The Unknown Pirate

Ch. 9

The wind and sea worked together in our favor and we were making great time. "Luffy!" I yelled up to him. "yeah? What's up?" he asked, from the figure head. "will you tell me about A.S.L?" I asked, climbing up next to him. "sure, A.S.L stands for Ace, Sabo, and Luffy. when we were young we formed a pirate crew with us three. Ace was the captain and Sabo was the first mate since they started it together. I was the cabin boy. I never like my job but, when ever I complained Ace would hit me on the head saying that I needed to stop complaining or he would throw me over board," Luffy said, laughing. I laugh along with him. "we would rob from other pirates that can to the island. we would hide our spoils in the hollow branch in our tree house. we would take turns going out and killed animals for food. we would also fight fight each other to get stronger, I would always lose against Ace but, now I bet now I would win," Luffy said. I laugh remembering what Nami said happened when Luffy said that last time. "Ace and me lived with some bandits that owed gramps a favor. Sabo on the other hand was a noble but, his parents never love or cared for him. They loved his younger adopted brother better," Luffy said, his voice flowing with hatred. "one day when we went to steal from a small pirate group on the island, the Bluejam pirates, we've stole from them before but this time they caught Sabo off guard and took him home to his parents who criticize his every move," Luffy said, his fist tightening with every word. I calmly work his hand out of a fist and lay my hand against his. "you don't have to tell me anymore if you don't want to," I said, wiping away an angry tear. He closes my hand in his. I look back at his face, his eyes are covered by his strawhat. I lay my head against his shoulder and look across the sea. "Sabo was tired of his parents criticizing him so one day he took off in a small boat, he didn't get far before a Celestial Dragon ship shoot him down and he was presumed dead," he said, tightening his grip on my hand. "I'm sorry, you went thru that but, the good thing is he is alive," I said smiling. He grins and looks over at me. "Lunch is ready!" Sanji yelled. Luffy's head jerked up with that and let go of my hand. He took off to the kitchen. I just shook my head and followed in behind him.