Everyone was just staring at Ace as he created a massive burst of flames from his body.
"It's Fire Fist Ace," said someone in the crowd before slowly backing away.
Smoker now his eyes at Ace. "So you're the Dragon Conqueror's brother, are you?"
His hands and immediately turn to smoke and then suddenly launched himself towards Ace. "White Spark!"
His smoke collided with Ace's fire and it soon created a massive column of smoke and fire that launched itself into the air where could be seen from miles.
In the bazaar everyone stopped what they would doing and looked at the massive burst of fire and smoke.
"A fire?"
"That's no ordinary fire."
Hiccup at the others paused slightly in order to look at this clash.
"What's going on back there?" Chopper asked.
"Looks like a fight between smoke and fire," said Snotlout.
"So that's the kind of power you get by eating a Flare-Flare Fruit," said Ragnar.
Astrid looked at Hiccup. "Speaking of Devil Fruits. Hiccup, is that guy really your brother?"
Hiccup nodded. "Yeah, his name's Ace."
"And not surprised to find that you have a brother, but what is he doing here on the Grand Line?" Toothless asked.
"He's a pirate like me, he started his journey three years before I did I haven't seen him since," Hiccup explained.
"Well, he's providing a nice distraction so let's not wasted," said Fishlegs. "We should get back to the ship."
"Then let's go," said Ragnar as they ran off.
Hiccup looked back as the smoke and fire created a massive explosion. "Never drink I would run into Ace here of all places." He then looked at the others. "You guys gone ahead, I'll catch up."
"What?" Astrid stared. "Were you going?"
"To catch up with my brother," said Hiccup as he made a right turn.
"But—"
"He can look after himself, we need a make sure the ship is ready," said Toothless.
Astrid nodded and reluctantly led the others left.
Smoker was having a hard time over powering Ace, though that wasn't surprised considering their powers were compatible with one another.
"A fight between flame and smoke his ultimately pointless," he said. "As we just made obvious." It was then that he noticed that Hiccup and the others had vanished. "Where's the Dragon Conqueror and his crew?"
"They're gone, sir."
"So is Ace! We've lost sight of him!"
"I run into the Dragon Riders on the Grand Line and have them as good as captured, but then you had to get in my way didn't you, Ace," Smoker growled furiously.
Astrid and the others had returned to the Going Tiger and were now prepping the ship the sail.
"Get everything stored, we're shoving off right away," Astrid ordered.
"Aye, aye," said Snotlout. "Set the sails!"
"But it took us so long to finally get here and now were leaving already, Vivi?" said Chopper.
"Yes, but remember we only started to get the supplies we're going to need for the rest of the journey," she reminded him. "Now that we have all of them we're going to head up river into the interior of Alabasta. Our next destination is the City of Green, Erumalu."
"Erumalu?" Chopper blinked.
Everyone was quick to set the sails and to pull up the anchor, but Astrid was still concerned about Hiccup.
"Not comfortable about leaving Hiccup behind," she said.
"Don't be, he'll catch up," Toothless assured her. "Don't forget he is able to fly and it's not surprised that he wants to catch up with his brother."
"Hiccup was he wanted this ship to set sail otherwise he would have said otherwise," said Ragnar.
Hiccup had managed to reach the alleyways and was now trying to think of the best way to meet up with Ace.
"Okay, now I just need to figure out where to meet Ace," he said to himself.
"I should have known you would have backtracked," said a voice above them.
Hiccup looked up and saw Ace looking down at him from the roof of one of the buildings.
"Well, look who the seacat dragged in," Hiccup smiled.
Ace jumped down and landed in front of him. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"
"Five years if you want to be precise," Hiccup smiled.
"Well, you haven't changed much in all that time, though you had a bit of a growth spurt. Are you sure you're still that little runt that caused Dad all kinds of trouble?"
"Oh, I still cause trouble, but mostly for other pirates in the Marines," Hiccup laughed. "And you haven't changed either, apart from your new Devil Fruit powers. So do you mind telling me what you're doing in this country?"
Ace pulled out a water bottle from his bag. "I take it you never received the message I left for you back on Drum Island."
"Message?"
"Well, I guess that's a no. But don't worry it's no big deal, it was just to let you know that I would be on Alabasta for a few days. I'm in these waters on some business."
"Business? I take it that you joined up with, Dad," Hiccup assumed.
"Yeah, and now officially a member of the Hairy Hooligans," said Ace and showed in his tattoo on his back. "He's even made me the Second Division Commander."
"You always did show promise," Hiccup sighed.
"Hey, Dad's proud of you I know that," said Ace placing a hand on his shoulder. "When you saw you're wanted poster, he couldn't hold back telling anyone that he was proud of you. You know there is an opening for another Division Commander, he might offer it to you if you ask."
Hiccup looked at him. "I've only just started out on my journey, besides high don't think I'm ready to meet Dad again. We didn't exactly leave in the best of terms."
"I had a feeling, you'd say that," said Ace tossing him the water bottle. "But cousin some slack, he did give you that Dragon-Dragon Devil Fruit for your birthday."
"I just can't face him, not yet. Not until I become King of the Pirates."
"Well, I'm sorry to tell you this but I'm planning to help Dad to become King of the Pirates."
"That's fine, I'm just a bit disappointed," said Hiccup as he drank from the water bottle. "Of course you know this means that we'll find ourselves fighting one another."
Ace smiled. "Yeah, but not today."
Meanwhile Mr 11 was still tied to the mast of Smoker's ship, which had been left completely unguarded as they were chasing after Hiccup.
"Something big must be going on in town," he said to himself. "All the Marines on board wouldn't have left me unintended like this if there wasn't." He then started to wiggle around in order to free himself on the ropes. "Oh, well… whatever it is it's given me a perfect opportunity to escape."
"Mr 11," said a voice.
Mr 11 looked up and saw three thuggish-looking figures had appeared on deck. "Well now, since you know my code name that only means that the three of you are members are Baroque Works. I'd guess Millions. Hurry up and untie me!"
"You're right about one thing, we're with Baroque Works."
"But we're in line to become Number Agents, see. We're not Millions with Billions."
"You're a Number Agents, but it looks like you're barely one that. A stronger agent would never have been captured by the Marines like this."
Mr 11 glared at them. "Can we discuss this later? Like when I'm not tied up maybe? Now help another member out before those Marines come back!"
The three Billions agents merely smiled evilly at him.
"Oh, we'll help you all right." He then pulled out his pistol and aimed it directly at him. "Right off this mortal coil that is. A Billions can get promoted to a Number Agent whenever there is a seat to fill."
Then appearing behind the age and was a large muscular man with two sword strapped to his back. "And your position is about to be empty."
"Wait, no!Hold on!" Mr 11 begged.
Then there was a sound of a gunshot.
With their work done the four Billion agents jumped off the ship and then suddenly a man that observed the confrontation between Ace and Smoker rushing towards them.
"Hey! You won't believe it, Fire Fist Ace is here," he said.
"What? Fire Fist Ace?"
"You mean the Second Division commander of the Hairy Hooligan pirates?"
The large muscular man smiled. "If we can take someone with his reputation down then were guaranteed to become Number Agents."
Hiccup and Ace were currently walking down the alleyway, back towards the docks
"Now we had better get to your ship before the Marines show up," said Ace. "Do you have any idea where they could have gone?"
"They'll problem try and find a secluded place away from the harbour," said Hiccup. "With luck will be able to spot them as they pass the harbour."
"So tell me about your crew. What are they like? Who are they?" Ace asked curiously.
"Firstly I have a Drake that uses three swords and he wants to be the greatest swordsman in the world," said Hiccup. "My first mate, has a bit of an anger management issue, but she's a very skilled warrior. I also have a navigator, who practically jumps of his own shadow, but his navigation skills are incredible. Next I have a cook, who is also a bit of a sharpshooter and he makes a mean soufflé. My helmsman is a bit full of himself, but he skilled in steering the ship. I've also got a pair of twins that like to cause mischief wherever they go. Oh, and I've just acquired a doctor who happens to be a reindeer."
Ace looked at him. "Really, you don't say. Sounds like you got a motley crew there."
"We also have a Princess and a giant duck," Hiccup added. "They may be an odd bunch, but you can always count on them in a pinch."
"Sounds like it, you certainly have a habit of collecting oddballs really know their stuff."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, you've never really taken anything easy. I mean you did come all the way on the Grand Line with such a small crew, not a lot of people would do that."
They kept on walking, but then emerging from out of the alleyways were the Billion agents.
"Stop right there, Fire Fist."
Hiccup and Ace stopped in their tracks and looked at all the folks that were now surrounding them. Then approaching them was the large muscular man, who appear to be the ringleader among them.
"You've got no place to run, Ace," he said. "Your head is mine, it's my ticket to a promotion. Prepare to die."
Unaware of what was transpiring in the town, Astrid and the others were now sailing away from the harbour.
"Hmm, is it okay for a ship to set sail without its captain on board?" Chopper asked.
"The first place the Marines are going to look for is the harbour so our top priorities to hide the ship," Astrid explained.
"I know of a secluded cove that up ahead, we can anchor the ship there," said Vivi.
"Okay, so we lay low, that things call down for a bit and then go back for Hiccup," Ragnar simplified.
"I can't believe he would just abandon his crew like this," Snotlout grumbled.
"He hasn't abandon us, he's trying to make sure that his brother gets away from the island as well," said Toothless.
All the Billions agents were now aiming their pistols directly at the two of them and all them had murderous looks on their faces.
"It's our lucky day, boys," said their leader. "This will be easier than shooting fish in a barrel."
A Billion agent then immediately recognised Hiccup. "Hey, look at that other guy. Is it just me or does he look like Dragon Conqueror Hiccup?"
"Hey, now that you mention it, it is him."
"He's worth 30 million Gil."
Leader smiled. "Well, well, looks like our lucky day just got even luckier. That big promotion is just a hop skip and two severed pirate heads away."
Hiccup and Ace then kept on walking and went past him, as if nothing had happened.
"Anyway, let's go and find your ship," said Ace.
"We should start at the shore," said Hiccup.
The Billion agents were quite furious that they just walked off.
"Hey! Stop you two!"
"Hold it right there!"
The ringleader was quite furious of being ignored. "You can't walk away from us! Get them!"
The Billion agents then immediately jumped into action with their weapons drawn.
"Shall we?" Hiccup asked.
"After you," said Ace.
Hiccup then quickly backed away in order to avoid the blade of a Billion agent, but more kept on coming. He continued to back away avoiding the swords and then he kicked one right in the face.
"You're going to have to do a lot better than that," he said.
A few of the Billion agents were making their move against Ace, but he was proving to be just as nimble as Hiccup.
"Give him a taste of your steel!"
Ace then quickly performed a leg sweep knocking an agent office feet and then jumped into the air to avoid two blades.
Most of the agents and surrounded Hiccup and immediately jumped on him.
"Hold him down!"
Hiccup then transformed into his hybrid form and push them aside before flying up into the air. Clearly they had not been expecting him to have Devil Fruit powers, which caught them offguard.
"Whoa, what the hell! He just transformed!"
"Oh, man, he must have Devil Fruit powers."
Immediately they opened fired on Hiccup, but the bullets just bounced off his scales.
"That's not going to work," said Hiccup as he flew back down to the ground.
The ringleader of the Billion agents then immediately drew his sword and charge that Hiccup. Hiccup quickly jumped back to avoid the blade and he kept on swinging, but Ace caught the blade with his bare hand stopping him writing his tracks.
Hiccup then took in a deep breath. "Dragon…" Purple light began to form inside his mouth and Ace uses powers to heat up the sword forcing the ringleader to drop it. "…Blast!"
Hiccup then fired a plasma blast and Ace sidestepped out of the way. The plasma orb then slammed into the ringleader and he was sent flying to who knows where. The remaining agents just stood there dumbfounded trying to comprehend what just happened.
Hiccup and Ace just simply walked off, but eventually the agents shook out of their trance.
"Don't be scared men!"
"Yeah, he's right! The rank of Number Agent is riding on those two!"
"After them!"
Hiccup and Ace eventually made their way to the harbour.
"Here we are," said Hiccup.
"You see your ship?" Ace asked.
Hiccup looked around and then the Billion agent appeared behind them.
"You can't escape from us!"
Ace looked at them. "You clowns just never learn."
"I found it," said Hiccup spotting the Going Tiger sailing by.
"Then you gone ahead, I'll finish these clowns off," said Ace.
"Gotta," said Hiccup as he transformed and took off.
Astrid saw Hiccup flying towards them through her binoculars.
"I found him and he's flying this way," Astrid informed everyone.
"Welcome back, Captain," said Ragnar. "I hope the reunion with your brother went all right."
"Yeah, he should be here soon," Hiccup nodded.
"You mean you left him behind?" Snotlout stared.
"Ace is really strong," Hiccup assured him.
"So how strong is he?" Chopper asked.
"So strong that the Government even asked him to become one of the Seven Warlords," Hiccup smiled.
Everyone's mouth fell wide open at this news.
"You mean to say that he is of the same calibre as Viggo?" Astrid stared.
"You bet," said Hiccup. "And he should be here in about three… two… one."
Ace then appeared on the railings on the side of the ship. "I hope I haven't been keeping you waiting."
"Punctual as always, Ace," Hiccup smiled.
Now that the rest of the crew got a better look at him, he wasn't exactly what they pictured. Ace had black hair and see green eyes, and his frame was far more muscular. In fact he didn't bear much resemblance to Hiccup which was a bit odd.
"So you're Hiccup's crew, nice to finally meet you," Ace smiled. "I hope that Hiccup hasn't caused too much trouble, he was always a bit of a troublemaker when we were kids."
"Hiccup, a troublemaker?" Astrid stared.
"I find that hard to believe," said Snotlout.
"Oh, we'll do anything to get Dad attention and more often than not cause more troubles than the ones we found ourselves in with his crazy inventions," Ace laughed.
Hiccup groaned. "Do you have to tell them everything?"
"It's my job to make you feel embarrassed about yourself," Ace smirked.
"Man, he's not exactly what I pictured," Tuffnut whispered.
"I think he looks hot," said Ruffnut.
"Well, looks like we got another mouth to feed," said Ragnar. "Why don't you get settled down and out the person tea?"
"Thanks, I could do with a cup," said Ace.
Astrid looked at Hiccup and found. "Hiccup, don't mean to be rude, but are you sure your brother?"
Hiccup looked at her. "Of course, I'm sure. Why do you ask?"
"Well, you two don't exactly look like," she pointed out.
"That's because he's adopted," Hiccup explained.
"Adopted?" said Toothless.
"You see both our fathers were rival pirates, but good friends nonetheless. Eventually the Marines caught up with his father and then they began hunting down anyone associated with him."
"Why?" Fishlegs frowned.
"He was quite the notorious pirate, as search anyone associated with him had to be arrested and they wanted and his line."
"A bit extreme," Snotlout frowned.
"No kidding, but the world Government has zero tolerance with pirates. To the Government being the child of a criminal makes you a criminal, I can't tell you how many innocents lost their lives."
"That's horrible," said Vivi. "I can't believe that the World Government would do such a thing."
Hiccup shrugged. "Well, they failed. My father managed to get to Ace's mother before the Marines, but she died during childbirth. Dad then raised him like his own."
"I owe everything to the old man and nothing to my birth father that's why I took my mother's surname," said Ace.
"So who is his father?" Ragnar asked curiously.
Hiccup looked at them. "Sorry guys, I trust you, but I'm afraid that has to stay a secret. People find out who is father was then they would be more Marines on Ace's tail than you could shake a stick at."
However, this conversation was cut short when they saw Baroque Works appearing in front of them.
"Baroque Works, those of the Billion ships" said Vivi.
All the Billion agents were stamping around the decks of their ships in an attempt to stop Hiccup and Ace from escaping.
"Are we going to let them escape from the Billions?"
"No way!"
"We'll show them what Baroque Works Billions are made of, full speed ahead!"
"They just don't give up, do they?" said Hiccup.
"Hiccup, just leave it to me. I'll handle them," said Ace.
Ace then jumped off the ship and landed on a small boat that was tied to the back of their ship. Clearly this was how Ace managed to catch up with them and everyone on the Going Tiger were surprised that he was going out to face them by himself.
"He's going to face them by himself?" Astrid stared.
"And in that dinky boat, too?" Snotlout frowned.
When Ace landed on his boat, he used his powers in order to create heat that powered his ship any took off.
"I wouldn't worry about him if I were you," said Toothless. "They don't just let anyone become the Second Division Commander of the Hairy Hooligans Pirates."
Ace was heading straight towards the Baroque Work ships and had no intention of stopping.
"Is he insane?"
"Fire Fist is heading right towards us!"
"Let him come, our ships are going to make matchsticks out of his!"
Ace then suddenly jumped into the air and his boat sank beneath the waves, but kept on moving.
"He jumped?" Astrid stared.
Ace had jumped so high that he was now directly on top of the Baroque Work ships and used his powers to give a little extra speed in order to pass them.
"Open fire!"
"Blow him to pieces, men!"
However, everyone had been prepared to fire at him when he was in front of them and by the time they reacted Ace was now directly behind them. His boat emerged from the waves and he landed back on top of it and then he raised his fists with claims covering it.
"Fire Fist!" he roared.
He then unleashed a powerful burst of flames from his fist which slammed right into a Baroque Work ship and kept on going. Due to the way they had positioned themselves was almost as if Ace was knocking them down like dominoes and in a manner of seconds all the ships had been destroyed.
Ace merely stood there and smiled as he placed a single burning finger on his hat as he stared at the wreckage. Astrid and the others were completely stunned by the display they had just witnessed.
"He roasted them," Snotlout stared openmouthed.
Back in the town, the Marines were still searching for Hiccup and his crew, but they had vanished completely.
"Captain Smoker, we combed the entire city but Dragon Conqueror Hiccup and his crew are nowhere to be found," said Stormfly.
Smoker just sat there contemplating. "Do you know who I saw with them? Vivi, and I'm certain it was her too."
Stormfly's eyes lit up. "Vivi? As in Princess Vivi Nefertari? But what would she be doing with the Dragon Riders Pirates? She must be there hostage, they probably abducted her in the hopes that her father would pay a hefty ransom."
Smoker shook his head. "Doubt it, she wasn't acting like a kidnapped victim, more like part of the crew."
"The Princess… acting like a pirate?"
"Something strange is happening," Smoker concluded. "I just wish I knew what it was."
A Marine then rushed over towards him. "Captain Smoker, I'm sorry sir, but I it appears that Mr 11 was killed on board the ship while we were off searching for the Dragon Riders. Who by the way we still haven't located yet."
"Call off the search for Dragon Conqueror Hiccup, I have a pretty good idea where he's headed," said Smoker as he rose to his feet. "He is after Viggo Grimborn. I'm sure of it."
"Why Viggo Grimborn?" Stormfly frowned. "He's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. A pirate, given government approval."
"I find all the Seven Warlords despicable, but Viggo is the absolute worst."
"Politically speaking, is Indian ally of the World Government and the Marines?"
"Viggo may have the powers of the fooled, but not me. They're delusional if they think giving him a sanction will make him obey, he's a pirate. There's one thing you need to remember, Stormfly. A pirate is a pirate, no matter where they go they never change. Viggo will lead us right to him, Dragon Conqueror will show up wherever he is and I'm sure we'll find out what is going on once we get there. They'll be no escape for him, not this time."
Ace had soon returned back to the Going Tiger and everyone waste any time getting the mead out to celebrate.
"This is good stuff," said Ace as he drank his tankard.
"Now we just have a make sure that we don't drink it all in one go," Hiccup laughed.
Ace then pulled Hiccup to one side. "So tell me, is there something going on between you and your first mate?"
Hiccup quickly choked on his mead. "W-What gave you a crazy idea like that?"
"Your reaction," Ace laughed.
"We're not a thing," said Hiccup plainly. "We work on a professional basis."
Ace gave him a sceptical look. "If you say so. Though if you ask me you should make a move quickly, time waits for no man."
"Enough now about my love life, I was hoping that you could help us out," said Hiccup.
"Has much as I would want to, I can't," said Ace as he drank. "I'm currently chasing someone. He's a pirate by the name of Drago Bludvist."
Everyone looked up upon hearing this name.
"Drago Bludvist?" Fishlegs blinked.
"We've heard of him, he was the one who attacked a Drum Kingdom," said Vivi.
"You see Drago used to be a member of the Second Division of the Hairy Hooligans," Ace explained.
Hiccup frowned. "I think I've heard of him, but I don't remember what he looks like."
"Not surprising, he kept to himself most of the time. Anyway, he committed the worst felony a pirate could, he killed one of his fellow crew members and then he jumped ship. As Commander of his division it's my responsibility to take care of him."
"So that's why you're after him," said Ragnar.
"I came here, because I heard that Drago came to Alabasta, but apparently he had already left by the time I arrived."
"Then I guess you will be sticking with us for very long," Toothless assumed.
"Yeah, I have to follow his trail before it gets cold so I can't wait a single second. Once we stop at the sure we'll be parting ways."