Chapter 51: A Marine's Justice
[ This is a reupload since I had to edit some stuff in the chapter like Akainu's name, changed some of the dialogue, and some minor stuff as well. ]
[ 4/6/1482- Same Day ]
[ Location: North Blue Sea ]
[ Word Count 2333 ]
" Hello" - Speech
' Hello' - Thoughts
*Boom* - Sounds
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( 3rd Person Pov )
" Well wasn't that pretty anticlimatic?" Masterson said sounding a little disappointed, walking to Achilles, who other than looking somewhat tired looked fine, since he didn't receive any major injuries.
" Same, I expected a lot more from this organization and its leader from how much people were hyping them up." Achilles replied to Masterson sounding almost sad since he was expecting a major fight.
Achilles isn't a fighting manic like Bullet but he did enjoy them somewhat, especially against strong opponents.
" Did you finish up the rest of the grunts?" Achilles asked looking at Masterson.
" Yeah, one hundred in total, I lost about 20 pistols of mine. They weren't really much of a challenge, to be honest." Masterson answered while showing how nearly all of his belts were empty.
" You know, if you just stick to one pistol, this wouldn't happen." Achilles said to Masterson, walking towards the body of Paris, just to be sure he was dead.
" That's what the people back on my home island said but reloading takes time and puts you at a disadvantage. The only gun I won't ever throw away is my Gramp's one."
" The guard I was fighting against in the Pagoda lost me to because he ran out of bullets and didn't reload."
" Well, I guess then the results speak for themselves." Achilles stated to Masterson, with the two arriving at Paris' dead body.
" Guess we can officially say he's dead now," Masterson said looking at the dead body that's quite literally inserted into the mountain.
" I wanted him alive but he couldn't handle my attacks. I even held some of my strength as well." Achilles sighted at the dead body since they would have been able to pull so much information from him.
" Well let's hope Bullet can find out what we are looking for." Masterson said back to Achilles which seemed to improve his mood a little."
" Call Marco to bring that Voyager to the island, there's no point in him staying out there on the sea by himself."
" In the meantime, I'm gonna go help Bullet." Achilles asked Masterson before he started walking towards the now broken-down pagoda.
" Of course, order me around to handle all the boring stuff," Masterson muttered to himself, taking out a small transponder snail from his pocket. The snail was stored in a box similar to a wristwatch.
[ 5 Minutes Later ]
" The fight is already done?" Bullet asked surprised when Achilles walked into a small room on the fourth floor, where's he currently looking through a bunch of files and documents.
" Huh, Masterson said the same thing too."
" I killed Paris far easier than anyone of us expected." Achilles answered his first mate before he started helping Bullet with the files along with looking through them as well.
" But then again we shouldn't be that surprised." Achilles said, surprising Bullet a little.
" Why?" Bullet asked, confused.
" Paris from his looks seems to be around maybe in his late 40s? And guessing from what William, Paris probably barely fought anyone after he arrived in the North Blue. But instead, let his henchman do all the fighting and dirty work." Achilles said, stopping letting Bullet digest all the information.
" I also noticed his skills were rusty as well. Considering all those factors, it's no wonder he's so weak. No one take him out probably because he was so good at hiding and manipulating people." Achilles continued his talk with Bullet, at the same time skimming through some of the documents.
[ 5 Minutes Later ]
" Yo Achilles, we hit the jackpot. I think this room contains everything about the Hutts. From their secret locations, bases, members and even whose part of their inner circle." Bullet said genuinely sounding excited.
" Good, I carry the files back to the ship then, Marco should arrive by now. See if you can find anything else." Achilles ordered before he started storing the files in a box so that files and documents would be easier to carry.
" Understood, I keep looking then," Bullet said to Achilles.
[ 30 Minutes Later ]
" Hey Achilles, do we really need to carry everything to the ship?" Marco asked looking at 20 boxes of files, documents, and other papers as well.
" Yes, all of them are very important. You don't see anyone else complaining. So stop slacking and carry them." Achilles said carrying two boxes to the ship along with Bullet and Masterson.
[ 10 Minutes Later ]
As the Voyager started sailing away from Crescent Island, there was a marine battleship sailing towards Crescent Island.
" Captain Zoe, why are we heading towards an island with no importance. As far as I am aware Crescent Island is inhabitable with no civilians living on it." A tall muscular young man around the age of 16 asked the superior ranking officer on the battleship. Everyone else on the ship was wondering the same question.
The most noticeable feature about this young man was a frown on his face as if he had it since he was born. What also made him stand out was his open red shirt showing his abs along with a katana on his back. He also had the standard marine cap as well.
" Commander Sakazuki, you may be the youngest ranking Commander in the whole world but that doesn't give you the right to disrespect your superior. Is that understood?" Captain Zoe said to Sakazuki in a haughty tone.
[ 15 Year Old Sakazuki > Image Here ]
" Yes, sir," Sakazuki responded by doing a salute as well.
" Now Sakazuki, I heard you wanted to move up the ranks as quickly as possible. Is that true?" Zou asked, looking at the young Marine almost as if he was testing him.
" Yes, sir. If I gained a higher ranking, I would be able to achieve my goals more easily." Sakazuki answered but at the same, he had growing suspicions about Zou.
" I knew I wasn't wrong about you. Even with what you have, you aren't satisfied with it just like me."
" Say Sakazuki, do you know what people say about you.?"
" No I don't try to focus on other people but my own goals," Sakazuki said to Zou, not understanding that point of this conversation.
" Uauauaua… then let me tell you. Sakazuki, the most gifted Marine to come out of the North Blue in the last 100 years. I heard HQ is even planning on transferring you to Marineford once you reached the age of 18," Zou said.
If one paid close attention, one will be able to hear slight jealousy in the voice. Which Sakazuki clearly noticed, along with a select few experienced marines on the ship who were close enough to hear the conservation.
" But your not willing to wait that long. That's why I'm offering you another path to power. A far quicker and easier way." Zou stated, right as the ship finally reached Crescent Island. But to his surprise, the whole island was filled with dead bodies, giving the island a rotten smell.
' What the fuck happened. He told me to bring Sakazuki over but I wasn't expecting this.' Zou started sweating noticing the Pagoda was destroyed.
" Paris… you bastard better be alive." Zou impulsively said forgetting there was a Marine who prioritizes justice above all else.
" Did you just say Paris? The leader of the Hutts?" Akainu asked looking straight at Zou's eyes looking like he was about to murder the Captain alone with just his eyes.
Sakazuki by now had a basic understanding of what was going on.
" No-no, you heard wrong. Anyway, let's turn back now. Forget about what…" Sakazuki took his katana from his back and slashed Zou in the back all before he could finish his sentence, in a few seconds.
" Sakazuki ...why." Zou muttered in pain before he went unconscious
" I won't allow anyone to taint Justice no matter who they are."
" Does anyone have a problem with this?" Sakazuki asked the rest of the Marines, putting his katana back.
" No sir. If you hadn't done that, I would have ordered it. To think a Marine, a Captain would be in leagues with the leader of the Hutts." A Lieutenant Commander said to Sakazuki in shame, he was the third highest ranking officer on board the ship.
The marines under Zou had long hated him but they never had a valid excuse until now to act on it. And with Sakazuki on their side, none of them will be punished for it. Since no one knew he had any connections to the Hutts until now.
" Keep him alive, he will face justice in a trial. I want three squadrons of marines dispatched alongside me on the island. If I guess right and from what Zou said, this place is the Headquarters of the Hutts."
" Now with it destroyed, it doesn't really matter but the island should still have some valuable information. And I wanna find out who destroyed them." Sakazuki ordered his crew as the ship docked on the island.
[ 20 Minutes Later ]
" Commander I believe we have identified the body of Paris. There was a fight here before we arrived." A marine officer said to Sakazuki on the island.
" Clearly but have you identified who killed Paris along with the rest of the members?" Sakazuki asked with a little bit of sarcasm.
" Yes, we believe it was the Spade Pirates. There was a symbol of their Jolly Roger near the dead body of Paris. And it lines up with how they operate. They always kill their enemies, never letting anyone alive." The marine reported everything they found to Sakazuki.
" So it was the Spade Pirates. Get the ship ready, I'm going after them. And have another ship pick up Zou." Sakazuki ordered the marine who want on to do just that.
' Achilles, you have my sincerest gratitude for taking down the Hutts but at the end of that day, you are still a pirate.' Sakazuki said to himself, feeling a little conflicted.
For the longest time, he wanted to take the Hutts down for what they did to his family and the whole of North Blue. But to have a pirate, one who has done nothing but good so far made him unsure of what to do.
" Commander we are ready."
"Then let's go." Akainu said getting on the battleship.
As the battleship started sailing, the Voyager had already left the sea by now.
" So what are we supposed to do with all those stuff?" Marco asked looking at the 20 boxes filled with nothing but papers on the ship's deck.
" Good question, what are we supposed with them?" Masterson said asking the same question as Marco.
" We were supposed to use them to take out all the locations of the Hutts along with the surviving members of it. But reading through made me realize just how much of a daunting task this is gonna be." Bullet said, scratching his hair.
" The locations are very too spread out in, some in obscure locations, some within very populated islands, and some that are supported by whole kingdoms. And taking out all of its members is gonna be impossible for us." Achilles continued after Bullet.
" The bastard Paris may have been weak but he's smart, I gave him that. He split all of his treasures and most valuable items among his closest friends and allies. That's why we couldn't find anything valuable like devil fruits or gold on the island." Achilles said in a frustrated voice to the crew making them realize what was the problem.
They may have taken out the main leader but the Hutts as an organization is still gonna be there in one form or another.
" Wait a minute, since we have all the information about them, why don't we just send it to the Marines?" Bullet said after a while, to the crew it looked a light bulb appeared above his head for a few seconds before it went away.
" Yoi– that's a pretty good idea. Why should we do the work of the Marines." Marco stated, using the word yoi out of nowhere. Something only Achilles noticed.
" But some of the Marines have a connection with the Hutts as well." Masterson questioned that idea since he's not exactly trusting of the Marines knowing how corrupt some of them are.
" Don't worry about that part. We can send the information to one of the news agencies in North Blue. I'm sure they will love all the information like this. And if the public is made aware of this, that Marines and the World Government will have no choice but to act."
" As for the Marine, we can entrust this too, I know one. He's a new and upcoming navy star in the North Blue. He's young around the same age as us but he's already a Commander."
" Commander Sakazuki is someone we can trust with his sense of justice."
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[ A/N: Do you guys think Akainu will join the Spade Pirates? ]
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