So…here's the second chapter. I tried. Hope it's better than the last chapter.
To sexyshewolf: Thank you for pointing that out. I'd figured it wouldn't come out that well.
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As for the rough around the edges comments that two of you people have so kindly written in your reviews, I will only say this: Please elaborate. Because your comments are kind of vague and I have no idea how to 'smooth out the edges'. To be honest, I'm not even sure how to write…whatever it is I'm writing now.

Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece and never will.

"Who are you!" Akainu growled, his attention turning towards the cloaked figure that had suddenly appeared between him and Dragon's son, his magma covered fist pushing against the thin blade that had been driven into the ground in attempt to break through.
"I'm sorry. Am I interrupting?"
A woman's voice replied coldly, her words masked in politeness, though her tone of voice was anything but. It sounded muffled, as if the person was speaking through a mask.

Standing up from her previously crouched position, she held firm on the hilt of her sword that had blocked the Admiral's attack, channelling her will through the blade to further strengthen her defense.
"You know Haki." He stated at the blatant display of Busoshoku Haki.

This woman is a wild card.
If looks could kill, the mysterious woman would have died a thousand times over if Akainu's scrutinizing glare was anything to go by.
"Which rock did scum like you crawl out from?" He demanded. This woman had dared to interfere with his hunt of the two devil children, and he wasn't going to let her off the hook without knowing who she was.

Something about the woman was familiar, the feeling tingled on the edge of his senses yet he couldn't place a name to it.
"I have no obligations to answer you." She stated."Nor have I any intention to." And she jumped back, withdrawing her sword from the ice easily and breaking their prolonged standoff.
"Firefist, Strawhat."
She raised her sword, body poised to attack and eyes trained on her opponent.
"Get out of here. Now."
-=v=-
Luffy thought he was dead when he'd looked up to see that Admiral (whatever his name is) come flying at him, fist pulled back and covered with magma.
Holy crap…
He wouldn't be able to dodge. Akainu was coming in too fast and his body was already way past its limits, even with Iva-chan's earlier hormone injection he could barely move. In his peripheral vision, he could see Ace, his face struck with horror as he ran towards him.

Red soon filled his vision as the Admiral closed in on him. He could feel the heat pouring off in waves and the various blisters that were beginning to form due to exposure to the intense heat. He could feel the ghost of a fist against his chest.
And then, everything was cut off.
Black replaced red.
The heat disappeared behind a curtain of fabric and the magma fist was nowhere in sight.
"I'm sorry. Am i interrupting?"
In its place, a figure cloaked in black stood proudly, its tone cold and unforgiving.
Who?
"Luffy!"Ace yelled, skidding to a stop next to his younger brother.
"Are you okay?"
"A-Ace?"
"You idiot! Why didn't you run?! You could've died!"
"But Ace…"
"Don't you 'but Ace' me!"
A little ways behind them, Jinbei sighed, looking at the two brothers bicker. Leave it to those two to bicker like kids when they're surrounded by marines in the middle of a battlefield. Not to mention a certain Admiral who would very much like to kill them was standing only a couple feet behind them, with the cloaked woman the only obstacle between him and the brothers. He started towards them, intent on dragging their idiotic asses back to the Moby Dick while he had the chance.
"Firefist. Strawhat."
The cloaked woman suddenly spoke.
"Get out of here. Now."
"Who are you?" Ace questioned suspiciously. This woman may have saved his life, but that didn't mean he was just going to trust her. He wasn't going to trust just anyone, not since a certain rat had very well proved that even trust can be faked. And especially not when things concerned his baby brother.
She chuckled.
"You shouldn't ask that now." Without waiting for an answer, she lunged at Akainu with the grace of a panther, bringing her sword down in a deadly arc.
"Go. I will see you soon."

Flipping backwards, she aimed a haki-infused kick towards his head but was blocked.
"Soon? You won't be leaving here alive, woman." Akainu snarled, enraged that his targets were getting away. And all because of one single woman.
She scoffed at his barely hidden threat.
"We'll see."
Fists clashed, and the resulting shockwave from their point of impact blinded everyone close by momentarily.
And then they saw it.
On the right side of the woman's cloak, right near the shoulder, was a insignia woven in gold thread which had previously been hidden under the hood but was exposed when the cloak was blown open. And it was one that many on the battlefield knew, including the Whitebeard Pirates, the Shichibukai, and many high-ranking marines.
A letter 'L' with a crescent moon.
The insignia of the most dangerous assassin.
A ruthless woman who retained perpetual influence in the underworld.
'Queen' L.
A woman with strength on par with the marines strongest Admiral.
The cloak's hood fell back, revealing a flowing river of dark hair held together loosely by a silver hair clip.
A white fox mask trimmed with gold and red hid her face from the world, leaving most everything to the imagination.
Akainu, being her opponent, was the first to recover from the discovery of the woman's identity.
"Hmph. So it's you." He said disdainfully, throwing another magma coated fist as he did. "What business does an assassin have, meddling with the World Government?"
L didn't answer. Instead, she jumped upwards, using her point of contact with Akainu as an anchor to flip over him and sent him flying into a group of marines with a harsh roundhouse kick at light speed.
During that split second when Akainu was thrown back, she drew a silver whistle from underneath her cloak and blew it. Hard.
The whistle's sharp sound echoed on the battlefield, doubled only by the shrill cry of a huge white eagle that swooped out of nowhere to land beside the assassin.
"Boys. Ship. Now." They're too damn slow.
With three short words, the eagle took off again immediately, sweeping by the D. brothers and grabbing one in each talon before heading towards the Moby Dick, which was miraculously unscathed.
Jinbei barely had time to react when the assassin appeared beside him.
"Get Whitebeard and go. I'll stall."
She said, her voice calm and confident, unlike the tone she applied with Akainu.
"Now!"
Then she was gone, disappearing from view only to reappear behind Akainu and delivering a fatal blow which would've killed any normal (read: crazy strong normal) person.
The rumours do not do her justice. Jinbe thought, and ran towards Whitebeard. He wasn't part of the crew, but he sure as hell wasn't going to let the old man die.
Not if he could help it.
And that person was on their side…more or less.

The tides are turning and the waves are beginning to churn. The world is shifting.
-=v=-
Ace wasn't sure what to think.
Hell, he doubts that he could think now even if he tried.
He was with Luffy on the ground just a second ago preparing to bolt, and now they were a couple dozen feet in the air, hanging on the talons of a larger than life eagle.
Nope, he was most definitely not freaking out.
And Luffy screaming wasn't helping either.
Thank gods their little flight through the air was a short one. By short he meant it barely lasted five seconds.
That eagle was insanely fast.
But Ace had more important things to worry about now than a weird eagle.
The moment Ace's feet touched down on the wooden deck of the Moby Dick, he ran towards the bow and clambered up the figurehead, his concern for his crew family overriding the pain and discomfort that wrecked his body.
"Oyaji! Marco! Guys!"
He yelled, though it wasn't as loud as he wanted. But it'd suffice as long as someone heard him.
Which…they probably didn't. Not when they were all standing with their mouths agape as they stared at the infamous assassin like the bunch of idiots they were.
"I must be hallucinating…that L is helping us?"
"What are the chances that all of us are hallucinating the same thing, at the same time?"
"So we're not hallucinating?"
"I'd say yes, but no, we're not."
Ace felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
He'd never known his crewmates were this idiotic. They were in the middle of a war in this gods forsaken marine headquarters for crying out loud! Which part of not the time to be gaping like idiots did they not understand?!
…Oh well, at least Oyaji and Marco and the other commanders had noticed him.
"Ace! What-how-when-?" Haruta, who was closest to the ship, immediately leaped aboard and nearly crashed into Ace in the process. "Since when did you get on the ship-hey, i just saw that bird a second ago! When did it-?"
"Just now. And to answer your question, you guys probably didn't see it because you were too busy looking at her."
"Oh shut up, Ace." Izo, who came up shortly after Haruta, rolled his eyes in mock exasperation."Have you met the woman? Someone like her wouldn't just help us without an ulterior motive."
"Really? But to be honest, I've nev-"
"Old man Whitebeard! Commanders!" Ace was about to retort, but Jinbei chose just that moment to reach the elderly captain's side.
"Jinbei."
"Where's Ace-kun? And Luffy-kun too?" He asked, breathing deeply. Someone gestured towards the ship's bow, where Ace could be seen kneeling dangerously on the edge of the figurehead, Haruta and Izo standing next to him. Jinbei sighed in relief. Ace-kun was here, and Luffy-kun probably was too, just out of sight currently. He had been worried, but it seemed the assassin had no intention of hurting the two brothers.
"What's going on, Jinbei?" Marco asked, not for a moment taking his eyes of the marines gathered around them in case of sudden movement."We saw her talk to you. What did she want?"
"Observant as always, eh?" Straightening, Jinbe turned towards Whitebeard. "She told us to take Ace-kun and Luffy-kun and get out while she stalls Akainu. What do you think?"
"Gurarara, cheeky girl. Telling me what to do." Whitebeard laughed, drawing unimpressed looks from many of his sons. "Tell our allies to retreat. We're leaving."
"You're really gonna listen to her?"
"She can take care of herself."
"Whatever you say."

"Hold on a second…how is the Moby completely unscathed?"
"Are you seriously asking that?"
"No! I mean, Akainu's attack earlier-"
"Who cares how?! Get your ass on board already!"
-=v=-
From what Sengoku could tell,Akainu was positively beyond furious.
Well, he's not the only one.
Looking down at his long-time friend whom he was sitting on, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Curse Garp and his damn family of felons.
"Sengoku! Let me go! I'm gonna go rip that upstart Sakazuki a new one. How dare he-"
Ugh, forget headaches, he's gonna have a migraine just from dealing with Garp.
"Your grandsons are safe, you idiot. Stop yelling and see for yourself."
"How am i supposed to 'see for myself' with your huge-ass self sitting on me!"
Fair point, he thought, and moved off him.
Garp got up, and looked towards where Akainu was being held up.
His eyes widened when he saw the person in question, and a weird glint crept into them which did not go unnoticed by Sengoku.
"You know why she saved them, don't you?"
"Bwahahaha! Nope!"
"That's a lie and we both know it."
"So what?"
"…nothing."
"Bwahahahaha! Never thought I'd see the magma brat get held up!"
"You're enjoying this too much, Garp."
Though, if Garp knows that woman…things just got even more complicated, didn't they?

So that's it for the chapter 1.
Honestly, it didn't exactly go the same way as in the manga/anime, i was inclined to change it, but meh, i figured if Ace didn't die, any other details didn't matter.

But just for reference, by the time Ace died in the anime, the Moby Dick was completely burnt to ash (exaggeration), Whitebeard's lost half his head, and the other commanders have more or less sustained some injuries.
That. Never. Happened.
I'm too lazy.
And the story was like, 90 percent done anyway.

And the fight scenes are totally shit, I know.
So, once again…
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Thank you.