A/N: Ok so here's a story that I should have put out a long time ago. There might be some grammar issues and I'll fix them when I post chapter 2. just telling you now that this fic is rated M for future LuNa Lemons. Thanks for taking the time to read my story and I hope you enjoy it.

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Masquerade

Chapter 1: An Average Morning.

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It was early in the morning on a Saturday, as a couple entered an orphanage. The woman of the two was wearing a blue blouse with a pair of jeans and had pink hair with the sides shaved off. The man had black hair that was hidden under his hat and was wearing a brown dress shirt and pants. They walked hand in hand to the front of a desk where another woman sat.

Holding out her hand, the pink haired woman introduced herself. "Hi! My name is Bellemere," After shaking the lady's hand, she then pointed to the man next to her. "And this is my husband Genzo. We have an appointment for an adoption today." Bellemere told her with a large smile.

Genzo leaned over to shake the woman's hand as well. "Actually were here for three kids."

"My, my. That's a lot of work. Well come this way and we'll show you the wonderful children that would be happy to have a new home." She lead them to the next room where the children were playing.

When Bellemere walked into the room, her eyes went straight to a blue haired little girl who was standing over the only two cribs in the room. Growing curios, she walked over towards the little girl and dragged Genzo over with her by the hand. She looked over the little girls shoulder and peered inside one of the two cribs that were next to each other. To the left; the one the blue haired girl was closest to, Bellemere saw a baby girl with orange hair and a big smile on her face as she was gripping onto the blue haired girls finger. When she looked over towards the right, the first thing that caught her eye was a straw hat that was covering the lower half of the baby boy in the crib. He had raven black hair and what surprised her the most, was a scar just under the poor child's left eye. Although he couldn't have looked happier with that bottle in his mouth, eating.

"Ah, so have you found the lucky children?" Asked the woman with a smile.

The blue haired girl was startled and jumped when she heard people behind her. Doing this caused the baby girl in the crib to get scared and she started crying, which also made the boy in the crib next to her to cry as well.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you Nojiko." The woman spoke as she went to pick up the orange haired baby to calm her. She then turned to Bellemere and Genzo and nodded towards the blue haired girl. "That's Nojiko. She's four years old and likes to help me with the two babies. And this little bundle," She moved the baby girl closer to the couple to let them see her. "Is baby Nami. She's two years old and her birthday is July 3rd."

Bellemere looked at Nojiko and then the crying Nami and smiled. Something about these two girls reminds her of herself. Strong and smart. Confident in her intuition, Bellemere held out her arms. "Do you mind if I hold her?" She asked with a smile.

"You've held a baby before right?" The woman asked. When Bellemere answered yes, she carefully placed Nami in her arms.

As soon as Nami was in her arms, Bellemere's smile grew as bright as the sun. She looked over towards Genzo. "How about it, huh? Do I look like a Mom or what?"

Genzo was about to speak but saw little Nojiko look at his wife with fear and sadness in her eyes. She must be scared of them taking the baby form her. He then gave a soft smile to Bellemere. "I think you definitely look like a Mother with Nami in your arms, but..." He looked at the blue haired girl. "I think someone doesn't think so."

Bellemere raised her brow in curiosity as she turned and looked down at Nojiko. Seeing that look on her face, she understood what her husband meant. Taking a knee, she looked Nojiko in the eyes and gave her a sweet smile. "You really care for her, don't you?"

The little girl nodded her head. "She's my sister." Still keeping a somewhat hateful eye on the older woman with the pink hair.

Bellemere's eyes went wide with surprise. "She's your sister?"

The lady from the orphanage spoke. "Well~, yes and no. Nojiko's been with Nami since she was two and Nami just a new born. I always had them together so, she sees Nami as her sister even though they don't share the same blood."

She turned back towards Nojiko and gave her a warm smile. "Well its good that you already see her as a sister. Because I've decided to adopt you both!"

"How wonderful!" The woman yelled, not restraining her joy one bit. "Although I'm going to miss having you two around!"

"Really?!" Asked Nojiko, overjoyed as she gave both of them a huge smile. "You really want us to be your kids?!"

"Well?" Bellemere asked as she handed Genzo a laughing Nami. "What do you say?"

"I would be honored to call these two girls my daughters." He said while taking Nami into his arms. He looked down into his soon to be baby daughters face. "How does that sound Nami-chan? Do you want me as your Dad?" He said with a smile. But a second later his smile was replaced with a look of growing panic. He saw Nami's lip start to tremble and tears starting to fall from her eyes. And then she started crying loudly; causing the boy in the other crib to cry with her. "I don't think she likes me very much." He said with an awkward smile as he handed her back to his wife.

She took her from him and laughed. "I guess she doesn't like your scarey face! Hahaha!"

"Well the jokes on you. You have to wake up with this scarey face for the rest of your life." He grumbled. But then he noticed something. "Wait!"

Bellemere turned her attention from her two soon to be daughters to Genzo with wide eyes. "What is it?"

Genzo looked at her with sweat dripping down his head. "Well, its... its just that. Well, living with three girls leaves me feeling a little out numbered." He said while rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"Well, I think you should get Luffy to come with us." Said Nojiko.

Bellemere and Genzo both looked at her with questioning stares. "Luffy?" They both asked at the same time.

Nojiko pointed to the baby boy in the other crib.

"Actually," The woman started. "If your looking to adopt a boy. I think Luffy would be the best choice." She said before realizing what she said. "Oh! I-I don't mean that there's anything wrong with the other children its just. Well, If you wanna save yourselves a lot of sleepless nights. Luffy would be your best choice."

"Why's that exactly?" Genzo asked as he looked over into the boys crib and was shocked to see the young infant had a scar under his left eye. "What happened to this poor child? Why does he have a scare under his eye?" He frowned as he kept his gaze on Luffy; who was just staring right back at him with a blank face.

"Luffy... has a had a lot of bad luck in his one year of life." She looked at them with a very sad frown. When she saw that they were waiting for her to continue, she spoke. "You see, Luffys Mother had... complications during birth. In order to save her baby, they told her they had to preform a c section. She wanted to see her baby boy live, so she told them to do it. Unfortunately, the only doctor they had on call; although loved his patients and tried with all his heart, wasn't a very good doctor. So while preforming the surgery, something went wrong and he cut too deep. His mother died of blood loss and poor Luffy... that's when he was given his scar. Born into this world without a mother on may 5th, one year ago."

Bellemere was wearing a very deep frown, her nose twitching to hold back her tears. "Is that how he ended up here?"

The woman shook her head. "No. After Luffy was given a clean bill of health and his Mother died, her brother was called to to see if he wanted to take care of him. He agreed and came to take Luffy with him to his home. But after only a few weeks, Luffys uncle had brought him to this orphanage and asked me to take care of him and find him a good family. The only thing he left of him was a letter and that old straw hat. The hat that's in Luffys crib now."

"What the hell kind of a man would abandon his own family?" Genzo asked as his fists were gripping tightly around the edge of Luffys crib.

"Well, he had his reasons. Its all explained in this letter." She walked over towards a locked Cabinet and opened it, retrieving the letter before re-locking it. Walking back to them, She handed Genzo the letter.

He opened it and read, while Bellemere did the same over his shoulder with Nami still in her arms. After he was done reading it, He put the letter back in the envelope and handed it back to the woman with his angry face tuned down. "I can see why he brought him here. At least he was able to do something right"

Bellemere looked into Luffy's crib and saw the huge smile on his face. "So, you said that adopting Luffy will save us a lot of sleepless nights." She then turned back towards the woman with a raised brow of curiosity. "Why's that exactly?"

She nodded her head in remembrance. "Oh~ right. Well you see. For some reason, if Luffy and Nami are out of each others site for too long, they'll start crying and wont stop until they see each other again."

Genzo just looked at her like she was crazy. "What? How is that even possible?" He shook his head. "Their just babies and cry all the time. Why do you think its because of that?"

Bellemere nodded her head in agreement with her husband. "Yeah, I kinda find that hard to believe. Have you guys tested this or something?"

"Yes, we have. Many times actually. When Luffy first came here, we thought that it made perfect sense to put his crib next to Nami's, so that's what we did. After maybe about a month, we decided to put luffy in the boys sleeping area instead of in the girls area with Nami. But after about an hour passed of them being separate, Luffy and Nami started crying."

"Again, they're just babies. Didn't you try feeding them, rocking them, changing them, ta..." Genzo was interrupted.

"Please, Don't insult me." The woman said. "I take care of children for a living. And of coarse we tried those things. For a Whole month we tried but the only times they ever stopped crying was when they were eating, sleeping, or were next to each other."

"Okay~," Bellemere still looked at her with a little bit of doubt. "Then how did you figure out that they needed to see each other to stop the crying?"

"Like I said. The only times they stopped crying is when they were either eating, sleeping or they knew the other was in the room with them. It took us about a month to notice it. After we did, we started testing to see if we were right. Which we were. Feel free to not believe me, but if you're looking for a boy to adopt. Then I think Luffy would be a great choice." She then let her shoulders sag with a tired look on her face. "For both our sakes."

Genzo looked back in the crib and stared at Luffy as Luffy stared right back. This baby has had a lot of bad luck in his short life. Maybe adopting him would be best. Him and Bellemere were wanting their own kids, but the doctors told them it was impossible for both of them. Adopting three babies would be better then adopting older kids. That way they will never have to hear 'your not my real parents' when the kid is arguing with them. Yes, they both decided that if possible. They would never tell their kids that they're adopted and they will see them as their real parents and they will see each other as real siblings. They wanted a normal loving family. And with these two girls and this boy, they have a chance to do just that.

"Well? What do you want to do?" Bellemere walked over towards Genzo with a sleeping Nami in her arms. "I think it would be pretty cruel to separate them, right?"

After taking a minute to really consider this, he reached into the crib and picked Luffy up into his arms. "I guess it would be mean to separate them." He walked over towards the woman and smiled. "We would like to adopt these three for our family please."

The woman jumped up and down excitingly and clapped her hands. "Oh~ good! I'm so happy that they'll have a family. Come this way so we can get everything settled."

"Right." Bellemere nodded her head with a joyous smile as she and Genzo followed her. She leaned over towards her husband and whispered. "We're still going to keep them being adopted a secret right? So they'll think that we're they're real parents?"

He nodded with a 'hmm'. "I think it'll be best to not tell them."

Fifteen years later.

Luffy, Nami, and Nojiko have no memory of being adopted and believe to be a real family related by blood.

It was seven in the morning on a Friday as Nami was standing in her younger brothers doorway. Nami had short orange hair and brown chocolate eyes. Her outfit was a white skirt and a purple tank top. She had her hands on her hips and was looking around the teens messy room, shaking her head. Her eyes then landed on her brother as he was fast asleep on his back with his mouth wide open and snoring like a bear. She had come from her room that was right next to his, to wake him up for school. That and to turn off the annoying alarm clock that was going off. With a sigh, she walked over to his night stand and hit the snooze button. She bought him this so she wouldn't have to wake him up every morning. 'What a waste of money.' She thought.

She turned her attention to Luffy and gazed at him with half lidded eyes. His blankets were hanging off the side of his bed and all he had on were some torn jean shorts, leaving his muscled chest exposed. Letting out another sigh, Nami sat on his queen sized bed. Her hip touching his as she placed her left hand on his abs, running her fingers over them. She wasn't worried about waking him like this. Nami knows that no matter how many times you push, pinch, slap, or poke, there was only one way Luffy would wake up unwillingly. Nami shifted herself so she could lay down close next to Luffy on her side. She rested her head close to his on the same pillow as she used her hand to run her fingers through his hair. For the past three years Nami started seeing Luffy in a new light. A light that she knew was wrong. She had started noticing the muscles Luffy was developing and could feel how strong he is when he hugs her and lifts her up. And what used to be a friendly smile she now sees as a sexy smirk that feels like its just for her. And if he dared smile like that to another woman, rage would suddenly take over and she would hit him over the head. A laugh that she used to find silly now made her blush. And even though he pisses her off when he says stupid things, she could talk to him for hours and feel like the happiest person on earth.

She moved her hand from his hair to his chin, and rubbed her thumb over his surprisingly soft bottom lip. And what she was most ashamed of was that she wanted to kiss those soft lips. She wanted to be with him more than anything but knew how wrong it was. She felt disgusted with herself for the shameful thoughts going through her head. Of wanting to feel his skin on hers. For wanting him to look at her as a woman, his woman. Feeling that ache in her chest and that odd pressure in her head, She felt it was time to wake him up. Removing her hand from his face, she took in a deep breath and,

"LUFFY! WAKE UP!" She screamed in his ear as loud as she could.

"AH!" Luffy screamed as he rolled off the bed and hit the floor. Hearing Nami laugh, he sat up and glared at her from her spot on his bed. "Dammit Nami, stop waking me up like that!"

losing her smile and glaring right back at him. "Well I wouldn't have to wake you up like that if you would just wake up to your alarm clock!"

"Well the reason I cant hear the alarm clock is because your always yelling in my ear every morning! I think your making me deaf!"

"Then I guess I'll have to yell in your ear every morning for the rest of our lives, don't I!" Luffy was about to respond but Nami threw a pillow at his face, shutting him up. "Shut it and just hurry up and get dressed! I'm not going late to school again because of you."

"Fine, fine. What ever." Luffy got up and went to his dresser to get his clothes so he can take a shower. He stopped though when he felt an Icy glare from behind him. Looking back with a raised brow, He saw Nami still laying in his bed. "What?" He asked.

Letting out a huff, Nami sat up on his bed with her legs under her so he couldn't see up her skirt. She was a lady after all. "You really forget again?" She asked disappointed but not surprised. She was used to his horrible memory, but it still hurt that he forgets every year. "Does the number seventeen ring any bells in that empty head of yours?" She asked with a deep frown.

"Hey! There's no need to insult me. Just give me a sec." Luffy put a thoughtful hand under his chin as he tried to remember what was so important about the number seventeen.

After about ten secons, Nami saw Luffys face starting to turn red. She face palmed. 'Why do I let him stress his brain so much?" Wanting him to stop hurting himself, Nami just told him. "My birthday Luffy. Today's my birthday and I'm tuning seventeen."

"Oh yeah! Shishishi! Sorry Nami, I forgot."

Nami then laid down on her stomach still facing Luffy. "And I'm also guessing that you forgot our deal." She asked with a raised brow.

"No! I didn't forget!" He said feeling offended. He looked around the room before looking at Nami again. "So what do you want?" Before she could even say it, Luffy cut her off. "And no. You cant have my hat. You can wear it when you want but you cant have it."

"Dammit." Nami muttered to herself. He was horrible at shopping for gifts and surprisingly, Luffy was the only one that she refused to take money from as a birthday gift. So three years ago they made a deal. On her birthday, Luffy allowed her to pick anything from his room as her birthday gift and keep it. And for the past two years she always asked for his straw hat. It was pretty much hers anyway the way she saw it. If it wasn't on Luffy's head, you'd be sure to find it on Nami's. But every year he would tell her no. So for her fifteenth birthday, she picked his old red vest that he wore practically twenty four-seven. And to this day, wears it every night when she goes to sleep as her night shirt. For her second gift on her sixteenth birthday, she picked his red dress shirt that he wore to a dance at the school. Luffy had no one to go with and she turned down at least twenty guys. So she asked him if he wanted to go anyway just to hang out with their friends. He agreed and so they went to the dance. She really didn't want to miss the last song so she begged Luffy to dance with her. After awhile she told Luffy that she would buy him a huge pizza if he danced with her for the last song. So of coarse he agreed. She asked for that shirt so she could always remember that night.

"Well? What do you want as your gift?" Luffy asked, taking her out of her thoughts.

Nami Looked around while still laying on her stomach to see what she wanted. His poster of Bruce lee? no. The boxing gloves he used for winning the armature title? no. She looked down at the ground and saw the pillow that she had thrown at him earlier. She reached down and lifted the pillow and put it under her and hugged it, burying her face into the pillow. She could still smell Luffy's musky sent that she loved so much. Smiling she got off his bed and headed for the door, taking his pillow with her. "I really like how soft your pillow is. So I guess I'll take it." She tuned around and hugged the pillow to her chest. "And Hurry up! Breakfast should be done by time you're done getting dressed." And before he could protest about her taking his pillow, she closed his door shut. Then she opened her door that was right next to his and tossed her new pillow on her bed before heading down stairs.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs and walking past the living room and into the kitchen, she saw her mother cooking breakfast. But she also noticed that her sister wasn't sitting at the table as usual. "Mom? Where's Nojiko?"

Without even turning around she answered her. "Your sister had to go in early. College seems to be taking up a lot more of her time then I though it would." After she was done cooking, Bellemere made three plates and set them at the table. She then took a seat and was bout to dig in. "So were you able to get your brother up?"

Nami went to the fridge and took out a bunch of eggs, spam and bacon. "Yup. But of course he has to argue with me before he actually gets going."

Bellemere took a drink of her tangerine juice and then set it down. "Are you sure you don't want to eat first and then cook Luffy's breakfast?"

Nami placed everything to cook before taking a seat at the table to eat her breakfast. "I can do both at the same time, so don't worry." She smiled at her Mother before eating. Again, three years ago; after Nami started seeing Luffy in a new light and not so much as her brother, she started wanting to see him happy more often and she wanted to be the one who made him happy. So knowing how much Luffy loves food, she started taking cooking lessons with their friend Sanji and his Dad Zeff. And for the past three years, it was normally Nami who cooked him breakfast every morning. After everything was done and Nami had finished eating, Luffy came running down the stairs after smelling Nami's cooking and stormed into the kitchen. "FOOD!" He screamed before getting a smack to the back of his head. "Ow!"

"Where are your manners boy!" Genzo screamed as he sat at the head of the table.

Rubbing his head, Luffy took his seat at the table. "Sorry Dad."

Nami placed Luffy's food in front of him but pinched and pulled his cheek before he could start eating. "Aren't you forgetting something?" She asked.

"Again?" He complained, just wanting to eat his food. So close. At the thought of not having his food, Luffys brain reminded him of what she meant. "Right! Sorry Nami. Happy birthday!" He gave her a bright smile.

Seeing that smile that was just for her, Nami started feeling a little bold. "What about my birthday kiss?" She asked with a coy smile as she bent down and pointed to her cheek.

Luffy looked at their parents and they too, had a look of confusion. But not wanting to up set Nami, Luffy leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. 'She's so soft.' Luffy thought as he started to lean back but stopped. Just centimeters away from her face, Luffy instinctively leaned forward and placed a second soft, wet kiss on her cheek. He kept his lips on her soft skin for a few seconds more before leaning back into his chair. Licking his lips while keeping his face hidden form Bellemere and Genzo under his hat. He loved the way she tasted.

Seeing him lick his lips and noticing how he went in for that second kiss, Nami blushed a little before sitting back down. Both of the parents looked at Luffy and Nami with raised brows. After Bellemere and Genzo wished her a Happy Birthday as well and gave her a thousand beri each, they all finished eating and went their separate ways. Genzo went to his job as mayor and Bellemere took Luffy and Nami to school before going to work herself. "Hurry up before your late!" She yelled as they both got out of the car. Looking at Nami and Luffy walk together into the school, she felt like they were standing a little too close for comfort. But That thought quickly left her mind as she looked at what time it was on the clock from her radio. "Crap!" Was all she said as she sped off to her mikan farm. And just as she left, Bellemere missed seeing Nami hug Luffy's arm and leaning her head on his shoulder.

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End of Chapter 1.

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A/N: I know that Luffy didn't really get to say much but that's because this chapter was kind of from Nami's point of view. Next chapter's going to be from Luffy's. If you feel like they were too ooc then please tell me so I can fix it. And please forgive me if I wrote Bellemere and Genzo poorly, this was my first attempt at writing for them and I could use some pointers on how I can make them more in character. Again thanks for reading and I hope you liked it.