Author notes:
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Chapter 1: rewritten and beta'd.
Chapter 2: rewritten.
Chapter 3: small mistakes corrected.
Chapter 4: here it is. beta`d by Gerbilfriend, Millions thanks XD.
Chapter 5: written, need editing, heavy editing.
Chapter 6: first scene.
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I don't own one piece!
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IMPORTANT: I have an amazing beta now - Kurapikababu (look for her stories in this site or his Tumblr to see her amazing art) - that helped redo the first chapter (for now) and helped me put my unorganized thoughts into an organized words.
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Posted again after being read beta`d by Gerbilfriend( YAY XD), she did amazing job of finding those annoying mistakes, and prephasing. I am very lucky to had her help.
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And please read the Warnings.
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Writing this chapter was very hard, see warning for why.
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Warnings:
English is my fourth language, the story will include thoughts about suicide, self-harm, and Ace self-worth issues. (If you don't want to read it then skip Ace POV).
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Thank you, To all of you that followed, favorite and especially reviewed, you are amazing, really!
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Karukyuu
Thank you for your honest review, I will keep your words in mind while writing. Thank you for your encouragement to continue writing. I wrote another fic actually, an idea that wouldn't leave me (will eventually be on the Moby dick), I hope to see more of your Fic soon.
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I thought so too, I liked chapter 3 better too. I have a Beta now, which make me quite happy, I redone the first chapters with her help, and rewrote the others myself. Read them and tell me what you think. I will definitely write the aftermath, but to where will I take the fic I don't know yet. I have ideas about it, but we will see. Thank you for your encouraging words.
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Hancock POV
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"Perfume Femur."
Hancock was busy kicking anything in her way, anything, marines, pirates, stones, machines, nothing could come between her and her beloved.
Those damn savages were getting in the way of her watching closely over her beloved, how dare they stand between true LOVE.
"Perfume Femur."
ohhh there he is … oh…, she stopped sending savages flying, to admire him giving those savages a beaten they completely and utterly deserved.
Ohhh, whenever his sweet lips uttered the words "Gomu Gomu," she felt her world was bursting with bliss, and whenever he stretched a part of his body she felt her heart stretch little bit more as to be able to hold him.
Some low-life tried to attack her darling from behind, she was gonna flay that insolent…
Fortunately for him, Lina hit him on the head with her staff.
Good, approved Hancock, her adorable little sister was watching her darling's back, but she should be stronger, harsher. A hit on the head was hardly adequate punishment for such transgression.
No, she would have to train her herself. Yes, that was an excellent idea, Lina could protect Luffy when she wasn't there to do so, thought Hancock, a plan was already forming in her mind.
Yes, she would be more helpful to her Luffy, and maybe teach her some much needed grace.
REALLY! NO little sister of her would ever be described as flailing chicken... Hmmmm...
Those damn savages kept coming, couldn't they leave her alone for a second to admire Luffy grace and elasticity.
She'd had enough, "Slave arrow," she shouted.
"Pirate empress, what the hell are you thinking? Attacking our men .. "
Those damn government dogs kept demanding things from her. She was here only because of her darling, not to listen to their crap.
She knew exactly what kind of 'justice' they really delivered, and she had lived through it and survived.
"I am the enemy of all men," except my darling Luffy of course, she thought.
After all he was no ordinary man, her beloved was the one to heal her heart, when even she herself didn't know it was sick.
"Hey, I am speaking to you, Hancock."
How dare this ruffian utter her name without her permission (that he will never ever receive), she already had to put with them addressing her in her official title, now This.
Only Luffy, could call her with her given name. He called her by her name twice already.
Ohhh she remembered it clearly when he called to her with smile gracing his charming face and whispered sweetly, Hancock, She blushed.
"Hancock, if you wa….."
"Silence. I didn't gave you permission to speak to me, definitely not to utter my name," she sneered at him.
The fool didn't listen to her and had the audacity to demand that she does.
"Listen, if you want to keep your position…."
They kept threatening her with her position, it was getting old.
"Slave arrow," was her only answer.
Finally some quite, she can now feast her eyes on her beloved.
Her darling was fighting a marine, who just wouldn't go away like a good little dog that he was, and let her beloved get on his way. Her dearest become red using his special technique.
Oh, how red suited him so! She should sew him some new shirts with red hearts on them to express her devotion.
Beat him up Luffy, she wanted to shout encouragingly. It was all the fault of those government dogs that she couldn't cheer him on, what if he lost because she didn't do her sacred duty.
No, no, Luffy was strong, she corrected herself.
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How can it be? That low life thug, was holding her Luffy down, using sea-stone to do it. It was all her fault because she didn't encourage him enough, she wanted to tear her hair off.
She would correct this wickedness immediately.
"You filth, get your filthy hands off him."
She sent the low life that dared to pin her Luffy, flying with a kick of her elegant leg. But not far enough apparently, the barbarian was still barking like the dog he was about her interfering, and her position.
He, the government dog dared to threaten her, likeit wasn't enough that he tried to harm her beloved.
"I am so infuriated. I have never been this angry, I don't care what you say. How dare you beat and hold down my dearest," she screeched at him.
She would take care of him later, but she had more important things to take care of. Her darling was coughing, he was hurt all over, her poor darling. Someone will pay for this, she vowed furiously.
"Oh Luffy, I am so glad that you are alive," her darling was still coughing.
She was gonna rip them apart piece by piece and feed them to Salome.
"Hancock," her beloved said sweetly.
Oh, this was the third time he said it. Ohhh, his smile, no, no, no, she jolted herself from her daydream, they didn't have time for this now, later she thought dreamily.
She needed to play the part of attacking her beloved, she will cut her hands off first. She used her Mero Mero powers, she knew such powers would not hurt her darling, he was so special.
She couldn't help but blush under his scrutiny and told him, "I always believed that you would make it here alive."
He should know how much she believed in him, how much she encouraged him.
"Take this," she whispered and took the key, that she especially get just for him, from its hidden place between her breasts, and continued, "This is your brother's handcuff key."
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"...Hey….. Luffy, what are you doing to Hancock-nee?"
"Ohh, sorry Hancock. She get us Ace's key," he cheered.
"Hancock-nee is awesome."
Hancock was in heaven.
Heaven, was not enough to describe the euphoria and delight she was feeling.
Luffy touched her. He touched her all over, she could still feel him all over her body, her chest, back….
"Hancock," Luffy was calling her name again, she made him worry.
"I am okay," she couldn't move her legs to stand. Luffy took her will and power away.
Her little sister was here too (when did she get here?), the last she saw of her she was fighting some sword-women.
"Luffy, Lina you need to go," they had to be safe, they had to keep moving.
"Right, thank you Hancock."
Her name, he said her name again, it was the sixth time! They were engaged now, it was as official as it could get!
"I owe you one, come on Lina, we are definitely saving Ace," and begin running.
Ohhh, the view of his board back … someone was speaking to her, who dare …
Oh, it was her cute little sister.
"…you want to know, that it was his third time attacking Luffy, at least!"
Attacking her Luffy three times? Three, who dare do such…
"Who," she demanded.
"Smokie, the all smoke guy," she gesturing in her hands widely as if impersonating the smoke, Really! This can not continue, she will have to teach Lina grace urgently, Hancock thought.
While Hancock was lost in her anger, she ignored Lina's muttering and didn't even notice when she left hurriedly to follow Luffy. Hancock had stopped listening a while ago.
Three times, run in her head. Three times, that he could have been hurt, or captured, or died, and she wouldn't have met him. She wouldn't have been freed from the shackles around her heart.
Any pleasure from being hugged, not merely touched, but hugged by her Luffy, her beloved, evaporated.
All she could feel was fury.
All could she see was red.
All could she smell was death,
And all she could hear was three times.
She stood up and faced her tormenter, the filth that almost took her precious from her, three times.
He was gonna die today, that was an undeniable fact.
The question was how to make him suffer, so his heart became as black as her's was.
She smiled.
Those savages were stepping back, shaking their heads, some of them even begin pleading.
Mercy will not be visiting today.
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Ace POV
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Why, why, why, God, why… Ace tried to shook himself awake from this nightmare, this hell.
Why.
Why was all this happening, they shouldn't be here, nobody should be here, it was all his fault, they should just leave him to die.
Those damn marines should have just killed him the minute they had him, not put a show.
Of course, they had to give him the best seat to watch the suffering and the anguish of his family, because of him.
Not enough to take his life but he has to watch helplessly his worst nightmare come true. Why does he need to see all of this blood, death, all of it because of him.
He clenched his eyes shut trying to escape even momentarily, but there was no escape from this hell.
Nobody should ever have to suffer because of him, he was worthless. He doesn't deserve to share the same air they breathed.
Yes, he shouldn't have been born, he knows this, always did.
His first act of living was to kill his mother.
Taking her name, hah, he belittled himself, like this could even begin to atone for his sins.
They shouldn't have come, it was all his fault. He wanted to scream his anguish, to cry his distress, but he held them back, like he always did.
He shouldn't have been born.
He breathed hard, trying to ignore the sounds around him.
At least, he should have died in Sabo place. Sabo would have been a better brother to Lina and Luffy. He knew how to show affection, how to be gentle with them, not like him, who had no gentle bone in his body.
He was a failure.
A failure as brother, as pirate, as commander, as son to the only man that he called willingly father, a man whose approval he sought fervently.
Ace opened his clenched eyes to search for his presence, not being able to move, held in shackles from sea-stone as much as his own dark thoughts, and there he was standing tall, steady as mountain, unwavering in his stand, fighting ardently for his worthless son. He still called him son after everything, and will always will, even Ace knew that. A small smile graced his lips, a smile of self-loathing.
Whitebeard made him feel accepted, that maybe he could be part of ….
No.
That didn't matter anymore, because he did what he did best, and ruined everything good in his life, and was and was dragging everyone with him down to the bottom of hell, even his little brother and sister, the ones he promised himself and promised Sabo to protect.
And what great big brother he was.
Self-loathing filled him to the brim.
He wanted to hurt himself, anything, anything to stop this feeling, like he was being swallowed into the pit of darkness he called his soul.
He wouldn't be in this situation, he wouldn't be putting the lives of his sister and brother, his whole world, in harm's way, if he wasn't stupid and stubborn, he atoned bitterly in his mind.
He should had never met Luffy and Lina.
He should had never set sail.
He should had never joined oyaji, never met Marco, Thatch...
He still choked at the mere sound of Thatch's name, even in the deepest parts of his own mind.
He knew only how to bring suffering to others.
His fam…, no, his crew, he lost the right to call them even that when he disobeyed oy.. the captain order's.
His.. The crew and oyaji, Ace gasped, will never listen to his pleas, it was a matter of pride to them.
He wondered, if he shouted to them about his biological father (It always grated on his nerves to be related to that shit), that maybe they will retreat, but no, oyaji already knew, and here he was, and nobody will leave oyaji alone, no matter what.
But maybe his brother and sister, they were stubborn, he knows, but he needed to try, if there was even a slim chance, a tiny ray of hope to save them, to keep them safe.
They needed to be SAFE. God please, Ace prayed, PLEASE.
Any deity or God out there,please protect them.
He opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't bring himself to say what needed to be said.
For Lina and Luffy he repeated in his mind, he steeled himself.
"Stay away, Luffy, Lina," he shouted with all the might he could master.
They both heard him, stopped to look at him, to listen. Their struggles to get to HIM momentarily forgotten. Lina almost get hit by a marine aiming at her back (His fault!), before Luffy interfered.
He swallowed the huge lump that suddenly appeared in his throat, and forced himself to continue, "I know that you both know it. We are all pirates, we all sailed the sea as we liked. I have my own adventure, I have my own Nakama. I want you to keep your hands off of them."
They were ignoring him, they resumed their fighting, but he had to try.
He had to.
"Especially you Lina, someone that didn't want to set sail, or be a pirate to begin with."
He wouldn't stop, it hurt to say these things, his heart was splitting to small pieces, but he will keep going, he had to.
"You're always being dragged around by Luffy and me, so grow up and decide for yourself. Go home, and take the moron with you."
He needed to say more, much more, they needed to be safe, please God.
"You think I want weaklings like you to save me?"
He closed his eyes and screamed, "You think that I will allow you to do that? It's so humiliating."
"Go back, Luffy and Lina, why did you came here?"
GO AWAY, please, I am begging you, please, I am not worth it.
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"I beg you Luffy, Lina. I don't want you to share my fate," he whispered, not paying attention to the painful sob coming from his side.
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Luffy POV
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Hearing Ace's voice was a relief, even if he said a lot of bullshit and lies, and made Lina upset too. That was okay, cause Lina knew they were lies, she was still fighting beside him, not hesitating, trusting in him.
Ace was an idiot, though Luffy, and a bad liar too, they always told him that he was a bad liar, but Ace was much worse.
When Ace called him an idiot and poked him in the head, it was because Luffy made him worry.
When he whined that he was still hungry after eating his share and tried stealing from Ace. Ace would scold him and get angry at him, but there will always be some leftover in his plate.
His family was weird, they showed their feeling by being physical. The more violent they were the more affectionate they were, His grandpa's fist of love was a prime example, he shuddered and his head begin to throb, but it didn't matter!
If grandpa stood in their way they would fight him, he and Lina talked about it. They would do what they had to do, Ace was more important.
Even though, he was being really stupid right now.
Ace said mean things to them because he cares, that was the way it always had been and always would be
Ace should learn to be honest, then he would be happier.
Stupid Ace, Luffy would show him.
"I am your brother," Luffy screamed for the world to hear, even Lina seemed surprised by his outburst, but then she gave him a warm smile.
"Go Luffy," she encouraged.
"I don't give damn about the so called pirate's rules. I am gonna save Ace," he declared daring someone, anyone, to deny him, even Ace.
He saw Lina taking a deep breath beside him and smiled, she was gonna gave Ace a piece of her mind which happened very rarely but Ace deserved it, he was being stupid and mean.
"Ace, you moron," she shouted, her voice was high but there was slight tremble in it.
Shishishi, Lina was seriously angry.
"It doesn't matter if I were to become a marine or pirate, or if I was still at home. I would always, always, be here fighting, cause Ace is our world."
She took another breath, she wasn't finished.
"Someone should hold you accountable to your promise."
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People kept trying to stop him, or speak to him about some nonsense, can't they see that he was in hurry, Ace needed him.
Someone, that wasn't Ace, was speaking now, how annoying; they were trying to distract him again.
The marine seemed startled, some frozen, good. He can get closer to Ace quicker.
"….The cat is out of the bag, not that I am surprised," Lina was saying from behind him, while stopping an attack from the side.
"Cat?" said Luffy, who cares about cats, they need to save Ace.
"Lina, you are weird."
"No, you weren't listening, they told everyone that Dragon is our dad and about Ace's dad too."
HUH….
"Our dad is a cat! I thought he was a dragon."
Does that mean he ate mice, ewww, maybe they were tasty, they were meat. He never tried them before he thought, and wondered what they would be like, hmmm, maybe they would taste like chicken or those small rabbits and squirrels. They were really tasty but they weren't enough to keep him satisfied. Luffy liked there to be a lot of meat, focus on the a lot.
"NO," shouted Lina.
Those marines, they just kept kept coming, even more of them were arriving now.
"No, never mind," she said while deflecting a sword.
"Gomu Gomu Pistol," Luffy sent him flying away with his broken sword.
They kept coming more and more.
They were being pushed back, away from Ace. Not good, he needed to get to Ace now. He would use third Gear, and get them all out of the way in one go.
He put his thumb in his mouth.
"No, Luffy" shouted Lina, "you can't burn yourself out, just wait second we have.." Lina didn't need to finish.
"Death wink," Iva-chan yelled while jumping besides them, sending whole bunch of marines scattering all over, behind her were the cavalry, full of ex-prisoners and Okama's.
"Strawhat-boya, Lina-chan, ve finally catch up."
Luffy couldn't help laughing.
"you got here in time, Iva-chan, the preparation?" Lina asked hurriedly.
A lot of people begin to speak one over the other, he heard Iva-chan shouting, "Worry not, Lina-chan, Inzumaki sent them to do as you asked. They are to come find us when they finish, some of them are back already."
He couldn't hear Lina answer, but she looked happy, other people were showing her things, like, clothes, shoes… and some had Tone dials... Did the Okamas go to Skypiea too!
HUH, strange.
They didn't have time for this, they needed to save Ace.
Lina was being swamped by people, there was no time, he turned and began to run to the platform direction.
"Luffy," "stawhat-boya," come the shouts behind him, he needed to get to Ace, there was no time.
Marines kept coming at him, they should just get out of his way.
"Gomu Gomu Whip."
That took care of them but they kept coming more and more replacing the fallen ones.
"Galaxy wink, Death Wink," Iva-chan shouted from behind him, clearing the way.
Both Iva-chan and Lina were flanking him from both sides now.
"Vhat the plan strawhat boya?"
Huh, plan. Stupid, of course.
"Save Ace."
"I know," grumbled Iva-chan, "The question is how?"
Hmmm, easy..
"Beating anyone in our way."
"You shouldn't have asked," Lina snickered.
HUH, did he miss something? Maybe but it didn't matter.
Ace, they needed to get to Ace.
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"Booom", a loud voice shook the ground.
No. Not a voice.
Walls.
Walls were shooting up from the ground, Huh, what just happened.
There walls over the walls. More things to stop him from saving Ace.
They stopped moving again, damn it.
Luffy stopped in a bit of daze, behind him Lina and Iva-chan were discussing things quietly.
"So that was Sengoku plan, huh, smart, it just didn't work like he hoped," Lina said.
"You knev about it?" Iva-chan asked.
"Not exactly, when you were trying to get us out of the Ice," she paused and said softly, "Thank you for that by the way."
Iva-chan took a step back, hands in front of her, mouth wide open.
Lina sighed, shaking her head added, "The marine Den Den Mushi played coded instruction, which I recorded. I was only able to decipher a little bit of the codes, but enough to know that they intended to box the Whitebeard fleet in and then try to destroy them in one go, but not how or when. I gave the Whitebeard pirates the recording."
"Ohhh, so that's vhat you spoke to him about."
They both were looking at the battlefield behind them, Luffy turned completely and observed too.
The battlefield was chaotic even more so than he remembered.
"That explains vhy their allies outside still fighting and overwhelming the marines, so it's Vhitebeard's move now, hmmm, he is probably gonna …"
"Doesn't matter, we just need to get over these walls to get to Ace," Luffy declared, finally getting over his small shock. What everyone did wasn't important, they just needed to save Ace.
"You're right," said Lina.
HUH, she wasn't arguing with him.
She continued, "The question is where? To go where there is no wall which is definitely a trap, or to jump where there less threat and go from there.."
Luffy cut her, "Jump where it's closer to Ace." Of course.
Lina opened her mouth to …. she fell to the ground suddenly, Luffy tried to catch her, and somehow succeeded by looping his hands around her and himself. Lina was looking a bit green. He let her go immediately making sure her legs touched the solid ground.
A noise even worse from before shook the grounds.
There was huge commotion.
No more walls, it was...
Ace's captain finally joined the battle.
The old man waved his bisento sending whole bunch of marines flying with ice and walls. He looked enraged, Luffy admired him for few seconds.
He was strong, he understood why Ace liked him.
Ace, they needed to save Ace.
Where was Lina?
He looked around searching for his little sister, afraid that she may have...
Huh, hmmm, she was speaking with the asshole Croco and the Swords-man from Alabasta, and the guy with number 3 hair, the one that helped him beat poison-guy, a lot more people were there, Jinbe was there too.
Hmmm, Jinbe could help him with his plan to jump over the wall.
Luffy tried to reach Jinbe and Lina, but a lot of people blocked his way standing closely together, almost on each others. They were all trying to see and listen to what was happening inside, where Lina was.
He slipped between them as quickly as he could using his rubber abilities.
They were the ex-prisoners and Okamas and they were here to help. Luffy repeated mentally to himself, as not to get angry at them.
They were all surrounding Lina and the gang. Except Bon-chan, he didn't see Bon-chan there, he hadn't' seen him for a while now. He hoped Bon-chan was okay.
He finally was able to get to the center of the gathering, enough to be able to listen in like the people around were trying to do.
"It's fine, it's more than I expected really!" Lina was saying.
"So, you are still going with the plan," Croco asked clutching a Tone dial in his hand.
Did Crocodile go to Skypiea too? That was really weird...
"Yes, this is the perfect moment! Sengoku showed his hand, and Whitebeard joined the fight, meaning all the attention on him. We wouldn't get another opportunity like this, and we have…. "she trailed off.
"Luffy," she yelled, finally spotting him.
"Jinbe," Luffy called, "I need your help."
"Of course, Luffy-kun," he answered immediately.
"So, you are really jumping to where Ace is?" asked Iva-chan eyeing Luffy worriedly.
"In front of Ace?" someone shouted.
"The three admirals are there," said Mr.3 shakily.
"Exactly," announced Lina cheerily, she seemed quite happy about something.
"Luffy is gonna be the bait, the BIG distraction."
"You are both crazy," said Crocodile blankly, but made no move to leave.
Wait minute, distraction, solution.. social action, he didn't have time to play, he needed to save Ace.
"Lina, we need to .." Luffy begin.
"Don't worry," she cut him, "being the distraction, will not affect you saving Ace. You actually don't have to do anything different from what you intend to do, you just have to tell me what you plan to do beforehand."
She added softly "Anyway, you are not the true distraction."
HUH, he didn't understand and it showed on his face apparently.
"It's mystery plan, if it works it will help save Ace," Lina said finally, there were sighs and groans all around them.
"Okay," answered Luffy cheerily.
"Luffy, you will have to be alone for a while, I won't be able to help you, especially if everything works like I hope it does," Lina said, looking guilty and uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, I will be fine," Luffy answered, "you do what you have to do, and I will save Ace." She smiled small smile hearing that.
"Discuss your plan with Jinbe. I will finish here, then you can explain it to me," she told Luffy, he nodded.
"Wait minute," she said right after, Luffy didn't have the time yet to move.
She turned to Iva-chan and demanded, "Iva-chan gave me and Luffy more Tension hormones."
"But.. " Iva-chan didn't seem happy.
"We are gonna do this no matter what, it's better if we were in top shape while we do it, don't you agree Iva-chan?" her voice at the end became a higher pitch, it reminded him of Nami somehow.
Iva-chan looked conflicted, Luffy heard her mutter "manipulative" huh, she meant Lina? Is it another mystery thing, wondered Luffy, but Iva-chan nodded his consent. Lina then turned to Luffy and told him "Go, call me when you finish."
Then she turned and began speaking in a hurry, people were running around with weird things in their hands, clothes, shoes, sleeping masks? (They needed to sleep for the mystery plan to work?! Mystery Ohhh), sea-stone cuffs, he think he saw someone running with a melon, hmmm a mystery plan.
"Luffy, what do you need from me?" Jinbe asked, bringing Luffy back to the urgent present.
OHH yes, the plan to jump over the wall, to get to Ace.
Luffy explained to Jinbe and, Iva-chan was listening too, neither of them looked happy or convinced, but they would do what needed to be done.
Lina come after few minutes and Luffy explained it to her too.
"Good idea Luffy, this actually may work with what I want to happen," she said looking deep in thought, murmuring to herself, "It may work, no, no, it will work."
Luffy nodded absent-mindedly, looking beyond the wall to where Ace was shackled to the platform, head down, not even looking at the battlefield, defeated.
The sight made him burst with anger.
Luffy wanted, no, needed to go now.
Wait a bit more Ace, I will be right there.
"Luffy."
What now? He needed to ..
"Luffy, I want you to promise me two things," Lina was standing there alone, Jinbe and Iva-chan nowhere to be seen.
She continued, "First, whatever you hear don't look back. I am trusting you to save Ace, so you have to continue no matter what."
Luffy nodded, but she waited.
"I promise," he said, looking seriously at her, he was gonna save Ace.
"Second, this is really important Luffy. Don't use your big moves, like third gear, until it's really necessary."
Luffy shook his head, he was gonna do whatever he needed to do to save Ace, why was she being weird again.
"Luffy," she sighed, "I am not telling you not to use them, but to try everything else, and if it doesn't work, then to use them."
He understood, but no, he needed to get to Ace fast. They already wasted a lot of time. He started to shake his head again.
"It will help Ace," she retorted.
HUH, how not getting to Ace fast will help ..
"Trust me," she added looking him in the eyes.
He did.
"Okay, if Lina says it will help Ace, then I promise to try."
She sighed looking relieved and smiled, then looked soberly at him.
"I love you Luffy. You are an awesome brother, and an amazing captain."
Lina was acting weird again.
"I love Lina too, you are my Lina."
She laughed and hugged him.
"Good luck, brother, don't stop until you have Ace."
"Don't worry, we are gonna save Ace, then find everyone…."
Zoro, Usppo, Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook
"..and then we will have an awesome party and eat a huge meat popsicle," Luffy declared. Yes, that was exactly what was going to happen.
"Again with the meat Popsicle, you are way too obsessed with it," Lina shook her head fondly, Luffy laughed.
"I understand Luffy," Lina nodded.
"I am counting on you to save Ace, and you can count on me to make it easier."
Lina could be so silly sometimes.
"I am always counting on you."
Luffy patted her head, "I am going to save Ace," he declared in finality that no one could argue with, and he began running to where Jinbe was.
He was going to jump.
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Some dialog were taken from Ep 467-469
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Happy birthday to me!
Soon, anyway...my birthday in the fifth of September, and the best gifts are the ones you could share, so I am sharing this with you. ^^
I have a beta now, but unfortunately she is quite busy, and will be unavailable for quite some time, so I don't know when will I be able to update (this chapter is unbeat`d), if anyone have excellent English and great grasp on grammar (me and grammar are natural born enemies) and want to help, please PM me.
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I will be updating my other Fic "Moby Dick's new residents" and new Fic (look forward to it) in the next few days.
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Please share your thoughts (I mean review!).
