Intro:
If you're wondering how two frail young ladies found themselves in the middle of Marineford, know that we wonder too!
Honestly, we're not really sure ourselves… Everything started on a shitty snowy Monday when a truck thought, " Hey, why should I stop at a red light after all?" and the Mayor decided that putting a fountain right beside the road was a good idea…. A clue? It wasn't
Chapter 1: Our dear truck
Blood, blood everywhere. Yesterday, Marineford was a beautiful and peaceful city. Today, it was a slaughter. In the center of all the fight. Two brothers, with only one mission. Portgas .D Ace, and Monkey D. Luffy.
As soon as Ace was freed, the two brothers ran as fast as they could, fighting as one. With one goal: Survive. When finally the sea was in sight, a booming voice was heard behind them.
"As soon as you rescue "Fire Fist" Ace, you run! The Whitebeards must be a group of cowards!"
"What?!", an unanimous scream echoed at that, anger in their voices.
"He's trying to stir you up, obviously! If you stop you're playing into his hands!-"
"Well your Captain is this guy, so you can't help it, can you? Because after all, Whitebeard is just a… loser from the old times!", a mocking tone was heard in his voice, showing to all how little the admiral thought of the Captain.
At those words, Ace stopped abruptly, oblivious to his brother's scream.
"A loser?", he tightened his fists, the Mera-Mera no mi dancing in an outburst of flames. "Take back what you just said!"
Around him, his crew was screaming, trying to stop him. In a sharp blow, he escaped from their hold, walking toward Akainu.
"He mocked Pops!", he ignored Luffy's call, a death stare focused on the admiral.
"Did you say "take it back"? Not in a million years! I'll tell you why.", he smirked. "Your father Gold Roger conquered the Grand Line and opened the door to the new era called the Great Pirate Era by sacrificing himself.", his smile widened, showing off teeth that looked like predator's after catching their prey.
"As a Navy admiral, it's not my place to say so, but he was true to his name: the King of the Pirates! In contrast, what has Whitebeard done? I wonder if he really had the intention to fight. I assume that he established a large family some place and was satisfied being a big fish in a little barrel.", he laughed in delight. "There are some fools in the world who'd say that his name is keeping peace on various islands. But if you ask me, he's just keeping lightweights in fear of him and he thinks that he's a hero which makes me laugh!"
He looked at Ace dead in the eyes.
"When Roger was alive, Whitebeard had second billing and even after Roger's death, he couldn't become a King. That means he'll never better Roger, and he'll be a loser forever! That's who Whitebeard is and that's the truth."
Walking, head down, Ace's flames intensified, covering his arms.
"He's a poor man when you think about it. He gathered some punks who call him Pops and roamed around the sea with his fake family."
"Stop it."
"And although he reigned the sea for years, he couldn't become a King and gained nothing!", in the corner of his eyes, he stared at the crew, focusing solely on one of them. "And at the end he was stabbed by a fool, one of his sons who fell for my line. And he will die to protect that 't you think that his life is so empty?"
"Stop it!"
"Don't do it, Ace! Come back!", behind him, Izo was screaming, mixing with the shouts of his crewmate who were trying to persuade him.
In vain.
"Pops gave us a place to live! You can't understand his greatness!", fed by his fury, grew more and more.
"People don't deserve to live if they can't live justly! Punks like you guys don't deserve a place to live!"
"STOP IT!"
"Whitebeard will die as a loser! It's fitting for a big fish in a little barrel!"
"Whitebeard is a great pirate who shaped the era! DON'T MAKE FUN OF THE WHO SAVED ME!", in an outburst flames engulfed him. Forming fists with his hands, he launched himself at the admiral.
"THE NAME OF THIS ERA SHOULD BE "WHITEBEARD"!"
In an earth breaking hit, magma and fire collided, the atmosphere shivering in its wake. Two alike elements, yet so different.
"Both Whitebeard and you guys who call him Pops are the same after all- losers!", in a push, the magma intensified and pushed away Ace, flying away in a screaming pain.
In confusion, Ace tried to get up again.
"Are you careless because you ate a Logia type fruit which is the most powerful of all? You're just fire, but my magma can even burn fire!", he looked down at him. "My power is far stronger than yours."
His gaze shifted behind the pirate, a target unknown to Ace.
"Gold Roger the King of the Pirates, Dragon the Revolutionary. I was amazed to hear that sons of those two were step brothers. You two have bad blood in your veins. I don't care if the others get away as long as I get you two! Now, watch this!", the admiral by-passed the pirate, oppressing Luffy with his strength.
"Wait! Luffy-!"
In a deathly silence, Ace stepped between the admiral and his little brother, awaiting a lethal hit. Eyes closed, the Second Commander was waiting for pain when he felt a hand instead, pushing his back.
"Just in time!", an unknown voice echoed, taking away from any danger Portgas D. Ace and Monkey D. Luffy
Safe and on the ground, Ace looked up at their savior to be speechless at the sight of blond curls and round eyes. A top hat and familiar glasses adorned the illusion.
"... Sabo?", full of incredulity and doubt, his voice was as low as a whisper.
The mirage smiled at him, relief palpable on his tired face. With a satisfied air, the ghost of his brother looked at him.
"Who else would it be? I leave you for a bit and you get nearly killed, of course I'm here!", he squinted, joy obvious in his eyes. "Come on Ace, We've got a cry baby to protect!"
The book closed in a snap.
"THIS, THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!", wailed Marion, in a desperate cry muffled by the table where she laid her head. She rumbled words that only few could be heard, like: " Aceeeee, my loveeee."
Beside her, Lili nodded her head dejectedly.
"I just want to force Oda to rewrite everything… He even drew an illustration showing Sabo saving Ace and Luffy!", her voice cracked at the end, going too high in volume. "Ace, my baby! My cutie pie!"
Suddenly, Marion's phone rang, shutting them. She raised her head, looking at her phone.
"Shit, I have to go" she said with a grimace "Turd! I wanted to talk more about One piece…" she grumbled, putting her belongings in her bag.
"Already?" Lili looked at her phone, surprised. "Damn! It's already that time?! Wait, I'll leave with you! No need to stay here all alone after all."
"Thank you, sweetie pie…You're going straight home ?" Asked Marion, who stood up putting her bag on her shoulder.
Getting up, Lili put her coat, her scarf, and her beanie back on, deep in her thought.
" Yep, I think so. It's way too cold to walk around right now, 'got nothing to do outside anyway.", by the window frost could be seen outside, causing a grimace on her face.
"Don't say another word. If I could, I would go right to my bed but noooo, we have to do cohesion activities… I swear, sometimes I want to take one to hit another !" Grumbled Marion. "So, which road are you taking?"
"Hum~", she opened her phone's map, looking for her path. "... To the right? I think?"
"Lol ! Good enough for me ! I'm sure you'll find the good road at one point !" Laughed Marion. She opened the door, receiving a wave of snow and freezing air.
"Fucking season, fucking north ! Why the hell did I decide to live here ? I was happy in the south, with the sun and the sea" she whined. She took her scarf with both hands and put higher and higher until only her eyes could be seen.
"The sea… Come on Marion, let's move to the sea! I'm not made to live here. I need sun, water, EL CALIENTE!"
"You're soooo right ! Imagine ! Us, the sun and the wonderful and incredible hot sand ! Summer ! Ah yes, the dream…." She sighed with envy…. She stopped, waving at Lili to stop too. The cars passing quickly in front of hers. The road were crowded despite the snow and the icy patches.
"... And now I want to be on vacation! Why do we even need to work again?! I just want to be on vacation two times a year, for like six months! To be paid for this, can you imagine…", a dreamy look morphed on her face, already seeing herself on a beach.
The red light turned green, signaling to the pedestrians that they could cross. Marion patted her friend, awakening her from her daydreams.
" God, don't remind me ! Since I came here, I have lost at least three skin tones! THREE ! I will clearly end up buying this UV lamp you know" thought Marion. She started to cross the road slowly. In the sky, a seagull passed.
"Three shades?!", a desperate laugh escaped Lili, "Know that my shades have always been called "White like an ass", "White as a ghost", or "Oh my, are you sick?" !", she sighed and put her hands up, looking at the sky as if praying to god knows what. "I WANT TO TAN FUCKING HELL!"
Marion burst out laughing at that.
And then, pandemonium. A screech of tyres, and in front of them a huge truck at full speed. Reeling and without slowing, it was about to crash into them!
" FUCK ! ON THE GROUND !" Screeched Marion. She took Lili with her, yeeting her the farthest away. Which was right in a fountain beside the road.
"ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY ?!" Shouted Marion, putting her head out of the water. Her eyes were closed and her hair dripping wet…
"NOBODY TEACHED YOU TO FUCKING STOP AT THE RED LIGHT IDIOT ? ROADHOG ! MURDERER ! WAIT UNTIL I CATCH YOU ! I WILL TEACH YOU TO RESPECT THE TRAFFIC LAWS !" She yelled, waving her arm around, trying in vain to remove her hair from her eyes.
Surprised, Lili emerged from the water, coughing everything that she swallowed unintentionally.
"W-What the-! Marion, you're okay?!", she opened one of her eyes to see clearly their state, shouting out of surprise. "FUCK M-MARION LOOK!"
" DON'T WORRY LILI, I WILL CATCH HIM ! MEMORIZE HIS FACE BECAUSE WHEN I'M DONE WITH HIM EVEN HIS MOTHER WON'T BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE HIM !" fumed Marion, trying to go out of the fountain. She lowered, trying to found the edge… without success.
"FUCKING HELL MARION LOOK AROUND DAMN IT! WE'RE NOT IN THE FOUNTAIN!", kicking her legs in the depth, she tried to keep herself afloat.
" What are you talking about ?" Asked Marion, finally removing her hair. She blinked, her eyes squinted facing the crude light of the sun and the ocean and she looked around.
"The heck ?"
End note:
Lili after writing Akainu vs Ace scene in English, just after writing it in French: Does he ever shut up this dingbat? ٩(◕‿◕｡╬)۶
Lili after finally
writing this scene in both language: FUCKING FINALLY (ﾉꐦ ⊙曲ఠ)ﾉ彡┻━┻ *Looks at Marion* Never ask me this again, NEVER!
Marion : I PROMISE ! Don't hurt meee