Family

Shit, I am a baby now, inwardly thought Ash looking at his small hands.

I am probably inside my mother.

Now that if I had a system, I could ask it how long before I am born but as I don't have system privilege, all I can do is lie down and wait.

But just by looking at the development of my body, I feel I should be around 8 months old.

If it were some reincarnated person in fanfiction I feel they would start meditating, feel the energy inside their body, and whatnot.

I also tried doing that but quickly realized how stupid I am, like how a baby who is not even born yet could train in his mother's womb, heck even, my body is not fully developed.

While contemplating my thoughts, I quickly realized the sleepy feeling washed over my body.

No, I don't feel so good.

With that being my last thought I fell asleep lost in my dreamland.

On a remote Island somewhere in South Blue.

"Do you still have to travel to this last Island, even with your health declining", asked a pink blonded-haired woman looking concerned for the tall man in front of her.

"Rouge, you know how important this journey is for me, and by reaching this last Island I can fulfill my dream to see the mystery of the sea for myself", replied the man who looked like he was in his fifties and was really tall.

"But your health, you shouldn't be traveling according to doctors."

"WAHAHA! you shouldn't be that worried about me my will is still quite strong", replied roger with a huge grin on his face.

"But aren't you excited to be a father? Our child might be born next month. Don't you want to see him, carry him in your arms, or even just name him?"

"You won't believe how happy I am to have a child, never had I thought I would have a family of my own. So thank you for being there for me Rouge, for giving me a chance at having a family" said Roger taking the pink blond-haired woman in his embrace.

"So won't you stay at least until our child is born?"

"Of course, I will, that's why I will be with you for the next 2 months before continuing my journey."

"Rouge you know I won't be there for my child for very long, because I know this disease has been eating me from inside, that's why I want to continue my journey leave a legacy, be a person that my child would look up to," replied Roger while caressing her hair.

"Have you decided who will name our child?", asked Rouge looking at Roger.

"If she is a girl you will be the one to name here, if he is a boy I will name him."

"You have already thought of a name for son, while I can't even seem to decide a name for our daughter," said Rouge pouting towards Roger.

"WAHAHA! don't worry you still have about a month left so you should be good to choose a name if our child is a girl", said Roger laughing hysterically.

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Around Midnight.

A loud cry of a woman could be heard from a house on a remote Island.

Rouge who was still in the process of giving birth was constantly in pain and was holding Rogers's hand while being assisted by her mother.

"Just push a little harder Rouge, I can see baby's head coming out", said Rouge's mother trying to help her daughter.

After what seemed like an eternity they could hear the baby crying.

"Congratulations it's a boy", said Rouge's mother while looking at the child.

After cleaning the baby and putting him in a towel she gave the child to the mother.

Rouge who was lying in the bed with fatigue was overjoyed to see her child.

She pulled the child in her embrace and looked at it with motherly affection.

After a while, Roger also came near her and started looking at her.

"He looks just like you," commented Roger while seeing his son's facial features and some pink-blonde hair strands on his head.

"Yes, he got quite the looks from me" replied Rouge.

"It's a boy, what will you name him?" asked Rouge while excitedly looking at Roger with some anticipation.

"His name will be Gol D. Jack. "

"Wow I never expected you have a good naming sense", said Rouge mischievously.

"WAHAHAHA, what do you take me for, I have quite a peculiar naming sense?", said Roger.

"Waaaaaaah!" "Waaaaaah!"

Both the parents stopped their banter after hearing their child wailing.

"Give him to me, he might be hungry let me breastfeed him", said Rouge after hearing her son crying.

Hearing this Roger complied and gave her the baby.

"Shh, Shh you must be hungry now drink mama's milk."

The baby seemed to struggle for some time refusing to drink the breast milk but nonetheless, it started to drink it after Rouge tried to calm him down.

After drinking its fill, the baby stopped crying and was looking at his parents with really innocent eyes.

Rouge looking at his innocent eyes, brought him near her embrace and started to sing a lullaby while touching his forehead to provide her warmth.

The baby slept in his mother's arm after hearing the soft lullaby.

Roger who saw all this got quite emotional and hugged both of them.

If anyone else saw three of them only one thought would come to mind, such a happy family.

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(Pov Jack)

Holy Shit!

I am about to be born.

Ahhh it hurts so bad when your head gets pushed off such a narrow path.

Feels really good to be in open after living in such a cramp and damp place.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Portgas D. Rouge, my mother holding me in her arms caressing my face with her soft hand.

She looks just like what I saw in anime, maybe even more beautiful having blonde hair and really fair skin. She looked very happy holding me.

"WAHAHAHA!" when I heard this laugh only one person came to my mind The Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, now my father.

And surely he was there looking at me and my mom with really emotional eyes, just after that he came near us and hugged both me and my mother.

Gol D. Jack, that's what my father named me.

Hearing my name did put a smile on my face, as I quite liked it.

Suddenly an urge to cry came to me, a cry to tell my mother to feed me as I was really hungry.

I cried to signal I was hungry, and surely my mother understood it and brought me closer to her breast to feed me.

As I realized what was about to happen I got quite embarrassed and refused to drink the milk.

How can you expect someone like me who was 20 when he died not to be embarrassed while drinking breast milk?

But I quickly gave up after my mom started to calm me and my hunger took over.

After drinking the milk I got really sleepy and when my mother brought me near her and started to sing me lullabies I slept.

Man I love being a baby just eat, sleep for 18 hours and repeat nobody does anything to you, everybody loves you, and no one expects you to do anything. Such is the advantage of being a baby.

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A month went by really quickly without even Rouge noticing the day for Roger's departure came which made her gloomy.

He was to meet his crew at Loguetown, from there they would start their journey towards the last Island.

"WAHAHA! Don't get so worried about me I still have a fire with me, I will definitely come back to you once I reach my goal."

"If you are worried about someone hurting me, be assured there are only a handful of people that can fight me on equal terms in the new world."

"But I will still be worried for you", said Rouge who was holding one-month-old Jack.

Roger hugged his wife and after kissing her forehead he looked towards the child in her embrace.

He took the child in his arms and looked at his son affectionately before kissing his forehead.

To which Rouge just smiled as it was what she expected Roger to do.

After which Roger just got on a boat while hiding his face with a mask so that no marines would pester him, especially Garp.

Rouge and the child in her arm only looked at the boat go past the horizon before completely disappearing into the sea.

Unknown to Rouge, Jack in her arms was also contemplating about something.