Chapter 15: Aftermath

The World News Coo broke the news of the chaos that Marshal D. Teach had caused on the Moby Dick the very next day. From the attack on his brother Thatch to the retribution his brothers took upon him and his untimely death by the hands of his Pops for his traitorous actions. After the initial report another came out by noon with the news that Teach was the mysterious Blackbeard. With this claim came the eye witness testimonies from the now captain-less crew and within hours of this revelation, the once powerful Blackbeard pirate crew dissolved and vanished from the pirates scene.

Ace raced down the beach with the newspaper in hand before jumping onto the striker. The Little Pirates waving goodbye as he quickly hightailed it out of there. Upon reading the news he had felt his heart tighten. Thatch had been attacked by Teach. The warning from his brother's future self had come true! Teach turning traitor would be a shock to everyone onboard the Moby Dick, however the aftermath of this would rock the entirety of the Whitebeards and their allies. Ace had no choice, he had to return to the Moby Dick and see what was going to happen next.

Sabo looked at the words over and over again at the top of the News Coo newspaper. Marshal D. Teach dead from his own father and brothers hands. Holy shit! He thought as he read as to what had caused this. The second newspaper that had come at noon had claimed the man to be Blackbeard as well. This meant Teach had been living a double life for years. Makes you wonder what else the man was doing in his free time. He sighed. I should call Ace later to see if he's alright.

He looked off into the distance and watched Luffy stretch and show off his abilities to Lindbergh and Koala. He grinned when Lindbergh strapped on his jet pack; an invention of his, and began flying around. This gained Luffy's attention instantly. The younger teen began chasing the mink.

Koala looked exhausted as she sat next to Sabo. "Your brother has too much energy." She laid against the blanket on the beach.

Sabo laughed. "Yeah, well he's a D and a Monkey to boot." He stated as if that was an explanation.

"Wait." Koala promptly sat up. "A Monkey? He's not related to-"

Sabo's eyes widened at her train of thought. Dragon. "Well damn. That's not something I thought of. I mean I know he's Monkey D. Garps grandson, but his son!?" Sabo grinned. "That explains a bit." Koala looked at him with a perplexed expression. "Luffy and Dragon both are very driven individuals. Protective those they consider theirs. However where Luffy would risk it all for that one friend, Dragon would sacrifice one for the many no matter his relationship with that individual."

"Sometimes that's what needs to be done though." Koala stated with some Danes in her voice.

"Ahh!" Lindbergh's outcry caused the two friends to return their attention towards him and Luffy. Somehow Luffy had stretched himself out to where he could reach Lindbergh and had grasped the mink's feet. "Just how far can you stretch!?"

"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed gleefully.

"Luffy!" Sabo yelled out causing the youth to look at his older brother. "I think it's time we get you trained a little bit if you ever want to go up against the top dogs of the pirating world!"

Luffy released the mink before looking at Sabo a bit confused. "Am I not strong enough?" He inquired.

Sabo gave his little brother a grin. "Ever heard of Haki?" Luffy's perplexed look of confusion was Sabo's answer.

Grinning Luffy got right up into Sabo's personal space. "What's that!?" He asked excitedly.

"Haki is a power that allows people to use their spiritual energy to perform superhuman feats." Koala answered instead. Luffy looked at her with excitement. "There are three types of Haki. Observation which has several layers to it include to sense the presence, strength, and emotions of others, that are far away. Tracking enemies or allies at a distance." She then paused her explanation. "Though I've heard that there's this one guy from the Charlotte Family who can predict people's attacks with future sight which is a very advanced form of observation."

Luffy's eyes widened as his grin got even bigger. "Amazing!" He cried out.

Sabo grinned as well. "Then there's Armament Haki. This allows a person to apply a coating to their body or weapons. It appears like a black armor." He held out his arm which suddenly turned black. "This helps non-devil fruit users to have a better chance against those with devil fruit powers." His arm then returned to normal. "However there are some Armament users that can manipulate the armament ability in order to emitted armament flow into a target's body and destroy it from the inside out."

Luffy sat down in front of Sabo wanting to learn as much as he could from his brother. Scratching his head he couldn't believe such people existed. "So they can kill people by focusing this energy into them?" He asked.

So he can pay attention. Sabo thought wryly. "Yes."

Luffy counted his fingers. "You said there were three but only gave two." He looked from his fingers to his brother. "What's the third?"

"Conquerors Haki." He sighed. "However this one is so rare that I don't think I've ever encountered someone with it."

"Conqueror's Haki can be used to intimidate people and animals, knock them out, and bend things to the user's will." Lindbergh stated as he hovered above the group. "Basically these users have a greater and stronger will than any other and can suppress or control the will's of others around themselves."

"Shishishi." Luffy laughed loudly. "I've met somebody like that!" All three looked at his curiously.

"Who?" Sabo inquired.

"Shanks!" Luffy laughed even louder.

Sabo chuckled. Of course, he'd almost forgotten about the emperors relationship with his brother. "That's right. You and Shanks promised to meet in the new world one day and have a fight." Luffy chuckled as he took his hat off and played with the rim of the hat. "Shanks knows haki Lu. He will fight you with it."

Luffy had the decency to look a bit scared and intimidated by this aspect. "I - okay. Maybe I can learn it."

"Two out of three; yes." Lindbergh stated as he held up two fingers. "Conquerors Haki is something people are born with, it can't be taught."

"Which means I'll need to find you a teacher." Sabo thought out loud.

"Why can't you teach me, brother?" Luffy asked in all seriousness.

"I love you too much to hurt you." Sabo admitted. "I'd be a terrible teacher."

Clasping his hands together in prayer form, Luffy gave his best puppy eyes to his brother. "Please 'Bo!" He begged.

"Eep!" Sabo cried out. He was surprised that his brother could not only still do that but have an effect on him. "No!" He yelled waving his arms and shaking his head at Luffy. "You won't listen!"

"Yes I will!" He promised.

"Jeez." Sabo groaned even as Luffy grinned knowing he had won this fight with his brother. "The first time you don't listen-" He began to warn.

"I know!" Luffy said. "I swear! I'll listen!" He promised.

Sabo groaned, knowing very well that he was in for hell.

M-Angel: Sabo is in for hell.

Ashlee - I'm glad you are enjoying the story. You'll have to keep reading to see.

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