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Luffy winced as he shot up from his sleeping position. He clutched the bloodstained shirt he wore with one hand right over his heart.

Another nightmare.

Why couldn't they just go away? He already had to enough to worry about. What was the point of bad dreams?

Ace and Sabo were still asleep. There were beads of sweat running down their foreheads. He heard a sharp gasp for air come from Ace.

It was probably a good time to wake them up.

He went to shake them awake but was beat to waking them when the door to the cell they were in was slammed open.

They had been stuffed in the cell a few days before. The slavers didn't even bother to tie them to something because they couldn't do anything against then anyway with the seastone cuffs.

Ace and Sabo jerked up into a shooting position at the loud noise. Both became aware immediately and tensed.

Silvester was the one that came in, idly shutting the for behind him as he sat down cross-legged in front of the three. There was a large brown book in his hands that he rested in his lap while passively flicking through the pages.

The three brothers watched with uneasiness. Silvester was always trying to find ways to torment them mentally or emotionally.

He would always try to get on their nerves, by telling them that no one cared that they were gone or doing something or eating a feast right in their faces. He always succeeded in angering him and Ace. Sabo was the best at keeping his anger in check.

Whatever Silvester was doing was another attempt.

"Hmm." The slave trader mumbled as he looked up and straight at Ace. Luffy and Sabo grew stiff and moved closer to said freckled boy as if trying to protect him. "Mera-Mera No Mi, right?" He asked. They nodded with hesitation. He grinned and looked back at the book. "A logia. Allows the user to create, control, and turn into fire." He started.

Luffy stared at him like he was an idiot. Actually, he probably was. Who would tell a devil fruit user all the things they could do and think that they wouldn't try to kill him with it when they got chance?

"The flames can also be used to bolster the kinetic force of physical attacks. They are also able to avoid normal attacks by turning into fire and allowing the attack to pass through their can create devastating fire-based attacks and gain a high resistance towards most heat-based attacks."The man continued.

Luffy looked over at Ace with well-hidden worry. Ace was looking down so he couldn't see his face, no doubt he was feeling guilty about his power.

Damn it. Why couldn't Ace be a normal boy that wasn't self-hating. He wished Ace didn't feel so angry with himself.

He wanted Ace to be happy and cheerful. He wanted to see a smile on his face.

But he ruined the chances of seeing that anytime soon.

Soon, Silvester was finished with the description of Ace's devil fruit and he turned the page a few times before confirming Sabo's fruit. "Iki-Iki No Mi?" He smiled when a nod came from the boy and started with the second fruit. "A paramecia. Allows user to control the air in a cube of space. The size of the cube depends on the user's practice." Luffy listens intently to the man, taking every detail of what he was saying. He could tell that Sabo was doing the same. "The user does not need to breathe. But I'm sure you already noticed that." He didn't wait for them to say anything as he went on to Luffy's devil fruit.

"Yure-Yure No Mi. A paramecia. The user can see spirits, and is the only one that can be possessed completely." Luffy raised his eyebrow. "The user can also see how and when someone dies depending on what it is."

So that's what that was. He remembered seeing a little box with a few dates written on it floating around people. He never saw anything other than dates, though.

He never thought it was anything important so he didn't mention it to Ace or Sabo. Not did he tell them that the ghosts looked the exact was they did when they died, all the blood and gore included. But that was for a whole different reason.

He didn't want them to worry about him. Of he told then that he was seeing those things every day, they would almost certainly worry. He didn't need or want any pity. He wasn't so weak that he would go crying to his brothers about 'Oh-so-scary' ghosts. It was just a little blood, anyone could handle that.

Whatever Silvester was trying to do to anger them with, it was really not working. The only one that got a little damage was Ace, who had already recovered the most he could, and was listening intently just like him and Sabo.

The devil fruits powers could be a way out for them as long as they found a way to get rid of the seastone.

But how long did it take to master the power? They had a week or so before because Bluejam was an idiot and didn't have seastone, but Sabo was the only one that really did anything. Sabo practiced a lot, learning everything he could, but he could hardly control it at all.

He himself, had no idea what he could do with his devil fruit. So he had nothing to practice. He would just sit there trying to think of something his fruit did. And so fat all he knew he could do, was see ghosts and when people died. What a useful power. Not.

Ace wouldn't even think about using his powers. With the guilt of scaring him when he accidentally let his flame out, and his own fear of fire, he hated his power and avoided using it like the plague.

He was brought out of his thoughts when Silvester started reading again. "The user can also possess people themselves. But they like to avoid doing so, reasons unknown."

Finally, something cool he could do. But why not wanting to use it? Did it have done kind of side effect?

"You do realize that you're telling is the very ways we could kill you?" He heard Sabo question next to him. He had to nod his head in agreement.

Silvester smiled in a way that would be one of a loving father, had it not been for the malicious look in his eyes. "How does it feel knowing that you could have easily gotten away if you just knew these simple things earlier?"

Fuck. He was right.

If they just knew what they could do earlier than they would have been able to learn easier and then they would just be out. It was as simple as that. The small amount of information that they lacked cost them a great much.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that your eldest brother is too much of a pansy to do anything." The man said with his innocent smile still plastered on his face.

Luffy felt all of his blood rise to his head. No one, and he meant NO ONE, could insult his brother like that. "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, YOU GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKER!" He screamed at him as he sent a punch at his jaw. To his liking, he hit square in his face. But Silvester hardly flinched as he glared at him.

Luffy hardly heard Sabo yelling insults at the slave trader too. Luffy didn't try to listen what Sabo was saying. All he cared about was getting another punch in at the bastard's face. And so he did. One after another he hit the man, but he got no reaction but a glare until he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He flew back into the far side wall with a loud thud.

That hurt more than Bluejam's hits.

He couldn't get up, or move for that matter. He really wanted to kill that man, no, he wanted to kill everybody that hurt his brothers. He was supposed to help his brothers when they were hurting, but he couldn't do anything other than give him a wreak punch. What kind of brother was he?

A failure, that's what.

"Now listen here you little devils." Silvester's voice sounded out. "I'm going to let you off easy because were close to Sabaody, but don't try this shit again." And he walked out.

He felt Sabo help him up into a sitting position. He mumbled a 'thanks' to his brother and looked at Ace.

Said boy was curled up with his knees to his chest. Luffy was so angry. Ace was doing it again all because of Silvester.

He should have hit that bastard harder.

"Ace, stop it right now." He demanded. His brother looked at him with miserable eyes.

"Stop what?"

Luffy clenched his fists. "Stop blaming yourself for all of this!"

"You know very well that I could have done something!" Ace shouted.

"Tell me, what the fuck could you do!?"

"I could have burned down that shity ship, along with all those bastards on it!"

Luffy snarled and glared hard at Ace, who returned it with the same force. "And then what!? Have Sabo find a boat that's not burning along with the rest of the ship, get it out, and then drag our sorry asses onto it because we have a goddammed trauma!?" Ace seemed to only get angrier with every word that he said.

"Well if it all turned out like that, then yes! Btu we both know that's impossible!"

"And you, you bastard, just contradicted yourself!"

"Well, you seem to be completely chill with the idea of being sold! Maybe you want us to get so-"

'SHUT THE FUCK UP, BOTH OF YOU!" Ace stopped abruptly when Sabo loudly interrupted him. Both he and Ace looked at their blond brother with shock. Sabo's whole face was red with anger and you could see slightly watery eyes. "Just shut up..." Sabo grabbed both of their shirts, clutching it like a lifeline. "I hate seeing you two like this..." Sabo lowered his head as tears spilt out of his eyes, both he and Ace saw the water droplets fall to the ground.

Luffy felt like he'd been shot. He made his brother cry. He hurt his brother.

"Please... Just stop... I can't watch this." The older brothers wore a pained expression as they listened. "I can't watch brothers fall apart like this... We're supposed to inseparable... If this keeps on going, then our bond will be broken..." He paused has he held in a sob. The raven haired brothers felt a few stray tears fall down their faces. "If our bond if broken... THEN WHAT KIND OF BROTHER"S ARE WE!?" Luffy

Luffy grabbed both of his brothers and pulled them into a hug. Ace did the same thing.

That day, all three cried like the children they were.


OK, so you know how in the last chapter, I said that that would probably be the only chapter with the slaveres? Well, forget I ever said that. I completely forgot a few things that I had to write. So maybe two more chapters (including this one.)

Oh, and also, of no one noticed already, I have been going back and forth with who's POV it is in. If you ever want, you can tell me which POV you want and I'll probably do it.

Shandar1: In chapter 3, with Bluejam it said quote; 'but first, he needed to make a call and raise the prices for the boys.'

If you were thinking that Bluejam found the DF's before he kidnapped them, he didn't. He found them on the way, that's why he started the price at 20,000 beri.

But I'm totally fine with the bastard being interpreted as an idiot.

Thanks for reviewing.

OnePieceDoesExist: Oh no, it's not going to be rushed in the slightest. Ant the WBP aren't going to save ASL at all... Well, you'll see.

I can't wait to include the flaming chicken!

Thank's for reviewing!