Alex was more than a little exasperated at Hancock's actions.
Though he did appreciate what she'd done for him, the fact was that their main enemy in this world was the World Government, not the Marines. Just like the Revolutionary Army.
The reason being that the majority of Marines genuinely believed in the ideals of Justice, and were necessary to protect the people of their world from the thousands of pirates that sailed their seas. Marines like Garp.
Only a few of them were truly corrupt, or believed that their standing as Marines allowed them to do whatever they wanted under the name of 'justice'. There were even some Marines, like the Admiral Akainu, who believed that their position allowed them to slaughter innocents and even other Marines as they believed fit.
The biggest problem was they directly served the Celestial Dragons, and have no choice but to obey their orders whenever given. If the Celestial Dragons wanted a woman brought to them to become their next wife, then the Marines would readily obey, or be severely punished for defying them.
Even the Admirals, the highest rank within the Marines under the Fleet Admiral, were their direct subordinates. If any civilian were to directly defy or rebel against them, they could readily call one down to deal with the offender.
That was part of the reason why Alex DID plan to get rid of the three of them when he did attack the World Government, since the three of them readily traded their humanity for a higher standing, unlike Garp. And of course, Akainu was at the top of that list since he'd readily stoop to any low in order to win, as an agent of 'justice'
"Hancock..." He asked her slowly.
"Yes?" She asked with a giddy feeling welling up in her from hearing Alex say her name.
"Did you kill ALL of the male Marines defending Marineford?"
"Of course not!" She declared, surprising Alex before she waved her hand to produce several statues before them. One of them was even a statue of Smoker, his cigar still in his mouth.
"I knew you were collecting Devil Fruits, and because you could never know who has one and who doesn't, I made sure to petrify them all to do with as you pleased!" Hancock declared as she obviously desired praise.
"That's good. I'm proud of you, Hancock." Alex said, praising her since what she had done WAS a great feat. Plus she did it without killing the Marines in her way.
"SMOKER!" Cried a new voice, one that was full of urgency as its owner tried to push her way forward.
"Halt newbie! You weren't given leave to speak up!" Cried out one of the higher ranking officers of the Kuja crews.
"But-!"
"Let her through." Alex suddenly said, and the officer stood down as the speaker, Tashigi, readily examined Smoker's statue while accompanied by Hina.
"He's still alive." Alex told the two of them. Though normally only the one who turned them all to stone could turn them back, being Hancock in this case, all Alex would have to do is use Regeneration magic to return them all to the previous state. Not that he was going to right this second.
WHEN he turned Smoker and the others back, he planned to have a nice long talk with them to determine their next course of action.
"Then turn him back!" Tashigi readily demanded, to which Alex readily replied in turn,
"No. I have no reason to do so at this moment."
"You-! You really are just criminal scum, even if you think yourself to be an emperor!" She stated indignantly, while Hina and the rest of the former Marines just watched the exchange from the side. Each one gauging and examining Alex.
One person however, was NOT amused or interested in the way Tashigi had spoken to Alex.
"YOU!" Hancock roared at her.
"I HAVE NEVER FELT AS ANGRY AS I AM RIGHT RIGHT NOW! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK THAT WAY TO MY BELOVED!"
"EH!?!" Tashigi exclaimed in shock at Hancock's sudden rage, as the latter moved faster than the former could follow.
"Now now, there's no need for that Hancock." Alex said as he appeared between the two faster than either could follow, his hand on Hancock's raised heel to prevent it from caving Tashigi's skull in.
"B-but I have to defend my beloved's honor!" Hancock pleaded desperately.
"I can defend my own honor if need be. Besides, I have absolutely no intention of censuring anyone in Asora, unless absolutely necessary." Alex said in return, making her gape at him in surprise.
For a moment Alex thought she would tell him how ignorant and stupid he was for such a thing.
"How amazing! The magnanimity and open-mindedness of the man I love! Such an inspiration for all!" She declared with reddened cheeks as she fawned over him.
It was only then that Alex recalled that this was Hancock he was dealing with, who would see no wrong with literally anything and everything he'd do.
So, Alex turned his attention back to Tashigi, who appeared to still be registering what had just happened.
"Anyways, you should keep in mind that I AM in fact an emperor Tashigi. One with more power and influence than even the Celestial Dragons could ever dream to wield."
Even as he said that, Alex still didn't expect Tashigi to understand where he was coming from. He was not some 'evil entity' like the pirates she was used to dealing with. He was a foreign power that had officially declared war against her reigning government.
The realization of this could be seen in the eyes of the rest of the former Marines, but not Tashigi. That was ok though.
Tashigi may be a bundle of idealistic justice, but Alex knew she could be flexible when she was required to be, as she willingly worked together with the Straw Hats on two separate occasions in the original timeline, and then let them go afterwards. Even when she could have easily captured them the first time around.
Turning about to leave them alone for the moment, Alex added as he walked away, "and another thing to keep in mind, the idea of 'justice' differs depending on where you go. Something considered 'good' in one place is considered 'evil' in another, and vice versa. Just some food for thought."
Though Tashigi wanted to say something to Alex's comment, a single look from Hancock was enough to make her keep silent. She did NOT want Alex saving her again, and it was obvious she was no match for the former Warlord. Especially when her prided katana was taken from her in the earlier battle.
"Make sure to store everything in its proper location!" Hancock told the rest of her tribe, referring to all the treasure they'd brought with them, before following after Alex as he walked away.
Her heart was pounding in her chest anxiously just from being beside him, despite how far they had already gone in their relationship just earlier that day. The moment was almost enough to make her swoon.....if only the other two weren't here.
"So where to now?" Loki asked him as she and Riveria continued following Alex around.
"You're free to explore as you like, just don't cause any trouble." Alex told her as he headed to specific location. "I on the other hand, am going to spend some time with my children."
Saying so, he opened a door that led to where his children currently were before they'd go to their personal island for training. Except on the other side there was no children.
"I'm so big now!"
"I am too!"
"Neither of you are bigger than Andre though."
"Hey... I'm not THAT big..."
"..."
Alex went white as ghost as he beheld a room full of adults where his children should be, all adults that LOOKED like his children, but they couldn't be. He especially seemed to take critical damage when the woman that looked just like Gabriel, except she had a golden monkeys tail, turned towards them so suddenly that her massive bust bounced around exaggeratedly. Obviously she wasn't wearing a bra.
"""DADDY!"""
"Kuh!"
Alex coughed up a mouthful of blood as they confirmed they WERE in fact his children, even as several of the girls rushed him excitedly for a hug. The result though, since they were all taller than usual, was him getting the breasts of all his daughters in his face as they dog piled him.
"I though they were supposed to be kids..." Loki muttered quietly to Riveria and Hancock, the former of which was watching the scene curiously, while the other was jealously biting her lower lip from all of the other women piling onto her beloved. Apparently she hadn't heard that they were his kids, or she just didn't care.
"They're supposed to be..." Alex uttered with the voice and eyes of a dead man, as tears threatened to spill from them.
He was thinking of all the moments he had apparently missed from his children suddenly growing up. Playing catch with the boys, teaching the rest of the younger ones how to fish, and even all of the potential tea parties he had missed with the girls.
"Bonney made us bigger~Nya!" Mai stated in an attempt to be helpful.
"She said it'll wear off though." Said a masculine voice that turned out to be Alec.
"!!!"
Once he heard that Alex bolted upright and looked to the corner of the room, where a now adult Bonney was sitting cross legged with several empty lunch boxes piled around her, a smirk on her face as if she had pulled off a successful prank.
'Oh I'm so getting back at her later.' Alex thought to himself, even as several of his daughters bounced their newfound breasts in his face. He may or may not have to talk to his wives about displaying affections in front of their children from now on.
For the moment though, Alex just focused on trying to get the current situation under control.
After freeing himself from the large dog pile, Alex took a look around the room to take in the appearance of every one of his children, now that he knew he hadn't missed out on the remainder of their childhoods.
His daughters had all grown up to be incredible beauties, just like their mothers; while his sons had all grown to be incredibly handsome, just like their father. Edith was practically the spitting image of Gabriel, but she currently looked younger at about twenty, and had a golden Saiyan tail extending from her backside.
Mai had Koneko's long white hair and fair features, but she lacked the reservation Koneko had when they first met as she rubbed up against him and purred contently when Alex scratched her behind the ears.
Alec however looked like a carbon copy of a younger Alex right down to the hair, with the sole difference being that his skin was significantly darker to match his mother's. Anna on the other hand obviously took after her mother, especially where the chest was concerned.
Regal had the sharp and playboy looking features along with the blond hair with orange streaks of his mother's side, though his expression was hard and serious compared to that of his late uncle Raiser.
Elizabeth meanwhile appeared completely different from her mother, being tall and mature looking with a bust that put even her mother's to shame. Yuki however had a modest bust as she dressed and appeared like a tomboy, her light purple hair tied back in a short and bushy ponytail.
Her sister/aunt however, Aurora, was the very image of elegance with an ethereal beauty that was only strengthened by her Snow White skin, long pale hair, and the light blue kimono she wore.
Contrasting his brother Regal, Ryuuto had the appearance of a bad boy with his crimson red hair spiked up while his button up shirt was undone towards the top to show off his chest.
Shuri meanwhile....was going to get a strict talking to from Alex later. She was the spitting image of Akeno, which meant she completely oozed sexuality despite not knowing what it was. It didn't help that she wore a shrine maiden's outfit like her mother would, meaning it was so low that her newfound breasts threatened to spill from it at the slightest provocation.
Lana was in a similar situation, as she wore the same maid uniform her mother would wear, except it appeared to not have grown with her like the rest of the children's clothes had. Every one of her movements, no matter how refined, seemed to tease almost revealing her panties to everyone else.
Nocta, Freydis and Aife were the worst of them though, as all three girls matured at a much faster rate than the rest of Alex's children thanks to their divine blood. Add in the fact that they all carried the blood of outrageously beautiful goddesses, one of which was a goddess of beauty and love, while she and another also possessed divinities regarding fertility, and they were all guaranteed to give Alex endless indigestion in the future.
Andre was the youngest amongst the children that had been aged up, but he still towered over all of his siblings by several feet, as well as Alex himself.
Seriously, WHAT was that boy eating?
*BANG!*
"Papa! I came to- NOOOO!" Myuu declared as she entered the room, before crying out in despair when she saw that all of her younger siblings were now older than her.
"THIS ISN'T FAIR!" She whined like a brat while both Videl and Kale gaped at all of the 'adult' children.
"Calm down Myuu, they'll go back to normal in a little bit." Alex told her while shaking his head wryly.
"Yeah Myuu, but if you want to call me 'Onee-Chan' right now, you can!" Anna declared happily. But as she did so her breasts bounced in a way that made the young Dagon go deathly pale as a drop of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"Don't worry, I can age you up as well~!" Bonney said suddenly, but she had a wicked smile on her face.
"Ok! Make me into a mature beauty that can seduce papa!" Myuu readily declared.
"Alright~." Bonney said, before placing a hand on Myuu.
"!!!"
"""!!!"""
Alex was the only one who was unsurprised by what happened next, as Myuu instead shrank until she was a runty little brat of four, instead of the budding tween she had been a moment before.
"YOU MEANIE!" Myuu screamed as she started bawling her eyes out in despair.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Bonney on the other hand roared with laughter at Myuu's reaction to suddenly becoming a little kid.
"Awwww!!!"
"Baby Myuu!"
"She's so cute!"
"I want to hold her!"
The situation was only made worse as each of the girls fawned over the crying Myuu, making her even more upset with each passing second. Alex even considered rescuing and comforting her for a moment, before deciding not to when he recalled the reason she wanted to be older.
...
"This is much better..." Alex sighed in relief when the transformation Bonney put on his children wore off, and they were all back to their real age. But there was still the concern in the back of his mind regarding how beautiful and seductive his daughters had been, and WILL become in the future.
It looks as if he'll have to kill more than a few overly excited boys in the future.
But hopefully that'll still be a far ways away, and Alex can enjoy them ACTUALLY growing up for a bit longer.
Now they were all peacefully napping after the excitement of earlier, while Myuu both celebrated returning to her real age and avoided Bonny like the plague.
"Mr. Alex-Sama's family is so fun~!" Shirahoshi said quietly to avoid waking the children. She was too large to actually enter the villa of course, so she was sitting in the courtyard outside with her head by the balcony.
"I'm glad to hear that." Alex said back to her, before proceeding to disentangle himself from the numerous sleeping figures of his children.
He made his way down to the courtyard where the rest of Shirahoshi's body was, with Hancock following him of course while Riveria and Loki had both gone to explore on their own for a bit.
"Come down here Shirahoshi." Alex said once he got to the courtyard, and Shirahoshi lowered her massive body to get closer to him.
"Would you like to have legs and be the same size as a 'normal' person?" He asked her.
"!!!"
"C-can I really Mr. Alex-Sama!?!"
"Just call me Alex, and yes. It'll be a simple matter, like that pendant I made for you before."
As he said that Alex pointed out the pendant around Shirahoshi's neck, which he made to keep her safe from the endless barrage of weapons being sent at her by Vander Decken. What he never told Shirahoshi though was that it would also send said weapons right back at him.
"Really!?! Are you going make me another pendant mr- err, a-Alex?" She asked while blushing heavily at the casual use of his name.
"If you want. I can also make a variety of different accessories, like rings, earrings, even a tiara if you wanted." Alex said as he listed off the different options.
"U-um...maybe a ring?" Shirahoshi requested shyly.
"Alright, a couple rings coming right up." It was then a simple matter for him to use some materials he always carried on hand, pure gold and silver of course, to craft a couple rings for Shirahoshi with Creation magic.
They both carried enchantments to fit any size, like her pendant, but one had the ability to reduce the size of the wearer when it was worn, while the other would shift her mermaids tail into a pair of human legs. He made them two separate rings since Shirahoshi may want only one or the other at any given moment.
The rings themselves weren't too extravagant, though Alex did put different inscriptions to give them some more character.
"This is the ring that will turn your tail into a pair of legs, and this ring will reduce your size." Alex explained before tossing them up to her.
Shirahoshi easily caught the rings, with how big her hands were, and admired them for a moment instead of putting them on.
"U-um, is it true that a man give a woman a ring when he-"
"That's not what these are." Alex readily denied her misunderstanding.
"When I do officially propose, it will be significantly more romantic, and the ring itself will be far more beautiful. Of that, I promise you."
"O-oh..." She uttered in response, seeming down. But Alex didn't think that would be the case when she did get her engagement ring. He was already making plans to craft it out of coral when the time came.
Hancock meanwhile was haughtily admiring the ring he'd given her earlier, a golden snake that was coiled around her finger several times with rubies for eyes. And while Alex usually tried to properly propose during proper moments, this time he had done so when he was balls deep in her ass after taking her anal virginity.
Not quite romantic, but he knew Hancock adored the memory and would look back on it fondly with her personality.
Shirahoshi meanwhile was admiring the rings Alex had given her, before putting on her finger.
Instantly the scales and fins on her tail began to disappear, before the tail separated into two separate and delicate looking legs. The entire process was quick and painless, but Alex quickly realized there was one thing he didn't account for.
"Amazing...!" Shirahoshi cried out as she admired her new legs, without apparently caring that she was naked from the waist down.
""Hey Shirahoshi, you should put on the other ring as well." Alex said as he was about to conjure some clothes for her, but before he could she put one of her feet down to try and stand.
"!!!"
Alex had to brace himself as the villa shook under the force of Shirahoshi's first steps, before her legs began to buckle under her due to her inexperience.
"Wait a second Shirahoshi! Put on the other ring!" He cried out since it would be an entirely different scale if she were to fall now compared to being the same size as a normal human.
But either she couldn't hear him, or Shirahoshi was too focused on the idea of being able to stand on her own two legs to listen as she tried to balance herself. Only, she lost her balance again. And she began to fall like Alex feared.
Except she began to fall backwards towards him, as the largest ass Alex had ever seen came down on top of him.
*CRASH!*
"IYAAAAAAAA!"