"So you are going now?" Sabo asked Luffy as the brothers stood at the shore of the island.

Luffy nodded. "Yeah, I'll need to get to Whitebeard-ossan's ship as soon as possibile. And with Smokey still here, I don't have time to stay."

Sabo chuckled yet again at the weird nickname Luffy had given the marine captain. Then he said in a serious tone. "Are you sure you don't need my help about anything?"

Luffy tilted his head at the side in thought, before nodding. "Yes, I'm sure."

"When will I get to see you and Ace again?" He asked, a desperate tone well hidden. Luffy smiled sadly, guessing what it must be like for Sabo to put off meetinng Ace after he had just heard his brother would die.

"I'm afraid you'll have to wait till the war to meet Ace." He said apologetically. "Though maybe we can leave a meeting point at Sabaody? I'm not sure, but now that I have yours and dad's denden mushi number, it's gonna be okey. Just make sure you are close enough when the war starts."

Sabo nodded with a smile and, much to Luffy's surprise, wrapped his arms around Luffy, pulling him tightly onto his chest. Luffy gasped, his body stiff, before relaxing and huggging his brother back.

"You're not alone, Luffy." Sabo said, noticing Luffy tense again. "You're never alone, nor will you ever be."

Luffy broke the hug and nodded. Without a word, he turned around and, much to Sabo's horror, started turning red. Then his legs were clad in Haki, making Sabo take in a hitchedd breath. He did know Luffy was much much stronger than he looked, but it was kinda hard to see past the childish face.

Luffy turned sideways and with his trademark grin, he said. "Ja na!" And gone he was. As Sabo saw him fly towards the sky, he had half the mind to follow and strangle the kid for being so reckless, though he decided on just shaking his head. With a smile, he said, more to himself. "Take care Luffy. You have...become strong." And with that, Sabo started walking back to the base.

Did Luffy mention that he hated this technique? Well, if he didn't, here it is. He really hated this technique. Barely seeing anything through the wind, he saw a gigantic, brown blur fly away from under him and figured he had just passed the Reverse Mountain. After some minutes he saw at the corner of his eye a big dot on the sea and, deciding it was a ship, he streched his arm towards it.

"GOMMU GOMMU NO: PISTOL!"

Luffy grabbed the side of the mast and grinning, he said "Got it!" And rocketed himself there, in the middle of the deck.

Marco the Phoenix was having a really peaceful day. Reporting, partying, stopping drinking contests which went overboard, the usual.

That is until some idiot decided to slam himself on the deck of Moby Dick.

SMASH!

Marco narrowed his eyes at the dust around the hole in the deck. 'What kind of moron throws himself into a ship?!' He thought in incredulity. The loud sound had attracted almost all of the crew as they were standing around the hole in fighting stances.

"Marco! What's wrong, what happened?" Asked the second division commander, a very much alive Ace. Marco glanced at him from the corner of his eye, not letting his guard down.

"Someone crashed here, yoi." He said flatly, with a bit of annoyance.

"Crashed?" Asked the cross dresser, Izo with wide eyes in surprise. "Who crashes on the enemy ship, even if they meant to attack? That's the height of foolishness."

Ace blinked. "I would." He said in a confused tone. "I would crash in the enemy ship and then lit all of them on fire. It is perfectly logical." He couldn't see what they found so wrong with that.

"Well, you're not the shining example of normality, are you?" Came the sarcastic response from another commander, this time of fourth division, Thatch.

"My brother would then." Ace tried again and this time all three of them looked at him in a deadpan and kinda. 'Duh' expression.

"He's related to you, mate. Surely he's just as retarted." Thatch said as if it was obvious and Ace was an idiot for not understanding .

"Oi!"

"Shut it, they're getting up, yoi." Ordered Marco and all. Of them looked serious once again. As the stranger got up, Ace had to rub his eyes repeatedly to make sure he wasn't dreaming. His jaw dropped when he noticed dirty black hair, scar under left eye and a straw hat.

Luffy, sensing the presence of his brother, steeled himself before turning around, his face managing to perfectly fake an innocent grin. "Hi there!" He greeted and that's when Ace, now out of his shock, groaned and face palmed.

Marco recognized the brat as the newest rookie from East Blue, who had gotten a first bounty worthy of Paradise level. He glared at the young boy, whose eyes barely let Ace.

"Ah, Straw Hat Luffy, I presume?" He asked rhetorically making the other two commanders raise an eyebrow and Luffy nod furiously.

"Yep! That's me! Shishishi!"

Marco studied him then scowled. "Cocky little brat. Just because you got a high bounty that I still can't see why the marines thought it necessary, you think you can attack us the Whitebeards? You got some nerve, yoi." He hated it when wannabe pirates came to challenge his Oyaji out of pure arrogance.

"Or he could be just stupid." Suggested Thatch with a grin making Izo shake his head.

"No." Everyone turned to look at Ace, who still had his face on his palm, looking like Marco did when he was fed up with the idiocy of his brothers.

"No?" Asked someone from the crowd in confusion. Ace finally nodded and looked up. "That idiot isn't here to attack us."

"How are you so sure?"

"Because." He said simply and much to the crew's surprise went towards Luffy. Luffy, for his part, was trying really hard not to cry at the sight of his brother. He was keeping the grin and praying that Ace doesn't suspect anything. Hee tried to forget that this person would die for him and started focusing on the days they spent together.

When Ace was less than three foot away, he smacked Luffy across the head and it took all Luffy got not to dodge the fist he knew was coming due to Observation Haki.

"Itee! What was that for Ace?!" Came the angry yell. Ace scowled at him.

"For being an idiot, that's why! Fighting Don Idiot, I get it. The stupid fishman, that too. But Mihawk?! What the hell were you thinking, dueling Mihawk?! I'm surprised he let you live!"

"Technically, Zoro fought him, not me!" Luffy corrected.

"Shut up! That's not the point!"

"Meanie!"

"Crybaby."

" 'M not a crybaby! Take that back!"

"Make me!" Ace stuck his tongue out childishly and the crew stared slack jawed at the bricking pirates. Thatch pointed at them and looked at Marco, as if asking him if he saw that too. Marco just shrugged.

Unsure, Jozu asked. "Umm..Ace?" Both Ace and Luffy turned angrily at the commander. "WHAT?!" They yelled.

"Who the hell is the brat?" He blurted out causing Ace's growl to disappear as he looked hadn't introduced his brother yet, had he?

"Well, all of you, meet my little idiotic brother, Luffy." He turned at said brother. "Luffy, meet my crew mates."

"Whoa! Cool!" Luffy said looking at the WB pirates with stars in his eyes.

There was a truly magnificent silence as everyone stared, yes even Marco, wide eyed at the black haired teens. After some seconds, a loud "WHAAAAATTTT?!"was heard from the entire crew.

"That-That is your brother?" Someone asked, pointing a trembling finger at Luffy.

"Yep!" Ace said with an innocent smile.

"The idiot who just shot a hole through our deck?" Asked another and Ace rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Well, it runs in the family."

"You can say that again." Muttered the shipwright, remembering how many times he had had to fix the Moby Dick when Ace was on his 100 days murder attempts.

"The rookie who fought Mihawk?" Asked Vista with a curious face, knowing it was nothing short of a miracle that he lived if that was true.

Ace's face darkened at that while Luffy huffed. "It wasn't me, okey?" Some drew a breath of relief at that. "It was my first mate."

"Your first mate fought the greatest swordsman in the world?" Asked Izo sceptically and Luffy nodded.

"He was super cool! And he managed to make a cut in Hawky's chest!'

"He actually cut Mihawk, yoi?!" Blurted shocked Marco, despite himself. That was not normal.

There was an awed silence as Luffy nodded. They couldn't help but image Mihawk being cut. That was a sight many would kill for, as very few had managed that and lived to tell the tale.

"Umm, I think I'll go tell Oyaji about all this." Haruta said as she left to do that. Most of the crowd was going back to what they were doing which left Luffy with his brother and a few commanders.

"So, where am I again?" Luffy asked with a frown, making Ace face palm. Marco was starting to think that maybe this boy was stupider than his brother. He had told the brat himself they were the Whitebeards when he had just 'arrived'.

"We are on Moby Dick, the ship of Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world." Explained Ace patiently while Luffy stared at him.

"You joined a crew?" Luffy asked Ace, seemingly out of blue and Ace tensed, which didn't go unnoticed by the men there, each wondering why, before Ace nodded.

Luffy laughed. "Man, where's the person who convinced Ace to join this place? He's just earned my respect." He said jokingly while Ace did the mature thing and smacked him again.

Using his annoying-brothers-sense, Marco sensed an argument starting and quickly asked. "So, Luffy, how exactly did you come here?"

Luffy paused, before answering. "I rocketed myself here." He dead panned.

"You actually crashed here willingly?" Asked Izo and Ace shot him a 'told you so' look.

"I was right, this boy is just as retarted as Ace." Thatch half whispered seemingly in shock. Ace glared at him before asking Luffy.

"I know I'm going to regret asking but did you rocket yourself from your ship and here?"

Luffy shook his head. "No, I rocketed from Lougtown."

"But why?" Emphasized Vista with a look of confusement.

"There was this marine named Smokey, who kept chasing after me, so I rocketed myself away from there."

"But you could have fallen in the ocean or some marine base for all you knew, yoi!" Said Marco thinking this brat may be completely brainless after all. He vaguely noticed Ace banging his head at the mast,

"I could." Luffy admitted. "But that's the fun part of it! And look where I ended up! And-Woah! Is that a dog?! So COOL! Does he stay here all the time? Wait, if he does, where does he poop?"

"Well, I'll be damned." Thatch said slapping his forehead. "Was I wrong! This guy is way more retarted than Ace!"

Ace just banged his head at the mast.

A/N: So sorry for the short chapter! I'll try to do better next time, I swear! Hey, btw do you guys mind if I. Kinda skip it till Drum? Because, face it, it will be boring as hell. I'll try to think of something funny to make it more interesting. And, please review more at my Ace and Luffy on Moby Dick story! I need motivation to start the next chapter! Oh, and I thought making questions would be a fun idea.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS: IF YOU COULD CHANGE SOMETHING IN ONE PIECE WHAT WOULD IT BE?