Holy shit guys I am TERRIBLY sorry… I got hit with school, got a surgery done and had a very busy semester. But now that I am on my Winter break, I should be able to give you chapters up until school starts again. I really am sorry for not uploading for the longest time, I just wasn't able to do anything non school related for ages. But I am back for now… And this will be my last One Piece cannon story (like with Luffy and everyone), but I will be uploading a new One Piece Story once this is all finished.

Meetings and Reunions

It did not take long for Luffy to wake up after the incident. After a week, the little boy woke up and noticed that Shanks was sitting in a chair right beside his bed and had his hat covering his face which meant that the older Captain was sleeping. Luffy sat up and looked around. The bed beside him had Makino who looked a whole lot better than she did and he did see a tray of food by her which meant that currently she was sleeping and was conscious. As he was looking around the large, warm and dimly lit room, Luffy wondered what time it was and where they were.

He felt a heavy stinging pain in his chest but he made no noise even though it was bothering him a whole lot. He looked down and saw his body wrapped around in bandages and he could also smell a strong ointment that was coming from it but he also noticed that the bandages had bloodstains on it.

The room was quiet and Luffy wanted to not wake anyone up so tried to lay back down but then he heard footsteps coming towards his way and he saw a large, muscular man with no hair and a blonde moustache.

"Ah Luffy… You're awake now." he said smiling at the boy. And just like that, Shanks had woken up in an instant.

"Luffy!" he said. "How are you?" he asked, happy that the boy was finally awake.

"Ask him questions in the morning. Now get out. I'm going to go change his bandages and give him medication." Shanks took his leave because he respected whatever the doctor had told him. And plus the doctor would most likely throw him overboard if he stayed in the room.

"Uh what time is it?" Luffy asked. "And where are we?"

The doctor looked at his watch and said "It is 3:38 AM. And we are still in East Blue." Luffy nodded.

"How's the pain?" he asked while taking off the old bandages.

"It stings a lot. And it feels hard to move. And it's itchy." he answered

"Well it'll be like that for a while. But you're a big boy and you are a son of Whitebeard, I'm sure you can handle this. And also since you woke up, I'm going to let you out tomorrow afternoon but every week I will see you to check the injury and I'll have one of the nurses see you every few days to change the bandages." The bandages were changed and he gave Luffy some medication and then told him that the medication would make him sleep in a few minutes.

Just before the doctor left he asked "How's Makino?"

The doctor smiled "Ah Makino-san is good. She's a tough one. She'll be out in a few days but everything is fine. She looked worse than she actually is." and he walked away to check up on another patient. Luffy laid down and closed his eyes because he was feeling very drowsy and just like that he went to sleep.

When he woke up again around the afternoon, he was surrounded by Shanks and a few nurses and the doctor. They were all happy to see Luffy awake and well. Makino was also up at the time and she was sitting up, eating her food that was given to her. Which also reminded him that he was very hungry. He looked at Makino and smiled and waved at her and she did the same. Luffy was glad to see her well after that scary incident.

A nurse had come to check on Luffy and said that he was fine to go out now but she told him that she was going to change his bandages every two days. She told Shanks to keep an eye out on him and make sure the scab dries completely and comes off before Luffy started to train again. Which the Captain said that he would make sure Luffy stays put.

When Luffy was finally let out, he saw the clear blue sky, felt the warmth of the sun on his skin and felt a nice small breeze that was blowing ever so lightly, but enough to make this the perfect day. The boy took stood on deck to see a fully repaired ship that was sailing through the East Blue. It wasn't exactly lunchtime yet so they made Luffy wait a little bit to eat a full meal but they did give him some fruits to chew on for the time being.

Luffy walked around the deck by himself. He wanted to get a feel of the ship and wanted to feel at ease after everything that had happened during the previous week. Walking around and waving and saying hi to the rest of the crew onboard, Luffy saw Yasopp staring at something. Luffy turned to see what the older man was looking at and was surprised that Yasopp was looking at an island so intensely.

Walking over, he said "Whatcha lookin at Yasopp-san?"

"Ahh Luffy!" he said happily "That over there was the island I came from." answering the question of the young child.

Luffy looked at the island and noticed something quite odd. Even though the island was far, he could somewhat see the figure of a young boy staring at them and the ship.

"Oh you noticed huh…" said the sniper who received a surprised look from Luffy "I know you can't see him fully from here but that right there is my son Usopp. I have a feeling that boy will become on fine pirate." and he walks away as the ship sails past the island.

Luffy stared at where the boy was standing and thought to himself Usopp huh… Maybe I'll ask him when I come back and he walks away too, but not before he waved at the boy who clearly could not see them at this distance.

Another few days had passed and by that time, Luffy was anxious to get back to the Moby Dick. He really missed his family a whole lot and wanted to be back with them. Although he did love being around the Red Hair Pirates. They were a nice and friendly group that were like the Whitebeard pirates but Luffy was still a child. He missed home. However, they were still ways to go. However, they were still in East Blue. Luffy was actually quite surprised at how large this part of the sea was.

Today was quite odd however. It was raining heavily and it seemed like it wouldn't stop for another few hours or so and no one felt like doing anything. Luffy was in the infirmary beside Makino. Keeping the young woman company while everyone was off doing whatever they were supposed to be doing.

While Luffy tried his hardest to tell Makino fun and interesting stories about his adventures with the Whitebeard pirates and she listened to them with full interest. However, Luffy was very good at reading facial expressions and body language. He could tell that Makino was still really bothered by the whole Buster Call. No one would blame her. Everyone was still upset about that. Shanks sometimes got mad at himself that he couldn't stop it. Luffy too, was mad that he was one of the reasons that the Buster Call took place. He looked at the sad mother-like figure and said "Makino… I promise that I'll never let another Buster Call happen if I can stop it. I'll get so strong that I'll take on the whole world with my crew and we'll come out the winners and no one else will have to lose their home and get hurt. I know it's not mine and Ace's fault but I'm going to get that strong that I'll be able to take down a ship with just a punch." She gave him a smile and the looked at just above the boy, who had felt a pat on the head.

"And you will get that strong. But for now, let's go and get some food." said Shanks who had just arrived. "Makino-san, I already have spoken to the head doctor and he said you can go out. The only reason why he kept you in here for an extra day was because it's raining pretty bad. But we are going out to eat. We stopped by a restaurant." Both Luffy and Shanks had helped her up and a female nurse had taken her for a shower and gave her a change of clothes.

After almost an hour later, everyone was ready to get off the ship and head into this ship-like restaurant. Once they walked in, they were greeted by an old chef that only had one leg. However, he whole aura and vibe of the place was pirate-like. Which seemed odd at first until Shanks realized who the person standing in front of them was. "Ah Red Leg Zeff. It's been a very long time." he said with a smile

"Do I know you?" said the older man

"You may not know me, but you do know of my old Captain. Gol D. Roger."

Zeff laughed "Ahh you're one of Roger's brats… Well come in. We had a very slow day today due to this fucking rain, it's nice to see some customers. Since I see it's your whole crew, I'll need an extra hand… OI YOU DAMN BRAT!" he yelled, as the crew took their seats around the area while Shanks, Benn, Lucky, Yasopp, Makino and Luffy sat separately from the rest.

"What you shitty geezer?!" yelled out a young boy with blonde hair and swirly eyebrows who had come out from the back area. He looked at Luffy and then looked at the full dining area. Zeff and the boy were talking for a short few minutes while the group was looking over the menus that were already placed on the table neatly.

When the conversation had finished and everyone knew what they wanted to order, the boy walked over to the table where Shanks and the group were sitting and said "Hello, my name is Sanji and I'll be your waiter for today. Are you guys ready to order now?" he asked, bringing up the little notepad and a pencil to write down the order. Shanks replied with yes and everyone told Sanji what they all had wanted and by the time they got to Luffy, Shanks just said bring out one of everything for him. The young chef raised an eyebrow but wrote that down in his notepad and went off to the kitchen.

Once the food had arrived, Luffy was surprised at all the variety of food that he was going to eat. His eyes lit up and his mouth watered. Salivating at how good the smell of the food was, Luffy couldn't wait to dig in and eat the whole thing all by himself.

While everyone was eating, Sanji came back to the table to check up on Shanks and the rests of the group and he could see that everyone was enjoying the food.

"Ah Sanji" said Shanks "Tell the chef that the food was great!" and with that Sanji blushed slightly but his facial expressions were read by pirates.

Luffy looked up "You cooked all this food?" he asked

"Yes I did" replied Sanji, placing a hand at the back of his neck. Shanks and the group were proud of Sanji. However, Luffy said something under his breath that only Sanji and Shanks heard. Sanji looked confused and raised an eyebrow, while Shanks just smiled.

When the entire crew was finished with their food and the weather started becoming clearer, it was time for the Red Hair Pirates to leave the restaurant and go back. They needed to get back to the New World soon so they could be in their territory instead of being in a difficult spot in the East Blue and the Grand Line.

Shanks had payed for the entire crew and handed Owner Zeff more money than they were supposed to while Luffy stood in front of Sanji. "Guess I'll see you soon huh." said Luffy and walked back to the ship once Shanks was done paying.

As the two were climbing on board, Shanks said "What's so special of this kid?"

"Sanji may not look like it, but he's strong. And he can cook." Shanks laughed, he honestly couldn't wait until Luffy got older and go off on his own.

Months after a boring stroll through the Grand Line and a one day stop at Fishman Island, the Red Hair pirates were finally back in the New World. The second they rose from underneath the sea, Luffy smiled a bright smile. He was really close to being home.

The weather was already intense as there was a very large and strong storm at the area where hey had arrived and it got to a point where Shanks had decided that the best option would be to go dock at an island that was close by.

So they did just that.

Once they arrived at the island that was close by, thankfully for them, the climate was nice. Clear skies and the island had a beach around so Shanks looked at this island and said "We'll make this our island" for no apparent reason.

When they got to the island and everyone had got off the ship, Shanks and the ranking crew mates as well as Luffy could tell there was something off about this island. There was a heaviness in the air, almost as if it was difficult to breathe. While the Captain and his crew were discussing about what they were going to do, none of them had noticed Luffy, who had a very dangerous look on his face.

The newly 7 year old boy ran as fast as he could. Running with no control of himself. Makino was the only person who saw Luffy run and yelled out "LUFFY!". This had grabbed the attention of Shanks and the entire crew. Shanks ran after him as well and suddenly he stopped running for a moment. The aura he had sensed was very familiar. Almost too familiar.

Running deep into the island and through an obvious jungle and getting hit with a heavy stench of blood, Shanks finally stopped running once he saw Luffy standing with his arms at his side, but with his hands he made a fist. Shanks looked towards the person Luffy was looking at. It was none other than the World's Greatest Swordsman, Dracule Mihawk, who was covered in blood but had his sword sheathed behind him as he was staring at Luffy.

Shanks immediately came out of his hiding spot and tried to lighten up the mood and said "Yo Mihawk, long time no see." he waved at his long time rival and friend. However, Mihawk ignored Shanks. He was still staring at Luffy intensely, almost as if he was trying to defend himself and make sure to react fast if any sudden movements were made.

"What is your name?" he asked but got no reply from the boy.

"Luffy, it's rude to not answer someone when they ask for your name." the elder pirate said sternly.

However there was still no answer. Luffy looked at Mihawk with demon like eyes and Shanks now knew something was very wrong but he did not know how to stop it.

"So now you've noticed?"

"Huh?" said Shanks who was all confused

"This kid, he's cursed." Mihawk said without any hesitation

"Cursed? What the fuck are you on about?"

"Look at his eyes."

Shanks took a peak the Luffy's eyes and realized they were almost pitch black. Also the aura around him was so heavy that even Shanks was feeling it just a little. He was very confused at the moment and did not know what to do in this situation.

"How did you know he was cursed?"

"I've seen this before… If I'm correct, then you have seen this as well. But you probably don't remember because it happened a long time ago."

"A long time ago?" said Shanks who was looking at Luffy, trying to remember this memory. "Oh shit… Are you serious? I'll be back… Just don't kill him if he does something." and Shanks ran off

"I have no intention of dying this way…" he said.

Shanks had to run as fast as he could to find Makino. That was the only way Luffy was going to be stopped at this time.

"Makino-san!" yelled out Shanks as he was running through the jungle to find her. Eventually after running around for ten minutes, he finally found her. Without saying a word, he grabbed her arm and said "Need help. Stop Luffy." and started running again. Makino did not know what was going on but she was beginning to worry because Shanks was worrying.

Once the two of them had arrived to where Mihawk and and Luffy were, they found the boy on the floor passed out on the floor and Dracule sitting down and wiping the blood off of his sword.

Shanks instinctively took out his sword and placed it arounds Hawkeye's neck while Making tended to Luffy. "What the fuck did you do?" said the captain of the Red Hair Pirates

Calmly, he said "Nothing quite frankly. One minute he was staring me down with an intense blood lust and in the other minute he just passed out. The smell of blood got to him. Probably his first time around so much death and blood. He needs to control this."

Makino took care of the unconscious Luffy as she tried to wake him up but Shanks had told her to wake him up on the ship and told her to tell Benn that they were leaving soon, which she listened to the Captain and took off with Luffy.

"Just who is that brat?"

"Ah Luffy… Well he is the son of Monkey D. Dragon, but he has grown up with the Whitebeards, where I am going to drop him off shortly. Just waiting on the old man's go."

"Dragons son? If I remember correctly, his wife is apart of the Davy family?"

"Yes."

"I see. Well I'm off. Tell the kid we'll cross paths another time." and he left, leaving Shanks alone.

Sabo was tired. Everyday he trained with the Revolutionary Army to get stronger enough to be able to protect islands and his brothers. Never again did he want to see another Buster Call.

He trained with a Fishman by the name of Hack, a giant bear looking like man who goes by Kuma, by Dragon as well as Jasmine. At this rate, Sabo's raw strength and intellect gave him an advantage over Luffy and Ace. Or so he thought.

But training throughout the journey which was for a few months, Dragon was highly impressed by the rate at which Sabo was advancing. In fact, all of the members that were in the Revolutionary Army were impressed at Sabo's growth rate. However, there was an accident which led to him having a scar on his face around the eye area but it didn't damage his sight.

However, today was the last day for his journey. As they still had many survivors from Foosball Village, they needed to drop them off to one of Whitebeard's islands where he would be waiting to pick up Sabo.

Nearing the island, Sabo could see the Moby Dick from afar. It was such a ginormous ship that it was hard not to see it. But such was expected for the World's Strongest Man.

He hoped that Luffy and Ace were on board but that was very unlikely as each of the three ships went their own separate paths. But at the same time, he did not know what to expect. He would just base off everything from what Luffy had told them about his family. He was act quite excited. He was going to be a full pirate from now on. This was his dream after all.

Sabo was in his room packing his things. And in his room was a young girl by the name of Koala and Jasmine. They both were helping him pack and for both kids could tell that Jasmine was having a hard time. She looked sad. She tried not to show it, but the two young ones could tell.

Sabo dropped his bad down and hugged Luffy's mother. "I know this isn't your first time, but don't worry. I'll be back one day and you'll be able to meet that idiot son of yours a lot more."

"You'll be back?" asked both Jasmine and Koala.

"Oh yeah.. I asked Dragon-San if I can come back to the Revolutionary Army when I get older and he said sure."

"Well Dragon did really like you as he saw you training with the group." said the assassin mother

Koala was overjoyed because there weren't many kids she was able to play with and Sabo was the only person around her age so she was happy that he would be back and most likely even stronger than he is now. She liked him and saw him as a younger brother like figure and Sabo saw her as an older sister who scolded him literally everyday. In terms of fighting, Sabo used a mixture of his brawl style as well as Fishman karate that he learned and his brain. Koala strictly used Fishman karate. But still sometimes she was able to beat Sabo. So he knew he had a long way to go.

Once the Moby Dick was near, Sabo walked on deck beside Dragon.

"Thank you Dragon-san."

He did not look at the young boy not did he acknowledge the fact that he said thank you. He just looked forward and said "I'll be looking forward to see how far you've gotten." and then silence.

Sabo knew Dragon did not talk much about Luffy but he said "Well Luffy is going to be Pirate King. I'm sure your son will even surpass me."

Dragon made it seem like he did not hear what Sabo had said because he was looking forward at a flying blue object in the sky that was circling around the ship. Not too far from his distance, he also saw a large man sitting on his throne like chair. No matter how many times he had to fight Whitebeard as a former Admiral, he was always in awe of that powerful aura around Whitebeard. That title of World's Strongest Man wasn't just for show.

When the two ships were side by side, Jasmine had took Sabo on board to the Moby and he waved goodbye and said thanks to everyone. Everyone had either waved back or said goodbye or done both. Dragon stayed quiet. Once he saw that Jasmine was coming back alone, he saw watery eyes from his wife. As she walked past him, she said something so quietly only Dragon could hear. "That's another son."

Dragon looked forward at the Moby Sick which was slowly sailing away as they had laid down anchor to get supplies from this island. "We'll see them soon" he said to himself. And he honestly couldn't wait to see them at their peaks.

When Sabo had arrived on the Moby Dick, it was not like he expected. He saw a handful of people who were laid back and not as serious as he thought they would be.

However when he saw Whitebeard, it was exactly how he pictured the great pirate in his mind. After hearing many stories from Luffy about his Pops, Sabo expected a large, relatively "Old Aged" man who had a white mustache and a black durag on his head. Sabo was in pure awe looking at the man known as the World's Strongest. And from looking at the many scars in his body, Sabo knew instantly to get to where he is at, you have to go through hell and back.

"I presume you are Sabo, a son of a Noble?"

Looking at the reaction of the small crowd, they all intensely looked at the young boy, who was scared but faced his fears and decided to keep his head up instead of fall into the pressure. After all he was going to be in the Revolutionary Army when he gets much older so he needs to be prepared for anything. "Yes I am. However, I do not care about my bloodline."

Whitebeard laughed and so did the rest of the crew "We are all children of the sea brat and don't you forget it." They were all impressed that this young kid was brave. Reminded them of Luffy.

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned around to see a man with blonde pineapple like hair. "Ah so you're the first to arrive. Sorry there's no Ace and Luffy yoi… I'll take you to your room. Names Marco. I'm the first division commander. Anything you need, just let me know." and he gave Sabo a tour around the ship.

Sabo was mesmerized. He hadn't seen anything like the Moby Dick. This was a special moment. He wished he was with Ace to tour the ship but he knew that time would come eventually. But as the two were walking and getting to know one another, Sabo realized that this was the a nice group. A set of pirates that care about one another. A big family. Something Sabo didn't have when he was growing up and something Ace didn't have. He knew this would be the best place for him.

Once they got to the rooms and Sabo put down his bags, he asked if there was a training area. Marco then led him to the training area and he was shocked to see so many people training. He knew the reason why they fought was to protect one another and to protect their Oyaji and Sabo couldn't honestly wait to feel fully apart of this crew. He was excited.

Walking around to see if any of the areas weren't busy for use. He accidentally bumped into a woman. "I'm sorry I bumped into you miss." Sabo said as he bowed his head in respect.

She started laughing. Even though Sabo was relatively big, at the tender age of 10, she lifted him up with ease. "Aww Davy he's cute." and she places a kiss on the young boy's cheek and put him down

"Ah so you just be Sabo. Well, welcome aboard the Moby Dick and apart of the notorious Whitebeard Pirates." said a man holding a sword in his hand.

"I'm Davy Jones. Call me whatever you like. No need to be respectful to a man like me. And she is Mika-san. You should always respect women no matter what." Sabo shook his head in agreement as Mika had walked away.

"Alright now that she's gone, let me tell you, she is crazy. Stay away from her. And what I mean by that is try not to get injured okay. These people here training, they aren't training because they want to protect anyone or anything. They got me and Marco for that. They are just making sure they don't head up to the infirmary. Because if they do, then miss crazy doctor over there is gonna kill you." Jones did not notice Sabo's expression but the young boy was staring behind Jones instead of looking at him directly.

"And just who is miss crazy?"

"Fuck. I'm out" and the man disappeared. Sabo had no idea what just transpired but what he did learn is that he should always respect Mika-San.

"How old are you?" Mika asked

"I'm 10."

"Do you know how to swim?"

"Yes"

"Do you know how to fight?"

"Yes. I know how to use a staff or a pipe. I tend to brawl but I'm learned Fishman karate on my way here. I don't know much but the things I do know I want to perfect and refine."

"Fishman Karate? Well we have the perfect buddy for you." and she walked away again

Sabo didn't know what she meant until when she came back. But this time she wasn't alone. There was a Fishman with her. "Namur, this is Sabo."

"Sup kid."

"You now have a little underling." and she left.

Namur didn't know what she meant by that until he got to know Sabo. Namur was happy to be a senpai to the young one.

Ace was in hell. He couldn't wait to part ways with Garp. Dadan hated him even more, which was seemingly not possible but as it turns out, she really does hate Garp more than Ace at this point.

Yes he'd feed them both, yes they slept in a nice area on the ship and in actual beds, and yes they were given somewhat special treatment, however that was all at a cost. Garp made the two of them do everything. And what that meant was being the captain of the Navy ship.

All Garp did was sleep and eat and not care about a single one of his duties as a Vice Admiral. His own right hand man thought that it was impossible for Garp to be any more careless but he was wrong.

It got to a point where mostly Ace would have to do everything as leader of this navy crew and surprisingly everyone listened to the young man. He was a good captain at the age of 10. He would carry out missions in Garp's stead. There was a prisoner transfer from another Navy ship to Garp's ship and all Garp did that day was get slashed across the chest and there was a panic that the old man had died. But Ace knew better. He put out a few doughnuts by Garp's nose and the man woke up instantly. He noticed that there was blood on deck and he immediately got serious and said "who died?" and no one could look at Garp in the eyes until he looked down at his chest and saw a surprisingly big cut and then said "was it me?"

Ace REALLY hated Garp. But even though he had to do everything, this was a good experience. Even though he was going to become a pirate, no one said anything. It wasn't like the crew didn't know the destination. Of course they did. The first thing Garp told the crew was that he was going to meet with Whitebeard and give him Ace as well as give the survivors a new home. Garp's men were the most trustful and loyal marines that only followed the rules of Garp. Whatever he would do, they would follow. The bond between the group was nice. Ace did enjoy that. He got to train quite often, he even learned a few special moves that only the Navy was taught. He wasn't quite good at these moves but practice would make perfect. He thought he would have the advantage over his two brothers in just pure strength and highly doubted Luffy gained any sort of strength during his way back. He knew Sabo would have definitely gotten stronger though. So of course, he was excited to spar with his brothers once again.

His bond with Garp had gotten better over short while. Garp would never let him out of his sight whenever they decided to to to an island to restock on supplies and most importantly Garp would make sure no one dares touch Ace. Not after everything that had happened. He swore that he would protect his grandsons no matter the cost. And where they were headed was going to keep them safe for a long while until they eventually grow older and more notorious. But by then he knew that those three grandsons of his would soon not need any help necessary. They were going to be in great hands.

On the last night of the trip, just before they would meet up with Whitebeard on the island that they were dropping off the survivors. Ace and Garp were both out on deck, just enjoying the peaceful weather and calm night. Garp had doughnuts in his hands while Ace had soda. Both were quiet but the silence was peaceful. Neither really talked about what happened that night at Foosha but there was no need. As hotheaded and reckless Ace was, he did understand the situation and what would happen afterwards but there was no need. All four parties were in contact with one another and once Sabo was picked up, Ace was happy. Garp was also relieved and also knew that the survivors on Dragon's ship now had a new home to rebuild.

The silence was finally broken between the two when Garp had finished eating and said "Ace… Do you still hate your father?"

Normally Ace would have said yes instantly, and even though his father was the indirect cause for the Buster Call to occur, for some reason Ace couldn't say yes. But he also couldn't say no. He was conflicted and Garp could tell by the silence.

"Whatever you are looking for, you will find it being apart of the Whitebeard Pirates." Ace didn't know what he meant by that but he listened and took that to heart. There wasn't many times when Garp showed emotion it tonight was one of those days. And with that, it was back to silence for the two as they stared at the shining full moon.

By the time it was morning and for the first time in a few months, Garp was wearing his Vice Admiral uniform and was the first one awake on the ship. Everyone was very surprised to see that but not Ace. He knew that the geezer was anxious.

Ace was out on deck like usual, helping around the ship and but everyone could tell that there was something off. It was assumed by many that he was scared of meeting with Whitebeard but that wasn't the case for the young child.

For the first time in Ace's life, he was really going to miss Garp. Usually whenever Garp would leave, Ace didn't feel much emotion because although Garp was there, the most he'd do was toss him in a bottomless ravine, left him alone in a jungle at night, and tied him to balloons to make him float to the sky. Garp wasn't the fatherly type of man. But not this time. Not after everything had happened. Ace knew he was going to miss him.

As the ship dropped down anchor right beside the Moby Dick, the first thing that Ace was surprised by was the large size. This was the pirate ship of his dreams. He couldn't wait to see what was on board. When a bride was made between the two ships so that Ace could cross over, but before that, Ace gave Dadan a hug and thanked her for looking after him for all these years and that he was sorry for losing her home. She was a little emotional but did not show it as she slapped Ace across the cheek and said "The fuck are you saying sorry for you little shit?" and then hugged him right after.

Ace said his goodbyes to everyone on the ship but one. When it was time to part with Garp, neither Ace nor Garp showed any emotion. It wasn't like them to do so. Instead, his Ace's final words to Garp was See you soon you shitty geezer."

"Is that the way you talk to your grandpa?" angrily replying at the remark.

Ace was now crossing the bridge that was between the two ships and when he finally got on the Moby, he was instantly greeted by Sabo. The two of them hugged for a short moment and both looked back to wave at Garp, who was standing watch.

Sabo was going to be the one who was going to give Ace the tour around the ship but the first place he took Ace was to the room so he could put his bag down. Then the actual part of the tour begun when Sabo showed Ace the dining area and introduced the cooks. He went around the whole entire ship and Ace was wondering where Whitebeard would be but Sabo said that he'll see Whitebeard soon enough.

Sabo introduced the many division commanders to Ace, he showed him the training area, he introduced Namur, who was Sabo's teacher. Ace wondered if he could adjust as quickly as Sabo did. But he knew that while he still had his two brothers, he was going to be fine. And he also was going to take Garp's words seriously when he said that whatever it is that he was looking for will be found here.

Finally, after the whole tour was done, Sabo took Ace to the main deck area where Whitebeard was sitting in his chair while drinking sake. Ace was at awe just by the size of the older pirate. It was almost like living with a famous celebrity. Ace didn't know how to act so he just bowed his head and greeted himself.

"Hello Mr. Whitebeard-san, I'm Ace."

"Ace huh?" said the World's Strongest Man in a scary like tone "You're Roger's brat?"

Ace didn't know what to say. He didn't know what this would mean for him. But, he decided to say yes.

"I see. Well don't worry. Your father and I were actually good friends. Sure we were rivals and fought everytime we saw each other, but we still had that respect and were allies at one point and time."

Ace didn't know how to react at this situation.

"I trust your brother Sabo had given you a tour?"

"Yes."

"Well good, welcome to the Whitebeard Pirates. And by the way, Luffy should be coming here soon. Marco just spoke to Shanks, they'll meet with us in a week or so."

Ace and Sabo both raised their eyebrows and in joy. They were soon back to becoming a trio. Marco had walked over to where Whitebeard was and he saw the two kids celebrating the fact that the youngest was going to be back. Well, that is a pretty special occasion. Too many bad things have happened to him. And they missed a birthday. So Marco knew that there was definitely going to be a party.

Okay that is all for today I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.. Hopefully by Thursday the next chapter will be uploaded. I was going to add in Luffy but you guys deserve this chapter. It is a slow chapter but expect more action going forward. By the end of next chapter all three boys will be on the ship so let's see how that goes until Luffy turns 17. Okay so timeline wise Sabo came within a month after the Buster Call. Ace came a few weeks after Sabo. And Luffy will be there in another 2 weeks.