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Ace went in on Amegakure and went to Daisuke's office, where the man was, who asked what he wanted. Ace knew how he wanted this to go, and said. "I found Shay." Daisuke looked at him, eyes full of haste. "Where is he? Did you get Chiaroscuro?" Ace hummed. "I will not tell where he is, and he still has Chiaroscuro." Daisuke stood up. "Why! We need it!" Ace took a step forward. "And why do we need it? So you can feed it to someone else and kill them when they annihilate another island like Otis?" He expected Daisuke to back down, when Daiske moved his hands to his desk. "We need to control those powers! This is the only way!" Ace felt mad. So Daisuke wasn't even denying it? Ace gave a small growl. "Do you know how many died on Bigeumdo?!" Daisuke looked at him annoyed. "It was a fluke!" Ace shook his head. "No! You lied about it! That proves you hid it!" Daisuke gave a small growl. "Where is Shay!" Ace looked at Daisuke. "I will not tell you."
Daisuke growled, before he moved around the desk to confront him, when Ace decided he wasn't giving in, and a fight started, them yelling at each other.
After a minute, the door opened as Moira, Hanzo, Soul, and Peter there, looking shocked. As he saw Moira on her way to interfire, Ace looked at her and spoke sterly. "If any of you interfere, I will kill you!" That had Moira stop as Ace's tone was serious. He then continued the fight with Daisuke, who denied having done anything wrong, before Ace beat him down so Daisuke was fully on the floor.
Ace then looked at the others as Daisuke was down. "Daisuke has broken the first rule! To not harm the innocent! Not only that. He blamed others. Bigeumdo was not caused by the enemy, but by Daisuke. He fed the fruit Chiaroscuro to Otis, who then lost control and destroyed the island. Daisuke then proceed to kill Otis, before he blamed someone else, to keep himself clean. But not only that. He was going to do it again. Had it not been for Shay, he would have done it again. Shay is no traitor. But a hero instead. He defied Daisuke as he was going to harm more of the innocent." Everyone around looked shocked and horrified.
By now, Daisuke had now moved to his knees and looked a bit shocked himself, before Moira spoke. "Is this true?" Daisuke cleared his voice before he answered. "The fruit needed to be kept safe. I was sure the safest way was to have someone have the powers and teach them to control it. Use it for good even. I was-" Daisuke didn't get to finish as Moira stepped forward and slapped him, cutting him off. Moira was as calm as one could get, so that spoke a lot. Daisuke didn't seem surprised, before he lowered his head a bit. "I see now that I did wrong." Hanzo spoke. "Did wrong? You didn't just say the wrong sentence or something. You killed so many innocents, an entire island. For what? To hopefully teach someone to control a fruit that chooses people? In my eyes, you are no longer worthy, neither as a person or leader." Everyone nodded and Daisuke had the decency to lower his head a bit more, as he now seemed to get how badly he had fucked up, what consequences his actions had, resulting in so many deaths, that he did wrong. Very wrong.
Hanzo looked at Ace. "Is Shay okay?" Ace nodded. "He is. He thankfully got washed up to a friendly island, and the fruit is in a safe place in safe hands; Shay's hands. All this time, it was in the wrong hands." Moira looked at him. "What now?" Ace took a breath. "Tonight we will hold a vote. Let Daisuke stay or not. No matter what, we need a new leader." Moira took a step forward. "I am ready to run this, but I can not do it all alone." Hanzo stepped forward as well. "I will help you the best I can. And I am sure Raiden will as well." Ace nodded, that was good. "Call everyone who is level 2 and above, tell them Dust will come get them at 7pm, the vote will be held at 8pm, and tell them why we are having the vote. It is to decide whether Daisuke should be banished or not." Everyone nodded at that and went off. Ace moved out as well, sending a look back at Daisuke as he said. "I expected more from you... Azuruko would have been so disappointed." Daisuke lowered his head more and Ace left. He didn't know what he hoped for, but a change was needed.
-x-
Whitebeard sat in the meeting room with his commanders, Mika, Trevor and Cioup there as well as Ace was still gone, and had been for a while, but he hoped he would come back home soon. As they were speaking, the door opened and Ace came in. Before Whitebeard could speak, he saw that Ace was wearing a stern expression. Before anyone could speak, Ace did, looking at the assassins. "We need to go to Amegakure. We're leaving at 7pm." Trevor blinked. "Why?" Ace took a breath. "At 8pm, we will all hold a vote to see if Daisuke should be banished." Everyone blinked, the assassins looked shocked and stunned, and Whitebeard felt the same. Daisuke seemed like a good man.
Raising a hand, Cioup spoke first. "Why?" Ace gave a breath. "The island that was destroyed, Bigeumdo, was not destroyed the way Daisuke said it was. He lied. The truth is, Daisuke made Otis eat Chiaroscuro, they went there to train him, Otis lost control, destroyed the island and slaughtered everyone there, so many innocent, then Daisuke killed Otis to get the fruit back. And he was going to do it again hadn't Shay taken Chiaroscuro, as he knew Daisuke's plans. Daisuke lied about the whole thing and said an enemy had a bomb, when in reality, it was the devil fruit and all Daisuke's fault. I found Shay, he told me all about this after we fought, and Daisuke confessed when confronted."
The other assassins now looked stern as well, and the first to speak again was Izou. "You're joking, right?" Trevor shook his head. "Ace would never joke about this. What will you vote for?" Ace nodded a bit. "Banish. Moira and Hanzo are ready to step in." Mika spoke. "Did Daisuke realize his mistake?" Ace nodded. "He did after I beat him down and told everyone about it, without sugarcoating it." Mika thought for a second. "I can vote to not banish, but he can't continue as the leader and needs to make up for his mistake." Cioup hummed, before she spoke next. "I need to think about this and what I will vote for." Ace nodded. "You have until 7pm, we leave maybe 5 minutes before." This didn't sound good, and he wasn't sure what outcome he would hope for himself concerning all of this.
It was rather calm before the assassins had to leave, each of the assassins might be a bit tense, which was understandable. Then, when it was 10 to 7pm, the assassins left, and Whitebeard hoped it would go fine.
-x-
Ace looked at everyone in the room, as everyone had gathered now, knowing a serious matter was needed to be discussed, and everyone looked to be in various states of thought. Ace then took a breath, before he told everyone in detail about what had really happened. How Daisuke tried to cover up what he had done, and how he had tried to kill Shay, who only acted in the favor of the innocent. Then Daisuke was allowed to state his view and he didn't deny anything, but told he had felt it was the safest, now seeing the error of his way, and will get it if he is asked to leave. When it was all said, they handed out papers to everyone for the vote, to say if he should be banished or not, before they gathered it all. Then it was counted, and one won by 2 votes, which decided to not banish Daisuke.
Ace nodded and looked at everyone. "The vote is done and to not banish him wins by 2 votes, so Daisuke will stay. While he will still perform as a sort of leader, every decision he makes will be run by either or both Moira and Hanzo, who will lead the Red Cloud as a team, and Daisuke will help as he knows how it goes. Should Daisuke prove to still make wrong choices, he will be banished." Everyone nodded, agreeing. Ace didn't know what he felt, but the vote was done and he couldn't contest it.
They then worked out how this would be done, and Moira would be the one in main charge, Hanzo and Raiden under her, and Daisuke as a help. He still kept his rank, but he wouldn't be left alone and every decision and report he made would need to be run by Moira, Hanzo, or Raiden. This was the way that worked the best. They then stayed back to answer more questions, so when they could leave back for the Moby, it was morning, and Ace still felt so mad that Daisuke had done this and messed up so badly. Ace had always looked up to Daisuke, and now, Daisuke had lost all his respect. And it would take a lot for it to be recovered.
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Whitebeard sat out in his chair, breakfast being done and them out on deck, when the assassins came back and he expected it had taken some time to work everything out. As they were back, Thatch spoke. "Did it go okay?" Trevor looked to be on his way to answer when Ace did, sounding mad. "Yes, because it is not like the one everyone looked up to just killed hundreds of innocent people since he is not far from a treasonist and traitor, and he wasn't even banished for it."
The captain felt a bit unsure about that outburst by Ace, but before they could speak, Ace took a breath. "It's not you, I am just mad. Not at you, at someone else." It was clear Ace was mad at Daisuke, which was understandable. Ace took another breath. "I will go change my clothes and shower." Then Ace left, and as he was gone, Cioup looked at Trevor. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Trevor hummed. "Maybe. But how will we contact him? We ask Dust, Ace will know." Cioup winked. "I got it. Someone has a crush on me." Trevor blinked. "Can't see why. You're not that cool." Cioup looked offended. "Excuse me? And you are?" Trevor motioned to Mika. "I at least am in a relationship, You are- hey!" Trevor cut off as Cioup threw a dagger at him. "I almost forget that I am mad about that! No one is keeping me in the loop!" Trevor shrugged. "Not my fault you suck! Hey!" Cioup threw another dagger as Trevor spoke, which Trevor avoided.
After a couple more daggers were thrown with some insults, Trevor spoke. "Okay okay, let us take this later. Do you need a Den Den or something?" Cioup nodded. "Fine, and yes I actually do." A Den Den was then gotten, before Cioup typed in a number. After a bit, it was answered by Soul. "Hello?" Cioup hummed before she spoke. "Hi, sweetie. I need a favor." The Den Den blinked as it looked shocked. "C-Cioup? W-what do you need?" Well, Soul did really seem caught off guard. Cioup hummed. "I need Mihawk's number. Could you be a dear and get it?" The Den Den blinked. "I- I can't just give you-" Cioup pouted "But Soul! I really need it! Ace is in such a terrible mood after this whole Daisuke thing and could really need a duel with Mihawk. Don't you want to help him?"
The Den Den blinked. "I can't just give out numbers." Cioup gave a pleading look with puppy eyes. "Not even for little me? I would be in your debt~." The Den Den swallowed, before it nodded. "Okay, I will get it." Then there was a small break, before he said a number, Cioup gave him a sweet thanks with a smile, before she hung up. As she did, Trevor looked at her. "That was… mix of amazing and weird." Cioup shrugged. "He's a bit smitten. But can't blame him. I am amazing. Now to call mister serious." Cioup put the number in, and the Den Den rang, before it was answered a bit later by Mihawk's voice saying "What?" Cioup hummed. "Ace is in a pissy mood. He could use a duel." The Den Den nodded. "I see. I could spare a duel, wouldn't pass up on one with him. Will Ace get me?" Cioup hummed. "I think maybe I will ask Moira to get you. Ace is not in a good mood. Would Moira be okay?" The Den Den nodded. "Yes, I will be ready." That was good. Cioup nodded and said Moira would most likely come by soon, if not, Dust would.
Then the Den Den hung up and Cioup left with the Den Den to call Moira more in private, and came out a minute later informing them that Mihawk was on his way. Then, it was just 5 minutes later, a gust of wind came, before it was like small pieces of paper gathered by the railing, before Moira and Mihawk stood there, Moira looking at the other 3 assassins. "Ace annoyed?" Trevor nodded. "I think he is more mad, but yes." Moira nodded. "Have fun with that." Then Moira closed her eyes and it was like her body broke into paper pieces and flew off in the wind. Moira's powers were amazing as well.
As Mihawk was here, no one really managed to speak before Ace came around a corner and saw Mihawk, which had him roll his eyes. "And they called the man that lives in a castle of solitude." Mihawk looked unimpressed. "You're in a good mood." Ace rolled his eyes again. "Oh, I wonder why. I would have explained why, but I have neither the time nor the crayons necessary for you to understand it." Mihawk still looked unimpressed. "You bring so much joy today. I won't bite." Ace hummed. "If I throw a stick, will you leave?" Mihawk rolled his eyes. "I am not a dog." Ace hummed. "You're right, dogs have class." Mihawk rolled his eyes. "If you want a duel, all you have to do is ask. No need to insult me." Ace looked at Mihawk. "I don't want a duel, I want a fight." Mihawk hummed. "A fight? We usually settle for a duel so no one gets hurt."
Ace hummed and crossed his arms. "Fine. If you're too scared, just say so." Even though Mihawk's facial expression didn't change, Whitebeard felt like Mihawk looked more mad. "You want to fight, fine. Let us fight then. Show the way." Ace gave a grin, before Dust landed on Mihawk's shoulder, and Ace and Mihawk were gone in black smoke.
As they were gone, Trevor moved a hand to his face "Fuck, did not want a fight, just a duel." Thatch looked at Trevor. "It can't be that bad… right?" Trevor gave a breath. "When they duel, they just… duel. But when they fight… well… last time, I think Ace lost an arm, Mihawk had issues walking for a month and fighting with his sword for two. They can get a bit… violent and rash and they egg each other on. So-" Trevor moved and pointed at Cioup and Mika before he said "Not it!" And it looked like they were about to say the same, they turned, looked at each other and said it at the same time, before they looked back at Trevor expectantly, Mika speaking. "I said it first!" Cioup groaned. "You're her boyfriend! You're going to favor her! I said it first!" Trevor hummed and looked at them. "Who spoke first? I am biased."
Marco spoke. "I think Cioup wins, but what is going on, yoi? Not it for what?" Cioup spoke. "Thank you, and when Ace fights someone and doesn't get to kill… it's not fun. And he can't kill Mihawk, not since he is just mad. He gets annoyed, and I was it last time." Mika looked at Cioup. "I have been here for a while now and dealt with him." Cioup. "Not my fault. You're it." Mika didn't look too happy. This didn't sound good and the captain didn't know what to think. He hoped none of them would get hurt.
The next two hours went on and he felt more and more worried for Ace, not sure how this would go. Trevor did say to not be as worried, as if Ace and Mihawk would battle to death, Ace would most likely win, but still, he felt worried. When two and a half hours had passed, there was a black cloud by Ace's mark and Ace appeared. Whitebeard was glad to see him back, but it quickly faded as he saw Ace. Ace was facing them, and Whitebeard could see Ace had only one arm, the other one was held over his shoulder, and it looked like there was something held by the capitated arm. Whitebeard was at first sure it was Mihawk's head, that Mihawk just met his doom. But then Ace moved the hand out in front of him and he saw it was a rabbit, a dead and rather large one.
Cioup spoke first. "Something's wrong with the bunny." As Cioup spoke, he heard something fall to the deck, before Trevor came running around a corner. "What is wrong with Bunny!" When Trevor could see Ace, he blinked. "He is only missing his arm, that is not big." Mika, walking up after him nodded a little, while Cioup hummed. "I meant the bunny he's holding with his capitated arm." Trevor blinked, before he looked at her annoyed. "That is a rabbit you moron."
Cioup blinked. "Well excuse me, mister obsessed with bunnies and rabbits. I am not obsessed with them like you are." Trevor blinked. "I am not obsessed!" Cioup smiled and spoke with sarcasm. "No, not at all." Trevor gave an annoyed look. "At least I am not a moron!" Cioup hummed. "Who was it that tried to lock themselves into the neighbor's door and gave them a panic attack thinking that someone was breaking in and entering?" Trevor huffed. "Honest mistake!" Cioup hummed again. "You had 3 keys. One had been used, so you had 2 keys. How many of the two did you try on your door? One, you tried one. How many did you try on the neighbor's door? All 3." Trevor gave a glare, on his way to retort, when Izou spoke. "Ace is missing an arm! Can we please fix that!" Whitebeard agreed.
Trevor spoke. "But it is only an arm. But still-" Trevor looked at Ace. "What is it with the rabbit, Bunny?"Ace hummed. "Isn't it Magnus' 40th birthday? He once said he wanted and likes to eat rabbit, so I found a rabbit." Whitebeard blinked. That was nice of Ace. And it was Magnus' birthday, who turned 40. He was in Ace's division as well. Ace then held the hand towards Thatch. "Here, so you can cook it." Thatch looked a bit uncomfortable. "Could you… take it out of the hand?" Ace hummed and looked at the rabbit. "A bit hard as I only have one arm right now." Trevor rolled his eyes, walked up and took the rabbit out of Ace's capitated arm as he said. "You wimp." Then Trevor had the rabbit and threw it to Thatch, who caught it, before Trevor looked at Ace. "Shall we head and fix your arm?" Ace hummed. "We can." Trevor nodded. "Also, how is Mihawk?" Ace hummed. "Not in the best mood. While he isn't lacking an arm, his is broken, in more than one place." Trevor nodded as the two headed away. "Cool."
As they were gone, Cioup looked at Mika. "Also, do you think Mihawk likes his friends lacking an arm? I mean, Shanks is missing one. Does he do it on purpose? Should I send a psychologist to him? I know a good one." Mika chuckled. "I am sure he does it on purpose, I don't think he likes it, but yeah. And he took Ace's right arm, and Ace usually uses his right arm, so it makes the one he fights doesn't have two arms." Cioup crossed her arms. "You're too logical." Mika chuckled. "I like being logical." Cioup hummed. "I want you to be illogical more." Mika hummed. "Nope. Not me. Ask Trevor." Cioup looked at Mika. "Maybe I will." Then Cioup headed after Trevor and Ace. Mika stayed and wiped away the small puddle of blood ace had left behind, looking glad, which the captain could get, because Ace didn't seem as annoyed as the assassins had predicted.
It was then half an hour later that Ace, Trevor, and Cioup came back out, Ace now having his arm attached and somehow kind of working again, his powers were truly amazing, and dinner was soon. Haruta did ask if he was okay, which Ace said he was to, but would feel it later on if he didn't take it easy, so he would try to relax a bit later. Then dinner happened and they had a birthday dinner for Magnus, who really appreciated the rabbit Ace had gotten, which was good.
When dinner was over, Ace gave a breath. "I think I will head to my room, I need to try and make my arm hurt less later." As Ace stood up, Marco also stood up. "I will join, yoi." Trevor hummed. "Can I join cuddle time?" Cioup spoke next. "Then I want to join cuddle time!" Ace looked at them. "No, only Marco and I. He is a better cuddler." Cioup moved a hand to her chest. "Take that back!" Ace hummed. "Sorry, but he is." Cioup gave a look to Ace, before she looked at Marco. "Maybe he is, I need to test it out." Ace snapped his fingers towards Cioup. "No! My husband! My cuddle buddy!" Cioup crossed her arms and pouted as Ace and Marco left.
When they were gone, Trevor spoke. "I like to think positive. Ace got a cuddle buddy he likes all the time." Cioup gave a breath. "Well, yeah. But I am the best!" Trevor looked at Cioup. "You know, Mika is also better than you at cuddling." Cioup gave a glare, before she moved a hand to her pocket. A second later, Trevor was covered in pink glitter as he said "Worth it." Cioup glared some more. "I have more in different colors." Trevor moved a hand up. "I stand by what I said!" Then Trevor got up and ran as Cioup headed after, throwing glitter bombs, and Whitebeard couldn't help but think on how he had ended up like this. He had 4 assassins on his ship, one of which was the best one, Ace of Spades. Had anyone told him this some years ago, he would have called them absolutely insane. But here he was, and he didn't want it any other way.
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