Summary,

Ace, a fearless young man who live a solitary life in the woods with his brother had his life turned upside down, when one day his brother is taken hostage by Crocodile, who wants to marry Princess Vivi in order to become a King. Ace was then send out by Crocodile to rescue Princess Vivi, who is waiting for her true love. After the rescue, while heading back to Crocodile, Ace begin to developing feelings for Vivi, who had fallen for him.

Hello everyone.

Here's a new story I thought of and this time, it's Ace x Vivi. I think they would make a cute couple, so I created this story. I miss Ace so much , and don't worry, this story comes out with happy ending. I hope you guys would enjoy this story. ;)

This story is set in a random kingdom, and not in One Piece world. It's kind of like the typical fairytale story with fluff and romance, not too kiddy like Disney, that's why I rated this 'T'. I love Disney don't get me wrong ;)

I need a beta to improve this fic, so I hope there will be one of you out there that could help me.

I do not own One Piece.

Chapter 1

A long time ago, there lived a handsome young man who possessed the power of a devil fruit, Mera Mera fruit. Ace was known to be brave, strong, and fearless and with the power of fire within him, he was invincible. 'Fire fist Ace' was what people labeled him as. Most people wouldn't dare to oppose him, and those who were brave enough to challenge him, always ended up defeated and burnt. He lived deep in the woods, away from the small town nearby, with his younger brother, in a tree house his deceased father had left him. Their life was peaceful, doing the usual hunting, eating, drink, sleep and laugh, until one day, his brother disappeared while they were hunting together.

"Damn that Luffy! Always giving me troubles to no ends." He cursed under his breath as he walked around the woods looking for his lost brother, "Luffy!" he called out several times, but there still no sign of Luffy.

This wasn't the first time his hopeless little brother got lost in the woods. Luffy had always been bad with directions and Ace blamed himself for not keeping a good eye on him. He looked behind bushes and trees, looking for any sign or trace of him, but there was none. An hour has passed and there was still no sign of Luffy, and Ace was getting worrier every second went by.

'That guy is sending me to my own grave.' He thought to himself, while rubbing his temple with his right hand. 'He's either here in the woods or somewhere goofing around in the town.' He sighed at the thought and start walking towards the town.

He never like the town. Never.

Everyone was staring at him. He sense fear and glares from man, amusement from the children and worst of all… the disturbing stares from women. They were swooning over him, squealing with their annoying high pitch voices "It's him!" one yelled, "He's so cool!" another yelled."I've always wanted a husband as handsome and as strong as him." He heard some whispered, "Yeah right, but, too bad he's not rich, he's not even working" the other said, which made him frowned at them with disgust. 'Is money really that important?' he asked himself.

He felt extremely uncomfortable with all the yelling and stares. Really, can't he just walk peacefully without having to deal with all the annoying attention?

Couldn't stand the crowd any longer, he flee from his spot and hide himself in an empty barrel in a dark narrow street.

Feeling extremely frustrated he muttered, "Kuso, Luffy! Wait till I find you…".

"Fire fist Ace." a low woman voice called out from behind.

'Shit!' he cursed inward while thinking of several ways to escape. How did this one woman manage to track him down? He had always been good at hiding from them, well this one must be an expert.

"Relax, I'm not one of your admirers." She said as if she was reading his mind.

"What do you want?" he asked, didn't even bother to come out of the barrel.

"I assume you are here, looking for your brother?" she answered.

"How do you know?" he asked again.

"He's with us." And with that answer, Ace immediately jumped out of the barrel and caught the sight of an older woman with dark hair who's leaning against the wall of the narrow street. "Where is he?" he asked with a threatening tone, "What are you planning?"

"Come with me, I'll let my boss answer that for you." She replied calmly, not even looking slightly frightened by his tone.

"How would I know if Luffy is really with you?"

"Well, you could look for him for who knows how long and I bet you wouldn't be able to find him." She answered with a smile.

'She's right…'

"What is that your boss wanted? Why is Luffy with you lot? Most importantly, who the hell is your boss?" Ace asked, this time with annoyance.

"I told you to come with me, and you'll know."

Ace was thinking hard. What if this was all just a trick? Where was Luffy? Was he really at this woman's place? What if he really was? Leaving him no choice he decided to go with the woman, "Take me to your boss. I expect to see Luffy too, if I don't see him I'll make sure to burn the place down."

The woman smiled and nooded, as she had expected that answer. "Close your eyes, this is going to get a little dizzy." With that said she snapped her hands and in a second Ace felt as his body had been sucked into a different dimension.

The next thing he knew was he's standing in front of a huge door in a hallway, still feeling a bit nauseated, he remembered that woman and looked around to find her standing just next to him. " You may enter" she told him, "Boss is inside with your brother."

She snapped her hands again and the door was magically open, revealing a huge dining room with faint candle lights hanging above the ceiling. The entire room looked luxurious, however, not the dining table itself. A mountain of food leftovers were on it and he could still hear someone chewing loudly at the food, leading his eyes towards the rude chewing noise, he saw his brother sitting on one of the chair of the dining table, eating everything in his glory. "Luffy!" he yelled and ran over to his brother, knocking his head down on the food he was eating. "What the hell are you doing here? You had me worried!" he asked angrily, not noticing another presence in the room.

"You don't have to hit me!" Luffy frowned as soon as he lifted his head from his food,"There's this nice woman who bought me here with her awesome magic and this uncle kindly serve me all this delicious meal!" the young man explained with a huge innocent smile on his face.

"Uncle?" Ace questioned Luffy.

"Him." Luffy pointed his finger to the man sitting across him in the dining table.

The man had stitches across his face and his black hair was slicked back very neatly. He looked very rich, with all the expensive looking suit and mantle he wore, Ace guess he's the boss who he needed answers from. He looked very familiar, but Ace couldn't tell who he exactly is.

Frowning, Ace asked the man, "You. What do you want? Who are you?"

A smirk was pestered across the boss face before he answered "I'm Crocodile and I need you to do me a favor."

He definitely know and heard of that name before. Crocodile, the richest man in this town, who likes to do whatever he wanted to. "And what is it that you even drag Luffy into this?" Ace asked impatiently.

"Relax Fire fist. I mean no harm, I just need you to do something for me. But I know it took more than just asking you, that why I bought your precious gluttony brother here…" he smiled, "…as a hostage."

"Nani? I'm a hostage?" Luffy suddenly exclaimed, "I never thought being a hostage could be this fun!"

With that said from Luffy's mouth, Ace pound Luffy's face a little harder this time , "Are you an idiot? You are giving me troubles!" he yelled, " and you…" he looked back at Crocodile, "What exactly do you want me to do?"

"Simple," he smirked, "I just need a strong man like you to save princess Nefertari Vivi from her tower. Bring her here to me in a week time and I promise to release your brother and give you 100 thousand belis as an additional price. How about it?"

"Just that? I got my brother back and that much of money just from rescuing a princess from some castle? Are you joking? You could have asked one of your own man to get her, like that witch woman of yours."

Crocodile chuckled at Ace's words and said, "I would have had them to get her if they could."

"What do you mean by that?" Ace asked with slight annoyance in his voice. This man is not spontaneous and he doesn't like that.

"Haven't you heard of the story of the princess Nefertari?" Crocodile asked.

"No."

"Nefertari Vivi, a beautiful princess of Alabasta was locked away ten years ago in the highest tower of the deaths end castle." Crocodile began while Ace looked at him with annoyance, 'Aaahh, another boring tale.' he groaned.

"People who enter that tower never came back alive, that is why I need you." Crocodile pointed at Ace.

"That's all about the princess? I thought you have more to say!"

"I am to marry the princess." Crocodile calmly stated, "One thing you need to know, the reason that princess is locked up in that tower by his own father is because she is cursed."

"And why would you wanted to marry a cursed princess anyway? Can't you just ask you witch woman to do her magic to get the princess?"

"With a man's kiss, her curse will be broken and my dear Robin couldn't just enter the tower freely because the entire castle enabled any kind of magic. However, on why I wanted to marry the princess, the matter is none of your concern."

Ace snorted, "So, what curse does this princess possessed? And what exactly is in that castle?"

"You sure are an annoying little brat who asked lots of questions."

"Well, I need a whole lot of information so I could survive getting out from that tower to bring you your future wife and have my brother back! Now answer my questions!"

"As expected from Fire fist Ace, an impatient young man indeed." He smirked, " Well, Alabasta had crisis ten years ago because of her curse. The place didn't rain and everything near Alabasta did not grow and every plant dried out and died just at her presence. Poor little girl was locked up at the age of 6 in that dark castle of death, filled with creatures her country witches had summoned to protect her. The witches of Alabasta promised king Cobra that the princess can be saved and will be saved with a man's kiss." Crocodile suddenly stopped, until Ace asked another question, "Then why do they set traps and creatures to protect the princess?"

The witch woman answered for Crocodile, "Her father wanted this man she will kiss to be a strong, brave man. And for the reward, that brave soul could marry her and be the prince as well as the next king of Alabasta."

Crocodile laughed manically at her answer, "Robin, Robin…" he shook his head, "You don't have to tell him that part."

"So, you are using me to be a king." Ace stated bluntly, "Just like they said, you are a truly sly man."

"You see… When I become a king, you can have all you want, I'll grant you everything as long as you do what I ask you to. Bring the princess to me."

"I don't need anything except for my brother." Ace said, "As long as you return my brother to me and promise to leave us alone, I will bring the princess to you."

Crocodile applaud for what he had heard from Fire fist, "That's what I want to hear from you. I suggest you better start your journey, given your time is only one week. Don't worry about your brother, I'll let him enjoy all the food he wants until you come back with my princess that is."

"You don't have to tell me that. Now give me a log pose or a map to that place, I'll be back before this week ends." Ace said confidently, looking at his sleeping brother. 'Since when did he fell asleep? Baka…'

End of Chapter 1

I hope you like it…

Vivi would appear next chapter, so stay tuned… remember to review ;)

Sorry if my grammar is not good enough for you, I'm trying my very best here. I love writing stories and I'm learning to write in English. A help from a beta would be helpful.

Again, Thank you for reading… don't be too harsh on the review yo.

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