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The Price of Absolute Justice	By : gloriaston Category: +M to R > One Piece Views: 3398 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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AN: I have art! For those that don�t know.

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Got one Smoker Ace pic and a few other one pieces.
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�Portgas. Wake up. Portgas!�

Ace moaned.

He didn�t want to wake up.

Hands touched him. Forcing his body into a sitting position.

Ace turned his head away. Why was he so dizzy?

His body ached, every nerve ending screaming out in protest.

�Come on brat. Wake up.�

Ace frowned. Why did that voice sound so familiar?

A scent drifted toward him. It was thick and gritty, for some reason he felt like smiling.

The scent reminded him of something, something�he liked.

Luffy what have you done!?

A memory, hazy in his half aware state drifted through his mind.

It took him a moment to realize it was something he had said.

The hands were moving on him now. Then he was moving.

The world grew even more dizzy as he apparently was carried somewhere.

Ace tried to snap awake. Usually getting carried somewhere wasn�t a good thing. (Unless of course it was someone carrying him to a bed)

But for some reason he had trouble opening his eyes. He grabbed onto whatever was holding him. Trying to find something solid to focus on.

The gritty smell he could identify now.

Smoke.

He groaned again. Why did he hurt so much?

Ace felt like puking as the world twirled and whirled behind his closed eyes. And just when he thought he�d loose that very nice pre dawn breakfast Sanji had given him.

The hands set him down.

It was soft. Very soft.

�Portgas.�

He burrowed into the softness everything fading into black.

Ace later figured that he must have passed out again after that.

Cause the next thing he remembered was waking up when someone sat beside him.

He blinked, opening his eyes a little. The weight on his bed shifted again as a dark shadow reached over him.

Ace didn�t have time to think whether this was good or bad when, as a large calloused hand was pressed (what would have been cool, if not for his DF) damp clothe to his face.

He doubted if he was in danger that said danger would be taking care of him. So he relaxed a little, although one thing Ace couldn�t figure out, why was the clothe stained red?

He suddenly realized who�s hand that was.

�Sm..er.�

His throat felt like shit. He had a hard time forcing words.

�Brat?�

Smoker seemed startled a moment.

The lights were on, but dimmed. Ace could barely see the outline of the older man.

He paused a moment then continued to wipe at Ace�s face.

�You�re bleeding all over my bed.�

He finally said softly. Ace appreciated the volume. Anything louder would have hurt his throbbing head more.

�Bleeding?�

Well that explained the stains on the rag.

Ace mind was slowly coming out of the fog.

�Is Luffy?�

�Everyone is fine.�

Smoker said cutting Ace off.

H closed his eyes, even the dim light in the room made his eyes throb. He tried to swallow. His Adam apple trying to work past the cotton mouth he currently had.

Almost as if reading his mind, Smoker lifted Ace up a little and offered him a drink.

Ace felt his body react to the water and almost against his will he drained the entire cup.

�What?�

Ace coughed trying to clear his throat.

�What happened?�

Smoker laid Ace back down.

�Not sure. Somehow your brother activated the stone.�

Smoker paused a moment.

�You were the only one on deck when it happened.�

The question in his voice told Ace all he needed. Ace answered the unspoken question.

�The sky cracked open.�

Ace turned his head to look at Smoker his almost lover.

�We fell.�

Ace reached up, touching his own face, feeling the stickiness of blood.

�The reindeer said you should be ok. Its just a bloody nose.�

Just a bloody nose? A lot of blood from JUST a bloody nose.

The water was making him feel better. He wasn�t feeling so disoriented.

�Smoker.�

Ace didn�t understand the man. Not even 15 minutes ago (well it could have been longer depends how long he was out) he had told Ace to fuck off. Now he was here, in Smokers bed the man wiping the blood off his face.

Ace tried to study the man in the dim light. He looked tired. The scowl lines in his forehead and eyes longer and deeper than usual.

Surprisingly he didn�t have a cigar (or two) in his mouth.

Ace had no idea what happened before.

He didn�t even let me finish what he started.

Ace thought back to the image of Smoker standing there in his room a pissed off look and tented boxers.

But he wouldn�t ask. If Smoker wanted to tell him then fine. He would listen.

But really, he had no right to pry.

�Aligato.�

Ace grinned weakly a mischievous glint in his eyes.

�Second time you�ve taken me to your bed.�

Despite how bad he was feeling right now, Ace shifted, getting his feet under him so he could tackle Smoker, throwing both arms around the Hunters neck.

There wasn�t very much force, but Ace�s weight was enough to bowl the older man over onto the bed.

Ace took the opportunity to kiss the man cross-eyed.

He didn�t really understand what happened between them before. But it looked like whatever weird mood that had taken the man earlier had passed.

Unlike before, there was no heat in this kiss. It was more of an overly friendly thank you, with a hint of things to come once Ace was feeling better.

He definitely wasn�t fit right now to get down and dirty.

Even if he would very much enjoy said activity.

�Brother?�

Both Ace and Smoker growled.

Seriously was the universe against them or something.

That had to be it, fate hated him.

Well at least this time he couldn�t blame Luffy, after all Smoker had left his door wide open.

AND at least this time he didn�t have a raging hard on.

Ace lifted his head, his arms still wrapped firmly around Smokers neck.

�Oi Luffy! Do you mind?�

The boy was looking at them with a strange look on his face.

�Careful Ace, Zoro says Marines have cooties.�

�I like cooties.�

Ace said lifting his nose in a snobbish manner.

�Besides I was just saying thank you.�

�One hell of a thank you.�

Smoker muttered softly.

Luffy raised one thin eyebrow. His face was unusually sober.

Of course that might have something to do with falling into the sky thing.

Ace sat up, straddling Smokers stomach.

�So what�s happening Captain?�

Granted Luffy wasn�t his Captain, but that didn�t mean he couldn�t call Luffy by his title.

A Captain was a Captain and it was only polite to address them as such.

Besides for some reason he felt that Luffy needed the reminder.

Luffy looked down, breaking eye contact. That had Ace frowning.

�It�s weird.�

�Can say that again brat.�

Ace raised an eyebrow.

�Hey I thought I was your only brat?�

Smoker sat up without responding to that comment. Of course considering the movement knocked Ace off and onto the floor with a thud, maybe that was the response.

Ace moaned pitifully, giving Smoker a pained hurt look.

�So what�s going on already?�

�See for yourself.�

Smoker paused a moment then with a heavy sigh offered Ace his hand.

The mera mera user took it without hesitation. He still felt kind of weak, so he leaned heavily against Smoker.

He was feeling better though. He could feel his internal flame flickering and moving to heal whatever damage had happened.

Ace followed his brother and Smoker out onto the deck.

He blinked in surprise.

It was dark�very very dark.

In fact the only light he could see was from the random lamps set up around the ship.

Ace couldn�t see a thing past their weak flickering light.

He could hear the lap of water against the hull, but he couldn�t see the water.

�We�ve been in the dark for almost 4 hours.�

Ace�s mouth twitched. He had been out that long.

�What? But��

�It should be dawn already.�

Smoker finished.

Frowning Ace went over to the starboard side of the ship. Forming a bright flame in his fist he tried to stretch his fire out as far as he could.

The scent of smoke settled beside him. Smoker and Luffy were both looking as hard as they could at where Ace sent his flames.

�Nothing.�

He said as he brought the flame back inside of him.

Looking down at the water Ace tried to see.

�Is it salt water?�

He asked lighting the strangely black water. It wasn�t just black from the dark, it was honest to god black, looked more like ink.

He leaned over further to try and get a better look.

�Its fresh.�

A familiar gruff voice said from somewhere behind him.

�You ok?�

Ace straightened and gave Luffy�s first mate a large grin.

�Tire but ok. It�s fresh water?�

Zoro nodded.

�That�s what Chopper said. Him and Usopp are trying to figure out why its black. But according to them�its potable.�

Ace made a face at the black water.

�Ya I�d have to be pretty thirst before I drank that stuff.�

Zoro sighed as he ran a hand through his moss like green hair.

�That�ll come sooner than later. If we don�t find a way out.�

Luffy made a pitiful sound, half hanging on the rails. Ace noticed how his brother wouldn�t look Zoro in the eyes.

Poor guy. Luffy maybe be an idiot but he loves his Namaka.

Granted Luffy probably got his crew in trouble all the time. But this time it was different. There was no bad guy for Luffy to beat up.

Just his ship floating in a black water dark unknown place.

�Maybe I should take the skiff out. Look around.�

He got cuffed for that. Nearly lost his hat over the side of the ship.

�What was that for?�

Ace nearly yelled at Smoker. Normally he didn�t care if he got hit, but he was feeling bad enough that that actually kind of sucked.

�You�re a dumbass Portgas. If you go out there, as soon as you lose sight of the ship you�ll be lost.�

Zoro nodded.

�Log poses are broken.�

Ace startled at that, instantly looking down at his wrist.

He felt the blood drain out of face making him feel a little dizzy again.

It was true�his log was dead.

�Fuck.�

Luffy made another sad sound.

�Gomen.�

Ace shared a quick glance with Luffy�s first mate. The man frowned then nodded.

�Oi Luffy. Lets go talk to Robin. See if she�s figured out that stone yet.�

Ace smiled as the diversion worked and Luffy jumped up with a happier look on his face.

Zoro was far from perfect as first mates go. After all the man wasn�t a sailor. But he did know how to take care of Luffy.

Ace felt comfortable knowing Luffy had good namaka like the swordsmen looking out for him.

�Alright.�

Ace muttered.

�Fresh black water. Pitch black, broken logs�anything else?�

�No wind.�

Smoker said.

�Although that navigator did find us a current, so we aren�t just sitting pretty.�

Smoker voice held a strange note to it. Sounded suspiciously like respect for the red heads skills.

Ace shook his head. How in the nine hells had that little girl find a current in this unnatural blackness. That took more than just skill.

Suddenly a loud clank of metal startled Ace nearly out of his skin.

Turning toward the cabin Ace blinked as the most�err�colorful might be the word, man he had ever seen came up on deck half carrying half dragging a large machine of some kind.

He had very bright blue hair, a bright shirt open in the front and a Speedo.

Ace raised an eyebrow. If the man was going to wear something like that, he should at least shave that jungle on his legs. Ace could see the hair even in this bad light and distance.

�SUPER!�

He suddenly yelled out.

The loud noise seemed out of place in this dark place. Ace winced, wondering what kind of sea kings lived here. And which ones heard that.

�Franky? What the hell is that?�

Ace looked to Smoker in surprise then to the man. So this was Franky, Tom�s apprentice.

Colorful�very colorful.

�This my renegade friend will allow us to see in the dark.�

�Er?�

Ace walked over to the machine. He�d never seen anything like it.

�what does it do?�

�It sends sounds.�

�Sounds?�

Ace shared an disbelieving look with Smoker.

�But I thought it was suppose to help us see, not hear?�

Franky smiled.

�Ace right. Good ta meet cha. And sound can become pictures if you know how. Ever wonder how bats see in the dark? Or sea kings in the depths?�

�Um no.�

He didn�t think anyone thought those things. Why would you?

Franky rolled his eyes.

�Just watch.�

Franky turned on the machine. For suck a large clunky looking thing, it was surprisingly quiet running. Franky continued to talk, not that Ace minded all that much. Some people just liked the sound of their voices, at least Franky, unlike some people was intelligent.

�I wanted this for my own systems, but I haven�t figured out a way to make it small enough yet.�

Ace leaned over so he could look over Frankys shoulder.

The man pointed to a strange square glass.

�This is the monitor. The machine sends out sounds, whenever sound hits something it bounces back, like an echo.�

Ace whistled low as the monitor came to life. It was different than Ace expected. It didn�t look normal but there was no mistaking the Thousand Sunny�s front, and beyond that the laps of waves.

�I wouldn�t mind having this on my ship. Can I get you to make me one?�

Ace grinned. With something like this the ship could run at night, as well as in fog. Would be useful in running away or attacking.

Franky lowered his glasses a little to give Ace a keen look.

�The moment I stepped aboard this vessel, everything I create belongs to my captain. You want me to make you one, talk to Luffy.�

Ace stood up, surprise written on his face.

He hadn�t expected that. Hell Franky had only been with his brother a week at the most. How the hell had he gotten such a talented man to be so loyal to him so quickly.

That look in his eye�Ace was sure nothing, not even pain of death would make this man betray his brother.

Suddenly the man shouted.

�OI Nami! I found something!�

Within a few moments Nami came running from downstairs.

�It works! Great�what is it?�

She eagerly looked at the screen.

�Point the ship 18 degrees to the left. I just got a tiny piece of it.�

Nami nodded.

�Chopper! Turn 18 degree�s to port!�

Almost immediately the ship turned. Ace couldn�t tell by looking, but he felt the change in how the ship moved in the waves.

Nami looked concerned although she hide it well.

�I hope this is worth leaving the current. It might be hard to find again.�

Franky was silent a moment.

�It is. About two miles ahead. I think it�s an island�or at least some sort of stationary object in the water.�

Nami nodded once sharply.

�I�ll tell the others. We should be ready for anything.�

Not even a second after the words left her mouth�the ship fell again.

Ace screamed startled as he grabbed onto the first available thing.

That being a certain ex marine.

He heard Smoker curse in his ear as he tried to find something a little more stable to hold onto. It didn�t work as the pair of them (as well as Franky and Nami from the sound of it) got thrown around like rag dolls.

Falling into the sky really wasn�t all that weird.

Ace thought as they were plunged into sunlight. He closed his eyes at the suddenly brightness as they continued to fall.

Seriously when one thought about it strange stuff happened on the Grand line all the time.

There were giant sea kings, weird weather conditions, regular compasses didn�t work, dinosaurs, Giants�you name it and it happens on the Grand Line.

Hmm�well ok maybe falling into the sky was weird even by Grand Line standards.

But still it wasn�t all that bad really.

After all it didn�t kill them.

The Thousand Sunny slammed into the ocean hard enough to jar every bone in Ace�s body. The ship bobbed up and down as HUGE waves shot out from the impact.

Ace was reduced to a rag doll once again as he was thrown about.

The only good thing is that he wasn�t the only one.

The ship however didn�t break apart from the fall and after a few moments of bobbing wildly it settled down.

Ace was to busy trying to remember to breath to really notice.

�mhhhph.�

Ace was laying on someone. Drawing his knee�s under him he pushed himself off.

�Say again?�

Ohhh his head hurt again.

�I said get your crotch off my face.�

Ace suddenly grinned lecherously as he realized whom he was on and what their position was. Somehow in the crazy ride him and Smoker had ended up in the ever so fun 69.

�Don�t wanna.�

Smoker growled and pushed Ace off of him.

Ace opened his mouth to say something but the boom of cannon fire had him instinctively ducking instead.

�MARINES!�

Nami screamed out.

Ace looked around. It was true�somehow or another they had landed right in the fuckin middle of no less than 10 marine ships.

Nami was still screaming out orders.

�Usopp! To the cannons! Zoro Luffy get your asses up here!�

Ace jumped up ready to defend or attack. However he wanted to wait until Luffy got up here. This was after all his ship.

Smoker stood up. With a deep frown on his face he walked to the railings.

�This isn�t right?�

He said softly.

�What?�

Ace wondered if Smoker�s knowledge of the marines was clueing him onto a trap.

�Those flags?�

He said pointing to one of the larger ships.

�What about it?�

Ace really couldn�t tell one marine ship from the other. They all looked the same to him.

�5^th division.�

Smoker shook his head.

�They were a famous in their day.�

�In their day?�

Ace asked, he took note that both Zoro and Luffy were on deck now.�

�They were disbanded 10 years ago. Those flags shouldn�t be flying.�

Ace was cut off from saying anything as a Usopp suddenly yelled.

�Hey I see another pirate ship!�

He was wearing his goggles and pointing wildly toward where two of the marine ships had moved, thus opening enough for said pirate ship to be in view.

That got Luffy attention.

The boy shot himself up toward the crows nest.

�I see um!�

He shouted excitedly.

Ace could see them as well now to. The medium sized ship was fighting off seven of the ten ships by herself. He couldn�t make out her flag but the pirates had to be good to still be in one piece.

�Lets help them out!�

Luffy said as he jumped back down.

Ace raised an eyebrow. Most pirates didn�t �help each other out� it wasn�t safe. After all most pirates weren�t all that trustworthy.

�We can ask them where we are.�

Ace glanced at Smoker who shrugged.

�Alright Captain.�

Ace said.

�Lets lend a hand.�

After all they probably have to fight off the marines anyway. Already there were 3 ships bearing down on them. And it never hurt to have another pirate in your debt.

And as Luffy said they could ask the pirates where they were, it was safer than asking the marines.

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Commodore Loren was no rookie. He�d been with the marines for 30 years. He had sailed almost every sea. He�d seen a lot in his days.

But nothing could have prepared him for today.

After all not even the weirdest of the weird held a candle to the sky opening up and a ship crashing down.

His crew all good men hadn�t panicked although it had been extremely close.

The ship had landed not even 60 feet from them, sending huge waves crashing around their much larger ship.

The day had started out well enough. He�d managed to corner a well known pirate, cut off his escape by a well placed shot that took out his sails.

However the man simply refused to give up.

Truth be told Commodore Loren would have been disappointed if he had.

He wasn�t the kind of man that took credit for things he didn�t do. He wanted to earn what he gained, through blood, sweat and tears.

If the pirate had just given up, it would have been a hollow victory.

However�said pirate was taking things a little to far.

Loren liked a challenge, but he didn�t like his men getting slaughtered.

And even with 7 ships focused on the man and his crew, they still hadn�t gotten the upper hand.

�SIR, that ship has a Jolly Roger!�

Loren�s first lieutenant yelled out.

�I don�t recognize it though.�

Loren frowned then brought up his binoculars. He preferred them over the regular spy glasses.

He first looked to the ships flag. His first had been right, a skull and crossbones wearing a straw hat.

What he next noticed was the ship herself. She was absolutely beautiful. He�d never seen such a ship. The fact she remained uninjured despite the fall said something about her. A lesser ship would have broken in two.

The next he took a moment to study her crew. They looked confused and a little banged up.

�Send the back ups. Surround them.�

So that trip wasn�t planned? Wonder where they came from?

He took note of each person on the deck, his gaze stopping to study what had to be the straw hats captain. He was after all wearing a straw hat.

�and Lieutenant. Bring me a loud speaker mushi mushi.�

�Hai!�

He didn�t recognize any of these pirates, although most of them looked very young. The oldest was a gray haired man in a white coat. He looked rather displeased as another black haired man hung off his shoulders.

�Sir!�

The lieutenant handed him a gray snail.

�Straw Hats!. This is Commodore James Loren of the world marines. I demand you give yourselves up.�

Loran smiled.

�I would rather not harm such a beautiful ship.�

The boy in the hat laughed, he actually laughed.

And not in the bravo way most pirates seemed to when faced with danger (when they laughed at all) it was pure and happy and carefree.

Commodore Loren smiled. If this boy wasn�t wanted, then perhaps he�d put in a good word. It would be a shame to execute someone who could laugh like that in the face of death.

�Oi! OSSAN OSSAN!�

The boy suddenly wrapped one arm around the green haired swordsmen. The man gave the boy one horrified look before the kid did something impossible.

Throwing his arm back he threw a punch, and his arm STRETCHED!

Shouts of surprise could be heard all around as the boy grabbed onto the railing and rocketed himself to Loren�s ship.

�How bout we just bring the fight here.�

The boy was smiling.

�Devils fruit.�

Loren muttered to himself. It had been a long while since he�d met anyone with the devil fruit ability.

�OI LUFFY! Don�t do that!�

The green haired man suddenly shouted as he stood up. He wobbled a bit obviously still recovering from that wild ride.

�Gomen Zoro its not that bad.�

�Luffy was it?�

The boy gave him a semi serious look.

�We won�t give up.�

�Glad to hear it. Marines! Capture these pirates!�

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Ace watched his brother and Zoro fighting on the Flag ship. He was getting better. Thus far nether of the two pirates had even gotten close to being injured.

No matter how many Marines attacked them, they simply swiped them away.

�this doesn�t make sense.�

Smoker muttered again.

Ace raised an eyebrow, content for now to let his little brother fight.

�What doesn�t?�

�I know a Loren. But he�s retired.�

�Maybe it�s a different one.�

Smoker shook his head.

�Maybe but what is strange�was the fact 10 years ago he was Commodore Loren of the 5^th division.�

�10 years ago?�

Ace didn�t like the sound of that. What Smoker might be suggesting was�it was impossible. No way, not even on the grand line.

�I�m going to go give that pirate ship a hand.�

Luffy was good but even he couldn�t take out a lot of ships at once (at least not yet). Ace could.

Jumping onto his skiff, Ace reached for the power inside of him and powered the small craft.

Ace smirked as he reached the first marine ship.

�Well hello and goodbye. HIKAN!�
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