A few days later, Ace and Sabo sat on the third division's ship.
"Sir! The Newspaper is in!" someone shouted. Ace yawned.
"Ace! Wake up! It could be more news about Luffy!" Sabo kicked his brother. Ace sat up.
"Luffy? Where?" He looked around.
"No here idiot, the newspaper." Sabo snapped. The crew member nervously watch the brothers argue.
"Uh, guys?" He cut in, handing the news paper to Sabo.
"Oh, thanks." Sabo started flipping through, Ace glanced over Sabo's shoulder.
"I don't see her name..." He muttered.
"No wait! Ace, look at this." Sabo pointed at a section of the newspaper. "Captain Buggy has been defeated, by who is still unknown, but judging from the pattern we have, we have guessed it was one- Luffy. The same female pirate who defeated the marines just days ago! She has been spotted heading to Syrup Island with Roronoa Zoro, and one other unidentified character. We still have no photo's and a wanted poster had been postponed until farther notice." Sabo read aloud, some of the third division crew members stopped and listened. Ace smirked at the paper.
"That's out sister alright. Where is she heading?" Ace muttered.
"Knowing her, the famous Baratie might be her next stop."
"We're no where near there!" Ace complained.
After thinking, Sabo stood.
"Well, maybe one of us could go." He said.
"Yeah! Good idea, I'll-"
"Stay here." Sabo interrupted Ace.
"WHAT!?" Ace stood.
"Stay. Here. I'll go find Luffy." Sabo said, looking out at the sea from under his blue top hat. Ace crossed his arms.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because." Sabo shrugged. "You'll kill her crew." He said, walking away. Ace stood up and stomped after his brother.
"Oi!" He yelled. Sabo turned to the crew.
"Everyone! I'm going for a while! Ace is staying though!"
"NO! I will be gone! Sabo is staying here!" Sabo shouted.
"Ace.. Sabo..." The crew smiled nervously. Sabo grabbed a bucket of water from the deck and splashed it on Ace. Ace shook and fell, the power draining from his body. Sabo held up the peace sign.
"Later guys! I'll be back!" And with that, Sabo jumped on the one person boat and used his flames to jet off through the grand line.
About the time Luffy was facing off with Kuro, Sabo was jetting past the calm belt. And by the time Luffy was off Syrup island with Usopp, Sabo was walking through Louge Town. He yawed, walking back to his boat so he could try and make it to the Baratie, no telling where Luffy was now. She was seen heading to Syrup Island... probably have left by now. So Sabo hopped on his boat with his supplies and set sail at a moderate speed.
Sabo yawned, he looked to see Syrup Island. There was someone on the shore. He looked like a lamb and seemed to be gathering some wet rope.
"Ahoy!" Sabo yelled. The man looked over.
"Oh, hello sir!" He waved,. Sabo docked.
"Do you need help with that?" He asked, The lamb man shook his head.
"No no, it's quite alright, I should have done this two days ago right when they left..." he shook his head to himself.
"When who left?" Sabo asked, but the man had finished gathering rope.
"Sorry sir, I must be getting back now. You may come visit if you want to hear the amazing story." He smiled and walked off. Sabo tied up his boat and strode off to the town.
Everyone stared at Sabo when he walked through the town.
"Maybe he's a noble." People would mutter.
"Off to see Lady Kaya." Others would say.
"he's incredibly handsome." Some woman would giggle. Sabo didn't see how he was handsome in anyway. His blond hair was a bit dirty and messy, he would rake his finger through and then throw his blue hat on top of the messy hair that fell to his neck. His eyes that used to be a light blue turned into a deeper shade, one that always gave him a serious expression, he had a gap in his front tooth, it made a half circle shape whenever he smiled, he wore knee-length blue pants and a button down white shirt with a blue over coat. And some plain sneakers.
Sabo continued to walk through the town. He came to a large gate.
"Uh? Hello! It's me! From the beach!" Sabo yelled, not knowing what else to say. The gate opened and the Lamb man was standing in the yard with a girl and three boys who were running around her. The boys stopped and looked at Sabo.
"Another pirate!" They smiled.
"Another?" Sabo pondered. The girl giggled.
"Hello, I'm Kaya! Welcome to the village." Sabo nodded in thanks.
"Now, what were you saying earlier? You were talking about 'when they left' and just now, 'another pirate' Who was here?" Sabo asked.
"Oh! You must be talking about Usopp and his new captain and crew." Kaya smiled. Sabo nodded,
"Usopp?"
"He's a boy from this village." The lamb guy explained.
"I see, who did he leave with?" Sabo asked.
"An amazing pirate!" on boy smiled.
"She was super strong!" another boy cheered.
"With a few big punches! That other pirate didn't stand a chance!" The third boy threw some punches into the air.
"Who was it?" Sabo asked. Everyone smiled.
"Luffy of course." The three boys, lamb guy, and Kaya all answered.
Sabo listened to every detail everyone had about Luffy. What she looked like now, who was on her crew, her personality, how strong she was and where she was heading.
"Yeah, those four were very noisy." Kaya shook her head.
"'Onward! To Baratie!' Luffy had screamed." the lamb guy chuckled.
"Baratie?" Sabo asked, standing. "You said she left two days ago right?" Sabo thought about how the wind had been, Luffy should have been at the Baratie for a day already! "I really have to go! I have to catch up with her!" Sabo waved to the group as he ran.
"Goodbye!" the three boys waved.
"Thank you!" Sabo yelled as he disappeared down the path.
Sabo was jetting on his boat. He was so close.
"Luffy!" He yelled, smiling widely as if she could hear him. He went a bit faster, no telling what type of trouble Luffy could have gotten into this time. Or if she was in trouble at all. He was almost there, just one more day of traveling. One more day and he could see Luffy.
But, sadly, it's my job as the author to make it harder than that now isn't it?