NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 108: CH 108
"I got him!" Zoro yelled as he ran back to Luffy. "Luffy! Come on! We gotta-" he said before he saw tears flowing down Luffy's blank face. He remembered what Luffy said before and understood why Luffy was crying before grabbing his arm and dragging him away towards the others. "RUN!" Zoro yelled as he caught up with them all.
"What's wrong with you Luffy?!" Usopp yelled as he looked back at Luffy, who hadn't taken his eyes off of Ace.
"Talk later! Run now!" Zoro yelled before they all saw a huge cloud of smoke and fire float into the sky.
-Earlier with Ace and Smoker-
Ace stood between the marines and the Straw Hats.
"Why are you helping them?" Smoker asked. Ace just chuckled with a grin on his face. "Having a dumb little brother makes a big brother worry." Ace said as the fire around him started to grow.
"Brother?" Smoker asked. "You two are...?" he said before he narrowed his eyes. "Move it!"
"No way!" Ace said both of them erupted into smoke and fire.
-With the Straw Hats-
"Luffy!" Nami yelled before slapping him. He shook his head before looking at her as everyone else stared at Ace and Smoker's fight. "Who is that guy?"
"That's...that's Ace." Luffy said as he turned to the fight. "He's my big brother!" That got all of their attention. "BROTHER?!" they all yelled.
"So...he grew up with you and Sabo?" Nojiko asked.
"Yeah." Luffy said as he began to tear up again. "It's been a long time since I've seen him." Everyone watched him tear up before the smoke and fire began to billow out in everything direction.
"Anyway, let's talk more of the ship!" Nami said before they all ran for it, with Luffy running backwards with a barrel of water.
"The path splits! Everyone, go left!" Nami yelled.
"Anything you say, Nami-swan~!" Sanji said.
"Shut up crap cook!" Zoro yelled as the Straw Hats went left and Luffy went to his left, which was the other way. He kept on running until he got into an alleyway before placing the water barrel down.
-With the Straw Hats-
Everyone had made it to the ship before Nami told them to stow everything and cast off.
"We're leaving already Vivi?" Chopper asked.
"Yes." she said. "We only stopped here to gather supplies for our journey. Next stop is Erumalu. The City of Green!"
"Erumalu?" Chopper asked in confusion before everyone pulled up the anchor and unfurled the sails. Everyone was ready...but stopped when it slowly dawned on them all.
"Uh...guys? Where's Luffy?" Gin asked. "Big Bro Luffy's...not...here." Johnny said.
"THAT DUMBASS!" Zoro yelled.
"Ace...Ace!" Luffy said before dropping to his hands and knees as the tears flowed down his face. "ACE!" he screamed out before sobbing. He knew that he'd see Ace again, but to see him right in front of him...he just couldn't control himself anymore as he cried his heart out.
"Hey now," said Ace as he looked down at Luffy from atop a building. "Didn't I tell you before that real men don't cry?" Luffy looked up to see Ace smiling down at him before jumping down to him. "Still a crybaby, huh?"
"A-Ace!" Luffy said in a broken voice as the tears flowed even faster down his face. The smile on Ace's face fell into a frown as he looked at Luffy.
'Something's not right.' he thought. 'Luffy's never cried this much...not since-' But before he could finish that thought, he found himself in a bone breaking hug. "Huh?!" he said as he looked down at Luffy hugging him.
"Ace...It's really you!" Luffy sobbed. Ace smiled before returning the hug.
"It's only been three years Luffy." Ace said as he pulled Luffy away. "I didn't think you'd miss me that much." Luffy didn't seem to hear him as he muttered something. Something that got Ace's attention.
"Your...your alive!" he said.
"Of course I am! Don't you remember? I promised you that I wouldn't die!" Ace said with a smile. Luffy's reaction wasn't what he expected however as Luffy just screamed out in sadness. "Come on Luffy!" Ace said as Luffy just sniffled. Luffy looked at Ace again sobbing again and hugging him. Nothing Ace said was getting Luffy to stop crying, so he did the only thing he could think of that would work. He raised his fist before bringing it down onto Luffy's head. "ENOUGH!" he yelled as Luffy's head went crashing into the dirt, which resulted in his head getting stuck and the crying to stop. "Geez. I told you I don't like crybabies!" he said as Luffy struggled to get his head out of the ground. After a hard tug, his head popped out of the ground before it snapped back, flinging his body backwards until he fell on his ass. "You done crying now?" he asked.
"Sorry." Luffy said as he just sat on the ground with a look of pain and sadness in his eyes. Ace sat down as well before he sighed. "Alright Luffy. What's wrong?" he asked. "Huh?" Luffy said.
"The only other time you ever cried like that was back on our home island." Ace said. "Oh...it's nothing." Luffy said. Ace just raised an eyebrow before painfully pulling Luffy's cheek. "Ow!"
"Liar. Tell me what's wrong Luffy." Ace said as he pulled on the cheek.
"I...I can't." Luffy said.
"What do you mean you can't?" Ace said as he let go of Luffy's cheek.
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