Marineford.
Countless white dressing justice soldiers are gathering here today. All of them holding their own weapons whether it's guns, swords, and spears. All of them were looking at the sea in front of them with nerves and a fearful look within their eyes.
And not only normal navies, but even a group of navy giants.
In the highest pointe, on top of the wooden platform behind where the group of giants is standing. Sengoku was standing there beside a tall muscular young man with curly black hair who's kneeling down with his head down.
But this young man situation doesn't look so good, from his dirty and tired face, you can see that this young boy had a bad experience not long before.
And below them, three tall figures were seated on their own special seats.
On the left seat is a wretched face man wearing a yellow suit.
Admiral Borsalino. The owner Pika Pika no Mi(Glint-Glint Fruit)!
On the right seat is a lazy tanned skin man wearing a blue suit.
Admiral Kuzan. The owner of Hie Hie no Mi(Ice-Ice Fruit)!
And in the middle, is an unusually muscular man wearing a red suit.
Admiral Sakazuki. The owner Magu Magu no Mi(Magma-Magma Fruit)!
The three Admirals gathering!
And in front of all these marshaled navy forces that can be seen.
Seven figures were standing in front of everyone.
The seven warlords!
Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk, the world's strongest swordsman.
Bartholomew Kuma, old bounty 296,000,000 Bali, before becoming warlord.
"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock, the most beautiful woman in the world. Old bounty 80,000,000 Bali.
Donquixote Doflamingo "Heavenly Yaksha", the most influential underworld broker under the codename "Joker". Old bounty 340,000,000 Bali.
An in the left was Mary wearing golden armor on her hands and legs, sitting in a golden chair looks more majestic than that the admirals sit on.
And on the right side was Taureil standing while looking at the sea in front of her with a calm mood.
While Gray was standing in the middle, Thinking why Blackbeard didn't appear beside Ace...
But after some thoughts, he found that's so normal. This public execution was only made for Ace's son of Roger.
Gray felt shame that Blackbeard is not here. He wanted to see what kind of reaction he will show after learning that the ability he wanted was actually stolen by him...
"I have something to tell you all" Sengoku held the transponder snail(Microphone) on his hand and spoke loudly.
With Sengoku voice, everyone looked back.
"Portgas D. Ace! It's about the significance of his death today" Sengoku started speaking about the reason why Ace will be executed today.
Until he spoke about the fact that when Ace should have born they couldn't find him or his mother who should be Roger's wife.
Portgas D. Rouge Ace's mother.
Ace had gestated in the womb of his mother, Portgas D. Rouge, for five months when his father, Gol D. Roger, was executed. To protect Ace from the navy search, Rouge kept him in her womb for an additional 15 months! Giving birth to him a year and three months after Roger's death but dying from the exertion immediately afterward.
Hearing the entire story from Sengoku. Everyone was shocked.
Even Gray who already knows the story couldn't' help but look at Ace with emotions.
What made him so emotional about this, is Ace's mother Rouge...
How did she do that? Or can this even happen! As Sengoku said she really broke the rules of how things work...
Mothers are really special...
Unfortunately, Gray never saw his mother ...
With the end of this report, Gray sighed and looked at the sea in front of him again. He saw a soldier just came to Sengoku's side in rush to report something. Looks like the gate already been taken by Whitebeard.
So the war ... is about to start.
After a few minutes finally, Gray and everyone were able to see the ships that are coming. Many different will know pirates.
"So many... This Ace is popular" Mary looked at the scene in front oh her and said.
"That all are allies of whitebeard. So naturally, they appeared here...." Gray said.
"So where is he? I mean whitebeard" Taureil looked at all those ships and didn't find the head.
"Down there" Gray looked at the sea in front of him and said. He remembers the dramatic entrance of whitebeards. And now he has the chance to see it live...
As Gray said, soon whitebeard ship Moby Dick came out from the sea.
Everyone around was surprised by this Moby Dick entrance, Whitebeard actually coated his ships and came out from the sea!
The three main ships of whitebeard surfed from the sea directly in the middle of the Marineford sea!
Just by looking, Gray was able to see all the Division Commanders on the ship's gathering!
And soon he saw the man he always wanted to see.
An abnormally large man with a long face, a prominent crescent-shaped mustache, yellow strong eyes wearing a black bandana, worn over his long, blond flowing hair.
As soon as this big middle-aged man appeared, everyone felt a pressure they never felt before.
"Long time no see Sengoku! You better tell me my dear son is alright!" The middle-aged said.
"Whitebeard you bastard! What happened to you!" Sengoku looked at whitebeard in front of him and said with a shocked tone! And even panic emotions started breeding on his heart.
What appeared in front of them is Edward Newgate"Whitebeard" the man who's known as the strongest in the world. But... The younger version.
"What! Impossible!" Not only Sengoku, almost everyone in the entire world had a similar reaction.
Even Ace beside Sengoku looked at his old man with shock.
All the three admirals stood up and looked at Whitebeard with shook. Even Garp who was under the Execution platform opened his mouth with surprise.
Ace soon started screaming telling his father(Whitebeard) that this is all his fault and they shouldn't have come here to save him.
But Whitebeard only smile and didn't blame him, and his answer was "Wait for me, Son"
Hearing Whitebeard answer, Mary beside Gray couldn't help but raise her thumb. That's how fathers should be.
With his words, Whitebeard clenched his fists and with all his power he smashed the air on his left and right side.
And his punches hit something other than the air. On the void around his hands. Weird cracks appeared as if he hit a mirror and broke it, not the air.
Whitebeard punch... cracked the space!
Gura Gura no Mi(Quake-Quake Fruit)! is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to create vibrations, or "quakes" making the user a Quake Human or... A disaster human.
This fruit is fearsomely reputed to be able to destroy the world! And The scene that appeared deserves this reputation.
The world at this moment started changing. The sea surface started rising moving away as a huge wave., making the water level here started to decrease. at a very fast speed But Gray knows that these waves will soon come back as a big tsunami!
"Garp.. Get ready, Thing changed, we can't allow him to advance, no one here can stop the current Whitebeard right now..." Sengoku looked at the young Whitebeard in front of him and said. His emotions already calmed down and started thinking about what they should do.
He always knows that this war won't be so easy, but he never thought things will develop to this level. They dared to challenge whitebeard because he's a wounded sick old man, so he shouldn't be so strong like before. But he never expected that he will become young again! This is absurd, In many different ways!
"Yeah... I always said that this guy will do what we never think about..." Garp knows the seriousness of this matter, so he stepped forward and was ready to fight.
Both Garp and Sengoku decided to join the war directly! Or not only they will lose this war, but even Marineford might also become a history. Old whitebeard was a moving disaster, let's not say young...
Suddenly the ground started shaking and even made a shaking noise.
"It's coming!" Garp looked at the sea around him and said.
As said before. The shock Whitebeard sent, really turned back as a tsunami. But looking at this tsunami, Gray felt wrong.
Why? Because it's so big! He saw the show before, the tsunami shouldn't be so big like this! No, it was so big when he watch it before, but what is coming is not a tsunami... But sea wrath!
Somehow Gray started regrating his actions...
"Gray... You made a disaster, you know....." Mary looked at the scene in front of them and said with a sulking voice.
"....." Gray didn't answer, after all...., he really did.
Kuzan looked at this tsunami and jumped up very hight and opened his both hand using his ice ability and connected the tsunami from both sides and tried to freeze it.
Usually, this should work. After all, this guy's ability is ridiculously strong. Stong with no limit!
He can turn oceans to ice lands, let's not say a tsunami. But this tsunami is not a usual one. But something made by upgraded vision Whitebeard.
Kuzan freezing speed wasn't fast enough to freeze it, The tsunami is so big to freeze it all before it falls on them.
*RUMBLE* But suddenly a bolt of golden lightning appeared on a higher level than Kuzan and hit the ice that was already turned and moved fast between the water and ice.
The golden lightning spread in the blink of an eye, directly turning the entire tsunami to gold.
"Wha...." Everyone saw this scene and was shocked again, almost everyone's eyes popped out.
In the air, in the middle of the yellow golden lightning, Mary floated there bathed with lightning.
Mary's figure is so impactful at this moment. Her long black hair falling down behind her. Shining gold armor covering her hands and legs. Two small wings on her back surrounded by a golden circled spear. Looking at Kuzan under her with her black eyes that shining with golden color.
"*grin*" Mary gave Kuzan a ridiculous smile, then she turned to lightning again and moved back to her seat. Leaving only both Navy and soldier completely shocked by what they saw.
"Turned to GOLD!" Finally, someone couldn't help but say this. With his words, finally, everyone reacted and screamed with different reactions.
Most of the navy emotions turned to joy from fear since they survived the deadly disaster they were about to fall on them even before the war really starts, even started to scream Mary's name.
While many others like pirates looked at the gold around with greed. This is gold! not Ice, not water, But freaking gold they were ready to die for it many times before.
"Gurararararara, that's a nice view, you made little girl..." Whitebeard saw his tsunami was canceled like this and didn't get angry but smiled as if he saw something interested.
And Sengoku looked Mary with many thoughts on his mind. He already got a report about that Mary can turn others to gold. The first thing that came to his mind is the missing Gild. So he already guessed that it's most likely Gray stole his ability and gave to Mary. But the fact that she can use it as lightning made him think its another fruit. But after seeing this scene today. He couldn't help but feel fear on his mind. This ability looks like a combination of... Gold and lightning! So, a terrible idea appeared on his mind.
And as soon as he thought of this a dark emotion appeared within his eyes while looking at Gray and Mary not far away.
"They are so dangerous..." Sengoku thought of his mind, if it wasn't for the disaster they are facing right now, he would have already started hunting them with all he has.
Kuzan already fall down to the sea and turned the entire sea to ice land trapping whitebeards ships completely.
As soon as the sea became ice. The pirates started marching forward, and the navy soldiers were also fearless and attacked with all they have.
The war... Officially started!
Gray looked at the pirates and the navies fighting in front of him and was so calm. This is not his first time on the battlefield.
The first one was against Sauron's orcs army. But this time, it's evil and justice war. The only difference he didn't choose any side...
Even though he should fight with the navy... But he won't really help...
Looking at everyone fighting and killing each other, many mixed emotions appeared on Gray's mind.
But suddenly he looked at the Whitebeard's main ship and tried to find someone, but he couldn't see anyone beside Whitebeard himself there.
"Where are they? Since the plan worked shouldn't they be here?" Gray couldn't find his partners who should be here already and started to get worried.
Since whitebeard is already young, then Legolas, Baccarat, and Perona should be on his side right now!
...
Not far away from the war. Legolas looked at Luffy who's holding his stomach with pain, and couldn't help but feel pity for him.
This guy has so much luck which made Baccarat eye him. So she followed him and kept stealing his luck every five minutes.
From what Baccarat said, Luffy's luck is unique, So huge and recovers at a very fast speed. Stealing his luck is much better than hunting luck all over the place. So she let them leave the whitebeard pirates side and came here to catch Luffy.
"Your friend is a scary one you know...." A pink-haired girl wearing a green hat said while looking at Luffy who's suffering.
"Yeah..." Perona on her side also looked at this scene with twitched eyes.
Not only her, but everyone else on the ship had a simpler reaction.
From Luffy's crew, they learned that Luffy actually went to Impel Down to save Ace, but he didn't find him there and run out again moving to Marineford, where he might find his brother Ace.
What's more, ridiculous he actually came out with a bunch of strong prisoners, who's willing to assist him.
(Impel Down, also known as the Underwater Prison or the Great Prison, is a government-controlled stronghold in the first half of the grand line together with Marine Headquarters and Enies Lobby. It is the World Government's maximum-security prison for the most dangerous criminals and pirates.)
Legolas couldn't understand how did this kid entered that place and managed to go out. This is almost impossible, even he himself can't say that he can enter that place and go out easily like this. No wonder Baccarat said that his luck is so unique.
But unfortunately for Luffy, he was eyed by a luck goddess who became a luck predator...
*WOOOG**BOOM*
Not far away, a huge noise of war reached them, which show that the war already started.
Seeing this, Legolas controlled the ship and moved even faster.
...
Gray with both Mary and Tauril looked at the scene in front of them with fishy eyes at this moment.
A golden giant buddha, with another old man smashing his black shiny fist against another giant man holding his huge naginata that cover with a white sphere.
(The naginata is a pole weapon and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades. Whitebeard's spear...)
*BOOOM* Their clash made the world tremble as if it's coming to its end.
While in the sky a blue flaming bird is fighting with a yellow light that is moving at a very fast speed.
And in the execution platform, both Sakazuki and Kuzan standing beside each other.
while all the other warlord already joined the war and was fighting with the pirates.
But Gray didn't do anything till now, he's waiting...
"*sigh*" But suddenly Gray gave a sigh of relief.
"They are here... Mary, Tarueil... You can start" Gray said this and entered his shadow disappearing from the place.
"Finally.." Mary looked at Gray disappearing and said with an excited tone.
"Yes...." Taureil also said with an excited smile on her face.
Then both of them turned back and walked to the exception platform.
Almost everyone notices their action at this moment. After all three warlords who didn't move till now, suddenly one of them disappeared and two turned back and walked in the wrong direction!
"Bad! Damn Gray!" Sengoku who's trying his best to stop Whitebeard from advancing also saw this and screamed with anger.
"Sengoku, You're looking in the wrong direction!" But Whitebeard behind him didn't give him the chance to even think and attacked him with all he has.
*BOOM* But in front of Sengoku, Garp appeared and clashed with a Whitebeard attack.
...
Mary and Taureil walked slowly to the execution platform, many soldiers tried to stop them, after all, it's not allowed for the warlords to get closer. But both of them are conqueror Haki users, so no one was able to stop their advance. Only some were able to stay awake after being affected by their Haki. But turned to gold by Mary.
"Ararara, Ladies... I think you coming to the wrong place, you can't advance anymore..." Kuzan left the platform already and came to stop Taureil and Mary.
"Hmmmmm..... Can you give us that boy? We will leave directly if you do that" Mary looked at Kuzan and asked with a nice voice.
"I'm afraid that can't happen..." Kuzan heard her word and already know that they are facing a new problem. So he said with a cold voice and icy chill started to spread from him.
*WIIIG* and another yellow light appeared in front of them.
Borsalino appeared from the light and stood beside Kuzan.
"Taureil... I'll take this yellow monkey..." Mary said this and held the circled spear behind her. Then she whipped the spear in front of her which threw huge and strong energy directly toward Borsalino.
Borsalino was so fast so he directly dodges it. But Mary's lightning speed is not slower than him.
So she directly followed and appeared behind him.
"Caught ya!" as soon as she appeared behind him, Mary's spear turned black and attacked him.
"What!" Borsalino wasn't expecting such an attack. He was always faster than all his enemies. But Mary actually followed his speed!
*BOOM* A big yellow explosion appeared on the air. And two lights came out the form it
After all, he's an admiral. so he blocked Mary's attack.
Two yellow light and lightning followed each other on the air around destroying everything they encounter.
And samiler scane appeard in Taureil side.
Tauriel with her sword attacking Kuzan who's making ice all over the place, making it hard for her to get close to him and defended at the same time, So she kept sending blue slashes while moving away avoiding his chill that she shouldn't be caught by it.
...
"I always said those warlords can't be trusted..." Sakazuki said while looking at Mary and Taureil fighting with Kuzan and Borsalino.
Sakazuki is the type that will try to do everything do destroy his enemy. And pirates are his enemy. SO he never liked the fact that the world government made this group of warlords.
Looking at the scene in front of him, which doesn't look like winning at all. Sakazuki's body started turning to magma.
"You pirates should all die..." Sakazuki said this, but he knows that he can't attack right now. He has to wait until Ace is executed. Or if he left the platform, there is a chance that Ace will escape.
But the situation he sees is not good.
Not good at all!
So after some thoughts. Sakazuki looked at Ace behind him with dangerous eyes...
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