Year 1486
West Blue Ballywood Kingdom
It's been 2 months since Mihawk started looking for a swordsman to duel on this island. Just yesterday afternoon Raeven finished profiling this island too. Right now he was practicing on the beach, punching a 1-meter-thick and 1-meter-wide sea stone that he bought from the black market.
"This material is really tough; punching it is enjoyable," he said as he continued to rain down punches on the sea stone.
When he was doing nothing, Raeven would always train. He may be blessed with the body of Rocks at his peak, but his Armament and Observation Haki are just at the intermediate level. He already knows Hardening, Imbuement, and even Emission, but the technique of Internal Destruction he can't grasp yet.
So the only thing he can do now is to strengthen his Armament Haki. Then he remembered that Garp trained his punches using a sea stone too, so he tried it too. He won't use his scythe here, because if he uses it, the sea stone he bought will be sliced, which is going to be a waste.
Mihawk is doing this practice too, to strengthen his physical power. Just look at Garp; that's a living fact. So Raeven decided that for the two of them, after sparring with each other, they will punch this seastone without using their Armament Haki at all.
"purupuru purupuru." Suddenly the white den den mushi on the top of the table rang. Raeven stopped his training and answered the call.
"Hello Raeven-san, I have news according to the party you told me about before." The face of the den den mushi became somewhat like Morgan's.
"What's the news? Is it going to happen soon?" Raeven asked; he was excited.
"The Rock Pirates are on the move; news about the 'Idol of the Sea,' Shakky's location, is now spreading on every corner of the New World. Nearly all of the pirates there are heading to the West Blue on an island named God Valley, where the Celestial Dragons will have their hunting tournament, and whoever wins will win Shakky as a prize," Morgans said.
"You better prepare a live broadcast on this event, Morgans. I'll tell you something, I can feel it; this is not that simple," Raeven said.
"Call me again once they enter the West Blue. See you at God Valley," Raeven added as he ended the call.
"Finally it's happening; I can finally see Rocks and that super mysterious Imu. Is it a he or she? Based on the information I read before on earth, Nerona Imu is more on the feminine side of the name. I'm already trembling in excitement," Raeven said as he continued practicing. Internal Destruction is a technique where your Haki will flow on the target and target it's inside. He can already shoot out his Armament Haki, but that's it.
"I'll train till the day Morgans calls again; later I'll tell this to Mihawk."
That night after eating their dinner, Raeven told Mihawk about the news he received from Morgans.
"A bunch of slaves, celestial dragons, the whole Rocks Pirates, and even the Roger Pirates, the Marines, Cipher Phol, the Knights of Gods, the Five Elders, and even the Ruler of the World Government will be there—an all-out war, that's what's going to happen there," Raeven said.
"You told me that we will only watch, brother. I don't believe you will only watch. What's our objective this time?" Mihawk said.
"You're really my brother. You see, we won't do anything big this time; just maybe help a few slaves leave the island. Our main purpose is still to watch, for us to broaden our horizons," Raeven said.
"For the next few weeks stop challenging those swordsmen, be in your best condition; where we are going is not for kids like us," Raeven said seriously, and Mihawk nodded his head.
After 10 days of waiting, Morgans called again with the news that the Rocks Pirates Fleet was seen near the Shishamo Kingdom. Raeven immediately jumped to Strife, and together with Mihawk, they flew away from the island.
After 2 days of flying, what the two brothers saw shocked them: a large fleet of pirate ships is currently sailing on the sea, and at its front is a giant ship.
"Whoa, that's a big ship, the Sword of Xebec, if I'm right," Raeven said as he admired the massive ship from a distance.
"I can feel a lot of very strong auras coming from there; Pirate from the New World is really different," Mihawk said on the side while sitting on Strife.
"Look at the place where the party is already happening," Raeven said as he pointed at the island. A lot of marine warships with world government ships are currently around the island, and a lot more are patrolling around it. Then he looked up at the sky, and he smiled as he detected a flying balloon there.
"Morgans really know how to play; well then, we're going in too," Raeven said as Strife began to fly higher and directly flew above the God Valley.
God Valley
Chaos has engulfed the whole island; the slaves are frantically running to the edge of the island. Above the sky of God Valley, a cloud can be seen flying steadily in the skies.
"This is too much," Mihawk said as he clenched his fist hard while looking at the ground.
"The Marines are letting those celestial dragons do anything they want? How can this be called justice? I was naive to think about joining them," he said with a black face.
"This is the true face of this world. The strong rule here. We right now can't do anything big in this kind of event, but we're not really helpless. Come on, it's time to do something small," Raeven said as he commanded Strife to fly lower.
In the Center of the God Valley
The prize room
A lot of Cipher Pol agents can be seen around the entrance of the door; all of them appear to be quite relaxed. Suddenly they heard footsteps, and they saw a kid and a young man walking towards them.
"They said that the treasure is here, right? Just like our operations before, Brother, leave no trace behind," Raeven said as he readied his weapon. Silence began to hum and vibrate on his hands; it seemed excited about the bloodbath around the island.
"These trash will rot here," Mihawk said as he coated his sword with Armament Haki.
Inside the treasure room, the Idol of the Sea, former empress of the Kuja Pirates, is currently chained; the guards around her are already knocked out. Suddenly she paused, then the door of the room was sliced into pieces, and two people walked in.
"Whoa! There are a lot of treasures here; let's load them up," Raeven said as he looked at the treasures around.
"Brother, that beautiful sister in the newspaper before she's here," Mihawk said as he looked at Shakky.
"You two are the Dracule brothers, Dracule Mihawk and Dracule Raeven. What are you two kids doing here?" She asked.
"Ohhh, I didn't think that I'd meet the world-famous idol here, the former empress of the Kuja Pirates," Raeven said as he walked towards Shakky and readied his weapon. Shakky, on the other hand, just closed her eyes, but after a while the pain didn't come, and she felt the chains were not holding her anymore, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Raeven.
"Mihawk, forget about the treasures we're pulling out," he said as he quickly took Shakky and Mihawk and jumped on Strife, and they flew away quickly.
A few minutes later, one of the Knights of God, Saint Shepherd Sommers, entered the room with anger on his face. After a few seconds, Rayleigh arrived too, and when he saw the room, he quickly attacked the man.
While the two of them are attacking each other, Mihawk and Raeven are looting other treasures on the island.
"You two are really reckless; you guys are not ready for a stage this big yet," Shakky said as he looked at the twins hauling a treasure chest on the cloud she was on.
"If we didn't do this, then you might have just died there, Shakky-san," Raeven said as he placed the last treasure chest and then jumped on Strife.
"We're done here; next, according to plan, we'll wait for this battle to end and escort you to the ship of Roger pirates," he added.
"Yes, I know them pretty well; they'll help me return to my shop," Shakky said. After that, the cloud flew higher until they could see what was happening around the island. Mihawk's focus was on the current duel happening between Rocks, Garp, and Roger, while Raeven was looking at signs of where the Oro Jackson was.
Suddenly he saw a blonde man running towards the shore, and he quickly told Strife to follow him.
Rayleigh arrived at the shore, but the others became sad when they saw Shakky was not with him. Then suddenly they heard a familiar voice.
"Ray-san!" Everyone looked where the voice was coming from, and there they saw it: Shakky is riding a cloud while shining in gold.
"SHAKKY-CHANNNN"