Re-uploaded:12/12/2011

Disclaimer;…I do not own one piece…if I did, I wouldn't of done the thing Oda did to Ace…sniff…woef…Sjeff…woef…Whitebeard's dog…never mind

AcexOC

Ok gals, THANK YOU for (re-)opening this fic;

Ok I decided to re-upload the chappies that I had up, since I got a couple of bad reviews about my spelling.
So there are some small things that have changed since the story has been re-uploaded. I think some things are more clear now? I think? Lol.
So if you've got the time then you should give it a quick view over but it's not necessary.
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third person pov

When Luffy left his home island at the age of 17, he went out to become pirate king. It was a great event in his life. He could finally start the journey in which he promised several people something, including to his older brother; Ace.

Ace had left the island 3 years before Luffy, also at the age of 17. The reason for his leave had different motives. Some motives he had set out for himself, others because he promised others. But the motive that pushed him over the line to actually go out to sea was 9 years before he left. It all started at the local pub in town…

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"Hahaha" a lot of cheering could be heard from the little pub. Drunken men, women, pirates, locals, everyone was drinking and singing having a good time. At the bar sat one guy and a girl laughing and drinking like the rest. "Hahaha and then he tried to take it and the fool fell overboard hahaha" the guy with red hair and straw-hat said laughing causing the woman to laugh. "Now c'mon Shanks, that's no reason to laugh at him" the girl said with a smirk clearly trying to hold in laughter. "Hey you shut up, you're no better and you know it" he said and she started to laugh. "Aww c'mon Shanks, I'm going tomorrow" she then looked at the clock "…I mean in a couple of hours haha but don't say things like that, they hurt my feelings." she said with a pout and leaning over Shanks. He then started to blush and took another sip of his rum mumbling about how troublesome women were and she started to laugh.

The pub was lively and crowded full with singing people when 2 kids came running in, the smallest one running up front.

Sara pov

"Shanks, Sara! Sara take me with you!" the little kid screamed out of his lungs, getting attention from several pirates. He jumped onto my lap, jumping up and down, the kid had been followed by another kid who came walking up. He was slightly older. They looked a lot alike only the older one was taller and had freckles but they both had the same big smile on their faces. "Hey Luffy, Ace" Shanks and I greeted. I then took a hold of Luffy so that he wouldn't fall off my lap. "And mister, why the hell would I do that?" I smirked in a mocking way to Luffy. "Because I'm a pirate and I can help you!" he said proudly. Shanks and I began to laugh out loud making Luffy mad, Ace just softly laughed and shook his head. "So you're gonna be a pirate, ey?" Shanks said to Luffy. He was slightly smiling and gave me a glance, having a sneaky look in his eyes which I just smirked too.

"You count on it, I'm gonna become Pirate King." Luffy said all of a suddenly confident. Shanks and I looked a bit surprised while Ace just looked at us, not affected by Luffy's words.

I then looked at Luffy and started to laugh out loud. Luffy had turned around and apparently started to get mad at me for laughing. When I noticed that, with my free hand, I ruffled his hair. "Haha you keep believin' it and one day your dream will come true." I said with a smile. After my little laugh fit I took another bar-chair from behind me and put it between Shanks and me for Ace to sit on. Ace smiled my way as gratitude. "haha Sara's right" Shanks said, he also had gotten a laughing fit. "but then you've also got to stop being such a little runt and finally learn how to swim." Shanks said mockingly and flicked Luffy's forehead. That got Luffy mad and made Luffy squirm on my lap. After a while Luffy decided that this wasn't working so he finally jumped to Shanks' lap, hitting him for calling him a worthless pirate.

While those two started arguing I talked to Ace. "So Ace, you also wanna become a pirate?" I asked smiling. Ace started to slightly blush and then shook his head yes, it was silent for a minute. "Why are you going?" Ace all of a sudden asked. I was kinda surprised. "Well, I wanna see the world." Ace looked a bit confused when I said that to him. "There's a lot more than just here. Such as different people, foods, even treasures that you never could think of ore even could dream about. You'll never know those things if you stay in one place." I said slightly laughing. I could see Ace was letting it all sink on him. I looked at Ace from head to toe. He was still thinking about something. Makino had been worried about the kid several times and talked to me about it. 'I'm not too worried about him. I bet he's going to be a smart young man someday.' I looked at him again and then put an arm around his shoulder and pulled him in closer to me. "Even though I know you wanna see the world; do it on your own pace. One day I know you're going to be an amazing young man, whatever you decide to do." I whispered in his ear. He then looked at me questionably. 'Haha great now I've confused him, poor kid.' I then pulled him closer and gave him a kiss on his cheek. He started to blush like mad and I took my arm off his shoulder, ordering two lemonades, one for Luffy and one for Ace and enjoyed my last hour's home.

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Soon after the talk with Ace people started going home. Some of them went singing, others walking normal and a couple had to be carried. Shanks and I had brought Ace and Luffy back to Dadan. The little Luffy had fallen asleep on Shanks lap while slapping him for insulting him. Ace was tired as well but wouldn't admit it; so I had my arm around Ace's shoulders guiding him in the dark. After that, Shanks and I went to the harbor. There had fallen a silence, which became heavier the closer we got to the harbor. We then reached the harbor, my boat was a couple of docks further. I walked towards it, when I noticed Shanks standing still.

"What is it Shanks?" I asked raising my eyebrow. "Why won't you come with us Sara?" he all of a sudden asked, I was kind of surprised. Apparently he had taken my surprise as something different. "We're not that bad." He said slightly defensive. I walked over to him, he was near a lamppost, where we had some light. I looked at him. "Sigh, I know Shanks but we've talked about this. You've got completely different goals then I do." I looked at him; he didn't really have an answer. "And what the hell should I do on your ship anyways?" I said reasoning. "There's always something to do on the ship." he said in a "duh" kind of tone, he then continued. "and if you're concerned about being on a boat with only men, then don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you." Shanks started to rant. For some reason I felt bad for turning his offer down, making him rant like this but he had already been traveling for several years. As for me, I was just about to begin.

Shanks had ranted on while I was in my trail of thoughts. "You can have my quarters and you'll have your privacy an-" I then cut him off. "That's not the problem Shanks." I said. Even though to some degree I thought it was really sad and sweet of him trying to convince me to stay; at the same time it was just annoying. I was just sober enough to walk around and talk 'normal'. I was not sober enough to go into a conversation of this kind of depth. My plan had been to get drunk tonight and sober up in the boat not… this.

"Well then, what is?" he raised his voice questionably. I looked surprised and confused at him. "What makes you think you can survive on your own?" he continued, looking at me with concerned eyes. I then sighed again and looked him straight in his eyes, focusing on his left eyes with the markings. "What makes you so sure I will be safer with the famous red headed pirate around me, ey?" I said calmly, he sighed and looked down. The silence had fallen again, it was uncomfortable. Shanks didn't seem to dare to face me, which in some aspects was weird since I never had an awkward moment with Shanks before.

I glanced over him again and decided to break the silence, having enough of talking around the bush. "If you wanna go and rule the seas, be a role-model for some kid in this town, then you should truly do that and go for it. I'm 100% behind you" I said slightly stern, Shanks now faced me as I continued. "But for myself; I just wanna see the world; draw some things, meet people, maybe with luck see a glimpse of one piece, I don't know. I know you could provide me with all of that and I actually think I could live a happy life with you guys on the ship while doing so but when I think about the sake of my own experience and freedom…" I put my hand softly on his cheek and looked at him with soft eyes. Eventually resting my gaze onto his eyes, just like his were resting on mine. "…then I just prefer not too."

I then saw something in his eyes. 'I don't understand you Shanks. What are you trying to tell me?'

His hand then grabbed mine from his cheek, lowering it, rubbing his thumb over my knuckles. He then looked down at our hands and I could hear him softly sigh. "Alright then… you've made up your mind, just be careful." he said, I smiled at him. "I wi-" before I could finish my words, Shanks surprised me by grabbing me into a hug. At first I was surprised but then hugged him back, with my cheek resting onto his chest. I don't know how long we held the embrace but we eventually let go and I gave him a small peck on the cheek, like I usually did. He didn't further respond to that, he just turned around and headed to his ship and crew. I just looked at him walking away, watching his back becoming smaller, I later decided to head down to my own boat. It was just an one person boat with one small cabin and a sail, nothing special.

I walked up to it and loaded the last boxes in that I left on the harbor before. I was busy loosening the rope when somebody scared me.

"Are you leaving now?" I heard behind me, I slowly turned around and saw Ace standing there. "Ace?" I said questionably, I softly let out a sigh of relief. I then looked at him again. "What are you doing here? You should be in bed. You didn't leave Luffy alone did you?" I said concerned, Ace shook his head. "No, Dadan's home, she's keeping an eye on him." Ace answered, I let out a sigh of relief "What you doing here kiddo?" I said finally "I thought you would go tomorrow morning. Why are you leaving now?" he said slowly.

I could see insecurity in his eyes. "C'mon kiddo…you know what I said in the pub today" I said putting a box aside and facing Ace. "But you still never really answered why." He said slowly, I raised my eyebrow at that, he continued. "Why now? Why not next year" he said finally with a frowning pout on his face.

"Ow Ace" 'the kid looks to damn cute' I then sighed and walked up to him. "C'mon kiddo, don't go making it harder for me then it already is." I said smiling to him, he now looked confused.

"You remember last summer when you asked me when bird leave there nest and how they knew when it was time? Can you remember what I said?" I asked him, he nodded. "Yeah you told me it was instinct." he said with still a pout on his face. "That's right, that's something you should never forget to listen to yourself. It might just safe your life someday. Besides you know I'll be back to visit you haha, hey before I know it you'll be visiting me on your ship." I said sticking out my tong in a playful manner. He first looked at me surprised but then he stopped pouting and smiled brightly like he always did.

"Yeah you count on that" he said.

I smiled at him when I thought of something; I looked at the bracelet around my wrist. It was just a band with white and red stripes, it always reminded me of those candy cane patterns that's why I really liked it, I thought it was funny haha. I started to take it off and gently took his wrist and put the bracelet on.

"Here take this, it'll bring you luck." I said and stood straight again and I looked down at him. He looked at the bracelet and looked up. I then smiled and so did he. "Take good care of it ok, ore else I'm gonna kick your sorry little butt later." I said in a playful manner and with a big smile and ruffled his hair, he then laughed. "Haha ok I will." He said with a grin. "Good. Now, take good care of yourself and your brother…and go to bed it's far too late." I said strict. "But I'm not tired yet." he said yawning. I playfully rolled my eyes to his response.

I was about to bring Ace home again when I saw behind Ace were Shanks and 3 others of his crew. Shanks looked at me and smiled and nodded. I then knew he would take care of Ace, but I also had a feeling he had heard everything I had said to Ace just now, so I smiled to him; mouthing a small 'thank you' as I nodded.

I got onto my boat and saw Shanks walking up next to Ace. I loosened my rope and readied the sail, taking off to places that I didn't know. I then looked back and saw Shanks and Ace standing there, with Ace smiling like the little idiot he was and I could see Shanks with a small smile… did I really make the wrong choice? Ore was my instinct right? Sigh, a well only the future will know, until then my instinct's will guide me…if that's any good?

Ok I know this looked more ShanksxOC but it ISN'T I swear it'll be AcexOC!

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