Hello everyone, here is the next chapter!

This got really long, but a lot is happening in this

I hope you enjoy

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Ace moved to hug Eustass. He was in his old home now, visiting him. The last few weeks had been a lot of fun. He had been with Azuruko a lot, same with Shanks, but more out and not on his boat. He had been on the boat a bit as well, but only to get some more flowers from the trees that were a bit further away that he had already gotten and Ace really enjoyed being out with Shanks. Same with Azuruko, or when all three of them had the time to go out. It was very fun. But now, he was at his old home. He had also brought a couple more soul flowers that he already had before for Eustass as they didn't die and they sang, and Eustass seemed to like them. Ace would stay until tomorrow.

They then moved to sit down and watch TV while they talked, and after a few hours, going over how things had been up here and a bit on how Ace had been. Ace should also try and meet his other friends soon as well, when Eustass looked at him. "What do you even do in Hell? Watch people get tortured?" Ace blinked. "What? No! I look around. I hang with Shanks, with Azuruko, and oh! I got a garden! I keep it perfect, and I even got a koi pond!" Eystass blinked. "Flowers can grow down there? I know you gave me some from a Hell tree or something. But they can grow there?" Ace nodded. "Yes. I can even use seeds from here, but they turn out different looking and so pretty. Waiting for mine to blossom, it will soon." Eustass looked amazed and confused. "Does that mean Hell has a gardener?" Ace shook his head. "No. Most seem to not even look at them twice. Shanks says he is glad someone sees their beauty. And they help me a bit out, but they don't really seem to even notice them before I mentioned it and actually grew a garden, and they either do think they are beautiful, or they just say it since I like them."

Eustass nodded. "So, there are flowers in Hell?" Ace shrugged. "Not really. The ones there are from trees, and it seems they just grow here and there. The others didn't think much of those, more like a nuisance, before I mentioned them and they started to slowly see their beauty." Eustass blinked. "So, they didn't think anything of them before you?" Ace nodded. "Yes." Eustass looked excited with that, and Ace didn't know why. "Why?" Eustass looked at him. "And Shanks is Charon? You know, the ferryman?" Ace nodded slowly. "Yes. Why?"

Eustass suddenly moved and sat a bit up as he grabbed Ace's shoulders. "Don't you see! If Charon is real! But a different name. That means you are Persephone!" Ace blinked. "Persephone? Wait, isn't that someone in Greek mythology?" Eustass nodded excitedly. "Yes! Don't you see! it! You are Persephone!" Ace tried to think. "I don't remember Greek mythology class that well. I joined since you were in it. And the other classes sucked. Why am I Persephone?"

Eustass took a breath as he seemed excited. "Persephone is a Goddess, she was down on the surface one day and Hades, you know, king of the underworld, saw her, and he kidnapped her to the underworld to be his wife! She made him see the beauty in flowers as she was the Goddess of spring! You got taken to hell against your will as well as Marco didn't want you to die, and you started to fall for him! And Persephone started to care for Hades as well! You are with Marco, the Prince of Hell! Persephone was with Hades, king of the underworld! There are differences, but it is the same with Shanks! A bit of differences, but still! This fits! You are Persephone!"

Ace blinked. "Oh no. What happened to Persephone? Greek mythology is full of cheating, murders, betrayal. and everything. Please don't say Marco cheats. Or I cheat. Or some of us die! Greek mythology is full of bad stories and it always ends badly!" Eustass shook his head. "No! Or yes, Greek mythology is full of that. But! Hades and Persephone is one of the extremely few happy stories!" Ace blinked. "What? Can you tell me how their story goes?" Ace didn't remember Persephone at all.

Eustass nodded. "Yes! Okay. Persephone was out tending to flowers on Earth when Hades saw her and was so captivated by her beauty that he decided to kidnap her. She was now stuck in the underworld and she was not happy, but did her best to make it work. Hades was very kind to her, which I love as Zeus was an ass and killed and raped and all that. Back to Hades. He loved to watch Persephone make things grow and be alive again and Hades started to see it himself and fell more in love. Well. After a while, Persephone started to fall for Hades, as he was very kind and caring. He wasn't a total ass like how Persephone believed he was since he was the one who killed everything, because he is Hades, king of the underworld. But he was kind."

Eustass looked more excited. "But then, Persephone got sick. No foul play at all. She got sick and then she died. As she died, she said the time she spent in the underworld with Hades was perfect and she was happy she could feel true happiness and come to love him, then she passed on. And Hades was heartbroken, and went to his brother for comfort, Zeus, but he was himself and didn't really give comfort, but said, and I am just paraphrasing, but he said 'you are the God and king of the Underworld, just bring her back.' And Hades didn't know what to do, as he can't just mess with the natural order, but decided he needed her, needed the one he loved and brought her back. Like how Marco saved you!" That was true.

Eustass smiled. "Back to Hades and Persephone. When he brought Persephone back, she was happy to be with him, but also a bit upset that he messed with the natural order. She had come to understand and be okay with the natural order as she saw Hades kept things right. But it was okay. But, Hades felt bad, especially after what she said, for keeping her confined to Hell, and made it so she could go back to Earth and see her family. Not being in the underworld, but she was sad to leave the one she loved behind, but she loved her father and hadn't seen him in long. But then they found out, since Hades brought someone back from the dead, which is a no no, it made it so she could only leave the underworld for 6 months, before she needed to come back to it and be there for 6 months, and then head back to the surface. Which is why we have the seasons. she is here for summer, but then she leaves for the underworld, which had fall and winter come and plants die, but after 6 months, she comes back to the surface and spring comes as everything thaws and plants comes back to life, then summer, before she leaves again as she needs to leave for the underworld, and winter starts again. And she was happy with this. She got to be with her family for 6 months, before she leaves for the underworld to be with Hades, the one she loves, for 6 months, and then be with her family again. It is one of the stories that ends happily and stays happy!"

Eustass grabbed his hands. "You are Persephone! You got taken to Hell against your will! You started to love Marco! You died and Marco saved you! You made them see the beauty in flowers! You are Persephone!" Ace blinked, not sure what to say. He was Persephone? Did that mean this was all foretold? That the fact he found Marco and they fell in love wasn't a random thing, it was foretold and it was supposed to happen to make the stories of mythology to be completed? Ace didn't know what to think and felt shocked.

Eustass blinked. "Ace? Are you okay?" Ace shook his head a bit. "Does that mean…. I am Persephone? That my feelings aren't real? The only reason I feel like this is since someone wrote it down centuries ago?" Eustass blinked. "Wait, what? Aren't you happy?" Ace wasn't sure what to feel. "What if I only think I feel this way about Marco since it is written. What if I don't love him. What if it is all because of something written centuries ago and I was randomly chosen or something? How do I know my feelings are real?" Eustass blinked. "No! It is real! you love him! Don't you?" Ace didn't know anymore. "I don't know. I mean… I think I do. But what if I don't really love him?" Eustass shook his head. "No, I didn't mean to make you think this. You love him! Just ask Marco!" Ace shook his head. "No. His feelings aren't real either then. It is all because of this story." Eustass looked to be feeling bad now. "No. Marco loves you!" Ace didn't feel sure. Eustass moved a hand to his leg. "If you don't believe me. Ask someone who can verify this. There has to be someone. Wasn't Shanks old? Maybe he knows." Ace shook his head, before he blinked. "Azuruko might know. He knows this. He knew who I meant when I said Shanks was Charon. He knows about Greek mythology." Eustass nodded. "Then go speak with him! What you feel is real!"

Ace nodded. "I should." Eustass nodded. "Do it." Ace nodded and called for Marco in his mind, and he came after a bit, and he looked worried. "Are you okay, yoi? I am not supposed to get you before tomorrow." Ace shook his head a bit. "I just… I need to go to Hell right now." Marco looked worried, and Eustass moved a hand to his back. "It will go fine. Speak with him." Ace nodded, he would, before he moved his hand out and Marco took it, before they were gone and back to Hell, in their room, and Ace sat down on the bed. Marco moved to sit down next to him. "What happened? Are you okay, yoi? Did you and Eustass fight?" Ace shook his head a bit. "I need to speak with Azuruko." Marco blinked. "Azu- Death? Why?" Ace took a breath. "I just do. Please." Marco nodded and went to the door and called for a gremlin and told him to get Death here, which the gremlin said he would. Marco then went back to him and tried to get him to say what was wrong, but Ace wouldn't say.

After a few minutes, the door opened and Azuruko came inside, and Marco looked up. "You don't knock, yoi?" Azuruko hummed. "Why would I knock when you asked for me to come here as soon as I could? Why am I needed?" Marco gave a breath. "I don't know, yoi. Ace asked for you. He was just on the surface and said he wanted to come here now, he was supposed to stay until tomorrow with his friend. And when we got here he asked for you, yoi. I don't know why, he won't say anything."

Azuruko nodded and looked at him. "Ace, what is wrong? Did something happen? To you or your friend?" Ace took a breath and looked at Azuruko. "Marco… Marco and I, the feelings I have for him and he for me, are they… real?" Marco looked confused. "What?" Azuruko looked curious himself. "Why wouldn't they be real?" Marco nodded. "Yes, Ace. Why do you think they aren't?" Ace felt emotional now. What if their feelings weren't real. But if they weren't, he needed to know. "Am I… Shanks is Charon… Does that mean I am Persephone? What I feel… is it real?"

Marco looked more confused, but Azuruko looked understanding. "What you feel, does it feel real?" Ace nodded, which had Azuruko nod and continue. "Then it is real." Ace blinked. "But how do I know? How do I know I just feel like this since it is supposed to happen! It was written and now it needs to happen! What if all my feelings aren't real! What if- what if-" Ace didn't know what to say and felt lost as a tear fell down his cheek. Azuruko gave a calm look. "The ramblings of Homer and Hesiod doesn't mean your feelings aren't real. Just because they wrote about Hades and Persephone doesn't make your feelings for the Prince unreal, or his feelings for you. Homer and Hesiod wrote a lot. Yes, they did take things from Hell, like Shanks as Charon. But they could not see the future. They put their religion and their views on what they had learned and believed from stories they heard, onto dreams and drug infused thoughts. No matter the resemblance between you and Persephone, they could not see the future. God is not Zeus. Neither the Prince nor the King is Hades. What you feel for the Prince is real. What he feels for you is real. The fact you are upset about the fact it could have been false, proves how real it is."

Ace looked at Azuruko, who had an honest look, and he knew Azuruko didn't lie to make others feel better, he didn't beat around the bush. Ace gave a relieved breath and moved a hand to his chest. Marco looked confused. "Who is Persephone? Or Homer and Hesiod? What do they have to do with us, yoi?" Azuruko hummed. "Homer and Hesiod wrote about Greek mythology, kind of what they believed to be their religion. They wrote about a lot, created Gods and Goddesses. The God of the underworld was someone they called Hades. Hades one day found someone he fell in love with at first sight and took her down to Hell, kidnapped her. This was the Goddess of spring, Persephone. While she didn't like Hades at the start, she soon fell in love with him as well. She showed Hades, the God of the underworld, the beauty in things, like flowers and plants, in life. Greek mythology has so much murder, betrayal, cheating, and so forth, but Hades and Persephone are one of the very few, extremely few, who live happily together."

Azuruko looked at him. "Even if you start to write stuff, if you write thousands of stories, or future predictions, you will be right at least once. That is what happened here. And, they did a twist. The one who seemed to be the 'good' God, Zeus, was not a good one, he cheated on his wife a lot, laid with his children's spouses, killed and a lot of other insane stuff. But Hades was kind hearted. Yes, he was the God and king of the underworld, but even when his love, Persephone, died of sickness, he didn't bring her back as he didn't want to mess with the natural order, because he knew what was right and wrong. But, the one who made him do it, was his brother, Zeus. Zeus saw no harm in breaking the natural order as he was a deranged God. But it did give Hades the courage to do it, and bring the one he loved back to life, and even when he 'sat her free', so she no longer wasn't bound to the underworld, she was sad. When she then found out she could only be on Earth for 6 months at a time, and 6 months in the underworld before 6 months on Earth again, she was happy. They needed to show that even if they had what seemed like a villainous job, like the one who harvests souls and all living things, they can be kind. Like Hades. And, Persephone is said to be the strongest amongst Gods and Goddesses, as she is not only just the Goddess of spring anymore, she was also the Goddess of the underworld with Hades. But we got off track now. Your feelings are real, Ace. Both of your feelings. Never doubt that."

Ace gave a breath and felt so relieved and glad to know his feelings were real. That Marco's feelings for him were real. Ace then felt a few tears go down his cheeks. Marco moved and sat down next to him and moved a hand to his leg. "Ace, yoi?" Ace shook his head a bit and looked at Marco. "I'm just so relieved that what I feel is real. What I believe you feel is real. We don't feel like this because some story written long ago needed to come true. My love for you is real. And that makes me so happy." Marco smiled and looked glad himself and moved and hugged him. "Of course my feelings for you are real, Ace. I love you, yoi." Ace gave a small chuckle as more tears fell, he was so happy about this. Their feelings were real. This was real.

Marco then leaned back and they looked at each other with smiles. Azuruko then spoke, and Ace had forgotten he was here as well. "I will leave you two to it. But never doubt what you feel, Ace. No one can foresee the future, except a few seers, but even then, they can't control you or lay down your future. Greek mythology is called mythology for a reason, it is just stories. There is no lightning bolt God. There is no God with a chariot and horses that drag the sun behind himself to make it day and night. People were bored and made up stories. A lot of the bible is just stories and dramatizations as well. If you feel unsure about anything else, just ask." Ace nodded. "Thank you, Azuruko." Azuruko shook his head a small bit. "It is no issue. Tell me when you want to go for brunch or something again." Ace nodded. "I will." Azuruko nodded, before he left.

As he was gone, Ace moved and leaned his head on Marco's chest and gave a breath. "I was so worried we didn't truly like each other. That we only believed we did because of some story someone wrote centuries ago. Now I feel dumb." Marco shook his head and hugged Ace, moving his head to be over his. "I kind of get it, yoi. You wanted to be sure what you felt was real, and now you know it is." Ace nodded and closed his eyes. "Yes. And it feels good." It really did. They then hugged for a bit, before they parted and Ace felt so happy. He had been worried, even though it might seem dumb now.

Marco then asked if he wanted to go back, but Ace said it was fine, he could stay here for now, but would call Eustass later, which Marco said was fine, and then they talked about what Ace and Eustass had done before Ace left and Ace said what. But as he had, Ace remembered something and looked at Marco. "Marco, I have a question." Marco nodded and moved to sit beside him. "What is it, yoi?" Ace gave a small sound. "I have a lot of money to my name, and I don't need most of it as I am here. And I was thinking… How about I give some to my friends, most to Eustass, and some to a charity helping people who lost it all and/or are struggling mentally?"

Marco thought for a bit, before he nodded. "I get why you want to do that, yoi. But you should keep some money yourself as well, just in case and so you can enjoy yourself as well." Ace nodded. "I will. I was thinking of keeping like 100-300 thousand to myself, and giving rest away. Marco nodded. "How much do you have?" Ace thought for a second. "I think… I think I have like almost 4 million left. I got 6 in the settlement. It is a ridiculous amount." Marco blinked. "That is a lot. You can do what you want with it, but don't give it all away, yoi. It is not that I will take it, and I will of course pay for you if you want anything, but so it doesn't look too suspicious." That Ace got.

Ace nodded. "I will ask Eustass about it and how he would feel. I think he would be… I don't know. He is a weird person. I don't think he would like me to give him a lot of money." Marco blinked. "Don't humans love money?" Ace shrugged. "Not all of us. Some know money can change you, and Eustass knows this well. His uncle suddenly won the lottery and became an asshole and actually killed one person and molested 2 others, he used the money to lure people to his home. Eustass is scared it will change him, even though I know he will be as kind and amazing as he is." Marco nodded. "Speak with him about it. And know I will support you the entire way, yoi." Ace smiled. Marco was so nice to him. He really liked Marco.

As that was done, Marco spoke. "Also, in 3 days, is our meeting with Heaven, yoi. You can still change your mind." Ace shook his head. "I won't. I want to try and help make a good change." Marco smiled at him. "You're so good. I am so sorry we didn't find anything else that could help us, yoi." Ace shook his head. "No. It is okay. You really tried, and now I need to do my part to help." Marco nodded and kissed him, and Ace hoped this would go fast and well.

-x-

Ace felt scared and worried. Not sure how this would go. They were going to have the meeting with Heaven now and Ace didn't feel ready. Marco moved a hand to his shoulder and Ace turned to look at the comforting look Marco had, and Marco spoke with a comforting voice. "If you don't want to do this, we won't, yoi. Should you decide this is too much, we will leave." Ace shook his head. "I need to do this. We need to try." Marco nodded and gave a supportive smile. "I believe in you." That was good.

Marco then held his hand out as he changed to his demon form. "We need to do this meeting in our demon forms, but once I say to change, you have to, to show you are who you are, yoi." Ace nodded and changed as well, before they left and appeared on Earth, before an angel met them. He got it was an angel based on the wings, but was shocked to see he had 4 wings. He would ask Marco later. They were then led through a doorway and then they were in Heaven. They were then led through a small town it looked like amd everyone looked happy and shocked to see them, before they got to a building and walked inside. Once inside, the angel left and they were left alone.

Ace felt so worried and when someone knocked on the door, Ace felt his head was spinning in a way, not sure he could do this. Whitebeard went and opened and Ace was surprised to see it was Azuruko, which had Ace blink. "Azuruko?" Azuruko hummed. "I got a surprise. Could you all change to your human forms?" They all nodded and did, and once they did, Azuruko moved to the side and Ace felt himself smile as he saw Luffy and Sabo, but as they moved, he also saw Alyssa. They all moved in and Ace hugged them, so glad to see them.

Luffy then started to tell how Alyssa had found them and they just bonded and were now best friends, which was good. They all looked happy, which was everything to him. He did notice Alyssa had wings and asked why only she had, to which Azuruko said "Everyone who wants them get them, and can get them." Luffy nodded. "I use them at times! But they are also in the way at times." Sabo nodded. "Same. We can do this-" Then both Luffy and Sabo had wings, white ones, but again, they had 4 wings, he would ask Marco about this later, or Azuruko. He also noticed they all looked different. Luffy's were red and black, kind of like a dragon's, while Sabo's were blue and green, also like a dragon of sorts, just more featherly than Luffy's. But Alyssa's was like a fairy's, like Tinkerbell, and that was amazing.

Ace then looked at his brothers. "Are you going to be in the meeting as observers?" Luffy moved to pout while Sabo spoke. "We can't. We are your family and something about being biased, so we can't." That did make sort of sense. Alyssa spoke. "I was allowed, so I will be there." Ace nodded, he still felt worried about this. Azuruko then spoke. "I will also be there and speak a bit." That was good.

Then there was a knock and Azuruko answered it without really opening the door, before he closed it and looked at everyone. "We need to go now, so Luffy, Sabo, Alyssa, you need to leave this room. Alyssa, you can watch and know the way, Luffy and Sabo, I will bring Ace to visit." All nodded and left after giving him a hug and words of confidence. Ace felt more he could do this now.

Then as they left, they all changed to their demon forms again, before they all went to the meeting room where there was a sort of stand and he could see 3 people behind a desk and he felt the one in the middle was God maybe, don't ask him why, he just felt it. As they were all inside, a man to the side began speaking, addressing them all. "So, we are all gathered here as the King of Hell, The Devil, has a request to change a sin." Muttering started up, before the man spoke again. "This is the sin of suicide." More mutter that was louder, before the one to the left of God spoke. "We can't just change the sin of suicide? Why would we do such a thing?" The man to the side spoke. "Which is why we have this meeting, Akainu." Akainu looked mad. "Fine, get on with it. What do you say, Sengoku? You are the leader here." So, God's name was Sengoku? Odd. But then again, the Devil's name was Whitebeard.

Sengoku spoke. "I created humans in my image, to kill it is an attack on me. And why would I accept an attack on myself?" The one on God's right side spoke. "Let us hear them out, Sengoku." Sengoku sighed. "Fine, Kuzan. I will hear out the Devil first on this insane request." Whitebeard went up and stood in front of the table God was at. "I have found out that we have lost touch with the surface. Things are not what they used to be. Suicide is not only something people who have committed crimes do anymore, but people who have nothing anymore and want to die. To them, Hell is a vacation." Sengoku spoke. "Who can support this?" Whitebeard moved a hand and Marco walked up to him. "My second in command, the Prince, Marco, knows."

Marco looked at the ones behind the desk. "Things have indeed changed, yoi. And we need to keep up with change. A person who has lost it all, been prayed upon or abused, who sees no other way out, should not be punished more. Therefore, we are here to ask to change the sin of suicide." Ace looked at the ones behind the desk, and he could see Akainu looked annoyed, Sengoku looked mad, and Kuzan looked somewhat interested.

Akainu spoke. "Do you have anything to support this? You can say what you want, but you are a demon, and as we all know, demons can lie." Marco nodded. "I have a witness, yoi." That made Kuzan look more interested, but Akaniu rolled his eyes while Sengkoku, looked annoyed. "And what is this witness? If this is someone who has committed suicide, they are damned, and can not testify as they want out. If it is someone you have made a deal with, that is also not someone who can speak as they are still under a contract with you." Marco took a breath and moved a hand out to him, and Ace took it as his sign and moved up to Marco, and that had all 3 look shocked and mutter started again, before Sengoku spoke. "What is this! Another prince?!" So they didn't know about him? Ace felt scared but tried to not make it show.

Marco nodded. "This is Ace, he was once human, and I made a deal with him, yoi. But that end has been held up, you can check his soul, it is no longer bound to me by a contract." Sengoku looked at him, before he spoke. "No, but he is bound another way. As your mate." Marco nodded. "Yes. But he has been human, yoi. And he has a story to tell." Marco then looked at him and Ace changed to his human form, which had Kuzan move his hand, before beside Ace, a picture of him alive came up, his birth date and the day he died. Ace was on his way to speak, when Akainu spoke. "You bring forward a sinner!" Ace felt shocked, and Marco spoke. "He did not commit suicide. I took his soul as I had come to care for him, yoi." Sengoku spoke. "Which is why his heart and soul is black." Ace blinked, he didn't know that.

Marco nodded. "Yes, he did not kill himself, he was killed, yoi. But he still has a story, he is not a sinner." Akainu spoke again as he stood up. "He is! He is with you! A man! A man with a man is blasphemy! It is not the way God intended it! It is a sin! Therefore! He is a sinner!" Marco looked shocked, and Ace felt upset, but tried to look strong. Marco spoke again. "Why is that a sin, yoi?" Sengoku spoke. "Because it is. A relationship, a marriage, is between a man and woman, not man and man or woman and woman. You can not be in a same sex relationship. A man shall not lay with a man, or a woman with a woman! That makes you a sinner! A sinner can not testify!" Marco spoke loudly. "Why does that matter!" Akainu started to yell a response, and Ace felt this was really getting out of control, and he decided he needed to try something, but didn't know what, before he remembered something.

Ace took a breath and as Akainu had spoken, Ace spoke. "I didn't know I was Gay before I died! When I was alive I didn't know! And I was going to kill myself! Because you-" Ace looked at Sengoku. "Took my brothers away from me. You killed them, and you left me alone, all alone. I had no one. I was so lonely… Then everyone wanted my money that I got since you killed my brothers. And the few real ones I had started to ignore me. I had nothing. So I was going to kill myself. Hell had to- is- better than living like that." Kuzan moved his hand a bit before he spoke. "He is speaking the truth. He made a deal with the Prince, he was pure, then he was stabbed and about to die, when the prince took his soul and now he is a prince."

Ace felt he wanted to cry, remembering all the pain and loneliness he had felt. Maybe this would help. He wanted to change this and make people like him not suffer more. Marco moved a hand to his, and Akainu spoke. "Still! The fact you are with another man, says you are a sinner and would have sinned eventually!" Ace blinked, feeling shocked, and tried to speak, but Akainu cut him off. "No! You are a sinner!" Ace was on his way to speak, but Akainu yelled the same again. Marco then spoke. "If you can let Ace-" Akainu spoke. "No! We will not listen to a sinner!" Whitebeard started to speak. "We have more people to speak on this matter." Akainu moved to yell again, when Sengoku held a hand out to Akainu that made him quiet down and Sengoku spoke. "No. I see nothing here worth continuing at this time. Suicide is a sin and will remain a sin. To kill a human is an attack on my creation, even if that person is killing himself. This meeting is over." Then Sengoku moved his hand and they were back on Earth again in the place they had been before they got to Heaven and the gateway closed.

Ace felt shocked. "What… happened?" Marco gave a breath. "They didn't want to listen, yoi." Whitebeard spoke. "Only one who might have seemed to want to hear us out, was Kuzan, but he has no say against Sengoku." Ace blinked. "So… we lost?" Marco gave a breath. "It seems so, yoi. I am very sorry Ace." Ace nodded, feeling upset and Marco moved and hugged him. Ace took the hug as he felt he needed it. Whitebeard also moved a hand to his back. Ace felt very tired now, so when Marco let go, Ace looked at Marco. "Can we go home?" Marco nodded. "We can, yoi." Marco moved his hand out but just before Ace could take it, Azuruko appeared and gave a breath. "I am sorry about how this went, Ace. They kept me from getting to as they know they are afraid of me, but I am not allowed to bring up things to change the rules, as God made that a rule when it comes to the sins." Ace shook his head. "No, we tried, it is okay. I just want to go home now." Azuruko nodded. "I get that. When you feel you want to go out for breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner, or just a snack, don't be afraid to ask." Ace nodded. "I won't. Thank you for trying." Azuruko gave a nod, before he disappeared.

Then they went back to Hell and to their room and Ace went to lie down and Marco moved to sit on the bed. "Are you okay?" Ace nodded. "I am, just… I am a bit disappointed, but I feel… drained." Marco nodded and moved to kiss him. "Just relax then, you need it. You did so good." Ace nodded. "Could you… lie with me? I don't want to lie here all alone…" Marco nodded and moved to lie down beside him, hand holding his. "Of course. I will not leave until you tell me to." Ace nodded, that felt good, and Ace closed his hands, and it didn't take long before he fell asleep. He had hoped this would work, but it didn't. Now he just wanted to relax.

When he woke up later, Marco was sitting on bed, reading a book, and when Ace stretched a bit, Marco gave a comforting look. "How do you feel, yoi?" Ace gave a breath. "I am okay, I just… I don't know." Marco moved his hand and grabbed Ace's hand. "I hope you know that I will always love you, yoi. To me, you are perfect." Ace smiled, he felt the same about Marco. "I love you too. I just hoped we could have helped others…" Marco nodded. "I know, since you are such a kind soul, yoi. We will all see if we can find a way to still do it, but we're not sure how." Ace nodded. "I know. But the fact you're trying means a lot to me." It really did.

He then stayed in the room a bit with Marco, before Ace said he would head to the garden and be sure everything was going okay there, and Marco said it was fine and that if Ace wanted, Marco would join, but it was fine. Ace wanted to relax and just look at his garden for a bit, and Marco said it was fine and to just call if he wanted him to join, and that sounded good.

Ace then went outside and when he saw his garden, he stopped. He had 4 flowers and they were all in full bloom. They hadn't been yesterday but was now. Ace walked over to them and took them in. He first looked at the oleander, which had black petals with golden markings on them and the middle was golden, it looked so pretty and amazing, kind of like charcoal and gold. It was also bigger than a normal oleander, it was so pretty and glowed a bit.

Ace then looked at the one beside it and it was the daisy, which had black and deep blue/gray petals and a yellow middle and looked like it was shiny as the light from the oleander was reflected on some of the petals. It was like ashes he felt. Next to it was a sunflower, which was about the height of Ace, and the petals were a mix of yellow, red, orange, blue, purple and pink, and so pretty. The center was yellow, blue, and orange. It was like a painting.

The last one was a rose, which looked amazing. The petals were red with black markings, and the leaves and stem were black with red markings. It really did fit like a Hell rose. It had some more by it that would grow as well but was a bit behind as Ace had planted them later, but it seemed everything bloomed at the same time.

Ace moved and looked at the rose but ended up brushing against a thorn that was much sharper than a normal thorn and made his finger bleed and some drops fell on the ground, but Asce stopped it by grabbing it before he pressed on the wound and it healed fast, which was good. Ace then went and started to water the flowers.

Ace went around and watered his plants, checking how the kois were and that everything was fine. As he was watering some of the flowers, he heard a sudden loud sound that came from above him. It sounded like a small explosion of some kind. When Ace looked up, he saw something falling towards the ground, which made him blink. What was this? A meteor? Was maybe Heaven and God mad at them? At him? He was about to stand up and get away, when the thing fell fast to the ground, making a small indent, and Ace looked towards it as it created a sort of dust cloud, and when it went away, Ace felt shocked and worried when he saw it was a person.

Ace got up and moved towards it carefully as the person sat on their knees, facing to the left. The person seemed small in frame and he could see red hair and some sort of pixie wings that were red and black, but they also looked burned and broken. He could also see two horns from the head. "A- are you okay?" Asked Ace carefully, as he was a bit away, maybe a bit over 10 feet away. The person turned to him, and Ace blinked as he felt shocked. It was a young girl, and even though her hair was red now, and she had red and black horns, same with gray and dull skin with what looked like tar on her body, and wings on her back, eyes red and black, he recognized her, and he hoped he was wrong. "A-Alyssa?"

The girl looked at him and blinked, before she smiled. "Ace." Ace didn't know what to do and moved over to check if she was fine. She just fell from the sky. "What are you doing here?! Are you okay?!" Alyssa gave a smile to him, but looked tired. "My body hurts a bit… But I am glad to see you again." Ace felt worried and horrified as to why she was here and turned and looked towards the house to try and call for help, when he saw Whitebeard, Marco, Curiel, and Izou already on their way, they had probably heard the sound.

Ace looked back at Alyssa. "You will be fine, Alyssa. Just be calm." Alyssa looked at him. "I think you're more worked up than me." He probably was. "How are you here? You're supposed to be in heaven, Alyssa!" The others were now by him and Marco moved a hand to his shoulder. "Ace, do you know her?" Ace nodded and looked at him. "Yes. The soul I helped Azuruko move on, the girl I spoke with when we went to the meeting that was with Luffy and Sabo. We need to help her get back!"

Curiel moved over to look at her, and Ace wanted them to help Alyssa back, when Marco spoke. "Ace. She fell, yoi." Ace looked at Marco. "But we need to help her back!" Marco looked at him. "Ace, we can't. She fell willingly, yoi." Ace blinked, before he looked at Alyssa. "Alyssa?" Curiel looked her over, but Alyssa looked at him and gave a smile. "I would rather be with you. Your brothers were very nice, but they were mostly the only ones. And the way they brushed you off, calling you names, I don't want to be with people like that. Who doesn't get me. Who calls me lucky for dying early so I could go to Heaven before I sinned." Alyssa gave a small sound as a hand moved to her back, to where her wings were and seemed in pain as the wings seemed to further disintegrate as her already ashen skin got more darker gray, and a few spots got a red hue.

Curiel spoke. "Your wings are dying. You are still changing from falling." Ace shook his head. "No! They can't die! She needs them! They are her! Her mother called her Tinkerbell since she ran around." Ace looked at Marco. "Don't let her wings die! Please!" Marco looked at him with compassionate and sorrowful eyes and Ace got there was nothing that could be done, and that made him sad. Alyssa fell to be here with him and she would lose her wings.

Marco looked to be on his way to speak when Whitebeard did, looking at Alyssa. "De celo ad inferos cecidisti, iam non es cum celo et in eternum mutaberis, sed proprium tuum manebit sicut est, sicut hoc est et non mutaberis. (Translation: You have fallen from Heaven to Hell, you are no longer with the Heavens and forever changed, but your characteristic will remain as is, as this is you and shall not change)" As Whitebeard had spoken, there was as if a sort of dark light fell around Alyssa, it was as if the light was falling dark droplets that shined a bit, and after a few seconds, the dark light drops went away before Alyssa blinked and looked at her back, before down at her arms, before looking up at him with a small smile. "The pain went away."

Ace felt happy with that and looked at Whitebeard. "What did you do?" Whitebeard gave a smile to him. "She was still changing to her demon self, but I stopped it. She will stay how she looks now." Ace gave a thankful look. "Thank you." Whitebeard gave a nod with a smile and Ace went and hugged Alyssa. He couldn't believe she fell for him. She gave up Heaven. He would do all he could to make her feel comfortable here.


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