Ace's Second Chance 10
I upload on Wednesdays until I'm done with the story, then I just want to post everything at once… that's why I uploaded so fast. Enjoy the chapters and Happy Wednesday.
The Princess' Grudge
Vivi showed up just in time to prevent the assassination of her friends. The girl's heart beat faster due to the fear she was experiencing, she knew she was going to die the moment she caught his attention. "It is my fault and I will die to make amendments, my life is not enough but…" She was cut off by Akainu's hand on her neck.
"Vivi" Ace stood up in an attempt to help his princess but he couldn't move an inch since Akainu saw him and tightened his grip. "Let her go, it's me you want."
"I can have both and as long as the marines are dead no one will believe a bunch of pirates and a fallen princess." Akainu growled. "I will personally execute all of you. First Sogeking, the Cat Burglar and Franky, they will be a good opening. Next Humming Brook, as a message to all his fans who dared to defy the Marines at Sabaody. Then the strongest members, Nico Robin, Black Leg and Roronoa. Finally I will put the Captain, the Princess and the Son of the Pirate King in the stage, you will be forced to see this girl and your brother die and then I may allow you to commit suicide or not, I still have to think that through." The Fleet Admiral was delusional, his obsession was out of control.
"Akainu." Vivi paused and Ace was sure that she would say something really smart to get them out of trouble, he noticed she had an idea because she was not biting her lip. "Who will take care of Chopper the pet? And could we listen to Soul King's music before we get executed?" She said. Ace's jaw dropped.
"I may as well kill the raccoon and you'll die without music…" Akainu laughed at the Princess, it was clear that she had accepted her death. He was wrong, the girl raised a small atomizer, a sea-stone dust container given by Robin, and sprayed the marine's face, she fell to the floor and ran towards Ace. "What are you doing here? You were supposed to be safe at your kingdom, now you will be a criminal…" The Whitebeard Pirate started to scold her but she cut him off with a kiss.
Sakazuki threw lava towards them as they were distracted. "Princesses these days… you put so much pride in protecting them so they can marry a Prince and continue the blue blood line and they go and fall in love with a pirate." Kuzan raised an ice wall. Akainu looked around and noticed that no one was on the ship but the four of them. "Damn you and that little bitch. You saved the pirates while she distracted me." He narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"Ace, take care of your majesty I'll deal with him from now on." Kuzan was deadly serious. In the two years that they trained together he never saw that anger in his eyes, only when he talked to him about certain duel in the New World. "Punkhazard." He thought and Vivi prompted him to jump off the ship. They landed on a huge mass of ice, Luffy was ready to jump to battle again, as most of the males. Robin seemed troubled and Vivi knew why, the archeologist was supposed to blow up the ship at Kuzan's request and he would be the bait to make sure Akainu drowned, the former marine didn't accept any other suggestion Robin gave him that involved him not sacrificing himself. The older woman put herself together and trusted that Kuzan would somehow survive, she made an eye appear on the ship to know the exact moment of their comeback.
Kuzan and Sakazuki's devil fruit powers clashed. The Fleet Admiral was weakened, that meant a huge advantage for the former marine but he wanted to fight his sworn enemy fair and square. "What am I thinking? If I don't kill this bastard the princess will be in danger."
"I see you decided to take the pirates' side, how low will you fall?" Akainu clenched his fists. "I should have killed you at Punkhazard." With those words the Fleet Admiral surrounded himself in lava and turned into a wave. Kuzan blocked him with ice and created several pillars to gain altitude, once he was in position he shot a spear. Akainu avoided it by using Soru and kicked the bodyguard to the floor. The intensity of the impact made Robin clench her fists.
"Robin, Akainu has two broken ribs on the right side, his left leg can barely hold him and the wound Brook gave him is bothering him… there are more injuries but those are the ones we should target." The doctor said with a determined look that was really cute and Robin decided to follow her original plan and ignore Kuzan's.
"Franky, get the machine ready. Usopp, prepare to activate all the dials and do it quick because I have another task for you. Nami, I want those clouds ready. Brook, go to a high place and wait for the chance to stab Akainu. Sanji, Luffy and Ace you will join the fight when I say so. Miss Wednesday, use your sedatives. Zoro, Tashigi is fine, focus on the battle." Robin ordered everyone.
Zoro rolled his eye, he was just accommodating the unconscious marines, all of them. Chopper looked at Robin with wondering eyes and the woman nodded, then the doctor ate a rumble ball.
The Straw Hats jumped into the scene. Akainu and Kuzan were staring at each other, ready to resume the battle when they were taken aback by a gigantic monster with black boxing gloves. The pirates formed a circle to show the marine that they were united and that no one would destroy them and that they would face any enemy no matter how strong he was.
The Fleet Admiral saw Robin disappear and knew that the dangerous woman had predicted the outcome of the battle. Vivi started to spin her weapons, immediately she charged at Akainu, the peacock slashers extended and contracted around the tall man, who tried to use his lava to melt the beautiful weapons but they had sea-stone dust. The princess took advantage of her proximity to the marine by throwing a perfume bottle at him, then Ace held her by the waist and took her away from danger.
Zoro was the next, his sword slashed through the marine's chest and then Sanji kicked him in the stomach to increase the broken ribs number. Sakazuki would be able to dodge all the attacks even if his body was moderately injured but for some reason his vision was blurry and his body was slow to react. Chopper started to punch the enemy with ferocious strength, the ship trembled with every blow. Akainu stood up by pure will power and used Tekkai to resist the monster, then he changed to Geppou for the lack of success. Akainu ascended on the air and Vivi realized that the marine would melt the doctor's face. "Mr. Bushido, Sanji..." She said and the boys understood, much to Ace's indignation his princess was sent flying. When Akainu was about to reach Choppers head Vivi restrained his hand with her weapon acting as a whip. The other one went to his neck, sadly Akainu raised his free hand to prevent strangulation. Oddly enough, the hood of the desert gown covered Vivi's face at the moment of the attack.
"That's a new one. You've become really strong." Ace commented and Nami and Robin giggled from afar. "What?" Ace asked annoyed but the girls giggled even more. "What's with all this giggling, sheesh?"
Chopper put his hand so Vivi could land, she let go off her grip of Akainu and the doctor smashed him with his free hand. However the three minutes ended, Chopper went back to his brain point and Vivi found herself on a free fall. Ace was ready to rescue his princess but he was engaged in battle with Akainu. "Luffy, do something." Ace hoped that his brother could save the girl but being Luffy he joined the fight. "Don't worry, I'll help you." The captain glared at the marine and Ace slapped his forehead.
Kuzan was the one to save Vivi, he was his bodyguard after all. Robin reappeared. "The leg, the stomach and the back." She reminded the pirates. "Shall we proceed, everyone?" She turned to Akainu. "If the lava touches you you'll have an agonizing death… try to stay alive." The pirates turned green. The archeologist made a huge hand appear and made the 'thumbs up' signal.
Ace and Luffy eyed Robin, who suddenly appeared between them with a gun, it was certainly creepy that she could just show up anywhere. The woman smirked, as if reading their thoughts, and raised the weapon towards the head of the enemy. "That won't work again, get away." Ace yelled after recognizing the woman's strategy. Akainu laughed and waited for Brook to make his move, once the pirate approached him the marine trapped them, the archeologist disappeared and the musician turned to a pile of bones. The woman reappeared steps away from the logia type and shot three times, surprisingly all the bullets sunk in lava. However, three more gunshots were heard at the distance and the projectiles hit Akainu's back. "The King of Snipers did it again." Usopp shouted, waving with the real sea-stone gun.
"It's time for you to get out of the way." Robin grew hands to push the D carries off the ship. Franky showed up with a hose, the cyborg posed before attacking with a huge quantity of water at extreme pressure. Akainu covered himself the best he could but the seawater was affecting him, taking advantage of the distraction Zoro and Sanji threw a sea-stone net over the Fleet Admiral and an ice-barrier surrounded the battlefield, leaving the pirates out of it. Nami and Usopp's turn to fight arrived, and they were glad that it didn't involve being near the scary marine. The navigator had been working on a black cloud with enormous electric charge and the sniper's dials were also ready, both pirates began the thunder show. Luffy was impressed with all the lights and shiny wall before him. "So cool." He jumped all around the barrier.
"How can he have all that energy?" Vivi sighed. She was exhausted and let her body fall in the ice. Ace approached her and grinned but before they could say something the rest of the pirates collapsed, all the adrenaline from fighting the Fleet Admiral was over, and they could barely stand. "I didn't want anyone to die." She looked at the sea with nostalgia. She sobbed and Ace hugged her and explained that none of the casualties were her fault, that Akainu's fake document started all.
"I guess I'll be able to return to Alabasta." She said after a few minutes. Ace didn't understand her, she wanted to be a pirate but she didn't want to leave her kingdom, yet she risked everything by defying the marines, and now she wanted to go back to be a princess. Women were complicated, Kuzan was right.
"I'll go with whatever you decide." The whitebeard pirate was ok as long as she was happy. "But you are already here and it would be awesome if you could come with me… I mean us." Ace scratched his head, not sure of what to do, he was acting on instinct.
Robin and Nami giggled, despite Ace's annoyed look. "What's with all that giggling?" He asked again. "It's a girl thing." Vivi giggled along. "So, about setting sail?" The logia type continued and Vivi smiled while putting a finger on his lips.
"I'm so jealous… why is Chopper resting on Robin's lap?" Sanji cried. The archeologist was taking care of the reindeer because of the side effects of using the monster point. "Just let it go." Zoro rolled his eyes. Franky was out of cola and Brook laughed with Usopp.
Everyone was happy that their nightmare was over, a huge celebration was on the way. Luffy couldn't wait to eat his fill, Terracota's dishes were awesome. Suddenly Akainu removed the net from his body, the marine was defeated but he would not give up since his title was on the line. "Straw Hat… Fire Fist… I'll kill you." He growled. "And then I will make that bitch suffer." He pointed at the Princess, Ace stood up to finish him off but Vivi stopped him.
"Fleet Admiral, do you remember my words?" She glared at him. "While we were 'talking' I advised you to kill me or else you would face my grudge."
"You didn't do anything… you are a coward that shielded herself with the pirates. Am I wrong?" He laughed with the little strength he had left. "Will you take my life?"
"This was not my doing so I do not intend to take credit for it." She sent a smile to her friends. "And I won't let you die, for the offence to the Royal family of Alabasta demands a greater punishment." Vivi's expression turned deadly as her memories of the torture invaded her mind. "Your actions are unforgivable, therefore you will spend the rest of your life on Impel Down. You will live with the shame of falling from the highest position you ever achieved. From the moment you step on that prison you will be known as the pathetic excuse of a marine, a man who dared to taint the name of the Gorosei to pursue an obsession without fundaments." The princess' words made Akainu want to kill her even more. "I will use all the influence I have with the Celestial Dragons to make sure your permanent stay at Impel Down is worse than hell."
Kuzan felt pity for his enemy, his fate was the worst punishment a high-raked marine could get. Then Vivi's face softened, she was not vengeful… she was a compassionate girl who longed for peace and would forgive that man after some time.
"Princess?" Tashigi woke up. Vivi rushed to the marine and hugged her. "Thank God you are alive, Kuzan noticed an explosion and we rushed to see if you were ok, after all you saved me from Akainu." Vivi lied, though she was indeed worried for Tashigi. "I appreciate your concern, your majesty." The marine smiled and then saw the Fleet Admiral. "I must arrest you, please do not resist anymore." She said and put the sea-stone handcuffs on him.
"You are dead." Sakazuki growled and prepared to attack Tashigi, however Luffy entered Third Gear and sunk Akainu along with most of the ship.
"You piss me off." The Captain frowned after going back to normal.
To Be Continued
Excuses so you won't kill me:
Akainu wasn't killed because he must endure a living hell for all the things he did, killing him would be being too nice to him.
I wrote this before I learned that Zoro and Sanji can use haki, (Robin should be able to use Haki… I suggest we protest XD just kidding.)
Fourth Paragraph… I know it was pretty stupid but I couldn't resist writing it.
When I saw the Straw Hats fighting Oars I loved their teamwork and created the whole battle based on their teamwork.
Chopper resting on Robin's lap was at the end of Fishman Island arc, so cute.
Since Sanji stole the sea-stone dust, he passed it to Robin and she gave it to Vivi when she saw her… that's why Vivi had the atomizer at the beginning and her peacock slashers neglect Akainu's power.
I can't think of anything else I would demand an explanation of if I were a reader XD
Son of Whitebeard: 0_0 why is Vivi going to die?
Frankman364: I got you XD I hope Akainu's punishment is cruel enough.
Saveme57: 0_0 why would I kill the Straw Hats? And Akainu lost his mind XD