Chapter: awakening

Noise. The sound of the sea. That and the scream from the seagulls were all he heard. Ace stirred slowly, he felt wet sand on his fingertips and the waves lapping against his hip in uneven rhythm. This was by no means a dream, he noticed it immediately.
He straightened up: "Man, I had a very funny dream that I lost to Blackbeard and was executed." "That wasn't a dream, it really happened." Ace looked around. There sat the girl who had accompanied him in the "City of Heaven".
"What, what does that mean?" "Well it means that you are actually dead." "And your" body "is actually just your soul. But I don't know exactly either. We fell down after we passed the soul gate "Soul gate?" "Yes soul gate. The guardian and death angels and the souls take on a fixed form. Of course not as fixed a form as with living people. Try to use your devil fruit."
Ace did as he was told. But it didn't work properly, the flame was far too weak.
"It surprises me that you can even use them. In heaven there are no devil powers. The devil powers relate to the body and only to a tiny extent to the soul. But this part is likely to strengthen again now and your soul is slowly growing again "How do you know?" "I don't know. My guesses could also be completely wrong. But I've also lost my wings and my halo." Ace noticed her voice rather dully throughout the explanation and sounded cold. Besides, she was right, the wings were really gone. "And what do we do now? You send me back to heaven." "Nope." "Huh?" "I've never seen a situation like this and I don't know what to do. I was never told what to do should if I get into such a situation. I don't know how to do it either. "Slowly a smile formed on her lips. "I would say that we're looking for Moby Dick. I think we'll have enough trouble with that. But first I'll get us other clothes, you'd better hide first. We should first keep a secret that you are among the living again." "But I didn't deserve it. I'm a monster, in my ..." "Just stop this nonsense, I've had to listen to that often enough."
So she disappeared, leaving behind a slightly surprised Ace.

After a while she came back. She had taken off her sky uniform and was now wearing a white top and short blue pants, her sword hanging diagonally over her back. She tossed him a white t-shirt and shoes. She also had two long black cloaks with her.
“And what do we do now?” Ace wasn't sure what to think of this situation, of course he wanted to see Luffy and his Nakamas again, but on the other hand he didn't know what to do."As I said, we're looking for Moby Dick, of course only if that's what you want." She looked at him questioningly. "Yes, no, I don't know." "Just for information. We're on an island, the front part of the Grandline. I've already got a logport, although your age should of course go too."
If that is true, it should still work. Akainu's wound was just gone, as if it had never existed. He kept wondering why. He would have to ask the "angel". It was weird to say. He didn't even know her name. But somehow the girl seemed familiar to him. As soon as he understood it, she was his guardian angel. But had this other angel with the black wings not said, no matter what he wanted to know about the spirits and Co., they would have to tell him, that would be his right as the dead. Ace had to grin. Right as dead. But was he still dead at all. If he was honest then he was interested. Who wouldn't care if there was a god or something to pray to or something and if there is life after death, which was quite likely given his situation.

“Well, do you fancy breakfast?” Ace looked up and looked into the angel's face. "Yeah." "I shot something, I know how much you plastered and you shouldn't show yourself in public that often."
So Ace ate first. "What's your name anyway?" "Kira." "And you are ..." "Your guardian angel." "And who was this other girl?" "Lisa, an angel of death." Ace spat out the food. “ANGEL OF DEATH?” “What are you so upset about?” Kira remained perfectly calm. "But, don't make people die or anything." "What? No, they just collect the souls of the deceased and bring them to the sky city." "Oh. So you are not responsible for death." " You humans are responsible for that. You can do that wonderfully on your own. "
Ace continued to devour the food. "I've got a boat, we'd better sail around first. You can always decide what you want to do when we're on the high seas."
Ace just nodded, still not sure what to do. After all, Pop was dead too. Nobody could replace him. He didn't know what to do.

“What are you thinking about?” Ace stood up, meanwhile they were on the high seas and headed for the next island. “Oh nothing.” “Don't fool me, I've helped you out of so many situations for a year.” “And what kind of situations were they?” “Mostly from dodging situations.” Ace only then smiled and looked out over the sea. His home. "You still don't know what to do, am I right?" Kira apparently knew him really well. No, he didn't really know. “Shall I give you some advice.” Ace looked at her. "Find yourself a goal, something you really want to achieve. Something that makes you happy. Something you would die for." "I already know that, I just want to know if it's good that I'm alive."" NO ... "
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You can find out how the conversation continues in the next chapter.
The chapter was bad.
From now on the average word count is 1000 words.
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