Monkey D. Anna

"I'm Monkey D. Anna, daughter of Monkey D. Luffy and from the future." The first sentence was enough to give a wave of shock for everyone especially the brothers.

"DAUGHTER!?"

Marco tried to continue.

"I am also the successor of my grandfather's legacy, Monkey D. Dragon's revolution against the World Government, successor of my mother's tribe as empress and the sole survivor that carries the will of D. You who read my message, I shall tell you the information I could for the sake of saving my time."

For some reason they felt very heavy especially Marco who had not only knew her but also been raised by her from infancy. If what this said was true, what happened to the future that made her come this present or past in her case? For some reason Marco felt something froze within him but fought against it to continue reading.

"Everything started after my father's death,

the World Government had started their hunt to all people that carries the D in their name. It was all race against time to those who will be killed and those will be saved. We did everything we could to save them but as much as I don't want to admit it, we failed. Everyone did everything they could to protect me, to the point Uncle Sabo had drilled me to learn the use of haki, Uncle Zoro in swordsmanship and my mother in both haki and archery. They did but chaos surrounded us, innocent people die and war kept raging. We already got to the point that no matter who wins between side, there will be nothing left but destruction.

That's why when Uncle Marco the captain of the New Whitebeard Pirates came and told me about the man who ate jikan-jikan no mi I didn't hesitate to look for that person to ask his aid. We found him and agreed to aid us. In truth I want to do this alone but Uncle Marco forbade me for going alone so we ended up together, we travel back in time. We both made many plans after plans to prevent worst case scenario such as my father and his crew dying for not being ready for the new world, Uncle Sabo's memories never returning and stuff then few actions that will soon affect your current time. We also need someone from this present who could aid us to do the changes and Uncle Marco had decided to use his present self for it, by using the Phoenix's ability of rebirth to restart his life. I didn't agree with it but before I knew it, he had taken action to kill his counterpart. Due to his action that Uncle Marco began to disappear and told me to raise his new self and hope the bet he had made won't be in vain, I ask him why do such thing when there's more ways than this and he answered, because it will endanger my own existence so he sacrificed himself to prevent it from happening.

In truth I don't really mind myself losing my existence for the sake of everyone's future but I realized everyone around me doesn't want me to do such thing. I had seen so many deaths, both comrade and family... so much that I question myself if I really have a power to protect those that I care. I slowly fall to darkness and before I knew it someone would grab my hand and raise me back to keep going. I wonder if this was what Uncle Zoro actually meant about my father usually hid his suffering and burden in his smile, I guess I got something from him.

I had done all I could, now it's the past or the new present's job to create their future. No matter what outcome it may be I will always believe that what's ahead is the future that I and everyone else is worth risking. For that I wanted to start with the Whitebeard Pirate's changes, Uncle Marco may never mention this but I know he wants many things to change now that we got this chance, like preventing the Fourth commander's death and the War of the Best. Since this is the high risk, I hope Uncle Marco or currently my Uncle-and-Adopted-Son could convince my father's crew to have their two years worth of training before proceeding to their adventure.

To you who read this, the time had already altered ever since we had arrived in this present. How do you answer this changes?"

Marco ended the whole message. Everyone didn't make a sound, too occupied to everything they had learned about the real owner of that notebook who's actually the daughter of Luffy in the future. Marco looked below to see a smaller text but still readable. He continued.

"P.S. Ever since I had arrived in the past I can't help but remember my last interaction with papa, the time I had asked him why he named me Anna. Papa laugh with a nostalgic in his lips and told me some stories about his older and icon brother, Portgas D. Ace. The reason he had given me a name Anna was because it's his tribute and proof of his legacy for his older brother Ace. Maybe that's the reason why ever since I arrived here, the first person in mind I truly wanted to meet is Portgas D. Ace, the person my papa respect and love as brothers. I hope in this new present I'll get a chance to finally meet you, Uncle Ace."

Marco lowered down the notebook, he need a lot of time to digest everything. Not only him but everyone else.

Shakky and Reighley remain stoic but deep in thought, the information about the future was very vague and they could somehow understand the reason why. Reighley quietly went in one of the drawers to take something out which was a letter that came to them nine years ago, a letter for him but no name who it came from. The letter was about a request which was to train the young man who will come to Sabaody wearing a strawhat that he will surely recognize. From the writings of both notebook and mysterious letter, he had finally figured out it was actually from the girl named Anna the time traveler.

Whitebeard closed his eyes to recall everything. For him he's really not surprise if Marco would take his place after his death but what surprised him was his action. So Marco wasn't actually destined to die that day and the words maybe vague but he could guess it was the future Marco who killed his own self to start his resetting. He can't help but sigh about it, 'Why not just come straight to me than do this Marco?' A lot of things could happen all because of that single action but he understood the reason why. If the one who raised their Marco was Anna the future daughter of Luffy who's also Ace's little brother and some scenarios in the notebook like Teach, Thatch, Ace, Marineford and himself he could connect the dots.

Sabo was very speechless on everything he had learned. Remembering back, he had asked Ace how he knew he's actually alive and the reply he only receive was having their Marco to tell him. He was surprised at first knowing the said man was dead until he learned about the ability of the phoenix.

Now hearing about the supposed war to come and it's all about Ace and his supposed coming death he really felt horror on both for his brothers and himself.

Next was the true identity which was actually Luffy's future daughter to travel time to change their time or for them the future, he wondered how much pain the daughter carries upon herself and even if he's still alive and trained her in haki, how much help did he do for her?

Ace can't help but clench his fist, he doesn't regret saying he could use his life to protect their brothers and family but something in his mind kept yelling he should have survived there to give some aid for his brothers and family, especially to his granddaughter. Then her name, for some reason he can't help but laugh about it. He just realized they're all very sappy brothers. Like how he adds Sabo's pirate skull to his name in his tattoo and the information about his after death that his mera mera no mi being passed on Sabo, now he heard Luffy actually named his daughter in the possible girl version of his name and the said daughter actually wanted to meet him first than her own father. He doesn't really know if he should be proud or be shame for dying early.

Brook hated himself when he learned they will experience heavy lost to the point each of them will be separated and not knowing their Captain was heading to the war alone to save his brother and they're not even there to join or help their captain. After that they learned the one who's making changes was actually his captain's future daughter who travel in time to not only save their time but also give proper flow so the adventure of his father would gone smoothly and fun. From what he could see nothing really much change, just the flow from the Whitebeard Pirates. Did she do more than that? He wasn't sure.

Franky wasn't sure how to think but he knows one thing and that's leaving his captain facing the war alone is unforgivable. It never happened and will most likely not happen now all thanks to the changes had been done but no one can be sure if it will never happen. The reason of war was lacking and whatever it was that involves Luffy's brother's secret must be heavy to the point it could endanger not only himself but those around him and he knew that won't stop Luffy from charging forward because that's how he is to his friends and crew, how much more to his brothers?

Robin began pounding everything she had discovered. Major reasons were lacking like the war and the future events of the the said Captain's daughter. She's not even sure if she really intent to tell them something or not do it at all until she remembered a moment ago about how they questioned so much things to Reighley and Luffy's words about quitting being a pirate if he knew too much, perhaps that's the reason why the information was very vague and the notebook that predicts their future actually stop in this moment. She also found something really questioning about the war that focuses around Luffy's brother, Portgas D. Ace. She can't find the most absolute answer but she could guess that maybe Ace was like her or Luffy's in parentage. A man who had done nothing yet being called a demon and someone who doesn't deserve to exist.

Chopper gripped his fist, he hated the fact he wasn't there for Luffy and Ace. He doesn't know what happened to that war and if he would be honest he felt sick just thinking about it. The possibility of it happening, just imagining that made his will flare to make sure it won't happen. Then about Luffy's daughter, he can't help but wonder what she looked like and how much help he gave for her. Knowing himself who see this crew as his new light and family will never abandoned them, mostly if this person was his captain's child. He felt curious and scared, he wondered how much chaos actually happened in the future, to the point she became desperate enough to refine history.

Sanji inhaled his cigarette then exhale it really hard and loud, eyes far from distance in deep thought. He can't help but question how his futureself took this news about Luffy heading in the war alone and ended up losing his brother, how despairingly had come to realize he's nowhere near to protect his nakama and how much he felt for failing for their Captain. He bit his cigarette really hard, it hasn't happened yet and honestly he doesn't want it to happen at all. Still they may have avoided it now but what about the future? None of them could say it was successfully avoided, any moment it could catch up with them and from Luffy's daughter's message she must have realized it as well.

Usopp didn't took this lightly, he felt horror when he heard about the brief explanation of war not for himself but for Luffy. He remembered the first time Ace came to their ship with his comrades and introduced to be Luffy's big brother, the way Luffy interact with Ace was so bright and cheerful and he knew Luffy really looked up to his older brother, his reaction about finding out his other brother whom he had thought to be dead was actually still alive and somewhere on the sea without memories of them, Luffy's reaction was so obvious: pain, happy and mostly joy. Imagining Luffy to see his brother's death must have been painful, the same with Sabo imagining if ever this whole time until now still have no memories of his brothers, that would cause him great pain and guilt for not being there for Ace. Thankfully someone change it and that someone was Luffy's own daughter from the future, who felt pain and helplessness that she became desperate to change the future. How worst he wondered yet he can't gain a will to actually know it, fearing what would he discover.

Nami bit her lips as she recalled everything. It's obvious that from this point they would finally experience the means of defeat and helplessness as they were forced to be separated. They had met too much hard battle and if she exam closely Luffy was heading to his limits, he was only lucky enough to able to reach this far, what about the future to come? In the real future they will actually realize this all because of Ace's death and the fact Luffy was suffering alone made her heart aches. He's the one who saved her island and she promised she will be a navigator to lead him to One Piece yet... it's not enough.

Zoro felt very conflicted in the very first time of his life. Learning they will be forced to separate and soon a coming war where Ace died felt very horrible in his stomach. He remembered Ace parting words for them, to take care of Luffy, he failed, they all failed. Then from that notebook his name was the only one out of their crew to be mentioned in the departing words. Anna, future daughter of his own captain became his student for the sake of her own protection. He can't help but wonder how much she had improve from his teaching but something more was out there, like the chaos and the only survivor of D, add being the successor of Luffy's father as the leader of the Revolutionary and being an empress. Putting them all together, he failed Ace and he had no idea what happened to the crew after their Captain's death to the point he actually forced Anna to train.

Luffy had no idea what to think. He's mad at himself, he was weak for not being able to protect his nakama causing them to be separated then his brother's execution, he will fail to save Ace all because he's too weak, loosing strength in the middle of the battle that caused this admiral the opportunity to kill him only to be protected by his older brother that soon caused his death. Then another which was the owner of that notebook that said to be from his future daughter who traveled time to change their future. In truth that actually confused him, not knowing what to think from everything he had heard.

All in all, everyone felt they should do something, especially prepare for the coming worst.

"Just out of curiosity" Chopper started as he turned to Marco, "Luffy's future daughter, you met her so do you have any picture what she looked like?"

Marco looked down sadly, "When the marines started chasing us, they had burned down our ship including the pictures. I'm sorry, I wasn't able to save anything... only the wanted poster they had distributed to find us."

"There's a wanted picture?" Sabo questioned this. Marco nodded still sadly, "The Government gave her a title Blood Dancer Anna."

[Wanted Dead or Alive

Blood Dancer Anna

145,000,000 belli]

Another poster was about Anna giving a deadly sharp glare that could compare to a demon, haft part of her eyes covered by her hair and lips shut tight. Just one glance of this picture anyone could tell she's very mad for a very good reason.

[Wanted Dead

Blood Dancer Anna

435,000,000 belli]