Chapter 1

The dark dense clouds enveloped the bright blood moon as the air was drenched in the smell of blood, the sound of trees are burning and collapsing, the people that are falling are everywhere. The vivid color of red runs through the floor as it flows right through the river.

Splash

A shadow runs through the water as it hops over the trees, blood drips as it passes through every branch. The shadow glances around but seems to not noticed a fast-moving object coming right to its leg, as if it seemed to notice something is wrong it was too late, the object pierced right through its leg. The shadow staggered and fell on the ground; it rolled around and hits a bulky tree.

Right then, the shadow raises its head and blood-colored eyes shine through the dark as if it's expecting something.

Whish, whish, whish, whish

Four shadows of different height emerge in the dark as they hold a kunai, two of the four are wearing high collared shirts with the same red-colored eye, three dark-colored jade-like swirls can be seen from their eyes while the other two doesn't have the same eye yet they have dark red armor worn over a simple black suit. They are none other than Senju and Uchiha, these two clans are considered to be water and fire but it was obvious that they have the same objective. One of the Uchiha looked at the dying 'clansman' and shouted "You aren't worthy of having the blood of our clan, your father is the greatest shame and the greatest sinner of the clan, the blood running through your veins is that of a defect, you must die!"

A solemn voice was heard on the side of the Senju "Watch your words hooligans, it is us that should be saying that!"

As the two sides argued together, a flash of lightning struck through the dense clouds as it illuminates a man, his skin was pale, he has sharp eyebrows, he had thin cheekbones, but the overall outline of the face was handsome, especially his pair of eyes with three jade-like swirls on it, his complexion was that of anger and regret as his black dishevelled hair flutters through the wind, his body was full of scars as blood flows through his newly acquired cuts, deep and shallow cuts can be seen through his body, some are already dried up and some cuts have blood falling like a fountain and doesn't seem to stop.

He looked through the horizon and muttered 'In my 20 years of life I did my best to hide, became a rogue and learn how to survive on my own, made a friend but killed by my supposedly named clan all because of the blood running through me? Why must you be so cruel to even kill my family and friends?'

One of the Uchiha walked to him and said "You are a defect that has the propensity to hate everybody that is why you must die, Miran!"

The man smiled angrily, "I am a defect that has the propensity to hate everybody, huh? Then I'll have to admit it, what you said is correct! I hate all of you, all because of having the blood of you and the same blood of your enemy, you destroyed everything from me!"

Blood flows through his eyes as the three tomoe on his eyes swirled at a fast rate, the hatred, pain, and suffering he experienced from his life became his power as the swirling of the three tomoe stopped, his eyes evolved from the three tomoe to a dark wheel-shaped eye with a hole in the middle almost like a donut. The Uchiha who saw this began to panic but maintained his self, he moved much faster as the kunai he is holding pierced the shoulder of Miran.

Puchi

Blood flowed on Miran's shoulder as the kunai gouged through it. Miran's anguish cry echoes through the forest but the Uchiha didn't stop there, he pulled the kunai from Miran's shoulder and tried to gouge out his eyes, but before he could do that something unexpected happens, he stopped his action.

The Uchiha in front of him was frozen in place his eyes are looking somewhere off to Miran's side. His completely defenseless posture displayed the fear that filled him. As though drawn by the Uchiha's gaze, Miran could not help but slowly turn and look in the same direction as him.

And so — Miran gazed upon despair.

What he saw was darkness.

It was an infinitesimally thin, yet unfathomably deep blackness. It was a half-oval of obsidian that seemed to protrude from the earth. It was a mysterious sight that filled the ones watching it with a powerful sense of unease space fluctuation started to permit in the air as if they are being pulled, the two Uchiha and Senju used their Jutsus to stop being pulled but unfortunately for Miran, because of his injuries he didn't manage to pull through as he was sucked by the space. The space fluctuation then began to become silent like it was never been there in the first place, it is when the world felt so chaotic yet at the same time, empty.

"Shit, what was that?" The four of them exclaimed.

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In someplace, a very festive island is just celebrating their successful year, the children are carrying various treats, the elders toast their wine as they genuinely smile as they watch the children play, not knowing the impending danger coming by. An approaching ship can be seen sailing across the sea as it gets nearer and nearer to the island, its intimidating flag flutters through the air as the skull with an eyepatch on the right side of its eyes makes it much eviler, the crazy laughter from inside gives chills to anyone hearing it.

Boom...

The anchor of the ship falls right on the shore as people with swords and guns have begun to jump from the ship, they wore various shirts and pants yet they have the same bandana-wearing, a color of half blue and red with an eyepatched on the right side of the bandana.

A while later, the festive island was engulfed by flames, bloodshed, evil laughs, and anguish cry can be heard.

"Raid all of the treasure this village has, be quick before the Marine comes!" A hoarse shout was heard from the closed cabin of the ship, as the smoky smell of burned houses and the endless cry of mercy continues to echo, and just before it could get worse, a tall and slightly tanned man came running to the ship that is being stationed in the shore, he went to where the hoarse voice came from, as he gasps for air as he shouted: "The Marines are here!"

All the personnel in the ship was startled as they look at the man, he pointed south to where it is the opposite to where he is standing. The door of the cabin to where he is standing was opened and a slightly tall bearded man came out, his intimidating looks are very scary, and adding the eyepatch on his right eye, he became much more menacing.

"Did we obtain all of the necessary needs?" The bearded man said. "Yes Captain we have looted all the foods and money the village has, all that is left are the imprisoned people to be sold on an auction," said the guy.

"Let them be, we don't need them for now, what we need now is food, we'll come back for them if I ever feel like it since the Marines are here pull the anchor and let's go!" The Captain said.

"Aye! Captain Beach!" All the personnel of the ship saluted as they have begun to pull the anchor of the ship and readied their guns and cannon for the incoming fight.

"Prepare the cannons and launch it on the Marines! Don't let them catch us! Prepare to sail! Hahaha! We'll start to sail the Grandline!" Betch laughed excitedly as he looked through the endless ocean, he walks to a nearby cannon and lights them up as he evilly smiles on the incoming ship.

Boom, boom, boom

"Die Marines! You will never catch us before we conquer the whole Grandline! No one can stop us! Hahaha!"

"Betch, you and your crew will die! The crimes that you committed are enough for you to die, atone for the endless people you killed!" A sound came from the incoming ship as a middle-aged man wearing a coat with "Justice" on the back is standing on the deck, the coat is draped over his shoulders as a sword is pulled from his waist.

"You can't catch us Marines, especially you Lieutenant Commander Raul!" Betch complied as their ship started to sail away from the island.

"You won't get away this time Betch!" Raul roared as he motioned his subordinates to light up the cannons. Sounds of guns and cannons echo through the endless ocean as the fierce fight continues.

Boom

Betch's ship was hit "Shit!" Betch begun to panic, he pulls a torch from his subordinate as he lights up a cannon.

Boom

The cannon flew straight to the Marines ship as it penetrates the inner core of the ship. "Oh no!" Raul saw that their ship begun to slow down as water continues to enter their ship, the water flooded through the inner body of the ship.

"The cat and mouse play is over Raul you will never catch me, see you at the Grandline! HAHAHA!" Betch evilly laughs as they sail away slowly, even though their ship was hit by a cannon it didn't hit the fatal area of it not like Raul's ship.

As Betch's ship sails away, Raul's ship begun to sink as it accumulates more water. Raul has begun to tell his subordinate to sail near the shore of the island. The ship continues to sink as they are halfway through the island, Raul commanded to use boats as a remedy, when they arrive at the island they saw the ship sinks below the ocean, as time will rot it away and will never be seen again.

"Commander Raul, we found the surviving women and men being imprisoned, some of them have burnt marks, some have slashes on their body, and some have their body castrated" a Marine saluted.

"This is my fault, if I have just caught Betch from the first place this wouldn't be happening!" Raul regretfully said as he turned around and walked to where the people are imprisoned.

"Sir, shall we inform the Marines to get us out of here?"

Raul contemplated for a while before nodding and adding some words "Tell them to arrive 5 months from now, we will first help these people to rebuild their home, then guard them for a while"

"Yes sir!" the man saluted as he pulls a Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

Raul walks to a steel prison and commanded the other to open up the cage, there are 20 women and 30 men, almost all of them have wounds and injuries, 10 of the men have a critical condition. Raul shakes his head as he succumbs to regret, he went to get some bandage and walks to the injured people, as he helped them.

"Sir you don't need to do thi..." Before he could finish his word he was interrupted by Raul as he silently bandaged the elder in front of him, as Raul helped some people, a small rock hits his head, the impact is not strong so he didn't bleed from it, Raul looked back and saw a woman around 18 years old, anger can be seen from her face as tears fall from her eyes.

Raul did not mind it but the subordinate didn't, the Marine subordinate standing nearby runs to the woman and kicked her "We are helping you but this is what you give to us?! If it weren't for us you will be slaves by now!"

Raul did not expect that, he pulled the man from him and shouted "Enough! What are you doing Thomas? We are supposed to be helping them!"

"S-Sorry sir I couldn't control my anger" Thomas walked out and looked at the woman he kicked, as he walks away he clicked his tongue out.

Raul walked to the woman as he offered his hand to help her but was met with a bitter rejection, she slapped his hands away as she went to a man, the man has dark-colored hair and wears usual black pants and white shirt, his clothes are full of holes and blood continues to gush out from his body. The man seemed to be on his death door because of the injuries he has, all of the injuries he has are deadly as it cannot be solved by just bandaging it, Raul was a surprise, to even survive with that kind of injury is already a miracle.

An elder suddenly whispered to Raul "That man is her elder brother he is a compassionate man and a loving brother, he is also the person who persevered to help us and delayed the pirates before we arrive, but unfortunately, his sister was held as a hostage so he dropped his sword and was captured, but before they imprison him, those nasty pirates pulled their guns on him and were shot on his legs and shoulders" the elder angrily said to Raul

Raul just nodded and went to where the man is, he seemed to be dead, but he can hear the slow and constant breathing, he just fainted, maybe because of blood loss and internal injuries. When Raul was about to approach the man so that he can put some bandage on his body, the woman stopped him and coldly told Raul "I'll be the one changing his bandage you can just go!"

Raul passed the bandage on the woman before sighing, he didn't mind the woman's attitude on him. He gestured his people to make homes for the people to sleep and for them as well. He sat on the shore and looked from afar, he lamented on the scenes he saw.

"I am truly useless aren't I?" He said to himself, he was dazed for a while before he was suddenly awake by a miserable cry, the emotion can be felt even by just hearing the cry, he looked back and saw the woman earlier. Raul runs in her direction before seeing that her older brother has just died, Raul can't do anything, he just stands on the side and watches, he can't afford to comfort nor to look at the woman's eye.