The Lost Fruits

Later at night, After he was done looking around his company and called for a meeting between him and his officers, Ace went to his home and took a long shower. Frankly, no one ever bothered him after he melted the royal guard's hand. Normally, this act will make him go to jail. But, they already got the news from his first battle.

In his house, Ace has a big and wide room for his bath like a pool in the underground section. He built it for fun and never expected it to come in handy sometime later, Ace relaxed and enjoyed a long hot water bath. Finally, after a decade of feeling like death on his neck every time he touched the water, Ace could now enjoy relaxing his muscles and feeling the exhaustion of his day sweep away with the rising steam.

"Tchoo Tchoo!!" Genie burst into the room with the carpet and jumped straight in the hot pool "Hot water, baby! after a million years!!" He turned into a duck and swam on top of the water. When he locked eyes with Ace he laughed "Yo, hope you don't mind." he said.

Ace shook his head "Stay away." He said.

"C'mon man, no homo, no homo. I am five feet away from you. Plus, you're the best water boiling device ever." Genie waved his wings "And I am just a duck."

"With a d.i.c.k." Ace responded.

"True, but...It's not gay, look, even carpet is here, and he is a boy too. Try saying that to him." Genie flapped his wings and throw water on Ace.

"..."Ace looked at the carpet 'boy?' when the carpet noticed his gaze, it looked at him and shook its body "whatever dude, do your duck thing. I need to go to that palace to see why I am being called like a war criminal."

"Quack! Quack!" Genie put his wing on his head in a salute.

After half an hour, Ace exited the bath and wore his clothes "Let's go Genie." He called to the Blue duck still swimming in the hot water. When he heard Ace calling, Genie was so reluctant to go but when Ace turned his water cold, he ran out like thunder.

Both walked to the palace. As soon as Ace reached the gate, he was greeted by the gate guards and was told to wait. And he had to wear hand locks. Ace refused in but they insisted, not feeling like arguing, he just allow them to lock his hands, after all, they are just steel locks. Genie turned into smoke and entered the lamp necklace on Ace's neck.

He was escorted to the throne hall with a bunch of guards who were somehow afraid of him which confirmed his previous assumption. The throne door opened and Ace entered alone.

In the huge hall, there are only two people besides Ace in. The Sultan up on his throne and to his right; Jafar.

"Step closer, Lord Portgas." Jafar hit his staff on the floor. Ace didn't bother and walked to the center of the hall. Ace eyed the Sultan who seemed out of it 'Yes. He is a manipulator...What's his deal now?' he thought.

Jafar smiled and spoke "Lord Portgas, The Sultan and I have received a very disturbing letter from our army's general Hassan..." Ace raised an eyebrow at this but never spoke "It reached us that you have abused your meager power as a Sheikh and reinstated the wife of King Jahil as a Queen of Jahilon without consulting this very s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e matter with a person of a higher statue such as myself and the sultan. Do you confirm this?"

Ace rolled his eyes and sighed "That is the best solution for such an event. I have seen to it that letting the kingdom royal family to continue ruling while answering to us is very beneficial. Not only it will prevent a very possible rebellion from the people but also we will gain an ally, money, and peace all at the same time without even losing anything."

Jafar chuckled "A smart move, but that was not your call, Lord Portgas. This is a war crime on our nation. All of the effort our soldiers that died in the previous battles to ensure victory has gone to waste."

"But we won the war... or more specifically, I won your war." Ace shrugged his shoulder "Nothing is wasted here. If you perhaps want to take over the Jahilon kingdom and make it yours, you will surely receive harsh resistance...And perhaps I am will not be able to respond if such a thing happened."

Jafar narrowed his eyes "You will answer when you are called. As a citizen of Agrabah, you're obliged to. But enough of this...Since you have confirmed what we received in the letter from General Hassan you are now under trial for violating the law and the possibility of betraying this great nation. We have heard enough, the Sultan will now give his judgment...Execution or Exile."

Ace found this very amusing, this man is talking about exciting him as if he will just be like 'Alright, i have received the judgment, I will now walk to my death platform'.

On her way to the hall, Jasmine was wearing her favorite blue dress with a golden accessory. She was humming a song with Dalia behind her. She headed to the throne gate but she was stopped by the 2 guards.

"Halt! no one is to enter without the Sultan's permission." One of the guards said.

Jasmine looked at them with confusion "You're new here or what?" she spoke.

"No your highness, orders are orders." The other one responded.

"Oh! orders huh? never in my life was I ordered by my father, and I am sure he wouldn't now." Jasmine smiled and tried to explain to the guards that she wanted to enter despite anything.

"No." But the wouldn't budge. Jasmine looked at them and felt suspicious.

"Is Lord Portgas inside?" She asked gently.

"..."The guards looked at each other before nodding. Seeing this, the gentle smile on Jasmine's face faded and was replaced with an uninterested expression.

She snapped her fingers "Get them out of my way." Following her words, Dalia moved like a shadow and kicked the two guards' heads on the wall knocking them out cold.

Jasmine walked to the door and pushed it open just in time to hear her father's uncaring voice "By the power given to me, I hereby sentence Sheikh Portgas to be Exiled and never step inside this land again."

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China - The Chinese Army

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The Young General Li Shang who was leading his army division to where his father's army was supposed to execute a sneak attack on the Hun Army.

"By the Great Dragon!" He mumbled seeing the scene in front of him. By his side; Chi-Fu was trembling.

"They are gone, everything is gone." He said with his teeth shattering under this cold snow.

Every soldier of the division witnessed this and they all started doubting their chances of beating the Hun Army.

In front of them. A place that was once full of trees and life even in this winter has now all been turned to ash. The ground was backed, smoke still rising up.

Walking forward, Li Shang picked up a burned metal piece "This is...ours." He said. This piece of burned armor is clearly of their army's uniform.

Soldier Fa Ping secretly Fa Mulan was trembling, she held her spear to support herself 'At one point of time, we are supposed to confront of them...I will die...Burned.' she thought.

From behind her neck, a small and red-snake like thing started moving "Damn this place is hot as hell even though it is snowing like never before" His goofy voice traveled to her ear making her a little relaxed. "What do we have here?" the red snake thing looked from under her hair.

"Dragonborn!!" He almost shouted seeing the dead land in front of him "Did my father fart here or what?" he said. Mulan chuckled.

"No, Mushu...But whoever did this, we will have to fight him." Mulan mumbled. Hearing her words, Mushu started stuttering.

"Y-You know...I-Its not too L-Late to return home, Y-You know? I-I know the way from here. Remember, Mama will be sad if you die."

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