Hello again, everyone! Here's a new chapter for you all!

Yes, I am not dead, just getting busy with everything else. That, and it's getting really tiresome writing things exactly how they are in Canon.

Some parts of this are almost exactly from Canon, I apologize for that, but I like giving people the feeling that they don't have to read or watch to know what's going on. I haven't shown that as well as I'd like, but I'll do what I can.

This is half of the chapter. Thought I'd give you all something to comment on while I finish up.

Hope you all enjoy! Let me know if I get something wrong...or something!

I do not own One Piece as that belongs to Toei and Eiichiro Oda.


"NOW WE'RE ALL FREE MEN!"

The prisoners celebrated their new found freedom aboard the ship Jinbe and the others had procured from the Marines. The whale sharks left the prisoners with their ever present grins on their faces, disappearing beneath the sea.

Luffy danced around with Buggy and Mr. 3 for a minute. He had been caught up in the excitement he felt in the air.

Ivankov ordered some of the prisoners to give Inazuma the antidote to Magellan's poison. He had heard that the battleships were carrying the antidote in case the poisonman had hit any of the Marines.

Crocodile and Mr. 1 hung out near the side of the ship, away from the energetic cheers coming from the others.

Looking around, Robin began to worry.

She hadn't seen Mr. 2 since Luffy had first appeared. Was he able to escape, or...?

Needing some answers, Robin looked towards Jinbe, who was steering the ship.

Mr. 2 had spoken to the fishman before he left to take a ship. The historian wished to know what the former Shichibukai had been told.


"Jinbe-san..." Jinbe looked back from the helm of the ship. The shouting of the prisoners as the ship was rocked by the cannons from the other battleships was heard on the deck.

"What is it?"

"What ever happened to-?"

A nearby explosion forced the woman to cover her head. Jinbe attempted to shield her from any debris.

"You fools!" A Marine's voice boomed across the ocean via loudspeaker, "You will never escape! The Gates of Justice will NEVER open to scum like you!"

The Gates of Justice barred their way. The gigantic, almost invisible like door stood before them.


Most of the crew started to panic, but Robin noted one important detail.

Jinbe had never faltered. He continued to guide the ship towards the gates, as if he was going to cut straight through it.

"Hey! You stupid fish!" Buggy earned a few more hate points, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"We're going right through it." Undeterred, Jinbe kept his gaze forwards.

"That's it?! We're going to die! How can you stay so calm in a situation like this?!"

More explosions rang out from the ship's hull as the other warships continued to barrage theirs with their cannonballs.


"First things first!" Luffy shouted above the panic, "We protect the ship!"

He caught a cannonball that was about to hit him and threw it back, scoring a direct hit.

"If you idiots would calm down for a second..." Crocodile scared a few prisoners as he walked towards them, "Isn't this a battleship too?! Why are we not firing?!"

"Alright everyone! Here's the plan! Fire at them with the cannons, you idiots!" Buggy shouted from his position on one of the railings in the back.

"Yes, Captain Buggy!"


For people like Luffy and Crocodile, defending the ship was too easy. They used their Devil Fruit powers to not only deflect cannonballs, but Luffy reflected them with "Balloon" and "Net". Crocodile used his "Sables" to send the cannonballs back.

Their ship also fired at the Marines. The prisoners on the ship had bounties over 50 thousand and even 100 thousand belli, so each prisoner was much stronger than the average Marine on the other battleships.

The commandeered Marine battleship was doing fine. Their only problem was that the Gates of Justice would never open for them.


When the group was about to lose hope, the most unexpected happened.

The Gates started to open.

Everyone's feelings changed from panic, into disbelief, and from that, excitement.

They didn't know why they had opened, but they could pass through!

They were free!

"Robin! Do you see that?! The Gates are open!" Luffy cheered near his historian.

Jinbe's eyes were downcast and Robin had a feeling she knew where Mr. 2 was.

"Hey, where's Bon-chan?" Cringing, Robin turned to Luffy.

"He's...not here."

"What?! What do you mean he's not here?!" Luffy gave her a shaky grin and chuckled nervously, "We all got out, didn't we?!"

She could tell that even he started to have his own doubts. The slight tremble in his body and voice were noticeable.

"He was right there!" Luffy pointed at the entrance of Impel Down, the last place any of them had seen the Okama.

"Luffy-kun..." Jinbe looked to the rubberman, "Nico Robin is right. Okama-kun...is not here."

He stared into the dark pits of Luffy without a trace of fear.

"Don't joke around! Where is Bon-chan?!"

"You don't realize it yet?!" Jinbe rose his voice, "Why the Gates have opened, even though we're pirates?! Don't you know what Okama-kun's ability is?!"

Luffy stared disbelieving at the fishman. A hand touched his shoulder and he looked over to see Robin.

"I'm sorry, Luffy. I don't think Mr. 2..."

"NO!"

He slapped her hand away and grabbed Jinbe, forcing him away from the wheel.

"Where is he?! Don't tell me he's back there in that-!"

"Okama-kun is still in that Hell!"

"Don't say that!"

"You have to face the truth, Luffy-kun! No matter how much it hurts, Okama-kun stayed behind so that we may escape!"

Luffy growled loudly at Jinbe.

"Then we're going back!"

"Listen to yourself!" Jinbe pushed Luffy back, "Are you really that confident you'll be able to go back and rescue Okama-kun?! Do you think you can face Magellan again?!"

Luffy grit his teeth and looked at his hands while Jinbe returned to the wheel.

"We left so many behind already! Are you willing to risk your brother's life for Okama-kun's?!"

"How...how dare you...!" Luffy's skin turned back into its normal color and tears leaked from the corners of his eyes.

Jinbe watched as Robin tried to comfort her distraught captain. Letting his feelings get the better of himself, Jinbe decided to ignore the promise he made with Mr. 2.

"Here."

"...What?" Luffy looked at the object Jinbe held out towards him.

It was the Baby Den Den Mushi that the fishman had used to speak to him.

"It's...still connected. Okama-kun used this to speak with me from the docks. If you want, you can use it now, though you don't have long."

Jinbe returned to the wheel.

"After those Gates close...Okama-kun will be lost. This will be your last chance to speak with him..."

Luffy held the snail in his hand as if he was trying to figure out what it was.

It then dawned on him.

Whatever he would say to Mr. 2 through the Baby Den Den Mushi would be his last words to the friend that sacrificed himself twice to save his life.


Mr. 2, dressed as Magellan, spun on the tips of his toes as he laughed at the Chief Warden. They were standing in the middle of the Gate Control room.

He had done it! Straw-chan and the others could escape!

Now, he could die in peace. Running away from Luffy as he fought Magellan had torn a hole in his soul, but now it was filled. Luffy was alive, and he had repented.

Truly, it was a great day for friendship!

"Gaaaahahahahaha! You were all fooled!" He spun around and around on his toes.

Magellan stood near the entrance with a fearsome glare.

Mr. 2 knew he would not make it out alive. This was it.

This was the end.

"I copied your face back when I also tricked you when I copied that pervy Vice-Warden's appearance! You couldn't even tell the difference!"

Poison leaked from Magellan's body.

"Idiots!"

"Why...you...!"

"BON-CHAN!"

Almost falling on his face, Mr. 2 looked at where he had pocketed the Baby Den Den Mushi.

"Gah! Straw-chan?!"


"Why did you do that?! You did it again, just like last time!"

Luffy screamed into the Baby Den Den Mushi, and the other prisoners surrounded the rubberman.

They had heard what Mr. 2 had done for them, and some of them couldn't stop the tears that fell from their eyes.

The Okama had stayed behind to save their lives. He had stayed back in that Hell to save their worthless selves.

The snail stayed silent as the one who was on the other line had not picked up.

"Weren't we going to escape together?! You did it! You rescued Iva-chan!"

"Bon boy..." Ivankov stood near the infirmary door as he heard Luffy's words.

The Okama had helped do the impossible. He had helped them escape from the impenetrable fortress known as Hell.

Ivankov had seen some incredible things, but the bonds that Straw Hat Luffy had made...

...Were downright incredible and beyond anything he had ever seen before.

"So why...?! Why did you do that! Why did you have to stay over there?!"

Robin stood nearby and regretted thinking badly of Mr. 2 when he had taken her away from his fight with Magellan.

Mr. 2 had held the same guilt and regret that she did back then. She just didn't realize it at the time.


"Answer me, Bon-chan!"

Mr. 2 stood in front of all the guards and Magellan with tears and makeup running down his face.

"Bon-chan!" "Bon boy!" "Mr. 2!"

The many voices on the other side of the snail were too much for him! This is why he didn't want Jinbe to do this...!

"Bon-chan...the Gates are closing..."

Straw-chan sounded so defeated on the other end! It hurt! It hurt, damnit!

"...We're going ahead...Bon-chan...!"

"...Thank you!"


The Baby Den Den Mushi suddenly reared its head back, tears falling from its eyes and its breath becoming hitched in the back of its throat. Despite the agony it appeared to be in, it smiled.

"STRAW-CHAN!"

"Bon-chan!"

"Make sure you save your brother!"

"Hey! They're getting away! Close those Gates, now!"

"I won't let you!" The sounds from the snail sounded like it was flying through the air.

"Memoires of...!"

What sounded like electronic equipment being destroyed from the other end came forth.

"...That Desert Kingdom!"

More than a few eyes widened as they knew the implication of such an attack.

"Straw-chan! I know that you can do it! Surely, if it's you, you can do it!"

The Gates were getting closer to closing completely. Static erupted from the snail.


Bentham stared at the Baby Den Den Mushi, uncertain if Straw-chan had even heard his last words.

So many things left undone...so many words left unsaid...

"Do you have any last words?!" Magellan roared as venomous serpents rose from his back.

No matter. He would have the chance to do and say all of those things later!

"I...have no regrets!"

Bentham rose both arms in front of his body, making them parallel with one another.

'Even in Hell, the single flower of Friendship blooms.'

His wrists twisted so his hands were pointing straight at the poisonous demon.

'As waves break on the shore, it scatters its petals as mementos.'

His leg raised in the air, prepared to lash forward to pierce his enemy.

Magellan rose a fist and a hydra's head formed.

The second that followed was like an eternity.

'May it one day, bloom again,'

'Okama Way.'

Finishing his internal speech, Mr. 2, otherwise known as Bon Kurei and Bentham, rushed forward to meet his fate.

Regardless if he were to survive or wander the Okama fields, this was not goodbye!

The Hydra came at him with its mouth opened wide to consume him whole.

This was only, "until we meet again"!


"BON-CHAN!"

The prisoners all shouted around him, but Luffy didn't pay much attention to them.

They had all heard the last words of Mr. 2. He hadn't regretted doing what he did.

And that just made it worse for him.

Luffy stumbled to a nearby wall, Robin quickly following him.

The rubberman couldn't accept it...!

Mr. 2 wouldn't die! Not even if he were to fight Magellan! Not even if he had to face Hell itself!

Because...he was his friend! He was Mr. 2!

Luffy slumped against the wall and held his head in his hands.

"You have to face the truth, Luffy-kun! No matter how much it hurts, Okama-kun stayed behind so that we may escape!"

The pain he felt was getting too unbearable!

"Make sure you save your brother!"

Robin embraced him as he cried loudly for the friend that had given his life for him.


Mr. 3 was sitting near Crocodile and Mr. 1. How he had mustered the courage to do so escaped his reasoning.

Crocodile seemed annoyed by his presence and had gotten up to leave.

"...How do you feel about all of this?"

The former Shichibukai looked down at the candle man.

"What was that, trash?"

"I said...how do you feel about all of this? Mr. 2 sacrificing himself for us?"

Mr. 3 continued, not even really believing that he was speaking this way to the man he feared most.

"About that Okama staying behind?" He snorted, "I'm glad someone opened those gates. That's how I feel."

The steps that he made brought out a weird disgust within Mr. 3.

"Is that it...?" The steps stopped, "Just like that?! He dies for us...and you don't even care...!?"

He glared up at Crocodile, meeting the man's unemotional glance.

"...Let me put it this way, so maybe you'll be able to understand." Smoke blew forth from his mouth.

"It's getting harder to trust people, and I just lost one I knew I could depend on. How's that sound?"

Mr. 3 felt drained as he hung his head down. Crocodile taking his leave before the candle man lost all of his strength. Mr. 1 gave the depressed man a look and then followed after his leader.

He had never really talked to Mr. 2 and the times that he had were...unpleasant. But, despite all of that, the man had never actually hurt him without a reason. The guy was even dependable, which was more than he could say of himself.

Mr. 2 had even complimented him for fighting Magellan!

And now...Mr. 3 owed that Okama bastard a debt that he could never repay!

What a situation...! Mr. 3 considered himself unlucky.

Remembering Mr. 2's last words, he steadied his rampaging emotions.

He always repaid his debts and he knew exactly what he could do.


"Sorry about that...I made your shirt all messy..."

The woman looked down at what she wore. The white shirt that the Newkamas gave her was far beyond saving. Dirt and blood clung to it and she was sure that it would be replaced as soon as possible. The wet marks Luffy had made were almost unnoticeable.

It had been 20 minutes since they left Impel Down behind them.

"I wouldn't worry too much about that." She gave him a small smile, "After all, isn't this what family is for?"

"Hey, how long are you all going to be depressed about this?"

Buggy made an appearance from wherever he was hiding. His eyes were red from the tears he had shed for Mr. 2.

In his arms, he held a copious amount of liquor.

"He was a good guy! But now's he's dead. Nothing we can do about it!" The clown chugged one of the bottles in his hands and sighed contentedly.

"We can party! We can even make it Mr. 2's flashy funeral for his valiant sacrif-!"

A fist crashed into his face, sending him to the floor. The man rolled around in pain.

"We don't know that Bon-chan is dead, so don't say that, Fat Nose!" Luffy stood above Buggy with a fist cocked back.

"Who're you calling a "Fat Nose"?!" Buggy rose to his feet and glared at Luffy.

"You! You Big Ugly Stupid Fat Looking Nose!" The rubberman screamed into the clown's face. Tear marks still stained his face, though he hadn't transformed.

Buggy's body started to split and what looked like blood poured from the cuts.

"Straw Hat...! We may have been allies, but don't think I'll go easy on you now!"

Another fist crashed into his face and sent him into the wall. His expression showed that he was unconscious.

Luffy and Robin ignored the cries of the prisoners and walked to the helm.


The prisoners continued to shout, and the stronger fighters on board tried their best to pretend they didn't exist.

The Marines had called the ship to confirm that the two masterminds behind the escape were Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy the Clown. Apparently, they had information that Buggy had been on Gol D. Roger's pirate ship, so they assumed that the man had been hiding his strength from the World.

Needless to say, Buggy had been downright terrified after he woke up, but after hearing the cheers from the prisoners, he had been convinced that he could become even more powerful and influential through the World by using the escapees, even dreaming up the possibility of taking out Whitebeard himself.

Using his charisma, Buggy convinced the prisoners to not attack the stronger fighters on board. He needed them to still be alive if he wanted to rule the World!


It was only three hours until the execution of Ace occurred and they were getting closer by the minute.

Luffy grasped Robin's hand tightly and watched as the Gates of Justice leading to Marineford came into view.

This was it. The moment they've all been waiting for.

It was time to save Ace.


"Tell them! Tell them who your father is!"

The Fleet Admiral's voice rang throughout Marineford and on the Sabody Archipelago. He had set all of this up, just to inspire fear within all of those who ever called themselves "pirates".

All of the Marine's strongest assets were here. More than 100 thousand elite Marines, all the Vice-Admirals, the most superior weaponry they could ever manufacture, 5 Shichibukai, and all 3 Admirals were here.

Whitebeard would have a hell of a time even making it past the front gate.

Ace knelt before the Fleet Admiral. He was chained to the scaffold so he wouldn't be able to move very far. His executioners stood behind him.

And now, the Fleet Admiral would let the World know who they were really dealing with. This wasn't just some punk ass pirate that belonged to the Whitebeard's crew.

"My father is Whitebeard!"

"NO HE ISN'T!"

"We looked for a very long time, and at times, we didn't even believe that "that" man's child even existed! Cipher Pol only had the barest scraps of information, and you became nothing more than a legend after a while!"

"Then, imagine our surprise when we learn who your true parents were!"

The Fleet Admiral took this time to glance in Monkey D. Garp's direction. The man looked away in what he assumed to be shame.

He was disappointed in his friend. All of this time, and he had never told them about Ace. The only saving grace he had was that he had blabbered about his other grandson.

"Your mother, Portugas D. Rouge, managed to hold you in her womb for 20 months! Until, finally, she gave birth to you in South Blue on an island named Batelira! A combination of willpower and her life, managed to bring your wretched life into existence!"

Ace looked down at the floor of the scaffold. His eyes were downcast as the Fleet Admiral made his speech.

"1 year and 3 months had passed since your father died! 1 year, and 3 months since the World's Greatest Villain was executed!"

Lowering the Den Den Mushi, he spoke only to Ace.

"There's no way you didn't know, and there's no escaping it now!"

He heard Ace grit his teeth in rage.

"YOUR FATHER...!" He brought the snail back up to his mouth, practically screaming the words.

"...WAS THE PIRATE KING, GOL D. ROGER!"

A moment passed by as everyone around the World took in this news.

The Fleet Admiral could see the effect it had on the Marines in the area, recognition lighting up in their eyes.

Even the Shichibukai looked interested at this information.

"Now, the World knows who you truly are, boy." The Fleet Admiral turned the snail off and pocketed it.

The World would recognize the Marines power, and everyone would learn that even the mightiest fall before their mi-

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"

He turned to see a Marine running towards him.

"What? What is-?"

'The Gates of Justice! They're opening on their own!"

Sengoku stared in shock at the nameless Marine.

If the Gates were to open, that would mean...!

Sengoku clenched his teeth and took the Den Den Mushi out of his pocket.

He could see some ships approaching from the distance.

Looks like they were in for a tougher time than he thought.


Luffy's battleship moved as fast as it could on the tri-current that led to Marineford. The Gates were already open, and they could just sail on through. They had felt huge tremors a minute ago, but all seemed well.


A few moments earlier, Marineford was surrounded by many ships, and one that looked like a white whale was right in the middle of the docks, surrounded by two other black whale ships.

"Why!? Why couldn't you all have just forgotten me!?"

Ace was screaming at the man who stood on the ship in the middle.

The man's name was Whitebeard, or Edward Newgate. Better known as "The Strongest Man in the World".

"It's my own fault that I ended up like this!"

Whitebeard's expression was like a father speaking to a son throwing a tantrum.

"No, as I recall, it was me who told you to go after him, my son." His voice boomed across the battlefield though he had only spoken plainly.

Ace looked at the man incredulously.

"What...!? You...you liar! What the hell are you talking about!? I'm the one ran after him, even when you told me not to!"

Whitebeard didn't respond immediately. Instead, he tilted his head to look at a man with yellow hair and half lidded eyes who stood next to him.

"I told him to go, didn't I, Marco?"

"Indeed! I heard it with my own ears!" The man known as Marco proclaimed.

"Sorry for putting you through this trouble, Ace! I think everyone out here outta know..."

"JUST WHAT HAPPENS TO ANY DAMN FOOL WHO LAYS A FINGER ON OUR CREW!"

The other Whitebeard Pirates joined Marco as they roared at the Marines with everything they had.

Rumbling shook the entire island and everyone stumbled back in surprise.

"We may have greater numbers, and maybe we're stronger than they are..." Sengoku's voice called out from the loudspeakers on the island.

"But we must not take this opponent lightly! It may very well be us that meets our end today for that man...!"

"HAS THE POWER TO DESTROY THE WORLD...!"

Two huge tsunamis arose from the seas around the island, intending on wiping every last Marine off of Marineford.


"Ice Age!" A figure shouted as it appeared above everyone.

Tendrils of ice shot out from the man and touched the waves of seawater, turning them into huge walls of ice.

"Kuzan! That little kid...!" Whitebeard muttered as he saw who had stopped his attack.

Aokoji formed ice spears in the air as he fell towards Whitebeard.

"Partisan!" They flew towards the aged pirate, but he lazily raised a fist and swung it at the Admiral.

Before his hand could move very far, it stopped as if it hit an invisible wall. Cracks formed in the air.

"Oh my..." Aokoji muttered as he felt vibrations in the air.

His body shattered from the force and the pieces fell to the ocean.

Aokoji reformed himself before he hit the water and froze the area underneath him.

"Ice...Age!"

The ocean froze, how far it had become ice was unknown to even Aokoji.

"Quickly! Fire at the Moby Dick!" All cannons were pointed at Whitebeard's ship.

"Well...isn't this nice and convenient to walk on?!" One of the many pirates shouted out.

Whitbeard's Pirate army left their ships to fight and retrieve Ace back from the Marines.


The Shichibukai all watched the battle between the Marines and Whitebeard from their posts.

Bartholomew Kuma watched impassively with a bible in hand.

Donquixote Doflamingo looked excited as he watched the battles rage on.

Gekko Moriah, bandaged from his fight with Luffy, was in the same state as Doflamingo, except he was marveling at the amount of powerful shadows and bodies he could possibly retrieve. The Marines had informed him that he would be allowed to pick at whatever remained, if they won.

Boa Hancock was worried about Luffy. She could only hope that he was safe at the moment. And that the harlot known as Nico Robin hadn't sunk her teeth into her precious man.

Marshal D. Teach was missing. He had been unresponsive to the summons and would be removed from the Shichibukai.

Dracule Mihawk got up on the stone half-wall in front of them.

"Fuffuffuffu...You're going to join in to?!" Doflamingo asked the man.

"...This is merely conjecture...but..." The swordsman put a hand on the large black sword that rested on his back.

"...The distance between us and that man...seems rather small..."


The Pirates and Marines continued to fight, with no clear advantage being seen. Weapons, manpower... all seemed equally matched.

Who was stronger was the least of their worries as a powerful, green, and rather large gust of wind cut through everyone in its way towards Whitebeard.

"It's Hawkeye!"

The pirates were amazed at the strength it had as it made its way towards their "Father".

Whitebeard himself just smirked as one his most trusted sons stood before the wave.

The son in question stayed immobile as the wave met him.

It had been a rather fierce struggle, but eventually the strike was stopped and everyone saw who had stopped it.

"It's the 3rd Division Commander, "Diamond Joz"!"


A bright shine emerged from above the battlefield.

"Yasakani no Magatama."

The many lasers that shot towards Whitebeard surprised many of them.

"Kizaru!"

The Admiral had made his move and the lights got closer to Whitebeard.

"Dear dear..." He said as if it were a slight annoyance.

"That's a little bright..."

The "Strongest Man in the World" didn't even flinch as someone else leaped in front of him. The beams struck the man and exploded away from Whitebeard.

A man covered with blue flames flew above the aged pirate. His body reforming without a scratch and his arms shaped like wings.

It was the same man that Whitebeard had talked to earlier during his conversation with Ace.

"Can't have you taking out the King right off the bat, you know?" He told the lightman with a grin.

"It's 1st Division Commander, Marco!"

"You Whitebeard Pirates..." Kizaru's tone was one of amusement, but underneath, one could sense he was mocking.

"Sure are scary..."

Marco continued to grin at the Admiral, ignoring the awe that Marines and pirates alike held for him.

"You got me...!"

"You liar!"

His ability was of the Mythical Zoan class. Something even more rare than the Logias.

He flew towards the Admiral.

"Can't say I've ever seen a bird like that before!" Kizaru continued to shoot more beams of light at the Whitebeard Pirate, watching as the man transformed into a phoenix.

The beams exploded as they collided with the Zoan, but the blue flames healed any damage he sustained.

As soon as Marco reached Kizaru, he attempted a kick to the Admiral's head. It was blocked by the lightman.

"Oh! Pretty effective, I'd say!~" Kizaru smirked at the phoenixman.

Marco just sneered.

"You liar!"

He sent the man flying towards a building and watched as he crashed into it, creating a large explosion.


The Marines were shocked that a man of Kizaru's class was sent flying away so easily, but their hopes rose as the man walked out of the wreckage. The Admiral dusted his jacket as if he had just gotten a little dirty.

"Giant Division! Watch out for aerial attacks!" Kizaru ordered in a rare, commanding tone.

The giant Marine troops they had started to advance.

When suddenly, a large chunk of ice was thrown at them, courtesy of Joz.

And just as suddenly, a large fist of magma burst through the ice, evaporating it almost immediately.

"Admiral Sakazuki!"

Akainu stood where the three Admirals were sitting before the fighting. He hadn't even moved from his position.

The pirates and Marines alike screamed as the magma landed on them. The molten rock tearing and burning their bodies sent them into a slow a painful death.


One of the pieces flew towards Whitebeard, but he raised the bisento he had in his hand to block the rock.

He brought it to his face and blew the flames out with one breath.

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

Akaniu chuckled, his voice sounding sharp and remorseless.

"What? Do you not approve of gaudy funerals, Whitebeard?"


The war raged on. Many losing their lives in the initial burst of strength, but the strongest took a step back, in case the opposing side decided to try something again.

"Go get them, Oars Jr.!"

It was all slowed when the ice started to rumble from something big in the distance.

"Ace is nice..."

The voice was loud and booming. It sounded like it had been spoken by a giant, but only bigger.

"...I won't let him die!"

Even the giants were shocked by the creature that appeared.


"That's...the descendant of Kunihiki Oars..." One of the Vice-Admirals muttered.

"That thing's even bigger than a giant!"

The monstrous giant roared as it took out a blade.

"Don't let him into the bay! He'll smash through the lines too quickly!"


"Kishishishishishi! That body! I want his corpse!"

Moriah drooled where he stood as he saw Oars Jr.

"Fuffuffuffu...my whole body is tingling!" Donflamingo stated as he rushed forward into the fight.


"Oars! Don't do this! You'll only end up as a target!"

Ace was screaming from the scaffold, still bound by his chains.

"Don't worry, Ace! I'll be right there!" Oars Jr. ignored the pleas of his friend as he picked a battleship up and smashed two of the giant Marines with it.

"Oars has opened up a path into the bay! Everyone! Charge!"

Whitebeard growled at how Oars Jr. was just taking all the hits.

"There's a fine line between being heroic and being suicidal...!"

"Old Man!" The giant called out to his "Father", "Don't stop me! I want to save Ace...!"

He paused to cut one of the giant Marines with his blade.

"...As soon as I can!" A few cannons rang out and explosions covered his arm.

"I can see that!" Whitebeard shouted back, "Everyone! We got some ass wiping to do! Go and back Oars up!"


They kept pushing on with Oars leading them.

"Hey, isn't that the "Pirate Empress"?!" "She's so beautiful!"

"Quickly! Oars is distracting them, so take them out!"

Hancock watched as some pirates fired at her with cannons.

Moving quickly, she pulled a cartoonish heart from her mouth and pulled back on it.

"Slave...!"

She let it go, sending forth many arrows toward Marine and pirate alike.

"...Arrow!"

The little pink arrows pierced many on the battlefield, turning all that it touched into stone.

The Pirate Empress avoided the cannonballs flying her way by dashing forward, kicking a man and his sword as she did so.

His sword became stone and shattered from her attack as well as the side of his face.

"Perfume Femur!" Hancock shouted as she spun on one leg, striking everyone near her.

The remains of the men scattered around, the Marines shocked that she would attack her allies.

"Remember this!" Her snake, Salome, coiled beneath her and rose her into the air. She looked so far up, she was looking down at them.

"All men are my enemies!"

"Excluding that one..." She muttered quietly, hoping some deity would give her good fortune.

"I will ask that you all acknowledge that I helped you out!"

"What!? You attack us, yet you expect us to-!"

The Marines stopped their outrage as Hancock coyly hid her face from them.

"...By virtue of my beauty..."

"Gah...! She's just too...!"

The Marines all agreed that they couldn't report her to their superiors.


Oars Jr. was making good progress! He was almost there! All he had to do was get over this wall and-!

"Ursus..." Bartholomew Kuma had been standing on that wall. He had already compressed air into a small paw shaped bubble.

"...Shock."

Oars Jr. couldn't believe that a Shichibukai would send such a small attack his way.

The bubble exploded when it reached Oars Jr.'s stomach.


His sword shattered from the force and his comrades were sent flying away.

Oars Jr. stomach felt like it had been smashed a million times by a huge hammer and he fell to his knees.

A straw hat he had wrapped around his neck fell to the ground. It was light, despite its large size.

Oars Jr. remembered how Ace had spent hours making it for him and how the hat had served him well.

"Everyone! Fire at Oars!"

Cannon fire erupted around him, covering him in explosions. The pain was excruciating!

With his vision fading, he spotted Doflamingo on the wall.

"I..I can...at least take out...one...Shichibukai!" Smashing his arm where he had seen Doflamingo, he hoped that he had taken out one powerful enemy.


"Fuffuffuffuffu!"

Doflamingo floated above the giant and slowly touched the ground behind the large man.

Oars Jr.'s leg flew off at the knee. Blood spilled from it like a waterfall, drenching anyone who had been underneath his body.

"This is a riot!" Doflamingo laughed loudly as he saw Oars Jr. try to lift himself up.


"He's reached the plaza!"

The Marines started to panic as they saw Oars Jr. get closer to the platform Ace and Sengoku were on.

"...Just...a little...more...!" Oars Jr. rumbled out as he slowly bled out.


"That stupid Doflamingo! Cutting his leg off when I said I wanted his corpse!"

A dark figure stood underneath Oars Jr.'s heart.

Large, bat-like shadow creatures started to rise towards the giant's body.

"Tsuno Tokage!"

The shadow creatures tore through the giant's body, coming within a few inches of his heart.


Oars Jr. felt his life slipping from him as his hand came within a few meters of Ace.

The last thing he saw before his eyes failed him, was Ace's pained face.

"I'm...sorry..."

Oars Jr. fell to the ground with a large thud, cracking the ground.


"OARS...!"

Whitebeard watched Oars Jr. fall to the ground. He didn't know if his son was dead or not.

It pained him greatly to see that he was losing family left and right, but he couldn't be more proud.

They were fighting to save one of their brothers from the World. It made him feel happy that he had managed to live long enough to see his family care so much about each other.

"You're wide open, Whitebeard!"

Glancing to the side, he saw one of the giant Marines approaching him with a large axe.

With one swing of his arm, the blade of the axe broke and he grabbed the giant's face.

Slamming it down into the deck made Whitebeard feel a little guilty.

The Moby Dick didn't deserve to be treated like this.

Using his quake powers, he made sure the giant wouldn't get up so soon.

Ignoring the screams of alarm from the Marines, Whitebeard came to a conclusion.

"Everyone! Charge over Oars' body!" He ordered to his children.

They needed to end this soon.


"Fuffuffuffuffu! This is so great!"

"What's so funny, Doflamingo!?"

Many pirates stood around the Shichibukai, attempting to surround the pirate and take him out.

"Fuffuffuffu! What's so funny, you ask?!" Doflamingo smiled widely at the pirates.

"Why, this feeling at standing at the turning point of an age! Right now, this place is truly neutral!"

The man he spoke to didn't notice the maniacal glint behind Doflamingo's glasses.

"13th Division Commander, "Water Buffalo" Atmos!"

The Shichibukai lifted on hand and Atmos felt his body move without his will.

"Oh no...! Everyone! Get away from me!" He begged his comrades to run, but they were too confused.

Doflamingo laughed as he watched the Division Commander cut down his own men.

"Pirates are evil...?! Marines are Justice...!? Lord knows, how many times those labels has been passed around!" He continued to tell Atmos as he charged even more of his men.

"Whoever stands at the top can define what is right and wrong! Right now, we stand in neutral territory!"

He watched as Atmos fell to the cannon fire of the Marines.

"Justice will prevail?! Sure it will!"

"WHOEVER PREVAILS IS JUSTICE!" Doflamingo laughed loudly as he watched the Division Commander lose consciousness.


Garp made his way up to the platform Ace and Sengoku were on. A Marine passed by him, having been notified that it was time to forward the Fleet Admiral's plan.

This was all just a big waste of time to Garp. He knew that if things stayed as they were at this point...

Ace would die.

"...Gramps? What are you doing here?"

Ace was the first to notice his arrival.

"Garp? Do you have a problem with my strategy?"

Garp snorted and sat down next to Ace.

"I have a lot of problems with this, and you know that!"

Sengoku glared at his friend.

"Don't try anything, Garp! You're a Marine! You have your or-!"

"Yeah, yeah! I know!" Garp wasn't in the mood to be lectured on his duties.

"Those guys out there, I have no pity for! But...!"

"I can't say the same for family, Sengoku!"

Ace saw the pain on his grandfather's face. It was strange seeing the man looking so weak.

He had spoken to him back in Impel Down before he was taken to Marineford. Garp had told him that he had never wanted this life for him.

Ace told Garp that he had no regrets about the life he had led. He had also asked if Garp had wanted Luffy to have the life he had, but the old Marine didn't respond.

It was even more shocking to the fireman that Garp had tears in his eyes.

"Damn you, Ace! Why didn't you just live like I told you to!? This would have never happened!"

Ace calmed the rage he felt in his heart.

"The plans you had...involved Luffy getting sent to that awful place! I don't want to be apart of the World you live in!"

The "Hero of the Marines" turned his head away and grit his teeth loudly.

Sengoku quickly looked back to the battlefield, trying to quell the nervousness he felt.

Garp...was one of the variables in his plans.

If there was one man that could turn all of this around...it was him!

"If you try anything...Garp...I won't show you any mercy!"

Garp snorted.

"If I wanted to do anything, I would have done it a long time ago!"

That was when Ace saw something strange.

Garp was holding something in his hand. It looked like some kind of lanyard, but what was it for?

At this point, Ace couldn't be concerned about what his grandfather held in his hands!

He turned back to watch his family fight for his freedom.

Something else was flying through the air, but what was it?


A few moments earlier, Luffy's group had just been sailing as fast as they could towards Marineford.

Now the entire sea was frozen, and they were sent to the top of a giant ice wall. Below, they could see the battle rage on.

Luffy had his head tilted. Robin imagined that gears were trying to turn, but one was missing.

He suddenly raised a fist and slammed the bottom of it into his palm. A wide grin was on his face.

No one on the ship liked that look.


"Hey...what's that coming towards us?!"

"What in the World?! Something's falling from the sky!"

A large object was falling rapidly towards the battlefield, and everyone looked up at in in confusion.

"I told you that you were going over the top!"

Voices could be heard from the object.

"It was this idiot's wink that did it!"

"Are you blaming me for this, Croco boy?!"

As it came closer, all occupants in the war widened their eyes.

"Fufufufufu...I wonder what the ice will look like after we get smashed on it..."

"Oh! I'm rubber, so I'll be fine!"

"You're so selfish, Straw Hat!"

Most of the group landed in the water. Robin had grabbed Luffy and used "Wing" to safely float to the ground.


"GARP!" Sengoku turned quickly in his friend's direction.

"IS THAT ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY!?"

"Oh crap!" Garp rose to his feet and held his head in panic.

"Luffy! What are you doing here!?"


Crocodile saw his chance! Whitebeard was just standing there, unprotected!

It was time for revenge!

He crossed the distance in less than a second and watched as his hook approached his foe.

"Remember me, Whitebear-!"

A foot kicked his hook away and he flew back.


Luffy, with steam coming from his skin and his limbs black, glared back at him.

"Straw Hat...! I thought we had a deal!"

"So, this guy is Whitebeard, huh?! Well, he means a lot to Ace, so you're not touching him!"

Luffy stood before the "Strongest Man in the World" without a trace of fear on his face. If anything, he transformed into his devil.

Robin appeared next to him, waiting to see what needed to be done.


"That straw hat..."

Luffy looked behind him to see that Whitebeard was looking down at him.

"That looks a little like the one that red haired brat used to wear..."

"Oh?! You know Shanks?! I'm just borrowing this from him!"

The two stared at each other while the fighting seemed to stop to watch the two pirates.

"Are you here to save your brother?"

Luffy jumped a little and remembered where he was.

"Yeah! I'm here to save Ace!"

"Fool..."

Whitebeard growled at the rubberman and everyone thought the younger pirate had a deathwish.

"Don't you know where you are?! You won't be able to do anything by throwing your life aw-!"

"Shut up!" Luffy ignored Crocodile to glare at Whitebeard.

"I don't have to listen to you! You want to be the Pirate King, don't you!? Well...!"

Luffy raised a hand and pointed at himself with his thumb.

"That's not going to happen because I'm going to be the Pirate King!" His warped voice declared to the "Strongest Man in the World".


For once, the battlefield was devoid of all noise.

Robin wanted to laugh, but this situation was more serious than it seemed. Whitebeard could crush them at any-

"Gurarararara...!"

The "Strongest Man in the World" chuckled.

"Is that so...? Well, don't get in my way, Greenhorn!"

"I'll do whatever the hell I want to, Old Man!"

Everyone on the Sabody Archipelago and Marineford jumped in shock.

Monkey D. Luffy grew more infamous in that one moment.


"Luffy? What about the information we learned from the enemy?"

"Oh yeah! Hey! Old Man! They're going to execute Ace ahead of schedule!"

"Really?! Are you certain of that?!"

"We are. We were aboard one of their vessels and their leader broadcasted it over their Den Den Mushis."

"Hm...that's good information to know...I must thank you!"

"Nah, don't worry about it! We both want to save Ace!"

Everyone wondered how the two Straw Hats talked to Whitebeard so casually.

"Alright! I'm coming, Ace!"

Luffy jumped off the Moby Dick, headed towards the platform where they held Ace.

"A pleasure meeting you, Whitebeard-san."

Robin headed off as well, using her "Wing" to glide above the battlefield.

"Those brats..."

Whitebeard smirked.

It would be interesting to see what that Straw Hat brat would do.


The Marines were crawling all over the place! Luffy dodged several weapons swung at him, and used a "Whip" to clear them out of his way.

"Straw Hat Luffy! Prepare to meet your end!"

A Marine suddenly appeared behind Luffy, preparing to strike him down!

Hands sprouted from his body and broke his back.

"Thanks, Robin!'

"Watch out!"

Looking ahead, Luffy saw the one man he didn't want to see for a while.

"Straw Hat Luffy...the Tenryuubito will give us hell if we don't catch you soon...!"

Kizaru was up ahead with a bright light emanating from his raised foot.

Before he shot his leg towards the pirate captain, hands changed the course of the attack and the ground exploded next to Luffy, sending him to the ground.

Growling, the rubberman was going to leap to his feet, but a foot held him down.

Ice started to form on his chest.

"Jeez! Why are you here, Straw Hat Luffy?!" Aokoji muttered from above him, "And you brought Robin too?! Are you insane!?"

"Gr! Get off of me!" His body was starting to get cold, but the process had slowed due to Luffy manifesting partially.

Hearing something approaching, Aokoji looked up just in time to be broken into little pieces from the black arms that erupted from his body.


Robin swept Luffy off of the ground and held him in her arms so that he was facing the ground.

"Luffy! Could you help us get farther from the ground?!"

"Yeah...! Thanks for the help!"

Stamping the ground, the two rose into the air. Robin rolled to the side to avoid a few more laser blasts from another unwanted attacker.

Bartholomew Kuma stood on the wall, still in position, with his bible pocketed. He was charging a laser in his mouth.

The wall exploded and Ivankov, with the rest of the prisoners, began to make their move.

"Kuma...what are you doing...?!" The Okama King couldn't believe that his friend was capable of not only firing beams from his mouth, but that he would attack Straw Hat boy and Nico girl.

Didn't he know they still needed Nico girl?!

"Fuffuffuffu...nice meeting you, Revolutionary Commander Ivankov!"

Doflamingo walked up to the Okama King.

"Don't you know?! The World Government modified Kuma to be a "human weapon"!"

Ivankov would learn that his friend was no more. That he had been modified so much, that Bartholomew Kuma was now dead.


"STAY BACK, LUFFY!"

Ace screamed at the two approaching pirates in disbelief.

It had been one thing that his family had come to get him, but Luffy?!

No, this wasn't the place for him! He could die!

"What are you talking about?!" Luffy's voice could be heard from even here.

Ace felt a little sorry for the woman holding the rubberman. Actually...she looked familiar.

"I shouldn't have to tell you this! We're pirates! We chose this life!"

The fireman tried his best to ignore the trembling his grandfather made.

He did note, however, that one of the Shichibukai knocked the two down. Luffy ignored the leek like man in front of him and chose to stare at his brother.

"I have my own adventure, my own family! A weakling like you coming to save me?! What do you think you can possibly do?!"

"Why are you here, Luffy!?"

"CAUSE I'M YOUR BROTHER!"

Luffy roared back, sending the leek man back. The unmistakable feel of Haoshoku rolled off of him.

Many of the strongest fighters there noticed this.

"Those stupid pirate rules?! I don't care about them!"


Garp was a man who had great pride in his family. He had been delighted to hear that Dragon had been doing well (though he was the most hated man in the World), and that Luffy was so strong, that the World Government had even assigned him a pretty high bounty! Hearing that his grandson had taken down Enies Lobby had made Garp laugh for almost a day.

But this was beyond stupid! Why was Luffy here?! Hell, how did he even get here?!

"This is bad..."

Looking to the side, Garp saw that Sengoku was shaking.

"What...? What do you mean?! This is terrible! Why the hell is my gra-?!"

"No, this is far worse than that, Garp!" Sengoku looked strange. Almost like he was...worried?

That was something that made Monkey D. Garp suspicious. Sengoku was never worried.

"What are you talking about, Sengoku?"

The Fleet Admiral didn't answer him. The man instead chose to raise the Den Den Mushi back up to his mouth.

"Everyone! Focus on capturing Monkey D. Luffy and Nico Robin as soon as you can!"

Luffy and Robin looked up to see that the Fleet Admiral was ordering his men to focus on them now.

They couldn't have been that much of a threat, could they?

"It's important that you retrieve those two as soon as possible! They are much more than just simple pirates...!"

"THEY'RE HUMAN WEAPONS! THE POWER THEY HAVE, IS FAR BEYOND EVEN WHITEBEARD!"

The Fleet Admiral was shaken, and Garp realized why he wanted those two captured.

He had not taken them in account in his plans. They could disrupt everything.

"Sengoku..."

The Fleet Admiral turned to see Garp looking at him angrily.

"...What do you mean...they're "human weapons"?!"

He didn't answer immediately, knowing that whatever he said from this point on, would enrage the "Hero of the Marines" even more.

"...They're exactly that, Garp. What do you think those Facilities were for, anyway?"

He received a growl for his brief explanation. Sighing, he ignored his friend.

"This is really bad...Straw Hat Luffy's ability...can completely ruin any strategy!"

The Fleet Admiral tried to come up with more plans as he watched Luffy's progress, not in the slightest worried about his fuming friend.

Whatever he did, Garp would not betray him.

Garp never went up against his friends.


Moriah had been in their way for a brief second, but Jinbei had arrived, claiming that he would take care of the shadowman.

He had been convincing enough when he annihilated the zombies Moriah had with him.

A giant tried to attack them, but a quick combination of "Clutch" and "Gigant Rifle" had taken him down for the count.

"I don't care what you say, Ace!" Luffy yelled out as he and Robin ran forwards.

"I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU!"


Many of the Marines tried to stop them, but most couldn't hold up to Luffy's constant Haoshoku barrage and Robin's black hands.

"Why he chose not to reveal your heritage...!"

Robin pulled Luffy back as a fist made of magma landed where the rubberman would have been.

"...is unknown to me! But know this, Son of Dragon, I won't let you leave here alive!"

Akainu had arrived. He stood before the two Straw Hats.

The historian didn't like these odds. Akainu was said to have been the most ruthless of the three Admirals, and he never took prisoners.

That was something she learned a long time ago when this very man had Ohara burned to the ground. He left no survivors.

"Hell...!"

Akainu was blown away from the sudden attack.

"...Wink!"

Luffy and Robin took this chance to continue onwards.

"Ah! Iva-chan! Thank you!"

The Okama King stood still as he watched the two pirates ran on.

"Did...he just say..."Son of Dragon"?!"

He didn't have time to ponder his question as he avoided a magma fist in fear, also missing that a blue bird flew towards Akainu to engage the Admiral.


The two Straw Hats were making good time as every Marine either was broken or collapsed. Sadly, Luffy's ability also knocked out any friendly pirates in their way.

"Straw Hat!" A woman wearing glasses stood in their way now.

Robin remembered this woman. She was from Loguetown and Alabasta. It was a curiosity why she was here, seeing as she wasn't strong enough to be on a battlefield of this magnitude.

"Get out of the way, Tashigi!"

A jutte came from out of the nearby smoke. Luffy jumped in front of Robin, expecting to deflect the hit, but it knocked him onto his back.

"Gah! It's you, Smokey!"

"That's Smoker!"

The smokeman emerged from the smoke that surrounded them. He had used some fires to cover his approach.

"I don't have time to play with you!" Luffy's fists turned black.

"Gum Gum Gattling...!"

The man's body erupted in smoke and Robin noticed with some interest that he didn't appear hurt.

"That trick won't work on me, Straw Hat!" He shot towards the rubberman, intending to bring him down.

"HOW DARE YOU...!"

Even Robin was surprised by the kick the Marine received.

Boa Hancock stood in front of Luffy, shielding him from the smokeman.

"How dare you touch my beloved like that!"

"Hancock!" Smoker shouted as he raised his jutte at her, "Do you mean to aband-?!"

"SILENCE!" Hancock screamed back.

A strange pressure started to press down on Robin, but she was able to withstand it. It felt similar to Luffy's, but more focused.

She couldn't say the same for the Marines. Smoker started to look a little faint.

"I am filled with such rage that I cannot even hear your words!"

The Pirate Empress looked more fearsome than Robin had ever seen her.

"You shall not live...! I have never felt such anger in my-!"

"Hancock!" Luffy picked himself up and saw who had helped him out.

"Indeed ~!" Hancock turned to blush heavily at the rubberman.

"Thanks again! You keep helping us out!"

Hancock deeply frowned at Robin at the mention of "us", but said nothing else.

"Luffy, you have to keep moving on! I'll take care of this guy for you!" Putting her sweet smile back on, she hoped that Luffy would manage to save his brother.

"Thanks, Hancock! I really owe you!" The rubberman hugged her and ran off with Robin.

He missed how the Shichibukai collapsed to her knees from being overwhelmed by her feelings for him.


Robin was really getting tired of running, but she could keep going. It was a skill that she had refined many years ago as she ran from the World Government.

Now though, she was running towards her enemies, intending on fighting them to free the brother of the man she called captain.

Sensing something was off, Robin looked at her captain.

He was ragged and panting loudly. He had long since demonized and his limbs were black. Luckily, he had not activated that ability she once heard him call "Gear 2nd".

She hoped he could run a bit farther on his own.

A giant hand slapped away a rapidly charging man away from Luffy.

"Luffy! Keep going! I'll hold him off!"

"What?! Hold who-?!"

A bright light narrowly missed Luffy. It continued its path until it exploded in the distance.

Admiral Kizaru stood with a hand pointed at Luffy in the shape of a gun.

Luffy growled loudly and was about to pounce, but a gentle push knocked him out of his trance.

"I don't think you should keep your brother waiting, Luffy!"

"Wait a second! Don't tell me you're going to hold HIM off?!"

Robin took a moment to smile at the rubberman.

"I am. Trust in me, Luffy."

Luffy stared at her calm smile. The destruction around them didn't faze the two Straw Hats.

With a sigh, Luffy turned to the execution platform.

"...Alright. Just...stay safe!"

"Same to you, Luffy."

"Hey...don't talk as though you have a-"

A quick snap and Kizaru was broken in half. His halves floated a bit before reforming.

Luffy had already taken off.

A shine blinded Robin for a brief second, and Admiral Kizaru stood before her unharmed.

"How rude ~"

Robin just gave him a malicious smile.


Luffy ran as fast as he could.

Robin would be fine as long as he could get Ace free and run back! Everything would work out!

Something was coming!

Luffy jumped to the side just as a gust of wind past by, cutting everything in its way.

Ahead, there stood one man Luffy knew he couldn't fight.

Dracule Mihawk remained where he was. He only looked at where Luffy was.

Hoping to use some of the fighters on the field as a shield, Luffy jumped behind some pirates.

The rubberman was disappointed to find that his body was cut from the swordsman's skill. It was a testament to the "Greatest Swordsman in the World"'s skill that he had not cut the pirates.

"You still remain in my range, Straw Hat Luffy." The man's voice sounded as stoic as ever as Luffy fell to the ground, bleeding.

Mihawk moved his head to the side as a fist came shooting past him. He attempted to cut it, but it had already retracted.

He could sense the rubberman's attacks, but Luffy was able to do the same. The two traded strikes, but none connected.

Mihawk's slash cut one of the gigantic ice walls in half. Luffy's fist smashed hundreds of soldiers with just one blow.

Luffy gave a tremendous shout, but "Hawkeyes" never faltered. He had felt willpower equal to, if not, stronger than the Straw Hat captain's.

A storm was blowing their way and Luffy looked up at it.

Mihawk took this chance to cut the rubberman in half.

"Gum Gum Jet Substitute!"

He managed to avoid getting cut by replacing himself with another.

The man was cut completely in half. Mihawk had ensured to use Busoshoku, so whoever the poor soul was, had no chance-

"STRAW HAT! YOU DAMN BASTARD!"

The man's halves reconnected and he screamed at the rubberman.

"Gum Gum Jet Substitute!"

The man was cut into even more pieces, but he just reformed.

"Damn it! You!" He pointed to Mihawk, "You're Hawkeyes, aren't you?!"

It had been strange before, but now blood poured from the cuts on the man as his pieces flew in the air.

"I'll show you what it means to mess with Captain Buggy!"

Initially distracted by the weird man, Mihawk noticed that Luffy had escaped.

"This is not over, Straw Hat Luffy..."


And that's that! I'm not completely done with it, but I thought I could at least post half or 3/4ths of it now.

Let me know what you think!