This is the corrected version of the first chapter. Nothing concerning content changed, I only corrected the puncuation.
Thank you La for pointing it out, I'm used to German rules of puncuation since its my mother tongue, but this is an English FF so let's do it the English way xP

1. Mission Rescue: Success

- Ace POV -

I was kneeling on the execution platform, on my execution platform to be more precisely. Beneath me, I could see my nakama* trying to get to me and rescue me from my death. Even Pops, captain of the Whitebeard pirates, Whitebeard himself was present on the battle field that spread in front of me. But all I could do was watch my friends, my family to fight for me who wasn't supposed to live to begin with. I couldn't understand why they would go as far as start a war with the World Government just for my sake.

Then suddenly, a huge shadow cast upon the battlefield and with each passing second it grew bigger. When I looked up I could see what exactly was casting this shadow. It was a ship. A ship that carried former prisoners from Impel Down, a hell on earth. But what surprised me the most wasn't the fact that hundreds of criminals escaped Impel Down, which was thought to be impossible since it is the World Government's best guarded prison, but the boy standing in front of them all.
He was wearing a blue vest that was open and revealed his muscular chest, not as muscular as my own though, black shorts that reached his knees, sandals and on top of his head was placed his most precious treasure, something I knew all too well. A straw-hat.

My eyes widened. I haven't thought that he would come to rescue me, even though that Shichibukai, Hancock told me. Up until now it was always me to rescue him. It had always been like that.

- Normal POV -

"AAAAACCCCCEEEEE!" He shouted from his position on the falling ship. He had finally found his older brother, after his failure at Impel Down, he thought that it might be too late to rescue him but still he didn't give up on finding him and getting him out of his misery.
"WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DID YOU COME HERE, LUFFY?" Ace shouted back at his younger brother.
"OF COURSE I CAME TO RESCUE YOU!" Luffy answered him.
Ace was more than surprised, more than worried and more than happy like ever before. He was sure that this world was better off without him, yet his nakama and his brother came just for his sake. They ignored the dangers that lay in front of them and fought for him. For his life. Ace was moved by their determination to endanger them for his sake, even though he thought that it would be better if he was executed before they could arrive. If he was, then nobody had to get hurt because of him. But he was still alive and he saw how they all tried to get to his side. And even though Sengoku and the World Government think that his death would be the best for the whole world, Ace accepted the feelings of his comrades and will escape with them if they succeed to free him.
"I'll take the hand they stretch out to me or bow to the blade that'll take my head," he said in a soft voice so that only Garp, who stood right beside him, could hear his words.

~ Meanwhile, somewhere else on the Grand Line, on an tropical island ~

- OC POV -

A man, hooded with a large brown coat, was standing on the rooftop of a building and watched the screens that were built for transmitting the execution of Fire Fist Ace. His face didn't show any signs of emotions. Even when the ship landed on Marineford and the one leading this 'invasion' was identified as Monkey D. Luffy.
I, hooded in the same coat, walked up to his side and watched the same scene as him. Turning my head upwards so that I was now looking at the face of him.
"Are you worried about him?" I asked the man who answered with a quick glance.
"You're dishonest like always, Dragon," I said with a playful smile on my face, not that he could see it with the shadows of the hood covering my face.
"You shouldn't use that name in public too often. It could get you in danger," he said, his eyes fixated on the screens.
I sighed before turning around and leaving him standing alone to watch the war between the Whitebeard pirates and the Marine/World Government.
"I'm going on a walk," was the last thing Dragon heard from me before I went on my 'walk'.

~ Back in Marineford ~

- Ace POV -

The fight went on, but now I was free and fought alongside my nakama and Luffy. We were on our way to the Moby Dick, the flag ship of the Whitebeard pirates, when Akainu badmouthed the old man in front of me. His words made me turn around and looked at his face with pure anger.
"Whitebeard is a great man! This era should be the era of Whitebeard!" I shouted at him but he was unfazed by my outburst. My ears went deaf after his words so I couldn't even hear the shouts of my nakama and just think about escaping. I was unable to control myself any longer. Without hesitating I engaged myself in a fight with one of the admirals, Akainu.

It was a fight fire against magma. Magma, being superior to fire, won over it. I panted hard, being held captive and fighting in an already weakened condition isn't the best idea to do, but I didn't have another option.
"You and Straw-Hat are the only two whom I can't allow to escape from here." Akainu's voice echoed in my head. Just because I am the son of the Pirate King and Luffy is the son of the revolutionary Dragon, we were marked as beings that are better off dead. Again, my rage was fueled. Why do we who aren't even responsible for what our old men do, have to suffer?
I looked up and all of my rage was replaced by horror and fear. I saw how the admiral was approaching Luffy who already has reached his limits a long time ago. Unable to move properly, Luffy was an easy target for everyone. I couldn't let him kill Luffy. He is the one who gave me a reason to live. And even if we aren't related by blood, he is still my little brother and as such I have to take care of him, much to his dislike, I guess.
Without a second thought, I used my devil fruit powers to transport myself between Akainu and Luffy. I turned myself into fire and rushed forward. I was just in time to cover Luffy from the incoming attack.

- Luffy POV –

I can't believe that this happened. I was able to find Ace and set him free but now… Because of my carelessness, Ace had to cover me and now…
Now he has a fist covered in magma stick through his chest!
Again it happened. I couldn't protect the one who is important to me, just like at Sabaody. Why? Why?

It happened so fast, I haven't even noticed that weird red guy walk towards me. I was too focused on getting Ace's Vivre Card back which I dropped. And the next thing I see, is Ace engulfed in his flames getting pierced by a magma fist of that red guy.
"AAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEEE!" I shouted and every battle came to a stop as everyone's eyes were cast upon the scene right in front of me.
Every pirate was shocked. They looked at us and I could feel my mind going fuzzy. I don't know if it is due to my exhaustion or due to Ace being killed in front of me.
Everything was quiet. Nobody dared to make even the slightest noise. That's when Ace's head lifted and I could see his face. It was covered in bruises, as was his body, but that wasn't what made my eyes go wide.
He looked perfectly fine. Ace looked fine. Confused, yes, but near death, no.
His confusion took over to the red guy as he removed his arm from Ace, and not only him. I heard some pirates mumble about how Ace could still be uninjured when he was pierced through his chest.
I could care less. I let out a breath that I kept without noticing and grinned. Ace saw my grin and answered with one of his'.
"Say Ace, how did you do that? I thought that that guy's attacks worked on you..." I asked him with wide, sparkling eyes.
"I'd like to know that, too, Luffy," was his reply.
We looked at each other and only snapped out of our daze when we heard red guy shouting in our direction.
"What was that? What did you do, Hiken no Ace?" He asked, rage clearly visible in his tone.
"Like I said, I'd like to know that, too," Ace answered red guy.

- Ace POV –

I can't believe what just happened. I was sure that my Logia doesn't work against his but then why. Why did his attack didn't kill me, 'cause I'm sure it would have. But we don't have time for asking such questions now, we still have to somehow get out of here. I took a defensive stance in front of Luffy since he doesn't look like he can fight anymore.
"Hey, Luffy, can you still run?" I asked him. I know, it must sound pathetic, but I know my limits and after this near death experience, … Let's say, I don't want the 'near death' to turn into 'real death'.
Luffy tried to get on his feet, but I could see that he couldn't even stand up. So much for 'Let's-run-for-our- lives'-plan. I tried to figure something out, but couldn't come to a plan that would guarantee us to get out of here safely.

"You know, when you need some help, you can always ask." I heard a female voice interrupt my train of thought. I turned my head and searched for the source of this soft, gentle, yet strong and confident voice. When my eyes passed the place where Akainu stood, I could see a hooded figure stand right behind him. I couldn't see that person's face or anything at all, since the coat covered almost everything. I could make out a curvy figure, hinting that that person must be female thus possibly can be the one who spoke.
"Who are you?" I asked the hooded figure and was surprised when Akainu turned around and stared at the figure with whom I just spoke.
"How could someone get behind be without noticing? Who are you?" He repeated my question and even though I should have been pissed at his lack of concentration on me, but right now I was more interested in the answer.
"You mean me?" She asked him, not me, while pointing with her finger at herself.
"Who else could I mean?" Akainu retorted. His patience was getting thinner with every passing second and, truth said, I was kinda worried about that person.
The minutes flew by and she still haven't given an answer. By now Akainu was driving mad and I could feel the air growing more tense. Only now, I registered that Marco and the others were able to get their Kairouseki handcuffs off and were fighting again. This time they didn't try to get to me, but to the Moby Dick.
"Answer me! Who are you?" Akainu shouted at the hooded female, I hope she's female or else I have to train my skills to observe more.
"Let's see… I'm not going to tell you."
Silence.
My mind shouted: 'WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING, YOU HOODED FREAK? HE'S A FUCKING ADMIRAL WITH A FUCKING STRONG DEVIL FRUIT! ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?'
But my mouth wasn't able to voice even the slightest sound. It was too preoccupied with smashing the ground while opening.
Even Luffy was freaked out. He… Wait, what does this and the wide grin mean? It looks like the grin of his that indicates that he knows and respects a person. It couldn't be,… could it?
Luffy started to laugh his usual cheeky laugh. Now I know that something is up.
"Ne, Luffy, could it be that you know that person?" I asked him after turning my body so that I faced him directly.
"Yup," he answered and nodded. I stared at him, before I turned back to that person and Akainu.
My eyes almost fell out of their sockets when I saw what happened. Apparently, was the answer not the one Akainu wanted to hear, therefore he changed his body into magma and threw his fist towards the person in front of him. This attack could be compared with my Hiken**, only that it didn't consist of fire but of magma and it was much smaller than his Dai Funka***. But that wasn't the reason why I feared to lose my eyes. It wasn't her reaction of not moving away from her position either, though I thought again that that person was insane. No, what made my eyes almost fall out was that even though the attack hit its target right on and went through the body, but it didn't leave a wound or even tattered clothes. Again my mouth was meeting with the ground and I could see how Akainu's face showed his shock of his failed attempt to harm the person.
My attention was directed to Luffy when I felt a strange aura of awe radiate from behind me. Luffy was shining in a golden light that showed how awesome the person was in his opinion. I could only shake my head at this.

"What's wrong Fire Fist? Can't handle your little brother?" I heard the same voice as before. Again it was soft and gentle, but this time it had a teasing tone to it. But that wasn't what made me uncomfortable. It was the fact that the voice came from right beside my ear, I could even feel the warm breath on my skin. Involuntarily, my cheeks flamed up, not literally, and I jumped back.
That was a bad idea. Even though I heard the voice from beside me, didn't mean that the person who spoke stood beside me.
When I jumped backwards to escape the embarrassing situation I was in, I accidentally jumped right into the person who was the cause for my embarrassment. Being the muscular man I am, thus being rather heavy, said person didn't have a chance of not falling to the ground. I heard how the still unknown hood-wearer connected with the hard ground.
"Itatatata… Mou, what did you that for?" She asked. I finally can tell that she really is a she and doesn't only sound like one. I couldn't help myself but stare at the woman sitting on the ground in a rather... revealing position. Her coat wasn't covering anything anymore and I had full view of her low cleavage her light blue top revealed. Her slightly tanned legs were spread in a very promissi... embarrassing way and let me have a peek on her underwear. At that moment, I cursed the one who had invented the skirt and the one who had the silly idea to slice one side of these skirts to let the females have more room for their legs.
I snapped out of my daze when she stood up and walked towards Luffy. Even though Luffy seemed to know her, from where I don't know, I still didn't knew anything about her. Therefore, I didn't trust her. Under other conditions I wouldn't have been this precautions, but we were in the middle of a war, for gods sake.
I moved between Luffy and the woman and stopped her in her tracks.
"What are you doing, Ace?", Luffy asked me with disbelief in his voice
"I'm sorry, Luffy. But I still don't know anything about her and even if she is one of your friends, I don't trust her," I answered him in a matter of fact tone.
I know that what I said is rude, but it's the truth and I'm better safe than sorry.
"I see," she exclaimed, not one bit offended by my words. Either that or she's really good at hiding her emotions.
She tipped her head to the side so that she was able to look past me at Luffy.
"You've got a good brother there, Luffy," she said with a smile on her face.
"I know, Ace is the best big brother I could have," Luffy replied.
"But I was really surprised to hear that you had a brother, Luffy, even if you're not blood related. Why didn't you tell me?" She asked him again.
"That's because at that time Ace wasn't my brother. We haven't even met, yet. And after you left, I couldn't tell you either," Luffy answered in his usual happy tone.
They kept on talking about stuff I didn't understand. But one thing was for sure, both of them completely ignored me. At first, I didn't mind, but when Luffy said something about her chest and it getting really big, I couldn't stand it anymore.
"Hey you two, you know that there are still other people around listening to your conversation." I said loudly and I tried hard not to sound embarrassed and hid my rather red face.
Both of them turned their head towards me at the same time. They stared at me and then they spoke an apology in synchrony. I asked myself, if they shared a special connection since their actions were all in perfect synchrony like they were born as twins.

But before I could say or ask anything, we were interrupted by shocked shouts from marines around us.
"What's wrong with them?" Luffy asked confused.
"I don't know," the woman replied.
"That… that woman is… " was all I could hear from the distance we had from the talking marines. Now my curiosity has awakened. Just who is this woman.
"I see, so that's who you are. I've never imagined that we would encounter another revolutionary in the middle of this war between marines and pirates," Akainu said.
Again I took a defensive position and waited for his next attack.
"Don't waste your time on me, red doggy. You know that you can't touch me with your devil fruit ability," she said in a cool tone. Something has changed in her. When she spoke to Luffy she was more… well, cute, like an innocent girl, but now she looked like someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill others.
"You know that you're one of those people whom we can't let roam freely in this world. After all, you're revolutionary Dragon's right hand, Avalon D. Rika." Akainu told her as if she didn't knew that on her head was placed a bounty.
Wait, now that I think about it, I think I've seen her face on a bounty poster. What did the marines call her.
"WHHHAAATTT? Rika, you're a revolutionary?" Luffy exclaimed, shock written all over his face.
"Yes, I became a revolutionary after leaving Fuusha Island. I've even got a nice nickname," she said.
"Nickname?" Luffy asked while he tilted his head to the side, his arms crossed over his chest and a questionmark appearing above his head.
"Yes, Furenai no Rika****," she told him.
Click.
My eyes almost fell out of their sockets. That little girl was 'Furenai no Rika' with a bounty of 790.000.000 Beri on her head? She even surpasses mine with ease.
"WHHAAAATTTT? YOU'RE FURENAI NO RIKA?" I shouted/asked in a shocked tone I wasn't able to hide. But who could blame me.
"Yeah, nice to meet you Hiken no Ace," she said with her radiant smile that kind of reminded me of Luffy's but wasn't quiet like his'. It was more... more...I can't really describe it.

- Normal POV -

While Luffy, Ace and Rika were focused on their conversation, the marines andd the other pirates have resumed their fighting. But seeing that their enemies had another powerful person on their side, their moral had decreased. A few questioned if they're still able to get the execution done. Even the Fleet-Admiral Sengoku, the Marines Hero Garp and the three admirals were in slight uproar to find another enemy of the world on this place. They can't believe that beside the Whitebeard pirates with their captain and the former prisoners form Impel Down, which already were a huge obstacle for their plans, they had to deal with one of the most wanted revolutionaries, Dragon's right hand, Furenai no Rika.
"One after the other. Just how many people decide to oppose the world?" Sengoku asked himself disbelieving.
Meanwhile, Akainu had started to attack the three in front of him again. Ace dodged every attack, carrying Luffy under his arm, since said boy wasn't able to stand up anymore. The side-effect of Ivankov's 'Emperio Tension Hormones'. Rika didn't even flinch at the admiral's attacks. She just stood there, dodging from time to time when she got bored of just standing there and letting the attacks pass through her.
"Just what the hell are you?" Ace asked her in a shout to be heard over the noise that was produced by the fighting around them.
"I won't tell you now, maybe later when we all are somewhere far, far away from here," she replied from beside him. Ace, being sure that that girl was a good 30 meters away from him, was starteled when he heard her voice right beside him.
"How did you do that?" He asked her but he just got one of her smiles as an answer.
Another magma fist approached them. Ace was still in the air and even if he turned to fire, he wouldn't be able to evade it.
"I think it's time to end this game, don't you think so too, Akainu?" Rika asked her attacker with an evil grin on her face.
She rose her arms and moved them in front of her body. They were outstretched and her hands were facing to the side so that her palms faced towards her opponent.
"Distortion: Loop..." she said and a white circle appeared in front of them.
Akainu's attacked approached them but when it reached the circle, it just disappeared, though the magma arm was still seen. It looked as if the attacked was cut. But then the magma fist appeared right in front of Akainu's face and collided with it. Hard.
At the same time the attack hit its new target, Rika spoke the last words of her attack's name: "... Reverse."

The admiral hit by his own attack, fell backwards to the ground and lay there at first unmoving, but then he twitched a few times before standing up again. His face, even though he was hit by his own magma, bleeding from the impact.
"What did you do with my attack?" He asked her, not knowing about this trick since it wasn't mentioned in any report on her.
"Surprised? Can't blame you, I only learned this technique a while ago and it's acutally my first time using it in a fight." Rika told him still with a smile attached to her face.
Akainu's face got darker with every second passing. One could see that he wouldn't accept it if he was to let the three in front of him escape. They were too great a danger for the world, on his opinion that is.
"I won't let you get away, neither the son of the Pirate King, Gold Roger, nor the son of the revolutionary Dragon," he exclaimed with his strong voice that wouldn't allow any resistance. But since he was dealing with pirates and a revolutionary, his words didn't hold any meaning to them.
"Let's see about that," Rika replied with his cold voice again.

- OC POV -

Man, he's getting on my nerves. I came here to help my childhood friend and to relieve Dragon of at least one of his worries. He's just too dishonest when it comes to his personal affairs. My thoughts were disturbed by another attack directed at me. Knowing that Luffy and his brother were standing somewhere behind me, I couldn't let it just pass through me like before. My newest ability really was a success, I thought grinning inwards.
"Distortion: Globe," I said and just like I said, a globe appeared and encircled me and everyone standing in a radius of 5 meters from me. The attack crashed onto my protecting globe and was reflected. I used the time I had bought for us to turn towards Luffy. What I saw, let my eyes go wide in shock. Luffy was hanging limply under his brother's arm.
"Hey, what's wrong with him?" I asked Ace who in return looked at me with a confused face.
I have to admit, he looked kinda cute with that expression on his face. His freckles already gave him the air of a boy but that face... . Oh my...
Cut it out Rika, you've got some serious matters to settle here.
"Luffy, he doesn't look as cheerful as before," I said which made Ace look down on the boy under his arm. His eyes went wide when he saw his little brother in that state.
"What the... Luffy!" He exclaimed shocked and set him down.
He checked him for his pulse and let out a breath of relief, indicating that he still had one. My eyes scanned over Luffy's body but I couldn't find any injuries that were so severe that he should have blacked out.
I snapped out of my train of thought when I heard something, or rather someone pound on the globe I put up. I turned around and saw Akainu who hit the surface of our protection repeatedly. I frowned.
"We have to get out of here. Quick. My Globe won't stand his attacks any longer," I said to Ace without turning around to him.
I'm sure that he looked up at me since the next thing I heard from him was shuffling. He must have picked up Luffy again.
"You ready?" I asked this time turned towards him halfway. He nodded.

- Ace POV -

I can't believe that this really is happening. Luffy blacked out. The reason unkonwn but it doesn't look like he was injuried that badly. Then again, he broke into Impel Down and reached Level 6 and came here to Marineford. He's pretty much beat up.
I turned my attention to the girl who arrived not long ago. I still don't trust her but she did protect us from the last attacks. Well, at least she's not one of our enemies.
"Where do we go?" I asked her, having really no idea where to go since this was a battlefield and we won't find a place where we could lay Luffy down without worrying for an attack.
"You really have to ask?" She replied with an amused smirk on her lovely face.
Wait, lovely? Since when...? I'm tierd, that's all there is to it.
She still looked at me as if she wanted to hear something. But I don't have an idea what. She sighed.
"Really... who came here to rescue you?" She asked again but it was a rhetorical question. Now I got what she meant, we're going to Pops' place. I felt somewhat happy to finally reunite with them. I haven't seen them for quiet a while.
"You finish with your thoughts? 'Cause we really have to hurry up, the Globe is going to shatter... now."
As on cue, the white sphere, called Globe, shatteres and left fragments behind which soon vanished in a white glimmer. Not waiting for the next attack to come, we both started to run across the battle field towards the ships that floated at the edge of the ice platform Aokiji had created. I could see Pops' figure even from here and couldn't fight back the grin that streched on my face.
"You really missed them, didn't you." I heard the girl say beside me.
I turned my head towards her and eyed her suspiciously.
"Oh come on, you don't have to look at me with such a look. I won't bite you," she said more teasingly than seriously.
"I still don't trust you." I told her which she replied with a sigh but she still didn't seem offended.
"It's alright, you don't have to, but remember this, as long as you and your nakama and Luffy are here, I won't leave. When all of you are out of harms way, I'm going back to where I came from," she said.
"I know that you and Luffy know each other, so you have a reason to help him, but why would you care for my or my nakamas safety?" I asked her skeptically. Again she sighed.
"Let's just say that it would be bad for the islands that are under Whitebeards protection if he were to die here. And since he won't leave as long as one of his sons is still here, I have to make sure that everyone leaves Marineford safely."
Her answer astonished me. Sure, there are quiet a few islands that are protected by Pops name but I still couldn't get why she would care. She's a revolutionary, isn't their goal to overthrow the govenment and change the things as they are now?
"But my main reason for helping you guys is Luffy. You're his brother and he would be sad if you were to die and your nakama helped him in this fight, so I feel grateful to them," she added.

...

That's it?
Because of that she's willing to get herself endangered?
Luffy really findds the weirdest friends, I thought and let a sigh pass my lips.

- Normal POV -

They soon reached Whitebeard who was still standing in front of the ships. All those machines he usually was attached to were missing and he had his spear in his hand. When he saw the two of them approach, a smirk made its way to his face. It has been a long time since he has last seen his son. He was all beaten up but still alive. Whitebeards eyes fell on the unconsious form under his arm and he had to admit that he underestimated this rookie. He was tougher than Whitebeard had thought. Then his eyes fell on the girl who was standing beside Ace, hr back facing him.
"Don't you want to introduce your girlfriend to me, Ace?" Whitebeard asked his son teasingly. To his utter amusement, his teasing worked and Ace face flushed a deep shade of red almost resembling a tomato.
"That girl isn't my girlfriend, Oyaji*****!" Ace yelled at his captain and 'father' who laughed at his reaction.
"I told you my name, so use it. It's rude to call someone 'that girl'," Rika said to Ace, her back still facing them.
"Gurarararara..." Whitebeard laughed heartedly. His laughter echoing over the noise of the battlefield.
Unknown to both of them, Rika's face showed a faint pinkish colour.
"Well, forget it. We've got to get out of here," she said turning around to them fully.
"You're right. Now that we've freed Ace and got him here, there's no other reason to stay." Whitebeard said while looking over the battlefield to his other sons.
"If you want, I'll lend you a hand." Rika told Whitebeard.
"Gurarararara~. We can use every help we can get. Be it an other pirate or a revolutionary like you." He replied which received him a gentle smile from Rika.
She turned around towards the fighting and tilted her head back.
"Well then, don't be surprised by the weird feeling. I assure you it's normal for first timers," she said before she turned her head to the battlefield fully. Her eyes were closed and a strange dim white light engulfed her. Then one after another the fighting pirates were engulfed by that light as well, even Whitebeard, Ace and Luffy and the people he brought from Impel Down. After them, the ships, too, started to glow whiteish. Surprised at first, Ace looked towards that girl causing this phenomenon. From the corner of his eyes he could see that his nakama had stopped to evade the attacks of the marines. He thought that they had lost their mind but then he saw that even if they didn't move away from an attack, they weren't harmed by the swords or bullets that hit them. They just passed right through them, like Akainu's fist did with him.
"Distortion: Teleport." Ace heard Rika say and after that his vision got all blurry like he was moving at a high speed. He had to close his eyes, since he already felt the nausea.
'Was it this she talked about?' He asked himself.

~ Somewhere on the Grand Line ~

The next time he opened his eyes, he found himself standing on deck of the Moby Dick alongside his nakama, Luffy still under his arm. He blinked a few times but the scenery didn't change. He could see his Pops and all the other commanders.
Then he heard something fall on the wooden deck. He turned around to the source of the noise and saw the girl that most probably was the reason they stood on their main ship out at sea, no island in sight, kneeling on the deck, panting heavily. Her head was downcast and her bangs covered her eyes from their sight. Her hands were placed in front of her to stabilize her. Ace placed his brother under the care of the medics that were on board and approached the kneeling girl.
"You okay?" He asked worried. Yes, worried. Even though Ace don't trust her, he isn't heartless and he knew that he owed her for rescuing them from Akainu's attack and bringing them to a safe place somewhere on the Grand Line.
"Yeah, don't worry. I'm just a little tired. It's the first time I teleported so many people plus their ships this far." She said still panting but smiling up at him.
"Well, we have to be grateful to you." Whitebeards voice was heard from behind them and both, Ace and Rika turned towards him.
"Don't mention it," she replied.
"Gurararara..., you're a very restrained young girl. Still, we are grateful to you. Take your time and rest," he said in a tone that didn't let her say otherwise. She smiled at that.
"If you say so..." She said before blacking out.

* comrades
** Fire Fist
*** Great Erruption
**** Untouchable Rika
***** old man/pops