SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 64 out, this is Chapter 65 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 65: Arc 6: The Truth About Upper Yard

"Looks like you're feeling better, Gan Fall." Sasha noted, bringing the aged Skypiean his pills.

"Yes, I am grateful for your help." Gan Fall admitted.

"Our doctor is the one you should be thanking." Usopp corrected. "The stuff Chopper whips up works better than anything."

"Let me tell you a little about the history of this land." Gan Fall started. "Until six years ago, I was God. I have heard that Upper Yard appeared in Skypiea, just as you know, 400 years ago, in times long past. Skypiea had been a peaceful island in the sky. Artifacts from the Blue Sea occasionally brought up here by the Knock-Up Stream were curious treasures to the inhabitants in the sky. Coincidentally, all the Vearth on Sky Island arrived here in the same manner. But a quantity of Vearth as large as Upper Yard appearing in the sky seemed like an impossible miracle. The inhabitants of the sky naturally worshipped it as a holy land and rejoiced. But upon that Vearth were its former inhabitants and a war erupted over its possession. Those people were the Shandians."

"So, they used to live in Jaya when it was on the ground?" Sanji asked.

"Precisely." Gan Fall confirmed. "They were shot into the sky against their will."

"And even so, your people drove them off the island?" Nami pressed.

"Yes." Gan Fall sighed. "The inhabitants of the sky stole the Shandians' homeland for their own selfish interests. And in the 400 years that have followed, the war between the Shandians and the inhabitants of the sky has never ceased. The Shandians were only trying to regain their homeland. Oh, the medicine." he paused and swallowed the pills with a swing of water.

"Then, what about this Enel?" Sasha asked. "Who is God Enel, really?"

"While I was still God, he appeared from another sky island, leading a group of soldiers." Gan Fall answered. "They inflicted severe damage on the Enforcers under my control and the Shandians, and then they seized control of Upper Yard. That was six years ago. Now, nearly all the Enforcers are being forced to do some sort of labor for Enel. I cannot be sure of what exactly it is. But for the Shandians, whomever God may be, their position remains the same: they only want to regain their homeland."

"If these Shandians only want to regain their homeland, why did they attack us when we arrived in the sky?" Sanji asked.

"The Enforcers forced into labor sometimes obtain a ship and attempt to escape." Gan Fall replied. Shandia, of course regards them as enemies and tries to eliminate them before they can escape. They must have mistaken you for them. Helping these refugees to escape to another sky island was another reason I became the Knight of the Sky. There is no place on this island where criminals can escape Enel's eye."

"From the sound of things, this Enel's like some sort of dark lord or something." Sanji mused.

"Dark..." Gan Fall echoed. "No, more like a bad nature. Enel makes those who come from outside this land out to be criminals. Until they arrive for Judgment, the inhabitants of Skypiea are responsible for guiding them there. This gives birth to the citizens' sense of crime. When people realize that they are committing criminal acts, they become weak. Enel knows this well. It is like ruling the lives of little lambs: the very same way a real god would, a very distasteful man."

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