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Chapter One: Glance at Dawn Island

Luffy wasn't the most observant of people, especially when he was inconsolable, but something caught his eye. There, by that outcropping of rock... was that a diver? Luffy wiped at his eyes and paid attention to the figure. Yes, it was a diver, and he had something over his shoulder. Something black. And in his hand... was that Sabo's hat? Luffy grinned and ran toward the spur, hoping wildly that he'd get there before the diver left. Maybe... maybe Sabo had leapt clear of the blast? Maybe... he didn't die? Luffy made it just as a strange ship was sailing away and he didn't want them to leave and his arm s~t~r~e~t~c~h~e~d and latched onto the railing. A tug later and Luffy was sailing toward the ship. "Huh? Another brat?" a strange voice asked.

"Sabo!" Luffy yelled, bouncing up. The men on the deck blinked.

"Sabo?" they echoed, tilting their heads to the side. Luffy paid them no heed, eyes zeroed in on the limp figure on the yellow guy's shoulder.

"Is... is he... alive?" he asked, stumbling forward as he remained focused on his brother.

"Yes," the yellow man said, setting down the boy he'd carried aboard the ship and watching intently as the strange raven haired boy patted the blond down, eyes wide. Sabo moaned and Luffy's face lit up.

"SABO!" Luffy yelled, throwing his arms around his brother's neck.

"Who?" the boy asked, sending Luffy reeling back in shock.

"S... Sabo..." he muttered, eyes tearing up.

"Well he woke up faster than expected," a mildly amused voice said. Luffy spun around and came face to face with...

"Those are really cool, Tattoo Face!" The man's eyebrow twitched slightly, but oddly enough his smile grew.

"Thank you... son," he said. Everyone but the two boys screamed and fainted. Luffy looked at Sabo, and Sabo looked at Luffy, and then they both started laughing.

Neither boy ever returned to Dawn Island.

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A/N: And that's the first glance that could have changed the world.

Could you imagine what Luffy and Sabo's reunion with Ace would be like? I think it would go something like this:

"And that's how I joined the Revolutionary Army!" Luffy declared proudly. Ace felt his eyebrow twitch while he could have sworn he heard Sabo muttering something along the lines of 'rubber-headed meat-brain, can't keep a secret to save a life.'

"Luffy... you're an idiot."

"Shishishishishi~!"