"...You know, that sounds like something Luffy would say."

Ace rolled his eyes at Sabo, but still keeping his attention on the man of whom he was on the bed of.

"Sabo, don't be an idiot, of course this isn't Luffy." Ace bit out, though he looked unsure. Not just anyone could be such an idiot, after all.

"Oi!" The man—(well, he was a boy, but he was older than them. They'd call him a teen.)—shouted, annoyed in such a way that only Luffy could, but more...controlled? Something like that. "I am Luffy!"

"Prove it." Ace unintentionally spat, before he blinked and smirked. There wasn't any way that this imposter could prove that he was Luffy. Ace could see Sabo sending him an approving glance.

The teen blinked, owlish eyes awfully reminiscent of their little brother's, before grinning and laughing the same way little Luffy did, shi-shi's and all.

Then he turned his head to the side, and then behind him, and then all the way around and...

"HOLY SHIT!" "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

"You idiot, you're scaring them!" the woman at the door shouted, bonking the teen on the head.

"But Nami! They told me to prove it!"

"You could have just pulled your cheek out like this!" the redhead screamed before pinching his cheeks and pulling them far away from each other.

"Ace, that's definitely Luffy. There's only one of each devil fruit in the world, he couldn't copy him even if he tried."

"How could it be him, though? The idiot was with us when we went to bed, and he sure as hell was seven last time we saw him."

Sabo pursed his lips in thought. After a few moments of consideration, his eyes brightened up. "Where are we, ma'am?" he politely asked the girl whose name was apparently Nami.

"The Grand Line." she answered, face not showing an inch of the annoyance that she was demonstrating with the teen before her as she continued pummeling him.

The blonde nodded. "Alright, this all makes sense, now."

"What do you mean?" the raven inquired, skepticism thrown aside in favor of faith in his brother.

"It's the Grand Line. Weird shit happens here all the time. Haven't you heard shitty gramps when he was telling us about it?"

"Who listens to the shitty geezer, anyway? It's usually Marine-bullshit when it isn't Fists of Love and training."

"That's fair, but you need to know these things if you're gonna be a pirate."

"If I have you, why would I need to know?"

"Because I'm not always going to be able to help you!"

"I'll figure it out!"

Luffy, as the teen undoubtedly was, laughed despite the disappearing bruises on his face, effectively cutting off the argument between the two. "I missed you guys!"

"Missed? What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well, Ace is on this Whitebeard guy's crew, so I've only seen him once, and Sabo..." his eyes were sad, "...Sabo was blown up."

"Hey, Ace?"

"Yeah, Luffy?"

"Why didn't you recognize Sabo? If he's our Sabo, you should know what he looks like, right?"

"Uhm..." Damn Luffy's random bursts of intelligence! Even when young, Luffy was still perceptive. "It's just... been a while, since I'd last... seen him." It was only a partial lie. it has indeed been a while, but that wasn't the reason.

"Then why didn't he know your name? Why didn't he know me? Does he hate me?"

Ace's eyes softened as he pet the little raven's head. The idea of either him or Sabo hating Luffy was damn impossible, no matter the circumstances. He was their irreplaceable otouto, after all.

"Sabo doesn't hate you. Neither of us ever could. Let's wait for him to wake up, then we can ask him why he didn't remember us, okay?"

"Mmm... Okay!" he let out a little 'shi-shi'. "Ace, can you take me to that fruit-head guy?"

"Fruit-hea... Oh, you mean Marco? Sure!" the older grinned, freckled cheeks pushing his eyes into happy crescents.

Ace smiles a lot here. Little Luffy thought, I like it when he smiles! I wish he smiled like this more often.

"Ace." The twenty year-old looked down at the younger who had his small hard wrapped around two of Ace's fingers.

"Yeah?"

"I like your smile, so keep on being happy, alright?"

Ace's heart warmed, his fruit humming along with his heartbeat. He ruffled the younger's hair. "How can I not, with a caring little brother like you around?"

Luffy laughed again.

I like your smile, too, Luffy.

And they were off to find Marco, Ace telling little Luffy about some of his adventures after leaving Dawn Island.

I hope young Luffy was in character. Probably wasn't, but he's a sweetheart so I want him to show it.

Hope you enjoyed that bit of fluff. Sabo will wake up soon, don't worry. Also, I'm worried this chapter is badly written.

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