It has been brought to my attention that Akainu did in fact decide to spare a "friend" (Aokiji) when they fought on Punk Hazard..
he decided not to go through with it. Nobody pressured him to finish it; there wasn't an Elder or a Celestial on his ass about finishing Kuzan off.
He was blessed with the opportunity to not have to deal with the grief and guilt of killing someone he deemed close to him, but you know WHO DIDN'T GET THAT FUCKING OPTION?
MY SWEET ANGEL KIZARU
AKAINU YOU PUNK BITCH
The NERVEEE of him to hound and berate Kizaru, accusing him of doing a "sloppy" job when he himself couldn't finish off a traitor (Kuzan), and now said traitor is a part of the strongest pirate crew on the sea, HE'S APART OF A YONKO'S CREW NO LESS. AND THAT TRAITOR HAS FATALLY HARMED A VICE ADMIRAL (Garp).
Imagine killing your best friend then your other friend is in your ear yelling and accusing you of doing a shit job.
I fucking hate Akainu bro he has to die.
Kizaru was being watched and surrounded by the 5 elders had he not finished his job they would've killed him and everyone else on the island but Akainu had the pleasure of picking an empty island in the middle of the ocean and fought to his hearts content
OOOOOOO I HATE THAT NIGGA MAN