Hello everyone. Here is an another one shot. This this time a missing scene.
This is going to be a conversation between Ace and Izou from chapter 9 The Assassin. Izou is wondering about some things from the first meeting and decides he should ask about it
Hope you enjoy
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Izou was watching Ace in his peripheral vision, also sending a glance at the assassin every now and then. Ace had just been with Sabo and Luffy with the campfire, Ace keeping Luffy from going to close to the flames, which he almost had one time. His hat almost caught fire. Ace was now sitting at a rock a bit away, Luffy next to him and eating some food as usual. Izou was sitting beside his father, who seemed to be enjoying himself and drinking as usual. When Luffy asked Ace something, Ace nodding, Luffy smiled and ran off, running towards Sabo. Ace was now sitting alone on the rock, no one in close proximity. Izou was wondering if he should walk over, he did have something that had been on his mind for a while
Before he could either talk himself into doing it or don't do it. A big hand was giving him a small push. When he looked up at his father, he saw a calm and smiling face. When Izou just looked at him, Whitebeard made a small motion to towards Ace. ¨You clearly want to ask him something. Brooding over it will do no good.¨ Izou gave a small nod as he looked towards the assassin, unsure how he would react to him asking out it or approaching him. ¨He won't bite your head off. He is a calm and collected person.¨ Izou looked at his father again, seeing a look that gave him confidence. Izou nodded and took a deep breath as he stood up and headed towards Ace, deciding to do it while he felt like he could, before his doubts came back.
As Izou moved towards Ace, he saw Ace had closed his eyes and was leaning back on his hands, relaxing. When he was closer, only some feet away, he stopped, not sure if he was intruding or not. Before Izou could decide if he should speak up or not, Ace opened his eyes and gave a small smile. Izou, seeing Ace didn't seem like he minded, dared to speak up. ¨Umm… Could I ask you something?¨ He asked slowly. He was still a bit intimidated by the assassin, especially now seeing as he would be asking about when he had been hostile. Ace gave a nod and sat a bit up. As he did, Ace motioned for the sixteenth commander to sit down. Izou gave a nod and sat down, a bit away from Ace, not wanting to sit too close. When he was seated, Ace looked at him. ¨What did you want to ask about?¨ Izou fidgeted a bit, thinking how he should phrase himself.
¨When you were here the first time. Why did you still accept the assignment when you knew I was hiding and acting hostile?¨ Izou said slowly, a bit unsure how Ace would take the reminder he had been pointing his guns at him.
However, Ace let out a small laugh, making Izou calm a bit down, seeing as he didn't seem to mind it. Ace looked at him, ¨Are you asking me why I decided to help, even though you were hiding like that?¨ Izou nodded, now feeling a bit embarrassed. ¨Y-yes.¨ Started Izou, feeling even more stupid when he stuttered. ¨It's just that… If it had been me visiting some boat and crew, and one of them had acted like that, I would have been angry and offended.¨
Ace nodded, not looking angry or offended, even sending a small smile at the nervous commander. ¨It's 3 reasons I decided to accept the request instead of leaving.¨ Izou nodded, now looking at the assassin, wondering what those reasons were. ¨Reason 1, was because you had this immense nervous and unsure aura around you. Giving me the impression you actually didn't know what you were doing, but couldn't leave or move, knowing it would alert everyone to you presence.¨ Izou nodded, not realizing he had caught onto that. Izou instantly regretted hiding there the moment he showed up. But if he moved, either to go down or inside, he would be noticed. Which would have been bad. So he had reluctantly decided to stand by on the ready, not moving, guns still out.
¨Reason 2,¨ Continued the assassin. ¨Was because Whitebeard clearly had no idea you were hiding there. Proving you had done it on a whim, not something that was planned.¨ Izou nodded again, feeling embarrassed for thinking and doing something so stupid. ¨Reason 3, was because you did nothing. You only stood there. You had your guns out, which was the reason I commented on it. But you never had your finger on the trigger.¨ Izou frowned a bit as he thought back. Now realizing he was right. He never had his finger on the trigger, to scared he might unconsciously or accidentally pull it. Ace then leaned a bit back on his hands again, looking up at the clear sky. ¨And you did apologize. You clearly knew your mistake.¨
Izou gave a nod, glad Ace were as calm as he was. Izou was sure he would never been able to stand through an entire meeting knowing someone was hiding with their guns out. ¨I am sorry.¨ Started Izou, feeling the need to apologize again. ¨It was stupid and rash. I should never had done it.¨ Ace waved his hand, seeming to not care about it. ¨It's in the past. And humans are rash and impulsive. As long as you recognize what you did was wrong, it's fine by me. Especially since it wasn't anything serious or damaging. You aren't the first to do it, but you are one of the fewer who have apologized.¨ Izou nodded, glad Ace was so calm as he were. Not seeming to mind it anymore, truly making Izou believe it was in the past. Making his doubts about the assassin still being resentful towards him completely disappear.
Izou felt himself smile. Glad to know Ace had completely forgiven him for it. He had been thinking about it for a long time and knew it wouldn't go away unless he spoke about it. He felt much better and not as scared around him, knowing he were a real calm person. Which was no surprise. It was probably not a good idea to be an assassin if you weren't calm. Before Izou cold say anything else, Luffy was suddenly in front of them. ¨Ace! I wanna go and explore!¨ Even before Ace could answer, Luffy had ran off. Ace gave a somewhat amused sigh as he stood up. Before he left, he looked at Izou. ¨It was good talking to you, commander Izou.¨ He said as he left.
As Ace left, Izou headed back to his father, settling beside him again. Whitebeard looked at him, ¨Everything went well I guess?¨ Izou nodded, making Whitebeard smile. It had gone perfect. Even better than he believed himself.
And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed
I've had this idea for a bit, seeing as I never brought it up before. And some boding never hurts
If you have any scenes you want to see or event you would like to go different, leave a review/comment.