Whatever Makes You Happy. Ch.8

Whatever Makes You Happy



Ace is Protective



Ace was always very protective of his Otouto, ever since he was little. If any of the village kids tried to beat up his brother, he was always there to protect him. If Luffy ever had a bad dream Ace would comfort him anyway he could. Ace was also the first one who taught Luffy how to fight so he could protect him self when ever Ace wasn’t there. Ace was the one who cared for Luffy through most of his life.

It wasn’t surprising when Ace tried to protect Luffy’s mind and keep as innocent as long as possible. So when Shanks said some dirty joke in front of Luffy when he was little, he went about ballistic on Shanks. This caused Shanks to be more careful about what he said in front of Luffy.

Even though Luffy was grown up and had his own Nakama and was amazingly strong, Ace still felt that his older brother complex still compelled him to protect and worry for his little brother. But sadly the two hardly saw each other anymore ever since Ace went out and joined White Beard’s crew. The last time Ace saw his brother was at Alabasta. Even then, it wasn’t for long because he still had to chase down Black Beard.

But every now and again, Ace had time to take off and relax which is what he was doing right at this moment. He had come to a small town and as he walked by the docks his D. luck seemed to work like magic once again. There in the docks was his little brother’s ship, The Merry Go.

Ace felt excitement course through his body as he thought of seeing his Otouto again. He quickly ran over to the ship and climbed on board. At first he didn’t see anyone but then he heard a noise coming from the kitchen.
He decided to just walk in and see what was going on, Ace did just that and got a sword at his throat.

He glanced to his left and saw the green haired man who Luffy told him was his first mate and that his name was Zoro.

Zoro’s eyes widen slightly and he pulled his sword away from Ace’s neck.

“Hey Zoro, nice to see you again. I happen to be here and saw your ship and thought I would stop by and say hello.” Ace said with a smile.

Zoro put his sword away and gave a small smile to Ace.
“Nice to see you too. Everyone else is in town right now but if you want something to drink we have some rum.” Zoro offered, knowing that if he wasn’t good to his lover’s brother he would never hear the end of it.

Ace seemed a bit surprised by the offer since the last time he met Zoro he didn’t seem like such a huge offering, generous guy. Ace shrugged it off though.

“No thanks, I’m good.” He said as he sat down in a chair and Zoro followed suit.

“So, anything new from the last time we met?” Ace asked.

“Well, we got a new member of our Nakama, Luffy defeated Crocodile, Luffy and me are going out, and some shit happened that we traveled to an island in the sky and beat up some bastards. Nothing too big for us.” Zoro said.

Ace half way nodded but then froze when he heard the part about him and Luffy going out.

“Going out? You mean you and Luffy are dating?” Ace asked, trying to make sense of what he just heard.

“Hmm? You mean Luffy hasn’t told you yet?” Zoro asked, confused to why Luffy was so nervous about telling his brother about them. He wasn’t even this nervous when he told everyone else on Going Merry.

“No, he hasn’t. Tell me, how long have you two been going out?” Ace asked as he tried to contain himself by biting the inside of his cheek.

“Well…About four months now, I think.” Zoro said with a thinking look on his face. Ace couldn’t help it. He blew up.

“WHAT! You’ve been touching my Otouto for four months!?! You dirty, child molesting, son of a bitch.” Ace hissed, his eyes bright with anger and his hands turning into fire. It was about that time that Zoro found out why Luffy was so hesitant to tell his Niichan that he and Zoro were together.

Ace lunged towards Zoro and the green haired bushido jumped up and ran out of the kitchen. The pyromaniac swiped at Zoro again and again with his hands ablaze and chased the swordsman off the ship.

The chase even lead to the town as Zoro ran for his life, happening to pass the rest of his Nakama as he ran by.

“Eh? Wasn’t that Zoro?” Usopp asked.

“Baka! He’s supposed to be guarding the ship! What does he think he’d doing?” Nami asked, annoyed.

Luffy merely watched as Zoro got farther and farther away. Suddenly something whipped past them, as quick as a cheetah if not faster.

“I’LL KILL YOU! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY OTOUTO WITH YOUR DIRTY HANDS, YOU SICK PERVERT!” Ace screamed.

“W-wasn’t that…?” Stuttered Nami, her eyes wide with shock as how fast he went by them.

“Niichan.” Was all Luffy said, before he took off after them.

Sanji sighed. “Do you think we should go after them?” He asked.

Nami shrugged. “Why not, it looks like it could get interesting.” She replied with a smirk, as she walked towards the area the two D. brothers had run off and the green haired bushido had also run off.

When they reached the area where Ace had caught Zoro and Luffy had met up with his brother they found Luffy holding his brother back and pleading with him not to hurt Zoro. Ace kept trying to push Luffy aside and burn Zoro to a crisp but Luffy was stubborn.

Zoro was currently cursing to himself as he sat in a tree. He knew as soon as he realized he was sitting in a tree that this was probably a bad idea. I mean, trees are made out of wood and that makes them very flammable. So sitting in a flammable tree with a pyromaniac down below was not making his day any better.

“Please Niichan, don’t kill him!” Luffy begged.

“No way Luffy, I’m so going to fry him to a crisp.” Said Ace, his eyes darkening as he looked at the man who was hiding in the tree. (Well Zoro doesn’t consider it to be “Hiding” per say, he considers it to be evading attacks.)

Nami couldn’t help it, she laughed. It was just too funny not too.

With Nami laughing it seemed to lighten the atmosphere if not a little bit. (Except it made it worse for Zoro since he thought this entire thing was embarrassing.)

“Please Niichan. I love him.” Luffy said, his eyes resembling a puppy dog’s eyes and his lip quivering slightly.

“Aww, Luffy! You know I can’t stand it when you do that!” Ace wailed, trying to turn his head away from the uber cuteness that is Luffy’s puppy dog pout.

Ace opened one eye and saw that Luffy was still doing that Puppy dog pout thing and Ace caved.

“Alright, alright. I won’t kill him. Can I at least glare at him hatefully from faraway?” Ace asked, hope still shining in his eyes.

“No. No glaring, no killing, no setting on fire, no mental or physical abuse to Zoro.” Luffy stated, his arms crossed.

Ace pouted. “Fine. Take all my fun away why don’t you.” He said, crossing his arms and pouting defiantly.

Luffy looked to Zoro, who was still in the tree. “Oi Zoro! You can come down now! Ace said he won’t kill you or hurt you in anyway.” Luffy called.

Had it been anyone else Zoro wouldn’t have come down, but since it was Luffy he came down almost immediately, if not a little hesitation as he made a quick look at Ace. Luffy smiled widely at Zoro and took his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

“Hehe. You looked like a monkey up there Zoro.” He said, grinning widely.
Zoro blushed lightly but squeezed Luffy’s hand back.
“Shush Luffy.” He said softly, but not in any mean tone.

Ace then decided to walk over, a huge smile on his face.
“Hey Zoro I just wanted to say I’m sorry. Really, I am.” He said, holding his hand out for Zoro. Zoro looked at it for a second before putting his own hand in and shaking it. Zoro let out a yelp as he was pulled forward and Ace held his shoulder with his left hand in a powerful grip.

“Now let me tell you something. I know my brother loves you and I love my brother enough to want him to be happy and if that means to be in love with you then that’s okay. But I swear if you break his heart or hurt him in anyway, mentally or physically, I will burn off all that you consider your manhood, do I make my self clear?” Ace hissed with the smile still wide on his face.

Zoro grimaced. He could just imagine the pain already. He then quickly nodded. Ace gave him a stern looked and the nodded.

“Good to see everything is under control.” Ace said, still smiling. He then put an arm around Luffy and walked with him. “So tell me of everything that has happened since I saw you last.”

Luffy then went into detail of their adventures with his left hand holding onto Zoro’s right hand as they walked down the street back towards the ship. Although Luffy failed to notice the glare that Ace sent Zoro every few minutes.

Yep, Ace was very protective of his Otouto, and he wasn’t about to let someone corrupt him. Because that’s what a good Niichan does.


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