Skypiea and a weird stranger

by Erzats

After defeating Crocodile and leaving Alabasta with Nico Robin joining them, the Strawhat Pirates now sailed to Jaya, trying to reached the legendary Sky Islands. But what happen when a strange guy wearing a scarf join the trip without them knowing ? OC. Same as canon with a few twist. Shitty sumary and title, sorry

3. Chapter 3 : Trial and Shockwave

Hello there ! I hope you are all well. We are all gathered here today for the third chapter of this One Piece fic with the discoveries of my OC's power. Have fun !

P.S.: I am not the owner of One Piece, only my OC belongs to me.

Chapter 3: Trial and Shock Wave

/- Skypiea, Lovely Street -/

Once they decided to go find their friends, taken by a giant lobster heading for God's domain, Luffy, Ussop and Sanji, always accompanied by Ash, the scarf wearing hitch-hiker, were now on Lovely Street, the only big street of the sky island. Conis led them to the port of the island, to embark for Upper Yard. However, while they walked along the street, they noticed that the winged citizens looked at them strangely, clearly tensed. Things that Luffy seemed to be the only one not to noticed, the others 3 slightly tensed because of those looks.

Ash (thinking, frowning): "It's really weird. I'm aware that the fact that we are criminals is not a secret anymore, but what are they afraid of ? Is it the punishment they are afraid of ? But why ?"

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived in front of a strange statue, in a glass case. She represented some kind of weird humanoid creature with its arms crossed on the front and two prominent canine on its lower jaw.

Luffy: "His expression is weird. What's this ? Is it a seal ?"

Sanji: "It look like some statue, probably some religious figure !"

Ussop: "Stupid, this is art ! Only I understand. "

Ash: "I prefer saying nothing. I don't really want to blaspheme anyone. We are already fucked up as it is."

Conis: " That's ' Vearth '. The idol of the citizens of the sky."

Ash: "Yeah, good thing I said nothing. I would have been struck by lightning for sure. AHAHAH!"

Ussop: "You have a weird sense of humor."

Ash: "And you saw nothing. This is just the beginning, Pinocchio."

Ussop: "I'm sorry ?"

Without answering Ussop, Ash turned to follow Conis, Sanji and Luffy, dragged by the cook, heading for the dock, without noticing McKinley, looking at them, snickering, without knowing that Ash saw him, the latter being more and more wary about what was going to happen. Once at the dock, they discovered with what they were going to go to Upper Yard. It was a kind of small boat with a figurehead shaped like a crow, propelled by 2 dials, like the Waver. Once the last instructions were given by Conis, the 3 pirates got ready to go on board but Ash stopped to ask a last question to Conis.

Ash: " I would like to know one last thing before leaving. "

Conis: " Y-Yes, what is it ? "

Ash: " Ever since we left your home, you never stopped shaking like a leaf. What's the problem ? Besides, I have a feeling that it is linked with the way the people are looking at us since then. "

Ussop: " Wait, you think that because you helped us, people are going to think that you are our accomplice? "

Luffy: " You should have just told us, if you're that scared. We could have come here by ourselves. "

Ash (thoughts): " I feel like it's more than that. "

Conis: " I … It's strange. Right ? … Carefully explaining the details about the trial… And then taking you here… It's like tricking you to come here… "

Ash: " …To die. "

2 simple words which brutally changed the atmosphere. However, it doesn't mean that the 3 pirates had visible reactions at the moment. Other inhabitants began to shout, ordering her to say nothing, to stop talking, but Conis didn't stop.

Conis: " I'm sorry ! The one who called the Super Speedy Shrimp… It was me ! "

Sanji: " The giant shrimp that kidnapped Nami-swan and the others ? You called for it !? "

Conis: " After discovering a criminal, if we don't take them to the judgement ground, we will get killed ! This is our 'civic responsibility'… ! I'm sorry ! "

The 4 citizens of the Blue Sea were in shock following this revelation. Conis, the nice girl who welcomed them on this island, was forced to send them to their death because of the sky islands laws.

Citizens: " Shut up now ! What are you doing !? That's blasphemy ! "

Luffy: " You're really stupid … You did it because you had no other choice, right ?! So why … "

Luffy, Ussop, Sanji (shouting) : " WHY DID YOU TELL US ?! "

Ash: " Wait a second …*That's blasphemy !... I would have been struck by lightning for sure. AHAHAH! ...* (sighing) My instinct can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. "

Immediately after those words were said, a bluish glittering light appeared in the sky, while a mass of energy of the same color was falling on Conis. Luffy dived in, trying to take Conis out of the way, but couldn't go far enough, still under the divine judgment. When the latter finally reached the ground, the power of the explosion blew up all the dock in a deafening crash which resounded for several seconds. When everything calmed down and when the smoke finally dissipated, there was an enormous hole in the center of what it remained of the dock. And there was no trace of Luffy, Conis and Ash.

Sanji: " Hey! Where are you?! "

Ussop: " Luffy?! Conis!? "

Ash: " That please me to see that you did not forget me. "

By hearing Ash's voice, the 2 other pirates turned their head to see Ash, sitting on the ground on the other side of the hole, Luffy and Conis by his side.

Ussop: " Hey, in the end, you almost got light-struck, isn't it ? "

Ash: " Keep your sarcasms, Pinocchio. At least, we are alive. "

Sanji: " But how could you save them ? What did you do ? "

Ash: " I have my secrets. "

Gan Fall: " You were lucky, I would say. "

The knight of the sky had just arrived, being astride on Pierre, in his bird shape, hovering over Luffy, taking Conis with him.

Gan Fall: " I will temporary take care of this girl. I will not let her get attacked. Now you know the truth about country… You should decide what you will do by yourself. Good luck. "

After those words, he flew away, disappearing far off with Conis, while the 3 pirates and their hitch-hiker got on board the Karasumaru, heading to Upper Yard.

/-Later, at Upper Yard-/

Luffy, Ussop, Sanji and Ash were aboard the Karasumaru, sailing on a road of cloud heading for Upper Yard, whose immense forest finally appeared.

Ash: "Wow, you think that this forest exists on the map ?"

Ussop: "Yeah, there is one. But it is a normal forest, not like that one."

Sanji: "If this map was found more than 200 years ago, it is without a doubt even older. After all those years, it is normal that the forest changed."

They finally arrived at the entrance of Upper Yard, statues representing Vearth, like in Lovely Street, lining the cloudy river like guards observing the travelers. Besides the statues, there were also torches with skulls and spears, but also a lot of boats wreckage. Which did not helped reassuring Ussop.

Ussop: "There's something out there!"

Luffy: "That's cause this is a forest …"

Ash: "You're missing the point here, monkey boy."

Sanji: "No ! Just look around us. Those are the wrecked ships, right !?"

Luffy: "Because this is a forest."

Ussop (seeing Ash who had just taken out a Den Den Mushi): "What are you doing ?"

Ash: "Hello, the point ? Where are you ? Luffy needs you."

Ussop (sweat-dropping): "You are pushing jokes way too far."

While Ash got ready to answer, he saw a long and thin form quickly approaching their boat. When he saw what it was, he put a hand behind the boat, near a water.

Ash: "Hang on!"

*BOOM* A small explosion rang and the Karasumaru was thrown forwards, barely avoiding a gigantic axe which cut the river where the Karasumaru was a few seconds earlier. Once they got over the shock, Luffy found his voice once again.

Luffy: "What was that ? A scythe monster ?"

Ussop: "Watch out, there is another one !"

Luffy (hearing mechanisms): "No, not just one … PADDLE AS FAST AS YOU CAN !"

As soon as Luffy had given his order, many axes began oscillating over the river like pendulum, the small boat sliding between them to avoid being cut in half.

Sanji: "What the hell's going on ?!"

Ussop: "Look ! In front of us ! Luffy, hit the brake!"

Luffy: "It's too late ! Take the wheel, Ussop !"

While saying that, the straw hat wearing man turned around, pulling his arms behind him.

Ash: "He is not going to do what I think he is going to do ?"

GOMU GOMU NO BAZOOKA!

Ash (cross-legged, in the air): "Well, he did it."

The Karasumaru flew away, landing far from the section covered by the axes, to be finally attacked by some kind of giant cloud eels, whom they got rid with no problem at all to finally arrive in front of a giant face which had a hand of raised in front of it, as to stop them. On each fingers (except the thumb) were doors with text above.

Sanji: "Trial of swamp, Trial of iron, Trial of string, Trial of balls."

Ash: "So we are choosing the trial we are facing ourselves ? Interesting."

Ussop: "So now God wants to play a game with us... ?!"

Luffy: "OK, we'll choose Balls. It sounds fun, yeah ?"

Ussop: "This is a trial. How can it be fun ?!"

Sanji: "Yeah … But I choose Balls too ! It's the only one that doesn't sound violent."

Ash: "You like balls, then ?"

Sanji (shark-teeth): "STOP WITH YOU FUCKING PUN, YOU DUMBASS !"

While Sanji began to got mad, Luffy had managed to get the Karasumaru towards the entrance of the Trial of Balls, making them enter a long dark tunnel, an exit already visible at the end.

Ash: "You know what? I wonder if there is a good exit. Without trial I mean."

Sanji: "It's stupid. Why would they do that, it doesn't make sense."

Ash: "Or maybe, it is the only one without test and we are going to be thrown directly into the Blue Sea. AHAHAHAHAHAH!"

Ussop: "Your sense of humor is really fucked up."

Ash: "Yeah. As much as Sanji's eyebrows."

Sanji: "Hey!"

The Karasumaru finally arrived at the end of the tunnel and once they got used to the light once again, they found themselves …

In the air, with just the void underneath them.

The reactions of the pirates were unanimous: the surprise and the horror. Except for Ash, as always sitting cross-legged, half-closed eyes, his face half hidden in his scarf, clearly annoyed.

Ash: "I think I should stop making lousy predictions like this one."

Ussop, Luffy, Sanji: "NO SHIT, SHERLOCK ?!"

Sanji: "But why we aren't falling ?"

Ash: "Gravity don't works as long as we aren't looking downward. Like in some kind of cartoon or anime."

Luffy: "Is that so?"

Luffy, like always the curious and naïve one, looked at the cloud beneath them, making the boat fall.

Ussop: "HE WAS RIGHT!"

Ash: "LUFFY, YOU STUPID ASS MONKEY !"

The fall was shorter than expected, because they landed on a river of clouds, in the middle of Upper Yard. But it did not help them feeling any better.

Ussop (trembling, in tears): "That was scary… I thought I would actually fall 10 000 meters…!"

Ash: "Well, all's well in the end."

Sanji: "You shut up. Did you purposely say those misleading stuff !? Next time, when you want to make a joke of this kind, don't ! Anyways…, where are we ?"

Indeed, the Karasumaru sailed along the cloudy river in the middle of Upper Yard, surrounded by a lot of ball shaped clouds, floating almost everywhere. In front of them, the Milky Road divided into several ways, running between the trees.

Ash: "So here it is, the Trial of Balls ? I got to say that I'm a little disappointed."

Luffy: "Maybe we did chose the only one without a test. If we had taken the others, we might have fallen to the Grand Line."

Ash: "I like your optimism, capuchin (AN : some kind of small monkey, google it), but those trials are supposed to be used as judgment for the criminals. I think that all of them are dangerous, we better stay on our guard …"

But that Luffy and Ussop, who had accepted the theory of his captain, didn't listened, eating biscuits while having fun with the spheres which floated around them.

Ash (sweatshirt-dropping): "… Or you can give no fuck, it also works I guess."

But while they were using a cloud to play volleyball, with biscuit in their mouth, a snake suddenly came out of the cloud, the reptile jumped on Ussop who had just had time to avoid the bite before Luffy send it back far away with a kick.

Ash: " Like I just though. Are they all snakes egg ? "

Ussop (pointing towards an approaching ball): " Hey ! Sanji ! In front ! Cloud !"

Expecting it to be a snake once again, Sanji kicked it but when he touch the cloud, the latter exploded, burning the 4 passenger of the board, who stayed without moving for a moment, Sanji's foot still in the air, surprised by what just happened.

Sanji: " WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE ORB ?!"

? : " HoHoho! Isn't it fun not knowing what'll appear ? These are called 'surprise cloud'. "

When the 4 guys heard that voice, they turned around and were faced with a guy sitting cross-legged on one of these orb, dressed in a white overall with oranges gloves and boots. He had long red hair covered with a yellow hat and wearing yellow glasses with grey frame. Like the other inhabitants of the sky islands, he also possessed a pair of wing on his back.

? : " HoHoHo ! Welcome to my Trial of Orb. "

Luffy: " Yours ? This is your Trial of Orb ? "

However, Luffy's question never get an answer, because the priest began dancing on his cloud, as if he didn't gave a damn about what was happening.

Ash: " Hey, bowling ball ! What did you do to the rest of our crew ? "

Sanji: " You aren't part of the crew. "

Ash: " Go back to your frying pans. It's the captain who decide that, not you. "

Sanji: " You little .. RAH. Luffy ! What's your opinion on that ? "

Luffy ( ignoring him ): " Tell us where are Nami and the others! "

? : " You mean the sacrifices ? I don't know. They'll die if they are left here, but if they escape, they'll still die … "

Luffy: " What ? "

? : " You should worry about yourselves. After all, if you can't beat me, you can't move forward. "

With this, he began jumping from ball to ball, getting closer to the boat with each jump. Luffy tried to strike him, but his blow was easily avoided at point-blank range by the priest who placed his hand in front of Luffy's face, who was then sent back by a small detonation, his face bleeding despite his rubber body, before collapsing on the ground.

Ussop: " How… Luffy !? It's just a normal punch. It should have no effect on you ! "

? : " Punch ? There's a little difference. "

Sanji then threw himself on the Priest, ready to kick him on the face when …

? : " Rising right kick … "

Sanji (swinging his right leg): " COLLIER … What!? "

? : " It's a power only great monks have… Mantra ! "

Sanji (thoughts): " Impossible … This guy can predict my movement ! "

Like Luffy, Sanji was thrown on the ground by the same small detonation created by the Priest, joining Luffy on the land, before being joined by Ussop and Ash, struck by the priest.

? : " This is different from a mere punch … IMPACT ! Impact causes damage directly inside the body. My name is Satori ! I'm one of the almighty God Enel's Priest. This Forest of Illusion is under my control ! "

Luffy: " Forest of Illusion ? "

Satori: " Indeed. From now on, your boat is going to drift around on the Milky Road in this forest and soon, it will exit the forest by itself. Do you get it ? Without this Dial Boat, you can't get to the Altar of Sacrifice. You have to get back on board before it leaves. Altrhough these surprise cloud and me will not allow you to succeed. Welcome to the foridden holy land, Upper Yard… In this forest of Illusion, the chance of survival is 10% ! It's the Trial of Orb !"

Ash: " OK, so it's basically a race against time. Very well. Guys, catch up the boat, I'll take care of this guy. "

Satori: " Hooo ? Even with the three of you teaming up together, you would have no chance of winning. Do you really think you can beat me alone ? "

Ash: " Well, a 10% chance of survival mean that you're not invincible, and to be honest, I have to show how I fight if I want to gain their trust. And furthermore, I have a small surprise for you, chubby boy. "

Sanji, Luffy and Ussop looked attentively, ready to discover what that guy was really capable of.

SHOCK BOOST: MOVE !

Suddenly, a deaf explosion rang as Ash took off from the ground, like thrown by an invisible strength. Afterward, other explosions were heard, each time with a sudden change of direction from Ash, who quickly end up at Satori's level. But thanks to his Mantran, he already knew what Ash was going to do and already placed his hand, aiming at Ash face. But even knowing what was going to happen, Ash just smiled.

IMPACT!

The strength of the blow was visible from the land, the air waving around the impact point. But nevertheless, surprising everyone, including Satori, the impact had no effect on Ash, who had not moved a centimeter and kept smiling.

Ash: " Not bad. *grad Satori's wrist* Now it's my turn ! "

He placed his hand against Satori's face, like the Priest did for them, the hand began to cover itself with small undulations which gathered in the palm of his hand.

SHOCK PALM!

*BAM* Satori was struck right in the face by an impact similar to his, which sent him backward to crash into a tree, some blood coming out of his nose. He recovered rather quickly, getting on a ball, a mixture of surprise, incomprehension and anger displayed on his face.

Satori: " But why did my impact had no effect ? What did you do ?! "

Ash: " Oh, not much. It's just that this kind of attack is not going to work that much anymore. I hope you have other trick up your sleeve, otherwise it's going to be quite a short battle. "

Meanwhile, Luffy and the others tried to return to the Karasumaru, leaving the fight to Ash, glancing at him sometimes, only to see him and Satori exchanging blows, or trying, Ash's dodging and Satori's Mantra making landing blow quite difficult. But their real problem was the orbs, which were particularly annoying. They were everywhere and as soon as they finally saw the boat, surprise cloud appeared out of nowhere, preventing them from progressing, with explosion and other traps. But after some times, Luffy snapped, fed up with all this shit.

Luffy: " Those things are pissing me of ! "

Sanji tried to stop him, but it was too late. Luffy used a GOMU GOMY NO GATLING to eject the orbs out of the way, but they just collided with other balls and the forest quickly became like a huge pachinko, the spheres bouncing in all directions, making the progress towards the boat even harder than before.

Sanji: " Great! Well done, Luffy! Thank you! "

Luffy: " Sorry! "

At the same moment, Ash and Satori were still fighting, Satori attacking with his balloons while dodging the blows from Ash thanks to the Mantra, also trying to strike him with some impacts, in the hope that the outcome will be different than before, but without any success. Ash evaded the balls thanks to his powers, which allowed him to brutally change direction while being in the air. He took advantage of it to rush at Satori, and he succeeded in catching his hand but he was thrown back immediately by an explosive orb coming from his right.

*BOOM* Ash was thrown far off, landing on another ball, which was unfortunately filled with cactus, their needles piercing his skin before he eventually falls again on the ground. But the satisfaction of Satori didn't last when he realized that his right glove had disappeared and that Ash some kind of red and flat seashell covered with hole in the hand.

Ash: " I see, you use a dial which absorbs the kinetic energy of the physical attacks and which send them back in a sort of shock wave. It is like a man-made version of my power. Well, it is very interesting, but it's time to finish it. Then, it is *BOOM*! "

Ash's speech was cut short by a surprise cloud which had come out of nowhere and had exploded in his back. On his knees, getting his breath back in control, Ash raised his head, and far away, he saw surprises clouds bouncing in every directions, explaining how one of them was able to reach him. He also saw the 3 pirates running in all directions, trying to evade without much success the spheres.

Ash (mumbling to himself): "What the hell are they doing ? "

Returning his attention on Satori, he found him standing on his ball, a sugar cane shaped scepter in the hand, a long dragon made of round clouds by his side.

Satori: " Yes, you are right, it's time to finish it. Let me introduce to you my ORB DRAGON! He is made of surprise clouds that contain either bombs or blades. If you touch an explosive one, it will create a chain reaction and his whole body will be consumed in a humongous explosion. Give up ! You can't win. "

Ash: " Saddly, ball man, I am not the kind of guy who give up. "

Satori: " I see. Do as you please. "

With this, he swung his stick, and the dragon swept down on Ash, who dodged by throwing himself to the side. While the animal was tailing him, Ash looked at Satori, and more exactly, the way he was moving his stick. A victorious smile then appeared on his face.

SHOCK BOOST: DODGE!

With a boosted jump, he dodged the dragon, who was ready to bite him, and jumped over his head. Then he redirected himself mid-jump and caught a rope attached on the head of the dragon which was connected with the Satori's cane, which was horrified by what was taking place.

Satori: " What !? But how did you know ? "

Ash: " By looking at your movements. It's kinda useful to use his eyes. "

Satori: " Let go of that rope ! "

Satori pulled on his cane to make the dragon come back to him, but he also took Ash with it, who dragged the explosive dragon with him.

Satori: " What? Stop ! Release the grip on the other hand ! "

Ash: " Hello. Did you order a dragon ? "

And it was at this moment that Satori knew… He'd fucked up.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The explosion was so powerful that the shockwave reached the 3 pirates, getting on Ussop to return on the boat, the surprise cloud having already been destroyed by the pirates. Going back on the crime scene, a big smoking crater had appeared in the middle of the forest, Satori floating above on his cloud, nastily beaten up by the explosion, but still conscious. On the other side of the crater, Ash was laid out on the ground, more charred than Satori, but still conscious.

Satori: " Your small stratagem did not work. It's a shame really. It's been so long since I got a opponent worthy of my time. "

Ash (getting up) : " I wouldn't say that. I was trying to make some kind of diversion long enough to find a way to render your Mantra useless. "

Satori didn't understand what point his opponent was trying to make, until he felt something around his wrist. Looking at his hand, he saw a chain attached on his wrist, the other end of said chain in Ash's hand.

Ash : " As I said, let's end it. "

SHOCK BOOST: REWIND !

Using his impulses, he began spinning on himself really fast, his chain wrapping up around his waist, attracting Satori towards him, the Priest unable to do anything to free himself while he got closer to Ash with each second.

SHOCK CLOTHELINE !

When Satori arrived at his level, Ash struck Satori in the face with a stretched out arm, the Priest colliding with his forearm hard, said forearm emitting a powerful shock wave on the impact, which immediately knocked out Satori.

Ash vs Satori: winner(conqueror) - Ash

Getting his chain back, he returned to the others, to see if they had managed to get back on the boat, which was finally the case, but for a strange reason, they were all collapsed on the boat, covered with bump.

Ash: " Guys, you are serious ? You were fucked up that badly by cloud ? It's pitiful. "

Sanji: " More like bumping into trees because of a damn rope."

Ash : "This isn't making it any less pitiful."

Sanji : "Anyway, you could explain to us this talent of yours, no ? "

Ash: " No problem, I will. But only after founding the others. I don't really want to re-explain 20 times the same thing. "

Sanji : "Fair enough."

The time passed and after leaving the forest, they eventually arrived at some sort of rather gloomy field, because it was covered with skull impaled on wooden spike. But before they could understand what it was exactly, they were surprised by a whole squadron of people which moved thanks to skates similar to those used by the White Berets. One of them, a young man with dark hair in a pony tail, his left hand and face tattooed and his right forearm covered with bandages with a cigarette in his mouth. He was carrying a strangely familiar bazooka which he pointed towards the Karasumaru when he saw who were its passenger.

GOMU GOMU NO BALLOON !

Luffy caught the cannon ball by filling himself with air, like a pufferfish, sending it back in the surrounding forest, causing an explosion which destroyed a tree.

Ash: " Hey! Isn't that the masked raider we met in the White Sea, when we first arrived ? "

Sanji: " Yes, it is him, I recognize this bazooka. "

? : " So you are the ones… the citizens of the Blue Sea that caused a racket in Skypiea. If you don't want to die, go back to the Blue Sea. Don't try to do anything weird on this island… Otherwise, I'll treat you like Enel and eliminate you, too ! "

After that, they disappeared, leaving behind them a frustrated Luffy, wanting to make him make this guy regret his attacks on his crew. But Ash had frowned by thinking again about what this dude had just said.

Ash (thoughts): " Killing Enel ? They want to kill 'God' ? But why ? "

In spite of this intervention, the 4 comrades continued their journey, entering another forest but this time, far off, they perceived a sort of lake with in the middle of it a kind of pyramid and on it was the Vogue Merry. A little farther on the side, they saw 3 silhouettes, more precisely of Robin, Nami and Zoro, which let them deduce that Chopper was still on the boat.

Sanji: " YAAAAHHH! Nami-swan! Robin-chwan! I finally passed the Trial of Love ! "

Ash: " You need to keep it in your pants dude. "

The boat approached the coast, the captain being the first to disembark, followed by Sanji, Ussop and Ash, in this order.

Zoro: " You are all beaten up. What the fuck happened ? "

Luffy: " We end up facing one of those Priest. He was a strong guy."

Nami, seeing there an opportunity to humiliate Ash, took place in front of him, a victorious and sadistic smile on her face, arms crossed.

Nami: "And I imagine that Luffy saved your sorry ass, right ? I knew it from the beginning that you were nothing but a 'all bark, no bite' kind of guy."

Ussop: "In fact, he is the one who beat the Priest. We were floored quickly by the guy and he was kind of immunized to his main technique, so ..."

Nami's face, which had turned to Ussop, decomposed by hearing that. And she could literally hear Ash smiling in front of her whereas she refused to look at him, mortified. Zoro was laughing his ass off while Ash decided to push her as close as possible to her edge.

Ash: "I accept compliments, you know. Go to it. Say' Well done, Ash '. Come on.".

Nami blushes more and more, whereas veins began to pop dangerously on her fist and forehead, the others taking a step back, just in case she would explode. And it was the case. She threw her tightened fist back to punch him, but Ash just placed his right hand in front of her torso, middle finger folded and kept in place by its thumb, a small sphere of air waving at the end of his middle finger.

WAVE GUN !

He flicked his finger, throwing the small sphere on Nami, who was thrown back, landing on her ass on the ground. This action took the others by surprise, but Ash quickly cut them.

Ash: "Shoge Shoge no Mi. Or Fruit of Shockwaves. You wanted to know what was my power, here it is. I create shock waves. Either thrown like I just did, which I call WAVE. Or then directly on my body, which I call SHOCK."

Luffy quickly asked a question, while holding back Sanji with Zoro, the cook wanting to pummel Ash 'attacking' Nami.

Luffy: "But how can you fly, then ?"

Robin: "Fly ? Really ?"

Ash: "Well, I don't really fly."

At that, he did a demonstration, taking off the ground suddenly, then brutally changing direction several times while in mid-air before landing.

Ash: "I create shock waves on my body. Very powerful and concentrated, enough at least to be able to make my body change direction. And this is how I sent Sanji flying through the lounge of Pagaya and Conis's house, I countered with a shock wave powerful enough to send him flying."

Luffy: "So, it's a mysterious power."

Ash: "I think the real mystery is rather where is your god damn brain, capuchin. I couldn't be any clearer about my power."

Luffy: "A mysterious power, it is, then. Ah, and one more thing."

*BAM* Luffy had just punch Ash in the face, a gesture who took everybody by surprise.

Luffy: "Nobody hurts my navigator."

With this, he left, heading to the boat. The others, having recovered from their state of shock, followed him. But Ash did not fail to notice Nami's scarlet face due to the words Luffy said. Ash exulted. He had probably found a way to tease the witch.

OK, one more ! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, with this small introduction of Ash's powers. I wanted to talk about the ' Next Time ' at the end of the chapters. It is made to tease you on what will be in the next chapter, but at the same time, I try to make sure that the chapter don't take too long to be written. I am actually on a rhythm of 7-8 days for a chapter, translation included (by knowing that in a week, from Monday till Friday, I can spend about just 1 hour on it). Thus, I'm trying my best to put all I mentioned in the teaser in the chapter, but if the chapter became too long to write than what I planned, I could be forced to not follow the teasing. I say that because for the next chapter, it could be the case, so I'm sorry if it came to be the case.

Also, next week-end, from the 18 to the 21, I won't be home so I won't be able to write anything, so there will be a small pause. This next week I'm going to work on the French chapter for my Fairy Tail fic, but I won't be able to do the translation over the said week-end, so it will be done over the following week and I'll return to my basic rhythm the week after, starting the 28.

I hope you understand and accept my apologies for the inconvenience.

Next Time: the real nature of Upper Yard. Repairs and gold hunting. Face to face with God.