although sabo himself had been the one to create the card for luffy, he had to admit that possessing the vivre card of his younger brother was surprisingly more nerve racking than he thought it would be. frankly speaking he should have guessed as much -- granted he had not followed much along on luffy’s journey prior to his memories returning, but afterwards he had found it his duty to catch up on his brother’s deeds throughout his travels. and although it had been an exciting and interesting one, it had not been without dangers in the least. it would be a shame to claim so. perhaps the sense of foreboding towards the guy’s tendency to attract danger was part of why he made him the card -- a foolish feeling of sentiment based on brotherly camaraderie. sabo felt it his duty to protect the one he had left lest he lose another brother whilst only capable of sitting by idly.
he knew the path luffy was on was one of many dangers as was his own. he knew this very well, had full faith in not only his own capabilities but also his little brother’s. and yet, when he sat there and looked at the burning sheet of paper warning of the other’s peril, he could not help but be filled with the uncertainty of ‘what if’. no one had thought that fire fist ace could meet his end either. and yet the burning flame had been inherited within sabo himself now.
thus his reasoning for his trip after returning from mariejois had been a simple ‘just because’ -- not because he was worried that luffy would be up against a warlord or anything, no, not at all -- just because he wanted to see his dear brother again he supposed. it didn’t have anything to do with the fact that the paper had already been burning several times.
ever the problem child, sabo had told no one of his intentions when setting sail for wano, and upon his arrival easily located the strawhats’ base from hearsay alone. seemed like they had made quite a ruckus this time around as well, unsurprisingly, and rumours were already spreading far and wide. however, the one who he met with was not his brother but instead a face he had only seen on the wanted posters. “ah,” he called out with a happy expression, raising the shade of his hat to better show his face.
“you must be sanji of the strawhat pirates, yes?” a lovely scent was spreading across the vicinity, going straight into sabo’s nostrils and activating his hunger that could rival even that of his family-by-bond. “mmhmm that smells wonderful! what are you making? can i have a taste of it?!” bombarding the other half with compliments and half expectations, sabo couldn’t help but laugh at his own impatience as realisation struck him.
“how silly of me! you don’t even know who i am, right?” taking off his hat, he placed it before his chest and nodded his head. “as for my identity, you might know me as the second in command of the revolutionary army, and as for a name to call me by, sabo would suffice.” a glint came over his expression whether of excitement or pride or something entirely third. “i am luffy’s older brother.”
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