Ace groaned lightly, pulling the blankets of his bed over his head. Hiding as the early morning light peered cheerfully in through his window blinds. " Meh…" He grumbled lightly curling into a ball. " Stupid sun…"
" Shhh…" He heard a groggy feminine voice whisper to his left. He glanced sleepily over his shoulder to see a mess of blue hair curled up next to him. " It's to early for you to be talking."
A sleepy grin appeared on his face as he reached over to capture a lock of blue and rub between his thumb and forefinger. " Ai…" He whispered a evil grin spreading across his freckled face.
" Shhh, you're talking again and it's still to early." Ai mumbled, burying her face into the pillow beside Ace. Ace's grin spread wider as he rolled over and pulled the blunette closer to him. " Ace!" Ai squeaked in surprise as Ace buried his against her neck, nipping her pulse teasingly. " What are y-"
" Hush," Ace muttered tracing his finger gently down her spine, one arm wrapped firmly around her waist. " This is your punishment for sneaking into my bed last night."
" I didn't sneak!" Ai whimpered as pleasure flooded throughout her body from his touch. " You made-" Ai was cut off when Ace pressed his lips firmly against hers. She hadn't realized that her hands had found themselves moving upwards, around his neck until she felt the softness of his hair between her fingers.
Ace's grin grew even wider when he heard a soft moan of delight escape from her as he moved from her mouth downwards towards her neck and further south, pinning her quickly underneath him. He was relieved as he felt the silky smoothness of her naked skin underneath his lips. Relieved that she hadn't gotten dressed after their fun the previous night. He had to have to tear them off and risk her becoming mad at him for ruining her clothes.
" Why are you so soft?" Ace asked, cupping her breast gently his hand, wrenching another happy moan from the girl underneath him. He dipped his head down quickly to capture the other in his mouth.
" Ah!" Ai gasped, feeling herself arch against his muscular body, hooking one of her legs eagerly around his waist. " Ace!" Ace swirled his tongue as he trailed his hand slowly to stroke her teasingly between her legs. Her heard a happy gasp of surprise escape her lips.
" Enjoying yourself?" He teased, curling his fingers, enjoying the gasps of pleasure escaping her lips. " I'll take that as a yes."
" Sh-Shut up, jerk!" Ai whimpered, a hint of pink evident in her cheeks, gripping the sheets tightly in her hands.
" Now, now, be nice." Ace chuckled, kissing her neck eagerly, stroking her gently between the legs. " Or I won't do that thing you like so much."
" Ace!" Happiness flooded him everytime he heard his name come from her mouth. " Ace!"
" Ace-chan!"
Ace's eyes shot open only to have the sun blast him straight in the face. " Ace-chan! It's time to get up!" He glanced sleepily to his right to see the happily beaming face of his mother smiling down at him. " It sounded like you were having a nice dream!"
" MOM!" Ace said hurriedly, pulling his blankets up quickly. " WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?"
" You wanted me to make sure you didn't over sleep, remember?" Rouge said still smiling. " You were going to go out with Luffy and Sabo in a few hours and I wanted to make sure you ate breakfast."
" R-Right!" Ace stuttered his face as red as a fire hydrant. " W-Well…I'm awake now! Wide awake! I'll be down stairs in like…ten…twenty…forty minutes…"
" Ace sweetie, are you alright?" Rouge asked leaning forward and placing her hand on his forehead. " You're all red, maybe you should stay home. I'll make you some warm toast!"
" Mom, I'm fine! Please just go! I'll be down later!" Ace whined, his face still bright red, avoiding any form of eye contact with his mother. Rouge stared at him in confusion for a moment before getting up to leave.
" All right, sweetie. Just hurry up before your breakfast gets cold." Rouge said before closing the door to her son's bedroom.
" What was all that about?" Roger asked, a towel drapped over his shoulder, tooth brush hanging out of his mouth.
" I don't know! Last night he asked me to make sure he woke up on time so that he could go with Sabo and Luffy to play basketball."
" Uh-huh…" Roger said, spitting into a tin cup. " So why was he freaking out?"
" I don't know, he seemed like he was having such a nice dream too. Did you know he talks in his sleep?"
" What does he say?"
" He kept mentioning that adorable girl, Ai, and smiled so cutely into his pillow." Rouge said smiling happily. " It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen!"
" Love, I think it's time I tell you about why you should never go into a teenage boys room without knocking."
" Why?" Roger leaned closer and whispered something into his wife's ear. Rouge's face turned the same shade as a cherry tomato.
" ROGER!"
" Yes?"
" GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER! MY BABY DOESN'T THINK LIKE THAT!"
" He's a teenage boy so yes he does."
" I KNOW MY BABY BETTER THEN THAT! HE'D NEVER THINK LIKE THAT!"
" Speaking as a former teenage boy, I think I have better knowledge of what they think of then you do."
" THAT'S CAUSE YOU WERE A DIRTY MINDED BOY! MY BABY IS DIFFERENT!"
" Obviously not." Roger said before noticing his wife hurrying back down the hall and into their son's room.
" ACE, DON'T GROW UP! STAY LITTLE AND INNOCENT FOREVER!"
" MOM, GET OUT OF HERE! I'M TRYING TO TAKE A SHOWER!"
" STAY INNOCENT AND PURE FOREVER, MY SWEET BABY!"
" MOM! I'M NAKED! GET OUT!"
" OH PLEASE! I KNEW WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW WHAT THAT YOU HAD IT!"
" PLEASE! JUST GET OUT!" Roger sighed sadly.
" And here I thought we were going to have a quiet morning…"
" Ai! There you are!" Nami said waving at the blunette.
" We were starting to think that you had gotten lost." Robin said smiling over at her.
" Yeah! We were starting to think that Zoro's bad sense of direction was rubbing off on you!" Nami said.
" Oh Nami, you're so mean to him!" Koala laughed. " I don't think a bad sense of direction is contagious."
" Sorry! My brothers were being special again." Ai said as a sweat drop appeared behind her head. Her statement wasn't false…she had managed to convince Marco not to tell their father about the incident on her first day of school…but he had told her fourteen eldest brothers. Marco, Thatch, Izo, Jozu and eleven others were the commander's of Whitebeard's fifteen divisions. Technically there were sixteen but the second division had been without a commander for several decades now. Since before Ai had been born.
Ever since that day Marco and the others had tortured Ai with new training regiments and making sure she was safe at school. Thatch had suggested a body guard but Ai had managed to kill that theory by saying she'd send him flying into outer space.
" Well, you did come in contact with your dad's rival and two of his most powerful allies, so it's understandable." Nami said.
" I know…and I love that they care so much…" Ai said sighing. " …but they're smothering me…and if they don't stop I'm going to have to kill them…"
" This is true." Robin laughed. " Sometimes caring that much can be a bit much."
" You're lucky, Ai!" Koala said. " I wish I had brothers! It's just my mom and I."
" Well there are days where I'd be happy to lend you some of mine." Ai said. " So where are we going?"
" The mall of course!" Nami said excitedly. " There're so many cool sales going on right now!" Ai
became slightly concerned when she saw money signs appear in the red-heads eyes.
" Nami is the expert when it come to finding all the best sales." Koala said rummaging through her purse. " Ah-hah! I knew it!"
" What?" Ai asked.
" I knew he'd forget where he left his shoes. That man is more forgetful than an old lady with dementia."
" How did he leave them at your house?" Ai asked innocently. " Did he not realize that he didn't have them on when he went home last night?" The other girls stared at Ai with blank looks just before evil grins started to spread across Nami and Koala's faces.
" Aiiiiii." Nami said evilly. " Are you still a…"
" A what?" Ai asked a blush suddenly appearing on her face, instantly becoming uncomfortable with the current conversation.
" You know!" Koala said, her grin growing wider.
" I-I-I don't know what you're talking about!" Ai stutter loudly, the blush on her face growing redder.
" Oh-ho! I think you know what we mean!" Koala said, slinging her arm around Ai's shoulder, pulling her back as Ai tried to inch away from them. " So you're still…so…"
" Innocent!" Nami whispered into Ai's ear causing the blunette's stutter to become worse.
" Come now, it's obvious she is." Robin said calmly. " We know that she has several over-protective brothers and look how her father is. Plus with Hancock as her big sister…"
" This is true!" Koala said, ruffling Ai's hair. " You poor dear, you never had a chance!"
" If you like Ai, I could give you a few books on the subject." Robin said, a calm smile evident on her face.
" WHAT SUBJECT?" Ai squeaked trying to figure out exactly what subject the black haired girl was referring to.
" It's okay really." Koala said. " You just haven't found the right person, but once you do!" She wiggled her finely manicured eyebrows.
" Sooo, what stores are you all wanting to hit today?" Ai said hurriedly, praying that the others would continue with the change of subject. " And why didn't Kalifa come?"
" Because we didn't invite her skankness." Nami said suddenly becoming irritated.
" I don't understand." Ai said.
" Nami and Kalifa don't get along." Koala whispered to Ai. " Neither does Robin."
" I don't know what Ace sees in her!" Nami ranted. " She's a cold evil fish!"
" Evil?"
" You haven't noticed the demonically evil vibe from her?"
" No? I haven't really had much interaction with her." Ai said. " I was hoping to get to know her more today while we shopped."
" Oh, that'd be fine if she actually talked." Koala said. " We've invited her before and all she did was either ignore us or would give rude comments."
" That's not nice."
" Obviously!" Nami grumbled halting in her tracks. A confused look on her face as she cupped a hand to her ear.
" What's wrong, Nami?" Koala asked.
" I thought I heard someone yelling." Nami listening more intently.
" I don't hear anything." Koala said.
" Me either." Ai said walking slightly ahead of them.
" Maybe it was just my imagination…but…" Nami said starting to walk again.
" But?"
" But I thought I heard Luffy." Nami said causing Koala and Robin to pause.
" If you thought you heard Luffy then-" Koala paused, realization dawning on her face.
" Then that must mean-" Robin said, her eyes wide with the same realization as the others.
" Must mean what?" Ai asked, looking behind her to see her companions frozen in their spots.
" Ai! Stop!"
WHAM!
" DAMN IT, LUFFY! GET BACK HERE!" Ace yelled chasing after his little brother. " GIVE ME MY FUCKING HAT BACK!"
" YOU CAN HAVE IT BACK IF YOU CAN CATCH ME!" Luffy called back, darting in and out of people as nimbly as a cat.
" YOU STUPID JACKASS!" Ace yelled. " WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, DAMN IT!"
" DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, ACE!" Luffy yelled, grinning goofily back at his brother.
WHAM!
" AH!" Ace froze at the sound of a girly scream.
" DAMN IT, LUFFY!" Ace paled at the sound of Nami's angry voice. " CAN'T YOU EVER WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!"
" YEAH, LUFFY!" He paled even more at the sound of an angry Koala. " YOU COULD HAVE REALLY HURT SOMEONE!" Ace contemplated whether or not he should continue down the road to see the full front of the damage Luffy caused or whether he should run the other way.
" Wait a minute…" Ace felt a chill run down his spine as he heard the sound of a collective Nico Robin. " …isn't that Ace's hat?"
" ACE! GET OUT HERE NOW! THIS IS YOUR FAULT TOO!" Nami yelled.
'Shit!' Ace thought to himself. Now he had to go. Mentally planning a way to murder his little brother once they were alone he rounded the corner to take in the scene before him. He looked around nervously for a sign of Luffy before he felt an evil demonic presence to his left. He glanced over to see an ominous dark aura coming from Nami, Koala and Robin.
" You idiots have a lot of explaining to do." Nami growled
" Ouch…" Ace looked down at the sound of a soft girly voice and saw Luffy laying at his feet. He felt heat rise up in his cheeks when he saw who was underneath Luffy…and with the position she was in, Ace was once again able to see right up her skirt. This time she was wearing pink panties that had a blue anime cat with wings wearing a backpack printed on them.
" You know, Ai!" Luffy said rubbing his head gently. " You make a really good pillow!"
" Shut up, Luffy!" Nami said kicking him off of the small girl.
" Geez, Ace!" Koala said angrily. " You could at least help her up! Since you're the reason she fell over!"
" How is it my fault!"
" It's obvious that you were chasing Luffy, which caused him to not pay attention and collide with poor little Ai!"
" Wow, how is it that no matter where I am in the city I can always find you guys!" Ace looked behind him to see Sabo walking towards them. " What did you guys do this t-" Sabo froze as his eye's landed on Ai just before Koala helped her to her feet. Ace saw a blush appear on his brother's face. He made a new mental note to kill Sabo after he was done with Luffy.
" Are you okay, Ai?" Sabo coughed, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone at the moment…especially with his girlfriend there, who was helping Ai smooth out the wrinkles in her skirt.
" Y-Yeah…" Ai muttered as Koala inspected her for any scrapes or cuts. " Just had the wind knocked out of me a little." She bent over and picked up an orange pinched front hat with red beads around the brim, pinned to the front were two smiley faces; one grinning and one frowning. Dangling from the bottom of it was string loop that had an orange buckle with a demon's skull carved into it.
" Hey Ai!" Luffy said hurriedly. " That's my h-"
SMACK!
" That's my hat." Ace said slapping Luffy upside the head. Ai went to hand it to him when Ace noticed her left hand was scraped up. Guilty flooded him suddenly. He didn't know why, people fell all the time, why should he feel guilty just because she did. It was probably because he was the reason why. His and his stupid brother's fault.
" Don't you want your hat, Ace?" Ai asked, snapping him out of his daze. Mumbling a quick thanks he put it on and began to reach for something in his backpack.
" Ai! Your hand is scrapped up!" Nami said hurriedly, glaring at Luffy who started to inch away.
" Oh, guess it is." Ai said looking down at her hand. " When we get inside I'll clean it off and buy some bandaids."
" Luffy, you idiot! This is you're fault!" Nami scolded. " How many times have I told you to watch where you're going?"
" I'm sorry, Ai!"
" Guys, it's fine! Really!" Ai said hurriedly. Before she could continue she felt a warm hand take her's. She looked over to see Ace holding her hand and rinsing the dirty and grime off of the scrape.
" Ace?"
" This was like ten percent my fault, ninety percent Luffy's." Ace grumbled quietly before taking a small clothe out of his backpack along with some bandaids and Neosporin.
" Why are you carrying all this stuff with you?" Ai asked.
" With someone like Luffy as your brother you learn to carry bandages around with you in case of emergencies…" Ace said quietly as he placed a bandaid on her hand. " …always good to be prepared." He glanced up to see a pink tint to her cheeks, noticing how cute it looked on her. " What?" He snapped quickly.
" What?"
" What the hell's that look for?"
" What look?"
" That stupid one on your face!"
" THE ONLY STUPID FACE I SEE HERE IS YOUR'S!"
" MY FACE ISN'T STUPID! SHUT UP, YOU STUPID DWARF!"
" Did you see that?" Nami asked, glancing over at Robin and Koala.
" I did!" Koala said, excitement evident in her voice.
" It's so obvious, isn't it." Robin said in agreement, a plotting look appearing on her face.
" What's obvious?" Sabo asked in confusion, looking between his girlfriend and her friends.
" Nothing sweetie!" Koala said kissing his cheek just as Ai slapped Ace across the face.
" STUPID FRECKLED FACE JACKASS!"