A.N. Like I said no updates tomorrow, so I will try to get a second chapter today too :}.
Ace's POV
"Ace?"
I looked at my wide eyed brother and tackled him to the ground in a biig bear hug. "LUffy! Man I was so worried! What the hell were you thinking?!"
I stood up still holding him in my gasp. "Do you know how worried everybody is?"
"Ace, I'm suffocating…"
I ignored his words. "Gramps is simply going crazy I couldn't sleep properly!"
"Ace, can you let me go?"
"I already went to morgue several times to identify a body 'cause Chopper was too afraid!"
"Ace..."
I felt a strong grip on my arm as somebody broke my grip around Luffy. "Didn't you hear that he asked to let him go?"
I glared at the tall raven haired man whom I saw driving that van who was holding my little brother in his embrace. "I'm his brother, so don't tell me I can't hug him! Who the hell do you think you are anyways?! Do you know how worried I was?!"
A small self-confident smirk appeared on that guy's face. "And I'm his lover, so if he says to let him go, you will let him go."
I was just about to open my mouth and tell him that he's a bad liar 'cause my brother doesn't a lover, but a hand landed on my shoulder. "Calm down brat."
I looked at Smoker's face and felt my insides relax ; he will help me understand what's happening here.. The strange guy whose arms were tattooed smiled with a smile that gave me the creeps. "Come in, we were just about to visit you Ace-ya, but we weren't expecting you so soon detective Smoker…"
I raised my eyebrow, but before I could ask how he knows Smoker's name, but Luffy spoke. "Let's go the living room, there will be tea and snacks!"
The strange tattooed guy walked from the door with my brother glued to his side, Smoker closed the door and also followed, with a sigh on my lips followed too; what the hell? Everything is getting weirder by every minute… The strange guy and my brother were whispering up ahead, but they talked really quiet, so I couldn't hear a thing. I caught up with Smoker, he looked at me and then at the backs of the two males we were following. "Don't you think that there's something strange about them? I know there's something that shouldn't be there, but can't gasp exactly what that is…"
"What's weird? Well first of all - that guy is weird, second him acting possessive over my brother, third? Him knowing your name, fourth? Them being in Red Line, fifth? This all house is weird!"
The grey haired man rolled his eyes. "You're exaggerating, but I agree on my name part, I'm not known at all…"
"We're here."
I looked at my grinning brother; he can't fake a smile, so if he's smiling it because he feels that way… We walked in through some big double doors into a spacious room with comfy looking sofas, armchairs and several coffee tables. Luffy sat on a sofa with the weird guy by his side him, Smoker and I sat on the sofa in front of them. Just as we did that the door at the other side of the room opened and a strange looking guy wearing white beige overall walked in. He had a cap which spelled 'Penguin' on it and was carrying a tray, he silently put everything on the table. "Thanks!"
Luffy smiled to the guy who brought the tray and took a cookie, the strange guy beside him did the same, the 'Penguin' guy left the room. "Ace, you should really try these, they're almost as good as Sanji's!"
I took a cookie and eyed it suspiciously; almost as good as Sanji's? I took a bite; not bad… "Excuse me it seems I was rude and still hadn't introduced myself properly yet – my name is Trafalgar Law."
I remembered Smoker's words and looked over the guy; what's strange about him..? My eyes stopped on his and I felt mine widened; what. The. Fuck. Is wrong. With his eyes? They were bright blue with vertical slits instead of usual pupils, for some reason my eyes wandered to my brother and I felt my stomach clutch, Luffy's brow eyes weren't brown anymore - they were golden with vertical slits. "Luffy, what, what happened to your eyes?!"
My brother raised an eyebrow, but then he remembered something. "Oh! Right! I completely forgot! They're different now! Well nothing is wrong with them, they just became different."
I shook my head; became different? Eyes don't become similar to lizards when they become different! Eyes aren't supposed to change at all! "Luf, did you get into some business with that crazy scientist again?"
Luffy's face became serious and I felt both Smoker's and Luffy's companions land on me; they probably don't understand what I'm talking about, but it doesn't matter. I need to know if he got himself in some kind of trouble again, Vegapunk has been missing for over a year now, but knowing my brother he could easily find him…
Luffy rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Sheesh Ace! Just because I once made a deal with him doesn't mean I got involved with him further, I'm not that stupid!"
I felt the knot in my stomach loosen up; okay, so he didn't get involved with that guy again, so maybe everything is not as bad, but then how did his eyes changed? "Ace." I looked at my little brother. "Can you please forget my eyes and…"
Luffy's words trailed off as a big earthquake shook the house, the tea cups on the table started jumping, windows started vibrating and looked like they're about to brake and the catchall at the back of the room fell down. I jumped up with my eyes wide. "Madam Maat."
I looked at Law; what? I glanced at Luffy and saw that his eyes were also wide and he looked terrified. "She's…?"
Both of them jumped up and ran to the door we came through, I glanced at Smoker and ran off after them, Smoker followed. The house was still shaking and it was hard to run, I saw my brother turning at the end of the corridor when I reached they were nowhere in sight, but not too far there were big doors that were left open. I ran to these doors and stopped, the inside of it was full of people, all of them were gathered by some huge bed, the shaking stopped. I walked in with smoker by my side, there were some really strange people in the room and all of them were really quiet. But I didn't look much at them as I was only interested in the person lying in that bed.
It was an old granny, she had her eyes closed and breathing hardly though her breathing was getting better with every breath. I saw Luffy kneeling next to her bed with a worried expression; who is this person and why is everybody so worried about her? And why when the earthquake started everybody gathered here? Were they worried that something might happen to her? Shit, more and more questions are piling up…
The granny's breathing steadied and everybody relaxed, one by one they left the room in silence only leaving some weird ass guy with green skin and dark blue hair. He looked at us with a raised eyebrow, but said nothing; what's up with these people? They all seem surprised, but stay quiet, like it's not their business…
The granny opened her eyes and smiled weakly at Luffy. "Luffy! You're worried about this old hag? So nice of you!" her gaze fell on Smoker and me. "Oh and you brought your brother and his lover too!"
My brother turned at me with wide eyes and I felt my cheeks blush, granny giggled. "Ups, was that a secret?"
A.N. Okay, this chapter took longer than I thought to rewrite, but I will try to write the next chapter too! Hope you enjoyed! :}
