SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 72 out, this is Chapter 73 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 73: Arc 6: Battle on the Ark Maxim

"You did it." Nami was astonished. "You did it. You beat Enel."

"No, not yet." Sasha corrected. "The ark is still moving."

"Fool." Enel scoffed. "This... once I am rid of you, I will be supreme. Once again, all shall fear me, worship me and revere me. It shall be my world. The likes of you cannot hope to defeat me. For one such as myself, nothing is impossible. I am the almighty God! Now observe, Rubberman. Observe the anguish of a doomed island. Sky Island will perish and the lives of the angels will be reduced to nothing. And no one can stop me. Not even you. Gloam Paddling!" he remodeled part of the gold wall behind him into a golden ball as Luffy charged at him.

"He melted it with electricity?" Nami gaped.

"Hot!" Luffy rolled on the ground, his fist stuck in the huge golden ball. "I can't pull it out!"

"Rubberman of the Blue Sea," Enel mocked. "There is no need for me to try to fight you. I would be remiss if I allowed you to disturb my place again. I think that it's time to say good-bye. This golden trinket shall be a reward for your valiant struggle. Consider it yours!" he kicked the golden ball off the ark. "With your restrained, I an once again supreme. No other mortal in the world will be able to defeat me."

"In the world?" Luffy echoed. "Are you an idiot? There are loads of guys who could beat you. There are more monstrous guys in the ocean below than you can imagine. Someone like you would..."

"A child who does not know when to hold his tongue..." Enel sighed, teleporting in front of Luffy. "Now fall!" he stabbed the portion of the wall Luffy was holding onto with his spear. "Along with Sky Island."

With his foothold gone, Luffy was sent pummeling down to the earth.

"So there they are." Enel stepped on the railing and spotted Aisa and Pierre. "They are the voices who have been sneaking around. How irritating." he snorted, seeing Aisa ad Pierre swoop in to save Luffy. "Everything you try will fail."

"Aisa, Pierre, watch out!" Nami warned as Enel powered up his lightning. "Get out of the way!"

"God's Judgment!" Enel grinned.

"I would strongly suggest you not do that." Sasha advised, the 'Heart of the Sea' was poised against Enel's neck.

"He's a fighter to the last." Enel admitted. "That rubber substance. It posed a very real threat to me. You have nowhere to run, my dear." he shifted the sword aside with his finger. "With the Ark, Maxim now airborne, all the cries and screams of the people will not save this land. Sky Island will fall from the sky and I, the almighty God, shall ascend to the boundless land, Fairy Vearth. The Golden Ark, Maxim, will take me there. I must not forget." he mused. "There is a treasure I must retrieve before I ascend. The Golden Bell. It is truly befitting for me, the ruler of Heaven itself. Such a colossal ball. If you do not wish to stay aboard this ship, then you have only one possible destination." he said, unfazed at the sword still pointed at him. "It is the next life. I expect you to understand that you won't be leaving this Ark safely. Or would you place your hopes in the two rats that have snuck aboard? It seems they really do intend to rescue the two of you." he laughed. "Fools to the bitter end. Even if they did come to rescue you, none of you will leave alive." he declared, Sasha having deflected his lighting with the quartz sword she swapped out. "Accordingly, I have no obligation to wait for them. How very interesting, young ladies." he mocked, Nami deflecting his next attack with her Clima-Tact. "They have very unique weapons in the Blue Sea, I see."

"Thunder Ball!" Nami deflected yet another lightning strike.

"Creating a path for the lightning to follow is a clever tactic." Enel noted. "It displays a commanding knowledge of the nature of weather. But if I change my attack, that trick won't work. I have work to finish. Now disappear."

"Why don't you disappear?" Usopp snapped. "Sure-Kill Flame Star!"

"You.." Enel turned to the sniper. "I saw you on the ship."

"Where's Sanji?" Usopp looked around.

"He's here too?" Nami echoed.

"If the two of you are done arguing..." Sasha reminded, blocking off another of Enel's lighting with her sword.

"Hey, stay near this electrical tube." Usopp suggested, hiding behind one of the two electrical spheres. "It must be an important system. He won't be able to use any big attacks."

"Usopp, look over there." Nami pointed to the Waver. "Our only chance is to jump off with that. In the middle of the forest, there is a patch of Island Cloud. If we reach that, we might survive."

"So, they jumped off." Enel noted, after Nami and Usopp fled the Ark on the Waver, Sanji having pulled Sasha to safety. "It seems they still do not grasp the range of my attack. They have yet truly escaped"

"Hey, God." Sanji declared. "I have something to tell you. Get ready to cry."

"What?" Enel frowned when the Maxim started to pause in mid-air. "The Ark? Insolent mortal, did you...?" he realized what Sanji had done. "What did you do inside my Ark?"

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