38 The conclusion.

The battlefield was quiet as everyone looked at the newcomers. The marines recognized them immediately, the "shinigami" had helped quite a few of them on numerous occasions.

The whitebeard pirates had heard of this group, they did not pay much attention to them since they never entered the new world. But standing before them….the pirates and marine both could tell.

They were strong.

The one who appeared to be their leader had just made a declaration to everyone present, they would rescue ace. Whitebeard welcomed any help he received while Sengoku had a frown on his face.

"Are you going to go against the world government?" Sengoku said towards the newcomers, breaking the silence in the battlefield.

"Is the government going to go against us?" Ichigo retorted.

"I thought your group hunted down pirates, you have become famous for doing so." Sengoku said, trying to sway the group over to his side.

"Everyone keeps saying that but that's not really the case….." Ichigo said.

All eyes were on the orange haired man.

"We've always hunted down the scum, the lowest of the low. The pirates that have blood on their hands that will never wash off. The unredeemable, the despicables whom should be put to death to better the world"

"So I ask you…what crimes has Ace committed to warrant such an execution? Ichigo asked towards Sengoku.

"He's a pirate…" Sengoku said, without much confidence.

"So?" Ichigo retorted.

"SO?" Akainu was the one to but in. "he's a pirate. All pirates are scrum that need to be killed for the sake of the world."

"Going around as a pirate, what did he do?" Ichigo asked.

No one answered, they all knew the answer to the question. He did not commit any atrocities, he didn't kill, rape, or plunder. He sought freedom on the open seas.

"He's the son of the Pirate King, his blood is cursed" Someone in the crowd said.

"So because he couldn't control who his father was…he has to die?" Ichigo asked to the people before him.

Again no one answered.

Sengoku finally got angry, "His existence is a threat to the World Government".

"There it is. Your cause is not righteous, you do this because of your 'justice'. Your government wants to remove anything that threatens its authority" Ichigo said.

"My group rejects your justice." Ichigo declared, drawing his blade.

Ichigo's peerage all prepared for battle. They let their auras release.

Sasuke activated his eyes and a hazy purple aura engulfed him.

Naruto activated his Chakra mode.

Rukia, Yoruichi, and Tier let out a bit of reiatsu.

Shirou activated his magic circuits.

Saber drew her Ashbringer.

Jaina let the arcane power flow around her.

Sarah let her psionic power flutter around her.

Orihime didn't join in the fray, she turned around and began to heal Luffy. This did not go unnoticed by the ones present. They were aware of her nickname. They watched as his wounds went away and it was like he was never injured in the first place.

Still, everyone was watching the newcomers. Waiting for them to make a move, everyone could feel the power that was radiating from them. It was unknown but it pricked at their instincts.

"Sasuke if you would be so kind as to retrieve Ace" Ichigo said, loud enough for everyone to hear.

Before the government could react to his statement, something happened they could not understand.

A piece of rubble that was nearby the group switched places with ace on the platform.

Everyone stared in shock at the Uchiha and at Ace that was now free.

"We will not show mercy, if you find solace in your interpretation of justice then draw your blades because the threat to your existence has escaped" Ichigo declared.

His words caused both sides to start acting, the whitebeard pirates formed up on Whitebeard and Ace who was still In shock at the situation.

The marines began to charge, they were no longer the defenders in this battle.

Whitebeard approached ace that was standing behind the group, he had a large hole through his chest and blood running down his mouth.

"You are going to die soon if you don't receive treatment" Orihime said to the large man.

Before whitebeard could even protest, an orange shield appeared over his wound…and it began to heal. It was like time was turning back.

He started in shock at what was happening, he knew how bad the wound was yet…this girl was healing it with ease.

She only gave smile at the large man who rushed forward to hug the son that he thought he may lose.

"Rarely is there a good or bad side in a war, it usually comes down to different ideals" Saber said to the group.

"They made their choice, we will respect it as we cut them down" Ichigo said with a sigh. He did not like killing, but they stood on opposite sides. They wished to kill someone he considered innocent, they could only fight at this point.

"Choose your opponents" Ichigo said to his peerage.

"No need to hold back" He added on quietly.

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The marines were now on the offensive, their waves of grunts charged at the now retreating pirates.

Shirou was the one who stepped forward.

"kill one to save a hundred" He said quietly. He was aware of the whitebeard pirates, they had looked up the majority of the upper echelons when they were 'hunting'. They decided that the Whitebeard pirates were not as evil as the world saw them. They actually sought to live their lives and they even offered protection to kingdoms that were suffering where the government wouldn't step in.

He wouldn't let them die, even if his opponents weren't evil as well, he would save the retreating pirates.

"I am the bone of my sword"

Shirou's chant sent a shiver down everyone present. The words were not loud yet they seemed to reverberate in the surroundings. All eyes looked at the red haired boy.

"Trace on" He said.

He traced a certain bow, the one used to destroy armies. Tauropolos, Bow of Heaven.

They all watched as this bow magically appeared, they knew his nickname, the 'king of blades' and yet he had just summoned a bow.

Shirou knocked two arrows into the bow and pulled back while aiming up into the sky.

"With my bow and arrows, I respectfully ask for the divine protection of the sun god Apollo and the moon goddess Artemis"

"I offer thee this calamity….."

He let loose the arrows. They shot up into the clouds and the sky started to shine in a strange blue light.

"….Phoebus Catastrophe"

As Shirou finished the words, everyone looked up into the sky. Their eyes went wide at what they saw…..arrows. Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of arrows dropped from the sky.

Death rained down from the sky. Thousands of marines fell in the onslaught.

They looked on in horror at the boy who had created such a devastating attach.

Shirou let the bow dissipate, as the particles began to drift back into him he felt a sense of danger approach.

"RHO AIAS" he quickly chanted.

A pink flower shield quickly sprang up to intercept several laser that were meant for him.

It was kizaru, he didn't have the usually nonchalant expression on his face, It was more deadpanned and depressed. He had just watched thousands of marines perish. He took his job lightly but he still cared about it.

"You can summon forth weapons of such power…and now it's a shield that can easily block my attacks….what are you?" Kizaru asked.

"A third rate magus" Shirou said with a chuckle.

"That's enough Shirou, he will be my opponent." Saber interjected.

"The Holy knight is it…?" Kizaru said.

"I'm curious if your light is stronger than mine" Saber said as Ashbringer began to glow brighter.

Saber readied her blade, its light glowing in the battlefield against the man who was made out of light.

She swung her blade at the man. Kizaru just intended to let it pass right through him harmlessly like most blades without haki would….except as it approached he felt danger. He quickly back away from the blade but it still nicked him.

The blade made a small cut on him. Without being clad in haki she was able to wound him through his logia.

The ones watching the battle were just as surprised as he was.

"That is not a normal blade" He said to the petite girl.

"It is a fine holy blade" Saber responded in amusement.

Kizaru created a blade made of pure light in response to her statement.

Saber charged at her opponent. Her Ashbringer met his light blade. It was oddly firm for not having an actual form.

It was only a quick exchange but saber could tell…

"You are not a swordsman" She said confidently as she activated her sword intent.

"Oh..you figured that you quickly…your right…I am but light" He said as he sped up to an unbelievable degree.

It was thanks to Saber's Haki and experience that she could keep up with his speed.

It wasn't light speed that he liked to boast about but it was quick, very quick. She blocked a 'light speed' kick to her body with the flat of her blade and tried to follow up with a slash of her own on his leg.

He quickly turned into particles and moved away.

Saber was at a bit of a disadvantage, he could attack and disengage much easier than she could retaliate.

She went a few more rounds, barely deflecting or dodging his blows, any one could cause serious harm. She was trying to get a read on his movements…maybe pick up on any patterns he was showing.

She took a page out of shirou's book. She left a small opening in her guard, hoping he would see it and attempt to exploit it.

As she blocked the latest blow, he did just that.

Kizaru follow up with a 'light speed' kick towards her head. She barely reacted In time, the kick making a cut on her cheek as she moved to the side and followed up with an upwards slash with ashbringer.

Her blade cut at the mans chest as it moved up towards his face. He leaned back just in time to avoid a killing blow and much to saber's surprise, he went for a counter.

He extended his index finger towards her and it began to charge a laser at the end.

Saber quickly reacted and clad her left arm in haki to intercept the blow.

There was an explosion as both parties separated.

Kizaru was bloodied, his chest was bleeding from the large cut.

Saber was also wounded, her left arm was burnt and bloodied, the explosion also did some damage to her body. She had a bit of blood running around her forehead.

"You are a very strong foe" saber said.

"I shall use my true blade" She declared to the admiral who's eyes widened.

She stabbed Ashbringer into the ground and summoned it.

Her true blade.

The battlefield got quiet as its light enveloped the world.

Kizaru felt immense danger at this new blade she just revealed. He quickly took to the air to get out of range.

"That's not a blade a mortal should wield…." He said quietly. All those who looked upon its radiance had similar thoughts.

"The sword that holds the miracle of 'glory'" Saber declared to all present.

She brought the blade high above her head. The surroundings began to glow bright. The familiar orbs of light moved up from the ground. Any fighting that was happening on the battlefield stopped immediately.

Her blade began to release a torrent of light. It wrapped around her and pulsated off in waves.

"EXCALIBUR" She roared as she swung down her blade.

The light shot off towards her target.

Kizaru saw the scene and knew that if he got hit by that, it would mean death. He tried his best to dodge, half his body turned into light particles as he tried to teleport away…..

After the light died down and the battlefield became clear again, everyone saw. Kizaru was on the ground, his body was a torn mess and he was unconscious. He was alive but barely.

They all looked at the petite blonde who cut down a marine admiral.

The other marines saw the scene and they hardened themselves. Sengoku, Garp, and the other two admirals realized they had to take this new threat seriously. They all prepared for a life or death battle.

The members of Ichigo's peerage picked their targets.

Sasuke moved towards Sengoku. Yoruichi went to Garp. Tier walked towards Akainu. Rukia faced Aokiji. Naruto walked towards Dolfamingo and Jaina faced off against Boa.

And finally, Ichigo squared up against Mihawk.

Shirou and Sarah opted to guard Orihime and the pirates.

Sarah was being oddly non-hostile. She had a soft spot for soldiers that were "only doing their duty". She wouldn't kill in this battlefield unless she had to.

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Rukia was faceing her opponent a bit away from any large crowds, they both realized their powers could effect enemies and allied alike.

"I heard you're called the 'Queen of ice'" Aokiji said bluntly.

"I heard you ate one of those devil fruits that makes your body turn to ice" Rukia retorted.

"I guess we'll see who's the true ruler of ice" He said to the petite shinigami before him.

Rukia was the first to make a move, she pointed her finger at the admiral who was confused at her action.

"Hadō no. 4: Byakurai" she chanted.

Aokiji was stunned as a white bolt of lightning shot out towards him. He quickly turned himself to ice to avoid the damage.

He reformed a moment later with a shocked expression.

"Were the rumors about magic true….?" He thought.

He didn't think on it any longer and began to counter attack. He created several spears of ice and launched them at the girl.

Rukia quickly drew her blade and cut them down before they reached her.

"Your blade isn't just for show" Aokiji mused.

"Neither is your rank" Rukia said with smile.

Rukia held up her palm. "Hadō no 63: Raikouhou" She chanted.

A beam of lightning shot out at the admiral this time. He felt a bit of danger from this one, it crackled past him and was able to burn the base of his cloths.

His eyes widened, she was able to bypass his logia without haki.

"Dangerous" He said.

"You avoided that rather easily" Rukia said. "I guess is should take this to the next level"

"Dance…Sode No Shirayuki" She called out.

Her blade changed form.

Aokiji looked on in worry, her aura flared up even more than before.

He felt a change in her…it felt like a coldness was penetrating his soul. He hadn't felt a chill run down his spine since he had eaten his devil fruit.

Rukia didn't waste time, "Some no mai, Tsukishiro" She said as a circle appeared and began to glow beneath Aokiji.

A pillar of ice shot up and consumed the admiral as it reached the sky.

All the people looked on in shock. That wasn't a move Aokiji used, it was his opponent.

The ice broke apart to reveal the figure of Aokiji. He was a bit out of breath but he was otherwise unhurt.

"Your ice can't hurt me, I am made of ice. You on the other hand…." He said as the area began to freeze and sharpen around her.

Spikes and spears made of ice began to rise up out of the ground as they all pointed at Rukia.

"Your body is still human" Aokiji said with a smirk as he shot all the blades at her.

"I haven't been human for a very long time...." Rukia said with a smile.

Aokiji saw the expression and heard her words, he was a bit nervous even as the spikes closed in on her…he felt a hint of fear rise up within him.

He could no longer see her as the spikes blocked his line of vision…but he heard a single word that reverberated through the battlefield and into the souls of everyone present.

"Bankai"

The ice blades immediately shattered at the explosion of power that shot into the sky. All eyes on the battlefield turned to look at the sheer magnitude of power that was being released.

The area froze over to an even more devastating degree. It was no longer Aokiji's domain. He was forced back as the temperature was even too much for him to handle.

The dust and ice cleared up to reveal her form.

She had changed, it was like looking at another Logia user. She was made of ice.

"Hakka no Togame" Her words were carried around the battlefield.

"It was ironic that they decided to name us 'Shinigami'" Rukia declared to the world.

Her words echoed out to the battlefield, they all looked on at the petite girl. They understood what she was saying.

A god of death had descended upon them.

She slowly walked towards the admiral. He was scared, his body was shivering. He couldn't even come close to her temperature.

He quickly made some ice spears to halt her advance. As they approached her….a freezing mist touched them and they shattered.

"Truthfully, I don't wish to kill you, so sit tight until the end of this war" She said to the admiral as she held up her hand.

A swirling mist began to form around Aokiji, he was trapped as it formed into a solid shape. It was a large cube that encased him. Since he was made of ice, as long as he didn't touch the cube he would not die.

She let out a cold breath and her ice began to melt. The only thing that remained from the battle was a large cube of ice that contained her opponent.

The marines and pirates alike looked on in awe at the true ruler of ice.

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Jaina was walking towards her opponent, she could feel Rukia going at it across the battlefield, the temperature had dropped dramatically.

"Are you my opponent?" Boa said arrogantly.

"It appears so" jaina said with a smile.

"You don't seem like a fighter." Boa said, looking down on the mage.

"That's because I am not" jaina responded with an amused expression.

Boa had a confused expression that quickly turned to anger.

"DO THEY LOOK DOWN ON ME SO MUCH THAT THEY SEND A WEAKLING TO DEFEAT ME?!" She raged.

"No no, I said I'm not a fighter. I never said I was weak." Jaina said, her smile growing bigger.

Jaina held her hand infront of her, she began to channel arcane magic and shape it into the desired form.

Her hand started to produce a ball of flame. She turned it to the Shichibukai in front of her.

"Fireball" She said as she cast the spell at her foe.

A large ball of flame shot towards the pirate at a quick speed.

Boa quickly moved her head out of the projectiles path.

"I'm an Arch Mage" Jaina said proudly.

"I thought magic was fake" Boa said in confusion.

Jaina only shrugged her shoulders, she didn't feel like explaining her existence.

"You don't really seem too into the battle" Jaina said to the snake empress.

Boa couldn't retort at her comment, she was worried about her 'husband'.

"You keep taking peeks over at luffy's direction." Jaina said with a teasing smile.

Boa didn't know how to respond, she had a blush on her face and tried to turn away.

Jaina let out a chuckle at her antics.

"Don't worry we already spoke to Rayleigh, this battle is just a formality for your position" Jaina said.

"Luffy is in good hands, our healer is amazing" She said, waiving off the empress's concerns.

"Very well, I shall trust you this once" Boa said to the mage.

"Let us battle then" She said with a rare smile.

Boa charged at her opponent, "she said that she was a mage and not a fighter that could mean close distance was her weakness." She thought.

"Slow" Jaina chanted at the pirate that was charging at her.

Boa immediately felt like weights were added all over body.

"Arcane Barrage" She followed up.

The nebula like blast collided with the slowed Shichibukai. The concussive force knocked her dozens of yards back.

Hancock steadied herself after the blast, there was very little damage but it disorientated her for a moment.

She blew a kiss and a large pink heart appeared. She pulled it back like a bow.

"Slave Arrow" She called out as heart arrows shot towards Jaina.

Jaina felt the threat that approached her.

"PRISMATIC BARRIER" She quickly yelled as the arrows approached her.

The arrows collided with the arcane barrier that formed around her.

As more and more arrows hit it, it began to crack.

"Blink" She quickly chant as the barrier shattered.

Boa looked as the form of her opponent disappeared and reappeared dozens of yards away.

"You can teleport" Boa said with astonishment.

Jaina didn't give her a chance to attack again.

"Arcane Missiles" she cast. Dozens of Arcane orbs appeared around her and shot towards the pirate.

Boa quickly dodged or deflected the magic with haki. They weren't' very strong but they made a good distraction

"Water Elemental" Jaina cast with the extra time.

A large being made of water appeared behind Boa, it swung what could be called its 'hand' down towards her. She quickly dodged out of the way.

As she gained some distance, the strange being shot a compressed orb of water towards her at a very fast speed.

She dodged it again only to see this water monster close in at her.

She channeled her haki and fruit abilities into her leg as she kicked towards the creature's 'stomach'.

The water elemental began to petrify at the hit and crack due to force behind Boa's kick.

Just as boa defeated the creature, she looked towards it's summoner who had several seconds to channel a powerful spell.

Jaina was shimmering with arcane energy as it began to condense and change its nature into that of fire.

Boa noticed too late, she didn't have any experience fighting a spellcaster. The first rule is, never let the spellcaster free-cast.

"Dragon's Breath" She said as she finished casting the spell.

A large red image of a dragon's head appeared over Jaina. It let out an earth shattering roar as it breathed out a torrent of flames at the empress.

Boa quickly tried to coat herself in haki and shield herself from the flames.

After the smoke and flames cleared, anyone watching the battle saw.

The Empress lay defeated.

"Look's like its my win" Jaina said, out of breath.

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Naruto locked eyes with the Shichibukai wearing a pink feathered coat.

"Are you going to fight me boy" The Shichibukai said towards the glowing yellow ninja before him.

"No so much fight as kick your ass as you spout some idiotic monologue about how you're more powerful than me" Naruto said with an eye roll.

Doflamingo frowned at his response. This boy was looking down on him.

He extended his finger and at an extremely quick speed, a string shot out and pierced into the body of Naruto.

Dolfamingo was about to laugh and brag until "Naruto" poofed into smoke to reveal a log in its place.

"Where you aiming at bird man?" Naruto taunted. An angry enemy made mistakes that could be exploited.

Dolfamingo whipped around with his hand, strings extended as they dragged against the ground, cutting everything in their path as they made their way to Naruto.

Naruto quickly moved his hands into several hand signs. "Fūton: Daitoppa no justu" As he finished the justu, a dome of wind exploded out from around him and pushed away the string that were about to connect.

Dalfamingo couldn't even question what had happened as a kunai was flung at him carrying a piece of paper on the end.

He moved out of the way with ease, but just as it was about to pass him…..the paper caught fire and exploded.

Naruto watched as the smoke cleared, the target began to collapse and turn into string. Dolfamingo had escaped with the help of a "string clone".

"That's a cute trick" Dolfamingo said with a frown.

"I could say the same to your 'clone'" Naruto said with a chuckle.

"You think my clones are funny?" The shichibukai said, his voice showing a hint of anger.

Naruto didn't answer, he moved his hands into a familiar position. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu" he said.

Several puffs of smoke exploded around him, dozens of clones appeared in their place.

Several of the clones took out a three-pronged kunai and threw them at the pirate. He dodged them with ease but they followed up with attacks, it was a lot slower than the normal Naruto but the amount put pressure on him.

One Naruto extended his chakra to form a hand and smash it overhead on Dolfamingo.

Doflamingo quickly threw a wave of strings above his head to block a blow, only for two more chakra claws to come at him from either side.

Using his free hand he flung more strings at the one on the left and clad his right leg In haki and kicked towards the right.

This clone siege lasted for several minutes. The clones didn't land a good hit on the pirate, but they were exhausting him quickly.

'Fūton: Renkūdan no jutsu" A couple of clones shot compressed air bullets out of their mouths at the Shichibukai.

Combined with the onslaught, a hit finally landed on the pirate. A compressed air bullet hit him square in the face, reeling his head back.

He recovered quickly, blood dripping from his nose and with an expression of anger.

He roared with anger as he started to wildly whip his strings around, slashing at any clones in range.

He was too caught up to notice the large energy building up near him.

The real Naruto was seen holding something. It was his strongest attack, Rasen Shuriken. It's screeching was heard throughout the battlefield.

Dolfamingo finally noticed it as Naruto threw the compressed energy at his foe.

It wasn't the fastest technique in the world, with enough time Dolfamingo was able to bend back to avoid the swirling mass of chakra. With an arrogant expression on his face he looked up to see the look on his opponents face, only to see him gone.

He felt a cold chill down his spine as he turned around.

Naruto had used his father's technique to teleport to a Kunai that had been thrown previously behind the pirate. He caught the Rasen Shuriken and was throwing it again towards the pirate from behind.

Dolfamingo's eyes widened as the spinning ball of death connected with him. It shot him into the distance as it tore at his very being and finished with an explosion that engulfed anything in its area.

"He looked down on me even till the end, what an idiot." Naruto said nonchalantly as he just defeated one of the strongest pirates in the world without even trying very hard.

Neither Naruto or Dolfamingo went all out.

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"You're the brats grandfather?" Yoruichi asked towards the Marine Hero.

"Unfortunately" Garp said with a sigh.

"I don't know if I feel right about beating you up now…." Yoruichi said awkwardly.

Garp let out a hefty laugh at her statement.

"I am thankful for your group saving Ace and my grandson. I wish I didn't, but I have a job to do." Garp said seriously

"I can respect that, so ill give you one chance" Yoruichi said with glee.

"One attack, winner takes all" She said to the marine.

"HAHA that sounds fine with me" Garp said with a smile.

They both launched a fist.

As the fist's of these to connected, the air began to crackle at the force of the collision.

Garp's eyes widened at the power she was displaying, he was one of the strongest on the sea and yet she was matching him with ease.

He activated his haki and started to push her back.

Instead of a panicked expression he expected to see, Garp saw her smile.

"Shunkō" She said as lightning wings sprouted form her back. Her hand crackled with lightning as the force behind her fist increased exponentially.

Garp was sent flying back as her fist pushed through his.

Garp got up from the rubble, and started laughing. Only a small amount of blood trickled out of his mouth.

"Looks like I lost" He said smiling.

"I guess I'm retiring for the remainder of this war"

"The elderly shouldn't move around too much" Yoruichi said jokingly.

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Tier was squaring off against the Angry Admiral. Akainu was mad at the whole situation and these newcomers that dared insult his "justice".

He didn't speak as he raged seethed out into the form of lava.

Tier also didn't speak she could feel the power his lava held, she would be burned if she tried to take it head on.

She would need to go all out to avoid any unwanted damage.

"Destroy, Tiburón" She called out as a yellow reiatsu shout out. It's weight pressing down on the battlefield similar to Rukia's. Though she felt more like a….predator.

All who were in range felt as though a beast was lurking behind them.

She appeared in a different form. She had a large bone sword in the shape of a shark fin.

Akainu could feel her power increase several fold. He started to calm down and get serious.

He tested her power, he shot a giant fist of lava at the blonde.

She merely raised her blade and summoned forth a torrent of water to intercept. It hardened the lava and turned it useless.

Akainu fired off several more, each time she easily countered each of the lava fists.

He was starting to get a bit worried, her powers were countering his a bit too easily. While lost in his thoughts for a moment, Tier Sonido'd behind the admiral, and swung her blade at his back.

Akainu was barely able to dodge out of the way only thanks to his Kenbunshoku haki being trained to such a high degree.

He noticed that she reeled her fist back and it was clad in her strange yellow energy.

"Bala" She said as she shot her first forward into the Admiral.

The concussive force sent him hurling back, blood dropping from his mouth. Her blow had also been coated in haki.

Akainu got up from the blow, he was starting to seethe with anger again. Lava flowed out of him and consumed his surroundings, it did not matter to him that his fellow marines were being burned alive.

"Do you not care for your comrades?" She spoke for the first time.

"They sacrifice themselves in the name of justice" He said righteously.

Tier was angered at his comment. She treasured her comrades more than herself. To see someone so easily cast their's aside…..she would not hold back.

"Cascada" She said, the surrounding water rushed to her location. Sea water was pulled up from the ocean to answer her call. The water met the lava and stopped its advance.

Akainu tried to fight back the cascade of water that was pushing towards him, he was distracted as he felt death approach.

"La Gota" Tier said, pointing her blade at the man. Water formed over her blade and shot at extreme speeds. It resembled a shark's tooth as it penetrated the stomach of the admiral.

Akainu immediately coughed up a massive amount of blood. His devil fruit couldn't avoid damage done with Sea water.

She calmly walked over to the Admiral that was trying to push himself off the ground.

He looked up to see her blade placed infront of his face. Before he could say anything, a yellow orb began to form on its tip.

His eye's went wide until he heard the next word spoken.

"Cero"

And darkness consumed him.

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Sengoku was surveying the battlefield, he was watching his forces drop one after another. He saw how two Shichibukai also fell.

He was angry at this outcome. Nothing had turned out like it was supposed to.

He noticed the youngling walking towards him. Each of their crew chose an opponent, he was guessing this was his.

"You are the one that grabbed Ace right from under my nose" Sengoku said angrily.

"Yes" Sasuke replied.

"I'm guessing it has something to do with your strange eyes…." Sengoku spoke again.

"Yes" Sasuke answered bluntly again.

"It seems like its not longer a time for words" Sengoku spoke, settling his anger. He wouldn't make the same mistake as Doflamingo.

Sengoku called upon his devil fruit. He had a very special one. It was a mythical zone type.

He had a nickname in the world, 'the golden buddha'.

He began to grow in size and turn golden.

Sengoku had a frown as he entered a stance, he would not underestimate his opponent. He stood there and tried to get a read on the boy in front of him.

He was getting nothing so he decided to make the first move. He threw a palm strike at the boy. A shockwave was sent out at the force and it closed in on him.

Sasuke's Sharingan began to spin as he called it forth.

"SUSANOO" He roared as the purple energy sprang up beneath him.

It blocked the shockwave and pushed back Sengoku's palm.

Instead of looking down towards his opponent, sengoku faced forward. A large purple construction had formed around the Uchiha.

It was Susanoo vs Buddha.

Sengoku didn't question what had appeared before him, it didn't matter. It was an enemy. He threw a punch that was intercepted by a palm.

The Susanoo grabbed at the blade on its waist and swung it towards the Buddha.

Sengoku channeled his haki into his hand and grabbed the blade. It was a standoff as both giant's couldn't gain on the other. Their battle sent shockwaves throughout the battlefield below.

Marines and pirates alike were swept up by the sheer physical force being thrown around. They watched as their Fleet Admiral was equally matched with the newcomer.

Their bout continued for several minutes, neither gaining the upper hand.

Sasuke decided it was time to go all out, he formed a hand sign as his Susanoo's hand became clad in lightning and pierced towards the buddha.

Sengoku was startled at the sudden lighting attack coming his way. He had to awkwardly dodge the surprise attack only to be caught in a blade swinging his way.

The blade had tore into his side a bit before he managed to grab it with his hand. Blood was running down his mouth.

With a hard punch, Sasuke's susannoo connected with the face of the buddha. He was knocked downward into the ground and began to shrink back to his normal form, his gold appearance had disappeared.

He barely stood up, clutching the side of his stomach that had a bad cut on it.

Sasuke removed his Susanoo as he walked towards the prone Fleet Admiral.

"You lose" He said directly to his foe.

Sengoku's angry expression turned to one of resignation.

"So....... it .....seems" He said, before collapsing.

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Ichigo had been standing in front of Hawkeyes for several minutes now. They were both watching the fighting going on around them.

"Your group is powerful" Mihawk said to the shinigami.

"Yes they are" Ichigo responded with a smile.

"Do you wish to battle, you clearly have won his war?" Mihawk asked.

"To be honest, I've looked into your history. I don't really hold anything against you, I wouldn't even hunt you under normal circumstances…." Ichigo said.

"But to get a chance to fight a swordsman as far along as you, I didn't want to waste this chance." The shinigami finished.

"To fight someone who commands such companions, It makes me a bit excited to see your swordsmanship." Hawkeyes answered.

"Haha….."Ichigo laughed nervously.

"Actually…I've only been practicing true swordsmanship for several months now, previously I had to rely on pure power to win my battles" Ichigo said hesitantly.

Mihawk let out a rare laugh at his statement. He went the complete opposite route every swordsman usually does.

Swordsman usually learn technique and then gain power, yet he got his power first then tried to apply technique to it.

After he finished laughing, Mihawk became calm, his sword intent pulsated around his body.

Ichigo also took a stance and let his sword intent out.

"Not bad, to come this far so quickly" Hawkeyes said.

Hawkeye's started off with a horizontal slash with his gigantic blade.

Ichigo countered with a nameless Getsuga Tenshō. He was a bit surprised that his attack was only equal in power.

Hawkeye fallowed up with a quick thrust towards Ichigo's head. Ichigo quickly deflected the large blade with Zangetsu, pushing it to barely miss him and drawing a line of blood on his cheek.

He didn't stop to think about how he had just been cut, he pushed up on his hilt to knock the blade away and counter with a horizontal slash.

HawkEyes brought his blade back and lowered it to catch the slash with his elongated guard.

Ichigo pushed his blade in closer and forced Hawkeye to match the amount of strength.

Just as Hawkeye was about to push Ichigo's blade way, Ichigo placed a hand on the back of Zangetsu.

"Getsuga Tenshō" He spoke.

A large blue blade of energy exploded point blank at Hawkeye.

They each stepped back to create some distance.

"I did not expect you to fire that off in such close range." Hawkeye said, whipping away a line of blade that dripped out of his mouth.

"Lets take this to the next level" Hawkeye said as his sword intent pushed out, into a his sword domain.

Ichigo did not respond in kind, he had not reached this level yet.

"I see….you are not quite here yet" Hawkeye said, a bit depressed.

"No, but I have something that's pretty impressive" Ichigo said with a smile.

"I haven't perfected this technique yet…but be careful" He said quietly, bringing his blade up behind his head horizontally.

Hawkeye heard his comment and saw his stance. He felt a strange tingling sensation run down his back. Something was coming.

He focused his kenbunshoku haki to the extreme and pushed out his domain to its peak. He would not miss a single detail in what was about to happen…or so he thought.

Ichigo had not been slacking off these past several weeks when they had been hunting pirates. He had been training every day and most nights.

"Hiken….Tsubame Gaeshi" He said, moving his blade to slash at Hawkeye's side.

Hawkeye's was a bit dissipointing, this boy had hyped the technique up to be something powerful…..he was about to say something when his eyes widened.

It looked as if another two Ichigo's also launched attacks, one over head and one from his other side.

Hawkeye quickly activated his Bushoku haki to defend himself and went to block the attacks.

It all happened quickly.

Hawkeye's domain faded away and Ichigo was breathing a bit heavily.

Hawkeye's was still standing, he was bloodied in several places but he had a grin on his face that hadn't appeared in a very long time.

The technique essentially created three "Ichigo" that slashed out simultaneous at the target. It warped the laws of physics. But Ichigo wasn't quite at that level yet, each "version" of him that slash out did so at slightly different intervals making it so that it can still be blocked by a very skilled swordsmans.

"'Swallow reversal' What a very apt name for that technique." Hawkeye said with a laugh.

"That was a good fight" Hawkeye said with a smile.

"I look forward to see how high you reach" He finished as he began to walk away.

Ichigo also had a smile on his face. It still wasn't perfect…but it was applicable now. The technique he had been training in was showing progress.

He walked to join the rest of his group.

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As Ichigo rejoined his group, he saw all the eyes of the battlefield on him.

The marine's didn't dare approach his group after they had won their fights. The marines and pirates had stopped fighting, there was no longer a point.

Whitebeard was the one to break the silence.

"What do you intend to do now?" He said to the orange haired shinigami.

"I kinda want to go home" He said awkwardly.

Whitebeard let out a hefty laugh at his comment. The boy could go conquer the government right now…and he said he wanted to go home.

"I agree, I also want to ho home" whitebeard said with a smirk.

"If you don't mind…could we get a ride back to sabaody Archipelago?" Ichigo asked hesitantly.

The pirates all cheered as they departed the Marine headquarters.

The marines didn't know what to think….they had lost the war but they were still relatively intact all things considered. Some higher ranks that were still able to, commanded the group to stand down and tend to the wounded.

The cube of ice around Aokiji shattered, and he collapsed onto the ground.

Various medics ran around to quickly tend to the higher ranked officers.

As the groups sailed away, various rumors began to turn up.

They were mostly aimed towards Ichigo's group. Like where they came from or the confirmation when Rukia called them Shinigami. Their weird powers ect.

There were a few odd things that happened after the war ended.

'Red Hair' shanks showed up after everyone left….he was surprised to see that the war had already ended and quickly left before causing a commotion.

Black beard also showed up a bit later, he too was surprised with his new crew that the war had already ended. The marines immediately started to chase after him and declared him a criminal.

He had promised some of the escapee's he grabbed from impel down that he would steal the power of whitebeard, when he couldn't deliver on that promise….they up and left the man.

Luffy was still unconscious when the group went back to their ship. The Whitebeard pirates gave their thanks to the group who had saved ace. They vowed to help them if they were ever in trouble.

Ichigo thought about the idiot that caused most of this mess….he would honestly miss him. Though he could always come back and visit. He knew the idiot would be alright, his luck was absurd.

Ichigo's peerage quickly set sail off into the middle of the sea, they wanted to go home. It had been awhile.

When they got away from everyone and a good distance away, Ichigo took out the familiar Jeweled dagger.

"Open portal to…..

"WAIT YOU IDIOT, THE SHIP" Rukia yelled but it was too late

"….Home" He finished right as she spoke up.

The group along with the ship disappeared from the world.