Summary: 2 weeks after Sabo's memories returned, he went to visit Ace's grave. Just before he was about to leave, he heard a voice from behind him say, "Damnit Sabo, no wonder I couldn't find you in the other world." Ghost!Ace

During Timeskip. Two weeks after Marineford War. May Contain Spoilers

You know, I hate to do this but as for this one I can't help it. I have a story that I started but for some reason I couldn't write it. No matter how much I think. It'll be up for adoption. Go look for "OP The Adventures of the Straw Hat Children" It's been two years and only a 200 word prologue was written. Message me! For now, I hope you enjoy this one!

Rewrite! 8/23/15 Ok I just watched Episode of Sabo and decided to rewrite some parts into this. Well, rewrote and added some more emotional parts to start off this fanfic. Since I wrote this all in one night, I didn't really think it all through until I read it all again. Some parts didn't make sense like how Baltigo and the island with Ace's grave was so close that you can go back to get breakfast. Also I rewrote some more interaction between Sabo and Ace because I believe it to be rather unrealistic. So I hope you enjoy.

"Dragon-san! Sabo's back!" shouted one of the revolutionaries. Dragon was at his usual spot on the balcony again seeing Sabo from below on his horse returning from a small mission he assigned him to do. He turned around at went back inside the base.

The doors opened as Sabo and Koala entered the main office.

"Sabo, Koala how did it go?" asked Dragon.

"It was another cover-up from the Marines as usual. The money loss was caused by a Marine Captain named… Dohachiro Nezu, using it for his luxury. What happened, we already know." Sabo said as he gave a folder to Dragon who took it gratefully.

"With Admiral Aokiji soon to be Fleet Admiral, I doubt this Nezu guy would last though." Koala added.

"Actually Koala-chan, Akainu was also nominated for the position as Fleet Admiral." said one of the revolutionaries. Koala gave a worried glance towards Sabo. His head lowered, hiding his eyes from view. "Sabo-kun…"

"Hm. That should be all for today." Dragon turned and walked into what seemed to be his office.

"I'm gonna go stay in the wind." Sabo said as he walked outside to the balcony followed by Hack, a Fishman and Koala.

"How are you feeling, Sabo-kun?" Koala asked as she took a place to Sabo's right side.

"So and so I guess." Sabo replied as he leaned his arms onto the stone of the balcony.

"…To remember recently after so many years, I'm surprised that you only feel so and so after 2 weeks. I don't even think anyone would even go on missions after all that." Hack followed.

"Well, I still have my responsibilities as second-in-command."

"And sneaking into the kitchen to get 'midnight snacks' isn't one of them by the way." Koala said humourously. Sabo laughed a bit, "But still… You haven't visited his grave yet. I think he'd really be happy if he knew that you were alive." Koala added.

"But… It's been two weeks."

"It's been 10 years and two weeks. What difference would it make? Besides, you would've gone immediately if we hadn't had that mission; most of the time was spent on travelling!" She turned to face directly at Sabo, her hands on her hips, "You will go! Tomorrow morning in fact. I'll go tell Dragon-san you need a break. If it's about Ace-san, then I'm sure he'll understand. Ace-san did watch over his son."

Koala skipped back inside. Before Sabo could stop her, Hack put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head. It was futile. Sabo sighed; it was about time he apologized to Ace.

3 days later...

Ace floated over Luffy as he fought a giant gorilla on Rusukaina Island. A blindfold covered Luffy's eyes as he continued to receive blows and throw punches that barely hit the gorilla. As he trained, Ace kept saying words of encouragement and tips on how to use Observation Haki. Obviously, he couldn't hear his big brother as he got a really hard punch from the gorilla.

"Ouch…" Luffy said as he struggled slightly to stand up. "Damn, I can't get this Observation Haki right. Rayleigh's still asleep so I can't ask for tips either."

Ace sighed. He could easily finish off this gorilla. He floated over to the gorilla and gave a kick on its head which unfortunately but not unexpectedly passed through. However, it did have an effect. The gorilla shivered ever so slightly. An eyebrow rose. Then a familiar feeling came over Ace. After 2 weeks, he realized that it was some sort of notice that says that you have an offering. Fortunately for him, he could touch the offerings and interact with them. However, no one had the thought to give him food. Being dead and all, he was never hungry, but he missed the taste of food in his mouth.

'Ace…' He heard a voice say. He didn't know who it belonged to but it felt familiar for some reason. Whenever anyone talked to him, he seemed to hear what they were saying wherever Ace was in the world. Ace kept his ears open as he approached Luffy.

"Wait here Luffy." He said even though he knew Luffy wasn't going anywhere.

Ace floated away.

Sabo stood in front of Ace's grave which was beside Whitebeard's. He had put down a newspaper of Luffy's return at Marineford to ring the Ox Bell, which Sabo speculated a message to his crewmates, a sake bottle and 3 cups filled with sake.

"Ace… It's me Sabo… Sorry that I had to show my face now, after all this time." Sabo said, "I've become a revolutionary, not a pirate but nevertheless I've come to love the work I do. My friend and colleague, Ivankov… told me about the war in full detail. About how Akainu aimed at Luffy and you took the hit for him. You're such a cool older brother, taking that hit for Luffy."

A breeze flew by as he continued, "After that 'incident,' I was picked up by the revolutionaries and when I came to, I lost my memories even my name. All I knew was that I never wanted to go back to my parents. I wish I could've remembered and shown myself sooner but it was too late. I only remembered after I saw that paper saying that you died. If only I had remembered sooner, could you have been saved? Would you still be alive today? I bet you guys are mad at me. Luffy would have both his brothers if only I remembered sooner. I-I wish I could've seen your face when you were still alive too. For all of that, I'm sorry." He said as tears stained his face, "But don't worry, this time, I'll be the one to watch over our little bro."

He faced the grave with determination fierce in his eyes. The grip on his pipe tightened as he smiled slightly. Sabo put the pipe back onto the strap on his back.

"Damnit Sabo, no wonder I couldn't find you in the other world. You were still alive you bastard." A voice said. Sabo looked around and saw that no one was there.

"Who's there?" He asked but the voice continued on, not hearing him, "Though I'm grateful that I don't have to worry about Luffy and his stupid antics, you leaving early before turning 17 like we all said we would was uncalled for. Look what happened! You should be grateful that you and your stupid ass didn't die."

Sabo didn't move from where he stood as he instead listened, "We missed you…" The voice said gently. Sabo was taken aback but then shook his head.

"I must be hallucinating or something."

"Hmph… This guy didn't even offer me any food." The voice seemed to whine, "Jerk."

A foot somehow appeared in front of Sabo as if someone kicked him from behind but instead it went through his stomach.

"Gyaaah!" He fell down as he turned around. His eyes widened. There was Ace who now stood on the ground still in his kicking pose. Ace's eyes seemed to be just as wide as Sabo's.

"Ace…?"

"Eh?... O-oi, you can see me?" Sabo nodded weakly. Ace put his leg down and jumped into the air, floating onto a sitting position. He floated over to Sabo and bought his face close to his.

"Naah… That can't be right. I'm a ghost." Ace said as stared straight at his brother. Sabo then raised his hand and placed through Ace's face.

"Wah! What the… That was rude!" He shouted as he backed away.

"Eh… Eh?!" Sabo said as he stared at his hand as if it was some foreign object. It felt cold even though the day was so hot.

"Oi, Sabo you didn't have to do that to check you know!"

"Ace…" Sabo whispered as he stared at the ghost in front of him, tears then started to fall again from his eyes, "Ace!"

"Oh, oi… I wasn't that mad. I mean, I don't mind it at all when things pass thr-" Ace said.

"No..." Sabo interrupted, "No it's not that. I'm just happy I got to see you again, even though you're a ghost."

Ace sighed in relief, "Well, I'm glad you're not dead." He grinned. Silence momentarily enveloped around them.

"Sabo..." Ace said, catching Sabo's attention. "You know it just makes me feel so relieved that Luffy still has another brother to take care of him."

"I'm relieved that both of you didn't die in that war. If that happened, I would've been all alone." Sabo said, still his tears flowing. "I'm so sorry, Ace."

Ace's eyes lowered.

Sabo hiccupped, "You know, being a revolutionary, you have to know the latest events. And I'm sure you know that the top leader of the revolutionaries is Dragon, also Luffy's dad." Ace nodded. He watched Sabo as his knees gave in with his hands outward, staring at them solemnly.

"He usually assigns me the task to gather information about the Straw Hat Pirates also the top headlines which you seem to star in almost every time. But it was too late… I remembered who my best friend and brother was until after he died! I've been keeping track of the Straw Hat Pirates but I didn't realize that this Straw Hat Luffy who keeps doing the most unbelievable things was my little brother! What else, he thinks that both of his brothers are dead! If I hadn't gotten my memories back, he would still be alone!" Sabo shouted as he clenched his fists in anger.

"And if you were there at the war? And… What if you died? Again?" Ace said quietly, raising his eyes to meet his.

"I…" The words failed to form in Sabo's throat.

"All of this frustration you're feeling. I've felt it too! What did you think Luffy and I thought when we heard from Dogra that you died?!" Ace said. The two of them just looked at each other for a long time before both of them spoke of similar thoughts. "If only…"

"I wasn't/we weren't…"

"… so stupid back then then you probably wouldn't have died."

Ace sighed, "Didn't we say that we would a life without regrets? But it's almost impossible when you've lost someone dear to you. Luffy… He's been dreaming about us when we were kids for the past two weeks. He's dealing with it far worse than we are right now. All of these regrets, it's no use dwelling on it. " Ace let a few tears fall as he 'hugged' the blonde. Feeling nothing but coldness, Sabo cried harder as he awkwardly tried to return the hug.

"I can't feel a thing…" Sabo stated. His brother chuckled as he pulled away.

"That's because I'm a ghost duh!" Ace joked. Both of them laughed as they quickly wiped their tears away.

"Yeah…" Sabo weakly agreed. He was still dead.

Ace looked at him for a moment and sighed, reading his thoughts. "I'm right here, Sabo. Sure I'm dead but I can see you, you can see me. It's like I never died!"

"This could be a dream or even a miracle. Who knows how long it will last. And maybe we'll lose you again." Sabo said.

"Tch…" Sabo turned to him and tilted his head questioningly, "Do you have to see me and touch me to know I'm right here? I feel like it's going to be like this for a while. But until the time comes when this miracle ends, I'll make sure that it'll be the time when you don't ever have to rely on your senses to know that I'm right here!"

Sabo blinked a few times before snorting, "Cheesy." And he started laughing with a very soft smile.

"Shut up Sabo! It's because of you that I said this!" Ace blushed.

"Hehe, even when you're a little bit transparent I can tell you're blushing Ace…" He teased. After a glare from his brother, he laughed again as he stood up, "Alright, alright I'll stop."

Ace sighed, "Let's just pretend that I didn't die."

"Yeah, that'd be hard when you've got that." Sabo pointed at Ace's chest and when he looked down, he was surprised what was there, or more like, what wasn't there. His chest had a large hole that you could see through. "Oh… This must be because of Akainu. Now that you mention it, I'm wearing the same clothes that I had when I died."

"How could you not notice that?"

"I'm a ghost and you can't really see yourself in the mirror." Sabo could've sworn that it was vampires that can't see themselves in the mirror but instead supposed that it also applies to ghosts.

"I've read in books that dead people who still dwell in the living world haven't really found peace and regret something. You couldn't find peace here?"

"Not anymore now that you're here. But actually, more like it's the opposite. I couldn't find peace in the other world." He looked at his grave as his hands went behind his head. Sabo looked at him, questioningly.

"Roger."

"Oh... You met him?" Sabo said.

"Saw him; with Mom and my old man drinking sake." He shifted his gaze to Whitebeard's grave beside his, "I didn't know what to say. Roger called out to me but I turned the other way… Also don't forget the fact that you weren't there. Don't worry, I won't hold it against you. Why would I get mad at you for not dying?"

Sabo chuckled. "So what are you going to do? Stay here?"

"Well, I could go back if I wanted to since there's this portal that us ghosts can use. You should see how much dead people are around. They're either watching over loved ones or cursing, or just doing plain pranks. But you know, there's a lot more people who prefer to watch over from the other world. I don't get it." He shrugged his shoulders. "Apparently we all have to go back in every month at least once or else we'll start to disappear along with our existence. That means, everything that relates to me will be erased: memories, photographs, all those stuff! I don't plan on erasing my existence but I'll stay here as much as I can. Besides, I'm trying to help Luffy train. Keyword: trying." He said.

"Hm… This still doesn't explain why I can see you."

"Not to mention, only me. There are others here too. Although, we all just ignore each other unless we know the person." Ace turned around and saw an old man sitting by a tree watching the waves hit the rock below him. A burnt dog wagged its tail as a child wearing a patient's dress tried to catch him.

"There's more? Hm…" He looked around, "I don't see them... Hey, Ace, what's it like? The other world," Sabo asked.

"It's a gigantic city on a gigantic ship on top of a gigantic ocean." Ace answered bluntly. Sabo sweat dropped at his answer, "I-I see…"

They stood there in silence. Sabo's stomach then growled.

"Ah… Ahaha! I forgot I haven't eaten breakfast yet." Sabo sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. He turned to Ace who was seemingly pouting.

"What do you have for breakfast?" He said.

"Hm? Err… I have some meat and a cup of ramen." Sabo smiled at the thought. A hand appeared through the front of his chest and he shivered. He felt like his heart had stopped.

"Gya!"

"Mind giving me an offering of meat?" Ace said threateningly as he pulled his hand back.

"What?" Sabo held his chest, relieved to know that his heart was still beating.

"I can't interact with objects unless they're an offering or a dedication. I'm craving for some meat." As demonstration, he picked up a sake cup and drank it. Tossing it up in the air, he caught it and put it back down on the crate where it was sitting on previously. Ace lowered his hand over Sabo's shoulder and he felt goosebumps forming.

"Stop that!" He tried to swat his hand away but it just passed through him. Sabo then rubbed his cold hand. "Tch."

Ace laughed.

"Alright, I'll offer you some food." Sabo said.

"Oh? You have it in your boat?" Ace said as he jumped to float again.

"Yeah." Sabo said as he started walking back down to the boat. Ace lied down on his back while being afloat. He followed Sabo as he started picking his nose.

"I should probably check on Luffy first. You could go visit, he's currently in Rusukaina."

"Rusukaina? Isn't that the island in the Calm Belt?"

"Yup, that's the one. Near Amazon Lily." Ace then sat up again as he watched Sabo board his boat.

"I would love to but that's far from where I am now, in Baltigo."

"Right, you're in the Revolutionary Army. I almost forgot. What's your rank? It sounded like you were one of the top officers judging from our conversation. I expect you to be in the high top 10s." Ace said with a smirk on his face which Sabo returned.

"Second-in-command. Not too different from what you do." Ace whistled before he smiled.

"You still should come visit Luffy, he'd be really happy to see you." Ace said.

"I would but I'm training someone once I get back. It takes about 3 days to get from Baltigo to here and even more so from Baltigo to Rusukaina." Sabo replied.

"Oh really? Who? Do I know that person?"

"If you met all of his crewmates yeah sure; she's one of Luffy's friends. Nico Robin."

"'Demon Child' Nico Robin right? I've heard of her. It's funny how things work out… I'm guessing you won't be coming much then." Ace said almost disappointed.

"Yeah. But I'll still visit you here. Besides, you can come to Baltigo too." Sabo untied the ropes that held the boat in place, "Do you know the way to Baltigo? Not a lot of people do."

"Well, I've been there once. Stayed for like a day before I left. I never knew it was that that was the Revolutionary's Base until after I came back to the Moby Dick and heard it from the old man. I'll come find your ship once I'm done back in Rusukaina. It shouldn't take too long." Ace then started floating.

"Alright, just don't hope for much because remember, I'm at sea for 3 days." Sabo said. Ace narrowed his eyes at a bag right behind him.

"Really now, that sack of food looks way more than for 3 days."

"It's for emergency! Geez!"

"Whatever you say, see ya later."

"Yup, see ya."

When Ace returned, he saw a submarine on the shore with a sign of the Heart Pirates. His eyebrows furrowed as he floated down where there was man who Ace identified as Trafalgar Law talking to Silvers Rayleigh. Luffy was right beside Rayleigh sleeping despite his bad condition. Ace floated closer and listened into their conversation.

"Luffy seemed to have overexerted himself too much that it opened his wounds." Rayleigh said. Law sighed.

"I was planning to check up on him since those wounds should've been healed by now but…" Law turned to the sleeping Luffy, "I'll get to it as soon as I can. Has he eaten yet?"

"In his sleep yes." Rayleigh said. Law continued to stare blankly at Luffy but Ace could tell that he was little taken aback by his 'skill.'

Ace turned to Luffy and there he saw another ghost sitting on a log and watching Luffy as he smoked. He looked a little bit like Doflamingo. But instead, he wore a black feather mantle that covered the back of his white shirt with pink hearts, his white pants, and mismatched shoes. A toque covered most of his blonde hair. He also wore makeup over his eyes and mouth. The Doflamingo look-a-like noticed Ace's stare and smiled at him before he gave a peace sign.

Ace felt no ill intent from the man. He waved back in acknowledgement as he went to the ground and walked over, settling onto the seat next to him.

"Little brother right?" He said as he pointed at Luffy.

"Yeah." Ace said as he chuckled at Luffy's drooling face.

"Mine too." He pointed at Law who was still talking to Rayleigh. Ace hummed in response. Silence wrapped around them for a little while before the ghost broke it.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet Fire Fist Ace…" He said whose eyes still didn't turn away from Law.

"And you are…?" The ghost turned to him and smiled.

"Donquixote Rosinante, but you can call me Corazon if you'd like." Ace tensed slightly but then he noticed what his smoke was doing to his clothes.

"Oi, your mantle's on fire."

END!

Well I hope you enjoyed the new rewrite. I apologize for those who have already read this chapter but I recommend you reread it because it changes the course of the next chapter which I will put up sometime later.