SailorStar9: With Chapter 153 uploaded, I present Chapter 154 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, Background Protector!Law/Sasha

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

Chapter 154: Arc 12: Undersea Volcanic Eruption! Drifting to the Fish-Man Island!


"Dead men tell no tales, they have no desire..." Vander Decken IX droned as the Flying Dutchman came into view.

"Is that..." Brook gasped. "Me?"

"In the dark land where even crows can't fly." Vander continued. "Dead men don't need jewels on their finger. You can't even see someone's sorrow in the dark. Look for it. Sunken treasures are mine. I am the richest person in the world: Captain Vander Decken."

"Don't tell me it's...!" Usopp was scared stiff.

"Even in the sea?" Nami was horrified.

"A ghost ship!"! Brook exclaimed.

"Why are you so scared?" Zoro inquired.

"That's the real one." Brook insisted. "Look at that sail. The infamous Flying Dutchman. It shouldn't exist in the real world. It happened several hundred years ago. One stormy day, the captain of the pirate ship suddenly lost his mind and killed all his crew by throwing them into troubled waters one by one. And he even cursed the gods. The name of the captain was Vander Decken and the ship was the Flying Dutchman. The gods got mad at him and set him adrift forever under constant torture. And the ship right in front of us is Captain Vander Decken's haunted ship."

"Calm down." Franky scolded the panicking Usopp and Chopper.

"We thought Brook's ship was a ghost ship, but it wasn't." Sanji reminded.

"What we found on that ship was nothing special: just this funny skeleton." Franky added.

"You're right." Nami agreed. "Ghost ships aren't something that you see often."

"We just saw the Kraken which was believed to be an imaginary monster, so it's not the surprising to see a ghost ship." Robin pointed out, sketching the Flying Dutchman on her book.

"Then maybe that's..." Nami stammered.

"A real ghost ship!" Usopp gaped.

"Robin, you can't entertain yourself by making them upset." Franky chided.

"Captain Vander Decken." one of the Vander's crew reported as Wadatsumi waved the ship down. "Wadatsumi and Ankoro got a pirate ship."

"Stupid humans." Vander remarked. "But they have quite a good ship. They have a whole bunch of treasure, I suspect."

"Nami, is it me or has the water temperature been increasing?" Sasha looked at the navigator.

"No, it isn't you." Nami agreed. "The water temperature has been increasing for quite a while."

"Ankoro, Wadatsumi." Vander gave the order. "We can't seize their treasure if you eat the ship, so knock it down."

"I got it." Wadatsumi raised his fist, ready strike the Thousand Sunny.

"Franky, use the Coup de Burst!" Luffy turned to the shipwright.

"I can't!" Franky objected. "The fuel will run out. I have to fill up the energy room with cola."

As Wadatsumi's fist came down, Sasha's eyes hardened as she let loose a powerful wave of Divine Haki, the ripple forcing the Flying Dutchman back and Wadatsumi was left stumbling on the sea floor. Ankoro, seeing the image of the massive dragon emerging from Sasha, swam behind the Sea Bronze in fear. A split second later, one of Surume's tentacles slammed a punch onto Wadatsumi's chin.

"Surume!" Sasha beamed at their impromptu rescuer. "You came back!"

"The Monster of the Arctic: Kraken?" Vander echoed.

"You bastard!" Wadatsumi glared, only to be met by Surume's rapid punches to the face.

"Surume, that's enough." Sasha gave the order. "That's a job well done." she praised, the Kraken releasing Wadatsumi.

"Hey, wake up, Wadatsumi!" Vander barked. "Avenge yourself! Get back at it!"

A pleased Kraken then placed the Thousand Sunny on its head, two of its tentacles holding the ship in place.

"The Kraken is an octopus, and you named it Surume?" Usopp echoed.

"Selena doesn't really have much of an imagination." Sasha shrugged. "Surume," she peered down at the grinning octopus. "Draw the ship."

At her command, the Kraken started moving across the sea floor.

"Captain, the pirate ship is..." one of Vander's crew reported.

"Don't let it get away!" Vander ordered. "Go after it."

"Surume, wrong way!" Sasha shouted, hearing the underwater volcano erupt in the distance.

"Oh no," Nami gasped. "The underwater volcano is gonna erupt."

"We're too close to it!" Franky realized.

"Everyone, let's go back for now." Vander gave the order to retreat. "Ankoro, Wadatsumi, draw the ship."

"He's running like hell already." Usopp peered over the ship, seeing the Kraken fleeing from the eruption site.

"Surume, step on it!" Sasha urged as the lava flowed towards them.

"Because of the difference in temperature, the sea current's starting to swirl." Nami realized.

"Nami-san," Sanji started. "Which way is the Fish-Man Island?"

"Even at a time like this?" Chopper exclaimed, seeing Sanji burst into a nosebleed when his eyes set on Nami. "Sanji, you have to focus on your rehab."

"Keep going straight." Nami confirmed. "We're getting closer. Jump into that trench."

"In that?" Usopp gaped. "Are you sure that the Fish-Man Island is in there?"

"Surume, jump in." Sasha instructed.

Reaching the edge of the trench, the Kraken jumped off.

"What's that?" Franky looked up at the falling debris. "Right above us."

"It's an avalanche of rocks and earth." Nami replied.

"Get away from here, Surume!" Sasha barked, the said Kraken launching itself off the cliff-side.

"I'm gonna go out and cut them." Zoro readied his swords. "Luffy, hold on tightly to my leg."

"Zoro, stop." Sasha ordered, Robin using her extended hands to force the swordsman back. "We're 8000 meter deep now. Go out now and you'll be crushed by the water pressure."

"Then, what should we do?" Zoro challenged.

"If we can buy some time to get away from the cliff..." Nami trailed.

"Leave it to me." Usopp stepped up. "Sure Kill: Green Star Sargasso!" he fired off his green seed pod which erupted into a mass of vines once it hit one of the falling rocks. The vines then formed a cushioning net that held back the rocks.

"It will only hold for a while." Sasha reasoned. "Take this chance and get away, Surume."

With that, the Kraken took the opening and swam to safety.

"Great job, Surume." Sasha beamed at the octopus. "Surume, are you alright?" she gasped, when a falling rock hit the Kraken on the head, knocking it out and causing the group to fall deeper into the abyss.


"I'm alive." Usopp stirred some time after the severe fall.

"Light?" Robin blinked. "This deep in the sea?"

"It's too bright." Brook squinted his eyes. "My eyes are dazzled. But I don't have eyes to be dazzled."

"Guys, come here." Luffy called out. "Look at that." he pointed. "Nami, is that it?"

"Yeah, there's no doubt." Nami confirmed. "The needle is pointing to the island."

"That Fish-Man Island!" Luffy cheered. "It's huge!"

"Where's Surume?" Sasha thought to ask. "Oh dear." she blinked at the still unconscious octopus lying underneath them. "Surume, you're awake." she breathed in relief when the Kraken stirred and lifted the ship with its tentacles. "Is your head alright?"

Surume nodded vigorously.

"We made it!" Luffy whooped.

"The mermaids dance around here." Sanji gushed. "The beautiful mermaids. I'm finally here! The paradise that I've been dreaming of since I was a kid."

"Sanji, you're not ready!" Usopp chided, the cook suddenly bursting into a nosebleed. "You shouldn't even think about it."

"I don't care." Sanji insisted, knocked out on the lawn. "Rather than live longer without a dream, I wanna die staring at the mermaids. I'm gonna look at the mermaids." he declared.

"What are they?" Franky pointed, noticing that they had a welcoming committee.

"Who are they?" Zoro asked, Surume's eyes widened in shock at the group of Sea Kings.

"The group of Sea Kings!" Nami stammered.

"Someone's riding it." Luffy blinked, seeing Hammond's shadow appear behind the giraffe Sea King.


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