𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 💀 (𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓟𝓲𝓮𝓬𝓮 𝓧 𝓞𝓒) 𝓞𝓝𝓖𝓞𝓘𝓝𝓖

Chapter 12: Alabasta

A few months passed since Kira and Lula went out sea to Alabasta. While on their journey, they encountered many sea creatures and enemies which wasn't much for the duo to handle. Lula was inside her cabin fixing her pistol with a couple rounds of bullets when she clicked it to make sure it was loaded. Lula nodded in satisfaction then placed her gun in her bandolier next to her  dagger. She got up from her desk and headed out to see Kira lounging on the deck of the ship looking up at the sky. Kira was laying on her back with her left leg handing on the inside of the ship while her other leg was hanging outside of the ship. 

"Enjoying the weather," Lula asked.

"You can say that," Kira yawned loudly, "by the way, we should be hitting Alabasta very soon."

"What makes you so sure?"

Kira pointed straight ahead in the direction where a small bit of the island was shown. Lula's eyes widen from the sight of Alabasta in the distance.  The utopian image of the island became more relevant in the distance. Lula was in awe in the sight of the island. She had never seen an island that was so beautiful. Kira got up rubbing her eyes and looked towards the island. Once they reached Alabasta and docked at the deck, at the dock was a small boat that was tied to the post. At the dock, Kira noticed a young man who was ready to head into town. 

The man was shirtless but had a noticeable tattoo on his back; the tattoo had purple bones formed in a cross behind a purple skull with a white mustache. The man wore black boots, black knee-length shorts with an eyelet-studded orange belt, and a blue pouch belted around his left leg. He also wore a short second belt with a large red "A" on the silver buckle over his right hip, but left it unfastened and threaded the free end along the back of his shorts. A dagger in a green sheath hung at his left hip. On the man's left arm was a Log Pose and a red and white striped bracelet around his wrist, an orange elbow guard, and an "ASCE" tattoo. Around his neck was a red beaded necklace and an orange hat with two blue smileys, one frowning and one smiling, and a string of red beads sitting above the rim. Two long orange side straps hung down sides of his hat and met at a large medallion of a bull's skull with orange tassels.

Kira squinted her eyes as she studied the man's face. Just then, her heart dropped as her face flushed red. It couldn't be. Kira's heart started to skip a beat when she realized who the man was. It was Ace!

"A...Ace," Kira asked stuttering.

Ace stopped then turned around to see Kira with Lula next to her. His eyes widen when he saw Kira. She had changed since they last saw each other as kids. Ace smiled as he approached Kira. Kira was sweating bullets as he came up to her.

"Kira," Ace asked, "that really you?"

Kira could only nod as she smiled shyly at Ace. Lula tilted her head to the side as she looked at Kira who was blushing over Ace. It had been awhile since she saw Kira showing this type of emotion. 

"It's been awhile," Ace added.

"It has," Kira replied blushing, "you look so much different than when we were kids."

"I can say the same thing about you," Ace smiled.

Kira giggled to herself over the compliment. It had been nearly five years since they've seen each other before her and Lula went to Marineford. Kira looked up at Ace and just one look at him, she was enticed by how attractive he looked. He was much more muscular and his facial features had matured. Kira tried to gather her thoughts without trying to stammer.

"Reminds me," Kira began, "what brings you to Alabasta."

Ace reached into his bag and pulled out a Wanted poster presenting it to Kira. On the poster was a young man wearing a straw hat with his eyes closed, had a big smile and looked as if he was waving. Kira's eyes widen at the sight of the man on the poster. She couldn't believe who it was. That was Luffy!