He saw him out of the corner of his eyes. The little brother long since lost to him, running and laughing with his friends.

"Luffy?"

Luffy and the rest had docked at a small island that was famous for giving everyone, even pirates a good time.

"Come on guys! I wanna try the buffet!"

Monkey D. Luffy was walking fast then the rest of the crew but he stayed with them.

"Luffy we have to decide on what we are going to do first!"

The orange haired navigator Nami said sighing, but smiling. Luffy had been like this from the day she met him. Impulsive and hungry.

"Yeah Luffy, I for one want to go to the book store and look at the medical books!"

The ships reindeer doctor said.

"I would have to agree with Chopper on this Luffy."

Robin said earning a huge smile from the doctor.

"Well I want to go to the spas! I hear they are the best in the Grand Line! And then I want to shop!"

"I will go where ever you wish me to go Nami!"

Sanji called, already holding shopping bags that Nami and Robin had collected.

"I would like to try the buffet; I hear the food makes your stomach long for food like it for the rest of your life. Oh I don't have a stomach."

Luffy and Brook laughed at the bad joke.

"Franky, Zoro where do you think we should go first?"

Robin looked back at the two following the group.

"I don't care."

Franky said and Zoro didn't even answer, he was too busy watching the man who was following them. As first mate Zoro felt that he had to keep his oblivious caption safe. A hard job to be sure with Luffy running off all the time but worth it. Something about Luffy made people want to trust him and follow him, Luffy made every problem seem to disappear. Now Luffy had another person watching him. A bounty hunter? A marine? Whoever he was, he was following Luffy and no one else in their group.

"I am the caption and I say that we go to the buffet first!"

Nami started to complain but Luffy cut her off.

"Nami after we eat then you can go to the spa, okay?"

Nami smiled and said.

"Ah the spa can wait until tomorrow; today I'm in the mood to party!"

Luffy laughed and pulled his navigator in the direction of the restaurants.

A young man with short blond hair was following the Straw Hat crew. He had lost whatever type of guard that his parents had following him. The group was not as big as some other pirate crews but they were strong. Sabo has spent the last 11 years reading about Luffy and his crew in the papers, first it was small things, "A pirate in a straw hat takes down Marine Captain Morgan." and then bigger things, things that caused shock and awe among the people of Grey Terminal, at least the people who survived the fire and still remembered the three trouble makers. Looking at the eight people surrounding his beloved younger brother, the only true brother he had left, Stelly would never be counted as his brother, and Sabo was filled with happiness that Luffy was still able to smile in the aftermath of Ace's death. The orange haired girl hit Luffy on the head and he came up laughing and smiling just as he did when they were kids. Sabo smiled slightly at the memories.

"Hey Sabo what are you doing over here with the...commoners?"

A friend of the family walked over. Out of everyone that Sabo was forced to be around he liked Belt the best. Belt wasn't as arrogant and self-centered as the rest of them; he would help Sabo sneak out of the house and down to Edge Town.

"You see that guy over there, the one with the straw hat?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you know who he is?"

"Well of course. He's Straw Hat Luffy; he's worth 400,000,000 everyone knows who he is."

"That's not all he is."

"It's not."

"No, Luffy is also my brother."

"What?"

"You know when I ran away and lived in Gray Terminal?"

"Yes."

"Well during that time Luffy, Ace, and I became brothers."

Belt knew all about Sabo and Ace, Sabo had told him two years ago when Fire Fist Ace had died.

"Why don't you go say hello?"

"No he thinks I'm dead and showing him I'm not won't help anything. Come on, we should get back my parents will be wondering."

Looking at these two walking through the streets, you could see the difference. Belt was like every other noble, skinny and pale. Sabo was the opposite, he was well toned from years of training and he spent most if not all of his time out in the sun so his skin was dark. This appearance difference made Sabo standout among the nobles of the Goa and that was just the way Sabo wanted it.

Luffy saw him leave, he didn't believe it and his mind rebelled against the thought of Sabo, Luffy didn't want to think of either of his brother's death. He stopped and watched the man with the blond hair leave.

"Luffy what's wrong?"

Chopper had seen Luffy stop.

"Nothing just thought I saw someone that can't be here."

"Why not?"

"He died 12 years ago."

"Oh I am sorry."

The buffet finally kicked the Straw Hats out mostly because they ran out of food, but also because the pirates were very rowdy, Brook took up his favorite song and everyone took up dancing. The crew was walking back to the ship when Luffy felt it, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up and Luffy knew someone was watching him again. He turned around and looked but could see nothing, see no one. He tried to sense them with Haki but again nothing.

"Luffy. What's wrong?"

"Zoro have you sensed someone following us?"

"Before the restaurant yeah, but not now why?"

"Though I saw someone just now."

The man following the crew was a bounty hunter. He knew that Luffy used Haki and he knew how to suppress his presences. He would watch them for another day and then he would take them as he slept, one by one until only Straw Hat was left. The bounty hunter smiled at the thought of the reward he would get for this job.