She stood in front of the gravestone. It was much smaller than she remembered it. The stone was slanted and dull. There were no words, but she knew who was buried here. If it wasn't for her, the person wouldn't even be buried here.

"I left that place... I broke our promise."

'You had other promises you could break, though.'

"I know. I will achieve the other ones, but that one. It's too late. They will never yet me back in."

'Because you chose to not go through it.'

"To have a life of boredom? I was only there as a replacement...for you." The other voice wasn't there. It was an ever looping debate she had. Ever since she chose to follow her dream instead of this promise. She knew that he would never utter such harsh words, but her mind played tricks on her. The other voice wouldn't said these things.

'Whose fault is that?'

"...Mine. I'm sorry. You were never meant to follow me. Why didn't you just let me fall? You could have been the best marine that Garp wanted. He was left with just me."

The moonlight shined on the ground. Leaves under her feet cracked as she stumbled against the fallen trees. The grass started disappearing as rock took place. She came to a halt. A rushing river in front of her. One foot in would mean death. She looked upstream for a way across. There was a fallen tree- a bridge to the other side. She smiled.

The little girl hurried over to the dead tree. The underside of it was wet and it's bark was missing. The rest of it was unstable with cracks in it's side and uneven surface. The girl smiled as she found a way across. She placed her feet on the bark, which broke off. Her tongue stuck out behind her lips. The girl pulled her other foot up and rested it infront of her first foot until she was steadied.

She was determine to get across; to find the secret base. But her next step was too close to the edge. She tilted and hurried to get steadied, but this failed. She ended up falling in the freezing water. Her hands went above, scrambling for air. "Help!" she called out as water entered her mouth.

The water pulled her closer to the cliff.

She tried finding a place to handle on, but no prevail. Waterfall was up ahead- rocks located right under it. She knew this exactly because that was their path for hunting. "HELP!" she screamed once more. A shadow shifted in the treeline, and quickly a boy appeared. He grunted and ran to the stream. "Luf!" he yelled. He got to the side and reached out to pull her, but she wasn't close enough.

The black haired boy grunted. "Fuck," he uttered under his breath. He could only think of one thing.

Splash.

The black haired girl was pushed out of the water. But it was too late.

The water pushed. He fell.

The voice echoed once more, 'I had to protect you.'

"You didn't have to. Look what happened. You are lying in the ground, while I'm here."

'Did anyone ever say you had to fulfill my promises? The one made between the Old Man and me? He never asked for you as a replacement.'

"I was just following you. If that didn't happen, you would have been the greatest marine that Garp wanted..."

'Just you doubting yourself leaves me with unrest, Luf. Follow your own dreams instead of finishing others.'

The voice was inside of her head. She wanted it to be angry with her, just like she was angry with herself. But she could only make herself sad with this debate that only ended with her pitying herself. She was the one who took up the burdens, the promises. He didn't want that, but she did it anyways.

'Lu, you are my sister, I could never ask any more of you.'

"I miss you, Ace." She bowed her head in front of the gravestone. For once, the eternal debate came to a compromise. Maybe coming to her home island was a good idea; even though she hasn't returned since that fateful day. Maybe this was peace. Freedom she always wanted.

"Luffy! The ship's loaded!"

"Give her some time. She probably hasn't been home in years."

She grinned, "It's okay! I just have one more stop!" She turned back to the gravestone. "Watch over me," she smiled softly and left. A bottle of sake and a lone cup sat in front of the gravestone.

Now she had one more promise to fulfill before entering the Grand Line. 'See you soon, Coby.'

The End

Okay, this story was more like a first draft (I wanted to write a larger story with Fem!LuffyxCoby and this short thing came to mind). Sorry for my mistakes; and hopefully this answered all of your answers! Thanks for all of the support, Ami-tanxxx, konan248, EpicAsianOrangeTiger26, Son of Whitebeard, iiILurvePancakesii, and those who followed!