SailorStar9: With Chapter 154 uploaded, I present Chapter 155 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 EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 155: Arc 12: Landing at the Fish-Man Island! Beautiful Mermaids!
"Why are you obeying such fools as humans, Kraken?" Hammond demanded.
"Return to your resting spot, Surume." Sasha instructed the terrified octopus. "We'll take care of this."
Swallowing his fear Surume nodded and carefully put the ship down on the sea floor before retreating.
"We're right in the middle of the Sea Kings!" Usopp exclaimed.
"You guys are the Straw Hats, right?" Hammond asked. "I see. If that's true, I can easily see how you were able to tame the Kraken."
"Who are you?" Luffy inquired. "How do you know about us?"
"Yes," Hammond replied. "I know you all very well. You are the ones who foiled the plans of the Arlong Pirates. That act was easy enough to understand. But then, you stood up for Hachi-san, the former officer of the Arlong Pirates 2 years ago and knocked one of the hateful Celestial Dragons out. Just like Fisher Tiger, the hero of the Fish-Man Island who we respect. It's hard to decide what I should do with you. So, tell me. Are you guys our enemies or not? I give you an option. Do you wanna enlist under our banner: the New Fish-Man Pirates? Or do you refuse? If you refuse, we'll sink you."
"What did you say" Luffy glared.
"Franky, fuel up." Nami instructed. "You know that Luffy and the others won't give in to them. But we're 10,000 meters deep now. We can't even fight and there's no chance to win. So we run. Do the Coup de Burst using all the air we have and charge into the Fish-Man Island. Otherwise, we're all gonna to die after coming this far."
"It seems like that's the only way that we can survive." Robin agreed.
"I'll fill it up." Usopp was on the move. "Franky, steer the ship."
"Looks like they're getting busy." Hyouzou gulped down his alcohol as the ship's sails furled. "Aren't they up to something?"
"Humans are not so clever anyway." Hammond scoffed. "It's no use doing anything. So do you wanna work under us, Straw Hat Luffy?" he repeated.
"No way!" Luffy grinned. "Stupid!"
"You refused the offer to join the New Fish-Man Pirates?" Hammond growled. "Then you guys are the Fish-Men's enemies. Just sinful human beings."
"Why should we work under you?" Luffy stuck out his tongue.
"It's a shame." Hammond declared. "Then we can't let you pass through here. This is where we sink you. Sea Lion!" he instructed the Sea King he was riding on.
Sasha's pulse of Divine Haki stopped the charging Sea King right in its tracks, the other Sea Kings were cowed into submission as the Dragon Empress made herself known to the beasts.
"Franky, do it!" Usopp shouted down the Den Den Mushi.
"Coup de Burst!" Franky fired the air cannon, shooting the ship past the group of Sea Kings and straight into the bubble around the Fish-Man Island.
"We're losing air..." Luffy muttered, the crew were pressed to the lawn by the deflating coating.
"Endure it." Nami urged. "Until we reach the Fish-Man Island."
"The coating came off." Luffy exclaimed, seeing the ship's coating melt off once they entered the island. "It got stuck on the giant bubble."
"Look ahead!" Brook pointed, seeing a second bubble in front of the ship. "What is that?"
"The bubble here is a double structure." Robin realized. "Normal ships will fall in this area because there is only air."
"We're gonna run into one more bubble." Franky warned. "Hold on tight."
"Water?" Zoro frowned as the Thousand Sunny smashed into the second bubble and a wave of seawater washed over the crew.
The current is strong. Nami winced, the whole crew were thrown off by the powerful water wave.
The entire crew now knocked unconscious by the current, they were swept further into the depths.
"That's a crazy way to get in there." Hammond remarked. "Maybe they tried to self-destruct."
"Do you wanna go after them, Hammond?" Hyouzou asked. "I don't know if they're still alive though."
"Yeah, we'll go in." Hammond agreed. "I don't want Neptune's army to find them first. But first, let's go back to Noah and let Boss know that Straw Hat who shattered Arlong-san's ambitions is here and more importantly, we can deliver his bride to him earlier than expected."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
