【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"It's better to die than to not be friends with me! Why do you want to be friends with me so much?" Ace said excitedly while looking at Luffy.

"Because..." Little Luffy lowered his head, his hair covering his eyes as he murmured.

"I have made you suffer so much so far, but you finally came here with me."

"Because... because I have no one else to rely on. I don't know anyone here, and I can't find the way back! If I don't chase you, I will be alone! Being alone is more painful than pain!" Little Luffy said loudly.

"where is your family?"

"I only have one brother." Little Luffy looked at Ace with tears in his eyes.

"Won't you be sad if I'm here?" Ace lowered his head and said softly.

"Yeah," Luffy looked at Ace firmly with a crying voice.

"Would it bother you if I wasn't here?"

"Yeah," Little Luffy answered affirmatively.

......

"What if Roger has a kid? Hahaha! It would be troublesome if there was a guy like that!" a man in the bar said loudly.

"That guy is a devil who is not even allowed to be born or survive!" A man wearing a hat nearby said to the smaller Ace in a mocking tone.

......

Ace silently thought about what the people in the bar said.

"Do you want me to live?" Ace asked in a low voice.

"Of course," Luffy said loudly.

"Really?" Ace said softly.

"But I hate guys like you who like to act like a spoiled child." Ace turned around to hide his expression, scratching his hair in a cover-up.

"I'm not acting like a spoiled child! I'm very strong!" Little Luffy argued loudly for himself as he jumped off the stone.

"Strong? How are you strong? You're a man, but you just know how to cry!" Ace turned and shouted at Luffy.

"Have you ever been hit by a fist? I'm only 5 years old! If I were the same age as you, I would never cry! And I would become stronger," little Luffy shouted angrily.

"I never cried even when I was 5 years old! Idiot! Don't compare me to you," Ace yelled at Luffy angrily.

"I will become stronger than anyone else. I will become a great pirate," Luffy roared.

"Pirate? Just you?"

"That's right"

"is it possible?"

"Of course"

Ace and Luffy were not convinced by each other and were bumping their foreheads back and forth.

"Okay, that's enough." Sabo frowned and separated the two people who were arguing.

“Now I have a question”

"Problem?" Little Luffy looked at Sabo innocently.

"Since this incident, the three of us have been completely targeted by Bluejam and his men," Sabo said to Ace seriously.

"That's right," Ace looked at Sabo.

"The forest where I live is very close to their base, the Pirate Bay. What would happen if they attack me while I am exhausted and fall asleep?" Sabo said as he thought and walked forward.

Ace and Luffy looked at Sabo quietly, and Ace said calmly, "He will die."

"Yes, he will definitely die," Luffy nodded calmly and replied.

"Well, so I'm going to discuss something with you. Put your ears close to me," Sabo said, looking at them with a smile.

"Ace! Sabo!"

"Huh?" Ace Sabo heard someone calling their names, turned around and saw Lucci running towards him anxiously.

"Are you okay? I just heard Bluegem looking for you at Waste Terminal. What did you do?" Lucci said to Ace and Sabo.

"elder brother!"

A figure rushed towards Lucci. Lucci quickly caught it, but was still knocked to the ground by the impact.

"Brother?" Ace and Sabo stood aside and looked at them in shock.

"Ah, it hurts." Lucci rubbed his head and looked at the kid sitting on him. "Ah! Luffy, don't bump into me suddenly next time!" Lucci said to Luffy with a headache.

"Hehehe" Luffy looked at Lucci innocently.

"Ah! Luffy, why are you here? Why are you so injured?" Lucci reacted and grabbed Luffy to check him up and down.

"I'm fine, I'm fine now," Luffy said as he broke free from Lucci's hand.

"Hey, brother, I made two new friends, they are Ace and Sabo," Luffy excitedly said to Lucci while pulling Ace and Sabo.

"We are not your friends," Ace shouted at Luffy with his shark mouth.

"Hehe" Little Luffy smiled widely at Ace, and Sabo leaned beside him and looked at them with a smile.

Lucci had to break this situation and wanted to know what had happened, why Luffy was so injured, and why Bluezem was asking around about Ace and Sabo.

"Ace, what happened to Sabo? I saw Bluejami's men looking for you everywhere," Lucci asked, looking at them in confusion.

"And Luffy, don't walk away alone next time, especially in the forest, you can easily be eaten," Lucci shouted at Luffy.

"Brother, you are so fierce. And it was me who got lost." Luffy pouted and hid behind Sabo.

"You..." Lucci was about to go over and teach Luffy a lesson.

Sabo stopped Luffy and said, "Well, forget it." Ace silently moved to the other side of Luffy.

"It's like this..." Sabo and Ace told Lucci everything that happened today.

"So what are you going to do now? Bluejami's men are now everywhere at the Waste Terminal asking for your information." Lucci looked at them worriedly.

"The forest I live in is closest to them. We discussed sleeping in the place where Ace and his guardian, the bandit, live," Sabo said with a smile.

"But you can't go to the waste terminal or the town recently," Lucci nodded and added.

"What about our pirate fund?" Ace said angrily. "And we can avoid them."

"Ace, no, for safety reasons, you can't go for now. Bluejam will definitely be waiting for you there," Lucci said.

"Aesluchi is right. We should temporarily stop stockpiling pirate funds, but we can go hunting first and save the furs and sell them later."

"Okay," Ace said, crossing his arms and holding the pipe.

……

The next morning, a scream was heard from the bandits' residence...

"Boss! Boss! It's bad!"

"What's the noise so early in the morning!" a sturdy orange-haired woman shouted angrily.

"Wow! What's going on!" The bandits looked at the extra children in amazement.

"What's wrong with these injuries? They're all bandages! Especially the younger child, he doesn't look more than 5 years old." The small bandit looked at the four children sleeping soundly on the ground in shock.

"Ah! Ace! Who are these extra little ghosts?" the orange-haired woman shouted.

"Ah" Lucci sat up sleepily and looked at the person in front of him, then fell back down and continued to sleep.

"It's so noisy so early in the morning," Ace said sleepily as he sat up, then fell back down to continue sleeping.

"Why are there three more children? Who are you?"