Whitebeard was growling in rage. Akainu had tried to kill his sons!! He would never let him live away with that. If it wouldn't be for that brat's dad, they would have been punched through and died in an instant. Even if the brat is a God, he is not that yet. He wouldn't be able to save himself unless he awakens his God self.

Whitebeard pounded his fist on Akainu, pinning him to the ground, in sheer rage. The rage of trying to kill his sons, and about to kill Luffy, Ace and Sabo.

"Pops is mad!!" A pirate yelled. "Everyone get away!"

But Akainu was not someone who would stay down. He used his magma to blow off Whitebeard's head, which resulted Whitebeard's ears and half of the moustache to burn off. But Whitebeard was not going to die from it. He punched Akainu in his stomach, cracking the air there itself. It made the Mad Dog bleed from his nose and mouth and Marineford to blast off with the bomb inside it. The fort crumbled into pieces and fire surrounded the remains.

"It's coming down!! The marine HQ building is blasted off!" The marines shouted in frenzy.

"Fire! Run!"

Whitebeard again used his powers and separated the pirates and marines. The marines were forced to be on the side of the crumbling, blazing Marineford, while the pirates retreated safely, due to the massive gap between them now.

Several marines even fell down in the valley, which Whitebeard created.

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A few minutes before,

It was literally like something out of a nightmare. Ace's brain had stopped working right there in the absolute chaos of an active war zone but the clutch on his arms tightened, snapping him from his musings. 

"You dumbass!!" Sabo yelled at Ace, who was still processing what had happened. "How many times should I remind you, to not let your anger control you in fights?!!!"

Ace snapped from his daze and understood his fault. He got off from Sabo's grip and started running beside his brothers. 

"Pass Lu to me! I'll carry him!" Ace stated and took Luffy whose eyes are heavy from tiredness.

Luffy not squirming and protesting was a big sign that he is not okay. He had pushed himself too far today. His brothers have already done too much for Ace. Now, he can't let Sabo carry Luffy also. And this way he won't be able to fight anyone in his anger. He had literally lost both of his brothers in this battle, which only began due to his unjustifiable rage. 

Luffy's drum beat of the heart beat was weak and unsteady against his ears but a proof that his brother is alive by his side and not dying. Even Luffy's breathing was coming heavy, which isn't good at all. But his brothers are by his side, and that's all Ace needs right now. 

"We will get you outta here Lu. You- You just hang tight, okay? You ni-chans will bail you out of here, like we always do." Ace shared a knowing grin with Sabo and continued running ahead. The only confirmation that Luffy ever heard him was a hot puff of his breath against Ace's neck.  

In the background, a huge BOOM sound erupted, making the brothers once turn their head and see the marvelous sight of Marineford blown up.

"Holy shit!!" Ace said in amazement. "That was so cool!!!" Luffy let out a soft smile against Ace's neck in agreement. 

"Who did it?" Sabo thought. He liked it that the place which threatened to take away their brothers and his life, was blown to pieces.

"Who else can it be?" Koala said, flipping her hair dramatically. "It was me and Hack who set up the bombs on the orders of Dragon-san! But the bombs got set off due to Whitebeard."

"That's awesome!!!" Sabo and Ace said in unison with stars in their eyes. "Take that marines."

The brothers were so busy running they didn't even notice what Whitebeard had done to Marineford. Ace was completely focused on taking Luffy out of this place and Sabo was focused on his brothers, to keep them on bay(at least Ace from his anger). All they wanted was to leave this cursed place. One more reason of Ace for not looking back at the war was, he couldn't see his Pops dying. He knew that it was inevitable. So, all he did was run ahead, without looking back.

. 

On the other side of the battle, a giant head appeared from the blazing fort.

"There's something next to the HQ!!!" The marines yelled.

"Oops, they spotted me." The giant said in a mocking voice.

The marines were shocked, but that didn't stay for long. Many more figures appeared from the blazing hell, which Akoji was trying to freeze, coz the waves weren't raging anymore. He was really thankful for that. But right now, he was freezing the flaming tower. All he did in the war, was to freeze waves and now at the near end of the war, he is freezing the Head Quarter's.

The Fleet Admiral looked in shock at the Level 6 prisoners, lead by Blackbeard.

"Zehahahahaha!!!" Blackbeard laughed his disgusting laughter. "It's been too long. It's good to see you at death's door, old man!!"

"Teach," A bleeding Whitebeard said in disgust.

"There's no mistake. Those are the death row inmates from Impel Down's Level Six!!" A marine shouted.

Those Level 6 pirates have committed crimes so heinous that they their very existences were erased. They're the worst criminals. The marines were shocked to see them. Specially the former Warden of Impel Down, Shiryuu of the rain. The others were also notably notorious: The giant battleship Sanhuan Wolf, The Evil King Avalo Pizarro, The Drinker Vasco Shot, The Crescent Moon Hunter Catarina Devon.

"Shiruyuu, you!!" Sengoku shouted. "What happened to Magellan? What happened at Impel Down?! How did you all get here?!!"

"You can go figure it out later. Anyway, I'm sticking with these guys." Shiruyuu replied through his cigars.

"If the government saw me as an enemy while I was a pirate, I wouldn't have been able to open the gates and infiltrate Impel Down. The only reason I sought the Warlord title was for this! I don't need it anymore!!" Blackbeard, aka, Marshall D. Teach, announced his plan for Whitebeard and the marines to listen.

"You were planning on freeing them all along?!!" Sengoku asked with anger.

"Zehahaha!!! Yes, everything was about this from the start!! Now you understand," Sengoku gritted his teeth in annoyance. But who was he kidding? The Pirates or Warlords are all same.

"Teach!!" Whitebeard growled as he punched the air in anger. The place where the Blackbeard pirates were standing, collapsed completely.

"You're not holding back? I guess not," Blackbeard answered his own question.

"I won't call you my son anymore, Teach!!" Whitebeard spoke. "You tried to kill one of your comrades breaking the only ironclad rule on my ship."

Marco was about to jump into to help Pops, when Whitebeard yelled, "Don't interfere, Marco!!" Whitebeard looked at Teach with disgust. "By killing this idiot, I will settle the score!"

"Zehahahaha!!!" Blackbeard laughed. "That's just what I want!" Blackbeard punched the ground and shouted, "Black Hole!!"

The black stuff surrounded Whitebeard and all the marines nearby.

"I truly respected you, admired you, but you grew old," Blackbeard said making the pirates angry. Whitebeard readied to punch the air once again, when Blackbeard opened his cursed mouth again. "Ohoho, there's no use! All the powers are useless against me!!"

Blackbeard's hands started glowing black and a black whirlpool appeared. "Zehahaha! How's that? You can't make any more earthquakes!!!"

But he didn't take a look at the naginata and lost to his recklessness. Whitebeard pounded his naginata at Teach, making his shoulders bleed. Blackbeard rolled on the ground in pain.

"Your weakness is that you overestimate yourself and get careless," Whitebeard gripped Teach's neck.

"Ehh?! Hey, stop!!" Teach tried to speak and his eyes widened as he saw Whitebeard using his powers. If he did use it, his neck will be crushed to dust.

"Stop!! Old man! I'm your son, you can't kill-" But he was pounded to the ground, which cracked underneath him. Whitebeard stood tall, he could feel him drifting off, but he can't. He has revenge to take.

"You're a monster. You're half way dead already. Just shut up and die!!" Teach yelled. "GET HIM!!"

The Blackbeard pirates fired Whitebeard with their guns, making the pirates cry. Hearing the commotion, Ace stopped with Sabo. He turned back and looked at the scene, the scene which would be forever be engraved his mind. Whitebeard, his Pops, was attacked by none other than Teach! That bastard! But he couldn't do anything. He wants to go, save his Pops, but the distance between them was too vast and even if he could supposedly jump the other side, he would be disrespecting his Pops order. Tears followed incessantly from his eyes and he felt Sabo place his hand on his shoulders supporting him.

Whitebeard remembered the conversation of Roger. The Will of D. the last time when he met Roger.

"It's not you," He said looking at Blackbeard.

"You're still alive?!!" Teach said in disbelief.

"The man Roger is waiting for is definitely not you, Teach." Whitebeard said and in his mind the white figure of Monkey D. Luffy appeared, the boy who was unconscious and was in Ace's arms. "In future, someday a man will appear bearing the weight of centuries of history on his shoulders, to challenge the world!!" Whitebeard turned to Sengoku the next.

"Sengoku, your world government is afraid... afraid of the coming war that will engulf the world!! I wasn't interested, but when someone finds that treasure the world will be shaken to its core! That certain man has been born and he will find it and certainly that day will come."

Whitebeard hit the ground with his naginata for the last time, standing proudly. "THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!"

The people in Saboady feel a shock go through their spines, Sengoku felt anger course through him, the Blackbeard pirates laughed while the Whitebeard pirates cried.

'Forgive me my sons. I left behind this huge fool. This is it for me. You have my thanks. Farewell, my sons!!' Whitebeard thought and finally gave into the eternal darkness.

That day Whitebeard died. Even after he died, with his face half gone, his body would not yield. Cutting his enemies down, he was the very image of a monster. In this battle, he suffered two hundred sixty seven sword wounds as well as one hundred fifty two bullet wounds and forty six cannon wounds. But on his proud back, and indeed, in his life as a pirate, he did not suffer a single coward's injury.

The news spread around the world like a wildfire. Roger's son, Portgas D. Ace, a member of the Whitebeard Pirates and The 3Cs was saved and the captain, Edward Newgate, aka, Whitebeard died. 

This historic incident would be passed on for generations. But the people witnessing it, could only watch in silence. He was a man who sailed the seas with the Pirate King, age 72 years at the time of his death. The captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, the great pirate, Edward Newgate, aka, Whitebeard. In the bay of Marineford, the Whitebeard pirates and the combined forces of Marine HQ and the Warlord fought a great battle and there he lost his life.

Marco was the first one to snap out of Whitebeard's death. After all, it was now his responsibility to protect his brothers. "Don't just stand there!!! Get on the ship. Did you forget the captain's last order?!!"

"Jimbei!! Ace!! Snap out!!" Marco yelled seeing Ace standing there crying with Sabo by his side. "Sabo take your brothers out of here!!"

Luffy stirred in the arms of Ace, feeling choked.

"S-Sabo? A-Ace?" He spoke in a low voice, his eyes half lidded and the peacefulness in closing his eyes and giving into the darkness sounded pretty good. But he has to do something, otherwise things will be too messed up to untangle.

"You okay, Lu?" The brothers asked in hurry. Ace gently stroked Luffy's cheeks, tears falling from his own.

"Tell Pi..ne..apple he..ad to n-not let Te-Teach ne-near T-The o..ld man!" Luffy finally managed to speak and finally gave into the darkness, after staying up for so long.

Without wasting a single second, Ace filled his lungs with air, ready to shout above the sounds of all wailing and firing.

"MARCO!!!!!" Ace yelled, even if tears were falling incessantly through his eyes. Marco snapped to Ace at once, before he was about to turn back to see the commotion, which Blackbeard was about to do.

"DON'T LET THE BASTARD NEAR POPS!!" Ace yelled. "HURRY!!!"

Marco didn't see a point in doing that, but he knew if Ace was telling it, then probably it was Luffy who was warned him. [A/n: In some alternate timeline, Marco got to know some secrets of Luffy. So, he didn't doubt him.] 

Without any second thought, Marco flew over to the other side and stopped the approaching pirates in their track. He created a ring of his blue flames, warning anyone to approach near his Pops and see the horrible result. The commanders didn't understand first, what was going on. But they did understand that they cannot let Teach even touch their Pop's body. They jumped to the other side as well, standing beside Marco, ready to take the traitor.

"Come on, Commander!" Teach said with his dirty smile. "It would be fun, if you let me show you the ultimate show!! Zehahahaha!!"

"Move aside," Lafelitte said pointing his gun to the remaining Whitebeard pirates.

"Like hell we will, yoi!" Marco shouted. "It's your end, Teach, yoi."

"I was looking forward to that!!" Caterina Devon said in disappointment.

.

"Hang in there, Ace!!" Jimbei shouted shaking Ace by his shoulders. "Pops wouldn't want any of you to die here."

He saw Ace nod through his tears and the brothers started running again, heading to any ship, nearby.

"Jimbei! Ace!! Everyone!!" A pirate shouted. "Get on here!!!" But the next second the sea was frozen by Kuzan, making the departure impossible. Sabo gritted his teeth. With Luffy unconscious, no one can unfreeze the seas. What are they supposed to do now?

But the next second, fire engulfed their surroundings, meaning Akainu targeting them.

"I already said I wouldn't let the brothers escape. Won't you idiots just give up already?" Akainu taunted the brothers. Ace held Luffy tightly in his arms and Sabo clutched his pipe. Koala, Hack and Jimbei stood beside them, ready to fight any moment.

"We are not dying here, bastard!!" Ace yelled, his tears all evaporated.

"I won't let you touch my brothers!!" Sabo growled in anger.

"Well then, I won't ask again!" Akainu said, turning into magma, except for his face.

"Protect Ace and his brothers!!!" The pirates yelled.

"Move it, Jimbei!!" Ivankov flew above the boys to the magma admiral. "You can't harm my nephews!!!" He stated and shouted his attack, "Hell Wink!!"

A/n:

Just wondering when are everybody's exams? Mine starts from the last of December.

How was the chapter though?

Have a good day/night!!