Through Time

Ace and Law

"Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends."―Mike Norton

"Sabo wanna play with me?" Luffy asked his now little brother who had been reading a book that Nami had given him about Navigation.

"Not right now I'm busy." He said while flipping the page and causing Luffy to pout.

"How about you Ace?" Ace was talking with Sanji so he shook his head to say no.

"Why don't my brothers want to play with me?" Luffy pouted slumping to the floor with a pout.

"I'll play with you Luffy." Chopper said now that he had finished his work in the infirmary.

"Really?" Luffy asked in excitement jumping back up now refilled with energy.

"Yeah I'll play as well." Usopp joined in and Luffy smiled even wider.

"Let's go!" And the three were off.

"Seriously he's supposed to be the older one now." Sabo complained looking up from his book.

"It can't be helped Little brother." Franky said walking up beside Sabo who only raised a brow at him in confusion.

"We've been stuck on this island for the past 2 days our captain must be getting pretty bored." Franky explained to Sabo who nodded a tinge of guilt in his gut.

"But we're here so he can't be that bored." Ace said walking over to the group.

"You forget that we're pirates and that includes Luffy. In his eyes we should already be moving onto the next adventure." Sanji said following Ace.

"But we're here." He repeated to the chef.

"Yes and you've been here for a few days so the shock of your presence has worn off of that shitty rubber bastard. You're now a part of the crew in his eyes therefore the next adventure is calling him." Sanji said to them hoping to clear it up.

"We're not a part of the crew." Ace said stubbornly because not even now would he ever call Luffy his captain.

"That's what we once said." Sanji sighed taking a deep puff of his smoke. "Once that rubber brained idiot has decided you're one of us, you might as well hang it all up." He smiled before walking back towards the kitchen after all he had to prepare the snacks for his lovely Nami-Swan and Robin-Chwan.

"You boys will be home soon so try and humor him for now, okay?" Robin asked them and Sabo sighed putting his book down deciding to see what Luffy was doing. When they found Luffy Sabo's eyes widened at the small pink dragon he appeared to be arguing with.

"You suck at tag!" Luffy shouted at it and it glared back at him.

"I've been training to become the greatest samurai; I don't have time to play tag!" It countered causing Luffy to fight back.

"Uhmmmm, What are you?" Sabo asked the dragon thingy and it growled at him.

"I'm Momonosuke!" It shouted and Ace tilted his head trying to remember that name and the person it came from.

"Ah! You're that bratty kid!" Sabo said remembering now and Ace nodded catching up.

"I'm not a brat!" He shouted at them and Luffy laughed.

"How are you a....dragon? Is that what you are?" Ace asked him looking at the kid.

"I was hungry and ate something weird." He said looking away from them and it clicked in the kid's heads-A devil fruit.