Chapter 2: Amnesia

(Hey guyz! Just so you know, I'm putting up polls on what to do next. After I've done the top two voted, I'm remaking the poll. So if you vote for a story and it ends up not having that many votes, sorry but it won't happen for a while. The only exception would be if the top two are tied or second and third place are tied. Another note, I have no clue what to do after this chapter so… Amnesiac might be going on hiatus until I get an idea or one of you suggest something. I changed the first chapter slightly to where it is now post-time skip Luffy.

Random fact: I skimmed through the AN's of my first actual good story and saw how I usually ended them. Kind of looking at the evolution of 'On to the crap'. Used to be 'on to the story'. About half way through, I re-read it all and realized it was shit. The first 'on to the crap' was actually a joke. About five chapters later, I said it completely serious. I don't know the real reason why but, whenever I put it at the beginning of a chapter, I got more reviews on that chapter. So it stuck. On to the crap!)

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Previously:

"How are you feeling?" Sabo asked as he sat on the bed next to Luffy.

"Hm…" Luffy sounded as he thought about it. "My head kinda hurts but I feel okay."

Ace couldn't help but chuckle. "You've got a hard head. You'll be fine."

"Really? Cool." Luffy said with a small grin which disappeared with his next words. "Hey. I have a question."

"Anything. Just ask." Sabo said with a small smirk.

Luffy tilted his head slightly before asking. "Who are you?"

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Ace and Sabo were frozen in shock. They silently stared at their younger brother, waiting for him to laugh and say it's nothing but a joke. But he didn't. Luffy did nothing but stare at them. After a few moments, Luffy started to get uncomfortable with the two staring. Quickly, the discomfort turned to nervousness which lead to slight fear.

"C-come on Lu… This… This isn't funny. You know who we are…! You damn well should!" Ace said, worry and distress evident in his voice.

"Ace…" Sabo whispered, seeing the fear in the youngers eyes.

"How are you so calm about this?" Ace questioned, turning to Sabo.

"I'm not. In fact, I'm just as lost and worried as you." Sabo stated. His voice was calm, but the look in his eyes said otherwise.

"He has amnesia. His memories will return over time. But there's no understanding of how long it'll take." The nurse said slowly and carefully.

"How'd it happen?" Sabo asked.

"The wound on the back of his head. From what I could tell, something hit his head with full force before it was cut." The nurse explained, pointing out the bandages wrapped around Luffy's head.

"So, eventually he'll get all of his memories back?" Ace asked.

"Basically, yes." The nurse stated.

"So, for now, we have to try and help get his memories back." Sabo said, mostly to himself.

"Sixteen years' worth of memories and we only know seven… That's great odds." Ace said, sarcasm dripping off his last words.

"It's better than nothing…" Sabo muttered.

"Wait. Sixteen?" The nurse asked.

"Yeah. He's turning seventeen this year." Ace stated.

"While we were treating him, we ran a few tests. They all say he's around nineteen years old." The nurse said, looking over a few papers.

"Then your tests aren't right. Luffy is turning seventeen this year on May fifth." Ace informed.

"Does he look seventeen to you? Also, if you two left your island three years ago like you say, explain the scar. It's nearly three years old. Doing the math, he got that scar while you two were still on the island with him." The nurse argued, directing their attention to the x-shaped scar on Luffy's chest.

"Damn it Luffy… What kind of trouble did you get yourself into this time…?" Sabo muttered into his hands as he held his head.

"You believe her?" Ace questioned the blond.

"Ace. It's Luffy we're talking about here. Do you really expect him to not get himself into something like this?" Sabo asked, looking his older brother in the eyes.

After a few moments of awkward silence, Luffy spoke up. "Can I go?"

"Go where!? We don't know where you're from, so you don't know either!" Ace shouted, resisting the urge to punch the younger over the head.

Luffy sat silently as he pulled his knees to his chest and hugged them tightly before muttering into them. When Sabo asked him to speak up, Luffy lifted his head and looked at the blond. "My crew. I want to find my crew."

"Do you remember them at all?" Sabo asked, not allowing Ace to speak.

Taking a moment to think, Luffy nodded his head. "There are nine people in my crew, counting me. I'm the captain. I have a swordsman, a navigator, a sharpshooter, a cook, a doctor, an archeologist, a shipwright, and a musician."

"So you remember your crew, but not us?" Sabo asked, slight hurt in his voice.

Slowly and sadly, Luffy shook his head. "Sorry… But to be fair, I don't remember that much else about my crew…"

"What else do you remember? Anything helps at the moment." Sabo said, a small and comforting smile on his lips.

"Nothing…" Luffy muttered.

"Not even your name? Your age? Where you grew up?" Sabo asked slowly.

"What about the scar on your chest?" Ace asked.

Trying to think, Luffy suddenly felt like he was being surround by questions. Slowly, his breathing quickened to the point he was nearly hyperventilating. His body started shaking as he lowered his head and grabbed fist-fulls of his own hair. The questions echoed in his head and it was scaring him.

The realization that he didn't know anything quickly hit him. The feeling of being completely helpless terrified him to no end. The sense of being alone, not knowing anyone and being lonely nearly brought him to tears.

Finally, Ace's question about the scar on his chest threw Luffy over the edge. Tears started streaming down his cheeks as he repeated the same phrase over and over again. "I don't know… I don't know… I don't know… I don't know…!"

Suddenly, Luffy felt strong arms wrap around him and pull him close. "Calm down…" he heard the person whisper softly. "It's okay. You're safe here. You don't need to worry."

Hearing this, Luffy's breathing slowed to normal as his shaking ceased. Lifting his head slightly, he saw nothing but wavy black hair. As he tried to look around, he realized he was still in the room. Soon he felt a comforting warmth from the person holding him. It was almost familiar…

Soon the warmth started to pull away and Luffy thought he would panic. Quickly, he wrapped his arms around the one in front of him. After a few moments of surprised silence from the other, Luffy spoke. "I don't wanna be alone. It hurts… Don't leave me alone…"

He heard a soft sigh before the man held him close again. "You aren't alone. You never were and you won't be ever again. I won't let that happen."

"Thank you…" Luffy whispered.

After a few minutes, Luffy was sitting in the raven-haired man's lap and leaning his head against the mans bare chest. Ace honestly didn't care. It actually reminded him of when they were young. When Luffy was cold or just wanted attention, he would sit in Ace's lap and snuggle real close. As if Luffy read his mind, the younger snuggled a little closer to him.

When Ace looked up, he realized Sabo was thinking the same as him. Both had the same smile and were trying not to chuckle at the memory. Carefully, Ace raised a hand and gently ran it through Luffy's hair. After years of being with the hyper child, Ace knew exactly how to calm him. The most effective way was to just gently pet his head. Half the time, Luffy would just fall asleep.

"You know me… Right?" Luffy suddenly asked, his tone slightly tired.

"Of course we do. We're your brothers after all." Sabo said calmly and with a small smile.

"Ace…" Luffy whispered, looking at said raven before looking to the blond next to him. "Sabo…"

"Right. And you're our brother, Luffy." Ace said with a small smile of his own.

"Luffy…?" The youngest muttered, almost as if testing the name out.

"Yeah. Monkey D. Luffy." Sabo said slowly.

"Does that mean I'm a monkey…?" Luffy asked, half asleep.

Ace couldn't help but chuckle before he stopped petting the youngest brother. "No. But you act like one."

"Ace and Sabo are my brothers… And I'm Luffy…" Luffy muttered. "Am I the oldest?"

This time, it was Sabo who chuckled. "No. That's Ace. You're the youngest. You're our baby brother."

"Then you guys must be old…" Luffy slurred.

Ace couldn't help but be both amused and slightly annoyed by this. "We're three years older than you."

"That's ooooooooold…" Luffy elongated.

"Just how old do you think you are?" Ace asked.

"The lady said I'm nineteen. So I'm nineteen." Luffy stated.

"Then I guess Ace and I are twenty-three." Sabo said, teasing Ace slightly.

"Still doesn't mean we're old." Ace stated. "Marco is old. I am still young."

"Do I want to know, yoi?" Said blond asked as he entered the room.

"I think you just got called old…" Thatch teased.

"Whoa… You have really weird hair…" Luffy said, pointing at Thatch.

When Thatch heard this, his head fell and he wanted nothing more than to curl up in the corner. Soon enough, the pompadour'd commander was planning his revenge. Completely ignoring how much Ace and Sabo were babying the boy, Thatch reached for one of his swords but was cut off by the kids second comment.

"Why does he look like a pineapple?" Luffy asked, eyes large and filled with confusion. "Can I eat him?"

In an instant, Thatch went from hating the kid to suddenly loving him. Soon Ace, Sabo, Thatch and a few of the nurses – plus a few people outside that had overheard – were trying their hardest not to laugh. Looking at the blond commander, Thatch noticed Marcos eyes were shadowed and he had a tick mark on his forehead.

"Ace… Sabo… Explain, yoi." Marco said, trying to calm down.

"Amnesia." Sabo quickly said before a chuckle could escape.

"You have a funny accent, yoi." Luffy said with a grin. "Yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi, yoi!"

At that, everyone burst into laughter while Marco just wanted to punch the kid. "Ace. Sabo. He's staying in your room, yoi." Marco stated.

"Got it!" The two brothers said through their laughter.

"Keep him away from me, yoi…" Marco muttered before walking out of the room of laughing hyenas.

"I don't think I want to!" Ace said while still laughing.

"I love this kid!" Thatch stated, laughing so hard he was holding his stomach.

Luffy couldn't be more confused but, since they were all laughing, he chose to laugh as well. He may not have his memory, but he knew he was in good hands at least. He knew his brothers would help him through this.

(So… I didn't run out of time. I ran out of ideas. I know you guys want more but… I've got nothing! And I mean NOTHING. So that seriously sucks. I'm honestly surprised I was able to get the chapter to be this long. Ideas would be much appreciated. PM me or put your ideas in the reviews. Speaking of. Time to do what I usually only do on the second chapter!

Reviews:

Yellow of the Leaf: Thanks for the complement and I hope I didn't waste your time or get your hopes up. Here's a short update.

Ghostunderasheet: First of all, nice name. Love it. When it comes to Thatch, I'm the same. I only know who he is because of Fanfics. Otherwise I wouldn't know he existed. I already have it planned out about the time-travel thing. All I need to figure out is how to get there… Ghost. Do you really believe I wouldn't throw in my second favorite blond EVER? Marco shall be everywhere whether he likes it or not!

Myo Haneul: That started out sounding like a hate review but then turned good. I got confused when you said it was the worst… I completely understand why you would prefer younger Luffy. I don't want to torment him. It's just easier for me to do it like this. I hope you aren't upset by that. Also, you made me notice a little fact. Out of all my OP Fanfics, I never really have Oyaji (Whitebeard) in them… I kinda forgot to add him in the last chapter… He will make an appearance soon! I hope…

Ace Portgas D: Doesn't remember a thing. But his brothers are AWESOME so they'll help him remember. Here's an update. It's small but… Ya' know.

MegDBrew: I'm happy you like it. In my mind, post time skip means drama and drama means good. Lol

X-Chick303: … Sure~ Let's go with that… I honestly didn't think about that XD I just wanted the brothers to be together.

PirateDragons121: Here ya go. Hope it's at least decent.

minhthu12-Present: I actually intended for Luffy to be sixteen and have him join Whitebeard's crew but then I quickly realized I had no real plan. So he's nineteen and I have a somewhat plan! I actually had a nice day. I hope you have one too.

Nurofen: I like how you think! I didn't even consider having the two meet up! That would be funny as hell actually. Luffy explains things to his older self with Luffy Logic. Yeah that won't end badly at all (obvious sarcasm is obvious)

MonkeyDL: Hope it's okay. At least it's here!

LostFairyMantic: "Cause they kawaii"… That's the best reason yet XD

phxjkr88: I hope you read it. I hope it was worth it…

Guest (1): Do you really need a reason as to why?

Guest (2): I feel like you repeated my reason. o_o but… Sabo is with him… Pyro is confused. Congrats. It's not hard to do this to me.

sisimura: I hope this helps make it a little more interesting.

That's all the reviews! Fifteen for chapter one… Hope I can at least get five on this one. Whatever. Fave, follow, vote, read my other stuff, and review! Bai~! c(X )

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