New World___
On an unnamed island, two big pirates were having a duel between them.
Two big ships were docked on the shores of the island opposite to each other.
"Whitebeard!, " Kaido swung his club at the man in front of him with full strength.
His single step crushed the ground he was standing on showing his power.
The man that kaido called, was grinning and getting ready to show who the superior was.
"Brat!," Whitebeard held his signature weapon, Murakumogiri, was a naginata, and one of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords.
Both the weapons made contact, blasting off wind and dust all around the island.
This was a duel between them on the territory of Whitebeard.
Few days ago, the Whitebeard Pirates defeated the Beasts Pirates on the edge of their territory.
Making Kaido angry, and such is how it came to a fight here in this island.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, brat!, " Said Whitebeard with grin on his face as he punched Kaido on the abdomen.
The fist, glowed in a white light. An ability of the devil fruit that Whitebeard ate, Gura Gura no Mi.
The Gura Gura no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit which allows the user to create vibrations, or "quakes", making the user a Tremor Human.
This fruit is fearsomely reputed to be able to destroy the world, and is considered to be the strongest Devil Fruit within the Paramecia class, having powers no weaker than those of a Logia Devil Fruit.
The former user of this devil fruit was Queen Merry, and now it was Edward Newgate 'Whitebeard'.
"Ahge!, " Kaido was pushed back because of the strength of Whitebeard and he spouted out blood.
"Old man! You must die!, " Flared Kaido in anger as he leaped at Whitebeard and swung his club.
"Don't joke!, " Said Whitebeard, he also swung his naginata at Kaido without holding back.
*Boom!*
The aftereffect of their battle completely sank the entire island and Kaido lost because of strength difference.
Which was actually not that far, but sometimes even a little bit of extra strength could make you win easily.
With this, Kaido lost his third duel against Whitebeard. But no body doubted about the strength of Kaido.
The title 'Strongest Creature' was definitely of something which no one could ignore.
Also, Whitebeard did suffer from this fight. His health was starting to decline and he had to take medicines.
Marco, the doctor on the ship of Whitebeard was very worried about it.
The time passed away in a blink of an eye, new year came and also went by.
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Year- 1514
Devil's Home___
A pretty big pirate ship sailed in the storm, all the sea kings looked at the man standing on the bow.
The Jolly Roger ship has a realistic looking skull with a pair of crossed sabres behind it. It has two red stripes with black outlines that cross diagonally across the skull's left eye socket, representing scars that the chief has.
The ship named, 'Red Force' belonged to a big pirate crew.
The Red Hair Pirates are an infamous and powerful pirate crew that has been sailing in the New World not long.
Their Captain, Red-Haired" Shanks, commonly known as just "Red Hair", is the chief of the Red Hair Pirates.
"Captain, have you been here before?, " Asked a very tall and fat man. He was holding a half eaten chicken leg piece
Lucky Roux has a round body shape and he is always seen eating a rack of meat. He is shown wearing goggles over his eyes at all times.
Out of the entire crew, he appears to have changed the least over the years and shows little in the way of aging.
"Yes. When I was with Captain, " Said Shanks smiling and looking at the large waves.
"That means you came here when you still have both of yours hands! Hahahha!, " Suddenly, from the top of the main mast a man joked.
Immediately, the entire ship was loaded with the laughter and of the pirates.
"Hahhaha! I am even surprised how you manage to wipe your butt!, " Said the man again while holding his stomach and rubbing his teary eyes.
Yasopp, known as "Chaser", is the sniper and an Officer of the Red Hair Pirates.
"Can't you stop that! It's private matters!, " Voiced Shanks shaking his head in disappointment to Yasopp.
"But it's definitely funny!, " Said Benn Beckman is the first mate and an officer of the Red Hair Pirates.
Beckman is a tall man, standing at a height of 206 cm. His hair is gray, medium-length, and slicked-back.
He also has a large, X-shaped scar on his left temple. He is never seen without his rifle nearby or a cigarette in his mouth.
He wears a black, v-neck shirt with three quarter sleeves along with loose pants with numerous pockets on them, tucked inside his buckled boots.
"Could you shup up, I am trying to remember my past adventures!, " Said Shanks with a bitter smile on his face but his crew didn't even care and laughed more.
Shanks looked at them, his lips curled up in a happy smile while turning towards the sea again.
His left arm, was missing. It happened when the Red Hair Pirates were in East Blue.
'They seem to recognize me, ' Thought Shanks as his gaze moved on the sea kings inside the sea.
The sea kings made a path for the Red Hair Pirates to go through the storm and reach Hell Realm.
Even so, Shanks knew that it wasn't easy to pass the storm because of the heavy rain, hail, snow, thunder and wind.
"By the way Captain, why were we going there?, " Asked Beckman, he came beside Shanks and leaned on the wooden railing of the ship.
"Last time came here, we couldn't see the Devil. This time, I want to see him with my own eyes and maybe celebrate, " Replied Shanks massaging his chin and thinking about the creature he saw in Hell Realm.
"And I also want to see if the Sphinx is still alive, " Muttered Shanks, grinning and making Beckman feel weird as well as awkward.
"Okay, we better hurry then!, " Clapping his hands, Beckman escaped the strange situation and helped to stabilize the ship.
The Red Force sailed in the storm and went on untill the site of sunlight came in front.