Chapter 5: Two Sharks go for a walk. (Shout out to Black Victor Cachat's 'Ace Lives')
In hindsight, mixing Toki Kozuki's Time-Time Fruit, Obito Uchiha's Kamui, and unstable bottled Reiatsu was NOT the brightest idea.
"Umm…Tia, please tell me that's not the Gate of Justice I'm looking at."
"Sure Kisame…that's not the Gate of Justice. It's that OTHER impossibly massive door with the World Government symbol stamped on."
"Ugghhhh." The Ninja put his face in his hand.
"Let's see…" the Hollow zoomed up with Sonido.
In a few seconds, she was back down.
"Well…I think Marineford's that way," Halibel pointed opposite the Gate. "Saw an army and fleet there."
"Wait…does that mean today's…"
"GURARARARARA!" From the distance, a certain laugh echoed, booming with such raw power.
"Crik-crik" the air began to crack.
Beneath their feet, the duo felt something down to their very bones.
The Ocean was coming for Marineford.
"Looks like we're going for a ride," Kisame secured himself to the rapidly rising wave peak with Chakra to the feet. An eager smile cracked open as he drew Samehada.
Halibel rolled her eyes, but she was totally smiling under that mask. "I suppose this could be fun." Tiburon's steel glinted in the sunlight.
On top of that, the Gate behind them began to open.
"Oh hey! Who're you two guys?!" came a voice from behind them.
OoOoOoO
Whenever Edward 'Whitebeard' Newgate throws tsunamis at his enemies, seeing a Fishman having a 'joy ride' on the front was not on the usual list of things that came along with it.
Still, the Whitebeards and Marine Higher-Ups were nothing if not composed.
Admiral Aokiji leapt up, instantly freezing both tsunamis with a well-placed "ICE AGE!". Just as he was about to turn towards this unknown third party…
"Hirviendo."
"WHOOOSH!"
And the Tsunamis were back in action.
"YAAHH! THEY JUST UNFROZE THAT LIKE NOTHING!" Helmeppo gave voice to the sheer panic beginning to take root in the Marine grunts.
"STAND FIRM!" Commodore Smoker urged his men. To be fair, while he KNEW he could do NOTHING against that, he also knew his higher-ups would take action.
Having no time for anything else, Aokiji covered his fist with Haki, and struck the unknown Fishman in the chest, going straight through.
And the Fishman turned into water…that can't be a good sign. Still, can't worry about that when a giant fist of lava zoomed past him.
"GREAT ERUPTION!" Admiral Akainu vaporized whatever of the Tsunami that would've crashed onto the execution scaffold, and their ground forces.
Unfortunately, the rest of the tsunami had to go somewhere. Marineford Town now had a few extra feet of water crashing through now, and the Bay was engorged with water. This meant that Whitebeard's three ships were now able to get even closer to the shore.
"AAHHHH!"
Huh?" La Croix the Giant Vice-Admiral looked up.
"CRUNCH!"
And there's a ship on his head now.
"ACE!"
Oh…Straw Hat's here. Wait, what?
Fun fact, having two ex-Warlords, a Revolutionary, hundreds of Impel Down prisoners, the craziest Super-Rookie in the world, and a literal Clown dropped in the middle of your military formation tends to disrupt the best laid plans.
"EEEYAAAAHHHH!" came Buggy's ever-so-eloquent response to the surrounding Marine horde. They would've retaliated, had it not been for the sheer shock factor, on top of regaining their footing from the rising water.
Seeing the Devil Fruit-using Warlords and Vice Admirals falling back to higher ground, the oldest of the Emperors seized the initiative.
"Well boys!" Whitebeard boomed. "What're you waiting for, an invitation?!"
"Uh, RIGHT! YEAH!" Now, much closer, the grunts were able to actually jump onto the Marine base. The Commanders took the lead, bashing the heads in of all the nearest Marine officers.
Just as the Vice-Admirals were about to coordinate the counterattack, Marineford Town began to rumble. And for once, Whitebeard wasn't responsible.
10 giant water constructs, shaped like sharks, came soaring from behind Marine lines. And the one in the middle was heading straight for the execution scaffold.
"Yasakani Sacred Jewel!" Admiral Kizaru effortlessly handled the offending projectile.
Unfortunately for the Marine masses, the other nine crashed down, blasting more holes into the formation.
On top of that, Marco, Jozu, and the rest of the Commanders bee-lined it for the Admirals, keeping them busy.
Torn between the Impel Down escapees amongst their ranks, and the Whitebeards pushing forward…confusion reigned amongst the lower-ranked Marines. And Kisame wanted to keep that divided attention. He noticed the Warlords seeming to all move towards the escapees.
"Hey Jinbe! CATCH! Water Shark Bomb!" A Kisame emerged from each of the puddles, with the closest one aiming his Jutsu at the Fishman.
"Umm…thanks!" Jinbe compressed it with Water Heart, "Ocean Current Shoulder Throw!" And he tossed it right at the Warlords.
Mihawk and Hancock dodged with natural athletic ability, Doflamingo pulled a Spider-Man and yanked himself to a cloud, and Kuma repelled himself.
"OH SHI…" and poor Moria was tossed into the Bay.
"Aren't you an interesting one?" Doflamingo snuck up behind Kisame, kicking his head off with a Haki-covered foot.
"SPLOOSH!" And now his one-of-a-kind feather jacket was soaked! And he didn't even know where the real one was. Just perfect! Maybe playing with Croco-boy would take his mind off this fashion disaster.
Speaking of fashion disasters, Mihawk had just saved his fine leather boots from catastrophe. From his perch, he saw the copies of this unfamiliar swordsman. He was intrigued, but there seemed to be just a bit too much trickery for his personal taste in opponents. After all, the real one wasn't even here. Still…if mere copies could give this much trouble to Vice-Admirals…he just might have go to the trouble of getting his shoes wet.
Kuma was about to unleash an Ursa Shock, only to get squished in between a Galaxy Wink and 5000 Brick Fist. Needless to say, Ivankov could keep the now-robot busy.
And…the less said about Hancock when she reunited with Luffy…the better.
And just like that, the Warlords were no longer able to lend strength against Whitebeard's forces.
Up above, the Fleet Admiral surmised the situation. While confused at the strange Fishman, he wasn't fazed. After all, he still had a few trump cards.
"ACE!" And there's an Ancient Giant coming full-speed, as if this day could get any better.
"Whitebeard's allies are moving in," Sengoku noted with Oars Jr.'s presence. He pulled out his Den-Den Mushi. With the mysterious Fishman occupied, the plan could get back on course.
"Aokiji!"
"On it!" The Admiral managed to dodge Izo's gun slinging and Jozu's fists at the same time. He brought a hand down to the water leaking out the Bay. "ICE AGE!" And the whole surface froze in an instant.
"Sentomaru, move in."
"Aye-aye."
At the very edge of the ice, a submarine surfaced. It began unloading its elite force of Pacifistas, made unto Kuma's image.
At the rear, Sentomaru set foot on the ice.
"Pacifistas, FORWARD!"
"Hmm."
Sentomaru looked up, and saw a woman slowly descending towards the surface. She was masked, but he could just tell she was smirking for some reason.
"Hirviendo."
Fun fact, Pacifista don't float, or swim. And just like that, the latest in weaponized technology, fell into the sea. Their own metal weight quickly sank them to the bottom of the ocean. Vegapunk would be so disappointed.
For Sentomaru himself, he swam back to the sub. "Don't just sit there! Get down and try and bring the Pacifista back up!" Before the crew could obey, the woman cut off the propeller, opening a gash in the vessel.
Paralyzed by a mix of rage and fear, Sentomaru clung to the now-wreck of a ship.
"VOOM!" And she was gone.
"Grrr…" Sentomaru growled.
"Sentomaru…what was that?"
And the Den-Den Mushi was on the whole time. And there goes the Commander's bravado.
"Umm…Fleet Admiral," Sentomaru inhaled to brace himself. "The Pacifista are gone."
"…elaborate…" Sengoku snarled through gritted teeth.
"A woman appeared out of nowhere, and melted all the ice…sinking them. And she disabled the sub before flying away," Sentomaru reported.
"…physical…description…" the voice now sounded on the edge.
"Dark-skinned, mid-length blonde hair, wears a mask that covers everything beneath the nose. Carries a shortsword."
"Thank you, Sentomaru. GA-CHA!"
"Alright," the sumo fighter put his snail back on his debris. "I'll just…be here."
Back at the scaffold, Sengoku took one, long, deep breath. His eye twitched when the Ice Age suddenly turned to water again.
He then dialed another number.
"Artillery, concentrate your fire on the Moby Dick and Oars Jr."
"Yes Sir!"
"Engineers, raise the Enclosure Wall."
"NONONONONO! PLEASE, MR. FISHMAN! NOT MY LEGS! I NEED THOSE! CRUNCH!"
The Den-Den started foaming at the mouth.
"Where's my barrage?!" Sengoku moved on for the sake of his sanity.
"We're ready!" the artillerymen proclaimed.
"Bala."
BOOM!
And Halibel had appeared directly in front of the left-most cannon, sending her shot right down the barrel, essentially spiking it.
Whoom! She vanished with Sonido, reappearing in front of another cannon.
"Bala." And on, and on the cycle went. Of course, this whole process happened in a mere handful of seconds.
"That…was impressive," Ace couldn't help but comment.
"Executioners, ready."
"Well that's a disproportionate reaction," Ace grumbled.
"Set!"
Suddenly, Samehada popped out of the ground, and started plowing through the concrete towards the scaffold.
"ACE! STOP IT!"
And then…sheer presence engulfed the entire battlefield…emanating from one who most had brushed off as a lucky 'brat'.
Monkey D. Luffy's Conquering spirit took the world by storm. Of those still standing, the Whitebeards were in awe, other Pirates were simply shocked, while the Marines feared that terrifying potential.
Oh…and the executioners were now foaming at the mouth at the bottom of the stairs they tumbled down. A set of stairs that were promptly reduced to splinters.
It should be pointed out, that Kisame and Halibel didn't even hesitate when Luffy unleashed his Haki.
As the Ninja shattered the bedrock supporting the scaffold, Sengoku, Garp, and Ace all briefly lost their balance. That opening was just enough for Halibel to swoop in, grab Ace, and fly away.
"WHAT?!" Finally reaching his breaking point, Sengoku fully transformed into the Golden Buddha, and started unloading those shockwaves of his into the air!
"WWWWHHHOOOOOMMMMMM!"
"URK!"
One shockwave clipped Halibel, sending her and Ace careening.
"Oof!"
"Good catch Jinbe."
"Wait…you know this gal?!" Ace asked incredulously.
"Umm…apparently," the Fishman shrugged.
"Tia, I said you should transform before we got here," Kisame caught up to the Impel Down escapees.
"Oh sure…a massive golden pillar of pure energy wouldn't have rung the Marines' alarm bells…definitely not," Halibel snarked.
"ACE!" Luffy completely ignored the others, opting to embrace his brother.
"Yeah, yeah…brothers forever," Kisame rolled his eyes. "Now let's get y'all back!"
"Uh-uh-uhh!" Kizaru materialized, fingers pointed at Ace. "You're supposed to be executed today."
"Cero!" In an instant, Halibel shot. His easygoing expression fading, the Admiral brought both hands forward, and quickly split the Cero, using a mix of his own Light-manipulating powers and Haki.
"Hmm…scary," Kizaru mused, genuine in that assessment for one. "Say…how can someone control water and light at once?" He brought a quick kick.
Blocking with Tiburon, Halibel stood firm. "…"
"Strong and silent type, huh?" Kizaru formed his own sword.
Taking advantage of the distraction, the rest began the retreat.
"NO!" All of a sudden, Sengoku LUNGED over the crowd of soldiers.
"I DON'T THINK SO!" And just as quickly, Whitebeard himself leaped to meet him! Golden fist and Bisento seemed to freeze in place mere inches from each other. The sheer, incomprehensible willpower from the two strongest men in the world utterly packed in the space between. For ten seconds, the world was silenced as they exerted pure Haki. The presence of TRUE Conquerors dwarfed everything else!
Then…it exploded.
Every other single battle was blasted apart. Even Oars Jr. was flung back, with all the Vice-Admirals opposing him blown away by the Haki. Akainu disengaged from all the Whitebeard Commanders to secure his footing, while his opponents found themselves hurtling back to the Moby Dick.
Seeing all his children behind him, Whitebeard began charging up.
"HOLD IT!"
"Okay…", Newgate thought to himself. "Why's there a black hole behind the Moby Dick? And what was that dumb son of his going on about?"
"ACE!" Luffy proclaimed. "There's TWO of you!"
"Wait, what?"
Sure enough, a fleet of ships came out of the hole. And at the head of one of them, another Portgas D. Ace.
"I'm here to stop you executing me!" Ace #2 proclaimed.
"I don't NEED my help!" Ace #1 retorted, almost knee-jerk. Then, he realized just what he said, groaning.
"UHH! BUT…WHA?!" Poor Monkey D. Garp was convinced the emotional distress had caused him to snap, falling on his butt.
"Oh look…there's the dramatic arrival," Kisame joked. Halibel rolled her eyes.
"I'msorry! I'msorry! I'msorry!" A scarred one-eyed man said on his knees, by Ace. "Obito's a good boy! Obito's a good boy! Obito will never mess with Time again!"
"Yes, yes," Itachi patted his distant cousin's back.
Then, several figures jumped off the ships.
"Hello, Jinbe."
"Um…Hello, Jinbe."
"GU-WHA?!" Ivankov's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at the sight of two Jinbe side-by-side. He had the luxury to gawk. Kuma took one look at the two Jinbe.
"Error, error, error, error," he repeated in monotone before smoke poured out…and an eye exploded. "Going to sleep mode. Please reboot after running diagnostics." And the prototype Pacifista fell forward.
"Oh Goda," Buggy had sunk into the fetal position. "That crazy hobo last year was right! Reality IS an illusion!"
From the side, Mihawk looked down towards the flask of wine he always hid inside his coat, wondering if there was something in it. He just knew it had tasted funny.
"What the…" Doflamingo couldn't finish his thought…on account of Sanji kicking him in the face and knocking his sunglasses off. As the Warlord started to sprout strings to retaliate, he suddenly couldn't move…in mid-air. Gravity promptly took over.
Sasori looked out from the deck of the leading ship, hand stretched, smirking as Franky called him 'SUPER' for that move.
His fight over, Crocodile simply turned to sand and left. He grabbed Daz Bones on the way out, hoping the stoic man would restore some of his sanity later.
"Blurgh!" Moria started crawling away from the water, having been pulled out.
"What'd I miss?" Alas, he wouldn't hear the answer. Brook kicked him right back in.
"NAMI!" Luffy grinned and waved at the ships. "Your hair's so LONG!"
"Sorry, but I'm not your Nami." She replied apologetically as she pointed her Clima-Tact at all nearby Marines.
"Oh, okay."
"Luffy, darling…you failed to mention your...feminine…navigator," Hancock put a hand on his shoulder…a VERY tight grip at that.
Nearby, Smoker and Tashigi slowly turned, seeing that they were surrounded by Juvia, Tsuyu, and Apacci.
"Reach for the sky!" the Hollow seemed to 'cock' her cannon at the Logia.
"NOBODY MOVE! I, THE GREAT CAPTAIN USOPP, HAVE 8000 CANNONS POINTED AT YOU!" A loudspeaker from the ships resonated.
"HE'S NOT LYING THIS TIME," Hanataro's voice piped up.
"I'm…not paid enough for this," Aokiji stepped back, as four more strangers landed in front of him.
"Really? Does the World Government not give adequate wages to Admirals?" a red and white-haired young man with a burned left eyelid innocently asked.
"I think he was joking," a black-haired young man with a burned left eyelid added.
"Oh."
"Zuko, we can focus on Shouto's social skills another time," Weiss brought them back on topic, her rapier aimed at the Admiral's face.
Itachi simply STARED at Aokiji, who instinctively knew to avoid eye contact.
Up above, Kizaru had disengaged Halibel and started prepping an attack aimed for the newcomers.
There was a "VWOOM" behind him, and he felt a finger on his head.
"I've heard you're the fastest man from this world. So you might actually be able to nail me before I splatter your brains," Grimmjow sneered behind him. "You've just gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?"
Kizaru FELT the energy in Grimmjow's finger, right down to his soul, even if it wasn't visible.
"Well, do ya, punk?"
Kizaru slowly lifted his hands in a show of surrender.
"NO!" Akainu hollered. "I refuse to submit to criminals!" He charged up a magma-covered fist.
Suddenly, a foot covered in black appeared before he could react. And it was aiming right for his…
"AAAGGGHHH!" Akainu went flying, one hand clutched between his legs. "BOOM!" The admiral crashed into the highest room of the tallest tower of Marineford.
"I've been waiting a long time to do that," Ace #2 grinned the evilest grin he'd ever grinned.
"Fleet Admiral," Halibel appeared before Sengoku. "Withdraw your men, and we shall do the same."
She pointed to Kisame. "Merely two of us were able to completely wreck your plans to execute Ace and entrap Whitebeard."
The Ninja gave a jolly wave to Sengoku, whose eye twitched.
Said Emperor raised an eyebrow, respect growing for the clear authority in her voice.
"Now," Halibel unleashed her Reishi, quickly transforming with a 'Hunt, Tiburon' under her breath. "Do you really want to fight a whole fleet of us…and a fresh Emperor's crew?"
"My son is safe," Whitebeard added. "That is enough. You have my word that we'll leave if you order your men to stand down."
Being a smart man, Sengoku made the call.
"Marines, this war is over!"
Over the course of a minute, every Pirate and Impel Down escapee had boarded Whitebeard's ships, while the Dimension-hoppers filed back to their own fleet.
"One more thing," Halibel mused. "Obito…do it."
"Okay," the Uchiha swiftly opened a Kamui that sucked every Marine into it, catching them all off-guard, it happened so fast.
Halibel grabbed Obito, and quickly flew up with Sonido.
They scaled the Red Line, and stood above Mariejois. Then, Obito reversed the Kamui…and dropped every single Marine onto the Celestial Dragons' mansions. Not a single structure survived the appearing mass of humanity. The Ninja and Hollow were gone before anyone could react. They had no desire to hear the most petulant whining in the history of whining.
Back on the sea, everyone was ready to go when the two got back.
"Well…this was fun," Kisame shrugged as he gave a one-arm hug to Halibel.
"Speak for yourself," Grimmjow pouted. "Didn't get to even attack once…not without you all taking the piss out of me."
"Okay, let's go home!" Jinbe gave the word to the fleet.
"Bye Luffy! Bye Me! Take care of yourselves," Ace waved goodbye from the Shireen.
"BYE ACE!" Luffy looked watery-eyed. "I'm gonna miss him!"
The Ace in his arms just gave a look to his brother.
The foreign fleet turned around, and the black holes closed behind them.
The Whitebeards stood still for a full minute.
"Show of hands, who wants to never speak of this again?" Jinbe asked as he quickly brought his own up. Guess seeing another Jinbe was just too weird for him.
All the Whitebeard Pirates immediately agreed. And so, their ships still ready with coating, the Moby Dick and friends descended into the darkness. Still, there was this nagging feeling that they were forgetting something.
(30 Minutes Later)
"WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYBODY?!" Marshall D. Teach roared in impotent fury.
"Well…so much for your master plan," Shiryu scoffed, sword drawn. "All in favor of kicking him off."
"Aye," everyone instantly answered.
"WHA…" SPLOOSH! And the 'would-be' Blackbeard Pirates shoved Teach off their pathetic excuse for a ship. The Devil Fruit did the rest of the work.
"Nearest inhabited island is 50 miles that way," Shiryu pointed. "We'll decide what to do there."
Everyone picked up a paddle.
(5 minutes later)
"Umm…Captain?"
"I know Beckman, I know." Shanks had an utterly disappointed look on his face at the deserted Marineford.
A.N. Well…that was a tangent! LOL! But yeah, again, shout out to Black Victor Cachat…he's honestly where half the ideas come from! Plus…it's always fun to give certain OP folks a real bad time!