So here it is. The first bonus chapter. I think I will upload a bonus chapter every Friday(this means the next one will be uploaded on 11th May).
More details to this bonus chapter later.
CelineB: You're welcome^^ I had fun writing it. Especially with some inspirations, I got through reviews.^^
~Bonus 1 - Fighting ~
Something was not okay when Ace returned together with Thatch from a check-up on one of their islands.
Their crew members were jumpy and looked around as they expected to get attacked or something like that in the next moment.
Even Oyaji looked nervous. His usual cup of sake was missing. The sake, in general, was missing. This wasn't something that helped to feel relieved. (Normally that would be a good thing considering his health.)
Izo was standing next to him with Haruta, Atmos and Jozu. All four looked worried. It made Ace feel even more nervous. He couldn't even remember the last time he saw Jozu worried (except in the war).
„What is with this depressing atmosphere? ", Thatch asked loudly. The crew members on deck flinched.
They shouldn't react that way just by someone speaking. Something was clearly wrong. Something big had happened while they were gone.
Oyaji sent a small welcoming smile towards them before he looked worried again. It gave Ace the chills. Seeing his father figure like that.
And then the reason appeared. Well, he was most likely the reason.
Marco. The first division commander had an angry and moody aura around him.
„You are late. You were supposed to be back yesterday. I hope your report is on my desk tonight, yoi! "
Marco's voice cut through the air like Vista's swords through nearly anything. There was no place to protest against that order.
So Ace and Thatch just nodded.
The second division commander hadn't seen Marco in such a bad mood. And from the reaction of the others, they hadn't seen it, either.
„Don't you have any work to do, yoi? ", the Phoenix snapped at the crew member. They flinched again and then started to run off. Stumbling a bit over each other and their feet. With a shaking head, Marco followed them, probably to make sure that they work.
„What is up with Marco? ", Thatch asked quietly after moving closer to Oyaji and the other commanders.
Ace looked a bit worried after Marco. He hoped the bad mood wasn't connected to something that happened to his baby brother. But he feared it.
„Luff's Vivre Card. "Ace felt his heart drop when Izo said these three words. No…, not his baby brother. „It started to burn after you left and it didn't stop for two days. We already prepared to follow it but decided to call ahead. Just in case, it was only something simple…", the cross-dresser told.
„Turned out they had a run-in with Teach…", Haruta mumbled.
Ace's eyes widened. He felt fear, anger and shock. That bastard had been close to his baby brother again. He clenched his fists. If he only had been strong enough to take that traitor out two years ago… Since now it seemed like his baby brother was paying the price for his defeat again...
„Luffy had gotten hurt badly. That was why the Vivre Card burned. The wound left a scar on Luffy…", Jozu said.
„Marco got really angry when he heard it. I swear, he looked like he would kill anyone", Atmos explained and the 13th division commander shivered. Probably because he remembered the scene.
Ace could relate to that. He would be probably the same. After all, it was Luffy who got hurt. Luffy, his baby brother. Luffy, who was one of the first people to accept him as he was.
„So… Marco is still pissed because of that? ", Ace asked carefully. Trying to control the anger inside him. He didn't need a reminder that the ship wouldn't like it if he stood there as a human flame. Also, Marco would probably just kill him instead of punishing him at the moment.
„No… if it was just that. We could deal with it. But…", Izo started but shook his head. The cross-dresser bit his lips. He didn't really seem to like to tell them.
„Marco and Luffy got into a fight because of the traitor. Marco had made Luffy promise that he won't fight against the bastard and would run away. But with that confrontation, Luffy broke the promise. I didn't hear the reasons… but they were screaming at each other. It stopped when Luffy said that he is no longer interested in arguing about that topic. Marco was then like ‚hung up now and we are through'...", Atmos explained. His eyes had a sad gleam.
Ace looked shocked at the 13th division commander. „Luffy hung up? ", he asked soundlessly.
The others nodded.
Ace felt hollow. That couldn't happen. He only registered half-minded what Thatch and then Izo said.
„They broke up because of that bastard?! "
„Yeah, Marco is like that since the call. He works also a lot more. It is like he tries to work himself to death, just because Luffy hated to see him work like that…"
Marco and Luffy had broken up? Ace couldn't believe it. It has to be a joke. A very bad joke. But no one was laughing or shouting out that Ace and Thatch were successfully pranked.
But it couldn't be as far as he knew, Marco was totally smitten with Luffy and it was the same the other way around. There had been already bets on the ship if they would get married and who would propose.
For crying out loud, he even knew that Marco would ask Luffy this special question when his baby brother achieved his dream.
Ace had already made some plans in his mind for an All-you-can-eat night before the wedding with just Luffy and Sabo.
It never crossed his mind that they wouldn't be able to last… After all, their love for each other seemed so strong. So unbreakable…
Thatch broke him out of his thoughts and shocked nearly everyone by asking: „So what are we going to do to get them back together? "
Ace blinked. Getting them back together? Would that be possible?
The others seemed a bit sceptical, too. He couldn't blame them. How should they deal with Marco in this bad mood? The Phoenix would most likely throw them into the ocean if they said a wrong word.
„What? Don't look like you wouldn't care about them never getting back together. We all know that they are perfect together. A fight happens in a relationship, not this bad… but if they don't know how to deal with each other at the moment, we should help them", Thatch declared.
Ace wanted to nod in agreement. It sounded right. But he stopped himself. He couldn't just participate in this plan. No, as much as he wanted them back together. He couldn't help the others… not until he had a chance to talk with Luffy. He wouldn't do anything his baby brother wouldn't like.
When he knew that Luffy did not want to get back with Marco, he would give the Phoenix a piece of his mind for fighting with his baby brother. But only then… because if they both still loved each other, he couldn't convince himself to let his brother-complex get the best of him… only to hurt them more.
Luffy kicked a stone and watched it flying over the street.
His crew was in some bar together with his brother and some other Whitebeard pirates. It would have been nice to see them again and party with them.
But he couldn't… not when there was a possibility that he saw Marco…
He bit his lip. Just the thought of the blonde hurt him deeply. Seeing him would mostly make him cry. And that was the last thing he wanted…
He didn't want to be the reason for Ace breaking off the friendship with the blonde. They were ship brothers. They needed to trust each other in battles. He would kill this trust if he let his brother know about his feelings…
Luffy stopped in front of a little bar far away from the one where he felt his brother's presence.
He let his focus slip as he went in and sat down on a stool.
The barkeeper looked at him with a lifted eyebrow but didn't say anything. The man just took his order and then placed the glass of water in front of him.
Maybe… maybe he should drink a bit today. Just to forget…
Three glasses of some strange alcohol, he didn't even notice how someone, a man much bigger than him, sat down next to him. Luffy only started to notice him as he began to talk about a random topic. The young captain only nodded sometimes. He couldn't really focus on the words the other said. He didn't even notice how his glass seemed to be full all the time.
His head grew heavier and his senses became blurry. He had to grip the counter slightly to not fall from his stool.
„Ne, boy, you look like you need some fun. I know a way to have lots of fun", the stranger said.
Luffy tried to look at the man but failed. He didn't even know what to answer as he hadn't fully registered what was said.
But a snort made Luffy go stiff and a lonely tear rolled down his cheek as the one who snorted spoke.
„Making a lightweight drunk and then trying to make them do something they wouldn't do sober is low. Even for people like you, yoi. "
Why was he here? It couldn't be. He should be with the others and Luffy's crew. Luffy would probably be able to deal with everyone at the moment… but not Marco.
Not the person he still loved so much…
„Why don't you shrimp care about your own business? "
„This boy is the younger brother of a good friend. So it is my business if you try to take advantage of his condition, yoi. "
Luffy flinched. This hurt… these words hurt… now he was only Ace's little brother again… he had to fight against tears. He lowered his head to hide the traitorous gleam of them in his eyes. He couldn't start crying now… he just couldn't… even when he was drunk… he just knew.
The black-haired boy swallowed and lifted his head a bit. His eyes fixed on his glass. Full of the liquid he had drunk the whole time.
He grabbed it and downed the alcohol in one shot. Just to get some distraction.
It burned in his throat. It made him stumble. He suddenly felt like he would throw up. His vision was fading into black.
The glass slipped out of his fingers. He heard distantly how it shattered on the floor.
Then his own body seemed to fall towards the floor, too.
But it was stopped by a pair of strong, familiar arms.
Luffy could feel a single tear rolling over his cheek before he lost consciousness.
He groaned lightly as he started to wake up again. His whole body hurt. He was tired… just like he had a heavy fight. Going back to sleep sounded nice and was the only thought he had on his mind.
Luffy was in a warm comfy bed that seemed to lull him to sleep again. It wasn't his hammock, but it felt familiar. Very familiar.
His eyes snapped open wide. Luffy shot himself up in a sitting position. He groaned in pain, but mostly he was shocked.
He was in Marco's room. In Marco's bed.
Why was he here? The blonde didn't care about him any longer that way… He was sure that Marco would have brought him to Ace's room…
„There is water and aspirin on the nightstand, yoi. "
Luffy flinched. His senses weren't up to their usual selves, yet. He turned his head carefully to the right.
There was Marco. Sitting at his desk and working on some paper. The blonde hadn't even looked up to see how he is.
Luffy felt numb. He didn't know what to do.
A part of him want to hit Marco for doing so much paperwork if the stacks on the desk were any hint of it, and then kiss him to stop him. But he couldn't do this…
They weren't together any longer… He had no right to stop the blonde from doing his work.
It wasn't right. Marco had mostly only helped him because he was Ace's little brother… Just the little brother of a good friend.
Mechanically he took the water and the medicine.
„Thank you…", Luffy whispered before he left the room struggling to suppress some tears.
Tears that he wasn't allowed to show, yet… not when there was a chance people would notice them.
Marco hid his face in his palms. He felt clueless and helpless…
The boy didn't make it easy for him. He didn't know how to deal with this situation. All the experience he had gathered in his life didn't help one bit.
He was still somehow angry at Luffy for not trying to avoid the confrontation… but… he still loved him dearly.
And as long as he loved the boy more than anything, Marco would never let some pervert take advantage of Luffy. Hell, he would even die for him even if he was still conflicted…
He had cried silently the whole night while he held the drugged, drunken boy close to him. It had hurt so much but on the other side, it had also calmed him to be able to hold Luffy. To protect him…
The whispered ‚Thank you' when Luffy had left his rooms minutes earlier broke his heart.
He could feel the pain of the boy. The pain he had caused. Damn it, he never wanted to hurt Luffy…
Not even after their big break up… not like this…
He should have gone for a flight after Oyaji had decided to kick off the ship yesterday… but then… he felt anger. Just the thought of what could have happened to Luffy made him angry. It made him so angry that he wanted to go back and kill this man… just for thinking about taking advantage of Luffy…
He clenched his fits. Marco felt like he should try to control himself… It wasn't any good if he walked another day around like a ticking time-bomb…
A loud bell interrupted his thoughts.
An attack.
An attack from marines.
Great, just what he needed. Some idiots to blow off some steam.
Well… there were lots of idiots who could be used to blow off some steam and … Kizaru.
The Admiral with the Pika Pika no mi got on his nerves since Marine Ford. He had never forgiven the man for attacking Oyaji, for kicking Luffy around like a ball when it was clear that the boy couldn't go on, for everything that the man had done in the war against them.
So with every intention of making him pay and keeping the admiral from hurting his crew members and the Straw Hats, Marco flew into the fight.
Taking a full hit of Kizaru's attack.
Blue flames danced around his body to heal every little wound. His eyes were fixed on the admiral who floated in the air.
This time there was no ice or other solid ground beneath them. So when he kicked the Kizaru to the ground this time. There would be no coming back to the fight so quickly. After all, the marines had to fish the admiral out first.
It sounded like an easy plan. That worked fine until… he noticed something that broke his focus.
A member of his division was fighting back to back with Luffy. Normally that was something unimportant, but… whatever the crew member had said, had made Luffy blush!
The boy shouldn't blush that way on the battlefield if someone else than him said something to him. Hadn't this man heard that Luffy was … well had been Marco's? You didn't go after the ex of your commander if you didn't know the details and without asking for permission!
Anger and jealousy towards his own crew member distracted him from his own fight.
Something he shouldn't have let happen. His opponent was known to use these distractions. Like during Marine Ford.
A strange web hit him and made it impossible for him to stay in the air. He felt his strength weakened. Sea stone!
Two lasers hit him during his fall.
Blood flew out of his mouth.
His vision started to blur lightly.
He would hit the water unable to escape his fate.
„Commander Marco! ", he heard his crew member scream before the water drowned the sounds of them.
His vision becoming black and his senses gave up their work.
„I'm sorry. "
Someone sobbed.
„Don't die, Marco. "
He felt hot tears in the crock of his neck.
„You can't leave me like that…"
A shaking body was pressed against his. Two arms around his shoulders. Whoever this was, clung to him like his life depended on it.
„You have to wake up, Marco. "
Marco felt tired and didn't even want to open his eyes. It seemed like too much work.
He couldn't remember the last time that he felt so weak.
Why couldn't let this person let him sleep now?
„Please, Marco…"
The voice sounded familiar. A little part of him started to fight against this sleepiness. He had to wake up. Only open his eyes a little bit.
Slowly he was able to open them a bit. Just to see black locks and a straw hat…
Luffy…
His… Luffy was crying for him…
„Luffy. " His voice sounded raspy and was very quiet. But the boy had heard him because he lifted his face.
Tears sparkled on Luffy's cheeks and in his brown eyes, which only seemed more beautiful than usual.
„You are alive…", the boy whispered. A smile appeared on Luffy's lips before he clung to him again. „Don't do something like that again", the young captain said quietly. Then he could hear him mumbling ‚Sorry' all over again.
Marco blinked a bit confused. But he decided words weren't needed at the moment. He could feel that he regained some strength back through being fully conscious. His devil fruit powers did the rest to heal the wounds only leaving spots of blood on his body.
„Luffy", Marco whispered, making the boy lift his head again to look at him. „Shut up, yoi", he said and sealed Luffy's lips with his own one.
The Phoenix noticed with pleasure how the brown eyes first widened before they were hidden behind the boy's eyelids. That was also so the moment Marco felt Luffy responding to the kiss.
It made the blonde smile into the kiss. He lifted his arms and locked Luffy in a tight hug. Marco wasn't going to let his boy go.
Not now.
Never in his whole life, had he wanted to let him go again.
The kiss became deeper and more emotional.
They had a lot to talk about later when they are both calm.
But right now, they needed this.
He needed to show off that Luffy was still his and no one should ever dare to make a move on him. But also Marco felt like needed to assure his lover that he still loved and cared for him deeply.
The prompt was simple, Marco and Luffy having a fight (with Luffy hanging out with the crew to make Marco jealous). I thought I could do it. But then I thought about a reason for the fight... You read the only reason that came to my mind and I knew that it wouldn't be possible to keep it a simple fight because Luffy had to break his promise to Marco (remember the first Flashback chapter) and Teach is a sore topic to the Whitebeard pirates.
Also, the scene with Kizaru. I don't want any discussion about if it would happen that way or not. I mostly think it could happen as we have seen in Marine Ford that Marco is capable of fighting against the Admirals as long as he stays focused. But like I said no discussion please.
And even if I had my baseline for this, I seriously needed to make a sad song list to write it (I have trouble writing sad stuff, when I am in a happy mood:x). So I hope you like this prompt, even if I changed to second part of it.
The other bonus chapters are happier in their atmosphere or even funny(less drama x.x)^^ Since I still don't know if I split some of them into two chapters, I won't say anything to the number of bonus chapters. I'll just tell you when I upload the last one ;)
Also, I had a little conversation about the mistakes I'm making. I seriously think about getting a Beta-reader for my next story(and if I have the time correct the mistake in this Fanfic later). I don't really get the Beta-system here and I feel more comfortable to talk with the person before I ask someone to beta read something^^ So if you are maybe interested in beta reading the next story (It won't just be working as a beta reader, I would probably spoil you at some point to leave some subtle hints in chapters sometimes.), then just write me a private message ;)