xX:Forgive and Forget:Xx


"Ace! Help me!"

His baby brother's voice drowned out from his ears as he simply stared at him getting dragged away by strangers in black.

Ace wanted to reach out to Luffy, to tell those people off for taking his little brother away, but couldn't bring himself to.

After all, he was the one who chose this.

A small smile formed on his face as he watched Luffy struggle against captors. "No, stop!"

That voice nearly broke him, making him disgusted by his own actions. Why is he smiling so calmly when the child he loves as a sibling was being captured? He didn't know. He didn't want to know. All he know was that he was almost at his breaking point for doing this shameful act.

"Ne, Luffy."

The boy stopped struggling in favor of looking at Ace with horrified eyes. Ace is... smiling. Does that mean he is happy with all of this? He shifted his eyes towards the sack of money in his brother's hands.

Money..? Where did Ace get that?

"Thanks. For loving me. I couldn't ask for a better little brother."

Luffy connected the dots together, and when he got his answer, he cried.

"ACE!"


Sabo woke up to the sound of slow footsteps nearing him. 'Ace? Luffy?'

The blonde sat up, rubbing his eyes. He saw his brother walking towards him, eyes glued to the ground and fist clenched. Sabo frowned. Something is definitely wrong with Ace.

"Ace? What's wrong?" He asked in his gentlest voice. At this moment, Ace seemed fragile, as if he can break down even by the lightest wind.

The boy stared at Sabo in the eye when the question was asked. "Sabo...I-I'm a bad brother, aren't I?" Tears were brimming in his eyes when he said that, causing Sabo to be shocked speechless.

And before Sabo can speak, Ace beat him with words that can make him scream in agony.

"I... I let Luffy die!"


The freckled boy was now twenty years old. He was more mature than his younger self, more muscular and slightly more polite.

And as he grew, his regrets grew along with him.

Why did he do that to his own baby brother?

Why did Sabo have to die without knowing that he is actually alive?

Why did he have to lie to both of his brothers?

Those questions all have answers that only Ace knew. And the answers never fail to make Ace's insides to twist in unimaginable guilt.

"Luffy...Can you forgive and forget?"


A/N: I'm a sadist, ain't I? :( This is just something I made to satisfy my urges to write though. I don't know if I should continue this.

Hope to see some feedback on this. Ciao!