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So here it is.. Chapter 9

Parade of Gods

As The Straw Hats approached the city of Anastasis, they saw two large Female Mable Statues, which formed an arch that served as the entrance of the city. Luffy and Choppers eyes widened as they saw the structure in front of them. "Look!" The black-haired man said as they continued to walk towards the entrance.

"WOW!" the young captain said as his eyes sparkled when he walked pass the female statues. However, his eyes widened even more as his jaw dropped when the group entered the City-state.

Luffy and the others stopped and looked around as they saw the Building's made up of white stones and simply looked like Grecian temples, while the streetlights seemed like a work of art. Tall white marble pillars and on top was an angel figure holding a Lamp.

"Shit! There's no way this is real." The swordsman said as he started to look around, "What the hell is wrong with this city, everyone looks like they are from a fairy tale story." The green-haired man said as they walked further into the city while Luffy rubbed his eyes as Chopper blinked countless times.

Viola and Brook was looking at the road, which made up of shinny stones that shimmer as it reflected the sun's rays, while the streets were full of people and shops.

"It's like everything is shinning." Frankie said as he looked around while Usopp nodded in agreement to his statement.

Chopper looked and saw a river that ran across the city, and connecting each area of the city were bridges that are made of wood and marble As Sanji's looked around as heart-shaped eyes formed.

"I'm in heaven! SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AROUND!" He yelled and was about to run into the city, but before he could Frankie grab his shirt. "Oi! Oi! Stop!" The cyborg said trying his best to restrain the love-stricken cook.

"Let go!" The blonde-haired man protested, Nami on the other hand was about to scold the Cook but then stopped as she saw the temples, which are elevated from the city as her eyes suddenly changed to beli signs.

"GOLD! SO MANY GOLD!" The orange-haired maiden yelled as she saw gold accents on the temples while all of them stopped and gazed at the temples in awe.

"How could a city use these much gold in such trivial things?" Robin said as she looked at the temples around the city as Viola nodded at the raven-haired maiden's comment. "If I'm not mistaken this Isle was under the rule of a yonkou before." Viola said as Law walked passing the two raven-haired beauties.

Law held his chin as he looked around. I know I have heard about this city before. The man thought to himself as he saw marines and a vice admiral and pirates on the same shop. Why would marines tolerate a cease-fire with pirates? He thought again as he walked towards Luffy.

"The city changed, it's full of Life now compared to before…" Ace said to himself as he entered the city gates while Viola glanced at the young man.

Nami looked at her companions and saw a rather excited black-haired captain looking around, as a sigh went out her lips and decided to grab Luffy's collar before he could run inside the city. "You're not going anywhere until we decide on where we will stay for the night." The orange-haired beauty said holding the young captain.

"Come on Nami, I want to explore the city!" Luffy protested and tried his best to get away as Nami punched the black-haired captain on his head, "SHUT UP!" She yelled as Luffy looked at Ace.

The older-brother scratched his head as he looked at the young navigator looking at the map she is holding. "Don't you think it's fine if we explore the city first?" Ace asked as Nami glared at him. "Don't make me punch you too Ace!" She said briefly as the raven-haired man laughed at her comment.

The rest of the crew looked at her with a rather confused expression, "Why? How many hotels are there in that map?" Frankie asked going towards the orange-haired maiden.

"Basing from the size of this city, I guess there should be more than one hotel here." Viola said as she looked around as Brook gazed at the raven-haired beauty and blushed.

"There are 20 marks on this map, so that means 20 hotels?" Nami asked, as she looked at the rest of the crew confused. "I don't know, why you're asking us, you're the one holding the map." Zoro said as he scratched his head while Nami glared at the young swordsman.

"20? That's a lot then." Frankie said looking at the young navigator, as she nodded to his comment. "Why are there so many hotels in this city?" Usopp asked as Robin looked at him and smiled.

"Well Mr. Longnose, this City is pretty big like what Viola mentioned and from what I see this is the First Island here after such a long journey to Dressrosa, that's why all the travelers who went to Dressrosa stop here to rest." She said while Zoro glanced at the raven-haired beauty as a smile formed on his face.

"Oh Robin-swan, you are really smart!" Sanji said with Heart shape eyes as he went closer to the raven-haired beauty.

Zoro on the other hand just glanced at the love-stricken cook. "Tssss." The green-haired man murmured briefly and decided to look back at Nami who was still looking at the map.

"Ace, what hotel did your old crew stayed in?" Nami asked the raven-haired man, but she did not get any answer from him. "Ace?" Nami said as she looked at him and noticed that he was lost in thought as a sigh slipped out from her mouth and looked at the others, and at Luffy who was getting impatient.

The young navigator just looked at the map and picked one hotel randomly. "Okay, we will stay at this hotel." Nami said to everyone and glanced back at Ace who was now looking at her.

"What hotel did you pick?" The raven-haired man asked as Nami showed him the map pointing at a red mark on the far right side. Ace just nodded as the young navigator asked a person who was running for directions.

Zoro just looked around as he was also getting impatient with them standing around doing nothing and looked at the direction of Robin and saw that she is looking at him. Shit! She is looking at me. The young swordsman thought as he briefly grinned at her.

Robin on the other hand was shocked at what the green-haired swordsman did and smiled at him, "You seem happy?" The raven-haired maiden said briefly.

"Yeah, I guess so." Zoro said as he shrugged his head while Sanji on the other hand looked at the two as his eyebrow rose. Why is this shitty moss head grinning at Robin-swan? The cook asked to himself as he was going to go to where Robin was standing Nami walked towards them.

"Okay, the hotel that we are staying is the Sanctuary and it is near the lake." The orange-haired maiden said as Luffy and Chopper looked at nami with sparkles in their eyes. "Near at a lake eh?" Zoro said holding his chin as he looked at Robin, while Sanji looked at Zoro with a pissed expression.

Shit, that shitty Moss-head looking at Robin-swan like that, and why is he smiling at Robin-swan? I bet he is planning something, whatever it is I am going to stop it… Sanji thought to his head, while Zoro noticed how Sanji was looking at him that pissed him off.

"Oi, why are you looking at me you Idiotic Pervert?" Zoro said angrily at the blonde-haired cook, while Sanji looked at him furious at what he heard.

"Why would I look at a shitty Moss head? You're not even worth looking at stupid!" The young cook replied as Zoro twitched at what he heard.

"What did you call me you perverted-cook?" The young swordsman replied as Sanji glared at him.

"What did you say?" The young cook said as he was about to kick Zoro however Robin walked towards the two men. "Sanji, I think we will now leave for the hotel, and Nami needs your assistance." She said as she looked at Sanji and Zoro.

The young swordsman just shrugged his head as he looked at her while Sanji went directly to the raven-haired beauty.

"Okay Robin-swan, Nami-chan!" Sanji yelled as he went to the orange-haired maiden. "Nami isn't calling him right?" Zoro asked as Robin chuckled and walked towards the young navigator.

"Tsss. What's with her?" He asked himself as he started to follow Robin.

"Okay, let's go to the hotel." Nami said as she saw Robin, Zoro and Sanji heading their way as she started to walk as Frankie and Brook followed her, while Viola walked with Luffy and Chopper. Ace was looking around, while Law walked on the sides alone and Usopp followed the raven-haired man.

Sanji on the other hand was rather confused since he thought Nami needs his assistance. He looked around and was about to follow Viola when he glanced at Robin and saw that Zoro was walking with her.

He quickly stopped and turned around to face the raven-haired beauty. "Robin-swan, can I accompany you while we walk to the hotel?" Sanji asked with heart shaped eyes as he walked with her.

Robin looked at Sanji as she gave him a smile, while Zoro was rather irritated and glared at the young cook.

Shit, why is this Curly-browed cook always bugging Robin since we arrived here on this Island, there are many beautiful girls yet he is not chasing them? Zoro thought to himself as he walked behind the two.

He was constantly looking at Sanji who was still flirting with Robin and decided not to say anything and looked around as he saw some shops along the way.

Shit! This city is hurting my eyes. The swordsman complained as he saw beautiful women looking at him.

"These girls are winking at me?" He asked himself as a Man suddenly bumped into him. "I am sorry. I was in a Hurry to buy some flowers. I did not see you …," The man said to him as the man started to run.

Zoro did not bother to reply to the man as he saw a couple of men passing by holding shinny flowers. "Man, this flower will be the perfect gift for my Girl." The man said as his companions nodded. "Tonight, we will be together forever!" the other man said.

"I need to get flowers for my girl!" A man said as Zoro looked and saw countless men buying the shiny flowers. "We will be together forever!" The man said which caught the attention of the young swordsman.

What is with the people here, obsessing about some stupid flower? He thought to himself as he looked and saw a Man blushing as he was holding a bouquet of shinny flowers.

"What's with the flower?" Zoro finally asked out of curiosity, as the man just looked at the young swordsman dumbfounded at his question, "Huh? Maybe you're not from here, the flowers are for the women we love. There is a legend here that if you give the woman you love a Crystal flower, she will not leave you for any one." The man said as Zoro just raised an eyebrow and looked at him.

They are all obsessing on a stupid legend. He thought to himself as he waved his hand, walked past him, looked in front, and noticed that he was already alone.

"Shit! Where did they go?" Zoro asked himself as he shrugged his head and looked around. "GAAHHH!" He yelled as people on the streets looked at him confused.

"Is this the Hotel?" Nami said as she looked around and back to the map she is holding.

Luffy and the others walked behind her and saw the building in front of them, "Are we staying there?" Luffy and Chopper asked with sparkles in their eyes, while Ace smiled at what he saw.

The hotel was pearl white, with two large statues of a man and a woman in Armor standing at the entrance of the building. It has five stories and coulombs supporting each floor, and behind the hotel was the lake that looks like its glistening.

"Yosh! That's a big hotel." Luffy said while Ace looked at the orange-haired maiden.

"Looks like you choose the Hotel that couples pick for their Honey Moon." Ace said as he saw couples entering and leaving the hotel.

Nami looked at Ace Dumbfounded at his comment, but before she could react to his statement, Luffy immediately rushed inside the hotel.

"Oi LUFFY!" Nami yelled, but the young captain didn't bother to stop and went inside. Luffy's eyes widened at the grand hotel as he saw the floors made out of marble, the walls had sculptures, on the ceiling has paintings of couples, and on the middle is a large chandelier.

Everyone was shocked to see the inside of the hotel "Can we afford in staying at a place like this?" Frankie said as he looked around while Usopp, Chopper, and Brook are looking at the large chandelier made of crystals.

Robin on the other hand looked at the back and noticed that Zoro was not with them, did he get lost again? The raven-haired maiden thought when Luffy started yelling.

"Oi Robin, what are you doing there?" Luffy yelled looking at the raven-haired beauty, as Robin smiled at the young captain and walked towards him.

"Luffy, I think Zoro got lost again, I will just look for him since he doesn't know where the hotel is." The archeologist said as the young captain scratched his head.

Sanji on the other hand looked at the raven-haired beauty rather confused, Robin-swan will look for moss-head? He thought to himself as he placed his hand on his chin.

"Huh? He got lost?" Luffy asked, as Sanji looked at the raven-haired beauty confused, "Robin-swan, I will accompany you in looking for Moss-head!" He said while Robin just looked at him.

"It's okay Sanji, I can go by myself." She said briefly while the young captain looked at her confused. HUH? Robin will look for him alone. Sanji thought to himself but before he could protest, a loud noise played outside that enveloped the whole city as the guest and attendants of the hotel started to go outside.

"What's going on?" Brook asked, as everyone seemed happy going outside the hotel. "Yosh!" The young captain said as he saw the people coming down the upper floors, "Finally, they're here!" A woman said as the young-captain looked at them.

Luffy was rather excited at what was going on the streets as he looked out and saw people gathering, "What's happening?" Nami asked as she saw the commotion outside the Hotel, while the young captain looked out and was astonished as people started to move to the streets with smiles on their faces.

"Come on! Let's go see what is happening outside. Something is going on there, I just know it." Luffy said as he tried his best to persuade his crew, while the others just looked outside and heard people screaming.

"See, it looks like something is happening there. We should check it out. It must be something interesting." Luffy said as Sanji just took out one cigarette as he saw two gorgeous girls standing outside.

He held his chin as he started to walk towards the hotel entrance, "I am going to see what is going on there," He said calmly as he turned around heart-shaped eyes started to appear.

"Yeah, it might be interesting. Yohohoho" Brook said as the eyes of Ace widened as he remembered what the old woman said at the tavern.

Shit, it's true then.. The raven-haired man thought to himself as he looked at the others, "Yeah, we should go there." Ace said as Luffy smiled at his older brother. "YOSH! Let's go!" He said as he ran outside.

Nami sighed as she saw Luffy running while Robin looked around, "I will go and find Zoro." She said, as the orange-haired maiden looked at her confused. "Huh? Oi Robin!" She yelled as she saw the raven-haired maiden walking outside the hotel entrance.

Frankie looked at Luffy and Robin walking outside and started to stretch his arms. "Yeah. It's better than standing around doing nothing here." The cyborg said as he turned around and saw chopper who was looking outside.

"Oi Chopper let's go!" Frankie said as the young reindeer smiled and nodded as they walked while Brook ran towards them. The orange-haired maiden looked at everyone going outside the hotel and sighed.

"I guess I should just check things out." Nami said as she saw a man bowing at Ace that confused the young navigator. "What was that all about?" The orange-haired woman asked Ace just looked at the man and back at Nami and smiled.

"I just asked something from him." The raven-haired man said as Nami's eyebrow rose. Then why would he bow to you? She thought to herself but shrugged her head and looked at Ace.

"The attendant said that we arrived at a wonderful time, because the whole island is celebrating the Moon Festival, as well as the arrival of some special people." Viola said as she walked towards Nami and Ace.

"Let's go then and see what's happening outside." The young navigator said as she walked towards the entrance of the hotel, as Viola and Ace followed them while Law was looking at everyone and decided to go outside and check.

As Law reached the entrance of the hotel, he looked around and saw his allies staring at the flags passing by, as the sounds of drums and horns filled the air. People of Anastasis cheered as members of its royal army started to arrive walking on the main road.

Luffy, Chopper and Usopp were on awe as giant white tigers walked pass them together with the riders. While Nami became rather excited to see, huge caravans filled with diamonds, treasure chest and gold.

Sanji watched as he stared at the beautiful women watching the parade as Franky and the others just watched the parade unfold, after several caravans pass there where a huge applause as the Royal Knights appeared from a distance.

Sanji took out one cigarette and reached for his lighter. As he was about to light, the cigar he saw beautiful women who were in the parade. His eyes immediately turned to heart as the women looked at him and winked. "BEAUTIFUL!" The young cook said as he followed the women walking.

"I can die now!" The young cook said as a woman winked at him and blew him a kiss. "This is truly Heaven!" He yelled as he heard drums playing which took his attention.

"Huh?" Sanji said as he looked at the direction of the drums as everyone watching the parade started to scream.

Several groups of maiden's wearing Grecian styled clothing started to pass by as a huge caravan filled with white peacocks and white silks appeared from the distance.

Men and women alike started to scream as the caravan started to pass by, as Ace on the other hand clenched his hands as he saw the beautifully made caravan.

It's our Maiden, It's our Maiden. Here she comes, our country's songstress. The citizens of Anastasis screamed as eight giant white leopards pulling a dark wooden caravan passed.

"She is… Still here?" Ace asked himself as the peacocks surrounding the caravan started to spread their feathers revealing a small circular platform covered by white silk.

There inside the platform, a silhouette of a slender woman was evident as people started screaming at the glimpse of the person inside the caravan.

A faint breeze briefly blew as the silk gave way exposing an extremely beautiful woman inside the silk covered caravan, her ruby-red hair moved while her emerald-green eyes watched as the citizens screamed at the sight of the young maiden.

Sanji instantly froze seeing the maiden. "UL.. ULTIMATE Beauty!" The blonde-haired cook said as heart shaped eyes formed as he suddenly turned to stone, which shocked the people surrounding him.

"Oi! Are you okay?" A man said as people started to gather around the blonde-cook, while Chopper, Brook, Frankie and Usopp remained silent looking at the red-haired beauty. "Wow! She is SUPER beautiful!" Frankie said as Brook nodded, "She might be on par with Hancock!" Usopp said as they heard the people of the city scream.

"Our country's songstress… Rosalia-sama… Rosalia-sama… Rosalia-sama…" Everyone yelled as Ace clenched his fist and was about to jump at the caravan when a person grabbed his shoulder.

The raven-haired man looked at his back and saw Viola holding him. "If you do that, you will cause a lot of trouble for Luffy and the whole crew." The raven-haired maiden said as Ace looked at her with a serious expression on his face.

"You don't know who that person is!" Ace replied angrily as the raven-haired beauty stared at the silhouette of the woman.

"I know who exactly who that woman is, Zeffrea Rosalia if I am not mistaken." She said with a smirk on her face while Ace looked at her with a shocked expression on his face, "You already know my ability, and I know everything you are hiding to Luffy and the others." Viola added as she let go of the shoulder of the raven-haired man.

"I know everything about her even without you telling me." Viola said as she watched Ace looked at the caravan passing them.

"You should really tell Luffy and the others about this since it will be dangerous for us to stay here." The raven-haired beauty said as Ace clenched his fist looking at the caravan. "Rosa..." The raven-haired man said as he felt a strong presence.

Viola then looked around and saw golden pyramid styled caravans coming their way. Ace just stared at the caravan as the people screamed even louder.

"It's them, our protectors, our saviors, the Gods of D'tiole." The people said happily, as the six pyramid styled caravans stopped at the middle of the road. Slowly the top of the caravans opened revealing six people wearing Silver and Gold Armors sitting on a golden throne.

Luffy was about to take a bite on the drumstick he was holding stopped suddenly as he felt a chill as the presence of Gods were felt throughout the whole area. "Huh?" The young captain said as Frankie appeared on his back. "Hey Luffy, did you feel that?" They cyborg said looking around.

"Hmmm. Shishishishishi." The captain laughed as a grin appeared on his face, "I felt a strong haki. Shishishi." Luffy said as he looked at the caravans while Frankie looked at the direction where Luffy was looking at.

"That's some SUPER strong haki." The cyborg said as Luffy watched the caravan, while Law on the other hand held his sword tight. "Strawhat-yah, this place is dangerous." He said, as the young captain looked at him rather happy.

"There are strong people here on this Island... Shi-shi-shi-shi-shi..." Luffy said as he started to laugh while Law felt something strange.

Law looked at the caravan's direction. I felt this before. The young man thought to himself as people on the Isle celebrated their return.

The caravan's started to move as the confetti's started fall from the sky, The people cheering and screaming as sounds of drums and horns started playing once again from the distance.

On the other side of the city, the swordsman was stuck as travelers crowded the streets to see the mythical Gods of D'tiole, the green-haired swordsman scratched his head and decided to watch the parade. "What is so special about this parade?" Zoro asked as his eyebrow rose to an arch.

The Youngman looked around and saw men and women young and old screaming and cheering as they watched the royal army pass. "All I see are people walking." The green-haired swordsman said as the man standing beside him started to laugh.

Zoro looked at the man who is next to him in a questioning way as the man started to talk. "You are not from around here eh? I don't think travelers like you may think that this is an ordinary celebration, but for us who has been living here... It's more than ordinary." The man said as Zoro looked at him curiously.

"Say old man, what made this special?" Zoro asked as the old man looked at him briefly. "This parade and celebration is to commemorate the victorious return of the Islands Gods." The man said as the young swordsman looked at him with a slight interest.

"Tell me old man, what did your Gods win anyway?" The green-haired swordsman asked as the man looked at him and grinned. "Our Gods protected our Island again and won against the attack of the allied pirates of Big Mama." The old man said as he watched the parade unfold.

"Ally of Big Mama?" Zoro asked then his eyes widened as he realized who she was. "Big Mama, the Yonkou?" The swordsman asked as the man nodded at him. "Oi, you sure your Gods want to fight that bitch old man?" Zoro asked as he remembered about Luffy, I never thought there are someone else than us who are stupid enough to challenge a yonkou. The swordsman thought to himself as the man looked at him in a rather relaxed expression that confused the green-haired man.

"They will protect us from anyone who wants to harm our peaceful land." The man said as White tigers and maidens pass by, "Without our Gods protecting our country before, pirates constantly raided the shores of our Island for the countless gold deposits found here. Then Kaidou learned about the lands richest and took over our Island and made it his territory." The man said as he looked at the green-haired man who was listening to him carefully.

"Under his rule, our country was almost turned to ruble as he ordered every resident here to mine for him to take the gold for himself. Many died and our country was almost destroyed until six years ago." The man said as he remembered the scene that took place.

"Our Gods came to our Island and freed us from the tyrant Kaidou, and since then no one was able to successfully invade our Isle due to their power." The man said as the parade raged on, "Kaidou, the world government, the Marines, Big Mama, and even Blackbeard tried but they all failed miserably at the end, that's why our Isle is this peaceful and even the marines agree to the terms of our Isle once they dock here since they are scared of our God's wrath." The man added as Zoro looked at him rather surprised at what he heard.

"So those Gods of yours defeated all of them? Tssss. You must be making this up old man I haven't heard anything regarding a yonkou being defeated." The green-haired man said as the man looked at him.

"Impossible as may seem, they defeated each and everyone who wanted to take over the Island." The man said as Zoro's eyes widened. "What kind of humans can beat the Yonkous?" The young swordsman asked as the man laughed, "That's why they are called Gods. They have powers that mortals like us don't." The man said as he looked at Zoro.

Devil fruit users? I don't know anyone who can fight a yonkou other than yonkous themselves. The swordsman thought as he looked at the old man, "How many Gods does your Island have?" The green-haired man asked as the man looked back at him and held his chin.

"We have twelve Gods who are living here on the Isle but we rarely see the others since they live on top of Olympus Kwan. Only six of them regularly come down from the mountain and protects us from invaders." The man said as he looked at Zoro.

"But if it's the likes of Kaidou or Big Mama the remaining Gods would appear from the heavens and protect us from harm." The man said briefly, "How could they fight a younkou head-on? Even if they are as powerful as you say, that's just stupid." The swordsman said to himself as the man looked at him hearing his question. "With the help of the Isle's songstress, she gives our Gods courage and strength to fight." The man said as he looked at the bothered swordsman.

Tsss. This man is lying. Zoro thought to himself as he remembered what Ace said before, "A handful of unknown groups of people who are on par with a yonkou." The swordsman remembered, "Where can I find these Gods of yours? Zoro asked as the man looked at him rather surprised at his question.

"You are rather interested with our Gods. Hahahaha. Don't tell me you are going fight them." He added and laughed, as the green-haired swordsman on the other hand looked at the old man with a rather serious expression on his face.

Tssss. If this is true, should tell this to Luffy and the others about this? Zoro thought as people started to celebrate as the sounds to drums started playing.

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