Chapter 36: One Last Dream!
Colour Spread: Final Time?-Ellix is walking along solemnly with nothing but a white background, in the wake of his footsteps are colours and pictures of the various arcs he's been through. Orange Town, Syrup Village, Baratie, Arlong Park, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, Alabasta, Jaya, Skypeia, Long Ring Long Land, Water 7, Enies Lobby, Thriller Bark, Sabaody Archipelago, Colour Carnival, Fleet of Thieves and finally, Marineford.
"Get out of our way!"
"Dream Dream Tension Shot!"
"Move it! Hihah!"
"Have the unsatisfying tasting of the MEGA MISSILE LAUNCHER OF DOOM MUSTARD!"
"Blood Spear!"
"S-Sorry!"
"Comingthroughpeople!"
"Bastard Marines!"
"This is so exhilarating."
Our mini army charged through the Marines on our set warpath, this was do or die now.
"Coby!" At Luffy's yell I looked forward and did indeed see his friend he'd told me about. And now he had to..."Gum Guuuuum!-" Luffy stretched his arm back.
"Soru!" He dashed towards us.
"-Bullet!" Luffy's fist crashed into the pink hairs face, sending him crashing into the ground as we ran on past him, poor guy.
Suddenly a familiar light was shining next to us. "Monkey D. Luffy. Wodos T. Ellix." One of the fake Kuma's stated as the other prepared a laser.
"Crap! These guys are trouble!" Luffy cursed.
"Fake Kuma's!" Iva stated.
But then none other then Boa Hancock ran in front of us! "Boa Hancock. Shichibukai...Stopping attack. Ally spotted." The light slowly faded.
"Oh, right! Your on their side!" Luffy said. "Thanks Hancock!"
"Thank you, love." I whispered to myself.
It was nothing but chaos all around us, I ditched trying to distinguish voices and just ran next to Luffy.
"I AM WHITEBEARD!" Should have covered my ears, but with that cry and a swing of his bisento, the pirate took out three Vice-Admirals, no wonder people think he's inhuman.
"If I die...will my death have any meaning?" Somehow, his voice once again rose over the sound of destruction. "I know...that I must watch over my sons' futures, I can't afford to die! Right, Ace?"
'...Have I made the right choice?' Was all I could think in that moment.
"I'll show you the future right not if you want to see it that badly, Whitebeard!" Sengoku declared. "Do it!" The executioners raised their swords.
"Ace!" Everyone yelled.
"STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"
As Luffy shouted, I suddenly grew very dizzy, threatening to black out, knowing I couldn't let that happen I shook my head violently to get my vision back. 'Luffy...of course you have Conquerors Haki...'
"I'm coming, Ace!" Luffy roared as we kept running. (I noticed Tack was now carrying a passed out Sarah, Roy and Kalamar.)
"Those with weak wills, get back! He's no ordinary rookie!" A Marine cried.
"Dream Dream Missiles!" Missiles grew out of my body before being launched into the Marines in front of us, connected to my body via the smoke.
"Hey! Vhen and vhere did you get that power!?" Iva asked.
"Ah!? What do you mean!?" Luffy panted.
'He did it subconciously...'
"It's nothing!" Iva shrugged it off, probably for the best.
"ALL RIGHT YOU BASTARDS!" Whitebeard boomed. "USE ALL YOUR STRENGTH TO SUPPORT STRAWHAT LUFFY!" Support us!?
"Look out, Strawhat-boy!" Iva gasped as a Marine came at him with a sword, when Whitebeard Pirates suddenly blocked them off from both our sides!
"Hurry, Ace's brother!" Someone shouted.
"The Marines are focused on Pops right now!"
"If you let this opportunity slip, you won't get past the admirals!"
"We're going to push through! Follow us!"
"This is serious, Strawhat-boy! The worlds greatest pirate is testing you!" Iva commented. "Are you prepared to answer Whitebeard's attention!?"
"I don't know anything about that ossan!" Luffy declared as he punched a guy in the face. "I only have one reason for being here!"
"Ellix-sama!" Dimo called, glancing behind, I saw him, Tack and Annabel facing the Marines chasing after us. "We shall be having the protectiveness of you and the Somewhatimportantlings!"
"Leave these assholes to us!" Annabel added.
"You just do what you came here to do!" Tack finished.
'Everyone...' I thought solemnly. '...Thank you...I'll never forget your kindness...'
"Dodge, Strawhat-boy!" Iva yelled.
"Hawkeye!" I gasped at the slash, but it was blocked by...Mr. 1!? He's here too!?
"You!?" Me and Luffy said.
"It's the boss' orders." He stated. "The Marines are our enemy for now." He said that just before he got cut, but this time we were saved by Crocodile!
"The platfrom is close, Strawhat-boy! Nightmare-boy!" Iva snapped me out of my thoughts. "You just keep running forward!"
"Yeah!" We agreed.
A flash of orange, white and silver appeared, and was quickly followed by a giant slab of stone that went all the way up to the execution platform!
"Crab guy!" What Luffy meant was 'Inazuma of the Revolutionary Army', he was lankier in person.
"Both of you, go!" He yelled.
"Got it! Thanks!" We both thanked him as we ran up the new staircase.
"I'M HERE! ACE!" Luffy screamed up towards his brother, it sounded like everyone was cheering us on, but just when we were close, the path seemed to explode in front of us, the dust clearing to reveal...
...Monkey D. Garp. Luffy's grandfather.
"Grandpa! Get outta the way!" Luffy pleaded.
"I'm not moving an inch, Luffy!" He retorted. "I'm a Vice-Admiral of the Marines! I've been fighting pirates long since before you were born!" I deliberately slowed tobehind Luffy, family matter and all that.
"YOU'LL GET THROUGH HERE OVER MY DEAD BODY! STRAWHAT LUFFY!" Garp roared as he pulled back his fist. "That is the path you two have chosen!"
"I can't do that, Grandpa! Please move!" Luffy persisted.
"If you can't, then Ace will die!"
"NO!"
"I've done plenty of things you don't like! I won't hold back!" He gritted his teeth. "Luffy...your my enemy!" He threw a punch!
Luffy pumped his legs and jumped forward, the two mere milliseconds from clashing. But at the last moment, Garp's eyes closed, his fist missed, and Luffy punched him in the face. "Uwaaaaaaah!" He was sent flying off and crashing into the ground.
"...Geppo." I kicked off the air to go side by side with Luffy.
And we both landed on the execution stand.
"Ace!" Lufy panted. "Hah...I've got the key...just wait!...Hah..."
"Luffy, you-!" His brother gasped.
"Don't think I'll let you escape!" A thunderous voice boomed, I looked above us to see Sengoku in his Buddha form, I'd only heard stories about it from Oren!
"Ah! The key!" I turned to Luffy to see the key broken in half! "Ahh! No! The key!"
"Where's the other half!?" I panicked, looking around frantically.
"Uhhh...what happened? I just blacked out for a second..." Another familiar voice said, turned out it was Mr. 3 disguised as an executioner!
"Eh!? 3!? Why are you here!?" Good question, Luffy.
"I'LL EXECUTE YOU MYSELF!" Crap! Sengoku was pulling back his fist!
"Hey, 3! Protect Ace with a wall!" Luffy told him.
"Gyaaaaah!? What's that!?" He screamed in response.
"Ready Ellix?" Luffy asked as he bit his thumb. "Gear Third, Gum Gum..."
"Of course! Dream Dream..."
"Giant Balloon!"
"Shield!"
I formed the biggest shield possible whilst Luffy bloated to giant size, Sengoku's punch threatened my knees to buckle, but I held on somehow. Unfortunately I couldn't say the same for the platfrom, which fell along with us!
"I'm making a key! We'll get those cuffs off in a second!" 3 said.
"Got it!" A chibi Luffy cried.
"Why are you helping us!?" I shouted as my shield morphed back into my hands.
"If I told you the reason was to fulfill my comrades last wish, would you laugh at me!?" A comrade?
"Of course not!" Luffy said as he bit his own arm, returning him to normal size.
I was suddenly aware of the whistleing of fast travel, and could see cannonballs flying towards us! "Incoming!" I screamed as we were engulfed in several explosions.
...Though, for some reason it didn't hurt, even though there were flames...around us?
"You've always been that way...Luffy!" Ace said. I looked down the tunnel of fire, and I gained a huge grin. "You never listen to me...and you do the stupidest things!"
Ace was finally free!
"ACE!" All of us cheered.
"Fire Fist Ace has been freed!" A Marine shouted.
"Don't get careless, you two!" Ace shout-...he was including me?
"Right!" Luffy agreed as we all crashed down.
"Can you both fight!?" Ace asked as we emerged from the inferno.
"Of course!" We both yelled, though panting a bit.
"I never even dreamed...that one day you'd be saving me." Ace chuckled. "Thanks Luffy, and you too Ellix."
"Doriririri! I didn't really do anything." I smiled nervously.
"Shishishi! It's all because Ellix, that Whitebeard guy and his crew helped me out!" Luffy smiled.
Another vision..."Tekkai!" I hardened myself just as bullets pointlessly hit the three of us.
"Don't think your safe!" The shooters yelled. "You'll all die right here!"
"Hmph!" Luffy simply bounced the bullets back, when two sword users came at him, Ace appeared above them.
"That's my little brother you know, don't lay a hand on him!" Ace warned. "Fire Fist!" He unleashed his deadly signature move.
"Dream Dream Claws!" I transformed my hands into long rainbow claws that slashed through some Marines, but one ambushed me from behind.
"And that's my nakama! Don't touch him!" Luffy shouted as he kicked my attacker away.
"Fire Fist, Strawhat and Nightmare, kill them all!" The remaining Marines cried.
"You've gotten stronger Luffy, and your 'mercenary' too." Ace complimented us.
"I'll be better then you someday, Ace!" Luffy grinned.
"Ice Block." A familiar voice said.
"Admiral Akoiji!" I gasped.
"Wah! It's him!" Luffy screamed.
"Well, I'm still covering for you at the moment." Ace smirked. "Stand back, you two!"
"Pheasant Beak!"
"Mirror Flame!" The two elements clashed, cancelling each other out.
'All right!' I thought. 'We're almost there! Just a little more and-'
Daydream wore off.
'No!' I immediantely collapsed. The pounding in my head didn't come close to the burning in my chest as I vomited up a stomachfull of blood. I should have seen it coming...and considered myself lucky Daydream lasted for that long!
"Ellix!" Luffy cried, his voice sounded so far away. "What's wrong!? Are you hurt!?"
"L...Luffy..." I choked the words out through the blood. "You...ha...have to...leave me...here..."
"Nani!? What are you talking about, Ellix!?" Luffy screamed. "Ace is free! Let's get outta here!"
"Leave...m...e..." I panted, but I felt myself get picked up and thrown over a shoulder.
"Cut the crap! We're all getting outta here together!" Luffy said as he began running whilst carrying me.
"Luffy...don't..." I pleaded, but my voice barely rose above a whisper. 'Please...I don't want you to see me die...'
I heard shouting...who was shouting? Noises were fading, just mixing together until they were all garbled and broken...I couldn't hear them well anyway...
Cold...why was it so cold? I didn't know...nothing made sense...
"G...El...un to...e shi...!" Who was that?
"Loo...ut! It's...Akainu!" More voices...focus on that one! That one!
"After all, Whitebeard is a loser from a bygone age!" Akainu...
The sound of skidding..."A loser...?"
'No...Ace!'
"Take back...what you just said!"
'Don't! DON'T!' Screw dying! I needed to stop him! I tried thrashing around, but my body wouldn't respond!
"Stop it!" I heard Ace scream. "Pops gave us a place where we belonged! What do you know about his greatness!?"
'Stop, stop, STOP, STOP!'
"WHITEBEARD WILL DIE A LOSER! A FITTING DEATH FOR THE ADMIRAL OF NOTHING BUT TRASH!"
"WHITE BEARD IS THE PIRATE WHO CREATED THIS ERA! The name of this era...IS WHITEBEARD!"
An explosion that penetrated even my clouded hearing threw me off of Luffy, I only slightly felt the impact. I used all my strength to just open my eyes, there was Luffy, Akainu and Ace!
'What can I do? I can't do anything!' I was desperate, I had to do anything! '...Hey! Nightmares! I'm fucking pissed! So make me move! Did you hear me!? GIVE ME POWER, DAMNIT!' Slowly I felt emergency strength flood into me, but it still wasn't enough even to move!
"The Pirate King, Gold Roger! The Revolutionary Dragon! I'm amazed that their two sons turned out to be brothers!" Shut up, Akainu! "Great sin already runs through your blood! No matter who else escapes, I will never let you two brothers go!"
He then turned...towards Luffy. "Take a good look." He jumped at him!
"LUFFY!" Me and Ace screamed, I threw my whole body forward desperately, but only landed next to him. I looked up.
My eyes widened.
Ace was standing above us.
With a magma fist through his chest.
...This is it...if you know One Piece you'll know what comes next...
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