Welcome to Chapter 5! So, we aren't exactly out of chapters for this story yet. I finished Chapter 6 a about two days back, I'm working on Chapter 7 today, started yesterday. This chapter covers the Porchemy incident with a twist as well as the sake ceremony. Originally this was going to cover both Porchemy and Gray Terminal burning but Chapter 6 turned out to be 5,500 so it was good that I split em. I still need to write some more for TSABL because all that's left in the Chapter Stock for it is the next chapter. For those concerned about the Ace/Sabo/Luffy pairing, they're brothers in the loosest sense of terms. Think of the sake ceremony as a best friend bonding ceremony in this case, despite the fact that the use of the word brother is there. Anyways onwards with the story!

Disclaimer: Don't own OP.

Donquixote Prince

As usual, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo were on their way to steal more money for their treasure fund. However, this time they had decided to split up. Ace would be going to Edge Town to hand out some of the extra food they cooked as well as see if he could steal any money from the naïve merchants that occasionally visit the place. Sabo would be heading to Gray Terminal to scrounge around for more materials for the Tree House that they were planning on building as they were rather short on nails. On top of that he was sent there because he had better luck finding valuables that the nobles threw away. Luffy on the other hand would be heading to High Town. Because of his status as Doflamingo's son Luffy could easily walk into High Town and steal from the Nobles there. It was also because despite the three boys being infamous, Luffy's identity was hidden so as to not draw attention to him. Luffy had vehemently disagreed with this notion but Sabo and Ace wouldn't have any of it. Saying that since he was younger it was their duty to protect him. Luffy was just thankful that he was skilled enough as a pickpocket that nobody would notice him taking anything.

Over with Sabo, he was currently searching through various piles of junk. As he was doing this, one of the residents of Gray Terminal walked up to Sabo.

"Hey, Sabo! Do you need help?" The man asked.

Sabo turned around and saw that it was a familiar man that Luffy, Ace and Sabo saw while they were helping Sarie's group. Though to be honest, everyone in Gray Terminal was familiar now to the trio.

"Mhm it'd be nice. I'm trying to find more materials for our treehouse. We realized we don't have enough nails." Sabo said, finding a nail and adding it to the leather bag Luffy had given him.

The man chuckled at that before walking over to the pile and started digging in it.

"You kids still planning on building that treehouse? I thought Doflamingo was only staying for the year?" The man asked, adding a nail to the bag.

"Well, he was but Lu managed to convince his father to stay for a few years." Sabo said, setting aside a nice looking telescope he managed to dig out.

Luffy had recently been wanting a telescope but refused to let his father buy him one. He said that he wanted to find one in Gray Terminal, rather than waste money on one. So, Ace and Sabo had been keeping an eye out for one. Judging by the look and quality of the telescope it had to have been bought by a Noble who lost interest after a day. A few seconds after examining it he realized that the man was talking to him, asking a question.

"How did the little guy manage to do that?" the man asked.

"Ah, well, Luffy argued that Sarie wasn't going to be trained enough in a year. The skills that he's teaching us apparently take a couple years to fully master. Though, Doflamingo did say that it'd take about two years, maybe less, if we trained real hard." Sabo said, finding more nails and putting them in the bag.

"You've never explained what you guys were learning." The man said.

Sabo sheepishly rubbed the back of his head at that.

"That's because it'd take a while to explain it, and according to Doflamingo, the only people who know what it is are high level Marines and people from the second half of the Grand Line." Sabo said.

The man aahed at that before getting back to work. Sabo cheered when he found a diamond bracelet that had one chipped diamond out of like fifty. Seriously, these nobles were so wasteful. Sabo could totally pawn this for five hundred thousand Belly, maybe a million if he was lucky. Why nobles would throw away things when they got the tiniest bit of damage on them would forever elude him. He moved that into his bag and continued searching.

Over with Luffy he was currently listening, no not really, he was just nodding and saying mhm, to a noble talk. This was how he stole from them. He'd start a conversation with them and they'd try to suck up to him to get favor from his Papa. While they were talking his ear off he'd position himself so he could quickly take from their pockets. This had worked well and he hadn't been caught yet. Off in the corner of his eye he spotted Sarie waving for him. So, he bowed and apologized and said that he had to get going. He then quickly made his way to the hideout where Sarie and the others were waiting. But when he got there he saw that Yasa was missing.

"Where's Yasa?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Ah, Yasa is gathering information in Edge Town. He said he'd be back later." Hei said, waving off Luffy's curiosity.

Luffy bounded over to the table where he saw various photos lain out. From the looks of it, although he wasn't trying to stereotype, they looked like pictures of pirates.

"Who are these guys?" Luffy asked.

"They're why I called you here." Sarie said before pulling forward a specific picture.

It was a picture of a cruel looking man with black hair that reached below his neck but seemed striped on his head.

"This is Bluejam, captain of the Bluejam Pirates. For some reason, he and his crew have been showing up a lot recently in Goa Kingdom and Gray Terminal." Sarie said.

Inwardly Luffy groaned because he wasn't the planner blue damnit. That was Sabo's job not his. So, Luffy steeled himself for the conversation he was going to have.

"Why have they been showing up?" Luffy asked.

Sarie shrugged at that.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling it has to do with the Celestial Dragon visit that's coming soon." Sarie said.

That shocked everyone, even the people who had already been there. Isa turned to Sarie with a confused look on her face.

"Celestial Dragon? I didn't hear anything about this from my father." She said.

The others said the same thing, equally confused. Sarie sighed and sat down.

"According to my father, in about five to seven months a Celestial Dragon will be making a check up on the Kingdom." She said.

"Check up on the kingdom?" Luffy asked.

His Papa had never mentioned Celestial Dragons checking up on kingdoms. In fact his Papa had said that Celestial Dragons were so arrogant that they didn't like coming down from Mariejois.

"Right, because Goa Kingdom is one of the kingdoms allowed to attend the Reverie and is known as the most beautiful kingdom in the Blues, the Celestial Dragons like checking up on us every once in a while." Sarie said.

Luffy had another confused look on his face.

"Reverie?" Luffy asked.

He remembered hearing the word briefly once but it was never explained.

"The Reverie is the meeting of kingdoms affiliated with the World Government to discuss world matters. When your Papa gets back Dressrosa he'll have to attend as well." Sarie said.

After Luffy nodded in understanding, Sarie turned her attention back to the previous matter.

"From what I believe I heard from my father is that he plans to have Grey Terminal burnt to the ground to improve our social status." Sarie said in disgust.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock and their faces contorted in disgust at it as well.

"Can't you do anything about it, like alert the Marines?" Luffy asked.

Sarie shook her head sadly at that.

"If I had proof I could and father would be stripped of his title as King and it'd be passed to me. But I don't have any physical proof, just words. From now until then our goals will be to search for proof of this." Sarie said.

Everyone nodded at that before the topic changed to something else.

Elsewhere with Ace he was currently going from house to house delivering the large amount of extra food had to the poor. Despite the fact that altogether the three boys ate a lot of food, they always caught way too much. This led to them giving away the rest of the food before it spoiled. Each of the boys loved seeing the happy smiles on the people's faces so they alternated turns on who got to deliver the food. Ace loved it because it made him feel wanted and like he had a reason to live. Of course if he was honest to himself, he was slowly not feeling that need of affirmation anymore because of Luffy. The younger boy was very much Ace's ray of sunshine in the endless darkness that was his self-hatred. Sure, Sabo had helped some but… Luffy's pure cheer and happiness smothered the darkness in his heart. Luffy had a way of making you feel like you were loved and needed just by being there.

It didn't take him long to finish giving out the food to the poor so he began to sneak around and look for merchants passing by. He was very thankful that Edge Town had a lot of alleys so it was very easy to hide in the shadows and avoid detection. About a few minutes later he saw a really big man with long whiteish-blue hair moving some carts around. On the cart was a bag of treasure that Ace easily spotted. Sneaking through the shadows, Ace quickly grabbed the bag and darted off to Mt. Colubo where their treasure was hidden, not realizing that the man had seen him and started following him. About thirty minutes to maybe an hour later Ace arrived at the hiding spot and stored the treasure before heading off to the meeting spot that the boys had agreed on. Three minutes later he bumped into something and fell back, meeting the visage of the man he stole from.

"Where the hell did you take my treasure, brat?" The man growled.

Elsewhere with Sabo he had a decent pile of stuff ready when one of the residents of Gray Terminal came running up to him.

"Sabo! There's a problem!" The woman shouted.

Sabo instantly turned at the panicked voice and began listening.

"What's wrong?!" He asked.

"I just saw Porchemy of the Bluejam Pirates heading to Mt. Colubo! He was mumbling about skinning a brat whose description sounded just like Ace!" The woman yelled.

Sabo's complexion instantly turned pale as he heard that. In an action uncharacteristic of him, he swore.

"Blue damnit Ace! Why the hell did you have to go steal from pirates!" Sabo said.

Sabo started running off to Mt. Colubo, not before turning his head and telling the man who helped him something.

"Keep the stuff safe! I have to go bail Ace out!" Sabo shouted.

Again, elsewhere, this time with Luffy and UNAEDI. They were talking about how everything was going until Yasa ran in, breathing hard and panicking. Hei stepped up to the boy and grabbed his shoulders.

"Calm down, what's wrong Yasa?" He asked.

"Porchemy… Ace… going to kill!" Yasa panted.

Everyone's blood froze at that as they processed the information. Sarie calmly turned to Yasa and spoke.

"Repeat what you said?" She asked.

Now being able to breathe, he spoke.

"Ace stole from Porchemy but he saw! Porchemy's going to Mt. Colubo to kill Ace!" Yasa shouted.

Instantly Luffy darted out of the hideout and made his way to Mt. Colubo, not wanting to waste any time. Somehow, Luffy managed to catch up to Sabo as soon as he reached the entrance to Mt. Colubo. They just nodded at each other and Luffy reached out his senses for his Kenbunshoku Haki to find Ace. Quickly locating him, Luffy readjusted his course, Sabo following right behind him. When they got there they stared on in complete abject horror. Tied up by rope and dangling from a branch was a profusely bleeding and bruised Ace. In front of him was the person who Luffy recognized from the photo as Porchemy. The man had a spiked club in hand that had Ace's blood on it. Behind him was a random member of the Bluejam Pirates. The man looked nervous and a bit in shock at the cruelty of Porchemy.

"Tell me where your treasure is brat!" Porchemy said, slamming the spiked club into Ace, causing another set of gashes to appear.

"No… I… won't… tell!" Ace said, spitting a glob of blood at Porchemy.

That seemed to piss off Porchemy who dropped his club and picked up a sword instead.

"If you're not going to tell me then I'll just kill you!" Porchemy said, swinging the sword at Ace.

As Ace saw the blade slowly falling down onto him he smiled and had one last happy thought.

'Sabo… Luffy… Thank you for loving me.' Ace thought as he closed his eyes.

However pain didn't come, instead there was an ear rending scream that Ace recognized as Luffy's voice.

"AAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEE!" Luffy screamed.

Suddenly Luffy felt as if he was in water as something powerful pushed out from within him and rippled out all over the island. When Sabo and Ace were hit by it, it felt as if there was an unexplainable pressure pushing down on them but… it also seemed like it was holding them tight and close. However, when Porchemy and the man beside him were hit by it they instantly blacked out and fell over, frothing at the mouth. Elsewhere in Fuusha Village, Gray Terminal, and Goa Kingdom itself the same phenomenon was happening. Villagers in Fuusha were being knocked unconscious, homeless people in Gray Terminal the same, the poor in Edge Town the same, the Nobles in High Town, the same. People all over the island were being knocked unconscious by this burst of willpower. However, there were people who weren't knocked unconscious like the noble kids and Sarie as well as the Donquixote Pirates. But Doflamingo and his crew knew exactly what this was.

"Somebody's unlocked Haoshoku Haki." Doflamingo muttered as he ordered everyone to go make sure nobody hurt themselves.

Doflamingo had a real bad feeling about this, so he told Law to prep the medical bay for surgery. The energy felt awfully familiar to the feeling he felt when he first found Luffy.

'Son, what happened to make you unlock Haoshoku Haki?' Doflamingo thought, rushing off to Mt. Colubo.

Back with Luffy, Sabo, and Ace, Sabo was quickly getting the severely hurt Ace down from the tree. Once he did he nudged the slightly out of it Luffy which snapped him back to attention.

"Come on Lu, we have to get Ace to Law." Sabo said.

Luffy, in a fit of intelligence, took off his feather mantle and began to use it to staunch the wounds on Ace's body. The reason he did that was because he was currently having a flashback to a first aid lesson with Torao.

"Listen Lu-ya, if an ally of yours is severely hurt and you have no first aid kit then you need to improvise." Law said in a firm voice.

"Impro-whatsit?" Luffy asked, confused.

Law sighed before he shifted in his chair.

"Improvise. It means you have to use what you have on hand to stop the wounds. Anything will work as long as it can absorb blood. Like your mantle for example." Law said, gesturing to the red feathered mantle Luffy had recently acquired.

Luffy looked at his mantle in confusion.

"How can this help?" Luffy asked.

"Your feather mantle is made of both feather and cotton. Both of those materials can absorb blood and stem the blood flow. For simplicity's sake, it can slow the blood loss." Law said.

Luffy's face scrunched up in concentration before he nodded.

"But what if they're bleeding really badly?" Luffy asked.

He had to be prepared for when he set off on his own. It was highly unlikely that his first mate would be a doctor. So, he needed to know these things. Law seemed to think about the question before turning around and started to dig into his medicine cabinet. He pulled out a jar of a whiteish powder that seemed to clump together.

"This is a more recent discovery but it works. It's something called Chitosan and it's made from the shells of Crab type Sea Kings. It forms a seal on top of wounds and prevents them from bleeding but it doesn't last that long, considering it's in its early development." Law said, handing Luffy the jar.

Luffy kindly accepted the jar and put it in his pouch.

"To use it dip your fingers in the powder and rub it on the cuts. It should seal rather quickly." Law instructed, Luffy nodded.

Back with Ace in danger of dying, Luffy quickly told Sabo to put pressure on the mantle. Sabo did so and Luffy started digging into his bag searching for the jar. Thankfully after a while he found the jar with the white powder and uncapped it.

"This is going to give me nightmares." Luffy muttered.

Luffy then dipped two of his fingers into the powder and unpeeled the feather mantle a bit. With a quickness attributed to his training, Luffy rubbed the powder on one of the longest cuts. Sabo watched in awe as a something white started to bubble over the cut before forming into a white gel that was preventing the blood from escaping. Luffy repeated the process several times before he finally ran out of the powder. Thankfully though when he did he had finished with all the open wounds.

"What was that Lu? That was amazing." Sabo said.

"It was something Torao gave me about a year back. He called it Chitosan and that it'd come in handing if a crew member got injured." Luffy mumbled.

Sabo just smiled and was planning to thank Law properly for giving Luffy that jar.

"It's a good thing you had it." Sabo said.

Luffy just nodded and, using Busoshoku Haki, pulled the unconscious Ace over his back. He then started making his way to the city. For some reason, he felt really drained but he couldn't pass out. Not right now when Ace was counting on him.

"We have to get Ace to Torao. Torao said that the gel doesn't last that long." Luffy said.

Sabo nodded and followed Luffy as they made their way out of the forest on the mountain. About halfway down the mountain though, Luffy saw someone that made his heart soar with hope.

"Papa! You need to help Ace!" Luffy shouted at his Papa.

Doflamingo saw the wounded Ace on Luffy's back and winced. That explained why his son had unlocked his Haoshoku Haki. Instantly Doflamingo created two string clones and had Luffy give Ace to him. He then told them to get on the backs of the string clones. From there he and his clones stretched strings to the clouds above them and started using them to fly to the hotel where they were all staying. As they were doing this, Luffy saw that all of the nobles in High Town were unconscious as well as most if not all of the poor people in Edge Town and Gray Terminal.

"Papa, why is everyone unconscious?" Luffy asked, sleepily, the power he used earlier having drained him significantly.

Doflamingo sighed before answering his son's question.

"You unlocked Haoshoku Haki, little one." Doflamingo said.

Luffy was a bit in shock about that, though he was still sleepy from the lack of energy. He was surprised to know that he had unlocked the Haki that was very limited. Sabo was shocked as well, as Doflamingo had explained Conqueror's Haki to them at one point when he had further explained Haki. Sabo looked over at Luffy and saw that he had fallen asleep so he turned his attention to Doflamingo.

"I thought Haoshoku Haki wasn't draining like Busoshoku?" Sabo asked.

Doflamingo looked back as they were nearing High Town before sighing.

"It isn't. He fell asleep because it's tiring when you first awaken it. Think of it like an expandable water bottle sealed on both ends connected to a pipe. The water's there but it's not accessible and it doesn't get any more water. When the seal breaks, everything comes out at once. Afterwards though any water you have access to will be at a constant rate." Doflamingo said.

Sabo somewhat understood what Doflamingo was talking about but not entirely. Doflamingo chuckled and smiled at Sabo.

"I'm sorry, Haoshoku Haki's one of those things that is rather hard to explain. But anyways we're here." Doflamingo said as they landed.

They quickly made their way into the hotel and into the room. Doflamingo then hurried into the med bay where Law was ready with surgery tools prepped and he placed Ace on the table. Law's eyes widened at the damage done but softened when he saw the gel.

"I really want to know what the hell happened here. But at least Lu-ya remembered the Chitosan. I need you three out while I work on him." Law said, shooing them out.

Reluctantly Sabo left with Doflamingo telling him he'd get him something to eat. Meanwhile Law created a Room around Ace and began to get to work. First, he used the scalpel and his abilities to remove the gel which started the bleeding once more. Knowing time was of the essence he started the part that required most of his concentration. With a carefulness attributed to his almost two year training with his fruit, Law bisected Ace's body several times at the exact point of the wounds. This caused the bleeding to suddenly stop because it had lost access to the part of the body that was causing the profuse bleeding. With careful precision, he then used Takt to reconnect the wounded body parts, effectively sealing the wounds shut. Law was just happy that the wounds on Ace's body were lacerations rather than avulsions. Lacerations he can just separate the body parts at the cut and then reattach them, sealing the wounds. Avulsions, he needed the pieces of flesh that were completely removed which nobody would think of grabbing.

Soon enough though Law had finished and realized that Ace would need a blood transfusion. Thankfully though, one of the first things he had done when Luffy introduced Ace and Sabo was a checkup. Ace had complained but Law argued that it was just in case something bad happened. And hey look, something bad did happen. Though Ace probably didn't ask to get tortured, from the looks of the wounds. Opening the portable cabinet he brought with him he searched for Ace's file and opened it. When he saw Aces blood type he groaned.

"Why must you be a universal donor Ace-ya." Law mumbled to himself.

He walked to the door and stuck his head out, seeing that Luffy, Doflamingo, and Sabo were still out there. He inwardly awed when he saw that Luffy was curled up on Sabo. He quickly however returned to the task at hand.

"Doflamingo, I need you in here, you're the only S RH negative blood type we have." Law said, gesturing for Doffy.

Doflamingo nodded and asked Sabo to let him know when Luffy woke up. He then made his way into the medical room. Doflamingo winced when he saw how pale Ace was but relaxed when he realized that Ace wasn't in any danger. To be honest he didn't know how his son would react if Ace died if just seeing him about to be killed unlocked his Haki. Law directed him to a bed beside the unconscious Ace and began setting up the tubes. A few minutes later, Doflamingo's blood was flowing into Ace, slowly making his pallor return to normal.

"Ace-ya was really lucky that Luffy had the Chitosan on him." Law said, looking at the ceiling.

"Ace was really lucky they got there when they did. According to Sabo, Lu activated his Conqueror's Haki when he saw Porchemy about to kill him." Doflamingo said.

Law sighed, this vacation nothing like he had expected it to be.

"He really has it? Lu-ya has Haoshoku Haki?" Law asked.

"Mhm, I had an inkling he'd have it but didn't expect him to awaken it this early. I mean I awakened mine at nine but… there were extenuating circumstances." Doflamingo said.

Law smiled a bit, despite the somber mood.

"It just goes to show you how much Lu-ya values people close to him." Law said softly.

Doflamingo nodded at that, agreeing with the statement. Surprisingly by the time that he was done donating enough blood, Luffy hadn't woken up. So, with some sweet talking from Sabo, they had convinced Law to let Luffy and Sabo sleep in the medical bed that Ace was in. It was an adorable sight, seeing the two boys curled up to the third boy so they let them be.

A couple hours later, the three boys all woke up together. Ace was a bit confused until he remembered exactly what had happened. Ace, surprisingly having remembered their lessons a bit better than Sabo, connected the sudden burst of energy before he fell unconscious from lack of blood to Haoshoku Haki. To be honest he was a bit surprised because Doflamingo had said Haoshoku Haki only unlocked, if you had it, in times of distress.

"Ne, Lu, why were you so distressed when you saw me about to die?" Ace asked, somehow finding himself with an arm full of Luffy.

Luffy nuzzled closer to the warmth, wanting to reaffirm that Ace was alive, before answering.

"I don't want Ace to die. I'd be really sad if Ace died." Luffy mumbled.

Had this been a months ago, Ace would have froze, but instead he squeezed Luffy tightly to him and smiled. Sabo however had an idea and vanished from the room before returning minutes later with something in his arms. He looked closer and saw that it was a bottle of weak sake and three tiny cups. Sabo handed each of them a cup before speaking.

"I read somewhere and heard from Rosinante that people who share sake become brothers in all but blood. I want to do that with you two." Sabo said.

Ace was smiling but Luffy had a concerned look on his face.

"But what if our relationship changes along the way?" Luffy asked.

Sabo just smiled at him, as did Ace.

"Then we'll change with it." Ace said, Sabo nodding.

Luffy then eagerly agreed, accepting that answer. So, Sabo poured a tiny bit of sake in each cup.

"To being brothers!" Sabo said.

"To being brothers!" Ace and Luffy chorused.

They then clinked their cups before downing the alcohol, unaware of Jora taking a picture of them through a slightly opened door. The three boys, after drinking the alcohol, coughed and gagged at the horrible taste, sake clearly being an acquired taste. After that though they smiled at each other before laughing and embracing each other. They were brothers after all. But little did they know that one day it might just become more.

Yeees, I also put that last sentence there to imply that they won't always see each other as brothers. In fact it's mentioned in the next chapter that Ace and Sabo actually do see Luffy as more but anyways that's next chapter, which covers the burning of Gray Terminal and Luffy's devil fruit. Chapter 7 will cover the two years before Luffy's nine and the reclamation of the throne of Dressrosa. I do love your guys' suggestions cause they're helpful for when I run out of ideas, like for TSABL with the Brook suggestion. As a piece of hint at one point, around when Luffy's 14 and the other two 17, they're going to run into Whitebeard who has a request for them involving Teach. This'll prompt Ace's relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates despite the fact he's not joining. Sabo's relationship will happen earlier because Dragon'll be visiting Dressrosa a lot. In fact his first visit will be hilarious because of how he disguises himself. When you do see the scene take it as a joke but not seriously as if that's always going to happen. There's a reason for that. Also, Chapter 8 will probably cover Luffy being nine to ten as chapter 9 will cover the Reverie and the introduction of a lot of characters. Anyways! Hope you guys enjoyed it and leave me suggestions!