When Ace died, he certainly didn't expect the feel a gentle wind on his skin. He didn't think he would feel warm gentle hands holding him. He certainly didn't NOT expect to hear a small murmur say these words, much less anyone say anything after he died.

"Gol D. Ace. That will be his name," said an exhausted voice woman's voice.

Panic swelled in him. Gol D. Ace? He wanted nothing to do with that name! Ace cried loudly into the air at the name. Then, he realized someone was holding him and he didn't like it at all. He squirmed and screamed as much as he could to get the person to let him go, but they only pulled him closer.

"Something tells me he will be something special. A firecracker, that's for sure," the voice continued. A bright light flooded his vision. Ace blinked his eyes only to see the face of a black-haired woman. Her brown eyes and freckled face was the first thing her saw. The first thing that Ace was interested about the lady was that her eyes gave out so much kindness and love. The woman gave a tired face to her newborn son.

"A real fighter, you are, Ace. Gave quite a fight before I had you," she smiled and gave a gentle pat on her son's head. Ace savored the woman's touch. For the first time in a while, he felt… safe and loved by someone else besides the Whitebeard Pirates and his brothers. Ace blinked innocently at the female. Who was the mysterious woman?

"Lura, are you okay? Do you want some rest? Giving birth is exhausting, so you should relax," The doctor told the mother. Lura gave a small smile to the doctor.

"I probably should, but I won't. I don't want to just yet," Lura replied with a determined voice. The doctor looked at the woman worriedly, but knew it was hopeless to object. He knew for a fact that women can be quite determined, and this strong woman was just one example.

"Don't take it too hard," he said. Most woman would pass out of exhaustion after giving birth, but this woman had quite the strong will, but sometimes that won't be enough.

Lura rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Anyways, I am sure my son wants to meet his new brother," she replied.

Doctor Kudo chuckled. "Quite the troublesome son you have. I have never met a person who could eat so much while waiting."

"Quite he is. Can you call him in?" Doctor Kudo nodded and sent someone to fetch the boy. The nervous blond-haired boy tripped several times in his fuss to get out, as well as crashing several things into the ground. He apologized every time, but finally made it out the door.. "Quite the assistant you have," Lura teased the doctor.

"Yes, he is," Doctor Kudo said with a small smile. "A bit shaken up seeing you give birth. A perfect opportunity to tease him, because he was the one who insisted he could handle it. He is way too carefree for my taste." Lura giggled and Kuda smirked. His smile dropped though as he continued. "His mother sadly died giving birth, and his father was unknown. No one wanted to take him in, worried that he was the son of a whore. I raised him then. I couldn't leave the poor boy to the streets."

"The poor boy." Lura said upset. "So, what are you going to do with him? I don't think he is the type to be a doctor."

"I don't know," Doctor Kudo replied quietly. He certainly did not know what to do with his boy He just wasn't the type to be a doctor and Kudo wasn't sure the boy would like to be. The two sat in a quiet silence, waiting for the child to return.

The loud opening of the door interrupted the long silence. A five year-old boy entered the room with a wide grin. His messy black hair and huge grin showed no nervousness for such a young child meeting his new brother.

"Come here," Doctor Kudo ushered the boy towards his mother and Kudo nodded at his son, to tell him he was dismissed.

Lura smiled at her son and held up her newborn son, Ace, so he could have a better view of his new brother.

"Roger, meet your new brother, Ace. Take care of him," Lura told him.

Roger grinned wider and poked his new brother eagerly. His new little brother! Roger was over the moon.

"Nice to meet you, Ace. My name is Gol D. Roger and I am your big brother," Roger told the baby. The child looked at him with wide eyes and wailed loudly.

No, no, no! This must be a nightmare! Ace frantically thought.

Roger laughed loudly, not knowing what Ace was thinking. "He already likes me! Something tells me we will get along, Ace!"

Ace only cried louder in reply. Most certainly, they won't!

So… Yeah. Here is a One Piece fanfic! I have never had the nerve to write a One Piece fanfic, afraid I was going to mess it up HORRIBLY. Sometime, writing the characters can be so hard! Oda, you have won my respect for the 1000000th time. The first is for writing this epic manga, and for creating such awesome character, enough to make me afraid to write them in case I mess it up! Also, I DEFINITELY DO NOT own One Piece. If I did, I would ruin the epicness that Oda has created.

Anyways, putting that aside, this is a rebirth fanfic for Ace, because when One Piece mentioned Marco again made me upset. It only reminded me of how Whitebeard and Ace died. So, here is my way to make them all reunite! I haven't seen a rebirth fanfic as Ace as Roger's brother, which I thought was amusing since Ace despises him. The chapters will be short, because when I write long chapters, I take FOREVER!

Can anyone guess who the kid that Kudo adopted? He is a One Piece character! Though I was certainly vague… Well, let me give everyone a major clue. He was on Roger's crew!

I am not sure where I am exactly going with this, in fact, not even sure if I should continue. Tell me what you think? If you guys like it, I will write the rest!

Please review, fav, and follow! That tells me you like it!

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