A Very Good Reason to Worry
It had been a few days since the two division commanders left the Moby Dick in search of Ace's wayward little sister.
It had been relatively quiet, when Ace suddenly stiffened. Whatever had caused the man's sudden discomfort was escaping the phoenix, there was nothing around them to cause such a reaction.
"What's wrong, yoi?" Marco asked.
"I don't know! But I can't shake the feeling that something happened to Luffy." Ace said.
A sudden thought dawned on Marco that he really didn't know much about girl, except for her age and some of her personality.
"You know, you never told us all that much about your sister, other than her age, name, personality and behavior. So, I gotta ask, what's she like, yoi?"
He watched as Ace's expression turned to one of brotherly affection and care.
"Luffia's a really sweet girl, though if she ever hears you say that, she'd hit you upside the head as hard as she could, and then prank you afterwards. She prefers to be called Luffy. She's eaten the gum gum fruit." Then his look darkened.
Marco noticed and waited silently.
"Of course her powers are gonna get her killed or enslaved one day."
Marco's eyes widened. Enslaved!
"It's why my brother's and I are not particularly fond of her being off the island. She was safe there, but out here, if anyone finds out what she is, there will be hell to pay."
"Wait you said 'what she is' what'd you mean by that?"
Ace realized that the man's enthusiasm on the topic was due to the fact that he never told anyone, including Oyaji, about what his sister was. It was most likely because of the lingering fear on what would happen if anyone were to find out. He sighed.
"I mean that my sister isn't really human. She's half dragon."
Marco nearly choked, his eyes widened. A-a dragon! His sister is a dragon!
But Ace wasn't done.
"Because of what she is, she can still swim, even though she's eaten a devil fruit."
Marco had a very dark look on his face now, he didn't need any more information. Now he just wanted to make sure that Ace's little sister didn't end up in the slavers market or dead anytime soon.
If the World Government discovers that she's an Ancient…
He didn't finish the thought, instead he pulled out a den den mushi. He knew that they could not continue the search without telling Oyaji. He needed to know just how bad the situation with Ace's runaway sister was. Ace realized what his friend was doing, but did not stop him from making the call.
"Hey Marco, how's-"
"Vista, I need to talk to Oyaji now."
"Sure thing."
A few minutes later the two heard their father's deep voice on the other end.
"What is it Marco?'
"It's about Ace's sister, yoi."
"What about her? Judging from your tone, you just found out something about the brat from Ace, and it isn't good."
"Yeah. Oyaji… Ace's sister… She's in a lot of danger right now…"
"What do you mean boy?"
"Oyaji, she an Ancient." There was dead silence. "Ace told me that she's half dragon. And despite eating a devil fruit she can still swim. Oyaji, if she gets caught by the wrong people, and they figure out what she is… I don't want to think about it…"
There was now dead silence. Suddenly, there was a loud bang as they heard Whitebeard yelling orders to his 13 commanders to go looking for Ace's sister. Oyaji spoke one last time two before he ordered them to hurry up and find her.
"Ace, Marco! I've got the others searching for the brat! Don't worry, we'll find her!"
With that their father hung up.
"Don't worry Ace…" Marco said as he turned to his friend, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "We'll find her…"
Ace gave Marco a grateful smile.
Authors Note:
Finished the chapter.
