And we back. I'm glad the last chapter was well received by you guys. I really thought that most of you would have lost interest but I'm glad I was mistaken. Anyways I got a lot of pairing questions and right now I'm thinking he might have something with bonney but she will ultimately not be the main pairing. At the moment I'm stuck between Viola/violet and Domino. I know she's with the marines working Impel Down but I have a good plan to get her integrated. Anyways you guys were pretty hype for Marineford just like me. So here's where it begins, I hope you guys like what I have planned cuz it's going to have some changes from cannon.
Deep underwater in a yellow sub the Heart pirates had been on the move for three days. The atmosphere was tense to say the least. Many different thoughts plagued the crew regarding where they were going. Though they had all agreed on their destination, it was still something they were apprehensive about. The long trip only managed to make some members a little more uneasy. Despite being relatively close to Impel Down they were still two days away. They managed to re up on their immediate needs after leaving Bonney and were now going full speed to Navy headquarters.
"At the rate we're going we'll be there on the day of Ace's execution." Bepo commented as he walked to the main deck of the sub. He had left the vessel on autopilot for the time being seeing as they were going in a straight line from this point on. "Captain. there's going to be some really powerful people there. What's our plan? We can't just rush in." He questioned.
Law nods "When we arrive you and the rest are going to stay on the ship. We'll need to be ready for an escape should it come down to it. Naruto and I will head into the battlefield to try and retrieve Ace. We're going to get into Whitebeard's good graces. The man holds family in high regard. This is sure to secure us an alliance for when we enter the New World." He began.
"We're going to help the Whitebeard pirates by clearing a path for them. No doubt the Admirals will be targeting him and his commanders. We'll prevent anyone from stopping him." He finished.
"Captain aren't you two worried?" Penguin asked referring to Law and the blond who was cleaning his blade. "You might die."
"We're risking death going into the New World as well. Everything in the world is a gamble. No risk no reward." Law explained. Things quieted down for a minute after that. Law took a look at his crew one by one. He knew they were nervous but that was to be expected. Finally he turned to his first mate, he was oddly quiet. Considering it was him who talked him into going he'd expected more. He was also slightly amused that the blond had taken the admiral jacket and made it part of his daily attire.
"You haven't said anything for a while now. Something on your mind?" Law asked.
Naruto stopped his cleaning and looked up to see the attention on him. "I'm not going to lie to you guys, I'm kind of excited." He started. Law only nodded knowing that his first mate was somewhat of a battle freak. "But at the same time I'm nervous. The last time I fought an admiral I got lucky. I caught him off guard and chasing the Straw Hat's probably took precedent which is why I managed to get away. That was just one person. This time all three admirals are going to be present, plus the Shichibukai. It's going to be tough." He confessed.
Seeing him take a deep breath the rest of the heart pirates stayed quiet waiting for their comrade to finish saying his piece. "Up until now I've fought and killed hundred million Beri small name pirates, then there was Kidd but he doesn't count. This time there's some real heavy hitters, it's going to show me where I really rank in the world. I need to make sure I'm at the top of my game. This will show me where I need to improve." He finished.
Now it made sense. It was strange though to see the blond so serious. Usually when they were submerged he'd spend his time cleaning his blade, counting his money, or exchanging stories of the women they've been with, with Shachi and Penguin. But they understood. He was going to be going out into the front lines with their captain. He needed to be focused because if he wasn't it could mean death.
With that the crew once again fell into silence. It was going to be a long two days.
Two days later at Marineford
The whitebeard pirates had made a grand entrance in the middle of the bay. 43 allied ships had also made their way to marineford to backup the strongest man in the world. No one at the marine hq had expected them to show up the way they had but they weren't deterred.
Whitebeard stood tall atop the Moby Dick and stared the marines down before telling them that his beloved son had better be uninjured. Getting no response he had put on a display of power by going on the offensive and summoning a tsunami from both sides of the bay using the powers of his Gura Gura no Mi. Had it not been for the quick reaction of Admiral Aokiji freezing the waves in place, the war would have been short lived.
The admiral had frozen not just the waves but also the entirety of the bay where the whitebeard pirates ships were docked. Now having solid ground the pirates jumped down and began to raid the hq. Most of the commanders of the crew, sans a few, had also jumped down to help their brethren.
Eventually seeing that they weren't making enough progress in holding the pirates back, Kizaru took it upon himself to attack the 'king' of the chessboard. As Kizaru used his Yasakani no Magatama his attack was blocked by the first division commander Marco who used his mythical Zoan fruit powers to stop the attack.
As all the fighting was going on some of the heavier attacks had actually managed to break some of the ice in the bay. It was in one of the gaps in the ice that Whitebeard noticed something from under water. The man frowned. He knew something was down there but it wasn't time for that to be revealed. He watched, still unmoving from his spot on his ship as a shape took form before it surfaced.
A submarine. At this point the entirety of the Navy as well as the pirates had noticed the newcomers.
Coming out of the front door on the main deck of the sub were a black haired man and a blond haired man. "We're late." The blond commented as he looked around.
Law smirked at his first make "Be glad we made it here as easily as we did." He commented before looking up to meet the gaze of Whitebeard.
"Oi brats." Whitebeard called out to them. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Whitebeard." Naruto greeted "We're…" He was about to introduce them when he was cut off by the third division commander 'Diamond' Jozu.
"We know who you two are." He spoke looking at them. "The 'Surgeon of Death' Trafalgar Law. The 'Deathdealer' Uzumaki Naruto. You currently have the record for the highest entry level bounty issued by the world government at five hundred million Beri." He announced. Those who hadn't yet heard of him or his bounty were impressed.
"You know our names? We're honored." Naruto commented.
"You still haven't answered my question brat. What are you doing here?" Whitebeard asked again.
"We're here willing to lend you a hand to rescue 'Fire Fist' Ace. It's not an easy job. The more hands you have on your side the better your chances are don't you agree?" Law answered.
Whitebeard studied them for a second before his eyes narrowed. "What do you want?" Everyone knew what he meant. They wanted something in return for helping them, those listening in both on the marine side and pirate side had wide eyes hearing people try and get something out of the worlds strongest man.
Naruto was the one who answered this time. "You owe us one if we help you save Ace."
Whitebeard slammed his bisento with a bit of force, creating a small shockwave as a small show of power. "What can you two do to help us?" It was a fair question. He had some of the strongest people in his crew after all. "This isn't a place for some rookies." He added.
At this point a normal person would have backed off seeing that his help wasn't needed, but not him. He joined Law to help achieve his own goals, but also gave his word to help his captain achieve his and that's what he'd do. "You're gonna need more help and you know it. You must have some idea of what we're capable of. Do you want to save your son or not?" He questioned with a defiant look on his face.
The whitebeard pirates watched, impressed with how two rookies were standing up to their pops. The captain however was staring back at the two with a fierce glare the whole time. Finally, he smirked. "We'll owe you one if you show yourselves to be key players in this war."
"Deal." They replied before looking at the battlefield. "Law" Naruto called. The man knew what he meant and nodded before they both disappeared from their spots on the ship.
Naruto appeared in the middle of the ice covered battlefield in between a bunch of marines. He wasted no time and went to work. He unsheathed his blade and cut down the first low level marine in front of him before turning around and lifting his blade to block the sword strike coming his way. Shoving the blade out of his face he did countered with his own slash and cut the man in the chest.
He moved aside without looking back and blocked two swords coming at him. He kicked the first man out of his way before turning to the other who rushed in at him. It took zero effort on his part to parry the blade and cut the man in the jugular before spinning and cutting the one that was getting back up.
"Low level marines. How boring." He commented as he swiped his blade towards the ground, cleaning his blade in the process. He looked forward and up keeping his gaze on Ace on the scaffold. Looking down he saw Akainu sitting on his chair, not even slightly alarmed. Below him he saw a sea of white and blue. "Even though they're low level getting through so many of them will be a hassle." He thought to himself.
He felt the ground shake slightly and looked back to see Jozu picking up a giant piece of ice from the frozen bay before hurling it towards Akainu. "God damn." He mumbled seeing that feat of strength. He watched as the ice ball made its way towards the admiral but was stopped as said man used his magma powers to destroy it.
"That would've been too easy." He commented as the admiral sat back down. He didn't have much time to get back to the action as Whitebeard had something in mind. Shortly after the attack the ground once again started shaking but different from last time. This time it felt like steps. Sure enough the biggest man Naruto had ever seen stepped onto the scene.
The man was huge for lack of a better word. He managed to swipe most of the marines in front of them away with a single slash of his blade. Little Oars Jr as he heard him be called was making his way for the scaffold with very little effort. It seemed that no matter what he did he would simply shrug the technique off.
"Oars!" Ace yelled as he watched his friend be attacked by the marines. Oars made his way towards the plaza with little difficulty, at least he was until one of the Shichibukai went on the offensive. Kuma charged what seemed to be a paw before shooting it towards the giant. The paw touched the man before expanding and exploding. Naruto had to shield his face from the debris and ice that flew at him.
Once everything calmed down he looked in mild shock to see the bloodied body of the giant. "The least I can do is take one of the Shichibukai down." He heard Oars mumble as he tried to swipe down at them. Naruto noticed something blur into the sky the moment Oars hand was close to making contact. At that same moment everyone noticed the giants foot fly into the air, having been cleanly cut off.
"Doflamingo" He thought as he heard a low pitched laugh and a thud near him as the man landed. Naruto gripped his blade, feeling his heart start beating and his blood pumping just a little faster. This action did not go unnoticed by the exuberant man.
"Oh. The Deathdealer, how interesting." Doflamingo commented with a large smile.
"My first big name opponent has arrived. He was easily able to cut through Oars leg, I'm going to have to be careful.' He thought as he turned to fully face the man.
"I had heard you joined the Heart Pirates. Why join that bunch?" He asked.
"Because I knew joining him would help me achieve my goals." Naruto answered.
"Goals you say? And what would those be?" Naruto didn't know if he genuinely wanted to know or if he was just stalling but humored him anyway.
"Two of them you wouldn't care about but one of them is to fight and beat the strongest people in the world. You happen to be on that list."
Doflamingo let out a hearty laugh "Wonderful. I'm happy to hear that Naruto-kun." He brought his left hand up and stiffly moved his fingers. Naruto's eyes glowed a very faint blue before he quickly moved aside. Behind him part of the ice that had been made by Aokiji was cut like butter.
He didn't have time to rest as Doflamingo was quickly on him. The man jumped into the air before making a slashing motion downwards with his hand in his direction. Seeing this he dodged and weaved out of the way as more thin lines appeared to be digging into the ground.
"What the hell is he using?" Naruto questioned to himself. He flipped backwards to avoid being cut like the ground where he had previously been and dashed forward at the man. Quickly pulling the blade out he began trying to slice the man. Doflamingo wasn't one of Shichibukai for nothing it seemed as he would jump back and dodge just as well as he would.
After one more slash that the man jumped over both men put some distance between each other. The two stared each other down, both taking small breaths, though Doflamingo still had his wide smile in place.
In a flash Naruto appeared in front of the man and tried a horizontal slash, hoping to cut the man in half. However, he just missed as Doflamingo had jumped high into the air and began swiping the air. Knowing what was coming he flipped and weaved away from the invisible attacks.
He looked up and saw the man seemingly floating in mid air. "What's the matter Naruto-kun?" He taunted.
"I can't hit him while he's up there. I have no choice but to wait for him to come back down." He thought as he moved to the right to avoid being cut yet again.
After a couple of minutes the man did come down and immediately began using his fingers to attack again. Naruto dodged the attacks and jumped away from the man.
"hehehehe, looks like I'm too much for you. Why don't you run along and look for some of the weaklings you're used to fighting?" Doflamingo asked while laughing, enjoying taunting his fellow blond.
Naruto took a deep breath before closing his eyes. For a second he kept them closed before they snapped open again. His eyes once again having taken a very faint blue tint. He rushed forward prepared to try a downward slash. Having seen this coming Doflamingo took to the air again. His smile turned to a frown as the moment he jumped Naruto had disappeared from in front of him.
Those watching the battle were shocked when they saw a black coated foot connect with the back of the man's head, sending him straight back down. Both marines and pirates alike had their eyes considerably widened as they saw the man hit the ground face first before rolling aside to avoid a stomp that cracked the ice where he had just been.
Doflamingo got up quickly and turned to face Naruto. His brought his hand up and used it to swipe at his mouth. His usual smile was replaced with a frown as he noticed the back of his hand was stained red with blood from his lip.
"hehehehehe is that all you're capable of Doffy-kun?" Naruto asked doing a crude imitation of the man. Doflamingo didn't reply, instead he quickly moved his fingers and began swiping at the air. Cuts began to appear all around the battlefield, none of them however were hitting their intended target. Naruto moved around quickly before moving in for an attack. As he got closer he quickly coated his blade in Busoshoku Haki and brought it up defensively in front of him. He felt something collide with the blade but did no damage to him. He tilted his head slightly as saw a flash of something thin with a white sheen to it.
"Are those strings?" he asked himself. He jumped aside and noticed another bit of ice had been cut cleanly. "They are strings. So he's a paramecia type that can control strings." He deduced.
Not wanting to get on the defensive again and ran forward, using his blade to counter any strings that were aimed for him. Once close enough he jumped, spinning rapidly as he tried a kick to the head. However unlike the other times, Doflamingo actually met his foot with his own.
They split for a second before the pink coated man tried to cut his head off with his strings. Naruto managed to duck as a thin line passed above his head, killing an innocent marine behind them. "You're not going to get passed me Naruto-kun. How about you join me instead? If you do, I won't kill you." Doflamingo proposed.
"The only one that's going to die is you." Naruto countered before disappearing from his spot. Like before, the Shichibukai sensed the attack and began to take to the sky. Though unlike has time the blond met him in the sky with a black coated blade. His strings were cut like butter as he tried to use them to defend himself.
Those still watching the battle saw a splash of blood spray from the exuberant man's chest as he was blasted back and crashed into the ice. Naruto landed and brought his right hand up, creating a small black substance at his palm. He flicked his middle finger at his opponent, willing the ball to shoot at him. As the black ball made its way it was cut in half by strings.
The string user took to the skies rapidly moving across the battlefield. He noticed however, that the orbs were still being shot at him, at a rapid pace. He spun in the air, slashing at the air, cutting more orbs in half. To his frustration for every orb he cut two took its place. He landed quickly and noticed that those he had managed to dodge had hit the ground, if the amount of dead marines was any indicator.
"Damn him and his flying" Naruto thought as an explosion rocked nearby. "I need to keep him from taking to the sky." He glanced around briefly and noticed Law cutting down a large group of marines.
"Law!" Naruto called out.
"Hahahaha calling for backup now are you?" Doflamingo asked mockingly. Naruto inwardly cursed but said nothing. The man really knew how to get under someone's skin. Law made his way over and took a look at the man he hated most.
He smirked as he saw the long slash that now marred the mans uncovered chest.
"I need a room. Approximately fifty feet in diameter. About twelve feet tall. Can you manage that?" Naruto asked.
Law did as he was told and used his devil fruit powers to create the room with those exact dimensions. As he was going to speak he was stopped by their opponent.
"Law, you know even this won't work against me. You really want me to kill you don't you?" He asked, his smile growing as he watched the mans face lose its cool.
"Don't let him get to you captain." Naruto told him. "Thank you for the room. I'm going to need you to step out of it now." He added surprising both of them. Doflamingo was sure they were going to try and double team him while in there. What were they planning?
"If I step out of the room I won't be able to manipulate everything in it." Law replied.
"Don't worry. I don't need you to. Trust me on this." Naruto pleaded. Not taking his eyes off the tall man. The moment he looked away he didn't doubt he'd attack.
Law stared at him for a minute before taking one last look at Doflamingo before nodding and jumping back. Though he did stay close by incase he needed to step in. Their enemy continued to have his smile on the outside but inside was a different story. He knew all about the Ope Ope no Mi and how it worked. It would be un beneficial for Law to leave. The room would have no effect without him.
"Gift Bereich" Naruto announced. Everyone watched as multiple white donut shaped lines of light appeared around the perimeter of the Room before connecting together. Soon three layers were connected throughout the room.
"Alright, that should be enough." Naruto commented with a smirk. He rushed forward, blade drawn and slashed at the man. Doflamingo leaned backwards to avoid the slash before jumping back to avoid the others. Seeing them come at him faster he tried to take to the skies. He didn't see the smirk on the blonds face as he tried.
Unlike the other times where he'd be safe in the sky, this time he collided with the top of the room.
"We're inside my Gift Bereich now. As long as I keep this up neither of us is leaving here." Naruto commented, letting Doflamingo understand what was going on. It was time for him to take control of the fight.
Doflamingo jumped back as a black blade cracked the ground where he had been standing. He tried using his strings but wasn't allowed to as the blond was on him. Now he knew what was going on. The blond cut him off from flying, and limited his movement.
Naruto slashed at him before using the momentum from the slash to try and reverse kick him in the head again. He was met by a forearm but wasn't deterred. He stabbed the blade into the ground and propelled off of it and pointed his hands towards the man.
"Gift ball." He called out as he made a giant black orb. He knew it would be countered but he only needed it for a second. As fast as it was created it was destroyed, however, that was all the time Naruto needed. As soon as the ball was split in two he rushed through the middle blade at the ready.
It was only due to the battles he'd been in throughout his life that Doflamingo was able to lean back in time to have the blade narrowly miss him. Though he did notice some of his hair fly into the wind.
He let off a series of strings, only some of which managed to barely scratch him before landing a kick to the Deathdealers chest pushing him back slightly. He used this opportunity to jump to the opposite end of the room and take some deep breaths, his fellow blond doing the same.
"Damn. We're evenly matched. He's fast and has good defense. I wanted to cut him up into pieces but looks like I won't get that luxury. Still… we're in my gift bereich, which means I win." He thought.
"Well Doflamingo, you're definitely strong but it's time for you to die. Gift Bad." Naruto said as the ground below them turned pitch black. For the first time in the fight Doflamingo's eyes widened. Not that anyone could see that with his glasses on as he realized what was about to happen. He had heard what had happened at Sabaody with Kidd. This wasn't good.
In a hurry, he tried to slash at the air to break through the room but it was for naught. In that brief moment of panic he never noticed the Haki coated hand that had made its way across their battlefield. His head turned with great force and Naruto knew he had perhaps broken the man's jaw.
Doflamingo hit the edge of the room and dropped to the black floor. Despite the pain in his jaw he couldn't stop himself from holding his throat and coughing, spitting out saliva in the process. Naruto walked up to the downed man and looked down with a smile on his face. He felt great, after all the trouble the bastard put him through to get him it was worth seeing the man try to cling to life. The veins around his head becoming more visible as the blood rushed to his head.
"I've lowered your resistance to oxygen. You'll be dead in about a minute." Naruto told him.
Nearby on the Moby Dick whitebeard had watched the entire battle. He was impressed. Though Doflamingo was nowhere near his level he was still someone to be wary of. He'd have to keep an eye on this one.
"I….I…" Doflamingo choked out as his hands began digging into the ground. Naruto frowned slightly, not understanding what the soon to be dead man was saying. He crouched down.
"Wanna repeat that? They'll probably be your last words anyways." He taunted him.
"I…got you." Naruto's eyes widened and quickly tried to jump back, but it was too late. Doflamingo's right hand was pointing at his chest and three small white blasts shot out from his finger.
Luckily for him the mans poisoned brain messed with his aim slightly and only managed to hit him twice in the arm and once just under his right collarbone. The pirate dropped to a knee and brought a hand up to his collarbone. "Damn. I deactivated my Kenbunshoku Haki thinking it was over. A bad mistake, I could've seen this coming minutes ago." He thought to himself angrily.
The lines around the room began to disappear one by one until they were completely gone. Doflamingo saw this and used all his power to propel himself into the air and out of both the room and the gift bad's range.
Immediately he took deep breaths of air while suspended in the air. "Hahahahaha you almost had me there Naruto-kun. I'll have to be more careful with you from now on. I'll commend you though, that's the closest someone has had me to death in a long time." He complimented. Naruto watched as he brought both his hands up and launched an attack.
To his surprise however the strings never made it. Everything in front of him was pushed back with incredible force. The ground began to split rapidly, even splitting some of the buildings on the land.
He turned his head back and saw the air around whitebeard had been cracked.
"Looks like the old man is about to make his move." He thought before looking back to the sky only to find the Shichibukai gone. He grit his teeth in anger, he got away. Next time he'd be sure to just stab him in the neck when he had him on the ground.
"Whitebeard is going to go on the offensive. This is where we'll earn our alliance. I know a small wound like that isn't enough to keep you down. Let's move." Law ordered. Naruto stood up to full height and nodded. He rolled his right shoulder, making sure everything was still good.
"Yeah, let's go." With that the two made their way closer to the scaffold.
Alright I think I'm going to end it there. What did you guys think of Naruto vs Doflamingo round one? Fighting Doffy is a challenge if you can't fly or find a way to get into the air, and all the battles I've seen with him consist of strings so I hope I did it justice. Just know they're going to meet again. Anyways what fights do you guys want to see in the future? Or even here in Marineford.
Also in case you guys were wondering about the blue tint, I'm sure some of you guys may have guessed but just in case, it's when he uses his observation Haki. Like Katakuri his eyes glow when he uses it to glimpse into the future. He doesn't have the ability to see super far like Yhwach from bleach but it's much more advanced than what Luffy has at this point.
This would explain why he was hit by Doflamingo's attack at the end as he stopped using it.
If you guys have any ideas or suggestions on anything feel free to PM me or leave it in a review. Later.