But luckily, it was Whitebeard who appeared before the fists could attack the brothers and threw Akainu other side. Sabo blinked his eyes repeatedly and felt no blooming shadow of death above him but a warm presence. He looked in front and saw Whitebeard standing and shielding them.

"SABOOOOO!!!!" Luffy cried and hugged Sabo tightly with his rubbery arms multiple times. "DON'T DO THAT EVER AGAIN!!!!"

The rain started falling heavily, which seemed like it would never end, and a loud thunder cackled in the background. The waves got larger than the previous ones and tried attacking Marineford, only for Akoji to freeze it all again.

"Brats!" Whitebeard spoke and then turned back to see Luffy, who was on the verge of collapsing. He shouldn't have expected the brat to turn the war upside down. "You have done plenty." Whitebeard said and looked at Sabo. "Take care of him."

Sabo held Luffy and was about to pass him to Ivankov, when Luffy shook his head violently. "I don't need it. There's no time. We need to save ACE!"

Sabo bit his lips harshly. He could either give up to Luffy's whims and let him fight or keep him safe with Ivankov, from where he will definitely escape after some time. He ould also let him get into water for sometime, but they were far away from there. It's better to have him with him and protect him. Sabo decided.

"We don't have time! Let's go!" Sabo stated, making Luffy grin widely. The rain vanished and the brothers charged ahead, with a renewed hope and force.

On the platform, Ace took a breath of relief. He was just about to loose one brother, if not for his Pops. His lips wobbled and tears threatened to leak. He plopped his head on the platform and allowed the tears to fall freely. He kept on repeating in his head. 'They are alive! They are alive! They are alive!'

"Whitebeard!" Akainu gritted his teeth. "It looks like, you are having a hard time!" Akainu smirked, seeing his indirect work in form of the bleeding chest. Whitebeard punched the air in return, which collided with Akainu's magma fist.

Whitebeard coughed out blood, holding his chest and fell on one of his knees. The pirates surrounding him, felt fear creep into them.

"BOSS!!!"

"POPS!!"

"CAPTAIN!!!"

"Even you can't overcome old age, Whitebeard!" Akainu's hands engulfed in magma, ready to shoot Whitebeard.

Marco's eyes widened in fear and he flew over to Whitebeard, only to be fired by cannons, halting his path but Marco wasn't going to give up. He flew faster and faster, until he was so damn close to Whitebeard, but it was late.

Akainu's magma fist collided with Whitebeard's chest, making a gaping hole in it.

"Don't slow down. Men, all of you go get Whitebeard!" Sengoku yelled. He was finally feeling some hope in winning the war. If one of the main boss of the war would die, then the war would probably turn to their side, making them the victor.

The marine captains, Vice-Admirals all charged together at Whitebeard and some at Marco, to keep him on bay. They stabbed Whitebeard with their swords, attacked him with cannons and guns. Whitebeard pirates rushed to fight off the marines, when Whitebeard lifted his weapon and ordered them to stay back.

"You all think that this is enough to kill me?" Whitebeard spoke, but couldn't hide his pants. "I don't need any help." Whitebeard's pupils enlarged as he threw off the marines stabbing their swords at him. "I AM WHITEBEARD!!"

"If I die, will my death have any meaning? I know that I must watch over my son's futures. I can't afford to die. Right, Ace?" Whitebeard asked, and saw Ace nod his head rapidly, his lips lined in a thin line and stopping himself from crying.

Marco rushed to Whitebeard and engulfed Whitebeard's body with his blue flames, hoping that would help, even if a bit. The rest of the pirates, like Jimbei, Crueil, Haruta, Vista, Jozu and many allied pirates of the Whitebeards stood at the back of Whitebeard.

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On the side of the brothers, the vice admirals kept on coming to attack them. Ivankov was taking care of most of them, allowing Sabo and Luffy to charge ahead. But then Coby appeared in the path.

"COBY!!!"

'I have to fight, or else nothing will change! This is a battlefield. I have to be ready to face him.' Coby steeled his determination, as he readied himself for a fight against Luffy. But before he could process anything, a fist collided with his face and he was thrown to the side.

Sabo and Luffy kept on running ahead, for another set of pacifistas to appear. But luckily, before the fake Kumas could attack, Hancock came. She shielded the brothers and the duo could easily bypass them.

"Thank you, Hancock!" The brothers said together and charged forward to another group of marines.

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"I'll show you the future right now if you want to see it that badly, Whitebeard!" Sengoku crossed his arms on his chests and looked at the main groups. Luffy and Sabo stuck with Kuma, Whitebeard injured and his commanders at his back, with Marco healing him.

"Do it!!" Sengoku ordered the executioners. With all the heavy hitters occupied, no one would be able to rescue Ace, and finally the war would end.

'Finally, I can relax.' Sengoku's lips curved upwards a bit in excitement.

Ace closed his eyes shut, and gritted his teeth. Garp balled his fists tightly, readying himself. He had promised to not fight for either side, which means he can't do anything. He wishes that something would happen.

"ACEE!!!"

"Pointless, do you think I can't stop that-?" Whitebeard said, but his voice wavered and he began coughing and placed a hand over his wound.

"Look, Whitebeard!" Sengoku grinned in victory. The blade was just mere inches above Ace, and it would be finally ove-

"STOP!!!" Luffy and Sabo yelled together, unleashing their conqueror's haki on the poor souls, while Crocodile slashed the already falling, fainted marines with his sand waves. The poor executioners fell down, stumbling, the stairs. But for him, poor Crocodile gets tackled by Doflamingo, who was upset coz he didn't join him and accept his proposal. Several marines fell down, leaving only some Vice Admirals and Akainu and Akoiji on the battlefield.

"WE ARE COMING ACE!!" The brothers shouted and dashed ahead.

"Crap! He lost consciousness!"

"Hey, get a grip!"

One by one many marines start dropping to floor like stringless puppets.

"Ace's brothers!" The pirates watched stunned as the boys dashed ahead, with Ivankov on their tail. "That's the same royal type haki that the boss and red hair have!"

"Hey! It's not shocking that they both have it!" Another pirate spoke. "Remember two years back when the brothers came as the 3Cs on Moby and used their haki."

"But I felt only one person using that time. That was probably Cyra, meaning straw hat Luffy." Another pirate replied.

"It's not surprising that Sabo even has." Another pirate whispered to other. "All the three brothers have the color of the king."

"Those with weak wills, get back!" A marine with sword yelled. "They are not ordinary."

"They are the sons of the revolutionary Dragon, it's not surprising that they have that ability!" Vice admiral Doberman spoke. "Don't let them escape this battle. If we let them live, they will grow to be a terrifying enemy!"

"Whitebeard comes first!!" Another marine standing in front of Whitebeard spoke. "He is injured. We can finally take him down!"

The poor marines, needless to say, got crushed by Whitebeard with one swing of his naginata. Whitebeard smirked at seeing the brats moving forward with full speed.

"Use all your strength to support Ace's brothers!!" Whitebeard yelled.

The brothers were getting crowded by marines and he didn't want them to spend all their energy there. Moreover, they both looked at terrible shape, specially the youngest. He can see his sluggish movements. The way he was punching, kicking and throwing the marines with winds and using lightening was really taking a toll on the brat. Those brats are special, he can't let them die in this war. Nah, he won't allow the trio brothers to die here. He swears.

'Show me what you've got brats. If you carry the 'Will of D' as well. Then show me what lies beyond this age!'

Luffy and Sabo were about to be attacked by cannons and Luffy fell to the ground, making Sabo rush to him, and stood in front of his brother and beat the hell out of the marine who was about to strike his sword at Luffy. Sabo noticed the marines number reducing and the Whitebeard pirates attacking them and giving them a path ahead.

"You ok, Lu?" Sabo asked worriedly, seeing Luffy's hooded eyes. Luffy nodded and got onto his legs, still panting.

"Hurry, Ace's brothers!!" The pirates shouted.

"The marines are focused on our boss right now!" Another pirate shouted, in between their clash with marines. "If you let this opportunity pass, you won't be able to get past the admiral!"

"We are going to push through! Follow us!" Another pirate shouted.

Sabo and Luffy yelled thanks and dashed. Sabo held Luffy's hands with one of his hands, to not lose him in mid of this bloodshed.

"Dodge, brats!" Another pirate, Mr. 1, appeared at their side and took the blade attack of Mihawk. Sabo gritted his teeth. This Mihawk was following them everywhere like a creep. Luffy was getting way tired and they needed to reach Ace as soon as possible.

But Mihawk wasn't the one to be stopped by Mr. 1. He jumped above Mr. 1 and was about to attack Luffy, specifically. Sabo coated his pipe with Armament haki, ready to clash with him, but Crocodile appeared and saved them.

They were only a few meters away from Ace. More 100 meters to go.

"Sorry, I need your powers." Ivankov said as he side eyed his afro. A hand holding a wine of glass appeared.

"Don't worry about it, Iva," Inazuma spoke and he jumped from the afro and started scissoring the path ahead and made a slope to the platform. The brothers grinned and dashed ahead. Ivankov and Inazuma stood at the entrance of the makeshift slope, stopping any marines who dared to go ahead.

"That's..." The marines panicked. "Inazuma The Revolutionary!!"

"Luffy! Sabo! Go!" Inazuma yelled.

"Thank you!!!" The brothers yelled. "We are here, Ace!!!!!" Ace's smile mirrored that of his brothers, as he saw them running towards him. Now, he can also perform some actions and not sit uselessly.

"Don't let them get there!" The marines shouted and started firing the two brothers, with cannons. Luffy was about to slap them with wind when Vista jumped in the air and kicked away the cannons.

"Go! Ace's brothers!!!"

"Release Ace!!"

The pirates started motivating them, fueling the brothers. They jumped together finally landing on the scaffold. Sabo crouched down to open the handcuffs, meanwhile Luffy grinned at Ace widely.

"We have got the key, just wait!" Sabo inserted his hands in his pockets and brought out a key and was about to insert the key.

In the back, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, filled with rage, transformed into his Buddha form and Garp was grinning, finally seeing the brats half way through the battle. Yep, half way coz they still need to escape this hell together.

"Wait!! Don't think I'll let you escape!" Sengoku growled. But Sabo didn't pay any attention to him and inserted the key, but it broke into two, the courtesy of a light user, who had gained consciousness few moments earlier, after getting a good beating from Dragon himself.

"Damn it!!" Sabo yelled. Luffy held the sea stone and closed his eyes in concentration and Sabo gritted his teeth. He knows after this Luffy's strength will be more down than it already is. But this time, only he can free Ace. His dragon claw attack could break Ace's hands if he tried and advanced Armament haki was out of question, due to his depleting haki.

"Uhh, what happened? I just blacked out for a second!" Sabo quickly looked at the executioners and found Mr. 3, about which Luffy had told him. He remembers him using wax.

"Hey, you!" Sabo pointed. "Make a wax wall, quick!!!" He yelled as he saw Sengoku's fists coming down and then looked at Luffy, who had Ace's cuffs in his both of his hands.

Sengoku's fist landed on the candle wax, throwing the ASL brothers and Mr. 3 down the scaffold.

"The platform is crumbling!"

"What happened?!"

"Ace isn't dead yet!"

"He's falling!!"

The pirates and marines shouted.

"FIRE!!!" The marines pointed cannons at the falling brothers. "Take out the whole platform!!"

The scaffold blasted with a loud BOOM!

"They won't survive inside that inferno!!" The marines cheered, believing their so called self-proclaimed victory. But from the dense smoke, came out a blooming, brightening fire.

"You both have always been this way, Sabo, Luffy!" Ace's voice rang through the silent battlefield, which was waiting for the result. "You both never listen to me and do the stupidest things!" Ace came out of the inferno, catching his brothers by their shirts.

"ACE!!!" Luffy and Sabo cried their big brother's name, finally they were together.

"Fire Fist Ace has been freed!!"

"They did it!!!"

"We took back Ace!!"

"Those guys!!! They have been doing one after another mysterious and reckless things since Impel Down!!"

"Well done!!" Ivankov cried.

"I didn't expect this from you too, Sabo!" Ace said as they dropped in the mid of the battlefield. "How did you get that careless?!!!"

"As if you are to complain!" Sabo scoffed.

"Hibashira!!" Ace shouted his attack and a pillar of flame emerged, throwing the marines out of their way.

"Can you both fight?" Ace asked as they took their normal stance for battles.

"Ask Luffy, he is exhausted!" Sabo replied quickly.

"Hey!" Luffy squeaked. "I can fight!!!"

The marines started firing their bullets, which merrily passed through Ace's body and bounced through Luffy's rubbery skin. While Sabo coated his pipe with Armament and hit the bullets or dodged them.

"Don't think you're safe now!! You will die right here!!" The marines shouted and fired incessantly. Luffy bounced back the bullets to their owners, while Ace jumped above Luffy and Sabo and pinned them down to save them from sword attacks.

"They are my little brothers!" Ace growled. "Don't lay a hand on them!! FIRE FIST!!" Ace threw his most powerful attack on the marines burning them down.

The brothers fought with great teamwork, easily defeating the bunch of marines, which were attacking them. After all, they had fought together for more than seven years and know each other's next move like the back of their hands. They were invincible against most of the strong pirates and marines together.

A/n:

Anyone up with the manga? Its going so well lately with no breaks!!! I feel literally so happy about it.

But at the same time... Is it only me who is trying to find Ace in Roger's beard less face and tearing up suddenly at every picture of Ace? Or anyone else too? I miss Ace. Damn, I want to get over his death but it feels impossible.

Anyways, I'm sorry for the late chapter. It was supposed to up before 3 hours, but I kinda forgot and then I remembered it during my class that I needed to post and edit the chapter.

So, here I am! Hope so that the chapter is up to liking.

Have a good day/night ahead!

Over and out!