Sabo

> It's nice to see guys like Aurelius try and help what we do. Especially, for sending Thorn & Elena, it feels more nicer that have more friends like them around.
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> Sabo

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### Powers

Flame-Flame Fruit

**"Flame Emperor" Sabo** is the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff, recognized as the No. 2 of the entire organization and outranked only by Supreme Commander Monkey D. Dragon, and the leader of Fireteam Acheron. He is also the sworn brother of the notorious pirates Monkey D. Luffy and the late Portgas D. Ace.

Raised in nobility by his parents Outlook III and Didit in the Goa Kingdom, Sabo ran away at the age of 10 with the intention of becoming a pirate and writing a book about his travels and met Ace and Luffy while living as a vagabond in Gray Terminal. He tried to set sail just a few months afterward to get away from his family, but had his ship destroyed by the World Noble Saint Jalmack. He was saved by Dragon but lost his memory in the process, and so devoted his life to the service of the Revolutionary Army. However, his memories would return 10 years later after hearing about Ace's death. Two years after regaining his memories, Sabo would reunite with Luffy and also carry Ace's legacy by consuming his Devil Fruit, the Flame Flame Fruit. He currently has a bounty of 602,000,000 beri's

His is also considered to be a potential recruit for Aurelius.

## Personality

Sabo is devoted to his dreams to the point that he agreed with Ace that the two of them had to kill Luffy so that he could not tell anyone about their treasure, though neither Ace nor Sabo knew how to kill a person nor had any experience, implying some degree of innocence despite their profession. He is very ashamed of being a noble, and even stated that he wished that he had not been born as one.

According to Luffy, Sabo is a nicer older brother than Ace. He acknowledged Luffy's powers, and even encouraged his improvement. He helped Ace and Luffy get along when they were fighting, thus being the nice, diplomatic one of the trio.

Sabo's dream involves traveling around the world as a pirate. This is in order to write a book containing the story of everything he would see and every place he would visit during his journey. One of the reasons behind all this could be the "segregation" that envelopes so much of the Goa Kingdom, a thing that could easily stir a freedom-loving spirit like Sabo's to ask himself what the world was really like outside the walls of High Town, and outside the island itself. However, he was ready to cast aside his dream for the sake of his loved ones. Sabo was loyal to his friends and, in this case his two "brothers", to the point that he would give in to the demands of his father, becoming miserable and "alone" in order to save both Luffy and Ace. After reawakening his memories, Sabo did not leave the Revolutionary Army to resume his dream as a free-sailing pirate, as he seems to remain convicted to the Army's causes.

Despite being the son of a noble, Sabo does not act like a stereotypical noble would act, nor does he consider himself to be a noble. He does not look down on the less fortunate nor does he put on airs about his status. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the citizens of noble birth in Goa Kingdom including his family, who see their status as more important than anything else and will do whatever it takes to raise their social standing or maintain their current status, as well as look down on anyone they consider to be inferior. Sabo rejects these values completely, and even went as far as to say that he feels ashamed of his status as a noble. This can be seen as the reason why he ran away from home and went to live in the Gray Terminal, forfeiting his noble heritage. Since a child becomes a full-fledged noble at the age of eighteen, Sabo intended to leave the Goa Kingdom at the age of seventeen, to escape the idea of being recognized as the thing he hated the most. He even refers to the nobles as "smelling worse than Trash Mountain, as they are people rotten to the core".

At age 22, Sabo has retained much of his old personality, although he appears to have adapted many mannerisms from Luffy, including his brother's tendency to mispronounce the names of others. Moreover, his tendency to hang up the Den Den Mushi in the middle of a call rather annoys his comrades. He has also displayed an immensely fierce protective streak towards Luffy, to the point where he will disregard everything he is currently doing if he feels that Luffy is in any sort of danger, including his duties in the Revolutionary Army. This is largely contributed by Sabo's inability to save Ace from death before the timeskip, a fact that Sabo still regrets to this very day. This is ironic considering that Ace himself had gained a very similar protective-streak after Sabo's presumed death.

## Relationships

### Revolutionaries

#### Monkey D. Dragon

In the past, Dragon spared his time to listen to Sabo's story. He was openly affected by Sabo's morality and sympathized with the noble child for his refusal of his heritage.

He later rescued Sabo, who had his boat blown up by a World Noble named Jalmack, and brought him to the revolutionaries to treat his wounds. Because Sabo lost his memories of Luffy and Ace after this incident, Dragon was not aware that Sabo was a sworn brother to his son. He permitted him to join the Revolutionary Army after the boy begged them not to send him back to his parents. After Sabo joined the revolutionaries, Dragon personally trained him, enabling him to rise through the ranks until he became the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff. Because of Sabo regaining his memories during the aftermath of the Marineford War and the revelation of Luffy's heritage, it can be presumed Dragon was made aware of the relationship between Sabo and his son while Sabo learned of Dragon's relation to Luffy.

Sabo refers to Dragon as "Sir" and is loyal to him and is trusted enough to lead the Revolutionary Army's investigation of the Doflamingo Family's weapons trade. Even after regaining his memories, Sabo did not leave the revolutionaries to resume his dream of being a free-sailing pirate, showing a firm conviction to Dragon's cause.

After Doflamingo's defeat, Sabo personally told Dragon how Luffy was doing when giving his report.

#### Koala

Sabo is on friendly terms with his colleague Koala, having worked with her since they were both young teenagers. As a result, she became very upset and cried over the thought of Sabo leaving the revolutionaries after regaining his memories and knows about his history with Luffy and Ace and his regret about not being able to be at the Summit War of Marineford. Koala is happy for him when he finally reunites with his remaining brother, and also attempted to comfort him over any lingering feelings of regret he may feel over his inability to protect Ace, showing some closeness between the two. She also attends his battle at the Corrida Colosseum. However, she is constantly frustrated with his selfish attitude in regards to disobeying orders as seen when she berates him for potentially drawing the ire of the Marines by fighting one of their Admirals.

#### Hack

Sabo also works closely with Hack in the Revolutionary Army. However, he along with Koala, are occasionally at odds with Sabo over his tendency to leave his post during missions. After being rescued by Dragon, Hack briefly trained amnesiac Sabo in martial arts. However due to Sabo already being a skilled fighter due to his training alongside Ace and Luffy, there was little Hack could teach him, so Dragon took over Sabo's training personally.

#### Revolutionary Army Commanders

Sabo seems to have a causal relationship with the commanders despite being their senior officer. When Lindbergh informed Sabo that he and the other commanders would be late for Dragon's mobilization conference, Sabo was not worried and was only concerned they are safe.

#### Bartholomew Kuma

Sabo appears to be close to Kuma as he referred to him as gentle. He was enraged at the news of Kuma's enslavement and torture by the Celestial Dragons. Sabo insists on amending the Revolutionary Army's mission of infiltrating the Levely to rescue Kuma despite the risks.

### Aurelius

#### Jason Horne

Initially starting off as a rocky relationship, Sabo struggled to have conversations with Jason, as Jason would shut him out when he attempted to make general conversation or brought up emotional matters like his time with the NIC or the Whitebeard Pirates. However, as time passed, Sabo establishes not only a sibling relationship, but a bond of protection with Jason.

Sabo struggled to make Jason trust him initially. The man kept himself distant from him, refusing to disclose personal information about himself. Jason kept conversation focused only around completing the mission despite his efforts to discuss more personal topics, notably his own history and Jason's own interests.

#### Elena Núñez

When Elena first Sabo, she didn't believe he was fit to be Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff and her commanding officer, mostly viewing him irresponsible and immature. This was due to her experience in the Marine Corps and was concerned that he might get the unit killed. However, Elena began to trust overtime as her unit commander.

## Abilities and Powers

As the chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo has command over all lower ranking members, with only one direct superior, Supreme Commander Dragon, to answer to. His bounty of 602,000,000 beri's proves that the World Government views him as an extremely dangerous threat. After the events of the Levely, Sabo is now known as the "Flame Emperor", with his reputation having skyrocketed to the point that he is now considered a legend, with his influence said to be even greater than that of his boss Dragon.

Even when he had not yet eaten a Devil Fruit, he rose to the position of second-in-command and was able to take on Diamante, a top executive of the Donquixote Pirates, as well as Jesus Burgess, the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates' first ship and one of their strongest members, without any difficulty.

After eating the Mera Mera no Mi, his power increased. He took on Admiral Fujitora and came out with only a few bruises, although Sabo suspected the Admiral was holding back. Later, Sabo faced Burgess again and defeated him very easily.

According to Ace, who initially planned for Sabo to become his navigator, Sabo also has some experience in navigation.

### Physical Abilities

Sabo possesses great fighting skills. As a child (even before joining the Revolutionary Army), Sabo already exhibited high physical capabilities and hand-to-hand combat from the very intense training he endured in the harsh environment of Mt. Colubo. He and Ace together were able to topple Porchemy, a massive man, when the two of them arrived to save Luffy. Sabo was able to beat Luffy, despite Luffy already having the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi, fifty times in one day. He was also able to beat Ace twenty-four times, although he lost to Ace twenty-six times.

Sabo was good at thieving as well, since he and Ace were able to rob numerous people to get their money and valuables. He was fast enough to grab a knife from a pirate without the pirate being able to stop him. He also was exceptionally skilled in stealth and could jump out of a window several stories up without injuring himself.

After joining the Revolutionary Army, Sabo was personally trained by Hack and Monkey D. Dragon and attained immense physical potential. Of all the child revolutionaries who were soldiers-in-training, only Sabo excelled in the Revolutionary Army's rigorous combat training regimen, and Hack said that he does not need to be trained. This is verified in the anime, when he faces the latter even as a child where he even surpassed him without any difficulty.

As an adult, Sabo is shown to have extraordinary agility as he easily dodged an attack from a Fighting Fish, as well as tremendous physical strength, clashing with Jesus Burgess, a pirate known for his titanic strength, with little difficulty. He easily defeated Vice Admiral Bastille with a single grab that crushed his helmet and skull. He also exhibits strength in his legs, as he was able to take down Burgess with a single kick.

### Dragon Claw Fist

In his adulthood, Sabo has become a master of the Dragon Claw fist fighting style, which revolves around the use of grips, which he refers to as "claws". His grips are strong enough to break armor, great swords, artillery, and even skulls with ease and remaining unharmed. He claims that his fingers are like the claws of a dragon. He also uses Haki to increase the strength of his fingers. In contrast to Luffy, who readily chooses to target his adversary, Sabo seems to prefer destroying his opponent's weapon first before going head-to-head against them. This difference in battle approach was what allowed Diamante to notice that Lucy was not actually Luffy when Sabo came to fight in Luffy's place in the coliseum.

### Devil Fruit

Sabo ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to create, control, and transform his body into fire at will. He initially showed difficulty controlling his powers, which is typically displayed by new Devil Fruit users. He also mentions that he still has not grown fully accustomed to his new ability just yet, since he still has a habit of dodging attacks, despite now being a Logia-user. He has adapted to his new abilities quickly and has since undergone training and practice to master his powers.

Sabo is able to to utilize signature technique of his late sworn brother, Ace, the "Fire Fist", allowing him to transform his arm into a large, powerful fire blast. It is strong enough to shatter the bottom floor of the Corrida Colosseum, which was strong enough to support the weight of a giant, exposing the underground facilities.

Sabo can also use his flames to augment his Dragon Claw style, as well as imbue flames into his weapons.

#### Flame Flame Fruit Techniques

* **Fire Fist** - Ace's signature move which was inherited by Sabo after consuming the fruit. Like Ace, Sabo turns his fist into flames and launches it as a powerful column of fire at his target, capable of causing enormous damage and completely shattering a thick layer of stone floor. This was first seen used to destroy the entire Corrida Colosseum stage, and the first move Sabo made since consuming the fruit. He also demonstrated the ability to use the attack at pointblank range, by grabbing onto his opponent's face and then triggering the ignition, sending the target flying backwards with tremendous kinetic force and severely burning them simultaneously, as he did so on Burgess.
* **Burning Dragon Claw Fist: Flame Dragon King** - A combination of the Flame Flame Fruit powers and his Dragon Claw Fist style. Sabo forms his "talons", coating them with Armament Haki and ignites them, and then slams them into his opponent and spins them around before blasting his target away with a burst of fire. This was first used against Burgess, who was sent flying a great distance away while suffering from burns of the flames.

#### Techniques Learned from Jason

After the events in Dressrosa, Jason had agreed to train Sabo in Flame-Flame Fruit techniques that Ace knew of which Jason was able to replicate.

* **Heat Haze** - Sabo can shoot a stream of fire from the palm of his hand.
* **Flame Fence** - It can create a circle of fire around a selected area, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it.
* **Fire Gun -** Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like guns, the user is able to turn his fingertips into fire and shoot bullets made out of compressed fire.
* **Flame Commandment** - Able to amass a large amount of flames around his body (usually by first swinging his outstretched hand around him, summoning the flames) in preparation for an attack.
	+ **Flame Pillar** - Used following Flame Commandment. The user shoots the collected flames straight upward, destroying a target above him. It can also be fired downwards to clear any enemies that might be below him while he's in mid-air.
* **Firefly** - This technique creates many small, glowing greenish-yellow fireballs that float around an enemy.
	+ **Fiery Doll** - After using Firefly to send the fireballs floating around in proximity with the enemy.
* **Saint Elmo's Fire** - The user hurls long lances made out of fire. The lances have the combined effect of simultaneously burning an opponent while piercing them.
* **Cross Fire** - The user places his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at his opponent.
* **Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor** - Considered by Jason to be Ace's most ultimate and deadly technique of all, after creating a large, spiraling fire centered on his location and amassing it at a focused point (i.e. the palm of his hand), Ace turns it into a gigantic fireball resembling the sun and hurls it at his opponent to try to obliterate them. Due to the destructive nature of this technique, Jason advises Sabo to use it as a last resort.

### Haki

#### Armament Haki

Sabo has shown great mastery in the usage of Armament Haki, which he can imbue into his arm or his pipe. His mastery of this type of Haki is superior to that of Burgess, the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates' first ship, as he broke Burgess's Haki-infused right arm armor. Sabo also destroyed the Corrida Colosseum's fighting ring with his Haki-infused fists.

#### Observation Haki

Sabo possesses the ability to use Observation Haki. He is highly skilled in the use of Observation Haki, as he sensed that Luffy's Haki had become weak during the battle with Doflamingo, and he dodged multiple bullets that were fired at him.

### Lightning Manipulation

Using a technique from Jason, Sabo is able to produce lightning by separating the positive and negative energies internally, before directing it up through the arm and out of his fingertips. Because of the lethal nature of this technique, Sabo only uses as a last resort during battle, he also uses during different situations.

### Weapons

As a child, Sabo's preferred method of combat was stick fighting using metal pipes (as well as having slight traces of bo-staff styles). After the timeskip, he continues to use a similar metal pipe, effectively battling against and defending himself from attacks by opponents as strong as Diamante and Burgess. When used in conjunction with Armament Haki, Sabo was able to easily break Diamante's weapon. After obtaining the Flame-Flame Fruit Sabo can ignite the two ends of his pipe.