Chapter 3! Yay! Enjoy guy and sorry it took a little while, I was getting kinda busy with school and color guard... -_- Any ways... I hope you like it! (please excuse all the grammar errors now... I still need my friend to edit it but I wanted to have you guys see a chapter).

"So your to tell us that Mae was your first mate? And that you've known her since she was 7?" Thatch had Ace seated in his room with a light shining in his face. Marco was there too but Thatch had taken over the whole Q&A thing with Ace. Ace just nodded after spilling his guts about Mae, well more like they would ask a question and he would reply with a yes, no, or a short word answer, to the two older men. Thatch and Marco just looked at each other and nodded.

"Yeah… but now she hates me for some reason…" Ace muttered and got the commanders' attention. Thatch gave him a questioning look.

"So…" He turned to Marco, "I think we hit a dead end. And that it was useless to ask him about Mae. We still have a problem."

"I wouldn't say it was useless, it sure helped some but your right we still have a problem. I say tomorrow we ask her about it then." Marco and Thatch were talking like Ace wasn't even in the room, so when the hotheaded teen laughed and spoke out they looked back over in surprise.

"Wow are you guys stupid? Mae would never tell you anything about her past. Let alone why she would be mad at me, she hasn't even told me anything so that really means something. She is defiantly not a girl that would tell someone voluntarily about herself. That's just not her thing. Now if you excuse me I'll be going." Ace stood up from his chair and walked out of the room.

"Damn what was that? I think he went crazy…" Thatch mumbled but then sighed, "Well we should go to bed too… I'm getting tired." He yawned and jumped onto his bed. Marco just bid him good night and walked over to his own room.

When Mae woke up it was already noon. She sighed and got out of bed, not really wanting to go out and do anything. She felt as if all her energy has been drained. That is until she heard someone crash into a wall, then fall into the water with a huge splash.

"OI HE FELL INTO THE SEA! ISN'T ANYONE GOING O GET HIM?"Mae heard someone yell, so she ran out to the deck.

"What the-" Mae stared over the rail; she could see someone overboard but had no idea who it was until Namur came up with Ace on his shoulders. The hefty fish man threw the boy onto the deck and everyone rushed to see if he was ok.

"What the hell happened here…?" Mae questioned as the scene unfolded in front of her. Ace regained consensus and spit out all the water that filled his lungs. He stood up and spotted Mae but then looked away. Mae sighed and walked to the mess hall to get some food, it was lunch after all and she missed breakfast. When she walked into the mess hall there were only a few people. She got some food then spotted Marco and Thatch at a table so she walked over to them.

"Hey guys" The two guys looked up from there conversation to see Mae set her food on the table.

"Oh, um… Hey Mae!" Thatch said awkwardly, Marco just shook his head and sighed.

"What's with you guys? You're both acting kinda weird." Mae looked at the two with an odd look, though it was more directed towards Thatch.

"Well we can ask her now, I mean she is here and all." Marco said to Thatch.

"Ask me what…?" Mae said slowly not wanting to be apart of whatever the two were planning. She learned not to last time.

"That's a good idea!" The 4th division commander said as he looked over to Mae. "So Mae what is your relationship with Ace? You two seem close."

"Pffffttt" Mae spit out her water all over the two of them and started laughing like crazy. The two commanders stared at each other with confusion.

"Oh my god. What are you guys thinking? I've only heard about him. He does have a wanted poster you know?" Mae was still laughing but managed to calm down a bit. "I don't know anything about him, he's just another guy." Mae got up from where she was sitting and grabbed her food. "Well guys nice talking to you, now I'm gonna go." Mae said as she left the mess hall.

"Wait… what? Why would she lie about something like that? Her file clearly said she was the first mate of the Spade Pirates… " Thatch stared at the door Mae went out of with confusion obvious on his face.

"Well then this clearly shows that she doesn't want us knowing about her past. We just need to wait and see what happens." Marco stood up with his empty plates, "Well it sounded like Ace fell off the ship again." Thatch sighed and followed Marco out of the mess hall.

Months passed and nothing really drastic happened. Ace would, every day, try a kill Whitebeard only to be smacked into a wall or be thrown over board. Mae on the other hand would stay in her room for most of the day. She would only come out if she needed food or it was something really important. Almost everyone was worried about her; it was like she was the walking dead. She was just sitting in her room until one day she went to Whitebeard for something.

"Oyaji!" Mae yelled as she walking out on the deck. Just about everyone out turned to stare at the girl who hasn't been out and about for months. Mae continued to walk ignoring all the strange looks her crewmembers were giving her and stood in front of Whitebeard.

"Yes?" Whitebeard asked when the black haired girl appeared before him.

"I need to talk to you… it's important." Mae said then walked over to the captain's headquarters. Whitebeard sighed but got up and followed his daughter. They entered his room and sat down.

"Yes Mae, what is it that you want?" Whitebeard began.

"Well… I've been thinking and I really, really don't want Ace here…" Mae stated but her eyes traced designs on the floor. She was beginning to get nervous. "I have my reasons but… its just… well I don't really. Hmmm how do I say it. Well I think it would be better if I explained." Mae stopped talking and looked over to her father. Her captain nodded his head for her to continue.

"Ok so you know that you saved me from a slave/prostitute ship and all, but before that and how I got there… Well it all starts when I was younger… "

-Flash back-

"Oi Mae!" A young girl, around 16, turned around. Behind her was a young man, almost 17; he had black wavy hair, black eyes, and freckles. On his head sat an orange hat with two blue smileys on it. He wore a yellow open front collared shirt that showed off if abs and black knee length shorts.

"Ace? What do you want now?" The girl named Mae faced the teenage boy. She had her long black hair tied up in a high ponytail. She wore a red tube top and black open collared vest. Her black shorts reached her mid thigh and on her feet were black and red high tops. She looked at Ace with her arms crossed and her weight was shifted to her right leg.

"Well I was wondering if you want to come with me tomorrow…" Ace said, his face was starting to turn red. Mae just stared at the boy, her eyebrow raised in slight confusion.

"What? But wait… What? You know I can't leave till next year. That's what we all agreed on. We leave when we turn 17. Why are you asking me now?" The young girl sat down in there tree house.

"Well you're already strong enough to leave so why stay another year when you could come out to sea with me? I mean you could be my first mate! Plus who else will you be able to train with?" Ace put his hand on her shoulder, "Com'on it'd be fun."

"But Lu… what about Luffy?"

"He can take care of himself you know. He knows how to survive."

"… Fine but I want to pick out the name!" Mae said with some sort of excitement on her face. Ace just laughed and nodded.

-.-

"So I ended up leaving with Ace, I already had my devil fruit powers so when I accidently fell into the sea he would have to get me out… anyways continuing"

-.-

"Who are they?"

"Pirates I've never seen before…"

People were whispering as Ace and Mae were walking around a town. They decided to walk to a bar but then ran into some drunken pirates.

"Hey pretty lady wanna come with us for the night?" One of them said trying to hit on Mae. Another tried to touch her ass, but Ace kicked him in the gut before he got close. Mae turned angry and started to beat up the other guys.

"That's my girl you guys are talking to. You better be careful." Ace hissed and punched one of them in the face. Mae and Ace beat the living daylights outta them all and continued to walk down the street.

"Heh, its time to stir up some trouble." Mae just laughed at what Ace said.

Out on the sea the Spade Pirates came across another ship. Ace walked out on deck and smirked.

"A pirate ship! It's a flag I've never seen before!" Someone yelled from the other ship.

"Heh. Time to beat some people up." A burst of fire suddenly came from off the Spade Pirate ship and destroyed the other.

When Ace returned to his own ship Mae walked out. She just smiled, then spoke.

"Have fun over there?" Mae came up to him and gave him a glass of water.

"Heh. You bet!" Ace accepted the glass and chugged the water. "Ahh, thank you Mae~" He gave her a kiss on the cheek and went over to talk to his men. They were going to land on another island soon.

Days passed and they finally landed on the island. It was a nice summer island that had a beach and all!

"Ok Mae we can only stay here until the log pose resets. It takes 5 days and the next island is where we can meet him. Got that?" Ace said as Mae jumped of the boat, she was so excited she was only wearing a black and purple bikini with her vest.

"Yeah, yeah! I got it! But if you I don't come back you don't need to find me, I'll be able to get back to you on my own!" Mae yelled and stuck her tongue out at her captain.

"Fair enough! But you better take this then!" Ace threw a lag pose at her. Mae caught it with ease and put it on. She just waved bye and ran off to the beach. Ace sighed at his girlfriend and best friend.

"She is so much work… and she does remember she can't swim right?" Ace thought to himself "Oh well she'll remember soon enough."

Mae ran to one of the beautiful beaches on the island. She stared out into the ocean.

"Ahh it reminds me off all the fun times." Mae spoke softly to herself. The black haired beauty sat closer to the ocean only her feet touched the water. She was so lost in her thoughts she didn't hear the guys come up from behind her. They knocked her out and carried her away.

When Mae woke up she was in a foreign room. Everything was dark, she tried to move but her hands were bound together. Mae felt as if all her strength was getting sucked out of her.

"Dammit they must be sea stone…" She mumbled to herself.

-Back with Ace-

"Shit where is she? It's been five days already!" Ace began to panic and pace back and forth.

"Captain calm down, I'm sure she'll be here soon. It's not like Mae to be late anyways." A tall man with black hair and purple eyes said. He was one of Ace's first crewmates.

"I sure hope your right Kai." Ace replied.

"OI TAICHO! WE NEED TO GO!" One of the lookouts screamed.

"Huh?" Ace turned around to see marines flooding in. "Dammit, Well guys we gotta go!" Ace started yelling commands, and everyone started to run around getting everything ready to set sail.

"Captain..." Kai began but Ace cut him off. "Don't worry Mae will catch up with us on this next island. She has a log pose and everything. She'll be fine." His voice was strong and could fool anybody but the look in his eyes gave everything. 'Dammit Mae you better come back soon.' Ace thought. The sails caught the wind and they began to leave the island. By now the marine battle ships had almost made a wall around them. Ace jumped of their ship and attacked the marines.

"HIKEN!" a blast of fire shot out of his hand and destroyed the ships in front if them. As the Spade Pirates hurried out to open sea bombs came flying at the ship.

"WIND CUTTER" Kai sent a blade of wind at the bombs; cutting them in half and making them fall into the ocean. Kai landed back on the deck and sheathed his sword. It was a black blade with a white hilt.

"Good job Kai. Let's head east, that's where our next island lies!" Ace said and everyone got back to work.

-With Mae-

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU SICK BASTARDS!" Mae yelled at the two men trying to get at her. She kicked and screamed but the sea stone cuffs drained all her energy.

"You'll all pay for this," Mae's breathing was becoming uneven "Ace will get you for this…" They two guys just laughed, they started to cut her clothes off not even bothering about accidently cutting her. "You won't –cough- won't get away with this." With that Mae passed out due to fatigued.

"OIII! THERE'S SOMEONE IN HERE!"

-End Flashback-

"Yeah so that's it… Ace didn't even care enough to save me. I thought he would at least be worried or something but nope. And now I don't think I can really forgive him for that. The things they did to me on that ship was to painful to remember…" Mae shuddered.

"Hmmm? Well that's interesting, but it'll be Ace's choice if he wants to stay or not. I can't do anything about it. Sorry Mae" Whitebeard said. Mae just sighed.

"Fine, I'll wait. But, if he does anything to piss me off, I'm gonna beat the living daylights out of him." With that Mae walked out and Whitebeard sighed. 'She is defiantly a lot of work.'

Ok so how was it? good, bad, needs improvement? Well please tell me by commenting! Every time i see a comment i smile like an idiot to myself... .

Oh and note: During Mae's flashback she has no idea what happened to Ace while she was held captive. So she doesn't know they were chased out but the marines. Eh she'll live. So the next chapter will take place around the same time so I don't want to confuse you guys. ^^ Thanx for reading!