Here's K for you all, sorry it took so long but I think this one makes up for how long it took, it's huge compared to my others in this story!

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, if I did then...... You know I don't think I'd change anything now that I think about it! One Piece is just that good, it's THE bomb people! Not just a bomb but it's THE bomb!

Kiss

Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace were many things; brothers, best friends, pirates, lovers, legends. Over the years they added each of these at a time some closer to others and some over a span of years in the making but each had something in common with each other, a kiss.

Brothers:

A young Monkey D. Luffy would admit to being a lot of things a goofball, a kid, a freak, and the like but what he refused to be called was a baby especially by Big Brother Ace. So when a young Monkey D. Luffy gets beaten up by the jerks of the village because he's a freak or a monster he doesn't tell Big Brother Ace nor does he complain about the fact that he may very well have a broken bone in his wrist from where one of the biggest jerks stepped on his hand and with it his wrist to see 'how well the little Freaks bones withstood pressure' and if 'the Monsters bones was rubber as well'. All he does instead is let out the occasional whimper here or there, nothing to big for he mustn't let Big Brother Ace find out you see.

So when Big Brother Ace finally does notice that a young Luffy isn't acting like his usually hyper hoppy self a young Luffy shies away from his big brother's questioning eyes and concerned questions. "Lu, you okay?" A quick nod of a straw hat covered head was the silent answer. "Lu, are you sure?" Another quick and silent nod, "Lu, look at me please." A shake of the head, "Monkey D. Luffy, look at me." With the stern voice a reluctant glance upwards showing eyes filled with the slightest pain. "Lu, what's wrong?" a quick flash of a now purple and blue wrist from where it was previously hidden and then a sharp intake of breath much like a gasp from the elder D. brother.

The elder D. brother looked down at his little brothers' wrist in worry; it looked like Luffy had been hiding it for at least a day maybe more. "Was it them again?" A look was shot in the deafening silence that answered. Some quick probes here and there on the tender wrist with a few whimpers and winces before a little smile of encouragement was flashed. "Alright Lu hold still I'm going to put it in a sprint ok?" A nod then a crack as the broken wrist was once again put into its rightful place with a yelp of pain. An almost non existent sniffle, "There, you ok now Luffy?" Another nod this one more lively then the previous ones. "Oh, before I forget." A gentle smile then a touching of lips on the bandaged wrist, "There, all better!" A full fledged smile from the younger D.

"Yeah, thanks Ace!" A smile and than a yawn and than the rubbery boy dubbed as a monster was asleep.

Best Friends:

Portgas D. Ace was having a strange day, you see he had been walking by Makino's bar with the thought to find his little brother and best friend Monkey D. Luffy when he had spotted Luffy's long time idol Red Hair Shanks in the bar that he was about to pass, now seeing Shanks wasn't that strange, he had heard from Luffy that the red haired pirate had come for a visit you see. But no the weird part was that Shanks was doing something weird to Makino, there faces were really close together and when he asked them what they were doing Makino had turned a pink almost red color before going shifty eyed and running off yelling that she had to go back to work. Shanks had stayed though so Ace had asked him what they were doing, and had gotten the answer that they had been kissing.

When Ace had questioned what kissing was, you must realize that Ace was at the tender age of thirteen…. Alright maybe not so tender but no one had bothered to give him or Luffy sex education. Makino had tried but had gotten flustered with the boys oblivious questions, Garp had sort of tried. He had pointed to a women while both Ace and Luffy were with him when he went shopping and started to list the different things that could be done to her, he hadn't gotten to far before he fell asleep and Luffy and Ace had run off to see all the shiny baubles at the market. And Ace had some friends in the village he just didn't really play with them as much as he did with Luffy, because well Luffy was his brother and best friend so why would he need anyone else to play with?

So with all those things compiling together we get a thirteen year old by the name of Portgas D. Ace who had no knowledge of what a simple kiss was. And Shanks Red Hair was in no way unwilling to answer Ace's question but decided to use a….. Cleaned up version of what he was going to say for the main reason that Makino was staring at him from behind the bar counter and he was sure that if he said anything indecent then he wouldn't be getting anything soon. So he simply explained to the still confused on what kissing was boy, that kissing was what you did with someone who was really special to you, and so with that new definition Portgas D. Ace was gone in a flash to share his new knowledge with Luffy.

And with the thought of Luffy Ace froze, Shanks had said that a kiss was something you shared with someone special…. And Luffy was special, so did that mean that he should kiss Luffy? Luffy was his little brother and his best friend so that did make him special, that made him very special so should he kiss Luffy then? With that logic running through his head Ace made his way back to a house not far from the village that he, Luffy, and on occasion Garp lived in.

"Luffy? Luffy, where are you? Hey Luuuuuu!" A crash resounded through the previously silent house followed by the sound of a poorly muffled curse leaving Ace wondering where Luffy had heard such a word then coming to the conclusion that it was probably from one of Shanks nakama when they were drunk.

"Ace! Where have you been?" And his little brother or best friend was in front of him with sleep tussled hair and a slight drowsiness in his eyes were left over from the nap that he had just awoken from.

"I learned something from Shanks today, you want to try it?" An enthusiastic nod came from Luffy because anything Shanks taught them was a good thing that needed to be tried out immediately. "Alright, hold still then Lu." And with those hushed words the younger D. brother froze and waited to see what his best friend would do. Ace looked at Luffy for a moment before pressing there lips together; a spark, a tingle, and a sense of belonging washed over both before Ace pulled back slightly while still looking at Luffy, "Guess I know why Shanks likes kissing so much."

It would be six months until Ace and Luffy found out the true definition of what kissing was and who it was supposed to be done with, one of which was not included was your brother, so they chose to ignore the spark, the tingle, and the sense of belonging. And for a time Ace wished that they were merely best friends instead of brothers also.

Pirates:

Portgas D. Ace was in a conundrum of a sort. He was a pirate, and pirates were more or less a rowdier thief, and thieves stole things, they stole things that they wanted. Pirates also didn't follow the rules and ignored a majority of laws, in fact some went out of there way to break as many laws or rules as they could. So, following that logic he should be allowed to have what he wanted even if it was against the law even if he had to cross some lines made by some rules. And if his logic was correct then he should be able to take and keep whatever he wanted to, but did that include Luffy?

Luffy was a pirate as well so all the same principles applied to him, so did Luffy's same principles cancel out his? Also, Luffy was his little brother; he was supposed to protect Luffy. He was supposed to shelter Luffy from all the things that would hurt him, and Ace was almost positive that what he wanted would end up hurting Luffy in some way.

So the problem was to embrace the pirate side or to give into the big brother role that he should be constricted to.

Ace's problem was solved by something that many a man swore to and many a women thought was a pointless thing; sake. Yes, Ace got drunk he didn't mean to especially with Luffy around. Luffy, his little brother, his best friend, a fellow pirate, and the one who had been causing his mind to go in circles for the past year or so; so when he did become intoxicated his less then rational self thought 'hey, why not? Luffy's here, I'm a pirate, pirates take what they want regardless of the rules and restrictions, Luffy's a pirate he'll understand.'

And with those drunken thoughts drifting in his mind Ace snuck up to where Chopper had put his little brother to heal after the Straw Hats latest brawl with an admiral. With careful silent steps Ace slunk into the dimly lit room and immediately spotted his sleeping brother. Luffy was for once silent, he was lying on his side facing the door with bandages wrapped around his torso. A small smile was dancing on his lips. With deliberately chosen steps Ace crept over to where Luffy was with a slight smile he bent down and placed his lips on the still dead to the world Luffy before pulling back with a bigger smile because, Luffy was pirate, he would understand. As pirates it was okay for them to steal, even if it was kisses from each other.

Lovers:

No one could say that the Straw Hats didn't have selective hearing after spending a night with the crew when Portgas D. Ace was present. Everyone on Thousand Sunny could hear the two brothers, whether they wanted to or not. All of them had tried different methods to drown out the sounds of their captains moans late at night.

Nami at first hadn't minded that much because well, she thought that the two best friends were so cute together. Zoro had attempted to just sleep through the nights that Ace would come to visit, unfortunately that didn't work well when the part of Thousand Sunny that the two were residing in burst into flame from Ace losing control of his powers in the heat of the moment, Zoro had been awoken by the smell of smoke and the rather loud screaming of Nami that the two idiots had better find a place that wouldn't catch on fire if they were going to continue their time together, they had found a place, it was a fire proof room next to the room that Zoro called his own. Chopper had found that earplugs did wonders; that is until the rest of the Straw Hats started to steal them causing a mild fight to break out over the earplugs only for them to go over board when Zoro tripped Sanji who had the wonderful inventions in his possession at the time.

Franky had tried working on the ship at night, using his loudest drills and such while he was working, that had stopped after an enraged Nami had tracked him down and told him that she was trying to listen to the tw- ummm sleep. Sanji had simply tried to distract the two for the nights that Ace was present by making food as fast as Luffy and Ace could shovel it down, needless to say that failed because eventually and amazingly the two got full then would leave to do that he had tried to stop, but they'd be louder for some god awful reason, he chalked it up as they both had more energy. Brook handled the twos meeting by playing his violin as loud as he could throughout the night, the violin didn't have a loud enough note to completely drown out the two during there more releasing moments. Usopp coped by loudly going through all the adventures that he had made up in his head, it didn't help much.

Robins approach was the one that they all adopted in time; she simply ignored the sounds that could be heard from the fire proof room.

Although even her way of handling the situation was hard to follow when the Straw Hats on occasion would come across Luffy pinned against a wall by Ace as the two participated in a heavy make out session that hadn't quite made it to the fire proof room. On those nights the Straw Hats would clear they're throats near the two who would ignore them for the first three throat clearings before a dazed Luffy would notice his nakama and blush before getting up and grabbing Ace then darting to the room they shared.

Legends:

A creak of a chair was barely heard over the loud laughing and yelling that filled the modest bar located in the one and only Lougetown the town Of The Beginning And The End. The old bartender stood with the slightest of a wobble giving away the age of the still rather young looking women. As all of the still rowdy pirates in the bar saw the women rise they all fell into a silence. This was why they were all their. This was what they had all called a temporary truce to hear. This was the thing they had all waited for, for over ten days pirates all over the globe had come to Lougetown which had allowed this mass gathering because of its year's long tradition.

Today and only on this day would the old bartender named Makino tell the true story of the second Pirate King Monkey D. Luffy and his brother Fire Fist Ace. For this day was special, far more special then some could cope with to the old women who had traveled all the way from Fuschia to tell the tale of the brothers. Today was the day that the two and their respective crews vanished off the face of the earth. Leaving behind so many grand tales of adventure, sad stories filled with heart wrenching plots, and rumors filled with the promise of treasure. But it was finally time for those who were new to the tradition to hear the truth and those from old got another taste of something that they called pure gold; for it was the truth it was the true story of the two brothers.

The true story that would only be told once every decade as a homage to the brothers that had disappeared fifty years ago, a brittle voice that held within it a power that was able to ensnare the listener came from the old bar keeper, "You have all heard the names Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace. You all know what they were famous for, being the one to finally find One Piece being the famed and revered Fire Fist but none of you knew these two boys like I did. They were sweet things as children; Ace was the more relaxed one he kept Luffy at of trouble while Luffy was the one who would run of at a moments notice." The assembled pirates listened silently as the old bartender told the story of two of the most famous pirates in history.

"The day that Luffy finally found One Piece was a mixed thing, Luffy had finally completed his life long dream and long the way he had helped his nakama complete theirs, but they had something he didn't they had all found someone special to be with through their travels. And Luffy would be damned if he kept his friends away from their happiness, so the Straws Hats were disbanded and Luffy wandered on his own going back and visiting those they had met along the way to fulfilling their hopes." A tense silence drifted into the room as Makino unraveled more and more of her story, how Ace had found Luffy at the very town they were all in about to turn himself in to the marines like the previous Pirate King before him had. How Fire Fist had dragged his younger brother and made him see sense and finally how the two spent their last years together visiting their scattered crews.

"On the day they disappeared Luffy and Ace was seen in this very town walking down the street with smiles on their faces, secretive smiles, as if they were plotting their next great adventure together and just passing through the town of the Beginning and the End as a memorial of a sort before they set off. They left a message you know, a riddle of sorts that only those who live the same way they did can figure out.

'The greatest treasure in the world,

Can't be counted with silver and pearls.

It's something found in so very few,

But those who do,

They know the fee.

They know that it can conquer all those with greed.

It can make you fly,

It can bring you down,

It can very well beat you to the ground.

But in the end if it's the truth,

Then you'll be gifted all your life,

And be free from grief and strife.'

Those were the words that the two carved into the execution platform that is so very famous; it's a poem that the two found years ago you know." And with those words Makino took her leave as the pirates that were gathered thought over the children's poem that the brothers had carved into the very place that the first pirate king had died at, and as she left the once again loud bar Makino could swear she saw Ace and Luffy in the crowd waving with smiles on their faces before they met in a kiss. But the vision was gone as soon as she saw it, but this was the reason she came here every decade to tell their story. When she did she could see them again, see them as they left Fuchsia for the last time, and see the last thing that she would witness of the two in person; them smiling and waving before meeting for a tender kiss as they vanished from sight.