Willow and The Whitebeard pirates (One Piece)

Ace's Power

It had only been a few days since we left the island, and I was enjoying my time on the ship. Once everything calmed down, after everyone welcomed me to the crew, I started to work on my own way of wearing Whitebeard's symbol. I knew that I couldn't have it tattooed on me, since it wouldn't stay, so I decided to make myself a band to put on my right arm. I asked for a few supplies, and got right to work on it. With how fast I normally work, I got it done within a couple of hours. I had been sitting down and watching the flag, to make sure that I was going to get the symbol right. I put it on, and smiled, as I liked it. The band that I had made wasn't slipping off my arm, and I had figured out a way to keep it firmly attached to my arm so that I wouldn't lose it.

I had a vest like shirt on, so I didn't have any sleeves that would cover up the symbol, though I had also made a bandana that I could put on my head, in case I was wearing something that covered my arm. It hadn't taken me too long to make either of them, though I had had put the bandana into the pocket of the shorts that I was wearing, making sure that it was in there, and wouldn't fall out.

Whitebeard approved of the band on my arm, though I had sat where he could see me, as that was where I could normally be found. I was definitely becoming more relaxed, the more time that I spent on the ship.

Since I was done with what I wanted to do, I decided to walk around the ship. I wasn't sure who I would bump into, but I wanted to find Ace. I'd heard many others on the ship call him Fire Fist, and I wanted to know why they called him that. I'd heard it a few times around the ship when I was actually paying attention to what everyone was saying, and now I wanted to know why. Ace had a unique scent, as did everyone else, but his scent faintly smelled of fire. I hadn't really paid too much attention to his scent, at least not until recently. Marco's also smelled of fire too, but it was different from Ace's. Either way, Ace's scent stood out enough for me to be able to find him on the ship.

I found him on the second level of the platforms above Whitebeard's room. I made my way up there, as it seems that Thatch had just gotten done talking to him.

"Hey Ace." I say, walking towards him. He turns to me and smiles.

"Willow, what's up?" He asks. I stop next to him, before I hop onto the railing, and sit.

"Why do they call you Fire First Ace?" I pause. "I know that almost everyone on the ship has an interesting name, but why is yours that?" I ask, as I was going to leave the 'smelling like fire' comment out of the conversation for a minute.

Ace smiles. "I guess you don't know about that then. Here, let me show you, though you might want to hang onto the railing, it won't be my fault if you fall off."

I nod, and hold onto the railing, careful not to dig my claws into it. Ace took a few steps back, and held out his hand, which almost immediately caught on fire. I watched, as I had never expected that. The flames then spread from his hand, to his whole body, and yet he wasn't burning. He stopped after a few minutes, and laughed at my shocked expression. I was pretty close to falling off the railing, though I somehow managed not to. I couldn't speak for a few minutes, as I was processing what I had just seen.

"How did you ... what was that ... just ... how?" I ask, looking at him, interested in how he was able to do that and not get burned by his flames, or burn things that he stood on.

Ace laughed a bit. "I ate something called a Devil Fruit. Not too much is known about these fruits, as they give you a special ability or power, though after you eat one, the ocean becomes one of your worst enemies same with standing water. You won't be able to swim after you eat one, as seas water drains you, making your ability useless."

I nod, understanding what he was saying. "So you also smelling like fire made a lot of sense." Ace gave me a weird look.

"What? I smell like fire?"

I nod. "Well, to me at least. Everyone on this ship has their own unique scent, though there are very few people on the ship that smell just a little different from others." I pause. "If I could smell your ability, would it be possible for me to smell others? If they were obvious enough though." I say, as I kept thinking back to Marco. "Does Marco also have a fire ability?" I watched Ace, as he seemed a little shocked, but he nodded. "I could smell his too, though his fire smell isn't like yours." I pause. "It's kind of hard to explain, but his fire smells lighter than yours." I could still see that Ace was confused, and it was just something that was difficult to explain.

Ace thinks for a second. "Is there something unique about Pops' scent?" I think for a second, but I do remember that it did smell a bit earthy, though with some salt mixed in, though I just took the salt smell as the wind blowing off the water, though it mixed with the earthy smell.

I nod. "It's almost like a dirt smell with salt, though the salt could just be from the ocean." I say with a shrug.

"That's still a pretty interesting talent though, I've never heard of anyone who sense or even smell the ability that a devil fruit user has. That's an interesting talent."

I smile, and rub the back of my head. "I kind of didn't even know I could do that." I laugh a bit. "But that's a really cool power though, dealing with fire. I didn't know people could do things like that until now ... though with what I've been through ... it's really easy to miss things like that." I pause, my ears going back. When I realize that I had started to think about the past, I quickly snap out of it, and lighten up again. "But don't worry about that, I'll just keep learning things along the way. Thanks for showing me Ace." I say, as I hop backwards off the railing, and land on the main section of the ship, walking off to the front of the ship, knowing that Marco and Whitebeard would be interested in knowing the talent that I have, just so that way if I ever mentioned it, that it wouldn't come as a shock to them.

Ace watched me go, as he now wondered what other talents I possessed. He knew that if I was able to do that, there were other things that I was able to do as well.

Marco and Pops reacted the way that I thought they would. Marco lost the uninterested and bored look on his face, while Pops was more interested in my ability, though I was sure that both of them were glad that I had told them. When they explained to me what their powers were, I completely understood the scents that I had gotten off them, as it made a lot of sense.

I knew that things were only going to get more interesting from here on out.