Rise of the Whirling Tides

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Summary Chapter 38: Shinobi took to the battlefield forcing the Big Mom Army to retreat. The Sweet Commander's took to the battlefield, Katakuri took command offering Uzushiogakure and Naruto an ultimatum, to surrender and join the Big Mom Pirates. Naruto refused and had his shinobi retaliate by throwing kunai with explosive tags into the air and multiplied the numbers with the Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Katakuri reacted to the devastation it would have caused and blocked the kunai, assisted by his brother Opera. Big Mom in her arrogance attacked the Shinobi and Martial Legion Forces with the power of her Haki only to be countered by Naruto and Whitebeard.

Naruto revealed Uzushiogakure's Fleet, unveiling four metal ships created by Old Tom, the Inquisitor, Helios, Anarchy and Maelstrom. Using the power of only four ships, Naruto decimated Big Mom's Fleet before setting his sights onto the Marine Buster Call. The shields generated around Uzushiogakure's fleet made them almost untouchable as the Buster Fleet failed to do any damage, only to be destroyed by the combined might of the Inquisitor, Helios and Anarchy.

Shinobi and Pirate's clashed in direct combat as the battle for Uzu no Kuni resumed, with the Shinobi quickly gaining dominance, aiding the Martial Legions led by Kenshiro. Katakuri accompanied by Amande, Oven and Daifuku headed up the middle overwhelming the Shinobi with their combined might. Yamato acted for the first time and repelled them, only to be attacked by Katakuri. Houjin intervened intercepting the attack meant for his Commander and proclaimed to take Katakuri and his three siblings on himself. Houjin's confrontation with Katakuri revealed him to be a carrier of the Haoshoku Haki. However, he was forced to fight the Mochi user one on one letting the three siblings Amande, Oven and Daifuku free to continue their rampage.

Cracker soon became tied up facing Shiina, who in her desperation summoned forth Kameyoshio of the Tortoise Clan to assist her in battle. Odin squared off in battle with Smoothie, confronting her in a battle of swords. Marco entered the fray intercepting Prometheus as Linlin attempted to wipe out the Uzushiogakure Army. Zeus used the opportunity to try and wipe out the Martial Legion, only to be assaulted by Taro under the Anbu codename Shi (Death), who had consumed a Devil Fruit that transformed him into a living breathing Grim Reaper. Using the powers of death, Taro wounded Zeus and even snatched a piece of the cloud's soul, hurting Linlin in the process. Battles spread as the Shinobi began to pair off against members of the Charlotte Family. The first to fall was Charlotte Saint-Marc to the hands of Kurama's student, Dean. Saint-Marc was overwhelmed by Dean, and his use of the Hone Hone no Mi (Bone-Bone Fruit). Battles rage as the shinobi hold nothing back.

Naruto however secretly plots against Linlin and the World, using the distraction of the War to make his mark!

Uzushio has made its move! The Struggle for power has begun! Naruto will not back down and will ensure Uzushiogakure leaves its mark on the world.


Chapter 39: Uzushio Makes Its Move! The Struggle For Power!

Cracker inspected the containment technique, testing his curiosity; the swordsman swung one of his many swords towards the wall directly on the right. The wall quivered as the sword impacted, creating ripples from the point of contact, but not a scratch was made, on impact, the sword itself cracked instead before it was split in half. A sneer formed on the puppet's mouth as Cracker lunged and struck with the remaining five blades. A loud clang echoed from the wall as the five swords struck it with a distinct bang. The wall cracked ever so slightly, but the crack was no bigger than an inch. The five swords snapped as their top halves fell to the ground and crumbled away into pieces of biscuit. Biscuit began to materialise in the air as the six swords were reforged.

"You think this will stop me, bitch!" Cracker growled out as he glared daggers at the young woman who had locked him inside. Cracker furiously swung his swords, bashing them against the walls violently. The Pirate was enraged, one of his brothers had been killed at the hands of a Shinobi, and he wanted revenge!

Kameyoshio waddled up beside Shiina and blew out a long cloud from his cigar, "Boy this is one of my Tortoise's clans containment techniques, designed to hold spoiled brats like you. It won't be broken so easily."

The massive tortoise began to slowly make his way towards the barrier, coming to a stop at its edge and bent his knees. Taking a deep breath, Kameyoshio suddenly jumped up into the air a feat that seemed impossible for a creature like him. A shadow loomed over Cracker, as Kameyoshio, jumped a good thirty metres up into the air, aided with the use of chakra to reinforce sturdy limbs.

"Kikkou Osu (Tortoise Shell Press)!" Kameyoshio retreated into his shell during mid-fall. The giant shell came down on Cracker, Shiina clapped her hands together the moment her summon was only a metre from contact. The top of the cube opened up allowing for Kameyoshio to fall in, being over thirty feet, or nine metres, in size Kameyoshio easily fit into the ten-metre cube leaving no room for Cracker to evade.

"You dare!" Cracker roared from inside the suit, with a sneer the pirate discarded his swords and threw his six arms upwards in an attempt to grab hold of the falling tortoise.

"Doton: Kajuugan no Jutsu (Earth Release: Added-Weight Technique)!" Kameyoshio suddenly picked up speed as his weight increased exponentially. The massive tortoise crashed down hard onto Cracker's six biscuit arms and immediately cracked them on impact. Long cracks spread down the length of the six arms as the intensive weight of Kameyoshio's shell fell upon Cracker making him strain under it.

"AH!" Cracker gave a pained cry feeling the weight on his real body; if there was one thing Cracker hated, it was feeling pain. Arms strained as Cracker used what strength he could manifest to hold the tortoise up above his head, keeping it from crushing him.

"I won't be imprisoned!" Cracker released a mad cackle as he hefted the giant tortoise, dug his feet into the ground and slammed Kameyoshio into the barrier with a loud bang. The front wall formed cracks around the shell as it impacted. Cracker roared and pushed Kameyoshio's giant body into the wall, using the tortoise's weight to attempt to break the containment barrier. Cracks began to rapidly grow in size spreading out over the entire containment cell.

"Break" Cracker removed a hand manifesting a giant kanabo made of biscuit and slammed it down onto the closest wall. The kanabo struck the cracking wall with a loud thud, and it shattered like glass. The kanabo broke on impact but had done the job required of it. Cracker quickly created as much distance as physically possible between him, the girl and the talking tortoise.

Kameyoshi hit the ground with a thud but didn't appear fazed as he slid along the earth's surface, limbs extending out of the shell and dug into the soil bringing his body to a halt. Long neck stretched out from inside the shell as the tortoise blew out a large cloud of smoke.

"Ya have skill gaki; I'll give ya that." The talking tortoise took the final drag of his cigar and let the ash fall to the ground before stomping the death stick out beneath a heavy right front foot. Kameyoshio released a sorrowful sigh and turned his head to look at his summoner.

"I'm running low on chakra. I'll be leaving." The terrapin bowed his head in an apology before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Shiina couldn't give up to much when she summoned Kameyoshio, only able to supply half of her reserves just to call him onto the battlefield, that was hitting the limit of what she could risk. Shiina had excellent control over her chakra, but her reserves weren't nearly as vast as her team-mates Odin and Yamato's were.

"HA! Is that it! I wanted to turn him into stew!" Cracker called out from inside his biscuit armour as the talking terrapin disappeared from the battlefield. Shiina, however, chose not to answer her opponent, instead kicked off with her right foot and shot across the battlefield. Covering the distance between herself and Cracker, Shiina appeared directly in front of him catching the pirate off guard, by using chakra, the young woman had been able to increase her speed and physical abilities drastically.

"Eikyouken (Impact Fist)!" Shiina's tiny right fist slammed against the front of Cracker's chest armour as she stood on air using a transparent square shaped barrier. The fist struck with significant force crushing the armour on impact; chakra detonated releasing a powerful explosive energy. The force released tore apart the biscuit armour throwing debris out into the air, travelling through and demolishing the entire upper body of the suit, revealing Cracker in the lower half.

Shiina pivoted of the platform she had created beneath her feet, launching up into the air. The Kunoichi dived down; chakra flowed into her left fist.

"Chikyuu Futou (Earth Shaker)!" The fist collided with the biscuit as Cracker attempted to regenerate the suit of armour rapidly. Chakra enhanced the physical strength of the muscles Shiina possessed releasing explosive power. The fist tore apart the regenerating biscuit, tearing it apart without mercy. The ground beneath Cracker trembled, breaking inwards before the ground exploded apart. The fist tore down through the suit, as Cracker fell out through the back having opened the armour up to avoid being pummelled. The single fist ripped the entire suit apart and hit solid earth. A powerful shockwave tore through the ground levelling Shiina's surroundings.

Cracker stumbled as he found himself falling amongst the collapsing earth, having lost his footing. Rubble fell upon the pirate battering his body making him grit his teeth. Biscuit manifested onto his body once more to reform his protective armour as Shiina landed in a crouched position amongst the rubble she had created. Dusting herself off, Shiina came face to face with Cracker who was buried in the debris sealed in a new suit of armour.

"That won't stop me!" Cracker pushed the debris aside and began to climb onto his four feet, towering above the much shorter Shiina.

Shiina again didn't say a word in retaliation; she was the silent type, very rarely did she speak in battle. Settling into her fighting stance the young woman propelled her body forward, launching towards Cracker again. The Pirate roared summoning weapons made of biscuit, creating six swords once more. Cracker dashed to meet Shiina head-on, swinging his swords in furious motion, creating the illusion he had hundreds of hands and swords. The barrage of swords came down on Shiina, the Kunoichi's eyes tracked the incoming swings, attempting to step around them. However, her battle experience was quite lacking. Shiina managed to avoid the majority of the incoming swings, but some still managed to make it past her defensives and cut into her flesh, drawing blood, splashing it across the ground.

Shiina made no noise as she took the attacks head-on, holding in pain. As a Shinobi she had been trained to deal with pain, this was nothing, especially compared to what she went through when she fought Estella all those years ago. The brutal defeat at the hands of the female pirate still struck a chord with Shiina, but she had learnt from it. Eyes narrowed as she spotted an opening amongst the incoming swings, digging her heels in and allowing all six swords to pierce into her flesh, Shiina struck without mercy.

Chaka flowed into her left fist greatly enhancing physical strength as Shiina delivered a fierce left hook, slamming her tiny fist into Cracker's stomach. Releasing a loud shout, Shiina slammed her fist into Cracker's armoured body and threw him into the ground with a loud boom. A quake shook the land from the point of contact as powerful vibrations rippled through the air and shattered the protective armour.

"GURARARA! If I didn't know better, I'd say she ate my Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit)!" Whitebeard appeared ecstatic as he watched the young Kunoichi do battle against Cracker. The destruction Shiina caused with her physical attacks brought a tear to Newgate's eyes, reminding him so much of himself in his younger days, going around smashing everything and everyone in his path. What fond memories they were.

The loud booming of thunder drew Whitebeard's focus towards Odin and Smoothie. The young swordsman's katana were both encased in blue lightning that released a loud screeching noise as lightning encased his arms up to the shoulders.

"So he's starting to get a little more serious is he?" Naruto questioned, asking no one in particular, just talking to the air. One of Odin's problems was, he liked to play around a little, rarely fighting seriously from the beginning, something the boy needed to fix. As he became a Jounin, he had started to take matters more seriously, but the tendency was still there.

"Sandahoukusukurai (Thunder Hawk's Cry)!" The cry of a bird echoed from the two swords as lightning jumped between the metal. Odin jumped back through the air and swung the blades down as he created distance. Lightning emerged from the swords manifesting into the form of a giant hawk made entirely of lightning. The Hawk released a loud ear shattering cry as it flew towards Smoothie with the intent to engulf her in its entirety.

Smoothie grabbed a nearby chess soldier while sneering at the incoming bird. The sword Smoothie carried was swung, hitting a nearby chess soldier, as the soldier was struck they shrivelled up giving a strange cry as a pink liquid was absorbed by the sword. As the liquid was absorbed, Smoothie's height began to grow just as the bird closed in on her. The giant sword was swung towards the bird where the absorbed liquid was fired from the sword and into the bird's path. The two attacks collided with one another detonating on impact creating fierce winds from the collision.

Smoothie swung her blade towards nearby chess soldiers, cutting them open and draining them dry, using the sword to absorb the liquid into her body. The Sweets Commander grew rapidly to three times her usual height, almost fourteen metres, easily towering over Odin who clicked his teeth in mild annoyance. The swordsman sheathed both blades and quickly began making hand seals, bit his right thumb to draw blood and slammed the hand palm down onto the ground.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!"

A puff of smoke engulfed Odin covering him from head to toe. The smoke cloud grew exponentially to heights greater than Smoothie. A loud bird cry boomed from the cloud as lighting erupted out into the air and the smell of sulphur became strong. A giant pair of electric blue wings emerged from the smoke blowing it away as a twelve metre long Hawk with a twenty-metre wingspan revealed itself. The hawk had electric blue feathers with bits of yellow. On its forehead was a yellow lightning bolt symbol. The hawk had emerald green eyes with a large scar running above the left. Across its thick beak were numerous scars from countless battles. The talons of the hawk were covered in metal claws increasing lethality. Each wing was coated by an upper layer of metal sharpened like a sword.

"Another beast?" Smoothie commented as she raised her sword prepared to face the giant hawk. First, the girl facing Cracker had summoned a giant tortoise, now this youth had called forth a hawk.

"What's this? You dare to raise your sword to me? The great Takamaru!" The hawk roared as his beak parted releasing a string of words. Lightning erupted from the identified Takamaru's body producing a storm around him; bolts struck the ground scorching the earth.

"Takamaru it's good to see you!" Odin jumped upwards and climbed the Hawk's back coming to a stop on top of the summons head,

"Haha! It is good to lay eyes on you once more my friend! Come let us partake in the thrills of battle!" Takamaru gave a loud battle cry as lightning surged from his body. The giant Hawk, like Odin, was a battle maniac and enjoyed the thrill of a good fight. The two got along quite well because of this, making Takamaru, Odin's choice summon.

Takamaru dived towards Smoothie; wings spread wide as it became a blur. Smoothie sneered and swung her giant blade meeting the bird head on. Talons clashed with the metal blade; sparks erupted from the force used between the two. Takamaru released a cry as he flapped back with his wings creating a powerful gust of wind that sent Smoothie sliding back. Lightning flowed into Takamaru's wings as he flapped them again.

"Raiton: Kename (Lightning Release: Sword Rain)!" Feather's shot out from Takamaru's wings, hundreds of them sharpened like miniature swords and encased in vibrating lightning chakra. Smoothie sneered and swung her sword releasing a large amount of absorbed liquid towards the incoming feathers, dropping her height down to ten metres. The fluid impacted with the middle of the rain of feather's, creating a massive blast on collision. The explosion engulfed the surrounding feathers knocking them aside. Smoothie swung her sword cutting down another handful of her soldiers, increasing her height once more.

"Sacrificing your soldiers? What a cruel Commander you are!" Takamaru showed deep disdain for his opponent; lightning flashed between his eyes. Taking flight the hawk summon dive bombed towards Smoothie with great speed, wings extended like blades. Lightning flowed through Takamaru's wings as he intended to bisect the long legged woman. Smoothie jumped up and over Takamaru, swinging her sword down. The Hawk changed his angle at the last minute and rolled out of the way as his wings folded in before expanding, allowing him to rise up into the air once more.

"I'm going to enjoy cutting those wings off then wringing you like a sponge," Smoothie said calmly as she eyed the giant beast, intrigued by what kind of juice flavour it would produce once squeezed. However, she was too focused on the hawk and had forgotten about Odin who appeared behind her with a thundering boom.

"Rai-Fuugei: Raisenko Kusari (Lightning Sealing Art: Lightning Flash Chains)!" Odin flicked his right wrist towards Smoothie where a seal lit up; a dozen sealing papers popped into existence above the giant woman. The tags lit up as lightning erupted from them, manifesting into long chains with spear tips at each end. The chains came into existence coiling around Smoothie's body, wrapping around her giant limbs and torso where the tips impaled into skin fixing the chains in place. The remaining chain lengths stabbed into the ground where hooks jutted out from the spear ends piercing into the earth. The moment the chains were impaled into the ground they became taut, restricting all movement.

"What!" Smoothie cried with confusion, ignoring the pain from the chains impaling her flesh. The commander shook violently, attempting to break free. However the more she struggled, the tighter the chains became.

"Rai-Fuugei: Rai Hasira (Lightning Sealing Art: Lightning Pillars)!" Flicking his wrist again, four more sealing tags popped into existence and landed around Smoothie in a square formation. Lightning emerged from the tags creating four twenty metre tall pillars of lightning that shot up around the woman. Chains of lightning extended from each component connecting to the ones closest, building a large cage. The pillars began to shrink inwards as the chains connecting the pillars shrank, dragging them closer together and closed in on Smoothie. Within moments Smoothie was boxed in tight, held by the original chains to restrict her movements, while the closeness of the pillars and their chain bars restrained the rest of her actions.

Odin threw his arms up into the air where seals lit up on both wrists, and a large number of sealing tags flew up into the air, twenty in total. The tags floated above Smoothie in a circle formation, before another ten tags came in existence creating another circle within the first one. Lightning sparked from each tag as they lit up, giving off a thick smell of ozone.

"Raitei Shourai: Hantei (Thunder Emperor Summoning: Judgement)!" Odin pointed straight down with his right hand; index and middle finger extended the rest folded. A loud rumbling sound emerged from the tags before a tremendous amount of lightning energy erupted pouring down in the shape of a giant bolt. The bolt of lightning released a bright light that blinded everyone engulfing Smoothie and her prison from view. The bolt struck the ground engulfing everything in a thirty-metre radius from its centre of destruction. The ground shook and trembled as it shattered beneath the might of the lightning bolt, it was as if the Emperor of Thunder was dealing Judgement.


Battlefield: Centre: Oven and Daifuku

A deep chill permeated the air as ice rapidly spread across the land. A fog rolled in, as a cold wind blew around Oven. The pirate's body glowed a deep orange as a tremendous heat was released from his body causing steam to surround him as the heat attacked the chill and ice around him. Light footsteps were heard as a figure walked gracefully across the ice towards Oven. The icy mist began to part slowly revealing the angelic form of Oven's attacker.

The silhouette in the mist belonged to that of a tall young woman in her mid-teens, looking fifteen years of age, in truth, she was thirteen but was well developed for her age. The thirteen-year-old girl was five foot eight in height with a slender frame, developing hourglass figure and budding bust that was matched by her pointed jawline, shapely nose and slim cheeks. Her eyes were a hypnotic shadow of lavender purple that seemed to match her icy blue hair that cascaded down to her waist with bangs around the side of her cheeks, chest and shoulders giving her the allure of a Yuki-Onna (Snow Woman). The snow woman wore in an ice blue battle kimono stopping below the knees, revealing thigh high white socks, and tied around her waist was a lavender obi sash. Beneath the kimono, she wore a lavender hiyoku. Resting on the girls right hip was a twenty-five inch long katana, with bronze snowflake shaped guard, the tsuka was bound in light blue silk. Attached to the end of the tsuka was a two-metre-long blue ribbon that coiled around a dark red saya decorated in snow. The ice-like girl wore a cold and calculating look that matched her unique appearance.

The girl was called Miyuki, a member of Uzushiogakure and a Genin who had graduated over a year ago. Miyuki had been rescued by Naruto many years ago from Operation Second Birth, alongside Houjin and Mariko. She had retreated out of sight, making her way through the academy and eventually graduating; all to repay the debt she felt she owed the Immortal Sage for rescuing her from a miserable life.

Miyuki glided across the ice, unhindered by it, a cold aura released itself from her body that wafted into the air. Soft lips parted, a breath of air escaped only to freeze over the moment it came in contact with the chilled mist. A dainty hand touched the katana on her hip and began to slowly draw it, a wave of cold poured out as the girl levelled the blade in front of her. Oven sneered at the child before him, heat pouring out of his body melting the surrounding ice.

"I don't know who you are girl, but you should put that toy down before you get hurt!" Barked out the heat user as both arms began to glow a deep orange up to the shoulders, heat waves appeared around Oven as the temperature started to rise significantly.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Miyuki's voice was as cold as her appearance, appearing to have no emotion in it at all. It was as if she was dead inside. A second hand coiled around the handle of the katana as she gripped it with both hands. Miyuki spread her feet, left side facing Oven, the temperature around her began to fall as small pieces of ice began to grow along the blade.

Miyuki kicked off, appearing to glide across the air, as she closed in on Oven. The closer to Oven she got, the quicker the temperature dropped as cold, and heat clashed. Steam surrounded them as the blade came swinging down overhead as deep chill poured out from the metal. Oven's six senses warned him to avoid the incoming blade, listening to his instincts the heat user leapt back allowing the edge to touch where he once stood. The moment the tip touched the ground a power wave of cold was released and ice began to multiply. A large pillar of ice covered in spikes shot up, springing to life as it stood over three metres tall.

Miyuki slid back into her stance as the ice dispersed; she raised the blade into the air holding it on an angle with the edge pointed upwards. Launching off the ground snowflakes fell around her as she closed it once more. The Yuki-Onna thrust the sword forward, a wave of cold poured out as a wave of ice manifested around it. Oven roared throwing his naginata aside and punched forward with both fists, unleashing a tremendous surge of heat. Heat and ice collided, impacting together, one melting the other as steam filled the air.

Oven closed the advantage, closing in on Miyuki, his right fist headed towards her in a right hook. The young girl remained still, uncaring as the fist struck her right shoulder. Steam rose into the air as ice shattered, the girl's entire shoulder had transformed, manifesting as a sheet of ice. The force of the punch sent Miyuki skidding backwards as water dripped to the ground from her shattered and now melting ice shoulder. The girl stared at the wound with an uncaring gaze as it began to regenerate, ice rapidly reforming.

"What!" Oven stumbled back in shock at what he had seen, a hand shakily pointed towards the girl, "Impossible. That's the Hie Hie no Mi (Chilly-Chilly Fruit), but Kuzan is still alive! How could you possibly mimic his devil fruit powers! There's no way you could have eaten the Hie Hie no Mi!"

It all became clear to Oven, why the ice had formed, why the girl could create such cold temperatures and why she could freely regenerate from ice when hit. Somehow she possessed the Hie Hie no Mi, but it should have been impossible. Kuzan was still alive and unless he died no one else could possess his devil fruit.

"Perhaps, but you're mistaken, I did not consume the Hie Hie no Mi." Miyuki brushed her shoulder, as her kimono repaired itself, one of the perks of being a Logia Class Devil Fruit user. Oven seemed to have a look of relief at the cold youth's words but what she said next frightened him to his core.

"I inherited it." The words struck Oven with such force he stumbled back, unable to comprehend what she had said.

"I am a Second Generation Devil Fruit User. My powers, I inherited from my father, none other than Admiral Kuzan, or Aokiji as he was known." Miyuki wasn't too fussed about revealing her heritage, what would be the point of hiding it when eventually it would come to light? There was only one person in the world who had consumed the Hie Hie no Mi and that was her father. Of course, the man wasn't even aware she existed.

"But how...that's impossible; there's no such thing!" Oven had never heard something so ridiculous as a Second Generation Devil Fruit User, the thought of a child inheriting their parents Devil Fruit powers was just too frightening a concept.

"Even if it was true, why would he let you join Uzushio!"

"Because my father, is unaware of my existence. My mother was but a one night fling. But enough of my past, I must finish my mission" Miyuki cut the conversation, she no longer desired to talk about her father. Unlike Houjin, Miyuki, however, held no hatred for her sperm donor, at one point she even wished to meet him to gain the father-daughter bond. For years she wished he would save her from the hell she had experienced, but it never came. Now, however, Miyuki had a new father in her life, one she hoped to prove her worth to and earn his approval, that man was Uzumaki Naruto who had saved her from a life of hell.

A cold aura erupted from the youth as she jumped into action, disappearing in a swirl of wind. Wind poured around Oven as a cold chill entered his body. Wind spun in front of him as Miyuki appeared, swinging her sword from the right, the blade covered in ice.

"Don't underestimate me!" A great heat erupted from Oven's body as his left fist punched forward, transforming with Busoshoku Haki to meet the blade head on. The fist collided with metal as a wave of cold and heat collided; steam poured out before it exploded violently knocking the two fighters backwards. Oven protected himself with Haki, while Miyuki's body naturally regenerated the damage, appearing unfazed by the reaction.

Oven slid a foot under the pole of his naginata and kicked it up into the air where he grabbed it with both hands. The naginata was spun in Oven's hand as heat poured into it and ignited the blade in orange flames. Oven levelled the naginata and slipped into a stance, before he kicked off launching his body forward, swinging the giant flaming naginata at Miyuki, intending to burn her alive.

Miyuki retaliated by releasing a wave of cold from her body and thrust her katana towards the incoming Oven. A wave of cold poured out of the blade before snow, sleet and ice were born. An avalanche poured out from the sword and Miyuki's body, swarming towards the incoming Oven, looming over his head by a good thirty metres. The massive amount of ice and snow rained down on Oven. A great heat erupted from Oven's body as the naginata swung into the avalanche. Heat poured out as a thick blanket of steam washed over Oven as the incoming avalanche melted away into nothing.

At the same time, Daifuku starred in stunned silence at the person who had shoved him into the ground. The owner of the hand was a very short thirteen-year-old girl, she was only four foot eight and possessed a very delicate and fragile appearance, and it looked like a gentle breeze would blow her over. Despite the girl's frail appearance, her skin was a healthy shade of pink. The girl wore a peaceful look as a pair of emerald green eyes shined brightly; she seemed attuned with nature as if it was one with her. Long black hair flowed down her back tied in a pair of ponytails with red ribbons that reached her ankles. The girl wore a most peculiar set of clothing, a red and white shrine maiden's outfit paired with white elbow-length gloves and thigh high white stockings.

The girl was Mariko, another recently graduated Genin and student of Houjin. She had been rescued from Operation Second Rebirth at the hands of Naruto some time ago. It had been close to six years since her arrival on Uzu no Kuni, and much had changed for the young girl. She had developed into a budding Kunoichi having worked her hardest to graduate and become of use to the village to repay the debt in her heart.

Green energy flowed around Mariko's body and was absorbed into her skin, slowly becoming one with her. Energy seemed to flow from everywhere towards the girl, becoming one with her. A healthy green glow formed on her skin as a green pigmentation appeared around her eyes. Green swirls shaped like vines began to manifest on her cheeks, growing along her neck and wrapped around her arms. A petite right hand slowly lifted upwards and pointed towards Daifuku.

"You have disturbed my home, every living being on Uzu no Kuni cries out in anguish for you to leave." The girl said in a soft tone, but as she spoke, it seemed like she was off with the fairies. Mariko seemed to be unfocused as if she was somewhere else, but at the same time, she was fully aware of everything happening around her.

"But you won't leave, your body shall become fertiliser for this land we love." The girl's voice slowly became distorted as if thousands were speaking at once. The glow around her body grew significantly brighter as the ethereal appearance of a giant oak tree manifested itself behind her, lying beneath it were countless animals, deer's, rabbits, wolves, birds and more, predator and prey joined together in perfect harmony. Standing right behind the tree was the visage of a man and woman their forms blurred.

Daifuku didn't know what was happening, but he wasn't about to let the girl do whatever she was planning. Rubbing his stomach smoke poured out manifesting the Genie once again. Daifuku shot forward, bringing the genie with him; the giant manifestation raised its naginata and swung it down at the girl intending to split her in half vertically.

"Shizen Houou: Seimei Shoujou (Nature's Way: Life Manifestation)!" The green aura around Mariko became ever more vibrant as it coiled around her transforming into an ethereal oak tree that covered her entire body. The ghostly tree became a living manifestation as the naginata collided with its trunk with a loud thud. Roots sprung up from beneath the ethereal creation and coiled around the genie and squeezed making it scream in pain. The roots pierced into its body and began to break it apart; green energy began to manifest from the Genie's body only to be absorbed by the roots as they penetrated deep into its being.

Green ethereal tree roots appeared beneath Daifuku shooting up beneath intending to entrap him like the Genie. Daifuku roared and punched towards the strange incoming roots; his right fist struck ethereal energy tearing it apart, only for the root to regenerate. The pirate was forced to retreat, the smoke pouring from his stomach was cut off, but the Genie didn't disappear as it should have. The roots around the Genie squeezed harder before the entire creature burst into little green lights after releasing an agonising scream. The roots moved amongst the lights absorbing them, where they were then consumed by Mariko making her aura grow.

Energy flowed into the ground beneath Mariko; grass grew at a tremendous speed as the battlefield gained life. Flowers began to bloom as they poked up out of the soil. A bud began to bloom behind Mariko as an oak tree began to grow, it was small at first, but it began to rapidly mature. Before long a two-metre tall oak had shot up from the ground from behind the young girl.

"What in the world are you?" Daifuku felt pain coursing through his body from the destruction of his Genie and had even coughed up a ball of saliva and blood.

"We are everyone and everything. Everyone and everything is we." Mariko spoke in her distorted voice once again; emerald eyes began to glow matching her aura. Slowly the maiden began to rise off the ground as vines grew from beneath. The vines raised the maiden upwards carrying her in a protective embrace. Mariko brought her hands together, clapping them, pressing the palms against one another as if in Buddhist prayer.

"Shizen Houou: Tenjou no Hoga-sha (Nature's Way: Guardian of the Heaven and Earth)!" The ethereal oak tree dispersed as a twister of green energy spun around Mariko slowly coming together in the form of another manifestation. Greenlight shined brightly as a giant twenty-five metre tall glowing green Buddha seated in prayer hovered over Mariko's being. The Buddha sat in a lotus pose as light poured out from his body, eyes slowly began to part and glared down at Daifuku for disturbing the peace and tranquillity of the world. The giant Buddha raised its right hand and slowly brought it down towards Daifuku intending to flatten him into the ground.

Daifuku began rubbing his stomach again only to recoil as pain coursed through his body, he couldn't summon the Genie, "What is happening!" The pirate forced his body to move, attempting to get out from underneath the giant hand that was coming his way. The giant shadow loomed over him; it was impossible to escape as the giant hand came down and flattened Daifuku into the ground, the earth shook as the green energy poured into the ground, giving birth to life. The hand retracted as the giant Buddha returned to his prayer.

As the Buddha parted once could see a giant palm-sized crater in the ground. The crater was deep, at least thirty metres and in the middle was Daifuku flattened out, moaning in pain. Even with Busoshoku Haki, Daifuku had still been hit by a good portion of the force behind the palm slam. Struggling, Daifuku climbed to his feet, only to look up to find vines growing out from the sides of the crater, allowing Mariko to stand over him.

"What did you do to my powers?" Daifuku rubbed his stomach again, a small plume of smoke began to appear only for the pirate to stumble over in pain.

"We didn't do anything. We are all that is and all that is, is we. We are one with the world able to feel the existence of every living being and connect to it." Energy began to rise up from the new trees and flowers grown from Mariko's powers, the energy floated up to the girl and was absorbed into her body.

"Natural energy exists in all living things. We are attuned to it and thus everything that exists; we live in harmony with it. All thanks to our beloved mother and her Shizen Shizen no Mi (Nature-Nature Fruit), like we, she too was one with the world." Vines coiled around Mariko's waist and lowered her down into the crater until she was standing ten metres in front of Daifuku. The moment Mariko's feet touched the ground grass began to grow; trees began to sprout as fields of beautiful flowers bloomed and matured.

"Devil Fruit powers are useless; we are your worst enemy. Natural energy cannot be stopped by what was created from it!" The voices shouted out as a wave of energy poured out of Mariko's tiny body, flowing up into the air, a giant tree manifested towering over the massive Buddha. The tree was so big that when the golden Buddha sat beneath it in prayer, it was like an ant.

"Shizen Houou: Inochi no Ki (Nature's Way: Tree of Life)!" Natural energy poured in from all over Uzu no Kuni, even from nearby islands. Energy came in droves and was absorbed by the massive tree before it was funnelled into Mariko's body. The girl had yet to use a single drop of her chakra, using the energy that was gifted to her by her harmonious bond with the world. Users of the Shizen Shizen no Mi were said to be messengers of the world and could connect with it on a deeper level than anyone else; they were one with it.

Mariko floated up off the ground, pulled towards the tree by its roots that coiled around her protectively. The girl seemed to become one with the tree as she appeared on one of its giant branches in a seated position.

"T...This…" Daifuku was stunned by what he was seeing, and he wasn't the only one, fights had stopped temporarily all over the battlefield. Big Mom and Whitebeard were stunned silly; they had never seen anything like this in all their life.

"Perish." Mariko raised her right hand before she brought it down, pointing her index finger directly at Daifuku.

"Shizen Houou: Rūtsu Ni Modoru (Nature's Way: Returning To One's Roots)!" The massive Tree of Life began to sway as its roots shot up out of the ground darted towards Daifuku, unlike the main body the thousands of roots were significantly smaller than the tree. The roots closed in on Daifuku as he tried to run, rubbing his stomach once more. Smoke poured out, and the Genie manifested itself once more having regenerated. The Genie roared swinging his naginata into the incoming roots cutting them down, but there were far too many. Roots pierced through the Genie shattering it and absorbed its essence before they coiled around Daifuku and constricted tightly.

"Pathetic." Linlin looked away; she couldn't be bothered to witness another failure from one of her useless children.

Mariko showed no mercy as the roots drew Daifuku towards the Tree of Life. Daifuku struggled violently attempting to break free, but it was useless. The roots held firm and started draining Daifuku of his life essence, making him grow weaker and weaker. The roots drew Daifuku to the base of the tree where the manifested tree began to swallow him whole, absorbing Daifuku into its very being. Daifuku screamed and struggled as he was drawn into the tree of life. The entire tree began to glow with ethereal energy as Mariko reached out to a lone branch.

Natural energy flowed through the branch as a small bud appeared. The bud began to grow as a flower bloomed, in the middle of the flower a strangely shaped fruit began to manifest itself. The fruit was dark blue and shaped like an old lantern. Slender hands coiled around the reformed Devil Fruit and plucked it from the Tree of Life.

Storing the fruit into a seal on the inside of her sleeve, Mariko hopped down from the branch she was on. Large roots rose up to catch her fall and gently placed her on the ground. The Tree of Life began to dissolve as a large amount of natural energy broke forth and returned to the world. The Buddha shared a worldly smile before it broke apart, the green vine-like markings on Mariko's body dispersed, and a wave of fatigue overcame her.

Mariko could have chosen to use her shinobi abilities, but she held no confidences in her ability to win when using them, so she resorted to using her devil fruit powers at full strength. Mariko was still young and had yet to completely learn how to control her abilities when using them to such an extent it put a tremendous strain on her body and left her severely exhausted. The young girl wobbled before she collapsed, sweat poured down her body as she panted heavily, eyes grew heavy before she collapsed, slipping into unconsciousness. As Mariko slipped away her body disappeared in a flash of white teleported for immediate medical treatment and rest.

"Even I couldn't help recoiling in fear at that girl's powers; she seems to be the bane of all Devil Fruit Users." Whitebeard stroked his white moustache; a chill had run up his spine watching as the young girl called Mariko decimated her opponent with what he could only describe as godly powers.

"Mariko isn't an ordinary Devil Fruit user; she is a Second Generation Devil Fruit User whose powers have evolved to the next level." Declared the Immortal Sage, the only one who was listening was Whitebeard, the Yonko's commanders had disappeared onto the battlefield, and there was no other ear's to listen in, besides Dean.

Whitebeard's eyes widened at what he had been told, hands began to shake, shaking from a combination of disbelief and excitement. "I thought that was just a myth!" Whitebeard was well aware of the existence of Second Generation Devil Fruit users, but their existed something above them, Evolved Second Generations. The Yonko knew Special Class Devil Fruit Users and even Awakened Devil Fruit Users, but an Evolved Second Gen was something else entirely. They had only ever been spoken in whispers amongst the top echelons of the political powers, a legend that rivalled the Ancient Weapons and One Piece.

"It's no myth. Mariko inherited the powers of the Shizen Shizen no Mi (Nature-Nature Fruit) from her mother. However, her mother only possessed a fraction of the abilities Mariko possesses. The Manipulation and Absorption of Natural Energy, but she could not give life or create manifestations through its power, only enhancing her physical abilities, while able to neutralise her opponent's devil fruit powers on contact. It is thanks to having a father in possession of his own Mythical Zoan Class Devil Fruit that allowed the Shizen Shizen no Mi to complete its evolution. You can even see aspects of her father within her techniques." Naruto revealed the information freely, as a sign of deepening the trust between him and Whitebeard. If he truly wished to become allies with the Yonko, Naruto felt it only right to reveal at least some of the knowledge he possessed, he would, of course, keep a few secrets of his own.

"Her father?" Whitebeard reflected on the battle he had seen if you could call it that as it was more of a slaughter. A light bulb lit up as Whitebeard's eyes widened with a look of knowing. The Yonko stared down at Naruto; the two met eyes as they communicated silently, no words were needed.

"GURARARARARA!" Whitebeard clutched his stomach and burst into a laugh that shook the island and made waves in the ocean. Tears formed on the edges of Whitebeard's eyes as he couldn't control himself, laughing so hard it hurt his sides.

"That man had a daughter, at his age? I didn't expect him to be so virile. Who in the world would have a kid with him? This is just too good. But I wonder what would possess the man to allow his daughter to go through the horror as a lab rat?" Whitebeard wiped the tears away as a look of anger was reflected, he had held the man in such high regard, but knowing what he knew about the girl's past, infuriated him.

"To his knowledge, she died, burned in a fire, a cover-up by the World Government. I often wonder how he would feel knowing the people he fought so hard for stabbed him in the back and turned his daughter into a sacrificial object. Mariko plans to one day reunite with her father, even if her memories of him are few, her goal was to first become a Jounin and obtain the power to protect herself." Naruto folded his arms over, watching as the girl collapsed, with a thought a seal lit up on the back of her neck, and she vanished in a white flash. Naruto held no hatred for Mariko's father, how was he to know he was being played, even with his position amongst the Marine's.


Totto Land - Whole Cake Island - Whole Cake Chateau

A figure moved through the hallways of Big Mom's four-layered cake like castle, making their way up to the fourth floor. The figure's body was distorted blending in with their surroundings and made no noise. The figure was silent as they ducked around corners, avoiding enemy patrols, waiting patiently to avoid being caught. Coming to a halt in a room across from the treasury, the figure opened the door ever so slightly before the distortion vanished revealing their figure.

The intruder was none other than the fourteen-year-old youth, Vladimir, a Chunin of Uzushiogakure no Sato and Student of the Yonbi Son Goku. Vladimir had undoubtedly grown over the years, dressed in typical Chunin attire, standing at five foot eight with a healthy complexion. The teenager still had spiky fiery red hair that appeared like flames as it reached his shoulders and possessed a mischievous twinkle in amethyst purple eyes. The youth had been sent off through the use of the Sekai-Kan Kira (World Viewing Mirror), the first Sage Tool created by Naruto.

Vladimir raised his right index finger pressing it below his earlobe where a seal lit up.

"This is Vladimir; I'm in position. Are the explosive charges set?" Vladimir communicated through a telepathic link set up between him and his team-mates for this operation.

"James reporting in, charges have been set in the long-range communication centre and the Charlotte Family meeting room." The Captain of Team 3, a lion mink, reported over the line relaying his task had been completed. By blowing up the communication centre, the only one in Totto Land with the capabilities to connect with Big Mom on Uzu no Kuni, it would cut the Big Mom Army off from the rest of her people. Why do this? To anger Charlotte Linlin on her return to Totto Land to find her beloved treasures gone, if she lived that long.

"This is John; I have just finished setting the charges in the Library, Prisoner Library and Alcohol Storehouse." The youngest of Team 3 spoke over the link, reporting the completion of his task.

"Mission completed, this is Ken. Explosive tags ready to be detonated in the Kitchen, Big Mom's Bedroom and Queen's chamber." The Fishman of the group reported in at the same time as his companions.

"Blowing charges now!" Vladimir removed a sealing tag from his right front jacket pocket and channelled a tiny amount of chakra into it. Counting down, Vladimir covered his ears before multiple explosions shook the Whole Cake Chateau and sent it into chaos. Smoke wafted into the air as entire rooms were blown apart, giant holes appeared around the sides of the castle as the fire began to spread across the floors causing disorientation.

The sturdy metal door to the treasury began to open as a thickset woman with a fat face and neck, possessing long, wavy, blue hair and wearing a yellow buttoned gown with a wide-brimmed black hat on her head forced it open. The door was pushed open wide as the woman stuck her fat neck out.

"Go find out what happened-mondee!" Said the woman in a surprisingly soft tone. Spilling out of the room was over a hundred Chess Soldier's a mix of Knight's and Bishops. Vladimir quickly reactivated his camouflage, and as the guards ran out of the treasure room in order, with the guards spilling out, the Shinobi quickly snuck in, making sure to go unseen as he climbed a nearby staircase, observing from the second floor.

As the guard's left, there were only five people left in the treasure room, the thickset woman from before and four others. The stocky woman was Charlotte Mondee the second daughter of the Charlotte Family. Mondee had taken up position by the door. Across the room was two more Charlotte family member's standing on the first floor in front of two blue poneglyphs locked behind steel bars.

The one on the right was tall, thin, snakeneck woman who, like all snake necks, possessed a long neck. She has a square head and long, wavy blue hair. The snakeneck woman wore a dark purple gunslinger style outfit that was quite revealing of her upper torso; she was Charlotte Effilee, fifth daughter of the Charlotte Family. On the left was an extremely tall and thick man who had blonde hair in dreadlocks, thick moustache and braided beard. The man wore a yellow and black jumpsuit with dark red boxing gloves; he was Charlotte Bovario's the twenty-sixth son of the Charlotte Family.

In the middle of the room sitting on a pink lounge was an extraordinarily tall and slim pan, licking a giant magenta and pink candy cane with curled tops. The man had brown eyes, a pointed nose, a very long thick tongue and was dressed in a yellow coat. The man was the eldest son and first born child of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Perospero. A giant smile could be seen on the man's ugly facial features as he licked the giant candy cane with glee.

"The guards can surely take care of it; I just hope no one was hurt." Perospero had stopped licking the candy, revealing a deep frown; he seemed to be generally concerned about the wellbeing of the island's citizens.

"Perhaps I should leave to check brother?" A third woman spoke up who was standing in the middle of the room. The woman was incredibly tall and had a very unfortunate looking face that could only be described as hag-like or even witch-like, with a hunched appearance, grey skin and a huge and over-projected, reddish hook nose. The woman wore a whitish, creased gown with many frills and roses along its design. Charlotte Brulee was the woman's name and the eighth daughter of the Charlotte Family.

"If there are any issues they'll report back. We have our orders. Mumma will throw a fit should anyone steal her treasures." Perospero said casually as he leaned back into the sofa chair he was on, he was confident enough in the family's strength to deal with any obstacle. Besides guarding the treasure room was more important if Linlin was to find her treasures missing, she was likely to go into a rampage

While the group was distracted, Vladimir jumped over the railing and landed silently on the ground in a crouched position, before he shot towards Brulee, chakra flowing through his veins.

"Doton Chakura Modo (Earth Release Chakra Mode)!" Mud began to come into existence forming on his skin and hardened creating a thick layer of armour. The camouflage broke revealing Vladimir's appearance, but by the time the Charlotte Family realised there was an intruder, Vladimir was already in position. The earth armour increased in size, increasing Vladimir's height allowing him to grab Brulee around the throat with ease. Strength was enhanced as Brulee was lifted off her feet before Vladimir proceeded to choke slam her into the -ground, hard. Concrete shattered under the impact as the ground collapsed. Brulee hit her head hard enough that she was knocked unconscious by the slam.

"One target down."

Vladimir withdrew a scroll from his flak jacket and threw it out into the air where it unravelled. A puff of smoke blocked off Vladimir from the four Charlotte members before he came flying through it heading straight towards Effilee and Bovarios. In the boy's rock covered hands were a pair of giant metal rods. The metal rods were over three metres in length and each as wide as a tree trunk; the handles were thin allowing the boy to grip the two weapons. The rod's seemed to have no special features, however as they were held a powerful aura erupted from them.

Vladimir felt the power coursing through his veins as his physical strength was enhanced exponentially. Gunfire sounded as bullets bounced off his rock armour, forming minor cracks that were repaired instantly. Vladimir roared as he barrelled forward like an unstoppable juggernaut even as Bovario's stepped into his path, punching out with a powerful right hook. Bovario's punched with such speed and force a compressed bullet of air erupted.

Vladimir swung the right rod into the path of the incoming air projectile and broke it apart with ease. The student of Son Goku closed in and swung the left rod, smashing against Bovario's left side. The man screamed in pain as his arm shattered, ribs broke, a shockwave travelled through his body breaking every last bone before the man's entire body exploded into blood and guts, he had been instantly pulverised. The power of the rod's swing carried on destroying everything in its path, crushing the ground to Vladimir's right until nothing was left.

Effilee cried out, reloading and unloading onto the incoming enemy as quickly as possible. Vladimir charged again, closing the distance between him and the woman, swinging the right rod downwards. The rod struck with such speed the woman was unable to avoid it as it hit her on the head. The rod pushed down and flattened her as Vladimir turned Effilee into a pancake. Blood stained the ground before the rod struck the stone. Concrete shattered breaking apart beneath Vladimir as cracks spread out making the entire room shake, nearby pillars collapsed and the bar's protecting the Poneglyph bent.

"I'll kill you! Kyandi Weibu (Candy Wave)!" Perospero launched off the lounge and unleashed a wave of purple coloured jelly-like candy substance that flowed towards Vladimir intending to capture him. Vladimir roared, sweat dripping down his face as chakra poured into the left rod as it was swung into the incoming candy wave. The rod hit the candy wave, and it broke apart, dispersing as the ground beneath Vladimir shook violently and web-like cracks formed. Vladimir released his hold over the rod sending it flying through the air heading straight towards Perospero.

"Kyandi Ama (Candy Armour)!' A large amount of candy began to manifest itself on Perospero's body to form a protective coating. The rod sailed on the course, and the top struck the candy user in the chest, the armour broke apart on immediate contact as the force from the rod travelled on. Loud cracking and snapping could be heard as bones began to break apart, some in the immediate area of impact even shattered completely. Blood flew from Perospero's lips as he felt his organs rattle. The strength behind the rod sent Perospero flying through the air, crashing into the steel door of the treasure room, breaking it off its hinges and went smashing through dozens of rooms before coming to a stop, buried by rubble. His status was unknown.

Vladimir grabbed the rod and faced the only remaining Charlotte member, Mondee who appeared visibly shaken. The youth examined the rod with a careful gaze, slightly in disbelief in the power the two items possessed.

The item was called the Yama Houkai Sou (Mountain Collapsing Rod's), one of the new experimental Sage Tool's created by Naruto. These rods were built to embody the concept of pure unrestrained destructive and overwhelming might. Amongst the Sage Tool's Naruto had forged, these rods were remarked as the strongest offensive weapon in terms of raw power. The rods only had one ability, which was pure destruction, designed to destroy everything in their path with but a swing. The stronger their wielder, the more power that could be unleashed, there was a reason they were called mountain collapsing. At full strength, a single swing of these rods could level the tallest mountain ranges in the world, but it would take someone with reserves rivalling a Bijuu to do so. The rods were incredibly powerful but were draining on one's chakra reserves. Vladimir had been given the rods to use them to finish his mission as quickly as possible.

Vladimir moved towards Mondee who turned to flee; he wouldn't let her. The Shinobi appeared behind the fleeing woman and swung the right rod down, smashing it onto her head and pulverising her into meat paste, leaving a stain on the floor. Sealing the rods up, Vladimir wiped the sweat from his forehead, his chakra reserves were low, if he used the rod once more, and chances are he'd drop from chakra exhaustion. Vladimir had just enough chakra left to finish the task at hand.

Vladimir headed over towards the Poneglyphs, not before creating an earth clone to keep guard. The youth walked up to the first set of bar's he grabbed them and mixed earth and fire chakra. Vladimir had trained himself to fuse the two elements correctly, and while he couldn't use them effectively in Ninjutsu, he could still channel the lava element to his hands and heat things up, he had only just obtained a high enough mastery over his fire element.

The bars began to melt turning into molten slag, allowing Vladimir to jump into the cell. Removing a scroll from his jacket, Vladimir tossed it into the air, "Fuuin (Seal)!" Hundreds of chains comprised of sealing letters flew out of the scroll and wrapped around the two blue Poneglyph. The chains tightened before smoke engulfed the two items, sealing them into the scroll. Collecting the scroll, he proceeded to the top floor of the treasure room and melted the bar's that contained the red Poneglyph. Performing the same action, Vladimir sealed the Poneglyph up into the scroll.

Vladimir returned to the main floor and began looking behind multiple doors. Behind each room were different types of treasures, paintings, sculptures, weapons and the last room was full of gold and jewellery. The youth sealed up every last one of them until there was nothing left in the treasure room once he was finished Vladimir connected to his allies.

"Reporting in I have cleaned out the treasure room, how are things on your ends?"

"All secure here, I've led the guards on a wild goose chase. Preparing to return to Uzushiogakure." James reported over the comlink before his team-mate's followed.

When the explosions had gone off, the Charlotte Family had suffered minor casualties. Charlotte Zuccotto had been monitoring the communication systems and caught the brunt of the blast when the room went up, being left as a charred corpse. Meanwhile, in the meeting room, the five decuplet brothers were accompanied by their sister Charlotte Mozart and brothers Charlotte Dosmarche and Charlotte Nusstorte. The group had been discussing the war and how it would turn out, only to be sent up in flames as the room detonated taking them with it. The only other location that had taken casualties was the Kitchen when Charlotte Mash was demanding the chefs prepare a victory feast for her mother. All up the Charlotte Family had suffered thirteen losses and one with an unknown status.

"Return to Uzushio." Vladimir cut the connection and removed a sealing tag from his jacket pocket and slapped it against his chest. The seal lit up, and Vladimir's body vanished in a flash of white, three similar white flashes happened around Whole Cake Island as the Team of Four Shinobi returned home.


Battlefield Command

Naruto smiled brightly with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes; he had just gotten word that Vladimir had returned from his little expedition. "Looks like Uzushiogakure has just gotten a lot wealthier."

"Please tell me you did what I think you just did." Whitebeard looked down at his friend eyes full of expectation.

"I've just raided Linlin's entire treasury. HAHA!" Naruto released a laugh as he happily revealed what he had done to the Yonko.

"You did! GURARARA! Linlin won't know what hit her!" Whitebeard placed a hand over his stomach as another bout of laughter hit him. Ever since he had come in contact with Naruto and Uzushiogakure, his funny bone was tickled continuously, laughing more times than he could remember. Uzushio was a constant source of entertainment, never fails to amuse him. Naruto was a brazen one, freely clashing with the World Government and Big Mom without a care in the world. The Immortal had even stolen from both sides, disregarding whatever consequences that happened, the man was powerful enough to ignore them.

"If you like that just wait, there is more to come." Naruto tapped the left side of his nose with a smirk.

"I can't wait to see!" Whitebeard bellowed, hands resting on his stomach as his shoulders shook from his laughter.

"Meanwhile it looks like things are starting to heat up." Naruto pointed to the right of the battlefield where Shirone and her partner Vista were picking up the pace against Charlotte Angel.


Battlefield: Right Side

Vista swung his sword into the path of a bullet slicing it in half, shielding the adorably cute and petite ten-year-old girl behind him. The little lolita was incredibly short only four feet wearing a white kimono ending at her knees with dark blue biker shorts underneath and red ninja sandals. Her most striking feature was the set of white cat ears sticking out from the top of her head and pair of matching tails growing from her tailbone. As the battle progressed Shirone was steadily increasing in skill, her actions were more precise as she used minimal movements to avoid her enemy's attacks.

Angel revealed an ugly sneer, every time she fired the little white haired girl would narrowly avoid the shot. Any bullet that couldn't be dodged was sliced in two by Vista who was acting as a shield. Angel was worried about Vista's presence, as he was after all one of Whitebeard's Commanders. Vista hadn't directly attacked yet, only acting as the little girl's shield. Gritting her teeth, Angel quickly reloaded and began opening fire once more at the white-haired cat girl, aiming for her vital points.

Shirone moved on all fours with cat-like agility, avoiding the incoming bullets. The little girl was getting quicker, slowly adapting to the pace of battle. This was her first real-life battle experience, and the longer it was drawn out, the more experienced she was slowly gaining from it. Tiny feet kicked off the ground as her body bent backwards to avoid a bullet narrowly. As she snapped back, another was coming towards her aimed between her eyes. Vista appeared in front of Shirone swinging his right sword into the bullet's path slicing it in two.

"Perhaps you should finish this, little one and re-join the others?" Vista spoke in a soft manner, stroking his moustache and looked down at the petite girl who was a fraction of his size.

Shirone nodded her head giving a soft, "umu." She averted her gaze shyly, unable to look at the man directly; she wasn't use to speaking with others, except a small group, mainly her team, sister, mother, the Bijuu, Naruto and Suzuka. The little girl clenched her hands together, and white flames began to form around petite knuckles. The white blaze wrapped around Shirone's arm's forming large cat claws all the way up to her shoulders.

"Nekozume Choukou (Cat Claw Manifestation)!"

Matatabi had taken, Shirone, under her direct wing, pushed by Kuroka. The older sister had experienced some of Matatabi's teachings but request her mother personally take Shirone under her wing passing on everything she knew. Kuroka's one desire was to look out for her little sister and make sure she had the tools to protect herself. Shirone was young and had yet to master her powers fully, but under Matatabi's teachings, she had gained a basic comprehension of them.

Shirone crouched low to the ground and kicked off, launching herself towards Angel like a tiny white bullet. White flames coiled around Shirone's leg's, pouring out from the bottom of her heels making her rocket forward at high speed. Heat poured out from Shirone's tiny body as she zipped past Vista and closed in, appearing directly in front of her opponent. White flame claws came swinging down from above as the petite Kunoichi seemed to float in mid-air.

Angel was forced to retreat backpedalling to avoid being diced up into many tiny pieces. The claws hit the ground and tore through it, leaving eight scorched gashes into the ground. Angel could feel herself sweating, if those claws had hit her it would have been the end, those claws were incredibly sharp and radiated with intense heat. The flames from the nails would have cauterised the wound as they cut increasing their lethality. In retaliation, Angel raised her twin pistols and fired as quickly as she could. Shirone slashed her right claw into the path of the incoming bullets. An intense heat poured out of the claws, engulfing the metal projectiles melting them down into molten slag. Liquid metal dripped to the ground as puddles as the bullets were unable to resist the heat released from Shirone's flaming claws.

Vista lowered his swords, he had been prepared to intervene, but it seems he was worried for nothing. The little girl had been able to deal with the incoming projectiles through the use of the strange claws she had manifested from a unique white flame. For now, he would take a back seat and wouldn't interfere unless it was necessary.

The petite Kunoichi became a white blur as she closed the distance on Angel again. Shirone moved with quick side steps to avoid the enemy attack, those she couldn't avoid she melted with the aid of her flaming claws. Leaping up into the air, Shirone descended onto Angel; right claw clenched into a tight fist. Angel took a step back allowing the fist to pass by, only for the white flames to explode outwards sending Angel flying backwards. The woman screamed as the flames charred her flesh leaving her with horrible red burns across her face and torso. Shirone's fist impacted with the ground, making it crumble inwards around the Kunoichi creating a large crater. The Devil Fruit consumed by Shirone significantly enhanced her physical strength and the more control she had over her powers, the more force she could exert.

Angel rolled on the ground screaming in pain, the flames had melted both her guns and the metal had fixed to her hands. An intense pain coursed through her cheekbones and limbs when she grabbed her face searing hot metal began to fuse into her skin, only causing more pain. The woman was in so much pain she didn't have the chance to see Shirone walking up to her, the flames falling away from her hands as dainty fingers made their way through a chain of hand seals.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball)!" Shirone parted her cute lips and expelled a stream of fire. The flames morphed together into a giant ball of fire as big as Shirone. Unlike the traditional Goukakyuu, this one though was made of white flames instead of orange, red and yellow. The fireball hit Angel's screaming and rolling body, engulfing her in a torrent of fire. Screams filled the air once more as the fire burned away at Angel's flesh and bone, boiling blood as organs melted away. Within moments Angel was nothing but a pile of ash.

Shirone looked down at the ash with a sympathetic gaze; there was no sadness or regret reflected within those hazelnut eyes. As a Kunoichi, she had trained to harden her heart to take a life, perhaps the fact she had tortured prisoners during her time at the academy and acted as executioner had helped steel her heart. In battle, it was kill or be killed. The little girl released a heavy sigh before a giant hand found its way onto her right shoulder. Looking up with shyly, Shirone found herself meeting Vista's gaze.

"You killed to stay alive while protecting your home and its people. Remember that little one." Vista spoke in a comforting manner, getting a small nod from the white-haired Neko.

"How unexpected, no hesitation to kill." Whitebeard's arms folded over his chest as he looked at Shirone with approval. Killing wasn't Whitebeard's personal choice, it use to, but he had mellowed in his old age, but if necessary he wouldn't hesitate to kill to protect his ideas and family. "What unique flames. May I assume they are the product of her devil fruit abilities?"

"Shirone is in possession of one half of a set of paired devil fruits the, Neko Neko no Mi: Moderu: Shiro Nekomata (Cat-Cat Fruit: Model: White Nekomata). Her sister, Kuroka is in possession of the other half the Kuro Nekomata (Black Nekomata). The flames are just one of the many unique gifts its offers, Shirone's is white, and Kuroka's are black, both burn hotter than any known flame and can't be extinguished through normal means." Naruto explained openly to Whitebeard, for his ears only to hear. The Nekomata pair of Devil Fruits were unique for a set of Mythical Zoan's; they didn't offer a full transformation only a hybrid form consisting of only ears and a pair of twin tails. In return the user was given a host of abilities, flame manipulation was just one.

"Just full of surprises aren't you Naruto-san. You're people have a surprising number of abilities and devil fruit powers." It wasn't often Whitebeard saw so many Devil Fruit users in one place, there was only a handful amongst his crew, but on Uzu no Kuni he had already seen more than a dozen. Five of the Commanders of the Martial Legion were in possession of Devil Fruits, as well as the ten officers of the Eleventh legion; then there was Shirone, Houjin, Miyuki, Mariko, Dean and Taro. More than twenty-two Devil Fruit users in one location, with three of those being of the second generation. Whitebeard was well aware there were plenty more Devil Fruit Users on the island.

"I seem to have a habit of finding Devil Fruits." Naruto flashed a devious smile, showing his intention to keep Whitebeard guessing. The Sage couldn't give away all his secrets, he still wanted to have a little fun with the Yonko, and perhaps it was his prankster side rearing its head from the past.

The Sage decided to move things along as he sat down on the ground, crossing his legs over before a hand found its way to the ground. In a puff of smoke, a chilled bottle of sake with two small saucer cups appeared, "Care to join me for a drink Whitebeard so we may thoroughly enjoy this evening's events?"

"Balls Naruto-san, you certainly have balls. Gurarara!" Whitebeard found Naruto be a man who constantly surprised him, especially with the look Linlin was giving them as Naruto poured a cup of sake. Linlin must be thriving with rage as the Kage seemed to nonchalant take a sip of the alcoholic beverage as if the battles that were happening at this moment didn't matter, or she for that fact.

The Captain of the Whitebeard Pirate's plonked to the ground with a loud bang making the surroundings shake as he took up the offer, his bisento was placed down beside him. Whitebeard accepted a saucer of sake from Naruto, the dish was tiny in his hands, and he easily downed it in one go.

"Paaa! What excellent SakI!" Whitebeard roared with glee as he accepted another refill from the Kage. The sake was crisp and cold, with a powerful kick to it but had a refreshing taste.

A tick mark appeared above Linlin's right eye as she caught the actions of Naruto and Whitebeard in the distance. The two were happily drinking like a pair of old friends as if she was an insignificant bug. Grabbing Prometheus once more, the sun lit up on fire and began to panic as it knew what Big Mom intended for him to do.

"Hebunri Foia!" Big Mom clutched the sun hard as it took the shape of a giant fireball that released a tremendous heat that made the oceans boil. Linlin roared as she swung her right arm, throwing the giant fireball towards Whitebeard and Naruto with the intention to burn them alive. Linlin had a murderous gaze in her eyes; she wanted them to die. The fireball flew up into the air and sailed down towards the two drinking buddies, heading over the numerous ongoing battles.

Whitebeard raised the saki saucer to his lips, held in his left hand and downed it, while lazily punching out with his right fist towards the fireball. Powerful vibrations poured out into the air creating cracks in the world. The tremor collided with the fireball spewing flames out in every direction from the impact. Prometheus cried out in pain as powerful quakes went coursing through his body and sent the homie flying back towards Linlin. The sun-shaped homie crashed into the ground with a loud bang creating a crater three times his size on impact. The action made Linlin boil as steam poured out of her ears and her entire face turned red from anger.

"Never learns does she?" asked Naruto as he summoned up a large sake saucer for Whitebeard with an even larger bottle of sake, to help accommodate the pirate's size.


Center Battlefield

"Nyahaha!" Kuroka laughed as she jumped back avoiding an overhead swing from Amande's nodachi. The Nekomata's tails swung in a sign of amusement as she dodged the enemies attacks with ease. As someone who had undergone the Anbu boot camp, Kuroka's abilities had broken through their limits and were beginning to reach new heights. The entire time Kuroka simply avoided the enemy slash and laughed in a mocking tone or she would block the nodachi with her Anbu issued tanto.

The seductive Kunoichi couldn't help it, but she looked to her sister's fight from the corner of her eye, watching as she clashed with Angel before burning her alive.

"Shirone's growing, it won't be long before she has the power to protect herself in this world from the hand of those who would seek to take her as there's." A smile made its way onto Kuroka's lips beneath the masks she wore as she looked at her sister with pride.

Amande sneered at the voluptuous woman in front of her, Kuroka was avoiding every attack as if the woman didn't need to exert any effort if the attack weren't avoided a peculiar knife would block it. The tanto blade easily blocked the named nodachi; somehow it was unaffected by Amande's Shirauo as there was no sign of breakage or being split in half. The Shirauo, Amande carried was a meito, a named sword of high quality; any other weapon would have been sliced in half on contact.

"Stop playing around!" Amande growled out as she sped up her attacks, moving faster and faster, sword swings turning into blurs. With every swing, a blade of wind came into existence that tore into the ground as it flew towards Kuroka, with the intent to rip her apart.

Kuroka frowned under her mask; movement speed increased as she was forced to avoid the blades of wind created from the speed of her opponent's swing. Amande continued the assault, increasing the force of her swing. The nodachi hit the ground as Kuroka jumped back to avoid it and carved a deep trench in the ground. The power behind each swing was growing exponentially as Amande gained momentum. As the woman's momentum grew so did the skill of her swordplay. Kuroka raised the Anbu tanto blocking the incoming blade as it was swung upwards, the named sword hit with a loud clang, carrying enough force it sent the Devil Fruit user skidding back across the ground.

"She's getting stronger." Kuroka's eyes narrowed as she gripped the tanto in her right hand, removing four shuriken from a holster on her left thigh. The kimono Kuroka wore had slits up both sides showing off her long slender white legs, where a holster could be seen on each enchanting thigh. Unlike other Anbu, Kuroka didn't wear the traditional uniform instead wearing a revealing black and gold kimono, paired with Anbu armour and mask. With a flick of her wrist, Kuroka launched the shuriken towards Amande, before forming a half ram seal.

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique)!"The four shuriken rapidly multiplied turning from four to forty that flew towards Amande. However, Kuroka had yet to finish, as she didn't intend only to shower Amande with a barrage of cold steel. Using her free hand, the enchantress made a half Tora (tiger) seal and inhaled.

"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire)!" A stream of black flames poured out from in front of Kuroka's ghost mask, black flames separate into a stream of forty small fireballs that engulfed each shuriken. The shuriken heated up, but unlike Angel's bullets did not melt, the shuriken used by Kuroka were forged using metals designed to resist the heat of her black flames. A rain of flaming shuriken rained down towards Amande like a meteor shower. The fire increased not only the lethality of the shuriken but their speed as they turned into black blurs.

Amande began to sweat as she stepped around the raining shuriken, dodging left and right. The nodachi in the pirate's hand would cut through the air, deflecting shuriken off to the side when she couldn't avoid them. Small impact zones formed in the ground as the shuriken struck the earth, flames spread out scorching soil. Heat surrounded Amande as sweat dripped down her forehead from the rise in temperature. Amande was wary, deflecting only when necessary as the flames began to melt the edge of her nodachi slowly. The fact that the Shirauo was unable to resist the heat from the black flames was a shock to her.

"Kurohizume (Black Flame Claws)!" Kuroka launched towards Amande as she was distracted by the rain of shuriken. Kuroka's nails on her left hand grew in length until they were over thirty centimetres in length and razor sharp. Black flames poured down from her fingers wrapping around the elongated nails, with a thrust, Kuroka lunged towards Amande, intending to skewer the taller woman. Amande held her ground and swung Shirauo into the path of the incoming nails, the two weapons collided with a loud clang. The tips began to pierce into the sword's metal as it melted away under the intense heat.

Amande quickly retreated, pulling her nodachi back in fear of the blade breaking. Shirauo may not have been one of the twelve supreme grade swords, but it was still a rare weapon, and Amande didn't want to lose it. If she lost the Shirauo, the chances of finding another sword of equal quality were slim. The snakeneck woman gritted her teeth as she gripped the nodachi with both hands and examined her surroundings. Saint-Marc, Angel and Daifuku were dead; there was nothing she could do if she attempted to attack Angel's killer, either Vista or this woman before her would no doubt intercept.

"Nyahahaha!" Kuroka laughed as her entire body seemed to dissolve into black rose petals that flew all around Amande, creating a whirlwind of petals. Amande looked around, trying to keep her calm as she could hear the devil fruit users searing laugh coming from every direction. Kuroka's upper body appeared in the air; her lower half faded out as a strange mist. The nekomata gave a Cheshire grin before her form faded out into the fog of rose petals disappearing once more.

The ground beneath Amande's feet cracked as tree roots sprung to life and wrapped around her body, before constricting tightly. Amande struggled as more roots exploded from the earth, coiling around her body and tightened, keeping her restrained. Rose petals rained down around Amande, as Kuroka appeared outside the mist. To those looking on it would seem as if Amande was frozen stiff, the woman was caught up in one of Kuroka's illusions.

The Nekomata licked her lips coyly, turning her attention to what was happening in her surroundings. All around the battlefield, the forces of Uzushiogakure was slowly overcoming the Big Mom Army. The First Martial Legion had split off, leaving one thousand of its troops accompanied by their Commander Kenshiro, to hold off the remaining forces of the Germa 66. The remaining soldiers had split in half and were heading to the other battlefields, intercepting the chess soldiers, providing assistance to the Shinobi.

Yamato was in direct control as he shouted out orders, "Puppet Squad, deploy all puppets!" The Jounin shouted out to the Shinobi under his command. Five shinobi leapt to the centre of the battlefield, two Anbu and three Chunin, drawing out scrolls of various sizes and tossed them out into the air. Multiple puffs of smokes appeared as blue chakra strings shot into them, connecting to what was summoned. As the smoke disappeared it revealed a variety of different puppets some humanoid in appearance, others were animal-like while some were the stuff of nightmares.

One of the Anbu was connected to a set of three puppets. Two strings were hooked up to a four-foot tall monkey looking puppet with four arms. Another three were attached to a ten foot tall red bull like puppet with spines running down its back and two long horns. Attached to the front shoulders of the bull was a pair of kunai launchers. Lastly behind him, with five strings attached too, it was a thirty-foot long anaconda-like puppet with mace club tail, and blades running down its sides looking like scales.

With a twitch of his fingers, the snake puppet shot across the battlefield with surprising speed for its size. The parts were all segmented and linked together by chakra strings. The segments rattled as the giant snake barrelled into the enemy, the blades on its scales cutting through chess soldiers ripping them apart. The mace tail swung downwards flattening a group into the ground. The bull charged, stomping across the terrain, horns lowered as they impaled their targets. Kunai fired out from the launchers piercing through the bodies of their targets. A blur moved amongst the soldiers, as the monkey darted between then, a pair of spikes where its hands would be.

The puppets of the other four joined in, a total of thirteen puppets entered the battlefield. Kunai and senbon needles spewed across the land. A puppet in the shape of a Komodo dragon opened its mouth and blew flames across the terrain.

Petals blew across the battlefield drawing the enemy attention before vines shot up from the ground. Vines coiled around a dozen of the chess soldiers, holding them in place. In reality, it looked like they just froze up and were paralysed. Multiple petal swirls appeared behind the group, as Shinobi of Anbu and Chunin status seemed to materialise, a kunai in hand. The kunai were embedded into the neck of the chess soldiers and with a quick slash, decapitated. Corpses dropped to the ground as the vines flaked away as the illusions dispersed.

"Konoha Gouriki Senpu (Leaf Strong Whirlwind)!" A buff looking Anbu shot across the battlefield with such speed his movements were almost impossible to track. A powerful kick came around in a spinning back kick that struck a chess soldier in the chest. The force of the kick caved the soldier's chest in and sent him flying backwards crashing through dozens of his own kind knocking them down with broken limbs.

"Raiton: Rariatto (Lightning Release: Lariat)!" A tall Doberman Dog Mink in Chunin garb raced into the fray, charging towards the centre of a group of chess soldiers. Lightning flowed around the Mink's body, fusing with the natural electro ability he already possessed, enhancing its strength. Closing in on his target the dog mink struck the closest soldier with his right arm, landing a sharp blow to the chess soldier's chest. Lightning tore the chest apart, before the Dog Mink threw the soldier forward, lightning pouring from the Mink's body striking those around him. The chess soldier slammed into his allies knocking them down, lightning transferring to them violently electrocuting everyone it touched.

"Useless fools!" Linlin growled out watching as the Shinobi, and Martial Legions took down the army she had painstakingly gathered. Three of her children had already been cut down, but she showed no remorse, they had, after all, failed her. Fists clenched tightly, turning knuckles white as Linlin's face grew as red as a tomato. If she intervened, Whitebeard or Naruto would act to counter her; she couldn't take action personally. Looking to Katakuri who was clashing with the wind devil fruit user, Linlin had no choice but to rely on him and the other two sweet commanders. However, Smoothie and Cracker seemed to have met their match, and their statues were currently unknown.

The only ones who had yet to be locked up in combat by a Shinobi were Custard, Cinnamon and Opera as they were being distracted by Legion Captains. For the Big Mom army, however, the three elites were suppressing the Ten Division Captains and had even knocked them down in preparation to finish them off. However, Naruto would never let it be so easy.


Battlefield: Right Side

Opera loomed over the five Division Captains with a sadistic grin; he had moved to the right side, leaving the three brothers Counter, Cadenza and Cabaletta to deal with Jozu and the Shinobi. Cream poured in droves from his hands washing over the five Division Captains, slowly consuming them. The Captains struggled against the cream attempting to break free of it, but the cream was too thick, and the density had a strange consistency, the more they fought, the worse it became. Opera laughed as cream swirled around the Captains, tightening its grip. Steam rose from the cream as its sugary consistency began to burn the skin of the Captains. The legion soldiers showed no signs of pain, gritting their teeth and fighting through it.

"Struggle all you want; there is no escape! You will die here fafafa!" Opera was having the time of his life against these Division Captain's, they were weaker than him, and he could handle them easily. If it had been one of the Commander's, he probably would have turned tail and ran.

"Suiton: Kakimazeru Umi (Water Release: Churning Sea)!" Water materialised out of thin air around Opera, flowing around him freely like an ocean current. Water poured down in droves as molecules were pulled out of the air itself and added to the already large amount of liquid. Opera's eyes bugged out, as water poured across the ocean of cream, smothering it and washing it away. Water poured down in large amounts, as a figure moved amongst it. The blurred figure moved with incredible speed; Opera was unable to keep track. Water washed over engulfing the five captains sweeping them up before the figure grabbed them and threw them out of the water where they landed on dry land.

"Suiton: Mizushuushuu (Water Release: Water Collection)!" The figure jumped out of the water, the sun obscuring their view as they seemed to float in the air, beneath their feet a bubble of water. The massive amount of water broke apart flowing upwards where it surrounded the figure and created over one hundred spheres of water. The figure landed on the ground; the water spheres hovered around them.

"A Fishman?" Opera looked on in mild confusion and shock, taking a step back getting ready to flee should the situation call for it.

Standing twenty metres from Opera was a six foot tall, seventeen-year-old Great White Shark Fishman, he had long silver hair that was wild like a lion's mane and had obsidian black eyes. The Fishman had a sizeable upper physique with lean legs, white shark like skin, a large fin on his back, gills on his neck and two rows of razor-sharp teeth. The Fishman wore thick baggy black hakama pants with an obi sash around his waist with nothing covering his torso leaving it exposed, showing off his muscular body, while wearing black open, tied ninja sandals.

"Alphonse-sama, thank you." One of the Captain's spoke with a cough, taking in a deep breath of air to refill his lungs from the sudden loss. The Fishman was the personal student of Gyuki called Alphonse.

"Always happy to lend a hand Captain-san, and please it's just Al, no need for formalities amongst comrades." The Fishman flashed the Captain a thumbs up, giving a nice guy smile, his teeth sparkled. Alphonse turned back to focus on Opera, bringing his webbed hands together and menacingly cracked them.

"Listen up shit for brains; you're on my ass-kicking list!" Alphonse barked out, giving a terrifying, cruel smile that showed off the rows of shark teeth he possessed. When speaking to his comrades, Alphonse was polite and a little more formal, but to his enemies, Alphonse spoke with more brutish and rude mannerisms, he just had no patience for those who wanted to harm his new family.

Alphonse reached into his obi sash on the right of his hip and pulled out a small sealing scroll. Webbed hands tossed the scroll out into the air where it unrolled and in a puff of smoke two items appeared. Alphonse grabbed both, and as the smoke cleared, they were revealed. In the Shark Fishman's left hand was a ten-foot long Kanabo (spiked club) that was bigger than he was, while in his right was a black revolver like handgun with brown coloured handle. (1) Gripping both weapons, Alphonse shot off the ground launching himself directly towards Opera, closing in fast.

The cream user panicked and extended his arms unleashing a massive wave of cream. Cream swept forward like a tidal wave with the intent to engulf Alphonse and smother him. The Fishman snorted and swung his enormous kanabo into the path of the cream. Water poured forth from three of the surrounding water spheres, wrapping around the Kanabo before exploding outwards into the incoming cream. Water swept the cream away with ease as Alphonse raised his revolver and pulled the trigger. A loud bang sounded out as a single 44 calibre magnum round was fired from the barrel. The shot flew through the air and struck Opera's right shoulder.

Opera released a painful cry as blood sprayed out into the air as the magnum round pierced through the back of his shoulder. The devil fruit user clutched his wound, eyes shaking in disbelief as blood trickled to the ground.

"Impossible!" Most weapons did not affect him as he would keep his body covered in a thick layer of cream at all times, the cream would absorb the impact leaving him unharmed. In return to his opponent's shock, Alphonse raised his revolver and blew on the end.

"Seastone tipped bullets, perfect against a dipshit like you. This baby here is the Mateba Autorevolver Model Six Unica. Six round cylinder. I just unloaded one bullet into your happy ass that leaves me with five, which one will be my lucky shot?" Alphonse revealed a sinister smile as killer intent poured out from his body rising up into the air taking on the shape of Gyuki himself. Amongst the Bijuu students, Alphonse in his short time with Gyuki had obtained astounding results, rivalling that of Dominic.

"But I don't need it to mess you up ugly!" Chakra poured out from Alphonse's body as two of the surrounding water spheres floated on down and landed against his flesh. Water spread out coating him in a thin protective layer.

"Suiton Chakura Modo (Water Release Chakra Mode)!" A little tip he had gotten from Vladimir, using his water chakra to form a layer around his body, while it wouldn't enhance his physical attributes, it would certainly let him deal with Devil Fruit users. Gripping the Kanabo, water coated the spiked weapon, before Alphonse threw it towards Opera, letting the weapon go. The Kanabo sailed forth with great speed; Opera was barely able to avoid it as he stumbled to the right, rolling across the ground, snot and tears dribbling down his face like the coward he was.

Alphonse kicked off the ground with the natural abilities granted to him by his species; feet cracked the earth as the Fishman shot across the terrain. Closing in on Opera, Alphonse raised his left hand, fingers clenched to perform a hard punch, aimed for the cream user's chest.

"Gohyakumaigawara Seiken (Five Hundred Tile True Punch)!" Alphonse's right foot dug into the ground as he threw the left side of his body forward. The Fishman's left fist slammed against Opera's chest as a massive shockwave erupted, the water around the fist helped bypass Opera's devil fruit powers as the shockwave tore the ground apart. Blood flew from Opera's lips in a giant wad as the cream user was sent flying up into the air and crashed into the ground fifty metres away forming a human-sized crater on impact.

Alphonse was far from done as he kicked into action again, the ground shattered beneath him as muscles bulged empowered with chakra. The Fishman appeared right above Opera, having crossed the distance within a blink of an eye. Left fist clenched again as it came down in a powerful punch.

"Nanahyakumaigawara Seiken (Seven Hundred Tile True Punch)!" Alphonse's left fist came down hard, slamming into the middle of Opera's face with a loud bang. The earth shattered under the punch, as the ground caved inwards, burying Opera alive. The Fishman leapt upwards, debris falling around him as he landed on the edge of the crater. Raising his left hand, lightning elemental chakra sparked between his fingertips. The lightning in his hand began to grow in intensity and soon began to change colour as it was no longer blue, but black.

"Raiton: Kurokaminari (Lightning Release: Black Thunder)!" Black lightning shot up into the sky before it came crashing down into the crater that contained Opera. Light engulfed the area as lightning tore away at the earth, scorching the ground black. Black lightning struck the crater with such intensity the ground shook. As the light died down a giant hole was revealed, at the very bottom resting in the middle was a battered Opera. The man's body was scorched black, his entire body covered in third-degree burns as he lay in a puddle of dried blood.

Raising the revolver, Alphonse pointed it towards the fallen Opera, a murderous look reflected in the Shark Fishman's doll-like eyes, "To bad, you had the wrong opponent. This was almost to ease."

"NOO!" Custard and Cinnamon cried out at the same time. The two had begun moving the moment Opera had been knocked down; they couldn't dare witness another one of their family members being killed

"I'm not your opponent," Alphonse said calmly as he swiped his left hand towards them, the many remaining water spheres transformed into long tridents that rained down impaling into the ground in front of the two women forming a fence, blocking them off. The Fishman focused back on his target and pulled the trigger without mercy.

"Rest peacefully," Alphonse said as the gun released a loud bang, and fired the projectile. Time seemed to slow for those around the two as the bullet sailed down into the crater, and pierced through Opera's forehead and out the back, splattering the ground with blood and brain matter. Opera's eyes had lost all life but were open wide in horror.

"You bastard!" Cinnamon roared as she swung her giant sword shattering the water spears and charged towards Alphonse. Custard charged in from behind with her rusted sword.

"Like I said. I'm not your opponent, they are." Just as Alphonse said that two swirls, one of water and the other of fire, appeared directly in front of the two Charlotte members cutting them off from Alphonse. The Fishman retrieved his Kanabo, did a salute and vanished in a flash of white taking a position next to Dean and Shirone who joined after.

The two swirls were revealed to be a pair of mermaid's floating in the air with the aid of bubble tubes. The one on the right had appeared in a swirl of flames and wore a dolphin mask, but underneath they were quite attractive with a heart-shaped face. The mermaid was of the Blue Tail Dolphin kind, five foot five, short bouncy orange hair, purple eyes with an attractive figure, wearing Anbu clothing that hugged her nicely leaving nothing to the imagination. Floating behind the Mermaid was a dozen bright red sun-like spheres.

The other Mermaid was of the Striped Beakfish variety with a unique allure about her as she had a pair of cold but hypnotic topaz yellow eyes. She was the type of attractive and cold beauty, who could enchant you with her dismissive behaviour. She was taller than her companion, five foot eight with beautiful long white hair that reached her waist. The mermaid's skin was silky smooth and white with no visible scars; hips were wide with a small waist and large bust that could put Robin to shame. The mermaid dressed in a long-sleeved length silver dress that reached the end of her tail, white sash around her waist, while wearing a light red kimono jacket over her torso with the kanji for three on the back. Strapped to her back was a long brown rifle with a magazine fed into it. (2)

"Sorry, but you're not going anywhere!" The Striped Beakfish Mermaid revealed a cruel smile that seemed to match the one worn by Alphonse as a powerful killer intent poured out from her body. She was Vera, the student of Isobu, the same mermaid he had found floating in the middle of the ocean after she escaped Mariejois. The other was Yasmin, Anbu alias Iruka (Dolphin) under Suzuka's command and user of the Shaku Shaku no Mi (Scorch-Scorch Fruit).

"A pair of mermaids? Don't overestimate yourselves! On land your nothing but dead fish!" Custard mocked as she raised her decayed sword and shot towards Yasmin. Cinnamon snorted in agreement and kicked off the ground heading towards Vera, lifting her giant sword overhead and swung it down.

Yasmin smirked beneath her mask as the rusting sword hit her body, only for it to split into crimson red flames and wrap around the blade. Metal melted under the intense heat of the element released from Yasmin's body. Custard was assaulted by a strong wave of heat and could feel her skin drying out. The Daughter of the Charlotte Family released the hold on her sword and retreated as it was melted into liquid.

"Logia?" Custard gritted her teeth under the realisation of just what her opponent was, with Katakuri and the other commanders tied up there was no one beside Mother that could stop the mermaid.

The Anbu operative eyed Custard as if she was looking down at a bug from her spot, in truth Custard was nothing but an insect to her. A great heat poured out from Yasmin's body as the twelve red spheres began to rotate. Without warning the twelve spheres rocketed towards Custard, bombarding her from a distance. Without a weapon to defend herself Custard was forced on the defensive, retreating out of the way, using whatever methods she could to avoid the incoming spheres. The first sphere hit the ground and detonated, scorching the earth turning it cracked and dry as all the moisture in a ten-metre radius evaporated.

Custard felt the heat on her face, even from a distance, getting hit by those spheres was not something she wanted to do. Muscles clenched as feet kicked off the ground rolling to the left to avoid the second incoming sphere, followed by the third as she had to jump back quickly. As a member of the Charlotte Family, Custard was not weak by any means and was exceptionally agile on her feet, but without a sword, she was unable to display her full strength. Heat came close as Custard had to leap to the right to yet again avoid the sphere. The sphere carried on hitting a nearby chess soldier turning them into a dried up mummified corpse as all the moisture in their body was evaporated.

Custard gulped at the sight before a great heat could be felt once more. Floating directly fifteen metres above her in a circle was the remaining eight spheres. The spheres began to release the heat stored inside, rapidly increasing the temperature beneath them. Custard began to sweat as the heat hit her with such intensity she stumbled and fell onto the ground. Clothes stuck to Custard's body as the heat waves appeared in the air around her. The ground turned red as it heated up and began to boil under the intense temperature. Custard's vision began to blur as a puddle of sweat formed beneath her only to disperse into steam. The heat became so unbearable, the woman collapsed, falling unconscious, dehydrated and overheated.

Yasmin called back all twelve spheres where they floated behind her in formation. The young mermaid floated over to the fallen woman, placed two fingers to Custard's neck and checked for a pulse.

"You're a lucky one. We were told not to kill all of you, but to leave at least half of you alive. Count yourself lucky." The mermaid absorbed the scorching spheres back into her body, before removing a gourd from her shinobi pouch, and poured part of its contents into Custard's mouth.

Across from Yasmin, Vera floated in the air, looking up at the much taller Charlotte Cinnamon. The long-legged woman stood at a distance, sword raised in front of her as if waiting for an opportune moment to strike. As a Mermaid on land, Cinnamon believed her opponent would lack maneuverability, which she could use to her advantage. If Cinnamon were fighting the Mermaid in the water she would be at a loss, but on land, she had the advantage, though she would have to worry about the firearm the Mermaid was carrying. Muscles tensed, Cinnamon launched towards the Mermaid, sword tip pointed towards her.

"Die!" Cinnamon gave the battle cry as she thrust the sword towards Vera's throat with the intent of taking her head. But it would not be that easy to take the head of someone who has trained under the watchful eye of a Bijuu. As the blade came close, thick coral sprung to life, growing over the point of impact. The tip of the blade impacted and cracked the coral, chipping off tiny bits but was unable to shatter it completely. The force of the blow sent Vera floating back in the air a few inches but left her unharmed.

Vera reached behind her back and retrieved the rifle, cocking it, the mermaid took the first shot. With a loud bang, a projectile was fired from the barrel, shooting towards Cinnamon. The long-legged woman swung her sword into the path of the bullet with great strength. The edge of the sword hit the bullet, and a metal chip flew off as a gale of wind was whipped up knocking the bullet to the ground. Cinnamon raised the sword in front of her once more and charged towards Vera.

"You think a bullet will stop me!"

Vera showed no reaction to Cinnamon's words. Instead, she channelled chakra directly into the rifle she carried. Aiming at the ground in Cinnamon's path, Vera fired. A glowing projectile struck the ground in front of Cinnamon, coral rapidly grew, sprouting at a tremendous pace creating a large five meters high and wide wall to block the enemy woman's path.

"Dream on!" Cinnamon swung the sword into the coral with great strength, shattering it on impact sending debris flying everywhere.

"Raiton: Byakurai (Lightning Release: Pale Lightning)!" A beam of concentrated lightning streaked through the air towards Cinnamon, fired from a focused sphere of chakra at Vera's right index finger. The beam cut through the air, leaving the smell of ozone behind as it headed directly for Cinnamon with no hesitation, aimed for her heart. The giant woman took a step to the right, attempting to avoid the incoming beam but it was too fast. A cry escaped her lips as the lightning pierced through her left shoulder. Electricity coursed through her body violently electrocuting her making hair stand on edge. Cinnamon felt her entire left arm go numb and fall by her side, forcing her to hold her sword with one hand.

Vera flicked her tail forward, using it to make herself float back through the air when using a bubble tube she had to use her tail as a rudder to control what way she moved. The more force applied in her tail movements, the faster she could move while controlling just how far she went. Vera wanted to create as much distance between herself and Cinnamon as possible; after all, she was predominantly a long range fighter.

"Karakusagawara Seiken (Arabesque Tile True Punch)!" Vera gave Cinnamon no time to recover and promptly punched the air with her right fist, releasing the hold on the rifle she carried. A shockwave erupted from the fist, moving through the air using the surrounding water vapour. The shockwave slammed against Cinnamon's chest knocking her backwards, catching her by surprise, where she went sliding across the ground. Merfolk weren't traditionally known for using Fishman Karate. It was usually only practised by Fish-man.

"Suiton: Haran Hanshou (Water Release: Stormy Blockade)!" Vera slung the rifle onto her back and placed both hands on the ground after floating downwards. Chakra poured out of her body before a large torrential rain of water came pouring down from the sky all around her and washed over Cinnamon. As the torrential rain came down, it collected up dozens of chess soldiers along the way

"Raiton: Jibashi (Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder)!" Electricity sparked in Vera's hands as she held them over the water pouring down around her. A wave of electricity erupted as a powerful stream of lightning flowed through the water, everyone who came in contact with it was violently electrocuted. As she was electrocuted Cinnamon released an agonising scream, eyes rolled into the back of her head as her screaming soon stooped, having slipped into blissful unconsciousness. With a wave of a hand the water flow stopped and seeped into the ground creating a muddy terrain all around Vera in a fifty-metre radius.

"Finished already?" Yasmin floated over to Vera, floating behind her on a large bubble was a collapsed Custard. The two Mermaid's had been given orders not to kill their opponents, only to render them unconscious. Yasmin dropped, Custard, unceremoniously onto the ground beside her sister Cinnamon before vanishing in a white flash, shortly accompanied by Vera.


Naruto and Whitebeard

As Yasmin and Vera appeared amongst the ranks joining Alphonse, Dean and Taro, the Uzukage lowered his saucer. Naruto extended his right hand; palm facing up, in a puff of smoke small three blue and white scrolls appeared. The three scrolls floated in the air before they shot towards Alphonse, Dean and Taro. The three shinobi grabbed the accepted scrolls without hesitation.

"Shi and Iruka will pair together. Vera, you'll accompany Dean." The only one without a partner was Alphonse, but Naruto had confidence he would be fine on his own. Not to say he wasn't confident of the skills of his other Shinobi, the task he gave Alphonse didn't require any extra assistance. As to what the jobs he had given out, they were all part of the next piece in his plan. The World Government, Marines and Big Mom had all placed their focus on this war, leaving themselves open. Naruto planned to take advantage of the distraction the War had created.

"Hai Uzukage-sama!" The five Shinobi shouted before kneeling, going down on their right knee before they squared off into their groups. The world behind them became distorted as Naruto's Seika-kan Mira came into full view. The mirror's metal rippled before liquid glass flowed into the air and coiled around all five Shinobi, drawing them into the confines of its inner word, where it would then teleport them directly to their designated location.

"I have the feeling you're up to something again, Naruto-san?" asked the inquisitive Whitebeard after downing another large saucer of sake, a light blush on his cheeks. The rice wine was intense and gave him quite the buzz.

"Ha! I'm always up to something. The World is too focused on what is happening here. The Marines have let their guard down; this is the perfect time to take advantage of them." Naruto revealed a fox-like grin, mischief twinkling in the cerulean blue eyes of his disguise.

"It looks like things between Houjin and Katakuri are getting heated." Naruto decided to change the subject, drawing Whitebeard's attention to the middle of the battlefield where a massive tornado had come into existence, only to be smothered by an enormous wave of mochi created from the ground.

"While strong, I have my doubts Houjin will win, he lacks the experience and control, Katakuri has." Whitebeard scrutinised the battle as giant mochi fist hardened with Busoshoku Haki collided with a giant fist made of wind. While Newgate was naturally curious about what the Immortal had planned, he could wait to find out, knowing that the surprise would be worth it.

"Charlotte's son seems to have trained himself in Kenbunshoku Haki to the point he can predict, Houjin's attack's and use his peculiar devil fruit ability to flow around the strikes avoiding harm." Whitebeard stroked his moustache in contemplation. The level of Kenbunshoku Haki, Katakuri possessed was one Whitebeard himself had once been able to use in his prime. When Whitebeard fought Naruto, he was unable to use it due to his old age and illness, now however Newgate could use it as he liked.

"It's about time." Naruto raised his cup of sake and downed the drink after his comment. A smile began to grace the Sage's lips as messages began to come in minutes later from his subordinates stationed all around the globe.


Marineford

"What do you mean the fleet was destroyed?" An angry roar shook Marineford as a table went crashing through a wall. Sengoku was seated calmly in his chair as five tall elderly men stood in his office. Four of them were wearing black and white suits while the last wore a white Gi. These five were the Gorosei (Five Elders), the highest ranking Celestial Dragons and heads of the World Government. Typically they would be on Mariejois, but they had come to Marineford to await the results of the war. They had been sitting peacefully in chambers provided, waiting for Sengoku to call on them.

Over an hour ago, Sengoku had received word from Kuzan about the destruction of the fleet and the reveal of Uzushiogakure's naval might. The Fleet Admiral had contemplated whether to reveal what had happened to the Gorosei. However, they had caught wind of the report and arrived in his office minutes ago demanding answers. With no choice, Sengoku freely told them what had happened without hiding a single detail.

"Sengoku how did you allow Uzushio to build a fleet right under your nose!" One of the Gorosei, the youngest, a man with blonde hair, a beard of the same colour and a scar on his chest shouted, he was also the one who threw the table.

"We had no access to their village or secure areas. Any marine we sent in was automatically captured and sent back to us." Sengoku explained calmly; the man's attitude didn't faze him, as a Fleet-Admiral he had long since learned how to deal with the Five Elders.

"How hard is it to track large purchases of metal? How could they slip that past you!" Another Gorosei barked up, he was bald, had large birthmark spots on his forehead and sported a large white moustache.

"You forget, Uzushio is self-sufficient, farming, mineral's, lumber and all the above. The Village of Eddie's can produce its own rare metals, why would they need to make outside purchases?" Raising a right eyebrow, Sengoku looked at the Gorosei like he was stupid, had he not read the reports or just forgot?

"Then tell us, where they found a capable shipwright able to make steel ships! There has been no one who has been able to make a step forward in this revolutionary industry. Or are you telling us the Uzukage himself is a man that is capable enough to revolutionise anything he desires?" A third Gorosei spoke, questioning Sengoku further, the one who spoke had a scar on the left side of his face, wore a hat over grey dreadlocks and had a walking cane.

"Uzushiogakure is far more developed than we ever expected. Not just in ship development, but also military. Dr Vegapunk has been researching and experimenting with the idea of fully automatic rifles for the last ten years and has only managed to make large Gatling guns requiring five or more operators to use. Uzushiogakure's ability to research and develop surpasses all our expectations." Sengoku pushed his glasses up, and looked down, he was slightly worried about the reveal of these fully automatic rifles, but he was even more so about the four ships Uzushio had developed. With just three ships, Uzushio had been able to wipe out more than half of the Buster Call unit.

"Perhaps it would be wise to leave Uzushiogakure alone for now." The Gorosei who spoke was a tall and thin bearded man with long white hair. The elder stroked his long beard, eyes appearing closed as he sat in a reclining chair with a peaceful expression.

"We have underestimated this Uzumaki Naruto and his ability to develop. Uzushiogakure has expanded beyond anyone's wildest comprehensions with military technology that surpasses our own. It is quite possible the rest of their technology is the same, years beyond what anyone has researched." The final Gorosei to speak was the one wearing the white gi and looked like he was the oldest; he was bald, with glasses and carried a samurai sword. Little did the Gorosei know the truth of his words.

"Perhaps it's best we allow a grace period, withdraw from confrontation with this Shodai Uzukage and his people, to focus internally. The Marines have taken quite a hit these past years; we have lost countless troops to Otsutsuki Hagoromo and the Shinobi of Uzushiogakure. While difficult to avoid Hagoromo, we can certainly avoid conflict with Uzushio. During this time of respite, we can rebuild our forces." The Gorosei in the gi spoke again, appearing to be wisest and most experienced amongst them.

"We have lost more than a dozen high ranking marines in these past few years. We must begin the draft as soon as possible!" The Gorosei with long hair and beard spoke up again, drawing the room's attention, however before he could continue any further, the entire building shook violently as an explosion went off.

"What the devil was that!" The blonde haired Gorosei barked out; the explosion had put them all on edge. Sengoku grabbed a Den Den Mushi transponder and immediately contact the Control Room.

"This is Fleet-Admiral Sengoku, all marines report in immediately." There was nothing but static over the line as the Den Den Mushi seemed to be frozen.

The door to the office suddenly burst open as a marine covered in sweat suddenly ran in. "Fleet-Admiral Sengoku we have an emergency!"

"Explain!" Sengoku climbed to his feet and slammed his hands on his office table.

"The...the control room has gone up in flames! All communications are down!" The marine spoke in a panic, trying to get it out as fast as possible.

"Impossible! How" Sengoku moved around the table, cloak fluttering behind him. However, Sengoku found he had to stabilise his footing as the room shook again as a second explosion rocked the entire building.

"Marine find out what is going on!" Sengoku roared orders to the exhausted marine who saluted and quickly ran off to find someone else. Who would dare to attack Marineford? Without the Admiral's or a way to communicate with them, the Marine Headquarters would usually be defenceless. If the Control Room was available they could activate the Encircling Wall, but the Control Room was destroyed, and the wall couldn't be used.

Another marine came running in; he was clearly in a panic as his face was white as a sheet-like he had seen a ghost.

"A bomb has gone off in the Armoury Fleet-Admiral!" The Marine was panicking, most of the ammunition and heavy firearms used to defend Marineford were kept locked up in the Armoury and guarded heavily. For someone to sneak into the Armoury, plant an explosive then get out was almost unheard.

"How many are attacking us! Where is the enemy marine!" Sengoku got right up in the marine's face making him sweat profusely.

"We don't know sir, parties are searching for the intruders now, but without communication's, it's virtually impossible." The marine gulped under the looming presence of the Fleet-Admiral and the Five Elders who were glaring daggers at him. The sailor wished he was anywhere else right now.

"Get communication back online with short wave Den Den Mushis. Find out what's going on." Sengoku gave the order, sending the marine running to begin setting back up a line of communication.

"Sengoku you better handle these matters immediately! If not it will be on your head and your position may be on the line!" The Gorosei with the bald head and moustache spoke out harshly, pointing a finger rudely to Sengoku.

"Don't threaten me with your petty gestures!" Sengoku barked back without hesitation a golden light surrounding him, telling the elder to back off. Sengoku was not in the mood, to the point he wouldn't hesitate to strike the Elder. While the Fleet-Admiral had patience and would follow the orders of the Elder's, there was a point where even he grew tired of them.

Seeing Sengoku's immediate criticism, made the Elder take a tentative step back, this was one of the first time's Sengoku had ever spoken back with such a fiery attitude. It made the Elder fear for his safety as he retreated to stand by one of the other Elders.

Without another word, Sengoku departed from his office leaving the five elders to their devices. Making his way through Marineford, Sengoku picked up the pace starting as a jog only to develop into a full-blown run. Coming to a halt, Sengoku spotted a group of five marines gathered around a large Den Den Mushi in the hallway. At the four corridors north, west, east and south of the crossroad were ten marines in each section having taken a protective formation around the com unit.

"Come in. Marines report your status." Static came over the transponder as the marine's fiddled with the radio trying to get a signal.

"How fairs it?" Sengoku asked on arrival, getting a salute from the group, the marines in the corridor made room to let him pass.

"We're trying Fleet-Admiral, there's nothing but static." Turning the knob the static disappeared and a voice came over.

"Come in, can anyone hear us? This is the security division four B in sector thirteen. We are pinned down by the enemy, taking heavy casualties! I report we have heavy wounded. Does anyone read us?"

"This is Fleet-Admiral Sengoku; report the size of the enemy intruders! How many are wounded!" Sengoku grabbed the receiver from his marine and spoke directly into it.

"Sir it's good to hear your voice! Fifteen have sustained heavy wounds, sir! The enemy we don't know sir, we are unable to get a fix on their position or numbers!" A loud bang sounded over the transponder followed by a cry of pain.

"Shit shots fired! Where did it come from?" Another marine shouted from beside the transponder before a loud rumbling poured out from the receiver.

"Sand! What is with all this sand! Aaaah, help!" The sound of agonising cries was heard from transponder before it cut out, and there was nothing but static.

"Marines! Do you read me?" Sengoku shouted into the transponder, but there was no answer. The Fleet-Admiral slammed the receiver down in frustration.

"Sir there's a platoon heading our way." One of the marines addressed as a division of fifty marines came running down from the south corridor.

"All of you with me! The rest of you guard this point and keep trying to make contact!" Sengoku roared immediately on their arrival, before giving orders to the others. Sengoku headed off under the escort of the marine platoon armed with nothing but flintlock rifles and swords. The group travelled quickly, arriving at the location of the attack, a hallway filled with sand up to the knees, blood could be seen coating the walls as crushed and mangled corpses were sticking up out of the grains. Some of the less experienced marines fell to their knees and vomited from the stench.

"What...how." Sengoku grabbed a handful of the sand and let it full.

"Crocodile? Is this his doing?" Sengoku thought at first but then shook the idea, why would he do this in the first place? The man enjoyed the immunity he received from the status of being a Shichibukai.

"WEEE!" A roar could be heard that echoed over Marineford as the main building shook again. Sengoku headed to the closest window, finding a giant sandstorm had surrounded the entire building, the sandstorm was so thick he could barely see a thing. The sandstorm seemed to come together fusing into physical form taking the shape of a giant sandy brown Tanuki with strange markings all over its body.

"Weee I'm free! Time to kill!" The Tanuki was none other than the Ichibi, Shukaku of the Nine Bijuu. Shukaku kept growing in size until he towered over the main building, sand pouring down from his body, breaking the surrounding terrain down into more sand.

"What kind of monstrous beast is this?" One of the marines said, his entire body shaking. Sengoku didn't answer and instead moved to the window and promptly proceeded to jump out of it from, breaking it open.

"Sir!" The Marines were stunned by their commander's actions.

Sengoku's entire body began to glow with a golden light, before transforming into a giant, living, golden Buddha, while nowhere near as big as Shukaku; he still reached up to the Tanuki's knee. A mighty golden fist came crashing down, smashing into Shukaku's upper half with enough force it sent the giant sand Tanuki stumbling back where he fell into the ground, limbs falling into the ocean.

"Who dares!" Shukaku climbed to his feet, large clumps of wet sand falling from his body as the ocean swept across his sides.

"I dare you to monster!" Sengoku roared with fury as he jumped up into the air rising to Shukaku's head and struck the air with a palm thrust. A powerful shockwave erupted from the palm, travelling through the air and hit Shukaku's head making it explode sending sand flying everywhere. Shukaku's body began to reconfigure itself as he shrunk ever so slightly and produced a new head.

"That won't work on me Ningen (Human)!" Shukaku roared as he raised his right claw and brought it down onto Sengoku throwing him into the ground with a loud bang. As Sengoku hit the ground, he impacted with a large amount of sand blowing it away on collision. Sengoku climbed to his feet slamming his palms together, creating a shockwave that blew the sand away clearing a one hundred metre area.

"I don't know who or what you are, but you will regret coming here beast!" Sengoku declared before settling into a stance, legs spread as his torso faced Shukaku. The Buddha palmed the air with both hands, delivering a two palm strike. Two giant golden handprints manifested in mid-air and went sailing towards Shukaku.

"This esteemed one is Shukaku the Ichibi! The Tanuki shouted as sand rose up in front of it creating a sizeable sandy wall. The wall of sand shook as the two giant handprints collided with it making it crumble away.

"Futon: Sasandan (Wind Release: Sand Buckshot)!" Shukaku waved his giant left hand, releasing many sand particles shaped like bullets towards Sengoku, before expelling a giant gust of wind from his stomach. The wind impacted against the shots with the force of a bomb, increasing their strength and speed while creating a large-scale sandstorm. Sengoku released a loud battle cry and jumped into the path of the sand-storm meeting it head one. The Buddha clapped his hands together with such force a powerful shockwave spread out from his body mixed with a golden light. The light and shockwave hit the incoming sandstorm and pushed it away as the two fought for dominance over each other.

"Futon: Renkudan (Wind Release: Drilling Air Projectile)!" Shukaku took a deep breath in before slamming a fist into his stomach, applying external pressure to the air in his body. Shukaku parted his giant mouth and fired a giant compressed sphere of air, before pounding his stomach in rapid succession and shooting more, a total of a dozen. Sengoku didn't bat an eyelash and punched out multiple times, creating a dozen golden fist prints that went flying into the path of the projectiles. The attacks collided detonating on impact creating a dozen powerful tremors that shook Marineford.

"I don't know what you want beast, but I'll stop you!" Sengoku roared as a golden light radiated off his body as he prepared to attack.

"Hahaha! What does this esteemed one want? This esteemed one is just a distraction!" Shukaku roared gleefully before a large amount of sand rose up from the ground beneath Sengoku's feet.

"A distraction?" Sengoku's eyes widened, the gunshot, the beast had an accomplice. A large amount of sand poured up around Sengoku rising high into the air creating a large pyramid shape, trapping the Fleet-Admiral.

"Sabaku Sotaiso Fuin (Desert Layered Imperial Seal)!" The sand continued to cover Sengoku, creating several thick layers trapping him deep inside. Shukaku placed both claws onto the sand pyramid, and the curse seal markings from his body slithered onto it. The markings spread rapidly across the sand pyramid creating a powerful seal to keep Sengoku imprisoned.

Meanwhile, inside Marineford, a figure could be seen moving through the shadows, a shuriken would fly out hitting a light destroying the bulb, allowing darkness to fall. The figure was keeping to the shadows hiding, anytime a marine was spotted the glint of a barrel was raised and a projectile fired. The sound of the muzzle was silenced as a bullet flew to the marine. Before hitting the bullet would glow, and a pink gas would be ejected, right in the marines face. With a single whiff, the guard would collapse to the ground, snoring blissfully.

"Stop!" A platoon of marines came running down from an east corridor; they had seen their comrade collapse, there were fifteen in total. The figure said not a word, with quick reflexes changed the cartridge in their rifle and fired in rapid succession. Bullets ripped through knees as five marines fell to the ground.

"They're heading for the treasury!" The figure was moving towards the south path of a cross section that leads down towards the Marine Treasury where they stored all the valuable items collected over the years.

"DIE!" A marine roared as he came barrelling down the corridor towards the darkened half. The marine was a dark-skinned and thickset man, with hair arranged in dreadlocks that flow wildly in the back, and a short beard that has some peaks on the top. He wore an open yellow shirt with four-leaf clovers on them, as well as dark grey pants and black shoes; the standard marine cape was worn over his shoulders. The strange thing about him was his arms were long with two joints marking him as a member of the long arm tribe.

"Adios (Goodbye)!" The man's upper half seemed to bulk up suddenly growing in size as his muscles tripled in mass. The figure showed no hesitation and fired towards the bulky marine, five projectiles flew through the air and slammed against the man's chest digging into the first layer of skin drawing blood before they bounced off.

"Tekkai!" The figure retreated as the giant man slammed into his previous location knocking down a wall and creating a crater with a body slam. Light filtered in from outside illuminating the intruder's form.

The intruder was a six foot two tall eighteen-year-old youth with short gravity-defying teal hair, emerald green eyes and fair skin. He wore long thick dark maroon pants with a holster on each hip containing a handgun, while wearing a baggy long sleeve dark brown top, with numerous seals on the inside of his sleeves. Held in his hands was a scoped Mosin - Nagant same model used by the Ninth Division of the Fifth Martial Legion, with a strap connected to the rifle where it could be hung across his back. The intruder wore black combat boots over his feet; a belt around his waist with numerous seals engraved into the material and wore his headband around his right bicep.

The intruder was none other than Dominic, the student of Shukaku and fifth Jounin of Uzushiogakure no Sato. Initially he had been assigned to the protection detail of Queen Otohime, but lately, the anti-human propaganda had reached a point where he was always under suspicion. In the end, Naruto relieved Dominic of his duties and sent Iris, the student of Saiken and a Tiger Shark Fishwoman to take his place.

Dominic slung the scoped rifle onto his back and grabbed the two handguns in his thigh holsters, removing them from their confines the weapons were shiny nickel handguns (3). Dominic raised the two pistols in front of his person and fired. A shell flew out from the side of the gun as two projectiles fired through the air towards the longarm marine.

"Useless! Tekkai!" The muscular marine roared as he charged towards Dominic, barrelling towards him without fear. The projectiles dug into the first layer of flesh before they bounced off and hit the ground with a clang. Dominic simply frowned in response but showed no other reaction. Seals lit up inside of his sleeves and sand began pouring out in droves, falling to the ground around him — the sand shot towards the marine creating dozens of long tendrils with sharpened ends. The tendrils bombarded against flesh knocking the marine backwards.

Sand rose up behind Dominic as a seal lit up on his belt, and in a puff of smoke, an FN Fal automatic rifle made its appearance. The sand coiled around the gun and hoisted it into position, before wrapping around the trigger and squeezing. Gunshots rang out as the sand tendril unloaded the full magazine clip, firing a shower of twenty-something bullets at the marine. Bullets ricochet off the marine's body, leaving small marks as blood trickled to the ground.

"Doton: Haaku (Earth Release: Grasp)!" Dominic tossed the two guns up into the air and clapped his hands together in the snake seal. The ground shook beneath the long-armed marine as a giant hand made of solid rock shot up from the tiled floors, palm open wide as fingers coiled around him. The rock hand lifted the man up off the ground and held him in mid-air, keeping him contained. As the guns fell back down, Dominic caught them with ease.

"Stop him!" Marine's piled in from the north and west side corridors of the cross section, spilling down in large numbers from the sudden commotion. Twenty three marines were running down the north, and thirty-eight were coming down the west.

Dominic raised his arms and sand poured out even faster than before as more seals along the inner sleeves came to life. A large amount of sand poured around the Shinobi, the sand seeped into the surrounding walls and floor, breaking away at the materials rapidly producing even more sand. Sand pillars rose up, twelve in total creating twelve identical copies of Dominic. Dominic waved a hand towards the clones, and a scroll puffed into appearance in front of him and unrolled. A puff of smoke filled the marine's vision before it disappeared, and in the hands of each clone was a fully automatic rifle, the FN Fal.

Dominic placed his hands on the ground and sand poured down the corridors with such force it knocked the marines back. Sand rose up forming four consecutive walls with a two-metre gap between each other, covered in spikes that extended towards the enemy. The clones hid behind the walls, four at west, east and north. The clones paired off and fired at the enemy to keep them busy. As the clip was emptied the clone would remove it, and a seal would appear on the magazine, in a puff of smoke the magazine clip would disappear and be instantly replaced by another.

Thanks to his clones distracting the marines, Dominic fled down the south corridor, heading towards the treasury that was guarded by a security team of eight armed marines.

"Halt identify yourself!" One of the marines shouted, but Dominic ignored him and dashed straight into the fray. Dominic raised his twin handguns and fired without hesitation, dealing crippling blows through the right shoulders of two marines in an instant. A large amount of sand poured out of his sleeves and protectively wrapped around his body, blocking the shots of the other six. The sand exploded outwards, creating six long tendrils that wrapped around the marines and encased their limbs.

"Sabaku Sousou (Sand Waterfall Funeral)!" The sand clenched down and crushed the limbs of the six marines without mercy, breaking them to the point they were bending at the wrong angle. Dominic released the marines dropping them to the ground, ignoring their agonising screams, concentrating on the vault door in front of him. Chakra flowed through his body as Dominic holstered his twin pistols and raised his right hand, palm opened and facing the door.

"Jiton: Jikikujiki (Magnet Release: Magnetic Crush)!" Dominic generated a magnetic force, and applied it directly to the vault door, letting it spread over the entire length, before increasing the magnetic force at the centre. The Jounin began to clench his hand as if pulling on the magnetic force and controlling it; the door started to creak and groan as creases appeared in its metal. The door began to collapse inwards, as Dominic compacted it into a metal ball, effectively crushing it. Within moments the giant vault door was turned into a crumpled ball of scrap iron.

Walking into the vault, Dominic found himself assaulted by a host of treasures. Inside the vault, Dominic couldn't see any traces of beri, but it contained many other valuable items. There was a rack carrying five expensive and valuable looking swords. Across the room in another corner on three stands were three different Devil Fruits stored in jars. Dominic could see pieces of art that had been hidden away; no doubt labelled as propaganda for what they portrayed.

Dominic could only make out two of the paintings as they weren't adequately covered, the first was an early work from an unknown artist who had laid eyes on Gol D Roger after becoming the Pirate King. The painting was one of the first to be made of Gol D Roger after his rise to the position. There was another, this one of Whitebeard back in his prime towering over a defeated Sengoku and Garp. While gravely injured, Edward Newgate proudly stood over his downed opponents who were worse off than Whitebeard was. It was untestable why the Marines would keep these here. Most items regarding Roger had been burned or lost to the ages as the World Government didn't want people knowing more about him. As for Sengoku's and Garp's defeat, it wouldn't do for the image of the Marine's to be tarnished by having two of their strongest warriors beaten by a pirate.

Tapping one of the seals on his belt a scroll popped into existence. Grabbing the scroll, Dominic unrolled it and poured chakra inside. A large suction force poured out from the scroll, dragging in every single item within the vault, pulling them into the sealing formula on the scroll. Within moments everything had been sealed up. Dominic rolled the scroll up and sealed it back into the seal on his belt and connected to the Bijuu mind plain.

"Sensei, I have completed my mission, I am returning to Uzushiogakure no Sato."

"Weee good job boyo! My esteemed self is going to keep having fun!"

Dominic shook his head at his teacher's antics before channelling chakra to a seal on the back of his neck. The seal lit up, and in a flash of white, Dominic vanished, as he departed the clones he created went up in smoke. Sand walls collapsed as guns hit the floor before a seal lit up on the stock and they vanished in puffs of smoke returning to their sealed confines.

Shukaku compressed the sand pyramid making it grow smaller in size, forcing pressure on Sengoku inside. The Fleet Admiral sneered, and the limbs of his Buddha form transformed with Busoshoku Haki. Giving a loud battle cry the Buddha swung its massive arms into the sides of the pyramid striking with powerful force. Ripples travelled through the sand pyramid as pieces were blown off, only to rapidly reform. Sengoku glowered at the sand trap around him, feeling the pressure of it growing smaller falling onto his shoulders. Giant hands raised up slamming against the roof and sides of the shrinking pyramid; muscles strained as the transformed Sengoku forced the shrinking to stop through brute force.

"You're a strong one, but it won't do any good against my esteemed self!" Sand poured up from Sengoku's feet and began filling the inside of the hollow pyramid, wrapping around the golden Buddha's legs. "I'll crush you like a bug!"

"Dream on!" A roar came from above as a giant shadow loomed over Shukaku and the pyramid, before a giant iron ball bigger than a marine ship came falling from above at high speed, attached to a chain. The iron ball hit the top of the pyramid and tore away at its confines throwing sand everywhere, blowing it apart. From inside the sand pyramid, Sengoku slammed his hands together; releasing a powerful golden shockwave that helped destroyed the sand pyramid and blow the iron ball back up into the air.

A large figure grabbed the chain attached to the ball and crashed into the ground beside Sengoku's transformed appearance. The figure was none other than the Hero of the Marine's, the man who cornered the Pirate King, Gol D Roger on multiple occasions, Monkey D Garp.

"BWAHAHAHA! Sengoku just like old times!" Garp roared with a belly aching laugh as he held the giant iron ball above his head with one hand, chain in the other.

"Another bug to squash!" Shukaku roared from above as he continued towering over the two Marine's, the sand storm raging violently around him.

"HA! I don't know where you came from, but I'm going to tame and ride you like a horse!" Garp roared back a powerful wave of haki erupted from his body as he jumped into battle, swinging the massive iron ball towards Shukaku without mercy. The iron ball swung through the air and clashed with Shukaku's right paw releasing a loud shockwave on the impact that blew the sandstorm away. Sengoku kicked off the ground and flew up over the iron ball and performed a powerful downwards palm thrust into Shukaku's elbow joint. The giant golden palm hit the sand limb and tore it off allowing it to fall and hit the ground with a loud thud spilling sand everywhere.

Sand swirled around Shukaku as his body shrank down, sand latched onto the torn off limb and rapidly reformed it. Shukaku was made entirely out of sand making it practically impossible to hurt him physically.

"Wahaha! It's been a long time since I've last let loose!" Garp released a bellowing laugh as he pulled on the chain and swung the giant iron ball, sending it hurtling into Shukaku's left side with a loud thud. The force of the impact sent the giant sand beast crashing into the ground, limbs falling into the ocean, kicking up large waves.

Sengoku ignored Garp's childish mannerisms and rushed towards the fallen beast, leaping up into the air, breaking the ground as he did. Sengoku raised his right arm, pulling it back before thrusting it down in a powerful motion.

"Golden Press!" Sengoku cried loudly as his giant golden palm came crashing down onto Shukaku's body carrying enough force to split the left side from the shoulder line of the main body. Sand plummeted into the ocean below as a large fragment of Shukaku's torso was blown apart.

"Is that all you got!" Shukaku yelled in an infantile voice as his body climbed back onto two feet as sand poured up out of the ground as the surrounding buildings crumbled and transformed into sand. Sand shot up into the air and clung to Shukaku's broken body and began to reassemble.

"As if you'll get the chance!" Sengoku calmly retorted as a golden light erupted from his body.

"Refugee In The Three Jewels" The golden light shined brightly from the Buddha's body engulfing its form as one hand pointed upwards in prayer and the other down. The Buddha's closed its eyes as it began to float in the air, legs crossing over in meditation in the lotus pose. Sengoku's hands took on a new pose with both hands close together in front of the chest in vitarka with the right palm forward and the left palm facing the chest, the Dharmachakra mudrā. (4)

"Awakened With True Knowledge!" (5)

Sengoku opened his eyes, and from within those eyes began to exert a powerful light. An unknown force travelled through the air and struck Shukaku making him stumble back. Sand went everywhere as a large palm-shaped hole appeared in the Tanuki's chest.

"Don't forget about me!" Garp kicked off the ground to launch upwards until he loomed over Shukaku and swung the giant iron ball over his right shoulder. Busoshoku Haki transformed around the iron ball increasing its durability and strength as it slammed down onto Shukaku's head and through the weakened upper torso. Sand spewed everywhere as Shukaku's entire top half was blown to pieces; as sand spilt into the ocean as more and more was lost.

Shukaku's lower half shrank and compressed reforming into the Tanuki who was now as big as Sengoku's Buddha form. The Tanuki was smiling with sadistic glee as sand spewed from its body and crashed against the ground like waves as it headed towards the two marines.

"This esteemed one is done playing around! Sabaku Kyuu (Sand Binding Coffin)!" Tendrils of sand came into existence, hundreds of them, that shot towards Garp and Sengoku. Sand began to wrap around the bodies of the marines in an attempt to smother them and restrain their movements. Garp laughed as he punched out with his right and coating it with haki, the darkened fist struck sand blowing it away before Garp grabbed the chain of his weapon and swung it around. Garp began to spin at high speed turning into a blur as the iron ball turned into a twister that blew the sand away knocking it back.

Sengoku in his Buddha form stared at the sand with calm, showing no mortal emotions, he was at peace with the world. Golden light poured from his body. Sengoku's right hand extended to the right as golden light manifested into the image of a giant flaming sword. Extending his left hand out, a lotus flower appeared resting nearly in the palm of his hand before a sutra appeared on top, recognising one's realisation of wisdom. Beneath the seated Buddha, the image of a lion skin was manifested, to represent the use of wisdom to tame the mind.

"Right View. Right, Intention. The Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom!" (6)

Sengoku raised the flaming sword and swung it down towards the incoming tendrils of sand. A golden light radiated from the sword, blowing the sand away as if it was nothing. Golden light poured out from the lotus and sutra of wisdom surrounding Sengoku, bathing him in its protective essence, blowing the sand away.

"I haven't seen you like this in a long time!" Garp roared out as he jumped back a distance, knowing what was to come. It had been a great many years since Garp had witnessed Sengoku let loose and use his Devil Fruit abilities to their full.

"Right Speech. Right Action. Right Livelihood. Gathering of Moral Virtues!" (7)

Sengoku brought his hands together in prayer, causing the flaming sword, sutra, lotus and lion skin to fade away into golden particles. Golden light shined from Sengoku's back creating the illusion of a large wheel with four layers on its being; each layer had different images. The first layer had the three pictures of a pig, rooster and snake. The second layer was designed to portray the values of karma. The third represented the six realms of samsara. The fourth layer showed the twelve links of dependent origination. Holding the wheel was a fierce looking figure to represent impermanence. Above the wheel was the moon to show liberation from the cycle of samsara. Stationed above was a Buddha pointing to indicate liberation was possible.

"Samsara. The Wheel of Life. Asura!" (8)

The Wheel spun behind Sengoku as he raised his right palm pointing it towards Shukaku. The Golden Buddha's eyes lit up as an angry flame came into existence. As the angry flame appeared an exact copy of the Wheel of Life materialised beneath the Tanuki's feet, and a strange pressure came crashing down upon him. The pressure forced Shukaku to his knees with a loud thud.

"Perish," Sengoku spoke in an ethereal voice as if he had been enlightened. The Giant Buddha's right palm came back as the left palm shot towards Shukaku's fallen body, a golden light radiating from the palm with the intent to obliterate all that stood in Sengoku's path. The Golden Buddha placed one foot on the ground and kicked off with one smooth motion, with great speed Sengoku seemed to appear in the air above Shukaku.

"Enlightenment. One Palm To Slay Evil!" The palm grew to three times its normal size as it impacted down onto Shukaku's body with a loud thud, shaking the floor of Marineford. Sand was pushed out as the palm strike flattened Shukaku into the ground creating giant cracks on impact. The ground collapsed, giving out under the intense strength of Sengoku's palm, the earth shattered creating a large crater. Golden light poured out from the palm as Sengoku retracted his arm and floated back down to the ground where both feet touched solid material. (9)

In front of Sengoku's golden form was a flattened Shukaku who looked like a pancake, as sand was strewn everywhere. The ground beneath Shukaku broke apart creating floating pieces in the ocean, as water spilt inwards, splashing against the Tanuki's sand body, breaking it apart. Shukaku lay there, moaning in pain from the impact, having felt every bit of it, even with his sand constitution.

"It appears you have bitten off more than you could chew, little brother." A loud booming voice echoed from beneath as sea water began to rise upwards as another monstrous figure came into view. A giant ox with eight tentacle-like tails lifted itself out of the water with huge arms, easily dwarfing everyone present. A hand grabbed Shukaku's body lifting him up, as a pair of powerful eyes loomed down at Garp and Sengoku, both ready to take action once more.

"I have no intention of fighting the two of you," Gyuki spoke calmly before he vanished in a flash of white. He had been hiding beneath Marineford, keeping an eye on Shukaku the entire time. Naruto felt that it would be best for the Ushi-Oni to keep a watchful eye on his little brother.

The golden appearance of Sengoku's Buddha form began to shrink as it dissipated, allowing the Fleet-Admiral to return to his regular appearance. Garp landed beside his longtime comrade, iron ball resting on his shoulder.

"That was most unusual. What do you think the beast wanted?" Garp commented as he looked around at the surrounding destruction. The main building of Marineford had been relatively untouched by the battle between the three; the surroundings were not quite as lucky. It would take many months to repair the damage done and remove the sand.

"It said it was here to distract me." Sengoku's eyes narrowed dangerously as he turned to face the marine headquarters, wondering why. The Fleet-Admiral quickly headed back into the building, wanting to find out just what the beasts purpose in coming here had been. Sengoku was worried about the sand Tanuki's appearance and that of its so-called brother. The one called Shukaku had some power but was quickly taken care of, but the other one, Sengoku had felt a strength superior to that of the Tanuki. The Fleet-Admiral felt weary against such might, even with Garp's assistance, Sengoku suspected there was no chance of winning.

Marine's came running over to Sengoku as he arrived on the second floor with Garp. The marines quickly stood at attention and saluted.

"Greetings Fleet-Admiral Sengoku, Vice-Admiral Garp!" The Marine's shouted out in a befitting manner when addressing the commander.

"There's no time for formalities; I need all details!" Sengoku cut the empty formalities; there was no time for them at the moment.

"Sir the treasury, it's been broken into, everything is gone!" The most senior Marine of the group reported without hesitation, speaking as quickly as possible then stepping back.

"What!" Sengoku took a step back from the shock; the treasury was gone! The treasury had been gathering items for the last two hundred years; before his time, there were a number of dangerous objects inside. The Fleet-Admiral rubbed his temples feeling a migraine coming on; this was the last thing he needed on top of the Gorosei and the tantrums that were sure to come.


Chapter points.

1) Alphonse is using a Mateba Model 6 Unica Autorevolved .44 Magnum

2) Vera is in possession of an M14 7.62mm Caliber Semi-Automatic Rifle

3) The handguns Dominic uses are two Nickel M1911A1 handguns, the same model and design used by Agent 47.

4) With Sengoku's Devil Fruit being a Buddha I decided to base his techniques around that so did a little reading. I don't have a deep understanding of Buddhism or its traits, nor do I claim to do, so I apologise for any misconceptions. Most of this is found from Google or Wikipedia. Remember the internet is not always right so I could be wrong about a few of my minimal understandings.

5) Connected to 4. The Refugee of Three Jewels is the first step that is required to be taken in most Buddhist schools, to be used as a Foundation. The Awakened with True Knowledge is one of those, linked to Gautama Buddha whose teachings said to be the founding of Buddhism. The pose Sengoku takes is one depiction of Buddha, from 4th-century India.

6) Right View. Right, Intention. The Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom. This follows the first two lines of the Noble Eightfold Path. Right View and Right Intention which come under Wisdom. Right View follows the belief that their is an afterlife and not everything ends with death. Right, Intention is the idea of giving up your home and adopting the life of a religious mendicant in order to follow the path. The pose Sengoku's form takes on is based after Mañjuśrī bodhisattva associated with prajñā which is insight or wisdom.

7) Right Speech. Right Action. Right Livelihood. Gathering of Moral Virtues. This is linked to the second line of the Noble Eightfold Path and Buddhist Ethics. Right Speed is the idea of no lying, no rude speech, speaking that which leads to salvation. Right Action, No killing or injuring, no taking what is not given; no sexual acts in monastic pursuit, for Buddhists no sensual misconduct such as sexual involvement with someone married, or with an unmarried woman protected by her parents or relatives. Right Livelihood for monks, only possessing what is essential to sustain life, Buddhists abstaining from wrong livelihood. not becoming a means or source of suffering for sentient beings. Mortal Virtues follows the path of Buddhist Ethics mainly the Wheel of Life

8) Samsara, the Wheel of Life and circle of reincarnation in Buddhist ideology and the wheel of karma. Asura is the realm of the demi-gods who spend most of their time fighting or waging war on the Gods.

9) Doesn't really have any Buddhist significance, I just liked the sound of it so made this up. Once a Buddhist has achieved Enlightenment they are able to use it to cut down all Evil with but a single strike.

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