On this bright Sunday afternoon, Ace was just waking up, when he saw a text from Sabo.
He dressed quickly and left for Whale Castle, Newgate's place. He rang the doorbell, and Sabo came to open the door.
« ace- what's going on ?
sab- the oldie's sick as fuck
ace- pope ? What ? ».
Ace rushed inside and went in White Beard's room. Marco, Izo and Jozu were there.
« ace- what's going ??
ma-... he fainted this morning.. it's like his medicine doesn't work anymore
ace- how is that possible ?
ma- I don't know, the latest package seems to be unuseful... he's really weak lately
izo- still coming from Dressrosa ?
Jozu- yeah, why ?
Izo- well, DonQuixote Doflamingo is taking over the country
ma- do you think he would sent false medicine ?
Jozo- or worse, poison it ??!
izo- it's an hypothesis we might considerate
ace- this asshole would be poisoning pope ? Why ?
ma- to eradicate a threat, his plan might be bigger than just taking over Dressrosa
ace- I'll kill guy, I swear to God
izo- let's calm down, we don't even know if that's really what's going on yet
ace- and so, we're just gonna wait ?
Izo- I'll sent Black Beard there, he's already on Grand Line, he's gonna investigate there
ma- good idea ».
They left the room, to let Edward resting, and they kept talking in the living room.
Meanwhile, at Shanks' place.
« sh- Ace's not here ?
lu- no, he left an hour ago, I don't know where
sh- fuck...
lu- what ?
sh- I gotta leave, Ben and Lucky think they found something intersting on Punk Hasard
lu- what ???! you're going to the New World ?!! can I come ?
sh- no, you gotta go to Uni
lu- but.. dad !!! come on ! It's unfair... I wanna be a pirate !!
sh- we'll talk about that when I'll be back
lu- you're leaving right now ?
sh- yeah, come on ».
Luffy held Shanks, who smiled, while Luffy was sulking.
« sh- you better answer your phone when I call
lu- sure
sh- I'm serious, Luffy
lu- I knoooww...
sh- don't sulk
lu- but I wanna sail too...
sh- one day, we could discuss this if you graduate
lu- really ?!!
sh- yeah
lu- cool !! see you !
sh- ... you could at least fake being sad and be about to miss me..
lu- oh sorry... oh ... sad.. I'ma miss you
sh- good, bye kid
lu- love you
sh- love you ».
Shanks grabbed his bag and left. Later that day, Ace was still not back. He was still at Whale Castle, and was on the phone with Zoro, asking him what he should do.
Luffy was home alone and so hungry, but unable to cook, so he sent a text on the groupchat.
At Nami's place, Law had ended the dinner and was looking for Nami. He's been surprised to see she wasn't in her bedroom, and noticed the window was opened. He came closer to it, and looked outside. Something caught his attention, orange hair floating in the wind, right above his head.
Nami was sat on a branch, looking at the horizon, rather thoughtful.
« l- Oi »
Nami looked down to her window, and saw Law.
« l- dinner's ready
n- oh, I'm coming, thanks ».
He smiled and walked downstairs, setting the table. She came and they ate dinner and watching a movie. Well, the movie was in the background and they were reading what was going on, on the groupchat. Nami laughed.
« n- you guys are awful
l- awfully funny ».
A few texts later :
« n- come on, there's might be a reason, why does Sanji hates Zoro like that ?
l- ... there's a reason
n- ....... which is ?!!!!
l- this is my theory, no fact, no proof, I just think it's true, right ?
n- mmh ?
l- Sanji's in love with Zoro, and Zoro dumped him
n- WHAT ?!!
l- look, we know Sanji's bisexual
n- do we ?
l- he said that in 10th grade
n- really ? I thought he was more... homophobic than... fruity
l- anyway, he is, and apparently Zoro's attractive and... shit like that, that makes people fall in love with him, as you can testify
n- *haughty*... let's admit
l- wouldn't that make sense ?
n- well, not because he's attracted to men that he's to Zoro, I mean, I'm not attracted to any women I see
l- you bi ?
n- yeah, why ?
l- double virgin, damn it
n- shut the fuck up
l- anyway, that's my theory, you believe or not, that's what I think
n- mmh... I don't know... why would Zoro dump him ?
l- because he's the most straight man, I've ever seen, he's like the ultimate chad
n- is he ?
l- yeah, like he's not an Alpha, he's an Enigma
n- you crazy
l- that's a fact
n- mmh... well, would you hate someone that dump you, just because they did ?
l- well, maybe Sanji's resentful, I don't know him that much
n- well, I don't know... it could be this.. like it couldn't
l- that's my theory
n- yeah, I see... don't you call him Sanji-ya ?
l-.. I don't know.. just a thing I do when I like people
n- sweet
l- cause I don't say it for him ?
n- no,'cause you say it for me, duh ».
Law's phone rang, he saw it was Yamato and answered.
« l- yeah ?
ya- are you with Ace ?
l- no, why ?
ya- 'cause he ain't home, and Luffy can't get him on the phone, and neither do I
l- wasn't he active on the group like 5 minutes ago
ya- yeah, but he doesn't pick up anymore
l- I'll try to call him
ya- thanks ».
He hanged up.
« n- what's going on ?
l- Ace's ghosting everyone ».
He said, before trying to call him, but he didn't answered either. But no sooner he had tried to call, he received a fex text from Zoro.
« l- ohh
n- what ?
l- wait ».
Law answered to Zoro :
« n- what ? What's going on ?
l- *sighs*
n- ... you can't tell me, right ?
l- ...I'm not supposed to tell you
n- *kinda offended but ok* ..get it
l- but that's kinda serious
n- what ?
l- Ace's a pirate
n- *ironic* no way, Gol D Roger's son was raised by Akagami no Shanks, and now he's a pirate ? Wow
l- it's serious, he's a white beard pirate
n- oh... damn
l- and the Old man's sick, apparently it has something to do with what's goin on on Dressrosa, and Ace wanna go there
n- that's a terrible idea
l- yeah, Zoro's talking to him about that
n- why isn't Yamato aware ?
l- because she's doesn't know he's a pirate
n- what ?!!
l- when he was 17, Ace went through a hard period, and White Beard happened to be there for him, Ace was hating his dad, Roger, not Shanks, well both, anyway, Newgates was like a dad to him, so, well, he joined his crew. But Yame and Ace weren't together yet, they were just friends, like, you know, and she always said she hated pirates, but he was crazy about her, so he never told her
n- oh... that smells troubles
l- yeah..
n- what disease does he have ?
l- cancer I think, but he needs specific treatment I think, like orange bottles or I don't know».
Law called Yamato.
« ya- so ?
l- he's with Zoro-ya
ya- what ?! How do you know, even Zoro don't answer to me !!
l- he didn't either to me, that's when Nami called that he picked up
n- *rolls her eyes*
ya- oh..
l- they're just chilling, and he's out of battery, it's ok
ya- yeah, ok, I'll call him later
l- yeah, bye
ya- bye ».
Law hanged up.
« n- she seemed really worried and sad..
l- yeah... Ace's been through a lot, she's just worried he.. like sink again
n- what a bunch of depressed friends you make
l- ..
n- too soon, sorry...in psychology they'd say it's because you're apart of the terrible generation
l- oh yeah
n- yeah, you depressed bunch of kids
l- she said
n- *chuckles* true... I just, I won't ask what happened about Ace, it's impolite, but... I get it
l- ... yeah, I know ».
They just silently end the movie, and went in their respective rooms.