Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece Oda does, still the genius of the story. I do own Tashira!

Oh and this is my favorite quote from One Piece:

Pirates are evil! The Marines are righteous! These terms have always changed throughout the course of history...! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say! But of course it will! Whoever wins this war...becomes justice! - Donquixote Doflamingo (one piece)

Tashira's legs buckled from under her. She covered her head with her hands as she cried. The Battle of Marine Ford Flashed back into her head, along with the death of Whitebeard and her beloved friend Portgas D. Ace.

"WHY? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?" The poor Marine girl shouted, banging her hands on the round table in front of her. She was thankful for the fact that all the Marines where on the battle grounds below her and not there hearing her scream. She sank to the floor and pulled her legs toward her, crying her eyes out.

"Why…?" she whispered between sobs. She didn't understand why they had to start a war with the "Ruler of the Sea" Whitebeard, and use Ace to bring him. Her friend Ace was going to be executed no matter what anyone said. She could go down there herself and rescue him herself, but what about Nii-chan? He would never forgive her. There was a loud bang at the door, and Tashira quickly wiped her tears.

"Tashira –san. We need to evacuate the Marine Ford, your brother's order."

She shook her head, Worried are we? That thought placed a smile on her face as she walked over to the giant doors of the Marine conference room. She opened the doors to see a young marine saluting her. She sighed, every time every fricken time! She saluted back and walked out the door, dread lurking in the back of her mind.

The walk out of Marine Ford took over ten minutes. Holy crap how long until we are out of here? And why is this place so fricken big? She breathed in and slowly exhaled, trying every way possible to get herself to calm down. With the battle, and how unnecessarily big the Marine HQ, it's a surprise that she was even able to control her power at the moment. Gah! The World government's "secret weapon" and I'm not even allowed to go outside unless escorted….What the Heck! Then again if I get hurt, I'm not sure what Nii-chan will do. She shivered at the thought.

After about three more minutes they had finally gotten outside. As Tashira walked to the ship that was going to take away from the battle, she heard someone scream Ace. Snapping her head back to the battle field she saw a bunch of people and a ship fall from the sky. One had caught her attention, a young kid with a straw hat. A smile spread across her lips.

"Hey Tashira, look it's my little brother!" Ace smiled as he showed her the wanted poster of Monkey D. "Straw hat" Luffy. "He's in the grand line as well. Met his crew a while back, bet it has more people than last time, he has a knack for attracting people to him. Always making me worry, and look he has 100 million Berries now!" The smile on Ace's face just grew wider while he talked. Tashira grew a smile as well. "Maybe I'll meet him one day; the world is a small place after all." Ace laughed "Yeah maybe, oh and if you do tell him this. No matter what I'll be with you, then hug him for me will you?" Tashira's smile faded slightly, ever so slightly. "Of course" she replied staring at him, fear was eating inside her. What's he mean? She shook her head to shake the dreadful thought from it and they continued to walk down the streets of the small island.

"So that's his little brother huh?" She whispered, afraid that someone might hear her. She stood and watched the fight.

"Luffy!"

"Ace, finally I got to see you again!"

Everyone who was apparently on that ship was standing behind Straw Hat. Each of them seemed ready for the fight, give or take one or two.

Two people behind Straw hat said something but she couldn't hear them, what she did hear made the smile on her face widen.

"I've come to save you!"

A tear, she didn't even know she was holding back, had escaped, and her hope that Ace would live soared. Ace, so this is your brother, told you this was a small world.

She heard Sengoku yell at Grap for his family, and the way Garp had said Straw hats name didn't sound like he very happy that Straw hat was here. She than heard, well almost heard everyone else's response of the kid's appearance. Tashira found all of it funny and started laughing.

The former shichibukai Crocodile had gone to attack Whitebeard, but was not able to due to Straw hat. Tashira smiled wider.

"SO THIS GEEZER REALLY IS WHITEBEARD? THEN I WON'T LET YOU TOUCH HIM! ACE LIKES THE OLD MAN!

Tashira laughed even harder. Whitebeard and the straw hat talked for like a minute when she heard: "SHUT UP THAT'S NOT FOR YOU TO DECIDE! I HEARD YOU WANNA TO BE THE PIRATE KING! BUT I'M THE ONE WHO'S GONNA BECOME THE PIRATE KING!"

Tashira was clutching her sides at this point. This straw hat kid has some guts I'll give him that, Ace.

"JUST DON'T GET IN MY WAY, PIPSQUEEK!"

"I'M GONNA DO THIS MY WAY! I'LL BE THE ONE TO SAVE ACE!

They talked for a little longer, and then straw hat jumped off the Moby Dick. Tashira was pretty certain they were all thinking the same thing. How the heck can he talk to Whitebeard so casually? What's up with his confidence?

And with that The Battle began, again.

Tashira watched the horror unfold before her, tears streaming down her face, as the pirates try desperately to save the second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates. Everything in front of her was going so fast but she could see everything clearly, as though all of it was going in slow motion.

For what felt like hours, Straw hat had finally gotten to his brother, and the next thing anyone knew there was a cloud of smoke, than a column of fire. Straw hat had done it. He saved Ace. "He…saved…him." The marine girl choked. Tears were gushing out by now and she couldn't find a way to stop them, though she didn't want to, for they were tears of joy. Now all they needed to do was get back to the shi-

"Running away the moment you grabbed Ace, what a bunch of cowards. The whitebeard pirates…The captain as well…It can't be helped… Whitebeard is after all just a 'failure' from the previous era"

Crap! Akainu! Please Ace! No!

Ace had stopped, and had turned towards Akainu.

"Forget it Ace! Don't stop! ACE!" Everyone shouted desperately trying to get Ace moving again.

"Stopped by your father in Blood; Roger and couldn't become king even after his death, Whitebeard is a failure forever. Which part of it is wrong? Called Pops by a bunch of scum…acting so warm like a family roaming the seas"

Akainu! Why? Why? Why? Why can't you just let them go? Why make it worse? Tashira thought, bringing her hands to her face covering her eyes as she saw the inevitable.

"…Shut up!"

"Roaming around for decades without becoming a king or anything… In the end he got hurt by his idiotic son, which got cheated by some cheap talk! And he's giving his life to protect this bunch of people! Ain't that the emptiest life ever?

"…SHUT UP…!"

Please Ace! No!

" Pops gave us a place we belong to! You people will never understand Pop's Greatness!"

"People that don't walk on the right path have no Living Value! THE WORLD HAS NO PLACE FOR YOU PIRATES! WHITEBEARDIS A FALURE GOING TO HIS DEATH! THIS SUITS A GENERAL OF A BUNCH OF SCUM!"

"WHITEBEARD IS THE ONE THAT OPENED THIS ERA OF PIRATES! DON'T INSULT OUR SAVIOUR! THE NAME OF THIS ERA IS…WHITEBEARD! "

That started their fight, and it ended with Akainu standing over Ace.

"Pirate king Gol D Roger. Revolutionary Dragon! Their sons became brothers, how terrifying…! Just your blood alone has been shaped into a huge sin! Even if I let someone else get away, I WILL NEVER LET THE TWO OF YOU GO!"

Tashira pulled away from her hands just in time for an even bigger night mare. Akainu had gone after Luffy.

"Luffy!" Ace shouted.

What had happened next stopped time. Ace was in front of Luffy, Akainu's magma fist through him, hitting every major organ. The chance of survival? None. It was dead silent. All that was heard was the burning of paper.

Time went on and everyone was after Akainu. Garp had started walking towards Akainu, until Sengoku and stopped him, but Tashira heard what Garp had said.

"You better…keep me held down here tight Sengoku! Because if you don't, you can be sure … I'M GOING TO MURDER THAT SAKAZUKI!

So family is more important than duty. Too bad you realized that too late Garp. Tashira closed her eyes, brought her hands to her face, and cried harder than ever before.

Around her was chaos, but they just ignored her, she was in the only safe spot on that battle field. Time stopped one more time.

Time started again when Ace had hit ground, dead, smiling. Luffy? His soul was shattered, so they had no chose than to take him away. Everyone cried, no matter the side. Those who personally knew Ace on that battle field, cried.

Whitebeard showed the true extent of his power by wounding Akainu, destroying the Marine HQ, and separating himself from his crew so they could escape.

Tashira blocked out the rest and only raised her head when Whitebeard started talking.

"You are not the one….the man who Roger was waiting for… at the very least, was not you Teach…just as there are those who inherited Roger's will…Ace's will too be inherited by others… you may eradicate his blood line, but 'their' flames will never die…For may ages, they have been passed down through generations without fail…!And someday bearing the weight of all those centuries upon his back…A MAN WILL COME FAORTH TO CHALLENGE THIS WORLD! Sengoku…you people of the world government… ARE LIVING IN FEAR…OF THAT GREAT BATTLE THAT WILL SOMEDAY ENGULF THE ENTIRE WORLD! Though it has nothing to do with me… when somebody finally finds that treasure…THE WORLD WILL BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN…! Oh yes, it will be found that day will come, without a doubt… ONE PIECE…IS OUT THERE!"

With that Whitebeard was dead, but he would not yield, for he stood proudly before all.

A/N: Told you this would be out the same day. T.T I cried my eyes out when I read this the first time, still do cry a little when I read it. I cried even harder when I saw it. I cried when I was typing this. I cried a lot during this part. Whitebeards final speech was EPIC! I loved it. Rate and review plz! Oh and answer my question please. Should I have Tashira fall in love with Ace, have Ace fall in love with her, both, or just keep them as friends? Please tell me what you think. This will more than likely affect the story. Most votes will win.