AN: ok, so as some of you have noticed, I haven't updated in a while :D;;; sorry, school takes up a lot of time. But anyways, now that I have some time on my hands (between exercising, and reading 4 books for the summer, and working at camp) I can type the next chapter to this story

I also decided to update because a lot of awesome people have been reviewing me and asking me to finish it up :D so, let's not waste time and continue on!

Disclaimer: no, I do not own One Piece or anything involving the creation of One Piece… But that would be awesome if I did :D

Chapter 4

The little detective and the thief were sitting under a wooden window, where the cold wind could only be felt on its glass. Oh, how the little detective wanted to get out of that house and get that stupid thief where he belonged, JAIL! But through the little detective's thoughts of seeing Zoro clank a mug on the poles of a jail cell, came the hard voice of that damn thief. "Why do hate thieves so much?" Zoro sighed "we're not all bad people…"

"Well…" Luffy frowned "two thieves killed my parents and…took my brother away from me… I was beaten up badly…" he took a long breath and went on "…I found out my brother is dead and I've been looking for him for so many years…. Ever since then, I've been trying to find the people who did this, because my family never did anything wrong…"

"…. I'm so sorry Luffy…." Zoro frowned "I wish I could help… but the only thing I'm good at is stealing and running…"

"…it's all over though…" the little detective sighed to himself "I mean I can't even see my brother anymore… funny… I was so close to seeing him too…" Luffy looked down "he died in front of the detective station while I was chasing you…."

Zoro felt great remorse and frowned to himself, letting Luffy go on.

"… I guess luck wasn't on my side… that's all" Luffy concluded

Zoro looked at Luffy "hmm… I've got something for you, it may cheer you up" he smiled softly as he searched though his coat pockets (which Luffy was still wearing); Luffy looked completely bewildered. Soon, Zoro pulled out a little golden locket and Luffy gasped; that was the locket Ace always wore. That locket was the one thing Ace would never show Luffy, or let him even open it!

"I found this late by the detective station" Zoro sighed to himself. He opened it and showed Luffy a picture of him and his brother "is this you and your brother when you two were younger?"

Luffy looked at it closely and slowly nodded. Zoro dropped the locket into Luffy's hand "you can have it, he probably dropped it or it fell off"

Luffy slowly embraced the locket, as if it were Ace himself and slowly wept.

Zoro sighed, calmly saying "it's ok Luffy…"

"Ace…" he sobbed "I only wanted to see him one more time….and play with him again…" Luffy covered his face and Zoro slowly soothed him "well, now you have a little piece of him forever… no one can steal that…" Luffy let go of his face and looked at Zoro as he said "…and you'll never be alone, because he'll always be by your heart…" Luffy bit his lip, trying to stop the tears from rolling down his face.

AN: I know it's not a long chapter, but I'm really tired right now D: sorry! So I just finished reading a really long novel, so if I sound like a boring novel, sorry :D but if you like it, the yay! Chapter 5 is next!