War of the best: The hidden ship (8/?)

Akainu stood there vigilant with his hair standing on ends. There was someone who could quite possibly kill him before he would even know. Though he couldn't be sure as even if the shot had hurt his right shoulder, he knew it was not enough to take him out. But still if it was shot at his head… he wasn't sure he wanted to take that risk.

'I had thought that I had to be wary only of the old man… perhaps the shooter is the same person who stopped my attack' He thought inside his mind.

He turned to see his fellow admirals standing on edge as they too had noticed the level of threat they were dealing with this time.

Sengoku, ordered them all to stay alert.

Meanwhile with Whitebeard.

He was boiling in anger as he noticed what the marines were trying to do. He knew that if Ian was not here, his sons were going to die in huge numbers… and that was exactly what made him angry. He swore that he was going to teach Sengoku a huge lesson. One that would make him never dare to mess with him ever again.

He cocked his right arm back as he punched the air, shooting a shockwave at the steel walls that were inclosing them.

Though the hit was absolutely strong it did nothing but leave a dent in the wall. However the old man only laughed at this and was not discouraged.

'If I had been still sick, then I could do nothing about those walls, but now haha, even my weakest strike did that much damage… still we have a better chance with the plan we had made earlier.' The old man thought to himself. He was someone who was in the peak power levels of this world, if such a wall stopped him then he might as well just commit suicide…

Suddenly his pupils constricted as he heard Sengoku yelling.

"We're going to proceed with the next part of the plan even if the plan isn't going exactly well. We'll now be proceeding to execute, Portgas D. Ace." Sengoku said using the snail speaker.

The old man turned to look at Ian, who gave him a nod as he noticed.

Ian knew that there was no crocodile to save Ace this time. That guy is still unconscious after all, so it would be left to him.

Whitebeard understood the meaning behind that nod. It was the intent to continue with the plan and leave the rest to him.

They had in fact discussed things happening in this way before the war. And the old man had so much trust in Ian that he didn't even panic for Ace as he saw the two executioners getting ready.

Behind the old man, Luffy also saw this and yelled in panic.

"Aceeeeee" Luffy.

The old man heard him but kept silent as he prepared his plan to move forward.

Suddenly much to the shock of the old man, Oars who he thought had already died started standing up from the ground.

And Kizaru who saw that started charging up a lethal shot while aiming at Oars' head. The old man didn't want that but he couldn't do anything from here… but his worry soon was stopped as he saw Kizaru stepping backwards hurriedly and dodging a bullet covered in a dark energy.

If he wasn't a devil fruit eater who ate the light-light fruit, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to dodge.

Sengoku who saw this yelled to continue with the execution hurriedly, as they couldn't afford to waste time.

But as the blades were going down, as soon as they reached a close distance to Ace they shattered as if there was a barrier stopping them in place. The two executioners were thrown from the rebound shock. They were only normal people as such they were unconscious soon after. Sengoku yelled for replacements.

Then the old man yelled for the pirates to charge as he run with them.

And they did. No questions asked.

But once they reached close the wall to oars, the old man who was at the lead suddenly swung his arm downwards and released a shockwave that destroyed a part of the ice in a circular fashion.

All the marines that were looking started wondering what he was doing.

Ian who was 'resting' for a while, jumped down from the Moby dick as he too started running with the occasional 'shave' to reach the old man faster. He knew that they were going into the plaza next as such he was boiling with excitement.

Once he reached the other people he suddenly jumped up into the hole the old man made, from which suddenly came another coated ship that was hidden underwater all this time.

Once the ship was close to the single wall that wasn't up, Oars lifts the ship into the air and pulls it through the hole he created earlier as attempted to save Ace. And as the pirates prepare to storm the stage, Oars takes cannon fire, causing him to collapse once more, or so would have happened if Ian didn't shield him from the fire.

He then used his mind powers to make Oars sleep from tiredness before he used his energy to lift him and put him back along with their ships, away from the war. He would attempt to heal him later, but for now he had other important things to do.

Whitebeard gave him a thankful but indiscernible nod, before he commands his children to stay away as he swings his weapon in a circle, knocking away all of the Marines in his path.

This was one of his abilities. Using his quake powers on top of his weapon and swinging it releasing a shockwave, which was what had knocked the marines.

"You guys, save Ace!! And lay waste to the marines!!" The old man raised his right hand upwards as he yelled to the sky.

"OOUUHHHH" They all shouted back.

And as they run ahead of him, he attempted to attack with the same attack, but Kizaru sped up to attack him first.

And as the attack was near, suddenly Jozu interrupted it by attacking Kizaru.

Meanwhile Aokiji made a beeline towards Ian as was ordered by Sengoku.

Ian knew that there was no helping it so, he jumped at him too.

Aokiji released Ice from both his hands as he attempted to trap Ian in a block of Ice, but Ian easily dodged it, and used 'shave' to appear near him and delivered a kick to his neck. In speed, Ian was confident other than Kizaru, that none will be his match.

Aokiji thought that he'll just turn into ice and the kick will pass by him, but he was wrong as he was shot to the ground resulting in an explosion. The most basic form of Haki was colorless, but it still left you able to touch Logia fruit eaters.

And when Ian made contact with the ground he used 'shave' once again to go near Aokiji's downed form.

He saw how he had a bit of blood on his face. Aokiji conjured a bunch of ice arrows and released them in a bid to buy time, but Ian just waved his hands releasing a shockwave that shattered them up. His goal in pursuing him right now was to incapacitate him quickly and go save Ace. At that time he would still have either Garp or Sengoku to worry about. Or it could be both.

Ian disappeared from Aokiji's face and appeared behind him cocking back his left hand. Still Aokiji was not an admiral for nothing, with his observation Haki he guarded his left side with both hands as he conjured a shield.

The battle of Marineford was getting more exciting by the second.