Sabo felt a bit out of place. There were so many people he didn't know and neither his older brother nor the younger seemed to be interested in introducing them. Well, mostly the older one, because the unknown(to him) people belonged to the Whitebeard pirates.
Luffy's crew, he knew. But he didn't see any of them except Jinbe who was talking with Koala, a curse and a blessing that she came along, and the, if his information were correct, the 8th division commander of the Whitebeard pirates.
He only saw the other nine members of the Straw Hat pirates shortly, before they cornered a blonde, who belonged to the Whitebeard pirates and was one of the commanders.
Marco, Luffy's boyfriend as Jinbe had shortly explained. His little brother had a boyfriend and hadn't told him. He would have pouted if Jinbe hadn't said that they only made it public to everyone on the ship and the crew a week ago and there had been the agreement that Ace would be the first person, they would tell.
Well, he couldn't really blame Luffy or Marco for that idea as they didn't know he was alive when they came together and decided on the deal. Also, it wasn't easy to contact him. His baby brother had been lucky that Ivankov was able to come and had time to pick him and Koala up.
Sabo corrected his hat before he looked around for an option to look for a talk with at least one person, he knew. Not that he had a problem with strangers, but he shared a bit his brother's trait to get people mad and him for no real (in his opinion) reason. So it would be better to have one person who knew how he was around him.
He crossed out his girlfriend and the two Fishman. They talked about Fishman Karate if he heard that right. The fighting style was cool to look at, but the basics didn't interest him.
Luffy was also a no. Since his baby brother decided to stand by his boyfriend while his crew was trying to roast the blonde. He didn't want to participate in that. Ace would already have made enough threats for both of them and he wanted to live up to his title as ‚the nicer/kinder older brother'. Even if it was possible that Luffy would cling more to Ace as to him. But that was a different subject.
Ivankov was crossed out quickly from his option. Just reasons... Well, he wasn't in the mood for dramatic acts. It could be funny, but no. He hadn't seen enough to suggest Ivankov's mood so better to stay until he knew how the Okama ticked today.
That left only Ace. But he hadn't seen his older brother, yet. Well, best idea to look for him and gave him a little piece of mind for leaving his ‚younger' brother alone around the stranger. That would poke his complex a bit and perhaps made him say that Sabo was the older one.
He found the logia user next to Whitebeard's chair. The giant man sat in it and laughed about something that Ace had said while drinking from a huge bottle.
Sabo felt a bit small and somehow also intimidated just by the sheer power the Yonko seemed to have. Even if he just did something simple like drinking sake. He briefly wondered how many people were scared by just looking at Whitebeard.
He shook his head. Why should be scared of Whitebeard? The man had become Ace's father and would probably be somehow a father-in-law for Luffy. It was like meeting extended family, so he should make a proper introduction.
„Ace, you wounded me. You always pried yourself to be the older one, but leave me to all the strangers", Sabo greeted his brother as he stood in front of his brother and his brother's captain. He bowed slightly towards the Yonko. „It is nice to meet you, Whitebeard. Thank you for taking my reckless and sometimes stupid older brother in and thank you for making sure both of my reckless brothers survived the war at Marine Ford. I am also sorry for the loss you had to take."
