here's another chapter! will be the last one for a little bit till i get the laptop situation worked out most likely. so i hope you like it!
ASL & Whitebeards: Kerennie doesn't own one piece or it's characters. only this storyline and OCs, some characters may appear OOCs. we hope you enjoy yourself!
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Chapter 8Ace and Sabo froze as they looked around them and saw all of the Whitebeard Pirates just looking at them- a few of them had tears in their eyes while others were crying then denied that they were crying like Ace had.
"Um…" Ace said looking at Sabo- how were they going to explain this?
"You're on our pirate ship-yoi," Marco told Luffy as he walked up to them, "The Moby Ship. And we're the Whitebeard Pirates brat. Nice to meet you."
"Hi! I'm Luffy!" Luffy smiled at Marco, "Your pirates? Cool! Shanks wouldn't let me on his ship much… Hey? Why are we on your ship?"
Marco watched as Ace and Sabo looked at each other, it seems that they don't know how to explain the situation to their brother. Not like they or Ace had explained it to Sabo yet either… um… what they are going to do…?
"Because it's time to eat!" Haruta smiled, "You hungry?"
"Yes!" Luffy cheered letting go of Ace, "FOOD!"
Ace laughed at Luffy's attitude change so quickly while Sabo just sighed and shook his head, the best way to Luffy's heart or head? His stomach.
"Can we Ace? Please!" Luffy begged his older brother, "I'm starving!"
Ace looked over to Sabo who was now snickering. Dam blonde.
"Well, we were eating before we heard you calling us…" Ace said putting his hand behind his head, "So I guess it's okay…"
"Lead way Mr It's Time to Eat!" Luffy cheered to Haruta as he dragged Ace and Sabo with him. Neither of the two older brothers protested or complained, they just went with it. This is Luffy after all, it was easier to just go with him then fight against him.
"Mr It's Time to Eat?" Marco snickered to himself, well, that was one way of not learning someone's name. Give them a nickname that you think you can remember.
"My name's Haruta actually," Haruta smiled to Luffy.
"How-a-to-a?" Luffy said slowly, "That's hard… I'm just going to call you Mr It's time to Eat! It's easier to remember!"
Ace cracked up laughing as Sabo was trying his hardest to not laugh as Marco was trying his hardest to not snicker behind all of the boys. How was that easier to remember?
"But that's not my name!" Haruta whined.
"Luffy," Sabo smiled to his little brother, "It's not nice to call people names."
"But How-a-to-a is hard!" Luffy whimpered.
"How about Haru then?" Ace smiled to Luffy.
"How-roo?" Luffy repeated.
"No, Haru, it's a not an o," Ace told Luffy then slowly said it to Luffy, "Haru."
"Haru," the youngest repeated getting it right.
"Right!" the oldest smiled.
"But that's not my name!" the brunette whined.
"The closet you'll get it sorry," the youngest blonde told the brunette, "Lu's not very good with names or sometimes with word in generals. It's a miracle he remembers ours sometimes."
"Maybe we should take you boys to Pops first quickly…" Marco suggested, "He was worried about how the little one was going."
That didn't seem to be going over well with Luffy. He was hungry and wanted food now! Luffy looked at Marco with deadliest puppy dog eyes that the older blonde had ever seen and the little one's was bottom lip sticking out in a deadly cute pout- completely the deadly cute look. Oh god, Marco can already tell that this cute little boy is going to get away with a lot if he uses that face expression. The boy was just too dam cute…
"FOOD!" Luffy pouted and begged.
"Okay, okay," Marco told Luffy caving right away from the look, "We'll eat then talk. Okay?"
"FOOD!" the little raven cheered and smiled.
"How does he smile so widely?" Haruta asked Ace and Sabo.
The two ten year olds just shrugged their shoulders and answered, "We have no idea." It was a good question though and one that neither ten year had an answer too since they had no idea how Luffy does it. he was able to do it before his devil fruit, so they had no idea, otherwise they would just blame the devil fruit.
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If people thought that Ace and Sabo ate a lot they had seen nothing. Luffy ate nearly as much as they did in the half time. Ace just laughed at everyone's face expressions as they watched eating his food and ate whoever's food he stole. It had surprised everyone that the two ten years old ate more than them but it seems their little brother, who was only seven, could ate even more than that.
Thatch liked it though. Sometimes it was hard to judge how food to cook with over a thousand sibling and sometimes food would go to waste which Thatch hated but Luffy, the never ending black hole on legs, was eating whatever no-one wanted or did want but were too slow to eat. Well, it looks like they won't be wasting food ever again if the three boys if the boys normally eat this much, especially the littlest one. In fact, the fourth division was going to have their work cut for them.
And it might also mean that they are going to have to stop to restock on food more often if the kids normally eat this much too. Oh well, Curiel, Thatch and Marco will just have to work on a new budget for the kitchen is all.
Everyone also just realised something else. When the little one had been brought here, he was in bloody and wrecked clothes and now he was kind, um, not in any kind of clothes at all… how did they miss the fact that the kid was butt naked (expect for bandages) till now!?
"Sabo…" Ace said to his blonde brother.
"Yes Ace?" Sabo replied.
"Luffy's not wearing any clothes…" Ace commented and pointed.
"It seems so," the blonde lightly chuckled.
The two ten years old looked at each for a moment as their own words seemed to sink in to not only themselves but to each other. Luffy was not wearing any clothes… he was butt naked… for the whole world and pirates to see…
What!?
"YOU IDIOT!" Ace shouted as he hit Luffy in the head.
"Ow!" Luffy whined as he held his head.
"Why aren't you wearing any clothes!?" Ace yelled at Luffy.
"I'm not?" Luffy replied titling his head ways confused, "I could have sworn I went to sleep in my clothes…" Luffy looked down at himself then laughed, "I didn't know I was naked! Guess I didn't go to sleep in my clothes then!"
Sabo sighed as he shook his head. Of course Luffy didn't even notice or know that he was butt naked. Of course. Who else wouldn't notice or know that they were butt naked? Only Luffy wouldn't notice then Luffy laugh it off like it was nothing.
Luffy looked at Ace as he noticed something around Ace's neck and back that wasn't normally there. Luffy then felt at his neck, back and head. A little confused then it hit him. Luffy didn't have Shanks' straw-hat! Ace did!
"My hat!" Luffy shouted, "Ace? Why do you have my hat?"
The two ten years just stared at their seven year little brother. Does Luffy not remember what happened or was he just playing dumb?
"What's the last thing you remember Lu?" the blonde brother asked.
The little raven thought about it for a few moments before he answered, "Your dad was hurting Ace and you left with him to make him stop. Then Bluejam took me and told Ace to give him our treasure or Ace would see me again. And then Bluejam took my hat and throw it to Ace and… oh…" as if realisation had hit him, "Thanks for looking after my hat Ace! You're the best!"
Ace clearly had a blush over his face as he looked away from little brother and crossed his arms a little. Like he didn't want or like the praise- but all of the Whitebeard Pirates could tell that the boy did clearly want and like it.
"Whatever," Ace muttered as he took the hat off himself and put in on Luffy, "Doesn't suit me anyway."
Luffy giggled then gave Ace a quick kiss on the check which just made the older raven somehow go redder as he put his hand up to his check as the blonde was snickering in the background at the older raven's reaction was one of pure shock at Luffy's action.
"What did you do that for!?" Ace shouted clearing shock at the action.
"It was your thank you for looking my hat!" Luffy smiled and answered innocently- titling his head to the side a little confused, "We also give Makino thank youse like that after she brings us clothes and stuff… was it wrong?"
"No Lu," Sabo said composing himself again even though Ace was glaring at him- since Sabo was clearly amused by Ace's reactions "It's fine."
Ace was going to Sabo back and he already knew how too. If Sabo thought it was amusing seeing him get a kiss from Luffy then Ace thinks it will be amusing to see his blonde brother to get a kiss from Luffy
"Lu, give one to Sabo," Ace told him, "He helped me look after your hat as well."
Which was also kind of true. The ten years old did both look after Luffy's straw-hat together. Sabo just stared at his brother. What!?
"Really?!" the seven year old smiled then gave Sabo a 'thank you' kiss on the check too before he could protest or say anything. The blonde went just as red in face like Ace had, just it was a little more noticable since the blonde was a little paler compared to his two raven hair brothers.
Izo come over with a red shirt that was clearing going to be too big and would be like a dress on the little seven year old.
"Sorry little one," Izo smiled to Luffy as he put the shirt over him then used a sash as belt to tie it around the little boy, "We don't have anything smaller. But it will do for now till we can you some new clothes."
Luffy just smiled then gave Izo a kiss on the check- which surprised said commander a little as well as the others in the room and even his own brothers.
"Thank you!" Luffy smiled, "Shishishi. It will do till we get home!"
Oh, that's right. No-one had told Luffy that he and his brothers won't be going home, well, that their new home is now the Moby Dick.
Ace grabbed Luffy and pulled him over to himself. Jealously was clearly written over his and the blonde's face from said little brother giving the cross-dresser a kiss on the check. Were they seriously jealous that Luffy had given Izo a thank you kiss?
"Lu," Ace said in a stern voice, "you're not allow to do that to people who aren't Makino, Sabo or me, got it?"
"That's right!" Sabo agreed as he nodded his head.
Clearly they were.
"Why…?" Luffy asked confused.
"Just cause!" Ace told Luffy as he blushed.
"It's a mystery reason Lu," Sabo smiled to his little brother who seemed to understand it now, though no-one else did. Mystery reason? Really? Were the two older brothers not sure or aware of their feelings for their little brother?
"Oh! Okay! Kisses only for Makino and Ace and Sabo then!" the little one concluded, "Because of mystery reasons! I like mysteries! Shishishi!"
"Good Lu," the two ten years nodded as they hugged him.
"Ace and Sabo are so weird," Luffy giggled lightly as they hugged him.
The three of them are so cute!
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Luffy looked up at the giant ossan called Pops (aka Whitebeard). The old man was HUGE! Even better than Grandpa! And he looked even older than grandpa too! He was big, bald, had a white banana shaped moustache on his face, kind of nice brown eyes, kind like chocolate colour (yummy… chocolate! Luffy wanted chocolate now…) and he was shirtless only wearing a coat, with a pirate hat, black boots, a black sash and creamy/white coloured pants.
"Wow!" Luffy grinned running up to Whitebeard not being scared of him at all, "your huge ossan! Are you a giant!?"
Ace and Sabo ran over Luffy pulling him back to them. They swear their little brother has no common sense sometimes! Who runs up to a huge stranger, or stranger in general, and talk to them like they have known each other a long time?!
"Not quite a giant but close enough little brat," Whitebeard chuckled, "Guarara. I like you, you cheeky little brat. You must be Luffy."
Luffy nodded his head as his grinned even larger than before. "I am! How did you know?" Luffy asked titling his side ways. Luffy doesn't remember telling the huge ossan his name, how did he know?
"Luffy!" Ace went and his little brother who he looked up at him and wasn't sure why he's big brother seemed to be a little mad, "Don't run off with me or Sabo, okay?"
"Right Lu," the blonde nodded, "We don't want lose you! Not again!"
"Sorry…" Luffy frowned then grabbed his brother's hands as he grin the biggest grin that the Whitebeard Pirates had seen the boy make, "Yosh! I'll stay with Ace and Sabo then!"
"Ohmygod!" Thatch squeaked a little without meaning, "I love them! They're so cute! We're keeping them right?"
Keeping them…?
"What…?" Luffy asked titling his head sideways- he was really confused.
"I'm Whitebeard," Whitebeard smiled to the boys, but mostly to the young raven and the blonde, "And you will be coming with us."
Luffy looked really confused.
"We can't do that," Luffy said looking really confused, "Shanks said it was danger for kids to be a pirate ship and that the sea was too dangerous for kid like us. so we have to wait till we're bigger! And what about Dadan and the bandits and Makino? They'll miss us!"
Ace sighed as knocked Luffy's hat off his hand and hand his fingers through the younger raven's black locks.
"Look Lu," Ace sighed, "It's hard to explain but we're staying with the Whitebeard Pirates for a little bit, okay?"
"Why…?" Luffy asked Ace.
"Yes Ace," Sabo said crossing his arms and looking at the older boy, "Why? Explain. All I was told that was that the Whitebeards were taking you."
Luffy looked worried and really confused as he looked up at Ace who looked away from his brothers. What!?
Before Ace even said anything, or before Marco or Whitebeard could explain or say anything Luffy started shouting and freaking out.
"NO!" Luffy shouted scaring everyone for a moment because they have never heard such a loud sound come such a little creature or person before, clearing the boy was scared and freaking out, "NO! NO TAKE ACE! I DON'T WANT ACE TO LEAVE! I NEVER WANTED SABO TO LEAVE! I DON'T MY BROTHERS TO GO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" Luffy started crying again as he hugged his two older brothers. "NO! I DON'T WANT TO SEPERATED AGAIN!" Luffy screamed as he hugged his older brothers, really tightly, "DON'T LEAVE ME BY MYSELF! BEING ALONE HURTS MORE THAN HURT! DON'T LEAVE ME! NOT AGAIN! NEVER AGAIN! DON'T WAN TO BE ALONE!"
Ace was clearly worried and unsure what to do as he patted his little on the back as he looked at his blonde brother. What do they do? Luffy has never freaked out like this before. What do they do?
Marco bend down in front of the three boys before neither of the older two knew what was going on. Luffy has never freaked out like this before.
"Luffy?" Marco softly said.
"GO AWAY!" Luffy screamed as he cried and hugged his brothers.
"Luffy, listen to me-yoi," Marco said in a sterner voice but said little raven shook his head and kept his eyes closed as he hang onto his older brothers like his life depended on it, "Luffy. We're not going to separate you. Please, listen to me-yoi."
"Lu," Sabo smiled softly as he rubbed his little brother's back, "Did you hear that?"
The little raven shook his head for no, but both blondes knew that he had heard them he just wasn't listening very well because he was scared.
"Ace," Sabo said in a warning voice. This was Ace's fault so he can fix it! Ace sighed, this was his fault and he knew it. They needed to calm down Luffy and get him to listen to reason why they're staying with the Whitebeard Pirates and why they're here.
"Lu? Look at me." Ace told his little brother who just shook his head, "Luffy. Look at me. Right now."
The little raven hair boy opened his eyes and looked at the older raven hair boy who was running his fingers through his hair still.
"They're not going to separate us, alright?" Ace told Luffy, "So calm down and listen. Okay? We're fine. Sabo and I aren't going anywhere, okay? We're safe. Okay? Ace and Sabo and Luffy are safe. No-one's taking me anywhere without you and Sabo, okay? We're never going to leave you alone, okay? Never ever again. I swear Lu, we're not ever going to leave you."
"Right Lu," Sabo smiled, "Ace and I are never going to leave you alone. And Ace isn't going anywhere without us!"
Luffy looked at the older blonde hair man who Ace had called Marco early. They were really not going to separate them? But then why... why did Sabo say that they were going to take Ace away...?
"But Sabo said that they said they were going to take Ace away…" Luffy said sounding really scared.
"We can explain that little one-yoi," Marco told Luffy as sweetly and gentlely as he could, "We had planned on just taking Ace, yes. But when he said that he had two brothers and he wasn't leaving them behind, well. We decided we were going to take you two too. Okay? We're not separating you. We've keep you three together, okay-yoi?"
Luffy looked to have peeped up a little as he stopped crying and stared into Marco's eyes. It was a little uncomfortable since it looked like the kid was trying to stare into Marco's soul and work out if he was telling the truth or not.
"So no separating us?" the little one asked, "No taking Ace away from us? We stay together?"
"No separating you boys-yoi," the older man nodded, "No taking Ace away from you-yoi. That's right. In fact, we wouldn't let anyone separate you again, okay-yoi? You stay together-yoi."
The little one looked up at his two big brothers who nodded their heads and gave him small smiles that told him that everything was okay.
"Okay then!" Luffy smiled as he hugged Ace and Sabo more.
Whitebeard smiled happy to see that Marco was able to get through to the little one with some help from his older brothers.
"So you'll listen now?" Marco asked Luffy, "Yes-yoi?"
"Ah-ha!" Luffy nodded as he giggled as Sabo through his hands through Luffy's hair like Ace, "That tickles!"
"Okay then," Marco smiled softly and fondly to the boys, nope, Marco was not getting attracted to the kids or had a soft for them. Not at all, "Then Pops will explain. Pops?"
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might not be posting for a little bit so i thought i would give you all another chapter! now i need to work on the other chapters! only have two partly written ones from here! need to get back to writing!
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