Yay, my first fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece and I can think of several good reasons why I shouldn't…

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He was tired. Tired of all this fighting. But even with all the stress gained from the battle, he carried on because he had to. He had his nakama waiting for him and he couldn't let them down. He also had his brother beside him ruing towards Whitebeard's ship. He had successfully rescued him from the execution platform with the help of his newfound allies. They weren't even very far from the ships when things started to go downhill. That Akainu-guy had said something that seemed to make Ace angry which led to Ace stopping and facing the marine admiral head on.

'What was he doing? They had to escape as soon as possible!'

But his throat was dry so he couldn't say a word to his brother. It didn't take long for Ace and Akainu to engage in battle where they shot fists made of fire against each other. It was clear from the beginning that Ace wouldn't win that battle since his attacks didn't have any effect against Akainu but he had gotten several nasty burns in his arms and torso from Akainu's attacks. Ace seemed to realize the situation too and started running again. But when Ace had his back turned on the admiral, he launched a giant fist made of lava towards Ace (and any unlucky ones that happened to be nearby).

Luffy's body reacted instinctively. When the magma-fist nearly reached his brother he took a step backwards and jumped into its way, saving his brother in process. When the fist penetrated his body, for a short time he felt like his whole body burned and then… He felt nothing. It didn't take long for him to start to lose consciousness. The voices and blurs around him didn't seem to matter at all as he began to slip into the sweet bliss of unconsciousness. Thinking was becoming more difficult as his breaths began to cease and heartbeats slowed until they completely stopped. He could barely even think when the darkness finally took him in and soothed him into sleep.

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Luffy didn't know if this was what death felt like. In fact he didn't even know if he was dead. It was dark everywhere, yet the darkness didn't feel threatening but rather soothing. Just like when you close your eyes. Then a voice broke that serenity:

"Oh, for God's sake Luffy. Open your eyes and stop dreaming!"

Luffy didn't know why, but he did as he was told. It was bright out there so he had wait until his eyes adjusted to the light. After a few seconds he could already see everything clearly. He seemed to be in some kind of forest though he couldn't see anyone who could have said anything to him. Then he heard a rather amused voice say:

"I'm here Luffy, behind you."

Luffy slowly turned to look behind him and paled at seeing the person standing there.

"Sabo?"

A/N - I know, it sucks… but I'm just a beginner in writing fanfiction so please don't expect me to have incredible story-telling skills. I have lots of ideas for my fics but it's quite difficult to turn them into decent stories. I'm also a slow writer so I'm not going to update very often.

S.O.A.M. is off.