A/N: Hi everyone! I meant to upload this a few days ago... but i was having a lot of trouble with the story submit page on my laptop. I finally got hold of a friend's computer and it finally worked! Sooo yay! And just a heads up, start here, it's going to get more or less canon and you'll soon see why. After this chapter I'm probably going to go back to working on my other stories so we'll see when I'll write the next one. ENJOY!
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Chapter 7: Irreplaceable Siblings
Maybe it was the training. Maybe it was because she was fighting to save someone she loved. Or maybe she had something to prove. Whatever the reason was, Robin had never been able to summon so many phantom hands at once.
She'd been able to grab hold of about half the crew standing behind Sabo, keeping them from advancing towards her brothers. Thankful for the help, the boys didn't hesitate after that. If there's going to be a fight, then they were going in together. Sabo and Ace began fending off the other, more mobile, crewmen. They ran around, chasing and being chased. Dust flew every where with all the pandemonium. Luffy jabbed and punched the restrained men with Robin's limbs making them easy targets.
At first, Robin didn't move, not knowing how long her arms could hold out for. It was hard to concentrate, having to be conscious of so many. Her phantom limbs were coming out of chests and backs, tugging hair, wrapping around necks, and confining arms and legs. She felt the strain from the men struggling against her hold and it took her some time before she could sense which arm was coming out of who and grabbing what. But after a few minutes, she started to get the hang of it. Taking a deep breath she tried something. Her phantom arms bent and she could hear cracks and loud groaning. Sabo observed how Robin's arms had twisted some guys backwards, their spines awkwardly folding in ways that made Sabo wince. Though, it wasn't quite far enough to actually break their backs. Misaligned, perhaps.
Robin squinted. It was getting hard to see what was going on down there. She didn't know who was where and found it harder to attack with all the dust floating around. She felt the strain again and knew her arms were about to give way. She wanted to move down there, but thought it'd be too difficult to keep her hold. Still, she needed a better view.
She considered her options and didn't notice the presence creeping in. Then something grabbed hold of her. Robin fought to get away, but it was too late. There was a clack and a clang, and Robin felt all the energy drain out of her. "My… my brothers…" She felt woozy and could barely keep consciousness as large arms picked her up and carried her away.
An array of pink petals materialized and glided to the ground. All the arms had dissolved and the thugs were back with full force. With each person the boys defeated, two would appear and attack. It seemed they were out numbered. Not to mention that these were Bluejam's more lethal men, unlike the usual riffraff he sends. Still, the boys kept at it. And it almost seemed like they might get the upper hand again, when a loud gun shot halted everything. After a pause, the crewmen backed away from the boys and lowered their weapons, letting a group of town soldiers through.
"Wha…" Sabo's eyes widened when he saw who was leading the soldiers. It was the man on the left, striding in haughtily like he owned the place. And around him, hung a great air of arrogance and self-importance. Stopping in front of them, the man stroke his mustache in the way snobby people typically do when they want to look sophisticated. He adjusted his fancy one-eye glass, scanning over the dusty trio of boys. Then he scrunched his face and wrinkled his nose as if he'd just got whiff of some terrible odor.
"You just can't hire good help these days," the man sighed. "It's a good thing I'm smart enough to have a backup plan." The scrutiny of his gaze fell on Sabo. "Hello, son." His tongue hissed as if acknowledging the product of his own blood gave him great displeasure.
"Father," Sabo stated, his voice devoid of any feeling.
"And these must be the delinquents who forced my boy to run away." Sabo's father casted a glance over to Ace and Luffy, noting with disgust, the dirt on their cheeks and the scratches on their knees and elbows.
"They didn't force me to do anything," Sabo argued. "I left on my own – " *SLAP*
Sabo hit the ground. Removing a handkerchief from the chest pocket of his fancy suit, Sabo's father wiped his hand of the bit of blood that belonged to his son.
"Sabo!" Ace and Luffy yelled. Ace gritted his teeth. He pounced forward, but a great force hit his head and forced him down. Ace struggled against the heavy weight of the large boot crushing his skull against the dirt, but to no avail. Luffy prang forth as well but a bat knocked him to the side, and another man grabbed him and restrained his flailing rubber arms.
"Let them go!" Sabo yelled, picking himself up and wiping the blood from his mouth with his sleeve.
"Maybe if you were a little more compliant and agree to come home."
"No. You can't threaten me to go back. I'm not afraid of you. And neither are Ace and Luffy."
Sabo's father scoffed. "I'm not sure you understand the situation at hand here, son."
Sabo's father signaled to the soldiers at his side. Two men stepped out and revealed the thing they've been hiding behind them. A body was thrown forward and landed on the ground in front of Sabo.
"Robin!" Sabo rushed to her side and turned her over. He lifted her head up and dusted the dirt off her cheeks. Her eyes fluttered between open and close, as if she couldn't quite stay awake. Ace and Luffy now squirmed harder in their restraints, desperately trying to get to Sabo and Robin. "What did you do to her?! Why is she like this?!" Sabo shouted at his father.
"Sa…Sabo?" Robin could barely make out the blur that was Sabo's angry face, but she recognize his voice. She was so drained she could barely speak. The only movement she could muster was a small lift of her hands as she tried to hold onto her brother. The chains around her wrists jangled lightly. Sabo looked at the cuffs and he moved to hold her hand. He gave her fingers a tight squeeze to let her know he was really there.
"Sea prism stone. It can neutralize the power of any devil fruit user. Government standard of course," Sabo's father explained. "Not easy to get. But when you have the money, anything is procurable." Then he unfolded a wrinkly piece of paper and lifted it up for his son to see. "I have to say, 79,000,000 beli is a bit much for a mere 8 year old. If the government couldn't even handle a little thing like that, then what is the world coming to?"
Sabo's body began to shake. His father smirked. "Still, how horrible would the public find it that a demon child would come to a nice kingdom like ours and wreak havoc by infecting the innocent minds of our young children? It does make a nice story for the papers. Don't you think son? After we give her over to the marines, of course."
"Why are you doing this?" Sabo's eyes began to tear. He was seething with rage. But still, he was fearful.
"Because I need you to understand that you can't just run around and do whatever you want. You belong to me. And if my offspring decides to have a will of their own, there will be consequences."
Sabo looked straight into his father's cold, cruel eyes and knew he had lost. "But I am not without some mercy," Sabo's father began, reveling the look of desperation on his son's face. It was the way an untamed beast looks when it realizes it's caught in a cage. "Maybe I don't have to report to the world government about the demon who stole my boy away from his loving family. And these nice soldiers here may be convinced to overlook the fact that there's a highly dangerous criminal in our midst. And to be generous, I might even spare these two boys from the large debt they owe to that Bluejam pirate. From what I heard, the brutal man can't wait to get his hands on them. Just as long as you come home without any fuss and do exactly as I say for now on."
"Don't listen to him, Sabo!" Ace yelled.
"Yeah! Don't go with him! You're our brother, you belong with us!" Luffy pleaded.
"Shut them up," Sabo's father ordered. A man kicked dirt into Ace's face, causing him to cough uncontrollably. Then they muffled out Luffy's protests by stuffing a bundled up cloth into his mouth.
Sabo looked at brothers and then down at Robin. Her breathing had gotten heavy, and though she was trying her best to hold onto Sabo, her grip was slowly loosening as her strength kept diminishing. She felt Sabo's teardrops on her arm, cold and wet. Robin wanted to protest. She wanted to tell Sabo not to worry about her, to stop him from going with his dad. She remembered all that Sabo had told her about his family and knew he would be miserable if he went back. But she couldn't say anything.
"I'm going to save you, Robin. You, Ace, and Luffy, " she heard him whisper in her ear.
No, she thought. It wasn't suppose to happen this way. She was suppose to be strong enough! She wasn't suppose to need saving anymore! Sabo's hand let go of hers. Robin's heart was clenching. She was losing him. Sabo laid her down on the ground gently and walked over to stand by his father. His head hung in defeat.
"I'll take your deal," he said to his father. "But please, don't harm Robin, Ace, and Luffy… They are my irreplaceable siblings." The words were difficult to get out and Sabo had to pulled his top hat over his face to hide the tears that were spilling.
"Now that's a good boy." Sabo's father nodded and they began marching back to the city gates.
All Robin could make out was the blurry, sideways view of Sabo's small figure walking away from her. His shape became smaller and smaller until him, his father, and the group of soldiers disappeared behind the mounds of garbage. A single tear ran down the side of her face and dripped onto the sand. The next thing she knew, she was being picked up again by a man who said, "Let's take them back to the boss."
"Don't forget that those delinquents' safety rests in my hands," Sabo's father whispered in his son's ear.
It had been a difficult half-hour at the police station with Sabo refusing to cast the blame onto his so-called siblings. Sabo's father grumbled. "How can I have such a stupid child for a son…" He kicked his son's chair back, knocking Sabo over. Walking up to the police chief, he dropped a load of cash and said, "I trust that you'll take care of everything?"
With eyes that turned to money signs, the police chief nodded his head vigorously and pocketed the money. Sabo's father turned and kicked his son towards the door with his heel. "Let's go. Your mother is waiting."
"BWAHHAHAHA!" Bluejam laughed loudly. Ace made a face. He thought the pirate captain's laugh was as ugly as the gaps between his teeth. "You really think that rich kid would want to stay here with you instead of a big house in the city?" he sneered.
"Sabo hates his family!" Luffy yelled.
"Oh please! That kid is living the life up there! To him, you're all just trash."
"Sabo isn't like that," Ace argued. "He doesn't look down on people."
"Think about it kid. He has all the money he could dream of, all the best food he could eat, and a big, comfy house to sleep in. He's probably way happier living there then here."
Robin wanted to tell the ugly pirate captain that it wasn't true. That Sabo hated it there, but she could barely move, let only speak. All she could do was listen to the conversation going on in front of her. Her body was placed leaning against a pillar, her wrists still chained together by the sea prism cuffs. She had been able to regain enough consciousness to steady her vision and found two large men on either sides of her, probably acting as a barrier to keep Ace and Luffy from taking her and running off. She looked at Ace's face and saw a flash of doubt. Was he really considering that Sabo might be happier without us? Don't be fooled by this guy, Ace. Please, remember the vow we all made, Robin pleaded in her head.
Bluejam started speaking again. "I've got a job for you," he said.
Ace listened to the proposition and was ready to reject it. That was until Bluejam cut in again. "Do this job for me, and I'll release all of you. Don't, and the little girl gets dropped in the ocean. And as I recall, devil fruit users can't swim."
Ace grit his teeth and clenched his fist until they turned red. How many times were they going to be threaten today? He wanted to punch Bluejam in the face, but he knew they were at a disadvantage. He had to save at least one of his siblings. So as hard as it was, Ace bit his tongue and agreed to Bluejam's deal.
Grinning at his small victory, Bluejam got out of his chair and began leading the boys outside to show them what to do. As the men followed their captain one after the other, Ace noticed the key dangling from one of the larger, dumber looking thugs standing not too far from Robin. He leaned over and whispered something into Luffy's ear. The rubber boy looked towards the direction Ace had pointed out. Following his big brother's instructions with surprising accuracy and understanding, Luffy slowed his pace until he was behind all the crewmen. He stretched one of his rubber arms out, steadily reaching for the key dangling on the back of the belt on the large man. It was as if all his precision training with Robin and Sabo was for this very moment. And for once, Luffy executed his brother's plan perfectly. Once he lifted the key, his arm snapped back into his shoulder and he handed the key to Ace. Then waiting for the right moment, just before they passed through the door, Ace kicked the key towards Robin when nobody was looking. He wasn't sure how close it got, having already exited the shack.
The key stopped in front of Robin's foot. All she had to do was lean forward and grab it. But she didn't want to make any noise in case her guards were to look over and see the key before she could get to it. In her peripherals, she saw the guards yawning, bored with guarding a prisoner they believed have zero chance of escaping. Robin still felt weak. There was no way she could muster enough strength to slowly inch her hand over to the key. She'd have to do this fast. So with all the strength she could muster in one motion, she twisted and tossed her body forward, throwing her hands out in front of her. She caught the key with her teeth and twisted it into the keyhole of her cuffs with her mouth. By this time the guards became alert and were hurdling themselves at her.
But they were too late. The cuffs unlocked and fell from her wrists. Phantom limbs sprang forth, locking them in a hold and covering their mouths so they couldn't shout for backup. Then two more limbs grew out of the wall, each grabbing an abandoned club that lay on the ground. Two thuds to the head and the guards were left unconscious.
Robin tiptoed over the unconscious bodies to the exit and peeked outside. Nobody was there. They must have lead Luffy and Ace somewhere else. Robin knew she couldn't go after them, since Bluejam would definitely turn on her brothers if one of the crew saw she had escaped. She'd probably end up right where she'd started. Perhaps, once Ace and Luffy accomplishes Bluejam's task, they'd be able to escape when they see that she's no longer a hostage that could be used to threatened them with. There was only one thing for Robin to do. She had to find Sabo and bring him back.
It was a somber atmosphere, despite that the room was lit and the bathroom tiles were polished so finely that it reflected the shining elegance of wealthy living. The second Sabo had arrived home, he was sent upstairs for a bath. "And don't come out until you've scrubbed the putrid stench of poverty off," his mother told him. Sabo sat in the tub and stared into the glossy, delicate bubbles which were high enough to cover up to his chin. He imagined seeing his beloved siblings looking back at him, their faces stretched and swirly on the rotund surface of translucent film. One of the bubbles floated up and popped. Sabo sat completely still. It wasn't clear how much time had passed since his bath began, but it was long enough for the water to have turned from searing hot to lukewarm.
He was suppose to be scrubbing, he remembered. There was so much grime and dirt from months of living in the forest. He picked up the loofah and began washing his face. Father will be upset if I didn't get clean. And Sabo didn't want to test the man who held all the power to destroy the only people he cared for. I have to protect them, Sabo reminded himself. Even if I have to be unhappy for the rest of my life.
"Where did the brat go?!" Bluejam yelled. Nobody answered. Nobody knew. They came back to the shack and found the guards knocked out and the cuffs empty of their little hostage. "Did those brats help her escape?!"
"They couldn't of," someone answered. "If that were the case, they would have tried running away during the job today."
"Either way, she escaped right under your noses!"
"You want us to look for her boss?"
"Ugh… Don't bother. As long as those boys show up tomorrow to finish the job, we don't have to worry about anything."
"And if they don't?"
"Then we'll know they had something to do with her escaping, and we'll have a reason to kill them. Not that they'll be alive much longer anyway." Bluejam grinned a wicked grin.
By the time Luffy and Ace had arrived back at the treehouse, it was already dark. They hadn't been allowed into the shack to see Robin as they hadn't finished setting up the big boxes Bluejam wanted. So Ace didn't know if Robin had been able to escape or not. Looking around, he found no evidence that Robin had come back to the treehouse at all. Perhaps the key never made it to her, Ace thought. It meant that him and Luffy had to go back tomorrow. They'd get her out no matter what.
Luffy had been quiet the entire way back. Dejected from the loss that was weighing on his little heart, Luffy set up his sleeping mat and blanket without a word. The two brothers laid in their mats, the blanket covering their bodies. Ace stared up at the dark wooden ceiling. Luffy had turned his body away, hiding his face with his back facing Ace.
"Do you think Sabo will come back?" Luffy whispered.
"If he's unhappy, then he'll come to us," Ace said.
"What about Robin?"
"We'll get her back, Luffy. Robin will be okay. She's gotten a lot tougher."
Ace tried his best to assure both Luffy and himself that everything will turn out okay. His assurances seemed to satisfy Luffy, who had stopped asking question and was lulled into a deep slumber after a few minutes. But Ace couldn't shut his brain off. His eyes remained wide open as he stared into the dark and wondered what to do. He kept glancing at the net hanging on the nail atop the wall. It held the four red cups they had used to form the bond of their brotherhood.
This bond is forever, Ace told himself. No matter what.
Robin was determined find Sabo's old home. She'd seen a picture of it once, having discovered the photograph stuck between the pages of one of Sabo's books. "I forgot that was even there," he had said when she asked him about it. "You can shred it. It's not like I'm ever going back," he told her.
Oh, how wrong you were, Robin thought sadly as she skulked the narrow streets. She had made it into the city successfully. Robin was always good at blending into the background, with her naturally quiet disposition. And it was even easier to go unnoticed as the night provided enough dark to cover her, along with her dark cloak. She hadn't used the city gates, afraid that town soldiers would be nearby. Instead, she scaled the stone wall that surrounded the city, sprouting arms along to help her up. The rest was easy. She crept from one dark corner to the other, street after street. And if she had to get a better view of which direction to go, she'd simply scale up another building and look over the many routes until she picked the best.
It had taken her a couple hours, but Robin finally made it to High Town. The streets were completely deserted. Every home was a large mansion. It wasn't quite late enough for everyone to be in bed, so Robin made sure to keep close to the shadows, afraid of being spotted by anyone who might take a glance outside. Street after street she searched, hoping to find a mansion that resembled the one she remembered seeing in the photograph.
I can't give up, Robin told herself. She had scouted a dozen neighborhoods. "I have to find Sabo."
Sabo opened the large window in his bedroom and stood stock still in front of it. The last time he'd been here, he had escaped through this very window to freedom. That was before he had even met Ace and Luffy. Never did he think he'd be standing here again, trapped by these same four walls. And yet, he could just as easily run away as he'd done last time. The night breeze blew in, carrying with it a reminder of the independence he possessed only yesterday. Not six hours had gone by, and Sabo could sense the frustration creeping in. He missed his siblings and he missed his freedom. But freedom wasn't an option now. Not when there's so much at stake.
"Hehehe." A snicker came from the door.
Snelly. Sabo really wasn't in the mood to butt heads with his parent's idea of a backup son. "What do you want?" Sabo said coldly.
"Nothing. Just checking up on my competition." Snelly skipped over to Sabo and looked him up and down, as if he were judging a prized cow. "I don't see why Mother and Father bothered bringing you back. It's not like you're worth much. And especially not when they have me, the perfect son."
Sabo balled his hands into fists. Don't punch him. Don't punch him. If I punch him, then this would all be for nothing.
"Look at those ugly scratches on your knees and hands. Not to mention that dumb band aid on your nose. You're like an old rag doll, dirty and worn out with some poorly done patch work." Snelly sneered. Then he jumped onto Sabo's bed, sat down and kicked his feet up, rubbing his shoe print over Sabo's sheets.
"Look, I don't even want to be here. So if you want to replace me then go ahead. Be the new me and inherit this place. I'm only here because I want to save my siblings." Sabo said.
Snelly smirked. He wanted to be sure that the true heir wasn't going to stand in his way of getting everything, and he got it. Snelly thought to just leave with his victory, but not without really sticking it to his delinquent step-brother. "You know," he began. "You should be grateful that father had brought you back when he did. Or else you'd be burning with the rest of the trash when they light the Gray Terminal on fire."
"What?" Sabo expression was a mix of alarm and confusion.
"You heard me." Snelly was beaming now. "Apparently a celestial dragon is schedule to visit Goa Kingdom in a few days. So, as to purify the kingdom, the Mayor has issued the disposal of all the trash."
Sabo couldn't control himself now. He grabbed onto Snelly's collar and yanked the boy up. "But there's people living in the Gray Terminal! All their homes will be gone!"
"Didn't you hear me?" Snelly said, unfazed by Sabo's sudden force. He'd wanted a reaction out of his step-brother, and he got one. "I said they're burning ALL the trash. As in, the lowlifes and dead beats."
Sabo couldn't believe it. His grip on the collar released from the shock and Snelly dropped to the floor. When Snelly got up, he realized that his collar was now wrinkled and there was a small tear in the fabric. The boy made a face.
"How dare you ruin the new shirt mother just bought me?!" He pointed at Sabo with an accusing finger. But Sabo wasn't listening. Out of anger, Snelly formed a fist and was ready to punch Sabo. He lifted his hand, ready to delve out the blow, when suddenly he couldn't move. Something had caught his arm mid-air. He was about to shout, when he felt skin cover over his mouth.
"Don't you dare hurt my brother!" The voice was high-pitch and undoubtedly a girl's.
Snapped out of his trance, Sabo looked and found Robin standing on his window sill, the ends of her dark cloak flapping in the wind. Then he turned to Snelly, and watched as Robin's phantom limbs forced Snelly's arms to his sides and held his feet together. It was obvious that Snelly had never met a devil fruit user before, as the look of fear and shock was evident in his eyes. The boy squirmed and cried for help, but his noises where muffled by the phantom hand Robin had clasped tightly over his mouth. Another phantom arm grew above Snelly's head and formed into a fist. It began banging away against the top of Snelly's skull. Sabo couldn't believe what was happening. Robin was actually here. And didn't that mean…
"Sabo! Are you okay?" Robin jumped off the window sill and ran to hug her brother. She finally found him.
"I'm fine." Sabo replied with a smile on his face as he hugged her back. "How did you escape?"
"It doesn't matter. All that matters is that I've found you," Robin said. "Now let's you out of here."
An even bigger smile broke out on Sabo's face. But he didn't move. "And where's Ace and Luffy?"
"Bluejam recruited them to help set up something in the Gray Terminal. I don't know what, but they were using me to threaten them. At least until I escaped."
"So they're still in the Gray Terminal?"
"I'm not sure, but I would believe so. I couldn't track them down without the risk of getting caught again."
Sabo looked anxious to Robin great confusion. He rushed to his bed. Bending down, he grabbed something from underneath.
"You still have your metal staff!" Robin said with surprise.
"It's a back up," Sabo said as he put on his top hat and jacket. "C'mon. There's no time to lose. Ace and Luffy might be in danger."
Sabo jumped out his bedroom window once more with Robin following close behind him. She was still confused but figured it was best to just follow and ask questions later. When the two had disappeared into the night, the arms which restrained Snelly evaporated. The snooty boy got up and looked out the window for signs of where they went. After a moment he shrugged.
"It's not my problem if he dies out there."
Robin and Sabo ran all the way to the middle of High Town. Having climbed to the top roof of a building, they overlooked the town plaza with it's dimly lit street lamps and rows of empty shops. Shoulders tense and gripping his staff, Sabo sat gazing at the vacant plaza. His eyebrows creased as he thought. Will there really be a fire tomorrow or was Snelly just trying to mess with me? Then he told Robin all that he'd heard.
"THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT?!" Robin couldn't believe what she just heard. She looked into Sabo's face for a sign that it wasn't true, but her brother looked so serious. Her body started shaking. Not again, she thought. Suddenly, images of Ohara, memories that had been suppressed for months, came flooding back. Her vision blurred and her head throbbed. It was like a great dam, which had held back all the pain and memories, had burst open in her brain. Robin grabbed her head and fell to the floor. Once again, she was seeing the scorching flames, running wild over houses. The acrid stench of cooking flesh burned in the recesses of her memory. Screams echoed in her ears, and she covered them, praying for the sounds to stop. She felt it all again at full force.
"Robin! Robin, are you okay?!" Out of his thoughts, Sabo saw Robin lying on the cold rooftop, trembling all over. Grabbing her shoulders, he positioned her so her body sat upright, letting her lean against him. She was still holding her head, now tucked between her knees. "It's okay," he kept whispering to her and patting her back. She was crying.
Robin kept trying to focus on Sabo's voice. "I'm okay," Robin kept saying in between sobs. Eventually, everything subsided. Her ear's stopped ringing and the throbbing pain dulled. She lifted her head and breathed deeply. "I'm okay." Her eyes were still watery.
"I'm sorry, Robin. I forgot your home had burnt down."
"No. The island I was born on burned. My home is still standing," Robin said. Her hands were still shaking but her voice was steady and resolute. "And I'm not going to let what happened to the island, happen here."
Sabo couldn't help it. He chuckled. It never ceases to amaze him how easily Robin can alter her feelings. No matter how sad or weak she seemed in one moment, Robin always found a way to compose herself. "You'd think I would have gotten used to how strong you've gotten," he told her.
"Well, I did train with the strongest people around." Robin beamed.
Sabo looked across the horizon. "It'll be morning soon."
"So we only have a day to stop the fire from happening."
"You know, I can't be sure that there is going to be a fire. What if Snelly was lying?"
"How will we know?"
"I was thinking… Maybe I should stay in High Town for the morning and watch how the people act. If there's really going to be a fire, then it'll be obvious from everyone's behavior."
"When you say 'I should stay', you mean we right?"
"No. It's too dangerous for you. It's against the law for anybody not of noble blood to be in this part of the kingdom. Not to mention you'll be captured and given to the marines for sure if they find you."
"But I just got you back, Sabo! I can't lose you again! What about Ace and Luffy?!"
"You go find them and tell them to get out of the Gray Terminal. Just in case the fire does happen."
"But!"
"No buts!"
Robin bit her lip. "Fine. I'll go. But I'm not leaving you behind and I'm sure Ace and Luffy wouldn't leave without you either."
"Gosh, you've become stubborn. When did you get to be so much like Ace?" Sabo shook his head with a grin.
"Let's agree to meet right outside the city gates, okay?" Robin said.
"Fine. Once I know what we're dealing with, I'll meet you." Sabo said. "Just make sure our brothers are okay."
Robin nodded. With one last hug and a promise to see each other soon, Robin jumped off the roof and disappeared just before the morning sun revealed itself. Sabo waited and watched until the shops started opening and people trickled into the streets.
Okay High Town. Prove to me you're something good.
A/N: There you have it! :D Hope this was up to your expectations
