Dying Brother
Summary: SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 573!! Ace fights 'Red Dog'. In the process, he takes a hit for Luffy, and could die.
Warning: SPOILERS! CHAPTER 573!
Rating: T for blood and small cursing.
Pairings: None.
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If you truly love someone, you'll give up your own life to save them.
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Ace didn't know how this marine could talk so much trash about his father, Whitebeard. He even had the nerve to call him a failure. Of coarse, that's why Ace skidded to a stop, instead of running to freedom with his brother, Luffy. Ace was already in much pain, but he didn't care at the moment. The marines words echoed in his mind. "Failure?" Ace slowly turned around to face Red Dog, his face full of anger. "Take back...what you just said!!" Ace could hear his crew members yell to him.
"Hey, forget it, Ace! Don't stop!"
"Ace!"
"That bastard actually treated Pops like a fool..." Ace growled.
"Ace!!" Luffy yelled. He didn't want his brother to stop, not when they were so close to escaping. But Luffy understood why he had stopped, to protect his 'fathers' honor. The man had taken Ace in when no one else did, and made him his son! If it was Shanks, Luffy would have done the same thing.
"Stopped by your father in blood, Roger, and couldn't become a king even after his death! Whitebeard is a failure forever. Which part of it is wrong?" Red Dog asked, his shoulders still made of lava. "Called Pops by a bunch of scums...Acting so warm like a family roaming the seas..."
"Shut up!"
"Roaming around decades without becoming a king or anything! In the end, he got hurt by his idiotic son which got cheated by some cheap talk! And he is giving his life to protect this bunch of people! Ain't that the emptiest life ever?" Ace clenched his jaws tightly.
"Shut up!!" He yelled back.
"Don't get provoked by his talk, Ace! Get back here!" One crew member called, but Ace ignore him completely. Ace's hands burst into flames, his eyes narrowed on the marine in front of him.
"Pops gave us a place we belong to! You people will never understand Pops greatness!!"
"Humans that doesn't walk on the right path got not living value! The world got no place for you pirates! Whitebeard is a failure going to his death!! This suits a general of a bunch of scums!"
"Whitebeard is the one that opened this era of pirates!!" Ace yelled. "Don't insult our savior!!" Ace raised his fist, rushing towards the marine. "The name of this era...is called "Whitebeard"!!!"
"Ace, stop!" But it was too late, Ace and Red Dog had connected fists. The second they touched fists, Ace grabbed his hand in pain. "Ace!"
"Ace actually got burned?!" Ace let out a yell of pain. Red Dog just stared down at the boy.
"Just because we are both logia and you got careless? You are just 'fire' while I am 'lava', which burns even 'fire'! Our powers are in a relationship of superiority!!" Ace stayed on the ground, his burned hand burning with pain. Luffy tried to run to his brothers side, but collapsed to his knees too.
"Hey Luffy! You're at your limit!" Yelled Jimbei. Luffy was about to force himself back to his feet when he noticed something on the ground.
"Ah! Ace's vivre card." Luffy went to go pick up the piece of paper...
"Pirate king Gol D. Roger, Revolutionary Dragon!! Their sons actually became brothers, how terrifying!! Just your blood alone has been shaped into a huge sin!! Even if let someone else get away, I will never let the two of you go!!" Red Dog's hand burst into lava. "Take a good look..." He rushed over to where Luffy was, his hand ready to strike the exaughisted boy. Ace watched in horror as the marine got closer and closer to his brother.
"Ah- Wait! LUFFY!" Suddenly, Ace's pain vanished; he felt no burning sensation in his hand or in his ribs, neck and arms. His attention was on his brother who was on the ground defenseless. Luffy looked up in shock. He had nowhere to go, noway to escape...
Luffy just waited for his body to catch aflame from the lava. He'd never felt like this before, so defenseless. He watched as the fist of lava came closer and closer. Luffy leaned back, hoping it would help him dodge the attack somehow. Time slowed down when he saw the fist just two feet away from him. Then something happened he didn't expect at all...
Ace jumped in front of him to take the hit.
Luffy stared in pure horror as he saw the fist of lava go right through his older brothers stomach. He didn't understand at first, the events that were playing out right before his eyes. A few seconds later, it clicked. "Eh?" Luffy's eyes widened even more, the sight of his brother taking the hit almost didn't look real. It was like a nightmare. It seemed time stopped, like the whole world just stopped turning. A deadly silence came over the battlefield. Ace let out cough, blood coming out of his mouth and nose. Marco and the crew stared with disbelieving eyes on the side.
Luffy didn't care to look at Ace's vivre card, which was now almost nothing but ash...
Waaaaaaa!! *goes and cries in corner*
Oda-Sensei! Why?! Yes, we love to write stories about Ace taking a hit for Luffy, but not this kinda hit! Waaaa! Ace better not die Oda! Or I swear on Ace I'll hijack a plane to japan and strangle you myself!!
Kitsune!! What do we do??? Ace!!! NOOOO!!! *cries some more*
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