Galaxy Creator of Pisces: I had updated it on the wrong day so I took it down to post today.

Baby boy Ace is in this chapter! Enjoy~

The next day at school was really fun. It distracted him from Ace very well. At least, the last class did. They weren't fighting two on two like at U.A., but it was a battle royal around the campus. If they damaged any part of the campus, they got last place and would be doing detention. The last one standing was the winner. Of course, they weren't knocking each other out. They had headbands and would need to snatch them away.

The person who lasted till the end won. There was no prize other than to be the winner and start the school year at the number one place. Luffy declined playing on a team to help the others. He didn't want to be bogged down. He wanted to win, he was going to win.

This campus was more open, and the forested area was smaller, but the trees were further apart. So he perched in the highest branch of one of the more tall trees. He was able to watch students in fights. He knew what he'd do.

When he saw Sanji get Zoro and Usopp's headbands, pissing them off, he silently swooped in and yanked the headbands out of Sanji's hands and off his head. He flew back off, grinning. "Asshole!" Sanji shouted. Luffy chuckled. He did this for the other ones, sneaking up from behind quietly, gliding just at the right angle to make zero noise.

The Three Jis were very angry at this. He got all of the headbands without even fighting. Yonji tried extending his arm after Luffy, but he turned on the super strength and got right out of reach before landing in front of Rayleigh. "I won," he grinned, holding all of the headbands.

"Unexpected approach considering how you did at the UA exam." Luffy looked a little sheepish and said he didn't have just one strategy. He said he also patrolled with Hawks and never did any fighting since he wasn't allowed. "Well, great job." The others came over, all grumbling.

"You didn't even fight!" Yonji accused.

Luffy replied with, "Why fight when it's not necessary? We didn't have to defeat each other, just take the head bands." Sanji huffed. Rayleigh said there would be situations where fighting wasn't the best course of action. "Being stealthy or unassuming will need to be mastered as well." The Three Jis were glaring at him. It was to be expected, to be honest. He wasn't surprised. He knew that they'd never get along. Nami and Vivi said that they didn't even think about sneaking.

"It's easy for you cause you have wings," Rebecca grumbled. Luffy nodded, since that was the truth. They were told to go change and go back to the classroom. The only ones who held a grudge over the match were the Three Jis. Everyone else moved on, since someone would have been the winner regardless, and there was no point in being hung up about it.

After school was over, he didn't leave right away, but looked at his phone, the number Hawks gave him. He really didn't know how to feel. He balled his fists before putting the phone back in his backpack pocket and flying off, not going straight home. He went to the park where he and Hawks had gone years ago to teach Luffy to fly.

He sat at the beach shore of the lake he'd crashed into. He took his boots off and his hat was already in his backpack, taking his face shield off as well, putting it in his lap. He looked out at the body of water that held fond memories.

Finally, he decided to text Ace. Hi. This is Luffy.

He waited for only five minutes before Ace texted back. I'm so sorry. I wish I could have saved you when we were kids. I should have tried harder. I should have looked more. I should have run away to find you.

Luffy didn't know how to respond. I like my life now. Hawks saved me.

I know. I talked to him. He seems very protective of you. I'm happy he took you in. Even though I never found you after he took you in, I'm still happy that you have had a good life.

The teen looked at that text, and didn't know how to respond. Talking over text was weird. Where are you right now?

He gave an address to an apartment complex. Luffy got out Google Maps and followed it to Ace's place. He was worried, nervous. He didn't message Hawks about coming home late. It was only 4:30. He had two to three hours depending on what happened that day while at work. He wasn't always patrolling, he had to go to meetings, see other pro-heroes, do paperwork and office work.

He landed in the complex and saw Ace sitting on a bench in front of the street, jiggling his leg in what seemed like nervousness. He took a deep breath and then walked up to the guy claiming to be his brother. He looked up, and stood immediately. It was awkward, and Ace was clearly resisting the urge to hug him. But he didn't, since they were strangers. Or at least, to Luffy he was.

Ace remembered him, Luffy didn't. "Hi," Luffy said awkwardly. Then he asked what Ace's reasoning was to come back, voice bolder.

He looked down and bit his lip. "I just turned 18. I couldn't leave on my own before. I haven't spoken to our parents in five years, and I looked online for you. Your wings threw me off, you didn't have them when we were little."

"Yeah. I chose them to be my main quirk," Luffy said. Then he asked what Ace objective was. He replied that he wanted to be part of Luffy's life. He wanted to be his friend, even if he'd never see him as a brother. "I'm still living with Hawks."

Ace made sure to tell him he didn't plan on interfering in anything, it wasn't his right to do so. But he wanted to be friends. Luffy stood awkwardly. "I don't know," he settled with. "I don't know you, I don't remember you, or anything from that time. My first memory I can recall is the pain of being thrown out of the car. I hope you weren't there for that," he said the last part coldly, showing that he wouldn't have an easy time being Luffy's friend or brother if he had been there, even if he was only 8.

He shook his head, saying he was told that Luffy was being taken to a family member's house. "I only found out 6 months later, when that family member died and you never came back. I heard them talk about it, on the phone with someone. I called the heroes to go look for you, look for the kids and clean that place up. I didn't know if you were still there, still alive. But you never showed up at the shelter I waited at, all of the little kids being brought there. I thought… the worst. That'd you'd died or were kidnapped for your quirk. I didn't expect you to be taken in by Hawks."

Luffy owed his good luck to Ace's choice to call for help. "Thank you. For calling for help, so Hawks could rescue me," he said. Ace nodded with a smile.

He said, "That's the best part of this. I was able to help give you a good home life, even if it wasn't with me. After they found out about what I did, they sent me to live with an estranged family member in America where I had no hope in getting you back. It's been ten years. I know and I understand if you want nothing to do with me," Ace said sincerely.

Luffy looked down. "I don't know. I don't know what to think. I'm glad you didn't find me before, but I'm also mad that I got thrown out of the car and you didn't even know." He knew it wasn't Ace's fault, though. "I'm not who I was or would have been."

"I know. I know, and I didn't do anything about it. Even if I wasn't in the car, I should have suspected. I should have suspected something, they weren't even subtle about it. They said they took you to live somewhere else but you left your stuffed bear there. You wouldn't have ever left him. I should have known, but I was stupid. I'm sorry."

Ace had tears in his eyes, looking like he hated himself. He was grimacing, clenching his fists. Luffy couldn't blame him for what their parents did. That wasn't right. "I… I don't want to say I forgive you, but I don't blame you. You were little, too." Ace nodded and said he wished he was older when everything happened.

He sat back down on the bench, and Luffy did, too. "Thank you for coming to speak with me. It was awkward over text," Ace said. Luffy nodded, asking if Ace had a job. He nodded. "I submitted to help out in a few agencies. I went to hero school, too, just in America." He pulled out his provisional license. "Not at Hawks' agency, but others. I did my research on heroes here. I also have a lot of inheritance money since grandmother died. I took it and moved here," he explained.

Luffy nodded and then said he should be getting home. Ace looked sad, clearly wanting to spend more time with him. "I'll see you this weekend or something," Luffy said, and Ace gave a small smile and nodded. Luffy adjusted his face shield again and flew home, looking back once to see Ace watching him leave.

Hawks didn't know he'd been gone. He wondered what the reaction would be. He never really made big demands or decisions for Luffy anymore, since he wasn't his dad. He made executive decisions about Luffy being ill, but not about personal choices. He trusted Luffy with that stuff since he'd always been responsible.

So when he got home, after he did his homework, he cooked simple pasta, too distracted to cook something fancy. Hawks walked in at just the tight time once the food was ready. Luffy was quiet, and Hawks asked if everything was okay.

"I went to see Ace. It was sad. He seemed so devastated about everything that happened. He moved here with inheritance to try and find me again. He had a hero license and applied to work at some agencies. I don't even know what his quirk is," Luffy explained honestly. Hawks didn't scold him, which Luffy was happy about. "Would you ever want me to leave? If he asked me to live with him or something?"

Hawks put his fork down and leaned forward. "I won't trap you here, but I don't want you to leave anytime soon. You're still just 15, and if you did move in with Ace, I would want it to be at least after a year of knowing him."

Luffy smiled and said he wasn't planning on leaving, so he didn't need to be worried. "Just because he's here now doesn't mean I have to go and live with him. But… it would be nice to have a brother. I'm just sad I missed out on little brother years. Well, I had five years with him, even if I don't know how I was treated for those five years. I'm not gonna ask. I don't want to hear it was some perfect home life but I was tossed anyway. I also don't want to hear that I was abused since being even littler," he mused, picking at his food.

"I'm sorry," Hawks said. Luffy said he didn't do anything wrong. It was all his parents. No one was to blame except them.

"I'm just glad you didn't give up on me when I first told you to fuck off." Hawks said he was a hero and had plenty interactions like that. That just was one of his first. "Maybe my attitude made you a more patient hero. You had to deal with my shit and all."

Hawks nodded and then asked how school had gone. "Alright. I won a battle royal in the class without even fighting. Just swooped in and stole their prizes and won. I'm calling the wanna be bullies the 'Three Jis' because there's no way I'd think or pronounce all of those names." Hawks asked what their last name was. "Vinsmoke. Their dad is some kinda rich dude in America. I looked him up."

The pro-hero said he'd never heard of him. "Then he must not be much of a bigwig if the number three hero doesn't even recognize his name."

"Perhaps. Or may he just might not be big in Japan, but is in the rest of the world," Hawks replied. Luffy wondered why they were all in Japan if their father and his corporation were in America. Hawks shrugged, saying he had no idea.

After making lunch for the next day and putting it in the fridge, Luffy went to bed. "Luffy, I hope it works out with Ace and you can have a real family," Hawks said with a true smile. Luffy knew he felt like family, there was no reason to correct him. Luffy grinned and said he hoped so, too.

-x-

"Luffy?" Shanks asked. Luffy jolted and realized he'd been asked a question. He was zoning out, thinking about Ace. Shanks repeated the question without reprimanding him. He answered it, even if it was automatic, and he went right back to daydreaming.

He was distracted all day, but managed to make it through with minimal effort. Work, eat, work, go home. Even distracted like he was, he was able to be the first team to make it to the top of the rock wall. He wasn't the very first, that one went to Rebecca, but he was part of the winning group. Ace wasn't at UA long enough to compare this, but Rayleigh said that hero basics training would be staggered between fights, quirk training and physical training. All of those needed to be advanced to be a hero. Luffy wasn't the fittest of the class, even if he was the strongest. He showed that. He walked and ran like normal people when it didn't matter.

After classes were over, Zoro asked him if everything was okay. Luffy nodded. "Just some family stuff," he replied, changing his glasses, making sure his eyes were closed in between. Zoro asked if he was alright. Luffy nodded again. "Just a family member I didn't know I had popped up. I'll see you tomorrow," and he flew off, cruising higher than usual. He rarely went this high, but he wanted to only think about himself.

He went above the lowest layer of clothes, making him damp and cold. But there was nothing around to distract him. What would he do about Ace? He tried to think of a way they could be brothers, but Luffy honestly didn't know what family was supposed to be like. Was it just like friends, or were you supposed to be closer? He wished he had someone to talk to about that, but Hawks never had a biological family and Todoroki wasn't close to his.

He'd told Todoroki about his new glasses, and he was happy about that, but was surprised when Luffy chose to go to another school. He couldn't tell if he was mad about that. He hoped that wasn't the case or it would be hurtful. He wished he could have continued to go to UA to stay with him, but Shiketsu was pretty nice, too. His teachers were nice so far, and he got along well with most of his classmates.

Luffy had dialed back his smartness in the classes. He let others answer and not only him, even though he knew the answer to most of the questions asked since he did homework early. He'd requested from all of his teachers to give him all of the next week's homework on Friday of the previous.

They seemed happy to do so, and he planned on turning everything in early. So when Friday did come, he got all of next week's homework and finished all he could do at the moment, leaving the rest once he learned about it more. He knew it was the same amount of working, doing it ahead and doing it on time, but ahead always felt better to him.

When he was done with his homework, he hesitated to message Ace, but finally did, typing on the phone quickly. Hi. It's Luffy.

Ace already had his number, so it was kind of stupid to say who it was. He waited for a message for over an hour before his phone buzzed out on the roof in his little area, reading. Hi, Luffy. Sorry it took so long, I got accepted to work at Endeavor's.

Oh. Congratulations. Luffy replied. Ace asked if he wanted to meet up and they could talk about things more. Luffy was interested in Ace's life in America and wondered what his quirk was, if it was good enough for him to be accepted to Endeavor's agency.

He knew Hawks liked Endeavor, admired him, but Luffy didn't like him personally, knowing what he'd don't to Todoroki and his family. He'd never told any of that to Hawks, even as a kid not wanting to ruin his image of Endeavor. He may have thought he didn't deserve the admiration, but he wouldn't ruin it for Hawks.

Okay. Where? Luffy asked. Ace replied that he didn't know Japan well anymore. We could go to a park, or a cafe. I don't know. They settled on going to a Starbucks near where Ace worked now. It would be much more convenient for Luffy to fly there than to have Ace have to drive someplace.

I'm going to go to a Starbucks with Ace in north Kyoto Luffy texted Hawks and gave him the address. Even if Luffy didn't think Ace was a murderer or kidnapper, Hawks would probably feel better in the long run knowing where he was, even though he flew around everywhere he wanted and always came home just fine.

He got to the Starbucks first and sat outside at one of the tables. Ace came from the parking lot, walking quickly. "Hey," Ace said cheerily, though there was a waver in his voice. Luffy greeted him next. Ace was much more nervous than Luffy. He had no relationship or knew Ace, so this going bad wouldn't affect him too badly, but it would for Ace, who was searching for his lost brother and wanting to rekindle.

They got their drinks and then went back out to one of the outdoor tables. "You can take off your face shield. It's not too bright. Or do you have prescription glasses?"

Luffy answered with the truth. "I have to have these on anytime in public. I can't see other peoples' quirks this way. My brain doesn't register them so I don't store new ones." Ace clearly wondered why, as anyone would want Luffy's power. When they didn't know the tolls that come with it. "Too many quirks makes me unable to function normally. I had to have two months of surgery to remove 20 of the quirk nerves. If I fill back up, the nerves press against each other and make them uncontrollable," he explained.

Ace looked very troubled by that. "I'm sorry. That sounds terrible." Luffy nodded and said it had cost him his place at UA and he had to move schools. "What are the glasses made of?"

"Government stuff that is used to detect people without quirks, ignoring those with them. I don't know exactly how it works, but it does. What's your quirk?" Luffy asked, voice and posture stiff but trying to be easy going. Trying to imitate Hawks. It wasn't going very well, he was uncomfortable and awkward.

Meeting anybody new wouldn't do this, it was that Ace was his family. Long lost family. "I can move things with my mind. A more advanced telekinetic. I didn't always use it for the best activities, but I don't use it like that anymore." Of course, Luffy asked what he used to do. "Ruin class projects for people I didn't like…" he said awkwardly. "In junior high, there were these three guys I hated, they were so meant to my friends. So I shared a ceramics class with them. Let's just say they were very clumsy with their projects."

Luffy laughed. "Well, I never used my power in front of anybody else. After I got Hawks' wings, he wanted to teach me to fly because he said it would make me happy. These aren't his, but someone I saw in a cutscene for some old video game. I used to be able to take them out and then suck them back inside. After awhile, I decided to keep them out and I can't put them back in anymore," Luffy explained. "The nerve for this one is a lot thicker than the others, thankfully."

They weren't near other people who could hear their conversation. Otherwise he would be saying nothing of his quirk in public. Ace smiled. "Hawks seems like a really good person." Luffy nodded, saying he was. "Did he adopt you?"

"Nah, that would be weird. He would have only been 14 years older. He just took me in. He found me walking around with 60 nails stuck in me, knocked me out because I refused to go to the hospital with him. He's like… a close friend/roommate. He used to be the one always taking care of me, but now I do the cooking and cleaning and go to school. He pays for stuff, I don't have a job yet."

Ace winced at the 60 nails part. "It wasn't pretty, living like that. Besides the scars from the roadrash, I have a lot of others. Got stabbed a couple times, shot at, slashed from other kids fighting for food. It was messy but I'm better now."

Ace bit his lip and said, "I'm so sorry that I didn't rescue you. You were only five…"

Luffy said there was nothing they could do about it now. "I'm not really upset about it much anymore. I mean, I'm mad that I was put there, but I've moved past it. It got me a home and a future. I'm going to become a sidekick for Hawks when I graduate." Ace smiled and nodded. "Will you tell me about your life in America? Besides messing up people's art."

Ace's body had relaxed, but it was clear he was still worried and stiff. "It was kind of lonely, to be honest. I had friends, but not great friends. I lived with our late grandma. She… tried to be kind. It was never enough, none of our family has been kind. I took hero studies in one of the more major high schools, the closest I could get to. I didn't do it to find you, that would take too long. To have to become a full hero would take too long. I wanted to look for you as soon as I could.

"Immediately after graduation, grandma died. Since I was supposedly the only grandchild left, I got a large amount of inheritance, which was what I used to move here and get a not-horrible apartment. I haven't spoken to our parents in four years, and I won't be talking to them ever again." Ace was clearly still extremely angry and upset over the whole thing, which Luffy had long since moved on from.

He was glad Ace didn't see him how he had been, hating everything and everyone. While they were talking, his phone buzzed and he briefly looked at it to see if it was Hawks, but it was Todoroki. He was happy, they hadn't spoken for a couple days. It felt like he was angry, which he really hoped was not the case.

But he put it back in his pocket to answer later. He and Ace talked a bit more, Ace showing Luffy his power, which was what he said it was. Powerful telekinesis. He showed him how far the range was by gently moving a car way down the street that's car alarm started going off. So, Ace could be powerful, too. He wondered why he wasn't abandoned for being powerful.

And he couldn't help it, he asked why their parents had abandoned their youngest. Ace looked heartbroken and said, "When you manifested both of their powers and not one. Then you manifested our neighbor's power. They waited for a year, to see if it would just go away. I honestly blocked out most of that time, but I know it was because of your quirk." He hissed that he would never forgive them even if they got on their knees and apologized profusely. And Luffy wouldn't either.

Because of their actions, he'd lost a relationship he felt he could have had with Ace. They could have been brothers, but now they were strangers, one more invested in making things work than the other. But, he seemed sincere, and Luffy could spot bullshit a mile away. Ace genuinely seemed to really want to get to know Luffy and have any sort of relationship.

They spoke for almost another hour before Ace said he should get back to work, he didn't want to underperform his first week on the job. Luffy nodded, and Ace tried to hug before pulling back and putting out his hand. "Talk to you again?" he asked, voice a bit high in nerves of Luffy's response.

"Yeah. Good luck with Endeavor, he's not an easy guy to get along with," Luffy replied, and Ace nodded, going to get his car and drive away, giving Luffy a genuine smile. He saw Ace give a happy grin in the mirror and he drove away. Luffy gave a small smile, actually hoping something would come of this.

He threw his drink away and flew off to his favorite spot and message Todoroki back.

Hey.

What's up?

How are things going?

Strange. My biological brother found me and wants to have a relationship. School is fine.

Whoa, really? What do you think about it?

Tbh, he seems really sincere. He's very upset about losing me. Apparently he was the one who got Hawks to come to that area. He was waiting for me at the shelter, but I never went to the shelter, I went with Hawks. My biological family was terrible. Are terrible.

I hope it works out for you. Really.

Me, too. Apparently he's working at Endeavor's agency. His name is Ace, tall with black hair and freckles. I hope things work out. It would be nice to have someone else to be close to. I'm sorry I didn't tell you when it happened, I've been distracted.

Out of sight out of mind?

...Yeah. I'm sorry. How are things going for you?

Okay. I'm not really connecting with anyone, tbh. Making friends is difficult.

I'm sorry. I wish it hadn't come to this. Shiketsu is good and all, and I think I could make friends with my classmates, but still. It's a lot further away and the campus is smaller. And there are three Bakugo's here. All assholes, only they're not angry, just rude and think they're the best. Even though I've beaten them in each exercise so far.

It's not your fault you have a pain in the ass quirk. I feel bad for you, too. But at least you didn't get caught up with the League of Villains, right?

It was weird with Todoroki being comforting. Nice, but a bit weird. He wondered why. But Luffy replied that he was glad he didn't get in that mess, not that it lasted very long. It was just too bad they weren't caught. Well, the majority of those who attacked were caught, but the main instigators didn't. Would two people be a "league"?

How are the goggles working? Have you stored any more quirks?

No, I keep them on at all times when I'm not home. They're working great, I'm really happy with them. I'm glad my weird idea actually was possible. The perks of living with a pro-hero I guess lol.

I guess so. It really is lucky they worked. I'm happy you're safer like this.

Me, too. I wouldn't be able to go to school if I need more surgery that took so long.

He and Todoroki talked for a while more before he had to go, and Luffy flew back home and onto the roof, relaxing on his backyard furniture under the gazebo tent. They'd gotten this stuff for Luffy when he was eleven and felt like he wanted a special place. Hawks had bought him this stuff without him knowing. Then he told Luffy all of it was on sale from a closing business.

Luffy had done research, and like always, Hawks hadn't been lying and it did all come from a closing company.

He texted Hawks when he was back in case he was worried if anything had gone wrong with Ace. He hoped things would go smoothly with Ace. And there would be no bumps in the road. He wasn't as invested, but wasn't against being friends with him. As long as he didn't try to change Luffy's life or want them to live together.

Ace doesn't have fire in this one because he's working for Endeavor, and having fire with a character who already has it would be boring. In all of my other crossovers, Ace has fire though. And those crossovers will be posted to ao3, not here for certain reasons. At the moment I'm not posting any new ones yet, though.

Just a general note for all of my stories, really: They are all completely finished so I never have to risk dropping one. They will not be majorly edited or rewritten based on any comments or complaints. If there are misspelled names or places, then that's a small edit. So, complaining and telling me you don't like how the characters act or their relationships, there's just no point to insist that you don't like them and want them different. They're how I write the characters, in character or not. I won't be changing them. Thank you.