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Ch 6

"We're going to see them again one day!" Ace looked up to see Sabo standing next to him looking toward the setting sun.

Ace smirked, "Do you really think the crybaby will make it out here?" He looked toward the sun as well. "Luffy, all he really did was cry and get into trouble. Or wandered off for hours on end." They both laughed at this.

Sabo looked thoughtful for a bit, "Yeah, but you know he will make it to the sea, besides our fox will be waiting to see us as well." He laughed, "He will wait for our boat and come running to see us, so we can't die here, Ace!" He turned to look at Ace blood dripping down his face.

Ace jumped back in horror. The sky turned red as the sun got closer to setting for the day. He could see the sea turning red like the blood dripping from Sabo's eyes. Backing up he tripped and landed on the deck looking around he saw his crew mates. They all had blood running down the faces and bodies some even had missing limbs. Dark shadows filled their eyes as they smiled down at Ace. A hand appeared in front of his face and he looked up.

"It's not so bad brother." Thatch held his hand out to him to help him up, "It only hurts for a bit." With that he pulled a knife from his back and swung it down at his head.

Ace woke gasping for breath and looking around in fright. He saw Jinbe chained up to the side of him, sound asleep. They were still in the cell, he was still here and alive. That ment everyone else was alive as well back on the Moby.

He heard footsteps and looked up through the bars. There a young teen stood dressed in blue trousers with cuff. A red vest was buttoned up all the way and a familiar straw hat sat on a nest of raven hair. The teen smiled and tipped his hat further down making the shadows cover his eyes and most of his face. He went to open his mouth but shut it and tilted his head to the side. He then grimaced and stretched his arm up to the ceiling. A blue fire lit the area before disappearing.

Ace shook his head trying to clear it. He had just seen a teen in level 6. A straw hatted teen who looked alot like the little annoyance Luffy. But that couldn't be as Luffy didn't have a wanted poster yet. So the kid couldn't have set sail...or he died...no he is hoping for the first one.

That's when he heard it. Heels clicking across the stone ground toward his cell. He knew who it was and was not too thrilled to be going for another session with this lady. He looked up as the steps stopped right in front of his cell.

"My, my." Sadi purred as she glanced at the whitebeard second commander. "You look a lot better than you did yesterday." She licked her lips as she seemed to be imagining something. "Too bad you're no longer covered in blood," Ace tensed, he had not noticed that he was cleaned up a bit, "we will need to fix that." She snapped her fingers and guards appeared. They moved to open the cell and take Ace out.

"What is going on here?" An cold voice growled.

Ace turned his head to see a black haired teen standing with his arms crossed. Behind him was another man. They both wore Marine outfits and the second person had a hat and an eye patch on them. What made Ace surprised and a little angry was the fact he knew the first person.

"Luffy?!" Ace whispered in disbelief.

"Well?" Luffy was not happy. He sensed Ace was distressed and came down to see him. He was glad it was a dream that was distressing him and not someone. When Ace had looked at him Luffy panicked and pulled his hat down allowing the shadows to hide his face. He so wanted to tell Ace what was going on and when he finally got the courage he had to disappear as he heard and smelled Sadi coming. He had jumped and latched onto a chain pulling himself up onto it while changing his form and size. He watched as things started to progress and was relieved when Zoro came out of the elevator. He quickly joined his first mate and they quickly went to Ace's cell only to see Sadi ordering the guards to take him out. Luffy didn't even need to bother using his abilities to read her mind and figure what she wanted to do with Ace.

Sadi smiled, "I was just taking the prisoner here for a little while," She sauntered over to the two, "It was only going to be for a little bit." She went to run a finger over Luffy's cheek when his lieutenant stopped her.

"I thought I told you not to touch my captain." Zoro growled at the lady. He applied pressure to her wrist feeling the bones grind against each other.

Sadi bit her lip against the pain of her bones being basically crushed. She figured if she wanted some time to play with her favorite prisoner she would have to wait for the right time when these two were busy.

"Ro," Luffy looked at Zoro, "Let her go."

Zoro grunted, but did as he was asked. He pushed Sadi by the wrist away from them. She took a couple of steps back to gain her balance back from the push.

"Get out of here," Luffy moved aside as the guards all filed by him, "I will not say this again," He looked pointedly at Sadi who looked back at him, "He is not to be touched or bothered by anyone guard or warden." He pointed past him, "Now get going, your late."

Sadi nodded and walked past the teen. There will be a time that the young man would not be here to guard her toy.

When Sadi disappeared around the corner Zoro and Luffy looked at each other. They didn't need to say it as they both knew what the other was thinking. They need to keep an eye on her at all times.

"I can't believe this." They both turned to see Ace glaring at them. He was looking a lot better with his tan skin cleaned and wavy hair less limp. It was his silver eyes filled with rage that got Luffy's attention. Luffy flinched inwardly as he knew that that look was meant for him. "Your a fucking marine!" Ace's yell woke Jinbe up who looked from Ace to Luffy.

"Well this is going well." Zoro mumbled as he leaned against the cell bars.

Ace turned his glare onto the other marine, "Shut up!"

"Ace-kun," Jinbe tried to get the other's attention.

Turning to the fishman Ace's glare seemed to calm a bit down. It wouldn't help him to get mad right now.

"You calm yet?" Luffy smiled at him and Ace could only glare at the others smile. 'And here is the same glare he gave me when we first met...joy.' Luffy stepped into the cell and knelt in front of Ace. "Listen, there is a reason for this." He waved at his marine uniform he wore. "Ace, the reason why I-" He was caught of by Ace spitting in his face. 'Yup, just like we first met… it was gross then too.' He wiped the spit off his face as he stood up. "Ew."

"Captain?" Zoro turned glaring at Luffy's older brother. He itched to draw his swords on the other pirate.

Smiling Luffy just laughed it off shaking his head. "Just like old times! Shishishishi."

Listening to the younger laugh set Ace off, "How could you give up your dream!" He strained against the chains. "What happened to, 'I'll be King of the Pirates!'!" Luffy kept his back to him. "You've never been the type to just give up and roll over!"

"Ace-kun enough!" Jinbe looked appalled at his friend. This young teen was working on getting him out of this alive. "He-"

"Jinbe!" Luffy turned quickly looking the other in the eye. A small red orb glowed just out of Ace's sight. 'He is not to know! I can't let him in on what's going on not until then.' The orb disappeared when Jinbe gave a slight nod.

"Ace," Luffy began but then shook his head and smiled, "I'm so glad to see you again!" He didn't move to get closer to Ace, not wanting a repeat of being spit on again. Twice in his life was enough for him, thank you! "I know you don't like me very much even when we were kids, but I am glad to see you alive!"

Ace was surprised to hear this, but didn't show this. The kid now teen he grew up with that annoyed him so much was still happy to see him. He made fun of and ignored Luffy most of their childhood. How was this kid still glad to see him?

"How's Sabo? Is he well?" Luffy smiled when he saw the slight shock in his brother's eyes.

"He's with the others." Ace turned away from him. "He is fine last time I saw him."

Luffy nodded at that, "I heard you went after Blackbeard and got captured." He saw Ace's muscles tense at this. "You know he is a dangerous guy, right? I heard even Straw Hat treads carefully around the guy." Ace finally turned to glare at him again. "You hungry?"

"Go away." Ace bit out. He was starving and he could feel his stomach aching for food. He already knew that food and water was not allowed to him for another couple of days and by then he would be on his way to his execution.

Luffy stared at him with his owlish eyes before nodding, "Ro, stay here. I'll be right back in a bit." He then ran off down the hall of cells ignoring the calls from the other prisoners.

Zoro nodded and watched his captain go. A tick mark formed on his temple as he listened to the cat calls going after his captain, "Oi! Shut up before I decide to cut your tongues out and feed them to you!" He yelled down the hall his hand itching to pull his sword out. His blood lust permeated the air and combined with the threat the prisoners quieted down.

Jinbe raised a brow at the threat. "Was that really necessary?"

Zoro grunted and leaded against the bars again. "Damn leeches, you would think they never saw someone like Luffy." He shook his head, "Why must he cause trouble wherever he goes?" He asked himself this question a lot. His captain always seemed to have a nak for getting into trouble without trying.

Ace just looked at the other in thought. He didn't seem to have the manners or tak for being a marine. Hell he didn't even look like he belonged in the marines by the way he was holding himself. It reminded him so much of how Marco holds himself around his captain.

"Welcome back, that was quick." Zoro didn't open his eye when Luffy came back. The steam that dissipated from his skin was easy to make out how he made it back so fast.

Luffy rubbed the back of his neck and laughed, "Yeah, I used second gear to go up those stairs we found the other day." He held up a small bag with a container in it. "Iva-chan gave me some food." He smiled happily.

He had met Emporio Ivankov a couple of month ago. He was still with his father when they met. He was a large man with a big head and a purple afro with a crown. His large eyelashes made his eyes stand out. He had an unusual chin that was shaped like an arrowhead and a jolly roger tattooed on his chest.

"Huh? We should have brought Sanji with us." Zoro got a wicked grin on his face, "He would have loved to see the guy who trained him for 2 years." Zoro could just imagine Sanji running away being followed by Ivankov as he called out for his, 'Curly wurly-boy!'.

"Yeah, I think Iva-chan would love to see him too!" Luffy moved to the cell door and opened it. He opened the bag and took out the container that had some meat balls that Iva-chan made special for Ace. He said it was one of their many cuisines and it was an easy recipe to make too. When he had said this Iva-chan had winked at him and Luffy knew the reason. He was pointing out that it was a recipe made for D's. Since D's were known for their large appetites Iva-chan had made a recipe that would fill up a D so they didn't need to eat that much. It saved Sanji from running out of food a lot back on the Sunny, feeding one D was hard but with there being another…yeah he was glad he got this recipe.

"Here Ace." Luffy took a meatball from the container and held it from the tooth pick it was skewered with.

Ace turned his head away from Luffy and the meatball. His stomach growled at the sight of food, but Ace was not having it. "I don't want it. I'm not hungry."

Luffy's smile fell as he tilted his head. "But your stomach growled?" He pointed to Ace's stomach. "I can hear it growling." That only got his a 'tch' from Ace who continued to ignore him.

Frowning Luffy turned to Jinbe who was watching them. "Help." He mouthed at the large fishman who smiled and nodded.

"Ace-kun." He called and Ace turned to look at his friend. "Please eat something. They haven't feed you in days." Ace again turned away from the food offered to him.

"Ace, please." Luffy whined like he did back as a kid. If he couldn't get Ace to eat something by asking then he would revert to how he got him to do things years ago. Whining at Ace always seemed to work as it made Luffy shut up for a bit. "Come on, you need to eat. What would Sabo say if he saw this? He would be mad at you and me and I don't want him to yell at me." Ace twitched as Luffy's whining got worse. He smiled inwardly, it was working.

"Ace, Ace come on please!" Here he purposefully drew out the 'please'.

Ace finally turned to him scowling the whole time, "Alright! Just shut up already!"

'Point Luffy/Captain', Luffy and Zoro both thought at the same time.

Luffy held the meatball out to Ace again who took it and chews on it. "See, it wasn't that hard!" Luffy smiled as Ace swallowed. He held another one out and Ace accepted this one too. Once Ace was done Luffy placed the container back into the bag. He then reached behind him under his coat. Ace tensed as he watched Luffy's hand.

Luffy pulled another water bottle out and opened it. "Lift your head a bit." Watching Luffy carefully Ace lifted his head up. He felt the soft hands of the other hold his chin up and plastic against his lips. Then he felt the water, he didn't hesitate and started to drink happily trying to relive his parched throat. "Slowly Ace. Not too fast." He felt Luffy lower the bottle a bit that cut the flow to a slower one.

Ace moved his head to the side to show he was done with the water. Luffy immediately took it away and closed the bottle back up. He watched as the younger one picked the bag up and left the cell with a wave and disappear.

"Why?" Ace mumbled under his breath.

"Huh?" Zoro raised his eyebrow and looked behind him at Ace.

"Why is he being so nice! He should hate me like all marines. Why does he care?!" Ace yelled at the other marine standing in front of him.

Zoro shrugged, "Luffy's Luffy. There can be a reason or there can not be a reason. He shows kindness because that is who he is. Marine or Pirate, Luffy will show kindness to someone who needs it."

Ace shook his head in wonder, he felt something stir in his chest as he thought of all the times Luffy was nice to him and Sabo even when they where mean to him. 'Luffy, your such a pain in the ass. But I guess you were always mine and Sabo's pain, huh?'

A/N: Well this was a fun chapter to write, also I am not sick anymore! Thank you theriku260 for being an awesome beta! Read and review, makes me work faster!