Hey Guys, this is sort of a "Pilot chapter", I was bored and decided to write something and this Is what came out. Please tell me what you think, and I'll think about continuing if you like it.

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"OI Fossa, come and lock at this" Haruta called, getting the younger commanders attention.

"What is it"? Fossa asked, curious.

"Not sure… " Haruta mumbled, making Fossa raise an eyebrow as he walked over, stopping, staring in confusion at what was in front of him.

"Yeah… what the heck is that"? he asked no one in particular, considering Haruta was at much of a loss as she was.

"I've been finding these things all over the ships the past 3 days or so, but it's so much of a mess that I can't make out what the hell it's supposed to be" Haruta said, frowning as she looked at the messy bundle of clothes, hay, grass and twigs in front of them.

Where did you find grass hay and twigs around here anyway? They were on a ship in the middle of nowhere for god's sake!

Haruta hummed and sat down on one knee to examine the bundle closer.

"What's going on"? A voice behind them asked, and Haruta turned around to see Izo behind him, a perfect eyebrow raised.

"We're trying to figure out what this is supposed to be, I've found them all over the ship but can't make out what the hell it is"! Haruta explained, looking back at the mess.

Izo walked closer to examine the bundle.

"It kind of looks like a nest, a messy one, but.." he said after a while.

Haruta and Fossa looked at each other, to the nest, then to Izo, then back at the nest.

"You mean… like a bird's nest"? Fossa asked, receiving a hum in response.

"That's what is looks like to me" Izo said with a small smirk.

"But… who would build nests all over the ship" Fossa asked. Knowing that it would surely be an attempt to annoy Marco, an attempt that would surely work. He hated being made fun out of because of his devil fruit.

"You think it may be Thatch? Normally He and Ace works together on things like this, but he hasn't been here for over two weeks now…" Haruta Asked, mumbeling the last part.

"No, I don't think so… either of them would put much more effort into this I mean, this can barely even go for a nest" Izo said.

"Well, something strange is going on here, and I want to know what it is". Haruta said, Izo and Fossa agreeing.

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Marco yawned as he sat up in bed, wincing as his stomach rumbled.

He had been feeling weird this last week, much more tired than usual, and hungry pretty much all the time.

"Maybe Ace's appetite is contagious, yoi"? He thought as he stood up to get dressed to be able to go fetch some dinner? Lunch? He wasn't sure.

As he walked down the corridor leading to the Galley, a wave of dizziness washed over him, making it so he had to steady him against the wall in order to not fall over.

He shrugged it off mentally as just being hungry and made his way in to the Galley.

"Heeey… Marco?" Thatch's happy greeting ended as a question as he laid his eyes on the small mountain of food at Marco's plate as he sat down to inhale the food in a way that lacked his regular table manners completely. This hadn't been so weird if it was a onetime thing, but over the past week Marco had started eating more than twice the amount of food he regularly ate for every meal.

"Hmmm someone's been hungry lately". Izo said with a small smile towards his older brother, who responded in a noise that could just have been an attempt to actually answer, but were so muffled by the amount of food in his mouth that it sounded more like a groan.

"Yeah, you've almost been inhaling food in the same amounts as Ace does" Thatch said with a smirk.

That made Marco look up with a confused look on his face.

"What"? He asked after swallowing.

"Weeell, if you aren't careful you might put on a few pounds that's all" Thatch joked, this was pretty normal and usually Marco just rolled his eyes and told him to shut up, or simply smacked him over his head, so no one was prepared for what came next.

Marco sat frozen, looking at Thatch with wide eyes and a horrified and hurt expression on his face.

"D…do ya think ah'm fat? Ah know ah've been gaining weight but…" he said in a small voice, barley louder than a whisper as he put a hand on his stomach, looking at it.

Thatch watched his brother in horror as Marco looked back at him, watery eyes and a quivering bottom lip.

"Wha… NO that is not what I meant! Who cares if you get's a little plushy, I promise that Ace will find you superhot anyway"! He almost shouted.

Beside him Izo and Haruta groaned.

Somehow Marco managed to look even more horrified at the mentioning of his younger love and he started to scream frenetically.

"ACE IS GOING TA LEAVE ME, AH'M ALREADY OLD, 'IS A DARN MIRACLE THAT HE EVEN WANTS TO BE WITH ME, HE WILL NEVEAH LOVE M' IF AH GET FAT TOO" He screamed out, barley making sense as his old accent came out.

He looked down at the food in front of him before putting his fork down, a pained look on his face and pushed the plate away.

"Marco, what's wrong"? Izo asked, worried.

"Ah don't wan' it more, yoi". He managed to say, wincing as his accent came out. He really tried not to use it, but he often forgot.

"You don't want more? Come one Marco, you look good ok? And you know Ace will always love you no matter what you look like" Haruta said, now also starting to get a bit worried.

"Ah said ah don' want no more didn't ah? Jus' leave me be, yoi" Marco growled, getting a fierce look in his eyes before paling and his face getting a green-ish color.

"Marco.. wha.." Izo started, but Marco pressed a hand over his mouth and stomach and sprinted out of the Galley, leaving the others confused.

Haruta and Izo exchanged worried looks while Thatch looked after Marco, completely baffled.

"What the HELL just happened"? He asked no one in particular.

"We're not sure,… Obviously something is wrong with Marco, but I don't think we should tell anyone yet. Especially not Ace… He would only worry and get distracted…" Haruta said, also looking in the direction Marco disappeared.

"I agree, Ace is reckless as it is, but if this dosen't clear out we'll have no choice, Ace would never forgive us if something was wrong with Marco and we didn't tell him". Izo said, looking thought full.

"Hey, maybe his strange behavior has something to do with these things all over the ship"! Haruta suddenly exclaimed, making Thatch jump startled.

"Well, it IS a possibility, but if he knows about it, how come he hasn't been coming after someone's head instead of moping and throwing tantrums"? Izo answered.

"Wait, do you know something I don't know? That's not fair"! Thatch said sending an accusing glare at the two.

Haruta exchanged a look with Izo before sighing and telling Thatch what they found.

"So, we've been finding these things all over the ships, apparently it's nests as in bird nests, but we have no idea who put them there, so I just thought that Maybe Marco did them" She said with a shrug.

Thatch stared at Haruta, blinking once, twice and thrice as he let the words sink in, before bursting out in a full blown laughter, he bent over and clutched his stomach as he gasped for air.

"OI stop laughing, it's not funny" Izo roared, and Thatch was so shocked he actually managed to stop laughing, looking wide eyed at Izo.

"What do you mean"? Haruta asked, Izo rarely got mad like that.

Izo sighed and looked around him to make sure no one would hear them.

"As we all know, Marco is a phoenix, in other words, he is part bird, right"? He started, earning a nod before continuing.

"The only time birds build a nest is mating season, it's an instinct every bird have".

"Yeah I get that, but I still don't understand what is so serious about this" Haruta said.

"Just shut up, this isn't an easy thing to say okay"? Izo hissed, making Haruta shut up once again.

Izo sighed deeply, closing his eyes before opening them and looking at his brothers.

"Guys, I think Marco is pregnant".