[Prologue]
Once upon a time, there lived a prince who wore a big wide smile. He gave it to everyone who he managed to walk by. But never did they know that it was breaking him apart.
"Everyone is so selfish for forcing me to smile… So I'll just leave and look for a reason to cry…"
With that said to himself, he left his kingdom making them believe that he was gone and dead. He left nothing behind nor even brought anything… not a single goodbye… not even memories. But one thing was sure, he never had any regret…
The Kingdom searched for him but no luck was found. His room that was filled with papers and books has lost its master. They panicked, for there was a secret of him that they don't want to expose. A secret that must be hidden no matter what. Not to be said from anyone good or evil…
A secret that even the devils would search for…
The secret of the Lost Flame…
[Normal POV]
The Whitebeard pirates docked into a peaceful island. They never had problems with the Marines here since none even bothered to take duty in this place and it was a good sign for them to run around carelessly. But right now, the trio— Ace, Izou and Thatch— is having a big crisis. Though the problem was only one person, the others would worry that their pockets will get eaten off. Yes, Ace was hungry. REALLY hungry.
"Damn it Ace… why do you always ruin my time to relax and rest? Look at my face! It's all wrinkly!" Izou whined and whined but it gave nothing to Ace. His stomach was grumbling loudly even the others would hear
"But I can't eat your wrinkles… They look—" before he could continue saying anything, Izou beaten him up while Thatch was busy looking for a bar to stay and eat.
"AHHH! Guys! I found one!" then he looked at Izou who just finished murdering Ace "What happened?"
"Nothing. Just keep walking before you end up being like him…" Thatch nodded and didn't dare to question. The three of them— with Ace being dragged by the Okama— went to the bar that was greeted by loud cheering sounds of pirates who seemed to have a party. When the door's closing sound reached their ears, they all looked to their direction and paled.
Of course, who wouldn't recognize the looks of the Whitebeard commanders?
"Ohohoho, it seems that we found a TOO crowded bar… What should we do, Izou?" Thatch said with mockery in his voice. He wanted to scare off the other pirates so that they'd get to be alone or is just for his amusement.
"Oh my… What should we do? We LOOKED all over the place and only found THIS ONE… I guess we had no choice but to go back to POPS and TELL them about it…" Izou joined in the mockery with a faked disappointed face.
"I-I guess it can't be helped…" one of the pirates said and scurried away with the other pirates following him. The two laughed loudly from the received reaction and tried to control it. Once stopped, they both looked at Ace who was half-dead at the moment
"Oi, Ace… Are you sure you'll just sleep there? Maybe you don't need—" but before the Cook even finished, the flame-user opened his eyes and ran towards the counter. Not knowing that he accidentally pushed the head of a person into his food.
"FOOD!" the bar owner hurriedly fetched the food and returned to the pirate with haste. Ace started to wolf down the food without noticing the person behind him. A annoying tapping on his shoulder made him looked at the person with irritation and suddenly
*BAM!*
He was sent to the wall with a hard punch on his face.
"Ace!" both the commanders shouted and got ready to fight for the offender.
"Bastard… Why did you hit him?!" Izou questioned with anger in his voice. No one should dare hurt their brother in their very own eyes. But this guy— even he knew who they were— dared to punch the 2ND DIVISION COMMANDER in his face with no hesitation.
"Ahhh damn…" the blonde teen wiped his face filled with fried rice. He dropped his handkerchief on the ground and looked at the commander with a small SWEET smile on his face
"… I was eating food until a pest pushed my head on my face. I really hate those kinds of people who disturb me eating…" his blue eyes gleamed with hidden rage. Ace managed to get up and glared at the person
"You bastard…" his hands flared with orange fiery flames that made the teen slight surprise
"Oh? A devil fruit ability? So you want to fight?" without being warned, Ace launched a flaming attack which was easily dodged by the guy
"I guess I'll take that as a yes…"
/TO BE CONTINUED/
Yo guys! I was trying to change my writing style so don't wonder if this chapter was short. I hope it was good though, since my head almost exploded from thinking. Seriously, i'm getting hooked up with this genre (SHOUNEN AI). Even my brother would just look at me silently when I read and write
But anyway! This is just the start so expect for the next chapter! I hope you guys support! Love you all!
—June_Venoia(Anoia)