The Golden Lion!

Pirate Age 1498

Three Years before the start of the Great Pirate Era!

MARINEFORD!

Alarms sounded all throughout the great Island of Marineford. Marines ran and gathered their gear as they prepared for a great conflict.

" Fleet Admiral Kong! Roger and the Gold Lion have contact in Edd War, over in the New World!"

Garp, was called once more to Kong's office for the position of Admiral, but once again he turned it down, had overheard the report from the Marine soldier and turned to leave the office.

" Garp Wait!" Kong yelled.

" Yeah! I heard." Garp told the man. But he continued to lave anyway.

" Garp we're not done talking!" Kong told the man.

" You may not be done talking, but I am." Garp told the man. He then walked out of the office and into the hallway where he was greeted by his fellow Vice Admirals Tsuru, Saul, Kuzan, and Sakazuki.

" Garp-San! Did you turn down your promotion again?" Kuzan asked the man. " That's so cool of you.

" I can already do as I like, so I don't need a higher rank." Garp told the man. He then turned to Tsuru and Saul. " Hey, Tsuru-chan, let me come along if you're sailing out there." Garp asked the woman.

" Nobody invited you to go, did they? You'll just break the ship as soon as you board, so I don't want you with me." Tsuru told the man. She was tired of Garp always breaking her stuff whenever he showed up.

" Oh, don't say that." Garp told the woman. " I'll be the one to take down that damned Roger."

Markus and Brago, who were chore boys working for Garp were also following along as the storm of Vice Admirals came flooding out of Marine HQ.

" Hey! Old man! Are you going after Roger and Shiki?!" Markus asked the man.

" Of course!" Garp exclaimed.

" Let me come with you!" Markus asked the man.

" Bwahahaha! No chance! You'd just get in the way!" Garp exclaimed.

" HUH?! You just want all the credit jerk!" Markus exclaimed.

" What was that? You wanna fight?!"

" LET'S GO!" Markus shouted he lunged at Garp with his fist ready to strike only to get knocked out cold with one hard punch to the back of his head.

" Hahahahaha! Nice try kid!" Kuzan, along with a few other of the vice admirals laughed at Markus as he lay on the floor both of his eyes spinning around in circles.

Brago, who had been standing beside Markus ran up to the boy and picked him up off the ground. " Sorry Vice Admiral Garp." Brago spoke. He took Markus and stepped away as the vice admirals continued to their ships.

" That boy of yours Garp." Tsuru spoke.

" He never learns." Sakazuki grumbled in annoyance.

" Oh hush, Sakazuki, don't be such a pain!" Kuzan spoke.

" Bwahahaha! He's still got a long way to go before he's ready to fight me But I gotta give him credit for guts! Bwahahahaha!"

" GARP!"

" OH! SENGOKU!"

" Garp, I was entrusted with the Shiki case! Stay out of this!" Sengoku shouted.

Garp laughed and waved at Sengoku. " Don't mind me! I promise, I'll let you have all the credit1' Garp told the man.

" That's not what I meant!"

" Bwahahahahahaha!" Garp continued laughing as he boarded Tsuru's ship ignoring both Sengoku and Tsuru's protesting and together along with Vice Admirals Momonga, yamakiji, and Borsalino, the Marines embarked into the New World to catch both the Roger and the Golden Lion Pirates.

However, it would seem fate had a different idea in mind.

The Man known as the chief of the Great Pirate Armada, Gold Lion Shiki and the man who would one day be known as the pirate king, Gold Roger, clashed.

This fight would come to be known as the Great Edd War in which Roger, alongside his ship the Oro Jackson took on the entire armada of the Golden Lion.

Many believed that Roger would suffer a crucial and devastating defeat this day, but for whatever reason, be it divine intervention or maybe perhaps just sheer dumb luck, A change in the weather produced a storm of devastating proportions. And in the end Half of Shiki's fleet sunk into the sea, leaving the Roger pirates victorious and Shiki grievously injured.

.................

Pirate Age 1501- Three years after the Great Edd War.

The world is in an uproar!

The Marines celebrate in victory.

The civilians praise the Marines, and their gods.

The Pirates are in shock and disbelief.

News quickly spread around the world, that after years of repeated attempts, the Marines finally managed to capture the Legendary pirate, the only man to ever sail around the entirety of the new world and the Grand line, The Man known by every man, woman and child in the entire world as the KING OF THE PIRATES! GOLD ROGER!

MARINEFORD! A WEEK BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF GOLD ROGER

The Alarms of island blared to life. A sudden explosion rocked Marineford plaza.

" Intruder Alert! The Intruders in the Plaza of Marineford Bay!

Markus and Brago were both standing in the plaza when the attack happened.

" Hey are you alright ma'am?" Markus asked.

The explosion had destroyed quite a few of the buildings in the plaza, thankfully Markus managed to move in a save a young woman before one of the many houses could flatten her.

" I am, thank you!"

" Good, get out here! And hurry!" Markus yelled. " Hey Brago! Are you alright?!"

" I'm fine! But the enemy!"

" Who is it?"

" Come look." Brago told the boy.

Markus ran over to where Brago was standing on a pile of rubble and looked out over the plaza.

" Ah the enemy is Gold Lion Shiki! And he's alone!"

Markus heard a marine soldier shout from the Barracks, and upon further look, he too was able to identify the legendary pirate.

" There's no way Roger could have been caught by trash like you. I respected that man's strength!" Shiki exclaimed.

Emerging from the crowd of Marines were the only two high ranking officers staying on the Island at the time.

They were none other than Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp.

" Roger is the Pirate King. In his battle with you he left victorious." Sengoku stated.

" The Pirate King?! So what? If he'd have just lent me a hand, we could have ruled the world together!" Shiki exclaimed. He grit his teeth so hard that even Markus could hear the sound of his molars cracking, and from the way the rain fell on Shiki's face, it looked as if he were crying. " He might have been my enemy, but we were part of the same era!" In that mere sentence was more respect than Shiki had ever shown anyone. " If he's here, then let me see him. If he's gonna die, I will be the one who kills him!"

" The execution will take place in one week, in his hometown. The town of beginnings in the East blue, Loguetown." Sengoku told the man.

" Roger's death should break the spirit of even the most formidable pirates." Garp told the man.

" Pops." Markus muttered.

Shiki looked at Sengoku and Garp like they were crazy. " The Legend of the Pirate King, Gold Roger, will end in the east blue? The weakest of the four seas?! Don't make me laugh!"

Garp and Sengoku could both sense the fighting intent coming from Shiki, and despite the attempts to get the man to leave on his own, they knew now they had no choice but to beat him into submission.

Garp and Sengoku both grabbed their coats and tossed them to the side.

" The weakness of the East Blue is exactly what makes it the perfect place. The East Blue is a symbol of peace." Garp explained to the man.

" We will not let you interfere with the execution!" Sengoku exclaimed.

Shiki's anger exploded, and he leaped into the air in anger. " THAT'LL BE YOUR LAST INSULT TO THAT SHITHEAD! ROGER!!!!!!!"

With his two legendary swords in hand, Shiki rushed Sengoku and Garp.

Garp and Sengoku both rushed together, meeting Shiki in battle.

A golden glow emanated from Sengoku as his body turned into a giant Buddha. He thrusted his palm outwards and struck Shiki with a shockwave that shook the entirety of Marineford.

In his groggy state, Garp struck Shiki, viciously sending the man crashing into the ships, docked in the bay.

Markus watched in absolute shock and awe. Never before had he seen such a vicious battle take place. This was the first time, he would see the true strength of the three men, Garp, Sengoku, and Shiki in person.

Still reeling from the combined attack of Sengoku and Garp, Shiki coughed up a mouthful of blood. But he wasn't done just yet. He grabbed each and every single ship in the Marineford bay and threw every last one of them at Sengoku and Garp.

The battle raged on, explosions, shockwaves, giant chunks of rubble, blood, everything imaginable. The island was devastated. For hours those three men, Garp, Sengoku, and Shiki, battled. And before the time finally came to which the battle would end, they had destroyed half of Marineford.

" POPS!" Markus shouted.

" Someone quickly get the Vice Admiral out of here!"

Garp and Sengoku, though victorious, were significantly injured during their battle with Shiki. Garp had a gash running from his shoulder down to his hip, and several deep cuts across his arms. Sengoku, looked no better himself.

Markus was Horrified. Never before had he personally seen Vice Admiral Garp, nor Admiral Sengoku so heavily injured. Even though he had heard how badly the men would come back from fighting Roger and Whitebeard.

This was a reminder for the young man, that despite their strength Garp and Sengoku were both still very human.