2 Sabo

As they landed a man approached them with a hand behind his back.

Sshh.

Larch was holding a sword full of rust that was touching the Hobo neck.

Larch: I know that everyone here lives a hard life so i won't be unreasonable tell me if you have seen a blond kid.

Hobo: I don't know what you are talking about. "The sword looks full of rust so the moment you drop you guard you are dead kid."

Putting a little more of force in the handle blood ran from the neck of the hobo. Ace that was behind Larch went forward.

Ace: I recommend yo to listen to my brother.

The hobo finally saw his situation as a serious one, even though the ones in front of him were kids with 4-5 years old but they weren't kidding around.

Hobo: I think i saw a the kid you are looking somewhere is towards the center.

Larch: Show the way.

Hobo: Yes, yes.

Leading the way the Hobo tried many times to escape to the side or by drawing attention but each time he did a new cut appeared in his skin. After a while, as they were walking a shadow rushed from the side launching an attack towards Ace' head with a metal knife.

Bang

Whoosh

Puff

As the strike was about to arrived a sword appeared out of nowhere and sending the knife way at the same time the sword moved in a strange way as it also went to the shadow hand, making blood spray from it. The shadow now sitting in the ground from failing the attacks and getting injured in the process, revealed a blond kid that was bleeding from his right hand.

Larch: Are you Sabo?

Sabo: Who are you? What do you want from me?

Seeing the kids distracted the hobo took the chance and sneak attacked Larch in the back.

Puff

Sabo and Ace were shocked by what they saw, the hobo that was guiding them had knife directed at Larch' back, but his head was flying in the air. Sabo was shocked by the power showed by the kid that the same age as him, as for Ace was shocked by his brother killing someone, he knew what world they lived in, after all their father was executed and if the world knew who they were they will be next ones to go.

Ace: Brother?

Larch: Ace the back of a man supports his everything, his loved ones do, so attacking someone back is only with the intention of killing him and his loved ones, even if you don't mind dying remember your loved ones that will suffer from missing you.

Ace: Yes brother.

Larch: Continuing our conversation Sabo, we don't want anything to do with you, just want to talk with you nothing more.

Sabo: Okay.

Sabo was reluctant but he couldn't do anything. So he agreed.

As the three spend their time talking with each other. All of them got closer to each other, making Sabo a part of their group. Ace and Sabo had the same dream, which was 'freedom' and so they wanted to become pirates. Ace decided to bring Sabo back to Dadan to join them in living together, as they were now 'brothers'. As they were walking in the forest back to Mt.Colubo. Sabo asked something that Ace also want to really know.

Sabo: Larch-kun do you also want to become a pirate.

Larch: Yes.

As Sabo and Ace saw Larch responding he looked indifferently like always.

Sabo: Don't you get excited about anything. while we were talking in the way you didn't smile or laugh.

This time Larch didn't respond him. As Sabo was about to ask again Ace stopped him.

Ace: You should know something and that is when he doesn't want to respond, he won't do it no matter what and it's dangerous when he doesn't want to. If you truly want to know he is like this because he lost someone he truly cared about.

Sabo: Who?

As Sabo asked this question Larch turned towards him making both of them stunned as Larch locked eyes with his brother Ace, Ace began sweating profoundly.

Ace: I won't say anything.

As time went by the three got closer, as they had the same goal of becoming pirates and for that they trained every day by living in the jungle and fighting the animals in it.

5 years later.

A man and a kid were outside Dadan house knocking the door.

Knock, knock, knock

???: What is this place?

Knock, knock, knock

Opening the door, Dadan screamed at the person that was knocking.

Dadan: Stop it! Whoever you are, do you wanna get killed?!

Garp: It's me.

Hearing that voice Dadan opened her eyes seeing Garp in front of her.

Dadan: G-Garp-san.

Garp: You are looking good.

While they were talking with each other, Luffy separated from them chasing some flies, until he bumped against something and falling to the ground. Hearing the noise caused by the bump, Garp and Dadan turned to look at them.

Looking up Luffy saw a kid about the same age as he, probably some years old. He had dark hair andwas holding a metal spear in his right hand and resting in his shoulder. The kid was looking back at Luffy with cold eyes.

Boom

The kid moving his right hand tried to pierce Luffy in heart with his spear. Seeing what was happening, Garp used Soru to dashed to theirs location and using his right leg he pushed the spear down making it pierce the ground instead.

Sshh

Bang

After that Garp felt something up in the sky, rising his head he saw a blond kid holding a wood staff using the momentum of the fall to increase the power of his strike that was directed to Garp and Luffy below, in case Garp dodge the attack, it would hit Luffy. Garp raised his left hand and caught the staff, with that making Sabo standing in the air as if the time stopped.

Bang

Following that Garp felt a ominous feeling in front of him, looking at the kid that tried to pierce Luffy a 'identical' one was dashing from his left side heading towards him and Luffy at the same time as he was drawing his sword. Sensing that this attack was stronger than the previous ones and as he only had his right hand left. He used a little bit of haki, Armament Haki, on his arm only to covered a little of the surface of his arm.

Dadan: ACE, SABO, LARCH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!?

Seeing that their combination attack failed, all of them backed off having Ace on the left, Larch on the middle and Sabo on the right. The three of them compared to five years ago were taller, their muscles grew, but their bodies were still thin. Ace' weapon was a metal spear which was recommend for him to use by Larch and the same was with Sabo and his wood staff. As for Larch since the beginning he choose the sword as his weapon and he made huge improvements on his sword mastery. Larch had slight difference compared with Ace which could be used to differentiate them, one of them was that Larch now had tones of red in his black hair, making him now having a dark red hair and he was taller and more muscled than Ace.