AU where shortly after Dragon takes Sabo in, a surveillance photo with the both of them in it makes it way to Marine headquarters where Garp sees it. Immediately Garp writes a letter to Dragon like âWHY DID YOU KIDNAP MY GRANDSON.â And Dragon writes him right back like, âI do not have Luffy with me. Is he okay, is he missing, did you lose my son?â And Garp replies, âLUFFY AND ACE ARE BOTH FINE. JUST DEVASTATED BECAUSE THEY THINK THEIR BROTHER SABO IS DEAD BECAUSE YOU KIDNAPPED HIM.â And Dragon is now sitting there like wtf, what does he mean Sabo is his grandson, who the fuck is Ace, wtf???
âLuffy doesnât have any brothers. If Sabo is a friend of his you can let him know he is well and not being held against his will. I found him injured washed up on the shore and when he regained consciousness he had no memory of his life except a desperate conviction that he did not want to be returned to his parents. I allowed him to stay with us and, memory loss aside, he is recovering well and seems to be happy here.â
âLUFFY HAS TWO BROTHERS. I ADOPTED ACE AND THEN ACE AND LUFFY BOTH ADOPTED SABOâ
(In another letter, received the next day)
âI TALKED TO ACE AND LUFFY AND THEY SAID SABO HAD BEEN RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THAT CELESTIAL DRAGON ASSHOLE ATTACKED HIM AND THAT HIS PARENTS ARE TERRIBLE. ITâS PROBABLY BEST IF HE STAYS AWAY FROM GOA. LUFFY SAYS TO TELL SABO HEâS OKAY WITH SHARING HIS DAD WITH HIM SINCE SABOâS DAD SUCKS
ENCLOSED IS A PICTURE MAKINO TOOK OF THE TWO BOYS FOR SABO TO HELP HIM REMEMBER HIS BROTHERS
PS DONâT LET THAT RED HAIRED BRAT NEAR SABO. HE ALREADY CORRUPTED LUFFY WITH TALK OF BEING A PIRATE AND IâM TRYING TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE OTHER TWO. ESPECIALLY ACE GIVEN WHO HIS FATHER WAS BUT SABO TOOâ
âThank you for the picture. Unfortunately Sabo was not able to recover any explicit memories, but itâs clear he feels a great deal of affection toward the other two regardless. He carries the picture with him everywhere he goes.
Shanks has chosen his own path and I have no plans to deliberately seek him out, but nor will I keep Sabo from him should they happen to encounter each other. Luffy and Sabo need to be allowed to choose their own paths as well. Same goes for Ace, whoever this mystery father of his might be.â
âSTOP FISHING. YOU KNOW WHO HIS DAD IS. IâM NOT PUTTING THAT IN A LETTERâ
âAnd you accuse me of kidnapping.â
âHIS DAD ASKED ME TO TAKE CARE OF ACE. AND I GOT THE OKAY FROM HIS MOM TOO BEFORE SHE DIED. I GOT PERMISSION FROM BOTH THE DYING MOM AND THE DAD SO DONâT TRY TO TAKE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND WITH ME ON KIDNAPPING. JUST KEEP THE SECOND KID YOU KIDNAPPED AWAY FROM THE FIRST KID YOU KIDNAPPED LIKE I TOLD YOU TOâ
âI hate youâ
âLOVE YOU TOO. AND SABO. ACE SENDS HIS LOVE TO SABO AND SAYS TO TELL YOU THAT IF YOU HURT SABO HEâLL KICK YOUR ASS ONCE HE BECOMES A MARINE pirate, I told you a million times old man Iâm going to become a pirate MARINE. LUFFY SENDS HIS LOVE TO YOU BOTH.â
