Ace strode down the aisle. He burned the chairs, sending the guests running.

"Oi, oi. Having a wedding and not inviting the big brother?" He growled. Ryuu nodded at Zyuu and he went to take Luffy away when a wall of fire appeared in front of him. "Don't. Touch. Her." Ace spit out each menacing word. Ace walked and grabbed a dropped sword, unchaining Luffy. Luffy threw her arms around her brother.

"Ace! Ace!" She cheered.

"Hey, Luffy." He picked up his sister. "You know, I knew you'd get married at some point. Just not like this." He chuckled.

"I said no, but I guess that means yes here." Luffy rolled her eyes. Ace smiled.

"Let's get outta here," he said.

"What about Zoro? Sanji and Cheshire, too!" Luffy said. Ace scowled. "Don't be like that, Ace! We have to save them!" She tugged on his hat. Ace nodded.

"Let's go." Luffy swung herself down, ripping the bottom of her wedding dress so she could move more freely.

"Yeah!" She ran along with her brother.

Sanji and Zoro ran up the stairs of the dungeon with Cheshire.

"Sorry, I'm still a bit weak. I couldn't get farther than this." The cat boy sighed. Zoro and Sanji nodded.

"It's fine. You tried," Sanji said. Zoro shushed them.

"Someone's coming," Zoro muttered. Cheshire disappeared. A voice spoke.

"Oi, did you hear that?" it hissed. Zoro listened. The voice sounded familiar, but from where, Zoro wasn't sure. Sanji was thinking the same - he knew the voice, just couldn't place the face.

"Maybe it's the guards," another voice answered. Cheshire's ears perked up.

"Luff?" he called. Zoro walked faster up the stairs. He turned a corner and saw Ace and Luffy standing on the steps, Ace in his usual clothes and Luffy in a ripped up wedding dress. The girl smiled.

"Zoro!" She hug-tackled her first mate. Zoro stiffened when he felt Ace send him a glare. Sanji came up next and Luffy jumped to him as well. "Sanji!" She smiled when she pulled away Sanji looked at Luffy in her white dress and veil that was flipped over her head.

"An angel?" Sanji drooled over Luffy. Luffy laughed.

"Sanji's so weird." She spun to face an empty area. Luffy wrapped her arms around what looked like air.

"Oi, oi," Ace said. "What on earth are you doing, Luffy?" Ace asked.

"Chess! You don't have to hide!" She shook the air. Ace watched as a boy that resembled a cat slowly materialized in Luffy's arms.

"Glad you're safe," Cheshire said, slipping out of Luffy's hold. The purple-haired boy glanced to Ace, who was glaring at him. Cheshire shrugged it off. "Anyway," he started, "let's get going."

Later, the five were running through the Palace.

"I need my hat!" Luffy had exclaimed.

"And my swords," Zoro had agreed. Now they were running through, passing door after door. Luffy looked around. A thought came to her so she looked at her brother.

"Oi! Ace-onii-chan!" she said.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"How'd you get here?" she asked. Ace started his story.

"Well, I was sailing along, when I saw your jolly roger."

Ace's Flashback

Ace leaned back in his one-person boat. He winced when his sensitive spot stung as he hit the side of the small ship. The gash in his stomach was from when his sister saved him from execution. He was better and could fight as long as he was careful of that spot for the next month or so. He sighed, sitting forward and staring out at the sea. He squinted. Anchored near what seemed to be a whirlpool was a pirate ship. He grabbed his telescope to view the ship. He smiled.

"Ah!" His eyes fell on the skull wearing a straw hat. He jumped up. "Oi!" He waved his hands and started his boat. "Oi Luffy!" he yelled.

He looked up at the ship. It was different than the last time he saw it. It was bigger with a large "0" on the side. The heading was different too, as was the crow's nest. He looked around.

"Oi! Luffy! It's me!" He yelled up. He waited and heard a noise, so he focused his attention on the rim of the ship, holding out his arms at the rushed steps, bracing himself for his sisters tackle-hug. But instead, his eyes met with eye holes. Ace looked up at the skeleton that was staring down at him. It had a big bushy afro and a hat. "U-Um." Ace felt sweat roll down his forehead. The skeleton continued to stare.

"May I ask who's calling for my captain?" the skeleton inquired. Ace stared up at it.

"Did you just - I mean, um." Ace stuttered, looking around, surely it wasn't that skeleton talking to him.

"Who are you?" Ace was staring at the skeleton now. He had definitely spoken. Ace was sure. There was a long moment of silence.

"WHAT THE HELL!?" Ace fell back into the water.

Later, Ace was on a the ship now, in the kitchen, wrapped in a towel. He grinned at Usopp.

"Thanks," he said.

"No problem," Usopp said, setting down a cup of coffee. Ace looked around.

"Where's that cook?" he asked.

"Sanji?" Usopp sighed, looking out the window. "He hasn't come back yet," he said. Ace nodded in confusion. Then he got up.

"I'm gonna look around." He waved toward Usopp, leaving the kitchen. He stopped when he saw that little reindeer. Chopper, was it?

"Yo." He waved. The little brown ball of fur turned around and smiled.

"Oh! Luffy's brother!" he said. "We saw you drowning!" he said.

"Oh, yes! Terribly sorry!" Ace turned and saw the skeleton he learned was named Brook.

"Uh, no worries. I was just surprised, that's all," he said.

"I was surprised when I saw that you fell, though I have no eyes. Yohohoho!" Brook laughed. Ace chuckled and continued on his way.

He was down below the ship now.

"Oi! Luffy!" he called. He opened the door to see a large man in a shirt and something that resembled a bathing suit. The man turned around, Ace could now see his face more clearly.

"Yo! You must be Luffy-aneki's brother!" He waved. "I'm Franky." The man continued to work.

"Who?"

"Luffy-aneki's shipwright," Franky explained. Ace's eye twitched.

"And you have no pants on because...?"

"Because he's a pervert." Nami had come down the stairs, handing a glass to Franky who had broke out laughing. Ace shook his head. What a strange crew his sister had. And his sister was no where to be found, too.

Ace scowled. Unfortunately, there were only two people who would know where Luffy was. That perverted cook, and the troublesome swordsman. Sanji and Zoro. Sanji was no where to be found and Ace was making his way to where he assumed the first mate would be - keeping watch. He pushed up into the crow's nest. It was impressive and there was training gear everywhere. Giant weights and wooden swords.

"Hey! Zoro!" Ace yelled, no one. He growled. Something was wrong. He slid back down the ladder, walking quickly to the captains quarters. He opened the door. Luffy wasn't there. The room was empty, the bed was made and hadn't been slept in. There was no mess of papers and wanted posters on the desk, no empty plates and cups anywhere. Where was Luffy? Ace ran up the stairs and into the navigating and steering room where everyone was gathered.

"Luffy?" he called. The crew looked back at him, their expressions saddened.

"Ace-san, you might want to sit down," Robin said, pulling out a book.

Ace listened intently. He sat back, letting it sink in. Luffy was kidnapped, Zoro and Sanji went after her to save her before she was forced into marriage. That last word. Marriage. He shot up.

"WHAT!?" he yelled, they all flinched at his flaming anger.

"That's right. Luffy's in danger!" Nami said, getting an idea that might speed this along. "I doubt those Kings will let her go. Zoro and Sanji might not be strong enough." Nami sighed. Usopp got the idea.

"Y-yeah! You should've heard that guy, sweet talking Luffy like that." Usopp shook his head. Chopper was the only one who didn't get it. Robin smiled knowingly and Franky was confused, as was Brook.

"What? Why are you all making light of this!? Luffy's being forced to marry someone she doesn't like!" Chopper said. Ace was fuming. His sister. HIS baby sister. HIS LUFFY. Ace stomped out the door, making burn marks on the grass on the deck.

"WHERE!" he demanded.

"Right this way." Robin pointed at the whirl pool. Ace tipped his hat over his eyes. He knew something was wrong. He knew it from when he saw Luffy's ship sitting motionless in the water. He knew it from the lack of noise. He knew it from the lack of greeting. He didn't think it would be this.

Ace dove into the whirlpool and the crew watched as he was pulled down. Ace looked around the hole he was falling down. He scowled, looking at the many pictures of his sister that lined the walls. He set fire to the hall he walked through, burned the doors down, lit the forest ablaze, and stood at the garden gates.

"Time to kick ass," he growled, pushing the gates open.

Ace's Flashback End

Luffy nodded. Cheshire looked around, he shushed them.

"This way." He waved his hand to a door in the stairwell. He pushed it open and glanced out. The guards were rushing around. They seemed stronger than the other guards. Two were standing, swords crossed in front of a door. Cheshire looked back and pointed. "There, that's were Luff's hat and Zoro's swords should be," he said.

"Good! Let's go!" Luffy ran to the door, only to be stopped by Ace.

"Not yet, Luffy... all those guards, they'd catch you in no time," he said. Cheshire nodded.

"That's true." He let the door slip shut. "Alright, everyone grab ahold of me. I don't have much power still so I can't get us far. One of us will have to distract them." Cheshire scowled at the idea.

"I'll go," Ace said.

"No!" Luffy hugged her brother. "We can make it!" she reassured everyone. Ace shook his head.

"Luffy. You saved me once, let me save you." He smiled. He pried Luffy off of him, looked back at Zoro and Sanji. "Take care of her," he said. Then he pushed the door open and the hallway was engulfed in flames as Ace fought the stronger guards.

Luffy was pulled with Sanji, Zoro and Cheshire as the invisible team made their way to the closed room. The four reappeared when Cheshire's power drained again. They opened the door and rushed inside, going unnoticed thanks to Ace.

"Ace..." Luffy sighed. She felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Let's keep moving," Zoro suggested. Luffy nodded glumly.

"Yeah." She looked at the big double doors. The four looked at each other. "My hat!" Luffy pushed the doors open. The four rushed in. Zoro saw Luffy's hat on an illuminated panel and Zoro's swords were in a case against the wall. Sanji flicked a switch. The lights came on. Luffy looked around the large room. The floor was the color of the sea, the walls had trees painted all over and the bed was large and luxurious. There was an empty vase and a picture of Luffy on a desk. Luffy ignored it. "My hat!" she exclaimed again, rushing to the panel. She grabbed the hat and smiled.

"Alright, let's go," Zoro said after breaking the case and retrieving his swords.

Luffy turned and the lights went off again.

"Sanji? Why'd you turn them off?" Luffy asked.

"He didn't." Cheshire hissed at a uninviting smell that drifted through. "Luff! Get to Zoro!" he yelled. Luffy turned to her friend and rushed over.

"What's going on?" Zoro asked.

"Cover your eyes!" Cheshire called.

"What?" Sanji closed his eyes. As did Zoro and Cheshire. Luffy, confused, watched as the room was filled with a blinding light. She staggered and fell back onto the fluffy bed.

"Wh - I can't... Every... one?" She felt her consciousness escape her. She fell limp on the bed, muttering in her sleep.

The boys opened there eyes when the lights came back on, only to see Luffy laying on the bed and Ryuu and Zyuu seated next to her.

"Glad we thought ahead." Ryuu chuckled as the minister continued reading.

"You may now kiss the bride," he said.

"WAIT!" the three yelled, rushing forward, only to hit something hard and solid.

"What?" Zoro hit the glass. It was a screen. He reached for his swords, again, not there. He saw them strapped to Zyuu's belt.

"Damn it all!" Cheshire shouted as Ryuu and Zyuu kissed their Queen.