Sorry for taking long before I updated this. You see, I'm a graduating student and have lots of # !%*¥€! job to finish. But I'm still alive and so, the story continues.

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Warning: I'm not really good in english ...

CHAPTER 10: VOYAGE ON THE CALMEST SEA

People say that a calm sea is actually dangerous, it deceives you above and it kills you below. But there are brave people who will dare to sail on that sea, like the marines and pirates. For now, there are some marines who are making their voyage in the Calm Belt.

"Aww man, where are the sea kings? I'm soooo hungry..." said by the young Commander Monkey D. Luffy with his straw hat on his head and a marine cape.

"Don't look for a flashy trouble, brat", Buggy warned him, "Damn, I shouldn't be here! Why on earth did I believe on Shanks that he'll give me a treasure if I accompany you?"

"Shut it now, Buggy", Ace spoke in a sleepy tone, "You can't go back now."

"Why are you so disobidient, you two brothers?!" Buggy raged.

"What have they done?" Zoro asked.

"Ignore him, Zoro", Ace said.

"Ignore?! You freckled scumbag! You don't respect my title!" Buggy shouted at him.

But Ace had another narcoleptic fit, leaving Buggy with no one to talk. Zoro smiled at this and decided to take a nap too.

"Oi, Zoro!" Usopp called, "You're taking a nap again?" but Zoro was already sleeping.

"Is Sanji finished cooking?" Luffy asked hopefully.

"Uhm, dunno", Usopp answered.

"Well, I think i'm hungry too", Buggy said.

The three of them sighed. Their ship continued to sail towards the Amazon Lily. Luffy, Ace, Buggy, Zoro, Sanji and Usopp were all in the ship with a mission of escorting the Pirate Empress warlord to Marineford. Whitebeard only ordered Luffy and Ace to do this but Luffy insisted to bring some company. And now, the six of them were struggling hard from boredom on their way to Amazon Lily.

"Lunch is ready!" Sanji shouted from the kitchen.

"Foood!" Luffy, Buggy and Usopp shouted in unison.

"Uh, is it already?" Zoro woke up.

"I think i'm hungry now too", Ace suddenly woke like Zoro.

They all hurried at the dining area and took their seat while Sanji placed the foods on the table.

"Itadakimasu!"

Luffy hurriedly finished his food and tried to steal Usopp's food but Ace caught his arm just in time. Buggy and Zoro shielded their food from Luffy. Sanji placed a large piece of meat on the middle of the table. Luffy and Ace fight over it that resulted on flying plates everywhere.

"You freaks! Can't you eat in peace?!" Buggy angrily said.

"Not until Ace give me this meat!" Luffy tried to pull the meat from Ace.

"Idiot! You've eaten a lot already!" Ace snapped back.

"I think I can handle this", Zoro calmly said and drew one of his swords. He cut the meat cleanly in two to separate the two fighting brothers.

"Oohh, Zoro! Arigato!" Luffy happily ate his meat.

"I'm so surprised that Moss Head can think of a solution. It just shows that he has brains", Sanji mocked.

"What do you mean by that, Curly‐Eyebrow?" Zoro asked dangerously.

"Oh, not again", Buggy sighed, "Why is the Great Buggy surrounded by idiots?"

"You're right", Usopp agreed, "Only the sea was the quiet one."

After saying those words, their ship was hit by something, making them fell from the chair.

"What was that?" Usopp asked in a scared tone.

They all run outside and when they reached the bay, they saw a very large sea king that was attacking their ship.

"A sea king!" Buggy shouted in panic.

"Yosh! This is what i'm waiting for!" Luffy clenched his fist.

"Are you insane?! Even cannons can't hurt a sea king!" Buggy screamed.

"But we are better and stronger than cannons", Ace grinned while readying his fist that produces fire.

"If you don't want to fight, just stay behind", Zoro told Buggy while holding his swords.

"Are you serious, guys?" Usopp asked.

"Yeah", Sanji answered, standing on the railings.

"What are we gonna do?" Buggy whispered to Usopp.

"I‐I think we have to fight with them", Usopp tried to act bravely.

"Y‐yeah, let's do this", Buggy agreed.

"I, the great warrior Usopp‐sama will defeat the sea king!"

"I, the great Buggy will become the next Fleet Admiral!"

Sanji just looked at them and sighed, "At least, they're motivated."

The sea king started to attack again the ship but now, the marines were ready.

"Gomu gomu no...Jet Gattling!"

The punches made the sea king arched back but it regained its position and started to head towards the ship again.

"Luffy! your rubber technique is still weak! Just watch this! Hiken!"

Ace's fire was directly hit on the sea king's face, making it unconscious for a while.

"I'll finish this", Zoro attacked the sea king's body, "Santoryuu: Onigiri!"

Zoro's swords gave a deep cut on the sea king, killing it finally.

"Great job, my subordinates!" Buggy proudly said, "You've listened well on my orders!"

"But you haven't say anything. You're just hiding", Luffy said.

"Shut up, brat!" Buggy snapped.

"What a weak Rear Admiral..." Ace mocked Buggy.

"Yeah, at least were here..." Luffy mumbled.

"We can fight for ourselves.." Zoro continued.

"I said shut it!" Buggy angrily screamed on their faces, "I'm the Rear Admiral here! Your ranks are lower than mine so stop mocking me!"

"Fine", Ace said while sitting down, "I'll just wait for your orders, sir."

"By the way, why didn't you fight, Love Cook?" Zoro asked, "Scared of breaking your bones?"

"I'm not just in the position, Moss Head", Sanji answered while lighting up his cigarette, "I'm just your cook here."

"Eh, guys", Usopp told the two, "Stop it. It's no good if we fight here."

Everyone looked at each other and gave a sighed. For them, it's the most boring trip ever in the sea, nothing to deal with, aside from the sea king that they've encountered.

"Man, I should've invited Marco here. The sight of his face is enough to make us laugh the whole time", Ace said.

"Or Brook, so he can sing us a song", Luffy said flatly.

Brook was the best musician in Marineford but he was a skeleton. His Yomi Yomi no Mi makes him a living dead but his superb musical talent was still intact. Everyone hummed the Bink's Sake and was now having their time when they suddenly spotted a ship on a distance.

"Usopp! Check that ship!" Ace ordered.

"Hai!" Usopp ran inside an went for the telescope. He peeked on it and positioned the telescope towards the incoming ship.

"I‐it's a pirate ship!" Usopp shouted at them, "I can see a jolly roger!"

"Pirates?" Buggy asked, "Why on earth would those flashy pirates sail here in Calm Belt? Can you recognize the jolly roger?"

"Wait", Usopp tried to recognize the pirates through the telescope, "O‐oh no!"

"What is it, Usopp?" Luffy asked.

"I‐it's the Icy Pirates!"

"Nani?!" they all looked shocked.

"Be prepared, everyone! It's a Yonkou in our way!" Ace warned them.

The Icy Pirates are one of the Four Emperors that rule in the New World. It was led by pirate captain Kuzan who was famously called as Aokiji. But a Yonkou like him sailing on the Calm Belt was highly questionable.

"Uh‐oh, I think they're coming to us", Usopp scaredly said.

"But they're not firing", Zoro noticed, "I don't think they'll attack us."

Buggy gulped and tried to act bravely, "W‐well, as the highest officer, I will be the one to face him if he ever came to us."

"Sure?" Ace asked flatly.

"Don't question my decision, brat!" Buggy angrily said.

Few minutes had passed and the Yonkou's ship had stopped in front of them with a good distance. The marines can see clearly the pirates on their deck but their captain was nowhere in sight. Buggy grabbed the Den Den Mushi and used it to make his voice be heard on the other ship.

"What's your business in here, Icy Pirates?" Buggy loudly asked over them with a hint of nervous in his voice, but there's no response from the pirates so Buggy asked again, "Can't you hear me, Aokiji?"

They waited for an answer and soon, there came a figure from the pirate ship, a tall one wearing blue cape over his shoulder and wearing white vest with blue long sleeves inside. The pirate captain Aokiji had came out at last and one of his crewmates brought him a Den Den Mushi to be able to reply on Buggy's questions. A deep voice had rang the moment Aokiji spoke.

"Marines..." Aokiji simply stated.

"It is strange to see a Yonkou like you sailing here. Why aren't you in the New World."

"Do I really have to answer that?" Aokiji yawned before speaking again, "But what were you doing here in Calm Belt?"

"It's none of your business‐‐‐" Buggy was cut off by Luffy who grabbed the snail from him and shouted over it, enough to be heard in the whole area.

"Oi, Curly Yonkou! Step aside so our ship can sail towards the Amazon Lily!"

"Luffy‐‐! Baka!" Zoro punched Luffy's head.

"Oh, so you're going to meet your warlord. Tell me, is there a problem, marine?" Aokiji asked, "Ah, sorry, why did i ask the obvious question?"

"Obvious? What do you mean obvious?" Zoro asked him.

"I've heard a news from my fellow pirates that there was a pirate captain who challenged you marines", Aokiji explained, "I think that information was related on visiting your warlord, am I right?"

He knows! Ace thought t himself.

"Tell me", Aokiji continued, "How long will you continue to anger your grandfather, Commodore Ace and Commander Luffy?"

Those words seemed to slapped Ace and Luffy so hard that it makes them speechless for a moment. How on earth did Aokiji find out about it, they didn't know. Maybe, it is normal for a criminal to smell the plan of another criminal. Or maybe, Garp was just being his usual careless self again and accidentally blurted out his plan.

Ace was about to grab the snail to ask Aokiji something but Buggy was the one who spoke first, "Ace and Luffy liked being marines. Period. End. Of. Conversation. It's none of your business who are we going to deal with, so we can now say goodbye to each other."

Buggy hung up and ordered them to just sail forward and ignore the pirates. Both ship were now sailing side by side, facing in opposite directions when suddenly, Aokiji smirked.

"D'you think it can be that easy, Rear Admiral Buggy?"

Aokiji jumped from the railings of his ship onto the ocean without any support.

"Whaaaat?! He's suiciding‐‐‐" Usopp broke from his scream.

The moment Aokiji touched the ocean, or rather almost touch it, the water under him turned to ice and it soon started to spread until it hit the marine ship. The six of them run on the side of the ship to see Aokiji's doing.

"Dammit! He was planning to freeze our ship!" Zoro cursed.

"Oi! Stop that!" Luffy shouted at Aokiji. But Aokiji continued to use his ability to froze their ship so Luffy jumped too on the railings and was going to punch Aokiji, "Don't interfere, guys!".

"Luffy!" Ace desperately called him back. Luffy missed Aokiji and hit the frozen water instead. Aokiji quickly went on Luffy's back, much to the latter's surprise and grab his arm.

"Let go of me!" Luffy struggled from the hold.

But Aokiji slowly turned Luffy's arm into ice, making Luffy unable to release his arm.

"You're still too weak to face me", Aokiji said to Luffy.

"Luffy!" Ace shouted again but this time, he also jumped from the ship.

"Ace! don't go there! You're made of fire!" Usopp shouted.

But Ace had already landed on the frozen water and it didn't take long before Usopp's warning took effect. The ice where Ace stands started to melt but Ace had knew this fact.

"Before I fall into the ocean, let go of my brother!" Ace surrounded them three with a ring of fire, enough to melt down the ice slowly around them and on Luffy's arm, releasing him from Aokiji.

"I admit I have some difficulties when it comes on fire" Aokiji said calmly, "But it's not enough to melt my powers down. For now, i'll let you two go away, if you manage to get out of the water underneath. I hope we'll meet again", Aokiji then used his ability to bring him back to the ship using ice. Ace and Luffy were left alone on the melting ice but Ace had already grab Luffy and Luffy stretched his hand to reach the railings and shot them both upward before the ice was totally melted. The D brothers landed on their ship with a loud crash while the others run on them.

"You two were so damn reckless! D'you think you're enough to face a Yonkou like him?!" Buggy angrily shouted at their ears.

"You okay? Luffy? Ace?" Usopp asked.

"Don't worry, we're both fine!" Luffy replied and gave a wide grin. Ace rammed his fist so hard on Luffy's head, "Idiot! Don't just go attacking someone like that without a plan, especially a Yonkou with Logia powers!"

"But he's freezing our ship! Do you expect me to just sit around?" Luffy snapped back.

"I know! But don't attack alone! Don't give us that 'don't interfere' shit! That's a sea, you moron! What if you fell on the sea?!"

"You can't swim too, Ace! and it's ice down there, not a sea!"

"Yeah, it's ice! And you nearly turned to ice by Aokiji because of your reckless move!"

"He surprised me, that's why!"

"Stop giving childish reasons, Luffy! In battle, expect for the surprise attack! When will you decide to act as a grown‐up?!"

"I'm a grown‐up already! and I'll be stronger than you!"

"No, you're not! Because you're still a crybaby who's trying to act tough!"

Luffy seemed hurt on those words and he shouted back on Ace, "I hate you, Ace! You're the one who's being childish here!" and then he ran inside their ship.

Ace was still fuming in anger after Luffy left and his eyes darted on the remaining four in his wake. Seeing them somewhat made Ace calm for a while.

"I'm just...worried on him. But... he has to stop being so childish!" Ace tried to explain to them but he decided to get inside the ship for some moment of privacy.

The four was still standing on their place, still absorbed on the earlier scene, until Sanji broke the silence.

"Erm, guys, I'll go back to the kitchen now."

"Oh, I'll maneuver now the ship", Usopp said. Both he and Sanji went back on their respective places. Only Buggy and Zoro were left outside.

"Those two brothers...will make up soon", Zoro said.

"Yeah", Buggy agreed, staring at the sea, "There are so many things that happened in just a short time."

"By the way, it bothers me why the heck we still need to gather the warlords if our enemy was only a crazy rookie pirate. I think we're enough already to face them alone, so why bothered it?" Zoro asked.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that Whitebeard told us that we're not facing a one crew only", Buggy explained to Zoro, "he said that Garp has an old friend that might help him on his plan. Sad to say that we might face another Yonkou when the time comes."

~END OF CHAPTER 10~

Aaaaaaand cut! I swear to God that I didn't mean to make Ace and Luffy argue. My hands just let those words slipped and so ‐‐‐ Aaargh! I'll just continue to chapter 11! R&R !