What is up?
So I decided to update quickly so I could get to some LuNa!!
Yes I am impatient so deal with it.
Well, on with the show!!
Disclaimer: Ummm….. I like One Piece. I really do…but Nami and Luffy would have been a couple by now IF I owned it.
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It felt good to have the wind blow in my face. I was standing on the front of the ship with my arms out, like that girl in the movie Titanic (which I have never seen and will never see, waste of my time). As the wind blew past me I smiled and giggled when some of the currents ruffled the clothes underneath my ribs and arms.
Ace just sat in the back of the boat. He was manning the ship but I noticed that his eyes tried to stay on me. Even when he had to do some sort of chore he would always look back just to make sure I was there.
The attention from Ace made me smile. Now, his gaze I did not mind. I turned around to look at him for a minute. My gaze met Ace's and I smiled. "Thanks for taking me along with you."
Grinning Ace answered, "No problem. I would never object to assisting a lovely lady like yourself."
At the comment I blushed. "I'm no lady and I am definitely not lovely so keep your comments to yourself," I said as I crossed my arms and turned back to the ocean. Something was happening between us, I don't know what but it felt good and that scared me.
"I had better find my brothers and fast because I do not think that I can resist the urge any longer. I guess that Spring Spring Fruit thingy works both ways. Ugh. Wait… you pervs! All I want to do is kiss the damn fool! I don't actually want to-to…ew. Y'all sick. … I mean, NO! I don't want to kiss Ace! No way! I-I ughhhhhhh… I am just going to shut up now." I smacked my head.
My face must have changed with my different thoughts because Ace began to laugh at me. Yep, laughing his ass off and pointing at me.
"What?" I asked. But he just kept laughing. Okay, now I was pissed. "Portgas D. Ace! What the hell is so FREAKIN' FUNNY?!" I yelled. After that outburst he paused and looked at my face. I could tell that he saw how flustered I was but he just burst into laughter after a couple of more seconds.
That was it. I stomped over to him and punched his shoulder. "Tell me!" At this he laughed harder. And he kept laughing after every punch that I gave him. Eventually I was on top of him and trying to beat the crap out of him. (I am such a violent person but I blame that on my brothers.)
Suddenly he stopped wiggling and grabbed my wrists. I struggled against his grip but he just pulled down and I fell on top of him. He laughed as he saw my face turn as red as my hair, which he kindly pointed out. Jerk.
"Do you really want to know why I was laughing, Miss Haultin?" Ace asked. His face was way too close for comfort so I tried to move away but he stopped me with his mere strength. I nodded weakly when I realized that I wasn't going to go anywhere any time soon. "You just confessed that you wanted to kiss me. Out loud."
I froze. 'No way. No way in hell. No! I thought all of that in my head. I didn't say it out loud!' I tried to go back a couple of minutes ago to see if I really did say my thoughts out loud but I couldn't remember.
"No I didn't. I couldn't have! No, no I thought all of that! I didn't actually say it out loud!" I said with a shocked voice and then I realized what I said. Dang it! I just confirmed what he said. Ace's laughter rang through my ears and I sighed. Defeat. Dang yo.
So as to rub it in Ace pulled me in closer and whispered in my ear, "So, can you resist the urge now?"
Truthfully? No. My blush grew as I felt his arm wrap around my waist. As if by instinct I leaned into Ace and our faces became mere inches apart. His other hand cradled my cheek and brought my face even closer to his. I could feel his warm breath on my lips as I closed my eyes. And then…
And then the blaring sound of a tug boat rattled our ear drums. Totally killed the moment.
Did I mention my short attention span? Yeah…. Anyways, Ace was totally forgotten. Putting my hands on Ace's chest I lifted myself up. "Hey! Is that Alabasta? Gasp! One of my brothers might be there! Your brother might be there too! Wouldn't it be cute if they were together?" I exclaimed as I looked at the approaching town.
Ace bowed his head in defeat and sat up, leaning on his elbows because I was still on top of him. The tug boat completely ruined his plan. "Yeah, I guess."
I turned back at him and smiled warmly. 'Awww… He looks so adorable when he pouts.' So, I leaned forward and kissed his nose. A shocked yet pleasurable look crossed his face and I giggled.
"We can continue this later Hot Stuff. Meanwhile why don't you get us into port safely," I purred in his ear as I stood up. I made sure that I swung my hips as I walked back to the front of the little boat and that I sat down seductively. It felt so good, so natural, so…perfect. Hehe, I am so bad.
Ace was frozen to the ground for a moment until that goofy grin grew on his face. He jumped up and led us safely into port. Ace, I swear to goodness, skipped off of the boat. After tying up the ropes he leaned forward holding out his hand to me. I said my thanks and grabbed his outstretched hand.
Trying to gather my surroundings I saw that there was a bustling market. That I wanted to hit as soon as possible. "Ace?"
He was attending to the boat at the time but he looked up when he heard my voice. Wiping some dirt off of his pants he answered, "Yeah?"
"Can we hit the market as soon as possible?" I asked while walking up to him.
"Sure. But first we need to find a place to stay. Here, grab my hand. The crowd looks pushy and I don't want to lose you." Ace held out his hand, which I promptly took. I was not about to get lost in a strange place. No way José.
As we walked along it became harder and harder to stay with Ace. People kept pushing me and at one point our hands almost slipped. Ace stopped when he felt the lacking presence of my hand and turned around. Fear took over and I shoved some people out of the way in an attempt to get back to Ace. When I reached him I decided that that experience would not be repeated so instead of grabbing his hand I grasped his arm and held on tight. A smile graced his lips as he felt my head bury itself into his left arm.
Finally we reached a hotel and walked inside. A rush of cool air enveloped my body and I sighed. We walked up to the counter and Ace got us a room for ten days. While he was doing this I looked around and noticed that the hotel was mostly stone which helped in keeping it cool. There were colorful drapes hanging from the ceiling and…wait a sec, did Ace say room? ONE ROOM?
"What?" I blurted out while Ace turned to me with one room key. I gawked at it while Ace's face contorted.
"What? What's wrong?" he asked. Ace began to walk in a certain direction which obviously led to the hotel room.
"Why do we only have one room key?" I was trying to keep up with him but his legs are too freakin' long. So I ended up jogging next to him. Thankfully he slowed down his pace but I realized that that was because we were standing in front of our designated room.
The urge to slap him surged through my body when he smirked at the question. "Why? Don't you find it romantic that we are sharing a room together?" Ace asked with that sly grin as he opened the door to our hotel room. He stood back to let me in first.
I growled and walked into the room. A gasp escaped my lips as I saw the view from our window. It was gorgeous. If one stood out on the balcony one could see the whole town and the desert in the distance.
"Ace," I whispered when he came up behind me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his chin on my right shoulder. "Ace, look at that view. Isn't it breath-taking?" Ace let go of me as I walked forward towards the balcony. A breeze could be felt drifting from between the glass doors. Slowly I opened them and stepped out onto balcony. I was tempted to stand there forever, just gazing out at the world. So this is what people meant when they said that nature takes their breath away.
People were running around below from different stalls. Kids could be seen playing in the streets with their friends. A young boy looked up and waved at me. I waved back and smiled, the people seemed nice when they weren't pushing you around.
The little boy from before tugged on some of the kids and adults, trying to get their attention, and then he pointed up at me. They all smiled and waved. I laughed. While waving back Ace came up from behind me but this time he just leaned on the railing, which made me move forward but he stopped me when he placed his chin upon my right shoulder. It felt so good to be held by Ace. The people down below 'aw'ed while the kids stuck out their tongues. Ace waved at the people and then pulled me back into the hotel room.
"Ace," I laughed, "What are you doing? I was bonding."
He kissed my neck saying, "Mmmm… I bet you were but I thought that you wanted to hit the market. We better go now before dinner. Do have your money?"
A chill ran up my spine. 'Money? What money? I don't have any money. Oh my goodness! What am I going to do? I don't have any money!!' Panicking I began to pat myself like I was searching for money, except I was searching for money that didn't exist. I bowed my head in shame.
Ace squeezed me tight and laughed. "You don't have any money do you? You're flat broke! Ahahahaha!!"
"Urgggghhhhh! Shut up jerk!" I said pushing Ace away. "Besides I don't need money to have fun. All I need for fun are people and imaginations! Hmph!" I stomped out of the room but turned around suddenly and shouted, "And you will be sleeping on the couch the whole time that we are here so don't get any ideas!" I stuck my tongue out and smiled.
As I walked away I heard some men laughing at Ace and telling him that he would have better luck next time either that or he could get an easier girl. Like that didn't piss me off. But I cooled off by the time I got to the hotel's entrance so I waited by the double doors, knowing that Ace would follow me. Lo and behold he came two minutes after I sat down on the bench by the doors.
When he walked up to me all I could see were his legs, which by the way are quite muscular. I looked up and smiled weakly. "Ready to go?"
Ace crossed his arms. "Hmph. I really don't know. I don't think I can go on with you abusing me…" His eyes were closed so I couldn't tell if he was joking. My heart sank until he continued with a grin. "…but I am hungry so I guess it's okay. Come on; let's go find a place to eat. We will go to the market tomorrow."
"Okay!" I cheered as I shot from my seat and grabbed his arm. Ace led us outside and down the street where we found this nice little café. We entered and got a table near a window. Ace ordered the whole menu (twice for anything with meat) and I politely ordered a salad which to my surprise came with a side of tofu (ew).
And then it happened. Right in the middle of my conversation Ace fell asleep in his food. To put it lightly, I was appalled. How rude can someone get that they fall asleep during a conversation let alone fall asleep in their food?
An evil grin formed on my face. "Fall asleep on me, will you? Hehehehehe, not after this." I took the piece of meat off of the fork that Ace was holding and replaced it with the disgusting tofu. And now to wait.
After I finished the rest of my meal I could see the sunset out of the window that I was sitting by with Ace.
Ace. Ace who was still asleep. But no worries on my part, I could wait all year for him to wake up just in order to see the reaction that he would have from eating the tofu.
My prayers were answered. Sleeping Beauty awoke and just as I predicted he shoved his fork into his mouth without thinking. His face was priceless. I fell out of my chair laughing. Ace's eyes grew to the size of the moon. Thankfully I was on the floor by the time he spat out the tofu. Tears began to fall from my eyes from laughing so hard. Dang, I wish I had a camera.
When Ace realized what happened he lunged for me. I scampered out of the way and began to run out of the restaurant. Ace pulled money out of his pocket, and slammed it down on the table yelling, "Rabia! Rabia get back here! Dang it, stop running! Rabia!"
"Yeah right! Like I am going to listen to you! There is no way in hell that I am going to stop for you!" I laughed as I ran towards the hotel. Some of the people that I dodged looked familiar and I realized that they were the ones that I saw before when we were on the balcony.
Before Ace woke up I stole the hotel key, so in case of emergencies (like this one) I could get into the hotel room and lock Ace out if I wanted. As I ran I checked what number was on the hotel key.
"203. Got it," I said sliding in front of the before mentioned hotel room door.
I quickly unlocked it. After I ran into the room I slammed the door shut and locked it with the key. Panting I slowly walked over to the bed and laid down perpendicular to the door. It was extremely hard to catch my breath again while lying down but before I could get up Ace's face appeared above my own.
"Ace!"
He panted a little and then smirked. "Thought you could outrun me huh? Didn't Drum Island teach you anything?"
"Hahaha, no I guess not," I laughed remembering how fast Ace could be. I still had no idea how he did it, so I asked, "How the hell do you get here so fast?"
Ace grinned, "I guess you could say that I have hot feet."
I giggled and put my hands on both sides of Ace's face. I moved my thumbs back and forth and cooed, "Well, as long as it's not hot hands then I am okay."
My hands could feel the heat from Ace's blushing cheeks at the comment. But then his face became serious.
"How can you turn into the wind?" Ace asked as he sat up on the bed.
I rose and turned around to face him. "It is one of my powers. I ate the Spring Spring Fruit so I am able to control nature in any way that deals with spring. An example would be a spring breeze which is what I turned into on Drum Island."
A blank look was pasted on Ace's face which made me laugh. "You ate the Spring Spring Fruit?" he asked.
"Yeah, why?"
'What was wrong with that? Did I do something wrong?' I thought, 'Darn it! That's right Malevolence stole those four devil fruit. And now I just confessed that I had it!'
Now Ace looked stern and it sent chills up my spine. "Explain yourself," He commanded and then added, "please."
This would be a while so I got comfortable on the bed. I leaned up against the banister with plenty of pillows supporting my back. I sat in what some would call a yoga position, which is quite comfortable I might add. Ace turned and sat in a butterfly position, like the way Luffy usually sits.
"You have to promise me that you will hear me through and not interrupt, okay?" I proclaimed while staring into Ace's eyes.
He nodded and I began, "Well, to start I am from a different dimension, ah no interrupting," I raised my hand to stop Ace who had already opened his mouth, "I am from a world that has no devil fruit but plenty of suffering."
And so I told him of our parents' gruesome death. I stopped there because I started to cry. Ace held me close as I wept and I was so thankful. Eventually I was able to continue but I broke down a lot. I felt so stupid but Ace didn't say anything he just listened. For some reason I cry a lot in Ace's presence, I don't know why but I feel so comfortable and free when I am with him. Sigh…anyways.
Then I told him about what happened with Malevolence. I swear if I had not knocked him out he would have destroyed the whole hotel. Ace was pissed and it took him an hour or so to come to after I hit him so the story was delayed for a while. After he awoke he glared at me but I ignored him since I knew he could take it.
When I finished I sat there in the fetal position waiting for Ace to say something. But nothing came. Ace just sat there, staring at me with those eyes. Those eyes pierced my soul, my very being and it scared me. Why wasn't he saying anything? What was going on in his mind?
"Please say something Ace, please?" I begged.
He sighed and leaned back on his elbows while staring at the ceiling. Ace stayed like that for a couple of minutes until he sighed again.
"So I guess the only options are to find your brothers and then whip this Malevolence's ass." Ace stated in an as-a-matter-of-fact-tone. He sat up straight and stared at me.
I smiled gently. In truth I have no idea what came over me but I acted on impulse as was usual when I was around him. I dove for Ace and hugged him saying, "Oh, Ace! Thank you! Thank you so much!" I pulled away and rested my forehead on his, "I am so happy that I met you. What would I have done without you?"
Suddenly he hugged me back. "I have no idea."
I giggled and playfully punched him. After a while I asked, "So how many days do we have?"
Ace's grip tightened as he said, "Ten days."
"Hmmm… It's going to be a good ten days," I whispered as I snuggled into a more comfortable position in Ace's arms.
He just smiled as we fell asleep in each other's warm embrace.
A nice ten days indeed.
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"Grrrrrrrrgublle."
"Ahahaha, hungry Ace?"
"Starving."
"All right, come on this looks like a nice place," I said leading Ace to the closest restaurant. Some people are amazed at how much Ace eats but since I live with three hungry growing males I am more than used to it.
The last ten days were wonderful. We finally hit the market the next day and all of the days after that. Through the people we learned of the situation in Alabasta and the impending doom of a revolution. This information made me extremely sad since Alabasta is such a beautiful country, culturally and geographically.
It was on the tenth day that we finally found our siblings, well one of them for me.
Ace and I were in the restaurant eating when Ace asked to see some more of my devil fruit powers, naturally I agreed. I began to grow irises out of my palm but then I felt a chilling air and they wilted. I sniffled and a tear fell from my eye. I really don't know why but I suppose I have a deep connection with the things that I create, so I mourned over my flowers' death.
Ace being the sweet heart that he is grabbed me and told me that it would be all right and then I heard a familiar laugh.
It was too good to be true. Was that John? I turned to see my little brother laughing at me. Urgh! So he was the one that wilted my beautiful flowers! He was definitely going to pay!
"JOHN! YOU JERK!" I yelled as I began to beat him up for ruining my babies. Okay, flowers but they felt like my babies! And NOBODY wilts my babies! That sounded so freaky. Ugh, stupid fate.
After a while John muttered, "Nice to see you too Rabia."
By that time Ace was already up and towering over John. "Rabia, who is this punk?" he asked while glaring at John who obviously upset me. Ace could be too protective sometimes. I mean there was this one time when…never mind I'll save that for later.
"Oh," I answered, "He's my little brother John, John this is Ace." I pointed to the respective persons and waited for a response. Hopefully they would get along.
Thankfully John smiled saying, "Be careful with her. She gives a mean punch."
'WHAT?! THAT IS ALL HE COULD SAY?? Not "Hi!" or "What's up?" BUT "Be careful with her. She gives a mean punch." ?!'
"What did you say?" I growled and punched him back onto the ground.
"Ow."
Seeing this Ace laughed. Oh yeah, he had felt my iron fist but unlike John he took it like a man. Ace began to laugh and John joined in.
John got up and hugged me. I was surprised but I really shouldn't be since he is the only brother of mine who is willing to hug me back most of the time.
"Good to see ya sis," John said.
'Awwww, I wuv you too!' I thought but said, "Good to see you too." I hugged him back; I missed him so much.
And then some idiot ruined the tender moment by opening the front door to the restaurant with a slam. Idiot.
"I am Captain Smoker from Marine Central Command." The idiot said and then looked at Ace, "Portgas D. Ace, 2nd Division Battle Commander."
'Wow. Battle Commander? No wonder he is so muscular.' I thought with a smile.
"Whoa sis, you were flirting with a battle commander?" John asked.
Bad move. I smacked him across the head. I thought that John knew all about One Piece! And what is this about flirting? A blush crept across my face at the last thought. Was I flirting? Maybe I was, maybe…maybe we are more than friends? Ugh I need to stop thinking; I can feel my blush deepening.
"Flirting with a pirate?" The idiot asked, "Affiliating with pirates is against the law. I vow to capture you!"
Ugh. What an idiot. But I do love a challenge.
"Just try," I taunted, putting my hands on my hips in the process.
He smirked in return and yelled, "Smoke Strike!" A column of smoke headed straight for me.
"Tsk, this is too easy," I whispered. I could make a flower and it would clean up this idiot's act in a second but I decided to show off instead.
"VINE SHIELD!" I responded by making a barrier with my precious vines. 'Ah, they look so beautiful!' They, of course, blocked his smoke attack.
I smirked and sneered, "I am spring, you can't take me in."
"I could," a voice from behind me said.
I turned around and punched my little brother. "Shut up John."
My gaze went back to that idiot named Smoker until I sensed John tackling me to the ground. I felt my elbow scrap against the floor.
After John got off of me I kicked him. "What was that for?!" I spat.
'Sniff. My elbow hurts. John is such a meanie.'
He then pointed to extremely large hole in the wall.
"Oh."
It went through four buildings. Gasp! 'Where did Ace go?' I thought and began to look around. But John caught my attention.
"Rabia, this is Monkey D. Luffy, future King of the Pirates," John said as he pointed at Luffy.
I gasped. 'We found him! Oh my, gosh we found him! Ace! Where's Ace? We found Luffy! This is so cool! I wonder…'
Leaning over to John I asked, "Is Chopper in the crew?"
He replied with a yes and I almost squealed. 'Chopper is SO freakin' cute!! I want to go see him!'
I was about to say that out loud but I saw Ace out of the corner of my eye. I waved at him which got his attention. Smiling I pointed at Luffy. Ace's eyes lit up and his smile went from ear to ear.
"Lu-" Ace began.
Then Smoker the Idiot knocked Ace to the ground face first yelling, "STRAW HAT!"
'Oh hell no. He so did not just hit Ace. Only I can hit Ace and get away with it. Smoker is a dead man,' I thought as I ran over to carry out my last statement.
I smacked that idiot hard over the head. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ACE?!" I screamed.
Everyone in the restaurant stopped and stared at me. They all thought as one, 'Did she just hit a marine?!'
John told me later that Ace's face perked up when he heard me say that but then John said he saw anime tears come to Ace's eyes when he heard me yell, "NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
I wonder why. ; P
Luffy laughed, still not knowing Smoker was in the room, because he was and still is that clueless. So he carried on stuffing his face with food. Smoker stared at Luffy, who just sat there filling his face with meat and bread; even though the bread wasn't hard it still made a crunching noise.
I went to help Ace up when Luffy spit the food out of his mouth yelling, "Hey! You're that Smoker guy! What are you doing here?" Luffy put his hand up yelling, "Wait!" He grabbed all of the food on the plates saying, "Thank you for the food!" Then he sprinted out of the building.
Smoker the Idiot ran after Luffy. Ace thanked me for the help and then he ran after Luffy.
The poor owner said, "Eat and run?"
I looked at John. Hell, I was about to run since I didn't have any money. Thankfully John took some cash out of his pockets. "How much is the cost for the food? I'll pay."
The owner told John the amount and he paid it in full.
As we walked outside together I glanced over at him. John looked so pissed that it made me giggle. Of course the dork had to glare at me which made me giggle even more.
John looked straight ahead and said, "Rabia."
"What?" I giggled.
"Shut up."
I hit John so hard that it knocked him out. So I decided to let my thoughts wonder over to a certain battle commander while I waited for the little bugger to come back to conscientiousness.
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So? How was it?
Yes, yes, I know, I know. I didn't get to any LuNa but that is because of TallLuffy. Blame him not me. I am trying to write my chapters in synch with his so blame him for not getting Rabia to the Merry Go, not me.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Take that TallLuffy!
:Ahem: Anyways….
BONUS!!
I smacked that idiot hard over the head. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ACE?!" I screamed.
Everyone in the restaurant stopped and stared at me. They all thought as one, 'Did she just hit a marine?!'
"HOW?!"
"YEAH! HOW?"
"WELL I'LL TELL YOU HOW!! First you have to get a running start and then you lift off of your left foot not your right because then the hit isn't as powerful."
"Mhmm…okay." (Is writing this down).
"Then take the left knee and plant it over the person's head and step down. Make sure it is clean too because you might hurt yourself if you lean in too much."
"Okay," (finishes writing) "Okay! Thanks!"
"No problem!"
Ace is lying dead on the floor because no one is paying attention to him. So it goes.
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See ya!! And Happy New Year!