3 years...Luffy scratched his head. It made sense but there were a few things off about it all. Like first, HOW THE HELL DID HE END UP IN THE PAST!? Luffy sighed. He wasn't going to figure that out anytime soon so for now, it's a mystery! He smiled at that. He liked mystery's. Mystery's meant adventure. Then the sound of fighting brought Luffy back to what was going on in front of him.
The entire crew plus Ace (Keimi and the star fish whats his name and stayed outside after Nami told them that this had to be private) had gathered in the kitchen/dinning room after Luffy's little freak out outside.
That was another thing that was off about all this. Ace. He wasn't with them on their way to Sabaody Archipelago. The last time they had seen him was in Alabasta. So what was he doing with them this time? Had Luffy already messed shit up in the ten minutes that he had been in the past? He winced. Nami would hit him so hard if she found out. But this wasn't his Nami. He looked around the room. Zoro and Sanji were fighting as Sanji made some food for everyone. Robin was reading while once in awhile glancing up at Luffy. Nami was talking to Usopp and Chopper; probably about him. Brook was sitting at the end of the table playing some music softly. Franky had been sitting quietly off to the side before joining in on Nami, Usopp, and Chopper's conversation. Then there was Ace. He just sat there across from Luffy. Staring at him. If Luffy didn't know that his brother was just worried about him he would say the stare was creepy. His eyes never left him and he almost never blinked...yeah never mind it was still creepy. Luffy brought his hand up to his chest, rubbing it absentmindedly before realizing what he was doing and forcing his hand down to his side.
That was the third thing that was off. His scar. It was still on his chest. I mean not that he'd seen it yet but he could feel it. A sharp stinging pain at the surface that ran deeper into the wound were it became a deep thrumming pain, making every breath a marathon. It was definitely there, and now Luffy was glad he wore his shirt buttoned up when he was younger. Didn't need to freak anyone out more than they already were. He could feel the worry and fear radiating off all of them in waves.
And that was thing four. His powers, his strength. They may have fallen a little bit in his trip to the past, but for the most part his abilities were the same as in the future. Especially his haki. He could feel all the emotions around him, the strength of each person, everything. And he had no doubt that if he sent out even just a little bit of conquerors haki, everyone would be on the ground if not passed out. He smiled. At least this time he could protect his crew from Kuma. Then he frowned. But without being sent away, none of them would get as strong as they had in the two years they were separated. Luffy groaned and rubbed his face. This was all to much thinking for him.

"So..." Luffy looked up at Ace who had caught everyone's attention with just one word. They had all stopped what they were doing to look at Ace, then Luffy. They were on edge, they wanted answers, but no one wanted to start the conversation. That or they didn't know how. Luffy bit his lip. He was never good at lying. That's what Usopp was for. So there were two options. Either, try to lie to everyone and keep the past relatively the same while saving select people and keeping his little time travel thing a secret. Or, tell everyone exactly what happened, change the past completely as a result of telling them, and still try to save people without knowing how things are going to happen. Luffy sighed for probably the fifth time that day. Both were complicated in their own ways. So the question was, which would wield better results? "Luffy?" Huh? Wait had Ace been talking to him? Shit, he hadn't been listening due to trying to think a way out of this stupid mess.

"Uhhh, can you repeat that?" Luffy asked. Ace shook his head in confusion.

"Lu, what is wrong with you today?" Luffy let out a dry laugh. Oh Ace, if only I could just tell you everything...wait a minute...

"I'm so stupid!" Luffy yelled out loud before banging his head on the table. "Why didn't I think of that sooner?" Everyone just stared at Luffy, most deciding that he had officially lost it. but Luffy now had a plan. There were two people that he trusted and believed in enough to tell them everything, so he would only tell two.

"Thought of what sooner Lu-AH! Hey, where are we going?"

"Luffy let go of me!" Luffy grabbed both Ace's and Zoro's arms before running out of the kitchen. Yelling behind him that they'd be back, he dragged them both into the men's bedroom below deck. Once he had stopped moving, Zoro pulled his arm out of Luffy's grip and sat down on the couch. Ace just gently pulled Luffy over to the couch with him but Luffy shook his head and pushed Ace onto the couch before standing directly in front of them.

"Okay, you might not believe me at first, but let me tell the whole story before you freak out." He wiped his sweaty hands on his shorts before taking a deep breath. Here goes everything. "It all started after we arrived at Sabaody,"