A/N: Massive spoilers for Impel Down arc. I advise those who had not read past that to skip this one. I will not answer questions about who are the people I'm talking about here. Besides, not everyone knows the existence of Impel Down arc yet, so… if you're not reading the manga, then scoot. Nothing for you to see here.
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Character/s: Iva, with some hints of other members of the Crazy Team.
Rating: K
Spoilers for: Impel Down arc, particularly Chapters 540 and up.
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"If I gave up, I'd regret it forever! I'm going!"
Emporio Ivankov is not the type to be easily startled. He had dozen experiences that could traumatize someone, him being a member of Dragon's revolutionary army.
And yet, here he stands, before this so-called Straw Hat, experiencing shock that he felt long ago. Far too long, perhaps. This undersea gaol definitely deprives any normal person of emotion, with all the thrills and shocks it has to offer, level by level.
As odd as it may sound, a leader of the revolutionary army and former Queen of Kamabakka Kingdom, is startled at the words said by a fated seventeen-year old Straw Hat boy.
The fact that Iva is a nakama of Dragon himself is something to speak of already. Something you do not see everyday, and would probably make any sane man tremble in fright. After all, the name Dragon itself can bring about fear and terror, stretching across oceans and lands alike.
But sane is something Iva doesn't see in this Straw Hat boy. No, not even an insane man would infiltrate said to be impenetrable Impel Down. This place, in any case, is the greatest undersea prison in the world. A place pirates would definitely stay away. And it just doesn't end there. Impel Down is situated on the Calm Belt, a nest of colossal Sea Kings. Just the thought of traveling the Calm Belt would make pirates flee.
Worse, it has Magellan as its Chief Warden. That alone would make anyone abandon the idea of permeating Impel Down.
Still, the world has always something very unusual to offer. If the idea of breaking into Impel Down is nothing but insanity, then Iva doesn't know what to call the act of actually breaking into it.
Whatever Straw Hat did, it can be undoubtedly regarded as an unimaginable feat. He is indeed the very first one to penetrate Impel Down. As Iva said to the Bon-boy hours ago, it was top-class entertainment. Straw Hat's act alone would put him into the same league as Kinjishi, the very first one to escape the gaol.
It may seem unbelievable, but with all these thoughts swirling into the revolutionary's mind, Iva can't help being reminded of Dragon.
To stand up to Dragon feels the same as standing up in front of this Straw Hat boy. At this moment, Iva finally accepted that this Monkey D. Luffy is indeed Dragon's son. They might have arrived too late to break this kid's brother into prison, but not too late to head for Marine Headquarters.
Definitely, reason is no longer present here. After all, the fact that he and Inazuma are assisting this kid, isn't that insanity as well?
As they freed a former and a current Shichibukai, and rampage up until to the fourth level of Impel Down, one thing is for certain.
This, whatever it is they are actually doing without sense or reason, is the beginning of another legend.
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A/N: Iva needs more love. And the crazy team as well.