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Ace gave an angry sigh, looking at Whitebeard from his spot at the railing a bit away. The man still pretended he didn't care about his assassination attempts, and Ace was really trying to win, but the man just swatted him away every time, like Ace was no more than a mere fly. It was embarrassing and degrading.

Ace needed to prove he could do something, he couldn't let everyone down. Ace's crew, or some of it, was on the boat here, some being at the other boat, which annoyed him even more. Why couldn't they all be here? And, why did the Whitebeards keep them? They should let them go and just keep Ace. They didn't need the others, but Ace did like that he could talk to them. It was calming to know he had someone here to speak to. The others here, especially a few of the commanders, tried to act nice, but Ace wouldn't let them get to him. Ace would protect himself at all cost, and not get to close to these kidnappers.

After a few minutes, Ace went away, needing to try and figure out a better assassination attempt, but not sure what. He needed something new. Something to catch the captain off-guard. As Ace walked around, he soon found a closet, which had weapons in it, Ace's eyes falling on a gigantic axe.

Well, it was at least something new. Maybe it would be enough.

-x-

Whitebeard sat out on deck, enjoying the sunny day. They hadn't moved too much or fast, being in the warmer regions of the New World, and it felt a bit good, the weather being more calm here, everything being more calm generally.

They had decided to be at the more calm places, to hopefully not make everything worse for their new guest, which they had taken onboard. The guest being a Portgas D Ace, who was hellbent on taking his head, but never worked. The kid was tough, but way too revealing and easy to counter-attack. Whitebeard did hope Ace would stay with them, when he got over all of this assassination things. It had only been 5 weeks, and his children were warming up to the kid, although some still didn't like the attempts at his life, but Whitebeard said to let them go- Ace would never manage anyways- and try to be nice to him. Marco, Thatch, Izou, Haruta, and Rakuyo did the most in trying to befriend the kid, but they never got anywhere, the kid being stubborn. The only one maybe getting somewhere, at times, was Marco.

Speaking of said kid. The captain felt something moving towards him, feeling it was Ace, the boy having managed to grab an axe or something it looked like, giving a yell as he charged. Whitebeard kept a small frown away, sensing the kid coming from behind. That was low, and he flicked the kid away, the kid falling to the deck, before giving an angry yell, and charging again, axe up. The captain, being a bit annoyed the kid had gone for an attack from behind, used more force than last time, sending Ace flying faster and further than before. Ace flew the entire way to the railing, being knocked into it, as he had before.

But, this time, the railing gave after, and Ace pummeled to the sea below. The sound of Ace hitting the waves had the captain regretting using as much force.

Ace was a Devil Fruit user, having the Mera Mera no mi, and couldn't swim. He might had been a bit annoyed the kid had done an attack from behind, but he didn't mean for him to possibly drown. They thankfully went at a slow pace, meaning they wouldn't move much from where Ace landed in the water, and before the captain could tell someone to help Ace, Namur was already over the railing, understanding the kid couldn't swim and would drown if someone didn't save him. They moved towards the railing, Whitebeard going over himself, hoping Ace was fine. He had only been under the water for a minute at the longest, but it was easy to breathe in water, and Ace would most likely be coughing for a bit.

But, when Namur resurfaced, no coughing was heard, and when the fishman was almost back on deck, having climbed a bit on the ladder they threw down, a few words had the captain freeze. "He's not breathing!" Everyone reacted at that, helping pull the ladder up, going to get the kid up as fast as possible. When they were up, Namur placed the kid on the deck, the captain seeing Tifa, a nurse, on her way over, Marco already checking the kid to make sure if he breathed or not. The frown the first commander had was enough to tell Ace wasn't breathing.

Just as Marco looked to be on his way to tell someone to start helping him with CPR, Marco moving more down to Ace's chest to do compressions it looked like. A man, Whitebeard quickly recognizing as Ace's old first mate, Deuce, shoving his way past the ones gather around Ace's limp body.

Before any of them could react to his presence, Deuce grabbed a knife from Thatch, and moved to Ace, moving the knife down his shirt and tearing it open. The captain had no idea why the man did this, much less why he looked so panicking and wanting to do it fast. But, when the knife cut through the shirt, much more fabric than the captain thought would be there was cut through, at least 5 layers, looking to be bandages, a shirt or something underneath.

And, as soon as it was cut, Ace took a breath, body arching, seeming to not be able before, Deuce helping Ace move to his stomach and on his arms and legs, coughing up seawater, Deuce looking relieved and breathing a bit hard, the panic going away.

But what had the pirates shocked, was the fact Ace's chest grew when the bandages or something was cut. Not as in damaged or anything, but as in breast. It was no mistaking it either, seeing how it moved with Ace's coughs and breaths.

Ace was a female.

But, the kid had said his name was Ace and he was a he, everyone on his crew had called Ace a he too. Before any of them could get over their shock, Ace collapsed to the deck, taking deep breaths, even when he was unconscious. Deuce was the first one to move, and lifted Ace, using Ace's torn shirt to cover his chest, which obviously was a female's chest. How had they not noticed before? And, why didn't the kid tell?

Before they could ask any questions, Deuce moved with Tifa to the infirmary, not giving away any emotions on his face. When Deuce was gone, the ones out on deck got out of their shock, and started asking about what they had seen, which none had answers to. The captain calmed everyone down, before he said he would take it later, with Ace. Everyone accepted that, and calmed down, although some still looked shocked. The captain wondered more on why Ace hadn't told he was a she, or she was a she. But, he would take it with her later, when she had gotten treatment.

After two hours, not having seen any nurse or Bay, Whitebeard moved towards the infirmary, Marco joining in.

The one person Ace had a bit of respect to was Marco, not with any like, but less dislike than any others it looked like. And, Marco was the first commander and first mate, so he could join him. When they got to the infirmary, they saw Bay doing something, and when she saw them, she pointed to a curtain that was drawn in front of a bed, before she continued what she was doing.

When the two pirates understood and headed over there. When they were a few feet away, they could hear Ace's voice. "No, you need to do it tighter, Deuce." Deuce spoke next. "No way. You literally almost died since it was too tight. I've told you to not do it too tight!" An annoyed sigh was heard from Ace. "It was an accident!" A small smack was heard. "Still! Not that tight!" Ace gave a small complain at that, but not anything more.

When the two pirates were close enough, they moved the curtains away, and saw Deuce fastening some kind of binds around Ace's chest, most likely hiding away his- her breasts. It didn't look like they were there now, but it looked to be more than before, clearly not being as tight. Just how tight did Ace bind it? It had to be way too much to keep him from breathing.

When it was fastened, Ace put a shirt on, before seeing them there, rolling his- her eyes and shaking her head. "Yeah no. Not in the mood for you guys. Bye." And Ace left, just walking away, even ignoring when Marco asked after her. When she was gone, they looked at Deuce.

Decue gave a sigh. "Just don't, okay? It's a long story on why she hides it. And, it's not mine to tell. Just people being assholes as usual." The captain nodded. He knew the pirate life was hard, especially so if one was female. But, he still wished Ace had told. It couldn't be that bad as to why she hid it? Whitebeard needed to speak to her about it, and hoped to maybe do that, maybe even send Marco to do it.

Yes, Marco sounded like a good choice. Ace at least somewhat spoke to the man at times.

And that's the chapter, hope you enjoyed

This won't be a too long of a story; hopefully, but it will have a few chapters

So, Ace is a female, and why she hides it will be revealed in the next one, and there is a lot as to why and a lot of damage to her self-esteem as a woman and the pirates need to help her fix that. But, of course, only if she chooses to stay

This was just a small introduction. If you want me to continue, please tell me, and maybe what you think of this if you want too

Also, Ace thinks of herself as 'he' at times, since she doesn't like herself as a female, know it can be confusing, but that's the reason for that. I thought it might fit since Ace doesn't like her female self, which will come more to light

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