DISCLAIMER: ONE PIECE IS NOT MINE! ONLY THE STORY AND MY CHARACTERS BELONG TO ME!
"Usopp? You alive?" I asked while poking him in pure amusement at his reaction.
"I thought… we were really falling 10.000 meters…" Usopp replied slowly, still pale and totally shocked to the core. Gosh, poor Usopp, but his reaction over stuffs is always the best.
"IT'S BECAUSE YOU MADE UP THAT DUMBASS STORY, LUFFY!" Sanji-san yelled at Luffy, kicking his head while Luffy just laughed his ass off.
"I was scared! I thought we were gonna die!" Luffy commented while still laughing his ass off.
"But at least we didn't fall off 10.000 meters to the Blue Sea." I said while patting Usopp's shoulder with a snicker as he moved away from the wheel of the boat to calm himself down and Sanji-san decided to take the wheel, "There, there, Usopp. Want some candies?" I asked, offering Usopp some candies, but it seems that he's still shell-shocked from before.
"So what is this place?" Sanji-san asked as we (minus Usopp) looked around the place.
"Those are balls." Luffy replied.
"Balls." I added.
As far our eyes looked, there are white balls floating all over the place in the air. It's actually looked pretty cute, but I'm sure as hell there are traps inside. Though, not all of them are dangerous. Some are pretty much harmless.
"They're little balls of Island Cloud." Sanji-san pointed out.
"Awesome! They look like huge snowballs! This place is so weird! It's funny!" Luffy commented with a laugh.
"And the Milky Road is going up into the trees…" Sanji-san continued.
"Aww nice! Now we can actually look over the trees better to find some stuff!" I commented.
"But, what part of this place is supposed to be the Ordeal?" Luffy asked in wonder.
"No idea." Sanji-san replied, "It'd be great if nothing happens, but I doubt it'll be that easy."
"Maybe we picked the right one! If we'd chosen a different entrance, maybe we'd be suffering some horrible fate now, huh?" Luffy said, which actually bringing Usopp back to life.
"Maybe you're right!"
"See?!"
"Idiots! Don't fool yourselves! Who the hell would prepare a prize door for criminals?" Sanji-san asked in slight annoyance.
"I mean, if the said criminals are kind people like us, I would prepare some banquets." I commented with a grin.
"Eri-chwan, you're so kiiind~!" Sanji-san swooned before he's back serious, "But still, there may be some hidden traps like earlier. Stay sharp." He said.
"Anyway, let's just keep going forward!"
"I'm thirsty. Let's have some tea." Luffy suggested.
"Ah, that's a good idea. Open up the senbei in your backpack too." Usopp continued.
"Ah, sounds good!"
"YOU GUYS…" Sanji-san started.
"C'mon. We can have one Skysenbei, can't be?" Luffy argued.
"Yeah! Let's eat! Let's eat!" Usopp continued.
"NO!"
"I'm hungry though… Can't we just eat our Kaizoku-Bento?" I asked, holding my stomach.
"You just ate lunch an hour ago." Usopp replied with a sweatdrop and half-lidded look.
"Oi Usopp, can I eat yours?" I asked him as I took out his bento from the bag.
"DON'T YOU DARE!"
"Listen. I'm gonna keep steering! So you guys keep a lookout!" Sanji-san said and the other two just go 'eeeeeeh-ed' but did it anyway while I ate Usopp's bento and do the same like them.
"Whoa I didn't realize we were this high up." Usopp commented as he looked around from the boat, "and ERI! ARE YOU SERIOUSLY EATING MY BENTO?!" He asked with shark-teeth.
"I'll save some for you later. Don't worry about it!" I replied as I ate his bento happily.
"Hey, Usopp! Pass!" Luffy said as he grabbed one of the cloud balls and started passing it to Usopp with a light push.
"Okay! Alright, alright! Pass!" Usopp replied back as he passed back the ball happily. Oh boy that one contains a Skysnake.
"I SAID TO KEEP A LOOKOUT!" Sanji-san yelled at them with shark-teeth and they just 'eeeeeeeh-ed' back before the said Skysnake suddenly emerged out from the ball as it passed to Usopp, which make the two idiots screamed out at that. I punched the ball away before the Skysnake bit Usopp, who just totally shocked to the core.
"That scared me. What the hell?" Luffy commented as he looked at the Skysnake ball away.
"AAAAHH! SANJI! AHEAD! CLOUD!" Usopp yelled out as he pointed to the front and Sanji-san turned back to the front.
"Don't kick it! It will explode!" I exclaimed out as I pushed the ball away using my bo staff, but unfortunately, it's still too close to us that we also get the residue of the explosion, which makes us a bit burnt comically and our hair all frizzy.
"Ah dang it. My hair's all frizzy…" I commented as I try to straighten up my hair.
"WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THESE BALLS!?" Usopp yelled out before we heard a 'ho ho ho' laugh from the forest.
"It's fun to see what pops out!" Someone said in a sing-a-song tone, "I call them Surprise Clouds!" he continued.
"Surprise Clouds?" Luffy asked out as the guys are looking around with Usopp being the one that's totally paranoid from all of us before the said guy 'Heso!-ed' to us as he's actually sitting on one of the balls that floats behind us. Gosh, this guy is totally like balls, isn't he. Even his body is like the balls that float all over in the forest.
"Thank you for choosing my Ordeal of Balls." He said happily before he 'ho ho ho-ed' again.
"What's with the dango guy…" Sanji-san commented as we looked at the said Priest with sweatdrop, "Don't tell me he's one of the Priests?" He wondered out as we looked at the Priest, who's jumping on the ball happily.
"So you're the Balls Ordeal! You're a Ball!?" Luffy asked out.
"STOP DANCING! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Sanji-san asked out in annoyance with shark-teeth, yet the Priest guy is still doing what he's doing from seconds ago, ignoring Sanji-san.
"What the… he looks stupider than I expected." Usopp commented.
"Didn't Nami and that Ossan say that they were really strong?" Luffy asked out.
"Oi, Dango! Nami-san and the others better be safe!" Sanji-san yelled out to the Dango-guy.
"Do you mean the sacrifices? If so, then I don't know. If we leave them alone, they'll die. And if they escape by some chance, they'll still die!" Dango-guy replied, still doing his weird dance.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
"You should be more worried about yourselves. To put it bluntly, you're going to have to defeat me before you go any further!" He said as he floats towards us.
"H-here he comes! Luffy, do it! Beat him up!" Usopp told Luffy while hiding behind me.
"Yosha! I'll knock him outta the sky!" Luffy replied, getting ready to punch the Dango-guy off, but of course, Dango-guy able to dodge it easily and attacked Luffy using a Dial that's hidden inside his glove, which he got flown off from the boat to the tree across from the boat.
"LUFFY!" Sanji-san called out as Luffy slid down from the tree; somehow he fell unconscious because of the impact.
"Luffy? Oi! You're alright, aren't you!? A weak punch like that shouldn't hurt you!" Usopp yelled out in disbelief.
"A punch? It's a little different from a punch." Dango-guy commented.
"What's so different!?" Sanji-san replied back in annoyance as he went to attack Dango-guy, but just like before, he managed to dodge Sanji-san's kick again and did the same he did to Luffy to Sanji-san, which also make him flew off from the boat to the same tree where Luffy is.
"The ability granted only to those who practice the art…" Dango-guy started, "Mantra."
"Oh wow. He's pretty good." I commented as I ate a Skysenbei calmly while watching it all happened.
"SANJI!" Usopp called out before the Dango-guy did the same to him too just like the other two guys before.
"Woah. They flew away pretty far." I commented as I looked how far the guys flew off and side-stepped when Dango-guy's about to do the same to me. "Give it up. I can predict all of your movements better than you and faster than you." I told him as I munched on the skysenbei and pushed him away using the tip of my bo staff, which he can't dodge because I'm faster than him.
"N-no way… How can you…" Dango-guy started as he's holding his stomach I hit before.
"Geh, this senbei is so salty." I commented while still munching on the skysenbei. I wonder what kind of Skyfishes we can eat later. I wonder if it tastes great.
"Eri-chan! Are you okay!?" I heard Sanji-san asked from below.
"I'm great. Thanks!" I replied back as I grabbed another skysenbei while watching Dango-guy, "You guys should try to kick this Dango-guy's ass first, because this will be the first lesson on how to beat a guy that can predict your movements later in the near future just like I can do! I'll just stay on the boat. Good luck!" I told them as I put pressures on the gas and make the boat move forward.
"I can't let you do that—!"
"Bye, Dango-guy! Good luck guys!" I exclaimed out with a laugh as I drove the boat forward, following the Milky Road with pretty much the highest speed the boat can get for me to leave the guys with the source of the problem.
"WAIT ERI! DON'T LEAVE US HEEERE!" I heard Usopp yelled out while I just laughed and munching on another skysenbei. i pushed away some balls that float near the boat using my bo staff and many kinds of 'surprises' showed up, though only one of them is harmful while the rest are just duds.
I was watching the Dango-guy and the guys' antics from afar while munching on skysenbeis before I saw Usopp is using one of his inventions to reach the boat. I think he named it 'Usopp AAAaaaAAAaaa' or something, which is a belt with rope thing which made him like a Tarzan. He was acting all cool and nice when he used his invention and actually reached the boat, but unfortunately he made the rope fixed to the belt, so he can't release it and he swung back and forth, where Luffy actually did the same with a vine and did the Tarzan call too.
In the end, Sanji-san beat those two up for that that I laughed so hard at the scene that I shed a tear.
But then I heard a whistle sound from afar deep in the forest, which means that Chopper is probably in danger. I really hope nothing really bad happen to him, along with the other three guys because I heard explosions too. It seems that I almost at the end of the forest and I heard a really loud explosion, which means the dang Ordeal will finish soon.
True enough, a few minutes later, Usopp's invention from before actually clung around Karasumaru and the guys eventually came along as I never stopped the boat, which means that they hit over plenty trees along the way until they landed on the boat.
"Oooh! It seems you guys are having fun! How is it just then?" I asked with a grin as I saw their beaten-up bodies.
"Eri…! How…how dare you leave us…like that!" Usopp said.
"Well, at least you guys made it here!" I replied, "Want some?" I asked, offering them skysenbeis.
"N-no thanks…!"
As we're finally exited the forest into another forest, the guys finally able to calm down and back to their normal selves as I gave the wheel to Sanji-san.
Like making impressions.
"Like I was saying, Usopp, you do it like this!" Luffy started with a laugh.
"Okay, yosh. 'Hey! Wake up, you dimwit!'" Usopp said.
"'Wha—? Morning already? …Zzzz.'" Luffy replied, making Zoro's kind of impression.
"That's JUST like Zoro—! Cough, cough!" Usopp commented with a laugh before he got cut off because the coughs.
"Quit goofing off, you dorks!" Sanji-san yelled at them, "We don't know what's happened to Nami-san or Robin-chan…" he started.
"What about Zoro, Chopper, and Flame?" Luffy asked, reminding him about them.
"There are still four Priests out there. They might be enduring one of their Ordeals." Sanji-san continued, ignoring Luffy's question while Luffy actually did an impression of Sanji-san embarrassing moment about the 'This is the Ordeal of Love.' from before and both Usopp and me and wheezing out at the exact impression, along with the hairstyle and the curly eyebrow.
And that of course, made them got beaten up by Sanji-san.
"For now, we have to keep heading towards the Sacrificial Altar. Agreed?" Sanji-san asked in annoyance while trying his best to turn on his lighter to light his cigarette.
"Bes. Be'r bewwy sawwy. (Yes. We're very sorry.)" Both Luffy and Usopp answered with beaten up faces while I just wheezing over their faces.
"In any case, you guys better tell me stuffs about the Ordeal later, okay? I'll write it down on the Logbook later." I told them with a grin.
"Yeah! Sure!" Luffy answered as he and Usopp are back on goofing off again by singing some songs and making Sanji-san yelled at them again, which they just laughed at that.
Man, they sure are having fun after they almost got killed by one of the Priests. I'm sure it's because of the adrenaline tension from before. But maan, this place is starting to get crowded and noisy soon enough. Maaan! This is gonna be fuuun!
As we're slowly finally exited the second forest, we were brought to an open field. Though it seems it's not a normal open field.
"Oi, what is this place?" Luffy asked.
"I think I know. This is the area for the next Ordeal." Sanji-san said, "Another Priest might be gonna be coming. Stay on your guard."
"Man, just one Ordeal was more than enough for me, damnit!" Usopp cursed, "What's gonna come next? Will it be string? Iron!? Swamp!? Fog!?"
"Looks like a regular grassy field to me." Luffy said.
"Yeah, if human skulls on poles that grows all over the field is normal to you, then yes, yes it is regular." I commented calmly with a grin.
"This ain't regular! Open your eyes and take a good look! Those are skulls on the poles!" Usopp replied in horror.
"…Whoa, you're right! What's up with that?!" Luffy commented out as we finally got closer to the ground of the field where the skulls on poles are also around and closer for us to see.
"Is another one of those Priests gonna show up?!" Usopp exclaimed out in panic and horror.
"Sounds like fun! What Ordeal are we gonna face next?" Luffy replied in excitement.
"You idiot! If we lose to the Priest, we'll be killed and end up on poles like them!"
"Don't worry! We won't lose!"
Just as Luffy finished saying that, we heard loud yells from the forest along with bunches of people and an explosion.
"Something's coming." Both Luffy and I said in sync.
"What!? Iron? String? Swamp? Fog? Are they all coming at once?!" Usopp asked out in panic.
"That'd certainly save us the trouble." Sanji-san commented calmly.
Just as he finished saying that, the same person from this morning and three other people are jumped over our boat, before the same guerilla person from this morning (but without the mask) shot a cannon at us, which got deflected away by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Fuusen and it exploded off when it got deflected into the forest.
"Oooh! The guy from this morning!" I commented with a grin.
"Oi! What was that for!? You wanna try me!? Jerk, bring it on!" Luffy yelled out at the guerilla people.
"It was you, wasn't it? The Blue Sea dwellers who were causing trouble on Skypiea." The one from this morning asked.
"Trouble? What kind of trouble, dang it?! I tried to not making any troubles and you're accusing us for making troubles!? You wanna go, punk!?" I yelled at him while pointing at him and Usopp's holding me up from doing stuffs.
"No, please don't do thaaaat!" Usopp begged at me with comical tears.
"Oi, Luffy. That's the masked guerilla who came at us in the White Sea." Sanji-san told Luffy.
"Scary! Scary! Sky Island scary!" Usopp exclaimed out in horror as he let me go and went crouching down in the corner of the boat.
"There, there, Usopp. Want some candies?" I asked him calmly, offering him some candies in hand while I patted his shoulder.
"I DON'T WANT IT!"
"If you value your lives, return to the Blue Sea. If you get any stupid ideas about trying to start something on this island…" The guy from this morning started, "then we'll eliminate you like we will to Enel!"
"Those guys are planning to eliminate Enel? Which means that the guerilla and God are on different sides?" Sanji-san wondered out.
"Seems like it." I replied.
"They're not Priests? Then let's just forget about them and get out of here, Luffy!" Usopp begged Luffy with comical tears.
"What was that, jerk!? Come down here! I'll kick your ass!"
"Stop it! Please, leave them alone!"
"I'm coming up there! Don't move from that spot! Get ready for the ass beating of your life!"
"You guys really have too much energy…" I commented as I watched both Luffy and Usopp.
"But then again… I don't know if you'll even be able to make it off this island." The guy commented again before he's off into the depth of the forest with his friends, which makes Usopp sighed out in relief as he let Luffy go and laid down in relief.
"There, there, Usopp. Want some candies?" I asked him again calmly, offering him the same candies in hand while patting his shoulder.
"Yes please and thank you…" Usopp replied as he took one.
"Who were those guys?" Luffy asked out.
"All we know is that they're God Enel's enemies, as well as ours." Sani-san replied.
"Damnit… This island sucks…" Usopp commented with comical tears.
"Let's keep going." Sanji-san said.
"Oh, my I-must-not-go-into-this-jungle disease..." Usopp started.
"Man, I'm hungry." Luffy said as he grabbed the bag and took one bento box out.
"How can you be thinking of food!? I can't even stand up!" Usopp replied.
"Let's eat our bentos and sing Sanji-san's song to lift our spirits!" I exclaimed out as I took out my bento box and started eating it.
"OK!"
"Give me your hand~!"
"THAT'S WRONG! It goes like this:"
A/N : Ah yes. Typical Eri-chan avoiding problems and leave it to the guys while she was sunbathing (figuratively). Her lazy, gluttony ass is bigger than anything (lol).
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