Chapter 13 : The Mad Dog

Whitebeard

A few moments ago

"I hope my little brats rescue Ace without getting distracted. I'll see what I can do. Need to keep that Magma Bastard's focus solely on me. My sons are not ready to face him yet" thought Whitebeard, before taking a deep breath.

"Akkkkkkaaaaiinuuuu!"

The loud yell was followed by the huge wave of conqueror's haki, which knocked out half of the lower tier marines who were surrounding the whitebeard pirates. The whole battlefield stopped and turned their attention towards Whitebeard, keen to know what the World's strongest man has to say now.

"Akainu, you little brat. I thought Marines were the one's who upheld 'justice'. Interesting tactic there, turning my own son against me using the hatred of the pirate king's son. Makes me wonder as to why you resorted to such underhanded tactics, especially from an all-mighty justice and truth loving marine."

"But why am I surprised? If the innocents of Ohara, who did no harm to this world than gulping down all the knowledge available, were ruthlessly slaughtered by none other than you, the life of a 'filthy pirate scum' is worth less than shit in your eyes, I believe. The marines, the face of truth, justice and bravery, resorting to such cowardly tactics. Too afraid to fight me, are you 'Admiral' Akainu Sakazuki, the pioneer of absolute justice!"

Sengoku

"This is getting out of our hands" muttered Sengoku, to himself.

Sengoku was feeling every bit of his age now. Not only have the Whitebeard pirates have successfully entered the plaza, now the giants have their hands full trying to restrict that descendant of Oars. And this speech from Whitebeard, which is currently being broadcasted to the entire world, is putting the marines in a very bad light.

"Looks like a preponing the execution is the only way" thought Sengoku, before sneaking a glance at how Garp was doing.

"Garp, I feel it's time to move ahead of the schedule" insisted Sengoku. Garp, who's head was down due to grief, just nodded.

Whitebeard

The remaining marines were getting furious listening to what the Yonko has to say. How dare a pirate insult one of the admirals, and by doing so, the whole marines.

Vice Admiral Bastille was royally pissed at the Whitebeard. With an almighty roar, he charged towards Whitebeard. Surprisingly, none of his crew or his aides tried to stop Bastille. The Admiral unleashed his infamous "Shark Cleaver" at Whitebeard, who made no effort to block it with his bisento. By just using his hand, he caught the cleaver, which broke at the impact. With a grunt of fury, Whitebeard grabbed the Vice Admiral by his face, and smashed him down the ground, breaking his skull-mask in the process.

"Some loyal dogs you have, Sakazuki. Hiding behind these little little brats who are yet to come out of their nappies, are you? Is this the best the marines have to offer? A cowardly admiral and a bunch of loyal, brainless thugs? Answer me Akainu!" yelled Whitebeard.

Akainu

With every sentence sprouting out of Whitebeard's mouth, the Navy admiral's body temperature was sky-rocketing. Not only was his plan to weaken Whitebeard a spectacular failure, now the old bastard has to taunt his measures, and question his motto of Absolute Justice.

"This cannot be allowed to go on. The might of the navy cannot be brought down by a mere pirate who was well past his prime and should be in his death bed. Looks like the almighty has given me the opportunity to do the honors myself" thought Akainu, who's eyes were shimmering with fire.

The Admiral descended down his 'throne', and began his ascend to end the Yonko's life for one and all. And to sustain justice in this world.

Whitebeard

Whitebeard, noticed the Admiral's gradual ascend towards him, discreetly smirked

"So he can't sustain a hit on his ego, huh. Looks like I will get a nice workout from this. This is the window for penetration" thought Whitebeard. Whitebeard merely glanced at Rayleigh, who was intently looking at how the things were proceeding. The Yonko gave a brief nod, and Rayleigh nodded back. He picked up his Den-Den mushi.

"Oars, listen to me. Do not enter the plaza. Stay near the plaza, and trust me. My sons will save Ace. You keep the Giants occupied"

The Giant, who was nearing the blockade created by the Giant Marines, got the message from the den-den mushi he had in possession.

"Got it Oyajin"

Whitebeard, satisfied with how things were proceeding, began to gather his strength for the impending battle.

Sengoku

"Aokiji! Back up Akainu. Kizaru, stay at the edge of the Scaffold and be on guard" yelled Sengoku into his Den-Den mushi.

"I feel that this might just work out in our favor. Whitebeard and Marco will have their hands full with Akainu and Aokiji. While the rest of them can be more than troublesome, Kizaru can handle it. If things do go out of control, these pirates still need to pass me" thought Sengoku, before turning his attention towards Tsuru.

"Tsuru! It's time to go forward with the execution. This is the right time! Bring in the executioners!"

Rayleigh

"So the old man is going to bow out with a bang huh? That leaves me with this rescue team. Not a bad bunch, but I cannot expect Luffy to bear the brunt of fighting. He has tremendous potential, but with so many Haki users out here, he cannot win a fight, especially keeping in mind his physical state. So it's upto us old timers to fend off the more powerful opponents" mused Rayleigh. He looked around the company he had besides him – The former Shichibukai Jimbei, Revolutionary Ivankov, Diamond Jozu, Vista, a few other Whitebeard allies and Boa Hancock.

"Hancock! You never did say why you'd 'grace your presence' among men. What exactly was your intention to come here?"

"Rayleigh san! I came here to protect my husband!" said Hancock, swooning over Luffy.

"Her devil-fruit can be very handy against these low-level thugs"

"That's great Hancock. Let's have our pleasantries later. You protect your 'husband'" said Rayleigh, before turning his attention towards Luffy.

"Listen to me, Luffy. We have some very powerful allies amongst our midst, ready to help you, but at the same time, the marines are equally dangerous. Do not pick a fight with any of them, especially your grandpa or any other Vice Admirals. They can actually hurt you, even if you are rubber. Leave the fighting job to us. Your job is to get to Ace as fast as you can, and save him" said Rayleigh to Luffy, looking right into his eye.

"Got it Rayleigh. Lets go!" Yelled Luffy, and charged ahead.

Whitebeard

"So here he comes" mused Whitebeard, seeing the approaching form of Admiral Akainu. The marines and pirates alike had formed a path for the raging admiral to proceed towards Whitebeard. Meanwhile rest of the marines were trying to surround the second group who were progressing ahead, but in vain.

"Seems like these marines see me more as a threat than my sons and those brats. How wrong are they" thought Whitebeard.

"So you are no coward after all, huh Akainu? I am surprised!"

"Don't worry Whitebeard. Once I am done with you, I will hunt down those pesky pirates you call sons"

"Bring it on, Akainu!" yelled Whitebead, before attacking Akainu with his Bisento.

Last Update : 17-Jul-20 - Inconsistency about Raileigh's meeting with Hancock corrected.