A red-headed path

8. Time for clean

Ace groaned and he unsteadily tried to sit up, before falling and passing out again. Sabo carefully stepped over Ace bleeding out to avoid getting his shoes dirty, and made his way to Luffy. "You ok Luffy?" Luffy gave a warm smile while Sabo dusted the dirt off of his little brother. Sabo laughed.

(A/n: HE LAUGHED!?;? GIYS SABO GOL D. ROGER CONFIRMED!?!? SABO IS ACES DAD!?!? IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!!)

"Hmmm" Sabo looked at both of his brothers and raised his hand to his chin. "We should take a-" SABO stopped and looked at Luffy, worried that Luffy might've figured out what he was going to say. A sigh of relief. "Good." 'Luffys dumb.'

Luffy cocked his head, showing visible confusion.

Sabo walked over to Ace and poked him until he woke up. "Ace. Ace. Ace. Ace."

Luffy joined in.

"Ace. Ace. Ace. Ace." They kept going until Ace eventually woke up.

"Eellle?? Huhh??" Ace unevenly blinked his eyes. A trail of blood almost seeped into one eye. "Wha ga now?"

Sabo made a hand gesture, and Ace knew what time it was. He nodded and looked at Luffy, then returned his gaze back to Sabo and gave him an affirmative look.

Ace and Sabo smiled at Luffy, but not in no friendly manner. Luffy ignorantly smiled back. 

"Heya Luffyyyy" Ace smiled like a very specific clown... "Are ya hungry??"

Luffy jumped up in excitement. "YEAH!!"

"Then come closer.." Ace brought his hand out and gestured for him to come over.

Without thinking, Luffy trodded over to Ace with a big smile.

SNATCH

ACE SNATCHED THAT MOTHER TRUCKER AND MADE A RUN FOR THE A SMALL POND THAT WAS NEARBY. Ace looked at Sabo, but Sabo already knew. He had taken off his tank top and got ready to wrap Luffy in it. Ace threw Luffy up into the air, and Sabo jumped. Wrapping Luffy in his tank top.

Luffy struggled and tried biting, but it was all for naught. Ace had already taken hold of the tanktop as well, and the two of them ran like football players.

They were going for the home run, both diving headfirst into the pond and holding luffy down.

Luffy screamed and struggled. "NEAAUOORRR!!"

A dangerous grin graced Aces lips and his psychotic eyes seemed to smile along with him. His grin widened as he held Luffy's head under the water.

Sabo slapped Ace across the head. "No!"

Ace stopped. "Eh!?"

"Bad boy!" Sabo got the spray bottle out.

Ace panicked and ran up onto the shore and hissed.

Sabo sprayed. "Not canon." He sprayed again. "Bad!"

Ace had gotten on all fours, his hair was standing on end and he growled at his brother.

"Bad boy!" Sabo would've flipped him off if it weren't for me remembering that this story was supposed to be serious and I need to get back on track lol.

Ace sighed and got back into the water. The blood from his wounds had layered the waters surface in a coat of red (Moses lore). Which attracted the attention of the crocodiles that lived in that pond.

Their bumpy and slimy scales peeked out from the surface. Lines etched the water as the ten foot crocodiles swam towards the three unexpecting kids.

But alas, it had been nine months, the kids were indeed expecting. They even thought of a name for the baby. (FRICK NONONO I SWORE THIS SERIES WAS GON BE MORE SERIOUS)

Ace dove underneath the water to wash away the built up grim. The bubbles from the dive surrounded him, blinding his surroundings.

Sabo was busy trying to keep Luffy still. But he trashed against his brothers hold, soaking Sabos already wet clothes. Which kept them both busy.

Since Ace was blood filled, and that blood just happened to be spilling out of him at alarming rates, he made good bait for the crocodiles meal.

Their jaws widened, revealing the large fanged teeth they had tucked away. They made good for tearing away the flesh from the bone. And just in time for meal time.

The crocodile made a jump for Sabo. Who didn't even gift a glace to their friendly meal.

Ace sprung from the waters surface, latching onto the crocodiles side. It's blood seeped into Aces own blood as it struggled against his grip. But Ace bite down harder, tearing into the crocodiles tough scales almost touching bone. The crocodile lashed out, but Ace was gracefully bringing it to the waters edge.

Sabo continued to scrub Luffy's dirt filled hair without batting an eye.

Ace held deeply onto the crocodile until it stopped struggling. It was dead.

(A/N: ...why...am I crying...or I mean, Ace splashed his blood water into my eyes TT^TT)

And in that moment...we found out that crocodile tears were a real thing.