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Dark. This was all the three boys saw as they were hurled through the air at unimaginable speeds. Luffys laughter could be heard in between there screams.
'Damn you gramps.' was being screamed through Ace's mind as he and his brothers where flying through the pitch black void. Than as if a switch was flipped the darkness went away replaced by a myriad of slowly swirling colors. every shade of color thought possible seemed to be swirling as there was a bright light in the distance they where approaching.
"Hey you don't think this is the tunnel and the bright light you see at the end people talk about when they die?" Sabo asked worried.
"I don't know but it looks like we're going to find out soon." shouted the oldest.
"ooohh pretty lights. It looks like fun! Lets go lets go lets go!" Luffy shouted exictedly not even worried in the slightest.
"We don't know where that will lead dumbass. For all we know that could lead to the land of the dead or hell." shouted Ace with shark teeth. Annoyed that Luffy couldnt pick up the very likely possible danger ahead.
"Guys its getting closer!" shouted Sabo as the bright light at the end was right in front of them. Than all three of the boys passed through the light opening up to a vast sky that seemed to be purple instead of blue.
"Wow." said the two oldest boys in wonder as they look down and see a vast green forest region with what look liked giant hexagons of grey. Each hexagon connected by grey lines.
"So cooool!" shouted Luffy past the rushing air with stars in his eyes. "I bet they've got all kinds of yummy food and adventures down there shishishishi." laughed the boy.
"I know your excited Luffy, but have either of you noticed that were falling out of the sky!" Sabo shouted at his two brothers to be heard past the wind that was rushing around them.
"Ohh yeah, now that you mentioned it." both Ace and Luffy's fist met their palms.
"Don't tell me you two just now noticed." sweatdropped the blonde. Luffy started to scream as the ground was fast approaching and Ace gritted his teeth.
"Sabo quick think of something." snapped the oldest boy.
"What why do i have to."
"Your the smart one here, so think of something."
As Luffy kept screaming while his brothers argued. "Ohhh yeah I'll be fine because I'm made of rubber shishishi." laughed Luffy
"Yeah and what about us." snapped Ace with shark teeth. A proverbial light bulb went off in Sabo's head as the other two were arguing. 'Dont have any other choice.' he thought as he moved towards Luffy.
"Hey Luffy can you blow yourself up with that ballon thing you do?" Luffy nodded sucking in air.
GUMO GUMO NO BALLOON.
As Luffy inflated himself looking like a large rounded ball. Sabo grabed onto Ace and put him and himself on top of Luffy as their descent was slowing down holding onto Luffy.
"I get it now, nice thinking Sabo." grinned the raven freckled boy as he patted the blond on the back. "Who knew you could make his rubber powers useful for once."
Luffy grew a tickmark at that and went to say something but as soon as he went to open his mouth Sabo quickly put his hand over it closing it.
"Idiot if you try to argue your gonna get us killed." the blonde boy said. As they where slowly drifting down finnaly on the ground Luffy deflated himself.
"Stupid Ace my rubber powers aren't useless." argued the straw hatted boy.
"Yes they are you dumbass, you can't even throw a punch."
"Yeah just wait I'm gonna get super strong by the time I'm 10 and than I'll kick your ass."
"By than I'll be thirteen and I'll still be kicking your ass."
The blonde sighed as his brothers were pressing their faces against each other arms cocked back ready to fight. "Now now Ace let it go." as he places a hand on both there shoulders to pull them apart before turning to the younger raven haired boy. "And Luffy your powers really came in handy I'm not sure what we would've done without them." The youngest had a wide grin that looked like it would split his face while the oldest turned away huffing.
"Yeah yeah whatever now where the hell are we?" asked the oldest. Taking a moment the boys looked around there surrondings. They where in a heavily wooded forest with trees all around them. But this forest was nothing like the jungle they all knew like the back of there hands. There where no palm trees or exotic plants instead there where trees that you'd see more on a spring island and a few pine trees here and there.
"I'm not sure honestly where we are, but if I remember correctly from when we were falling, I noticed grey hexagones that were connected to each other."
"Yeah I remember seeing that too." Ace rubbed his chin in thought as Luffy nodded his head.
"I'd be willing to bet that those where townes connected by roads. Which would mean where not on an unihabited island with no way home. My biggest concern is what we didn't see." The blonde stated a worried expression on his face as he was deep in thought. Luffy and Ace tilted their heads to the side with question marks appearing above their heads.
"What do you mean Sabo?" Ace asked wondering what had the blonde so concerned.
"Well I didnt see the sea anywhere while we were falling. Meaning where ever we are the land streches out almost to the horizion, but no island is that big and were not on the red line because there's to much vegetation here."
"What are you saying Sabo." Ace's eyes widening at the realization that his brother is getting at.
"Well gramps mentioned possible space time distortions so its possible we are in an entirely different time or space. If thats true I'm not sure how to get back." finished sabo worried.
"Calm down Sabo gramps said that few people make it back so its not impossible." he said as he put a hand on Sabos shoulder to reasure him and looked over and grabbed Luffy before he could wander off exploring. "Now lets all calm down and head to the nearest town and see what we can learn, Sabo which way is it?"
"I think it was that way according to our veiw from earlier." as he pointed over his shoulder. Ace nodded but before he could say anything
"Shishishi this is gonna be fun. Lets go!" Luffy jumped into the air and sped off in the direction Sabo pointed to sensing an adventure.
"Idiot your going to get lost." said Ace even though he had a smile on his face as he and Sabo both ran off to find the younger boy. The terrain was alot calmer and easier to traverse than the jungle of mount Corvo as they sped off towards the town.
After a couple of hours of running through the forest that seemed to drag to a crawl because of Luffy's constant pestering of 'are we there yet' and stopping him before he runs off somewhere else. Ace and the others ran towards the closest tree and with surprising speed climbed up to the highest branches with ease as they look at the town.
"Wow so cool I wonder if they have all sorts of tasty food?!" Luffy exclaimed. Drool leaking out of his mouth like a water fall as he imagined all the different types of food.
"I bet they do but remember we dont have any money." the oldest said yet an evil glint and a sadistic smirk on his face.
"Yeah were going to have to do the usual, not that we do anything else." as the blonde had a similar glint that could be seen beneath his top hat.
"Shishishi." laughed the youngest pulling his staw hat so it shadowed his eyes as he had his usual wide grin. Given the circumstances it was trully a terrifying sight to behold all three of them as there was a dark mischievous aura that surrounded them. As the three brothers descended down the tree and speed off to the town and for an unlucky someone there next meal.
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The entire restaurant including the staff was just staring with their eyes wide and their mouths hanging open. The restaurant a small simple dinner called Devil's Eats. A waitress was pouring coffee but so caught up in her shock she didn't realize that it was overflowing out of the cup as the restaurant was silent. Except for the sound of the three boys eating that were causing everyone's wide eyed shock and the clanking of there plates.
The three brothers were stuffing there faces with their hands and the worst table manners ever. Talking with their mouths full as they mumbled incoherently. The boy with freckles even fell asleep in his food snoring loudly into his plate. So caught up in there shock they didnt even realize that the other raven headed boy was streching his arms impossibly far to steal other people's food.
As they where stuffing themselves scrapes going every where and a mountain of empty plates right next to them. As a waitress brought them their latest order stood there staring. Ace bolted up right with dazzed half open eyes and food all over his face. He had looked around real quickly than grabbed the waitresses skirt and wiped his face off with it earning a scream from the girl as her panties were in veiw.
"Whats all the commotion out here?" stormed out a middle aged man with a chefs apron and hair net that just so happened to be the owner. No sooner had he spotted the boy's table did he grow a tick mark and slowly approach their table. "Alright brats Im not making you anything else till I see some money and you better be able to pay up or else." as he brought his hand down on the table hard causing there plates to clank and tip threatening to fall over before it righted itself.
Ace turned his eyes to Sabo nodding. As Sabo's eyes met Ace's he returned the nod and glanced over to Luffy. Luffy answered the silent question with his usual wide grin. Than as if on cue all three stood on there chairs turning to face the owner and bowing.
"Thanks for the food." the three brothers exclaimed at the same time. The owners tick mark growing larger as his anger and patience have finally reached there limit.
"I don't want your thanks I want you to pay your bill." He said with shark teeth. Ace, Sabo and Luffy grabbed the rest of the food shoving it into their mouths quickly before sprinting full speed ahead for the door. Everyone in the restaurant face faulted.
"What!" everyone yelled except for the owner who has chasing them.
"Get back here and settle your bill you no good rotten brats." he was screaming at them as he chased them. Throwing cooking knives that he had in his apron at them as they all dodged laughing there asses off.
The three brothers ran for several blocks dodging knives as the owner somehow never ran out. Finally they rounded a corner sharply the owner right on there heels as he went to turn to go down the same alley before Ace stuck his foot out to trip him.
"Stupid." he said as he smirked before jumping on his back harshly and taking off the other direction the other two coming out following suite as they two jumped on his back before taking off. Laughing as they ran snaking there way through the back alleys finally leaning against a wall to catch there breath for a quick rest from there recent exercise.
"Ahhh that was good." Luffy patted his stomach as he laid on the ground.
"All right now that we've eaten we need to get to work finding out where we are and how to get home, so we, we." he paused thinking unsure of what to do. "What do you think Sabo?" he asked as he didn't hear an answer he looked around till he spotted Sabo rummaging around in a dumpster.
"Ah ha, there we go." as he pulled himself out with three metal pipes similar to the ones they had at home. Smiling as he passed them out, both him and Ace giving theirs a few test swings. "We'll need to ask around to see where we are and we should also see about getting materials and finding out where to build a base as we dont know how long were going to be here till we find a way back."
"Oooh we should make another tree house." Luffy said as he imagined a cool tree house high up in the trees with a veiw and a telescope. At this the other two boys had a smile on their faces picturing the tree house.
"Where going to have to find a way to get money to buy the materials and stuff we need since there doesn't seem to be a large dump like gray terminal for us to take from."
"Ok but how are we going to get money in this place?" asked the oldest boy. As if to answer his question a few thugs stepped out from the shadows of the valley.
"Now what do we have here a couple of poor helpless children." The supposed leader of the group said. He had a blue mohawk and a spider web tattoo on his head. The other two thugs started chuckling. They had spiky green hair and a military cut brown hair. They all had similar looking cheap suits. "Why don't you hand us over your lunch money before we send you home crying for your mommy." as to enforce his point the supposed leader with the mohawk drew a knife while the other two raised their fists into a stance.
What happened next was not the response they where expecting. Hitting his fist to his palm, "Ohh yeah I forgot we could just do that." Ace replied before having a sadistic smirk on his face as the other two had an evil look in their eyes beneath the rim of there hats. All three of the thugs had a shiver go down there spine before the boys charged them lead by Ace who went for the leader while the other two tagged team the rest.
Working together the boys made quick work of the thugs and stripped them of anything of value. They left the thugs beaten and unconscious in the alley and even took their clothes too.
Hauling the loot away the boys gathered around as they looked at all the various stuff. "Alright time to cash in the goods. Luffy stay close by so you don't get lost." as Ace's words were met with silence he glanced over behind his shoulder as you could hear a breeze blowing through the alley, Luffy nowhere to be seen.
"Don't tell me he's gone isn't he." Sabo sighed as he was rubbing his head trying to deal with the headache that his youngest brother always causes.
"That dumbass!" both boys shouted as they quickly exited the back alley in a frantic search for the boy.
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After the quick fight with the thugs Luffy was sitting on the ground with his legs folded as he leaned back and forth waiting for his brothers to finish what they where doing. Glancing all around the alley and that was when he saw it just ever so briefly. A flash of red hair walk by the alley before quickly disappearing. "Shanks." Luffy grabbing said softly his brothers not hearing him. As Luffy quickly got up and chased after what he thought was his childhood hero. Little did he know the effects his actions would have changing many things to come.