Chapter 3
"He needs to die", said the Flame Admiral, shifting the ball of flame he created from the Flame-Flame fruit from hand to hand, the flame getting stronger and brighter with every pass.
"Straw Hat Luffy needs to die.", the Admiral repeated again, the embers of his flame ball landing on the wall as he passed it more fiercely from hand to hand. The temperature in the room grew hotter, and the atmosphere in the room continued to go downhill.
"Yes sir, we understand, but how will we possible kill Straw Hat Luffy if even the Paramount War couldn't-"
"SILENCE!!", yelled the Flame Admiral, his flame ball transforming into a meteoric beast.
The temperature of the room went up a thousand degrees. The soldier immediately shut up, eyes wide in fear.
"Don't you know what will happen if he continues to get stronger?!", said the Admiral harshly, the words slipping off his tongue like poison. "Don't you dare talk to me about the Paramount War when all you did was sit hu the sidelines!", the Admiral continued, his venomous tongue releasing words with untrue meaning like a snake. It wanted a reaction, and it soon got one.
"You have no right to tell me what you can or cannot do!", the Admiral said, just now noticing the meteor of a ball and reducing it's size back to what it was. It's intensity lessened greatly, finally going back to tolerable for a human being with the will of a lion. The other soldiers sitting and just watching this argument happen were already burnt to death almost.
Random soldier: What did we do to deserve this, Chief?
Chief, looking back with great sorrow in his light blue eyes that yearned for the cold ocean, his hair on fire: I don't know bro this shit is so dumb 😭😭
"You will eradicate not just the Straw Hat boy, but you will also eleminate each and every one of the Straw Hat pirates!", he said with a tone that commanded respect, albiet of fear, among even the most highly ranked of the Navy. He reduced the ball of flame to an even lower size and density, so low that it was as small as a marble. "Now get out of my face, you ill-mannered scum." He chuckled, flexing his muscles. "Calling you a soldier is a disgrace to the word..". He lowered bis voice but deepened his tone.
"Soldier."
The soldier stood there for a few moments before suddenly throwing a punch at the Admiral. The other soldiers' eyes in the room widened. Even the Chief, who was currently a free human candle, stared in complete shock, his mouth wide open.
"No, Nate, don't-!!".
"The first rule of the Navy..", said the Flame Admiral slowly, taking out the fist out of his head as it had gone straight through him. "Is to never..". He took his hand out of his head completely as Nate watched in horror and shock.
"He's made of Flames!!", a soldier yelled, terrified for his comrade. "No matter what you do, you can't hit him!!"
The Admiral smiled, and chuckled amusedly. "Yes, yes, that's completely right." But then his face turned deadly. "But it's high time you learnt that actions..have consequences."
At first nothing happened. Then, all of a sudden, flames upon flames started to whirl around the soldiers hand, and he suddenly started to sweat. A lot.
"Nate, no!!", a soldier yelled, knowing what was about to happen next.
"This can't happen!!", yelled another. He looked to the Chief desperately. "Chief, do something!!"
The Chief stared at the sorry scene happening in front of him with shock before regaining his composure and simply saying,"The fool brought this upon himself. The Admiral doesn't let retaliation slide." He grimaced, remembering something. "Ever".
The flames continued to get hotter and hotter, swirling around both the Admiral and Nate, getting hotter and hotter. Nate started sweating uncontrollably, feeling like he was going to pass out any second now. He tried, desperately, to free his hand from the deadly Admiral's grasp, but he couldn't. This was a game to the Admiral, and he was going to finish it. No matter the cost.
Nate closed his eyes, resigned to his fate. He thought about his family, his wife, his two year old daughter back home..
Tears flooded his eyes but he pushed them back defiantly, wanting to die with dignity.
"Sorry, ma..", he said, his voice thick with sorrow as the noise of the flames continued to get louder and louder and louder, each whirl emmiting a roart that would put thunderstorms to shame.
The flames flew around the two Navy members faster and faster and faster..until they suddenly stopped. The hung in midair for a moment, the chaos of the room suddenly being lifted. The soldiers gasped. Even the Chief couldn't believe it.
"Is he..going to forgive him??", one soldier gushed in horror, relief and amazement.
Nate squeezed his eyes shut even tighter..until he felt his hand being released and hitting his side. He immediately opened his eyes, immensely shocked. "Admiral..? Are you going to let me go?"
The Admiral gave him a wide smile, before laughing like a maniac. Nate smiled uncomfortably and unsurely, but nonetheless smiled, tears filling his eyes once again as it finally hits him - he is free. Maybe he was being stupid. After all, there was no way the Admirla would kill a soldier who has been working for the Navy for over 20 years over a stupid argument, right?
Compact.
In an instant, all of the pent up flames suddenly released and stuck themselves onto Nate's head, striking him harder than a freight train. Gasps of shock ripple through the soldiers as they watch, in utmost horror, as their fellow Navy soldier crumples to the ground, heaving his last breaths.
"I..I just wanted to..
..see my.."
The rest of Nate's words drowned out and died in his throat as he died, right then and there, as the maniacal Flame Admiral laughed heavily, and spitting on Nate's corpse.
"What are you all looking at?", he said, suddenly locking eyes with all the other soldiers. "Do you want to suffer the same fate old poor Nate did?", he says, chuckling heartily, kicking Nate's corpse, hard. It flies across the Office before hitting the wall with a sickening crunch. Even in death, Nate was still being tormented.
"Get to work. Or else..", the Admiral said, his voice small, deep and husky. "You will die today, too."
Meanwhile..
On an unknown island on the Grand Line
"Thanks for all your help, Luffy!", said a small girl, not older than 8, running up to Luffy and hugging him, tight. "Don't worry about it, Elena!", said Straw Hat Luffy, worth 300 million beli. "It was nothing", Luffy said, grinning.
Next chapter coming on the 23rd of November, 2025!