ã€ŠOne Piece and the Celestial Dragonã€‹


 1 Prologe

    I loved to read books in my previous life. To immerse in a world of fantasy full of mysteries beyond the common knowledge of earth was one of the things I enjoyed the most. I read every book I could find and read every manga that the internet offered.

    Maybe I wanted to flee the boring life in my true world. I wasn''t someone smart in my school, but I wasn''t dumb either. I was the typical normal guy, with no talent to claim my own, but also talented enough to live a normal live without being poor.

    Life does not go always the way we plan. After my 25th birthday was the end of my road on earth. I had cancer, and after three months, I died.

    The world was unfair to me, but the gods gave me another chance.

    I never believed in god. The world was cruel and there was no sympathy. Humans on earth could live in organized civilizations, but it took them several thousands years of war and slaughter before earth could stand in this peaceful era of the 21st century.

    Now I was transported to a new world. Who knows how it will be in this world?

    I hoped it would be a world like in my mangas and books. A world full of mystery and adventure. God did not disappoint me in this aspect.

    After I was born into my new body, the first years were really annoying. With the memory of my past life and the body of a newborn child, it was truly difficult.

    My mother was a beautiful young woman, merely 20 years old, younger than me in my previous life and that was strange feeling. We lived in a beautiful house with many servants. This meant that my mother was really rich or the daughter of some noble house.

    The problem was the character of this new mother. She was not a gentle and loving mother, she was cold and arrogant. I was happy that I made it in my first two years with the little amount of food and love she gave me. I''m really lucky that I have the mindset of a full grown men thanks to my memories of my past live. A normal child would never survive under this uncaring mother.

    The biggest affection my mother gave me was a fist on my head on my third birthday. And I tell you, in this slim and elegant body of my mother hides a massive amount of strength. First I doubted if Monkey D. Garp ate a devil fruit that could turn him into a girl or if his mother met Ivankov in a journey and was in reality a brutal pirate full of muscles and strength.

    I did not know which world this was until a special day when I was two years old. The newspaper that my mom brought home shocked me so much that I wanted to shout impolite words, but I suppressed this urge because I was still a three year old kid.

    Every article in this newspapers described scenes about marines, criminal pirates, the affects of a bad men named Gol D. Roger... This could only be one world.

    Fu*k! I reincarnated in the world of One Piece!

    Don''t misunderstand me. I was a big fan of One Piece in my previous life. This manga was truly good, with a very good world building and cool characters.

    But¡­

    This world is hell for a normal little guy like me!

    Think about it. This is the era of pirates. Not only are there brutal criminals everywhere, the marines and world government were even worse. Let''s not even start about the world nobles, these guys are a walking disaster.

    I am not like this power bundle named Monkey D. Luffy, with Garp as my grandfather and Dragon as my father. I''m just a normal guy with no special abilities. Hell, I couldn''t even beat the bullies in my high school time, how can I compete against these badasses that roam this world?

    When you read a novel, the mcs always had an advantage, something that made them different from the rest. A gamer like system, a bloodline from another universe, or an op devil fruit. But I have nothing!

    The next year was the most depressing time of my two lives. Sh*t, any moment a brutal criminal could enter the door and end this little live of mine, only because Roger had to cause such a big scene on his last day.

    I thought about all possibilities of my future. My only advantage was my knowledge of the manga. But having knowledge and no power to change even a little event in this world was more frustrating than having no knowledge at all.

    I thought about joining the straw hats, because my age was not that different than Luffys, but I dismissed this idea because this rubber brain was a magnet for live threatening situations and I didn''t want to make Lysop the second weakest character in this crew for the sole reason that I joined them.

    But on my fourth birthday everything changed. A middle aged men entered the little house where my beautiful mother and I lived and shocked me out of my little shoes.

    This men wore the clothes of the people I did not want to see at all in this world. Anybody could recognize them because only one sort of people could wear these cloths.

    A celestial dragon!

    What shocked me even more was what my mother said after this middle aged men entered the house.

    ?So you found me, father"

    What? So my mother is the daughter of this celestial dragon? I am the son of my mother. That means this guy is my grandfather. That means¡­

    What the hell? I''m a celestial dragon?

 2 Mary Geoise

    On the redline was the place where the rulers of this world lived. A little boy with his mother and grandfather entered the holy land of Mary Geoise. The mother had an indifferent expression, the grandfather a very angry one. For the little boy, he was so shocked that his grandfather had to remind him to breathe from time to time.

    The name of the little boy was Blackflame Ezio, the first grandson of the head of the famous Blackflame family. Even amongst celestial dragons is a hierarchy and the Blackflame house was on the top. Ezios grandfather had only two daughters. One daughter was Ezios mother and the other ran away and nobody knew where she was. These circumstances made Ezio the new heir of the Blackflame house. This was also the reason that his family name was that from his mothers family.

    Ezios mother ran away from Mary Geoise because she wanted to rebel against her father. The head of the family wanted a grandson that could manage the family in the future, because this women wasn''t really reliable to take responsibilities. So he had no other chance than to marry his daughter to a guy. After the two did the deed and his daughter got pregnant, she killed her husband and ran away with her child still in her belly.

    The head of the Blackflame house could only shake his head when he thought about the character of his daughter. No words could describe this unreasonable girl.

    The grandfather watched his only grandson with a frown on his face. Sometimes this grandson of his would smile like a crazy scientist, sometimes he would shed tears. In the short time that he met this grandson, he wold change the emotions on his face almost every minute. After the grandfather put him in the clothes of the celestial dragon, the child almost ran away. The old man was confused.

    [This litte boy is really weird. When I would realize that I''m a celestial dragon, I would be happy. Who does not want to be a celestial dragon? This boy sure ist weird.]

    After walking through this enormous city, Ezio saw what it meant to stand as gods in this world. The houses and this whole place was a piece of art. Every stone and every plant smelled like money. Everywhere were men with black suits and sunglasses. All had respectful expressions when they watched this family. Even other celestial dragons became humble in the presence of his grandfather.

    The emotions of the little boy stabilized after some time. Maybe it was better to start as a celestial dragon than to be a nobody in this world. Devil fruits and everything that money could buy would be no problem for him. Maybe this was the cheat that the gods gave him. A system or a unique power would be better, but this was better than nothing.

    [So, I am a celestial dragon now. Shit! Mom, couldn''t you say something? I barely survived a heart attack in this short live of mine. Hmm, but this is the story of One Piece. I don''t know the end of this story, the last chapters I could read was at the beginning of the wano kuni arc. Who knows what the end of this story will be like? Maybe that crazy rubber head would smash Mary Geoise with one fist and that would be the end of my noble life. No, I cant stay here forever. I will take every advantage I get and then I will flee to some peaceful place and let them fight each other.]

    The trio arrived in front of a huge castle. This would be the new home for Ezio from know on. Ezio had to admit, this was a lot better than his little house in his past life.

    After they entered the house, they said down on a huge table. Many slaves kneeled down after they entered their home. All kind of food and drinks were served. After a long moment of silence, the grandfather began to talk.

    ?So, are you satisfied now, Lucy?"

    Ezio watched his mother. She had the expression of a little teenage girl that wanted to rebel against her father.

    ?That is all because of you, father. Why did I have to make a child with this bastard? I''m so young! I didn''t want to be a mother! Be happy that I did not kill this boy. I could not kill my own child."

    Ezios grandfather frowned but Ezio was not surprised. This mother of his was the total opposite of a gentle and loving mother. It was good luck for Ezio that he had his memory of his past life and was really mature, without that he would not doubt that this litte child would have depression at early age.

    ?How can you talk like that in front of your own child?"

    Ezios grandfather was really angry. He knew that his daughter was a spoiled girl. Ezios grandfather thought that he could correct the character of his daughter when she would see the live outside of this little paradise. This was the only reason why the only daughter of the noble Blackflame house could run away and stay away from this place under the watchful eyes of the world government.

    He shifted his gaze towards his little grandson who looked at his mother with an indifferent face. Now he felt guilt for this little boy who must have had a very depressing live till this point.

    ?Here is you precious grandson, father. Im going"

    There was absolute silence for a little while because the noble house head of the Blackflame family was speechless.

    ?I''m sorry, Ezio"

    Ezio did not answer. He watched this grandfather of his with a curios look.

    To be true, Ezio was not depressed by the behavior of his mother. With the memories of his previous life, it was very difficult to accept the concept of a second mother. He loved his mother from earth, she was the best mother he could wish for and nobody could replace her place in his heart. That his mother was not like a normal mother had also his good points, Ezio was not a normal child after all. If a man with a mind of an adult would be treated like a little child all day, alone this would make him go crazy after some time. So this ?mother" of his was a blessing in disguise.

    ?My name is Blackflame Ruben, and I am your grandfather. Sorry my child for the past years, I thought with you and some experience of the real world your mother would change, but¡­"

    There was a long sigh from his grandfather. After that he explained his grandson what a celestial dragon was and how noble the household was. He told him several times that as the only heir of this household, he had to become a respectable men unlike this spoiled mother of his. Ezio did not say a single word and watched his grandfather with intelligent eyes unlike the boys of the same age.

    ?Grandfather, can you do something for me?"

    This was the first sentence from his grandson and this made Ruben happy. He questioned himself if his little grandson was capable to speak his language, with this mother by his side, everything was possible.

    ?Tell me boy, this grandfathers of yours will search the whole world for the things my grandson wants"

    ?No wonder mom is so spoiled"

    Ruben was speechless. This four years old kid did not talk like a little boy at all.

    ?I want a devil fruit. A very powerful devil fruit!"

    Ruben frowned. A devil fruit?

    ?Why do you want a devil fruit, boy?"

    ?I want to become strong. Strong enough to defend myself"

    Blackflame Ruben laughed.

    ?Why do you want to become strong, boy? Who dares to enter this holy land? We are a noble family. Things like fighting are the tasks for our servants. We don''t want to dirty our hands with such dirty things like fighting"

    Ezio looked at his grandfather like he was an idiot.

    ?Grandfather¡­ Why are the celestial dragons on top of this world? Because they are so noble? Don''t make me laugh. We are on top of this world because we are the strongest. In the end rules are dead and people are alive. Only the strong can rule this world"

    Ruben watched his grandson and thought he was possessed by a devil. How could a four years old brat speak like that? Was this little boy a genius?

    ?You think that I don''t talk like a little boy, old man? Well, it''s because of the good education you gave your daughter. I had to mature early, without this I don''t think I could survive with such a lovely mother"

    Ruben realized that the words from this little boy sounded plausible. Maybe the failure of his daughter gave birth to a little genius. Maybe all the braincells that failed to arrive in the head of his daughter landed instead in the brain of this little guy.

    ?Alright, this grandfather of yours will find you the most powerful devil fruit! Do you have another wish?"

    ?I want someone who will train me in martial arts. Someone really powerful!"

    ?Alright, I will find someone for you. I will show you were you live from now on. The servants will bring you to your room. We will talk tomorrow!"

 3 Grandfather

    The next day Ezio finally found out why celestial dragons would be so bad. Even the nicest person would become rotten when he would experience a life like Ezio at the moment. He was speechless.

    After he awoke from his large bed, the first experience to mention was his shower, no you can not say shower. There where several servants who where only responsible for serving him during his cleaning process. One servant was responsible for washing his right feet, the other servant was responsible for washing his left feet. One servant washed his head, the other the body. There was even a special servant wo was responsible for his little brother between his legs, and this servant was very beautiful. Why this servant was so beautiful, well, only a full grown men would understand. But Ezio was an adult, only in mind, but that was enough.

    [Shit! How many people do I need for a simple shower? Fuck, what are all these servants doing?]

    The saddest thing was, that these servants were very fearful towards him. Like they could die any seconds if this little boy wasn''t happy with their service. This made Ezio truly sad. He was a little brat, god damn it. How could they fear such a little child. When he tried to be nice to his servants, they were even more fearful. This was truly annoying.

    It was not only the shower that had so special circumstances. He couldn''t even brush his teeth without a servant. His socks, his underwear, his ugly celestial dragon clothes¡­ When he tried to put them on alone, the servants would panic and kneel. One servant even tried to kill herself because she thought Ezio wasn''t happy with her putting a sock on his left feet.

    This world is crazy!

    Maybe Ezio was on the receiving end in this rotten world, but for a man from modern times this was truly a concept that he couldn''t accept. This world will be destroyed one day, it can''t last any longer with this corrupt people on the top. No wonder celestial dragons are the way they are, when even a little kid like him is treated this way.

    In the afternoon Ezio was called by his grandfather.

    ?My boy, I found a devil fruit for you!"

    Ezio was shocked. Yesterday they talked about it and today he got one?

    He gave Ezio a fruit that had the strange form like any other devil fruit. Ezio looked curios at this fruit.

    ?What are the powers of this devil fruit?"

    Grandfather Ruben looked proud to his grandson.

    ?Haha, boy, this is an ancient zoan type devil fruit! This fruit allows his user to turn into a ceberus, and¡­"

    ?What, are you kidding me?"

    Grandfather Ruben looked confused to his little boy.

    ?Do you want to turn you grandson into a dog? A dog with three heads? Are you kidding me?"

    ?But¡­ but this is an ancient zoan type! Do you even understand what it means¡­"

    ?In the end it is still a dog! Hmph, I''m disappointed, very sad¡­"

    ?Boy, this grandfather of yours will find you the best devil fruit! Haha, this is the right attitude for the future head of this family! Only the best for the best!"

    ?I will take this fruit for now, but im very sad, grandfather¡­ Please be more sincere"

    ?Yes, yes, take it¡­ take it¡­"

    The next day.

    ?Haha, boy! This time your grandfather went all out. Im sure this time you will be happy!"

    ?What fruit is this, old man?"

    ?This is one of the rarest fruits, little man. This is a logia fruit!"

    Ezios eyes began to shine.

    ?This is the Plant Plant Fruit. It turns the users into plants and allow him to control all plants¡­"

    ?Old man, but what will I do when one had a fire devil fruit?"

    ?Yes, that''s a weakness, but¡­"

    ?I heard there is an admiral who can turn into magma. What chances do I have if I meet him? You want the next head of the house to be so weak? How can I show my face to the other celestial dragons? Old man, I''m sad, very sad¡­"

    ?You''re right, boy! Your grandfather will find you an even better fruit! That is the right attitude for the next head of our house! Hahaha¡­."

    ?But I will take this fruit for now. I think it''s beautiful¡­"

    ?Take it, boy, take it!"

    The following days were really harsh for this old man. Every day he showed his son one of the rarest fruits in the world but the standards for this little guy where just over the top. But this made the old man even more proud of this little guy.

    Meanwhile at the Headquarter of the Marines¡­

    ?Hahaha, Sengoku, why are you sweating so much! Hahaha¡­"

    ?Garp, you bastard!"

    Sengoku had really bad luck. A particular celestial dragon used all of his power to find a precious devil fruit for his grandson. He had to mobilize half of his forces to roam the hole world, only because a little kid had the idea that he wanted a devil fruit.

    ?This bastard¡­ why is it the Blackflame house? If it was another celestial dragon, I could refuse¡­ but this guy¡­ sigh¡­"

    Garp still continued to laugh, but then Sengoku began to smile.

    ?I have an important mission for you, bastard"

    Garp stopped because he sensed a bad omen.

    ?That little kid told his grandfather that there is a devil fruits he wants on an¡­ how should I call it? Special Island¡­"

    Garp gulped. ?What island?"

    ?Sky Island"

    ?No¡­" said Garp, shocked.

    ?Yes¡­ This mission is for you. Go to Sky Island and find this fruit for this damn boy. You have to find it, so this chaos can have an end! What is this little guy planning? He has access to devil fruits the whole world never saw¡­ Do you know how many devil fruits there are in Mary Geoise? These celestial dragon don''t care about devil fruits, because they think they are too noble to eat something like this"

    ?Do I really have to go, Sengoku?"

 4 My new Teacher

    Ezio couldn''t believe his luck these days. He always thought the world was unfair to him to reincarnate him in this cruel world without a cheat. Only today did he understand that the systems and the cheats of all other novels were really miserable in comparison with his own situation.

    Ezio was in his own room and in front of him were many fruits in all different shapes and colors. There were so many fruits, Ezio was thinking of taking over the whole world, but then he realized that he was a celestial dragon and that this world was his.

    Ancient zoan, mythical zoan, different types of Logia fruits, crazy paramecia fruits¡­ There was everything!

    Ezio was always a fan of the thunder fruit, so he asked his old man to find it on Skypia. He wasn''t sure when Eneru ate this fruit, but to his surprise, the marine send Garp out and he found this fruit after a year. Now it was in front of him.

    It was really lucky that the other celestial dragons had so many devil fruits. They thought it was worthless, for them devil fruits were more like a beautiful sculpture or a piece of art they would buy to show of their power. They all wanted to impress his old man and because of this, the old man got his hands on the best of the devil fruits in the world. Ezio almost laughed because he found a fruit that would become the power of one of the supernovas from Luffys generation, but now he ruined the future of this pirate because the fruit was in front of him.

    There were so many fruits in front of him that Ezio couldn''t decide which one he should eat. When he got his hands on the thunder fruit, he was sure that he would eat it because it was really overpowered. But then he thought of Luffys devil fruit that would make this fruits ability useless. How can his devil fruit be useless in front of the future pirate king? This was the reason why the fruit was in front of him and not in his stomach.

    He gave his old man and the marine some free time because they really had a bad time in this past year. Today his grandfather finally managed to find a suitable martial arts trainer for him. Ezio wondered why he had to wait a whole year, but the old man said that it was difficult to find the perfect trainer for his precious grandson, and only the best had the honor to be his martial arts master.

    As he and his old man walked towards this mysterious martial arts master, he was shocked when he saw the person standing in front of his home.

    It was one of the three admirals of the marines, Kizaru!

    When his grandfather told him that this guy will train him three days every week, he nearly laughed out loud.

    An admiral as my personal trainer?

    His grandfather left and then he was now alone with this admiral. The funny thing was that admiral Kizaru was really respectful to him. He couldn''t see the lazy attitude like it was described in the manga. This guy had really bad luck to be picked as a personal trainer for a celestial dragon brat like himself.

    ?Hi, what''s you name?"

    ?Borsalino, young lord"

    ?Young lord?" Ezio watched him with strange eyes. Even Borsalino was a little bit upset, but what could he do? This little master was the future head of the Blackflame house. This was no joke!

    ?Sigh¡­ I asked my grandfather for a martial arts trainer and they send you, an admiral? You really have bad luck, dude¡­"

    Kizaru nodded but was surprised by the casual way this brat talked with him. Usually celestial dragons would be really arrogant, even when they confronted an admiral like him.

    ?How do we start?"

    ?Maybe with a little bit of running, young lord? But when it is too hard, please stop. You have to take care of your health¡­"

    Then they began running.

    ?Why don''t we stop here, you ran a really long distance, don''t over do it, young lord¡­"

    Ezio stopped and looked angry to this ?martial arts trainer" of his. After Kizaru saw his angry look, he looked a bit frightened.

    ?Kizaru, how can I become strong with this way of training?"

    ?Lord, we¡­ I¡­"

    ?No! Are you afraid to hurt me because im a celestial dragon? Fu*k! I want the hardest training you can give me! I want to learn all marine techniques, haki, and everything you know! Even if you have to beat me up, I don''t care! Treat me like a normal guy! Fu*k! All this celestial dragon sh*t, I''m only a little brat and even an admiral calls me young lord¡­"

    Kizaru was shocked by this little celestial brat. After his long speech there was a little bit of respect in Kizarus eyes for this unusual celestial dragon.

    ?You really want that I train you?"

    Ezio nodded.

    ?Alright, but don''t blame me after the training¡­"

    This was the day when the celestial brat named Ezio became the disciple of an admiral.

 5 Thats a good catch...

    Ezio was not sure if he should be happy or sad. Three months ago began his training with Kizaru and after the first day he thought he would die. He couldn''t walk for a whole week but Kizaru trained him regardless. He had to stop his old man after he saw the condition of his precious grandson. Ezio feared the marines would lose an admiral if his grandfather met Kizaru. Do not look down on this old man, he was different from other celestial dragons. He was definitely a strong guy.

    Ezio was surprised that he liked the training with Kizaru. In his past life he was lazy but with such a good teacher he changed day by day. Today he had to rest because Kizaru could only teach him three days every week so he spend the day with his old man.

    ?We need to pick up some servants for you, little guy. What are you doing with all these fruits? I''ve gone all out and you didn''t like even one"

    ?Sorry, old man. What, are you getting me some slaves, old bastard?"

    ?Don''t talk like that to me, you brat. You know that I''m not fond of slaves, but it is better that we bring them into our house, so their life would be much more easier then elsewhere"

    ?Yes, but when they fall in the hands of you precious daughter, that would be¡­"

    ?Sigh. I don''t know what went wrong with this girl. I''m lucky that I have my little grandson, he is more like his grandfather. A little genius, handsome¡­"

    ?Stop old man, who is like you? This brain in my head is mine, and the handsome face is from your daughter, the only positive thing about this girl by the way. And we both know why your daughter ended this way, you spoiled her too much¡­"

    ?Stop that, don''t talk like that, she is still your mother. And what is wrong with loving my children? Will you not grow up to be a wonderful man, little boy?"

    ?Thats because I''m special. Sh*t, after I asked you for a devil fruit, you mobilized the whole marine. Every normal child would think they could conquer the whole world with a grandfather as caring as you¡­"

    They arrived in front of a huge building. This building was the one Ezio hated the most. Here were all slaves from all over the world and here they were trained to please their master.

    In this moment arrived a new group of slaves. They would bring them into this building were they would mark them forever with the sign of the celestial dragon so they would never forget that they were slaves.

    When Ezio saw the people that arrived, he was shocked. He watched three new slaves and had a very familiar sensation. As if they were characters that he knew from the manga.

    That was the moment when realization struck him.

    ?Old man! I want these three girls!"

    The old man looked confused to his grandson.

    ?Whats wrong, boy? They first have to be marked, and then¡­"

    ?NO! Old man, don''t mark them, I don''t want them to be slaves, they should be official servants!"

    ?Official servants? Are you kidding? Only the best can have a chance to become an official servant. Whats wrong, do you¡­"

    He couldn''t even finish as he saw his grandson drag three girls away.

    ?Is my little boy in love? Fine, one of the three girls is really beautiful, but this brat isn''t even six years old¡­ What''s got into him?"

    Nobody asked questions why Ezio would drag three slaves away. These slaves were for the celestial dragons anyway.

    Ezio arrived in his room with his new ?servants". He saw tears in the eyes of these three girls and a look full of hatred. These girls were a couple of years older then Ezio but he confirmed that his theory was true. He found the first member for his future team. What a good catch!

    ?Sorry girls. We were lucky that I found you at the entrance, if they would mark you¡­"

    He was interrupted by the eldest girl. She had long black hair and looked really beautiful, even with her small age.

    ?What do you want to do with us, bastard!"

    ?Sigh¡­ Don''t worry. I hate these celestial bastards like you. What did I do? I saved you from the life of a slave, stupid. Or do you want do be a slave?"

    ?Aren''t you a celestial bastard, too?"

    ?Sigh¡­ Thats right, but what could I do? I was born into this sh*t¡­"

    The three girls looked confused to this little guy. Why was this celestial dragon talking so strange? This did not make sense.

    ?Your names?"

    ?Boa Sandersonia"

    ?Boa Marigold"

    ?Boa¡­ Hancock"

    Ezio was right. This girl in front of him was the future Shishibukai and ruler of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock.

    At the moment she was only a twelve years old girl.

    The hero, named Blackflame Ezio, saved her before she was marked by the evil celestial dragon and changed the first thing in the story of One Piece! Or was he the villain because he was a celestial bastard, too? Who knows.

    ?You", Ezio pointed with his finger to Boa Hancock. ?Join my crew and become the first member of the strongest team in the world!"

    ?No!"

    ?Huh?" Ezio was shocked. Was this the feeling of rejection? He was the hero who saved the girl¡­

    ?Why? I saved you!"

    ?You kidnapped us in the first place!"

    ?I didn''t kidnap you, I''m the good guy. These celestial bastards kidnapped you¡­"

    ?Aren''t you a celestial bastard, too?"

    ?My old man is one, but that dosen''t mean I''m one too, why would I drag you away from this scary slave house¡­"

    ?Hmph"

    The next few days were truly strange in the noble house of the Blackflame family. The new ?servants" from the young lord were arrogant and the young lord would bring them food and would do many things to please them. Everyone who saw this scene would think that the young lord was the servant and this little bossy girl was the celestial dragon.

    When the old man saw this situation, he was stunned for a while.

    ?What is this little fox doing? Serving his own servants and all that sh*t. Can''t he think a little bit of his old man? Throwing the pride of my noble family out of the window for a little girl¡­ damn it, im freaking out!"

    The three sisters were really confused. They saw the little boy walking out of the room with his head dropped. Boa Marigold began to talk.

    ?This celestial dragon is different than the others, big sister. Maybe it was true and he really saved us¡­"

    ?Hmph"

    ?Don''t be like that, Hancock", said Boa Sandersonia. ?Don''t you see that this litte guy is sincere? Did you ever saw a celestial brat acting like this?"

    Boa Hancock still had her arrogant expression, but in her head she thought otherwise. She was really curios about this celestial brat that wanted her to join his team. What was this team anyways? Did he want to become a pirate? What a joke.

 6 Time skip

    Admiral Kizaru was a little bit confused. In front of him was his little student, and besides him were three girls.

    ?So you want that I train these girls, too?", he asked with doubt.

    ?Yes", answered Ezio and nodded his head.

    ?Who are these girls?"

    ?My official servants"

    ?Who is your servant!", said Hancock with killing intent in her eyes.

    ?Fine, one brat or four brats, whats the difference", Kizaru shook his head,

    ?Who are you calling a brat, huh?", said Ezio with angry eyes.

    ?S-Sorry, young lord¡­"

    ?Just kidding, lets start!"

    After the hard training, the three sisters couldn''t even walk. Maybe this admiral guy had a casual attitude, one could even think he was lazy sometimes, but when the training started, he changed completely.

    And why did Boa Hancock and her sisters started to train with the celestial brat? Well, the reason was simple.

    The twelve year old Boa Hancock lost against a little brat in a fight. As a proud citizen from Amazon Lily, where only the strong were revered, she couldn''t accept this defeat. So the two made a bet. In a couple of years, they would fight again, and the winner of the fight would be the boss for a life time. After Sandersonia and Marigold heard about their bet, they wanted to puke blood, but they knew how their big sister was. She was just too proud and couldn''t accept the loss against a little brat.

    After the first fight between Hancock and Ezio several years passed.

    Blackflame Ezio was now seventeen years old and grew up to be a handsome young man. He had short black hair and blue eyes. He wasn''t too tall, but wasn''t small either. He was dressed in Black from head to toe. On his face was a confident smile.

    Kizaru stood in front of his four students and today was the last day of their training. He was really proud of this four students of his, if they would go iout to sea they could shock the whole world.

    ?You four mastered all six techniques of Rokushiki and can even use armament and observation haki to some degree. There is nothing I could teach you anymore. Even without devil fruits, you four became really strong. It''s time for me to go"

    All four of them had tears in their eyes. In these years, they developed a strong bond with this strange marine admiral and accepted him as their teacher. Even Ezio couldn''t help but shed some tears.

    ?Teacher, thank you!", said Ezio and bowed to Kizaru.

    ?Thank you, teacher!", even the Boa sisters bowed.

    ?What are you doing now, boy?", asked the admiral with a smile on his face.

    ?First, I will subdue this arrogant and beautiful girl next to me and let her join my team", Ezio smiled and pointed towards Boa Hancock.

    ?Then we will break out of this prison and roam the world, so that my old man will grow more grey hairs!"

    After hearing this answer, Admiral Kizaru did not know if he was happy or sad. This little monster would create a lot of chaos and who could stop him with the background as the heir of the Blackflame family. Poor Marines, poor pirates, poor revolutionary¡­ nobody in this world would be spared.

    Kizaru did not even say goodbye and vanished with the power of his fruit. Ezio looked to Boa Hancock and they knew what the other was thinking.

    Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold couldn''t help but distance themselves from these two people. These two were monsters way out of their league.

    ?So, little Hancock, are you ready to accept me as your boss?"

    ?Hmph, celestial brat, who would want you as a boss?"

    After she sad that, she kicked him with her long legs. Her foot was covered in black armament haki and even Ezio had to be careful.

    ?Your armament haki is stronger than mine, little Han. But my observation haki is way above yours"

    Ezio smiled as he dodged hundreds of kicks. In comparison to Sanjis fighting style, the style of Hancock was even more powerful.

    They were only fighting with raw power and haki. They didn''t use any of the Rokushiki techniques. In terms of haki and raw power, they were both equal and nobody had an advantage. Hancocks attacks and armament haki were more powerful, but Ezios speed and observation Haki brought their fight in a balance of equal strength.

    Hancock was not happy. This little brat was seven years younger than her and could fight equal with her.

    ?Why don''t you bring out your weapon?", asked Hancock annoyed. She knew he would win when he would draw his weapon. They both knew who would win this fight from the start. They trained more than a decade together and knew the strength and weaknesses like no other. So this fight was more because Hancock was too proud and would never tell this arrogant brat that he was stronger. That was because he was only a little bit stronger than her.

    Ezio smiled and drew the huge weapon that was on his back. It was a huge black scythe that his old man gave him many years ago.

    ?Accept your defeat, Hancock!"

    Several meters away stood an old man with grey hair. He looked older than twelve years ago but had a youthful smile on his face as he watched his grandson fight.

    ?That this black scythe would once again enter this world, and even in the hands of my own grandson. Hahaha¡­"

    The old man knew that his little boy wanted to go out into the world and show everyone his power. He was very proud of this brat. It was unusual for a celestial dragon to be like his grandson, but wasn''t he the same in his young days? Maybe when he would take over his noble house one day, he would make many changes in the world.

    Hancock reluctantly accepted her defeat.

    ?Who is the vice captain?", asked Ezio with a smile.

    ?Hmph"

    ?Who is the captain?"

    ?Hmph"

    ?Who is your husband?"

    ?Go to hell, celestial bastard!"

    Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold looked at Ezio who ran away from an angry Hancock with a red face. Both of them smiled because they saw this scene every day in the last years.

    ?Sandersonia, it is time for us to go back to Amazon Lily. We can''t follow these two monsters, or our life would be really miserable with the chaos these two would bring to this world"

    ?You are right. Its time that we let big sister go"

 7 Blackflame family

    Ezio met his old man in the evening because he wanted to tell him that he would flee from this luxurious prison in the next few days.

    As he entered the room, he saw his old men with his mother at the side. His mother did not change in the last years, she still looked beautiful and young. Ezio looked exactly like his mother, and that was really good luck.

    ?So little fox, you want to run away from your grandfather? You unfilial brat, wasn''t I a good grandfather?"

    ?Old man, you spoiled me too much. My character is the worst"

    Both of them laughed but then they sensed the killing intent from Ezios mother Lucy. Just with a glare, the men of the Blackflame house went silent. Both of them feared this women.

    ?You have to show us that you have the strength to represent the Blackflame name in the world, we don''t want you to embarrass our noble name"

    The old man smiled and Ezio sensed the coming of disaster.

    The old man pointed at his mother.

    ?You have to beat hear, brat!"

    Ezios sweated. He had to beat his own mother? He would rather fight Whitebeard than his own mother!

    ?Come on, brat. Show your mother how good you are"

    Ezio had to do it. His hands became black and he used his strongest armament haki. With all the power he had he attacked his beautiful mother but she did not move a bit.

    When his fist hit her, the spot where his fist landed became black. Then all the power reflected and Ezio flew several meters away, his face full of blood.

    ?What the hell? Mom, what is this crazy armament haki?!"

    Ezio was shocked.

    Then he attacked his mother with kicks, fists, he even took his scythe and attacked with all he got.

    But his mother did not even move an inch! She just stood there and defended all his attacks with her monstrous haki!

    ?MOM? Why are you so strong? What is this armament haki? You, you, you¡­."

    The old man laughed and even his arrogant mother had a little smirk on her face.

    ?Do you think this mother of yours is so arrogant and cruel only because she is my precious daughter? Hahaha¡­"

    The old man truly liked to brag about his children. But this was the first time he bragged about his daughter in front of Ezio.

    ?This girl is a Blackflame, brat. Do you think she is weak? Her name ist Blackflame D. Lucy! You have to search the whole world to find someone with a stronger armament haki then this girl. Do you think I would let her run wild with my precious grandson in this dangerous world if she didn''t have this strength? Hahaha¡­."

    Ezio was shocked. What? Why Blackflame D. Lucy? Why D? But he couldn''t think further because his mom rushed with abnormal speed in front of him.

    ?You lost, brat"

    And then with a black fist that landed directly on his head, he lost conscious.

    After he awoke, he was in a luxurious room. This room was full of treasures. It was the heilroom of the Blackflame family and Ezio was stunned how rich his family was. Even the four emperors of the sea would kill anything in their way to get the treasures in this room.

    ?So you woke up, little fox. Welcome to our secret room. Only the members of our family are allowed to enter this room!"

    Ezios eyes were drawn to the center of this room. There was a round table with a mysterious devil fruit on top of it. This was a strange devil fruit. It looked like an apple, but it had three colors.

    ?So you noticed this fruit, brat. This is the biggest treasure of our family, and this is the reason why we are called the Blackflame family"

    The old man grinned and took the fruit from the table. Then he gave it to Ezio.

    ?Eat it"

    ?What?", Ezio was shocked. ?Isn''t this the biggest treasure of our family? Why are you giving me this?"

    The old man laughed.

    ?Hahaha, you are right. Every Blackflame member has to guard this fruit with his own live. When this fruit is eaten, it will bring chaos to the world. But you past the secret trial of our family and met the three conditions from our ancestor. You are allowed to show this power to the world!"

    ?What trial? There was no trial I can remember!", answered Ezio confused.

    ?The first trial was the trial of devil fruits. Every young child of our family has access to the strongest devil fruits of the world. Do you think I gave you all those devil fruits because I want to spoil you? No! It was to test your willpower. Even after you got the thunder logia, which power can bring you to the top of this world, you did not eat it! When you asked me to get you a devil fruit, I was really disappointed. I thought you would eat the first I gave you and you would directly be disqualified. But I got the hands of the best fruits in the world, but none was good enough for you. Because of this mentality, you passed the first test of our ancestor!"

    Ezio realized everything. This was the reason why this old man went all out and brought him all the fruits! Ezio was lucky, he wanted to eat one of the fruits before he started his adventure. Good that he ate none till this moment!

    ?You know, I failed when I was young and ate a devil fruit my father gave me. Even your mother ate one. Since our first ancestor, no one could resist to eat one of the powerful devil fruits that they got in their young age. You are the first!"

    Ezio was confused. He really wanted to know what the power of his old men and mother was. He knew they wouldn''t tell him, they would only show him their power if he was strong enough.

    ?The second test?"

    ?Of course, its conqueror haki!"

    ?Huh? But I didn''t use conqueror haki?"

    ?Of course you did! But you didn''t notice it. Ask that little girl, what was her name? Hancock! Every time you fight with her, it shows. Only the people around you feel this haki. Why do you think the other two little girls always run away when you two fight? Even Hancock has this haki, boy. You have to be careful. A women with this haki isn''t easy to subdue, you know"

    The old man laughed at his own comment.

    ?So whats the third trial?"

    ?The third one has yet to come. You have to eat this fruit and you have to survive!"

    ?What? This fruit can kill me?"

    The old man nodded. This time he was serious.

    ?This fruit is one of a kind. There is no second in this world that is like this fruit. Usually, fruits are categorized as logia, zoan, or paramecia. But this fruit is different, because it has three different abilities! One ability is like a zoan fruit, one is like a logia fruit, and the last one is like a paramecia fruit. If you master this fruit, then it is like you mastered three different devil fruits!"

    Ezios eyes began to shine. What is this super broken devil fruit?

    [Blackbeard, you noob. You waited for years for one logia fruit and thought it would be the strongest. But why did you not find out about this fruit? Well, I doubt you would have the ability to steal it from this crazy family.]

    ?Don''t be happy too early, little fox. Everything in this world has its price! First, you have to survive eating this fruit. Then you have to have the potential to unlook the power of this fruit. Our first ancestor ate this fruit and unlooked only one power in his whole life. He was the reason the people call us Blackflame, and that with only one of the three abilities. He was a genius that stood at the top of our world, but even he could not unlock the other two abilities!"

    Ezio nodded with a serious face. Blackbeards fruit was overpowered, but it also had a weakness. This fruit had more power than the yami yami no mi, so there where also more risks.

    ?Brat, you decide. Want to risk it?"

 8 New power

    ?I will eat it!"

    Ezio has decided.

    [In the worst case, I will die. When you die once, your mentality changes a little. Maybe you don''t fear death as much or you think when you''re dead you will move to another world. Maybe in the next world I''m a shinobi, who knows? I think this whole dying and reincarnating thing made me a little crazy.]

    Ezios mother came to his side and patted his head. Ezio was shocked. This was the first time his mother showed affection.

    ?M-Mom?"

    He was so touched, he jumped to his mother and wanted to take her in his arms. But what he got was a painful fist on his head.

    ?Don''t have illusions, brat. You have to be strong enough to take your mother in your arms, or you will end like this useless father of yours"

    Ezio was struck by fear. His grandfather told him that she only made the deed with his father because she wanted that the Blackflame family had a heir. The old man even told him that his father was one of the strongest celestial dragons, but he didn''t survive the private time in bed with his mother. The old man had a lot of trouble when a celestial dragon died in this tragic event.

    Ezio took the fruit and ate it.

    After he ate it nothing happened. He looked at his grandfather with a questioning gaze.

    ?What the hell, old fox? I''m feeling fine!"

    ?Well, yes", he answered and smiled.

    ?OLD MAN!"

    Ezio was furios and attacked his old man with all he got. He couldn''t hit him even once. Damn, this crazy family isn''t easy to handle.

    ?Well, im surprised, too. What is your power?"

    Ezio looked at his hand and felt a strange power in his whole body. Then his hand turned into black fire and shocked Ezio. This is the power of a logia fruit! His whole body was a black flame. This explained the name of his family.

    ?Hahaha! It is the black flame, the same ability our ancestor had!"

    But after several seconds Ezio felt massive pain in his whole body. Blood came out of his eyes, like when a user of the Uchiha clan would use the mangekyo sharingan. His hands that were black flames turned back to normal and he fell to the ground. He rolled up and down on the ground because of the massive pain. Never did he feel so much pain. It took him half an hour before the pain faded but he still lay on the ground and couldn''t move more than his mouth.

    ?Old man, what the hell is this?"

    ?This is the first power and it is the power of logia. This is Amaterasu. Another name is the Nirvana Flame. You are now a black flame that can burn everything in this world. But it is not easy to use this power. If your use it too much, it can kill you. You have to train to use even a little bit of that black flame. Now you are too weak. Just this little flame on your hand and your are in this condition. That is the price for your power, boy"

    Ezio did not now wether he should laugh or cry. Is he an Uchiha now? This flame in form of a logia fruit ist truly overpowered. Poor Ace, his flame in comparison is really weak. The problem was that Ace could destroy a whole nation in his fire, Ezio used a little flame and felt like dying. He knew the future would be troublesome and his training would bring him a lot of pain.

    Ezio recovered after several hours. He was still in the treasure room with his old man, and then he thought about the previous conversation with his grandfather.

    ?Hold on, old man. What was that about the name of my mother? Blackflame D. Lucy? Where the hell comes the D from?"

    ?Of course it''s the will of the devil. Our family had it always in our name. My name is Blackflame D. Ruben, and yours is Blackflame D. Ezio"

    ?WHAT? But we are celestial dragons! The will of the devil is our natural enemy, or not?"

    ?You know a lot for a brat in your age. Of course nobody knows that we have the D in our name"

    The old man grinned like a cunning fox. After several minutes Ezio had the same smile as his grandfather.

    ?So the devil lives in the heavens of the gods and the gods are completely clueless? Hahaha, that is truly funny. When I compare our family with all the poor D''s that are hunted by the world, we Blackflames are truly like a cunning devil!"

    Both of them laughed loud and even Lucy had to smile. There were no more words needed because they all knew what this meant.

    ?This is the reason why you old man are so different. Now it makes sense"

    The old men nodded and gave Ezio a ring with a flame engraved on it.

    ?Boy, this is a spatial ring, in this you can store your belongings. If the people see that you have all those devil fruits on your ship, even the four emperors would hunt you down to the end of this world. This is a one of a kind treasure, so don''t lose it. By the way, I made a ship for your trip. It even has the newest technology of the marines, so you can pass the calm belt and bring these two girls to their home. Ah, I should tell you, this black scythe I gave you in the past is really special. It''s the weapon of our first ancestor and it can be used with the black flames without being burned to ashes. Don''t lose this weapon, or this old man will hunt you down!"

    Ezio smiled. It was truly easier as a celestial dragon. He stood slowly up. His hole body was full of pain but he walked to his old man and took him in his arms.

    ?Grandfather, thank you for everything. When I come back, the whole world will know the name of the Blackflame"

    ?Brat, it''s rare that you call your old man grandfather"

    Both of them had tears in their eyes. They knew they wouldn''t see each other for a very long time. Ezio really loved this grandfather of his. He was a good guy and loved his grandson more than everything. For Ezio he was like his first father because even in his past life he didn''t had a father.

 9 Hancocks new power

    Ezio met with Boa Hancock and her sisters.

    ?Hancock, sisters-in-law, I have a present for you"

    ?Who are you calling your sister-in-law?" said Hancock angry with a red face.

    Ezio took out two zoan fruits and handed them to Sandersonia and Marigold. These were twin fruits like the fruits they had in the past. They also resembled snakes, but these two fruits were way more powerful than the fruits they had in the original story.

    ?Sandersonia, Marigold. You two will be the future ruler of Amazon Lily, no doubt about it. When you learn the power of these fruits, you can reach new heights. Our first stop will be your country"

    The two sisters were really grateful for all that Ezio had done. They took the fruits and left the other two.

    Ezio was really happy that he found Hancock before she ate the fruit of the original story. Maybe the fruit was perfect for her, because she was so beautiful, but he thought that this fruit wasted her potential. He thought really a long time whitch fruit he should give her. She was the first member of his group and she should be the strongest after him. She was like Marco for Whitebeard and Rayleigh for Gold Roger.

    First he wanted to give her the thunder fruit or the plant plant fruit. Both were super powerful, but there was one fruit that was mysterious and maybe had the potential to be even better than the other two. Hancock was very strong in physical attacks and a logia would not support this fighting style. Now that he was a logia user himself, he decided to give Hancock this mysterious fruit. It was a mystical zoan fruit never seen in this world.

    The nine-tails demon fox!

    When Boa Hancock saw this fruit she looked confused to Ezio.

    ?What is the power of this fruit?"

    ?I won''t tell you, you have to find it out!"

    ?I want the strongest fruit that you have!", said Hancock like a spoiled little girl.

    ?You know, since the first day I brought you here, I thought every day which devil fruit I should give you. I don''t know if this is the strongest, because nobody have heard of a person who ate this fruit. I could give you a logia, but I want to gamble on this one. My feelings are telling me that this fruit could be better for you"

    ?Your feelings, huh? Well¡­"

    She looked at the fruit and then she looked to Ezio. After that she ate the whole fruit.

    ?Wow¡­ usually you are more stubborn"

    Suddenly they were two fox ears on Hancocks head and a long tail grew on her back. When Ezio saw this his eyes formed in two hearts like the perverted cook in the straw hat crew.

    ?You, you, you¡­" Boa Hancocks face was angry.

    ?You gave me a damn fox devil fruit? What is the use of a damn fox!"

    She kicked towards Ezio but in this fox form she was so strong that Ezio couldn''t endure two kicks from her.

    After that she looked shocked to Ezio who was half dead on the ground.

    ?Eh¡­Oh¡­ S-sorry¡­"

    Ezio truly had an unlucky day. First he was nearly killed by his own devil fruit, now he was nearly killed by his first crew member.

    ?Do you think I would give you a simple fox zoan fruit? Damn it, this fruit is a mythical zoan fruit! The nine-tails demon fox! God knows what this fruit can give you. But by the power you showed me with only one tail, this fruit is definitely not weak!"

    Boa Hancock was convinced the more she felt the new power in her body.

    ?Hmph, who is now the strongest, BOSS?"

    She walked away like an arrogant model and her new tail moved from left to right.

    ?Damn it, grandpa warned me. I''m so doomed¡­"

 10 New crew members

    ?Hey old fox, how is the training of my crew member?"

    ?Little fox, I finished it. This guy is really strong now. I''m surprised when you brought him from the slave house and dragged him to our house like these three little girls. You have an eye for potential fighters!"

    Ezio had a wide grin on his face. Of course he knew the characters from the manga. Before Fisher Tiger freed all these slaves years ago he brought this guy into his house and gave him to his grandfather. Even he did not now to what an extend his old man trained him.

    When the two arrived at the trainingsroom, they saw a fishman who looked like an octopus with six arms.

    ?Hatchi, how are you doing?", asked Ezio with a smile.

    When Hatchi saw the old man, there was visible fear in his eyes.

    He didn''t have the sun pirates logos on his head like in the original story. Well, this is Ezios fault. Now that he was in his house and didn''t joined the sun pirates, there was a flame sign on his head. It looked definitely cooler than a sun.

    ?Hatchi, don''t worry. We are going out to sea! You don''t have to see my old man anymore!"

    ?Thats good, that is really lucky¡­", said Hatchi.

    ?What did you say?!", said the old man with angry voice and Hatchi began to shake with fear. Then the grandfather and grandson duo began to laugh.

    ?Don''t worry Hatchi. This old man is usually a good guy. You are free from now on!"

    Ezio was really happy with Hatchi. First, he needed a crew member who wouldn''t eat one of his devil fruits. He thought that a swordsman for this position was the best choice, because the strongest swordsmen in this world often didn''t need the power of devil fruits. Mihawk and Zorro were the best examples. They wouldn''t eat a devil fruit even if they were as strong as the fruit of whitebeard.First he wanted to steal Zorro from Ruffys crew because Ezio was truly a fan of this guy. Three swords with only two arms? That was badass. So his swordsman had to be as badass as Zorro, and then he thought of a particular guy who was currently in his homeland and could wield 6 swords. That was because this guy hat six arms!

    Hatchi wasn''t weak, but he wasn''t such a monster as Zorro. That was the reason why he had to train him so he could compete with this pirate hunter on even ground. Hatchi did not disappoint him and now he was ready to join his crew. Ezio had a special surprise for this fishman and if Zorro or Tashigi would see this, they would immediately puke blood.

    ?So, one last crew member is missing. Then it is time that we go to Amazon Lily"

    ?Huh? You have another one?", asked the old man surprised. ?Who is it?"

    ?I can not tell you that, old fox. We will meet tomorrow, I really want to see the ship you made for me!"

    After several hours they were two people in the holy land who looked like thieves. One was a celestial dragon and the other his first mate, Boa Hancock.

    ?Why are we wearing this outfit you idiot. Nobody would stop you here when you want something!", asked Hancock in confusion.

    ?Oh, Hancock, this time we are really making trouble. Even the old fox would hunt me down if we knew what we are doing!"

    They arrived in front of a house with many people in black suits and sunglasses. Here was a person that picked Ezios interest and no one in this holy land wanted that this person escaped. Today was an unlucky day for the people in the suits because two little monsters beat them all up.

    ?Let''s go, we pick her up and then we are going to grandpa. He is already waiting at the ship!"

    They broke into the room and saw a young girl with strange clothes and a look full of hatred.

    ?Jewelry Bonney", said Ezio with a smile when he looked at the girl in front of him.

    ?What are you, thieves?", asked Bonney back.

    ?Of course, we are here to steal you!"

    ?Huh? What do you want from me? Fu*k off!"

    ?Join my crew!"

    ?Hell, no!"

    Ezios heart was broken. Isn''t he a handsome man who saves the poor girl? It was the same when he saved Hancock. They always reject him¡­

    ?Who are you by the way?"

    ?Blackflame Ezio and that is Boa Hancock"

    ?Sh*t, a Blackflame? Don''t tell me you want to escape from the holy land, and that with me?", she asked stupefied.

    ?That is my plan. After we free you, we are going away from this hell!"

    ?You crazy bastard. They wouldn''t let you out, are you stupid? The last time this Blackflame Lucy escaped, the whole marine tried to stop her. They don''t let you lunatics out of this place! And with me in the team, even the CP9 will hunt you down!"

    ?Isn''t this fun? Let them come!", said Ezio with a loud laughter.

    ?Go alone, you jinx"

    ?I have a lot of cooks on my ships. The best in the world by the way. My old man is really caring in these aspects"

    ?Really? Ok, I''m in"

    Boa Hancock was stupefied by these two lunatics. What conversation was this? This girl is al lot of trouble. Even her captain is¡­

    ?Let''s go, grandpa is waiting!"

 11 The calm before the storm

    A man, a women and a newborn baby were walking towards a ship which was hidden in a hidden corner in the holy land of Mary Geoise. When they arrived, they saw a fishman, two girls from Amazon Lily, Blackflame Ruben and Lucy.

    Meanwhile in the center of the holy land¡­.

    When you ask where the land with the most peace is in this world was, than everybody would think of Mary Geoise. Who was so crazy to attack this land that is so high in the sky? If an outsider would see this peaceful land at the moment, he would truly be shocked.

    Everywhere were people with black suits and sunglasses. They were in every corner. They searched for someone, someone who is very important for the world government.

    These people in black suits had normally an indifferent face, but in this moment you could see that they were truly nervous.

    ?Where the hell did this girl escape? How? And who were these two thieves that dared to enter this holy land?", asked one of the mens in black suits.

    ?I don''t know! We have to call Sengoku, someone told me that the whole Blackflame family is outside of their castle. I hope they don''t cause more trouble than we have at the moment¡­"

    ?What? Where are they? S*it! Call Sengoku, this is maybe another disaster for this world¡­"

    Meanwhile in Sengokus office¡­.

    ?WHAT? This Bonney girl escaped again? How did she do this!", Sengoku was truly depressed.

    ?Sir, we don''t know, but there is another problem¡­"

    ?What?"

    ?Well, the Blackflame house is empty. This is truly mysterious¡­"

    ?WHAT? Wait a second, wasn''t this brat that wanted all the devil fruits years ago from the Blackflame family?"

    ?Yes, sir. His name is Blackflame Ezio"

    ?How old is this brat?"

    ?He is now seventeen years old¡­"

    Sengoku was silent. He thought for several minutes when realization struck him.

    ?Fu*k!"

    All the marines in the room where shocked. They never saw Sengoku this frustrated.

    ?You have to do something!", Sengokus loud voice nearly killed the transporter snail.

    ?When this kid descends to the sea¡­ Oh no, I don''t want to think about it! His grandfather was not smart, he is more a simple one like Garp. But I think this grandson of his is a true disaster! Don''t let him escape! This Bonney girl, I don''t care, let this Blackflame brat stay at the holy land!"

    ?But¡­ Sir! Blackflame Ezio is a world noble¡­ He is a celestial dragon! The only heir of the noble Blackflame house!"

    ?Sh*t! We are all screwed! The marines, the revolutionary, even those damn pirates! We are all screwed!"

    This was a day the marine never forgot. Their respectable leader, Sengoku, was near a mental breakdown.

    Back to the hidden place in Mary Geoise.

    ?Boy, who is this little baby in your arms?", the old man was confused.

    ?Old fox, this is my baby. You are a great grandfather!"

    ?What! Which girl is the mother of this child? Give me this little darling. Oh, a great grandfather! I will spoil you my little baby¡­"

    Before he could touch this baby, it turned into a young women.

    ?Don''t touch me, you old fool!"

    Well, this baby was Bonney. This broke the heart of the old man. But this was not the problem at the moment. When this women turned from a baby to an adult women, well, the clothes didn''t grew with her.

    ?Wow¡­", said Ezio, who really liked this girl more without clothes.

    ?Wow¡­", even the old man felt this wonderful emotion.

    Bonney turned back into a baby because of her embarrassment.

    ?Isn''t this girl a litte familiar?", the old fox was thinking. ?Well, I don''t care. I will show you your new ship, hahaha, this grandfather of yours made the best ship in this world!"

 12 A shocking secre

    When the group arrived at the new ship, they were all shocked. All beside the old fox who was responsible for this ship.

    ?Old man¡­ Isn''t this¡­ this¡­ isn''t this a bit too huge?"

    Ezio was not the only one who thought so. This ship was a monster!

    ?A ship with the emblem of our noble house has to be this big, brat! This is the smallest one with our emblem! By the way, I picked the best servants for your trip. They are several cooks, navigators, scientist, doctors, musicians, everything you need, my boy. So you don''t have to find new members with special professions. Just pick up the strongest you meet!"

    Ezio gave a simple nod but his crew members were out of their mind.

    [Is this grandfather crazy? How much can he spoil his grandson¡­ Hell, who was the bastard that told me that it was hard to sail the sea in this world! With this ship, this will be more like a holiday trip!]

    ?By the way", the old man had more surprises. ?In this ship are all the weapons I could find on this land. There are even some ancient one, but I''m not a scientist, who knows what they can do. Just ask the servants¡­"

    By this point the whole crew was speechless.

    [You give an ancient weapon to this little brat? Do you want to destroy the world?]

    ?Okay, okay. Don''t watch me with this eyes, you little brats. Go to the ship, I have some last words to say to my little darling grandson"

    The only ones who stood in front of the ship were Lucy, Ezio and this old man.

    ?I have a mission for you, little fox!", when the old man said this, he was serious.

    ?What mission?"

    ?You have to find your aunt! She escaped all those years ago and didn''t visit her father even once! Catch her and bring my little darling girl home!"

    Ezio was shocked. He had an aunt? And how should he catch such a monster with the Blackflame name? If she is only half as strong as this unreasonable mother of his, then¡­

    ?She is the little sister of your mother. But she isn''t the only member of our family"

    The old man was furious. Ezio never saw ist grandfather this serious.

    ?This little girl flirted with some revolutionary and even had a child. A child, you hear me? That means I have another darling grandson who is out in this sea! And I could never spoil this poor boy. He is a little younger than you. You have to catch this brat. Do you know why?!"

    ?Why?"

    ?Because this boy took the name of his incompetent father! I''m furious! How could my grandson take the name of his father? You have to find him, catch him, spoil him, tell him his family name and you have to bring him here!"

    Ezio had black lines on his head. Crazy old man!

    ?What is the name of this brat and his father?"

    ?The name? Oh, what was the name¡­ I remember the name was truly silly. How could my precious grandson have such a name, ah¡­ I remember!"

    ?It was Monkey D. Luffy! That damn father gave him the name of a monkey! Tell him that his name is Blackflame! Blackflame D. Luffy! And beat this incompetent father! Beat him till he doesn''t wake up for several days!"

    Ezio was shocked. He nearly died of a heart attack! Beat this incompetent father? This guy was the most wanted men in this fu**ing world!

    The ultimate secret of the whole One Piece universe was revealed in this moment. Many fans across the world wanted to know who the mother of Luffy was, and the true was¡­

    His mother was his Aunt!

    [But then, Luffy is my¡­ little cousin?]

    ?Boy, is everything alright?"

    ?Yes old man, I will find them and bring them home. Don''t worry!"

 13 Old mans last presen

    When Ezio entered his ship the first time he was truly shocked. He couldn''t imagine what his crazy grandfather could do with all the money he had. He looked at the red flag that had the emblem of his family. A black flame with a western dragon. This emblem looked really nice. All these poor novel mc''s had to choose which faction they want to belong. One was a marine, the other a pirate. Sometimes there was a revolutionary.

    ?Screw you, pirates! And marines! And revolutionary! My faction? I represent this badass family! Muhahahaha!"

    Hancock came to his side and looked at him with strange eyes.

    ?Why are you laughing so weird? What is this ?muhahaha''? Are you stupid?"

    ?But¡­ but¡­ in this world every big character has his own unique art to laugh. Don''t you like it?"

    ?No! It''s stupid!"

    ?Okay, okay¡­ I try another one. Yes! This is better. Wait¡­"

    ?Wuhahahaha!"

    ?This is even more stupid! What''s wrong with your head?"

    ?Sigh. One last one, Hancock?"

    ?Last chance¡­"

    ?Hmm¡­ Guahahahaha-"

    Hancock didn''t even answer and hit im with a brutal kick. Marigold saved him from this embarrassment with her arrival.

    ?Oh my god, I think we lost Hatchi! This ship is too big, this guy wanted to look around and didn''t find his way back!"

    A servant came to Ezio and bowed respectful to him.

    ?Young lord, we found a strange creature near a very dangerous weapon. He looked like an octopus, this weapon is really dangerous, should we¡­"

    ?Bring this idiot to me! Sigh. This dude will kill us before we even arrive at the sea"

    ?By the way" said Hancock. ?We are high in the sky. We are in the holy land. Here is no sea. How can we bring this big ship to the ground, captain?"

    ?That is a good question, vice captain¡­"

    Then they heard the loud voice of the old man.

    ?My boy, it is time to start. You have to remember, when you arrive at a place and when you leave it, you have to always make it big! Don''t embarrass this old man of yours. This time I show you what I mean!"

    Then they could feel that the ship was moving a little bit.

    ?What is this old fox doing?", asked Ezio and saw that Hancock had a really shocked expression.

    ?He¡­ He¡­ He is lifting this ship!"

    ?What? How is the old man lifting up my ship?"

    ?With¡­ With his hands!"

    Ezio had a bad feeling. Don''t tell me¡­

    ?Hahaha, I''m a little bit rusty. Wait, I have to warm up!", said the old man.

    Then he lifted up the hole ship and threw it high into the sky!

    ?FU*CK, old man, don''t throw your grandson around!"

    ?Don''t be so mean, my little grandson!"

    The ship came down to earth and old man Ruben catched it before it would fall to the ground like this huge ship had no weight.

    ?My little darling grandson, I wish you a good time! And remember, when you leave and when you enter, always make it big! I show you how a Blackflame should leave a place!"

    ?OH NO! Guys quick go into the ship! Hold onto something with all your strength! This is gonna be a disaster!"

    ?GOODBYE MY LITTLE DARLING GRANDSON!"

    Then the old man shouted and threw the hole ship down the redline. Well, nobody had thought that they first journey into this world wouldn''t be in the water, but in the sky¡­"

    ?I WILL KILL YOUR GRANDFATHER SOME DAY"

    This was the voice of the vice captain. Ezio couldn''t say anything against it. The problem was, his grandfather had such a strength, this would be a long journey in the air¡­

    ?Sh*t! I hope we don''t crash into some Island in the sky! Why has this old man such a strength? The ship isn''t going down, it is still going up! We will die, this is the end¡­"

    Marigold and Sandersonia had tears in their eyes. It was not their fault.

    Ezio smiled.

    ?LET''S START OUR JOURNEY!"

 14 The ship arrived at the sea

    On Sabaody Archipelago walked an old man and nobody noticed him. If the marines would see that guy, they would truly be scared because this men was a living legend. He was a crew member of the legendary pirates. He was Silvers Rayleigh.

    The dark king looked confused up to the sky and what he saw there shocked him a little bit.

    It wasn''t only him, all the people on this island looked shocked into to the sky.

    ?Holy sh*it! There is a flying ship in the sky?"

    ?Are you kidding me?"

    ?Mom, can ships fly? I thought they could only swim¡­"

    Rayleigh had a big frown on his face. There wasn''t many things that could make this guy frown, but when he saw this huge black ship in the sky and then this familiar emblem with a black flame and western dragon¡­

    ?Holy c*ap, don''t tell me¡­ This family produced another little monster? Hmm¡­ Usually they would throw the little monsters of their family directly down into the new world. What is this old man thinking throwing such a monster into the grandline? Oh, that is really a drama for all these rookies¡­"

    A little time later.

    Sengoku and Garp stood outside of the marine headquarters. After he heard that this Blackflame brat escaped and this Bonney girl was nowhere to be found, he had really a bad time.

    ?Sengoku, are we under attack?", asked Garp and pointed to the sky.

    Sengoku saw this flying ship and then the of the emblem of the Blackflame family.

    ?This¡­ This¡­ Is this old man serious? Is he throwing this little monster into the grandline? The GRANDLINE?"

    ?Who is this, Sengoku?"

    ?This is the new brat of the Blackflame family. The new heir by the way"

    ?The BLACKFLAME? This brat is from this family?!"

    Sengoku was confused. What was wrong with this guy?

    ?I have to find my grandson and I have to hide him. Now I''m in deep trouble. Hopefully that old guy will not come down but he will not get my grandson!"

    On board of the Blackflame ship.

    ?Look Hancock, this is my backyard!", said Ezio with a grin.

    ?Your backyard? This is the marine headquarter!"

    ?Exactly! My cute little servants!"

    Another little time skip.

    ?There is Amazon Lily! But we are still flying. Hey, you damn scientist on this ship, can you tell me the logic behind this endless flight? Why aren''t we landing? Where is the damn gravity in this world when I need one?"

    ?Sir, it''s the Lord who defies logic, he is just too strong¡­"

    ?Sigh. Whatever. Sandersonia, Marigold, our goodbye will be a litte¡­ harsh I should say. Say goodbye to your big sister"

    Then Ezio threw these two poor girls down the ship.

    ?Did you throw my sisters out of this ship? Are you crazy? I will kill you, bastard!"

    ?Relax. They can walk on air. Are you stupid?"

    ?Oh, you are right. Sorry for that"

    ?There it goes, the dream island of all men. Old fox, I''m really angry with you. Why did you throw my ship so far, I wanted to see this Island!"

    ...

    In an unknown place of this big world was a seafaring kingdom. People often named it the kingdom of science and it was truly feared by others.

    In front oft this seafaring kingdom landed a black ship. Vinsmoke Judge thought they were under attack and was ready to attack this mysterious ship that came from the sky, but then he saw the red flag and thought it was familiar.

    ?Isn''t this the emblem from one of those families? Red flag, black flame, a dragon¡­ S*it! The Blackflames! SERVANTS, welcome our nobles guest! Don''t be disrespectful or I will kill you!"

    Ezio and his crew looked at this big guy and he knew with one glance who this guy was.

    ?Ah, grandpa, old man, I really love you. Can you read my mind? You threw you grandson right in front of the Vinsmokes, another servant of mine. Ah, how did you know I wanted to find them? Really, old fox, you''re the best¡­"

    ?Servants! Bring me these ugly celestial dragon clothes! I really want to prank this annoying Judge!"

 15 Vinsmoke family

    In front of a black ship were two lines of servants. Every servant was kneeling in front of a little brat. This little brat had an arrogant expression and sat on a seat on a platform that was carried by a fishman.

    ?Ezio, why do I have to carry you? Isn''t this a little bit strange?"

    ?You are right Hatchi, but this is all for the show. We want to prank this old guy Judge, so deal with it for this moment!"

    Judge had a really bad expression. With the arrogant face of this celestial brat in front of him, he knew that he had really bad luck today. His kingdom was a seafaring one, and even with this condition, this celestial brat found him and landed right in front of him.

    ?Who are you?", asked Ezio with an arrogant voice and looked at Judge like he was some little insect.

    ?I''m Vinsmoke Judge, king of the Germa kingdom, my lord"

    ?Oh, Germa? Isn''t this one of my servants?"

    Judge mouth twitched. But what could he do? If he would touch this guy, the marines would directly send an admiral.

    ?Yes, lord"

    ?Well, I''m hungry. Servant Judge, don''t you welcome this nobel one?"

    ?Yes, yes, please enter, enter young lord¡­"

    On a huge table sat a celestial dragon and the whole Vinsmoke family. Judge was obviously nervous, his children didn''t show much emotions, but what could these poor bastards do, it was their nature.

    ?So, my little servant. What was your name again?"

    ?Judge"

    ?Oh, Judgy. This noble one is from the Blackflame family. The one and only heir. Do you know my family?"

    ?Of course, lord. Who doesn''t know."

    ?Than you must have heard of the name of this noble one"

    ?Yes, sir."

    ?I''m here for a mission my noble grandfather gave me. The world government wants to unite the whole North Blue under one person and I''m searching for a suitable king who will manage this lowly place of this world for my family!"

    Judge eyes began to shine. Was this celestial brat his lucky star? He is talking about the dream he wants to achieve in all those years!

    ?Lord, I''m definitely suited for this position¡­"

    ?You? Servant Judgy will rule the whole North Blue? But you don''t look so capable, you know"

    ?Sir, the Germa kingdom has the most advanced technology in the world. Everyone-"

    ?Stop, Judgy. Are you insulting me, the noble heir of the Blackflame family?"

    ?No, lord, no¡­-"

    ?Didn''t you say your technology was the most advanced? Better than the technology of my noble house? Do you want to say you are better than me? Servants, call the marine headquarters! The Vinsmokes want to rebel¡­"

    ?No, lord, this is a misunderstanding. Your technology is way better than ours, way better!"

    ?Really? Hm, but you look a bit suspicious, Judgy. Like a dog who wants to bite his master. Do you plan a rebellion and want to an alliance with an emperor of the four seas? Join this crazy women Big Mom or something? Suspicious, maybe I should call Sengoku¡­"

    ?No, lord! I''m loyal to the world government! Loyal!"

    ?Ok, I will believe you for the moment, Judgy. Maybe I will make you the king of the North Blue. There is something really pleasant in your home"

    ?What is it?"

    ?Of course it''s that daughter of yours. She''s really pleasant to the eyes. If you give her to me, I will make you the king of the North Blue."

    ?If I give you my daughter? Is that everything? Than we have a deal!"

    ?Judgy, damn, you are more disgusting than my fellow celestial dragons, really. So quick with giving your daughter out? Well, thats your problem. But something is strange with that daughter and your sons. Wait, let me test it."

    ?You", Ezio pointed at Vinsmoke Yonji. ?How are you feeling?"

    ?Huh?", answered Yonji confused. ?What do you mean by feeling? I don''t understand¡­"

    ?Feelings, you blockhead. Are you feeling good? Are you happy? Angry? Do you want to punch servant Judgy in the face? I really want to. Tell me, I want to know"

    ?I¡­ Uh¡­ I really don''t understand¡­" answered Yonji confused.

    ?Whats wrong with your kids, Judgy. Even this noble one has more feelings than this guy, and I am a celestial dragon!"

    ?Well, you know, there are more like a weapon¡­"

    ?WEAPON YOU SAY?", Ezio stood up and pointed with an angry face at Judge. ?You want to rebel? I knew it! You bring weapons when this noble one is eating. What? Are you a servant of a emperor now? I knew it! Is it this ugly monster big mom?"

    ?No sir, you have to understand, I¡­-"

    ?Alright, I will trust you, little Judgy. Give me your daughter and make her normal. I want her normal, you hear? If this noble ones finds out that this little girl listen to you like these other ?kids" of yours, I will sent you a buster call. But give her the raid suit, don''t you dare to steal that thing from her. You give me your daughter, and I give you the North Blue"

    ?Deal!"

    ....

    After several days the celestial dragon left the Germa kingdom. Judge had a big smile on his face.

    ?Sorry Reiju, but you have to make this sacrifice for our kingdom. Thanks to your beautiful face, we will rule the whole North Blue! Haha! Let''s go, we are going to Mary Geoise! This celestial brat said that he will inform his grandfather and he will it announce to the world!"

 16 Crew meeting

    Back on the ship, a scientist walked towards Hancock.

    ?Miss, we checked Reiju and she is okay. There are no signs that she is controlled by the Vinsmokes"

    Hancock nodded but her version remained on her captain. The last few days were really strange. This celestial brat would turn into a black flame, and several seconds later he would scream. Then he couldn''t move anymore for several hours. After he recovered, he repeated this process again.

    ?Sh*t!", screamed Bonney, who had the mouth full of meat. ?The lunatic set the ship on fire! Stop it!"

    The servants tried to stop this flame with water but it wouldn''t help.

    ?Water is useless, you idiots! Only this bastard can stop the flame! Damn it, how often did he set this ship on fire in the past week?"

    Two weeks later.

    Ezio looked out into the sea. Then he took a deep breath.

    He took his hands together in a strange gesture, it looked like he would hold an imaginary ball in his hands. Then he began to talk.

    ?KAME"

    Suddenly there was a little black fire ball in his hands.

    ?HAME"

    The ball became bigger.

    ?HAAAAAA!"

    Then he shot the ball to the front and a beam of fire shot out into the sea. His crew members were shocked by this technique.

    ?Oh!", said Ezio with a proud voice. ?All my fellows on earth, did you see this? I did it for you. I brought the Kamehameha into the One Piece world. I even did it with Amaterasu, so you Naruto fans can also be happy. Isn''t this a wonderful feeling?"

    Then he took a deep breath and began to laugh.

    ?Huahuahuahuahua!"

    But he couldn''t laugh long because he was kicked by his vice captain.

    ?Again with this strange habit of yours? This way to laugh is so stupid. Stop it already. We have to discuss our plans!"

    ?Ok, I understand. Bring everyone into our meeting room!"

    On a long table was the crew of the celestial brat. There was Reiju, Hatchi, Hancock, Bonney and the celestial brat himself.

    ?So, what do you think we should do? What''s our first goal?"

    ?Should we find that treasure Roger left behind?", asked Hancock.

    ?What should we do with the treasure of this pirate? I doubt that he was richer than my family. All the things I will get when I become the head of my family¡­ Do you think this poor pirate can compare? So this is a bad goal. Next!"

    ?We should find something to eat", said Bonney.

    ?Oh¡­ this girl is really useless. Next!"

    ?I have a little brother out there, we could find him!", said Reiju.

    ?Oh, I know where he is. I''ll tell you later. Next!"

    ?I had a good brother", said Hatchi. ?We can find him and let him join our crew. His name is Arlong!"

    ?Arlong? Hell, no. What can this weak villain do? Next!"

    Hancock wanted to say something but Ezio didn''t let her.

    ?Man, the members of my crew are truly too simple. You guys have to make you goals bigger, or I will kick you out of this ship! Damn it, the next time I ask such a question I want to hear things like ?I will be the strongest swordsman'' or ?I want to have the deadliest poison in the world''"

    When he said that last sentence he looked at Hatchi and Reiju.

    ?Ah, I forgot", Ezio took out a green devil fruit and gave it to Reiju. ?Eat it"

    Reiju nodded and ate the whole fruit. Ezio was a little bit confused.

    ?Girl, you are too easy. Before you eat such things, you have to ask first what these things are. Next time I see servant Judgy, I will beat him. You are free now and you have to make decisions by yourself"

    Then he took six swords from his spatial ring and gave them to Hatchi.

    ?Here, big guy. These are the best swords I could find in this holy land. When you don''t beat Zorro with these swords, I will grill you. And let me tell you, when I start to set something on fire, it will burn for eternity"

    Hatchi was shocked. What are these six swords? These are the best swords this world could offer. Even Mihawk would get a heart attack.

    ?I already planed everything, don''t worry"

    Ezio had a very crazy smile on his face. His crew mates had a bad feeling.

 17 You have to spoil your kids

    Five servants stood in front of Ezio.

    ?So, you want to tell me that you have no idea where in this world we are?"

    ?Young lord, we didn''t saw one island in all these weeks. We really don''t know where we landed after the lord threw us through the sky. It''s really difficult to tell when all you see is this endless ocean¡­"

    ?What is this situation? I didn''t even start and now I''m lost. Why didn''t I ask Judgy? Damn it, bring me the transporter snail. I''m really furious!"

    After several minutes the transporter snail began to talk.

    ?Hello, who is on the line?"

    ?Old fox!"

    ?Huh? Isn''t this my little grandson? Are you missing this old man?"

    ?Damn it, I''m really furious, old man. You threw us into the sky and now I''m lost. This is all your fault!"

    ?But I threw you directly in the direction of Amazon Lily. Didn''t you saw this island?"

    ?Yes, I saw it, old fox. But only from the sky! When we arrived at Amazon Lily, our journey in the sky wasn''t even half finished!"

    ?Oh, that was not my intention. I wanted that you land on Amazon Lily so you can find several wives and make many children for this old man. You will find your way back my boy, aren''t you a little genius?"

    ?Screw you, old man! With all this people that are on my ship and no one of them can tell me where I am"

    ?I believe in you, little fox. We have to stop, a strange guy came here that wanted to talk to me. He said he met you! What was his name again?"

    ?Oh, it was Judgy. That guy is truly a bad one. He sold his daughter out only because I told him that I would make him the king of the whole North Blue"

    ?WHAT? This bastard sold his own daughter? For this little piece of land? How can you sell your own daughter! You have to love your daughters. You have to spoil them!"

    ?Yes, yes, I know old fox. Im really angry. I don''t want to talk anymore!"

    ...

    The holy land wasn''t peaceful today. There was an old man who was really furious.

    ?Are you Judgy?", the old man asked the man in front of him.

    ?Yes, lord, I talked with your grandson, and-"

    ?You was the bastard who sold his daughter to my grandson?"

    Judge couldn''t even answer because the old man kicked him into the sky.

    ?THIS OLD MAN IS FURIOUS!"

    After Jugdy came down to earth, the old man send him flying with another kick.

    ?Do you know what''s the biggest treasure in this world?"

    Judgy wanted to talk but he was hit by a fist.

    ?It''s of course my grandson! Oh, and also my daughters. But anyway-"

    This time the old man hit him with a roundhouse-kick.

    ?Do you know what an elder should do with his children? They should spoil them, of course! They want a devil fruit? You will get them a devil fruit! They want to kill their husband? You kill this husband with your own hands! You, you, you¡­ You sold your own daughter? For this shit*y North Blue? Unforgivable!"

    Today was a bad day for Judgy.

    ....

    Sabaody Archipelago.

    ?What a peaceful day!", said the Dark King while he walked through the city.

    ?This old man will get himself a drink. This lifestyle is truly a bliss! Making chaos in this world with Roger was truly no easy life. Huh? What''s that?"

    Rayleigh saw that a man flew through the sky like the ship several weeks ago.

    ?Is this also a Blackflame? He doesn''t look like it. Is it now a trend that people and ships are flying from the redline? Ah, times are changing¡­"

    ...

    Marine headquarter.

    Sengoku loved this little moments of peace. You ask why? This poor man had always trouble. The pirates, the revolutionaries, even the world nobles, they only caused trouble. He liked to look to the sky, so he can forget all the troubles he had to solve.

    ?Huh? Is there a guy flying through the sky? Hold on, this guy is familiar. Isn''t this the king of the Germa? Why is this fellow flying through the sky? Damn it, another trouble. Why did I join the marines..."

    ?Ah, what didn''t I see in all those years. There is nothing that can surprise me at this point¡­"

 18 Ism the boss of your boss

    Ezio was truly bored. Nobody told him that being on an adventure is really boring. You are on the water for days and nothing is happening. This changed on the day when Ezio saw a ship.

    ?Huh? A ship! Finally! Who is it?"

    Ezio jumped to the sky directly to the approaching ship.

    ?Marines? Oh, that''s so boring. I wanted some pirates so I could fight with someone. Should I beat up my servants? Hmm¡­ let me first see which servant is on this ship"

    When he landed on the ship he saw an old woman. This women was really old.

    ?Wow, old woman. How old are you? There are so many wrinkles. Are you a zombie? An Undead? A creation of this stupid guy Moria?"

    ?Who are you, brat? How can you talk like that to your elders?", asked the old woman with a frown.

    ?Oh, but you are familiar. I think I know you. Let me think about it¡­ Old woman, wrinkles, marine¡­ Oh! Aren''t you Tsuru-chan?"

    ?Who the hell do you call ?chan''! I will clean all the evil out of you little brat. Don''t let me catch you!"

    ?Hey, Tsuru-chan, don''t get violent. Do you know who I am?"

    ?Who are you?"

    ?How should I explain? I''m the boss of your boss. Hmm¡­ I think I''m even the boss of the last boss. Sh*t, how many bosses are between you and me? I think there are a lot of bosses. You have to know, I''m the big boss. That means there is no boss above me"

    Tsuru-chan was confused. What is this brat talking about?

    ?Ah, don''t look at me like that, I''m a celestial dragon. Does this clear things?"

    ?What is your name?"

    ?Blackflame Ezio"

    ?Holy sh*t!"

    ?I didn''t know you could talk like that, old woman. I have decided. You have to join my crew!"

    ?I''m too old to join a little brat on his journey. Screw off!"

    ?Wow, you have guts, old woman. I''m impressed. Think about it. Aren''t you such a justice freak? Not like this lunatic Akainu, but that true justice¡­ Ah, whatever true justice is. Your marines are the worst. You now why? Because we celestial dragons are the worst and you serve them. I''m drifting off. What I wanted to tell you is, when you join my crew you can do what you want. You want to hunt this flamingo guy but the world government made him an ally? Hunt him, because I say you can hunt him. Who dares to go against this young master?"

    ?Hmm¡­ You are a good talker, little brat. But I''m too old for such things. Screw off!"

    ?Ok. Tell me one wish. If I''m able to grant you that wish, then you will join. What do you say?"

    ?Oh, do you think you are capable enough to grant the wish of this old women? All right. I will gamble with you. If you can make me young again, I will be your personal servant for a life time"

    ?They said you aclever but in the end you are as stupid as Hancock, old woman!"

    ?What? You can''t make me young again?"

    ?It''s too easy, old woman. I wanted a challenge! But that''s too easy¡­ Sigh. Wait for a moment"

    Ezio jumped back to his ship. After several minutes he came back with another woman in his arms.

    ?Bonney, do it"

    After Bonney touched Tsuru, she was young again. Ezio and Bonney were more shocked than this old women.

    ?What the hell? You were such a beauty in the past? No wonder you became depressed in your old age. With all the wrinkles you got¡­"

    A marine guy brought Tsuru a mirrow and after that she looked stupefied to the celestial brat.

    ?Don''t watch me with those eyes, old woman. I''m not really into old woman. Even if you are a beauty now, I saw the future. No, no¡­ I have little Hancock. Bonney, make her younger, or I really fear this old women will eat me up right here!"

    Old Tsuru turned now into a little girl.

    ?Oh please, can''t you make me a little bit older, brat?"

    ?You will grow up someday, old woman. Now what do you say? Your wish became reality. Welcome in my group. What are you now? How should I call you? Op loli old woman? Thats too many words for one person. I don''t care. I heard you usually are really smart, so you are my tactician in my future battles. You don''t have to fight, old woman loli. That would be boring"

    ?Can I refuse?"

    ?I don''t understand you, Tsuru-chan. You reached the highest position in your career and I even made you young. When you are a good little girl, maybe you reach your puberty a little faster. Let''s go!"

    "Ah, before I forget¡­ Where the hell are we at the moment? I''m lost¡­"

 19 The first enemy

    After Tsuru joined his team, Ezio got a lot of information.

    The interesting part was that there was a new Shichibukai besides the ones the manga showed. This wasn''t too surprising for Ezio because Hancock was supposed to be one of them. Now that she was in his team, they had to fill this position with some other guy.

    What surprised Ezio the most was that this guy never showed up in the manga.

    ?How much information do you have about this guy, Tsuru?"

    ?Even I don''t know much. That guy is really mysterious and he keeps a low profile. After the first time he entered the Grandline, he got a bounty over 100 million. I wouldn''t underestimate this guy, he gives me a bad feeling. And my feelings never let me down"

    Ezio thought this over. First he wanted to fight Crocodile or Moria. He wasn''t really sure how strong he was. He thought that he and Hancock could rival a Shichibukai, but that was only his opinion. In the end he had never fought one of them and to belittle these guys could kill him.

    He didn''t have any illusions about his position. Maybe he was a celestial dragon, and these little pirates wouldn''t dare to even touch him, but there were many people in this world that would attack him even if they knew his background. Pirates who lived for freedom, pirates who did not fear his position. He was sure that Whitebeard wouldn''t even glance at him if he did not prove his worth.

    To fight against Moria or Crocodile would be safer, because he knew these guys. There wouldn''t be any surprises and he could test his strength.

    The problem was: How long can this go on? He can not rely on his manga knowledge for everything. The manga showed a litte part of this world. It showed the perspective of one guy and only a handful of islands. Who knows how many strong guys are alive and could smash him with one fist?

    ?Do you know where this Shichibukai is at the moment?"

    ?He is on an island in the Grandline. It isn''t too far from here. Maybe in two weeks we would reach this place"

    His logic told him that he should fight the guys he knew from the manga, but his heart said otherwise. It was like when you know the end of a novel, why should you even start to read? If he would fight crocodile, he would know the endboss, but if he would fight this mysterious guy, everything could happen. This feeling made him excited, this was the feeling he missed in his previous world.

    ?Alright guys, it is time to get serious"

    Ezio looked at his crew members. He wasn''t really sure how strong they were. Hancock was a monster nearly on par with him, but the other members were truly a mystery.

    Bonney had this strange fruit. Ezio wasn''t sure if she was super strong or super weak. With a touch of her hand she could turn even Whitebeard into a little brat. But what if she met someone she couldn''t even touch?

    Hatchi wasn''t really strong in the manga. Now he was trained by his grandfather and maybe he wasn''t the same anymore. But who knows?

    Reiju wasn''t weak but she ate her devil fruit only two weeks ago. Who knows what she can do on a battlefield?

    ?Our first fight is against this mysterious Shichibukai"

    ?Hmph, do you think one of these guys could handle us? I alone am enough", said Hancock with disdain.

    ?Don''t belittle our enemies, Hancock. Never do that. We only have one life and if we are careless you have not even time to regret"

    Ezio was the best example. He got cancer and after three month he died. Sometimes life is shorter then we think.

    ?Tsuru-chan will not fight against this guy. She is more like a mentor in this fight. When we do something wrong, she should teach us. Hancock, maybe we had an admiral as our teacher, maybe we have all resources that money can buy, but we have one thing that is more important than that. That is a life and death experience"

    He looked at his crew members wo had a really serious expression.

    ?These pirates had countless fights and difficulties. Only with this you can truly grow strong. This is the reason why we have to face the same. I don''t want that people will respect us because I''m a celestial dragon. I don''t want to be feared because of my old man. I want that the people fear me, Blackflame Ezio, and not my position!"

    ?Let''s go, we beat up this Shichibukai bastard and let the whole world know that there is a Blackflame who has more to offer then his noble birth!"

    After two weeks the Blackflame crew arrived at their destination. Ezio grinned. Now was time for some true action. His first fight in this world!

 20 Mysterious Island

    People who entered the Grandline said that there exist all kinds of islands. Everything you can imagine exists in this mystical place and even islands that are beyond peoples imagination.

    One of those islands was the one our hero entered at this moment.

    Everyone who visited this mysterious island had the same word in mind when they wanted to describe their experience.

    They all said that this island was the paradise.

    It didn''t take a long time before people called it the Paradise Island.

    But don''t be fooled by this name. This island was not full of riches and desire, this island was called paradise because of the mentality that the citizens of this kingdom had.

    ?Ah, this old man wants to take a rest. We walked so long, my old legs don''t walk as quick as my mind want them to"

    An old grandfather walked in the streets of this island called Paradise. His old wife was at his left, and his four cute little grandchildren walked behind the pair.

    ?Old man!", said a villager while he saw the old man in pain. ?Take a seat, an old man like you shouldn''t walk in the city when the sun is so hot. Here, take an apple, I have a shop full of fruits"

    ?Oh, such a gentle young man. How much money do you want, my boy?"

    ?Sir, you aren''t from this island, am I right?"

    The old man nodded.

    ?On this island we don''t have such things as money. Everyone in this kingdom works hard and everyone shares the result of their hard work with the whole kingdom. Anyone can take the fruits of my shop without paying anything"

    ?What? There exists such a kingdom? How can this work?"

    The young man laughed.

    ?Of course that works, old man. If every person helps someone, then there is not one person in this whole kingdom that doesn''t get help when he is in need. When everyone share all their food and water, then everyone will receive enough to survive. In this kingdom doesn''t exist a philosophy like all for one, here we have the philosophy of one for all"

    The old man was shocked.

    ?Does such a place exist? Where everyone is so selfless that such a system could work?"

    ?Of course old man, why don''t you observe the people around you. Do you find someone without a smile on his face?"

    The young man wasn''t lying. Every citizen had a smile on his face. They helped the old, educated the young, and worked hard so that the people of the kingdom had enough resources to live a life without being poor.

    The people on this island didn''t know what it meant to be angry. The people didn''t understand what it meant to be jealous. Here, the people could not figure out why other people desired treasures, because all they wanted was a warm meal and a house for shelter.

    People who saw this island thought that this was a paradise. You ask why? Because if the whole world was like this kingdom, nobody in this world would fight. There were no conflicts, no hunger, no suffering.

    What was a paradise for the citizen of this kingdom was hell for the ambitious and cruel. But on Paradise Island, even these people could receive help, even if they weren''t as selfless as the citizens.

    In front of the old man stood a young girl with blonde hair and gentle smile. On her back was a huge backpack, this backpack was nearly as tall as the young women herself.

    ?Old man, did you and your family came here for the first time?"

    The old man nodded.

    ?Tell me, are you one of those people with desire?"

    The old man frowned.

    ?Come into my shop, old man. On Paradise Island, we do everything so that all people are happy. Everything you desire, I can give you"

    Then the girl transformed into a big house. On top of the house stood the word ?Shop".

    ?Don''t be afraid, old man. Bring your family and enter the house. Here you can buy everything"

    On Paradise Island, there exists only one philosophy. One for all. But if one lose the right path and wants to gain everything for oneself, then they would meet a mysterious young girl with a huge backpack on her back.

    And what would this girl do?

    Of course, she would fulfill your desire, because everyone receives a helping hand on Paradise Island.

    But there was a little difference for people with selfish desire.

    They would only receive help if they pay a price that is big enough.

 21 Merchan

    The old man entered the mysterious house that was a beautiful girl before.

    After they entered, they saw that the house was completely empty. There was only a table with some chairs in the middle.

    The blonde girl appeared like a ghost out of nothing and smiled to the old man.

    ?Welcome to my shop. My name is Amanda D. Lily and I''m a merchant"

    The young woman made a gesture that the old man should take a seat. After he did that, the woman continued with her speech.

    ?I ate the shop shop fruit, so I can trade everything in this world as long as we are in this house"

    She smiled and served the old man tea.

    ?Do you want the strength of a giant? Then we can trade it. Once I met a giant who wanted the power of a devil fruit, so he traded with me the most astonishing thing that his race was born with"

    ?Or maybe you want the eyes of a hawk. There was once an intelligent bird race who traded his eyes for something he thought had more worth"

    While the woman talked the gentle smile never left her face.

    ?Maybe you ate a devil fruit in the past but you aren''t really happy with it''s power. I can trade with you another devil fruit ability, but be warned, a living being can only have one devil fruit ability, even with my power. So you would lose the ability of your current fruit"

    ?Or do you want your youth back? Even that I can sell. There were many young costumers who traded their youth for various abilities"

    The old man frowned.

    ?Miss, your powers are really astonishing. This old man is poor and has nothing to offer for such amazing goods"

    The girl pointed at the hand of the old man.

    ?This ring with a flame engraved on it. I''m really interested in this. What do you want for this ring?"

    ?Oh, my ring?", the old man smiled. ?This ring is the one my late grandfather gave me. It is nothing special, it isn''t much worth. This has more of an emotional worth for me. How can a merchant like you take interest in such a thing?"

    The young woman laughed.

    ?You can think of it like an intuition merchants a born with. I really think this ring is something special, so I''m willing to make you a very good offer for it"

    ?I''m a little bit confused, young miss. This ring is on my hand since I was a young teenager, and I wanted to present it to my grandchildren so it is really difficult for me to make a decision in this short time"

    The old man sighed and continued with his speech.

    ?But young miss, there is really something that I want to ask. A merchant with such special powers shouldn''t live in a place where desire and profit is so worthless. How can you survive on this island?"

    The young woman laughed again.

    ?There are benefits, old man. I''m a merchant that only sees profits or losses. In my world, there aren''t enemies or friends, there isn''t loyalty or betrayal. I''m always at the place were I would get the most benefit, so this place has more to offer then the first impression you got on this island. Its like you, old man. On the first impression, you seemed like a weak old man. But how could such a weak old man wear a ring that caught the eyes of this merchant? You and this island are the same, there is more than the first impression can show"

    The young woman started to laugh again after she saw the nervous face of the old man.

    ?Don''t be afraid, sir. It is like I told you. If you could bring me benefits more than anyone other, I will serve you with all my abilities. But if there are only losses in our encounter, I will be indifferent. Not far away, there is an inn I would recommend you. Think about a deal, I think I can offer you anything you could imagine. I will wait here until you made a decision. Have a good rest, sir. And welcome on Paradise Island"

    After the old man arrived in his room at the inn, he had a visible fear on his face.

    ?Bonney, make me young again. This old body is killing me"

    Several seconds later, the old man and his wife turned into Blackflame Ezio and Boa Hancock. The four grandchildren were Bonney, Reiju, Hatchi and Tsuru.

    ?What a mess, this was so useless"

    He watched his crew members and shaked his head.

    ?I thought we should infiltrate this place with Bonneys abilities so we could get more information about this island. Who would fear two old people and four little brats? But this strategy was completely useless. This place is a mess. This place is so creepy, I don''t even have words to describe it"

    ?What did you find out, Ezio?", asked Hancock with a worried expression.

    ?Oh, I can''t say that I really understand, but I have this feeling that we all will die if we make one wrong move"

    ?Is it your ?feelings'' that are warning you?", asked Hancock with a strange expression.

    Ezio nodded but all the crew members other than Hancock looked confused.

    ?What are you two talking about?", asked Bonney with a frown. ?Aren''t the people on this place really good people? Yeah, I admit, they all a lack a little bit of ambition, but aren''t they nice?"

    ?You don''t understand, Bonney", said Hancock and then pointed at Ezio.

    ?This guy is special, or should I say, his observation haki is special"

    Hancock sighed and continued to talk.

    ?Since the first time we trained haki with our teacher, this guy had a special talent for the observation haki. It even scared Kizaru, and it is really difficult for this guy to show emotions"

    ?Kizaru told us once that some special people developed a special type of haki. They learned this haki only when they had a near death experience. Only if you saw death, such special haki could form. Kizaru was clueless when it came to Ezio. He lived a sheltered life in the holy land and he never faced death. But this guy had a special observation haki since he was born. He has a natural instinct that helps him in his fights and many more other things. When his instincts are on alarm, then we are truly in trouble. Besides that, he doesn''t miss any details of his surroundings"

    It was true that Ezio never faced a near death experience in this life. Only he knew that his observation haki was developed in such a way because he truly died once.

    Hancock looked at her shocked crew members and then her gaze landed on Ezio.

    ?Tell us, what did you find out about this place?"

 22 Shichibukai

    On the center of Paradise Island was a house that was only a little bit bigger than the rest of the houses on this kingdom.

    In this house lived the king of Paradise Island.

    The king looked like a young man, not older than 25 years old. He had blonde hair and looked handsome. On his face was a confident smile. If something was remarkable on this king, then it was the fact that he only had four fingers on his left hand. His thumb was missing.

    He sat on a throne and looked at the three people in front of him. These three people were the royal guardians of Paradise Island. These guys were the three strongest fighters in this kingdom.

    ?Haha", laughed the king. ?So we baited and old man, his wife and four little brats? This time we are truly unlucky"

    This king was one of the seven warlords of the sea. His name was Sarazar Sid, and before he became a warlord he had a bounty of 260.000.000 belly.

    ?My king", said the only women of the three royal guardians. ?Should I take care of them?"

    This woman looked like a demon because she had two black wings on her back. Her name was Bellara Gloria and she had a bounty of 97.000.000 belly.

    ?What can an old pair and four brats do? They aren''t even worth to enter our collection. One swing of my sword and the problem is gone", said a tall man of the three royal guardians.

    This man was nearly three meters tall and had a huge sword on his back that was nearly as tall as him. He had no hair on his head but a long mustache. This guy was Willson Warner and he had a bounty of 127.000.000 belly.

    ?Until you arrive there, I could kill them a hundreds times with my almighty power", said the last oft the three royal guardians. He was the leader of the three and the strongest besides the warlord. His Name was Walter Benson and he had a bounty of 165.000.000 belly.

    The three royal guardians had a little fight because all of them wanted to deal with the intruders. The king only watched to the door and after he saw the woman that entered, he had a big smile on his face. This was not a smile a man would show to any kind of women. The king was truly fascinated by the girl. You could even say that he had strong feelings for her.

    The girl had blonde hair and a huge backpack. Her gentle smile was still on her face and she walked directly to the king.

    ?Do you remember our deal?", asked Amanda D. Lily.

    ?Of course I remember. But why do you ask this now?"

    ?Because it is time that you fulfill your part of the deal. I finally found someone who has so many precious things, I never was so excited", Lily had a wide grin on her face.

    ?This old guy and his four little brats? What is so good about them?"

    ?Don''t underestimate them, you fool. Get me that old man, or our deal will end here. Do you remember our conditions back then? I would give everything to get that old man. Your life could end up really bad if you fail to catch this guy"

    Amanda D. Lily still had the same smile on her face, but the king had a truly bad feeling.

    ?Don''t worry, I will help you", said Lily."I will take care of that old wife, you can take care of the old man and his little brats"

    The three royal guardians had a really confused expression on their face.

    ?But aren''t they an old man and a group of brats?", asked Gloria. ?Why are you so serious, my king?"

    ?One attack with my almighty sword, and these little brats are all gone!", said Warner with an arrogant voice.

    ?Stop it!", said the king and stood up from his throne.

    ?When Lily is interested in something, then it has to be something even the four emperors of the sea would do anything to get their hands on! Don''t underestimate the enemies. Lily only wants the best in this world. Be it treasure, abilities, or devil fruits¡­ Our intruders must have many of these things, or she wouldn''t be willing to mention our deal"

    When the king thought about the deal, he started to get nervous.

    ?We will attack with our full force. I, Sarazar Sid, king of Paradise Island, command you, take down the intruders and catch them alive!"

    After this command something changed on the peaceful island named Paradise. The peaceful island that was called paradise transformed into something that resembled more the underworld than a paradise.

 23 Paradise Island

    Ezio looked out of the window and had an uneasy expression.

    ?Tell us, what did you find out about this place?", asked Hancock.

    ?You know, these people¡­ everyone in this city¡­ there is something really unusual in their behavior. I don''t know what it is, but to me they aren''t like living people¡­ it is hard to describe"

    He took a deep breath and continued to talk.

    ?Every person has his own unique way to walk, to talk, to smile¡­ every gesture of an individual has his own unique traits. Usually people don''t see the difference between these little details when it is not an obvious characteristic of this special human being. When I watch the people in this city¡­ They have different faces, different ages, the whole body is different. But when they smile, when they laugh, when they move, how they walk¡­ it''s like every person has the same soul. Maybe the body is different, but their gesture is the same. And this was the case with every person I saw in this city. When you train your observation haki into a level were you can see every detail of your surroundings, you will notice such things"

    ?What do you think is the reason for this?", asked Tsuru while she had a frown on her face.

    ?How should I know? In a crazy world were abilities could be gained by eating a random fruit, everything could be possible. But let''s not talk about the strange citizens of this place¡­-"

    ?You want to talk about that merchant girl?", asked Hancock.

    ?Yes. This girl is even more frightening than every citizen in this place. I don''t know if she is the Shichibukai we are searching for, but she will be an enemy. Hancock, if she isn''t the boss of this place, you have to take care of that girl"

    Hancock had a serious look on her face. This girl had a devil fruit power that was truly like a cheat.

    ?Don''t be afraid, Hancock. My old man said once that a great power has a great price. Maybe this strange merchant girl traded with many abilities, but there must be a restriction how she can gain these abilities. And there must be restrictions how she can use them in a fight. You have to find out how her devil fruit works before you fight her with all your power"

    After that Ezio took a deep breath.

    ?They are here"

    ?Who?", asked Hachi.

    ?Everyone is here", said Ezio.

    This sentence confused his crew members. It even confused Ezio.

    ?Every citizen of this damn place is surrounding this inn at the moment. I also sense that there are three strong guys at their way to us. There is another one, but he is hiding himself. Ah, and this strange merchant girl¡­ she is in front of the house, too"

    Everyone walked to the window and saw exactly what Ezio described.

    ?What the hell is wrong with this place?", asked Bonney.

    ?Tsuru", said Ezio. ?You will hide. Record everything you see with the snail I gave you. If someone is in critical danger, then you can help them. Don''t show yourself if there is no need. This is a fight for the young generation, we have to solve this problem with our own strength"

    Tsuru nodded and then she vanished.

    ?Let''s go, our first fight will start now"

    After that Bonney, Hachi, Hancock, Reiju and Ezio walked out of the inn.

    Around the inn were thousands of people. Every citizen of Paradise Island surrounded them. Everyone of them had the same smile on their face.

    ?Now that I see all these people smile at us in this creepy way¡­" said Bonney nervous. ?I understand what Ezio meant about the people of this place"

    The blonde merchant girl smiled after she saw the four people walking out of the house.

    ?Wow, so you aren''t an old man", said Lily. ?You are a handsome young man. And this beautiful girl besides you, alone her beauty is a precious thing for my collection. Do you want to trade that beautiful face with me?"

    ?You creepy b*tch¡­"

    Hancock wanted to start the fight but Ezio hold her back.

    ?Don''t let her provoke you. You have to stay calm and you have to analyze your opponent. She is dangerous"

    After that Ezio looked at the citizens.

    ?So, what is the secret behind you all? Do you all share the same soul or something? You are clearly controlled by someone"

    All citizens laughed at the same time. It was so loud that the Blackflame crew had to hold their hands on their ears. When thousands of people laughed at the same time¡­ this was truly a strange experience.

    ?You aren''t to far away, boy"

    All citizens said this sentence at the same time. It sounded like a choir because their timing was perfect.

    ?So you are all one and the same!", said Ezio and frowned.

    All citizens laughed again. Then all people began to talk at the same time.

    ?Of course we are the same. Why do you think we are so selfless? One for all, all for one¡­ It doesn''t really matter. We are all one and the same, so if one of us helps the other, we are helping in reality ourself. Isn''t it funny that the people called this island the paradise? Hahaha¡­"

    Ezio took his scythe from his spatial ring and looked serious.

    ?This place is truly annoying. This place should burn for eternity"

 24 Sarazar Sid

    At this moment the three royal guardians arrived in front of their enemies.

    ?Wow, I thought they were an old pair and some little brats¡­ but it turned out that they were fooling us", said Gloria with a smile on her face.

    ?Brats, teenagers or old people¡­ It doesn''t matter. I will split them into two and then we can go back", said Willson Warner and laughed.

    Ezio looked at these new guys with a smile.

    ?Hachi, you take care of this idiot with the sword. Bonney, that girl with the wings is for you. Reiju, you take care of the last one. Guys, be careful. They are strong. Especially that last guy, be careful Reiju. After you beat them all up, go back to our ship as fast as you can"

    ?Will you fight all these people alone, Ezio?", asked Hachi worried. ?You said there is another strong guy. Can you beat them all?"

    Ezio laughed.

    ?Be careful, guys. I can''t control this power really good. Don''t blame me"

    After that a huge shockwave engulfed the whole island with Ezio as the center. All citizens had a shock on their face and then the first began to fall to the ground. After the first followed the second, then the third¡­

    It didn''t take long before the first hundred lied on the ground, then the first thousand. After a short time, every citizens of Paradis Island was unconscious. Only the three royal guardians, the merchant girl and Ezio''s crew was still standing.

    ?Conqueror haki¡­", said Lily and for the first time the smile on her face vanished.

    ?You bastard¡­", said Bonney angry. ?Why do I have the feeling that you attacked us too with this haki? Damn it, what a terrible feeling¡­"

    Hachi and Reiju nodded. Only Hancock was unimpressed. After that the team split up and everyone attacked their opponent.

    Ezio was now alone in the middle of the thousands of citizens that laid on the ground.

    ?Don''t you want to come out? I suppose you are the Shichibukai. How long do you want to hide?"

    After several seconds a young man with blonde hair walked towards Ezio. He had a smile on his face. The shocking scene of Ezio''s conqueror haki didn''t bother him at all. He opened his mouth and wanted to talk but he didn''t get a chance because Ezio pointed with a finger at him.

    ?Fire pistol"

    After that a little black fire ball shot out of Ezio''s finger and landed directly on Salazar Sids arm.

    ?Damn it, what is this fire!", shrieked the shocked Sid, who wanted to ridicule his enemy like a typical villain when he first met the hero. How could he know that his enemy was a shameless guy who attacked before he could even open his mouth?

    But Sid reacted quick. He took his sword that was on his waist and cut off the arm that was burning in black fire.

    But then something strange happened. The arm that was on the ground transformed into a middle aged man. The man was still burning.

    While Ezio was shocked by this revelation, a new arm grew on the spot where Sid cut off his previous arm. Sids height was a little bit smaller after he grew the new arm and the smile on his face vanished.

    ?Now I understand everything. You have the clone clone fruit!"

    Sid was shocked. How did this guy know about his fruit?

    Ezio had this knowledge since the first time his grandfather gave him a devil fruit. With all the resources of the holy land he got his hands on a book with the record of almost all devil fruits of this world. Ezio read this book more than once and there he learned about the clone clone fruit.

    ?You bastard, I''m gonna'' kill you"

    Sid took both of his hands in front of him like a mage who wanted to cast a spell. Then a shocking scene happened on Paradise Island. All the citizens that were unconscious on the ground flew into the sky and then directly to Sid. After that he absorbed every citizen into his body. His height was getting bigger and bigger and after he absorbed the last citizen, a huge giant stood in front of Ezio.

    Now even Ezio was serious.

    He knew that the clone clone fruit had two abilities. The user of this fruit can make clones, but for the first ability he needs a body of a living person. First he had to kill the person, and then he could make a clone out of the corpse. With this ability he could transform all the citizens of this island into his clones. The weakness of this ability was that he split a little part of his soul and attached this part to the clone. Because he split the soul, they were weak against Ezio''s conqueror haki. Ezio was impressed that Sids original body survived his conqueror haki.

    The second ability was even more useful than the first. He could split his own body into clones. But every time he splits his own body into two, one half of his strength would go to the first clone and the other would go to the second. So it wasn''t really useful in a fight but it was really useful if he had to defend against a attack.

    These two abilities combined allowed Sid to cut off his arm and regrow a new one. He absorbed the body of a citizen before and after his arm began to burn, he removed this citizen from his main body and passed all the damage he got to his clone. This will make it difficult for Ezio to kill this guy with all the people he absorbed. There was only one chance. He had to attack this guy with an attack that would destroy his whole body at once so that he doesn''t have a chance to pass all his damage to a clone.

    ?Hahahahaha"

    Sid laughed like a lunatic in his giant form.

    ?Maybe you know about my fruit. But I''m special. I''m the strongest clone clone fruit user that ever lived! And do you know why?"

    Ezio had a bad feeling. He felt the strength of the giant in front of him and couldn''t help but turn his eyes to a blonde girl that was fighting with Hancock.

    ?Sh*t!"

 25 Sids deal with the devil

    ?Wait a moment, I need a break", said Ezio and a little fire ball appeared on his hand. Then the fire ball flew into the sky and was nowhere to be seen.

    ?What was that little fire ball for?", asked Sid confused.

    ?Ah, I threw this fire ball in the direction of my old man. I hope it will hit him. This old guy said that with my strength I will be able to kill everyone in the Grandline without much effort but my first enemy is a creepy freak like you. This old fox tricked me¡­ What a bad guy"

    Ezio was truly depressed. The fruit of this merchant girl wasn''t mentioned in his book of all devil fruits. With the abilities she used and the abilities he saw of this clone bastard, everyone could see that these two were a very good team.

    Sid began to laugh.

    ?You creepy villain, tell me, why are you so strong. I know it has something to do with this strange merchant"

    ?I made a deal with the devil himself", said Sid and his mouth twitched. It was visible that the deal was very good, but also very bad. Only he knew the details.

    ?This beautiful merchant girl can trade anything but there are restrictions. One person can only have three of her traded abilities at the same time. Devil fruits aren''t included because a person can only have the power of one devil fruit, but she can switch the devil fruit if she wants to"

    ?Oh, that''s bad¡­ three abilities? That''s too many¡­"

    Ezio was stunned by the potential of this shop shop fruit. If she would get the body of Kaido, the haki of Shanks and the devil fruit of Whitebeard then this girl would be a god in this world. It''s very unrealistic that she would get even one of those abilities but nothing is impossible. Blackbeard schemed and got his hands on Whitebeards fruit. Who could say that this crafty merchant girl couldn''t do the same?

    ?Now comes my clone clone fruit into the game. I can make any corpse into my clone and every clone is like a human being on his own. That means everyone of my clones could get three abilities from Lily"

    Now Sid had a wide grin on his face.

    ?We hunted the whole Grandline. Marines, pirates, civilians¡­ We hunted everyone who had strength in many different areas. And we traded these abilities with all of my clones. When I fuse with all my clones into one body, all the strength of my clones fuse into one. So we found out a way to trick the limitations of Lilys fruit. Besides not having the ability to use multiple devil fruits in one body, this giant body is the strongest in this world. It has the strength, endurance, speed, technique and power of several thousand strong people on the first half of this world. This is strongest body!"

    The combination of the clone clone fruit and the shop shop fruit was really good. He could make his clones strong and can cancel the limitations of the shop shop fruit. If this guy would arrive at the new world and would do the same with the people that lived in this part of the world, it was a really scary thought how strong this guy would become.

    Ezio didn''t want to talk. With his scythe in his hands he jumped into the air and attacked this inhumane giant in front of him.

    The problem was, the giant didn''t even defend. After Ezio''s scythe hit the giant, it felt like Ezio would attack a huge piece of metal.

    The problem was this guy didn''t even use haki. His body was so strong that he couldn''t even scratch it. This was the defence of several thousand people.

    Sid laughed and then he roared like an angry beast.

    This roar was so powerful that the whole island could hear it. It was more like a powerful shockwave that was created by unreasonable raw strength and Ezio flew several meters away. He rolled on the ground completely defenseless against a single scream of this abnormal giant.

    ?Damn it, this is crazy"

    Ezio stood slowly up and looked at his scythe. After several seconds the blade of his scythe began to burn in black fire. Ezio understood why his ancestor used this black scythe. It was very useful to have a weapon that could maintain his black flame without being burned. The reason was simple. With the blade of the scythe always on fire, he could attack with his black fire without taking any damage by using his own devil fruit ability. Ezio trained all this time and could use his devil fruit more often, but that didn''t mean that he could use it without restriction. So he had to be careful how he used his black flame.

    ?Most people couldn''t even scratch you, Siddy. But let me tell you¡­ I have the strongest attack in this world. I am the opponent you wouldn''t want to fight at all"

    After that the island began to tremble because a giant and a little human fought with all their power.

 26 Bonney vs Gloria

    Jewelry Bonney was really angry at this moment. She looked at the woman with the black wings in front of her and then at that huge weapon in her hands.

    ?This bastard"

    Bellara Gloria looked a little bit confused at her new opponent. This girl took a huge piece of meat out of her pocket and started to eat it. Who had meat in their pocket? This was a strange girl. Then she listened to what this girl said with her mouth full of meat.

    ?I''m such an elegant and beautiful woman. How can this bastard give me such an ugly weapon?"

    After Bonney said that, Gloria shifted her gaze to the weapon that was now on the ground. It was a huge mace. This weapon was really big and it wasn''t really beautiful. It looked more like a weapon for a barbarian. Then she looked at this slim women in front of her and understood why she was upset. If you ignored the way how this girl ate the meat while talking, she was a beautiful girl and this weapon would destroy that image.

    ?Ezio, you bastard! Why did you say this weapon was perfect for me? F*ck you!"

    She couldn''t forget the private talk she had with this celestial bastard. It was two weeks before they arrived at this creepy island. Ezio had a private talk with all of his crew members because he wanted to train them and see how strong they were.

    The words this bastard said were words Bonney didn''t like to hear. He questioned her how she could eat all this food without getting fat and ugly like Big Mom. After she hit this shameless bastards for an hour, he wasn''t angry but came to a realization instead.

    And what was his realization? He figured out that Bonney had a massive amount of energy and a lot of physical strength. This was the reason why she had to eat this much. But then this guy was confused and said that she had to either be full of muscles or as fat as Big Mom and that her whole existence did not make sense. Then he gave her a gift that was this ugly mace and talked about some nonsense concerning her potential.

    After that they trained and Bonney evolved the abilities of her own devil fruit. First she was happy but there was a thing that she didn''t like about her new powers. She swore that she would never use this new power unless there was no other choice. This new power was the reason why the celestial bastard gave her this barbarian mace.

    She was really furious and in front of her stood Gloria, a really good target to went the anger that was hidden in her slim and tall body for several weeks.

    ?Damn you, you bird-girl! I''m gonna beat you up!"

    Gloria was stupefied. Why was all the anger this girl had for a random person now focused on her? She was innocent.

    After that Bonney took the huge mace and smashed it directly in the face of the black winged women.

    This poor girl crashed into the ground with her face full of blood.

    ?You b*tch, do you know the consequences of making me angry?", said Gloria and her whole aura changed.

    ?I ate the Beserk Beserk Fruit and when I lose control, you will be dead!"

    Gloria changed after her sentence. These villains all liked to talk about their hidden powers but after the transformation of this girl even the dumbest guy would figure out what her devil fruit could achieve.

    This slim and beautiful woman had now muscles that rivaled even the ones Whitebeard had. She was nearly two meters tall and her expression told Bonney that this woman had lost her mind. Around her body was a red aura that made the air around her hot.

    ?Ezio, do you see this girl? This is the right person to gift such an ugly weapon! Not such an elegant woman like myself¡­"

    Bonney couldn''t talk anymore because this berserk woman rushed in front of her and smashed Bonney to the ground.

    ?Fu*k¡­"

    Now she realized that she couldn''t underestimate this girl with black wings. After she transformed with her devil fruit, she was really strong.

    Bonney took a deep breath and looked at the girl in front of her with a serious face.

    ?Sigh. I really don''t want to use this power¡­ Ezio, you bastard. This is all your fault¡­"

 27 Hachis troubled pas

    In front of Hachi stood a tall man with a long mustache. The first discovery that Hachi made was that this guy really liked to talk.

    ?My name is Warner, Willson Warner", said the tall man in a proud voice.

    ?I''m the strongest swordsman in this world. If I want to cut something, then nobody can escape from my sword"

    Warner looked at this octopus-man in front of him and noticed that this guy wasn''t even listening. This man with six arms was just staring into the distance like he was deep in his own thoughts.

    Then Hachi looked and Warner and spat a huge beam of ink in his direction.

    Warner was unprepared because he wanted to give a long speech. This was a ritual before every fight. Now he was full of black ink. From head to toe, he was completely black.

    ?Your face is truly annoying. Now I don''t have to see your face" said Hachi and then he ignored his opponent.

    Warner was angry. He pointed his long sword at Hachi and then something strange happened.

    Warner wasn''t moving but the sword became longer and longer. This sword had the ability to change it''s size and it was now directly in front of Hachi.

    Hachi, with his six swords in his hands, blocked the sword and was a little bit shocked that this guy could control the size of his sword. At this moment the sword from this guy was nearly ten meter long and this gave this annoying guy a wide range of attack.

    After that attack the sword became shorter and Warner had a proud look on his face.

    ?Do you realize now the power of the strongest swordsman? Kneel down and beg for forgiveness and maybe I will kill you a little bit faster"

    Warner looked at his opponent and hoped he would see fear in Hatchi''s face but what he saw made him angry. This guy with six arms looked again somewhere into the distance with an absentminded look, like Warner wasn''t even in front of him.

    Hachi was a little bit emotional after he saw that his first fight started. He had to think about everything that happened to him in the past¡­

    Hachi wanted to see the world above the ocean so he started his journey. After he saw the world for the first time it didn''t take long before he was captured and brought to the holy land as a slave. At this moment Hachi understood why his race was so afraid to leave their home. The world above the water was really cruel.

    The next years as a slave was a time Hachi wouldn''t want to remember. Everything changed when a little brat showed up. This boy was only a young child and wore the clothes that were usual for celestial dragons. He brought Hachi to his house and told him that he could be free in the future, but this was only possible if he was strong enough.

    After that the brat brought him to his grandfather. Hachi looked strange at this grandfather, because he spoiled his grandson too much.

    The opinion of this old man changed after Hachi began to train under him.

    ?Today, we will improve your defense", said the old man to Hachi.

    Hachi nodded his head. He wanted to improve his strength after his tragic past. After a short while he realized that this old man was not the smartest one¡­

    The old man thought that the best way to improve your defense was to get beaten up every day.

    So poor Hachi was kicked around by the old fox every day.

    Now he regretted that he followed this celestial brat¡­ This family was crazy.

    After the first week the old man started his second training.

    ?In this week, we will improve your endurance"

    After Hachi heard what he had to do this time he was relieved. He only had to run.

    But how could the old man be so simple?

    After he run for a whole day, he wanted to stop. But then the old man was behind him and kicked him. He said that he had to continue.

    The second day past¡­ Then the third¡­

    Hachi was hungry. He couldn''t move anymore. Every time he stopped, the old man would appear behind him like a ghost and would beat him up. He had to continue his run until the seventh day passed. Hachi felt like a dead man but he couldn''t rest because the old man started his third training.

    Hachi and the old man walked to a mountain. The old man looked at the mountain and smashed it with one kick. Hachi was scared to death. How strong was this old guy? He smashed a mountain like it was nothing.

    Then the old man lifted up a huge rock that was a part of the mountain before and threw it to Hachi.

    ?The next lesson is for your strength. Lift this rock up. You have to carry it for seven days. Don''t drop it, or I will beat you up"

    Hachi wanted to cry.

    Hachi had no other choice so his training continued. He would change his training every week. One week was for defense, this was the training Hachi hated the most. The second was for endurance and the last for strength.

    After a long time the old man mentioned something about three types of haki. He told Hachi that only armament haki was useful because this was the only haki that would improve the strength of your fist. So Hachi started to train this type of haki.

    This training didn''t change in the following years. Sometimes the old man would say that they would do a mixed training. This training was hell for Hachi. It was a training where Hachi had to train defense, endurance and strength at the same time.

    You ask how this training looked like? It wasn''t too complicated, the reason was because the old man invented this training.

    Hachi had to carry a huge rock and had to run all day. Behind Hachi was the old man who chased him and every time the old man would catch him, he would beat him up. The old man loved this mixed training because it could improve the defense, endurance and strength at the same time. The old fox thought he was a genius.

    After several years Hachi felt his improvement. He could run longer, he could carry a bigger rock and the old man took more time to beat him up before he lost conscious.

    After the celestial brat came to him to pick him up Hachi was very confident. He thought that with his six fists he could smash any opponent. The celestial brat who was a teenager now destroyed his illusion in mere seconds.

    ?Hachi, you will be the swordsman in my crew!"

    Hachi was shocked. Swordsman? Why? While he trained with the old man he never touched a sword. He improved his body but his technique with a sword wasn''t really good. This did not make sense.

    Hachi understood the intention of the celestial brat only after they arrived at the ship. Ezio gave him six swords that looked identical, and after Ezio explained him everything he was really happy.

    ?Hachi, after I found these six swords I was really surprised. If you use one of these sword alone, then it isn''t better than a normal sword. But if you use these swords together, they have six unique abilities that a truly strong!"

    At this moment Ezio looked confused.

    ?I don''t understand the guy who made these swords. Maybe it was an ancestor of your family? Because other than you, who could wield six swords at the same time? It''s truly a mystery"

    Ezio patted Hachi''s shoulders and had a wide grin on his face.

    ?Anyway, these swords are perfect for you. Each one of these six swords has it''s own unique ability. You can only activate this ability when you control all six swords at the same time. And I tell you, that ancestor of yours who created these swords¡­ He was really badass!"

 28 Reiju

    Walter Benson stood with an arrogant expression in front of Reiju.

    ?What a beautiful young lady", said Benson with a grin. ?Don''t you want to join our side?"

    Reiju laughed.

    ?You know, first I thought I was a noble princess that lived in a strong kingdom full of technology that could make the whole world jealous. But then a little brat dropped down from the sky and he made my father, that I feared since I was young, look like a pathetic clown"

    Reiju smiled.

    ?But your little ambitious group isn''t even even worth mentioning. Do you know how ambitious the brat is I call my boss? Hah, he dreams of things you couldn''t even speak out loud without shitting your pants"

    Then Reiju pointed with her finger at Benson and tendrils with thorns shoot out off the ground and attacked him.

    But they didn''t hit Benson because at the place where he stood was now a big stone.

    ?Behind you", said Benson and attacked Reiju with his fist.

    But he didn''t hit Reiju because she transformed in more than hundred petals that where flying in all directions.

    A distance away from Benson the petals transformed back to a beautiful woman.

    ?Oh, so do you have some fruit that can teleport you? This is interesting. But this can''t help you against me"

    Benson frowned. He ate the swap swap fruit and can swap anything that he touched once, even himself. This island was his territory so he touched everything in case he had to fight against a strong enemy. The problem was his enemy, she ate a logia fruit that could control plants.

    Maybe plants weren''t as terrible as fire or ice, but only the foolish would think so. While fire and ice can only destroy and freeze, plants have many more uses.

    Benson swapped his own body and was nowhere to be seen. Reiju smiled.

    ?So you want to play hide and seek? You think you can kill me with a sneak attack? That is so stupid"

    After a short amount of time Reiju heard a scream from the distance.

    She slowly walked towards the screaming guy and when she arrived, she saw a man who was captured by thorny tendrils.

    ?You know, plants are everywhere on this world. Most of the islands on the Grandline are full of plants and I am like a goddess who controls all of them. Every flower, every tree, every grass stalk¡­ They are like my eyes and ears. Like my arms and feet. Do you think you can hide from me?"

    Bensons face took a blue color at this moment. He wanted to swap himself to a distance so he can escape from this demon. But he couldn''t move.

    ?Ah, did I mention that I had a special affinity with poison? Even before I ate this fruit I used poison in every fight. My boss told me that I and this plant plant fruit had a very good affinity with each other. I have to say, this guy is sometimes a little immature, but when he gets serious, he is smart"

    Benson looked at Reiju and had the feeling this charming woman was a poison demon. It was hard to find someone in the Grandline who could beat him, but this girl was playing with him like he was a little child.

    ?Oh, did you realize how weak you are?", asked Reiju with a curious look. ?This is the power of people from the New World. In front of them, you are a little bit lacking. Your little group is like a warm up for our team. My boss had things to do on the Grandline, this is the only reason we are here. This guy likes to show that he is a weak rookie but in reality he is a monstrous devil. Even your boss will learn this lesson"

    Reiju laughed.

    ?I have the ambition to be one of the commanders under the rule of this ambitious devil. This guy was talking some nonsense, he said something about the power of the first hokage and that the plant plant fruit is really strong. Who is this first hokage? Well, it doesn''t matter. He said that I can even rival with Hancock if I train enough, but at the moment I''m not at her level. Oh, this girl is such a monster. It will be hard to be as strong as her"

    Reiju realized that her target lost conscious because of the poison.

    ?I promised Ezio that I wouldn''t kill this guy. Why is he collecting people with devil fruit powers? Swap swap fruit isn''t bad, but this guy isn''t really strong. Ah, this is annoying. This guy had nearly 200 million belly? What a waste¡­"

 29 Power of the New World

    Bonney was on the run because a berserk woman had lost her mind and was chasing her.

    After the crazy woman hit Bonney with her fist, she was angry.

    ?Damn it! I don''t care anymore!"

    Bonney aged after several seconds. She looked now like 50 years old woman.

    ?You know, I can not only make people young or old. I never thought about it, but I realized it when the bastard talked about potential. When I change people with my devil fruit, there is more that I can do. When someone is growing older, then I can awaken the potential this person would get at an older age. It''s like this old guy Whitebeard. I''m sure this guy was strong when he was young, but he got on his peak only when he was older. My devil fruit is like a short cut, when I make people older, I can somehow show the potential the person could get with their older age. It is a shame that at this moment I can only show a little bit of the potential people could get. But for you, it is more than enough!"

    After that the whole body of Bonney transformed. She was now full of muscles and taller. She looked a lot like her opponent. Every man would be embarrassed if he would witness these two girls.

    ?I''m really sad that my potential will make me look like this", Bonney had tears in her eyes. ?But the bastard was right. After the fight, I can always turn into my young appearance, slim, tall and beautiful. Isn''t my fruit really good? I can''t imagine what would happen if I would awaken the potential of this little devil¡­"

    Bonney talked with the berserk woman but this woman had lost her mind. She tried to attack Bonney.

    Bonney did not give her a chance and she punched the berserk girl with one fist into the ground.

    The whole ground began to break like there was an earthquake right under Bonney''s feet. The ground smashed apart and the berserk girl was buried deep under the ground. It resembled a bit Whitebeard''s devil fruit, but in reality it was the raw power of Bonney''s attack. She awakened only a little bit of her potential and could smash the whole ground with one attack. This was truly shocking.

    ?Sh*t! Is this girl still alive? I promised Ezio to bring her back to the ship¡­ Oh, I should go back to the ship. When the little bastard will start his fight, then my poor little life could be lost"

    ...

    Hachi and Warner were in a fierce fight. It looked like Warner had the upper hand. At this moment he wielded a huge sword.

    Hachi jumped several meters to the back and started grinning.

    ?I played enough. I''m not a swordsman who specializes in this type of combat"

    Warner looked confused.

    Hachi pointed with one of his six swords at his opponent.

    ?Sword Graveyard"

    After Hachi said this, hundred swords shot out of the ground. This whole place around Hachi was full of sword blades who came out of the ground like flowers. Warner hadn''t even time to react when several swords under his feet hit him. He was stabbed by several swords and lost conscious.

    ?That was too easy. I shouldn''t get too arrogant, Boss said that only the New World could get us into trouble. But why is he always so cautious? It''s better this way then being too arrogant¡­ But this power is really cool. He said there was a guy with two arms who could wield three swords. I''m a guy who has six arms and I can control hundreds of swords without even touching them. And this was only the first ability of the six swords"

    Hachi walked towards the ship but then he turned back and looked at Warner who was lying on the ground.

    ?S*it, is he alive? Well, I don''t care¡­ I only promised that I would bring him back to the ship. I didn''t say I would bring him alive"

 30 Demon Fox Hancock

    Hancock stood in front of Amanda D. Lily and had a smile on her face.

    ?You have bad luck, Lily. I think you could play with all pirates on the Grandline but this time you met Ezio. The biggest problem is¡­ He is interested in you. Should I say it''s your good or bad luck?"

    Amanda D. Lily''s gentle smile wasn''t on her face anymore. First she wanted to delay Hancock so that the other members of her team could finish off their enemy''s. After a short while, the three royal guardians all lost. They couldn''t even resist the power of Ezio''s crew.

    Who are these people?

    Lily was always confident. She wasn''t weak, but she wasn''t someone who would fight on the frontline of a battle. She liked to be the shadow and control things from behind. This did not mean that she was weak, if she had to defend herself she had many hidden cards. The problem was Hancock. She was too arrogant, like Lily was a little child who couldn''t even scratch her. She wouldn''t even glance at her. All this time she watched in the direction of her crew members and watched their fight.

    ?Don''t be too arrogant, Hancock. Maybe you and your crew members are strong, but do you know how many powers I traded with my devil fruit?"

    Lily was really angry. Hancock looked at her like she was an idiot.

    ?I have to admit, you power is truly astonishing. The problem is¡­ you are a jack of all trades, and a master of none. Even when you get the power of the strongest people around, it doesn''t mean that you are as strong as them. I could smash you with one fist. Your power could change the world but you need a strong background that keeps you safe. You know that, too. Isn''t this the reason why you hide behind a Sichibukai?"

    Lily gritted her teeth. Never was she humiliated and discarded by someone like in this moment.

    ?What? Don''t you believe me? You think you can fight against me?"

    After Hancock said this her whole aura changed. She activated her conqueror haki and Lily fell down to her knees. She did not lose her conscious, but she was suppressed and had the feeling that she stood in front of an empress.

    Hancock had now two tails on her back and fox ears. This time even her eyes transformed into fox eyes. Around her body was a purple aura. Lily felt like she was an insect in front of this woman. She had the feeling that this woman that stood in front of her was a cruel demon that could kill her in seconds.

    ?M-Monster¡­", said Lily and her whole body began to tremble.

    ?H-How¡­ How can a monster like you be a subordinate under such a young man? How can you have such a strength and accept someone as your superior?"

    ?I am under no one. I don''t stand under him, I stand by his side. At the moment I''m the only one worthy to stand by his side"

    After that Hancocks face was red.

    ?Want to see the fight between Ezio and that Shichibukai?", said Hancock with a smile. ?If I were you, I would flee, little girl. You have the interest of this little devil, and he usually get''s what he wants. I don''t really want another girl with a beautiful face on his ship. That''s truly annoying"

    After that the two of them arrived at the place where Ezio and Sid fought. At this moment Ezio was hit by a kick and flew several meters away.

    ?Well, it doesn''t look like your captain will win this fight", said Lily with a smile.

    ?Oh, what do you know. This guy is a wolf in sheep''s clothing. This show will end after today, because the whole world will know his name"

    Hancock had a cunning smile on her face and after Lily saw that, her body couldn''t help but tremble.

    Who are these strange guys?

 31 The heir of the Blackflame House

    Ezio was hit by Sid and was lying on the ground.

    He stood slowly up and attacked Sid with his scythe, but every time he hit this giant a clone would separate from him and would take all the damage from Sid.

    Ezio had to admit that the clone clone fruit wasn''t bad. It had a lot of potential. Without his devil fruit power, Ezio would have problems defeating this guy.

    Not only were all the powers of Sid''s clones combined in one body, everyone of his cloneswas stronger because they got more abilities from Lily. Ezio knew that he had to make a big move or he wouldn''t be able to take his opponent down.

    Ezio took a deep breath and parts of his body turned into black fire.

    ?Blackflame Style - Amaterasu Dragon"

    After Ezio said that, a massive flame shot out of his hand. This flame transformed into a black dragon. It flew into the direction of Sid and wanted to kill him.

    Sid''s giant body was big and so it wasn''t easy for him to evade this huge dragon. He cloned his body into several thousand little copy''s of himself. All the little Sid''s ran into different directions. Because of this, it was easy to evade Ezio''s black dragon. Only a small number of his clones got hit by the huge dragon.

    After the fire extinguished, the little clones formed back into one body. It wasn''t as big as it was before the attack, but Sid was still a giant.

    ?This flame is truly dangerous. Without the power of my devil fruit I would have many problems. I think you met the wrong opponent this time", said Sid in an arrogant voice, but Ezio could see that this guy was truly scared. His clones were part of his body. He could feel when they died and he could feel how they died. It wasn''t something that felt good. This black fire burned even his soul, every time a clone would die, he felt like a part of his soul would burn away forever.

    Sid produced a clone. This clone didn''t look like himself. It was a woman that wore a dress that was completely made out of ropes.

    The women attacked him and out of her hands came several robes that wanted to catch Ezio.

    ?This fruit is really interesting", said Ezio while he evaded the attacks of the woman. ?When you fuse your clones into one body, you can''t use the abilities of other devil fruits because you use the power of the clone clone fruit. But if you make a clone of a dead corpse and don''t fuse it with your body, the clone can still use his devil fruit power like this girl. This fruit is really good"

    For the first time Ezio used one of his advantages, his abnormal speed. He appeared behind the woman and hit her with his burning scythe. It didn''t take long for the woman to burn till nothing of her remained.

    ?It is the biggest mistake to fight against me with quantity", said Ezio and smiled at his opponent.

    Ezio wasn''t the only one who was holding back. The biggest advantage of Sid''s giant body was his physical capabilities. He vanished and appeared in front of Ezio and smashed him into the ground.

    Ezio had to admit, in terms of physical strength, be it speed, strength or defense, he was indeed a little bit weaker than this giant.

    Sid didn''t stop after his first attack. He threw Ezio into the sky and kicked him with all his might. After Ezio rolled several meters over the ground, his hole body was full of blood.

    Ezio lay on his back and looked into the sky.

    ?Sid, don''t you think it''s getting dark a little too early today?"

    Sid was confused for a moment.

    ?I don''t think it''s time for night to arrive", after Ezio said that, he stood slowly up.

    Sid had a bad feeling and looked up to the sky. What he saw shocked him.

    ?Do you remember the little fire ball I threw into the sky at the beginning of our fight?", Ezio smiled after he saw the shocked face of his opponent. ?My flame can burn anything in this world. This little fire ball started to burn the clouds high up in the air, and now this little flame set the hole sky on fire"

    Ezio''s words were true. After Sid looked up to the sky, he saw that the heavens was burning. This flame was so big, it looked like the world would end today.

    Then Ezio looked to his side. A long distance away stood a woman with a special transporter snail in her hand. This girl was Tsuru and she had the same expression as Sid. After she saw that Ezio looked at her, she knew what he wanted to do.

    Ezio looked directly to the transporter snail and began his speech.

    ?You, as an ally of the World Government, misused your powers and the trust we gave you. You killed innocent citizens, made them your clones, and destroyed an whole island that was once a lively place full of children and hopes"

    Ezio''s expression became angry and his voice dignified.

    ?You''ve sinned and brought this world into chaos. I, Celestial Dragon of the Holy Land and heir of the noble Blackflame House, descended from the Redline to hunt sinners like you. This era is an era that isn''t peaceful. Pirates, revolutionary, and cruel criminals are causing destruction and chaos everywhere. My name is Blackflame Ezio, and I came down to this world to hunt everyone down who is a sinner like you. I want that my people can live in peace and without fear. Today I will kill you, but all you people that are a threat to the peace of every kingdom in this world, be warned. I will find you, and I will burn your souls for eternity. As long as I am alive, this island should burn. It is a reminder to everyone of you who oppose me and the peace of my people. Paradise Island will never be called a paradise again, it will turn into a burning hell"

    Then he pointed with his burning scythe at Sid.

    ?Blackflame Style - Devil''s Judgement"

    After Ezio said that the burning fire in the sky shot down to the ground. It was such a huge fire that nearly the whole island was hit by this never ending fire. Sid couldn''t even evade this attack, because the fire was everywhere and it attacked the island like black lightning. It even engulfed Ezio. The only two who were not effected by the black fire were Tsuru and Hancock who stood a distance away. But both of them were shocked. This black fire burned everything down.

    After this scene Hancock and Tsuru escaped to the ship. When they arrived at the ship, they saw the whole crew looking at Paradise Island with terror.

    The whole island was burning. The whole island was engulfed in a sea of black fire. Nothing could survive.

 32 A deal with a true devil

    Amanda D. Lily was flying on a huge black bird but even she was shocked. She looked back and saw Paradise Island destroyed by black fire. This island was her home for the past year but now it was forever gone. It was an island that would burn forever, only to remind every enemy of this devil that this was the result if they wanted to oppose him.

    Lily searched something in her backpack. She took out a finger and looked at it. This was the finger of a human. It took several seconds but the finger transformed into a little man. This little guy was Sid. He gave his finger to Lily because it was part of their deal. This finger was a part of his original body and he could turn it into a clone if his life was in danger.

    ?Sh*t!", said the little Sid who wasn''t taller than a finger at the moment. ?Who is this monster¡­ This¡­"

    He couldn''t talk anymore because a mark appeared on his forehead. He looked at Lily and had a depressed expression.

    ?Sigh¡­ I couldn''t accomplish my part of the deal. That means¡­-"

    ?You will forever be my slave", answered Lily. This was really good for Lily, but she couldn''t be happy at this moment. All she wanted was too flee to a place were this monster couldn''t find her. She never felt such a fear. Her whole body trembled. She wished this bird could fly faster.

    First she hoped that Ezio could win against Sid. Sid promised Lily that he would get her the abilities of three persons. Of course, Lily told Sid that these three would have special power''s. Sid was arrogant because he saw only the Grand Line and thought he could capture nearly everyone at this part of the world.

    There was a reason why Lily wanted full control of Sid''s power. If she wanted to trade an ability with someone, then both parties have to agree to the deal. That means that she could only get the abilities of other people if they agree. The problem was that Lily met many people who wouldn''t trade their precious things, even if it meant they would die. Proud people like the Four Emperors would never trade their abilities. With the control of the clone clone fruit, she could just kill these people, make them a clone and trade everything they have. This was the only way she could get all the abilities she wanted. The only restriction was that she had to kill the guy first before she could get everything.

    ¡­...

    Paradise Island was burning. Everything was engulfed in black fire. A youth jumped out of this flame, only his upper body was visible, everything down his waist was black fire.

    This was the first time Ezio tested the limit of his power. You could say that he found a trick to use his power in the best possible way. Ezio couldn''t produce such an amount of black fire even after his training, but there was a difference between controlling the fire or producing it.

    If Ezio had to produce a massive amount of fire out of nothing, like a normal logia user could do it, he would definitely die. Ezio used a little cheat. The little fire ball that he threw into the sky was slowly burning the clouds away. After some time this little flame became bigger and bigger. It started to burn more and more clouds until the whole sky above Paradise Island burned. All he had to do after that was to send the fire down to the island. So he produced only a little flame, waited until it grew bigger, and send it down to his enemy. If he had to produce such a massive amount of fire with his own strength, it wouldn''t be possible. If the fire was already burning and he only had to control it, then he could pull off such an attack.

    But even with this little cheat, Ezio felt like a dead man. He couldn''t rest at this moment, because there was an important mission that he couldn''t neglect.

    Ezio closed his eyes and used his observation haki.

    ?Found you"

    Then he transformed into black fire and dashed into the sky.

    ...

    Lily looked almost every second behind her. She couldn''t forget the words Hancock said to her. Her biggest fear became reality when she saw a black flame that was chasing her.

    She couldn''t evade. The black flame engulfed her whole body. If you looked from the outside, it was like a little black sun was engulfing this girl. A sun that was formed by black fire.

    Inside the sun was absolute darkness. Lily could hear the screams of her bird that was burned and then died. She didn''t fall into the fire that was surrounding her because a man was holding her in his arms. She couldn''t see the man who was holding her because everything was black, but she knew who the person was.

    It was this monster.

    ?Hey, you are very quick. I wanted to make a deal with you. Didn''t you say you would wait for me? Why were you running so fast?"

    ?Y-You, you¡­", Lily wanted to speak, but she couldn''t bring out one sentence.

    ?This deal will be very beneficial towards you. You will give me your loyalty for a life time. What will I give you, you ask? Well, you could say that I will let you live. Isn''t this a good deal? I think dying here would be really sad"

    Lily closed her eyes. What could she do in this situation? A life as a slave or no life, she thought that there would be many people in this world who would rather die than be a slave. She didn''t has the courage to die at this point in her life. She had many things in this world she wanted to achieve.

    Lily could only agree to this deal.

    This was the day the user of the shop shop fruit, Amanda D. Lily, and her slave, Sarazar Sid, joined the team of the Celestial Dragon.

    This was a fact that the whole world didn''t know. But the world had other things to talk about. An event that shocked the Four Seas, the Grand Line and even the New World.

    This was a day for the history books.

 33 Epilogue

    The World Government had a special transporter snail. This snail was only given to the highest authority of the Marine and to the highest ranking members of the Celestial Dragons.

    The heir of the Blackflame House got his hands on one of these transporter snails and used it to shock the whole world.

    This transporter snail was capable to record image and sound and send it to all screens on every island of this world. The Four Seas, the Grand Line, even the New World - every island that had a connection with the World Government would receive the picture this transporter snail would send.

    This was a huge weapon the World Government used to manipulate the opinion of the world. The World Government wouldn''t use this transporter snail often. In the manga it was used to send some pictures of the war between Whitebeard and the Marine, but even at such a time it wouldn''t send the pictures to every island of this world.

    Blackflame Ezio, the heir and successor of the noble Blackflame House, used this transporter snail to show his fight with one of the seven Shichibukai''s. Every detail of the fight was send to every island of this world. It showed how the Shichibukai revealed his power, how he killed the whole island and made clones out of the corpses, and it showed how the noble Celestial Dragon and his team defeated them and burned the whole island down. Even the speech of Blackflame Ezio was sent to the world.

    The world thought that the Shichibukai, his three royal guardians and the girl named Amanda D. Lily died at this day.

    The world saw the power of the black flame and how it burned Paradise Island. Everyone in the world knew that Paradise Island would burn for eternity to warn everyone who misused their power to threaten the peace of this world.

    At this day the whole world talked about the Celestial Dragon who descended from the Redline to fight against the criminals. A Celestial Dragon who fought for peace in this chaotic world with his own hands.

    At this day a new hero was born in the eyes of the public. At the same time the public started to fear this new hero. They feared him because of his monstrous power and for this inhumane act of burning a whole island down in several minutes.

    This was a day where a hero and a devil was born. A hero for the weak who needs protection, and a devil for every person that would become an enemy of this guy.

    ...

    On the Moby Dick lived Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors of the Sea. After Roger''s death people called him the strongest man alive.

    At this time Whitebeard drank out of a huge bottle and by his side was his 1st division commander, Marco ?the Phoenix".

    ?Father, what do you think about this celestial brat? I don''t understand the World Government. Are they now killing their own people?"

    Whitebeard had a frown on his face. This was a rare thing for this man because he saw many things in his life and there weren''t many things that could surprise him.

    ?I don''t think this brat acted on the orders of the World Government", said Whitebeard and drank out of his bottle. ?I think this little brat is acting on his own thoughts. This is truly a new experience for me. The World Government never showed their hidden cards, we pirates are only fighting against the Marine or Cipher Pol. Most pirates think that this is all the World Government had to fight against us pirates, but I think they hide most of their strength in Mary Geoise. With the show of this little guy¡­ I think he tried to change the opinion the people all over the world had about the Celestial Dragons. And this is a bad thing for us¡­"

    Marco began to laugh.

    ?What can the World Government do against us? If they send Celestial Dragons to us, we will just kill them"

    ?Don''t be too arrogant, Marco. Maybe people call me the strongest man alive, but nobody knows what these Celestial Dragons are hiding. It is not easy to control the whole world with just the power of the Marines, they have many more hidden cards. And now there is this wild card named Blackflame Ezio, and I think even the World Government can''t control this little brat. A black flame that burns everything¡­ The heir of the Blackflame House¡­ Don''t underestimate this little brat. How old is he? I think even Roger wasn''t as terrifying as this little brat when he was so young¡­"

    Whitebeard sighed.

    ?The world is changing, but what direction it will take¡­ Nobody can know"

    ...

    On a hidden island in this world was the headquarter of the Revolutionary Army. At this moment Monkey D. Dragon, the most wanted criminal in the world, watched the scene that happened on Paradise Island with Sabo, the chief of staff.

    ?What the hell are these Celestial Dragons thinking?", asked Sabo confused and looked at Dragon. But then he saw that Dragon showed a shocked expression. Usually this guy was always calm and confident but this time, his expression was strange.

    ?Blackflame¡­", whispered Dragon with a frown. ?Damn it, another Blackflame? And the heir of the family? And now this little guy is running wild in this world¡­ And this devil fruit¡­ Ah, this family is only trouble¡­"

    Sabo looked at Dragon with a questioning gaze.

    ?What are you looking at, Sabo?", asked Dragon angry.

    ?What should we do with this Celestial Dragon? Isn''t this a good chance to get rid of him? This guy is really strong at his age¡­"

    ?Oh, no! You can get rid of every Celestial Dragon, just stay away from everyone with the Blackflame name¡­ If you see one, then run away. These guys are all lunatics, let them just be¡­ Crazy, they are all crazy¡­"

    Sabo could see that Dragon had some hidden past with this Blackflame House. It looked like he was heartbroken¡­ Like he was betrayed by his first love or something¡­

    Sabo never saw his confident leader in such a way.

    ...

    Garp and Sengoku watched the fight of the celestial brat from the beginning till the end. They looked like two little teenager who saw something funny.

    Then both of them laughed.

    ?Hahaha! A Celestial Dragon killed a Shichibukai! I never thought I would see that in my life! This is truly too good¡­ Tell me, Garp. I''m not dreaming, right?"

    Garp hit him with a fist and smiled.

    ?Did you feel the pain? Yes? Then I think you are awake and this is all reality. This is too funny. All we wanted to do was to beat these Shichibukai''s up since this new system was formed. Thanks to the World Government, we had to ally with pirates and they could do whatever they want¡­ But now this brat came from the Holy Land and the first thing he did was killing one of these annoying bastards! Hahahaha!"

    ?Garp, we have to support this little guy! But we also have to be careful. Who knows what this little brat is thinking? Maybe he will kill some of our forces if he thinks they are sinner''s. Isn''t he playing the hero? We have to send Kizaru if we want to be on good terms with this brat. This guy is really a special existence. We Marines can''t do anything to him, but I hope he will beat up many pirates in the future"

    ?Sengoku, with this show, isn''t he showing that we marines aren''t capable of protecting the people? I mean, this celestial brat said that he had to personally come down from the Holy Land¡­ And he burned the whole island down! This little guy is evil. Didn''t he say to the whole world that we Marines are incompetent? Aren''t we the defender of justice?"

    ?Oh, come on, Garp. Do you still want to play the hero? Maybe we wanted to be hero''s after we first entered the Marine. After all those years and all these things we''ve done you still want to play the justice card? How many islands did we burn down in all those years? This is a special situation and I''m curious to see which decisions this little brat will make when he enters the New World"

    ...

    The Five Elders of the World Government sat on a table with a frown on their face. This situation was something special even for these five guys.

    The first man who began to talk had a scar on the left side of his face. He had gray dreadlocks and a walking cane in his hands.

    ?How could the old man of the Blackflame House give this special snail to a little brat? What is he thinking? Now this little brat caused such a scene¡­"

    The next man who talked had a bald head and a long white mustache.

    ?He even killed a Shichibukai, one of our allies. What is this little brat thinking?"

    The next man who talked had blonde hair.

    ?I don''t think this situation is bad for us. I think it''s really interesting. You all know that the seven Shichibukai''s are misusing the protection we have given them. All of them don''t show the World Government respect and do whatever they want. If we need them in a fight, we can''t rely on them because they could betray us. Now the situation changed¡­ A Celestial Dragon personally went to the world, showed the whole world the mistakes of the Shichibukai and killed him in a spectacular way. This will show the other six that they can''t play with us. All Shichibukai''s have to think twice if they want to misuse their power. Maybe their territory would be the next one to burn for eternity¡­ I think the new heir of the Blackflame House is a little genius, but he should talk with us before he plans such a huge scene"

    A bald man with glasses looked skeptical. He hold a samurai sword in his hands.

    ?Maybe you are right, but I think this brat is taking too many responsibilities that are meant to be handled by us. Can we trust this little brat after this huge incident? He is the first one after so many years who inherited the power of the Blackflame House - the black fire! This is a huge responsibility. He shouldn''t act like a little child playing the hero¡­ he should be one of our hidden cards"

    Now all four looked at the last man. They were all curious what this guy would say. He was a tall and thin bearded man with long white hair.

    He was a member of the Blackflame House. He was the brother of Blackflame D. Ruben.

    ?I think you guys are overreacting. This is the first time I saw this nephew of mine in action and I have to say, I''m really satisfied. After I heard from my brother that his grandson past the secret trial of our family and inherited our most precious treasure, I was really shocked. This is no small matter and my brother had the habit to spoil his children too much, you all saw that when you met his two daughters"

    The other four nodded their head.

    ?But this nephew of mine is different. He is very smart, you could see that by the way he handled this whole situation. You don''t have to be suspicious about this little brat. Don''t forget that he is a Celestial Dragon - he stands as a god above this world. He would do everything in his power to protect this position, you can see that with the first glance"

    The tall old man with long white hair smiled.

    ?You all know the chaos that was created by Gol D. Roger. This is an era full of pirates who oppose our rule. It is the first time in all these years that so many people are against the Celestial Dragons, so his actions are really smart. We showed the world our two forces, one in the light and one in the dark. The Marines and Cipher Pol. The people know of the power of these organizations, but they forgot about the strength of the Celestial Dragons. It is the fault of these arrogant and incompetent descendants of our families. They aren''t capable of doing anything, they are weak, arrogant and conceited. Maybe you guys don''t care, but the public opinion of us is truly bad, and that is because of these incapable world nobles that do nothing good to us"

    The other four elders frowned but they couldn''t deny this. The thin and tall man continued.

    ?I think this little brat also saw this. I don''t think he is a hero, a hero wouldn''t burn an island down like he did. I think all this show was to change the public opinion. He wanted to show the world that a Celestial Dragon came down from the Holy Land and will protect every kingdom. He will change the opinion of the world about us. And not only that - at the same time, the world will start to fear the power of the Celestial Dragon, because this little brat and his black fire is truly strong. So he will say to the world that the Celestial Dragons are strong and the people should fear us too, not only the Marines. And he shows the world that the World Government is fighting for the peace of our kingdoms, so he can repair the damage all those incapable descendants have caused over all these years"

    ?So what do you think should we do with this brat?", asked the bald man with the samurai sword.

    ?Let him run wild. Let him do whatever he wants. I can''t wait to see what this brat will do in the New World. Just think about it¡­ A Celestial Dragon who kills one of the Four Emperors with his own hands? That would be in our favor"

    The other four elders thought for a long time.

    ?I agree, for the moment, this brat can do whatever he wants. But only as long as his action are beneficial towards us"

    ?I will also agree. It is good to show the world that there are some capable Celestial Dragons"

    ?I have nothing to say. Let this brat do what he wants"

    The last one was the bald man with the samurai sword.

    ?What can I say at this point? You all have decided so let that brat do whatever he wants. I hope we will not regret this decision¡­ Ah, but we have to talk with Blackflame Ruben. To give this special transporter snail to a brat¡­ This old man is killing me!"

    ...

    Holy Land. The house of the Blackflame family.

    The old man was eating popcorn and watched a fight on a screen that was in front of him. This was the fight between Blackflame Ezio and Sarazar Sid. At this moment Ezio was beaten up by Sid.

    ?Damn you, I''m gonna'' kill you! He is hitting my grandson? This old man is furious! I''m personally going to the Grand Line to kill this guy¡­Oh, wait!"

    At this moment the old man saw Ezio''s attack, the Amaterasu Dragon.

    ?Haha, this is a very good attack! A black fire dragon! That attack is so cool. This is the power of my little darling grandson. Kill this bastard, little fox! This old man is cheering for you!"

    Then the old fox saw that Sid evaded the attack and started to beat up Ezio again.

    ?Oh no! My little grandson is injured. There is blood on his clothes! NO! This old man is going to the Grand Line¡­ The precious blood of my little grandson¡­ Oh, wait"

    The scene changed at this moment. The whole sky was burning with fire and after that, the whole island started burning. The last picture was of Paradise Island, burning completely down¡­

    The jaw of the old man dropped to the ground.

    ?T-This¡­ How¡­"

    There was a moment of silence.

    ?I did say to him that when he departs from an island he had to make his departure big¡­ But¡­ Isn''t this a little too big, little fox? You¡­ You burned down the whole island! Even for this old man, this is a little bit too big¡­ You¡­"

    A servant with a nervous expression walked towards the old man.

    ?Lord, in front of the house are nearly all noble families of the Holy Land. They are angry and want to talk to you about the things the young lord did¡­ Even the esteemed Five Elders want so see you¡­"

    Now the old man was furious.

    ?What? They want to scold me because of my little grandson? I''m gonna'' beat them all up! Scolding this genius grandson of my family? Let me see what they have to say¡­ Didn''t he only burn down one island? Yes, maybe I shouldn''t give him the transporter snail¡­ But who dares to scold my grandson in front of this old man!"

    End of Volume 1.

 34 Prolog

    Grand Line. Banaro Island.

    Today, Banaro Island was faced with destruction. This was a battle that would change the fate of the whole world.

    Portgas D. Ace fought against Marshall D. Teach.

    It was a fight between fire and darkness.

    What both of them didn''t know was that there was another group on Banaro Island. This group watched the fight from a distance.

    ?Wow, this power of darkness is truly astonishing", said Hancock while looking at the fight.

    ?This is a fight that would change the fate of many strong people. The world will face a war after this incident. Of course, we will change the course of the war, that is the reason why we are here", said Ezio and had a smile on his face.

    Marshall D. Teach was a schemer that shocked the world after the war at Marineford. Nobody knew of his plan in the original story. After Ezio reincarnated into the world of One Piece, how could he not take advantage of the knowledge he had?

    The fight was reaching the end. A massive amount of fire was fighting against a massive amount of darkness. At the end, Marshall D. Teach was the winner, but he was exhausted. Everyone could tell that this wasn''t an easy victory for the man who will be called Blackbeard.

    Marshall D. Teach stood in front of Ace and couldn''t help but smile. This was the first step in his plan, a plan that would bring him to the top of the world in the shortest amount of time.

    But then Blackbeard heard a clapping sound. A young man and his group walked towards him.

    ?Teach, you scheming bastard. To see the power of your devil fruit with my own eyes, I''m truly astonished"

    Blackbeard couldn''t help but frown. Who in the world didn''t know who this young man was? The whole world knew his face, his name, and his power. It was because the whole world saw him fight.

    ?Blackflame Ezio", said Teach and couldn''t help but tremble. On any other day, he wouldn''t fear this guy as much as at this moment. The problem was that Teach was exhausted. He fought against the second division commander of the the strongest crew in this world. This wasn''t an easy fight.

    Ezio smiled.

    ?Our powers are somewhat similar but different at the same time. You control pure darkness and I control a burning darkness, you could say it is a darkness that burns everything in this world. Do you want to know if my black fire can burn even your darkness that seems to nullify the power of devil fruits?"

    Blackbeard didn''t want to talk. He attacked him with his devil fruit powers but to his surprise, even his power was burned away by the flame of this devil.

    ?You are a treacherous guy, Blackflame Ezio", said Blackbeard with fear in his eyes. ?If I wouldn''t have fought against Ace, do you think you could defeat me so easy? Where is your dignity? Aren''t you a hero?"

    Ezio laughed at this moment.

    ?I don''t doubt that before the fight with Ace, you would be a very strong opponent. Why should I exhaust myself in a life and death battle with you if I could take you down in seconds after your fight? Dignity? Hero? Don''t make me laugh. Only the foolish would fight with honor. I''m a proud man, but if this characteristic effects my decisions then I would be an idiot. This world is full of strong people, so I will take every opportunity to make myself stronger. And is there a better chance than this one?"

    Blackbeard trembled. How could he be defeated at this moment? His journey only started. He waited so long to get his devil fruit. Now he acquired it and started his plan. He even defeated Ace. How could his road end here? This wasn''t supposed to happen.

    Amanda D. Lily walked besides Ezio.

    ?Why don''t you make a deal with this guy? I think he is really strong. He should help us achieve our goals"

    ?No, this guy will die today"

    It was a tempting idea to use Lily and make Blackbeard a slave. Lily''s and Sid''s powers changed the plan he previously had. He didn''t want to use Lily''s power that often. If all the people in his crew would be slaves that he acquired because of Lily''s devil fruit, then he had a big problem. What would happen if Lily died? He did not want to rely on powers of others to build his strength. His crew should be loyal to him out of their own will. Maybe Lily was a slave because of their trade, but Ezio didn''t want to command her like a slave. He treated her like any other crew member and the two slowly started to like each other. At this moment in time, there was even trust between the two.

    Maybe Lily''s power was a quick way to gain loyal team members in a short amount of time, but the manga showed that this way to get power could backfire. He thought about Doflamingo. With Sugar, he had many slaves that worked for him. After Sugar was defeated, his whole territory broke apart and all his ally''s became enemies. Ezio didn''t want to end like Doflamingo. He wanted that his team followed him out of their own will.

    But this didn''t mean he wouldn''t use the possibilities that Lily''s fruit would give him.

    Ezio walked to Blackbeard and killed him. It was really too easy to kill this crafty guy at this moment, but Blackbeard was too exhausted after his fight.

    ?Sid, take control of this corpse"

    A short amount of time later, Teach stood up and kneeled in front of Ezio.

    ?Teach, or should I call you Sid now? Take Ace and bring him to Sengoku. This is truly funny. The new Shichibukai, Marshall D. Teach, is in reality a clone that is under my control. It was truly lucky that I found you, Sid. With you and Lily, there are so many possibilities for the future. I can''t wait for the day the war will start"

    After that Ezio looked at the unconscious Ace that laid on the ground.

    ?Sorry, Ace", said Ezio but then he turned around and walked away.

    Maybe Ezio had sympathy for Ace, but this was only sympathy as a reader of the manga. Now he was part of this world and he had to use every possibility to gain advantages. In reality, Ace was a stranger for him. He shouldn''t show a stranger sympathy only because he knew him from the manga. This was no game.

    Even if he had to make an enemy of Luffy, he wouldn''t stop his plan.

 35 Future plans

    One week after the incident on Banaro Island¡­

    Ezio and his crew sat on a table in the meeting room.

    Besides his previous crew members, there were now five new people. The three royal guardians, Sid and Lily. Only Tsuru was missing.

    ?Why did you send Tsuru away, Ezio?", asked Hancock.

    ?I''ve recruited Tsuru for one purpose. It was that we have an ally and informant at the headquarter of the marines. Maybe we can get the informations we want because I''m a Celestial Dragon, but it''s still better to have one member of our crew there. So she will be our intelligence officer at the heart of the marines"

    ?How can you trust her?", asked Reiju confused.

    ?This woman is smart. She knows what will benefit her and what not. To achieve her personal goals, she needs us"

    Now Ezio looked at his team. The three royal guardians weren''t true members of his crew, but Ezio had a plan for them in the future.

    ?Our next goal is to build a big organization. We first start with the ten division commanders. These ten people will be the strongest force of our crew and will stand on top of the organization. At this moment we only have Hachi, Reiju and Bonney. That means we need to find seven trustworthy people to join us"

    Hancock, Sid and Lily looked at Ezio with a frown.

    ?Hancock is the deputy leader, she isn''t included in the ten division commanders. She stands above them and if I''m not present, she will be the highest authority in our organization"

    Hancock smiled after she heard that. The other crew members were not happy, but nobody was stronger than Hancock, so they had no chance to say something against it.

    ?Besides the ten division commanders, there will be a special unit that works in other areas that we need. Lily and Sid are part of the special force and these two are only responding to me or Hancock. The leader of the second special unit is Walter Benson. He will be the leader of our intelligence group, but this will have to wait until we have enough people who join us"

    Sid and Lily were happy that they had a special position that was only under the leader and the vice leader. Walter Benson was shocked. He never thought that he would be the leader of a special force. Ezio thought he was perfect for this position because he had the power of the swap swap fruit.

    ?We will have me as the leader and Hancock as the deputy leader. Under me are the ten strongest people of this organization - three of the ten leaders will have the power of a logia fruit, Reiju is the first one. The next three will have the power of a zoan fruit. The other three will have the power of a paramecia fruit, Bonney will be one of them. The last one is Hachi - he will be our swordsman and he is a special existence under the ten division commanders. He will recruit a group of strong fighters, but no one of them will eat a devil fruit. We need such a group, if someone would fall into the sea and we all were devil fruit users¡­ this wouldn''t be a funny way to die"

    ?Besides the ten commanders, one unit consists of Lily and Sid, I don''t know how to name them¡­ The only name I can think of is the ?scheming division'', but this sounds stupid. You two will be part of the shadow force in our organization, this includes Benson as the leader of the intelligence division. You act a little bit like Cipher Pol works for the World Government, but you can''t compare the two"

    ?This is only the highest authority of our organization. All the division commanders will need a deputy, and this deputy has to be strong. Every division commander will have their own crew who represents us in this world. We have to recruit a lot of people - but this is something we can discuss when we found our ten division commanders. We are truly in a strange situation. I have all devil fruits to make us a big force, but we lack the people who can eat them. Isn''t it usually so that organizations have enough people but not enough devil fruits? It doesn''t really matter. Most of our future members, I already know where we can find them"

    His knowledge from the manga was truly a blessing. There were many characters he had in mind and the next mission was to find them and recruit them. The best thing was that he had many devil fruits. He could recruit every character, make them strong and slowly build trust with them.

    After that everyone left the meeting room. Reiju was depressed because Hancocks position was higher than hers, Hachi and Bonney didn''t really care. Lily was happy because she liked to play in the shadows and Walter Benson was shocked because he was given so much trust by Ezio.

    Only Hancock and Ezio remained in the meeting room.

    ?Ezio, you are strange. How did you know that there was this fight on Banaro Island?"

    Ezio shrugged his shoulders and didn''t answer.

    ?You said you know most of the people you will recruit¡­ How do you know these people? We were together since you were a little brat and you never left the Holy Land. Answer me! Since you were a little brat, you knew of so many things, but who told you all these things?"

    ?The old fox"

    ?I don''t believe you! This old fox can''t even remember his own servants. How could he know all these things?"

    Ezio sighed. Hancock always asked him these questions. She knew him since he was a little brat and his behavior and knowledge would make everyone suspicious at some point. How could he tell her that this world was a manga in his past life and now he was reborn into this manga. He didn''t answer but used a tactic that would distract this suspicious woman.

    He gave her a kiss on her cheeks.

    ?You know, my bed is very big. Too big for one person to sleep alone¡­ You can join me tonight if you want to"

    This was the best way to change the topic. A furious Hancock was now chasing the celestial brat. All the questions she had were forgotten in her fury.

 36 Walter Benson

    Ezio looked at Benson and couldn''t help but smile. This guy was a treasure. Ezio was happy that he first visited Paradise Island. The devil fruits of these guys had so much potential, but these guys didn''t even know about it.

    In front of Benson were many little stones.

    ?I have to touch them all?", asked Benson confused.

    Ezio nodded.

    ?Okay guys, first we have to take advantage of Bensons abilities. This will make our recruitment easier. Reiju will go to the North Blue, Hachi to the West Blue. Hancock to the South Blue and I will go to the East Blue. Take these stones and a snail with you. When you arrive at your first island, give me a call. I will tell you what to do. Bonney and the rest will bring our ship to Alabasta. When you arrive at this island, give me a call. See you later"

    After he said that Ezio jumped into the sky. His next destination was the East Blue.

    If you would travel with the ship, this would take a long time. Hachi, Hancock and Ezio could walk on air, and Reiju could fly because of her raid suit. With the speed of these guys, it wouldn''t take long before they could arrive at all Four Sea''s in a short amount of time. It was like a plane back on earth, in the sky you could travel the whole world in one day. They weren''t as fast as a plane, but they weren''t slow either.

    After some time Ezio arrived at the East Blue. He knew many islands of the East Blue from the manga, but he was here only for one person. His first stop was Conomi Island. This was the home town of Nami. He landed in front of a house and then took a stone and a snail out of his pocket.

    ?Benson? You can come over"

    After he talked with the snail, the stone vanished and Benson appeared in front of Ezio.

    In Ezio''s opinion, this was the strongest ability of the swap swap fruit. It was so useful that Ezio had to cry tears of joy after he heard about this ability.

    This guy could swap anything in this world. The only restriction was that he had to touch it beforehand. If he touched a stone once in the East Blue, he could swap anytime with this stone. This meant that this guy could teleport his people to every corner of this world after he visited and touched something that was there once.

    Ezio''s crew could be everywhere, and he could teleport them in front of him in a second with this guys abilities. This was too good to be true. This was also the reason that Ezio made him the leader of the intelligence department. Now that Benson arrived at the East Blue, the first thing he did was touching everything around him. If they wanted to go to the East Blue now, they could arrive here at any second.

    Ezio walked into the house in front of him. In the house he saw a beautiful girl with blue hair.

    ?What are you doing here?", asked the girl confused.

    ?Hey, my name is Blackflame Ezio"

    The girl was shocked. Even she knew who this guy was. Maybe not everyone saw the fight on a screen, but the newspaper told the whole world about this incident. Even today they are writing about this guy.

    Why was such a famous guy in her house?

    Ezio sat on a chair like this was his own house.

    ?Nojiko, don''t you want to offer me something to drink?"

    Nojiko was shocked. How did this guy knew her name?

    ?You don''t have to look so shocked. I heard about your story. Monkey D. Luffy, he is my little cousin"

    Now she was more shocked. How could a Celestial Dragon have a pirate as a cousin?

    ?Nojiko, I heard about the hardships in your past. This Island was tormented by pirates and corrupt marines. This is the fault of the World Government - we couldn''t protect our people and you had to suffer such a tragic past"

    Ezio stood up and bowed in front of Nojiko. She was scared because a Celestial Dragon was bowing in front of her. If the world would see this, they would be shocked! A god bowing in front of a lowly commoner of the East Blue¡­

    ?You said you know me, then you must have heard about my goal. I want that the citizens of this world can live peacefully. No pirate, no marine and no Celestial Dragon should threaten this peace! Maybe I''m strong, but there are too many islands on this world and I can''t be on every island, I''m just one person. I need comrades, people who fight by my side and help me achieve my goal. And I want you to join me. I want you to help me"

    Nojiko gulped down a mouth full of saliva.

    ?I''m just a normal girl, without power, without anything. How could I help you? What use do I have?"

    Ezio smiled. He looked at his ring and then several devil fruits dropped to the ground.

    ?I can make you strong, faster than you think. What I''m interested in is not the strength of my people, this I can change. More important is their mindset. You experienced the terror of pirates and corrupt marines, I think you and I want to achieve the same. You are a young girl with potential, do you want to stay on this island and do nothing? Every moment, a new pirate could arrive at your home town and do the same what Arlong did. Even Nami, your sister, is working everyday to improve herself. Only if you become strong you can defend what you want to defend. Follow me, and I will show you the world "

    He reached his hand out to her and waited.

    After that Nojiko thought for a moment. She looked at the hand in front of her and at the confident smile of this young man. She didn''t notice that her hand grasped his unconsciously.

    ?Okay, I will join you"

    ¡­

    After some time, the whole village gathered at the center of the town. All villagers looked at a young man who stood in the middle.

    ?Villagers, my name is Blackflame Ezio, I''m a Celestial Dragon and came to your town after I heard your history"

    After Ezio said that, all villagers kneeled down and looked scared. Ezio sighed. This was the usual reaction a Celestial Dragon would get in this world.

    ?I heard about your hardships and how this village was tormented by pirates. I will apologize to everyone - this won''t happen in the future"

    Then a big sculpture appeared in front of Ezio. This sculpture had the emblem of the Blackflame House. Under the emblem was a sentence - this sentence told everyone that this island was protected by the Blackflame family. Everyone who would break the rules of this island would be hunted down be the Blackflame family.

    Every villager looked shocked to this imposing sculpture in front of them.

    ?You are all my citizens, and I won''t allow any criminal to threaten you again! I will give the chief of this village a snail, if you are in danger you can call us anytime. We will fight for you, and we will defend you!"

    After this the whole village cheered. Now they had the protection of a Celestial Dragon! Who would dare to attack their village?

    Ezio smiled. This island was now his territory. Maybe there wasn''t much on this island, but it had a big effect on his reputation and on his new partner. This wasn''t the first island that would become the territory of the Blackflame House.

    Benson walked towards Ezio.

    ?Reiju arrived at the North Blue, boss"

    Ezio smiled. Wasn''t there an old friend in the North Blue? After that Benson, Nojiko and Ezio vanished. Where the three people stood were now three little stones.

 37 Recruitment 1

    Bonney and the rest of the team on the ship arrived at the territory of one of the Shichibukai''s.

    ?The little bastard said that there is an interesting girl that will join our crew on this island. He said that a strong pirate group could arrive here at any moment but it seems there aren''t here yet. We are lucky, we will smash this whole place and take that girl!", said Bonney and grinned.

    ?Are you stupid? Ezio warned us that he doesn''t want anyone to notice us. We will infiltrate this place, capture the girl, and make her a clone. Then we have a new team member", said Lily.

    ?Whats wrong with you, girl? Why do you want to make everyone into a clone? The boss said that we have to convince her with sincerity, and not make her a clone", replied Gloria confused.

    ?I will go into this huge house and capture this girl. The talking can be done by the boss, we have to arrive at Alabasta as fast as we can", said Sid.

    After that Sid''s body split up into many little clones. The clones were so tiny that it was hard to see them. Then all the clones infiltrated this huge castle.

    Perona, the target of this shameless crew, didn''t know that she was in danger. She was playing with a huge teddy bear.

    After one of Sid''s clones found her, he took out a tiny stone and then Walter Benson appeared behind the girl. With a touch, Perona disappeared and arrived at the ship.

    Before she could do anything, she was bound by seastone handcuffs. This was Lily''s fault.

    All the people on the ship watched at Lily and Sid like they were some kind of monsters.

    ?You¡­", even the carefree Bonney was shocked. ?I understand now why you two are the leaders of our shadow force¡­ Damn it, this was too fast! You two are really terrible¡­"

    Then they heard the victim scream.

    ?Why are you kidnapping me? What do you want to do with me?"

    ?You will join our crew. The boss said we should show you sincerity and because of that we didn''t hurt you"

    After Lily said that sentence, the rest of the team looked at her with a strange expression. What was wrong with that girl? This was what she called sincerity? Well, maybe it was¡­ Usually this girl would make any one into a clone or bring them misfortune with a strange deal.

    ?You¡­", screamed Perona. ?This is how you ask people to join your crew? Are you lunatics? Bring me back!"

    ?Ah, the talking is for the boss. Let''s move on with our journey", whispered Lily annoyed. After that the crew continued the journey to Alabasta with a screaming ?new crew member'' on their ship.

    Walter Benson teleported to the North Blue were Ezio was.

    ¡­

    Ezio stood in front of a man he really liked. He had a wide grin on his face.

    ?Servant Judgy!" Ezio patted the shoulders of this big man. ?I missed you"

    Judge gritted his teeth. In the last few weeks he had nightmares and the reason was this little guy and his unreasonable grandfather. Now, after this short time, this guy was again in front of him.

    ?Did you meet my old man? Is he healthy? I really miss this old fox"

    Judge''s head was red and it looked like he would explode at any moment.

    ?You¡­ You said I would be the new ruler of the North Blue, but your esteemed grandfather, he¡­ he¡­"

    Judge really wanted to scold this shameless family. He didn''t have the courage to do it. First he thought this little guy was an arrogant and useless Celestial Dragon. After he saw Ezio''s fight and his devil fruit power he trembled in fear. And after he saw his grandfather¡­ Let''s say that Vinsmoke Judge feared this family and wanted to never see them again in his life.

    ?Ah, servant Judgy. This was only a little lesson because you were really a bad guy. You sold your daughter to me and that made the old man really angry. He is an emotional man when it comes to children. Don''t blame him, our deal with the North Blue isn''t impossible. I really need someone who is in control of the North Blue"

    Judge looked at this guy with skeptical eyes. He didn''t believe one word of this little bastard.

    ?Your family will be the new hero''s of the North Blue! You will help the old, educate the young, and help everyone in this sea. You can call yourself the ?Power Rangers'', and you will be worshiped by everyone! If you can accomplish this, the North Blue is under your control. Of course, Reiju will be your boss, and you will be her deputy. And you will rule under the banner of the Blackflame family. If you can accomplish this, then you will be part of my crew"

    Judge nearly fainted. His own daughter was his new boss? He had to be a hero and help the people? And he had to act under the flag of the Blackflame House? This was too much!

    ?H-Hero? I''m not good at playing the hero¡­ Aren''t this too many conditions?"

    ?Judgy, this will only benefit you. I know you don''t trust me, but this time I tell you the truth. Maybe you won''t rule the North Blue on the surface, but you will control it in the shadows. And this hero play, this is only to win the hearts of the people. Your daughter is like my family, and even if you are the most terrible father I''ve ever seen, in the end, you are still her father. I will tell you the details about my plan later. What do you say, do you join my team?"

    Judge hesitated. He really didn''t want to join this unreasonable guy. On the other hand, he needed an ally that would help him to control the North Blue.

    ?Young lord, I¡­."

    ?Come on, Judgy. Look what you''ve done to your own sons for your goal to control the North Blue. Now you only have to play the hero, and you have to do it under my name. Nothing more. What is there to think about?"

    Judge sighed. He agreed to Ezio''s conditions. At the end of the day, this guy was still the heir of one of the most powerful families in the world. He was even strong without his family. There had to be a good reason why he was so eager to recruit him. Judge thought that this guy had affection for his daughter and that was the only reason he would give him this position. After he saw how powerful his daughter was after this short time with Ezio, he knew that this guy wasn''t simple. To be under a Celestial Dragon was better than to ally with an Emperor of the Four Seas.

    ?Don''t worry, Judge. I will treat you good, but you have to work hard. You really look like a villain, the Vinsmoke family will be the new super hero''s of the North Blue, you have to work on your image"

    Ezio was happy. You can say whatever you want about this family, but the Vinsmokes were strong. He needed someone who would represent him in the North Blue. Even if he was a villain, as long as he would show the world that the Vinsmokes were hero''s and were his subordinates, he wouldn''t care. At the same time, he could fulfill the wish of Judge and let him control the North Blue. Even if Reiju wasn''t really fond of the character of her father, in the end he was still her father. So he made her happy with this action.

 38 Recruitment 2

    Ezio had a headache. His head nearly exploded. He had so many plans and didn''t know where he should start. His crew was creating chaos in the world and everyday someone new would arrive on the ship. Ezio didn''t know how he should convince all these guys to follow him, because the way they arrived at this ship was truly miserable. They were mostly kidnapped!

    Especially Lily and Sid, these two were only trouble. They would always kidnap their target in the cruelest way. Even Cipher Pol looked like a little child in front of these two villains. Ezio had a lot of work to do.

    He wrote a long list for all of his crew members. Every character he knew from the manga that had enough potential to join his team was written on this list. Ezio wanted to capture so many people because he didn''t know which of them he could convince to stay at the end. Maybe he kidnapped most of them at this point in time, but if they didn''t want to stay in the future, he wouldn''t force them to stay.

    They were many potential characters like poor Crocodile who was at Impel Down at the moment. He could just visit him and take him to his ship. The only question was: Would this guy be his subordinate? This guy was an arrogant bastard. At the war with the marine, he even attacked Whitebeard. Who knows if he could work with such a guy. Then they were the supernovas, these guys were also hard to convince. Ezio thought about Capone Bege, because he really liked his devil fruit. Then he remembered that this guy was a treacherous bastard, he would join an organization only to kill the boss at the end. He planed this even with Big Mom. To have such a guy in his crew would bring him more trouble than benefits.

    At this moment in time, he didn''t care. He would bring anyone he could find to his ship and then he would see who would remain.

    Ezio wasn''t the only one who had a headache. The most miserable was Benson. This guy had to use his devil fruit power almost every minute. At every evening, this guy was unconscious because he used too much of his devil fruit power.

    Ezio really had sympathy for this guy, but they didn''t have time to waste. The war was coming and before that there were many things to do. Luffy was fighting Moria at this point in time and then he would arrive at Sabaody. Ezio planed to visit Sabaody at this time because there were many things he had to do. Now that Hancock wasn''t at Amazon Lily, the whole story was changed. Ezio didn''t mind to change the story. With all his plans, he would turn this whole world upside down in the near future. The only thing that had to be the same was the war with Whitebeard. This was an important step in his future plans.

    ¡­

    Meanwhile at an unknown place in the world¡­

    Hachi was walking on air. In front of him were many papers with names written on it. His boss described everything about the names on the paper. He even drew a little picture of the wanted person.

    ?Damn it, you have to improve your drawings, boss¡­ Who can recognize a person with your skills?"

    Hachi looked at the sea and saw a marine ship. On this ship stood a beautiful girl with long hair.

    ?Oh, I think this person is one of the people our boss wants for our crew. Good luck that it''s a marine, these guys are easier to convince. All the pirates I found wouldn''t want to come with us¡­ Now they are all in the jail of our ship. Oh, but my boss is a good talker. He will manage the rest¡­"

    After Hachi landed on the ship, the beautiful woman frowned.

    She was Hina, a high ranking marine.

    ?Aren''t you a member of the Blackflame family?", asked Hina with an excited voice.

    Hachi was confused and nodded his head.

    ?After I saw the fight with this treacherous Shichibukai, I always wanted to meet this hero! Is your noble boss with you?"

    Hachi scratched his head. Was this marine girl a fan of his boss? If she knew that this hero was aschemer¡­ Well, it did not matter.

    ?Our boss heard of your skills and your good character. He personally send me out to find you and ask you if you want to join his crew. He said that people with such a good character like yours should fight with him to defeat all these criminals"

    Hachi was a simple guy who wouldn''t trick a lovestruck girl like the one in front of him, but after all this time with the celestial brat, you could say that one of Ezio''s bad habits influenced Hachi to change a little bit.

    Hina nearly fainted. This was good for Hachi. It was good luck for him that Ezio had a charming face, this job was rather easy. When he compared the Hina in front of him and the Hina Ezio described, they were two different people.

    ?Ah, the love of young people only brings disaster"

    ¡­

    On an other part of the world was a unique ship that belonged to one of the richest man in the world. Even the World Government acknowledged the ruler of this ship as an ally, and some people called it ?the moving country of dreams".

    Several people arrived at this city that was build on a ship, but they all looked like thieves. No one could see their face.

    ?Isn''t Ezio a little bit too afraid of this guy? He send us all out and even mentioned several times that the ruler of this ship is really strong", asked Reiju.

    ?Last time when we defeated Lily and Sid, he played the wolf in sheep''s clothing. This time we should really be careful. Nobody should see us, because the ruler of this city is allied with the World Government"

    Lily and Sid who walked behind Hancock and Reiju looked at them with a depressed face. Who would dare to belittle these two? They had bad luck to encounter Ezio with his crazy crew.

    ?Our plan is simple. Ezio wants the devil fruit ability of the leader of this ship, he said that it had a very important purpose for our future headquarter. Our other goals are two people who will be potential crew members, so don''t kill these two. And if we have time, we can steal this ship with Bensons help, but that is only secondary¡­ We are not lacking money. Ezio thought it would be a good place if the people of our organization want to have some fun¡­"

    This time Ezio went all out. He send Hancock, Reiju, Bonney, Sid and Lily. He wouldn''t underestimate Gild Tesoro, this guy wasn''t weak. First he wanted to deal with this guy personally, but Hancock was against it.

    Sometimes Ezio forgot this fact, but Hancock wasn''t much weaker than him. She was a monster and she couldn''t have a good fight since they left the Holy Land. So this was a good time for Hancock to test her new abilities.

    Even Ezio didn''t know what abilities Hancock got after she ate her mythical zoan fruit. She never wanted to show him her abilities. Who knows what this girl could achieve?

 39 Alabasta 1

    Ezio arrived with his ship at Alabasta. All his crew members had missions so he was alone. Well, you couldn''t say alone, because in the jail of his ship were many prisoners. Besides Ezio, there was one of the few crew members that joined him out of her own will. She was Hina, and she looked at Ezio like he was a knight in shining amor. This made Ezio a little bit nervous. He liked the real character of this girl, but in front of him, she turned into this shy and nervous girl. This was annoying.

    Alabasta was an important island for his future plans. Besides the new crew members for his organization, another important aspect was that he needed territories and kingdoms who wouldsupport him. He wanted to realize this plan only when he had enough subordinates and had his people all over the world, but Alabasta should be the second big nation that joined him and Ezio thought that he had enough arguments to make an alliance with King Cobra.

    The first nation under his banner was Amazon Lily - the whole world knew that this island was protected by the Blackflame family. Ezio had to do this because Hancock wasn''t a Shichibukai. Besides this, Amazon Lily was an island with strong warriors who could all use haki. This was a strong nation that would help him in the future.

    Alabasta was also a special nation. Maybe they looked weak because they were played by a single Crocodile, but the Nefertari family had a long history and they even had the chance to become Celestial Dragons. This showed that Alabasta was one of the biggest nations in this world. This would be an important location to take control over the Grand Line.

    The first thing Ezio met on Alabasta were the Kungfu Dugongs. Ezio really liked these funny creatures. After he fought against them, they all wanted to become his disciples. Ezio had to admit, these guys weren''t weak and with enough training, they could be useful. So he recruited these little guys. They were perfect members for Hachi''s special crew.

    Ezio was frustrated that his reputation as a hero slowly transformed into the reputation a kidnapper had¡­ When he saw these little guys that wanted to join him out of their own will, he was so happy he nearly cried.

    Ezio wasn''t a fan of Alabasta. The desert wasn''t a nice place to live, but his opinion changed when he arrived at the capital. This was an old city with a long history.

    ¡­

    Ezio ordered all his crew members to wear a mask. This was the reason why Hachi looked like a thief. Maybe it was okay to kidnap pirates, but these guys kidnapped everyone.

    The thief Hachi was standing again on a Marine ship. This time Smoker and Tashigi stood in front of him.

    ?Want to join us?", asked Hachi.

    ?Screw off!", answered Smoker annoyed.

    ?Wasn''t you there when Crocodile destroyed Alabasta? Don''t you want to change it? When you join us¡­"

    ?SCREW OFF!"

    Hachi sighed. Smoker stood on the list Ezio wrote, but Ezio mentioned that it was nearly impossible to get that guy. Hachi took out the paper were Smoker was described and read the sentence his boss wrote.

    [Hachi, if you get Smoker, I will reward you with 100 million Bely. I tell you, this guy is a good guy, but forget about recruiting him¡­ Tashigi would be nice, but that would also be impossible. Well, you can try, but if he don''t want to join, give him a transporter snail.]

    ?The boss knows everything¡­", Hachi sighed. ?Smoker, take this snail. When you face another situation like the one in Alabasta, you can call us. It''s good to have a Celestial Dragon as an ally, you know¡­"

    Smoker took the snail and looked at Hachi emotionless.

    ?By the way, do you know where the Spiders Cafe is?"

    ?Oh, I heard about it! It has a good reputation", said Tashigi and explained Hachi where he could find it.

    A while later Hachi arrived at the Spider Cafe.

    In front of him were Miss Doublefinger, Miss Goldenweek, Miss Valentine, Mr. 5, Mr. 4¡­ Besides all the members of Baroque Works that were in Impel Down, the rest worked at this place.

    ?Hello guys, want to join us?"

    ?Who are you?", asked Miss Doublefinger.

    ?I''m from the Blackflame family, my boss is Blackflame Ezio"

    This wasn''t convincing. When a pirate was asked by a Celestial Dragon to join them, then all pirates would think that they would become slaves. This was the reason why all of them attacked Hachi.

    ?Sigh. Our jail has too many people, where should we put these guys? Why are these pirates always attacking me¡­ Well, let''s bring them to our ship first"

 40 Alabasta 2

    Nefertari Cobra, Vivi, and all high ranking members of this kingdom stood in front of a handsome young man.

    Cobra couldn''t help but frown. This guy wasn''t only a Celestial Dragon, he was a famous guy that shocked the whole world. Why did this guy come to his kingdom?

    ?It''s a pleasure to meet you, King Cobra. Oh, Princess Vivi, you are even more beautiful than I thought. I''m happy to meet you, too"

    Ezio had many faces. Sometimes he was silly, sometimes he was shameless, at other times he was serious. This time he was like an elegant noble, proud but respectful. Cobra and Vivi liked this attitude, because Celestial Dragons weren''t really nice to them. Especially after they refused to go to the Holy Land.

    ?Young lord, why are you visiting our kingdom?"

    Cobra came right to the topic. To tell the truth, this guy wasn''t happy with the World Government and their policies. So he wasn''t really welcoming towards Ezio.

    ?You can call me Ezio, and my purpose for visiting your kingdom is to propose you an alliance with my organization"

    All the people in the room frowned. Wasn''t Alabasta a kingdom that was allied with the World Government? There was no need to propose an alliance. Only King Cobra noticed the hidden meaning behind his sentence. He was an experienced king. After he saw the actions of this young man at Paradise Island and then his arrival at his own kingdom, he knew that this guy had shocking plans.

    ?We are strangers, and I know to ask for an alliance at this point isn''t convincing. You all saw my behavior, the whole world saw it. With the history you had with one of the Shichibukai, I think you can come to a conclusion why I would arrive here. An alliance can''t be build between strangers, so I will give you time to think about it. Let me make you a suggestion"

    Ezio looked at Cobra who had a thoughtful expression. He smiled and continued.

    ?One of your men will join my organization. I will train him, he will learn what we want to achieve, and he will help us to achieve it. This person will be the middle man between your kingdom and my organization. He can tell you if it is worth to become one of my allies or not. On the other side, your kingdom will have my full protection, and you don''t have to give me something in return. I want to build trust between us, I don''t want to suppress you with power or a contract. This is very important, and I need your help if we want to change this world"

    After Cobra heard the last sentence, he was shocked. What was this guy planing? If a pirate told you he would change the world, then it wasn''t something that would surprise him. This guy was a Celestial Dragon! When these words were said by him, it had a bigger impact.

    Koza, who stood behind Cobra, walked towards Ezio.

    ?Let me join you and see what that organization of yours truly wants to achieve"

    Ezio and Cobra were surprised that Koza was so interested in this alliance.

    Koza was the leader of the rebellion in the Alabasta arc. Ezio thought that this guy was weak but he was a good leader and people had respect for him. Another thing that was positive about him was that he didn''t ate a devil fruit. It was hard to find strong people in this world who didn''t have the power of devil fruits. He had too many of them and had problems to find good people that could eat them. When he came to Alabasta, he didn''t thought about recruiting this guy, but after he saw him with his own eyes he couldn''t help but like this guy.

    Koza had his own motivation. He saw how weak he was and that a single pirate could destroy the nation he loved. Koza saw the strength of this young man, and he wanted to see the world and become strong, so no one can harm Alabasta in the future. Ezio was the best opportunity for him to have someone strong that could train him.

    ?Alright. You will join me. King Cobra, every month, Koza will come to your kingdom and will report you what we are up to. Even I can come over if you have questions"

    Now Cobra was confused.

    ?How can you come here so often? I don''t think that a man like you will stay all this time on the Grand Line"

    ?Let me show you"

    After that Walter Benson appeared. This poor man looked skinny and a little bit sick.

    After that Cobra, Vivi, Ezio and Benson appeared on Amazon Lily.

    Cobra and Vivi looked shocked.

    ?This is Amazon Lily, it is one of my territories. With the ability of Benson, we can arrive at you kingdom whenever we want. If you have trouble, just give us a call, and I send my strongest people to your aid. Even if it is a Shichibukai, we will defend your kingdom"

    After Cobra heard that he was on the famous island that was a dream for all men, he looked a little bit like a pervert.

    Ezio looked at the distance and what he saw shocked him.

    ?Isn''t this ship¡­ Isn''t this the place were Gild Tesoro lived? What is this ship doing in Amazon Lily¡­ Don''t tell me Hancock really stole this huge thing? Damn it, this was only a joke¡­ No wonder Benson is so skinny and sick. Sorry, bro¡­"

    Ezio couldn''t think further because he heard an angry voice.

    ?EEEEEZIO!"

    This was Hancocks voice. Ezio was a little bit scared.

    ?You bastard! Why did we kidnap so many beautiful women? The jail in our ship is full of women, and all of them are beautiful! Even after you send me to kill this Tesoro guy, I had to kidnap two women¡­ and they are beautiful, too! What are you planning, you bastard? I''m gonna'' kill you!"

    A woman with two fox tails that was surrounded by a purple aura was flying towards them. Ezio was never so scared in his life.

    ?Benson, bring us back or we will die!"

    Bensons reaction was good. He immediately brought them back to Alabasta. Where the four people stood previously was now a huge hole. This hole was the result of Hancocks anger¡­

    Back in Alabasta, Cobra and Vivi looked at Ezio with a strange expression.

    ?Well, that was my vice-leader. You know, she is a little bit jealous¡­"

    Ezio was annoyed. He wanted to show his new allies his best side, but Hancock destroyed it in a second¡­

 41 Headquarter

    Everyone from Ezio''s crew was back on the ship. Besides Hina, Nojiko and Koza, the rest of the

    ''new crew members'' were in prison. There were many other people that they had to catch, he didn''t searched the people in the New World at this moment. He would get all these people after they would arrive at Sabaody.

    ?Well, I think our first recruitment was a success?", said Ezio and frowned.

    The next mission was to conquer the new headquarter for their organization. Ezio thought long about the place where they should build their headquarter. With his most beloved crew member, Benson, he decided that his headquarter should be at a special place.

    The ship stopped in the middle of the sea and Ezio smiled.

    ?We arrived at our destination"

    The crew looked confused.

    ?Do you know the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk?"

    The crew members never heard about this tale. It wasn''t their fault, this was a different world.

    ?Reiju, it''s time for you to shine"

    Reiju smiled and then activated her devil fruit powers. Under the ship, a huge plant began to grow. Then the plant wrapped around the ship and grew bigger and bigger. The ship, that was on top of the plant, shot up into the sky. After several minutes, the ship arrived at a special place in this world - Skypia.

    The crew didn''t notice this beautiful land above the clouds. They were still shocked by this huge plant - never underestimate the plant plant fruit. Even Hancock watched at her rival with a frown.

    Ezio was truly curious what happened to Skypiea. After he snatched the devil fruit of Eneru, he changed the story of this place. Was Eneru still the God of Skypiea?

    In the end he didn''t really matter what happened on Sky Island. The important thing was that Ezio would make his headquarter in this place. The Ancient City of Shandora - Ezio wanted to make this old city famous again. Well, it wouldn''t become famous because this was a secret headquarter, but it would become the place that would change the whole world. Maybe this city was in ruins now, and he didn''t know if Eneru would build his arc in this timeline. In the end it didn''t matter, because he stole the ship from this crazy bastard Tesoro, so he had enough gold to build a new city.

    Ezio noticed with his observation haki that the people on Skypiea had trouble at this moment. They were attacked by an annoying guy, but this was a good chance to show the citizens of Sky Island that they were good guys.

    ?The people are attacked by an annoying guy called Bellamy. Stop this guy and save the people. After that you have to bring everyone on this floating island, nobody can leave the island! This is important. Lily, Sid, don''t be villains. Smile sometimes and be nice to the people!"

    Ezio and Hancock flew away while the rest of the team played the hero and saved the people from this annoying Bellamy.

    ?What are you planing, Ezio?"

    ?Sky Island is a beautiful place, but we have to change this place a little bit. This should be the headquarters of the heir of the Blackflame family. Sky Island isn''t special enough to represent me"

    Ezio grinned. They arrived in front of an old woman. This was the Heaven''s Gate.

    ?You have to pay to enter Sky Island", said the woman unfriendly.

    ?Old woman, how do people from the Blue Sea usually come up here?"

    The woman pointed to the west.

    ?There is a bridge in this direction that connects Sky Island with the Blue Sea. It is the only way to come up here. Of course, if you can fly than that would change things"

    ?Thank you, old woman. Leave this place now. You will die if you don''t. I think that after today you will lose your job. I''m really sorry about that"

    After that the two arrived at the bridge that connected the Heaven to the Blue Sea. It was a bridge that was made out of clouds.

    Ezio smiled and then the bridge burned in black fire. It took a while but after that the whole bridge that was formed out of clouds was gone. Nobody could visit this place with a ship anymore - the only way to arrive at Skypiea was to fly.

    Ezio wanted to make his headquarter at a place that was far away from the World Government and the Emperors of the four Seas. With Bensons ability, he could bring all his people up here , but other people wouldn''t have it so easy. The World Government knew about Sky Island, even Garp found it back then. The thing was that they weren''t interested in this piece of land. There were so many islands in this world and these islands weren''t as hard to reach as Sky Island. Besides this, there wasn''t something that interested the World Government on Skypia. They didn''t now that there was a poneglyph. So this land was free from marines and the influence of the World Government. The only problems the citizens had were people from the Blue Sea who would make troubles, but that were mostly pirates. This place was perfect for him.

    ?I think all people are on the Upper Yard now. Even the old woman listened to us. It''s time to make this place into an unique piece of land - a land that is ruled by a Blackflame"

    Ezio started to burn the clouds. For the people of Skypiea, these clouds were like the water for the people on the Blue Sea. Everything that surrounded the Upper Yard started to burn in black fire - it was like the Upper Yard was surrounded by a black sea.

    All the people from Skypiea that were standing on the Upper Yard looked at this black sea of fire that was surrounding them. They were shocked. It wasn''t only them, even Ezio''s crew was shocked.

    The heavens started to burn - the whole Upper Yard was surrounded by black fire, and this black fire started to burn more and more clouds.

    After this day, the sea of clouds surrounding the Upper Yard was called the Burning Heaven.

    This was a natural defense for one of the most troublesome organizations the world ever faced.

    Every bridge that connected Sky Island with the Blue Sea was burned down, and everyone who wanted to reach this place by flying first had to pass this burning sea.

    But in this world, there was no one who would survive this black fire.

    You ask why?

    Because this fire could burn everything in this world.

 42 The sorrow of a young man

    Hancock and Ezio returned to the ship that was now on the Upper Yard because the clouds were on fire.

    The crew looked strange at their boss because the first thing he did was going to his room. It looked like he was angry.

    After some time, Sid came and knocked on his door.

    ?Boss, there is a guy who named himself God that wanted to talk to you¡­ The people on this island are a little bit scared after you set everything on fire, shouldn''t you talk to them?"

    Sid didn''t got his answer. He was kicked by Ezio and flew from the ship.

    ?I''M FURIOUS!"

    Ezio walked out of his room and saw Hina. His eyes began to shine.

    ?Hina! This young master wanted to see you. What are you doing tonight? Want to go out with me?"

    Hina was shocked. Of course she wanted to go out with this guy! Before she could answer, she felt killing intent behind her.

    ?Who goes out with this little bastard tonight?"

    Hancock appeared like a ghost behind Hina. Hina was scared, and the first thing she did was to retreat to some corner.

    ?Oh? What do you want to do against it? This young master will go on a date tonight. Do you want to stop me?"

    Hancock narrowed her eyes. After that both of them activated their conqueror haki and two huge shockwaves clashed into each other.

    The whole crew was sent into chaos. Some servants were flying to the west, others were flying to the east. Some crew members caught a poor servant who was flying into the direction of the burning sea. This poor guy nearly lost his live.

    ?Oh, you are really courageous now, Ezio. You dare to go out on a date tonight?"

    ?This young master is a healthy young man with desire! I''ve waited long enough for a haughty little girl. This time this young lord will show you who''s the boss!"

    After that both of them attacked. Hancock with a kick with armament haki, Ezio with a fist with armament haki.

    This was the time when a second shockwave attacked all the people on the ship. Even Koza and Nojiko were flying around.

    ?You know, since I was five years old¡­ No, I mean since I was thirteen years old¡­ I had to see your face, your legs, these two things at your chest¡­ Do you know what happens to a young man when he finds out that there is a second brain in his pants? This young master is going on a date tonight! And you, little girl, can''t stop me, and do you know why? I''m the boss on this ship!"

    ?Oh, so you think I''m beautiful?", asked Hancock with an arrogant voice.

    ?You? Beautiful? You are ugly! I never saw an uglier woman than you. Reiju is more beautiful then you in every way!"

    This time another shockwave caused havoc. Even the people on the island weren''t spared. Hancock lost her mind and became a demon that only wanted to kill.

    Koza had a heart attack. Hachi saved him and was holding him with one arm.

    ?Hachi, what is wrong with the boss? I never saw him this way¡­"

    ?Ah, Koza, do you see our vice-leader? What do you think about this girl if you only look at her appearance? Forget for a moment how strong she is"

    This was the first time Koza analyzed this vice-leader. Usually he wouldn''t dare, because this girl would kill you if you watched too long, but this time she was distracted.

    After several seconds Koza began to bleed out of his nose.

    ?Damn it, I never saw such a beautiful women¡­ Those long legs, the face, and her chest, holy crap¡­"

    ?Now you understand. And this isn''t everything. Ezio knows this girl since he was five years old. That means this guy lived with such a beauty by his side, and in all those years, she never let him touch her¡­ You know, sometimes the boss would be furious, and it''s not his fault. Do you remember your time when you were thirteen years old? If you would see Hancock everyday, how could you live a virgin life till this point? The saddest thing is, this evil woman has feelings for our boss. This is what''s making our boss even more crazy"

    Koza was shocked.

    ?Wow, poor boss. And he is a virgin until this point? This¡­ This is a torture! This girl is too evil¡­ The boss never helped himself like normal boys would do, you know, with your own hands and such things?"

    Hachi sighed.

    ?The boss really had a miserable life until this point. This evil woman has a natural sense when it comes to these aspects. Every time the boss wanted to relief himself, she appeared besides him like a ghost. Every time he wanted to date an other girl in secret, she would do everything to kill the girl¡­ The boss is a strong warrior, he could hold his frustration until today. But now¡­ The boss couldn''t endure anymore"

    Hancock''s and Ezio''s fight nearly destroyed the whole island. At this moment in time, Hancock used her devil fruit powers and a fox tail grew behind her.

    ?Oh, are you so weak, Hancock? Now you have to use your devil fruit to give me a fight?"

    Hancock gritted her teeth.

    ?This young master is going on a date tonight. You still want to oppose me, your boss?"

    The fight continued. In one moment, they were fighting above the burning see with hand to hand combat, in the next moment, they were rolling on the island with a fighting style that looked more like wrestling.

    ?This time I will conquer you, Hancock!"

    ?Alright, then conquer me, you bastard!"

    ?Huh?"

    This time Ezio was shocked.

    ?Really? Do you mean it?"

    Hancock sighed.

    ?Tonight, we go on a date. Damn it, you bastard became too strong¡­ Don''t get cocky, next time I will beat you up!"

    After that Hancocks face turned red and she fled.

    ?Damn it!", Ezio realized why he never got this girl. ?All this time I teased her, spoiled her, did all things normal people would do¡­ But she never let me date her. After I beat her in a fight in a savage way, she immediately wanted to go out with me¡­ Damn it! If I knew it I would beat her up when I was five! Sh*t, I mean when I was thirteen! Is this because she is from Amazon Lily? I don''t care. This young master will become a man tonight!"

    After that Ezio laughed out loud and vanished.

    The crew members, that were completely defeated by this fight without even taking part in it, looked at these two people like they were some monsters. They never saw such a strange situation. Is this how you ask a girl to go out on a date?

 43 Sky Island

    After his emotional fight, Ezio calmed down. There were a lot of things to do and tomorrow they had to go to Sabaody. Ezio was a little bit depressed because he had not much time.

    After the fight on Paradise Island, Ezio got new inspirations and a lead to the second ability of his devil fruit. This was the reason why he trained for a long time until the fight between Ace and Blackbeard arrived. Sabaody was an important step in his future plans so the plans he had on Sky Island would be managed by his crew in the following days.

    Ezio burned the clouds around the island only on the surface. This meant that when you look up from the Blue Sea, you won''t see a burning sky. It was only a thin layer of fire that surfaced the sea of clouds, this was enough to defend against intruders. Ezio could control his fire like he wanted, so the fire stopped to burn more clouds after some time. It was like on Paradise Island, he only burned the island down, but when the fire arrived on the water, it stopped to burn further. Ezio didn''t set this whole place on fire because it looked cool. He did it because it would boost his strength and was a natural defense. If he had so much fire around him he could use it to burn his enemies before they could do anything. He wouldn''t admit that another reason for this fire was because he had a lot of prisoners on his ship¡­

    The first thing Ezio did was checking the inhabitants of Sky Island. Eneru was still the God, it wasn''t too surprising. Even without his devil fruit, this guy wasn''t weak. The surprising thing was that this crazy guy wasn''t the same like in the manga. Without the crazy power of the lightning fruit, this guy didn''t think he was a true God that stood above everyone. He was a humble and nice guy that was concerned about the people of Sky Island. He still had his four priest under his command, and the relationship between the Shandia and the original inhabitants wasn''t really good. This change in Eneru''s character made Ezio frown. He had to be careful, if he would give someone the lightning fruit and this person would end like Eneru¡­ The power of this devil fruit was just too amazing. Ezio really wanted to eat this fruit, it was good that he didn''t do it in the end.

    Luffy didn''t do much when he arrived at Sky Island. The straw hats didn''t pay the entrance fee of Skypiea, and because of that they were hunted down by Eneru and his people. In the end, Eneru lost, Luffy took a little bit of gold, and left.

    The Golden City was still in gold, Eneru didn''t build his ark and left the city like in the manga. The Shandia''s were very supportive towards Ezio because he allowed them to live in this city. The first thing he ordered was to repair all the houses of this old city. Ezio had a lot of servants with many professions on his ship and now was the time he could use their wisdom.

    The people on Sky Island could build islands on clouds. So the first think he asked was how they did it. After that he used this to his advantage. Above the island was now a huge cloud, and Benson used his ability to bring the ship Hancock stole from Tesoro on this cloud.

    This impressive city was now floating above the ancient city. Ezio wanted to take the gold from Tesoro and build a new city full of gold, but after Ezio saw how ridiculous this city on a ship was, he didn''t do it. You can say whatever you want about Tesoro, but this city was a masterpiece. Now this impressive city was floating on a cloud above the Upper Yard and would be part of his headquarter. This was the place where he would reside in the future. The bad thing was that everything on this island was for entertainment and this could distract his people, but this city was so impressive, Ezio could never build a city that would rival this place in a short amount of time.

    The people of Sky Island feared Ezio like a devil. It wasn''t their fault, Ezio arrived, set everything on fire, and proclaimed that this island was now his territory. He didn''t has the time to talk with all the people, so for the moment he will be the evil guy. He wouldn''t mistreat the citizens, and he would slowly gain their trust. Maybe these people didn''t know it at this moment, but the arrival of this devil was only beneficial for this island and this place would change in the future.

    Ezio had a huge map in front of him. Besides Shandora, he wanted to build two new towns. These places would grow in the future and if they were big enough, they would connect with the other and build one huge city. There was a lot of planning to do. As a citizens of modern earth, he wanted to create a place that resembled his old world.

    Everything in this new headquarter was carefully planed. A good street network, a residential area, a district for trade, a district for industries. He even planed fields for wheat and fields for animals. First he had to find out how people lived above the clouds. Ezio thought that it wouldn''t rain in this place, so it would be difficult to grow fields. Then there was the secret headquarter for Ezio''s shadow force, and of course the most important place - Bensons headquarter.

    Ezio was confused and didn''t understand how far the technology was advanced in this world. On one hand, you had cyborgs and crazy weapons, these were things that weren''t possible on earth. On the other hand, when you looked at the technology normal people would use, then it looked like this world was really underdeveloped. Cars, computers, all these things should be normal in a world were cyborgs could be build. The first cars he saw were on the ship from this rich guy Tesoro. He wanted to change this in his territory, and he wanted to bring some technology to this place that was normal for people on earth. Now he could use his knowledge from earth for the first time in this world. The only knowledge that was useful until this point was the knowledge he had from the manga. Ezio was an architect in his past life, so to build a city without limits was one of his dreams. On earth he could only build single houses, sometimes he was involved in building a skyscraper, but now he was a lord and had a huge island for himself. And he had no limits in resources. He started his plans for this city in his childhood when he was in the Holy Land, because he knew back then that this day would arrive.

    Ezio released all the prisoners he had on the ship. The ones who had devil fruit powers that could create chaos had a seastone bracelet on their arm. Ezio had to calm those people down. In the first hour they all created chaos and attacked everything and everyone, but after they saw the huge sea of fire and heard that they were on an island in the sky, they were all depressed. And after they realized that the kidnapper was Blackflame Ezio, they nearly cried.

    Ezio said to his people that they should give these prisoners a good treatment. Tonight, all of them would go to the city that was floating on a cloud and would celebrate the establishment of their new headquarter. Of course, Ezio only wanted to get Hancock in his bed, but his subordinates didn''t care, they were happy.

    After Ezio heard that Hancock stole not only the ship but also all the people that were on it, Ezio had a headache. Tesoro''s servants were useful, they would help him to organize this city that was floating on a cloud now. And the rest¡­ Well, what he lacked most was manpower at the moment, so maybe this wasn''t so bad.

    Ezio looked at all the people around him and was satisfied. He took advantage of everything he knew from the manga, and after the big war with Whitebeard, he wouldn''t care about his knowledge from the manga anymore. Maybe it was helpful if he had to fight Big Mom or Kaido, but at this point he wouldn''t relay on this knowledge. After he established his organization, he had enough power. Knowledge is helpful, but in front of power this knowledge is useless. And Ezio grew more powerful with each passing day.

 44 Date

    After a day of hard word, the evening finally arrived. A servant stood in front of Ezio.

    ?Young lord, Hancock has an illness. The doctors checked her and couldn''t find out what illness she has, but she can''t get out of her bed¡­"

    ?Hancock is ill? Where does it hurt?"

    ?She has the most pain around her chest and she doesn''t want to eat"

    Ezio looked at his servant like he was an idiot.

    [Is this the will of the god? God Oda, I came to your world to destroy everything you worked so hard for. To tell you the truth, I created many situations that would destroy many of your future arcs. Hancock, this girl¡­ I changed her whole past. But in the end, Hancock is still Hancock¡­ Oda, is this the power of your characters?]

    Ezio sighed. He walked to Hancocks room and looked at the servant.

    ?You go in there. Tell her that I want to see her"

    The servant walked into the room and saw a sweating Hancock on the bed. Her face was full of sweat, her hand holding the place were her heart was.

    ?Miss Hancock, the young lord wanted to see you¡­"

    ?Ezio?"

    It took only a second and Hancock was standing on her bed. All the pain she felt a moment ago was gone.

    She walked out of the door and saw Ezio. He looked at her with a smile, but the smile contained a mix of frustration.

    ?Hancock, how are you feeling?"

    ?E-E-Ezio, I¡­"

    Hancock couldn''t even watch straight into his eyes. She averted her gaze and started to draw circles on the ground with her finger¡­

    [This is so frustrating¡­ It is the same like in the manga! But this young lord had more than a decade of hard work to arrive at this wonderful point in my life, this stupid rubber head did it after a single day¡­ Sigh. It doesn''t matter, the day finally arrived!]

    After that they got dressed and arrived at the city on the clouds. Was there a better city for a date then the one Tesoro build? Definitely not.

    Ezio was driving a car and Hancock was by his side.

    ?Ah, I missed the feeling of driving a car"

    Ezio could fly and do all these superman things, but the feeling of driving a car after all this time was very good.

    They arrived at the center of the town and saw many of the prisoners.

    On a street, they saw the ghost girl Perona. She had many cute stuffed animals with her. She won them all in one of the entertainment houses on this place. Ezio never saw this girl so happy, this was one of the easier ones to win over.

    The next girl Ezio met on the streets was a little more dangerous. It was Ain! Ezio had to take a deep breath after he saw this girl.

    ?First, who captured this woman? Second, who let her run wild on this place¡­ Damn it, if this girl can use her devil fruit power, my existence would be finished after she would touch me two times!"

    Ezio called Sid and Lily, so that they could observe this dangerous woman.

    The first stop on their date was a restaurant. There he found a strange cook named Patty who battled every cook in the restaurants with a food battle¡­ Ezio first didn''t recognize this guy, but wasn''t he the cook that worked with Sanji at the same restaurant? Who kidnapped this guy? He never wrote him on the list¡­

    The dinner with Hancock was good. Hancock was shy and lovey-dovey all the time. She didn''t say no to anything he asked. It was truly a shock for Ezio. Her change came unexpected, it was like in the manga, she was lovestruck and changed completely. After the fight between the two, Hancock asked Reiju what a date was. This girl lived in Amazon Lily and she never got education about the things between men and women. After Reiju explained her everything, Hancock realized her situation. After that she had to think about the date and got her ''illness''. Ezio had to thank Reiju, this girl was the best wingman.

    Their next stop was at a casino. There he saw his crew in a poker battle. Many of the prisoners were with them.

    Ezio saw so many people, he nearly laughed. The guys from Baroque Works, Alvida, Baccarat, Montblanc Cricket, Conis, Nojiko¡­ There were many more. This was like an assembly of many One Piece side characters and to see them all together was really funny. They all lost to this crafty Baccarat, but Ezio didn''t want to expose her devil fruit powers.

    Ezio was a little bit nervous after he saw many other prisoners¡­ In his crew were many evil villains, they kidnapped children, old people¡­ these guys kidnapped so many people, Ezio didn''t know if he should laugh or cry.

    Ezio and Hancock entered a hotel and the moment finally arrived. The legendary Hancock will be conquered by this Celestial Dragon. Ezio waited for this day since he was five years old, so his desire was on his peak.

    Right after they entered the room, Ezio started to kiss Hancock. The lovestruck Hancock nearly fainted, but after her ''love sickness'', she transformed from a fierce tiger into a little kitten.

    What started with a kiss ended in a fight between their tongue. After that they lay on the bed, with Ezio on top of Hancock. Her long legs were wrapped around his waist and he slowly started to take off Hancocks clothes.

    After he saw the naked Hancock, he couldn''t help but thank the God of Anime and Manga. After that Ezio took off his clothes and started the deed that would make him a man¡­

    ¡­

    Hancock was sleeping beside Ezio, but he was too excited to sleep at this moment. He hoped for a second and a third round, but he thought that he should be gentle for her first time.

    He put on some clothes and met the men of his crew in a bar. There were Hachi, Sid, Koza, Benson and Warner.

    ?Wow, the little fox finally conquered the demon fox. The old fox would be happy if there would be a new puppy fox in the near future¡­", Hachi couldn''t help but joke.

    Koza was a little bit jealous after he realized that his boss conquered the most beautiful woman in this world. Benson and Warner weren''t jealous, their fear for this demon fox was higher than their desire.

    ?This young lord is in a good mood. Today, we brothers should drink! But don''t call Bonney, this girl can drink more than all of us together. Tomorrow we will go to Sabaody and meet my little cousin. There will be funny events! All this kidnapping and organizing was truly depressing. Tomorrow we can beat up some rookies!"

    After that the bro''s began to drink and they celebrated the establishment of their organization. More and more people joined them and even the prisoners started to drink with them.

 45 A flawless plan

    Sabaody Archipelago. Groove 13.

    Ezio, Hancock, Nojiko, Hatchan and Bonney were walking towards a bar. All people besides Hancock looked rather down and demotivated. Hancock hold Ezio''s arm and had a silly smile on her face. Ezio wasn''t used to this new character, but he had other problems at the moment.

    ?Damn, my head hurts"

    ?What happened yesterday at the end? I have a hangover"

    ?We shouldn''t drink so much the next time¡­"

    ?Wasn''t this all Bonney''s fault? How did she find us?"

    They entered the bar and saw the owner: Shakky.

    ?Hatchan, long time no see! I was truly surprised when I found out that you joined a¡­"

    Then Shakky looked at Ezio and frowned a little bit. Even for her it was strange to talk to a Celestial Dragon.

    ?Ah, old woman, don''t frown. Just call me Ezio. By the way, I want a glass of water"

    ?I want a bottle of water, please"

    ?I want a barrel of water¡­"

    ?A beer for this lady"

    Everyone looked at Bonney. This damn girl drank so much yesterday and now she wanted to continue. What was wrong with the body of this girl?

    ?Well guys, it''s time for work. I planed everything, so there won''t be any problems. This boss of yours is reliable even if he had a night full of drinking"

    Then a new group entered the bar. Who could they be? Of course, it was the Straw Hats crew. It wasn''t the entire Straw Hats crew, only Luffy, Nami, Robin, Chopper, Brook, Kami and Pappag were present.

    Before Ezio could talk, he saw Nami who was running towards Nojiko.

    ?Sister! What the hell are you doing here?"

    After they celebrated their reunion, Nojiko told her that she joined Ezio. Instead of a welcoming greeting, Ezio received a fist from Nami, but the fist didn''t hit him because he used the power of his logia fruit.

    ?Well, young lady, do you know the consequences of hitting me? There are more than one"

    Ezio didn''t lie, because the girl who was holding Ezio''s arm transformed and had a fox tail on her back.

    ?You dare to hit my hubby? Are you tired of living?"

    Hancocks shy face turned into a fearsome one. Nami looked shocked but Ezio hold Hancock back. In a second, her face turned red and she hold his arm again. If you looked at her face, you could tell that she had some strange fantasies in her head at this moment, but Ezio ignored it.

    ?Nami, your temper is too bad. I didn''t force your sister to join me, she did it out of her own will"

    Ezio said this sentence with a proud expression. He was really proud, the rest of his team weren''t really on Sky Island out of their own will¡­

    Their conversation was stopped because Robin pointed at Ezio with a terrified expression.

    ?H-He¡­ H-He is Blackflame Ezio! He is the Celestial Dragon that is famous all over the world. People call him ?Celestial Devil''. He is the heir of one of the most powerful families in the world!"

    After the other Straw Hats heard that, they were all shocked, especially Nami who wanted to hit this guy. All of them took one or two steps back, ready to fight this guy who was called a ?Celestial Devil'' by the world.

    ?Celestial Devil? Really?", Ezio looked confused to his group. ?Shouldn''t I have a more heroic nickname? Like ?Celestial Hero'' or ?Defender of Justice''?"

    Hachi looked at Ezio with a frown.

    ?You played the hero on Paradise Island, boss. But you overdid it with burning the whole island down¡­"

    Nojiko nodded.

    ?You did the same with Sky Island¡­ It''s hard to call you a hero, and I didn''t saw what you did on Paradise Island¡­ You like to burn things too much, boss. This doesn''t fit a hero. I think ''Celestial Devil'' describes you really good"

    Ezio sighed. What was so bad about burning some islands or clouds?

    Then he looked over to the Straw Hats and grinned.

    ?Hey, rookies. Don''t be afraid, this is a family reunion. But before that", he looked and Nico Robin and smiled. ?Robin, why don''t you join me?"

    Robin had a strange expression on her face. But this expression told him that she didn''t really want to change her crew.

    ?That''s too sad. Then I will come to the main topic"

    Ezio pointed at Luffy.

    ?Luffy, I''m your cousin. Your mother is my aunt. Ah, and our old man told me that I should remind you - your true name is Blackflame D. Luffy"

    All the Straw Hats dropped to the ground. What the hell? Luffy was the cousin of the Celestial Devil? Didn''t that mean his mother was a Celestial Dragon, too? The crew members of the Straw Hats nearly fainted. His grandfather was a hero of the Marine, his father was the most wanted criminal of this world and a Revolutionary. Now, out of nowhere, this famous guy appeared in front of them and he was a Celestial Dragon. And this guy was Luffy''s cousin!

    Even Luffy looked a little bit confused.

    ?You are my cousin? What''s a cousin?"

    Ezio sighed. First he thought the curse of the Blackflame family only showed on the female members, like his mom. Now he knew that the problem of this curse was way bigger¡­ Even Luffy was possessed by it!

    ?Boy, your mother is my aunt. You know what a mother is, right? The sister of your mother is my mother¡­"

    ?Ah, so that''s a cousin! So we are family? But why is my name Blackflame D. Luffy? I''m called Monkey D. Luffy¡­"

    ?Forget that part, I told you that because of our grandfather"

    ?You know my grandfather?"

    ?I''m not talking about Garp, I''m talking about your other grandfather. The father of your mother, you rubber head!"

    Ezio really had a headache. Then he whispered something to Luffy that the others should not hear.

    ?Luffy, if someday you meet your mother¡­ Be careful. Everything could happen. It''s better if you run¡­ Be warned, the women of the Blackflame Family¡­ they are all crazy!"

    Luffy nodded his head but his confusion was still on his face. All the Straw Hats other than Luffy couldn''t handle all these surprising events. Robin was so shocked, she couldn''t open her mouth for a long time.

    ?Now that Luffy knows about his family, I have to prepare my flawless plan¡­"

    ¡­

    Meanwhile on some other part of the Sabaody Archipelago.

    Saint Charlos, a World Noble, was terrorizing the people and decided to take a new wife on the streets. After the fiance of this new wife wanted to protest, he shot him down.

    Right at this moment, Zoro arrived and walked in front of Saint Carlos. The World Noble was offended because this guy didn''t kneel in front of him, so he pointed with his gun at this stupid swordsman.

    Before he could pull the trigger, the swordsman cut the World Noble in two pieces.

    Saint Charlos, a Celestial Dragon, died under an attack of a pirate.

    The whole Sabaody Archipelago was sent into chaos after this incident.

    ¡­

    Back to the bar on Groove 13.

    Ezio''s servant ran into the bar and looked at his master.

    ?Young Lord, a pirate killed Saint Charlos on the streets!"

    Ezio looked at his servant with a shocked expression. Then his gaze wandered to another person in the room. This person was Jewelry Bonney.

    ?Fuck! Bonney, this is all your fault!"

    Bonney looked stupefied to her boss. What was her fault?

    ?I forgot about this shit! The whole plan is screwed! Damn you, Zoro. You stupid prick! My flawless plan, all destroyed¡­ Damn it, we shouldn''t drink so much when we have an important mission on the next day!"

 46 Sabaody is in danger

    All the Straw Hats other than Luffy were going crazy. Ezio took out a transporter snail and called Tsuru.

    ?Tsuru, tell me¡­ What happens when a pirate killed a Celestial Dragon?"

    ?Who is so stupid?", asked Tsuru. ?Well, the Marine will send at least two Admirals and a Buster Call. It''s a difficult time now because of the coming war, so I don''t know if they would send a Buster Call, but two admirals will come either way"

    ?Alright. Try to delay the admirals for me. A stupid pirate killed a World Noble here, and I''m on this island, too"

    After the call, Chopper and Nami had tears in their eyes, but Luffy had an excited face like he wanted to fight two admirals at the same time.

    Ezio hit Luffy on the head.

    ?Ah, your fist is hurting like the ones my grandpa would give me¡­"

    ?Stupid rubber head. At this point in time, an admiral could kill you in a second! We don''t have to talk about two at the same time. Without this big brother here, your whole crew would die!"

    He didn''t tell Luffy that this whole situation developed to this point because he meddled with the original story¡­

    ?Two admirals, a Buster Call, the Supernovas¡­ Wow. Then there are these cyborgs. This time the pirates will have a harder time to survive¡­ But this would be funny. It''s time for my most loyal and trustworthy crew member to appear!"

    After that Benson stood in front of Ezio.

    ?Benson, catch all the Straw Hats and bring them here. Catch that stupid swordsman first, he will definitely be in danger. All Celestial Dragons have a bodyguard by their side. I don''t know how Zoro managed it, I think that even the bodyguard couldn''t imagine there was someone as stupid as this swordsman. You can even catch all the Supernovas, it would definitely be funny"

    After that Benson disappeared.

    Ezio took out another transporter snail from his ring.

    He looked at this snail for a long time. He wasn''t sure if he should use this snail, this could make everything more troublesome.

    ?I don''t care. This will be fun! Screw you, my flawless plan! This time it will be a Battle Royal!"

    Then he took the transporter snail and called a person¡­

    ¡­

    The Holy Land. The house of the Blackflame family.

    It was a peaceful day at the house of the Blackflame family. This peaceful time had an end because you could hear the roar of an old man. This roar was full of anger and frustration. After the scream shocked the whole Red Line, servants were flying out of the Blackflame House.

    Inside the house.

    ?Lord, please, you have to eat something¡­"

    Blackflame D. Ruben looked at the food on the table. Then he smashed the whole table with a fist, and after that send the servant flying with a kick.

    A couple of minutes later.

    ?Lord, we prepared the bathtub for you, please enter¡­"

    The old man smashed the bathtub, and after that smashed the poor servant.

    ?Lord, there is a call for you¡­"

    ?This old man doesn''t care!", screamed the old fox in an angry voice.

    Then the old fox took a deep breath and pouted.

    ?I MISS MY LITTLE GRANDSON!"

    After that the whole house was send into chaos again. All the servants were flying in different directions.

    A team of four servants were heroic and fought against this natural disaster named Ruben.

    ?Lord, the¡­ the transporter snail¡­ It''s¡­"

    ?I don''t care!"

    The first servant was sent flying.

    The other three servants arrived in front of the old man. They had to accomplish their mission!

    ?Lord, I¡­"

    ?Screw off!"

    The second servant was defeated.

    ?On the snail is the¡­."

    The third servant was defeated by a roundhouse-kick.

    ?THE YOUNG LORD!", screamed the fourth and last servant. He saw that the fist of his Lord was in front of his face. One second later, this fist would hit him.

    ?The young lord?", asked the old man confused. ?What about my little grandson?"

    The fourth servant took a deep breath.

    ?The young lord called you, Sir"

    ?WHY DIDN''T YOU TELL ME THIS EARLIER?"

    Now the fourth and last servant became unconscious.

    The old man took the snail and heard the voice he missed all this time.

    ?Old fox!"

    ?Little fox!"

    ?I missed you, old man¡­"

    ?I missed you, too!"

    Then there was silence for a minute.

    ?That was too much affection, old fox¡­ I will tell you something. Your precious grandson is right in front of your house. I''m on the Sabaody Archipelago"

    ?Really?", the eyes of the old fox began to shine.

    ?This isn''t everything, old fox. Two of your grandsons are at Sabaody at this moment!"

    After that the whole Red Line trembled. It was the roar of an old man.

    The old man smashed the wall of his house and walked towards the edge of the Red Line.

    ?This old man is going down to the world! I''m gonna'' visit my grandsons! Hahahaha!"

    Then he jumped down the Red Line, his destination was Sabaody Archipelago.

    This added a new fighter in the coming Battle Royal of Sabaody. Two Admirals, a Buster Call, the little and old fox, the Supernovas, Bartholomew Kuma, Cyborgs and the Dark King Rayleigh.

    Sabaody was doomed.

 47 New participants for the Battle Royal

    Marine Headquarter.

    Sengoku was depressed. He couldn''t remember the last time when he was carefree and happy. He not only had to prepare for a war against the strongest man in the world, now he got a call that a stupid pirate killed a Celestial Dragon in broad daylight. What was wrong with this pirate? If this guy was a Emperor of the for Seas, Sengoku could understand his arrogance. The guy who killed the World Noble was a crew member of the Straw Hats and was a rookie. What was wrong in the head of this pirate?

    Poor Sengoku didn''t know that another call arrived with even more trouble.

    ?Sengoku, I have to tell you something"

    The man who talked was working for the World Government.

    ?Not only is the little brat from the Blackflame Family on Sabaody¡­ His old man Ruben jumped down from the Red Line a few minutes ago"

    Sengokus jaw dropped to the ground.

    Besides him was a sleeping Garp, but at this moment he opened his eyes after he heard the Blackflame name.

    ?Blackflame Ruben left his house¡­ He is going to the world? Please tell me that he left into the direction of the New World¡­"

    ?No, Sengoku. He jumped directly to the Sabaody Archipelago"

    ?NOOO! Why? Whats wrong with this family?"

    ?He screamed something when he left. I think he said he wanted to visit his grandsons¡­"

    ?GRANDSONS?", this time it was Garp who spoke. The plural in this sentence caused his heart to stop.

    ?Fuck! This guy will kidnap my grandson! I''m going to Sabaody! I must save Luffy¡­"

    After that Garp kicked a hole into the wall and left.

    Sengoku watched all this and didn''t know what he should do. He feared Whitebeard would use this situation to capture Ace, but he had to do something. A World Noble was killed in front of many people.

    ?Such a pain¡­ I hope Whitebeard will be too proud to attack us while most of our forces are away¡­ This is serious. Who should I send to Sabaody? Kizaru should be good to stop the brat of the Blackflame family, but now that the old man is there¡­ it would be useless! I don''t want to send Sakazuki, but with this guy it would be easier to catch the criminal who caused all this mess. Sakazuki takes everything more serious..."

    A Marine soldier walked towards Sengoku.

    ?Fleet admiral, there is a rule laid down by the World Government for everyone who killed a World Noble. We have to change the bounty of the criminal who caused this mess. I will send out the new bounty immediately, so everyone in our faction knows who they have to catch!"

    ?What rule is this? I never heard of such a rule"

    ?Well, sir¡­ There was never a guy who was so stupid to kill a Celestial Dragon on the streets. Even the Emperor of the Seas never did such a thing¡­ Fisher Tiger infiltrated the Holy Land and freed many slaves, but even he didn''t touch a World Noble¡­"

    Sengoku watched at the new bounty and frowned.

    ?This is ridiculous¡­"

    ¡­

    A person was flying in the sky. This mysterious person had a hood on her head, so it was difficult to see the face. After several minutes, the person landed on the Sabaody Archipelago.

    ?Blackflame Ezio", said the mysterious person with an angry voice.

    ?Since I saw what you did on Paradise Island, I was hunting you down¡­ But you have a strange ability. Sometimes you were in the North Blue, then in the East Blue, after that in the Grand Line¡­ Every time I found you, you would immediately escape! You damn brat, this time I don''t let you escape! I''m gonna'' kill you for all the pain you caused me!"

    The mysterious person gritted her teeth. Everyone could see that she really hated Blackflame Ezio. The civilians around her all lost conscious the angrier she got. This was a Haki only the kings of this world could master - it was the Conqueror Haki!

    Then the person slowly walked to the center of the Sabaody Archipelago. On the back of her cloak was an emblem that only one family in this world could wear.

    It was an emblem with a black flame and a western dragon.

    This was the emblem of the Blackflame family!

    ¡­

    Before the Marine could arrive at Sabaody, the world was shocked by a bounty that traveled to every island. Everyone in the world feared the guy who was on the bounty and you could say that he got famous all over the world in a single moment.

    This was the bounty of a pirate from the Straw Hats crew.

    "Celestial Dragon Hunter" Roronoa Zoro.

    Bounty: 1.000.000.000 Belly

    The Pirate Hunter turned into a Celestial Dragon Hunter.

 48 Team one is ready for the figh

    The bar at Groove 13 became full of people. The first to arrive was Zoro. This guy looked relaxed. He didn''t know that he was the focus of the whole world at this moment. You could see that he was injured, this was the fight he had with the bodyguard of the World Noble he killed.

    The bodyguard of Saint Charlos was caught by surprise. He was a professional, but all these years besides a Celestial Dragon didn''t do him any good. No one had the courage to even touch a World Noble, so he didn''t even imagine that this strange pirate would kill his boss in a single second. Only after the World Noble was dead did this guy realize the graveness of the situation. Before he could capture Zoro, the almighty Benson appeared and brought him into the bar.

    Ezio couldn''t even scold Zoro because Nami was beating him in a savage way.

    One rookie after another appeared in Shakky''s little bar. In the manga it was Shakky who told the Straw Hats who these rookies were. This didn''t change with Ezio''s interference. The only difference was that Shakky would explained who the pirate was after they would appear in her bar one after another.

    Benson trained the most out of all of Ezio''s crew members. This guy used his devil fruit power everyday, so catching some rookies was too easy for him. There were more troublesome persons who couldn''t escape from the almighty Benson.

    All the rookies looked confused when they arrived at the bar. After they saw Ezio, they were shocked.

    Those pirates weren''t like Luffy, they had information about the world and the people. They noticed immediately who Ezio was.

    Eustass Kid smiled and walked in front of Ezio. It looked like he wanted to challenge him to fight. Ezio grinned to this arrogant bastard.

    ?You want to hit me? Thanks to our hero Zoro, two admirals are on the way to this place. Besides these two admirals, there will be a Buster Call. Oh, and I think the Marines will test out their new toys on you. These toys are cyborgs, and even one of them could defeat one of you super rookies without much trouble. Come on, hit me. Then all three admirals will come together"

    Now all supernovas were shocked. They expected an admiral to arrive, most of these pirates saw what Zoro did. Now they heard how bad their situation was and their gaze shifted to Zoro who was beaten up by Nami.

    ?Let us kill this guy!", said Kid and gritted his teeth.

    ?We will kill him", even Bege wanted to end the life of this guy.

    The supernovas didn''t have the same opinion most of the time, but in this situation they all had the same goal.

    ?It''s not the time to fight. You guys are doomed if you meet one admiral alone", said Ezio and looked at them with a playful smile. ?Now there are two of them and a lot of vice-admirals. This is a Battle Royal! And you rookies will act as one team. Otherwise, all of you will die. If I were in your position, I would do everything to escape from this place. You win this game if you are still alive at the end of the day. So I decided, you are Team One: The super rookies. Your chances of winning this battle are almost zero!"

    ?What the hell is a Battle Royal?", asked Trafalgar Law.

    ?Why is this Celestial Dragon so interested in our situation?", asked Basil Hawkins.

    ?It doesn''t really matter. We should be thankful that he told us this information. I don''t want to fight this Celestial Dragon, we have enough enemies to face. And the reason for all that trouble is¡­", Urouge didn''t finish his sentence and looked at Zoro.

    Now they all looked at Zoro again. This poor guy didn''t really understand his situation. Nami told him so much, but he couldn''t figure out what she really wanted to say because every word was accompanied with a punch.

    ?Hey, don''t be disrespectful to Zoro. In front of you is standing a star. The rookie with a bounty higher than all of yours together!", Shikky laughed and then she threw a wanted poster in the middle of the room.

    ?Holy crap, 1.000.000.000 belly?"

    ?This is ridiculous¡­"

    ?The ?Celestial Dragon Hunter''? What the fuck¡­"

    The rookies were shocked. Even Ezio and his crew members were shocked. Ezio laughed out loud. Is now Zoro the new boss? Should he call them the Three Swords Pirates? This was too funny. This destroyed the whole structure of the Straw Hats crew.

    Zoro nearly had a heart attack. Now he understood why everyone was looking at him in a strange way. He only realized it after he read his new nickname. So this strange guy he killed was a Celestial Dragon!

    ?Alright guys, If I were you, I would plan your next actions. This time you are truly in trouble. Don''t mind me, I told you this information because it would be too boring if the best rookies of the pirate faction would die at this point. The New World would be boring without you guys"

    Ezio really meant what he said. Ezio was far ahead of those rookies. After the war with Whitebeard, his next target would be an Emperor of the Four Seas. He was only on the Grand Line because he wanted to build his crew and take advantage of the war. After that he would hunt an Emperor down. With his second devil fruit ability, he could defeat an Emperor. That was what he thought.

    If you compared these rookies with an Emperor, then they were a joke. Even after the time skip, Luffy and Law had to team up to beat Doflamingo, and that wasn''t an easy victory for them. So Ezio was too far ahead of them. He didn''t think that Doflamingo could bring him any trouble at this point in time, and that with only the first ability of his devil fruit.

    Ezio walked towards Basil Hawkins and threw a devil fruit towards him. This was the devil fruit he had in the manga. Ezio got it after the marine searched the whole world to find a devil fruit for him. He wasn''t interested in this fruit, but he was interested in the person who ate this fruit. Basil Hawkins managed to become famous even without his devil fruit. This was a surprise for Ezio.

    Hawkins looked at this fruit in confusion.

    ?I was destined to have this devil fruit. It was my fate", said Hawkins and looked at Ezio. ?How did you change my fate?"

    Ezio looked at Hawkins with a frown. He knew from the manga that this guy could see parts of the future with his cards, and that was the reason he was so interested in Hawkins. He even saw that Ezio changed his fate?

    ?I will that you join my organization, Hawkins"

    Basil Hawkins took out his cards and started to look if it was good to join this guy.

    ?If I join you, I would have good fortune and my fate would change dramatically. And that in a good way"

    Ezio frowned. Was his future this good? He liked this guy even more now.

    ?Can you get me out of this place?"

    Ezio nodded.

    ?I will first see what the purpose of your organization is. Later I will decide if I join you, but only if you can get me out of this place alive"

    Ezio agreed. He tried it with Hawkins, but if he wouldn''t join in the end, he would let him go. Of course it was a good thing if he joined, this would be a boost to his team.

    Then Ezio walked to Law. The devil fruit power of this guy was too good. He wouldn''t let him escape, even if he had to make a clone of this guy. But Ezio had another way to get him in his team, it would be better if he would get Law''s trust. He knew Law''s whole past, so there wasn''t anyone who knew Trafalgar D. Law better then Ezio.

    ?Hey Law, want to make a deal?"

    ?A deal?"

    ?I kill Doflamingo in front of your eyes, and you join my organization for five years. What do you think?"

    Law frowned. After that Ezio and Law had a long conversation. The result of this conversation would be seen in the future. Now there were more important things to handle.

    The rookies created an alliance. Ezio decided that the rookies would be the first team and the super rookie Zoro would be their leader. Of course they weren''t happy with this, but the bounty was too big to argue against it. Maybe the supernovas didn''t liked each other, but they all knew that without allies they would die in the following event. If only one admiral would come to Sabaody, then maybe they wouldn''t be so united. The Marine Headquarter wasn''t far away from Sabaody Archipelago, so it didn''t take long until the army of the Marine arrived.

    Another person arrived at this moment at Sabaody.This person came from the sky and when he landed on the ground, a huge hole appeared out of nowhere. Then an old man jumped out of the hole with a grin on his face.

    "Hahaha! This old man is here! Little fox, little monkey, where are you? This old man wants a hug from his grandsons!"

 49 The Blackflames

    The supernovas left Shakky''s bar. Ezio send most of his crew members back to Sky Island. Other than Benson and Bonney all the others left. They didn''t go because they wanted to, Ezio wanted to keep most of their power a secret. It wasn''t the time to show the power of his crew, he would prepare a big event for this.

    Only Luffy and Ezio stayed at Shakky''s bar.

    ?Hey, Ezio! I want to fight with those guys, why do I have to stay here?", asked Luffy.

    Then someone punched a hole into the wall. This person was the reason why Luffy had to stay here.

    And old man jumped in front of them and hold the two brats in his arms.

    ?Little fox, little monkey!"

    ?E-Ezio, who is this old man?"

    ?This is our grandfather¡­"

    ?Really? I thought grandpa''s would greet their grandson''s with a punch on the head¡­"

    ?WHO PUNCHED MY GRANDSON?", roared the old man.

    This roar was so loud that Ezio and Luffy didn''t hear anything for a minute.

    ?Little monkey! This grandfather of yours couldn''t spoil you in all these years because of that old dog. Tell me, what do you want? I bring you everything!"

    Luffy looked shocked at this new grandfather. He was the complete opposite of Garp.

    ?I want to become the Pirate King!"

    ?What? Such a silly thing? Alright, I bring you to this Raftel Island. But what''s so special about this place? Let''s go!"

    Then he took Luffy by the hand and began to walk out of the bar.

    ?Grandfather, I want to find it myself!"

    ?Ah!", the old man nearly cried. ?You are calling me grandfather? The little fox wouldn''t call me grandfather that often¡­ Little fox, learn something from little monkey"

    Ezio frowned. Two grandsons were too much for this old guy. His emotions were out of control.

    ?Tell me, little monkey. What can I give you? There are nearly two decades without spoiling you! That old dog wasn''t a good grandfather, right? I will beat him up!"

    Luffy thought for a moment.

    ?I want meat!"

    ?Meat?", asked the old fox confused. ?That is everything? I can bring you all you want, my boy"

    ?No! I want meat! A lot of meat!"

    The old man sighed.

    ?Oh, it''s the curse¡­ this guy is a simple one like his mother. Ah, this curse¡­ I will love you either way, little monkey. We have the little fox to manage our family, so this old man is happy!"

    ?Old fox!"

    The old man and Luffy were walking out of the bar without listening.

    ?O-Old¡­ Old fox! I... You..."

    Ezio ran after them. He was a little bit jealous.

    Shakky looked at this family reunion with a frown.

    ?Wasn''t this the head of the Blackflame family?", Shakky had fear in her eyes. ?Holy shit¡­ I was lucky that he didn''t notice me. Back then when this guy came down to the world¡­ I don''t want to think about this troublesome past!"

    ¡­

    A woman entered a restaurant on the Sabaody Archipelago. After she entered the house, the lively restaurant turned silent in a second.

    Everyone was watching at this woman.

    The jaws of the man dropped to the ground, the women were losing their self confidence in a mere second.

    This woman was tall and had long blonde hair. She was wearing a black dress that showed a little bit of her long legs. What made the men in the restaurant crazy was that huge chest.

    She looked too noble for this world. Like the empress that ruled the whole world. She had an aura that no normal person could have, and every princess in this world would look like a beggar besides here.

    The woman sat down on a chair and ordered something to eat. In front of the woman was a floating book that she read. When she finished one page, the book would automatically turn to the next, like this woman could use magic.

    After the food arrived, the fork and knife began to float in front of her. The knife began to cut the meet, and after that the fork brought the piece to her mouth. She didn''t do anything with her hands, she was like a magician and everything around her started to move. After she ate a little bit, the glass of wine began to flout towards her mouth and she took a sip.

    The whole restaurant couldn''t turn their eyes of this woman. She was like a goddess, even without her magic. Just the way she sat on her chair and read her book with a pair of intelligent eyes, it stole the hearts of men and women alike.

    While the whole restaurant was looking at this otherworldly woman, an old man kicked a hole into the wall and jumped into the restaurant.

    ?MEAT! I want meat! Give me all the meat you have!"

    After that the old man kicked his way into the kitchen. After he walked out of the kitchen, he had a huge bag with meat in his hands.

    ?Little monkey! Little fox! I got us meat for a whole week! We can eat!"

    After that the old man laughed and kicked a hole into wall right next to the hole where he entered.

    The whole restaurant was still looking at the woman, like this strange scene with the old man didn''t happen.

    ?Blackflame D. Ruben", said the blonde woman. ?This could be troublesome. What is he doing here?"

    After that the woman turned her gaze for the first time to the people in the restaurant.

    ?So you want to fantasize about me?", asked the girl with a gentle voice. ?There doesn''t exist a person who is strong enough to have such thoughts about me, the heir of the Blackflame family"

    After that something strange happened. All the people in the restaurant began to hover above the ground. They couldn''t move, couldn''t talk, they couldn''t even breathe. After that the girl pointed with her finger to a window and all the people began to fly to that direction with an abnormal speed. All the people of the restaurant flew miles away and couldn''t do anything against it, like this girl could move everything in this world with just her thoughts.

    Then she stood up and walked out of the restaurant. On her face was a charming smile.

 50 History of the Blackflame Family

    Luffy, Ezio and the old fox were eating together. At this moment the old fox looked at Ezio and his face turned serious.

    Ezio only saw this face once in his life. It was at the time when the old man gave him his devil fruit.

    ?Ezio, I have to tell you something about the history of our family. It''s time that you know about it"

    The old fox stood up and looked at the sky.

    ?The World Government was established 800 years ago. That was the time when the ancestor of our family left his kingdom and became a Celestial Dragon on the Red Line. This ancestor was the one who ate the same devil fruit you ate. He was the one who named us Blackflame, and he was the one who brought our family to the top of this world"

    Ezio frowned. It was the first time the old man told him about the history.

    ?Our ancestor had two sons. One of the sons should lead the family and live in the Holy Land, the other son became the King of our previous kingdom. This kingdom is a secluded land in the New World and the world doesn''t know about it. It is the home of the Blackflame family and there all our secrets are hidden. The strongest of the two sons was the leader of the family who lived in Mary Geoise, and the weaker one became the King of our homeland"

    ?So we are descendants of the son who was stronger?", asked Ezio.

    ?No, we are the children of the other one. Our ancestor lost to his big brother and became the king of our homeland"

    Now Ezio was confused.

    ?There is a rule in our family. Each descendent of the new generation would fight each other, and the strongest one would be the leader of our family. The loser would become the king of our kingdom, the winner would lead the family and reside in the Holy Land. This fight continued for 800 years with each new generation"

    ?But¡­ You told me that I was the heir of the family since the first time you saw me! Why did you do that?"

    ?Well¡­ I wanted that my grandson would have the right mindset. To tell you the truth, at that time I didn''t have hope that you would become the new leader of our family. The other branch of our family had a little girl and she was¡­ how should I say? A monstrous genius¡­"

    Ezio frowned. Why didn''t the old man told him this earlier?

    ?Since 800 years ago, we Blackflame''s had two branches. Each branch would watch the other, and they were always rivals. Though we had this situation, our relationship was always good. We always act as one family. You have to think about it, our last connection by blood was 800 years ago. So after all this generations, you can''t call us close relatives anymore. But after all these years, each new generation of each branch would always fight and rival each other, and they would call the descendant of the other branch a brother or sister. So maybe our connection with our blood isn''t as strong as it was in the past, but we all see us as one family even until now"

    ?So, you¡­ you won against the one from the other branch?"

    ?Yes. I was a little bit stronger than the old woman from the other branch. It was only a little bit¡­ I was really lucky that I won at that time. To tell you the truth¡­ Our branch was really miserable until I won against that old woman. For generations, the leader of our family came from the other branch¡­ It wasn''t often that our branch could win against these monsters"

    Ezio took a deep breath. Why did the old man told him this so late? Ezio knew how troublesome his family was! And now there was a new branch who was after him!

    ?Then I''m not the heir of our family? I first have to beat up the one from the other branch?"

    ?No, you are the one and only heir. Even the old woman from the other branch accepted it"

    ?Why?"

    ?Because you ate the devil fruit of our ancestor. You are the one who will unite our two branches after all these years. It''s time for our family to rise to new heights"

    Ezio was confused.

    ?After all these years¡­ I was the first one who ate this fruit? Wasn''t there a schemer in our family who would just steal the fruit and take it for himself?"

    ?Well, it''s truly a wonder. In our two branches, we had many different characters. Some were stupid, some were smart¡­ but most of them were crazy"

    Ezio scratched his head and thought about his mother.

    ?But one thing everyone of them had in common - they always would be loyal to our family! Maybe it''s our special bloodline, but no matter how bad the character of one of them was, they would never betray our family. This was the reason why the two branches acted as one family even after all these years"

    Ezio took a deep breath. He would rather fight two Emperors of Sea at the same time then go against another branch of the Blackflame''s. And what the old man told him¡­His branch was clearly weaker than the other! The old man was the first after all these years to win a fight¡­ That was trouble.

    ?To tell you the truth, I first wanted that your mother would compete with the other branch for the position of the leader. Your mother is someone special in our branch, her strength is at the peak and she was a genius since young. It''s sad that this smart side only showed in her fighting ability, because her personality¡­ Sigh. This mother of yours is many times stronger than your aunt. She really made me proud, but¡­"

    ?But the woman of the Blackflame family are all¡­ crazy?"

    The old man nodded.

    ?I was sure your mother would win. It would be the first time for our branch to take the leader position two times in a row in all these years! But we are unlucky, because¡­ This old woman had a granddaughter, she is only a few years older than you. And that girl, I tell you¡­ She is really strong. It''s ridiculous. Everyone, even I, thought that she would definitely become the new leader. But then, she ate a devil fruit and didn''t pass the secret trial. And you inherited the power of our family and became the new heir. This little girl didn''t want to accept this reality, so she went out to the world to find you and take her position back¡­"

    ?Old fox, the women of the other branch, they aren''t like the women of our line, right?"

    ?Oh", the old man sighed. ?They are definitely crazy. The women of our family¡­ It doesn''t matter which branch they belong to¡­ They are all¡­ Oh, you have to be careful, little fox. This old man is worried about you. Even I can''t help you in this, you have to win against this crazy granddaughter of the old woman!"

    Ezio nearly cried. You can say that he had a trauma when it comes to the women of his family. The reason for that was his unreasonable mother. Now a woman that was as crazy as his own mother was chasing after him! How could he sleep at night?

    ?Ah, I should tell you. That little girl is on this island at the moment. I saw her in the restaurant!"

    ?Why are you telling me such an important thing so late? Damn it, this is trouble!"

    Ezio wanted to have fun in this Battle Royal. Now that he knew that a crazy woman from an even stronger Blackflame branch was after his head¡­ How could he have fun! The biggest disaster in this world was a female from the Blackflame Family! Even poor Dragon knew that!

 51 The legendary One Piece character

    At this moment ten marine battle ships surrounded Sabaody. On two parts of the Sabaody Archipelago were two Admirals - Sakazuki and Kizaru. They both arrived from different places and began to search for the pirates who were responsible for this mess.

    The supernovas encountered the first cyborgs and got beaten up, Rayleigh escaped from the action house and looked at this situation with a frown.

    Bartholomew Kuma arrived in front of him at this moment and whispered something in his ear. After that Kuma left and looked at this mess in front of him.

    ?Dragon, this mission you gave me¡­ Isn''t easy. What''s with the mess on this island?"

    Kuma was usually emotionless, but today you could see him frown.

    ¡­

    At the sea where the battle ships were, you could see two strange figures. It was two people but both of them had a mask on their face. One mask looked like a fox head. This fox had a long gray mustache that indicated that it was an old fox. The mask of the other man was the head of a monkey.

    ?Those masks are ridiculous¡­", said the old fox. ?But well, Ezio is right. These marines are our subordinates, so if we want to take part in this Battle Royal, we should disguise ourself. Come on, little monkey. I show you the strength of your grandpa!"

    After that the old fox jumped directly to a battle ship and smashed the whole ship with one fist.

    The Marines were send into chaos. Then Ruben jumped to the second ship, and smashed it with a kick.

    ?This is too boring. Should I find an admiral?", asked the old fox.

    While the old fox was thinking, something strange happened. An old man with the mask of a dog on his head sneaked around the old fox. Then the old dog began to run to the old fox, captured the little monkey, and ran away with an abnormal speed.

    ?LITTLE MONKEY!", roared the old fox and ran after them.

    The old man with the dog mask was Garp. He ran to the Sabaody Island and wanted to flee from the old fox.

    ?Luffy, we have to run away! Even I''m not confident enough to stand a chance against this old bastard from the Blackflame Family!"

    In front of Garp was a house. Instead of running around the house, he smashed a hole into it and continued to run away.

    After the old fox arrived at this house, he saw the huge hole that was caused by Garp. Instead of walking through the hole, he smashed another hole right next to it and continued to run after the old dog who kidnapped his grandson.

    ?GARP, STOP! GIVE ME THE LITTLE MONKEY BACK!"

    After that the old fox stamped on the ground and something strange happened. The whole Groove they were standing on broke apart and Garp looked with a shocked face to the ground where he was standing. This guy destroyed the whole Groove with his foot! Garp jumped into the sky and arrived at the next Groove with all the power he had. He heard the angry roar of the old fox and saw that a figure was chasing behind him.

    ?Oh", said Garp with a frown. ?This will be my end¡­"

    Kizaru watched this scene from a distance.

    ?Ah¡­ Garp, this time you played with the wrong guy. Blackflame Ruben - maybe the world forgot about his deeds, but how can the Marine forget. People called Whitebeard the strongest man in the world, but if you would take this sentence literally, then the ?strongest man'' would be nobody other than Blackflame Ruben. He was the one who ate the Power Power Devil Fruit, with a kick, he can destroy a whole Island in an instant. That is the physical strongest man in this world! I wish you good luck, Garp"

    After that Kizaru looked at the direction were the two men were running. You could see people flying into the sky, houses flying around, and many other objects.

    Battle Royal Round One: Garp vs. Ruben.

    It looked like Ruben would have an advantage in this fight.

    ¡­

    When Admiral Sakazuki arrived, he didn''t walk around and watched everything like Kizaru. He immediately searched the whole island for pirates he could capture. The Admiral didn''t know that he was followed by a legendary figure.

    Behind a tree stood a man, and this man had a panda mask on his face. Originally, this man was Ezio, but today he wanted to be another person.

    ?The legendary figure of One piece - Pandaman! Today is the day for this character to show his greatness to the world!"

    Pandaman, aka Blackflame Ezio, was so happy that Sakazuki was in front of him. This was a Battle Royal and most of the enemies were Marines. This faction was an ally to Ezio, so he couldn''t kill them. That was the reason why he would play the troll and prank everyone he could find, be it pirate or marine.

    And Sakazuki was the first one.

    Sakazuki looked to the ground. Three stones appeared besides him. One stone was on his front, one on his back, and the other on his left side.

    On the stone were written some words.

    ?Dear Admiral, please bring justice to this island! You are the embodiment of justice and we trust only you!"

    Sakazuki frowned after he read this sentence. Then he nodded his head approvingly.

    ?The people from this island understand how things should be", said the Admiral and smiled. It wasn''t that often that this guy smiled.

    The problem was that these stones were from the legendary Pandaman. And their purpose was to troll this serious admiral.

    Pandaman appeared behind the Admiral like a ghost. On his left arm was the almighty Benson, on his right arm was Bonney.

    In a split second Sakazuki was touched by Bonney''s hand and then the trio disappeared.

    Where the admiral stood previously was now a little brat that was not older than seven years old. The little brat looked shocked at his own hands and couldn''t understand this situation.

    In front of the little brat appeared a person that had the mask of a panda on his face.

    ?The legendary Pandaman trolled the first person! Akainu, you little brat, isn''t this funny?"

    Sakazuki mouth twitched and the area around him began to transform into magma.

    ?Shit, even if this guy is a little brat, he is still as strong as before", said Pandaman and began to flee.

    Battle Royal Round Two: Pandaman vs Sakazuki.

    The first match was won by Pandaman. Will he survive the wrath of the little brat Sakazuki?

 52 Pandaman in trouble

    The supernovas had a hard time at this moment.

    "Shit!", said Kid and looked at this huge guy in front of him. "A Shichibukai arrived! It''s this Kuma guy!"

    "What the hell are you saying? I''m fighting with this Kuma guy at the moment!", answered Hawkins annoyed.

    Then they looked around and realized they were all fighting a Kuma.

    "Damn it, what''s wrong? Why are there so many Kuma''s?"

    Then the cyborgs began their attack and the supernovas had a bad time.

    "Don''t worry!", said Urouge in a distressed state. "We have the super rookie on our side! The Celestial Dragon Hunter will kill these guys!"

    But then something ridiculous happened. One of the Kuma''s arrived in front of the Celestial Dragon Hunter, touched him, and then the super rookie was nowhere to be seen.

    "Zoro?", said Kid with his eyes wide open.

    "Super rookie?", asked Hawkins while looking around.

    "Celestial Dragon Hunter?"

    Then they realized that their leader wasn''t here anymore!

    "Damn it, they defeated our leader! What now?"

    "This guy had a bounty of 1.000.000.000 Belly and was defeated in a second! What could we do?"

    "Screwed! We are screwed!"

    Then the other Straw Hats were all ''defeated'' in a minute. The supernovas lost their hope.

    "When even the legendary Celestial Dragon Hunter is defeated¡­ What could we do?"

    "Run! Run for your live!"

    Battle Royal Round Three: Supernova''s vs. Cyborgs and Kuma.

    These guys were too weak for this battle. Even the Celestial Dragon Hunter was defeated in an instant!

    ¡­

    While the supernovas had a bad time, Pandaman was chased by a little brat.

    "Shit! This guy is absolutely insane! I don''t want to use my devil fruit powers, there is a crazy woman after my head¡­ And I think a crazy woman is scarier than a crazy brat!"

    At this moment Akainu shot a huge beam of magma into his direction.

    "Damn it, what''s wrong with you? Calm down little brat!"

    Then Pandaman saw something that gave him hope. In front of him was his old teacher who was fighting with the legendary Dark King!

    "Teacher! You saved me!"

    After that Pandaman jumped to the two, pointed at Rayleigh and spoke as loud as he could.

    "ISN''T THIS THE SUPER FAMOUS DARK KING RAYLEIGH?", after little brat Akainu heard this sentence, he looked to the direction the Pandaman pointed at.

    "How can such a dangerous person run free on this island? This was the second strongest man in the crew of the legendary Pirate King! Second strongest! If the marine could capture him¡­ wouldn''t that be more significant than some weak little panda?"

    After that Pandaman smirked and ran away.

    Little brat Akainu looked into the direction of Rayleigh and started thinking.

    "This is the Dark King¡­", said Akainu and frowned. "Such a guy running free in such a place¡­ I will capture this panda later. Rayleigh is more important!"

    After that Akainu and Kizaru attacked poor Rayleigh together.

    "Screw you, you damn Panda! Who is that little brat? I have enough trouble with Kizaru¡­"

    But then Rayleigh noticed that this little brat could control magma.

    "Damn it¡­ This is an admiral!", Rayleigh watched into the direction where the panda was fleeing and swore that he would take revenge for this moment.

    "Screw you, damn panda! Even I have trouble with two Admirals at the same time!"

    Pandaman couldn''t help but laugh. He trolled an Admiral and the Dark King at the same day. In this Battle Royal, who could screw around with the panda?

    Right at the moment when Pandaman became arrogant, he stopped in midair and couldn''t move anymore. It was like he was frozen in the sky, like the time stopped.

    Then a beautiful woman with blonde hair walked in front of him and the Pandaman had fear in his eyes.

    "Nooo! It''s the crazy woman! It''s the lunatic! Old fox, save me!"

    Then the blonde girl smiled and walked towards the Pandaman. Now the Pandaman was truly in trouble. At this moment he didn''t know just how much trouble this woman was.

    This was the biggest fight in this Battle Royal.

    Blackflame D. Ezio vs. Blackflame D. Lilly

    The girl stopped when she was a short distance away from Ezio who still couldn''t move. Then she took an object out of her pocket and threw it into the sky.

    After several seconds, this object began to explode and a huge black dragon appeared in the sky. This dragon looked exactly like the dragon on the emblem of his family.

    Ezio didn''t know the meaning of this huge dragon in the sky, but he would find out soon.

 53 A present for you

    Ezio looked up to the sky and saw the huge dragon.

    ?This is the signal that tells everyone around us that the battle for the heir of our family is starting. This place will be lawless as long as we fight - no marine, not even the Five Elders can interfere in this fight. This is a tradition of our family"

    Ezio looked at Lilly and frowned. Wasn''t this a sign to tell everyone around them that they should leave this place because this girl wanted to create a mess? This was too flashy.

    ?First, we have to pay our respect to our opponent. Even if I don''t like you, you are still the successor of the second branch of the Blackflame Family"

    Then the girl bowed towards Ezio.

    Ezio looked at her with a strange expression.

    ?Well, girl, I would pay you respect, but could you bring me to the ground for a moment? I can''t move¡­"

    The girl laughed and then she freed Ezio.

    Ezio looked at this beautiful woman but wasn''t attracted by her appearance. She was truly beautiful and could rival Hancock, but Ezio saw a crazy psychopath and wouldn''t want to touch this woman! His father died by touching such a girl, and Ezio was sure that Dragon had eternal depression after he did the deed with his aunt. You never touch a Blackflame girl... As long as you want that the little brother between your legs can have a future!

    ?Well, then I think this panda should pay respect to you. Here, this is a present!"

    Ezio threw a stone to Lilly. She caught it and frowned. Wasn''t this just a normal stone? What was so unusual about this? Then she noticed that there was a sentence written on the stone.

    ?You want to screw around with the panda? Then you have to beat my sidekick first!"

    After she read it, she saw the sidekick with her own eyes. A man with the mask of a bat appeared in front of her, touched her, and then she vanished!

    ?Haha! With the almighty Benson at my side, even the crazy Blackflame girl can''t escape my schemes! Now is the time for the final of this battle¡­"

    ¡­

    Kizaru, Akainu and Rayleigh were fighting in a fierce fight. All of them stopped at this moment because there was a girl that appeared in the middle of the fight out of nowhere. This girl was Blackflame D. Lilly and she was hit by the attack of all three people. How could they know that a girl appeared like a ghost in the middle of the fight?

    ?How dare you!", said Lilly and gritted her teeth. ?I''m Blackflame Lily! Heir of the noble Blackflame House! Your dare¡­ to hit me?!"

    Kizaru and Akainu nearly cried. Rayleigh wasn''t depressed and laughed. Now those Admirals hit their own boss. They deserved it!

    ¡­

    A panda was sneaking around. He saw an old man who had a little monkey in his hands. This man was chased by an old fox. Now the time finally arrived to bring this battle to his peak!

    The little monkey in the arms of the old man vanished and the old man was holding a big stone in his arms. Garp looked stupefied.

    ?Where the hell is Luffy?"

    Even the old fox looked around.

    Then a panda appeared in front of them and this panda had the little monkey in his hands.

    ?Old dog, old fox! You want this monkey back? Then catch me!"

    Garp and the old fox roared like a beast and chased after the panda who kidnapped the precious monkey. But the monkey vanished thanks to the almighty sidekick - Benson!

    ¡­

    The supernovas were still fighting the cyborgs. The fight stopped for a second because Pandaman appeared in front of them.

    ?Rookies!", said the Pandaman in a proud voice. ?I will save you all, but only if you accomplish a simple mission for this panda!"

    The supernovas looked at the panda with disdain.

    ?How can a damn panda save us?"

    Then the panda showed them that his sidekick was almighty and could bring people wherever he wanted. The supernova''s looked shocked but then their eyes began to shine.

    ?We will do it! Just bring us away from this place!"

    ?Alright little rookies. Your mission is simple! Capture and beat up a little girl. This girl is weak, the only thing she has is a beautiful face! Beat her up and then we will leave!"

    Then all the supernova''s vanished with the panda.

    ¡­

    Akainu and Kizaru were scolded by the Celestial Dragon girl. Rayleigh wanted to escape but he was blocked by the Admirals.

    Lilly heard a strange scream from the sky. She looked up and saw that a little monkey was falling towards her. Out of reflex, she caught the monkey and hold him in her arms.

    Lilly was confused. Who was this damn monkey? She didn''t know that this monkey would bring her trouble. She heard the roars of two old men.

    Garp and the old fox were running with an abnormal speed towards the girl who was holding the monkey.

    ?There is the thief! This girl stole our grandson!"

    Lilly couldn''t even think before she was hit by these two old men at the same time!

    Lilly really had bad luck. A combination attack of Garp and the old fox¡­ This wasn''t something anyone could endure. Lilly was never so humiliated! And she had blood all over her face because of these two old guys!

    But this wasn''t the end. A group of rookies appeared around her and attacked her with all they had.

    ?Capture this stupid girl! Then we can escape from this hell!", screamed Kid and laughed.

    ?Take her down! Isn''t it just some weak girl with a beautiful face? After I finish her, I will take her home! This girl is truly beautiful¡­", Urouge wanted to make this girl his wife. He didn''t know that he provoked a crazy woman that wasn''t any weaker than a natural disaster.

    Lilly evaded the attacks of these pirates and looked into the distance where she saw a little panda. She didn''t see his face but she was sure that this guy was grinning.

    The panda laughed.

    ?How do you like my present? You want to screw around with this panda? Even if you are a crazy Blackflame girl, this panda will troll you to your death! Hahaha!"

 54 Lillys anger

    The supernova''s were beaten by Lilly without her even moving a finger. The rest of the people were all looking at Pandaman. Most of them had resentment on their face.

    ?You damn panda, you lied about this girl!"

    The supernova''s all hated that panda. Who told them that this girl was weak and only had a beautiful face? They were all on the ground and defeated and they didn''t even know how all that happened.

    Even Akainu couldn''t control his emotions.

    ?Because of you, I''m a little brat now. Damn panda, I''m gonna'' kill you!"

    Rayleigh approved. He also didn''t like the panda.

    ?I will take my revenge, damn Panda. This old man had to fight two admirals!"

    Garp and the old fox talked at the same time.

    ?You dared to kidnap our grandson!"

    All the people were from different factions, but at this moment they all wanted to do the same thing.

    To kill this Pandaman!

    So they created an alliance to defeat this annoying guy. All of them attacked at the same time.

    Before they could arrive in front of the panda, all of them stopped and couldn''t move anymore. It was like time was frozen and everything came to a halt.

    ?THIS DAMN PANDA IS FOR ME TO KILL!"

    The person who talked was none other than Blackflame D. Lilly. Since she was a child, she was the young princess of the Blackflame Family. Nobody dared to touch her, nobody dared to do anything in front of her. She won every fight, was smarter than her peers, and she was the most beautiful.

    But today¡­ She was humiliated! She was played by a guy who wore a silly panda mask.

    She had to take revenge. She had to do it with her own hands!

    Everyone besides the panda began to float above the ground. After that Lilly pointed with her finger into the distance and all people flew away with an abnormal speed.

    The jaw of the Pandaman dropped to the ground.

    ?This group of people¡­ They were all super strong. Two Admirals, the old fox, Garp, even Rayleigh¡­ This girl send them all flying like they were some rookies!"

    Akainu and Kizari couldn''t do anything about this girl. She was a Celestial Dragon and they hit her by accident, so they didn''t do anything against her attack. Rayleigh wanted to flee, so this was a good opportunity. Garp and the old fox could only fight with their fist, so this magic that came from the girl took them by surprise. This was the reason why this girl could send this group flying. She wanted the panda for herself. She wanted to beat him up!

    Lilly pointed at the Pandaman and then his mask began to fly towards her. This was the first time she saw his face.

    ?No! Not the mask! Why the mask of all things?"

    Ezio was depressed. This cruel girl took his mask¡­ This was the end of Pandaman! Now he was just Ezio¡­

    ?You''ve played enough, you bastard. I respected you because you were the successor of the other branch, but you, you, you¡­. You humiliated me in such a way! You won''t survive this, you bastard!"

    Lilly was never so angry. All she felt at this moment was anger and the will to kill this bastard in front of her!

    She pointed at Ezio and then he began to float above the ground. After that he moved with an abnormal speed towards Lilly.

    ?Shit, that girl is going crazy!"

    Ezio couldn''t to anything. He arrived in front of Lilly and her fist turned black with armament Haki. She smashed Ezio with all the anger she had and he was flying away.

    This girl had a monstrous strength. Ezio never had so much pain. Even Sid with all his clones wasn''t this strong.

    Lilly repeated this process. Ezio was flying towards her and couldn''t do anything against it, and after that she would hit him with all her strength.

    Well, Ezio thought it was all her strength. In reality she used only a little bit of it, because she wanted to punch this annoying guy more than once. She wanted to punch him for the rest of the day.

    After the third time, Ezio was angry. Before he arrived in front of her, he used his black flame and stopped midair so Lilly couldn''t punch him.

    Both of them were staring at each other. Blood flowed out of Lillys and Ezio''s eyes, like they had a mental battle.

    Then the power of Lilly''s devil fruit didn''t continue, and Ezio was finally free. But both of them took some damage in this confrontation.

    Ezio noticed that Lilly could move everything with her thoughts. It was like many invisible hands were holding him. These hands were formed by some kind of energy, but no one could see it. Ezio could burn everything in this world with his fire, even this invisible energy couldn''t escape from his fire. So he had a way to escape from this strange power of Lilly.

    But this was only the start for Lilly. Now she began to show her true power.

    Ezio couldn''t help but get serious. This girl was too dangerous!

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    Author''s Note:

    Hey guys,

    thank you for all of your support until this point. In the last couple of days, I''ve got many 1 star reviews and most of them were from new accounts that would only give me a bad review, and then they would give a like to all other bad reviews.

    It''s okay if some people don''t like my novel. Just write me an honest comment what you didn''t like so I can learn from my mistakes. But I''m a bit depressed when most of these reviews are from new accounts and all of their purpose is to make my novel bad without giving me a reasonable explanation.

    So if you like this novel or if you don''t like it, I would appreciate if you would give me a constructive review. On top of my page is everything full of 1 star reviews, but most of them don''t give me a logical reason why they didn''t like my novel.

    Don''t be like Pandaman and troll this poor author! Give me a reason why you would troll me ;-)

 55 Blackflame D. Lilly

    Lilly touched a black ring that was on her finger and Ezio''s jaw dropped to the ground.

    ?Isn''t this the same ring the old fox gave me?"

    Ezio compared his own ring with that Lilly wore. They were one and the same!

    ?The old fox told me that this ring is a one of a kind item¡­ Now there is a second one. You lied, old man¡­"

    ?This ring was a present from my grandmother. How could your old man have such an item?

    Ezio frowned. He didn''t know the customs for the One Piece world, but in his old world, two rings on a man and a woman had a special meaning.

    ?Old fox, did you trick your grandson? Damn you, I won''t accept this!"

    He couldn''t think further because Lilly took thousands of swords out of her ring. There weren''t only swords. Some spears and many other weapons were lying on the ground.

    Then the weapons began to float above the ground. The color of these weapons all turned into black. This girl strengthen thousands of weapons with Armament Haki! Other than his unreasonable mother, he never saw someone using Armament Haki in such a ridiculous way. Even Hancock, who was a little bit better in Armament Haki than Ezio, couldn''t do such things.

    In One Piece, people could use Armament Haki only on their own body or on their own weapons. There was always a physical contact between the weapon that was strengthen with Haki. Zorro used the Haki on his sword, the Kuja''s used their Haki on their arrows.

    Lilly reinforced thousands of weapon with Armament Haki but didn''t touch them. Her devil fruit power was the reason why all of those weapon had this Haki. It was like she was touching all of those weapons at the same time. Only with that, she could even turn a leaf into a deadly weapon.

    Ezio took out his scythe from his spatial ring. After Lilly saw that, her eyes began to shine.

    ?Isn''t this the special weapon our ancestor used? I want to have it!"

    After that Ezio''s weapon went out of control and tried to struggle out of his hands. It landed in front of Lilly, but before she touched it, the scythe began to burn with black fire. Lilly nearly lost her hand.

    ?Only the true heir of our family can hold this weapon", said Ezio and the scythe began to fly back to him.

    Lilly gritted her teeth.

    All the swords that were flying in the sky began to chase after Ezio. This was no joke, every sword would attack him from a different angle. Ezio had one of the best Observation Haki in this world and could dodge them for a while. If he couldn''t escape from one sword he would burn it with his black fire. Sometimes the swords managed to scratch his legs or arms.

    Ezio could just use his black fire to burn all the swords down, but that would be a waste for his fire. He trained a lot and could use his fire way better than before, but that didn''t mean he could use it infinite. He had a strong opponent in front of him and he couldn''t defend with his black fire for some useless swords. He had to use it to attack Lilly, and not some metal.

    Ezio''s body turned into black fire. Then many little sparks escaped in different directions.

    Behind Lilly, the sparks gathered together and half of Ezio''s body appeared behind her. He attacked her with his scythe that was burning in black fire.

    Before he could hit her, he stopped and couldn''t move. It was the strange power of this girl.

    All the weapons that were flying in the air fell to the ground when she stopped Ezio.

    Ezio could escape from the strange power of this girl but it took him one or two seconds to burn this invisible energy that was holding him in place. This second was enough for Lilly to kick Ezio away.

    This attack wasn''t pointless, because Ezio found out about the first weakness of his opponent.

    ?So you can''t move living people and objects at the same time. When you control your swords, you can''t send people flying with your power. And when you control people, you can''t use those flying swords"

    Lilly smiled and nodded. Ezio called it a weakness, but if this was the only weakness this telekinesis fruit had, then it was ridiculous. No wonder this girl didn''t pass the secret trial, if Ezio got his hands on this fruit he would eat it for sure. To move everything around you only with your thoughts¡­ This was too ridiculous!

    He didn''t know how normal people could escape that power. Ezio had his black fire that could burn this invisible energy, but what would normal people do? If she stopped a person and would control them with her thoughts, how could this person escape without a fire that could burn everything?

    All the weapons were returning to Lilly and she put them into her spatial ring.

    ?Okay, bastard. The warm up is over. Let''s see how you escape my next attack"

    After that Ezio saw the true terror of this woman.

    Sabaody Archipelago was send into chaos. Every house was flying high into the sky, but it wasn''t only the houses that were floating. You could say that every object that was on this island was floating above the ground. Even stones, plants¡­ Everything that didn''t count as the ground of the island began to move to the sky.

    Then all those objects began to rotate like they were in a vortex. It was like a huge hurricane arrived on Sabaody and was controlled by this ridiculous woman.

    This wasn''t everything.

    All the objects began to turn into a black color. It was Armament Haki!

    Ezio looked up and had the face of a goldfish. His jaw wold blink up and down.

    All these objects in the sky weren''t a problem for Ezio, he was still a logia user. This girl reinforced all of these things with Armament Haki! What was this crazy Haki? How could she turn everything on this island into her weapon? Now his logia power was useless.

    Then doomsday arrived on Sabaody. The most miserable was Ezio, because all of these objects were after his head.

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    Author''s Note:

    You guys are too amazing!

    Thanks for all the support. I''ve read all of your comments and will try to improve the things you mentioned. Don''t think that I wanted to stop this novel because of a few bad reviews, I will definitely continue this story.

    It''s time for Ezio''s first true opponent. Will he subdue the crazy Blackflame girl and make all men of culture proud? Or will he be defeated and shame the legacy of Pandaman? Find out in the next episode of One Piece and the Celestial Dragon!

 56 The true heir of the Blackflame Family

    All the objects that were reinforced with Haki were flying towards Ezio.

    Ezio''s body began to transform and a huge sphere of black fire was surrounding him. It looked like a little black moon.

    Every object that was attacking Ezio was engulfed by this black sphere of fire and burned down.

    You can say that the only thing that could fight against his fire was Armament Haki. This Haki was a counter against logia user''s, but it had to be strong enough to win against Ezio''s fire. Lilly reinforced too many objects with her Haki so it wasn''t that strong.

    The sphere of fire began to grow bigger and bigger because it was burning all the objects that were attacking Ezio. It was like the attack from Lilly couldn''t do any damage, it only increased his black sphere because it gave the fire more things to burn.

    Lily frowned when she saw this. She looked at the black fire ball that was getting bigger and bigger with each attack.

    How could she break that fire apart and attack Ezio? This black sphere of fire was like the best defense and attack at the same time. Everything that attacked Ezio would burn down without a chance to touch him, because he was hiding at the center of the black sphere.

    Now Lilly understood why everyone in her family was so proud of this devil fruit. This black fire was too strong!

    But she didn''t give up. She used all of her power and now even the ground of the island began to float to the sky. Sabaody was in reality a massive mangrove forest, but this forest broke apart and ascended to the sky.

    Sabaody Archipelago was destroyed in this moment. A whole island began to break apart, and the pieces that were the island before gathered together to form a huge ball. This ball resembled the technique of the Rinnegan, she formed her own little moon with the power of her thoughts.

    Then she used this massive ball and reinforced it with the strongest Armament Haki she could use.

    Two black balls were confronting each other. One ball was burning with black fire, and the second ball was created with an island as foundation. Ezio''s fire ball looked small in comparison to this huge ball that Lilly formed.

    Ezio came out of the black sphere of fire and smiled towards Lilly.

    ?You power is truly good. You can move everything with your thoughts. You broke this island in a short amount of time and you formed this huge black ball to take me down. I really don''t know how other people can defeat you, but I can defeat you for sure. I show you the true power of the heir of our family. The difference between you and me"

    Ezio stretched out his arms and many little fire balls appeared. Next to the huge black sphere that was right next to Ezio, more than a hundred little black flames surrounded him. The flames grew more in numbers and blood began to flow out of his eyes. It wasn''t easy for him to create so many little flames, but in this fight he wanted to go all out. He wanted to show Lilly how the true heir of the family would handle this situation.

    Lilly didn''t want to give Ezio time, so she send the huge black moon in his direction. Ezio didn''t even look at this huge ball that was flying towards him.

    ?It''s time for my second ability"

    Ezio pointed at the fire balls and they began to transform. All the little fire balls transformed into little black dragons. These dragons began to roar and they looked at Lilly with a threatening look. They weren''t dragons formed out of fire. They had a body and looked like real dragons.

    The last fire ball, the huge black sphere that Ezio used to defend himself, transformed into a dragon, too. This dragon was different than all the others, because it was huge and formed by a massive amount of black fire.

    The black flame became alive.

    Ezio called the second ability of his devil fruit the Life Life Fruit.

    Ezio didn''t understand the power of this second ability when he first used it. He noticed that he could see the life force of all people around him. It was like he could see people like little candles that represented their life force. Young children were brighter than old people. First he thought this was a revolution of his Observation Haki, only later did he notice that he could control the life force with his devil fruit.

    You can say that Ezio''s first ability represented destruction. It was a black fire that destroyed everything in this world. His second ability represented creation, It could form and control life.

    Ezio can turn objects into living beings, so he created all these dragon''s with the power of his second ability. The core of these dragons was Ezio''s black fire, so they all could control the black fire like Ezio.

    You can compare the ability of the Life Life Fruit with Big Mom''s ability. She could give objects a soul. Ezio''s ability in comparison was on a whole new level. He could make transform his fire into a new existence. This new existence could grow and develop, his ability could make a life out of nothing.

    This was only one of many abilities of the Life Life Fruit. The strongest point was the potential in creating things, and Ezio had a lot to learn if he wanted to use every advantage of this ability.The potential of this fruit was huge and it had many more abilities than just creating a living being out of objects. It wasn''t so strong that he could revive a dead person, this was a power only gods could control. But it wasn''t too far away from the abilities of a god.

    For this fight, he turned his black fire into many black dragons.

    Lilly looked with a shocked face in Ezio''s direction. He was surrounded by many little black dragons, and he was standing on the head of a huge dragon that was created by the black sphere that he used to defend himself before.

    Ezio pointed at the huge black ball that was flying in his direction and laughed.

    ?Black dragons, burn everything that is obstructing us"

    After that all dragons started to roar. The loudest one was the huge dragon Ezio was standing on. Then they began to fly towards the ball that was flying towards them and started to burn it down.

    Some dragons would turn a part of their body into a black flame, like they themselves ate Ezio''s devil fruit. Other dragons began to spat out black fire out of their mouth.

    The most ridiculous was the huge dragon. He could control a massive amount of fire and Lilly''s attack that was flying in his direction started to turn more and more into fire.

    Ezio''s problem of using too much of his fire was solved with his second ability. He could turn his fire into living beings and they could use this fire like Ezio. He can create an army that could control his black fire and make this world burn if he wanted to. Of course, it wasn''t easy to use the power of the Life Life fruit. Like his black fire, he couldn''t use it without taking damage. But Ezio was sure that in the future, he could use both of his abilities without trouble.

    Before Lillys attack could arrive in front of Ezio, everything that remained was a huge black flame.

    This huge ball that was once an island named Sabaody was extinguished in the fire of the black dragons.

    Then all black dragons turned into fire like they were logia users themselves. They fused with the huge fire ball that was Lilly''s attack before. Ezio flew on top of this massive fire ball and touched it. A white light surrounded this massive ball and then it started to transform into a black dragon.

    This black dragon was different than the little ones before. Ezio never had such a massive amount of fire he could use before, and he turned this fire into a living being.

    This dragon was huge and when it came to life it started to roar to the heavens. Lilly looked at this massive Dragon and her eyes began to shine. This dragon was formed with an island that was burned down with fire. This dragon alone was a natural disaster.

    ?This¡­ This is the power of the true heir? He unlocked the second ability that even our ancestor couldn''t unlock! This white light¡­ It''s the power of a paramecia fruit. He can turn anything into a living being¡­ And he turned this huge amount of fire into a living dragon!"

    Lilly started to laugh in a crazy way.

    ?Hahaha! That is too beautiful! I never saw such a beautiful scene. This is the power of our family! This is the true heir of the Blackflame''s!"

    Ezio was standing on top of the dragon and looked at Lilly who was going crazy.

    ?Tell me, Blackflame D. Ezio. What is your goal in this world?"

    ?My last name is Blackflame. I will bring this family to the top of this world. We have to let this world burn in the black flame that represents us. You think we as Celestial Dragons rule over this world, but in the end this world is in the hands of one guy. We have to kill him!"

    In the last chapters that Ezio could read from the manga, he saw the guy who ruled this world. Even the Five Elders were kneeling in front of this guy. You can say that a World Noble was standing on top of this world, but they didn''t have that much power. They were like a prince or princess who had many advantages, but the true ruler was still the king. And the king of this world wasn''t from his family. It was this strange guy that showed up in the last arc he could read from the manga. The name of this person was Im, and he was the one who was sitting on the Empty Throne.

 57 The crazy family

    Lilly looked at Ezio and had a wide grin on her face. She didn''t look like someone who just lost a fight in a spectacular way. She was excited by the power the most cherished devil fruit had.

    You can say that all Blackflame''s had the utmost respect for their ancestor. It was because this family always liked the strong, and the ancestor of the family was the strongest one. That Ezio inherited this fruit was no small matter, even Lilly''s grandmother was shocked after she heard this.

    But to inherit the devil fruit or to master the second ability of this fruit were two different things. Everyone knew that the ancestor could never show them the second part of this devil fruit. Now that Ezio could achieve it, and that after such a short amount of time, showed that he had more potential than their ancestor.

    Lilly looked at Ezio like a cat in heat. Her eyes looked a little bit crazy like this girl wanted to possess something and would kill the whole world to possess her chosen target. Ezio had to frown.

    He was still sitting on his huge dragon. The body of the dragon turned into black fire and surrounded Lilly. Everything around her turned black. After the that the head of the dragon materialized in front of her and on the top sat Ezio.

    ?Do you admit your defeat?"

    ?This time you will win, husband"

    ?Huh?"

    Ezio''s jaw dropped to the ground.

    ?Who is your husband?"

    ?You, darling. Don''t you see that we are wearing the same ring? Your old man and my grandmother decided this after you inherited the power of your devil fruit. First I didn''t want to marry a stranger, but they tricked us. They gave us a spatial ring, this item was really useful. They did that because they were sure we would wear it all the time if it had such a function. And well, they were right"

    Ezio wanted to say something against it but he feared this girl in front of him all of a sudden. Her expression turned truly strange. She looked at Ezio like he was the biggest treasure in the world.

    ?Hahahahahaha!"

    Lilly began to laugh like a woman who lost her mind.

    ?Oh no!", screamed Ezio. ?She was too normal from the beginning. Now she is showing her true color! There it is, the curse¡­ Her crazy side took over!"

    ?I never found someone like you!", said Lilly and laughed out loud. ?All these insects were stunned by my beauty, beaten by my strength, and completely afraid of my status. No one could stand on even ground with this princess! But you, you, you¡­."

    Lilly looked at Ezio like she wanted to take off his clothes.

    ?You are so different from all these insects! And you and I have the same goal! We want to burn this world in fire, bring chaos everywhere, and take over the throne! We should burn the whole world. Who needs those insects? The world only needs us two. Everyone other is useless! Hahahahaha¡­"

    ?Holy crap¡­"

    There it is. The crazy one misunderstood Ezio. He wanted to take over the world, but he wanted to be the hero! This crazy woman wanted to burn just everyone around them. What''s wrong with this girl? Ezio thought about the other Lily on his ship, the merchant girl. She was a little bit crazy, too. This name shouldn''t be given to one of his daughters.

    After Lilly laughed out loud, she looked at Ezio like he was her prey that would be eaten at any second.

    ?Husband, don''t you want to kiss this wife of yours?", said Lilly in a shy voice.

    ?Kiss you?", asked Ezio and frowned. ?Alright, I will kiss you"

    While Lilly laughed and had high expectations, Ezio walked in front of Lilly and looked at her. Eziohad an inner conflict at this moment. One person in his head said that he should conquer this woman right here and have a good time. The other person said he should never touch this crazy woman because it would be a one time event he would enjoy, but everything after that would be trouble.

    Ezio sighed.

    ?Think about your mother, Ezio. Think about your aunt¡­", He was talking with himself at this moment. ?Your father died because he created me with my mother. I''m sure Dragon would be dead too if he wouldn''t be that strong¡­ Trouble, girls with my family name are only trouble¡­"

    Now Ezio looked at Lilly.

    ?Can you turn around for a second?"

    ?Why?"

    ?I have a present for you"

    Lilly nodded.

    After that Ezio saw that perfect round butt on her back and the devil started to talk to him in his mind.

    ?Think about your mother, Ezio. Think about your mother¡­"

    Who was the damn god who created those Blackflame girls with such an outer appearance? This was too inhumane.

    Ezio looked at that butt and then he knew what he had to do.

    With all his might, he hit her on her butt and and Lilly let out a shout.

    ?What was that for?", asked Lilly confused.

    ?I''m not finished"

    Ezio was truly angry at this moment. He spanked that haughty girl on her butt and every following hit would be with more strength.

    ?You, you, you¡­"

    Lilly didn''t know if she felt humiliated or excited. It was a mix of both emotions¡­

    ?I created a super funny Battle Royal on this island. There were so many people! This was a chance that wouldn''t come often. I wanted to have fun, but who ruined my Battle Royal?"

    After that Ezio slapped her butt again.

    ?This island was the fighting ground for my precious Battle Royal. But a little girl like you destroyed this island in a second! How dare you?"

    The spanking continued.

    ?And the most tragic scene that followed after that¡­ I can''t even talk about it. You, you, you¡­ You destroyed the legendary mask of the Pandaman! How dare you destroy my mask! It was Pandaman! He trolled the strongest fighters in this world! And you killed him with that damn ability¡­"

    Ezio continued to slap her.

    ?I''m sorry, I''m really sorry¡­"

    Lilly didn''t look like she was sorry. She looked more like she wanted more spankings. This was truly a new experience for this princess¡­.

    Ezio calmed down. He didn''t know that he would enjoy such strange things. After he looked down, he saw that his little brother was excited by this strange scene.

    ?Damn it, I have to find Hancock. This is going into the wrong direction¡­"

 58 After the battle

    Ezio and Lily were standing on the huge dragon because there was no island anymore. Ezio was truly depressed. Every time he arrived on a new island, the island would end up in a disaster. Paradise Island was his fault, but now Sabaody was gone. This was no small matter, this place was right in front of the Red Line and all people who would go to the New World would first visit Sabaody.

    Now there was no Sabaody anymore. Poor Shakky, this crazy girl beside him destroyed her bar. Ezio wasn''t sure how strong she was, but he thought that Shakky was a very strong pirate in the past.

    Ezio sighed. He had the most important plan that was coming next. He had no time to watch over a crazy girl that could ruin everything in a mere second. Besides that, he had his happy time with Hancock only a few days ago, how could he bring this crazy woman to her?

    A guy appeared in front of them.

    ?Ah, Lilly. This is Benson, he is one of my most trusted men. You can disrespect people, but never disrespect this guy"

    Benson stretched his hands out to the crazy girl. Lilly looked with disdain towards this man, but she wanted to give her fiancee some face, so she accepted the greetings of this servant.

    But this was her biggest mistake. After she touched his hands, Lilly vanished.

    ?I don''t need you, crazy woman! I have important things I have to manage. I can''t let a crazy wild card like you run around me¡­ And I have to talk to Hancock before you two destroy my poor headquarter. Almighty Benson, what would I do without you? You''re the best sidekick¡­"

    Benson smiled proudly. He didn''t know that he angered one of the scariest woman in this world.

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    On some unknown island in the New World.

    Blackflame D. Lilly appeared in the middle of a forest and had a shocked face.

    ?Where the hell is this place?"

    After several seconds, she realized that she was tricked by this annoying guy named Benson.

    ?It was again this damn Benson! I''m always tricked by this bastard! I will catch this guy, and take him as a hostage. This guy should be very important to Ezio¡­ If I have him in my hands, I don''t think Ezio could escape from me!"

    If Benson knew that he was the target of a crazy girl, he wouldn''t sleep at night anymore. This time he angered a crazy girl, this wouldn''t be a good end, even for the Almighty Benson.

    Lilly tapped on her ring and a piece of white paper landed in her hands. This white paper was a Vivre Card.

    She looked in which direction the Vivre Card moved to, and then she followed that path.

    This was the Vivre Card from Ezio. She got it from her grandmother. The old fox didn''t want to give the precious Vivre Card of his grandson to the old lady, but in the end he did it. He gave it out so that Lilly could find her fianc¨¦ in this big world. This was the reason she could find Ezio even though she didn''t saw his face once.

    If Ezio knew that the old fox gave such an important item to a crazy girl, he would beat his grandfather up. A crazy girl with his Vivre Card in her hands? This was like a curse for poor Ezio. At this point in time he didn''t know that Lilly had the Vivre Card, so he could still sleep at night. But this would change in the near future¡­

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    The two admirals were standing on a marine ship and looked a little bit shocked.

    ?Did we just witness the battle for the heir of the Blackflame Family? Such a historic event. I heard that this battle would always destroy an island. This time they choose Sabaody¡­ Couldn''t they destroy an island that was less important?", asked Akainu who was still a little brat.

    ?Well, we can''t do anything about it. Even the Five Elders won''t interfere in the Battle of the Blackflame''s. It''s a tradition and each new generation would be cursed with another pair of brats from this family"

    The two admirals sighed. They mission was a complete failure because of those two brats. Akainu was transformed into a little brat and felt humiliated. Even all those pirates escaped in a miraculous way.

    Akainu hold a picture in his hands. On the picture was a man with the mask of a panda. He took out a transporter snail and called the marine headquarter.

    ?I have something to report. A new bounty for a very dangerous person. His name is¡­ Pandaman! We have to capture this criminal at all cost!"

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    Garp and the old fox were sitting on a piece of wood that was floating above the water. They had no ship and the island was gone. Both of them sighed.

    ?So, this Kuma guy took the little monkey away"

    Garp nodded.

    ?What did you do with the education of your children? You incompetent old dog. Your son became the most wanted criminal, and your grandson wants to become the Pirate King. You suck bringing up your children, old dog"

    ?I don''t want to hear such things from a guy who spoiled his children to the point were they lost all common sense. Your two daughters are completely crazy! But I have to say, that grandson of yours is capable. Maybe he is a little bit too naughty, but when he gets serious, he is frightening"

    The old fox nodded with a wide grin.

    ?The little fox was intelligent even before he was five years old. Hah, it''s a blessing from the gods! But I think the little fox will hate me. What should I do, old dog? You saw the wife of the little fox today¡­ I didn''t tell him that we arranged a marriage. I even gave them his Vivre Card¡­ The girls from the other branch are too scary, I couldn''t do anything"

    Garp looked at the old fox with an opened mouth.

    ?This time you screwed up, Ruben. Your poor grandson¡­ How could you give him a woman with the last name of your family? You know too well that the daughters of your family are all on the crazy side¡­ And you gave that crazy girl even a Vivre Card? This grandson of yours will beat you up for sure!"

    The old fox nearly cried.

    ?I have to do something. The little fox is the only one who can take over this family. Now that I saw the little monkey, I realized that he inherited the stupid mind of his grandfather. And by grandfather I mean you, old dog"

    ?What? Isn''t the little monkey so stupid because of his mother and the curse of your damn family? My son is intelligent. It''s only his mother that is questionable"

    ?You dare to scold my precious daughter? I will beat you up, old dog!"

 59 Black Dragons

    Hancock was in the headquarter and was training all the new crew members. They captured many people, but if they wanted to become a commander or a deputy, they had to learn Haki. Without Haki Ezio wouldn''t grant them such a position.

    Ezio appeared in front of Hancock with Benson by his side.

    ?Ezio!", said Hancock with a shy voice and a red face.

    ?HANCOCK!"

    Ezio ran towards Hancock like a beast in heat, took her by her hand, and ran towards a house that was nearby. Hachi, who was sitting in the house before, was send out by a kick.

    Outside of the house, Hachi could hear that Ezio and Hancock would send out passionate shouts from time to time. He was a little bit embarrassed.

    ?Whats wrong, boss? Did you met a charm demon on Sabaody? I never saw you in such a way¡­"

    After Ezio assaulted Hancock, he walked out of the house with a big smile on his face. The body of a young man was a blessing and a curse at the same time.

    Hancock was embarrassed and walked away. Ezio walked to his headquarter. When he entered his own room, he saw a new face standing in front of him.

    ?Henrick Jaydon", said Ezio to the man that was standing in front of him.

    The man smiled and bowed towards Ezio.

    ?Master, I''m back"

    Jaydon was Ezio''s personal servant. He was a special servant. Until this point in time, Ezio never showed Jaydon to his crew. The Henrick Family served the Blackflame''s since they ascended as Celestial Dragons. They were a strong family and they were the ones who protected the Blackflame''s from the shadows. Jaydon''s grandfather served the old fox, Jaydon''s mother served his own mother. This was the most trustworthy person Ezio had in his crew. He grew up with Jaydon since they were children, and Ezio saw this guy like his own brother. He was always in his shadow. With a black suit and sunglasses he looked emotionless and always serious.

    Ezio decided that Henrick Jaydon will be the first commander of his organization.

    ?Jaydon, I will give you one of the best devil fruits in this world!"

    ?Master, you don''t have to do such things. I am trained since young to protect the heir of the noble Blackflame family¡­"

    ?Why are you always so serious? Don''t call me master all the time. Call me bro or something"

    ?No, I can''t"

    Ezio sighed. The Henrick family would take their job always serious. Their job was to protect the members of Ezio''s family. Nothing could shake that determination.

    Ezio walked out and watched his new trainees from afar. Besides him was Trafalgar D. Law with a frown on his face. After Law saw this ridiculous headquarter in the sky, he knew that this Celestial Dragon had huge ambitions. Especially the burning sea was awe-inspiring, but Law didn''t know that this was just the beginning.

    ?So, what do you say? Should I take down Spiderman? Want to join me for a couple of years?"

    Law would do anything to take down Doflamingo. He agreed to Ezio''s deal. He would join his organization for five years.

    To tell the truth, Ezio didn''t care so much if Law joined him or not. His fruit was really good, but with the merchant girl and Sid, he could take that power if he wanted to. The reason why he wanted to take down Doflamingo was because on Dressrosa were some people he wanted for his organization. The other reason was because he wanted Dressrosa under his flag, as the first foothold in the New World. With Alabasta and Amazon Lily, Ezio had two strong nations in the Grand Line. Dressrosa should be the first in the New World.

    Doflamingo was a strong enemy in the manga, but for Ezio, he wasn''t an opponent he would fear. He just defeated this unreasonable girl on Sabaody. In comparison to her, what could Doflamingo do? He liked his devil fruit because it reminded him of Spiderman, but what could a spider do in front of his black fire? Doflamingo didn''t know yet, but this guy was doomed because he was marked by Ezio.

    Ezio walked to the burning sea that was surrounding Sky Island. In the sea was a huge black dragon. The black fire didn''t damage the dragon because he was the black fire himself.

    ?Hm, the burning sea is cool, but it isn''t enough for my headquarter. We should make this place more special"

    Ezio produced several balls of black fire. These balls began to shine in white light and then all of them transformed into dragons with different shapes and sizes. Some dragons looked like a snake with wings, other dragons looked more like a western one. There were many dragons and most of them flew towards the burning sea.

    Before that, the burning black sea was frightening on its own. But know this burning sea was the home of hundreds of black dragons. These dragons would fly in the sky or swim in the fire. Their only purpose was to defend against any intruder that would dare to attack his headquarter. Nobody should underestimate the black dragons, because they all controlled the black fire. Nobody could defend against the black fire.

    Ezio laughed out loud. A burning sea in black, surrounded by hundreds of black dragons with an ever-burning fire, an island that floats above the clouds - this is the style a Blackflame should have.

    The next goal was to complete his crew. After the war, he will officially announce who would take the leader positions in his organization. If he achieved that, he would conquer the New World. Ezio couldn''t wait for the future. It was exciting to see how this world would change with all the plans he made.

    This was a new era for the world of One Piece. People called it the era of the pirates, but they didn''t know that this era would be shaped by a Celestial Dragon.

 60 Dressrosa

    Ezio was thinking about the next steps of his plan. Luffy was at Amazon Lily, so this part of the story didn''t change. He didn''t think that Dragon send him to Amazon Lily because he knew that Hancock would fall in love with Luffy in the manga. Ezio thought Dragon send him to Amazon Lily because of the Haki they used.

    Now Hancock wasn''t at Amazon Lily, so what would happen if Luffy knows about Ace? With Hancock he could get into Impel Down, but now, this possibility wasn''t there anymore. Ezio had to think what his next step should be, because Luffy took an important part in the war. He didn''t contribute much with his strength, but he motivated all the Whitebeard members and even got Ace back, although only for a moment.

    ?Well, I think I have to replace Hancock", said Ezio and looked to Benson.

    ?Almighty Benson, it''s time for us to go to the New World!"

    After that Law, Benson and Ezio arrived at Dressrosa.

    They walked through the streets and Benson couldn''t help but watch at the beautiful girls around him. He didn''t know how dangerous it was to love a girl from this island.

    Law was nervous. He didn''t think that Ezio would just teleport them to this island. He looked toward Ezio and frowned. Wasn''t this guy a little bit too confident? He had so many people on his headquarter but he came here alone. Doflamingo''s family was strong, would he fight them all alone?

    Ezio was in his own thoughts. It would be better if he could catch that little brat on Punk Hazard, but in this point in time he shouldn''t be on this island. The fight between Akainu and Kizaru would start after the war. Ezio thought that Doflamingo would start his devil fruit cooperation with Kaido only after that fight. Now Punk Hazard should still be under the control of the marines.

    Doflamingo shouldn''t be on Dressrosa at this moment. The war will start in a couple of days and he should be there. The only ones who could go against Ezio were his family.

    Ezio took out many objects out of his spatial ring. There were flowers, stones, little toys and many objects that weren''t too big.

    All of those objects began to shine in a white light and after that, they started to turn into living beings. They looked really funny. Some of those objects had now legs and arms, others had eyes. You could see that every objects that was transformed with Ezio''s power gained a personality.

    ?My little soldiers, you have to find some people for me. Don''t let others see you"

    All those living objects began to kneel and then they started to run away in different directions.

    Law''s jaw dropped to the ground. In front of him was a walking little flower. In front of Benson was a little stone with two feet and big eyes.

    What the hell is this power? Is this guy a god?

    Ezio took out a transporter snail and gave it to Benson.

    ?You don''t want to¡­", Benson looked shocked to the transporter snail. He knew exactly what this snail could do. Ezio destroyed his previous island, and showed it the whole world with this snail. Benson didn''t like this damn snail, because the whole world saw how he was defeated.

    ?Ah, Benson. We did create such a mess in the last few days. It''s time that we show the world that I''m a hero! Now that Spiderman isn''t on his island, we can take this island back without much effort. We have to show the world what that Spiderman is a villain!"

    Benson looked towards this beautiful place and sighed. He was sure that Ezio would burn this whole place down. He misunderstood his leader, but Benson wasn''t wrong with his thinking. Since he joined this Celestial Dragon, he destroyed every island where he fought. He couldn''t forget his beautiful home town, Paradise Island. This place still burned even to this day¡­ And Sabaody was even more shocking.

    ?Goodbye, Dressrosa. Such a beautiful place with so many beautiful women¡­"

    ?What are you talking about, Benson?"

    ?Forget it, boss¡­"

    Ezio took out a piece of paper and a pen. He started to frown and then he began to write. This letter was for the Five Elders. Ezio didn''t want to make them an enemy at this point in time, it was better to have them as his allies as long as he could.

    When Ezio defeated Sid, the Five Elders were angry, but they didn''t say anything. They let it slide because he showed the world the might of a Celestial Dragon. If he would kill the next Shichibukai after such a short amount of time, the Five Elders would make trouble for him. If he showed the world that he was a righteous hero and killed another Shichibukai, it would not only kill an ally to the World Government, it would bring the Five Elders only trouble, too. If Ezio did that once, they could forgive him, but a second time would be a different story. The Five Elders knew that the Shichibukai''s caused trouble with the protection of the World Government, those guys were smart. They didn''t care about this, because they don''t care about a kingdom or two that was mistreated by a pirate. They only looked at the bigger picture and their own position. The first time Ezio killed Sid, it had a good influence for the people, but a second time was unnecessary.

    This was the reason why Ezio wrote a letter to those guys. He had to give them a present so they could ignore the mess he would start in the near future. After Ezio wrote the letter, he created a little bird with the power of the Life Life Fruit. He gave the bird his letter, Benson touched it and the bird disappeared.

    ?I think those five old geezers should be happy with that condition. Now we can do what we want!"

    Benson sighed. He was right, his boss would burn another island down¡­

    Two little flower''s and a stone were walking in front of Ezio. They found the target.

    ?Alright, we can start our mission"

 61 The Hero and his Sidekick

    Benson disappeared and started the mission.

    ?What should I do without the Almighty Benson? Life would be so hard without him. Ah, Benson, the merchant girl and Sid are so useless in comparison to you¡­"

    If his sidekick was a girl, Ezio would make her his wife. This ability of his sidekick was too convenient. He looked to the front and saw something interesting.

    ?Isn''t this girl Baby 5?"

    Ezio got an idea. This girl was really beautiful. He should do something good to the people around him.

    Ezio walked to her and smiled.

    ?Hello beautiful woman. I came all the way to this island only to find you"

    ?Beautiful girl?", asked Baby 5 in a shy voice.

    ?Of course. I have a companion, and he is truly strong. He can do everything, is loyal and super handsome. We call him the Almighty Benson - and he came to this island for one purpose!"

    ?For what purpose?"

    ?Of course, it''s to make you his wife! He loves you. He wants to take you back home and make a minimum of five little Benson''s. I have to tell you, my organization needs more of those Benson''s, so I would appreciate if you would help him"

    ?H-He¡­ He wants to marry me?"

    This girl was too easy. If everyone was like Baby 5, Ezio didn''t have to kidnap so many people. He got Benson a beautiful girl and a new strong fighter for his organization. Wasn''t this convenient?

    The Almighty Husband arrived at this moment and he wasn''t alone. Behind his back was the old king Riku, Rebecca and a little toy soldier.

    Baby 5 looked to Ezio with a questioning gaze.

    ?It''s that guy", Ezio pointed towards Benson.

    ?Darling!", said Baby 5 and jumped towards Benson who was shocked.

    Ezio patted the shoulder of his almighty sidekick.

    ?Benson, bro, you will definitely get a harem! This bro is supporting you"

    Benson was a man and he was fond of beautiful girls. His loyalty towards his boss started to grow bigger. Benson felt that he was the only worthy sidekick in the organization, nobody could challenge this place. Now he even got a wife for free.

    ?You two, don''t make little Benson''s in front of me. First we have to work. Now that Spiderman isn''t here, it is really too easy. Well, let''s capture his family first. Benson, you have to stop me if I accidentally set something on fire. Let''s go!"

    Rebecca, Baby 5, King Riku and Law were looking with a strange gaze towards this strange hero and his sidekick. In a split second, they both disappeared. It didn''t take long before the two were back, but this time they weren''t alone. On the ground was a strange guy who looked miserable and was bound by seastone handcuffs.

    ?Isn''t this Dellinger?", asked Law shocked.

    The other two nodded, but before they could talk with the hero, his sidekick touched him and both of them disappeared.

    When they came back, they brought another one from Doflamingo''s family. This time it was Lao G.

    This strange scene continued. The jaws of Law, Rebecca and King Riku dropped to the ground after some time.

    Senior Pink, Machvise, Gladius, Buffalo¡­ All the high ranking members appeared in front of them and all had one thing in common - someone gave them a beating.

    After some time, even two of the three strongest of the Doflamingo Family arrived in front of them. It was Diamante and Pica.

    Ezio looked towards Pica and smiled.

    ?Isn''t that lucky? I''m building a headquarter and this guy can control stones. Isn''t my headquarter in need of labor workers? This guy will make things faster. Benson, call our shadow force!"

    The Almighty One disappeared and Lily and Sid arrived. Ezio looked at Lily with a frown.

    ?What''s wrong?", asked Lily.

    ?I don''t like your name. Why do you have such a name? It gives me a chill. Every time I think about your name, I don''t have a good feeling. Almighty Sidekick, what do you think?"

    ?I think the same. This name is cursed. Only crazy girls would have such a name"

    Ezio nodded.

    ?As I thought. The thought process of my sidekick is like my own. But this merchant girl is a little bit crazy, too. It isn''t so crazy as this other girl, but crazy is crazy"

    Benson could only agree. He was more familiar with this merchant girl. They were a team back on Paradise Island.

    ?What do you think we should name her? Pamela?"

    ?I don''t think that is good. How about Lara?"

    ?No¡­ Ah, Benson my bro. We are the Almighty Hero and Sidekick, but our only weakness is our creativity in naming someone. We have to work on this, I have the Life Life Fruit"

    ?You are right, Boss"

    ?We should just call her merchant girl, like usual. Just don''t use her true name, that''s not good. Amanda D. Merchant Girl, isn''t that nice? I like it"

    Lily was angry. Why didn''t they ask her before they changed her name? These guys are too shameless. What was wrong with her name? Isn''t it a beautiful name? She could only have her answer when she would meet the Blackflame girl that had the same name.

    ?Alright, it is time for our show. The hero and his sidekick are showing the world how awesome they are!"

    Both of them disappeared again. After that they brought back a women.

    ?Wow, Benson my bro, this time it was a good catch!"

    ?I agree, boss. This is some special beauty. It''s strange, but special"

    Both of them looked towards a woman on the ground. She had wings and her name was Monet.

    ?This is lucky, bro. I thought she wasn''t on this island. This girl is strong. We should let her join us"

    Benson nodded but Lily looked at them with a frown.

    ?Boss, I have a question. These guys you captured here¡­ Some of them are as strong as this girl. Why can this bird girl join our crew but the other ones are unworthy?"

    ?What, do you think I let her join because she has a beautiful face? Do you think your boss is so simple?"

    Lily didn''t know how she should answer.

    ?Well, maybe you are right. I like beautiful girls. You think the same, right bro?"

    ?I have to say, in this point you are right, boss. These guys are truly disgusting. Look at that Dellinger, what''s wrong with him? I don''t want to talk about this guy in baby clothes. That is¡­"

    ?Yep, only my bro understands me. Monet this bird girl has style. We need style in our crew. It''s because we have Hachi, we have to compensate for that. Alright, Monet, do you want to join us?"

    ?No!"

    Ezio sighed. Was he rejected? He remembered that this girl even killed herself for Spiderman. Was she the secret Mary Jane of this story? Ezio didn''t care.

    ?Well, if you don''t want to join, then we can''t do anything against that"

    ?So will you let me go?"

    ?No, are you stupid? You are officially kidnapped. Almighty One, it''s your job"

    Benson nodded and touched Monet. Then she arrived at the ''recruitment camp'' on Sky Island.

    Ezio patted Benson''s shoulder.

    ?You understand me, Almighty One. You and I will conquer the world, and we will catch them all. Of course, we are talking about the beauties. We need a minimum of 150, no, I mean 151. Gotta catch ''em all!"

    ?Why 151 beauties?"

    ?Well, I''m old, so I played the first generation. The blue one by the way. Ah, that were some good times. Alright, back to business. Now we can start the plan"

 62 Joker

    Trebol and Sugar had a bad feeling. Both of them noticed that the family disappeared in a miraculous way. They were nervous because Doflamingo wasn''t present and they had a lot of enemies. It was possible that someone took advantage of this special situation, and they were right.

    In front of them appeared two guys. They were Ezio and Benson.

    Ezio grinned.

    ?Reiju, I choose you!"

    After that Ezio threw a ball towards Trebol and Sugar. This ball looked strange, one half was red and the other white. It looked like a Pokeball.

    Then the stone disappeared and Reiju was standing in front of them.

    ?Reiju, attack them with Razor Leaf!"

    After that many leafs that were strengthen with armament Haki appeared and attacked Trebol who was unprepared.

    ?Finish him off with Whine Whip!"

    This was the end for Trebol. He couldn''t win against the logia monster named Reiju.

    Ezio threw another Pokeball to Reiju, but she didn''t do as he wanted her to. She caught the ball and threw it towards Ezio''s head. This ball was in reality a stone and it hurt Ezio when it hit him.

    ?What''s wrong with you, Ezio? Benson, bring me back. I''m not some tamed monster!"

    Ezio looked towards Reiju with guilt. He wanted to do that only once. With Benson''s abilities, he could even be a Pokemon Trainer. That was the reason why Benson was almighty.

    Benson took out a transporter snail and Ezio ran after the fleeing Sugar.

    ?It''s showtime"

    ¡­

    Alabasta was peaceful today. This peaceful time was disturbed by a loud noise. This noise would only be heard when the World Government would send a very serious message to all kingdoms.

    The King and Vivi were shocked. Both of them ran to the big screen in the center of the island. This screen was only used when the Government wanted to convey their message to all people in the world, even to the commoners. Many people arrived in front of this big screen, it wasn''t only the royal family, it was the whole city.

    The screen showed a picture of two people. One was a handsome young man with black hair, the other was a little girl. It was Sugar and Blackflame Ezio.

    ?Oh, shit. He is doing it again!", said Cobra with a frown on his face.

    ?This guy¡­ Was it good to make him an ally? The time was so short and he is doing it again! Do you think the World Government will tolerate it a second time?", asked Vivi.

    ?I only hope that this guy will not burn down another island¡­ What a troublesome boy"

    Both of them stopped their conversation because Ezio began to talk.

    ?My precious citizen all over this chaotic world, I greet you. My name is Blackflame Ezio, and I have to show you something"

    All the citizens all over the world watched towards a big screen. All of them had different reactions.

    ?It''s the Celestial Devil!

    This was how everyone described Ezio after the Paradise Island incident. Ezio would be angry if he heard that, he wanted to be a hero!

    Then Ezio continued.

    ?At the moment I''m in Dressrosa, an island on the New World. This island is in control of one of the seven Shichibukai''s. His name is Doflamingo"

    Ezio took a deep breath and his face turned serious.

    ?Dressrosa had a very capable King. He was a king that was loved by his citizens and he would do everything for his people. I wished their were more kings like Riku, but in this world, those kings are rare"

    ?Several years ago, this king was the victim of a scheme. This was a scheme that was planed by Doflamingo. With his power, he took control of the body of king Riku and made him hated by his nation. Every citizen blamed the royal family since then for events that weren''t their responsibility. But Riku couldn''t do anything against it, because the one who planed all this was Doflamingo, and he did it because he wanted to take over Dressrosa. The schemes didn''t end here. He didn''t take over this beautiful island only to be a king. No, this dangerous guy created a huge underground organization with many slaves. In the underworld, Doflamingo has another name. His name is Joker"

    After that he paused for a moment, but the world who saw this was in chaos.

    You can say that the name Joker was famous all over the world. Many kingdoms had a deal with him to buy weapons or other things. To be exposed by a Celestial Dragon with this special transporter snail - this was a huge event that would change the fate of many islands.

    After a short moment of silence, Ezio continued.

    ?To describe all the evil things Joker did under the protection of the World Government¡­ It would take several days to talk about all of them. I will show you only one crime he did, so you can understand how heartless this bastard is. At my side is a girl named Sugar. Don''t be fooled by her appearance, she isn''t a child. She ate a Devil Fruit that stopped her from growing older. And her devil fruit is the reason why this beautiful country named Dressrosa is full of sorrow. I will show you what she and her boss did"

    After that the screen split into four different pictures. The four pictures showed different places of Dressrosa. Ezio hit Sugar and she lost conscious. After that something shocking happened. All the toys in Dressrosa transformed back into humans. While this shocking scene happened, Ezio explained the power of Sugar''s devil fruit to the world. There were families who cried after they reunited and everyone could see the underground base of Doflamingo with all their slaves and weapons. It was shocking to see the peaceful Dressrosa that was in chaos after all the toys transformed back. The whole world saw what Doflamingo did to this island with the power of this girl named Sugar. Even for the cruelest rulers of this world, this was a shocking event.

    The whole world was sent into chaos. Doflamingo was a devil. Everyone who watched this could only hate this guy. All four pictures showed crying families that reunited and all the sorrow that was accumulated over the years. All emotions of a nation were shown in this single moment.

    After all this happened, all the screens disappeared and Ezio was back again.

    Ezio''s face was serious and everyone could see that he was angry. Then a huge flame surrounded Ezio and the flame transformed into a black dragon. Ezio stood on top of the dragon and roared towards the transporter snail.

    ?Doflamingo, you damn bastard. Do you think I''m a joke?"

 63 Epilogue

    Ezio watched to the transponder snail with a cold expression.

    "I''ve heard that there is a war in several days. I will now announce to the whole world that I will take part in that war and take care of you, Joker! Everyone who will stand in my way in this war will be burned down by my black flame. I will take your head, Spiderman!"

    The whole world who saw that couldn''t help but take a deep breath. Even the Emperors had to be careful about this Celestial Devil. His power was no joke. But something confused them. Who was Spiderman?

    "This is the last time I send a warning out to the world. I killed this guy named Sid, and everyone has seen my heroic act on Paradise Island. You didn''t take my warning serious, so you have to live with the consequences. Dressrosa is under the protection of the Blackflame Family from now on. Everyone who harms a single citizen will be hunted down to the end of the world. That was all I wanted to say. I see you at the war!"

    Everyone who watched this scratched their heads. Heroic act? He destroyed the whole island!

    In some corner of the New World, a blonde girl was watching with interest. She smiled after she heard his speech.

    "The war, huh?", Lilly laughed. "There we can start to set this world on fire, until only you and me remain!"

    Ezio would never appear in the war if he knew that this crazy finance of his would appear there, too.

    Ezio looked towards King Riku who bowed towards him.

    "Thank you. I don''t know how I can repay you for all the things you''ve done for my kingdom."

    "Oh, I don''t know if you would say the same things after I asked you something¡­"

    Ezio was a little bit embarrassed. He looked at the King and began to talk.

    "Well, you know. I have an organization, and I need two new members."

    "Who?"

    ?Your daughter and granddaughter?"

    ?No! I don''t give them to you!"

    Ezio sighed.

    ?Why do I have to kidnap everyone? I''m a man with a huge vision. Usually, people should follow me on their own accord, right?"

    ¡­...

    The Five Elders frowned. The brat from the Blackflame Family did it again.

    ?We have to stop this bastard! He is doing what he wants in this world. Doflamigo is an important figure to the balance of this world. We can''t allow that brat to kill him", said the Elder who had no hair and a sword.

    All the other Elder sighed.

    ?He knew that he did something he shouldn''t do this time", another Elder said. ?But he isn''t an impulsive brat who does what he wants. He knew that he had to compensate us. It is shown in the letter he wrote to us."

    Another Elder nodded.

    ?I''m not happy that this little brat is taking all those things in his own hands, but his deal is too good to decline. He is smart, indeed. And like we discussed last time, it is good that the people start to recognize that the Celestial Dragons are strong themselves. But this brat is too strong, even if he is on our side."

    ?But is he on our side?", another Elder questioned.

    ?I''m sure he is, but we should watch him carefully. All of you now how the Blackflame Family is. They love to fight and improve their strength. The good thing is that they don''t have interest in politics. They are like a bunch of animals that likes to fight and eat, nothing more."

    The one who said that was surprisingly the brother of Blackflame Ruben. Everyone of the five Elders had to cut all ties with their own family after they acquired their position. So he wasn''t disturbed to talk in this way about his own family.

    ?You shouldn''t underestimate them. Even if they are like you described, each generation had brought a new pair of fighters. When it comes to strength, then this family is on the peak of this world. The problem is¡­"

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    He stopped for a moment and looked towards the other Elders.

    ?This generation, they are on a whole new level. It''s not only Ruben''s grandson, there is also the girl from the other branch. Nobody thought that she would lose against Ruben''s kid, but somehow he managed to take her down. Then there is the mother of this kid Ezio. We don''t even know how strong she is. The other branch is also hiding a lot of monsters. Can we control them?"

    The other started to laugh.

    ?You know that we are also hiding all our cards. Do you fear that the Blackflame''s start a revolt? They were always loyal. If this kid truly manages to uphold the deal, then we have to watch over him a little bit more. It would solve a lot of our problems if he achieved what he has written in his letter."

    The five Elders all looked towards the letter that arrived only a couple of minutes ago. Their mouth couldn''t help but twitch every time they would read it.

    ...

    Ezio''s letter:

    Hey, uncles!

    I never met you back at home, but I thought I should write you. You are my uncles, right? We in Mari Geoise are all family, after all.

    I wanted to apologize to you. I know this nephew of yours made a a little bit too much chaos in the world. I only wanted to tell you that I work hard so that you have an easier job. I will get rid of all of the guys who causes you trouble. Isn''t that good?

    I know that you don''t like the thing with Doflamingo, but I had to take action. This guy was once one of us, but then he betrayed us and became a pirate! I, as a Celestial Dragon, couldn''t accept this injustice, so I had to do something against this disgrace.

    I know that this will bring you a lot of trouble. So I do something for you. You will let me do what I want for a short period of time, and I will bring you the head of an infamous pirate.

    I will kill an Emperor of the Four Seas.

    Do we have a deal?

    Greet my old man for me, uncles.

    Have a nice day!

    .....

    ?Such a naughty brat. I want to catch him and give him a good beating!", one of the Elders said.

    ?I know how you feel. We will play along with him for now. If he truly kills an Emperor, it will only benefit us. And if he dies in the process, we have one less sorrow. So let him do what he wants, but this is the last time we are so generous with him. To tell you the truth, Doflamingo was always a thorn in our eyes. So both situations will be good for us."

    All five Elders nodded at each other.

    What they didn''t expect was that the new generation of the Blackflame Family was even more crazy than any other generation before.

    But that was a tale for the future.

    Now was time for a war.

 64 Prolog

    Sengoku was preparing for a war. Even with all the plans and schemes he had, he couldn''t help but be nervous. His opponent was Whitebeard after all. With the power of his devil fruit everything was possible.

    His plan to take out the strongest man and Roger''s son brought him many sleepless nights. He had so many problems, but who knew that his biggest problem had yet to arrive.

    After all of the screens in the Marine Headquarter began to show a picture, Sengoku''s hair turned completely gray after a couple of minutes.

    "He is doing it again!", he shouted.

    All of the important marine''s were in a meeting when the Celestial Devil decided to talk to the world again. After the last time in Paradise Island they weren''t too shocked that they would see him again.

    Well, they weren''t shocked until the Celestial Devil announced he would participate in the war.

    "SCREW YOU, CELESTIAL BRAT!"

    Sengoku was freaking out.

    "Calm down, Fleet Admiral."

    The marine''s were shocked. The man who was always calm and collected was losing the control of his emotions every time this guy named Blackflame D. Ezio was mentioned.

    "I should calm down?", he asked. "This boy is an even bigger disaster than Whitebeard!"

    The marines frowned. They had to admit that he was strong, but in comparison with Withebeard¡­ How could he compare them?

    "You don''t believe me, you fools?", he sighed. "Let me remind you of something. We know about two fights were this brat participated. What happened to the island he fought the first time?"

    The marines thought about Paradise Island and couldn''t help but frown. The island that was once recognized as paradise was now a burning hell.

    "Now you remember?", Sengoku was angry. "Then do you remember his last fight? It was only a couple of days in the past. Where the hell is the Sabaody Archipelago? TELL ME WHERE IT IS!"

    The marines began to sweat. Sabaody was no more¡­.

    "And now¡­", Senkgoku had tears in his eyes. "His third fight is taking place in our headquarter. In OUR headquarter! Just think about it¡­ If this guy is going all out like the last times, then there will be no more headquarter in the future¡­"

    "But isn''t he on our side?", asked someone after a moment of silence.

    "Are you deaf? He said he would come to kick Doflamingo''s ass! And that is one of our fighters. This brat just does what he wants. He is a wild card in this battle. Not only our forces, even Whitebeard is screwed! This guy is like a natural disaster that leaves only destruction in his way. Ah, what should I do¡­"

    Sengoku looked towards a little boy that had a serious expression and stood in front of him. Who was that boy?

    "Sengoku, I met a new criminal and we need a bounty for him. I will catch this guy, even if it is the last thing I have to do!", the boy said.

    "Who the fuck are you, brat?"

    "Sakazuki."

    "WHAT?"

    The marine''s couldn''t believe their eyes. Why was the admiral a child all of a sudden? And that before the war?

    "Why¡­ You¡­ Who?"

    "A criminal named Pandaman was responsible for this.", Sakazuki said with anger. ?I want a bounty for this guy and his sidekick!"

    "Oh, no¡­", Sengoku looked out of the window. Not only would this celestial brat ruin everything, now one of his strongest fighters was transformed into a little boy.

    .....

    Even Whitebeard saw what the Celestial Devil was up to. The Whitebeard Crew was confused.

    "So this Celestial Dragon comes to the war to fight against¡­ Doflamingo? Isn''t this guy on his side? I don''t understand this brat¡­", Marco said.

    He looked towards his father and saw that the legendary pirate had a frown on his face. Marco never saw his father frown in such a way, even after Ace was captured.

    "We should think about an alliance with Sengoku."

    "WHAT?", the crew was surprised. They thought they heard wrong.

    "Yes. I''m serious. We should take care of this wild card named Blackflame Ezio. With this brat in the mix, this war could end as the biggest disaster in the history of the Four Seas!"

    Whitebeard took a deep breath.

    "Everywhere this brat pops up, only chaos and disaster appears!"

    .....

    The old fox returned to the Holy Land and had a grin on his face.

    "The little fox did it! He won!"

    The old fox was never so happy in his life.

    "I have to visit that old woman from the other branch. Haha, I can''t wait to see her face!"

    Then he thought about Sabaody¡­ and frowned.

    "The children of our family were always a little wild, but these two¡­", he couldn''t help but sigh at the battle he witnessed. "Even the fight between the old woman and me wasn''t as terrifying. I said that he had to make his departure big, but this guy is destroying islands left and right¡­"

    Then he saw a screen that popped up everywhere in the Holy Land. He recognized the face that smiled at him.

    "Little fox?"

    The old fox was excited. Two servants stood in front of the screen. He kicked them away and sat down in front of it like a little child.

    "Bring me some snacks! My little grandson is up to something again!"

    After that he saw how his grandson freed Dressrosa from this evil pirate.

    He nodded with a a smile on his face.

    "Ah, I knew my little fox was always a hero. Such a good kid. I think he turned out to be this good because of my education¡­"

    Then he heard that his grandson declared that he would fight at the war himself. The old fox nodded again with a smile. He pointed towards a servant that was on his left and laughed.

    "Do you understand now what I meant with my good education? I said he should always make his arrival and departure into a big event! This is how you say to the world that you would participate in a war!"

    He laughed out loud but the servants couldn''t help but sweat. The education of this old man was insane! No wonder why his grandson turned into a natural disaster.

    The old fox began to think for a moment.

    "Wait, Doflamingo¡­ Isn''t this guy a servant, too? Little fox, you are attacking the wrong guy¡­"

    After Ezio finished his speech, everyone in the Holy Land was silent for a moment. After that every Celestial Dragon in this land began to freak out.

    "RUBEN! YOUR GRANDSON AGAIN!"

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    The Celestial Dragons couldn''t tolerate the Blackflame Family anymore. They surrounded the Blackflame Castle a second time. This family would destroy the image those Celestial''s build over the last hundreds of years.

    Ruben looked at his servant with confusion.

    "What''s wrong with those guys? Wasn''t the speech my little grandson gave to the world cool? I think it was cute¡­."

    "RUBEN! BRING THIS STUPID GRANDSON OF YOURS BACK HOME!", the Celestials yelled in unison.

    The old man stood up with a frown.

    "STUPID?", he shouted with a red head. "Who dares to call my little fox stupid? My daughters, I understand. But the little fox? The beating you received last time wasn''t enough, huh?"

    After that the old fox ran out of the house. The only thing the servants could hear were the screams of the World Nobles who couldn''t defend against the wrath of an old man.

 65 The organization that will shock the world

    Sky Island. Shandora.

    Ezio stood in front of his new crew members. It took a lot of time to convince those guys, but he had a lot of people who were interested in following him.

    Everyone who wanted to leave his organization had to make a deal with the merchant girl. In this deal they would lose all of their memories about this hidden headquarter and Ezio himself.

    The biggest surprise was that almost everyone liked the life on his new headquarter. Some of them wanted strength, others admired Ezio''s power. Everyone had their own goal, but in the end, they joined him.

    In the world of One Piece was one thing that every resident admired. That was strength.

    Ezio showed them a strength that rivaled that of a god. Alone the Burning Hell and all of the dragons he created was enough to convince them. After all those kidnapped people saw that, they couldn''t help but admire him. After he told them that everyone of them could leave if they didn''t want to stay with him, they couldn''t help but admire him even more.

    Even if the way they arrived at this place was a little bit¡­ strange.

    He didn''t want to control anyone of them with the merchant girl. But everyone, even if they stayed, had to make a deal with her. If they would betray or leave his organization, they would lose their memories about everything that had something to do with Ezio. And if they acquired a Devil Fruit power from Ezio, then they would even lose that. That was everything that was included in the deal, so he didn''t restrict their freedom.

    He didn''t want to control his people like slaves, but he didn''t want to present the lightning logia to someone who would betray him. Everyone of his new crew members accepted this condition, it wasn''t too surprising for them.

    This organization had a huge ambition after all. If the World Government knew about Ezio''s plan, then even his status as Celestial Dragon wouldn''t protect him.

    While Ezio was away, the other members of his crew tested the strength and weaknesses of everyone who wanted to join. In the end they were able to decide who would become one of the ten commanders and who would be their deputy.

    They all trained in Haki since they arrived on this island and Ezio handed them the Devil Fruit that would suit them the most. There were many surprises for him.

    Nojiko for example had a very strong endurance and was becoming strong pretty quickly. There were more of those surprises.

    The Celestial Dragon looked to the front where he saw his ten commanders standing in a line. Behind them were their deputy leaders. All the other members that weren''t qualified to become a leader were the future crew members of everyone of those 10 commanders. Some of them worked for the shadow organization.

    Those guys were the foundation of his organization. Ezio was satisfied.

    "The first commander is the strongest one, while the ninth is the weakest. Hachi is the tenth commander, but he doesn''t count. He is a special commander because he is the only one who didn''t eat a Devil Fruit. Everyone of you got a strong Devil Fruit power from me or you had it even before you joined."

    He looked at all of his commanders and smiled.

    "Of course, your ranks aren''t set in stone. You can challenge the one who is on the first place every time you want. If you want to become the first commander, then just beat him. This is also true for every other member of my crew and the deputy rank. You want to have a leader position? Then beat your leader in a fair fight."

    Ezio saw that he had many ambitious people in his crew. Most of them smiled after he said that - they weren''t happy with their current ranking.

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    Ezio''s organization had a lot of potential. He was of course the leader, and Hancook was the vice leader. Even Hancook''s position could be challenged, but nobody tried that until now. Ezio noticed that only Reiju was eyeing this position.

    His first commander was Henrick Jaydon, his personal servant he had since his childhood. This was the first time he showed himself in front of his crew. He should eat a special Paramecia Fruit, but the time wasn''t right at this moment for him to consume it. His strength was terrifying, but he didn''t had the chance to show his power until now.

    His deputy leader was a women named Honey Queen. She was a logia fruit user and a movie character in the One Piece world. She had the potential to be a commander, but his strongest commander besides Hancock was in need of a strong subordinate.

    The second commander was Vinsmoke Reiju. With her logia power she could control plants and was called the First Hokage by her boss. Her power didn''t need explanation.

    Her deputy leader was none other then servant Judgy and the whole Vinsmoke kingdom.

    The third commander was Nojiko. Ezio couldn''t believe that she would make such a huge career, but the reason for that was that she was the only one who had a huge compatibility with the strongest Devil Fruit in this world - the Yami Yami no Mi. So she had the luck to eat it after the merchant girl extracted it from Blackbeards clone.

    Her deputy leader was Hina who was furious that she didn''t get a place in the ten commanders. But her power wasn''t strong enough after all those guys ate a devil fruit that was handpicked by Ezio.

    The fourth commander Kozuki Hyori. She was in the last chapter Ezio could read before he died and reincarnated into this world. Ezio sneaked into Wano only to get her. She came with him, because he gave her the hope to free her home country and to make her stronger. Ezio gifted her a mythical zoan fruit. At that time the Celestial Devil could escape without effort from Wano and the reason was his almighty sidekick.

    Her deputy was Perona, the gothic girl they kidnapped from Geko Moria. She was too easy to convince, you only had to give her some cute things.

    The fifth commander was Conis, the blonde girl from Sky Island. This was the second surprise, but not for Ezio, more for his crew. He did something that shocked all of them. He gave her the lightning fruit! And why did he do that? He wanted a blonde beauty with angel wings that could throw lightning at her enemies. It was his selfish desire. This was the reason why this pure little girl transformed into a monster.

    Her deputy leader was no other then Eneru himself. Since he didn''t get crazy in this timeline, he was a good deputy leader. All of the fighters from Sky Island were under the leadership of Conis and Eneru.

    The sixth commander was the Supernova Trafalgar Law. His fruit was a cheat on his own, and he started to like this organization after he saw Ezio''s action in Dressrosa. The funny thing was that he didn''t had a chance against the three girls who ate a logia fruit, and even the Kozuki princess could beat him after she acquired her new power.

    His deputy was Baby 5, the newly added wife to Benson''s harem. They were a good team, they were childhood friends after all.

    The seventh commander was Jewerly Bonney, and she was angry that her position was so low. She was after all one of his first followers, so she started to train more seriously.

    Her deputy was Ain. Both of them had similar abilities, but Ain could manipulate even objects, not only humans. Both of them were a strong team.

    The eighth commander was Koza who acquired a mythical zoan thanks to Ezio. He was a good leader and Ezio was satisfied with having him in his team. He was getting stronger every day and had that thing that was called common sense. This was rare in his crew.

    His deputy was Alvida, the pirate that was once ugly but now a beauty that could destroy kingdoms. Ezio hoped that Alvida could improve her power in the near future.

    The ninth commander was Rebecca from Dressrosa. She had a talent even before she was recruited and could use haki without Ezio''s help. He gave her the third mythical zoan he had. She wasn''t angry at Ezio. The reason was that because of him, she could remember her father who was a toy soldier.

    Her deputy was Baccarat, the beauty that worked on Tesoro''s ship. To tell the truth, Baccarat could be one of the commanders with her unreasonable devil fruit power, but Ezio thought she was too stupid to develop the full potential of her power. That wasn''t a problem though, he liked everything else on her. It was hard to hate her after all.

    The tenth commander was Hachi, the swordsman of the crew. He didn''t had a deputy at this point in time. They didn''t visit Fish-Man Island and Hachi wanted to recruit some strong fishman for his crew.

    Ezio was extremly satisfied. Thanks to his grandfather and the merchant girl, he could acquire devil fruits that could change this world. Now he finally had enough people to play all of his cards.

    "The ten commanders will be my main crew and the deputy leaders will travel all around the world to represent us. The task for the deputy leaders is to recruit people everywhere and acquire territories in all parts of the world. You as the deputy leader represent your commander while they kill with me the strong guys in the New World. Reiju''s deputy, servant Judgy, will be responsible for the North Blue for example. We will have a deputy leader in all of the Four Seas, some of you will go to the Grand Line. We, the commanders, are responsible for the New World. The goal is to make us a world wide organization that has arms and eyes everywhere. So we have to recruit a lot of people. But that is a job for the deputy leaders."

    All of them nodded.

    The ten commanders and their deputy weren''t all of the strong fighters Ezio had in his arsenal. He had another commander who was in a special position. Her name was Carina, a thief who was once Nami''s friend. She would protect and lead the headquarter all of the time. The reason for that was simple - she acquired the devil fruit that could control gold from Tesoro thanks to the merchant girl. If somebody managed to survive the Burning Hell, then they had to survive Carina after that. Not only could she control the gold in the City of Shandora, she could control all of the gold from Tesoro''s ship. This devil fruit power was one of the main reasons he chose this city in the sky as his headquarter.

    It was a fortress that nobody could enter if Ezio didn''t gave the permission.

    Of course, there was also the shadow organization that was directly controlled by Ezio.

    The leader of this organization was the Almighty One - Benson.

    This organization had several leaders, but even Ezio''s main crew didn''t know about the structure of this organization. Amanda D. Lily, the former Samurai Sid, Basil Hawkins, Viola from Dressrosa and the former Baroque Works members were all part of it.

    "Your job is to strengthen your haki and learn about your new Devil Fruits. Nobody of you will take part in the following war. Only Hancock is allowed to follow me. I want to conceal our strength for now. After the war is the time that we show the world what we can achieve. So prepare yourself for our first mission."

    It was a long way for Ezio to arrive at this point. Everybody knew who the Celestial Devil was, but nobody knew about the monsters he was hiding above the sky.

 66 The Panda-Monkey Tag Team

    Calm Belt. Amazon Lily.

    Monkey D. Luffy was in a prison that was surrounded by hundreds of woman. They never saw a man and all of them were looking towards Luffy like he was a strange monkey.

    Luffy was slowly opening his eyes.

    "The man is waking up!"

    "Let me see!"

    "I wanna'' see, too!"

    Luffy yawned and wondered who was making all this noise.

    Then he remembered the past events. His crew was defeated by this Kuma guy and they all got seperated. He searched for his hat and saw that a women outside of his prison was wearing it. He stretched his arm and grapped his hat, after that he put it on his head.

    "He strechted his arm? Can every men stretch their arms this way?", one of the girls asked.

    Luffy looked towards his body and was confused.

    "I''m naked?", he asked.

    "So men are dull and cover their head before they cover their body?"

    One of the girl looked at the strange thing that was between Luffy''s legs.

    She pointed her finger at this strange thing. "What''s in that bag that is hanging between your legs?"

    Luffy titled his head to the side.

    "That are my balls. You guys are weird¡­"

    "What do you mean by balls?"

    "Isn''t it obvious? They are balls made of gold."

    All the girls were freaking out.

    "BALLS MADE OUT GOLD? GORGEOUS!", they screamed.

    "Could you take them out and show us?", one of them asked.

    "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

    One of the girls gave Luffy some clothes. After he saw that his clothes were clothes for girls, he bellowed at them in anger.

    After the women saw that the man was out of control, they all stepped back with a bow in their hand, ready to attack.

    Before they could fire their bow, they saw that a pillar of black fire descended from the sky and a handsome man appeared in front of them. The man had a smile on his face.

    "EZIO! MY UNCLE!"

    "Its cousin, little monkey."

    The Kuja''s began to shot their arrows towards Ezio. Before the arrows could reach him, they all began to burn. After that they started to shine in a white light and transformed into little dragons.

    The hundreds of arrows, now in the form of dragons, were flying around the Kuja Pirates.

    "That was so cool¡­", a Kuja girl whispered.

    "This man has style!"

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    After a second, the eyes of all the Kuja Pirates transformed into hearts.

    "Oh shit¡­"

    After that hundreds of Kuja Pirates screamed like all of them were cats in heat.

    Ezio began to sweat. He grapped the little monkey and started to run!

    Luffy looked confused towards the girls. "They are all looking like a female version of Sanji¡­"

    After that they were chased by the women who turned crazy. Ezio couldn''t help but sigh.

    "Ah, I know I am handsome, but this¡­"

    Luffy looked towards his cousin who sounded sad but in reality he had a wide grin on his face.

    "You are enjoying this, aren''t you¡­"

    The little black dragons that Ezio summoned transformed into fire and gathered together. After that they transformed into one big dragon. Ezio and Luffy jumped on top of the dragon and they flew to the sky.

    "Why are you here, nephew?"

    "It''s not neph-", Ezio stopped and sighed. "Just call me whatever you want. Of course I''m here to help you. We are forming a Tag-Team. I call it the Panda-Monkey-Alliance. Oh, this is going to be fun."

    He dodged some arrows that were directed towards his head. The funny thing was that on every arrow was a love letter with a big heart on top.

    "Alright little monkey, here comes the first part in your training. Do you see those arrows they are throwing at us? They are strengthen with haki."

    Both of them dodged another attack of the Kuja''s.

    "Haki is a power that nullifies devil fruit power''s, so if one of these things hit you, then you can say goodbye to your rubber body."

    Luffy was shocked.

    "Do you remember this guy called Smoker? You couldn''t hit him, right?"

    Luffy nodded and sent a punch to the Kuja''s who still had hearts in their eyes.

    "If you learn this shit, you can beat the hell out of him."

    Luffy was shocked. But before he could say anything, Ezio kicked him off the dragon, directly into a horde of Kuja''s in heat.

    "Your big brother has to train you a little bit, or you will be a shame for our family. If you meet this crazy bitch from the other branch, you are done for. So first survive all of those women!"

    "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT, GRANDMOTHER!", the monkey screamed while he was descending to his doom.

    "It''s not grandmother, it''s¡­", he sighed again. ?Such a stupid monkey. It''s the curse¡­ Dear god, I should never have children!"

    ...

    Impel Down. Level 1.

    Buggy was depressed. How could he end up in such a situation? Once he was a proud nakama of the Pirate King, but now he was a prisoner in this hell.

    He saw that a new prisoner arrived at this moment. The prison employee opened the door, threw the prisoner in front of Buggy, and then he left.

    "Hey, bro¡­", the clown said. Maybe it wasn''t too bad to have company in this hell.

    What happened next shocked Buggy. The new prisoner disappeared and two new guys stood in his place. Buggy''s jaw dropped to the ground because he recognized one of those guys.

    "STRAW HAT?"

    Buggy thought he was losing his mind. Then he looked towards the other guy and frowned. He had a strange mask on his head¡­ Was this a panda?

    "The God of Trolls finally returned!", the Panda said.

    "Great-grandfather?", the monkey asked with a confused expression. ?Where is my great-grandfather? And who are you, Panda?"

    Pandaman sighed. He was the God of all Trolls, but the biggest troll was still the little monkey.

    Pandaman started to grin. He had to make this comeback, because Ezio couldn''t be seen making chaos and disaster in Impel Down. This little prison was run by his little servants after all.

    The Panda had a transponder snail in his hand. With this, he could call his sidekick whenever he wanted. With the Almighty Batman by his side, he could escape this prison whenever he wanted.

    Pandaman laughed out loud.

    "When the Panda and his almighty Sidekick want to escape the most dangerous prison in this world, then who could stop us?"

    .....

    Some unknown Island in the Grand Line.

    A man with the mask of a bat appeared. The man took off the mask from his head and smiled.

    This man was the "Almighty" Benson, also known as Batman, Sidekick of the God of all Trolls. Sometimes this notorious man needed some silence, and then he would use his unrivaled power to travel to this island to relax.

    He knew that his boss was up to something. Everytime he saw this panda mask he knew they would end up in a lot of trouble. Benson would follow his boss, even if they had to go through hell. His new boss was so much better than his old one, he even promised him his own harem.

    And the boss didn''t tell a lie, the first beauty was Baby 5 and Benson couldn''t be happier.

    Suddenly he saw something strange. In front of him were handcuffs, flying in the sky. After that the handcuffs flew towards him, and before he could react, they attached themselves at his hands.

    Benson''s jaw dropped to the ground.

    "S-Seastone?", he stuttered.

    After that he saw a person in front of him that he never wanted to see in his life again.

    "I''ve finally caught you, little insect. Let me see what my little hubby will do without his little servant. Now he has to marry me if he wants you back!"

    The woman started to laugh in a crazy way and after that she blushed.

    This woman was no other than Blackflame D. Lilly.

    Benson couldn''t help but think that this was a bad timing to be captured by this lunatic. A couple of minutes ago he left his boss in the most dangerous prison of this world.

    "Boss", the Almighty One whispered with tears in his eyes. "Your sidekick was defeated. Your are now on your own."

 66 The Panda-Monkey-Alliance

    Calm Belt. Amazon Lily.

    Monkey D. Luffy was in a prison that was surrounded by hundreds of woman. They never saw a man and all of them were looking towards Luffy like he was a strange monkey.

    Luffy was slowly opening his eyes.

    "The man is waking up!"

    "Let me see!"

    "I wanna'' see, too!"

    Luffy yawned and wondered who was making all this noise.

    Then he remembered the past events. His crew was defeated by this Kuma guy and they all got seperated. He searched for his hat and saw that a women outside of his prison was wearing it. He stretched his arm and grapped his hat, after that he put it on his head.

    "He strechted his arm? Can every men stretch their arms this way?", one of the girls asked.

    Luffy looked towards his body and was confused.

    "I''m naked?", he asked.

    "So men are dull and cover their head before they cover their body?"

    One of the girl looked at the strange thing that was between Luffy''s legs.

    She pointed her finger at this strange thing. "What''s in that bag that is hanging between your legs?"

    Luffy titled his head to the side.

    "That are my balls. You guys are weird¡­"

    "What do you mean by balls?"

    "Isn''t it obvious? They are balls made of gold."

    All the girls were freaking out.

    "BALLS MADE OUT GOLD? GORGEOUS!", they screamed.

    "Could you take them out and show us?", one of them asked.

    "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

    One of the girls gave Luffy some clothes. After he saw that his clothes were clothes for girls, he bellowed at them in anger.

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    After the women saw that the man was out of control, they all stepped back with a bow in their hand, ready to attack.

    Before they could fire their bow, they saw that a pillar of black fire descended from the sky and a handsome man appeared in front of them. The man had a smile on his face.

    "EZIO! MY UNCLE!"

    "Its cousin, little monkey."

    The Kuja''s began to shot their arrows towards Ezio. Before the arrows could reach him, they all began to burn. After that they started to shine in a white light and transformed into little dragons.

    The hundreds of arrows, now in the form of dragons, were flying around the Kuja Pirates.

    "That was so cool¡­", a Kuja girl whispered.

    "This man has style!"

    After a second, the eyes of all the Kuja Pirates transformed into hearts.

    "Oh shit¡­"

    After that hundreds of Kuja Pirates screamed like all of them were cats in heat.

    Ezio began to sweat. He grapped the little monkey and started to run!

    Luffy looked confused towards the girls. "They are all looking like a female version of Sanji¡­"

    After that they were chased by the women who turned crazy. Ezio couldn''t help but sigh.

    "Ah, I know I am handsome, but this¡­"

    Luffy looked towards his cousin who sounded sad but in reality he had a wide grin on his face.

    "You are enjoying this, aren''t you¡­"

    The little black dragons that Ezio summoned transformed into fire and gathered together. After that they transformed into one big dragon. Ezio and Luffy jumped on top of the dragon and they flew to the sky.

    "Why are you here, nephew?"

    "It''s not neph-", Ezio stopped and sighed. "Just call me whatever you want. Of course I''m here to help you. We are forming a Tag-Team. I call it the Panda-Monkey-Alliance. Oh, this is going to be fun."

    He dodged some arrows that were directed towards his head. The funny thing was that on every arrow was a love letter with a big heart on top.

    "Alright little monkey, here comes the first part in your training. Do you see those arrows they are throwing at us? They are strengthen with haki."

    Both of them dodged another attack of the Kuja''s.

    "Haki is a power that nullifies devil fruit power''s, so if one of these things hit you, then you can say goodbye to your rubber body."

    Luffy was shocked.

    "Do you remember this guy called Smoker? You couldn''t hit him, right?"

    Luffy nodded and sent a punch to the Kuja''s who still had hearts in their eyes.

    "If you learn this shit, you can beat the hell out of him."

    Luffy was shocked. But before he could say anything, Ezio kicked him off the dragon, directly into a horde of Kuja''s in heat.

    "Your big brother has to train you a little bit, or you will be a shame for our family. If you meet this crazy bitch from the other branch, you are done for. So first survive all of those women!"

    "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT, GRANDMOTHER!", the monkey screamed while he was descending to his doom.

    "It''s not grandmother, it''s¡­", he sighed again. ?Such a stupid monkey. It''s the curse¡­ Dear god, I should never have children!"

    ...

    Impel Down. Level 1.

    Buggy was depressed. How could he end up in such a situation? Once he was a proud nakama of the Pirate King, but now he was a prisoner in this hell.

    He saw that a new prisoner arrived at this moment. The prison employee opened the door, threw the prisoner in front of Buggy, and then he left.

    "Hey, bro¡­", the clown said. Maybe it wasn''t too bad to have company in this hell.

    What happened next shocked Buggy. The new prisoner disappeared and two new guys stood in his place. Buggy''s jaw dropped to the ground because he recognized one of those guys.

    "STRAW HAT?"

    Buggy thought he was losing his mind. Then he looked towards the other guy and frowned. He had a strange mask on his head¡­ Was this a panda?

    "The God of Trolls finally returned!", the Panda said.

    "Ezio?", Luffy said with a confused expression. "Where is he? He was here a couple of seconds ago. And who are you, Panda?"

    Pandaman sighed. He was the God of all Trolls, but the biggest troll was still the little monkey.

    Pandaman started to grin. He had to make this comeback, because Ezio couldn''t be seen making chaos and disaster in Impel Down. This little prison was run by his little servants after all.

    The Panda had a transponder snail in his hand. With this, he could call his sidekick whenever he wanted. With the Almighty Batman by his side, he could escape this prison whenever he wanted.

    Pandaman laughed out loud.

    "When the Panda and his almighty Sidekick want to escape the most dangerous prison in this world, then who could stop us?"

    .....

    Some unknown Island in the Grand Line.

    A man with the mask of a bat appeared. The man took off the mask from his head and smiled.

    This man was the "Almighty" Benson, also known as Batman, Sidekick of the God of all Trolls. Sometimes this notorious man needed some silence, and then he would use his unrivaled power to travel to this island to relax.

    He knew that his boss was up to something. Everytime he saw this panda mask he knew they would end up in a lot of trouble. Benson would follow his boss, even if they had to go through hell. His new boss was so much better than his old one, he even promised him his own harem.

    And the boss didn''t tell a lie, the first beauty was Baby 5 and Benson couldn''t be happier.

    Suddenly he saw something strange. In front of him were handcuffs, flying in the sky. After that the handcuffs flew towards him, and before he could react, they attached themselves at his hands.

    Benson''s jaw dropped to the ground.

    "S-Seastone?", he stuttered.

    After that he saw a person in front of him that he never wanted to see in his life again.

    "I''ve finally caught you, little insect. Let me see what my little hubby will do without his little servant. Now he has to marry me if he wants you back!"

    The woman started to laugh in a crazy way and after that she blushed.

    This woman was no other than Blackflame D. Lilly.

    Benson couldn''t help but think that this was a bad timing to be captured by this lunatic. A couple of minutes ago he left his boss in the most dangerous prison of this world.

    "Boss", the Almighty One whispered with tears in his eyes. "Your sidekick was defeated. Your are now on your own."

 67 Ezios first scheme

    Ezio didn''t want to use his black fire in Impel Down. The reason for that was simple. Everyone knew who he was, and if a panda with black fire started to destroy Impel Down, then everybody would know that it was the Celestial Devil.

    He decided he would use the second ability of his Devil Fruit. He wanted to train with this ability a little bit more. It wasn''t as easy to use as his fire. His fire could burn everything down, it was really simple. With the power to give objects life, he had to be more creative in his ways to attack. His control over his second ability wasn''t that good, so he had to improve that.

    The other thing was that everybody called him the Celestial Devil because he always makes a mess in every place he visits. With the miraculous power of his second ability, how could he destroy anything? The power was there to give things life, not to destroy an island.

    What could go wrong?

    Luffy started to scream and wanted to run to his brother. Ezio had to hold him back. He first kidnapped all the transponder snails in the first level. They would notice that something was wrong after a short while, but he required only a couple of minutes for his first plan.

    He searched for a guy on the first level. Buggy just followed them around. When Ezio finally found the one, he started to laugh.

    In front of him stood a man that was known as Mr. 3 in the past. He had a Paramecia Devil Fruit that could control wax.

    "Mr. 3, we need your help. You have to make a lot of wax figures for me."

    Mr. 3 was just happy that someone freed him from his prison. Ezio told him the design he wanted for those wax figures and Mr. 3 started to work.

    After he finished the first one, he started the next. Ezio wanted him to make several hundred and Mr. 3 was really fast after he understood the general design. It wasn''t really difficult to make those wax figures because their design was simple.

    Luffy and Buggy were confused. In front of them stood over 300 wax figures, and all of them looked the same. Some figures were huge, others were small. But they all had the same design.

    "Ezio... What are we doing with hundreds of wax pandas?"

    Every one of those figures looked like a panda. Ezio didn''t wear that mask for fun, did he? He had to build his reputation. Someone told him that Pandaman had a bounty.

    "It''s time to show you something incredible", the panda man said and laughed.

    His hands started to shine in white light and after that, every one of those panda figures shined in white light, too.

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    After a couple of seconds, something strange happened. One of the bigger panda figures started to move. Some of them roared, others got black fur on some parts of their body like real pandas.

    After a while, an army of more than 300 pandas stood in front of Luffy, Ezio, Buggy and Mr. 3. They all roared towards Pandaman like he was the leader and king of all pandas.

    The other three couldn''t believe what they were seeing. This man with a panda mask - was he god? He transformed wax figures into living beings! It was a ridiculous power.

    Only one panda wasn''t transformed by Ezio. He was a special one. He was big and had a little door under his ass. Ezio opened the door and jumped into the panda.

    The other three followed him. Only Mr. 3 knew what was inside the panda.

    After Luffy and Buggy entered, they saw that in the stomach of this huge Panda was a room with seats that were made out of wax.

    "Take a seat, gentlemen. This Panda has several holes so we can watch the fun. It''s time to start our first mission."

    Ezio stopped and looked at his comrades with a smile.

    "Welcome to the first step of my plan: The panda invasion of Impel Down!"

    After that, the wax around them started to shine in white light. The Panda they were sitting in started to become alive, too. He looked like all the other pandas from the outside, but nobody knew that four guys were hiding in the stomach of this guy.

    .....

    In a secret room in Impel Down were a lot of people at this moment. In front of them were many screens. All of them showed the different levels of Impel Down and were connected with the transponder snails. One of them noticed that all the snails in Level 1 didn''t send a picture anymore. This happened sometimes because the snails wanted to sleep, but it never happened that all the snails started to sleep at the same time.

    He wanted to call the vice-leader, but after a couple of minutes, all pictures returned.

    And then they saw something terrifying.

    In level 1 was an army of pandas!

    "WHERE THE HELL ARE THOSE PANDA''S COMING FROM?", they screamed in unison.

    "L-Look", said one of the prison employees to his colleague. "They started to open all the prisons!"

    They were confused about how the pandas were able to open all the prisons without the key. Then they saw that the arms of those pandas turned into wax. They formed the wax into a key and with that, they opened all the prisons without effort.

    "Logia?", asked one of the employes. "Are all those pandas Logia users?"

    They watched in horror how the panda army subdued all the prisoners and formed a panda-prisoner-alliance. How could those pandas be so intelligent?

    "We have to call our superiors! This is serious!"

    ...

    Magellan was on his toilet. This poor guy had a very strong devil fruit, but Ezio would never eat it if he would have the same problems this guy had.

    Someone called him on the transponder snail and Magellan was annoyed.

    "What is it?", he asked in an angry voice.

    "Sir! Someone invaded Impel Down!"

    "This is the most dangerous prison in this world. Who is stupid enough to invade this place? Nobody invades Impel Down! There are only people who want to leave this place, not enter it!"

    "But... S-Sir!"

    "Who caused trouble?"

    "Pandas! An army of-"

    "Is this a joke? Pandas? Who are you fooling?"

    "An army of Panda''s invaded the first level! Several hundred, all with Logia power!"

    Magellan sighed. "Just some pandas? Hannyabal should take care of them. I... have an urgent business I have to finish."

    ...

    Back to level 1.

    All the pandas and prisoners stood around a huge panda. The prisoners realized that this big panda was the leader of the rest.

    "Alright my fellow pandas, the first level isn''t dangerous. We will proceed to the next stage. You all know that a panda alone is strong, but he needs more than just pandas to accomplish great things. What is it that every panda needs to be successful?"

    Many pandas held their pawns into the sky like they were little children in school. The panda king pointed towards one of them.

    "I know it! A panda needs his sidekick!"

    The panda king nodded with approvement.

    "And who can tell me what that sidekick is like?"

    Again many pandas had their pawns in the sky. The panda king pointed at one of them.

    "Of course, it''s the best sidekick there is - it''s Batman!"

    The panda king laughed. He pointed with one of his big pawns towards the ground. The ground started to shine in white light and the stony ground transformed into several hundred lifeforms.

    After he finished this process, he transformed the ground into hundreds of bats but they all looked really miserable. The panda king sighed.

    It was difficult for him to form new life forms if he had material that he couldn''t manipulate. His fire was easy, he could form it into the object he wanted and then transform it. But when he had an object that he couldn''t control himself like stone, it wasn''t easy for him to control his new power in such a way that a beautiful new creature appeared. This was his biggest flaw and the reason he used his second ability only in combination with his fire. This was the thing he wanted to improve in this mission.

    Everyone recognized that those stony new creatures were bats, but they looked really bad. It reminded Ezio of Kanjuro, this guy could draw life forms, and they looked exactly like his.

    That was the reason why he wanted Mr. 3 - with him he could create perfect creatures, even if they were only made out of wax. But he had to work on his flaw if he wanted to use his second ability in more ways.

    The strange bats didn''t destroy the motivation of the panda army. Every single panda got a stone bat they could use as a mount. Now the pandas were complete, and the huge hole in the ground allowed them to advance to the next level.

    The panda king spoke to his followers.

    "Every panda and his sidekick - ready yourself for battle. Jump after me!"

    After that, the panda king jumped into the hole and the army with him. The prisoner looked confused towards those strange guys. Why are they going down? Isn''t their goal to escape this place?

 68 Panda invasion

    The panda army arrived at level 2. Ezio was surprised that he found Mr. 3 in level 1, he was sure that in the original manga he was in level 2. Maybe it changed because he changed this whole world with his actions.

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    The second level was full of strange beasts. Ezio remembered that the strongest ones at this level were a sphynx and a basilisk. It was the perfect stage for his pandas to test their strengths.

    The most powerful thing about Ezio''s second ability was not that he could create living beings, it was that those living beings had the potential to evolve and improve. He wanted to test in this journey how far his creatures could go.

    "Alright pandas. The mission for this level is simple. You have to fight against those monsters and defeat them! Every one of you pandas has a name in the form of a number. Panda 1-100, you go to the west. Panda 101-200, you to the east. The rest of you follow me! We are attacking the bosses of this level!"

    The pandas roared and started their attack.

    ....

    In the monitoring room of Impel Down, everyone was shocked. They watched how the army of pandas and bats started to descend to the second level. After that, the panda army started to attack the monsters on the second level.

    "One of the pandas defeated a monster!", one employee said while pointing towards a screen.

    "These pandas are ridiculous! If they have taken damage, then they regenerate with those balls of wax they are bringing with them. Are they invincible?"

    "Look!", another employee stuttered. "Look what this one is doing!"

    They all watched towards one panda who defeated a huge spider. The panda looked towards the spider and had a thoughtful expression. After that, he transformed his whole body into wax and surrounded the dead body of the spider with it.

    After a while, the panda transformed back, but the spider was gone. The panda had a huge smile on his face.

    "What did he do to that spider?", an employee asked. Then his jaw dropped to the ground. The panda started to transform and spider legs came out of his back. Did he look like a spider panda?

    "He... He absorbed the monster!"

    They watched in horror at the spider panda who told his new discovery to his fellow pandas. After that, the group of pandas that attacked the west side of the prison all started to absorb the monsters they defeated.

    All of those pandas became hybrid monsters!

    "We have to call our superiors! These pandas are more dangerous than we thought!"

    Before he could call them, something strange happened. A little panda sneaked into their room without them noticing anything. The panda was so little that nobody could see him. He started to attack the employees from behind and all of them fainted.

    The little panda had a grin on his face. "The panda king will be happy with my accomplishment. We conquered the brain of this underwater prison!"

    The little panda looked towards the transponder snail that contacted Hannyabal. He had an idea.

    "Do you have some news about the intruders?", Hannyabal asked threw the transponder snail.

    The little panda tried to sound like the employees. "They started to attack the second level, but the monsters were too strong for them. Most of the pandas were defeated, so I don''t think you have to take action. I will inform you if something new happened."

    Hannyabal laughed.

    "What were those fools thinking? They wanted to free more prisoners on the second level, but do they think Impel Down is a joke? These beasts one the second level are strong!"

    "I will inform you after the panda rebellion was defeated, sir. But I don''t think they will survive the second level."

    After that, the call ended. The little panda started to laugh. He looked towards the screens and was shocked when he saw that some of his panda brothers developed a new ability. So they could absorb beasts and gain their power?

    The little panda looked towards a transponder snail in front of him. Then he tried what his fellow brothers did, and started to absorb the little snail.

    After he finished, a little shell started to appear in his back. The little panda got the power of the transponder snail!

    "This new ability should be useful for the mighty panda king. With my new abilities, I should be able to connect with his transponder snail..."

    .....

    Back on level 2, Ezio, also known as the panda king, got a call.

    "Who is it?", he asked.

    "My lord, here is panda 197. I have something to report."

    "Oh, number 197. I suppose your mission was a success, how could you connect with my snail?"

    "It''s a long story, my lord. I conquered the monitoring room, so that should give you more time until they realize that something is wrong. I have something urgent to report to you. The pandas with the number 1-100 developed a new ability. They started to absorb the beasts on the second level and gained their power!"

    "WHAT?", the panda king screamed. This was a crazy discovery. "Well, I have to see them, thank you for this information, number 197. Call me if you make a new discovery!"

    After the call, Ezio was shocked. He knew that his pandas had the power to develop, but they all could take different routes in the way they gained power. They weren''t only beings that were created with wax. He started to fear his pandas... Did he create a never before seen panda race?

    He couldn''t think further because a sphynx and a basilisk stood in front of them.

    "Alright my fellow pandas, you have to defeat those two guys!"

    The panda army started to attack the beasts. They all could control wax and if someone got injured, they could regenerate if Mr. 3 gave them some wax. Their bodies were a little bit like Majin Buu from Dragon Ball Z.

    It took them a while before they could defeat the two strongest monsters in this level. The panda king walked to one panda who contributed the most to this fight.

    "You were strong. What is your name?"

    "I''m panda 287, my lord."

    The panda king nodded. He pointed towards the two defeated beasts on the ground. "Try to absorb them, number 287."

    The panda nodded and started to absorb the sphynx and basilisk. After that he could transform parts of his body into those two creatures, his overall strength improved tremendously. Ezio was shocked, it was true, his pandas could absorb other creatures!

    "How do you feel, number 287?"

    "It''s strange, my lord. It was easy to absorb the first one, but after I tried to absorb the second I had the feeling that I wouldn''t survive it..."

    The panda king thought about this. So there was a limitation on how many things the pandas could absorb. With this new discovery, he had a lot of plans to improve his panda army in the future.

    "Number 287, you are one of the first commanders of the panda army. Lead your fellow pandas to glory and don''t disappoint me. It''s time to visit our brothers, we have to go to the third level."

    After that, the pandas gathered together. The group that defeated the monsters in the western part of the level all absorbed some beasts. The group that went to the east defeated the monsters without absorbing them, so they were still wax pandas.

    Ezio saw that everyone who absorbed a beast could transform themselves into those beasts. He decided that this group of pandas should form their own division. He called them the beast pandas - the leader of this group was of course panda 287. He absorbed the strongest beasts in this level.

    "We will go to the next level. Follow your king, panda army!"

    They roared and advanced to the next level. They weren''t only wax pandas, they were a lot stronger now. Who knows into what creatures those pandas would transform if they survived Impel Down?