*Heads up added some fluff chapters pre Ohara if you want more on Kuzan and Ann's relationship!*
"This is certainly a Vivre Card. But I haven't told you that this card also tells you how much vital energy the owner has. This card belongs to someone who you care for, right?" Lola recognises to the crew.
"Yeah, it's my brother's!" Beaming, Young Luffy proclaims proudly.
"Hold onto it, always. That paper will lead us to one another." Ace smiles softly happily handing him the paper as the present paper fades away as Ace coughs crimson…
"No…" A familiar hue of sherry dilates at the scene playing out right before her eyes…
"Ann…" Shanks furrows his brow by the lone tear freely falling from her.
"NO!" Sharply, she snaps, her hue flaring fiercely ruby red, a wave of haki hitting many of the recruits.
"Ann!" Shanks scowls at the rookies having collapsed.
"Don't!" Benn tries to stop her however she rushes to the boat, no words needing to be shed, the tears freely falling as she speeds off, no, no, no that couldn't, she couldn't, she wouldn't let that happen, no, no, no she was almost there, almost…Ace just…hold on…please…please don't leave me alone like mom and dad! Distraught, Ann whimpers weakly, praying pleadingly. She bows her head, whimpering weakly praying pleading begging the gods above to grant her this one wish, this one wish that fell to deaf ears…
"Ace!" Marco's sharp scream snaps everyone out of their shock seeing said magma fist be removed from the limp form of Ace still standing surprisingly as sweat slides down the furrowed frown of Kuzan as Garp's eyes shake staring stunned at what he had just seen.
"He's been hurt damn it to hell!" One of the pirates curse pained to see such a sight.
"Stop Akainu!" A fair few pirates aim their guns blasting him.
"Hurry! Do something about these!" Marco orders them trying to get his chains off.
"I know but damn it won't come off!" The guy trying to help Marco struggles.
"Wait a sec the guy who unlocked Aces he could do it!" Another son of Whitebeard remembers.
"Get him over here now!" Marco roars.
"Right!" He goes off to do just that.
"No way! Is he a monster?!" The pirates perturbed gawk gape at Akainu coming out from the flames, a chunk of him gone molten magma soon forming mixing forming back into his torso.
"Looks like you're still alive! "Fire Fist" Ace!" Akainu readies to finish the struggling Ace off when…
"Don't do it...Don't do it!" Luffy begs beseeches the admiral and yet…
"Ace!" Whitebeard tries to send a tremor only to curse from the bright bullet of light hitting his arm stopping the old man.
"I can't believe you let your guard down, Whitebeard!" Kizaru taunts the battered bloodied beaten old man.
"I won't let you interrupt! You can't touch him anymore!" Jinbe rushes in, catching the fist.
"You're just delaying the inevitable, Jinbe! Since you were once a warlord, I bet you know what I'm capable of!" Akainu sneers scowling at Jinbe.
"I'd be happy to risk my life if I can delay it! I've been ready to die from the beginning!" Jinbe vows blocking his magma fist with his own hands.
"Jinbe!" Luffy stares shocked at his saviour.
"Marco! He's here!" The guy drags Mr Three over.
"Gee, thank you for helping me! I almost got killed..." Mr Three is dragged onto the floor relieved but…
"Cut the crap and uncuff me now!" Marco orders as Three does just that.
"V-Vice Admiral Garp!" Surprised, the marines perk up at the eerily silent vice admiral slowly but surely making his way over to Akainu.
"What are you...? Garp! What are you doing?! Are you losing your mind?!" Sengoku suddenly slams Garp's head into the ground.
"You better keep holding me down like that, Sengoku! Because if you don't, I will kill Sakazuki!" Snarling, Garp vows viciously.
"You fool!" Sengoku scolds Garp.
"Looks like I need to execute a traitor, too!" Akainu eyes the scared stunned Luffy about to strike when…
"Jinbe, get down!" The newly freed Marco calls out, slashing at Akainu with his talons while Vista uses his blades but…
"How annoying! So you guys are Haki users! Can't you see that it's too late to save "Fire Fist?! Take a look!" Akainu tuts as the slash marks reform from magma as the group turn to the slumped state of Ace as the shaking Luffy holds him horrified.
"Ace...Hey, are you all right? Hey. Ace, you need to get treated right away!" Luffy's grip tightens around Ace.
"I'm sorry, Luffy...in order to save me, you pushed yourself that far but...I couldn't make it all the way. I'm sorry." Anguished, Ace apologises smiling strained as he hugs his little brother.
"Wh-What are you saying? Don't be ridiculous! Somebody, treat him! Please! Please help Ace! Hey somebody! Help Ace! Please!" Pleadingly, Luffy begs beseeches those around as a doctor rushes in.
"Straw boy..." Ivankov worriedly watches the desperate child cling to his older brother.
"Ace! Are you alright?! Hurry up and treat him!" Luffy orders.
"Okay, let me see the wound! This is...!" The doctor gawks at the gaping hole.
"Hey. What's the matter? Hurry up and help him!" Impatiently, Luffy orders.
"I'm sorry." The doctor bows his head.
"What do you mean by that? What's going on?! Just do something! Hey, aren't you a doctor?! Hey!" Luffy snaps seething.
"It's no use. My organs have been burned. I can't hold out any longer. I can tell that my life is ending." Ace admits.
"That's not true! J-Just hold on Ann…Ann will get here soon she'll fix things she fixes everything!" Luffy screams sobs into Ace's limp form.
"…I really thought…she'd come save me…guess Kaidou really is taking his time…" Tense, Ace smiles strained.
"Ann will save us she always does! She always saves the day! Oh yeah, Ivankov-chan! Hey, I beg you! Inject that stuff into Ace! Please! Like you did to me, why can't you help Ace?! Hey, I beg you! Please! Help! Help Ace! Please inject that into Ace..." Anguished, Luffy begs beseeches his friend however…
"Straw boy! Ace boy... can't make it!" Ivankov tells him how it is.
"Huh? No way. You promised me! You said...that you'd never die...no matter what! Ace! Ace...What did you say? You can't hold out any longer? You promised me...that you'd never die...no matter what, Ace!" Anguished, Luffy screams sobs.
"Do I even deserve to have been born?"
"What if Gold Roger had a child? Of course I know what'd happen to him! He'd get his head cut off for sure!"
"No way! I'm not content if we kill him that easily! How about we prick him with a needle once for every grudge that someone holds against Roger?!"
"No way! Instead, we'll burn him alive first and humiliate him prior to death in front of the whole world!"
"That's nice! Everybody will say "that serves him right!" I want to hear from him as he dies: "I'm sorry I was born! I'm just a piece of trash!"
"But I don't think that he ever had a child!"
"No one wanted me to be born."
"Ace! You caused trouble in the city again! They're making a fuss about it! Don't give us a hard time! Hey! Are you listening, Ace?! I swear this attempt at getting Ann-"
""Shut up, Dadan!" Ace snaps.
"What'd you say?!" Dadan snarls scowls at the boy.
"If I were stronger, I would have killed all of them! I don't need Ann to do everything I don't need her! I hate her!
"I wouldn't even have had a chance to live…if not for my older sister who sacrificed so much for me to live…" Anguished, Ace couldn't help but think towards his sister, scarlet stemming down the side of his mouth, a part of him disappointed she hadn't come…but he knew…she would come…it was sad he wouldn't be there to say goodbye to her…but he knew she would come…she always did.
"She bowed before Whitebeard to give you a place here."
"She left to protect you!"
"She became a marine to protect you Ace!"
"I wouldn't have had a will to live...if it weren't for Sabo and a high-maintenance brother like you. Oh yeah. If you see Dadan someday, say hello for me. When I face my own death, I even miss a woman like her." Honestly, Ace admits to Luffy.
"Like I said, don't say that you're gonna die!" Luffy snaps at him.
"There is one thing that makes me wanna stay. That is my desire to see you fulfil your dream. But I'm sure that you can do it! Because you're my brother! That day..." Ace furrows his brow at the memory.
"Listen, Luffy. We have to live without leaving any regrets. We gotta go out to sea someday...and live as we like. Freer than anyone else." Young Ace reminds the crying child that was Luffy as they look out at the sea together.
"Like we promised that day, I have no regret...in my life." Ace comes clean to Luffy.
"That's a lie! Don't tell a lie!" Luffy accuses anguished.
"I'm not lying. Something tells me that what I truly wanted was not fame. Did I deserve to be born? What I wanted was the answer for that question…and…I think Ann knew that…but not even she could give me the answer she was and still is searching for herself…so…she gave me a new family, a family that could give me something she thought she could never give me…she gave me a place to belong, a home…Luffy…please…don't be mad at Ann." Ace requests from his baby brother smiling strained.
"…What?" Lost, Luffy frowns while Ace simply smiles, recalling Luffy looking so hopeful at his sister, as if she knew everything as if she was the answer to everything but he could see it, the self-hatred in her eyes, eyes that she tried to hide that she would force a strained smile through to hide such self-loathing eyes of sombre sherry wine…
"Knowing her…she's probably running through the sea as we speak trying to get here." Ace smiles sadly at the thought, pained that this is the image his sister would have to see.
"I could never be mad at her just as I could never lose you, you're not dying!" Luffy refuses.
"Luffy…" Anguished, Ace smiles strained at his sniffling wreck of a brother.
"I can't raise my voice to let everybody hear me anymore.
"Could you tell them...what I'm about to say now? Pops! Ann! Everybody! And you Luffy. Thank you...for loving someone like me who is good for nothing...and who has such bad blood in his veins...up to today. Thank you!" Tearfully, Ace cries, the tears freely falling breaking Luffy's heart as he feels his brother go limp in his arms…
"Ace...Ace...!" Luffy shakes Ace attempting to stir the smiling boy, whose lids slowly shut as Luffy is met by nothing but still silence soon replaced by the sharp sobs erupting throughout Marineford at the loss of Ace…
"ARGGGHHHHHH!" Luffy's scream echoes throughout the whole of Marineford, his hues souses, his mouth agape as his bloodied hands hold the fallen form of the dead Ace as the tears pour from Garp firmly flat on the floor head in the rocks, the blood flowing alongside the waterfall of tears.
"Fire Fist" Ace is dead!" The marines merrily cheer as the pirates gawk gape the tears freely falling from their fallen friend.
"Straw boy! He's lost it! His life is in danger!" Ivankov gasps seeing Akainu approach.
"I'll get you this time for sure! Straw Hat!" Akainu reels his fiery fist back to strike the defenceless rubber boy unaware of the monitors showing said dead boy to the whole of the world…
"I'm not gonna let you kill him!" A brightly blaze clashes with molten magma.
"Luffy-kun! Luffy-kun! Stay with me!" Jinbe shakes the broken boy.
"Move out of my way!" Akainu growls at Marco.
"The war is not over yet! Take Ace's brother with you, Jinbe!" Marco calls out to him bracing the flames.
"All right!" Jinbe flees with Luffy.
"Straw Hat's life is how Ace's life will live on!" Marco dictates.
"Commander... Marco!" The tearful pirates agree.
"We will protect him at any cost on Ace's behalf! If we let him die, it's a dishonour to the Whitebeard Pirates!" Maroc proclaims proudly.
"Luffy-kun, don't lose your sanity!" Jinbe tells the broken boy as they run.
"I told you that I won't let the brothers get away! Straw Hat!" Akainu snarls as Marco is thrown back by said flames as he rushes ahead.
"Akainu-san!" The marines gasp when behind him Akainu freezes from the tall towering presence of Whitebeard overshadowing him.
"Pops is furious! Guys, we gotta get out of here!" Terrified, the whitebeard pirate points out as they quickly flee as Akainu cries out from the tremor fist throwing him into the ground below, shards of rock flying in the air as Akainu is pulverised into the ground.
"Hell Hound!" Akani manages to escape firing fist after fist nicking his bear but is bashed back throwing a fair few metres away. He soon stands over the bloodied Akainu trembling gasping a he reforms and slams his fist into Whitebeard's insides burning them…
"Pops!" His sons sob sharply seeing the man fall to his knee, Akainu towering over him.
"This is the end." The bloodied beaten nosed Akainu dictates.
"Pops." His sons cry out seeing the flame come out of the man crouched down having his insides burnt out until he opens his hues as next everyone knew…Marineford was being shaken to its very core as he grabs hold of Akainu astonishing the red dog who is picked up seeing the flame he bore within Whitebeard be brushed off as he was thrown in the air with a quake punch to his core, shattering, breaking him, crimson comes coughing out of him as the whole of Marineford begins to break both soldiers and pirates alike shake homes ruptured torn to pieces.
"Navy HQ is collapsing!" The marine cries out as he watches the building be totalled.
"You bastard! Whitebeard!" Akainu cries out as he falls into the dark depths below.
"Admiral Sakazuki!" His men cry out falling with him into the ocean.
"Don't fall! Hang on!" The pirates grab those that nearly fall as soon enough the whole of the Marineford island is totalled…the tremors coming to an end.
"Is it over?" A marine meekly wonders.
"How's Pops?!" Marco queries.
"Pops!" His sons cry call out to the man shockingly still standing.
"The plaza has split in two! The pirates are on the other side!" One of his sons points out.
"We are completely separated from Pops!" Another frets.
"Pops! Pops!" His sons cry concerned.
"He still got this much power after his torso has been charred?" Sengoku says stunned.
"You haven't seen anything yet. From now on, I'm the only one who you have to deal with! Bring it on!" Whiteboard bellows bloodied battered beaten ready to finish things once and for all as tears freely fall from Marco's eyes at the sad sight.
"Everybody, get on the ship!" Marco calls out.
"Pops!" His sons cry out.
"Think about why Pops stayed on that side and the wish that he left for us! Cry after you get on the ship!" His sons fight among themselves grieving.
"Pops! Ace! Hurry up! Bring all able ships alongside the bay head!" The pirates yell as they retreat.
"We won't let you get away! Hurry up, everyone!" The marines fire as the commander covers their brothers and sisters taking them to the ship.
"Salome! I can't stop worrying about Luffy!" Hancock tells said snake as they escape.
Forgive me for disobeying you and staying back to watch, Pops. Marco watches on as Whitebeard makes his final stand unaware of the figure coming out from Impel Down…
"Hey, look! What is that?! There is something behind the HQ building!" A marine calls out.
"Oh, they found me!" A giant stands behind the ruined remains of Marineford.
"Not only him! Who are they on the scaffold?" Another marine points out.
"Oh... They noticed us finally." Blackbeard grins.
"It's you! How did you all get here?!" Sengoku scowls up at the man above.
"Why are they here?!" A marine worries.
"You bastard." Whitebeard glares up at Blackbeard.
"They're the most heinous criminals whose existence has been erased because of their brutality! He's the biggest of all living things! A Pirate" "Great Battleship" San Juan Wolf!" The marine points to the team before them all.
"GREAT BATTLESHIP" SAN JUAN WOLF
"Oh, not only am I found but they know who I am!" San Jaun exclaims.
"Corrupt King" Avalo Pizarro!" A marine gasps.
"CORRUPT KING" AVALO PIZARRO
"I missed being back on the street!" Pleased, Pizarro smiles, he has many cat-like characteristics: his eyes are slit like a cat's and his cyan hair is a wild mane, with white horns attached to his head via black metal plates underneath. His mustache is a lighter blue than the rest of his hair, very large and droopy, sticking out about the same length as his shoulders; they resemble a cat's whiskers, fitting in with his feline-like appearance. He also has no eyebrows.
"Heavy Drinker" Vasco shot!" A marine recognises.
"HEAVY DRINKER" VASCO shot!
"Am I allowed to kill them all?" Vasco slurs, Shot is a huge man, three times a normal man's height; of the Blackbeard Pirates' core members, his size is second only to Sanjuan Wolf's. He is stocky, overly top-heavy in build with thick arms, proportionate to his torso, that reach knee level, looking massive compared to his disproportionally shorter, thinner legs
"Crescent Moon Hunter" Catarina Devon!"
"CRESCENT MOON HUNTER" CATARINA DEVON
"Can't believe how much you guys want it." Devon remarks, she is an extremely tall, pale-skinned, and well-endowed woman with her hair in a set of girlish pigtails. Her face has wrinkles, a sloping forehead, a long witch-like nose, a devilish grin, and a square jaw. She wears a striped Impel Down uniform with a V-neckline. She also wears a large magenta cape, a blue pearl necklace, and a purple sash around her waist over lavender cargo-pants and black shoes
"And the Jail Manager of Impel Down. Shiryu of the Rain!" A marine spots said prison guard smoking a cigar.
Shiryu is a tan man of notable height. He has a long face with a wide-bridged nose, a full-lipped mouth seen perpetually smoking a big cigar, and a wide, jutting, flat-ended chin.
"They're the Blackbeard Pirates!" A marine gasps gawking gaping at the crew.
"Long time no see! I'm glad that I'm present at your death! Pops!" Blackbeard smirks smugly at the wreck that was his pops.
"Teach...!" Whitebeard glares glowers at the man that started it all…Blackbeard.
"Shiryu! You bastard! What happened to Magellan? What's going on at Impel Down? How did you guys get here?" Sternly, Sengoku demands from the traitor.
"I think the fact that we're here is the answer to your questions, don't you think? Fleet Admiral Sengoku-san? If you wanna know more, why don't you check it yourself later. Anyway, I've allied with these guys. Remember that from now on!" Shiryu snaps at his old boss.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! I didn't have a chance to tell you but...I got a report that the Gates of Justice have opened again and an unidentified ship passed through a while ago! That must've been them!" The marine realises.
"But the control room is under Navy control and I didn't hear about any unusual circumstances! How did they get here?" Sengoku scowls.
"I'm sorry. That's quite simple. Before we, the Blackbeard Pirates, set off for Impel Down, I hypnotized the Navy soldiers in the control room to open the Gates of Justice for any Navy ship that approaches. It turns out that it helped the others too." Laffitte soon struts up. Laffitte is incredibly pale, and tap dances while he walks because of his shoes (though his black tap dancing shoes do not seem to affect his stealthiness). He is also very tall, as much so as the majority of his crewmates, and slim. He wears an off-white collared long-sleeve shirt patterned with yellow crosses and navy jumper pants. His most distinguishing accessories are his classic black top hat and red wooden cane, with which he also wears a pair of gold hoop earrings. His lips are abnormally dark red.
"Straw Hat and the others?" Sengoku snarls.
"If I were regarded as an enemy by the Government, the Gates of Justice won't open for me and I couldn't have sneaked into Impel Down! That's why I wanted the title of The Seven Warlords! But I don't need it anymore!" Blackbeard explains.
So you just wanted to free your crew members!" Sengoku assumes annoyed.
Yes, indeed! That's all I wanted from the beginning! And that's all that matters!" Blackbeard bellows.
"You'll see why! I don't give a damn about any of this! Teach!" Whitebeard lets loose a tremor wave.
"Look out! Captain!" Laffitte calls out worried as the blast further damages marine HQ but sadly…
"That was close! That was close! We had a narrow escape!" Pizarro exclaims as he and Blackbeard remains unfazed with the rest of the crew.
"You have no mercy, huh?! Of course you don't!" Blackbeard comes out from some rubble.
"You're the only one that I refuse to call my son, Teach! You broke the one and only iron rule on my ship and you killed your mate! I will avenge the fourth division commander—Thatch by taking this fool's life thereby ending the matter!" Whitebeard dictates dutifully grunting briefly.
"Pops!" Izou calls out when seeing him grimace.
"Marco!" Whitebeard calls out.
"Pops!" Marco appears out of his bird form.
"Keep yourself out of this! Do you hear me?! Let's get it over with, Teach!" Whitebeard orders.
"Pops!" Marco and co cry out to him.
"I'm looking forward to it!" Blackbeard smirks soot like black oozing out of him.
"What is that black stuff coming out of his body? Smoke?!" The marines ponder.
"Black Hole! This is the power of the Devil Fruit that I stole from Thatch by killing him! The most dominant Dark-Dark Fruit! Enjoy it to the fullest extent!" Blackbeard slams his hand down, black smog enveloping him and the surrounding area surrounding Whitebeard.
"Hey, Pops! Thatch died and then Ace died, too! I looked up to you and longed to be like you but you got old! You can't even save your man from getting killed now! I tried not to kill Ace at the Banaro Island for you!" Blackbeard explains to him.
"That bastard!" One of Whitebeard's son seethe before being pulled back.
"Oh no no, it's no use! There's no Devil Fruit power that works against me! Vortex! Do you like my darkness, Pops?! It drags in and nullifies even the powers of Devil Fruits! Which means you can't create earthquakes anymore!" Blackbeard catches said fist sucking in the tremor.
"I can't believe Pops got hit like that!" His sons stare stunned at the damage done by said firm fist to the stomach as Whitebeard hits Blackbeard time and time again dragging him down to connect.
"Oops! Don't you get it yet?! How do you like my power?! It's no use!" Blackbeard taunts as he flips his blade in the air quickly catching it and cutting Blackbeard, scarlet spewing out of his side.
"What a poor sport, Pops! Ouch! Damn! It hurts!" Blackbeard flails about before being pinned to the ground by Whitebeard being strangled, a tremor ball soon appearing in his face.
"Arrogance, thoughtlessness... Those are your weaknesses!" Whitebeard grabs Blackbeard by the throat.
"Hey, don't! Pops, don't! I'm your son! How can you kill me...?" Blackbeard tries to play that card but it falls to deaf ears.
"You did it! Pops!" His sons cheer by the damage done to Teach and the surrounding area but…
"No, look at that! Damn! I can't believe it! He's tough! A final blow! Give him a final blow, Pops! Just one more hit! Finish him off!" His sons cheer him on however…
"Pops!?" They furrow their brow by the still silent standing figure.
"Pops! What's wrong?! He isn't moving!" His sons cry out to him.
"I don't think he's frozen by choice! On top of his worsening health, he's taking a lot of damage from all this fierce fighting! Pops' body is already beyond...!" Marco realises anguished as Whitebeard approaches Blackbeard shaking quivering quaking terrified to see steam spewing out of the bloodied man.
"Y-You damn monster! You useless old man! Shut up and die! Pops!" Blackbeard fires his pistole scared just as with that single shot…
"Pops!" Marco cries out when he stills.
"Shoot him! Riddle him with bullets!" Blackbeard orders as his crew do just that finishing the dying old man off as before he knew it as his body was riddled with bullets and blades…
"Did you say that you're gonna die soon, Roger?" Whitebeard furrows his brow as the two share sake together.
"Yeah, it's only a matter of time..." Roger sips his sake.
"…What about her?" Whitebeard furrows his brow at Roger.
"Hm?" Humming, Roger exclaims.
"Your daughter?" Whitebeard frowns at Roger.
"Oh Ann? I have plans for her she's strong she'll pull through. Tell me do you want me to tell you how to get to Raftel, Whitebeard?" Roger asks as the two share sake.
"I'm not gonna go there anyway because I've no interest." Whitebeard huffs.
"Do you know what people of the World Government call me these days? "Gold Roger." Roger chuckles.
"What? Is that your real name?" Whitebeard queries.
"No, no! My name is Gol D. Roger." Roger corrects.
"I meet people with "D" in their names sometimes…your daughter has it doesn't she?" Whitebeard recollects.
"Yeah…she's a proud D." Roger beams brightly at the thought of his little one.
"I have a crew member who has it. His name is Teach. What does "D" stand for?" Whitebeard pries perplexed.
"Ah, do you wanna know that? Alright, I tell you. It's a story from way back..." Roger begins his tale as present Whitebeard still stands, riddled with bullets much to their son's horror.
"Whoa, I'm out of bullets! Hey, give me another gun!" Blackbeard complains.
"You don't need it! Whitebeard is unconscious now! He's gonna collapse if you push him with your finger!" Shiryu tells his captain.
"It's not you!" Whitebeard grunts.
"You're still alive?!" Astonished, Blackbeard gawks.
"The man that Roger is waiting for...is not you, Teach, at any rate! Like there are people who will inherit Roger's will, some people inherit Ace's sometime in the future! Even if you break their blood bond, you'll never be able to extinguish their flame! That's how it came down unbroken throughout the ages! And someday in the future, carrying hundreds of years of history on his shoulder, someone will fling down the gauntlet in front of the world! Sengoku! You and the World Government are afraid of...the gigantic war that will embroil the whole world in one day! I've no interest in it but...when someone finds the treasure, the world will turn upside down! And I'm sure somebody will find it! And that day will come! The One Piece...is real!" Whitebeard lets out in a roar as his final breath to the entire world.
"You bastard!" Sengoku curses the old man.
"What great last words!" Blackbeard beams brightly.
-"-Pops!" His sons sob pained to hear his final words.
"Forgive me, my sons. I raised such a ridiculous fool. You guys gave me everything. This is it for me. I've been traveling a very long time. It was a great voyage!" Whitebeard apologises to his children internally looking down at the bead below in his hand.
"That's odd! What kind of pirate doesn't have interest in treasures? What is it that you want? Hey, Newgate!" The pirate asks his younger self.
"There is something that I've wanted since I was a kid." Newgate admits to the crew.
"Oh, you have something? Why don't you tell us?" The crew query.
"A family." Whitebeard answers.
"A family?" What is he talking about?!" The crew chuckle.
"I am forever grateful. Goodbye, my sons!" Whitebeard says farewell to his sons before taking his final breath.
"Old man..." Jinbe stops as a seagull wing lands on Luffy still in Jinbe's arms.
"He-He died...standing!" Stunned, Blackbeard gawks at the sight.
"Whitebeard passed away! Although he's dead, his body doesn't collapse! And the way he mowed down enemies with wounds all over his body...was certainly monstrous! The number of sword wounds he received in this war is indeed! The number of gunshot wounds! And he was shot by a cannon times! Yet, on his proud back or in his whole pirate life, there is no scar that he got while running away!"
"He was so tenacious! Good to see him drop dead finally!" Blackbeard smirks smugly at the standing corpse of Whitebeard oblivious to the mad magma man barely hanging onto the side of the wall, dangling down as he hits the wall, magma forming an entryway as he slowly but surely makes his way back up to the top…
"It's going as we planned so far. Now is the time, Captain." Lafitte grabs the rim of his hat.
"Alright, let's begin!" Blackbeard declare as a black cape covers Whitebeard's body.
"They're up to something again!" The admiral scowls.
""Teach, that bastard! What is he gonna do to Pops now?!" Whitebeard's sons demand.
"I'm gonna put on a show! It's a show that will shake the whole world!" Blackbeard going into the black blanket.
"What is that black cloth?!" The marines frown.
"Now, please don't trespass for a while!" Laffite politely requests.
"What do you think you're doing?!" A mad marine aims at the Blackbeard pirates.
"He's someone who deceived us by joining the Warlords only to betray us! Stay alert!" Another marine warns while they watch on not quite sure what they were about to witness…
"Pacifista aim for Straw hat! Those two might have been shibukai but after today the two are now enemies fire!" Firmly, the marine calls out to the pacificista as Jinbe holds the broken boy in his arms attempting to escape with the Whitebeard pirates as the marines try to kill the remaining pirates retreating.
"Tch…! Perfume Femur!" Hancock launches at the two taking them out with ease.
"Boa Hancock once again you've gotten in our way!" The marine glares at her.
"Fire fist Ace is gone and whitebeard have also died! I loathe obstinate men." Seething, Hancock berates the blushing man.
"Jinbe come aboard!" A pirate calls out to the two racing to the boats until…
"Dammit the ocean has been frozen! We can't set sail quickly we have to do something!" The pirates curse as from the steam of ice…
"It's admiral Aokiji!" A pirate cries out as the man calmly coolly approaches, stone faced the side of his face covered in ice just as magma bursts from the ground revealing…Akainu forming from the ground below as the whitebeard pirates try to buy time for Luffy and Jinbe to escape…
"Looks like he's all set now!" Lafitte smirks slightly.
"Let me see it already, Captain!" Burgess prompts, Burgess is an unusually large, tall, broad, broad-chested, broad shouldered, tan-skinned, muscular man, with a broad upper body and a thin lower body in comparison. He has curly violet hair reaching down to his shoulders and always wears a dark brown mask with orange decorations on it, which covers the upper part of his face but reveals his eyes and his nose.
"Alright, everybody, thank you for waiting! It's the greatest show in the world presented by Captain Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates! Please enjoy it!" Laffitte proudly presents as the Blackbeard pirates pull it off revealing…
"B-Blackbeard!" The marine stutters scared.
"What was he doing in there?! Nothing has changed on Whitebeard's body! And neither has Blackbeard's!" Another marine points out.
"Navy! I'll show you what I'm capable of! Black Hole! That's my Dark-Dark Fruit power! And now..." Blackbeard bellow, shadows shoot out dragging the marines into the dark abyss ad then performs a familiar movement hitting the air.
"That pose is...!" Marco recognises as marines scream falling along the building of justice…
"That's...the power of Tremor-Tremor Fruit! W-Why does he possess the late Whitebeard's power?!" A marine gasps.
"You did it, Captain!" Jesus cheers.
"We're not gonna disband then? It looks like I made the right choice by teaming up with them!" Shinya assumes.
"Pops' tremor power?! What did he do, that bastard Teach!" Mad, one of whitebeard's sons seethes.
"But it's impossible to have two Devil Fruit powers at the same time!" One of Whitebeard's son's argues.
"It's impossible for average people, that's for sure. But Teach is a little different, as you guys know. His body structure is irregular compared to common people's. That's why he was able to do it!" Marco scowls glaring at Teach.
"The gravity of darkness brings total annihilation! And the power of tremor destroys everything! I possess them both! No one can compete with me now! I'm the strongest man in the world!" Blackbeard bellows proudly proclaiming it to the whole world…
"The HQ building is gonna fall! Leave your post! We're dead!" Marines scream scared as the justice building comes crashing down with the marines screaming scared trying to escape terrified of the tremors coursing through.
"Is this for real? Somebody please tell me I'm dreaming! Over the centuries we've kept watch over the seas from there! I can't believe the fort of justice the Navy's citadel...is crumbling before my eyes!" Tearful, a marine watches on as the building of justice falls for the whole world to watch…
"Look, all you people of the world! Behold me and my power! I can feel the power coursing through my body! What power! It feels like I could control everything in the world at my whim!" Blackbeard bellows bounteously.
"Bastard!" A marine seethes snarls as Blackbeard looks at the heartbroken marines mortified at their symbol of hope being destroyed.
"Hey, what's wrong?! What are you waiting for? Doesn't anyone wanna fight? I'm willing to fight you to your hearts' content now! What a shame! I have no choice. Then, let's start with…sinking Marineford into water!" Blackbeard declares, taunting them.
"What did he say?!" A marine gasps as just then…
"Shock Wave!" Sengoku in his Budda form easily takes the entire crew out…
"A building can easily be rebuilt! But the island of Marineford is located virtually in the centre of the world!" Segou states the fact firmly.
"Fleet Admiral!" The marines look up at the buddha.
"To protect the people of the world who are throat by rampaging villains, it is important to them that we are here! Justice that comes from humanity will never perish! Don't claim to be able to sink this place so lightly, you little punk!" Sengoku sneers scowling down at Blackbeard remunerated the marines slowing standing renewed with justice.
"Such noble beliefs! Huh? Fleet Admiral-san! Well, then: defend this place if you can!" Cockily, Blackbeard taunts as both Blackbeard and Sengoku start their fight…
"Dragon son will die by my hand!" Akainu asserts angrily as he forms before Jinbe, reeling his magma fist back, impaling both Jinbe and Luffy's chest, not batting an eye to the brisk breeze brushing Luffy's hat off.
"Bring Straw Hatter over here!" The submarine captain calls outs suddenly coming out of nowhere after Crocodile had appeared using his sandstorm to fling Jimbe up in the air with Luffy, to everyone's surprise Buggy catches them as the trio float in the air heading to the sub while the rest of the commanders and Crocodile deal with Akainu.
"Chase down the pirates! Crush them all every last one!" A admiral angrily roars ordering his men to do so.
"Stay with me! He's alive! Let's get him treated!" Isuka calls out holding a marine body only to see two hold a beaten pirate up then throw them down to the floor.
"I-I don't wanna die!" The pirate whimpers weakly only to be shot by the marines.
"Destroy the pirates don't leave any alive!" Angrily, the marine roars.
"Yeah! Forget about him! The war is not over yet." Another marine adds.
"But..." Isuka begins but…
"Now is our chance to show them the power of our justice! There's no time to help the wounded! Go!" The men cut Isuka off.
"Y-Yes, sir!" Isuka grimaces bowing biting her head every second of it as she complies to the vice admiral's command.
"Corner the pirates! Destroy them to the last man!" The admiral repeats to the marines.
"Somebody, give me a hand! Somebody!" Tashigi calls out cradling a marine body but…
"Destroy all the damn pirates!" The marine shoots down the pirate pleading mercy.
"The Navy soldiers are still motivated even though we achieved the goal! They're far more brutal now!" Tashigi couldn't help but watch horrified to see such brutality.
"Run!"
"Chase them! Damn villains!"
"Something is not right! With either side!" Smoker scowls glaring at the marines slaughtering thousands upon thousands of pirates fleeing for their lives.
"We're not satisfied even though we won! Coby couldn't help but grimace from the thought staring shocked horrified at the cheering crowd watching the pirate be burnt alive through magma as the pirates watch on horrified.
"Damn! Listen, guys! As long as you're a Navy soldier, you can't forgive those thugs, the pirates!" Coby's ears ring as he hears that until gasping tripping over a body of a fallen marine noting the locket in the marine's hand he picks it up opening it to see a small photo of five…making his heart drop anguished as the tears freely fall.
Quietly, the crisp click of heels echoes throughout Marineford through the screaming, through the shouting, through the sound of metal ringing against metal or gunfire. The figure's nose twitches at the sickly scent of gunpowder and iron, slowly but surely making her way to the body before her, silently staring down at the body of her baby brother…
"Straw hatter? That sure is weird to call him who are ya?" Buggy blurts out as he floats about the place, holding Jinbe and Luffy.
"Straw Hatter and I will probably end up as enemies but I have nothing against him. It'd be no fun for him to die here now let me take care of him." The man asserts.
"And we should trust you?" Buggy furrows his brow.
"I'm a doctor." He answers as Buggy hands the two over but…
"Just leave Straw Hat behind…" A stray shot of gold fires at Buggy fortunately manages to nick his coat.
"That's…" Buggy cries sobbing at the admiral.
"It's Kizaru!" A polar bear recognises.
"Let's dive!" Law orders.
"You did well to escape me on Sabaody Trafalgar Law…" Kizaru charges a bright blast.
"Damn it! Law curses praying to dive in time when…
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Loudly, the shrill screech echoes throughout the battlefield.
"Huh?" Kizaru turns towards it, his blast fading.
"A marine?" Marco recognises as Akainu glares down at the pink haired boy in his path, the tears freely falling from him.
"Coby!" Concerned, the blonde calls out but…
"Stop already! All this fighting just end it!" Coby sobs to the high heavens.
"What's with him?" A pirate says shocked.
"S-Someone…H-Help us!" A marine weakly whimpers.
"We're throwing people's lives away! Even though every single soldier has a family waiting for them to return! Even though we've already accomplished our goal! We keep chasing pirates who don't want to fight, drawing out a battle that should already be over…and abandoning soldiers who could be saved if we treat their wounds now! And still we're sacrificing even more people! What about the soldiers who will fall after this!?" Coby cries as all eyes fall to the pink haired boy sobbing his heart out.
"Coby!?" Garp gawks at his apprentice crying his heart out over the losses of this unnecessary war.
"We're making them look like idiots!" Coby cries to Akainu.
"Huh? Who are you? You've wasted several seconds of my time. The navy has no use for soldiers who aren't righteous!" Akainu glares down at the boy below, reeling his magma fist back but before it could…
A swift blade intercepts.
"You…!?" Akainu's eyes expand when his heated hue meet a pair of sherry red.
"You did well young marine you risked your life to create a brief moment of courage for better or worse that has greatly changed the fate of the world." The hooded figure proclaims, blade meeting magma fist as the brisk breeze brushes through the hair of the pink haired blonde before them all as she gives the fallen figure of Coby crying his heart out that…
"Hibiscus!?" Sengoku stares shocked stunned at the woman before them all astonished how she managed to break through the line without being discovered.
"Ann…" Garp gawks gapes at the sight of the woman who simply shuts her hues, her blade of glistening gold blocking the magma fist with ease, unfazed by the stunned stares of the marines and pirates alike…
"V-Vice Admiral Ann!?" Astonished, a fair few gawk gape at the sheer sight of her however all of them pale in comparison to Kuzan's face…his hues widening when seeing the back of the woman, her long locks of blondish pink flowing in the wind while she stands from afar back turned to the astonished admiral.
"Hurry and bring him inside!" Law orders.
"Yes!" The polar bear exclaims.
"That's not gonna work!" Kizaru charges his beam faltering from the crisp click of a gun.
"Don't do anything Kizaru." Coolly, the man with the cigarette perched upon the ship aims his gun at him.
"Oh my Ben Beckman." Bemused, Kizaru raises his hands up in mock surrender.
"That ship…it's…" A marine gasps at the ship.
"What is one of the Yonko of the new world doing here!?" A pirate ponders.
"You rushed ahead Ann I told you, you got to steady yourself honestly…" Shanks calls out to his left hand, her back turned to him.
"By the time I got here Ace's corpse would have had flies on it." Aloofly, Ann asserts astonishing a fair few to hear such cold curt calm words from her.
"It's Red Haired Shanks!" A marine exclaims scared as the man himself stands upon the battlefield of Marineford.
"What are you doing here!?" Akainu demands from them.
"We've come…"
Ann begins sheathing her blade.
"…to end this war!"
Shanks ends picking up a familiar straw hat. Both of them sharing a stone stoic faced look taking everyone aback at their aura of confidence of certainty of power.
*Ann's here...oh boy how do you think Kuzan is going to act now? How Ann is going to act now?*