Hello again, I see some people actually read this. I am so happy! Thank you so much and I really hope you all enjoyed it and if you did not I am sorry. But here is chapter 2. And I am so sorry for this intro, I will try and not make them as long anymore. BUT PLEASE READ. So I wanted to try something with this fic. All the other Acelu stories I have read do not really have where the characters can actually sing or sing to each other (there might have been one or two but they are not Acelu). So I am not sure if people would enjoy it if I make Luffy and Ace able to sing. So I wanted to try that out. No, I will not put any original songs or make the songs out like the characters wrote them themselves, unless you want me to (but no original songs I can not write songs), but I would put it as they are singing already made songs in their world. Please tell me if you enjoy it, and if you really hate it then I will try to not put it in any of my other future stories. But it might help make things more romantic in this fic between Ace and Luffy. And it seems like the chapter is longer too. I personally like long chapters and I actually wanted to write longer chapters in case some of you wanted a long chapter. Soooooo.

Anyway on with the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of the characters (if I did Ace would still be alive and on his way to marry Luffy). Or the song. That goes to Oda and Adele. :)


Chapter Two

(Luffy POV 1st person)

The slave manager came in and woke me up to go and help with the preparations for the ball-like party today. We were all cleaning in silence like usual. We're slaves, and all slaves know to never speak unless spoken to. There are a lot of us here. I am so glad I was given the sweeping job, I'm sure if I did anything else I would have broken things. I was sweeping when Hansuke walked in and was talking to someone carrying a clipboard writing stuff down.

"Luffy? Oh, there you are. Come here. I need to talk to you." I then walked up towards him. "I would like to hear you sing to see if you can sing at my party. If you can sing at all. Come let's go to the stage." We both then headed towards the stage and he gestured to me to walk on the stage. "How about singing Someone like you from Adele. Go ahead sing it now."

I then walked up to the microphone and closed my eyes. The only people I have ever really sung to were Grandpa and Makino. I am not even sure how Hansuke found out that I can sing. I took a deep breath and started singing.

"I heard that you're settled down

That you found a girl and you're married now

I heard that your dreams came true

Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you

Old friend, why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

"Don't forget me, " I beg

I remember you said

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead"

"Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead" "

I then opened my eyes and looked at Hansuke. My face and eyes are expressionless once again. He looked at me with his mouth agape. Then after a couple of minutes, he closed his mouth and had a mischievous smirk. "Good, it seems like you actually can sing. Derek make sure she is here and ready to sing by the time all the guests come."

Then he walked away. Derek, our slave manager, walked up to me and told me to meet up with him after I finish cleaning so he can give me a list of songs Hansuke wants me to memorize before the party.

Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?

He then walked away and I could literally feel all the stares on me. I finished cleaning as fast as I could and ran out of there to the slave manager's office. I used to not feel awkward when other people stared at me, but now I guess I have changed. I got to the door and knocked softly.

I then heard a male voice saying, "Come in." I got my songs, I have heard of some but not all. Oh, he gave me the lyrics too. Okay, let's do this. I was ordered to go to my cage and memorize the lyrics by the time the party starts. My cage was very secluded. Nobody ever really goes to the garden, I think it is mostly for decoration. But it is very quiet. There aren't even any guards. I have never really liked the quiet, but sometimes it is nice.

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After hours of practicing and memorizing something happened. I heard rustling in the forest by the garden. I got up and looked out but there was nothing there. Weird. The rustling happened again. It got a bit closer. The party started about 30 minutes ago, did someone get lost? I got up and closer to the bars trying to get a better look at what is out there. I think I can see something.

"What are you doing?" Said Derek. I jumped a little when he called me. I turned to see him standing there with the keys in his hand. He unlocked the door and let me out. "Okay, so what you're going to do is sit in the corner for a while and let the guest do whatever they want to you. No exceptions, and keep the talking to a limit, we need to save your voice for the singing. Then when all the guests have arrived, I will come to get you and take you to the stage for you to sing. Got that, good." he spoke really fast. I kept following him and we made it to the party area.

"Okay, I'm only going to say this once. Do not mess this up." He then opened the door and we both walked in. The room was pretty packed but I can tell not all the guests are here. He then hooked my collar to the pillar next to us and took off my cuffs and left. I was lucky there was a window by me to distract me. After a couple of minutes, I heard someone walking up to me. I turned to see Hansuke with a woman on his arm.

He told her that I was there to be played with and to just pull on my skin and to have fun. He then walked away to another guest. She did not understand at first, then she pulled on my cheek. She then looked absolutely delighted and kept pulling. It does not hurt but it is really annoying. And she was not the only person who came too, there were multiple people.

This was going to be a long night.


(Ace POV 1st person)

I woke up excited for the day. I got ready and headed out towards the dining room for breakfast. I got my food and headed towards Thatch and Marco. "So are you excited for later?" Thatch said happily. "Not really, this is going to be a pain. Do any of you even know how we are going to get in-yoi?" Marco said. We both turned to him with our mouths open about to say something along the lines of 'yes of course we do' when I realized that no we actually do not know. I can see Thatch had also come to that realization.

"You both are going to be the death of me-yoi" Marco said with a displeased look with a tick mark on his forehead. "Oh! Why don't we go look around for an entrance in town." Thatch said. "Sounds like a good plan, come on let's go." I then said.

We then washed our dishes and left. We walked around town looking for some kind of entrance. We left around noon and it has been about 3 hours, we found nothing. We then headed to the bar from last night to get a bite to eat. The old drunk guy from last night was also there too. I then got an idea. Why not ask him. He already knew about the party so why not. Plus he won't remember, he's drunk.

I then walked up to him and sat in the seat in front of him. "Hello sir I was wondering if I can ask some questions." I asked him. "What's in it for me huh." he asked with a raised eyebrow. "I'll pay your tab" "Ok what do you want to know?" he said rather quickly. "Where can we find a secret way to get into the party later tonight? … OH and when exactly is it?" I can't believe I almost forgot about the time.

"Oh you mean Lord Hansuke's birthday party, it starts around 6. I believe there should be a secret entrance if you cut through that forest by the docks. It leads to the garden if you go straight through it. The Gardener usually works from 4 am to 5 am. So the Garden is usually unoccupied throughout the day. But you do know only nobles are allowed to join right?" "You don't need to worry about that. Hey, barkeep get this man another of what he is having. I will pay for it. And thank you sir I hope you have a lovely day."

I then walked up to the barkeep and paid both our bills and headed out with Marco and Thatch. "That was smart-yoi." Marco said. "Probably the smartest you ever did." Thatch said with a teasing grin. I gave him an "innocent" smile and lit his pompadour on fire. While he was running around trying to put it out. Me and Marco were walking back towards the docks to see this forest. Thatch eventually caught up to us and we were standing in front of the forest.

And lo and behold there were rose garden bushes and other flowers there. How did we not see those before when we were looking around for like 3 HOURS. Oh well. We then went back to the Moby Dick to get ready. We went to go tell pops we will be gone the rest of the evening. Then went to actually get ready. When we finished we went out to see all of our suits.

We were all wearing the same type of suits. They were your standard suits black pants and jacket, white button-up shirt, and black ties. We took a look at each other and decided we are ready to go. It was around 6:00 and we headed to the forest.

The path did not seem dirty or muddy so we were okay and won't get dirty. It took us about 30 minutes to get closer to the noble's house. Marco said he heard someone talking so we stopped and stood still for a bit. I thought this place was supposed to be secluded. We could not really hear the conversation but after a couple of minutes, we heard that they left and we walked out.

The garden looked really nice and taken care of. But then I saw something that made me confused. A cage? Does this noble have a pet? Then why would it be out here if no one comes through here during the day? Why is there a blanket and papers there? Then it hit me, and I got angry. It was a cage for a human, most likely a slave. I then turned to Marco and Thatch to see that they came to the same conclusion and they also looked pretty angry.

We then went inside to find the party. Only to realize we don't know our way around the place. Uh oh. I then looked sheepishly at Marco while he gave an irritated sigh. "Of course you don't know where the party actually is. Looks like we have to go looking around.-yoi"

We then walked around for about 30 minutes till we heard a band playing through these two big doors. We found it! Okay! We sneakily made it in without causing attention to ourselves.

And we made it in. Now let's have some fun.


So that is it for the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. I um, I actually got the idea for this fic when I saw a clip from the One Piece movie "Gold". And no I have not seen the movie, I'm cheap and do not know where I can watch it for free. Plus I think the movie is farther from where I am on the show. Maybe one day I could watch it in the future. But anyway the clip if you have not already figured out was of Tesoro and Stella. I have seen pictures of them on Pinterest and thought that they were cute. Then I wondered, what if Luffy and Ace were in a similar situation? Then Bam this came up. And again if you do want to see more singing Luffy (and maybe some singing Ace) then just say so. Also, I did not want to put in the whole song because it made it pretty long so I might just put 3 or 4 stanzas.

Well, see you next chapter. BYE :)