Chapter 9 : Phase 2
The whole marineford bay was still in a state of shock following such an immense show of power. He single handedly obliterated half of the newly designed and nearly indestructible marine weapons. The marines were trembling with fear, whereas all the allied pirates were pumped up and raring to go.
Meanwhile, Whitebeard just analyzed the situation around him after the attack. The entire 2nd half of the frozen bay has been demolished, and it is nothing more than water now. Most of the marines and allied pirates who were stuck up behind resumed their battle at the crescent end of the plaza. Since most of the higher ranked marines retreated within the plaza before the arrival of pasifista, only a few low level marines and the remaining pacifista were battling against the allied pirates and a few of the Whitebeard pirates.
"Hmm. The pacifista have some kick, but attacking the pirates in a near open field is not logical. Sengoku must have planned something. Meanwhile.."
An action which left even the vice admiral speechless, Whitebeard dug into the base of Moby Dick, and with a grunt he lifted the ship with a single movement, and threw it back outside the newly unfrozen inner-bay area. Far away from the battlefield.
"Ah Moby. Now you won't come in crossroads. Marco, arrange for a shipwright to fix the hole I created!"
Marco, who was holding a sobbing Squard by his collar besides the area where the ship was frozen, simply nodded before flying towards the ship.
Whitebeard now truly looked at the entire battlefield in front of him. He picked up his bisento from the ground he had kept, and struck it's base with the frozen ground, emitting an aura of invincibility and power.
"You cannot fool me, Sengoku.. Give me your best! I WILL ENSURE MY SONS' SAFETY, NO MATTER WHAT!"
At the Scaffold
Sengoku was deeply frustrated at how things were going about. Picking up his den-den mushi, he literally shouted
"Tsuru! Activate phase two! Marines on the wall, attack Whitebeard with cannon!" yelled Sengoku and slammed the mouth piece of the den-den mushi.
"Damn this war! It's getting out of control! First Garp's grandson wreak havoc, and now Whitebeard will be out for our blood! Can thing's go any worse?!"
For once he never thought as to how come a rookie who broke into impel down just a day ago manage to gatecrash into the war. Nor did he knew about the authorized opening of the "gate of justice" by one of the shichibukai.
Meanwhile, Ace was all teary eyed seeing the affection everyone, including his pops, held for him.
"I am so grateful that in spite of being the biological son of the pirate king, people have so much affection towards me." He thought, before bowing down again as he couldn't tolerate the sight of anyone getting hurt for him.
"Luffy..Pops.." he whispered, almost silently.
Frozen Bay
"Stop crying Squard. No damage done. EVERYONE! CHARGE FORWARD!" yelled a pumped up Whitebeard.
All the cannons were currently aimed at Whitebeard. And the ones fired were easily deflected or blocked back by Whitebeard. But his concentration was on the retracting marines, who were either abandoning their posts or fight and running back into the plaza.
"Something is going to happen. I just hope no one gets hurt."
At the Scaffold
"Why is it not activated yet!"
"The ice has blocked the barrier! We need more time!"
"Dammit! The Whitebeard pirates are charging fast! Do something fast!"
"Yes, Fleet Admiral!"
"Giants! Buy us some time! Attack the pirates! And apply full power in enforcing the barrier!"
Frozen Bay
Marine Commander, John the Giant, was finally happy to get a chance to counter attack at the incoming pirates. He ruthlessly attacked the pirates, who looked rat-sized in comparison to him.
"Ah! There's Whitebeard! He might have some tricks up in his sleeve but he's an old guy. I will crush him under the weight of my sword and bring glory to the marines!"
With an almighty heave, he attacked Whitebeard, just to be blocked. With a single hand. Whitebeard growled out of frustration, and deflected the giant's sword back, and threw away his bisento.
With a single swipe, he used his tremor fruit to tilt the entire axis of the marineford island. The marines and pirates alike were looking at Whitebeard with awe and fear, at least the ones who managed to keep their balance. The entire sea got tilted with Whitebeard's single attack.
Whitebeard, who was visibly angry, just jumped upto the Commander's eye level, and used his tremor fruit to punch him. The impact of the punch was severe enough to break the ice, and destruct anything in it's way. While it nearly reach the scaffold, it was blocked and deflected back by the three admirals, who used their haki to dissipate the attack. The deflected attack did severe damage to civilian buildings, which made the people wonder how much can this island sustain before it breaks apart.
Luffy
Luffy was currently falling down the crack which was created by Whitebeard's axis tilting attack. He was in awe with the power the old man held. He tried to stretch his hand towards the edge of the cliff, only to fall short. Jimbei's timely arrival saved him as he managed to catch Luffy's hand.
"Thanks Jimbei."
"No worries, Luffy-kun. Let's move forward. The whole situation looks doubtful. The marines are retreating back to the plaza. Something is about to happen."
"No Jimbei. I will use my rubber powers to get over to the plaza."
"Luffy, wait!" yelled Rayleigh
Just as Luffy used his powers to get over the wall separating the bay and the plaza, the barriers, surrounding the entire bay, emerged out of the frozen ice, pushing luffy away from the plaza. The barrier consisted of hardened steel, with thousands of cannons pointed towards the center of the bay.
Whitebeard Pirates
"We are trapped!"
"Oh dear! This was their plan all the time!"
"Look out!" yelled a pirate from 4th division, pointing towards the fallen Oars. The enforcing barriers did not have the strength to overthrow the mighty Oars, and the one section of the plaza remained open to the pirates.
Scaffold
"What the hell happened!? Why has the barrier not completely functional!?"
"S-Sir! We do not have enough power to lift the giant! Seems like blood dripping over the machines has reduced it's power!"
"Damn the giant!"
Whitebeard
Meanwhile, Whitebeard was analyzing the situation.
I don't think Sengoku will be foolish enough to enforce any barriers which could be broken by me. I guess that makes the plan of breaking the wall apart obsolete. I guess I need to proceed with plan 2.
"Sons! Come towards the center of the bay! And be together, time to implement stage two. Devil Fruit users, stick with someone who can catch hold of you."
And with a single blow to the ground, Whitebeard broke the entire ice sheet apart, and blew 75% of ice to smithereens.
(A/N Sorry Guys! Couldn't post for nearly 3 weeks due to commitments. I had warned though. Anyways, I feel the story has too many similarities with the original marineford arc. Ill try my best to do something original, and plausible at the same time. And reviews are appreciated.)
