She's Everything He Has

(Fem! Luffy X Ace)

Summary: Ace never told Whitebeard about his little sister, and therefore not the rest of the crew either. But when Luffy dies due to taking that admiral's magma fist instead, things get a little complicated for the crew. They had no idea of Ace's life before the life of a pirate. Whitebeard though wants the full story to unravel the mystery behind Ace's pain. But Ace is so alone after losing the one he has lived his life for. And the situation turns dire when Ace attacks Marco and needs to be sedated. And then Garp goes missing and Luffy's body can't be found. Shanks questions it all and is doubtful that Luffy is alive. The Strawhat Pirates are the only ones who believe their captain is alive. And they are determined to meet her in two years after the incident at Marineford. Ace though is furious at them for believing. And everything kind of just goes down hill for two years.


Chapter 1 (3rd Person)

Ace heard laughing behind him as Ace and Luffy ran toward the Moby Dick on the Marineford Battleground. Luffy's laughter was sadly contagious as soon the two were hysterically laughing like maniacs as they ran. Ace, of course, realized they looked crazy, but couldn't help but smile as he looked back at Luffy, his little sister. Ace's face contorted a little in pain. For some odd reason calling her his little sister always made his chest hurt, and he didn't know why. Being confused was Luffy's expertise, not Ace's. "You idiot, stop laughing at a time like this!" Ace yelled angrily, but heard even louder laughter in return for his demand, though Ace still couldn't get the stupid grin off his own face. Shaking his head the two continued to run across the wide ground of Marineford, Navy HQ.

A wild shout from one of the lesser marines dragged everybody's attention toward the large ship coming into the area next to the Moby Dick. It was Shank's boat, one of the Yonko's boats; another one had arrived at the battlefield. Seeing this ship sent every marine into a state of panic, as now there were two of the world's strongest pirate crews to deal with. The marines were having enough trouble with Whitebeard and his crew. Now, the marines had to divide themselves into two to deal with the threat which greatly tipped the balance of power toward the pirates that were currently trashing Marineford.

Ace was suddenly scooped up high off the ground by what seemed to be a tree trunk. Ace immediately recognized it as his pops, Whitebeard, which had picked him up and was now running with Ace over his shoulder. "Ace, Shank's is here now so we're leaving before any more of my precious children get hurt. I don't care about the battle anymore now that we have you and can pull out," Whitebeard said running with his long strides towards the large white ship that was his. Ace grunted in understanding of his pops before turning his gaze to Luffy, who should've been behind him, to hurry up. What he saw instead made his heart slam to a halt within his chest, and everything else besides the image before him faded to black.

Luffy had stopped and kneeled to the ground to pick something up. Straining his eyes unconsciously Ace saw it was the vivre card that Ace had given to Luffy; when they had said goodbye the last time on the desert island. But that wasn't the problem. It was the large magma fist from one of the Admirals coming toward Luffy, his little sister, which made his heart stop. And for once, Ace's heart didn't ache in confusion. It burned and cried in pain. For just as she stood, at that moment the magma fist went through her chest, and her blood…it was thrown in the air. Ace's throat tightened as he wished to scream and wail, like a child. But no sound would come forth, just silent tears that dripped onto his pop's large white battle coat. Ace's body refused to move and he watched helplessly as Garp, the old man, was held down my Sengoku from killing the bastard, as a pink haired brat screamed at the top of his lungs for the marines to stop, as Shanks arrived and defended the marine brat, as an Okama kneeled besides Luffy's body, as a guy with an orange wearing polar bear picked Luffy up and ran in a different direction with her, as Jimbei followed the guy and orange polar bear, as Ace's world went black.


Waking up was a nightmare for Ace. He knew by the way his throat was hurting that everything he had thought to be a terrible nightmare was an even worse reality. His little sister, Luffy, had been killed by that damn Admiral. Ace lost in his own world of hatred and sadness did not realize he was on the deck of the Moby Dick, next to Whitebeard, both with numerous IVs stuck into their arms and the tops of their hands. Nor did he notice the party of deck that was happening to celebrate Ace's successful retrieval. When Ace did notice, inside he was mad as hell at all of his brothers and sisters for celebrating when his hold world had just fallen apart, but still he rationalized that he had never told Whitebeard or the other pirates about his and Luffy's past together; just because he found their past to be very sacred and personal. So he stayed quiet and silently brooded in anger so as not to cause a scene with his ignorant family.

But Marco noticed Ace being awake and came over to his silent brother's side. "Ace, why aren't you celebrating yoi?" Marco asked his brother and best friends, not realizing the danger he was in. "Pops and you are alive and well now. Our family is perfect again, yoi!" Everybody on the deck was looking at them, silently agreeing with one of their big brothers. Whitebeard was looking at his son with a worried gaze as he took in the silent boy. Ace had been crying in his sleep when they had gotten him off the battlefield at Marineford. Whitebeard had assumed they were tears of joy for being back with his family. Now Whitebeard believed that he was wrong in that assumption.

Ace stood, shaking and ripping IVs from his body from the movements, and he moved hauntingly toward Marco. Marco grinned at his brother, though he was a little worried about the IVs, and the nurses were fussing. But nobody on Whitebeard's ship could've imagined what Ace did when he reached Marco. Ace, despite his weaker form, mustered up all the strength he had into one fist and launched and embedded it into Marco's face. All around the deck a collective gasp was heard as Ace punching any of his brothers seriously was completely unheard of. Marco had a bleeding and broken nose and looked incredulously at Ace. But then, looking up at and seeing Ace's face, Marco saw anger, pain, and sadness awash in his black orbs. Ace looked so alone and sad to Marco as his hair covered his face the best it could. But the biggest thing was the Ace was crying. Ace never cried, and he hated people who did cry.

In that instant afterward Haruta tackled Ace to the ground and the doctor of the ship pushed a sedative into Ace's system. Ace was out instantly after finally allowing the drug to take full effect on him. And after that everybody just stared as Ace, wondering what had happened to their brother for him to react so violently like that to one of his best friends and brothers. Ace had nearly reacted the same way when Thatch had died; but only nearly. They had no idea of how to deal with such a volatile Ace. So they did the most reasonable thing they could that would restrain Ace and treat him. They took him to the Doc's room and strapped him down with sea stone cuffs and all. They knew it was cruel and all, but they truly had no other choice if Ace was going to be violent like this. He could seriously hurt everybody on deck if given the choice. And they definitely did not want to have another Blackbeard incident with Ace. Marco kept watch over Ace so that way he could restrain Ace if need be. Ace was Marco's best friend. Marco also needed the Doc to fix his broken nose.

A few days past and Ace was still in the same state. He would wake up thrashing and screaming and cursing at anybody who would try to come by, thus scaring everybody away; beside Whitebeard and the other commanders. The smaller and weaker members were quite terrified of the second division commander at this point. And there was no way that you could convince them that Ace wasn't trying to kill them when they came near the room. Every time Ace woke up and would go into a fit, and every time he would need the doctor to knock him out again. A few days turned into a few weeks and still Ace refused to speak, he would only curse and rage at the crew and heavens. Finally there was one day that fixed Ace, just a little bit.

Shanks arrived at the Moby Dick with a sullen and sad look. On his head was the straw hat that he had not worn in over eleven years. Whitebeard immediately asked him to leave as he had matters far more concerning than the war to deal with. But Shanks would not budge, and stated his reason for coming. "Whitebeard, you are not the reason I am here. I am here to see Ace." And with that Shank's walked down to the infirmary without anyone's consent and into the room where Ace was sleeping in. Shank's pulled up a chair next to the sleeping boy. Shank's was immediately picked up by a furious Whitebeard. Whitebeard was usually a calm man that would often humor his children, allies, and friends; but not at a time like this, and not when Shanks had come to see the problem child himself.

"Shank's I did not give you permission to see my son! Leave NOW!" Whitebeard was bellowing furiously at the unblinking, red-haired man in front of him. It was strange for Whitebeard to see the little brat so uncaring. Shanks had always been a very emotional boy, but here he was uncaring. It was like Shank and Ace had both changed since the battle, but the question was why? Why would they both change when nothing but the pirates win had occurred at the battlefield?

"Ace needs me to help him right now, and it seems like he's waking up," Shanks said off handedly, putting on a very weak smile. Ace was indeed waking up making the doctor immediately fill a syringe with the drug he had been using to knock Ace out. But Shanks took it and put it down, signaling for the doctor to not drug Ace again. Ace immediately began cursing at the Whitebeard pirates and Whitebeard himself. And as Ace shook his head and body to get out of the cuffs he saw Shanks. Suddenly Ace just stopped and stared as Shanks. Ace just dropped back down and his body began to shake in silent sobs. "Hey Ace, glad you remember me," Shanks said sitting down again as the boy quietly shook.

"Sh-Shanks," Ace said his name quietly, surprising all the pirates in the room. Tears were now leaving Ace and his head went up to show all the tears that were in his eyes. Shanks sighed and stood. He grabbed the cuffs restraining the boy and yanked them off, setting Ace's hands and legs free of their constraint. Ace immediately sat up and sat cross legged on the bed. Tears fell onto the mattress now and Ace bowed his head, his shoulders were still shaking. Whitebeard and the crew were all surprised that Shanks, of all people, could stop Ace's screams and yells. Ace's mouth opened and then closed until Ace was biting his lip, making it bleed from the pressure. "Please…tell me this is all just a nightmare. I don't want to hear or think about it anymore." Ace's voice was so sad and broken it was the weakest anybody had ever seen the boy before.

"I can't tell you that, because then I would also be lying to myself," Shank's said quietly. Shanks looked down at the younger boy and sighed. Ace was a boy who kept things in, but when they hit him hard, it was a promise for the apocalypse. "Luffy is dead. Trafalgar Law took her body and I can't find him because he has a submarine. She was your little sister, Ace. And I saw her as my daughter. I've cried practically everyday since she died." Shanks was just letting his feelings out at this point. He couldn't lie to the boy that had been Luffy's older brother.

It seemed like at this point the two had completely forgotten about Whitebeard and the other commanders in the room. But they, the commanders and Whitebeard, took notice of everything. And now the truth slammed into them as hard as a buster call. Monkey D. Luffy was Ace's little sister. And she had died at Marineford. She had come to save her older brother and had ended up dead. Whitebeard and the others hadn't known and had sent her out to save Ace. And Ace was blaming himself. They all stared sadly as Ace as no more words were said for five minute.

"I loved her," Ace said brokenly. Everybody whipped their heads towards Ace. He was still crying, but they were unconsciously coming down. "We were never related by blood, just by the sake we shared as children. But I had always hated it when she called my 'nii-chan', and I hated it whenever I called her 'Imouto'. My chest would tighten in pain at these words. And I was always confused as to why I hated it. It was because ever since we were children I loved her. And now she's gone."

All of the Whitebeard commander, Shanks, the Doc, and Whitebeard stared in shock at the boy's confession. To know that Ace had actually been in love with the girl was also a blow they couldn't handle. Everybody stared sadly at the boy who had lost the one he loved. They didn't question him when he said it. Ace wasn't someone to just start talking about his feelings all of a sudden. Even if he meant them they were usually only said privately. Well the room was private, but they meant he would only share his feeling with the one he had them with and if they were completely alone. It was obvious that Ace was breaking under the death of Luffy to the others.

Shanks sighed and grabbed his precious hat. He had given it to Luffy to return to him after becoming a great pirate. He gave it to her also because he saw her as the daughter he never had. Before meeting Luffy he had never wanted kids. Heck, he still didn't. But Luffy was different. She was such a lively and strong willed girl. A part of him always believed she would become the next Pirate King…Queen. But now as he looked at the straw hat in his hands he wondered if maybe she was still alive. Luffy was someone who valued promises and dreams above her life. So maybe their promise was keeping her alive. But Shanks knew it was a fool's wish to think like that. A wound like that…it would've taken her heart out in an instant, along with part of her lungs.

"When we were little I hated Luffy. She followed me around and I would usually send her flying. I didn't trust her. But then she nearly died to protect me and my dream. And that idiot wouldn't stop crying. I kept asking her why she just didn't tell that pirate that was beating her where w-I was. I thought telling would've been better than losing her life. She just looked at me while trying to fight back tears that I wouldn't have become her friend if she told the pirates that were holding her. Because she hated the bandits we were living with, and she had no family, she couldn't go back to her village, and that Garp couldn't visit ever really. She said being lonely was worth than death." Ace stopped in his story and just closed his eyes with the saddest smile on his lips and coughed to try and disguise the sobs that were stuck in his throat.

"People had always said around me that the son of Gol D. Roger would be the devil, that he had no point in being alive. I had always thought that I didn't matter. And I remember Garp telling me that if I had to discover why I was alive. And there was Luffy telling me she was willing to die just to become my friend. I asked her if she really needed me that much. And that idiot said 'yes'. My reason for living was to keep Luffy safe. And then years later after that I promised her to live for her. She was the one who wanted me alive the most in the world. Needed me to live to be by her side," Ace was still talking in broken sobs as everybody just watched the broken Ace crumble into nothingness before their very eyes. Whitebeard just stared at his destroyed son and couldn't help but wonder why? Why did something like this have to happen to Ace, his son? Ace, a genuinely nice person. Ace didn't deserve this. And Whitebeard knew sadly with how little they all knew of Ace and with what they did know that Ace would always carry around the death of the girl he loves.

"Don't say that you 'loved' her," Shanks said and looked his son in the eyes. "You still do and due to your connection you shall always love her. And she shall always be the one most important to you." Shanks then place the hat over Ace's face and held it there till the boy held onto it as well. Shanks sighed at the broken hearted boy before him. To be honest Shanks had known Ace was in love with Luffy since the moment they met. When Ace had said that Luffy talked about Shanks a lot, Shanks believed Ace was a little jealous, jealous at not being the center of Luffy's admiration. "I can not give this hat to you Ace like I did with Luffy, Ace. This hat is the symbol of the promise Luffy and I made together when she was six. And I didn't come here to make you even sadder with the death of Luffy. I came here to tell you that Garp has vanished from the grid. Marines are desperately looking for him. He disappeared right after the battle.


(A few weeks ago)

Breathing, beeping, pumping, scratching. All were sound in the dark room. It had no real light, just artificial from fluorescent lights. It was a small room with a chair, a cart, a lot of heavy beeping machinery, and one small, white bed. A person lay in the bed covered in bandages with a breathing machine covering her face. The figure did not move. The only change in the room was the change of the monitor. The figure had no heart beat and their lungs were damaged greatly. To be honest Law saw no reason in keeping her alive. But then he appeared. A man in a large black traveling cloak had found them and entered the submerged Submarine. And that man had given the bandaged figure a chance to live now. But Law knew that when his patient awoke, she would not be happy.

"Remember just all of my organs should be taken, but the heart and lungs go to her immediately. Then just send my body back to the surface. Marines are probably already looking and I want to make it seem as if I didn't give them to her. Around Sabaondy Archipelago should be a good place to drop me off. Due to the trafficking there it should be easy enough to fool the Marines. They all already suspect that she is dead. Do what you want with the rest," The cloaked figure told Law who nodded and continued his examination of the man. The man was incredible healthy for his age. It didn't seem like the man had ever smoked; according to the sounds of his lungs. So they would do nicely for the sleeping patient. And the man had the strongest sounding heart in Law's opinion. Both organs would be good for a transplant to his patient.

"I understand perfectly. After the transplant it will take my patient around a week to adjust to the transplanted organ. I've already checked and you're a very close match for success. And in that week for recovery her…strange body will adapt to the new organs and bring them into their DNA. So even if she uses her ability after this it will be fine seeing as how devil fruit abilities will always adapt to new organs quickly," Law told the man as they both watched the sleeping figure through a glass mirror.

"Thank you. I just want to save my granddaughter." Garp said and looked at Luffy with the saddest eyes. He walked into the room where she was and bent down to her ear. "Don't forget the 'Fist of Love', brat. Jii-chan loves you."