield. Awesome.

Man, screw getting a musician, the crew needs a painter to permanently capture awesome moments like these.

Nico Robin decides to try instakilling Spamton NEO one more time for good measure. Spamton NEO says "Don't spare me..." for some reason.

The horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle shows up just to say "We lose."

Chapter 430 - A Light Snow of Reminiscence Falls

It was Lorenz Hellman Gloucester Slightly To The Left all along, who provided the first, last, and only Merry Go ex machina. Neat. Also Usopp's gone again. I guess Franky can replace him (I decided to refer to him a bit more formally just now because, thinking about it, if he was willing to steal from Lufpy, I guess I didn't know him as well as I thought I did.)

Lufpy decides to set the Merry Go on fire.

Sniper King decides to go ahead and speak on Usopp's behalf, as though Sniper King knows anything about how Usopp truly feels. I thought better of you, Sniper King.

I'm pretty sure this dialog was plagiarized from James Cameron's Titanic. I should know, I watched an entire video by Hbomberguy.

Hmm... Sniper King said that men shouldn't cry when saying goodbye, and by cross-referencing that with these panels...

We can see that Zoro, Nico Robin, Sanji, and the scary Heart Woman are the only men around here. Well, Nico Robin and the scary Heart Woman are sort of edge cases where they could also be considered to be women or non-binary. And Sniper King might just be drooling I guess.

Thus concludes my gender arc. Goodbye everyone.

[duckielover151]

THE ONE PIECE DIARIES

Episode Count: 300

I knew by the time I hit episode 295 that I wouldn't be seeing the end of this conflict by the time I hit my 300-episode update. But it actually has left me at a pretty good cut-off point for reflection. The only fight left to be settled is the Lucci one, and the end of 300 brings us to a new stage of that.

But there's so much else that's been happening leading up to this point... I'm not even sure where to start.

I really enjoyed Sanji's fight with Jabra. I feel like Sanji doesn't get to shine very often. His fight is never the most impressive one or just doesn't feel particularly important compared to some of the others or sometimes... like on Little Garden... he's not even around to realize there's any kind of major fighting going on until it's over. So it was great to see him come back and save the day for Usopp and Nami.

Looking back on the fights in general is... interesting. Because when CP9 was introduced, they seemed so menacing. And it might just be because it's not really One Piece's style to remain dark and menacing all the time... but a lot of the fights have actually been kind of goofy. Kaku and Kalifa, especially, were definitely both a lot cooler before they got their Devil Fruits. I can't help thinking that Kalifa definitely could have taken Nami down, if she'd just relied on the strength and speed she'd showcased earlier, rather than her new powers.

Though I guess they both brought up an interesting perspective. There was a time when having any kind of Devil Fruit was immediately impressive. It just automatically made the user seem stronger than an ordinary person. But a Devil Fruit user who tries to rely on powers they don't fully understand themselves yet is actually at a disadvantage. (Also, there was a moment where Zoro realizes at least 3 people in this group all have animal themed fruits, and his reaction is "I see... So they're that kind of group..." And that's never expanded on, and my immediate thought was... "They're furries?" Is that what he was implying there? XD)

And lastly, for this update, Franky's continued to get a lot of good individual moments with the Straw Hats. I liked seeing him compare Luffy's desperation to save Robin to his own past desperation to save Tom. It was fun to see him meet up with Nami and just full-heartedly accept that she didn't actually have a reasonable plan. They really were just gonna go with the immediate, crazy one. If that's not a proper introduction to this group, I don't know what is.

And his moment with Chopper... I realize I should probably have more to say about that new form that got introduced in general. I guess I'm waiting to see what the aftermath of that disaster is going to look like. I imagine he'll be pretty torn up about it, and I'm already ready for those feels. It was also a great look into to this crew though, in a way. Because the only one he really came close to hurting was Nami. And I guess... I was just expecting her reaction to be a lot more horrified. I was actually really proud that what remained at the forefront of her mind during that attack was solely her worry for him and how to help her friend.

And I really love that Franky was the one to ultimately face that form head-on. (I think it's called Monster Point? I have vague memories of hearing about it in the past; I don't think it's been officially named in any of the episodes I've watched yet.) There's just a really beautiful parallel there.

As I mentioned with Nami, it doesn't seem like he's going to have to worry about any of his other crew mates judging him for it either, but we've see that Franky has also had some personal experience with a power of his-- or at least a power he created-- getting out of hand and accidentally hurting someone he cared about. In light of that, it makes him the perfect one to help Chopper through this event and hopefully the aftermath as well.

The next update will probably be up soon, because I'm really looking forward to seeing how this arc concludes.

[hergan416]

Okay, for the fanfic ask thing, how about:

18. 😭 A fic that ripped your heart out (but it hurt so good)

19. 🤔 The first fic you think of when I say [uplifting]

If you've already got those lined up, your choice!

Ok, so first of all many many many apologies. I started drafting this and then I guess drafting it got rid of the ask? And then it was in my drafts which I don't use and I literally forgot about it. I'm so sorry.

@chromatic-lamina Thank you for the ask, I really appreciate it.

I had like... 4 fics for 18 in here and I remember also planning to add a 5th which I apparently didn't do? Which is because 18 is literally peak fic dynamic. I cannot stress how important emotional pain is to the fanfic experience. I'm not going to add the 5th because I want to actually post this this time.

There are SO MANY fics for this so I will try to be brief, but I make no guarantees. Multi fandom response because nothing was specified and that is how I roll.

First up is Opera Goose's "The Last Christmas" Yu-Gi-Oh, rated T(een), violetshipping (puppyshipping) divorce angst goodness. Seto and Jounouchi have a sweet, caring relationship, and have for years. Their past is carefully folded into the fracturing present, in which Seto's eyes have roamed elsewhere. Jounouchi's insecurities are palpable, but Seto is portrayed with such care that it's hard to hate him when it is so clear just how much of a mistake he's making. Of course, like in any good tragedy, he won't realize his folly until it is too late to do anything about it.

Next I'll plug "Heartwright" by silverwolf_fox. One Piece, rated E(xplicit), Sabo/Rob Lucci arranged marriage omegaverse. Imagine if Sabo never escaped from his parents. Imagine he still lost his memories and shamed his family by getting in the way of a celestial dragon. And also, imagine a strong parallel between an omega education and that that a nobelwoman might have received in the 1800s. Further, the arranged pairing is only part of Lucci's cover story as a shipwright for Galley-La. The fic is still in-progress, but there is more than enough written to fall into Sabo's traumatized mindstate and to be fully invested in his journey of self-discovery as he struggles between what he's been told an alpha will want, Lucci's unconventional expectations, and his own desires.

Trixree's "Breathing Easy (And All Its Associated Complications)" One Piece, rated E(xplicit), developing zolusan with a beautiful wistful tone. The two chapters that are out so far follow the Straw Hats pre-timeskip as Zoro and Sanji both come to terms with their feelings for Luffy and each other. I don't think I can say much more without spoilers, but this is great if you are looking for bittersweet moments exploring human weakness, love, insecurity, and desire.

"A Cornstalk Fiddle" by notbecauseofvictories. Rated T(een). If you have ever seen that viral tumblr post about the Devil Went Down To Georgia fic, this is it and it is solidly on my list of hurt me fics, even though it has a happy ending. The tale is expertly and artistically crafted, creating real, complex, original characters, facing the gritty reality of life. People get sick, life costs money, and a community is plagued by man with too-weak a chin making deals too good to be true. Johnny beats the devil at his own game, over and over again. Being the devil's friend is certainly bad for business, but both seem to be enjoying the arrangement until the devil targets Nina, Johnny's sister-by-choice, for his next deal. The pure emotion between these two is so powerful and timeless, and the careful exploration of their bond tells a gorgeous tale about conflicting desires, the intersection of folly and genius, creative reinterpretation of nature's supposed laws, and the outer bounds of metaphor. The point when it all falls apart never fails to give me feels, even though I already know how the story will end.

19. The uplifting fic. My first instinct for this was perhaps not a conventional understanding of the word "uplifting" which is likely why I didn't answer it and I had saved this as a draft. But I'm going to go with it.

It's A Gift Willingly Given by SalaciousMind. Rated (E)xplicit, Ace/Sabo with Ace as the deity that Sabo is not scarified to during the festival. There are hefty trigger warnings: description of the process of dying, of being involuntarily drugged and ritually scarified, and lots and lots and lots of pain. The writing is beautiful, full of striking imagery and gorgeous prose. I don't think I can give away why this went in "uplifting" and not "hurts so good every time" without spoilers, so I'm just going to have to spoil it under a read more.

So, the point of the fic is that Sabo has disgraced his terrible, noble parents one too many times, so they volunteer to have him be the sacrifice to Whitebeard (the head god of the Pantheon) to restore the family honor. Never mind that he doesn't seem to actually being the one doing the disgracing.

The only trouble is that Sabo's always worshipped a different god more: Ace, the god of fire. He's worshipped him more wholly than any priest of Ace's, because Ace has always been free in a way that he cannot be in his current life. And so, after getting to the temple, Whitebeard offers him a choice.

If he can haul himself over to the pyre where Ace's scarifies go, he can choose to dye for his deity instead of Whitebeard. As a last bit of rebellion, he manages it. Despite being drugged and bound and poisoned, he manages to drag himself over to the pyre, and burn alive, until he meets Ace in the afterlife, where his soul is remade as glass, partner to Ace, earning his own divinity and place in the Pantheon.

There is something just so beautiful about that story, where Sabo manages to find agency in his death, be remade and become something more not only in spite of his family but to spite them, that I just love. And I suppose that is why even though the story is extremely intense, it was the first to come to mind.

[beaulesbian]

Thoughts and more thoughts about the potential of Rob Lucci after chapter 1111 - spoilers and theory

(disclaimer: this might be totally implausible and not at all what could happen, but it's something that's been on my mind since last chapter, so here are my thoughts on this. again, very long post ahead, I don't know how it keeps happening)

The way Oda allowed Lucci to feel during chapter 1111, is something I didn't expect to find so intriguing, and it points to how much depth really has each character in this story.

There is a subtle change of certain aspects of Rob Lucci's personality since the start of Egghead, and in the chapter 1111 even a bigger focus is on his reaction to meeting Mars Gorosei and asking for Kaku to be spared.

Given this swept away answer with seeing whom he's been serving all this time, there could come a realization that'd sort of wake him up. There's a potential to somewhat turn power of Cipher Pol agents from blindlessly following the World Government. To stop being the WG's shield.

It's very probable the story might deal with the reform or even collapse as a whole of the World Government - especially since the Gorosei are currently Luffy's main enemies. With that, the Cipher Poll intelligence could play a significant part of it as well, along with other moving pieces like the Revolutionary Army, Shanks, Luffy's fleet or even Morgans and his newspapers, and, of course, the Strawhats.

There's been comments of readers who only saw Lucci and Zoro's fight as one dimensional - one has to win, the other has to lose, and comparing points and skills without really diving into their respective characters - thankfully Oda knows those characters and knows how to make the story interesting and compelling. Where before I hoped we would get a follow up about the words directed at Zoro, instead Lucci was given more space for this chapter.

Where one would hope for Zoro to win and move to other parts of the island with the Strawhats, we instead stayed with Lucci and him witnessing Mars in his full on demon form - something that even Lucci was shocked to see.

Those two pages were such incredible moments for Lucci as a character who serves fully the Gorosei and the World Government in first place, yet! Yet! In the last part he's on the page, he's allowed and shown to be worried and caring for someone else than himself- after arcs and arcs where he appeared here and there just carrying out on orders and missions without seemingly caring about anyone to much depth before, he's given space to actually express the concern regarding Kaku.

Of course he's still this same of bloodthirsty killer, just like in Enies Lobby, (ch. 382),

both his immediate fight upon seeing Luffy on Egghead, and later against Zoro paints it clear what he's capable of.

Rob Lucci is regarded as one of the strongest assassin's in the Cipher Pol agency CP9 (and later with higher rank of CP0). Just reading his wikia to remember more moments, the section about his personality is mostly compiled of traits like cold-hearted, agressive, and especially taking the Wold Governments meaning of Justice into brutal heights, thinking all is allowed to accomplish his goals/missions/orders.

There's his past and how he has been trained by WG to do as they told him, or even go to length which he wasn't even ask to do, but knowing his position as assassin he did as he wanted.

By the end of Water 7 and leaving to Enies Lobby, where he preteded to be friends with Iceberg, Paulie and other shipwrights for 5 years, he didn't show any regrets leaving the place (contrary to Kaku, who seemed to really enjoy his work as shipwright and is sometimes shown really excited about new places and such)

Up until the chapter 1111 I mostly took him as someone really dutiful to follow orders through and through and not gave it much more thought beside that, but it's true that this already started to shift around chapter 1062, when we see Lucci, Kaku and Stussy on their way to Egghead Island:

"They want us to eliminate the most useful man in the world..."

"The last thing a man as keenly perceptive as you should be doing is looking for answers." (says Stussy, a double agent working for Vegapunk, lol).

I wouldn't call it distrust in WG, yet. At this point he was still adamant about following the mission to kill Vegapunk. But maybe it's more visible that he's thinking more about such orders and their consequences.

He fights Luffy immediately after setting foot on Egghead, calls it as it is in wanting to defeat Luffy and destroy his whole crew without any pretense (and maybe that honesty was why Luffy took his word for their brief cooperation in fighting Seraphim). ch. 1076

He says this honestly, yet after the Strawhats and Vegapunks are healing later on, Lucci still tries to attack Vegapunk, ch.1091

Once knowing Kizaru appeared too, Lucci returnes back to finish his mission, he strikes at Vegapunk again - unsuccessfuly because Stussy takes that attack, and Zoro pushes him from the lab and then keep him occupied until the latest chapter 1111.

And that is a big part of him, eyes always on the mission - get information to his bosses, to Navy/Saturn/Gorosei/Kizaru, and keep his enemies occupied or better yet - dead. This thinking was always present with him to this point in ch. 1111, and that is from where it could lead to even more nuance in his future decisions:

The first time seeing Mars in his demon form there's that blink-and-you-miss it expression of pure horror, hinting that even the highest ranking agents probably had no idea just what the true nature of the Gorosei looks like, and that a sight like that can pull this expression from Lucci:

After that brief shocked state, he goes back to immediately report all informations he has on Vegapunks, Strawhats, even their plan of escape, as well as mentioning the other Cipher Pol agents, trapped in the Lab:

then there's this panel, "well done. no further questions.":

which reminded me of very similar words Lucci said to Robin in Water 7, ch. 348: "you've fulfilled your role. good work."

Maybe it's not intended as parallel, but just that similarity of something he's been clearly hearing from his higher ups, that he added it to his own vocabulary.

But then there's this more surprising part of ch. 1111:

After his shock of seeing that monster in front of him, and after giving Mars all the informations, he still finds the strength to ask him to spare his partner's life, to save Kaku:

What he gets as an answer is along the lines of: "it might be difficult when everyone to us is like ants" and that's the last of Rob Lucci for this chapter.

Mars seem to share this same thinking like Saturn expressed before, while the navy guy heard that even the life of an CP0 agents isn't something Saturn (and Gorosei) would really be troubled over, if lost.

and hearing that from Mars could be an eyeopening moment for Lucci.

They're assassins and an intelligence agency of almost the highest standing among the World Governement, but even the lives of Kaku and such seem to mean nothing to the Gorosei.

The point of the current anime episode 1098 where Lucci & CP0 were just arriving on Egghead reminded me how he was asking Vegapunk about the missing Cipher Pol agents and their disappearances, ch. 1068:

It's not that he was only concerned about Kaku in the latest chapter, but since the end of Water 7 - and seeing how his crew cared for him to pay for his medical bills (cover story chapters 491 - 528, manga only, which is very interesting that the anime didn't adapt that cover story), I think he started to care more about "his own people" - the Cipher Pol agents in general - even to visit to their "hometown" while he was healing and defended that place (and the new young trainees) from the Marines who were sent to attack CP9 after their failure at Enies Lobby:

So the question is.. once Lucci saw just who he was serving all those years, the World Government and the Gorosei - and now seeing Mars in his bird monster form disregarding any care for any lives, even their own agents - will that be a tipping point for him?

He asked Mars to spare Kaku but got an answer that all of them, Cipher Pol agents even on the highest places, are still the same as insects in the eyes of the Gorosei

Could that be something that will help him make a certain change?

My possible theory of what he might do/what might happen (given that he still has the strength to walk after his fight with Zoro):

Find Kaku himself - he was trapped in the bubble like the other Seraphim - we don't know if anyone else un-trapped him in the meantime, and Lucci himself doesn't know about the bubble prison, given his flashback to Kaku is just him laying down, as he last remembers that from the Lab.

Sanji said to Kaku that Lucci abandoned him - something that Lucci kept taunting Zoro with during their fight - about the inability to sacrifice one from their team for the greater good. (It could mean that Kaku either wouldn't count on Lucci coming back, but it would work even better if it was shown Lucci actually coming back for Kaku

and they could go finish their side mission of rescuing the other Cipher Pol agents -

and that's another thing -

even during that brief panel of their rescue -they were thankful to Luffy! Despite their positions of agents of Government, which puts them always directly opposing pirates/Strawhats/Luffy, they appreciated and thanked Luffy for giving them food and saving them, ch. 1090

This together I feel could become a moment of all these agents realizing that Luffy isn't their real enemy - or wake up from their WG brainwashed thinking once they see just who is outside fighting: Gorosei in their monster forms vs. Luffy

I think that Rob Lucci stands there now as one of the few who could sway the Governments power to a tipping point from the inside.

Not precisely helping Luffy or Strawhats, but taking that power of the intelligence agency away from the WG and Marines.

It was shown in multiple pages how the Gorosei care more about the rank and position than any lives of their trained assassins, and think of them as something to be disgarded left and right.

Their intelligence agency and assassins act as a Shield to the WG, and the CP0 even carries that in their name: AEGIS, (a powerful shield from greek mythology).

If the other agents would follow Lucci in a different direction, he could be the one to take away that shield from the Gorosei, uncover one of the layers that act as their security, leaving them more exposed and vulnerable to future attacks (possibly from people like Dragon and Revolutionary army when the time comes for them to strike).

[unknownwriting]

Same!! Aside from the top 3 you listed, I generally don’t hate any character. Sure, if I see a bad character, I’d either go “Ehhh, I’m willing to forgive you... to some extent” or just “Nope, I dislike you”. But I don’t immediately think of them (except for those 3) when I go to my mental “hated characters” list. Thanks for answering 😊

Also, guessing request are open since your recent post said so, but the description says it’s closed...? I’m gonna take your word for it, and hopefully don’t offend you 😅

May I request Crocodile, Lucci and Kid with a crush on a fem. reader that’s a hopeless romantic? Just thought the dynamics would be adorable with how their personalities are portrayed >w<

As for what I personally classify as a hopeless romantic... it’s not so much the suaveness or charm. Sure, we love ourselves a gentleman that can remind us chivalry is not dead, but it’s more about finding “the one”. And “the one”, which we’re meant to find (kinda like a soulmate), has got to be able to show their sincerity. You can shower me in gold without the most genuine of feelings behind it, and I’d take one look at you, scowl and walk away. Small actions are weighed more heavily if the feelings behind them are sincere. A paper crane with a sweet note on it? My heart would straight up melt.

Figured it’d be interesting since I can imagine them trying to win her over with their perfectly crafted facade only to have her grimace in response since it’s not entirely genuine. We hopeless romantics are “in love with love” and could love practically anyone, but that’s only if they’re sincere.

ｓｕｍｍａｒｙ- having a crush on a hopeless romantic

ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｓ - Eustass Kid, Lucci, Crocodile

ｗａｒｎｉｎｇｓ - none :)

ａ/ｎ - Hopeless Romantic gang rise up 😫✊🏻 also akdjdid omg I totally forgot to even change the request until I saw your request. Thanks so much i hope you enjoy

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Eustass Kid

This man?? Having a crush?? Not in a million years....well it must’ve been a million years because the Captain of the kid pirates has found himself crushing over a common bartender

There is not anything special about you anyways, just a girl around his age who is stubborn, easy to talk to, and cute. He could find someone like her almost anywhere, but the thing that got him was how stubborn she was.

Kid could flirt all day and try and get you to come with him. But you just wouldn’t come, turning him down each time. It was so frustrating, seeing how you didn’t even flinch when Kid spoke but it was also nice. Kid loves a good challenge.

Of course, didn’t stay on the island the whole time, he still had other things to do, but he did come back often to meet up with her. Kid was not gonna let a perfectly good challenge slip away from him. So it’s easy for y’all to quickly become friends with how often Kid comes by and visits you. It only then did Kid finally realize why you kept turning him down: you were a hopeless romantic searching for the one and as far as you were concerned Kid was not it

When you told him that though all he gave you in return was a confused face and a curse word. ‘The fuck is ‘the one’?’ Kid has never heard anything of the sort, and it didn’t come as a surprise either. Kid was a very loud, mean, frustrating guy who probably only slept around.

Now that the 2 of you got closer, you decided that you could at least tell me, explaining why he doesn’t have a chance. Going over what you imagine your soulmate is just gonna be like definitely grossed Kid out, but he still listens trying to use your explanation as a hint

Long story short it didn’t work that much. Kid was farther from the mark each time he tried. At least that’s what you thought, the more time you spent around the red-haired captain the more selected traits would stand out to you. Traits that you told kid yourself.

Although with the fear of finding the wrong one and only wanting Kid because he’s convent to you, you didn’t say a word not even a peep to him. There would be no way to know that he is the one he’s so different then what you thought. With doubt still sitting in the back of your mind, you decided to keep quiet for now. It wouldn’t be bad to just enjoy his company for a while

Crocodile

LMAOO AJSJSJD I KINDA FORGOT CROCODILE’S PERSONALLY WAS ALREADY TO FAR IN. I’m so sorry but I hope you still enjoy

As soon as Crocodile had laid his eyes on you, he knew exactly what type of person you were a troublesome girl who is still obsessed with finding the one, your soulmate.

He tries his best to stay away from people like you, but it’s hard to do that when your working for him. However he still tried his best to stay away, but then you just always appeared where he would be. You failed the realize it but Crocodile definitely noticed it and just couldn’t stop thinking about it.

From there on out he kept looking at you where ever he went, wondering when and if you would show up. That’s when he finally realized, he has a crush.

It took him a while to approach you and to even get you to talk, but once he was able to, he constantly, being subtle about it, tried to when you over with small gestures of romance.

Which of none has even persuaded you. You had the idea of falling in love with your soulmate. Crocodile can spoil you as much as he wants but that won’t change your mind.

Although the gift he did give you was sweet, somewhat unexpected. Some days it might be a rose, others it might be bracelets, other days it might be a bag of money. Half of the time you thought it was whatever he had on him at the moment.

Aside from gifts he also let a lot of paperwork side which was probably the best thing he could’ve done. But you still did them all, although he was acting very out of character and being unbelievably kind, there was no way you were to gonna take advantage of him.

It frustrated him, it really did. The fact that you didn’t even budge but at the same time he found it very admirable. Having such a strong will and not settling for anything better than your soul mate. It’s a nice challenge that he would definitely accept.

Rob Lucci

Each one of these men loves a good challenge. It’s just a known fact. So when Lucci learned that he was getting a new member on his team he treated her the same way he treated everyone: cold yet with respect. However, he failed to notice just the type of girl you were.

Talkative. Talking to everyone about anything. It’s doesn’t matter who it was you always found a way to talk to them. Whether it was Lucci or Kaku or just some random worker. You always found a way to talk

That was the first challenge. Just getting you to shut up, whether it was by intimation or if it was force, whatever it was, that was his first challenge what came next he has no intention of. You were....actually nice to talk to.

when you were rambling now Lucci could feel his expression loosely and a small, very small smile on his lips. You seemed to be a kinda nice person to talk to and Lucci doesn’t mind you. Maybe you were even nice enough to have a crush on. 

With Lucci’s newfound crush, he had no idea what to even do. Besides a few nightstands, the man has never really been considered with the idea. and to make matters worse, he overheard you talking about ‘the one’ as if he was supposed to know what that means. After asking around a bit he was able to figure it out and concluded that he wasn’t it.

Although he wasn’t ’the one’, what’s a challenge if you don’t at least try. So starting with the first thing he could think of he slowly began to participate in the conversation with you. It was awkward and weird but you thought it was cute in his own little way. At least he was trying.

Surprisingly it didn’t take long for the 2 of y’all to warm up to each other. From there, Lucci was able to learn more about you and just how to win you over. He wasn’t as bold as the other 2 but he did try his best to make it noticeable.

You were definitely quick to catch on to his change and to what he was doing but being strong-willed and all you continued to turn him down. Lucci just wasn’t your type and you felt bad for telling him that but it was true. However, Lucci is not gonna give up on you that easily. Once Lucci accepts and challenges there’s no going back

[myonepiece]

Hello, I like your Blogs... So please can you write a headcanon about Rob Lucci is Married and to his Honeymoon Night... Pleasssssseeeeeeee last Hope🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Yes I’m sorry this took so long! I’m sure if you wanted nsfw, but honeymoon night is usually nsfw, so I included a bit of nsfw in the middle. If you didn’t want that feel free to tell me and I’ll redo it completely sfw :)

Also I’m the most familiar with Lucci, but I think I know enough <3

I hope you like it!

Rob Lucci Honeymoon

Warnings: slight nsfw

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Lucci and you boarded a ship right after your wedding, it was very fancy and luxurious boat, of course you expected nothing less as Lucci’s wife. As the two of you had made your way to the ship he had kept his usual emotionless facade, but as soon as you two stepped into the living part of the ship alone, his seriousness quickly melted away. Lucci smiled down at you as your eyes lit up looking around the living room cabin, filled with lush couches and multiple fluffy pillows all in a color pallets of white and occasional blue and black.

Lucci firmly pulled you in to his chest, but his hug was much gentler and softer than it looked. He buried his face in your hair and inhaled your familiar sweet scent. He finally legally owned you, you are only his and there is now a document stating it. Lucci felt overwhelmed with the unusual happiness that he felt, normally he would of course be happy with you, but right now he could only explain this feeling as... euphoric.

Lucci picked you up and sat down on the bed pulling you down onto his lap. He gently stroked your head, feeling as though he could finally be completely open and vulnerable. You giggled as you nuzzled your nose into his neck, and it just melted his heart knowing that he would have this or the rest of his life.

“What would you like to do my wife?” Lucci purred. You blushed and tucked even farther into his neck hoping he wouldn’t notice.

“Whatever you want my dear husband~”

Lucci hummed in return and looked around the room for something to do, eyes landing on the bathroom door. He smirked and looked down making eyes contact with you, then glancing back to the bathroom door showing you his thoughts. You blushed even more and lightly hit his chest, of course that’s what he’s thinking of.

You stood up off his lap and followed behind him as he went to go turn on the bath. You gently tied his hair up and then did the same to yours.

Lucci stepped into the bath and layed back, helping you in and having you lay on his chest facing him. He tucked a loose strand of hair behind your ear and places his lips on yours. It was a soft kiss, something you rarely got from Lucci. You deepened the kiss, still maintaining the slow passionate pace. You pulled back and looked at Lucci through your half closed eyes. He had a very light blush on his cheeks as he looked into your eyes, both of you catching your breath. You placed soft kisses on his forehead, cheeks, and nose pulling a soft chuckle from your husband.

He brought you back into his arms and placed his lips on your again, this kiss becoming more fast and passionate. Lucci ran his hands over your body, and you let your hands roam his upper body feeling his strong muscles tense and relax under your actions. He tangled his hand in your hair and gently pulled eliciting a gasp which he used to slip his tongue into your mouth. As his muscle explored your mouth you let out a breathy moan earning a quiet groan from Lucci. He slowly sat up and picked you up wrapping your legs around his torso. He carefully stepped out of the tub as you moved your mouth down and started to work on his neck, leaving small purple marks.

Lucci undid both of your hair and dropped you into the bed. He crawled over you and started licking your neck as you whimpered under his touch. He smirked against your neck and brought his hand down to carress your thigh. With Lucci’s patience wearing thin he lined himself up with your entrance and slowly pushed in deep making you moan his name. He hungrily reclaimed your lips and thrusted hard and deep in to you....

~~~~~~ time skip to keep some of your innocence

With Lucci’s thrusts becoming faster and sloppier, you could tell he was reaching his climax. His groans climbed in volume, as did yours. With a final hard thrust and a loud groan of your name he came inside you, the erotic feeling causing you to reach your own high and shouting his name as you arched your back.

Lucci collapsed on top of you and tucked his head into your neck while you both caught your breath. After a bit he rolled off of your and lay on his back, pulling you onto his chest and resting his cheek on the crown of your head. You placed your hands on his chest and stared out the window at the now almost fully set sun. Lucci followed your gaze out to the sunset, but quickly returned it to you as found your beauty more captivating.

“Are you happy my queen?” Lucci inquired as he kissed your forehead softly.

“Couldn’t be happier my love”

You smiled as you kissed his chest. He placed his hand over yours, bringing it to his his lips and giving it a quick kiss before placing it back on his chest. He fell asleep watching the woman he loves with all his heart, but he felt a stab of terror as he realized the world now knows his weakness. There might be people coming to get you now, but the day he lets someone take you away from him is the day he you lay in the embrace of his cold dead body. Meh views weaknesses as a sin, so call him a sinner. That’s a small price to pay for getting to spend the rest of his life with a woman far too good for even him.

[husbandograveyard]

Cool Down - Lucci x Reader

One Piece of summer challenge - week 9

part of the challenge hosted by @doctorgerth​ & @laws-yellow-submarine​ I’m attempting all 11 weeks, 11 different prompts and 11 different characters! Enjoy! Lucci for me personally is a huge challenge to write for, but as we’re nearing the end of the challenge I’m getting more confident in my writing skills. Who knows, maybe this one is not completely disastrous! It’s got a tiny bit of a crack fic vibe, and it may be a litlle out of character? I am sorry. Lucci’s DF is still kind of funny to me. Mreow. Enjoy~ 

Prompt: Heat - Character: Lucci - Word count: 1.2k  2nd person. Genderneutral reader. Some suggestive themes, nothing sinful though, everything still safe for work as per usual! 

There was a heatwave in town. It was predicted, and yet no one could have predicted just how hot it was going to be. If you looked in the distance, your visions got distorted by sheer heatwaves. The moment skin was exposed to the sun any longer than a few seconds, it was already glistening with sweat. You didn’t think it had ever been so hot before. It was absolute torture. 

Your boyfriend did not handle the heat very well. And that was an understatement. He was downright suffering. It would be funny if it didn’t make him completely pissed off. He was never one to actually nag or complain about such trivial things, having faced worse conditions on his job, and yet. 

He was sitting on the couch, shirt open a little too much to be decent -not that he cared about being decent within the walls of his own house-, slightly slouched, which was very uncharacteristic, he usually sat with great posture, just like he walked around with excellent posture. You felt bad for him. He was clearly feeling uncomfortable, but there was only so much you could do.

He got extra snappy, and showering him with love would not help at all. Too sticky to get actually intimate. He'd just literally push you away. There was very little you could do and you didn’t want to bother him too much, not wanting to get snapped at. 

“Is there anything I can do at all?” You had shot him some concerned looks, and he just tilted his hair back, running his hand through his long hair, definitely another factor contributing to his current overheated state. He shook his head.  “Just leave me alone for a bit?” he sounded annoyed and you just nodded. 

You got to just doing your chores, wrecking your brain on how to provide him some kind of relief without making the situation worse. Days off together were already rare enough as it was, and you wanted to make the most of it. You figured he was probably bothered even more so just because he was annoyed that a day off brought such discomfort. 

As you were dusting some bookshelves, a particular book caught your eye. Could it be...? 

It was a book on how to take care of cats. It had been a gag gift to Lucci a few years ago, he had not really appreciated initially, but when you finally moved in together, he had brought it along, which at the very least meant he had kept it all that time. 

You flipped through the pages. Your boyfriend’s zoan power was more than that of an ordinary house cat, but big cats were still cats right? He absolutely hated it when you pointed out small mannerisms he had in common with the animals, but you thought it was extremely endearing. And at this point you were desperate to find something that might help. 

10 minutes later you stood in front of him, hair brush, bucket of water and towels as your weapons of choice. Lucci sat up, half opening his eyes to see what you were planning to do.  “What’s that for?” “For you.” He opened his eyes only to narrow them again, a frown apparent on his tired face.  “For me?” he sounded highly skeptical, but there was also an unmistakable hint of amusement in his voice, one corner of his lips tugging upward even though the frown was still present on his face. You sat down next to him on the couch. 

“Turn a little, so your back is turned to me.”  It was not often that you could boss him around, he usually didn’t take any commands from you, but for now he complied. Too hot to argue and who knows, maybe whatever you were about to do did provide some relief? 

You put your hands on the shoulder part of his fabric, tugging it slightly so it fell down his shoulders and most of his back got exposed to you.  “If you wanted me to undress you should’ve just asked me.” He knew you’d get flustered at such a comment and you decided to try your best to ignore it since he couldn’t see your face anyway and you got to work. 

You dipped some towels in the bucket with cold water and wrung them out, lifting his hair and placing the cold, wet towel on his neck. He inhaled sharply at the sudden sensation and you could see the muscles in his back tense for a second before he relaxed visibly. With a second towel you softly stroked his arms, his back, his shoulders. The book had said to gently stroke the fur without soaking it, so you figured a damp cold towel would do the trick. 

After you had changed the towel on his neck a couple of times and had cooled down his skin enough with countless soft strokes of the towel, you cooled it down with the water once more, and draped it over his shoulders, almost like a cape. So far Lucci had not really moved yet, except the tiniest muscle movement when you had just refreshed a towel and hit his hot skin with fresh coolness. 

Then you dipped your hands in the water and started gently combing them through his hair. After seeing him take care of his hair you knew better than to dig into those curls with a brush straight ahead. Besides, he seemed to enjoy the feeling of your hands as well. So far, he had yet to say a word and he had not made you stop or anything. The moment your cold hands touched his scalp, you could’ve sworn you heard the softest most quiet throat noise from him, almost like a purr, but you decided against saying something about it, it would probably ruin the mood. 

You were really enjoying yourself, this was a kind of intimacy that was rare with your boyfriend, in general, intimacy with him was more on the rough side, with him always in complete control. It was nice to hold the reigns, even if it was just for something as soft and innocent as this. 

His hair was nearly soaked but perfectly cool and detangled by the time you were done. you had refreshed the towel on his back a couple more times, and finished off this routine by going over his back one more time, then standing up and sitting in front of him on the couch and wiping his chest once as well. He was staring intently as you did this, and the moment you looked up and made eye contact as you pulled away the towel to finish up, you got goosebumps all over. 

He leaned down a little to pull you into a passionate kiss, his way of saying thank you, and a way to make the atmosphere a little more what you’re used to. Heated, now that he had cooled down a bit. Still not enough to continue once he pulled back. You just smiled. 

“There... Are you feeling a bit better?” “Yes. Thank you y/n” “It’s nothing~ Then that book on how to take care of cats got its purpose in the end” you giggled, and you realized you mistake as the look in his eyes changed immediately.  “You looked up how to cool off a cat?”  You stood up quickly “Well would you look at the time, I ehm... think I gotta make dinner”

[luccislegs]

Hello my queen, my holy grail, the almighty. I absolutely love everything you post. May I request head cannons for Kaku and maybe Lucci with them being with normal civilian women for the act. Please make it cute and fluffy with some spice please. Thank you. If your not able to I understand

⇥ rules!

⇥  non-one piece requests open!

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kaku:

Kaku doesn’t feel too bad at first. Sometimes he’s reminded of his mission, but he’s prone to losing himself in the act and forgetting. He’s happy with a normal civvie life, more than he should be for an assassin playing a part. 

At some point, probably a few years into the program, it dawns on him that he can’t keep it up. His first thought is that he needs to end it. It might hurt, but it’ll still be better than you getting caught up and ostracized or worse. 

But then he gets home and sees you standing there, smiling so bright at him, so happy that he’s home, and the words get caught in his throat. You can tell something is up based on the pensive look on his face, but as soon as he catches you looking he flips it off, giving you just enough of a smile that lets you know he’s okay, just thinking. You give him a hesitant smile back, and the moment passes.

His favorite pastime is definitely cuddling with you. He’s been very touch starved, so any chance he gets he wraps you up in his arms. As soon as he walks through the door, if you aren’t there to greet him, he’ll seek you out and hug you from behind, nuzzling your hair and just breathing you in. Sometimes he’ll pick you up if you’re in the middle of chores and whisk you away, falling to the couch with you to nap or watch TV, snuggling close to you. There’s always that little niggling in the back of his mind, as he stares down at you sleeping peacefully in his embrace, that it’s the happiest he’s ever been and it’s going to end soon.

After a long day at work, he’ll sometimes go out with other members of Galley-La, just to keep up friendly appearances. And afterwards, he’ll meet up with the other members of CP9 and go through the same intel, picking apart anything new, and sigh with relief when he’s done. Hopping from rooftop to rooftop, the anxiety in his chest will ease as he slips into his home. The dark shape of you soothes any lingering unease as he slides into the sheets beside you. The gentle sounds you make as you curl up against him, running your hands down his muscled chest, the sleepy kisses you litter on his neck, all of it combines until he’s got you pinned to the bed.

By then, you’re awake enough to respond and arch up when his fingers slide up your sides to tweak a nipple, sighing and gasping his name in turns. It only encourages him to continue, now desperate to hear more pleas and calls of his name, needing to know that you’re his. He doesn’t rush, even though he’s tired and has work the next day, because he wants to commit every sound you make and the feel of your skin on his to memory.

When you come undone underneath him, he relishes the fingers tugging on his hair and digging into his shoulders hard enough to sting. He sags over you, still propped up on his elbows and his forehead resting lightly on yours as he catches his breath. Smiling back when you grin up at him, he rolls off of you, pulling you so close you’re practically laying on top of him and laying kisses everywhere he can reach. Sometimes there’s a sleepy conversation about the day, but more often than not you both fall asleep naked and sweaty, and it’s enough for him to forget that his reason for being in Water 7 isn’t you.

Lucci:

Lucci doesn’t actually start out as wanting anything to do with you. You’re just around him all the time at the cafe he frequents or the bar, and it builds into a friends with benefits situation. When he needs to blow off steam, you’re who he goes to.

After a while, though, he finds himself seeking you out for things that aren’t sex, like lunch or a stroll through Water 7 on a festival night. Sometimes, he’ll even find you waiting for him to leave work, suggesting dinner or some other activity you both enjoy. After a year, he would be more surprised if you *didn’t* know anything about each other. And no matter how hard he tried to keep his feelings separate from you, he’s cognizant that it didn’t work.

Unfortunately, Lucci doesn’t really care about your feelings. He’s still got that disconnection going for him, so when he leaves it won’t sting as much as it will for Kaku. At least, that’s what he tells himself, without realizing how compartmentalized his feelings are.

There are a lot of nights after the first year that he just sneaks into your house (with prior permission of course, you’ve had a talk about coming and going already) and crawls into the bed beside you. Sometimes he’ll wake you with warm, callused hands running down the skin of your thighs, spreading them for easier access to your center and relishing the gasps and cries of his name as he brings you over the edge. Other times he’ll simply fall asleep, not even bothering to drag you to him before he does, and yet somehow still finds himself entangled with you when he wakes up the next morning.

It becomes a routine before he realizes it, though he doesn’t ever allow you to come to his home, wanting the space to remain his and his alone, along with the comings and goings of the other CP9 agents. Being the leader, his house is the hub and he wouldn’t want you accidentally stumbling on anything you shouldn’t about the mission. It’s a point of contention in the relationship, one that he does everything he can to distract you from. It’s one of the few times he loses his temper when you pester him about it.

When news comes down that the Strawhats are about to show up in Water 7 and that the mission is to take the next step, he doesn’t hesitate to break it off with you. Regardless of your tears, confusion, and pleas, he remains stoic, telling you it simply isn’t working and leaving you. He doesn’t comfort you or reveal anything, leaving you cold and alone and hurt. He’ll say it’s for your own good, but in reality he can’t handle knowing that he failed in his mission not to get attached. When he gets home that night, he doesn’t sleep.

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Reading One Piece pt 131: Luffy Speaks Friendship

Chapter 366

 Thoughts:

- Fpos/cs: Hey, do you remember how giants in Little Garden used to fight each other with their swords that were tragically destroyed when they helped Straw Hats leave the island? Well, fear not, sport fans, the weapons may be gone but the giants are not! They fistfight now :)

- Yeah, Rocket Man left Water Seven!

- And Frankies with it!

- Ok, Kokoro is behind wheel and looks for rails

- “Brace yourself so you won’t be hurt much :)” lol

- Oh dear, Kokoro’s grandkid Chimney is on the train too

- Yoo! They’re on the rails! And going superfast!

- Everyone had to get inside the train :D

- Oh, would you look at that! Not only Paulie got on the train! The other two of the Big Five Shipwrights got in too! You know, the not traitor ones. One was called Lulu, I don’t remember the other

- “Since I couldn’t stop you guys… I might as well join you!” sound logic, Paulie

- The Other Two joined because they saw Paulie joining them. Domino effect :D

- Frankies are mad too. Well, their boss/family head was kidnapped

- I just realized that kind of make Franky head of the mafia. There’s mafia everywhere

- (I’m pretty sure I knew it at the beginning of the arc but I forget things so easily I could be a shounen protagonist. I would start a fight with my sworn enemy and end up with a new best friend, not knowing what the fight was even about)

- “Shut up! The one who’s suffering the most is Iceburg-san!” knowing they left Iceburg more or less alone for this makes it funnier :D

- Other Two are asking who are the bad guys, so Paulie told them

- Full shock :D

- Luffy speaks!

- “Franky family.. and Galley-ga… even thought we had some problems with each other in town… our enemies are now the same!” YEAH! They all officially like each other now!

- Luffy calls dibs on fighting Lucci. I have no problem with that

- Zoro elaborates on the goal of this little school trip

- “The reason for this fight is to take back what those four people took from us. It won’t end until we get them.” I agree BUT REALLY, how long is this arc? I kinda thought Water Seven was slowly wrapping up after tragic end of Drama Bedroom but it doesn’t look like that anymore. Someone help

- Nami is worried about train and tides but Luffy is busy making friends

- “From now on… we’re allies!” yeah!

- Oh, he’s making a speech

- “The sea train that’s ahead of us has our friends on it! By joining up, our power is even stronger! We’re not going to be beaten by a wave!!! We’re going to achieve all our goals!!!” I’m so proud of you, Luffy

- That wave is sooo getting down. Hopefully not on Rocket Man tho

- Oh look, phone call from Sanji

- Ah, we’re on Puffing Tom now. Fifth wagon, to be precise

- “T-Bone” is clearly a reference to something but I don’t know what. Personally I think the name is stupid but the guy himself is pretty ok. Solid three stars out of five, would be higher but I think he’ll attack Sanji in a minute so yeah

- What? I like knights-like characters

- Ooo, Sanji, Franky and Usopp vanished!

- THEY’RE ON A TRAIN ROOF!!!!! WE’LL GET A TRAIN ROOF FIGHT!!!

I didn’t even know I liked train roof fights so much but here I am, super excited for one! You learn something new every day :D  

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