First off to all those who are being affect by superstorm Sandy. I believe we should all show our support to them. After all many of the victims are both authors and readers of stories on . It is because of them that is as successful as it is. They are the ones who write enjoyable fanfics for us. Also they are the ones who read and review our fanfics. And many of them are victims of Sandy. Because of this they may not be producing any more fics or reading the ones we write since they have bigger problems of their heads. I believe we should all extend our regards to them since they makes us enjoy all these wonderful fics. And hope that they solve their problems and return to give us more entertaining fics and read the ones author's write.

I am extremely amazed and pleased with the amount of reviews and number of views after the previous chapter. I took a big risk revealing so much but I'm glad it paid off.

This fic diverges after the Fishman Island arc, specifically from chapter 653. However that does not necessarily mean that the fic takes place immediately after that chapter and episode. It does not take place between Fishman Island and Punk Hazzard, the fic diverges completely after Fishman Island.

This fic would have clashes with the original One Piece since it diverges. As a result I would like you all to forget about everything you've read past chapter 653. The reason for this is because unfortunately the way the Punk Hazzard arc is going now, it already clashes with events of recent chapters of One Piece Final Holy War. Because of this, in order for you to enjoy One Piece Final Holy War, you have to forget everything you've seen in the Punk Hazzard Arc. It is important because many of the characters in One Piece, I have my own plans for.

I will be making a few changes some of the notes. First of, I am changing the devil fruit that Dragon posses from a storm storm fruit to a weather weather fruit. And though they are functionally identical, there are some differences. These differences would be seen later when Dragon fights. I have the small changes to the notes at the end of chapter 11: Two Princesses Hearts Also I am changing Ren's background to better suit the fic. The changes to Ren's background are going to be reflected in Chater 5: Profile of Knights of D. The chapters themselves are completely unchanged. Only the notes I have at the end of the chapter change. You probably won't even see the changes since the change is in the notes at the end of the fic and the change is small, barely recongnizable.

The backgrounds of the Knights are subject to change. I have no intention of changing their powers but their backgrounds might change to better suit the story. So there would be changes to Chapter 5 Profile of the Knights of D. Their abilities however will stay the same.

Many of you probably don't agree with the fact that so many strong characters die too quickly. For example Shanks is a Yonkou and he died in one chapter. However I'm sure that many of you would be more interested in reading about the Invasion and Straw Hats than reading about Shanks, Big Mam, Kaido etc. If I did give them a fight scene, the you would probably have to wait like 9 chapters before the invasion began. Now I'm sure most of you would rather read about the invasion. Also it's very hard to write a fight scene with someone whom has not shown fighting much. We have seen the Straw Hats fight a lot and I already know how the Knights fight in my head. However characters like Shanks, Kaido etc whom we have not seen fight much, it's hard to write a battle with them. Because of this even though characters like Rayliegh and Garp are extremely powerful, because of the fact that I haven't seen them fight much, I cannot guarantee that I would show them fight. Having said that it does not mean that they are weak. They are very strong and can give the Knights a hard time. It's just that because of the lack of battles scenes they have, I might not show them fight. In other words, I may, or may not show them fight. They will definitely appear for sure and will definitely fight, but it just that I may or may not show them fight. That is still pending.

I would be mostly using the pre-time skip personalities of the Straw Hats. I find the pre skip personalities more distinct and fun and easier to write. Ussop telling lies is something that always made him fun to watch. Likewise Chopper's trusting nature was also something that made him fun. I just can't write a fic without Ussop telling his lies or Chopper believing them. That would stop making the Straw Hats really fun to read about. I would use some aspects of some of the Straw Hats post time skip personalities such as Sanji's nosebleeding.

In terms of fighting I would be blending their pre and post time skip personalities. While some like Zoro and Sanji we have seen them fight a lot, Nami however hasn't revealed too much of her fighting abilities. To compensenate for this I would be using both attacks the Straw Hats used before the time skip and attacks they are now using. This will be most prevalient in Ussop. Of all the Straw Hats, Ussop probably has the biggest changes to his fighting style. Zoro still uses the three sword style, Nami still uses weather controlling devices. However Ussop changed his fighting style from gadgets and deception to huge monstrous plants. Ussop will be using both the plants and his gadgets and deception.

Again just wanted to extend my condolences to all the victims of Sandy. Many of you are fans of One Piece Final Holy War and I hope that in these dark times, my fic keeps you entertained an take your minds off the numerous problems Sandy has created. You help keep me motivated to write this fic so I think the least I can do is continue writing to make you all feel better.