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Peppymint's Fanfiction Blitz of 2018: Day Two of Seven

Rayleigh

It wasn't every day, even on the Grand Line that someone swam up to the Moby Dick dragging a large bottle of sake. He wasn't even a fishman which made it even weirder. Though truth be told, Ace would have written the visitor off as none of his business if the man hadn't been who he was. Silvers Rayleigh, the Dark King, right hand man of the Pirate King.

Ace scowled as Marco came up to stand beside him, the phoenix casually resting his weight on a nearby barrel. "Am I supposed to think this is a coincidence?" he bit out. Just how stupid did the other think he was.

As for Marco, the veteran pirate had to resist the urge to ruffle his younger brother's hair. So cute; though he was confident that given enough time Ace would grow into the expression. Instead the pirate reached down to gently squeeze the boy's shoulder. "Just talk to him Ace."

No way, Ace thought firmly. Not now, not ever.

"You know, you look just like him with your face like that."

Ace nearly jumped out of his skin at the sound of Rayleigh's voice. How had the other gotten so close? Then, upon registering the words vowed to never make that expression again. "Here to tell me how perfect that man was," the boy bit out crossing his arms.

"Roger," the Dark King laughed. "Perfect. Not hardly. For one he was terrible with woman." He had always found those rumors about Roger having a girl in every port hilarious.

Ace blinked. Say what now?

"He had a total case of foot in mouth disease." He could not count the number or woman who had slapped his captain across the face. Rayleigh grinned as he looked down at Roger's only child. "I remember when he met your Mother. It took him a day and a half just to work up the nerve to speak to her, and when he did Roger just blurted out something about it being lovely weather that day." The retired pirate smiled softly. "It was pouring down rain at the time."

Ace bit his lip a moment before giving into his curiosity. "What happened then?"

"He got lucky, Rouge laughed." Rayleigh reached down to ruffle the boy's raven hair glad he had chosen to make this trip. "If she hadn't, you wouldn't be here right now."

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