One Piece: Reborn and Skypiean

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Chapter 125

Title: Ace Smart....

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–Ace Pov–

It took us 3 days to reach Red Island at risk.

'Man, this place is amazing!'

This was my initial reaction when I came here.

This place is a forest. The old forest with large old trees was similar to 'Little Garden', an island I visited in the past.

The most prominent thing here is the dark red-colored volcano in the center of the island. It had a majestic appearance, almost as if it was a majestic dragon itself, making the entire island hot with steam all around it.

I was amazed for a while. My body feels... okay? My steam-steam fruit allows me to maintain my body temperature, so it's no surprise that I don't feel hot. But why do I feel good?

That's because around me, there's steam. Natural steam made by volcanoes. My body absorbs steam and temper itself in real-time.

I saw my friends on the side... They are in worse condition.

"Huffs.... Ace, you don't feel anything?"

While panting, Masked asked me a question, I just smiled.

"Little."

I lied to make them familiar with me.

Anyway, since I don't feel hot or uncomfortable, I can check the area around the volcano.

"Hey, Deu." He saw me. "Where did you get the news about the fruit? Do you know more specifically?"

He makes thinking posture. "Well, did I tell you about that friend from the underworld? He got this intel and shared it with me. It should be Dragon-Dragon fruit, Ancient Zoan."

"Ohh, you told me about the All-Star King, he also has Dragon-Dragon fruit, right?"

"Yes,"

"Then it's decided!" I'm yelling. "As the right hand of the future Pirate King, you will need a powerful fruit, I will search on the island and get this fruit for you!!"

Everyone on the crew cheered to hear me.

I gave them a final look before jumping into the air. "!"

Fowws!

"Ace, wait! You don't have to!!"

That was all I heard as I flew through the steamy air.

My flying ability was very unstable at sea because I could be swept away by the gusts of wind, but since this entire place was a steamy fountain, it was my territory...although I can't control the steam coming from nature, this isn't bad.

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–Pov General–

Before any crew could stop Ace, he flew up and began to look around the island.

His last words: "Wait on the ship if it's too hot for you!!"

Obviously, they don't care.

Masked Deuce forgot to add one important line.

He put on a worried face. "I heard that the Jack of the Beast Pirates are also here at the moment.... Seeking fruit. Shit, Ace will definitely mess up! Everyone let's go!"

He also started running behind the flying Ace, the rest of the crew followed him.

«...★...»

Outside of the seething volcano inside, a group of people wearing similar clothes and two horns could be seen. In front of them stood a large man with a metal jaw mask with ivory-like horns attached to either side of his head.

He is Jack the Drought, a 27'3 "foot, All-Star Kaido man from the Beasts Pirates!

They stood on the edge of the volcano, looking into the seething volcano itself.

Bereboops!

Some of the gift givers took a few steps back to see the boiling volcano, this place was so hot, yet they were forced to come here because of Jack.

ahh! ahh!

Around them, a gift giver with the power of an Eagle flew while his sharp eyes looked into the volcano. Beside him, a man with bat strength also flew up.

"Egura, are you sure?"

Jack's heavy voice made everyone stiff, Egura, the eagle-man nodded. The eagle's vision could see the volcanic wall terrain clearly.

"Yes, around the level where Lava ends, there is a hole. Enough to allow a man crouching down to get into it. It was a cave, I assumed it was the location where the fruit was stored. I could've been wrong-Eee !!"

As Egura ended his sentence with 'Eee', Jack nodded. "For the fruit we can't confirm yet, so before sending anyone there, we need to ascertain whether the fruit really exists or not."

Everyone gulped hearing it. 'Send anyone... on that volcano?'

"Batman, try searching with your 'Sound-wave sensing. Pay special attention to the fist-sized object inside the cave, it might be the devil's fruit."

"I understand!" Man-bat, Batman nodded and closed his eyes.

"!!!!" 'His sight' began to move, towards the cave, the world seemed to be inverted colored to him.

About 3 minutes later, he opened his eyes.

"Master," Batman came down from the air. "You're right. B-There really is a devil fruit in the cave!!"

Everyone gulped hearing it. They really wish there were no fruit.

After a brief silence from Jack, he grinned behind his mask. "Now we just need someone to go there..."

Unfortunately, none of them are heat resistant enough to do so.

"B-boss .. We can't go there."

Jack's face darkened. He was a Fish-Man, so even with his Ancient Zoan defense, he was extremely uncomfortable around this much heat, several meters above the lava. So going down using a strong rope is out of the way.

'Moreover, Egura said that the hole was only big enough to be entered by a skinny man crouching... I can't possibly achieve that.'

Jack is 27'3" feet tall....

However, no one else approached him other than him. He had a high defense but that was not the case for others, their bodies would simply melt away.

Jack gritted his teeth. 'Why...'

'If it was the King, he could have flown there.'

His inferiority complex started acting up as he clenched his fists. He then looked at Batman and Egura.

"Prepare yourself, you must dive."

"H, Huh? Boss, our bodies are gonna melt."

Jack laughing. "We don't know until we try, do we?"

If one person does not succeed, the second will do it, if the second cannot, the third will do it. If the third one cannot, then the fourth one must be—

"Ahh, who are you?"

Suddenly, Jack's eyes grew as he suddenly saw an unfamiliar voice, seemingly coming from the sky.

"You guys look familiar," That's Ace. "I guess... Ohh, the Pirate Beasts! Right?"

Unlike Luffy, Ace always followed the bounty poster, so he knew the poster with the high bounty, he easily recognized Jack the Drought.

"Why are you here—" As Ace was about to say something again, he heard a voice from afar.... The voice is in his head.

This is one of the demonic fruit powers of his crew member, Telepathy.

"{Ace! Us!}"

"{Ok, okay, I can hear you... What's up, Perry?}"

Ace answered his crew while the people on the ground looked at him with a frown, especially Jack.

'How does he fly, moreover, with such control in this heat?' He easily understood that the strength of his demon fruit, he could see the steam coming out of his body while also absorbing the natural ones. 'Isn't he the perfect scapegoat?'

Jack nodded to himself. He couldn't see this rat disobeying him, All-Star Kaido. So he can order it to get the fruit.

But Ace is in another world.

"{Really?! They're here to pick up the fruit..?}"

Hearing the information, Ace was very excited. This means he might get Jack.

Yet... 'No, that's not good. My crew will definitely get hurt.'

"{Ace, listen to me, get out of there. We are preparing our ship, we will go.}"

"{What? Wh why? We've come this far.it's impossible! Don't worry, I have a plan. I'll-}"

Ace's mind was cut off with a shout from Jack.

"Hey, you! Come down here, I have orders for you. If you get the job right, Emperor Kaido will take you in..."

Ace stopped the telepathy. Secretly, he stared down for a moment. 'This guy...'

He was angry that Jack dared to propose to him an offer to become his subordinate. He wanted to punch him, but he suddenly had a plan.

He grinned and spoke in telepathy. "{Perry, I'll just go after I take the fruit, I promise Deuce. It won't take 10 minutes, okay?}"

Perry's feminine voice, who is secretly in love with Ace, is heard for the last time. "{Ace, listen to me—}"

Only for the connection to be decided by Ace himself.

Ase looked down. "Please, can I help you?"

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A/N: I'll try to connect things with the canon to not make this feel completely out of the world. ?