A/n:Thank your mothers and your mother's mother because I got this chapter out so soon. So do enjoy! Please let me know what you think of the war. And hope you have a good one!


Right Flank

Over in the right flank, things were getting intense.

Law remained in his intense battle with Islewan, not one was getting the upper hand on the other. He noticed that Bonney was gone, how could they do their mission now?

Bonclay continued to fight with Ao who was shocked to see him return. The Whitebeard allied commander could have sworn he took care of this guy earlier.

Brook created space between himself and Squard, freezing the enemy commander for a few moments.

"Fisher Tiger-san." Brook joined the fishman warrior. "What happened to Lucci-san?"

"He is in the med bay as far as I know!" The warrior pushed back two incoming swordsmen with a rising leg sweep. "We need the sea!"

"Just wait a moment, they should be here soon." Brook responded before returning to his battle with Squard. The enemy captain unfroze himself with sheer will and brought his giant sword down on the Fifth Commander.

Brook absorbed the strike with his cane sword and knocked the blade out of Squard's hands.

"What?" Asked Squard in confusion as his blade flew in the air. Then Brook proceeded to slice Squard crossways, each cut creating a slice through the chest of the enemy captain. His soul briefly escaped him but Brook decided to return it to his body, no need to kill. Squard fell back, passing out from the strike.

"Men! Resume battle position!" Brook exclaimed as the Strawhats were still at a loss on the right flank. Two commanders down and it was getting grim by the minute.

Suddenly, Brook felt something incoming. For way down underground, two massive titanic beasts in Laboon and Surume, had been tirelessly digging through the belly of the island. Then, as the fishman asked for the ocean, they shall receive.

Laboon and Surume emerged gloriously from under the land, bringing with them a massive source of ocean water through the hole which they dug. Surume entered the right flank.

"Alright!" Cheered Jinbei. A new wave of energy coursed through the Strawhat pirates. He delivered a devastating Fishman Karate Technique that ultimately caused Blamenco to double over. His giant mallet falling on his sides as the content of his pocket leaked out.


Left Flank

Laboon entered the left flank providing the much-needed ocean water for the fishmen of the Strawhat pirates.

"YEAH!" Exclaimed Aladine along with the countless fishmen in the left flank. The renewed energy from the freshwater caused fighters such as Hatchan and Icarus Much to course with new energy.

The Amazons took the new energy from the Fishmans and pressed forward as well.

Robin was currently engaged in a heated battle with Whitey Bay. Neither woman was letting the other get even a slight advantage. Whitey Bay noted that Robin was strong, and for a new world captain to admit that it was a testament of Robin's intense training with the strawhats.

Pekoms, Zepo, and Pedro kept close, protecting Robin from other pirates from trying to jump her when she was not paying attention. "Protect her at all cause!" Exclaimed Pekoms, knocking back an enemy pirate. Zepo sliced an enemy with his sword while Pedro ensured that the one who reads the poneglyphs is okay.

Whitey Bay got the upper hand shortly and she brought her cutlass near the throat of the Queen, Pedro jumped in to interfere but there was no need. Robin actually had Whitey Bay right where she wanted her. Her limbs extended out of the body of the enemy pirate captain and Robin literally choked her until she passed out. The queen got up as if nothing happened and continued on the battle.

Kyros of Dressrosa had a wife and child to return to, there was no way he was losing his life here. He fought valiantly against Fossa, effectively delivering a horizontal slash through the enemy commander. Kyros stood tall at the end but he was exhausted beyond belief. The new world commander was no joke, even he could attest to that. Lucky for him, Franky came in with a hyper beam of sorts and blew Fossa far, far away.

"Thanks." Said Kyros as he blocked an incoming strike.

"You're welcome!" Franky gave a thumbs up to Kyros and continued on unleashing his technological inventions.

"Somebody assist Gem!" Enel was calling the shots for the left flank. And upon using his mantra, he was able to feel that Gem was driven to a corner by Haruta. He would go over there, but he had his hands full with Atmos and Rokuyo.

Gem was at a corner, nearly at the tip of Haruta's blade when somebody came in for the save.

"Got it!" Exclaimed Perona, who had been phasing her negative ghost through hordes of people to lower their morale. But the newly aged 20 year old was finally activated for battle. Gem was immediately retrieved by Absalom and helped to the medical bay.

She floated to Haruta who immediately met her in the air. Haruta was quick, but Perona was able to bring two negative ghosts through the commander.

"I am but a cockroach." Haruta fell on all four and dreaded his life. Though the effect was only momentary as Haruta used his superior speed to knock Perona out, effectively beating her as well. It was a few years too early for Perona to even put a dent on a yonko commander. The commanders of Whitebeard's division were no joke, and this was a testament as everyone should already know.

Just as Haruta was about to move on to the next opponent, crackles of thunder covered his surroundings. For in the distance, Haruta could see that Atmos and Rokuyo were passed out cold, their bodies burned by lightning. Haruta felt his body tense as he turned around, seeing a smiling Enel right behind him. He tried to bring his sword up but a lightning bolt shot right through him, knocking him out.

Enel then leveled the battlefield, slowing the roll the Whitebeard forces were garnering. He sent out a rain of thunderbolts, knocking several members of the whitebeard pirates unconscious.

The battle between Oars Jr. and Hajrudin, began in the center field but has now migrated to the left flank. Each punch by either giant caused the earth to tremble as neither one of the giants gave way to the other.

Though Hajrudin had a hidden card in his back pocket. For the past six months, Lucci had been tirelessly training him in the art of Rokushiki.

'Geppou' Imagine a giant that was kicking the air so that he could stay afloat. People couldn't help but stop what they were doing to look at the giant that blocked the sunlight. Oars Jr. looked up curiously with Hajrudin descending rapidly, delivering an elbow drop straight to the head of the giant. The impact brought Oars Jr. onto the ground, people scattered for the falling giant in the fear of getting crushed. A massive dust storm brewed up and Hajrudin was the victor.

"Yeah!" Exclaimed the eight commander, although his celebration was cut short as his knee buckled inwards. A gleam of shiny substance collided with one knee, then the other as the giant fell face first on the ground, unable to get up.

Hajrudin's celebration was interrupted by none other than Diamond Jozu who sought revenge for his fallen friend, Oars Jr.

Enel noticed the arrival of the diamond man and noted that if he was here, then that means Gild lost.

The thunder user charged at Jozu, supercharging his lightning to be at its highest strength. And yet, as it collided with diamond, the powerhouse of the Whitebeard pirates merely ignored his strike.

Jozu realized that it was he who was causing the problem and picked up steam, eventually catching Enel with a shoulder tackle, right in his chest. No amount of lightning, thunder, or electricity could slow his roll. For a big guy, he sure was fast, and a natural absorbent of his power.

Enel did try his best, but his best was not enough. He failed in defeating the Third Commander of the Whitebeard pirates. He managed to beat a couple of them, and yet he met a literal wall in Jozu. His electricity could barely affect the diamond as it does not conduct electricity. So it was not a good match for him. Haki didn't help much either as in hand to hand combat, the third division commander had him beat.

So Enel was now on his back, shocked to have lost to a third division commander. He thought he would steamroll through the enemy commanders and eventually deal with the quake man all by himself and yet, here he was, overestimating himself once more. He needs lightning strong enough for natural advantages and disadvantages won't be a factor. Black lightning…? Yeah...More...he needs more power.


Middle Ground

Gild had been rushed to the medics bay, he was utterly defeated by the third commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. He sustained many internal injuries as the blunt force of the diamond man was too much for the gold emperor. In terms of ground mineral hierarchy, nothing tops diamond.

"We lost Gild!" Exclaimed Arlong whose sword was knocked out of his hands and was now fighting Namur in hand to hand combat.

"I noticed!" Responded Hancock who fought nearby, she was engaged in a tightly contested match with Thatch.

In the middle ground, two expert swordsmen fought with such grace that people couldn't help but watch them. "What do you know about Shimotsuki, warrior?" Mihawk heard the loss of Gild, but he could not avert his attention from his opponent. Commander Izo looked at Mihawk with confusion, he then clashed with the swordsman in multiple angles, not one time could he gain an advantage.

"Enough, who's asking?" He brought his sword from the ground, cutting the very earth they stood on and brought it through the center of Mihawk. But the swordsmans countered with a diagonal cut, stopping Izo from his momentum. He then forced him back and received a gash right on his chest. Izo felt the pain but did not let that bother him.

"I am." Mihawk did not allow Izo to retaliate as he slammed his sword away from the swordsman. He then unleashed a flurry of slashes, enough so that Izo could not keep up, receiving multiple, non fatal cuts from all over his body.

"Heh...maybe I'll tell you one day..." From the exhaustion of trying to keep up with Dracule Mihawk, Izo fell face first on the dirt ground, losing to the world's greatest swordsman.

'Damn.' Thought Mihawk as he didn't learn anything new. So much for getting answers from someone he thought would know.

Back to Hancock against Thatch...

"Don't worry my lady, we've had our losses too." Thatch joked with Hancock as he responded to Arlong's outburst of losing one of theirs.

"We can't lose this war, I hope you don't take this personally." Hancock delivered a roundhouse kick right to the face of Thatch, but the fourth commander caught it with his forearm.

"I don't really." He said with a smirk and pushed Hancock back. Thatch then closed the gap and brought his knife to the face of Hancock, who could barely avoid the strike by a hair. Her opponent was really strong, so she would need to use it then.

Hancock stepped back, channeling her devil fruit and focusing on it. It was time to show her awakening. Though before she could reveal her new power, blood splattered all over her face, as Thatch found himself gasping for air.

For the Fourth commander of the Whitebeard pirates, found himself on the receiving end of a sharpened dagger, straight through his heart.

Hancock's eyes widened as a gruff looking man stabbed the commander in the back, he had an enrage look in his face.

"Zehahaha!" Laughed the assailant, one hand with the murder weapon, another with a handful of grapes.

Hancock watched as the eyes of Thatch went from anger, to pain, and then finally to emptiness. Life escaped the fourth commander without a chance to get an answer. Why?

So the queen asked for him. "What are you doing?"

All of a sudden, the grapes which were on the hands of the assailant, changed shape, turning into what Hancock could only assume as. "Devil Fruit..."

"Zehahaha! At last! I finally got the opportunity to take you out, Thatch!" The gruff looking man consumed the grape devil fruit, taking only one bite out of it. He then began to tremble as the power which was within the fruit coursed through his entire body.

"Why would you kill your own?" Asked Hancock, cautious as Teach let the darkness course through his entire body.

For months, Teach had been looking for a chance to kill Thatch as the Fourth Commander ate the Yami Yami no Mi. As faith would have it, Thatch found and actually consumed the devil fruit. And Teach waited for a long time for its arrival. Now it was his for it was his destiny to become the darkness to swallow the world. Nobody, not even a time traveler, could mess with Teach's destiny.

"He ate the fruit which belongs to me." With that simple statement, a portal of darkness emerged from behind Teach, he then stepped back, allowing the darkness to swallow him. Though he did not leave without leaving his mark as he let the darkness explode and kill those in close proximity to the portal. Hancock was lucky to activate her armament on time or else she would be dead. She would have pursued the shadow user but he had been long gone.

"Commander Thatch!" Exclaimed one of the Whitebeard pirates. "He's dead!" Exclaimed another. And just like wildfire, news of the death of Thatch spread throughout the battlefield.

"It wasn't..." Although the Whitebeard pirates did not hear anything she was saying. She had blood on her hands, and she was the one fighting Thatch. Noone would believe that Teach killed him, no one.

"Hancock they will not listen to reason." Mihawk landed behind her, standing back to back with the queen. He had just finished his battle with Izo and found the queen in some trouble.

"I didn't do it." She reiterated her previous statement.

"I know." Mihawk gripped his blade tightly.

"Stupid men!" Her anger caused those who were near to pass out. Conqueror's haki was exhibited by the queen. Then as to finally accept that they were not going to listen, Hancock finally activated her awakening.

A pink humanoid figure escaped her body, its form morphed quickly, as its long, slender lower body turned into a snakes' tail. It's upper body was that of a human, and it held a circular orb on one hand, and a spear on the other. It's head was covered in a thousand snakes. The pink humanoid blob had become Medusa, the cursed.

Her fruit is the Mero Mero no Mi. Though deep within her fruit, hid the mythical zoan known as Medusa, a woman who turned anything that looked upon her horrid face into stone.

Hancock commanded the mythical beast to wreak havoc as it used its tail to cause massive damage in the enemy forces. The orb in its hands emitted energy beams, and the spear was used for close combat. Any and all who stared into the face of Medusa turned immediately into stone, even if they did not lust for it.

"Go now Mihawk, chase after Jozu. Leave the middle to me." Was Hancock's command to which Mihawk complied, dashing to the right flank and immediately recognizing Jozu, beating Enel.

Hancock cleaned house in the middle ground, riding on top of Medusa and causing massive dent in the enemy forces. Earlier her advances were halted by Thatch, but now it seemed like nobody would be able to hold her back. And there were those who tried to stop her, but they all failed.


Allied Backline

"No! Comeon!" Exclaimed Dice as he removed Commander Enel's name from their war board.

The battlefield was finally taking shape as commanders and prominent fighters from both sides fell off.

On the side of the strawhats, Third Commander Lucci, Eight Commander Hajrudin, Ninth Commander Moria and Eleventh Commander Enel were incapacitated. For the allies, Pel and Marigold were defeated. For members, Bonney, Gem, and Perona amongst hundreds of allied fighters and members.

Then on Whitebeard's side, Commander Thatch was killed. Commander Blenheim, Commander Haruta, Commander Atmos, Commander Izo and Commander Rokuyo have been beaten. In the allies department, Oars Jr., Squard, Elmy, Doma, Ramba and many more.

Though the most important of the battles were on the enemy backline, left flank, far left, and on an unknown sector of Enland.

On the enemy backline, Crocodile and Vista were not letting the other get the upper hand. As sand met flower petals.

On the left flank, a match was brewing as an unstoppable force was going to meet an immovable object. Mihawk was the force, whereas Jozu was the object.

On the far left, away from the battlefield, pillars of blue phoenix flames exploded in several directions as it met a hard thick, mochi wall. Marco and Katakuri were engaged in a close battle.

Then of course, there was the match of the titans. Mugiwara and Shirohige, inside a 2 mile wide rubber room, duking it out in a match of the century.


Unknown Island

The battles were continuing, neither side particularly getting any advantage. All the battlefield remained at a stalemate.

Though something was brewing on the detached island of Enland, where Luffy fought Newgate.

Luffy had now transformed into 'Gear 4th, bound man'

He tried to power through Whitebeard's guard, but the Yonko really took Luffy up for his offer. He was actually going all out, without the risk of causing any world ending events.

As Luffy got close, Whitebeard delivered a powerful quake punch in the air that sent Luffy back by several yards.

"Gurarara brat, you sure you want me at my best?" Whitebeard brought his finger in the air once more. Gripping tightly as he pulled down once more, Luffy felt his surroundings alter, as fissures formed from below him. He jumped out of the way, as rock formations altered all around him.

That day, Luffy learned that Whitebeard without a limiter is literally a monster. But he had a few tricks up his sleeves as he would not fight Whitebeard without having a plan to beat him.

But first he had to get that bisento taken care of. So Luffy activated Gear Second, and put the natural form of Soru on top of it.

He disappeared in the naked eye but Whitebeard kept up with him. He used some of the raised ground formations in order to launch himself forward.

Whitebeard brought his bisento down at Luffy but the rubber man caught the bisento, wrapped it with his rubber arm, pried it from Whitebeard, and tossed it far from the Yonko.

As his focus was disarming Whitebeard, Luffy forgot that the old man still had his other limbs available. He brought both hands down at Luffy and hammered him into the ground. Then Luffy hit the ground so hard that he was lifted from the ground and Whitebeard kicked Luffy before he could recover.

The more devastating part was each strike by the quake man was infused with his ability, so the inside of Luffy's body would have been turned into a blender, if it wasn't for activating armament on time.

Luffy caught himself with both hands, slowing his tumble. He finally halted but Whitebeard wasn't done with him. The emperor was already in his face, his right fist pulled back with a familiar bubble of his quake ability around it. He then brought his fist forward, aimed into the face of Luffy.

'Gear Fourth: Snake Man' Luffy had transformed into one of his most powerful forms while tumbling from the strike by Whitebeard. As the yonko brought his fist down towards Luffy, a perfectly times 'Python' caught Whitebeard behind his head. The impact was enough to distract him as another 'Python' connected on his right cheek. Then another to the left cheek. Until quite literally, Whitebeard was bombarded with punches from different directions.

"Enough!" Whitebeard released his conquerors haki, knocking Luffy slightly back. He recovered and brought his fist back and launched another barrage of pythons.

This time, Whitebeard was ready, using observation haki to block each strike. There were only two fists from the Strawhat man, and he loved to strike in Whitebeard's blindspot.

"Not too shabby old man." Luffy noticed someone appear from a distance, then disappeared quickly. That person grabbed something and left, just as Luffy had planned.


Left Flank

The very earth trembled as the Dressrosan commander pulled all the stone from the land and pulled it in himself. He then merged with the stone and commanded it to squash Jozu.

Though the Diamond man simply smashed through the monster that is Pica and went straight out of his stone beast, effectively locating and taking care of him.

The Third Commander of the Whitebeard pirates was on a roll, he went through Commander Gild, Commander Enel and now Dressrosan Commander Pica. But the immovable force finally met his match, as a diagonal green air slice made its way towards him.

He blocked it with his diamond covered body which caused the dust to cover the ground. Once it cleared though, in the path of Jozu was Mihawk, his blade extended and pointed at the diamond man.

"Your victories end right here Jozu." Declared Mihawk.

"Will you enforce it Hawkeye?" Challenged Jozu as the two commanders looked at each other before finally engaging.

Mihawk brought Yoru down into the shoulder of Jozu, only to meet a diamond covered shoulders. To make it sturdier, Jozu covered his diamond in armament just to make sure that Yoru doesn't cut through him. Mihawk was known as a swordsman who could cut anything and Jozu wasn't going to take any risk.

Yoru diverted its strike towards Jozu's neck, but that too was covered in black diamond, a result of the armament. He then used his free hand, opposite of where Yoru struck him and pushed the blade back. He then brought his shoulder down and charged at Mihawk, but the swordsman used his immense speed to jump up in the sky.

Jozu looked up, to find the tip of Yoru crashing towards his back. So he used his back foot to launch himself forward, narrowly avoiding the crashing blade. In the place where Jozu once stood, Mihawk had brought down Yoru, with a large crater on the ground.

That would have been him if he did not get out of the way.

So who would win? The immovable object, or the unstoppable force?


Enemy Back Line

Crocodile was holding the two blades of Vista with his golden hook, he used his free hand to bring up a sand spike, attempting to stab the enemy right through his heart. Vista knocked the golden hook back and cut the sand with both blades. A flurry of flower petals following each strike.

Vista noticed that a group of Strawhats has gotten in their backline, more specifically, two giants, a monk, and an armament user with thick shades. So Vista took his blade and knocked down the golden hook, and unleashed a 'Rose Rondo'. Which wrapped Crocodile in a tornado of flower petals. This should be enough to hold the sand user for even just a moment.

Vista rushed Vergo first, knocking him out before the strawhat member could react. Urouge tried to slam Vista with a giant rock, but Vista expertly cut through the rock and knocked him out.

Vista then made a play for the giants but was stopped by Crocodile, he was able to get out of the rose trap.

"You bastard." Crocodile said with a serious look on his face. A sand sable covered his hands.

"Ah, you have gotten out of my trap." Said Vista with a smile. He managed to clear two enemies who got into their backline, that should be okay for now, the problem now was the giants.

Crocodile unleashed his own tornado of sand but Vista twisted in the opposite direction, eliminating the sand storm. But Crocodile blitzed him, bringing his golden hook down towards Vista, once again they clashed with each other the sound of the golden hook, and blade echoed in the air.

He touched the ground to which he turned the ground into quicksand right under the feet of Vista. The Fourth Commander began to sink but he jumped up in the air powering through sinking in the quicksand.


Far Right

Katakuri brought up a massive mochi pillar, attempting to clip the phoenix mid air. But Marco was an expert flyer, and he dodged each spike pillar before doing a 180 and deep diving towards Katakuri, phoenix flame boosting him forward.

The mochi user manipulated his mochi to turn into a semi-liquid state, as the massive mochi pillar seemingly melted and came crashing down over the head of Marco. The phoenix noticed that he was surrounded by mochi and exerted a large amount of phoenix flame to burn his surrounding.

At the end of the exchange, they were back to square one, with Marco standing several yards from Katakuri, neither man gaining any footing against the other.

"Why didn't you just back away when I warned you?" Marco said as once again he took flight, boosting forward once more to deliver a kick into the face of Katakuri. The mochi man brought his hands forward, manipulated his body so that the kick was swallowed into his body as a mochi form, and brought Marco close.

"Captain will be King." Said the First Commander of the Strawhat simply, which initially shocked Marco but caused the first commander to chuckle.

"That's funny because my Pop's is going to be king." Replied Marco with a confident smile. He released blue and yellow flame from the tip of his feet to escape from the mochi trap. He used it to create a separation once more.


Middle Ground

"Enough!" From atop of the enemy line, Shirohige slammed his bisento on the ground. "This war is now over! The Whitebeard Pirates will stand down!" Though upon closer look, his arms were trembling slightly while holding the bisento.

Confusion ran all throughout the battlefield, as Commanders, allies, and fighters looked at each other in confusion.

Marco, who was still locked in an even battle with Katakuri, decided to see what this was all about. "Maybe we'll meet again Dogtooth."

"Another time then Phoenix." Replied Katakuri as he watched Marco fly towards his captain. Katakuri crossed his arms and listened in on Viola's report. "Final Phase everyone, stand down." Was all Viola said to which everyone immediately understood. The Whitebeard pirates stopped, and the Strawhats stopped. The war has come to a halt.

"Pops what is happening?" Marco landed beside Whitebeard.

...

Earlier that same day…

Blueno opened the door underneath Whitebeard to transport him to the island which the Captain chose.

Bonclay was the one to tap Whitebeard in the back, luckily Blueno phased the Yonko through before Bonclay could have died.

Then, later on, Blueno picked up the bisento which the Captain knocked out of Whitebeard's hands.

He then delivered the bisento to Bonclay to complete the look, as the Mane Mane user turned his form into Whitebeard, and called off the war.

...

"Listen carefully, I just want the war to stop." Underneath his disguise, he was scared shitless as he was making things up as he went.

"But why?" Pried Marco, still confused at the whole thing. Bonclay in the guise of Whitebeard, began to sweat feverishly as he tried to come up with an excuse. "Say you lost one of the commanders...oh! Thatch was killed." That's right, good call Viola.

"We lost Thatch." He said with a smile of sorts, but quickly recovered with a serious face

"Fuck...but in a war, Pops, unfortunately, there are losses…" Began Marco but Viola fed some good information to Bonclay to finally cease the First Commander's prying.

"Hancock says that a Teach killed him, say that." Thank you, higher power for the woman named Viola. Thought Bonclay as he finally had a good answer. "Marco...Thatch was killed by Teach." This put the First Commander in a massive state of shock.

"No…." In the mind of Marco, all he could think about was how Red Haired and even Mugiwara warned them about Teach. They should have listened, they should have.

"This war is now over!" Declared Bonclay, posed as Whitebeard. "Now Marco I will retire on my ship. Do not bother me no matter what!" Excellent, the perfect hiatus. This should give the Captain enough time to settle the battle with the real Newgate. With one powerful leap, he leaped into the distance, pretending to disappear into the horizon. He nearly pulled a hamstring trying to mimic the yonko's massive leap. 'Ouch ouch.' And once Bonclay was in the clear, he entered a door that led him back with the main force.

Marco looked at where Whitebeard once stood, in massive confusion.

"Retreat." Ordered Marco to which the Whitebeard pirates began to filter out. It was Captain's orders.

"Stand down." The Strawhats respected their retreat, as Katakuri gave the orders to stand down.

The fight between Jozu and Mihawk was a tie. As Mihawk stopped his blade from meeting with the diamond man, his blade blazed a shiny black color as he was aiming to cut the arm off of the diamond man. Their match was postponed.

Crocodile against Vista was a tie. Neither Sand nor the swordsman had an advantage over the other. Crocodile seethed as, throughout the battle, Vista kept him occupied. He did not get to his goal to take care of the old bastard.

And of course, Marco against Katakuri….ended as a tie. The match of the century was put on a hold as neither man would let the other gain any form of advantage. This was the burden of First commanders.

The war was over, but really the war was only reaching its conclusion in the unknown island, where Luffy and Newgate. resided


Enland- Unknown Island

Rubber met quake as neither man was letting the other gain an advantage. Luffy's barrage of gum gum pistol was met with the quickness of Whitebeard's fist. Barrage of fist met each other, each strike causing energy to release, destroying the land they stood on. The very earth lifted at each impact and the two separated once again.

Whitebeard infused his fist with a quake and hit Luffy in his abdomen. Though the rubber man absorbed the strike, swallowing the fist of the old man in his rubber abdomen, and kicked him straight to the face.

Whitebeard didn't let his gaze leave the Strawhat Captain as he took the strike like a man. He then used his other hand to palm Luffy's face. He attempted to squeeze but Luffy used both legs to create separation.

Luffy covered himself in steam, now activating Gear Fourth once more, with no limit, he could switch between Python and Bound Man without an issue.

The old man was obviously held back by his declining and Luffy didn't like the advantage, he wanted the old man at his best.

Luffy released a 'Kong Gatling Gun', the weight of each strike was heavier than before. Whitebeard brought up his arm, absorbing the strike with his quake infused forearm.

As Luffy's fist connected with Whitebeard, his fist shook violently at the impact as the quake man transferred his ability through his defensive strategy. Luffy shook his arms as he was forced to retreat, his vision becoming shaky. But Whitebeard didn't let up, as he has done all throughout their fight. Without his bisento, who had disappeared from where it landed earlier, he used his legs to kick Luffy straight to the face. Luffy closed his eyes and absorbed the strike as he had no time to dodge it. He was sent several yards back, finally stopping as his momentum slowed.

"Old man! I'm going to win this!" Luffy readied his fist, preparing for his ultimate desperation technique.

"In your dreams brat!" Whitebeard was going to match Luffy as he too wanted this match to end.

Luffy covered the distance, bringing his right fist forward,

Whitebeard leaped forward as well, infused with massive earth-shattering quake punch, Luffy met him with his own rubber punch as his thought process was to absorb the initial quake and then go through the old man's fist.

It was so crazy that it might actually work.

Haki energy escaped their final clash, not one man moved from their punch as their entire environment shattered, the ground they stood on collapsed.

"Ah!" Screamed Luffy trying to generate more power in his punch.

"Grr." Whitebeard could not push forward while using his most powerful technique.

And then an explosion...

...then silence.

Who would have thought...Rubber could stand toe to toe with Quake?