Finally, I was able to post this, hope you'll like it!

Ages reminder:
Luffy: 9
Ace: 12
Sabo: 12
Zoro: 11
Nojiko: 13
Coby: 8

~ ASL ~

Ace was on the ship for no more than ten minutes, he had tried to run away four times but his head was spinning and his ankle was giving him trouble. Now he couldn't even see the island anymore and wouldn't be able to swim back. A brown haired man was keeping an eye on him and Ace let his hair cover his face. He couldn't escape immediately, he had no idea where they were going and was guarded heavily. At least Luffy and Sabo weren't with him, they would be fine, they would escape and find him. If he wasn't given to Garp first.

A nap actually sounded pretty good, less chances of screwing up a future escape plan with narcolepsy. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to rest.

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Ace waited nighttime, or more precisely as the sun dawned in the horizon, he was forcefully pushed into the storage room and locked in there for the night. As he was woken up by the rough treatment anyway, he immediately started to look for anything that could help with the ropes holding his wrists tightly. In fact he was feeling pretty awful despite his nap, not only he was still in pain but he also was really hungry.

The room was pretty dark but he still tried to pry a couple of barrels open to find anything to eat. After a couple minutes unfortunately he found nothing and his stomach only growled louder.

The first barrel he pushed to the ground sloshed loudly meaning there was only water or rhum inside. The second one though did feel way more solid. He blindly attempted to pry it open with his hands behind his back but the feeling from his fingers was almost gone so he just kicked at it with his healthy foot until the wood finally broke. Unfortunately it contained nothing interesting, just some kind of grey powder. Before he abandoned it completely he still checked if it wasn't some kind of food, it smelled fiery, like something burnt.

Ace blinked, it was gunpowder! Why the hell those stupid bandits would leave him alone with the stock of gunpowder?! He shook his head and thought about it seriously.

The young man wasn't able to find anything sharp enough to cut his ties on but if he managed to burn them off…

Twenty minutes of rubbing the ropes together finally managed to get enough heat for a sparkle, it was all that was needed to burn the ropes off. It hurt a lot but it was worth the freedom.

A small smile spread on Ace's lips, it's showtime, but first he would check the rest of the barrels for food.

~ RZ ~

"You lied…" mumbled Luffy.

Zoro wasn't entirely sure what was going on anymore. They escaped, now back in the open sea going straight to the direction Sabo was leading them to. And yet, Luffy, his captain, looked upset. If Zoro was honest, the kid's fury wasn't that impressive, he was still a scrawny kid and his expression was almost adorable if Zoro had any interest in cute things. No what was impressive was Sabo's reaction to his anger.

The green haired boy didn't miss the way the older brother had fought the adult with his pipe, from the first seconds of the fight he noticed that the man was nothing to scoff at and yet the blond guy didn't hesitate, swinging his weapon like it was a prolongation of his arm, his hits so very close from the man's face. Sabo was a warrior and Zoro itched to fight him, when the situation wasn't so serious. And yet this warrior was folding in front of Luffy, apologizing for his actions without hesitation. From what he understood Sabo lied about something and his new captain noticed as soon as they were out of sights from the island.

"I know Luffy, I'm sorry but we needed to get out of there as soon as possible. We wouldn't have won!" Sabo insisted.

"You can't know that! We're strong! If we fought they would've told us where Ace was going!" Luffy answered and Zoro couldn't help but appreciate the philosophy, fight without regrets, hit first then ask questions.

"We had no time for that! I bet Ace already freed himself and is waiting for us out there! Do you want to make him wait?"

Luffy made a frustrated sound and turned away, going inside the cabin. Zoro glanced briefly at the blond and followed Luffy. He was looking inside the barrels and looking for food, he discarded the meat and Zoro couldn't help but ask.

"Why do you avoid the meat? You don't like it?" Luffy's hand froze for a second before it closed on some bread, he sat down and munched on it. Slowly his angry expression subsided.

"I promised Ace I wouldn't eat meat for three days. Cause of me, he didn't sleep enough and now he's gone." His expression turned a bit sad for a second before his determination overrode it.

"We're gonna find him! And we'll eat all the meat together!"

"Sounds good, Captain." said Zoro. A smile blossomed on the young captain's face and he smiled gratefully at Zoro.

"I'm g-hoa hugh ya" Zoro blinked, what did he say? He got his answer when Luffy jumped on Zoro, tackling him into a hug, leaving bread crumbs all over his second mate.

The swordsman wanted to push him away by reflex but restrained himself when Luffy beamed at him and Zoro gave up at understanding his thoughts process and let captain do as he pleased, it wasn't all that bad.

~ ASL ~

Another explosion shook the ship and Ace almost fell overboard from the small boat. He really thought he had more time! A piece of dried meat between his teeth, he finished landing the boat in the water with a splash. He should have made the gunpowder trail longer, better luck next time he thought, and started rowing fast. He didn't want any of the bandits to be able to catch up to him, their ship was ruined but hey, they could still swim.

The reflection of the fire looked pretty nice from where he was, like a single candle in the night. He'd have to tell everything about it to Luffy and Sabo, they wouldn't believe it! He missed them.

Ace honestly didn't think the bandit's ship was completely ruined but their attention was all on the fire he created, it didn't look like they even noticed his departure and he was free again. On a very small fishing boat with barely enough food for survival. And he forgot the water too, which sucked a lot.

After a couple of hours, the ocean got pretty agitated and he was hoping to reach land, any land before the boat got turned over. He wasn't a very good navigator despite Sabo's tips and Ace wasn't all that sure he would be able to swim with his ankle. He had no idea how to even set it right, he decided he would figure it out as soon as he was out of the storm.

Ace believed his brothers were alright, he trusted Sabo with Luffy's safety and all he needed was to find them… Or them finding him he wasn't all that picky in the end.

~ DD ~

He kept his eyes closed, feeling the rain against his body and face. The rain had saved him, really. The desert island was unsurprisingly not very hospitable and he was dying of thirst before the miracle happened. He'd been living here for the past two days, kind of surviving out of fishes he managed to catch and the leftovers of water from the previous rain session. He had filled two wine bottles he found soon after the wreckage and he shut them with some pieces of wood so it didn't evaporate and buried them next to what used to be a tree before it was hollowed out. The tree was pretty tall and gave a nice shadow not that far from the sea, it was his main cover from the sun. Those two bottles were now empty and he felt dehydrated once again, at least until now.

The water not only soothed his sunburned skin but would also hopefully replendish his stocks of water. It was really lucky that storms were a recurrent thing in this season, he still hoped to find a ship to get to civilisation.

He used a cleaned and emptied piece of wood to collect the water, it would be a bit salty but better than nothing. A couple of hours passed and all his containers were full. The young man felt quite disappointed that he didn't have more bottles. The rain didn't stop for hours and even when it did, the sky was cloudier, the blue-haired teen decided it was time to fish. As he used his makeshift fishing pole he noticed something else on the beach. It was a small boat but as he approached he immediately noticed the problem, it was broken, a think of it missing. There was also someone inside, a kid not much older than himself, he was unconscious but seemed to be breathing.

The teen poked at the other with his fishing pole but the guy didn't budge. He scratched his neck and decided to get the guy to the tree in case it rained again. He didn't look too good and he did want to become a doctor didn't he? And this guy would be a perfect first patient! He was also extremely lonely and was kind of desperate for company, how lucky was he to find someone so fast!

He jumped a bit when he heard a weird sound, did the kid just snore?

~ MDG ~

The Helmeppo kid wasn't an issue Garp allowed himself to think too hard on. The kid asked to follow them and he guessed the young man was friends with Coby. Garp didn't care much and just pulled the blond kid along, because in the end it was all the same for him. The morning rose a couple of minutes ago and the old man woke the kids for training under the eyes of compassionate Marines. The blond boy was already down for count but Coby was slightly more resilient and Garp upped his strength a notch.

He easily dodged another attempted kick from the small pink haired boy and just punched him in the gut for his trouble and the boy just fell like a bag of potatoes and stopped moving. Oh well, he might have gotten a bit too hard on this one. He was still breathing and that was enough for the Vice Admiral.

"Send them to the infirmary, I'll check on them later." He told one of his men and they carried both boys to rest. He'd have to give them more exercices before sparring, they really were too weak for his liking. At least they haven't given up yet.

"Captain! There's an unknown ship in the horizon!" Garp raised a brow and checked the direction his soldier pointed. From what he could see it was in a pretty poor state, maybe they had been attacked by pirates. Boring.

"Send a group for rescue, Bogard can take care of this."

The Vice Admiral went to get some food, rescue operations weren't his thing.

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Garp stared at the tied up men and felt incredibly disappointed that he missed this fight, even if they didn't look like much. The report of the soldiers was actually pretty interesting.

"The struggling ship was in fact full of bandits, Goug the Cutthroat was recognized immediately and a fight broke out. We defeated them with ease, Captain."

Garp hummed, letting his haki sweep through the group of abnormally nervous bandits as the Marines continued.

"A surprising amount of treasure was discovered, mostly diamonds but they refuse to tell us where they got it from".

Garp swallowed his handful of crackers.

"Do you know what happened to their ship?" He felt their nervosity spike and a smile appeared on Garp's face.

"No sir, but the investigations show that an explosion occured from the ship itself, it could have been an accident or…"

He focused his intent on one particular bandit who looked like he was ready to piss himself, perfect target.

"Spill." The old man said and the bandit did.

"'T-t'was just a kid we found…"

Garp stared at him insistently and after more prodding, the man broke.

"Y-y-y-y-your g-grandson, t-the tall one! We wanted to bring him to you sir b-but he sabotaged us!"

Garp blinked, he couldn't pretend he expected that.

"What did he looked like?", he asked, he needed to make sure.

"Er… tall kid, dark hair, mean eyes a-and he had freckles."

Ace! He caught him by the collar.

"Where is he?"

"W-we don't know! He was gone w-when it happened, our life b-boat was gone"

Garp frowned. He wondered what happened to Ace for him to lose Sabo and Luffy.

"What did you do to him?!" His voice was the most threatening, unfortunately his intent was enough for the bandit to pass out. Too bad, he turned to the other bandits, it was their turn to spill.

~ NN ~

Nojiko knew her situation was pretty bad but not as horrible as she thought. Yes she was kept at the castle against her will and guarded at all times but she wasn't mistreated per say

Her room was simple and small, the window too small to climb through. A small simple bathroom was available as well and she was given some books to read, fiction for most of them and one navigation book she promised herself to steal for Nami if she found a way to get out of here. Nojiko didn't even know what they wanted from her just yet, she tried to talk to the guards to explain her situation, but they didn't listen, she didn't like that one bit. Plus they took all her stuff, including Nami's map, that she was the most unhappy about but what could she do?

So she spent most of her time gazing from the small window and reading the books.

Suddenly the door opened and mayor Sandra herself entered. It's been a couple of days and the woman was still wearing a long dress but coloured beige this time, her hair was tied in a long ponytail behind her back and she wore a long necklace ending with a blue stone.

The teen discarded her book and stood up immediately, waiting for her fate.

"Nojiko, that's right?" Asked the older woman, her guards closed the door, leaving them alone. The teen thought that the older woman must be able to fight if she was trusted as easily with a stranger… or she wasn't even considered a threat. Nojiko decided to remain silent.

"How are you feeling around here? The room is pretty cosy."

The woman was eyeing the furniture with a slight smile.

"Did the guards trea-" Nojiko had enough.

"What are you going to do with me?" Her voice was harsher than she wanted but the situation was pretty frustrating from her point of view. All she wanted was to be allowed to go home.

"We are not going to kill you if that's what you're worried about, despite your blood you're still a human that deserves respect."

"Can I go then? I have a family that waits me home" a family, Nami, Genzo, she missed them so much.

"A decision was made." Continued Sandra lowly, she still wasn't looking at Nojiko.

"You will be sent on an island on the Grand line where you will be provided with shelter in a trusted family" Dread rose in her stomach.

"No... No way I can't… I have to go home!" Insisted Nojiko. Grand line? That was too far, how was she supposed to make it home after that.

"A group of pirates is terrorizing my home and my island! T-the Cocoyashi islands! Please I have to go back!"

The woman was looking at her with a calm face, like she hadn't heard her at all.

"Your ship leaves in a week, I'm afraid the decision is out of my hands concerning you but I can promise to look at your island if something can be done."

Sandra left the room and Nojiko was left alone.

I know nothing is official about Garp's conqueror's haki, but here he has it.

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