At the same time...
"Over there! I see the Sunny!" Shouted Luffy hugging the top of the mast. He jumps down.
The ships sails up to the Sunny. Sanji and the others help tie up the Revolutionary ship to the Sunny. They all board the Sunny and start talking.
"LAWWWWWWWWWWW!" Screams Bepo running towards Law. Bepo practically jumps on Law hugging him crying 'cause he missed him so much.
"Okay, okay." Said Law trying to push off Bepo. "I missed you too Bepo." Bepo let's go and Law smiles.
"Okay." Said Sanji. "There are Marines on this island. And if it's the dog ship I'm thinking of then it's probably Garp." He looks at Luffy. "Luffy. Is that okay with you if you see him? I mean, with what happened 2 years ago..."
"I'll be fine." Said Luffy confidentially. "Ace and I knew when we both became pirates that we would be going against Garp." Luffy's happy and smiling face disappeared and he looked down. "We never thought this would've happened though. Ace was strong. I even had to fight Garp at Marine Ford... He couldn't fight me though. I didn't want to either but-" he stops. He's recalling the war where Garp and him were about to fight but Garp couldn't let Luffy past him without one. "...If that ship was really Garp's, then I would like to see him again. Even if he doesn't want to see me. I don't blame him for anything. He was just doing his job." Luffy looks back up with a big smile on his face. "Now Sanjiiii! Foooooooooood!"
"Geez Luffy." Said Sanji. "We'll go out shopping for food first. But since it's such a big crowd now, why don't we go out to eat?"
"Oh yes!" Said Kinemon excitedly. "I know a great place where we can eat!"
"Alriiiight! Let's hurry up and goooooo!" Screamed Luffy excitedly as he stood up. "Lead the way Kinemon!"
Sabo stood up, looked at Luffy, and smiled. He thought to himself, "Hmp! You haven't changed one bit...I missed you so much...but I won't anymore." He followed everyone else off the Sunny onto the land.
As they were walking down the street everyone was normal. Luffy was excited and started singing about food he was going to eat, and Sabo walked looking at Luffy smiling at how much of a child he is.
"...Luffy" said Sabo starring at him with a sort of pained expression. Everyone stopped and looked at him. "...Luffy...12 years ago, you asked Ace and I to join your pirate crew. Us, being older, didn't want to fight under you. But, thinking back on it, I never got the chance to become a pirate. To this day, I still wonder what it would've been like. Would Ace and I be captains together? ...Luffy...if it's okay, can I still take you up on your offer? I always want to be there to protect you, and being apart of your crew will let me."
"But Sabo!" Koala jumps in. "What about Dragon?! Are you really going to leave him?"
"No. Of course not." He said smiling. "Back when we were on our ship coming here I went into the cabin remember? I called Dragon telling him the situation. Of course I will still be doing to duties as a Revolutionary Army member, but I'll be with Luffy." He looks at Koala. "And Koala, if Luffy says it's okay, then Dragon said you could come with us. Hmp! Besides, Dragon's happy that I'll be able to keep an eye on his precious son and report back to him. And if I stick with them, then one day, he'll meet up Luffy. So Luffy, what do you say? Will you let Koala and I join your crew?"
Everyone seemed in shock. They weren't expecting this at all. Luffy answered with his arms crossed looking down. "You know Sabo...I really did want you and Ace to be with me when I conquered the seas and become King of the Pirates." He looked up at Sabo, uncrossed his arms, and smiled. "Of course you can join!" He runs towards Sabo and hugs him. "Hehe this is going to be so much fun!"
Sabo laughs. "Haha Luffy! I'm really looking forward to it." Luffy lets ago and they continue on their way to the restrurant.
"Hm? Luffy," said Sanji concerned. "What's with all those Navy soldiers outside the restraunt?"
"Hmm?" Luffy stopped, then continued walking without singing.
The Navy soldiers saw a group of people walking towards them. One of them saw a straw hat and said, "HEY! YOU THERE! STRAW HAT LUFFY! STOP RIGHT THERE!" The Marines started the block the door. Making sure that Garp would be safe and not attacked.
Garp looked out the window to see what all the commotion was about. He couldn't hear anything but muffled voices and shouts but nothing clearly.
"We're not trying to cause any trouble." Luffy said. "We just want to eat. We're not going to steal anything, promise. We have money." He starts to head towards the door blocked by soldiers but the soldiers get closer together to keep guarding the door.
"Please sirs." Said Kinemon as he stepped towards the door standing behind Luffy. "These aren't bad people. We really do just want to eat."
Garp did hear that and he yelled, "Just let them in guys! I'll be fine!"
Even though the soldiers were hesitant and looking at each other, they decided to listen to their boss and let the Pirates in.
Luffy was too excited about eating as always. As they walked inside the door, Ace quickly put his hood back on as in not to be seen by anyone. Luffy screamed, "FOOOOOOOOD! BRING ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT MR. COOK!" But as he said that his eyes opened and he saw someone he knew in front of him. Luffy saw Garp standing there with a hooded man. Everyone was behind Luffy. Everyone who was on the crew before leaving Water 7, and Sabo knew who this man was. Luffy was shocked, and so was Sabo.
"G-Grandpa..." Said Luffy schocked. "What are you doing here?" Even though Luffy said he would be fine seeing his Grandpa again, they still know that he had the chance to save Ace but didn't.
Luffy saw the hooded man tremble. Luffy stared at him with a strait face.
"Luffy..." Garp said surprised to see his Grandson here in front of him. "Luffy I..." Ace elbowed him as to say nothing of his existence. Sabo noticed that. He wasn't sure what to think of it though. Garp had to think of something to say so the only thing he could think of was, "Luffy! Why don't you introduce me to your crew! I haven't met some of them before."
"Well, okay." He said in a dombfounded voice. "Well, this is Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Robin which you have already met." He pounted to all of them while saying their name. "And this is Franky." He points to Franky. "He joined right after you left. You may have seen him when you were shooting at us hehehe!" Garp had an 'oh yeah ha ha ha.' look on his face. "And this is Brook!" He points to Brook. "He's a talking skeleton who knows Laboon who we met when we entered the Grand Line!" Luffy was way too excited about a talking skeleton. "These are Kinemon and his son Momonoske, and their friend Kanjuro." He points to them. "This is my friend Law, Bepo, who's a talking polar bear which is freaking awesome! Amd their crew. He points to all of them. "And this this Koala and Hack of the Revolutionary Army!" They both knew that this was Dragon's dad, so they waved to him and Koala smiled at him as well. "And Grandpa! Can you guess who this is?" He points to Sabo.
Garp looks at him not knowing who he is, then he says, "he looks a bit like someone I knew, but it's impossible. He died 12 years ago."
"Nope. You're wrong Grandpa." Luffy smiled a faint smile.
"Hey Garp," said Sabo smiling. Ace flinched. His eyes were wide open facing the other direction of Luffy amd Sabo. "Long time no see."
Garp looked over and saw Ace's huge eyes tearing up. He looked back at Sabo. "You remind me of this brat of Grandsons hung out with who wanted to be pirates."
"Haha!" Laughed Sabo. "It sure has been a while huh Garp?"he smiled. Garp's eyes went big when he realized it was Sabo. Luffy and Ace's brother. But before Garp could say anything, Ace turned around hood still on his head and hugged Luffy and Sabo around the neck. Luffy struggled to push him away. He pushed on the hooded man and Sabo started doing the same thing. They were both saying "Get off of me!" "Let goooo!" Then the man said crying, "Luffy...Sabo..." Luffy and Sabo stood still. They stopped struggling and everyone behind them was also quiet. Sabo grabbed the hood, and slowly took it off. Revealing Ace whom everyone thought was dead. Luffy, Sabo, and everyone was shocked. Nami put her hands over her mouth.
"A-Ace..." Said Luffy in shock and about to cry of what he's seeing.
"Ace..." Said Sabo also getting chocked up.
"I thought..." Ace said crying now. He looks at Sabo. "I thought you were dead Sabo..." He looks at Luffy. "And I'm glad you're okay Luffy..." He looks back and forth at them. "I can't believe that this is how we meet up after 12 years."
"But Ace," Luffy said concerned but also still teary. "I saw you die though... There's no way you, or anyone could've survived that."
"Well," Ace said. "I did die. But I was revived." He looked up and saw everyone behind him, but one person really stood out him.
"Well, Grandpa," said Luffy happily. "We came here to eat food 'cause we were all hungry."
"Garp stood there staring at his stupid Grandson. "Hahaha! Of course you are. Let's sit over here and eat." He leads them to a table to the left and they sit down. Including Ace.
As they were sitting around the table talking, Garp stops everyone so he could tell Ace something. As well as Luffy and Sabo whom he wanted to hear it as well. "Everyone..." Everyone stops talking and faces Garp. "Ace, Luffy, Sabo...especially Ace... I think I should tell you all about how I ended up with Ace." Ace has never heard this story before so he was really concentrated. He wasn't crying anymore. "Roger and I were rivals. Every time we fought, it was always a draw. We were evenly matched." Everyone wasn't too shocked. Garp had to have been strong to become a Vice Admiral. "Roger was dieing of a sickness which is why he gave himself to the government." Everyone seemed a little surprised. They didn't know that he was sick when he died. "But before that, he spent a lot of time on a certain island. And island where a lot of people said that Roger has settled down. Started a family. That was true. But, the child was unborn. The Navy took it seriously and for 9 months after Rogers execution Marines stayed on that island investigating every child that was born. If they found proof that it was Rogers child, it would also be killed." Everyone's faces were shocked. Why would people go this far to get rid of a child who hasn't done anything? "Ace...your mother, Portgas D. Rouge, refused to let you die no matter what. So in order to keep you from being killed, she was pregnate with you for 20 months." Everyone was surprised. Ace included. He had no idea. "When Roger was in Impel Down, he told me that even though we fought every time we met, I was someone whom he trusted. He told me that his wife was pregnate and in order to ensure the child's safety, the child will be born later than supposed to. Rouge died from exhaustion after holding Ace for too long. Therefore, instead of keeping the name 'Gol D. Ace' that Rouge gave him, he felt like he owed her and took her sername instead." Ace knew why he changed his name, but he didn't know anything else. He hated his father when he was younger, but now, he has a lot more respect for him now.
After they were all full from all the food, and the cook was worn out because of Ace's, Sabo's, and Luffy's never ending appetite, they all left the restaurant to head back to the ship where they left Ceaser locked in a room.