Alright! Welcome to Chapter 4 everyone! This chapter covers Doffy training the Nobles, Ace, and Sabo, as well as meeting Shanks! Luffy's not getting his Devil Fruit in this chapter but he does explain Devil Fruits to Ace and Sabo. It also contains my own views on Awakenings, particularly Logias. So, this whole week I'll be working on getting more chapters for this story and To Save A Brother's Life. TSABL might be a little difficult so for that one I may just start moving towards canon. If any of you have read Giving Humanity A Chance's first chapter, which for those who didn't it was a test chapter for a SPN/HP idea I was working on, I'll more than likely actually work on that idea too. However, as I said in the End AN on the first chapter, it'll be a month or two before I actually start as I have to write more chapters for this story and TSABL, lest you guys have no chapters to be updated. Should that happen ever, I implore you to give me at least a week after the supposed update day. This'll allow me to replenish the chapter stock for the story. Now, that might not happen because I generally have a lot of free time right now, but should the stories still be unfinished by Fall I probably wont have a lot of free time, as I might be starting a new college by then and be living on campus. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece.
Donquixote Prince
Ace and Sabo's transition into the UNAEDI was rather smooth. They would occasionally do jobs for Sarie by bringing supplies to the poor people in Gray Terminal. This always brought a smile to their faces because the people would be so grateful to them. From how the homeless there talked about Sarie, they had a lot of respect and hope for her. That respect for someone their age made them work even harder. In fact, one of the things that they changed about what they did daily was that they'd set aside a portion of the treasure they stole to help the people there. However, a month in, Sarie was attacked by an assassin that Doflamingo quickly dispatched, having been talking with her while it happened.
"Hah, this is the fourth assassin this month." Sarie said with a sigh, causing Ace and Sabo to gap at her.
"Why are you so nonchalant about people trying to kill you?" Ace asked confusedly.
Sarie shrugged as they Doflamingo was leading them to the hotel.
"It's something I had expected when I started what I've been doing. A lot of the nobles don't want me to ruin their perfect life. Though my father knows nothing about what I've been doing." Sarie said.
That made Ace and Sabo confused but not Luffy. Luffy knew the reason behind it but Ace and Sabo didn't.
"Why doesn't your father know? I'd expect the nobles to have told him by now." Sabo said.
Doflamingo chuckled at that before answering the question.
"Actually, that's because of me. I dug up blackmail on the nobles that know so if they were to tell her father, their status would be ruined and they'd practically become peasants." Doflamingo said.
Okay, that actually made sense. The two boys remembered that Luffy had told them that while his Papa does deal with the underworld he also deals with information as an information broker. That led to him knowing a lot of secret information about many people as his Papa's motto was "Information is power, especially if it's information nobody wants you to know". Sabo was curious about the process because he'd think that nobles would hide their secrets better.
"How did you exactly get the information? Nobles aren't known for being talkative about their secrets." Sabo asked.
"Fuffuffu, they aren't but the help is. Nobles don't pay attention to their servants which in the end cripples them. After all, the servants are generally always present." Doflamingo said.
Sabo ran through his memories of when he was with his father and sure enough Doflamingo was correct. During a lot, if not all, of the conversations or events with his father, the servants were always there, waiting to serve. Soon enough though, they reached the hotel without any more incidents. When they got into the 'flat' that Doflamingo and his crew was given, he led them into a room he set up for training. Though, even though the nobles call it a flat, it was really like a house in and of itself as it had so many rooms. Minutes later the other noble kids came in at different times so as to not tip off that they were together.
"What did you want us here for Doflamingo?" Sarie asked in a polite tone.
"Fuffuffu, I told you that you can drop the polite tone Sarie. You're here to start training." Doflamingo said.
Ace and Sabo were both eager, as was Luffy, but the noble kids were confused.
"Training? What for?" Isa asked.
Doflamingo pulled out the dagger that had been thrown by the assassin at Sarie. On it Ace noticed a sheen of a liquid on it, indicating probably poison.
"The assassins are getting bolder, as hinted by the poison. I need to make sure you guys can defend yourselves if the nobles decide to hire pirates." Doflamingo said.
He then turned to Ace and Sabo and addressed them now.
"Concerning you two, my son has told me that most of your training is self-taught. I believe I can make you two stronger by helping you." Doflamingo said.
Then he finally addressed his son with a smile.
"Since you've been training longer than them, you'll be both training and helping me teach them. As long as that's fine with you, little one." Doflamingo said.
Luffy cheered and agreed to it with a smile, bounding up and hugging his Papa. The girls, and astonishingly Yasa and Hei, awed at it while Sabo and Ace looked on longingly. Doflamingo then had each of the kids, minus Luffy, stand an arm's length away from each other and then blindfolded each of them.
"The skill I'm going to start with is Observation Haki or Kenbunshoku Haki. What it does is allow you to sense or predict attacks coming your way. With this, you'll be able to dodge any attacks thrown your way since most if not all pirates the nobles will employ won't be New World Pirates." Doflamingo explained.
"New World Pirates? What kind of difference does that make?" Ace asked, never having heard the term New World.
Doflamingo chuckled, having forgotten these children grew up in the East Blue.
"In the Grand Line there are two parts to it. The first half is called, by New World Pirates, Paradise. This is because the New World is so dangerous and deadly that the first half seems like a paradise compared to it. New World refers to the second half, after you leave Fishman Island. This is basically the home base for a lot of powerful pirates, including the Yonko." Doflamingo explained.
Sarie perked up at that, having heard the term before in the news but it was never really explained.
"Who are the Yonko? They sound dangerous." She asked.
"The Yonko are the Four Emperors, the strongest Pirate Captains in the sea. They consist of Big Mom also known as Charlotte Linlin of the Big Mom Pirates, Whitebeard, also known as Edward Newgate of the Whitebeard Pirates, Kaido of the Beast Pirates, and lastly Red-Haired Shanks of the Red Hair Pirates." Doflamingo explained.
He then asked if there were any more questions but thankfully there were no more. He then told them that he would be throwing pebbles at them and their goal would be to 'sense' their approach. They were to do this without using their sight, hearing, or smell, only their mind. Of course, Sabo was confused at that so Doflamingo explained further. Haki relied on a person's will, the power of their mind. Not in a sense of intelligence but rather willpower or determination. After finishing that explanation, Doflamingo used his Devil Fruit to create five string clones. He had each of the clones pick up a pebble, him and Luffy doing the same. Then they started by chucking the pebbles at the kids. Most of this process was them getting pelted by the pebbles but some of them seemed to twitch as if they were about to dodge, the ones being Sabo, Sarie, and Mashii. In fact, by the end of the training session, Sarie actually managed to dodge about ten different pebbles, but not in succession.
"Alright, we're done for the day. It actually seems like Sabo, Sarie, and Mashii are natural Kenbunshoku Haki users." Doflamingo said, dispersing his clones and taking off the blindfolds.
The kids just groaned in slight pain, causing Doflamingo to chuckle. He then led them to Law who just rolled his eyes and sighed at the bruises. One by one he healed the bruises with a topical cream. While he was doing this Luffy asked Law a question.
"Ne, Torao. How are Bepo, Sachi, and Penguin doing?" Luffy asked.
Bepo, Sachi, and Penguin were two boys and a Mink (Papa had explained that one), that Law had recruited in the period after he had cured himself. He boldly said that they were going to be his first crewmates for his Corazon Division, the Heart Pirates. Of course, Luffy's Papa chuckled at that and approved of the decision. The three weren't with them cause Doflamingo needed some people to watch over the base and the three were proficient enough in combat to watch over it with the other officers.
"Well, Bepo-ya is doing fine and having fun lording his 'superior position as navigator' over Penguin-ya and Sachi-ya. Penguin-ya and Sachi-ya are… Penguin-ya and Sachi-ya. It's a blessing they haven't burnt down the base." Law said, causing everyone to sweatdrop.
"They can't be that bad." Sarie said, wincing as Law rubbed more cream on her bruises.
Luffy laughed at that, Law rolling his eyes at the comment.
"Oh they are that bad. After I had found them teasing Bepo-ya and beat them up they vowed to follow me everywhere. Literally not five minutes later they ended up setting the forest on fire, angering the natives, and somehow caused an earthquake. So, yeah they're that bad." Law said.
Luffy laughed again, remembering Bepo's rendition of the trouble that followed the two boys. Everyone else was gaping at the story.
"How the fuck does one cause an earthquake?" Ace swore, causing Sabo to smack him.
Ace glared at Sabo for the action, even though he knew exactly why Sabo slapped him.
"Stop swearing, you may be wanting to be a pirate but that doesn't mean you can swear up a storm." Sabo said.
"I can do whatever the fuck I want." Ace said before getting smacked again.
That prompted Ace to launch himself at Sabo, making the two roll around on the floor of the impromptu medical bay. Law groaned and turned a pleading look to Luffy who cheered. Luffy then launched himself into the fight and not ten seconds later was sitting on top of both boys who seemed a little out of it.
"What was that for Lu?!" Ace groaned.
"Torao's rule, no fighting in the Medical Bay." Luffy said firmly, causing Law to smirk at the boys who glared at him.
Thankfully after that everyone had their bruises healed and they parted ways. About a month later, Luffy went to Ace and Sabo with a question.
"Ne! Guys! Can we go to the village on the other side of the mountain?" Luffy asked eagerly.
Ace and Sabo looked at each other with raised eyebrows. Luffy had to be talking about Foosha Village, as that was the only village on the other side of Mount Colubo. But… neither boy had been there either. So, they shrugged and agreed, it'd be an adventure anyways, and made their way down the mountain to Foosha Village. The village itself was interesting enough, if only because of the random windmills throughout the village. They wandered around the village until they came upon a bar that was named 'Party Bar'. Interested, they headed into the bar. When they entered, they saw that the bar already had people in it, and from the looks of it they were pirates. At the bar was a green haired woman wearing a polka dot bandana chatting to a red-haired man. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo clambered on up to the bar seats and Luffy smiled at the woman. The woman smiled back and spoke to them.
"What can I get you little ones?" She asked, causing Ace and Sabo to blush but Luffy to smile wider.
"Ah, can we get some juice? Papa said I can't have any alcohol till I'm seventeen and set off on my own." Luffy said, swinging his feet at his chair.
Ace and Sabo nodded at Luffy's question. The woman smiled and grabbed three glasses and filled them with orange juice since it was still rather early in the morning.
"Would you three like something to eat?" She asked.
"Ah, uh, we eat a lot miss." Luffy said politely, remembering his occasional etiquette lessons from Pica.
Yeah, it was rather surprising that Pica of all people knew about etiquette. The man didn't exactly scream proper manners. However, the woman smiled at them.
"It shouldn't be a problem at all. It actually would be helpful, as I have a lot of food that's set to expire soon." She said.
If that was the case, then Luffy and the other two gladly accepted. So, the woman, who introduced herself as Makino, headed into the back to begin cooking. That was when Luffy noticed that the red haired man took notice of him.
"You look very familiar kid." The man said.
"Shishishi! That's because of my Papa." Luffy said with a laugh.
The man raised a brow at that.
"Should I know your Papa?" The man asked.
"Mhm! He's the new Shichibukai!" Luffy said cheerfully.
The man paused for a second before giving Luffy another look.
"What's your name kid?" He asked.
"I'm Donquixote D. Luffy!" Luffy said with a smile.
That caused everyone in the bar to pause and look at Luffy.
"You're Doflamingo's kid? I didn't hear of him knocking anyone up." The man said.
Makino came back with plates of food and put them in front of the kids. She then punched the red-haired man on the head.
"There are kids present Shanks!" She yelled at him, the man rubbing his head in pain.
This time it was the three kids who froze as they recognized the name.
"Shanks? As in Red-Haired Shanks?" Sabo asked.
Shanks let out a laugh before nodding at that.
"Yup! How does a kid from East Blue know of me? Usually people here don't pay attention to the really famous pirates." Shanks said.
Ace and Sabo pointed at Luffy who laughed and sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. Shanks aah'ed at it.
"So your father told you about me. Makes sense since Doflamingo is the underworld information broker. So, kid, I'm curious, did your father tell you your original name?" Shanks asked.
Luffy nodded at that, Ace and Sabo leaning closer to hear, curious as to what the boy's original name was.
"Papa said the blanket I was wrapped in said Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said.
As soon as he said that, Ace's eyes bugged out and he pointed at Luffy.
"You're related to shitty gramps?!" Ace shouted.
Luffy turned to Ace with a curious look in his eyes.
"Who's that?" Luffy asked.
"Ah, shitty gramps is the one who dropped me off as a baby at the Mountain Bandits. He told me at one point his name was Monkey D. Garp." Ace said.
Makino perked up at that.
"Garp? Now that I think of it, Luffy here does resemble Garp when he was younger. He could be his grandson." Makino said.
Shanks examined Luffy for a second before speaking.
"Yeah, he does resemble a kid version of Garp. It does make sense, I heard that Garp had a son, don't know what his name is but then again I don't pay attention to the old man." Shanks said.
Luffy shrugged his shoulders at that.
"I don't really care, my Papa's my Papa. That is, unless my biological father gets with my Papa." Luffy said, adding the last bit as a last note.
That last statement however had Shanks spitting out his sake as well as Ace and Sabo gaping at Luffy. Luffy just giggled and went back to eating. After he finished he found a chest that was sitting on the table. He opened it and ooh'ed at it, causing Sabo and Ace to look at it. Inside the chest was a purple fruit that had a rubbery texture to it.
"You have a Devil Fruit! I recognize it as the Gomu Gomu no Mi!" Luffy said in awe.
Shanks nodded while Ace and Sabo gave a questioning look to Luffy.
"Gomu Gomu no Mi?" Ace asked.
"Mhm! It's a Paramecia Class Devil Fruit that turns your body into rubber." Luffy said.
Ace's face scrunched up at that.
"That sounds so lame!" Ace said, prompting Luffy to shake his head.
"Nu uh! If you train it right you could speed up your blood, it turns everything about you into rubber. Also, you're immune to bullets and blunt damage!" Luffy said.
Sabo seemed to understand what Luffy was talking about but Ace didn't. So Ace asked what speeding up your blood would do and Sabo explained.
"By speeding up your blood you can make your body go faster." Sabo said, causing Ace to nod in understanding.
"Plus… there's also Devil Fruit Awakening." Luffy said.
That statement had everyone looking at Luffy in confusion.
"Devil Fruit Awakening? I haven't even heard of that." Shanks said.
"Shishishi! That's because it's rare cause it's hard to accomplish! Each class of Devil Fruit has an Awakening!" Luffy said.
Luffy saw that he had everyone's attention so he decided to continue, dredging up memories of his Papa's explanation.
"Paramecia type Devil Fruits when they're awakened allow you to turn things outside your body into what your Devil Fruit turns you into. For example, Papa can turn buildings into string and he can create a birdcage made of string outside his body! He also uses it to create string clones!" Luffy said.
"Wait, your Papa's fruit is awakened?" Shanks asked, not knowing that about Doflamingo.
Luffy nodded eagerly at that, happy to talk about his Papa.
"Yup yup! He said it took him a while to do it. You have to know everything about your Devil Fruit." Luffy said.
"So… what's an Awakened Logia like?" Ace asked, curious because ever since hearing about Devil Fruits from Luffy he's wanted a Logia one.
Luffy's face scrunched up at that.
"Papa said that one's rather difficult because the awakening is based on what element the Logia controls. Like someone with the Pika Pika no Mi who's awakened it can manipulate anything that gives off light." Luffy said.
Shanks gaped at that because it sounded ridiculously overpowered. A lot of things in the world gave off light which made it sound awfully powerful. Ace however had a question.
"Then what would an awakened Fire Logia be able to do?" Ace asked.
Luffy's face contorted in confusion as he thought about it.
"Well… since it's a tangible-ish element I'd assume you'd be able to control it while it's in its other states." Luffy said.
"Other states?" Ace asked.
"Mhm, fire can turn into plasma which can turn into lightning." Luffy said.
Ace thought that was rather cool and had said as much. Sabo however wanted to know the effects of a Zoan Awakening.
"Ah, well for a Zoan it's pretty straightforward. You get a much bigger form, more strength, and faster regeneration. That is, unless it's a Mythical Zoan. Then you get the element associated with it." Luffy said.
That made sense to Shanks. Mythical Zoans were much rarer than Logias because there weren't a lot of Mythical creatures. It brought up an image of a blonde haired man controlling fire which made him wince. If Marco ever awakened his Zoan he'd have to stay away from the man for fear of getting his ass burned. Shortly after that conversation a group of bandits came into the bar and demanded sake.
"I'm sorry but we're out, these pirates bought the last bit." Makino apologized.
The leader of the bandits, a man named Higuma if his fellow bandits were anything to go by, glared at Shanks and was about to attack him. However, Luffy was standing in his way, glaring at the man.
"Get out of my way kid or I'll kill you." The man said, giving Luffy an ugly look and moving to touch Luffy.
Seeing people looking inside the bar from the outside Luffy smirked and put his hand on his bo staff, the ends of it turning black. He then shouted something.
"Stranger danger! A weird man's trying to touch me!" Luffy shouted, causing everyone to freeze, both inside and outside.
Luffy took that to slam his Haki enhanced staff between the man's legs. The result was a sickening crack and high pitched whimper as Higuma slumped to the floor, unconscious. Every male, that wasn't Luffy, Ace, or Sabo, winced and felt phantom pain from that attack. While everyone was distracted Luffy gave Ace and Sabo a look that they understood. The two boys each ran to a bandit that was still frozen in place from the attack and slammed their pipes into their crotches, sending them to the floor as well. Seconds later all the bandits were on the floor, unconscious and holding their crotches in pain. Shanks gave Luffy a glare.
"You're evil kid." He said.
"Nah! Papa said if a weird man or woman tries touching me to hit them between the legs or in the chest with a Haki infused strike." Luffy said.
Makino winced at that last one. That would be really painful. Shanks however was laughing at Luffy.
"Dahahaha! Well that's one way of downing an enemy. You got guts kid, what's your dream?" Shanks asked.
Luffy perked up at that with an eager smile.
"I wanna be the King of the Pirates!" Luffy said.
Ace froze at that but Shanks gave a raised brow look at Luffy.
"You? King of Pirates? Sure, you can take down bandits but the New World is something else." Shanks said, causing Luffy to pout at the man.
"I'm going to get stronger! Plus I can beat Baby 5 and she turns into weapons!" Luffy said.
"Baby 5?" Shanks asked.
Luffy told them about Baby 5 and how she ate the Buki Buki no Mi and could turn into any kind of weapon which made it really difficult to fight her. Of course, once again Ace thought the ability was pretty cool but Luffy said it was also pretty painful to fight. Especially since Baby 5 favored explosives. Luffy was thankful that his Papa made Baby 5 dull the explosions so he wouldn't get too hurt. Shanks however had another question.
"Why do you want to be Pirate King anyways?" He asked.
Luffy instantly had a smile on his face when that question was asked.
"Because! Being Pirate King means you can be the freest!" Luffy said.
Ace gave Luffy an odd look.
"You have your family, why would you want to be free?" Ace asked.
"Because! If I become Pirate King, then I don't have to listen to anyone but myself." Luffy said.
Ace and Sabo were nodding at that while Shanks was looking at Luffy with a smile. The boy reminded him very much of his deceased captain. That prompted him to make a decision. Shanks took off his straw hat and placed it on Luffy's head, confusing the younger boy.
"When you become a great pirate, come find me and return that hat to me." Shanks said with a cheery smile.
Luffy nodded and agreed happily at that. So, the trio spent the next four months hanging out with Shanks and his crew until Shanks said they were heading back to the New World. Luffy, Ace, and Sabo all waved goodbye, saying that they'd meet him again when they're older.
Thanks for reading! So, quick fun fact before I continue, apparently according to the new SBS, Volume 84, Law acquired Sachi, Penguin, and Bepo at the same time directly after the incident with Doffy on Minion Island. I was both happy and irked with that. Happy because I get to know more about Torao's crew. Irked because it made it much more difficult to do early conversations with Law. Hence why those three are off on their own missions. Now, I know this was like only about four thousand words but it was short for a reason. I had originally planned to throw in Porchemy's attack but that would have made it a bit too long so I split it. The next chapter was supposed to cover Porchemy's attack and the burning of Gray Terminal instead, but decided that would have been too long so I split it. So, Gray Terminal burning ain't happening till chapter 6. Chapter 6 should be the last Goa Terminal Chapter with Chapter 7 being Dressrosa. Anyhow, some people were worried about the AceSaboLu pairing because of the fact that they're brothers. Well, not exactly so in this story. They still do the sake ceremony but… everyone, well at least most everyone, can tell that Ace and Sabo like Luffy more than a brother. The only characters that will be treating Lu as a brother will be Law, Sugar, and Monet. In fact, you get to see Sugar in action in Chapter 6. Also, I know this was mentioned in a review in Death's Gift and I have told you guys this before but I don't really do fight scenes well. I'll try my best but don't expect the best. As usual give me your suggestions please and don't just review one or three worded reviews. I love people reviewing but… I do want suggestions! Thanks!