I'm not entirely satisfied with this first chapter. Sabo didn't feel right, Dragon didn't feel right, Luffy is... Luffy. Also, weird things usually happen in the One Piece world, so my Sabo can get rid of shock pretty quickly.

Sabo found a 7 year-old in the Revolutionary Army's base. He knows Fire Fist Ace. And him, somehow. Sabo has many questions and the fact that this kid is also apparently a 17 year-old rookie pirate does not answer any of them.

"Why do I have to be the one to deal with the kid?"

"Because children always run away from me, Hack is out right now, and because I said so."

"Koala... I don't want to..."

Koala gave Sabo a 'look'.

The blonde whined childishly while the redhead shook her head. A thought popped into her head and she snickered behind her hand.

Kids listen to bigger kids, after all.

After running around the base for more than an hour, Sabo was finally able to tack down the kid. It appeared the people working in the kitchen had been feeding him, and by the stacks of plates, Sabo realized that the kid ate a lot.

Sabo and Dragon ate the most out of everyone here, with Dragon beating Sabo out by only 20 plates on a bad day. But this kid would definitely give Dragon a run for his money, no doubt.

Sabo strolled over to the child, who was beginning to slow down in his consumption, and sat on the bench beside him. The kid slurped down his last plate, which was full of noodles, before turning to him with a bright expression.

"Hi, who are you?"

"My name is Sabo." He paused as he noticed the confusion in the little boy's eyes, "But it's more polite to say your name first."

"My name is Luffy! You know, your name is the same as my brother's! You even look like him, except, big." At the last word, Luffy through his arms apart to explain his idea of big.

Sabo couldn't help but chuckle, amused by the cute little boy. Strangely enough, however, he felt something fluttering in the back of his head.

"Well, Luffy, can I ask where you came from?"

"I came from someone's belly-at least, that's what Ace said! I don't believe him, though, because why would someone eat me?"

Sabo was curious as to who this "Ace" was, so he asked. (The name rung a bell... Fire Fist? An image of a freckled child flashed in his mind, but disappeared too quickly for him to grasp it.) "Who's Ace?"

"Ace is one of my big brothers! He's really grumpy, but I think that he's just upset that he gets nap attacks all the time!"

"Nap attacks?"

"He falls asleep everywhere! It's really funny, especially when Sabo lets me have the marker!"

While the child had mentioned his brother having the same name as him, it was still weird to hear it like that.

"Well, Luffy, how did you get in here?" Time for business. Sabo thinks, I need to know how he got in here.

"I was going hunting again, and I was going to beat this huuuuge crocodile, but then Ace was a jerk and I got eaten again!"

Again?!

Sabo felt like he was overreacting to this information, but he shoved that thought aside because, no, children should not get eaten multiple times! "And then?"

"And I woke up and was hungry so I followed the sound of food!"

"I don't think food makes sounds, Luffy."

"But they do! They say my name!" Luffy grinned and made his voice a bit ghostly, "Luffy, Luffy... Come eat us, Luffy... Luffy~~"

Sabo burst out laughing, swinging an arm around Luffy's shoulders, who began laughing, too.

God, this kid is adorable!

Once he calmed down, he released the child and straightened; he felt oddly connected to Luffy already.

"Hey, Luffy, I'm going to have you meet someone, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Wait here."

"Whaaat? But Saboooo, I don't wanna be alone... Can't you take me with you?" Luffy whined, big eyes staring up sadly.

"It'll only be a minute. If I'm not here in a minute, you can, uh... Come in? I guess?" Yeah, Sabo didn't have the authorization to say that. But, there was something about the way Luffy talked about being alone that struck a chord in him. Like, he'd heard it before...

"Okay, but Ace never taught me to count more than ten, and keeps messing Sabo up when he tries to teach me more."

"Just, uh, count to ten six times." Wow, Sabo will need to try to educate Luffy for however long he'll be here. Only ten?

"Yeah!"

Luffy sat on the floor while Sabo slipped into the room after a curt knock.

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"Dragon-san, I found the kid. He says his name is Luffy and does not appear to be here with any ill-intent." Sabo explained briefly.

"...Luffy? Are you certain that that is his name?" Dragon brought his hands up to his face and rested his chin upon them, eyes interested yet a bit confused.

"Yes. He appears to be around 7 or 8 years old, but I am not sure. I can ask him." the blonde offered.

"What?" Dragon stood up, eyebrows scrunched and his face expressing disbelief. He collected himself quickly, "Bring him in here, please."

"Understood."

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"One, three, four, two, six, five, seven, eight, nine, ten! I think that was six times?" Luffy jumped up off the floor and turned to the door expectantly. "Sabo! It's been a minu-" Luffy was cut off by a door hitting him in the face. Sabo, eyes wide, quickly knelt down to the fallen child on the floor, muttering apologies with guilt welling up inside of him.

Only, as he raised the boy's torso, he realized that the raven hadn't noticed the impact the door had made. "Oi, Sabo, that wasn't nice!" It was then that the child took notice of the man in the room behind the open door. "Who are you, old man?"

"My name is Monkey D. Dragon. I take it that you are Luffy?"

"Hey, you have the same last name as me and Grandpa! You shouldn't copy people, old man!"

Sabo choked on his spit, in a mix of shock and laughter.

"Yes, that usually happens when people are related. It's nice to finally meet you, Luffy."

"Ehhh? We're related?" Luffy's mouth dropped open and his eyes were wide.

"Yes, I am your father." Dragon's smirk was a bit softer than usual.

"What?! You had a son?! How is he only seven if you haven't left the base without any of us over the past eight years?" Sabo shouted, his confusion palpable. Indeed, Dragon was always accompanied by one of the Revolutionaries, which wouldn't provide Dragon any time to create life. (Sabo was mortified by even thinking about any of this, as he really does not want to have to ponder Dragon's personal matters.)

"He's actually seventeen." the dark-haired man glanced down at the child. "At least, he should be."

"What's that supposed to mean? Are you making fun of me? Only Ace can do that!"

Sabo let out an exaggerated sigh and looked at the kid. "Let's contact 'Ace', now, okay?"

"How are we going to do that? Are you tella-telo-teleportic?"

"No Luffy, and it's 'telepathic'; we're going to use our snail phone and dial up Whitebeard."

"Who's that?" Luffy began picking his nose, to which Dragon snorted and patted the kid's head as he began walking towards the cafeteria.

"Fire-Fist Ace's captain." said Sabo, grabbing Luffy's hand with his own and leading the child to the communications room.