Hello again!

So many of you have been waiting for this.

And now here we are. Whitebeard's Sons meet the Mugiware Crew!

Disclaimer: I don't own them.. Still.

Enjoy!


A few weeks after Ace's return and the incident with Maelstrom Spider Squardo, the crew stopped by at a small island. On board, things were back to normal. Though Ace didn't get back his second division, as the position was long occupied by someone else the raven haired boy had easily accepted being a normal crewmember again. He was just happy to be back home.

The island they had arrived on was small, but famous for its excellent medical system. The extent to which the people had explored the herbs on their homeland was incredible. The ship doctor wanted to stay on the island for at least a week. He needed time to buy herbs and had to visit the local medical library.

Whitebeard's Sons were planning to fill their supplies on the island. And besides, everyone was really looking forward to have some fun. Islands in the New World were not always comfortable places to be on. Some were actually rather hostile.

Marco was just glad that he would get a chance to bring a little more distance between him and Ace. Their continuous close proximity had wound the captain up. And the raven haired pirate had spent the majority of his time with Marco. Not. Helping!

The captain was in the desperate need of distraction. And given the circumstances, he wouldn't be too picky.

No one expected to meet someone familiar on the island. So when Ace spotted the Thousand Sunny in one of the bays, there was nothing that could hold him back. It could have been a trap but Ace didn't care. He just wanted to see his baby brother – now!

Luffy didn't hesitate a second either. Neither expecting a trick of the marine, nor an enemy pirate attack the rubber boy flung himself at his brother, wrapping his arms several times around the other man. His broad grin and the tears in his eyes were mirrored on Ace's face. The two were no blood relatives, but they still looked incredibly similar. Marco blamed it on the D-gene.

In the end, it took the combined forces of Nami, Sanji and Zorro to free the firefist. Luffy's arms got tangled up and wouldn't let Ace escape. Ace was complaining about being back amongst the living only to get imprisoned by his brother for the next few hours.

Marco stood on deck of the Black Moby Dick and watched the rather touching moment. A small smile played on his features. He ignored the stab of jealousy he felt at the sight. They were brothers, for god's sake!

"How is this possible?" Luffy wanted to know after he had released Ace from his crushing embrace. Marco's crew had some when just accepted that there was currently no explanation to Ace's mystical reanimation. Sure, they had tried to find something. But even after more than a month of lazy research, they still had no clue.

The first day on the island was like one big party. Marco's commanders sat together with the Strawhat pirates, exchanging news. Apparently, Luffy was on the mission of finding a new crewmember. But after the icy look from Marco, he had stopped trying to get one of the commanders to join his crew.

At some point, they all went to town, leaving the two brothers to stay behind. Ace and Luffy sat at the fire, shoulder against shoulder. "I'm disappointed, Ace." The rubber pouted and looked up at his older brother. Ace laughed. "Why? Because I was looking for Marco and the others first?"

His little baby brother nodded, but then his face changed and a broad grin spread across his features. "I wonder if Sabo will come back one day, too." Ace looked at Luffy, completely flabbergasted.

His stupid, naïve little brother was right! If he could come back from the dead, then maybe Sabo could too. And maybe even Thatch…


I sooo hope you liked this one.

'Cause you folk will hate me for the next XDDD

Yes it's already written. Upload tomorrow night!