Uhhhhhhh... How's it going? *pales* W-what are you doing?

Readers:*glaring at me with devil eyes*

*Pales and runs* AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! I CAN EXPLAAAAIIIIINNNNNNN~! *dives into mystery cave with a "crazy readers barrier* phew! Now then, I can explain. I was having a really hard time figuring out what to do for this damn Chapter. And evey time I got an idea, I KEPT GETTING INTERRUPTED! Also, I have a professor who's hell bent on making us work as much as possible. We get a shit-ton of homework every. damn. WEEK! IT'S SO FRUSTRATING! I HAVE OTHER CLASSES, YA KNOW! Yeah. taking 13 credit ours SUCKS! However, I know that a lot of other students and people have it rougher than me. Bitching helps me work, that's all I can say. OH! I'm also typing out a few new ideas for two stories. And because college is mean, I can only work on them a little at a time. I'll tell you about them at the end of the chapter.

A+S+SH:*rolls eyes* yeah, yeah. tell us about the chapter!

Me:*shrieks* AAAHHH! OKAY, OKAY! Uh, Not a whole lot happens, in my opinion. Uh, very short interactions between them. A short explanation on how Ace and Luffy acted when they got their devil fruit powers. I'm starting to regret not giving Luffy the Gum-Gum fruit... *slaps self* NO! I've been wanting to do a fanfic where Luffy has ice powers, so DEAL WITH IT SELF! *blinks* now I just sound crazy... And, I also noticed a very small spike where authors are making Dragon!ASL stories, or just making Ace and Luffy dragons, or making just Luffy a dragon... good thing no one has stolen my idea... OH! I forgot!

I want to thank BlueMoonChoas for letting me use their telepathy thing in 'Scales and Whitebeards'. Really cool story, by the way. *pouts* wish it would get updated soon... It's about Luffy being a dragon, but he still has the Gum-Gum fruit. Luffy's form will be kind of the same, but still really different from Blue's, really hope you don't mind me calling you that, story. And by same, I mean the sleek form, since I don't want to make him really bulky.

Disclaimer:*pouts* no, I don't own One Piece. *sulks*

Warning: ooc everyone, since I don't really know how the Whitebeards act. Luffy is definitely different because this is fanfiction an I can do it. Ace and Sabo might be different to. Sabo, because I watch dubbed and have not seen the flashback yet, so NO SPOILERS! even if I already know what they are... And Ace might be different, but I'm not sure.

Ace, Luffy, and Sabo could describe what happened after the explosion as a big blur.

All they could comprehend was that a blonde haired man, who seemed to have a pineapple for a head, ran up to them, talking. They gave him a look that said they didn't understand what he was saying. He gave some sort of signal and two more people came over, a brunet with a pompadour and a figure who looked like a strange combination between a shark and a human. oh, wait. It was a fishman. Strange… The brunet grabbed Ace, the fishman grabbed Sabo, and the blonde grabbed Luffy. After unlocking their cuffs, the three men ran outside…... Outside... god, it felt so good to have the sun shining on their faces again. It felt even better, knowing that they didn't have to plow fields or anything like that.

However, they had more pressing matters to deal with. Mainly, WHERE THE HELL WERE THESE STRANGERS TAKING THEM?!

The brothers were scared, though they would never admit it out loud. However, exhaustion seems to be catching up now. They passed out, no longer able to keep themselves awake. They just hoped that these people were trust worthy.

The next thing they knew; they were in a room filled with a lot of medical equipment.

Luffy, over the past year, has had very bad experiences with rooms that had anything to do with medicine in them. So, naturally, he ripped out the IV needles and took the oxygen mask off and tried bolting towards the door was about fifteen steps, but pain shot up his spine with each jolt of his foot-steps.

Just when he was about to open the door, he paused.

"uh oh. I hear someone coming!" He thought to himself, a bit panicked. This is just one of a number of times where he was very grateful he had sharper senses than those of a normal human. Of course, they didn't compare to when he was in his full dragon form, but they did a fine job.

He quickly backed up a couple of feet and crouched down on all fours, getting ready to attack whoever came through the door.

At this point, Sabo chose to finally wake up. With a groan, he opened his eyes, blinking them rapidly to clear the blurriness. For some strange reason, he didn't feel like getting up. Which was highly unusual, as each of them trained themselves to be completely lucid as soon as they woke up. This time, though, he was having a hard time getting his mind to function. He violently snapped out of it, though, when he heard a soft, very faint tap.

He bolted up and, quickly, discovered why he was having a hard time waking up. He was in... a bed. An actual bed.

"What the hell? Why am I in a bed?" He looked around and noticed that he was in some type of infirmary. He then remembered what had transpired the day, or so, before.

But, before he could contemplate things any further, he felt his brother tug at his mind in warning. He quickly spotted his older brother, not that he'll admit it, crouched on the floor in an attack position.

Sabo frowned. Through Luffy, he knew that someone was getting close. He looked over at a separate bed and prodded at Ace's mind, only to receive a complete blank.

'Shit! Now what are we supposed to do?' He thought.

Luffy turned towards him.

"get ready!"

Sabo nodded and got up to stand next to him, posed in a stance and ready to fight for his life. They may have been starved quite a few times, but they certainly had plenty of muscle to back them up. They may not of had a choice about getting stronger, but they certainly didn't want to complain.

The door opened, revealing a lady in a white coat with brown hair tied up. She was looking at a clipboard, so they attacked.

Sabo knocked her to the ground, eliciting a startled yelp, and Luffy pinned her down, using his powers to freeze her entire body. They were so quick, she didn't even have time to defend herself.

Luffy didn't feel at all guilty. They needed to escape this place, so he couldn't have anyone alerting whoever else was on this... ship, apparently.

"Lets grabbed Ace and hurry out of this place!" Sabo said. He ran to the bed said brother was in, and hefted him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

The two then bolted out the door and ran like hell up the hallway. Since they seemed to be on a ship, Luffy tried to use his sharp nose to locate an exit, since he could smell the salty air. Even though he was in a lot of pain from what happened during the week, he ignored it in order to focus on helping with escaping.

It was a good thing they could communicate with each other telepathically so that they could remain as silent as possible.

'This way!' Luffy said and turned left, with Sabo close behind.

'How much further till we get outside?' Sabo asked.

'Not much further.' Was Luffy's vague answer.

After running for about three minutes, they burst through a door, and were blinded momentarily by the light. Their bodies had learned how to quickly adjust to new things, so it only took a few seconds for their eyes to adjust to the light. What they saw wasn't very good...

'SHIT!' They both thought.

They had jumped out onto the deck of the ship, but a lot of other people were out as well. But, that was only part of the problem. They were out in open sea.

'well, isn't this just peachy.' Sabo thought bitterly. 'Ace and Luffy can't swim, since they were forced to eat devil fruits. But even then, I don't see any islands near by that we could swim to.'

Suddenly, a strange looking blonde haired man, who looked vaguely familiar, walked up to them.

"Shouldn't you guys be in the infirmary? The raven haired one you're carrying is still unconscious. You should let Laika check him over, since she IS the head nurse."

Luffy growled out a warning, which made the blonde stop. Luffy then got into a stance and had a vicious smirk on his lips, showing sharp teeth. "I'm afraid this 'Laika' person that you speak of is out of commission. She won't be around for quite some time."

Then, the giant guy who was in a chair stood up with a big frown. "What do you mean, brat?"

Luffy's face didn't change, only now he was lowering his body temperature, which made vapor come off of him, but no ice was forming. "I used my devil fruit ability on her, what else?"

The big guy didn't look very happy about that. "I hope for your sake that you didn't harm her."

This time, Sabo let a giant smirk come onto his lips. "He didn't hurt her, but I would be careful when treating her. Otherwise you could be the ones who kill her."

A short boy, in some type of medieval outfit or something, came up. "Stop with the riddles already! What did you do to our sister?!"

Sabo just snorted at this, clearly unimpressed with the boy. "You are the ones who should've expected something like this to happen. You may have taken us out of that place, but we don't know your intentions. For all we know, you're just gonna use us the same way he did" He sneered.

The big guy, realizing the problem, stepped up. "Calm down, everyone." He said before turning towards the two. "I apologize. We should have known that you wouldn't respond well upon waking. We are the Whitebeard pirates. My name is Edward Newgate, but everyone calls me Whitebeard, except for my nakama. They call me father, and I call them my children. You are on the Moby Dick, my ship. Our only intentions for you three, is that we hope you join."

Luffy tensed at that and bared his teeth, glaring at them. But then, he locked eyes with this "Whitebeard" person. On his island, each dragon had a unique ability, other than what came with their natural element. Ice dragons were able to read a person like an open book. Meaning, they were able to tell if a person was lying, and what their true nature is. With Ace, his special ability was that, the more angry he got, the more powerful his flames were. If Ace let his anger grow, there was a chance his flames would grow hatter than magma.

Anyway, while Luffy was reading Whitebeard, the pineapple head spoke.

"Hey, what are-" But, he was interrupted.

"Shut it, pineapple! Don't interrupt him." Sabo said, glaring at him.

Pineapple just narrowed his eyes. "My name is Marco, yoi. Not pineapple." However, he did as told, and stayed quiet.

After a few more seconds, Luffy broke his gaze. "It's okay, Sabo" he said in a quiet voice as he stopped emitting vapor.

He then turned to them, eyes colder than what one would associate with them. "Let me make one thing clear, I absolutely refuse to allow some doctor to treat me or my brothers" He growled out.

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes as he noticed something. 'It might be better to wait before I ask him about that. I don't want to give them even more of a reason to not trust us.'

"Fair enough, I suppose. Though, Laika won't be very happy to hear that." He said.

Suddenly, a groan was heard. Luffy, without looking away, prodded at Ace's mind, trying to get him up faster.

Ace finally opened his eyes and was eased onto his feet by Sabo. He looked around, confused.

"Where the hell are we?" He growled out.

Sabo just looked darkly at the people in front of him. "These, my dear brother, are the Whitebeard pirates. They saved us, apparently; so we should be grateful."

'Did you read them, Lu?' Ace asked through their link.

Said person nodded mentally. 'Yeah.'

'And?' He asked, a bit annoyed.

'There're good. Giant old mustache man isn't lying.' He responded.

Almost immediately after, all three brothers dropped their stances, though remained guarded.

The Whitebeard pirates sighed in relief. Marco spoke up, a bit curious.

"I don't see any bandages on you, yoi. I'm guessing you did something to Laika before she could?"

Luffy and Sabo snorted.

"It's not our fault she didn't treat us."

Marco sighed. "Will you tell me what you did to her?"

Luffy just smiled, looking pretty pleased with himself. "I was just making sure she couldn't do anything to my treasure."

Ace smirked, though both he and Sabo had a bit of a blush going on.

"Good. I hate it when somebody touches my treasure without permission."

Sabo nodded in agreement. "That's right."

Whitebeard hummed thoughtfully. 'I wonder if all three are from that island...' He glanced at Ace and Sabo's eyes. 'I see. so only two of them are the last of those people.'

Haruta frowned. "Treasure? What treasure?"

Ace answered with a frown. "My brothers, obviously."

Luffy was looking around curiously. "This ship is pretty cool."

Whitebeard smiled. "Gurarararara. Thank you, brat."

Luffy frowned at that. He did not appreciate being called a brat.

"What are you names, brats?" Asked another vaguely familiar face. Only this time it was a... fishman?

Sabo looked at him curiously. "A fishman?" He smiled. "Awesome! I thought I'd never get to see a live one."

Namur, as he was known frowned at that. "You've never seen a fishman alive?"

Sabo shook his head sadly. "No. The ones we've seen were killed by him or his wives." He said bitterly.

Ace blinked. "Huh. Anyway." He turned to everyone. "You wanted our names? Well my name is Portgas D Ace."

Luffy spoke up next. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy" He smiled widely "nice to meet you."

Sabo was last. "I'm Sabo."

A few days after they were made slaves, Ace and Luffy worked together to make up fake last names in order to protect Ace's and Luffy's lineage and true identities. They figured that if the World Government found out that there were survivors from the destroyed island, then they would be hunted down mercilessly. Ace's name was a play on of Porpoise, an animal he likes, and Luffy's last name was chosen because he liked monkey's. Both of them refused to give up their middle initials. Though, it didn't matter since no other known D was from draconic island.

However, that didn't mean that they would ever forget their true names of Pyrus and Ices.

The Whitebeards smiled. They were going to have some interesting new brothers.

*sneaks out of hiding spot* Are you satisfied?

Readers:*shakes head*

*pouts* damn... well, this is all I can do at the moment. Sorries.

Anyway, the two story ideas that I was talking about are, in fact, rape fics. They are mostly for me when I get them ready to be posted. One is an idea that I have wanted to do for a while now, and the other one is just 'cause. I have no idea why, but I have wanted to read a really good fanfic where Luffy is raped, in detail. I have looked, but they are hard to find. So, I have decided to create two of my own.

When they are posted, I am not going to expect any of you to read them. Like I said, they are mostly for myself. If any of you are interested in reading them, just tell me in a review or PM, and I'll try to get them out sooner.

Anywho! Please leave a review if you liked this chapter! favoriting would also be appreciated, but not necessary! I am amazed at how popular this has gotten! We are already at 110 followers I think! That blows my mind! Especially since I've been horrible at updating *cries* Although, I am curious as to the followers are higher than the favorites. *shrugs* oh well!

Until next time, everyone! Bye! *pales* uh oh. *runs away* AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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