East Blue
In the sea of the East Blue, a small ship containing ten royal guards of Alabasta and one blue haired princess. Amongst the royal guards was Pel, the strongest warrior of Alabasta, who watched over the Princess.
It is his duty to watch over the princess with his life. And despite being against her decision to leave her kingdom to see Mugiwara. He was their saviour, the man who gave them rain in the olden times. Gosh has it been that long already…
"Pel, I see it! I see his home Island." The Princess of Alabasta was politically savvy, well respected, and sought after by many suitors. But she never really got over her first love, the man who punched his way to her heart. She thought he was dead and yet, here he was, back from the dead.
"Ah I see that Princess." Replied the guard, though suddenly he felt an evil intent. "Princess!" Pel immediately used his body as a shield while the entire roof of the room was wiped clear off.
Above them was a red haired man with two mechanical arms, one in which had a sadistic smile over his face. "Well what do I have here?"
"Who the hell are you?" Asked Vivi, demanding an answer as she brought out her twin peacock slasher. Not that it was any good as the man just pulled in her metallic weapon.
"A man looking for a date with your hubby." Replied the magnetic man. And suddenly, his metallic arm was sent at Vivi, only for Pel to kick the metal objects away from the Princess he swore to protect with his life. "Defiant I see."
With that the red haired man unleashed a flurry of metallic objects, hurled at the head guard of Alabasta. He dodge and twisted, kicked and punched while maintaining the safety of the Princess. He took a metal pipe through the thigh that was meant for the Princess, a spike of scrap metal through his forearm that would have pierced through her.
The red haired man smiled sadistically. "This will be fun." His onslaught continued until finally, the stamina of the Alabasta warrior was fully deflated. Try as he may, Pel was no match for this new world Captain, and Vivi could only do so much as she was the primary target of the crazed man.
"I've grown tired of you." And Kid, the man which tormented them that day grabbed Pel with his metal hand and squeezed him into submission. Then, like the bastard that he is, he tossed Pel into the open ocean water, knowing full well that the zoan would not be able to swim.
"No! Pel!" Vivi tried to swim after her friend, but Kid had other ideas, as she was also encased in a metal confinement.
"Calm down woman, everyone dies eventually. You will to, after you've served your purpose."
Kid then brought her metal encasing aboard his ship, the Victoria Punk, and tried as she may, Vivi was not going to be able to get out of this one.
So aboard the Punk Victoria, she was forced to enter the dungeon, where she was bound by her arms. Kid then left her and closed the dark dungeon prison of the ship.
"Hello! Hello!" Vivi tried to scream, to no avail as nobody would hear her. Tears welled up in her eyes in desperation, who was this guy and why did she go after her? And Pel, Pel must be dead! Oh god what will she do now?
"Is anyone there?" A female voice called out from the other end of her cell. Vivi immediately perked up at some company.
"Hello! I am Vivi of Alabasta, here against my will." Called Vivi, the voice which spoke was weak, possibly held against her will.
The light shined in her face for a moment, only to reveal the beautiful face of Princess Viola, of Dressrosa.
"I am as well, I reckon you were on your way to see Luffy as well?" Asked the Princess. To which Vivi nodded slowly. "For some reason, they are after him. This Kid guy has a force of 9 strong new world captains."
"What should we do?"
"What we can...wait." And with that they entered a period of silence, desperation and anger. For the two women were strong political figures, strong individual women, and here they were being used as leverage against him...these pirates will pay.
Though up above, they could hear him on the loudspeaker, spouting off some threat. Possibly towards Dawn Island, where Luffy would be, should be.
"I got Nefertari Vivi aboard this damn ship, and Riku Viola. You better show yourself Mugiwara!" Exclaimed Kid, to which the air was filled with silence, then explosions and then more silence. Suddenly the roof of the ship was ripped clean off by an unfamiliar face. He was ablack haired young man, with the ace of spades tattooed along his forearm. Though when he tried to reach down to free them, an invisible barrier pushed him backwards.
Then the two princess couldn't see anything again until the ship was suddenly frozen. And around them, shadow figures emerged and made their way out of the hole. A man fell through the hole and was cradled, crying while saying that he was useless.
Vivi and Viola shared a look, what the hell was going on up there.
Whole Cake Island
In the island of Chiffon, Bege was finally able to gather her things, not missing even a single dress as he emptied out her castle.
If he missed anything, he would be dead. She made that clear, and nothing is scarier than a woman's fury. So he gathered all of her things and eventually left, returning to the main island to regroup with everyone. And what he found was insanity, as Marines, Strawhat Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Big Mom Pirates were engaged in an all out battle.
"Crazy huh?" Beside him, Robin appeared from out of nowhere. She had a grin on her face as she pocketed a mirror.
"Tell me about it, did you get the Road Poneglyph?" Asked Bege, as one of the strategists of the crew, he knew the entirety of the plan.
"Yup, I placed it in Brulee's mirror world just as planned." Replied Robin casually, oh you know just another day in taking a Road Poneglyph from a Yonko.
"Alright, well ready to join the craziness?" Asked Bege, transforming himself into a tank.
"Sure, let's go." Robin crossed her hands and manifested a set of beautiful wings made out of her hands. 'Mil Fleur: Alas' And Robin began to fly after Bege, joining the massive war which they were currently living through.
Open Sea
There was a war across the ocean, where two other emperors were going against one another.
Shanks and Kaido exchanged blows, evenly matched in their conquest for dominance. Beckman was contesting the power of King. Queen stood over the struggling figure of Buggy. And Jack could not get close to Yasopp but the sniper could not damage the mammoth.
Though Shanks had two massive miscalculations. One, Kaido had figured out a way to resurrect his dead card from his deck. Joker. The string user went through the battlefield, first going through Daz Bones and pinning him on the ground with his string ability. Senor Pink and Jango were stringed together, allowing the Numbers they were facing to play with them like a soccer ball.
How did he achieve this feat?
Well it was quite simple as Kaido laughed internally, the memory of his dealings with the world still clear in his mind.
Twenty years Ago: He took control of Wano, under the puppet daimyo of Orochi.
Nine years Ago: "Tomorrow, send the flying six to kill one or two of Linlin's children. This will teach her to stay in her territory." To that the three calamities can agree to the plan. A massive smile on their individual faces. Chapter 23
Though the Flying Six went and returned with Big Mom, who went willingly and had an offer for Kaido.
Leave her Island alone, and in exchange she would revive his precious Joker back into his former glory. Though there would be a catch, he would be zombie-like, with no emotions or aspiration, just servitude to the dragon.
Kaido took the deal with another caveat, he would owe her one. Which he promptly accepted, obtaining the service of a Joker once more, which had no thoughts but to follow his orders.
Four Years Ago: The favor which he owed would end up stopping the Whitebeard Pirates from interfering with her war with Katakuri's Strawhats. All they had to do was dent Whitebeard's land and get out, causing Whitebeard to miss his chance to help his friends. Wororororo fools.
One Year Ago: In a more recent development, Kaido was able to control the Black Market, and more importantly, be involved in a devil fruit dealing with Blackbeard. In exchange he provided him with masterful crafted weapons exclusive only to Wano. A fruitful relationship that sort of made them business partners. Allies? Hell no, as their pride and ambition was too big.
Shank's second miscalculation was not accounting for this alliance, as Black Beard appeared from thin air, fresh from his massacre of Dawn Island, with victory already plastered across his face.
"Zehahaha! Red Haired, how is the scar treating you?" Asked Blackbeard in which case annoyed Shanks greatly, though their predicament was more dire than that, as the nine titanic captains of Black Beard were present, and it had become a hopeless situation. There was only one way out of this one, someone will have to be left behind.
So with a powerful swing of his blade, he created a ripple on the group, bringing out his superior haki through the cracks as if to warn anyone of crossing the line. A line appeared from all the fighters separating them.
Ben was separated from his clash with King, Buggy's bloody form was pulled from Queen, and Yasopp just had to keep his distance, as Jack could not even reach him.
"Ben, I order you to retreat now." He never once turned around, though his order was loud and clear.
"But what about you Captain?"
"This I must do." Replied Shanks to which he sent out another pulse of his haki to send back the Beast Pirates and the Black Beard Pirates. Buggy regretfully agreed with Shanks, they had to retreat, without the Captain, they stood no chance against two Yonko crews.
"A noble sacrifice Red Hair!" Exclaimed Kaido, now morphing into his dragon form, preparing his massive breath attack. "But nobody will escape today!" Kaido unleashed his breath creating a massive destruction in the near vicinity. But with his sword, Shanks absorbed the strike, cutting it so as to not allow it to reach his retreating friends.
Meanwhile Teach simply watched, as his presence was enough to cause a panic within the Red Haired, Strawhat Alliance. Though the zombie Joker was a nice touch, he liked how Kaido operated.
"What the hell is going on out here?!" A small man with a round plump nose arrived via a massive golden ship. He wore a gold kimono signifying his stature.
"Go home Orochi, you don't need to be involved in this." Called Kaido, to which the large man responded.
"Fine Kaido, but hurry along, news of 'their' arrival is spreading throughout the land, we need to take care of this." Yelled Orochi before ordering his ship to turn around, as his daily stroll was rudely interrupted by these damn invaders, little did Orochi know that these invaders were as powerful as Kaido.
"Hurry after them!" Exclaimed the Beast Pirates, with the Nine Titanic captain remaining dormant, waiting for their Captain's orders. The Allstars and Tobi Roppo had grown bored of the exchange, leaving as soon as the fight had left.
Interestingly enough, King and Shiryu exchange a deadly look and Avalo Pizarro shook hands with Queen.
They had a fire festival to prepare for.
And Blackbeard continued to watch as they fled. "Like the cockroaches that they are." He laughed as Kaido and Shanks continued to exchange blows.
Then Shanks, well Shanks was fighting for his life. The allies would be long gone when Shanks finally met his downfall. Once he did, the crew immediately chained him with a new breed of sea prism cuffs.
"You will die in the grandest way possible Red Haired." Kaido addressed the kneeling Yonko. "We are done here Teach." To which Teach smirked, ordering his crew to turn their ships.
"Sure Kaido, just send me the weapons." Blackbeard then began to walk away, once again coming out on top against the former cabin boy of Roger. 'You did well...'Said a voice within his head.
"A public execution for the famed Red Haired Shanks during the Fire Festival!" Exclaimed Kaido to which the remaining beast pirates cheered. This was a way to flame out the time traveling bugs, along with demanding a war with Mugiwara. Yes Mugiwara who's taking care of Linlin for him.
Whole Cake War
In this sweet land, where the matches are set. Not a single soul could know the events which would transpire that day. Luffy, the promise child is warring with Big Mom the remnant of the past. His allies were present, some were arriving a little later than the other. The arrival of the Marines was unexpected yet it was not detrimental, for as long as Luffy had Big Mom in a one on one battle, it would be just fine.
For in this moment, Mugiwara was going to cement his claim, for the sole emperor of the sea.
Emperor 'Mugiwara' Monkey D. Luffy vs Emperor 'Big Mom' Charlotte Linlin
Once more the emperor unleashed her full power. It had been a long time coming since she wanted to personally kill Mugiwara, she thought she missed her chance when he apparently died, but he was actually alive all this time.
Their exchange was magnificent, a spectacle for each punch unleashed by Big Mom, Luffy would match her, not a single one of them was gaining an advantage over the other.
Luffy had reverted on going into awakening, filling the area with rubber qualities. Though that wasn't the extent of his abilities, for thanks to Hancock, he was able to discover something else about himself. It wasn't the time to reveal it yet, as he was not struggling from the emperor, and neither was she.
On a more minor note, she got free, Flampe got out of her bondage, and her first order of business was to help Momma, to slow Mugiwara for even just half a step. So she snuck past the battles, the bodies, and the chaos. She got into position and found herself near enough to launch her darts.
Luffy sensed her arrival, he sensed her will to smite him. And yet Luffy did not need to do anything about her, as a beautiful butterfly swooped down and slammed the smug child into the ground for her attempt to interrupt his battle with Big Mom.
Luffy smiled to himself as he felt who it was, number zero of the Vinsmoke family, 'Poison Pink' Reiju. Without needing to turn around, Luffy thanked the pink haired beauty.
"Good looking out." Called out Luffy as he jumped from an incoming thunder strike from Zeus. He didn't need the help but he sure appreciated it.
Reiju stared at him for just a moment as she returned to the battle, and her eyes twinkled at what she saw. In her mind all she could think of was, 'Delicious.' As she licked her lips at such a tasty snack of a man.
Luffy smirked at her obvious lust for him but he had something to deal with, he'll say hi to her later.
He knew they were watching, his queens were. And to ensure that he was going to get some of the best nights of his life, Luffy decided to show off a little.
Big Mom delivered a prometheus infused flaming punch at Luffy to which he casually dodged and Luffy kicked the Yonko straight through her ugly mug. Big Mom stumbled slightly but quickly recovered, only to find Luffy in her face, with a massive Gear 3rd fist straight through her skull.
That one was for Robin.
Once again Big Mom took more step backwards , now drifting away from the Whole Cake chateau. Her overarching belief that she would come out victorious with the head of Mugiwara was starting to become nothing but a bleak dream. Luffy pursued her, launching a rain of jet gatling that met Big Mom head on, causing her to stumble several more steps backwards.
That one was for Hancock.
He then brought his rubber arms together, twisting them into a complicated knot and smashing down directly onto Big Mom's head. Not even Napoleon could stop the rapid descent of the strongest man of the world.
That one was for Reiju. Then he was broken out of his streak by remembering his promise with Viola and Vivi. He wondered if they still think about him? Now that she was of age, would Vivi still remember his promise? Would Viola remember their love, or did she move on? For crying out loud this was frustrating.
In Big Mom's mind, the man was the real deal. At first she would not believe that Newgate would come out the loser against this scrawny little fucker. But now, Big Mom's confidence was replaced with desperation as the man was pushing her to her limits.
In her lowest point, she could do 'it' but that would cause the collapse of her kingdom, her entire work. She could not do it, that was a last resort. But if it meant coming out victorious, then so be it.
For now she openly challenged the Strawhat man by defying his push to be the King. She brought Napoleon straight down his thick skull and yet he took the strike head on, once more countering her power move with his absolute defense. Zeus' thunder was ineffective against the rubber man and only Prometheus was giving him a little bit of trouble, and by a little it truly was minor.
She would have to endure his strike, maybe then he would finally give way. But the piece of shit was able to survive nine years in ice, so his endurance was out of this world.
Big Mom hopped on the back of Zeus, launching herself in the sky. A streak of purple lightning trailing her, trying to strike down her pursuer. Though that wasn't her goal, for her goal was quite simple.
Mugiwara followed her using his Bound Man form to chase her up. The higher they went the more her smile grew, as she was baiting him, telling him to follow her.
Luffy looked up, chasing at the fleeing Emperor. This could not be it, as she was an emperor of the sea, so why was she fleeing?
Then his answer was finally revealed as a storm of lightning and sun fire surrounded Luffy in the sky.
Below them, people looked up as they saw that the sky was covered by the hellfire and black lightning.
Luffy looked around him, as Big Mom had guised herself in the chaos, effectively splitting her presence into four. One of which would represent one of the homies. If he had to guess, she would have to be the one due north, as she was a true representation of pride and she would not take anything else but the north.
So Luffy charged forward, unleashing a massive King Kong gun straight through the cloud and finally connecting, well connecting with Napoleon the bicorn blade. In confusion Luffy looked around him, finding that the three other beings were no longer there and instead the three powers were merged and raining down on him. For Big Mom was now coming down from the sky, like a meteor from outer space, crashing down on the unsuspecting pirate.
Luffy brought both arms in front of him, covering himself in armament. He tried to defend himself as much as he could, but Big Mom's full weight, plus the rapid descent, combing with the force generated by a back burner created by Prometheus and energy created by Zeus...Luffy had no choice but to meet the crash head on, his rapid descent felt like his soul left his body, staying in the hellfire and thunder covered sky. But in a blink of an eye, he was sent from the sky to the ground, and further and further down he went as Big Mom's momentum was truly astronomical.
Though it was strange, as Luffy saw his vision flicker. Oh no, he was going to see Big Mom's life.
Mother Caramel...where are you Mother Caramel. This was the thought of a young Big Mom, overlooking the ocean. She had been waiting for days, waiting for the return of dear old mother caramel.
Her purpose was to create a world where Mother Caramel would be happy, a world where all her friends could have fun and enjoy themselves. A world where all people could live together in harmony and yet she was very misguided.
She was a child at heart and if any one opposed her, she would use her full force to discipline them.
Fast forward several days to which Streusan found her, convincing her of a world where she could have peace and harmony between all the races of people. And she bit. Interesting enough, Streusen took this partnership as his stepping stone to major prominence, a world where he could cook any food that he wanted and serve any food that he wanted and Linlin's stomach was insatiable.
Then in order to grow her strength, Linlin ventured out to find people in her new land, but she ended up losing to a very powerful man, Xebec was his name.
She ended up joining him for some time to gain knowledge on her goal, his goal to be the Queen of the Pirates. By doing so, she would have a monopoly on the world, and nobody could defy her, nobody.
In her crew were Kaido, Shiki, Whitebeard, John, Shakky. Bunch of weaklings, not one could measure to her ambitions.
Linlin ended up leaving the Rocks pirate due to God's Valley incident. Where Xebec lost to Garp, when she thought she found a man that could measure to her expectation, well she was mistaken.
So this new found discovery that not a single man could be enough for her caused her to realize what she needed to do. For she needed to produce children, partner with different races of men to make sure that her reign would encompass all.
From then onward, she became known as Big Mom.
Throughout the entirety of the vision, Luffy could care less. In fact he barely paid attention as he really did not care about what her past was, all he cared about was the present in regards to Big Mom.
His current predicament was dire, as the memory finally disappeared. He found himself under the full weight of the crashing Big Mom, unable to move a single muscle.
Luffy must have lost consciousness several times as his back collided with the solid earth behind him. His poor judgement caused this to happen and now he had to pay for it, he had to pay for it with his body.
Just as her momentum finally slowed, the massive crater created by her impact was enough for the ocean water to begin flooding in. Big Mom hopped away from his broken body and let the ocean water crash on top of him, and such as the form of the crater, the ocean water was headed straight for his un moving body.
Try as he may, he was unable to move, he looked up as the ocean water was starting to filter in, any minute now he was going to be swallowed by the sea, the sea that he loved so dearly.
It was his time then, too bad he wasn't able to achieve the stuff he set out to achieve. Damn he will die once more, this time it was permanent.
But he can't go, not quite yet. He had a promise, he had to keep it, no matter what.
He could not die, or Hancock and Robin will kill him. The promise which he gave Viola and Vivi would be empty, and he would never know if Nami truly felt a certain way about him.
His friends would kill him too, his armada and his allies.
He was not going to die from this, hell to the fucken no.
And to his surprise, his body suddenly stood up, despite the pain, despite the fatigue, he was up on his feet. The ocean water was coming closer and closer, attempting to fill the void left by the female emperor.
He yelled for his body to respond, to move, and yet he was stuck on both feet, and the ocean water was finally in his face. This was his limit, this was it.
"You must survive." A voice echoed throughout his mind as the ocean water came crashing down on him. Who was that voice? Though more importantly. Energy drained throughout his body as he began to submerged in the ocean water. He was getting weaker and weaker by being underwater.
Though from the depth of the earth, he felt trembling as something was making its way up, and it spoke to him. "Hang on." Called whatever to which Luffy was confused. What did that mean, who was speaking to him? And suddenly, a black staff emerged from underneath him. And with every ounce of his strength, Luffy grabbed onto the staff which then launched him straight up. The speed of the launch was so quick that it only took a moment for Luffy to emerge back to the surface of the Whole Cake chateau, where Big Mom was waiting.
"I knew that wasn't enough to kill you." Called out Big Mom. But Luffy would have been dead if it wasn't for this black staff.
Luffy caught his breath, as he stared down Big Mom defiantly, with now the black staff on his hands. 'You have summoned me...' Called out the voice then it was silent once more.
The staff was on his hands and suddenly it extended into a great length rapidly piercing the cloud which Big Mom stood on.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Exclaimed Big Mom as Zeus was split in two. She landed on both feet to a loud crash. Zeus was just starting to merge with its scattered pieces but the black staff had a mind of its own as it multiplied into a hundred pieces and accurately struck Zeus scattering it into even tinier pieces.
Big Mom stared at the Strawhat man, for the first time in her life, she felt fear...
How long has it been since she truly questioned her own abilities, to match up with someone who can shatter her confidence.
Was it during the time with Rocks? Kaido was a fun play thing, New Gate was a weak man whose intentions were to build a loving family, Shiki was very ambitious, and Captain John was a lecherous bastard. Too bad for Shakky running off with Silvers...Ah yes the feeling of utter desperation. How could she get out of this mess?
Meanwhile Luffy had questions on his own, who the hell was this staff and why the hell is he wielding it.
So there was Luffy with his new long staff, against Big Mom with Prometheus and Napoleon, along with Zeus that slowly reconstructed itself.
And Luffy, well he felt the strength of the black long staff along his hands. He felt it, it spoke to him. It was saying its name.
"Enma." The power coursed from all over his body as he spoke its name. The staff twirled in the air until it finally settled in the hands of Luffy once more. The staff spoke to him as if to instruct him how to wield the magnificent weapon.
'Command me as you will, my King.' Called out the voice to which Luffy found that he was in sync with the weapon. The possibilities of the combined techniques with his gum fruit and this amazing staff. What were its powers, the combinations were endless.
"Expand Enma!" With his command, the once normal sized black long staff grew exponentially. It was aimed towards Big Mom who brushed off the strike, using Napoleon to deflect the strike.
At that moment, all people were able to feel it. From Whitebeard to Katakuri, then Mihawk to Zephyr. Akainu to Kizaru, from Linlin to Ryukogyu. All across Whole Cake Island they knew...
They all knew that the real King was here.
