Restructer Revolution

The end of the story is here!

Thanks to all of my faithful readers and reviewers who favourited and alerted this fic!

Keep your eyes out for the upcoming sequel, Huge Revolution... that will appear when I come back from my holiday trip.

Enjoy!

Epilogue: Variety Comes Out

Previously:

They finally stopped before the Ox Bell, the dragon curling out to protect the Signers as Luffy tolled the ancient bell for a total of sixteen times. At last, the tolls were over, and Luffy landed on the ground to walk, both Signers and dragon following along with a horde of reporters. The sight of the Straw Hat captain, handyman and second doctor, as well as one more notorious pirate, was enough to paralyse a Marine swordsman as all three strolled past him towards the large crack running throughout Marineford as a result of Whitebeard's last stand, where all three produced flowers to drop into the void.

Sighing, Yusei lifted off his helmet, ignoring the reporters taking photographs of his face and the last of his anonymity as he, Luffy, Ace and Aki paid their respects. It was two minutes of silence later that they ran.

"Sorry, girls, for the long trip," Luffy was saying.

"Don't worry, we're used to travel."

"What are you doing?"

"We have to make sure you're resting."

"It's Hebihime Sama's order."

"Hebihime Sama collapsed from too much heart-fluttering a while ago."

"That's why we have to keep an eye on you."

"So," Ace drawled as he batted away a hand. "What does this have to do with pinching him?"

"A better question would be, why are we being pinched as well," Yusei sighed as he endured their pinching. "As far as I know, I don't stretch."

"I hope they'll get it..." Luffy sighed.

"They'll get it if they see the article," Rayleigh answered, also enduring the Kuja women prodding with good grace. "The key is your actions and how uncharacteristic they are of you."

"Hey, stop!" Jimbe growled at the women who were pinching him.

"There is one guy who looks a bit slow, but I'm sure he'll manage to understand it, too," Rayleigh continued. "They will understand you very well. I have a feeling."

"A storm is coming," Aki noted as she stood up. "Stop touching him!"

"A storm? In the Calm Belt?" Jimbe rumbled. "Impossible...!"

"Yes," Rayleigh pointed towards the darkening skies. "Impossible... what's that?"

The Kuja pirates moved into action, one of them producing a telescope. "It's... a turtle? At the epicentre of the storm? And a knight on a horse charging over... the water! We're under attack!"

They dodged in time as hooves touched down and a horse in gold-edged armour whinnied as its equally armoured rider hefted his lance. On either side of the horse's flanks, wings fluttered. The rider lazily held up a shield to block Rayleigh's attack, remaining silent all the while.

"That is quite the craftsmanship, Knight San," Rayleigh complimented. "Or not... rather, that is quite the power."

"What the-?" The Kuja readied their arrows against the intruder to fire. "Who are you? Why are you here on our ship? Do you have any idea whose ship you are on?"

"He's not technically on the ship," Ace pointed down. "Look! He's floating!"

"Eh?" Rayleigh blinked. "What a surprise! I had no idea that Shiki has died."

"I have no idea who is that," a high-pitched voice sounded from behind the knight. "But, I am not here for any aggression. A monster with three thousand five hundred attack power is overkill, I said, but no..."

Yusei blinked. "Yuugi San?"

The man that dismounted from behind the knight was slender, with boyish cherubic features, amethyst eyes and spiky hair in the colours of purple, black and blond. "Yusei Kun!" He greeted.

"When did you-?"

"It's been a long time!" Yuugi exuberantly greeted before turning to the pirates, all except for Aki. "Leave us alone."

Yusei watched as all of them froze. "Eh-? What did you...?"

"Mutou Yuugi?" Aki blinked. "The legendary Game King?"

"Ah," Yuugi sighed, no longer energetic and just tired-looking. "Yusei Kun... didn't we tell you to keep a low profile? And in the end, you used that card... Judai Kun and I have it tough, you know!"

"Eh?" Yusei blinked. "Yuugi San?"

"In the beginning, this was supposed to be relaxed, but now..." Yuugi frowned. "The balance of power on the global scale also affects the balance of powers on the higher end. And you started it with the Miracle's Wake."

"The balance?" Aki interjected in confusion. "What's that got to do-?"

"This world is growing darker, so Duel Spirits are running to here, especially the darker ones," Yuugi explained. "This world of the seas itself is so impossible to comprehend that, in every sense and purpose, this world is similar to the Duel Spirit World, so they can obtain a solid body and their own personality and will. If this mass migration continues, this world itself might be absorbed into the dimensions, and then it'll really become overrun by monsters. The Miracle's Wake only makes things worse since more monsters come."

"I'm sorry," Yusei apologised.

"Don't," Yuugi shook his head. "We're all glad you're alive, Yusei Kun. But... with that card, we can't bring you back home anymore. Sorry."

"I'll just have to make the best of it," Yusei shook his head. "You did what you could, Yuugi San. I, too, have something to do."

"Then, can you do me a favour?" Yuugi brightened. "We really need to handle these monsters! Please! You can take it as training all over the Grand Line!"

"I'll... think about it?" Yusei hazarded. "The Captain is starting on his own training, so, I was thinking of travelling the Grand Line with Aki... to wait for them. I... can't go back just yet."

"Oh, so it's a honeymoon," Yuugi nodded wisely.

"What? No!" Yusei protested as Aki looked away, blushing. "Yuugi San!"

"How sweet," Yuugi nodded. "So you'll do it?"

"Fine! Just go already!" Yusei protested. "We're not-"

"Oh, so he hasn't realised," Yuugi shot a glance at her. "Take care of him, Aki San. Even though he's the most reliable, we still have to worry about him."

"Yes, I will," Aki smiled back. "He'll realise it soon enough, don't worry. Besides, he needs a doctor still."

"Anyway, what monster is this?" Yusei indicated the knight, changing the subject.

"Gaia Drake, the Universal Force," Yuugi answered as he searched his pockets. "I told Yami we didn't need it, but... here!" he extracted a card. "This can serve as a messenger between us!"

"Ah? Copycat?" Yusei blinked as he received the card. "Thank you, Yuugi San."

"Now, I have an Insect Queen to handle," Yuugi sighed as he whirled to face the knight and hoisted himself up onto the horse, no mean feat for someone barely five feet tall. "See you!"

"Until next time!" Yusei waved back as the knight flew off into the skies. "Ah, all of them-!"

"What happened?" Luffy spoke up. "Eh? Wasn't there a big winged horse earlier?"

"There... was..." Jimbe mumbled. "What happened...?"

"What a mystery," Rayleigh agreed. "I feel like whole minutes have passed when it's not even a second."

Ace thudded to the ground, drawing shock from the now alert Kuja Pirates until he began to snore.

"He fell asleep?"

"At least we have something to do for the next two years," Aki sighed. "Hunting monsters on vacation... really not an ideal vacation..."

"It won't be boring," Yusei agreed. "And, we do need to get stronger. To keep up with the rest... to continue to evolve for them... I want to continue to sail with them."

"I've never seen you this happy before," Aki agreed. "So, we shall go to Sabaody in two years, then?"

"Aki, your career..." Yusei started. "You don't have to throw away your future for me."

"It's fine," Aki shook her head. "The feeling of loneliness... I know what it's like to experience that. I can't leave you alone, can I?"

"... Aki... thank you."

"Jimbe! Thanks for everything!" Luffy hollered a few days later as the former Shichibukai leapt down towards a whale shark.

"Thanks, Jimbe! Give my regards to King Neptune!" Ace smirked.

"Thank you, Jimbe San!" Yusei waved.

"No, I should be the one thanking you, Luffy Kun!" Jimbe rumbled. "Even though I begged you to rescue me from Impel Down back then..."

"Without you, I probably wouldn't even have made it to Marine HQ," Luffy spoke. "It's fine!"

Jimbe closed his eyes as he spoke. "I suppose you're right. You may end up in need of my help in the future. Whatever the case, I'll see you in Fishman Island in two years! I'm looking forward to meeting all of your friends!"

"Yeah!" Luffy nodded.

He then nodded to Ace. "Ace San, you'll be hanging around here for now, right?"

"Ah," Ace nodded sharply. "I'll be showing Yusei and Aki around the Grand Line Paradise these two years, since they missed out on the whole experience. Besides... take it that I'm fulfilling last obligations for the Whitebeard Pirates. I'll see you again in Fishman Island in two years."

Jimbe nodded. "See you in two years!"

"Take care!" Luffy called as Jimbe's ride swam off into the ocean.

"So, while my idiot brother is under a crash course in Haki, where are we going?" Ace turned to them.

"Water Seven is a good start," Yusei replied. "We need a ship, and they need news on Franky San as well, not to mention that there's a monster on the way."

"We'd like to check out the training ground now," Rayleigh was asking. "Do you mind taking us there now?"

"U- Understood," Boa Hancock stood proudly. "Set our headings for Rusukaina!"

"Yes, Hebihime Sama!"

"I feel worried about Luffy being in the proximity of that pervert," Ace hissed.

"What did you say, Fire Fist?"

"You heard me damn well, Han-cock!"

"No matter how you look at it, it's like a fight between in-laws already," Aki spoke out loud.

"No way!" Ace yelled in denial.

Rusukaina was a desert island north-west of the Island of Women, containing active volcanoes and a seemingly fertile climate and forest.

"This island looks just perfect," Rayleigh commented on land. "It goes through 48 seasons a year, rotating about once a week. A brutal island indeed."

"Huh, really?" Luffy drawled.

"I'm inclined to think so too..." Ace muttered.

"Luffy~!" Hancock simpered. "I'll make sure to bring you food every day from the Isle of Women!"

"Pervert," Ace muttered.

"Nobody asked you!" Hancock retorted to him, blazing with hate.

"What? You sure about that, Hancock?" Luffy exclaimed happily. "Then, could you bring that Gorgon Watchamacallit?" That was delicious!"

"O- of course!"

Aki sweat-dropped. "She's hiding behind the rock..."

"I feel that Luffy is safer already..." Ace muttered.

"Wow, Hebihime Sama~!"

"I'll bring you anything you want, just name it!" Hancock offered. "And that was the tenth time you said my name! A- Are we engaged?"

"You're not!" Elder Nyon retorted. "And why are you gradually getting further away? Didn't you say you were married earlier?"

"That's not the point!" Ace bit back in an epically funny way.

"Hancock, I can't have you spoiling him like this," Rayleigh severely told her. "While Luffy's training here, we're going to have a ban on women."

"Now, I worry about him being on this island alone with that old man..." Ace simmered.

"Brother complex," Aki sighed, face-palming.

"And who gave you the authority to make that decision, Rayleigh?" Hancock was yelling as she grabbed Rayleigh's nose. "Depending on your answer, I may just turn you to stone!"

"There's tons of things to eat in the mountains, forests, rivers, even the seas!" Rayleigh retorted.

"His nose! Stop, Hebihime!"

"If you can't survive in a place like this, you can't call yourself a pirate!" Rayleigh continued. "This is all for Luffy Kun's sake!"

"More importantly, you can't survive in the New World if you can't live here," Ace nodded. "He's right."

"If it's for Luffy... then I'll be patient~!"

"Ace, don't get caught again, okay?" Luffy grinned. "You have to honour the promise you made, you can't die. Ace..." Inexplicably, he began to cry. "Ace..."

"Act like a man and stop crying," Ace scolded, even though he himself felt like bursting into tears. "I can't die yet because I have to take care of you, crybaby. Besides, your extremely reliable handyman will be around, so I'll probably be okay. Idiot brother, train yourself well. You can't die until you enter the New World either."

"Ace Kun," Rayleigh acknowledged him for what must be the first time in days. "Where are you going? I wanted to train you in Haki as well..."

"No offence, old man, but I pass." The Fire Fist glared at Rayleigh. "I don't want to owe anything to Gol D. Roger, and being the pupil of his first mate is out of the question. Besides, I want you to focus on Luffy. He Needs that strength more than I ever want to."

Ace smiled to his little brother and gave him a thumbs up. "I'll do what I want, on my own terms! I'll be leaving him to you, Rayleigh San. But..."

All of a sudden, Ace then appeared close to Rayleigh, whispered certain invectives that had the Dark King paling from their sincerity even as the Fire Fist waltzed off with a smirk.

"But, Rayleigh," Hancock pointed out. "This island is truly dangerous! If anything were to happen...!"

"It wouldn't be training otherwise!" Rayleigh turned to go. "If you're that worried, keep him in your prayers. Let's go, Luffy Kun."

"I don't want Yusei to die!" Luffy promised, fire burning in his eyes. "I don't want anyone to die with me 'cause I'm too weak! That's why... that's why... for two years! Two years for Rayleigh to teach me! Then, we'll meet up again on the Sunny! We'll then enter the New World together! Right? Yusei! Aki!"

Yusei nodded. "As you say, captain. In that case, Aki and I will be taking a trip around first. We'll see you again in two years!"

Aki nodded. "Of course. See you, captain. Yusei and I will be travelling together this time." Few noticed the half-smile on his face, nor the blush as Aki's lips brushed his cheek.

"We'll be seeing you at the Sabaody Archipelago in two years!" Ace grinned. "Look out for our ride."

"But, there's only one boat..." Hancock blinked as Yusei brought out both refitted red D-Wheels from the Kuja ship.

"See ya, Luffy!" Ace grinned as he rode pillion behind Yusei and the D-Wheels headed for the seas, the coating bubble activating in time to submerge.

"See ya!" Luffy hollered. "I promise you, you won't have to do everything alone anymore, Yusei! I'll get stronger! I'll turn into a pirate worthy of a handyman like you! Handyman of the Pirate King! I'm going to be the Pirate King!"

Like this, the saga ends, the Marineford tragedy no longer occurring, the wheels of fate having spun in a different direction somewhat as the Straw Hat Pirates all over the world prepared for their re-entry into the seas. The world will once again hear the name... the name of D.

A month later... Sea Train Zone, Water Seven.

"A dragon? A dragon, you say?" Marines were yelling into their DenDen Mushi.

"Really?"

"Fire-fist Ace sighted?"

"Why would he run there when there's the whole Grand Line and the Whitebeard Pirates?"

"I thought Shooting Star was a Straw Hat! He practically screamed it to Marineford and the world!"

"So, what's he doing here?"

"So, this is the thing that had the Galley-La people screaming for Iceburg," Ace looked up. "It's... black."

"The back is yellow. We're not exactly loaded," Yusei retorted as he nailed in the last bit of the hull. "We're only building this because of Iceburg San's generosity. Besides, the Soldier Dock System of the Thousand Sunny could use this."

"There's no colour!" Ace pointed out.

"The foils below water are red," Yusei pointed down to the waters surrounding the hull of the ship.

"So, what's this Phantom of Chaos that you keep talking about?" Ace questioned.

"Blackbeard wanted to steal Whitebeard's power, if given the chance," Yusei promptly answered. "Phantom of Chaos is a monster that has the ability to steal the abilities of fallen monsters. Someone gave me the hint, and I didn't realise it until the end. Stardust then had to destroy the body to prevent Whitebeard's power from being abused in the wrong hands."

"But... you can raise the dead," Ace questioned, now solemn.

"Ah," Yusei sighed wearily. "But, it might not succeed like you... and to cheapen his sacrifice would be beyond human. Even so, he wouldn't be happy either... he knew that his age was at an end, and he chose how to leave this world. I think... that's all he would've wished for."

"I guess you're right," Ace said after a long silence. "The old man... did die as he wished in the end. Heroically."

"The Marines are here!" Aki ran in. "Are we-?"

"We'll have to name this first." Yusei looked up at the boat he had been building for the past week.

"Black... what's the figurehead?" Ace squinted. "I can't see..."

"A bird?" Aki suggested. "Crow?"

"Black Bird," Yusei nodded. "That'll be its name."

"Crow?" Aki gave him a look. "Well... it does resemble the Black Bird..."

"Yes," Yusei tugged at the ropes holding the tiny ship in place with all of their material items onboard. "The hydrofoil, Black Bird, is on its maiden voyage."

"It's flying!" Ace whooped as the Black Bird tore out of the warehouse and towards the waterways, the tails of his shirt flapping in the wind. "It's flying!"

"The pirates are getting away!"

"They're gaining on us!" Aki yelled as Black Rose Dragon flew overhead. "Black Rose Flare!"

"Fire Fist Ace, six hundred million Beli! Shooting Star Yusei, two hundred ten million Beli! Black Rose Witch Aki, one hundred ninety million Beli! All of them are big shots connected to the Straw Hat Pirates!"

"I've never seen that ship before! That's not something Galley-La produces!"

"Quickdraw Synchron, summon!" Yusei ordered as the gun-toting tuner appeared next to him, the black bird quickly swerving as he spun the wheel and the other two passengers held onto the deck. "Shield Warrior, summon! Clustering wishes become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"

"Great!" Ace cackled as the white dragon made its appearance. "Let's blow this joint!"

Boom.

"W- What happened?"

"The prisoner's escaping!"

"Running? Someone call Admiral Akainu!"

"He's still out! Admiral Aokiji's also beyond contact!"

"Then Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Vice Admiral Garp! Anyone who can restrain him!"

Pika Pika!

"I'm sorry," the man lazily sighed as he strolled through the ruins later. "I'm going out to the New World... it's the only way you'll never catch me. I need to find that man, you see..."

"It's them! It's the Shooting Star!"a mob of villagers were surrounding one lone man.

"No!" the man cried. "I'm a fake! I'm just a fake!"

"What! How dare you! Lynch him!"

"And this is the number one reason why no one wants to impersonate you," Aki lightly sighed as she handed a drink over the table.

"I could say the same for you too," Yusei nodded towards the other, a red-haired girl who had tried to impersonate the Black Rose Witch and was currently being stoned for her trouble. "That was quite a good impersonation, too bad Black Rose Dragon wasn't around. It would really have been just like you."

"Has the Go been charged yet?" Aki groused.

"A while longer," the patient man dissuaded her. "A while longer and we can hop to the next island." There was a beat of pause. "This feels like a honeymoon..."

"In the Grand Line, with a child named Ace," Aki derisively indicated the snoozing man next to them. "I feel like a mother with an unruly child already."

"Then, we know that you have experience when it's our turn." Yusei paused, before the red reached all the way to the roots of his hair.

Aki laughed out loud at that, her face red in mortification. "Yusei...!"

"We should intervene," Yusei absently decided, pulling out a card. "Summon!"

A loud roar turned the attention of the townspeople towards the tiny red-painted sailing ship moored on the harbour, the figurehead an imposing view of two dragons twisted around one another. Overhead...

"That's the white dragon!"

"The white dragon that wards off destruction!"

"That's Shooting Star Yusei!"

"Someone get him!"

"I'm not a medical doctor," Yusei groused as the ship left harbour, away from desperate townspeople.

"Beside him! That's the Black Rose Witch!"

"She looks scary!"

"What a beauty! Someone get a camera!"

"Wha?" Ace woke up. "We've left already?"

"Shut up," Aki sighed. "We're headed towards the next monster sighting."

"Again?" Now Ace sat up straight. "Didn't that crazy boss of yours already let you off?"

"We're the only ones in the area," Yusei answered. "Think of it as extra training."

"No, no, and hell no," flames flickered around the Fire Fist. "There is no way-"

"You can tell Luffy San all about it when you meet up again, like a good brother would." Yusei added thoughtfully.

"...I'll do it."

"This one's a sea serpent, so we'll have to be careful," Yusei said as the behemoth rose from the water.

Ace twitched as his neck strained from looking up. "That's not a sea serpent. That's a sea monster."

"Same thing," both Duellists answered as they strapped on the Disks. "Let's go."

"Kampai!"

Later, all three of them clinked glasses as nearby, a group of three monsters began to tune themselves in the light of the setting sun. The Black Bird had been tethered to land, bobbing gently in the waters of the Grand Line for now.

"Sing a song, Yusei!" Ace grinned.

"It's your turn!" Aki smiled at him as well.

Yusei sighed. "I warn you, I'm not very good at it." Despite his claim, the song came out well enough with fantastic accompaniment from the Symphonic Warriors:

Dear Friends, by Triplane

Mainichi hi ga shizumu made,

Nazuma mire ni nari nagara

Mujaki ni sugoshita hibi mo,

sute gatai keredo...

Yumemiru boku ga ite mo,

sore wa sore de boku dakara,

JIGUSOO PAZURU mitai ni ha,

Matte nakute ii...

Dareka no YES ga kimi ni totte,

NO dearu no to onaji you ni,

Itsudatte jiyuu na hazu dakara!

Ashita kaze ga toori nuketa toki ni,

PAZURU ga kakete ita toshitemo,

Daremo sore wo semetari shinai yo...!

Ano hi yumemita bokura wa,

Machigai ja nai to shinjite,

Araku uneru unabara wo, watatte ikeru...

Kimi no mune no itami datte,

Bokura wa shitte iru kara!

Moshimo kimi ga kono fune wo kudarite,

Chigau sekai ni ita toshite mo,

Saigo ni wa kitto waraeru yo...!

Ima demo bokura wa,

yume wo mite iru yo,

Takusareta, sono omoi mo...!

Nosete, areta kono unabara wo,

itami to tatakatte kyou mo yuku,

Yakusoku ga uso ni nara nai you ni!

Soshite, itsuka,

Bokura no fune wo kudarita,

chigau sekai ni iru kimi ni,

Kanseishita PAZURU wo todoke you...!

"Soon," Yusei sighed to the seas, the winds whipping his voice off to the far-flung corners of the earth.

"We'll come back... back to the seas..." Aki echoed.

"To the seas of adventure!" Ace cheered. "Kampai!"

Thus, the saga concludes, not by the tragic ending decided by fate, but on a much more bittersweet tone. In a strange world where the rules no longer apply, we walk, unknowing of the giant wheels that turn behind the scenes. The maps unfold ever onwards, the book turns its pages, and when it closes, when the last of the map is out, when the wheels finally stops... that, no one knows.

The game plays out, the pieces ever moving, on and off stage, all dancing to the whims of fate.

Conclusione della storia!

Please read the soon-to-come sequel, Huge Revolution, for the continuation of this fic!