AN :You all so eager to see the Brother meet isn't it? I simply got an interesting idea to add for this chapter. SHISHISHI... If you want to know let continue...
CHAPTER 25
A few hour before...
The sun just arise and the phoenix happen to complete his duty surveying the area if there any enemy nearby. The news coo seem to be early this morning. He transform himself into human form and paid the news coo after he get the newspaper. He hold on to it and decide to read it later. He walk toward the captain cabin and on the way he meet Thatch holding a tray of breakfast. The happy go lucky chef preparing some breakfast to his captain and for himself. He been eating at the captain cabin since yesterday night after the kid and the Blue Gentleman transfer to the captain cabin after the infirmary was crowded with too many of their nakama injured.
"Care to join us mother hen?" Thatch cracked a joke earning a smack on his head by Marco.
"How are they you?" Marco asked.
"Blue seem healing better but the kid still the same. Have you get a contact with Law?" Thatch replied. Marco shake his head making the chef slump down his head with a sigh.
"Don't worry yoi, we will try until we manage to get to him. Just hope that kid will stay strong." Marco said making Thatch smile a little.
"Yes I hope so." Thatch replied again.
Marco help him to open the captain cabin door and let Thatch walking inside with his tray while he close behind the door. Two figure laying peacefully side by side on the two bed. Izo still checking on the Blue condition while Namur is standing beside Whitebeard that sit on his large chair with a sake bottle in his hand.
"Oyaji! You know it is still too early to drink yoi?" Marco scolded the captain while Whitebeard sweat drop for his action. He put the sake bottle at the side of his chair and laugh away. Marco shake his head and sigh with defeated. Thatch and Namur just smile with their captain action.
"How the two of him, my son?" Whitebeard asked Izo.
"The kid have slightly fever but it not serious and Blue is healing better than yesterday but if the seastone handcuff been remove from his hand he will heal faster." Izo explained.
"Remove his handcuff." Whitebeard ordered Izo making them surprise.
"But Oyaji... We still didn't know what he do to Ace." Izo said.
"I been thinking of it. I send Ace for a mission a day before Blue came. If he done something to Ace he wouldn't come here to find him. He did say he come to meet Ace personally that's mean he didn't meet Ace. I think he even come here on the personal matter without Dragon permission." Whitebeard explained.
"I agree. Revolutionary Army always come to us by group. They never act alone. Maybe he have a reason to find Ace or maybe he know Ace before Ace joining us." Namur agreed with his captain. Izo go toward where Blue laying and free him from the seastone handcuff. Blue injuries seem healing faster afterward.
"My son I think it better we all give some space to them. We might panic them if they waking up. Let go to the dining hall and eat breakfast there. Thatch I'm sorry but you need to carry the breakfast there again." Whitebeard commanded.
"No need to worry Oyaji. Let just have something to eat first before we tried to contact the Revolutionary Army and Law again. The news from the other day gonna give us a war with the Revolutionary Army if we didn't tried to explained it well." Thatch answered. They all walk out the door and Namur help Thatch to carry some of the food to the dining hall.
Sabo open his eyes slowly. The blurry sight making him to blink for a few time while his sight try to adjust for surrounding view. He saw a large bed on his other side and the ceiling definitely a ship ceiling. He raise his both hand toward his face. It's seem some one take off his glove and the burned scar shown on his hand. He just stare at it and decide to test his power. The fire lit calmly on his hand. Then, he realize. He is still on the Whitebeard ship and he been defeated. Why in the world he been taken care of and the injuries on the body is been treated. Is Ace already here? He jerk up making him wince for the pain that come.
"I shouldn't do that... " He said while tried to handle the pain. A newspaper on the table caught his attention. It is a few days newspaper base on the date. What get his attention the most is the highlight on it.
"Koala gonna kill me. Need to report to Dragon san soon or something bad gonna happen." Sabo face-palm while cursing the marines wrong information.
Sabo look around. The figure laying on the other bed with IV drip on the other side caught his attention. He stare long at the figure. A messy black hair and a scar under his eyes. Sabo eyes widening. He know him. He use his strength to walk to the other bed. The bandage seem clearly shown on his body. He seem not to notice he not wearing any shirt but his trouser on. Sabo touch him and realize his skin not elastic. Sabo heart beating fast.
"Lu... What they did to you?" Sabo said with worried. It is seem something happen to his little brother.
The door open up and five figure standing in front of it. Marco saw Blue kneel down beside Luffy bed and instantly catch Sabo wrist making Sabo surprise. Sabo manage to escape from Marco grip and standing with defend stand beside Luffy.
"What are you trying to do to him yoi?" Marco said tried to stay calm. Whitebeard looking at Sabo protectiveness toward Luffy.
"What you done to him?" Sabo said angrily making the other shocked.
"You know him?" Thatch come foward and prevent Marco from trying to attack Sabo.
"Why is he here?" Sabo still mad. He protective instinct make him to move closer toward Luffy.
"He is Mughiwara no Luffy isn't it?" Whitebeard stated.
"Yes and what you need from him?" Sabo glare at them one by one. Thatch come closer toward Sabo.
"Thatch yoi..." Marco seem worried with Thatch action.
Thatch standing three step from Sabo. He pulled out his sword and throw it far to the corner of the floor. Sabo surprise with Thatch reaction. He let his guard down a little.
"I mean no harm." Thatch said and raise his both hand.
"Why?" Sabo still didn't believe it.
"Because that kid save my life and it's time for me to return the favour. I just knew he is Mughiwara no Luffy a second ago after reading the newspaper that just arrived this morning." Thatch explained and giving the newspaper Marco handed to him to Sabo.
Sabo read the headline. It is seem that the marines try to let the Whitebeard to start a war. He sighed and sit defeatedly on Luffy bed.
"How?" Sabo look at he Thatch with hope Thatch explain to him.
Thatch explaining to Sabo from the start and where he meet Luffy. Whitebeard and the other get a sit for them self and listening to Thatch explanation. Thatch told Sabo how Luffy jump out from the barrel and stretch toward him. He state that it caught him surprise to see Luffy there and by mean cover him with his body from been hit by the marine bullet.
"Luffy is bullet proof." Sabo said out loud.
"Seastone bullet." Izo answered him making Sabo widening his eyes realize Luffy condition now.
"I manage to removed the other bullet except one. That one is too near to his heart and I afraid if I try to remove it, it will cause him his life." Izo explained again making Sabo look toward his little brother with worried.
"Brat, who is he to you?" Whitebeard asked. Sabo look toward the captain.
"He is my little brother. Without him I'm nothing." Sabo answered with a tear escaping his eyes making the other shocked to heard their relationship.
"Are you Dragon's son also?" Namur asked.
"No. We are not blood related. We are sworn brother after all." Sabo answered and stroke gently Luffy messy hair.
"Marco get the den den mushi and contact the Strawhats." Whitebeard commanded and Marco instantly run out from the room to get the den den mushi.
"I'm sorry for causing trouble for you all but I need to make a call to the base and report it toward Dragon san before they start any plan to attack." Sabo bow down apologies remind Whitebeard of Ace action. He smile a little.
"Gurarara... Namur give him back his thing. We hope we can prevent any war toward this ship. The sea is vast and the adventure still calling toward us." Whitebeard said making Sabo agreed.
Namur give him his backpack and his top hat. Sabo pulled out a blue den den mushi from the top hat and tried to connect to Revolutionary Army base. Marco come with den den mushi in his hand and the blue den den mushi caught his attention.
"If I not mistaken Ace have one of those but in red color." Marco stated out. Sabo look toward the phoenix.
"Luffy gave it to him also?" Sabo said with surprise. The line on the other side is on and Dragon voice seem to answered it.
"Dragon san." Sabo said.
"Blue?" Dragon answered.
"Yes it is me. What's on the news is not true. Both of us is safe here and Whitebeard treat us kindly. Dragon san, I know the other worried but can you tell them that I'm alright especially Koala. I don't want any wars coming here." Sabo explained.
"Alright then I break out the news but for Koala and Hack I cannot tell them because both of them still go searching for you." Dragon said making Sabo cringed.
"Blue can you tell him to search for Law? It is our only hope to save Luffy." Thatch interrupted.
"What happen to Luffy?" Dragon asked. Sabo explained to him from the beginning.
"I see. I will try to search for him. You get some rest and I hope you return to us soon. My son that I never heard..." Dragon tried to crack a joke.
"Dragon san that really not a good joke." Sabo and the other sweat drop to hear it.
"Keep in touch soon." Dragon said and hang up leaving Sabo slump his head defeatedly.
"Gurarara... Let's call the Strawhats now." Whitebeard laughed out making Sabo smile.
The den den mushi ringing out loud. They all look at each other with wonder. Marco pick up the den den mushi and answered.
"Who's there yoi?" Marco asked.
"Marco?" Ace said.
"Ace?!" Marco replied.
They all turned toward Marco when Ace voice on the loud speaker.
"Okashira!" a fat guy with a meat on his hand running toward the red hair guy with three scar across his left eye. A guy with a cigarette turned toward the fat guy with wonder. A guy with a long dreadlocks hair also look toward the fat guy.
"What is is Lucky?" The red hair guy still sipping his sake from the bottle.
"Look!" Lucky open up the newspaper in from the three of them. The headline making the red hair shocked.
"What we gonna do Shanks?" the man with cigarette in his mouth asked. The dreadlocks hair guy also waiting for his answered.
"Yassop tell other prepare the ship. We have to visit Whitebeard. I know him. He never done something like this. Not with our Anchor." Shanks command. Yassop and Lucky run toward the ship.
"Are you sure? Need me to tell them on head?" the man asked again.
"Ben, we are not going for a war. We just visit them." Shanks said walking to ward the ship. Ben shake his head and trailing his captain from behind.
~ To be continue...
AN : I really mean right? I didn't let them meet on this chapter. SHISHISHI... things getting messier... XP