One Piece Saving Ace:

By Mathieu Leader

All rights to Eiichrio Oda

Chapter One The Forgotten Marine:

The Thousand Sunny was stationed in the West Blue and was heading towards the Shanbody Archipelago to find a coater that could coat the ship in a bubble which would allow them travel into the New World.

Suddenly the ship crashed into an iceberg and the captain of the Straw Hat crew Monkey D. Luffy bellowed "Let's grab the iceberg!"

The shipwright Franky pulled the leavers and lifted the iceberg onboard.

Franky said shocked "There is someone inside the iceberg!"

The straw hat crew gathered around the iceberg and saw the giant shadow.

Chopper the ships doctor dressed in a lab coat pulled out a stethoscope and said nervously "Nami we need to use your Clima-Tact at once there is a living giant in the ice and giants can withstand the cold for years better than humans but he's reached his limit!"

Then Nami blew the blue flute shaped weapon an orb of pure heat blew out and surrounding the iceberg melting it.

Now a giant stood before them dazed with a greying auburn beard with dark eyes his face was scarred.

Nico Robin cried "SAUL!"

The giant said faltering "Robin your alive?"

Nico Robin said calmly "Welcome aboard the Straw-Hat crew and this is our captain Monkey D. Luffy,"

Saul stretched out his hand and said proudly "Another D is you related to Vice-Admiral Garp by any chance?"

Luffy said softly "Yes he's my grandfather,"

Then Robin looked confused starring at Saul's scars and black and white stripped prisoner's uniform.

Robin said puzzled "You look older than I remember you and why you are in a prisoner's uniform?"

Saul guffawed

Then Saul happy expression changed into one of sheer dread.

He said grimly "After Ohara was destroyed I was frozen in an iceberg thanks to my colleague Vice-Admiral Kurzan and I was then taken onboard a marine warship lead by Vice-Admiral Shakazuki who used his magma devil fruit power to unfreeze me,"

He continued darkly "Then I was brought before a tribunal at Marine HQ in secret. There I was found guilty and sentenced to Impel Down on the Frozen Hell it became soon overcrowded then I was relocated to a freezer where once again I was slowly being imprisoned in ice again,"

Saul said shuddering "Then finally I was dumped by CP9 into the sea so that nobody knew I was still alive,"

Then Ussop screamed "We're being under siege!"

A grey warship came and a gangplank was lowered now a man dressed in a brown furred suit with long black hair with a goatee with dark eyes.

The man said in a wheeze "Straw-Hat it appears your crew has grown since we last met I've read that your crew has caused quite a stir at Water 7,"

Sanji said angrily "Gin we meet again I want to know why are you in the West Blue!?"

Gin said in a low voice "I came to find the once mighty marine once called Saul the Great who was said to have survived the Buster Call and my eyes do not deceive me,"

Luffy said curiously "Why do want our kind giant friend Gin?"

Gin's eyes narrowed and spoke in a whisper "The New Age is dawning pirates in which those who where impoverished in the past will be rewarded and Blackbeard has brought Ace to the gallows for his crime,"

Luffy screamed "Ace is going to be executed!"

Brook said sternly "You still have not told us why you are so interested in Saul?"

Gin replied gleefully "I act as an envoy on the Marines behalf and the old salty sea dog Garp has managed to persuade Sengoku head of the marine fleet to spare Ace's life if your going to let me swap Saul for Ace on the execution platform,"

Gin said darkly "Luffy do you have in your heart to decide whether an innocent is to hang in order to save your brother you have seven days to decide,"

To be continued.......