【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 412 Some Explanations

"Hey, Lucci." Sabo called out with a sad smile. Looking at Lucci who was obviously panicking, Sabo thought sadly that he really missed his brother a lot.

"You can't be Sabo!" Lucci gasped, his tone a little sharp, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. This was impossible, this couldn't be Sabo, Sabo was already... dead, dead... He was the one who killed him...

Sabo flinched at Lucci's sharp denial, suddenly realizing it was right, how could he think he could ever get his brother's forgiveness when he had missed so much, when he had caused them so much pain?

If it weren't for the dragon, he might have helplessly lost all his brothers without even realizing it because he forgot about them and even refused to save his brothers. How could he call himself their brother anymore!

Sabo felt his heart squeezing in his chest, the heavy guilt threatening to crush him, but then he noticed Lucci's shaking body, his brother looked so broken, and Sabo felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He forced himself to take a deep breath and shake off those thoughts. Sabo approached Lucci carefully, his eyes sad. Even if Lucci didn't want to forgive him, he should let Lucci know that he was still alive, but forgot their reasons. "Look at me, Lucci, I really am Sabo."

"This is impossible, I saw it with my own eyes..." Lucci gasped, looking up in disbelief at the man approaching him. The unfinished words in Lucci's mouth gradually disappeared because he saw his eyes, and the familiar emotions in them made him tremble uncontrollably.

Round, clear, blue eyes, exactly the same as he remembered, as he had seen in his dreams, as he had last seen them, but this time they held a look akin to heartbreak.

Tears began to gather in Lucci's eyes, he would recognize those eyes anywhere, it made him certain that this was him, this was their Sabo, Lucci's voice choked "Sabo!"

Sabo felt more tears welling up in his eyes. He was happy that Lucci recognized him, but his voice was so broken and even came out in such a choked form. His wide eyes were filled with tears. It was really the first time he saw Lucci so emotional, with so many tears.

At this moment Sabo really didn't know what to do. Between the three brothers, emotions had never been an important part of their relationship. They usually only needed to comfort Luffy. Sometimes Ace would need comfort, but this comfort was more in the form of putting a hand on his shoulder, telling him that they trusted him and needed him.

But Lucci always behaved more maturely when he was a child. It might be because he had a younger brother before them, so they didn’t have the chance to do this. They had never even seen Lucci lose control of his emotions.

But now, this was completely new and unknown territory for both him and Ace. Sabo found himself completely overwhelmed. Finally, he lowered his head to look at the ground and gently continued Lucci's unfinished words, "You saw me fall off the cliff with your own eyes, right?"

He had to explain to his brothers why he didn't return to them while he was still alive, why he had forgotten about them, he owed it to them, Sabo reminded himself, taking a deep breath before speaking again "After the bastard who attacked us let go, I fell into the water below the cliff. Luckily, Long was able to pull me out of the water just in time after I was drowning. He saved me."

Ace suddenly interrupted and said, "Wait, Dragon? Monkey D. Dragon?"

"Yes, he's Lucci and Luffy's father." Sabo nodded and found that Lucci was still staring at him. Yes, he still hadn't explained anything clearly. Sabo was a little sad, and then continued, "This is not important now. Anyway, Dragon saved me then, but when I woke up, I had no idea who I was."

Sabo could see the heartbroken look on Lucci's face when he heard him say that he had lost his memories, he was disgusted that this look appeared on Lucci's face again, he didn't like his brother looking so broken, this look should never appear on his brothers' faces.

Sabo cast his gaze towards the wall on the side of Lucci's face, forcing himself not to look at the expression on his brother's face, otherwise he was not sure if he could hold on until he finished the story.

He told Lucci and Ace that he strongly refused to return to the Kingdom of Goa and refused to return to Dawn Island, and explained to them that the only feeling he had towards Dawn Island at that time was fear and hatred for his parents, so he did not want to return to Dawn Island.

He then told them about how he met Long, Haku, Ivankov, Kuma, and Kerla in the Revolutionary Army, and how they accompanied him, educated and trained him. He also told them about all the friends he met in the Revolutionary Army, and how they got along like family and supported each other.

He also told Lucci and Ace that although he had forgotten them, his body never forgot how to fight, how to survive, how to adapt to the environment more quickly, and how everyone was confused about how he, a boy who looked noble, could be so strong.

Sabo glanced at Lucci and Ace's faces, sadness still lingered on Lucci's face but like Ace, he radiated pride, pride in how strong his brother was, and he felt warmed by the affection both of his brothers showed.

He went on to tell them how, even without his memories, he still had a strange fascination with the top hat and goggles combination, and how when he got the water pipe back, he immediately found that he used this weapon so smoothly and enjoyed it, even causing great shock and confusion to the revolutionary army at the time.

Sabo glanced at the expression on Lucci's face and noticed that a smile had appeared on his face, even though there were still tears in his eyes, but he knew that the same memories were surfacing in his mind as Ace's.

"Even though I was happy with the Revolutionary Army and felt like I had a home there, I still felt like something was missing, and now I know why I felt that way."

Sabo said softly, glancing at Lucci. He remembered both Ace and Lucci saying that Lucci had lost his memory before, so did his brother feel the same way? He knew the pain of losing one's memory, and Sabo felt a little angry at the culprits who had caused all this, those bastard World Government agents.

"I didn't remember anything until I saw you in Impel Down, and I'm sorry. But I want you to know that even though I've forgotten you, even though I've forgotten the home we built, I've never stopped feeling the connection between us."

Sabo stared at Lucci pleadingly. It didn't matter even if Lucci was still unwilling to forgive him, because he had let Lucci face those government bastards alone in such a desperate situation. He knew how desperate Lucci must have been at that time without even thinking about it.

He might not have known it before, but he had been in the Revolutionary Army for so long that he knew clearly how dangerous revolutionaries would be once their identities were exposed. The World Government was always cruel and ruthless to revolutionaries, not to mention that Lucci was... and Lucci was only a ten-year-old child at the time. Sabo gritted his teeth in anger. Damn it, he wanted to beat those bastards and hit them hard in the face.