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Beta read by the wonderful rose7anne101, who has written some pretty amazing stuff for One Piece.

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Rise from the Ashes

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Chapter 12: Beating Weevil, Version 2

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This break from the regular story can be considered non-canon for this fic and the manga.

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"Well!?" Edward Weevil, the so-called Whitebeard Jr. boomed down at A.O, "Do you admit it!? Do yo admit that I'm Whitebeer's only son!? Or yo gonna die!?"

Captain A.O of the A.O Pirates coughed up some blood as he struggled to raise his head to look the childish man in the eye, "Whitebeard is . . . and always will . . . will be . . . my father. And if Whitebeard were . . . alive . . . he'd have already killed you."

Snorting, Weevil hefted up his bisento to kill A.O, the last survivor of both the crew and the burning city.

I'm sorry my brothers, A.O thought, refusing to take his eyes off his killer. I won't be able to join you after all, but I know you'll see that the Old Man's legacy lives on. That our Little Brother will lead the New Era!

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Later

"See, my little Treasure!" cackled Miss Bakkin, the self-proclaimed 'Whitebeard's Lover.' "I told you that if we searched for Straw Hat, we'd find Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Luffy just blinked in confusion at the oversized man and the diminutive old lady. "Who're these wierdos?"

"What!?" Bakkin snapped. "Don't lie! You know precisely who we are! This is Edward Weevil, Whitebeard Junior! One of the Seven Warlords, and the one true son of the mighty Whitebeard! Who was my lover!"

In response, Weevil puffed out his chest in pride at his mommy's words.

"Ehhhh! Ace's Father?" Luffy gasped. "You're another one of Ace's nakama? I don't remember seeing you at Marineford!" Then he glanced at Bakkin, and tried to compare her to Hancock who kept using the word 'lover' about a year into his training, but could not make the connection. Ignoring this, he looked back at —What was his name? Eevil? Silly name— Eevil, who was looking strangely angry.

"I shouldna been at Marineford!" growled Weevil. "He was tha son of Roger, my Poppa's rival! I'd killed him maself!"

Now Luffy was starting to frown. "Whitebeard was Ace's father!" he snapped. "And if you weren't Ace's nakama, than you weren't Whitebeard's kid either!" Then Luffy have him a once over, taking in the massive form, the oversized white mustache, the bisento, and the little black skull-cap. "And I don't believe that you're Whitebeard's birth son anyways. He wouldn't give such a stupid name like Eevil," some of the Whitebeard Pirates coughed at that, "and you don't look anything like him anyways," Luffy honestly finished with a huff.

"I don'!?" Weevil gasped in shock, his mind grasping onto the last bit. "But Mommy says I do!"

"Whitebeard was awesome looking, you aren't!" Luffy snapped, getting increasingly angry by all this nonsense. They were just about to settle down to a celebratory party when the duo had shown up and started spouting such nasty things. However, they had yet to get to the point where Luffy would lower himself to actually taking action about it. "Why're you even here!?"

"To deal with the false sons of the Whitebeard!" Bakkin accusingly cried out, aiming to reclaim the initiative. "The stole my darling boy's inheritance, and besmirch his father's good name!"

Luffy only got about half of that. "What's she talking about, Marco? If Ace was Whitebeard's Son, doesn't that make you guys his Sons too?"

They had drawn quite the crowd by this point, only now most of them were starting to edge away from the murderous wrath surrounding Marco and the others.

"Yes, that's true, Straw Hat," Marco agreed, all of his Brothers and Sisters spread out behind him. "If you don't mind though, could you let us deal with this party crasher ourselves-yoi?"

"'Kay, but don't take too long, or else the meat'll be all gone!" Turning around, Luffy headed back to the campfire, confused as to why some of his friends appeared nervous. It was not as if any of them were in danger or anything.

"So, Eevil," Marco said, stressing the new nickname. "As entertaining as that was, I understand you've been looking for us. Wanting to challenge us over who is Whitebeard's Family or not?"

At a nudge from his mommy and a whispered prompt, Weevil began his ultimatum. "Yo failed my fadder when he needed yo most!" The air seemed to crack around Marco as he lowered his forehead. "But I'll spare yo if yo tell me where Whitebeer's treasure is! And say I'm his only son! Or I'll kill yo like da odders!"

"'Pop's treasure' you say?" quoted Marco in a calm, even voice.

All his Brothers and Sisters, especially the Division Commanders, suddenly took a wary step back away from him.

"Kill us like you did all of those men and women who he called family?" Marco went on.

Luffy stopped before biting into his meat, setting it down beside him.

"You don't seem to get it," Marco drawled, slowly walking forward. "You just saw Pops and the shadow he cast. Overlooking me. Do you know what my bounty is? Well the thing is, that amount, the whole sum, is from before I became the First Division Commander. Before I took the mark of Whitebeard."

"Wha—?" the man-child grunted, and even his mommy seemed confused.

"When I first met him, do you know what I called Edward Newgate?"

Silence.

"I called him 'Brat.'"

Blue and gold fire licked up the sides of the slight, otherwise unimposing man as he kept walking forward, voice and expression unchanged. "I've been around these seas for a long time. A long, loooong time. Nowhere to go, hunted by the Marines who feared my power. No place to call home, no place to belong. Until Newgate. Until my Father."

Weevil blinked for a moment and then looked down at the razor talons that disappeared into his breastbone, "And you," Marco the Phoenix now snarled, arms forming wings to push himself back, legs becoming human feet again to drop the ripped out heart, "You dare desecrate Pop's dreams!? His Family!?"

Bakkin screamed and more than one pirate gasped in shock.

Disappearing again, Marco's fist smashed the massive Warlord from behind, crushing him and the ground down into a crater.

"WE."

[Punch]

"ARE.

[Punch]

"THE SONS.

[Punch]

"OF WHITEBEARD!"

[Punch]

With each punctuation he hit again, driving the dying man deeper and deeper into the ground.

Finally, the dust started to clear while Marco stood up, not a hitch in his breathing. Despite how his back was still to his Brothers and Sisters, they all still clearly heard what he said next.

"We, are his Treasure."

Then he deigned to coldly look, at quivering, terrified supposed lover of his Father, and dryly added. "That is the only treasure he ever desired."

Unsaid were the words, 'If you really were his lover you would had known that.' They did not need to be spoken aloud however, even Luffy got the message. While Straw Hat was a little surprised at the violence, he respected that everyone dealt with offenses to their personal Treasure in their own manner.

Then Marco paused, his vengeful aura vanishing as if it had never been, while idly scratching his head. "And Pops couldn't flirt with a girl to save his life anyways. Almost got us killed once because of that even."

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Author Notes:

No more for Weevil, if only because his manner of speech is annoying!

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Next Chapter: 'Dressrosa'!

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