Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, if I did Ace would not be dead.
Luffy walked alongside Ace and the guards as they made their way to the transport ship. All were quiet and subdued along the way. Ace didn't try to talk or fight back, he just went with the guards.
Once they had placed him in his new cell aboard the ship the guards left. Luffy waited till they were gone before he opened his mouth.
"This is the last time I can talk to you face to face, Ace." Luffy looked down at the sitting figure of his brother. "I only have one thing for you to promise me before I leave." He waited for Ace to look up at him.
When He didn't Luffy squatted down and reached between the bars. He lifted his head so they were looking right at each other. Ace's silver eyes were dull, there seemed to be no life in them.
"Ace, promise me you won't give up out there without a fight." Luffy looked at him expectantly. "I don't know how much you know, but you have people coming for you."
This got a reaction out of Ace. He jerked back in horror, "Why? I don't deserve for him to come save me!" His nails dug into his palms as he tried to control his anger.
Luffy sighed bringing his hand up to move his hat but felt only his hair. He wished he had his hat right now, but Zoro took it with a promise to give it back when the fighting started. "Ace there are people who care for you, people who are happy you were born!" He glared at Ace and stood up. "Promise me you won't die."
Ace looked up at Luffy, seeing his determined look. He could feel that gaze run deep into his very being. Ace smirked as he felt the same feeling rising inside himself. "I promise I will not die."
Luffy smiled before turning to leave the room, "Get some rest, we will be there in a couple of hours tops." With that he closed the door behind him leaving Ace alone.
Climbing the stairs to meet up with Zoro Luffy stopped suddenly. He turned and ran to the back of the ship where Impel Down was slowly disappearing.
Zoro, seeing his captain run to the back of the ship, followed closely. He stared at Luffy back to the Island and Again to Luffy. "Captain?"
Luffy blinked before looking at his first mate, "Sabo is in Impel Down."
Zoro looked back at the island in thought. "Most have gotten in when we were leaving." He placed his hand on Luffy's shoulder, "He will be fine," He got a look for that, "Bon-chan and Iva-chan will look after him."
Sighing in defeat Luffy looked back to the island, "I hope your right." He closed his eyes turning from the island. "We have a lot to do when we land and hopefully the rest are not far behind."
Zoro grunted and crossed his arms over his chest. "They have Nami leading them on where to go. Not to mention the shitty cook is in charge right now."
Luffy covered his mouth to hide his laugh, "You two fight like an old married couple." He ducked as Zoro made to whack him with a haki coated fist.
"Say that again captain, I dare you too." Zoro glared as he raised his fist again. This only caused Luffy to smile before taking off across the deck with Zoro hot on his heels.
Whitebeard:
Every one of his children were rushing around preparing for a war. They had left their main medical staff behind to insure their safety. Izo refused to be left behind with the majority of his division.
Sitting in his throne like chair whitebeard went into deep thought. If he had seen what was to come he would have killed Teach before. This would have saved Thatch's life and possibly even Ace's as well.
"Pops." He opened his eyes to see his oldest standing there.
"Yes, Marco?" Marco came over and jumped onto the armrest of the chair.
"Sabo said that he has entered Impel Down and gotten all the way to the 6th level." His tone was that of irritation and anger, "He got hurt pretty bad, but he has allies in their now that are helping him." He turned his look to pops, "Ace was not there and now he's planning an escape with the other prisoners."
Whitebeard lean back in thought, "He will be bringing back reinforcements."
Marco nodded, "Yeah, they agreed to come and help save Ace. One of them is a high officer of the revolutionary army."
"Revolutionary?" This got Whitebeard's attention. The revolutionaries were very secretive and moved quickly through the oppressed kingdoms. They set up more standing governments that the Celestial Dragons and marines hated but were good for the people. Their leader was a powerful man that was now known as "The Most Wanted Man" by the government, The Revolutionary Dragon. "They had one of the officers in Impel Down?"
Marco nodded again, "Yes, it was Ivankov, the Okama Queen." He shivered at this.
"Ivankov." Whitebeard laughed at this. There was many storied going around the queen of okamas. His devil fruit was one of them. He could change the gender of himself and those around him by injecting them with his nails that could turn into needles. The Horu Horu no mi, the hormone hormone fruit. "This will be interesting!" He laughed again.
Sweat dropping Marco looked forward and spotted Izo talking with one of their other brothers. He was worried that Izo will get hurt in this war, but the other man had always shown just how well he could take care of himself in battle. It also didn't help with the death of Thatch. Both of them missed their friend and wished they had been their to save him from Teach.
"Everything will be fine." Whitebeard reassured the other. "Now go and help your siblings prepare for battle." He got a nod from Marco who jumped down and walked over to the other commanders.
'This will not be an easy battle my children,' Whitebeard looked around at his family. 'We will probably not come out of this alive, but we will try our best.' He thought as his grip of his bisento. 'But, I will be damned if I let the government do what they want to my children.' His gaze returned forward as they got closer to Marine Ford. 'Hang on Ace, just hang on.'
Strawhats:
Nami looked down at her compass and the map. She smiled and hummed happily from the helm. Sanji walked up behind her gazing out into the water of the Grand Line.
"Hard to believe we are going back here already." He took a drag from his cigarette. "Wonder what that marimo and shitty captain are up to."
"Knowing Luffy, probably annoying the hell out of the marines or eating." Nami smiled checking the compass again. "At this rate we will be at Marine Ford in a couple of hours."
Sanji nodded, "That's good, because I am actually getting scared about what Yosaku and Johnny are thinking about doing in their boredom." He glanced back at the two who were whispering to each other and pointing at Gin.
Gin was taking a nap to pass the time. Looked like the two were planning something on the poor guy. Just as they grinned and came up with a bucket of cold water it was knocked out of their hands. The water spilling all over them as Lucci grinned from his crouched position.
As a leopard, Lucci's grin looked more terrifying than normal. Hattori flew around and landed next to the sleeping Gin. He covered his beck as he laughed at the two floundering riggers.
Nami sighed next to Sanji causing him to look at her in question. "I wish they would not torment the man. He's still tired from staying up all night while they slept." She waved at the guys being chased by a transformed Lucci.
"They could help take turns steering the ship and leading the grand fleet." They both looked over to see Franky looking at them trying not to laugh when Lucci jumped on them.
"You really want them to steer the ship?" Sanji raised an eyebrow at this, "They would get us lost. Besides, my beautiful Nami-swan has everything under control!" He noodles danced around Nami who shook her head.
"Cerberus!" Nami called to their guard dog.
The three headed dog zombies walked over and watched as Sanji danced around Nami. He raised his eyebrows and the three heads started to talk to each other. The fox head nodded over to Nami while the left dog head nodded over to Sanji.
"Can you do me a favor boy?" Nami asked sweetly causing the dog to tilt his head. "Can you go break that up for me?" She pointed to the three guys now wrestling each other with Lucci coming out on top. "Just split them up."
All three head looked at each other before nodding. They walked over and grabbed each person. Holding them away from each other they moved further into the ship. They first dropped Lucci who prowled back and climbed back up the mast to the crows nest. Hattori chooed before flapping his wings and landing on Gin's chest. He settled down and went to sleep.
Cerberus then placed the two troublemakers into the galley where the dish's needed to be cleaned. The dog walked out the door just as Sanji came in. He smiled and pointed to the dishes.
"You two need something better to do then prank some of the others." Sanji's smile turned demonic scaring both Johnny and Yosaku. "Clean the dishes and then peel the potatoes in the pantry." He waved as he walked out the door. "We will be in MarineFord in a couple hours. If the battle starts you can let off more steam then."
Johnny and Yosaku both shrugged and went about their duties. "Hey, at least we get to kick some marine butt later today." they both said at the same time laughing.
MarineFord:
Luffy and Zoro both watched from their place as the Marine's lead Ace to the plaza. The marines had raised an execution stand where all can see what was to happen. Admirals and Vice-admirals stood in defense waiting incase someone tried to stop the execution.
Luffy's fist tightened as he watched Ace kneel down and get locked to the stand. He wouldn't even raise his head as the executioners crossed their blades in front of him. Beside him Luffy could feel Zoro's own grip tighten around one of his swords.
"Don't worry Luffy-san," The pink haired marine, Coby, placed his hand on his shoulder. "Everything will be fine." He tried to sound like he himself believed it but it came out weak.
"Hm, He has a whole fleet and another coming right here to save him." The long haired blonde, Helmeppo, added in.
Luffy looked back at the two his grandpa took under his wing to become marines. Then he looked to his grandpa's own marines. They all were ready to go and stop this war from happening. They refuse to fight the pirates coming and instead were just going to run interference if they could.
"Thanks guys." Luffy smiled before a sound caught his attention. Looking out to the encircling walls the water rippled. The water exploded upward as the Moby Dick came to the surface. Not far behind the other three mobys came up as well. All of them facing different directions covering each other's back.
Looking closer Luffy smiled. They're on the front of the Moby Dick was Whitebeard. He stood defiantly in front of all the marines.
"Looks like the war is about to start." Luffy turned and walked back into the building planning on getting closer to Ace. Zoro faithfully following his captain into the enemy's nest. "Let's get started."
AN: Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait, but I wanted to put this chapter up of the first. We are now going into the war! aslo did anyone have a prank played on them this April Fools? Thank you to theriku260 for being such a wonderful beta! Go check out some of her stories if you like Naruto. Anyway have a nice day! Oh and pairings are being decided for this story.