ANNNND I present to you another chapter of Dead and Alive! I've been seeing a bunch of Whitebeard Fanfics with ASL kids growing up with them. I haven't started reading some of them yet but I will soon because I want to know a general idea of their personalities. Does anyone have any suggestions?

For those who have read the first chapter before the rewrite, I recommend that you read it again because if you read this now it wouldn't make sense... Much. I apologize for the inconvenience. But basically what has been changed was, the schedule of Robin's training, I added more emotional parts between Ace and Sabo, and it takes 3 days for Sabo to get to the gravesite

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After finally putting out the fire on his mantle, both of them sighed in relief. They laughed a little with Corazon being a little red. Ace liked the man right away.

"I'm Doffy's ah err… Doflamingo's little brother by the way." Corazon explained, seeing his earlier reaction to his name.

"Well, it's nice to meet you." Ace smiled at him as he held out his hand. Corazon shook it gratefully.

"Were you expecting a more Doffy-like person?" He said. Ace shook his head in response.

"I know better than to judge people based on bloodline." Ace grinned. They then turned to Law and Rayleigh who were approaching Luffy as they talked.

"I apologize, he seemed insistent on training. I said we would start later in the afternoon since it has already been two weeks but to think he would go on ahead and try Observation Haki against that gorilla of all things." Rayleigh said.

"Well, two weeks is an approximation. I'm guessing that the wounds haven't closed fully." Law crouched down and examined his wounds a little bit, "It's not fatal. But because of this, training will have to be postponed again for a few days."

"That idiot." Ace whispered.

"I'll just have to re-bandage it again and that should be it. I'll be back later." Law said as he bought out some bandages to wrap around Luffy, "Tch. Straw Hat-ya you're wasting my time because of this."

"Thank you very much." Rayleigh said from behind him.

"Now isn't he nice?" Corazon smiled at Law.

"Tsundere huh…" Ace muttered softly but Corazon heard it and started chuckling.

"Maybe but not too much. Even when he was a kid, he was a softie despite that scary face." Corazon said. He walked over to Law and ruffled his hair. An annoyed frown appeared on Law's face before shaking it off. Ace hummed in response.

"Hey, Corazon."

"Hm?"

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you… You know, die?" A sad smile appeared on his face. Corazon jumped up in the air to lay his back on nothing. Staring up at the sky, he answered softly.

"Doffy shot me." Ace's eyes narrowed; why would he kill his own little brother?

"It was mostly my fault, I betrayed him after all. I don't regret it though. It was all for Law." Then he started explaining about how he was part of the Donquixote family and how he was a Marine commander undercover. 2 years after meeting Law, he tried to help him with his disease and the only way to cure it was with his Devil Fruit, the Ope-Ope no Mi. Doflamingo had planned for Corazon to eat it but since he already had a Devil Fruit, he made Law eat it and let him run away. "The Ope-Ope no Mi's powers is very much like a surgeon in an operating room but it has one more use that Doffy wants… He…"

His words faded afterwards and Ace didn't push him any further. "Well, that was almost 11 years ago." Corazon added.

"11? How old are you?!" Ace said. Corazon gave him a sideways glance before counting his years.

"37…" He said almost unsure of himself.

"Considering Trafalgar's a kid 11 years ago, you're old enough to be his dad rather than an older brother." Ace said as he jerked his thumb towards Law. Corazon chuckled.

"Older brother, father… He's family nonetheless." Corazon said.

"You really cared for Trafalgar." Ace said softly, "after all you've done for him."

Corazon gave him a peace sign with a smile, "Well, you my friend deserve the praise. I saw what you did in Marineford."

"I'll never let that bastard Akainu lay a hand on Luffy." Ace said quickly as he glared at the ground, "I don't mind doing it again if it became necessary. But I'd rather not give Luffy more pain than I've already caused. Heh, not that I can anyways."

"Yeah…"

A voice interrupted him from his thoughts as Ace glanced down at his little brother who seemed to be having a nightmare.

"Ace…" He muttered.

Sabo sighed for the umpteenth time since he started working on his paperwork. He was currently inside the cabin of his boat, behind his desk doing his already due report. Since he was going to be at sea for 3 days, he might as well do something productive rather than just play with his pipe or eat or sleep. Once more, he looked at the window in front of his desk to see if Ace was coming. It's been almost 3 hours since he left the island and he was getting restless staring at the piece of paper he held in his hand. Sabo was almost done and he started to wonder what he was going to do for the next hours and 2 days. He remembered what he did on the way to the gravesite, writing about his adventures from the 'incident' with the nobles to where he was right now. He had promised after all to write a book about the world he'd seen. Of course he gave his fingers some rest from writing too much. They were powerful but not for hours straight. He wasn't planning on writing too much on the way back so after another long sigh he started to write the last few paragraphs of his report to just get it over and done with.

Shortly after finishing up and reading it over, he put the papers onto the folder. The Transponder snail at the corner of his desk started ringing and he picked it up.

"Yeah?"

"Sabo-kun? Koala here."

"Koala, what's up?"

"Are you on your way back?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Good. Well, remember the ship from Tequila Wolf? It's coming a bit earlier than expected. They're coming a day earlier. So if you could, do you think you can get here at the same time too?"

"Maybe… Depending on the wind."

"Alrighty. Oh right, have you started making your training regime for Nico Robin yet?"

"Do I really have to do that?"

"It's recommended. Ah, I have to go Sabo-kun, see you soon!"

*Kacha*

Sabo sighed as he put down the phone. He stood up and turned to his right where there was a bed. One small step and he lay down on the really soft mattress closing his eyes. "Maybe for an hour."

Sabo felt his head grew cold. He was currently facing the wall and he could've sworn that he had perfect eyesight before he slept; now it was all blurry. He blinked but it wasn't getting any better. "That's weird." He mumbled.

"Oh, you're awake huh…" Sabo abruptly sat up in surprise and he saw Ace. He was sitting on air –seemingly sitting on his desk chair- casually with his hands behind his head and his legs stretched straight so that his feet was where his head had been. No wonder his head felt cold and his eyesight was blurry; the jerk's feet went straight through his head also blocking his vision.

"When did you get here?" Sabo said.

"I don't know maybe half an hour ago?" Ace replied. He put a hand on his chin as he thought about it before agreeing with himself, "Yeah, half an hour ago. So where's the grub?'

"I'll go get it." Sabo walked over to the other corner of the room and opened up one of the crates beside the door. He took the bag of food and let it fall on the floor with a thud. At the sight of the bag, Ace started drooling for it. Sabo put back the crate lid before untying the rope around the bag. Various kinds of meat rolled out from the bag. A ghostly hand hovered over the food before it passed through.

"Ah…" Spherical tears started to form in Ace's eyes as he started to comically cry like a little kid.

"Ace get it together man!" Sabo shouted but it fell on deaf ears. He looked back on forth from Ace to the food. He picked up a large chicken drumstick and held it towards Ace who had already wiped away his tears. "Offering?" He said unsure of himself.

Again, his ghostly hand hovered over the piece of meat before he could finally touch it and gulp it down in his throat. Sabo smiled as he kicked the bag over and said "Offering."

"Oh! Thanks Sabo!" Ace crouched down on the ground as he gulped down meat one after another. A bead of sweat trickled down Sabo's forehead. Thank goodness he kept a secret stash in one of the other crates. 'Growl' came from Sabo's stomach. Ace stopped his feasting and turned to Sabo who had a faint red tint on his cheeks.

"Ahaha" He said as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his hand, "I was kinda stressed out a while ago."

He reached over to take a large piece of meat when Ace's hand passed through it sending a cold feeling.

"I'm hungry. Besides, I gave you the food." Sabo said in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

"So am I." replied Ace. He then added, "for 2 whole weeks! And it's my food now."

"Hmph, like a ghost can stop me." Sabo reached for the large meat once more with Ace's attempts to stop him failing. Ace's eyes darted around the floor looking for something to stop him at all until it fell on a forsaken chicken bone. It was an offering after all. He smirked as he picked it up. Before Sabo's teeth could bite into the meat, he sensed an attack coming from in front of him and he caught it easily with his hand. He glared at Ace who grinned at him.

"Thanks for the offering bro." he said.

"Why you," He stood up and took his pipe that lay beside his bed and swung it against Ace which unfortunately passed through him. His brother stuck his tongue out at him before Sabo grabbed the bone in his hand and whacked him with it.

"Tch." Ace said while Sabo 'hmph'ed back to his spot on the floor. He took a bite of the meat. Both continued eating until the bag was empty.

"How's Luffy by the way?" asked Sabo. Licking his fingers clean, he then put on his gloves.

"He was out when I came back." Ace said simply. Seeing the worried face of his brother he added, "He was training when he wasn't supposed to and his wounds from the war opened up. He's just sleeping."

"Haha, that's Luffy for you. Then what took you so long then?"

"I stayed while that Tra-guy you know Trafalgar Law –"Yeah."- fixed him up. There was a ghost watching over him and we talked." Ace said while Sabo hummed in response.

"Oh right, on the way here, I saw a ship with a bunch of revolutionaries." Ace mentioned as he finished the last of his meat.

"Oh, that must be the ship coming from Tequila Wolf. Nico Robin's on it. Apparently they're coming to Baltigo earlier so that means I have to be there as soon as I can too" Sabo folded the bag and put it back into the crate where it once was.

"Starting the training early eh?" said Ace.

"Pretty much. What do you plan on doing in the next little while? I doubt you have the patience to try and help Luffy train." Sabo flopped over to his bed and rested his head on his arm as he looked at Ace who wore a rather solemn face.

"I'm going to go look for my crewmates and see how they're doing."

OMAKE

3 days earlier…

Sabo walked through the hallways with his arms filled with food. Luck was on his side today, there wasn't a single person in sight. He turned to a corner and pressed the button for the elevator with the tip of his shoe. As he was waiting patiently, he heard a loud shriek.

"Why that twerp…! Sabo!" Recognizing the lunch lady's voice as well as the booming steps coming closer and closer, Sabo panicked.

The elevator opened much to his relief and he jumped in. The steps were getting really close as Sabo started pressing the close button repeatedly. The elevator closed just as soon as the lunch lady's red face came into view.

"Phew…" Well, at least the gravesite was 3 days away by boat; surely the lunch lady won't follow him there.

END!

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