One piece: The Fist of Justice

Markus and his crew approached Secon Island after three days of travel, and as they approached the island, the sight of a skirmish near the shore began to show its head. Rubble filled the shoreline, with old shells from cannonballs still smoking, and broken buildings still being repaired. 

" Damn. It looks like some fight happened here." Markus muttered. " Thankfully it doesn't appear they got too far into mainland before being pushed back out." Observing the area, as they grew closer, Markus began to wonder what exactly the Big Mom pirates could have been looking for.

" Sir, we're being hailed by Rear Admiral Kadar." Hakoda told the man.

" Alright, let's dock and get to work." Markus told the man.

He gave Hakoda a pat on the shoulder as he passed by. 

The giant Marine ship slowly pulled into the docks. Setting the ship in place, Markus quickly descended from the ship to greet Rear Admiral Kadar personally.

The rear Admiral was a man of average height, meaning Markus had to look down to see his face, leaving the rear admiral a little intimidated by his presence. Kadar was marked by his long face, thick eye brows and thick lips. His blue suit was torn in multiple places, and he had bandages wrapped around his head. 

" Welcome, Captain. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Kadar said to the man

" The pleasure is mine, Kadar. Looks like you've had a rough time. How bad were the damages?" Markus asked the man.

" Not too bad. A few of my men are resting serious wounds in the infirmary, but thankfully they'll live. Unfortunately, I believe the worst is yet to come."

Kadar turned and started walking with Markus towards the Marine base on Secon Island.

" Right. The Big Mom pirates. Who exactly was it that attacked? Was it Katakuri? Cracker? Or was it Big Mom herself?" Markus asked the man.

Kadar sighed for a moment and hung his head. " It was... None of them." He said. The disappointment on his face was clear. " It was a younger man, I'm not entirely sure of his name. But they were flying big mom's flag." He said.

Markus paused for a moment and stared at Kadar. " Really?"

" Yes."

" Okay then." Markus took a deep breath and sighed. " Well, do you know what it was they were after?" He asked.

" I don't know. They never really specified, only that Big Mom really wanted it." Kadar told the man. " When we managed to push them back, however, they did say they were going to come back with stronger forces. Which is why I sent out the call for help." Kadar told the man.

Markus sighed and rubbed his face. " Makes sense. But you should have reported this to HQ instead of just calling me." He told the man. " But what's done is done. Let's get you and your men treated and ready ourselves for a second invasion." Markus told the man. Markus suddenly stopped, causing Rear Admiral Kadar to pause as well.

The Rear Admiral watched as Markus' face suddenly turned dark. Markus' head quickly snapped towards the sea as a strong and intimidating presence grew closer. 

" Damn, they're here, already?!" Markus shouted. Markus shoved Rear Admiral Kadar to the side and readied himself. " Hurry up and alert the troops, Kadar! Tell the ships to get ready!"

Kadar was confused for a moment, however, before he could speak a grand ship made entirely of sweets appeared from out of nowhere, flying the Big Mom pirate's flag. Though they were still quite far from the shore, Markus and Kadar could make out the silhouettes of two very large men.

" Go!" Markus shouted and not a moment later he exploded from his place on the shore, leaping all the way to the top of the Marine bases' building, and then using the building as support, launched himself out towards the sea.

Meanwhile, as the ship grew closer to the island, Charlotte Katakuri stood on the front deck of the ship alongside his younger brother Oven. 

" We're almost there, Katakuri."

" Yeah. Let's get this over with and get back home. I hate having to miss my mealtime." Katakuri responded. Katakuri took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment. However, a second later his eyes shot open. Katakuri's arms turned dark black alerting his brother Oven. 

" Katakuri?!"

" An attack is coming!" Katakuri declared. 

A surge of Haki exploded in the air in front of them and speeding towards the ship was a single Marine. Markus.

Markus coated his arms with haki and without saying a word attacked Katakuri. The two men's fists collided resulting a large explosion of vicious black lightning. A clear indication of both men possessing Conquers haki.

The force of the haki immediately pushed Oven onto his backfoot, leaving him struggling to stay close to Katakuri. 

Markus glared at Katakuri intensely as their fists pressed against each other. And just from the momentary clash Markus could tell. ' This man is strong!' 

On the other hand, Katakuri was also surprised by the strength the marine was showcasing. ' He stopped my attack?!' 

Katakuri and Markus continued pressuring each other, but eventually something had to give. And rather than risk breaking the ground beneath them, Katakuri decided to end the collision. He sidestepped Markus and allowed him to continue forward, carried by his momentum. 

Markus went rushing past Katakuri and hit the Big Mom pirate's grand ship. 

" We're under attack! Quickly, to arms!"

There was a shout on the ship and suddenly every single pirate on board grabbed their weapons and readied themselves for battle. 

Markus emerged from the rubble to a crowd of pirates, nearing the hundreds, surrounding him. However, the two men that had his attention were standing at the front of the ship, glaring at him.

" Ya know, I gotta say, when I heard that the Big Mom pirates were attacking, a part of me was hoping for a challenge. But I didn't expect Big Mom to send two of her top officers to one little old island for tourists. I mean seriously this place is only good for rest and relaxation. It's a hot spring island, with a few good bars. What would a man worth five hundred million and a man worth two hundred million be doing on an island like that, huh?" Markus asked.

He stared up at the two large men, both of them standing at a near eleven feet tall, with a smirk on his face.

" It's pointless to tell you." Katakuri responded. 

Oven and katakuri both stood across from Markus, their eyes boring daggers into the man. Looking around at his surroundings, Markus couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer size of the Big Mom pirate's ship and crew. 

" Whew, there certainly are a lot of you. Hold on a second, let's fix that." Markus cracked a smirk and began emitting his conquerors haki, intent on knocking out as many of the pirate crew members as possible in one go.

However, just as he did so, Katakuri countered him using his own haki to stop Markus' bringing it into a deadlock. 

The collision of haki sent out shockwaves from the ship, coursing all the way out across the sea, and causing the waves themselves to begin rising and falling rapidly. If things were to continue, it's possible they could end up causing a swell.

" FIRE!"

Suddenly a shout from far away rang out loud and clear, and a large explosion rocked the side of the Big Mon Pirate's ship. The two men were quickly thrown off by the sudden rocking of the ship.

" Katakuri, the Marine ships are attacking!" Oven shouted.

" Tch!" Katakuri clicked his tongue and sighed. " Return fire!" Katakuri demanded. 

The Big Mom Pirate's began returning fire on the marine ship, entering in a full-scale battle on the sea.

Oven, the other Charlotte brother, raced towards the other end of the ship, intent on taking the fight to the marines directly, while Katakuri handled things on this end.

Seeing that he was going for his ship, Markus raced towards the giant man, however, right before he could strike him, a giant hand wrapped itself around his wrist, surprising him.

" Leave my little brother alone. This duel is ours, Marine." Katakuri pulled on Markus' arm and sent him flying back towards the cabin of the Big Mom pirate's ship, smashing him into the frame of the boat. 

" Damn it." Markus cursed. He watched as Oven jumped over the side of his ship and exploded into a haze of fire, sailing right over to his ship. " Looks like you don't intend on letting me capture you easily, huh?"

" Your people are as good as dead."

" We'll see about that!"

Markus flashed a devious grin towards Katakuri.

On the other side, Oven lands heavily on the Marine's ship and is immediately met by a round of gunfire from the troops, however the heat from his body was so intense, that before they could reach him, all the bullets melted. 

" Hahaha! Your bullets can't hurt me. I'm a heat man. My body burns hot enough to melt bullets."

*Bang!

A sharp pain seared across Oven's right cheek, and a little bit of blood began to drip from the wound surprising the Charlotte sibiling. 

" What the hell?" Oven muttered. He looked up on the mast of the ship and staring at him with a rifle in his hands was the quartermaster and sniper of the ship, Russ.

" What was that you said about bullets not hurting you?" The older man asked.

" How did-"

Oven was in the process of asking how the marine managed to hurt him, when a hand raised right up towards his face, caught his attention.

" Boom!"

A small explosion went off right in Oven's face, shaking him a little. Emerging from the smoke unharmed, Oven looked down at the marine standing next to him. 

" Why you little runt!"

" I'm sorry. He is a little rude when it comes to welcoming uninvited guests." Hakoda told the man. " But you'll find I'm much worse."

Oven quickly turned and was caught right on the jaw by a powerful kick from Hakoda, knocking him back quite a bit. Oven landed on his feet and was immediately hit by another explosion from Garris, stumbling him, before a bullet hit him right in the center of his chest, drilling him hard. 

Oven clutched his chest, realizing had he not used haki, the bullet might have blown a hole right through him. 

" Do you realize whose ship you're on? Did you think we would just let you act out as you pleased? You are so naïve." 

Oven looked up as the three marine's glared daggers at him.

*Doom!

A large explosion of haki exploded in the sea behind the man, drawing Oven's attention. 

" Who is that, fighting Katakuri?" He asked himself. " These aren't average marines."

" That's Captain Monkey D. Markus. Son of Monkey D. Garp. And the hero who took down Terris." Hakoda told the man.

Markus and Katakuri floated in the air briefly, before falling back down towards the ship. The moment the two men touched down, they once again rushed each other, fists raised and full of fire. The force of their blows was beginning to rock the ocean currents even more, throwing the ships they were on around in the water.

Realizing it was becoming too dangerous to continue fighting on the boat, Katakuri made a decision.

" Flowing Mochi!" Slamming his hand on the deck of the ship, the ground beneath his feet began to ripple and swirl around like it was made of mochi. A thin line of Mochi shot out from beneath Markus' feet, hitting him in the chest and throwing him from the ship in one fast movement. 

' Damn!' Markus cursed. he tried fighting off the mochi, however, the stickiness of the substance made it almost impossible to remove by force. ' I can't break free!'

Following after him, through the line of Mochi, was Katakuri himself.

' I see. He wants to take the battle to land. Fine. Let's go!' Markus stopped struggling and turned his body fully in the air and kicked it, launching himself towards main land faster, dragging Katakuri along the way.

Markus landed on the shoreline and turned to face Katakuri as the man landed just behind him. 

" Okay. I get it, you're strong. So, I'll give you round one. But let's see how you handle round two."

" Yes. I'll stop taking you lightly." Katakuri spoke. His eyes turned a deep red for a moment, drawing Markus' attention.

" Oh, I see. Bringing out the big guns, are we?" Markus' hands started glowing a deep black, almost as if darkness was emitting from his fist. " You ready?"

Katakuri nodded silently and the two men exploded towards one another. The real fight has only just begun.

Doom!

To be Continued

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