Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Steve's POV
"Hellfire Fist!"
I threw a punch at Aokiji but it just went right though him.
"Chill out." He said "You're still not ready."
"Whip Hurricane!" I laid into the admiral but the attacks didn't do any damage.
I still can't hit him.
"Shave Tempest: Tower Breakout!"
I slid under Aokiji and cut him up the middle. He broke apart but only reformed.
"Ice Saber."
Aokiji swung at me and his sword dug into my shoulder.
"SHIT!"
"I told you to back off but you chose a path of death. You may have escaped Enies Lobby but you won't leave here alive."
The ice sword was coming for my neck but a man with wings appeared and kicked Aokiji away.
"Thanks." I mumbled getting to my feet.
The man didn't say anything, he just flew off. I got back up and started fighting Marines again.
Even with this power I'm still not strong enough to beat him…sorry Robin.
"Tempest Kick: Corkscrew!"
I knocked some Marines around and kept moving forward.
Don't you dare die Ace, I'll never forgive you if you leave Luffy.
I eventually caught up to Luffy and he was on his way forward.
"Get out of his way brat!" I yelled at Coby.
"Shave!"
"You're not faster than me!" I grabbed him mid run from behind, wrapping my arms around his waist "Stern Breaker!"
I suplexed Coby into the ice and Luffy kept moving. I looked up and saw that the executioners were moving their blades.
"Oh carp!"
"STOP!"
Luffy yelled out and there was a palpable shock in the air. Marines started dropping to the ground like flies, including the executioners.
Was that because of Luffy?
The rubber boy kept moving. Various people tried to stop him but people kept coming to his aid. Whitebeard told his crew back Luffy up. The next person that needed to be stopped was Mihawk.
"Keep going Luffy!" I landed in front of Luffy and blocked a cut with a kick "Leave Luffy alone."
"Do you again wish to test the might of my Black Blade?" he asked
"I didn't lose last time. If anything you did."
"I was caught by surprise." He said "I will not let it happen again!"
He took a swing at me and I ducked under the way.
Let's try this.
"Finger Pistol!" I made the motion and stabbed my finger into Uncle's calf.
"Brat!" He stabbed the sword down and nicked my arm.
"Brimstone!" I let out a blast and he ducked under it.
"Sables!"
A sandstorm formed and blew the two of us apart.
"Crocodile!" I yelled "Don't get in my way."
"Get moving punk." He grumbled "You can't win here and you dying helps no one."
"Since when do you want to help me?"
"I don't." he said "But he won't kill you and you won't kill him so that's kinda boring."
He's right, I can't stop Uncle Mihawk.
I turned and ran away.
"Don't turn your back on me boy!"
"Crescent Cutlass!"
I didn't feel a blow so I kept moving and regrouped with Jinbei. There was a loud explosion and I saw that Luffy had managed to free Ace and the two were escaping with Mr.3.
"Yeah! Nice job Luffy!"
Luffy and Ace fought back together and the two didn't miss a beat covering each other.
If only you could see them now…
Whitebeard ordered us to fall back and that he and his crew would be parting here. With one punch he shattered the sky itself.
"He's incredible."
We met back up with Luffy and Ace.
"Come on we gotta go!" I yelled.
"Ace come on!" Luffy yelled.
Ace blasted himself over to Whitebeard, he said his goodbyes and we made a break for a ship to get out of here. We were getting out of there when Ace just stopped.
"Let's go idiot!" I yelled.
"Take back what you just said." Ace wasn't talking to me he was talking to Akainu.
I had heard of Akainu was a scumbag, but the things he said…I never imagined a person could be that heartless.
He was there when Robin…shit…
I wasn't stupid I had gotten my ass kicked by Aokiji I couldn't last a second against someone like Akainu. Instead of doing the smart thing and running Ace picked a fight with the Admiral. Luffy was on the ground trying to catch his breath.
"We gotta get out here." I told him "Come on."
"Ace's Vivre card."
"Don't! It's just a paper!" I yelled.
Akainu went around Ace and came at Luffy.
"LUFFY MOVE!"
The hissing noise made by the lava was sickening.
You idiot…dumbass…jerk…
Ace had jumped in front and there was a fist though his chest.
"No…way…"
Nothing was stopping the Logia he just kept going towards Ace.
"You still have life left in you."
"Enough!" "Back off!"
Jinbei and I went forward and blocked the next punch.
"I will sacrifice my body if it means I can delay you in the slightest." The fishman told the admiral.
"You won't take any more steps." I told him "I drag you to hell if I have to."
Vista and Marco showed up to deal with the Lava man. There was a thud and I looked back to see the last spark of life had left Ace's body. His face looked strangely peaceful.
You jerk…
Then the scream that came out of Luffy…it was painful, it hit me right in the heart. He just sat there crying.
"ACEEEE!"
Luffy was like a husk. There was life in him but he was just shutting down mentally, his eyes were glazed over, his arms limb and motionless…it was like his soul was gone from his body.
Akainu went around us and right at Luffy, he didn't care who got in his way pirate or marine he was just on a rampage to kill his targets.
"NO!"
Marco flew forward and intercepted the attack.
"Get him out of here! We'll back you up like we would Ace!"
"Come pal!" I grabbed Luffy and I made a break for it "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME!"
"None of you will escape!" Akainu was back up but this time Whitebeard pounded him into the ground.
I didn't turn back to watch the rest I just kept running. I had to get Luffy out of there before he bled out or became so broken he'd never wake up.
"Stay with me Luffy come on! Jinbei where the hell are we going?!" I yelled.
"Just get to the shore and we'll find a ship!"
"Just a little longer Luffy." I said "You gotta live just a little longer…please…don't leave me."
We got to the sea but before I could get on a ship Aokiji froze the ocean again.
Bastard always getting in my way.
A meteor crashed in front of us and Akainu was blocking my path again.
"The son of 'Red-Haired' Shanks. I can kill you too. One less bloodline in the world…"
"I'm not dying yet." I told him.
There was a ton of commotion coming from back in the plaza but I was more focused on getting away.
"Hell Wink!"
Iva and his squad gave Jinbei and me the chance to slip by with Luffy.
"If we can get to the water I can get us out of here." Jinbei said.
"No good it's all ice." I said.
I felt the heat approaching and Jinbei pushed us to the side. I felt lava drip on my arm but since the bandages were there it didn't burn through, still the heat stung.
Just what are these things?
Luffy wasn't as fortunate, some of the goo had hit his chest and given him a nasty burn.
"You still think you can protect that body?" the admiral asked me "He'll be dead before you know it."
"Sables!"
Crocodile appeared and saved my hide again.
"Grab him and go!" he churned up his storm and threw Jinbei and me away "Don't let the son of a bitch have his way!"
We flew through the air but suddenly stopped.
"I Gotcha." Buggy said.
"Buggy…Thanks but we gotta hurry or Luffy's done for." I said.
"I'm doing what I can here!" Buggy yelled.
The sea parted and a submersible of some kind surfaced.
"Bring Strawhat here!"
Trafalgar Law was asking for me to bring Luffy to him.
"We may become enemies on day but it will be bad if he dies here. Trust him with me, I'm a doctor!" he yelled.
I have to save Luffy…
"Do it!" I told Buggy "Drop us there!"
There was a flash of light and Kizaru was shooting at us.
"Alright here you go!" Buggy threw us and I landed on Law's ship.
"We're diving!"
Kizaru was about to fire again. I looked at Luffy and gave him to the bear.
Where's Dad's hat?!
"The hat!" I saw it all the way back on the battlefield "Buggy I can't leave without the hat! Please!"
"Are you kidding we gotta go!" The bear said.
"ENOUGH!"
"Coby you idiot." I mumbled seeing him blocking Akainu's path.
He tried to reason with Akainu of all people.
"You're gonna get killed!"
Akainu pulled back and death was coming.
Not someone else…
There was a clang of metal and the punch was stopped.
"No way…" I had my hand over my mouth "Dad…"
Dad looked good. He was in good shape. Mom wasn't far off; her arm had turned to dark wood and was pointed right at Uncle Mihawk.
"Let's go inside!" Law yelled.
"Hang on!" Buggy yelled "Here!"
He threw me the hat and I reached into my pocket.
"Give this to my old man!" I threw an envelope at Buggy and ran inside as Law's sub went under.
Lilly's POV
"This is enough Big Brother." I said "Let's all just go home."
He put his sword away and turned to leave.
"I agreed to war against Whitebeard not you two."
"This war is over!"
Both sides went about tending to their wounded. I met back up with my husband.
"Buggy!" I smiled "It's good to see you!"
He got all nervous and took a letter out of his pocket.
"This better not be a love letter." I pouted "I'm already married."
"What…ha…no…It's from the kid."
"Steve! He was here."
"Yes." Mihawk said taking a seat on a rock "He passed me a few times. He has become quite talented."
Shanks took the letter and opened it.
"Dear Mom and Dad,
I hope this letter finds you well. I know you can't talk to Luffy just yet Dad, but I figured you and Mom would want to know a little about what's been going down to make sure we were okay. This is an envelope I've filled with pictures of me and Rose. Just so you can check on your kids."
"He's such a sweet boy." I said.
There were a few pictures enclosed.
"This is me." The first one said "I'm doing well. I met a girl; I think you'd like her. She should be on one of the other photos"
"He met a girl!" I cried "He's too young for girls."
"This is Rose." The next said "She's doing okay; I think she's dating Zoro but I'm not sure their relationship is complicated they were together than broke up and now I don't really know."
"She's too young for that!" Shanks yelled.
"Roronoa…" Brother mumbled.
"This is her arm." I looked at the picture of a metal arm "She lost her real one…I'm sure she'll tell you all about it someday."
"My poor baby."
We looked at the next picture "This is Robin. She's the girl I mentioned. She's an Archeologist and she's 28 years old."
"28!" I yelled "She's ten years older than him!"
"Pretty." Shanks said "Let the boy date who he wants."
"You can sleep on the deck." I told him
"Look what happened when we let you date who you wanted." Buggy mumbled.
"There's one last picture." Mihawk said handing us the photo of a little girl with blue hair.
"This is Lil. She's my Daughter."
"WHAT?!"
"Are you done yelling?" the note said "She's my adopted daughter. If you two knew the whole story you'd understand. She and Robin are my most important treasures and I hope you can meet them some day.
Well Mom and Dad I'm sure we'll see each other soon.
I love you both.
Steve."
"I'm too young to be a grandpa." Shanks whined.
"Stupid brat!" I yelled "You've got a lot of explaining to do! You can't just dump all this heavy stuff in a letter, missing limbs, dating, children?!"
I took a few breaths.
"But thanks for the pictures." I smiled looking at the sea.
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