8. World in an Upheaval

A silence came about, it seemed is if battle had come to an end.

*CRACKLE CRACKLE*

*BOOOOM* *BOOOOM*

The sea instantly froze as it killed all the sea life in the vicinity, the freezing continued all the way towards Foolshout Island as it froze the front half of the land there.

Earthquakes happened as tides and waves emerged but were frozen instantly aswell. The atmosphere changed, going way below zero as a mere breath could form icicles.

Above, clouds formed with permanent snow and ice shards falling.

A whole new Island made of permanent ice and snow formed!!.

(Author note- the Island area km2 is 101,826 and the area sq mi is 39,315, the same as Iceland)

During the explosion both Darren and Aokiji took critical damage as Aokiji sustained life threatening injuries, Darren was doing slightly better however, although he did take considerable damage as his arms broke and more than half of his haki reserves were depleted.

"The Admirals are strong as fuck!!" Darren said, his eyes were hazy for awhile until some clarity came to them although they stayed hazy.

"I just used more than 90% of my strength, I'm still not truly strong to do anything".

He then got up limping, his robe was tattered as the left hand sleeve was ripped off during the explosion as a shard of ice slashed his arms.

He looked around as he saw an endless land of ice, he couldn't see the end of it from where he was standing.

"Did an Island just form?" Darren looked up confused as he saw snow falling from the newly created clouds, cold air permeated the land as it brushed past his injuries worsening them as he stood there.

He then activated his observation haki as he scanned the place.

"Hehehe, HAHAHAHAHAHA cough cough" Darren turned his head towards the sky, laughing so hard that his injuries flared back up, making him spit out blood as he held his stomach, it was a continuous healing and destroying process as he used the cold air and snow particles to heal, but the same cold air and snow particles in the atmosphere caused his injuries to not heal.

"Whoever comes to this Ice Island will definitely have trouble due to the extreme temperature and cold winds". Darren then limped towards Aokiji as he started healing quicker than the environment could injure him.

As he finally arrived he saw Aokiji barley retaining his consciousness, he pondered whether to kill him, but he knew in the future this marine would become a pirate.

And in Darren's mind he wasn't bad and truly wanted justice, however if the one lying down here was Akainu, Darren wouldn't hesitate to kill him.

Back in his old world whenever he saw Akainu come on the TV, he'd have the urge to jump inside the screen just to kill him, Darren hated Akainu to death!.

"I'll spare you mister Kuzan, it was an enjoyable fight, if we fought a second longer you would've forced out my second ultimate, and I'm sure I would've lost".

Darren not waiting for a reply walked off.

He was healed from external injuries so he started healing his internal injuries heading towards the edge of Island.

"This internal injury will take a couple of weeks or months to heal".

Afterwards he jumped as his boat resurfaced, sitting down in his chair, he crossed his legs together as he recalled all the details of the fight.

Simulating it in his brain he thought of ways to create even more stronger moves.

'I need to create an ultimate move that doesn't rely on my devil fruit, although I've ate the devil fruit, It truly isn't my power at the end of the day, if in the future I happen to get in a position where my devil fruit is useless I need my own strength to get me through it'.

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Darren also decided not to visit Kuraigana Island, especially when his not at full strength. "I should look for a Island to take a short stop".

'Even if I'm at full strength, from this reality check I just had, Mihawk will definitely kill me'.

What Aokiji and Darren didn't know was, as their battle played out, far away a visual Den Den Mushi recorded them, displaying their battle to the world.

At first the civilians and pirates alike wondered what the broadcast was about, but soon they saw the Admiral Aokiji, the civilians and marines all cheered, whereas the pirates grumbled with fear and hatred.

They then saw what seemed to be a teenager walking on an ice towards Aokiji. "Who's that?, is he a marine or a pirate?" The civilians and pirates alike pondered confused.

The video displayed both people on the screen stopping and exchanging words, but as the teenager walked away aokiji said something making him stop and look back.

"Huh? Are they about to fight? I knew it that teenager is a pirate!" A civilian shouted gaining approval from the crowd, this also took place around the world as they all thought Aokiji was apprehending a criminal.

The teenager disappeared as both him and Aokiji entered a battle, "hmph that kid wet behind his ears thinks he can beat Admiral Aokiji?! How laughable".

As they watched on, the fight went from casual blows to full blown out attacks, the civilians and pirates alike were captivated by this battle.

"Hmph seems like his pretty strong" the people who loved the marines felt a bad taste creep into their mouth.

Faraway, in forest island a white haired man watched with a smile. "The young are always vigorous HAHAHA" he laughed as he continued watching.

As the battle continued they saw both the young man and Aokiji clash without touching and the sea rose and froze.

"Ahhhh!, he injured Admiral Aokiji?! How is that possible?!" The civilians around the world panicked as their pillar of support was injured.

They saw young man stand with his a hair and clothes swaying in the air, "cool" many young boys around the world looked on as their hearts ignited.

"I want to be a pirate?!" The same thoughts ran through their minds.

If Darren knew this he wouldn't know wether to laugh or cry. They then saw Aokiji send a ice bird in which the young man dodged and sent a shockwave.

As the fight continued the whole world stood still as they watched on both Aokiji and the young man exchanged injuries although minor.

Until they saw the young man falling from the sky and disappear as he did throughout the fight.

"Huh? Where did he go again?! Why is he so fast!!" The spectators couldn't help but grumble. The young man appeared five meters away from the Admiral.

"OMG?! He sent black lightning?!" The civilians world kept getting toppled at this high-level fight.

Then the young man stuck out his hand sending an avalanche which Aokiji couldn't counter.

The civilians started laughing and cheering as they saw an ice spear blast through the young man's stomach with him spilling out blood.

The man with white hair watched on with a smile on his face.

Afterwards the young man sword whipped Aokiji away as they both regained their breaths.

As the tensions increased, the marines pirates and civilians watching alike held on to their breaths glueing their faces towards the screen.

They saw both the young man and Aokiji stare at each other, soon Aokiji placed his hand in the sea as he said something.

The young man also then locked his index and middle fingers together as he also said something.

"The climax has arrived!!!" The man with the white hair stood up as he smiled even more.

The screen turned black as the destruction of the attacks interrupted the broadcast.

After awhile of suspense, the whole world turned to look at the screen as it started clearing up.

What they saw shocked them, both civilians and marines started panicking.

They saw the young man standing limply over Aokiji, it looked like the young man could collapse any second.

"OMG, the Admiral lost!, is the world ending?!".

"That evil pirate has to be put to death!!"

"Yeahhh, he should die!!, DIE! DIE! DIE!".

The civilians feeling their peace being threatened start cursing at Darren although Darren couldn't hear it.

"This is truly surprising, the boy doesn't look older than 16 and he defeated an Admiral? Hahaha, this is truly wonderful!" The man couldn't help but laugh.

"But with this battle he has definitely drawn the murderous intent of the World Government, be careful kid".

The whole world erupted as unease filled the air.

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Back at Marineford.

The attendant burst into the the office as she saw Garp and Sengoku, "F-Fleet Admiral!!, Aokiji is fighting against the pirate who killed the Celestial's!".

"Ohh, is there are broadcast?" Sengoku asked with Garp telling her to quickly show it.

She then quickly took out a Den Den Mushi as a screen appeared. They watched on as the fight intensified with both parties getting injured.

Garps smile disappeared with Sengoku no longer looking relaxed. They then saw Aokiji use Ice Age as the screen turned black. Sengoku got a bad feeling as he quickly said "TURN OFF THE BROADCAST!"

"F-Fleet Admiral, it's being broadcasted towards the whole world!!".

"Shit!!, Quickly contact the stations, TURN IT OFF".

Sengoku knew if the final result was shown, then the Marines reputation and safety would decrease.

"Shit!!, who the fuck is broadcasting this?!". Sengoku racked his brains but couldn't find an answer.

Garp and Sengoku then looked back at the screen as they saw Darren limply standing over Aokiji.

"Shit!!!" That's the only word that came out of their mouths.