The port of Marineford is now crowded with well-known, strong marines returning from their outposts all around the world. All forces who carry the name of "Justice" have gathered at Navy preparing for battle…meanwhile in the Holy Land of Marinejoa the assembled members of the Schibukai…are instructed to form their own battle unit. It is a gathering of unruly misfits there is but one thing that can be said for certain the idea of these men fighting together is unthinkable and yet it is under the command of Fleet Commander Sengoku.
"So this is where you were? It's time Aokiji-san." The marine makes his way into the office of the man sleeping on the floor, a familiar sleeping mask on with his justice jacket draped over him.
"My, my, my is it already lunch time?" Aokiji wonders out loud removing his sleeping mask.
"Lunch time? What are you talking about? It's almost time for Portgas D. Ace's execution..." The marine reminds him as Aokiji stands collecting his coat under his arm.
"Yeah I know. Dot you have a sense of humour?" Aokiji huffs as he places his hand on the marine soldier shoulder before going on ahead, the marine solider soon following behind until…
"…Ann…" Aokiji perks up at the name while the marine solider oblivious walks on ahead.
"The fuck is this?" Ann's angry voice piques Aokiji's interest as he leans against one of the wooden podiums to the sliding doors.
"…" Garp remains silent standing before the scowling snail.
"The hell do you think you're playing at!? At least give me an answer to explain this!" Agitated, Ann orders Garp.
"…Blackbeard brought Ace in in exchange of being a warlord…" Garp robotically reports to Ann angering said scowling snail.
"And he deserves a public execution for this!?" Tense, she snarls seethes.
"…" Garp remains quiet as Ann's fierce flaming fury continues on i her room, numerous bounty posters of a young Buggy, Shanks and Ann with Roger hanging on the wall with Luffy and his nakama too.
"Who told them?" Tiredly, Ann quietly whispers, Aokiji's hues narrowing at her words.
"…" Garp remains silent.
"Just tell me!" Impatiently, Ann demands from him however…
"Ann…don't come to Marineford." Garp commands Ann astonishing her.
"…Excuse you?" Ann's grip tightens almost breaking said scared snail.
"You heard me." Garp remains rooted resolute.
"You expect me to turn my back on Ace?" Ann asks mockingly.
"I expect you to realize this is Sengoku and Akainu's attempt at drawing you, Shanks and Whitebeard out…" Garp tells Ann how it is.
"To end the pirate era…" Ann assumes anguished.
"…Ann…please don't come to Marineford." Garp repeats resolved.
"You know I can't do that…" Pained, Ann tells the grimacing Garp.
"Ann…" Garp bows his head begging beseeching her however before more could be said…
"Chief Kaidou's been spotted!" Aokiji's eyes expand when hearing the report from the other side.
"Oh for fuck…is this about the proposal again?" Annoyed, Ann huffs unaware of Aokiji's' furrowed frown.
"He's heading to Marineford too!" The solider reports.
"Oh fuck no!" Ann roars oblivious to the concern clear on the furrowed features of Aokiji when hearing the news.
"Ann…!" Garp grunts glaring down at the snail when he is hung up on making him sigh softly setitg the snail down. Aoki remains rooted in his stance staring at the slammed shut walls of the room when…
"Aokiji san it's time to go!" The marine ahead calls out to him, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Yeah, yeah…" Aokiji rubs the back of his head brow furrowed as he walks on ahead following the marine, having his duty tp uphold as does Garp.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! We heard from Vice Admiral Momonga! Pirate Empress Boa Hancock finally gave in and they are heading here now." The marine reports to the fleet admiral.
"Finally! I hope she can make it. That woman is strong. Six of the Seven Warlords of the Sea will be here. Hawk-Eye Mihawk. Bartholomew Kuma. Don Quixote Donflamingo. Gecko Moria. Marshall D. Teech. And Boa Hancock. What about the last one who was put in the prison? Did he cool off?" Sengoku sighs relieved before asking about the last of the warlords.
"No, sir. He seems like he is still rigidly opposing battle. He said he is ready for his title of warlord of the Sea to be revoked!" The marine reports.
"I assumed that he would be the most coopenrative and fight with us. But he caused a commotion at the last minute! Damn, Jinbe!" Sengoku curses cross.
"I have an announcement. Fleet Admiral! The pirates Admiral Kizaru captured in revenge for the Sabaody Archipelago incident...they said they can't hold them at Impel Down." Another marine soon rushes in.
"Put them on labour! Don't bring me any problems other than ones related to Whitebeard and Hibiscus!" Sengoku orders.
"And Saint Roswald, the World Noble, is..." The marine begins but…
"Let the Admirals handle it! Where's Garp?" Sternly, Sengoku demands, holding his head stressed.
"Vice Admiral Garp headed to Impel Down while ago." The marine reports to the fleet admiral.
"What is that man doing? Coming and going as he wishes at a time like this!" Sengoku scowls.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! It's an emergency! Whitebeard is moving!" Another marine soon rushes in.
"Here they come! Is that from one of the guard ships? Put it through! I wanna hear directly." Sengoku orders.
"No, but...all Navy ships which were guarding against Whitebeard's main ship Moby Dick, we lost contact with them all a few minutes ago." The marine explains.
"What?! What did you say?" Sengoku says shocked.
"I heard there was some worrying activity by other pirate ships in New World, too. If nothing is done, we won't have any intel on how many ships they have or when they're coming! I already made arrangements for guard ships to move in as replacements but I hadn't heard from them either, the last one screaming something about Hibiscus!" The marine reports sweat sliding down his tense temple.
"Hibiscus!" Sengoku snarls scowling.
"S-Sir?" Surprised, the marines gawk at the alarmed Sengoku.
"She got us! Damn you Ann! I thought them dealing with Kaidou would provide us more time but she must have prepared for this or something…dammit she caught us off guard! I didn't realize that she was already on the move…she must have made contact with Whitebeard to tell them of our plan…" Panicked, Sengoku soon realises.
"B-But how did she know!?" Baffled, a newer marine queries.
"Cause she was one of us dammit! Now we don't know where they will strike. She may still be fighting with Kaidou but now she's given Whitebeard time to move and get here…Spread the word: As long as Ace is there, a battle may break out on Impel Down!" Sengoku stands scowling ordering his men.
"Yes, sir!" All the men turn to leave but…
"What about Hibiscus?" Sengoku stops one.
"Sir?" Confused, he turns to Sengoku.
"If she's managed to talk to Whitebeard she may have warned him about our other tactics tell me!" Sengoku reasons.
"T-The fight with Kaidou is still ongoing." The marine mutters meekly.
"I see…she must have contacted Whitebeard…those two working together will be problematic…keep tabs on them both, bring in more marine ships over there." Sengoku orders.
"But sir that could risk our men getting in the crossfire!" The marine frets.
"Listen to me Hibiscus Ann has escaped our grasp time an time again she has outmanoeuvred us, our smarted us and manipulated us for the last several or more years. This woman knows marine tactics, just as she knows pirate tactics she is not a woman to keep yours eyes off on!" Seriously, Segou snaps slamming hi furious fist down on the desk below brow furrowed frightened almost alarming astonishing the young marine.
"But sir Whitebeard is…" The marine insists however…
"Is as much of a threat as she is." Sengoku scowls thinking back towards the strategist of the redheads, how much they had lost, how they had to reroute their marine ships and yet she still caught on, how she had managed to predict and outmanoeuvre them each time…she was not a force to be trifled with lightly especially with what was at risk…
"Sir?" The marine snaps Sengoku out of his tense thoughts.
"That woman has government information, information that if leaked could ruin us not to mention with her having red hair backing her and taking the spotlight as captain she can be under the radar making her all the more formidable so keep me updated o her as much as whitebeard." Sengoku strictly orders.
"Y-Yes sir." The marine meekly mutters before fleeing going to do just that.
"I knew this would not be easy but you're being quiet too quiet Hibiscus what are you planning?" Paranoid, Sengoku couldn't help but ponder perturbed paranoia pumping through his veins towards the thought of who could have been a candidate for admiral now a yonko's left hand no doubt wanting his head for what he was about to do…
"It's this way, Vice Admiral Garp. Please be careful!" The marine allows Garp passage.
"All right. Oh no... this is a horrible sight. Are you still breathing? Ace? I'm impressed that you're still conscious with all those wounds Ace! Because of you Navy HQ no…the entire world is in uproar heh…hahahah!" Garp chuckles as he talks to Ace, still locked up chained behind the cell with Garp opposite sat down cross legged.
"K-Kill me!" Ace begs beseeches his gramps.
"Hm?" Garp hums.
"Just kill me!" Ace angrily glares at Garp.
"Kill you…you say? Fool! Anything we could do now would be pointless. Even if you died right now it wouldn't stop Whitebeard nor will it stop Ann. She's fighting Kaidou as we speak, seems the king of beasts wants to have a whack at Whitebeard if he can…" Candidly, Garp reports to the news to Ace.
"Hope she gives that bastard the thrashing he deserves." Disgusted, Ace sneers scowling down at the ground below.
"She will but Ace…nobody can stop this now. We have angered…the king of the sea!" Garp states the fact firmly as anguished Ace grits grinds his teeth together, tears trickling down at the thought of both Ann and Whitebeard…
"After Ann left I wanted you and Luffy to become great marines…never mind marines you two brothers have But instead, both of you brothers have become notorious hoodlums. I'm sure that you heard about Luffy. He picked a fight with the World Government at Water Seven and destroyed the Judgement Island - Enies Lobby! If it weren't for Ann bailing him out. I don't know how he would have made it out so I rushed there and gave the both of them some tough-love with this fist but he didn't learn even a little. So he went and made a big mess at Sabaody Archipelago. I'm so proud of my grandson! Oh yeah. I told Luffy about his father. Luffy was surprised to know about his father." Garp fills Ace in raising his fist to show said strike before lowering it sighing sadly as he laughs bringing a small smile to Ace's own battered beaten bruised from…
"It doesn't matter to us at all. Because Luffy, Ann and I unfortunately have the blood of the world's most infamous criminals in our veins anyway. There was no way for us to become marines. I took over the name "Portgas" from my mother to whom I owe so much as Ann had told me to do but I never wanted to have my good-for-nothing father's blood. Because I don't have any memory of him and I don't owe anything to him." Ace battered beaten bruised admits to Garp chained to the wall.
"Ah yeah, I understand but he tried..." Garp tries but…
"What I want to say is...Old man. My only father is...Whitebeard!" Ace states the fact firmly drawing the line between himself and him.
"Vice Admiral!" The marine rushes over to Momonga, preparing for the warlord Hancock to enter the Impel Down as per agreed.
"What is it?" He turns to the subordinate.
"Red hair and Hibiscus has apparently gotten involved in a fight in the New World!" The marine reports.
"Red hair? Hibiscus? Are you sure about that? Why now? Against who?" Strictly, the mohawk vice admiral demands from the marine.
"Well…Kaidou of the Four Emperors!" The marine admits astonishing the mohawk marine.
"…! Kaidou you say?!" Stunned, Momonga gasps.
"According to HQ Kaidou said he was gonna take down Whitebeard and red hair and Hibiscus stopped him. However it wasn't a very large battle…" The marine reports to him.
"That sort of thing was bound to happen! My, how uneasy this sea has become. With all that's going on we can't deal with fights between the four emperors! It's possible there be no way to avoid a fight with Whitebeard." Momonga grits grinds his teeth tense at the thought.
"You mean a full on confrontation?" The marine gasps.
"Our enemies are the mightiest pirates on the sea: The Whitebeard Pirates. To counter them we've got all three admirals and the seven warlords as well as the Navy's entire combat force. No matter who wins this battle will be engraved in history." Honestly, Momonga admits as he escorts Boa Hancock to Impel Down as per agreed oblivious to the mischievous Monkey within attempting to break in…
"South Blue"
"It's in hours now! I wonder if Whitebeard has arrived yet…" One of the merchants mutter as the rain pours down from the high heavens in the market place.
"I don't know. Do you think he's really gonna be there?" Another of the merchants ponder.
"He's a big deal but isn't he too old?" The customer holding his umbrella pries.
"You think so?" The merchant hums.
"He was around before the Great Pirate Era. He must be senile by now." The other merchant adds.
"We haven't heard his name in any big news for years." The customer considers.
"How can you guys take this so lightly? He's a Portgas you know who he's related to right?" The old woman reminds the men.
"Hibiscus Ann…" The merchants meekly whimper weakly at the thought of the woman.
"That's right if she's involved with Whitebeard then he's unignorable, the Navy HQ has called up its elites and...is expecting him with all their forces. I'm almost certain that Whitebeard is going to appear as is Hibiscus." Truthfully, the old woman mutters eyeing the paper in her hand.
"And then what's gonna happen?" The merchant queries.
"I don't know. How am I supposed to know?" The old woman grumbles glaring at them as the rain roars down upon the people of South Blue.
"East Blue"
"He's a pirate of a different era. Is it possible for him to beat the Navy HQ?" The Shepard garbed in robes ponders as he leads his sheep.
"It's not possible for any pirates to attack Marineford." The woman argues.
"That's not true. I think it was years ago a pirate called Shiki the Golden Lion invaded Marineford and left the Navy HQ half destroyed. This time it's going to be worse with Hibiscus and Whitebeard involved. No matter who wins, a lot of people will die. It'd be better if neither didn't appear. If nothing besides the execution happens, that'd be for the best." The monk man with the tattoo on the side of his head huffs silver spewing out of his lips…
"North Blue"
"Hey, we want drinks, old guy!" Slurring, the men adorned in snowy roar at the bar but..
"Are you asking me to open the bar on a day like this? We're expecting a big war in any minute! Go home! If the world's still here tomorrow, I'll open it!" The bartender dictates.
"Then just sell us some drinks! It feels like we're the ones who're on the scaffold! We can't do without drinking!" The drunken old men roar at the bar oblivious to the lone figure silently sipping his canister of booze.
"He's not just another old man…" The man with the canister huffs sipping his booze.
"West Blue"
"He hasn't lost it at all! It was just a year ago, when we saw him sitting right there...we thought we were dead." A guy slams his peg leg down on the table to show it off to the people in the bar.
"Grand Line"
"Is Whitebeard that outrageous?" The man couldn't help but wonder while watching the children play.
"Even those kids know it. They're singing as they jump rope." The woman by his side smiles seeing said children go about their merry way oblivious to what was occurring as they played.
"The pirate Whitebeard is scarier than a devil!" The children chanting as they jump over the rope.
"Oh, God! Where is this world headed?" The nun prays to the high heavens above.
"All the citizens have been ordered to evacuate. From their new haven in Sabaody archipelago the citizens eagerly watch the execution via monitors, reporters and cameramen have gathered from all over the world to watch and keep the rest of the world informed.
"That's really the best of Navy HQ." A man holds his camera, a huge snail standing by with numerous men and women eager to watch would come, some eager to write it down for articles as a young child wearing a marine hat sits perched upon the shoulders of their father.
"I assume that Whitebeard and Hibiscus knows about this. But still, will they venture to be there?" The other with the notepad and quill readies himself for the information he would write down for historians to come…
"I doubt it I heard she managed to shoot down some ships for Whitebeard to arrive just as Kaidou had arrived!" One of the journalists remarks.
"Hibicus Ann how will you react…?" The man with the quill ponders looking down at the monitor below, curious to see how this historical moment will play out…
Every look-out ship that the Navy sent has been swiftly sunk and there has been no report of a sighting of Whitebeard. So the tension at Marineford continues to rise. And there is less than hours left until the looming execution…
The crisp clink of chains continues to echo as the battered beaten bruised Ace makes his way through the tall towering walls of the confined room, chained as armed men stand either side of him taking him to his demise…
Garp seethes slamming his furious fist down upon Sengoku's table, Sengoku silently stares, the glare of his glasses hiding his hues behind his stoic face as the green tea spills from said strike…
"I can't take it! Is this really necessary?" Garp demands from Sengoku.
"This public execution is not just an execution of a pirate. It has great significance for the future of the world. That's why it's necessary." Stoically, Sengoku recites resolved.
"You just want to draw out Hibiscus! You and I both know this would draw her out from Shank's protection!" Garp growls glaring at Sengoku.
"Perhaps I am…that woman has information that could devastate the world Garp. We have let her escape us for long enough not to mention Whitebeard being a looming threat." Sengoku reminds him.
"And you think this will help us? She has more than enough motive to release what she knows to the public!" Garp argues.
"If she survives…" Sengoku crosses his arms over his chest.
"If she survives this, the navy is done for, Hibiscus Ann will see to it that the marines burn if we let this come to pass." Pointedly, Garp growls turning on his heel.
"And who was the one who got her into the marines? Who had her acquire this information? You are responsible for this matter since you are one of the parties involved. Don't forget that, Garp." Sternly, Sengoku reminds the growling Garp swiftly storming off, done just done dread hitting him hard at the situation he found himself in…
Overall, more than 100,00 marines have gathered from all over the world. Fifty battleships encircle the crescent shaped bay, countless cannons at the ready. The six rogues who could decide the outcome of this war stand tall in the front lines, members of the royal Shibukai…
Bartholomew Kuma…
Kuma is an enormous man, being 689 cm tall. He is the second tallest of the Warlords, he is usually seen carrying a Bible. His overall appearance resembles that of a bear, though there are a few key differences. His eyes are strangely covered by clear-mirrored lenses; while initially, he will give the impression of wearing glasses. His hat features a pair of rounded ears, and, along with the dark blue fabric of his pants, is covered in brown spots. His jacket contains a large white design reminiscent of a target cross-hair or a coda sign. There are also several white paw prints lining the bottom hem of his coat. He also has a long protruding chin. He bears the tattoo "PX-0" on the left side of the base of his throat.
Gekp Moria
Moria is an abnormally large humanoid creature with very distinct, devil-like features, the tallest of the warlords. He has two horns protruding from the sides of his forehead and stitches running vertically from the top of his face and down his neck, which is rather long and thick in comparison to his body. His ears and teeth are both pointed, while his lower body is relatively fat and stubby in comparison. Moria's hair is red, and his skin is a pale blue, matching his lips, armbands and the edges of his gloves. His coat and gloves are black, while his pants are bright orange with pale window shapes imprinted on them. He wears a fishnet shirt underneath a cravat, a necklace, and a blue crucifix-like ornament with claw-like appendages sprouting out from three of the cross's points
Donquioxite Donflamingo
Donflamingo smirks slouching. He has light blond-haired, very lean and muscular man with tan skin. He generally dresses in flamboyant clothes. In reference to his animal theme, the flamingo, his clothes are brightly coloured, with his light pink feather coat most distinctly of all. Donflamingo sports a pair of curved, thin white sunglasses, which appear to serve as his eyesight with red or purple lenses. He has a white shirt with red stripes, a green belt, and orange pants with white stripes. He also wears black dress shoes that are somewhat pointed.
Dracule Mihawk
Mihawk stands tall, lean, and muscular man with black hair, a short beard, moustache and sideburns that point upwards. His nickname comes from his strangely coloured eyes, which resemble a hawk's eyes. Mihawk wears black and red ornate clothing with a crucifix pendant that hides a little dagger, which gives him the appearance of a Spanish swordsman. His attire consists of a wide-brimmed black hat decorated with a large plume, and a long, open black coat with no shirt underneath, with red, flower-patterned sleeves and collar.
Boa Hancock
She stands tall and slender with long black hair that extends past her waist with locks of hair that frame her face down to her chin and shows off her high forehead, she wears a purple dress with Kuja designs on it and purple high heel pumps.
"That's…the admirals! Why do I feel so intimidated?" Awestruck, the marines gawk gape in awe at the three men striding on scene sweat sliding down the marine's temple when watching them each take their respective seat.
Below the execution platform Navy's HQ's most powerful combat force stand guard…the three navy admirals…
Navy Admiral Aokiji
Aokiji is an incredibly tall, slim, yet muscular man. His standard outfit consists of a white buttoned-up vest with standing collar over a long-sleeved navy blue shirt, with matching white trousers and black dress shoes. This is all rarely accompanied by a matching white suit jacket. He also wears a yellow tie divided geometrically by black lines and a sleep mask on his forehead. Kuzan has a white Marine admiral's coat, golden epaulettes and for him being the ice user, blue cuffs, draped over him like a cape, as do the other admirals.
Navy Admiral Akainu
Sakazuki is an incredibly tall, light-skinned, unusually muscular man. He's about as tall as his fellow admirals, with a square-shaped face, very pronounced facial features, and short black hair. He wears a standard Marine cap and sports a crimson, double-breasted suit, decorated with what appears to be a pink rose on his left buttonhole. Unlike many high-ranking Marines, he does not wear a tie, but instead leaves his light red colored flower-patterned shirt unbuttoned, showing his muscular neck and part of his tattoo. He wears black gloves and black shoes.
Navy Admiral Kizaru
Kizaru is an incredibly tall, relatively slim man, roughly the same size as the other two admirals Aokiji and Akainu. He is of middle age with a moderate amount of wrinkles on his face, short curly black hair, and a very thin beard. He is older than the other two admirals, a fact that is reflected in his looks. Kizaru's standard outfit consists of a yellow striped suit with a Marine coat draped over his shoulders like a cape, with his arms not in its sleeves. Kizaru also wears pure white shoes, gold-amber tinted sunglasses, and a dark green shirt with a mauve tie under his yellow suit with a purple tattoo with pink petals peeking out of his suit.
The marines cheer relieved to have their admirals on their side for the fight ahead.
The crisp chink of chains continues to echo throughout the hall as Ace is guided to his execution, his head down thinking back to a lush green field of sorts sitting by his younger self is a straw hat wearing boy as the two look out at the open ocean…
"Listen up Luffy we will definitely live life without regrets!" The young Ace tells Luffy.
"Yeah!" The young Luffy agrees.
"Whenever you feel sad, whenever you feel alone, whenever you feel as if the whole world is against you, clutch this hat, you're never alone I'll always be in yours and Luffy's corner." Ann's voice echoes in Ace's head as he thinks back to her sad soft smiles down, placing her hat on him…
"Ann…!" Ace whimpers weakly, tears threatening to fall.
"Take care of yourself, I'm excited to see what sort of nakama you make!" Ann beams brightly at her baby brother, pecking his temple.
"I will I'll form a nakama it'll be stronger than yours, better!" Ace vows making Ann smile.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what future you make." Ann smiles softly at Ace before turning on her heel heading off on her boat…uncaring towards the marine on her tail.
Quietly, present Ace bruised, battered, beaten makes it to the tall towering door before him slowly but surely creaking open as he is met by the bright blast of sunlight and the soaring sound of the sea before heading into the bright light of day ready to meet his executioner…
"Hey look there's Fire Fist!" One of the Sabaody civilians watching on from the monitors points out as the crowd gawk gape at the young boy heading up on the execution platform. Sengoku standing by his side.
"This is the man...who may trigger a war that will shake the world!" A meek marine whimpers weakly while staring up at the boy about to be killed.
"And he is the one who holds the fate of the world now!" Another marine in awe almost adds as well as they stare at the right for their fight today.
"Okay, Garp? I'll tell them everything…" Sengoku tells Garp standing behind Sengoku as they approach the stairs as above Ace gets on his knees. Both blades being at the ready for Ace's demise.
"So be it. I'll be downstairs." Garp goes to do just that.
"Step aside for a minute." Sengoku orders as Ace perks up at the footsteps.
"Yes, sir!" Both men armed and ready remove their blades before Ace stepping back for the fleet admiral.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! What's going on?" The marines gawk gape at their leader.
"Give me a Transponder Snail." Sternly, Sengoku orders.
"Yes, sir." They comply handing him said snail.
"I have something to tell you all…" Sengoku admits to the crowd of marines ready to make his announcement as elsewhere in the sea at this very time…
"Ready the canons!" The sharp sound of canon fire echoes through the roaring wave of the sea. Many of the red haired pirates are flung back, the soaked done just done Ann included as thunder reigns down upon them, the stench of heavy copper and iron filling their nostrils alongside the acid stench of gunfire as Ann's muscles and legs ache and burn as they fight against the king of the beasts.
The boisterous bellowing breezes brushes through her tangled mess of hair as she grits grinds her teeth together just done with the king of beasts just as the sharp ring of gunfire echoes time and time again as the sharp screeching shriek of metal on metal clashes. Thunder rains down upon the cloudy high heavens as Kaidou delivers blow after blow to the red haired pirates making their stand as Ann roars raising her blade to the king of beasts before cutting him stunning surprising shocking many as scarlet stains the open air as Ann lands, Shanks standing by her side just then…
"Chief!" She hears someone call out, her hues darting to the rookie Rockstar handing her a snail confusing her until…
"Portgas D. Ace...It's about the great significance of his death today." Sengoku's voice echoes from said snail as dread hits Ann hard.
"No…no….no…no…no!" Ann yells wailing into said snail a sharp sob threatening to break through only then for another tremor to break through the ship of the red haired pirates continuing their fight in dealing with the king of beasts…
"It's not your fault." Tsuru stands stoically by Garp's side sternly staring ahead at the sea.
"Women are very sweet at times like this, Tsuru-chan." Garp bursts out laughing.
"Ace, tell them the name of your father." Sternly, Sengoku demands from Ace.
"His father? What's this about?" The journalists at Sabaody ponder eyeing the screen showing Sengoku standing proudly garbed in white with the battered bruised beaten teen by his side on his knees chained to the floor.
"Father? Why is that important now? My father is Whitebeard." Ace annoyed grumbles.
"No!" Sengoku snaps.
"Yes, he is! Whitebeard is my only father!" Ace angrily roars however it falls to deaf ears.
"I have an announcement for you all. Portgas D. Ace the death of this man today holds great significance. Ace tell me the name of your father!" Sengoku orders from the chained man.
"Lie!" Sengoku bellows into the den den mushi.
"It is! My father is Whitebeard I have no other!" Angrily, Ace roars raising his voice viciously.
"Liar, years ago I put all my resources into finding a man, we suspected he had a child on a certain island we relied entirely on this possibility and cipher Pol's vague information children who had just been born children who were to be born. We investigated thoroughly all the mothers but we couldn't find him. But I suppose that is to be suspected your mother risked her life to deliver you safely. She performed a special trick which she pulled off through sheer willpower. She deceived our eyes no the eyes of the whole world in south blue there is an island called Baritalla your mother's name is Portgas D. Rouge she managed to defy common sense with sheer willpower to protect her child. She carried her child in her womb for a whole twenty months. She used all of her strength and as soon as she gave birth to you, she died. A year and three months after his father's death a child was born, carrying the blood of the most evil man in the world. That child was you! I'm sure you already know…" Sengoku sneers looking down at the boy below, his hues widening while dread hits him hard.
"Your father is….the pirate king Gold Roger!" Sengoku concludes to the crowd to the whole world as a still silence hangs heavily in the air around them all as Garp furrows his brow bowing his head at the murky memory of it all as below Aokiji's face darkens, his face lidded by the shadows casting over him at the news…
Elsewhere with the fighting going on does Ann scream shout snarl delivering the final blow to Kaidou with her blade of glistening gold releasing a bright black blast before the red haired pirates go on their way…
The beast pirate fleet flee and an anguished Ann finally falls to her knees, her legs buckling by the news Sengoku delivers as dread hits her hard, that news being what makes her crumble, break as the devasted anguished Ann falls to her knees, using her blade to balance herself as Benn, Shanks and the rest immediately by her side through this…
"Fire fist Ace…is Gold Roger's son…!?" Stunned, those at Sabaody gawk gape at the news.
"This is huge news!" Immediately, all the reports rush to report the news connecting their snails and all sorts running about the place.
"Fire Fist" Ace is a son of Gold Roger?!" A journalist gawks gapes as they all run around like headless chickens.
"Call the head office! Let's issue an extra!" Another journalist orders as the one with the quill and notebook stays still stunned shocked rooted in his place.
"Does it continue? Still? The bloodline of the King of the Pirates?!" Perturbed, the reporter couldn't help but wonder shell-shocked by this revelation of the pirate king's bloodline still living on as Ace and Ann although separate share the same look of dread as their family secret is finally let out to the public.
"That villain had a child!?" Horrified, the crowd of Sabaody gawk gape at the news staring stunned at the chained up Fire Fist.
"I'm so relieved that they got him!" A woman says softly.
"If he's a son of the King of the Pirates, he must be atrocious!" Another assumes.
"The legend of Roger lives on…!?" Another scared shocked voice warbles worriedly.
"We can be glad he's been caught then. If he's the offspring of that devil pirate king then he must be evil!" Snootily, a grown woman huffs glaring at the boy about to be executed.
"I wonder how much I could've sold him for if I'd caught him and put him up at the auction?" The knight eyes the boy being chained to the floor about to be executed.
"This execution is quite the show!" Smiling, a noble twirls his moustache merrily by his wife's side.
"So Fire Fist got his strength from his father?" Another of the crowd presume.
"Is he after the one piece as well?" Another wonders as well.
"In any case this is the end for Fire Fist he's about to disappear from this world after all." The journalist asserts as a flimsy piece of paper of said pirate king about to be executed flies into the air alongside the many bursting bubble bubbles hovering above…
"So…he isn't Luffy's real brother?" Hancock whispers softly.
"Roger's…" One of the marines meekly begin…
"Son?" Another swiftly ends.
Quietly, the admirals watch on, Kuzan's face still shadowed by the news acting nonchalant alongside the rest of his fellow admirals.
"So his biological son lives on? What a miracle! Anyone who had a connection to Roger back then should have already been sentenced!" Smiling, Moria points out.
"Since he's Luffy's brother I assumed Dragon was his father too." Coby admits to Helmeppo.
"I thought so too! What's going on here? Does this mean they aren't really brothers?" Helmeppo ponders out loud.
Garp feels the brisk breeze of wind blow his jacket to the side, Tsuru too as he looks out at the open sea soon enough looking up at the bowed head of Ace as the sun shines down upon him, his hues soften sadly at the sight of the boy above as he couldn't help but think back to that very day…he could still hear his footsteps echoing through the desolate cells as he held his lamp up slowly approaching the cell.
"Garp….can you believe this Garp? A child's about to be born…my child. Unfortunately I'll have left this world by the time that happens…" Roger sighs sadly smiling still as he calls out to the man glaring glowering at him.
"And why are you telling this to me, a marine? Roger? The mother of tht child and any woman with ties to you will undoubtedly be executed!" Irritated, Garp glares at the still smiling pirate king.
"That's why I told you." Roger smiles still.
"Eh?" Garp watches Roger rise approaching the cell.
"The government is sure to figure out where I've been this past year they'll find her and then they'll kill her. But a new born child bears no sin. Garp! You and I have nearly killed each other countless times. I trust you as much as I would a member of my own crew! Protect them for me." Roger requests from his friend smiling still as the light goes out before coming back on….
"DON'T TRY THAT SELFISH CRAP ON ME! DO YOU KNOW THE HELL YOU'RE PUTTING THAT GIRL OF YOURS THROUGH!?" Garp growls grabbing onto the cell scowling at the murky memory of the child, he could only imagine the hell she was going through…
"Ann is my daughter she is strong I know she'll be able to protect herself and her mother. But in order to do that she herself needs protection for she is still a child…my child if she were to go out to the sea she would no doubt be meeting me again…" Anguished, Roger smiles sadly at the fact of the matter.
"Roger…" Garp furrows his brow at her.
"I want Ann to live a good life a life she can live as free as she wants alongside her baby brother or sister…" Smiling, Roger admits to his old friend.
"And you expect me to do that crap?" Garp curses cross.
"I know you'll do it take care of them!" Roger smiles still despite it all as far away, a young woman stands at a cliff staring at the warm sombre setting sun releasing the newspaper of Roger's execution to the wind while the other, a young girl looking similar to the woman mops away at the floor, glaring glowering icily at the cheering crowd celebrating said execution as a small trickle of tears comes crashing down becoming one with the mop water below. Blinking back, the tears she continues on with her duty unaware of a beady blonde spotting said tear but remains quiet as they continue on with their mopping…
"You sure that it's this island?" The marine man with a toothpick in his mouth eyes the worried civilians of Barissle, all eyes on the armed marching marines…
"People saw Roger acting like he wasn't a pirate here. As if he were a father." The man by the toothpick soldier's side says.
"Roger's era has ended. We have to cut the bloodline. Find all the babies who are due within months of his going to jail. All pregnant women, too. Kill all mothers who are suspicious!" He orders as the shaking old lady watches documents be taken out as the doctor sits down on the chair armed crossed as he is being interrogated…
"…were born in this month. Ones who are due next month are..."
The marines stand armed as a man in a suit knocks on the door, the door opens to a pregnant woman gasping as armed marines rush in. The sharp sound of a plate breaking echoes as a pregnant woman is grabbed and swiftly slapped to the ground…they kick aside the baby toys littered around the floor frightening the mother and father.
Pokerfaced, a woman with long blondish pink haired stares stone-faced wearing a blue dress while holding a basket brushing past the admiral ordering his armed men running about the place into a direction. He briefly glances over at the beautiful woman with a hibiscus in her hair with sherry wine like eyes staring ahead with freckles littered about her face as she heads home…
"Look into the ones with husbands, too. They could be fake." The admiral orders as they look over the private medical records of the woman on the island.
Desperate, a man reaches out for his bruised, beaten, bloodied wife as she is dragged out of the house tearfully watching her husband be beaten black and blue as she was taken away.
"She'll come back when she is cleared." The marine assures the bloodied beaten bruised man on the floor as his wife is taken away.
"Not yet." Softly, she holds her stomach staring out at the sunset, the wind in her hair blowing as she looks out at the marine ship…
"No. Not yet." Softly, the sound of rocking echoes throughout the shadowy room as she holds her stomach still rocking humming while looking over at a photo in her hand, smiling sadly softly at the photo of herself and a young girl in her arms beaming brightly, showing a similar smile to her father bringing a sad smile to the woman's lips as she continues sitting on the rocking chair, holding her stomach.
"You can't come out yet. I'm sorry." An old woman with her grandkids watch with the rest as a regnant woman with her head down, a bruise clear on her face is taken through the streets towards the hospital…
"Not yet…" Rouge on her knees holds the table clinging to it, rubbing her stomach with oranges and shopping supplies cased to the floor as sh stares at the fierce flame of the candle.
"Not yet."
The marines lay lax on the ground while the armed one stand keeping vigilance.
"Not yet."
The rain roars pouring down upon the ground as months go by….
"Not yet."
Rouge stands outside her home once more, the wind in her hair blowing holding her stomach staring out at the setting sun.
"There are no more pregnant women here. It's been ten months since Roger's capture maybe there was no child after all?" A admiral wonders while looking over at the report oblivious to the pink haired girl listening in leaning against the wall through the darkened streets of the hall, the only light there being the gas lamp the man holds in the rather secretive meeting, the elites converse amongst each other.
"So Roger's age is really over then?" The marine soldier says surprised as her hues narrow noting the footstep from the side scowling at the familiar footstep.
"…Are you finally ready to tell me where she is now kid?" The tall towering marine hero towers over the girl breaking curfew however while most would freeze flinch, scream even terrified of the man above she silently stares back bored almost at the sheer sight of him.
"….On one condition." Softly, she whispers back, her hues glaring glowering into his as next he knew…
Quietly, the two make it to the top of the hill, Garp holding a lantern as the stars shimmer shine down upon the town of Loguetown, a ship in the distance but no soldiers spewing out of it as the two make their way into the hospital…
"Stop!" The doctor cries clinging to Garp side trying to stop the marine hero however he easily pushes the man back, swiftly slamming the door open as the two stand before the bedridden woman, holding her hand shielding her hues from the bright blare of the lamp.
"Mom!" Worriedly, the pink haired girl rushes over to the bedridden side, concern clear on her furrowed features, the firm façade of coldness she once wore broken before the marine hero just from the sheer sight of the woman with similar features to the young girl rushing into her mother's arms.
"…Ann…my baby Ann." The woman weakly smiles softly at the teary-eyed girl.
"Mom…!" Ann whimpers weakly, it had been so long since she last saw her mother, her heart ached seared from the sad sight of her mother…she wanted to stay by her side but she knew with her wanted poster and with her father's wishes she had to do what he ordered even if it meant separating herself from her mother and future sibling, she had to do it for their safety…
"You've grown into such a beautiful girl." Softly, she smiles cupping her daughter's had seeing so much of her from her freckles to her hair to even her hues but she could still see Roger within her little one…
"You're Portgas D. Rouge aren't you?" Garp breaks the reunion between both mother and daughter.
"I'm sorry I tried to keep away but…" Apologetically, Ann bows her head to her mother mortified, she tried to be strong but with the reports, she thought, she knew, she had to see her, see them both…
"You played your part perfectly sweetheart." The tender peck of her temple takes Ann aback as she snaps out of her sniffling turning to look up at the soft serene smile of her mother.
"Mom…" Ann begins but soon gasps when next she knew, her mother soon sharply inhaled as she held her mother's hand as the doctor rushed in, helping her deliver the little girl's future sibling…
"If we had a girl…it would be Ann if we had a boy…it would be Ace. That's what he decided." Lovingly, Rouge holds her baby boy in her arms as Ann stares stunned at the crying child before her.
"…Mom…" Anguished, Ann steps forward furrowing her brow at her mother concern clear on her face noting the stench of iron hanging heavily in the air as she spots scarlet smears across the linen startled smeared sheets.
"Come meet your baby brother…Ann." Rouge smiles softly at her daughter, shyly stepping forward approaching the baby bundle in her mother's arms screaming, crying his heart out…
"My brother…wow." Awestruck, Ann stares down at her baby brother spotting a set of familiar freckles already on the boy bringing a bright broad grin to Ann's lips at the sight.
"This child's name is Gol D. Ace. Take care of him okay?" Rouge tells Ann her hues widening when feeling her mother take her hand softly squeezing it.
"Mom…" Ann furrows her brow at her mother.
"His child…and mine…Ace…" Smiling, she places her temple to her son's head, softly shrugging the child nuzzling her cheek into the side of the baby boy as before Ann knew it, her mother's hand went limp in her own. Alarmed, Ann grabs the baby bundle, her ears ringing from his crying as next she knew…the flower freely falls from her mother's hair.
"Rouge!" The doctor rushed over.
"Rouge hang in there!" The nurse joins in.
"M-Mom?" Ann whispers weakly, her hues dilating, dread freely falling from her as her baby brother cries to the high heavens as she notes the coldness of her mother's hand and yet she smiles, so sweetly at the crushed children…
"Take care of him Ann…" Softly, she smiles at her, her hues slowly sliding shut as her hand soon goes limp in her hand, turning to ice…
"M-Mom? MOM!" Wailing, Ann soon screams tears freely falling, her voice cracking breaking before her as next she knew…
"…We have to go." Garp's stern strict voice snaps Ann out of her thoughts holding her baby brother in her arms, his cries ceasing curling into the young girl's arms as she holds him, the two outside the hospital, the evening sun shining glowing gold.
"…I know." The young girl's grip tightens around the baby bundle in her arms.
"…" Garp tries to reach for the baby boy but…
"Don't." The girl growls glaring, a wave of haki hitting the unfazed man.
"Ann….you can't take care of him not now." Garp reminds the young child clinging to her baby brother.
"I know that! You think I don't…!? He's…he's my last connection to papa, to mama…!" Mortified, the girl screams shouting at him only to falter mortified by the sharp sob of the baby below her in her arms crying his heart out as she sobs, soon realizing the reality of the situation…
"Your father asked me to take care of him, to take care of you both…please." Pleadingly, he whispers weakly, bowing before the girl bowing her head anguished at the reality of it all, at her helplessness…
"…I'm sorry Ace…if…if I were stronger…I'm sorry…" Sobbing, said girl sniffles, the tears freely falling for the crying babe, placing her temple to her baby brothers as she slowly but surely hands him over anguished at her failure watching her last link to her mother and father be taken from her…
"Garp…" Tsuru notes the anguished Garp, his hand over his head thinking back to it all, of Ace, Of Ann, of it all…
"It was years ago. You took over your mother's name and rose up in the world of the sea...as the captain of the Spade Pirates with your exquisite speed and power. And that's when we noticed...that Roger's blood still flowed! But Whitebeard also noticed that at the same time. And to make you the next King of the Pirates, he let the son of his old rival onto his ship." Sengoku makes his case against Ace but…
"No! I got on the ship to make my dad the next King!" Ace corrects Sengoku.
"No one believes that except you. In fact, it made it harder for us to catch you. You were protected by Whitebeard. If we let you go free, we know you'll use your abilities to become the next King. That's why it means a great deal to execute you here today. Even if it means risking an all-out war with Whitebeard!" Sengoku dictates as the marines cheer at the prospect.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! I have report! The Gate of Justice is opening without any order. And we can't make contact with the control room!" A marine rushes in.
"What?!" Sengoku says shocked.
"It'd be nice if it opened with a hit!-Oh, like "knock knock." Luffy reels his fist to hit the gates, the ship stands before but…
"You think that's all it'd take?!" The user of the wax, wax fruit ponders.
"It's opening!" The group gasps.
"What is going on? The Gate of Justice opens on its own! The Navy guy told us that they weren't gonna open the gate! The control room must be in Marineford. Who is doing this?" Jinbe ponders perplexed as the door opens…
"There we go! A little more! I know it because...out of joy, my blade bones are dancing the lambada! There! There! There we go, there we go, there we go!" Buggy stands at the front of said ship stick in hand celebrating tears in eyes.
"Ca-Captain Buggy, don't tell me...Don't tell me that you're opening it! Are you a messenger of "God?! Is it true, Buggy?!" In awe, the crew behind him couldn't help but awe at their messiah mystifying both Luffy and the wax wax user.
"No, it's not! What kind of role play is this?!" Luffy freaks out.
"But seriously. Who is opening it? Well, maybe God really wants me to become the King of the Pirates! Who cares! In any case...let's go! Internally, Buggy decides tears in eyes freely flowing until squeaking as the ship turns taking him and others with him as they finally past through the gates of justice.
"It's quiet." Hancock furrows her brow by the mist beginning to form from afar.
"But it's almost unnatural." Donflamingo licks his lips.
"Alright, let's do it! There they come! Everyone, battle stations!" The marines roar as they all get to their station.
"They appeared so suddenly! Where did they get in?" Sengoku scowls, perturbed.
"It's the vast fleet of pirate ships!" The lookout exclaims.
"Where's Whitebeard? Look for him!" Sengoku orders.
"Bohemian Knight Doma! "Thunder Lord" McGuy! DeCalvan Brothers! Whirl Spider Squard ! They're all big-time captains who are well known in the New World! 43 ships in total! We can't find Whitebeard or the commanders! But they're all allies of Whitebeard!" Worriedly, the marine identifies eyeing the fleet.
"All of you…" Astonished, Ace gawks gapes at the incoming fleet.
"Heh, now it's getting interesting! I'm really getting excited here! Hurry up and show Whitebeard!" Donflamingo bellows boisterously just as the 43 ships arrive a fleet scaring a fair few soldiers.
"It can't be…!" Sweat slides down Sengoku's face from the ripples beginning to form in the centre of Marineford.
"It's the Moby Dick!" Everyone gasps as the boat suddenly pops in from beneath the water coated, a fair few soldiers feeling the sea drizzle down upon them...
"I get it now! They got all their ships...coated and approached from underwater! But how did they come up with such a strategy…?!" Sengoku baffled begins but…
"He sure came up with a great spot to surface." Garp gives Whitebeard that.
"We never considered this tch…no doubt Hibiscus had a hand in it." Tsuru curses cross, knowing that strategist far too well for her liking.
"We really owe Ann-chan that strategy she came up with." Marco admits as he stands by Whitebeard side.
"Heh I'm not surprised that brat tends to be ahead of most people." Whitebeard smirks slightly a fait pinch of pride in his tone towards her.
"Yeah but to come up with that strategy while fighting Kaidou is something else you know." Marco gives her that.
"Sounds like you're grateful." Whitebeard points out.
"I will be when we get Ace back." Marco answers.
"Heh…maybe after that you can finally agree to one of her dates that might even the score." Smirking, Whitebeard suggests.
"Oi pops." Marco glares playfully at the bemused Whitebeard.
"They've infiltrated the bay!" A marine calls out as more ships soon sprout out from the water.
"Th-That's the first division commander-Marco! All 14 commanders- they're all here!" The marine recognises as the gentle tap of Whitebeard's blade echoes throughout Marineford…
"It's been awhile, Sengoku." Whitebeard calls out to him.
"Whitebeard." Sengoku scowls at the sight of the man.
"You better tell me that my beloved son...is all right. Wait just a little longer Ace…" Whitebeard stands before Marineford spear in hand as he stands by his fourteen commanders.
"Old man!" Anguished, Ace cries out to the old man, stabbing his spear aside as he lets out a wave of some sort.
"I can't believe that we let them get this close!" Sengoku curses cross confused how the gates of justice even opened as just then…whitebeard strikes the air.
"W-What!?" A soldier says shocked.
"A crack…in the air?" Another adds as next they knew…
"A seaquake!? He can make the sea quake!?" Sengoku gawks at the waves rising up before Marineford…
"Fools! We have the strength of the navy HQ's greatest force, 3 admirals plus we shibukai and 100,000 soldiers! Our opponent are the Whitebeard pirates and the 40 odd ships backing them! So what are you gonna do about it whitebeard!?" Moria madly bellows boisterously cackling crazed at the fleet before him…
"I'm heading out first!" Ace smiles as he stands on his makeshift raft ready to start his new adventure as his hand remains rooted on a familiar hat.
"Take care, Ace! Tell Ann I said hi when you see her!" Happily, Luffy calls out wearing his straw hat as he and Makino say goodbye to him.
"I will. See you, Luffy!" Ace promises before setting sail…
"That bastard! He became a pirate!" Garp glares glowers down at the paper presenting Ace's poster.
"Look Ace's first wanted poster!" Pleased, Ann squeals smiling showing said poster to Shanks and Co.
"We got to celebrate!" Shanks smiles eager for a reason to get hammered.
"Hell yeah we do oh though I should probably give him pointers on better wanted pictures." Perkily, Ann smiles sitting down.
"Why?" Shanks scoffs.
"Why? Shanks sweetie you want to look good for the people you're trying to rile up." Amused, Ann winks cheekily at Shanks.
"You mean you want to look good for a certain admiral to rile up." Smirking, Shanks throws in before squeaking from the swift strike to face he received by a angry Ann setting off on her own…
"It's a pirate ship! I never seen their flag!" The marines gasp at the flag of the Spade Pirates.
"This is a pirate whose become very powerful rapidly recently." The marine hands the slip of paper over to Sengoku.
"D?" Where is he from?" Sengoku scowls at the name.
"We can't quite figure that out but even as a rookie, he has the power of Logia." The marine reports as Sengoku scowls down at it.
"…Portgas tch…he'll be as trouble as her no doubt." Sengoku scowls at the thought glaring down at the poster of Fire Fist.
"Where's the kid who wants to take my head? As you wish I'll take you on!" Whitebeard proclaims proudly standing on his ship before both collapsed captains.
"It's the Whitebeard Pirates!" Panicked, one of the crew cry out as Ace jolts up at the voice shakily standing awake from the announcement swaying slightly from side to side drained by his fight with Jinbe.
"I'll take care of this myself." Whitebeard stands smirking making his way over towards Ace attempting to stand swaying still as Whitebeard couldn't help but smirk slightly seeing the familiar hat upon the boy's back.
"That hat…brings back fond memories." Whitebeard pokes said hat with his blade.
"Don't touch it!" Incensed, Ace angrily roars raising his voice to the amused Whitebeard seeing for a brief moment a familiar figure from the past as before Ace could do anything with a simple huff his men scream thrown back before the yonko.
"You guys! Flaming net!" Ace jolts up alarmed at his men thrown back beofre forming said net of fierce flames around the two trapping them together.
"Captain! Captain Ace, what are you doing!?" Deuce cries calling out to him.
"Run you guys!" Ace roars raising his voice to them.
"Captain!" His crew cry out to him.
"What? You gonna run away now?" Whitebeard stares down at the boy below.
"I'm letting my crew escape; I stand in their place…I won't run!" Resolved, Ace declares determined.
"What a cheeky little brat you are, you really are her little brother." Bemused, Whitebeard smirks slightly seeing a young pink haired girl before him, blade in both hands behind her are two trembling boys one with red hair the other blue clinging to one another as she stood in front of them protectively…
"Eh? ARGH!" Ace soon screams as before he knew it, he was beaten with one swift slash…
Quietly, Whitebeard stoically stares down at the battered beaten bloodied Ace as he lies flat on his front lying on the cracks from the crater, his hat casted to the side, the fierce flames surrounding them swiftly snuffed out as he reaches for the hat however…
"Don't…touch…you can't…take…my…treasure." Ace's fingertip twitches towards the hat attempting to reach out to the hat.
"Hm?" Humming, the unfazed Yonko watches on stopping himself as Ace attempts to crawl over it to almost.
"This is the man whose strength rivalled his…I'm…" Ace begins brow furrowed clutching cradling said hat close to his chest digging his fingertips furiously into the ground, glaring at the man above as he puts his hat on, shakily standing or at the least trying to…
"You still tryin' to stand up? I'd hate to see you die here kid. If you still want to fight then take my name and roam the seas wild and free! Become my son!" Smiling, Whitebeard bellows getting on his knee offering his hand out to the boy before him.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Angrily, Ace cross curses before going limp falling into the dark depths of his subconscious…
Groaning, Ace holds his head, brow furrowing fatigued from it all almost as he holds his head, heading out of the room he had found himself in, hearing the soft sound of the washing waves watching the boat he is found upon rocking slightly side by side.
"Hey! I'm commander of the fourth Division…Thatch! Since you're joining our crew, I think we should be friends." Friendly, Thatch approaches the lost Ace furrowing his brow by the strange ship he had found himself on.
"Shut up!" Angrily, Ace yells glaring at the unfazed Thatch.
"You sure woke up in a bad mood. Oh yeah do you want to know what happened after you passed out? Your companions came to get you back…so we beat them all." Merrily, Thatch smiles propping himself upon the railing of said ship seeing said boy glare glower at him.
"What? It's not like they're dead we're keeping them here on this ship." Sighing, Thatch assures Ace.
"Are you sure you should leave me like this, without any locks or shackles or anything?" Annoyed, Ace's hues narrow at the man.
"Shackles? We don't need those!" Thatch chuckles at the thought.
Snoring, Whitebeard's snot bubble goes up and down as he rests in bed, unaware of th stoic silent Ace, blade in hand raised as he lurches forward fierce flames spewing out of his back but before he could do anything…
"Hey, hey what d'ya think your doing?" Annoyed, a whitebeard pirate furrows his brow at the figure being thrown through the wall hitting the railing, blade tossed to the side as an astonished Ace gawks gapes, holding his battered bloodied beaten nose, crimson currents come gushing out of it as he stares stunned at the sleeping whitebeard.
"You should be more considerate at this time of night!" Another angry voice joins in as Ace shakes at the man in a world of his own…
Angrily, Ace appears behind the awake Whitebeard sat simply staring ahead as axe in hand, Ace appears behind him about to take whitebeard's head however…
"Oi he fell overboard!" A voice hollers as said devil fruit user is thrown overboard.
"And he can't swim either!" Another adds.
"Someone go save him!" Marco sighs as someone dives down to do so.
"Every day he does this. He has real persistence..." Amused, Vista twirls his moustache.
"More than a hundred times now isn't it?" Another adds.
"Yup pretty sure it is." Marco confirms calmly.
"He really is his sister you got to give him that." Thatch tells Marco while stirring said soup below bemused by Ace's antics at attempting to kill Whitebeard while pouring some soup into a bowl, handing it over to Marco.
"In what regard?" Muttering, Marco scowls, grumpily taking the bowl brow furrowed.
"His persistence, this is what? 100 times now he's almost catching up to Ann's score of asking you out!" Teasingly, Thatch points out much to the blonde's dismay, that girl was quite the troublemaker, teasing people persistently, he could see the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
"You're hilarious." Huffing, Marco mutters turning towards the door.
"I try my best." Beaming, Thatch smirks watching Marco head out of the room…
Loudly, the crowd cheer as Ace watches on from the sides seeing some of his crew converse with those on Whitebeard's acting all happy as Ace couldn't help but furrow his brow by the sight, the soft sound of footsteps snapping Ace out of it as he eyes the bowl below him seeing steam spew out of it.
Ace simply stares at the soup as Marco simply sighs turning his back to join his brothers but before he could…
"You guys…why do you call him your father anyway?" Ace asks out of the blue breaking the still silence between both of them.
"Because he calls us his sons to the rest of the world we're all just outcasts. It makes us happy. It's just a word but it makes us happy. Hey how long are you gonna keep risking your life like this? Make up your mind already. You can't possibly take the old man's head the way you are now…Ann sacrificed her pride for you to be here." Honestly, Marco admits to Ace astonishing him.
"…Ann?" Ace perks up at his words.
"How do you think you survived Whitebeard? Ann came to us, bowed her head for you to join our nakama." Marco informs Ace, his hues dilating from her words.
"She…she did that?" Tense, Ace whispers weakly.
"Ace…your sister loves you a great deal for someone of her power, of her seniority of her influence to bow her head to Whitebeard…the right hand of a yonko…you understand the situation she put herself in for your sake do you not?" Seriously, Marco's hues narrow at Ace.
"Ann…" Ace bows his head, his voice cracking, tone trembling…
"She wants you to be happy, to have a nakama that you can smile freely for. So are you gonna get off this ship and start over…or are you gonna stay here and accept whitebeard's mark?" Marco demands from Ace brow furrowing at the boy's lip trembling at the question proposed as before he knew it…he became one of Whitebeard's sons as before he knew it, a fierce flash of lighting comes from the dark depths of the night sky lighting across Thatch's corpse, crimson pooling out of him as the bloodied knife is raised to the high heavens with the yami-yami no mi within the hands of one Blackbeard…
"Stop it Ace just calm down!" Marco tries to calm the angry Ace down…
"The old man said he'd make an exception just this once! You don't have to chase after Teach!" One of Whitebeard's sons tries to calm Ace down as the dark clouds hang heavily above them.
"Let me go! He was a member of my division! If I just ignore this Thatch won't be able to rest in peace!" Angrily, Ace roars.
"Ace. It's fine just this once. I have a weird feeling about this." Truthfully, Whitebeard admits to the boy but it falls to deaf ears as Ace sets off to hunt down Thatch…
"Is it over?" One of the marines mutter noting the lack of tremors.
"What caused that quake?" Another couldn't help but ponder.
"Pops. Everybody. I ignored your advice and took off! Why didn't you just give up on me?! I'm the one who caused all of this!" Ace cries calling out to him.
"No. I'm the one who told you to go. Son." Whitebeard smiles at Ace gritting grinding his teeth together anguished at what he had brought upon the Whitebeard Pirates.
"That's a lie! Cut it out! You told me not to go but I..." Ace insists pained but…
"I'm the one who told you to go. Isn't that right, Marco?" Whitebeard turns to the blonde.
"Yes, that's what I heard. I'm sorry that we put you through so much, Ace. Everybody in this world knows. What will happen to someone who messes with...our crewmate!" Marco dictates in agreement.
"We won't let anybody who hurts you get away with it, Ace!" A voice calls out from the pirates.
"Count on us! We will save you!" Another pirate soon swears.
"Prepare yourselves, Navy HQ!" The pirates roar.
"He's gathered quite an impressive group huh…" Kuzan takes note of.
"What are they going on about?" Annoyed, Akainu scowls down at the whitebeard pirates.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Kizaru admits as the admirals eye the pirates below.
"On this side, we, The Warlords, the Navy's greatest powers—admirals and a hundred thousand elite soldiers! On that side, there are the Whitebeard Pirates and more than allied ships! Now, how do you wanna do it, Whitebeard?!" Moira gushes giddily.
"It's getting really exciting here. Are you planning to stay on the side-lines again? I bet you came to pass the time right? Do whatever you want. Heh heh." Haughtily, Donflamingo licks his lips as he turns towards the silent stoic Mihawk.
"Everywhere I look all I see are insufferable scruffy men…though he is also a man he is different. I just hope you are alright Luffy." Hancock thinks to herself.
"H-hey the water level…what's going on?" One of the marines take note of the lowering level of water.
"What's going on?! The ship is flying backwards!" Buggy freaks out clinging to the railing as the wind current goes crazy against the marine ship.
"Is this for real?! It was really smooth just two minutes ago!" The wax wax user clings to Buggy's legs clinging to the railing by the decapitated torso's side using his arms to hold the railing.
"Why all of the sudden..." The wax wax user screams when he and the legs he was clinging to let go.
"Oh no! My waterworks!" Buggy cries as his legs and the wax wax user mr 3 are thrown back hitting the wall with Buggy soon joining splatting on the ground like a swatted fly as the two are flung in the air flailing about the place…
"Now the water level is rapidly rising!" The marine points out as soon enough…
"What are these tremors?" Moria queries.
"Here it comes the seaquake that he set off earlier…is coming back as a tsunami! The earthquake man who ate the Gura Gura fruit…Whitebeard, Edward Newgate!" Garp growls as Marineford shakes from the waves of sea hitting Marineford.
"What is that!?" A marine cries.
"It's a tsunami! It's huge!" A scared soldier screams.
"What power! He truly is a legendary monster!" Mesmerised, Donflamingo gushed as another soldier screams scared at the rising tides that are about to come crashing down on them when…
"We might have him outnumbered but don't assume that it guarantees victory…it's possible that we will be the ones to meet our end! That man…has the power to destroy the world!" Sengoku declares.
"It's starting…the war!" A man from Sabaody says as a woman quakes terrified with the rest.
"Let's go!" The whitebeard armada arm themselves for the fight ahead as the waves rise on either side of Marineford.
"It's a Tsunami!" Terrified, the marines shake quiver quake as the sea washing waves of walls tower over them about to crash down.
"What power he truly is a monster!" Deranged, Donflamingo beams brightly at the sight of what could kill him is about to come crashing down when… when Aokiji leaps out of his chair.
"Ice age!" Aokiji leaps high in the air freezing said waves.
"Aokiji stupid brat…!" Whitebeard smirks slightly at the sight of the admiral edges of his body being coated with ice as he looks down at the smirking Whitebeard.
"H-He stopped it!" One of the marines gawk gape at the power.
"H-He saved us!" Hyperventilating, Helmeppo lets out tears freely flowing from his visor.
"Admiral Kuzan…" Coby lets out relieved.
"Partisan!" Aokiji's ice coated hand fires said spears of ice towards Whitebeard only for Whitebeard to break them by sending a tremor.
"Oh my…" Aokiji in mid air begins breaking before he comes crashing down into the seafloor encasing it in ice alongside the solid statue of himself, steam spews out as the water soon becomes ice with the last of his power he too becomes encased with ice, trapping Whitebeard's boat from escaping.
"He froze the entire bay!" A pirate gasps.
"It's impossible for the ships to move!" Another one of the pirates panic at the sight.
"W-We have the navy's strongest on our side w-we'll be fine!" Fearfully, a soldier screams.
"Y-Yeah we have no reason to fear whitebeard nor his pirates!" Another anxiously adds.
"Yeah fire destroy the Moby dick!" Another soon orders as the cannons are fired at the frozen ship but Whitebeard simply smiles at the canon fire. They soon rush in using the ice as a platform to cross the sea as the pirates soon rush in canon fire only doing so much as the battle begins…
"The admirals have joined the fight don't stop attacking!" The commander with the cannons call out as they charge ahead.
"We're gonna intercept them!" Smoker races ahead.
"Right! He must be the division commander - Flower Sword Vista!" Tashigi recognises only to gasp at the shadow behind her she turns to gasp hesitating to draw her blade but fortunately for her Smoker swiftly strikes the man with the club down.
"Stay alert, Tashigi! They may not be a match for the admirals but they're all mighty soldiers - not just the commanders! Don't forget it!" Smoker reminds her.
"I-I got it, Smoker-san!" Tashigi follows to do just that.
"Here come the vice admirals of the Navy HQ!" One of the whitebeard pirates eye the swordsmen cutting down their cannonballs.
"It's so rare to see all of them together at the same place! It's like when they have the Buster Call. But...when it comes to Pops and us, it won't work that way!" The whitebeard pirates smirk smugly.
"Tsuru-san, why don't you stand back? Leave it up to us and have some tea or something from a comfortable distance." One of the admirals advises the old woman however…
"Don't talk smart to me, fledglings! There is no safe place even if I back up to the end of the sea!" Sternly, she tells the men how it is.
"Bring the ship to the ice gorge! Trounce them all and get to the land! Go! We'd be happy to give our lives for Pops! We're not scared of the Navy HQ! Let's go, Squard Pirates!" Squard o draws out his blade, his crew ushing in as the battle begins and Dracule Mihawk steps forward.
"Dracule Mihawk?" The soldiers below gasp at the sight of the yonko levelled superhuman.
"The royal shibukai is going to do something!" Smiling, the soldier says relieved.
"Now that's unusual…" Kizaru looks down at the people below bemused.
"So the reserved Hawk eye is ready to fight." Akainu bows his head, his cap rim hiding his hues.
"Huh what's this you're gonna fight?" Donflamingo remarks.
"I merely wish to measure and see for myself the true distance between us and that man." Dracule's hues narrow at Whitebeard as he finally draws his blade…
"Even very skilled soldiers would tremble and freeze from fear just by looking into his eyes. He is truly a "Hawk-Eye" as he is called." Hancock eyes the stoic swordsman.
"So that's the Black Sword that everybody's talking about." Smoker eyes the black blade.
"To be precise...it's Black Sword Kokutou Your. One of the supreme grade swords there are only 1" of them in the entire world. It's one of the highest grade swords in the world, one of the meito. And its dark blade edge has an irregular temper line and a double clove pattern. It's a noted sword suitable for the greatest swordsman." Tashigi in awe explains to her mentor as he releases said singular strike…
"Hawk eye!" Alarmed, a pirate cries out as with that single strike, green energy burst out towards the Moby Dick. Terrified, the pirates in the way flee from the crater formed.
"Old man!" A pirate concerned calls out as surprisingly, someone stands said blow taking it single handed before it could hit the old man as the figure endures it before throwing it up in the air redirecting it at the sky, the green glow fades alongside the tremors.
"He stopped it the most powerfullest blast in the world…!" The soldier says shocked at the crater created and the energy blast being redirected.
"T-That's…! The commander of the third dimension Diamond Jozu!" The soldier recognises the diamond coating of the man before them glaring into the unfazed Mihawk sheathing his blade.
"How naïve. They want to break through from the front! Artillery unit fire at the enemy ships and approaching pirates!" Sengoku brings out his snail stepping forward.
"Yes, sir!" The snail from the other side responds.
"Forward units, don't allow them access to this plaza!" Sengoku orders.
"Yes, sir!" They salute as the canons fire attempting to strike at the ships while also firing the pirates below breaking some of the ice as the fighting continues…
"Honestly…I'm disappointed." Kizaru stands from his seat sliding his hands into his pockets.
"…Disappointed?" Annoyed, Akainu grunts turning to eye Kizaru.
"Ann-chan isn't here…at least she would have been fun to fight…still they are all pretty much like monsters. To finish this with minimum damage, we just have to cut off their head nice and quick." Kizaru soon bursts into light leaving the man in red alone on his chair watching the bloodbath below.
"T-Too bright!" The soldiers soon stop from the bright blaring light of Kizaru as he appears before them firing jewel after jewel of bright light killing pirates after pirate with each single shot of light aiming it mainly at Whitebeard but before the blast could intercept…
"Hey now that's really bright you know." Whitebeard complains as a fierce flaming bird rushes into the fight blocking the admiral's attack.
"Wait what is…he's covered in blue flames!" The soldiers gasp.
"Blue flames!?" Kizaru perks up at the sight of the man with wings of blazing blue.
"You can't just…go straight for the king you know!" Smirking, Marco remarks as he flies above.
"You whitebeard pirates sure are scary!" Smirking, Kizaru remarks.
"What's with his body!?" Baffled, the soldiers stare shocked.
"He's took on his attack and still alive he's as powerful as they say!" The solider gasps.
"The mythical zoan type…a level above logia…" Kizaru recognises.
"Look his wounds are disappearing!" Another soldier adds.
"Oh it worked alright." Amused, Marco exclaims.
"You liar." Kizaru huffs as Marco forms into a phoenix.
"That's the first division commander! Marco the phoenix!" The soldier recognizes.
"I've never seen a bird like this before…" Kizaru fires his light gems at the bird but it goes through him as he soon shifts forms, back into his human form, his arms still wings but his legs back to normal as he hits Kizaru who blocks with his arm amused at the attempt at hurting him.
"Well this is working." Kizaru remarks.
"You liar!" Mad, Marco snaps as Kizaru turns into a bright light blasting into the wall behind him.
"Kizaru was sent flying! Kizaru san!" The soldiers call out to him worried.
"It looks like…I won't be able to take the head that easy, giants watch out for the sky." Kizaru advises the soldiers.
"Right!" They soon rush into the fight or so they had hoped until Jozu slammed his hand into the ground forming a huge circle for him to take the ice, throwing it at the giants.
"What power!" The soldiers says shocked as he throws the ice cube at them.
"Get out of the way quick!" Jozu advises his comrades do so.
"Try stopping this!" Jozu glares throwing the projectile of ice.
"It's a block of ice it's way too big! We're gonna die!" Another soon screams.
"I swear those two are…they simply went and left their stations if we're not here…then who will protect the area!?" Annoyed, Akainu tuts arising from his throne turning to look up at the incoming projectile.
"Akainu san!" A soldier gasps as he finally lifts his hat to acknowledge it.
"Great eruption!" Akainu's hand soon erupts into fierce flames of magma, smoke spewing out as with one furious fist he breaks the ice whole…
"He vaporised it! Quick run! Volcanic rocks!" Roaring, a pirate calls out as many are caught in the crossfire of mentors that come crashing down.
"One of our ships has been hit quick run!" A meteor managed to hit one of the ships, destroying it with one hit, with a fair few falling too.
"It's like watching the end of the world!" Scared, someone watching on from the archipelago exclaims.
"These flames are too flashy. Why don't you go light some candles for some kid magma?" Whitebeard complains piercing the fireball coming his way.
"You don't like flashy funerals Whitebeard?" Akia reels his arm back, the flames dispersing as Whitebeard blows out the burnt rock of ice.
"Three ships left keeping firing!" A marine orders as the canons continue doing so.
"T-These are pirates…this is a real battlefield. It's hopeless! My legs are numb…I can't move." Miserably, Coby cries as the marines continue blasting ship after ship with canons, his hues widening when seeing the corpses, the bodies before him long gone from this word being trampled upon by both marine and pirates alike.
"This is impossible! We wouldn't stand a chance against these guys! You think so too right!? These guys are all monsters this is no place for youngsters like us let's run away yeah?" The blonde by his side crumbles, falling flat to his knees.
"But…" Coby begins but…
"Are you stupid? If we fought we wouldn't last a second!" Scared, the blonde falls to his knees.
"But I promised Luffy…!" Coby begins but…
"You want to become an admiral right? Neither of us can afford to die here!" Horrified, the blonde ponytailed male wails with his visor as the two watch lives be lost, cut down, shot down, trampled down…
"What now!?" A pirate growls scowling at the sound of thumping as a giant of sorts arrives, walking through the sea…
"Here he comes…" The pirates cheer.
"Fire shoot it!" The marines try to shoot the beast down but…
"Break through come on you can do it!" The pirates cheer the guy on breaking the canons with one swift slice of his huge blade and marine ships too.
"Ace!" The giant calls out.
"Alright go! Little Oars junior!" The pirates cheer him on.
"He's the decedent of the continent puller Oars!" Tsuru recognises.
"He's enormous far larger than an ordinary giant!" A vice admiral points out.
"Don't let him into the bray he's trying to breach our defense's!" A solider points out.
"So Oars's descendant is one of Whitebeard's men? I want him! I want his corpse!" Moria giggles giddily.
"Heheheheh….he makes me tingle." Donflamingo pokes his tongue out.
"Oars!" Ace calls out horrified to see him pained to see him here.
"Ace is a nice guy! I ain't lettin' ya kill him!" Oars refuses.
"Keep shooting! Fire! Shoot him down!"
"Oars forget it your size makes you too easy a target!" Ace tries to stop him but…
"Ace…I'm coming for ya!" Oars refuses as he throws a marine ship, throwing the people out of it at the giants trying to stop him. They try to stop it but end up in the crossfire alongside the vice admirals.
"Don't let them reach the plaza!" A soldier screams as the giant soldiers are out for the count as Coby watches on horrified seeing throats slit, scarlet smearing across the icy waters of this bloodbath as just then…
"Go to hell Marine!" A pirate screams rushing through the smoke to aim at the scared Coby.
"Cob-" Helmeppo calls out only to gasp alongside Coby as before the two knew it, the pirates was cut down.
"Don't get in my way." He growls glaring at Coby.
"…Rear Admiral Yukimura, the slayer of a thousand men!" Coby gawks gapes as he recognises the man.
"What are you doing? This is a battlefield! We have no use for the unprepared! If you're unprepared to fight you're only a nuisance!" He scolds Coby on the floor.
"I'm helpless! Coby shakes seeing the justice worn coat he adorned as he slams his fist into the icy ground below, tears in his hues.
"Hey you, I gotta get to Ace! Don't get in my way!" Oars roars after cutting down a giant admiral much to the horror of the giant unit.
"This is as far as you get." A giant recovering returning to the fight, trying to fight back against Oars but his blade is swiftly shattered as he is cut down, the giants soon following
"That oars…no point trying to hold him back…there's a difference between being a hero and throwing your life away." Whitebeard sighs before hollering at his men.
"I wanna save him I wanna save Ace as fast as possible." Oars continues o his warpath.
"I hear ya. Men wipe your asses let's give Oars some support!" Smirking, a pirate below bellows.
"Yeah!" Another adds as he helps while the …
"How do we fight a guy this big?!" Baffled, a soldier exclaims.
"How dare you hurt the vice admiral!" Angrily, another giant a female scream, spear swiftly caught as she is thrown back.
"We have to attack as one!" The giant catches the girl.
"If you get distracted by Oars I'll take you down!" Angrily, a pirate fires at Boa but…
"Are you threatening us?" Casually, Hayami quirks her head to the side as the baffled man gawks when…
"My b-bullets…!" Baffled, the man gawks as said shells are swiftly deflected from the woman, her hardened skin alone just rejecting the shells as Boa places her hand on her shoulder, stepping forward amusing her all would be well as before he and the rest of his pirates knew it…
"Slave arrow!" Boa plants a kiss upon her fingertip forming a heart as arrows upon arrow raining down, turning the men below into stone alongside the cannonballs.
"H-Hey guys!" Panicked, the pirate gasps as just then…
"The pirate empress…!" The soldiers gasp.
"Perfume femur!" Boa rushes down kicking a soldier in the face.
"My body's…crumbling!" The man gasps horrified as he holds his arm that crumbles off before screaming from the shift kick downwards from Boa, using each kick to petrify a part of a marine.
"Hey! What do you two think you're doing attacking marines!?" Mad, a soldier shouts glaring at the two as Boa flips back, jumping on top of her snake standing tall to the soldiers.
"I agreed to fight against Whitebeard…I never said I'd be your ally…whether enemies or friends all men are the same! All but one man…I want to leave here to fulfil my promise." Proudly, Boa bellows boisterously.
"What did you say!?" Scowling, everyone glares, the giants included.
"Can you forgive this beauty?" Boa poses for the crowd.
"Y-You…" Blushing, the soldiers starstruck begins but….
"Hancock you won't get away with this!" Yelling, the blonde giant bellows rushing towards the traitor but as she raises her fist her spear long gone by Oars…
"Oh ho…now isn't that interesting." Kizaru remarks.
"The hell…marines against the shibukai now?" Marco furrows his brow by the sight.
"Oars!" Ace screams as Kuma stretches his arms out a balloon inflated light swallowing being made before being reverted into a handheld paw as he offers it out to the confused oars as it goes inside his stomach beofre inflating itself enveloping Oars.
"Ursus shock…" Kuma exclaims as Oars falls to his knees, the shock striking him down, his hat casted to the side.
"OARS! That's enough! Stop this! You won't make it!" Anguished, Ace screams at his old friend, blood descending down his now battered beaten state just from that single strike.
Hey, Oars! I was just wondering... Aren't you hot? Because you're closer to the sun?" Ace asks Oars as the two sit in the sun.
I'm hot." Oar admits.
I see. It'd be nice if you had some shade." Ace hums…
"Captain Oars!" His crew call out to the beast on his hands and knees.
"He can still move!?" Mystifed, Sengoku gawks at the mess of the beast.
"That's awesome! He even inherited his ancestor's toughness!" Moira gushes but…
What's this?" Oars eyes the small hat of sorts.
I learned how to make it in the Wano Kingdom. Try it on." Ace smiles.
Ace-san ruined two others before that one. They burned up! Since his body's fire, he shouldn't braid straw!" The people below tell Oars.
It's cool under here!" Oars beams brightly at the hat.
Yeah? That's good." Ace smiles happy to see his gift come into use.
"FIRE!" The marines fire their canons beating the battered beaten beast already on its hands and knees.
"OARS!" Ace screams sobbing his heart out watching his friend be torn to shreds thanks to him.
Captain Oars! Why are you staying outside?" His crew call out to Oars in the rain.
I don't get wet in the rain. This is very sturdy! I love it!" Past Oars beams brightly at his hat happy to watch the rain drops drip down the rim of his hat…
"Still…not there. At the very least even if its just one of the warlords…" Weakly, Oars reaches out to Ace but noticing him being unable to truly reach so he aims to raise his fist at Donflamingo to at the least try to help however as he tries to…
"Hehehehahahahaha is something wrong demon?" Donflamingo smirks smugly strings swiftly snatching Oars. Donflamingo floats above the air as the platform he perched upon was destroyed.
"My legs won't." Oars begins but soon screams as next he knew his foot was cut off.
"Argh!" Oars soon collapses on his side as his foot is thrown aside.
"OARS!" Ace cries out as he collapses to his keeps still trying to reach for Ace.
"Captain, why are you staying outside, again?" The confused crew call out once more.
"The snow's not getting on my head. It's not cold! I really love this! Thank you, Ace." Oars beams brightly happy to have his hat.
"He's breached the plaza!" A soldier reports.
"Just a little more just a little further to Ace…" Oars tries to reach Ace but the fierce strikes of canon fire is what he's met with…
"That Donflamingo bastard he's gone and cut off a leg even though I said I wanted the corpse! "Look! This is the right way to kill someone!" Cross, Moira scowls complaining as with his shadows, he forms a blade impaling into Oars who continues trying despite Ace's pleading for him to stop as the hand reaches but…it goes limp as the tears freely fell from Ace.
"Captain Oars!" His crew cry out as Oars finally falls, freely falling to the ground.
"Damn the shibukai!" Angrily, a pirate curses.
"OARS!" Ace screams as Oars body comes crashing down, freeing a path for the pirates to get to the shattered Ace.
"Hahahah if I use his corpse I can create the ultimate zombie warrior!" Moira cackles oblivious to the glaring raw reds sent his way.
"You're wide open Whitebeard!" Rondes roars raising his axe.
"Vice Admiral Rondes!" The soldiers scream as Whitebeard however easily breaks said axe with his tremors grabbing the giant by his mask as the tremors with his helmet destroying the giant in one go.
"He…he beat a giant and a navy admiral at that…effortlessly." Amazed, the soldiers stare stunned at the defeated giant.
"CHARGE ACROSS OARS!" Whitebeard orders as the pirates soon do so to get to Ace.
"Donflamingo! How could you do that to Oars!?" The two perk up at the man armed with two blades.
"Hehehhe!" Donflamingo giggles.
"What's so funny?" Frowning, the blade wielder demands.
"You want to know what's so funny? This feeling of being right at the centre of an era that's what! This is the turning point!" Proudly, Donflamingo stretches his arms out.
"Shut up!" The sword wielder tries as Donflamingo dodges said strike.
"Just as I expect from our commander Donflamingo is running away from him!" A pirate sneers smugly but…
"Rear Admiral Yukimura!" Coby recognises the fallen soldier who had saved his life prior as Coby remains still staring stunned shakily at the bloodshed before him.
"I can't! I can't! I can't! I'm scared and I can't do anything! Even those strong fighters falling one after another! I can't take this! A loser like me!" Coby fearfully flees the battlefield rushing through the streets of Marineford.
"Wait, Coby! I'm coming with you!" Helmeppo follows after his friend until…
"Get back to the battlefield!" Angrily, Akainu snarls surprising both boys quickly hiding fleeing frightened of the admiral.
"Let me go! Please!" The soldier begs beseeches the admiral.
"Admiral Akainu! Why is he here?" Coby peers over the wall with Helmeppo.
"I'm scared of dying and when I think about my family, I feel weak at the knees! Please! I'm begging you! Please!" Pleadingly, he begs beseeches the admiral.
"We Navy soldiers are...fighting pirates with the "justice" of the world emblazoned on our own backs! Anyone who turns tail and runs cannot be called a Navy soldier. I would call him... a speck of dirt!" Akainu dictates magma sprouting out from his arm, smoke clouds of pitch black raise up to the high heavens.
"If you truly think about your family, don't live in disgrace!" Akainu dictates firing a bright blast of magma at the terrified scared solider.
"N-No! How could he kill a man who's on our side! Horrified, Coby stares at the lump of burnt human flesh mixed with magma below before his feet.
"Admiral Sakazuki! We are ready to proceed with the strategy." The marine rushes over to the admiral.
"Good! The time has come!" Akainu leaves.
"The strategy?" Coby and Helmeppo share a look not quite sure what this strategy is.
"Heheheh…..what's the matter thirteenth division commander Atomos the Buffalo?" Dubiously, Doflamingo taunts as next the man knew…
"W-What did you do to my body Doflamingo?" The scared swordsman demands.
"Commander!" One of his men rush over.
"Stay away don't come near!" Tearfully he begs but before he knew it…
"ARGH! C-Commander…why?" His recruit was cut down by his own hands.
"My body it's…stop this Doflamingo!" The swordsman begs as next he knew he was forcibly cutting down his own men as the tears freely fell from the man sobbing screaming for it all to stop.
"Heheheheh! Pirates are evil, marines are righteous? Those views change as often as the tides! Kids who've never known peace have different values from those who've never known war. Those who stand at the top can decide the definition of evil. This place is the turning point. Justice will triumph you say? Of course it will! Because the winners will become justice!" Doflamingo cackles taunting to the whole world watching the bloodbath continues on…
*So...secret's out about Ace, how do you think Kuzan will react about Ann?*