SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 71 out, this is Chapter 72 of this fic and I am finally back on the On Piece bandwagon. 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 72: Arc 6: Maxim Surfaces! Deathpiea is Activated!

"Listening on Angel Beach, it sounds like that girl is causing quite a stir on Angel Island." Enel mocked.

"Conis?" Nami echoed. "But how? Conis should be on our ship."

"There is a great deal of noise outside." Enel noted. "What? It is but a small complication."

"So, this Mantra ability you all possess..." Nami trailed. "It can let you find a specific person?"

"Well, I can't say that it's perfect." Enel replied. "I am an exception. In addition to my powerful Mantra, my lightning abilities allow me to pick up electrical waves and overhear conversations. When I heard someone saying something they shouldn't, I bestow my Judgment upon them. The range of my hearing is large enough to extend over this entire land."

"So, that's how." Nami realized.

"It's an ability befitting God." Enel boasted. "Run all you want, people of the sky. This is the final song of Skypiea. The celebration of dancing angels in the sky. You there," he looked at Nami. "Have you ever since a mortal's expression when they suddenly lose their footing?"

"Is something wrong?" Nami swallowed nervously.

"No, it's nothing." Enel frowned. "As I thought, they weren't among the six survivors." he had sensed Luffy and Aisa closing in. damn, where have they been hiding? How unbearably irksome!" he fumed. "This means my prediction was wrong."

"Are you the one who's called Enel?" Luffy's shout echoed through the hanger.

"Luffy!" Nami wailed in relief.

"What the hell have you done to my nakama?" Luffy growled.

"What trash are you talking about?" Enel retorted.

"You stay right there." Luffy glared. "I'm coming up to kick your ass."

"You should watch your tongue." Enel fired back. "I am God."

"What makes you God?" Luffy snapped.

"I can hear the angels' celebration." Enel laughed. "It sounds like the citizen of Skypiea have learnt of their fate. I wonder how far they can run before they lost the very ground they run on."

"I asked you, what makes you God?" Luffy repeated his question.

"You will soon learn." Enel replied. "I see." he noted when he witnessed Luffy board the ark. "You are no ordinary human. But you are a Paramecia type. You are no match for me." he started to charge lightning. "Nothing can stand against me because I am God! El Thor!" he released his lightning beam at the charging Luffy.

"Luffy, no..." Nami sank to her knees when she saw Luffy take the attack head on.

"I'm impressed you managed to dodge that." Enel noted, seeing Luffy was unharmed by the lightning beam. "60,000,000 Volt Julungu!" he sent a lightning dragon flying towards Luffy. "100 Million Volt Vari!" he renewed his attack, electrocuting Luffy up close.

"Lightning is useless against aniki." Sasha stated plainly.

"That's right." Nami realized the same thing. "Now that I think of it, Luffy's made of rubber."

"Stop fooling around!" Luffy glared, breaking free of the attack, much to everyone's and especially Enel's surprise.

Calm down. Enel told himself. Physical attacks don't affect my body. From that perspective, this Blue Sea monkey... he was then given a solid kick to the stomach, curtsy to Luffy. "What are you?" he demanded, putting some distance between them. "Damn mortal!

"I'm Luffy." Luffy replied. "Pirate and Rubberman."

"Rubber?" Enel echoed.

"Of course." Nami gaped. "There is no rubber in the White-White Sea."

"Lightning ain't going to work!" Luffy charged in.

"Mantra." Enel activated his Observation Haki and easily dodged the punch.

"Gomu Gomu no Whip!" Luffy let loose a kick, only to have Enel turn into lightning to dodge the attack. "Spear!" his next kick was also dodged.

"He's predicting all of Luffy's moves." Nami blinked.

"Don't get ahead of yourself." Enel chided, cornering Luffy easily. "I can cripple you with more than just lightning. Once I know something won't work, I can adapt my fighting style."

"Hitting me won't work either!" Luffy retorted, Enel using his lightning to dodge the pirate's kick. "Damn it!" he cursed. "He can predict my movements with that weird ability."

"Lighting won't work." Enel reasoned. "Physical blows won't work. What is rubber? No, wait. He is a Paramecia type. I've already seen the extent of his abilities. Gloam Paddling! I have no time to play with the likes of you. Think of it as a solid form of lightning." he reforged his staff into a spear. "As I thought, you are vulnerable to piercing attacks." he laughed, Luffy was forced to dodge the spear.

"Yeah." Luffy admitted.

"Gomu Go mu no Gatling!" Luffy jumped down. "He disappeared?" he blinked when Enel vanished.

"Luffy, behind you!" Aisa warned.

"He's passing through the gold?" Nami blinked, seeing the lightning-bodied Enel move through the golden throne.

"Water Fang Bullet!" Enel's stab was blocked off by a stream of seawater.

"Sasha, you..." Nami gaped, suddenly noticing the water wielder had re-equipped into her Tsunami Plate with an intricate sword in her hands. "The sword..."

"The Heart of the Ocean." Sasha supplied.

"Electricity may not work." Enel tried to force his spear through, the heat started boiling the saltwater. "But if I run it through my spear to heat it, I can..." he was cut off when Luffy stretched his leg out in front of him.

"Gomu Gomu no Axe!" Luffy slammed Enel back onto the ark with his foot.

"You impudent human!" Enel fumed.

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling!" Luffy let loose his rain of punches, only to have Enel grab his wrists and pull him down, slamming him onto the ark.

"It's not as though you've grown more arms." Enel retorted. "Sightseeing on Sky Island." he stated. "You came at a bad time, Blue Sea dwellers. I am God. I can bend anything to my will. I will soon create my ideal world. A boy who came up from the Blue Sea without a clue about this word would never be able to stop me. Max 200 Million Volt Vari!" he sat back on his throne and powered up the ark. "Behold! It rises! This is the ark which will carry me to the boundless land, Fairy Vearth: Maxim!"

"Quit panicking." Luffy tossed his straw hat to Sasha. "You're the future Pirate King's sister. Don't make the pathetic face."

"The Pirate King?" Enel echoed. "And what land does this king rule?"

"He is king to the greatest sea in the world." Luffy declared.

"A laudable title." Enel mocked. "Now, I believe the sky is waiting for the conclusion of our fight. The circuits of the ark's ultimate function have been initiated and are running at full capacity." he bragged. "It's name is Deathpiea. It is the name of the despair which shall be the savior of this world. Now, Deathpiea, begin!" he announced, as dark clouds started emitting from the chimney of the ark.

"Are those..." Sasha frowned.

"That's right." Enel confirmed. "They are thunderclouds. Using my energy, Deathpiea combines extremely intense air currents and produces thunderclouds. Soon, as the clouds gain energy, they will envelop the whole of Skypiea in darkness. And then, I can create innumerable bolts of lightning and destroy every trace of this land. And to demonstrate..." he raised a finger and sent a lightning charge into the expanding cloud and causing the lightning to strike a city.

"So being God means you can take anything you want?" Luffy demanded.

"That's right." Enel shrugged. "Life and earth belong to me. Now, I will take your life as well. The celebration has only just begun."

"You bastard!" Luffy dodged the spear and slammed a side-way kick at Enel. "Hot!" he winced, when he tried to kick the spear away.

"I've used my electricity to heat this spear." Enel boasted.

"Shit." Luffy cursed, forced to duck to avoid the super—heated weapon. "Can I do anything about that movement-predicting thing? That's it." an idea came to him. "Gomu Gomu no... Daze."

"Been a while since I saw this." Sasha smiled, seeing Luffy dodge Enel's attack instinctively. "That's quick." she gaped when Luffy jumped back.

"When I switch my brain off, I can't attack." Luffy panted. "If I can just catch him, I'll have an advantage. That's it." another idea stuck him." Gomu Gomu no Octopus!" he sucked in air, causing his head to inflate.

"It seems that you do not like my Mantra." Enel grinned, after Luffy deflated, causing his limbs to go limp. "That goes without saying. It is the basis of my insurmountable power."

"That place will work." Luffy looked back.

"No matter how much you try," Enel ran in as Luffy jumped back. "Except for your immunity to lightning, you are still a powerless mortal."

"Gomu Gomu no Octopus Fireworks!" Luffy faced the throne and stuck the gold statue rapidly, his arms ricocheting off the surrounding walls.

"Fool." Enel mocked. "You're aren't even trying to hit me. Or are you trying to destroy the ship? You will fail!"

"Well, that is one way of bypassing Observation Haki." Sasha mused, when Luffy's numerous punches rained on Enel and sending him back to the ground.

"The ricochet." Nami realized the same thing. "The punches that bounce off the wall aren't being directed by Luffy's will."

"I"m not letting you get away again!" Luffy closed in. "Gomu Gomu no Bazooka!" he slammed both palms into Enel's stomach, causing the so-called God to collapse. "Gomu Gomu no Rifle!"

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