Chapter 29: Surprise Arrival! Finally, Marineford!

Colour Spread: Strawhats in the Internet: Fanfiction!-The Straw hats are in a cybernetic maze that is Fanfiction itself. Luffy hits his own head as he struggles to read stories about himself, Zoro and Sanji brutally and mercilessy attack the ZoSan segment in disgusted horror. Robin is calmly reading several, giggling at some M-rated ones. Nami is just trying to find her way out as Usopp eagerly reads ones about himself (obviously) and Chopper screams in horror after reading a Horror genre. Franky is making modifications to some as Brook laughs whilst dancing with joy. Finally Ellix and Eri are hanging out in OPFan37's and ThiefofStealth's profiles respectively.

I crossed my arms in thought. If I took part in this war, I would die. Simple as.

I quickly debated the idea over in my head before nodding. "I'm still going. I'll die to save Ace if I have to."

Gundar chuckled. "I had a feeling you'd say that, baka. Just think about the people you'll impact."

"They're strong. They'll recover." I told him plainly.

And I held onto that hope with all my heart.

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The journey to Marineford took about 10 hours, though it felt much longer, I even had difficulty eating! It felt like I was being sailed to my doom, and in a way, I was.

"Listen up, kiddoes!" Gundar yelled. "We're coming up to Marineford, looks like a bunch of ships are already here!"

I could hear the explosions from above the water, obviously the war had already begun.

"This is it..." Tack said solemnly.

"Ya ready, Kalamar?" Roy asked, to which the squid blooped with determination.

"I-I'll do my best as well!" Sarah nodded.

"If charging the lead is Ellix-sama, losing we will not haveness!" Dimo declared.

"As long as I get to kill some Marine bastards." Annabel smirked, holding her scythe over her shoulder.

"Now we're gonna turn this thing up to eleven!" Thom grinned.

"We're coming Ace! Pops!" Catherine exclaimed.

"I'm bursting with anticipation." Specter stated dully.

"Luffy! Ace! We're here!" I shouted.

Suddenly we slowed down to a stop, without surfacing! "Hey! What's wrong, Gundar?" I called.

"We can't surface here!" He shouted back. "We need an escape ship, and if this thing surfaces they're gonna blow it up without a second thought!"

"So what are we supposed to do!? Swimming is out, we got four Devil Fruit users here!" Tack gestured at himself and us.

"But we've come so faaaar!" Roy whined.

I almost slumped in defeat, to come so far just to be stopped by such a trivial thing? There had to be a way!...And that's when I got a very Luffy-esque idea. "Hey! Does this ship have cannons?"

"Yes." Specter said.

"Then let's fire ourselves up and into the battlefield!"

"To you I say GENIUS Ellix-sama!" Dimo sparkled.

"Fire ourselves out of a cannon!? I don't wanna die before I actually GET to the war!" Annabel facefaulted.

"Gyohohohoho! I like your style kiddoe!" Gundar burst out laughing. "But Arianne is right, you'll turn to ash before you break the surface."

"...I am idea the having!" Dimo declared, before he got his notepad and began scribbling down something, he then pulled out several cannonballs, which he opened up like a capsule to reveal they were hollow! "We shall be having the using of these!"

"Dimo! Your a genius!" I praised him, and he swooned from the compliment.

"Your all insane..." Catherine gaped.

"I'm for it." Gundar nodded. "I'm gonna stay with the ship, so I'll light the cannon for ya."

Pretty soon we were below deck, everyone getting into their cannonballs until it was just me. "Last chance, kiddoe." Gundar warned.

"My mind's made up." I told him sternly as I climbed into the last cannonball.

"...I know." And at that, Gundar shut the cannonball.

All I could see was darkness, which was probably a good thing. I felt my self being lifted up before rolling down into the cannon, banging my shoulder from the end. 'Ah well, guess I can say my first injury was from a cannonball.' I joked in my head.

"Good luck, kiddoes!" I heard Gundar yell, followed by the sound of hissing.

'Here we go...' I thought as I covered my ears.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

On the final onomatopoeia, I felt myself kurch forwards and upwards very violently, my stomach being thrown back against my body. I heard the sound of splashing water and assumed that I had broken the surface of the water. 'Here I go!' And so I opened the cannonball and jumped out.

And I screamed.

I was WAY too high up! I could see the whole place! How powerful was that cannon!?

As I was falling I surveyed the battlefield. Most of it was covered in ice as loads of ships stood in front of Marineford, it looked like the main defence wall was up as...was that a green Oars lying across it!?

"Ellix-samaaaaaaa!" I looked left and right of me to see Dimo and everyone else falling!

"Too hiiiigh!" Sarah shrieked.

"Now THAT was entering with a bang!" Thom quipped.

"Falling from this height is so terrifying, I'm really scared." Specter said in his bored tone.

"You could at least TRY to show it!" Tack yelled with shark teeth.

As we were falling I somehow heard some people on the ground. "Now MORE people are falling out of the sky!"

"It looks like they came out of cannonballs!"

"Are they ninjas!?"

For the complete hell of it, I took a deep breath and yelled at the top of my lungs: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! WE'RE HERE TO HELP LUFFY RESCUE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

"And I'm here to kick some Marine ass!" Annabel added.

I heard some more voices on the ground now. "Hang on...that's Rokushiki Nightmare Ellix!"

"He's part of Strawhat Luffy's crew! He's here as well!?"

"Who are all those guys with him!? Does he have his own crew now!?"

When we came dangerously close to the Moby Dick I readied my legs. "Geppo!" I bounced up repeatedly to slow my descent so I could land safely.

Dimo pulled a big green bouncy castle out of the notepad that cushioned his and everyone else's fall. "We are having the arriveness!" Dimo announced.

I looked around frantically for my captains familiar face, hoping he was here.

And then I saw him.

He was standing at the head of the Moby Dick itself. The only thing that had changed about him was the fact he was wearing a yellow shirt and red shorts with white fur around the bottom of the legs.

We just stared at each other with saucepan eyes until a big grin came over my face. "Luffy!"

"Ellix!" An identical grin was put on his face as he wrapped his rubbery arms around me in a bone crushing hug. "Your here! Your here!"

"I knew you'd be here, Luffy!" I laughed. I had never been more happy to see my best friend in my whole life.

"Is this one of your nakama, brat?" A booming voice asked, I turned to where it came fro-

"W-WHITEBEARD!?" I screamed with a huge facefault.

Yes, it was the strongest man in the world himself. He easily towered over me as his cape covered his back, his scar ridden chest and thick neck showed only a smidgeon of his famous power, his famous curved moustache fully confirmed his identity if the overwhelming dominating aura didn't tip you off.

"Hey, Ellix! You came to help save Ace right? Shishishi!" Luffy chuckled. HOW CAN HE BE SO CALM WHEN WHITEBEARD HIMSELF IS STANDING RIGHT THERE!?

"O-Of course I did!" I stammered in Edward Newgate's presence.

"This ossan's gonna help as well." Luffy said, jabbing his thumb at Whitebeard.

'HE JUST CALLED WHITEBEARD AN OSSAN!' I thought with a facefault, as if my captain couldn't get any MORE foolhardy!

"Ellix-samaaaaaa!" A familiar voice called as Dimo ran up to me. "Eh!? You must be having the being of Luffy! I suppose are you havingness the Almostimportantlingnees."

"Nani? Who's this midget guy, Ellix?" Luffy asked.

"Oh yeah. Luffy, these are my new friends. Dimo, Tack, Roy, Kalamar and Sarah." I introduced them all as they ran over.

"Yo." Luffy greeted them with a simple handwave.

"It's really Strawhat Luffy!" Tack facefaulted.

"He looks...like his wanted poster." Sarah said.

"Socool! Nicetomeetcha!" Roy greeted him.

Luffy, in return, was drooling. "Seafood..." He slurred as he eyed Kalamar, who blubbed in fear.

"So your Strawhat Luffy." Specter said as he walked over. "I am bursting with excitement to meet you. My name is Specter."

"Eh? What's up with your face? Are you wearing a mask?" Luffy began pulling on his face. ONLY Monkey D. Luffy could be acting like this in the middle of a war!

"Pops!" Thom and Catherine then came running out. "We're back, Pops!"

"Thom, Catherine, I am glad you are safe." Whitebeard said, sounding honest. "Where have you been all this time?"

"In trouble, as usual." Thom shrugged.

"But we have Ellix to thank for helping us get here." Catherine said, patting me on the shoulder.

"Is that so?" He looked at me, making me shrink with fear. "Thank you for bringing my son and daughter back to me."

"I-It was nothing..." I squeaked.

"Your siblings are already on the battlefield." Whitebeard told his reunited 'children'.

"Damn, they got the jump on me." Thom sighed.

"Oh dear..." Catherine mumbled.

Luffy then pounded his own fist. "Yosh! Ready Ellix!?"

I nodded with a confident grin. "All the way, Luffy!"

"I'm coming for you, Ace! Haaaaaaaah!" Luffy roared as we jumped off the figurehead of the Moby Dick.

For me, the Marineford War had begun.

It's finally here! The Arc you've all been waiting for! Marineford War! Paramount War! War of the Best! Whatever the hell you wanna call it! It's here!

Ellix: We're gonna save Ace!

By the way, did you guys hear about what Oda did? Apparently a young boy had lung cancer and couldn't be cured, so the Japenese equivalent of the 'Make a Wish' foundation asked what he would most like, and he said he wanted to know how his favourite series, One Piece, ended. Oda personally came to his house, and holding back tears, told him in private. When Oda left, the boy was crying, and simply said: "One Piece is beautiful."

Ellix: Tha-That's so sad! Waaaaah! Oda-chan is so nice!

I actually cried when I read this, no joke! It's just so touching! And if you didn't feel anything reading that, you are a stone cold bastard/bitch (I didn't mean it, please don't think I'm a mean person). Review time!

To TheRealEvanSG: Ohyeahthat'sbadisn'titofcourseitwouldbebadifEllixdiesbuthopefullyhewon'tHehehehehehe!

Ellix:...The author tried a triple chocolate spread sandwhich.

To HikariLight99: Hope and ye shall recieve!

Ellix: Sorry if your disappointed!

To Exile037: For the moment, we can only imagine...except for me, 'cause I right this thing!

To R.E.W. 4: Ohohohohohooooooo! Here's someone who remembers the previous chapters!

Ellix: Nani!? Doflamingo's here!?

To ThiefofStealth: Thank you for your encouragement Thief-chan! Eri-chan!

Ellix: If you two are cheering for me, I CAN'T die!

To Zusanheim: To be fair, you SHOULD have seen this coming.

Ellix: How was I supposed to know!? And don't side with HIM!

Well folks, next time this Arc will REALLY start, so make sure to read then!

Ellix: Thanks for reading! Reviews are always appreciated!

Nakama!