Okay, I so now I finally have inspiration for another chapter :D however, I'm starting college soon T^T so I won't have as much time to work on this. Luckily, my classes that I have for now should be somewhat easy, plus, I don't have a job :p AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *dodges some questionable objects being thrown at me* STOP THROWING THINGS AT ME! AAAAAHHHHHHH! *dodges some more flying objects* T^T you guys are so mean to me...

Ace:*snorts* don't think you're off the hook yet.

Sabo:*nods* especially after what you did last chapter.

Me:*gulps nervously* y-yeah. I figured you two would still be pissed off at me T^T oh! before I forget, I'm gonna include the two of them *points at Ace and Sabo* when I say "the Straw Hats ..." this way, it's easier on me. Also, anyone want to be my beta for this? I have a profile for being a beta, but still. Just PM me if you're interested.

Ace and Sabo:*looking at me suspiciously*

Straw Hats: Phonenix does not own any characters in One Piece.

The Straw Hats followed the thief to a shady looking place that reminded Ace and Sabo of Dadan's hut. However, they didn't care about that at the moment. That stupid thief stole the cure for Luffy!

"STOP, YA DAMN THIEF!" shouted Ace as he caught up to him.

The little boy, who looked to be a little younger than Nami (A/N: in this fic, she's younger than Luffy), turned around, startled, and started to sweat nervously.

"o-oh. I-I d-didn't expect f-for y-you g-guys to f-follow h-here"

Ace, Sabo, Sanji and Zoro stalked up to the boy, glaring like true demons at him.

Sabo started to interrogate him. "why did you steal that box from us?"

the kid looked liked he was about to pee himself. "b-because m-my p-parents n-need t-this st-stuff t-to cure their c-case o-of t-the f-flu."

The four men blinked comically before face-palming.

Sanji kneeled on his knee and put a hand on the kids shoulder, looking at him in the eyes. "kid, this stuff isn't for the flu."

The kid looked up at him in confusion "what are you saying? those two" he pointed at Ace and Sabo "were talking about getting some herbs to help someone get better."

Sanji closed his eyes and sighed before opening them again. "Listen, kid. That stuff is for a sickness that's at least ten times worse than the flu. It's called Onsecomec. have you ever heard of it?" the kid shook his head in response "well, it isn't very pretty. the one who's sick is their" he nodded towards Ace and Sabo "little brother, and also our captain. He'll die if we don't get that cure to him soon, and I can't guarantee that you won't be held responsible. That means those two over-protective brothers will come after you, and we won't be able to stop them." He might have exaggerated a bit, but it got the little boy to hand him the box immediately.

Unfortunately for them, however, they (straw hats) could only take about five steps before they all found themselves in a net.

"What the hell is this?!" they exclaimed in unison.

Zoro scowled and looked over towards the kid. "Oi, kid! what's with the net?!"

The child giggled nervously. "its for protection"

Ace just rolled his eyes before burning the rope. However, he didn't think of the consequences of such actions until it was to late. All of the fell to the ground with a loud THUMP!

Ace and Sabo just laughed while the others groaned and glared at them.

Sabo turned towards his brother with a big smile. "Just like all those other times we got stuck, eh Ace?"

Ace returned the smile. "yep. You'd think I would have learnt by now"

Sabo laughed loudly "As if! You're worse than both me and Luffy combined"

Ace pouted at that. "its not my fault."

Sabo laughed at him.

Once everyone got out of the pile, they could, once again, resume their trek back to the ship.

meanwhile, back at the ship.

Chopper was hysterical and on the verge of a serious breakdown. Luffy's wounds from the enemy pirate attack had started bleeding again. He knew why, of course. The Onsecomec has started to break down certain properties of his blood. Meaning, Luffy's blood is getting thinner, and its starting to become more like water.

Blood is coming out of every possible opening. His eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and his wounds. Poor Chopper is going through all of his blood bags, but he only found one, which isn't enough. He hooked it up to his captain anyway and grabbed the Den-Den Mushi on his desk and called the others.

"puru puru puru puru- gotcha. Chopper?" Nami answered from the baby Den-Den mushi.

"N-Nami?" Chopper sniffled and hiccupped

"What is it, Chopper? what's wrong" Nami sounded concerned and worried.

Chopper took a few deep breathes to calm himself down so that he could explain what's going on clearly. "Its Luffy."

That made everyone's hearts drop down to their stomachs. Ace grabbed the snail from Nami. "what is it, Chopper? what's wrong with Lu?"

Chopper gulped "H-he's bleeding a lot from every opening in and on his body. The Onsecomec has started to break his blood's structure down." he explained as calmly and as professionally as possible, but that didn't help the two brothers now.

"what the hell does that mean?!" Ace and Sabo were panicking at this rate.

"It means that his blood isn't working the way its supposed to. It's becoming more like water. It lost its ability to clog." Chopper paused to sniffle "a-and I d-don't have e-enough of his b-blood type h-here t-to keep h-him f-from bleeding out!" Chopper was full-blown crying at this point. the helpless feeling of not being able to help his captain becoming to much for him.

"WHAT?!" everyone shouted at the same time.

Chopper was crying to much to answer them.

With everyone else.

They all traded looks of concern before bolting towards the direction of the ship.

The Straw Hats came back into the town, only to see some Marines around, looking for something, or rather, someone.

"shit! we don't have time for this!" hissed Nami. she and the others were hiding behind a building.

"maybe we could have someone go distract them?" Usopp suggested.

Zoro snorted "oh yeah? Then get to it, Usopp."

Usopp squeaked and started shaking and sweating "I-I-I t-th-think I have t-the 'I-can't-distract-the-marines-it is'"

Everyone rolled their eyes at him.

Robin decided to speak up. "We really don't have any choice in the matter. I had a look around the place, and we can't exactly sneak around them. even if we split up."

Nami groaned in frustration. Then she turned to everyone. "okay. Since I know no one wants to do it, we're gonna have to beat them up. So" she smiled and flashed them a thumbs up "good luck, you guys!"

The guys weren't happy about that. They all grumbled, except for Sanji. "anything for you, Nami-swan!"

The fight didn't last very long, to say the least. It ended as soon as it started.

Ace and Sabo immediately bolted towards the ship, with the others following.

They all made it back to the ship in record time and basically flew up the board to get on.

However, they were startled by the sight that greeted them.

Chopper was sitting in the middle of the grassy deck, bawling his eyes and heart out.

Ace's heart sank to his feet. "oh no! are we to late? no! it can't be! Luffy, you can't die on me yet! I haven't told you how I feel about you!"

He was frozen in place as he thought this, and Robin's voice snapped him out of it.

"Chopper-san. what's wrong?" she asked seriously as she knelt down in front of him.

Chopper sniffled and hiccupped for a minute before he answered, and they did not like what they heard.

"L-luffy d-didn't... he d-didn't m-make it." and he bawled again.

Ace stood there, frozen with a look of horror on his face. "no. no, I won't believe it! I WON'T!"

He ran into the infirmary as fast as he could and burst in.

He saw his little brother and immediately, he knew, he knew that he still had a chance. He could feel that Luffy wasn't gone just yet, despite the lack of a beating heart, showed by the heart monitor. So, he quickly grabbed the cup of water that was on Chopper's desk and tore open the box of herbs and, as fast as he could, poured as much as he could into the cup before using his powers to heat up the water and quickly made some hot tea out of it.

By now, the other's had came into the room. No one had the heart to try and stop him. they could only watch.

Ace then gentle lifted his brother and put the cup to his (Luffy's) mouth and tilted the cup until the drink was all gone and gentle layed Luffy back down and waited.

A minute passed by, when, suddenly, Luffy took in a big breathe of air and he jolted forward and began coughing and choking.

"LUFFY!" everyone exclaimed in joy. Ace gently patted his back until he was breathing normally again. He looked up at Ace in confusion

"A-Ace?"

Ace smiled widely at him before grabbing him and giving him a bone-crushing hug. "I'm so glad you're okay, Luffy!"

Said person was a little startled, but smiled softly and hugged his brother back.

Ace started to get a little nervous as he opened his eyes. He took in a big breathe before pulling away from Luffy, and kissed him.

Everyone but Sabo was surprised by this.

Luffy's eyes immediately widened but he closed them as he started kissing Ace back and allowed Ace to hold him closely.

Sabo chuckled at the site. "It's about damn time, Ace."

Ace pulled away and glared at him. "shut up, Sabo!"

Luffy laughed at them. "shishishishishi you guys are so funny!"

Ace looked back at him, and for some reason, looked nervous again.

Luffy, being able to tell what his brother wanted to say, wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled him down into another kiss, which Ace happily accepted.

*collapses* I'm DONE! *sits back up* well, at least for now. I hope you guys are happy with this chapter, 'cause I spent quite awhile on it.

Ace:*off in his own world*

Sabo:*chuckles* I think you made Ace a very happy person.

Me:*grins* I hope so! AceLu is my favorite pairing in the whole entire world! anyways, you guys. please R&R! until next time! *waves*