Marineford – The Moment the War Breaks
The war had already devoured heroes and monsters.
Whitebeard stood bloodied but unbowed, half his body shattered, magma burning into his bones from Akainu's assault. The ocean raged as pirates screamed his name.
Luffy had reached Ace.
Tears burned down his face as he shattered the final cuffs. The brothers embraced — just for a moment.
> "I thought I lost you…"
"We're not done yet, Luffy!"
But fate was cruel.
Akainu rose again.
> "Justice will not allow you to live."
The fist of magma launched forward — and Ace moved to block it.
The same history. The same wound. The same pain.
Until -
BOOM.
The air ruptured. The ground beneath the execution platform collapsed — not from force, but from void.
A singularity of darkness erupted, swallowing sound and warping vision.
From the pit rose a figure cloaked in shadows and folded starlight, stepping through warped space as if the world itself had bent to make way.
The fist of magma halted midair, caught inside a spatial bubble, frozen in time and space.
Akainu's eyes widened.
> "What…? Who—?!"
Every head turned. Marines, pirates, warlords — all froze.
A voice rose, calm and deep.
> "A world where Ace dies is a world not worth saving."
The figure stepped into full view.
Long dark coat, ink-black armor scaled with hints of violet flame. No flag. No emblem. Just presence.
His eyes — like gravity wells.
His aura — like a collapsing sun.
His haki — ripped across the battlefield, rivaling even Whitebeard's.
Garp stared down in disbelief.
> "That face… it can't be…"
Luffy blinked, stunned.
> "Rael…?"
Sengoku stepped forward, teeth clenched.
> "You shouldn't exist. You're a myth."
Rael answered without emotion.
> "My existence is the world's failure. Its denial. Its cowardice."
He lifted one hand.
The black storm above Marineford parted — and for a moment, three cosmic lights swirled behind him:
1. Darkness – The crushing void of the Yami Yami no Mi
2. Space – The folded silence of the Sora Sora no Mi
3. Eternity – The ouroboric flame of the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Ouroboros
The battlefield shook.
Even Blackbeard, watching from afar, recoiled.
> "That power… it's not possible."
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Akainu roared and charged Rael.
> "You traitor to nature! You don't belong in this world!"
Rael turned, unflinching.
A spatial rift opened — not teleportation. Ejection.
Akainu's body hit it midcharge and was flung across the plaza at light speed, crashing through five steel towers.
> "You mistake my silence for weakness," Rael said. "I've let you all scream for far too long."
He stepped forward.
> "Now… I speak."
Transponder Snails all over the world broadcast the scene.
In the East Blue, Makino dropped her glass.
In the West Blue, nobles screamed.
In Mariejois, Imu finally rose from the shadows and looked directly at the screen.
> "D."
"Another… D."
The Five Elders whispered:
> "This is him. The child we lost. The heir to the forbidden line."
"The Trinity Soul."
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He didn't kill.
He didn't steal.
He simply moved forward, slowly, until he stood between Luffy and the entire Marine force.
> "Take Ace. Leave. Survive."
Luffy stammered. "But—what about you?"
Rael looked at him — calm, proud.
> "You will break the chains."
"I will break the throne."
Luffy nodded, eyes wide. Then turned and ran with Ace.
Behind them, Rael stood alone.
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📛 A New Era Begins
Sengoku ordered every Admiral to strike.
> "He cannot be allowed to leave alive!"
But Rael had already begun unfolding the battlefield — warping Marineford's geography, shattering half the plaza into floating, weightless ruins.
He wasn't fighting a war.
He was announcing a reign.