18 Doflaming-aargh
(3rd Person POV)
Kuzan stood a few meters in front of Vergo who had lost his coat for some reason. He looked around and saw the traces of battle and blood. He then looked at Vergo and waited. He watched for an answer and the young 'Marine' did, as soon as he got out of his stupor.
"A-admiral Aokiji ... What are you doing here?", he asked.
"I was tasked to come here by Sengoku-san. What is a young Lieutenant Commander doing here? Did you have a fight? Why did you take off your clothes?"
"I indeed had a fight, Admiral Aokiji. It was one of Donquixote Doflamingo's crew members, Corason. I believe that he has stolen the Ope Ope no Mi."
"Aha, and why were you fighting him? And where is he now?"
"He was refusing to come quietly. I believe that if we are fast enough, we should still find him. He had multiple bullet wounds when I found him."
"So you're telling me that you attacked an already wounded man and he still managed to slip away? Are you truly a Marine of the G5 branch?", Kuzan asked him.
"I am also embarrassed that it happened, I apologise. I was momentarily occupied with something else when it happened. But we should really go now, otherwise we won't make it.", Vergo tried to rush things. But Kuzan wouldn't have any of that. He was ice ... he took things slow most of the time.
"What were you doing then, that took all of your attention? It had to be important if it allowed the pirate to escape."
"I ... I was making a call on my Den Den Mushi. But we should reall-"
"Who did you call then?", Kuzan interrupted. He had still not moved from his spot and was looking at Vergo with his hands in his pockets. Vergo was beginning to sweat. Considering the freezing cold on the island, something that should have been impossible.
"I called my superior."
"Really? Then tell me his name, so I can call him too.", Kuzan said and took out his own Den Den Mushi. Vergo began to understand ... Kuzan probably knew everything and was trying to make him expose himself ... huh? Just as he thought that he saw Kuzan put his Den Den Mushi away.
"It seems you're a bit nervous. Is this the first time you met an Admiral?"
"Huh? ... o-Oh y-yeah, yes that's exactly right. I apologise for my bad behaviour, sir."
"Don't worry about it. What's that you're carrying there? Is that an intelligence letter?"
"Oh, yes ... I apologize. The pirate opened it and so, I had to act quickly. I don't think it is readable anymore."
"That's alright, uh ... by the way."
"Yes?"
"You have something on your face there."
"Huh? Really? Where is it?"
*BOOOOM*
"Right there.
A fist impacted Vergo's face and made him shoot back through multiple structures. Kuzan didn't use his full strength ... not even close. The poor lad would be dead otherwise.
*Tap Tap Tap*
Kuzan slowly walked towards Vergo with his hands in his pockets again. He had a bored expression on his face. But in truth, he was angry right now. This one had been lying to him from the very start.
"For a spy, you do lie very badly.", Kuzan said and picked up the intelligence letter from the ground. He read over it and then rolled it up again and put it in his breast pocket.
*Crack Crack*
He cracked his knuckles and his neck and then picked up Vergo with one hand.
"Now then, young Marine ... let me welcome you and show you what we do to traitors and pirates."
*BOOM POW BANG *
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On the outside of a giant Birdcage, the Marines were clueless as to what was going on. They were reporting to the higher-ups what they were seeing from outside and ... it wasn't pretty.
"I have no idea what's going on in there! A giant cage-like object just swallowed up the entire town! It's impossible to get in! And most unbelievable of all ... the pirates inside seem to be infighting. They're killing one another!!"
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- In the hideout of the Barrels Pirates -
The Donquixote Pirates had arrived at the Barrels hideout. Doflamingo was standing in front of Diez Barrels and was 'questioning him'.
"You're the ones who stole the Ope Ope no Mi, aren't you?", Diez screamed at Dofflamingo.
"We wouldn't be going to all this trouble if we had! How could you let him steal the fruit?! Incompetent drunk!", Doflamingo said and then shot the man.
*Bang*
While Doflamingo was doing that, the rest of his family were looting the hideout and taking all the treasures they could find.
"Found their treasure vault'n!"
"These guys really stacked up a fortune!"
"Hey, haul that treasure carefully."
"Very nice."
"Stop wasting time over there!! Find Corason!"
"What do you see from the air?", they asked Buffalo, who was in the air together with Baby 5 on his back and observing the town at the moment, looking for Corason and Law.
"Hmm ... the whole place is a blasted wasteland by now. There can't be any survivors left!", Buffalo says.
"I'm picking up a signal!", the young Baby 5 says, "The Marines have ... 'sheltered' someone, it says!"
After another couple of minutes, the crew find Corason, who is not even hiding at that point. They take him to the treasure chests they found and begin to hit and punch him. But while this is going on, they don't realise, that someone is listening to them from inside one of those chests.
"Corason ran that way!!"
*BLAM BLAM*
"Corason! Why did you fool us into thinking you couldn't speak?!"
*STOMP*
"Khaa ... because ... I have nothing to say ... to the likes of you!"
*CRACK KRUNCH*
"Hng!"
"How dare you make a fool of the young master!!"
"Don't overdo it, Gladius! He'll die before young master arrives at this rate."
"Beh heh heh! That ain't so bad. After all... he was trying to get us into an all-out war with the Marines today."
*WHOMP*
"Urgh"
"He deserves it!"
"Hey here comes young master!"
"Master!!"
After a while more of this, Dofalmingo arrives finally.
"It's been half a year, Corason ...", Doffy says but Rosinante doesn't answer him and only smokes while breathing heavily and looks at Doflamingo fiercely. He thinks back to the time he was 8 years old and fled from his brother after he had killed their father. He thought about his new father, the one who had taken him in. He takes a gun out and points it at Doflamingo.
"Marine Code 01746 ... Marine HQ Commander Rosinante ... Doflamingo, Captain of the Donquixote Family ... I'm a Marine. I'm sorry for lying! I just didn't want you to hate me..."
"Enough of the stupid jokes ... I have two questions. Answer them!! Where is the Ope Ope no Mi ... and where is Law?!", Doflamingo asks.
"I fed the Ope Ope no Mi ... to Law. He's already got the powers. And I made sure he was well outside of the cage!", Rosinante said while lying about the second part, since Law was right behind him in a treasure chest.
"By now he'll be under the protection of the Marine HQ scout ship! You can't have him."
"Young Master, he's right. We picked up a Marine call saying they were sheltering a boy!", Buffalo said from the air.
"Why didn't you say that earlier?!"
"We didn't think it was Law.", he answered.
"We've got to make sure! I'll remove the Birdcage! You guys prepare us to sail! If it's true, we'll sink the Marine ship ... and take back Law!", Doflamingo commanded his crew.
"Don't bother! Why would you go after him?", Rosinante asked.
"Why would I go after Law? Well, if he's already eaten the Ope Ope no Mi ... I'll need to raise him so that he knows to die for my sake!", Doflamingo says and then takes a gun of his own and points it at Rosinante.
"You just had to go and screw everything up! Why did you come back just to mess with me, Corason? Why must I be forced to kill my own family not once, but twice?! You know you can't shoot me! You took too much after Father.", Dofflamingo says. But as a counterargument, Rosinante stands up.
"Law's not going to follow your lead, Doffy!! He overcame his fate, that he would die within three years! He has nothing to gain from you ... the incarnation of destruction!
Just let him go!! He is free!!"
*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG*
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"Ara Ara ... Excuse me, young man. Could you step aside? He is my ... colleague."
!!!
Suddenly the six bullets that were fired fall to the ground.
*Thud* x6
All of them ... were frozen! Doflamingo looks at the bullets with wide eyes and then looks back at the person standing behind him, who is throwing a shadow over him. When Doflamingo realises who is standing there, his eyes widen even more. In front of him, standing with his hands in his pockets, stands Kuzan... with a very badly beaten Vergo lying at his feet.
"Is that ..."
"Aokiji? Admiral Aokiji!?"
"A-Admiral? What is someone like him doing here?"
"Admiral Aokiji, what are you doing here?", Doflamingo who had his eyes narrowed now, asked. But Kuzan didn't answer him at all. On the contrary, he walked passed Doflamingo and knelt next to Rosinante, checking his wounds.
"Commander Rosinante, how are you feeling?", Kuzan asked the man, who had fallen to the ground after hearing the bullets getting fired. He didn't understand what had happened. You see what happened was that Kuzan froze the 'area' around the six bullets in the air. This resulted in them stopping their momentum and falling to the ground.
... This might not sound like much, but Kuzan had essentially frozen a very small portion of space right there ... yeah, he hadn't stopped training in these years. He was making more and more progress in the power over ice and freezing.
"I ... I'm alright, Admiral Aokiji. W-why are you here?", Rosinante asked.
"Eh, Sengoku-san called me a few weeks ago. Said he wanted me to have a look at something. I guess you're the 'clown' Sengoku was talking about, eh?"
"Haha, yes that would be me ... but Aokiji-san about Doffy you-"
"Yare yare, calm down. I'll take care of everything from here.", Kuzan says and takes out his Den Den Mushi from his pocket. He called a number and then waited.
*PURU PURU PURU*
[Tsuru here.]
"Yo, Trusu-san, Kuzan here. Listen there was a little tussle here on Minion and I had to take care of things. Apparently, the Donquixote Pirates went ham over here and were just about to kill a Marine Commander, but don't worry ... I took care of them."
[What's their status? Are they alive?]
"..."
[...]
"... Negative, Tsuru. I had to kill them all. Sorry about that."
!!!
[*Sigh* Well that can't be helped then. The Elders won't be pleased about that though. Expect some serious repercussions.]
"Hahaha, you always look out for me Tsuru-san."
[Ugh, I can't believe that we now have two Garp's to deal with. As if one wasn't enough already.]
"Yo, granny. Can you send some people to take this Commander to see a doctor? He tried protecting a kid that the Donquixote pirates wanted to use to infect a country or something like that. Serious business, there's evidence and everything.", Kuzan said.
[Infect?]
"Eh, you know the lies that were spread ... Amber Lead Syndrome. Nothing to worry about for others though."
[*Sigh* I see. I'll send someone immediately.]
"Thanks."
*Click*
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"Admiral Aokiji you ..."
"Kid? Who are you talking about?"
"Now then Donquixote Doflamingo ... you heard what I said. If you survive until the doctor comes ... you get to go free. However if you don't ..."
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A vein was visible on Doflamingo's forehead and showed how angry he was right now.
"Do you thin-"
*BOOOM*
"Less talking, more fighting. This is for your survival after all.", Kuzan says after punching the prick with a right hook. Immediately the rest of the family began attacking Kuzan from all sides with their devil fruits.
'Ice Ball'
Kuzan used this move and froze some of them in an ice block, stopping their movements while he already prepared another attack.
'Ice Block: Partisan'
Hundreds of spears of ice appeared in the air and shot at all of the Donquixote members.
"Khaaa"
"AAARGHGHH!"
"URGH"
"KYAA"
"NOOOO!", Doflamingo screamed and sped towards the scene where all of the grown-ups had been frozen and impaled by spears. There was real anger and feelings of loss visible in his face.
"DAMN YOU MARINE!!!", he screams and attacks Kuzan with Haki coated strings. But none of them do any damage to the Admiral. He only walks towards the Pirate slowly. Doflamingo attacks him with everything he has, but it is no use. Kuzan's defence is far too high and his Haki is way too powerful. He applied Ryu, the advanced version of Busoshoku on his body and repelled everything.
Then he arrived in front of Doflamingo and grabbed his hand.
"Don't worry, young man. I can feel your pain and your loss. I feel for you. Let me help you ...", Kuzan says and takes Doflamingo into his arms, hugging him...
... ever so slowly, the body of Doflamingo is frozen from top ... to bottom, effectively ending his life.
