Ace's Second Chance 8
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Luffy's Friends and the End of the War
The pirates stared in shock at the new allies. No one believed that Trafalgar Law's crew would come to the battlefield, especially since they did not have ties with Ace or Whitebeard.
"Bepo and Bart, take Straw Hat-ya and Fire Fist-ya. They require immediate attention." Law commanded. A white bear with an orange jumpsuit and a huge man wearing a blue shirt followed the order and ran to the coast with the brothers. "The rest of you, clear the way if you want those two to survive." He said and the pirates started to fight the oncoming marines.
"That brat…I like him. Do as he says." Ivankov gave a huge grin. "Croco boy, aren't you going to help?" He laughed as Crocodile rolled his eyes and started to fight.
Whitebeard reached Akainu with the intention to kill him once and for all.
"I don't want to abandon the old man, but we must take advantage of this situation and make it to your ship." Jimbei said and Law just nodded. The doctor didn't know why he was helping Luffy in the first place.
Kizaru and Aokiji were watching the whole scene from afar. "Someone should do something." The older-looking Admiral said in slow motion. Both admirals kept staring at the enemies, with no intention of doing anything. "They are heading to the sea, you should freeze it." Borsalino kept pushing Aokiji.
"Fine, I'll go." The younger-looking man said with resignation.
"I should tell the warlords to do something too." The Admiral said to himself. "Or I can just keep looking until I am really required to fight… yes I'll do that."
Aokiji passed by Whitebeard and saw Akainu fall, so he decided to rush. "This is bad… now I have to work twice as hard." He frowned but a sinister laugh prompted him to turn around. Blackbeard and his crew appeared in the scaffold. "Now this?" The admiral wanted to see the oncoming confrontation but he had to fulfill his duty, so he left.
The former Whitebeard pirate mocked Edward Newgate for being in such a decayed state and after a conversation about loyalty and the lack of it, both captains engaged in a short battle that ended with Marshal D. Teach on the ground. "I refuse to call you my son. You are a disgrace for my family and I will kill you to avenge Thatch and Ace." Whitebeard said.
"You are a monster… Attack him!" Blackbeard yelled with fear and his crew charged at Whitebeard, the cowards stab him and shot him multiple times until they ran out of bullets. "Is he dead?" He asked in a whisper to one of his subordinates.
"It's not you." The Emperor said and his enemies backed off in fear. "You are not the one who will take Gol D. Roger's place." Whitebeard used his last breath to deliver a message that shocked everyone. "Someone will find the treasure and turn the world upside down… The One Piece does exist." Soon after his final speech, the most powerful man in the world died standing.
The Heart pirates reached the coast and spotted their submarine, unfortunately for them Aokiji saw it too. "Ice Age" The Admiral attacked but was intercepted by Marco.
"Don't waste time, let's get out of here." Law scolded his crew for staring at the fight. Once they were about to enter the submarine Akainu's lava emanated from the ground. "You can't be serious, I thought the Emperor took care of him." The Surgeon of Death was annoyed. The lava path forced the Submarine to move to other spot nearby. "Follow it." Trafalgar said.
"Death Wink" The Okama Queen stopped the Admiral. "Inazuma, now" He yelled as his fellow revolutionary cut the floor to trap Akainu, though it was in vain because the enemy used his magma to melt everything around him.
"Fools" The high ranked marine successfully disabled the revolutionaries and appeared in front of Bart and Bepo. "Hand over those two, my patience is dying." Suddenly he was cut in half by a blade of sand.
"You can't do anything right." Crocodile said with his usual bored expression. He was ready to fight the Admiral, who was regenerating at a fast pace.
"I'm sorry" Bepo started to sulk.
"He's not talking to us" Law reassured his crewmate. The Heart Pirates boarded the submarine and prepare to dive but Kizaru took over Akainu's battle, so the lava user continued to pursue Luffy; and as soon as Jimbei was about to interfere something unexpected occurred.
"Stop the killing. The pirates are leaving, that means we won." A pink haired boy yelled and approached Akainu. "Please don't fight anymore, it's over." Coby faced the Admiral.
"What is the meaning of this?" Akainu was enraged. "I won't waste my time with a coward like you." He attacked the boy but 'Red-Hair' Shanks appeared out of nowhere and blocked the lava with his sword.
"Thank you brave boy, you just saved the life of my friend." The Emperor said with a smile. "I need to talk to Senguku, Admiral." He said with a threatening tone, so Akainu complied to his request and led him to the Fleet-Admiral. The marine glanced at his enemies on the submarine and Law gave him the middle finger and a mocking grin.
"We are safe." Bepo said with relief as the last Heart Pirate boarded the submarine.
"Prepare to dive, the Ice guy escaped the Phoenix and is after us." Law ordered. His crew closed the doors and set the engine to submerge. "You don't get to see two Emperors everyday... lucky me." The captain raised his shoulders. "Bart, take us out of the battlefield. I have two patients dying to get my attention." He showed an odd expression, a mixture of excitement and sadism.
Aokiji was about to use Ice Age but Boa Hancock stood before him. "I will track them down and kill them, it is my duty as a Warlord." The woman stated but she could not dissimulate the disgust she felt at the sight of men, except for Luffy.
"Why would you do that?" Kizaru was just arriving and overheard the conversation. He did not trust pirates and Sentomaru warned him about the odd behavior of the Snake Princess.
"I don't need to explain my reasons, especially to men like you." She said while extremely looking down on the admirals. "However, I am willing to tell you, just because I'm too generous." She returned to her normal pose. "Doing the job of the marines will humiliate you, that makes me happy and being in a good mood increases my beauty… and even if I fail I will be forgiven." She pushed her hair back. "Yes, because I'm beautiful."
"Yes princess, you are gorgeous." A bunch of marines and pirates reacted to the charms of Boa Hancock. Kizaru and Aokiji remained emotionless but once she left both men cursed, they had been defeated.
The Snake Princess sent her loyal Salome to track Luffy and took a marine ship to follow her. Moments later, she noticed a group of pirates on board and something swimming behind them at an incredible speed. "The marines are too stupid to see the intruders." The woman thought. "All men are useless and despicable." She narrowed her eyes. "But not my beloved Luffy, he is just the opposite." The warlord blushed and squealed as a teenage girl would while thinking of her crush.
Miles away, Trafalgar Law was preparing to operate Ace. "Penguin, keep Straw Hat-ya stable until I'm done with Fire Fist-ya." He commanded and proceeded to examine his first patient. "Severe loss of blood; irreparable damage on heart, lungs and stomach, the lava is still expanding; Part of his spine and ribcage are beyond repair." The doctor pondered for a minute. "Shachi, get me the B-7 set of organs and the skeleton of a 20 year-old man." He commanded.
"Captain Law is really cool… not everyone can do that kind of surgery." Bepo told Bart, who was busy navigating.
"He has a collection of organs?" The newest crew member asked in disbelief.
"Our captain is the best surgeon in the world, I mean he will be… He is capable of preserving internal organs and transplanting them to other person, he can replace bones and lost limbs, everything with incredible speed." The bear explained.
"He has a collection of organs and bones?" Bart was still attempting to assimilate that fact.
"If you ever lose an arm our captain will take care of it." Bepo said very proud. "And it doesn't matter if you are a Devil Fruit Eater… Law can operate Logia Types by using sea stone tools." He winked. "But don't worry, he is not affected by them because he does not touch them, only one side of the knife has the sea stone, the other side is steel." Bepo kept talking and Bart allowed other pirate to navigate the submarine so he could witness the surgery.
"He has a collection of organs, bones and body parts" the ex-captain made a statement to himself before giving up.
Bart and Bepo watched the procedure until the bear turned green. "This is going to get ugly." He warned the newest crewmate.
"Room" Bepo and Bart looked disgusted. Law connected his patient to two sources of blood, which were restricted by his devil fruit power and allowed to pass enough blood to keep Ace alive. The Doctor split Ace's torso but kept everything in place with his blue sphere. The procedure revealed a really ugly wound; incinerated masses were in the place of organs, a mixture of blood and other fluids covered the 2nd division commander, and his broken bones were exposed. The doctor cleaned the wound with strong antibiotics to prevent infections. After that, he used his powers to exchange the useless organs with the new ones and injected adrenaline to keep Ace's body functioning. Law removed his control from the two sourced of blood and started to stabilize his patient. The bones were the easy part, the doctor only replaced the missing vertebrates and connected them with a special wire, the same with the ribs. Finally, Trafalgar closed Ace's torso and sewed two blocks of muscle, fat and skin to the back and front of the patient, thus covering the holes Akainu left.
"Are you ok, Bepo?" Bart asked when his friend passed out, still talking about the surgery.
"And those special blocks will merge with Ace's body, soon he will be as good as new." The poor bear knew everything about Law's procedures but could not stand to watch them.
"I'm done, keep him alive. It's the turn of Straw Hat-ya." Law told Shachi and started to work his magic on the other patient... after his brother's surgery Luffy would not be any problem.
At the end of Luffy's procedure, Law decided to raise the submarine and rest. He still had to find a safe place to leave Straw Hat and Fire Fist, but most importantly he needed to replace the corpse he gave away to save Ace. The Death Surgeon opened the door and stopped when he asked himself why he helped Luffy, then he tossed that thought away when he saw a giant snake with pink dots wearing the cranium of some animal, and it was staring dumbly at him.
Behind the snake stood a strikingly beautiful woman with a concerned look, the fishman from before, a guy with a huge head and a cool afro, a man with an odd white and yellow outfit and several men wearing panties and make up.
"How is Luffy?" Everyone asked at the same time.