Hi guys Azza here!
Reviews
DarkFireCat - So far I haven't planned anything with Rising of the Shield Hero and to answer your other question that is partially true a God can interfere if given permission by the Council.
Shadow465 - Shenanigans will come my friend do not fear! As for the new bounties I think the way these ones were revealed in canon was well done so they will be revealed at that time.
Baranx - Being contained in the SCP Universe doesn't really mean anything especially for some of the stronger SCP's and even then there are some who simply cannot be contained and choose to voluntarily like that teenage Cuthulu SCP. But yeah those are basically my reasons for being hesitant to put SCP's in simply because many of them are written in such a way that they are designed to be unbeatable through almost all means (though the Endless IKEA one I would love to put in because its my favorite haha!)
As for Natsu being classified as an SCP I do wonder how he would be classified because I feel that the Anti would give him Keter Class since he could destroy and corrupt everything with it but without it he could technically fall under the Euclid Class since he's not actually hostile to humanity and his powers whilst dangerous aren't being misused like many of the SCP's do with their own as they mercilessly attack humanity trying to destroy it.
Actually now that I think about it what Anti could potentially do if Natsu just went full psycho with it is actually similar to the SCP from Site 13 where it just corrupts and destroys everything, warping reality and just all around being quite unpleasant.
Guest - Some people do know but they are the people in higher positions of power, the ones you are probably referring to use the phrases "This World" or "Our World" in a more general sense. For example let's say you were talking about space you would say "Our World" instead of saying "Planet Earth" though in the One Piece Verse there are like seven moons or something orbiting the planet with at least one of them confirmed to hold life so the world is no stranger to beings beyond their sky.
But anyway that aside I use "This world" or "Our World" in a general sense also because I don't believe that the One Piece world actually has had its name revealed yet though I could be wrong on that but I'm positive that only the various seas are spoken of.
Anyway all that aside on with the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
Discussions And A Ship From The Sky
/Natsu's POV/
Night had fallen on the ship and Natsu sat comfortably on the main deck waiting for Luffy to show up remembering the conversation earlier that day and Shanks' letter.
"Not stressing out about all this I hope?"
"As if I'd need to stress out about something like this Ahnk," Natsu scoffed as he heard the door to the kitchen area open as Luffy and Zoro emerged and began making their way over toward him.
"Scared of rejection perhaps?"
"We were already given a place on the crew and the kid doesn't seem like he's capable of lying."
"Don't let his outward appearance deceive you he was able to defeat that Warlord despite the mountain load of evidence that says he should have been destroyed."
Humming in response Natsu watched as Zoro took a seat across from him, a bottle of rum in his hand as Luffy sat down next to him with a slab of meat in his hand.
"So why discuss this with me away from your crew?"
"The letter said that both you and Shanks wanted this kept private, Shanks doesn't say that without a good reason."
Natsu raised an eyebrow in response at the serious tone of the kid, well teen, before him. He still ate in a goofy fashion and yet he maintained a serious tone and demeanour the entire time, an admirable trait for someone so young.
"I assume you're here because you're the Vice Captain and need to be in the know about whatever this is?"
"More or less," Zoro replied as Natsu nodded.
"So what is it Shanks said to you?"
"His letter said quite a lot really but the gist of it was he told me about what you really are," Luffy said as he waved a hand at him to emphasise his point.
"About my status as a higher being?"
"And his as well," Luffy replied taking another bite of the meat as Natsu nodded.
"And what do you two think about that?"
"Honestly I think it's awesome," Luffy replied with a grin. "From the moment I saw you I knew you were strong but to think you're as strong as Shanks is really something else!"
"But that brings up a bit of a problem," Zoro added as he looked Natsu in the eye. "Normally the Captain of the ship is supposed to be the strongest person here yet you could supposedly beat us all without breaking a sweat."
"It's true that I could do that however I've got no interest in trying to take any sort of real leadership role," Natsu replied as he leant back against the railing behind him. "I decided to join you because you guys seem like fun to be around and you just so happen to be travelling the world which will allow me to complete my tasks Shanks assigned me."
"Yeah he mentioned those," Luffy said nodding in understanding at his reasoning for not wanting to challenge him for the Captain's position. "He also asked for another favour in the letter though it says you can say no if you want."
"What was it?"
"He wants you to train us to what he describes is a 'reasonable level' before we get too far into the Grand Line," Zoro explained as Natsu raised an eyebrow curiously.
"A reasonable level he said?"
"That's just what the letter said yeah," Luffy replied with a shrug.
"I'm gonna have to ask him to define what a 'reasonable level' actually is because I've got no clue how strong some of the people on the Grand Line even are."
"You don't have to train us if you don't want to," Luffy said surprising Natsu and even Zoro as the pair looked at him in a mixture of shock and confusion. "Sure you just joined the crew and we're all about sharing and working together and stuff but you shouldn't have to feel like it's a job to train us."
"So you would accept not being trained by me knowing a little bit about what I am?"
"Well yeah," Luffy replied instantly as Natsu openly gaped at him like a fish. "Before we hit the Grand Line we ran into this guy who was the strongest swordsman in the world and he beat Zoro with a shitty penknife yet Zoro didn't immediately go begging him for training and instead swore that he'd never lose again."
"I see where you're going with this now Luffy," Zoro said as a knowing smirk etched its way onto his face. "Sure we've encountered some tough opponents but none of them have been so overwhelming that we couldn't beat them so until that day we continue along as we always have done, learning alongside one another and fine tuning our skills as we normally would."
"Yeah," Luffy grinned as the trio heard the kitchen door open as Sanji walked over toward them and sat down.
"Just at a glance I can tell that you three are the strongest in the crew, well you were until Seilah, Mordred and myself joined. Compared to the rest of the trash I encountered back in Alabasta and even the others you three are so far ahead so I'm curious to see where you three go in terms of power."
"Hold on what are we talking about," Sanji asked confused as Natsu decided to fill him in on the letter Shanks gave to Luffy and what he truly was. "Well shit …"
"Now I'm gonna be brutally honest compared to me you three are ants," Natsu said as all three sent scowls his way prompting Natsu to raise a hand to calm them. "Yes you three are ants now but that being said if you were to direct your training in a certain direction I'm almost positive you three would surpass quite a large number of the fools calling themselves Pirates and Marines."
"What do you mean by 'direct our training in a certain direction,' do you mean like a specific discipline," Zoro asked as Natsu pondered the question for a moment.
"Zoro you are a sword user correct," Natsu asked as the man nodded swiftly. "And you specialize in the Three Sword Style right?"
"Yeah that's the style I've used since I was a kid, taught it to myself so I could surpass someone."
"And I'm guessing that if you drop down to two swords your combat effectiveness decreases does it not, with it further degrading should you be forced to use only one?"
"W-well yeah …"
"Then already you understand what I mean," Natsu said with a smile. "Its fine to specialize in one kind of style however there will be foes who can get around certain styles and if that happens to you what will you do then?"
"So what you're saying is to basically train ourselves up in something that's within our field of expertise but something our opponents wouldn't be expecting," Sanji asked as Natsu nodded.
"Yeah that's the gist of it. You are all wanted by the Marines and likely by other Pirates looking to screw you over for a quick profit and it's alright to say 'well I'll just beat them up and that'll be that' but in reality as you get closer and closer to your dreams your enemies will become smarter, more versatile and easily adapt to combat on the fly so it helps to have an ace or two up your sleeve."
"So you think if I master the One and Two Sword Styles as well as the Three Sword Style that I'll be harder to take down?"
"Perhaps you will but remember mastering techniques is but one aspect of combat the others lie in your own attributes. Zoro, if I pulled out a pistol and shot you right now and you had a sword in your hand could you block the bullet? Could you cut the bullet clean in two? Could you feel the bullet coming and dodge in time to avoid its flight path?"
"I'm guessing you can do that," Zoro asked as Natsu nodded in response.
"It's kind of hard to demonstrate but Luffy you remember that attack you hit Crocodile with?"
"Yeah that was my Gum Gum Gatling," Luffy replied as the two stood up.
"Do you think you could attack me with that as fast as you can without damaging the ship?"
"Yeah that shouldn't be a problem," Luffy replied with a grin. "Oh yeah by the way I'm a rubber man in case you didn't know why I can stretch."
"I kind of figured that out," Natsu chuckled in response as the pair stood at the centre of the deck with Natsu maintaining a casual stance. "All right now all three of you pay attention to what I'm about to do because one day you three should be able to do this too."
"So do you want me to attack?"
"Yeah fire away Luffy."
"All right here goes, Gum Gum: Gatling!"
Luffy unleashed a barrage of punches which left several visual afterimages however Zoro and Sanji couldn't help but gape in shock as Natsu stood there stock still with all the punches going around him.
"H-how!"
"This isn't some kind of trick I mean he's standing right there!"
"Actually if you want to be technical I've been moving from the start but you three were simply too slow to see me do it," Natsu replied as he began walking forward until he tapped Luffy on the nose. "Hit."
"How the hell did you do that!"
"It was like the attacks were simply phasing through you!"
"Heightened awareness will allow you to perform feats that might seem impossible for regular humans," Natsu said as he appeared behind Zoro and Sanji to tap them on the shoulder only to vanish and reappear next to Luffy the moment they turned around. "Believe it or not but people can swing swords as fast as I moved just then to tap you guys on the shoulder or possibly cripple you with a barrage of punches in a matter of seconds."
"So we train our awareness then," Sanji asked slightly confused as Natsu nodded yet again.
"It is arguably one of the most important areas you need to be fully committed to mastering alongside your stamina. Your foe can have all the strength in the world but it doesn't mean anything if they cannot even see you as you move as I just demonstrated with Luffy's Gatling attack."
"So how does one train to increase their awareness?"
"Well the way I did it involved meditation," Natsu explained as the three gained curious looks. "Basically you first need to hold the confidence within yourself to actually avoid the attacks, even should you get hit by some."
"So you need to be confident and believe that the enemy won't be able to scratch you before the first blow is even on the mind of a combatant," Zoro asked for clarification prompting Natsu to nod furiously.
"That's exactly right however you must ensure that you do not allow that confidence to trick you into thinking you are beyond your opponent! To believe too much in your ability to naturally avoid attacks you will succumb to overconfidence and set yourself up for a fall."
"So technically this is a controlling your emotions thing," Sanji asked.
"Emotions play a large role yes for you see when Luffy threw those punches I walked in believing that there was an even chance of me dodging the attacks as well as being hit by them."
"With that level of speed yeah right," Zoro scoffed as the four began to chuckle quietly.
"I know that I'm on a whole other level but I'm being genuine when I say that, I truly went in believing there was a fifty fifty chance of Luffy hitting me."
"So that's how you balance it out is it?"
"It's part of it but you all should keep in mind that you are your own people and what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. For Zoro he might instead think that his opponent won't be able to block his swords but has a fair chance of disarming him after a combo which means he will subconsciously refrain from performing them in battle."
"Man this is a lot to remember," Luffy groaned scratching his head though Natsu could tell he understood the gist of what he was saying.
"Don't feel bad I'm cramming years worth of training into you guys over the course of ten minutes, skill like that doesn't come to you overnight."
"Figures," Sanji snorted as he took a drag from his cigarette. "I'm guessing you've barely scratched the surface on being able to dodge like that?"
"Oh yeah you guys have so much to learn," Natsu chuckled as the four fell into a comfortable silence.
"So does anyone have any idea where we're heading next," Zoro asked after several minutes as the group collectively shook their heads.
"I think Robin might know because she's been going along the Grand Line for a long time," Natsu replied as his eyes moved toward the kitchen where the rest of the crew were.
"Ask her later about it would ya, we're running out of booze on the ship!"
"Stupid mosshead you don't demand answers from a lady!"
"Shut up you perverted cook at least I could ask her a question without turning into a bumbling mess!"
"So since we're out here having this little group bonding session and you guys know a bit about me how about telling me a little bit about yourselves?"
That seemed to be enough to defuse the situation between the Vice Captain and the Cook as the two scowled at one another before looking away as Luffy happily went first.
"Well I was born in the East Blue and was raised by Makino, she's kind of like an older Sister to me I guess … OH and I was raised by a hag of a mountain bandit by the name of Dadan!"
"Well I'm Zoro and I was also born in the East Blue and from an early age I always liked swords so when I came across a dojo I beat everyone there except for one person then kind of just freeloaded off of them for a few years before becoming a bounty hunter."
"And then a Pirate?"
"Yeah well there was this little shit named Helmeppo who used his Dad's position as the commanding officer of the Marines in that area to have me tied up to a cross for like a week until Luffy came along and showed me he was full of shit."
"As for me I'm from the North Blue, got orphaned at a young age and ended up being picked up by an old geezer named Zeff who is one of the best chefs around and he taught me his trade."
Natsu could tell Sanji was avoiding his gaze but let the man be, everyone had their secrets after all.
"Well you guys know my name but I'll give you the formal introduction. Right so I'm Natsu Dragneel and I'm not from this world as you already know I'm from a place called Earthland where if I was still there I'd be the strongest person on the planet and … yeah that's about it."
"Not gonna give us any kind of idea about your life?"
"I would but I've done quite a lot and I'm a lot older than I look."
"Well how old are you," Sanji asked prompting Natsu to smirk.
"Well since I'm not a lady I can't worm my way out of answering so I guess I'll tell you, I'm eighty fiveish, I often forget my age until someone else who has been keeping track tells me."
Three jaws simultaneously dropped as Luffy, Zoro and Sanji openly gaped at him unable to believe just how old he was despite looking slightly older than them.
"Y-you're an old geezer," Luffy blurted out after several moments prompting the four to burst into fits of laughter once again as Natsu found himself finding the fact that he could laugh at his age amusing … well amusing!
"I suppose we should be getting back inside before the others think we've gone and killed each other," Zoro said as he rose to his feet and lazily began to stroll back toward the kitchen with Luffy following shortly after.
"Oi Natsu can I ask you something?"
"Sure what's up Sanji?"
"You can use that teleporting ability to go just about anywhere right?"
"Yeah I can."
"If I was ever in need of supplies would you be up for taking me to a market somewhere to buy stuff?"
"Sure I've got no problem with that, for a minute there with that serious demeanour I thought we were about to have some kind of problem!"
"Nah I just felt like I should ask since I don't want you to think I'm trying to abuse your unique power or anything it's just that with the way Luffy eats …"
"Look its fine Sanji don't worry about it I'm not an asshole or anything so feel free to ask for my help if you need it, we're crewmates and friends now after all aren't we?"
"True," Sanji replied with a grin. "Thanks Natsu."
"No problem, besides its always the smartest option to get brownie points with the master chef who is supposed to cook all of your meals," Natsu joked as the two began walking back to the kitchen. "Perhaps my portion could be the same size as the girls' ones though, for my troubles …"
"I think that can be arranged," Sanji smirked in response as the pair walked inside fully prepared to stuff themselves before heading to bed.
Later on that night after the others had gone to sleep Natsu had slipped out from underneath the tangerine tree and moved to stand on the main deck as he looked out across the endless expanse of ocean in every direction.
"You wished to speak with me Master," Seilah asked quietly prompting Natsu to nod as she moved to stand next to him.
"I have a mission for you Seilah, well several actually, and I trust you to carry them out in whichever you believe is the most important at the time."
"Of course Master what do you need me to do?"
"Firstly I want you to hunt down any and all information you can find out about Robin, something just doesn't add up about her and the way she's trying to worm her way into my good graces right after being ditched by Crocodile."
"You believe she may have some kind of alternate agenda?"
"It's just a theory but it is entirely possible yes, no human becomes trusting toward another so soon after being betrayed so there is definitely something going on. What her motives are specifically I cannot say but I would rather know just in case."
"Fair enough Master," Seilah replied recording Natsu's request in a small notebook. "Your next task?"
"I need information on this world, anything and everything of relevance from current political climate, social and economic structure and hierarchies, notable leaders and figureheads, you know the drill."
"Of course Master that shouldn't take me too long to compile."
"I also want you to seek out our allied Servants; King Hassan should be in this realm somewhere as should Arthuria, Gilgamesh, Altera, Ozymandias and all the others. If they have some kind of alliance going then it stands to reason that they all are located near each other."
"I think I shall focus on that task whilst researching this world for you Master and move it to my top priority should I find any useful information."
"Thank you Seilah, you may access forty percent of my power should you need it but if you require any more than that expect me to make a personal appearance."
"Understood Master," Seilah replied with a slight bow. "By the way I have made a little progress with my newfound powers but I have yet to converse with the entity that lies within them."
"That's alright Seilah I didn't expect the entity to come forward so soon, give yourself some time and I'm sure you will establish contact."
"I hope so Master because that power if I could harness it properly it would give me numerous advantages that would better aid you in the long run."
"You are beginning to ramble Seilah," Natsu replied with a smile prompting Seilah to blush slightly in embarrassment. "I'll see you soon."
"See you soon Master," Seilah sighed as she opened a portal and vanished leaving Natsu to once more stare out at the ocean, watching as the sun slowly rose upon the sea bringing forth the first signs of light.
He stood stock still for quite some time content in simply watching the sun rise as the night was replaced with the day though there was still no signs of the crew rousing from their sleep, even Mordred had opted to rest in order to be better prepared for the day to come leaving him now utterly alone.
"If you plan on brooding please just find a way to off me!"
"Consider it part of your punishment Ahnkseram, dealing with me contemplating my life on a biweekly basis."
"You should really get a hobby I think it would do you some good."
"As if …"
"I'm actually being serious Natsu," Ahnkseram snapped back with surprising force. "You need an outlet for your emotions that isn't fighting or planning future fights, find something calm and relaxing to do instead of that and I promise you'll brood less than before."
"And just what would you suggest I do Ahnkseram?"
"Well you could write stories, paint or sketch things, build miniature models of things, go fishing …"
"Quite a large number of options," Natsu sighed prompting Ahnkseram to snicker in response.
"Oh yes but that is all the more brilliant since it means there is definitely something out there for you and all we must do is find it!"
Natsu hummed in agreement and was about to respond when he noticed a dark shadow quickly cover the sea and the deck of the ship. Narrowing his eyes he looked upward and couldn't help but gasp.
"Is it normal for stuff like this to happen around here?"
"Who knows but you'd better stop it before it crushes the ship and kills our new friends," Ahnkseram replied as Natsu raised his right arm becoming coated in a dark purple Aura as he pushed his Gravity Magic out toward the rapidly approaching object.
"WHAT THE HELL," Natsu heard Usopp screech which was quickly followed by the rest of the crew bursting from their quarters only to freeze in place.
"Calm down I'll handle it," Natsu sighed as his Gravity Magic halted the object and the surrounded debris leaving it hovering several metres above the ship's mast.
"What the hell happened out here," Nami cried as she ran over to where Natsu was standing. "Where did that galleon ship come from!"
"Would you believe me if I said it literally fell out of the sky?"
"Don't be ridiculous there's no way that a ship that big came from the sky!"
Natsu sighed as he moved the ship out of the path of the Merry and let it land safely in the water next to them dumping buckets of water onto the already cross Navigator who smacked him in the back of the head.
"You did that on purpose!"
"Maybe …"
"Did the ship really fall from above us Natsu," Robin asked as Natsu nodded in response.
"I was standing right here watching the sunrise and then all of a sudden the whole area was covered by a massive shadow so I looked up and bam its literally right there."
"That ship looks pretty old," Zoro commented as bits of it finally settled in the water giving everyone a chance to look at it properly.
"We should explore it," Luffy said suddenly as all eyes snapped toward him though Natsu was surprised to see Nami's had changed into the symbol for Berries, the currency of this world as she clasped her hands together grinning.
"Who knows how much money you might be able to find me!"
"It wouldn't all be for you," Zoro sighed. "Doubt you'll even be the one to go down there."
"Shut up mosshead no one asked for your opinion!"
"What'd you say perverted cook-!"
"Shut up for a minute," Natsu snapped as he smacked the pair over the back of their heads. "Do any of you geniuses even have a way to go down and explore that thing; it's probably flooded by now!"
"I might be able to find a way just give me a minute," Usopp said as he ran inside leaving the rest of the crew to look at the destroyed ship.
"You know Natsu I think I may have an idea as to how this ship fell from the sky," Robin said as she looked upward with narrowed eyes.
"Really? Well please do enlighten me Robin," Natsu replied with a grin prompting Robin to giggle softly into her hand.
"I believe that the ship fell from what is known as a Sky Island, looking at Nami's Log Pose I can only deduce that there is one above us right now."
"What what's this about my Log Pose," Nami asked in confusion only to gasp upon seeing it pointing directly upward. "What the …"
"What's a Sky Island, aside from the obvious of course," Natsu asked as Robin adopted a look Natsu had decided to dub as her 'lecturer mode' from now on.
"As the name suggests a Sky Island is an island said to exist on top of a large gathering of clouds, rumour even has it that there are entire civilizations living up there who have little to no knowledge of what goes on down here."
"An island that is being held up by the clouds there's no way that's real," Nami said though it was obvious that she did believe at least some of it.
"Everything that humans can imagine is a possibility in reality Nami," Natsu replied in response. "You live in a world where people can eat a magical fruit and gain strange powers yet you refuse to believe an island exists on a cloud?"
"W-well I mean it just doesn't sound physically possible!"
"Your Log Pose says otherwise."
"It could be broken," Nami replied weakly as Natsu shook his head.
"The idea of a Sky Island is believable Nami and in time you'll come to believe it too."
"Natsu's right Nami," Sanji said taking a drag from his cigarette. "It is said that in the Grand Line there are all sorts of strange islands that defy logic and reason, a Sky Island isn't really that hard to believe especially when Devil Fruits exist like Natsu said."
"So Natsu," Nami said only to blink when she found he was no longer standing on the deck of the ship prompting her to begin looking around until she spotted him standing on the wreckage of the ship with a dumb grin on his face holding a rolled up piece of parchment in his right hand.
"Aww I wanna explore the ship too," Luffy groaned just as Usopp re-emerged with several barrels that had been hastily stuck together with rubber extensions for the arms.
"Then explore you shall Luffy with my latest invention the Usopp Barrel Suit Mark I!"
"YES!"
"You people are all insane," Nami sighed as Natsu appeared back on the deck of the ship.
"So guess what I found up near the helm," Natsu said with a grin as he unfurled the big piece of parchment to reveal an aged looking map.
"Skypeia," Robin murmured. "I don't think I've ever read of such a place before."
"Probably because it's a Sky Island," Natsu responded rolling his eyes earning him a playful slap on the shoulder.
"Oi Usopp and I are gonna go explore the ship," Luffy said cheerfully as the pair jumped overboard leaving the rest of the crew behind.
"I think that we need more information before we try and find this Sky Island," Robin said after several moments looking over the map. "It could be a moving Sky Island in which case it wouldn't be possible to reach it anyway but if it isn't then I see no reason not to try and go find it."
"Oi Master what's going on?"
"Where the hell have you been and … Mordred, why is your face covered in peanut butter?"
"Wh-what are you talking about I didn't do anything!"
"You didn't raid the storeroom did you?"
"No …"
"Really?"
"Swear it on my honour as a knight!"
"Then why is there an empty jar stuck to your shoulder," Natsu asked in an unimpressed tone as Mordred looked at her shoulder paling considerably.
"Wow … who put that there hehe …"
"You realize that there is a difference between raiding my food stores and those meant for the crew right?"
"Look I'm sorry alright I've never eaten this peanut butter stuff before and after Sanji gave us some yesterday I wanted more, especially if its mixed with that red stuff!"
"Jelly?"
"Yeah!"
Natsu sighed tiredly as Robin giggled at his predicament whilst Mordred stood before him acting like a scolded five year old, an amusing sight to everyone save for Natsu himself.
"Go get yourself cleaned up Mordred and we'll talk about this later, I'm very disappointed."
To Natsu's shock instead of Mordred feeling bad there was a glint in her eye he recognized all too well, the look of gratitude. Mordred bounded off toward the showers leaving him stock still as he tried to process such a reaction until he decided that there were more important things going on and it could wait until later.
"Also Natsu you owe me nine hundred berries for the peanut butter, jelly and all the bread we lost," Sanji said as Natsu grumbled whilst walking over to the starboard side of the ship.
Walking right over the railing he hovered down toward the water's surface and stuck his head in before screaming as the miniscule amount of cash he'd managed to acquire was now gone thanks to Mordred.
"Is he gonna be alright," Sanji asked to no one in particular as Zoro put a hand on the man's shoulder.
"I know how he feels; Nami takes basically all of my money for dumb reasons."
"But Mordred ate a whole bunch of our food you stupid mosshead!"
Natsu emerged from the water a full minute later with a grin on his face as he landed back onto the deck though it faded somewhat as he saw a ship fast approaching their own.
"Oi Mordred, Zoro, Sanji, we've got incoming."
"Are they … singing," Sanji asked confused as the others strained their ears to hear what the cook was speaking of.
"Sounds like they're singing about salvage," Mordred said as she began to hear the singing too.
"Well this ought to be good at any rate," Natsu said as the ship approached and to the shock of everyone an ape looking human appeared screaming something about salvage as he glared down at the Straw Hats gathered on the deck.
"Is that … is that guy an ape," Mordred asked confused as Natsu shook his head.
"Actually judging by his smell that's a human, somehow …"
"That's a human!"
"Yeah," Natsu replied wondering if his nose was broken or not as the strange ape like man began yelling at them about encroaching on their territory. "Well let's join the conversation and see what this guy wants from us eh?"
Mordred chuckled in response as the pair walked over to join the rest of the crew in discovering what this man wanted but most importantly if he was even a man at all, yes that was the real question Natsu was certain. Should he not discover the answer he would find himself having sleepless nights and he wouldn't rest until he knew the answer!
Hope you all enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next one!