SailorStar9: With Chapter 237 uploaded, I present Chapter 238 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: Married!Ace/Sasha, Sibling!Luffy/Sasha, Sibling!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 238: Arc 15: A Deadly Elephant Climb! A Great Adventure on the Back of the Giant Elephant!


"It's so high!" Usopp whined. "I'm scared. My arms are exhausted. It's too much."

"Don't say that, Usopp." Luffy chided. "He's giving it all he's got."

"What?" Usopp exclaimed as the dragon stared sliding backwards. "Whoa!"

"If we fall into the sea, that'll be it." Kin'emon shouted.

"Dragon, you can do it!" Luffy yelled. "Good job." he praised, the dragon skidding to a stop.

"You showed some guts." Franky added.

"Attaboy, Dragon..." Usopp was relieved. "Your name is Ryunosuke from now on."

"He scared the crap out of me." Law muttered.

"I wish this dragon could fly." Franky noted.

"Is this dragon okay?" Kin'emon wondered.

"What are you talking about?" Kanjuro chided. "You just saw how he held on, didn't you?"

"We're back where we started, though." Law pointed out.

"That's true." Sasha agreed.

"I can't see the top yet." Luffy peered through the fog. "I wonder how Sanji and the others climbed this. Kin'emon, Kanjuro," he looked down at the two samurai. "Come to think of it, why do you wanna go to Zou?"

"We owe you people a lot, so we must tell you everything eventually." Kin'emon admitted. "But first, we need to feel safe."

"Zou has always been our destination since leaving the Land of Wano," Kanjuro agreed. "We want to see if Momonosuke is okay and if another friend we were separated at sea, Raizo, a ninja, has arrived here safely."

"A ninja?" the males chorused in unison.

"What the..." Robin was confused.

"Oh god, no..." Sasha bemoaned.

"A ninja." Luffy went into fanboy mode. "I wanna meet him."

"I wanna see a shuriken." Zoro added.

"Will he sit under a waterfall?" Usopp wondered.

"Can he really use supernatural ninja powers?" Law asked.

Sasha just shot the older pirate a 'Not you too!' look.

"Can he disappear in an instant like they say?" Franky pressed.

"Yes, indeed." Kin'emon confirmed.

"Luffy, look up." Robin warned, hearing an echoing laughter. "Something falling onto us."

"What is that?" Luffy exclaimed, seeing the incoming shadow. "Look out! Duck!"

"Oh dear..." Sasha mumbled, the UFO (unidentified falling object) knocked Kin'emon and Kanjuro off the dragon.

"What was that thing that fell on us out of the blue?" Usopp demanded.

"I don't know." Robin replied. "I think it's a bloody person with knives stuck all over his body."

"Robin, isn't that just a small monkey?" Sasha sighed.

"Are you alright?" Luffy shouted down.

"Luffy-dono, we're both okay." Kin'emon shouted back. "Go ahead, we'll catch up soon."

"Hey look!" Franky pointed out as they neared their destination. "Isn't that the top?"

"It is." Usopp agreed.

"Luffy!" Zoro scolded, the straw hatted teen had dropped off to sleep.

"Aniki..." Sasha twitched, already forming a sphere of water on her index finger. "Do not fall asleep!" she shot stream of water at her brother, jolting him awake.

"We're almost there!" Luffy cheered, now awake. "Go! The top is close at hand. I'm starting to see something." he exclaimed, as the fortress came into view. "We made it!" he whopped when Ryunosuke made it to the top. "We're here at Zou."

"Ryunosuke, I'm proud of you." Robin petted the panting dragon.

"Just as I thought." Sasha nodded. "You have a time limit and you're now turning back to a drawing."

"This is absurd." Law muttered, cutting off the group's heartfelt wailing.

"It's just a bad drawing." Zoro agreed. "We're in unknown territory. We shouldn't look back. Always pay attention to what is ahead. Look." he and Law stopped before the stone gate. "That must be a gateway into the country. There is certainly civilization on the elephant's back."

"There's a watchtower, but no guards." Law tilted his head to glance at the tower. "It's not security befitting a country."

"I found a good spot." Luffy hurried over to the winding staircase to led up to the watchtower and heaved himself up. "It's awesome!" he gawked at the scenery presented in front of his eyes. "So this is the back of the elephant! Usopp, come up here! It's amazing!"

"Luffy jumped down!" Usopp shouted back to the group after Luffy leapt off the guard-tower.

"Again?" Sasha exclaimed.

"I knew he would do that." Zoro remarked. "Did you see old 'Eyebrows'?"

"No." the sniper replied. "This place is too high to see anybody."

"He didn't have to jump." Zoro spotted the demolished gates on the ground. "The gate's open."

"No, I think this is..." Franky corrected.

"Yeah, it's not actually open." Law concurred, seeing the busted hinges. "Someone destroyed it."

"You're right." Zoro confirmed, walking in and seeing the destroyed trail. "This trail looks strange, too. It's too wide to call it an animal trail in the forest."

"This is some pretty serious destruction." Franky gawked. "And it's still fresh. Are Sanji and the others gonna be okay?"

"Let's proceed with caution." Zoro grinned, readying his sword.

"What happened here?" Franky wondered as the group traveled deeper into the forest. "I smell the faint odor of gunpowder and gas, do you?"

"What is it?" Usopp panicked when Zoro and Law went on the alert. "Do you see something?"

"I got this." Zoro drew his sword as Carrot charged at him, the rabbit Mink jumping over the blade.

"Wait!" Wanda shouted before Carrot could launch another attack. "Stop, Carrot!" on Wany, she burst in through the forest. "Forget about them-teia. More importantly, we have an invader in the Whale Forest."

"They're the Mink Tribe." Law stated.

"Isn't that outfit..." Usopp recognized Nami's bikini top on Wanda. "Nami's?"


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