Chapter 19 - Chapter 20

"Begin" Byakuya disappeared and reappeared behind Sengoku and punched his back, only to get it blocked by Garp who had seen it coming and moved to intercept.

"Nice speed!" Byakuya said and made a mental note of Garp's incredible speed.

"Not so bad yourself," Garp said and grabbed Byakuya's arm and tried to do an overhead throw, but Byakuya disappeared from his grip and reappeared at his original position.

"Beautiful bond between you two. Sengoku trusted that you could handle it and didn't stop my punch even though he could have." Byakuya made another important mental note about the elderly duo.

"Come on then. Is that all you have, boy." Garp said and punched the air a few times.

Byakuya moved again at an even faster speed, and this took Sengoku by surprise and he found Byakuya's fist a few cm away from his face and tried to dodge to the side. Garp moved the instant Byakuya did and tried to stop the fist, but as he reached out Byakuya disappeared and Garp got a punch in the gut and was pushed back a few meters and spit up some blood.

"I see you got faster." Garp wiped the blood off his lips and stared at Byakuya, now upping his awareness. He and Sengoku now understood what kind of opponent they were facing.

Garp and Sengoku both flashed towards Byakuya and went on the offensive. Sengoku arrived and delivered a punch that was blocked by Byakuya and then he pushed extra hard, forcing Byakuya to take a step back and that was the opportunity Garp needed. He appeared beside Byakuya and punched him in the face.

Byakuya did a quick flip in mid-air and landed on the ground a few meters away. Garp appeared behind him and tried to punch him into the ground, but Byakuya lowered his body down and delivered an incredibly fastback kick and sent Garp flying face first and broke apart the ground with his head as he flew back from the kick.

"Got you!" Sengoku's fist landed on Byakuya's forehead, but he was not pushed back since he prepared and coated his forehead in haki.

"Shit!" Sengoku tried to move back but Byakuya caught his arm and did an overhead throw and the ground broke apart when he slammed Sengoku into it.

"Shit! That's gonna hurt tomorrow." Sengoku felt his body being lifted again and tried to get loose from Byakuya's grip, but to no avail.

Kong appeared this time and from behind Byakuya he caught his head in a strong grip and prepared to crush it. He was about to put strength into his grip, but a dangerous killing intent started to rise and he disappeared from that spot.

"How about you play with me instead. Byakuya is busy, you see." A woman with a nice figure and a pretty face walked towards Kong with her sword drawn. The spot where Kong had stood now had a deep sword cut into it.

"And who might you be, girl?" Kong said and watched her walk over.

"Cal Shekar. A pleasure to meet you fleet admiral Kong." Cal said and stopped walking when she was about 10 meters away from him. From around them, you could see Garp and Sengoku get sent flying and then in turn send Byakuya flying. Further away you saw explosions of ice and lava. The entire marineford was gonna be messed up after this, and Kong got so annoyed thinking about the cleanup and the paperwork he was gonna have to do.

"Can't say the same, pirate. Barging in and destroying someones home is very rude, don't you think." Kong said and looked at her with a calm expression.

"It will be our home eventually, so why not just move out now and save us the trouble." Cal said and smiled with a mischievous look on her face.

"Funny. Are you coming over here, or am I gonna have to come there and beat you down." Cal got visibly annoyed at that comment, and her grip on the sword tightened.

They dashed towards each other and clashed, fist to sword. Kong's haki was the strongest in the marines and still, he felt a little danger every time they clashed. Usually he could take on great swordsmen with just his fists and not feel much danger.

"Your skill is great, so how about you join the marines. You could actually do some good with that strength." Kong said and smiled at Cal.

"No thanks." She broke away and did a sword swipe but he dodged it by ducking under it. She tried to knee him in the face but he caught her leg and threw her on the ground and she groaned in pain as she was slammed down. He punched at her stomach but she rolled away and flashed behind him and kicked his head so hard that he was sent face-first into the ground.

'Lucky i used haki or that would have been it for me. What a dangerous woman.' Kong quickly flashed away and observed Cal.

Kenshin who was left standing with Lubbock just stood back and stared at the fighting going on. He looked at the old woman and then the tall Afro dude who was observing him.

'He is dangerous. Let's try and keep him out of the fighting.' Tsuru observed Kenshin. She felt that out of all people here, marine and pirate alike. The most obvious person not to provoke would be this man. There was something about him that said, "you would not know how you died if you provoke me."

"You two not going to act?" Kuzan said as he watched the two pirates left standing.

"No need. Originally, only three of us was gonna go and fight here, so we are just the tag along. I seek no fighting at this time, only a good show." Kenshin said as he was not even looking at the two marines. He was observing Guts and Z trading blows. Guts hadn't drawn his sword since he found out Z used no weapons to fight with.

Explosion were going off in every battle and every now and then you could hear Vash wooing in happiness. Byakuya was observing the battles going on and figured this was enough for now. He didn't want the others to be pushed to use trump cards. The marines were strong and he had to give them that. The commanders still didn't have his grandpas strength so they couldn't defeat the marines here immediately like he probably would be able to.

"This was fun, but it's time for us to leave," Byakuya said loud enough for everyone here to hear and the commanders all started to withdraw from their battles.

"Oh, leaving so soon," Garp said, but he didn't chase after them since Kong didn't move. Kong had the right idea here, but there was one person that wouldn't allow this to happen.

"Don't think you can leave here alive!" Sakazuki yelled at the top of his lungs and dashed after Toshiro as he had flashed over to the rest of the commanders.

"Sakazuki STOP!" Kongo screamed but it was too late for that.

"AAHHHHH!" Sakazuki suddenly fell on his knees and cried out in pain. No one saw what happened, but Tsuru observed the commanders and noticed that one of them was missing.

"Here you go. You should keep him on a leech." Kong and the rest heard a voice behind them, but there stood no one behind them when they turned around.

'Could it be?' Tsuru looked back at the pirates and noticed that the man she was observing was back standing there again.

"What's your name?" Tsuru asked out loud while locking eyes on her target.

"hm, my name is Kenshin Himura. The 3rd fleet commander of the Gotei 13 Pirates." Kenshin who notice the old woman looking at him responded with a smile.

'What inhuman speed. He moved so fast not even Kong or Garp could see him. He took Sakazuki's arm and delivered it to us and we still couldn't see him do it. What kind of speed is that.' Tsuru watched him like she was trying to solve a puzzle.

The commanders of the Gotei stood on an ice block that was hovering in mid-air. Byakuya walked forwards and began to speak to the marines.

"I am Byakuya Kuchiki, 2nd Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates."

"I am Kenshin Himura, 3rd Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates."

"I am Cal Shekar, 4th Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates"

"I am Toshiro Hitsugaya, 5th Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates"

"I am Guts, 6th Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates."

"I am Vash, 11th Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates."

"I am Lubbock, 12th Fleet commander of the Gotei 13 pirates."

They all introduced themselves in a proper and almost noble manner. After this strange introduction, the giant ice block that Toshiro had created started floating up at high speed. The marines on the ground simply watched them disappear and most of them breathed out loudly and they fell on their butts after that short but terrifying fight.

"Tend to the wounded. Tsuru, Z, Sengoku and Garp, follow me. We have things to discuss." Kongo gave his orders quickly to a marines standing near him then walked off with the four he pointed out.

'This will be impossible to cover up. What will happen on the Grand Line now that another emperor has appeared.' Kongo sighed out loudly and cursed himself for accepting this damn position. He needed to get a job that was less stressful then this one.

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