131 Alliance

Charlotte Big Mom roared unintelligibly as she pushed away the bulky emperor, her sword crashing against his chest.

With a loud crackle the ship beneath their feet began to break, jagged cracks appearing across the deck as its crew fled. The mere presence of the two clashing emperors was enough to terrify the people on board.

"LINLIN!" Kaido's voice roared as he punched forward, the level of Haki on his fist seemingly bending the space around him. The duo had begun to retract their Conqueror's Haki, neither of them wished to harm their own crews, especially at this point when even a single extra counted.

As they fought the boat beneath them creaked, bellowing its dissent, before in one roar of impending doom it broke apart. And that was the signal for them to move to a different ship.

With their waving hair the duo fought, roaring up and down the line that the ships had formed, sometimes terrorizing Kaido's crew and other times terrorizing Big Mom's.

They were not the only ones fighting however, for the cacophony of clashing weapons was enough even to out rumble the slowly returning storm clouds.

"FIRE!" Katakuri roared as his eyes glared at the incoming Allstar. His hands turning into a sticky mochi, he plunged it forward, and the very tips of his fingers shot forward as mochi bullets.

King roared loudly as he paused his harassment pushing his observation Haki to the limit he dodged, his wings beating untiringly as he evaded the sticky projectiles.

A series of loud booms sounded, as a whole host of ships fired at each other. Though the Beast pirates outguned the Big Mom pirates, most of their incoming projectiles were nonetheless defended against by the Empress's sweet commanders.

Cracker roared loudly as he advanced forward, a mash of biscuit armor protecting and hiding his face, beside him was an entire armada of biscuit soldiers, each holding a precious sword in its hands.

"For Big Mom!" He roared out loud as he pulled out his massive sword coating it with his Haki.

His biscuit soldiers followed suit as they raised their spindly arms, before besieging the nearest ship.

On a ship to his right, his sister Smoothie chuckled slightly, a cruel glint in her eyes as she ordered her men to fire. Her sword rested on her back as her hair flowed freely. Though she did not show it, anyone familiar with her would see the light of awe in her eyes as she saw her mother rampage in the very center of the cluster.

With a slight chuckle she jumped, traveling an unreal distance. It was time for them to stop being passive after all.

Katakuri looked at her form in the distance as he sighed beneath his scarf. "Take care here." he ordered a crewmate curtly as he looked at the glaring King.

"CRACKER. Let's go." he said in his rumbling voice before he attacked.

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Fawkes looked at me with a smile. "Captain, what now?" he asked.

We had verified that the island was almost absolutely safe. So now it was time to gather the crew no?

"Ugh fine. Let's go collect fatty and Terrick." I said groaning into the full mooned night. With a purposeful step I began to walk towards the pristine gate.

Suddenly I could hear someone breathe deeply from afar.

"OI! Jagged dagger!" Marco roared as he neared us, his eyes seriously glaring at our retreating backs.

With a slight huff he stopped before us, why he did not just fly to us was a mystery to me.

"There's been a situation." he said, his voice carrying a serious tone to it as he regarded me.

All cheer and fatigue disappeared from my face as I looked at him expectantly.

"That rabid beast Kaido went on a rampage and challenged Big Mom to a battle, they're clashing not far from here. Their entire armada are facing off against each other in between Toto land and Wano.

Pops is worried about here so he's asked me and Thatch to stay here in the odd situation of if any of the crews make landfall here. For safety's sake he asked for a temporary alliance between us." He informed me seriously.

To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Just as I entered the New World two Emperors decided to duke it out! What were the odds?

"Fawkes?" I asked simply.

"Well, we have no choice at the moment do we? If we get off the island, the closest places are Wano, Toto land and maybe Zou. If these two are duking it out it's in our best interests to remain here till such a time that they get so wounded that they go back to their own strongholds to lick their wounds.

If we get off now, we'll be plunging into the thick of things and if we stay here, then wouldn't it make sense to ally with the strongest forces on the island?" Fawkes analysed.

"Angella, go get fatty and Terrick. If we need to get our asses into this one then the least we can do is involve those two in the planning process.

Marco, can you tell us about a safe-ish spot to dock the ship so it doesn't end up dead?"

"I'll come with you then. It's better to do these things quickly and I'm quite familiar with the seas around." He responded, looking over at me for permission.

Regardless of his standing within the whitebeard pirates, there were still formalities and limits that he would have to follow when entering the ship of an ally after all.

"Fawkes why don't you stay and accompany Thatch here while we go dock the ship in the location." I said, my mind in overdrive.

Then with quick steps we parted ways.