Well, well...
I think most people didn't like the last chapter. But I really sooooooo needed it for the plot.
Without a little kick, Ace would never realize anything.
Disclaimer: All Oda's
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Marco noticed that he had forgotten to lock the door the moment it was slammed open. A quick look to the side showed him that Nico Robin was still there, the blanket covering her body. She was just waking up.
The captain turned his focus back to the two men standing in his door frame. He felt his stomach clench as he recognized Ace. The young man was unusual pale, looking at Robin with wide eyes.
"Are you guys going to say something anytime soon?" Vista snapped out of his shock state and opened his mouth. But he closed it again without saying a word. Marco sighed and looked at Ace. "What is wrong?" The raven haired looked at his captain. "Vista has seen him. Yesterday night… Blackbeard is somewhere around this island."
Marco was wide awake within the blink of an eye. Blackbeard. The man that had caused so much pain and chaos. Within Marco's crew as well as in the world. Marshall D. Teach was the trigger that caused the Pirate War.
"I'll be on the main deck in five minutes. Where is the rest of the Strawhats? Where is your brother Ace?" Vista gave him a nod before he answered: "They're all on our ship. Some Haki users close by…" The phoenix nodded and shooed the intruders out.
Nico Robin immediately started to collect her cloths and dressed. "Regrets?" Marco asked while he picked some fresh cloths from the closet. Robin gave him a small smile. "Of course not. It didn't mean anything, neither for me nor for you. And judged by his look, it might even have helped you a little."
The captain smiled. "Will it help you too?" She shrugged and said: "If we walk up there together, maybe." Marco opened the door for her, following her out onto the main deck. His crew was too shocked by the news of Blackbeard's sudden appearance to make any remarks. But he saw the mischievous gleam in Haruta and Jozu's eyes. Davy Jones may have mercy on him…
Marco looked over to the Strawhat pirates. Ace's brother didn't seem to understand what exactly his nakama were so shocked about. Robin stepped over to her crew. The navigator gave her a pointed look but didn't say anything.
The green haired swordsman looked like he was up to cut Marco to pieces. If not for him, at least for Nico Robin the night had been worth it. The phoenix had enjoyed this one night stand, but she was not Ace. And never could be.
He forced himself to turn back to the more urgent problems. Namely his former nakama, Blackbeard. "Vista, what happened?" The forth division commander stepped forth and looked at his captain. "I was standing a bit aside the party to catch my breath and then I heard him. You know, that laugh that we all know…"
Marco shivered and wished to have Ace and his fiery heat closer to him. He would never forget this laugh. It had been the last thing he had heard before his father had died.
He looked at Vista with a concerned expression. "You are sure?" He knew his commander wouldn't go for a false alarm if he wasn't sure. And he was sure that they both knew it. The swordsman gave him a humorless smile. "I would recognize this presence everywhere, captain."
The phoenix merely nodded. He shot the Stawhat pirates a worried look. Luffy's Haki was strong, he had heard quite a lot about it. But would it be enough? He doubted that they would agree to sailing with Whitebeard's Sons.
The captain looked at Ace. The boy didn't meet his gaze. Marco frowned. What was wrong with him? But the phoenix shrugged it off. Probably he was just made insecure by the sudden reappearance of his former subordinate.
In a hopeless attempt (any maybe with some tiny little ulterior motives) he turned to the Strawhat. "Would you mind sailing with us for a while?"
Hope you like that one better..
Too tired to write a long A/N. Almost midnight over here. ^^
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