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Whitebeard was out on deck, most out as well, including Shanks and some of his crew and the Vampire Lords. As they were talking about stuff, he noticed the Vampire Lords one time looking at where Ace and Aoba were with a frown, and when Clear tried to speak, Vincent made a movement that made him keep quiet. When Marco asked if anything was up, they said no. It was nothing. He didn't believe that, but didn't know what this was about.
After a bit, Ace and Aoba came out, and Vincent looked at them. "Ace, why?" Ace looked to feel guilty, opening his mouth, but no words came out. Then Shanks spoke. "Aoba, why are you so pale suddenly?" Aoba looked more pale than before. But why? Aoba looked at Vincent and Clear. "I forced him." Vincent moved a hand to his face, massaging it. "Ace, no, you shouldn't have." What were they talking about? Shanks then seemed to get it as his eyes widened. "No! You didn't! Ace! Tell me you didn't!" Ace looked more guilty. Then Whitebeard got it. Ace had turned Aoba into a vampire again.
Shanks looked shocked and mad. "Ace! He was finally human again! How could you!" Ace looked guilty and unsure, and Whitebeard decided to step in and spoke. "Let Ace explain." Shanks looked mad, and Aoba spoke and looked annoyed with Shanks as well. "I forced him! Shanks! I don't want to be human! I want to be a vampire! It is better! Don't be mad at Ace! Be mad at me!" Shanks looked unsure and mad. "But Aoba! You had the chance to be human again!" Aoba gave a small growl. "I don't want to be human! I want to be a vampire! I hated being human again! I want to be a vampire!" Shanks looked shocked. "But Aoba-" Aoba shook his head and cut him off. "No! No buts! I hated being human! Would you want to be something you hate to be!"
Shanks looked to be on his way to bite out an answer, when Benn moved a hand to stop Shanks, and looked at Aoba. "Are you sure of this?" Aoba nodded and he looked sure. "I am, I like this. I hate food, it tasted awful and the consistency was off. I got sunburned on day one. I forgot to breathe lord knows how many times. Being a vampire is me." Shanks took a breath, before he nodded. "Yeah, okay, I get it. Okay? I get it. I just… you had the chance to be-" Aoba spoke. "Normal? Being a vampire for me is normal!" Shanks shook his head. "No, be a human again. But you're right. It is not you. I am sorry for yelling, I was just shocked." Aoba looked at Shanks. "Apologize to Ace." Shanks nodded and looked at Ace. "I am sorry for yelling at you." Ace nodded. "It is okay…" But Ace still looked guilty.
Aoba looked at Ace. "Ace, I made you. You don't need to feel guilty." Ace nodded and took a breath. "I will try." Aoba nodded. "Good. Now, head held high." Ace nodded and did, which had Aoba smile. "Good." Vincent then spoke. "If you are sure about this Aoba, it is okay." Aoba nodded and looked completely sure of this. "I am, being a vampire is me. Being human is not." Vincent nodded. "Good. You've always been a good vampire." Aoba smiled. "I know." Ace then looked at Vincent. "He is good, right? Like, he won't turn to a…" Vincent hummed. "Level D? No. Not only since he got your blood, but since you are now a descendant, Ace. You can make people keep their minds after being turned by a Level D." Ace blinked. "I… can?" Vincent nodded. "Yes. Which is why, should you find someone who has been turned and not a Level D yet, you need to feed them your blood, just a drop is enough." Ace nodded, taking it in.
Lance then spoke. "Why does that work?" Vincent hummed. "We have special blood, it works since it is pure, being a descendant also means this works." Vincent then looked at Ace. "It is now a part of you to help those who need it. To have less Level Ds in the world." Ace nodded, and Whitebeard knew Ace would do great, as Ace was amazing. Marco looked at Vincent. "What about losing control, yoi?" Vincent hummed. "It will be harder for him to lose control. I am not saying it isn't possible, it is, but it will be harder. Or, that is at least how it is for a Lord, I assume the same goes for a Descendant." Ace blinked. "That's good!" Vincent nodded. "It is good."
Lance hummed. "Has Ace lost control before?" Ace looked a bit uncomfortable, so Marco spoke. "Yes, once. But Vincent helped." Vincent hummed. "I was close by, wanted to help." Vincent then looked at Ace. "If you'd want, I could send Hidan this way, if you'd like some real blood." Ace's eyes widened, before he nodded like a madman. "Yes!" Lance frowned. "Who is this?" Ace almost vibrated in excitement now. "An immortal bastard, I really like his blood." That had Trevor perking up. "Immortal you say?" Ace nodded. "Yes, and you have my full blessing to do whatever you want to with him. He is a total douche. But again, his blood is amazing." Vincent sighed. "You can't just let him do that, Ace." Ace shrugged. "I am a Descendant! Come on! I want to order something! And he is an ass!" Vincent hummed. "He may be, but we need him. You need him." Ace puffed up his cheeks a bit. "Stupid." Vincent moved a hand to his face. "God, you're a child."
Ace grinned a bit, before it fell. "Wait… I am a Descendant… how… old will I be?" Vincent sighed. "Ace, I don't want to alarm you, but you will outlive everyone of us most likely. Descendants live very long, even for a Lord's standard." Ace moved a hand to his mouth. "But… I don't want to be old… that old… I don't want to be… alone." Ace looked at Vincent with fear. "I don't." Vincent's face softened. "And you won't, since there will always be Lords around, always be vampires. You will never truly be alone." Ace nodded, but still looked unsure about this, which he got.
Then Vincent shared some more things with Ace and Lance, before the Lords left, as they had things to do, and they set sail as well, heading on. He was sure Hidan would drop by soon, and they would do their best to make Ace feel better, as this was a lot. Which he got. Ace's life just changed. They did sail a bit with Shanks, so Ace could be around Aoba, which Ace seemed to really appreciate. Then they parted ways after a few days, Shanks heading his way. Trevor was also still on the boat with them, going to stay a bit, and he needed a ride, at the same time he wanted to meet this immortal man, which Whitebeard got. Trevor liked to understand things it seemed like and to do tests.
It was a few days later, which was calm thankfully, that a small boat came to them and Hidan boarded the boat, looking bored. "Where is the vampire bastard?" Whitebeard was on his way to speak when Ace came from around a corner and looked excited and grabbed Hidan by his arm and took him away, to not feed out in front of them, which he got.
Things would be fine again, they would settle.
-x-
Ace felt excited as he saw Hidan and Ace really needed this, and grabbed Hidan's arm and moved to his room, needing blood, needing Hidan's blood, that amazing blood. When they were in his room, Ace didn't waste time and bit into Hidan's neck, he couldn't wait for this. But then, when the blood filled his mouth, it tasted… not as good as it usually did. But still, it was warm blood. Better than cold blood.
When he was done, Ace felt this was off, and Hidan rolled his eyes as he moved a hand to his neck. "What now, asshole?" Ace shrugged. "You don't… taste like you used to. Not as… sweet." Hidan moved his hand at him. "Hey! My blood is sweet! Damn you, calling me foul." Ace hummed. "You are foul, you really are. But now… your blood tastes…. normal." Hidan gave a glare. "I am not normal!" Ace shook his head a bit. "No, you're not, but your blood is…" Hidan gave a 'tsk'. "You bastard." Ace didn't know what to feel, as this felt so odd and off. Why would his preference change? He needed to ask Vincent about it next time he saw him.
But he had an idea and went and found Lance, who seemed to get he wondered about something as he said. "What is it, Ace?" Ace hummed. "Did… did Vincent or anyone mention my preference for blood changing after being awakened?" Lance shook his head. "No, why would you think that?" Ace gave a breath. "Hidan tastes… normal. And he usually is so sweet. I just find it… odd." Lance blinked. "That is odd. Very odd." Ace nodded a bit. "I feel so too. I mean… why would it change?" Lance shook his head. "I don't know, this is odd. I will do some research on this." Ace nodded, that sounded good. Ace wondered why this had changed, he had so looked forward to Hidan coming so he could get some sweet blood, but nope, no sweet blood for him. It was warm, which was something, but still.
Ace really didn't like this.
-x-
Whitebeard saw Hidan coming out on deck again, and he half had a hand on his neck, looking annoyed. When he moved his hand away from his neck, he saw two puncture marks that looked to be on their way to heal, and Ace came, before Ace went and spoke with Lance about something. And as Ace did, Trevor moved over to Hidan. "Can I shoot you in the head or heart? For research purposes?" Hidan rolled his eyes. "Feel free to, but you need to clean up the mess." Trevor hummed. "So, you bleed normally? You don't die from lack of blood?" Hidan huffed. "Yeah right, like something as lousy as that would kill me, asshole. You can fucking decapitate me and I will be fine."
Trevor hummed. Before he moved over and took out a small thing and stabbed Hidan in the arm, but he didn't even flinch as he said. "Gonna run tests? If you can make me not immortal, please do." Trevor blinked. "You don't like it?" Hidan gave a 'tsk'. "Living on forever sucks. Was cool the first few hundred years. Then now, it sucks so bad. Why do you wonder, asshole?" Hidan hummed. "I am not the asshole, you are, but fine. Let me see if I can save you from being alive forever." Lance then came up. "If anyone can, it is Trevor, he is smart." Trevor hummed. "So smart. How do you keep alive after being decapitated?" Hidan hummed. "I heal, I need someone to stitch me, but it works." Trevor nodded. "Can you still speak when you are decapitated?" Hidan hummed. "Hell yeah, freaks people out, and I love freaking idiots out. Fucking idiots." Trevor hummed. "Been a pleasant experience getting to know you." Hidan trolled his eyes. "You suck, bastard." Treovr just waved with a smile, seeming to annoy Hidan more.
Hidan then stayed a bit, before he left with the boat. He did notice Ace seemed off, like he was in thought, and he would see if he could speak with him when they were in private, he knew a lot had happened for Ace in a short span.
-x-
When evening came, Lance looked in his books, trying to figure out why Ace's preference changed. Something had to mention it. Why would it suddenly change? The timing seemed off. He read on and didn't find much, until he opened his father's book, reading on vampires, when a sentence caught his interest. It mentioned a vampire's preference would change if they found their mate, and his father had used to to get to vampires, to get them to come out of hiding by taking their loved ones, their mate. Had Ace found his mate? He then went back to the book on vampires, which mentioned a vampire found out who their mate was by smelling or tasting their blood, but Ace only fed off Hidan, so that didn't make sense. He did get some dead people's blood as well, same with meat, and if a mate died, a vampire would move on alone, unless they had more than one mate, which was very rare.
He wouldn't mention this to Ace, as this would just be confusing he felt. And what if his mate had been someone who was dead? That would crush Ace, he felt. He would search more and see what he found, ask around and be sure to watch Ace a bit closely.
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