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I laugh lightly as he drags me onto the ship, causing all of the present crew to give me weird looks. I am honestly a little nervous about being on a ship full of pirates that I don't know, most would capture and sell me without a second thought, but hopefully they respect Ace enough not to try anything. Ace ignores them all and continues to drag me to the large man sat near the front of the ship. He stares at me a second before turning his attention to Ace.
"Who is this, Ace?" he asks gently and more lovingly than I would have thought for a man of his size and reputation.
"This is Zahara. She is my sister," he replies grinning broadly. I smile kindly and bow slightly. Whitebeard let's out a loud laugh, before smiling at me.
"So, you are the sister that Ace is always going on about? It's good that you found each other, Ace worried about you constantly." he informs me, smiling fondly at Ace, who turned slightly red. I giggled softly before answering.
"I'm glad as well, I have been worrying about my brothers as well." I smile at Ace, who opens his mouth to say something but stops when he notices a blonde-haired, droopy eyed boy walk quickly towards us. He faces the boy and smiled brightly.
"Marco!" he yells out excitedly.
"Ace," he calmly replies coming to a stop next to me, "who is this?" he asks shooting me a quick glance, before glaring slightly at Ace.
"This is my sister, Zahara!" he says excitedly, "Zahara, this is my best friend Marco," he tells me. I turn towards Marco and greet him quietly. He greets me in turn before turning back to face Ace.
"You might want to go talk to Thatch. He was pretty upset when he saw you and 'some beautiful fox, laughing and goofing off'…I didn't know he meant a fox demon though. But I am pretty sure he thinks you're leaving him for this young lady," Marco informs looking slightly amused. Ace looks at him wide-eyed for a second before running off below deck.
"Huh, I never guess that Ace would be gay," I confess softly, before turning back to face Marco and Whitebeard. "But I never guessed that he would have a captain…especially not one that he referred to as 'Pops'. But he looks happy and that is all that matters really."
"It took awhile for him to start. He tried to kill me hundreds of times," Whitebeard says with another loud laugh. Marco smiles slightly, probably at the memories before turning to face me.
"Will you be staying with us for a few days? I'm sure Ace will want to introduce you to everyone on the ship and you probably have a lot to catch up on." I smile sadly, shaking my head.
"No…I'll be leaving tonight. I've stayed on this island too long already. It probably wasn't a good idea for me to even talk to Ace…It…it might cause some trouble for you, if it does…I'm sorry." I reply with a deep bow. I straighten up in shock when my apology just caused another deep laugh from Whitebeard.
"There is hardly anyone stupid enough to start trouble with me. Don't worry about that." I smile at him, realizing what he says is true, he isn't the strongest man in the world for nothing.
"Thank you, sir," I say, looking happily at Whitebeard. He stops laughing and looks at me with a small smile. "The whole time I knew Ace he claimed to hate his father, which he probably still does, but I always believed that all he had ever wanted was someone who called him son, someone that he could look up to as a father figure…I happy he finally found that…Thank you for giving him that." I elaborate, looking down, smiling fondly. I look back up, turning slightly, when I hear Ace excitedly talking, pulling along a man that looked slightly older than Ace with a brown pompadour hairstyle.
"Zahara, this is Thatch…he's my boyfriend," Ace says happily once they stop in front of me. I smile kindly at Thatch and shake his outstretched hand.
"Sorry about thinking badly about you and everything." he says awkwardly rubbing the back of his head. I tell him it is fine and we all begin talking happily. I spend a few hours talking to the four of them before standing up and bidding them goodbye. Ace got up as well, to walk me off the ship.
"Are you sure you can't stay longer? I'm sure Pops won't mind."
"Sorry Ace. I have to go now, I can't stay here any longer," I tell him, giving him a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek before running off into the woods.