Lia's POV;

Stupid weak baby body, we should have taken the adult-insert option. Now we're stuck in this child body for the next dozen years. At least Lara seems to like it. She's waddling around the deck like a chipmunk on speed. Bothering one of the fishmen here or there. She likes to be with this whale shark thing, I think Jimbei was his name, the most.

Whenever he trains his punches, she stands next to him and tries to imitate them. The big guy is friendly enough and surely amused enough, to even help her. If this goes on she will learn this Fishmen Karate for real.

I like to annoy this saw shark guy, he is so easily riled up and is constantly grumbling about annoying weak children, whenever I am riding on his shoulder. The fish man really hates humans but does not see me, Lara, and our parents as humans. Must've been because he got socked in the face by our father when he compared us to them. Fine by me, I never was human and Lara stopped being human in her second life.

We had a few run ins with the marines, but these fishmen are standing true to their name and just jumped into the water and broke their rudder. The much faster ship we were on then just slips away.

Jury and the other fishmen we had with us left a few days after our departure from the Sabbaody Archipelago. They were diving down to their home, Fisherman Island. An island deep under the sea with air and a sky. Jury, Lara and I were told tales about its beauty and other stories.

I think I want to visit it someday, I have to run this idea by Lara. I know she won't say no, but it's good to ask nonetheless. Anyway, our training of Haki dropped to zero while staying on the ship. There is always someone watching us. Be it other ex-slaves, our parents or some pirates.

We are very well liked, especially Lara with her bubbly personality. She is always laughing and smiling and waddling around the ship. What a difference it is to see her having such a childhood. We both know about the things the World Nobles can do and I'm sure it is by far less than what happened during Lara's Naruto-childhood.

Our parents are nice people. Mother is way happier since we escaped Mariejois. She is smiling a lot more, laughs and cuddles. Don't forget the cuddles. She cuddles us as often as she can and I was forced to push Lara into her arms more than once if I wanted to escape her. Not that Lara minds the cuddles. My husband, or is it now wife? Likes cuddling a lot. She is cuddling our mother, me, sometimes our father, me, Jimbei, me, this strange Koala girl and me most of the day.

Our father isn't as girly as he first appeared to be, sure he is scrawny and does not look like much, but his skill with the sword is impressive. He can cut through steel, can make force blades that are able to travel through the sky and is all in all fairly strong and scary if his family is in danger.

Both Lara and I still don't know what his role as a slave in Mariejois was, but by appearance probably a lover boy for one of their women. Both Lara and I will look cute and later beautiful.

I also miss my tails. Still, the long ears remind me of my fox ears, so not everything is new. Lara pouted for a few weeks once she realized that neither of us has a tail now.

The need to eat is something that bothers me greatly. This is also the reason why I freed myself from the iron grip of Lara, I swear she is using armament Haki when she cuddles. I finished my escape and am now waddling to our mother. Lara didn't mind, she just grabbed this emotionless and constantly smiling Koala girl. A girl that was also saved by Fisher Tiger. She is a few years older than us and has unruly hair and a constant forced smile. I only know that she is a girl because mother bathed all three of us at the same time. She is mostly unresponsive and did not even cry out when Arlong hit her.

Our parents were sitting together at the bow of the ship. I walked up to them and grabbed the hem of our mother's dress. “Mother, hungry!”, I said in a demanding tone. She always follows my demands.

“Sure thing sweety, come here”, was mothers amused reply. She smiled at me and grabbed me under my arms, before lifting me up and sitting me down on her lap. She then pulled the strap of her dress down and guided me to her nipple. I still don't like to suckle on her breasts. Both Lara and I have most of our teeth, but mother is insisting on breastfeeding us until all of them are out.

Getting teeth was annoying I tell you, the mouth was throbbing, any contact with our gums gave me an unpleasant jolt and the spittle, so much spittle. Lara had the same problems but used her spittle to slobber this Koala girl. She just grabbed the hand of the girl and put it in her mouth. I would never do such a thing. It's so unhygienic and childish.

I want to suckle on Lara's nipple, but we both agreed to do no sexual activities until we hit puberty. We only kissed each other. And even then we had to stick to childish pecks. Too many were watching us, annoying mature adults that are responsible.

“Leo, could you fetch Lara? I'm sure she is hungry as well”, said mother suddenly.  and I looked up to see how our father stood up and walked over to Koala and Lara. He tried to pick Lara up but ended with both Lara and Koala in the air. Koala was not showing any sign of being uncomfortable from being lifted and just kept her constant forced smile. Strange girl.

Father tried to pry Lara gently off but wasn't able, so he shrugged and carried both of them over. He then sat Lara, who seems to be sleeping, next to me and Lara's grip on Koala was gone. Now I was back in her clutches.

“Funny how different they both are, Lara is always hugging someone while Lia only likes to cuddle with Lara. Lara also asks way more questions”, mused our father while patting my head. I grumbled a bit and shifted slightly so that Lara would hug me more comfortable.

My wife in return sighed in comfort and began to suckle on the nipple that was placed in her mouth. Instinct? It matters not, Lara was a cute baby and I always liked to be held by the one person I love above all.

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A few minutes later I was full and squirmed out of mothers hold. I did try to get away from Lara, but her hands were black. I knew it, she is using Haki!

Great, now I will never be able to get out of her hugs. For someone that was once a guy she really loves hugs. But she also acts completely different when she's female and not male. As a male, she is way more serious and has a no nonsense tone.

While her personality makes almost an 180° shift as a woman. She is bubbly, likes to hug things, jokes way more and is all in all more playful and laid back. Some would say she is even stupid.

I find it amusing and take her quirks as something that defines her. Like she does with my, over the top brutality and enjoyment of mocking others.

“Luna, Leo, we will reach the half way mark in a couple of days. From there on it will only take a few months for us to get you on a ship that can cross the red line and bring you to the East Blue. I'm sorry, but we won't be able to come with you, our place is here on the Grand Line and we still have to bring Koala back to her family”, said Fisher Tiger, who came over to us. I did not notice him, too busy with thinking.

I tapped Lara's nose to wake her up and a moment later two big green eyes were smiling at me. A sloppy kiss followed and I moved my head towards Fisher Tiger. Lara understood and let go of her full body hug. She still had my hand in hers but was now sitting next to me and not on me.

“I see, thank you for all your work. I think I will be strong enough for us to survive on our own from then on”, replied our father with a bow. My mother also bowed.

“Fisher Shiger”, quipped Lara with outstretched hands, she purposely gets his name wrong, something about looking cuter. It had her desired effect and she got picked up by him. The large fishmen then sat her down on his shoulder and Lara beamed down on everyone else.

“Hehe, it was no trouble, having you four on our ship helped in raising our mood and was always funny”, he then laughed and waved his hand in a nonchalant manner.

“Especially when Lia braided Arlong's hair”, laughed Jimbei from his place behind the helm.

Arlong heard this and was cursing both Jimbei and me, me more than the whale shark fishmen.

I laughed and pointed at Arlong, it looked as if I was laughing at him, which I was.

Lara, on the other hand, was now speaking gibberish while rowing her hands widely. She was obviously trying to play captain and pointed at Arlong and then in the water. From there she made a gagooo sound and pointed towards the horizon. A horizon that quickly got filled with Marine ships.

Oh, that was why she was making gibberish noises, she isn't allowed to speak coherently.

“The Marines are back, Arlong you heard the young lady. In the water with you, I want to see these ships immobile in the next five minutes, Jimbei help him!”, barked Fisher Tiger loudly. Lara had to hold her large and cute ears from the loud noise but still continued with her gibberish. She was trying to imitate Fisher Tiger, but her laughter was making it hard to take her seriously.

That and the fact that she was a two-year-old baby on the shoulder of a two-meter tall fishmen, while shouting in baby talk. Seriously, my wife can be so childish.

“Hahaha, Lara will make a fine captain once she is all grown up”, laughed our father. He got an elbow in his sides for his statement from our mother.

“Don't be stupid, our two little sweeties won't become pirates or anything that has something to do with the sea”, she rebuked him angrily and picked me up. She turned me around and looked into my face.

“Am I right Lia? You won't become someone that has to live on the sea do you?”, she asked me in a baby tone.

“Pirate!”, I laughed. Our burned marks will make anything else nearly impossible. Either being branded as slaves or becoming a pirate. The Sun Pirates symbol is forcing us into becoming pirates. The World Noble symbol would brand us as goods. The choice is obvious. And being a pirate will be fun.

“No, no pirate”, repeated mother.

“Pirate!”, I said again and pointed at Lara. Mother looked crestfallen and sat down. From there on it was a constant turn of saying pirate and mother telling me to not become a pirate. Father was laughing while cutting canon balls in two and Lara stayed on Fisher Tiger's shoulder for the rest of the attack. A normal day on the ship of the Sun Pirates.

Two Month's Later;

“Say ah Lia!”, said mother, we were now given solid food. Well, semi solid, but it was still better than sucking on the nipple of someone other than Lara's. Not that I tried to suck on Lara's nipples, more than trice. It was such a turn down when the other party does not feel anything pleasurable from your administrations. All Lara felt was that it tickled. Seems like I really am forced on a ten year long dry run....

“Hm? Already full?”, asked mother and I noticed that I did not open my mouth. I think I got the habit of spacing out from Lara. She was also often spacing out with her inner monologues.

“Ah”, I said and opened my mouth. A piece of fruit was put inside and I began to chew on it. It was sweet and tasted a little bit like apple and melon at the same time.

“Want chicken!”, protested Lara from my side. Yes, she got chicken once. Arlong pushed a chicken leg into her mouth once, probably wanted her to be quiet. It was gone within a second and Arlong's food followed directly after. Since then she had a reason to demand chicken and was doing it at least once each meal.

“No chicken for you Lara, you have to eat your fruits too”, denied mother. Lara then got a piece of the same fruit showed into her mouth and had to pout while chewing. It looked cute.

The door opened and our father walked in, he smiled at us and patted Lara's head a few times before turning to our mother;“Honey, Jimbei thinks we will reach our destination in a few hours. From there we will try to get a place in a smuggler ship and cross the Calm Belt”.

“The Calm Belt?”, asked mother in shock. If I'm right then that was the place that is between the Grand Line and the Blues. The East and South Blue on the Paradise side and the West and North Blue on the New World side. It is also called the nest of sea kings and deadly for almost anyone but the strongest.

“Yes I was as shocked as you, but Jimbei said that they captured some Marine ships and are able to sail through them without risking a sea king attack. That is as long as they don't spot us directly. I plan to offer my skills as a swordsman for protection as payment for the voyage”, he explained.

Is father strong enough to fight sea kings from the Calm Belt? Weren't those giant in comparison to most of their siblings? But it's called nest, so maybe that wasn't true and there are just more?

“And you don't think we could just live here on the Red Line?”, asked mother with little hope and a weak smile. She was also hugging both me and Lara strongly.

“I'm sorry honey, but the mark of a World Noble is too known on the Grand Line as well as the symbol of the Sun Pirates. We have to try, there is nothing that will be able to harm us once we are in the East Blue”, assured our father. He then hugged all three of us and gave our mother a kiss.

“I trust you, Leo. If you think that it's the best for our family then so be it”, yielded mother. She hugged him back and they stayed like this for a moment. That was until Lara began to squirm, I did the same and we both were let down.

“We need cloaks, they are not allowed to see our ears or we might risk being hunted again”, father then said and gave my ear a gentle rub. It tickled a bit, so I waddled away from him.

“Yes, we need to. You think you will be able to... if they see us nonetheless?”, asked mother unsure.

They tried not to speak about killing and murder with us present, but they still spoke about almost anything with us present.

“If it comes down to it I have to, I just hope that it will be when we are almost through the Calm Belt. I'm not good with sailing a ship”, replied father in a serious tone. He then began to maintain his sword, while mother prepared the clothes for us. Lara and I got two large hats put on us with our parents doing the same. They also put cloaks on and hid their faces. Both Lara and I got also a veil.

They also prepared two sacks of clothes, some money they got from Fisher Tiger and the gold they took with them during our escape. It was a richly decorated statue of an animal. The eyes were made of diamonds and it had a lot of other gems embedded. It looked expensive and will help in gaining a starting income.

Four hours later we were called and walked to the deck, there we were greeted by every Sun Pirate on board. “This is the Smugglers Den, Jimbei will bring you to one of our contacts, he will help you with crossing the Calm Belt, but you will still need to pay, the money I gave you is for that. But it might also be possible to offer your skills as a swordsman”, began Fisher Tiger.

“Thank you, without you and the help of your crew we would still be in Mariejois or already recaptured. We will remember you for the rest of our life”, said father in return. Both of our parents bowed deeply.

“I already told you that it was nice to have you four on board. Have a nice and peaceful life for me, will you?”, laughed Fisher Tiger. Our father nodded in agreement and then turned to Jimbei who was waiting at the railing. We were already docked. The place was a swimming island made out of wood with some ships anchoring around it. There were four big Marine warships and a lot of smaller ones.

“Thank you again, good luck to you and your crew as well”, said mother before we followed Jimbei down.