Chapter 34: Launch to Ace! Luffy and Ellix vs, The Three Admirals!
Colour Spread: One Piece RPG-The Strawhats are all hiking up a mountain equipped in various gear with different occupations. Brook is the Minstrel with a Sleepy Violin, Franky is a Mechanic with a Robotic Glove, Robin is a Black Mage with Dark Spellbook, Chopper is a Medic with Healing Charm. Sanji is a Cook with Iron Heels, Usopp is a Sniper with Kabuto, Nami is a White Mage with Perfect Clima-tact, Zoro is a Knight with Santoryuu, Luffy is a King with a Meat Club, Eri is an Assassin with Keirosaki Bisento, and Ellix is a Thief with Dream Dagger.
"POPS!" All the Whitebeard members screamed as their captains attacker pulled his sword out of the legendary pirates stomach.
"Ossan..." Luffy breathed.
"SQUAAAAARD!" Marco roared as he flew over and slammed the attacker into the deck. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS!?"
"Shut up!" Squard shouted as he threw the phoenix man off. "Your the ones who forced us into this!" Even with this shock, I could still hear the screams of fighting. "Stop this insanity, Whitebeard! You've already made a deal with the Marines, haven't you!? They promised to let your Whitebeard Pirates and Ace live, right!?"
"Nani!? What's the meaning of this!?" I heard someone yell.
"HE LED US INTO A TRAP!" Squard declared. "We didn't know anything, about Ace being Gol D. Rogers son!" He then sat down in defeat. "When you picked me up...I was alone! Do you know why!? It was because the friends I had fought alongside with for so long were obliterated by Roger! You should know the hate I have for Roger!"
'Roger made as many enemies as he did admirers...' I thought briefly.
"Why didn't you say anything...about how Ace was Roger's son and you planned on making him the next Pirate King!?" Squard continued. "As soon as you did that, you had already betrayed us...you mocked me by having me be friendly with Ace! And when your darling Ace was captured...YOU SOLD OUT THE 43 CAPTAINS FOLLOWING YOU IN EXCHANGE FOR ACE'S LIFE! THE WHITEBEARD PIRATES AND ACE WOULD BE SPARED! YOU HAVE A DEAL WITH SENGOKU! ISN'T THAT RIGHT!? AND WE DIDN'T SUSPECT A THING!"
'Sure doesn't look like that to me.' I thought bitterly, surveying all pirates being attacked, no one was getting 'special treatment'.
"We came here to throw our lives away for Ace and Whitebeard! And look at us! Right now! Who are the Marines targeting!? IT'S US! Blocked by the frozen waves, we can't escape!"
"Pops! Is that true!?" I heard someone yell.
I began looking around more frantically, faces were becoming blurred, undistinguishable in the smoke, where they really targeting only allies? Everything was getting so blurry and confusing and...dark...everything...growing dark...
"Ellix!" A forced shake cleared my vision, and I looked to see Luffy. "What's up? You looked sleepy for a second there! Don't tell me your hurt!" I looked sleepy? I couldn't-
"Akoiji!" I heard Sengoku yell, though echoed, and I shook my head to bring my hearing into focus. "Activate the siege walls!" That didn't sound good...
"Your pathetic! Whitebeard!" A disgustingly familiar voice shouted. "I didn't lose to such a weak man!"
'Crocodile...fought Whitebeard?'
There seemed to ge a deadly silence despite the rage of battle, until Whitebeard spoke. "You haven't lost your touch, Sengoku! You've managed to drive a wedge between us. I gave away my sons lives!?"
Suddenly there was the sound of huge cracks, and the giant ice on our left and right sides shattered, clearing an escape route. "IF YOU ARE PIRATES, CHOOSE WHO TO BELIEVE YOURSELVES!"
"Pops! I knew you'd never betray everyone!" Lucas cheered.
"We'll fight for you until we die!" Aidan called.
"IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT WITH ME, BE PREPARED TO GIVE UP YOUR LIVES!" Whitebeard roared.
"Here we go!" Everyone shouted.
"GET READY! THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS ATTACKING!" Sengoku screamed.
"Whitebeard is making his move!"
"Follow Pops! Clear a path for him!"
"That ossan is tough! He's already been stabbed!" Luffy impressed by someone!?...Actually, that's pretty common. "But Ace comes first! C'mon Ellix!" And so we ran onward once again.
During which the whole ground underneath our feet started tilting! "Yaaah! What's going on!?" Luffy shouted.
"It's Pops!" Aidan said as he created a guard to hold him up from the tilt.
"So this is the power of the Gura Gura no Mi..." I mumbled.
The quakes rocketed along the island and the ocean surrounding it, making me feel like a sock in a washing machine, the quakes travelled up and seemingly swamped over the execution platform, but the clearing debris revealed the three Admirals blocking it.
"Haa...haa...that was close! We almost fell under the ice!" Luffy panted as we regained our footing. "Can't that ossan tell who's on his side!?"
"His crew expected it and got out of the way!" Jimbei argued.
"Yeah, we always get taught to stay away from Pops when he's attacking." Lucas added.
Cannon fire and more explosions could now be heard. 'Extra offense, they must be planning something. But what?'
"They cleared the way! Now we can get up!" Luffy exclaimed as he stretched his arms up and grabbed onto the ledge, when suddenly the entire thing rose up with Luffy falling off! "Wah! Nani!?"
"The wall!" Someone yelled as it rose out of reach.
"We're surrounded!"
"What's going on!?"
'Clever bastards...'
"The cannons are aiming at us!" Somebody observed as the cannons in the wall lowered.
Looking around, I saw the body of the yellowy oars pushing down one of the wall sections. "Luffy! We can get over using that Oars guy!"
"Right!" Luffy nodded, but we suddenly had to take cover as meteors began raining down.
"Destroy the ice! Melt their footing!"
'Damn Akainu!' I cursed in my head.
"Damn it! Our ship!" A shout turned our attention to the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, which was now ablaze, and slowly sinking. "The Moby Dick!"
"Moby!" Aidan cried.
"Marine assholes!" Lucas swore.
"Can't we do anything about this wall!?" Looking at the thick steel, I definitely didn't think so.
As more meteors rained down, we ran as fast as possible to avoid the boiling water where ice once was. Even Whitebeard attempted to break down the wall, but even his strength only caused it to cave in.
"Even Pops couldn't break it!"
"That's no ordinary steel!"
"The plan is proceeding accordingly!" A voice rang out via Transponder Snail. "We will now proceed with Portgaz D. Ace's execution!"
"Crap! C'mon Ellix!" Luffy shouted as he dragged me along to the only entrance.
"Matte, Luffy!" I screamed. "This is the only entrance! If we try to go through here we'll-"
I was cut off as we were hit with a cannonball, pain seared through me as we were both thrown back at Iva and Jimbei's feet. I coughed up a little blood. "Hah...you're...hah...a baka!"
"There's no vay the enemy would leave the one place a hole is open unguarded! It's obviously a trap!" Iva lectured him.
"I already told him that..." I sighed.
"Don't be so reckless!" Jimbei added.
"Hah...hah...if I don't do something...hah...if I don't hurry...they're...gonna execute Ace!" Luffy shouted.
"That's right, and that's the only opening in the steel wall! We have to use it somehow!" Jimbei said.
"But only a few people can get through at a time! And then they'll face the full force of the Marines!" Iva argued.
"Well then just move quicker!" Aidan said.
"Baka! That'll be like sending lambs into a slaughterhouse one by one!" Lucas said.
"Hah...hah...I've got an idea!" Luffy said suddenly, quickly telling us his 'plan'.
"EH!? Are you nuts!?" We all shouted as he picked up a broken mast, slinging it under his shoulder.
"I gotta do this to save Ace!" Luffy shouted.
"But it's seawater! You'll get weakened!" Aidan reasoned.
"The hell do I care!? I just need to get past them and save Ace!" Luffy hissed. "Jimbei! Please!"
Jimbei stared at him before nodding. "Alright, but be careful!"
"I can't let my captain do something stupid without me." I thought aloud. "So count me in!"
"Arigatou, Ellix!" Luffy grinned.
"Okay!" Jimbei said as he grabbed onto the water made by Akainu's attack. "Hold your breath!"
"Don't die!" Lucas added.
'How reassuring...' I thought.
Before we knew it, me and my captain were enveloped by water and launched skyward, I felt my strength beginning to fade, and I thought I was blacking out again, but we finally landed...in front of the three Admirals.
"Strawhat Luffy and Rokushiki Nightmare Ellix!" The Marines around us yelled.
"Oh, you've made it this far...but it's a little too early for you both to stand on this stage." Akoiji stated.
"You certainly are bold...Dragon's son." Akainu ignored me.
"That youthfulness...is quite frightening." Kizaru mumbled.
"Hah...hah..." We both panted.
"Luffy! Ellix!" I heard Ace shout.
'It doesn't matter how strong they are...if I can put them to sleep!'
"Give Ace back!" Luffy roared as he swung his mast weapon, letting go just before it got frozen over. "Gum Gum...Stamp Gatling!" Luffy unleashed a flurry of kicks.
"Sleep Dust!" I fiercely exhaled multicoloured powder at them.
I knew this was a reckless move, as the admirals simply blew away the dust with their Devil Fruit abilities, and the ice blocks just went through them, but the second part was more important!
"Gear Second!"
"Soru!"
We both dashed past the trio as fast as possible, when a light shined next to us. "Hmm, too slow." Kizaru mocked us as he kicked us both at the speed of light.
It felt like my entire head had caved in as I felt myself get thrown to the side at incredible speed. "Teggou Goo!" I hardened my body just as we crashed with a devastating impact, it was lucky I had anticipated Kizaru intercepting us, or that impact would have killed me.
I shakily stood up, stumbling around as my vision became blurred again. Everything left after-images, noises became static over the noise of my beating heart. I heard Luffy cry out Ace's name, and managed to make out Crocodile of all people saving Ace.
'Wait...Crocodile!?' The shock rectified my senses.
"Eh!? You!?" Luffy voiced my thoughts.
"I'll deal with the ossan later." He growled. "First, I want to wipe the smiles of your faces!"
Suddenly he got decapitated! His head flying off before turning to stand, and I knew there was only one man responsib-
"Gah!" I swivelled around and gasped as I saw Akoiji pull an ice saber out of Luffy's shoulder.
"Aokiji!" I shouted, before I suddenly coughed into my hand and fell to my knees, taking it away I saw..."Blood?"
"That impact has damaged you more then you thought." Aokiji said.
'No...this isn't from the impact...'
"I owe your grandfather...but I've got no choice." Aokiji told Luffy. "You chose the path to your own death."
"Oww! Damnit!" Luffy said as he clutched his wounded shoulder.
"Stop it!" I shouted, but my legs refused to work.
Just as I thought Luffy was done for, some familiar blue flames kicked the Admiral away. "That's...first squad leader Marco!"
"Luffy..." I shuddered at the incorrect way my body felt.
"Ellix, are you okay!?" Luffy asked, clutching his bleeding shoulder. "Why'd you cough up blood like that!?"
'Always thinking of others first...' "Forget about me! We still need to rescue Ace!"
"Right! But now we're far away!" He gritted his teeth. "I won't let anyone get in my way!"
"Yeah." I nodded in agreement, but inside I felt terrible. 'I'm sorry Luffy...but if I tell you...you'll just hurt yourself more...please forgive me when I die!'
Here's the next chapter! And sorry it's so late! I've been buried in schoolwork! I hope this makes up for it! Ellix can't be with us this time around as he's...y'know, dying...reviews now!
To R.E.W: Yeeeeeeah sorry about that, and sorry about this too.
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Nakama!