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Family Reunion Interlude
Title: Family Reunion: Interlude
Characters: Ace, Luffy & their crews
Rating: G
Pairings: Luffy/trouble awesome
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naye
This was the beginning of part V and then it… didn’t fit with the rest of part V. So it is on its own here. It’s not a proper chapter, hence “interlude”.
...when I can think of a better title, there will be a better title :P
Interlude
In the next thirty seconds Ace was either going to have a heart attack or kill his brother.
They were in the mess hall, eating dinner. Luffy had been happily babbling through mouthfuls of food while the Strawhats ate and boozed and chatted with Ace’s crewmates. Ace, sitting with his brother, talked and listened and laughed – avoided sprayed food – and tried to ignore the occasional concerned glances his nakama gave him, result of this morning’s confrontation.
And then someone had asked, bemused and a bit concerned: “Strawhat, I gotta ask: did you actually think you were gonna rescue Ace-san from Impel Down? Alone?!”
“Ywmnbd!”
“Ah, sorry but you’re gonna have to repeat that one without the food.”
Luffy shoved a last pork joint into his mouth and swallowed. “I would’ve! Well, the alone part wasn’t so good, but I didn’t have a choice and I wasn’t going to let that stop me! And I only just missed him! If that stupid Poison-guy hadn’t poisoned me I definitely would have got there in time!”
The dining room went completely silent.
Poisoned.
Magellan.
Ace was going to kill his brother dead.
The Strawhats recovered first, expressions shifting from stunned to “…yeah, this is our captain. He does stupid things, you get used to it.”
“Luffy, how about you try to not get poisoned from now on?” Robin suggested. “I don't believe it's very healthy.”
“Yeah!” Luffy agreed, “that wasn’t fun.”
Ace took a deep breath. And another. And then a third for good measure.
“Luffy.”
His brother shot him a furtive look, half sheepish, half apologetic. “I won’t do it again.”
“Please.”
The atmosphere in the room remained strained for a moment longer, until Luffy grinned at Ace and continued inhaling food like the bottomless pit he was.
Then he bounced off to make more friends with Ace’s crewmates and steal food from new plates. His nakama followed after him, adding their own brand of chaos to the crowded room. Their vacated seats were taken by Marco and Peri, the latter of whom was gaping at Luffy with the incredulous look of someone who had never seen anyone try to stick a pair of chopsticks up their nakama’s nose.
“That’s one of the Eleven Supernovas?”
“Okay, I’ll bite – what the hell is a Supernova?”
Marco started to laugh. “Oh Ace, you missed all the fun, you have no idea. Some weird secret Cipher Poll group abducts Robin, so your brother and his group of rag-tag idiots go to Enies Lobby to get her back. And they wreak holy havoc on the island, so the dumbass in charge orders a Buster Call.”
“What!?”
“The long and short of it is: they got Robin back, and Enies Lobby no longer exists.”
“No longer… exists.”
“No wait, it gets better. Then his group of crazies get to Shabondy at the same time as eight other crews of rookies. With Luffy and Zoro, that makes eleven rookies with bounties over 100,000,000 beri – that’s where the Eleven Supernovas comes from.”
Peri cut in, “At the time, some brat called Eustace Kidd had the highest bounty – nasty rumours about him, by the way – and Luffy had the second highest bounty.”
“The Marines have probably rethought that one,” Marco drawled. “But that’s not all: when we passed through Fishman Island to get here, the place was in an uproar. Some idiot apparently punched out a World Noble for shooting a Fishman.”
“No way…” The Strawhats had mentioned something about the World Nobles, hadn’t they?
Marco chuckled. “Hey, Luffy! How do you feel about the World Nobles?”
“I hate them. They shot my friend. And they’re stupid! People aren’t for selling.” Happy, smiling Luffy, who loved everything and liked everyone, suddenly looked grim. Forbidding, almost.
“Didn’t anyone warn you that if you messed with the Tenryuubito they’d call in a Marine Admiral?” Ace asked weakly.
“He shot my friend.” Luffy said simply.
My brother is an adult.
He’d known this, on some level; Luffy was old enough to sail the oceans, to captain a pirate crew. To do stupid, stupid things like throw himself in the middle a war between an Emperor of the Sea and the World Government.
But seeing him like this, still and solemn and certain in his convictions drove it home like nothing else.
The impression lasted up until Chopper, having argued for twenty minutes that Luffy needed to go to sleep so he could heal, finally lost patience and bodily removed his captain from the dining room. After first growing about five feet.
Ace liked his brother’s nakama.
~
Part V is... coming. Eventually. After I chase away the Negative Hollows dive-bombing me and defeat my Writer's Block.
Characters: Ace, Luffy & their crews
Rating: G
Pairings: Luffy/trouble awesome
Beta:
nayeThis was the beginning of part V and then it… didn’t fit with the rest of part V. So it is on its own here. It’s not a proper chapter, hence “interlude”.
...when I can think of a better title, there will be a better title :P
Interlude
In the next thirty seconds Ace was either going to have a heart attack or kill his brother.
They were in the mess hall, eating dinner. Luffy had been happily babbling through mouthfuls of food while the Strawhats ate and boozed and chatted with Ace’s crewmates. Ace, sitting with his brother, talked and listened and laughed – avoided sprayed food – and tried to ignore the occasional concerned glances his nakama gave him, result of this morning’s confrontation.
And then someone had asked, bemused and a bit concerned: “Strawhat, I gotta ask: did you actually think you were gonna rescue Ace-san from Impel Down? Alone?!”
“Ywmnbd!”
“Ah, sorry but you’re gonna have to repeat that one without the food.”
Luffy shoved a last pork joint into his mouth and swallowed. “I would’ve! Well, the alone part wasn’t so good, but I didn’t have a choice and I wasn’t going to let that stop me! And I only just missed him! If that stupid Poison-guy hadn’t poisoned me I definitely would have got there in time!”
The dining room went completely silent.
Poisoned.
Magellan.
Ace was going to kill his brother dead.
The Strawhats recovered first, expressions shifting from stunned to “…yeah, this is our captain. He does stupid things, you get used to it.”
“Luffy, how about you try to not get poisoned from now on?” Robin suggested. “I don't believe it's very healthy.”
“Yeah!” Luffy agreed, “that wasn’t fun.”
Ace took a deep breath. And another. And then a third for good measure.
“Luffy.”
His brother shot him a furtive look, half sheepish, half apologetic. “I won’t do it again.”
“Please.”
The atmosphere in the room remained strained for a moment longer, until Luffy grinned at Ace and continued inhaling food like the bottomless pit he was.
Then he bounced off to make more friends with Ace’s crewmates and steal food from new plates. His nakama followed after him, adding their own brand of chaos to the crowded room. Their vacated seats were taken by Marco and Peri, the latter of whom was gaping at Luffy with the incredulous look of someone who had never seen anyone try to stick a pair of chopsticks up their nakama’s nose.
“That’s one of the Eleven Supernovas?”
“Okay, I’ll bite – what the hell is a Supernova?”
Marco started to laugh. “Oh Ace, you missed all the fun, you have no idea. Some weird secret Cipher Poll group abducts Robin, so your brother and his group of rag-tag idiots go to Enies Lobby to get her back. And they wreak holy havoc on the island, so the dumbass in charge orders a Buster Call.”
“What!?”
“The long and short of it is: they got Robin back, and Enies Lobby no longer exists.”
“No longer… exists.”
“No wait, it gets better. Then his group of crazies get to Shabondy at the same time as eight other crews of rookies. With Luffy and Zoro, that makes eleven rookies with bounties over 100,000,000 beri – that’s where the Eleven Supernovas comes from.”
Peri cut in, “At the time, some brat called Eustace Kidd had the highest bounty – nasty rumours about him, by the way – and Luffy had the second highest bounty.”
“The Marines have probably rethought that one,” Marco drawled. “But that’s not all: when we passed through Fishman Island to get here, the place was in an uproar. Some idiot apparently punched out a World Noble for shooting a Fishman.”
“No way…” The Strawhats had mentioned something about the World Nobles, hadn’t they?
Marco chuckled. “Hey, Luffy! How do you feel about the World Nobles?”
“I hate them. They shot my friend. And they’re stupid! People aren’t for selling.” Happy, smiling Luffy, who loved everything and liked everyone, suddenly looked grim. Forbidding, almost.
“Didn’t anyone warn you that if you messed with the Tenryuubito they’d call in a Marine Admiral?” Ace asked weakly.
“He shot my friend.” Luffy said simply.
My brother is an adult.
He’d known this, on some level; Luffy was old enough to sail the oceans, to captain a pirate crew. To do stupid, stupid things like throw himself in the middle a war between an Emperor of the Sea and the World Government.
But seeing him like this, still and solemn and certain in his convictions drove it home like nothing else.
The impression lasted up until Chopper, having argued for twenty minutes that Luffy needed to go to sleep so he could heal, finally lost patience and bodily removed his captain from the dining room. After first growing about five feet.
Ace liked his brother’s nakama.
~
Part V is... coming. Eventually. After I chase away the Negative Hollows dive-bombing me and defeat my Writer's Block.
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and yay! for Luffy-caused brain breakage! so much fun to watch XD looks like Marco enjoys watching Ace twitch :)
and continued inhaling food like he..
something missing?
“The Marines have probably rethought that one,”
I just be they have :D Wonder how much Luffy's new bounty gonna be? Astronomical no doubt.
I'm glad Ace finally see's his brother's a man (a childish man but still!) maybe he won't worry so much?
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This was written before that episode came out so... :P
heh, thanks for the catch XP sometimes in editing things get lost in the shuffle. *fixes*
Astronomical no doubt.
THIS!!!! &hearts&hearts
muahaha, Strawhats, you have some serious catching up to do
maybe he won't worry so much?
good luck with that :P *pets Ace*
^____^ thanks for the comment
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crew'sgrandfather'sbrother's sanity.Peri cut in, “At the time, some brat called Eustace Kidd had the highest bounty – nasty rumours about him, by the way – and Luffy had the second highest bounty.”
aslkdjasdk I kind of love you for spelling his name like that. "Eustass" just kind of kills me soul every time I see it. Oda-approved or not. ^^
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Ahahaha! I... um... did not realize that was not the canon spelling. Whoops :P
Because it makes your happy I will not change it XP
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And Ace is finally realizing that part of being a big brother is knowing when to let go
right after beating up your idiotic little brother for making you worry so much!Is your reunion series going to end with a final parting or is there going to be an epilogue of Ace reading up on Luffy's latest exploits?no subject
That scene in the anime! AHAHAHAHA - I'd already written most of this so I went, ah damn, someone beat me to it XP But I loved that scene, and Ace smiled. &hearts And... yeah, not manga canon XP so this could totally happen! lol
Um... I sort of kind of have an idea for how it could end. But I'm trying to make each part sort of self contained so that if I ever can't continue there won't be a bunch of people going "butbutbut - hanging plot-thread!"
The fact that this part a) adds very little to the development of the story and b) doesn't really conclude anything, is why it's an interlude and not a "part" proper. :P
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*Gives you lots of shiny umbrellas to fight the Hollows - large umbrellas!*
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AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!!!! That would be hilarious!!! &hearts
now I am getting really stupid ideas about taking the "I'm your little brother!" panel and changing it to "I'm your cousin!" ...the dork, it never ends XP
*takes umbrella and pokes Usopp to go fight the Negative Hollows for me*
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And then they do things that make you pause and go "oh wow, you grew up well"
^_________^
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Uuh and I love ace in this, and I feel sorry for him at the same time, he missed so much .. uh and I love the fact that marco seemingly enjoy, rubbing it in and at the same time make him twitch some more gah I love the two of them. XD
Marco chuckled. “Hey, Luffy! How do you feel about the World Nobles?”
“I hate them. They shot my friend. And they’re stupid! People aren’t for selling.” Happy, smiling Luffy, who loved everything and liked everyone, suddenly looked grim. Forbidding, almost.
ohohohohoho!! marco. XD you sneaky lovable you!
thank you dear for making this, this makes me epically happy and I give you lots of love for it.
uwaaa this makes me very happy.
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I'm glad you liked it so much :D Your comment makes me happy ^__^
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it's good to hear you don't mind my wierd comments, I'm even happy to hear they make you happy!
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Ahh, the silence after Luffy mentions the poisoning. Even without any details, that's oww.
Also, "the alone part wasn't so good". *hugs Luffy* ♥
And yes. Luffy is an adult who can make his own decisions and get into his own trouble, because of his own convictions. But I don't think that helps Ace any. ^^
In short: ♥
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Luffy knows he needs his crew &hearts he just didn't have a choice :(
But I don't think that helps Ace any.
Heh. *pets him*
Glad you liked :D
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*otherwise incoherent*
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I love how Luffy just repeats "He shot my friend." Because that's just it. The End.
♥ Much love for ficlet!!
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That would hurt so much. :(
So much! I have done evil things to Ace in fic but even I won't go there and I hope Oda doesn't either! ;___;
Luffy would never believe that it wasn't worth it, and Ace would never believe it was.
Ah, that is worded so well and sums up the ow perfectly! ;_;
Luffy is love. Love love love. What I love most about that moment is that Luffy restrains himself, out of consideration for Hacchi's feelings and probably also for his crew, and then the Tenryuubito bastard just keeps talking and Luffy decides enough and decks him.
And then he apologizes to his crew because this is going to mean trouble for them. He knew full well the consequences but it had to be done. &hearts
^___^ I'm glad you liked it! :D
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Me too! It seems like such a huge consequence not to be used in an angsty revelation, but I hope Odacchi keeps it under wraps anyway. And, well, if it does come to light--setting Ace's reaction aside with difficulty--Luffy should see how it feels from the other side by finding out that Zoro did nearly the same thing for him. >_>
What I love most about that moment is that Luffy restrains himself, out of consideration for Hacchi's feelings and probably also for his crew, and then the Tenryuubito bastard just keeps talking and Luffy decides enough and decks him.
And then he apologizes to his crew because this is going to mean trouble for them.
Yesssss, Luffy! \o/ You could totally see him holding back for a moment, which just makes it so much more satisfying when he finally let rip. And apologizing! ♥ Well, I guess Ace beat some manners into that rubbery head. XD
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so epic....