Friday means chapter day.

Time for the war. It begins in this chapter, but you'll have to wait for Lianne to participate. First how it all starts.

Mihawk smuggled food to Lianne. Sometimes he made them brig food to his room. It wasn't much, but both had eating less before. Lianne had no trouble hiding herself in his room or to occupy herself until he came from the meetings. But she became bored easy and needed some actions soon. Mihawk felt this, but as he had said to her, she was on her own as soon as they came to Marineford, even though it wasn't quite accurate, since he made sure she got food.

"They have evacuated all civilians now," he said one evening.

"Fine. I will break into a house then. Or will that be too dangerous?"

"It will be far less dangerous than staying here. Soon the HQ and the streets will be overwhelmed by marines. So if you're going to hide and to be at the battlefield on the execution day, you have to leave this room tonight," he said.

"So when is it?" she asked.

"Three days from now. Now don't get yourself into trouble," he said.

"I won't Mihawk. Are you worried?"

"Your father would surely kill me, if you get killed or captured, because I brought you here," he said.

"He would. Even if he loves you, he loves me the most," she said.

"And I would not expect less from him. Take care," he said.

Lianne smirked. She liked Mihawk. Even though he mostly was distant and cold, she could read him better than most people and knew him better than anyone. He cared for her, more than he would admit to himself. And she knew she had a friend and father figure in him. However she also knew that he one day would have to face her future nakama Roronoa Zoro.

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Lianne couldn't believe it. The marines were so sure that Whitebeard and his nakama came from the sea, that the security was high near the harbor and bay. They never consider that there could be someone in the city already, so she had no problem finding a place to be and sleep safely. Not that she needed to be worried. Mihawk would still look after her.

'I guess I won over his heart somehow. How the hell did that happen? Daddy would laugh his ass off when he finds out. Note to myself; Have to be there,' she thought with a smirk.

She sat down by the table in the house she had broken into. There were still some food leftovers, so she had not to fear to starve. Only three day left. Soon she would see Ace and the others again. Hopefully she would be able to make a difference. She could only hope. She knew she was strong, but this was the top of marines. All three admirals, Sengoku, vice-admirals and more were there. Around 100.000 marines were there. She had to be very cautious.

She could feel all marines around and she felt alone, yet she had no choice. She knew Luffy too well and she had read about his disappearance. He might be alone when and if he came. He would do anything to get here and save Ace. That she knew. But she wasn't here just because of Luffy. She was here because of Ace too. He was her friend and she couldn't just let it be. So Lianne waited for the day to come, where Ace would be brought to Marineford. She didn't know what to do by then, but she had to try.

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It was an amazing sight. 100.000 marines were assembled. The scaffold, where Ace would meet his end, if nobody could free him before that, was raised over the plaza. Under it, the three admirals sat. The marines were gathered in front of the scaffold, with the giants behind all of them. The Shichibukai's were standing on the wall, facing the sea. Time was slowly ticking.

Lianne had found herself a good spot near the scaffold. She was not visible from the sea or plaza. With her mind cleared and using her Observation Haki, she was ready to face this war and all it could bring her. Somewhere out on the sea Whitebeard and his crew were approaching Marineford.

She saw Ace being brought to the scaffold and she saw Garp coming up and sat next to him. The tension was overwhelming. Then Sengoku started and told the whole world, why Ace needed to be executed and Lianne hated every single word. Ace being damned because of his father? What kind of world did she live in? But she knew. Because of her father, the marines wanted her dead too. How dare they choose who is worthy of living by looking at their parents?

Suddenly ships came from beneath the sea and Lianne understood. Coating. Not a bad strategy. This took Sengoku by surprise, but Lianne had thought that Whitebeaerd would do something like this. She could also see all allies approaching. Whitebeard came onto the figure head of Moby Dick. His voice sounded proud, cocky and in high spirit. It was clear he was confident in freeing his 'son'. Lianne however wasn't so sure.

The war broke out and it started with a seaquake caused by Whitebeard. Aokiji froze the tsunami that threatened to take over the whole place, including the ships. Then he froze the bay and the ships inside was trapped. This however only mad a battlefield for the pirates to fight on and soon they were all jumping down on the frozen ice. It would be so easy for the marines to end this, b melting the ice with the power of Akainu, but it didn't happen. Lianne understood it was all a show for the world to see that the marines weren't afraid to fight the world's strongest man.

'So it's just a freak-show after all. I wonder what Sengoku are planning to do. I have a really bad feeling about this. Damn those marines,' she thought and started to prepare herself for battle.

She put on a bandana so her bright red hair wasn't showed so much. Then she looked around to see how she best could get unnoticed to the scaffold, but there was still too many marines at the plaza. She had to do something. Conquers Haki would be of help, but she could get caught. She needed to wait until the pirates were at the plaza. And patience wasn't her strong side and it had been tested very much lately.

A scream from above, made her look up. She widened her eyes, as she saw Luffy coming falling down. Damn. He knew how to make en entrance. She smiled and at the same time she was worried. He was all by himself. Well, not exactly since there was some falling with him, but none of them was his nakama. She was worried, but she had to focus on the battle. She could get answer later.

He talked to Whitebeard, no fear in his eyes. She knew he was being straight forward and wondered is Whitebeard would hurt him. Frankly Luffy didn't look that well. However she couldn't do anything yet. She saw Luffy charge ahead and she frowned as Mihawk was in his way. Not that she blamed Mihawk. He only did what he was called here for to do, but did he really have to attack Luffy. And then she realized. He was testing Luffy. If Luffy survived, Mihawk would be more at ease letting her follow him. And he was testing if Luffy had what it takes to be the King. How typical.

So know Luffy is here. I will not go into too many details about the war, so sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this.