Never Mind

I could feel the spiritual energy just waiting to burst out. 

Scales slowly began to form within my skin as arm like wings emerged from my back. The two dragon heads formed from my spine instead of my shoulders like they normally would. My dread locks, which were still tied in a messy bun, had fallen down to my shoulders. Giving me a beast-like look; this was my awakened form, and I was more than ready to test it out. 

I was about to lunge at him again, but the man remained sitting on his throne. Moreover, he didn't even seem fazed by my new form. 

"Stop" The man said .

It was clear that he wasn't going to fight me again. I was thinking about baiting him to, but I was slowly beginning to realize that he wasn't going to budge either. Frustrated, I glared at him before releasing my own Conqurer's haki right at him. A field of silver lightning expanded from me and was about to hit the man, but one of the Five Elders; Ethanbaron Nusjuro, suddently appeared and suddenly summoned the rest of the Five Elders. 

The Elders which possessed Conqurer's haki instantly used their's to battle mine. This all happened within a span of about 15 seconds, I had to give credit to Nusjuro for his speed. However, that wasn't the most pressing issue that currently predated on my mind. 

The Five Elders had somehow managed to fully recover from the ass beating that I had given them. They, along with the man sitting on the throne, were going to be an adversity that even I have to think twice before fighting. Besides, I wasn't even in my peak state yet, my left arm was still inoperable because of the Devil-Beast's corruption. Moreover, I could feel the corruption multiplying itself throughout my body like a fucking cancer.

This was clearly a fight that I was not going to win.

At first, I thought that I was going to be frustrated. After all, the main reason I got all the way here was because I really wanted to fight it out with the man sitting on the throne; see where I was currently at in terms of strength within the World. However, it was clear that it would be impossible for me to fight him. He was practically unkillable before I had awakened, I could make a case for my awakened form. However, I wasn't in a condition that would let me experiment with it.

It was truly frustrating to be honest, but I knew when it was time to back off from a fight. 

I released my Conqurer's haki, and grabbed my trusty axe; which had surprisingly remained undamaged, before making my way out of the Throne room. 

The Five Elders all had their guards up as they watched me make my leave. However, before I left, I decided to issue a formal warning to them. 

"I may have lost this time. However, if y'all keep bothering the Whitebeard Pirates, I'll make sure to have a round two with you,"

"What makes you think that I will let you leave?" The man sitting on the throne asked curiously.

I stopped and turned towards the man sitting on the throne before letting out a chaotic chuckle. 

"Do you truly wish to stop me from leaving?" I asked.

The ground began to rumble as I let out an even larger amount of Conqurer's haki towards The Five Elders, and the man sitting on the throne. It was a large amount of haki that I had sent their way, making the Five Elders take a few steps back, but the man sitting on the throne remained unfazed throughout the entire ordeal.

I let my Conqurer's haki press on them for a bit before I retracted it again, I knew that I would lose fighting them at this state, but it didn't mean that I would back out if they started it. Instead, the man on the throne decided to talk a bit more.

"In case you haven't noticed, no matter how much you fight against us. You won't win,"

"May I ask why?" I questioned back.

"Simple, because we are the gods of this world, and nothing will change that,"

"I doubt it, after all, you still are looking for him. Aren't you?"

The six of them remained quiet at the mention of 'him'. I had some theories behind why the main protagonist of the One Piece series was so special, but the most prevalent theory had to be because of free will. Something that the World Government leaders were doing their damnest to controll. However, in order to complete that plan, they needed the protagonist's Devil Fruit. I had always understood that the devil fruit's name was the Rubber-Rubber fruit, but looking at the six of them and remembering the form that he took during his fight with Kaido, maybe it was something different entirely.

"I've decided that I don't have to do anything, but I will be watching.....and waiting. For his return," With those words, I slowly took my leave out of the throne room. 

Re-entering the throne room, I slowly walked through all the rubble and damage that my fight with the Five Elders had caused. I knew what the man was trying to imply, 'How are you going to kill an immortal?'

However, one thing that I had come to notice was that nothing lasts forever. Even they had to have known this, if they were still frantically looking around for the fruit. 

"Maybe Joyboy had something to do with it?" I asked myself outloud as I stepped out of Pangea Castle.

After thinking about it for a bit longer, I decided to drop the case entirely. There was about twenty more years until the plot of the anime officially started. Moreover, it would take a bit longer until we get to an ideal scenario in which I could fully understand what was happening. 

"Never mind"

I'd leave that theory for later, for now, we needed to retreat from Mariejois. We had already proven our point, and there was no need for us to continue staying here any longer. 

I headed to where I had sensed Whitebeard and Sengoku were still fighting, Sengoku was not looking too well. Whereas, Whitebeard also had a couple of more bruises compared to Sengoku. Nearby, I could see Stussy, Ken, and a red fishman moving along with a couple of freed slaves towards Whitebeard. 

However, they seemed to have stopped. Probably because there was a certain Vice-Admiral preparing to fire off multiple beams of light to try and wipe them out in one fell swoop. I immediately used Soru to appear right next to Borusalino and sent a devastating axe kick his way. 

Borusalino could only raise his arms before he got sent all the way down to the ground. An large explosion followed after, making Stussy, Ken and the rest of the freed slaves cover their eyes from the dust that the explosion had caused. 

"Boris!!" Stussy screamed after she saw my appearance.

"Commander!" Ken also screamed after seeing my appearance.

They both ran up to me, there faces obviously panicked because of my wounds. I didn't know what they planned to do with these injuries, but it would've been entertaining to find out. They all started frantically searching for bandages and other medical what-nots. Stussy was about to touch my wounds, but I gently grabbed her hand before I shook my head. I wasn't sure whether or not the corruption could spread, I didn't want her to get it and possibly kill her.

Instead, I looked at Whitebeard; who was at a standoff against Sengoku, before walking up to them. The only reason I was still capable of comfortable movements was because I was still in my awakened state. I knew well and good that I would pass out the moment I let go of my awakened state, so I couldn't risk it.

"Pops"

Whitebeard turned to me with an annoyed gaze.

"Let's go home"