"Now don't say that the devil's powers are hereditary ...?"

Chapter 2

Ace then went straight out to sea with his son Anthony. Through his ability, which he had acquired through the devil's fruit, over the years he developed a technique with which he could move faster on the sea.
His little boat was also adapted to it.
It looked beautiful how Ace moved on the sea, the water seemed to glow red, orange and there was a pleasant warmth.
Now they have been driving across the sea at extremely high speeds for an hour and a half.
At some point, however, Ace ran out of strength and had to take a break, the boat was still going fast, but slowing down because Ace no longer "pushed" it.
Out of breath, it sat across from Anthony, who was busy "playing" with his storm lighter by holding the lighter in one hand and repeatedly opening and closing the flap with his thumb.
Ace watched him do it and tried to listen to the sound that emanated from it and switched over the calm sea. The storm lighter was silver and had an "A" engraved on it which was black. The "A" was in a font that resembled the 18th or 19th century, but Ace couldn't see any further details because it was too dark and the moonlight wasn't enough to brighten everything up.
Ace was still breathing very hard:
"Actually we would have made it to Kokos in 3 hours, but I can't go any longer .."
He drew in a sharp breath, then glanced at his lockpot.
"It's not far ... in about 3 hours we would have made it there at that speed, but I'm too tired ..."
Suddenly Anthony stopped playing with the lighter and looked his father straight in the face.
"Shall I relieve you ...?" he asked seriously.
Ace started to laugh: "Now don't say you ate some devil fruit too? What should I do now if I fall in the water? Who will save me?" Ace joked, because he wasn't afraid of drowning anyway.
Anthony held out his hand in response. First his individual fingers began to burn and then his entire hand became a flame.
Ace just stared at him questioningly "Now don't say that the devil's powers are hereditary ...?"
Anthony just grinned, "Yeah ... but unlike you Daddy, I can still swim, so don't worry, if you fall in the water I'll save you."
After he had dived the place with his father, he stood in the position in which his father was just standing and began to bring the boat back up to the appropriate speed.

After a few hours the day started again and Anthony found himself at the end of his strength.
His father, who had watched him drive the boat with the flames, now informed him that they should be there soon:
"We should be there in a minute ... Come on, sit down again, you seem to be finished ... Take a little rest ..."Anthony stopped and then switched places again with his father Ace. But before he sat down, he asked him for something: "When we are there soon, will you please not tell her that I am actually her little son that she is holding in her arms ...?"
Ace just nodded and smiled at him: "You look finished my son ... sleep a little."
Both Ace and Anthony looked pretty much at the end.
The tiredness had caused black circles to form under her eyes, which made her look extremely tired and weak.
Anthony couldn't believe his ears, had he really just heard my son ?!
Although Anthony is very tired and exhausted at the moment he cannot sleep, he is just too excited to see his mother again for a very long time.
The same thing happened to Ace, the closer they got to the island of Kokos, the more excited he got. Now you could see the island from afar ...

Nojiko had spread a blanket on the floor of her living room and was playing there with her little son Anthony who is only two years old.
She often did this after she had finished picking her oranges.
Usually she often played outside with him, but since it's too cold this morning, she preferred to stay inside with him.
"Anthony, come on to mom." called her little son, who was sitting on the other end of the blanket, in a calm voice.
"Come here," she repeated, putting her hands on her knees.
The little one turned back to her and hesitated a moment, but then with a happy expression on his face he crawled to his mom, who hugged him warmly.
"You are mommy's everything." she said before kissing his forehead and stroking his black hair.

Now he was standing in front of her door and didn't know if he should knock and if the whole thing wasn't a bad idea after all.
Numerous questions went through his head.
What if she doesn't want to see me?
What if she already has another one?
What do I do if she wants to know who Anthony is?
But before he thought through an answer for everything, he knocked on her door.
He heard her footsteps as she ran to the door and then she stood in front of him.
She looked shocked but also overjoyed at the same time and suddenly he just hugs her.
In front of friends she began to cry in his arms
"Ace you finally came back ..."