1 Piece screwed up rewind
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Luffy I'm back and I brought company!" Brulee called out as soon as she emerged from the mirror in her and Luffy's room, keeping one hand in the mirror until her sister emerged from it.
"This is your room?" Amande asked eyeing the rather small space and ducking her head just a bit to keep her hat from hitting the ceiling.
"Me and Luffy share this room. This is their original ship the Going Merry. They didn't get the Thousand Sunny until Enies Lobby I believe." Brulee said earning a look from her sister for the names and making Brulee shrug slightly.
"Bru-chan!" Luffy had bounded through the door and near tackled Brulee in an instant but she had expected this and just laughed at his antics as she hugged him back.
"You're just in time to meet my older brother!" Luffy said grinning widely up at Brulee who paused at that and looked surprised. She had forgotten that her fiancees brother would still be alive right now.
"Oh so your wife is back?" Ace asked from the doorway although his smile was cold and his eyes dark.
"You got married without me sis?" Amande asked with a snort at how red Brulee was turning.
"Ama?" Ace asked surprised to see the snake-neck woman.
"Ace? You're the kids brother?" Amande nearly choked on her cigarette as she stared at the cowboy hat wearing fire-man.
"Luffy how do you know Big Mom pirates?" Ace asked looking at his brother in disbelief while Amande stepped towards him, putting out her cigarette and flicking the butt out the open window.
"It's one of those things that could only happen to me." Luffy said dryly and earning a look from his brother.
"That's mildly terrifying." Ace said while Amande moved as if to hug the Fire Logia only to stop when she remembered her sister was in the room.
"You can go ahead and kiss him if you want Amande-nee. I already know you two are together and so does the rest of this idiots crew." Brulee said smiling reassuringly at her sister whose head twisted around almost like Luffy's does to stare at her shocked.
"How could you all know?" Amande demanded staring at her sister in disbelief and shock.
"Cause…we're from the future!" Luffy said brightly and as if it should be obvious.
"Yes although to be fair to you…we didn't learn about it until three years after Ace's death." Brulee said nodding and putting a supportive hand on Luffy's shoulder as she mentioned his brothers death in the last time line.
"Yeah you needed to escape Big Mom and managed to get ahold of Shanks somehow and he got you to us with little Sabo." Luffy said as if it explained everything.
"Sabo?" Ace asked and he felt like his throat had dried up as he heard the name and recalled discussing something with Amande just a few weeks before.
"Yeah Charlotte-Portgas D. Sabo. Or would his name be Charlotte-Gol D. Sabo?" Luffy asked tilting his head confused.
"I…I have a son?" Ace asked quietly as he stared at his brother who nodded.
"Sister Amande was pregnant when you died, she hid it from most all of the family but thanks to my own powers I knew and helped where I could. We kept it quiet even when I deserted Mama to join Luffy and the Straw Hats. Mama found out sometime after I left though and was going to kill Amande and Sabo for the 'betrayal' and so you fled sister. Killed any Chess Peacekeeper or part of the crew that wasn't family and managed to get to one of Red Haired islands where he got ahold of Luffy." Brulee said softly and making Amande look rather faint at that as she stared at her sister before staring at Ace as he stared up at her.
"When…when did Ace…when did he…" Amande couldn't even choke out the words as she continued to stare at the man that quickly wrapped his arms around her tall but lean frame and pulled her close.
"About…five months from now in the current time line. Three years ago in the time line we're from." Brulee said gently and Amande knew this was no prank. Brulee would never be that cruel.
"You had the baby… around three months after he died." Brulee said causing Amande to suck in a sharp breath as her eyes widened.
"I promise. I'll figure out who killed me and how and I'll keep it from happening. I'm not going to abandon you and our baby." Ace said softly to Amande whose hand moved to cover her stomach.
"Ace…she said I'll give birth three months after your death…and your death is in five months if things happen like they said it would…That's only eight out of nine months…" Amande said softly and making Ace's eyes widen as they shot to her belly.
"Which means either I went into labor early, I'm going to get pregnant soon…or…or I already am pregnant." Amande continued making Ace stare up at her before grinning widely.
"I'm pretty sure it's that last one sister. You avoided most of the family starting two months before Ace's execution and the few times I did see you before figuring it out…you looked either tired or were sick." Brulee said smiling softly at her sister who had a few tears in her eyes but a smile on her face.
"I…when Mama didn't marry me off by my twenty-fifth birthday…and when I stayed single past my thirtieth birthday…I thought I'd never get to be a mother…" Amande choked out as she stared down at Ace who stared right back up at her with a wide 'D' smile on his face.
"Well…we're going to have a baby!" Ace said smiling widely still as he leaned up on his tip toes to wrap his arms around her long neck and pull her down into a kiss.
"Yeah…our baby boy." Amande agreed with a grin of her own as they pulled apart and both of their hands were resting on her flat stomach.
"And don't worry." Luffy said stepping towards them with a serious look on his face as they looked over at him.
He had the look on his face that was usually reserved for when he faced down armies. And they knew he was going to keep the promise even if it killed him.
"I won't let Ace die this time. I wasn't strong enough last time…but this time? He'll get to see little Sabo grow up. I promise."
