Chapter 14: South Blue Adventure

On an island somewhere in the South Blue a portal opened up. Out walked Star, Luffy, Ace, Sabo and Marco.

"Welcome to Baterilla!" said Star.

"So what are we doing here exactly?" asked Marco.

"This was the island I was born." Said Ace.

"Really?" asked Marco surprised.

"It's true." He explained.

"Sorry it's just that…" said Marco.

"Garp took me there when I was baby." Said Ace.

"I see." Said Marco.

That was when Sabo saw some people in the distance.

"Hide!" he said.

They found some nearby bushes.

Turned out some guys in white uniforms walked by them.

"Why are we on the island again?" asked one of them.

"You know what today is." Said the second one.

"Yeah, but why this island?" asked the first.

"How should I know… all I know is that it has something to do with today." Said the second.

Once the two of them were gone they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who were those guys?" asked Marco.

"Marines… that's the standard uniform." Said Sabo.

"Great… someone must have figured it out." Muttered Ace.

"Or they probably remember that." Muttered Sabo.

Ace cringed when he brought that up.

"Should we still…" said Luffy.

"Silly question…" said Marco, "Wait… scratch that… it's not a silly question."

"What is it?" asked Luffy.

"What we're here for… it's not illegal is it?" asked Marco.

"No…" said Ace.

Marco breathed a sigh of relief, especially the last time he went to one of their hometowns.

"Then I don't see the problem." Said Marco.

That was when both Sabo and Ace reached into their pockets. They pulled out wanted posters for them.

"Oh…" said Marco.

"We already did something that got us wanted." Said Sabo.

"Why re you carrying those things around?" asked Marco.

"It's a pirate thing." said Ace.

"A mix of pride and bragging rights." Said Sabo.

"I see." Said Marco.

"Enemy Map Appearance!" said Star.

She created a hologram of a map that showed a lot of the island, there were red dots scattered all over the map. There were also a few yellow dots scattered around.

"All right!" said Star, "The red dots are the marines of the island."

"What about the yellow dots?" asked Luffy.

"some sort of third faction." Said Star, "I'm guessing the marines are taking care of them."

"That's a lot of Marines." Said Luffy.

"Are you sure you still want to do this?" asked Sabo.

"We could always do it on another less spiteful day." Said Star.

"No it has to be today." Muttered Ace.

"All right I have an idea." Said Star she pointed her wand at the two, "Radiant shadow transform."

Their clothes magically transformed into tacky tourist wear. Both of them wore Hawaiian shirts, brightly colored shorts, reflective sunglasses, with Ace's hat transforming to an extremely tacky straw hat (very different from Luffy's) while Sabo wore a baseball cap.

"Seriously?" asked Sabo.

"Oh come on… it's not that bad." Said Ace who didn't mind as much as his bother did.

"Don't worry I'll change it back when we leave." Said Star.

"Good…" said Sabo.

"Come on Sabo." Laughed Luffy.

"It's called style.' Said Sabo, "And you two don't have it."

Luffy and Ace both rolled their eyes knowing it was the only thing he picked up from his biological family.

They walked through the town passing by several Marines.

However one of them looked at the two, then took out two wanted posters, they looked at the wanted poster, then back at the two, then back at the wanted poster, then back at the two.

"Wait seconded those two tacky tourists are wanted pirates!" yelled the marine.

"Uh-oh…" said Star.

"Run!" yelled Marco.

They all began to run away from the marines, thankfully they found a bunch of trees they could hide in.

All five them sighed at Star turned their clothes back to normal.

"Of all wanted posters they had…" muttered Sabo.

"Wait you don't think." Said Ace.

"That he's here?" asked Sabo.

Both of them shuddered.

"I still want to do it." Said Ace.

"Okay? Any ideas?" asked Star.

Marco and Luffy began to think.

Marco just realized something when Luffy blurted out "I have an idea!"

Everyone was concerned.

"All right here's the plan!" said Luffy.

Sometime later…

All five of them were running away from the marine who were all chasing them.

"Everyone hold hands!" yelled Star.

They made a human chain with Star on the one ends so she could have a free hand.

"Rocket Rabbit Blast!"

They were sent flying and found and found a more remote part of the town to rest for a few and regroup.

"Sorry about that…" said Luffy laughing.

"great it's even worse than before." Muttered Sabo.

"Maybe we should cut our loses." Said Star.

"Wait… I have an idea." Said Marco.

"What is it" asked Ace.

Turns out it was a very obvious idea.

Use one of the Dimensional Scissors to get to their destination.

"Why didn't we think of this before?" asked Sabo.

"I have no idea." Sighed Marco.

Turned out their destination was a secluded area. Marco looked as saw it was a gravestone, a simple one but it looked to be clean.

Then he noticed the name on it. Portgas D. Rouge.

Ace nodded at Star. She pointed her wand at the gave and suddenly red hibiscus flowers grew all over it.

"Hey Mom." Said Ace.

Marco knew to be quiet during this, after all it was clear the other three were.

"A lot has happened since I was last here." Said Ace, "My crew has gotten bigger and we're already half way though the first half of the Grand Line. The family has been great. Sabo recently got a bounty, I know it's causing us problems, but hey, pirates. Luffy's doing good too, still a couple years away until he leaves. But he still has Star even though he still has us sometimes. Star finally went through that Mewberty thing. She beat up Outlook despite being boy crazy. Also Moon sent her to another dimension to learn reasonability or something… Pony Head gave her scissors so now both she and Luffy have a pair… She also has a new friend Marco... I guess at this point he's all of our friend… it was hard getting here today… Garp must have spread word we might appear on the island…"

IT was clear Ace didn't know what else to say.

"You know it was my job." Said a voice.

They all turned around and saw Garp.

All of them glared at him.

"Hey, hey… we're at a safe space." Said Garp, "Look I was doing my job altering them to wanted pirates."

"You know I come on this day ever year!" said Ace.

"She shouldn't be the one you should be honoring today!" yelled Garp.

"You're saying that I should honor the man who made my life a living hell?" asked Ace.

"He's your father!" yelled Garp, "He loved you and your mother knew that!"

"Some love! He could have done so much to make sure we were safe! But no! That monster let my mother die!" yelled Ace.

"Do you know how much is pains me to say good things about him?" asked Garp.

"Good!" yelled Ace.

"Roger was a good man Ace!" yelled Garp.

"Thanks for being a broken record!" said Ace.

Ace looked at Star and Luffy who knew it was the cue for getting out of here.

Star was the one who took out her scissors and they all went through the Portal.

Said location was the tree house.

"So… what's going on today?" asked Marco.

"Today is the 20th knavery of when Gold Roger was executed." Said Star.

"The Marines are showing in a lot of spots that would be considered trouble spots." Said Sabo, "To make sure there's no scenes or celebrations."

"Also… Gold Roger was my father." Said Ace.

"Wait… aren't you 18?" asked Marco, "Wait… how long is the gestation period in this dimensions… or are years a bit different… I could have sworn somehow you have the same calendar of earth…"

"It's okay…" said Ace knowing that is a normal reaction to the news who noticed the truth, "My mom kept me in her womb for 11 extra months… However the strain was too much and she died right after I gave birth."

"I'm so sorry." Said Marco.

"The World Government swarmed the island looking for me for months because they suspected that I existed." Muttered Ace.

"Wait… then how did Garp get custody of you?" asked Marco.

"He and Roger respected each other a lot. He made Garp promise to take care of me." Said Ace.

"That sounds rough." Said Marco who then flinched because it sounded so bad.

Ace chuckled, "It's fine… Most of my crew doesn't even know about this. Only my first mate does..."

"It's a big secret." Said Luffy.

Marco nodded.

"Though to be fair… you're from a different dimension so everything is new to you." Said Ace.

"Yeah." Said Marco.

"I'm glad you were able to come today." Said Ace.

"No problem." Said Marco.

"Come on!" cheered Luffy, "Let's go hunting!"

"All right! So what's everyone in the mood for?" asked Sabo.

"You might want to sit this one out." Ace told Marco.

"I figured that." Said Marco having heard about their hunting trips.

Ace patted Marco on the back. Marco decided to watch their hunting which was nuts of course.

With that Marco knew more about Ace, and also he felt much closer to the siblings. After all it was clear having such a past was a big deal, and he knew to keep it a secret… well in the Blue Dimension… people on Earth wouldn't know what the big deal was. But still… he knew this was one of the things that brought them closer… and he was happy to part of that day... after all he had come to see all of them, even Ace and Sabo as very good friends.

Next Time: Marco tells Star that Fortune Cookies are magic. And now she believes it's true. How will things turn out especially when Ludo decides to use this new obsession again her?

A/N: The Timeline of the series honestly doesn't make any sense (season 2 had a Halloween episode... and ended in May) plus I don't think we know the exact date of Roger's death... so...

Also I've been kind of addicted to Pirate Warriors 3 (you buy it on the Switch)... so I couldn't help referencing it with that map bit... so yeah... the map is a reference to that...