Alright! Guys! This story isn't dropped XD. I know i may have seemed a little dead for like.. 5 months.. maybe more... but school work is killer XD. Updates will be slower cause I still have my Undertale AU comic to work on, school work and other stuff but expect chapters sometime XD.

"Something's wrong with these guys..." Luffy had gasped.

Everyone was just gritting their teeth at the pirates, who were holding up knives and guns and smiling maniacally at the two children. Hell, even the Kidd Pirates weren't that bad! They didn't go around killing children for no reason, just idiots that thought it was a good idea to badmouth the hot headed redhead.

"Luffy! We're running!" Ace cried out, helping Luffy up and trying to run.

Sabo's jaw dropped, even in this serious situation. His brother, hot-headed Portgas D. Ace, actually ran?!

"Don't let them get away!" Bluejam ordered, and a few of him men immediately stepped forward, effectively blocking Ace and Luffy's path.

"It's time for use to die together!" Bluejam laughed.

"I'm sorry, but I can't think of anyone who would wanna die with a piece of shit like you!" Ace snorted.

"Yeah, you tell him Ace!" Sabo cheered weakly, still cuffed up in Kairoseki.

"That's cold. But you still haven't told me where you hid your treasure. We can still save it before the fire gets to it. Where is it?" Bluejam calmly asked.

"This guy's nuts!" Bonney grumbled.

"Tch... pirates like him really give a bad name to us pirates, eh?" Shanks growled.

"Your life is in danger and all you think about is the treasure?!" Ace gasped, while Bluejam continued urging Ace to give up the location of their treasure.

Ace finally relented, and Luffy cried out in protest, "Ace! Didn't you and Sabo save up all - "

"Sabo would understand!" Ace cut Luffy off, "Most importantly, what matters most is y- our lives!"

Robin gave a small smile. She caught that small slip up, but she was glad that Ace cared about Luffy.

Luffy wanted to cry, but instead settled for growling at Bluejam.

Everyone watched at Ace drew a crude looking map, and passed it to Bluejam.

Tears were threatening to fall from Luffy's eyes, but Ace stopped him, "Don't cry. It's okay, our dreams don't end here."

"Ace is a SUPER brother!" Franky yelled, tearing up.

Bluejam passes the map to one of his men, before two other men came up behind the two boys and held them up.

"What the hell! Put us down!" Ace yelled.

Nami gasped, as Bluejam fired the gun at point blank range right at Ace's forehead, and so did Tashiji, Vivi and Shirahoshi. Everyone knew that Ace hadn't died there, since he was killed at Marineford, but they really saw no way how Ace could have escaped from this alive.

They waited for the screams for Luffy, crying out for his brother.

But instead, they heard him yelled, "Dadan!"

Everyone sighed in relief as the female bandit clashed with Bluejam, eventually able to save Ace and Luffy as the rest of the dump burnt to ashes.

Sabo's eyes were shadowed by his eyes. Dammit. He really had to go back to Dawn Island and thank Dadan for saving his brother...

Garp was about to cry. Why wasn't he there, to protect his grandchildren. Dadan was right. He was a failure as a grandfather.

Meanwhile, most of Ace's crew understood why Ace had chosen the Mera Mera no Mi. Sure, he had gotten the fruit before they met him, but they knew that fire, in some way, had a specific meaning to Ace. Fire had traumatised both the boys, Ace wanted to make sure Luffy would never fear fire again. And Sakazuki had almost done that, by putting out the fire user's fire with his own flames. Thank goodness that out of all the people fruit had fallen into, the supposedly dead blonde brother had gotten it. Though.. to be fair... Luffy would probably not let anyone else have the fruit.

Law shuddered. He knew what it felt like, except at that time he didn't have any help.

Thank goodness the duo had someone to save them.

The place fogged up again, and when it finally became clear, Ace and Luffy were sitting by a cliff, seemingly unharmed. They were subdued, for sure, clearly thinking about the incident. In Ace's hands was a letter.

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