Chapter 8
The rest of the allied pirates were shocked at the sight they were seeing. Dozens of Bartholomew Kumas appeared at the rear end of the battlefield, with a man handling a battleaxe commanding them.
Some of the allied pirates finally got the hint of marines' manipulation. By leaking the news of Ace's execution, they were all rushing towards a trapped built specifically to eliminate them.. But thanks to some foresight from Whitebeard, they were saved from such a fate. The pirates were scattered all over the bay, and the marines haven't retreated yet!
"Uncle! I heard that all the pirates were going to be easily encircled inside the bay when we arrive! Why in the world are they scattered all over the bay!"
Sentomaru got a reply from Sengoku through his Den-Den Mushi, who was literally yelling " The pirates are still visible! Attack the allied pirates as we had planned first! Dispose off the ones who wander far away from the enclosure! Keep the damage to the marines to a bare minimum!"
"Alright! Lets attack!"
While some pirates charged at the Pacifistas, they were brutally decimated by their inbuilt lasers. But suddenly, the entire allies started moving towards the edge of the bay in an organized fashion. Sengoku was frowning looking at the situation, "Even the Pacifista take time to organize and charge at the ranks. These pirates are sprinting away like cockroaches! And what's more, it's some sort of order! Whitebeard must have a hand behind this!"
Meanwhile, Sentomaru was getting more and more frustrated.
"This was far cry from what they had planned for! The pirates are trying to escape, or that's what it looked like. And what's more! Whitebeard's decimation of the frozen Tsunami wave has created chunks of blocks as obstacles. While Pacifista's destructive power is admirable, their mobility is still an issue! It will take lots of time to track all the pirates and finish them off! But we need to start somewhere."
"Pacifista! Break into three groups! Center, East and West! Center, take care of the ice blocks! East and West track down the pirates!" roared Sentomaru, tapping his axe onto the ice surface.
Moby Dick
A Minute ago
"Gurara! This must be the Pacifista Rayleigh talked about. Looks like I need to stretch my hands now."
"But I cannot let my sons getting harmed .I need some barren space so that none of the other fighters or my sons come in between the cross-fire."
Picking up his Den-Den mushi, Whitebeard contacted all his commanders and the captains of allied pirates. And stated his order.
"My sons! The marines have started with their strategy! Looks like they were planning to have us trapped by leaking the information of Ace's execution time. But our foresight has avoided such a disaster! But these Pacifista are no less dangerous. So listen to me. Allied pirates, run away from the center of the bay to the corner of the plaza! Avoid staying on ice! And Whitebeard commanders with Strawhat! Support his forward charge and listen to Rayleigh's orders! Other Whitebeard Commanders! Progress forward towards the Plaza!"
All the captains accepted Whitebeard's orders without even a single question. They had enough faith in their Captain/Yonko to accept the orders, and await the major event that was going to happen.
Gachak!
Whitebeard turned towards Squard, who was looking very sober and betrayed, while Marco kept an eye on him.
"You still think I sold you out? Squard?"
All Whitebeard heard was a whimper as Squard couldn't even look at Whitebeard's eyes, being too ashamed to think that he thought this man could betray them. A man who values family above everything else.
"I..I cannot even explain myself, Pops. You have every right to kill me."
"No matter how foolish one might be, family is family. Yes, you nearly killed me, but it's not for your selfish reasons. You were manipulated into thinking that I was going to betray you all. You still had a sense of comradeship while you tried to stab me. I am not ashamed of you, my foolish son. But just never doubt my intentions towards my family again." said Whitebeard, his eyes glistering more and more as he continued his speech. Squard and Marco felt a sense of pride to consider such a man as their father.
"I am sorry, Pops. Just forgive me."
"Don't make me all sentimental prat! Now get going! I have some business to attend to." Said Whitebeard, before jumping towards the back of the ship with a single leap.
Scaffold
Meanwhile, all the video streams were cut off, except one. One showing a pirate with ridiculous amount of makeup trying to apply more make-up onto himself.
"Who the hell is that! Kizaru, cut that stream! It is still live!" yelled Sengoku in his den-den mushi, visibly sweating at the implications as to what could happen if the world sees such a brutal massacre.
"Damn the World Government and their image! They just do not even care as to how tedious is to make people believe that marines' Justice is what that keeps them safe! And then clowns like this guy ruin my plans! I am too old for this sort of shit!"
Meanwhile
A pirate was checking his makeup, and was all set to make his eventual reveal to the pirating world. He was re-checking his make-up, just to be sure that everything was in place. Now it was finally time, time for Buggy to reveal himself to the world.
Buggy's crewmate-cum-admirers, were positioning the video den-den mushi so that the entire focus was on him. After all, Captain Buggy, the former crewmate of the king of the pirates, deserve recogonition.
" I am Captain Buggy..And.."
BLAST!
The whole crew was blasted away by a beam of yellow light. A man emerged out of the impact area, holding onto his den-den mushi, and slowly searching for something .
"I am sorry Sengoku-san! I cannot find any sort of..Den-Den Mushi here. Though I have a black one, yet again I forgot as to what it is used for. I need to ask Sentomaru-kun."
If he was more careful, he would have noticed a den-den mushi flying far away from the battle, and landed at the now-deserted frozen area.
"Shut the hell up and search for the video den-den mushi!" yelled Sengoku, with the den-den mushi more or less replicating his frustrations.
Kizaru just pouted at being yelled at. "What did I do?" thought the glare-glare devil fruit user. His musings were interrupted by a loud crack after which all hell broke loose.
Luffy's group
Gachak!
Most of the Whitebeard pirates were speechless for a second, before diverting their attention towards whom they came to call as "Ace's brother". But considering their captain's faith in strawhat to rescue Ace, this was something else all-together.
"Looks like Whitebeard has put up a lot of trust on you, Luffy. He is testing you."
"I don't care if he is testing me or not! All I care is about saving Ace!"
Just before he was about to sprint ahead , a loud crack broke his concentration, and the sight he was seeing made him to gape.
Frozen Bay
Whitebeard, now at the rear end of the ship, jumped on to the frozen ground. He slowly kept his bisento onto the ground.
"Lets see how good you machines are."
And with a single, swift moment, he punched both his hands forward, completely cracking up the air in front of him. And followed it my punching the ground with all his might, creating multiple cracks on the ice floor.
The sheer force of first blow created yet another tsunami, but now away from the Marineford bay. Most of the marine warships and Oars' ship, which protected most of the allied ship from the blast, took the damage head on. Sentomaru just managed to jump away from the epic-centre of Whitebeard's first blow and managed to stumble onto the edge of the plaza's crescent-shaped edge. But the centre group of Pacifista were not so lucky.
They were facing the full blunt of the Whitebeard's tremor powers, and the second attack by whitebeard was enough to make the entire frozen bay to crack up. And their fate was sealed when Whitebeard literally pulled down the air, and making the whole axis tilt. The pacifista did not stand a chance, and the entire center group was decimated by the final axis-tilting blow from Whitebeard.
Meanhile, all the front-line marines were thinking the same thing.
"Whitebeard has entered the battle. Shit is about to get serious. God save us all."
At Sabaody
"Did you see his attack!"
"The whole ground shook up and the seas began to tremble."
The reporters and people of Sabaody Archipelago were stunned at the final visuals of the war, before feed was cut off. Most of them were gaping at how strong Whitebeard was, but any further possible discussions were cut-off by a Tsunami warning, which led to evacuations towards more secure areas.
Meanwhile, one of the viewers, who wore a dotted cap, was widely grinning at the visuals. The war of the best was finally living upto it's name, but he couldn't see it from here anymore.
"Bepo, it's time to go to marineford."
(A/N So whitebeard has entered the field. I used a variation of Whitebeard's attack. I always thought whitebeard held back from using his full capability of devil fruit attacks because he was afraid of hurting his crew members. And reviews are appreciated!)
