Well guys we back with another chapter. So far I've had plenty of muse for this and so the chapters keep basically writing themselves. Also i've gotten some questions regarding Naruto's role in the crew and I'll go ahead and address it in the chapter. But just for simplicities sake, if any of you guys watch Dragon Ball Super it's like how Jiren is the strongest member of the Pride Troopers yet Toppo is the leader. Anyways with that out of the way let's get on with the chapter.
Following the attack from Whitebeard all available pirates began charging forward, attacking without discrimination. What had helped remarkably was that one of Whitebeard's allies had gone straight through the ice with her ship, allowing even more pirates to try and get to the scaffold.
On the other side of the battlefield Fleet Admiral Sengoku looked down to see the carnage that was unfolding through narrowed eyes. He had anticipated the Yonko and his allies. What he hadn't counted on was the 'Surgeon of Death' and his first mate the 'Deathdealer' being here. What was the connection between them and Fire Fist?
"Garp." He spoke getting the Vice Admiral's attention. "Those two are going to be a problem for us if they make it out of here alive." He said referring to Naruto and Law.
Garp followed the mans line of sight and his gaze fell upon the two members of the heart pirates. He watched as a light blue dome was created around the captain and first mate and the poor marines that were unfortunate enough to be caught in it. Suffice to say the marines didn't stand a chance. He was both angry and mildly impressed as he watched the blond thrust his blade at his own captain, only for said man to replace himself with an unsuspecting marine.
"I agree. Trafalgar Law by himself is a brutal and intelligent fighter, that makes his dangerous." He began as he watched the man prove his point by rearranging the body parts of a couple marines before throwing them into the water. "Now add to that, we saw how close his first mate came to killing Doflamingo. That speaks volumes about his strength as well."
"If he hadn't let his guard down when Doflamingo was on the verge of death we'd be looking for another Shichibukai soon. Not only that but I know you saw his proficiency with Haki. He definitely deserves the bounty and notoriety he has." Sengoku continued.
Back down below on the battlefield the two heart pirates were standing back to back, blades drawn and covered in blood. "Damn. There's no end to them. No matter how many we cut down they just keep coming." Naruto complained to Law.
His captain smirked in amusement. "You're the one who wanted to be here if I recall correctly." As he replied he conjured up a quick Room and muttered Takt. Immediately all marines in the area floated into the air. "Heads up." He told Naruto as he tossed them in his direction.
He glanced up and quickly slashed multiple times cutting the fodder into pieces.
"I know but I didn't think there'd be this much fodder. It's getting annoying at this point. No matter how many we cut down there's another to take its place." Naruto replied. For the first time in a good while there was no marine fodder around him. He took a couple deep breaths and took a look around.
Whitebeards division commanders were all duking it out with some of the vice admirals as well as more fodder. What he didn't see was a tall man in a ridiculous pink coat and sun glasses. "Where the hell did Doflamingo go?" He thought to himself. He clicked his teeth in anger. "If I hadn't let my guard down I'd have killed the bastard already." He was broken from his thoughts as one of the marines was screaming in panic while pointing up.
Everyone followed his line of sight and saw multiple black dots in the sky growing as the seconds passed. Eventually the dots transformed into shapes…were those people? His question was answered soon enough as the dots were close enough for him to make out. The most notable people he could distinguish were Emporio Ivankov, Sir Crocodlie, Daz Bones, Buggy the Clown, and Straw Hat Luffy. Not only them but an entire ship with pirates in prisoner outfits were also falling from the sky.
He remembered Law telling him before they came that Straw Hat had invaded Impel down trying to save Ace. "He actually made it out and brought them with him. Guy's crazy" He thought. Luckily for him he was far enough away that he didn't have to move out of the way as the ship crashed into the bay.
"Oi Law. Things are about to get a lot more interesting." He called out while looking at the ship. True enough once everyone was off the ship they too began to attack the marines. Though not all of them. Emporio Ivankov looked around and noticed that Crocodile was now missing.
Buggy yelled and pointed behind them. Looking back he watched as the sand user charged at the worlds strongest man from the back only to be stopped by Luffy.
"Crocodile must be stupid if he really believes he can take the old man." Commented a wide eyed Naruto. He knew even the admirals would have trouble fighting the old man in a one on one fight.
"Well he's got confidence in his abilities I'll give him that much." Law replied shaking his head. While he too had a powerful devil fruit he knew he'd be no match for Whitebeard. Naruto was going to reply with another quip but a flash of pink in his peripherals caught his attention. He turned his head quickly and sure enough the man he was looking for was in sight.
Doflamingo was sitting on a ledge where the Shichibukai had originally been standing. He and Kuma were the only one's still there. Naruto smirked as he noticed the mans smile didn't seem to cover his entire face as it had earlier. Every now and then he would also rub his jaw.
"There he is." He thought happily. He ignored what was happening with Whitebeard and Luffy and rushed towards Doflamingo intent on finishing the job. As he cut down the many fodder marines he overheard Sengoku reveal to everyone that Monkey D. Dragon was Luffy's father.
Ducking a spiked mace from a marine he kicked the man in the ribs hard enough to hear the bones break. "Dragon is his father? If he makes it out of here they're really going to be after his head" He thought. He wouldn't doubt it if the mans bounty went up because of it. He leaned back to avoid two blades coming at him before jumping over them, wanting to finish his battle with the Shichibukai.
As he made his way forward he quickly stopped and jumped back a few feet to avoid being stomped by someone. Looking up he saw the large upper body and disproportionate lower body of a man with a long face who was stitched up from the chin down.
"Gekko Moria" Naruto announced. "You're not the Shichibukai I'm trying to battle right now. Move." He ordered.
"Kishishishishi You've been doing me a great service by getting me more corpses to add to my collection. However, I can't let you get any further. But don't worry, your corpse will be used well when I face that man again. Kishishishi" Moria told him with a wide grin and finished with a laugh. Almost salivating at the thought of adding Naruto's body to his collection.
"Moria, you have no chance of killing me here."
The man grinned and raised his arms high in the air, letting the ground shake for a second. "I've seen how your techniques work by watching you fight Doflamingo." He said as he jumped far back. Seconds later many of the dead marines that had been killed in battle began to rise, all having a lifeless look in their eyes.
"No matter what you try to change their resistance to it doesn't matter because they're already dead. Kishishisi. Kill him." He ordered. Naruto drew his blade and looked around him quickly. Law was busy fighting off a vice admiral while the rest were still trying to advance.
"Looks like I have to do more grunt work." naruto muttered as he began slicing. He coated his blade in Haki and ripped through the undead marines as quickly as he could. He ducked a slash meant for his head and thrusted upwards, impaling his blade through the zombies head. He kicked the marine in the chest, releasing the blade from his head and turned around to parry another blade.
Moria from his vantage point watched with gritted teeth as Naruto cut down his minions with ease and didn't look the least bit winded. Looking around he saw quite a bit of marines and pirates alike battling. Letting a wide grin appear on his face he used his devil fruit powers to steal the shadows of everyone nearby.
Naruto cut the head off a marine and turned in time to see Gekko Moria growing in size rapidly. He wasn't sure what the man planned to gain by doing this.
"Take a look Deathdealer. This is the power of my devil fruit. The more shadows I steal the more powerful I become kishishishi" He laughed maniacally. "This is the end for you."
Naruto's neck kept moving back as he was looking up higher and higher at the growing man. His face however remained unimpressed. "You have size, and that is all." He commented much to the mans anger.
Moria pulled out a set of scissors before taking them apart, using the two pieces to act as two separate blades. He wasted no time in jumping forward and slashing downward with his right blade, intent on ending the fight quickly.
Naruto stayed put and brought his own blade up in defense. When the two blades collided Naruto's feet actually dug into the ice a few inches from the force of the attack. Not giving him time to counter Moria used his second blade to try and swipe him down from the left.
Seeing the attack coming the blond broke the deadlock in time to jump over the oncoming swipe. He followed up by jumping back and parrying the next six slashes that were sent his way.
"How they let someone so weak become a Shichibukai is a mystery to me." Naruto taunted as he blocked another attack from the giant pale man.
"I'll show you how!" Moria yelled in anger. "Doppelman" He called out. The shadows around them all converged to create makeshift spears. The giant man waved his hand in his direction, commanding the spears to attack.
Naruto's eyes took a light blue hue once more and immediately he began weaving around the spears. Occasionally he would use a Haki coated slash to disassemble one reverting it back to regular shadows. The spear attacks that missed hit the frozen ground with enough force to break through creating a splash of water.
Moria looked as if he was on the verge of popping a blood vessel with how angry he was getting. The blond seemed to be one step ahead of him the whole time.
Naruto saw Luffy fly by them quickly, his body having a slightly pink tint with smoke emitting from it.
"I don't have time to play with you anymore Moria." He said out loud. He coated his arms up to his elbows in Haki and disappeared from his spot. Moria's began looking for his target when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. His mouth opened in a silent scream, in doing so releasing the shadows that he had previously stolen. As the shadows were freed his body also began to shrink back to its normal size.
Moria dropped to his knees before collapsing face first into the ice, his body still releasing some of the shadows. Not wanting that to drag on the blond walked up to the downed man and stomped on his back two or three times to get the last of the shadows out. Finally he raised his arm outward towards the man. "Gift Ball." The small black orb touched Moria before disappearing.
"Your resistance to Nitrogen has been lowered significantly." He told the man. Like Doflamingo earlier, he was was on the ground convulsing holding throat in a vain attempt to cling to life. The large disproportionate man was caught in a catch twenty two. The air he was trying to breath was killing him slowly.
"I'm not gonna make the same mistake with you that I made with Doflamingo." Naruto commented as he looked down at the man. It was over in the blink of an eye. A large part of the ice beneath them began to stain red as the blood of the man pooled beneath him.
If one were to look closely they'd see the expression of fear and panic had never disappeared from his face even after his head had been removed from his body. Sheathing his blade Naruto looked at the severed head of the former Shichibukai and kicked it into the hole that had been made by the shadow spears earlier.
Those nearby watched in varying degrees of shock as one of the Shichibukai was killed in such a brutal fashion. Unlike when Law used his Room to cut someone, Naruto didn't get the added benefit of blood not being drawn.
The captain of the Heart Pirates smirked as he laid his sword on his shoulder. "He shouldn't have gotten in his way."
A little ways off Emporio Ivankov blinked rapidly taking in what he had just seen and walked forward towards the blond. Naruto noticed this and tensed slightly, he'd seen him helping Straw Hat so he didn't draw the blade but he was still on guard just in case.
"Uzumaki boy, I'm Emporio Ivankov of the revolutionary army." He introduced himself formally. "Dragon could use someone like you" He added afterwards.
Naruto stared at the transvestite for a second before he shook his head. "I'm flattered you think so but I'm going to have to pass." He replied before turning away.
He was going to chase after Doflamingo when another voice stopped him yet again. "Deathdealer" Turning around he came face to face with the smoking sand user. "I had heard about you raking in bounties like crazy for a while now. So I was surprised when I heard you had joined up with the heart pirates led by Trafalgar Law." He took another two puffs of his cigar.
"For my own curiosity answer this. It's clear you're stronger than Law, so why take orders from him? Why not form your own crew instead? It wouldn't be too hard for someone like you to gather a large following." He asked. Ivankov, Buggy, Daz bones, and some of the prisoners were all looking to him waiting for his answer.
"I have no interest in leading a pirate crew. There's certain responsibilities you have to uptake as a captain that I don't want to deal with. You have to be a counselor, a psychologist, a mentor to name a few because everyone in the crew depends on you.
There's times where you'll put your own life on hold to make sure everyone in the crew is taken care of. I didn't want that burden. He sought me out and gave me an incentive to join. I can see my goals being achieved by operating under his banner and in return I lend him and the crew my power to help them achieve theirs." He explained. While someone like crocodile who couldn't see himself serving anyone else still found it stupid, Ivankov could see the reasoning in this.
"Well said." Law told him as he walked up next to him. "Come on. We have to back up Straw Hat he's taking too many hits." As the two men continued running through the battlefield a couple large explosions from behind them got their attention. A big man with a giant battle axe stood alongside the perimeter of the bay with about twenty Kuma clones. The same ones that had been present at Sabaody. The clones were all attacking the allied ships with devastating power.
This wasn't the only thing that had gotten their attention. Marco's voice rang out from the battlefield turning everyone's attention the Whitebeard. One of his own crew members had stabbed the old man straight through the chest. The impressive thing about this was that even though he had a blade straight through him the man still stood tall.
As it turned out the man, Squard, had been tricked by Akainu into thinking that Whitebeard had made a deal with the Navy to kill all of them in exchange for Ace's life. Naruto saw the look on the Yonko's face as he charged up his devil fruit powers and released an attack so powerful, all of marineford began to shake and some parts even began to crumble.
Even after the attack died down Fleet Admiral Sengoku still stood tall from his position on the scaffold. He noticed the man talk into a den den mushi and all available marines began to retreat. He frowned. Something wasn't right. He was proven correct as giant iron walls began rising from all around them.
"This is bad. They're going to try and trap us here. We can't even leave because the Kuma clones are in the way." Law told him gritting his teeth.
Naruto turned towards Whitebeard. "Oi old man. One of your attacks could really come in handy right now. Before things get worse." He told him.
Whitebeard looked at him briefly before looking forward. He noticed Oar's body had stopped one of the walls from rising. With what he had underwater it could be used to his advantage.
"Don't worry." Was all the man had said. Naruto hoped he had something big up his sleeves because he noticed giant red lava fists falling from the sky.
Alright I'm going to go ahead and end there. As much as I love action packed arcs in anime it does make it kind of hard to write since I don't want to go into every little detail about the war we all know about so I hope you guys can forgive me for that. Anyways he killed Gekko Moira and now has to worry about Akainu firing lava at them.
I'm thinking Marineford will end within the next two or three chapters. Also within the coming chapters you're going to see Naruto vs Akainu and a big change to the cannon story.
Finally I really do want to be able to bring you guys longer chapters like between 5-7 thousand words. If any of you guys are fellow writers who do this and could give me some pointers on this I'd appreciate it if you could PM me.
Anyways hope you guys liked the chapter and as always if you have any suggestions or comments feel free to leave them in a review or PM me. Later.