So, I wrote this for ASL Bros Week, which was uhm two weeks ago? It was a lot of fun - I nearly managed to write something for all days! But since the OSes were all a bit rushed, I decided to edit them a bit before uploading. The days AceSL, ASaboL and ASLuffy were all set in the same universe, which is this little 4 chapter long project. The other OSes should be uploaded within this week! Now, enjoy!

Ace was running over the deck, let the winds mess up his neatly brushed hair. He breathed in and out again, tasting salt and climbed up on the tows, a bag securely thrown over his shoulder. He knew Shanks was chasing him, just like he knew that for all his strength his older brother figure wouldn't look up.

He adored Shanks, always had. His older brother was amazing after all! He always let Ace do all the stuff on his ship that he wasn't allowed to do on the Oro Jackson. Shanks was the first one to let him go to land by himself too. Granted, it was an emergency but still. Ace would never forget the feeling of walking through the streets entirely on his own. But for all his admiration, he had to admit, his brother sucked at Hide-and-Seek.

"Firecracker! Where are you?" Shanks shouted and he almost sounded a little desperate. "Please come out before your dear mother tries to skin me alive because I wasn't responsible enough by her standards."

Ace pressed his hands against his mouth to keep the laughter from escaping. Shanks acted like a scared little baby Sea King! And to think that people were actually scared of Shanks just because he could knock them out with Conqueror's Haki. Ace still didn't understand why everybody made such a big deal out of this kind of Haki. He knew a lot of people who had it, himself included.
So yeah, his big brother was strong but also one of the biggest dorks Ace knew. Just right behind his father, really.
Ace turned his head to look at the ship's figurehead. His father stood there, listening to the world, just like usual. Ace wished he could hear like him. The world must be telling his father the most amazing stories. Then, just as if he had noticed Ace watching, the Captain of the ship turned around and flashed his son a smile. Ace returned the gesture and pointed at Shanks, who was still searching for him. Roger arched his eyebrows, before realization hit him. He nodded at his son and turned back to watching his sea. Ace grinned. He could always count on his father to help him with his pranks. Then he opened his bag and pulled out the first water bomb, just that this one was filed with green paint instead of water. He waited until Shanks was standing directly below him before letting go of it. The bomb fell and fell before bursting right on top of Shanks, making him Green-Haired Shanks. Ace started to laugh and directly dove for the next bomb to be sent flying. One crew member after another got showered in colors and Ace was having the time of his life. At least until he heard his mother call.

"Gol D. Ace!"

Ace winced. She was angry, definitely. He knew he had been playing a lot more pranks recently but it was justified! He was bored out of his mind! It's been ages since he had last spent time with somebody remotely close to his own age. Remotely close already kind of-nearly-only-in-emergencies including Shanks, who was a grown up!

"If you are not standing here right in front of me within the next five seconds," his mother continued. "You will stay in your room when we're meeting up with Whitebeard."

His eyes widened and he rushed down. There was no way he was missing the meeting! He liked his father's rival. Whitebeard was pretty cool and strong and his crew even better. It was huge and Marco would show him around and Haruta, who unlike Shanks was good at Hide-and-Seek, would play with him and show him some cool new fighting moves.

"I'm here, I'm here!" Ace assured his mother. "And I'm very sorry for the prank, I'll immediately go clean everything up but don't make me stay in my room!"

His mother's anger directly puffed away and she smiled happily. "Good, then go grab a mob and off you go."

Ace nodded and ran off to grab the cleaning supplies. From behind him he could hear his mother scolding Shanks, and wasn't it great that he, mighty Yonko, was getting scolded by his mother? Yeah, it was.

Smiling he turned right, nearly running Rayleigh over. It was a good day.

(Little did he know that somewhere at the other end of the sea though, a world was falling apart. Desperate gasps for breath were let out as fire bit at skin and water pulled two children down. Freedom seemed to have moved out of reach as water was swallowed and a gunshot rang through the air.)

Thanks for reading! Hope you liked it!