What He Should Be
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onepiece_300Title: What He Should Be
Words: 286
Characters: Marco, Ace
A streak of outraged fire and flailing limbs, and Marco finds himself grinning.
That kid. He's funnier than any other newbie he can remember.
Well. Technically the kid isn't a newbie as much as a thoroughly failed assassin who is too stubborn to know when to give up.
And that's exactly why Marco started thinking of him as "newbie" some eighty-eight - no, eight-nine, now - attempts on his captain's life ago. Because the kid's still here, and still trying, and the fire in his eyes still burns as strongly as that of his power.
Too bad he can't seem get over his pride or rage or whatever dumb emotion is driving him so hard he can't see what Marco already knows - that there is something holding him here, and it's more than his own fool quest to take Whitebeard's head.
Marco can see how much more he could be. Same as Whitebeard does, or nobody would bother fishing his sorry, extinguished, politely apologetic ass out of the drink every time he got kicked overboard.
And because Marco can see that, and because Marco isn't a testosterone-stricken brat with a chip the size of the Moby Dick on his shoulder; and because Marco likes the kid, dammit, he finally decides to do more than just watch the show.
Marco stops by the kitchen for a bowl of hot soup, and grabs a towel before heading out on deck. He knows how cold the sea can be.
He knows how lonely it can be, too, and it's about time that the newbie accepted that it doesn't have to be that way.
And when he does, Marco has a feeling that the kid will be even more amusing a brother than he was an enemy.
Words: 286
Characters: Marco, Ace
A streak of outraged fire and flailing limbs, and Marco finds himself grinning.
That kid. He's funnier than any other newbie he can remember.
Well. Technically the kid isn't a newbie as much as a thoroughly failed assassin who is too stubborn to know when to give up.
And that's exactly why Marco started thinking of him as "newbie" some eighty-eight - no, eight-nine, now - attempts on his captain's life ago. Because the kid's still here, and still trying, and the fire in his eyes still burns as strongly as that of his power.
Too bad he can't seem get over his pride or rage or whatever dumb emotion is driving him so hard he can't see what Marco already knows - that there is something holding him here, and it's more than his own fool quest to take Whitebeard's head.
Marco can see how much more he could be. Same as Whitebeard does, or nobody would bother fishing his sorry, extinguished, politely apologetic ass out of the drink every time he got kicked overboard.
And because Marco can see that, and because Marco isn't a testosterone-stricken brat with a chip the size of the Moby Dick on his shoulder; and because Marco likes the kid, dammit, he finally decides to do more than just watch the show.
Marco stops by the kitchen for a bowl of hot soup, and grabs a towel before heading out on deck. He knows how cold the sea can be.
He knows how lonely it can be, too, and it's about time that the newbie accepted that it doesn't have to be that way.
And when he does, Marco has a feeling that the kid will be even more amusing a brother than he was an enemy.
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Date: 2009-11-05 02:09 pm (UTC)Specially how it's from marco's point of view and the little hints of humor that are in there.
or nobody would bother fishing his sorry, extinguished , politely apologetic ass out of the drink
That just made me giggle really loud, a really nice way of putting it.
whitebeard pirates rock? :)
Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2009-11-06 03:45 am (UTC)And, heh. Extinguished. Yes. Well - what else would you call it when you toss a fireball like Ace into the sea? :D
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Date: 2009-11-06 08:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-05 03:23 pm (UTC)He knows how lonely it can be, too, and it's about time that the newbie accepted that it doesn't have to be that way.
I wibbled a little at this. ;;
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Date: 2009-11-06 03:45 am (UTC)I am very glad you liked it. Ace and his family make me flail!
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Date: 2009-11-06 03:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-05 10:14 pm (UTC)I love it! It really sounds like Marco's voice, even though we haven't heard much of it, and... all the little details, in such a short fic. Thinking of him as a newbie, hee. ^__^
Marco is amused, and Ace really really needs a family. ♥
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Date: 2009-11-06 03:47 am (UTC)Ace GETS a family, and it is AWESOME. Yes. ♥
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Date: 2009-11-05 10:45 pm (UTC)And Marco deciding to help the newbie and thinking of the future; yes, he does make a great little brother even if he's still a pain, ♥.
Anyway, much love~
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Date: 2009-11-06 03:52 am (UTC)And, yes, that is exactly what I imagined he'd say! でも日本語でビックリした！
I am so curious as to WHY Ace was so determined to kill Whitebeard, though it was very lovely that we got to see Marco be the one gently help him see reason. ♥
Thank you for the love, it makes me flail~!