A/N: Heyaaaa guys! I'm back! With VENGEANCE mmwuhaha. Yes I changed my username and yes I don't have any access of our only working laptop. How I uploaded this? Because of my mom's phone! My phone can't be trusted with this stuff ._. I'm very grateful for those who followed and favorited. Sorry I can't mention your names right now :'( That would take me too long and my mom might need her phone. BTW I edited the first two chapters, if you want you can check it but if you don't ish okayyy

Thanks Axxit for betaing! Luv 'ya hhaha

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"Eh, who are you?" Came the innocent quizzical question from the little boy in one of the beds. His head tilted to the right as he stared at them with big, round, chocolate eyes.

"Luffy! Run!" Ace and Sabo shouted at their youngest brother.

"Huh? But, why?" Luffy whined, confusion laced in his voice.

"Tsk." The female head nurse clicked her tongue, shaking her head. "A boy your age shouldn't be holding such a dangerous weapon." Before Sabo could react, the dowel rod, or at leastrrt nnb n what he assumed was a wooden dowel rod, was quickly taken from him by her. As he began to protest he found himself promptly scooped up, trapped in her arms.

"Sabo!"

"Ugh! Let me down you—" Sabo said, before he was hit on the head by her.

"Watch your language." Came the threatening response from her. Sabo shivered.

"SABO!"

Luffy hopped up from his laying position, he scowled as he shouted. "HEY! What are you doing with my brothers!"

"Oh look, they're so cute!" Thatch whispered to the blond, who was rather amused by the brother's reactions, albeit a bit suspicious. "Although, I'm surprised they're all brothers."

Marco ignored the brunette with a roll of his eyes. His attention was fixed at the small boy, but that didn't mean he didn't notice the smaller blond's— 'Sabo', apparently— perturbed expression at his watching of the smaller kid. He also didn't miss the tensing of the raven boy's body—the one he's holding.

"The heck are you doing, ki—"

"No Lu—"

"Gomu Gomu no... Pistol!" The boy's hand stretched in a way that should be impossible, but before he could reach any of his targets, he had hit himself. And from the two older boy's reactions, Marco doubts that this is the first time that something like this happened, making Marco slightly amused…. Well, the whole ordealwould've been amusing, if it weren't for the fact that as the boy knocked himself to the cold tiles, with him he brought down a tray of scalpels that consequently fell after him.

It all happened very fast, but luckily the brothers' instincts kicked in and they broke free from their 'captors' arms. Just in time, Ace pushed Luffy towards the blond kid who caught him right away, while Ace let the tray of sharpened scalpels pass right through him.

"Luffy! You freakin' idiot!" Ace growled, clearly annoyed, while Sabo did the job of hitting the boy's head.

"That's cute and all, but you boys need to rest. You're my patients, and if I have to put you all in straight jackets and glue you to—"

Before the nurse could finish, the raven-haired boy charged at her with a flaming fist, face contorted in anger. He might've looked brave and all, but in truth, anyone could see the anxiety and fear the boy tried to mask…Fear because they might trap them...again. Hurt them.. again. Do it all..again.

But Ace wouldn't let that happen. No. He made eye contact with Sabo, and quickly figuring out his brother's plan, the blond nodded, albeit with hesitation. Clutching Luffy, Sabo sprinted as Ace announced his attack.

"Hiken!"

The flaming attack was directed at the female nurse and not to the two biggest threats in the room. Another mistake on Ace's part.

"Sampaguita!"

There weren't any screams, which brought an unsettling feeling onto the attacker. Only after did Ace realize that just like before, his attack had been canceled.

Glaring grey eyes, like the night, stared at light blue, bordering cyan, flames that came to life on the unknown man's body, swirling up and down on his tanned skin. Ace gritted his teeth as he switched plans, going full on sprint, passing past the tall brunette, who still wasn't over the scene. It took the man a moment before he processed what had just happened.

"The kids!" Cried Thatch.

~ASL, 3rd POV~

"The kids!"

That was the last thing Ace heard from the infirmary. With a sharp turn he ran and searched for Luffy and Sabo. The building was definitely different from the last one Luffy and him were in, though it might be because of the fact that they managed to escape the first time. But... the building didn't look special at all. In fact, it just looked like a typical base of a yakuza clan.

The place was a mix of somewhat modern Japan and old style Japan, with Japanese rice paper doors and futuristic furniture lying about. How he knew they were in fact one? It was obvious. Over the course of Ace's experiences, he's learned the basics of how to spot different organizations and people affiliated with them. For example, the woman earlier, though just in her v-neck cut shirt, he could see a few details of ink. The two men earlier might've been covered, but they smelt like danger. This made Ace come to the conclusion that they might be a crew under a Warlord. Though it didn't matter which Warlord. They were all the same to Ace, because they're still under those men from the World Government, because Warlords are the only outlaws that know of their situation.

"Ace!" Sabo whisper shouted from above. One hand directed his voice to Ace, while his other hand stayed Luffy's mouth. He held his weight on the pipes above. Luffy was squirming adn trying to pry off his brother's hand, but Sabo wouldn't ever risk their brother being his usual noisy self.

Upon seeing them, Ace grinned. He hopped onto the shelves to his right and headed to his brothers. Luffy bit Sabo's hand when he saw Ace hop near them, making the other hiss in pain, and pull his hand away from the other's mouth. Seeing Luffy about speak, Ace rushed to cover his brother's loud mouth. Hitting the boy on the head, he scolded. "Lu' shut up, will 'ya?, there's no tellin' what they're up to."

"Ace—" Luffy whined before getting cut off by said boy's glare. Luffy bit his lip with a huff and crossed his arms.

"Sorry, Lu." Sabo said with a sigh, ruffling his brother's hair, "But I don't think those people could be trusted. For all we know, they could be one ofthem."

Ace and Sabo's faces hardened at their mention, but Luffy only pouted. "But... pineapple isn't bad."

Ace scowled, then raised his eyebrow in a skeptical manner, "And what makes you think that?"

They trust Luffy's instincts of course, they knew that he's never been wrong... yet. Ace would rather be safe than sorry. That's why, they'd rather look at the whole picture too.

"'Cuz, he was the one who injected us those blue thingys and made the pain go away. Plus, he promised me food!" The straw hat wearer said with excitement.

"Blue thingy?" Both older kids looked at each other, anxiety starting to grow on their chest.

"Mhm!" Luffy nodded. "Like the one I saw in Jii-chan's van! His van was filled with it! And it was all stuffy in it, and Ace! Did you kn—"

"Wait, wait." Ace said before his brother start to blabber about random things. "You know of these things, Lu?"

To say the least, Ace hate it when people injected anything on his body and especially any of his brothers' bodies. Or do anything with their bodies really. The last time it happened, he woke up with strange powers. So, it wouldn't be a surprise that he developed a fear for needles.

With a grin, Luffy nodded eagerly. "Yep! Shishishi!"

Both of them sighed. "So is it safe, Lu?" Sabo asked warily, even though he never met whoever their grandfather is, he knows that the man works for the Government, and is one of the tops at that too.

Luffy scowled, in deep thought before nodding with that dumb grin, "Yep!"

"Still," Ace cut in, shaking his head. "We can't trust 'em."

Falling into a relative silence—Luffy's fidgeting doesn't count—All of them continued watching the ground below, trying to decide what to do.


"Thatch, yoi. You go upstairs, I'll explore the back. Sampaguita, are you okay on your own here?"

The Whitebeard Clan was a loving family, no doubt about it... But they're also ruthless wanted criminals, with a high amount of money on their heads. With the kids running around the base, chances are someone's going to take them out. Why? The answer is simple, as one of the most infamous clans, someone, or a group of someones, are ought to take them out out of sheer defense. Loyalty being the largest aspect of their clan, and most of them being meatheads, they would surely try taking them out andthen bring them to Whitebeard. Something he was reminded to talk about to them.

Thatch nodded, "I'll tell Pops and the others, they're probably all there now."

Marco nodded and looked at said woman, she scoffed. "I'm a veteran in these places too, Marco. Maybe not in fighting, but I have more than enough experience to hold myself against an overpowered Logia brat. So please, kindly shove your worry in your ass because I don't need it. Now, if my patients get even a single cut on them," She looked at them threateningly. "I'll make sure you guys are buried 30 feet below ground."

Having known the nurse for a long time, he rolled his eyes as he said mockingly. "Aye aye." With a lazy salute.

Thatch pouted, "It's not like it's our fault that they ran away."

Marco gave him a look. "Y'know, with that face I don't blame them for being scared. And pouting doesn't work anymore after thirties, Thatch."

"You're just jealous of my charms, Mr. Stingy. As if you don't look scary."

"I simply don't, yoi." Marco gave him a grin before taking off, choosing to ignore the first half of his brother's statement.


Fidget.

Twitch.

A tick mark appeared on Ace's forehead.

Twitch.

Swing.

Fidget.

A tick marked appear on Sabo's forehead.

Sigh.

Fidget.

Twitch.

Ace glared at Luffy, "Luffy... Don't. You. Dare. To. Move."

"But, I'm not moving." The latter said, however all of them knew it would only take a few seconds before the raven started bouncing around.

"Lu, we mean it. Don't even thinking about it. You do know what would happen if they'd get their hands on us, right?" Sabo said.

Biting his lip, and suddenly feeling bad, Luffy nodded. "Ace... Sabo..." The said boys looked at the younger boy, surprised by the kid's serious face. Luffy scowled and looked straight into the eyes of his brothers, saying with as much seriousness he could muster.

"I'm hungry."

A loud 'boing' was heard, echoing a few times before it was replaced with a whine.

"HEY! Watya' do tha' Ace?! That hurts!" The boy said, face scrunch up in pain as he supported a growing bump on his head. Then, as if feeling something missing, he paused, before his eyes grew wide.

"Can't blame Ace, Lu." Sabo said chuckling, though he was quickly cut off by a loud shout of-

"My hat!"

"Shut up!" Ace hissed as he shoved his hand on Luffy's mouth.

And then... "OW! You little—!"

"Ace! Boshi is missing! We need to find him!"

"We are not going to find your stupid little hat!"

"It's not a stupid hat! It's my hat! I need Boshi!"

"No you don't!"

"Okay, okay. Break it up you two." Sabo said, sighing exasperatedly. He looked at Ace with one of those you-know-what-we-need-to-do looks. "Ace,"

"Yeah, yeah. I know. But Sabo, you know that if we go down, we might get caught, and the chances of us escaping would be down to 0." Ace said. Oh yes, he's more than aware of his little brother's stubbornness and of his stupid obsession with the hat that was given to him by his former caretaker, but Ace also knew that sneaking down there, in hopes to find a hat without getting caught, is just something that will not end well. He and his brothers are after all, magnets for trouble.

"Yes, I'm perfectly aware of that Ace. Though, we don't have a choice and you know that."

Hooking the younger raven's shirt before he ran off, Sabo continued, "Plus, it's either we go with him, or he'll run there on his own. And I don't think even you wants that. You said it yourself, brothers always stick together."

"Please, Ace? Please, please, ple~ase?" Luffy begged his older brother and pulled his infamous puppy dog look. Sabo smirked, knowing even Ace was weak to that face.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go." The flame user said bitterly, grumbling as they jumped off the pipe they've been sitting on. Luffy cheered but was 'shushed' by Sabo. Luffy puckered his lips and nodded, making a zipper sign.

Sabo went on first, poking his head out of the corner, checking if someone was there.

"Clear."

"We could've jumped on the pipes, y'know." Ace said a bit sulky.

"No, that would be too noisy and the gas pipes aren't that strong." Sabo explained in a lower voice as they walked down the hallway silently, their guards high.

"Hey, I heard that Commander Marco took some kids in, d'you think Oyabun will accept 'em?" A voice said, coming from a distance. Sabo knew they were coming from a different hallway, and in a sync, all of them climbed up to the pipes and waited for them to pass.

"Don't know. Won't be a surprise if that happens, after all Oyabun has a soft spot for kids."

They saw two men emerge from the corner hallway, both in open kimonos and each adorning obvious ink on their body. One held a sword, while the other carried a flintlock pistol. Ace didn't know much about guns, but he still thought that buying something more modern would be more reasonable. After all those work better in combat.

"Ace look! He got a gun like the one pirates use!" Luffy gushed excitedly.

"Shh, Luffy!" He scolded.

"Don't we all?" The one who was wielding a sword answered with a shrug. Both walked in a relatively slow pace, but the trio waited as patiently as they could.

"Cool! It looks like the kind of sword Shanks uses!"

"Luffy!"

Luckily, the two men didn't hear anything.

"Though, I wonder where they are. I mean, roaming around unidentified here is just a no-no. Remember that incident? Idiot was too wasted. Didn't know what he was doin'. Almost killed the guy." The voice faded out as they too disappeared from view. Sabo sighed in relief.

"They're gone, let's go. And don't you even think about running without us, okay? We'll get it back together, Lu." Luffy nodded sulking silently, why does his brother know him so well? But he need to find Boshi, he promised Shanks after all. Though Luffy wanted to find it badly, he knew better than to separate himself from his brothers…

"Oi, Lu. Quit doing that you're hurting yourself. We'll find your hat, don't worry." Ace said, nudging him slightly when he saw the raven's face turned red. Blinking, Luffy looked up, seeing his older brother's mop of black hair in front of him. He nodded and pouted something both of his brothers ignored.

It was like that for a while, just the sound of footsteps tapping against tiled floor and the frequent consistent growl from their stomachs. Luffy was almost torn on searching for the kitchens and finding his precious hat. But, he's just so hungry. But he need his hat. He's also hungry. Though hat…

Luffy shook his head, and pouted. "Are we there yet?" He fought really hard not to just catapult himself. He really, really, really, really want to get Boshi. Yosh! Hat and then meat, then escape. Luffy decided, pounding his fist on his palm.

"Luffy, whatever you're—"

"Gomu gomu no..."

"What! Lu no—"

"Rocket!"

Ace groaned as he lifted a hand up to his throbbing head, giving a glare to the offending rubbery limb that tangled around his chest. Sabo got up with a groan too, coughing as dust overwhelm his nostrils.

"Luffy," Sabo said through coughs, "Don't you dare do that again."

"Shishishi, sorry."

"You're not sorry."

"Shishishi."

"Ughhh..." Ace rose from the mess of metal scraps and random things that they've found themselves in. "Luffy, you really need to work on your aim, I don't even know where you threw us."

"Frickin' chopsticks. The heck happened 'ere?" A voice said.

A huge built man, with blue scales and unusual fins, spoke, poking his head out of a divider. The two older brothers cursed, after seeing the warlord. The said warlord's eyes widened ever so slightly seeing the three infamous boys, that almost all in the Whitebeard Gang now knew of.

"Cool! A walking shark! Hey, old guy! Can you poop?"

"Found 'ya." A shadow figure placed his hands on the brothers.

Ace froze, 'Was he a Devil Fruit*? This will be a harder fight to escape.' Choosing to follow his instincts, he ignored his younger brother's ridiculous question and swiped a kick at the man's feet, only to be taken aback as his leg only went through. Sabo saw this of course, so he quickly pulled Luffy near him in case he did something stupid.

He stepped back, "Sabo... That Warlord knows about us. We need to go as soon as we can, toss the pipe." Ace said in a whisper as he eyed warily the Fishman and the shadow figure.

"Hey why're 'ya guys so tensed?" The figure said as friendly as he could, while a human limb was revealed under the black sandy looking thing. It then after revealed that it was the man from earlier, who as he remember's name was Thatch.

"Marco... It's them! Where did you find them?" The fishman said, while turning his head back to someone. The shoji screen that obscured their vision of the man the fishman was talking to. But they assumed that it was the blond that they saw earlier in the plain white room, or the infirmary, as they vaguely remembered that place being referred too as such.

"Somewhere in Osaka, Thatch's turf, yoi. And what do you mean by 'them'?"

"Oh, Jinbei! Didn't know you've visited. Sorry for the commotion by the way." The brunette man said sheepishly. "And Oyabun is taking a nap, the nurses forced his stubborn butt, so you'd hafta' wait for a while if ya' need to tell him somethin'"

"Let go! I wanna see the talking fish!" Luffy whined and squirmed from his brother's grip.

"Luffy," Sabo whispered fearfully but hard. "He's a Warlord, a strong one. He knows about you and Ace. He can and will take you back with him. Withthem."

Luffy froze. His large brown, innocent eyes blinking up on his brother's light blue ones in understanding. He looked down at his feet. "I don't wanna go back there..."

"That's why you need to cooperate with us, okay? They're not good, they're evil. Don't let 'em fool you. 'Kay?" The boy in turn nodded slowly as he gripped harder at the shirt of his older brother, and casted a look down.

"Waddaya want from us, old man! We ain't goin' back to yer masters!" Ace spat the word like it was poison in his mouth.

A dark look flashed on Jinbei's face for a second before saying, "I ain't owned by anybody kid."

"Wait, you mean they are. The blond kid too?"

Jinbei nodded solemnly.

Like a cold bucket was poured over the three, the boys looked at them fearfully and anxiously. Bodies tensed for an attack. And minds processing over the details slowly. Sabo was the most shocked of all. He shook his head, it didn't matter that he knew about him, what matters is that they're in big trouble.

"Crossfire." The young blond hear his brother say, he saw the coldness and determination that lay upon his features.

"Give me enough reasons not to kill all of you."

What? Confusion was written all over the blond's face.

"Be careful of the words you're saying, brat. You don't know the weight that it carries. Killing isn't like playing, yoi." A smooth low voice said, the brothers instantly recognizing it as the voice from earlier. The man, Marco, Sabo recalled, stepped out of the divider, and unlike before, he was now wearing a dark teal kimono, with the front opened and a shoulder sleeve down, showing circular blue fire like markings. In the fire of blue and yellow, he could vaguely see feathers, indicating him being a Zoan type of Devil Fruit*.

Sabo cussed upon seeing this. There wasn't only one, but two fruits*. It didn't help that there was also a Fishman Warlord.

Sabo felt Ace nudge slightly at his arm, he turned to see the grim look at his face. "Sabo... Its them,The Whitebeard Clan."

Eyes widening, blue eyes focused on the dark blue tattoo on the older blond's chest. "We aren't safe here, Sabo."

Suddenly, a loud blaring sound filled the building, all of them tensing. Because of panic, the brothers didn't notice the look that the blond gave the brunette.

And after that, all they remember is black.

"I don't think they'll trust us anymore when they'll wake up." Sighed Thatch with a shake of his head.

Marco agreed before massaging his forehead. "Yeah, but let's not worry about that now. We got company, yoi." he turned to Jinbei, "Can you bring them to Sampaguita?"

The fishman grunted in response. Slinging the boys at his shoulders.

The brunette swiped a hand to his hair. "That darn Garp again. What does he want from us?"

"I don't know, Thatch. But I don't like that he's always coming here like we're friends and all."

Marco said as they parted ways and went to their warehouse. Readying themselves in case their 'visitor' do something stupid like turning them in.


A/N: This isn't the final editing btw I'll just do it when I get my hands on the laptop e.e 11:31 I'm sick and still not sleeping. Argh.

June 3, 2016

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