ASL: we're back!
yes, we are. sorry everyone. but things have come up so i have to change my upload loading schedule! I will try to do once a week- one a Sunday or Monday, but it might end up being once a fortnight! It's almost holidays and Christmas and i have on right now.
Ace: thank you again AceAyane for going over the chapter!
*staring shocked at Ace* you just... you just...
Ace: What? *looking at Sabo and Luffy since he has no idea what has me so shocked*
Sabo: i think you break her *waving hand in front of me*
Ace: What did i do? *really confused*
Luffy: you thanked someone without being told to do it! *grinning proudly because he knew what happen* though i don't why it break kerennie...
Sabo*shrugging*: who cares? we do the reviews without her.
Luffy: Yay! reviews!
Marco*sighing and shaking his head*: you boys.
*still standing in there in shock and disbelief*
Keeper of the World-
Marco: here's your next payment- 300, 000 Belli.
Ace: thank you for not taking the photo! and for having some kind of mortals!
Sabo*sighing*: Ace, don't say it like that. it almost sounds bad.
Ace: whatever.
Sabo*sighing again*: anyway, yes it was nice of Shitty Gramps to accept and being understand with Bellemere-san. i don't know what her girls will do or if they call Marco dad or daddy like we do but if Belle/Bella is nice then we might call her Mum, Mom, Mama or whatever. we'll have to see. and yes, it will be interesting to see how Thatch helps her to try and win over Marco.
*Marco not listening cause he does not want to know*
Luffy: i don't understand the last thing here...
*Sabo looking at it since i am still in shock and looks over small notes i have written*
Sabo: i think she's going to do something with your character and Robin being related somehow and have it that someone from the crew knows the family, like old friend, cousin of one of your parents or something.
Ace: can we go to the next review now?
Luffy: Next review!
DryBonesZero-
Ace: i was not jealous!
Sabo & Marco: yes you were.
*out of shock now* Yes! Sabo will realise and talk about the feelings with Marco soon! when though, i won't say!
Marco: isn't it...
*covering mouth* stop! don't say a thing! *glaring. Marco sighs and nods his head*
i won't say how or what will happen with Bellmarco! it's a trade secret for now! (okay, maybe i don't fully know yet expect that have a few scenes planned out for them and working out where and when to put them in the story...) but! they're first kiss will happen soon! most likely next chapter or the one after that! thank Thatch for that! the man is a genius!
Thatch*taking a bow*: thank you. thank you very much.
Ace: next review!
Luffy: yeah!
AceAyane-
Ace: you put the review for this chapter in FB... bahahahaha! *rolling on the ground laughing his head off*
please, ignore him right now. but yes, with your idea and Thatch's planning skills. Marco and Bellamere will have their first kiss soon!
Marco: ... she kissed me... *in shock*
it was only on the cheek... hello? Marco? hello? i think we broke him...
Luffy: next review!
Caraline Fischer-
Ace: i agree! *hugging Luffy*
Luffy*grinning like mad as he hugs Ace*: happy Ace! hugs!
Sabo*looking a little jealous and upset that he is getting left out*: what abuot me?
*Ace and Luffy look at each grinning then tackle Sabo to the ground in a hug*
next review...
ANON-
Marco: don't worry, i'll help Ace learn to control his temper. otherwise the tragic child will get himself or someone else hurt because of it.
Ace: not a tragic child! but... i think i do need to learn to control my temper...
Sabo: that you do.
Luffy: next review!
blackfairy30-
Ace: your right, Marco is the best dad in the world!
*Marco standing there shocked that Ace actually said and admit it. Sabo waving his hand in front of Marco*
Sabo: Marco broke again...
Luffy: yeah Ace! bee good to me and Sabo!
Ace: whatever... *then quietly whispers* i will...
Sabo: i can't wait for Bellemere to be a mother to us either! it should be interesting!
Ace*muttering*: i don't need a mum...
Luffy: next review!
CrystalKnight-
Sabo: that sounds like Ace...
Ace: does not!
Luffy: does too!
Ace: does not!
Luffy: does too!
Sabo: let's go to the review!
Greendrkness-
not sure if Belleamara is trying to get into his pants right now or if she is trying to get close to get to know him... Marco is a bit of a standoffish person and very private, without meaning to be. especially when he is looking after the boys. Marco prefers to keep all of his attention on them. especially Luffy, the kid does into the randomness of trouble.
Thatch: i have plan!
Thatch! not now! busy!
Thatch: but kerennie!
not now! anyway, yes, there was a bit of angst. it's Ace after all and the moment was sad yet happy at the same time. wasn't it? Marco is going to have his work cut out for him with Ace, and everyone else of course. but mostly Ace.
Ace: hey!
next review!
Ominous Rin-
yes, yes they did make up.
and that's it for the review! now, let's get on with the chapter!
Chapter 19
Syrup Village…
Usopp sat on the edge of the cliff as he over looked the sea. He missed his mom… she just passed recently and he didn't really like being on his own. Sure, there were the other kids, but most of them were too young to play with him, most of the villagers didn't seem to like him and called him a liar. Which technically he was… but that still didn't mean that it didn't hurt when they called him that. Then there's Kaya. The nice girl in the mansion, well, the only really big house and from the rich family here.
She was nice. Her mom and his mom were friends, till his mom died of course. Now he didn't really know Kaya's mom at all. It was also nice when Kaya's mom brought Kaya over too, but like Usopp said before. He hasn't seen them since his mom died.
Usopp wished that someone could come to cheer him up. Not like that could ever happened, not like this anyway…
Moby Dick…
Marco smiled as the boys all hugged him as they slept. Sabo partly hugging Marco's arm with Luffy and Ace near him and a cross between hugging him and each other. Levi was hugging his other arm with Dan hugging both Levi and Marco. This time, Haruta didn't seem be joining the boys. He had no idea where or how the boys all got into his bed on the floor, since the ASL trio were still using his bed. They would for a while since the room that Marco was going to give to the boys - he had to give it to Bellamere and her girls.
"Marco…?" Sabo said in a soft low whisper, sounding tired still though he made it clear that maybe not all of the boys were asleep.
Marco turned his head slightly to Sabo - who let go of his arm so Marco could ruffle his hair a little and give him his full attention.
"What is it Sabo?" Marco asked back in a low whisper, not wanting to wake anyone else if they were sleeping already.
"Yesterday and last night was fun!" Sabo smiled happily, sleepiness still apparent on the young boys face. The boy didn't seem to mind though as he had something more important to do than sleep right now.
"Even though Ace…" Marco thought for a moment on how to word it. "Had a rough moment?"
Sabo lightly laughed at the way that Marco worded Ace having a tantrum or losing his temper, and storming off after embarrassing himself.
"I have a theory on that…" Sabo told Marco with a grin.
Sabo did…? Was Sabo finally going to say something to Marco about Ace's feelings for him and Luffy? Or maybe admit his own feelings for Ace and Luffy?
Izo had told Marco, not long after Garp's visit and watching how the boys interacted with each other, that he should say something to the boys. Marco didn't see the point, as he knew that the boys would come to him and say something when they were ready and not a moment sooner. Marco didn't want to push the issue. It could be that they were miss reading things too.
Although, after Marco and Ace talked about Ace's feelings for his two brothers, he knew that at least one of them had feelings for the others. Whether the others did or not, that was a different story. That was why that Marco told Ace to not act on his feelings. Marco didn't want Ace to have his feelings hurt if Sabo and Luffy didn't feel the same way. Though, Marco hardly doubted that they didn't feel that way.
Marco was pretty sure that the three boys all have the same feelings for each other, whether they knew it or not though, or even recognize the feeling, that's a different story.
"I've been thinking about it for a while." Sabo admitted to Marco, blushing a little while looking slightly away from Marco. "I just wasn't sure how to word it and I wasn't sure how Ace and Luffy felt. So I didn't want them to hate me if they didn't feel the same way. I'm sure that Ace feels the same way… Luffy… he might be a little too young to realize it, but I'm sure that he feels the same way as we do too… but…"
Marco lightly chuckled to himself. It seemed that Sabo was trying to explain that he had feelings for his brothers and he knew that Ace did too, but he wasn't completely sure about Luffy. He thought he did but at the same time, Luffy might not.
"Sabo?" Marco lightly smiled as it was the only way he could comfort his adopted son with the other boys taking both of his arms and he couldn't raise his hand enough to rub the youngers back. "Take a deep breath-yoi. Then explain to me what we're talking about." Marco was fine with playing dumb right now. He wanted to heard Sabo use his own words after all.
"Okay," Sabo said taking a few deep breathes, "I think I… No, I know I… I love… I love Ace and Luffy… and I'm sure, no, after yesterday, I know Ace feels the same way."
"And…? How you do you know you feel that way about your brothers-yoi?" Marco asked Sabo gently, not wanting to rush the boy. At the same time though, he was very curious. "That you're not confusing some emotions with something else."
"Because I feel guilty when Ace gets jealous and I want to make him happy again. I also get jealous when people take away Luffy's attention and try to do the same with Ace…" Sabo muttered. "And I don't like what you said just now at all… I know I care about Ace and Luffy more than I do anything else."
Marco ruffled Sabo's hair which made the younger blonde blush slightly. "That's the right answer brat," Marco told Sabo with a grin. "You're not getting any of your emotions confused. I'm glad you told me Sabo."
Sabo smiled slowly, happy to see that Marco didn't seem to think differently of him. Nor did he seem mad or annoyed.
"So…? You don't mind…?" Sabo asked, unsure if this was the truth or if Marco was secretly plotting something.
Marco smiled as he ruffled Sabo's hair again. "Not at all brat. As long as you know the difference between love-love and family love. That way you don't end up hurting yourself or your brothers. It's all good-yoi. I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to talk to me about it."
…
"Not many people would feel as comfortable with this subject as you do…" Sabo muttered, recalling some actions or words from the past that he'd witnessed other people being treated like.
Marco was going to guess that Sabo had known for a while how he felt. He had told someone something about it in the past and they reacted poorly to it.
"You told someone about it before?" Marco asked carefully, interested in knowing who it was so he could hurt them for making Sabo look so unhappy. Especially since Marco accepted it, when it was clear that Sabo had been afraid and unsure of saying something.
"My so-called parents…" Sabo muttered distastefully under his breath, not liking that title or sound about the people he spoke of.
What…?
"I've known that I never felt anything for girls since I was really little, like three or four." Sabo explained. "My parents didn't like that and hurt me. They called me names and… one day when I was five, I just had enough and ran away. Not long after, Ace and I met. After about six months later, I met Dadan who had saved me from being forced to go back with the guards. She more or less kidnapped me and she took me to her house. She had seen me before, being hit and stuff by my parents when she'd gone to low town. She didn't want me to go back to that."
Marco smiled, grateful that someone had looked out for him at least. That was nice of the bandit to do.
"I didn't know she was the one that had been looking after Ace," Sabo smiled as he continued the story. "Can you imagine the surprise on both of our faces when Dadan brought me back to the house?" Marco smiled at the fond smile on Sabo's face and he imagined the scene, almost not being able to resist a laugh. It would have been interesting to say the least. "I also met Luffy for the first time then too. He was so small and adorable and cute. Well, he was only two."
Marco chuckled lightly. "And when did you start developing feelings for your brothers?"
Sabo went a little red. "I was probably already crushing on Ace a little at that stage but I noticed the feelings a lot more when I was about eight. I hated every time that Garp would make us do the training and chased us around and give us fists of love. But I never minded that much as it was with Luffy and Ace. If it was just me… then it would have a different situation again."
Marco nodded his head. That probably wasn't fun, Garp was bloody insane from what the boys had told him about Garp's version of 'training'. And wait… Marco knows for a fact that Luffy and Ace aren't brothers at all. But how did the boys know that for sure…? Who told them they weren't related? Since Ace and Luffy do look like brothers after all…
"And you're not worried about Ace and Luffy being half-brothers or anything?" Marco asked. Even though he knew that Sabo and Luffy knew everything there was to know about Ace, Marco still wanted to make sure that Sabo was okay and fine with everything.
"Well, I was at first," Sabo answered. "I mean, Ace and Luffy look so alike, unless you knew otherwise. You never would have guessed that they're not brothers. But I was there when Garp told Ace who his parents were when we were six. Ace and Luffy had no idea until then either. Dadan knew the whole time I think, but I'm not sure. I never asked her if she knew or not… Anyway, Ace really thought that he and Luffy were blood related till Garp told us that they weren't. After that, Ace started treating Luffy a little differently but nothing too big or bad or anything. Ace also started to have some attitude problems around then too… finding out who his parents were, mostly who his father was… can you imagine what that does to a kid? Finding out that you're the son of one of the most hated men in the world? It was hard and wasn't fun at all. I remember Ace asking a few people what they would think if Roger had a kid and… their answers weren't very nice to say the least. It might have destroyed Ace or hurt him more without me and Luffy there, or if he had found out sooner than he had. It was hard, not that Ace would admit it. It… changed him."
Marco nodded his head. He had noticed that Ace seemed to not react well whenever his parents, mostly his father, seemed to come up. That would explain why, if he only ever got bad reactions from people then he must think that everyone shares those same opinions.
"But I told Ace that I didn't care about who his dad was since that didn't make Ace who he was, he isn't his dad." Sabo smiled, remembering that moment, glad to have helped Ace in his own small way. "Luffy agreed of course, though he didn't fully understand it, other than that they had different parents and weren't really brothers. Luffy was only three after all."
Marco nodded his head in understanding. It was understandable that Luffy didn't understand it, being so young. It was nice to know that Sabo and Luffy have always treated Ace the same and never cared about whose son he was.
"So after that," Sabo continued. "We shared sake and became real brothers. We trained together and slept together because Ace seemed to have bad dreams. Though he wouldn't admit it and Luffy just loved hugging and cuddling. Things just went from there."
"How did you meet Shanks-yoi?" Marco asked as the thought came to mind. He'd always had that question burning in his mind as he got to know the boys better and better.
The only thing that they had really said to Marco about how they knew Shanks, was that they knew the man through Luffy. Add to the fact that the Red-Hair man had saved Luffy's life before the Whitebeard Pirates met them.
"Well, Luffy got really sick and we couldn't look after him," Sabo began to explain, thinking back to that time. "He went to live with Makino because there was a doctor in the village where she lived. She was able to look after him until he was better. Shanks just kind of turned up one day and Luffy became friends with him. Luffy told Shanks all about us and he told us all about Shanks, making me and Ace both kind of jealous… We kept missing each other though and only really met Shanks after he saved us, from some bandits that weren't Dadan and her bandits. Luffy got mad and got into a fight with them. We joined in to protect Luffy, then Shanks and his crew turned up and saved us. That's all there is to it really. We went back to live with Dadan after Shanks and his crew left. A few months later, I was taken by my parents and you guys turned up, and you pretty much know everything from there."
Marco had a feeling there was more to it than that. But he wouldn't push the issue, for now. He'd let the boys open up to him when they were ready to share any more about it. Though he may have to ask Luffy himself about how he knew Shanks if Sabo's story was anything to go by.
"Okay-yoi," Marco smiled softly, not letting Sabo see how his story only left him wanting to know more. "Thank you for sharing Sabo."
"Your welcome! I trust you, Dad." Sabo smiled right back, not at all worried about what Marco may be thinking.
"Now," Marco said in a dead serious voice which got Sabo's attention. "I'll tell you the same thing I told Ace-yoi. I'll explain the feelings you have to you further when your older. For now, just learn to accept the feelings but don't act on them-yoi. Okay?"
"Okay!" Sabo nodded, not minding in the slightest.
"Good," Marco nodded back, some relief coming to his shoulders before he began to feel the weariness set in and he too wanted to sleep. "Now go back to sleep."
Baratie in the East Blue
"Wow…" was all Rai could say about the fish shaped floating restaurant in the middle of the sea, as she gawked at it. It was very… unique but it was nice all at the same time.
"Thatch got the name wrong…" Izo commented dryly, mildly irritated as he tied the boat to the restaurant. "He told us all Bractice, not Baratie. Thatch that Neanderthal. There's a difference."
Seriously, Thatch had told them all them it was Bractice, not Baratie. That it rhythmed with practice. Oh Izo was going to have a nice long chat with his brother when he sees him next. The Whitebeards are all going to look like idiots because of that man's idiotic nature. Or did he say it wrong to pull a prank on them…?
"Oi! Old man!" Zoro said to Izo to get his attention while crossing his arms. He wanted to get to their destination already and he doubted the swordsmen, that the older guy mentioned, were even here.
"I told you I'm not an old man!" Izo told Zoro in a stern voice, turning to the boy when he was done with tying the ship.
"Where are your swordsmen brothers?" Zoro asked with stars in his eyes, while completely ignoring the comment. He wanted to meet them already, and this detour was not making him happy… not even the bribe of food was going to get him to calm down… (yeah it will)
"They're on their way here." Rai told Zoro as she ruffled his short green hair. "We're meeting them here. You hungry?"
A rumbling stomach answered the question for Zoro and he blushed, crossing his arms even more and looking away.
"Me too! Let's go eat!" Rai laughed and smiled as she took Zoro's hand and led him inside the restaurant.
"Table for three please!" Rai smiled as she walked in with Izo right behind her and Zoro.
"Yes, ma'am," a waiter smiled politely. "Is it just the three of you…" the waiter grew quiet in shock since he recognized Izo, as being not only a Whitebeard Pirate but one of the Commanders as well.
"Yes," Rai smiled very friendly to the waiter, seeing that he was nervous because of Izo. "And can we speak to the Head Chef… Izo? What did you say his name was again…?"
"Zeff," Izo answered, not minding at all that he was recognized. He was used to it to say the least.
"Yes!" Rai smiled as she looked back to the waiter. "Can we also please speak to the Head Chef and owner Zeff as well!"
The man nervously nodded his head yes as he led them to a table. Rai sat down and looked right at a menu as Zoro sat there swinging his legs and looking around. While Izo sat down and looked at the drinks.
"Izo!" Zeff, the blonde haired and one legged chef, called walking out. "What the hell are you doing here brat?! Where the hell is Whitebeard?"
Izo got up and gave Zeff a small hug and a kiss on the cheek. Noticing the small child that seemed to be hiding behind the old chef, but said nothing for now.
"I am well, thanks for asking!" Izo smiled as Zeff just laughed him. Rai smiled as she watched the interaction but Zoro wasn't really interested. He was too busy looking the blonde haired kid wearing a chef's outfit who was partly hiding behind Zeff. "I am actually here because we're waiting for Pops to come pick us up."
"Us…?" Zeff said looking at the table and noticing the young pretty red haired girl and the small green kid with the Whitebeard commander. "Since when does Whitebeard take actual kids?"
"I'll have you know that I turn nineteen in a few months," Rai smiled and laughed lightly at being called a kid. "I'm Rai, a doctor. It's nice to me to meet you. And this is Zoro, a lost kid we happened to pick up and he's nine."
Zoro just huffed and looked away partly, but his eyes stayed on the blonde haired kid with Zeff. Who was that kid…?
"What a coincidence," Zeff laughed partly, reaching behind him to look at the boy. "My little Eggplant here is nine too."
"Eggplant?" Zoro said looking at the blonde who was blushing at the nickname. "What the hell kind of name is that?"
"It's Sanji, you old bastard!" Sanji shouted at Zeff angrily. He didn't need to call him that in front of strangers after all. "Not eggplant! Stupid old man…"
Rai laughed lightly which made Sanji go even redder in the face. "Sanji is a nice name, is he your apprentice Mr.. Zeff?"
"Yep!" Sanji smiled proudly, standing proud as well as though to say that no one else had such a privilege.
"I guess you could call eggplant here that," Zeff smirked teasingly to Sanji who just glared at the old man. "Get back in that kitchen and make yourself useful eggplant."
"Whatever!" Sanji shouted at Zeff, turning around and getting away from the older man as quickly as he could. "Stupid old man…"
Rai laughed lightly getting Sanji's attention as he looked behind him, while he walked back the kitchen, and blushed then hurried himself through the door.
"He adores you Mr.. Zeff," Rai smiled to the blonde chef knowingly. Young kids were adorable when they thought no one knew their secret.
Zeff and Izo both raised an eyebrow at the red haired girl as she went back looking at the menu. Zoro looked at her like she was crazy.
"What the fuck makes you say that?" Zoro asked on behalf of the three of them, wanting answers to this crazy woman's statement.
"Language Zoro," Rai smiled as she sighed then looked up again. "What makes me say and that think… hmm, how do I explain it? Even though Sanji is rude to Zeff, there's a hint of respect behind his voice at the end of his sentences and in his eyes. But, I'm guessing he isn't your son, correct?"
Zeff laughed partly as Izo thought about what Rai was talking about and realized that she was right. Zoro just shrugged his shoulders, he didn't really see or understand it. He didn't really care that much in all honesty.
"The eggplant is my son," Zeff smiled fondly. "Just not by blood. I must be getting old in my age. I pretty much saved and adopted the kid."
"Taking a leaf out Pops book then, Zeff?" Izo smirked smartly as he watched the older cook knowingly. Who knew that the old man would follow in Pop's footsteps and start a family in the same way.
"Shut it brat," Zeff said as he pointed at Izo with a frown, trying to threaten the younger without really putting any conviction behind it. "Anyway, don't go scaring off my customers or staff and you're fine to stay. What are we having young lady?"
Rai thought about it for a moment and she then smiled as though she had a brilliant idea. "Whatever the chef recommends!"
Zeff laughed again as he smiled at the girl. She had spunk that's for sure. "Okay then! What about drinks?"
"Whatever you recommend again!" Rai told him with a polite grin. "I usually just go with what the owner at the bar, of the island I used to live at, just decide for me. Why change that now?"
"Okay then," Zeff nodded as he left to do just that. "The whole table can have whatever I bring out then!"
"Thank you Zeff!" Rai called out and looked at Zoro and Izo who just stared at her like she'd grown four heads. "What?"
Moby Dick near Syrup Village… a few days later…
Mike woke up and yawned softly. He had been unwell and had been bedridden for the past three weeks, but today he was feeling as fit as a whistle. Whatever prank food thing that Ace had made him eat had made him very sick… Mike had planned on getting payback against the kid but as of now decided against it. The last thing he wanted was a raging Ace coming back for revenge, a maybe pissed off Sabo, a confused Luffy, and a more than likely annoyed and mad Marco about the whole thing.
Instead, Mike was going to go to the deck and relax for a little, then see the nurses and not get revenge. He wanted to live after all.
Mike went up the stairs from the lower levels of the Moby Dick to get to the deck. He watched as John opened the door ahead of him, look a little pale then slammed the door closed as he turned away and walked back to his cabin quicker than Mike has ever seen him or anyone move. What the hell was that about?
Mike shrugged his shoulders and continued up the stairs. He opened the door, took a deep breath in and walked out onto the deck. The sun was up high saying it was probably around lunch time. The breeze from the sea and air was nice, and he could hear the laughter of kids. Seems that Ace, Sabo and Luffy were having fun.
Mike turned around as he opened his eyes and closed the door behind him, walking fully onto the deck. Mike froze for a moment as he took in the scene in front of him.
What the hell…? Was Mike even on the Moby Dick anymore? Where the hell did all of these kids come from!? Mike swore this wasn't the Moby Dick, he's walked into a fucking class room. Where did the extra rugrats come from…?
Seriously! Who was the brunette with Haruta? What about the three girls? Who the hell were they!? And about the red/orange haired kid with Luffy, Ace and Sabo?! Since when did they have this many kids!?
"What the hell…?" Mike stated out loud, getting all of the kids' attention.
Luffy grinned as Ace seemed to have a… a sneaky or evil smile on his face. Sabo just sighed seeing the mischievous look in both of his brothers' eyes.
"Mr. Sick!" Luffy beamed running over to him. Mr. Sick…? "You have to play with us!"
"I don't know Luffy…" Mike stated unsure, as he saw the other kids looking at him. "And my name is Mike."
"Come on!" Luffy whined unhappily as he pulled Mike over to his brothers and his new… friends? Siblings? Mike wasn't sure. "The other adults keep running away!"
Did Mike even want to know why they were running away…?
"Yeah! Come on!" Ace agreed with a nod, the smile still on his face though the mischief was somewhat hidden.
Since when was Ace cool with people getting in on his and his brothers fun…?
"This is Kaitlyn, Nami, Nojiko, Levi and Dan," Sabo introduced them to Mike seeing as the man seemed lost, and had no idea who the other kids were as Sabo pointed to each person. "Our crew mates!"
Okay…
"Hi…" Mike nodded slowly at them. Then he realized something as he looked over at Kaitlyn again. Didn't one of the others say something about a girl with raven black hair being able to control people or something? He had to ask her now. "You're the one that made Ace wear the dress and skip around giving everyone a kiss, right?"
Ace went red in the face- both with rage and embarrassment as Mike brought that up. Luffy, Dan and Haruta were rolling on the ground laughing their heads off while Levi and Sabo were snickering. The other two girls, Nojiko and Nami seemed confused then laughed.
"That's right!" Kaitlyn nodded with a grin, glancing over to her victim of said event. Oh it was the best day ever! Even if it ended up not too happily for her as a result…
"SHUT UP!" Ace shouted in a whinny voice, his face beat red from embarrassment. He did not want to be reminded of that! "Did they tell you I gave her a black eye for it!?"
Mike looked at Ace and nodded his head, not sure where he was heading with that question. "I heard that but…" Mike, who had been fighting a smile, cracked up laughing which just made Ace even more annoyed. "I still can't believe it! How the hell did she even manage that?! That would have been hilarious to see!"
"IT WASN'T!" Ace yelled in his own defense, wishing that this topic would just drop already. He couldn't take this embarrassment any longer and he wanted to forget all about it! He was a man damn it!
"It was too!" Haruta laughed along with the others, grinning widely and laughing more seeing Ace's red face.
"It kind of was Ace," Sabo told his brother as he patted his back. He was trying not to laugh, but Ace's reactions and everyone else laughing along… it was impossible to not laugh.
Ace glared at Sabo who, in turn, put his hands up in a defensive position, honestly trying to not laugh anymore. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Ace looked like he was going to lose his temper again.
"Breathe Ace breathe," Dan told Ace, laughter in his voice too, who turned his look on him. "What did Marco say would happen if you lose your temper again?"
"I'm grounded until we reach the New World…" Ace muttered unhappily under his breath. "And I can't go anywhere or do anything." He didn't like this one little bit! They all deserved a black eye now!
Dan nodded his head as he waved his hand at everyone to get them to stop laughing. Dan was glad that Ace hasn't forgotten about the promise/threat. The best way of getting Ace to learn to control his temper- saying he can't explore new places with his brothers. Marco was just hoping it would work, it seemed to be doing good so far but you never know.
"Right," Dan smiled. He had told Marco he would help Ace in controlling his temper when Marco wasn't there to do it. Marco was… he was running away from Bellamere last time Dan had seen him. The woman was hell bent on their new dad for some weird reason.
And if anyone is wondering where Koala is, she went back with Jinbei- she wanted to learn more about Fishman Karate but had promised to join Sabo's crew once she was finished. She was then going to teach him, and anyone else that wanted to learn it, all about it once she was finished learning everything she could from Jinbei.
Koala was also going to be the messenger between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Sun Pirates while she was learning as well. So it should be good if Jinbei needs a message to be brought to the Whitebeards or passed onto them, Koala would deliver it and can spend a day or two with them before she needs to go back too.
A win-win for everyone involved. Koala liked the plan, Sabo liked it and Whitebeard didn't mind at all. He couldn't wait for his new daughter to join them.
Ace took a few deep breaths and seemed to have calm down a little. He just had to think about something else that's all.
"There, now," Dan smiled in relief and happy that Ace was able to control himself this time. "Let's have fun!"
Luffy looked back over to the island. "Ne…? Can we go explore the island?"
"Not right Luffy." Dan answered softly, not wanting to upset the boy. "We'll wait for Dad to get back and ask him."
"That sounds like fun!" Ace grinned widely at the thought of going to the island.
"Right!" Luffy beamed with an impossibly wider grin than Ace's. Luffy then seemed to get an idea as he suddenly grabbed a mast with each hand and started to go backwards.
"Luffy…?" Sabo asked then realized in horror what his little brother was doing and planning. Not only that, Luffy's trajectory was with them in front of his path, therefore bringing them along for the ride! "Luffy stop!" But it was too late. Luffy launched all of them- as in Nojiko, Nami, Haruta, Dan, Levi, Kaitlyn, Ace, Sabo, Mike, and himself too, to the island.
"AAAAHHHH!" Everyone but Luffy was yelling while he was laughing without any complaints. More than likely he was looking forward to his next adventure. "SHISHISHI!"
Marco was not going to be happy…
I hope everyone liked the ending!
Ace: we get on with please?
okay, okay!
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Lavi: so... what's going to happen next?
i have no idea! bahahaha! *getting unimpressed looks* what? *getting glares now* come on! i was kidding! i have an outline planned! i'll work on the chapter soon! i swear! just writing chapter 20 for Fire Brothers right now! which reminds me... Fire Brothers chapter 19 and Freedom Fighters Pirates Chapter 15 will be up soon!
have a nice week everyone! till next time!