-1Hey All! I finally got another idea for this chapter! And I figured out how to get anonymous reviews! Hey guys, if you get a chance, check out the author KailJoy. Her Xiaolin Showdown story is really good! Time for reviews.

Echo-waters: I don't know when. I want to keep this story going so probably not for a while.

Denjimo: Here's the answers to your great points. 1. She was Ace's age and that is how I thought that they both probably acted. 2. Good point. Didn't think of that. 3. it's a made up story and it could have been painful to talk about.

Now on with the story!

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It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Everyone except for Luffy, that is. He offered to take the first watch. He wasn't in the crow's nest but at the head of the ship. He was staring out at the horizon, just like he had been that morning.

Ace yawned as he rolled over in Luffy's hammock. He had been given it when Luffy took first watch. Normally he would be fast asleep but he just couldn't. He turned over again and fell into a fitful sleep, filled with dreams of his past….

"Uhhhh….." Ace moaned as he looked up. "What the…? Where am I?" He said. He wasn't on the ship anymore but in a pitch black area.

"Excuse me." a small voice said from behind him. Ace turned around and saw a small boy, about five, with pitch black hair. His eyes widened when he saw him. The kid looked just like he did when he was that age.

"Are you alright? Are you lost?" he asked. The boy didn't answer but he pointed. Ace looked over and saw what he was looking. He gasped at what he saw. He saw himself on a cliff, crying.

That's the time that I hurt my leg and couldn't get home! Ace thought. As he was watching, he saw his sister, Cori, come running up to his younger self.

"Ace? Are you alright?" she asked him. He looked up at her and shook his head no. He pointed to his leg and she looked at it and smiled. "Here. I'll help you back….." she said as it faded away.

Ace went through more painful memories until he came to the most painful one of all. He had to watch his sister be blown away again. "NOOOOO!!!" he shouted as she started to fade. She looked at him and he saw that she was crying.

"YOU DIDN'T SAVE ME, ACE! WHY NOT? WHY?" she shouted as she kept fading. He chased after her. He was about to catch her when something blocked his view. It reached up to strike and….

THUD! He opened his eyes when his head painfully hit the floor. He started to calm down, trying to forget the dream. He sat up and looked up to see how far he had fallen. It wasn't to far. He stood and groaned slightly. Falling onto the hard floor didn't come with out pain.

"Uhhhh…." Zoro moaned as he lifted his head up. "You alright?" he groggily said.

"Yeah, I just fell off the hammock." he confessed. Zoro chuckled a bit.

"Why do you think that your brother has the bottom bunk?" Ace laughed at this.

"Go back to sleep. I'll go relieve Luffy." Ace said. Zoro didn't have to be told twice. He was asleep the minute Ace said that. Ace sighed and walked out of the guys room. He silently walked up to the deck and looked for Luffy. He found him laying across the big sheep's head.

"Hey Luffy." Ace quietly said. Luffy looked over at him and smiled a bit.

"Hey Ace." he said in a voice that didn't sound like Luffy at all. Ace walked over to him and leaned against the railing. Luffy kept staring out to sea.

"Are you alright, Luffy?" Ace softly said. Luffy sighed and jumped off the figure head. For a while he just sat there before talking.

"I miss her, Ace. I keep having dreams about her and sometimes it feels like, like…." Luffy couldn't continue. He was crying too hard. Ace leaned over and put his arm around Luffy. Luffy leaned into him and cried even harder.

"I miss her too, Luf. I miss her too." Ace said as he started crying too. They cried for awhile. Luffy was the first to fall asleep, with his brother's arm wrapped securely around him.

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Nami yawned when she first woke up. She looked out the window and saw that it was just before sunrise. She got up, got dressed, and walked outside. She stretched and looked down. She almost fell of the railing when she saw them. There, laying against the railing, where Ace and Luffy, fast asleep. She smiled at them and quietly walked over.

Thank goodness that I am not wearing shoes. She thought as she knelt down by Ace. She reached out and gently shook his shoulder. He moaned a little and opened his eyes. He reached up and rubbed his eyes, trying to see who woke him up.

"What time is it?" he groggily said. Nami stood up and stretched again.

"Its just before dawn. I think that you and Luffy fell asleep out here." She said.

"Yeah. You guys are worried about Luffy, right?" He sadly asked.

"Yeah. He's never acted like this before and he won't tell us why." She said as she looked out over the sea. "Do you know why?"

Ace sighed. He knew that this question had been coming. "Yeah, but I made a promise to him that I wouldn't tell you guys. So I can't." he slowly stood up and Luffy woke up.

"What time is it?" he sleepily asked. Ace and Nami smiled.

"Dawn." they both answered. Luffy stared at them.

"Too early." he said while he stuck his lip out. Nami and Ace sat down. Luffy looked at both of them. "What?"

"Luf, you have got to tell them sooner or later. Start by telling Nami." Ace said. Luffy hung his head. Nami reached over and put her hand on Luffy's shoulder.

"Luffy, please, tell me. I won't tell the others. Promise." she said. He looked up at her and gave her a sad smile.

"Alright. Well a few years back….."

(Later on)

"… and we didn't see her again. We never found her body, either." he was silently crying. Ace was crying too. Nami had been silent the whole time. She moved closer to Luffy and hugged him. He started to cry harder and she pulled him in close.

"Guys. Someone's coming up." Ace said. Luffy jumped up and so did Nami and Ace. They all looked towards the door when they heard it open and Sanji poked his head out.

"Hey, what you guys doing up so early? Especially you Luffy. I didn't think you got up before breakfast." he joked. Luffy smiled and stretched himself up to the railing.

"Sometimes I am, Sanji. But I'm going back to bed now." and with that he walked below deck. Nami smiled at Sanji and went towards her room. Ace hadn't moved from where he had been standing. Sanji went into the kitchen and started to make breakfast.

How much did he hear? Ace wondered as he walked towards the kitchen. He pushed the door open, startling Sanji.

"Hey Ace. Breakfasts not ready yet but you can stay in here if you want." he said as he walked to the stove.

"How much did you hear?" Ace quietly asked.

"Hear from what?" Sanji said without turning around. Ace glared at him.

"You know what I'm talking about. I heard you behind the door." Ace said. Sanji sighed.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just happened to be there. Don't worry, I won't tell the others. Or let Luffy know that I know." Sanji said. Ace nodded at him. They sat in silence. Ace was about to say something when they heard a loud boom. Everyone on the ship, except the girl and Chopper, ran outside. The ship was heading straight into a storm.

"Guys, we can't turn back now! We have to go through the storm." Nami shouted over the wind that had picked up. They immediately set to work.

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Corianna had been partially awake when the storm came. Chopper came in and she turned her head toward him.

"Where am I?" she asked, scaring him half to death. He turned around and saw her staring at him.

"Your on the ship the Merry Go. We took you…." he started to say but was cut off.

"Thanks I know the rest." she started to push herself into a sitting position when pain shot through her side. She gasped and laid back down. Another boom sounded and she jumped a little.

"Sorry. I guess I should have told you that we were in the middle of a storm. And try not to move, your hurt." Chopper told her. Cori looked over at the window and saw how fast the wind was blowing. She took a deep breath and pushed herself up. Chopper started to tell her not to but she cut him off again. "Do you have a pair of fans?" He nodded and handed her the fans. She smiled and stood. She slowly walked out the door, towards the storm.

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"Hold on to something, Luffy!" was what Cori heard shouted as she came to the door. She was about to open the door when Usopp came flying through it.

"That winds strong." he said before looking up and seeing her. "I thought that were unconscious." he said but she just ignored him. She walked out the door and into the storm. Everyone else was too busy to notice her standing there. She looked up and felt the wind against her face. She pulled her fans open as she prepare her song.

" AI NO NI TA SOMI TREI SO LI COMI NO!" she sung loudly. The wind started to gather and when the ball of wind was big enough, she released. It flew up and hit the storm, blowing it away from the ship. She smiled and suddenly felt very lightheaded. She collapsed into a sitting position against the wall, next to the kitchen door.

"Need some help?" a voice said to her. She looked up and took the hand that the man offered her. He pulled her into the kitchen and sat her down. "I'll go get the others, alright?" he asked. She nodded and he left the room, leaving her a the table.