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"Okay" Sanji held out a box, "Here is a fried deep sea-fish lunchbox"
Luffy took it mouth watering, "I can't wait to eat it!"
"now who drew the colored straws?" Sanji looked at everyone.
"We did" Zoro muttered standing between Robin and Kasey holding their straw's up, Usopp sobbed, "Someone trade with me!"
Nami pulled her clima-tact baton out spinning it, "milky road!" she brought it down, a path of thick white clouds going over the ships railing and curving above the wall of fire.
"They look just like the one's on Skypiea!" Luffy laughed, Kasey raised an eyebrow, what the hell was Skypiea?
"Come on!" Luffy grabbed her hand jumping down into the small boat waiting for them. "Take us to the island mini merry!"
Kasey dropped into a spot beside Zoro as Usopp begged the farewelling members of the crew to trade him places.
She leaned onto the side as it rose along the cloud path, the others voices fading in her hearing as she watched the fire licked watters below.
'Hey pops!'
Whitebeard looked at her, She was sitting cross legged on the deck of Moby dick, Ace sitting behind her playing cards with Marco.
'How come we never cross into the new world?'
WhiteBeard chuckled motioning for her to come closer. Hopping to her feet she abided by jumping up to kneel on his thigh.
'Very simple little one, we have priorities here on the Grandline, let the new age Pirates test their life beyond my territory'
She tilted her head, the braid of her hair falling over her shoulder, 'Do you think I could survive there?'
Whitebeard hummed, 'not right now, you are still a novice my little monkey'
She blushed at the nickname.
'Maybe in years to come you could handle what weight's beyond these water's but you would have to be much stronger!'
She sighed as he pulled her into a hug. 'Get stronger Kasey, then some day you can handle that New World!'
Kasey smiled sadly to herself, "Sorry Pop's looks like I'm still not ready, but I have no choice"
"What was that?'
She sat up looking at Zoro, He was shoving his lunch in his mouth already,
"Nothing just thinking" She looked past him smiling as she watched Robin feed Luffy a hunk of meat. Zoro held out a lunchbox to her.
"Here, who know's what we have waiting for us" She took the box as Usopp spoke of a past 'illness' I-can't-go-to-that-island-itis.
She opened the box, taking her chopsticks in hand and glanced back out over the ocean.
'Don't worry Ace, I'll keep Luffy alive, even if it costs me my life to do so'
"Kasey are you gonna eat that?"
She groaned, "Eat your own lunch Luffy!"
The sign hung on a chain link fence. The bold letter's clearly reading Punk Hazard.
"Well this is the place, guess that wasn't a lie" Kasey stood next to Robin, a single chopstick hanging between her teeth as sweat formed along her skin.
"Look it's been sealed off by the world government! and there's a Marine emblem! guess we can just turn back" Usopp laughed as Luffy shoved the door open. Kasey glanced at the signs again following her brother, he Robin and Zoro were beginning to shed clothes due to the unnatural heat.
"Hey this could start a war with the World Government! oh wait we already did that" Usopp cried.
Kasey looked at Robin, "Do I want to know?"
Robin smiled, "Long story"
"Spare me then"
"This island must have had some man made destruction" Robin whispered changing topic. "It can't naturally be this hot"
"What bothers me is the person on the Den Den said he was cold, this doesn't look cold to be" Kasey grumbled tugging at the front of her tanktop. She wished she could strip down to more heat friendly clothing, but she was stuck in her sweatpants.
"Maybe he's an idiot" Luffy deadpanned.
"What kind of logic is that!" Usopp snapped shoving his lunch in his face.
"Luffy logic" Kasey chimed walking behind them lazily.
"Luffy logic?" Usopp turned walking backwards to look at her.
"I'll explain it later, Robin these aren't civilian housing, it looks more Government"
"She's got a point" Zoro huffed, as Robin looked around.
Kasey moved ahead of them eyeing the buildings, "Somethings wrong about this place"
"Obviously!"
She ignored Usopp and frowned, she could hear a heartbeat.
"Who dare enter my home" the ground beneath her shook.
"Ah Kasey" Luffy shouted as his sister was lifted in the air.
"This isn't possible!" Robin gasped.
Zoro's hand flew to his sword, "This is a creature of myths!"
"A dragon" Kasey breathed as its eyes opened, glaring down its snout at her.
"Who are you!"
Kasey tensed clapping her hands over her ears at the roar.
"Kasey-San!"
"foul little creature!" the Dragon arched it neck and swung it's head up. Tossing the pirate woman in the air.
"KASEY!"
Fire erupted from its jaws.
