so long

by ogcalesgf

Summary:

where in buggy dies in the stead of his former captain's son. red hair arrives at the corpse of his long time friend, and lover.

“BUGGY!”
“CAPTAIN!!”
“CAPTAIN BUGGY!!”

buggy likes the attention, flashiness, fame; you name it. he often planned things through to make his name look good. and thanks to his crew, he managed to make it this far.

but this is certainly not how he expected his very own life to go—

for it to be taken away by one of the marine admirals that he was scared of, the most.

okay, maybe he made up his mind about sarcificing his life even before reaching marineford, but he's not gonna admit that. that haughty firecracker of his would probably puff his chest out and smirk at him.

ah, speaking of that little—

buggy finds himself staring at two lost children. at least, that's how they look to him, lost children in need of help.

he tries to chuckle, but only coughed handful of blood as ace and luffy scrambled to get to his side.  “STOP MOVING PLEASE” ace's voice was different.

buggy weakly shook his head. “i made up my .. my mind about this.” he can feel the coldness in his limbs, his own body refusing to listen to any of the commands that his brain sends.

“... want you .. two... to live.. ” he watched them as they cried, calling for their friends. 

but he knows it's a lost case. they also know it.

buggy can feel his own tears falling down from his cheeks. he remembers the time when he got sick in the forest and there's only luffy, ace and sabo who could tend to him. the two cried in his side, trying to wake him up while he just weakly reassures them; while sabo gets help from makino.

but he can't really reassure them right now, when there's no tomorrow for him anymore. 

he didn't really wanted to go.

he has so many plans, dreams he wanted to reach.

he planned to supposedly stay in an island after this for months to rest, maybe find information about what he could do. find treasures after, earn fame and get so many followers. he still has so many things he wanted to do.

so many things he's not able to, anymore.

he weakly reached for ace's face. “you... deserve... live... i sacrifice... self... because i... love you... ace.... lu...ffy ...  s...bo...” 

buggy died with a small smile in his face. content, that in his very last breath, he was able to somehow, repay his former captain for his burden.

jinbei somehow managed to hold akainu off as the three talked. and with the help of a few whitebeard pirate commanders, he took ace who was knocked unconscious, and luffy who fainted because of shock away from the scene. although he wanted to take buggy's corpse away, he can't. it will slow him down.

they managed to flee from the place, but the war didn't end. whitebeard asked for some of his sons to guard roger's former cabin boy's body, while also telling marco to get everyone to retreat, feeling that a certain ally is about to arrive.

and he did.

red hair shanks was a man of patience, kindness even. but all of it went out the window when he was informed of his lover's death at the hands of a marine admiral. rushing to buggy's corpse, he couldn't cry. 

his buggy was happy until his last breath, lips formed in a small smile in his cold pale face. shanks hugged buggy's corpse in grief, and anger towards himself. 

and the rest was history. literally.

a few days after, the news coo released a new issue of hot topic news. the whitebeard pirates with the help of another yonko, won the war against the marines. and the marineford was almost blown to smithereens with a vague description of how it happened— courtesy of an enraged red haired pirate captain, shanks.

buggy's death was inevitable, but so was the damage that akainu received after hurting— killing those who are close to shanks. 

✧

shanks smiled softly at the urn in his bedside as he woke up. “morning, bugs. i guess, it's another day for us.” 

after doing his usual morning routine, and getting breakfast, shanks went back to his room once more. getting worried glances on the way, while he ignores them.

“hey bugs, i just finished my breakfast. i hope you're also taking a good care of yourself there. luffy and ace, they're not taking your death very well. but last i heard from benn, they were off to train once more. nice to be young, i guess.” he chuckled.

“me on the other hand, kind of created a big fuss. i'm sorry i was a bit late to retrieve you, i was a bit emotional. it was unlike me isn't it? it should've been you stealing the spot light, you're captain buggy after all.” he smiled sadly.

“i hope you're watching over us, i miss you so much already.” he still couldn't bring himself to let go of buggy's remains, but maybe one day. he can finally let go, when he himself finds his peace towards his former friend and lover's death.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 4 of @aoiluuv ficlets !!