Hi, everybody ! That summer heat is going to kill me but it's not what is going to prevent me from writing. Thus we go immediately back on the continuation of the adventures of our pirates friends on the sky islands !

Do I need to call to remind it ? I am going to do it just in case: I'm not the owner of One Piece and its universe.

I wish you all have a good time reading !

Chapter 7: The godly ark

The ruins of Shandora were plunged into a total silence, not a noise came to disturb the peace of this place. It was so quiet that nobody would have been able to imagine that only a few seconds ago that such a thing could be possible, considering the violence of the battles which took places between the God Ener and the survivors of the battle royale, to whom an scarf wearing intruder had been added. Zoro, Robin, Gan Fall, Wiper, Ash and Chopper were all unconscious, completely carbonized, some of them as black as charcoal, struck by Ener with the exception of Chopper, which had already been out of service when he arrived in Shandora, and Nami.

The navigator was paralyzed, sitting on the floor, still shocked (no pun intended) by the literal slaughter she had witnessed, seeing her companions falling one after the other. She was now alone before the one who called himself 'God', trying to find a way to get out of there when she finally made her mind, choosing the only option she had who would allow her to survive.

Nami: " I … Uh … please… take… me… ! " She began while raising her hand. " Please take me with you to… the dream world ! Please ? "

A feeling of uneasiness was growing in her voice when she saw how Ener was looking at her with half closed eyes, not looking convinced until he suddenly began laughing, turning his heels away from her.

Ener: " YAHAHAHAHAHA. Alright, come with me. Good for you. " His eyes settled on the Waver Nami was pushing next to her. " Eh ? Do you really have to take that with you ? "

Nami, sweating and shaking : " Well … If I can't, it's no big deal, but… "

Ener: " You won't be needing that thing at where we're going, but… Whatever. Do as you wish. "

Nami: " I… I'm most grateful. "

And after those words were spoken, they left the place, Nami following Ener, leaving behind them the dead bodies of the losers.

Ash: " Agh. Motherfucker, that hurts. "

Or not. Ash was getting up, not even unconscious to begin with.

Ash (sitting down): " Sometimes, I wish I wasn't that sturdy only so I wouldn't have to suffer that much. On the other hand, the lightning of this dude is nothing compared to 'him'. "

By the end of his sentence, sitting on the ground, he put a hand to his neck through his scarf, frowning, remembering himself of one of the most painful moment of his life while thinking about Nami and what she did.

Ash: " I imagine that watching all these people that she considers as more powerful than her fall one after the other put her in a tight spot, she conclude that she could do nothing by herself and decided to play Ener's game to save her life. A classic case of survival instinct, but judging by the way her voice sounded, it would seem that it's not the first time when she 'betrays somebody' for her own interests. But doesn't she trust Luffy ? She should know that he is our best hope if we want to beat this guy. It's not that hard to understand this. "

He then let his eyes roaming on the ruins, finally stopping on the impressive snake which was spread over one of the buildings when the latter opened his eyes, revealing black slit pupils, rather strange eyes for a snake, which made Ash raise an eyebrow. Shrug which changed into an full widening when he saw the eyes of the reptile puffing out before coming back to their first position, as if they had been punch from the inside. The eyes closed then opened again some seconds later, with the same pupils, until one of them, the right pupils, left his side to go have a little talk with her sister in the other eye, which found itself having 2 pupils instead of one. Moreover, the right one seemed to be smaller than the other, with small wings while the other had some kind of hat. Ash was looking at the scene with wide eyes.

Ash, his face twisted by incomprehension, rubbing his eyes: "What the fuck is that shit ? What did I smoke ? Shrooms ?"

The left eye closed and after a short moment, the snake, still woozy, opened his mouth and from the said mouth fell 3 silhouettes, the 2 that Ash had seen in the eyes of the snake and a third one which seemed to be a some kind of bird. Ash then recognized 2 of the 3, one being Luffy and another being Pierre, Gan Fall's bird. He didn't know the little girl who was with them, but by remembering about the shout Wiper did after Ener struck the snake with his lightning, he was able to deduce from it that it was the one he called Aisa.

Ash: "But how did they end up in there Did they played Snake and it had gone wrong or what ?"

Aisa: "Finally, we are out of the snake. But where are we ?"

Luffy, standing up the top of the pyramid-like building : "Wow, that's a big hole."

While looking at the hole, he saw his friends, all laying on the floor not far from the said hole. He jumped off the building to land not far away from the hole and rush to his friends to try to wake them up.

Luffy: "Zoro ! Oi!I! What happened to you ? How did you get like this. And Nami? She isn't there ?"

Aisa: "WIPER ! WIPER !"

The cries from Aisa drew the attention of the straw-hat wearing pirate which went towards the hole finding Aisa inside, on her knees next to Wiper.

Luffy: "Isn't that the bazooka guy ? Even a strong guy like him. Who the heck did all this ?"

Ash: "What do you think, moron. Ener did that ?"

Luffy: "Ash ! Are you okay ? Ener, it's the 'God', isn't it ? What does he want ? And where is Nami ?"

Ash: "Could you please let me answer the question before asking others, thank you. So, one, I am fine, but I've been better. Two, Yes. Three, I don't remember. And four, she followed Ener."

Luffy: "What, but why would she do that ? I am sure that she has a good reason."

Ash: " To save her life, I suppose. Our instinct often tends to make us follow those that we consider as more powerful than us. "

Ash was interrupted by a light groan, a sign that somebody was waking up and by turning their head, the three of them saw that, indeed, Robin was waking up, still suffering a lot from her wounds.

Luffy: " Robin ! Stay with us. What is it ? "

Robin: " This country … This island in the sky … All of Skypiea is going to be destroyed. "

Aisa: " Everything ? My village, too ? "

Robin: " Absolutely everything. "

Ash, slamming his fist in his palm: " Ah. That's what I had forgotten. "

Aisa (shark teeth): " HOW WE CAN FORGET SUCH A THING ?! "

Robin: " Ener will go to where the golden bell is. But we won't find it in time. "

Aisa: " Yes we can. "

Ash : "Is that you, Obama ?"

The two pirate and the young girl looked at Ash with pursed lips and squinted eyes, as if to say "What the hell are you saying, dude ?" before getting back on to what Aisa was saying.

Aisa : " I hear 2 other voices on this island. "

Ash, opening wide eyes, thinking : " She can hear them ? But how can she have this kind of power while being so young ? "

Luffy: " Aisa, take me there ! "

Ash: " Wait. I'm coming with you. I can still be useful. "

Luffy: " OK, let's go "

And on these words, Luffy and Ash, guided by Aisa, accompanied by Pierre who was of carrying the girl, rushed through the ruins, trying to catch up with Ener and Nami. After several minutes of race, they reach their destinations: the entrance of some kind of cave.

Ash: " Are you sure that they are inside, Aisa ? "

Aisa: " Yes. 100% sure. "

Luffy: " Yosh. Let's go ! "

They rushed inside the cave and after a few minutes they fell on a heart stopping show. They ended in a gigantic cave in the center of which stood some kind of wooden boat equipped with fan-like propellers of different sizes, with an enormous face made of gold on the boat. Scaffolds were still build around the boat.

Ash: " So this is it. The project on which he made the members of the holy guard work for 6 years. Some kind of vehicle, as I suspected it. "

However, they didn't had the time to be amazed by the construction because up on the railing was Ener, looking at them, looking annoyed.

Ener: " I'm not very pleased right now. How can there be a mistake in my prediction !? "

Luffy: " YOU! ! ARE YOU ENER ?! "

Luffy didn't his answer, but on the other hand his voice had reached the ears of Nami, who was aboard the ark, the navigator throwing herself towards the edge of the ship to confirm that she didn't dreamed of that voice.

Nami, tearful: " LUFFY ! "

Ash, pokerfaced : " So that's how it feels to be ignored ? "

Luffy, to Ener: " What did you do to my friends ? "

Ener: " Isn't this that other piece of trash !? "

Ash: " This piece of trash, as you say, dumbass, is the nemesis I talked about before. I am sure that you remember it. "

Ener: " Don't make me laugh. As if this pitiful scrawny guy could overcome me. I am a God. "

Luffy: Yeah right ! You don't look like God !"

Ash, in a black suit, a mustache suddenly appearing on his face and a gun in his hand : " But he does look like a bitch, motherfucker. "

Luffy, looking at him : "The fuck ?"

Ash, talking of the mustache : "What ? Never seen Pulp Fiction ?"

Luffy : "What is that ? Is it a meat dish ?"

Ash, back to normal : "Nevermind."

Nami: " Luffy! Be careful … "

Nami was forced to cut off her sentence right in the middle of it because the way Ener suddenly looked at her made her uneasy and afraid for her life, but the blond just laugh it off. Although Ash was stuck on another detail.

Ash, pokerfaced: " And I still feel like I'm invisible. I'm right in front of everyone, right Luffy? Prove me that I'm right. "

Ener: " YAHAHAHA. I hear the cheers of the angels ! The citizen seem to know about the fate of Skypiea. I wonder where are they running to. "

Luffy: " I said, you don't look like God, stupid ! "

Ash, turning to the sky : " Please. I want to be noticed by someone. "

Without waiting for Ash to finish his lamentations, Luffy rushed to the ark, stretching his arms to go on board. Ash shook off his feelings and jumped up to the boat, landing near Nami.

Nami: " Ash ? But what are you doing here ? "

Ash, outraged, shark teeth: " YOU'RE KIDDING ME ? IT'S JUST NOW THAT YOU NOTICE THAT I AM THERE ?! "

Ener, to Luffy after seeing him stretching: " I see … So you are not a simple mortal after all. However... A mere Paramecia has no chance against me. " He proved his point by electrifying his hand. " Either way makes no difference to me… because... I am God ! "

EL THOR !

Ener then unleashed the power of his lightning on Luffy, the attack engulfing the pirate completely, who disappeared in the middle of lightning flashes, the latter crossing the cave until it dig a large hole in the wall in the back of the cave. It made Nami and Aisa shriek in fear for the captain, Pierre crying of fear too, Ash looking at the scene idle, a small smile on his lips, which became more marked when the lightning dissipated, revealing Luffy, not a single scratch on his body, except for his lightly burned clothes, the pirate biting his lips, hands on his hips, looking like he didn't realized he had been struck by lightning

Ener: " You are better than I thought… "

Nami: " How did he dodge that ? "

Ash: " He didn't dodge. He was struck dead on. "

60 MILLONS VOLTS …

Nami: " What ? But it's impossible ! "

Ash, disappointed: " Nami, I thought you were one of the brains of your crew. Make that brain work. What did I used to strike Ener, in the ruins ? "

… JAMBURU !

Ener had kept on with his offensive on Luffy, sending a dragon made by lightning at Luffy, but the result was the same as before : Luffy stood there, unscathed.

Nami : " You used gloves, but I don't see the point of … "

Ash, sighing: " What kind of gloves, stupid ? "

Nami: " RUBBER GLOVES ! NOW, STOP THAT, YOU…. ". realization struck her like a pile of brick suddenly falling on her head, eyes opening wide by turning her head to Ener and Luffy, the so-called God putting one of his hands on the pirate.

100 MILLIONS VOLTS : VARI !

Nami: " No. You mean that…? "

Ash: " Yeah, it is. Rubber is an insulating material. And since Luffy is made of it, it means that… "

Luffy: " STOP IT ! You're annoying ! "

Luffy finally exploded, throwing Ener far off.

Ash: " … Luffy is immune to his thunder. "

For the first time, Ener's facial expression had nothing godlike, stating his surprise in the face of this discovery which made him lose his cool. Seeing Luffy throwing himself on him, he tried to get his mind out of his shock, reminding himself that he cannot be touch by that kind of attack, but when the kick struck him hard on his stomach, sending him lying on the deck of his ark, he understood what Nami had just learnt and what Ash said when he was facing him before.

Luffy, made of rubber, was his only natural enemy. The only one who could beat him.

Nami: "But that's awesome ! It's going to be a cakewalk !"

Ash: "Tch, you won't go far on Grand Line if you keep thinking like that. This fight is not going to easy just because Luffy is immune to thunder."

Indeed, although Luffy had the elementary advantage, Ener still had the mantra, which allowed him to dodge the blows of the pirate without any problem. Against this ability, Luffy had a hard time fighting, none of his blows reaching its target. Ener's strike on the other hand hit bull's eye and quickly, Luffy received several blows from his staff before ending stuck against the golden face, held in place by Ener, who pressed his staff against his throat. A position Luffy got out of quite easily since his body was also giving him a great immunity to blunt attack, but Ener had another trick up his sleeve.

GLOAM PADDLING !

Under the dumbfounded gaze of Nami and Luffy, Ener used his lightning to melt and remodel his staff into a trident, Ash clenching his teeth by looking at the new weapon, rubbing the gash he had on his side.

Nami: "Wait a second. It's what he used to cut you in the ruins, right ?"

Ash: "Yeah. It looks like he just found the weakness of an elastic man: blades."

Nami, shark teeth: " DON'T SAY IT, YOU MORON ! "

Luffy dodged the first blow, ending on the top of the golden sculpture which decorated the ark. He jumped towards Ener but the latter disappeared to re-appear behind him in an instant.

Nami: " Luffy ! Behind you! "

Ash: " He used the golden mask as a medium to approach. "

Luffy turned just in time to see Ener surging from the mask, his trident pointing toward him and throwing himself on him. From the deck, for a moment the silhouettes made Nami and Ash think that Luffy had been skewered, but in fact, Luffy had caught the trident, burning his hands at the same time, but this time, he had an opening to strike which Ener didn't notice.

Ener: " AHAHAH! My lightning cannot hurt you, but the heat it produces can. "

What the God ignored was that Luffy had just stretched his leg high up behind Ener, who understood too late what was happening.

GOMU GOMU NO AXE !

Luffy's foot came down violently on the back of Ener which unable to dodge the attack and found himself getting crushed against the ark, but he got up fast while Luffy, still airborne, prepared a new attack.

GOMU GOMU NO GATLING !

What seemed to be a shower of punches fell on Ener, who was not impressed at all by that, using his mantra to catch both rubber arms before throwing their owner on the ground.

Nami and Ash: " Luffy ! "

Ener: " You have picked a bad time to tour the sky island, pirates of the Blue Sea. I am God ! I can predict the future. Not to mention your punches ! After all, my will alone created this world. Everything I say happen, no matter what."

Ash: " So if you decide to shut the fuck up, you'll stop saying bullshit ? "

Ener, a vein twitching on his forehead: " Speak all you want, insect, but you are all foolish to try to stand up against me with such weak power. And you won't interfere with my plan. "

During his small monologue, Ener had reached what seemed to be two golden balls standing just in front of the golden throne at the foot of the golden sculpture and put his hands on them, activating at the same time his electric powers. The electricity ran through the metal, making his way all over the ark, the propellers activating all at the same time, the wooden and golden vessel taking off little by little.

Ener: " Look … It's floating ! The ark that will take me to the endless earth... The ark Maxim ! "

Ash, thought : " Now that I think about it, it's probably more than an ark. As powerful as a Logia is, they can't, for what I know, destroy whole islands. This ark have to also be used to multiply tenfold his powers, enough to allow him such a feat. Ener is not the only one to be beat, this ark also has to be destroyed ! "

By his side, Nami was on her knees, hands on her face, shaking like a leaf, completely panicking about what was happening right now.

Nami, thought : " This is bad ! We have to escape ! Hurry up, Luffy. Beat that guy ! No, wait ! What if the ship falls from the sky when Ener is defeated ? No. If we don't stop Ener, the sky island will be gone for good ! What should I do…!? " *raising her voice* " What should we do, Luffy ?! We… "

She didn't finished her sentence, Luffy stopping her by putting his straw hat on her head, a gesture which slightly surprised Ash, but less than Nami who opened wide eyes.

Luffy, without looking away: " Quit yapping ! "

Nami: " But… "

Luffy: " You're the future pirate king's friend, so stop being such a worrier ! "

These words made Ash smirk. This guy was definitively not like the other pirate.

Ener: " Pirate king ? What country does he rule ? "

Luffy: " He is the king of the seas ! "

Ener: " That doesn't sound half bad… Let's finish this in the sky. "

The arc had just broke the stone roof of the cave, beginning to appear on the surface of Upper Yard, although still stuck in the stone he was trying to cross. But it didn't seem to be a problem for Ener. Because although motionless, the ark let escape from its chimney what looked like black clouds.

Nami: " Are those thunder clouds ? "

Ener: " Exactly. Using my energy, Deathpiea cn produce clouds that contain strong electrical current running through it. Those clouds are going to cover the sky and emit thunder ten times as stronger than my attacks. This country is going to be completely eradicated ! Allow me to demonstrate. "

To punctuate his example, Ener threw his arm towards the cloudy mass over the ark and when the spark finally reached the clouds, a flash of lightning appears from the cloud and head to strike a building on Lovely Street, amplifying the panic of the inhabitants already evacuating thanks to the warnings of Conis.

Ash, gritting his teeth : " So you plan to destroy the sky islands like that ? With thunder storms ? "

Ener: " Indeed, but now … The party is about to start ! "

Without leaving the time for his 'guests' to react, Ener attacked, focusing on Luffy whereas Ash went away from the fight, taking Nami and Waver with him, whereas Luffy and Ener exchanged blows, Luffy having a hard time against the metal heated by the lightning and Ener's mantra.

Luffy: " Damn. He can predict all my movements… Ah ! "

GOMU GOMU NO BOH !

Nami and Ash, expecting a powerful technique, were more than disappointed in the light of what Luffy did. He was standing without doing anything, his face expressing a total absence of thinking, as if he had put his brain on a break.

Ash: " But what is that dumbass doing ? "

What seemed to be a stupid technique showed on the other hand to be more useful than they thought when Ener attacked again, Luffy dodging the blows with no problem at all.

Ash: "He basically relax all his body and shutdown his brain and just uses his instinct to dodge. That way, Ener can't read his movements." He explained to Nami, who was perplexed about the usefulness of this kind of techniques. "It's a useful technique, but she have a big inconvenient."

Luffy, recovering: "Damn… Because I turned into a dumbass… I couldn't attack."

Nami: "You idiot ! I was going to praise you, too !"

And by wondering how to prevent the lightning man from beating, Luffy once again had an idea.

GOMU GOMU NO TAKO !

Once again, Luffy let his body go limp, but only his arms and legs this time, his brain working normally.

Nami, in tears and irritated: " Stop using those stupid attack !"

Ash didn't know what to think of that, until Luffy jumped towards the golden statue of the ark, his body becoming some kind of tangled mess, the spectators unable to know where the members begin and finished.

GOMU GOMU NO TAKO HANABI !

In the same way as for Gomu Gomu no Gatling, Luffy rocked his fists, but also his feet in every direction, striking all over the big golden statue, his fists and the feet bouncing on its surface, all redirected like a blunderbuss towards Ener, who tried one more time to use his mantra. But alas for him, the blows reached him this time, sending him backward.

Nami: " What! But how di he do that ?"

Ash: "The rebounds ! He has no control over the way his blows bounce on the ark and thus Ener can't use his mantra to stop or dodge them !"

Taking advantage of the fact that Ener is on the floor, Luffy run towards him, arms stretch backward.

Luffy: " You can't get away now !"

GOMU GOMU NO BAZOOKA !

Both Luffy's palms sank into Ener's stomach, bringing down to his knees, folded in two by the pain, whereas Luffy on his side prepared a new attack, pulling an arm backwards, tightening his fist, his arm twisted up on itself.

GOMU GOMU NO RIFLE!

The fist struck its target with strength, the body of Ener being thrown behind up to the statue by spinning on himself like a top, crashing violently into the metallic surface. In spite of the fact that Ener seemed knocked out, the boat didn't stop at all, the thunderstorms clouds still coming out of the arc, the propellers still working. It meant that Ener was far from being beaten, as he proved it by getting up with difficulty.

Ener: " … Damn you … So…close… I was… *cough* My plans would have worked flawlessly if it wasn't for you… ! Everyone would fear me… worship me ! A punk like you is no match for me ! It's impossible ! I am the almighty God ! The almighty God !"

As his speech kept going, his voice had raised in intensity while the ark was finally freeing itself from the stone that held it prisoner on the ground and began to rise above ground level, the thunder clouds covering more and more of the sky.

Ener: " Look carefully, rubber man … This island is doomed… Nothing can save it now … ! "

Luffy: " Shut up ! "

While Luffy began rushing et Ener, Ash looked at the drums wearing man and what he saw in his eyes meant nothing good for the pirate captain.

Ash: " Luffy, stop ! Get away from him ! "

But alas, it was already too late for him. As Luffy came close to him, Ener put his hands on the metallic surface of the golden mask, which began to undulate, like Ener's staff a little earlier.

GLOAM PADDLING !

Without leaving Luffy the time to understand what was happening, Ener gathered the melted metal around Luffy's stretched arm and locked the latter in an enormous ball made of gold, the rubber man crying with pain by feeling the burning metal against his skin while trying to take his arm out of it, but without succeeding.

Ash and Nami : " LUFFY ! "

Ener: " And now, it's time for me to end this useless fight. Farewell. You can keep the gold as a souvenir. "

With a sudden kick, Ener sent the ball overboard and Luffy, whose arm had reached his maximum length, found himself stuck to the railing because of the weight of the gold which pulled him downwards. But Ener swept his legs of the ground, which send him down, quickly followed by Aisa and Pierre, who had followed them up to there.

Ener, seeing Aisa and the winged horse : " Are they the owners of the voices I am hearing ? "

His hand changed into electricity, ready to strike the girl and her flying companion when he was violently interrupted.

WAVE KNOCKBACK !

A sudden strength struck the electric body of Ener, which was blown like a candle before re-forming, turning his head to Ash, his two hands stretched towards him, Nami standing against the rail, staring into the void where Luffy had just fallen, shared between her fear for what happened to Luffy and her hatred toward this egocentric asshole who was the source of all their problems.

Ash: " You have already made enough victim, brackets face. "

Ener: " You are tough, for an insect. But without your equipment, you can do nothing against me, thus I am going to let live for now, hoping that you have a change of mind and joins me in my quest for Fairy Vearth. "

Ash: " In your dreams, bitch. I have already said it, I'd rather kill myself that let a bastard like you do what he wants. "

Ener: " In this case, you will die at the same time as these islands when the time will come. " He then turned his head to Nami. " As for you, after surviving such events… Don't you have high hopes for the futures ? "

Nami, replacing Luffy's hat on her head: " Hopes for the future ? Yes. However, getting there with you… is not much different from being alone…! " Ash looked at her from the corner of his eye, analyzing her words. " What good is the treasure if I am alone ? After sharing so much of our dreams… instead of sacrificing them and leave with you… I would rather have nothing at all ! "

Ash grinned, his opinion about the red haired navigator changing radically. She had just spoken with her heart, her voice even wavering and she had proved to him that she was not only the stingy bossy witch he though she was. Furthermore, he was now sure that this attitude of her was due to something which had happened to her long ago, if the feeling her shaky voice were carrying were any indication. Ener, from his side, was by no means impressed by those words, he seemed even rather amused.

Ener: " You really do not value your life, do you ? "

With this, he threw a lightning bolt in her direction but, much to everyone surprise, the bolt suddenly deviated from its trajectory to go strike a metal pole, now completely destroyed, standing next to Ash.

Ener: "What is that ? "

Ash: " A lightning conductor of some sort, but it's not going to be very useful, from now on. "

Nami: " But where does that thing came from, seriously ? You don't any bag. Well, it doesn't matter, protect me, since you can. "

Ash: "No".

Nami almost collapsed facing this unequivocal refusal.

Nami: " What do you mean by no ? "

Ash: " Aren't you capable of fighting and protecting by yourself ? You choose to join a pirates crew and aren't ready to put your life on the line ? That you would survive only by being protected by the others ? You may be all close to each other, there are moments when you will have to find a way alone. You can handle more or less everything that happen aboard the boat, but in a fight, it's not by being dependent on the others that you are going to be really useful to the crew. "

Nami said nothing more. She was shocked, not only because these words had hurt her, but because she had to admit that he was right. And she had a chance to prove her worth when another bolt of lightning approached her. By reflex, she grabbed one of the pieces of her Climact Tact.

THUNDER BALL !

Using her electric bubbles, she created some kind of path and when the bolt of lightning came in touch with it, the latter followed the path away from Nami.

Ash: "See, you can fight against him."

Nami: "Yeah, but it won't be enough."

Ash: "Indeed, we should get Luffy back, he is the only one who can beat him, but not before stopping this nightmare of an ark."

KAYAKU BOSHI !

Suddenly, an explosion was heard, Ener hand having been struck by an explosive pellet which interrupted him. All turned their head to the door situated on the right of the statue and in front of it stood Ussop, his hands in front of his head.

Ussop: "S… sorry."

Nami: "USSOP !?"

Ussop: "Heh ? Where's Sanji ? He's not here ?"

The sniper eyes met Ener, his gaze darkening.

Ussop: "In that case …"

One second passed, and Ussop left, closing the door behind him, Nami shouting after him.

Nami : "GET BACK HERE !"

Then the door reopened suddenly, revealing a more self-confident Ussop

Ussop: "Let's get it on, God !"

*BAM* A thunder bolt struck Ussop at his feet, the long-nosed man diving to the side to avoid it, running to reach Nami and Ash, the latter following him with his eyes without moving, arms crossed since his last intervention.

Ussop: "Nami !"

Nami, hopeful : " What ? Do you have a plan ? "

Ussop: " Save me. "

Nami, hitting him: " DAMN YOU ! You are supposed to be the one saving me ! "

Ash : "*cough*"

Nami, looking at him then hanging her head : "Or I could fight by myself, isn't it ?"

Ash : "Yes."

Ussop, laughing nervously his hand in front of his face: " Well, what can we do against God ? Not much, isn't it ? "

Nami, in the same position: " That's true. Hahaha. "

*BAM* the same thunder clapped at their feet, the two diving to dodge it, Ash shaking his head in disbelief.

Ash: "*to himself* How did they survive until there, seriously ? *raising his voice* I think the best thing for us to do is to fetch Luffy. He is the only one who have a chance against him. "

Ussop and Nami looked at each other, before looking and turning their attention back to Ash.

Nami and Ussop: " Good idea ! "

And they parted, each on their own side, Ash trying to do a diversion while Ussop and Nami returned to the Waver. To grab Ener's attention, Ash used its powers to move constantly, using shock waves to blow the lightning bolt thrown by Ener, sometimes standing between the God and the pirates to protect them. He might have said that they had to fight for themselves, against that guy it would be suicidal. But Ash was floored quickly and Ener then refocused on the sniper and the navigator, the latter starting up the Waver.

EL …

Just as everything seemed lost for both pirates, a fourth ally appears from out of nowhere and send away Nami and Ussop at once with a kick, taking their place in front of God.

Ussop and Nami: " Sanji ?! "

Ash: " The cook ? "

… THOR !

The blond wasn't able, and did nothing, to avoid the attack while Nami and Ussop fell of the boat. But the cook, much to Ash surprise, didn't collapse immediately, still standing in front of Ener.

Sanji: " Hey … Don't just… Stand there talking trash… " he took a hold of his charred cigarette end he still had in his mouth. " I was going to borrow your light, but… Where the hell were you aiming…!? "

Ash: " Is it only allowed to be as badass as that ? "

Ener: " So… ? "

Sanji: " Ah… Is that… the face of utter defeat I see in your future ?"

While he was collapsing, Sanji had buried a seed of doubt in Ash's mind who got an answer about it when the ark suddenly stopped creating thunder clouds, much to the shock of a dumbfounded Ener.

Ener: " What was that ? The ship ? Can it be you ? Damn you…! "

Ash, sensing that Ener was about to change the cooking of the cook from medium rare to well done, took off sharply, grabbing the cook, before throwing himself of the boat, following Ussop and Nami, his mind already set on his final goal : bringing down this bastard.

Wow ! My longest chapter until now ! Wasn't supposed to be this long, but I was inspired and I hope you'll like it. Don't forget to review if you liked it and if you have advice or anything else useful for the fic. See you next time !

Next time : Doomsday, part 2 ! Climbing and bringing down the Giant jack. Relight the light of Shandora !