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Another Commander
All captured members of the Straw Hat Pirates along with the two members of Kaien Kingdom were finally free. They were all now ready to launch their counterattack. They were now ready to free this kingdom. But first two things needed to be done. The first was freeing all the slaves on this island from the revolutionary army. That was the easy part and was already being taken care of by Flint. The second and difficult part was defeating the one in charge of this base, the Shichbukai Donquixito Doflamingo.
Currently the Straw Hats were running down a large isle quickly taking down any enemies that they come across.
"I still can't believe all the stuff you told me. I mean the revolutionary army wanted Robin to join the army. Blackbeard allied with the revolutionary army. This just all seems so unbelievable," said Zoro.
"Believe me we keep telling ourselves that. But that's just how it is," replied Nami.
"If all that's true then the situation is much bigger than simply freeing the kingdom," said Zoro.
"It means that we're all probably marked for death by both Blackbeard and the revolutionary army," said Robin.
"Hey guys we can worry about all that later. Let's just take care of the guys up ahead," said Franky.
The Straw Hats eventually ran into a large hall filled with revolutionaries. All of them had swords and guns with them.
"Oye Oye there really seems to be a lot of them," commented Sanji boredly.
"Don't worry I'll take care of most of them for you. You can just sit back and relax," replied Zoro.
"Like hell I'll do that," said Sanji rudely.
While Sanji and Zoro were arguing, the rest of the Straw Hats took time to look at the large number of revolutionaries
"It seems were surrounded," said Ussop.
"Seems so," replied Robin.
"Hey guys, don't worry about it. Just get them all," cheered Nami who was standing a fare distance behind the crew.
"Don't say that while so far away," Ussop comically retored.
"Members of the Straw Hat Pirates, you are surrounded. Surrender yourselves peacefully and we won't hurt you," commanded one of the revolutionaries.
"We don't want to hear that from people who take slaves," said Pellinopee angrily.
"Those slaves are pirates. There is nothing wrong with how we treat people like them," replied the revolutionary.
The Straw Hats looked neutrally at the revolutionary who said that. After being in the base for some time, they were no longer even phased by the way the revolutionary army was.
Sanji then took a puff of smoke as he looked at the revolutionary who just spoke to Pellinopee.
"You know shitty bastard it's wrong to talk to a lady like that," said Sanji with a low voice.
"It doesn't matter. She's filth for associating with villains like you," replied the revolutionary.
Sanji hearing that instantly got ticked. He immediately lept into the air and kicked the revolutionary sending him flying back into a large group of the revolutionaries knocking them back as well.
"That dumb cook got started without us. Oh well I can't let him beat me," said Zoro with a grin.
He too jumped into action and began slashing away at the revolutionaries.
He was not the only one as all the Straw Hats got into action. Nami was using her Sorcery Clima-Tact to shock groups of revolutionaries, whether it be from the weapon itself or from thunderclouds she quickly made. Robin was using her devil fruit powers to break the limbs of revolutionaries. Ussop using Kuro Kabuto was firing pop green plants that formed into various plants that defeated many soldiers. Chopper was in Kung Fu Point using kung fu to beat up revolutionaries. Finally Brook was using his light weight and cane sword to strike at revolutionaries so fast that they couldn't see it. Eventually the room was filled with the bodies of revolutionaries either dead or unconscious.
"Well that's that," said Ussop.
"Not quite, there's still two more," said Zoro.
"Two more what are you talking about? All of them were defeated," said Ussop confused.
"He means the two outside. They're both a good distance away but they're both definitely outside" said Sanji.
It was then that Ussop realized what happened. Zoro and Sanji used observation haki to sense the presence of two more individuals that are outside the building.
"Let's ignore them. They're just two revolutionaries. They wouldn't be much trouble," said Nami.
"We can't do that Nami-san," said Sanji.
Nami looked at Sanji confused before Sanji deciding to explain.
"Amongst those two one of them is Doflamingo," said Sanji.
The crew now understood why they couldn't ignore the two revolutionaries outside. One of them was none other than the man they had to defeat. All of them faced the direction that Zoro and Sanji were currently facing.
"That's not all, he's with someone else too. And judging from his haki, that person is very strong," said Zoro.
The crew all became worried. They knew that Doflamingo himself was extremely powerful being a member of the Shichbukai and having successfully subdued all of them when they were split up. Defeating him alone would be trouble but now he was not alone and from what Zoro said he was with someone who was quite strong. Things were not looking good.
"Damn it, first Doflamingo, now another strong guy. Things just keep getting worse and worse," said Franky.
"This isn't good considering that Doflamingo beat us easily last time. Now that he has help ..." said Chopper now trailing off though they all had an idea what he was going to say.
"It doesn't matter. One strong guy, two strong guys or another, I'm not backing off," said Zoro.
Franky, Chopper and the rest of the group looked at Zoro with awe with the exception of Sanji.
"I'm not going to let the marimo show me up. I'm in," said Sanji referring to Zoro.
"Besides," said Sanji before pausing.
"We'll have to defeat that person as well in order to free Pellinopee-chan's kingdom. So there's no helping it," said Sanji.
The rest of the crew looked at Zoro and Sanji before agreeing.
"You're right," said Nami.
"Guess there's no helping it is there," said Franky with a grin.
All the Straw Hats had determined faces showing that they understood what they had to do. They had to defeat those two to free Kaien. Then Nami turned to Pellinopee.
"Pellinopee maybe it's best that you don't come along. Doflamingo and that other guy are both pretty strong so things are going to get ugly," warned Nami.
Pellinopee responded by shaking her head.
"No I'm staying," said Pellinopee determinedly.
Nami looked seriously and Pellinopee as did the rest of the crew.
"I know I may not be strong like you guys but I can't just sit by and do nothing when you're all fighting for my kingdom and for me," said Pellinopee.
"I'm definitely coming. Even if I can't fight I can still help somehow. I want to help free my country," said Pellinopee.
"Please Nami-san, everyone, please let me come with you," said Pellinopee with a pleading voice.
Nami sighed but decided to let her come.
"Okay fine you can come but if things get dangerous, get out of here," said Nami.
Pellinopee smiled gratefully at Nami.
The rest of the crew along with Maxie smiled at Pellinopee. Sanji chose to be a ladies man again.
"Don't worry Pellinopee-chan. I'm here and would protect you," said Sanji pointing to himself.
"Thank you Nami-san, everyone," thanked Pellinopee.
"Alright let's go," said Zoro.
Zoro and Sanji stood infront the group. Zoro had two swords out while Sanji had his leg up. The two together broke a huge hole in the wall. With a way out present, the two strongest members of the crew along with the rest of the Straw Hats and the two Kaien Kingdom members exited the building through the hole. Then they began walking forward to where the two powerful revolutionaries were. The walk towards the two revolutionaries were similar to the one the crew had when they first arrived on the plaza at Fishman Island before going into battle with Hody and his men. The walk was filled with purpose. They right now were not the fun loving pirates that love to have a good time. Right now they were the powerful world famous pirates that could overcome any obstacle.
"So you finally arrived," said Doflamingo to the crew.
The crew all stood infront of Doflamingo in a line. They took the time to observe the Shichbukai. Unlike before he was not wearing his pink flamboyant feathered coat. He replaced it with a dark blue cloak. Also he was no wearing black revolutionary attire. He was no dressed completely different, no longer like a Shichbukai but a revolutionary commander.
"Yeah we're here and now we're going to take you down bastard," said Sanji.
Meanwhile Zoro took the time to observe the figure standing next to him.
"So you're the other guy with him. I could tell that you're pretty strong," said Zoro.
The figure in questioned had a redish brown fauxhawk, an X on his chin. Furthermore like Doflamingo he was wearing a dark blue cloak and black revolutionary clothes. Robin upon recognizing the man spoke up
"This man, I know who he is," said Robin.
The crew all turned to the direction of Robin obviously wanting an explanation.
"He's X Drake, a pirate," said Robin.
"A pirate, him," said Franky with a questioning tone.
"Yes. He was originally a rear admiral before leaving the marines for unknown reasons. Then he became a highly successful pirate and was a member of the Supernovas like Luffy and Zoro. Some time after the war he teamed up with Kaido of the four emperors. Now I'm guessing that since Kaido is dead, he became a revolutionary," explained Robin.
"You know a great deal about me, as expected of you Nico Robin. I was told that you were very knowledgeable about the world. Now more so than ever since you spent two years with the revolutionary army," said Drake.
Upon hearing that Drake knew that she spent two years with the revolutionary army, her eyes narrowed.
"How do you know that I was with the revolutionary army for two years?" asked Robin.
"Well it's simple, as you could see I'm also a member of the revolutionary army," replied Drake.
"I see, the dark blue cloak along with black clothes. It's the cloak signifying that the individual is a commander of the revolutionary army," stated Robin.
"This guy is a revolutionary commander," said a surprised Chopper.
"No wonder Zoro and Sanji said that he was strong. Man this isn't good," said Ussop.
"It was bad enough that we were facing one commander, now we are facing two," said Brook.
Zoro and Sanji despite knowing that the battle would be difficult now that they were facing not one but two revolutionary commanders were not intimidated. They were the two strongest members of the crew. Furthermore they were the ones who would protect the other members of the crew. They always have and they always will. Facing two revolutionary commanders would not change that.
"So you're familiar with this blue cloak. Well I guess it can't be helped since you did spent two years with the revolutionary army, then you would meet a few commanders," said Drake.
"I'm guessing that you joined the revolutionary army shortly after Kaido's death. Since Kaido was dead then you had no choice," said Robin.
"That's where you're wrong Nico Robin. I didn't join the army after Kaido's death," said Drake.
Drake then took a pause before continuing.
"I was a member of the revolutionary army ever since I left the marines," revealed Drake.
Robin's face took on one of shock.
"But I heard that you left the marines to become a pirate," replied Robin.
"No I joined the revolutionary army right after I left the marines," Drake reiterated his earlier statement.
Drake then took closed his eyes as if reminiscing on something before opening them.
"During my time with the marines I slowly began to realize the corruption of the world government. And I couldn't take it anymore, so I left," said Drake begin to explain his actions.
"Afterwords I was approached by Dragon-sama who offered me a position in the revolutionary army. I accepted," said Drake.
"Then if you're a revolutionary then why are you a pirate?" asked Robin.
"I was ordered to by Lord Dragon. It was to help keep an eye out on the world and report on important events to him. Also as a high level pirate I would gain better access to the world of pirates. That means that I could for example find new recruits for the army since a large portion of the army is made up of ex pirates. Or just gain information on the pirate world or even the world in general," replied Drake.
"I'm not the only revolutionary whose posing as a pirate. Doflamingo here was posing as a Shichbukai. The same applies to the Trafalgar Law and Basil Hawkins," said Drake.
"Trafalgar Law, wasn't he that guy from the human auctioning shop. He was with another pirate, I believe his name was Eustass Kidd," said Sanji.
"Law and Hawkins like me are a revolutionaries posing as pirates. When we heard that Dragon-sama's son was nearing Sabody Archipelago, myself, Law and Hawkins were ordered to head over there," said Drake.
"Why's that?" asked Nami.
"To keep an eye on him," said Drake.
"Keep on eye on who?" questioned Nami.
"Dragon's son, Monkey D Luffy became an extremely wanted pirate after the Ennies Lobby incident. As a result being on Sabody Archipelago was extremely dangerous for him. Since Sabody Archipelago was so close to marine headquarters, chances were that he might have been captured," explained Drake.
"So you were sent there by Dragon to protect him," said Zoro.
"Orginally yes. We were suppose to protect him. However Law informed myself and Dragon that Luffy befriended the legendary Silver Rayleigh. With someone like that protecting Luffy, there was no longer any need for us to stay there anymore since Rayliegh was more than strong enough to protect him," said Drake.
"I see," said Zoro.
"Furthermore when Luffy entered the war of the best, Dragon sent Law to rescue him since the chances of him dieing were very high," said Drake.
"What a caring father he is. He rescues his son but then forms an alliance with the man who started the war in the first place. Then he engages in something as vile as slavery that Luffy would definitely oppose. Oh how he is indeed a caring father," said Nami sarcastically.
Nami was not the type to truly hate people. There were many people she hated. Crocodile for what he did to Vivi, Hody for what he did to Shirahoshi. But there was only one man that she felt pure undiluted hatred for. That man was Arlong. She originally thought that she could never hate someone as much as she could hate Arlong. But now she figured there may have been one person. And that person was Dragon. After the conversation with Doflamingo she really began to truly hate that man. He prevented them from reuniting with her captain, the man that she unknowingly has feelings for. But it's not that which made her hate him. It was the fact that he made Luffy join while being allied to the man who defeated his brother and made him suffer so much. Luffy would never join someone allied to Blackbeard and yet he's tricking Luffy into doing it, tricking Luffy into teaming up with that man. The fact that he was responsible for what has been happening to Kaien Kingdom only strengthed her hate for that man.
She wasn't the only one feeling that way. Robin too felt similar feelings of hate for Dragon. While Robin hated the world government as a whole, she did not necessarily hate a particular individual as opposed to the collective group. She didn't really feel any hate for Aokiji despite him killing her friend Jaguar D Saul. She did hate Spandam however for the abuse he put her though and for attempting to kill her nakama. However if there was one person she hated right now, it was Dragon. She like Nami had feelings for Luffy despite the age difference. She too was deeply hurt when she found out about Ace's death. The fact that Dragon made him join when he formed an alliance with the man who captured his brother and as a result put Luffy, her beloved savior though hell, it made her truly hate someone. While Robin at times truly hated the world for how they made her suffer, right now if she could mention someone she hated by name, it would be Dragon. However right now she needed to find out more since the man kept a lot from her when she was with the army.
"So why did you team up with Kaido? Was it Dragon's orders?" asked Robin.
"Yes. Lord Dragon needed the emperors dead. He knew that even if he took over the world government, the emperors would still oppose him since they were pirates. So he needed to kill them," explained Drake.
"That doesn't explain why you teamed up with Kaido in the first place," said Franky.
"The revolutionary army would naturally after overthrowing the world government would need vast amounts of resources to aid in its rule. Amongst all the emperors, Kaido's territories are the ones that have the greatest abundance of natural resources. So in order to gain control over these vast resources, Kaido needed to be killed," answered Drake.
"However killing an emperor is not as simple as killing a simply powerful pirate. The emperors control a large number of territories as well as a numerous powerful crews under their rule. As such to go up against an emperor is to go against all the lands they rule and all the crews they are allied with. So by allying with him I was able to gain his trust. That meant that I was able to find out a great deal about his territories and gain command over them myself because of my connection to Kaido. So when Dragon wanted to kill Kaido , I was able to use the information I gained and connection with him to allow one of Dragon-sama's most powerful fighters to find and kill Kaido while bypassing most of his subordinates and allies," explained Drake.
"I see. It's a brilliant move. As expected of the leader of the revolutionary army," complimented Robin.
"And I suppose that Dragon used a similar tactic to kill the other emperors," said Robin.
"More or less. With Red Hair and Big Mam it was a little different. Dragon didn't have a powerful revolutionary who Red Hair or Big Mam trusted. He instead had several spies. Some as pirates, others as civilians in lands under Red Hair and Big Mam's control. These spies used the knowledge they had to hide another one Dragon-sama's strongest subordinates from Big Mam's followers so that he could assinate Big Mam while bypassing her allies and followers," said Drake.
"And Shanks?" asked Robin.
The rest of the crew paid most attention to him. For them it was the most important emperor. For that man was the one who gave Luffy his Straw Hat, had inspired him to become Pirate King in the first place. Shanks was the one Luffy modeled himself after. Because of Shanks inspiration, Luffy became such a great man that they were grateful to him for making Luffy what he is. For making Luffy the one who cared about them, who would do anything for them, to convince them that their lives and dreams held meaning and value. The emperor Shanks made Luffy into their dearest friend and captain, and in Nami's and Robin's case, the one they love.
"Shanks was a different case. Unlike Kaido and Big Mam, the revolutionary army did not directly kill Shanks. The one who killed Shanks was Blackbeard," replied Doflamingo joining the conversation.
"So Dragon ordered Blackbeard to kill Shanks," said Ussop.
"No, Blackbeard is allied to Dragon, not a subordinate to Dragon. As a result, Dragon cannot order Blackbeard to do anything," said Doflamingo.
"I see. Since Blackbeard is not actually a member of the revolutionary army, then Dragon cannot order him to do anything," said Nami.
"But if Dragon didn't order Blackbeard to kill him, then why did Blackbeard kill him in the first place?" asked Nami.
"Dragon-sama cannot order Blackbeard to do anything, however since they are allied, Dragon-sama can still ask him to do it. However Blackbeard could decline since he is not Dragon's subordinate," said Drake.
"Of course when Lord Dragon asked Blackbeard to kill Shanks, Blackbeard accepted since Shanks was the only person left who stood in his way of becoming Pirate King," said Doflamingo.
"Also from what I understand, Blackbeard killed Red Hair due to personal reasons," said Doflamingo.
"I don't know what the story behind Red Hair and Blackbeard is, but Blackbeard is the one that gave him his three scars on his eye," said Doflamingo.
"Blackbeard did that. But I thought Blackbeard was a devil fruit user. So why would he use blades?" questioned Franky.
"That was probably long before he even got his devil fruit powers. However I'm more concerned about Red Hair's reasons for engaging Blackbeard in the first place," explained Robin.
The crew looked at Robin questionably at Robin.
"Blackbeard at the time was a member of the late Whitebeard's crew. It is well known that Whitebeard views his crew as his sons. The same applies to Blackbeard since he was a member of the crew at the time. Red Hair engaging Blackbeard would have been like a declaration of war on Whitebeard, since it was bad enough that he attacked one of Whitebeard's crew whom he views as sons. Whatever happened between Red Hair and Blackbeard must have been pretty big for Red Hair to risk the wrath of Whitebeard," explained Robin.
The crew could attest to what Robin said. If anyone attacked their crew, the entire Straw Hats would go to the ends of the earth to make them pay. It sounds as if Whitebeard was the same. So Shanks must have really wanted to take on Blackbeard if he was willing to risk Whitebeard hunting him down like a dog.
"Whatever the reason, it was clear that Blackbeard hadn't forgotten and chose to kill Shanks both for that time and because Shanks stood in his way of becoming the Pirate King," stated Doflamingo.
It made sense. Since Kaido and Big Mam were taken out by the revolutionary army, then Shanks would be the only one left who could oppose Blackbeard. With him gone, Blackbeard was undoubtedly the most powerful pirate in the world. Whatever personal issues there were between Blackbeard and Shanks was probably just a bonus for the remaining Emperor. Furthermore, him being allied with the revolutionary army made him virtually unstoppable. The only thing preventing him from being the Pirate King now was simply the One Piece.
"You said that you left because of the corruption of the world government. Yet here you are taking slaves," said Pellinopee.
"To make this world a better place, terrible things have to be done. This is one of them. Besides there pirates. My time in the marines have showed me that this is what pirates deserve. We're simply removing scum from this world and making them do something beneficial," said Drake.
"You revolutionaries are just using the so called corruption of the world government as an excuse to attain more power. To hurt people in your quest for world domination. You're all just a bunch of hypocrites. You talk about the corruption and cruelty of the world government yet you're doing the exact same things they're doing," said Pellinopee angrily.
"Enough talk. I think it's time I got rid of you," said Drake before he started to change.
Drake suddenly grew larger and his skin turned green. His head took a more reptilian shape complimented by sharp teeth. His arms and legs grew much larger and stronger. He took on the appearance of a human dinosaur hybrid.
"He transformed into a dinosaur," said a scared Ussop.
"A devil fruit. Looks like a zoan type. He could change into a dinosaur man," said a concerned Franky.
Zoro had two swords out, Sanji had his hands in his pockets, Nami had her Sorcery Clima-Tact ready, Chopper was in Brain Point, Ussop had Kuro Kabuto out, Robin had her arms together, Franky was in a fighting stance and Brook has his sword out. Maxie also had his sword out.
It was the Straw Hats vs the two revolutionary commanders.
Drake lunged towards Chopper ready to deliver a powerful hit.
"Jumping point," said Chopper who immediately went into jumping point and dodged Drake's attack.
Drake was about to go after Chopper but a huge fist smashed into his jaw. The fist was revealed to have been from Franky who successfully got a good hit on Drake. Drake was knocked back a few feet and had to take several steps back
"Hehe, my fists are made of steel. You must have felt that," said Franky with a grin.
His celebration was cut short when Drake recovered in seconds and completely shrugged off Franky's attack.
"No way, Franky's fist are made of metal. And he just took it like nothing," said Chopper in surprise.
Chopper and Franky didn't have time to react when Drake was once again upon them. Chopper screamed in fright and was about to be devoured when several arms held the human dinosaur hybrid back. The arms came from Robin who just barely saved Chopper from the powerful commander.
"Phew, that was close. Thanks Robin," thanked Chopper.
"Not now Chopper. Wait until he's been defeated," replied Robin.
Chopper looked at Robin and saw that she was gritting her teeth clearly struggling against the power of the commander.
"What strength," said Robin as she struggled to hold Drake.
Drake quickly broke through and was about to go after Robin when he felt a powerful hit on his chest. The attacker was Sanji who hit Drake with a powerful kick.
"Collier," said Sanji as he hit Drake directly in the chest with his powerful leg.
However to his horror Drake didn't seem fazed at all by the attack as he quickly grapped Sanji and was about to sink his teeth into him when he heard something.
"Nitoryuu Sanijas," said Zoro as he sent a blade of air towards Drake just as he was about bite the cook.
Drake knowing that the attack was fatal quickly jumped out of the way while dropping Sanji.
"Fast," said Zoro in surprise.
He was not the only one surprised as all the Straw Hats were surprised at the speed of Drake despite his size.
"Santoryuu …" said Zoro before he felt himself frozen up.
"What the," said Zoro in confusion seeing that he couldn't move.
"Hahahaha you seem to forget that Drake isn't your only opponent," said Doflamingo.
"I already had some fun with your crewmates but I didn't get a chance with you. Now I think I'm going to remedy that," said Doflamingo to the frozen Zoro.
Doflamingo was about to slice Zoro up when he suddenly jump back.
"Back off bastard," said Sanji coming to Zoro's rescue.
Doflamingo momentarily distracted was forced to release his hold on Zoro.
"Che I didn't need your help," said Zoro rudely.
"Shut up. You know you were about to be killed," retorted back Sanji.
"Hahahaha you guys make a great team. I can see why Kuma chose to save you all," said Doflamingo.
The rest of the Straw Hats hearing what turned their attention to Doflamingo. Drake seeing this decided to pause for a while to let him speak.
"Why Kuma chose to save us? What's he talking about?" asked Nami.
"Yeah. It should be obvious. Luffy is the son of the revolutionary leader. And we're his nakama so naturally he'd save us as well," said Ussop.
"Somehow I doubt that Long Nose-san," said Robin.
Ussop looked confused at what Robin said. Robin decided to explain.
"With everything we found out, I don't think it's that simple," said Robin.
"Right you are Nico Robin," said Doflamingo.
Doflamingo looked at each of the Straw Hats with a big grin before saying.
"I think it's time I tell you the truth about Bartholomew Kuma," said Doflamingo.
The truth about Bartholomew Kuma is about to be revealed. What is the story behind Kuma? All Luffy, Robin and the late Ivankov know is what Dragon told them. But what is the real truth behind Kuma. Find out next chapter.
Bet you, none of you saw that one coming. Most of you probably thought that one of the Knights would be appearing on Kaien Kingdom. Specifically most of you thought it would be Luffy since according to what Dragon said to the mystery Knight, this mission would be his ultimate test of loyalty. And coming to Kaien Kingdom and killing his ex nakama would certainly be Luffy's ultimate test of loyalty. Well as you could see, Luffy's not going to be appearing on Kaien Kingdom. A trick most good authors use, they throw in things which readers don't see coming. And none of you saw Drake appearing.
Someone asked that I don't kill Garp. Unfortunately Garp has to die. He was in his prime during Roger's era. His time has passed. Also I need Dragon to showcase his great power somehow. And in order for that to happen, he needs a strong opponent who would also be good in the storyline. Garp fits that description perfectly. Him being a powerful D and Dragon's father, when he fights his son, it would be not only a good battle but a good storyline as well.
Same person asked if Hancock is going to appear. The answer is yes. She'll definitely appear in this fic. She's in Luffy's harem so naturally she has to appear. However she wouldn't be appearing soon. I've already planned her storyline and it's an interesting one. It'll have its share of plot twists and revelations. Though Sanji will not be too happy finding out that the most beautiful woman in the world is in love with Luffy.
X Drake, the Supernova who attacked one of Kaido's men is actually a revolutionary commander. Drake never struck me as a pirate so he's a revolutionary.
Right now Doflamingo is no longer wearing his pink flamboyant coat. He is wearing a dark blue cloak and black revolutionary attire. He's still wearing his glasses though.
In the revolutionary army, all high ranking revolutionaries wear black revolutionary clothes. The exact rank the high level revolutionary wears depends on the cloak that he wears. Dark Blue means that the revolutionary is a commander. Dark Green means that the revolutionary is a Knight of D. The other colors that the no name revolutionaries where don't really matter.
I sure that most of you notice that revolutionary commanders Kuma and Ivankov never wore clothes or typical revolutionary attire. For Kuma, he's a Shichbukai so he can't dress as a revolutionary or else everyone will know. Ivankov was in Impel Down so his clothes were naturally confiscated. Also there was no need for him to wear a cloak since he was with his newkama friends in Level 5.5 Impel Down or on Kamabbaka kingdom. Doflamingo chose to dress the way he did so that the slaves wouldn't really know that he was a commander but since he told the Straw Hats, no sense dressing as a pirate anymore. So now he's dressing as what he is, a revolutionary commander.
For X Drake, since he was undercover as a pirate, he naturally dressed like one even while with Kaido. But now he's no longer a pirate, so he wouldn't dress like one. He's a revolutionary commander.
Drake left the marines because he saw the corruption of the world government. He left and joined the revolutionary soon after. Of course it doesn't matter that what the revolutionary army is doing is similar if not worse than what the world government did. He just believes that it is necessary to end the corruption. In other words, him along with many other revolutionaries believe that evil is necessary to end corruption.
Drake was asked by Dragon to pose as a pirate. This was so that he could keep on an eye on important world events and act as a spy on the world and such. As a high level pirate he could for example gain access into the pirating world and gain information on the world. He could even find new recruits for the army since people who are members of the pirate world are not friendly with the world government and could join the army.
Trafalgar Law is also a revolutionary commander. Remember that Law had a submarine. But think about this, isn't it hard for a pirate to acquire a submarine if they didn't have some kind of connections. Law got his from the revolutionary army? Also Law like Drake never struck me as a pirate, so he's instead a revolutionary. Also Law wasn't a commander before the timeskip. He became a commander after the timeskip. Drake on the other hand was a commander before the timeskip.
The infamy of the revolutionary commanders differ greatly. Ivankov for example is a well known revolutionary commander. Doflamingo is a well known Shichbukai, but no one knows he's a revolutionary commander. Likewise Law is a famous pirate but no one knows he's a revolutionary who attained commander rank after the timeskip.
Trafalgar Law being a revolutionary. I did indicate previously that this fic diverges after chapter 653. So forget about Law being a Shichbukai, alliance with Luffy, Punk Hazzard etc. I just feel that after 653, the whole story and characters and still open to change by writers.
Hawkins being a revolutionary. Again I indicated that this fic diverages after chapter 652. So forget about the alliance that Hawkins has with Kidd and Scratchman Apoo.
How is it that three revolutionary commanders were on Sabody Archipelago at the exact same time that Luffy was there? The answer was that Dragon sent both of them there to protect Luffy. Sabody Archipelago is dangerously close to marine headquarters. So chances are that Luffy would get captured. So Dragon sent Drake, Law and Hawkins to aid Luffy should he need it. However since Luffy befriended Rayleigh then Dragon ordered them both to back off. There was no need for Hawkins, Law and Drake to protect Luffy since if there was anyone who could protect Luffy, then it was the first mate of the Pirate King.
Having revolutionaries pose as pirates is a frequent thing for the revolutionary army. Doflamingo's posing as a Shichbukai and Drake, Hawkins and Law as supernovas. People like Eustass Kidd, Gecko Moriah and Crocodile seem like typical pirates. Kidd acts like a typical pirate causing mayhem and destruction. Moriah wants to become the Pirate King and Crocodile seems interested in power and such. They act like typical pirates. However Doflamingo, Drake and Law don't seem like typical pirates.
While Doflamingo, Hawkins, Drake and Law dress like pirates, they don't seem to act like them. Most pirates are suppose to be ruthless and bloodthirsty. Kidd, Crocodile and Moriah fit that description. Doflamingo does also but Drake, Hawkins and Law don't. Hawkins, Drake and Law don't seem ruthless and bloodthirsty which is typical behavior for a pirate. Also pirates must want something. Kidd and Moriah for example want to become the pirate king and Crocodile wanted to take over Alabasta. However Doflamingo and Drake don't seem to really want anything, same with Hawkins. Law said that he wants to become the Pirate King but that better complete his image as a pirate. He doesn't seem that enthusiastic about becoming Pirate King. So those four are instead revolutionaries.
Law entered the War to save Luffy. Why would he do that? He never really gave a specific reason for doing that. The answer was to save Luffy. Dragon wasn't planning on making his move during the war. The only reason that Ivankov and Inazuma were there was because Luffy went into Impel Down, not because Dragon ordered them to. Dragon wasn't planning on doing anything during the war. In fact he actually started the war in the first place by ordering Blackbeard to capture Ace and hand him to the world government thus triggering the war. So sending revolutionaries would just get his men killed for no apparent reason. So he naturally couldn't send his armies to back Luffy up. So he instead sent Law to rescue Luffy.
After the war, when Luffy was recovering, one of Law's men asked why he didn't go into the New World. His answers were fairly vague. Also he seemed to know that D would cause a storm. Blackbeard obviously since he had two devil fruits. Luffy was Dragon's son. And Dragon was the supreme leader of the revolutionaries and most powerful being in the world. That means that he knows that the three Ds are extremely influential and would greatly affect the world. Especially Dragon since he was the revolutionary leader. Also he said that the D would cause a storm. Storm is a reference to Dragon's devil fruit powers which could create storms. Finally he wouldn't go into the New World without orders.
Trafalgar Law is not a bad guy. He's a good guy. He is one of the revolutionaries that survived the purging. As a result, when he appears, he will be an ally to the Straw Hats and Luffy when he realizes his father's true nature.
Remember during the Sabody Archipelago arc, Drake seemed to have some knowledge of the Pacifista Project. That was because all commanders and above know about it with the exception of Ivankov. Ivankov was in Impel Down so he couldn't have known about the Pacfista.
Remember that Drake supposedly went to Hawkins's aid. Well you can see why. Hawkins is also a revolutionary so Drake naturally went to his aid. Urouge was only there by coincidence.
Remember Hawkins seems to believe in fate and destiny due to his cards. This keeps to Dragon's theme who himself shares great believe in fate and destiny. Hawkins is one of the more trusted commanders like Drake.
All revolutionary commanders know the truth about Kuma. However what truth they know about Kuma differs. The commanders that Dragon doesn't trust so much like Ivankov and Law only know what Dragon told them. The more trusted commanders like Doflamingo, Hawkins and Drake know the real truth behind Kuma. That is also why Law was surprised by the Pacifista on Sabody Archipelago, because he didn't know about Kuma.
Dragon needs the emperors dead obviously for him to truly rule the world. The emperors would oppose him even if he succeeded which he did so they would have to be taken out. Though the fact that the emperors would oppose him is by itself a reason for Dragon to take out each of the emperors, it is not the only one.
Dragon has reasons that each of the three emperors needed to be killed besides the fact that they would oppose him when he succeeds. For Shanks, it was because Shanks was an apprentice of Roger. That meant that he witnessed the battle between himself and Roger years ago. As a result, Shanks knows how he fights. Also Shanks knows about the true history. He also knows about the power of D and Dragon's devil fruit abilities. He saw Dragon fight the most powerful pirate in the world, Gol D Roger. Since Roger was his captain, and also could use the power of D, then Shanks would naturally would know about it. He knew far too much about Dragon and had to be taken out.
The reason Kaido had to be taken out was because his lands were the richest and had the most abundant resources of all the emperors. The revolutionary army being a worldwide organization naturally would need a tone of resources. Kaido's lands had the most resources out of all the emperors. So for the revolutionary army to gain these resources, Kaido had to be killed.
The reasons why Dragon wanted Shanks and Kaido dead have just been explained. So why does Dragon want Big Mam dead. Well that will be revealed later.
Why did Drake team up with Kaido? Killing an emperor is much different from simply killing a powerful pirate. To kill a powerful pirate, all you have to do is send someone stronger like Ren. To kill an emperor is harder. An emperor controls vast amounts of territory as well as large fleets and many powerful allies. So to go against an emperor is go up against all these territories, fleets and allies. This is no problem for someone as strong as Ren. But it would take much longer to kill Kaido if Ren has to go against all his underlings and allies. That's where Drake teaming up with Kaido comes in. Since Drake teams up with Kaido, Drake gained Kaido's trust. That meant that Drake and in turn the revolutionary army would gain a lot of intel on Kaido, his crew, allies and territories. In addition he would also gain command over them since Drake is highly trusted by Kaido. So when Dragon ordered Kaido to be killed, Drake used his knowledge and connections to conceal Ren and allow him to bypass all of Kaido's men and go straight to the emperor himself.
How did Drake get Kaido to team up with him in the first place? As a emperor Kaido wouldn't let weaklings or cowards into his ranks. Remember the cyborg was guarding one of Kaido's favorite islands. Kaido wouldn't put a weak subordinate to guard one of his favorite islands. He would put one of his stronger ones to do that. The fact that Drake was able to take down the cyborg basically indicated that Drake was a powerful pirate. Also the fact that he dared to attack one of Kaido's islands much less his favorite one showed that Drake was fearless. Drake's actions showed Kaido that he was not only strong, but fearless. As a result Kaido was very impressed by Drake and let him team up with him. Kaido would obviously want strong guys as allies to increase his power and Drake showed that he was certainly strong and brave, perfect for the emperor.
The way Dragon got Drake to infiltrate Kaido's crew, gain his trust and then kill him was similar to the way Dragon got Blackbeard to do with Whitebeard's crew, except Drake didn't kill Kaido the way Blackbeard killed Whitebeard, the one who killed Kaido was Ren. Shanks and Big Mam were both a little different. Unlike Whitebeard and Kaido where he sent a powerful revolutionary to infiltrate the crew, the army had spies in both the territories of Big Mam and Shanks. Some as pirates, some civilians etc and they were the ones who infiltrated the territories of Big Mam and Shanks. They used their knowledge and connections to conceal a powerful revolutionary from the emperors, namely Luffy from Big Mam.
Blackbeard was a little different. Unlike Luffy, Blackbeard can't be concealed. Since he is an emperor, stealth and infiltration is impossible for him. He pretty much just came into Shank's territory, killed anyone who tried to protect Shanks and then killed Shanks himself.
Sending in guys into the territories of the emperors is an important tactic regardless of anything. Even if Dragon didn't want to kill the emperors, doing it would still increase the army's spy network. And for the revolutionary army, information is important. Just that for Whitebeard and Kaido, Dragon sent one big guy while for Shanks and Big Mam he sent many small guys.
Drake simply said a powerful revolutionary killed Big Mam. He did not say that it was Luffy.
Again Doflamingo is making sure to simply tell the Straw Hats that Blackbeard is Dragon's ally, not subordinate. That's why he told the Straw Hats that Dragon cannot order Blackbeard to kill Shanks. Because Blackbeard in the minds of the Straw Hats isn't Dragon's subordinate, and he cannot order him to do anything. So Doflamingo simply told them that Shanks stood in Blackbeard's way to becoming the Pirate King which does make sense. He also mentioned that Blackbeard killed Shanks due to personal reasons. Those personal reasons is because of the encounter that Blackbeard and Shanks had where Blackbeard gave Shanks his scars.
Shanks' previous encounter with Blackbeard. Shanks and Blackbeard fought each other in the past since Shanks did say that Blackbeard gave him those scars. But here is a question. Why did Shanks fight Blackbeard in the first place? Blackbeard at the time was a member of Whitebeard's crew which meant that he was one of Whitebeard's son. Shanks knows that Whitebeard views his crew and allies as his sons and attacking one of his sons would incur Whitebeard's wrath. And even worse back then Shanks wasn't as strong as he currently is in the series. Likewise Whitebeard was younger and even stronger than he was during the series. A battle between the two would have certainly been Shanks death. So why would he do it? The answer was that he could tell the moment they first met that Blackbeard was dangerous. Shanks during his conversation with Whitebeard before the war indicated that he knew something was not right with Blackbeard. He knew this ever since he met and fought Blackbeard. He knew that Blackbeard was dangerous and was willing to kill him even if it meant incurring Whitebeard's wrath.
Blackbeard killed Shanks since he was ordered to by Dragon and because of the last encounter. The crew of course don't know that Dragon ordered him to do it. To them its simply because Shanks stood in his way of becoming Pirate King and it was to settle the score between the two.
Drake's hybrid form. We already know his full dinosaur form. He looks like a T Rex. Powerful legs, powerful jaws yet small weak hands. His hybrid form has powerful legs, big strong arms and sharp teeth and powerful jaws.
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