It was a peaceful day in Alabasta Port Town, Nanohana. Well, that is a understatement. There was a huge crowd right in front of a small restaurant that is named "Spice Bean". The restaurant has three green dome rooftop, big one in the middle, front, and two in the back one side each. the rest of the body is a rectangular shaped everyday building.

On this day, there were at least 20-30 people standing there as if they were trying to see something that was in there.

A men's voice, old and rusty said to the crowd, "Did anyone see that!? He was eating there, and suddenly, he just collapsed!"

Another person joined him, "Yeah I saw that. did he choke, or maybe got food poison?"

On that day, Amebell was just walking by, wanting to get something to eat, and saw people there talking about those things, so she perked with interest and walked towards the crowd. She pushed and dodged through all those people who were also trying to see what happened in the restaurant. While doing that, she earned some "hey"s and "watch out!" from the civilians.

Once Amebell walked through the crowd, she was face to face with someone's bare back, with the Whitebeard crew member tattoo. His right hand was holding a fork that still had a piece of meat on it. His head was slammed in a pile of food right in front of him, with piles of plates on either sides of where he was sitting.

"This guy sure knows how to eat." Amebell said with disgust, but also impressed. She continued walking towards the 'dead' guy that everyone outside the restaurant was so interested about. "You know, there is a better place to sleep than on top of a pile of food and making other people believe you are dead. You know that?"

Ace suddenly sat up, making everyone in the restaurant jump from their body and screaming "AAAAAH! He came back alive!".

"huh?" The boy questioned, looking from right to left. He then grabbed a random person's burnoose and wiped his face covered with food on it. The woman screamed. Literately, when Ace did that.

"Ugh... I fell asleep." Ace said with the right arm on the counter, looking at the group of people by the door all while chewing his remaining food in his mouth.

"You fell asleep!?" the citizens said. "In the middle of meal and conversation!?" Another person followed. "And he just started chewing again!" The man next to him also exclaimed. All of them had their mouth wide open from the shock the just saw from Ace.

"Jeez, what are you all worked up about?" Ace said taking a bite from the meat that was still on this knife that he was holding during the small nap earlier.

"WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" All three men screamed their lungs out.

Ace turned back to the owner of the restaurant and asked, "did you hire comedians or something?" While using his thumb with this elbow on the counter pointing at the three men behind him.

"Um. No. Well, I'm glad you are okay." The owner answered Ace's question.

"You have not changed at all, have you Ace." Amebell said with a sarcastic yet amused voice.

"Oh hey Amebell." Ace said, then plopped his face in the plate of food again.

"HEY!" Now the the men and the owner screamed at the same time even louder than before.

Amebell walked even closer to Ace and slapped the back of his head gently, not too gentle, but also not too hard.

"Ow! Amebell..." Ace said fading off. "Wait... AMEBELL!?" He exclaimed Looking at her with wide eyes and stopped chewing his food as well.

"Yeah Ace. Now you notice?"

"I'm sorry." He said with his head down sounding depressed.

"Ah. It's fine Ace. Just glad I ran into you here."

"Where were you all those years? You just suddenly disappeared without a trace!"

"I rather not talk about it. Okay?"

"Were we just like the other people that you left before? I thought you like us."

"I'm sorry Ace. Maybe one day you will know why." Amebell said trying to drop the topic.

"Fine..." Ace said giving up. "Anyways, has this guy come to this town? Wearing a straw hat?" He said turning the owner, raising a wanted poster for him to see.

"I guess you don't have a problem eating in public." A voice from behind said. He had a rusty, mid-age voice, someone who smoked daily. " Now what does a Commander of "Whitebeard Pirate Crew" Second Corps want with this country?"

"!..."

"Well, Portgas D. Ace?" He said again with a booming voice. "And Amebell, Slaughter of Marines, Ship Jumper?"

"W-Whitebeard?! One of the Whitebeard Pirates?" "S-slaughter of Marines? Is she a pirate?" "I knew I have seen that tattoo before!" "W-why they here?" "WHAT!" Everyone in the restaurant spoke at once, being freaked out by what they just heard from the Marine that just spoke up.

Yet, Ace continued eating and drinking his beverage. "I'm on a search for my little brother."

"Did you hear that? He is one of the Whitebeard pirate."

"And I'm just being here. Is that such a crime?" Amebell said crossing her arm in front of her chest, looking at the Marine.

"Yes it is. In fact, being a criminal of the government, no matter where you go or what you do, you are always considered a criminal."

"I know that." Amebell said in a obvious and boredom feeling.

"Then why did you ask!?" He exclaimed at the woman.

"I heard that girl slaughtered a whole flea of Marine battle ship when she was only 8 year old!"

"Wow! really? I heard of the Marine, Smoker..."

"So Ace..." Smoker turned his attention to Ace.

"What should I do?" Ace said lean back against the counter, putting one leg on top of the other.

"Sit tight and let me arrest you."

"Rejected." Ace said smugly. "Sorry. Can't do."

"I'm looking for a different pirate and I'm not really interested in you two..."

"Then let us go." Ace said in a suggestive way.

"I can't do that." Smoker argued back quickly.

"Then why did you say that!?" Amebell said taking her revenge for what he said earlier.

"Oh shut up!" Smoker scolded her. "As long as I'm a Marine, you two are pirate." He said to both criminal, getting on his nerves, and getting into a position to fight.

"...What a dumb reason..." Both Ace and Amebell said at the same time. "Chill out, man!" Ace said afterwards.

Then, there was a shout of "ROCKET!" and a person burst through the door, hitting Smoker on the way. It made the both of them fly forward right in front of Ace, making his eye close to pop out of his skull. The person bursting through the door stopped, while screaming "WOOHOOO!" Having his arms and leg in the air. "A restaurant! I'm starving!" he screamed again. Ace and Smoker were already flown crashing through multiple houses, passing different people trying to figure out what just happened. Everyone back in the restaurant had their eyes popped out of their skull, with their mouth wide open.

However, Amebell was just there defeated looking on her face as she sighed at the sight of Luffy. "It's like an reunion with those two." She mumbled to herself.

"FOOOOOOD!" Luffy howled."Hey guy! food food food food!"

"Uh... kid you should run away." The owner tried to say.

"What a great restaurant!"

"T-thanks kid. But.."

"Luffy..." Amebell sighed again. "You have not changed a bit at all too!"

All of the sudden, there was was someone being slammed to the ground, and Smoker called out "Straw Hat!" While chewing down gulps of food, mainly meat.

"..."

"So you are here too..." Smoker started. "Stop eating already!"

"..." Then, it seem like Luffy remembered something, and spit out all the food that was still in his mouth at Smoker. "Yull dat swoee ai! (Your that Smoky guy!) Waw da weck au yull huing wiar! (What the heck are you doing here!) "

"You dirty little-..." Smoker started with food that Luffy spit at him all over him.

"Fanks for da fooood! (Thanks for the foood!)" Luffy exclaimed grabbing all the food before him and stuffed it in his mouth, making a hump on either side of his face, while running for his life. Smoker immediately ran after him, since Luffy is his main target.

"This day does not get any worse can it!" Amebell said while Ace was getting up from the hard knock from Smoker earlier, and ran after Smoker and Luffy."Wait Luffy! It's me!" Ace screamed after them.

"I'm sorry for all the trouble!" Amebell tried to apologize the owner for what just happened. Also running after the three people before her. But not before dropping berries for fixing the part of the restaurant that got destroyed.

To be continued