CHAPTER 49
Around the time Frank had arrived to, and knocked down, the gates of justice a certain group were plotting to attack another government establishment, however, they've chosen a much harder path than Frank did as they intend to attack the land of celestial dragons, the Holy Land of Marie Jois, where they think Zoro and Robin have been taken through the words of the dying Arlong.
LONG RING LONG ISLAND
Sasuke, Brook, Franky, Usopp, Nami, and Law sat in a circle outside of the Thousand Sunny planning on what to do next.
"I still can't believe we intend to attack the holy land…" Brook said.
"I never thought we'd have business with that place for sure." Nami added.
Usopp shook with fear.
"Why did they have to go and get captured? Now we have to go fight those beasts and we're not even a complete unit." Usopp said.
Sasuke looked up.
"We won't be going until Naruto and the others are feeling better." Sasuke said, "Sakura and Hinata's medical ninjutsu is top notch, they should be fine in no time."
Usopp gulped.
"At any rate, they JUST got done fighting, WE just got done fighting… what if these elders are gods or something?" Usopp asked, "We'd be right back where we started! Everyone all beaten up."
"Don't you want to save your crew?" Law asked.
Usopp looked over at Law.
"No, I do! It's just… this is all too much…" Usopp admitted.
Everyone looked at the long-nosed sniper
"What do you mean, this is all too much?" Nami asked.
Usopp stood to his feet.
"What do I mean!? Look at everything we've been going through! First a friendly reunion with our friend Vivi turned into a battle in the sand village, then right after that we encountered DEATH's leader and got embarrassed by him, didn't have time to recover from that as Chopper's home island was attacked by wouldn't you know, DEATH again! Then the very same night the Marineford island was wiped CLEAN by Psycho and that turban guy, AND to top it all off, Naruto and Luffy got in a bad fight, Robin and Zoro go missing and we fight a DEATH general and almost died on several occasions! We can't keep doing this… I'm sorry but we don't have enough man power to fight an entire army…" Usopp explained.
Sasuke, Law, Nami, Franky, and Brook stared in silence.
"And now… we have to attack the land of celestial dragons, where even attacking one will call for a marine admiral to show up… Sasuke, you weren't here the last time we fought one… but those guys by themselves are already out of our league… I just… don't know how we'll manage." Usopp said, clenching his teeth.
Usopp slowly started to let his tears fall until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Usopp looked up with surprise and then turned to see Naruto standing next to him with his hand on his shoulder. Naruto smiled.
"Naruto-san!" Brook said, "YO HO HO HO you're okay!"
"Of course I am! The others are just fine too!" Naruto said.
Sasuke and Law smirked while Nami smiled big. Nami looked past Naruto to see Chopper, Sanji, and Kakashi getting off the Thousand Sunny.
"Sanji-kun!" Nami yelled, running over to Sanji and hugging him.
Sanji was taken by surprise a little and hugged Nami back. Sakura and Hinata exited a room on the boat smiling.
"Everyone is okay!" Brook yelled, dancing with Franky.
Kakashi looked around.
"My my, that battle sure did a number on this island." Kakashi said.
Nami and Sanji separated.
"Seriously, that fight was incredibly tough… but we managed somehow." Sanji said.
"But look at the bright side, we took out two of the three DEATH generals. We've just got Kuro to take care of." Kakashi said.
"I don't think it'll be that easy sensei." Sakura said, crossing her arms.
"For some reason I feel like he's more dangerous than that lightning guy and Arlong…" Hinata said.
"Seriously. Does he have a devil fruit power?" Sakura asked.
"No, he doesn't… at least the last time we fought him, two years ago, he didn't. He was just blindingly quick." Usopp said.
"That's no problem. My sharingan can track any speed." Sasuke said.
"We'll still have to do a bunch of training first." Kakashi said, joining the circle.
"What about Luffy and Hancock?" Naruto asked.
Everyone became serious.
"And Robin? Zoro? What's the status on all of them?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke slowly stood up.
"Well, after you, Sanji, Chopper, and Kakashi were knocked out, we spoke to Arlong and he told us that they were being held at the Holy Land of Marie Jois." Sasuke explained.
Kakashi's eyes widened.
"The Holy Land of Marie Jois? What is that?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi looked down with shock.
FLASHBACK
"I was a slave for the celestial dragons… they took me and my two sisters off our boat and took us to the holy land of Mariejois." Hancock explained.
"Mariejois?" Kakashi thought.
"Also known as the land of celestial dragons… there's always at least one admiral there at a time to help protect the five nobles, who are all celestial dragons, in case something goes wrong. But…" Hancock paused, "It's also a horrible place… full of slaves, torture, and just overall terrible conditions for anyone not a celestial dragon or guardian.
END OF FLASHBACK
Kakashi looked up.
"Hancock told me about that place. She said there's nothing but misery there." Kakashi said.
Sasuke shook his head.
"Yeah, Law gave us a run down just now." Sasuke said.
"Well that's good I don't need to explain anything extra then." Kakashi said.
Naruto grew aggravated.
"I still don't know about the place! I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't know." Naruto said.
"Whiskers-ya…" Law said.
Naruto looked at Law with confusion.
"All you need to know is that there are potentially one or two marine admirals there as well as the five elder stars. Either of them will be an incredibly tough fight for us. Without enough power I don't know what we'll do." Law said.
Usopp shook.
"See this is what I mean! We're too weak to go attack that place but we can't allow Robin, Zoro and potentially Hancock and Luffy to keep getting tortured!" Usopp said.
"I agree with Usopp-san, we may not be strong enough just yet but maybe we can pull of a miracle." Brook said.
"We need to come up with some sort of plan and fast! Who knows what they're doing to them in there." Chopper said.
"Training is for sure out of the question unfortunately… we don't have time to do that with them being locked up there." Sanji said.
Naruto looked down at his bandaged hand.
"Then let's figure out how we're going to go about getting in there and freeing our friends!" Naruto said.
"We've already figured out something for the most part! Sasuke recommended we launch one major attack at the main building and rush in and look for them during the confusion." Nami said.
Sanji became confused.
"But aren't you guys ninja? Wouldn't it be better to just sneak?" Sanji asked.
"We had talked about that at first, but I know you all wouldn't want to sit by and wait while we sneak around. Besides, if we got caught we'd have to fight anyway so we might as well fight with everything to get them out of there." Sasuke explained.
Sanji nodded.
"Well, that makes sense."
"So, we've got our plan! We stand outside the Holy Land and launch a giant attack and deal with anyone who gets in our way as we look for Luffy and the others!" Naruto said.
Everyone smiled and nodded their heads.
"Alright! Let's go get our friends back!" Naruto said.
HOLY LAND OF MARIE JOIS
Inside their room, the Gorosei all kept their serious composures. The old man in the middle of the room with a big handlebar mustache read over a newspaper of Marineford's destruction with Psycho on the cover, looking directly at the camera.
"How? How is he still alive?" The mustached man asked.
The rest of the gorosei looked at him.
"Who? Psycho?" The sword wielding elder asked.
"Precisely… he went missing ten years ago I was sure of it." The mustached elder said.
"He did. I still have a file confirming it was okay to freeze his bounty since he was missing for so long." The tall bearded elder said.
"But now he's back and has attacked Marine HQ for the second time. He's spitting on our authority." The young blonde elder said.
"Where is Sakazuki? He requested a buster call on the island. What's his status?" The cane wielding elder asked.
"Still no report on his fate, or the fate of all the marines he brought with him." The mustached elder said.
The young elder grit his teeth. The mustached elder flipped a page and became surprised. There was another article that detailed the events of the battle of Sakura Kingdom and had a picture of the Straw Hats with Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi. The mustached elder shook and started to sweat.
"No! This can't be!" The mustached elder yelled.
The rest of the gorosei looked at him.
"Calm yourself, what's the matter?" The sword wielding elder asked.
"Sakura Kingdom was attacked by DEATH as well just yesterday, but they were defeated." The mustached elder said.
"So?" The young elder asked.
"A reporter took a picture of the winners…" The mustached elder said.
"Who were the winners?" The bearded elder asked.
"The Straw Hat pirates…" The mustached elder said.
The elder with the cane's eyes widened.
"The straw hats?" The cane wielding elder asked.
"And…" The mustached elder added.
"And?!" The sword wielding elder asked.
"A group of four… in their possession… headbands with the symbol of the Village Hidden in Leaves!" The mustached elder yelled.
The gorosei's eyes widened with shock and fear.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" The young elder yelled.
"HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET OVER HERE AND WHAT IS THEIR BUSINESS HERE!?" The sword wielding elder asked.
"Ninja?!... Over in these lands!?" The cane wielding elder said.
"I had heard about the kingdom of Alabasta trying to make peace with a land on their turf. Had I known it was a land in the ninja world!..." The bearded elder said.
The mustached elder stared hard at the picture.
"First Psycho and this DEATH organization, then Marineford, now this!? What the hell is this world coming to all of a sudden?" The mustached elder asked out loud.
The five elders all stood/sat in their respective spots, staring at the ground with anger and worry.
GRAND LINE WATERS
Kraken and Jimbei continued to sail through waters in the Grand Line. Kraken came from his captain's quarters and walked onto the deck where Jimbei was steering. Jimbei looked back at Kraken.
"Ah! Kraken-san! How much farther until our destination?" Jimbei asked.
Kraken looked off into the distance and saw a yellow island in the distance.
"There! Just ahead, the yellow island is our destination." Kraken said.
Jimbei looked ahead and saw the island.
"That's weird, I've never seen that island before." Jimbei said, "How'd you find it? Kraken-san?"
Kraken looked over at Jimbei.
"It's called Sunflower Island for the hundreds of millions of sunflowers that grow there. I found it when I was cruising around a few years back." Kraken said.
Jimbei nodded and then became confused.
"Wait, a few years back? Everyone thought you were dead for these twelve years! If you were just casually cruising around then why didn't you show yourself?" Jimbei said.
Kraken became nervous.
"Well I… um…" Kraken sounded.
Kraken wouldn't have to explain himself as another marine ship sailed next to his. Kraken and Jimbei looked up with surprise.
"Kraken-san! Hurry take the wheel and act like I'm a prisoner!" Jimbei said.
Kraken slowly walked up to the side of his marine ship and got a closer look at the ship and smiled.
"Hey hey hey, we'll be fine Jimbei. This particular ship belongs to someone I'm close with." Kraken explained.
Jimbei became confused. After a moment a woman came walking out of a room on the boat. She wore a marine snap back, a white t shirt, tight black leggings, black boots, sunglasses, and a marine vice admiral coat over her shoulders like a cape.
NAVY VICE ADMIRAL "THE CHILD OF PROPHECY" AMYIA
PROFICIENT IN ARMAMENT AND OBSERVATION HAKI
BECAME A VICE ADMIRAL AT ONLY 18 YEARS OF AGE
"Amyia!" Kraken yelled out.
Amyia took off her glasses and looked at Kraken and smiled.
"Kraken! Heading back to Sunflower island?" Amyia asked.
Kraken nodded.
"Yeah! I've got injured on board as well." Kraken said.
Amyia became concerned.
"Oh my! Let's get them to the island asap!" Amyia said.
Kraken nodded. Jimbei looked over at Kraken.
"Who was that? Kraken-san?" Jimbei asked.
Kraken sat down and smiled.
"That's a really good friend of mine. Her name is Amyia. She has a last name, but she won't tell anyone. She's amazingly strong, she became a vice admiral at only 18 years old." Kraken said.
Jimbei became shocked.
"Wow! What power!" Jimbei said.
Kraken smiled.
Eventually both boats made it to Sunflower Island. Amyia got off her ship and quickly walked over to Kraken's ship.
"Where are the injured on your ship?" Amyia asked.
Kraken motioned for her to follow her into the ship. Amyia was confused but followed anyway. After a moment the two made it to the infirmary where Smoker, Sakazuki, Hancock, and Luffy lay. Amyia was immediately shocked to see Smoker and Sakazuki.
"Vice Admiral Smoker! And… the Fleet Admiral!? Who did this?!" Amyia asked.
Kraken sighed.
"Psycho did." Kraken said.
Amyia became shook with fear.
"He wiped out Marineford… killing every last officer and civilian on the island to make it his new HQ. The marines responded by calling a buster call but… as you can see that didn't work out." Kraken explained.
Amyia was breathing heavily. Kraken went over to comfort her.
"Hey hey hey you okay?" Kraken asked.
"Was… was… was… was he there?" Amyia asked, through heavy breaths.
Kraken became confused.
"Depends on who you're asking about." Kraken said.
Amyia thought to herself. In her mind a man wearing grey cargos, a black tank top, and grey crop top jean jacket, and a turban turned to look her in the eyes. Amyia snapped back to reality in a cold sweat.
"Amyia!" Kraken yelled.
Amyia straightened up.
"I'm… I'm fine… was… Cyclone there?" Amyia asked.
Kraken became surprised.
"Yeah… I'm pretty sure he was." Kraken answered.
Amyia's fear slowly but surely turned into anger as she looked up and saw Luffy.
"Hey, isn't that Straw-Hat Luffy? And the warlord Boa Hancock?" Amyia asked.
Kraken nodded as he went and picked Luffy up.
"Kraken you know you can't keep harboring criminals! We've already got three on this island, if any other marines find out…" Amyia stopped.
Kraken smiled.
"Don't worry, this island is in the middle of a calm belt. Nobody is coming here. And besides… I had to save him, he's my little brother." Kraken said softly.
Amyia was shocked.
"Your little brother!? Kraken he's a criminal! The unofficial fifth emperor!" Amyia said.
"Hey hey hey, I know that alright? But he's still family, I've gotta look out for him. I owe it to him for what I did." Kraken said.
Amyia crossed her arms.
"Well I guess we can let that slide. But what do we tell Smoker and Sakazuki when they wake up? And what about him? If he even so much as sees Sakazuki he'll flip!" Amyia said.
Kraken slung Luffy over his shoulder and picked up Hancock in his other arm.
"I'll deal with it when that happens, now come on, please?" Kraken said.
Amyia uncrossed her arms and grabbed Smoker. Jimbei came into the room later and grabbed Sakazuki. When Kraken emerged onto the deck of the ship he saw two figures waiting for him outside the ship. It was Lionel Newgate and Okua Yuke.
"Monkey D Kraken-san, Navy Vice Admiral Amyia-san, and First Son of the Sea Jimbei-san… We expected Monkey D Kraken and Navy Vice Admiral Amyia, but we didn't expect you." Okua said.
Jimbei scrunched his face.
"Why do you talk like that?" Jimbei asked.
"You'll get used to it." Kraken said.
"Kraken! What took you so long to get here!? I was bored out of my mind waiting for you." Lionel said.
"Hey hey hey, I'm sorry alright? Almost ended up getting into some action." Kraken said.
"It can't be helped, Monkey D Kraken-san. We're just happy you turned up okay." Okua said.
Kraken smiled.
"Thanks, Okua." Kraken said.
"Who's all those guys you have with you?" Lionel asked.
Kraken became tense.
"Just a few injured people, nothing important." Kraken said.
"No, if they're injured then we need to help!" Lionel said.
Kraken smiled.
"Trust me it's okay." Kraken said.
Lionel crossed his arms.
"Why are you acting so weird about me helping you make sure these people get better?" L:ionel asked.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much, by the way, where's the other guy? The business guy?" Kraken asked.
Lionel put his hands behind his head.
"Oh, that guy, yeah he jumped in one of his portals earlier and we haven't seen him since." Lionel said.
Kraken sighed.
"Well it can't be helped. Come on let's get the injured somewhere to recuperate." Kraken said.
The group began to walk through the sunflowers until Lionel stopped to tie his shoe.
"Keep going guys I gotta tie my shoe!" Lionel said.
Kraken put his hand up for confirmation and kept walking. Amyia smiled as she passed Lionel. As Lionel tied his shoe a hat fell on his head. He picked it up and it said Marine over the front of it. Thinking it was Amyia's he stood up with a smile.
"Hey! Amyia! You dropped your…" Lionel stopped talking and his mouth agape.
Amyia turned around at the sound of her name and looked at the staring Amyia.
"Lionel? Are you okay? Ha ha if you find me attractive or something just tell me, no need to stare." Amyia said jokingly.
Lionel started to shake and grip the marine hat in his hand. Amyia could feel his dangerous energy and looked down at Sakazuki in her arms.
"Oh no!" Amyia yelled.
Kraken, Jimbei, and Okua turned around. Kraken's face became shocked when he saw a yellow aura around Lionel. Lionel continued to stare at Sakazuki's unconscious body in Amyia's arms and slowly tears fell from his eyes.
"You… punched a hole in his chest… and burned half his face off…" Lionel said, charging a beam in the same hand he held the marine hat, burning it to ashes.
"Lionel please calm down!" Amyia yelled.
"IMAGINE ONE OF THE LAST TIMES YOU SEE YOUR LOVING FATHER ALIVE YOU CAN ONLY LOOK AT HALF HIS FACE! AKAINU! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY!" Lionel yelled, charging the beam in his hand even bigger and brighter.
Amyia got ready to block.
"YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Lionel yelled, blasting a large beam of yellow light that burned through the sunflowers and approached Amyia at great speeds. Amyia braced for impact until a figure jumped in the way with an armament hardened arm and deflected the giant energy wave like it was nothing. The beam of light was sent crashing into the ocean and after a few seconds an incredible burst of water blasted into the air from the blast this caused water to fall on the sunflowers like rain. Lionel, tears in his eyes, huffed and puffed as he looked through the falling water to see Kraken standing in front of Amyia, his hat covering his eyes, and his arm covered in haki. His arm was still outstretched from deflecting the attack.