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Ace's head snapped directly to where the voice had come from and saw a blurry silhouette in front of him. The voice sounded like it came from far away, but it was still a perfect melody to Ace's ears.

"Can you see me?" Ace concentrated as much as he could on the unclear figure in front of him. His features refined themselves a little bit. His voice started sounding clearer. Ace's head was pounding. The pressure in his mind was too much for anyone to handle, bu the raven haired young man was stubbornly fighting to stay conscious. Everything around him was gone and the surrounding sounds were more like a distant echo except for Sabo. Sabo was standing in front of him and his voice sounded perfectly clear. He looked exactly like he had been four years ago on that fateful night.

"Sabo..." He smiled through the pain as he looked at his best friend.

The pounding raged in Ace's head with even more force as he started to wobble. Sabo's expression quickly turned to one of worry as he saw Ace fall to the ground clutching his head in pain. The spirit rushed to catch him but cursed inwardly as the other passed through him.

Even if you could read Ace's pain in his face easily, the latter smiled. He looked up at Sabo's worried expression. "You'll never change." He said with a hint of sadness before passing out. Sabo started to panic a bit.

"Is that what you call cheering me up idiot?!" Sabo shouted. A few minutes later, Luffy stormed through the front door in hope of raiding the kitchen but stopped dead in his track when he passed the living room where Ace was sprawled on the ground and Sabo was pacing nervously from left to right. Luffy sighed as he went to put the older raven on the couch and looked over at Sabo.

"Did he cheer you up?" Sabo was dumbfounded.

"Cheer me up? CHEER ME UP? The idiot started shouting at me and passed out!"

Luffy chuckled. "That was just his narcolepsy, no need to worry. He does that sometimes."

Sabo shook his head. "It wasn't his narcolepsy. He was holding his head in pain before he passed out and... and... I think he actually saw me." Luffy's eyes twitched and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"That's not possible, Ace isn't a medium." Sabo glanced at Ace, who stirred and groaned before going back in deep sleep.

"Nobody is born a medium, maybe he just... became one!" Luffy's frown deepened.

"What do you mean? How do you know that?" Luffy had a look of betrayal written on his face before it darkened. "You know what? Forget it for now. Don't tell me. When he wakes up, we are all having a long talk and you two will spill everything you hid from me." Luffy left the room and as soon as he slammed his room's door shut, the light in the living room gave out.

"Man... Luffy isn't angry often, but when he is, he isn't kidding around." Sabo sighed and sat next to the sleeping figure on the couch, who groaned again as pain shot through his head.

"You are going to need some aspirins when you wake up... Too bad I can't go fetch it." Sabo said as he awkwardly waited for him to wake up.

Actually, Ace didn't wake up, well, not until the next morning. Luffy had woken up first and had started making breakfast when the perfectly angelic smell of bacon and eggs woke the eldest from his deep slumber. Of course, the first thing he did was complain about his headache, and when asked about how bad it was, he had simply replied that it was an I-was-so-drunk-last-night-I-don't-remember-anything kind of headache, as if he had a monstrous hangover without the good part which was getting drunk the night before.

The three of them blinked in surprise since Sabo was the one who asked the question.

"Can you really see Sabo?" Luffy asked in shock.

"No... I can hear him and sense him, but I can't see him." He said as he gazed around the room for any sign of his blond friend. The latter was frozen in his spot on the verge of tears. Ace could hear him. They could talk... but not right now. Sabo couldn't form any words as no sound wanted to come out of his mouth and Luffy was probably still pissed and in need to scold both of them and get the information he deserved to know out of them.

"Well, that's good because you both need to answer my questions or you won't have bacon and I will kick your ass and you," Luffy pointed at the blond spirit,"I will find a way to kick your spirit ass too." Sabo shivered. He knew Luffy couldn't actually make physical contact with him, but knowing the younger teen, it wasn't impossible to think he could actually find a way to do so.

"What is this about? Questions? What do you want to know?" Ace asked with a sincere expression. Sabo got out of his frozen state and sighed.

"I want to know everything you know about mediums and why you know about it." Ace's eyes widened slightly in understanding. Luffy felt like an outsider to their trio even if before today, the two eldest couldn't talk to each other. He felt as if his two most important people to him, alive or not, were keeping secrets even if he wasn't allowed to keep some himself. He felt lonely.

"It's alright... We'll tell you." Ace said with a smile as he rubbed his fingers against his temple to try and ease the pain without real results.

"I'll get you some aspirins first," Luffy said almost worriedly. He was still angry at both of them, but Ace's and Sabo's well-being had always been a stronger concern for the young medium.

He came back in the room only to find that both of them were sitting around the dining table and that Ace had set up the plates for breakfast. He had put everything the youngest used in the sink to cook to wash it later. Sabo was throwing quick nervous glances his way in hope to read Luffy's expression.

"So... You both knew about ghosts, mediums and probably more even before Sabo died," They both cringed slightly at Luffy's words, "Is that correct?"

They both nodded almost guiltily.

"Why? How?" Luffy said abruptly and without a trace of emotions. His eyes were shadowed. At that moment, Ace and Sabo felt like scum. The horrors those eyes had witnessed and lived through were more than anything a 13-year-old boy should have ever witnessed. True, they had both seen their share of bloodshed, but Luffy was something else, he was the youngest and was to be protected from those horrors by his older siblings. They knew as they looked in those onyx black eyes, that they had sucked at this particular aspect of brotherhood. They had messed up royally actually. Even if Ace wasn't blood-related to him, he had seen Luffy grow up since he was a baby and Sabo, who had never met the youngest in his life before, well, his death, had, him too, been feeling protective of him, but they both hadn't done anything to prevent those horrors from happening. The worst part was they didn't even know what those horrors were.

Sabo took a deep breath. "Ace's father was a medium, so he learned about that from him... But for me... I learned it when I became one." Luffy didn't say anything. His gaze was severe, but the two others knew Luffy was just keeping everything in.

"I was a medium," Sabo stated more clearly this time. The youngest shook his head.

"You have more to say." Inside, Luffy's heart was clenching. He didn't know if he was hurt, mad, sad or surprised, he just knew it hurt, for an unknown reason. Still, he had a lot of practice in the past for hiding his emotions.

"It's true," Ace said, "We do have more to say..." He paused for a few seconds." My friend at work, Marco, is a minor medium, a sensor as he calls himself I think. He told me that mediums with the ability to actually see spirits had a high possibility to have one or more psychic abilities... We wanted to know yours and discovered you have telekinesis-." Ace froze for a second. "Sabo..."

The blond took a sharp breath.

"... What?"

"What was your psychic power?"

Luffy went back to his room after their talk and breathed heavily. He hadn't been prepared for the information that had been revealed to him and now he needed some time to breathe. It was still early and he had some things to do today. First, he had to go to Usopp's house again. Maybe the other teen would be ready today to hear Kaya's message to him. Then, in the afternoon, He wanted to go hang out with his friends. Zoro couldn't come right away because he had kendo practice in the afternoon, but he would be there around 3:30.

But he needed a few minutes first to process the information he just learned. He looked at a book on his night table. He pointed his hand toward the object in question.

"Lift... Fly..." Nothing happened. He sighed. He was psychic, that is what Ace and Sabo said and, apparently, a pretty powerful one. They weren't even sure if it was his only ability. But Sabo... Well... He hadn't been as lucky as he was if you could count it as luck. His ability... Luffy shivered. He actually felt bad for him now.

Luffy looked at the time and his eyes widened. He had to sprint to Usopp's house! As he ran through the streets to get to where his pale spirit friend was waiting, he failed to notice a blond with swirly brows who spotted him running and decided to follow him.

"Usopp!" Luffy shouted as he pressed the doorbell. It took a full minute, but the long-nosed boy answered.

"What do you want?" The boy still looked sad and hurt, even if his friend had died a few month prior. Luffy could clearly see that he had been in need to talk to someone or to see Kaya again. He smiled softly.

"I just want to talk. Come with me at the park, It won't take long." Luffy said as he pulled the other boy's arm. He really wanted to make the other boy leave his house for a little while, it would be good for him. Usopp didn't resist and followed. Kaya got out of the house too and they all made their way to the park, even the eavesdropping blond. They walked without saying a word. Luffy was looking up at the sky with a smile while Usopp did the opposite. They arrived at the park and sat on a bench.

"There are a few things Kaya wanted you to know...-" Usopp listened to every word the other teen said as Kaya listed the things out loud to Luffy. Usopp smiled and his eyes filled themselves. It was definitively Kaya's words. By the end of the message, Usopp was crying in Luffy's shoulder and Kaya was sweeping her's away. Sanji who was still listening close by was filled with questions. When did Kaya trust Luffy with that kind of message? They barely spoke in class, well, actually, nobody really talked to Luffy before.

People often said Luffy was a freak. The blond was starting to understand why.

They walked back to Usopp's house and Usopp was smiling. He hadn't done that in a long while.

"Are you alright now?" Luffy asked as they walked on the porch.

"Yeah... I think I will go back to school soon. I feel a lot better now. I know I will never forget her, but I won't let her become a burden. It's a promise." Luffy smiled brightly.

"Good! Where are you going to enlist? Your old school? Or are you going to come to mine? It could be fun! It's still early in the year, I a sure you could transfer easily." Usopp nodded.

"That would probably help since you know what I went through. Thanks a lot!" Usopp closed the door. Just as Sanji had decided he would leave since this was over, Luffy spoke again.

"What are you going to do now?"

Sanji froze. Was he talking to him? He turned back to see Luffy on the porch talking to... nothing.

"Really? Well, that is probably a good thing. I will miss you, you know."

Sanji looked at Luffy with a frown. Th other teen was smiling as if he was talking to someone. he couldn't fake that to get attention or be talking to anyone around, Sanji was missing something. Something big.

But before his eyes, even if he didn't know it, Kaya crossed to the other side and a single tear slid down Luffy's smiling face.

Later that day, Sanji, Nami and Vivi were in front of Luffy's house. They had all agreed to meet there since he lived in the middle of the city near all the shops and interesting things to do.

They knocked the front door and Ace answered.

"Hey, you must be Luffy's friends! Come in." The three teen smiled and entered the house. Luffy just got out of his room as they did.

"Hey, guys!" The raven haired teen said as he walked to them. Ace glanced at the counter. He knew Sabo was sitting there looking at them with a glad but depressed expression. He could almost feel it radiate from him, even if he couldn't see it.

Of course, their bloodied spirit friend was glad Luffy could talk to more alive people, but he still felt the same pang in his soul every time he saw it. Luffy and Ace were both alive. They were both breathing still, but he was not. Even after four years, the poor ghost couldn't move on. He couldn't even mourn and accept his own death.

"So, what do you want to do while we wait for Zoro?" The two girls shrugged and Sanji pointed to the living room.

"Do you have video games we could play four players? That could be fun. We could also watch a movie." They all agreed and moved to the living room. They ended up playing a few different Mario games, but mostly Mario cart. At one point when Ace had left to make groceries with Sabo following him to get out of the house a bit, Sanji decided to pull Luffy aside. The two girls had started playing super Mario 3D world and were getting pretty good so they didn't really pay attention to the two when they left to get snacks in the kitchen.

Sanji pulled the other boy with him almost roughly. He wasn't really a bully or even keen to violence, but he wanted answers on what was up with Luffy. The other kid looked slightly startled in the change of attitude but didn't resist, he just looked curiously at Sanji and entered the kitchen.

"What's this about?" The raven haired boy asked nervously and almost defensively. Sanji was glaring at him with his swirly eyebrows furrowed, which, surprisingly, didn't look ridicule but rather more intimidating than it should be.

"How do you know my mom's name?" Luffy opened his mouth and closed it immediately as fear took over. He had only started to hang out with those guys, he didn't want to lose them right away!

"I...I..." Sanji took a sharp breath.

"And what about... Who are you talking to all the time when no one is around? You always start talking to the air and it's kind of weird."

"I... can't explain." Sanji frowned.

"In those situations, aren't you supposed to say I can explain?" Luffy shook his head.

"I actually can't right now." Sanji sighed.

"Luffy, you are actually someone fun to hang out with. You are cheerful and energetic and I-" He looked back at the two girls in the living room who couldn't hear a word of the conversation through their loud game."We probably all need that, but I just want to know."

Luffy's eyes narrowed. "You want to know? Why does everyone want to know but never say anything themselves? You won't tell me your secrets since we started talking a few days ago, I won't tell you mine!" The lights flickered. Luffy froze before he sighed. " You know what, I am sorry. It's been stressful for me lately." Luffy exited the kitchen, leaving behind the blond, who only became more curious about Luffy's secret now.

The rest of the day was really nice... Zoro came back from his kendo practice and they all hung out, Sabo and Ace talked about their past together, reminiscing the good old days... but Luffy knew, deep down, this friendship wouldn't last. He had until they all learned the truth. Still, it wasn't even the hardest thing either Ace, Luffy or Sabo had to deal with today.

"Sabo..."

The blond took a sharp breath.

"... What?"

"What was your psychic power?"

"I had... visions." Ace looked at his friend with an unimpressed frown.

"That's it? Why didn't you tell me?" Sabo looked down.

"It wasn't actually visions it was a single vision that I saw more than once." Ace and Luffy narrowed their eyes and the blond continued.

"Half of the time, when I went to sleep, I would dream of how I would die. I tried to stop it. I was sure there was a way. When I met you, Ace, I just wanted to avoid you at first since I knew I would die in your arms... But I couldn't. Everything I did to avoid it just sealed my fate. That is why I never told you. I knew it would happen. When, how, why, everything, I knew and I couldn't stop it." Sabo put his hand to his face and tried to hide his tears.

"I died... And I could never tell you how much you meant to me... That you saved my life... Until today." He smiled at Ace as he brushed his tears away. Now they had it. The truth.

But the truth hurts.

There you have chapter 6! I am really enjoying writing this story down!

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I am also sorry if this chapter seemed kind of rushed, but... yeah. I don't really know what to say about that. There was a lot of things I wanted to put in this chapter and It kind of... Melted together like that. Oh well... I will try to do better for the next chapter.

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