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@poingdefeu​ / Ace said . . .

❛  apparently we’re going to be working on this together now.  ❜ koby for ace’s marine verse..

*  ―  𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.

“Oh! Y-yes sir! I saw that!”

Nevermind that this was the legendary Ace himself, notorious amongst fellow Marines, but upon having learned he was Luffy’s brother, the young pink-haired Captain was a little more on edge than usual around him. It wasn’t that the man was unapproachable – quite the opposite, actually. But Koby wasn’t sure if he’d be able to stop himself from spouting about his favorite pirate and good friend if he wasn’t careful, and frankly, he didn’t want Ace to see him in a poor light.

“It’ll be an honor!” Despite his adoration for his friend, the fact of the matter was that Ace was one hell of a Marine himself and probably deserved the same amount of respect, if not more. It would be a great learning opportunity to watch how the other worked, Koby had decided after reading the orders given, and had spent the time working to temper some of his anticipation and nervousness. Sure, the young Captain had responsibilities of his own, some meant to never be written formally on paper thanks to the level of secrecy involved, but he knew he had so far to go to catch up to Luffy, much less someone like Ace.

@poingdefeu | first meeting starters

Fate had led to this meeting and he might be thankful once he worked past the nausea. The mission was supposed to be simple: visit on an island that had been discussing separating from the World Government and report why contact had ceased. He hadn’t known what he would find when he arrived but it certainly wasn’t this.

The man sitting across from him kept in frozen in place with just a stare. Everyone else had left the room, leaving just the two of them, but he could still feel them hovering just outside the door despite the dark haired man taking all of his attention. The conversation between them seemed to take one twist after another. 

The man, Ace he reminded himself, had said they knew each other, had grown up together. They had thought he was dead. 

He remembered heat. Fire. Smoke. The breeze from the ocean catching it and making it spread. He remembered being afraid. The sound of wood splintering. The pain. He thought he was going to die.

Sabo had no idea what to do with his hands. With each statement, he could feel them shake more and more until it was everything he could do to keep from clenching hard enough to draw blood. He wished someone else was here with him. Koala, Hack, anyone from the Revolutionary Army, his brothers-

Brothers? I have brothers. Ace is-!

He could see the light through the leaves, the light leaving dappled patterns on their skin. Ace’s sharp eyes curved to show that he was smiling. His freckles darkening in the constant sun. The other little boy stuck to their sides, usually literally stuck to them. His smile brighter than anything Sabo could remember seeing since. Their laughter was loud in the forest. They were happy.

" oh, don't mind me-- i'll just watch if that's alright. "

" hm ... ace .. are you a murder ? i heard what luffy said . "

" ohh ! your so cool ! " chopper jumped waving his hands as he watched ace knock a marine back with fire .