A/N: Who's ready for a war? I got these bad boys out sooner than expected. So expect a couple of chapter in the next couple of days.
Once again thank you for all the support and keep them coming! It gets you a chapter sooner rather than later.
"Gah!" Madam Sharlyn of Fishman Island cried as she awoke from a vision of the impending war. "We have to warn him! I have to…" She rummaged through her items, tossing everything around as she tried to locate the item she needed. She owed the Strawhat Captain this as he was able to rehabilitate her brother, who she really thought was a lost cause.
Madam Sharlyn repeated her vision out loud as if to reinforce it in her mind.
"A knife will fill the world with darkness for the birth of the end is near. Blood and destruction will cover the air as one man will once again become his best. A faceless man and a passageway will put a halt to the pain..." The last part of the prophecy caused tears to fill her eyes. "To ensure the birth of the new age, a unification that has never been seen before...a strawhat man will have ice fill his veins as he will die from this very world..."
Strawhat Armada
Everything was ready, everything was coming together.
6 months passed in the blink of an eye. And these were the series of events that unfolded in that time frame.
...
The first month was of course Luffy's mission to bring in Enel. The third division was bolstered with the addition of new fruit users, a lugia at that. And plans were developing in the wake of the coming war. A communication division was made along with a medical department. Positioning was set as there was a right, left and middle area for the upcoming war. Scout units were sent out to review the island where the battle would commence.
Luffy brought up a mirror communication device over his mouth. "Lucci, scout the island for us. Do not engage any enemy you happen to spot unless absolutely necessary."
"Aye Captain." Lucci immediately activated his Soru, and disappeared in a blur. He had an important mission to be the initial scout of the unknown wasteland.
...
It took him several days to travel to the island, and recognized that it was empty, not an ounce of life force anywhere. At least from his initial feeling of the island.
The third commander was quick travelling through the massive wasteland in a matter of hours. It helped that he had a new power in the Leopard devil fruit. Nothing but emptiness and rock formation all over.
Though his mission had halted at the visual confirmation of the enemy, in fact it would seem that the enemy had a similar idea as a plump black haired man and a well dressed, kitchen knife wielding person crossed his path. He wasn't going to reveal himself, but they seemed to be adept in observation haki.
The group were at a stalemate, each side not talking to one another.
That was until the plump guy finally spoke up.
"Look, we'll turn back to our base now. We'll see you in a few months." The plump man feigned retreat, but instead, he whipped out his pistol, firing it towards Lucci.
"No Teach!" Exclaimed his partner, knocking down the gun from his hands. Though it was too late, the trigger was already pulled.
The third commander was quicker than a bullet so he ducked his head and pressed forward.
He wasn't supposed to engage, but these people were pushing it. Lucci got close, but the kitchen knife wielding individual was quick enough so that his knife was mere inches from the face of the leopard.
Something else was happening as the plump man had a strange expression about him, a maniacal smile over his face as he brought his pistol from Lucci, to the back of his own crew mates' head. 'What the fuck?' Lucci thought curiously although he had to make a quick decision 'Soru'. He stepped sideways from the kitchen knife user, avoiding the blade, and used a 'Rokuogan' to knock back the plump man. His gun fell far from where he stood. The kitchen knife wielding man jumped toward his partner's aid.
"In a few months." Said the kitchen knife man and the duo turned away, running swiftly before disappeared in the distance.
Lucci was too shocked to give chase. Not even at the fact that the plump man aimed to kill his own, but at the fact that he saved the kitchen knife wielding man. It wasn't his problem if there was inner conflict in the whitebeard pirates so why the hell did he save the enemy.
Reporting this back to the captain will be really strange.
….
Lucci returned after some days to report his finding. Luffy visibly tensed at the mention of a man named Teach.
"Just as I thought..." Luffy began. "You did well Lucci." The third commander was shocked at the Captain's response. "If we can, I want to emphasize that we will not kill unless absolutely necessary. And you exhibited that today in your encounter with Teach and Thatch."
"Uh, thank you Captain."
"Lucci, when it comes to it…." Luffy got up, his eyes as serious as ever at the prospect of Teach becoming what he was in his former timeline. "Kill Teach no matter what."
"Aye Captain. You can count on me." Luffy touched Lucci in his shoulder and was glad.
"You are dismissed Lucci, get some rest. I heard you're doing good things with Hajrudin."
"You'll be surprised, Captain. Goodnight!"
In the second month training sessions were intense. Mihawk would not let anyone make mistakes in the sword drill. Katakuri beat the crap out of everyone in his endurance course. Lucci continued on his tall task to teach the giants Rokushiki, imagine the destruction of Hajrudin's Shigan...Damn. Brook kept the crew entertained at sundown with unique productions and plays every single day. Though he wasn't slacking on training either as Mihawk and Brook would spar late into the night.
Monet had a bright idea to send a request for help to Dressrosa, her friend would surely get it.
Aladine did the same after the daily formation training with the fourth division. He sent for help to Fishman Island. Even though a good amount of powerful fishmen were already with the Strawhats, what's the harm in a little more help?
Hancock decided it was time for the Kuja Tribe to show themselves to the world, with a backing of the powerhouse that is her lover, there is no fear in possible retribution with enemy forces. She called Sandersonia, the current Empress of Amazon Lily, and asked her if they could come.
Brook got the bright idea to call Laboon's caretaker, Crocus, because they were short of doctors and he would be an amazing addition.
In the third month, Enel finally challenged the commanders. Luffy commanded the battles to occur in a deserted island as to save face for anyone who happened to lose to the electricity user. He didn't tell this to them as all he said was to minimize damage on Water 7. Only his queens knew the real reason and Hancock wanted to fight the thunder user as well.
Ten...Buggy must've died when absorbing one single thunderbolt, he stood no chance. Cabaji and Mohji were with him and carted him off in a wheelchair. "Captain are you dead?"
"Shut up Cabaji, this just means I need to get stronger." Despite losing terribly, Buggy was elated, for he found that he needed more to grow.
Nine...Moria put up a fight but ultimately lost to the light produced by the lightning, he could not produce his shadows quick enough. Moria did not bring anyone with him, as his lack of trust was still evident.
Eight…Amazingly, Hajrudin and Enel had an intense back and forth, as the giant's resistance was strong. But due to Enel's Amaru technique, he was able to get a yield from Hajrudin.
Seven...Gild had brought an armor of gold but Enel was able to pierce through the armor with his super heated thunder strikes. He too went into the fight alone.
Six...Crocodile against Enel was a fun match, as it went on for days. Though ultimately Enel won by bombarding Crocodile with so much electricity, that his sand would all turn to glass. The sand user eventually couldn't keep up, and they had a stare down after the battle. Crocodile laughed, Enel laughed, and the duo became sort of instantaneous friends. Go figures.
Five...Brook took a look into Enel's soul in the first second of the battle, left, and surrendered after seeing what was in Enel's soul. A yearning for acceptance, a challenge and family. "We are what you are looking for." Brook simply said before leaving the island. Enel raised his eyebrows trying not to let the skeleton man get to him.
Four...Arlong did all he could, using all of his techniques to beat Enel, but typing is not in his favor. For electricity is very strong against him. Thus Arlong regretfully lost. Jinbei was with Arlong as he had lost to Enel earlier, he did not challenge him again.
...Hancock was up next with Luffy present. He was simply watching as he wanted her to fight to her heart's content. It started off fine, her observation had improved. But there was a problem. Enel did not lust for anything, man, woman, he did not care for anything but himself. Maybe putting a mirror in front of him would then allow Hancock to turn him into stone. The fight went on for almost a day, with Luffy holding Hancock as he could tell that she was about to use 'it'.
"Enough." Immediately Hancock understood what he meant. Now wasn't the time to use 'it'. This was for the war. Hancock ceded and Enel won once again. Though he was a bit pissed as he won by technicality, he wanted to win forreal. Maybe next time.
Three...Lucci was up next and he brought Galdino with him. It was the perfect opportunity to try his new Leopard Zoan. He was quick, he overshot most of his moves, and ultimately lost to the thunder user due to his inexperience. "We got to do this again." Lucci extended a handshake to which Enel accepted. "Welcome to the crew." In each fight, Enel was starting to get warmer and warmer to the idea of becoming part of this crew. All these people were strong, accepting, and they wanted him. They could challenge his superiority complex and knock some sense into him. It was a fresh feeling.
Two...Now it was Mihawk, unfortunately for Enel, that was where his challenge would end as he finally lost. Don't get it wrong, it was an intense battle but the advanced armament and observation combined was too much for Enel as he stared down the tip of Mihawk's blade. "Welcome aboard." Mihawk retrieved his blade and put it on his back. He began to walk away.
One..."What about the first commander?" He wanted to test himself against the second strongest only to Mugiwara. "Don't bother." Mihawk stopped in his steps. "If you could not defeat me, then you won't even touch him." A testament of Katakuri's abnormal growth in the second best fighter in the entire Grand Armada. He constantly trained with Mihawk and Lucci, and when the Captain was available, he would train with him also.
'So this is my limit.' Enel looked into the sky. "Swordsman. Show me how to turn my skin into black resin." Mihawk smiled at the request, so Enel was trying to learn Haki.
What is the world going to become with Enel as Haki user?
Zero...
Now onto the fourth month. The Armada received ships of people joining their cause. From word of mouth and recommendations, warriors, underworld, and pirates alike have travelled to water 7.
Warriors from Dressrosa led by Kyros himself and he also bought Pica with him, the new head of Dressrosa's military force.
"I can't believe you are all here." Luffy met them at the dock, surprised at the arrival of reinforcement.
"We had to be here for you as you were there for us Mugiwara." Said Kyros, putting his fist over his heart. Pica's voice was still annoying, nodded in agreement.
"It is because of you that I was given a second chance." Luffy thanked the new arrivals as warships of capable fighting men and women arrived.
Fishman Island had given their pirate force to the strawhats and yet they brought it upon themselves to bring in Fisher Tiger, along with an army of mer-folks and fish-people.
"I can't even begin..."
"Mugiwara, we owe you our lives, and especially me. We are with you no matter what." Was all Fisher Tiger had to say as the duo embraced.
Alabasta brought in Pell himself, along with a large army with him. "Mugiwara, King Cobra and your fiancé, Princess Vivi send their regards. As soon as we received word that you were going to war, we had to come assist you immediately!" Luffy immediately noticed Crocodile hovering. Did he really ask help? Go figure.
The Kuja's from Amazon Lily, extended their fighting force to aid their sister, a former empress. Luffy and Hancock welcome the addition into the fold, but something strange happened. Katakuri was present and awaited the arrival of Sandersonia(the current empress of Amazon Lily), and the duo disappeared together, somewhere. What was that about?
Pirates from the first half of the grandline, wanting to be part of history came as well.
And underworld members that Bege called personally, as he put it, he doesn't want to die just yet in a war with Whitebeard. So it is in his best interest to call in people that could help his survival.
Surprisingly enough, Brook managed to contact Crocus, who was more than happy to come and see Laboon once more. Crocus did take Luffy's suggestion and went to a winter island known as Drum island. He met the other clever doctors and began to collaborate with them. Once Crocus was called by Brook. Dr Hiruluk along with Dr. Kureha were more than happy to come, as Dr. Hiruluk put it, a war is the playground of a doctor.
More importantly, Crocus did find the blue nose reindeer, and the young doctor's apprentice was as bashful as ever. He continued to fear humans due to treating him as a monster.
Luffy caught wind of this and began to think of a way to convince the young reindeer to stay at Zeff's for the duration of the war as he does not need to get involved just yet.
The additional forces were put into the different crews to bolster their numbers, but the majority of the main battles will occur with the commanders and their main forces.
Now they had the numbers that could rival him. And additional fighting powerhouses in Fisher Tiger, Pel, Pica and Kyros. Women power in the Kuja Tribe's entire fighting force. And powerful doctors in Dr. Hiruluk, Dr. Crocus, Dr. Kureha, and apprentice, the bashful Tony Tony Chopper.
On the fifth month, Tom came through with providing the crews with their ships.
Luffy of course got his Thousand Sunny, and admittedly it was just as he remembered. It perfectly encompassed the memory of his past life, but the content of the ship were now his queens. They each had their quarters and Luffy would sleep with a different lady at night. And Sunday, which is Luffy's favorite day, they would be in one room and go at it.
Katakuri's ship was a steam ship that had two giant rotating mochi donuts. It was used in conjunction with his devil fruit ability to keep his ship running. Though in the event that Katakuri was not available, steam power was ready for use. It was called the Mochi express.
Mihawk was the only person in his division as he liked it this way. His ship was a mere coffin, which was powered by an electric engine, invented by Franky. Mihawk simply named his ship, Coffin for obvious reasons.
Lucci's ship was a stealth ship, designed for speed and infiltration. It was jet black in color and powered by Galdino's wax ability. He used his wax to create a turbine of sorts to which was used to generate power for their ship. It was known as the Supercat.
Arlong of course had his shark shape ship perfect double for a submersible. It was known as the Great White.
Brook had the Grandest Show, with of course the giant stage at its belly to bring the show on their trip. The ship was magnificent in stature perfect for the rockstar.
Crocodile had a sand oasis, a ship that he used in conjunction with his abilities. It housed a massive powerlifting facility for the powerhouses in his crew.
Gild, who generously gave the parts of Gran Tesoro in order to make the other ships of the crew a possibility. His ship is the Gran Tesoro 2.0 It still retained the massive giant roulette wheel in the middle of the ship.
Hajrudin of course had a viking style ship,big enough to fit the giants in his crew. Dorry and Brogy were surprised at the masterful work of the tiny carpenters of Water 7.
Moria's ship was a smaller version of thriller bark. And the shadow user covered his ship with a lot of holes and openings to force the enemies' shadows.
Last but not least was Buggy, who's ship was a carnival of sorts. A lot of people doubted the clown at first but he really put in the work, and he will surprise a lot of people during the war.
Oh wait, there was actually one more. The Arc Maxim was created, as one of the ships that Luffy specifically asked Tom to build. It was a ship powered by electricity and it was given to Enel. The thunder user never really felt at home until he joined the Strawhats. He could really learn to enjoy the company of the blue sea people, who were now, as he would never admit this out loud, his people. His crew consisted of his original disciple, Urouge, and a combination of people from the volunteers from all over the world. What's special about his ship is that it flew. Sky coverage was in their back pocket, excellent.
On the last night before heading out to the island where the war was going to take place. People were getting last minute tactics from one another, nerves were high, but morale was to the top.
Unlikely conversations were taking place between people from different walks of life, but the Strawhats were a tight knit group, and that was how Luffy liked it.
Tanaka and Gem were having a conversation, Gladius and Ohm were discussing positioning in the battlefield, Urouge and Dice were talking strategy, a crazy group of different people and personality, all under the Umbrella of strawhat Luffy. Viola and Brulee were going over calls for battle.
Kyros was impressed by the massive fighting force that they have gathered, he could see how this force could stand toe to toe with a world power.
"Hey how do you know Mugiwara?" Fisher Tiger sat next to Kyros as they were having dinner. Pel also joined them.
"He saved my country."
"Oh same, and changed my view of the world." Was Fisher Tiger's response.
"He did that for you guys too?"
And the trio laughed at the coincidence. Crocus passed by and overhearing their conversation he decided to add on. "He took the giant whale away from my care." Which caused confusion between the trio, though later on realizing that he meant Laboon. A tall green haired beauty passed them as well adding her own input on the subject
"He banged my sister." Added Sandersonia to which they all laughed heartily.
Medical Division
The doctors were getting together and exchanging information, a workflow was getting put together. They were trying to figure out the best way to treat the injured for the upcoming war.
Luffy had already spoken with the additional doctor, introducing himself to each one. He pulled Dr. Hirulek to the side and asked him if he wanted Chopper with him during the war.
"Honestly Captain, no, I do not." Replied the Doctor. "But he has nowhere else to go."
"What if I tell you I can keep him safe?" To this, the doctor agreed and Luffy made arrangements to meet the blue-nosed reindeer.
Dr. Hirulek introduced them and left Chopper to speak with Luffy.
"Hey, my name is Luffy. What is yours?" Luffy had to be gentle with the young Chopper, as he was still fresh on the pain in which he suffered from humans.
"Tony Tony Chopper." Replied the reindeer bashfully.
"Hey Chopper, say would you care to step away from all this craziness for some time, meet some children around your age? Make new friends?" Asked Luffy.
"I can't leave Dr Hirulek." Replied Chopper.
"No, no you are not going to leave him. Just think of it as a retreat...um a vacation of sorts." Luffy followed the change in expression in Chopper's young face.
"Is there candy?" Asked the curious reindeer.
"Oh yeah, lots!" Chopper contemplated the offer.
"Are the people nice there?" The reindeer asked bashfully to which Luffy responded with.
"Only the nicest and most caring people I know."
After a few minutes, Chopper finally nodded in agreement.
"Alright! Excellent, well my friend Blueno will bring you to Zeff."
Later that day, Blueno reported to Luffy with his mission.
"Zeff wanted to relay something to you captain."
"What was it?" Asked Luffy despite knowing full well what it was about.
"Please excuse my tone but he said, Not another one?!"
"Shishishi. Of course, he would. Thanks Blueno." Chopper was somewhere safe, not in the middle of a war.
With the Commanders
"So we sail tomorrow." Buggy trembled in his chair, as he was surrounded by the commanders of the Grand Armada.
"You'll be fine Buggy, you've grown so much since you first came on to the crew." It was Brook who eased Buggy's worries, for the soul king did not have any fear in his eyes, as he doesn't have any eyes. Yohoho bone jokes.
"I believe we'll be fine, our Captain will be king." Hancock had joined the commander's meeting as one of the most powerful members of the Strawhats. She also held the queen rank in the armada, which meant she was basically above Katakuri in rank.
"In no way does anyone take the Phoenix from me. I have marked him as my enemy." Katakuri's blood boiled at the thought of engaging Marco. At first glance, Katakuri felt an intense aura with the first commander of the Whitebeard pirates, and there was no way anyone else could battle him.
"Fine but I will handle the second in command." This was now Enel who spoke up to no one's protest. But Mihawk had an interesting input on the matter. He was on the corner and sharpening his blade.
"It doesn't matter who fights who, all we need to do is win. To make our Captain king, we must win." To that a chorus of agreement.
"I never thought I could find a group of people that I would call my friends again." If you could believe it, Moria had tears flowing from his eyes. "You guys have been the closest I've been to anyone in my time since being wiped out by Kaido...if you die in the battlefield...I'll kill you myself!" Declared Moria.
"Yahaha! I agree with the shadow man!" Declare Enel who have become an integral power in their fighting force. He was now the eleventh commander of the Strawhat Grand Armada.
"If you were all to die, then you are not worth the flag which we represent." This was Crocodile, who continued to smoke his tobacco.
"Right." Commented Hancock.
"Good point Crocodile." Hajrudin chimed in with a hearty laugh. "As one of the newer additions, I really found you all to be very welcoming and helpful."
"This is true as I never tried to apply myself and my devil fruit, other than overwhelming the enemies with my gold. But now, I've grown tenfold!" Gild crossed his legs as he took a sip of his drink.
Then a moment of silence as the group digested their current predicament.
"Hey, let's go around and remember our favorite moments so far in this crew." This was Brook who suggested this. "Let me start, I was stuck in the Florian Triangle for 40 years, and probably many more. So my favorite moment so far is Captain saving me in a lifetime of loneliness." Multiple people who sat close to him, patted him on the back. 40 years in isolation. That is insane.
"I'll go, when Lucci trained me in Rokushiki." Added Hajrudin as he formed his hands into a fist.
"Mine is getting the life beaten out of me. It was a wakeup call that I need to be better." Was Crocodiles addition to the conversation.
"Katakuri over there put a number on me." Gild commented. "He woke me up and helped me realize that I was lacking in so many areas."
"That reminds me, Gild, we still need to have a rematch." Said Crocodile, remembering that embarrassing loss to the gold user in the Gran Tesoro.
"I want a rematch with Lucci!" Exclaimed Moria.
"Yeah? Well I want to beat Hancock, Mihawk, and Katakuri but that's not happening anytime soon." Replied Lucci who was glad he was being shouted out.
"In your dreams Lucci!" Exclaimed Hancock, laughing at the third commander.
"I only want to become the best swordsman in the world. That will be my favorite memory." Added Mihawk.
"You probably already are the best swordsman." Katakuri spoke up, forgetting his animosity with Marco for only that moment. He then addressed everyone in that room. "You are all the best in the world at what you do." They all agreed to this as there was no way they could lose the war, at least in their mind. "Anyway, I'm going to get some rest. We have a long trip ahead of us."
The group dispersed into their separate ships, checking in on their units to ensure that everyone was prepared.
For that night, Hancock joined Luffy, embracing him tightly as the prospect of the war was becoming more and more of a reality. She swore to herself that she was going to fuck his brains out as if it were their last.
Docks
A few days before departing, at the number seven dock of Water 7, Luffy invited four people to join him for a very important meeting. He had called them a few hours earlier to meet with him.
"Captain-chan! What can I do for you!" The first person to arrive was Bentham, or as he was better known by his okama name, Bonclay. He was closely followed by Blueno. Who took a kneel in front of Luffy.
"Captain, I was informed by Lucci to meet you here." Then another person arrived.
"Captain-ya, what is going on?" This was Law speaking as he was holding both hands behind his head. There was something noticeably different about him as he seems to have gotten taller.
"I won't forgive you for tricking me the first time we met Captain!" It was Bonney who Luffy called to join them in the meeting. Luffy turned from looking at the horizon and immediately noticed Law's change.
"Oh this? Bonney-ya manipulated my age. There was no point of remaining young and held back by my age. So I asked her to make me older." Of course, it makes sense, Law was a genius of sorts, he was the man responsible for getting the alliance close to Kaido...then he remembered his loss...getting close to death…the death of his friends...but he shook the thought out of his mind.
"I need you all to do something very important for me...and you will all have to be at the right place, at the right time." The group nodded at the Captain's special orders. "So here it is, listen carefully as I will only say this once..."
Marineford
Panic echoed throughout the entire marine headquarters as thousands of marines were shuffling to their battle station. News broke out of a clash between Whitebeard and Mugiwara mere minutes ago. It was released by Big News Morgan.
Sengoku thought that the old bird was either helping the pirates or was really getting rusty in obtaining the news as this cataclysmic event was only revealed to them a few minutes ago.
"All personnel to your battle stations, we sail in 20 minutes." A voice echoed throughout the base and Sengoku was raking his brain.
Why would Whitebeard want to fight a pirate below him like Mugiwara? Whitebeard was an emperor of the sea, he was a few road poneglyphs away from the One Piece.
"Sir! Admiral Zephyr is ready to depart. Admiral Akainu, and Admiral Aokiji are a few minutes from getting to their ships."
"Fuck fuck, we can't let this happen." Sengoku continued to rack his brain as he could not get an answer to why this is happening. "GARP!" He exclaimed, as he knew the old man had a relation to Mugiwara.
"Sengoku?" Vice Admiral Garp joined the Fleet Admiral in walking briskly to their battleship.
"What the hell is your Grandson up to?!" Yelled Sengoku into which Garp replied by simply saying.
"Beats me." And shrugged, snickering to himself at the action of his Grandson.
"All personnel to your battle stations, we sail in 15 minutes."
"Fuck!" Sengoku knew that by the time they got to the location of the battle, the entire world could be swallowed by tsunamis, earthquakes, fissures, and so on due to the destructive power of Whitebeard. This fight can't happen and yet by the time they arrive, it could be too late.
"Sir! Admiral Aokiji has disappeared with all communications off. Though more pressing sir is that Admiral Akainu and Admiral Zephyr have both sailed ahead of the fleet and are currently outside of the Gate of Justice. They are going at the target location at a rapid rate and are declining any orders to turn back." A random marine gave Sengoku the update to which the Fleet Admiral could pull all the hair out of his head. The goddamn fanatics. A united force is better than this divided force bullshit.
"All personnel to your battle stations, we sail in 10 minutes."
"Young ones huh, I remember when we used to be hot blooded young marines like those two." Was Garp's comment though before having the chance to yell at his casual take on the situation, another bad news came.
"Sir, Admiral Akainu and Admiral Zephyr have each lost a battleship each in their 20 ships fleet. The person responsible is currently not letting them pass."
"Who would be stupid enough to get in the way of two Navy Admirals?" Sengoku asked out loud to which Garp had a smirk over his face.
"It's him of course." Garp replied knowingly.
...
Outside of the Gates of Justice
"Get out of the way Red Haired." This came from Zephyr, who stood at the front of his ship. They had history from Sabaody, where he deflected the Marine Admiral from chasing after Luffy, Arlong, and Mihawk. "I will go through you." Warned the Marine Admiral.
"Red Haired! Get the fuck out of my way!" Exclaimed Admiral Akainu, the hot blooded marine admiral was on his wits end, as six month ago he wanted to put on a pin on Mugiwara, and now he was challenging emperors.
"Admirals." Shanks began, the aura in the air was so thick that many low-level marines were passing out, as the three powerhouses were in a standoff. "I'm sure we can come to an understanding."
"Red haired this is your last warning. I swear on everything I will kill you." Akainu's blood vessel was showing on the tip of his forehead as he was very agitated. This amused Lucky Roo as he pointed at it and laughed while Yasopp joined in. Ben Beckham smirked at the sight.
"Sorry but…" Shanks drew his blade, revealing his intention. "...nobody will interfere with faith."
At the command of their Captain, everyone switched gears. Yasopp drew his gun, Lucky Roo pulled two pistols, and Ben Beckham drew his own sword. The rest of the Red Haired Pirates followed suit and the time for joking has passed.
Though a smaller marine ship got passed the Red Force, Shanks noticed it, Ben Beckham noticed it, but they let it pass. For the person within the ship was important for the future.
Admiral Akainu wrapped his arm in magma, not caring about anyone on the marine ship he was on. All he cared about was absolute justice, and if it meant destroying his own people, so be it.
Admiral Zephyr covered his arm in armament, as the master user was ready to stretch his arms against the newly crowned Yonko.
"Sure." And Shanks wrapped both arms along with his sword in crackling red and black haki. You think you know one-armed Shanks as a yonko, have you met two armed Shanks?
World Economy News Paper
The Albatros zoan user was currently going through the daily manuscript, one of his reporters entered, shuffling at his feet.
"Sir Morgans sir! Marines are here to interview you, sir!"
"Tell them to go away, I'm busy!"
Word traveled quickly, as Morgans was late in reporting the war between Mugiwara and Shirohige. A special someone was sent to deal with the incompetence of the journalist.
"I can't leave without answers, Morgans." At the entrance of his office, there stood Vice Admiral Borsalino, he had a different aura about him, almost as if he took his job a little more seriously.
"Well I'll be damned." Morgans dropped everything he was doing and quickly got up. He attempted to toss his chair at the Vice Admiral to make a quick getaway, light flashed in the room and Morgans found himself pinned against the floor of his office. All operations in the news central stopped, as people watched their boss in his office.
"Back to work fools!" Exclaimed Morgans, despite feeling an immense amount of pain at the bottom of Borsalino's foot.
"So you were saying Morgans?" Asked the Vice Admiral. He really was different, more serious, scarier even. What happened to the aloof light user?
"I knew, I knew it was going to happen okay. I just prolonged the news because I thought Mugiwara would chicken out." This was a lie of course, as back in Whole Cake Island, Morgans became a huge fan of Mugiwara for causing a ruckus in Big Mom's land. Although nobody needed to know about that.
"Fine fine..." Borsalino released Morgans, but not before penetrating both of his wings with light beams.
"Ah!" Exclaimed the head of the World Economy News Paper. He stumbled into the ground as blood flowed freely from the fresh wound.
"You might want to get that checked." Borsalino began to disappear into light particles. "And Morgans, for future references...don't forget to report news of this magnitude again, got it?" With that Borsalino disappeared as quickly as he arrived.
Morgans nursed his wounds as he seethed in anger. 'Damned Marines…' Thought the underground emperor. He was the man who controlled the news damnit! To be made a mockery by Borsalino. "Fuck you Borsalino!" He exclaimed knowing full well that the light user was long gone.
"Attach!" Exclaimed Morgans calling one of his chief reporters.
"Yes boss?" Responded the elderly photographer.
"Make sure you get some good shots on that war, you hear? I got holes all over my body because of this damned war!"
"Yes boss loud and clear." Attach replied and disappeared, making his way to the place of war. A good photographer always found a way.
'Show me what you are good at Mugiwara.' Thought Morgans.
Enland
An uncharted island of what will now be known as Enland was the location that the Strawhats selected to invite the Whitebeard Pirates for War.
The location was an empty wasteland with no life form. On the northern shore of the island, the Strawhat Grand Armada has arrived, slowly filtering into the island. They have designated a home base of sorts on the northern shore as the time for war is not for another day.
"Set up camp." He commanded the other members of the crew. They had a long next couple of days, possibly weeks or even months.
Luffy had set up his camp, his queen was elsewhere as he rested along a chair. "This is getting really serious now, six months ago, it was just words, planning...but now." It was Robin who joined Luffy. She gave him a loving embrace, one of which Luffy looked forward to throughout his days of constant battle meeting, training, and so forth.
"Yeah, hey listen Brulee is going to be set up here to be our communication hub. Viola will be our visual coordinator, Dice and Galdino will stay back to watch the communication and medical units respectively. Do you want to.." Luffy was interrupted with a kiss on his lips, one that lingered for a long time.
"I will be in the battlefield with everyone."
"I thought so, but I just wanted to ask. You are so stubborn." Luffy said with a smile before kissing her once more. Robin was so amazing, so calm and collected, innocent but wild. She was exciting and kept him straight to his course. This is why..."I love you."
"And I you." Responded Robin and the duo shared a kiss. One thing led to another and they made sweet love all night.
...
As quick as the night went by, it was finally done, morning finally came and the Strawhats were quietly preparing their gear. For they were all marching into a world changing war, one of which will be talked about for ages.
Luffy led the group along with Hancock and Katakuri. Just as planned, Viola and Brulee stayed back along with Dice, they would be the information network for the crew.
Dr Hogback, Dr Hirulek, Dr Kureha, and Dr Crocus headed their healer division, with Kalifa, Tanaka, and Absalom as runners. Galdino was their guardian.
Hundreds of personnel are equipped with Dials, and fishman technology, as well as human technology. The human technology was thanks to their newest addition, Cyborg Franky.
The air was tense which caused Luffy to speak up.
"Listen everyone." He did not stop going forward, not once did he look back. Instead he looked up, Buggy was tasked with keeping their flag in the air. "If ever you are in doubt, look at our flag. Just press forward and follow it. We will win no matter what."
With his simple statement, the group eased up slightly, looking at the back of Captain's crest. It was their crest, their mark, their flag.
Arriving in an open battlefield, Luffy received a call from their communication department.
"They have arrived." It was Viola who spoke to the group, with Brulee transmitting her image through mirror communicator.
As she said so, rumbling from the distance became louder, as an army of pirates came from the other side of the island.
Luffy could see him, Edward Newgate, who's mere presence caused the air to thicken. Despite the distance between them, he could tell that Whitebeard was looking at him, and he returned the favor. The two stared into each other for some time, each army stopping dead in their track. Each side waited for their commanders' orders. All 16 commanders of Whitebeard were present, with possibly 20 of his allied commanders. Oars Jr. toward their side, while Luffy had Hajrudin, Dorry, and Brogy on his side.
In the front of Whitebeard's group, there stood Diamond Jozu, along with the vanguard unit, ready to go at the order of his captain. A sea of people covered the southern section of the battlefield, with people positioning on the left and right flank. The Strawhats matched them with Crocodile's vanguard unit in the middle, he had placed Enel to lead the left plank while he had Lucci leading the right flank. Blamenco led the unit that would clash with Lucci's while Haruta led the unit that will face Enel.
It did not matter who fought who, they needed to win to solidify their captain's claim in becoming king. While the opposing side needed to win to solidify their Captain's position as the strongest man in the world.
"Communication department ready." Said Viola, which echoed throughout the allied forces.
"Medic bay ready." Said Dr. Hogback, who led the medical team. Despite having more qualified doctors, they elected him as his unorthodox methods could be the difference between life and death.
"Keep each other safe." Commanded Luffy to everyone, then silence.
Buggy was looking around, looking through the faces of each person on his side. His grip fell through as the flag which he held up nearly fell from his grasp. He caught it with both hands as the flag nearly fell from its high point. Buggy sighed in relief but was now met with another predicament. His pistol was falling from its holster, and it did so but he was able to catch it with his feet. Another sigh of relief but it was quickly replaced with shock as his big toe caught the trigger, causing the gun to fire.
Imagine a quiet field, where everyone was on edge, and everyone heard gunfire. At first, there seemed to be no reaction, but adrenaline rushed in and both sides were fired up. They used the gunfire as the catalyst for the world war.
"Go everyone! For Pops!" Yelled Jozu from the side of Whitebeard, thinking that the side of Mugiwara opened fire first. People from his pirate crew charged forward blazing passion following with each step.
"Let's go!" Yelled Crocodile, his vanguard unit close behind him. The sixth commander had a personal grudge against him, so it was only natural he went straight for the yonko and he had the perfect plan as his body turned into sand.
"Oh…" Thought Buggy, his fascial expression was that of immense shock, for he was the reason that the war started. 'It had to start somehow...' He thought to himself.
The war of Strawhat Pirates against the Whitebeard Pirates was finally underway.
