- "Because you are my father ..."

Now he saw there, in this bar, far away from her, and there he let himself go full.
It's been 2 years since he just left her.
She was limp and he just left after sleeping with HER of all people.
The bartender refilled his glass, before he emptied it again, he thought of her again: "What she's doing now, ... maybe she has ..."
He didn't even want to end this thought, because he knew exactly that he neither wanted to be true nor to think.
But he couldn't help himself, he just had to go, he always has a mission to do.
While the black haired man was thinking about the past, he did not notice that he was being watched by someone sitting behind him.
After he had emptied his fifth glass, he got up and left the bar with the strange boy in tow.

Because Ace moved away from him with quick steps and the boy couldn't keep up with him in the long run.
"Wait!"
Ace knew that he was meant, because he had already noticed the boy when he had walked around the last corner.
He stopped but did not turn to face him.
"What do you want?" The answer came from the slightly drunk pirate.
"I've been looking for you everywhere ... because you are my father ..."
Shocked but also a little amused, he turns to him.
"Boy, are you kidding me ?! I'm only 21 myself and you want to tell me that you are my son who is already 15 or 16 ..."
Ace ran a few steps towards him and looked at him a little closer, noticing that he was already showing some similarities with him.
He looked very much like his face, he even had a few freckles, but you only noticed them on closer inspection, and they were even the same color of eyes.
Suddenly the boy started to talk more.
"I don't come from that time either ...actually I'm only two years old now ..."
Ace stopped dead in his tracks.Actually, I would only be two years old nowkeep switching it through his head.
If what the strange boy is telling him is true, then it means that Nojiko became pregnant by him back then and now has a young son from him.
"Go back home to your parents ..." Ace tried to get rid of him and turned back to walk, but he was stopped again by the boy.
He laughed: "My mother lives on an island called Kokos and it's not just around the corner, I mean that's a bit far from here, don't you think ...?"
you could literally taste the irony, "... And why should I leave when my father is here to take care of me?"
Portgas turned around again and looked him straight in the face: "What's your name? And if you are really my son, how did you manage to get here in the past?What's your mother's name and how is she? "One question after the other burst out of Ace, not only because he wanted to know who this boy was but also how Nojiko is. Ace was now very confused and continued to stare at the boy.
It was very cold out there and it was raining. It was pretty dark in the alleys and Ace could only see the boy because they were standing under one of the lanterns.
The boy's wet black hair was glued to his face and he smiled at Ace.
"My name is Anthony and my mother's name isNojiko. How I got here was that I met someone who ate a devil fruit that gave them the ability through time to travel. And unfortunately I can't tell you yet why I'm here ... "
Anthony smiled a little sadly.
But suddenly something happened that he hadn't expected.
His father came closer to him and hugged him.
Both were soaking wet from the rain, but they didn't mind as both were sprayed a very strong one.
"I'm sorry that I left you and your mother, but I'll make it up to you ..."

After a while of silence, Ace started walking again, but Anthony stopped because he didn't know where he was going.
"Come on!" Ace called his son and he followed him immediately.
Down at the harbor then Anthony asked him what they were doing down there and he answered him:
"Come on, get in. We're going to visit your mother ..."

A / N: So ... I hope you enjoyed the first part.
But I think the whole thing is going a little too fast here, but that's only because I don't feel like writing tons of chapters until Anthony finally dares to speak to his father:]

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theSUN