Chapter 24 - Chapter 26

In the air above the Grand Line, a 4-meter long cross could be seen floating along quietly. If you listened closely you could hear whistling coming from it as well. The cross was coloured red and on it hung a headless body. The red colour on the cross came from the massive amounts of blood that was pouring out from this body.

"What a wonderful day to ruin some lives, don't you think so as well, Sakazuki my boy." A man best described as a clown or jester was sitting cross-legged on the cross with a single head in front of him. The head, of course, belonged to the dead admiral Sakazuki.

"Oops, I forgot you can't talk, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Hisoka said while rubbing the back of his head like a cliche anime character. His smile went from genuine happiness to nightmare material because he started imagining the faces of the marines when he showed up with this lovely present.

"I will place the fear of God in them for messing with my Robin. They don't deserve her." He said and an even more sadistic smile grew one his face. No child would sleep well after seeing that smile up close.

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"Fleet admiral Sengoku. Urgent Report!" A marine ran into the room of the fleet admiral in the middle of a meeting and got very displeasing looks to form everyone present at the meeting.

"What is it?" Sengoku said to the young marines who was sweating bullets from all the intense looks he got from the people here

"We got a weird report from a ship just a few miles from here. A man sitting on a floating cross is flying in the direction of headquarters. He will arrive in only a few minutes if he follows his current course." The man reported with a clear voice.

"A floating cross? Do we know who it is?" Garp said who sat beside him. He only knew of two people who were confirmed users of some kind of flying ability.

"No, Sir. But there is body on the cross. The reports also say that the body is wearing admiral Akainu's dark red suit. The body itself is without a head, so it's impossible to confirm at this time." The marine said and Sengoku flipped out.

"WHAT! Why didn't you say so sooner, you fool!" Headquarters had lost contact with Akainu the day prior and no one could find the fleet that he was supposed to be on. Sengoku feared the worst right away.

"This meeting is over! Garp, we will go meet whoever is controlling that cross." Sengoku and Garp disappeared from the room. Only a few random marines were left with shocked faces. They all feared the worst, just like Sengoku.

A few minutes later, Sengoku and Garp stood at the edge of the harbour on Marineford. They were both looking at a cross that appeared over the horizon. The sun was in the process of going down, so the cross became harder to see every second.

"Garp, you recognize the man on top that thing?" Sengoku had a furious look on his face. Probably because he saw the same thing that Garp did.

"No, I don't. What I do recognize, is that body." Garp said with a grim look on his face. He never agreed with Akainu's sense of justice but he was still a fellow marine. The loss of this man was not good for the marines or the world government.

"Hello there, Sengoku. Captain asked me to dump off this of garbage to you. Apparently, you know him?" Hisoka said with a smile best described as full-on evil.

"Who are you and who is your captain?" Garp said. He was definitely the calmer one of the two as of this moment.

"My name is Hisoka. My friends call me the evil Jester. I am the 7th Commander of the Gotei 13. My captain is Ginrei Kuchiki." Hisoka said while standing up and bowing towards the two veterans. He then proceeded to throw something at the ground.

"Here, catch!" A head came flying and landed right in front of Sengoku and it was, of course, Akainu's head. Sengoku lost all words, and so did Garp. This man just flew up to Marineford and threw the head of an admiral at the feet of the Fleet admiral himself.

Sengoku didn't bother with words. He used Soru and appeared behind Hisoka and grabbed him by the head and used Soru again and slammed him into the ground back where Garp stood. The ground broke when Hisoka's face connected with it.

"You will be thrown into Impel down and you will rot there for eternity," Sengoku said to Hisoka that was struggling in his grasp.

"Garp gets a ship ready, you're going to Impel down with this scum," Sengoku said, and Garp started moving while sighing.

"hohohahahahahahaha!" The clown in his grip started laughing hysterically.

"What's so damn funny!" Sengoku screamed in his face while pressing him against the ground.

"What's so funny??!! Of course, it's the fact that I'm so disappointed that you both got caught in my illusion this easily. hahaha!" Hisoka said and the body Sengoku was pressing down on the ground disappeared. Suddenly Sengoku found himself standing beside Garp and still looking at the head of Akainu that was in front of him on the ground.

"Is this the strength of the legendary marine duo??!" Hisoka that was still sitting on the cross said.

"I could have killed you a hundred times over by now. Next time, don't get caught so easily." Hisoka said and smoke started appearing around him and soon his body together with the smoke was gone. The cross fell down and landed on the ground causing it to crack under it's wight.

"The press will a field day with this. What has the world come to?" Garp said while looking at Akainu's body with eyes that showed sadness and slight regret.

"Where did these people come from is the question i want answered. I have never seen or heard about them and then suddenly they appear out of nowhere and becomes the most dangerous people we have ever faced." Sengoku said while trying to calm his rage and frustration from this days event.

"At least now I know why Kong retired," Sengoku said while sighing in frustration. He ordered the marines to get Akainu's body and he made his way inside alongside Garp.

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