Chapter 12: We make the first move

Note: Marineford will be changing in few places, bits that don't directly involve Whitebeard, Marco or Ace will most likely not be included or Luffy when he makes his appearance.

Ace tilted his head down to the floor listening as everyone got into positions, 'Thatch I failed you… Megumi… Marco… Pops…. I'm sorry…' He kept his head down as he heard footsteps coming up the steps behind him but he didn't turn to look.

"Step aside for a moment," Sengoku stated.

Both men stepped aside mumbling a, "Yes Sir…"

"Pass me the denden Mushi," Sengoku ordered, the small snail was passed over the fleet admiral, "Gentlemen, I have something to tell you... Portgas D. Ace… This man will die here today and there is great meaning in that death, Ace… say the name of your father!"

Ace froze and looked at the fleet admiral in the corner of his eye, 'how did he know….' There was a small pause before Ace answered, "My father is Whitebeard."

"No!" Sengoku snapped.

"ITS TRUE! THE ONLY FATHER I HAVE IS WHITEBEARD! NOBODY ELSE!" Ace yelled clenching his hands behind him, 'they can't know… nobody can know… Marco and Megumi will be in more danger.'

"A long time ago, we were desperately searching because on some island somewhere that man's child might be alive. Cipher pol could only give us the smallest bit of information so we checked all the new-born and all the children who were born soon after, as well as their mother and still we found nothing. That should have been it but your mother gave her life for your birth using sheer willpower to perform a trick she deceived us… no she deceived the entire world. In the south blue, there's an island by the name of Batelira. Your mother's name was Portagas D. Rogue."

Whitebeard sat down on his bed and looked down at the woman in front of him, he blinked a few times before speaking, "Repeat what you said again my dear?"

Megumi scratched the back of her neck, Whitebeard noticed it was the same way Ace scratches his, "I'm pregnant… I have been since Ace left to go after Blackbeard…"

"That was two months ago… does he know… does Marco know?" Whitebeard was shocked, the small plastic device was in her hand, she shook her head, "Megumi I can't let you fight in this war my child."

"No!" She shouted her eyes locked onto his, "I will fight and by god Pops, I will disobey your order and fight for Ace. This little…" Her hands rested on her stomach, "Is Marco's and Aces child no matter who the child looks like, and they are both this child father. I will fight for my partner Pops."

"You kids give me such a headache sometime," Megumi smirked, "But you can't get to close out of range out of any of the division commanders is that understood," She nodded, "Are you going to tell Marco…?"

"No one can now not until we get Ace," She stated, "Marco's mind will be on me rather than saving Ace… I will keep close to Marco anyway he won't let too far out of his sight… Pops… you're gonna be a granddad…"

Whitebeard smiled down at the pink haired woman in front of him, his hand reached out and cupped the side of her face, "You are a strong girl my dear," he stroked the pale locks out of her face, "You make me proud."

"We never imagined what she was capable of, out of love for her child, she carried him in her womb for 20 months and final when she gave birth her strength gave out and she died right there," Sengoku continued.

'How did he know so much about that…'

"One year and three months had passed since the father died a child was born with the blood of the world's greatest villain running through his veins that child was you," Sengoku glared down at Ace, "Theres no way you don't know…" Sengoku passed, "YOUR FATHER WAS THE PIRATE KING GOL D. ROGER!"

Ace kept his head down as he heard the entire of marineford freeze, whispers murmured out as the entire Marine forces looked up at the man. 'Our past defines us and so do out blood lines…We can't run or hide from the past…' Megumi's voice drifted through his mind when she had last spoke to him about the burn mark on the back of her neck. 'Please don't be pregnant… I can't have what happened to my mother happen to you.'

"Was it three years ago now? You took your mother's name as the Captain of the Spade Pirates you ascended through the pirate world with your superior strength and we finally noticed Roger's blood had survived. But, Whitebeard realized it the same time we did and in order to raise you to be the next king of the pirates he took his former rivals son onto his own ship."

"NO! I JOINED HIS CREW TO MAKE WHITEBEARD NEXT KING OF THE PIRATES!" Ace yelled.

"It is also the reason why you expect Miss Akiyama Megumi on board, all Kings need a Queen and what better Queen to have than a Celestial Dragon with diplomatic teaching and her own kingdom already."

"NO! WE SAVED HER! SHE'S WHITEBEARDS DAUGHTER AS MUCH AS I AM HIS SON HE WILL NEVER USE US LIKE THAT!"

"You're the only one who thinks that. We couldn't take rash actions against you. BECAUSE YOU WERE PROTECTED BY WHITEBEARD!" Ace froze eyes wide finally looking up at the fleet admiral, "If we left you alone slowly but surely, you would start to gain the qualities to stand at the summit of the pirate world! THAT'S WHY THERE IS SO MUCH MEANING IN CUTTING YOU DOWN TODAY! EVEN IF IT MEANS TOTAL WAR WITH WHITEBEARD!"

The entire of Marineford cheered in agreement, 'Ace…' Megumi voice brushed against his ears and the ghost like presence of her arms around his neck reminded him of what he thought for, 'You are right our pasts don't define us… no one should suffer because of the wrong doing of their parents.'

"FLEET ADMIRIAL SENGOKU!" Ace watched at the fleet admiral turned to look down the stairs, "THE GATES OF JUSTICE HAS BEEN OPENED WE CAN'T CONTACT THE CONTROL ROOM!"

"WHAT!"

"POISTIONS!" One the crew members shouted out knocking Megumi from her day dream watching the sea life go past as they neared Marineford, Marco moved around her and grabbed her hand pulling her away from the railing to go stand with the division commanders at the front of the ship.

"Ready?" He asked squeezing her hand softly her eyes looked up to the surface of the ocean.

"I think so," She smiled softly.

"HERE THEY COME!" Ace looked up to see a lot of familiar ships on the horizon, "ALL MEN TO BATTLE STATIONS!" But none of Whitebeards actual ships.

"THWY APPEARED OUT OF NO WERE!" A marine yelled from below.

"IT'S A HUGE FLEET OF PIRATE SHIP!"

"WHERE'S WHITEBEARD FIND HIM!"

"THE MAD KNIGHT DOMA, THE THUNDER LORD MAUKGAI, THE DICALBAN BROTHERS, THE WHIRPOOL SPIDER SQUARDO!"

"WHAT A FORCE! THEY'RE ALL INFAMOUS CAPTAINS OF THE NEWWORLD!"

"THERE ARE 43 SHIPS IN TOTAL BUT WHITEBEARD AND HIS LIEUTENTS ARE NO ARE NO WERE TO BEEN SEEN!"

"BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE THEY ARE ALLIED WITH WHITEBEARD!"

Ace sat there eyes wide, "… You guys too…"

"DO WE OPEN FIRE!"

"NO! WHITEBEARD MUST BE SOMEWERE CLOSE! HE MUST HAVE SOME PLAN IN MING! KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE SEA!"

The water started to shift in the bay, bubbles started to appear to the surface, "It can't be…" Sengoku murmured as they watched the water shift waves splashing up against the side of the bay.

"THERES A SHADOW IN THE BAY!"

"COULD IT BE!"

"I SEE, ALL OF THEIR SHIPS HAD THE COATING APPLIED TO LET THEM TRAVEL ON THE OCEAN FLOOR!"

"THE MOBY DICK!"

Four ships burst out into the bay the giant bubbles protecting the ships and the pirates from the sea burst. "THREE SHIPS FROM THE WHITEBEARD PIRATES ARE HERE TOO!"

"THEY'VE ENTERED THE BAY! THE 14 SQUAD LEADERS ARE ALL HERE!"

"Whitebeard…" Sengoku murmured.

Whitebeard stood on the head of the ship, smiling slightly as the division commanders stood on the edge of the figure head behind him, "Guarara," Whitebeard chuckled, "How many years has it been Sengoku?" He laughed again smirking up at the execution stand, "My beloved son better be unharmed! You wait right there Ace…"

"OLD MAN!" Ace yelled.

"To think," Ace looked up at up at the fleet admiral, "He would show up right under our noses in an instant..."

"Looks like we got them," Megumi murmured to Marco as they both looked up at their Captain who was chuckling loudly to himself, then glanced around at the shocked faces of the marines, they watched there Captain bring his arms in to himself before throwing them out his fists slamming on two invisible walls either side of him and the air around his fists cracked.

Megumi wrapped her arm around Marcos and planted her feet firmly on the ground as she felt the sea under them start to shake, "Baki baki baki, mishimishi baki," They heard there Captain call out and she smiled.

"Going all out for Ace," She murmured.

"A SEA QUAKE!" Sengoku called out as the force sent two giant tidal waves up into the ocean either side of marine ford.

"I so hope that Pops is right about this," She murmured as was watched the walls of ocean rise up high above them moving further out into the ocean.

Marco chuckled and patted her head gently with the arm she wasn't clutching, "Pops has never been wrong about any battle situation… trust him love…"

She nodded and heard Ace voice, "Pops… Marco…. Megumi…Guys… Even after I ignored your warning and ran out on my own… WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE JUST FORGOTTEN ME! IT'S MY FAULT I ENDED UP LIKE THIS!"

Marco and Megumi tensed and her free hand went up to her mouth to hold in a sob, a gentle hand pushed her forward and she walked forward, Whitebeard turned his head and looked down at the woman as she stepped up onto the figure head, "Sorry Captain…" She smiled at him, "May I speak now?"

Whitebeard swept his arm to the side, "The stage is yours my dear…"

Gasps filled the plaza as the pink haired silver eyed woman stood on top of the figure head on the Moby Dick next to Whitebeard and she smiled out at Ace, "Voice-Voice projection," Her voice now rang loud and clear through Marineford, "We want you home… You wanted me home when I left to get married to Admiral Akainu remember… We don't leave our own behind Ace, you are our family… We won't let you go… No matter how stupid you can be at times, you are my division commander Ace no one's taking you away from me…"

Ace's eyes welled slightly with tears as he looked at the Celestial Dragon turned pirate, "Megumi…" he murmured as her voice went silent over the Plaza and she moved back to her place next to Marco.

"No…" Whitebeard stated breaking the silence, "As I recall it was I who told you to go after him, my son."

"YOU LIAR!" The division commanders looked on silently and Marco placed his hand back on Megumi shoulder keeping the girl close, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? I RAN OUT BACK THEN EVEN THOUGH YOU TOLD ME TO-"

Whitebeard interrupted him, "I told him to go isn't that right Marco… Megumi?"

Megumi's hum filled the ears of the marines and pirates in agreement, "Yep," She popped the P loudly making some of the marines winch from the loudness of the pop.

"Indeed, I heard it with my own ears," Marco smirked down at the woman.

"We're sorry for putting you through this trouble Ace," She smiled softly at him.

"I think everyone in the whole wide ocean ought to know…JUST WHAT HAPPENS TO ANY DAMN FOOL WHO LAYS A HAND ON THE MEMBER OF THIS CREW," Marco shouted out the last part grinning widely to them.

"WE WON'T LEAVE A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS WHO HURTS YOU ALIVE," Vista shouted raising his arm up.

"YOU JUST WAIT! WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU!" Megumi called out.

"YOU JUST WAIT MARINE QUARTERS!" The Division commanders yelled.

The quaking took their minds back to the power there Captain had just realised, "Seems like its show time…" Megumi smiled widely, they turned their heads to the side and smiled widely as huge walls of ocean were rushing towards Marine ford.

"WE MAY HAVE THE GREATER FORCE, BUT WE MUST NOT TAKE THE OPPONENT LIGHTLY IT MAY WELL BE US WHO WILL MEET OUR END HERE TODAY… FOR THAT MAN HAS THE POWER TO DESTROY THIS VERY WORLD," Sengoku roared out to the marines below him.

"IT'S A TSUANMIA!" Many voices cried out in the plaza and the faces of panicking marines filled their views. Their Captain laughed and the division commanders couldn't help but chuckle behind him as they saw the lower marines start to panic.

"ICE AGE!" One the admirals had jumped from his chair and threw his arms out, Ice made contact with the ocean and freezing the waves in their position curving up over the soon to be battlefield.

"Aokiji… you little tyke," Whitebeard smirked.

Megumi let out the breath she didn't know she was holding in and let go of her death crib on Marco's arm, "You ok?" He asked and she nodded letting out a breathless laugh as she looked up at the walls of ice surrounding them from both sides.

"PARTI-SAN!" Aokiji threw spears made of pure ice towards Whitebeard, the man slammed his fist against the air again shattering the spears and a crack ran across Aokijis face.

"Oh dear…" She heard him murmur, as he slipped down to the bay she leant closer losing the feel of Marco's hand on her shoulder as she watched him touch the surface of the bay and watched as the water instantly froze.

"The whole bay froze soild," She heard some say behind her.

"The ship won't be able to manoeuvre at all…"

"OPEN FIRE DESTROY THE MOBY DICK!" Marines shouted reading there cannons.

"Let's move out then…"

"Nice and convenient to walk on," a few chuckled.

"LET'S SHOW THEM WHAT WE ARE MADE OFF!" The Whitebeard pirates made the first move and started to jump from the ship down onto the frozen bay below.

"EVEN THE CAPTAINS ARE ON THE ATTACK! DON'T LET THEM LET UP ON THE ASSUALT!"

The cannons fired and Megumi smirked watching as they thought they had trapped them, " A FROZEN SEA JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!" Whitebeard chuckled loudly, "OUR HEARTS WERE SO HOT WE WE ALMOST GOT OVER WHELMED!"

"ATTACK!" The marines shouted releasing more cannon balls out into the bay.

"Cover your ears Marco," Megumi warned as she stepped out from his hold and let out a screech across the side of the bay, the sound waves were visible to the naked eye and the cannon balls exploded way off target, she smirked as the few that got past her screech were easily sliced.

"Well done girl," One the men from the first division smiled at her, "NOT GONNA BE THAT EASY!" He cried out at the marines.

"It has finally begun," Sengoku spoke down at Ace and the second division looked out on the cause that was caused because he didn't listen to them.

Marco patted her head as she looked out onto the pirates that swarmed the bay, "Stay up here…" He murmured in her ear, looking as she was listening to every voice out on the bay, "You have a better advantage point to hear everyone…"

"I can take care of myself rather well thank you," She smiled and looked back up to Ace on the podium, "The plans to grab him and get out of here…. Captain agreed we don't need to kill them…"

"You are staying with me when we move further up and into the Plaza ok," She nodded in reply and then her ears caught something.

"Distance between us and that man is rather small," Dracule Mihawk greatest swordsmen in the world.

"Where's Jozu!" Megumi shouted.

"RIGHT HERE!" The third division commander shouted up from bay below, "WHAT DO YOU HEAR!"

"MIHAWKS, PLANNING TO ATTACK! YOU CAN STOP IT!" She yelled down at him in her normal voice.

The bright green slash threw across the battlefield straight towards the Moby Dick "MIHAWK!" she heard the shout of the name across the ship, they watched as Jozu jumped in front of the flag ship smiling as the Slash came in to contact with him and Jozu's laughter filled the air.

The slash suddenly stopped a few feet in front of the Moby dick, "IT WAS STOPPED! THE WORLDS GREASTEST SWORD STRIKE WAS STOPPED!" A pause followed as the dust cleared and Jozu stood there fully coated in diamond, "THE THIRD DIVISION COMMANDER DIAMOND JOZU!"

Megumi laughed and bounced on her heels clapping her hand as she heard the world's greatest swordsmen eye twitch, "Well done Siren!" Jozu shouted up at her arms pumping up into the air.

She winced and covered her eyes as bright flashes filled the sky, "KIRAZU! I DIDN'T HEAR HIM!" She shouted out and Marco smirked jumping into the air engulfing himself in blue flames.

"Yasakani no magat ama," darts of bright yellow lights came from the admirals handed.

"Dear dear…" the Captain chuckled as Megumi had ducked behind into her Captains shadow, "that's a little bright."

An explosion of light filled the bay as blue flames burnt out the light, "THE ADMIRALS ATTACK WAS BLOCKED! WHO'S THAT HE'S COVERED IN BLUE FLAME….IT'S THE FIRST DIVISION COMMANDER MARCO!"

"Can't have you takin' the king right off the bat you know," Marco smirked at Kirazu.

"You Whitebeard Pirates sure are scary aren't you."

"Megumi do you hear anything…" Whitebeard turned his head to the girl who was sitting on the floor behind him as Marco went to attack Kizaru.

"WHAT'S WITH HIS BODY HE TOOK KIZARU-SAN ATTACK HEAD ON AND HE DIDN'T GO DOWN!"

"Cannons… being reloaded… Marines are moving down into the bay…." She shook her head, "Nothing important… I can't hear up to the execution platform that well it's mumbled…"

"Rarer than any logia type…. A mythical beast zoan fruit?" Kizaru questioned.

"You got me," He chuckled.

"You little liar."

"THE POWER TO TAKE ANY ATTACK AND REGENERATE ISTANTLY IN BURST OF FLAMES," Megumi stood and walked round to the side of the Captain looking up at Marco as he spread his wings his body transforming, "THAT's THE FIRST DIVISION COMMANDER MARCO THE PHOENIX!"

"Can't say I've seen a bird quite like that…" Kizaru murmured going to attack again but Marco swung his leg down blocking the man's arm from attacking. "Mmm-pretty effective I say…"

"LIAR!" Marco yelled and shoved the man backwards, Megumi eyes widened as the admiral went flying across the battlefield and slammed into the wall an explosion made the battle field freeze for a second as the dust brushed off and Kizaru stood brushing himself down.

"Well down Marco," Whitebeard patted the man.

"GIANTS ARE APPROACHING!" Megumi's voice rang out across the entire battle field.

Ace sat quietly looking out at the two who stood in front of Whitebeard like guards, "Please don't do this…" He murmured. Sengoku looked down at the boy questioning, "Megumi… you shouldn't be here."

"JOZ!" Her cry was startled as she watched the man slam his hands into the ice, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

"Trust me," His voice filled her ears and she smiled, "Need to get Ace back as soon as possible."

He lifted the giant chunk of ice and Megumi released what he was doing, he leant the chunk back slightly and threw it across the battle field aiming for the giants that moved towards him but by his aim she noticed he was trying to make a path way up to Ace, "LET'S SEE YOU STOP THIS!"

"Honestly…." Megumi froze as she watch the chunk of Ice sail towards it's target, "If we all join the battle who's gonna protect this place."

"Akainu…" she whispered.

"DAIFUNKA!" A giant magma fist crashed through the ice turning it instantly into steam.

"IT EVAPORATED!" The fist continued down wards onto the field exploding as it came into contact with the ice sending shard of magma and ice across the battlefield. Her eyes widened as she started to send large chunks of magma up into the sky and they started to rain down onto them.

"MEGUMI!" Marco's voice snapped her back into reality as one sailed by the Moby Dick and slammed into the ship to the left. His wings covered her from the shards of wood that sailed through the air, "You alright?"

"WE CAN'T STOP THEM!"

"ONE OF THE SHIPS IS DOWN!"

"The flames seem a little excessive…" There Captain spoke.

"I need a view of the battlefield, I can't hear anything like this," She answered looking up at him, Marco nodded his head and turned around his back facing her as she hopped up onto his back arms wrapped around his neck holding him, the slam of the ball of magma hitting the captains bisento as Marco pushed them both up into the air. She closed her eyes and rested her head on Marco's shoulders concentrating on the voices.

"Go put your skills to work on a birthday cake magma boy…"

'No…' sound of the cannons being fired again filled her ears… one was off target… new target them …. 'DUCK!' "MARCO DIVE DOWN!" She shouted and the man did as a Cannon ball flew overhead, he dove down and rested on the Ice right next to Izo. Megumi slipped from Marco's back and screamed at the Marine's infront of them sending them down to their knees clutching their ears before their eyes went blank and she slumped onto the ice below.

"Do you not approve of Gaufdy funerals Whitebeard?" The Magma admiral asked.

"NO!" She heard a shout from behind her as she ducked the swing of the sword and Izo pulled the trigger of his gun shooting in the face of the marine who went to attack her, "IT CAN'T BE!"

Her hair whipped round her as she sent another scream at the marine in front of her and turned round, "WHITEBEARDS SIREN AKIYAMA MEGUMI! THE WOMANS A CELESTIAL DRAGON!"

"Oh will you be quite," Megumi murmured and sent her leg up kicking the marine under the chin sending him backwards.

"Izo watch her for me," Marco said as he took up in the air again.

"Give the boys a bit of a push Megumi," Izo chuckled as the two stood back to back as she took her pistols out from inside her knee high boots and fired at the oncoming Marines.

"KEEP GOING BOYS! CHARGE THE BAY! TAKE THE PLAZA LET'S GET OUR COMMANDER HOME!" She yelled her voice rang out across the battle field and she laugh watching Marco sweep down taking a few Marines sending them flying into the air as he knocked them off their feet out the cheers of the pirates around her made her smile brightly, "We are bringing you home Ace."

AN: Megumi devil fruit is paramecia, what it does it gives her voice the ability to control people it can work on people she chooses it to at a loud enough pitch you can see her voice waves such as she did with the cannon, but also can hear all the voices across an area when she is able to concentrate enough. With Voice-Voice projection her voice can be hear loud and clear for very set of ears in the near area, when she pops her p and people flinch it's because it sounds like their ear drum is popping.

Marineford will be spilt into like …. I have no clue but this is the first four chapters of marineford and I will be doing them all in order so don't worry. Thank you all for your support throughout this series I am truly enjoying this aswell, this is nearly the first four chapters of marineford I've stopped just before little oars turn up because I'll get carried away. Next chapter should be up within a few days or so… well maybe tomorrow if I'm not so lazy.