Bits and Pieces of Abandoned Fanfics

Sabo's Influence (One piece)

Summary: Luffy ends up taking a few more traits from his brother and a lot of different stuff happens because of it. (this one's 13.5k be warned)

"That's a bit arrogant." Ace squinted at his baby brother while his other brother laughed.

"How do you even know what that means?" he growled, and Luffy simply pointed to Sabo, who now looked proud. "Nice to see you're picking up a vocabulary, Ace certainly isn't going to learn." The freckled kid had a deep scowl and huffed.

"Vocab…ulary, does that mean all the words I know?" The blond nodded frantically, elated to know Luffy was taking traits from more than just Ace. "I want a big vocabulary like Sabo cus' he sounds cool!" One brother was certainly enjoying this more than the other.

"Well, I should start teaching you how to read anyways, might as well use it as an opportunity to expand your vocabulary. Ace's as well."

Luffy had sparkles in his eyes, bouncing on the balls of his feet at the thought of sounding cool like Sabo.

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Luffy struggled weakly--though admittedly it was probably as hard as he could--against his ropes, and Porchemy laughed cruelly as he pressed harder on Ace's head with his boot. He was struggling and flailing against the hard ground, to no avail.

"Well, it seems like that blond brat won't be coming back…"

"He will! And he's bringing bandits to kick your asses if I don't do it first!" Ace spat in turn, trying to look up at Porchemy and avoid looking at the bloody pulp of a kid still dangling from the ceiling.

"Will he now? Well, the way I see it, you need a little lesson on your place." He ground the boy's head into the ground for emphasis. "Beat me up all you want, I ain't telling you where the treasure is neither'."

The pirate let out a chuckle, a dark sound that echoed off the walls. "You? Who said anything about hurting you?"

Ace swallowed his bile, keeping up his scowl. "That kid's already passed out, anything else and he'll die. How do you get your answer from him then, bastard?" He insulted, trying his best to glare. Sabo would be here soon and so would the bandits.

Again with the chuckle, Ace felt a dark, sick feeling settle in his gut. He abruptly had his hands tied behind his back by a bluejam nobody, and was hauled to a sitting position with a gun to his head. The boy tried to glare at whoever held the gun but all he could see from where he was sat was that boy.

It had been hours since he was tied up, he looked like a good sneeze from death, how had he not told Porchemy yet? All Ace had done was try to kill this boy, why was he staying quiet? He couldn't understand, he tugged uselessly at his bonds and watched the blood drip from the kid--Luffy's body. He held his glare but got more and more shivers the longer he looked at the sight.

But then that bastard was back again, wearing spiked gloves covered in blood in all states of dryness. He pulled back a fist about the size of the boy's torso and punched, cracks echoed and blood dropped, but Luffy didn't make a sound. Ace, however, made plenty to fill the silence as the younger boy rocked back and forth from where he was hung.

"What the fuck?! He's just a kid! He doesn't know shit, even if he did he sure as hell can't say so anymore!" He yelled, but froze when the barrel of the gun pushed harder into his scalp. Porchemy barely paused, going back to hitting him over and over and over. Blood seeped into the ground and Ace yelled about it being useless until his voice went hoarse. Where the hell was Sabo?

Porchemy was breathing heavily when he stopped, and Ace felt like vomiting. "I'm gettin' real fuckin' sick of how quiet you are, kid. I haven't heard you scream in hours." Ace was shaking more than the kid actually being tortured, he wasn't even certain if Luffy was alive anymore.