"Jade." Akainu spoke with wide eyes. "You're….You're alive?" By now, everyone was staring at our confrontation. Straw Hat had stopped attacking marines, and Whitebeard stood on his ship overseeing everything. Akainu's fellow admirals were glancing curiously at him. But I didn't care. My eyes were hard and glaring. His brown eyes stared into eyes so similar to his own...but..he couldn't recognize the person who he once cared about in them. My eyes….had changed, just like myself. I nodded at him, my eyes still showing no hint of the person he knew before. "I...I thought you died. After…..the Buster Call...I called on the ship. Are you really here?" I sneered at him, my anger returning.

"Well, I didn't die. Surprise. And I am real. I bet you've never thought about me or Mother again after the Buster Call, Father. Is this your first time in years thinking about us?! Remembering what you did?! Father? Yeah, right. You aren't my father at all." I said 'Father' as if it was the most venomous thing in the world, spitting it out before it could poison me.

"But, when I blew up the ship..I found out you and your mother were on it later. How..how didn't you die?"

"You must really want me dead, don't you?" I sneered at him again. "I wasn't on the ship. Mother was, and you killed her. You murdered her. You knew we lived there, yet you performed a Buster Call. You didn't care if we might have died or not. I can't ever forgive you for killing Mother." My fists were clenched, and the wind was picking up around me.

"I swear...I swear I didn't mean to harm you or your mother. S-She was my wife! W-why would I want to harm her? I-I swear I thought you and your mother were in Sabaody Archipelago. I-I saw the message a-after the Buster Call. A-and the day b-before she said th-that you guys were leaving first thing i-in the morning. S-she said that you were going to leave. S-so I thought...i-it was ok. I swear I never would have done it if you were there. I swear on my life." I sneered at him again.

"You don't get it, do you? You didn't want to harm us, but you still did. Even if we weren't there, you would have destroyed our old home. That you lived in also. All those memories. Up in smoke. Gone with fire. Peremently gone. Because of that one stupid call you made, that one stupid missele, you missed..let's see, how many? I was eight when the Buster Call happened. I'm twenty-one now, which means you missed thirteen years of my life. For thirteen fucking years, I raised myself. You're a sucky father, and you know it." Akainu remained speechless. "I don't have a great memory, but I remember. Every. Fucking. Thing. That. Happened. Thirteen. Years. Ago. I remember the pain, I remember the suffering. I remember the explosions. Ever. Damn. Thing. After it happened, I had fucking nightmares for two fucking years. Two fuckings years of my life, I spent relieving that one fucking day." Akainu stepped forwards, towards Straw Hat and I. He walked towards me, stumbling a bit, as if he was in a trance. I clenched my fists, resisting my anger to strike out at him.

"Jade." He said softly, reaching out a hand to touch my face. "Jade." He gently traced my cheekbones, but before he got any further, I slapped his hand away.

"Don't. You're not my father anymore. I have no father. Don't touch me." Akainu recoiled back, as if he got shot. "I have a wanted poster. I'm not fully with the government. Why won't you kill me, like you killed Mother?" I asked cruely. Akainu stopped, and drew his hand back. Straw Hat helped me stumble away from the Admirals, as I was out of energy, mentally and physically. I stopped at a rock, leaning on it as I watched Straw Hat run back into the fight. He looked at me, confirming that he could fight the Admirals, and I nodded. From here, I wouldn't be hurt from the battle going on, and I could rest here and regain my energy. Flying Straw Hat and myself across the water and over the wall was a real energy draining process, not to mention the huge trip before that. I watched as Akainu and Straw Hat fought. Even from a distance, I could hear him yelling at Straw Hat.

"You did this didn't you. YOU TURNED HER TO HATE ME!" He roared as he tried to punch Straw Hat. Straw Hat dodged and retaliated with a kick of his own.

"I didn't do anything. All of your mistakes are your own. I never even talked to her before today. But what angers me the most about you, is that FAMILY IS EVERYTHING. AND YOU ABANDONED HER!" Akainu refused to believe. I could tell that Straw Hat was going to go down if Akainu continued, and I struggled to my feet, leaning heavily on the rock. But I didn't need to. One of Straw Hat's allies were stepping forward, and soon enough, Akainu was distracted. Straw Hat was running up the bridge that someone had made. I watched as Garp jumped forward to stop him. My eyes widened. Wasn't he Garp's grandson? I shot my hand forward, sending a blast of wind towards them. But it wasn't enough. It just pushed Straw Hat and Garp together, and I could see how much Straw Hat didn't want to punch Garp. But he did, and continued on. When Straw Hat reached the top, I cheered, as he was so close now. So close to finishing. But the Fleet Admiral broke the key, and watched as Straw Hat's face fell. He was so close, but couldn't save his brother. I watched as Straw Hat almost got crushed by the Fleet Admiral. Suddenly, the Marines shot cannons towards Straw Hat and his friend. My eyes widened. Straw Hat couldn't die. He was so close...Then I saw Ace's cuffs dropping down from the explosion. I grinned. No way Straw Hat was dead now. I saw the tunnel of fire that came out of the smoke that exploded into Ace grabbing Straw Hat and pulling him out of the fire. I grinned. I could help them now. I had more energy, and I was ready for them to escape. Ace needed to escape. I owed him that much.

"ACE!" The Whitebeard Pirates yelled. I grinned. He was free. I rushed forward and started blasting marines left and right.

"FLARE OF WIND: TORNADO PUNCH!" I formed a mini tornado with one hand and punched the air. The tornado was catapulted by my fists and it traveled left and right, sucking up marines as it went, and clearing a path for Straw Hat and Ace. I grinned and approached Straw Hat and Ace.

"How does it feel to be free?" I asked Ace, smiling. He laughed.

"It feels….It feels right. Like a breath of air. It's refreshing, actually. Thanks for helping free me. So, are my fire powers helping you?" I grinned and waved it off and nodded. We turned as Whitebeard made his final assault on the battlefield.

"Ace! Let's go, the oldtimer made his decision." Straw Hat called out to Ace. Ace stared back at Whitebeard's back. Ace didn't move as he stared at the marines ganging up on Whitebeard.

"I know. I won't waste his efforts." Ace murmured quietly. Ace forms a fireball and launches it at the marines. "Get out of the way, all of you!" Ace sat with his hands on the ground and back straight, as if praying towards Whitebeard. Whitebeard turned towards Ace, his spear clanking on the ground. I struggled to see past the flames, and swept a few of them to the side to open a better view.

"There's no need for words." Whitebeard paused as he took a few breaths. "Just answer one question for me, Ace…" Ace looked up towards Whitebeard, gasping out breaths. "Was I a good father?" Ace struggled to speak, overcome with memories and emotion.

"Of course you were!" He shouts out finally. Whitebeard's eyes widen, and he laughs. Ace nods towards Whitebeard as a final thanks, and turns away reluctantly. We run away, leaving Whitebeard behind.

Hehe. You'll get a scare in the next chapter. I feel so evil though...