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3. Guys, I changed 'Lu' to 'Luffy' in every chapter, and I'm going to write it 'Luffy' from now on. I'm really sorry for this big change, because probably some of you are already used to me writing 'Lu'. But I personally think, or more likely - realized, that probably it's annoying to many people that I've shortened the name to this character. I love it as a nickname but I don't want to lose readers with writing it everywhere.

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5. Oh, and please tell me if you would like to see another story from me, about the past: a little bit of aristocracy, Ace king, Luffy slave or has been slave, now is warrior, they cross paths with Ace, some discoveries are made or something like that. Something which involves aristocracy, Ace as a king and Luffy becoming one of the powers in the world then. Let me know if you'd like something like this XOXO


The boy decided to search more about the hospital. Or more correctly to see if he could find something about the goddamn crazy woman, who was pursuing him for literally no goddamn reason.

Luffy's fingers started drumming onto the black keyboard. He found a website that consisted only of different articles about the town. He started reading the titles and after a few minutes he found one about a woman, named Alvida I. Mace, patient in the local hospital for mental diseases. Luffy clicked on it. Okay, she had been a patient in the hospital until 4 months ago, when she had jumped from a cliff. It was written that according to medical reports Alvida probably had broken her neck falling down the crags rather than drowning in the freezing water of the sea. She had managed to run away from the hospital on account of transitory weakness of the security around her room. She had knocked out few of the guards and had inflicted serious wounds on doctors and nurses who had tried to stop her. It has been one hell of a flight.

Luffy searched more specifically about Alvida and what she had done to get herself in the hospital. According to another article, the woman was really dangerous and like really messed-up. She had been a marine. And a pretty scary one, in Luffy's opinion. Alvida was one of the most ruthless and blood-thirsty ones. The woman had killed over 100 people in an year. She had always been violent, labile and ruthless, but this had reached its peak when she had almost split open the head of one of her subordinates Cobi. Obviously, Alvida had tried to steal a lot of money from the financial resources of the marines and the boy had accidently discovered, so when Alvida found out he knew, she went mad and tried to kill him. Luffy looked at a photo of her back then. She had been… matronly. Especially in physique.

The raven-haired boy looked at her face. Her lips were curled up and her eyes were shining with malic. But there still was tinge of insanity in her appearance. Luffy shuddered. He, for sure, wouldn't want this scary elephant to chase him around with a mace.

Ohhhh, that's way it's Alvida I. Mace… Luffy's lips formed an 'O' in awe at the discovery. Okay it had been pretty obvious, but he still felt kinda proud of himself making the connection.

Luffy found another article about her after she had entered the hospital. Apparently, she had lost a lot of weight, in view of her refusal to eat there. She had tried to escape a few times, but unsuccessfully. The boy saw a photo of her, being dragged by policemen a little bit before she died. She looked like an animal. Her messy dark-brown hair was covering her whole face, apart of one of her forest-green eyes which was shining with animalistic and ominous luster. There was blood dripping down her mouth. This was when she had managed to escape but had been caught soon after. When the policemen were trying to hold her still enough to put cuffs on her, in pure rage, Alvida had bit one of them, biting off a piece of meat from his hip.

Luffy shuddered. He remembered how he read one article about her life as a marine, in which was written that in her longing of striking horror into her enemies she had went trough an operation to sharpen her teeth and make their tips curved.

Okay now this explained a lot.

The raven-haired boy wandered how nobody saw how labile she was back then. It wasn't like there were no clues. In his opinion the surgery had been enough to make her see a therapist.

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Obviously this was the case of Alvida's colleges and subordinate. Alright, this boy Cobi had almost been killed but it still counted. Those people evidently hadn't heard about Sunday Adelaja. This man is smart, thought the boy. Or has been smart? Luffy wasn't sure but he liked the quote anyway.

The boy looked through the window near him. It was getting dark outside. Maybe he should be going home. Luffy casted a glance at the screen of the computer. It was half past 10pm. Okay, he really should be going home. Ace finished work at 8pm and even having to go to his school to give the documents to the principal, he probably was already home. Luffy hadn't asked him if he could go out and this could be really bad. Garp always punished him when he had done something without wanting permission.

The raven-haired boy rapidly got up and in no time he was in the hallway of the library, hurriedly putting on his raincoat. He knew his brother wasn't the same person as Garp but he didn't want to risk it. Outside was still raining. Luffy could hear the sound of the raindrops hitting the ground and the building. There was a thunder and a lightening soon after.

''Are you done with your work?"

Luffy jumped up with a squeak and turned around to look at the dark-haired woman. Robin was laughing softly with her hand in front of her mouth. The sound resonated in the hallway, slightly calming Luffy's nerves. The boy embarrassedly puffed out his flushed cheeks and looked at his trainers, nervously starting to fumble with the hem of his raincoat.

"I hope you have found an useful information," said Robin with a kind smile and amusement dancing in her eyes. Luffy shyly looked up at her through his long black lashes.

"U-u-m yeah."

"I'm glad, feel free to come here anytime you want. We usually open at 7am and close at 11pm, but if you want sometimes you can stay later that this."

Luffy nodded.

"Have a nice evening," wished him Robin with a smile.

"T-thanks, y-you too," answered Luffy and turned to the door, trying to put the plastic hood over his head. He struggled a few seconds, but couldn't manage to put it on. The beautiful dark-haired woman approached him with amusement and took the hood out of the boy's hands. She gently took the hood of his black hoodie and put it on his head first, and after this the plastic one of the raincoat. She fixed it, so it was nicely framing Luffy's round face and perfectly covering his hair. She tenderly tapped his button nose, making the boy wrinkle it. Robin chuckled and stepped back.

Luffy touched his nose with rosy cheeks.

"T-thanks."

"You're welcome," said Robin with a smile.

The raven-haired boy turned around and opened the big wooden door. At least now, he had some answers, but why the mental Alvida was pursuing him, was still a mystery. After he was outside in the pouring rain, he tried to remember in what direction he should head to go home. From where did he come anyway? Luffy looked around and decided that it had been from the left.

And after 10 minutes he was lost again. Like seriously. How was he doing it anyway? The boy sighed. He looked around. He was in some blind, really dirty, alley. There was rubbish all over the ground and a big heap of trash in one of the corners, which consisted of pasteboards, rags, scraps and cores, and of something scarily looking as a dirty wig. And it stank. Like really stank. Luffy wrinkled his nose at the unpleasant smell. He thought it was probably coming from the strange heap in the corner.

Luffy looked at it in thought. He wondered if he should try to return to the library or test his orientation and try to find his house. At the moment he thought about it, the boy realized that maybe it was a bad idea. He was going to use Google Maps or some kind of GPS if he knew the name of his street.

I should have asked Ace at least about this.

Luffy sighed in desperation. He was just going to turn around to go out of the alley, when a husky voice stopped him.

"What're you looking at, brat?"

Luffy almost screamed. He realized he had been staring at the heap of trash which, apparently, wasn't a heap of trash, but a homeless man, surrounded by his property and his food.

"Ya, hear me, filthy kid?" growled out the waif and started standing up from the muddy ground.

"N-n-nothing, s-sir! I-I-I'm s-sorry for b-bothering y-you!" stuttered Luffy with a trembling voice. The raven-haired boy ran out of the alley and kept running a few minutes more, until he was completely sure the man was not following him. Luffy was breathless. He leaned against the brick wall of some building, trying to calm his breathing and his racing heart. After a few minutes the boy decided that he should keep going if he wanted to be home before midnight.

Luffy started hurriedly walking down the street. It still was raining ducks and drakes. It was getting colder and colder with every second and it was pitch-dark. Only a few street lamps were throwing a dim light, which was the only reason why Luffy was able to see. He shivered from the cold wind that was blowing in his face. The plastic hood of the raincoat wasn't helping him much. The boy's hair was soaked. At least his clothes were still pretty dry.

He turning left at one corner. A big mistake. One big, big mistake. The dim light was enough for him to see the enormous rat which went between his legs. Luffy jumped up and tried to get away from the dark-grey rat, with his glowing red eyes and yellow, sharp teeth, only to slip on the wet ground and fall face-first on the pavement. The boy hit his nose and groaned in pain. He tried to stand up, putting his hands on the side-window of some car next to him. At least the rat had been scared out of his wits by his fall and had run away.

At least this, thought the boy.

"What are you doing to my car?"

Luffy turned around to see the source of the voice. The boy wished he hadn't done it and had simply run away. In front of him was standing a tall man, probably a good 6'4-5, who was wearing a black, tight-fitting T-shirt, the sleeves of which looked as if they were going to be ripped by his enormous biceps, and a pair of black jeans and black trainers. He had tree, oblong golden earing on his left ear. He had green hair and eyes in the same emerald shade.

There was a sudden flash of lightening and Luffy managed to take a good look at his face. Strong jaw, long roman nose, high cheekbones, almond-shaped, sharp eyes, stubble beard and tanned skin. He was handsome. And intimidating.

Luffy gulped and stepped back. He felt so vulnerable and small compared to this man, who had pretty much the same physique as his big brother. The man's piercing gaze was taking in his every movement.

"Do I need to repeat the question?'' asked the man with an arched eyebrow and arms, crossed in front of his broad chest. His voice was deep and hoarse, and Luffy didn't miss the threatening note in it and the nasty glint in his eyes. He could see how he was scanning and estimating him, calculating the new information.

"N-n-o, I-I w-was j-just, u-u-m…"

The boy kept stuttering, trying to find the right words, while he was squirming under the ominous man's piercing gaze.

"You what?" snarled the man, taking a step forward. Luffy stepped back again and his back pressed against the cold surface of the car's window.

"I-I, just saw a rat, jumped but slipped on the ground, and I couldn't get up, so I leaned against your car and I stood up and then you came," rambled the raven-haired boy with the speed of light and looked at the ground and started to nervously play with his raincoat. There was silence for a few seconds and then the man spoke, "Move."

Luffy lifted his head and hurriedly stepped aside. The minacious man passed by him. He opened the door of his car, which appeared to be black Zenvo ST1. Okay, was everyone goddamn rich in this town? Luffy felt like he should be happy of even being able to touch such an expensive car. And what was up with this obsession with sports cars?

While the boy was busy wondering, the car was receding in the distance. Luffy suddenly realized how late it was and worriedly started wandering in the alleys. In the end he somehow managed to find the library and after this he was lucky enough to coincidently go in the right direction. Unfortunately, when he finally managed to get home, it was past midnight.


Right now, the shivering and soaked raven-haired boy was standing in front of his house, highly hoping that Ace was asleep. Silently praying for this, he scanned his eyes with the scanning device, installed in the wall of the building, right next to the dark, wooden door. After it was open, Luffy carefully went in the house, trying to make as less noise as possible. With stealthy steps, he headed to the spiral staircase, but when he was about to put one of his dripping wet trainers on the first star, Ace spoke.

"Where were you?"


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