Chapter 40: Depart for Fishman Island

Grove 42

Brook eventually arrived at the ship.

"Yo-ohohohoh!" He laughed and jumped off the fish rider.

"Well, look who's here!" Franky laughed.

"Hey Brook!" Nami waved.

The skeleton musician landed on the deck.

"Strange, I thought I would be the last one here," He said noticing four people were missing.

"Oh, Chopper went to find Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy," Robin answered.

Just then a splash was heard.

"What's that?" Usopp asked.

"Hey, looks like we got some company," Franky waved.

"It's the Fairy Tail Pirates!" Usopp exclaimed.

Akame was the first jump over the deck. "Hello." She said with a blank expression. "I'm Akame."

"The Shadow Fighter Akame!" Usopp stated. "I heard you total kicked butt!"

Despite the excitement display, Akame just stared at him with a blank expression. "Thank you."

Robin noticed that expression. "Hmm..." She began to realize that she was like her, and from what she can this young girl must've gone through a horrible time.

Brook sat up and approached the former assassin. "My, what lovely young girl." He bowed in politely.

Akame was surprised to see a talking skeleton. "Talking skeleton?" She wondered.

Brook laughed. "Yep, I ate the Revive-Revive Fruit, after I died I became this way, my skills are swordsman skills, but, mine isn't as great as Zoro," He replied. "Also, another thing, Akame, can you show me your panties?"

Bonk

"Idiot, you can't ask her that!" Nami whispered grossed out by the skeleton's antics.

Carla heard this. "My word, such a perverted nature."

Wendy jumped over. "Hi!"

"Wendy!" Usopp and Franky cried out. "You're looking well."

"You returned!"

The sky maiden chuckled awkwardly. "I was only gone for a while."

Carla was a little cautious, though she would be normally, however after learning about the Straw Hats from Princess Vivi, she wasn't too worried.

Levy jumped on the deck and approached Robin. "Excuse me, you're Nico Robin."

The Archaeologist nodded with a smile. "Yes, I love to read about history as well ancient writing."

Levy was amazed. "No way! I love to read about history too, I even helped my friends translate some ancient language too."

Robin was intrigued now. "I would love to your skills."

Levy was excited. "Yay! I can't wait!" She then realized something. "Oh, forgive my rudeness, I'm Levy McGarden, I work with Gajeel and his partner Lily."

Lily bowed in respect. "Hi."

"Whoa, a talking cat!" Usopp, Nami, and Franky exclaimed in surprise.

Gajeel then jumped on the deck and approached the Brook. "So, you're the famous Soul King, huh?"

The skeleton looked at the iron dragon slayer. "That's right..."

Gajeel was more intrigued by the guitar. "Mind if I have a look at your guitar." He attempted to try it out.

"No way!" Brook yelped. "My guitar is everything to me, I can't just let anyone that's not a musician or singer use it!"

"Oh c'mon! Gajeel said trying to get to the skeleton's guitar. "I've been playing the guitar too, however, I don't have it with me."

Brook continued to run away. "Still, I can't... However..." He glanced at the solid Script mage with a perverted grin. "If your female friend can show her panties, then I might reconsider."

Whack

Levy whacked the skeleton in the face with her purse. "Pervert!"

"Where is the rest of your friends?" Nami asked.

Lucy jumped onto the Sunny's deck.

"First off, we had to move our ship here due to the navy being close by, however, I managed to call the others, they'll be on their way here." She explained.

Kagura then leaped over the Straw Hat's pirate ship. "Lucy!"

"Holy crap, another Swordswoman!" Usopp pointed out noticing the sword hanging on her side.

Kagura eyed the long nose man which made the sniper flinch frighteningly. "Ahhhh! Don't hurt me!"

"My, he's quite loud," Carla thought little annoyed.

Kagura then noticed the Navigator Nami. "I presume you're Cat Burglar Nami?"

The navigator nodded nervously. "I see, your sister says "Hi" Hearing that got the navigator to gasp in surprise. "Nokijo, you met her, is she alright?"

Kagura nodded. "She's fine, I need to inform you that the navy captain Nezumi has been arrested for his crimes, I think you know what I'm talking about."

Nami was a little puzzled but then she remembered Nezumi's actions and that he shot her sister without a second thought, though she was wondering how he was arrested. "How did you get Nezumi-"

The other Swordswoman put her hand and smiled. "We'll explain that later." She then turned to Wendy and surprisingly hugged the young girl. "Wendy, my little sister, you had me worried!"

Everyone was puzzled at what they saw. "Young sister?"

"Whoa, you haven't told us that Wendy is your sister," Lucy said in surprise.

"It just happened... I can't breathe," The sky dragon slayer said in a muffling tone.

Franky was bawling in tears. "Sisterly love is SUPER!"

Brook went over and bowed to Kagura. "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance Ms. Kagura." Then he rose and looked at the woman. "Now that we met, would you be so kind enough to show me your panties?"

Whack

Kagura kicked the perverted skeleton in the face. "Pervert..."

"So feisty and quite strong too," Brook spoke in a painful voice.

Nami sighed. "Geez, still hasn't grown out of you,"

Elfman, Lisanna, and Mirajane arrived.

"We're all here!" Elfman roared out.

"Glad to see that everyone is here, well most of us," Mira added with a smile.

"Sounds like we're missing some people still," Lisanna said looking around.

The three saw some of their friends on the Straw Hat's pirate ship and went to introduce themselves.

Brook approached the two female Strauss Siblings. "Mirajane, Lisanna, both are you beautiful young ladies." He bowed to the girls.

"Talking skeleton?" Elfman wondered in gapping mouth.

The skeleton musician rose his head. "Mirajane, Lisanna, would you both be kind enough to show me your panties?"

"That's enough you sexual harassment perv!" Nami shouted comically with shark teeth and tossing her one of saddles at the skeleton's head.

M

The Fake Straw Hats attempted to escape and leave Sabaody.

"Damn, to think our plan was ruined!" Drip shouted in fear.

"Forget that, we need to escape this dump before the navy or our recruits find us!" Fake Sniper King shouted equally frightened.

"Soon the better!" Fake Franky cried out he noticed that his glasses were gone. "Crap my glasses!"

"Forgot your glasses, let's get ou-" Fake Nami was cut off as soon as she passed by a brick wall and a large bulk-like hand appeared from the other side and grabbed her neck.

"What was that?" Drip asked.

"Chocolat!" Mounblutain called out.

"AAAAHHHH!"

A bloodcurdling scream was heard from the imposter Nami as her crew members saw her being picked up by a large massive beast that resembled a human being.

"What the hell is that thing?" Turco asked frightened at the monster.

"More importantly, why does it look almost human?" Manjaro asked. "I mean, looks like a human but a monster!"

"I won't let my friend die!" Mounblutain took out his bazooka and fired a cannon at the monster which exploded on the monster's arm. "Take that bastard!"

Just then another Danger Beast appeared from the smoke. "Ah! Another one!"

The mutant danger beast charged at the fake sniper and mauled him by the throat causing him to fall to the ground.

The other danger was shown to be eating the fake Nami alive as blood dripped on the ground.

Turco was almost in tears. "Let's get out of here!"

"My thoughts exactly!" Manjoro agreed.

"Wah! I wanna go home!" Drip whined in tears.

Just a third danger beast that had a wrapped like a face like a mummy came charging from behind a large bush and approached in front of Drip.

"Crap!" He cursed in fright.

He got a vicious slap on the face knocking him down.

"Please, let me live, I don't want to die!" Drip begged practically in tears of fright.

The monster didn't listen, but, before it do anything, a cannon was shot at the creature making it flinch a bit.

"Drip run now!" Mounblutain yelled.

Before the fake Sanji could react two mutant danger beasts grabbed him from the smoke and began to tear his body apart using their large monstrous teeth.

"Let's get out of here!" Manjaro cried in desperately.

"I'll cover you both!" The fake sniper king said pointing his bazooka. "Get out of here!"

The two last remaining crew members didn't waste any more time and fled.

Mounblutain fired as many cannons as he could, but, more of the mutant danger beasts soon appeared and lunged at him, devouring him alive.

Just then a lizard-like danger beast appeared from one of the large trees.

Springer

Class 2 Danger Beast

"A lizard monster!" Manjoro screamed in terror.

"Damn, where are these creatures coming from?" Turco asked sharing the same reaction.

Just then another Springer joined along with the others.

"Crap, more of its friends are here!" Turco said taking out a pistol. "Eat this!"

He fired several shots at the monsters but, they didn't flinch let along the bullet didn't even phase any of them. "Damn, not even scratch on them!" He thought as he didn't realize the lizard-like danger beasts got closer to him.

"AAAHHHHH!" The Fake Franky screamed as his body was soon mauled from all around.

"I wanna out of this place!" Manjuro screamed in terror and was on the verge of tears.

"Needle Shower: Lightning Needle!" Lightning needles appeared in the air and fired down at the lizard-like monsters which struck them all in a flash.

"Huh?" Manjuro wondered what just happened.

Then he saw two women approaching him. "Who are you two chicks?"

Leone cracked her knuckles with a glare on her face. "We're the chicks that are going to make sure you don't go and pull a stunt like this again."

Chelsea took out her lollipop. "Yes, you pretended to be someone that you're not, you took advantage of the people on this island, deceiving them for your own selfish gain." She then narrowed her eyes at the imposter. "So, Leone here will punish you."

"Yes, I will, but, first I have a question," The blond assassin picked up the fake Zoro. "Listen carefully fatass, where did your captain get the syringe?"

"T-t-the Syringe?" Fake Zoro questioned nervously in a stammering tone.

Leone grabbed the fatass man by his shirt. "Cut the crap, more...WHERE DID YOUR CAPTAIN GET THE SYRINGE!"

Fake Zoro gulped in terror. "Uhh, oh right, I remember, we were on our way here, we stopped by on an unknown island, the stranger that gave Black the syringe said that he would get power, so, my captain took it, but, we didn't know he would become a monster and start eating people."

Leone was starting to put the pieces together. "Alright, where is this stranger now?"

Fake Zoro shrugged with his arms up. "I-I I know don't know and he didn't give us his name either, but, he did give the willies though."

Leone put her fingers on her chin in thought. "This must be Dr. Stylish's doing, no doubt, the question is, where is that mad scientist, I know, he won't be lurking around forever, the navy would surely catch to him."

Dr. Stylish was gliding around the trees and landed on a branch.

"Damn, where is that last faker?" He thought as he looked down and gasped quietly. "Damn, two Night Raid assassins."

Just then his feet cause some leaves to make a sound.

Chelsea turned around abruptly. "Hey, who's up there?"

Leone heard this too. "I can sense someone is nearby."

"Crap, I left my aura unsealed!" Dr. Stylish cursed under his breath then a smirk appeared on his face. "No matter, I suppose the jig is up."

Chelsea was a bit nervous. "Crap, it's the mad scientist Dr. Stylish,"

The former Jaeger landed on the ground in front of the two assassins. "I didn't think you and your friends would survive the Grand Line, then again, we underestimated you guys before, so, I'm not too surprised."

"What are you doing here?" Leone said cracking her knuckles.

Dr. Stylish just chuckled while moving his finger, his eyes closed, and clicking his tongue.

Tsk Tsk Tsk

He opened his eyes. "I ain't done, the navy is still roaming around, so, you and your friends should return to your world," He chuckled. "Then again, if you do that, then Fishman Island will be in danger."

Leone's eyes widened in shock. "What do you mean?"

Dr. Stylish chuckled sinisterly as his face darkened. "I mean that your Fishman friend Aquapad's home is about to become a pirate nation in due time, if you want to know more, then come to Fishman Island, we'll be waiting,"

Fake Zoro was sneaking away while the two were having their conversation. "Got to get away... got to get away." He whispered to himself.

Dr. Stylish spread his bat-like wings and leaped into the air then began to glide. "See ya, you ladies!"

Leone started swinging her arm as if she was protesting. "Hey you jackass, get back here!" Then she remembered the fake Zoro was getting away and in the flash, she ran past him.

Then she stopped in front of the imposter which caused him to bump into the woman and fall on his butt. "Now, where were we?" The Lionel User wondered as she cracked her knuckles again with the same darkened look. "Oh that's right, I was about to execute you."

Fake Zoro's eyes were in tears. "Please! I'm not ready to die yet! Have mercy on me!" He pleaded while cupping his hands together.

Leone didn't pity the fat man plead. "You and your crew did this to yourselves, if you would've done some training then perhaps you all could've made names for yourselves." She walked closer to the imposter. "Instead you guys choose to pretend to be some people that you weren't, and look at the position you're in, and now... YOU DIE!"

She vanished and slashed the side of the imposter's neck and reappeared behind him remaining silent as she heard the fake Zoro drop to the ground.

Leone glanced at the dead body. "I gave you a quick death, be glad about that."

Chelsea then took out the communication lacrima. "Now to contact Lucy and the others."

Caribou was listening from inside a barrel. "Interesting... These new rookies are more than what they are." He mostly had his eye on the blond assassin. "To think those two young ladies are assassins and beautiful ones at that, well, either way, I need to meet up with Coribou and the others."

Chelsea eventually contacted Lucy, who was done with introductions to the Straw Hats, learning that Fishman Island is in danger.

Natsu and the others returned to their ship explaining to some including Makarov about what happened in Grove 46.

The former guild master was taken off guard. "Is this some kind of joke, a man turns into a monster and devours his men!" He's seen dark guilds injury or wipe out their soldiers, but, devouring them is unheard of. "Anyway, where is Erza?"

Kagura approached the small old man. "She stayed at Grove 46 to check out some things, but, I'm sure she's on her way here including Gray."


M

Luffy bids farewell to Rayleigh, who was on the verge of tears of joy recalling the last almost two years of training the new rookie.

Then he began to think of Gildarts, even though he wasn't Shanks, he did remember his times the good and the bad, mostly, he remembered how he break out Shanks and Buggy's childish argument.

"The south is colder!"

"No! The north is the coldest!"

"You want to fight!"

"Bring it on you bastard!"

Then both got a bonk on their heads.

"You idiots! If you want to know if north or south is the coldest then go there yourselves!"

Rayleigh had one more thing to say to his apprentice. "SAIL AHEAD AND LET NOTHING STOP YOU FROM REACHING THE TOP!"

"Yeah!" Luffy cheered.

"AQUAPAD IF YOU SEE HATCHAN TELL HIM THAT I SAID "HI"."

The Marlin Fishman waved while glancing at the old man with a big smile on his face. "I will!"

Erza could tell the old man Rayleigh was an honorable man despite that he's a pirate. "Pirates and Assassins are not different from us, especially when they have a good heart and don't throw their humanity."


Gildarts returned to Fairy Tail's pirate ship. "Hey, kids!"

Usopp, Franky, and Nami were surprised at who they were seeing.

"Red-Haired Shanks!" The three-pointed out in surprise.

Robin had to admit she was surprised but then she noticed something off about the man. "Hold on..." She observed the man for a moment and realized he wasn't the pirate that Luffy's friends with. "He's not Shanks."

Franky lifts his sunglasses. "He's right, doesn't Shanks have one arm missing?"

"Yeah, he's right," Usopp said regaining his composure.

"Anyway, Franky, get a screwdriver," Nami said handing over the manual that Rayleigh wrote down. "Here, read this for a while and give it back to me."

The cyborg smiled widely. "Right."

Luffy, Erza, Zoro, Aquapad, and Sanji continued their way as Rayleigh stopped the marines by slashing the ground using his sword which created a long line.

"You got food there?" The rubber man asked seeing the bags that Sanji was carrying in bubbles.

"Yeah, I'm sure that everyone's stomach got bigger after the past two years!" The chef replied then he turned to Erza. "Erza my dear, you were brilliant against that Vice-Admiral pervert!"

The scarlet wizard sweat dropped but just chuckled. "Thank you."

"Anyway, Aquapad, are you a friend of Hatchan?" Luffy asked the Fishman.

The Marlin Fishman nodded while glancing at the famous Straw Hat pirate captain. "That's right, I'll tell you more about how he's doing too once we're safe."

Luffy smirked. "Cool!"

"Freeze Straw Hat Pirates!" A marine along with many others showed up aiming their guns at them.

"Damn, looks like we'll have to fight our way," Sanji said.

Just then strange ghosts came soaring through the air and flew into several marines.

Horo-horo-horo-horo-horo!

The ghosts laughed.

Marines fell on their knees and went into a depression state, each speaking in different words of depression.

"I'm lower than scum,"

"I'm lower than dirt,"

"I stink like toilet water,"

Luffy began to laugh at the last words spoken by one of the marines. "Stink like a toilet water, that's funny!"

Erza was a bit confused. "This is new." Then she wondered if someone nearby is using a Devil Fruit or something.

Sanji began to ponder at the state that the marines were in. "This looks familiar."

Floating in the air was Perona. "Geez, you guys, get serious especially you," She was looking in Zoro's direction, who looked annoyed. "You should've escaped, the marines will capture you too."

The Hollow-Hollow Fruit user took offense to that. "Listen to you, you wouldn't be here it wasn't for me...the least you can do is thank me for my help."

She heard sniffing sounds and turned her head to see Sanji taking a whiff of her. "Hey, what's your damage you perv!"

Sanji had a perverted grin on his face. "She smells like an actual woman."

That only creeped out Perona even more. "Of course I am, cut that out!" She then shook her head getting back to the topic. "Listen, the more navy ships are on their way here, you don't get away, you'll never escape!"

Sanji had a serious look on his face. "That's a problem, but, except for one thing..." His perverted grin reappeared on his face. "I can't move away from this spot."

Perona was at her limits with his perverted nature. "Hey creep-a-zoid, stop that!"

This only encouraged the perverted cook. "I can't help it...TAKE ME!" He jumped towards Moria's former crewmate.

In a second, Sanji was in a depression. "I'm lower than earthworm poop."

"Anyway, I'll keep these guys accompanied at the time, you guys make your escape," Perona said.

"HEY!" A voice called out.

A large bird was flying down at the four. "Hi guys, it's me Chopper, hop on!" He noticed two new faces. "Oh, you guys made two new friends?"

Erza was surprised what she was seeing as pink hues appeared on her cheeks. "So...cute..." She wanted to hug the little creature.

"So, that's the famous Chopper," Aquapad said with a smirk.

"We'll give you guys a ride, where is your ship?" Luffy questioned.

Erza shook her head. "Oh, we moved our ship to Grove 42."

"That's where we're at too," Luffy said. "Then, let's go!"


M

Makarov has a quick little chat with the three assassins, Leone and Chelsea just arrived a little moment ago, they explained as much as they could to the former guild master of Fairy Tail, even how corrupted the empire was.

Akame explained her story of how much she learned and saw what the empire was really like including a former member of a different group that showed her the truth(I'm referring to Merraid).

Makarov was a little unsure, but, from what he learned he could tell his children from Fairy Tail trust the three female assassins. "I will have Mest look at your memories, there's an old saying "Seeing is believe" If you don't mind?"

The three assassins agreed as the small old man nodded. "Alright, we'll talk more later, you girls can come along."

Gildarts was chatting with Franky, Brook, and Brook explaining his history, introducing his daughter Cana to them.

Cana smiled at the three. "I admit you guys are quite handsome, though, dating skeleton isn't my style,"

That rejection made Brook sulk. "That broke my heart, then again..." He rose back on his feet. "I don't have a heart anymore, Yo-ohohohoh!"

"HEEEEYY!" A loud familiar voice called.

The two pirate groups looked where the voice came from.

There was the bird that Chopper rode on and with him were some familiar faces.

"GUYS HEY!" Luffy called waving his arm.

Sanji just smiled.

"I told you I find them!" Chopper stated while hanging on Zoro's shoulder.

Erza was just smiling.

"Erza!" Natsu and his friends waved.

Kagura was relieved to see her other sister was safe.

Lisanna began to wave her hand. "Aquapad, good to see you made it!"

The Marlin Fishman smirked. "Hey, guys!"

"HEY!" Nami called out waving both her arms with happiness.

"We're back together, I dreamt of this day to come," Brook said sniffling.

Robin just giggled.

Franky smirked. "Everyone looks strong," He noticed two new faces. "Oh, that must Erza the Scarlet Knight and Aquapad the Marlin Fishman."

Usopp had tears of joy in his eyes. "It feels like forever,"

Sanji was smoking a cigarette. "Phew, looks we're the last-" He paused when he saw Nami and Robin's chest including some of the female Fairy Tail pirates that some revealing clothing, not only that he saw Fujika's Kuja outfit.

Suddenly blood shot out of one of the cook's nostrils making him fly away off the bird.

Laxus was a little weirded out. "What an idiot."

"Pervert is more like it," Gray added.

"Gray, your clothes," Cana pointed out.

The ice mage jumped in surprise noticing he was in his boxers.

"Eek!" Nami yelped in surprise.

Robin just giggled.

Miyaka blushed red while covering her face.

Juvia was a bit flustered at what she was seeing.

Chopper went to bid farewell to the large bird and turned to where Sanji was.

Usopp was holding the chef up. "C'mon man, stay with us."

Sanji was in a daze as blood continued to drip from his nose. "Beautiful...women... in front... of me." He muttered, his entire skin was blue.

Sting along with his group was putting some clothes that bought by Lucy and her fiends, they went inside the Water Fairy's bedrooms, which two large separate ones for the men and females.

Lucy along with Wendy and Carla took their food to the kitchen room placing the food they needed to be.

Levy was talking with some of the others explaining the ship's coating and how they can use it to sink.

Luffy was star-struck at Franky's new modified body. "SO COOL!" His eyes filled with stars.

Natsu observed the guy. "Whoa, are you some kind pervert?"

Franky huffed. "No cool! But, no, this attire makes me SUPER!" He did his usual pose. "I'm Cyborg Franky!"

"A cyborg?" Gajeel wondered.

The four minks were then approached by Luffy. "Whoa, are you guys some kind of animal?"

Usagi chuckled. "We're Minks, we come from the New World."

"So cool, would you guys like to join my crew?" Luffy asked more excitedly.

Usagi closed his eyes for a moment before he spoke; "Sorry, my friends and I are official members of the Fairy Tail Pirates, so, we can't join you guys."

Luffy hung his head down disappointed. "Aw..." Then a grin replaced his disappointed expression. "Oh well, thanks for giving me an answer anyway."

He then noticed Gildarts. "SHANKS!" He cried and embraced the look alike while practically in tears. "I'm sorry about Whitebeard and Ace!"

The others were puzzled at this, but, some knew who Luffy was talking about.

Gildarts felt awkward about this. "Kid, you got me mistaken for someone else,"

Luffy pulled his head back and saw who he was hugging. "Huh?" He then realized that the guy he was hugging wasn't the man that gave him his Straw Hat. "Oh, you're not Shanks, my bad," He let the look-alike Shanks and comically dropped on the deck.

"Moron!" All of the Fairy Tail wizards snapped comically.

"That guy is funny!" Sting laughed at the comedy display.

"He's not too bright that's for sure," Rogue commented.

"But, he seems just as lively as Natsu," Lector noted.

"I think so too," Frosch agreed.

Yukino couldn't agree more. "That's for sure."

"Meow, I can tell he's not too bright either," Millianna commented.

Leone and Chelsea explained the situation to Erza of what they learned from Dr. Stylish.

"I see, this is bad," She glanced at Aquapad and was feeling bad that his home was about to be in danger. "I need to speak with Makarov, until then, you guys and the others keep an eye out for any marines,"

"Ma'am!" Leone saluted.

"Geez, things are getting crazier by the minute," Chelsea thought with a sigh.

Boom

A cannon was just shot out and nearly destroyed the Sunny.

"Whoa, that was close!" Usopp took out the telescope and look through it, six navy ships were spotted not too far away. "Oh no, the navy is on their way!"

Six cannons were shot out at Fairy Tail.

"Open Gate of the Archer: Sagittarius!" Lucy chanted holding one of the Golden Celestial Keys.

"What the?" Robin wondered as the rest of her crew members saw this.

"I'm here Miss Lucy," A horse-like man appeared and saluted in a different direction.

"Wow!" Usopp and Luffy exclaimed in surprise with stars in their eyes.

"That's not all!" Lucy's clothes began to change. "Star Dress: Sagittarius Form!" She was granted an outfit consisting of a twin-tail coat and sleeves that left her shoulders and upper back bar. Her foot was dark thigh-high boots with light trim at the top which split above the knees to reveal the front of her thighs that were also donned.

Her hairstyle was a typical ponytail with two bangs framing the face, on her left shoulder was Sagittarius's zodiac sign.

She wielded a similar bow and arrow to her Celestial Spirit. "Star Shot!" She fired homing arrows which exploded the moment they made contact with the cannons.

Nami was impressed. "That's a fancy attire."

Robin had to admit she was more intrigued than she heard. "I heard of these rookies using un-usual powers, but, seeing in person is another."

Usopp was in awe. "Such amazing marksmanship!"

"Don't give up men!" The marine officer said. "Keep firing more cannons!"

They did, six more were shot out.

Boa Hancock put her fingers on her lips and then created a pink-shaped heart. "Slave Arrow!" She fired multiple pink arrows at the cannons which turned them the stone the moment they were impaled.

"What, the cannons stopped in mid-air!" The marine officer said looking around if any more enemies were nearby, then a different ship slowly approached the navy ship.

"It's the Kuja Pirates!"

"The Kuja Pirates?" Robin questioned with a blank expression.

Nami heard what her friend said. "You know them?" The archeologist kept her eyes on the warlord ship. "Yes, it's Kuja pirates that work under one of the Seven Warlords, Boa Hancock, the Pirates Empress, the moment that anyone lays an eye on her gets turned to stone unless she grants you mercy."

Brook was looking through the telescope and gasped in joy. "Whoa, such a goddess!" He fell backward.

Usopp took the telescope and saw the beauty of the pirate empress. "Wow, she's a real live goddess!"

Sanji hearing this abruptly got up and ran over to where the others were. "Is she goddess, let me see!" He took the telescope and looked through it. "Where is she, I wanna! I wanna!" He finally saw her causing his body to turn to stone.

"He's stone now!" Usopp exclaimed.

Luffy and Natsu approached them but were mostly looking at the Kuja Pirate ship.

"Hancock is still here?" They both questioned.

Sanji, Usopp, and Brook looked at them in wonder.

"Your ship is the way, you're interfering with Navy business!" The marine officer demanded.

Boa Hancock wasn't phased. "You're in my way, so you all are the ones that are interfering!"

The marines didn't know how to respond to that. "That's an immature argument."

Hancock then smiled at the marines. "I get what I want."

That got the marines to become smitten with her.

"She's so beautiful!"

Hancock then glanced in the direction where the Straw Hats and the Fairy Tail Pirates were. "Luffy, take care... Natsu, good luck with your friends." She winked.

Brook saw this and fell backward again feeling happy. "She winked at us, I'm so happy!"

Fujika knew she couldn't return to the Amazon Lily due to her actions at Pucci Island, however, she knows that the pirate empress will understand and that she'll be fine with her new friends.

"Looks we have an opening, let's set sail," Luffy said.

Nami had a question. "Do you guys know that Warlord or something?"

Luffy turned to his navigator friend. "Yeah, I made friends with her after that bear guy sent me to Amazon Lily."

"Yeah, we helped us when we were found on the island too," Natsu added.

Usopp was surprised at this news. "You guys were on Amazon Lily, the island that has only women, never thought it was a real place."

"You both were hanging around with the Pirate Empress?" Sanji was coming from behind the two and started to shake them by grabbing by the shirts. "Luffy, Natsu, you guys were being treated kindly by the pirate empress!"

"That's right," Luffy replied only.

Sanji let the two morons go and started to sulk while banging his fist on the deck with crocodile tears. "Damn, it's not fair, I didn't get a chance to go there!"

"What's his problem?" Luffy questioned.

"Beats me," Natsu replied with a shrug.

"Moron," Gray muttered.

Sting chuckled. "Sounds like Natsu had little action."

Yukino giggled.

"So, this Hancock chick, I wonder how strong she is," Rogue thought.

Usagi was impressed. "To think the famous Straw Hat Luffy and Natsu the Fire Dragon is friends with one of the Seven Warlords who are the Pirate Empress."

Pango chuckled. "Yeah, but, I think Sanji is a bit disappointed, wonder why?"

Tigress facepalmed at her friend's words. "Geez, dense as usual."

Temukai snorted with a laugh. "They sure have some interesting adventures."

Usopp and Lucy looked in the direction where their friends flew from.

Chopper noticed their concern. "Something wrongs you two?"

"You guys said that you flew back here and navy was on your tail, right?" Usopp asked.

"Yeah, sure, they would've been here by now if that's the case," Lucy added agreeing with the long-nose pirate.

"Oh yeah, we flew back here, but, we still heard their voices from a distant," Chopper answered.

The two continued to stare off wondering if the navy was about to chase them, then what is keeping them from doing so.

"We're under attack! Giant monsters are attacking us!" A marine reported.

"Repeat that soldier!" The other marine from the receiver replied.

Giant insects were storming through the town, one was a praying mantis, two were different- beetles.

"AAARGH!" The marines screamed as they were being swapped away.

Heracles was hiding between two buildings, hearing the cries of the marines. "Looks like I got everything under control here." He sniffled at his pupil departure. "No, real men don't shed tears." He stood crossed his arms and held his head up high. "Good luck Usoppun!"

At another of the town was the 4th backup unit.

"We have a problem our gunpowder has been drenched by a sudden downpour of rain!" A marine reported.

"What? The weather was supposed to be sunny!"

In the sky above.

Haredas and the rest of the residents of Weatheria were behind the downpour of rain, using their tech on a cloud below and creating a rain cloud.

"All these soap bubbles are a bother!" A weather elder complained.

"Still, what luck we've had with the winds, they've landed us right above the Sabaody Archipelago!" A second Weatheria man disagreed.

Haredas was happy to hear that the marines were stopped. "Nami-chan, you're a good girl, good luck on your journey, and keep safe."

"This Unit 5, our men have succumbed to a heavy depression!" A marine officer reported.

"Tell your men to suck it up and proceed!" Another marine's voice from the transponder snail in an irritated tone.

"It's no use... I want to turn to moss..."

"I'm lower than a water flea,"

"Also, we saw that the Straw Hats along with Erza the Scarlet Knight and Aquapad the Marlin Fishman flying away on a large bird!" The marine officer continued.

"If so, what are you shooting at instead of chasing those pirates!" The other marine asked loudly.

Perona was sitting in a building. "What a jerk, looks like I'll have to find a new boy toy."

Newkamas were approaching another group of marines.

"Damn, we're being confronted by obstruction perverts now!" The marine panicked at the sight of the cross-dressers.

"What do you mean, you don't want to accept our invitation?!"

"Come on, don't be shy!"

"Let's have a nice cup of tea together!"

One turned around. "Sanji, this is for you." He winked creating a heart that shattered.

Sanji felt a strange sensation, one that made his heartache. "Arghh!"

"What's wrong?" Usopp asked taken by surprise by the cook's sudden scream.

"I dunno... for a moment it just felt as though someone was crushing my heart," The cook said placing his hand on his chest.

Lucy reverted to her original outfit and sent Sagittarius. "Looks like we have an opening now."

Franky removed the buoyancy bag underneath the ship and offered to help out the Fairy Tail's ship too.

The bubble coating began to cover almost their ship's sail.

"What is this?" Natsu asked.

Levy eventually got her friends back on their ship to inform them about the coating, Nami did the same.

"Listen, guys, the coating ship can reduce the surrounding pressure in various ways!" Nami explained.

"In other words, once a ship is coated it cannot float of its own accord..." Levy finished. "So if we remove the buoyancy bag underneaths our ships that are currently supporting it, the ship will naturally sink beneath the surface."

Natsu, Happy, Zoro, and Luffy were not getting the details.

Nami and Levy saw the obliviousness on their faces.

Franky climbed back on Sunny's deck. "Both ship's buoyance bags are released!"

"Alright, we're going down!" Nami stated.

"Yes, set the sails!" Levy commanded.

"The sails?" Brook and Lily asked.

"Our ship's coating can use sea currents as a substitute for a win to propel to ship," Robin explained.

"In our case, we're going to be guided down through the sea current," Levy added.

"Gramps, what about going home?" Natsu asked.

Makarov was seemingly in deep thought. "Gramps?" The salamander questioned the old man.

"Natsu, we need our new friends Night Raid, told us of something important, but in the meantime, we need to get away from the navy," Erza said placing her hand on her friend's shoulder.

The fire dragon slayer was puzzled at this, but, then he saw the seriousness in the scarlet woman's eyes, so, he decided to take her word for it.

"Alright, listen up guys!" Luffy stood on a small table with his arms crossed. "You all been gone with my selfish whim, but, thanks for putting up with it."

Usopp laughed. "No joke, you've always been a selfish piece of work, but, we always dealt with it as usual,"

Luffy wasn't finished. "Our new friends the Fairy Tail Pirates will be joining us on our journey to Fishman Island, so, we'll be sinking first, then they'll follow us!"

Sanji was happy to hear that. "All these girls, it's like a true come true!"

"Rear Admiral! The pirate ship is submerging!" A marine pointed out.

The read Admiral began to beg at the pirate empress while having hearts in his eyes. "Please, let us pass, you have no idea how dangerous those pirates are!"

"PRETTY PLEASE!" The other marines begged in the same state.

Kikyo was looking at the island as an image of Natsu appeared in her head. "Natsu...take care." She thought even though she felt a little embarrassed.

Luffy and his friends were sinking into the ocean. "LET'S GO! FISHMAN ISLAND HERE WE COME!"

Fairy Tail was soon next and they sunk too.

Erza stood on the table that was on the deck. "Listen up, Leone informed me that she had an encounter with an enemy from Tartaros and what we learned, Fishman Island is in danger!"

Aquapad was concerned. "What do you mean?"

"As soon as we get closer to the Straw Hats, we'll explain more, however, I can assure that Tartaros is up to no good, Fishman Island seems to be the target on their list, in the meantime, we'll inform the Straw Hat Pirates of the situation once we're away from the navy!" Erza explained further.

Makarov opened his eyes. "She's right, once the danger on Fishman Island is no more, we'll return to our world and have our war against the Alvarez Empire!"

"YEAH!" The Fairy Tail wizards roared.

They began to sink further down and follow the Straw Hat Pirates. "Tartaros here we come!" They roared out getting their battle faces on.


The Straw Hat Pirates and Fairy Tail wizards depart to Fishman Island, however, there seems to be danger lurking on Fishman Island, so, Fairy Tail decides to go the island and investigate, they know must inform the Straw Hats of the danger too, what will happen next is anyone's guess.

Luffy: In the next chapter: Secrets Revealed

End of chapter.