Vol. 04 Ch. 37 – Yoroshiku Konoyaro

Luffy who is alone in the mountain bandits headquarters awaits Ace and Dadan's return. He wants to go fetch Ace but is being held by Magra because of Luffy's wound in his body which is still severe. On the day of Tenryuubito's arrival, finally Ace and Dadan returned with bandages all over their bodies because they were covered in wounds. After making sure all the wounds they both had were treated, the atmosphere returned to normal as usual. But at night when Dogra returned from the Tenryuubito welcoming ceremony, he told them what he had seen.

Ace: "What? Sabo has ... don't lie you damn! Don't expect me to forgive you even if it's just a joke." Ace immediately jumped on top Dogra wanted to hit him.

Magra: "Stop it, Ace." Magra wants to separate the two of them.

Dogra: "I will not lie or joke about it. It happened suddenly, even I doubted my own eyes. I think it's a dream or an illusion. " Dogra still said what he saw was true.

Ace: "Shut up. Sabo was brought home by his father who was a nobleman. So how can he be at the sea? " Ace still does not want to believe the words of Dogra.

Luffy: "That's right ... Sabo returns to his real home." Luffy also has the same thoughts as Ace.

Dogra: "Although I am rouge understand how he feels, there are places where people don't want to go back. If he is happy there, why did he go sailing to the ocean? Why do you think he went out alone to sea with the pirate flag on his ship? " With tears continued to drip, Dogra shouted so that Ace made his eyes open wide.

Luffy: "Sabo ... not happy." Luffy cried loudly.

Ace: "Why didn't we pick him up last time? Where is the person who killed Sabo? I will kill him. " Ace pulled back the collar of Dogra's shirt to revenge Sabo.

Dogra: "Killing Tenryuubito? It is impossible."

Ace: "I'll make him pay for his actions." Ace immediately ran out but was stopped by Dadan by hitting Ace hard on the floor.

Dadan: "Stop it, you damn brat."

Ace: "Stay away." Ace tried to get up.

Dadan: "Don't have the strength but speak high. What can you do? They will kill you! Today you will die and people will forget you the next day, that's what will happen to you. The one who killed Sabo was this country, this world! What can you do? Your father died from changing the world. Be strong like him, then if you want to die or live it's up to you. Tie this damn brat. "

Dadan who kept holding Ace on the floor finally threw him to her men to be tied to a tree and Luffy still cried calling out the name Sabo continuously. Ace continued to rebel and scream as long as he was tied to a tree so he will not to act recklessly. The next morning after Ace and Luffy began to calm down, Dadan wanted to untie Ace's body. News Coo came with a letter from Sabo and Ace went to the seaside while reading the letter from Sabo, and finally Ace also could not hold back his tears. The next day, Ace strengthened his heart and went through the days as usual, but Luffy continued to be sad and cried alone looking towards the sea.

Ace: "Until when do you want to be like that?" Ace hit Luffy's head which kept sad and crying.

Luffy: "Ace ... I ... want to be stronger ... more ... more ... more ... stronger, even stronger than Arthur-Sensei. So that I can protect everyone, I don't want to lose someone again, I beg you, Ace, don't die. " While crying Luffy made his promise but got hit in the head from Ace.

Ace: "Don't say stupid ... you're the one I'm worried about, you're weaker than me. Listen to me Luffy, I will not die. Sabo asked me to take care of you, so did Sensei. As Sensei said, live without regret. " When Ace remembered Arthur, he also remembered gifts from him.

Luffy: "Ace?"

Ace: "Luffy, come with me quickly." Ace immediately ran while dragging Luffy back to their secret base where he kept Arthur's gift.

Luffy: "Ace, what's up?"

Ace: "Do you remember the gift from Arthur-Sensei?" Ace who ran quickly reached their secret base and ransacked the room.

Luffy: "Hem, mysterious paper. Do you want to write a letter? " Luffy noded and remember Arthur give them Vivre Card.

Ace: "Stupid, sensei tells us that the paper will burn out if the owner dies, but if the paper is still intact then the paper will move towards the owner of this paper." Ace pulled out a small piece of paper with the words Sabo on it.

Luffy: "So ...?" Luffy who saw the paper moving over Ace's palm began to smile.

Ace: "That means Sabo is still alive and he is out there. I don't know who saved him, we will meet again after we sailed to the sea. Until then we must become stronger. " Seeing there was hope for them to meet with Sabo, making Luffy's eyes shine again.

From that day on the two of them continued to train to become stronger, Dadan who knew that Sabo might still be alive because Arthur also became calmer. And one morning when Makino went to visit Luffy, he was stopped by Ace who said he wanted to learn greetings.

Makino: "Why do you suddenly want to learn to give greetings?"

Ace: "I am Luffy's big brother, so one day I would like to meet with Akagami Shanks and be say thanks for helping Luffy. Why do you see me like that? " Seeing Makino who smiled made Ace upset.

Makino: "Alright, I'll teach you."

Ace: "Yosh, Yoroshiku konoyaro."

Makino: "Buu, wrong from the start. Oh yeah, I have a letter from Arthur for you and Luffy. " Makino pull out a letter that Arthur had left for Ace.

Ace: "Luffy, there's a letter from Arthur-Sensei." Ace shouted out to Luffy.

Luffy: "Oh, what's in the letter?"

(Ace, Luffy, if you read this letter then I have already gone to bring Sabo with me to sail around the sea. You don't need to worry about Sabo's situation, I have saved him after Tenryuubito fired a cannon on his ship. But if you get sad because you think he died and do not remember the gift I gave you, I will give you [Konohagakure Ogi] that you will never forget. Practice harder, if you go sailing to the sea, then don't forget to meet and greet Sabo. Take care of your health.)

Ace + Luffy: "I'm sorry."

Makino: "What's wrong with you two."

The two of them who read the letter and remembered [Konohagakure Ogi] that Luffy had felt, they immediately bowed to the letter and apologized. But they were very happy to learn that Sabo had been saved by Arthur and they would be able to meet if they went sailing to the sea as an adult.