A.N I Own Nothing.
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The Merry approached the port city of Nanhohana, and anchored at one of the loading docks. As soon as the ship stopped Jacob an Evie leaped over the side and landed on the docks. Before any of the straw hats could stop them a cart passed in front of them obstructing their view and when the cart moved away both twins were gone and so was Jacobs's boat.
"Okay that happened," Nami said and turned to the rest of the crew. "Listen up we're here to stock up on supplies. So that means lying low and not drawing attention to ourselves. Got it,"
A collective grunts of acknowledgment was the only answered she got.
"Nami I think we have a problem," Zoro claimed.
"What already?"
"Yeah the one person we need to worry about has already left,"
Nami quickly turned around and saw Luffy rush off into the city.
"I'll kill him, I swear I'll kill him," She said darkly.
"Well now what? We can't go wandering around," Sanji pointed out.
"I have an idea," Usopp claimed.
The straw hats all looked at him with curiosity.
Usopp's idea was terrible, the straw hats walked underneath a large blanket through the busy market streets. Not only were people staring at the moving blanket but it was incredibly hot underneath. Finally the straw hats uncovered themselves and his behind a broken wall just on the out skirts of town.
"So who's doing what?" Usopp asked.
Nami glared at him. "Right Sanji and Chopper will get supplies. The rest of us will wait here," she ordered.
"Yes NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji cheered.
"Why do we have to wait?" Connor asked.
"Well you and Vivi are on Crocodiles hit list and all but Sanji's face was copied by Mr 2,"
"Mr 2? When did we meet him?"
"Luffy fished him up out of the ocean while you were recovering. He had a devil fruit that let him copy anyone he touched," Vivi explained.
"Sanji was sitting with you so it's likely that Baroque works don't know he exists," Usopp finished.
"Lucky, I wish I didn't know he existed," Zoro muttered.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" Sanji threatened.
"Sanji go now"" Nami ordered and Sanji was quick to obey. Chopper followed in his natural reindeer form.
"And don't forget to get us some clothes," Vivi yelled out.
Sanji wandered through the streets looking at all the stalls. He caught a whiff of something good and followed it to its source; a street vender was selling some meat Kababs. Sanji asked what the meat was and found out that it was Venison; he looked over at Chopper who had a horrified look on his face. Sanji bought one and found it rather tasty, he asked the man on how it was cooked and the vender gave him the recipe.
"Why did you eat that?" Chopper asked, as the two walked away.
"Just wanted to see if your tasty," Sanji joked "You know encase we need extra food or Luffy decides he no longer has use for you,"
Chopper stopped and stared at the pirate cook in disbelief and horror. Sanji turned and could see that chopper was on the verge of panicking.
"Chopper, I was joking," the cook claimed and continued on.
Chopper decided that the cook was nuts.
As they continued Sanji stopped at various food stalls for ingredients. Chopper was getting dizzy from the heat and went to find a shady spot to rest. As Sanji began to look for clothes that would fit everyone on the crew a particular shop caught his attention. It was a book shop.
Sanji stopped and looked back the way he came. After a split second decision he entered the shop, there was no one behind the register so he rang the bell on the counter. The owner of the shop came out a few seconds later he was dressed in dessert robes like everyone else in town. The man was in his mid-twenties; he had short black hair and was missing an arm. He wore thin long white robes with a red sash tied to his waist, a brown belt and a long black coat on top that covered everything up.
"Welcome, how can I help you?" the shop keeper asked.
"Have you got an up to date encyclopedia of devil fruits?" Sanji asked.
"Ah the one that the government publishes. Yes ,yes always in stock that one," the man said.
He walked over to one of the shelves and pulled out a thick blue book. He came back over to Sanji.
"This is the latest edition, it has all previously recorded fruits from earlier editions and a list of fruits that have been eaten," the man claimed.
"How would the government know what's been eaten and what hasn't?"
"I admit it's a little unreliable as there are still many undiscovered fruits. But fruits used by Marines and well known pirates are under that list,"
"And you're sure this is the latest version?"
"Absolutely came out his year look," the man opened the front page and Sanji saw the publishing date was the start of the year.
"How much?"
"Thirty berliis," the man said while wrapping the book up.
Sanji paid the man and left the shop to continue his shopping.
The rest of the crew were waiting for Sanji and chopper to return, Connor noticed that Vivi looked sad.
"What's wrong Vivi?" Connor asked.
"Mmm…Oh nothing just thinking about how I'm going to get home," Vivi awnsered.
"But you are home; don't you live in this country?"
"Yes, just not in this city,"
"Oh…which city is it?"
"It's called…" but before Vivi could finish Sanji came back.
"NAMI-SWANNN. VIVI-CHAAANNNN. I'M BACK!"
"Yup announce us for the whole country to hear. Idiot," Zoro grumbled.
Sanji handed out the new desert clothing he bought, strangely Namis and Vivis clothes were dancers outfits; much to the two girls annoyance. Connor got a long white hooded robe with a blue trims, and a red sash. Sanji claimed it was the most popular style for kids.
"So where are we heading next" Zoro asked Nami, once everyone had changed.
"Good question. Vivi what's the plan?" Nami asked the princess.
"What?" Vivi asked in surprise.
"You didn't think we'd just abandon you here did you?" Usopp asked.
"But I thought…"
Nami hit her lightly on the head "Listen we're in this together and we're going to see this through to the end,"
"Yup we wouldn't have agreed otherwise," Zoro agreed.
"Besides we're all wanted by Crocodile now," Connor added.
Vivi was touched; she had expected to be left in Nanohanna. But that wasn't the case; Vivi had never had friends like these before and she was truly grateful that she got on their ship.
The moment was ruined by someone screaming and a commotion down the street.
"Wonder what's going on?" Chopper commented.
"Probably some idiot running around making an ass of himself and attracting the local Marines' attention," Usopp claimed.
There was a moment of awkward silence.
"You don't suppose…" Zoro began.
"Yeah it's him," Sanji sighed.
Usopp peaked over the wall and saw Luffy being chased by Marines; He spotted Usopps' head and ran towards them.
"Hey Guys, over here,"
"DON'T COME OVER HERE!" the entire crew yelled and ran.
The Marines saw them and began chasing them. Connor looked back and noticed Smoker was among them. Suddenly a wall of flames appeared behind the straw hats separating them from the Marines. Both groups stopped running and stared in amazement as the flames receded and a man was standing there.
The man looked remarkably like Luffy; he didn't have a scar under his right eye but had some freckles on his face instead. The man wore black boots and knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, a blue pouch belted around his left leg.
He also wore a short second unfastened belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip. A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. On his left arm was a Log Pose strapped around his wrist, an orange elbow guard and a tattoo that read "ASCE". He wore a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim.
"Ace? ACE!" Luffy cried happily.
"Run I'll hold them off and catch up later," the man called Ace claimed.
"Okay don't get caught," Luffy said and ran; his crew followed.
As the straw hats ran towards the ship the sounds of battle behind them. Luffy looked back and saw a whirlwind of smoke and fire battling against each other in the sky.
"Everyone go left," Nami ordered.
Everyone but Luffy went left. The captain was more interested in the battle and he went right.
Once the merry was insight the straw hats picked up the pace and jumped on bard. Nami gave orders to set out immediately and the crew were quick to obey. As the merry was pulling away it was only then did they realise that Luffy was missing.
Luffy was indeed left behind and lost. Fortunately Ace had found him and he wasn't the only one. No sooner had the two started talking; they were attacked by Billions, the Baroque works henchmen. Of course they were no match for Ace and Luffy and were swiftly defeated.
"So you finally made it out here, huh?" Ace asked Luffy.
"Yep, got my own ship and everything," Luffy answered.
"Good knowing you, you'd try to sail the Grand Line in a life boat,"
"That was the plan but Zoro said we couldn't store food on them,"
Ace burst out laughing "You haven't changed a bit. So who's Zoro?"
"He's my first mate,"
"Nice tell me about your crew, what are they like?"
"Let's see… Zoro's a swordsman, our navigators a thief, our Sniper is a liar, our cook is love sick,"
"Wait love sick?"
"Yeah he fusses over girls an awful lot. Zoro says he's love sick," Luffy confirmed innocently.
"Oh that type of Love sick," Ace said "Continue,"
"Right there's Connor and we recently got a riandeer and a princess," Luffy finished.
"Sounds fun, I'd sure like to meet them," Ace finished "by the way Luffy where are we going?"
"What do you mean? I'm following you," Luffy claimed.
"Luffy where is your ship?"
"I don't know?"
"You're the captain, how do you not know…"
"HELLLLLPPPPP SOMEBODYYYYY!" a women's voice shrieked form a nearby ally.
Luffy and Ace looked at each other and ran to the source of the cry. When they got there they found a silhouette of a man in a top hat holding up a young woman in expensive clothing.
"Hey you," Ace called to the man.
The man in the top hat turned to Ace and Luffy.
"Luffy? What are you doing back here?" the man asked "you know what hold on a sec,"
The man pulled out a knife and sliced the other woman's throat. The other woman died instantly and the man in the top hat dropped the body and walked towards Luffy. As the man approached Ace recognised him and stood in front of Luffy protectively. Luffy on the other hand just smiled.
"Lu run," Ace ordered "Run as far away and as fast as you can,"
"Jacob, nice to see you again," Luffy said ignoring the warning.
"It is isn't it, despite the fact it's only been two hours since we last met," Jacob joked "how's life? Better than hers I hope,"
"What? You know him?" Ace looked between Luffy and Jacob in shock.
"We met five days ago and he nearly killed one of my crew,"
"I already apologised for that and he got better," Jacob reminded.
"How do you know Jacob Ace?" Luffy asked.
"Luffy he's one of the most talented killers on the Grand Line," Ace claimed "He's toppled countries, assassinated kings, even Shichibukai are no match for him,"
"Really, So cool," Luffy had stars in his eyes.
"He's exaggerating, I've never even met a Shichibukai," Jacob claimed. "But in all seriousness what are you doing here, the Navy is on the lookout for your crew,"
Ace noted that Jacob didn't disagree with the anything else he had said.
"How do you know that?" Ace asked but was ignored.
"Yeah I got lost escaping from them," Luffy stated.
"I know a short cut to the coast, maybe you can spot your ship," Jacob said and walked off with Luffy following behind.
Ace was not going to leave his brother in the hands of Jacob Frye. He had only heard rumours about this man's brutality and Ace prayed that Evie Frye wasn't around. One of them was a force to be reckoned with but the two together…they were unstoppable.
Jacob led Luffy down a maze of alleyways and true to his word the ocean came into view. Luffy ran up to the edge of the path, scanning the horizon for the Merry.
Ace watched him but kept his eye on Jacob.
"That woman you killed, who was he," Ace asked.
"Oh she was a drug dealer," Jacob lied "Sold drugs to kids,"
"You're lying," Ace said.
"Obviously, though I'm not above killing drug lords" Jacob claimed and leaned closer to Ace "Do you know if there're any cartels in the area?"
"Hey there they are," Luffy yelled out, spotting the Merry.
Luffy stretched his arm out and grabbed the Merry's railing, he flew towards the ship. Ace watched him go and turned his attention back to Jacob. Now that Luffy was out of the way he could fight the man without any distractions. What surprised him was Jacob was already leaving.
"HEY! Where are you going?" Ace demanded.
"Oh you know countries to topple, kings to assassinate. I might even meet a Shichibukai" Jacob joked.
Ace couldn't tell if the man was serious or not. But then Jacob stopped and looked directly into Aces eyes.
"Ace, tell Whitebeard that he can expect a visit from us soon," Jacob said in a serious tone and walked away leaving Ace alone.
On the ship Luffy had crashed into Chopper and Sanji. The rest of the crew came over and Nami yelled at him.
"Why can't you act more like a Captain?" Zoro asked.
"I'm sorry," Luffy apologised. He then sprang up and began to look over to where he just was.
"Awww there gone," he moaned.
"They?" Nami asked.
"Ace and Jacob," Luffy answered.
"Jacob was with you?"
"Who's Ace?" Sanji asked.
"That would be me," Ace answered as he leapt up onto the Merry's railing. Everyone got into a defenceive stance. Now on board the Merry Ace got a good look at the crew, they were just like Luffy described and there really was a reindeer among them. He didn't show his surprise to find a young boy amongst them, but he knew once Luffy made his mind up about something there was no changing it.
"Guys this is Ace. My big brother," Luffy introduced excitedly.
"YOU'RE WHATTT?" the entire crew yelled back.
Ace bowed politely "It's a pleasure to meet you all. Thank you for looking after Luffy, I know he can be a handful,"
"Yes he is," the entire crew agreed.
"He probably has caused you all a lot of trouble, please bear with him,"
"Yes he has," the crew responded again.
"This is so wrong," Usopp stated.
"Yeah, who would have thought that anyone related to Luffy was so polite," Zoro agreed.
"There's no way you can be Luffys older brother," Nami claimed.
"Guys don't be rude," Vivi said.
"See aren't they funny," Luffy laughed.
"I'm sure you two want to catch up, I'll make some drinks," Sanji offered.
"Thank you for your offer but I'll have to decline," Ace said.
BOOM
The sound of a cannon being fired was heard and a cannon ball landed in front of the Merry the in water with a splash. The crew got into action and Ace noticed the young boy freeze up.
"Billions, a whole fleet," Vivi panicked.
"We're in rage of their guns," Usopp screamed.
Ace looked at the fleet of ships in front of him "Keep going, I'll handle this," He claimed.
Ace jumped of the ship into a small boat, as soon as he landed flames came out of his feet and the boat propelled towards the approaching fleet. The straw hats watched in amazement as Ace jumped over the fleet and when he had them all in rage he thrust his fist forward and a raging inferno followed. The fleet burned up and when the flames died down there was no sign of any remains.
"Whoa," Chopper expressed in awe. "Luffy is he really your brother?"
"Yup," Luffy answered.
"How did he produce those flames?" Vivi asked pointing at Ace.
"Ace ate the Mera-Mera no Mi," Luffy answered.
"He's so strong," Usopp noted.
"Yeah he's not the commander of Whitebeards second division for nothing," Luffy boasted.
"HE'S WHAT?!" Zoro yelled back.