A day after reporting to the World Government, news quickly spread through the world on the events of what happened in the Frost Kingdom.
The story told of how a strange group of pirates banded together to lay waste to the once great kingdom of Frost and how a Vice Admiral with his right-hand man managed to defeat the pirates still holding the island and its princess. Needless to say, the world was once again in an uproar.
In Paradise, an island located near Alabasta.
" Eh? This guy again? I swear, he's like a magnet for trouble." Brago exclaimed.
" Oh? Markus-Kun. Feeling jealous?" Borsalino asked Brago.
" OF course, I am. He's up there throwing down in the north, and we're stuck in this heat. This isn't flashy at all!"
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In the east blue
" Hey, lady Tsuru look, it's that kid again." One of Tsuru's female advisors ran up to her with a newspaper in her hands and handed it to the older woman.
Tsuru looked down at the paper and smiled. " Huh? Well, isn't that troublesome. That kid's off getting into trouble again." Tsuru stated.
Looking over her shoulder, Gion smiled.
" If you wanted to read, all you had to do was ask." Tsuru said to the young woman, she placed the paper into Gion's hands and walked away.
" Markus." Gion stared at the paper for a moment before looking up to the sky.
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In the North blue, directly opposite to the rest of the world.
" Marines, took down my men! I told you this would happen!" Long horn was pissed to see his vice-captain amongst those listed as dead.
Vyper was not happy as well. In fact, he sat in the corner drinking his fill to try and keep his cool.
" If you want to blame anyone, then blame Jinshi, Long Horn. The original plan was to keep the Frost Kingdom as our main base. But his actions caused me to have to change my plans on the fly." Terris explained to the man.
Long Horn was seething. " You'd better hope this was all worth it, or else."
Long Horn stood up from the table they were sitting at and stomped away.
" What's the plan now, Terris?" Vyper asked the man.
" The plan is still the same for now. In the time it took for the Marines to finally reach and recapture the Frost Kingdom, we've already taken two different islands. The cream kingdom, and the slush kingdom. With their forces added to ours, more pirates are flocking to us. It's still not much. But it's a start. First thing tomorrow, we raid the Germa kingdom." Terris told the man.
Terris poured himself a drink and then turned and looked out the window of the cream kingdom's royal tower. There was still much to be done.
* Crash!
The door to the room suddenly blew open and Terris sighed.
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" I figured this would happen." Terris muttered. He grabbed his great staff, a pole weapon that was black with gold engravings, and turned on his heel and saw Zohakuten and Bankotsu, the two elder brothers of Janten and Manten standing there in his throne room.
Bankotsu-24- was a handsome, fair skinned, tall man with a standing well over eight feet tall, with long black hair that was bungled together in a single braid going down his back. On his forehead he a purple sigil of a four-pointed star, which his bangs framed perfectly in the center of his head. Bankotsu wore a white hakama with a matching Kosode, that had a blue patch on his left shoulder. He also had iron armor over his torso, and his shoulder, that was all tied together by a red sash.
His armor had a violet fern pattern. He wore the same traditional footwear that his brothers did, along with a pair of black fingerless gloves that are held in place by his middle finger. And finally, in his right hand was his weapon, the great halberd, Rairyu.
A large double-edged halberd. Its pummel has a large crescent moon- design and was easily larger than a normal human.
And to his right, was his older brother, Zohakuten..
Zohakuten- 26- was a tall and lean man standing at a towering 10' tall, with short black hair. Zohakuten wore a black and purple hexagonal-patterned Nagagi Kimono, and black Hakama pants, which were tied together by a white uwa-obi. At his waist was his special blade, Kyokokukamusari-the hollow cry of the godless. The hilt of the blade was purple, and the tsuba wrap around it was black. The guard of the blade was purple in color with a black outline, while the blade itself had a straight purple hue, with crescent moon patterns going across the blade.
" Terris, you better have a damn good excuse for why you left our brothers behind on that island. Because if you don't, I swear I'll kill you." Thundering roar Bankotsu- Bounty 750,000,000.
" Bankotsu. Why are you so upset? I believe you've always looked down on Janten and Manten. What was it you called them? Weaklings?" Terris asked the man.
" They may have been weaklings. Pathetic! Weaklings! BUT THEY WERE STILL MY BROTHERS!" Bankotsu's voice boomed like thunder.
" I assure you, both, it was not my intention to sacrifice either of them to the Marines. I was certain they could handle it. IF they lost it was because they were arrogant. And that's their fault." Terris told the man.
Zohakuten stepped forward and started to draw his blade. The flash of purple danced in the sunlight.
" Is that supposed to frighten me, boys?" Terris asked the two men. He spun his staff around and slammed it on the ground in front of him.
" No." Zohakuten finally spoke. " But you should remember something, Terris. We are allies repaying a debt. Do not think we are servants who will gladly give our lives for your ambitions. Once this venture is over, all debts will be repaid, and then we are finished." Zohakuten's firm voice was a stark contrast to his brother's loud and angered voice. " As for Janten and Manten. They are adults, meaning we cannot be there to hold their hands for them. They battled and they lost. such is the way of the world." Zohakuten stated.
" So what? We are just going to let them be arrested. Taken to impel down, where they'll be trapped forever?" Bankotsu asked.
" No. We are going to crush the Marines and take back our family. Let's go Bankotsu."
" Damn right, let's go! And when I see those two, I'm gonna beat the hell out of them for losing." Bankotsu exclaimed.
The two men turned to leave.
" Zohakuten." Terris muttered. " You can clean up this mess if you want. But don't let this happen again."
' It won't. Because if it does, it'll be your head I claim next." Zohakuten told the man. He looked back at Terris, his calm dark purple eyes staring daggers into his soul. Purple aura started radiating off of Zohakuten's being.
Moonlight Zohakuten- Bounty- 900,000,000
Bankotsu, looked back and started raising his fighting spirit as well.
With the two strong swordsmen exerting their pressure, another figure jumped into the room and stood next to Terris.
" It won't be that easy for you two, to reach my captain. If it's a fight you want, then fine. But you better be prepared to die."
Vice-Captain of the Terra Firma pirates, Atlas.
Atlas was a tall man as well, standing at 8'7, with a muscular build to fit his name. Atlas was topless and wore green and black toga pants, with green sandals. He had a strong jaw line, and a black beard, and short black curly hair.
" Easy atlas, I'm sure our friends are just irritated over their brothers. Completely understandable. Let's just shelve this matter for another day." Terris said to the man.
Atlas looked at Terris and Terris nodded for Atlas to relax. After all, they were all pirates with different agendas and morals. It was only natural that there would be tensions like this amongst them.
But for Terris, he figured it would be better for them to remain allies, and potentially have to kill each other after conquering the north, than to make them enemies now and suffer any potential losses.
" And besides, if they really want to fight. We can always crush each other after our goals are met, right boys?"
" Of course." Zohakuten spoke.
" Absolutely!" Bankotsu shouted.
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Marineford, home of Marine HQ.
" It sounds like there's quite a bit going on in the north. To think so many big time pirates have banded together. It seems fate is being cruel to us after all." Kong muttered.
" Roger's death should have crushed the dreams of the pirates, but instead it only served to further boost their drive." Sengoku stated.
" And then... There's that damned kid of yours! Always managing to find his way into trouble! Garp!" Kong yelled.
" Bwa hahahahaha! Just like his old man, if I might say." Garp looked to the side and laughed, practically waving Sengoku and Kong.
Sengoku meanwhile simply shook his head and Kong rubbed his temples.
" The point of putting him in the north was to try and keep him out of trouble for a while, so that things could die down. Now, it seems that trouble has followed him right there. And worst of all, the Frost Kingdom was completely destroyed! Nothing left at all." Kong exclaimed. It was a frustrating matter indeed.
It is not often heard of for an entire island to be wiped out completely. Not to say it has never happened. But that such things weren't a normal occurrence.
" Well, how are we going to handle this, Kong-San?" Sengoku asked the still fleet admiral.
Kong sighed. " We don't have the forces to ship up to the north right now. We're still dealing with the fall out of Big Mom's recent destruction of the Vacation Island last month. And then, the search for Roger's child, if he really did sire one, hasn't turned up anything yet."
" Well, Dalmatian can handle it." Garp stated.
"And there's also the problem with the marine hunter. More news of marines being cut down are starting to come in. It's one problem after the other." Kong responded.
" Look, Kong if it'll make ya feel better, I'll go to the north blue and handle it." Garp told the man.
" No, Garp. You'll only make matters even worse. I don't need you destroying more kingdoms. I need someone who can handle this with a cool head." Kong stated. He rubbed his chin and looked down at his desk for a few moments. " Where's Kuzan?"
" He's currently in the west blue. He might be able to get to the North, if we notify him immediately." Sengoku told the man.
" I see. What about Borsalino? Or Sakazuki?" Kong asked.
" Borsalino's unit is stationed in paradise, near the kingdom of Alabasta. And Sakazuki is currently in the Water 7, I guess he could get there fast enough, if he went straight to the North. But from Water 7 it'll be at least three weeks before he entered the North blue. And that's if he used the fastest routes." Sengoku explained to the man.
Kong sighed and then Garp, who had already offered his aid raised his hand again.
" Fine. I see." Kong muttered.
Garp laughed and stood up from his seat. " Alright, I'll go imme-"
" Sengoku, I'm trusting you to handle this. Right away." Kong spoke.
" Huh?! What? But why him?"
" Did you really think I'd send you there?! Just so you could break everything carelessly?"
" Huh?! But I don't do that!" Garp argued.
" You always do it, Garp! And besides, I have another assignment for you. Something in the east blue." Kong told the man. Garp plopped down on Kong's couch grumpy, his nerves were twitching, and he was constantly grinding his teeth, but Kong didn't care. He was not about to let Garp run wild in the North with things the way they were. " Sengoku, I'm sending you and Kuzan to the North blue to crush these pirates immediately, do you understand me?" Kong asked the man.
" Of course." Sengoku spoke.
Sengoku stood up from his seat and immediately began his way to his ship.
*DOOM!
To Be Continued!!!
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It was shaping out to be an all-out war in the North, amongst many different factions. How will the Marines be able to handle so many of the world's strongest forces gathering against them?
Find out Next TIME!!!
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