He sat up slowly, blinking as the sunlight filtered through the leaves. He groaned, feeling groggy.

"What a strange dream." He mumbled out loud. He tried recalling the dream, but the more he tried to remember the dream, the harder time he had recalling it. It felt like it was fading away. He shrugged not too concerned about it. A dream is a dream.

He stood up and looked around. From his vantage point he could see the sea. He grinned, missing the feeling of sailing across the waves. One day, he promised himself. One day he'd be back there again. But for now…he had more important things to attend to.

He slowly made his way down from the tree, double checking that there weren't any guards around before hopping to the ground. He stood for only a moment as he decided where to go. Destination set, he headed off.

He spent the whole way there thinking about what he would say to everyone.

"'Surprise! I'm back! Hope no one missed me too much.'" He chuckled then shook his head. No that wasn't any good.

"How about… 'Dry your tears for I have returned!' No that's really no good.. Hmm…" He grabbed his chin. This was harder than he thought. He knew he was going to have to explain that letter to his brothers. He'd made up his mind that he was going to tell them the truth about him, about him coming back in time.

He knew he didn't really need to send that letter this time around, but it felt kind of wrong for him to not send one. If he was being honest, he was also just being a bit dramatic. He was like that from time to time.

A thought occurred to him and he thumped his fist against his other hand. "Oh, I know." He smiled.

'I'm home.'

He liked the sound of that.

He looked up when he reached his destination. Dadan's hut. He was about to knock when he heard talking from inside. He leaned in to listen.

"….that letter?" A bandits voice asked.

So, they did get the letter then. He was glad; the voices continued so he continued listening.

"Who knows? They're hurting really bad right now, so probably someplace where they can be alone." Dadan answered. Sabo tried not to panic too badly. Ace and Luffy were hurt? And badly?

"So, the treehouse then!" Another bandit suggested.

Dadan answered, "Probably not."

The bandit who'd suggested the treehouse asked, "Why not there?"

Dogra answered, "Like the Boss said. They're hurting really badly right now. I doubt they'd go to a place like that right now. It'd remind them too much of him."

Sabo was confused by the direction the conversation was going. If his brothers were hurt badly, then why are they out and about. They should be resting. He wondered why the bandits were being so nonchalant and just discussing where they might have gone.

"Ah... I see." The bandit accepted.

"This still doesn't explain how they knew that letter was for them..." Dogra muttered. Even though he muttered it, everyone heard him. Including Sabo. who became confused.

"Hmm. That's definitely strange. Based on what Mogra just told us, it's obvious they didn't have a chance to communicate about the letter. Well, maybe they had a previous agreement where if Sabo was taken back that he would write to them?" Dadan said.

Sabo stepped away from the door, not wanting to listen any longer. His thoughts swirling.

His brothers were hurting badly. Why were they hurting? Had they actually been caught up in the fire?! He hoped not!

They were somewhere they wanted to be alone. Why did they need to be alone? If it was somewhere to be alone then he knew where they were then. He began walking towards the cliff where'd they'd made their dreams.

They knew the letter was for them. But…how? Well, given that the bandits never got mail, it was most likely for them. He was entirely convinced that that's all there was to it though. He let his thoughts wander like this for most of the way to the cliff.

When he was almost there, realization hit him like a brick. 'That's right! They probably think I'm dead.' He'd been so caught up in his plans for faking his death that he forgot about the possibility that his brothers would think he was also dead.

He felt so stupid for not thinking about that possibility. He also felt awful for it. Once he'd realized they thought he was dead, he made the connection that they weren't hurting because of some physical wound, it was because they thought he was dead.

He needed to let them know he wasn't dead!

Once he could see the end of the tree line, he began hearing their voices. He was happy to see that he was right that they'd be here. Not that he doubted it but it's still nice to know that you know your brothers.

He caught the tail end of what they had been discussing. "…if he left on that boat, what would have happened. So then why? Why did he have to go and die?!"

Sabo watched as Luffy started tearing up and Ace withdraw into himself. He stopped for a moment. He'd done this to them. Sure it was all to work out in the end, but that won't ever change the fact that he caused the expressions currently on his brothers' faces. He didn't spare a thought for the fact that last time, they'd actually grown up without knowing he was actually alive.

He pushed through the bushes and walked towards them, almost desperate to be with them again.

"Except I'm not dead." He told them. He watched as they both whipped their heads around to face him.

"And that's what happened." Sabo finished, shrugging his shoulders as he did so. He looked at his brothers who were both just staring at him. Whether in awe or shock, he wasn't entirely sure.

Luffy broke his stare first by laughing. "Sabo's so cool!" He exclaimed. "I mean I'm not happy that we got tricked too. But I'm happy because Sabo's here now!" And he proceeded to wrap his arms around Sabo once more.

Sabo smiled gently at him and returned his brother's hug.

Ace chuckled and smirked at them. "I gotta hand it to you Bo. That was pretty clever. I'm glad you're back."

Sabo grinned. "I'm glad to be back!" He responded.

A thought struck Ace. "So…what now?"

Sabo and Luffy looked at him, confused. "What do you mean?" Sabo questioned.

"Well, you're back with us now, right?" Sabo nodded. "What are you going to do now? You faked your death which means you can't go back in town now."

Sabo shrugged. It was a minor detail he hadn't considered. "It's not that big a deal. It'll be a bit of a pain but it's not like I'm exactly heartbroken over never being able to go back there."

Ace didn't seem satisfied; he looked like there was something he wanted to say.

"What is it?" Sabo asked him.

"You said you're back with us, and don't get me wrong, I'm glad you are. But are you going to be okay with that?" Ace asked him, clearly conflicted.

"I don't get what you mean." Sabo told him honestly.

"The Revolutionary Army. That's where you were up until now, right?"

Oh.

Now he saw what Ace was getting at.

He took a moment considering things before he answered. "I mean, yeah, I'm probably going to end up with them again. Because I just can't stand knowing what the World Government puts people through and just not do anything about it. But…I'm sure they'll be fine without me for a few years."

Ace seemed to relax a little bit at his answer.

"Besides, we agreed to set out when we turned seventeen, didn't we?" Sabo reminded him.

Ace laughed. "Yeah, you're right." Luffy's giggling interrupted them both; they turned and looked at him.

"This means Sabo can join my crew now!" Luffy said and the three of them immediately dissolved into their old argument of who was joining whose crew and who wasn't joining whose crew. None of them took it seriously since they had made their oath to become brothers specifically because no one could agree on this issue.

(Well. Maybe Luffy took it seriously.)

"Oh, Luffy! By the way," he started, as he dug around in his pocket, "I never got this to you the first time." He held out his hand to his little brother whose eyes lit up with excitement, while their other brother laughed.

In his hand was the telescope that he'd found.

x x x

And that's a wrap! I want to thank everyone so much for following this story up till the end (and for putting up with such an erratic uploading schedule).

I apologize for everyone who expected this story to be much longer. When I began this story, I had considered taking it further than where I did, but the problem with that is that if I did that, I couldn't see a stopping point in the story. And tbh, I actually hit a huge writers block during Sabo's flashback because I didn't have a stopping point I was working towards and I actually stopped working on the story for several months.

Once I decided to make my stopping point Sabo giving Luffy back the telescope, I was finally able to finish the story, so I hope everyone understands where i'm coming from.

I discussed with some of my friends about how this would probably disappoint a lot of you and they both suggested a sequel. And I didn't consider that before now, and I can't say for certain whether I will actually write a sequel or not, but it's on my list of ideas now so there's that.

For anyone that wants to see more of my work, I do have more stories (both posted and in the works). Not all of them are on FFN. Some are on Ao3 and some are on my writing tumblr. (I also draw and edit amvs ;D )

Again, thank you to everyone who read this story and for giving it so much love! This story is my self-indulgent child and i'm so happy to see that others enjoy it so much!

[Enjoy a bonus piece because I didn't want such a short chapter to be the end.]

x x x

Bonus:

"Oi...this is…" Dogra mumbled, receiving the envelope from the News Coo. He turned it over, and when he read the name on the front, he started freaking out, and he ran back inside.

"Boss! Boss! Look at this!" He yelled, waving the envelope in his hands. Dadan looked up at him, from where she sat on the floor, silently wishing he would stop all the screaming.

"What? What is it?" She asked irritably.

"This is-" Dogra started.

"Give it here." Ace, carrying Luffy on his back once more, had walked down the stairs and was currently holding his hand out for the envelope.

"What..? But-"

"It's addressed to us, isn't it." Ace said flatly. He wasn't asking. Dogra looked at the front again, checking.

"Yes but-" was all he could say before Ace snatched it out of his hand and headed out the door, Luffy in tow.

"-but...how did you know that?" Dogra asked, but they were gone.

Dogra and Dadan stared at the doorway, wondering what had just happened. Mogra came in from another room after hearing the commotion.

"Hmm, what's going on?" He asked.

No one answered him immediately and a few more bandits had gathered, also curious about what was going on.

Finally, Dadan spoke first. "Dogra! What was all that about?!" She demanded.

"I don't really know..." He answered, unsure about what just transpired.

"Dogra..." Dadan said.

"I really don't! I heard the News Coo and went to get the mail from it and it was a letter." He explained.

"Well, what's the big deal about that?" Dadan asked.

"Well, the thing is... that letter... was from Sabo." He answered.

Everyone yelled in surprise at his answer. Everyone started asking questions at the same time. No one could understand what anyone else was saying. Dadan sat there for a moment as the noise grew louder and louder. With each new question, her eye twitched in irritation more and more.

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and snapped. "THAT'S ENOUGH YOU LOT. SHUT UP ALREADY WILL YA!?"

Everyone immediately quieted.

"Boss... I'm confused." Dogra mustered up the courage to squeak out.

"...And why is that?" Dadan asked him, still irritated.

"How did they know it was for them? I didn't have a chance to say that it was from Sabo and for them before Ace demanded it from me." He explained, meekly.

Dadan took a moment considering this, not really sure how to answer him. Truth be told, it confused her as well. Then again, the boys had all been a little odd recently. She doubted any of the bandits had noticed, but she had. Of course she would notice a change in their behavior, after all she was their-

"ANYWAY." She blurted out. The bandits all exchanged confused looks, not sure why their Boss said that. "Who knows. Maybe Sabo told them he'd write to them?" She conjectured.

Mogra shook his head. "I don't think he had a chance to Boss. While I was ou- AH. When I was with Luffy, while you were gone he told me what happened with Sabo." He'd almost blurted out about taking Luffy out of the house while they'd been gone. He was glad he caught himself; Boss was already annoyed. He didn't want to make it worse.

He explained to others what Luffy had managed to tell him. About how they'd been collecting wood and then a noble had come looking for Sabo and kidnapped him and how it was so sudden.

They all let it sink in for a moment.

A bandit spoke up, asking, "So where did they go with that letter?"

Dadan thought about it for a moment before she shrugged. "Who knows? They're hurting real bad right now so probably someplace where they can be alone."

"So the treehouse then!" Another bandit suggested.

Dadan shook her head at that. "Probably not."

The bandit who'd suggested the treehouse asked, "Why not there?"

Dogra answered, "Like the Boss said. They're hurting really badly right now. I doubt they'd go to a place like that right now. It'd remind them too much of him."

"Ah... I see." The bandit accepted.

"This still doesn't explain how they knew that letter was for them..." Dogra muttered. Even though he muttered it, everyone heard him.

"Hmm. That's definitely strange. Based on what Mogra just told us, it's obvious they didn't have a chance to communicate about the letter. Well, maybe they had a previous agreement where if Sabo was taken back that he would write to them?" Dadan said. It was certainly possible. Those boys spent all their time together. Who knows what they spoke about.

"That might be the case. It's the only thing that would explain this..." Mogra agreed. Everyone was quiet as they mulled over the situation.

"I just feel so bad for the boys. Ace finally seemed happy for once in his life and the three of them were so close. And Sabo was such a nice boy." Dogra lamented. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and some mumbled as much.

The conversation ended there with the mood feeling heavy and the bandits all went back to what they were doing while they patiently waited for the boys to come back home.

Later that day, Dadan was considering whether or not to run down to Windmill Village to ask Makino's opinion on what to do. Dadan wasn't really sure what to do in this situation. She knew that the bandits and herself were all hurting from the loss of Sabo but she didn't know how to go about treating Ace and Luffy while they mourned.

She wandered over to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of booze, deciding that she was thinking too much about things. Damn those kids of hers- she chugged the rest of the bottle and grabbed another.

Nope. They were not her kids dammit. She didn't know why she kept having those thoughts. She didn't give birth to them so they weren't hers. Yeah sure, she had raised Ace from basically birth, and yeah Luffy was basically helpless without someone looking after him, and sure Sabo fit in so well it seemed like he'd been around longer than he had.

That didn't make them hers though. Nope. Not all. She shook her head. Nuh-uh. A bandit asked her a question and she answered, not really paying attention. She was too busy thinking about the three brats.

Yeah, she'd yelled at Bluejam, that damn sea monkey, that she was their parent but, but she'd only shouted that in the heat of the moment. Yeah. That was it. She finished off this bottle and grabbed yet another one.

By that point, Sabo must have already been taken back to that noble father of his. It would explain his absence during the fire.

"What a rotten situation…" she mumbled. Three kids that the world had abandoned and they'd finally found a family in each other, only for this to happen. Let her find out which noble it was. She'd give him a piece of her mind.

She wouldn't admit it out loud to the others, but she was kind of going to miss having all three of the brats around. It livened the place up in a way that just Ace and Luffy hadn't been able to.

"Hmph. Guess not anymore…" She ignored the looks her bandits were giving her and finished off the third bottle and was halfway into her fourth when she heard Luffy and Ace return.

"About *burp* damn time. Stupid brats. Still haven't *burp* healed yet. Shouldn't be wandering." She grumbled before standing up and heading towards the door, intending to give them a piece of her (inebriated) mind.

Before she could wobble over to the door, in walked Ace and Luffy.

Followed by Sabo.

Her jaw hit the ground, as did the jaws of the bandits. "S-S-SABO!" They collectively yelled in complete shock. Ace and Luffy continued walking as if they didn't hear them. Sabo acted like he didn't hear them either.

"B-But…how?!" Dogra shrieked. Ace and Luffy stopped then; they both turned and looked at him.

"'How' what?" Ace asked, clearly not understanding why everyone was acting so weird.

"Sabo! He's alive! How?!" Dogra responded, his expression still in shock.

"What are you talking about Dogra..?" Ace raised an eyebrow at him. Luffy tilted his head the way he does when he doesn't understand something. "Weirdo…" Ace mumbled under his breath.

"But Sabo's right there!" One of the bandits yelled while pointing directly at Sabo. Ace and Luffy looked in the direction he pointed before looking at each other.

"No one's there…" Ace said, flatly, his expression blank. It was obvious he was holding back whatever emotion was threatening underneath. The bandit shut up, not wanting Ace to snap at him.

Luffy looked at the floor, his mop of hair and familiar straw hat covering his face. "That's okay. We did the same thing too. We thought Sabo was there, and we even spoke to him." Luffy said quietly, an odd tone coloring his voice.

Some of the bandits exchanged looks, not sure what was going on. They felt bad. If they really were just seeing Sabo's ghost, then they felt bad for bringing it up since the boys couldn't see him. Especially so soon after he died.

Dadan's eye twitched. She wandered over towards 'Sabo', while drunkenly slurring "What're you talk'n 'bout? Dumb brats. 'Bo is righ' here." And as if to prove her point, she patted 'Sabo' (not gently) on his back.

'Sabo' reacted to being hit but he didn't make any noise. Being hit by the bigger woman caused his hat to fall off of his head, and he hurried to catch it before it hit the ground.

"Dadan. Why are you swinging your arm through the air like that...?" Ace asked, bewildered at Dadan's strange behavior. He raised an eyebrow at her action, a look of concern clear on his face.

"She must be getting old, Ace." Luffy 'explained', shrugging slightly. The accusation annoyed Dadan and she snapped at them.

"I AM NOT GETTING OLD! I've just had a few drinks dammit!" Dadan yelled at them, thoroughly irritated at the boys. And here she had been feeling sorry for them not too long ago. What a waste of her time. If this was how they were going to treat her. Ungrateful shitty brats. Why she outta-

"Oh, so that's what's going on. Everyone's drunk and seeing Sabo." Ace realized, thumping a fist against his other hand.

"Alcohol is already nasty. It makes people see things too? I am definitely never drinking when I'm older." Luffy made a face showing his displeasure at the thought.

Ace turned and started teasing him. "Idiot. Who's ever heard of a pirate that didn't drink? Told you, you won't make it as a pirate."

"I WILL TOO."

"WILL NOT."

"WILL TOO."

"WILL NOT."

"WILL TOO."

"THAT'S ENOUGH. STOP ARGUING." Damn, that Garp leaving her with a bunch of wild blooded kids. She was a bandit, not a daycare.

"Why should we listen to you? You're drunk and seeing ghosts." Ace stated pointedly before heading towards the second floor. Luffy followed him, but not before he stuck his tongue out at Dadan and said "What he said. Blehhh."

'Sabo' also followed them but only just smiled as he passed by Dadan and the others. No one moved as they watched Sabo slip into the boys' room just before the door closed.

Later that night Dogra tried calling the boys down for dinner but he didn't press when they didn't join them. He figured they were still upset about Sabo and Dadan's behavior earlier probably didn't help. He wished he could do something to help but unfortunately Dadan had drank even more alcohol than before the boys arrived home and she was at that point where he and Mogra couldn't afford to take their eyes off of her for too long.

When she reached this point she became very, very sentimental and would start rambling about things that she usually kept to herself. In the beginning, after Ace showed up, it was mainly complaining about Garp and Ace and how she wasn't a daycare. But more recently she'd begun crowing about Ace and hoping he would turn out alright, and being upset at how he felt about himself. (Every one of the bandits knew. Ace wasn't exactly subtle.)

He could only imagine what she'd talk about tonight, given Luffy's presence and the loss of Sabo. He was worried but a part of him was also slightly intrigued. He didn't voice any of his thoughts though because that was the rule when Dadan became this drunk: don't say anything about it and act like it never happened.

After a few burps, followed by a gurgle sound that he could only assume was meant to be a drunken giggle, Dadan started poking Mogra, while Dogra just watched. The rest of the bandits had already turned in for the night or they were making themselves scarce, leaving Look After Dadan duty to Dogra and Mogra alone. Dogra huffed, grumbled a bit and positioned himself in between the kitchen and Dadan, who was still poking Mogra.

"Hey. Hey. Yoo know wha' shucks?" Dadan slurred, letting out another burp, as she grabbed Mogra's arm, and not gently by the wince on his face. Dogra just smiled sadly at Mogra, both knowing that Dogra couldn't help him.

"Yoo know wha' shucks?" Dadan repeated, and without waiting for an answer, she said, "Those boys." Dogra and Mogra exchanged looks. They were both right in guessing that she would ramble about them tonight, but they were taken aback that she was saying the boys sucked.

"They really… really… it… really, really... shucks. Y'know?" Dadan stated, seemingly content that no one but herself was talking. She continued her conversation with herself.

"Those boys… shitty lives… and this… had to happen… Fucking dirty nobles… think they're better than everyone else. Just 'cause they got a li'l bit o' money? PEH. They're all ugly… as butt. So what does it matter? They wish they were gorgeous. Like me. Money can't buy pretty. Just look at Ace. Kids dirt broke and he's actually kind of cute." Dogra and Mogra had to stifle a snort. Of all the directions they expected her drunk rambling to take, calling Ace cute, wasn't one of them. They heard a stifled giggle come from the direction of upstairs and assumed that a certain pair of boys were eavesdropping.

Neither of them looked up though, not wanting to accidentally draw Dadan's attention to them. She was currently frowning, about what they didn't know, but they were sure to find out soon enough.

"Lu ain't a bad looking kid either. I ain't no cradle robber but a mother can brag when 'er kid's cute. 'specially if she got two of em. I had three but the third went and died." She burped a loud, long one.

"D'y'know he was starting to grow on me? 'Bo was. Sure, he was a brat like the other two, but I really started to feel like his was one of my rotten kids. Dammit. Why'd he have to go and die?" She started sniffling. "I hope nothin' happens to the other two. I dunno what I'd do…" Her sniffles were growing louder, and she was starting to snot a little bit.

"Stupid damn kids. Stupid damn nobles. Stupid damn Garp." At that point, she started full on crying. Dogra and Mogra had to cover their ears, being in such close quarters with her. Dogra thought he heard some other noise along with Dadan's crying but he couldn't make out what it was. Deciding to risk his hearing, he uncovered the ear furthest from Dadan and realized it was the sound of (loud) whispering from upstairs.

He really wanted to know what the boys were discussing but he couldn't leave Dadan, especially not while she was like she was. Luckily, he didn't have to worry about it for long, because soon the boys came downstairs, 'Sabo' included.

They stood before Dadan, not looking directly at her, acting nervous and rubbing their arms. They stood there silently for a few minutes before Dadan realized they were there. While looking down on the boys who were acting abashedly, all three which was strange, Dadan quieted her sobs.

That didn't last long however as she spoke to them. "I'm so sorry boys, but I can't help it. I see Sabo, and it really seems like he's here and I'm so sorry." She cried as she swiftly reached down and grabbed all three into a hug. They all struggled, trying to get out of her grip, and to avoid the tears (and snot) rolling down her face.

They finally managed to free themselves, and Dadan just plopped down, crying right in front of them. By this point, all five males were hoping she was so drunk she wouldn't recall any of this the next morning.

"Umm…Dadan…?" Ace asked hesitantly, looking more and more guilty as Dadan continued crying. She never answered him, and he wasn't even sure if she heard him, but he continued, "Umm, Dadan. We're sorry." The other two boys nodded their heads in agreement.

"Dadan. We're sorry." Luffy repeated his brother's words. Sabo stayed silent. Dogra and Mogra were staring at the boys, unsure about what they were talking about. Well, they had an idea.

"Dadan, we're sorry we played a trick on you guys." Ace told her, with Luffy supplementing a soft 'Yeah'. "Sabo… Sabo's not actually dead Dadan." He admitted to her.

Dadan had only been half listening, too drunk and drowned in her sorrows to hear much other than her own thoughts, but Ace's last words rung in her mind. It took a minute for it to really sink in before she had any sort of reaction.

When she did, it was just to simply quiet her wailings, and to stare at the boys in front of her in disbelief. The boys, for their part, looked utterly ashamed for pulling such a prank on her. Although the words had sunk in, the reality of those words hadn't, so Dadan still didn't quite believe them.

"What…was that?" She asked them, a look on her face that was somewhere between hopeful and forlorn. Ace bit his lip not really wanting to re-admit their guilt.

Sabo beat him to the bit, so Ace didn't have to. "Dadan, I'm not actually dead. We decided to play a prank on you guys. We didn't know you would take it this hard though… We're sorry." Sabo leaned forward slightly, while explaining.

Dogra and Mogra exchanged looks of joy and relief but as Dadan's facial expression hadn't changed they were hesitant to move from their spots to hug the boys in celebration. Like before, the words took some time to settle in. This time instead of waiting for reality to set in, Dadan slowly got to her feet and stepped forward, towards the boys.

They watched nervously, waiting for her to explode in anger and to take their anger out on them. Subconsciously all three of them, squeezed their eyes shut in anticipation of the punishment that was sure to befall them.

When, instead of a beating, they felt arms around their shoulders, they opened their eyes in shock. Like Dadan, it took a moment for them to register what was going on. Dadan was hugging them, gently. Her eyes closed, as her tears fell once more, this time tears of joy instead of sorrow.

"I'm so glad…" She murmured. Yeah, she knew how this looked. Yeah, it was completely out of character for her, but just this once. She didn't care. Her boys were all here, together, safe and alive. She didn't care that they played such a mean prank on her. She didn't care that two of her men were watching her. She didn't care about any of it.

Her boys were home.

They were completely startled by Dadan's actions and words. None of them were used to this treatment. Sabo's parents never showed any care for his wellbeing, only so far as his being alive and still able to be their heir. Makino had taken care of Luffy and he loved her like family but she didn't really seem like his mother, more like an older sister. Ace never had any sort of mother life figure. Yeah, Dadan had raised him but she'd never shown him any amount of care. Hell, he'd even overheard her cursing his existence on a number of occasions. And Garp… well Garp only worried about training them to be marines.

They were used to being reprimanded. They weren't used to this and they didn't know how to react, so they just stood there awkwardly and silent.

Eventually, Dadan released them and looked the three of them over. After a prolonged period of silence stretched on, Dadan spoke quietly. "Don't ever do something like that again. And no one speaks of this ever, am I clear?" The threat, while not in her tone, was clear.

All males present nodded their heads in swift agreement.

The six spent the rest of the night playing catch up and swapping stories, the boys explaining the letter and Sabo's story (while leaving out certain parts such as them being back in time) and the bandits (with assistance from Luffy and Ace) explaining what Sabo had missed.

Fin.

x x x

Here's the order of events for the first few chapters.

# the order in which I wrote the event
x I didn't write about
They are listed in the order that they actually happened

Day 1

1 - Sabo Wakes Up

5 - Luffy Wakes Up

3 - Ace Wakes Up - Sparring

2 - Garp Arrives

2 - Sabo/Garp Talk

Day 2

X - Garp Leaves

4 - Ace realizes about Haki / Sabo/Luffy discuss the Grand Line

6- Luffy Hugs his brothers

7 - The Storm Hits / Luffy goes flying

Day 3

Grey Terminal and onward from there...