-Calm Belt. 22 years before Gold Roger's execution-

Vice Admiral Kusarigama frowned as Tesla, clad in scales sighed in contentment wrapping around the Vice Admiral's arm like an oversized sleeve. Kusarigama sighed as she carried the 18 year old to the sickbay as her cadets dragged the raft of scales onto the battleship-training ground hybrid. There was only one other inhabitant in the sick bay when Kusarigama pried free of the deathgrip Tesla had and gently plopped her on a bed.

The island of Atania had a centuries-long rivalry with the neighboring island of Nimata. Not just for their somewhat similar names but mostly for the fact that both ruling families were descended from so called 'warrior races'. ...and the fact that during night time a land bridge joined them. Atania is ruled by a clan of rabbit mink and Nimata is ruled by a clan of giants. Atania had a large volcano (from which the family was named after) at the center of the island surrounded by lush fertile land and soil.

Nimata had two small volcanoes on their west and east shores in the valley between them was also lush fertile land and soil. Well they would be if they weren't both burning to bedrock. A feminine laugh echoed across the burning field of Atania. The source had a foot on the back of a boy and laughed as he squirmed under her increasing weight. A squad of soldier-mink yelled as they descended upon the scene of debauchery, weapons clad in Electro.

The fiendish pirates merely smiled as new prey had arrived. Tesla squeezed her eyes shut and tried to block out the renewed screaming. Her captor grabbed her head and focused her to watch as her subjects were tortured for amusement. A few feet away Tesla spotted a very odd plum with spirals on it. Her captor merely laughed as Tesla rubbed her forearms together before jolting off her. Tesla lunged for the Devil Fruit in the brief timespan that her rapidly regained and spent Electro brought her.

The insanely foul taste brought the realization that the pirates-demons that sailed the black flag- had seen what she was doing and made her the last of Atania. The 185th in line to the Throne exploded into a star of lightning. Golden Arcs of electricity were carved in half by a pure white light. The white redoubled upon itself, deepening to a flat but harsh silver. The fiends returned Tesla's sadistic grin with their own.

Tesla jerked upwards as her nightmare-flashback amalgamation ended. Her snout twitched as it registered the scents of chemicals and another person in the room. Tesla dragged her body out of bed and tracked the fear scent to its source. Pushing aside the curtain Tesla saw a cute young man and crawled onto the bed wrapping her arms and legs around him. Cadet Shu shuffled deeper into the grasp content now that his nightmare was purged.

The storm overhead dissipated revealing a rising crescent moon. Shu twitched as Tesla's Electro coursed over his twisted ankle and properly realigned it. He sighed as Tesla pulled the blankets up to her neck coincidentally hiding him under the covers. A few hours later, a nurse came in and pondered where her newest subject had spirited off to. The nurse found the tent blanket situation and quietly cooed.

Tesla stirred as the scent of something that wasn't made from Sea King tickled her snout. Tesla sat up to see the nurse placing the two trays of food on the bedside table. Tesla twitched as her teddy bear came to life with a yawn. Shu felt a burning sensation in his cheeks.

"Just because I'm not in the desert anymore." Shu thought. "That doesn't mean I can't continue wearing the veils."

-Paradise. Traveling to Little Garden-

"He wasn't at Drum Kingdom NOR Little Garden, Haruta. You might want to update your sources." The sound and sensation of a snail call invaded Kinusa's dream.

"Oh I'm sorry. I'm only trying to track one pirate crew across the Grand Line WHO HASN'T BEEN MAKING ANY CALLS OR SENDING ANY MAIL!" This 'Hartua' character's yelling bucked Kinusa awake.

"Marshall always was a paranoid bastard, now I know why. Have you at least identified the next island?" The informant clicked his tongue.

"The next two islands in this chain are Alabasta, you really should get some WG assistance, and Jaya. Unless he hopped chains AGAIN! Speaking of hopping, how did you escape Little Garden? It takes a year for the Log Pose to reset and all." Haruta asked.

"Ah I just picked a random direction and went for it. There was a giant goldfish like sea king that tried to eat me but a slight burn to the face persuaded it. But thanks for the info, ciao!" 'Fire Fist' Ace hung up.

Kinusa shivered as the call ended, brushing off her husband's arm as she stood up and got dressed. Kinusa cooed as she pulled the blanket up to Shu's chin causing her husband to let out a small sigh. Kinusa walked out the crow's nest door and started Razoring (Shaving off of a Moonwalk) to where she triangulated Fire Fist was. Off on a nearby shore, Ace frowned as his Log Pose changed from Little Garden to an island he knew nothing about.

"I guess Paradise is upset at being upstaged by the New World." Ace muttered to himself. "I mean, what the hell, once a Pose is locked it should be locked until the Pose gets bored of the island. Not whenever it feels like!" Ace shrugged before falling asleep until the Pose made its mind up.

Kinusa found him curled up on his pillow looking like a brilliant painting under the midnight moon. Kinusa bit her tongue to prevent her laughing as she took photos of Ace's sleeping form. After collecting all the blackmail she could, Kinusa then (gently) kicked him awake.

"Whaaaaaaaaat. Jiji, I'm trying to sleep, Jiji." Ace rolled over and fell back to sleep.

Kinusa's eye twitched before she grabbed his throat and dunked him underwater, holding him there for a few seconds. Ace's waterlogged glare when she pulled him out of the sea merely made her smile. Ace got a bit of petty revenge by spitting out the sea water into Kinusa's face. Both waterlogged parties glared at each other before Kinusa sighed and dropped Ace on his rear.

"What do you want so damn much you dunked me?" Ace blew at his wet hair.

"Who is this 'Marshall' character you were talking about?" Ace froze.

"Wait, you can actually intercept Snail Calls? I thought that was just propaganda to discourage piracy." Ace rubbed his temples before offering a towel to Kinusa.

Ace then checked on his Pose and found that it wasn't a mystery island that it was now locked to. But Kinusa herself, who merely smiled as he circled her. Kinusa reached over and poked the Log Pose, causing it to point at Alabasta.

"I'm suddenly VERY untrusting of Log Poses now." Ace looked around his dingy. "I'm wondering where I can store Eternal Poses. Or if there is one for each Island in Paradise."

Kinusa didn't mention that she could do the same (with a little effort) to Eternal Poses. When Ace stopped looking around Kinusa's snout was an inch from his nose. Ace jerked back away from the invasion of personal space and caught himself on the mast.

"I won't ask again. Who is this 'Marshal' character you are tracking?" Kinusa leaned into his space again, letting out a small bit of Conqueror's Haki to unsettle Ace.

Ace dissolved into flame and reformed at the front of his dinghy. Kinusa unnaturally twisted her waist causing her upper half to look at Ace again. Kinusa merely got a flaming knuckle sandwich for her efforts and sighed as her Paper Arts unfolded, realigning her body just in time to block another knuckle sandwich. Kinusa kicked Ace's stomach, launching him towards the island he was anchored at. Ace grunted as his back impacted with (and through) several palm trees.

Ace flipped over and launched off the final palm tree spearheading a wave of fire. Kinusa rolled her eyes and vibrated her body unleashing a thunderclap which disrupted the incoming wall of fire. Ace's fist was caught in a bundle of chains. The Haki infused metal slammed him into a tree causing him to burst out laughing. The loop of the chain disappeared into Kinusa's sleeve as she sat down next to him. Ace rubbed his face now that his frustration from not catching Blackbeard had passed. Ace then told her about Blackbeard's Betrayal of the Whitebeard Pirates, Allies to the World Government.

"You do realize we can just put a very large bounty on him right?" Kinusa smirked at Ace's facepalm before he groaned. "Or just send a Cipher Pol after him?"

"Oh I'm sorry. It's just he was my subordinate and I thought the Cipher Pols were too busy with Those bastards-" Ace snarled. "-to deal with this little mutiny of ours."

Kinusa merely tilted her head as she waited for him to realize what he just said. Ace muttered something into his palm again.

"Wouldn't that qualify him for a Warlord Position?" Ace asked.

"And who would have to fall for that to be accomplished? Boa Hancock? Doflamingo? Moria?" Kinusa countered.

Ace sleepily glared at her before hooking his thumb upwards at the moon before falling asleep once more. Kinusa had a faint smirk on her snout as she carried Ace back to his boat and started Razoring back to the Serenity to report on this sudden issue (which shouldn't take that long) and collapse onto her bed. A butterfly's wings flapped once more mutanting a certain series of misfortune.

-New World. Whiskey Peak Arc. Hunter Focus-

Captain Hunter sighed as yet ANOTHER group of Sea Kings surfaced in her Task Force's formation. She thanked her lucky stars as cries of "Land Ho!" echoed from her fleet, Hunter herself blurring into a Razor. Hunter picked up the dolphin looking one by the snout and wrapped it around the elephant looking one. She then stopped herself from tossing her catch onto the battleship when Hunter remembered the holds were already full.

Damn. These smell delicious too. Hunter shrugged and tossed the Sea King Ball into the ocean far away from her Task Force.

Hunter let out a forlong sigh as three Galleons sailing Kaido's flag intercepted the Marine Task Force. The fourth and largest Galleon started sailing away from the island battle as fast as it could. Hunter whistled and pointed her thumb at the incoming ships before darting to follow the escaping one. Someone must have had Observation on the ship because rifle fire started flying her way. Hunter smiled as she got in range and unleashed a Tempest Kick decapitating the sails.

Now with the wind literally cut from their sails, the Beast Pirates could focus all of their attention on the flying Marine. ...who just dropped beneath the waves. Hunter suppressed a sadistic grin as she ripped out the keel and blasted holes in the ship with her Fishman Karate. When the pirates arrived to attempt to seal the holes, all they found was pitch black liquid and the lanterns busted outwards. One fell in where the keel would be and dragged her fellows into the drink when Hunter pulled on the human chain.

Sure terrorizing pirates was still fun, just not the same without her friends. The Wolf of the Sea launched herself at the 'largest' aura she could sense. The large woman jerked as the orca fishman came from under the wheel and headbutted the captain.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" The captain shouted as she grabbed Hunter's foot in a dive.

The Captain then swung the fishman into the air right into the line of rifle fire. Hunter twirled as she danced around the bullets and uncapped more ink bottles. Hunter pounced off a Moonwalk with her fists clad in orbs of tar black ink. The Captain fell for Hunter's feint and screamed as the ink clouded her eyes before falling on her stomach as her kneecaps were shattered. The Beast Pirate fell into blissful unconsciousness as her elbows bent the wrong way.

Hunter frowned as she looked at the wreck and sighed when it didn't start sinking. Hey. At least you can't say you went overboard and accidently lost the evidence.

Hunter turned to look at the sea battle and was pleased when the marine ships merely had superficial damage as their enemies sunk. Trusting her subordinate Captains to lead the assault on the island, Hunter started poking around in search for more battle plans.