SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 63 out, this is Chapter 64 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, patriotic-retainer Law/Sasha

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC.

Chapter 64: Arc 6: Festival on the Night Before Gold-Hunting! Feelings for 'Vearth'!

"Alright, guys." Nami declared as Chopper served up the stew Sanji was cooking. "Let's begin our strategy meeting to decide what to do tomorrow. We can do this while eating, so listen. Everyone ready? First, let's review Noland's picture book. It was 400 years ago when Noland first discovered the city of gold. But when he returned to Jaya years later, the gold ruins were gone. During those few years,this island, which was part of Jaya, came up into the sky."

"You mean it rode up the Knock-Up Stream?" Chopper realized.

"Yeah," Nami nodded. "That's the only possibility I can think of. Cricket-san said the sea floor explodes at different places each time."

"I could see an island flying up after an explosion like that." Usopp admitted.

"But it's hard to believe that forest on Jaya is the same as this one." Zoro wondered.

"That's probably because due to the composition of sea and island clouds." Robin reasoned. "It appears the environment around this sky island allows animals and plants to develop unusually quickly. That also explains the civilization that was swallowed up by this forest."

"Now that I think of it, the South Birds that saved us were this big!" Chopper gestured.

"Well, they probably got bigger over those 400 years." Zoro pointed out.

"But it's strange." Sanji noted. "Why did those huge South Birds save you?"

"Yeah, I'm not really sure." Chopper admitted. "But they all called the Sky Knight 'God'."

"Anyways," Nami cut in. "Remember what Noland's log said about the city of gold?"

"I recall there being a giant gold bell, and there were South Birds." Sanji remembered.

"There was an incomprehensible line on the last page of his log." Robin added. "Right before he died, Noland wrote a passage that said he saw gold in the 'skull's right eye'."

"That's it." Nami remarked. "Look at this." she pulled out the old Skypiea map. "I matched the size of Robin's Jaya map with the old Skypiea map. It's just an approximation, but when you put their locations of the beach houses together... see!" she placed both maps side by side. "This is what Jaya looked 400 years ago."

"Then, the 'skull's right eye' is..." Usopp started.

"Right there!" Nami pointed to a building structure on the Skypiea map. "Noland was referring to the shape of the entire island. But only half of it is left now, so nobody could solve the mystery. So we just need to go straight to this spot. We can't leave the boat, though, so let's split into two teams tomorrow. No doubt about it. There's an enormous amount of gold waiting for us here."

"It's gotten pretty late." Robin stated after dinner. "We need to put out any unnecessary fires. They'll only reveal our location to the enemy."

"You're supposed to have a campfire!" Luffy whine.

"Aniki, have you forgotten that we're in enemy territory?" Sasha reminded.

"Sasha's right!" Nami agreed. "There are priests and guerrillas! And even without them, forests at night are dangerous anyways! There could be wild animals or monsters out there!"

"Hey, Luffy!" Zoro called out, he and Sanji having built the standard log cabin campfire structure. "Is this wood pile enough?"

"It's alright." Sanji assured. "Wild animals are actually afraid of fires."

"There's already something behind you, Sanji." Sasha pointed out. "Hello." she greeted the white wolf that had stepped out.

"It's saying something." Sanji noted at the growling wolf. "C'mere Chopper."

"'You outsiders are being too damn loud!'" Chopper translated. "'Go to bed, you dumbasses! Don't tell me you bastards are thinking about thrashing our turf.' No, we're brought here against our will." he protested. "'This is our land.'" the reindeer continued to translate. "'Who said you jerks can cook here?' Sorry!" he apologized. "'This forest is ours.'" Chopper's translation continued. "'The trees, the grass, everything!'"

"I won't let you have our treasure!" Nami snapped, knocking the wolf out with a punch.

"'Forget it, guys.'" Chopper translated for the alpha wolf. "'You ain't no match for them, even as a pack. Girlie, you pack a mean punch. I like ya."

"Well, this is something else..." Sasha mused as she sat in the background with Robin, the others were dancing around the campfire with the wolf pack.

"They even tamed the cloud wolves." Gan Fall noted. "No one else living in Enel's land would have have such a wild party."

"Should you be walking around?" Sasha looked over at the aged Skypiean.

"I apologize for trying to help, but causing trouble instead." Gan Fall sighed. "I heard you talking earlier. So this island was originally known as Jaya? I take it you don't know why this place is now known as holy ground? For you Blue Sea people, the ground here must seem quite natural. But this is something that does not normally exist in the sky. Island clouds does raise plant life, but it does not give birth to it. Neither greenery nor soil is naturally found in the sky. We call this 'Vearth'. It is the very object of eternal admiration for those living in the sky."

SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.