Quote Originally Posted by Oniken
Rawr! had my hairs standing on end when they mentioned White Beard going to war for Ace. White Beard, Black Beard, Ace, Shanks etc haven't had as much air time as we want but maybe, just maybe that's coming...DON!!
There's been a bit of a storyline developing for them for quite some time now, ever since Luffy beat Crocodile, actually...

1) Ace shows up and reveals his goal of hunting down Blackbeard.
2) Meeting in Mariejoa about Crocodile's open seat.
3) Lafayette (sp?) nominates Blackbeard for the seat.
4) Shanks sends a message to Whitebeard concerning Ace and Blackbeard.
5) Shanks shows up in person to talk with Whitebeard. Whitebeard explains that his crew is his family, and anyone who kills a member of his family must be hunted down.
6) Ace finds Blackbeard, but loses.
7) Blackbeard offers Ace to the marines in exchange for the Schichibukai title.
8) The World Government announces Ace's public execution.
9) ??????
10) PROFIT