Chapter 585

Summary
The boys however are unaware of that the tenryuubito are coming and continue to train and run around the mountain, getting stronger day by day. It is then when we learn more about the geography of the land. Beyond the Gray Terminal there is an area known as the Great Gate which is part of a wall to another area called the Goa Kingdom. Fuushia Village is also part of this kingdom though is largely forgotten due to the mountains around the area. The kingdom is broken up into sections: The Edge Town, which is still near the Gray Terminal through has buildings and is home to delinquents and hoodlums. The Town Center where the middle class live and in the center guarded by another high wall, is the High Town where the royals and nobles live and is said to be the most beautiful country in the East Blue though is segregated due to the class system.

The three boys sneak past the Great Wall one day during the trash dumping of the Gray Terminal, into the Town Center and pull a dine and dash. Escaping out the window of a diner and running from the guards. However one of the citizens recognizes Sabo and calls out to him, but Sabo just ignores the man. Once back in the forest, Ace and Luffy demand to know if he keeping anything from them. After a some goading, Sabo comes clean and reveals he is actually a noble who ran away from home. The reason for such was that his parents always pressured him and were more concerned about their finical security them him, making Sabo feel like a burden and alone in the world. Hence why he wishes to become a pirate as he wishes to feel free from their overbearing rule and write a book about their adventures. Ace and Luffy agree wholeheartedly, the former wanting to do it for acknowledgment and the latter of course wanting the be king of the pirates though Ace and Sabo are disbelieving of it. Regardless Ace pulls out some alcohol and pours some into a sake cup, claiming that from that day forward they were brothers.

And from day to day they kept getting stronger, fighting pirates, taking baths together, and eating together. Saving one another during their trips across the mountains. Makino and Woop Slap coming by and dropping off new clothes for the bunch. Fighting against the wilds of the forest. Getting visited by Garp and beaten senseless. Building their own treehouse and living in it and generally just acting like boys their age should. But one day Sabo's father found them and, with the assistance of the Bluejam Pirates, captured the three with Sabo's father claiming Ace and Luffy lured him away from home. Just as the Bluejam were about to beat Ace and Luffy. Sabo willingly decided to go back with his father to save them, though with great reluctance. Ace and Luffy can do nothing more but beg him to stay as he lead away.

Chapter Notes

 * Sabo is revealed to be the son of a noble.
 * Sabo gives up his freedom to save Ace and Luffy.