It is early in the morning the sun barely visible the morning due dripping off the fauna and the morning mist slowly clearing away, there's a chill in the air as the frost in the air making the breaths of three young boys visible. One with blond shaggy hair, a burn mark on his left eye, wearing a blue winter coat with white gloves and blue matching pants; he was currently chopping wood as a form of morning warm-ups for his exercises. The almost rhythmic sound of wood being chopped was heard through out the ranch.

CHOP…CHOP…CHOP…CHOP

The boy known as Sabo has been living with his two brothers in said ranch for three weeks now, Ellie, the girl they met in the woods and friend, and her parents were kind to him and his brothers they put up with their eating habits and lack of manners so to say. They bought clothes and beds for them as well and even supplied them with books to learn, which his younger brother Luffy never used, and let them train and fight with in their property. To say that they were grateful was an understatement for the first time in six months the boys had a place, a proper place, to stay and eat meals with a roof over their heads that didn't leak or that was able to keep the cold out and had beds real beds not blankets and cloths placed on the ground. The family that they were staying with was kind the feeling he got from them made him feel at home, it made him feel welcomed and loved something he never got from his biological family back…he didn't want to think of that they were long dead in a completely different world.

Sabo wasn't alone his two brothers were also with him Luffy his younger brother was currently plowing the field, he dragged the plow that a bull or horse would normally do with ease and speaking of horse he was carrying it on his back as he dragged the metal plow behind him. Luffy wore a yellow winter coat that ended below his shins his straw hat hung from his neck as a hood occupied his head. His brothers had told Luffy that he didn't need to carry the horse but he was stubborn and said that it made the work out more interesting, the poor animal was frightened the first time that Luffy picked it up that it sent wild kicks which some hit Luffy but he being made if rubber shrugged it off and after awhile the horse became accustomed and even started to prefer to being carried around.

And Finally Ace, whom Sabo had a brotherly rivalry to see who the older brother was, was wearing a red winter coat and black thermos pants, his freckled face in concentration as he climbed the barn, carrying planks of wood on his back in order to repair the roof. Ace knew that he wasn't the best at repairs but as long as he lived here he would assist Ellie and her Family even if it meant doing mundane jobs or correcting Luffy's mistakes and accidents.

Ellie reminded Ace of a girl he had met back when he was captain of the spade pirates in the Grand Line, she also wanted to leave her island and explore the world she had heard stories from various pirates and marines about what they saw and experienced in the far away islands, she had confined to him that she would sometime wish that she had found a devil fruit and gain power and head off on an adventure. Ace still remembers her face of excitement when he showed her his powers, her purple eyes filled with excitement and wonder. He remembers clearly her pink hair tied to a pony tail almost coming undone as she jumped up and down with childlike excitement her eyes shining a brighter shade of purple as his fingertips emitted small flames. He remembers the following day that she told him that she was going to set sail and become a pirate like him, he laughed and told her that he would wait for her in the sea and that they hopefully meet at sea one day, that same night after some cups of sake they shared a kiss that turned into more than a kiss, a night of drunken passion and wanting for them both, led to a sorrow morning as Ace had to leave, she had asked him where was the best place to start her journey and he replied one of the blues, the south blue if he remembered clearly. He didn't know why the South Blue but he had a feeling that that was the best place to start.

After finishing the task the brothers continued their morning routine, thirty minutes of sparring, followed by thirty minutes of observation Haki training, and another thirty minutes of Armament Haki and ended with another round of sparring. Then they would go and eat breakfast for that was the time that Ellie's mom would wake up and make them all a buffet of pancakes, eggs, waffles and bacon.

"Boys I was wondering if you would like to accompany Ellie and I to deliver our goods to our client?" asked Mr. Vine

"Yeah c'mon guys it'll be fun!" exclaimed Ellie

"Ok sure!" said Luffy Ace and Sabo nodded

"Before you go you better eat up it's a bit of a walk." Said Mrs. Vine

On the road Ellie's father sat on the cart being carried by the family's horse the same one that Luffy carried, Ellie and the brothers sat at the back with the cargo to make sure nothing would fall off. Luffy with his hands on the back of his head looked at the clouds, Ace and Ellie talked again about the places that they have been and done during their travels, and Sabo was actually making sure that nothing fell off including his brothers and Ellie. The Cart soon came across a cross roads, in the middle was a young woman seemingly lost unsure of herself which way to go, finally deciding to head the opposite way the cart was going to she started to walk. Sabo didn't know why be he seemed entranced by her, no one seemed to noticed her but him everyone else was still doing what they were doing. As the cart and the young woman passed by each other Sabo's mouth was open a gape, he saw her staring down not making any eye contact with anyone. Sabo looked at her he noticed what she is wearing: a red sari with a yellow, white, and orange design around the frame, and a choli underneath. Her body is adorning with jewelry, golden bangles worn on both wrist, gold brassards on the middle of both upper arms and gold anklets on her ankles. She is slender young woman of average height with amber eyes; her brown hair extending down her back and tied down with a pink cloth that looks almost like a tube, her forehead is framed by bangs. Sabo also notices a pendant around her neck it and looked like it was missing its other half, as she passed by Sabo smiled at her, the young woman glanced at him and gave him a small smile of her own, Sabo couldn't help but turn pink at that.

They finally arrived and to the surprise of the brothers they were at a resort and not any resort but the famous Akan Resort, Ellie's father told them that they would be staying a day and would leave first thing in the morning. Ellie and the three brothers ran across the sand and towards the water where the boys came to a stopping screech. Unsure to touch the water nit sure if they would became weakened or not, Ellie grabbed Sabo by the hand, seeing as he was the closest one, and took him into the water.

"No Ellie please don't I'll die, I can't swim no please no!" pleaded Sabo

"Stop whining look your in the water." She said

Sabo looked down and saw that the water was at his shins and that he didn't feel weak at all a sheepish grin formed on Sabo's face as he scratched the back of his head, Ace and Luffy slowly joined in, then Ellie tired of their babying splashed them, the brothers grinned and started to splash black. After Ellie went to build a sand Castle as the brothers went to explore the resort, more likely to find a buffet.

"Trust me guys places like these have plenty of food." Said Luffy

"I don't know Luffy, last time we followed you we ended up in a cave with a wyvern." Said Sabo

"We still ate it." Responded Luffy

"That's besides the point Luffy!" yelled Ace

"Yeah, Luffy we always seem to get into some sort of fight or trouble we follow you." Said Ace

"Mmh do we?" asked Luffy

"YES!" Yelled Ace and Sabo

"You don't have to yell." Said Luffy

"Oh brother." Muttered Ace

"What?" asked Luffy

A tick mark appeared on Ace' head, Sabo had to hold him back as Luffy continued to walk. The brothers actually found the buffet/

"See I told you I would find it." Said Luffy happily as he rushed and began to inhale the food Ace and Sabo followed his lead

As the brothers continued to stuff their faces three people began tis neck behind the brothers, one of them brought up a metal claw ready to strike the three brothers, Luffy casually tossed a bone behind him over his shoulders, the bone bounced off the mans face making a noise that alerted the brothers of a presence behind them. A tick mark appeared on all three men's faces, the brothers turned around and widened their eyes as they recognized the men, the brothers spit the food that they had in their mouths covering the men in spit and chunks of meat.

'It's you guys!" exclaimed Ace

"Yeah it's us you punks." One of them said the man was blond the others were brunets

"Because of you three Master Jose punished us for embarrassing Phantom Lord!" one of the brunets said this one had a metal suit of armor

"And what are the odds finding you three here of all places, the gods truly blessed us, now we can redeem ourselves." Finished the last one

"Now prepare to be punished "Metal Claw!" the one in the suit of armor attacked Ace side stepped

"Earth Hammer!" the other brunette coated his arms in boulders and brought them down on Sabo who rolled out of the way

"E.M.P.!" the blond said and a sphere with a five foot radius pulsed from him Catching Luffy as well the others. Ace and Sabo felt electricity flow threw their body making them involuntary twitch. They saw the other two men and they seemed fine.

"Hey how are they not feeling it?' asked Ace

"Heh electricity doesn't affect ground types, and metal attracts lightning so my friend here can use the lightning from my attack to coat himself." Said the blond

"Gum-Gum Whip!" Luffy's legged stretched out and smashed into the three phantom mages sending them to the wall

"How the hell weren't you affected you brat." Said the blond

"I'm a rubber man." Grinned Luffy pulling on his cheek

"That means…" said Ace standing up

"…That you can't affect him." Finished Sabo

"I can still harm you and my friends here can hurt him!" said the blond

"Like we would allow you to do that!" said Ace

"Fire Gun!" Sabo shot bullets of pure fore at the three wizards hitting them dead center

"Iron Defense!" the one in the armor stood in front of his fellow Phantom Lord Wizards

"Perfect." Grinned Ace

"Fire Fist!" Ace sent his signature attack towards them

"Earth Pillars!"

"E.M.P.!"

The same electrical sphere pulsed out surrounding the three wizards at the same time rock pillars jetted out of the earth in front of the wizards. Ace' attack slammed into the electric sphere and the pillars the sphere and pillars seemed to hold back the attack and protect the smug wizards from Phantom Lord.

"Now Luffy!" said Sabo as Ace' attack stopped

"Right Gum-Gum Bazooka!" Luffy yelled his attack as he ran up to the three wizards, Luffy's hands smashed right through the pillars and continues towards the wizards slamming them with the pillars.

"Ok now our turn." Ace and Sabo fist turned into fire

"Fierce Fire Fist!" they both shouted

Back with Ellie, she had finished her sandcastle and was now waiting for the brothers to return, she then saw a huge pillar of fire shoot out of the side of the resort, she didn't know but she had a bad feeling about that.

Moments later the brothers returned smiling and laughing, she ran up to them and hugged them.

"Hey Ellie are you ok?" asked Ace

"Did you see that explosion?" she asked

"There was an explosion!?" Said Luffy

"Yeah and I was so worried something happened." She replied

"Well we did run into a few jerks but it was nothing we couldn't handle, but an explosion wow I wonder what could've happened?" said Luffy

"Yeah I wonder if people are alright." Said Sabo

"We better go find your dad Ellie." said Ace

"Ok." She replied

"Oh look he's right there." Pointed Luffy

"Are you kids alright?" he asked\

"Uh huh." They all replied

"C'mon lets go back home I don't feel safe here anymore." Mr. Vine said

"What happened?" asked Ellie

"Apparently some wizards had a scuffle and it got out of hand." Replied Mr. Vine

"That's a shame, a few bad eggs messing it up for everyone else." Said Sabo

"Yup." Said Ace and Luffy nodding along

"Well at least I got paid, now lets go maybe we could make it back by nightfall." Said Mr. Vine

A/N: ok so this is the second chapter with those three wizards from phantom and they'll continue to appear in future chapters as punching bags for our three heroes why? Because I fell like it XD can you guys guess the two girls I mentioned in this chapter?

To Mivic: That's been done before in many xovers that's how most of them start off with Mira as the characters love interest and I kinda want her to go from ignoring Luffy to accepting him and then to liking him

To : No Ellie is just an OC. If you guys send me any OC I will use them they won't be major characters but I would use them as villains or minor support characters for one chapter especially for an incoming chapter I have in mind

To Mytthyw: yeah thanks I'm setting up something involving a certain tower and by the end of it you guys might like it or hate it. I already know what to do with Ellie I planned what to do with her since I thought of her and again you might like it or hate it, but I want to read your reactions when the ark ends