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Third Person POV
Marineford, First Half of Grandline.
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“This bastard, Garp. You know your grandson won’t make it out alive today, right?” Sengoku was the one to break the silence at Marineford, still shocked by what had just occurred right in front of them and the world.
“…” Garp watched, furrowing his brow like never before in his life. What his grandson did was something irreversible, something that hadn’t happened in many, many years. Even worse, since this execution was broadcast to the entire world. Nobody would forget something so significant, no matter what the World Government did.
With the den den mushi broadcasting, what the Marines wanted to show was to glorify their victory on this day over the pirates, but the marines and the World Government just realized that this had become their Trojan horse. After all, the entire world saw the execution of a descendant of the creators of this world.
Papers and notebooks fell to the ground everywhere in the world, silent pirates, frightened citizens, reporters witnessing a scene they could never have imagined in their lives. This day would forever be known as a day when there was someone brave enough to challenge the greatest power in this world, brave enough to kill someone untouchable.
Someone brave enough to prove to the world that the Celestial Dragons were not untouchable gods. That there was someone who challenged the World Government above anyone else in this world, and he did it in front of the navy and the world.
Meanwhile, on the Black Pearl, although some members of the Straw Hat crew were terrified inside, they now maintained a serious look, because what their captain had done was bold and there was no turning back. Even so, they had to accept and trust the captain’s decisions.
Luffy watched the man fall like a rag doll as he rolled over the prow where they were and fell below the ship like a kicked dog. It was a strange sight to see a Tenryuubito meet such an end. He had never executed one of them in such a humiliating manner, but he did not regret it. He knew that if there was a gear in this world that maintained the balance of all forces, he had just destroyed it and opened the door to chaos. He could be more hunted than his own father from that moment.
People still saw Luffy filming the body falling and disappearing below him while he grabbed the camera and started filming his face again. “If this proves that I’m not joking, then I don’t know what will…” Luffy said with a smile, “This is because Ace was going to be executed and I’m determined to kill all the Tenryuubitos to save my brother…” He said and had an idea at that moment.
‘I can also send a message to him…’ He thought with satisfaction, after all, there was someone in this world he wanted to meet.
He spoke to the entire world again, “Sabo, if you’re watching this transmission from somewhere, don’t worry, brother, Ace will be alone and soon we’ll meet, me, you, Ace, and Lucy.” He said, as it was a chance to speak directly to the second in command of the revolutionary army somewhere on the globe.
Elsewhere in the New World, while the revolutionary army was also watching the broadcast in a secret place after having stolen the broadcasting den den mushi from a major kingdom on an island in that sea, the war was displayed to the most important group of rebels. They watched the battle unfold as they imagined, but everything changed once Luffy entered, first being very surprised by the presence of Dragon’s son appearing there.
“He’s come!!” Some members shouted looking at Luffy appearing.
“So this is the famous Monkey D. Luffy?” Sabo asked curiously.
“Dragon!! Your son is getting involved in the middle of the war!” Another exclaimed.
“…” Dragon remained silent, he knew of the connection Luffy had with Ace in the Goa Kingdom, so he wasn’t too surprised, but he couldn’t help wondering how Luffy was affecting the outcome of this fight, but his eyes widened as soon as the complete ship emerged.
“Hey, hey!! Those are Tenryuubitos!!”
“He must be crazy!!”
“What is happening!”
The revolutionaries were all stunned by what they were witnessing. The broadcast continued as the admirals attacked the ship, but then when Luffy pointed the gun at the kneeling world noble, no one could breathe and when the shot blew the head off the Tenryuubito, everyone lost their footing at that moment.
“The chief’s son really killed a Tenryuubito…” The man in question trembled as he spoke.
“Hey, hey, Dragon, this can’t be real!” someone spoke to Dragon behind them.
While Dragon himself was equally shocked, maintaining a furrowed brow at this, even he couldn’t have imagined seeing something like this in this war.
The broadcast continued as Luffy raised the den den mushi to himself. “Sabo, if you’re watching this transmission…” They listened as the blonde man’s eyes widened at being called like that.
“Sabo, does he know you?” someone turned and asked.
“Is he talking about our Sabo?” Koala looked curiously at him.
“Luffy…” Sabo initially was confused, wondering if it was indeed him being called by this pirate who was known as the chief’s son, until suddenly, something clicked.
His eyes widened as he looked at Luffy smiling at the camera, now paying more attention to him and to Ace, who was captive on the execution platform, something he hadn’t been doing before. After all, he only treated them as a pirate emerging with great force and just as a commander of the second division of the Whitebeard pirates, and a war would start because of the latter, but he hadn’t connected the dots yet.
“Luffy… Ace… and Lucy…” With that pirate speaking on the broadcast and realizing that he was speaking to him, his mind began to remember things he had long forgotten.
He quickly put his hand on his forehead, frowning without understanding what was happening. Flashes began to appear, from a time in the middle of a forest in the Goa Kingdom, with 4 children having fun through the forest while talking about their dreams for the future, the fights, and even his fall with that Tenryuubito making him a target while blowing up his raft. Memories began to flood his mind all at once.
“Sabo, how are you feeling?” Koala noticed the strange behavior of her companion and placed her hand on his shoulder, worried.
“I’m fine, it’s just that, you know, I was feeling a huge headache… Luffy… Ace… Lucy…” He continued to murmur those names while pressing his head, until suddenly, he exploded, shouting and falling backward, fainting, while everyone was stunned by it.
“SABO!!!” They shouted.
“Get him inside, run some tests on him, and let him rest,” a fish-man said, touching the neck of the fainted Sabo, seeing that he was alright. Everyone watched Sabo being carried away, stunned, not understanding what was happening there, even wondering if Luffy had done something to him through the transmission.
And back to the war, silence still dominated the entire HQ, until suddenly, something exploded in the middle of Marineford City with debris flying, as someone soared high into the sky at high speed.
“You inferior being, how dare you kill one of us?” The shout broke the silence of the place as whoever it was dressed like an astronaut began to unleash slashes with a sword drawn from the waist. The slash generated a type of energy that had a strange sound as it flew towards the Black Pearl.
However, someone quickly responded on the deck of the ship releasing slashes with icy energy with Kuina drawing her sword, swinging, and clashing them together in the middle of the Bay’s space, exploding into ice and that strange energy as soon as the two slashes met.
“Look what we have here, holy knights. It seems the elders really want to finish us off,” Luffy spoke calmly, still maintaining the broadcast, making people all over the world wonder what he was talking about, as no one knew this group, being a secret force of the World Government.
“You will die here, you inferior being. You dare spill the blood of a Tenryuubito. Sacred blood, the worst crime in this world, against the descendants of its creators!” The person exclaimed as everyone looked on in shock, after all, there was a Tenryuubito flying in the sky above the bay launching direct attacks on the Straw Hats.
More strikes with this strange power continued flying toward the ship, and Kuina kept attacking as well, with explosions happening there amidst the war that had paused on the part of both the navy and pirates. Apart from the navy’s top brass who knew of the force that the World Government had placed there, everyone else was still wondering what that person was doing there.
The battle between swords continued for a while, just the sound of them being cancelled out, until one was cancelling out the other. However, things did not remain quiet for long as a new sound came from the broken glacier while a new ship appeared, being a navy warship.
“There,” the sailors pointed, seeing who was there, after all, it was a whole group of prisoners from Impel Down, from the first, second, and fourth levels of the prison while there was a commander of the revolutionary army, a Shichibukai, and another former Shichibukai.
“They are prisoners! They really came here!” The sailors exclaimed, seeing the large number of them approaching.
Luffy nodded satisfied that they were coming, while something caught his attention at this moment. With his grandfather standing up next to Ace, and he stared intently from Luffy to the middle of his ship. “Lucy!” he exclaimed with his voice sounding across all of Marinefort, as Lucy, still dressed in a Navy uniform, approached the side of the ship.
“Grandpa,” she murmured.
“Lucy, get off that ship now, I beg you. Your brother has done something that is impossible to redeem. He will be hunted by the entire force of the World Government. I don’t want you to get involved in this too. You are a strong sailor, the way I raised you. Don’t mess it up, Lucy. Luffy and Ace chose this path being enemies of justice, don’t do it too,” Garp practically begged out loud, since he did not want the only one of his grandchildren, following the path he chose, to ruin her life.
Lucy clenched her fist. She was a silly, easy-going girl, but in moments like this, she entered an internal conflict and looked seriously, while she closed her eyes and then opened them with a determined look. “Sorry, Grandpa,” she said, as tears streamed down her eyes. “I can’t go back. I’ve chosen this side and I will be with Luffy to save Ace.” She exclaimed, still in tears, but determined to do what she was saying.
Garp was lost with that, groundless, while many sailors around, hearing this too and who knew the girl, believing she could be someone like Garp in the future for the navy. Now they were frustrated… after all, she was declaring that she was an enemy of justice in this war.
“Even if I am a criminal to you, even if I am a pirate, I will act with my justice and also will not let anyone from my family die,” She spoke with determination. She always wanted to capture Luffy, but that didn’t mean she wanted to kill him, quite the opposite, she always intended to protect him.
“You know, it’s kind of ironic, Grandpa… You wanting her to continue in the Navy after what happened at Enies Lobby, when Admiral Akainu tried to kill her to get to me. And where is that coward, after all? I plan to end his life today,” Luffy declared.
He was much stronger than he was at Enies Lobby, due to the constant intense battle he had from there to here, and two admirals might not be a problem for him anymore. However, the coward had not yet appeared, even striking from a distance.
He sighed and then tossed the den den mushi behind him, while Bepo caught it surprised. “Kuina… set this Holy Knight aside for now, and let’s get started,” He said with determination, taking the first step jumping from the deck. They were going to take action.
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