Robin smiled as she saw Kia close her eyes and relax on the couch. She turned to Conis, asking for more information on the dials she had spoken of earlier. She listened intently, intrigued at all of the different dials that existed here.

"The civilization of Skypiea owes much to the power of dials," Conis explained. "In fact, our culture has evolved with these dials, I suppose in the same way they evolved with the white-white sea."

"It's fascinating!" Chopper said with stars in his eyes. "I want to live in the clouds forever!"

Robin giggled as she heard the swordsman snoring softly. Amused that he already was bored of the conversation, she turned to look and snickered into her hand to avoid laughing out loud.

"Conis," she began, and the younger woman turned to her. "Do you have anything to take a picture? I really need to store this for later," she pointed over to the couch, where Kia and Zoro were sleeping. Kia's head had fallen to his shoulder, and her body was curled up to his. It was adorable, and no doubt neither one would believe it without proof.

They all turned to look at the door of the kitchen as they heard crashing noises, and Sanji's raised voice, but soon he and Pagaya started filling the table with delicious looking dishes.

Robin smiled as Sanji caught sight of the two sleeping, his face going red. He quickly order Luffy to wake them up, and help Kia sit up to eat. Bringing out the last dish, he announced, "Dinner, is served! I present to you sky lobster with special sauce, and a variety of island fruits… that I can't pronounce."

Robin ate slowly, enjoying the new flavors, as the others dug into the meal. Sanji walked out to the balcony, lighting a cigarette and looking around.

"Hey guys, where's Nami?" he asked.

Robin and Kia exchanged glances, as she had looked up at his words. Robin wasn't sure, but she could see something in Kia's expression that she didn't understand. Why would she be afraid? she thought.

She tuned back in just as Conis put down her fork and turned to her father. "I'm worried."

"Yes, I have a bad feeling about this," Pagaya responded, which had Robin confused and wondering what had gotten into the three of them.

"What's wrong?" Luffy asked, still eating.

"There is a place, the Upper Yard, that no one is allowed to set foot on. It borders our island, not too far away, so it is a short trip by waver. If Nami saw it, I'm worried she may have become curious," Conis said.

"Not allowed to set foot on?" Robin asked.

"What's so bad about this place?" Usopp asked. "Is it full of monsters?"

Conis shook her head. "It's sacred ground."

"Sacred ground?" Robin asked, intrigued.

"But more than that… it is the island, where god lives."

"Wait, let me get this straight…" Luffy said. "There's actually a god, and he lives up here? On an island that no one is allowed to walk on?"

"Yes," Conis answered, uncertain of the gleam in Luffy's eyes.

Usopp yelped and grabbed Luffy's shirt, giving him a shake. "I've seen that look in your eyes before Luffy, and it always gets us into trouble! You're not dragging me down with you this time!" he exclaimed.

"Oh, I understand, we can't go there…" Luffy said, though the smile never left his face, and Kia smirked. "Do I look like the kind of guy that would do that?" he asked with a grin.

"Uh, yes… absolutely," Sanji, Chopper, and Zoro said quietly.

"Tell me," Robin asked. "I assume there are vicious consequences for violating this law, do you know what they are?"

"Yes, I do," Conis replied, looking down at her lap.

"It is our belief that those that trespass on the Upper Yard, do not return alive,"Pagaya answered for her.

"You mean, they are killed?" Zoro asked.

"Killed?!" Usopp gasped, as Sanji ran to the balcony and yelled for Nami.

"I am just as worried for Nami as all of you are," Pagaya stated. "We can only hope that she did not venture too close to the Upper Yard."

They all turned to Luffy as he let out a laugh. "Well? Let's go find her then," he stated, to the complete shock of Conis, Pagaya, Chopper and Usopp.

Usopp grabbed him again, yelling, "you don't care about her, you just want to see the forbidden place!" while Luffy continued to laugh at the idea.

Sanji however, turned back, completely serious. "I'm going. If Nami is in trouble, I won't let anything happen to her. Who's with me?"

"But…" Conis said, "You don't know for sure that she is there. You just don't understand how devastating it would be for us to incur the wrath of our god Eneru…"

"This Eneru doesn't sound like the nicest guy," Chopper said.

"He doesn't have to be…" Zoro replied, lifting his cup to take a drink. "He's god."

"All right, let's head out!" Luffy yelled as he finished eating, grabbing another two forkfuls from another plate on the way, and running out the door. Sanji was also in a hurry, but the rest of the crew took their time getting back down to the beach. Pagaya informed everyone that the wind was against them, and they would not be able to sail to the Upper Yard until the wind changed.

Luffy, not to be outdone by the weather, grabbed the broken waver and jumped from the Merry, heading for the water. "Finally, there's someplace dangerous to go! I'm not going to stay here!"

"Is that the old, broken waver?" Usopp yelled after him. Luffy landed in the water, and the waver promptly sank, taking Luffy down with it.

"Idiot," Zoro complained.

"Uh…" Chopper started, watching Luffy's hand reaching up out of the water. "Is someone going to save him?" he asked.

"No," Sanji, Usopp and Zoro answered as one. Kia sighed, knowing they were just annoyed, but wanting to be quick about the rescue.

"You go, or I go," she stated, starting toward the ship's railing. Zoro mumbled some more, but he jumped out of the ship and quickly pulled up both Luffy and the waver.

Since they weren't going anywhere, Pagaya offered to take a look at the broken waver to see if he could fix it, and Luffy enthusiastically agreed. Robin and Kia relaxed on the deck of the Merry, with Zoro falling asleep nearby almost instantly.

"It's like when he's awake, he's just waiting for a chance to sleep again," Kia said with a giggle to Robin, and she chuckled along with the younger woman.

"Yes, yet always aware, even in sleep," she agreed. "But how are you feeling?" she asked.

"Sore, and annoyed," Kia replied.

"Annoyed?" she asked.

"Yes, annoyed that I have very little stamina," Kia answered. "Just the walk back down to the ship has me completely worn out."

"That is to be expected when healing," Robin said with a smile. "Would you like for me to get your sketchbook for you? You really should be taking it easy."

"No, thank you. I think I just want to sit here and visit, if that's okay with you."

"Certainly."

"You, on the beach! Don't move!"

Everyone turned to the large cloud staircase, even Zoro opened his eyes, and watched as a large group of men came towards them. Kia's mouth dropped, as once they reached the sand, they began crawling on the ground, as if trying to stay hidden or something. She hadn't really believed she would see that.

"What are they doing?" Zoro asked. Robin and Kia both shrugged.

"Perhaps we should join the others," Robin suggested.

Zoro nodded, and turned to Kia, saying, "Hold on," as he picked her up, then jumped over the side of the ship. She was too surprised to make more than a squeak, and before she could do anything, he was putting her back on her feet in the shallow water.

"Next time, a little warning would be nice," she grumbled as she tried to still her rapidly beating pulse.

"I said, hold on," he answered, and she rolled her eyes as Robin jumped down beside them.

The trio started walking over to the others, and made it just as the crawling men did. "White berets, halt!" the leader called, and they all stood back up, making some sort of salute behind their heads, and calling out, "Heso!"

"Heso!" Conis and Pagaya replied, much to Luffy's annoyance.

"Speak our language!" he groused.

"Who are these guys," Zoro asked. "Soldiers?"

"Usopp said they have issues," Chopper informed him, and he nodded, which had Kia smiling.

"And what is this?" the lead man said, looking at the crew. "The seven blue-sea dwellers who entered Skypiea illegally! Prepare to have heaven's judgement brought down upon you!"

"What?" everyone asked.

"They're criminals?" Pagaya asked, looking back at the visitors. "That can't be, there must be a mistake!"

"No use denying it, we have these images from Amazon at the gate. Once you confess to your crimes, and the punishment dealt with, you will become legal tourists on the spot."

"What punishment?" Sanji asked calmly.

"A mere slap on the wrist," he answered. "Just pay ten times the entrance fee, and this whole mess will be forgotten. That's 10 billion extol per person."

"That seems like a lot!" Usopp said. "What's that in berri?"

"The currency from the blue sea world?" the leader asked. "Today's current exchange rate is 10,000 extol per berri."

"Uh, let's see… " Usopp muttered as he began calculating, not so silently.

"70 billion extol is 7 million berri, genius," Robin said with a roll of her eyes.

"WHAT?!" Sanji exclaimed. "That's way too expensive! After we risked our lives to get here, we have to pay a huge fee just to enter your precious city?! We can't agree to that!"

"You brought this on yourselves, when you refused to pay the original fee.." the man stopped as he noticed that they were no longer paying attention to him, but talking among themselves.

"So, we should just go," Luffy said. "There's adventure waiting… oh, I mean, we need to look for Nami!"

"But what if she comes back while we're gone?" Usopp asked.

"She's been gone too long for that," Chopper said, and Usopp rounded on him.

"SHHH!" he said, covering Chopper's mouth with his hand. "We have to keep Luffy from doing anything crazy!" He turned back to everyone else. "I think we should just wait here for Nami," he said. "We don't want to incur anyone's wrath, especially not this god. Nami's bound to have a secret stash of berri, and we can pay, and get out of here without any trouble."

"That could work," Robin said.

"Let's just go," Zoro added.

"Hey!"

They turned to see the leader coming towards them. "What are you all whispering about over here? It's very suspicious! Do I need to add suspicion of fleeing the island to your charges?"

"Aahh!" Usopp yelled in panic.

"Robin, Kia? Can I interest you in a cup of tea?" Sanji asked, while Usopp ran around trying to please the white berets.

"Sure," Robin answered, and Kia nodded too. Sanji led them away to a bungalow, where they relaxed in the shade, enjoying a drink.

"It looks like they are having trouble," Kia commented some time later, as Zoro looked like he was going to attack the leader of the white berets, and Usopp was trying to stop him.

"From what I've been observing, the man is trying to pin worse crimes on our crew," Robin said without turning to Kia. "It's only a matter of time before we are in real trouble with the law."

"We should be used to that by now, right?" Kia asked with a smirk.

"Indeed."

They all heard the waver before they saw it, and then saw Nami coming barreling back towards the shore, looking panicked. She began yelling as soon as she was close enough, and Kia could hear Usopp responding in shouts. Then, Nami continued to race up the beach, barely stopping before she ran into someone.

Sanji, Robin and Kia made their way down the beach, meeting up with the others.

"Luffy, promise me you won't start trouble," Nami was saying.

"Don't know if I can keep that promise," Luffy answered, still looking angrily at the leader.

"What is this?!" the man demanded, and Conis and Pagaya both stepped forward.

"Captain, this is another member of their crew, now they can get the money for the fine," Conis explained.

The Captain came closer, and pulled papers from his pocket. One by one, he would glance at the paper, then look around at the crew, then place the paper at the bottom of the stack. Nobody spoke, as they weren't sure what was happening.

Finally, he stopped, and looking around, zeroed in on Kia.

"You!"

"Uh… me?" she asked in surprise.

"You were not declared at heaven's gate!" he yelled. Looking to the others, he continued to shout. "Not only have you entered illegally, but you have brought someone in without declaring her! This is the most heinous crime you could commit!"

"What?" Nami gasped. "She was asleep in bed! We tried to tell the old woman at the gate, but the lobster took us away before we could!"

"A likely story! Entering Skypiea without declaration is a crime of the fifth degree!"

"Fifth, huh? Could be worse," Luffy said with a shrug.

"This is not good," Conis said, and the crew turned to look at her. "When you are guilty of a fifth degree crime, almighty Eneru will banish you to the land of the drifting clouds."

"And… that's bad?" Chopper asked.

"It sounds kind of fun," Usopp added.

"It's a death sentence!" Conis yelled. "You'll die!"

"WHAT?!" Nami screeched.

"You're dropped with your ship onto a cloud with no way to escape, and you'll stay there until you're nothing but bones!" Conis exclaimed.

"That explains a lot," Robin commented.

"What?!" Usopp looked at her like she was crazy.

"That galleon, it was 200 years old, wasn't it?" she asked. "Perhaps its crew received the same punishment."

"Most likely," Kia added with a nod.

"Arrest them!" the captain yelled out.

"No!" Conis and Pagaya shouted.

"Stay back, or I'll charge you as well!"

All of the white berets pulled out bows, and Robin helped Kia toward the ship as Zoro, Sanji and Luffy stared them down.

"Nami! Get to the ship! You're in my way!" Luffy yelled, giving her a nudge along that had her tripping.

"Okay, okay!" she cried, running and overtaking the other women. Making it to the Merry finally, Kia started climbing, only to be grabbed once again by Zoro, and thrown over his shoulder on his way up.

"Zoro!" Kia yelled angrily, "What did I say about this?!"

He wasted no words, just put her down on the deck, then went straight to the railing, and jumped back over. Kia followed after him, watching from the railing as Luffy took on the white berets, dodging the clouds shot from their arrows, and running atop the newly formed clouds once they appeared.

He reached out and grabbed a nearby tree, slinging himself into the air, while they all gawked. "A devil fruit!" Kia heard someone yell, and then Luffy's voice could be heard as well.

"Gum-gum… fireworks!"

His body was a spinning ball, with his legs and arms coming out in every direction, hitting the men around him without discretion. As the dust and clouds cleared, they could see that there were white berets on the ground surrounding Zoro and Sanji as well, and Kia was bummed that she hadn't gotten to see them fight.

"By the way, Nami," Zoro called up, and Kia turned to see Nami at her right. "How much money do we have?" he asked.

"About 50,000 berri in petty cash," she answered.

"Is that all? Well, then we'd have ended up in this situation anyway," he decided.

"Why are we so poor?" Luffy demanded as he waved them over, and they started climbing off the ship again. "As your captain, I have to say- you guys spend way too much!"

"Most of it goes to feed you!" Nami shouted back angrily as she jumped back into the water, and stalked up the beach, ready to knock some sense into him.

Everyone stopped suddenly, as they heard the laughter- quietly at first, then growing louder.

"You should have surrendered peacefully," the captain of the white berets mocked as he slowly stood. "after all, we're the friendliest officers you'll find here in Godland. However, they won't be so gentle with you! You are now class 2 criminals! That means that god's priests will be the ones to deal with you!"

There was quiet as the captain and the other white berets slunk away. Kia didn't speak as Luffy came over to help her down to the water. She was feeling exhausted, just from boarding and leaving the Merry, and half of the time someone else had carried her.

"This is terrible," Pagaya stated. "There is no way now that we can help you," he called from further down the beach, pulling Conis with him as they backed away.

"Well, now that Nami's back, she can lead the way to the adventure," Luffy stated happily.

"What?" she asked, turning on him and striking out. "I'm never going back to that place! I don't know if those scary guys are gods or what, but they definitely have god-like powers!"

"Okay…" Luffy grunted as he fixed his hat from where Nami had hit it. "Then stay here, and we'll come back."

"No way! They'll come after us here! We've got to leave!"

"Leave?!" Luffy gaped at her, turned to look at Kia, as if she would help him understand, and then back to her. "Are you crazy? What's more important, your life, or adventure?"

"Am I crazy?! What about you? My priorities are life first, then money!"

"Please tell me I'm third on that list?" Sanji interrupted to ask Nami.

"Don't push me," Nami growled. Turning, she called in a sweet voice, "Conis! How do we get home from here?"

Pagaya and Conis walked closer slowly, not wanting to be too close, but still wanting Nami to hear them. "There is a way down. You'll have to go down one level and sail to the far side of the white sea, until you reach cloud's end," Conis finally answered. "But it's dangerous, and I wouldn't suggest trying to escape that way."

"But it's just as dangerous for us to stay here, isn't it?" Robin asked.

"Not to mention if we stay here, we'll cause trouble for you and your dad," Nami added. "So, we're setting sail. Let's go everyone! Conis, Pagaya, thanks for everything!"

"Hey, old man! Can we have the rest of the food from earlier?" Luffy asked.

"Certainly," he replied, and Kia could see that he and Conis were smiling at them. They liked the crew, just didn't want to get into trouble because of them.

"Woo-hoo! Sanji! Grab the lunch boxes!" Luffy called.

"Oh hey, can I ask a favor too? Do you happen to have any spare parts we can take to help repair our ship?" Usopp asked.

"Of course, come with me," Pagaya replied.

"We'll be back! You guys get the ship ready!" Luffy called out as they headed away. "And we'll head out for adventure!"

"Grr…" Nami growled. "He's going to get us killed! I told him those guys are dangerous!"

"Luffy doesn't care, you know how he is," Zoro said, waiting as Chopper turned large and gave Robin a boost onto the ship. "He won't listen, even if we all gang up on him. And I don't care, so don't expect me to help talk him out of it."

"Yeah, Zoro wants a fight too, don't you?" Kia asked with a grin, and he gave her a smirk, but didn't answer.

"Chopper, you're on my side, right?" Nami asked. "RIGHT?!"

"Don't answer that," Zoro muttered.

"Uh… was that a threat?" he squeaked, as he hefted himself up the railing. "Whatever, I'm not going," he replied.

"Suit yourself," Robin replied as he jumped up and crashed onto the deck. "You know I was lowering the ladder, right?" she added with a giggle.

"Hey, what if those bad people show up and kill me?" Nami asked, scared, as she ran for the rope ladder.

"Fine by me," Zoro said, and she yelled at his callousness. He walked over and even though Kia gave him a don't you dare pick me up look, he picked her up and climbed the ladder, setting her down on the deck. She didn't bother to yell at him, since she didn't have the energy.

"Robin!" Nami yelled out, still panicking. "Maybe, together, you and I could beat Luffy up!"

"Impossible," Robin responded dead pan, and Kia snickered.

Kia sat there, as Nami continued to freak out and Zoro fell asleep again, and she wondered if she should stop him from pulling up the anchor until the entire crew was on the ship. Then thought that if they were all together, then perhaps the priests would come all together to attack them, which could be worse. She decided she would rather go with what she knew, then to try and change something here.

Coward, she thought to herself, but didn't change her mind.

Robin began pulling up the rope ladder, and Conis came to speak to them. They listened as she told Nami of a current that would help them reach the edge of the white-white sea, giving the crew the ability to outrun those that would pursue them. Nami was thrilled, and swore everyone to secrecy so that Luffy wouldn't find out her new plan.

Conis said she would be back shortly with Luffy, Usopp and Sanji, and then left, telling them to prepare to sail.

Robin and Kia glanced at each other, uncertainty on each of their faces. "This is great!" Nami said excitedly.

"Eh, I'm skeptical," Kia replied, and Robin nodded.

"What do you mean?" Nami asked.

"If this current really existed, wouldn't there be more stories of people returning safely to the blue sea after visiting sky island?" Robin asked.

"Well, most people either don't believe there is a sky island, or don't know how to get here, so it's not surprising to not hear many stories of people making it back," Nami replied.

"That knock up stream could have stopped many people from making it here in the first place," Chopper added.

"Good point!" Nami agreed. "I think we have to trust Conis on this," Nami said. "Let's weigh anchor and get ready to set sail." She turned around and started walking away. "Chopper, use your weight bonus, and help with the heavy lifting, okay?"

"Nami, I keep telling you, it's called heavy point!"

"What?!" she said, annoyed.

"Nothing, never mind…"

"And wake Zoro up!" Nami called as she went below deck.

"But how?" Robin asked looking at Chopper and Kia.

"I don't need his help," Chopper answered. "Heavy…point!" he said as he transformed, and moved to the anchor, and Kia looked out at the water, and steeled herself for what was coming.

Nami came back, having changed clothes and Kia turned her head as Nami sat next to her. "How are you Kia?" she asked.

"Tired, but I'm feeling better."

"That's good," she said. "The bruises are turning yellow, so that's a good sign," she added.

"Not pretty, I'm sure, but they'll be gone soon," Kia replied.

The ship started rocking, and Nami stood up to see what the commotion was. That's when she started screaming.

Kia looked out across from where she sat, and saw the gigantic claw holding the ship as they were lifted up, and started moving away from the beach.

"Did you hear that?" Usopp asked. He looked out over the balcony, and shouted back. "The ship's moving!"

"Huh?!"

Sanji and Luffy ran to the railing, and Sanji looked thru an eyeglass. "Oh No! Nami!" he yelled.

"What? What is it?" they asked him.

"Why… Nami, w-why'd she put on a t-shirt?" Sanji cried.

"You all jump!" Zoro called. "I'll stay with the Merry!"

"No!" Robin yelled. "Look behind us! There are gigantic sky fish, and they look like they want to eat us!"

"Can we just beat up the lobster?" Chopper asked.

"It probably wouldn't do any good," Kia said.

"Yes, it seems heaven's judgement has already begun," Robin added.

"Very clever," Zoro added, as he shrugged and sat down to get comfortable. "Instead of coming after us, they are bringing us to them. Now we wait, and see."