Buster Call
Dragon and Shanks were walking in silence towards Garp. Neither of them wanted to say a word but if one were to look at the two men it was obvious they were very worried about this entire situation. A Buster Call is not a laughing matter and should be taken very seriously. It destroys lives and homes and is just a horrible thing. No one except the World Government agreed with Buster Calls. It was just an unethical thing to do. To destroy a whole island for the sake of someone or something is not fair for the rest of the people who are living on the island. Why should the whole island suffer due to some "bad apples".
And even so, the last Buster Call was on an island known as Ohara. Where supposedly the people over there knew how to read poneglyphs and were considered to be people of great danger. That Buster Call resulted in the destruction of an entire island and the deaths of every civilian except an 8 year old child who was let go.
This is the exact reason why Dragon quit the Marines. He was there at Ohara. He saw what happened to the innocent people. He was there when their ship was destroyed and he was there to witness the destruction of the island. Ever since then he had trouble sleeping. He couldn't do a damn thing in the world to change that. But this time he has a chance to save the people of the island he knew. Having grown up here and knowing almost everyone on the island, he had to save them.
His own son was on the island as well. Hell the whole reason for this Buster Call was because of his son and the son of the former Pirate King. Dragon wasn't the father figure in Luffy's life but he did always want to become one. Ever since he found out his wife was pregnant he was excited. But then he left the Marines. Not only that, he wasn't able to raise his son. Instead, his son was living off with Whitebeard who was giving him a better life than Dragon ever could. If this was his chance of doing something father like for Luffy then damn well Dragon would see to it.
Breaking the silence with Shanks, Dragon said "Shanks… Stay back for a bit while I talk to my dad privately once we enter." and the red haired man nodded once he saw Garp sitting down in front of a grave.
Dragon entered and sat down right beside his father. "I'm sorry…" he said in a defeated voice, looking right into the tombstone of his mother. That was an apology to both of his parents. On one hand, he was saying sorry to his mother because he was about to leave her and her grave along with many others were about to be destroyed. He said sorry to his father because he knew that his mother was the love of Garp's life. And he was about to lose her once more. And as a son, seeing your father in a situation where he can't handle was always tough. Dragon wanted to change all of this. Hell, his instinctual reaction was to just fight off this Buster Call by himself. Which he could. He was strong enough to do so and his mythical zoan devil fruit was powerful in of itself. But he couldn't.
Garp remained silent for most part. He wanted to clear his head before taking any further actions. He was furious that a Buster Call was coming towards his home island. The island where he got married, the island where he had his son, the island where his grandson was born, and the island that was now the grave of his beloved wife. Sitting with his back straight, acting as if nothing in the world was bothering him, he had let tears flow out of his eyes. He didn't care if he was known as one of the strongest people in this world. He did not care about the title of Marine Hero. No. Right now, he was a weak and frail old man missing his deceased wife.
When Dragon had entered, he really didn't want to see his son at that moment, but he was glad to see him. Garp loved only a handful of people in this world and Dragon was one of them. And on top of that, his wife was the mother of Dragon. When his son had sat down beside him and said sorry, Garp looked at his son and and said "There's no need to be sorry. You are doing the right thing here."
"I know you were there at Ohara. I know you want that to not happen again. I know it and your mother knows it. She moved on physically but she never left us. She's always with us and will forever be with us."
Dragon let out a tear because in the end he was a son. And whenever he was in front of his mother's grave, he always shed a tear. "Don't cry now… She's not leaving us now nor are we leaving her. She even lives on in your kid. Always watching over him just as she is watching over us." he pat the back of Dragon.
"Now get up whenever you are ready. We have work to do." and with that Garp got up but just before he left, he shed one last tear and said "Goodbye my Love, I'll see you soon." and walked away to where Shanks was patiently waiting with his hat off in respect of the people who were buried at the cemetery. Dragon had shortly followed and left by saying goodbye to his mother and then went to the area where the two other men were waiting.
When Dragon arrived, Shanks spoke. "Now's the time we let Whitebeard know. His son is the one being chased after, it is his right to know just what the fuck is going on."
Garp agreed and took out his den-den mushi. Once he heard it ringing and eventually picked up by the first division commander Marco, he asked to talk with Newgate urgently.
"Garp…" Newgate said with a worried voice "We heard…"
"Any suggestions?" he asked the pirate.
"I'll send Marco and Jones right away.. They should make it by then." suggested the older man
"No… We have enough people here. Akagami is here and so is Dragon. Both including myself have ships. We have enough for the people."
"Fine… Meet me in Paradise and bring me back the boys."
"There are three boys instead of 2." said Shanks "One is Luffy and the other is Ace. But they have a third brother they won't leave behind."
"It's fine. Bring them to me. We can keep them safe and hidden."
"And I also have a suggestion. Dragon can't be seen with Ace or Luffy so we'll let him take the third one. Garp can take Ace and say he's just an orphan who lost both of his parents before all this happened and I'll take Luffy. It's safer for all three boys that way and will cause the least amount of trouble for everyone if in case we get caught."
"Figure that out between yourselves. However, I will meet you early all separately. Garp, I'll see you first, take the civilians with you and I shall meet you at an island. I'll call you once we get there. We'll find a good place for your people to rebuild their lives. Dragon I'll see you at your base in the Paradise afterwards."
"Davy should know where it is. He has an Eternal Pose to it." said Dragon
"Good. And Akagami, I'll see you in the New World. However, take your time. Don't rush. I'll let you know once I have the two boys."
"Alright." and Whitebeard hung up and so did Garp. Now that they knew the plans, they now had to go around and tell the people of the island what was about to happen in the next day.
Ace and Sabo understood what was going on once Jasmine had explained what was about to happen. The first person they ran towards and told was Dadan and like the stubborn old hag she was, she didn't listen to they boys at first but then understood that they weren't lying.
As she and her fellow mountain bandits were packing, there was sadness in the air. The Corbo Mountain was their home for many years. This was Dadan's family home for many generations and now it was about to be destroyed. Her many memories, both good and bad, were all playing back in her head. Tears rolling down her face, not even hiding it from her bandits, everyone knew this was going to be a hard goodbye. She will miss having Ace grow up here, she would miss the brats even though they weren't hers but she was their foster mother. She just hoped the boys would be fine after all of this.
On the other side, Makino was trying to take this news as calm as she could but it clearly was overwhelming her. This was the only home she knew of and had no family except Garp. The only thing to her name was the Party Bar which belonged to her parents but she was still very young when they had passed away which made Garp take her in as one of his own. And now that these two things would be gone, she didn't know what to do. She didn't know how she was going to rebuild her life. Yes she was going to live in an island with the same people but there were many things going on in her head. But she had to remain calm, if not for her sake, then for the three boys who she took care of for a short period of time. Except Ace, she was always there for Ace. She knew the boys wouldn't be with her after all this was over but she just hoped they were going to be alright. As long as they lived, she was content with however she had to live her life from now on.
Ace and Sabo were feeling very distraught. Their home was about to be destroyed. The people they cared for were going to have their lives ruined and taken away from them. Their homes were about to be destroyed. Lives were going to be needed to rebuild. It wasn't simple and they knew it.
Once Ace understood that the reason behind this whole situation was because of his and Luffy's existence, he hated his father and Luffy's father for cursing them with this life. So of course Ace had a reason to be upset. He didn't know his dad and Luffy didn't know his real dad. It was their faults. He knew that they wouldn't be accepted by the people and after this he didn't know what he was going to do. He was glad that Luffy had a home. Luffy was three years younger than Ace and so Ace was obviously protective of his younger brother. He just wished he would be able to find a home like Luffy one day. Little did he know that he was going to be apart of that very same family in a short time.
Sabo was somewhat calm but wanted to help save as many lives as he could. His life was different from Ace's. His was from a Noble bloodline but he hated his family. He hated the idea that they lived in a lavish and luxury while others have to live as if they do not matter in the world. He hated the discrimination. He wanted this to change. Yet he was just a kid. He couldn't do anything. He once read about what Buster Calls were from one of the books in his house and he remembered that the rich and noble people had special priority to get out of the island before the rest of the people. That meant that his family would have gotten escorted out by the Navy before the rest of the civilians on this island. He hated the idea of being noble. People were people and everyone was meant to be treated equally. Especially from the government but here they are treating the nobles with upmost importance and treating everyone else like garbage and filth. He was furious at this.
And because of this, he was going to be separated from Ace and Luffy. Luffy had a home to go to which he was thankful for as an older brother and he didn't really care about how he was going to live because Garp had accepted him as a Grandson. However, he couldn't focus on what his life would be like after this was over. All he was worried about right now was to save as many people as he could. But in all honesty, he was worried over nothing. He didn't know was was going to be in store for him after this was all going to be over.
Shanks and his crew were getting prepared to fight. They weren't going to take on the whole buster call, which they could, after all Shanks was one of the four Yonko. He and his crew are more than capable of stopping this by themselves. But the lives of others depended on them not to go all out in a fight. They just needed to make some time for Garp's ship and Dragon's ship to sail. Once they were going to be sailed off, they could then leave.
Consulting with his first mate, he was calm knowing that things were going to go smoothly. Garp was going to carry Ace and the civilians, Dragon was going to take Sabo and a handful of people if Garp couldn't fit everyone and Shanks was just going to take Luffy. Their job was to b the defense in case something went wrong to one of those two ships. Naturally, he was worried for the three boys for the time being, but knowing where they were going to end up, he was content. There was no place safer in the world then with Whitebeard. He kept Luffy hidden for 6 years and he could definitely keep Ace safe and hidden as well.
He also was in fear for the lives of the civilians. They turned out to be a very good bunch of people and Shanks would come here to vacation often but now that was not going to happen. He had to protect them as best as he could. He could not screw up his job of the plan. The only thing he wondered was who was going to come on this Buster Call. he expected some bigshot Marines to be in this Call due to what the reason of this Call was about. All his focus right now was on preparing for a fight. He and all of his men were serious. Not a single soul was laughing or having fun. Even Lucky Roo who was the happiest person in the world was serious. One thing for sure is things were about to get hectic.
Even though Luffy was just six years old, he understood what was going on. He wished he was older and stronger so this wouldn't happen but right now he was just a child and was weak. He loved this island. He gained a bunch of new family members. Makino and Dadan as his foster mothers who took care of them, he met Ace and Sabo and became brothers with them and he got closer with his grandad. He also met his real mother and father although he didn't really know what to do with them.
Unlike Ace, he wasn't mad at his parents but he didn't know them enough. All he knew was for the safety of himself, his parents gave him away to Whitebeard and the rest of them to which Luffy was thankful for because he had the best family.
Once the people of the village knew about the whole Buster Call that was going to happen the next day, they all had started packing their provisions and their stuff that they were able to bring. The Party Bar was closed for the night and inside the bar was the chief of the village, Garp, Shanks and his crew, Dragon, Jasmine, Makino, Dadan and her bandits along with Ace, Sabo and Luffy.
The adults were drinking sake while the kids had juice and the atmosphere in the bar was very different. Usually it would be all happy and everyone would be having fun but not tonight. Tonight the air in this bar was filled with tension. Everyone was serious and no one was in the mood for anything funny. Even the young trio were still. Normally they would be running around but at a serious time like this, they were sitting peacefully, listening to the older people talk about how tomorrow was going to happen.
However, suddenly the bar door had opened and a man with a Marine cape had walked in. He had a blue dress shirt and over his head was an eye mask used for sleeping. He was kind of tall but skinny and muscular.
Shanks had a hand on his sword while Garp looked at him like he was going to kill the man who had just walked in. However, Dragon look sort of relieved.
"And why the fuck are you here Aokiji?" yelled Garp
"I'm here because I don't want a repeat of Ohara. Tomorrow you guys need to get the civilians out of here before Akainu and the rest come." he looked around the room and noticed the three boys "I assume those two are the kids that caused this whole mess huh."
"Don't blame it on the boys." said Shanks "It's no ones fault except for the mole who told you guys."
"Why destroy the island hm?" Garp asked "Do they not know this is my home?"
The Marine looked at Garp "It's because of the fact that Dragon is your son. They said this island could become a threat and a base in East Blue for the Revolutionaries. And being home of the sons of the world's worst criminals that's more than enough reason for this whole thing." and with that Aokiji turned around to leave. But just before he left he said "Spread the boys out. Don't keep them all in one ship." and he made his exit.
Garp was as furious as he was in the morning now. The boys were completely innocent and they did nothing wrong. They did not deserve to die nor did the people of this island have to lose their homes and go for a total rebuild. But there was nothing anyone could do. This was going to happen whether they liked it or not.
The trio looked at each other and now were very worried. They did not know if they would all meet again. But they weren't saying their goodbyes just yet. They waited, hoping to see somehow that they would be kept together. They were brothers and they did not want to be separated from one another.
Shanks looked at the trio and said "We've decided." and the boys had a bit of sadness in their eyes. "Luffy you'll be coming with me. Ace you'll be with Garp. And just for precaution, Sabo you will be with Dragon." the boys got sad. They were going to be separated but none of them said anything. They knew that their lives were more important in this situation and arguing the adults would be pointless.
"But eventually you guys will be going to live on Whitebeard's ship." and Luffy was the first one to be excited. "We gave him a call earlier and he said he'd take the two of you in." he said with a smile. The boys couldn't be any happier. Even though they weren't going to be together, it'll only be for a short period of time. They would all eventually meet up at Luffy's home where they would be safe and free.
Everyone smiled once the boys were happy. There was already a lot going on because of them and they were on the verge of not seeing each other again but thankfully Whitebeard came into play.
At that moment, Garp's den-den mushi rang and he picked up. It was Whitebeard. "Dragon, you are taking no villagers with you right?" he asked to which Dragon replied no. "Take some with you. Not a whole lot but enough of them. And stay hidden. If they find out you are there then it will get even more uglier than it already is." the older man said. Dragon looked at his wife and the rest of the people in the bar and agreed. "Garp, you should leave when the nobles are getting picked up. Tell whoever is there that these are all the civilians and you are getting them to safety… Shanks, you take your time. Stay back as long as you can and if there are any people remaining, take them. If you feel like Garp or Dragon is going to be threatened you can fight but don't take on the whole Call yourself. And try to get followed. You can escape once you get to open waters."
Once everyone agreed with the plans, they made their way to prepare for the next day. It was late at night and the boys were getting tired. They were put to sleep and the adults got some rest for the night. Tomorrow was a very big day for everyone so they needed as much rest as they could get.
The morning started off in a bad way. Sirens were being blasted out loud and clear, waking the boys up from their sleep. When they awoke, the kids got ready to leave as fast as they could. The whole night they had slept in the Party Bar in Makino's room and once they had got out of the Bar, they could see many Marine ships heading towards the island. They couldn't find Garp, Shanks and the others so they decided to go grab their stuff and try to help out as many people as they could and quickly. Time was running short and everyone needed to be on one of the two ships that were carrying passengers.
While running and directing people towards the docks where the boats were, they had run into Dragon and Jasmine. They looked at the boys and Sabo knew what that meant. It was his time to leave. He said his goodbyes to Ace and Luffy and none of the boys were sad. They knew they were going to meet up eventually sooner or later. Once the goodbyes were over, Jasmine hugged both Luffy and Ace and said it was nice to meet them both and she was proud of how Luffy had grown up and she was happy to see Ace again. Placing a kiss on both of their cheeks, she left. Dragon just stood watch and waited for his wife. Once she was finished with her goodbyes they had left. But Dragon did say "We'll meet again Luffy." before he ran to where his ship was.
Ace and Luffy were now looking for Garp and Shanks. Still running around the area, they met Dadan and Garp yelling at one another.
"What do you mean you can't find her?" said Garp
"I don't know Garp-san… She was with me a few moments ago but then one second later she was gone."
"What happened?" Ace asked and Garp turned around and saw Ace and Luffy standing there.
"Makino is missing." he says and now both Ace and Luffy looked out, turning around to see if they could find the green haired lady.
They were all going to look for her but then they heard the first cannon fire at the island. A loud explosion was heard once the cannon ball had landed right on a house, causing it to explode and completely destroying it. Garp was angry and his eyes widened. They really didn't care if people were still on the island. Luffy looked at Ace and Garp who were both quite furious at what they were seeing.
Garp grabbed the boys and told Dadan to follow him but somehow Luffy got his arm out and said "I'll find Makino." Garp stopped walking for a moment but then continued on running. Ace was screaming and trying to get his grandfather to stop running but he kept continuing on running. He told Ace that Luffy would be fine and was making his way to his ship, trying to lead the last few scattered people onto his ship.
Luffy was running around frantically around the town. He couldn't find Makino no matter how much he looked and he wasn't going to stop until he found both her and Shanks. Along his way, he found many people running towards the docs and some people needed help getting out of their house so that is what the little 6 year old boy did. For his age he was abnormally strong due to being a pirate all his life but that was all being to use here as he was helping those in need of help.
However, his only goal was to find Makino. He couldn't leave her here. He just hoped to find her. Running around and dodging the debris from the houses and buildings as well as the cannon balls, he tried making his way to the Party Bar where it had been hit with a cannon ball and the explosion after it. He went inside to find the bar completely ruined and suddenly he smelled something. He didn't know what that smell was but it was strong. Following the smell, he saw a pool of blood flowing down from a pile of burning wood. For some reason, Luffy stared at the blood and the smell of the blood was strong. He felt attracted to it. He didn't know what was going on but he shook his head once he saw that there was a leg that was beneath the burning logs.
He started to remove the fiery wood off of Makino's body but they were pretty heavy and the wood was burning his small little hands and burning right through his clothes, injuring him. Once he removed them, he saw Makino all bloodied up and heavily injured. He put his ear near her mouth and could tell she was still breathing to which he was relieved to find that she bar was slowly getting on fire and by the time Luffy was able to pick her up, the fire had spread out and it was pretty bad that he didn't know how to get out without causing more harm to Makino. With determination on his mind, he closed his eyes and ran through the fire and burned down building after finding a gap for exit.
Having not opened his eyes, he kept running until eventually he bumped into someone. As he and Makino fell, he opened his eyes and saw Shanks who was panicking a whole lot when he saw Makino all bloodied up and injured. He told some of his crewmates to get her and take her to the infirmary on the ship. The next thing he did was help Luffy up and saw that the little boy himself was injured and burnt as well.
Carrying the young one in his arms, he took Luffy to the infirmary and placed him on a bed that was beside Makino. The doctors and nurses that weren't working on her were now taking care of Luffy and his injuries. Once that was done he went out on deck and met with Benn Beckman as the two were seeing the island being destroyed in front of their very eyes. Both men had a lot of anger that they wanted to take out on some poor Marine souls who dared to get in their way.
When Dragon and the people he took sailed out, watching the destruction of the island, he felt sad. Like a part of him was dying. This was his home. And seeing it being destroyed and not being able to stop it hurt him. The place where he grew up in, the place where he saw his son's birth, the place where his mother was buried. All the memories of the island that he had were now going through his mind. This feeling was the worst. And even though he was already against the World Government, he swore to himself that there would be no other Buster Calls on innocent islands. His plan was to topple down the government before they could do this again. That was a promise he made as he saw a cannon ball hit the cemetery that his mother was laid to rest in. That was also the last time he shed a tear.
For Sabo, this island was home. Being born into a rich family but hating the noble lifestyle, he wanted a way to get out of it. He wanted to change the world but he was just a kid that was still very weak. Seeing the island being destroyed by the Navy and the World Government, he lost all hope in them. There wasn't anything he could do for the moment right now but soon enough when he would get older, he was going to be a person that would be vital in the changing of the world. And being on a ship with Dragon was kind of a start to this dream of his. He would ask if one day he would be able to join the revolutionary army. But right now all that mattered was that he got out safely and so would his two brothers.
Garp wanted to kill every Marine here for destroying his home. He was furious. He definitely was going to have a clash with Sengoku when he gets back to his office. However, having to swallow that anger and ensuring the safety of Ace and the civilians, he had to remain calm. Commanding the ship and being on the phone with the Marines and telling them that he was now leaving the island with civilians on his ship, he hoped no one would check them. He wasn't worried about Ace because no one knew what Ace looked like and Garp could easily convince them that Ace is just an orphan boy that ran to his ship just before this whole thing had started. No he was worried that he might end up fighting that poor Marine officer, meaning that he is betraying his own kind. That was something Garp would not allow himself to do. He prided his work over anything and anyone but seeing his home get destroyed and seeing the grave of his dead wife being shot at, he didn't care about the Marines anymore.
Dadan was in tears. There was no hiding it from anyone. She was crying. The mountains were her home and knowing that this island was going to be completely destroyed. If it weren't for the boys, Dadan would have definitely stayed on the island and let herself die with it. She really didn't want to leave. Of course her crew did want to leave the island because they did value their lives but they knew Dadan for a very long time. She wasn't going to give up her home for anything. Everyone was thankful for the boys because once they told them to get out of here, Dadan wanted to live on for their sake and see what their futures held. She was attached to the boys. If they told her to live then by all means she will even if that meant she wouldn't be able to see them again.
Ace was mad at his father and at Luffy's father. The two good for nothing men ruined the lives of many people. He was also mad at the fact that he was too weak to stop this. He promised that after this he would become so strong that he could take a whole Buster Call all by himself and walk away with his life still intact. Seeing his home being destroyed, he hated this feeling in him. He had slight tears in his eyes as this was going on but all that he cared about was that Sabo and Luffy would be fine. He knew that he and his brothers would be safe after all of this but first they needed to get through this. Once that was over then they can move on in their next chapter in life. He promised himself that he would one day become strong enough to never let this happen to anyone else.
Shanks only recently arrived at this island. He was barely there for a few weeks but he did get to know the nice and kind people of the town. He felt bad that the innocent people on the island now had to go and rebuild a whole new life in some other island that will be in the Grand Line. He feared for their safety but he was certain that the island that they would be placed in was under the protection of Whitebeard. But they needed to get out of this situation first. As he was seeing the whole island get destroyed, he got angrier. He and his crew were getting very anxious to take down a couple of the fleet that had come to sink this island. He just hoped that Garp and Dragon would be able to leave without any trouble. And now all he could do was wait until he saw an opening to leave the island.
Luffy was shocked at the power that the Navy had. Back when he was on the Moby, no Marines would ever bother Whitebeard and the crew, only dumb pirates who thought they could kill Whitebeard fought him. The rest stayed as far away possible. But seeing this island destroyed, he was sad. He made two brothers, got closer to his grandfather, met two foster mothers and eventually met his own parents. This island had happy moments for him and even though he almost died, it was worth it being able to call Ace and Sabo his brothers. The memories of this island were going through the little boys head. He was going to miss everyone but he knew that he will one day eventually would meet them, with the exception of Ace and Sabo. Those brothers of his were going to meet his family and live with them.
Thankfully, there was no one on the island as it was sinking to the bottom of the ocean. The three ships had saved all the lives in Foosha Village and were quite happy with that. Dragon was the first ship to sail out, heading North. However, going there was pretty risky. The Navy fleet was there. All they needed to do was get past them and they could be cleared.
Shanks was looking to see if any trouble would arise. If for one second Shanks felt like there would be a problem, he would be willing to fight. But thankfully, the ship was let go. It kept on sailing and made quite some distance between the fleet. Shanks had exhaled and then turned his attention to Garp's ship which was stopped by a few ships but Garp looked calm and collected, which was great, so Shanks had nothing to worry about. And that was confirmed once Garp was able to leave the area with his ship.
However, now Shanks needed to get out of the area. And the attention of the whole Navy fleet was towards Shanks. Just before he was able to tell Luffy to get inside, the Marines had now started shooting the ship and now all Shanks could do was escape. But he wasn't going without a fight. He told his men to get ready and completely forgotten about Luffy for a few moments. He unsheathed his sword and his men were sailing right for a two Navy ships that were in his way to escape.
Cannon fire was going from both sides, however, the Marines were missing while Shanks and his crew kept on hitting them. However, one Marine ship was very bold. They sailed right towards Shanks and he told his men to prepare to get boarded. Benn took out his rifle and others got their weapons ready. Luffy was looking at the situation and thought that he could help. These Marines destroyed the homes of the people that Luffy cared about. The least he could do was put up a small fight even though he knew he wasn't going to be able to do much damage.
"Red head!" yelled out a Marine from his ship "You've got nowhere to run. And I know you are holding the son of your former Captain on your ship. Prepare to die for a young child." as he raised his arm that had suddenly turned into a large arm made of lava.
Luffy widened his eyes. He couldn't remember the name of the man but his family had told him that he was the worst Marine there was who was always in the mood to kill pirates.
"Oh you think you can take out my crew AND myself, Sakazuki? I'd love to see you try." as Shanks raised his sword and watched the Marines board his ship.
Cannon fire still coming towards them, the main focus of this was to just get out of the place but again they weren't going to leave without a fight.
As the Marines boarded, the pirates fought them off. However, this fight wasn't a one sided fight. Since Shanks and his crew were getting attacked on many sides, they were losing troops just as fast as they were killing Marines. Until eventually Sakazuki met up with the Red-Haired man and without a word said, both men started to fight.
Once the Marines boarded, Luffy ran into action like the 6 year old boy he was. Right now he had an advantage of being small so he went unnoticed as Marines kept getting hurt by something but not really seeing what was hurting them until they found out a young kid was running around.
They aimed their attack on the kid but the Red Hair Pirates would not allow that to happen. While the Marines aimed for Luffy, they aimed for those Marines. But Luffy himself wasn't putting up a bad fight by himself. Eventually, Benn Beckman caught up to Luffy and told him to stay by his side until they got rid of the Marines, to which Luffy had listened. But there was one thing no one was expecting. As people died, Luffy became a much more better fighter. It was difficult to explain what Benn thought he was looking at but he could clearly see the normally nice and happy little boy become so serious and uptight. Hell at one point, he noticed that Luffy had killed a Marine officer and that made him raise an eyebrow. A normal six year old kid should not be able to kill a full grown experienced Marine with his bare hands. Unless this child was not normal. But he also noticed that the more people died, the more angrier Luffy gotten and that was when he stopped fighting and picked up Luffy. His eyes were dark and anger was radiating off of the boy. He told Luffy to snap out of and go inside the ship until they were clear but Luffy didn't listen.
Benn chased after the boy who was running around and somehow killing people. He was shocked to see the boy so expressionless until when he got close, he noticed that Luffy's face had tears coming out from his eyes. Benn picked up the boy and calmly said "Everything's gonna be alright Luffy." and for a moment, he wasn't thinking about the battle. He was only trying to help out this little kid who looked very conflicted with himself.
In that second, a man crept behind Benn with a sword and was about to strike the man down. Luffy saw that and immediately jumped out of Benn's hand and caught the man's sword by his teeth, biting down and breaking it. However, that did injure the little boy as his mouth was bleeding. Luffy's eyes turned back to normal and then Benn once again told the boy to go hide. But this time he wanted the boy to go to the infirmary.
Luffy shook his head once he was in control of his body. He didn't know what that was but it took over him again like that time with Mikaella. He didn't know why it happened but it did. But the one thing he did notice was that it had something to do with blood. Because that was how he was able to find Makino. Through the smell of blood. He was going to ask his Oyaji once he got back to the ship, hoping that they would know that was.
But right now his concern was to get to the infirmary. But that was cut short when he got hit with magma right in his chest. Creating a big x shape. Luffy screamed out in pain. But, as he screamed, he released a wave of Conquerors Haki.
Akainu and Shanks were still going at it. Both men were landing hits on one another and both men were getting injured but they were both unbothered by the damage they took.
However, Shanks had the upper hand in this fight. His armament Haki was strong so Akainu couldn't really use his logia powers to fight the man. He had to use his brute strength and fight smartly.
About to lose the fight and possibly his life, Akainu saw a young boy who was running and activated his devil fruit powers once more and aimed at an area where he knew the boy would walk by but also where Shanks would dodge the attack.
Throwing a ball of magma like a skipping rock, Shanks knew to dodge the attack but what he wasn't expecting was that the ball hit Luffy. His eyes turned into rage when he heard the little boy scream. But turned into shock when the Haki wave was released. Many of the Marines and his pirates were knocked out and he took a look at Akainu who stopped for a moment but looked furious.
The Marines were now outnumbered by a whole lot and Akainu told the remaining conscious men to fall back to the ship and he told them to leave the ones who were unconscious.
While the confusion was going on, Akainu had again thrown a magma rock attack towards Luffy as he exited towards his own ship, only this time, Shanks was fast enough to save him, but it did cause him to get hit and the impact of the hit threw them both overboard.
As Shanks was treading in the water, the little boy who was in obvious pain now had a different set of tears. Hanging on to Shanks, he cried on his chest, holding on tightly.
"Thanks Luffy… You fought bravely." but he got no answer from him. He looked at the chest of Luffy and the injury he had gotten looked a lot worse. It was obvious he was in pain but Luffy wasn't crying about his injury.
"You're a big boy Luffy… Whitebeard Pirates don't cry… So why are you crying?'
"But Shanks…" Luffy sobbed "Your arm…"
The older pirate smiled "It's just an arm. The more important thing is you're safe. So stop crying." he said as he pat the head of the 6 year old.
Luffy stopped crying for a few moments, but then Shanks realized that Luffy lost consciousness and also noticed that there was a lot of blood that was coming out from the two of them. He told his men to hurry up and get them on board, which they did once they had realized that something was wrong.
When the two got back on board, they were immediately rushed to the infirmary where both were being treated on. Shanks told Benn to make the decisions on the ship for now and just like that, the Captain of the Red-Hair Pirates was unconscious himself. Benn was glad both were alive and were going to be just fine in the future. Right now his main focus was to get them out of here and to get his injured men some treatment.
And with that I am done. See you next week. Thank you for the reviews guys, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
Made this chapter in a different way which I found would flow well. We got to see a lot of emotion and a bit of Cursed Luffy. We even got rid of Shank's arm. Cut the fight scene short because you'll get a proper fight scene in the coming chapters. I don't wanna spoil all the cool stuff I got planned for Shanks and his crew.
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