Hey guys! So the fights have been decided, and will be officially listed next week with the next chapter. I admit I was feeling kind of lazy with this chapter, so apologies if anything feels too abrupt or OOC, thanks! So read, enjoy, review!
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Sengoku cleared his throat as he stared at the upcoming battle that was to come. Just like before with Ace's execution, the air was so thick that you could break a saw with it, and everyone was anxious for the fight to begin.
"Sengoku. You're ready." Tsuru spoke though the Den Den Mushi
"Ah." Clearing his throat, he began.
"Citizens of the world! It was on this day, two years ago that we attempted to wipe-out the last Go.l D. Roger, by the attempted execution of Gol. D. Ace. As you all know, our efforts to extinguish the bloodline was effort by the Whitebeard pirates, his allies, and Monkey D. Luffy. But that is what makes today such a momentous occasion, for today we execute something just as dangerous, if not more dangerous than Roger's bloodline. For today…we gather for the execution of the Revolutionary Monkey D. Dragon…father of Monkey D. Luffy. So without further ado…" Sengoku narrowed his eyes when the pirate ships got into position, he looked to Hijikata and Kondo to get into position. Once they did he spoke one last time into the Den Den Mushi. "Let's finish what we started. Strawhat…save your father if you can."
On the Thousand Sunny
Luffy glared at the blatant challenge, he felt a hand squeeze his shoulder for reassurance. He looked to see it was Gintoki; he, Shinpachi, Kagura, Sougo were already in position to fight. The rest of his crew got into their stances as well. Sighing, he looked to his shipwright. "Franky…clear a path to him."
"You got it." After pressing a few buttons in his arm, Sunny's mouth opened and after a few minutes, the ship started to shake. "VIBRATION SENSATION!" Franky shouted as his ship sent out a giant sound blast. As expected, it cracked the walls and cannons, eliminating the first obstacle from last time. Where those bastards trapped the pirates like cowards, and had lava raining down on them. He turned to his left and saw several of Whitebeard's ships like last time, and several other ships that he didn't recognize.
"Strawhat Boy!" Luffy smiled when he recognized Ivankov, so these were Revolutionary ships. Luffy frowned when he saw Sanji tremor.
"Sanji…what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just horrible memories from hell." He twitched.
"Can it curly-brow, we don't have time for your bitching." Zoro stepped forward.
"EHH?!"
"He's right, we have to focus." Nami added. "So what's the plan of attack?"
"Hmmm…Sakata-san…do you see the man called Takasugi here?" Robin asked.
Gintoki frowned. "He's definitely here."
"OI! YOU GUYS COMING OR WHAT?!" Everyone looked down to see Kagura and Sougo already running ahead.
"OI! What do they think they can do by themselves?!" Ussop asked.
"Apparently more than us." Gintoki shrugged and also jumped the ship, Shinpachi followed. "You coming, Strawhat?"
Luffy, his crew, and Jinbe jumped down. "EVERYONE! LET'S GO! AND DAD!" For the first time ever, Luffy and his dad faced each other, eye-to-eye. "YOU BETTER STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, CAUSE I'M KICKING YOUR ASS!"
Whitebeard's Ship
Ace smirked in pride at his little brother, but frowned at the upcoming battle. He turned to his captain with a worried expression. "Pops…you sure you want to do this?"
"Eh. Clear the way to Sengoku…I'm teaching that idiot a lesson." Whitebeard smirked.
Looking at Marco, the man shrugged, indicating defeat. Ace let out a heft sigh. "Fine Pops, you win."
Revolutionary Ships
"EVERYONE LISTEN UP! WE COME HERE TODAY TO SAVE OUR LEADER! SO WITH THE WORLD AS OUR WITNESS, LET'S SHOW THESE NAVY-BASTARDS WHAT'S TO COME!" Ivankov announced. "ARE YOU READY?!"
"YEEEEAAAHH!" The Revolutionaries yelled and jumped off the ship, heading towards the battle.
At the Execution Platform
Sengoku looked ahead at the pirates charging forward to the awaiting marines, he looked to Dragon. "You should be proud, once again, your son single-handedly has the whole world side against justice to stop the inevitable."
"I never asked him to come." Dragon growled.
"I know, it's just a shame that your father couldn't be here." Sengoku sighed. "He was such a good marine, it would've been nice to see at least one of his sons to follow his example."
"So glad to see they didn't join the cult. They didn't fall the disillusion Sakazuki fell for." Dragon snorted.
"Ah, that's right. Lucinda fell for you, and it cost her, her life didn't it?" Sengoku asked.
"We fell in love, but she only lost her life in consequence to the pressure that you and Sakazuki placed on her. You hounded her to the point where she had to give birth in secret; we didn't even have access to a doctor at the time." Dragon growled.
"Then blame your son or yourself for the terrible timing." Sengoku replied.
"Hehe…that's rich Sengoku, even now you still blame me and my son for the Sakazuki family's downfall. They were the mediators between Donflamingo's SMILE and the World Government; it was their own fault for getting greedy and attempting to grab power when they shouldn't have. The only reason why they spared Akainu was because he was already in the Navy at the time, and they had disowned Lucinda for eloping with me. You're pathetic for twisting it, Sengoku." Dragon sneered.
"Hush now Dragon, soon you and the world will see our new Universal Justice in action, and everyone will see it is for the best." Sengoku said.
"That's the problem with you World Government and Navy bastards, you always think you know what's best for the people, when you never even ask the people what they think!" Dragon exclaimed.
"The people need us to guide them and protect them! It is impossible to protect them in chaos! We are all fighting for what we think is best, but truly…the best is complete extermination of the Revolutionaries and the pirates. As long those irregularities exist, the people will never have complete faith in justice." Sengoku answered. He turned his attention to Kondo and Hijikata, who were listening but didn't interrupt out of respect. "Get into position; it's almost time."
"Understood." Kondo and Hijikata raised their swords over Dragon's head.
"Dragon, look at your son one last time; I want to his expression once your head comes off." Sengoku requested.
"Go to Hell." Dragon replied, but stole a glance at the incoming rubber boy anyways. Like with Ace's execution, Luffy was barreling through people and was making his way towards the execution platform. But Luffy had many more resources to his disposal this time; he had mastered haki, his crew was by his side, and now he had experience. His son knew this battleground and wasn't going to make the same mistakes as last time. Right now, his son was simply walking straight to him; if his crew or Odd-Jobs weren't knocking down marines, he was knocking them out with Conquers haki.
Soon enough…Luffy was standing in front of the execution platform, looking up at his dad straight in the eye. Everything dispersed around him; other than the moment Luffy was born, this was the first time he had ever looked at his son. Oh how he had grown; his son was no longer an infant, but a young man who had already started his life. Looking at him, he could see why Ivankov had so much faith in him, he could see the same certainty in his son that his comrade saw. If only this had been under different circumstances.
"COMMENCE EXECUTION!" Sengoku's booming voice snapped them out of it.
Luffy's eyes widened and sent a blast of haki at the two Shinsengumi, only for it to be blocked by Sengoku. "NO! LET HIM GO!"
"You've come far Strawhat, everyone can see that. But unfortunately…it isn't enough, and after today, you'll understand it will never be enough." Sengoku spoke.
"Damn it old guy! Just let dad go! You tried to hurt Ace and I stopped you! So I'll stop you again if I have to!" Luffy dashed forward, only for him to jump back.
SPLOOSH!
Luffy's eyes widened at the familiar red liquid as it quelled in front of him; slowly…he looked up and saw the very face that had haunted him and Ace to this day. After two years, Akainu hadn't changed much; he was still extremely tall, wore the red suit, but now had a gotique. That signature grim, yet arrogant expression was unmistakable to Luffy. Clutching his chest, he glared up at the admiral, hatred coursing through his veins. "You…"
"Good to see you again, Strawhat; that's a suiting expression for your death." He powered up a fist. "Let's do it sir; let the world witness rebel father and son die at the hands of justice."
"Ah. Kondo-san…Hijikata-san…bring your blades." Sengoku ordered.
"Ah." Hijikata and Kondo brought down their weapons.
"DAD!"
"LUFFY!"
CHING!
Time stood still momentarily; Luffy felt his heart stop as he saw his father fall to his side. "DAD!" Luffy roared, and immediately glared at Akainu. "YOU!" He shot a blast of haki at red man, and when he knew he had an opening, sent a direct punch at the man's face. "HOW DARE YOU?!"
"How dare we, Strawhat? No, the question is: how dare you? How dare you for being born, if not for you, none of this would've happened." Akainu replied.
"What are you talking about?! First you try to take Ace away! And now Dad!" Luffy exclaimed.
"It was that damned pirate ideology that made this world fall into chaos two years ago!" Akainu yelled back. "This world never needed pirates back then, and it certainly doesn't need it now! That damned pirate ideology took everything from me!" Akainu took his chance and brought his fist down on Luffy.
CLANG!
"Oi, oi, no blaming little kids for your own problems, old man." Gintoki swished his sword, making Akainu back off. Gintoki was very thankful Mihawk had a seastone sword to spare; otherwise cutting through magma would've been difficult. "And you…" He uncovered Luffy from his arm. "Stay focused, the goal is to get out of here alive after all."
"Dad's dead." Luffy stated.
"What are you talking about, he's fine; his head's still attached to his body." He smirked at the two Shinsengumi officers. "OI! Mayora! Gorilla! You take Souchiro and Kagura for a month after this! When he met up with us, he put us through hell!"
"URUSAI DAMN PERMHEAD! YOU'RE JUST LUCKY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN STUCK IN THIS CRAPHOLE OF A BASE!" Hijikata yelled down at him
"You two know each other?!" Sengoku exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell us this?!"
"Hey, Isaburo knew him too." Kondo shrugged.
"WHAT?!" He glared at the man, who had been too busy texting on his phone to even notice what was going on.
"Hm?" He looked up and around himself. "Oh, I see it's already begun; no point in hiding any longer, I suppose."
"What do you mean?" Sengoku asked.
"It means exactly it says, Sengoku-san…" Kondo spoke, he banged his blade down on Dragon's shackles, cracking them into dust. "…There's no point in hiding the fact that you're working with the Kihetai."
"WHAT?!" Sengoku sputtered. "D-Don't be ridiculous! They may be space pirates, but still pirates! We'd never converse with any other pirates other than the Shichibukai!"
"Stupid moron." Hijikata pointed his sword at the Fleet Admiral. "I overheard Takasugi and Isaburo talking the other day, and we've been suspicious of your activity for awhile because of Sougo. Even though we told you not to send people at Odd-Jobs, you did so anyways. Oi! Isaburo! You with the Kihetai too?"
"Indeed, along with the Harusame." Isaburo got out his gun. "Nothing personal, just business."
"Sounds good!" Hijikata charged at the man, slicing the gun out of his hand; the men landed off the platform; Isaburo drew his sword and got into his stance as well.
"WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Spandine yelled.
"I'll tell you what's going on." Kizaru stepped down from his seat, he smirked at the people matching up to their opponents. He looked up the sky and saw his familiar opponent from two years ago: Marco the Phoenix. "Wonder if Whitebeard is going to get involved this time. Guess the other commanders came back with vengeance."
"I see…we should get going…" Spandam was about to leave with his father, only to be stopped by several marines.
"Oh…you're not going anywhere." Under the hat, one of them revealed themselves to be Blueno. BANG! Spandam and Spandine were sent off the execution platform. Sengoku fisted his arm, preparing to fight; Luffy and his father were still up here, and he wasn't letting them down. To his surprise, the former CP9 people jumped down to follow their victim.
"Luffy-kun?" Kondo asked the Strawhat boy. "You and your father should go…I'll cover you."
"But dad's…"
"I'm fine Luffy." Luffy turned behind him and saw Dragon rise up. "Thank you Kondo-san…you're a good man…truly."
"You can compliment me when the battle's over! Get back to your ship!" Kondo yelled.
"You think I'll let you?" Sengoku stepped forward; he glanced at Kizaru to see he was still facing Marco. He looked around himself and finally noticed that everyone had already gotten into place for their battle.
"Dragon, get going!" Kondo yelled. "They planned to kill us to begin with!"
"Relax, de gozaru." Kondo froze and turned to the familiar black-haired musician. "We aren't fighting you, we are only interested in fighting the strongest. Takasugi-san is already making his way to Sakata-san, and Sengoku-san…it's nothing personal…but your tune went from a classical orchestra to a screcchy fiddle with broken strings. You and Akainu lost some of your reason as a result from two years ago."
"Go…we'll cover you." Kondo said one last time.
Dragon frowned, but put a hand on Luffy. "Thank you…please be safe Kondo-san."
"Ah! Thanks Gorilla-san!" Luffy followed his dad.
Kondo cried slightly. "Even in this universe…"
"Good, they're gone…now if you'll excuse me…I have an opponent to fight. I was promised a fight with Roronora Zoro in exchange for my cooperation. Good day." Bansai hopped off to his next fight.
Kondo watched silently, and went to the ledge to jump down as well. "I must say…I'm disappointed Kondo-san…I thought you'd understand."
"No Sengoku-san…I understand the need to provide and protect your men; especially if they depend on you as much as they do. But it's also the leader's job to set good examples, explain the limits and right the wrongs of your subordinates. Sengoku-san, I'm sorry…but even if the Kihetai hadn't been involved, I still wouldn't have been able to go along with this." Kondo said sadly.
"Why's that?" Sengoku frowned.
"Because what you're doing isn't justice; it's cover-up. What you're doing doesn't even qualify as politics, you were just trying to finish what you started two years ago. I can understand the devastation of being humiliated in front of the whole world, but that fight never should've been about your personal pride to begin with." Kondo explained. "That fight should've been about putting people fears at east, and showing them there was nothing to fear in the near and far future. That peace and justice would protect them all."
"We were trying to accomplish that!" Sengoku hissed. "This day two years ago was meant to wipe out the pirate line, to end the pirate dream! To show people that that dream was completely impossible!"
"That's another thing you did wrong: no dream's impossible. Even if you did manage to kill his son, people would still remember Gol. D. Roger, and they certainly would remember the Navy and World government pulling such dirty tricks to win the war." Kondo frowned. "You used Ace-san to lure the one he called father into the battlefield, along with all his brothers and sisters just as you planned, int the efforts of wiping them out. Had it truly been about Ace-san's execution, you wouldn't have made such a spectacle of it, and you wouldn't have lured the pirates in. He cheated every step of the way here Fleet Admiral, and now it'll bite you in the ass again."
"Why should I care?! They're pirates! They're revolutionaries! Why do you even care?!" Sengoku demanded.
"Because they're also people. People who have loved ones and comrades who are counting on them and expect them to make it home for supper on time. When you kill someone, you always take someone away from a group like that; that's why I never use my sword lightly." Kondo said. "Today was all about humiliating Dragon-san and settling the score with Luffy-kun; justice had absolutely nothing to do with the equation. Toshi and I knew that from the start."
"I see… a shame then." Sengoku sent some energy into his arm. "Too bad I won't let you leave here." Suddenly, a strong grip fell onto Sengoku's shoulder.
"OH SURE YOU WILL SENGOKU! AFTER ALL…you'll have to fight me." TOSS! Kondo watched as an old brawly man in a black suit tossed Sengoku several hundred feet into a building behind them. The old man turned to Kondo with a grin and thumbs up. "Don't worry, I'll take care of him! You just go help my grandson and son!"
"I see…thank you!" Kondo nodded and hopped off the platform, and the second he did…he came sword to sword with his next opponent. He instantly recognized the man. "Nice to see you again Momonga-san…too bad this couldn't be under better circumstances."
"Shut up! Damned traitor!" He hissed.
With Gintoki
The silver samira was getting irritated; he needed to buy Luffy and Dragon enough time to get passed, but damn this bastard was tough, and he needed to conserve his energy for Takasugi. Suddenly, a rock was tossed on Akainu, crushing the man under the weight. Gintoki turned his back to see Nico Robin with her arms crossed.
"Find Takasugi-san!" She called. "There was a man matching his description following Dragon and Luffy!"
"AH!" Gintoki ran past her.
Meanwhile, Akainu reformed and glared down at the woman in annoyance. "Ah it's you…the Ohara survivor, you always were an embarrassing blight on our system."
"Ah. And I was about to say the same thing to you. It's embarrassing that a war hound such as yourself has the seat of the hunter and musket." She responded. "MASS FLEUR!" Two giant hands formed and gathered as much wet dirt and rocks as possible, and proceeded to pad Akainu down with them.
Akainu merely fisted his lava hand and shot into it. He then jumped up and was about to punch Robin while she was unprotected.
BANG!
Akainu was sent back, feeling his hand get the familiar frost-bite feeling. He glared at his opponent. "Kuzan…should've kept to your book keeping duties."
"I found a reason to get out of retirement." He shrugged and stood up completely, making sure Robin was behind him.
"A-Aokiji-san…" Robin was stunned.
"Focus on your own opponent, little woman." Aokiji chided.
Turning so she was back to back with him, her eyes widened at her challenger- the genius strategist Tsuru. Glancing back over her shoulder at the taller man, she could only hope that he'd stay loyal to her until she got into a better position to fight him.
Luffy and Dragon
Despite all the cover they got, they didn't get very far until they faced their next obstacles. Dragon frowned in recognition of these people: they were two of the Kihetai members, Kamui, and the Mimiwarigumi second in command.
"Ara…where do you think you're going?" Kamui smiled.
"Out of the way!" Luffy demanded.
"I'm afraid that won't happen." The lolicon replied.
"Besides…" Finally…Takasugi and Bansai approached the father and son. "I wanted to meet this Strawhat in person; how do you do? I am Takasugi Shinsuke, I am the man who caught your father."
"Ah. So you're the jerk I have to beat up then." Luffy cracked his fist.
"You're not beating anyone up yet, Strwaht-brat." Luffy growled at the interruption, but looked up on some cliff to see Gintoki observing them His red eyes glared hatefully at the one-eyed man. "We've got a score to settle, don't we Takasugi?"
"Ah. We do." He smiled at the upcoming marimo and orange beauty. "Bansai-san…it appears as though your opponent has arrived."
"Luffy!" Zoro stopped abruptly when Bansai got in front of him. "Move it!"
"Interesting…your tune is like a two strands of grass blowing together; sputter but useful for only certain situations." Bansai unsheathed his sword. "Let's see if this situation is one of them."
"Fine then! I've been wanting to fight one of you alien samurai for awhile now!" Zoro drew his swords as well.
"Luffy! Are you all right?!" Nami already set her weapon for the upcoming fight, and was ready for her assignment.
"I'm fine Nami!" Luffy smiled.
BANG! BANG!
Instantly, Nami got in front of her captain and perried the bullets. She glared at the blonde gunman. "Don't ever raise your gun to my captain."
"You have your loyalties, I have mine." Matako got into position. "Shinsuke-sama! I will bring you this woman's head!"
"It won't be that easy, she doesn't have a devil fruit." Takechi said, and looked around his person to fight. "Now where did my opponent go?"
"I'm right here!" Shinpachi, Kagura, and Okita finally caught up to the group and were ready. "We're having our rematch! I'm going to kick your ass with everything Gin-san taught me in being a samurai!"
"What? How to give yourself diabetes?" Nobume asked.
"HEY! DON'T DENOUNCE SUGAR!" Gintoki shouted.
"I'm going to go fight now; have fun." She bid everyone goodbye and went hunting.
"She's flighty that one." Kamui whistled and turned to Kagura and Okita. "I don't really want to fight weaklings, but I suppose I have no choice. You are welcome to fight me together, if you want."
"Shut up Baka-nii!" KAgura got her umbrella ready. "I'm kicking your ass!"
"Really? Will you be helping little samurai?" Kamui smirked.
"Oh no, China and I are in a contest to see who will kill you faster. If I win, it's my treat for the week, but if I win it's China's kind of treat. So as you can tell…losing is absolutely not an option for me." Sougo got his sword out. "Kondo-san and Hijikaita-san can handle the Kihetai…but I'll be taking your head."
"Stop spewing corny lines Sadist!" Kagura shouted.
"Well now, let's-"
"Hey boss." Abuto appeared beside him. "I'm bored give me someone to fight."
"Hmmm…that's a good point actually." Kamui smirked. "Little samurai, you can fight Abuto-san here; he's weaker than me and only has one arm, so you should fair okay."
"Don't insult me, bastard." Abuto and Sougo glared at each other for saying the words at the same time.
"Don't worry, Abuto-san." His eyes fell on Dragon and Luffy. "It'll be a three on one fight: you versus Strawhat-san, Mr. Revolutionary, and Little Samurai. How does that sound?" Sougo and Kagura glared at Kamui for the suggestion; Dragon and Luffy didn't seem to fond of the idea either.
"Sounds good, but won't you get bored with just your sister?" Abuto asked.
"Oh no…can't you feel it?" Kamui looked over his shoulder. "Baldy's joined the pary too; it's a family reunion, don't you see?"
"Huh? Guess it's okay then." Abuto shrugged, and turned to address his opponents. "This is okay with you three, I presume?"
"I don't care whose ass I have to kick, I'm getting back to my ship." Luffy stated.
"I'm fighting alongside my son no matter what." Dragon said firmly.
"Okay." Abuto nodded, and turned to Sougo. "What about you?"
Frowning, the young samurai looked at his girlfriend; she gave him a nod and reassuring smile. "Don't worry Sadist, I won't die before you do!"
Clutching his sword, Okita held out his pinky to her. "Yes China…it's a promise that neither of us will meet our demise until it's at eachother's hands. So let's survive this battle so we can live on until that day."
Smiling, she latched her pinky with his and nodded. "So it's a vow! Let's all kick ass and go home! With or without that damned diamond!"
Gintoki sweat-dropped; at this point he didn't care if the diamond existed or not, he was never accepting jobs from that Baka Prince again.
Review please! Also, did no one appreciate how I brought in Apis? Really?