"The war has already begun… and we are not getting anywhere" Hakuryuu was pacing in the deck of the Red Force, while Kouen healed Benn Beckman´s arm. The Akagami pirates and the Beast Pirates were shooting at each others, with the captain of the formers biting his lips. Shanks was as nervous as the Ren siblings. He had to stop the madness the world government has begun. If he failed… he didn´t want to think about it. "We have made enough of the travel with this ship. We can get there by flying and…"
"And how do you propose to do so without exhausting ourselves?" Kouen glared at his cousin, managing to stop his rant. "By the time we arrive there, we would be out of magoi and you know it. Without our strength, we will be of no help to Judal" he went below deck, followed by the resto of his family. "Hey, you!"
"What?!" Yassop turned around, pointing at them with a gun. He didn´t like the new crewmembers a bit, but Shanks decided to let them stay because of their news of Luffy. "You will respect us, you…"
"Is there something the matter?" the redhead was completely calm despite being in a naval battle, with the Red Force moving madly around. Next to him were the magis, that decided to stay out of the conflict for the time being. Solomon only knew what they were seeing, the rukh of the armies, the change in history… was Judal seeing that too? Apparently yes, because he was in the hearth of the confrontation. As always.
"We have not moved from here despite what you said" the eldest redheaded sibling stated, frowning. "We still have to reach our brother, who is in the war. And…"
"Then what is your idea?" the pirate captain asked. "If I could send you immediately, I would do it. Shirohige obviously needs reinforcements, specially with that rat of a former crew member of his also planning to make his move in the War" he gripped his sword, looking at the image the den den mushi projected in the wall, something at least one crew member was looking at to keep him informed on the progression of the war. "But Kaido…"
"Perhaps…" Koumei seemed interested in the machine, holding his fan up while he made a strategy to conquer, much like he did with the Armies of Submission. "Perhaps there is a way to send some reinforcements to the battlefield…"
"What do you have in mind?" asked the Yonko.
"En-nii, you know how my djinn works, no?" he nodded, letting the second prince continue with his explanation. "I can send some things to other places as long as I can see the place I´m sending them to. And now I´m seeing that Marineford place."
"You mean that… you can send us there with Dantaleon?" Hakuei realised before anyone. They were all surprised. It was a possibility, if Koumei send them, they would arrive whiting a second and help Judal out of whatever problem he managed to get himself into. Still, it was all speculation. "Have you even tried something like this before?"
"Never" confessed the freckled man, a little bit uncomfortable. "I don´t know if I can do it, specially with the distance… it´s the largest distance I have ever…"
"Don't worry about that" Yunan got up in that moment, his soothing smile making them all feel more calm. "You have us to deal with that problem" he signalled himself and Titus, who was also getting up. "You all will arrive to the battlefield immediately and ready to fight."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course!" Titus jumped, smiling with a sly expression. "If there is something we are good at, it´s huge spells. And if we had to potentiate one… well, let´s just say that Aladdin and I worked on that a few years ago."
"Good" Shanks said before helping them to move the den den mushi to the deck, despite the bouncing ship they were in. Finally, he called some of the crew members that were not fighting to send as reinforcements to Shirohige. Koumei then looked at the screen directly, turning moving his fan and concentrating. Right now, a full transformation would cost him too much energy, something he needed for battle, but the weapon…
"Come on, Dantaleon" the portal opened. The magis send rukh to him, making it big enough to fit the men. Everybody gape in amazement. "What are you expecting, an invitation? Get in now!"
"Good work" Kouen was the first to cross, followed by his other siblings and the pirates. The last ones to cross were Koumei himself and the magis, all of them struggling to keep the portal open enough time to get out of it. "Here we come, Judal"
-In Marineford-
"Dammit" Sinbad cursed, as things could not get any worse. Despite the help of his generals, things couldn´t go worse. Judal´s borg was getting weaker and weaker by second, as the makeshift wand fragmented more and more. Ace almost got executed and his brother was running out of fuel. Squart stabbed Oyayi and, after a very sentimental conversation and a hug, he was trying to save his life. The magi was frustrated because, even if he used his magic, he wouldn´t be able to heal him because the only healing magic he knew was water and that was not compatible with devil fruits. Kizaru and Aokiji seemed to think he made a greater threat than the whole collective of commanders that showed up with Shirohige and now the two of them were after his tale, forcing him to change to Valefor djinn equipment to use Stagnation with the light admiral. It worked, but slowing light speed proved to be more work than it was worth of. Hell, the only thing that was better was that at least Garp was out of commission while he was still trying to murder his rebellious grandson… well, one of them.
"Don´t take your eyes out of your opponents" Aokiji said, shooting his ice arrows towards him. he easily dodged them. The ice man was not affected by the stagnation, as his body temperature was too low, but now he was providing a cover for Kizaru while he recovered from frostbite, thanks to a Garufor Kirestal that hit him when his mind was too slow from exposure to his icy air temperatures. He was still shooting him, but from a position near Akainu, whose body temperature was doing wonders for him. "Oh, but I guess you already knew that. The High King of the Seven Seas surely has fought many wars."
"You surely are having much fun reminding me of my epithet" the king candidate joked from his position in the air, as the Marine propelled himself again away from the floor. Using a move he learned from the other before, he tried to slow him down. Unfortunately, Valefor also made him immune to cold. "Oh, that not!"
"Bold move" Sinbad tried another front attack, but had to dodge in the last minute. Kizaru was back in the game. He was much better than before, albeit still a little slow. "you are still terrifying… who could believe you were able to frost light."
"Get away, Kizaru, you are still not good enough to fight him" Kuzan ordered him. surprisingly, the older admiral obeyed, deciding to fight against the closest commander… Well, after fighting the man on his own he understood. He was one of those rivals you better walk away from if you were not in your best. And Borsalino recognized he was not up to the task of taking down Sinbad. His little friends on the other part…
"You…" he chose Sharrkan, who has already depleted his magoi using Foraz Saika a second time, something he was unable to do when Sinbad last saw him. "I think this is…" a borg shielded the Heliopath inhabitant. Yamuraiha appeared out of nowhere, looking extremely pissed off. She has been using her Shallal Magd to erase tactical opponent, but now her eyes were only on the admirals. "I am your opponent now."
"Scary" he commented, lazily lifting one hand. She turned invisible again, striking him surprisingly hard from the side. He put a hand on the spot. surprisingly, he was hurt. Did she have sea stone? "Interesting. And I thought the invisible man was in Moriah´s crew."
"Perhaps… but you know? I´m a ao madoushi" she smiled, raising her wand and putting a borg between her and the monkey.
"Ohhhhh, and that means?"
"It means that controlling water…" her magic formed a big water dragon. "is what I DO! Take this, Shallal Baraq!" he used his full speed to escaped the magic threatening to end his life via drowning. He got into the air, Yamuraiha following him behind… at least until a bunch of lava hit her shield. It was all he needed to get away from her. "Don´t escape me!"
"Thank you, Akainu-kun" he said, then noticed the shield in the enemy ship was too weak to stop one of his lasers. He didn´t have Shirohige within range, but he had the source of the shield. Judal. "Think I can return the favour now… Yasakani no Magatama"
"Judal!" Sinbad tried to reach him, but Aokiji put a barrier of ice between them and the ship the magi was on. The raven looked up, his eyes widening when he saw the laser approaching. In that second, a shadow flied in front of him, moving a blade and creating a swarm of beasts that took the shots for them. Other people also appeared in the battlefield. One of them flung herself towards the magi.
"JUDAL-CHAN!" he felt himself being hugged by someone he believed he would never see again. Kizaru frowned, these newcomers ruined his plans. They were clearly tied to Shanks, as they brought reinforcements from said Yonko´s crew, but he has never seen them before… wait, Aokiji showed him photos of them. From Ennies Lobby. Sinbad smiled, they actually came for him. "Judal-chan, I have been so worried about you."
"Kou… Kougyoku" he muttered, without understanding. There they all were, his precious siblings he tried to arm and protect from Al Tharmen. "Kouen… Koumei… Kouha… Hakuei… Hakuryuu…"
"Who the hell are they, yoi?" Marco asked from the air, trying to decide if he has to get back.
"Judal´s siblings" explained the king of Sindria, shooting more ice against Aokiji, who was beginning to feel a little bit slow after Valefor´s ice was proved superior. "They are here to help."
"I wouldn´t call then Rens help, Sin" Jafar commented, wondering about the royalty of Kou´s
Intentions. Meanwhile, Kougyoku was continuing with her emotional breakdown while Judal just stared at his king candidates, all apparently worn and a little bit dirty, but there and ready to fight for him.
"Judal-chan, why did you leave?" the empress asked with her eyes full of tears, ignoring the war around her in favour of his long lost sibling and best friend. "We were worried sick about you! When Hakuryuu came back and told us you decided to disappear inside of a portal along with that guy" she signalled Sinbad with her finger, full of rage "we tought we were never going to see you again" her expression changed to tears again. "Why did you do that?"
"I…" he didn´t know how to explain himself. Kouen´s penetrating look was on him all the time and he suddenly felt again like a small child trying to explain a mischief. And having the others to look at him in a similar way was not helping at all. He sighed, better to get on with this. "I… you didn´t need me anymore" he confessed, earning a frown from everyone, especially the eldest Ren. "I am a warmonger, the last thing Kou needs in this times of peace. You all already have djinns, there is no need for me in your lives anymore. Besides, I only caused conflict because I enjoyed it. Have I stayed, then you would be in trouble with the Seven Seas Alliance" Kouen was frowning more than ever in his life. "Let´s face it, guys, it was better for me to stay as far away from Kou as I could" now the former first prince was walking towards him, a big frown in his face. "I was just a nui…" a loud sound was heard a few seconds later and everything went silent. Soon everybody realised that Kouen just slapped Judal. The magi felt his cheek for a second before reacting. "Why you did it?!"
"Because you were being an idiot, that´s why" the redhead lowered his arm, which he was holding high since slapping the younger. "How did it even cross your mind that we would want you to disappear? We are your bloody family, we would never wish that."
"But…"
"But anything! You should have returned with Hakuryuu, to hell what happened to the stupid over there" he said, earning a subtle glare from Sinbad. "And for the warmongering part, do you really think you are the only one here? I encouraged your behaviour all the time, don´t you remember that?"
"Well, that´s…" that was true. Kouen was as warmonger as him. He wanted Judal to create conflict to conquer. But… "You had better intentions than mine"
"Path to hell is full of good intentions" he recited.
"Ehhhh?"
"What En-nii is trying to say" Koumei got in. "Is that we are as guilty as you in all the problems Kou got into" the freckled man continued. "Our ambition to conquer the world, that Al Tharmen set it´s rotten rots in our country without us doing anything, our family feud after uncle Hakutoku, Hakuyuu and Hakuren died… there are a hundredth reasons pilling up!" he admitted. "But, there is no use in crying over spilled milk. Specially in our case" he lifted a hand. "You know why? Because we are Kou´s imperial family. We have to act together to direct our empire."
"Together…"
"Until we lost you, we were a bunch of spoiled brats fighting over silly things, were it revenge, ideals or something else" Hakuryuu got in. "And it was stupid, after all they were not really responsible for father and the other´s deaths. It was Arba! And Aladdin already showed us Solomon´s history to make us realise that Kouen was mistaken!" he sighed. "So… we decided to end with that. Now we are talking first instead of going straight to fists and djinns, so… things are really better! It was just you that we lacked to make it perfect!"
"But I…"
"You are our brother, that´s all you need to know. The rest of the world can suck it up, because this family stays together from now on" Kouha smiled. Hakuei nodded, having used her fan all the time to shield them to allow them to have their conversation. Kougyoku just wept and hugged him hard. "Now… I think there is a war to win. Let´s fucking get to action!"
"Eh!" the empress released the magi, showing a sadistic smile much like her brother´s. "Let´s show them the strength of Kou´s Army of Submission!" before jumping in to battle, she accepted a package from Koumei, handing it to Judal and revealing a staff made of gold and jewels, just the magi´s style. "We all collaborate to make this one… all for you! It´s a symbol of our family unity!"
"You guys… really came for me, no?" he grabbed it, trying the borg. It was so big and hard that nothing can penetrate it. "You are right, I´m an idiot… but so are you! And those marines are worst" he smiled in the same way as before, the sadistic style that distinguished the most unstable members of Kou´s royalty, even if they were not connected by blood. "En-nii… before… the old man…"
"Right" the eldest prince walked towards Shirohige, unsheathing his sword. Squard tried to get in his way, but the man´s stare kept him away via fear. He pointed at the captain with his sword. "Stay still… Phenex!" the wings appeared and healed the injuries in his body, making him full strength again. "That should be enough"
"What…"
"En-nii has healing powers" explained Judal. "Don´t expect him to do it again, for him it was only a way to pay his debts for taking care of me"
"Time to get to work" Kouen breathed in before extending his sword. All the Rens prepared their metal vessels. "The Spirit of Terror and Meditation…"
"Spirit of Time and Space…"
"Spirit of Strength…"
"Spirit of Loyalty and Purity"
"Spirit of Sorrow and Isolation"
"The Spirit of Maniacal Love and Chaos"
"I order thine ancestors, To use my Magoi to give me power, Come Out!" they chanted together.
"Astaroth!"
"Dantalion!"
"Leraje!"
"Zagan!"
"Vinea!"
"Paimon!" armoured with the djinn equipment, the Ren siblings left the borg and flied to combat. Cannonballs were flung at them, but it was redirected by Koumei´s Dante Al-Thais. And then many vice admirals and their soldiers were flung to the sky by Hakuei´s Magul Al-Hazard. Akainu, with a vein throbbing in his forehead, attacked with lava, but Kouen got in the middle. Enraged, he continued his attack, being always intercepted by the same king candidate.
"Thank you" was the only comment before attacking the enemy lines with a full strength fire blow from his sword. The Admiral was fuming. Being used as a human charger by some low life wasn´t exactly what he wanted.
"Dammit, things have gotten complicated" Aokiji commented, nearly being stroked down by Sinbad while he scanned the battlefield. Kouha choose that time to go crazy with Nyoi Rentou, nearly slashing the blue bird and causing several damage to the giants. But he was not exactly the Ren he was more worried about. "Where the hell is the little sister?"
"I know your weakness is water… my specialty!" Kougyoku appeared, followed by a massive wave of sea water, rivalling with Shirohige´s. Aokiji stared in shock, before leaving his fight with Sinbad to Borsalino and went to face Kougyoku. He froze the wave, creating another wall. This angered the empress more. He moved, avoiding her sword, which seemed to cut even Logia. "Take this… Vainel Al-Salos!"
"Ice Block: Partisan!" he barely managed to froze them in time. "What a scary collection of siblings. Almost as scary as Mugiwara´s" he was getting tired. And he knew he couldn´t afford that, or he was going to end in the bottom of the Ocean, courtesy of this girl. "And you, little one, are the scariest."
"I would differ, the scariest is Judal. You just haven´t seen him fight, that´s all" she commented. In that moment, there was a roar from the pirates. Aokiji turned for a second, only to find that Luffy achieved what he came for. He freed Portgas D. Ace.
Hello again! Now the whole group is complete. And... who is betting on who will win their fights? Kouen vs Akainu, Aokiji vs Kougyoku, Garp vs Sabo and Kizaru... I don´t know yet, but with one of the Rens. Who will win this fight? Review!
