Loss and Gain (an Ace x OC x Sabo story!)

Dressrosa

{AN: So since I haven't caught up in One Piece in a while (I'm in Dressrosa rn lord it's long >_>) some stuff won't make sense and all that, I apologize for it and if I see that it doesn't make since I'll work it out later on! Anyway enjoy!}

Two years passed since Ace died at Marineford. I quit being a pirate all together as well. Marco accepted my decision and told me to be whatever I wanted to be. That I didn't know who to be. Without Ace being beside me, telling me where to go, how to do things... I can't make the call. Eventually I ended up just going along whatever the sea felt like was best for me. The One Piece is out there... but I'm sure Luffy was going to find it, and I want him to find it anyway. The thought of Luffy loosing his brother also weighed on my mind as I am in another part of the world away from my own family, my sibling. I can only pray again that Luffy will be okay and to guide me to whatever I need to do. I was lost. Had no goal. The only goal was erased now so... what now?

After a month of useless searching. I landed on an island that was a bit away from Punk Hazard, that's when I met Law. He was a pirate but recognized my character. How it was broken down and no motivation. He told me we can team up and that a bigger threat is on the loose. I didn't care at first until he said that lots of innocent people were going to get hurt or dead. Most importantly it had to do with the Marines and the World Government as a whole. Something sparked that day and it took me a while to find Law again, but I agreed to be an ally with him to take care of the threat.

Punk hazard was a mess. It was cold as hell on one end and hot on the other. Law told me the Admirals fought one another and created this island, part I've part lava. Just the thought of that scared me. If they can create an island based off that, they could easily destroy the world if they wanted to. Soon Law and I reached a large building and he was explaining to me what to do and who was the target. Then I heard a familiar voice. It was Luffy and his crew my eyes bottled up with tears and I automatically apologized to him for not saving his brother. Luffy said that it wasn't my fault and that Ace would have wanted us to become stronger and push to our goals. I didn't tell him that I haven't had a set point on what my goal was. I was just following Law's role for the moment.

Days went by and Punk Hazard's villain, Caeser, was kidnapping children to test some sort of experiment on them. It was awful. "Why would someone do this? To kids?" I asked and Law responded, "People are born to treat others like trash, no one knows the reason." After that we teamed up with Luffy again, not after their characters had to be fixed, to rescue the children and stop Ceaser. Soon when we did it Law and I went to a room where Ceaser has a bunch of fruits. Law told me that he was making fake Devil fruits and then we got ambushed and he told me to run. I didn't want to leave him alone so we fought together and eventually Ceaser stood down.

After that battle, we joined with Luffy and the straw hats to go to the next destination that Law told us. Dressrosa. He told us that Ceaser was a pawn to the bigger picture and that the real enemy was Doflamingo. We all agreed to help, but the only problem is when we got there... Law was gone. I went with Luffy and Zoro to search for him... but thanks to the over crowded area I got lost. I started to freak out as I didn't want to somehow end up with the bad guy.

I walked around a few more blocks before stopping at a shop that sold clothes and food. I looked around and noticed how exposed the women clothes were and decided not to buy it. Soon I grabbed something and went on my way. After a while I started to give up the search and went to a random bunch of tables and sat at one. "Damn... if Ace was here... I would have been out of this situation and would have found Law..." I mumbled and took a bite of my food. There was more people walking about and talking about the colosseum and the fight that was that day. I wanted to see myself and thought that maybe Luffy was there. Okay... that's a good start! I finished my food and went to get up as I then ran into someone with a huge thud.

My glasses flew across and as I went to look up all I saw was a black and blue blob. "Sorry! I didn't see you there!" It was a man. "No worries. I'm just in a hurry to find someone." I went to the ground and started to search. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder and then a gloved hand with my glasses were in front of me, "These yours?"

"Yeah! Thank you!" I bowed my head and grabbed them from him and put them on. I sighed as my vision came back and stood to thank him again. The man had blond hair, black eyes, and a top hat with googles. His attire was fancy like and he wore a black coat. "Thank you again. Sorry I ran into you." I put my hand up with a sheepish smile. "Don't worry about it. You said you were looking for someone, want me to help?"

"Huh? No, you already found my glasses. I don't want you to do anymore for a stranger like me." I said and he smiled largely, "Maybe we won't be strangers." I was confused by his words as he then took out his hand to shake, "My name is Sabo, I'm here looking for someone as well!" My hand was hesitant as I went to shake, "Victoria..."

"Great! Now we can help one another. I have to find someone very important. Once we get that done, I'll help you find your person."

"Thanks... but I already told you-"

"Let's get started shall we? I'm in a bit of a hurry myself as my friend wants me to get this done ASAP!" Sabo turned on his heel and started to walk off and I was trying desperately to explain why he shouldn't help. It reminded me of someone. But I couldn't put a finger on it.

Later we ended up in the colosseum. I looked around and was confused. "Your person is fighting in the colosseum?" I asked and he hummed, "He's very important like I said. Once we find him, I'll have to explain a lot of stuff, but I'm sure he'll understand." Seems like a close friend. "So since this where I needed to go as well, maybe we can split up?"

"No no! That's too risky, plus you'll only get lost again." Sabo said and I was about to protest when I stopped and turned to him slowly. How'd he know? Sabo turned to face me and I felt a shiver down my spine. What's up with him? "You were talking about someone by the name of Ace hours ago, weren't you?" My heartbeat went insane. Was he the enemy? "Don't need to be scared. I'm an ally. You see, Ace is my brother." My eyes widened as I slowly pointed up, "You're... You're his brother too?"

"Yes I am. We go way back- what do you mean by 'too'?" He asked as he tilted his head. I blinked, "Someone else said he was Ace's brother... his name is Luffy." Sabo's smile went wide again, "Yep. He's also my brother!"

"WHAT?!" My jaw dropped as I put my hands on my head, "That's insane! Another brother?! And you're just telling me now?! Why didn't you tell me before?!" I yelled and Sabo laughed, "Cause you bumped into me remember? Then dropped your glasses. So I couldn't just drop the bomb right then and there about it." I put my hands down, "I guess you're right..." He continued to stare at me, that's when I noticed a burn mark on his left eye. Maybe a childhood burn? "You see... when you also said you're name. I remembered the small note you put on Ace's grave. He must have impacted you a lot Huh?" My chest hurt, "Yeah..." The note I left before I quit was a heart felt one. About how I looked up to Ace and how I wanted to tell him how much I loved him, to only be too late. "Hey." My head went back to look up at Sabo. "It wasn't your fault. Don't blame yourself for his death." Tears went to my eyes as I wiped them, "I know, but... I should have pressed harder..."

"At least you were there for him..." Sabo muttered and put his hat over his face, "I... suffered from amnesia after a Celestial shot me down as a kid... after that I worked for the Revolutionary Army for years... until I heard of his death and all the memories came back..." My eyes soften, "So. Don't blame yourself. I blamed myself for not being there for him all those years. Plus I'm pretty sure he wants all of us to push forward for a better future."

"Yeah... say Luffy said the same thing when we were on Punk Hazard." I smiled and Sabo smiled back, "He is our brother alright. We always somehow have the same wavelength, the three of us." Now I know about Luffy's second brother, more compassion drizzled to them. "Say... Luffy was the person I was actually looking for-"

"No way! Me too! Say, let's find him together, but don't tell him that I'm his brother! Let it be a surprise!"

"Why? Did he forget you or something?"

"You'll see. Let's go to the dressing room." Sabo said and led the way. Soon we met up with Luffy who dressed up in a beard and was called Luci. Sabo introduced himself to get the Flame-Flame fruit and soon confessed to being Luffy's brother. Luffy explained that Sabo died that day when he was shot down. Sabo and Luffy had a reunion with a giant hug. All I can do was laugh a bit as Luffy was now not alone without a brother, he had Sabo. Come to think of it... maybe Sabo is a little like Ace. But I might be reading through the lines...