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The Robin and the Angel

Chapter 5: The Other Half

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Bestial Speaking"

'Bestial Thinking'

Flashback/Past of Character

Transformations/Forms with More Power

No POV:

The whole room froze with shock at the two pirates' words. Luffy turned to Ethan. "Why do you want to beat up God?" he asked. "My goal is bring down as many corrupt leaders and tyrants as I can. This 'God' sounds like one." replied Ethan. "Oh yeah? Well, let's see who can beat God first!" challenged Luffy. "You're on." shot back Ethan. Then Usopp whacked them both in the head. "You're both idiots!" he yelled. "We're still going." they said stubbornly. "Well, lets see if Nami is back." said Sanji with hearts for eyes. When they walked outside towards the beach however, they had an encounter with a bunch of crawling Skypeians. "Who the hell are these perverts?" said Sanji. "I am Captain McKinley of the White Berets! You Blue Sea people are illegal trespassers! Because you've only committed a Class 11 crime, you just need to pay 10,000,000,000 extols for every crew member." said McKinley. "How much is that in beri?" asked Usopp. "1 beri is 10,000 extols." said captain. "So we need to pay 8,000,000 beri." noted Robin. "That's too expensive!" yelled out Sanji. "We need to stall!" said Usopp. However, every action they did (namely Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, Sanji, and Zoro) resulted in another penalty, until they reached the Class 7 crime. Suddenly, a loud roar was heard. "Oh Nami! Just in time! We need to pay 8,000,000 beri to pay a fine!" Yelled out Usopp. "8,000,000...beri?" she muttered ominously. Her eyes became shadowed by her hair, and she stepped down on the pedal. "THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE!" she screeched as she bashed McKinley in the face with the waver. "How dare you! You're now Class 5 criminals! You're sentenced to cloud drifting!" yelled the White Berets. "What's that?" asked Nami. "Sounds like we drift around until we fall off the island. Perhaps that's why the ship we saw falling from the sky earlier this week crashed down in the sea after 200 years." said Robin. "No! We're too young to die!" yelled out Nami and Usopp. "Well, I have an idea to get out of this punishment." said Ethan. "What is it?" asked the two with tears of joy running down their cheeks. Ethan walked over and smashed an officer into a tree with a fist. "Simple!" he said, his glowing blue eyes meeting with two pairs of horrified ones. "We just get a class of offense that'll give us a better death sentence!" "THAT'S YOUR PLAAAAAANN?!" screamed Usopp and Nami. "Ah, quit whining, it sounds like a good plan." said Zoro. "Yeah, maybe the death sentence will be going to the Upper Yard!" said Luffy in an excited voice. The three plus Sanji proceeded to beat up the rest of the White Berets. "You did it now! You're all Class 2 criminals and have been sentenced to the Upper Yard! May the Priests bring God's wrath upon you!" yelled McKinley. Then he and his officers crawled away. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Ethan grinned each other. "Yeah, it worked! Now we can go to the Upper Yard!" whooped Luffy. Ethan smirked, then grew pale with fear. He quickly grew his wings and flew away towards the ship in terror. "Hey where are you goi..." Luffy trailed off as he saw the face of absolute death behind him. He screamed as Nami gave him, Sanji, and Zoro the worst beating they've ever got in their lives. "COME BACK HERE, YOU!" she screamed to the retreating figure of Ethan. She picked up a large chunk of the tree from earlier and hurled it at Ethan, who was knocked off the sky and sent crashing onto the ship. "Geez, we should get some provisions and get out of here." said Nami. Sanji elected to go and Luffy followed. Usopp decided to go as well for some tools and dials. The rest went into the ship, where they saw Ethan strapping a few plates of armor on his arms and legs, pulling on a pair of armored gloves, and strapping a thin chest plate under his trenchcoat that didn't cover his back. To top it all off, he wore a mask that covered his hair and face. The face plate looked like his Rank 1 form's face. "What are you doing?" asked Robin, curious. "This is what I usually wear for large-scale battles in case my Haki gets exhausted. Don't touch the armor or the mask, it's seastone." warned Ethan. Robin laughed. "What's so funny?" asked Ethan. "Oh nothing, it's just that you look like my knight with shining armor." said Robin with a sly smile. Ethan's mask turned red and steam was expelled from beneath the mask. Just then, Nami walked over and smashed Ethan's face on the deck. "That's for getting us into trouble!" yelled Nami. "I would've gone anyway, God needs to be taught a lesson. After all, it seems he's oppressing his own subjects." said Ethan. Nami was about to retort until the ship shook. "What was that?" asked Nami. Suddenly, the ship began to move. Zoro peered off the side of the boat. "Hey, a shrimp is moving the ship!" he exclaimed. "What?" yelled out Chopper. "Well, I suppose this is the start of God's wrath." said Robin with a frown. "Cheer up Robin, we're going on an adventure!" said Ethan enthusiastically. "TAKE ME BACK!" yelled Nami in despair.

After a while, the ship was dropped off on top of an alter. Before that, they were chased by sky fish and went down a canal made out of clouds. "Just what is with this island?" Nami groaned. "Hmm, looks pretty peaceful to me." commented Zoro. "What is this place anyway?" asked Chopper. "An alter. We must be sacrifices." said Ethan. "In other words, our lives now belong to God. He can kill us if he wants to." added Robin. "What?!" screamed Chopper before tumbling off the ship. He fell all the way to the bottom step of the alter before Robin's hands caught him. But then, a strange shark leaped from the lake around the alter. Chopper shrieked again. Before the shark ate Chopper however, Zoro blocked it with his swords. Unfortunately, he fell in. "ZORO! Oh no, what if he was eaten?!" yelled Chopper, who at this point was back on the ship. "Must've been a sky shark. I wonder if he's dead." commented Ethan. "If he's dead, the clouds would be red." said Robin. "You're both heartless!" yelled Nam. The two tilted their heads in confusion. "We are?" they asked. "You two are hopeless!" yelled Chopper. Then Zoro came up, still in holding off the sky shark, before going back through the clouds. Ethan sighed. "Guys, strengthen your minds now. What I'm going to do will knock out the weak-willed." he said. He then closed his eyes. After a moment, he snapped them open. The effect was instantaneous. Sky sharks floated belly-up all over the lake, completely knocked out. Chopper and Nami visibly shook. Only Robin and Zoro, who surfaced, were unaffected. "What was that?" asked Nami. "Conqueror's Haki. The weak-willed gets knocked out. I think Idiot Captain has the potential to use it, since he wants to be the Pirate King so bad and he seems to gain allies without trying." replied Ethan. Everyone looked surprised at his assessment of Luffy. Robin then walked down the steps of the alter. She noticed some writing similar to poneglyph letters and began to read. Meanwhile, Ethan also went down and slashed off a bit of stone. He then crushed it into powder and poured it into a test tube. Robin frowned. "I wish you won't do that, Ethan-kun." she said. "Sorry, I just like to test for certain qualities of things and store it away." replied Ethan. Robin sighed, then smiled. "Are you an alchemist or an archaeologist?" she asked in an amused voice. "I have many interests." replied Ethan. Then Zoro said he wanted to go on the land. "Why? asked Nami. "To meet God. I'm going to fight him." said Zoro. "Get in line. Me and Luffy already have a contest of a sort. The one who kicks God's ass wins." said Ethan. Zoro smirked. "Aren't you two afraid of God?" asked Nami in a surprised tone. "Sorry, we never prayed to him before." they answered. Chopper had stars for eyes. Nami on the other hand... "Oh God, please, spare me from your wrath. And may I note that I don't know these men." said Nami while crying comically. "Coward." muttered Ethan, which earned him a punch to the head. Zoro then noticed a vine. "That looks usable." he said pointing at it. "Yes, you're right." said Robin. "Eh, I think I'll fly." said Ethan. Zoro snorted, then grabbed the vine and swung. When he reached the other side, he threw it back to Robin, who also swung towards towards the other side. Ethan, true to his words, flew to the other side. "Wait, you're all going?" asked Nami in a fearful voice. "Yes." they said. "You and Chopper are in charge of the ship." ordered Zoro. "Okay!" the two in question said wholeheartedly. Ethan sweat dropped. After saying goodbye, the trio walked off.

After walking for half an hour, Ethan stopped and seemed to look surprised under his mask. "What is it?" asked Zoro. "I saw something strange." was Ethan's only reply. He then ran up a slanted tree and began to walk on the thick branches of the forest. The others followed. "How curious, how curious." Ethan muttered under his breath. "What is?" asked Zoro as they walked on the branches. "I have a theory about this island." said Ethan. "So do I." replied Robin. Zoro just groaned. "Are we there yet?" he asked as he slashed a sky shark that came from a river below. Ethan shook his head. After walking a bit more, Ethan stopped and pulled off his mask in amazement before replacing it. "We're here." he said. They all had shocked looks on their faces, for before them on the edge of the island, there was half a castle. "This must've been part of Jaya long time ago." said Ethan. "What could've pushed half an island all the way up the sky? asked Zoro. "The Knock Up Stream is the only way." said Robin. Then Zoro realized something. "That must mean that the City of Gold is here!" he exclaimed. With this information, the three immediately went back (Ethan literally had to drag Zoro to keep him on track). When they got back, they saw Chopper, Nami, and surprisingly, Gan Fall. They were heavily injured, and the Going Merry seemed to have sustained heavy damage. "What happened here?" asked Ethan. They proceeded to explain that one of the priests, a Skypeian named Shura, attacked the ship. They described his fire-based techniques and that in the end they had to enlist the help of Gan Fall. Then both Chopper and Nami punched Zoro and Ethan. "What was that for?!" they yelled. "If you hadn't gone into the island, then we could've gone free once Luffy and his group arrived!" they screamed back. "Sorry, but we really want to beat up God." they replied. Nami smashed them into the ground again. "Ow. How the heck are you punching my war gear and still hurting me? Tell me your secret!" begged Ethan. "What secret?" she asked. Just then, Luffy and his gang came to view. "Hey guy-WHOA! YOU HAVE ARMOR?! SO COOL! I WANT ONE TOO!" yelled out Luffy as his eyes turned brighter than the sun. He immediately stretched his arms toward Ethan. "Wait! Don't touch it idiot, it's...seastone." trailed off Ethan as Luffy got weakened. "Nami-swan~! Robin-chwan~! I completed the Ordeal of Love for you!" cried out a certain pervy cook. "Seems that Hit-the-Target/Pervy Cook is back." grumbled Zoro and Ethan. "What did you say, Mosshead, Shitty Alchemist?" Sanji said with his face right up close. "You heard us." said the insulting duo. The three immediately fought with each other, until Nami began to bust some heads. "How does she do that?" muttered Ethan to himself. Then, Zoro told the other 5 members who weren't in his group about their findings and assumptions. "So you're saying that the the City of Gold is in this island?" asked Nami. Robin nodded. Nami had beri symbols for eyes. "Your greediness has no bounds. You've plundered 500,000,000 beri worth of my treasure back in El Dorado and still want more." said Ethan. "But that's okay. It gives me all the more reason why to keep calling you 'Greedy Guide'." All of a sudden, Ethan found himself lifted into the air and tossed towards the ground. He crashed straight through a tree face first and found himself embedded in the ground. Nami huffed, then turned around to see all the males hiding and edging away from her. "Well? Hurry up and make camp!" she yelled at them. "Yes, ma'am!" they barked out while saluting.

Ethan (who removed his armor) and Zoro were sent to forage for food while Luffy and Usopp were sent to find fire wood. Robin walked off somewhere else on her own. Sanji was getting his cooking utensils ready while Chopper was sorting through his herbs. Nami was supervising. "Hey, would this count as food?" asked Ethan and Zoro as they dragged two sky sharks each behind them. They also carried a basketful of fruits and vegetables each. "Are you sure those fruits aren't poisonous?" said Nami. "I figured you'd say that, so I ate a piece of each kind first to see if I was going to die. I didn't, so this haul should be okay." Ethan replied. Nami sweat-dropped. Later, everyone got together at last. Luffy and Usopp were chanting about having a campfire. "Won't the smoke show our location and attract the priests?" asked Robin. "We always need a campfire!" yelled Luffy. "Luffy, don't yell at her, it's not her fault she's not knowledgeable." said Usopp. Robin frowned. Ethan sighed. "All three of you are right. We need a campfire, but we can't reveal our locations to our enemies. Luckily, I can solve both problems." he told them. After a few minutes, a smokeless and blazing orange-blue fire came to life. "Good thing I had a few chunks of anthracite with me. Also..." said Ethan as he whirled at the two young men with glowing blue eyes. "If you insult Robin-chan's intelligence again, I'll make Nami's beatings look tame." he said in a dark voice. Luffy and Usopp started to sweat. "We're sorry..." they said to Robin, who nodded. After they went away, Robin turned to Ethan. "Thank you." she said as she smiled. Ethan shrugged. "What can I say, your knowledge isn't something to be mocked." said Ethan nonchalantly. "Fufufu." laughed Robin. Then Sanji announced that it was time for dinner. "Well then, see you at dinner, Ethan-kun." said Robin. Then she did something surprising. She kissed Ethan on the cheek, then walked away with a slightly red face. Ethan just stood there with a steaming face for a full minute before mechanically walking towards his crew, all the while humming a tune. When he reached them, he was confronted by Sanji. "Hey, did you do anything weird today?" he asked. "No, nothing at all." replied Ethan absently. "That's funny. Why did I feel as if I needed to kill him...?" said Sanji to himself as he walked away. Ethan sat down with the group and began to eat. While they were eating, Usopp started to ask for reports. At this, Ethan snapped back to reality. "All the priests and Enel know how to use Mantra. In other words, they can predict movement and know where people are, depending on the range." said Gan Fall, who was awake. "Enel?" asked Usopp. "He's the current God, the one who overthrew me." replied Gan Fall. "Anyway, this Mantra you speak of, I know of it. It's known as Observation Haki in the Blue Sea." said Ethan. "Not only that, I can use it." Gan Fall asked about Haki, to which Ethan told him about the three kinds of Haki and their different abilities and traits. Gan Fall was amazed. "You mean there are many kinds of Mantra?" he asked. Ethan nodded. Sanji then gave his report. "Satori, the Priest we fought, was able to use clouds to fight. He hid stuff in these balls of clouds and we never knew what's in them. He also used dials. I think all the other priests uses the same tactics." he said. The others nodded. "Anyway, we discovered that the Upper Yard was once part of Jaya. Those two think that it was because of the Knock Up Stream that this land is on the sky." said Zoro as he pointed at Robin and Ethan. "So that's what Noland meant!" cried out Nami. Everyone looked at her. She started to explain that the last entry of Liar Noland said the the City of Gold was in the skull's right eye. When she connected the map of Jaya with the map of Skypeia, it formed a skull. "That's where the gold must be located at!" exclaimed Nami as she pointed at the right eye. The crew grinned, then started to cheer. "Right! It's settled! First we sleep, then we head out for the City of Gold!" yelled Luffy. "YEAH!"

Ethan's POV:

While the others slept, I stayed awake, sitting with my back against a tree. I could't stop thinking about what I'll do when I meet this God. Then I thought about Robin. Why did she kiss me? Why does my heart feel like it's bursting? I was suddenly torn away from my thoughts when I felt a presence in front of me. I blinked. "Robin?"

Chapter 5 end.

Hello! In the next chapter, Ethan is going to tell Robin what he can remember about his past. That's all for today! See ya!