Sabo just entered the story! Sabo is the 2nd and surely not the last we'll meet that will be affected by Lucy's ability to drive people crazy (there's actually a hint who will show up next).

There will be slight teasing of SaboLu, but its only to make Ace jealous because why not? A jelly Ace is a cute Ace. Don't worry Ace and Sabo will still be the best friends in the future, but for now enjoy their "small" arguments.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece


Chapter 5 - Sabo

Lucy - 9, Ace & Sabo - 12

Ace was not jealous. He was not!

His mom was clearly wrong whenever she would tease him that he was jealous.

He was not jealous of Shanks. Hell, Shanks was the reason that Lucy almost died twice and was the reason for that scar on her adorable face! She was still cute, he will beat anyone that says otherwise, but still it was a scar on her face.

He was not jealous at all even if Shanks is their major topic for the whole year after their reunion last year. No he was not jealous at all.

He glared at Lucy who was laughing merrily hugging a boy his age wearing a blue coat and a blue top hat.

And he is not jealous of this person. This… this Sabo person that came with Lucy.

Yes, he was clearly not jealous that after saying hello to him and hugging him she ran towards that Sabo person and latched onto him like a monkey. Lucy would still talk to him and hug him once in a while, but almost every 10 minutes she would run back to Sabo and hug him for a solid 5 minutes before running along bothering another group of people.

He glared again at Lucy who is now eating cake while sitting on the bastard's lap.

No he was not jealous of the bastard. He really was not.


"Why are you frowning Ace?" Rogue asked sitting beside the boy

"I'm not jealous!" Ace snapped

Rogue laughed "I asked why you're frowning, not why you're jealous."

Realization hit Ace and he blushed in embarrassment. "I'm not!"

Rogue brushed his hair and smiled softly "Are you mad at Sabo or Lucy?"

"I'm not mad."

"So, Sabo then?" Rogue smirked

Ace looked away, not saying anything making Rogue's grin wider.

"There's a reason Lucy will not leave Sabo for a long time." Rogue softly said

"I don't care about her and that stupid bastard." Ace glaring at Lucy pulling Sabo around their house giving the boy a tour at THEIR HOUSE! Damn Lucy thinking that this is her house to give a tour to someone else.

"Do you feel that Sabo is stealing Lucy from you?" Rogue asked again ignoring Ace's comments

"Why would I feel that?" Ace snapped again, "She's not special or anything."

"Liar." Rogue deadpan earning a glare from Ace "You felt like Lucy is replacing you, aren't you?"

Ace looked away frowning

"Why don't you talk to Sabo and ask why Lucy is hanging off him like a monkey?" Rogue suggested

"I don't want to talk to that bastard."

Rogue giggled "Why not? I thought you're not jealous?" she teased

"Mom!"

"Okay, okay." Rogue laughed raising both hands in sign of defeat "But seriously talk to him to know what happened to them."

Ace's anger quickly vanished. "Did something happen?"

"Yeah." She nodded, "And it's better to hear it from somebody who was there."


"Hello." A voice greeted. Ace glanced at the person and frowned "I'm Sabo." the boy greeted

"I know." Ace said, staring at the boy. "Ace."

"Why are you out here?" Sabo asked sitting beside Ace

"Why do you care?" Ace snapped

"I really don't." Sabo said truthfully "But I want to know why you're glaring at me since I entered your house."

"It's none of your business."

"I beg to differ." Sabo chuckled, "You are glaring at me."

"I don't like you." Ace admitted frowning

"And I don't like you." Sabo chuckled "But you like Lucy." Ace paused making Sabo smirk "Don't you?"

Ace's frown deepened and he glared at Sabo "Why are you here?"

"You're jealous of me aren't you?"

"I'll punch you in the face if you don't shut up." Ace deadpan

Sabo laughed loud and so much that he fell on the ground holding his stomach

After laughing for a solid 5 minutes Sabo stopped and stood up. "You're funny." Sabo smirked, "I guess that's why Lucy likes you."

Ace blushed at the comment and looked away "Shut up."

"Are you embarrassed?" Sabo teased

Ace groaned "Why are you here? Stop bothering me."

"Hey, I just want to meet the person Lucy won't shut up about." Sabo admitted sitting down again "I mean I already met the bastard Shanks so you're the other one she won't shut up about."

"You met Shanks?" Ace asked surprise

After their little 'talk' with their father, Roger refused for him and his mom to meet up with Shanks. He told them that they will meet him and eventually give them a piece of their mind in the future.

Sabo smirked "Yeah, gave the bastard a piece of my mind." he said proudly

Ace grinned back "A black eye or a bloody nose?"

Sabo's smirked grew "Both."

Ace and Sabo laughed

"Good. Dad kept refusing me when I told him I wanted to meet the bastard." Ace said "He kept telling me that Shanks needs to get better." he snorted "It's been a year and I refuse to believe he's not yet better for another beating."

Sabo laughed "It's because there's a long list of people that want to beat him up because of Lucy." he laughed louder "It's like every month someone new will try to find him just to beat him up and leave."

Ace snorted "I'm surprised his crew is letting these people. Aren't Shanks an emperor of the underworld or something?"

"What do you mean they're just letting people beat him up?" Sabo laughed, "They are betting who will show up next!"

"Why?"

"It's because its Lucy." Sabo grinned "I swear, that girl can get anyone under her thumb. Everyone was so pissed at the scar on her face, and when they heard about the zoo incident they just lost their shit and proceed to hunt the Red head." Sabo laughed again, "And he can't really do anything to stop him because he knows that it's no use, because they're beating him up for Lucy."

Ace snorted "I'm surprised Lucy is letting them. Lucy adored that bastard."

"Lucy doesn't know." Sabo grinned evilly "Don't tell her or else there will be a long list of people who will be pissed for not beating him up even once."

"Yeah, like me and mom."

"Oh yeah, I saw your names up there." Sabo nodded "A lot of people are already expecting and betting you to show up soon, but your dad kept on stopping you."

"Yeah, my bastard father is protecting his bastard student." Ace snorted "Says he needs to get better."

"Oh no that's not the reason." Sabo grinned

Ace frowned and looked at Sabo waiting for an answer "What do you mean?"

"Roger bet that you both will not show up or just that you're the last to show up. So he kept on stopping you so he'll win the betting pool." Sabo grinned evilly

Ace's frown deepens "So dad is not protecting Shanks?" Sabo nodded, "He's just stopping us to win the betting pool?" Sabo nodded again

Sabo can clearly see the rage in Ace's eyes.

"Excuse me." Ace said clearly trying not to blow up. He stood up from his chair "I think I need to talk to mom about something."

Sabo grinned evilly "Do you need help with the story? Apparently nobody else knows about the betting pool."

Ace grinned evilly back "Sure."

And both boys walk back inside to tell a very interesting story to Rogue.

Ace smirked, maybe Sabo is not that bad. He frowned, he's still a bastard though.

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Inside the house at the same time the boys are talking outside. Roger felt all his hair on the back of his neck stand up.

He looked around nervously and saw that nothing is amiss and everyone is still partying. Except Lucy who is sleeping on the couch and the two boys talking outside.

"What happened to you? You look like you saw a ghost?" Dragon asked

"I just felt that my life was in danger." Roger admitted

"Did you do something stupid?" Dragon deadpan

"Honey, Roger always do something stupid. You need to be specific in your questions." Stacy said

"Hey, I don't always!" Roger defended himself

Rogue giggled "Darling, I love you. But Stacy is right. You always do something stupid."

Roger pouted when everyone laughed at him "You guys are mean."

(Poor Roger, you should have run the moment you felt your life was in danger.)


The next day, Lucy woke up to the smell of breakfast.

"MEAT!" She yelled as she jumped from the bed and run down the stairs

"Good morning Lucy." Rogue greeted as she laid freshly cooked pancakes

"Good morning auntie Rogue." Lucy greeted back in between shoving food in her mouth "Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas!" Rogue said "So what are your plans today?"

"Mommy said we'll go shopping for dresses!" Lucy said "She said I can buy matching outfits with Ace and Sabo!"

Rogue giggled "Then can I come along? I want to see you in dresses."

Lucy grinned so wide "Yeah, we can also buy matching dresses!"

"Yes!" Rogue squealed starts in her eyes in excitement

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"Is uncle Roger alive?" Lucy asked as Stacy placed a coat on her.

Roger laid on the couch full with bruises all over his face and body from the 'talk' with Rogue and Ace last night while Lucy was sleeping. But Lucy doesn't need to know that.

"He'll survive." Ace snorted

"I still don't understand how Roger is that stupid." Dragon deadpan

"He should have learned the first 'talk'." Rogue agreed

"I'm glad I inherited mom's brain." Ace deadpan

"Yes, Ace, don't be like your father." Rogue agreed

"I kind of feel guilty." Sabo said glancing at the poor Roger

"Don't be." Stacy deadpan "He should have seen this coming."

"Won't he come with us?" Lucy asked again not minding the previous conversation

"He'll follow us." Rogue smiled and glanced back at Roger "Once he's back in the living."

Lucy smiled, not really understanding the implication of Rogue "Okay!"


"WHERE THE FUCK IS LUCY!" Sabo yelled, shaking a still unconscious Ace

Ace's eyes slowly opened "Sabo?" Ace looked around and found him lying in the middle of a forest. "Aww, my head hurts." He stood up holding his aching head "What happened?"

"FUCK, THOSE BASTARDS STOLE LUCY!" Sabo yelled making Ace pause

"WHAT!" He panicked and quickly scan the area

"Damn it, why is Lucy always getting kidnapped!" Sabo yelled again "At Least the last time I was there with her!"

"Wait, this happened before?" Ace asked pale

"Yeah, that's the reason Lucy has been clinging to me like a monkey." Sabo explained "Bastards kidnapped us together then beat me up in front of Lucy. She was so horrified that she clung to me even after we're rescued."

Ace stared at the now panicking Sabo. He felt… relieved that his mom was right that something did happen for Lucy to cling to someone else. I mean it was not good that she or Sabo was kidnapped but he was relieved to hear the reason for Lucy's clingliness to someone else.

"I'll want the full story later." Ace said, stopping Sabo from panicking again. He grinned evilly "We still have to find those bastards and beat them up."

Sabo grinned back evilly "Yeah."

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"ACESHHHH! SHABOOOOO!" Lucy cried hugging both Ace and Sabo the moment she was released from the cell and the rope "I was so scared! They told me they killed you and I'll never gonna see you again!" she cried again "They told me they'll sell me and that nobody will save me because you both died!"

Ace and Sabo hugged the girl tighter.

They were so glad that they were not a minute late. The bastards were about to set sail with Lucy when they found her. It was really lucky that they didn't do anything perverted to the girl but Lucy was now traumatized. Still they felt something warm in their hearts that Lucy is more horrified by the news of their death rather than the kidnapping

"We're fine Lucy." Sabo whispered drawing circles on Lucy's back

"But you're both hurt and bleeding!"

"But we both beat them up." Ace said proudly hugging her tighter

"I thought they'll kill you!" She cried again

"They're weaklings." Sabo said

"They got weapons!" Lucy yelled "They got guns and swords!"

"Hey, we're alive okay. Stop crying."

"You barely survived." Lucy whispered "I thought they're going to kill you in front of me."

Sabo and Ace looked at each other worriedly before sighing

"Those kinds of people won't hurt us." Sabo said

"We're strong." Ace agreed "I'm trained by Garp right?"

Lucy snorted but smiled "Do you mean attempted murder?"

Ace laughed "Yeah, but now it's real training. I think."

"I'm so scared that I won't ever see you both again." Lucy whispered hiding her face in Ace chest tightening her grip in both Ace and Sabo's shirt

"Stupid, you should be more worried about yourself." Sabo lightly scolded "They were going to hit you before we came."

"I'm more scared of not ever seeing anyone again." Lucy cried silently "Especially Acesh and Shabo."

Ace chuckled "You don't have to worry about us too much Lucy. We're strong. You're the weak one so we're more worried about you."

"Then I'll train more so I can get stronger. Then I'll protect you too."

"Eh, but I don't like being protected by a girl." Sabo teased

"Yeah, don't you want to be a princess?" Ace teased "Princess should be protected."

Lucy looked up and stared at Ace and Sabo "I'm not a princess. Grampa said so."

"But you're our princess. So we'll always protect you." Sabo smiled

"Really?" She asked innocently, "You'll always protect me?"

"Promise." Both Ace and Sabo said

"Shishishi okay. Mommy said princesses are always protected by princes and knights." she grinned

Ace and Sabo softly smiled at Lucy.

Both didn't see the dangerous glint in Lucy's eyes "I promise I'll protect you both secretly." she to promised to herself


"I still don't like you." Ace deadpan the moment he and Sabo was left in the garden

Sabo smiled mockingly, "And I still don't like you."

"You help me save Lucy so you're kinda okay. But you're still a bastard." Ace said

A tick mark appeared on Sabo's forehead "I saved Lucy and you helped. It's not the other way around."

"I saved her, and you helped. That is what happened." Ace said

"No I did!"

"I did!"

"Asshole!"

"Bastard!"

"Freckles!"

Ace gasped, offended "Take that back top hat!"

"No!"

"Lucy likes my freckles!" Ace roared

"Lucy likes my hat!" Sabo roared

Both glared at each other and one way or the other someone threw the first punch which ended up with a brawl.

After a solid hour of punching and kicking each other both boys fell on the ground exhausted and bruised.

"Why did Lucy even like you?" Sabo asked

"The same question to you." Ace retorted

Sabo glared at him, "As her brother I don't approve of you."

Ace paused, "Brother?" He lifted his eyebrow in confusion "Lucy's an only child."

"Yeah, Lucy adopted me the moment she met me. You should have seen the shock and horror Dragon-san made when Lucy announced I'm her brother. Dragon-san tried so hard to convince her not to see me as a brother."

Ace snorted, "I sure know why."

"I admit, Lucy's cute and all but I see her more as a sister that needs to be protected at all cost. You should have seen her pout and cr-" Sabo stopped when realization hit him "Oh my Oda!" Sabo quickly sits up smirking "You're jealous because you thought I like Lucy that way!"

Ace followed Sabo in sitting up and glared at him "I am not jealous!"

Sabo roared in laughter "This is gold! I can't wait to tell auntie Stacy!"

"Stop it!" Ace yelled blushing madly

"Okay okay!" Sabo said in between laughter. He raised both hands in surrender. "I already adopted Lucy as my little sister so you don't have to worry about me stealing her away." Sabo then frowned, looking at Ace seriously "But you should worry that as an older brother I don't approve of you."

Ace snorted "I don't care what you think."

Sabo grinned "You should. Lucy listens to me very much. More than Dragon-san and Shanks."

Ace snorted, "I'm surprised you didn't beat Auntie Stacy."

Sabo frowned "I am not suicidal enough to beat auntie Stacy in Lucy's affection to her. She'll kill me in a heartbeat."

Ace frowned "True." He agreed. Stacy was always smiling and calm but there is a dangerous aura always surrounding her. More dangerous than his dad or uncle Dragon's.

"I don't care whether Lucy adores you or not, but I don't like you for Lucy."

"I don't care about you and your opinion!" Ace roared glaring at Sabo

"And I told you, you should!"

"I don't care, auntie Stacy likes me!"

"Well, Dragon-san likes me!"

"You said you don't like her that way!" Ace yelled

"Well continue being an asshole and I just might steal her from you!" Sabo warned

"You bastard!" Ace yelled punching Sabo

"Asshole!" Sabo yelled punching back

And that is how another brawl happened between the two for the 2nd and surely not the last time.

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Rogue sighs as she watches the two boys fist fight. "And I was hoping they'll be friends."

"Just give it time." Stacy smiled "They were just so used to Lucy's undivided attention when they're together."

"I'm surprised Sabo can keep up with our Ace." Roger said watching the fight beside Rogue

"Of course, I'm training him myself." Dragon bragged

"They're already siblings!" Rogue yelled "Stop shipping them already!"

Dragon snorted "I never signed adoption papers." he smirked "I can ship my daughter to whoever I want."

Rogue gasped "Stacy! I thought you liked my Ace!"

Stacy just giggled at Dragon and Rogue arguing on who should marry Lucy. She adores Sabo so much but maybe just maybe she was hoping that Ace would win in the long run.

"I'm just glad Garp is not sending one of his marine trainees as a representative." Roger laughed

"That would be a disaster." Stacy agreed making all the adults laugh


Somewhere in the east blue a pink haired boy wearing glasses sneezed

"Coby, are you getting sick? You should stay home and rest." A man asked the glasses wearing boy

"No dad, I'm fine." The boy, Coby said "I want to be a marine so I need to train."

Coby's dad raises his eyebrow at the boy "By fishing?"

Coby nodded "Everything can be considered training!"

His dad chuckled "Okay, okay. Let's go fishing- I mean train you."


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