Maybe food can wait, his brain needs answers before he gets a horrendous headache from this.. A sigh escaped his mouth as he closed his eyes -ignoring the other person- to adjust to this situation. It's already bad enough that he has a served wound to his side but this… it seems like a joke. Just like the ones Usopp and Chopper plan out for him.

Where's Toaro when you need him? Wasn't he getting him food or something along the lines? Oh how thinking about food brings such taste to his mouth, especially Sanji's food! Speaking of Sanji he's glad that he rescued him just in time and that everything turned out alright for them to join everyone at Wano. Big Mom definitely deserved what she got for taking away Sanji from him and especially that third eye bitch. Who the hell did she think she was? Planning to kill someone dearly to him was something he wouldn't forgive.. ever.

A touch to his side sure got Luffy out of his thoughts, which that made him to shoot his eyes opens. His doppelganger, or younger self, had his filthy hands onto where his wound is exactly located at.

"Oi oi, get your hands away from me!" Luffy mustered all of his voice into a yell which turned into a cough fit afterwards.

"Ah! But you're hurt and you're me! I'll get help, maybe Ace and Sabo will help!" Not-him (he decided to dub him that since that can't be him..) removed his hands away and quickly got up from the floor which lead his appearance to disappear from the hallway.

For Luffy it happened too slow, the name that caught his attention was too familiar.. it made his heart clench tightly in his chest. His eyes widen with his mouth slightly agape with the fear of mourning all over again for his dead brother that he loved dearly. Ah yes he remembers hearing Ace's voice before he was unconscious on the deck, but that wasn't enough to confirm if that was real or hallucination kicking in. However, that didn't mean that he wouldn't believe Ace is dead at the moment. Oh how he missed hearing the lost forgotten voice that he was raised with the owner. Flashbacks of Marineford was all Luffy can think about, since that was the place where Ace took his last breath and words.

Time for him seemed to stop since he didn't know how long he was on the floor until footsteps approached his way. Luffy didn't bother using his haki since it'll definitely exhaust him, so he waited patiently on the floor with his hands pressed against his side. The shoes clicked against the elegant wood, halting when the figure was casting a shadow for Luffy. This made a small smile appear on his face, as he cleared the droplets that were threatening to come out of his eyes, relief spread throughout his body knowing he wouldn't be embarrassed with the state he is in. The shadow was most definitely familiar that made his smile widen more

"And this is where I find you Luffy-ya."

"Shishishi sorry Toaro. You we're taking too long so I decided to get food on my own." He sheepishly scratched behind his head as he turned his head around so he would be facing Law.

"You're going to reopen that wound and I'm not going to save you again." Law crossed his arms, eyes firmly looking down at the Strawhat Captain.

"You were taking forever! It wasn't my fault." Luffy pouted and crossed his arms, mimicking Law's movement. Speaking of food, he kind of lost his appetite.. but that wouldn't explain the hollow feeling in his chest, this made him frown slightly. He quickly shook his head to forget about that strange feeling.

"Toaro are we in the past?"

Luffy finally decided to blurt out his thought aloud.

"Cause I don't ever remember joining the Old Man's crew.." Luffy said the last part in a quieter voice, remembering that Ace was the only one that was part of the Old Man's sons.

Law hummed and raised an eyebrow at that. Maybe he already encountered the other Luffy?

"Unfortunately I'll rather talk about this somewhere private." Law said still staring down at Luffy, who knows someone could be eavesdropping on their conversation and Law would appreciate that he wouldn't make Whitebeard angry on attacking anyone on board.

The Strawhat Captain slowly nodded his head, not really saying anything back. The Surgeon Of Death was on step ahead of the other Captain and began to help him stand up on his feet.

"Ace is here.. isn't he?"

Luffy's voice cracked towards the end that hinted a passionate of desperation in it. Law didn't say anything as he helped the other Captain back to his room.

The whole way back to the room was silent, a comfortable aura surrounded them as no one said anything. No one dared to bring up the question from earlier as they don't intend to comfort each other in their situation at the moment. By the time they reached room they didn't expect to find the commanders all waiting for them two? All eyes landed on the pair as they entered the room Every commander tensed up looking at the two captains, especially the served injured one.

It didn't go unnoticed from everyone, no one displayed any emotions but their movements were pure hesitation. Especially when their eyes landed on Luffy's aged scar in his chest that stood out the most (besides the bandages).

Once Luffy sat on the bed, his eyes gazed around the room, looking at nothing particularly. Isn't Ace supposed to be there with the rest of the commanders? He winced slightly thinking about his deceased brother but shook his head quickly. He should know better then bringing up something that wasn't his fault after all.

Lost in his thoughts he decided it was a good time to dig deep in his brain for each of the commander's names and exchange he'll try to bury the other thoughts of Ace.

Law on the other hand kept watch on everyone as tensed built up. So many glares can be sensed without him even having to look at them. He sighed and decided to break this tension that shivers went down his spine.

"What brings the whole commanders down here?" He said while shifting his gaze over at Luffy hoping he'll snap out of his thoughts. He can sense that Luffy isn't getting anywhere in his mind, having PTSD can sure be a pain in the ass for him witnessing The Rubber Captain having flashbacks.

"Is it true then, yoi?"

Marco, the First Division Commander, took responsibility to speak first on behalf of Whitebeard and the commanders.

Law raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, Marco looked like he was continuing but seemed to pause for his eyes solely landed on the Strawhat Captain.

"Oyaij believes that you both are from the future. Is it really true?"

A pompadour man spoke before the first division commander. Now that piqued Luffy's attention as he snapped out of his thoughts. Luffy's himself had the thought but knew that it couldn't be true since after all he never was with the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Mr. Pompadour asked a good question Toaro." Luffy said while sitting still for Law to adjust the pillows at a perfect angle.

The said name slightly flinched at that name, which made him to stare at the Strawhat Captain with his eyes that had such emotion written in them.

"Thatch. The name's Thatch kiddo."

Thatch said finally finding his courage to change the heavy atmosphere around the commanders.

Law cleared his throat to at least get everyone's attention, and which worked.

"As much as I enjoy seeing you two talk I have better information to share."

Law said while placing his spotted hat on top of Kikoku and crossed his arms afterwards.

"To make everything simpler, we're simply from a different world."

The commanders had to hold back their own surprised reactions, many had thought that Luffy most have been from the future. There goes something logical enough to follow by, a parallel universe by far is something that didn't come up in their heads. It's the New World and who knows what could happen out there.

"That actually explains a lot." Luffy said while nodding his head, agreeing with himself.

"Then how did you two get to this universe?"

The sixteenth commander, Izou, curiously asked. Curiosity killed the cat for him and plus that peaked his attention, who wouldn't like to know about another Luffy that's more mature from looks…

Luffy opened his mouth but ended up closing it. Struggling to put each event in order in his mind, last thing he remembers is fighting with Kaido ready to get out of his Boundman, with his culverin being the last move, and was planning to transform into his Tankman form. If he was in a middle if a battle then how in the hell did he get transported here?

Ah man this made his head hurt!

Law was no good then Luffy was. He's placed in the same situation as the other Captain, he too couldn't actually make anything logic enough for him to be here. Last thing he remembers was running off with the rest of the Strawhat's and his crew. Sure they stopped a few times to fight off the underlings but anything else they stayed close to a shore were they all planned on waiting for Nekomamushi, Inuarashi and Marco to arrive.

Maybe everyone underestimated Kaido's underlings and one happened to have a devil fruit that sent them somewhere?

Silence soon engross the whole atmosphere of the room , no one batted an eye away from the pair.

Luffy was the first to speak with a grin plastered on his face. "I don't know. It's a mystery shishi!" After all his thinking he couldn't come up with anything else.

Every commander had at least a small smile decorating their faces, after all they grew too attached to their reckless younger brothers.

The surgeon sighed and shook his head at the nonsense Luffy just said. Yes it's a mystery but he should at least be worry about his crew and the situation they just were in.

"Where is Ace?"

Finally he asked aloud, it was bothering him how Ace wasn't with the rest of the commanders. His heart longs for his brother's features, accustomed behavior and love.

Sure Sabo gives him everything that he longs and he dearly appreciates and loves it all but he misses how Ace does it. Can't he be selfish for once in his lifetime and ask for Ace back?

"He said something along the lines of 'fucking intruder attacking his Luffy' so Sabo took Ace somewhere to lower his temper down." Haruta, commander of the twelve division stated.

Luffy bit his bottom lip but said nothing, looks like Sabo is here too. At least he can trust him enough to tell him the whole truth of his universe in case he needs someone else to talk to. Sure Toaro gives him lots of attention but what if he's not around when he needs to talk to someone?

After awhile the commanders began to leave the room, after all they all had long conversations that none could have believed.

Luffy let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding in, hes glad that no one asked about his scar on his chest. He may have cried there in front of his ally and the commanders which that'll bring down his pride.

Once everyone left the pair, they stayed quiet to get their thoughts together.

"Toaro, how do we get back?"

The surgeon stared down at the lithe captain and sighed for what seemed the hundredth time.

"I don't know Luffy-ya. But we need to hurry back so our plan will be sit in motion."

Everything so far is turning into something so wrong that it made Luffy frown and sigh. Who knows what might happen next, maybe more dead people will come back to the living? If so he doesn't want another Thrillerbark deja vu adventure

Thank you for reading!

A/N: ah I'm sorry for the short chapter and long ass delay, a lot of stuff popped up in my life at the last minute of writing this chapter!

I know everything is slow pace but that's the point right now! Cause come on who wants to skip right to the good part and miss small important details? ;)

I'll probably update my other story (New Title) later on this week.

Anyways I hope I didn't put too much spoilers from the manga, if I did oops.. Lmao, anyway thank for the reviews/follows/favorites!

Edited 2/25/17