Chapter 8 : Result
"Portgas D. Ace. Or should I say Gol. D Ace? The son of the Pirate King." Akainu smirked at everyone's reaction. 'I guess they really didn't know.' he thought.
"Monkey D. Luffy. Son of the Revolutionary Dragon. The most wanted criminal in the world." Akainu continued. "They need to be eliminated." Akainu turned his whole right arm into magma. "Whether you like it or not."
"ATTACK!"
"EHHHHH!?" was everyone's reaction at this revelation.
Marco was the first person to recover from the shock when he realized they were currently under attack right now.
"OI! Pay attention to the fight!" Marco shouted as he kicked a Marine away from Blenheim.
This snapped everyone out of their daze and the fight broke out. The Marines were heavily outnumbered. Whitebeard had at least a thousand men under his command while Akainu brought only the top 300 officers. Whitebeard had ordered that only the commanders and himself can engage in the fight. He told all of his sons to stay inside the cabins and surround the brats incase of a sneak attack on them.
Ace just stared at the man that revealed his and Luffy's heritage and he gripped the edge of the window.
"What? I have a father?" Luffy asked. He looked at Ace, but Ace wasn't answering him. Ace just stared at him with shock. Or was that fear? He couldn't tell.
Thatch stared at the pair with sad eyes. He knew Ace was aware of the danger they were in, but Luffy was obviously clueless. He would need to explain this to them later.
"Let's talk about this later with Oyaji." Thatch decided. Ace looked at him nervously and started fidgeting from where he was sitting. Luffy didn't notice but Thatch certainly did.
"Do you hate me now?" Ace asked in a whisper. He was still looking down, refusing to make eye contact with his friend.
Thatch smiled and nudged Ace in the ribs lightly to make him look up. When he did, he could see the desperation in his eyes. It made him want to kill whoever made Ace feel this way.
"Of course not kid, you're still the annoying brat you'll always be." Thatch ruffled Ace's hair for the first time, and this time, he didn't protest. "But we definitely need to have a serious talk later. It seems Luffy doesn't have a clue what we are talking about and that's a problem."
Ace and Thatch glanced at Luffy who was too busy focusing on the battle outside to listen.
It didn't take long for Akainu to be the last Marine standing. All of the commanders were standing unscathed in front of their father, while Whitebeard stood at his full length.
Whitebeard and Akainu had agreed to fight on land because they didn't want their ships to get in the way. There was no one on Dawn Island except for the two. An evacutation ship for the Nobles were sent a couple days ago, although some were reluctant and refused to part with their unportable belongings. It took a long time, but they all finally left.
Whitebeard threw back his fist and using his devil fruit ability, squashed him into the ground with his left foot. Before Akainu could get back up, Whitebeard punched him again, the force making him skid away from him.
Akainu slowly stood up and glared at the man. He knew he was outmatched but he couldn't let those two kids live. He knew they would grow up and be a danger to the world.
"Why are you protecting them Whitebeard?" Akainu yelled. "I need to eliminate them before-"
He was cut off when Whitebeard used his bisento to slice him, but Akainu jumped in the air on time. Whitebeard was always mad when someone threatened his children but this time, it was different. He was even more angry than usual. It might be because the brats are only kids or because he felt nostalgic of his times with his former rival. He didn't know what. All he did know was that he was going to KILL this man incase he goes after Ace and Luffy again.
Akainu switched to the offensive and started running towards him with his arms turning into magma. Whitebeard threw a fist into the air and the air 'cracked' causing Akainu to get thrown back yet again. He grabbed the Marine by his collar and did a head-butt which made Akainu almost lose consciousness. Whitebeard raised his bisento and sliced the man across the chest, killing him.
Whitebeard threw the dead man behind his shoulder where Marco was watching the fight.
"What do we do with him Oyaji?" Marco looked down on the disheveled man and back at his father.
"Throw him into the ocean."
Marco picked up the man with ease and threw him to the ocean, where he sank like a hammer.
"I have a feeling Garp might come here after hearing a Buster Call on his home island." Marco sighed.
"Let's set sail immediately before that happens." Whitebeard said.
By the time Whitebeard and Marco came back to the ship, all of the Marines were gone and the pirates were waiting for their father to come back. They knew that their father could beat any Admiral no problem, he wasn't known as the strongest man for nothing, but lately his health was deteriorating from his old age, so they were worried.
"Where are the brats?" Whitebeard walked to his chair and took a seat with Marco standing next to him.
"Thatch is bringing them out right now," Izo answered as everyone glanced where Thatch's room is.
The door opened and Thatch came out with a nervous Ace and an excited Luffy. They stood in front of their father.
"You guys were so awesome!" Luffy exclaimed.
The deck were filled with chuckles from the crew. Some were even blushing at the compliment.
Ace was still looking down, without his usual cocky smile on his face. Whitebeard cleared his throat to get everyone to be quiet.
"Do both of you know who your father is?" Whitebeard stared at his sons while holding a huge bottle of sake.
"I don't know. Is my father really a dragon? Can he fly like Marco!?" Luffy was jumping up and down at the thought of flying with his father he knew nothing about.
"No. Not that type of dragon -yoi."
Luffy scrunched his face up in disgust. "You mean those ugly dragons. I don't like my father."
Marco had to supress a laughter from coming out. "Not Celestial Dragons either. His name is Dragon."
Some of the crew started laughing at Luffy's 'I don't like my father' statement after thinking he was one of them.
"The Revolutionary Army is a force that is purposely opposing the governement unlike pirates -yoi. Your father is the leader so that's why he's considered 'dangerous' by the government." Marco explained.
"Ahhh. So it's a mystery force." Luffy slammed his fist into his palm in realization. Marco face-planted on the floor before standing up and sighing at the boy.
Whitebeard noticed Ace was being really quiet. He hasn't hit or scolded Luffy yet in the past minute. A new record.
"Since now we know why the government wants you, we need to be more cautious in case something like this happens again." Whitebeard chugged a whole bottle before throwing it and reaching for another one.
"Do you hate me now that you know I am your old rival's son?" Ace stared at the man with sad yet hopeful eyes.
"It doesn't matter who your parents were. Like I said, everyone is a child of the sea. You'll still be my son even if you're the devil itself." Whitebeard took a swig of alcohol looking at Ace's reaction in the corner of his eye.
Ace was near tears while Luffy was looking appreciatively towards him for saying that to his brother.
"Let's celebrate!" someone shouted.
"Gurarara. Alright!"
The party started a few minutes later. People were arm wrestling, eating, drinking, dancing, singing, or watching other people make a fool of themselves.
Thatch was hitting on a nurse in a semi-drunken state. Luffy was singing Bink's Sake along with others while dancing merrily and Ace was leaning on the railing, staring at the night time view with a peaceful smile on his face. He finally felt like he had a home.
It's been a while since the Whitebeard Pirates left East Blue and entered the Grand Line. Whitebeard had stopped at Odayakana to get their ship back and for Ace and Luffy to say their goodbyes to the residents of Dawn Island. Ace and Luffy reassured Makino and Dadan and her bandits that they would meet again when they become well-known pirates, or in Luffy's case, Pirate King. During this time, a certain Marine visited Dawn Island.
Garp stared at what used to be Dawn Island. The coast was filled with burnt marks and some of the trees were knocked down. He concluded that Akainu fought someone on this coast but according to HQ, he hasn't returned. Strange.
He walked around the whole island and saw that everyone was gone. Even the nobles. There were no dead rotting bodies and nothing was burned down. It looked like nothing had happen.
Garp smiled. 'Looks like they escaped on time.' "BWAHAHA! I was worried for nothing."
Garp went to the mountains and saw that Dadan's shack was abandoned with no belongings inside. 'Good. Good.' He was about to leave when he saw a note sticking out of a picture frame.
"Hm?" Garp walked to the picture frame and pulled out the note. He started reading it and when he was done, he crumpled it out of anger and stuffed it in his pocket. He stormed out of the shack and ordered his men to prepare to set sail for the Grand Line.
Buster Call. Run away to another island. Whitebeard save us. Brats on Whitebeard Ship. Not my fault.
P.S. I'm not gonna tell you what island we're hiding on.
-Dadan
Monkey D. Dragon was looking at his plans to overthrow the monarchy in Drum Island when his subordinate came in with the daily newspaper. He skimmed through it. Mostly about the government being great blah blah until one headline caught his attention and his breath.
"Son of Pirate King Gol D. Roger and Son of the Revolutionary Dragon Both Killed Under Unknown Circumstances on Dawn Island"
Dragon unknowingly shed a tear, much to his subordinates' surprise. He felt so furious. The reason why he left Luffy in the care of his father was so that something like this wouldn't happen. He knew the 'Unknown Circumstances' meant the government was trying to kill them. He continued reading for more info on their deaths but all it talked about was random crap. The only useful or interesting thing he found was that apparently the two boys considered each other as brothers. Therefore, the rest of the article called them 'The Demon Brothers.'
The next few days, Dragon was a lot more gloomy than usual. He felt so terrible with himself for leaving Luffy in the care of his father. It was pretty obvious his father was a loud mouth but he thought he was smart enough to not let that info slip to people he did not trust, but he was wrong.
On the sixth day, he received a letter from the News Coo that was sent from his father. Maybe he's still alive?! He hastily opened it and gave a hearty laugh when his father explained what had happened.
"Pirate huh? You better raise hell for them when you get older."
Everyone was in the dining hall eating their breakfast. They got over the shock of the identities of the boys' fathers and saw them as the annoying brats they first met a while ago.
Marco came intro the galley with a smile on his face as he sat next to Luffy and across from Ace. He took out two papers from his pocket and placed them in front of them with a smirk.
The two boys gazed down on the paper in front of them and their eyes widened in shock.
"WE HAVE BOUNTIES NOW?!" Luffy squealed in happiness, forgetting his food.
Ace smirked in approval. He was a little disappointed at the amount though. Somehow, the Marines managed to get their photos taken, not that he was complaining though. He actually looked pretty cool while Luffy looked like a complete dork.
By now, everyone ran up to their table to check out the bounties. There were a lot of cheers and sighs from the jealous members. After the commotion died down, everyone resumed to their meal and conversations.
Whitebeard smiled proudly at his two new youngest sons that were smiling so much, it hurt to look. Although they didn't earn it from battle, it's still pretty exciting for young kids like them. He had expected them to be sad that they were going to be hunted down, but to his surprise, they were thrilled.
On Ace's poster, he was glaring at something on the right with his arms crossed defiantly.
On Luffy's poster, he was smiling at the photographer with a big smile that cause his eyes to close. He also did a peace sign with his signature straw hat on his head.
Portgas D. Ace
-60,000,000 belis
Monkey D. Luffy
-50,000,000 belis
I just had to kill Akainu haha oops. I realized that I haven't used -yoi for Marco in like the last 5 chapters so I'm bringing it back lol. Ace has a higher bounty because the 'Pirate King's son is more of a threat.'
To the person that pointed out that Shanks is not a Yonkou yet, well this is my story so I'm changing some stuff up. In this, he is.
