But just a moment before, Kizaru landed his attack, a person which aura that Alexander was familiar came out of nowhere and stopped Kizaru leg.
With his leg infused with Conqueror Haki, which deflected what was about to attack Zoro, sending his to their right exploded and destroyed a massive rock.
"... so it's finally time for you to take the stage, is it...? "Dark Knight" Rayleigh...!!" Kizaru said with no surprise at all
"Don't go plucking fine sprouts... It's only just beginning!! Their era that is...!!" Rayleigh said with a smile.
'I wish I had watched more and had a better memory, knowing only a little and not knowing everything is making me go crazy sometimes I wish I had just wished away my memories.' He cursed as he saw that Rayleigh had come to their rescue.
"Now, is there any way... that you could let them go... Kizaru?"
"Give me a break... If I don't get them... then the marines would lose face with the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise. So won't you stay out of my way...!?"
"If you would kindly tear up my wanted poster, then I could live out my retirement in peace."
"Your sins as a pirate won't disappear...!! Not to mention you were one of the Roger Pirates. But if we tried to capture you here... even we would need to make certain preparations..."
"Usopp, Brook! Grab Zoro and run! Everyone! Think only of getting away! Right now, we can't beat these guys!!" A shout came from Luffy when he saw the opportunity to take Zoro back.
'Seems like this is a good time for me to get here in person, Earth Eagle if you see an opportunity to step forward and help, and I'm not yet there, here do it.' He thought, seeing his opportunity to take himself there.
Finally opening his eyes, Alexander was back at Shakky's Bar, but it seems he had woken up in his bed.
Still lying down, he looks, around and noticed that Nojiko was lying beside him, watching intently, but something with her was off.
She was shining in a way all bright and colorful that he had noticed before, but he quickly put those thoughts away and gave her a quick kiss.
"Hi, your back Alex, how did it go?" she said as she kissed him back.
"Sorry, I have to go again as it's still not over yet, so please stay here, for now, so I will be back soon and get you." he quickly got up from the bed and, takes his sword and, quickly goes out from the bar running towards Luffy and the others.
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After finally getting close to them, Alexander could hear a loud beastlike roar coming from Luffy and the other's direction. "Buooooooooo~!!!"
Getting a clear vision of what was going on, Alexander spotted Chopper in what he could remember being his Monster Point.
Alexander looked in one particular direction sensing something or someone. He was looking at Usopp that was trying to get Sanji and Brook up to get away from the incoming attack from the PX-1, but Alexander didn't understand why didn't Earth Eagle help? Did it sense something he didn't that made it seem unnecessary?
"Sanji! Brook! Get up...! We've got to get out of here, quick...! That beam is coming again!" Usopp said with a scared and trembling voice, and it was now Alexander could finally see what he was sensing.
"Wait... PX-1!"
Alexander finally met the person he was waiting to meet, the real Bartholomew Kuma, and Alexander finally got in time for the best part, it seems.
"Eehhhh?! Another one?! What the hell is going on here!? I'm sick of this! Just how many of this guy are there!!?" Usopp shouted in madness.
"So, you're still alive, Roronoa." Kuma, said calmy.
"Thanks to... your mercy..." Zoro said as he tries standing up even with his grievously wounded body.
"If you were to take a trip, where would you like to go...?" Kuma once again asked a question, calmy.
"!!" But before Zoro could say anything, Kuma had already swung his arm, and Zoro had disappeared without any trace.
As expected, everyone that saw what had happened stared at the spot Zoro should have been at, but now were empty.
"Zoro, where the hell are you!! Oi!! What did he just do to Zoro?! Where did Zoro go?!!" Luffy got enraged, seeing that Zoro had disappeared without him understanding what had happened to him.
It wasn't until Kuma made PX-1 also disappear that it made Luffy see the dire situation they were in, so he had finally made up his mind.
"Everybody get out of here, now!! We can think about what to do afterwards!!" the Straw Hats listened to Luffy and did what he asked without doing anything else. They all tried to get as far as possible from the place.
But nothing seems to work out as planned as one after another disappears.
First was Brook. "I will protect you!! Even if it costs me my own life!!" he shouts, protecting Usopp and Sanji from the incoming attack.
The second was Usopp. "Aaagh!! He's coming this way~~! Help me! Aahh...!" He screams as he tries to attack Kuma with all Usopp had, but it was to no use as he still disappeared.
The third was Sanji. "Dammit, all!!" enraged after having to see all three of his friends disappear before his own eyes, he charged towards Kuma as the others also disappeared.
"What are we meant to do now...?!!!" Luffy weakly said with no hope of turning this around.
"It looks like they are having some serious trouble...!! I'd like to lend them a hand... but I'm not as young as I used to be..." Rayleigh said as he saw what was happening around him.
"You're holding off a Marine Admiral, and still you want more...? Come now, please... you're embarrassing me here!" Kizaru said sarcastically.
Out of nowhere, Kuma arrived next to Rayleigh. " "Dark King" Rayleigh, I work for the Revolutionary Army. Since we have a connection, I want to help the Straw Hats escape." Kuma whispered to his ear.
"And you expect me to... believe what you say...?" Rayleigh said with doubt.
"That is up to you... even I have doubts in this matter." he calmly replied.
"What exactly are you up to, Kuma...?" Kizaru asked in wonder.
"We have no obligation to cooperate with the Marines save that where the Government is directly involved... your question shall remain unanswered."
A big commotion broke out before anyone could say anything else. "You bastard!! Gear Second!!"
Luffy went on and attacked Kuma head-on, Franky seeing that Luffy was playing right into his hands. "Wait, Luffy... you're doing exactly what he wants you to do!!"
The fourth one was Franky, as he was trying to help Luffy out even when Kuma had the chance to send Luffy away. Kuma instead deflected Luffy's attack sending Luffy flying into a rock, and instead took Franky next.
"Franky~!!" Luffy yelled in despair, seeing another friend disappearing before him.
Nami couldn't defend herself as she was beside Franky when he disappeared became the easiest target. "Luffy!! Help...!!" and the next moment she was gone.
"NAMI!!!" Luffy already in, despair fell even further in, and his emotions became uncontrollable, filled with unbearable rage and sadness screamed as he charged towards Kuma.
Before Luffy could hit him, he had already teleported away, instantly arriving near Chopper and Robin, Causing Luffy to lose his balance and roll with great momentum into a few rocks getting, upon his feet he sees Kuma beside them.
Luffy looks towards them and weakly mutters in between his heavy breaths. "Chopper... Robin...!!"
"Stop this already!!!!" Luffy, on his feet again, charges with the same amount of energy as before, screams with rage.
"Guaaaagrhhhh!" Chopper, still in his berserk stage, sees Kuma before him and, unable to control himself, attacks Kuma.
"Stop it, please~!!!" But it was to no use as Kuma had already made Chopper disappear.
Luffy seeing that Robin was the last, uses whatever he had left in him to get to her before Kuma. "Robin, run for it~!!!" but he was too far away to get there in time. "Luffy....!!"
Luffy, having to see his last friend disappear before him, made Luffy slump heavily on the ground, and all of the emotions that he had forgotten for a moment attacked him, all amplified and more potent than before, causing Luffy's mind to break.
"Ughhhh... what's wrong with me...?!! I couldn't even save a single one of them...!!!!!!"
Alexander seeing all this knew felt really bad having to see Luffy full of despair and him knowing that they are safe without being able to tell him that.
'After this day, I will do what I can to change things for the better I promise you that at least Luffy, but not just for you, but for everyone one day.'
Kuma stands not far away from Luffy, looking at him with no physical emotion showing on his face.
"So... are you going to get rid of him, too, and be done with it? I suppose you have an explanation for all this." Sentomaru said with annoyance visible on his face.
"This is quite the problem..." Kizaru said emotionlessly while Rayleigh just stood there near Kizaru looking towards Luffy, but not showing anything on his face.
Kuma teleported and arrived near Luffy to finally end this Luffy sensed Kuma coming, but all he could do was to look at Kuma, but before Luffy disappeared, Kuma said his last words to him. "...We will not be seeing one another again... Farewell, Straw Hat."