Chapter 12

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The day has come.

"You ready for this?" Justin asked nervously.

"Of course. There's nothing wrong with us telling him the truth." I explained calmly.

"Yeah, but I'm worried about how he'll react."

"We need to tell him." I sighed. "We need to assure him that someone has taken up his will and it's Sabo."

Ace and I finished the whole Enies Lobby arc with no more any emotional breakdown from him. He was glad to see that Robin found the Straw Hats who accepted her. The same way the Whitebeard pirates did for him. He remained silent when he saw Garp once again and telling Luffy about his father. He was glad to see Coby achieved his dream of being a marine.

I skipped the part where Shanks met up with Whitebeard to warn him to stop Ace from going after his traitorous crew member. Don't want him to succumbed in self-guilt again.

I also skipped the part where he and Blackbeard clash on Banaro Island because you know, reasons.

We also finished the Thriller Bark arc. Ace laughed loudly when Luffy tried to pushed the zombie back to his grave. Brook was really interesting according to Ace since he's a skeleton.

When Ace saw the scene with Kuma taking out Luffy's pain and allowing Zoro to have it, his respect to his younger brother's first mate skyrocketed. He was relieved to know that his younger brother has people who were willing to stand up for him. He told me that Luffy has the ability to know if people are trustworthy which I agreed on.

"You sure you don't wanna show Ace the Sabaody arc?" Justin questioned.

I nodded slightly. "It was the arc leading to the Straw Hats separation and his freaking execution. We can't let him see it."

"Aw man..." He stretched his shoulders. "I want him to meet Rayleigh. He may hate the Pirate King but you gotta admit, the Dark King's too awesome!"

I laughed. "He is."

"So we're gonna skip the whole Paramount arc and jumped to Fishman Island."

"I dont know..."

He scowled. "Why?"

"Because I'm still holding that we might find a way to get him back in his world." I explained with determination.

"Even if he came back, don't you think he's a goner already?" Justin said in a melancholic tone. 

"I know that but still..."

He let his fingers stroke his hair. "We're gonna talk later. C'mon, let's go to Ace now. You ready?"

I sighed. "Yeah. I hate waiting for the hammer to fall."

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"Okay now why're you two so tense?" Ace questioned in a low-toned voice.

This was Ace after all. He has a good keen when observing things. His gray eyes were wary. The last time I have seen that expression of his was when he first appeared almost two weeks ago.

Justin and I went to the guest room where it permanently became Ace's room. I have my laptop in tow. Nothing much was really change in the room. It still looks exactly the same when I first lend him to use it.

You cannot blame me and my brother for being nervous. Ace was really hard to predict. We were worried about how he will react. It might be bad but we really need to tell him the truth even if it hurts him.

"We're sorry in advance, Ace..." I apologized while scratching my chin.

"We're actually hiding something from you." Justin grimaced. "Please don't hate us!"

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