Summary : What would have happened if Rayleigh had been present at Marineford, coming at the exact same moment Luffy arrives.

AAAAAAACCCCEEEEEEE!

Standing over the top of a sinking marine ship, was the rookie who single handedly broke into impel down, and has arrived at marine ford to save his brother-for-life-except blood. His war cry calling out to his chained brother at the scaffold, caught the attention of the marines.

Garp's frustration was evident. His adopted grandson is to be executed at any time, and now here stands his own grandson. "Luffy you fool!" was all Garp could think about.

And the 300 million beli worth rookie was not alone. The marines were left gaping at the party which arrived with the rookie. Amongst whom were former Shichibukai Crocodile and Revolutionary Evankov.

But the rookie's focus was on Ace and Ace alone.

"Ace! Just wait! I will rescue you!" he said with conviction.

At the Scaffold

"Wtf Garp! It's your family again!"

"Luffy!"

"So working with Straw Hat? Is this your response Jimbei!?"

Jimbei, from the location where they had landed declared "Ofcourse! I resign from the Shicibukai!"

Garp, meanwhile, was confused. Yes, it didn't make sense for half of them to be here. So, they just tagged along. "This group does not seem to have a common motive. Especially considering that it consists of a revolutionary, a group of bizarre-looking pirates, and Crocodile". But his calm outer expression was not how he felt within inside.

"Luffy! Damn that brat! Why in the world is he here? I cannot stand the loss of two of my grandsons on the same day!"

"L…Luffy" Ace whispered with awe. He couldn't believe that his little brother has risked everything and come to save him in midst of a warzone. It made him feel grateful. And wanted. For the first time in his life, he felt he wanted to live.

At the Plaza

"Good lord! The worst pirates of Impel down are with them!"

"Emperor Ivankov! Former Shichibukai Crocodile!"

"That pirate is always a cause of trouble…Strawhat" exclaimed a thoughtful Hawkeye Mihawk.

But the reactions varied from person to person. Ranging from a dreaded expression from Moria, a lovestruck Boa Hancock, to a look of awe from Coby.

Even the admirals were quite thoughtful with the display this rookie had to show. Managing to escape impel down and arrive at the marineford with such an impressive group of pirates is no small feat.

Smoker was gob smacked seeing Strawhat and Crocodile working together. "What the hell is going on? Why in the world is strawhat working together with Crocodile?"

And finally, a resolved Akainu declared that he would take care of this rookie pirate for good.

At the Frozen Bay

Crocodile, slowly inhaling is cigar, looks out for a familiar face.

"Where's that Old Geezer? Yes, there he is. This is my perfect opportunity. But damn. Even at this old age, he looks more intimidating than the admirals. But damn him! Ill not waste this opportunity"

Quickly traversing the distance between himself and Moby Dick using his Logia powers, Crocodile was right behind the whitebeard and ready to strike him for good.

"Long time no see, Whitebeard"

"You never learn.."

And just before he attacked, he was interrupted by Straw hat. A wet straw hat luffy.

"Damn that brat! He knows my powers too well!"

"Stay away from Whitebeard Ossan! Ace likes him!" said an enraged Strawhat.

"It's not a good time to fight strawhat. He won't take attacking anything related to Firefist. Whitebeard will be here for now. I will take care of him later."

Meanwhile

"Hey squirt.. That Strawhat of yours. Looks the the one "Red Haired" was wearing."

"Ossan, You know Shanks? He left gave it me."

"You came to rescue your brother?"

"Yeah!"

"Do you know whom are you dealing with? A squirt like you will be a dead meat in the midst of battle!"

"Shut up! It's not for you to decide! I know what you are upto! You want to become the King of Pirates?! I will be the King of Pirates!"

The even a pin drop silence could have been heard after this declaration. All the pirates on the frozen bay wondered whether some nuts are loose in the mind of strawhats. Shouting in front of world's strongest man, like it was nothing.

And as expected by the marines and pirates alike, it looked like the Whitebeard will squash this rookie and threw him away. Some marines almost pitied Strawhat looking at the furious way Whitebeard was rotating his Bisento, and striked the ground with an almighty force. Such force that many of the lowly marines couldn't even maintain the balance, quite a distance away from the Moby Dick. But what followed was not expected by many.

A smirking Whitebeard appreciatively said " How saucy you are! I will crush you if you give me any more trouble. So stay out of my way! We have to same intentions of saving Ace, but don't prove to be a hindrance to me!"

"I am going to do as I like! I will rescue Ace!"

And looking at the two contrasting personalities, one intimidating and one explosive, the marines were in awe looking at the both of them. Focused on saving the one person, one person which was the catalyst to this whole war.

But amidst this sight, no one noticed a bearded man arriving at the edge of the frozen bay.

At the Scaffold

Kizaru, the yellow monkey, was amused with the interaction between the two pirates. One of the previous age, and one rookie who has the potential to make it big

"That is, if I allow him to be alive" mused an indifferent Kizaru.

"We can punish them all by death, can't we Sengoku san?"

Sengoku, meanwhile, wasn't concentrating on that interesting interaction. He was focused on one man who was walking down to the whitebeard ship, drinking from a small bottle of rum.

"No, it can't be him. But it is right in front of my eyes. Borsalino reported that he was in Sabaody. Of course he will be here! It's his former captain's son we are executing after all!"

"Garp! Looks like this won't be a piece of cake! Are you seeing what I am seeing!"

Garp, meanwhile, was feeling a bit relieved and dreaded at the same time. This man coming into the war was unexpected. This could be the potential gamechanger.

Frozen Bay

"Hang on Ace! I will rescue you!"

Meanwhile the bearded man reached the front of the Moby Dick. People were just noticing the arrival of the man. For those new rookie marines they could not grasp the importance of the presence of this man in the midst of war. The Vice Admirals in the front lines were sweating.

"This guy is still alive?! He and Whitebeard in the same war! We are going to be screwed!"

"As impressive as ever Whitebeard. Surely age has not diminished your intimidation factor" said the bearded man, after gulping a sip of rum from his bottle.

"Gurarara! I wondered whether you died after rotting in the gambling houses of Sabaody! Nice of you to come here!"

"Nice to meet you to Whitebeard! And Luffy! Good to see you! Kuma was right after all."

Luffy couldn't be possibly more happy. He knew this ossan was extremely strong! Even he has come to save Ace! He could feel that they can surely save Ace now!

"Rayleigh Ossan!"