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Chapter Two: Meeting on The Moby Dick
The Whitebeard Pirates weren't necessarily allied with the Revolutionary Army, but they weren't against them either. And being a world power as well as a force of FREEDOM! Whitebeard was kept informed of the actions of Revolutionaries in his waters. In return, Whitebeard shared information with the Revolutionaries. For a long time, it had been the same person, but this time a new face came. "Where is Lola?" Marco asked the new guy.
"She's... indisposed," the spy said diplomatically. The newest Whitebeard, who happened to be walking by, froze and turned toward the speaker.
A black top hat.
A black tail coat.
Light blue pants.
Solid black boots.
A pipe slung across his back.
Blond hair peeking out from under his black top hat. And was that the band of a pair of goggles?
"Sabo?" Ace breathed, hardly daring to hope. The Revolutionary twitched and turned, holding his hat and sliding into a stance that was so familiar. "You're... you're Sabo... right?"
"How do you know my name?" the spy asked, looking straight at the pirate from under his hat.
"Stop joking around!" Ace roared, leaping at him with a raised fist. The resulting fight was one of the best Ace could remember since leaving Dawn Island and the spy had scowled, but the pirate could tell it was halfhearted at best.
"STOP IT! OW! ACE!" Sabo yelled before he even knew what he was saying and Ace hadn't been crying so stop laughing Thatch! Sabo blinked and looked at the frozen pirate above him, really looked... and suddenly, something in his mind just... clicked. "Ace?" he asked.
"Sabo..." Ace whispered and suddenly they were fighting again but Sabo was grinning and there was banter and insults flying as fast as their fists and Ace had been wrong before because this was the best fight since setting sail because it was really Sabo!
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A/N: And that's the second chance meeting that would have changed the world if it had just happened!
Can you tell I'm mad about all the personal tragedy that hangs around the ASL brothers? GAH! And it sucks because Sabo is one of my favs and it's so hard to find a feel good story about him because then it leads into Ace and the War of the Best and all that death! Ugh.