One Piece Chronicles

Comfort Kisses 1 (Ace x Reader)

Cheers of excitement filled your ears, deafening you. Your eyes reflected a ring of fire that was set up. A man, tall and muscular, cracks a whip at you making you flinch in fear. Why? Why are you here?

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" The man announces. "The Snow Leopard, ___, will now jump through the hoop!" The whip cracks again.

You could feel your body stiffen as the whip strikes you again and again. "Jump, you stupid cat!" He hissed at you.

Not wanting to be struck again, you hesitantly leave the cage you were confined in and walk toward the burning hoop. The crowd chants for you to jump. You didn't want to. Yet, somehow, your body obediently obeyed and your leaped through.

Your eyes widen in fear as the flames engulfed you. You growl in pain as the fire began to burn your fur then your skin.

The yellow buttery sunshine woke you up from your sleep, along with a heavy feeling on your stomach. ___ opened her eyes and looked down at what was the added weight on her body and blushed. "A-Ace?"

The raven haired, freckled boy was fast asleep with his arm resting on your belly. With a slight shift in his slumber he pulled his arm, bringing you closer to him. The warmth of his breath tickled your ear as you try not to giggle.

"Ace," You whisper, touching his shoulder with your free arm. "Wake up, Ace."

You were responded by a sleepy groan followed by a small smile. "___," The ten year old mumbled, eyes still closed.

"Ace?"

"___," He pulled you closer to him, lips puckering out for a kiss.

Out of shock and confusion you let out a deafening screech. "ACE!" You scream while blushing like a tomato. The sudden outburst jolted all three boys awake. "What happened?!" Sabo yelled back.

"Did ___ get hurt?" Luffy asks with a yawn, rubbing his eye groggily.

Ace had his ears covered and scowled at you. "DAMN IT ___! WHAT THE HELL?" You returned his scowl with a scowl of your own. "ME? YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TRIED TO KISS ME, JERK!" Your retort made him blush and avert his gaze. "S-Stop lying, dumbass!"

"Now, now, you two. It's too early for this." Sabo says, trying to calm you both down. Luffy plopped back down to resume sleeping. You felt the fast beating of your heart slowing down.

"Anyways, we're awake now and it's morning. Time to go." Ace informs the group. It had been almost two weeks since your encounter with the trio. Your foot was fully healed now and the wounds on your face were no more. 

You used to observe their day to day activities as each of them gather money and stash it away for their future.

When you first asked them why, all three of them had the same answer. "We're going to buy a ship and become pirates."

'Pirates, huh.'

"___! Make sure you don't get caught like yesterday!" Sabo warns you making you grin sheepishly. Yesterday was your first try at pickpocketing. Did you successfully steal anything? Yes. Did they notice you? No. Did they found out that their pockets were lighter and the little brat that took off was laughing hysterically with their wallets? Yes.

You nearly gotten beaten up by the thugs if Ace, Sabo, and Luffy weren't there to help you. Nonetheless, the steal was a success. The four of you left early for the Goa Kingdom for another day of earnings.

When you reached Goa city, the four of you split up to do your individual work. You hid behind a dumpster in an alley and waited to find a rich noble or someone who looked like they had a ton of cash.

'There.'

___ took a deep breath and concentrated. In an instant, you grew a tail and white fur with black rosettes. Your sensitive nose twitched in the smell of familiar scent.

Your hind legs pushed your body into a swift run, carefully maneuvering around the unsuspecting victims before running away. The cries of fear reached your ears as the citizens noticed your form.

Finding a dark alleyway, you hid yourself and smiled. "This is a lot of loot." You say as you transform back. You pick up a jeweled ring. Sapphire, maybe? Placing it on your finger and grinned.

"Why, yes, Sebastian~! I would care for some more cake and ice cream~" You muse while posing like a noble woman. A skidding of a boot halts your fantasy as two men approached you from behind.

"Hello there, little miss." The taller one said.

"Care to share some of your treasure with us?" The stouter one chuckled, grabbing your wrist.

"No! This is my treasure! I stole it first, you jerks!" You struggle your wrist but it wouldn't come free. The only way out of this is to fight. You concentrated and transformed. Grey eyes steely gazing the man that had your paw in his hand.

"What the—-She's a freak!" He screams and lets go at the sight of you.

"A Devil Fruit user? Heh, we can sell her to the circus." The tall man says.

You froze.

"Come here, damned cat." The tall man grabs your tail and you let out a pained groan as the stouter man grabs your front legs and knocks you on the head with an empty bottle.

The contact was hard and you felt a sting. You could feel your eyes droop heavily, struggling to stay conscious. Seeing double vision, you swipe at one of them with your claws. You heard one of the men cry out in pain as blood trickled down his chest. "YOU STUPID BRAT!"

Bang!

"___!" A familiar voice calls you.

Lifting one heavy eyelid, you saw a raven haired boy with freckles staring at you in a mortified state. A blonde boy in a top hat and a smaller boy in a straw hat follow behind him. The sound of battle cries and metal pipes swinging echo in your head.

'I don't want to go back.'

You felt small warm hands on you. A feeling of security washes over your body as you relax.

The world was spinning now. You could barely know what was going on. Looking up, you saw Sabo whacking the stout man on the head with his pipe while Luffy was strangling the taller one with his Gum-Gum Fruit powers.

"___, hold on. Don't die on us!"

You look up to see Ace's face above your own. His hands were bloody and were pressing down your side. He had tears in his eyes.

'Is Ace crying?' You wonder. 'Don't cry...You're the last person I want to see crying..."

"—-hear me? Don't you dare die on us yet! It's gonna be okay!" Ace's voice was shouting. You felt something wet as he hugged you. 'He really is crying...'

"__-___! D-Don't die!" Luffy wailed, tears flowing freely.

"She won't! Now shut up and help me!" He barked at the crying seven year old. Three boys that cried for you. Three boys that loved you. Three boys that didn't want you to leave them behind.

A smile escapes your lips as your vision turned black...and the world before you disappeared.