34 Prolog

Grand Line. Banaro Island.

Today, Banaro Island was faced with destruction. This was a battle that would change the fate of the whole world.

Portgas D. Ace fought against Marshall D. Teach.

It was a fight between fire and darkness.

What both of them didn't know was that there was another group on Banaro Island. This group watched the fight from a distance.

„Wow, this power of darkness is truly astonishing", said Hancock while looking at the fight.

„This is a fight that would change the fate of many strong people. The world will face a war after this incident. Of course, we will change the course of the war, that is the reason why we are here", said Ezio and had a smile on his face.

Marshall D. Teach was a schemer that shocked the world after the war at Marineford. Nobody knew of his plan in the original story. After Ezio reincarnated into the world of One Piece, how could he not take advantage of the knowledge he had?

The fight was reaching the end. A massive amount of fire was fighting against a massive amount of darkness. At the end, Marshall D. Teach was the winner, but he was exhausted. Everyone could tell that this wasn't an easy victory for the man who will be called Blackbeard.

Marshall D. Teach stood in front of Ace and couldn't help but smile. This was the first step in his plan, a plan that would bring him to the top of the world in the shortest amount of time.

But then Blackbeard heard a clapping sound. A young man and his group walked towards him.

„Teach, you scheming bastard. To see the power of your devil fruit with my own eyes, I'm truly astonished"

Blackbeard couldn't help but frown. Who in the world didn't know who this young man was? The whole world knew his face, his name, and his power. It was because the whole world saw him fight.

„Blackflame Ezio", said Teach and couldn't help but tremble. On any other day, he wouldn't fear this guy as much as at this moment. The problem was that Teach was exhausted. He fought against the second division commander of the the strongest crew in this world. This wasn't an easy fight.

Ezio smiled.

„Our powers are somewhat similar but different at the same time. You control pure darkness and I control a burning darkness, you could say it is a darkness that burns everything in this world. Do you want to know if my black fire can burn even your darkness that seems to nullify the power of devil fruits?"

Blackbeard didn't want to talk. He attacked him with his devil fruit powers but to his surprise, even his power was burned away by the flame of this devil.

„You are a treacherous guy, Blackflame Ezio", said Blackbeard with fear in his eyes. „If I wouldn't have fought against Ace, do you think you could defeat me so easy? Where is your dignity? Aren't you a hero?"

Ezio laughed at this moment.

„I don't doubt that before the fight with Ace, you would be a very strong opponent. Why should I exhaust myself in a life and death battle with you if I could take you down in seconds after your fight? Dignity? Hero? Don't make me laugh. Only the foolish would fight with honor. I'm a proud man, but if this characteristic effects my decisions then I would be an idiot. This world is full of strong people, so I will take every opportunity to make myself stronger. And is there a better chance than this one?"

Blackbeard trembled. How could he be defeated at this moment? His journey only started. He waited so long to get his devil fruit. Now he acquired it and started his plan. He even defeated Ace. How could his road end here? This wasn't supposed to happen.

Amanda D. Lily walked besides Ezio.

„Why don't you make a deal with this guy? I think he is really strong. He should help us achieve our goals"

„No, this guy will die today"

It was a tempting idea to use Lily and make Blackbeard a slave. Lily's and Sid's powers changed the plan he previously had. He didn't want to use Lily's power that often. If all the people in his crew would be slaves that he acquired because of Lily's devil fruit, then he had a big problem. What would happen if Lily died? He did not want to rely on powers of others to build his strength. His crew should be loyal to him out of their own will. Maybe Lily was a slave because of their trade, but Ezio didn't want to command her like a slave. He treated her like any other crew member and the two slowly started to like each other. At this moment in time, there was even trust between the two.

Maybe Lily's power was a quick way to gain loyal team members in a short amount of time, but the manga showed that this way to get power could backfire. He thought about Doflamingo. With Sugar, he had many slaves that worked for him. After Sugar was defeated, his whole territory broke apart and all his ally's became enemies. Ezio didn't want to end like Doflamingo. He wanted that his team followed him out of their own will.

But this didn't mean he wouldn't use the possibilities that Lily's fruit would give him.

Ezio walked to Blackbeard and killed him. It was really too easy to kill this crafty guy at this moment, but Blackbeard was too exhausted after his fight.

„Sid, take control of this corpse"

A short amount of time later, Teach stood up and kneeled in front of Ezio.

„Teach, or should I call you Sid now? Take Ace and bring him to Sengoku. This is truly funny. The new Shichibukai, Marshall D. Teach, is in reality a clone that is under my control. It was truly lucky that I found you, Sid. With you and Lily, there are so many possibilities for the future. I can't wait for the day the war will start"

After that Ezio looked at the unconscious Ace that laid on the ground.

„Sorry, Ace", said Ezio but then he turned around and walked away.

Maybe Ezio had sympathy for Ace, but this was only sympathy as a reader of the manga. Now he was part of this world and he had to use every possibility to gain advantages. In reality, Ace was a stranger for him. He shouldn't show a stranger sympathy only because he knew him from the manga. This was no game.

Even if he had to make an enemy of Luffy, he wouldn't stop his plan.