"You can return the sword from where it came, but not the blood from where it cut."

Chapter 1-

A young boy with pitch black hair seemed to cling onto the boy beside him as the adults studied them. "Ace," he whispered to his brother, three years older than him. "Are they going to separate us?" His dark haired brother with dark eyes that matched his frowned, "Luffy, don't think that way. I will always be with you, they can't separate blood. Remember that." A laugh interrupted their whispering conversation and a white bearded man pulled them apart, "You've got to be kidding me, you are not blood related. Anything but blood related, at most some generations down your ancestors crossed paths but you aren't really related!" Ace stood shocked, "What are you talking about?" The older man picked Luffy up and tossed him at a red haired young man with three cuts on his eye. "Damn it Edward!" the red head said, "careful will you?" Edward ignored him, "Ace, you will be coming with me, and your friend will be going with Shanks over here." He pointed at Shanks who was nodding in agreement, "Because we need heirs, maybe someday you will see each other if you pass the tests and you stay our heirs." Ace saw Luffy crying, "Luffy!" Luffy turned to Ace, "We're not brothers?" Ace stood shocked and Edward patted his shoulder, "Make this easier for the both of you lad, you'll be able to patch things up when you're older anyways." Ace closed his eyes and turned away, "No Luffy, for now, we aren't brothers." Luffy bit his lip and clung to Shanks who looked surprised. "Ace, you've betrayed me, now I will never admit that you are my brother, and I will never forgive you!"

Fourteen years late r

The alarm had been going off for half an hour now, Shanks could hear it in his room and that annoyed him, "Luffy, get your ass up damn it!" he yelled, "damn, kid, there is a problem when you're so lazy." He flipped over in bed and came face to face with a young man with pitch black hair and dark eyes, "God damn it!" He yelled and the boy turned away covering his head, "Shanks, I came here so I could sleep!" Shanks kicked him off the bed, "Luffy get your ass ready for school or I will have some random person do it for you." Luffy smiled, "Really? Hurry up then." Shanks sighed, "I give up, Zoro is taking you out for breakfast if you hurry you can still catch him." Luffy rose, "What? Why didn't you say so?" Luffy ran out the door and suddenly you heard the alarm clock crash through something. Shanks looked out the window and there it was four stories down, the alarm clock. "Damn monkey."

The doorbell rang and Luffy jumped the balcony overlooking the hall that led to the door, "I'll get it!" He opened the door to see a green haired dark eyed young man, "Zoro! Let's go, I have the perfect place." The young man chuckled, "Luffy, what are you so eager about this morning?" Luffy ran to Zoro's car, "Food!" Zoro frowned, "Not again, SHANKS!" Shanks appeared over the balcony, "You make as much noise as he does, here take this and feed him. Its his first day back here after ten years, it will be hard." Zoro caught the bill, "Let's hope this is enough." Zoro went to the car where an impatient Luffy jumped around, "I want food! I need food!" "Enough!" Zoro yelled, "We are going to McDonalds and you are going to enjoy it." Luffy pouted, "I wanted something with more meat." Zoro glared at him, "You can't handle more meat!" Luffy nodded sadly, "Fine."

"Ready for school?" Zoro asked, "This isn't like all the international schools you have been to. This one is full of your fellow people and being Shank's heir, I am expecting people to want to be your friend. Not only that the Newgate's heir is there as well. The rivalry between you two is said to be epic." Luffy was busy eating but hearing that he spit his food onto Zoro, "Ace is there?" Zoro looked disgusted, "Being an heir... DO YOU HAVE ANY MANNERS?" Wiping off his face he sighed, "But as to your question, yes, he is there. This is the top business school in our nation Luffy, what do you expect?" Luffy sighed and pushed away his food, "I am not hungry anymore." Zoro nodded, "Its understandable Luffy. Don't worry, he is in his last year and you are on your third." Luffy chomped on another burger, "I see, so we have almost no possibility of running into him?" Zoro smiled, "None whats so ever." Luffy began eating his sundae, "Good." Zoro looked at the sundae, "STOP STUFFING YOUR FACE! THAT'S MINE!" The car swerved as he kept yelling at a laughing Luffy.

Shoulder length hair was brushed back as a habit, he smirked at his passenger, "What kind of food did you make me this time Sanji?" The blonde sighed, "Ace, I am neither your lover or mother so I made you no food, but you are welcomed to taste my newest dish tonight, the first three are free."Ace chuckled, "Can't fool me with that anymore, what am I? Sixteen?" Sanji punched his arm, "As far as I am concerned, you asked me last week when my next dish was for the special." Ace shrugged, "Don't be so judgmental, it looks bad." They arrived at the school and saw a commotion at the gates, Sanji looked curious, "I heard some big international guy was coming to the school, I wonder if that is him?" Ace shrugged, "Honestly, I dont care as long as he doesn't get in my way." Sanji shook his head, "You do know making friends isn't a bad thing?" Ace parked the car, "It is if I'm not trying to make any." He got out of the car and tossed keeps to the valet, "If it's scratched your pretty little face will be found in the lake." The valet nodded and his hands shook as he got in. "Stop scaring everyone Ace, it gets annoying." Ace began walking to the gates, then he smelled the smoke, "I know what the commotion is." Sanji smelled the air, "Car accident. I wonder whose." As they talked an argument drowned out their words.

Luffy continued eating as Zoro yelled at him, "You IDIOT!" Luffy stuffed another burger in his mouth, "Wha an Ah am Iduhot?" Zoro saw the crowd around and began pulling Luffy away, 'Because you ate my sundae and made us crash!" Luffy laughed, "No, those are your sucky driving skills." Zoro was about to reply when he ran into a blonde, "My apologies." The blond smiled, "I am Sanji, its okay, your friend seems to be a hand full." Luffy smiled, "Hi Sanji! I'm," His voice was gone in an instant as he saw who was next to Sanji, "Ace." Ace looked at him and smirked evily, 'Pretty sure you're not smart enough to be me." Zoro took a step back, "Let's go Luffy." Ace had began walking away and at those words he turned, "Luffy?" Luffy frowned and began walking in the opposite direction, he was pulled back by Ace and thrown against the gates, "Is that any way to respond to my calling?" Luffy squirmed, "Let go! I hate you!" Ace smiled sadly and it quickly turned to a sinister smile, 'That is nice to know, because you will not like me after everything I am going to do to you for daring to come to my school." Luffy was pulled away from Ace in a swift motion, "Keep away from him Newgate, or you'll wake up diced." Ace frowned, "Luffy, you will regret coming here." Luffy began to shake and Ace walked off with a troubled Sanji.