Sorry guys for the long delay, just got a slight problem with my final and had to do something about it. Yeah, so here it is! the Eleventh chapter!

Note: There are certain references here especially at the start, let's see if you pick it up, I'm not going to spoil it

Pearly gray light were creeping its way over from the horizon of nighttime New World. A lone man sat on a beach, the ray, tiny wisps of tendril, would reach out to him sometimes but he wasn't slightly bothered by it. His eyes were fixed on the 3D holographic display before him, the said picture was directly projected from the eyes of a small and pyramid-shelled den den mushi. As he sat there watching the calamity that was the Battle of the Marineford he found himself being washed over by a sense of déjà vu. Just like years ago nothing he could do can stop it from ever happening.

A series of bubbles effervesced from the dark depth of the sea beyond him and yet again the man paid no heed to it. It started from beyond the shoreline and it bubbled ashore, a silhouette of something neither quite human nor fish-like materialized from below. Fishes and sea monsters alike swam away from it, somehow sensing the malevolent nature of the creature. With slow deliberate strides, her head broke the surface of the still water revealing her angelic face, framed by long ginger hair which was all wet and slicked back right down to her shoulder blade. Everything about her seemed to deny the grimly tales that's been haunting sailors for generations. She was carrying something on her shoulder, something massive, and yet she carried it with the ease of a bag.

With the thing still in tow she strolled down the beach

"A fresh giant blue-finned tuna just as ordered" the woman said as he dropped the weigh off her shoulder.

"Thanks, Mira" the man looked up at the woman briefly

"How's it going?" the woman looked at the screen. There were explosions, yells and splatters of blood on the other side of the screen. The image was very vivid a normal person would have switched the thing off immediately but not them.

"You already know how it's gonna end" said the man as he took a bite of his snack which consists of several pieces of celeries.

"Curious...just a few hours ago you were face to face to him, trying with all your might to steer him away from this supposed inevitable end. I suppose you didn't know then this was one of those fixed point in time thing?" his assistant asked sarcastically, she knew he knows.

He sighed "If only he'd known…if only he'd understood what kind of disaster that would follow soon after his passing…with the whole Blackbeard thing! Just thinking about it makes my head ache" another instant flash of lights and extraordinary loud explosions erupted in the screen, the flashes reflected on their faces.

"For someone titled as 'the beasts' you sure care a whole lot about your foes"

"Please Mira, they're barely my 'foes' and you know me, I'm not a beast"

She rolled her eyes "Well I can think of a few times when…" but she stopped when he sent a glare at her that obviously meant that he wants none of it "Whatever, but please remind me again who's saved you countless of times when you get yourself into trouble when you didn't get the time straight!"

"Oi, are we gonna watch this or what?"

His assistant just made a face before she continued watching, her face uninterested, the guy though was looking around as if something was missing.

"Why am I not smelling any fried fish? Uhm…Where's Mori?"

The assistant sighed "you sent him away remember? Impel Down?"

"Ah yes!" he suddenly sat upright and clapped his hands "we must make sure that he gets out of that entrapment today, can't wait to meet him"

"I thought you said you weren't going to interfere"

"Not this" he said firmly, while offering no explanation to his confused assistant as to the reason why

"What's so important about that guy anyway?"

The guy abruptly stood up from his seat and turned towards his assistant, his face excited as he squeezed her arms "He's everything!"

"Oh yeah that timey wimey stuff right? How interesting!" the assistant exclaimed as she walked towards the sea

"Wanna go for a quick swim?"

"Hahaha. Funny." The guy said though his face showed quite the opposite expression.

Impel Down, Main Pier

It truly was the gloomiest and darkest building Leo had ever seen

There he stood on the very edge of the prison, hands up in the air, heads staring upwards at the enormous building. The high wall and gate seemed to rear over him like a threatening monster. Over the minutes the sky has become dull grey while the top of the fortress now barely visible through the looming cloud, signaling an oncoming storm, it's as if the sky itself was part of the prison. Underneath all that was the ruler of this prison. Magellan. Now he was without a doubt a logia, only logia could heal its body instantly like that which means that his chance of ever breaking out of this prison if caught again even slimmer.

"No…"

Just seconds after he'd raised his hands, Leo has decided that he'd just need to take his chances. He's promised himself that he wasn't going to spend the rest of his life in this prison. No, he wasn't going back on his promise now. Chances are he'd not see the sun again but if that means he'd reunite with her on the other side then let it be. Besides knowing the things they've done, he knew death would be a luxury once they let themselves get caught again.

"No, this isn't right" Leo put his both of his hands down

Hayato looked at his friend, surprised that the guy has got enough guts to do this. Leo looked at his friend, Hayato knew what his friend was expecting but this was a foolish move so he kept his sword sheathed which sparked a hint of disappointment on his friend's eyes.

"Leo, this is suicide!" Hayato whispered

"No, going back there is suicide!"

"I know how badly you want to see her again but please think about her, what would she say?"

"She's got nothing to say because she's dead, and now I'm going to do what I should have done from the start" Leo's body started to turn green and liquid but before he could fully transform Hayato jumped on top of him.

"Do you think I don't sleep at night without thinking that I should just end it right then and there too?"

"You don't know just how much I wish I was there at the court dying with the rest of my comrades, but I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T! I was given a second chance, a chance to go back and make it right, those that the dead could never do" Hayato said, his voice trembling. Leo just looked at his eyes and they acted like a window to him, he could see all his sorrow and what he's gone through, it was incredible knowing that it came from a man he thought was bred to serve and kill, still dumbfounded but he now finally understood that he wasn't alone in this and that this wasn't the time yet.

"So if you're gonna kill yourself then do it right! As a samurai, I do not fear death, but it is a foolish and selfish thing to do to GIVE UP!"

"You attack him now, you'll die but if we wait, surely there'll be a way, I give you my word"

Back inside the prison

"So…umm..i'm just going to interrogate them for a while, you don't need to guard me" there were several protests heard from outside the interrogation room "no i got this" replied Magellan. Against his subordinates' wishes, Magellan brought the two recaptured fugitives into a corner room, still on the ground floor. The job could usually be handled by Hannybal but this time Magellan wanted to keep this close to his chest, so he instead sent Hannyball and the rest of the guards to fix the comm room so that they could immediately report the situation to the HQ. Aside from the loss of communication the damage to the rest of the prison has been substantial, there was nothing much they could do for everything below the fourth floor has already been flooded and submerged by the time they could close the emergency water gate to keep the water from flooding more of the crippled prison. He couldn't even begin to imagine the number of men that he'd lost down there. But he got to remember who he was and do what he had to do, he can't be distracted at times like this by the emotions of his imitation. A second of hesitation would cost him his life.

The huge door was closed behind him as he entered the makeshift interrogation room, his demonic face more serious than ever. The recently captured men stayed silent, not completely sure what Magellan was going to do with them but that didn't mean they haven't had some ideas.

Magellan smirked as he closed the door behind him, apparently enjoying the sight. He pulled up a chair and sat down across from them. "How are you feeling?"

"Just get it over with Magellan"

"That's good" he said as he touched his arm then suddenly the figure that was once bear the exact image of Magellan changed into that of a completely different man "because honestly, we don't have much time"

Leo didn't know that Magellan's ability entails mimicking. But it apparently was. He didn't realize that his mouth was already agape in shock.

The man smiled "no, I'm not him, my name is Bentham and I'm a prisoner just like you, and I'm sorry that our introduction couldn't be any more glamorous but I have to get you out of here fast"

"WHO?...WHAT?"

"There's no time darling, I need you to listen to me very carefully"

"What did you just call me!?"

Bentham rolled his eyes "There's a small boat Magellan uses to entertain visitor around the prison, you are to use them to escape from here, all you need to do is follow me"

"H-How did you know that!"

"I can replicate his memories too, now let's go"

The corridor was deserted thanks to his command. "Why are you helping us?"

"I need you to deliver a message to my friend"

"Why don't you do it yourself!"

"We're close now, that's it, just turn over there" Bentham pointed, evidently trying to divert the topic and Leo was just too full of adrenaline to notice while Hayato just kept silent as usual, staying true to his samurai persona. He saw this guy fighting the crazy wolves of the 5th floor before, he could see his determination and more importantly his affiliation, he wasn't lying, anything other than that was irrelevant.

As Hayato turned around the corner his head bumped Leo's back. It didn't take him long to see what the problem was. Though there was nothing that could have prepared them for this. There he was standing between him and freedom, the real Magellan, looking really pissed despite the wounds. Now Leo was absolutely sure this was the real thing. There wasn't going to be any trick this time. The shock, it felt like someone has punched him in the stomach. It looked like he had to fight him after all.

"Stay back here" Leo said

"You've lost Magellan, why won't you just admit that"

"I won't let you pass this door"

"Capturing the three of us wouldn't exactly make your name any better Magellan"

"It's my duty to prevent rascals like you from wreaking havoc in the outside world, If I can prevent even just one of you from getting out of here I'd gladly do it"

"I guess there's no talking you out of here is there?"

Magellan just stayed silent as Leo transformed.

"Chloro ball" Magellan yelled

"Aqua fortis" Leo chanted as he charged into the clearly poison laden Magellan. All he needed was one good touch. He managed to grab Magellan and then kicked him onto the wall. His fortis would make sure that Magellan couldn't stand in a few minutes. What he didn't know was that he was fighting a man who ate poisoned food everyday. Acids barely affect him. In no time Magellan's wide arrays of poisons countered his strong and absorbed it.

"I never knew you were a logia"

"What the hell!?" yelled Leo, completely taken by surprise

"Delicious, a bit spicy but still delicious" Magellan taunted as he got back to his feet.

"Could be a bit better if you'd trained it a little bit, but of course logia like you, think you're already invincible!" Magellan knowing that Leo would probably make a short work of his poison has resorted to haki punches and kicks. Magellan's size which was larger and a bit taller than Leo didn't seem to be a problem for him as his moves were faster with a reflex to match.

Leo still targeting Magellan's point of weakness didn't realize that his foe has already read his move. He was going to attack his legs. And he was going to make sure his foe didn't get a chance to do that.

Magellan did a high kick, taking the bait Leo quickly ducked and charged at Magellan's other foot. he wrestled Magellan onto the ground and twisted his arm to elbow Magellan's face but Magellan was faster as he brought up his arm and grabbed the side of Leo's head then slammed it onto the floor next to him. At the same time with his left arm Magellan pushed himself up and grabbed Leo's left arm across from him, locking its joint. Leo having had enough practice with the doc quickly accumulated all his haki on his free arm and formed a gyo. He quickly elbowed Magellan's knee before he could completely lock his other arm with his thighs.

Magellan stood up first but Leo did a leg sweep. It hit Magellan's shin and forced him to tumble backwards and hitting a wall behind him.

He spat to his side, glaring down at him as he got back into position.

Leo motioned Magellan to come at him. Magellan not suspecting anything charged at him but it was exactly what Leo had wanted. With his acid he's partially dissolved the ground between him and Magellan. With Magellan's weight, the floor would give. He fully understood this was not how a man fights his adversary but he wasn't going to risk it. He had to get to that boat before his men does.

As he got nearer, the entire floor began to tremble more than usual but Magellan was too fired up to notice as he prepared another combo the floor finally gave and before he knew it he was already midway onto the first floor below. Leo without a second glance quickly got back to Hayato and Bentham and together they opened the door leading to a small pier where their getaway was waiting for them. The boat really was a small vessel not designed for sea travel. He even doubted it could hold the three of them.

"Come on you two, get on it! He'll come back in any second"

"What about you?"

"I'm staying…"

"ARE YOU CRAZY!? "

Not in the mood to argue Bentham stripped off of his shirts to let the two men see the dark blue lines along her arm that were his veins "he got me alright? If it reaches my heart then I'm done for and the only one who has the antidote is Magellan"

"Didn't you see how pissed that guy was? You think he'd even bother saving you?"

"What choice do I have!?"

"You want me to get it from him?"

"No no no there's no time, I want you to get the hell away from here and deliver my message"

"Hey, can't you change yourself into a stone or something?" Leo asked out of the blue to which Bentham didn't answer

Knowing that he's made his decision Leo and Hayato accepted it "okay what is it?"

"Please tell Strawhat…the boy that's going to be a Pirate King someday…that I'm still alive and that he shouldn't worry about me ever, I've made my choice"

"Okay…"

"And please don't tell him about this" said Bentham, referring to the poison to which Leo nodded.

"NOW GO!"

"Wait" Leo turned "Bentham, whoever you are, before we go I just want to say thank you, thank you for helping us…I wish we could go out of here together, I truly do, you seem like a great man and I assure you your sacrifice is not going to be in vain"

"Me too" Hayato added

"OKAMA CHOP!"

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Leo yelled, hands over his blinded eyes

"Can't you see!? I'm an okama!"

"YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ONE!...although now that I think about it you did say some pretty okama-ish stuff…"

"I'm sorry but they don't allow make-ups in here!"

"Okay, you're a really fabulous okama! There satisfied?"

"Aww…stop joking around youu~!" Bentham said blushing, Leo just rolled his eyes while Hayato decided to take a nap on the boat.

"So you sure you're not coming?"

"You know the answer to that, you can't save everybody Leo"

Leo seemed to be hit hard by that as it brought back some painful memories from his past that he's buried along with anything that he deemed as weakness

"I'll never forget this, thank you Bentham"

He just nodded back.

An okama's farewell needs no words.

"This boat is hopeless"

After they'd navigated around the inner passage of the prison walls 'canal' and passed the Gate of Justice which has surprisingly opened for them (courtesy of the Blackbeard's crew) they realized that the boat has no sail or oars for that matter. All that could be used to navigate the boat was the pedal, like those in a bicycle to move the thing forward, and also the standard steering.

"It's useless, our boat is caught in a strong current" Hayato resurfaced from under the boat, unsuccessful in his attempt to steer the little boat away from the current while Leo still aimlessly tried to steer it with the helm.

"Again, why is it a bad thing? If anything, this current has made things easier!" Leo looked behind him and was relieved that nobody seemed to be chasing them "the farther away we are from that place the better right?"

"I have a feeling that it isn't a coincidence that these currents are situated at the entrance of Impel Down, and the fact that nobody's chasing us makes it even more suspicious"

"Doesn't matter, with Magellan out of the way I feel like I can take on whatever it is ahead of us…uhmm hey…do you feel that?...Is it an earthquake? No…It can't be…we're in the middle of the s…" before he could finish it the boat was launched into the sky.

The last thing Leo remembered was his body being tossed out of his boat

Leo winced at the feeling of cold hard ice being pressed against his cheek, and even though his head felt like it might split in two anytime from the deafening high-pitched ringing noise in his ears, the feeling was unmistakable. He shuddered at the thought that he might not have escaped Impel Down at all, this was him waking up on the fifth level after being shocked countless times by that sadistic warden. But then, if he remembered it right, that room ought to be submerged in seawater by now, that was if he wasn't dreaming about the giant too. He then carefully stood up not wanting to alert whoever in charge of this place. As he looked around things just got even stranger and there was no time for him to be relieved as he figured out that he was standing on a frozen sea, which under his weight could crack and break any second. He looked around the frozen horizon for his samurai friend but as far as his eyes could see there was nothing ahead but the wavy solid translucent surface of the ocean. Suddenly the ringing in his ears receded and a loud explosion from behind him prompted him to turn around and what he saw was a sight worse than the hell itself and unfortunate for him the spot where he stood on had provided him a panoramic view of the great war that was unfolding before him.

It was a war, Leo could understand at least that much but he didn't know it could be this intense…and downright batshit insane. Even though he's only been in one war way back when he was still a petty soldier he was sure as hell this was no ordinary war. From where he stood he could see several wrecked pirate ships varying in size, caught in the frozen sea. Up on the dock of what he figured as the mainland, dozens of gigantic cyborgs were seen frying people below them with laser beams from their mouths, the screams of the poor people were quickly matched by a huge explosion as one of the pirates managed to destroy one of the behemoth. On the other side, several weird looking people, obviously devil fruit users were busy mowing down people like they were nothing. He'd never seen this many devil fruit users in one place before and the varieties of them fascinated him. He saw a guy with blue flames, then he could see another guy hovering high above with his lower body nowhere to be seen. He should have felt right at home, he should have, being surrounded by 'his' kind but instead he felt a sense of dread, he realized that these 'people' have developed their abilities so much farther than him it was so easy for them to cause such mass destruction. They were just like the sand man and Magellan, they're comfortable with their abilities unlike him who chose to shun it from most of his lives and treated it like a curse instead. This was exactly what he'd be like had he given up and let it take over his body: A merciless killing machine with the blood of thousands on his hands. Is this what I'm going to be?

Leo wanted to just turn back, find a boat and just sails away, but he knew he couldn't. This was what he's been waiting years for, this was the place where he'd exact his revenge. He kept saying to himself that this wasn't worth it, that he'd be escaping prison for nothing, that he was better than him but at the same time he knew he was not that innocent village boy anymore and he could never return to that life no matter how he wished that wasn't true, this was his life now. A life of a wanted man, a criminal, like most of devil fruit users are, like all of those people made him out to be. One of them, the sandman, the one who's ruined his life and countless others was here, on this island. Today he was going to pay, to hell with the consequence.

Just as luck would have it, he saw someone right ahead of him jumped down from the dock onto the frozen sea below. He must be desperate to have jumped from such height, or he could just be not aware that the sea was frozen solid. Before he knew it another guy leaped after the first guy but his was a much more controlled dive allowing him to catch up with the bigger guy in no time. The first guy, he figured as Jinbe, a former neighbor back in the prison, seemed to be alerted and quickly twisted around midair to intercept the flaming guy. Jinbe launched his trademark fishman karate punch but it was weak, the lava guy knew it and thus made no attempt to block it, instead he launched an attack of his own while Jinbe was not in any position to protect himself with both his arms not in the position and by the time Jinbe realized it the lava guy has already pierced through his haki armor. It was so powerful it went straight through his body and burned the poor guy who was nestled in his arms. That guy seemed to be the lava guy's target all along. Why bother, he looks like he'll die any second now...

With the relentless war still raging around them Leo couldn't make out what the two figures were saying. He was thinking of getting closer but his prison uniform would expose him immediately and he was sure he didn't want to be his next casualty, having guessed that the lava guy was picking off the level 6 escapees one by one and that he would be on his list.

Out of nowhere a sand blast sliced the lava guy along with the frozen ground beneath him. And just as fast, the sandman appeared and swiftly produced a sandstorm that launched Jinbe and the dying guy off the ground and into the sky. Leo was surprised that the sandman had stayed true to the 'Impel Down alliance' but even more surprised by his own luck, the guy has just literally fallen out of the sky, there standing in front of him out of thousands of people in this godforsaken place, for him to do as he wish. He couldn't help the smirk on his face.

It's now or never

He made his decision and charged ahead.