"This alliance is the biggest I have ever seen, but… are they all?" asked Hashirama in a whisper, having just arrived to the camp that evening. He and Madara were laying on a futon, in a tent, both of them in each other embraces. "The Hyuugas, the Shirohebis, the Ino-Shika-Cho, the Kuramas… but there are many others."

"We tried, you know. They are too stubborn" Madara sighed, having passed through that already. "You tried with the Kamizurus, but Ishikawa would cut his own arm before allying with us. And let´s not talk about A, who thinks his clan doesn´t need anyone else in the world. You shouldn´t have asked me to go to talk to Reto either."

"He managed to unify the shinobi of the deserts and their alliance is almost as big as the one we have just created…"

"But he is proud and cruel. He wouldn't admit that in the case the World Government shows up in their shores, they would be crushed" the raven rolled, facing his lover. "And before you say something in his defense, yes, I know he controls the sand, but you know that isn´t going to be enough. A wave of lava or a gravitational attack..."

"Don´t underestimate them, I know some spies are watching us and learning hakki. Their shores are going to be very protected in no time."

"I hope so, because being surrounded by the marines is not a nice perspective" the Uchiha lifted himself a bit. "Are you sure they will…?"

"Yes, even Ishikawa is going to be useful for us. He is going to form an alliance for himself, he is already recruiting clans. A and others are following his lead" he put an arm around Madara´s waist. "I just hope that this alliances stay like that after the World Government accepts their failures and wars stop."

"Are you still believing that we had an opportunity to create that village?"

"More than before"

"Spi… Hashirama, please" the black eyed man sat down to look at the other in the eyes. "The old men could have been forced to reinstall us as clan members, but we are not clan heirs, that position belong to our brothers. When this war ends, they will be the ones to make the decisions and we will just have to follow… in case we stay, of course."

"We haven´t come to a decision in that matter either" he brunette put a hand on his chin when he tried to hide his face. "Yes, I know, either way is going to be difficult and painful, but we have to take one."

"I think… we should stay"

"Yes, I would like that too… and I´m sure our brothers and sisters from the crew are going to visit us very often if we stay."

"Yes" they hugged. "Ahhh, you know. If you can convince Tobirama to keep this alliance after we win the war… IF we win the war… I can do the same with Izuna. That way we can form this village you have always wanted to found with me. I don´t think one of us would be the leader, but…"

"That would be great"

"Indeed"

-The next morning-

"What is that?" asked the brunette when he woke up. There was a very loud chatter in the outside of the tent, something that was not usual for shinobi.

"I have no idea" they both got out of the tent and arrived at the meeting place. Ace and Marco, along with some other commanders were watching the scene with worried faces. "What the hell is happening here?"

"These have arrived earlier" Firefist gave him wanted posters. When the brunette Senju grabbed them, he noticed that the first was his own. There was a new photo of him, with his red Senju armor, his true name and a bigger reward for him… which was a miracle, because he didn´t know the Gorosei had enough money to pay such an amount. He passed the paper and found Madara´s. "You look sexy in the photo."

"Oh, shut up" the Uchiha grabbed the paper and read. "What the hell…? They are not only going accusing us of piracy, but of fomenting a revolt against the Government."

"A revolt? Since when were the Elemental Nations part of them? This is just ridiculous, utterly ridiculous" he passed the page and… "HOW. DARE. THEM?!"

"What?" the raven was passed then another poster. The reaction was immediate. "Damn Marines… I´m going to kill them for this!" the papers felt to the ground. They were rewards for Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha. "And what kind of accusations are that? Having dealing with pirates? Disrespect the Government?"

"This is not all, believe me. Remember the attack yesterday, when an overly pride vice Admiral tried to take you all with his soldiers? They identified all the clan leaders and put rewards on them. And all the Nations and their leaders have been informed."

"The damnyos? Shit, if they are involved things are going to become a little difficult for us"

"Aniya…" Tobirama arrived. "The damnyo of the Land of Fire request a reunion with me and Izuna. You know that royalty of this land have been using shinobi from both our clans to…"

"Yes, I know, along with many others" he sighed. "Just explain him the situation."

"Oh, he is very aware of what the World Government wants of him" the albino crossed his arms. "But even he is against piracy…"

"Sometimes it is the only way of surviving, believe me."

"He is afraid that if Shirohige claims this land as his…"

"Pops will only give protection to this land against the other powers, like he does with all our other islands. Assure his Grace that our crew will not by any means take the power away from him. besides…" his expression darkened. "There are other people that would like to take this land as their territory and it will not be pretty."

"Like the World Government? Would be the understanding of the year."

"Not just them, there are other three pirates that are as powerful" Madara explained. "Along with Pops hey are called the Yonko, as in the Emperors of the sea. They all take islands as territories and… they are pretty much as powerful as the World Government, one of the three powers that keeps the world in balance. If they were to fight against each others…"

"I understand"

"Nii-san, how are they?"

"I have only known one, as their crews are not exactly friendly with each other. This one we are talking about… well, we are not friends nor enemies, but last time we met…" the raven tried to remember the one they knew. "Personally, I think Red Haired Shanks is not that bad, not cruel like the other two according to the tales we have heard, but he is…"

"Is what?"

"How could I put it?"

"A drunk moron yoi" stated Marco, rolling his eyes. Ace tried to intercede for his brother´s hero, but he couldn´t. It was the pure hard truth.

"Yes, exactly like that" Madara accepted. "Kaido the Beast… have a fame to be the cruelest creature in the world and a brutal monster that likes to devastate entire islands and make the people suffer… you would not like to be under him."

"I can tell"

"And Charlotte Linlin… Big Mom likes sweets"

"Only that? She likes sweets?"

"Like as in she would turn crazy on us if she didn´t receive the sweets she asks her territories as payment for the protection she gave them against the world government. She destroys entire islands if they didn´t pay her sweets and eats whatever or whoever she has on sight."

"That sounds…"

"Disgusting? Yes" he looked in the horizon, then back at the papers. "But the other Yonko are not the thing we should have in mind now. This is bad news."

"Why? I mean the damnyo could…"

"It´s not just the damnyo, he could be dealt with in no time" Hashirama tensed up. "There are really strong bounty hunters that might arrive to capture you and anyone with a bounty, and let´s not talk about the Shichibukai. There is one that likes to hunt members of our crew and, as you are now associate to us in the eyes of the world, he might just come."

"Is he strong?"

"Yes"

"How much?"

"We had to send reinforcements to some of our crews, something never happened before."

-In other part-

"Is Edward Weeble here?" asked Akainu. He didn´t like to reunite with a scum like him, but just now they need him to weaken the shinobi before their attack.

"Yes, sir, he arrived earlier, with his mother"

"Damn mommy´s boy… let them enter" Weeble and Bakkin entered, with the woman looking down at everybody there, as always. "I hope you know what I want you to do for us this time. I had something to do with your request."

"I figured" answered the tiny female. "Are you going to grant it?"

"Yes, you are allowed to take war to the Yonko Shirohige, that is now getting in our way to annex another territory to our Government."

"I can tell" Bakkin grabbed the paper and turned around. "Just how many of his so called children can we kill this time?"

"As much as you can… and if they are shinobi better" both pirates left the room after the woman nodded. Her stupid son followed her, asking her what exactly he need to do. She yelled at him and hit him. Akainu sighed, why did all the Shichibukai to be so strange? That make him want to kill them all.

"Fleet Admiral" a young sergeant entered to the room, formally saluting him. The higher ranked marine nodded a bit. "I was told to deliver you this, from doctor Vegapunk." He put some pieces of papers in front of him. "I think they are important, so I ran all the way towards here."

"Yes, they are" the red dog read the papers and smiled. Yes, Vegapunk have never disappointed him. In there were actualizations of the Pacifistas that were required to combat the shinobi. This will definitely give them victory.

"Are you sure, sir?"

"Yes, of course" he saw the young officer. "You are free to go"

-In the middle of the travel towards the Damnyo, a few days later-

"Why did I have to bring you?" asked Tobirama to Marco, who was lazily strolling near him, preventing him from running at top speed. He was chosen representative of the alliance in front of the damnyo, at least for now, but for some reason they didn't want him to go alone, even if he was perfectly capable of keeping himself save.

"Because your brother insisted that a master in hakki should accompany you and to stop him from delaying you, I was chosen for the job."

"Aniya…" the albino felt a vein throwing on his forehead. Unfortunately for him, Hashirama was right. In the middle of the way they were attacked by a really strong and strange man that looked a bit like Shirohige, accompanied by a very tiny woman with a horrible face. "Who the hell are you, freak?"

"You, disrespectful scum!" the woman yelled. "He is the Ouka Shichubukai and my beloved little son, Edward Weeble, and he is here to kill all the members of the Shirohige kaizoku. The shinobi are included in that too."

"That´s hilarious" the Senju laughed. "You two really think that you can kill a shinobi…"

"Don´t get yourself confidence, this is the Government Dog that made us send some reinforcements to the crews he attacked yoi" the Phoenix put himself between the enemies and his adopted sibling´s little brother, his arms covered in hakki. "You will have to defeat me in order to get to this boy."

"I´m not a boy!"

"You are still a teenager yoi" both Weeble and him now were ready to fight. The blonde´s arms were now covered in blue fire, in the form of wings. "When I tell you, you ran, okay? Don´t ask me questions and don´t turn back."

"I know how to use hakki and I´m more than enough to…"

"Listen, kid" the commander glared at him. "I´m not really doing this because you don´t know hakki" he lied skillfully. "You have a very important mission to accomplish, no? Don´t waste more time and do it yoi"

"The damnyo… yes, you are right"

"Are you going to do as I tell?"

"Yes, seeing the damnyo right now is more important than a meaningless fight that you surely could win" Tobirama grabbed a kunai, wanting to slap himself for not keeping his priorities straight. What a ninja he was. Marco, for his part, congratulated himself. All this time handling Ace taught him how to deal with difficult brats, a great thing.

"Great. How fast can you ran yoi?"

"I´m the fastest shinobi alive" answered the albino and threw the kunai. Weeble and Bakkin dodged, noticing too late that it wasn´t an attack. The Senju speared many meters away, with the knife in his hands. "See you later, Marco-san!"

"See you yoi"

-In the night-

"How was the meeting, brother?" asked Hashirama after his sibling and the first commander arrived safe. The injuries Marco attained during his fight with Weeble were now healed and he was very satisfied with himself. He beat that Shichibukai wannabe to the ground, his mommy should be now healing his injuries.

"Nothing was wrong, his grace agreed to help us as long as our war keeps him in the throne and is for the best interest of the Land of Fire."

"Something is something" sighed the brunette relieved. "What happened to you, Marco? You seemed to be tired."

"A bit. Edward Weeble got in the way"

"What?!" the older Senju grabbed his brother, his palm glowing green, scanning the other´s body to find any injury. "You don´t have a scratch, thanks God…"

"Of course…"

"Didn´t you trust me, Spirit yoi?" asked the Phoenix. "I gave the brat a head start and stayed behind to fight Weeble myself. After all he had a more important mission to accomplish, no?"

"Yes, of course I had"

"Wha… errr, yes, I knew you would know where the priorities lie" Hashirama smiled and waited until the albino left to sigh in relieve. Then he turned to his lover. "Aren´t you going to say anything?"

"Yes, thanks God it wasn´t Izuna."