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hello again thanks for all your reviews. please enjoy and I'm most likely going to put Whitebeard pirates and the revolutionaries in the story. please review. XD


Zoro yelled for the others to get up on deck still keeping his eyes on the ship it was quickly approaching. Nami and Robin were the first on deck followed by Ussop and Chopper who seemed to still be sleeping while walking on deck. Franky and Brook came up next and a very pissed off Sanji was right behind them.

" what's your problem moss head not everybody want's to be up at this time" Sanji told him in an annoyed voice.

" and you could have waken Luffy and Ace" he said as a after thought.

" I know that eyebrows but we have a problem" Zoro snapped back at him.

" and what might that be" Nami asked not seeing anything out of the ordinary on the ship.

" over there" Zoro replied and sighed if it had been a problem on deck he would have solved it himself. The rest of the crew looked to where Zoro was pointing.

"what are we going to do?" Ussop asked after a long silence.

"we have to fight them of course" Sanji answered.

" Are you crazy we have Luffy and Ace to worry about we can't fight them right now" Nami replied to Sanji's remark.

"I agree with Nami fighting isn't an option right now" Robin added.

"well we have to think of something quick then cause there catching up" Franky told them

" could we out run them?" Chopper asked.

" I don't think so although it might work there ship is much bigger then ours" Nami replied

" we could see what they want" Robin said. The crew grew silent .They knew that even though they could suggest things the decision was ultimately up to Zoro because he was first mate. He sighed and thought it over. It would be safer for them to flee to keep Luffy and Ace but if Luffy some how found out that they had purposely avoided an adventure he would most likely be upset.

"we'll see what they want but if they attack then we'll fight back" Zoro finally decided.

" make sure no matter what that they do not get below deck and to Luffy and Ace" Zoro added. The crew nodded and gotten in place. The ship slowly got closer and closer until both ships were side by side a plank was lowered onto the straw hats ship with a loud thunk. A man with blond unruly hair stepped on board. He wore a purple coat and a pair of dark blue pants that had a blue belt on them. He did not wear a shirt and on his chest was a tattoo with what looked like a moustache and a cross.

" who are you?" Zoro asked with a steeled voice. His hands were on his sword and his body was tense.

The man stopped short then began to laugh.

" I take it Ace hasn't told you about us yet?" he said. He got a confused look from the whole crew.

" my names Marco I'm Aces captain and friend nice to meet you" he told them.

"so were is Ace and your captain I only meet him briefly before" Marco added. The crew looked at each other. This was definitely a problem if Marco found out what had happened... the crew really didn't want to know what would happen to them. Just then they heard footsteps coming from below. The door to the deck flew open and a very pissed of Ace was in the doorway followed by a not so happy Luffy.

" do you guys know what time it is or how to be quiet for that matter" Ace said in a annoyed voice. behind him Luffy nodded his head. Shit was the thought of the whole crew as they watched for Marco to react he didn't though, instead he looked very confused.

" who are you?" Luffy asked noticing Marco among the people from the day before.

" my names Marco what's yours?" Marco responded Ace was about to tell Luffy not to respond because he could have been dangerous but stopped short. He could remembered him slightly. A image flashed through his head of the man standing in front of him along with some others he couldn't place names but he some how knew they were safe. The only way he could describe the men in the picture was as brothers.

" my names Luffy!" Luffy replied to Marco. This quickly brought Ace to the present knowing that it wasn't polite to ignore someone talking to you( thanks to Makino's lessons) responded as well.

" I'm Ace" Marco raised an eyebrow at Zoro and sent a glare. Then quickly started to smile at Luffy and Ace.

" why don't you two go explore our ship while we... talk" Marco said in a cheerful tone but the crew could here the venom underneath. Ace stood there conflicted unsure if he should.

" we have food ready" Marco added . He knew the way to get to Ace was through his stomach. Ace was going to answer but before he could Luffy answered

" YES! Come on Ace let's go!" Luffy grabbed Ace's arm and tugged him over the plank on to the other boat before Ace could process what was going on.

Marco watched the two brothers retreat into the lower area of his ship. He turned around too face the straw hat crew and glared.

" WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!" Marco shouted at them. Every one visibly gulped.

" we can explain" Zoro said in a calm voice. Marco glared at him but it didn't seem to affect him at all.

"well then start explaining!" Marco replied in a angry tone. Nami sighed and began to explain everything. By the time she was finished the sun was up and most of the crew had made up some kind of excuse to disappear. While Nami had been explaining Marco's face had gone from pissed off too one that could only be described as astonishment.

" so let me get this straight" Marco said after Nami was finished.

"Ace jumped in a lake, saved his brother and is now a child for a month?" he finished. Nami nodded her head

" he always goes looking for trouble huh idiot" Marco said while sighing.

" so what are you doing here?" Ussop asked.

" we were coming to visit Ace of course and meet you guys he never shuts up about Luffy" he replied

" so what are you going to do know? Obviously that's not an option now" Nami said Marco looked at her an amused smile on his face.

"were going to stay with you guys of course until Ace is back to normal" he replied

" you sure?" Sanji asked.

" yeah besides Ace is like one of our brothers and nothing big is happening" Marco answered. Luffy and Ace came back on the ship and were grinning.

" what did you do" Marco questioned just knowing that they had done something. Both boys frowned

" we didn't do anything" they replied. Marco sighed. He would deal with it later right now he knew he needed to get Ace and Luffy to trust him.

"OK I believe you" he said . Both boy's smiled. Luffy being the closest to Marco grabbed him and hugged him. Ace did the same. They both some how just knew that he was a "good guy". This how ever did surprise Marco not used to being around children before. He stumbled a little and caught his balance. Then smiled at the two. Luffy looked back at him and smiled as well.

" I like you" Luffy said. Then both boy's leaped down from Marco an took off some were into the ship. The crew and Marco smiled as they watched them go.


what do you think? I know i did a horrible job with describing Marco don't hate me. I'm probably going to do a few cute chapters after this. please review