Chapter 46: Returned

On the battlefield as the pirates were all about to turn on the Marines and the Marines were about to launch their next attacks. Drums were heard. At first it started low, too low to be heard by humans. Jinbe stop all of a sudden. His ears twitching at the noise of low drums. It reminded him of something he'd heard long ago on an island with natives dancing around a fire, telling him tales of an ancient warrior in white who fought against a warrior covered in darkness. He was brought out of the memory as Crocodile suddenly appeared next to him looking confused as well.

Across the ice sheet, the fighters came to a stop as many looked confused as the drums got louder and louder. Until Ace, who glowed with his hot angry blue flames stopped himself from dealing the killing blow to Akainu as the sound of drums reached his ears and began to vibrate through his very being. He gasped as he grabbed at his chest. His heart raced inside of him.

Gasping, Sabo felt the drums vibrating through his entire being. He suddenly looked up towards where Luffy had fallen, where the Red Haired Pirates had turned back towards his little brother's body. He could feel something, energy coming from that way. Just then an explosion of light shot out from where Luffy had been. The shockwave from the energy released threw Beckman and the others away from the fallen body of their Anchor.

Sabo swore he saw Luffy's body bounce slightly. It could've been his imagination; but then it happened again. This time Luffy's body jumped into the air and as it landed it caused the entire ice shelf to bounce like rubber. Haki shot out from the now standing body as Luffy's black hair slowly bled white, along with his clothes. Wisps of white came from his body. Ashen skin turned heathy pink as the gaping wound closed and scar tissue formed over it creating an X shape on his chest. Around him wisps of air turned to clouds as his body began to glow and sway. Full on laughter began escaping the youth.

"What the-" Hongo questioned what he was seeing. "He had no pulse!"

Beckman found his jaw dropped at this as Luffy continued to sway with his feet stumbling as if he wasn't in control of his movements. Another explosion of energy was released shooting outwards from him, pushing the Red Haired Pirates further away from him. Near Akainu's pinned body Shanks was forced to turn away from the admiral towards where he felt a monstrous amount of haki and energy being released. The laughter echoing across the clearing had him standing in shock.

"This is just getting fun!" Luffy's voice echoed as his eyes opened, his pupils were like glowing red orbs for a second before he bounced into the air.

All eyes were on him as many veteran pirates were slack jawed at the show of power from the boy pirate captain. Ace and Sabo both felt the air in their lungs being sucked out of them from the shock of seeing their brother who had been dead, now very much alive. The release of Supreme King Haki was so devastating that it began to crumble the ice shelf under its pressure.

Landing where he had started, Luffy's mischievous laughter turned malicious as his red eyes turned towards Akainu who was trying to stand. Before anyone could react Luffy shot from where he was across the wide expanse to where Ace, Sabo and Shanks were faster than one could blink. Akainu was gone, having been punched upwards only for Luffy to shoot himself into the air after him, slam a fist into Akainu's back; which slammed the man through the ice sheet into the water below.

"One down." Luffy giggled as he zipped across the sky, fist pulled back and shot it into Kizaru's stomach before the admiral could use his powers to escape. However, not done with him, Luffy grabbed the admiral by his leg and began to swing the admiral back and forth overhead, each time hitting the ground face first on the downward swing before being flung into what remained of the ice wall which suddenly turned rubber and bounce Kizaru right back at Luffy who punch him in the face sending him back to the wall only to bounce back at Luffy over and over until Aokiji shot at Luffy with his ice powers.

Hitting the practically unconscious admiral Kizaru once more, sending his now unconscious body at Aokiji, the ice admiral was now forced to use his ice to create a giant hand to catch Kizaru which took his focus off of Luffy; big mistake. Luffy landed onto the ice, grasp the ice and flung it like a rug you're trying to clean dirt off of. The two admirals became airborne.

"What the-" Beckman began but couldn't finish the sentence. How could you describe what he was seeing? It was just so-

"That's ridiculous!" Limejuice gasped.

"How the hell is he doing that?" Bonk Punk asked incredulously.

Shanks looked from the hole Akainu's body had made into the ice to watching Aokiji and Kizaru being flung through the air like they were children's toys being tossed to the side. "I-Is that really Luffy doing that?" Sabo asked uncertainty in his voice.

"Uh…yes?" Ace answered still not sure what was going on.

Seeming to be getting bored with the two admirals, Luffy tossed them towards Whiteboard's feet. "Watch them!" He told the older captain before he began bouncing around like a pinball in a machine, hitting every marine in sight, knocking them out.

"Gurararara!" Whitebeards laughter filled the battlefield as slowly one by one the Whitebeard Pirates began laughing at the ridiculous situation.

"Mohahaha!" Marco joined his Pops as he clutched his stomach from laughing so hard.

"Wahaha!" Silvers Rayleigh joined in. This was just too ridiculous. Even his long gone old friend would have agreed with him.

Mihawk placed his weapon onto his back just shook his head at the younger captains antics. Could this even be called a fight now? It seemed to be all one sided now.

" Dahaha!" Shanks' laughter joining in with all the others.

Across the sea the disbanded Roger Pirates watched on the video transponders as Big News Morgans aired the entire fight live. Laughter filled bars, the streets, public community places and homes as all people watched the fallen Strawhat Captain, Monkey D. Luffy, single handedly fight and destroy the three admiral stars of the Marines.

Inside the Marine base at Mary Geoise Monkey D. Garp watched on the video trasponder box as his grandson, and the other two fought Akainu and his campaign against Whitebeard. He had seen Luffy fall to his death; supposedly. He'd seen Ace fully awaken his fruit; which was impressive. Then the attack Sabo had dealt onto Akainu; now that was more like it. However, right now his brain wasn't quite sure what to think as he watched his bleached white grandson bounce around like gravity and other science things didn't exist.

"What does he think this is, a comic book?" He stated as he facepalmed when his grandsons eyes seemed to pop out and expand three times when one of the marines shot at him with a canonball.

Sengoku glared at Garp. "Garp." He snarled with barely restrained anger. "YOU'RE GRANDSONS ARE AT IT AGAIN!"

"I know." Garp said with a sigh. He removed his hand from his face only to find his favorite crackers were gone from the table. Looking up he saw that Sengoku had them.

"You need to understand something Garp, what's going to happen is out of my hands." Sengoku told him. "They're going to destroy that island and those who are near or around it. Nobody will survive the strike."

"A buster call?" Garp asked, not wanting to believe that such a thing was being called for this.

Sengoku was silent. "Worse." He stated causing Garp to look at him sharply. "For a few years now there's been rumors of a weapon that can track and destroy islands, but I've never seen it used." He sat down next to Garp. "I've been told by an inside source that in two minutes, the weapon will destroy that island. Those fools don't even know the danger they are in." He closed his eyes. "I'm sorry Garp."

Luffy rolled to a stop onto the ground nearest to his brothers. His laughter contagious as the whole battlefield was full of laughing pirates. As soon as he came to a stop his two brothers brushed past everyone to get to him. Both young men smashed into him and would have crashed to the ground had it not suddenly turned to rubber, having all three bouncing on it like a trampoline.

Beckman looked at Lucky who had pulled out a book from his bag that he always had on him. "I thought you said that fruit of his was a paramecia, not a zoan fruit?" He asked the cook.

Lucky held up the book showing the fruit Luffy ate all those years ago. The image said Gomu Gomu no Mi - Parmecia type - Rubber type abilities.

"There's got to be an explanation to this." Beckman stated as he looked over his shoulder at the three boys.

"It's a lie." Shanks said watching the boy he was about to start a war over. "That fruit is a Zoan type."

"You think it's a hidden fruit?" Limejuice asked in a hushed tone.

"Hidden or Mystical." Yasopp answered. "Does it matter? Luffy's gonna be in danger for this!" He hissed quietly. They all were thinking it, the sniper only voiced their concerns.

Just then Buggy ran to the forefront of the crowd. "Strawhat!"

Luffy turned his head and looked at the blue haired man. Both of his brothers were squished on either side of him as he bounced on the ground. He could feel their fatigue. "Oh! Buggy!" He stretched his neck so that his head was in front of the man. "Wasn't that a great fight!?"

"Great fight!? You almost died!" Buggy's voice became several octaves higher. "Never mind that! I just learned that the Marines have ordered a strike on this island! We need to get out!"

"A strike?" Luffy inquired as his neck snapped back into place. Releasing his brothers he jumped higher into the sky, but saw nothing. Landing he looked at the other. "Are you sure? There's no ships."

"I know what I heard kid!" Buggy's voice became screamed at him.

"Oi!" Marco yelled out causing everyone to look at him. He pointed up towards the sky. All eyes turned upwards. Above them the sky began to glow green.

"What is that?" Iva asked.

"A weapon of some sorts?" Mr. 3 asked.

"I don't like this." Crocodile stated everyone agreeing with the former warlord.

"It would seem they have a trump card." Whitebeard said grimly as he tightened his grip onto his weapon.

It was obvious to all. There was no escape this time. No miracle. No secret warriors coming to save or help them. Whatever this green glow was, it would destroy them all in a blink of an eye.

Ace and Sabo grabbed Luffy by his shoulders. "We need to go." Sabo stated.

"Where?" Ace asked, panic was beginning to rise in him. "There's nowhere to go."

We can save them.

Luffy heard Nika's voice again. Touching his chest he felt the stirrings of those drums beginning to beat again. He had yet to loose this new form. He could feel Nika right next to him. A hand on his shoulders. A whisper in his ears.

They want to destroy us, all of us. Nika whispered into his ear. I think we can stop that, but it'll take a lot out of us.

Yeah. Luffy thought back. But I can't let whoever they are, hurt my friends. He looked up at the sky. How do we stop it?

M-Angel: Yes, Luffy kicked ass. Now he's gotta figure out how to save everyone. This should be fun. Poor Garp though.