Sorry for the long wait you guys. I basically go to school six days a week so I don't really have much time to myself but I promise I won't stop the book anytime soon. In this chapter I added an OC and just so you know, in this story, the one piece crew never went to Skypia , so yea on with the story...
Zoro watched in awe as the fighters around the ring started to warm up. He didn't really know alot of the fighters but he recognized a few that he had heard about.
One fighter he saw didn't even bother warming up. Instead, he sat on the floor in a secluded corner massaging his strangely long earlobes with four other fighters standing around him. The four around him didn't seem to get along much but he didn't even seem to notice. Across from that group stood another group that was sending the long earlobed guys group dirty looks. Out of all the fighters, Zoro studied those two groups the most. He just couldn't help but feel that those two groups knew each other and had problems.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. The boss was a total ass today."
Zoro turned from observing the groups to look at the person who had just joined his table. Zoro furrowed his eyes in confusion and Robin just looked at the new comer. Noticing both Zoro's and Robins glazes on him, the man introduced himself.
" Oh, sorry about intruding. I'm Clay two must be Robin and Zoro. Im good friends with Nami and she told me she needed a place to cheer someone whose into fighting up so I recommended this." The man, now known as Clay, said.
"And what exactly is this ?" Robin asked indicating the event that was about to take place while sipping a glass of wine. Zoro picked up his own fruit drink and took a sip himself before putting his full attention on Clay.
"This is the annual fighters competition more formally known as ' Pride and Dignity Fighters Competition'." Clay said as he observed the fighters. " It's usually just a martial arts competition but the rules changed a few years ago. Now anyone can fight, whether they knew martial arts or not."
" What do you get if you win?" Nami asked from where she was seated beside him.
Clay called a waiter over and ordered a drink and a meal before turning back to answer. " Well, it varies every year. Last year it was about 50 billion Bellis. This year I think it's a marine pass."
" A Marine pass?" Nami asked tilting her head. " What's that?".
Classy turned towards Nami a little and then responded.
" It's just as its name says. A marine pass. You get to do whatever and the marines can't arrest you, attack you or follow your trial for months. This event is hosted by a few of the top marines, so any marines under them have to obey the rules of the pass. " Clay turned back to the fighters "That would explain why more fighters came this year. Most of the fighters are criminals and if they participate in this, they can't be touched until after the competition is over and if they win the pass they won't be touched for a really long time."
Nami and Robin stared at Clay with the same thought in mind. If they had known that before, Luffy and Sanji would of been entered. Zoro too if he wasn't pregnant. Nami sighed and started eating again.
Zoro turned his attention back to the two groups. Nothing had really changed during his conversation other then the fact that group with four men were now listening to what the guy sitting down was saying to them.
" Anything interest you?" Zoro heard Clay ask him.
Zoro turned towards Clay and told him about the two groups.
"Oh them." Clay said looking at both the groups with interest before stopping at the earlobes guys group. "You see the guy with the long earlobes, that's Enel, but he likes people to call him God. He's a logia user." He said.' So he's a devil fruit user, huh.' Zoro thought as he kept listening intently. "The guys around him, I like to think of them as his pets. They do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. The one with the braids, he's Gedatsu, pretty stupid guy if you ask me. The really fat guy, he's Satori, and he's very annoying. The bald guys name is Ohm, he thinks he passes judgement to people. And the last one is Shura, who just lives causing trouble."
"Weird appearances and weird names." Zoro mumbled under his breath as he kept staring at the group with the guy Enel. Zoro stared at the group trying to understand why he felt like he knew them from somewhere. As If feeling eyes on him, Enel himself turned around and caught Zoro's eyes. Just from that look, Zoro felt electricity and decided right then and there that he wasn't all that fond of the God group. Enel smiled his way before turning back to his group while Zoro did the same.
" What about the other group?" Zoro asked Clay, interrupting his quiet conversation with both the girls.
Clay turned towards Zoro and leaned in. He brought his head low and used his eyes to point at the other group.
" That groups the Shandorians. They don't really live in towns and villages. Instead they rely on the woods, which explains their clothes. They are high believers of their ancestor and believe that if they win one of these fights it will make their ancestors happy and all these awesome things will happen to them." Upon seeing Zoro's face, he said
" I know. It sounds utterly stupid but this is what they believe."
Sighing loudly, Clay continued " You see the 3 guys standing closest to the tattoo guy." Zoro nodded his head and chanced a glance at the group.
" I guess you could see them the same as those other guys in Enels group. The guy with the tattoo, that's Wiper. He's the leader. The guy with the glasses is Kamikidi. He's like Wipers second in commands or something. The dude next to him with the helmet over his head is Braham and the big one next to him is Genbo. They've been with wiper since he entered this competition, but we don't know much about them other then the fact that they've been pals with wiper since they were small and that they want to win this just as much as he does."
"Have they ever won before?" Asked Robin as she sipped her wine.
" Nope." Clay said popping the 'p' and leaning back in his chair.
" Haven't won once. The strange thing is, they can beat everyone except for Enel's team."
" So they lost to them every year?!" Nami shrieked from her seat, sitting forward.
" Well, why the hell do they keep fighting if they just keep losing?!" Nami hiss whispered.
" How would I know? All I know is that there's a rumor going around saying that Enel took something really important from the Shandorians and they won't rest until they get it back." Clay said.
" I've taken nothing from those weak creatures we call man." A deep voice said behind Zoro. Glancing at the other members of the table, Zoro saw Clay with wide eyes and Nami looking just like him but with a glass in her hands. Robins eyes were slightly wider as well but not noticeably. Turning around slowly, Zoro rose his eyes to the tall figure that stood before him. With out realizing, Zoro's eyes widened a bit as well as he looked at the man they called God. Enel.
" I've heard you all talking and decided to come join. Sitting among those weaklings was rather boring." Enel said as one of his men brung him a chair to sit in. Turning to him, Enel said " Why don't you go find something to do. At the moment ,I'm talking."
The man, which Zoro now remembered as Gedatsu, but his lip and scurried off to the rest of the little group. Zoro looked at Nami, Robin and Clay to see how his presence was affecting them. The looks on their faces told him that they were just as uncomfortable as he was. The only bad thing about this was that he was sitting right between-
" Do not like me sitting near you?" Enel asked directing the question at Robin and Zoro. Both members widened their eyes. ' How the hell did he know that?' Zoro thought.
"The mind of a human is quite simple to understand." Enel said as he peered at each member of the table. " It would seem that you lot are very uncomfortable with me here. Is the presence of a God too much to handle?"
" There's no such thing as God. " Zoro said. " And if there is then I'll just have to defeat them and price to them who the real God is."
" Ah is that so." Enel said as he began to laugh. Zoro looked at Enel and then at the faces of his friends. The looks on all their faces all said the same thing, ' You fucking moron .'Zoro looked at them, confused, before registering what he had just said to Enel. Zoro mentally face palmed and visibly paled . He just challenged a God.
"Why not join in the match yourself then, if you truly believe that you can beat a God. " Enel stated rather then asked. Nami and Robin's eyes widened before they started telling Enel excuses.
" He can't. He doesn't have his weapons!" Nami said, thinking she saved Zoro from Enel and his ideas.
" No worries. I can supply you with the things you need." Enel said calmly.
Dammit. " Well he only uses these certain ones so I don't think he'll wanna fight with out them." Nami replied with the most innocent smile she could muster.
" Them you should go retrieve them." Enel stated with a bored expression.
" That is just what we would do, however, his weapons are at the blacksmiths getting fixed. We can't retrieve them till morning, so I apologize for his inability to battle with out them." Robin stated with a blank expression.
Even though their expressions didn't sat it, both Nami and Zoro were happy she came up with an excuse that answered any more of Enels questions. The babies safety would have been at risk if he had kept on suggesting.
" Hmmm. I see." Enel said with a frown.
" Would this be because a baby is on the way?" He added looking Zoro's way.
The entire table froze. ' How the hell did he know that? ' Zoro thought, knowing Robin and Nami wanted to know the exact same thing.
Clay was the first to compose himself, but he was too excited to even notice that Enels question was directed at Zoro.
" Someone's pregnant ! Who is it? Is it you Robin?-" Clay asked turning his gaze on her and then to Nami "- or you Nami?"
Nami laughed nervously before speaking. " No Clay. No ones pregnant, but could you maybe go get me a bottle of expensive wine from the bar back there?"
" Well ofcourse Nami. I'll be back." and with that Clay walked towards the bar.
As soon as he was lost in the crowd, the remaining members at the table turned their attention on Enel.
" How the hell do you know that?" Zoro hissed.
" Know what?" Enel asked with an amused smile.
" About him being pregnant." Nami hissed as she leaned in closer, glaring daggers at him.
" You all simply think to loudly." was all Enel offered for them.
" Think too loudly?" Rich whispered to herself and then turned to face Enel fully.
" Where exactly are you from again?"
Looking at the ships archeologist, he responded. " Skypia."
Both Nami and Zoro looked towards Robin. She had that expression that said she knew something.
" I'm not quite sure about it, but I do believe I've read about this somewhere." Robin said before adding
" You use mantra, do you not?" she asked.
"Mantra?" Nami and Zoro asked.
" Ah. So you know of Mantra?" Enel said, rather amused. " A power that gives the ability to hear thoughts."
Zoro's eyes widened. So that's how he knew! But couldn't that also mean...
" Do you use it during your fights?" Zoro asked.
" Ofcourse not. I dont need to use it against these idiots. They are just. . Predictable." was his reply.
Just as Zoro was about to ask something else, Clay returned to the table and not long after the bell for the matches to begin rang.
" It was nice talking to you all but it would seem I have to go." Enel said rising. Running his gaze asking the faces of the group, Enel's eyes stopped on Zoro. " I hope we all meet again."
The group watched as he left. A few of the groups of fighters went up. Names off fighters were called or and Zoro's table watched them as they fought. Some came out with a win, though they were extremely bloody, while others weren't quite as lucky. When the bell for a break rang out through the restaurant, people stated to get more loud and more drunk. Zoro, Nami and Robin among the Loud bunch. Gambling like everyone else and chatting away worth strangers, they stayed until the early hours. At some point, they managed to drag their selves out and make it back to the hotel. Each entering their rooms and falling into a deep sleep.
