Blame by Faith&Fantasy

Chapper 18: Sloof Lirpa

"Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow." ~ The Fox

This ends now.

Luffy had enough of Ace's sulking. He was tired of being hungry. He wanted his big brother back.

"Ace stop being weird." Luffy confronted his older brother who was seated on the other side of the room.

Ace scooted around. "Look, I found Sabo!" The older boy lifted a up an old tabby cat who was wearing a tiny top hat.

Luffy blanched. "Uh, Ace? That's a cat."

"What? No, this is Sabo! Right Sabo?" Ace pet the tabby's ears.

"No." the cat replied.

"What's with the hat?" Luffy asked.

"A top hat. A top hat for Sabo. A top hat made especially for Sabo." Ace hummed. "Sabo's top hat."

"..."

"I found it on a weird bear."

"Uh...Ace? We need to talk..." Luffy trailed off at the look in his brother's eyes.

"I'm not Ace. I'm Luffy!" The older shouted, offended.

The younger blinked. He was looking at his own refection.

"Luffy?" The was-Luffy-now-Ace questions, his voice deeper than before. "What the..."

"I turn now. Good luck everyone else." The was-Ace stated cheerily, getting up and walking past was-Luffy.

"...What?" was-Luffy stuttered.

Was-Ace paused. "Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down

And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right on your hiney. I'll tell you how I became the son of a D.

In East Blue born and raised, on Mt. Corvo was where I spent most of my days.

Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool, and all shootin some tigers outside the pool.

When a couple of guys who were up to no good, started talkin' shit about my family brood.

I got in one little fight and Dadan didn't care. She said 'Do what you want, just stay out of my hair'"

"Wait!" was-Luffy called, but it was too late and was-Ace walked right off the front porch of the fort. He rushed to the edge only to see was-Ace seated in a chariot pulled by ten Sabo-cats.

"Tally-ho!" was-Ace yelled, snapping the reins. The cats took off at a mild trot, pulling the cariot down the side of the mountain.

Was-Ace called out one last time. "Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold, bye!"

Luffy stared.

FIN

Footnotes:

- A foot is the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. It is used for defense against rabid porcupines. Each person is armed with three but most lose their third foot due to the increased desire to break dance at the age of 2 and a quarter, an act that can be fatal to some third footsies.

- There is no known definition for note at this current time.

That's the end of this story, Will We Ever Know Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? It has been. I hope you breathe well.

Peace in.

F&F