Newbie's Skill

Twenty-Five

While we were eating and Ace made a whole scene where everyone thought he was dead...a Marine barged in. That was Captain Smoker. If I remembered correctly, Smoker had a logia-type devil fruit called the Puff Puff Fruit. I turned to the conversation, but looking at Ace's features, I decided to keep my head down.

"You could just walk away," Ace smirked.

"I can't do that. Not as long as I'm a Marine...and you're part of a notorious pirate crew." Notorious? I almost chuckled at the insult.

"That's not much of a reason, now is it? How about I give you one?" I was sitting right next to Ace, and I passed him a side glare. I was going to be noticed anyways.

"Ace," I growled lowly. Ace gave me a smirk, and I rolled my eyes.

"You must be Rogue, the Black Cap Pirate." I huffed, turning around to look at Smoker.

"The name's Salom D. Ashlo. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Captain." I threw my own grin at him. People began to sweat even more.

"You'll both be coming with me quietly."

"No thanks," I shot him down. "Honestly, I'm not a fan of Marine ships." I heard screaming from outside, but I couldn't quite pinpoint what was actually being yelled. A boy came flying in, knocking both Ace and Smoker through a series of walls, leaving holes in their wake. People were shocked at the event. I snickered under my breath. Well, well, well. What have we here? The boy landed and was laughing loudly like he didn't realize what he'd done.

"Woo! Food! Now I can eat!" He cheered with a big smile. "Ha, finally! I'm starving! I thought I was gonna die!" He rushed over, sitting next to me. "Old Guy. Give me food. Hurry. C'mon." He tapped his knife and fork on the table and each other, singing, "Food. Food. Food. Food. Now. Now. Now." I looked over his features, observing him, and I saw people panic. The chef gave the kid his food.

"What a weird kid," I breathed almost silently.

"Amazing! This is seriously the best food I've ever tasted!"

"Uh, yes. Thanks a lot," the chef said while sweating a little. "But you see, Sir..." The kid was stuffing his face. He was just like Ace. It clicked in my mind. Was this Ace's brother? He had the straw hat and everything. There was no doubt that this was Luffy. Guess there's no need to pummel him. Not that I could. "It's just that...well...you might want to start running now."

"Why's that?" Luffy asked with a stuffed face. I smirked.

"The guy you sent flying through the wall just now...do you have any idea who he is?" the chef asked. People gathered up at him.

"Who sent someone flying?" Luffy asked.

"You did."

"Really? Who was it?" This guy had no care in the world. He was fearless all right. The chef pointed his thumb at the wall. "So." Luffy continued to stuff his face with food as he leaned over to look through them. "What's with all these holes?" He continued to stare at them. "Kind of a weird decoration, you know? So why'd you do it?"

"You're the one who did it!" everyone yelled.

"I did? Really?" They all glared at him. I chuckled beside him.

"You sent a Marine captain and a Whitebeard pirate through those walls," I said lowly. People gulped, fearing the worst from me. Luffy simply looked at me. He continued chowing down.