The Desert Journey

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I'm gonna call poorly done chapters "oopsie" chapters. When there is under my standard 3,000 words. So, enjoy the oopsie chapter.

I did what the manga did and made Ace not accompany them in the desert. That was all anime. which was a good choice, they should have put way more screen time with Ace. Enjoy~

Ace would be spending the night there, and then would leave the next day, returning to his hunt. They had a rowdy dinner, Ace almost face planting in his food when Luffy shoved him so he fell backwards instead of forwards. "Shishishi, Ace has narcolepsy," Luffy said simply.

Chopper was in awe. "And he was on his own once? And he's a big time pirate?!" Luffy nodded. "Wow. Narcolepsy is hard to deal with on your own, even with medication." Luffy bragged his big brother was awesome. When he woke up, he returned to his food, making sure he didn't talk with his mouth full.

They had dessert, and Zoro was irritated that Luffy was going to sleep with Ace on the floor like old times. Both were on the floor with Luffy's leg thrown over his brother's leg, who didn't care about being punched in the face during their sleep. They looked like two kids sprawled out, and not two strong pirates.

He was bummed to say goodbye to his brother so soon, but understood that his search for Blackbeard was very important to him and their crew. He gave him a piece of paper. "What's this?"

"Keep hold of that. If you can't find me in your own ways, use this. It'll guide you to me. Well, everyone, leaving my stupid little brother alone is worrying, so make sure you take good care of him. It was nice meeting all of you." He gave a special smile to Zoro, who barely nodded, nobody else catching it. "Luffy, next time we meet, we'll both be stronger. " The younger one nodded.

"I'll come see your crew some day. Promise!" Luffy called while Ace got on his cool little craft powered by his flames. Ace grinned, saying everyone would love him. "Love you! Be careful, okay?!"

"Love you, too! And you be careful, too! Get your bounty up higher next time we meet!"

"I promise!" Ace zoomed away on his little craft. Luffy was so happy to have seen him, even if it was brief. He put the paper in the tight space between his hat and the red ribbon, making sure it stayed. He bounced back to Zoro. "No more jealous Zoro. Hmmmm, I'll make you not jealous," he said, and dragged Zoro into the storage room, making everyone blush a bit. Vivi was the brightest red about it, and Nami jokingly said she'd heard it once. Zoro was quite vocal.

Once they were back out, Vivi gave them all cloaks with hoods to wear to keep their skin from being burnt. "Heh... but it's already so hot!"

"Actually, it will keep you cooler. It looks like it would be hotter, but it's not." Luffy thought that was amazing, and didn't question it. They rounded the Sandora river, and were getting ready to disembark and head to Yuba, where the leader of the rebellion was. Vivi wanted to negotiate, but Luffy wanted to fight!

They didn't know if anything Vivi said would work, or if the hatred was too deep. Hopefully it would stop. 700,000 people were in the rebellion. A lot of people that could die and kill. "I... we'll find out on our way there just what Crocodile has done to this country. We can stop the senseless violence," she said strongly. "I won't let Baroque Works have their way!" she shouted, balling her fists.

All of them agreed. Vivi was one of them, they all felt that way. Maybe they hadn't said it, but still. Sanji made some lunch boxes for them for crossing the desert. Luffy liked exploring new things, but he'd never liked the heat. So going through an empty dessert seemed like it wouldn't be fun at all.

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