Ace and Bonney

The next chapter is out. A lot of information is revealed so there are a lot of follow up notes explaining them and even containing information not present in the chapter so please read them. Enjoy and hope to see reviews readers.

Sanbi's words literally left all the Straw Hats, Vivi and the others shell shocked. Luffy, hating pirates. That couldn't be. Luffy himself was a pirate captain and a damn good one. He idolized one of the four great emperors of the sea and even wanted to become the King of the Pirates. So why would he hate pirates? They would expect Nami to hate them which she did up until the liberation of her home island by Luffy himself. So the question remained.

"W – Wh – Why?" stuttered Nami.

"Why you ask. Interestingly you along with Princesses Vivi and Shirahoshi were contributing factors responsible for his hatred of them," replied Sanbi.

"Us, what did we do?" asked Vivi.

"Tell me Cat Burglar Nami. Who was it that killed your foster mother and took over your hometown and made you suffer for eight long years?" asked Sanbi.

"Arlong and his crew off course," replied Nami with the obvious answer.

"True but what are Arlong and his men. I'll tell you, they're all pirates," said Sanbi to Nami.

"And you Princess Vivi, who was it that tried to take over your kingdom. Crocodile of the Shichbukai correct, but Crocodile was still a pirate," said Sanbi to Vivi.

"And you Princess Shirahoshi, who was it that killed your mother and tried to take over your kingdom. Hody who was also a pirate," continued Sanbi to Shirahoshi.

"Also there was the ex Shichbukai, the late Gecko Moriah who tried to doom all Luffy's precious nakama to a life in the darkness. And I'm sure there were plenty others as well," continued Sanbi referencing Moriah.

"You see every pirate that Luffy met has been scum that deserved to rot in hell. He may have been ignorant about all this but under Lord Dragon, now he knows better. He knows that all pirates do is make others miserable therefore he fully agrees with Lord Dragon's notion of putting them on revolutionary bases slave camps where not only will they be sentenced for life, but they would also work off their depts to humanity," said Sanbi.

The Straw Hats and everyone else could not believe what they just heard. Luffy of all people hates pirates and approves of their slavery. That just couldn't be yet Sanbi was saying that it was. To them, Luffy had always been a morally strong character. He certainly did not like people who hurt his nakama but after he defeated them, he pretty much just put them behind him. He never expressed any outright hate towards them since they were beaten and hence water under the bridge. To him there was no sense hating them since he paid them back for harming his nakama with a good ass kicking and even more, destroyed their dreams so they had nothing left which to him was a fate worse than death. But after that he was his usual goofy self. As a result they could never really tell his feelings on his past opponents. Even though Luffy did have every right to hate them for trying to harm his nakama, they simply couldn't imagine Luffy of all people with hate. They had seen his expressions, usual goofy and silly and at times determined and occasionally angry, mostly at those who hurt his nakama but they never saw any expressions of outright hate on his adorable face. In fact it was so unimaginable to them that they were going as far as denying Sanbi's words about Luffy's hatred towards pirates.

"You're lying. Luffy is not someone to ever let hate take over him. I know that and he wouldn't let that happen," said Nami in denial.

Nami remembered feeling absolute hate for Arlong. After all the man killed her mother and put her through unbearable suffering, she hated that man with a passion but she couldn't ever see Luffy having similar feelings. Luffy was pure to her which is why she feels so strongly towards him and he was like the sun, brightening up the lives of those who live in darkness and misery. For him to have the same feelings as she did during her time under Arlong's rule, it terrified her to no end.

"I'm going to agree with Nami-san. That baka is too stupid to hate anyone," said Sanji who both agreed with his nakama and also truly didn't believe that Luffy was capable of hate.

"Luffy has never been one to hold a grudge and he wouldn't do so now," said Ussop.

Ussop remembered feeling some degree of hate for Luffy regarding how he was willing to abandon the Going Merry after all their adventures with it but he later understood his decision and realized that Luffy also was grieving having seen him cry during Merry's funeral. If Luffy had the same feelings that Ussop had that day but on a much larger scale, then he didn't want to think about it.

"Luffy doesn't hate people. He always does his best to help them," said Chopper remembering how he helped him fend off Wapol and his men and took him in despite the fact that he was neither human nor reindeer.

"I don't know what you're thinking but Luffy isn't the type to hate. So don't bother trying to fool us," said Franky who like the rest of the crew didn't believe that Luffy was capable of hate.

"My opinion is the same as my crewmates so don't bother trying to change it," said Brook fully agreeing with his nakama.

Zoro like his crewmates didn't believe that Luffy was capable of hatred but he knew that if he was, then it would change everything. Luffy has shown that when he has his mind fixed on something, then it was impossible to change it. Likewise if he wanted to defeat someone, he will travel to the ends of the earth to defeat them. If Luffy did indeed hate all pirates, then the world will no longer be the same because Luffy and hatred was perhaps the most lethal combination in the world.

Robin didn't answer but she like Nami didn't want to believe Sanbi's words. She is familiar with that emotion, perhaps more than anyone. The entire world hated her ever since she was a child and she to some extent hated it as well, though more so the world government. But Luffy risked everything to rescue her and showed her a world of friendship and nakama, both things she never knew her entire life. Luffy was like a source of light in her dark world that led her to more sources of light, mainly her nakama, the friends she met on the way and her dream. To think such a light could be turned to darkness was something she truly feared even more so than the Buster Call which destroyed her homeland. She hoped with every fiber of her being that Sanbi was merely lieing to psychologically torment them and didn't say it because it was the actual truth.

"Luffy isn't capable of hatred you say. How would you know? You haven't seen him for an entire month while I did, in fact I fought alongside him during the revolutionary army's invasion of Mariejois. So I would know more than you all," replied Sanbi to the Straw Hats faith in Luffy that he didn't hate anyone.

"But if you're so confident that Luffy cannot hate, why don't you ask the members of the Neptune family. Better yet ask princesses Vivi and Shirahoshi since they both recently saw him and spoke to him during the invasion and both are very close to him," said Sanbi.

Sanbi then remained silent waiting for the two princesses to answer the question. The Straw Hats turned their attention to Vivi and Shirahoshi. The looks on their faces were practically silently begging and pleading for both of them to deny Sanbi's claims.

"Well then princess Vivi, princess Shirahoshi, tell the Straw Hats what you saw of him when you met him at Mariejois," said Sanbi.

Vivi looked down sadly while Shirahoshi began to tear up. That wasn't a good sign to the Straw Hats. The Neptune family also did the same though their expressions weren't as bad as the two princesses.

"I – I – I just don't know. I truly don't want to believe it but at Mariejois Luffy-san admitted to his own hatred. I couldn't believe it myself but he really did," confessed a sobbing Vivi.

All the Straw Hats had pained looks on their faces.

"I'm sorry everyone but that's just what I saw," apologized Vivi softly.

"Vivi-sama," said Shirahoshi silently who hugged Vivi in an act to both comfort her big sister figure and to ease her own pain at Luffy's dark change.

The Straw Hats didn't hold anything against either of the two princesses. They told the truth which is what they wanted, even if they didn't like it. Also they had earlier conversations with both of them which showed that Luffy possessed great hatred for the world government and Sanbi's words only seem to support it even more. However as far as they knew, Luffy's hatred was only at the world government. They truly didn't know about his hate for pirates.

"Of course that hatred didn't just come out of nowhere. It was building up slowly after some time. You all seemed so content at having Luffy shoulder all the burdens that you practically let it build up inside of him," said Sanbi.

The Straw Hats looked down in shame. Even though they claimed they were all nakama and would do anything for each other which was true, on more than one occasions, Luffy had the weight of the entire crew on his young shoulders. Nami, in her usual selfish greed for money was so focused on her money that she didn't realize what was happening and it exploded when he left the crew. Sanji was so caught up in being a cassonova that he forget that Nami and Robin weren't the only ones in need. The other Straw Hats also believed that Luffy was invincible and had no problem letting him handle things since he always succeeded but they forgot one important fact. Despite all his incredible feats, he was still human. And that cost them their captain.

"But it really started after a certain event took place," said Sanbi.

"What event?" asked Zoro.

"An event that involved a female pirate named Jewelry Bonney," said Sanbi.

"Jewelry Bonney, she was the captain of the Bonney Pirates, a member of the Eleven Supernovas and had a 140 million belli bounty before her capture. What was her role in all this?" asked Robin.

"Well knowledgeable about the world as ever Nico Robin, though it was to be expected since you did spend two years with Lord Dragon," said Sanbi.

Robin was silent though she inwardly flinched at being associated with such a dark figure who not only brought a new age of terror to the world, but took her beloved boy captain away.

"Anyway you are correct on all accounts. She did have a 140 million belli bounty on her head before her capture. But do you know why her bounty was so high?" asked Sanbi.

"No we don't but why anyway?" asked Zoro.

"Bounties usually reflect several factors. Combat strength, threat level to the world government, past deeds and heritage just to name a few. A major consideration that is taken into account where bounties are concerned is the number and type of fatalities associated with the individual. Killing a large number of civilians for example results in huge bounty increases such as with Eustass Kidd. Even larger increases are known if the victims are marines such as the marine killers Wet Haired Caribou and Blood Splatter Coribou. The same applies to pirates though the bounty increases are not so high since pirates are criminals," started Sanbi explaining some information on bounties.

"Bounty increases can be huge if the culprit has defeated extremely powerful, important or notorious figures such as Luffy who before the war defeated two Shichbukai. Not only are Shichbukai extremely powerful pirates but they are connected to the world government which made his bounty increase even further," continued Sanbi.

"Threat level against the world government is also a factor such as in your case Nico Robin. You had a 79 million belli bounty placed on your head because of your ability to read the poneglyphs. Luffy who is Dragon's son was also a huge threat to the world government being the son of its single greatest enemy," said Sanbi.

"But the question is why is Bonney's bounty so high? You see Bonney possess a devil fruit that allows age manipulation. It allows her to turn people old or make them small children. However the effects of her devil fruit are not permanent and wear off eventually. Of course the larger the age gap, the longer it takes for the individual to return to normal. So an adult that was turned to a teenager would obviously return to normal faster than an adult turned to a child," said Sanbi explaining a bit about Bonney's powers.

"Bonney's powers are temporary so their effects don't last. But they only age the victim, they are not meant for killing, only temporarily disabling the enemy. Bonney despite her status as a Supernova has never taken a life so her bounty shouldn't be so high. Also she does not have any powerful heritage or lineage. By all means, her bounty should be fifty million at best. Yet it is almost triple that," said Sanbi.

"I'll tell you why. It is because of a prior meeting she had with Portgas D Ace," said Sanbi.

"That Bonney girl actually met Ace," said Ussop curiously.

"I wonder what they met for?" asked Brook.

"It was actually purely by coincidence. Bonney and her crew were defeated by enemy pirates. Just as they were about to be killed, Fire Fist Ace intervened and saved her and her crew. He easily defeated them thus saving her and her crew. It was purely a chance meeting while Fire Fist was searching for Blackbeard that they met. However that single meeting would forever change the course of history," said Sanbi recalling the past.

"After her recue at the hands of Fire Fist, she fell in love with him. Fire Fist of course wasn't interested and didn't return her feelings as he was too preoccupied with hunting down and killing Blackbeard. Of course despite that he still was a good friend of Bonney and highly valued her. Bonney in turn was accepting of the fact that Fire Fist didn't return her feelings and was content with just being in love with him," said Sanbi.

"Che, lucky bastard, having a beautiful lady fall in love with him yet goes and leaves her to hunt down some traitor," commented Sanji who despite not having anything against Ace couldn't help the comment since it was in his nature to have all ladies love him and no one else.

"Then the War of the Best happened where Fire Fist tragically past away. You can imagine how Bonney felt, she lost the man she loved. Can you imagine how heartbroken she was, the pain that she was going through when Ace's bloody corpse was shown on the screens of Sabody Archipelago," said Sanbi.

All the Straw Hats couldn't help but feel saddened for her loss despite the fact that none of them really met her except for Zoro though he wasn't aware that the same pink haired woman who stopped him from killing that Tenryuubito was in fact Bonney. All of them were familiar with loss in some way since each of them lost a loved one. Zoro lost Kuina, Robin and Nami both lost their mothers, Chopper and Franky their father figures and Brook his crew. Shirahoshi also lost her mother in the past and Hachi lost his captain. Nami, Robin, Vivi and Shirahoshi also went through similar feelings when Luffy left. For them if they were to find out that Luffy died, they weren't sure if they would be able to handle the pain and heartache from the loss. The girls were more intimately familiar with Bonney's loss than anyone else present, the fact that Ace was Luffy's older brother made it worse.

"After Fire Fist's death, Bonney in grief and sorrow, swore revenge. She and her crew immediately went to the New World with the intention of killing Blackbeard for his role in Fire Fist's death. The fact that he also delivered the killing blow to Whitebeard whom was Fire Fist's father figure also was a major factor. Of course she and her crew were soundly beaten and captured by Blackbeard," said Sanbi.

The Straw Hats all understood her feelings. She wanted revenge for the man she loved. Though they did think it wasn't wise to pick a fight with someone who not only defeated Ace, but also had two of the most powerful devil fruits in history. Still they had no room to talk as they were picking fights with the revolutionary army whose power vastly exceeded that of the Blackbeard Pirates. They felt the same way about Dragon and Luffy as she did with Ace and Blackbeard and both of them reacted in a similar fashion, by going after the respective forces even if it was suicidal.

"Blackbeard intended to trade her to the marines in exchange for a warship. The trade didn't happen though as the marines sent Akainu who as an admiral at the time," said Sanbi.

"Akainu, the admiral who killed Ace. It would be expected that they would send him to deal with the Blackbeard Pirates seeing as Blackbeard recently acquired Whitebeard's powers and his crew bolstered by some of Impel Down's worst criminals," stated Robin.

Blackbeard's crew getting several of Impel Down's worst criminals was not public knowledge so not many people even knew that some of Blackbeard's crewmates were formerly Level 6 Impel Down Inmates. Only the marines and those present during the war knew about it. However the revolutionary army also knew about this as the deceased Ivankov who was very knowledgeable about Impel Down, its inmates and even the secret Level 6 was involved in the war and knew about Blackbeard's adding them to his crew. This was relayed to Dragon who in turn mentioned it to Robin. Sanji was also aware of this since he did train with Ivankov were two years.

"Not quite, the marines didn't dispatch Akainu for Blackbeard but instead for Bonney. In fact Akainu volunteered to be the one to arrest her," said Sanbi.

"Bonney what would they want her for so much that they would send Akainu?" asked Franky.

"That goes back to my earlier question about if you knew why her bounty was so high. The answer is simple. The marines found out about the encounter between Bonney and Firefist. They were even aware of Bonney's feelings for Ace. Because of that they suspected that Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child," said Sanbi finally revealing the reason for the high bounty.

That part shocked the entire Straw Hats.

"They thought Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child," said a surprised Usopp.

"No way," said an equally surprised Sanji whose cigarette fell from his mouth.

"So was she?" asked Robin.

"No she wasn't. If she was, she obviously wouldn't have went after Blackbeard and risked losing her's and Ace's child. But that didn't change the fact that the marines knew that she had feelings for Ace and thought that she carried his child," stated Sanbi.

"That was the real reason for her bounty being so high. She was believed to have carried the child of an extremely powerful pirate who was a famous commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. But she was also believed to have carried the grandchild of the Pirate King, Gol D Roger," revealed Sanbi.

The Straw Hats were flabbergasted by the revelation. It did make sense why the marines would think that Bonny had Ace's child but it still didn't lessen the impact.

"The reason the marines wanted to have Ace executed despite repercussions of a massive war with Whitebeard was because Ace was the son of Gol D Roger so he has his blood running through his veins. Just being his son was enough reason for him to die. If they didn't have him killed, they feared that he would become like his father and not only pose a much bigger threat to them but also start a new era. To make sure that never happened, after Roger's execution many pregnant women were killed to ensure that Roger's child was never born," said Sanbi.

The Straw Hats thought about it. All of them, particularly the East Blue members knew that some time after Roger's death, a massive search took place for Roger's child. Pregnant women were rounded up and killed simply because they were candidates for being the mothers of Roger's child. It was a brutal genocide, innocent women were not only killed but their unborn children were put to death as well. Children lost their mothers and unborn younger siblings, fathers lost their wives and unborn children, it was a truly terrible moment for women and children at the time.

"And for the same reason that the world government wanted Ace dead, they wanted Bonney captured. To prevent his child from being born and Roger's cursed blood from continuing to exist in this world," said Sanbi.

"They even went as far as to dispatch a marine admiral for her to which Akainu volunteered. There was a chance that Blackbeard would have broken his word and taken both the ship and Bonney. Given his talent for deception it was understandable. He easily deceived the marines by making them think he was on their side as a Shichbukai and instead used its privileges to access Impel Down's facilities and recruit new members as well as entering Marineford with ease. So they wouldn't put it past him to break his end of the bargain, take the ship and Bonney with it. So an admiral was dispatched to ensure that Bonney was captured at all costs. What happened to Blackbeard at the time was irrelevant," said Sanbi.

"Akainu was the one who killed Fire Fist Ace during the war thus ending the Roger bloodline. However if Ace indeed had a child, then Akainu would have failed to end Roger's legacy. So to make up for that, Akainu chose to go and collect Bonney and thus truly end the Roger bloodline, which he failed to do at Marineford," continued Sanbi explaining Akainu's reasons for coming after her.

"Of course, all this turned out to have been a waste as Bonney was never pregnant with Ace's child to begin with, the marines wasted a considerable amount of resources trying to kill an unborn child that never existed and a golden opportunity to apprehend Blackbeard was missed because they were so focused on Bonney," said Sanbi mentioning how it was all a waste for the marines and the world government.

"But for Bonney it was truly a terrible moment. In just a short time, the man she loved died, then she gets beaten by one of the men responsible for his death and then gets arrested by the man who killed the one she loved," said Sanbi.

The Straw Hats all couldn't help but feel their hearts go out to Bonney. It was one of the worst fates ever. To lose the man you love and yet be powerless infront of the one who murdered him. For Nami it was like that with Arlong. He brutally killed her mother, but she couldn't do anything against him. For Shirahoshi, Hody killed her mother and while she could have told someone, because of her promise to her mother to not hate her killer, she couldn't and that made her powerless against him. Bonney didn't do anything wrong other than have feelings towards a good man and that brought her so much suffering. It wasn't right to them and absolutely and utterly unforgiveable.

"After she was arrested, it was discovered that she was not pregnant with Ace's child and was then placed into Impel Down. And it is there that the event happened that instilled Luffy a dark hatred for pirates," said Sanbi.

"W – Wh – What happened?" stuttered Nami almost afraid of the answer.

So now the incident that made Luffy hate pirates is going to be revealed. What you read so far were the events that caused the incident that made Luffy hate pirates, not the incident itself. That is coming next chapter.

Regarding Luffy's hatred of pirates, Luffy started hating them after the Invasion of Mariejois. What exactly happened will be revealed next chapter. But it is connected to Bonney.

About Ace's devil fruit well I'm not sure if I'll give it to Luffy. I mean with the power of D Luffy's strength is already off the charts. So I give him Ace's devil fruit powers, then he would be far too strong when he fights his nakama. Also giving him Ace's devil fruit will sort of ruin Luffy's fighting style. So I'm not too sure if I'll give it to him. I might or might not.

The revolutionary army ranks are Knights of D, Special Weapons and Commanders. The Knights of D are the strongest fighters of the army and all Ds, the Special Weapons have unique powers and provide support and the commanders are the leaders and frontline soldiers. Check out chapter 37 "Profile of the Revolutionary Army "for more information. In addition there are other ranks such as Dragon being the leader of the entire army, Sabo the leader of the Knights, Blackbeard being a Yonko, Megele being the scientist of the army etc.

This chapter provides and in depth analysis of Jewelry Bonney so there are a lot of follow up notes. Also please forget about seeing Bonney at the end of the Punk Hazzard Arc. In this story Bonney never escaped.

Moriah is dead. He was killed by Doflamingo earlier. More details about Moriah's dead is available in chapter 35 "The Truth about Kuma."

All the people that tried to hurt Luffy's nakama before the timeskip were pirates. Don Krieg tried to kill Sanji, Kuro tried to kill Usopp etc. With Arlong it was much worse, Arlong made Nami suffer greatly for eight years. The same applies with Crocodile and Hody who both tried to take over Vivi's and Shirahoshi's kingdoms and with Shirahoshi, Hody also killed her mother. Moriah nearly sentenced everyone to living in darkness back at Thriller Bark. The point is that pirates in some way or the other hurt Luffy's nakama. Some like Kuro and Don Krieg only tried to kill his nakama but others like Arlong and Hody really made his nakama suffer. And because of that it resulted in Luffy having a deep hatred of pirates. This is not the only reason but it is part of the reason Luffy hates pirates.

I want to mention again that what pirates did to his nakama is only part of the reason that he hates them. It is not the only one.

Dragon himself is also part of the reason why he hates pirates. Again I keep emphasizing Dragon being a world class manipulator able to manipulate events on a global scale as well as emotions. We all know that before Luffy's defection he wanted to become the Pirate King. But Dragon however skillfully manipulated Luffy's feelings and steer it into the direction that he wants, he made Luffy hate pirates. Dragon made Luffy see that pirates are scum that only make others suffer and that they all deserve to be enslaved or killed.

Why Dragon made Luffy hate pirates? In order for Luffy to be a Knight, he needs to be loyal to Dragon. That means that Dragon must make him see things the way he wants to see them. If Luffy didn't hate pirates, then he wouldn't approve the slavery of them and obviously Luffy would have left the army and turned against Dragon. But by making Luffy hate pirates, he makes Luffy believe that slavery of pirates is the right thing. This makes sure that Luffy stays loyal to the army.

The fate of Jewelry Bonney has been revealed. I did say that this fic will tie up a lot of loose ends and Bonney's past is one of them. Her role in the story was revealed. I also want to point out that again this fic diverges after chapter 653 and episode 573. So ignore the fact that Bonney was shown to be fine at the end of the Punk Hazzard Arc. I am adding my own explanations on who Bonney is.

More about bounties are revealed. A major consideration where bounties are concerned is number and type of fatalities. Someone who has killed a lot will have high bounties. If you recall Eustass Kidd was known to have killed many civilians hence his huge bounty. Caribou and his brother have killed many marines hence their high bounties. With Luffy it's different. Luffy has never really killed a lot. His bounty is so high because he has defeated powerful foes such as the Shichbukai, not because he has killed anyone.

Bonney and her bounty. Bonney's bounty is 140 million. In order to have a bounty that high, she must have done some terrible things. But she has never killed before. Her devil fruit, only temporarily alters the age of the victims turning them into children or old people, they'll return back to normal eventually. But it does not kill the victims. So she does not have a high body count, in fact she hasn't killed anyone. She hasn't done anything outrageous like defeat a Shichbukai nor does she have powerful or notorious parents. So her bounty should not be so high.

Bonney's past has been revealed. Bonney was just an ordinary female pirate who was defeated and captured by enemy pirates. Just as she and her crew were about to be killed, Ace arrived and saved her. It was purely by coincidence that Ace arrived to save her. He was searching for Blackbeard. If you recall Blackbeard was in Paradise at the time, not in the New World, Bonney was also in Paradise as well and so was Ace searching for him so the timing works out perfectly. Anyway after Ace saved her, she instantly fell in love with him. Ace doesn't feel the same way but he still sees Bonney as a good friend and Bonney is okay with that.

Ace does not love Bonney. If you recall on the verge of death, Ace poured his heart and soul out and mentioned all his precious people, Garp, Whitebeard and Luffy himself. He never mentioned anything about a woman which meant that he was not in love with anyone and certainly not in love with Bonney despite her love for him. If he loved anyone, he would have asked Luffy to tell "her" that he loves her and that he is sorry he couldn't be with her.

If you recall after the War, Bonney was seen crying. Now you know why. The man she loved died. Also the father of the man she loved was also dead as well. There was never any real explanation about why Bonney was crying. Since Oda didn't give one, I chose to capitalize on that and use the opportunity to provide one myself. She was crying because Ace died.

What happened between Blackbeard and Bonney has been revealed. Oda never stated explicitly what happened between those two. He only showed Bonny beaten and tied up. Well now we know what happened. Bonney went after Blackbeard for revenge since Blackbeard was partially the cause of Ace's death. Also Blackbeard killed Whitebeard who was like a father to Ace. Of course as we all know she was defeated.

Bonney's hatred of Akainu has been explained. When Akainu arrived and found Bonney chained up, it was clear that she hated Akainu saying that she wouldn't forgive him. Now we know why she hates Akainu. Akainu killed Ace, he killed that man she loved.

I don't think many people know that Blackbeard has several former Impel Down inmates as part of his crew. If you recall at the end of the war, Sengoku wanted to issue bounties on them but the Gorosei didn't agree and wanted the incident to be covered up. This led to Sengoku resigning as Fleet Admiral. Since the Gorosei kept it secret, the public doesn't know about the Level 6 Impel Down inmates. However those present during the war know about it so whoever they told would know about it as well. Ivankov for example told Dragon who then told Robin. Ivankov also told Sanji.

The reason why Bonney's bounty is so high is revealed. The marines thought that Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child. They found out about the chance meeting between Ace and Bonney and her feelings for him so they believed that she was pregnant with his child. Ace is the son of the pirate king so Ace's child would be the grandson of the pirate king. Remember the main reason the world government wanted Ace dead was because he was Roger's son, in fact they wanted him dead so much that they were willing to go to war with Whitebeard himself. So naturally if Ace had a child, then they would want it dead as well. Remember that before Ace was born, the marines killed many mothers who were suspected of having Roger's child. So if Bonney carried Ace's child, then they would want her dead as well, hence why they placed such a massive bounty on her, much higher than Robin's in fact.

Bonney did not carry Ace's child. If Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child, she wouldn't have went after Blackbeard because she would be putting her unborn child at risk. Also on the verge of death, Ace said that his biggest regret is that he wouldn't be able to see Luffy become the pirate king. If Ace had a child, then he would have said that his biggest regret would be not seeing his child grow up.

How did the marines find out about Ace and Bonney to begin with? The answer is Dragon. Dragon found out and leaked this to the marines. He did it so that they would undoubtedly come after her and he would use Bonney's connection with Ace in order to tempt Luffy and instill hate into him. And it worked with a resounding success. Dragon knows that Luffy would be enraged if they killed the woman who loved Ace. Dragon is a master manipulator skillfully using Bonney's feelings to his own advantage to get Luffy to embrace his darker nature.

Does Blackbeard know about Bonney? Yes, in fact Dragon ordered Blackbeard to hand Bonney over to the marines so that it would instill hatred into Luffy and make it easier to manipulate him to his own cause.

The trade between Blackbeard and the marines for Bonney. Blackbeard was ordered by Dragon to hand Bonney over to the marines. Dragon never asked him to trade Bonney for a ship. The decision to trade Bonney rather than just hand her over was Blackbeard's decision. The trade was merely a bonus as they needed a ship. The marines wouldn't negotiate with Blackbeard after he tricked them all into believing that he was a Shichbukai, broke into Impel Down and wrecked havoc at Marineford. However Blackbeard knows that the prospect of the marines getting Bonney and Ace's child is too great for the marines to pass up and they would certainly give up a ship to get her. Of course he never anticipated Akainu showing up so the trade never happened. However he still completed Dragon's orders and gave Bonney to the marines so he still succeeded.

Why the marines sent Akainu after Blackbeard and Bonney? Akainu was sent not for Blackbeard but for Bonney. The world government would do anything to ensure the ending of Roger's bloodline so if Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child, then the Roger bloodline still lived. And to make sure that it ended, they sent Akainu. Sending an admiral against her would have been massive overkill but this is Roger's grandchild they are talking about, they aren't taking chances. Furthermore Blackbeard was there was well so all the more reason to send Akainu.

Why Akainu and not any other admiral was sent? From the war we saw that Akainu hated Ace and Luffy because of their respective fathers. In fact his hatred was so great that Akainu actually said that he didn't care if all the other pirates escaped as long as he killed those two. This is further supported by the fact that he completely ignored Blackbeard even as he gained Whitebeard's devil fruit powers and focused soley on killing Luffy. If Bonney was pregnant with Ace's child, then Akainu would have failed to end Roger's legacy back at Marineford. So to make up for that, he volunteered to personally collect Bonney. Of course it turned out that Bonney didn't have Ace's child.

Akainu's words about Bonney. When Akainu confronted the chained up Bonney, he commented that he had been frightened when he heard that Bonney escaped. Now we know why he said those words. He thought that Bonney carried Ace's child and he feared that if she escaped, then the son of Ace and grandson of Roger would be born.

I want to emphasize that Bonney was not pregnant with Ace's child. Dragon spread those rumors so that the marines would pursue her. This in turn would enrage Luffy because they killed Ace's woman and as a result turn him over to the dark side. Also as a bonus, the marines wasted resources trying to hunt down someone who didn't even exist as Bonney never had Ace's child to begin with.

Bonney being placed in Impel Down. The main reason the world government wanted her was because they thought she was pregnant with Ace's child. That was not true but Bonney is still a pirate and the world government wouldn't just let a pirate escape just like that. Akainu came because he thought that Bonney was carrying Ace's child but even though she wasn't, she was still a pirate and Akainu's duty as a marine meant that he had to arrest her.

Well that's all about that. Keep in touch for the next chapter were Luffy's hatred for pirates as revealed.