One piece: The Fist of Justice

A few months later.

Year 1502

Markus had settled into the new unit just well. It didn't take too long for him to get acquainted with each and every member of his team.

One thing he found out very quickly was how cowardly most pirate really were. Especially when it came to being hunted by Marines. In the two months, Markus had been sailing with Vice Admiral Dalmatian.

" Hey, man I hope things are going well for you in the west. Not much has happened since I got here in the north, I mean there are battles often, but they usually tend to surrender whenever we show up. So, it's not like I'm getting much action. I just wanted to write you and let you know; I was thinking about you. I love you man, stay safe and take care... Markus."

Markus placed his pen down and folded his letter up carefully before placing it inside a sealed envelope and setting it to the side.

He then took out another piece of paper and placed it on his desk. " Dear, Gion. It hasn't been long since we last met, but I wanted to get in touch and see how you were doing. It's been pretty boring around here; we never get a chance to do any actual fighting. Most of the time, the fights are over, or they immediately surrender when we arrive. I can't tell you how many times we get to an island ready to fight, only to have the enemy surrender as soon as we approach. From a reasonable view, I guess it's a good thing. But from a Markus view, it's hot garbage! Anyway, forget about it, how are things where you are? Are you doing well? What about aunty Tsuru? I know Aunty Tsuru can be a handful sometimes, but she's a good person. Respect her and she'll respect you.

* Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of cannons firing immediately drew Markus' attention.

" Oops, gotta go. I hope you get this message, and this little gift from me. Found it in a nice little shop on Minion Island. Anyways take care Gion, stay safe."

Markus put his pen down and quickly tucked the letter and the pendent into an envelope and set them to the side in the mail stack.

He grabbed his coat, threw it over his shoulders and stepped out onto the deck. Markus had forgone his standard Marine outfit, and instead changed his navy blues, into an all-white suit with a blue collar under shirt and a light blue tie, just like his pops, he also wore his Marine coat over his shoulders like a cape. His epaulettes were black and red. He had also grown slightly taller in the few months, now standing at a solid 6'9

" Vice Admiral, sir! We're coming under fire!"

" Johnson! Have you identified the enemy?" Dalmatian asked the man.

Markus walked up to the front deck and looked out into the seas as cannonballs continued raining down on the Marine vessel. " It's the demon bear Pirates." Markus told the man. " I can see their jolly roger." The demon bear jolly roger had the standard skull and bone pattern, the only difference was the skull was shaped like a bear instead of a man.

" Alright, then. If they want a fight, let's give it to them. To arms men!" Dalmatian exclaimed.

" HAAAAA!"

The demon bear pirates, led by Captain Harald Brown Hide the fine beard- 500,000,000, attacked the Marines viciously, which is normally unusual for pirates, they however, were known to attack Marines on sight which in turn caused their total crew bounty to exceed a billion easily.

The Marine's quickly returned fire from their ship.

Markus himself, was at least a little disappointed. By now, Markus would have already tried to engage the enemy alone, but he quickly found out that in this unit, you always engaged an enemy together as a unit. Dalmatian explained that it made working together easier, and allowed for tighter, efficient work to be done.

" That's it you lot, we're going in! Pull up to them!" Harald exclaimed.

" Yeah!"

The Demon bears ship, the Grizzled hide, turned and faced the Marine's battleship and started gathering ramming speed.

" Brace!" Dalmatian yelled out.

' Here we go.' Markus thought to himself. He grabbed his tie and loosened it as the ship started approaching.

* Crash!

The Grizzled hide crashed into the side of the Marine's ship, scrapping it's fury hide alongside that of the steel Marine ship.

" Take'em down men!"

" Destroy the Marines!"

The Marines and Pirates both let out a loud battle cry and started hopping over to their enemy's ship.

The sound of metal clashing against metal and gunshots rang out over the ocean.

Markus launched himself across the small gap between ships and grabbed one of the pirates by his face. He lifted the man up and off the ground. " Blue Hole!" Markus exclaimed. He then quickly slammed him down so hard; the man went crashing through the bottom of the ship.

Markus stood up and looked around him.

Demon bear Harald was fighting with Dalmatian, not leaving much of anything else to Markus, other than cleaning up.

" Haha! A Vice Admiral! If I take you down, I'll be even more famous." Harald exclaimed. Taking down a navy HQ Vice Admiral would surely make him even more famous.

" There's no way I'd lose against you. Especially not when I have the advantage."

" What advantage do you have, Dalmatian?"

" Dalmatians are faster than Bears!"

" NO, THEIR NOT!!!!" Harald exclaimed. He couldn't believe he just heard something so stupid from the mouth of a vice admiral. Bears were naturally faster than Dalmatians.

Dalmatian exploded forward and, in a moment, he drove his large fingers into Haralds large stomach.

Harald barely managed to harden his stomach in response of the attack, but it still did pretty significant damage.

Harald went sliding backwards, but remained standing upright, strong.

" Is that the best you can do, Vice Admiral? That's disappointing." Harald stated.

" You should focus less on talking and more on fighting." Dalmatian told the man. " The moment, you lose focus, the battle is decided."

" What are you talking about? Huh?" Harald looked over his shoulder as a figure moved past him.

" Lariat!"

" Lariat!"

Markus and Dalmatian both bull rushed, Harald and slammed their arms into the front and the back of the man's neck, crushing the large man's neck in-between their arms.

Although the attack was successful, Markus had to jump a little to be able to meet Dalmatian half-way.

The sickening crunching sound of the Harald's neck breaking rang out loud. A lot of the pirates and Marines cringed at the noise, the feeling of nausea overtook quite a few of them.

The two men, backed up and Harald dropped to the ground, dead. Just as Dalmatian had planned it.

A quick strike, cutting off the head of the beast, was his go to play, and by now Markus had learned enough to know when Dalmatian was ready for his combo attack.

As loud as the old man was, he was a strategic genius in his own right.

" Now, then, the rest of you have two options. Surrender or die. Your choice." Dalmatian explained to the remaining pirates.

As was normal, once the captain was dead the rest quickly surrendered. And while that did, please Dalmatian, Markus was once again disappointed. To him, it seemed that no pirates of worth made their way to the north. And while it was fun getting to beat pirates like Harald, it was getting boring not having the chance to really let his all-out was getting to him.

Dalmatian walked up to Markus and patted him on the shoulder. " Good job, once again, Lieutenant. A quick, clean kill."

" Yeah, just like always."

" It almost sounds like you're complaining."

" Eh, I'd be lying if I said, I didn't want at least one of these crews we face to have a backbone." Markus told the man.

" Boy, you sound like Garp some crap like that. Being a Marine isn't all about the fight you know. The quicker we end things, the less lives we lose. Wouldn't you agree that's more important?"

" Yeah. Alright. Let's get these guys chained up and placed in the hold." Markus told the man.

Dalmatian nodded and together the crew quickly started placing chains on all of their new prisoners. A quick and clean effort.

...................

" That's pretty much, all that happened, recently. It's not much of what I expected, but hey it's a start am I right? But there was something, I heard around the streets lately, talks of a small crime family, called the Donquixote Pirates. Not much is known about them, yet. But Dalmatian doesn't seem to think they're gonna be a threat. Not while some of the kingdoms are still warring with the Germa. Anyway, let me know what you thought of the gift. Take care, Love Markus."

Markus sealed the letter in an envelope and quickly handed it off to the mail courier, a small white pelican, used by the World Economy News Paper.

Markus sighed as he watched the little bird vanish.

" Oh man, I hate the north blue. I hope something happens here soon; I don't care what it is." He muttered.

........

In a small kingdom, at the farthest south of the North blue, The Frost Kingdom, a land of cold related deserts, a strong army of pirates were gathering together nearby.

" Shiki was pathetic. There's going to be a new Lion on the seas, and his name is Jinshi- The Black Lion- Bounty 800,000,000

" I don't care about, making a name. I just want to be rich. So, tell me again, why we're focusing on such a small kingdom at all?" Vyper- 550,000,000

" The frost Kingdom is a major trading place for the kingdoms of the North. Cut off the trading route and you take power and supplies away from the larger kingdoms, eventually forcing them into war to survive. It's a rather simple war tradition." Long horn- 700,000,000

" Which is why we're starting there and will work our way up, until we've toppled all of the other kingdoms, including Germa's, am I right? A sensible idea, truly. But I do not feel comfortable attacking such a small nation. I see no honor in doing so." Flying Thunder God Goenma- 825,000,000

" Agreed! A battle with those weaker than us, is pointless!" Jinshi exclaimed.

" Now, now, Jinshi, Goenma, it is important that we work together to take the Frost kingdom as quickly as possible. Please, won't the two of you just listen to my orders once?" Terris!

Jinshi and Goenma both stood up and glared at Terris.

" I agreed to meet you, under the premise you had an idea to gain more power. But do not begin to think that you control me, Terris." Jinshi told the man.

" I too, have my pride as a warrior to consider. And I take orders from no one." Goenma stated.

Lightning danced around Goenma, and Jinshi's body started growing black fur and he started snarling like a wild animal. The ground around Terris started to rumble ominously in response.

" Please, guys, no fighting after all, we are partners here, aren't we?" Vyper asked. His snakish eyes opened slightly, and a very malicious and sadistic smile appeared on his face.

" Vyper is right. Very well, if you two really don't want to participate in taking the island, then fine. The others and myself can handle it. But make no mistake, just because I've let it go this time, doesn't mean this is going to be a common thing. Next time there will be no arguments. Or else." Terris exclaimed.

Island Smasher Terris- 1,000,000,000.

Jinshi and goenma Glared at Terris.

" BRING IT!" They both said in different tones. Jinshi yelled it like a mad man, and Goenma shouted in a far more controlled voice.

A pirate alliance between five powerful pirate crews begins making its way to small, peaceful island. What do you guys think will happen? Can you predict what their abilities will be? Let me know what you all think in the comments! Remember a comment day keeps the chapters Not away!