It is just the beginning

"Get out of here! We are going to drown!"

"Stop yelling you fool! Don't wanna die in a stampede now!"

Whitebeard's latest attack, which followed Fleet Admiral's orders to raise the barriers, brought a sense of chaos and panic amongst the Marine ranks. While most of Whitebeard's ally and army were still in the mere edge of the bay and were mostly unaffected by their captain's attack, the chunk of marines were in the frozen bay, which was slowly crumbling.

Kizaru, who flew towards the area which was slowing reverting back to it's natural liquid state, just started at the sight below.

"Hmm..These marines are running around like a headless Chicken. Tch! Marine Admirals really need to step up their game…Wait, it is my responsibility! Oh dear, I shouldn't forget such important facts."

"Oi! Stop fighting among yourself! Retreat back to the Scaffold!"

"Damn it! I should have remained a vice-admiral. So much work! Tch! Oh well, I won't interfere now till I am explicably said so" sighed Kizaru mentally, exhausted with all the chaos caused by the Whitebeard pirates.

Luffy

"What the fuck!" exclaimed Luffy. The past one minute had been an absolutely chaotic one for the Straw-Hat captain. After his attempt to literally sling himself near to Ace was thwarted by the newly sprouted barrier, the old man had without warning nearly blew away all the ice.

Which led to his predicament of being thrown directly into the water, nearly drowning in the process. Jimbei's swift actions once again saved him from a certain painful death.

*Cough* " Thank you Jimbei. What's with Ossan's attack! Is he trying to kill us or something! At least he could have warned us!" rasped Luffy, still recovering from his near-drowning.

"Luffy, I know you are eager to save your brother. But we have a plan, and lets abide by it. And just for your information, Whitebeard informed me about his intentions just before he broke the ice layer. Our objective is to currently to move to the center of the bay" explained Rayleigh.

With still some major chunks of ice remaining near the center of the bay, Luffy's group began lunging towards the center of the bay, as instructed.

Sengoku

"This is not how I imagined things would plan out" sighed Sengoku. His plan to trap the Whitebeard pirates by surrounding them with the walls and the Pacifista is slowly falling apart. With Whitebeard destroying most of the Pacifista, and not to mention creating a sense of panic amongst the lower marines by literally destroying the entire frozen bay with a single attack, it was definitely not going according to the plan.

"At least Kizaru had the sense to order an immediate retreat" mused Sengoku, pondering his options now. With the majority of the marines' concentration back in the harbor, defense was the only option the Marines had.

"With the majority of the marines back in the center, and the Whitebeard pirates still pretty much scattered, it's time to up the defense. Time to move forward this execution and finish things off soon. Ace's execution will surely cause chaos in the ranks of Whitebeard pirates" thought Sengoku, a plan nearly forming in his mind.

"Tsuru! Change of plans!"

Tsuru, who was frowning at the entire situation had fledged out for the marines, responded to her Fleet Admiral's call.

"Listen to what I have to say. There is a change of plans" said Sengoku, before beginning to inform Tsuru about the changes.

Whitebeard

Whitebeard proudly smiled at how the marines retreated after his attack.

"These little twerps are decades behind to even think to fight me" mused Whitebeard, thinking about one particular Giant who lunged at him. He was old but damn! A battle never fails to bring out some excitement out for him!

Seeing majority of his pirates beginning to drift towards the center of now the not-so-frozen bay, he lunged towards a large chunk of ice floating nearly towards the center of the bay. Pulling out his den-den mushi, he began to bark out his instructions.

"Those who are near the center of the bay, gather fast! Those who aren't, go back to the perimeter of the bay, which is still frozen and take care of the remaining Pacifistas! The pacifistas are organized by that man wielding an axe. Capture him and try to stop those machines!"

"Ok boss!"

"Sure Oyajin"

The commanders who were yet to enter the bay, began to progress towards the still-frozen areas where the Pacifistas were trying to reorganize themselves after bracing themselves from the aftermath of Whitebeard's attack.

"Now my remaining commanders, come to the center. I will tell about the plans once *the Kraken is released*" said Whitebeard. Marco, who had earlier discussed the plan with Whitebeard, took the cue and dove into the sea.

"Rayleigh, I need to talk to you" said Whitebeard, before hanging up the Den-Den Mushi. Now, with his plan initiated, it is about the execution.

Ace

Still teary eyed, Ace couldn't believe at the chaos created by his father's attack.

"Oyajin, I'm not worthy of this love" thought Ace silently.

His own morbid mood however did not prevent him from noticing what's happening at the now nearly unfrozen bay. His father stood atop a large chunk of ice, with a major number of pirates coming towards him. The rest of them were retreating back to the still-frozen area, wherein those Kuma-looking monsters were organizing themselves. And finally, out of nowhere, he saw Marco diving into the sea.

And moments later, a large Moby-Dick looking ship just propped up out of water. Whitebeard and the rest of the pirates who were gathering around the center of the bay, were automatically caught by the coating which was still covering the huge ship.

The ship landed right in the middle of the area between the scaffold and the bay, causing the still-organizing marines to disperse off once again.

Moby Dick 2

Off the *Kraken* which just landed on hard-ground, Whitebeard majestically jumped from atop the hull of the ship and landed on the ground.

"And now it really begins!" roared Whitebeard, emitting a powerful wave of conqueror's haki.

A/N : Sorry guys, the past year has been busy for me. But here's a small, tiny-winy update. I have my plans to complete this story, but still haven't decided on how I would continue with my updates. As always, constructive reviews appreciated!