edited by Gerbilfriend and me
Macey: we're back! we're back! we're back! we're back!
Don: i think Mace is excited.
what makes you say that? *Macey still saying we're back in the background*
Don*sighing*: no reason.
review time!
Don: i don't how you can ignore that and act like it is normal.
because it's normal for Macey.
Don: ... true.
anyway, review time!
DryBonesZero- yes, Kaitlyn has a friend. i wonder how that will play out... in the next chapter of course!
it's true. Haki isn't something so easily taught. especially since Macey is a natural at it and it will take lots of time to learn, at least 2 years to be taught the basics. which is mostly what Macey knows anyway. so Ace and Sabo will fun and a long lesson and way to go to learn about their Haki. Luffy... well, if he is lucky (and actually tries to do it and pay attention) he might unlock his haki. but other than that, Macey will do everything in her power to teach Ace and Sabo about Haki and Luffy too, once he is actually really interested in learning it.
Marco is proud of Macey. even if he wants to rip out all of his hair and swears he's going grey (or gray for those read/write like this) from the stress and from her stunts.
Marco will not be reconsidering his options with what to do with Macey and her crew, yet. he might later down the track consisting how much trouble i have lined up for Macey to get into. so many islands and years so little time. especially considering what i have lined up for the future, thanks to this chapter too. xD!
anyway, please, enjoy the chapter.
Macey: WE'RE BACK!
We heard you the first time!
Don: thank you AceAyane and DryBonesZero for your support! thank you DryBonesZero for help with some storyline stuff and thank you AceAyane for doubling checking the chapter. please enjoy the chapter everyone.
Chapter 10
Five days later…
Macey smiled as Sabo finally managed to get his Armament Haki to work. Ace frowned with self-dissatisfaction, that wasn't fair! He was still having problems with his! And then there was Luffy, who still haven't even managed it.
"Good work!" Macey smiled as she praised Sabo. "Ace. Stop it with that face. You picked up Observation Haki first and you were able to learn a little bit on controlling your Conqueror Haki, before Sabo could do either. Though I still have no idea if Sabo can even learn Conqueror Haki. So let him have this."
That was true. Thanks to Macey, Ace knew how to kind of train and use his Conqueror Haki without someone getting hurt. It was just not as strong… and he was able to learn Observation Haki before Sabo could.
"But there's so more work to be done!" Macey told them as the Armament Haki disappeared and Sabo fell onto the deck breathing heavily. "Learning to control to use it and learning to use it at will, is harder than it looks. Especially without making yourself exhausted."
The two ten years old nodded their heads in agreement. Macey did make it look so much easier than it was.
"Mace!" Don shouted as he ran over with a newspaper, clearly running out of breath as though he's been running for a little while to reach them. "You have to see this!"
Jack was in the infirmary going over supplies, Sin was fixing things (Macey knew that's what he was doing as that's what he was doing normally when he wasn't on deck), Marc was working on new explosives since they used up a lot of theirs at the town, and Max was in the kitchen cooking of course. He knew that Macey and the boys would be hungry after their training.
Macey took the newspaper without saying or asking anything. It would be quickest for her to just look at it herself.
"Oh my god! Yes!" Macey shouted as she read the paper. "We finally made it into the paper! This will probably take a little while to get to the Grandline and the New World but yes! We're in the paper!"
Ace and Sao looked at each other. They were…?
"We are?" Luffy asked suddenly not bored anymore.
"Yep! I'll read it to you- at hum," Macey said as the three boys stood in front of her. "Finally after being unsure of what happened to the Freedom Fighters after a year with different rumours going around, we have found out that they are in the East Blue and still being as rebellious, crazy and insane as always. Mace, leader of the Freedom Fighters Pirate Crew has attacked another Celestial Dragon. She made a huge spectacle out of it this time. Nothing new as we expect this from the Freedom Fighters Captain, who always seems to make a spectacle out of whatever and whomever she meets.
"The Freedom Fighters' Captain made a speech before she and her crew attacked the poor World Noble," BOO! The boys went. "Even attacking and terrifying the poor Nobles, and people of the Goa Kingdom." Boo! The boys went again. "The bounties of the crew have gone up yet again. And there are new faces to add to their ranks. Bounties are included below. Now, some of the past acts, before we go into more details on this incident… blah blah blah. Ooh? Did I read that, right? New bounties?"
"You're not going to say anything about them saying that you made of scene out of messing with the Celestial Dragon?" Don commented as Macey was going through the paper to find the new bounties.
"Why would I?" Macey asked a little confused on her First Mate would ask such a silly question. "I did make a scene out of it."
Don sighed as Sabo and Ace looked at the article and smiled. They pointed to the photos of them and of their handy work of dressing up the World Noble and his bodyguards. As Macey had the new bounties in her hand and smiled.
"I'm worth 400,000,000 belli now!" Macey laughed as she looked at the ridiculous amount of money she was worth. Though, she should probably be worth more.
"Holy crap seriously!?" Ace asked wanting to see.
"How much were you worth before Miss Macey?" Sabo asked curiously.
Macey smiled knowingly. "I'll show you."
The boys followed Macey back to their room, well, her room but she is currently sharing it with them.
Macey opened a draw and pulled out her old wanted poster, "First it was 250, 000, 000 belli and now it is 400, 000, 000 belli! Hahaha! This is great! I'm worth so much! I almost doubled in price! I must be worth the most here in the East Blue!"
Three days later… Marineford…
Garp spat out his drink when he read the newspaper and saw the photos in it. The Freedom Fighters had reappeared? And in the East Blue of all places?! Why there!? And… is that Ace, Sabo and Luffy!?
Garp stared at a photo of Mace, the Captain, who was high fiving three young boys- two ravens, one who had freckles and one with a straw-hat and a blonde boy with a top-hat. These boys looked like… no, these boys were Garp's grandsons!
What the hell!? When did, this happen!? What the hell is going on!? What the actual hell…?
WHO THE HELL IS MACE AND WHY HAS SHE KIDNAPPED HIS GRANDSONS!?
Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office… Marineford…
Okay, that's it. Sengoku was going never going to hear the end of this. The first time that the girl, this Mace person, had messed with a Celestial Dragon was probably by accident since she wasn't a slave – but had come across the ship and she wanted to free the slaves. That could be passed off as an accident.
When she had gone after a Marine brat, Jack and kidnapped him, well, when the brat ran away, since Sengoku knew and had put it down to bad parenting really. The Jack kid did leave with Mace and her small crew of a kid called Sin and a First Mate Fishman called Don, willingly.
Then when the girl had kidnapped a cook, well, she kind of saved a slave so Sengoku overlooked that. When the girl saved a travelling entertainer, well, who really cared? It was just a kid travelling around doing magic tricks and playing music. It didn't really matter.
So, when the Freedom Fighters went underground last year it didn't really worry Sengoku, after all, it was a girl and a handful of ex-slaves, a Marine brat and a travelling entertainer- who all happened to be kids, what harm could they do?
But now, the stupid girl has deliberately messed with a Celestial Dragon and has made a mockery out of the World Government- he was not impressed. This second time is not an accident. She has done it on purpose. Sengoku can't overlook this anymore. What was this stupid girl thinking?
Goa Kingdom…?
'Isn't that where Garp was from?' Sengoku thought as he read the article and knew that the bounties had pretty much doubled.
Also, who were these kids who Mace is giving High-Fives to? Sengoku had never seen these boys before… they weren't in the crew before. Where did they come from? Who were they? And why were they with Mace and the Freedom Fighters now?
Was that one of the Whitebeard Commanders who has currently left their position and ship? Was Whitebeard interested in this kid and her crew? The girl does seem like someone that Whitebeard would want in his crew…
BBBBBOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
Oh for the love of god!
"Senny!" Garp shouted knocking down the wall and coming into the office, without an invitation. Again, "I'm going to East Blue for a while! Something has come up!"
"Garp!" Sengoku sighed, "May I speak to you before do?"
Garp stopped and nodded his head, "Sure. What's up Senny?"
"What has come up that makes you need to leave so quickly?"
"You've seen the article with the Freedom Fighters, right?"
"Of course I have! I am going to get a headache and more work now thanks to this! Stupid girl… should have just stayed low… Why?"
"Well, I'm afraid that Mace girl has gone and brainwashed and kidnapped my grandsons!"
Sengoku spat out his tea that he has been drinking. Garp's what!?
"The three boys…" Sengoku muttered as he showed the photo to Garp. "ARE THEY YOUR GRANDSONS!?"
"Yes!" Garp nodded, "Ace, Sabo and Luffy. I need to go get them."
Sengoku sighed again. Great, another headache. Why?!
"Before you go," Sengoku told Garp. "Try to not start a war or something while you're there. Okay? We've heard rumors that a whitebeard pirate is on his way there."
"Sure Senny! But I can't make any promises!" Garp laughed as he left the office.
Sengoku thought as much…
What the hell was this…?
Sengoku looked at the report and some paperwork in front of him. Are the Five Star Elders insane?! They want to make Mace and the Freedom Fighters a part of the Warlord Council?! One of the Seven Warlords?! What?! WHAT THE FUCK!?
East Blue, present time…
Macey frowned as she looked at the unwanted guests on her ship. Who the hell were they and what the hell did they want? What were they doing here? What was going on here? Oh right, and how the hell did Luffy get caught by them?
"Let our brother go, damn it!" Ace shouted as Jack held him back with Sabo. The last thing they needed was another hostage.
"This is the Freedom Fighters Ship right?" one of the unwanted guests asked.
"Sin!" Macey shouted and looked at said person, who was hanging upside down by one of the masts.
"Yeah Cap?" Sin asked.
"Who are the fuck are they?" Macey asked pointing at the unwanted guests while completely ignoring them.
"No idea," Sin answered shrugging his shoulders. "I was fixing the mast and sail when they got here, so I wasn't really paying them any attention."
Are the Freedom Fighters seriously ignoring them and acting like this was nothing?
"Okay," Macey nodded then looked at Jack who was having a hard time holding Ace back. "Do you know who the fuck they are Jack?"
"Nope," Jack answered as he sighed and picked Ace up. Getting hit by said protesting raging person and being yelled at. "Sorry Cap. No idea."
"Oi, you stupid bitch, don't ignore us!" the same unwanted and unwelcomed guest shouted at Macey, who was still ignoring them.
"Ace? Sabo?" Macey asked them.
"No idea Miss Macey," Sabo answered. "We were just training when they came out nowhere and grabbed Luffy."
Hence, a pissed off Ace. Great. Macey just sighed as she looked back at Jack. "Where's Don?"
"He went for swim," Sin answered as he was still hanging upside down.
"Great," Macey sighed.
"Oi! I'm talking to you, girl!" the man shouted again which got Macey's attention, which he was now regretting.
"What was that? Scum?" Macey asked the man giving him the deadliest death glare he had ever had staring at him. Did the man really just have the guts to just call Macey 'girl'? Oh he was going to pay for that.
Okay, she was ignoring him when he called her a bitch but finally gave him attention just because he called her a girl? What was up with that?
"I said I was talking to you!" the man told the girl once he recovered. "This is the Freedom Fighters Ship, isn't it?"
"Yeah it is," Macey said in a relaxed pose with her left hand her hip as she looked at him. "And I'm its Captain. Why?"
"You're Mace?" one of the others asked pointing at Macey.
"That's Captain Mace to you!" Sin told them, still upside down.
"And what the fuck do you want?" Macey asked them, getting their attention again.
"Well, you of course," the first man smirked. "We're bounty hunters and your worth a lot of money you see."
"400,000,000 Belli by the most recent wanted poster, yeah? So what?" Macey asked playing it all cool like. In her head she was working on a plan in her head to get Luffy back.
"FUCK! SERISOULY?!" a third man shouted. There were four unwanted guests in total.
Three of the four men had talked, the fourth one said nothing and held onto Luffy.
"Yep!" Luffy grinned like he wasn't aware of the situation he was in. Everyone wondered if Luffy had no idea what situation he is in or if he just wasn't scared of anything. "Macey showed us her wanted posters a few days ago! It was really cool!"
"Luffy!" Ace and Sabo shouted.
"What?" Luffy asked, confused why his brothers were mad at him.
"You can't just tell people that!" they yelled.
"Oh… Sorry." Luffy responded like a child who got sent to a time out, face down cast. Well, at least for a few moments before he was smiling again.
"Captain Mace?" Max called, sticking his head of the kitchen. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, it is Max!" Macey smiled to him, completely relaxed. "Can you tell Marc code orange for me please? Because we're in a code orange situation right now."
"At once!" Max nodded then disappearing as he went back into the kitchen.
"Really Mace? Code orange?" Sin asked.
"Do you have a problem with that Sinner?" Macey asked him.
"No captain…" Sin muttered.
"Code orange…?" Sabo asked as he looked at Jack with Ace (who Jack still had hold of, in one hand, off the ground) since neither of them were sure what that meant.
"Tell you about the codes later," Jack winked at them calmly. "But pretty much it means; Macey is going to end up wrecking the ship in a fight and one of us might end up in the ocean, so someone get hold of Don so he's ready to get us.
Oh… okay… Wait, what…? What did Jack mean by that?! Why would one of them end up in the ocean!?
"Okay," Macey said cracking her knuckles as she walked over to the unwanted guests as she had worked out her plan. It was simple- get Luffy back using her wide-range of skill set of fighting moves, "Let's get this over with. Who I am beating up first?"
One of the men just attacked Macey with a sword which Macey stopped with her bare hand (with Haki on it of course), surprising and catching the man off guard then breaking the sword with her hand. Macey then did a roundhouse kick, which sent said man skipping across the ocean about a hundred meters away before he sank into the ocean.
The second man who had spoken pointed his guns at Macey and fired. Macey moved slightly, dodging all of the bullets as Jack pulled Ace, Sabo and himself out of the way; so that they didn't get hit by any of the bullets. Then, Macey punched the man, everyone heard his nose break as he went flying through the side of the ship and everyone heard Sin whine about having to fix that.
The fourth man just stood there, looking pretty calm actually. He was holding Luffy as the first man looked like he was shitting himself.
"Did you underestimate me just BECAUSE I'm a girl?" Macey smiled at the first man, "and a kid? BIG mistake. Now, let Luffy go before I do the same to you and your friend, or worse."
The fourth man looked at the first man who was frozen with fear. He sighed then kicked him in face, sending him backwards overboard.
Okay…
That was not what Macey was expecting…
"I will admit," the man said as he let Luffy go, whom Sabo grabbed right away. "You're better than I thought you would be. Thought your bounty might be a bit ridiculous since you are a kid after all. But I see that it has some merit."
Who the hell was this guy?
Ace and Sabo hugged Luffy, in relief over him being safe, plus he was with them again.
"Thank you? I think?" Macey said a little confused, "Um… Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am," the man answered. "Just that I wanted to tell you something I know you will find interesting."
"And that is…?" Macey asked crossing her hand and looking at the man.
"That Bloody Nightmare is on Shoran Island," the man smiled.
Macey raised her eyebrow at the man, how did he know Macey was looking for her? That was the pretty much the whole point of coming to East Blue before the storm hit. "How did you know that?"
"The Revolutionaries thank you for helping us with the DeDrake incident back in the West Blue," the man bowed. "And this is your thank you for it."
Oh…
"Great," Macey sighed, "Tell what's his name 'hi' for me then."
"I will," the man bowed then stepped back into a small ship and sailed away.
"The who?" Sabo asked.
That's right… if Macey didn't help Sabo… he would have been with the Revolutionary Army… training to be Dragon's right hand man and… wait…
"Luffy?" Macey said looking at him, "What was your whole name again?"
"Monkey D. Luffy!" Luffy grinned.
For the fucking love of god…! How the hell did Macey manage to pick up Dragon's son and not realise it sooner?! Wouldn't that also make him that man's grandson too?
"Ace, what was your whole name?" Macey asked.
"Portgas D. Ace," Ace answered. "Why?"
For the love of god! Seriously!? And she managed to picked up Rogue's son?! Which would make him… OH FOR GOD'S FUCK SAKE! Seriously?!
Not that it mattered or should matter really. Ace and Luffy weren't their fathers or their parents, they were Ace and Luffy. Macey wasn't going to treat them differently just because she knew whom their parents are. Though she was feeling kind of stupid for not noticing it or realizing it sooner.
"Nothing," Macey smiled then pointed at Luffy who just fell overboard. "Um… Luffy just went overboard."
"FUCK!" Sabo and Ace shouted as they ran over to the side where Luffy fell.
Seriously!? How did Luffy manage that!? How did he get in trouble just after getting out of it barely five minutes ago?!
Don was there with Luffy on his head and he didn't really look very impressed with Luffy, who was laughing since he didn't really touch the water and only landed Don's head as he came up. Lucky for Luffy that he didn't fall off and that Don wasn't put off by it, too much, and that Don didn't go back under water.
"Someone get him off me," Don muttered.
Ace pulled Luffy off Don as he hit the younger boy and lectured him for being reckless and stupid, and how it could get him killed. Not that the younger was listening at all…
"What happened?" Don asked as he got onto the ship then saw part of the railing and side of the ship missing, then saw a grouchy Sin who was fixing it.
"Nothing much," Macey yawned. "Just a code orange. We're heading to Shoran to pick up Bloody Nightmare Kaitlyn though."
Well, Don knew it was code orange, Marc did drop orange food dye into the sea so that Don knew and… you know what? Never mind, Don doesn't care anymore. If it's important then Mace would explain it later to him.
"Oh so you got a lead on them, Mace?" Don asked a little curious on what he had missed out on.
"Yep," Macey smiled, "A revolutionary informant came along with some bounty hunters to tell us."
"That was nice of them," Don commented.
Don didn't like the Revolutionary Army people, he wasn't sure why he didn't like them, but there was just something about them that set him off. Why did the informant come with bounty hunters? That was just annoying. Seriously, what's-his-name knows how Macey feels about unwanted guests and visitors on her ship. He was lucky Mace didn't kill the informant.
"What was the DeDrake incident?" Sabo asked.
"Oh nothing," Macey smiled and waved it off as Don and Sin just let out bigger sighs as Jack was trying to not laugh. "Just we had to deal with it when we were saving Marc's ass is all."
"I still don't think looking for someone called Bloody Nightmare is a good idea," Sin muttered.
"What was that?" Macey smiled the smile that promised that she was going to throw him overboard if he wasn't careful.
"Nothing!" Sin quickly said as he went back to fixing the railing and side of the ship.
"Why are we looking for someone called Bloody Nightmare Kaitlyn?" Sabo asked as Ace and Luffy nodded their heads in agreement. Why were they looking for such with name like that? Why was this Kaitlyn person called that? What did they do to get a name like that? And were they a girl or a boy?
"No reason really," Macey shrugged, "Just sounds like she might be amusing with a name like Bloody Nightmare is all."
Oh, they were a she then? So, part of the reason why, would be so that Macey isn't the token female in the crew?
"Which means that Macey thinks this Kaitlyn person is interesting," Don sighed, he knew that whenever Macey used the word 'amusing' she really meant 'interesting'.
"And I think Macey wants to know for sure if the kid is a devil fruit eater or not," Jack corrected Don, as he glanced over to him. "Since it's rumoured that Bloody Nightmare Kaitlyn is a devil fruit eater. Because if the kid is, well, we'll have a new crew member either way."
Why would Macey care if this 'Bloody Nightmare' Kaitlyn was a devil fruit eater or not?
"Why does it matter if the kid is a devil fruit eater?" Ace asked, voicing some of their thoughts.
"Because Mace here studies devil fruits and their eaters," Jack answered pointing at Macey who was talking to Sin again, though Ace wasn't sure what about.
Wait… what?!
"She does?" Ace asked.
"Macey! Macey!" Luffy said running up to the girl, "Do you study devil fruits and its eaters like me?"
"Yeah," Macey smiled, "I do."
Yes, that was true; did Macey forget to tell that to the three boys?
"Why?" Luffy asked.
Ace would admit, he was a little surprised that Macey answered the question so easily and like it was no big deal (well, it was Macey so it probably wasn't a big deal to her). Then again, she has been nothing but honest with them so far.
"Why?" Macey repeated as Luffy nodded his head for yes. "Um…" Macey looked away from Luffy and the hurt look in her eyes came back as she grabbed her arm and they could all see her shaking a little. "Can… can we talk about this another time please? I don't really feel up to it right now."
Luffy looked at Ace and Sabo, unsure of what to say or do. Did Luffy upset Macey by asking that question? Why was she upset by the question?
"Sure," Sabo smiled, "How about we eat?"
I hope everyone likes the way i introduced Garp! more to come of the old vice admiral!
Macey: so... we get Kaitlyn soon?
yes, you get Kaitlyn soon.
Macey: YES!
If anyone is wondering what happened to West. he reappears soon. and if you want to know what is happening with the Warlord Position... well, that's for you to find out later down the track!
some character pasts and changes of appearances and stuff to come soon! more of Garp to come soon! more to come soon!
anyway! 9 reviews, 17 favs and 23 followers. i hope we keep going up!
Macey: can i give a spoiler? please!
NO!
Macey: but it's important!
NO!
Macey: please!
NNNNNNOOOOOOOO!
Don*sighing*: we'll leave it here for today. see you next time.