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While Naruto and the others continued learning a great deal of things from Edward, a great movement was taking place on drum kingdom.

The whole island fell into a huge commotion from the large group of marines and Drum kingdoms soldiers running around the kingdom, searching everywhere. They left no stone unturned.

As a result a lot of pirates that took shelter on drum kingdom were captured. Even those who were once pirates were not spared. Just as Mapol thought, the pirates didn't give the marines an easy time as they fought back, wrecking havoc and destruction.

Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!

"Fucking marine dogs!" A pirate shouted as she shot a marine from behind a wooden barrel. The whole area around her was a battlefield as pirates and marines fought and killed each other. The drum kingdom soldiers didn't interfere as this wasn't their fight, their own job was to make sure that nothing happened to their citizens.

She had just docked on this island to refill supplies when the marines had suddenly started to attack them. Most of her crew members were either dead or captured which enraged her.

She shot down one marine after the other not sparing anyone.

The rest of the pirates where in this same situation as they fought for survival.

The civilians hiding inside their houses huddled up together and cowered in fear as they heard the loud gunshots and explosion coming from outside their walls.

"Fire at will. Don't let any of them escape. I want them dead or alive!" A marine captain roared as he fought against a group of pirates on his own. The pirates were completely helpless as they couldn't even deliver a single hit to him. So many of their comrades had fallen to this monster.

The smell of gunpowder filled the air as bullets were fired back and forth. It wasn't uncommon for some people to even get killed by stray bullets. Dead bodies of pirates and marines alike laid scattered across the ground, however, nobody spared them a glance as they were too busy fighting to the death to care.

This kind of situation was taking place all over the island.

...

"Edward"

Roger and the others were busy having fun when Kureha suddenly ran into the room with a startled look on her pretty face. She carried a huge backpack which was almost twice her height on her back. Surprisingly, she only seemed to have a little trouble lifting it, something that shocked Roger and the others except Edward. He has seen Kureha do a lot of crazier things.

However, Edward wasn't concerned about that. As soon as he saw the look on Kureha's face his expression turned serious.

"Kureha is everything alright?" Edward asked. He couldn't remember the last time he saw Kureha like this. But for some reason he has a bad feeling about it. Naruto and the others frowned when they saw the expression on their faces. Although they didn't know what was happening, they could tell that it was anything but good. And Kureha's next words confirmed it.

Kureha gently dropped the huge backpack on her back before taking in everyone's expression before returning her gaze back to Edward and replied. "It's bad. I just got words from one of my contacts that the marines and the drum kingdom soldiers have started a manhunt for you guys.

"The marines?!" Naruto frowned. When he thought about it he realized that it was only a matter of time before this happened. After all, not long after they arrived on this island they have encountered not one but two marine captains. However, what upsets him was the fact that he hadn't even gotten the chance to explore the island yet and they were already being forced to leave.

"I had a feeling this would happen" Rayleigh sighed. They really shouldn't have gotten themselves involved back at the bar. Although knowing a great figure like Edward was a good thing, it wasn't worth losing their freedom over.

"I'm sorry guys." Roger apologized to Naruto and Rayleigh. If he had listened to them back then they really wouldn't be in this mess right now.

"What are you apologizing for? It's not like its the first time you are bringing us trouble. I doubt you'd stop even if I told you to. You always do whatever you liked no matter what the consequences may be. That's just the kind of man you are, Roger" Rayleigh said with a smile as he held the hilt of his saber. Trouble and Roger went hand in hand. Hell, he'd be wary if Roger went a day without causing any trouble.

More importantly, he already swore to follow Roger to the end of the world, even if they were to die in the process he'd help him achieve his dream of turning the world upside down. But now they were only up against a marine fleet which was nothing compared to the whole world.

"Rayleigh is right. You being a natural trouble magnet is nothing new to us" Naruto laughed, then his expression turned serious as he continued. "Moreover, if we can't even handle a single marine fleet then our goal of turning the world upside down would be nothing more than a joke"

Rayleigh nodded expressing his agreement with Naruto's words. As the saying goes it's either you go big or go home. If their journey ended here then so be it. It just meant that they were small waves in a huge ocean, never destined to make an impact.

"You guys." Roger was touched by their words. He promised himself that no matter what happens he would never let anything happen to the two of them. A grin soon appeared on his face as he said. "Let's give them hell"

"I knew there was a reason why I liked you guys" Edward laughed heartily after hearing their words. If they had cowered in fear after being informed of the marines he would have been greatly disappointed since he had taken a huge liking to them in the little time that he met them.

More importantly, it would have meant that they were no different from the other petty pirates who talk big but are nothing more than cowered.

"You guys are all crazy." Kureha shook her head, feeling that they were all too optimistic. This was a marine fleet they were talking about. "This isn't the time for this. You all need to leave now or else you might get me in trouble."

"This really is troubling. But it's not really surprising. I was hoping that we would be long gone by the time they started their search, but it seemed I was Ignorant of how badly the government wants to capture me" Edward frowned before he picked up the bag Kureha dropped and placed it on his back. He turned to Roger, Rayleigh and Naruto looking at him with serious expressions and said.

"We don't have much time to waste. The marines will be all over the place soon. Our top priority right now is to reach our ships and sail away from this island before the marines complete their encirclement. So try your best not to get separated."

"Don't worry about us. We can take care of ourselves." Roger said with a confident grin which Edward reflected back at him.

"Good" Edward nodded before looking at Kureha who was looking at them with a little bit of worry and anxiety which she was trying her best not to show.

"We will be going now, try your best not to get caught up in all of this"

"As if" Kureha scoffed and rolled her beautiful eyes at him before she added in a soft voice. "Be safe"

Edward smiled when he heard her words before walking out the door with Roger and the others in tow.

Roger stopped at the door then looked at Kureha seriously and said, "I won't forget our deal, Kureha. I will make you take back your words" then without waiting for her to reply he shut the door behind him before he ran to catch up with the others.

Kureha stared at the door with slightly parted lips even after Roger left. However, no words came out of them, instead a beautiful smile bloomed on her face.

Pirates. What a crazy bunch.

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Naruto, Roger, Rayleigh and Edward peeked out of a short alley. After they left Kureha's house they all agreed that they needed to analyze the situation first before deciding their next plan of action. Naruto peeked out of the alley to see marines in groups of five patrolling the streets alongside some drum kingdom soldiers. Unsurprisingly it didn't take long for the Marines to discover them.

"Shit. There really are marines everywhere" Naruto cursed when he saw marines and Drum kingdom soldiers parading the street. If there was a group of marines at every street won't they be overwhelmed at some point.

"They really don't plan on cutting us any slacks " Rayleigh frowned as he tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. At this point quietly leaving this island just became impossible. If they were to just carelessly fight a group of marines the commotion would only attract more of them to their location and the entire fleet would be on them like ants to sugar in a matter of seconds.

Edward took a step forward and everyone's gaze immediately fell on him. He took in everyone's expression before saying. "I guess we can only create our path to the port"

"What do you mean by that?" Roger asked but Edward didn't reply, instead walked out of the alley and stood in the middle of the street.

"Edward?"

Naruto, Rayleigh and Roger exchanged looks not knowing what to do. They could only hope that Edward had a plan in mind

When the marines first noticed him they were scared by his height. However they soon regained their confidence after realizing that they had guns while he was unarmed.

One of the marines, apparently the leader of the group pointed his gun at Edward and demanded.

"Hey you state your business and what's in that huge bag behind your back."

"Nothing that might interest you" Edward grinned before he punched the marine out of the way, sending his crashing into the wall of a building.

The others hurriedly raised their guns to shoot but one swing from Edwards halberd was enough to send them flying.

"Come, you guys" Edward called out to Roger's group after he cleared the path before running up ahead.

Naruto, Roger and Rayleigh didn't even hesitate before they ran after Edward.

"What the hell was that Edward?!" Naruto frowned as soon as he caught up to him. He felt like Edward had rushed things should have allowed them to think things through. "You might have cleared the path but now the marines will know where we are?"

"It was only a matter of time before the marine's caught us anyway. Or do you think you can avoid a whole fleet when they are deliberately searching for you?" Edward asked. He felt like Naruto was underestimating the power of the marines. There was no way they could sneak their way around the marines. If so then what about when they got to the port where their ships were docked, then what?

Rayleigh and Roger also seemed to agree with Edward's logic.

"Edward is right, Naruto. It's better to cause trouble now than later" Rayleigh stated as he ran along side Naruto. He had his hand on the hilt of his sword in case anyone tried to jump him. He was certain that last attack would have attracted the attention of the soldiers close by.

"Gahahahaha. Finally some action!" Roger shouted excitedly as he ran ahead of the group causing Rayleigh and Naruto to sigh.

There he goes again.

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A lone marine was patrolling the cold empty street of drum kingdom, because of the how huge the island was the marines could only patrol on group of two and three, unfortunately his partner went on a bathroom break leaving only him to patrol the street. Currently the citizen were quarantined in their houses to avoid being missed up with the pirates. Even though the Drum kingdom soldiers were helping them they refused to move past the center area of the island for fear of the king being attacked by the pirates.

The marine shivered as a cold breeze blew by. He rubbed his palm together then blew hot air into them to keep himself warm. If he had known that they would been forced to stay on this island he would have brought his winter coat.

It had only been a few months since he joined the Marines but he has experienced a lot of things. Although the pay was high the job itself wasn't easy. In fact, he'd say that the work was higher than the pay itself.

While the marine was mindlessly patrolling the streets he heard a loud commotion behind him. When he turned around to see what the cause of the commotion was he saw a huge cloud of dust in the distance gradually making it way towards him.

He couldn't make out the silhouettes well but as they got closer it noticed that it was a group of four being making their way towards him. Since all the villagers were quarantined that could only mean that they were pirates.

The marine hurriedly raise his gun and pointed it at them. Seeing the distance between them rapidly closing the marine shouted. "Stop! Stop in the name of justice"

However, all he got for his effort was a mean right hook courtesy of Roger which sent him smashing into the wall of a building.

Before the marine lost conscious a single thought crossed his mind.

'I am going to quit being a marine'

Roger laughed at the marine's misfortune ignorant of the fact that he had just forced a man to quit the job that put food in his table with a ticket to the hospital as he ran to catch up to the others.

However, as they continued to run through the streets they soon stumbled upon the scene of the marines and pirates battling it out to the death. The surrounding buildings were destroyed and the ground now had numerous small dents in it.

Dead bodies of pirates and marines spread out as far as they could see and the number kept adding up as time passed.

However, one thing they noticed was that the pirates were on the losing side against the combined force of the Drum kingdom soldiers and Marines.

Edward frowned when he saw the massacre taking place. "Looks like it's only going to get more difficult from here on out"

Naruto felt nauseated by the sight. He had never seen such a scene before. Rayleigh who was standing beside Naruto place a hand in his back to comfort him. Naruto nodded gratefully at him before managing to stand up straight.

Even Roger had a ugly expression on his face as his fist subconsciously tightened.

"Maybe we should find another path to take?" Naruto suggested however Edward shook his head and said. "No this is the fastest way to the dock, we have no choice but to keep moving"

As the group of four stood there observing the battlefield in front of them a group of marines soon took notice of them.

"It seem we have been spotted" Naruto said when he saw the marines aiming their guns at them.

"Move" Roger shouted prompting them to move out of the way of fire before charging in the battlefield.

The marines immediately grew nervous when they saw the new group of pirates charging into the battlefield while the marines cheered. Maybe this new group could help them tip the scale of the battle in their favor.

"Roger keep your head on straight. Our main priority is to escape this island" Rayleigh reminded his captain as he cut down a marine in his path. He twirled around another marine's back and slashed open his back causing him to scream as agonizing pain assaulted his entire being. However, Rayleigh didn't wait around to listen to his cries as he charged towards another marine.

"Don't worry Rayleigh, I haven't forgotten" Roger chuckled after he sent another marine to the realm of unconsciousness. Unlike Raleigh he made sure to contain his strength so didn't unintentionally kill them.

"Seriously, just how many are there?" Naruto frowned as he knocked out another marine. His fist was like the hammer of judgement as he hammered away at the marine. However no matter how matter he defeated or knocked out more kept on coming. He has lost count of the amount of marines and Drum kingdom soldiers he had knocked out so far.

"Move" Edwards halberd moved in an arc sending another group of marines flying effortlessly. The marines were completely powerless against this monster of a man. Even the pirates made sure to distance themselves away from him, not wanting to be indirectly hit by one of his attacks.

"Ahhhh!"

"It hurts!"

"Somebody stop those monsters!"

"We cant. That giant is sending us flying like bowling pin!"

"We can't handle them on our own. Call for back up!"

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Purururu purururu

Tsuru who was already making her way towards the commotion heard her den den mushi ringing. She took it out of her pocket and the den den mushi panicked as soon as she picked up.

"Captain, we need back up! The pirates are too strong for us! Please captain!"

"Don't let them escape I am already on my way" Tsuru replied with a frown before she cut off the connection. She already knew that the cadets wouldn't be able to handle the pirates their only job was to delay them until they arrived.

Tsuru glanced at the huge man running along side her. The man was huge and almost the same height as Edward with two long arms. The man was captain Daichi, a marine captain known for his monstrous strength. The were leading a group of marine towards the battlefield to serve as back up.

Daichi also had a Frown on his face as he had also heard the report from the marine. "Those uncivilized pirates. I will make sure to break every bones in their body. Don't try to stop me when we get there Tsuru"

"I'd dare not as not as long as you don't kill Edward." Tsuru smiled seductively at him causing Daichi to look over. To him women were nothing but backstabbers and that smile on Tsuru's face unnerved him.

"Whatever. Let's just get this over with" Daichi grumbled before running off leaving Tsuru behind.

"How impulsive" Tsuru frowned as she stared at Daichi back gradually disappearing from her line of sight before running after him.

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Alright that is the end of this chapter. It's already past midnight here.

So have a nice weekend and I hope you all have a great day ;)

Until next time

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