Leo's ship was sailing towards an island in the distance. As they got close Leo's spiritual sense picked up an intense battle.
"Let's go Shinobu."
He jumped up into the air and drew a beeline towards the island. Shinobu used Geppo and followed closely.
Mace realised something was wrong and shouted at the crew to pick up speed.
...
On the island.
The battle between the lion headed man and the tall woman was still intense. The small town bore the brunt of their battle.
Buildings were torn down and corpse lay scattered throughout the area. However they gave no mind to it and continued.
The lion headed man roared and punched at the tall woman. His large fist clad in busoshoku haki tore through the air.
Armed!
The tall woman responded. Haki was attached to her sword as she jabbed her sword. The sword whistled as it pierced through the air.
The fist and sword met. The shockwave forced away everything near them. Both of them retreated and stared at each other for a moment.
Just as they were about to attack again their kenbunshoku haki picked up someone rushing in their direction with incredible speed.
Boom!
Before they could react someone landed right between them. The next second a tremendous force bore down on them and blasted them away.
They crashed through several buildings and left a long trail of dust and rubble before slowing down.
Leo looked around and his eyes grew cold. His spiritual sense was spread far and wide, it picked up a lot of dead bodies, men, women, young and old, a lot of people had lost their lives.
Damn!
He turned his eyes and focused on the ones who caused this. A powerful will erupted from him and pressed down on the two of them.
Haoshoku Haki!
Argh!
The lion headed man and the tall woman grunted. Their faces went pale, they raised their head and looked at the owner of this powerful will and was stunned.
A man wearing white shirt and black pants stood before them. He wore a navy coat of justice.
A marine!?
They were stunned to see a marine having the Colour of a Supreme King.
"Give up and surrender or... die!"
To scum like them there was no need to give them a second chance. If they refused to surrender, then death!
The lion headed man roared and shot towards Leo.
"So you chose death. Let me send you on your way."
Leo pushed off of his feet and clashed head on with lion head man.
The lion head man sneered. Competing with me with strength? Fool!
The muscles on his arm swelled up as he punched at Leo. Black colour gleaming with a hint of red cladded his arms.
Leo didn't bat an eye. His sword turned blackish red as he slashed his sword.
Slice!
Sword rays flashed. The lion headed man was stunned. He glared at Leo with blood shot eyes.
He wanted to speak but he couldn't as his head slowly slid down his throat.
With an indifferent expression Leo looked at the tall woman. In that moment she felt a chill down her spine. Fear crept into her heart.
Her pride didn't allow her to surrender but if she doesn't she will die. Unwilling to surrender she chose to escape.
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Who!?
When she was rushing away from Leo a sweet voice rang near her ear. The tall woman felt her hairs stand on it's end.
Out of instinct she swung her sword towards the voice. But she hit nothing.
Before she could spot her enemy her body went numb and she fell down powerlessly. The forward momentum made her body roll on the ground a fair distance before she stopped.
Fear filled her eyes. She couldn't move! Her body wasn't listening to her. She even tried to use her devil fruit ability but it failed.
When she was trying to gather her thoughts a beautiful face got close to her and smiled.
"Don't worry. This one won't kill you, since I don't know you if you have some peculiar ability I upped the potency so you might feel a bit of pain later."
Shinobu said to the tall woman.
Leo flashed beside her and asked, "The islanders?"
Shinobu said, "The crew is on it. They have my drugs so anyone that can be saved will be saved."
Leo heaved a sigh. He turned to the tall woman and snorted before saying to Shinobu.
"Let's split up. These two shouldn't be alone, find the rest of them. If they refuse to surrender, kill!"
After an hour Leo and Shinobu rounded up the rest of the tall woman's and the lion headed man's crew.
They were either killed or arrested. Mace checked their identities and found out they were subordinates of a Yonko.
The lion head man was the subordinate of Hundred Beast Kaido.
The tall woman is one of the four sweet commanders and daughter of Big Mom, Smoothie.
Mace frowned when he got the information. He reported it to Leo who waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter which faction they belong to. Their dispute led to the death of innocent people. Throw them to the brig!"
Mace did as he was told. Smoothie had a wretched expression when she was carried to the brig. Her face was pale and she was sweating a lot.
The crew involuntarily trembled when they saw her. They knew this was the handiwork of their captain's wife. Thinking back to how she experimented new drugs on prisoners sent a chill down their spine.
They were glad she was on their side.
They stayed at the island for a couple of days. Shinobu helped with the wounded while the crew provided help to build temporary relief buildings.
With Shinobu's excellent medical capabilities even life threatening wounds were taken care of. The islanders were full of gratitude towards her.
After making sure the island was on the right track they left for Marineford.
On the ship Leo held a devil fruit. This was the cause of the dispute between two Yonko subordinates.
Paramecia, Devil-Devil Fruit.
New World, Totto Land, Whole Cake Island.
This is the headquarters of one the Yonko, Big Mom!
Currently Big Mom was listening to a report with a cold smile on her face.
"A marine dares to capture my daughter?"
She spoke slowly but everyone listening to her felt their scalps tingle.
"Cracker, take a fleet and bring back Smoothie."
Laying on her comfortable couch Big Mom said loudly.
A man with a tank body walked out among the people there. He held a long sword and wore an armour around his body.
"Yes, mama."
...
Leo was checking the devil-devil Fruit. According to the encyclopedia this fruit was a special paramecia.
It's user will be endowed with the body of a devil. Superior regeneration, speed and strength are also a part of it's benefits.
However most importantly it allows a transformation. To turn completely into a devil!
He thought for a while and called out Mace and threw the devil-devil fruit to him.
Mace was stunned.
"Eat it. As of right now you are weak, your kenbunshoku haki and busoshoku haki are barely satisfactory. That fruit should upgrade your strength by a level."
Mace was grateful that Leo gave such a valuable fruit to him.
He immediately took a bite, suddenly his face turned ugly. He struggled and swallowed that bit in his mouth.
Bleh...
Mace started to barf his gut out. After several minutes he calmed down and apologized to Leo before checking his body.
Visibility he looked no different from before however Leo sensed his body become firmer and more resilient than before.
"Not bad. Try to transform, let me see how special this paramecia is."
Mace nodded and focused. His skin started to wiggle turned into a tan colour. Two small horns grew out his forehead. Strange marking appeared all over his body. And his hair grew longer and turned blood red.
Ooh!
Leo was startled. He did expected Mace to get an upgrade in strength, after all he is a marine with solid foundation in Marine Rokushiki and Haki. However this was beyond his imagination.
This transformation increased his strength by atleast two times!
"It's a special paramecia alright. No wonder those two fought over it."
If this fruit was given to a vice admiral level marine he would immediately become an admiral level powerhouse.
Such a convenient way to get stronger.
Leo mumbled inside. Just as they were checking out Mace's new powers the ship rocked.
"Captain, emergency! We are being surrounded by Big Mom's fleet!"
Leo stood up and walked outside. Shinobu was already on the deck watching the hubub.
He walked to her side and saw ten ships surrounding them. In the leading ship was a man with a tank body, he wore an armour and held a long sword.
Mace identified that man and said, "That's one of the four sweet commanders, Charlotte Cracker!"
Cracker saw Leo and glared at him, "Marine, bring out Smoothie."
Leo said in response, "She ignored the consequences and fought in a public place. Destroying a small town and killing many innocents."
Cracker pointed his sword in Leo's direction, "I don't want to hear your excuses."
Leo smiled, "Don't be so smug, I wasn't finding excuses. I was just stating a fact. For her crimes she will be spending her time in Impel Down. If you try to take her away, well... you aren't a good one either so I will be forced to kill you. So surrender like a good boy."
Cracker couldn't help but laugh when he heard Leo, his eyes turned sharp and cold the next instant, "Fire!"
Volleys of shots flew immediately towards Leo's ship.
If this was before Leo would have found it straining to protect the ship and take care of the enemy but not anymore.
"Mace, Shinobu, I leave the ship to you."
Swish!
Leo disappeared after saying that.
Shinobu smiled and fluttered like a butterfly as he flickered away the incoming volleys. Needles coated with busoshoku haki danced around her, at the end of every needles there was a faint thread connecting to her finger tips.
Mace immediately used his fruit ability and transformed into a devil. He blocked the attacks as well. He used Geppo and Soru to move around the ship and block stray volleys Shinobu missed.
"Fire at will!"
Mace suddenly yelled.
Ooh!!
The crew got pumped up. They returned fire. For a moment it looked like Leo's ship was covered in flames but none of it touched the ship's body.
Leo kicked the air with incredible speed as he flashed towards a ship. He drew out his sword, it turned blackish red as he sliced it down.
Crack!
A long wisp of sword ray flashed past with incredible speed. The ship was split in two. Leo turned around and flew towards another ship. He swung his sword again and split it apart.
Crackers face turned ugly. He wasn't proficient in air battle so he was powerless to stop Leo.
"Focus fire on that bastard!"
Immediately the remaining ships focused their canons on Leo.
Facing that many canons Leo looked calm and cold.
Boom! Boom!
Volleys flew past him and blew up.
Leo advanced forward and struck again. Another ship joined the seabed.
Because firing was focused on Leo Mace and crew got a breather and took down one of the ship nearer to them.
Shit! This can't go on!
Cracker realised the severity of the situation. He ordered the ship to close the distance between each other. That way even if Leo found got near to one of them he would be able to stop him.
The ships were in a close formation now. Cracker could jump from one ship to another and reach Leo should he try to sink any of them.
However he underestimated Leo's battle prowess.
Leo was still some distance from them when he suddenly took a stance and swung his sword.
Sword rays condensed to form a white tiger, it leaped out as he slammed his sword down. It clashed head first into the crowd of ships and broke them to pieces.
Shit!
Cracker cursed inside his mind and used his ability. Shields appeared out of nowhere and covered their entire ship.
Boom!
The white tiger slammed into the shields and shook them. Cracks started to form on the shields.
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