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26. Ace meets crew

"So why didn't you get any sleep, Luffy?" Ace asked as they searched for the Going Merry. "Don't tell me you're having nightmares again?"

Luffy nodded. "It got better when I was with you for a while. I got them less and less often. But after you left, they started again." He told him. Ace sighed.

"It's weird to see you all pissed off at everything again." Ace said. "You're so different when you can't sleep because of them. You're really like an evil twin of Luffy."

"Well, I met a lot of annoying people today too." Luffy replied with a shrug. "I can't exactly stay calm while both feeling like crap and having to listen to stupid crap all day."

"I guess you're right." His brother replied. "But still, I haven't heard you yell at someone like that in like forever. It's been very long."

Flashback:

Luffy, Ace and Sabo walked around the gray terminal, trying to find something fun to do, when a few thugs surrounded them.

"Hehehe, you're those troublemakers, Aren't you?" one of them said. "Bluejam told me to take care of you!"

Ace and Sabo prepared to fight, but Luffy just stood there. His eyes darkened.

"WOULD YOU GET LOST, STUPID JERKS!?" he suddenly exploded and attacked them. Surprisingly, his powers worked perfectly that day and he beat them all up.

Ace sighed.

"Honestly, when are you going to tell me what happened to you? It's not normal for a man to have nightmares about his friends dying all the time." Ace started. Luffy shook his head.

"I can't tell you, Ace."

Ace sighed and nodded in defeat, but then his eyes darkened.

"Did gramps do something to you?!" Ace almost yelled, but Luffy quickly shook his head.

"Grandpa has nothing to do with it." He answered.

"Your dad?" Ace asked again. Same response.

"I've only met my dad for the first time after I set sail, Ace." Luffy answered. Ace nodded, but then his eyes widened in surprise.

"Wait, you know who your dad is now?" he asked Luffy. He nodded. "So how was the meeting?"

Luffy sighed.

"I called him Mr. Sperm Donor." He answered after a moment of silence. Ace blinked a few times. Then he started laughing.

"I'm sorry!" Ace said as he laughed. "It's just … too priceless … hahahaha! You calling the Revolutionary Dragon … hahaha Mr. Sperm Donor!"

"I guess it is! Shishishi!" Luffy agreed. Then he noticed Ace's tattoo on his arm. He pointed at it.

"I see you really like your name, big brother." Luffy commented. Ace shrugged.

"Oh, I also got a tattoo!" Luffy announced and pulled up his sleeve on his right hand and showed the tattoo on his shoulder.

"ASL?" Ace asked as he saw the tattoo. "Ace, Sabo and Luffy?"

Luffy nodded.

"That's really cool! Why didn't I think of that?" Ace asked. Luffy shrugged.

"Probably because you're ego-glistical and only think about yourself!" Luffy told him.

"It's egoistical Luffy! HEY, I'M NOT EGOISTICAL!" Ace shouted.

"Yes, you are!" Luffy told him. Ace pouted.

"By, the way, how do you like my devil fruit? The Mera Mera no Mi?" Ace asked after a moment of silence.

"It's cool. Not as cool as mine, but it's nice!" Luffy answered. Ace laughed.

"I think I detect jealousy!" Ace chirped out. Luffy shook his hand.

"I wouldn't trade my Gomu Gomu no Mi for anything, Ace!" Luffy told him. And he meant it. Normal blunt blows to his body didn't hurt at all, unless they were very powerful. He could slingshot himself long distances if he wanted, he had the two gears as well as powerful haki enhanced techniques combined with the gears, such as Red Hawk or Elephanto Gun. The devil fruit also allowed him to heal really fast. Also, he's used it for practically two lifetimes already, so he was really used to the devil fruit and it's unique stretching fighting style.

"And why is that, Luffy?" Ace asked. "From what I've seen of your devil fruit it isn't that great!"

Luffy had to stop himself from laughing. 'Typical Ace. Always talking bad about my devil fruit.'

"Well, Ace, I can enlarge my-" Luffy started.

"LU!" Ace interrupted with a red face. "STOP SAYING STUFF LIKE THAT!"

"I was going to say fists, Ace." Luffy replied in a deadpanned expression. Ace sighed.

But then Luffy snickered.

"Of course, I can also enlarge my-" Luffy tried to say.

"DAMN IT, LUFFY!" Ace interrupted again.

"Feet, Ace, feet!" Luffy finished while nearly laughing. Ace sighed in relief.

"But that too, if you must know." Luffy quickly added and watched Ace's face redden a bit more, but to his (Ace's) relief, they reached the ship. As they did, they saw Carue speeding past them into the desert. Luffy didn't remember why Carue did that, but he assumed it was fine.

"OI, GUYS!" Luffy yelled and waved. They boarded the ship and when they did that, they set sail. Luffy immediately noticed everyone was dressed differently.

"So, who is this, Luffy-san?" Vivi asked. Luffy looked at her outfit with a quirked eyebrow.

'When did we hire erotic dancers?!' he asked himself. Vivi wore a dancer girl outfit.

"Why are you wearing that, Vivi?" Luffy asked earnestly. He did not remember from the first time.

"Sanji-kun got us this." Nami told him with a twitch above her eye, who was also wearing similar clothes. "Even though we specifically told him to get us citizens outfits!"

"But, Nami-swaaan! Dancers are citizens too!" Sanji pleaded.

"Whatever." Nami huffed. "Anyway, who's this?"

"That's my older brother, Ace!" Luffy told them and pointed at him.

"Luffy, it's rude to point." Ace told him.

"Whatever."

"P-P-Portgas D Ace?!" Usopp stuttered. Ace nodded.

"Y-You have a bounty of 550.000.000 Berry?" Nami asked. Ace nodded again.

"Don't get any ideas, Nami." Luffy told her. She looked at him oddly.

"Anyway, Ace is really strong. Like I said, he's the 2nd division commander of the Whitebeard pirates." Luffy told them again.

"Luffy, would you-" Ace began.

"No, Ace." Luffy interrupted. "I won't join you."

Ace sighed.

"Hey, guys. I'd like to thank you for taking care of my brother. I know he can be a handful sometimes!" he told the crew.

They bowed their heads.

"Yes, he has!" they told him in unison (except Vivi).

"THAT'S RUDE, JERKS!" Luffy yelled and they cringed and moved away from him a bit. Ace chuckled.

"Anyway, I'm on the hunt for a man named Blackbeard. He's done what no crew member should and killed one of our nakama, so I'm going to finish him off." Ace told them. "So what are you here for?"

Luffy raised his hand in the air.

"I'm going to beat the crap out of Crocodile!" he announced. Ace had wide-eyes.

"You do know Crocodile is a Logia?!" he asked him. "And he's a Shichibukai!"

"Don't care! I'll use water! " Luffy announced. Ace sweat-dropped.

"What the hell? What help will that be?" he asked him. Luffy looked at him oddly.

"Well, Crocodile has a sand logia, so he won't be able to fight if I make him wet, right?" he told Ace. He gained a thoughtful expression.

"Well, that might actually work!" Ace replied. "Anyway, got to go. And I'll take care of those guys for you!"

Ace pointed at ships, with the Baroque works symbol, that were approaching them. Then Ace put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a single, blank piece of paper. He threw it at Luffy, who caught it.

"Save this piece of paper, Luffy. It'll allow us to meet again someday." He told him. Luffy looked at the piece of paper. 'Ace's vivre card.'

Then the big brother jumped down into his little, tiny boat thing. He activated his devil fruit and sailed straight towards the approaching three ships. As he approached, they fired at him, missing completely with cannons, but hitting a few times with guns, which of course did nothing. Then, as he was nearly, at the ship, Ace pushed the little boat into the sea and used his great strength to jump across the ship. He landed back on the little boat and activated his devil fruit powers.

"HIKEN (fire fist)!" Ace shouted and punched through the enemy ship with his … well, fire-fist. He crushed the ships as if they were made of paper.

'Show off.' Luffy thought and smiled.

Luffy clapped and then waved Ace goodbye, as he disappeared, waving as well. Luffy's crew members were gaping at the display of raw power that Ace had just done.

"L-Luffy, are you sure you're stronger than your brother?!" Usopp stuttered. Luffy smiled.

"I can do that too, Usopp. Except without the special effects!"

So, I hope you liked this chapter. More Ace for Ace fans, which is from my experience pretty much everyone, eh?

As you can see, I've addressed those nightmares a bit. When Luffy met Ace and Sabo he had nightmares occasionally, but as they were safe and close to him, the nightmares got less frequent. They saw him snap a few times, but as they got older, it stopped happening, so that why the evil twin comment.

One other thing. Ace isn't shy or anything like that, but he does get embarrassed (unlike Luffy, who is almost completely shameless). So yeah, his face gets red, when Luffy talks stuff like that (or Ace thinks he does), because he's his little brother and it's well kinda awkward.

And for the future: I'll probably skip Erumaru, Yuba and most of Rainbase, because I reaaally don't want to do them and there's nothing that important that couldn't be covered in either short flashbacks or recaps. So next time, you can probably expect them in a cage. But not Nicholas Cage, cause that'd be weird. And gay.

Thank you for reading and please be so kind to review. But don't talk about swords in it if you will (sorry, couldn't resist).

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