A.N. Okay, so I was walking my dog at eleven pm and got a little scared, then idea for this story shot in my head and it refused to leave, so here we are!

Warnings: yaoi – manxman, LawLu, SmoAce, AU.

Disclaimer: a little bit here, a little bit there, okay I'm done! Look, look, this sign says that I don't own One Piece!

Luffy's POV

I looked at the clock; 00:03. The streets around me were empty at this late misty hour, it's Thursday night and no one is really around. The rain was pouring down and the streets were dark, only illuminated by several working street lamps. There was a strange atmosphere and the misty air made it hard to breath. I walked to my home in a quick pace, dark corners were giving me the creeps and any strange noise I heard made me jump.

I shivered as a gust of chilly wind blew through; I should probably start wearing winter coat… Somewhere a dog barked and I almost jumped out of my skin; that was out of nowhere, today I'm really jumpy… I stopped and brushed my hand through my raven hair; I should really watch less horror movies. I once again started walking, somewhere car's signal went off; well this is a sound I'm used to…

I reached a dark alley I had to cross to get to my street, the fastest way is this alley, near the beginning of the alley there was one of those still working street lamps, but it didn't reach much of the alley. And it didn't give my confidence as alley was floating in thick darkness. There were several dirty containers in the alleys start, but after them there wasn't much I could see. I took a deep breath and walked in the alley; I walked through this route so many times, everything is going to be fine…

Suddenly I heard a swift movement and stopped, my heart was beating like crazy and my muscles tensed, then I felt a hand land on my shoulder and someone whispered next to my ear. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you…"

-II-

Ace's POV

"Two nights ago, on his way home, Monkey D Luffy, son of a famous politician Monkey D Dragon, disappeared."

I threw the newspaper on desk and grabbed my phone; this has to be a joke or a misunderstanding… I dialed my brother phone number *beep* *beep* *beep* "The number you have dialed is out of the reach zone."

I gritted my teeth and dialed his roommate's number; he must have lost his phone again… "Luffy? Is that you?"

"No, it's Ace."

"Oh, hey Ace… You're back?"

"Yes, I'm back Usopp, please tell me that it's a joke that you two made this joke to scare me…"

I heard a gulp; no, please no… "I wish I could say that, but the truth is that it's true, he's gone. That day he had a late night shift and had to come back about half an hour past midnight, but he didn't. We calmed ourselves with the thought that he may be met someone he knows and stayed there, but in the morning he didn't show up on his lectures. We started searching for him and got to know that no one saw him, we couldn't find a single trace…"

I turned my phone of and put it on the table; what? How? Why? He isn't weak and if someone attacked he would have been able to save himself, so why, how?! I felt depressed and empty; what can I do to find him…?

I stood up and walked out of my office; I need to know everything there is to know… As I rushed to the cloakroom Marco stopped me. "Hey Ace, you just came back and already rushing out?"

I felt a knot in my stomach, my throat got dry. "Luffy disappeared."

Marco's face froze in shock, I quickly freed the arm he had grabbed earlier and ran out; he will get the information he needs from someone else…

-II-

I stopped to look through the building I was going to walk in – Grand Line's main police headquarters. It was a big three storey high building with an attic, it was built from red bricks and looked pretty old though it had new plastic windows. As fog covered all of the Grand Line in this time of year, the lamps inside police building were on giving off an uninviting feeling.

I shook my head and walked to the door; the way this building looks doesn't have to do anything with the situation.. I walked in a small corridor, the floor was covered in old grey carpet while the wall were covered in yellowish old paint. There was a window on the left and there was some woman with glasses at the other side. I walked to the window and knocked on it, the blond secretary had her hair tied, she looked at me with a pessimistic gaze. "That's sexual harassment."

"No it's not! Any ways, I came here to talk with the person in charge of missing persons."

The receptionist looked through me a suspicion in her eyes, then she took her phone and dialed some number. "Detective Smoker? There's someone who want to talk with you." She put the phone away. "He will come soon." She extended her hand towards the corridor. "Wait there."

She once again started looking through the documents on her table, I walked away from that window and leaned on the wall; strange woman…

Soon I heard footsteps approach me and I saw a bulky white haired man with dark blue pants, white shirt and a white jacket hanging on his shoulder walking to me. The man had a cigar in his teeth and there was a scar across the right side of his forehead and he looked like a hot mess. If the situation was different and I hadn't come here with a serious matter, I would have definitely had tried to hit on the guy, I wouldn't be able to walk pass him.

But as I came here not to flirt, but to find out more about my brother disappearance, so I calmed my ranging hormones and braced myself for a serious talk. The grey haired detective came closer and looked over me. "What do you want brat?"

I bit my tongue, so the words 'piece of you' wouldn't slip out of my mouth. "Are you in charge of missing people?"

The cigar smoking man in front of me groaned. "And of course it had to be like this… Listen, brat, there's at least one person missing at Grand Line every day, only to appear in the following with a hangover. We don't have enough forces to look for all of them." He pointed at the registration. "If you're really worried fill the missing person report and hope for that person to appear soon."

I felt anger fill me. "Yea, sure, then if people go missing every day, then why the news of my brother's disappearance reached the headlines?!"

The face of the officer in front of me changed. "Monkey D Luffy doesn't have a brother."

I gritted my teeth. "We're cousins, but we grew up together, so we call each other brothers."

He started at me some more. "You weren't the one who filled reports, it was his roommates."

I sighed. "I was on a business trip and when I came back I found out that my brother went missing by reading the headlines… I don't live with him and the I myself didn't know how long the trip will take and while I was on it there was no way to contact me…"

Detective gazed at me for several more moments. "Alright, follow me."

He turned around and started walking, I followed him, soon we reached a big room which had a lot of desks, but there were only a little people. There also was a staircase nearby, the gray haired man started climbing up and I followed.

The second floor was just like the first – there was a big room with a lot of desk, but this time, there were no people, we started walking, the floor was covered in the same old carpet and the walls were the same yellowish color. We walked through several doors and stopped in front of some simple wooden door.

The detective opened the door and we walked in an office, the walls were covered in file-cabinets, there was a big window and by it there was a desk, which was looking at the door. There were two chairs placed in front of the desk, the grey haired man sat behind the table and motioned for me to sit.

I sat on the chair and found it surprisingly comfy. "Let's introduce ourselves properly." I looked up at the detective. "I'm detective Smoker."

"Portgas D Ace."

The man in front of me nodded. "So you want to know more about everything?" I nodded. "Alright, you would know this if you've read more than the headlines, but it seems you're too hot headed for that. 11:32 Luffy was witnessed to leave his part-time job. The bus driver also confirmed that your brother got out of the bus at Foosha stop. So he disappeared while going home." Smoker did a little pause. "We searched through all routes your brother could have taken, but found no trace of him." I closed my eyes; why is this happening? "At first we though he was kidnaped, but there never was a call for any ransom…" I put my hand on my forehead; shit, I don't wanna hear this… "We're considering idea that he was kidnaped by some serial killer, or is already dead."

To Be Continued…

A.N. At first I considered of doing this one shot, but then I thought it will be more interesting to make this a multi-chapter story… The evenings here are getting really misty, it looks so mysterious… Btw, I'm putting all of my other stories on hiatus till I finish this one, that shouldn't take long, of course if I don't become really lazy… Okay, I hope you enjoyed this so far! :}