Hello everyone. Longtime no see. Sorry this chapter took longer than usual. You see a few weeks ago my brother broke my laptop and a couple days later I got hit by a car. No lie. But not to worry I'm okay and I got a new laptop. This is the story you've all been waiting for when the demon that is Luffy's mom finally appears to the Straw Hats. I promise that this will be a tear jerking, heart pounding, dramatic story that you won't soon forget… or not. Just read it and decide for yourself.

Chapter 7

The Demon Finally Arrives!

"What's going on up there?" Franky asked from below deck. Usopp was with him and he had told him Luffy's cousin was on the ship just in time. All it would take would be one pull of a lever and they's be out of here.

"I think a fights broken out," said Usopp. For a while now the ship has been shaking as if a big storm had just suddenly brewed. Usopp figured it was a fight between Luffy and his cousin.

"Hey Usopp," Franky said seriously.

"Yeah?"

"Between you and me how do you think Strawhat will fare against these guys, his family?"

"How would I know?" said Usopp.

"I know you're no fighter, but speaking as someone who's known him for a long time what do you think?"

"Hmm" Usopp thought for a moment. "Honestly Luffy seemed different somehow. Tense, he might of even been nervous."

"It makes sense don't you think," said Franky grimly. "He has to fight his family. It's got to be hard for him."

Usopp contemplated what Franky said. "Yeah you're right Luffy must be feeling conflicted, but he'll still work his rubber butt off trying to make sure we're all safe, because that's just the kind of guy he is."

"I guess you're right," Franky said with a grin. But in the back of his head he was still pretty worried about the man he called captain.

"What do you mean all my techniques will be neutralized?!" Luffy shouted at his cousin very angrily and upset.

Ren just grinned cockily. "I mean what I mean, cous. Your biggest advantages in a fight won't work on me, but feel free to try if you don't believe."

Ren's overconfident stare pestered Luffy to no end. In an act of losing his temper, Luffy retaliated. "Gum-Gum Pistol!" his rubber right arm stretch at Ren with bullet speed, but the cocky cousin was prepared. With a graceful move of his own right arm Ren gently, but firmly slammed the back of his hand against Luffy's wrist. The attack itself was weak, worst case scenario it would leave you sore for a second, but for some weird reason Luffy lost control of his arm and it went wild like a stray electrical wire cut by a storm, making him lose his balance and stumble clumsily on the deck. Luffy looked shocked. He could barely feel his arm as it went wild. "What the!"

Ren took the opportunity. "SHAVE!" he appeared inches away from Luffy, startling the captain, and then roundhouse kicked him with enough force to break a normal man jaw like glass. Luffy was sent flying hard into the railings, then subsequently his arm retracted with a dull thump. Ren stared at a disoriented Luffy with a cocky expression. "Well I believe I just proved my point, wouldn't you agree, cous?"

"I don't get what you just did," Luffy said as he picked himself off the ground. "But it won't stop me from kicking your butt off my my ship!"

"We'll see won't we, Luffy," Ren retorted. "SHAVE!" Ren instantly appeared in front of Luffy and went in for another round house kick, but Luffy was prepared this time. He intercepted Ren's kick with his left arm and went for a punch with his right, but Ren blocked the attack with his Iron Body technique, which absorbed the attack. Luffy cursed himself in response. Ren jumped away from Luffy to gain some distance, while at the same time Luffy stretched back his arms at a quick pace.

"Gum-Gum…!"

"SHAVE!" Ren appeared in front of Luffy and in an instant he gracefully hit Luffy gently, but firmly right behind his shoulders, and just like before Luffy lost control of his arms and, once again, they went wild. The arms swung in every direction: up, down, sideways, diagonally, you name it. The scariest part was that Luffy couldn't even feel his arms as they ran rampant in the Grand Line air. In an act of desperation Luffy tried to head but Ren right in the kisser, but the flirtatious marine used the Shave technique to avoid it and appeared only a few inches away from his previous spot.

"How is he making Luffy's arms go crazy like that?" Nami asked with concern.

"I don't know." Zoro said in a neutral voice, but he was getting nervous at the thought of how this fight might end. "But if Luffy can't find a way to defend against whatever he's doing then he'll be in serious trouble!"

Nami silently gulped. If Zoro said it, then it was was in danger. Afteral the green haired swordsman rarely doubted their strawhat wearing captain. She turned to the smallest Strawhat. "Chopper do you know what he's doing to Luffy?"

He shook his head somberly."I don't know, but he might be-"

"He's disrupting the nerve flow." Robin answered.

"What?" Nami asked as the others looked at Robin curiously.

"He's disrupting the messages Luffy's brain sends to his arms." Robin explained. "That alone can be bad for any fighter, but theoretically it could be even worse for the captain."

"What do you mean?" Zoro asked calmly.

"Well it's bad enough to lose control of your arms and legs in any battle, but for our captain it could very well be his Achilles heel. Picture this, the captain stretches his arms as much as he can and then suddenly loses all control of them. Then what would happen?" Robin questioned.

"They'd go wild and he'd lose his balance!" Zoro realised in shock.

"And then he'd stumble around and be an easy target for his cousin!" Nami realised in shock.

"Yes." Robin answered grimly.

"So that's what he meant by all his techniques being neutralised." Zoro seethed angrily.

"So how is Luffy going to stop this?!" Chopper scream upset.

"He could try to fight without stretching." Robin proposed hopefully, but anyone could tell that she wasn't sure that that plan would work. She just hated seeing Chopper upset.

"But that's Luffy's whole style of fighting!" Nami almost screamed. "I don't think I've ever seen him even attempt to fight someone strong without stretching."

"He'll just have to adjust to it and fast, because if he doesn't he might just lose." Zoro said coldly. Nami glared at him and resisted the urge to smack him over the head this time. She just felt so frustrated with this whole situation and not just because it was a seemingly hopeless situation. She'd been in enough seemingly hopeless situations that she was more or less used to them.

But this time all of this just felt so wrong.

They were fighting Luffy's own family. His mom, his cousins, who he himself said he was close too, were their opponents, and just like always they'd have to fight if they wanted to survive this. That was a fact. She accepted that as a fact a long time ago. "But still, was this really the only thing to do is to fight?" she thought to herself. Her mind wandered to her conversation with Luffy early this morning, which felt like a lifetime ago by now, it was a relatively short talk, but to her it was a meaningful and intimate talk. She Luffy in a different light at that moment. Within a few minutes she had learned more about Luffy than she had ever known about him since the time they met each other back at orange town.

Her train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Sanji, who had been silent for quite awhile. "It doesn't matter." He said softly.

He took a few steps forward, took a deep breath, raised his arms and shouted, "Luffy you can't lose to him!"

All the Strawhats in attendance stared at him, even Zoro who hated him, with awe. "Make him pay for flirting with Robin and Nami and for bringing up the wanted poster!" His whole body then ignited in a glorious blaze.

Silence.

The other Strawhats and Ren looked at Sanji with looks of annoyance, confusion, and down right stupefied.

"That's what this is all about!" Zoro shouted in annoyance, with swords unsheathed and teeth bared at him like a wild animal, breaking the silence. "You idiot he didn't even mention your stupid looking wanted poster! He said he didn't recognize you! As in you're a total no name! A loser!"

"What was that moss head!" Sanji growled at Zoro. With that another fight broke out between the swordsman and cook.

"That idiot…" Nami sighed as she rubbed her head. She turned to Chopper. "Hey Chopper have you made that medicine yet? You know for his brain…"

"I'm trying, but I think he might just be a lost cause." Chopper sighed, while Robin just giggled softly at the drama.

"Are those guys like that often?" Ren asked curiously.

"Yeah." Luffy, whose arms went back to normal, laughed. The tension in the air suddenly seemed to disappear. Luffy picked himself off the ground and stared at Ren with his usual confidence filled grin. "They're a riot. All of my crew is."

"Oh really?" Ren grinned as much as Luffy. "Well I am happy for you. You're living your dream and I'm living mine."

"Ren?" Luffy said.

"It's too bad I have to arrest you all! MOON BOUNCE!" Ren jumped 1000 feet up in the air and immediately did a continuous mid air flip at the rate of a motor powered wheel. As he he was flipping in the air the wind picked up and got stronger and stronger.

"What's he doing?" Luffy said as he and the rest of the looked up in awe.

Meanwhile on the Demon Unit's ship, Shauna and Lilia looked up at the swirling ball of wind with looks, not of dread, but annoyance.

"That idiot!" Shauna said frustratingly. "MOON BOUNCE!" She jumped on the air and moved at bullet speed, followed by a blank faced Lilia who subsequently grew a pair of devil like wings.

"SUPER TEMPEST KI-YAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Ren was hit hard and painfully in the side by his twin sister Shauna's surprisingly powerful fists and then lost control of his Tempest Kick and it was sent flying downward towards the ships of both the Thousand Sunny and the marines ship, while he was sent crashing down on to the deck of the Thousand Sunny, while holding the spot he was hit in.

Lilia, knowing the stray Tempest Kick would cause way too much damage, intercepted the blade of air by using some blade of black energy in the palm of her hand and cut it right down the middle like butter. The 2 pieces of air went in opposite directions and then land harmlessly in the ocean causing a big splash, that only looked intimidating.

The Straw Hats were trying to process what happened, but were failing as their mouths hung open like idiots. But Sanji was too pleased with seeing Ren a battered and bruised mess on the deck to really care about anything else.

"Did Luffy's mom just-"Nami began, with her mouth hanging open and eyes widened.

"Yes." Robin answered calmly.

"And his cousin-"

"Yes."

"And would that attack have-"

"I believe so."

Nami took a deep breath. "Why'd they stop it? That could've taken us all out."

"And them along with it. That attack is so big it would've destroyed their ship along with ours. I guess that's just one more similarity Luffy and his cousin Ren have in common. They're both reckless idiots." Zoro said neutrally and then smirked. "It's almost nuts how everyone in that family is crazy strong. Feared marines with the reputations and strength to go with it. A Whitebeard commander. The most wanted man in the world and revolutionary. And last but not least our own idiot captain who's going to be King of The Pirates."

"Luffy's family is so cool." Chopper said in awe.

"You know Luffy really does come from a family of monsters." Nami sighed as she rubbed her forehead. She looked up at the marine captain know as Lilia, too tired to really react to the devil wings and her flying. "And apparently a demon too."

"Looks like we'll be facing more of that monstrous and demonic strength." Robin said as she saw Shauna gracefully land on to the deck right next to the half conscious pile that was her brother Ren.

"Oh no the ship." Nami moaned when she saw the broken planks in the spot where Ren crashed landed. "We just got this ship too."

Luffy, who had been silent for awhile now, gaped with an open mouth and wide eyes, as he saw Shauna land on the ship. He wished he had let Franky perform the Coup de Burst earlier. Sure Ren would have been a problem, but they could've taken him. But now…

"Why'd you stop me?!" Ren shouted at Shauna as he picked himself up off the ground.

"Are you kidding you would've killed us if you had gone through with that attack!" Shauna shouted back.

"No I wouldn't." Ren declared. He looked to his left and to his right. He extend his finger to, most likely, evaluate the distance between the two ships."Oh wait yeah I would've. Sorry."

"You idiot!" Shauna smacked Ren over the head, which left a noticeable bump on his head.

Shauna turn her attention to Luffy and his crew. "Hello Luffy." she said with a void voice.

"Hi Shauna." Luffy said finding his voice.

She glanced at the 5 pirates in the distance. "Are those people apart of your crew?"

"Uh yeah." This felt awkward.

Shauna bowed to the Straw Hats, surprising them. "Hello Straw Hats, I am Aura D. Shauna and I am Luffy's cousin on his mother's you for for taking care of Luffy. I can only imagine how much he's put you all through. My apologies."

"Oh… uh… no Luffy's no trouble at all."Nami replied to her. It felt weird to be bowed down to by a marine, but she could only imagine how weird it felt for the marine herself. Wait a minute wasn't she the one who was shooting dirty looks at her and Robin a little while ago or was it someone else? Oh well. "Right guys."

"Right." They all said in unison.

Shauna raised her head. She gave a sweet smile to the group. "You sure? You mean he hasn't gotten you involved in a bunch of do or die situations, like getting eaten by sea kings or being nearly killed by some really strong bad guys?"

This girl really was close to Luffy.

"Nope." They all replied to her.

"Look at you trying to be nice to pirates." Ren laughed. "Next thing you know we'll see Luffy doing complex math equations or Aunt Lily showing mercy to pirates. Owww!"

Shauna smacked Ren in the head, again. "Shut up!"

Ren, nor Luffy were not fooled by Shauna's sweet caring sister act. They knew She was just doing her own method of evaluation. Luffy was dense, but even he wasn't so dense that he never knew that Shaun treated him and Ren protectively, like an older sister.

"Wow this girls just like Ace," Nami said in surprise.

"I'm skeptical whether or not she's that guys sister, let alone related to Luffy." Zoro said tactlessly.

"She seems really kind," Chopper said.

"Is it wise to forget she's a marine?" Robin asked.

"She's so beautiful!" Sanji exclaimed with hearts in his eyes.

Nami took a good look at Shauna. She looked as tall as Luffy. She had Raven hair that went to her shoulders and pale white skin like her brother. Nami had to admit she was very pretty. But Robin was right. They couldn't forget that they were fighting marines.

"You all seem like the kind of people who are worth trusting," Shauna said kindly. She then immediately unstrapped some sort of 6-inch black rod like thing. With a snap of her wrist it became a 5 foot long, iron bo staff. For added intimidation she twirled it around to show expert skill with the lethal weapon and then pointed it at the Straw Hats in the corner. "It's too bad we have to arrest you all."

'It figures' They all thought, including Ren and Luffy.

"Wait just a moment Shauna." said a deep feminine voice. Suddenly, Captain Aura D. Lilia, Captain of the marines unofficially named Demon Unit, aunt of Ren and Shauna, and most importantly mother of Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy, descended onto the the deck of the Thousand Sunny on those black devil like wings on her back, which disappeared in an animation of black smoke.

The Straw Hats looked at her with mixtures of fear, confusion, surprise, and hid behind Robin's legs, shaking in fear. Luffy's expression was actually unreadable. He looked at the woman with the woman with a blank expression, as if his tiny mind had finally exploded due to all the stimulation today. Zoro and Robin instinctively raised their guard against the arrival of the new adversary, although there was some feeling of confliction in their hearts at the thought of fighting Luffy's mother.

Only one Straw Hat was visibly pleased.

"Another beautiful woman!" Sanji squealed in delight and twirled around like a wild man on drugs. "We have been blessed with the presence of two beautiful angels!"

"Technically we've been cursed with the appearance of a devil." Zoro corrected Sanji.

"How dare you call such a goddess a devil and a curse!" Sanji roared at Zoro and burst into red hot flames.

"Don't yell at me you stupid love cook!" Zoro roared back.

"The swordsman does have a point, mr. cook." Robin said. "Her nickname is the She-Devil."

"Oh not to worry, my darling Robin, I shall melt the heart of the demon and reveal the angel behind the-" Sanji was interrupted by the quick swing of his Kitetsu sword, which the cook easily blocked.

"You do realise you're talking about Luffy's mom, right?" Zoro reminded Sanji.

"Urrg…" Sanji didn't give a valid reply.

"What's with those two?" Shauna asked curiously

"Not sure." Ren answered. "But I think that blonde one is the flirtatious type."

"Just like you." Shauna said obnoxiously. "You would get along quite well, I'd bet."

"What do you mean?" Ren asked obliviously.

"Are you kidding me?!" Shauna Shouted incredulously.

Nami ignored the bickering pairs and took the chance to get a good look at Luffy's mom. She agreed that she was beautiful and not to mention had a mature aura to her. With a closer look her skin looked lighter than Luffy's and was closer to Shauna and Ren's skin looked too young to be Luffy's mom, but apparently she was. The only thing all four family members seemed to have in common was their raven black hair and incredible power and strength.

"Mom…" Luffy said finally finding his voice. All this happening at once was making his brain melt. "H-hi."

She didn't reply.

"Late reaction much, Luffy?" Ren said not reading the mood at all. He then glance back and forth between mother and son. "It occurs to me that this is an awkward situation."

"You just now realized that?" Shana said.

"So I think I'll just go." Ren was about to Moon Bounce away, but Lilia spoke.

"Hold on a moment, Ren." Lilia commanded in a tone that left no room for argument. Ren froze in place

"Yes maim!"

Lilia turned to Shauna. "Where is the nearest island from here."

"Not too far, maim." Shauna said officially. "Just 70 kilometers due east. It's a desert island."

"Good then."

Shauna looked at her with suspicion. "Captain Lilia what are you-"

"MEN!" Lilia shouted at the top of her lungs. "Head to the island 70 kilometers due east from here! I'm taking this ship there!"

"I guess we know where Luffy gets his volume." Zoro said as he and the other rubbed their ears. "Wait did she say-"

Lilia's body emitted a black, dangerous looking, gaseous substance that spread around the entire ship like a mysterious and dense fog. The Straw Hats moved their feet away from the mystery gas, but it passed by them harmlessly.

"Captain Lilia!" Shauna yelled. "What the heck are you doing!"

"Luffy what is this stuff!" Nami shouted loudly.

"Guys hold on tight! Mom's about to do something big!" Luffy shouted.

"DEMONIC TRANSFORMATION: GIANT DEMON WINGS OF HELL!" Lilia bellowed. The black gas spread outside the ship and the gas started to take shape of a pair of giant black wings. Nami noticed something extraordinary happen to the gas.

"It's becoming solid." Nami Shouted.

"She's right!" Chopper screamed. To the touch the solid gas felt leathery and hard, like the skin of a lizard or any other reptile. The Sunny now had a pair of scaly, gigantic, powerful looking wings set right below the railings, and he had a feeling Franky didn't build them.

"Quite interesting…" Robin to a glance at the mysterious solid. "The work of a very powerful devil fruit I would imagine."

Suddenly the ship took flight, and not because of Coup de Burst. It took several strong flaps of the newly added wings to get the ship off the sea and the passengers lost their footing in the process and fell, but once it got a few feet in the air the ship soared into the high blue sky.

Despite the situation, all the passengers on the ship greatly enjoyed the chance to fly in the sky. Even Luffy forgot about the fact that his over-powered super marine/mom was only a few feet away from him. The other Straw hats greatly appreciated the view they got from flying in the air, especially considering that all the other times they went up in the air it was a glorified thrillride/death trap. Although the fact that they were being flown by a super powerful and super strong admiral class marine whose main job was to kill and/or arrest high bounty pirates like them. After a minute of flying Usopp and Franky climbed up onto the main deck.

"Why are we flying in the air!" Usopp shouted. When he shouted the black wings making the Thousand Sunny fly flickered between its solid form and its gas form and, then the ship suddenly went out of control in a capsizing like fashion. Nami and Ren nearly fell off the ship and they would have too if not for Robin catching the former with her Flower-Flower fruit power, and Shauna catching the latter and subsequently slammed the poor guy hard onto the deck causing even more damage to the lion figured ship. The ship managed to regain control of itself

"Thanks Robin." Nami said appreciatively to her savior.

"Haven't you hurt me enough today woman!" Ren screamed unappreciative to his savior.

"My ship!" Franky wailed in horror. his head went in every direction. He saw all the damage that was caused while he was below deck. The planks were splinters and dented, and the spot where Luffy was sent crashing in the observation roof had a crater.

"Hey!" shouted the deep, angry, feminine voice that belonged to Captain Aura D. Lilia. Up until now she had remained standing in that one spot on the center of the deck as if she owned the ship. Her black aura around her flared up. She turned to Usopp and Franky with her arms crossed. Nami couldn't help, but think that she looked a lot like a parent scolding her child. "Long nose liar! Pervert cyborg!

"Wow she hasn't even spoken a word to them and she's got their personalities down pat." Nami whispered with a sign of being impressed.

It's not exactly an effort for me to manifest wings to make this ship fly, but if you break my concentration you'll kill us all. So if you don't want to die…" She paused for a moment, closed her eyes and reopened them to reveal that both of her eyes turned entirely red and began glowing. She looked like the devil himself. "Use your inside voices."

Her voice was so threatening it made everyone, even Robin, feel a chill go down their spines. "Y-yes ma'am!" Usopp and Franky said together.

Her eyes returned to normal and she smiled sweetly. "Good."

"Who is this woman." Usopp whispered using every last bit of his willpower not to scream.

"She's Luffy's mother, She used her power to make the ship fly, and she's in all likelihood going to take us to an island to torture and kill us." Robin said with a sweet smile Making Usopp shiver in fear.

"Never mind her." Franky said hysterically, although, judging from his careful whisper, he really did mind her. "What happened to the Sunny."

"Oh it's probably best you don't know." Nami said.

"But."

"Trust me it's for the best. Oh and Usopp?"

"Yes." Nami smacked him over the head.

"Ow!" He moaned in a whisper. "What was that for!"

"You nearly got me killed." She glared at Usopp with fire in her eyes.

"Um guys?" Chopper spoke up.

"What is it Chopper?" Robin asked.

"Should one of us get Luffy?"

They all glanced at their, usually fearless captain, sitting in a mess of fear and self pity. This was not one of his finer moments.

"I'll get him." Ren offered. Before anyone could say anything Ren went to Luffy and hung him over his shoulder, without Luffy giving any sort of struggle. Ren roughly dropped Luffy onto the floor.

"Um, Luffy?" Zoro said not entirely sure what to say or ask. All the Straw Hats and the twins surrounded Luffy's body.

"What is it, Zoro?" Luffy replied in an unenergetic and depressed tone.

"Are you okay?"

"Oh sure why wouldn't I be?"

"Luffy." Nami said with concern. "We're worried about you."

"No need to worry about me guys. I'm fine."

They looked at each other. He didn't look fine.

"Let me try something." Ren offered. He cleared his throat. "Luffy you are a weak and pathetic excuse for a human being! You'll never become a pirate king and you'll die a miserable and pathetic death!"

Silence. It took a few seconds to process what he had said.

Shauna face went red with fury. "How in the world would that-"

"Who are you calling pathetic!" Luffy sucker punched Ren in the face.

"He's back to normal!" Chopper whispered with didn't want to be yelled at by Luffy's mom.

"Nice to have you back captain." Zoro smirked.

"I'm not entirely sure what just happened, but good to see you acting like you." Usopp whispered jovially. He too didn't want to be yelled at by Luffy's mom either.

"Told you it would work." Ren smirked while holding the spot where he was hit.

"Boys…" Shauna sighed. "They've driven me crazy for years."

"Sounds like you speak from experience." Nami said sympathetically. She glanced at all the male members of the Straw Hat crew. "Believe me I know where you're coming from."

"I'll take your word for it." Shauna laughed lightly with Nami.

Shauna blinked, stepped away from Nami, and shook her head. "What am I doing! I can't get along with pirates!" She glared at Ren. "Ren! Why'd you help them!"

"Because Luffy's our cousin." Ren said bluntly.

"Liar!"

Ren rolled his eyes. "Fine. I just wanted to earn some brownie points with the beautiful Nami and Robin." he said as he leaned closer to Nami, who scooched far away.

"Hey don't use me as your girl bait! Again!" Luffy said to Ren angrily.

"Luffy." Ren said with a know it all smile. "You're supposed to use your family for your own personal gain. It's part of the cycle we live in."

"What kind of a warped mind do you have?" Shauna asked in disgust.

"The kind that gives me the idea that I have a shot with girls like Nami." Ren went to Nami. "So do you think you'd like to have dinner with me tonight?"

Before she had a chance to reject Ren, Shauna was going to hit him over the head with her iron bo staff, but Sanji beat her to the kick, or at least he tried, but Ren used Shave to avoid the attack.

"What's your problem!" Ren seethed.

"My problem is you keep trying to seduce my Nami!"

"I'm not your Nami." She said bluntly.

"Stop getting near Nami." Sanji said ignoring what Nami said.

"You sure are cocky for a rookie pirate to a rookie crew, Who ever you are." Ren said to annoy Sanji.

"I'm Sanji." he said through his gritted teeth. "Black Leg Sanji. I have a bounty of 77,000,000."

"Black Leg?" Ren repeated. "The one with the weird face… is you?"

Sanji was shaking with rage, while Zoro watched with amusement. "No you idiot! It's a drawn wanted poster! No one in this world has such a stupid face!"

Near the Red Line, a big man in an iron mask just sneezed.

"Apologize you insensitive-"

"Shaun chose to block out the rest of the argument. She turned to her captain/aunt, who had their back turned to them all.

"Captain Lilia!" Shauna called. Why have we not tried to arre-aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" Shauna screamed and so did the others. The ship was descending faster and faster. Everyone had to hold onto something or else they'd fall off and die. It all lasted 3 seconds, although it felt like 3 years. The ship landed hard near the shore of the desert island she had mentioned before and made a big splash.

Captain Lilia used her mysterious power to lower the anchor. She turned to face the group. "Welcome Straw Hat Pirates to our battleground."

Well that took a lot longer to type than I thought. Remember that poll I said we'd do? Well I decided to postpone it until further notice.

So what did you think of this chapter. how did you feel about Lilia practically ignoring the Strawhats? How did you feel about Ren? Shauna? Luffy? Everyone?