The entire Marine base was panicking. The G-5 tower was slowly burning to ashes, flaming pieces falling to the icy river below. It was winter, and the flame burning the once great tower looked magnificent in the winter night. The mountains around it heated up from the flames, and the entire icy mountain range around it lit up brilliantly. It truly was a sight to behold. At least that was the thought going through the head of one Roronoa Zoro. (Going a bit back)He was standing on a far mountain not far from the base, at the summit with his shirt off, training. He was lifting a 200 ton weight up and down, and was getting really sweaty when, all of a sudden, the night lit up like a candle and a thundering sound covered his ears. Incidentally, this was the first time Zoro discovered that he was training on Marine Island, home to the Marine G-5 base.
He stood up and beheld the magnificent burning figure of the great tower that once stood mighty, housing 50000+ Marines. The tower was so large that it dwarfed nearby mountains (Author's Note: The shortest mountain in the range was above 2km)and thus made it easier for the swordsman to see the giant tower of once hard concrete come crashing down, engulfing the nearby mountains in smoke. He smiled and picked up his swords from the ground, and putting them back in his sword belt, walked back to his ship. The Strawhats were in a period where each of the Strawhats got separated in a giant whirlpool, and it just so happened that Zoro found an abandoned ship after he found land, which he decided to steal. He stumbled upon this island while roaming around the sea in his super large ship, drinking sake, and got off to train.
On the other end of the spectrum, Luffy was completely lost on Mekajiki Island. He could not find where to go, and the rowboat he just so happened to find (he stole it from a fisherman) were cut in half by the several giant swordfish swirling around the island, waiting for its chance to eat him. Luffy already had used Haki to paralyse a few, but there were still more swordfish underwater trying to cut him up. He wished he had a boat right now, but more importantly, he was worried about his nakama. He was so worried that he was sometimes brought to verge of tears. With scarce meat and harsh cold, Luffy was feeling more alone than he ever felt.
And so he walked on in a straight motion until he saw a man being attacked by some puppet looking things. His eyes widened to observe the man being attacked a little better, and when he saw the man, he gasped.
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