Mike's P.O.V.

I hate this.

I hate, hate, hate, hate this.

Why did I gotta be so weak I can't do anything when it counts? Right now there are people dying all over because my friend is being used by some demon, Grandpa and the Red Hair pirates are doing their best to stop it, but there is precious little they can truly do against it, any damage inflicted on Tot Musica being negated or recovered far too quickly.

I looked at all those wounded and at the town's destruction. It was only growing larger and larger, the screams of those hurting and the smell of death spreading around more and more. It was on a whole other level to what I have seen, even compared to the Slave Trader shop this was far worse.

It made me sick to my stomach, I could not ignore it. I just couldn't. Thankfully, there is still something I can do. First, I tie both Buffalo and Baby 5 up with some rope before jumping into and dropping them into the marine's ship.

The captain seems to have completely given up on being a coward and attempting to run away, probably because this would mean being kicked out of the force and needing to convince most of the ship's crew to turn to piracy just as well.

As such, it should be safe enough to leave these two here for now.

Nodding to myself I go to an open barrel filled with water and take off my shirt. I pour the water in it just enough so the shirt gets drenched before I use it to cover my mouth and face, hoping it will at least help block the smoke.

Having done that, I turn towards the town and dash back in there. My observation haki may not be anything great right now, but my senses are already pretty sharp and it should be enough for me to at least be able to help with rescue duty.

I do my best to not only help remove those in bad positions, but also make sure to point out the locations of others to the marine and volunteers around, trying to move them to help as much as possible.

As long as just one more person can be saved, I won't have completely failed. I will not let my fuck-up consume this whole kingdom!


It took around another five hours until Tot Musica finally vanished. I only survived this due to my body's regeneration allowing me to withstand the heat and the number of cuts and bruises I got while trying to help, this was truly a warzone and I saved far fewer people than I would have preferred.

Many died right as I was getting to them, it made me feel even worse whenever it was the voice of just a child who passed.

Anyone who could go through this and not feel anything clearly is not right in the head.

After the fighting and everything I felt more exhausted than I could remember, but still I marched on towards where the fight had ended. My body felt as if it was made out of lead, I felt it was difficult to move, much less keep going, but I just gritted my teeth and pushed on.

Soon, I saw the figures of two sides glaring at one another. On one end it was Shanks, holding onto Uta and with a complicated expression. On the other end there was grandpa and some of his subordinates, some of whom looked like they intended to continue fighting to take down Shanks and his crew.

I did not give a single flying fuck about neither side. I just walked towards Shanks's side.

"Hey kid, you decided to become a pirate or-" Shanks started, probably trying to break the mood and not noticing grandpa's probably shooting daggers at him.

I did not care, instead I just checked to make sure Uta was not hurt before I checked her body for a bit.

It was slightly troublesome, but I found what I was looking for. A few paper sheets, five in total. I took one and gave it to Beckman, as he probably was smart enough to not lose it. Of the other four, I gave three to grandpa and said.

"Whatever that thing was, it showed up when Uta sang the song on these sheets. Never let her get her hands on these again and she will never cause this all to happen again. If anyone asks, say the blame for all that happened was because of the pirates, mostly the Donquixote family. They were the ones who attacked me and Uta, retaliation over us destroying that slave sales house. There are two members on the ship I helped capture, they are kids but they might know something. The other member escaped or died, I don't know or care which. Too tired, good night."

And that was how I passed out after finishing dealing with this whole situation the best I can. Hopefully they will listen to logic and not act idiotic or something.


Garp's P.O.V.

… That was something, I suppose.

This kid, is he really my grandson and not Sengoku's brat? I am pretty sure that, while I was his age, I was not nearly as smart as him. He was able to assess the situation rather well, reach a decision over whatever the hells happened, and if my observation haki is right(which it almost certainly was) he did everything he could in rescue of civilians while we were fighting.

So proud of him, a marine in the making for sure. All that is lacking is making sure he does not forget to help his grandpa with stealing Sengoku's biscuits when the time comes.

Anyway, if Mike is right about what happened, which it is completely possible as far as I know, then he did the right thing. Sharing these pages, leaving one with the Red Hair pirates who obviously care for this girl, is certainly better than leaving it all with us.

Mike may not know, but I have been in the Navy for long enough to know that, if they were all in the hands of the World Government, they would try and actually use that monster.

No, better it be sealed this way, even if I find it funny that he left one page with himself. Oh well, it honestly does not matter to me as long as the end result still is that the pages are not reunited and that monster is never again released.

Looking at the Red Hair, I cross my arms with an arched brow.

"What will you do now?" I ask, not hostility in it, for now at least.

He just looked at the girl in his arms, unsure of what to do, before looking back

"I will leave her with him." Shanks said, putting the girl right beside my grandson. "I feel like this kid's future is bright and he will soon be strong enough to protect her."

"Humph, obviously since I will personally train him. He is gonna be able to smash even the likes of Whitebeard into the ground with a single punch by the time I am done with him." I said confidently and, strangely enough, Shanks and his crew actually snicker and laugh a bit at my words of wisdom.

Pirates, they are all just so dumb, they just laugh for no good reason.

"I can believe that." Shanks said before turning around and saying. "Put all the blame onto us and the Donquixotes. We will take part of the country's treasury so you can spin whatever tale you all want."

I furrow my brows at those words.

"You know I can't allow you to do that."

"You can try and stop us." The red hair said, his first mate standing beside him as the two glare at me, not a hint of fear in their eyes.

They might be threatening to others, but it is still nothing I can't handle. Sure, I more or less understand that Shanks's identity is special and throwing him or his crew in Impel Down is useless… but beating them to the point they wish they were spending a season or two down there is certainly no big deal.

And if it was, well, I can just have Sengoku deal with it.

Reaching my decision I see that both pirates are prepared for a fight, but I point to a hill a distance away.

"Let's fight there. The town is destroyed enough as is and I don't want to hurt the kids either." I tell them and the two nod. Before leaving I point to Cancer.. "Take the two to the battleship and secure those Donquixote pirates my grandson captured. We will have questions for them, especially the location of the rest of their crew." I quickly order him as he needs

I don't know just what exactly is the World Government's problem with us taking down the worm, but whatever it is I am sure they would not raise a fuss if I destroy the rest of his Family fully and completely and bring the man kicking and screaming to Impel Down (and if they have a problem, just break the man's knees and bones before he goes to prison to make sure he pays for touching my grandson).


Mike's P.O.V.

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

The constant sound of explosions woke me up. Looking up I saw I was in some kind of sick bed or something, I guess this would be inside the Navy ship.

I see that it seems like someone put me on some medicine or something, but I just remove those needles from my body. I don't need any serum or medicine, what I need is some damn food.

Dragging my very tired body, I follow the smell of food until I get into the kitchen. Thankfully the place was working at full power, so I began to eat.

And eat.

And eat.

Seriously, I never ate half as much as I do right now. I didn't even care if the food was tasty or not, I was just so damn hungry I kept on eating whatever I could fit past my jaws until I couldn't take another bite.

Looking over I saw the cooks looking at me as if I was a monster or something, but I didn't care a damn bit. Now that my hunger has faded, I can go do what I must do right now.

No, it is not going to check up if Uta is here. She was safe and well last I checked, Shanks wouldn't let her be hurt in his care and, if he gave her over then she should be resting somewhere safe.

Instead, I went to take care of something else.

Vengeance.

Doflamingo got pissy over me destroying one of his slave trading shops? Decided to sick one of the commanders to torture me over it? Well, I will make sure he pays in such a way he does not even think of fighting back later.

An evil smirk spreading across my face as I chuckle, imagining if it would be too much to have the head of that fucker Diamante stuffed for me to preserve somewhere. Perhaps a communal privy back in marineford or something.

The dickhead is responsible for cutting me up more times than I can bother to count and, if not for him, Uta wouldn't have unleashed Tot Musica.

I have all sorts of different plans passing through my mind regarding what should happen next, one of which included employing Pica in Impel Down as a motivational speaker using a megaphone in Level 5 or 6.

Just the thought of the abuse the prisoners would throw at the Doquixote pirate, and the torture back his annoying voice would generate, is a nice thought indeed.

Feeling happy about it, I continue using my senses and Observation Haki to narrow down where my targets are located. I got it wrong a few times, true, but I now have enough energy to where walking around a bit more is no big deal.

Finally, I found my targets. It was a pair, one boy and one girl. The boy was honestly pretty fat with big buck teeth and a dumb face, but the girl is quite cute with long silky black hair and a cute face, her head having one of those french maid's headbands, whatever their name was.

Approaching them I saw the two flinching in fear over my approach.

"Did, did I release my killing intent?" I question, hoping I did not do so.

"M-Monster! Zombie! Demon!" Buffalo shouts as he tries and… oh, come on.

I deadpan at the fatso as I ask.

"Do you seriously want to hide before a younger and defenseless girl? Are you even a man?"

Buffalo just trembles in fear before me and ignores my words. Baby 5 sees this and, despite being much smaller and frailer than Buffalo, actually stands before him and opens her arms to protect the kid.

I just raised a brow and asked her, just to make sure.

"Why are you doing this?"

"He needs me, so I will help him." Baby 5 says directly with no hesitation. Her arm turns into a sword as she seems to be ready to defend no matter what since someone needs her.

"Fine, I won't touch that piece of lard over there." I said easily, the girl looked untrusting of me so I exploited her weakness. "Cone on, I need you to listen to what I have to say and tell me what I need, simple as that."

"Okay." She says with a happy smile as she deactivated her fruit instantly with no hesitation.

This is really weird. She is so gullible, leaving her alone or in the hands of manipulative assholes like the Doquixote family really is a bad idea.

Buffalo, I honestly couldn't care less. His fruit might have potential if used right, but he is too dumb and too cowardly to do so right now.

Seeing all this, I calm my breath and continue.

"I wanted to ask you some questions. First, do you know where the Doquixote family is right now or where they plan to act next?"

"I know, he is in-" Baby 5 started, but Buffalo moved to cover her mouth with his hands and said.

"No, don't say anything or they might come after the young master!"

The girl shut her mouth, but I approached her and said.

"Look, we will have the information one way or another. You two were already abandoned and I can assure you both that Doflamingo will not die even if we go after him. So, you can either accept being sent to Impel Down for being pirates where you will be constantly tortured the rest of your lives, or you both can talk with me and tell me this small thing. If you do talk, I can ask my grandpa about having you two join the Navy and be protected as well as having a much better life. What do you two say?"

Baby 5 seems to not care much either way, but Buffalo seems to be considering his options. Noticing this I decided to play a bit more.

"The first one to tell me what we need to know I can guarantee getting trained by the Marine Hero. The person will be all but assured to be able to grow into a vice-admiral in time, famous all over the world and living a comfortable life without being hunted down like pirates. The loser, I will do whatever I want with him." I tell them both plain and simple while releasing all the killing intent I can muster.

Not five seconds later and-

"The young master is in Risky Red Island and he should be going to Dressrosa." Buffalo blurts out, making me feel even more like he is trash.

Still, a promise is a promise.

"We will travel there. If you are telling the truth then you will get your reward. If you are lying, we will visit Fishman island but you won't arrive there. I will personally make sure to release you thousands of meters down into the ocean so you will die there and your body becomes nothing but fish food." I told the rotund coward who shivered and seemed to want to hide once more behind Baby 5.

I did not let him as I pulled the girl along.

"Hey, what are you doing to Baby 5?"

"I said I will do as I please with the slower one. I think this girl here is cute and I need a maid, so I will take her for myself."

"C-Cute? And you need me? Is that, marriage or-" And, with that, Baby 5 passed out.

I deadpan as I see this, but I just shrug in the end and carry her on my shoulders as I leave the area where Buffalo was still shouting something.

Not paying him any mind I went back to my sick room. Grandpa is still not back, the sound of fighting is still going down so he probably is fighting Shanks and the others.

I know I should be worried, but I trust he will be fine anyway. Just, we might stay here a few more hours or days, who knows how long the fight will last.

Laying down on my bed, I hugged Baby 5's body to mine and went to sleep. She is softer than one would expect and she is not anywhere as 'feisty' as Uta who, if my Haki is not wrong, is still sleeping just as well.

May as well use this time to close my eyes and do some shadow training against my image of Diamante. He has shown many of his techniques and moves against me, and I will make sure to figure them all out and how to improve upon and counter them.

This way, if he can escape from the crushing coming to him, I can still at least make sure that I can one day come to him and crush every single one of his bones, make a smoothie out of what pops out in the process, and force him to drink it.

It is what the guy deserves, as far as I am concerned, and somewhere inside my heart I kinda hope he is not caught right now. It just sounds like it will be better for me this way.