Wild Cards Pirates

Wild Cards Pirates Chapter 3

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

Elijah moaned and groaned as he rounded over in his bed and stared at his desk. “Fuck you whoever is calling!” Elijah yelled at the snail. But he got up anyway, butt naked and the person in his bed stirred slightly. Who also happened to be butt naked. And they both might be just a little drunk and/or hang-over.

“Eli!” the person whined. “The stupid snail!”

“I know babe!” Eli told them as he answered the snail. His rainbow coloured hair, yes, rainbow coloured hair, you read/saw that right, was wet and his multi-coloured eyes were blood shot and red looking as he sat down at the desk. “Who the fuck is this and what do you want?”

“Ellie!” an overly happy and hyper voice said and Eli just hang up right away. Eli knew that voice and he did not want to talk to that person, he was too drunk and it was too early to tell with that ass.

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

“Eli!” the person in bed complained. They just wanted to sleep!

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

Eli just glares at the snail who shivers at the stare. The poor thing, it can’t do anything about this. “Fuck you!” Eli said as he answered the snail. His lover in bed knew that Eli wasn’t talking to them but to whoever was calling. “Fuck you and fuck no.”

“Aw! Come on Ellie! I bet you don’t even know who this!” the same person said.

“I know your annoying voice anywhere and my answer is still no,” Eli told the person. “And my name is Elijah or Eli! Not Ellie! Fuck you Red!”

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

A different snail went.

“Fuck me,” Eli’s lover sighed as they crawled over the bed, took a snail out of their bag and answered it. “You got me at a bad time man, what do you want?”

“Have you been drinking?” a voice said.

“Yeah, I met a very cute guy and we got very drunk,” Eli’s lover answered as they covered them-self with a bed sheet. Forgetting to tell the caller that they had met 8 weeks ago and have been dating for around 6 weeks now. But that’s pretty much how they met and got together and not about what is happening right now. “What do you want?” their snow white hair going everywhere as they moved it out the way of their blue eyes.

“You’re still in the East Blue right?” the snail asked Eli’s bed buddy.

“Yeah, I am.” A look of confusion and questioning on Eli’s bed buddy was there. Why was the only person who had this number asking that? “Why? What’s up big bother?”

Not that they had a lot to do with each other. They’re just family by blood and by well, family name too. There’s a big age difference between Eli’s bed buddy and their big brother, roughly a 15-year age difference.

“First off, I need two favours. One- stop sleeping with fucking strangers! What if you get something or get hurt!?” the voice said sounding worried. “And two- there are two kids I need you to find for me. They’re in the paper so you’ll know what they look like and will have their names through that information.”

“Kids? Really bro? You want me to find kids?” Eli’s bed buddy sighed.

“Yes, now do as big brother asks please and what’s the name of this guy that picked you up last night so I can kill him when I get to the East Blue with my friends.” their brother said.  

“WHAT!?” Eli’s bed buddy shouted sitting up fully. “You’re coming to the East Blue!? You leave Eli out of this! We’re been dating for 6 weeks! And… why the fuck are you coming to East Blue just for a couple of kids?”

“You know how to date?”

“Shut up! I’m 19! I can date if I want too! I just normally choose not to!”

“Shanks, go fuck yourself!” Eli shouted- he can’t this guy and this stupid fucking request he is making! Eli has better things to do with his time then looking for fucking kids who are trouble or danger! “I’m not finding some stupid kids for you!”

“Eli!” his bed buddy shouted. “I’m taking my chat to bathroom!”

“Kay babe!” Eli shouted over his shoulder.

“Oh, you have a gust Ellie?” Shanks smirked- hearing and noticing the second voice and person in the room with Eli for the first time.

“Actually, a lover and partner you ass. We’re been together for about 6 weeks,” Eli answered, very proudly. Eli might only be 17 but he managed to land the smoking ass of someone older. Who was damn fucking good in bed too. “We’re dating!”

“You know how to date?” Shanks asked- almost as if he didn’t believe Eli.

“Shut up Shanks! I can date if I want too! I just normally choose not to,” Eli snapped at Shanks.

“Ben! Ben! Ellie has a girlfriend!” Shanks shouted for his first mate.

“Stop calling me Ellie!” Eli told Shanks- rather annoyed at the man. “That’s not my name damn it!”

“Shanks! Your meant to be asking Eli to look for Ace and Luffy!” Ben shouted as Eli could hear Ben hit Shanks, at least twice. “Not ask the kid about his love life! Hello Elijah.”

“Ben,” Eli said. Not minding Shanks’ first mate, the guy wasn’t ass. Unlike a said red hair man.

“Would be you be able to do us a favour?” Ben asked. “I know you don’t like doing things for free so we will pay you for this. Let’s say, all of the food the kids eat since they eat a lot, for the cost of you getting the kids to Sabaody Archipelagos and however much both kids and Shanks bounties are together. How does that sound? We will pay once we get the kids, you have my word.”

Damn… that sounds so good… that was a lot of money…

“How about this,” Eli told Ben- seeing if he could get more money. “I’ll look and find the kids. If I don’t think it’s too much of a pain once I have the kids. I will take them to Sabaody Archipelago and you pay me 5 Million Belli plus whatever travel expensive.”

“What?!” Shanks shouted in the background. But both Ben and Eli ignored him.

“How about we just make it 10 Million Belli all up right here and now,” Ben told Eli whose mouth dropped. He thought that Ben would try to argue to lower the price, a Million Belli was the lowest overall for the job that Eli would go for Ben. Since Shanks is worth like half that, Eli thinks. So, these kids won’t be worth much and Eli always has money and lots of it on hand. 

“10 Million Belli for the job overall?” Eli asked Ben slowly. To confirm he had heard that right.

“Yes,” Ben nodded with a complaining Shanks in the background. “What do you say kid?”

Eli couldn’t help but smile. That was a lot of money and would set Eli up for a damn long time. He liked it. “You got yourself a deal Ben. I’ll find these kids for you. What are their names and what do they look like?”

“Their names are Ace and Luffy,” Ben answered as Eli was getting some paper and a pen. “They’re brothers. You’ll find a picture of them with bounties on their heads in today’s paper. But overall, they both have raven black hair. Ace whose 10 has freckles with silver/grey eyes and Luffy whose 6 has brown eyes. One of them will have Shanks old straw hat too. It was given to Ace as a present a few years back but Luffy wears it most of the time.”

“Lu also has a scar under his left eye too!” Shanks added in. Not caring about price anymore since Eli was more than willing to get the boys and they would be with Shanks soon. Back with family. “He got when it a few years ago, when I accidently left my knife out where he could get it!”

“The crew joke that’s how you lost your arm you know,” Ben smirked and teased Shanks.

“Well I didn’t lose my arm to Rouge! Almost lost my eye to the woman though…” Shanks muttered. “I lost my arm to a sea king saving Ace’s ass who was saving Sabo’s ass who was saving Luffy’s ass.” Shanks huffed and puffed a little.

“Whatever I don’t care,” Eli told Shanks. “Is there a timeframe for this job?”

“Nope!” Shanks told the teen. “We’re in the middle of something and I don’t know when it will end so you can take your time! But I’ll send Ben, Yassop and some others to get the boys when you call and let us know you’re in Paradise. Thanks Eli!”

“Don’t thank me yet,” Eli sighed as he got up from his seat and opened a window. Where a News Coo landed and Eli paid for a paper. “You can thank me by paying for the kids when you get them and… what the fucking hell?!”

“I’ll take it as you just a hold of a paper,” Ben said at Eli’s random reaction.

“If this job gets me kill you owe me 100 fucking Million Belli!” Eli told Ben. “The son of fucking Roger… I’m going to have the whole fucking world after me…”

“Now you can see why I said 10 Million Belli right?” Ben laughed lightly.

“You guys owe me one hell of a fucking favour as well as paying me,” Eli told Ben and Shanks as he got his clothes on. “And the only way I am not getting paid for this job from you is if a better offer comes along or if i'm fucking dead. You understand me, Shanks? You better pay me 10 fucking Million Belli!”

“What do I owe you if you almost die doing the job?” Shanks asked- being a smart ass.

“50 fucking Million Belli or more, and not anything less,” Eli told Shanks in a dead serious voice. “But I swear to god Shanks if this gets me killed…”

“I know, I know. You’ll hunt me till you get your 100 Million Belli,” Shanks said as he laughed it off.

“This is not a laughing matter!” Eli shouted then sighed. “Whatever. I’m going. I’ll call you once I have the kids. They’ll want to talk you most likely when I get them.”

“That’s true Cap,” Ben nodded in agreement. “Ace will want to make sure that Eli is telling him the truth. The kid doesn’t trust or like strangers… Be careful when you find them Elijah!”

“Not a problem! Either me or Ben will talk to Ace and Luffy when you call then!” Shanks smiled- seeing no problem at all.  

“Whatever, bye,” Eli said hanging up before Shanks could say anything else. “Annoying man…”

Eli picked up his clothes, changed then packed a bag for the trip. Eli wonders who called his bed buddy of 8 weeks and lover/partner of 6 weeks. Not only that, who called them but why as well?

“Yo!” Eli said knocking on the door. “We need to talk. I just got a job.”

“Hold on Eli!” the person shouted as they finished their talk and said good bye then opened the door and Eli was grinning at their naked but covered with the sheet of the bed body. “What were you saying about a job?”

“A big ass pay day!” Eli smirked- happy as hell since it was a BIG pay day. “Got find these 2 kids called Ace and Luffy for a… acquaintance of mine.” Eli wasn’t sure if he should tell his ‘girlfriend’ that he knew Shanks or not. Well, if they asked Eli wasn’t going to lie to them.  

“What a coincidence,” they said coming out of the bathroom and getting their clothes off the ground. “I was asked to find 2 kids with those names by my older brother.”

Eli frowned. What? This doesn’t feel like a coincidence, at least, not that Eli can think of. Who else aside from Shanks and his crews, other than the fucking Marines and probably half the fucking world too, other than them, who else was looking for and wanting these kids?

And older brother? Were they talking about the one that left to be a pirate like 13 or 14 years ago? The one (and only mind you) that was 15 years older than them? Why would their older brother being calling about some kids? And… 

“Let me guess,” Eli said as the person put their clothes back on, almost having a feeling he knew the answer to the question he was asking. “They have bounties in today’s paper?”

“Yep!” the person nodded which made their white hair go everywhere. Damn it, Elijah knew that they must be going after the same kids. “Forget your big pay day. You help me and I’ll make it worth your wild.”

“Oh?” Eli grinned and with eyebrows raised. “You can do better than 10 Million Belli can you?” Eli was pretty sure that they couldn’t really top that but Eli is a gentleman… okay, he’s not a gentleman, but he will at least hear his lover out. They are his lover after all.

“Yep!” the white hair slightly older teen grinned right back. “Not only will my big brother not kill you but you’ll get an endless supply of favours, riches and an island from a very powerful person! Plus an endless supply of sex from me!”

Eli looked at their lover funny. Really now? Won’t get killed by what sounds like an over protective big brother (do they have a sibling complex or something?), an endless supply of favours, riches, an island and an endless supply of sex from his lover? That sounded like it was worth Elijah’s wild… but just who is this powerful person? What crew was his lover’s older brother apart? Wait... since when was Eli's lover even apart of any crew anyway!?

“Really? Who is this powerful person?” Eli asked. The offer was sounding very good.

“Whitebeard!” the white hair teen smirked. “And he won’t kill you for getting in his way.”

Whitebeard?! Whitebeard!? White-fucking-beard?! That was the other person, other than the Marines and the rest of the world too, that was wanting and looking for these kids?!  The guy was just as strong and scary as Shanks! If not more so!

But then again… Eli already had a deal with Ben and Shanks and he does not like backing out of deals… plus, Eli did owe Shanks one, not that Eli liked to admit it… but this White-fucking-beard we’re talking about…

Oh god Eli’s head hurt… too much thinking…

“I… I’ll think about it,” Eli told them, not sure what to do anymore right now. “But for now, let’s just go find these kids. Then I’ll decide.”

Fuck… what was Eli going to do? Eli didn’t want to betray Shanks, even if he said he would give the boys to someone else for a better deal. Eli still has loyalties and despite Shanks being an ass and pretty much always calling Eli, Ellie. Eli did like him and the other person was someone that Eli didn’t know. But this other person, was Whitebeard… the World’s Strongest Man… with the World’s Strongest Crew… and… fuck it. Whatever happens, happens. Eli is just going to have to be very careful.

Eli will think more about the pros and cons of this when he is sober. He doesn’t have the right mind or mind set to be thinking about this now. Thinking too much when your drunk and hangover is not a good idea, never a good idea.

“I’m too drunk to deal with this shit,” Eli sighed as his lover packed a bag of their own. Eli has a feeling he is going to regret taking this job from Shanks… If this fucking job gets Eli killed he is going to fucking never take another job from Shanks again, and fucking forget the money. Eli will kill Shanks.

Besides, now that Elijah thinks about it… would the kids even trust or go with Elijah and his lover if they took them to anyone but Shanks? Would the kids want to go to Whitebeard?  

Argh! It’s too early for Eli to thinking like this! He needs either more alcohol or coffee!

A few days later…

Macey was sitting in the infirmary as she was staring at the young blonde boy. He wasn’t in his own clothes anything more as they were badly burnt from the fire with the boat being blown and catching fire and stuff. Instead, he was wearing a shirt of Ryouta’s as a dress and a pant of boxers. Jace was working on making the kid new clothes. So that the kid had some clothes that he use and call his own.  

Macey couldn’t help but stare and look at the kid. They seemed to be around the same height and age but while Macey was a girl, this kid was a boy. The only boys that Macey really knew were her brother, some of the people from the temple- though she doesn’t really remember them very well and strangers that have either tried to kidnapped her, kill her and/or sell her. Oh, plus there was Core, Phoenix and Jace too. But they were like big brothers more than friends or kids. Since there was a big age gap between them. Ryouta was 10 years older than Macey and Core, Phoenix and Jace were closer to Ryouta’s age then hers.

Not saying that they can’t be friends because of that or anything. But, Macey wanted a friend or two. Many more, who were her own age. Instead being friends all of the adults and her brother’s friends all of the time. It would be nice to have a friend who was Macey’s friend and who was roughly, at least close in age to Macey.

Macey couldn’t wait for the boy to wake up. Because then they can be friends! Macey really couldn’t wait! Her first friend her own age!

“Are you sure Musica?” Ariel asked as she was helping Musica with moving some things around in the room that Musica stores all of her musical instruments, her costumes for dancing and her magic things and other things as well. It was a spare storage room.

Most of crew had a storage room that they used to store their extra things that didn’t fit in their rooms. The ship was big for eight people, well nine if you include this new kid who they saved, but it wasn’t too big that they couldn’t handle it.

“Yeah,” Musica nodded. “Core likes Ryouta and Ryouta totally likes him back!”

Fay nodded her head slowly. The three older girls get together like this sometimes, just to talk about things and gossip. Especially about their Captain and a certain assassin cook since they find out that a certain assassin cook likes their captain as more than just a captain and as more than just friends.

“I think she’s right Ari,” Fay said to Ariel. “Core likes Ryouta. He always makes Ryouta his favourite foods and drinks and desserts and stuff.”

“And Ryouta is always hanging around Core like a bad smell or a lost puppy,” Musica pointed out to Ariel. Musica thought it was cute as hell, but kind annoying since the two just need to get together already. They’re been doing this dance for about two and half years now, since Core pretty much joined the crew actually. Though, Musica would love to know how the Captain had met their resident assassin cook. After all, it’s not every day that you meet an assassin who decides he wants to be a cook instead of an a plain old everyday assassin (not that being an assassin is normal or everyday or anything), plus then join a pirate crew. “I’m telling you right now, they’re both dense as bricks and have no idea that the other likes them! They both seem to barely admit to themselves that they like the other, let alone see the hints they try to drop or show the other that they like them!”

Ariel sighed- she did not want to get involved in this. Talking and gossiping about it was fun and probably not the world’s best idea. But Ariel did not want to get in on trying to get their Captain and Cook together! They were not playing match markers! Too many things can go wrong trying to do that!

Plus, it wasn’t really fair to either Core or Ryouta to push or force them to get together just because they liked each other. If the two of them want to get together and be couple, that is choice and their choice alone. It wasn’t the girl’s choice.

“That still doesn’t mean we should try to push them together,” Ariel told Musica and Fay. Knowing Musica would still most likely try anyway but hoped that Fay would be smart enough to realised that it was a bad idea. “We might not make things work on. And i do not think we make the situation better if we push.”

“Or we would make the situation so better!” Musica grinned- sitting on a seat near her piano. There were lots of different instruments in the room. You name it- Musica has it and can play it.

“Sorry Musica but I’m with Ariel on this,” Fay told the purple hair teen. “We might make worse and that’s the last thing we should do.”

Musica sighting, “I guess so…” Musica could see what both her fellow female crew mates were saying and everything but that doesn’t mean she thinks they are more right than her. Just maybe, she can do something small and hopefully no-one else will notice?

“You ever going to tell Jace you like him?” Fay asked innocently to change the subject since Musica seemed disappointed that Fay and Ariel thought it was a good idea to back off and not try to force their captain and cook together.

Where the hell did that come from?!  Why was this suddenly about Musica!?

“Who says I like Jace!?” Musica blushed like mad and got very defensive. One of the few things that the girls haven’t done yet, was talk about whether or not they had crushes or if they like any of their fellow crew mates as more than just crew-mates and friends.

“Pretty much everyone but you and Jace,” Ariel smirked and laughed lightly. Then Ariel frowned as she thought of something. “Who was looking after Macey?” the last thing they need is for something to happen to the Captain’s little sister and him have a heart attack about it.

“Speaking of Macey,” Musica said- not being sure on who was looking after their youngest crew member. “She seemed rather interested in the kid you fished out the sea.”

Ariel’s mind was thinking about where Macey could be, if she wasn’t here or with the guys. They should send Fay to check if Macey is with guys, because if not, then 9 year old girl is most likely in the infirmary with the young boy that Ariel did fish out of the sea.

“I wonder how Ryouta will react to that?” Fay commented.

Musica had told Ariel and Fay about how Macey had said she had never had a friend her own age before. The three older girls all agreed that they wanted to keep the young boy so that Macey had a friend her own age plus a kid around Macey’s age around. It should be good and nice for Macey to have someone her own around and to be friends with.

“He’ll probably go into overprotective big brother mode!” Musica laughed as she thought about it. Ryouta was very protective of his little sister. It was kind cute and kind of scary all at the same time. It was like the guy had a sister complex or something.

“AAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHH!” a young voice shouted.

What was that?! Why was someone yelling!? Did something happen to Macey!? What happened!? Are they under attack!? Did the Marines find them!? They thought they lost the Marines!

Elsewhere…

Ace was hurting, not physically. At least, not as far as he could see or tell. He was hurting emotionally. He still had no-one who had betrayed him and his mother to the Marines. Though, Ace was thankful that he and Lu had lost the ass-wipes marines. But his heart, his being, his soul. Everything about him, it was hurting.

And it wasn’t from a physical wound. It was of heart ache and heart break. Of not knowing who he could trust and who he couldn’t. The only people that Ace has ever trusted has been Shanks and his main crew who he hasn’t seen in almost two years. Their shitty gramps Garp- though the man was an ass at time and has been trying to turn Ace, Sabo and Luffy into Marines for years. Claiming that all of the training that he was giving them (which Ace will never admit he was thankful for), was to help them to become strong and to become good marines. His mother Rouge, the woman who protected him his whole life. Despite the demon blood in his vines from his father.

Ace flinched, a natural reflex. From all of the times that he would himself the son of a demon and devil and say bad things about his father, about Roger. Because no-one seemed to like him and say that if Roger ever had a child, that they deserved death or worse. His mother use to head slap or hit him about it. Saying that no-one knew Roger like her, Shanks, a guy called Whitebeard or Garp. That those people didn’t know who Roger really was and bunch of other stuff. That she loved Ace and she would never change him or who his father was, for anything in the world.

There had been Sabo, of course. The first kid close in Ace’s age who didn’t seem to care who Roger was or if he had son or child and said that if Roger had a kid, that the kid deserved a chance to be themselves and not be compared to their father. After all, not all children are like their parents or their fathers. And even after Rouge and Ace told Sabo who Ace’s father, that he was Gol D. Roger, or Gold Roger as most people know him as and that Rouge was his former lover. Sabo never cared, he never treated either of them any differently. He just didn’t talk or ask questions about Roger after that.

And of course, there’s the only person that Ace could still call family and the only family that he had left (Ace didn’t count the shitty old man called Garp) and that was Luffy. Sweet innocent little Luffy. The kid never cared who Ace’s dad was, even after finding out. He never cared. Luffy just saying that Ace is Ace and Luffy would never change that for the world, Luffy just loved his big brother. Luffy had the same reaction when Sabo told them that he was the son of a noble, that he didn’t care because Sabo is Sabo and he would never change that. Luffy just loved his two big brothers, he didn’t care who their real fathers or families were. That didn’t matter at all to Luffy.

It was really sweet and nice. Luffy never fails to make Sabo and Ace happy.

Ace at first, was kind annoyed more than mad at Sabo with his whole family thing. Ace didn’t understand why Sabo hadn’t said anything sooner. But then again, Ace had never said about his father when asked and the only reason why Ace had said anything at all, was because Rouge thought it would only be fair to let Sabo know what he was getting himself into if he stayed with them. And the only reason Sabo had told them that he was the son of a noble, was because they had saw the man and Sabo freaked/got scared seeing the man. Luckily, the man never saw them or Sabo, because if he had. God only knows what could have happened.

But now… none of it mattered… all Ace wanted… all Ace wanted was his little blonde brother… Luffy’s big brother… Ace just want his and Luffy’s brother back… Ace wanted was Sabo back...

“Sabo… I’m sorry…” Ace cried quietly to himself.

Luffy hugged Ace, in his sleep, since the kid was still sleeping. But it was like he knew that Ace needed him, that he needed this. That he needed to be comforted, to be supported. But Ace was glad that Luffy was not awake to see him cry. Ace needed to be strong, not only for himself but for Luffy too. Ace can’t let me himself be weak!

“I’ll protect Luffy,” Ace promised his mother and Sabo on the wind. “Mum… Sabo… I’ll protect Luffy, no matter what. I promise.”

Luffy slowly nodded and silently agreed. Not letting Ace know that he was awake as he kept his eyes shut and kept his breathing steady like he was sleeping.

‘And I promise that I will protect Ace too, Mummy Rouge, Big brother Sabo,’ Luffy thought. ‘No matter what. I swear on our bond as brothers and family, I will protect Ace too.’ Luffy’s grip tighten on Ace a little, not that the older really noticed as he was too busy keeping an eye out for any Marine Ships and any enemies in general. Because right now, it’s Ace and Luffy against the whole fucking world. And the fucking world is a fucking scary place.