Disclaimer: I so wish I owned One Piece. All the male characters would have bisexual tendencies XD
Chapter 22: There's A Sky Island?
(Yuba)
"I guess it's nice to not be killing from time to time." Miss Goldenweek sighed as she ate a rice cracker. It's been several hours since the rest of the Baroque Works agents were tasked with a new assignment; work for the Straw Hat Pirates.
"I can't believe we're being used again." Mr. 5 grunted as he was toting some equipment around.
"Oh, stop your complaining. You heard it from the idiot boss yourself. We can leave anytime we want." Miss Valentine scoffed as she lifted several steel towers up for communication.
"CAN IT YOU TWO! MY BACK PAIN IS SOMEHOW CURED DUE TO THAT DAMN RACOON DOG!" Miss Merry Christmas yelled as she kept digging several holes through the ground.
"You all are lucky we didn't give you up to the Marines so shut it!" Vivi scowled at the lot. She still couldn't trust them after what they almost did to her country.
"My Princess, just say the word and I will end them all." Pell stated with his hand on the hilt of his sword. Mr.5 took a fighting stance quickly. Tension was starting to rise until...
"Calm down Gem baby! Look, we were given a second chance, so let's use this time wisely." Bon Clay grinned as he quickly diffused the situation.
"He's right Princess Vivi. Just give them a chance. Remember they were blindly following orders so they can be free." Kozha patted her on the shoulder as he walked past with a table in hand. Vivi sighed and turned around to stare up at the sky and began wondering on how everyone else was doing.
…...
(On the Straw Hats Ship – near Jaya)
"You know I was wondering how they were able to find out about you all taking down several Baroque Works agents." Robin wondered while sipping her coffee. Meanwhile, there was a ship on the side of them trying to attack them. Gin, Nojiko, Nami, and Chopper were on the other ship trying to take out the enemies but what came as a shock, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were also attacking them also.
"You need to be ready for anything that comes our way. Those bounties just made us even more dangerous than before. The enemies will start to come at us at any chance." Luffy stated as he kicked Gin in the stomach but Gin was actually able to block it briefly which caught Luffy by surprise. Gin used that chance to distance his self from Luffy and blurred past several pirates while slashing them up. Nojiko was busy fighting against several pirates at once. One of them tried to rush in with a thrust but Nojiko swung her body around while extending her snake sword. She slashed several pirates across their chest with her sword but was knocked back when Zoro blurred into sight and swung the hilt of his Wado Ichimonji into her snake sword. Chopper took this opportunity to change into his Kung Fu Point and tried to slam his hooves into Zoro's back, only for Sanji to land a kick into his stomach. Chopper grunted in pain but was able to grab onto Sanji's leg.
"Nami! Now!" Chopper yelled.
"With pleasure. Shave! Thunderlance Tempo!"
Nami yelled out as she blurred past Sanji and reappeared behind him while her Clima Tact sprouted a small thundercloud. Suddenly another thundercloud appeared behind Nami and a bolt of lightning shot towards the other cloud but to the surprise of Chopper and Nami, Sanji wasn't there the lightning went through Chopper instead. Chopper screamed out as he fell to the ground.
"Chopper I am so sorry!" Nami gasped as she took out several pirates also.
"Sanji...you... bastard." Chopper muttered out as he was tossed back onto the Merry. Nojiko was still trying her best to parry most of Zoro's attacks and was surprised when a small compressed slash came from her snake sword.
"Not bad. Looks like someone is unlocking more potential for herself." Zoro smirked and continued to launch a barrage of slashes at her. Nojiko slid out of the way and sprinted past several pirates thus causing some of them to be caught in the onslaught. Nojiko noticed Luffy was wide open due to him fighting against Gin.
"Gin! Let's switch!" Nojiko yelled as she jumped into the air and swung her snake sword at Luffy. Gin nodded in return as he blurred past Nojiko was clashed blades with Zoro.
Nojiko swung her body around and tried to slam her blades into Luffy's chest only for him to clad his self with Armament Haki.
"So, that's Haki?" Nojiko grinned excitedly as she kept trying to slash at him but each time, she tried to connect with his flesh that isn't clad in Haki, he simply countered with an attack of his own. Nojiko decided to try a new tactic. Luffy quirked a brow. Nojiko extended her snake sword around the main boom of the ship and she started to ascend into the air. Luffy smirked and shaved towards her. Nojiko knew Luffy's speed was no joke so she positioned herself in a new stance.
"Insanity Stance: Hell's Scorn!"
Nojiko yelled as her blade began to burn a bright red and she extended towards Luffy like a flaming whip. Luffy weaved out of the way and was about to close in on her until suddenly her blades started to change directions.
"I call this move Mistress Onslaught." Nojiko stated as the blade continued to entrap Luffy but he simply disappeared from sight and appeared behind her.
"Always check your blind spots." Luffy stated as he swung his leg into Nojiko. She had no choice but to block as she was knocked off theoff the boom back onto the deck. Meanwhile...
"Oh. So, you want to try with me?" Zoro grinned as he swung both of blades at Gin with impressive speed. Gin ducked in response and was about to launch a roundhouse kick into Zoro's swords but Sanji came beneath Gin and slammed his feet into Gin's chin. Gin was launched into the air and tried to catch his breath but Zoro was already closing in with the blunt side of his swords. Gin was able to block the attack at the last second as he was sent flying a few centimeters in the air. Sanji zig zagged in the air and was about to slam his leg into Gin's chest until...
"Human Point: Cloven Fist!"
Chopper shouted as he launched himself back onto the ship in a new form. This form was completely different his other forms. Unlike his previous Human Point form, this form of Chopper was leaner, slightly muscular and extremely agile. His nails were 3 inches longer than before. Chopper slammed his fist into Sanji's leg thus causing a small shockwave. The blast was actually powerful enough to send the rest of the pirates flying into the sea. The only pirate that was still left standing was the Captain.
"So, what was your crew named again?" Luffy asked as he dodged several attacks from Nojiko.
"Th-THE ARTHUR PIRATES! YOU ALL WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY CREW!" The pirate known as Wellington pulled a knife from his pocket and rushed towards Nami. Nami only sidestepped out of the way and slammed her heel into his neck. Wellington instantly fell to the ground and passed out.
"Nice form Chopper!" Sanji grinned proudly.
"Thanks. I was gone to save this for when I finally go against a pacisfista but you two managed to piss me off." Chopper grinned as he repelled Sanji back due to his newfound strength. Sanji flipped backwards in the air and noticed Nojiko launched her snake sword around him. Nami came in for the finishing blow but was knocked back due to Zoro releasing a powerful wind slash. Gin slid several feet away but kept his balance. Suddenly Gin took a certain stance.
"Possession: Silence!"
Once again, a scarlet red aura began to emit from Gin's body. Gin blurred from everyone's line of sight so fast it was almost comparable to Sanji's speed. Gin reappeared in front of Zoro and slammed his daggers into Zoro's sword. Small sparks were seen around them. Zoro grinned instantly and repelled Gin's attack but Gin disappeared from sight and reappeared behind him. He was about to launch another attack until a large compressed air slash came into view.
"All right. I think that's enough training for guys today." Zoro spoke up as he was about to sheath his blades until..
"You shitty ass swordsman! You could've damaged my precious Nami & Nojiko!" Sanji sneered. Zoro was about make a retort but Luffy actually chimed in.
"You mean MY Nami?" he muttered with a hint of annoyance in his voice. Sanji only scowled at his comment and launched himself back onto the Merry. Zoro couldn't contain his laughter as he slung several bags of gold onto his shoulder. Surprisingly, the pirates who tried to attack them had a decent amount of treasure on board.
…...
(One Hour Later)
"Now I have to say guys, your training is going along smoothly but I want to you all to keep pushing past your lim-" was all Luffy was able to get out as he was stuffing his face with meat.
"Slow down you idiot! You're going to choke!" Nami yelled at him. Luffy swallowed his food harshly and pouted.
"Now as I was saying... Gin? Your speed and strength are really improving and I'm actually impressed. Zoro was actually about to start warming up and you would've been in a ton of trouble." Luffy smirked.
"Thank you, Don. I'm so happy I can be of use to you guys. I will continue doing my best." Gin kneeled down on one knee. Luffy wasted no time in jumping over the table to tackle Gin to the ground.
"I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Luffy yelled as they were tussling on the ground.
"By the way Gin... Luffy got up from the ground and handed Gin his bounty poster again. I see they dropped the 'Man' part from your poster." Luffy pointed out to him.
"I didn't even notice that till now." Gin stated as a matter of fact.
"Why don't I have a special title like this idiot!?" Ussop joined in. Nami became instantly annoyed because they were making too much noise and as a result, all 3 of them were electrocuted.
"Nojiko? Your versatility and skill have increased since Little Garden and for someone who doesn't like to fight, you sure seem like you were born to fight. Also, for some reason, your sword is emitting quite the killing aura type." Luffy eyes narrowed slightly. Nojiko started to look slightly uneasy also.
"Yeah... there's actually a story behind that but I'd prefer to not talk about it." Nojiko held her hand on her sword gently. Everyone noticed her mood changed.
"Sis. You know you can talk to me about anything." Nami patted her on the shoulder.
"It's ok. I'm just trying to understand this weapon more." Noiko gazed at her weapon.
"I gotta say, I'm impressed with our raccoon dog." Luffy grinned proudly while patting Chopper's hat. Seconds later, Chopper had Luffy in the Boston Crab position. Ussop rushed over to taunt and laugh at him. As the crew were still goofing off, a derelict ship came crashing down from the sky.
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!" Nojiko yelled out in horror.
"Nami Which way should we steer?" Gin yelled in desperation.
"There's no need for that. Luffy chuckled. Gin and Nojiko looked on in confusion. Luckily the ship crashed in a faraway spot so no damage was done to the Going Merry. You see the place we'll be going to is up." Luffy pointed into the sky.
"Up? Both of them spoke out in sync.
"You make it sound like we're going into the sky." Nojiko asked in disbelief.
"Well..." the crew started to act uneasy.
"Wait! THERE'S ISLANDS IN THE SKY!" Nojiko and Gin's eyes widened in surprise.
"Not quite." Robin said. "To be more precise, there is an entire sea up there." Robin smiled while drinking her freshly brewed tea Sanji delivered to her.
"An entire sea?! Nojiko asked skeptically. That's a little hard to believe, but considering everything that's been happening to us already I guess I should be believing this." Nojiko shook her head.
"You see when we get there. Alright! Time to set sail for Sky Island!" Luffy yelled.
"You heard him guys!" Usopp yelled. "Let's go!"
"And how exactly are we going to do that?" Gin asked while Robin sprouted a set of arms and covered Luffy's mouth. "It's not like this ship can sprout wings and fly."
"About that... we're actually about to meet some pretty interesting type of people." Ussop stated. Gin and Nojiko looked confused for a second until they heard a whistle and a group of instruments being played in the distance.
"Salvage! Sal~va~ge!" sang the men on board.
"What's that?" Nojiko asked. They saw a ship bigger than the Going Merry coming towards them.
"All hands! Full stop!" someone shouted.
"AYE AYE, SIR! "This is where the ship sunk?!" The same voice called out.
"AYE AYE, SIR!"
"Boss! That's ME you're referring to!" shouted the man, though he looked more like an ape. Prepare to raise the ship! That sunken ship is now the owner of the Boss of the Masira Pirates, Masira, the Salvage King!" he shouted as he and his men started cheering while making monkey sounds.
"Just what we needed. Gin rolled his eyes. More weirdos."
"Hey, you guys! What are you doing?!" Masira shouted as he looked at the Going Merry. This here's my turf!"
"Your turf?" Nojiko questioned.
"Exactly! Any ships that sink around here are mine! Masira said. "You guys better not be trying to steal what's mine!"
"Is this monkey really serious?" Gin asked with a puzzled expression. "Stop whispering!" Masira shouted.
"We're sorry." Nami shouted. "We didn't mean any harm. We were just trying to find a way to Sky Island!" she said she started to loosen the strap on her bra a little to show some partial cleavage.
"Nami! What are you doing?! This isn't no time to exposing your body!" Luffy yelled in jealousy. Before Luffy could try to stop her, he felt a couple of hands on his body. Zoro and Ussop pinned Luffy to the ground.
"Let the witch work her magic." Zoro groaned as he and Ussop tried to hold Luffy on the ground.
"Get off you idiots! Luffy yelled in annoyance. Gin? Get these fools off me!" Luffy shouted at Gin. Gin merely looked the other way.
"Oh I am so going to kill you bastards when we make it to Jaya." Luffy muttered in annoyance.
"Relax you idiot! Her magic is starting to work already on them." Ussop hushed Luffy as they watched Masira and the pirates become entangled in Nami's web of seduction. Masira's eyes widened at her words.
"Did you just say 'Sky Island Masira asked in a low but extremely flustered voice. Some of his men started to act strange also. What do you need us to Ma'am!?"
"Well you see in that sunken ship, there's a room that has a bottle inside there. Can you all strong, handsome, brave men get it for me? Nami's words were trapping them all in a trance. One by one, several pirates start to dive into the sea. Several of them forgot to grab their scuba gear. The only thing that was on their mind was how she going to reward them.
"Idiots." Luffy grunted as he was finally free. Only a fool wouldn't notice she was using them. Suddenly, Luffy heard a shout from Chopper.
"Ahh! Can someone come help pull this idiot up from going down there!" Chopper yelled while trying to hold onto Sanji. Sanji was in the same trance that Masira and his men were in. Several seconds pass by and Masira remegedremerged with a bottle in his hand.
"Oh wow! Thank you so much! I knew you all were brave and-" was all Nami was able to say until Luffy released a wave of Conqueror's Haki. Only Gin and Nojiko were still trying to get used to Luffy using that power.
"Tch! What did you do that for?" Nami groaned in a slight irritation. "We don't have time to be dealing with those idiots. Let's get going." Luffy ordered as he went to lay on the figurehead of the Merry. Zoro snickered for a while.
"So, the idiot captain was jealous."
…...
(Jaya- 3 hours later)
The crew were on the lookout for Jaya until...
"In a second those birds that are in the air are about to be shot down." Luffy announced to Gin and Nojiko. At first, they both were about to ask him how until they saw a look that they haven't seen on Luffy's face. Anger and malice were the only looks that he showed.
"Luffy. Remember to reign it in. We're only here to get the upgrades to reach Sky Island." Zoro gripped on Luffy's shoulder to help him calm down. The rest of the crew looked on in worry.
"Is there something wrong Don?" Gin asked. Gin looked around for the reason behind the tense atmosphere.
"You see there's a certain guy who was responsible for the deaths of Whitebeard and Luffy brother; Ace." Robin spoke up as she closed her book. Gin and Nojiko eyes widened in shock. Nojiko embraced Luffy in a tight bear hug.
"I'm so sorry Luffy." Nojiko cried. Luffy slightly calmed down but if you looked in his eyes you can still see the malice in them.
"You idiots. That was in the future. As you seen, Ace was just fine in Alabasta." Zoro huffed in irritation.
"Should I come?" Sanji asked he stood on the deck. The crew were about leave the ship until...
"Wait! Who going to watch the ship?" Nojiko asked. Suddenly a clone version of Robin appeared out of thin air.
"I think we just found our solution." Robin smirked.
"Now everyone... stick close." Luffy ordered as the crew departed into town.
…...
(In Town)
As the crew was walking around the town, they've overheard several rumors regarding around 2 men. One of them was named Roshio, and the other was named Bellamy. Apparently, Roshio was a ruthless pirate Captain whose bounty is 42 Million Berries. Well by some type of luck, Roshio won a game of cards against Bellamy. Roshio was about to collect his money until Bellamy stabbed him in his hand. Bellamy on the other hand was even more cruel and sadistic than Roshio. If things don't go his way, he simply eliminates the problem by any cruel means necessary. The crew entered one of the pubs that in town. The crew was expecting tension in the bar but surprisingly the only emotion that was going in the room was fear and shock.
"That's the Straw Hat Pirates! Their bounty is almost over 200 Million Berries.!"
"Why are they looking at us like that?" It's creepy." Nojiko shivered slightly as they walked up to the bar. Still the rest of the crew were silent.
"Guys. Relax. We're just in here to find out information about Sky Island." Luffy laughed coyly. Suddenly the room got intense again as Bellamy and his crew walked in the bar. Bellamy and his crew stared in confusion.
"Who are these weaklings?" Bellamy scowled.
"Wait! That's that one weak ass crew that just started."Sarkies yelled out.
"Rumor has it is the whole crew is worth over 200 Million Berries! Bellamy you can take all these weaklings out yourself." Sarkies yelled while laughing. Bellamy's smirk grew wide.
"You guys are all fucking morons. Don't you know pirates back in the day used to create fake wanted posters to spread rumors about themself." Bellamy laughed at Luffy and his crew. Gin,Nojiko, and Chopper were itching to take them all out but Zoro held up his hand as a "wait" sign.
"All I want to do is find out information about Sky Island." Luffy sighed. Suddenly the bar got silent than erupted in laughter.
"Are you all fucking stupid or high? There isn't a place called Sky Island! Bellamy laughed hysterically. You know I wouldn't let your dumb ass crew join mine, but your ladies can. I have open space for you fine ass broa-" was all Bellamy was able to say until a slash formed on the right side of his cheek. The whole bar was in shock. Behind Bellamy was Gin peering over his shoulder.
"That was strike 3. 3 times you disrespect my crew. I cannot allow you to live." Gin swung both of his daggers around while at Bellamy with icy glare.. Sarkies was the first one to jump up but before he was able to reach Gin, Zoro's blade came only a few centimeters came close to his throat. Bellamy was shocked that someone had the guts to strike him and was about to use his devil fruit power until an explosive wave of Conqueror's Haki was unleashed. The entire island was feeling the side effects. Nearly everyone in the tavern passed out except for Bellamy, Luffy and the crew and several others (which did not go unnoticed by the crew.) Bellamy was kneeling down on one knee in fear.
"This... This is the power that the Boss possesses!" He said to himself.
"You see... I was trying to avoid a confrontation such as this due to my mood at the moment but once again you managed to piss me off. Luffy sighed and grabbed Bellamy's chin. Luffy's expression was filled with rage and complete hatred but for some reason Bellamy felt the hatred wasn't all meant for him. It was actually meant for another person in the room and that person simply started laughing out loud.
"Zehahahahaha! Hey kid! That's why you should never laugh at someone's dreams and underestimate someone." The man known as Blackbeard spoke up as he was devouring some cherry pie. "Hey kid with the straw hat?" Blackbeard grinned at Luffy. "You better be watching you back. Although you have that power, there's plenty of people who can use that power in the New World. Better gather up your forces because there's a storm comin' and only the strongest can survive! Zehahahahaha!" Blackbeard bellowed as he walked out the bar. What Blackbeard didn't notice was Luffy's obsidian colored arm. As Bellamy was trying to regain his composure, he was suddenly grabbed from the back of his neck and was thrown into the corner of the bar. He almost hit someone but all of a sudden, Luffy notices the man's hand glow an eerie white until it made a small sword which he immediately knocked Bellamy into the corner with the back of his sword. What was even more eerie was as soon as the sword connected with Bellamy's back, what looked like white blob exited from his body and entered into the sword. The crew was instantly on guard.
"Interesting technique. Who are you?" Luffy asked while glaring at the newcomer. The man merely smirked in response.
"I'm pretty sure a few of your crew members already know who I am.", the man spoke while giving Luffy direct eye contact.
"Wait Luffy! That's Charlotte Tiramisu?" Ussop yelled out in shock. Nearly everyone gasped in surprise.
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Author Notes:
Whew! Now that's this damn chapter is done...i am terribly sorry for the wait on this chapter. I was dealing with a rough patch these last 3 months but I'm doing much better.
Anyways, did you guys expect this twist? Don't worry there's more! Find out more on the next chapter of Fairy Piece I mean One Piece: Redemption :D
P.s... I only received 1 message from someone who wanted to be a beta , but that person hasn't contact me back so once again I'm looking for more betas or I should say Co-Authors. More authors equal fast updates.
