Hey it's me, I'm back with another chapter and this one is the gray fire event all the way to Sabo, Ace and eventually Luffy leaving Dawn Island to start their adventures
Legend: see chapter 2
Story start:
Chapter 3: of fires, scars and the revolutionary army
The treehouse: 1 month before the gray fire, ASL is training their haki
Ever since the two elder bros found out about the Sunny they wanted to meet her again, mainly about why she was helping Luffy, but also for more training tips because whereas Luffy seemed like a natural at haki, the other two had only unlocked all three types last week and hat trouble getting further into their haki training despite all the exorcises Sunny gave them, it was for this reason that Luffy still managed to tie with them despite the other two also having haki. Granted they were at novice levels but they could already feel the difference with using haki and not using haki.
Luffy still went off to train on his own or with the Sunny regularly, but not as often as he did before the two met the Sunny.
The two bros also discovered their natural preference, with the hot tempered Ace preferring arnament and the level headed and smart Sabo preferring observation. The bros didn't know what Luffy's preference was but with how he seemed to have an unbreakable will and with how he was stubborn to a fault they guessed it was conquerors haki, despite them never having seen him use it
Their training went on until about 3pm, the time they started their daily 100 fights but what Luffy did during those fights made them decide to go back to the hidden cove bay and the Sunny.
The boys were in to their last two fights when it happened, Ace and Sabo had tied as per usual, but Luffy already had 25 points as opposed to the to 24 Ace and Sabo had, so the boys were determined to beat him to at least tie with him.
Sabo was first
"I'm not going to let you beat me, not this time, not ever" was Sabo's declaration at the start of his final battle with Luffy
Luffy's response was a gomu gomu no pistol to his head that he managed to pick and dodge at the last second up thanks to his limited haki skills and speed
This went on for a while with Luffy occasionally landing a hit and Sabo hitting Luffy with a haki coated fist, his results were varied, sometimes he hit but didn't get his haki working, meaning he did next to no damage on Luffy's haki (not the visible haki of course, he wasn't able to do that yet) coated rubber body and sometimes it did work, and it hurt Luffy quite a bit more then without haki
"Did you know that Sunny allowed me to use 2 of my secret techniques in a training battle now, she said I was ready for that" Luffy said suddenly after some fighting. He took a strange stance and started pumping his legs "gear second" Luffy declared after his small body began to steam "I'm not allowed to use this for long, I'm not that good yet, but this will be over soon. Jet Pistol" luffys hand blurred and before Sabo knew what was happening he was out like a light "I win." he declared, though he was panting "using that technique always takes a lot outta me" he said after resting up for a bit
"What the hell was that!?" ace shouted once he picked his mouth up from the ground
"That was my gear second it makes me and my attacks stronger and faster, but until I truly master it, it will tire me out quickly," Luffy said "at least, that is wat Sunny-nee said"
The two waited for Sabo to wake up, and after a while he did, he was ashamed he lost to his little bro but he got over it quickly asking what Luffy used and afterwards declaring he would train even harder now 'And go to Sunny to get some tips on haki training' he thought
It was time for Ace's last fight, like Sabo he taunted Luffy and got a gomu gomu no pistol to the head in response though unlike Sabo, who managed to dodge he endured the hit using arnament haki and his natural toughness, this match was more of a slugging match as opposed to Sabo's match, mainly because he was more agile and less tough, though that didn't mean he didn't pack a mean punch, this went on until Luffy pulled another trick out of his hat of tricks. He bit his thumb, inhaled and blew air into his thumb. The boy's watched as they saw his arm inflate to a giant size. "Gear third" he declared "this arm is the arm of a giant" he pulled his arm back "gigant pistol" he declared as he sent the giant fist towards Ace. Ace tried to dodge, and when he couldn't he used everything he had to shield himself, including his limited haki skills
Although ace managed to stay conscious he was still beaten. meaning Luffy had won their 100 daily fights
While Ace recovered from the blow, Sabo picked his jaw from the ground "Luffy. What was that?"
"That was my Gear Third it increase my strength many times at the cost of speed." Luffy said "And I won't be able to use my rubber powers for a while after I use it" he then added "though Sunny-nee said that that should go away if I master it" this last sentence convinced the two elder bros there was something up 'we need to talk to Sunny and get her to tell the truth' was the thought the two bros had
"Hey Luffy I wanna meet with Sunny again, I want to get some tips on haki training from her" Sabo said
"Me too" Ace added
Luffy agreed and so next day they would be making the long trek to what the ASL bros had dubbed the hidden cove bay
Hidden cove bay: next day in the evening, Luffy is off training his gears again, Ace and Sabo are talking with Sunny
"…And that is how you can better control your conquerors haki" Sunny finished, the boys had asked her some tips for training haki and she happily obliged but she felt something else was up "What's wrong?" she asked
"We want to know who you really are, you know way too much about Luffy and his fruit to be a simple friend of him" Sabo stated
"And we want to know how a ship is even alive" ace asked
"I knew you guys would ask someday so I'll explain" sunny said "though I will warn you it might seem very unbelievable to you" she added
"The truth is that I'm from the future, Luffy knows this too but he doesn't want me to tell him anything unless he asks for it because 'he doesn't want to go on a boring adventure like that' he said" sunny explained, at seeing their disbelieving look she countered "you guys are looking at a ships will personified and you guys don't believe in time travel?"
Sabo and Ace had the decency to blush "sorry, I guess that is true" Sabo said
Ace however was still kinda skeptical so he asked her to say something only someone from the future would know, her answer shocked him
"Your father is gol D. Roger, though you don't see him as one, Sabo, you are a noble who hates the life of one and luffys father is… no I'm not gonna tell you guys that until after the fire" Luffy chose that moment to return from training, he heard everything Sunny said just now
The reactions were varied, Ace's was shocked, Sabo was ashamed of having his secret revealed , and both were now convinced she was from the future, then they heard Luffy talking "your father was Gold Roger? Cool!" this confused Ace who always heard that roger's son shouldn't have been allowed to be born
"You don't care that my father was roger?"
"Nope, never met him so I don't care"
"…" Ace stood there, shocked
"hey ace, did you know Shanks was a crewmate aboard the Oro Jackson, rogers ship?"Sunny got a silent "no" from Ace, though luffy was exited to hear his idol sailed with his other idol
Ace snapped out of his shock when his mind caught up with something sunny said
"Sabo, what did Sunny mean with you being a noble?" Ace asked his brother
Sabo gulped, but told his story anyways, of how he hated all the rules and studies, of how his parents were using him as a tool in their political career, of how he escaped an came down to live in the filth of the gray terminal, and of how he liked it better than the life he lived in high town.
At the end he apologized for hiding this, Luffy accepted it directly, Ace was thinking it over before accepting his apologies as well
They moved on to the next thing on their mind: the fire
"The fire is an event that will happen a month from now in which Sabo was found by his parents and the nobles ordered Bluejam and his crew to set fire to the gray terminal and burn it to the ground in exchange for giving noble status to the crew, though that was a lie" Sunny explained
Sabo was shaking in anger at what his parents and the other nobles would do in the future so he asked one thing "Why?"
"Because they wanted to impress the world noble who will be visiting Goa" she answered
In response Sabo only got Angier, Ace and Luffy were confused, thanks to their upbringing they didn't know what a world noble was, sensing this with his haki, underdeveloped as it was, Sabo explained "the world nobles are the descendants of the 20 kings who created the world government 800 years ago, they have the power to summon a marine admiral if someone crosses them and are allowed to do as they please, including but not limited to having slaves despite it being banned for years." "So do not oppose them until you know for sure that you are strong enough to face an admiral" Sunny added "And Ace, they and the world government are the ones that painted roger as the criminal the world sees him as, if you want to get to know him for real, go search for the roger pirates scattered around the world" ace nodded
"back on topic, the day after the fire was also the day you decided to set sail early and ended up getting shot by the world noble, you didn't die but you had amnesia for nearly 12 years before regaining your memories" Sunny explained, ignoring he shocked looks, and turned to Luffy "Luffy, would you please go onto the ship wile I talk future stuff with your brothers?" Luffy nodded and headed onto the ship "let's get to the other side of the bay and we will talk there, ace I will tell you the names and locations of living roger pirates that I know of there if you want to talk to them feel free to do so" Sunny said
The two boys and the klaboutermann walked to the other side of the bay once they were there Sunny got right to it
"First of all the roger pirates, the ones that we know of are buggy the clown, the guy is roaming around here in east blue, crocus of the twin capes at the enterance of the grand line, Silvers Rayleigh at Shabody archipelago, and of course Shanks, he is a Yonko in the new world…" sunny went on to name a few more roger pirates and even went as far as suggesting asking Garp and Whitebeard about him. She then went on to explaining how she came alive and how a normal klaboutermann comes into existence. She didn't tell a lot more, promising to tell them the rest after tha fire happened. After that she suggested training some more in preparation of what is to come in the near future.
ASL stayed for two weeks this time, training as hard as they could, Luffy even managed to master his gear third and was close to mastering his gear second, he also did a lot of stamina training for him to effectively use the gear and to be able to use it longer without getting exhausted
Sabo meanwhile managed to become somewhat proficient in observation haki, was adequate in armament and was able to control conquerors, which he thought would come in handy in the case his parents managed to find him and bring him back
Ace was the same, only with him being somewhat proficient in armament and only adequate in observation haki, like Sabo he had control over conquerors
Luffy by that time was fully proficient in both observation and armament and had fully mastered conquerors and was able to knock out only one specific person in a giant moving crowd without the rest of the crowd noticing, meaning he could knock out anyone he wished whose willpower couldn't stand up to his without affecting the others though he still couldn't knock outthose stronger than him or was another awakened conqueror until he got stronger himself, something ace and Sabo still had trouble with
Gray terminal: 1 week before the fire, ASL is back living at the treehouse for nearly a week now
Sabo's worst fear had come true when his father found him, from that day on he was extremely paranoid for people that came looking for him expecting them to be sent by his father, this went on for the rest of the week
1 day before the fire
Sabos worst nightmare came true, he was caught the momen he let his guard down for just a short while. Sabo decided to walk around in the city, before bumping into a stranger and spilling his fears, what the nobles were planning and his shame of being born noble, he then when to back 'home' to sleep and decided to escape the next day in the chaos of the fire planning to use his haki training to the max not knowing he helped save a lot of lives by informing dragon about what the nobles were planning
Next day, the day of the fire Sabo plans to escape the moment he saw the smoke from the fires
When Sabo saw the smoke and the orange glow of the fore he let lose a blast of conquerors and headed to the grey terminal gate as fast as he could knocking out everyone who tried to stop him with either armament for a few opponents and conquerors for large groups trying to stop him after he made it to the gray terminal he was very disappointed that the doors were closed, though that didn't stop Sabo from getting out he managed to climb over the wall using the buildings near the wall and a clock tower sticking out above it, deciding to take a leap of faith and coat himself in armament haki he jumped and fell directly into the fire got up and he ran, not noticing the burning sensation on his skin, especially around his left eye.
Sabo ran as if his life depended on it, mainly because it did, until he came upon a clearing in the fire, where ace and Dadan were facing off against Bluejam, he jumped out punched Bluejam in the back of his head, cousing him to stumble and fall flat on his face and then Sabo ran towards Dadan and Ace happy he made it back, dadan meanwhile walked to the pirate and knocked him out by introducing her club to his head they left after that, leaving Bluejam and his crew to die in the fire
The next day the world noble arrived, took a tour of the high town and the palace took a few beautiful women as slaves with him (both noble and not, but mostly not) and left, the day went without incidents and the nobles of goa were statisfied
The day after the world noble visited
Sabo didn't come out the fire unscratched, he got a burn on his left eye and knew that it would leave a scar, he didn't care it would be a reminder of what nobles could do, he also got some burns elsewhere, but the one on his eye would leave the most prominent scar
Ace also didn't come out unscratched; his legs were very burnt, not enough for permanent nerve damage but enough to leave scars; a permanent reminder of what happened after he decided not to run, in a situation where he should
Luffy was the only one to come out of the fire unscratched thanks to Dadan and her crew evacuating Luffy as soon as possible
Sabo was reading a newspaper with his one eye when he saw a wanted poster slide out, the bounty was astronomically high, very deep into the billions, but Sabo didn't care for that, what he cared for was the face, it was the same face as the man he met in high town, the man who he told that he was ashamed to be born noble, so when he look at the name he knew what he wanted to do, while he did like freedom, the idea of freeing people from the oppression of nobles was even better and the idea of creating a world where everyone could live regardless of heritage was what he hoped for, both for him Luffy and especially ace, if they allowed him to do as he pleased then it was even better. The name of the man? 'The revolutionary' Dragon
Hidden cove bay: 2 weeks after the world noble visited
Ace and Sabo were almost fully recovered and they had already abandoned their bandages, Sabo had a nasty scar on his eyes as well as a few scars on his legs and arms
Ace had a burn mostly around his legs, they formed a flaming pattern between his feet and knees, though the scar was nasty, ace thought it looked cool
The brothers were at the cove with the sunny
"I promised to tell you who luffys father was, didn't I?" She got 3 nods "Ace, I'm telling this mainly because of you, because his father is none other then Monkey D. 'the revolutionary' Dragon: the most dangerous and wanted man in the world" in response to that statement Sabo gasped
"I met him, I talked to him the day before the fire, and he is the man I want to join"
When he got shocked looks from Luffy and Ace he explained that while he did want to become a pirate, his dream was to create a world where people like Ace and Luffy could live freely regardless of their heritage and that as a revolutionary he had a better chance of achieving his dream then as a pirate
"Thank you Sabo but even in that world I would still be a pirate, I want to be free, and be known as my own person" ace said
"And I want to have adventures, and the sea is full of adventure" was Luffy's response
"I don't care, I'm still gonna do it" Sabo exclaimed "I'm gonna change the world for my brothers, and no one is going to stop me"
"I advise setting sail as soon as you are done with your haki training, I know you can make it big, in my time you made it to being the chief of staff, so I know you can do it" Sunny commented she then took the two brothers away, with luffy rmaining behind to train, and told them her story, having them promise not to interfere until the new age started, or if blackbeard came to them.
ASL trained for a few more years with Sabo training around the clock, thanks to him having put weights around his waist legs and arms and training either haki, or his pipe techniques every moment he wasn't eating sleeping or in their daily 100 matches so when he was 14 and a half he mastered haki and set sail when he turned 15, wanting to join the revolutionary army, Luffy, Ace, the Dadan family and even the sunny came to see him off, they wouldn't hear of him for a long time
The coast: 6.5 years after the fire, 7 years since Luffy met Ace and Sabo and 3 years until he sets sail
Ace was a lot more polite, having taken lessons from makino. He was also a lot stronger; having mastered all three forms of haki
Again the farewell party was grand, maybe even bigger then Sabo's farewell party and ace set sail the next day, again the Dadan family, Luffy and the Sunny came to see him off
Luffy spent the next three years mostly at the Hidden bay cove, occasionally going to Dadan to party with them and to get the latest news about Ace and the revolutionaries at Sunny's insistence
While he was at Dadan's he looked for new wanted posters of Ace and asked Dadan if there was any other news about him or the revolutionaries. And while news about Ace was plenty (they even heard he joined the whitebeard pirates) news of the revolutionary army was rare, and there was no sign of Sabo being involved in any of the news they did get, though luffy did het to see his father's face with the aid of wanted posters,that seemed to have a higher bounty each time. (his father was already far over a billion beri and would reach 10 billion at the rate it was rising by the time when luffy was 17)
All the while Luffy kept training, having mastered haki at 12 and a half he set out to look for new ways to use his rubber body, combing it with his gears and even creating 2 new gears, one based around the use of armament and his rubber body and the other around observation and his rubber body: gear fourth and gear fifth
By the time he was almost 17 he managed to effectively combine gear second and gear third with the help of Sunny, though it was not without severe side effects that he could not get rid off, so he decided to only use it when he has no other choice
Fooshia village: Luffy is 17 and is ready to set sail with the sunny
"Bye everyone" he waved for one last time before turning to Sunny's klaboutermann "let's set sail" he said
In respons to his words Sunny dissapeared, the sails unfurled itself and Luffy was finally on his journey… and was threatened to end promptly when the lord of the coast came up, determined to mess Luffy's journey up, Luffy responded with a blast of conquerors that knocked it out and shouted to the world, hands raised and clutched into fists "I'm gonna become King of the pirates!"
To be continued
I promise I will try to include sunny more from this point on but thanks to her limitations she can't go far inland and as such can't reach some places
I don't know how often I will update, will try to update at least once a month, but I'm aiming for an update once every week
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