Chapter 2: Ace meets an old friend

The pirates were completely taken aback by this. "Who the hell are you!?" They all screamed in unison.

"Me? Who are you?" Luffy answered back casually.

As the pirates were overcoming their shock, the other barrel suddenly opened, revealing yet another person. "Huh? Who are you guys?"

The pirates all stared in shock as this new person came out. Suddenly, one of the pirates started trembling. "Y-you're Portgas D. Ace!" The other pirates suddenly understood what he meant, and immediately got frightened.

"Yea, and I'm Monkey D. Luffy! The future king of the pirates!" Luffy grinned wildly as one of the pirates finally stepped up. He had his sword in hand, and it was trembling violently.

"P-portgas D. Ace! In the name of the A-alvida pirates, you will be captured!" "We will capture you and then Alvida will surely give us higher ranks!" Another pirate commented. "I just wanna know why you're still in the East Blue, but it's no time for questions."

The two brothers shared a look before laughing out loud. "Alvida, bounty of 5 million, right?" Ace asked as he suddenly got serious.

"Of course! The most beautiful woman on these seas!"

"You have a twisted sense of beauty, buddy." Ace cracked his knuckles before he moved on. "Give Alvida a little message for me. Me and brother, we are the strongest pirates on these seas!" "Yea! You tell 'em Ace!" Ace suddenly rocketed forth and took out all the opposing pirates in a flash.

"Wow Ace! You got way faster than last time!" Luffy was in awe at the tricks his older brother pulled off.

"It's called training Luffy, try it sometime." Luffy immediately got in Ace's face with his fist cocked back.

"You think I don't train? How about I kick your ass!" "Try it Luffy! I'll have you down in a second!"

The two brothers were interrupted by a whiny voice nearby. "B-both of you, s-stay right where you are!" They both looked over and saw a lavender haired boy aiming a gun at them.

"I get to kick his ass!" Ace suddenly punched Luffy across the head. "Dammit Luffy, he's just a child."

"That hurt Ace!" Luffy rubbed his head as he glared at his brother. His expression suddenly changed, though. "Wait, it hurt me?"

"Alright kid, are you gonna shoot us or what?" The kid looked at the brothers in complete fear.

"O-of course I will! I'm a member of the Alvida pirates!"

"What's your name kid?"

"Coby." Coby sweated his heart out as Ace approached him.

"Well, Coby. Hand over the gun, won't ya?" Ace held his hand out, directly in front of Coby.

'Why can't I shoot him? Is it cause I lack the willpower? I can't shoot him, I can't live this life of piracy!' Coby dropped the pistol in Ace's hands, who in turn just tossed it behind him.

"There, now was that so hard?" Ace then noticed Luffy had disappeared. "Where the hell did he run off to?"

"O-over there." Coby said as he pointed a shaking finger at an open door.

Ace walked over to the door, and saw Luffy chowing down on an abundance of fruit. "Figures." Ace said to himself. He immediately followed after Luffy.

"So, you two are brothers?" Coby asked as he held an apple in his hands.

"Damn close to it!" Luffy said with his mouth stuffed. Ace looked down into his hands at an unfinished apple, his eyes showing that he was in his own world.

"So, Coby, what is your dream?" Luffy asked, completely shocking Coby.

"My dream? What do you mean?" Coby asked in confusion.

"I want to be the pirate king, that's my dream. What is yours?"

Coby looked blankly at a wall for a few seconds before answering. "I wanna be a marine..." He said, barely above a whisper.

Luffy stood up and stared at Coby. "What did you say?"

"W-what? Please don't kill me!" Coby cowered, expecting to be hit. After he wasn't, he looked at Luffy. "Huh?"

"Stand up and tell me your dream!" Luffy barked in a very uncharacteristic tone.

Coby was taken aback by the command, but stood up. "I wanna be a marine."

"That's not good enough! You'll never make it if you don't have any ambition!"

Coby stared at Luffy in the eyes, seeing only a very determined man. 'He's right, I gotta stand up for my dream. I have to believe I can make it happen.' "I...wanna be a marine!"

"Louder!"

"I wanna be a marine!"

"Dammit Coby, louder!"

"I...WANNA BE A MARINE!"

Luffy smiled at Coby, proud of his progression. Luffy opened his mouth to speak, but he was violently interrupted. The ceiling suddenly caved in, and Luffy managed to pull Coby away just as Ace also jumped back. "What the hell?"

"Did I hear you say, marine?"

The trio stared in awe at the huge woman in front of them. "Wow, she's huge!" Luffy said absent-mindedly.

"Shut your mouth moron! Cabin boy, what is this nonsense you're spouting?" Alvida stared directly at Coby, who seemed to shrink in size.

"Tell her Coby! Tell her what you wanna be!" Luffy encouraged.

"I-I can't Luffy. I'm to scared." Luffy gave a little nod, just in time to avoid a club swing from Alvida.

"For your treason, you will die!"

"I don't think so. Luffy, let's go!" "Right!"

Luffy grabbed Coby and used Alvida as a stepping stone to get out of the hole she made. Ace soon followed suit. "Well, see ya lady!"

As they landed on the deck of the ship, they soon realized they were surrounded. "Hmm, looks like we're trapped." "I guess so. You go left I go right?" "Yea!"

The brothers split up and each had pirates chasing them. Ace, deemed the bigger threat, had three-quarters of them chasing him. He proceeded to knock them out, swiftly and gracefully. Each of them went down with a single punch.

Luffy, on the other hand, was having a lot more fun. He had the pirates spinning circles trying to catch him. When he bored, though, he decided to end it. As he ran past the mast, he gripped it with one hand. He continued running, his hand stretching. This stopped all the pirates who stared in horror. Luffy stopped after running to the other end of the ship. "Now, gum-gum rocket!" His hand let go of the mast and his body propelled itself into the pirates, knocking them all down. "Woo, that was fun!"

"What the hell happened?" Alvida appeared, fuming mad at Luffy. "You runt! I will kill you!"

"Here we go, just what I was looking for! And I got some gold to! This was a great find! Now all I have to do is get out of here without being noticed."

"Nami?"

Please excuse my very long hiatus. I didn't mean to be gone for so long, but that's how it happened. Please enjoy chapter 2 and don't forget to review!