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zorossugarmama · 4 months ago

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I'll Bring You Home Myself!

A parallel piece to Sun Sailors story-- a different timeline, a different outcome.

Or, I just wanted to self-indulge with my own OC and fix the mess that happened at Marineford.

Word count: 1429

Content: General Audience

Pearl's tie with Whitebeard was set into the cosmos, nothing could break it. Yet, as she stood by his side her tears welled in her auburn and red flecked eyes. It was mere minutes to the time Ace was set to be executed– no murdered. He was going to die, all because he was a remnant of a man the Marines didn’t know. She scowled and her fists balled themselves so tightly that blood ran from her palms. Her God, Fenghuang, was silent. The tie between Whitebeard and Pearl is holding strong.

Pearl gazed up at Whitebeard and pleaded, “Let me fight! You know I have the power, I can change the tide of this war and end it for good!” she yelped. She looked away from her stalwart captain and back at the chaos unfolding in front of her. Why the hell had she made that damn tie with him in the first place? She could have said no and that would have been the end of it. Now she was bound by his word and his word alone. She couldn’t break that unless she wanted a shard of her soul to drift off into the nothingness that surrounded the great cosmos. Lost forever. She had already done it once and it was an agonizing experience to live through, but if it meant that she would be able to save Ace’s life and save the souls of those on the field then she would gladly give up a part of her soul to achieve her goal.

“Have faith in the fight, Luffy must be the one to get Ace.” He replied. Whitebeard’s eyes never left the fight in front of him, in fact, he was solely looking at Ace. His son, his second in command. The snot-nosed brat was a spitfire and deep down Whitebeard wished that things never turned out as they did.

Pearl clenched her hands tighter. She was digging into muscles now. Though it didn’t matter, Fenghuang was feeding her enough power to regenerate those wounds. It didn’t even hurt.

In the back of her mind she could feel Fenghuang ache, she felt her worry and wondered if she too had fallen for the freckled second commander as she had. They were inseparable. Platonic twin flames meant to conquer the seas together.

“What if he fails, tell me you’ll give me your word and set me free. I can’t stay here and just watch!” Pearl grated.

Whitebeard hesitated, this was the fissure that ensured her win.

“If he loses, you will have full reign to leave and do what you want.” There was a grimace plastered on his face but Pearl didn't care, those words sealed themselves into the tie and allowed her to break it without fear of losing her own soul. If luffy fails in his duty to set his brother free then she would step in and achieve his goal for him.

Pearl slammed her fist in her palm and smirked deviously, “So then it is sealed, I’ll rip apart this dusty old fortress and save Ace!”

Fenghuang stirred within her as she too felt the shifting of the tie that bound them to Whitebeard.

A tie was a singular thread that wound itself through the souls of the party that agreed to the verbal terms and drew and shared blood– the needle was the one who called the shots while the thread followed along, willingly or not. It was pure and stronger than any other force within the universe. Only the void that surrounded the outerbanks of the universe could break it, or when the users agree to un-sow the vow to one another. It was a binding spell only used to reign in Gods.

As the battle raged on Luffy ever so slowly closed in on the podium that held Ace. Her gaze never drifted far from his figure as he raced to save his brother. It wasn’t long until he reached the podium and unlocked Ace from his shackles, however, in an equal turn of events Akainu rippled and stormed after the duo. For a short time the two brothers danced in fire and stretchy limbs. Pearl hoped beyond the Gods themselves that they would come out of this alive, but when Akainu shoved his grisly fist through the throng of marines Fenghuang instantly knew that Ace’s death was imminent and that Luffy had failed to save his older brother.

Whitebeard's eyes widened in horror– everyone's eyes widened in horror as the burning hot fist barreled through the pool of marines and towards its target. The tie snapped into its new order and without another word Pearl blasted from her spot beside her captain and flew with great strength to Luffy's side. Shoving both him and Ace out of the way. Luffy was awestruck at the force and speed of her movements. She was above them all, Fenghuang made sure of this.

Just in time to the fierce attack of the Admiral she captured his fist in one fell swoop and laughed maniacally. “You’re getting nowhere near these boys.” She said cruelly as she threw Akainu’s fist right back at him. The surprised and growing rage on his face was immaculate to witness first hand.

“Pirate scum!” he yelled as his attention was focused on Pearl now.

“5th Gate– Solaris’ Rage!” She bellowed as she charged the admiral. “I’ll fucking kill you, shitty fist!” Fenghuangs rage was so close to her soul that it singed and burned and shackled her own rage as the Gods' own, billowing it ten times its original force. She had no devil fruit to call upon the strong wings of Fenghuang, her rage and burning fire was her only ally.

“I’d like to see a bitch like you try.” Akainu growled.

Pearl's power here was reminiscent of a life she had lived before. Her fight with Akainu was hot, fierce, and filled with molten lava that spilled from both sides. In the heat of battle she couldn’t place the memory, but the strength and moves she had used in her previous life were burned into her soul that she just knew it wasn’t from this lifetime. Flashes of green and blood orange filled her vision for an instant before leaving her breathless.

In the raging heat of her own skin and blood red vision the fight had come to a close. Ace was saved and had assisted Luffy in warding off any other attacks the marines may have hidden up their sleeve. Death was equal amongst both sides. After Koby’s fiery speech the war of the best had come to a close. Akainu himself was buried deep into the dusty old fortress– hopefully dead. Remnants of their fight were burned and melted into the very ground where pearl stood. Turning from the fortress her eyes fell upon her friend, her twin flame and his baby brother. A warm smile wrapped itself onto her face as her blood boiled below her skin.

Get to the water to cool off. The velvety voice of her God called to her in her mind. She all but nodded and wandered to the water that was slowly melting from Aokiji’s attack. As she jumped into the water it bubbled and sizzled immediately. She had grown accustomed to the heat she radiated but sometimes it was always a surprise.

“Pearl!” Ace’s voice called from behind her as she floated in the cold water. He knelt beside her and smiled widely, his baby brother standing behind him with an equally large and goofy smile. “I want to say thank you for coming in there like that. I wasn’t sure I would have made it out alive if it wasn’t for you.”

“I was just doing my job protecting my favorite brother!” Pearl responded as she folded her arms on the rapidly melting ice floor.

“I coulda had him!” Luffy rebutted half-heartedly. Pearl just laughed and got out of the water. She walked up to him and just patted his head. “I’m sure you would have, but I wanted to ensure your brother's safety first hand, I know you mean a lot to him and I’m sure the feelings are reciprocated in equal measure!”

Luffy laughed heartily.

Turning to Ace, Pearl held her hands out in an opening gesture for a hug, Ace immediately complied and pulled his friend into a strong and warm embrace. He was safe, everyone was safe.

“It’s time to go home.” Pearl muttered into his neck. Her worry slowly slipped into the oblivion of the outer banks.

#one piece #straw hat pirates #whitebeard crew #fix it fic #anime #ao3 #fix it fanfiction #portgas d ace #ace lives au #monkey d. luffy #fenghuang #phoenix god

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hylianane · 2 years ago

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reblogging this again because i think luffy should start bashing heads together

But on that note now that the death pact’s been animated I’m left scratching my head wondering how he’d actually feel about it. Because while I think he’d be genuinely appalled, I’m trying to speculate on the full extent of his reaction and coming up a bit empty. full disclaimer, I have a killer headache but I’m gonna try to write what’s come to mind.

Luffy is very in-tune with his crewmates so, I don’t think the revelation that Zoro and Sanji have become loyal to the point of death would come as shock, exactly. We’ve seen his reaction to Zoro declaring that he intends to follow Luffy to the grave, essentially telling Kaido that if he kills Luffy he has GOT to kill him next. He was, all things considered, pretty chill about that. He got up and with a laugh told Zoro that sorry, but he’s got no intention of dying anytime soon. So he’s not unaware of the fact that he’s got lives in his hands. He’s just accepted the responsibility, backed by self-believe and self-confidence. Zoro’s allowed to make those dramatic vows because Luffy won’t let anything happen to either of them, and they are therefore of no consequence.

I think, then, that what might get to him would not be Zoro and Sanji having a death-related failsafe in case of disaster per se. What he wouldn’t like is that failsafe placing the full responsibility of their lives on each other. He is their Captain, so if they have an obstacle they don’t think they can overcome without extreme measures, they should to come to Luffy first. If they’re gonna make a death pact to make themselves feel better, they should do it with him, because then he can move heaven and earth to ensure it never actually comes to fruition. But as it stands, I don’t think he’d see death pact as something born from loyalty. Or chalk it up just another instance of Sanji and Zoro proving how far they’re willing to go to protect the crew. I can see him drawing the line at them vowing to hurt each other in secret, and even seeing the entire promise as a display of a lack of faith in their Captain, and in Luffy’s ability to do right by them when the time comes. Sanji’s worst fears may be coming to fruition, but that doesn’t give him and Zoro the right to decide when and who gets to die for the Strawhats.

Everytime there’s an incident I think to myself “Luffy would not be happy about this”

#one piece #i dont know if the conclusion i arrived to is quite the right one but it’s where I’m stopping for now #head fucking ouchie #I might pick Luffy’s brain a bit more later for the sake of more accurate speculation.#a part of me thinks this is way too dramatic and another thinks its not dramatic enough #hm

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manga2day · 3 years ago

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Kozuki Oden

Coming from a family of stonemasons 💎 in Wan Country, Kozuki Oden was the Daimyō of the Kuri region. On the family level, he is the son of Kozuki Sukiyaki , the former Shogun of Wan Country who disowned him at the age of 18. Married to Amatsuki Toki, he is the father of two children, namely Kozuki Momonosuke and his little sister Kozuki Hiyori. Kozuki Oden was the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards, a group of Samurai 🤺 serving the Kozuki family. He was also the commander of the second fleet of Edward Newgate aka Whitebeard and was part of the crew of the Lord of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger.

Oden's appearance

Oden had long black hair and wore an imperial-style beard. He always had a thick mustache except when he was a member of the Pirate Roger Pirates. A large hat in the original style was enthroned on the top of his head as well as a kimono. 🥋 Rather tall, he appeared to exceed in height the vast majority of the pirates of Gol D. Roger's crew.

Oden personality

Being very daring, but also contemptuous and selfish, Oden committed many horrific and violent acts when he was still a teenager. In particular, he set fire to the establishment of the yakuza in revenge for the fact that he was banned from it. Also being a pervert, he kidnapped women to form a harem 👩🏿‍🤝‍👩🏼 in the mountains. Little worried about the consequences of his actions, he took part in a large number of brutal fights, such as against the yakuza or against the relatives of the women he kidnapped. Note that these women, being charmed by his attitude, finally decided to stay with him. Following his incarceration in the quarries for forced labor, Oden finally changed his mind. Become less egocentric, he sought to make the lives of others better. However, he did it the wrong way, which made his actions ever so shocking. This was particularly the case when he wanted to divert a river 🏞️ towards the city to save the inhabitants from a drought. Unfortunately, the city was inundated with it. Afterwards, it is noticed that Oden improved as he managed to bring peace to Kuri after he was exiled by his father, Kozuki Sukiyaki . Another trait of his personality was his fearlessness and his immense need to sail the sea to the point of leaving illegally. When he was still young, this desire was more important to him than to prepare to take his father's place as Shogun. That's why he was part of the crew of Gol D. Roger . On his return, he made the decision to succeed his father in order to open the borders of the Land of Gold 🏅 and change the world. Moreover, he preferred to choose his own vassals as faithful samurai instead of others.

Daimyo skills

Having been a member of the Whitebeard Pirates as the Commander of the Second Division and the Pirates Roger Pirates, Kozuki Oden has been a formidable fighter. Thanks to his impressive physical strength, he was able to withstand an assault from Whitebeard with his Bisento. He was also able to slice the Mountain God with great ease 🌄 when others were unable to confront this enormous creature. In addition, during his first meeting with Gol D. Roger, the latter prevented his two most powerful pirates from facing Oden. Even though the real reason was that the Pirate Lord was excited to fight Oden, it also implies that Oden was very powerful in his eyes. Oden's other abilities are his stamina and unwavering tenacity. For a night and a whole day, he was notably able to face Kuri's most dangerous criminal, Ashura Doji, accompanied by his men and defeat them all. Another example of his endurance is that he was able to get pulled by a boat for several days just by being hung on a chain. Another of his exploits is to have been able to withstand more than an entire hour immersed in a pot of boiling water while at the same time carrying on his shoulders a large wooden plank where all his vassals were standing. Like Monkey D. Luffy , Gol D. Roger or his son Kozuki Momonosuke, Oden possesses the power to hear the voice 🗣️ of all things, this ability that allows whoever possesses it to understand creatures or even inanimate objects even s 'they don't speak the same language as him. In addition, thanks to this ability, Oden is able to read Poneglyphs. These are these mysterious blocks of stone scattered around the islands of the Grand Line and where we find inscribed in esoteric language the location of the Ancient Weapons as well as the location of the Laugh Tale where the legendary One Piece treasure is said to be hidden. Right

Kozuki Oden has a great mastery of Busoshoku no Haki or Haki of Weaponry , which is known as Ryuo in Wan Land. We saw him in particular during his confrontation with Whitebeard when he impregnated his sabers with Combative Fluid. It is important to note that Oden is the only one to date to have been able to control one of the 83 legendary Meito: Enma, while the latter can drain the Fluid from its user until it is depleted. . As criminal Ashura Doji revealed, Oden also possesses the Haoshoku no Haki or Haki of Kings . He used it in particular in chapter 963 of volume 96 of the One Piece manga during his conflict with Whitebeard. The D'oden blade

Adept at fighting with two sabers, Oden has developed his own style called the Nitoryu of Oden which is based on the use of two blades at the same time. The Meito Enma known as "The Sword That Can Cut Hell" was his first saber. This is the only blade known to date to have injured Kaido at the Hundred Beasts. 🐲 Oden used another Meito as his second sword, the Ame no Habakiri or "Sword that can cut through the sky". Forged by Tenguyama Hitetsu, the latter is part of the Ô Wazamono, otherwise known as the 21 Great Blades.

Kozuki Oden's allies

Kozuki family

To this day, we only know of five members of this family: Kozuki Sukiyaki, Oden's father and former Shogun of Wan Country, Kozuki Oden himself, his wife Toki and his two children Momonosuke and Hiyori. Oden cared deeply about his clan as when he sacrificed himself in order to allow his son Momonosuke, threatened by the pirates ☠️ of Kaido, to escape. The Minks

Among the allies of Kozuki Oden and his family are the mighty Minks, this tribe of humanoids with animal characteristics. Indeed, Oden and his family have a very friendly, even almost fraternal, relationship with these Minks. Two of their members are even in the service of the Daimyō of Kuri, namely Inuarashi the King of Dawn (a dog 🐶 Mink) and Nekomamushi the King of Twilight (a Mink cat) , while they were themselves both. Dukes of the Principality of Mokomo on the island of Zô. These two Minks followed Oden everywhere and were considered members of The Whitebeard Pirates as well as Gol D. Roger. Thanks to their unwavering loyalty to the Kozuki family, all Minks respected the Kozuki enormously to the point of even giving their lives for one of their other vassals. Indeed, Inuarashi was ready to sacrifice his whole Kingdom as well as his people in order to protect the ninja Raizo of the Mist, servant of the Kozuki and member of the Nine Red Scabbards. For his part, Nekomamushi sacrificed himself and lost an arm during the same event. Being rivals for a long time, these two Minks even agreed to make peace in order to satisfy Oden's son, Momonosuke. Roger's Pirates

Kozuki Oden was once a member of the Roger Pirates. He was notably present when they disembarked at Laugh Tale and it was in their company that Oden learned the real story. It is also the members of this crew who nicknamed this island Laugh 😹 Tale, which means the story of those who laugh, because all of them laughed after they found the island as well as the pretty nest egg. that Joy Boy left there 800 years ago. There seems to be a very good understanding between Oden and the other pirates of Roger's crew. According to the latter, they were downright very lucky to have Oden among them. It turns out that Shanks the Red and Baggy the Clown had even offered to help him make his dream come true. The Whitebeard Crew

Prior to joining the Gol D. Roger Pirates, Oden was previously on the Whitebeard Pirates. He had even become the Commander of his second fleet. If we are to believe the words of Sengoku the Buddha, the ex-Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the Navy , and the Mink Inuarashi, Whitebeard had a lot of affection for Oden. And yet their story had not begun under the best of auspices. Indeed, at their first meeting, there was a confrontation between the two men 🤼 as Oden had expressed a desire to join the crew. Crazy with rage against Oden because of his surprise attack on their captain, the crew members were not at all inclined to welcome him among them. For his part, Whitebeard had also declined his proposal especially since he found Oden to be wild in nature and that Oden was not too much of the kind of individual to serve anyone other than himself. From his experience, he knew that this could have terrible consequences such as a mutiny. And on the other hand, However, as time went on, Whitebeard and his pirates noticed that Oden was truly determined and that nothing could stop him in his urge to join them. Recall that he had clung to their ship just by holding on to a chain ⛓️ for days. In addition, the latter showed them an immense kindness, which had impressed them. So they finally accepted that he join them and congratulated him by throwing him in the air. Afterwards, Whitebeard's confidence in Oden had grown so much that he made him one of the commanders of his fleet. On the other hand, the understanding between Oden and the other members of the crew had improved to the point that they were always ready to help him whenever

The 9 children of Oden, the Red Scabbards

The group called the Nine Red Fourreaux was formed informally 41 years ago. This was following the denial of Oden by his father the Shogun Kozuki Sukiyaki. These are 9 orphan children taken in by Oden and whom he made very powerful Samurai. Kinemon aka The Fire Fox and Denjiro (later Kyoshiro the Sleepy 💤 on Oden's death) were the first two to join Oden and follow him out of the Flower Capital after the events with the mountain god. Kinemon would later become the leader of the Nine Red Scabbards and he had stated that he was even willing to give his life for Oden. When theTaikomochi Shimotsuki Yasuie had asked Kinemon why he and the others obeyed Oden, he replied that Oden was the only person in the world to whom they all owed their lives. Kinemon and Denjiro had even gotten to the point of arguing over which one was Kuri's Daimyō favorite. Next are the others who were recruited after Oden rescued them throughout his journey across the country. First of all, Oden met Izou and Kikunojo, two orphaned brothers, in the Ringo region of Wan Land. Then it was in the Kibi region that he met Kurozumi Kanjuro who wanted to steal his horses 🐎 but the latter was defeated and joined Oden. Afterwards, it was the turn of an excellent ninja and ex O-Niwaban, Raizo de la Brume to follow him. After the clash and Oden's victory over Ashura Doji, the latter also joined him. It was after that, 39 years ago, that Oden had transformed Kuri into a land where it was nice to live. His father then put an end to his denial and named him Daimyō de Kuri. With this appointment, Oden made the decision to make samurai of his six recruits and formally form the Red Scabbard. Six years later, 3 other young people joined their ranks. These are the Minks Nekomamushi and Inuarashi as well as Kawamatsu, the Fugu fishman . 🐠 You should know that these three young people found themselves stranded on Kuri beach. Villagers had mistreated them for not being human, but Oden saved them, which is why they had come to his service and joined the Red Scabbards. We can also talk about Izô recruited also 39 years ago and who remained at least 9 years in the service of Oden. However, as the group is known today as the Nine Fourreaux Rouges, it can be deduced that Izô was never part of it.

Oden's greatest enemy, Kaido

Kozuki Oden and Kaido of the Hundred Beasts were enemies. Indeed, the Yonkô had allied with Kurozumi Orochi to bring him military support when the latter had seized the status of Shogun in Wano during Oden's absence. It happened 28 years ago with the help of Kurozumi Higurashi aka The Old Woman . 👵🏼 Upon his return 25 years ago, Oden discovered the changes in the country and learned that the Emperor had wanted to remove his children Momonosuke and Hiyori. Seeing that his wife Toki was injured in the thigh by an arrow while protecting her children, Oden went into a mad rage and rushed to the castle to chastise those responsible. Unfortunately, he came up against the very solid barriers of Bari Bari no Mi,, d'Orochi. It was at this point that Oden was forced to make a deal with Orochi and Kaido in order to protect the people of Wano. Indeed, Oden had to dance 🕺🏼 almost naked in the streets of the Capitale Fleurie every week for 5 years if he did not want to see 100 people die every day. At the same time, even if he lost all credibility in front of his people, he also wanted to avoid a war against the Hundred Beast Pirates.which would have caused several thousand deaths among the inhabitants. In return, Kaido promised to provide him with a ship that he could use to leave Wano with his family and his vassals. However, once the 5 years had passed, Emperor Kaido broke his promise. And when he killed 16 of Flower Hyogoro's subordinates as well as his wife because of his rebellion, Oden got angry and confronted him. During their clash, Kaido was scarred for life with a scar inflicted by Oden. Unfortunately, the latter lost the fight due to a cunning of Kurozumi Higurashi. The latter had pretended to be her son Momonosuke taken hostage thanks to his Devil Fruit Mane Mane no Mi (Travesti-Fruit) . Having been distracted, Oden could not avoid Kaido's K anabo ⛏️ blow. Angry with the Old Woman for interfering in their confrontation, Kaido killed her. Even though he had won the fight, the Yonko had respect for Oden and he decided he would perform it himself so that he would be remembered for a long time. And the choice was the killing by scalding in a huge pot.

Story

Kozuki Oden's story begins with his birth, 👩🏼‍🍼 in the Capital of Flowers, 59 years before One Piece's main narrative. He started his escapades at an early age and they were numerous. Here is a small enumeration: - When he was still less than a year old, he managed to throw his nanny with a single punch. - At the age of two, he managed to get his hands on two fleeing rabbits. - At the age of 4, he terraced a bear 🧸 thanks to a rock - At 6 years old when he entered the pleasure district to indulge in games of chance while stoning the family fortune. - He was only 8 years old when he started drinking and bathing 🛀🏼 with the Yakuza in their establishments when it was forbidden to enter without being Yakuza. He was then banned from entering these establishments the following year. - At the age of 10, wanting revenge on the Yakuza, he burned down one of their establishments and faced them in a fight. He was then arrested for assault and battery. - It was after his confinement in a quarry to cut stones that Oden changed his attitude. He now wanted to help others once he had served his sentence, but these acts unfortunately turned out to be awkward. When he was 14 years old when a terrible drought was raging in the country, he made the decision to divert the course of a river so that it reached the capital and saved the people. Unfortunately, his action had terrible consequences since it caused huge floods. Then charged with this incident, he tried for the first time to flee by sea 🌊 but his attempt was unsuccessful. - At 15, he decided to take refuge in the mountains. Unfortunately, his old quirks took over. He began to kidnap women in the capital at night to bring them to his temple in the mountains where he created a veritable harem. When the relatives of these women (husbands, lovers or family) tried to get them back by defying him, the consequence was a war, the Harem War to be precise. The latter only ended thanks to the intervention of the most influential and powerful Yakuza of the Land of the Wazas at the time: Hyogoro of the flower . You should know that at the age of 18, Oden had already tried 38 times to go to sea, but he never succeeded so far. He even nearly lost his life on several occasions. Since then, his reputation is well established in the capital and all the inhabitants kept laughing at him, even insulting him. Besides, the young Oden didn't stop making his own. Infuriated by his son, Kozuki Sukiyakimade the decision to deny it. And Read the full article

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authenticaussie · 7 years ago

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You posted a god!au awhile ago that had a snippet of another idea i thought was really interesting. Ace steals something from the gods and gods marco and sabo get sent after him, except they fall in love? it sounds so cool!

“except they fall in love” sighs happily yes I really Love that sort of schtick. Like!!! whoops didn’t mean to but oh no it’s Here. Feelings. Anyway it was based a LOT on the myth of Prometheus because like come ON, stealing fire….it’s totally ace omfg. So it took a while to figure out?? a plot?? ajhsdgf

ANYWAY AFTER LIKE 3000 YEARS!!!!!!!! (I’m so sorry)

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So basically in the sort of deity system set up here, there’s three levels - you got your all-powerful fuckers ala Zeus/Poseidon/Hades (who???? Idk??? maybe one of them is Whitebeard?????????? Something like Sky/Sea/Earth and like, Dragon for Sky and Roger for Sea and Whitebeard for earth but at the moment the position for Sea is under contest ‘cause Roger just up and fucked off omfg. So Luffy’s a minor god gunning to replace him against a bunch of other gods!! But at the moment Sea is controlled by a couple of other 2nd Tier gods.)

And they’re basically omnipotent but also they’re not allowed to interfere in the mortal world and they’re very Greek God in that they make mistakes too and That’s Just What Happens when you give ultimate power to immortal idiots. Regardless, they basically just Do Shit when they get prayed to in special places and by a heap of people. They’re the end-of-all-wars shit gods, and they Rule the. God place. Hence forth referred to as Olympus ‘cause I can’t think of a name atm and this is based enough off Greek mythology for me to get away with it haha.

Second tier gods are like, gods of wisdom and power and war and math (////side note if I wrote this as original fic he’d be really calm and logical all the time and be an ear to the gods and talk about probability all the time but his siblings are the Fates equivalent and they FUCK WITH HIM SO MUCH WHEEZES).Anyway 2nd tier gods work as the go between for the 1st Tier and 3rd Tier gods. They do some shit in the human world, fuck around, make some miracles etc., but most of the work is left to 3rd tier godssss lIKEEE

marco and sabo!!! 3rd tier gods are really fucking specific. Like, god of stubbed toes, god of papercuts, god of singing in the shower, etc. They all are ordered around under different 2nd tier gods (eg. the god of papercuts and the god of stubbed toes would both work under the god of pain and stuff like that.) I’m not 100% sure but I think Marco’s a god of faith to family?? or like, faith to loved ones?? And Sabo’s god of forgotten memories. (He forgets things, but then he’s god of forgotten memory so he remembers them, but then he forgets them again- it’s frustrating being him). So they’re both under the gods of memory. Or. Something. SHRUGS??? USELESSLY????

Anyway, Ace has stolen fire! Which 2nd tier god Blackbeard, the god of Darkness, convinced the 1st tier gods that they should have. ‘Cause humans were dicks? And needed to live in fear and darkness so that they continued to worship gods? something like that. In actuality, fire was forming its own spirit/god/representation and he Really Did Not appreciate the competition. ‘Cause if fire formed into a God then Blackbeard had to share some of the 3rd tiers working under him, and a bunch of new gods would be created, and everything would go all topsy turvy for a while and Teach really liked how the world was coming along at the moment. He understood it and didn’t want thinks to change.

But so, anyway, you know, forgetting memories and stuff - Sabo can track people, too, because people sometimes forget where they’d just been, or bits and pieces of it? and minor deities can look at Small Things and interfere w/ human lives, unlike 1st and 2nd tier gods, and he and Marco don’t get a lot of work so they’re waved off to go find Fire, along with a couple of other minor gods, (but they’re the ones who Actually find him, but, first,)

They set about tracking Ace, who’s uh…..adapting to holding a Literal Godly Weapon pretty well, actually. And also getting a significant power boost just from luggin’ it around, he’s been setting stuff on fire and lifting shit up that most normal people Cannot Lift and giving everyone he meets fire and stuff and that all kiiiinda means he goes pretty slow haha, so marco & sabo catch up with him pretty easily (mistakes were made)

And so ‘cause they’re not s u p e r powerful, especially not in comparison to buffed-as-fuck by fire Ace, they follow him for a while and try and figure out a plan, and start?? Noticing some Weird As Fuck stuff. Like the joy humans feel when given fire, and that their prayers and worship seem to increase rather than decrease, and that it’s actually pretty weird that Ace managed to get away with stealing fire and now has all sorts of weird abilities that one only usually associates with a god and oh dear sweet lord he’s second tier isn’t he

This is Understandable due to the fact that like. There are so many gods. How are they supposed to know ALL of them?? Also 2nd tier gods are usually Dicks, or just plain busy, and so it’s a huge messy bureaucracy of running around and trying to find out if there even is a god of water and if so why isn’t the god of rainstorms under them instead of under Earth and who the fuck was meant to be taking control of the city this year because it just got invaded again and the Fates are laughing themselves sick in the corner gods damn it all

So Marco & Sabo are lowkey panicking towards each other and Ace is dealing with weird as fuck memories from the fire - ‘cause, see, BAM BAM BAAAAAAAAAM

The fire made him!!!!!

Well, okay, slightly more complicated than that. Remember how I mentioned that Roger fucked off? well he gave up his immortality to spend the rest of his life with a human lady called Rouge. They end up as stars when they die, together forever, but, also, there’s still the hint of a god in Roger and the slowly building concept of fire, trapped and unable to do anything, basically sent down a blessing to Rouge and Roger’s kid, and the kid was Ace! Who’s kinda, Disney hercules movie style has lots of weird shit happen to him. He’s got crazy endurance and strength and speed and Rouge is looking at Roger disapprovingly as Ace grows up and Roger’s like I didn’t!!! do it!!!

Anyway so Ace has dreams of fire and weird visions all his life and finally confides in his parents and Roger reveals a bit of godly knowledge in the form of a myth and says that fire was stolen and kept by the gods and Ace is like oh I must be getting a vision from one of them to steal it! And none of them question that this might actually be a really bad idea so they just let Ace go and the fire’s like fuck yeah, rejoining! And starts reclaiming its power/joining with Ace to make ace god of Fire, but he’s still mainly human now. And doesn’t know he’s meant to be a god haha, he’s just like oh this is cool, superpowers! Must be because of this thing I stole that really makes sense?

Anyway he’d end up being a second tier, which is why he has all these random as fuck powers, but meanwhile sabo and Marco are d YI N G BECAUSE WHAT!!!!!!!! DO THEY DO!!!!!!! And Marco and Sabo are like literally what the fuck do we do ‘cause!? They’re not powerful enough!!! to fight a 2nd tier!!!

And then Ace gets hurt.

And gods can’t get hurt.

so Mar/Sab bust out and are like haHA you’re not a god!! You were lying!!!

when the fuck did I ever say I was a god? Ace asks, and then is like, ah dear sweet lord they’re gods I shOUL D HAVE EXPECT ED THAT ONE. And they have a little fight but Ace is still kinda injured and so they basically? Sit on him? And are like “return fire to the gods”

“Fire belongs to humanity!” / “Also like, I got??? visions of stealing it????? So some god obviously wants me to have it.”

“There’s a lot of fuckin gods man, just ‘cause one sent you visions doesn’t mean you go out and steal something from the goddamn gods. That’s why we have official translators!!!”

“Which god was it???” Sabo asks curiously, and Ace is like, ///gestures uselessly

“Idk???? fire god??? I was just holding fire. Which like. Hasn’t been a thing since Mom’s era.”

“There is no fire god.”

“What, legit????”

“Yeah, ‘legit’. Who sent you the visions?????”

“Idk, I told you!!! I just saw myself holding fire!!! And using it, and sharing it, and-”

“What, like, using it using it?”

“How else would I use it?”

Confused As Fuck Boys TM, just looking at each other, and Ace is like hey btw can you get off me now?? / “No, you’re our prisoner”

“WHY”

“'Cause you stole?? From the gods??? We were sent to retrieve you???”

Ace makes grumpy mumbling sounds but is like “yeah fine I’ll come w/ you bc I want an explanation, but I still want to share fire with people so we’re taking the long way.” / “Ugh fine.”

And like, marco and sabo are immortal, so it doesn’t really matter to them if they take the long way, and they found him and fire and well if he dies then that’ll be an even easier way to get fire back home?? And there’s other entrances to the gods’ domain in different places, so they just decide to head for one of those, and pick their way across the world.

And they’re first pretty snarky with each other, (especially after Ace finds out that they’re minor deities, he laughs at them once he discovers what for,) and they battle a couple of monsters together, and Ace spends late nights alone, fascinated by the twirl of fire around his fingertips, and the jar where he was keeping Fire gets smaller and smaller bc it’s bonding to him, but none of them realise until later, once they’ve started to become better friends and trust each other and have a routine;

And then marco notices and accuses ace of tricking them and Everyone is pissy and Mar/Sab are like, no we’re heading home now, before you use any more of Fire, how are we supposed to ??? Explain this???

(An alternate take to this scene was them realising that Ace was becoming a god/that fire was always meant to belong to humanity and being like “oh okay, better protect you, but how do we avoid-” *disappointed 2nd tier god shows up* “guys seriously you had like one job”.)

Anyway Ace is kind of their prisoner now and keeps trying to tell them that he didn’t steal the fire (well, apart from his initial stealing), that he was planning to fulfil their deal and he wouldn’t have broken it and Sabo’s like why should we believe a thief?? and Ace is like you believed me before!

Or, like!!!!!!!!!!! Oh maaaaaaaan Marco/Sabo manipulating Ace to go to the nearest domain entry, 'cause they’re not powerful gods and can pretend to be human and travelling together and Ace trusting them and confiding in them and Marco and Sabo confiding bits and pieces of their lives in him too and slowly starting to reveal that they are gods and being happy and slowly realising Ace is turning into a god but then

WHOOPS TOO LATE THEY’RE AT OLYMPUS AND EVERYONE’S LIKE WOAH CONGRATS YOU MANAGED TO CATCH THE HUMAN and Ace is like wait what

Marco and Sabo are like no, no, no, wait, there’s actually been a mistake-??? But Ace is super fucking pissy and No-One is Listening, (and actually I like this one better so this is basically what happens).

SO ACE IS A PRISONER AND MARCO/SABO COME VISIT HIM AND HE REFUSES TO TALK TO THEM AND THEY’RE LIKE NO, LEGIT, PLEASE LISTEN TO US??? And Ace just scoffs and is like why. You lied to me, and you tricked me, and I thought you believed me about the visions and you didn’t tell me there was no fire god???

We think you’re the fire god

And Ace just laugh/scoffs at them because seriously, out of EVERYTHING THEY’VE SAID??? This is the most ridiculous. And they ask him to fight back, or escape, and he’s like, “The punishment for disobeying the Gods is death - both here and on Earth. And besides, what am I supposed to do, try and live my life hiding from beings that are literally omnipotent???? idk about you but I don’t think that’s gonna work.”

And so Marco & Sabo go and try to talk to the 1st teir gods, but have to go through 2nd tiers, and they meet Blackbeard, who worked his way into being part of the council representing Sea atm, and they’re like look we think he’s actually a new god??? And Blackbeard is like oh no, rlly?? my goodness gracious. But gods aren’t formed from humans, tho, and sidetracks them and confuses them and delays them and then they hear the announcement for Ace’s trial/execution and Blackbeard says they’re not allowed in bc they’re only minor gods, and Marco & Sabo are like yeah but we were the ones who bought him in??? Shouldn’t we be called to testify??

“We already know how this trial will go.”

“Well that defeats the purpose of a trial!” Sabo snaps, but Marco tugs him away and they sneak in instead and Ace is kneeling down and glaring at the gods and the almost-empty jar that used to hold Fire is on a pedestal to his left, but Marco and Sabo are Really Fucking Afraid 'cause they know Ace is afraid?? And they’re like jfc how well do we…..know him?

And Ace catches them looking and the fire starts to slowly wink out, just, dying, as he lowers his head and accepts his fate and refuses to look at them, and they’re like no no no no no it can’t happen like this, he is the fire god-

And Sabo leans forwards and just, please, he thinks, he prays, and Ace jolts and looks up at him and his eyes are so wide and startled and Sabo jumps too but then-

Ace can hear his prayers.

“Please!” he thinks, desperate and angry and hopeless, and Marco frowns and steps up beside him and puts his hand on Sabo’s shoulder and he just mumbles, “He can hear my prayers,” and Marco goes stiff next to him, hand tight around his shoulder, and then both of them can hear-

“Please. Save me.”

WELP HERE COMES THE NOT-YET-BOYFRIENDS SQUAD ///sniggers. They totally just jump in front of Ace and Marco stalks forwards and is like, “You can’t have him!”

“Uh….why…not?”

“He swore his fealty to us. Therefore, as 2nd tier gods, it’s our job to decide his punishment - if he even deserves a punishment.”

“You’re only 3rd tier gods!!!” blackbeard yells, and Sabo grins and the last of the fire winks out and Ace’s skin glows warm and bright.

“No. 'Cause Ace is a god.”

“You’re minor gods,” someone points out, “your domains are useless!”

“Forgotten memories and Faith?” Marco says, “Ace had faith in us, and the Fire forced him to forget who he was supposed to be; We were powerful enough to hide a new god.”

“when the heck did he swear fealty??????” someone else yells, and Marco folds his arms while Sabo makes the chains around Ace’s arms a forgotten memory, helping Ace stand up, “He asked us to save him. That’s fealty enough.”

“And what did he give you in return?” someone sneers, and the crowd is pressing in on them, but Ace steps forwards and there’s fire on his shoulders and in his eyes.

“My life.”

anyway they go and upend the structure of the gods omfg and ace experiments with his powers and visits his parents and tells them what went down and rouge is like ROGER, SERIOUSLY. and thwacks him on the arm bc ofc her son’s now a god jfc, and there’s!!!

Marco and Sabo are adjusting to their new roles and trying to figure out what the fuck they’re meant to be doing and they’re still kinda 3rd tier and still kinda 2nd and basically mar/ace/bo form their own little….god squad? (SNIGGERS) And their affiliations change slightly and shift to match each other and there’s quiet moments where they figure out what to do and one day sabo’s like you don’t- you know, you’re immortal. Swearing your life to us- You can have it back, if you wanted-

“I don't,” ace says, and they get it , they get the infliction of the word and what he means and so that’s the end of that.

#opfanfic #maracebo #marcoacesabo #marcosaboace #aussie's anons #ask aussie #kisses #it’s not drabbles but i couldn’t think of a scene for you nonnie i’m sorry!!#if you wanted to send in smth else even tho my reqs are closed that’s cool??? by me????#bcccc this isn't rlly ...a proper writing thing i guess ///soft weeping

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