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WARNINGS:

- massive Luffy (over)protection squad
- soccer...football to people outside of America
- last minute cameos
- derogatory language
- slight violence
- small amount of blood
- time skip

Katakuri loved going to Luffy's soccer games but despised the seats, they were just so uncomfortable. This was why he had asked Brulee to make him a seat cushion but it was unfortunately not done yet.

It had been almost exactly two years since Doflamingo's demise and things had changed in the city. For starters, Katakuri was now the sole leader of the underground which meant he also had great influence in the political scene. This was useful when they found themselves in need of new legislation regarding the rights of those who were like Luffy and still retained some of their animal anatomy. Mihawk advocated and fought hard for the bill to pass, eventually succeeding without much trouble.

They occasionally met with some...discrimination when visiting other cities but that was always quickly dealt with before Luffy was put in harm's way.

Katakuri had assimilated smaller gangs and organizations, creating a monopoly of crime that most were smart enough to either avoid or obey. That being said, he had a surprisingly pleasant relationship with the local police department as Luffy stopped by every week to deliver snacks to his grandfather and all of the officers on duty. They were working on getting him to all of the first responders, including the fire department down the road that seemed...jealous...though they wouldn't admit it.

Speaking of the police, Smoker was now the chief as Akainu had never returned from his vacation...not that anyone bothered to look for him. The man was now married to his old partner Hina, who had recovered completely from her time in a coma, and they were expecting their first child in a few months.

Katakuri's attention was drawn to the field as the two captains jogged to the center for the coin toss, one of which was Luffy sporting a grin, as usual. The kid had recovered surprisingly well considering the trauma of the event, though his voice never fully came back and, as a result, he'd learned sign language to avoid speaking whenever possible. Luffy had picked up his schooling and was on track to graduate at the end of the spring semester.

When the coin toss was over it was decided that Luffy's team, the Grand Line Pirates, would start with the ball. Luffy jogged back to his team to go over their plans one last time before the game began. Garp, who had retired from the military and now served as an advisor to the police and as the coach for the soccer team, loomed behind his grandson with his clipboard, nodding in agreement as Luffy signed to the team. Katakuri had never really enjoyed soccer but did enjoy watching Luffy have fun.

Right before the game started a few familiar faces appeared and made their way to their seats in the stands.

The first person he saw was one of Luffy's friends, the prickly one with green hair who immediately scowled upon making eye contact. The blonde one with the strange eyebrow stood next to him, likely the one responsible for the young man being there at all as Katakuri now knew just how bad the green haired one was with directions. Within seconds, Mihawk was there, smacking his student on the head with the ceremonial sword he'd taken to carrying around "just in case", as he'd put it.

He did feel sorry for the man though, as currently, the only seat available was between Akagami, who favored a large megaphone, and Crocodile, who was required to come as part of his contract underneath Katakuri. He supposed there were the seats in front of him but those were already claimed by Luffy's brothers who had gone to get snacks for the third time before the game started. The two of them were frustratingly hard to get rid of.

Speaking of Luffy's brothers, the two were on their way back, arms full of various unhealthy snacks and drinks.

"See? I told you you didn't need a burger on top of what...six or seven hotdogs now? We missed the coin toss!" Firefist whined as they settled back into their seats.

"I beg your pardon?" the other brother protested, "It was you who insisted you needed more food, you bottomless pit! You even fell asleep in the line!"

"What, really?"

"Yes, you idiot! I expect to be repaid for the amount I just spent on you."

Katakuri rolled his eyes at the brothers' antics, wanting to just focus on the game. Of course, even this was difficult as one of the other spectators, the strange blue-haired man from down the street, set off some sort of confetti cannon for apparently no reason.

As the game progressed more familiar faces appeared, including Trafalgar and the appliance repair guy...whose name escaped him, the pair choosing to sit close to the sidelines almost exactly opposite the Whitebeards who took up an entire section and were currently screaming some obnoxious cheer. The new police chief arrived soon after with his wife, Dr. Kureha, the reindeer, and the fish-guy.

"Ah, Mr. Katakuri! So wonderful to see you at this...physical sporting event!" a familiar and extremely old afroed man said in passing as he headed to his seat, "I do hope your beaver is doing well!" Suddenly, Katakuri recognized the man from the pet shop and replied,

"...it was a cat, actually…"

"Really?" the old man, Brook, exclaimed, "I could have sworn it was a beaver!" Before Katakuri could reply, the old man sauntered off to greet someone else in the crowd.

"What a strange human!" Torkai commented, "We do not usually allow elders to wander alone in our packs though…"

Katakuri did not reply, merely rolled his eyes and focused on Luffy.

Just as the cat-boy was about to score one of the members of the opposing team cut in front of him and quite obviously tripped him. Luffy went sprawling face-first in the grass, prompting a gasp of horror from both the home and visiting sides.

Katakuri could see that the kid was winded but he quickly stood when he saw the blood coming from his now split lip. He immediately wanted to do nothing less than murder the perpetrator who stood over Luffy, sneering down at him. As if that wasn't bad enough, the boy opened his mouth and promptly began to dig his own grave.

"I heard your team had some weird creature for a captain," he jeered, "seems like the rumors were true!"

It was now so quiet that everyone could hear what the brat was saying, though he probably didn't notice as he was too caught up in the moment.

"Listen up, freak! I'm aiming to go professional after this and I won't have some little kitty standing in my way!" With that said, he moved to stomp angrily on Luffy's tail with his cleats, only to stumble back as he was met with a massive, snarling wolf.

Prisha stood protectively over Luffy's prone form, not allowing her human to move. She had undergone training to be an emotional support...uh...wolf...and was very protective of Luffy. She played a major part in Katakuri allowing Luffy to return to school as she went everywhere with him. At this point, Trafalgar was sprinting onto the field, first aid kit in hand.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO LUFFY-SENPAI?!" Bartolomeo, the vice-captain, snarled, "How dare you lay a hand on such a perfect being!"

"You'd better back off, you vile troglodyte!" Cavendish...insulted?

Katakuri glanced to the other side of the field where the coach of the visiting team was frantically searching through what he knew was the emergency handbook where the Grand Line Pirates had their own section, one much larger than the others.

"You know, I've got my lighter on me…" Fire Fist said with a glint in his eyes.

"Fire Fist, no." Katakuri chided, "this is our field. We don't need to blow it up. Let Garp handle this." At least...he hoped Garp could handle it.

"Now, now boys," Garp said down on the field, "We will handle this civilly and, as we cannot afford any more legal issues this semester, legally, to avoid the suspension of the whole team." The old man then turned around, cleared his throat and yelled to the stands...or, more specifically, to Smoker, "CHIEF, YOU'D BETTER GET OVER HERE AND ARREST THIS PUNK FOR DARING TO LAY A HAND ON MY PRECIOUS GRANDSON!"

Katakuri watched, amused, as Smoker sunk lower in his seat obviously not wanting to get involved.

The coach of the other team then sprinted out onto the field and proceeded to bow and apologize profusely to Garp as Luffy was carried off of the field by one of his teammates even as he rapidly signed something that Katakuri couldn't make out from his seat.

Surprising everyone, the second Luffy was set on the bench, he jumped to his feet, pushing Trafalgar out of the way and making his way back to the goal. Before reaching the goal, he stopped in front of the camera and signed,

It's fine. I'm okay. Relax.

At that, everyone visibly relaxed and subtly put away their various weapons.

Prisha padded alongside Luffy as he approached his now thoroughly scolded attacker. When he got close enough, the other team's coach turned his apologies from Garp to Luffy, bowing as he exclaimed,

"I'm so sorry! He's just a freshman and I assumed he'd read the supplementary material concerning your team! Please accept our humblest apologies and know that he will be severely punished! In fact, he's being benched for the rest of this game and the next three as well as whatever other punishment the school may deem necessary-" Luffy cut the man off with a raised hand and waved his vice-captain over. He signed what he wanted to say and Bartolomeo frowned,

"Luffy-senpai...I think you're being too kind…" he protested but sighed as Luffy gestured for him to translate, "He believes there is no need for such harsh punishment and understands that emotions run high during important games like this one. Luffy-senpai accepts your apology and wishes to continue the game with no hard feelings."

With that, Luffy smiled and held out his hand to the other player, who reluctantly shook it before retreating back behind his coach. Finally, Katakuri felt that he could sit back down and relax. For a minute he'd worried that Luffy would react much more negatively to the attack, it would have been understandable considering the trauma he'd endured.

The game went on with no other incidents and Luffy's team came out the victor, as expected. Though Katakuri was disappointed he didn't get to personally confront the brat who'd injured Luffy…

"Oh well...there's a raid planned for tomorrow. I'll be able to kill my fair share of people then."

Soon enough, everyone filed out of the stadium, saying goodbye to Luffy and congratulating him on his win. Eventually, it was only him, Luffy, the wolves, and their bodyguards. As they walked to the car, Katakuri asked,

"How's the lip?" Naturally, Trafalgar had treated it before sending Luffy back out onto the field but he still had to ask.

It's fine. Torao's a good doctor. Luffy replied easily, smiling up at Katakuri. It felt good to have Luffy so happy again after the events two years ago. They were, of course working on his confidence with talking in public, but Katakuri didn't push him, especially since Luffy did speak, only to him and when they were alone. He was quite proud of the fact that the boy trusted him so much.

"Good, I'm glad," Katakuri said, just before Luffy tackled him in a tight hug that he returned without hesitation.

"Can we go home now?" Luffy asked softly, though he didn't relinquish his hold.

"Of course," Katakuri replied, "let's go home."

THE END.