I blinked once, twice, three times. I couldn't believe what I saw. My father's fist. Through my chest. My mind kept repeating those words, over and over again. My father wouldn't believe it either. He stood in shock, looking at my face, back to his arm, and my face again. Ace stood stunned. He was at the side, ready to jump into Akainu's path, if I hadn't been there first. Straw Hat had wide eyes, and an open mouth. Wind was whistling in his ear, and he had been pushed back quite a bit from where he originally was. Specks of my blood fell to the ground.

"J-Jade. I-I didn't mean to do this. I-I swear." I watched him numbly as he tried to pull his fist out without having to hurt me more. "I-I'm sorry. I can't lose you, like your mother." He pulled his arm out slowly, and my arm clutched my chest, trying to prevent my organs from spilling out and losing too much blood. My father stumbled back as he look at his fist, slick from my blood. He moved forward again towards me and held out his hand. I shielded myself away from his, breathing ragged and uneven. "N-no, I just want to cauterize it. I-I need to keep you alive till we can find a doctor. I-I need a doctor!" Akainu shouted out. "I-I need someone! Please, anyone! I don't care if you're a pirate, I-I just need someone to help save her! Please!" Akainu was sobbing by now, tears overflowing his eyes. "Please, I need someone! Anyone! She's the only family I have left! I need to redeem myself! She can't die! Please! Anyone!" I collapsed to the ground, panting as my heart tried to regain the lost blood. By now my hand couldn't hold in any of the blood, and I bleed freely on the ground. "Someone! Please!" My father shouted out. I thought more about how he had acted towards me. He was trying at least. That alone earned him the title of father. I struggled to breath, and I started coughing up blood. "Please! I beg you! Anyone!" My father continued his hopeless pleas for someone to save me. I heard quiet footsteps heading towards me, and murmuring between my father and the mysterious person. I stared at the stone ground, everything gradually turning blurry as I fought the urge to close my eyes. I couldn't die, not here, not now. I haven't killed them yet. I have to kill them. I fought hard, but I couldn't take it. My eyes closed gradually, and the last thing I heard before I lost conscious was my father's anguished voice calling out my name.

3rd Person POV

Straw Hat was still shocked. What happened had happened too fast. He couldn't understand. Straw Hat glanced at Ace, then Akainu, then at the man next to Akainu. The next thing he knew, Akainu was crouching on the ground, holding and shaking Cuff's motionless body.

"Jade!" He shouted. "Jade! Wake up! WAKE UP!" Akainu punched a fist into the ground in frustration.

"Oi, oi. Don't do that. She can still wake up, if you agree to my conditions at least." The mysterious man chuckled. "Will you do that, or leave her to die?" Akainu clenched his fists.

"Hey, hey, don't take too long to decide. She's losing a lot of blood." The stranger grinned. Akainu looked at Cuffs, and his face softened.

"Fine." He muttered. "I'll follow your conditions." The stranger laughed, and gathered up Cuffs up in his arms.

"Well, it was nice doing business with you. She'll live, don't worry. But you can't see her until the terms are up." The man laughed, and disappeared into the crowd surrounding Akainu, Ace, and Straw Hat. This seems to set Ace off. He screams up at the sky, and pounds his hands on the ground. In a last fit of rage, he leaps forward and attacks Akainu. Akainu just stands there, taking the attacks, when he suddenly charged up and punched Ace.

"YOU DID THIS!" He screams out at Ace. "YOU BROUGHT HER HERE, YOU HURT HER! SHE COULD BE DYING BECAUSE OF YOU!"

"NO! YOU DID THIS! SHE DIED BECAUSE OF YOU! YOU PUNCHED HER! YOU PUNCHED YOUR OWN DAUGHTER, AND NOW SHE'S DEAD!" Ace screamed back at Akainu. They fought with the same amount of rage and anger the other had, and their attacks were evenly matched. But Ace let his guard down, and Akainu took him in that moment of weakness. Akainu hit Ace with all he had, and Ace flew back several feet, coughing up blood.

"You turned my daughter against me. She saved a pirate. She saved your step-brother. She would never do that. WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!?" Akainu shouted out, advancing towards Ace. Ace coughed, and held his chest.

"I didn't do anything to her. She chose this. She chose to save my brother. I didn't do anything to hurt her, anything to change her mind. She chose to help us pirates. You can't blame others for something you don't want her to do.." Ace coughed again, spitting out blood on the floor. Akainu breathed out slowly, and charged up his fist till it was bubbling with magma.

"I won't forgive you. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE ANY OF YOU!" Akainu yelled, lava forming everywhere. Everyone watched in anticipation as his fist swung towards Ace. Closer. Closer. Almost there...Bingo. Akainu's fist went through Ace, and fire exploded. Ace looked down and clutched his chest. Akainu pulled his hand through Ace's chest and turned away. Ace fell on his knees, and all the pirates gasped. Ace lifted his head up to look at Luffy. He struggled to find words, and Luffy just stared. Luffy couldn't believe his eyes. Two people had died. Cuffs, and Ace. His friend, and his brother. "Become King of the Pirates, Luffy. Become King of the Pirates." Ace whispered out. Then he fell.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I"m sorry I just killed Ace (again). I apologize!