A/N: Sorry for the slight wait, you see my computer was having problems with the sound so I used my parents computer for the past week. My parents computer is older than mine and because of that documents get screwy if transferred there so I couldn't do any of my fics that were on this computer. So yeah... I did work on fics but they were new (go check them out if you want), anyways here's the first chapter of the Skypiea arc! Enjoy!
Chapter 155: Ocean in the Sky
The crew held their breath as best they could as were forced up into the clouds (well except Isaribi, she went into her fish form when this was happening). The winds were hard and it just seemed unreal. They got to the surface, where everyone but Isaribi was in shock.
"What was that?" asked Anko.
"Everyone's accounted for." Said Isaribi as she shifted back into being a human.
"Well, I don't think I'm ever going to do that again." Said Kakashi.
That was when they noticed something, they were floating on a sea of clouds.
"You know this should be impossible, right?" asked Sakura.
"So what, if you stopped believing in the laws of physics then everything will be okay." Said Anko.
This made everyone sweat drop.
"The needle is still pointing up." Said Nami.
"This must mean we're in the middle of the cloud." Said Robin.
"We just have to figure it out how to get up there." Said Sakura.
"All right!" yelled Usopp, "The great captain is going for a swim!"
Chopper, Luffy, Naruto and Chopper cheered on Kiba only yelled out "You're not the captain!"
"Be careful, we don't know what kind of things are in this area." Said Isaribi.
Usopp went for a dive and after a while he wasn't coming back up.
"Do you think he drowned?" asked Hinata.
"Maybe this ocean doesn't have a bottom." Said Robin.
Everyone sweat dropped. Luffy reached into the clouds to find Usopp with arm while Robin helped him with her powers as well. After a bit they found him.
"Pull him up!" said Robin.
Luffy did so and along with Usopp came up a giant fish and octopus.
Zoro sliced the tentacle of the octopus causing it to pop…
"Okay!" yelled Ino, "That just not possible!"
"This is the sky." Said Kakashi, "Maybe that's how it evolved."
As they talked about the fish up there, Usopp was making some pained noises.
"What's wrong?" asked Kiba.
"This was in my pants!" yelled Usopp taking out a fish.
"What would a fish be doing in your pants?" asked Naruto with a sweat drop.
"I have an idea." Said Kyubi.
"Please don't say that." Said Naruto, "And I thought you're more the type to talk about cute girls."
"I just like to say things to get on your nerves." Said Kyubi, "How do you not get that?"
Naruto rolled his eyes.
They talked about the sky fish that was found in Usopp's pants, while Luffy had Sanji cook it.
"We weren't finished examining it!" yelled Nami.
"Besides… I wouldn't eat that if I were you." Said Kiba.
"Why?" asked Luffy.
"Because that was in my brother's pants." Said Kiba.
Luffy shrugged and continued eating it.
Chopper on the other hand was looking though a pair of binoculars when he saw something in the distance, a ship, that blew up. He began to scream.
"What is it Chopper?" asked Naruto.
"It's a weird bull that's running on the water!" yelled Chopper.
"Someone's coming." Said Gaara.
"It's just a guy in a tribal mask holding a bazooka flying here." Said Anko, like it's something you see every day.
"Why is she saying it like that?" asked Ino with a sweat drop.
"I wish I couldn't answer that." Sighed Kakashi.
The man there, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Sasuke, Naruto all rushed into defend the ship, however the first four were trounced easily. Naruto created clones to jump onto the man. The man had a hard time dealing with the clones.
That was when Sasuke also screamed in pain. Anko looked at him and saw that the curse seal was trying to spread beyond the seal Kakashi had placed.
"That idiot!" muttered Anko.
She proceeded to give Sasuke a few good whacks in the head.
With the fight, the man managed to get the Naruto clones off him. He was about to shot him when a had made of sand grabbed the bazooka and tossed aside. The man scowled under his mask and went to grab it, he "flew" to a distance and aimed the bazooka at the ship.
"He's going to fire!" yelled Naruto.
"Thank you for that pointless yelling." Said Kyubi.
But before the man could fire, a knight in shining armor appeared with a lance riding on a giant pink bird and stopped the man. The strange man ran away, knowing it was probably better than to fight.
That wasn't a joke, it really was a knight in shining armor… who was pretty old.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto.
"I am the sky knight." Said the old knight.
"Who was that?" asked Nami, who was about to scold the four that couldn't handle the fight,
"Please don't tell at them." Said Kakashi, "Sasuke doesn't need it right now. Being defeated like that wasn't good for him."
Nami saw Sasuke breathing heavily while clutching his neck.
"Losing like that wasn't good for him." Sighed Kakashi.
Nami sighed.
"Why are we having problems?" asked Zoro.
"Maybe because the air is thinner." Said Robin.
"Then how come I'm not having problems?" asked Naruto.
"Ahem…" said Kyubi.
"It's because of you, isn't it?" thought Naruto.
"Yes, it is." Answered Kyubi.
"So you are Blue Sea People." Said the Sky Knight.
"If that your word for people who live below then yes, we are." Said Anko.
"Yes it is. Most people can't tolerate the high altitudes of this island." Said the sky knight who then looked at Naruto "Though I don't understand how you were to able to fight."
"It's a long story." Said Naruto.
"We're up high we get it, we won't be able to fight how we usually do." Said Kiba.
"I think I'm getting better." Said Luffy.
"Me too." Said Zoro.
"That's impossible." Said the Sky Night with a sweat drop.
"Who was that man that attacked us?" asked Chopper.
"I will tell you, but first we have to do business." Said the Sky Knight, "You see I am a soldier of fortune. There are many dangers that Blue Sea People won't be able to fight. Those unfamiliar in this area are attacked by guerrillas and are made into sky fish food. So for 5 million extol I will give you a whistle."
There was an awkward silence.
"We just got here 10 minutes ago." Said Gaara, "We have no idea what you are talking about."
"Wait..." said the sky knight, "You didn't come from the peak of sky west, you surly came here by island hopping."
"Wait you're saying that we could have gotten here another way?" asked Nami.
"Yes…" said the sky knight, before he could say any more Sakura held Luffy back while Nami punched him in the head, Anko was also sharpening a kabob skewer.
"We rode the current up here." Said Naruto.
"God… I don't want to know what she going to with that kabob skewer." Mumbled Kyubi.
"You didn't lose anyone?" asked the Sky Knight.
"No everyone's accounted for." Said Isaribi.
"When you use that current it's a gamble. It's all or nothing." Said the Sky Knight, "Other ways you may lose, but this is the only way where it's all or nothing. I didn't know that there were those that still did that."
"Of course the brave…" said Usopp.
"Please don't finish that sentence." Mumbled Kiba.
That was when the sky knight tossed a whistle onto the deck.
"Blow that whistle once and I will appear though the clouds and rescue you." Said the Sky Knight, "By right I would have asked for five million extol for that. But I will reward your courage for that. You can use it anytime."
"Wait!" yelled Nami, "What is your name."
"I am known as Gan Fall." Said the sky knight, "And this my partner Pierre."
The bird squeaked as hello.
"Pierre is a special bird, for he ate the Horse Horse Fruit." Said Gan Fall.
They watched Pierre began to shift and he turned into a Pegasus, a Pegasus with a weird face and pink feathers all over his body everyone sweat dropped when they got a good look at him.
"Well…" said Ino, "There goes my idea of what a Pegasus should look like."
Sakura nodded in agreement.
And so the Straw Hats adventure in the sky had only just began. But who knew what will happen the future, after all this adventure was just getting started.
Next Time: The crew gets to a gate, that will take them to the higher level of the island. when they get there they meet a nice local girl and learn more about the ways of sky. What will happen? Find out next time!