Chapter 1
"Teddyyyyy!", the tall, young blond whined. "Come on, please let me through! I need to talk to the chief!"
The big bear-like revolutionary with the bible, one of the co-leaders, flinched at the nickname the youngster had given him when he was only a child. Now he was at the beginning of his twenties, a fine young man, grown up with the army because they rescued him when he almost drowned in the sea.
Kuma sighed: "Sabo… How old are you now? Twenty? You could slowly start calling me by my real name, couldn't you?"
"Oh come on... Teddy's a great name! "Kuma" means bear too, so where's the problem?" Sabo grinned.
"The problem is that I don't want to feel like a stuffed animal!"
"'kay, gonna think about a better name..." Sabo's grin grew wider "Would you please let me see the chief now? We got some important info on Daddy D's son!"
"DADDY D.? Sabo! Where's your respect? …Fine, go see him. But first…" he stretched out his arms when Sabo wanted to pass "Give me your pistols! I don't want to clean up your mess afterwards..."
Sabo stepped outside the windy balcony and noticed at once that Dragon was lost in his thoughts again. Shitty Kuma, he thought, asking me to give him my pistols but forgetting my pipe… Perfect chance to hit the old geezer! He crept in the leader's direction readying for the attack and raised his pipe.
Next thing he knew, he lay on the ground, Dragon hovering over him, Sabo's own weapon right beneath his neck.
"You know shrimp, I'm not the most infamous man in the world only because the army's mine! I can defend myself rather well, and you're still hundreds of years too early to stand up to me…" he growled.
But then, he stood up and held out a hand for his almost-son. Sabo laughed and nodded, stood up and caught the pipe Dragon threw at him. "Hey Daddy D., I got some news regarding my little brother!"
Even after all those years Dragon had heard Sabo calling him that name, he still wasn't used to it...
"How's he doing, Sabo? And how's Robin?" he added with a smirk, which caused Sabo to blush slightly.
"Yes Sir. Right now, they've defeated Gecko Moria at Thriller Bark and gained a new crewmate. His name is Brook. He's the musician, and his bounty is 33.000.000 Beri. But, Daddy D. ... Luffy sure has a talent to pick the strangest nakama... after a reindeer that ate a human zoan fruit and a cyborg that wears only panties..." "Why? Is it an elephant or something?", laughed Dragon.
"Ah, no. But, it's a living skeleton! It seems he gained a second life through a devil fruit... He's very skilled in swordsmanship, although he can't compare to Roronoa Zoro..."
"Oh well, I guess that's how he is, right?", sighed the leader. "And what is my son planning now? Where are they going next?"
"They plan to go to fishman island soon. But for that, they will need to get their ship coated. So, I'm afraid they have to stop at Sabaody Archialopagie first..." The blond revolutionary noticed the tiny change that happened in the face of his chief. Although Dragon was very good at keeping his emotions under strict control, Sabo had learnt to study the face of his adoptive father properly.
The young one's face grew stern.
"Dragon, I got to know something else about the destination..."
The person in command gave him a look of question. Sabo only told his real name when they were with others than Kuma or Ivankov, or when the situation was not one to laugh about.
"One of our agents in the world government old us that the navy is expecting the eleven supernovas on the island. All at once, plus some more infamous rookies. Right now, all the Supernovas are more or less on the island, some arriving over the next few days. You know what that means…"
Dragons face grew dark. He knew exactly what was to be expected. "Pacifista", he growled.
The navy would keep those damn hybrids on hand, and if anything, even the slightest thing would be out of place, they surely would attack. There would be too many bounty-bearers to just let it go...
"Sabo, I need to make a call. Prepare the DenDen Mushi!", he demanded.
"Yes, sir!"
