Chapter 4: Oh Sabo

Lindbergh felt his body react first before anything else. Reaching for his disappearing powder that could cover his escape, but also had an additional protective layer, the powder could also turn in to an explosive giving him time to slide back down into the tunnels and do a second disappearing act. That is if he had been fast enough. However, Fire Fist must have seen what he was about to do and moved faster than even Lindbergh could react. Ace went to grab the mink's leather jacket but instead found air where the smaller had been just seconds ago.

Twisting his body to avoid being caught, Lindbergh settled for quickly running out of the building only for his tunic jacket to be caught from behind by the teen who flipped the mink and body slammed him onto the ground. This effectively punched the air right out of Lindbergh's lungs causing him to gasp weakly. He was bother upset and glad that he had left his jet pack behind on the ship. Before suddenly the teen stood over him before sitting quite literally sitting onto his chest. This effectively blocked any chance of escape.

"Phew!" Ace yelled out with a big grin on his face. "You are a hard man to find."

Lindbergh swallowed nervously. Trying to reach his one loose hand to his only weapon on his person so that he could reach without gaining too much attention from the pyromaniac. "Y-You don't say." He said feeling a bit intimidated. What is this guy made out of? Literal fire? His chest where the pyro was sitting felt like it was starting to be boiled. The intense heat was getting really bad, causing him to sweat profusely.

"Look I'm sure you are a really busy guy," Ace begun. "I do apologize for scaring you back there. I know the Whitebeard Pirates and the Revolutionaries don't really get along, but something came up and I need help." He removed his hat from his head. "Also I know that you are trying to reach for that dagger that is hidden in your pant leg. So let's not do that and actually pay attention." Lindbergh's eyes widened as he turned his full attention towards the teen. How the hell?

"Good." Ace grinned as he slowly moved off the smaller body. "How about I reintroduced myself. I'm Portgas D Ace. I'm looking for my twin whom I've been told is alive and well. I've also been told that he's a friend to the revolutionary army. His name is Portgas D. Sabo." Lindbergh's felt his eye twitch. He really tried not to react to this new information. "He got taken from me and our younger brother years ago. I was told he was dead but only recently found out that was a lie. He was blonde, not sure if he still is." The last part was just above a whisper. "Oh and he eats, like a lot because he's a D like myself and our brother."

Lindbergh, finally relaxing somewhat realized that this guy wasn't yanking his chain but was being very serious. The way he described his brother Sabo was obviously the same young man Lindbergh considered a friend. He raised a hand to stop the teen from going any further. "Alright. Alright. I get it." He sighed. "Why me though? How do you know that I know this, Sabo?"

"Oh!" Ace laughed nervously. "You're not the first guy I tracked down. The last two stated he was friends with a mink revolutionary." Lindbergh gaped at him. He'd been betrayed so easily? "The last guy took me a week and nearly five thousand berri to get him drunk enough to talk."

Lindbergh facepalmed. Seriously? Sighing, he looked up at the freckled teen. "Look. You must realize that I can't betray anyone here…"

"You don't have to!" Ace took a step back giving a genuine smile and waving both hand in defense. "All I want from you, as Sabo's friend, is to tell him that his older twin brother wants to talk to him."

Pushing himself off of the ground, Lindbergh sighed. Oh how to say this. "Well there might be a problem with that." Ace raised an eyebrow at him. "He…might not remember you." He said this slowly as suddenly something pinged on his observation haki. Oh? he thought as he felt a haki flare before it diminished almost as fast. He saw Ace smile before something flashed behind the teen. Behind Ace a man in a blue suit was in a mid-air attack with a pipe raised ready to smash the head in of Fire Fist.

Ace's smile broadened into a huge D grin. "Of course I could just see him myself." He stated as the pipe went through his chest, the fire from his devil fruit activating. Ace turned to look at Sabo. He looked almost the same except for the scar covering his left eye. "Hello brother." Sabo's eyes widened when suddenly a pained expression covered his visage causing Sabo to grasp his face which had his blue top hat falling from his head. Ace stood up, fisted his hand and punched Sabo in the face. "Time to remember idiot!"

One punch to the face was all it took for to fall backwards unconscious. The clang of his pipe falling to the ground followed by the thud of his body, made Ace chuckle. "You always did have a flare for the dramatic."

Did you guys know? If you share a drink, you can become brothers. We might not be on the same ships when we become pirates, but this will bind us together as brothers! No matter where we are or what we do, nothing can break this bond!

Sabo gasped as his eyes burst open. The child's voice echoed in his mind. Tears began to fall freely from his eyes as the memories began to pour in. Ace. Portgas D. Ace was his big brother. His twin, as they use to say. Ace hated two things more than anything in the world. Crybabies and Gol D. Rogers. Snot was coming out of his nose as tears continued to run down his face. Through blurry eyes Sabo could see Ace's form. His brother stood over him with that same cocky look he had held the day they had first met when they'd been five year olds playing in the trash heap of the Gray Terminal.

I will be such a great pirate one day, everyone will know my name!

Shishishi! I'm going to be King of the Pirates!

Another voice echoed along with the memory of Ace. Sabo grasped his head. Luffy. His dearest little brother. More tears began to fall. Luffy wanted to be the Pirate King. He had eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi Fruit. His body was made out of rubber now and he could sling himself from one edge of the deepest canyon on Mt. Colubo to the other with no problem. His little brother wasn't the smartest but he was one of the bravest people he knew.

Sabo suddenly sat up full on crying. "Ace! Luffy! I'm sorry!" He cried out before covering his right eye with his hand. "I'm sorry I forgot!" Ace's eyes softened at his brother's breakdown. Holding out a hand towards his brother, of which Sabo grasped, Ace pulled Sabo towards him. Lindbergh on the other hand was about to attack the fire starter when Sabo had woken up crying out his brother's name along with another's. The two brothers were now hugging each other as Sabo continued to cry.

Which now begged the question; Who is Luffy?

M-Angel: Originally I was going to post this chapter tomorrow but decided to do it tonight.

Doom Dut Da Da - Yes. Yes Luffy did.

Guest - There actually are quite a few of them on archiveofourown, where I've posted this story as well.

Ovleer- Truthfully I was just writing this as a one-shot but decided on a full story in order to get the creative juices going once again. Where it'll go is anyones guess at this point.