Kind of a drabble... I was inspired by watching One Piece openings while having a headache.


"Thank you for loving me."

That's what Ace said, before he died. What he wanted Luffy to tell the others. What Luffy never got to tell the others.

He would tell the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, when he found them. He would tell Sabo, the brother he never knew was still alive until he found him again in Dressrossa.

But Luffy wanted to tell Ace something. Something he never got to tell him before the Vivre card burned up and his mind fell apart.

As well as something to tell to all of his nakama; A thank you to Shanks for starting this all, a thank you to Grandpa for sending him to live in Dadan's country so he could meet Ace and Sabo. To Sabo, his remaining brother. To Ace, the brother who died protecting the son of another devil. After all, Roger and Dragon had something in common.

They were both dangerous criminals. Only difference is that Dragon is still alive.

...Luffy thought. He hoped his dad was still alive. He'd like to fully meet him someday.

And to his crew, the only people who kept his mind stable other than Sabo.

He wanted to thank them for being his nakama. For being his friends.

For not allowing him the torture of being alone.

How he hated being alone… Growing up in Fusha Village, he was seen as an outcast. Someone with barely any family, always hanging out with Makino at the bar. He didn't have many friends, until Shanks and his crew came. Then after they left, Shanks' straw hat passed onto Luffy, Garp had taken the child to Dadan's country…

Where he met his brothers. He was happy.

But then the Fire happened, and Ace became cold because they believed Sabo was dead.

After Ace warmed up again, they began to train more and more. Ace left when he was seventeen, leaving Luffy behind to train for three more years, which he did. He left Fusha on his seventeenth birthday, and gathered the crew he had today.

He could look back upon his adventures and smile. He remembered the first time he used his Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk attack, the first time he felt Ace's spirit within him in the shape of the fire. Ace's fire.

He can still feel that spirit, but it was with Sabo now. Cause Sabo ate Ace's fruit. The Mera Mera no mi belonged to Luffy's brothers. Like the Gomu Gomu no mi belonged to Luffy.

...He got distracted. He silently laughed to himself.

He looked down from his perch on Sunny's rail. He saw his crew, Bartolomeo, and his top-hat wearing brother. Sabo had gotten permission from Dragon to join with Luffy for awhile, seeing as it had been twelve years since they had been with each other. Bartolomeo had practically begged to travel with Luffy's crew for awhile. He knew where Usopp, Franky, Sanji, and Zoro were, as he didn't see them on the deck with Robin, Brook, Chopper, Nami, Sabo, and Bartolomeo. He thought to himself for a second, before yelling out an attention-grabbing word at his highest volume. In a matter of minutes, everyone on the ship was outside and looking at the straw-hat wearing rubberman.

"What is it, Luffy-senpai?" Bartolomeo questioned.

"Thanks." Luffy told everyone. He knew he confused them all, even Sabo, but he said what he wanted.

He then turned to Sabo.

"Sabo!"

"Yeah, Luffy?"

He looked Sabo in the eye, and Sabo got his message, and sent it right back as both brothers sent the message to Ace.

Thank you… for being our brother.


I know its kinda all out there, but it was headache induced. Please review!