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Author's note: Yo! Greetings One Piece Fans of all ages. *Takes off hat and bows* I am you humble writer Hotspot the 626th bringing another intriguing fanfic to this site. Wrap your mind around this idea. What if Sabo hadn't died and immediately returned to Ace and Luffy to continue training to be pirates? What if they formed a crew together, after separating and searching for three years after Ace left? Well, you get…

One Piece: ASL Pirates

History Changing

Formation of the Ultimate Crew Begins!

"They Fired On The Fishing Boat!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, in shock, as everyone watched the scene before them unfold. The townspeople of the Goa city were gathered at the harbor welcoming a special guest, a Celestial Dragon. The whole city had gone all out to prepare and welcome this most important guest; they even got rid of their trash that had once collected outside the city walls. While all in the city saw it as cleansing the city, one lone occupant could not sit still at the city's atrocious actions.

Sabo, a son of a noble, had enough of the city's selfishness and corruption. Having been separated by his brothers, Ace and Luffy, while exploring in the Grey Terminal by his stuck-up father, Sabo was forced to go back to the life he loathed so much. When he caught wind of the nobles plan, he tried everything to stop it from harming the people in the Grey Terminal and his brothers. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do until he met a hooded man willing to listen.

While he never found out if anyone in the Grey Terminal had survived or not, he made his decision. He would leave; leave this awful city way before he would ever turn seventeen, as the next year after he would become a true noble. Unfortunately, he picked a terrible time to leave. After stealing a boat, Sabo trailed to sail out and finally become free. At the same time, the huge ship of the Celestial Dragon sailed into the harbor and seeing the boy's ship with a pirate flag was immediately shot.

Everyone on the shore was horrified by the sight, none more than a bandit Dogra, who had come down from the mountain in search of his leader and Ace. As he stood at the front of the crowd looking out to the sea, he gasped as he shouted out in horror. "Sabo!"

"Is the kid all right!?"

"He angered the Celestial Dragon!"

Out in the harbor, Sabo was trying to save his ship from the fires caused by the Celestial Dragon. He used his coat to try and put out the fire as he panted. "Damn it! My boat's one fire! Why'd they fire…?"

Meanwhile on the huge ship, a man holding a huge smoking gun and hearing a bubble over his head along with a full body white suit as he looked down from the railing. He looked at the burning boat with an unsympathetic gaze as he readied another shot. At this point, a more sympathetic man in a black suit, probably one of the man's hired help, tried to explain the situation calmly to him. "Saint Jalmack, there is a child onboard!"

"If they're flying a pirate flag, they're pirates, no matter who they are." Saint Jalmack, one of the Celestial Dragons, spoke to the man with authority. Though he didn't even need to justify his actions to anyone, being the corrupt bastard many nobles are, he gave the man a very logic answer. "And besides…A Commoner Cut In Front Of My Ship!"

And of course, he still made the situation about him. No one on the ship said anything else as the corrupt noble took aim once again. Not noticing his attacker, Sabo's attempts to put out the fire were futile as the fire spread rapidly. He took a look back up to the huge ship and saw his attacker once again aiming the gun at him. As the noble fired, time seemed to standstill for Sabo as he froze seeing the Celestial Dragon's attack hurdled towards him. As reach closed in on the young boy, he closed his eyes as he silently screamed out.

'No…! It can't end like this! Someone help me!'

The small fishing boat exploded as the attack destroyed the rest of the ship. As the fire proceeded to destroy the rest of the ship, Sabo's flag – a black flag with crossbones behind an S – was burnt with it. The world noble smirked, feeling accomplished having believed he had righted a wrong to himself. Back on the docks, the crowd was speechless as to the sudden attack on a small fishing vessel. However, behind the common folk the nobles of Goa were being the stuck up bastards they were.

"Hey, what's with that boat!?"

"What do they mean upsetting the Celestial Dragon during such an important ceremony!?"

"Hurry up and get the wreckage out of the way!"

As the nobles barked their orders to the lower classes, those in the very front were still speechless and unmoving as they stared at the wreckage. One in particular, Dogra, was staring intensely at the wreckage searching for Sabo, hoping he had survived. But through the sinking and burning wreckage, he could see any sign of the young blonde boy. Dogra immediately realized the worst and stepped back through the crowd effortlessly. Sabo…was dead…

Or was he?

Far behind the crowd and nobles, a man wearing a green cloak appeared in an alley having entered with the gust. He looked out to the crowd being extra careful that he hadn't been seen entering…or his act. Seeing he was clear, pulled his green cloak revealing in his other arm… "Are you alright, child?"

"Y-Yeah…"

"Good…" Sabo spoke up almost speechless as he hanged under the man's arm. The man then gently lowered the boy done on the ground standing. He then stepped back, giving the boy some space, but waited as the boy seemed to be in a daze. Finally, Sabo moved, turning around to look back towards the harbor.

His eyes widen as he saw the smoke of his ship behind the large ship that had attacked him. In his head, he realized that he would've been killed before he would ever leave the harbor. He would have never seen his brothers again. Sabo then turned back towards the mysterious man, strangely waiting for him, and got a better look at the man. Immediately, he recognized him. "You…You're from last night…"

"Yes."

"Are-"

"The people of Grey Terminal are safe…" Sabo smiled and gave a sigh in relief. He recalled from last night, he had just randomly confessed a man – this man – about hating being a noble and how 'this kingdom stinks worse than garbage'. It seemed that this man had answered his prayers, and he was thankful for that. He even saved his life, but why?

"Hey, why did you-"

"You're brothers miss you." Sabo was interrupted by the man as he spoke about Sabo's brothers. The boy stared surprised at the man wondering how he knew about Ace and Luffy. Seeing the child's reaction, the man smiled as he crouched down and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. The man then spoke calmly to the boy. "Losing your brother is a terrible experience, especially to a younger brother."

Once again, Sabo was surprised by the man's statement. Images of his brothers flashed through his head, all the hunting, playing, and fun they had over the many years he had met Ace and months with Luffy. As the man stood up, he kept his gaze on the boy as he looked to be deep in thought. Eventually, the boy looked up, smiling towards the man as he gave him his gratitude.

"Thank you." And with that, Sabo ran off heading towards the edge of Goa to finally escape this horrible city. The man watched, with much pride, as the boy was now escaping this putrid city and all its corruption. But even more, he was happy for someone in particular.

"Take care of my son…only his destiny knows what's in store for him and those around him." Once he had spoken, he then disappeared with the wind. Only time will tell who that man was, but his place in history is as grand as his son's will be.

"Ace!"

"Boss!" Far from the city, up on Mt Colubo, the Dadan Family and Luffy were all surprised to see Ace carrying a heavily injured Dadan on his back up to the front of the Dadan Family's base. Both child and adult were panting heavily as Ace continued to walk towards the shack.

"Thank Goodness!"

"You're Safe!" Immedaitely, Magra, Luffy, and the other bandits went out to meet the two as well as relieve Ace of his burden. As the men took Dadan inside, Ace followed along until Luffy suddenly jumped on his crying out his name. Ace couldn't even put a shirt on.

"Ace~!"

"Luffy…" Ace spoke, remaining calm and unmoving despite Luffy clinging onto him. As Luffy slumped to the ground, his hands around Ace's waist, he looked up to his brother with tears flowing through his eyes. Ace then continued on to speak. "Did you think I'd die?"

"Well…!"

"What're you crying for!? Don't kill me off, idiot!" Ace immediately bopped Luffy's to get him off. He yelled at his little brother, feeling that his little brother didn't have any faith in him. The bandits just laughed at the scene, seeing the brothers just as lively as ever. As everything began to settle, Luffy was asked to leave while everyone else talked about what happened.

Ace had told them what had occurred after the bandits had left him and Dadan deal with Bluejam, how the two survived the raging fire, and what they did after. The bandits were impressed by the boy's actions as well as their leaders surprising act of courage. As she was being properly taken care of, Dadan spoke to Ace asking why he didn't run like they, the bandits, had planned. Ace explained, in his own way, that he couldn't just leave knowing Luffy was behind him. Him saying that, it reminded Dadan of a question she had once asked Garp long ago about the boy's father. Even if Ace didn't like to say it, Dadan knew that he and father had more in common than Ace would like to admit.

"What happened to your friend, Sabo?" Magra spoke up as everything else was said and done. Ace looked over to the man, giving off a very calm expression, as he spoke with much certainty.

"He got taken by that bastard father of his…. He's probably safe in the town and-"

"Sabo!" Everyone in the shack heard Luffy's shout and immediately turned towards the door looking surprised. Outside, Luffy, having been playing with some bugs, was standing up and smiling as he saw his other brother walking out of the forest. As he stepped out of the forest, Sabo waved to Luffy smiling back.

"Hey Luffy, been well." Sabo replied back to Luffy, acting oddly casual, as he gave him a wave. Hearing Luffy's voice, the bandits and Ace ran outside, but stopped right at the door way as they I tried to see at once. Though caught in the doorway, they all could see plainly that Sabo was hear and next to Luffy.

"Sabo!" Being smaller, Ace was able to escape the barricade and race to Luffy and Sabo. Hearing his name, Sabo looked away from Luffy and saw Ace running right towards them. Again, Sabo smiled and waved to his brother.

"Hey Ace, I'm glad your oka-oof!" While Sabo spoke, Ace suddenly sent his fist straight into Sabo's face halting him from speaking. Luffy gasped surprised as he watch Sabo fall back. The boy spoke his pain and rubbed his check while Ace stood over Sabo angry.

"What the hell was that!? Leaving us an' all!"

"I didn't want to lose you guys! My father was gonna have Bluejam kill you both!"

"So?! He was just gonna try to kill us anyway!"

"I'm glad you're back Sabo!"

"Shut Up Luffy!" Both brothers shouted at Luffy as he entered conversation. Luffy flinched back almost scared to even try to speak again. The two then continued to agree with each other. At this time, Dogra came staggering into view still stunned from the scene he had seen earlier. He wondered how he was going to tell everyone that Sabo was dead, until he looked up.

"Ahh! Sabo~!"

"Huh? Oh! Hi Dogra."

"A Ghost!"

"Eh?!" Once Dogra had settled down, they all went back inside. Dogra had told everyone that he though Sabo had been killed by the Celestial Dragon, thus the reason why he freaked out. Sabo had then explained what had happened after he had been taken away by his father. How he tried to warn the people living in Grey Terminal, how he tried to escape out to sea only to be attacked by some huge ship, and how he was saved by a man he once asked help from. Everyone was amazed by Sabo's tale, all except Ace who was simply furious.

"Wow, what a nice guy." That was what Luffy said about the whole situation as well as giving his usual grin. Sabo agreed with Luffy's statement, though it didn't seem like it made Ace any better.

"And now, because everyone thinks I died… I'm free." Ace and Luffy looked over to Sabo as they heard their brother speak up. Everyone in the shack went silent as they all looked over at Sabo. The boy seemed to almost be in tears, but not of sadness of sorrow. "Well…not yet, but I'm freer than I have ever been."

"Though I doubt you can go into town again, Sabo." Magra spoke up, pointing out the obvious. Ace and Luffy looked worried, but when they looked at Sabo, he was wearing a small smile as he nodded.

"Hmm-mm, but it's worth it."

"We can always hunt for what we need." Luffy immediately spoke up smiling suggesting with their usual fallback of hunting. Sabo laughed agreeing with Luffy. Ace then spoke up, though speaking rather sternly.

"Well, we lost all the treasure in Midway Forest. So in the end, we can't use it."

"What?! You had treasure!"

"Boss, calm down!"

"Oh well, it doesn't matter." Everyone looked back at Sabo as he stood up, his tone sounding confident. Ace and Luffy were especially interested as Sabo seem to have some kind of idea or plan in mind. Having paused enough, Sabo spoke again sounding like he was a free man. "Even without the treasure, I still want to be a great pirate!"

"Yeah!" Luffy soon spoke up getting excited and jumping up. Now standing up, Luffy followed up behind Sabo. "And I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"

"No crybaby's gonna be Pirate King." Ace soon spoke being the usual downer of Luffy's dreams, but this time he was smiling. Sabo and Luffy looked back to Ace as they noticed that he was in a lighter mood than he normally is. The freckled kid then stood up and spoke as well. "I'll probably be Pirate King."

"No way!"

"I think Luffy can be Pirate King."

"Sabo, you're so nice~." Luffy spoke sounding to be in bliss. He then looked over Ace, his blissful expression now changed to puckered and not contented. With this expression, he spoke in unhappy manner. "Unlike Ace."

"I bet you wished it was me that disappear instead of Sabo!"

"Maybe."

"You liar!"

"Hey, I got an idea!" Ace and Luffy stopped arguing as they both heard Sabo speak again. They both looked at him confused while Sabo simply grinned. The blonde boy then spoke. "Let's start a crew together."

"Eh?!"

"Yeah, we can make a crew and be co-captains."

"Really?"

"Is that possible, boss?" Dogra quietly spoke to Dadan, who was still resting on floor and listening in. She wore a stern expression as she took in the information she had heard from Sabo.

"I don't know…" Dogra and Magra looked at their leader wondering if she had some sort of idea. However they were shocked to see their leader's eyes following with tears even though she wore her stern expression. "But Garp is gonna kill us~."

"Eh?!"

"You know, maybe we should form a crew together." Back with the kids, Ace spoke happily agreeing with Sabo's idea. Luffy just grinned as he nodded already liking the idea.

"Yeah, yeah! It'll be the best crew ever!"

"Can't argue with that!"

"Then let's make a promise." Sabo and Luffy look over to Ace as he stuck his hand out. "Let's promise that we'll make an awesome crew together."

"Yeah, together." Sabo soon followed Ace's lead and stuck his hand right on top of Ace sending his brother a smile. Luffy was next to follow as he laid his hand on top of Sabo's hand.

"And then, I'll be King of the Pirates!" Ace sighed hearing Luffy's exclamation once again while Sabo simply laughed along with Luffy. On this day, Ace, Sabo, and Monkey D. Luffy made a pact; a pact that would change history, the very fate of this world. Whether it is for the better or worse, only time will tell, but no matter the circumstances; it's going to be an adventure!

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's note:

Yo! One last thing before you all review! I need you, yes you, to help me with an important matter that will come from this story!

Ace and Sabo's crew! You heard me; I need your OC suggestions to help give Ace and Sabo a crew of their own. I need about eight OCs, to be divided among Ace and Sabo. And here's how you start!

Name: (Last, First) Last name not necessary.

Gender: Male or Female….Okama is okay too!

Species: Any of the known species that exist, but giants maybe tricky without a Devil Fruit to shrink its size.

Description: Be creative

Crew (Ace & Sabo) & Position: I'm allowing you to pick, but if too many people pick the same crew I will be changing them. Position can be; first-mate, navigator, cook, musician, shipwright, and anything you want to suggest

Abilities: Have fun! Skilled fighters are especially welcomed

Goal: Have fun!

How they met…: Have fun!

Alright! And also, to any female OCs coming aboard, I will allow for a romantic interest for Sabo and maybe Ace. But it's first come, first serve. I will also take pairing suggestions, I know the more common is Ace X Nojiko and I've once seen a Sabo X Robin pairing.

Warning: You cannot take a Devil Fruit that already exist, especially the Flare Flare Fruit.

Remember, first come will get in and after that I'll make announcements for OCs. And that's all from me! Until next time, Ja Ne!