One Piece and its characters belong to Eiichiro Oda. Mirim belongs to TWP.

'Where is she?' Ace thought as he scanned the chaotic battlefield where marines and pirates were slaughtering each other. He hadn't seen her when Whitebeard had appeared with his Commanders by his side and he hadn't seen her join the fray when the war finally began.

'Did he leave her behind?' He turned his eyes on his captain and mentally shook his head. 'No, he wouldn't do that, not to mention she wouldn't let him… but I can't see her anywhere and knowing her she would have done something to gain my attention at the very beginning.' Again he tried to locate his Lieutenant but she was nowhere in sight.

'Tell me she's safe pops.'

Innocence

Sweet, sweet darkness. That meant you were either dead or asleep. Mirim was pretty sure she hadn't died so that left only one option. It felt good, sleeping that is. Her body wasn't heavy anymore and her mind was oddly at peace. Weird. What had happened again? Why was she sleeping?

Then there was noise. Cries, screams, the sound of steel clashing, yelling, the ship trembled. She stirred, then opened her eyes finding herself staring at the roof of the infirmary.

Why was she in the infirmary? She smelled food then and reached out to her right. Nothing. Then she reached to the left and found a spoon. Close enough. She turned on her side and saw a bowl with soup. She tried one spoon and stuck out her tongue in disgust. It was cold. The noise was getting louder but she could still hear her stomach rumble. She grabbed the bowl and shoveled the soup into her mouth and swallowed. Oddly enough her body felt a bit more refreshed now. How long was it since she last ate? She noticed the needles sticking out of her arm then.

'Oh. Alright, that explains why the soup was enough.' She pulled the needles out and swung her feet over the edge of the bed. So far, so good. She stood up slowly and found herself only a bit shaky. There was a glass of water by the bedside too and she slowly drank it, the cool liquid refreshing her parched throat. She looked around for clothes, and found her usual outfit neatly folded on a chair. On top of them lay Ace's bright orange cowboy hat. She pinched the bridge of her nose, shoulders slumping. She had really hoped that had just been a dream. She had a pretty good idea of where the ship was docked at the moment and that meant she had to hurry up. She dressed quickly and grabbed Ace's hat, putting it on her own head. He just didn't look right without it so she had to give it back to him the moment she found him.

She went to the windows, to see if she could see the battlefield she knew was out there and gasped. Marineford was a total warzone, and in the midst of it, Oars giant body lay unmoving.

"Oars…" Was he dead? She couldn't see him breathing. He just lay there. Her eyes flitted back and forth, trying to locate the Commanders. Everyone were locked in heated battles, even Whitebeard was out there, cutting down marines and creating a path towards something. She moved her eyes and saw the execution platform and her own commanding officer, kneeling. She couldn't see his expression from the ship but she could see two people other than the executioners there as well.

'Sengoku and Garp.' She swallowed. How long had she been out cold? At least a week, if what Whitebeard had said during the meeting was true. This was not the time to laze around! She turned and ran out of the infirmary, intent on joining the fray.

Meanwhile the Whitebeard Pirates, their captain and allies fought against the marines while trying to break through the siege wall the Navy had erected to keep the pirates at bay. There was one weak point to the wall though, and that was Oars' massive body but it was impossible to climb over him because the marines were waiting with mortars on the other side. They were trapped. Fist-shaped balls of magma descended from the heavens then, courtesy of admiral Akainu, and sunk several ships. Among the pirate ships being destroyed, Moby Dick was the last one to sink.

"Our ship!" The pirates cried out, not only because that was one of their escape routes but because it was their home. "We followed Whitebeard for many years on that ship!" Marco stared as his home, filled with memories, sunk into the ocean before something clicked in his mind.

"Mirim, oy!" He bellowed. Their captain had also realized it for he had turned and began to run towards the wreckage. "Mirim!" The girl was still inside, unconscious in the infirmary. Jozu quickly grabbed a hold of him though, and kept him back.

"Pops, you can't swim!" He yelled though he wanted nothing more than to run back as well. They should have deposited her on an island, they should have left her somewhere safe. They should have known that the Moby Dick would have been a primary target to keep the pirates from escaping! Marco was gliding over the wreckage, scanning it in hopes of finding her but he couldn't even find her body. With no such luck he landed beside Whitebeard and shook his before watching the last remains of the ship disappear under the surface.

"I'm sorry pops… I couldn't find her."

Upon the execution platform Ace realized that something was wrong but he didn't realize what it was before he understood why he hadn't been able to find his Lieutenant on the battlefield. For some reason she had been on the ship and kept there and now…

"Mirim!" He yelled out in anger and anguish. 'She can't be gone! Not her, she survives everything, she's-' His thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice who screamed out in fury.

"The fuck? What have you done you motherfucking piece of shit, I ought to-" He closed his eyes. Never had he been so happy to hear the girl cuss her heart out. Everyone else looked up to the top of the siege wall where the one they thought to be dead stood, her scythe, Soul Slayer, resting over her shoulder as she shook her fist at the marines and threw curses left and right.

"Mirim!" The men of the Second Division yelled out happily. "You're safe!" Ace sank back on his knees, not realized he had tried to get up when he thought Mirim had died, relief flooding through him.

"She's safe. Thank god, she's safe." His head sank to his chest as he chanted the words over and over again, a small smile moving onto his face though it disappeared as the sounds of battle made themselves known to his ears again.

"Did you say something, Fire Fist?" Sengoku asked as the man straightened his back and stared ahead with a blank expression. "No."

At the very same time Whitebeard squeezed Mirim's shoulders, sighing in relief that his daughter was safe and sound and that not a scratch had made its way on her. She had left the ship before Akainu had attacked.

"Why didn't you wake me?" Mirim exclaimed while glaring at Whitebeard but Marco intervened while kicking a marine away. "You had a terrible fever, oy. Doc told us to keep you in bed. Why are you up and about, by the way, oy?" He asked. Mirim swung her scythe and the few brave marines that had dared to get close to Whitebeard were quickly cut down.

"I got better." She replied curtly. "How's the status of getting him out of here?" She pointed her thumb up at Ace.

"He doesn't want to be saved." Marco replied and there was an awkward silence before the girl took a deep breath and turned towards the execution platform.

"Why the hell don't you want to be saved?" She yelled loudly, loud enough for the sentenced man to hear her. Was she really asking him that? Wasn't it obvious? She would be saying the exact same thing as him if she were in his shoes.

"I don't want anyone to die for me!" Ace shouted back.

"Then what are we supposed to die for then, you dumbass?" That was a good argument and every pirate who heard her roared in agreement. Ace did not have a reply so instead he opted for just staring at her, gaping like a fish. The girl took another deep breath.

"We're coming to save you and you don't have any say in the matter!" Again the pirates agreed with her loudly and they charged forward with new vigor as powerful gusts of winds swept the marines away, clearing a path so the pirates could gather together. Ace thought then, that if it was Mirim, or anyone else from the crew, wouldn't he also be doing the exact thing as them? Atop the platform Sengoku watched calmly as the navy soldiers were blown away.

"Death God Mirim, also known as the Wind Witch. Her control over the wind never ceases to amaze me." He said while watching. He did not know her last name and the nickname they had given her originated in her choice of weapon though the Navy had realized later that her true power had been to control the wind. They had not heard of someone acquiring a Devil Fruit with the power of wind before that though. Suddenly the ocean began to pull back and the ground started to shake. Had Whitebeard begun another attack with his power?

'No, he didn't. He's been busy keeping the soldiers away from Death God and no one in his crew has the ability to control water and earth. What's going on?'

"A tornado, an earthquake, a tsunami! I will create any natural disaster to save you!" The green haired girl screamed out in rage and as if on cue a wave began build itself up behind the ships.

"A tsunami?" Sengoku and Garp exclaimed simultaneously. This they had not expected. "Mirim…" Ace whispered. Yeah, he thought. He would also be risking his life if it was any other Whitebeard Pirate or ally kneeling on this platform. There was no use in fighting against them. He wouldn't have listened either. The pirates huddled together, and the tsunami began to tower over the island.

"Aokiji!" Sengoku yelled above the roaring water and the admiral leaped into the air, using his ability to freeze the wave but they were all thrown off when Mirim laughed and the pirates smirked. "Too predictable!" Both she and Whitebeard raised their arms and the wave shattered into several sharp stalactite-looking pieces. Very sharp pieces. Half of the wave fell down and harmlessly melted away but what was kept up in the air loomed threateningly above the marines.

"This can't be good." Garp squinted up at the ice, worry beginning to grow within him.

"I'll open a path. Charge!" She let her arm drop and the icicles rained down on the marines that surrounded the pirates and the siege wall. While the soldiers fell to the ground, either severely injured or dead the wall didn't budge one bit. That was their cue. Everyone charged towards the wall but the moment she was close, Mirim stopped and kneeled beside Oars' corpse, noticing that his blood was leaking into the machinery that operated the wall. Perhaps this was why his body managed to keep the wall from rising up?

"Pops! I need you to hit the wall with all you've got!"

"I've already tried, it won't work!" Whitebeard argued.

"Trust me!" Mirim yelled and soared over the wall, landing on the other side and creating a space where she could work unhindered by creating a wall of stone that would hold the enemy at bay. The moment Whitebeard's attack hit, and she knew so by the shock of the impact on the side she was standing on, she stomped her heel down on the ground.

"Tsuchi!" The wall quivered and seconds passed before the stone wall she created crumbled behind her, courtesy by one of the giants but she paid him no heed because at that moment the siege wall began to crumble as well and the attacking giant stopped in his attack, staring.

"No way…"

"A path has been opened! Go forth!" Whitebeard boomed and the pirates charged forward and into the plaza, calling for Ace. The marines manning the mortars and cannons weren't able to turn their aim before most of the pirates were inside. "We're coming Ace!" Mirim moved to follow but stopped and stared at the still unmoving Oars, and rested her palm on his arm.

"Are you dead Oars?" She could have sworn she had seen him twitch. Jozu then landed beside her as he jumped off Oars' body and told her to move on towards the platform with the rest of the pirates but she shook her head and pointed at the pirates that were still trapped in the water, saying that she had to help them. "Don't worry about them. We've got it under control!" She let herself be pulled with him, trusting in his words as she always had and kept her eyes on the opponents in front of her, occasionally glancing up at Ace to confirm that he was still alive. She spotted someone then, sword drawn and amber eyes following her movements.

Hawkeye. She glanced at him and he closed his eyes before turning away from her. She had to smile. The swordsman would ignore her presence in the war for the time being and she guessed that was as easy as he would go on her. To think that her unexpected adventures as a child when she was experimenting with her power would give her the friendship of a Shichibukai. Who would have thought such a thing possible? But it was only for a short while. He wouldn't turn a blind eye to her forever if there weren't stronger opponents to fight. He was after all fighting in the war against the crew she was a part of. He wouldn't be lenient forever, that just wasn't him.

On this side of the wall there weren't many injured marines for they had been standing safely behind the wall as Mirim attacked and they charged at the pirates with the same vigor. They would not lose the war. A marine came at Mirim with his sword raised. She dodged to the side and elbowed him in the face, the nose cracking beneath it and shoving itself up the marines head. Two more appeared, one with a sword, another with a rifle. She dodged the swordsman and as the marksman was about to pull the trigger she redirected his aim and he shot his comrade instead. Horrified the marksman called out but it was cut short as she used him as a human shield.

"How dare you-" The marine who cut down his comrade began but was punched away by Jozu. "Keep up your guard Mirim."

"Thanks." She nodded and hurried onward with Jozu guarding her back. "He's alive! The impact must have woken him up!" The two turned and saw Oars getting up on his hands and knee, struggling to fully regain his consciousness. "Oars!" Mirim cried out but didn't run back. She was too far ahead to do that. The platform wasn't that far off now and turning back now could be fatal for Ace.

"Don't do it! You're in no shape to move!" She called instead but the giant ignored her, or he couldn't hear her over the other screams and clashing steel. All she knew was that Oars did not lay down again. What he did do was pulling a coated ship into the plaza, with all the pirates who had been trapped in the water with it. Then a pillar of water soared over the wall. She did not do that, so she wondered who had and why whatever they had sent over the wall was landing in front of the three admirals, Aokiji, Akainu and Kizaru.

"Luffy?" She whispered as she stared at the exhausted boy. He was full of cuts and bruises and he was beyond exhausted but it was no doubt about it. She wondered why and how he had gotten to Marineford and if his crew was with him. She couldn't see them anywhere. One thing was clear to her though; he did not stand a chance against the admirals, at least not on his own.

"Gear Second!" The boy yelled and his speed doubled. She could barely see his fists as they slammed into the mast he had thrown at the marines. The splinters and frozen wood went straight through them and did not wound the logia users but it did give Luffy a split-second advantage and the boy leapt over them, trying to reach the platform.

No such luck. Kizaru was light itself and therefore much faster than Luffy. The boy was sent flying with a kick.

"Luffty!" Mirim screamed as the young captain was sent crashing through a building,

"Now now, worry about yourself Miss Death God." She heard a voice behind her. She moved to turn around, to attack but she never stood a chance. She was violently shoved to the ground and her arm was twisted behind her back. She was stuck, a prisoner of Kizaru. This would not bode well for her.

"Do it!" Sengoku yelled loud and clear above all the noise and her head snapped up, watching as the executioners swung their weapons down at Ace's neck. Her blood ran cold as she watched, eyes widening more for every second that moved the swords closer to the freckled man's neck.

"Commander!" She screamed in terror but a mere second before his head rolled, blades of sand shot up and killed them, sending them tumbling down the stairs of the platform. The Fleet Admiral was not pleased as he glared at Crocodile who glared right back. Even with his grudge against Whitebeard the former Shichibukai hated the thought of the Government succeeding and voiced his opinion.

"Mirim! Get to Ace, oy!" Her twisted arm moved and Kizaru looked down to see her open her palm. Blades of wind shot out and distorted his form, giving her the chance she needed to roll away and get up on her feet, aiming for the platform as Marco kicked Aokiji away from Luffy who had been caught as he had moved towards the platform again.

Behind her screams of pain, agony, fear and joy could be heard. The ground shook beneath her feet and that was a signal. Whitebeard was fighting harder now too and she had to make sure to move out of his line of fire. Failure was never an option and now she had to stop holding back too. Hiding ones heritage was no longer an option either and she would have to use everything she knew, all of her powers, her techniques and wit to clear a path to and from the platform. Maybe she wouldn't get there, maybe she wouldn't reach Ace but she sure as hell would make sure he got down from there alive.

Tsuchi – Earth

I'm pretty sure this is right, since I asked a friend of mine who is studying Japanese. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.