My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Three: Treacherous Sea

♤Issaquah Island was always filled with pirates because it was where the second largest bank in the world was located. Naturally corruption ran rampant, nobody cared where the gold that pirates came to exchange for berries came from. The Navy was on the pirates payroll and because the city officials paid the Heavenly Tribute to the Celestial Dragons generously in the form of pure celestial gold every year, the World Government left the island alone.

You worked in Issaquah Lounge, the largest restaurant/bar on the island. You were a singer there, as well as some occasional waitressing and bartending.

The first time that you met Ace was nearly two years ago at Issaquah Island, a few months after he joined the Whitebeard Pirates.

You were sitting on a small boat, watching the sea, when you saw a shirtless young man, the symbol of the Whitebeard Pirates on his back, sitting on the edge of a ship eating at least three huge pieces of meat at once. You knew pirates ate a lot, but this guy ate like it was his first meal in years.

As you watched him, transfixed, you saw his eyes closing and he fell into the sea. You were stunned as you watched the water, but he didn't come out. You cursed under your breath. Whitebeard would rain terror over the island if one of his men died here.

You jumped into the water and felt your body transforming, the fish naturally converged towards you and told you where he'd fallen. You swam faster than any living creature and found him. His eyes were half open as you carried him up into his ship. You performed CPR on him and he coughed.

"You're alive." You said.

He blinked. "What happened to my meat?" He asked.

You stared at him. "I just saved your life and you're worried about food?"

"You did? Thank you very much." He said bowing politely. His dark hair was wet, and it stuck to the sides of his face. You noticed that he had freckles. They were really cute. You wanted to touch his face.

"Hmm? Wasn't it a mermaid who saved me?" He asked looking around and noticing your legs.

What a pity you thought, he was so good looking and such an idiot. "It was me."

He frowned. "Your freckles are cute." You said before you could stop yourself.

"Oh, they are?" His stomach growled.  "Hey do you want to buy me dinner?" He asked.

What kind of a man was this? You burst out laughing. "What's your name?"

"Portgas D. Ace. Nice to meet you." He said.

You pulled out a wet ticket from your pocket. "This is a coupon for one free meal under 80 000 berry. It comes with a free drink too. I work at Issaquah Lounge. Ask for Y/N."

"Oh, you're so generous." He smiled.

"See ya, Ace." You said hoping to see him again.♤

A sudden violent shaking of the ship woke you up.

"Chief! We're being attacked by pirates!" A voice said.

"Ssh...you'll wake the baby. And I already know about that." Sabo said standing up. "Who is it?" He asked.

"It's the 83 000 000 berry rookie, "Sneaky Swordsman" Dimetri Sherri and his crew."

"Huh, what kind of epithet is that? Does he sneak up on people or something?" Sabo asked trying not to laugh.

"Chief, don't underestimate him. He's the one who attacked Kasia village. We saw it a while ago, people were sliced up including some marines!" Tetsu said. "There's at least thirty of them on deck right now and there's only six of us. They are overwhelming us with numbers."