Sabo
Everyday after Luffy returned, Luffy tried to follow Ace without doing his chores and errands for Dadan.
Luffy encountered Crocodiles, escape rockslides, avoid being eaten by a snake, and everything else Ace made him go through
Each time Luffy used Haki to protect himself.
Months passed and Luffy finally reached the end of the forest.
"I finally made it to the end of the forest," Luffy panted, "Now where's ace?"
...
Ace was in another area of the forest.
"Sabo! Are you here?" Ace yelled.
A boy in a ragged suit wearing a top hat was on a tree and look down to see Ace.
"Hey Ace!" Sabo greeted.
"Sorry for being late," Ace apologized.
"Don't worry about it, I already did my job," Sabo told him.
"Well I took some money," Ace responded as he climb the tree up to Sabbo.
Ace gave Sabo the money he stole.
"Awesome! You got more than me!" Sabo counted the money, "How did you get it?"
"I took it from a bunch of people near the gate," Ace replied, "They might have been carriers for some merchant ship."
Sabo put the money in a hole they had in the tree with a door build in.
"It been 5 years since we started saving to pay for our ship," Sabo responded.
"Close it before someone sees it," Ace responded.
"A pirate ship?" someone asked, "You guys want to be pirates?"
Ace and Sabo look down and saw it was Luffy.
"Me too!" Luffy yelled.
Sabo and Ace attack Luffy and tied him up to the tree.
Of course Luffy allowed them to do it, or else he would've used Haki to defend himself.
"So Ace, is this where you go to everyday?" Luffy asked.
"Shut up!" Ace yelled at Luffy.
"So this is the Luffy guy you were telling me about," Sabo said.
"How did you survive that path?" Ace asked Luffy.
"I used Haki to protect myself," Luffy replied.
"Haki again," Ace responded, "If that's true, why didn't you just used it on us?"
"Shanks told me not to use Haki on a friend unless I have no other choice," Luffy replied.
"We're not friends!" Ace yelled.
"This is why I told you, you should live with me," Sabo told Luffy, "What should we do about this kid? He knows our secret, and if we leave him, he'll tell somone."
"I won't tell anyone. Not even Dadan and Grandpa Garp," Luffy replied.
"Let's kill him," Ace suggested.
"I agree," Sabo agreed.
"Have you guys killed a person before?" Luffy asked.
Sabo and Ace remained quiet, but obviously they haven't.
"So you haven't," Luffy replied.
"Shut up!" Ace and Sabo yelled.
"Hey! I heard children voices from here," someone yelled.
"Someone is coming," Sabo responded.
"We have to get out of here!" Ace responded.
...
Pirates were heading their way.
"Those children: Ace and Sabbo, are famous around here," the leader Porchemy said, "Are you sure Ace took your money?"
"Yes... I'm ashamed, but he got me by surprise," one of the pirates replied.
"What a stupid child. To take money from our crew! If Captain Blue Jam hears about this, he'll kill us both," Porchemy responded.
...
Ace and Sabo had untied Luffy and were hiding from the pirates.
"We should get out of here," Sabo said.
"How," Ace responded.
They turned to Luffy to see he was gone.
They look to see Luffy had attack the men and now was being held by Porchemy.
...
"Let me go or else!" Luffy yelled.
"You're a bit young to be out here, are you Ace, or do you know Ace?" Porchemy asked.
"I'm not telling you anything!" Luffy yelled, "I'm going to keep my friends' secret no matter what!"
"Secret?" Porchemy repsonded.
...
"Idiot! Why did he just revealed that he knew a secret?" Ace whispered.
...
"What kind of secret do you know?" Porchemy asked.
"I'm not telling you," Luffy responded, "Now let go before I summon my power!"
The three pirates laughed.
"What kind of power would a kid have?" Porchemy asked.
"This!" Luffy responded.
Luffy called on his Haki power, and summoned a force that knock the three men down.
Porchemy let go of Luffy and caused him to hit the floor.
...
"What just happened? He just knock down three men without touching them," Ace responded.
"That must be the Haki power Luffy told us about," Sabo responded, "But why he used it now."
They then remembered what Luffy told them.
...Flashback...
"Shanks told me not to use Haki on a friend unless I have no other choice," Luffy replied.
...End of Flashback...
"He thought we were friends," Sabo responded.
"That's why he didn't use it on us," Ace responded.
...
"What just happened?" one of the men said.
"That must be Haki," Porchemy said, "Since when a kid knows Haki?
"I been able to use Haki for a long time now. That's not all..." Luffy replied as he grabbed his cheeks and stretch them, "I ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit, so my body is made out of rubber."
"Then normal attacks won't work on you," Porchemy responded.
Suddenly Ace and Sabocame at the men to attack with some pipes.
"Ace," Luffy responded.
Ace and Sabo tried to attack the men, and manage to do some damage.
After beating them up they escaped.
...
Ace and Sabo took their treasure in bags and they along with Luffy got out of there.
"Hey Luffy, that move you used on them, was that the Haki thing you were telling us about?" Sabo asked.
"Yeah," Luffy responded.
"You think you can teach it to us?" Sabo asked.
"I never taught it to someone before, but sure," Luffy replied, "Does this mean I can hang out with you two?"
"Sure," Sabo responded, "You earn it kid. Right Ace?"
"Yeah, he earned it," Ace agreed, "But why did you follow me in the first place?"
"Because I don't have anyone else to turn to. I hate the mountain bandits, and I can't return to Fuchsia Village. Only relatives I know of is my grandpa," Luffy replied, "You're the only person I met who I can relate too."
Ace remember people talking about what would happened if Gold Rogers had a kid as well as what Dadan talking about the son of Monkey D. Dragon.
Truth was, he heard of Monkey D. Dragon and his reputation.
"I'm going to become a great pirate, and a powerful Haki user one day," Luffy said.
"Why stop at becoming a powerful Haki user? Why don't you become the greatest Haki user known?" Ace asked, "I'm sure with that rubber power of yours, you probably can knock down anyone."
"I never thought of it," Luffy responded,
"Hey guys, I have a problem," Sabo told them, "Because of those pirates, I have no home to go to now."
"Why don't you stay with us?" Luffy asked.
"Dadan will argue against it," Ace told Luffy.
"So what? She been arguing about me staying since I got here," Luffy responded,