Brand New World

by Kakusei

I m Kakusei. I have no idea where I am, or who I am, but I feel I m in a familiar world, just not my own. Mentions other mangas as the character is from our world. I m being realistic. Final Note: This story is done due to lack of interest in author to continue.

12. Chapter 12

Brand New World

Ch. 12: The Sound of Victory

-X-

Disclaimer: The following is a fan made work of fiction. One Piece is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, Shueisha, Shonen Jump Manga, and Eiichiro Oda. I do not own One Piece or any of its characters, I'm writing this story for my own amusement.

Summary: I`m Kakusei. I have no idea where I am, or who I am, but I feel I m in a familiar world, just not my own. Mentions other mangas as the character is from our world. I`m being realistic. Also, Robin x OC later.

Rating: T for Language, Violence, and Blood.

-X-

Catching our Breath

-X-

Kakusei and Robin brought Zoro, Chopper, Gan Fall, and Wiper to the cloud where the beanstalk rose up. "So the Maxim is headed for the Golden Bell after all," Robin thought aloud.

"Seems that way," Kakusei said as he set down Gan Fall and Wiper.

"Do you think Navigator-san will be alright?" Robin asked looking at Kakusei.

"Yeah, she`ll be fine," Kakusei said smiling towards the Maxim. "Usopp and Sanji will do well to protect her."

"Robin, Kakusei!" A voice yelled towards them as Aisa and Pierre flew at them. Robin created arms to catch them and Kakusei created a wall of wind in front of Robin`s arms to slow down Aisa and Pierre even more. "Thanks!"

"Luffy…" Robin and I said at the same time.

"Gah! Your arms!" Aisa exclaimed, "And you made wind!"

"And there`s the ball of gold," Kakusei said putting his hands behind his head.

"It looks heavy," Robin commented.

"Does this vine lead to the golden bell?" Luffy asked. "Enel is going to be there, right?"

"Yeah, he`s heading that way," Kakusei said calmly.

"You`d better hurry before he leaves," Robin said just as calm.

"Got it!" Luffy said as he climbed up the beanstalk.

"Excuse me," Robin asked Aisa, "Where is Navigator-san? She`s the girl with orange hair."

"You mean Nami?" Aisa replied. "She`s still on the ship, but I can`t hear her voice."

"Kakusei, Robin, you`re here!" Nami said as she and Usopp pulled up in her Waver. "Aisa! You`re alright!"

"Navigator-san and Naga hana-kun!" Robin said a little surprised they were down here.

"Nami!" Aisa said as she hugged Nami.

"Aisa, where`s Luffy?" Nami asked.

"Oh!" Usopp exclaimed. "Zoro! Chopper! Ossan! And the raider too! Damn, is everyone down…?"

"I`m still up," Kakusei said holding two fingers and his thumb outstretched.

"Luffy went up the vine to rescue you!" Aisa said worriedly still hugging Nami.

"You mean where Enel is?" Nami said shocked.

"Unfortunately," Kakusei replied.

"It`s a little late to try to stop him," Robin commented.

"We`re running out of time!" Usopp said worriedly. "We have to leave quickly!"

"How about this," Nami said as she looked at the beanstalk, "I catch up to Luffy with the Waver, and you all go back to the ship!"

-X-

Meanwhile, Luffy was bounding up the beanstalk.

"Enel, I`m coming for you," he said determined. "You won`t get away!"

-X-

"Captain, we ran out of ships for the evacuation!" One of the white berets said while they were evacuating Angel Island.

"Damn it!" The captain said. "Go to the Milky Way and get those Dial Boats! How many are left!"

"Less than half sir!" Another white beret responded.

"I don`t care how! Just get everyone out of here!" The captain said quickly.

-X-

"Haah… So it`s finally working again," Enel said as he looked at the clouds coming from the Maxim.

-X-

"Hurry! The sky is getting darker!" A Shandian villager said as they evacuated to the boats.

"Chief, Aisa is still…" Another villager said.

"And all the warriors are still out there," the Chief said looking at the land.

-X-

"The wind stopped," Conis thought aloud while on the Going Merry. "Everything just stopped!"

-X-

Lightning much more powerful than Enel could make began to strike from the sky, destroying anything it touched. "Now the party has officially started!" Enel said confidently. "Mamaragan!"

-X-

Impending Doom

-X-

"Get out of here! Hurry!" A Skypiean said as Angel Island was devastated by lightning strikes.

"This place is covered with thunder strikes!" Another Skypiean said with a look of shock on his face.

"We`re almost there!" A Skypiean woman said as she neared the docks.

"Get on the ships and sail to the west!" A white beret said scared. "To the west!"

"Hurry! Abandon all unnecessary possessions!" The captain said also scared.

-X-

"Damn him!" Luffy said as he ran up the beanstalk. "I have to… get up there…! ENEL!"

-X-

"Chief hurry!" A Shandian said to the Chief as he started at a statue of a Shandian warrior.

"Great Calgara," The chief thought to himself, "we will never give up."

-X-

A lightning bolt struck a few meters away from where the Strawhat Pirates stood.

"Woah! That lightning strike was waaaaaay to close!" Usopp said with a shocked expression on his face.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious," Kakusei said slapping his face with his hand.

"You called me captain," Usopp said with a proud gleam in his eye.

"I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!" Kakusei yelled at Usopp while baring his fangs.

"Everyone go back to the ship!" Nami yelled as she revved up the Waver. "I`ll go catch up to Luffy!"

"Got it!" Usopp said as Nami left.

"Even if Luffy climbs all the way to the top, the enemy is still floating too high in the air," Nami thought to herself. "Plus this country will be eradicated soon, then how will we escape?"

-X-

"Hurry, Robin, Kakusei," Usopp said as he began to pick up Zoro, "we have to get these…" Then Wiper stood up, still blackened from Enel`s attack.

"Wiper…" Aisa said looking at him.

Then Zoro and Gan Fall began to stir. "Swordsman-san!" Robin said as she picked his head up.

"Gan Fall!" Kakusei said. "Are you guys alright?"

"Enel…" Gan Fall said slowly.

"Great! You`re all awake!" Usopp said quickly. "We need to get out of here NOW!"

"Has… has it started?" Gan Fall said weakly.

"Hang on tight," Robin said. "We can`t stay here any longer."

-X-

"Yahahahahaha!" Enel said as he overlooked the destruction of Skypiea. "What a beautiful sight!"

-X-

Kakusei`s Vague Memories

-X-

Wiper was lost in his own memories while watching the storm destroy his ancestral home. "We swear to the great Calgara! We will re-ignite the light of Shandia!"

Wiper began to think back to his childhood. "Wiper, your ancestor, Calgara the great warrior, had one reason he had to retake our home," the chief told a younger Wiper.

"Only one reason?" Wiper asked the chief.

"Yes! It`s what Calgara regretted the most!" the chief said. "Calgara had a great friend."

"Calgara`s friend?" Wiper repeated.

"Yes," the chief replied, "400 years ago… His name was… Monblanc… Monblanc Norland!"

Kakusei put his hand on Wiper`s shoulder, snapping him out of his trance. "You`re thinking of Calgara and Monblanc Norland, aren`t you?" he said with a small smile on his face.

"How… how do you know of…?" Wiper began to ask.

"I`ll explain after Luffy kicks Enel`s ass," Kakusei said calmly and still smiling. "Enel has no right to destroy all this as if he were a god."

"Shit, shit, SHIT!" Usopp yelled in fear. "This madness will not end! Let`s just get out of here!"

"No," Kakusei said becoming much more serious, "We can`t leave yet. We still have a part to play here, I can feel it."

-X-

"Yahahahaha! This sky is God`s territory!" Enel said laughing. "Neither man nor earth should exist here! They all belong on the ground! Go back to the Blue Seas! Yahahahahaha! Witness the power of GOD!" He looked off into the clouds. "So, is that where the Shandians have been hiding? Since your ancestors are from the Blue Seas, go back to where you came from! You are dismissed!" A lightning bolt then struck the hidden village where the Shandians had been; destroying it completely, save for the statue of Calgara.

-X-

"Our village…" a Shandian said in awe. "That was too close. Any slower and we would have been…"

-X-

"Set sail!" the captain of the white berets said. "Hurry up! Angel Island won`t hold up much longer! Go out to sea immediately! GO!" A large amount of lightning bolts struck Angel Island destroying it.

"Captain! A lot of people are injured!" a white beret told the captain.

"Take them to the ships!" the captain responded. "There is nowhere on the island that is safe anymore! If we hadn`t listened to that girl," he began to think, "Just thinking about it gives me goose bumps."

-X-

Conis was thinking of all she had done to her friends, and wished that her father was still okay.

-X-

"Yahahahaha!" Enel roared. "The angels are all scurrying around like ants on a hot pan! Be gone Skypeia! Yahahahaha… This God`s shrine no longer serves a purpose. So down to the Shandia Ruins you go!" Enel struck the building sending it to the ground. "The only thing I desire now is the golden bell!"

-X-

"By the way," Wiper said turning his attention to Robin, "did you say something about a golden bell?"

"Ah, yes," Robin said.

"The bell is Enel`s next destination," Wiper said, "Do you know where it is?"

"HEY! HEY! Why are we talking about the bell? Shouldn`t we be running away?" Usopp said still scared.

"It`s up the beanstalk," Robin said calmly pointing at the beanstalk. "Somewhere near the top, I think."

"Let`s follow Nami`s plan and go back to the ship!" Usopp yelled still afraid. "Just leave everything to Luffy!"

"The giant stalk penetrated the land through the center of Shandia," Robin said to Wiper. "If I remember correctly the bell was located at the center of the city, so theoretically the bell should be somewhere further up the stalk."

-X-

"Why do I hear two voices approaching me?" Enel asked aloud while on the Maxim.

-X-

"Well, he sure is running fast!" Nami said as she drove up the beanstalk.

"I hope Nami is okay up there," Luffy said a little further up the beanstalk. "Enel, I`ll never let you get away with the bell!"

-X-

"Finally, I`m on top of the beanstalk," Enel said as he looked down from the Maxim. "I`m probably the first person to ever get up all the way here. Now where is that golden bell?" He looked down to see Luffy making his way up the beanstalk.

Luffy jumped on the cloud below the top of the beanstalk. "Am I on top yet?" he asked as he looked around. All he saw was the ruins of God`s Shrine, although he didn` t know that`s what it was.

"So we meet again," Enel said to Luffy. "I`m surprised you dragged that thing all the way up here."

"I`ve found you!" Luffy said as he looked up at Enel. "Stop running away and fight me, Enel!"

"Be gone," Enel said as he struck the bean stalk below where Luffy was climbing up, causing Luffy to fell down to the ground.

"No fair!" Luffy said as he tried to grab the beanstalk on his way down.

"Yahahahaha!" Enel laughed as he watch Luffy fall.

-X-

"Wiper, you`ll die if you start climbing now!" Aisa said as Wiper began to head for the beanstalk. "You`ll never get to him anyways. He`s flying!"

"Move away from the beanstalk! Something`s falling down!" Usopp warned everyone as the piece of beanstalk Enel broke off fell to the ground.

"What is going on up there?" Robin asked looking at the beanstalk fragment.

"My guess is Luffy got closer to Enel, and Enel zapped the top of the beanstalk," Kakusei said with an inquisitive look on his face.

"Oh no! Luffy!" Usopp yelled in panic. "Anyone see Luffy`s corpse anywhere?"

"Way to have faith in our captain, Usopp," Kakusei said quietly to himself. Robin heard it and giggled a little at Kakusei`s sarcasm.

"See Wiper, I told you!" Aisa said holding up Wiper`s head. "You can`t climb now!"

"The bell is right above us," Wiper said slowly. "I was so close to granting the great Kalgara`s wish!"

-X-

Enel taunted Luffy as he hung from the beanstalk. "Did you want to fight me? I`m not going anywhere."

"Damn you," Luffy cursed at Enel.

"Yahahahahahaha! You can just stay there," Enel said as he looked down on Luffy. "I`ll show you something really nice. Enel then disappeared by turning to lightning.

"Eh? He disappeared!" Luffy said still hanging from the beanstalk.

-X-

If at First you don`t Succeed…

-X-

Eventually, Luffy swung his golden ball up to the top of the cloud he was just on. "Th… there… I`m up here… again. Now`s my chance… to get up on the ship." Then Nami ran him over with the Waiver.

"Luffy!" Nami exclaimed as she realized she ran him over.

"Eh? Nami?" Luffy asked muffled under the Waiver`s wheel. "How did you get here?"

"I came to get you," Nami replied. "Sanji and Usopp got me out of the ship a while ago."

"Oh, that`s great," Luffy said excitedly. "Right now we need to… eh? What`s that?" Luffy pointed out a huge ball of dark clouds in the sky.

"Oh my god, what is that!" Nami exclaimed. "Oh no, that cloud looks like it has a lot more condensed electricity than a normal cloud!"

-X-

"Guys, I think we have a problem," Kakusei said as he pointed out the giant ball of thunderclouds above Angel Island.

"What the heck is that?" Zoro asked.

"That is one huge ball of thunderclouds!" Aisa said a little worried.

"Am I dreaming! I can`t believe my eyes!" Usopp screamed.

"I`ve got a bad feeling about this," Gan Fall said slowly.

-X-

"Yahahaha! I am the absolute power in the sky!" Enel said gloating over his current success. "I surprise even myself with my power! With Maxim, all miracles are possible!" Then the giant ball of thunderclouds fell on Angel Island, and then detonated, releasing its massive electrical charge. "Raigoh!" After the flash of light, Angel Island and even the sea cloud below it was vaporized. "Hmm, what a great view it is. Those eyesores no longer stop the sun from shining."

-X-

After the Raigoh disappeared, the lightning started up again. "First the explosion, and now it`s raining thunder strikes again?" Usopp said with a look like he just soiled himself. "We really are doomed!"

"Angel Island was eradicated?" Gan Fall said slowly. "Why? Why? Enel! You really are a heartless monster!"

"Enel," Kakusei said as he clenched his fists, "To have such disregard for human lives…" Kakusei`s normally brown eyes glowed a bright, almost azure blue for a split second, and Robin seemed to be the only one who took notice.

"Kakusei, who are you?" Robin asked herself.

-X-

"Luffy, get on the Waver!" Nami said to Luffy worriedly. "We`re leaving! The others are probably back on the ship by now! We have to go too!"

"No," was all Luffy replied.

"What do you mean, 'No'!" Nami said still worried.

"I don`t have to save you now, but I still have something to take care of," Luffy said staunchly.

"Take care of!" Nami yelled. "Are you still thinking of fighting Enel!"

"No," Luffy said calmly. "The golden bell is here!"

"Gold… I know gold is important, but we`ll die if we don`t escape now!" Nami said. "You saw it too, right? Even if you are immune to lightning, he can still destroy an entire island and you with it! You already have that huge chunk of gold on your hand! So let`s go or you`ll die for sure!"

"I don`t die that easily," Luffy said still serious.

"If he does that thing here, you will!" Nami said to Luffy.

"You saw it down there, right!" Luffy said in response.

"Saw what?" Nami asked.

"The golden city!" Luffy replied. "The golden city does exist! It wasn`t a lie. The diamond-head mister`s ancestor wasn`t lying! I have to tell him that Norland wasn`t lying, and that the golden city does exist! If I ring that bell really hard, I`m sure he`ll hear it!"

"Luffy…" Nami said in awe of Luffy`s kindness.

"I can`t let that bastard Enel get the bell!" Luffy said. "I have to ring that bell so loud that everyone in the Blue Sea can hear it! That`s why I`m staying here, and I`m gonna ring the bell no matter what!"

-X-

…Try, Try Again

-X-

Luffy grabbed onto the side of the Maxim with his good hand, trying to pull himself up to fight Enel. "Got it…" he said tired. Then Enel just kicked his hand off the Maxim sending him down again. "Enel!"

"Yahahaha, I don`t remember inviting you on this ship," Enel said as he watched Luffy fall again.

"I told you that wouldn`t work!" Nami yelled at Luffy.

"Damn that bastard!" Luffy cursed.

"Yahaha, did you like the view when the island vanished?" Enel asked. "Girl, if you are thinking of rejoining me, it is too late now."

"I never would have joined you anyways!" Nami yelled at Enel.

"Hah!" Enel exclaimed. "As soon as I find what I want, I will summon another Raigoh, and eradicate Skypiea completely! You and the others below you can do nothing but stare helplessly…"

"Others…?" Nami asked herself quietly.

"…As I destroy this country unfit for the sky, and return everything where it belongs!" Enel finished saying.

"I`ll never let that happen!" Luffy yelled as he ran up the remains of the beanstalk.

"Luffy!" Nami yelled watching him head towards Enel. Enel just zapped the top of the bean tower and watched him fall back to the cloud.

"Yahahahahaha! Farewell, rubber man!" Enel said haughtily. "Just stay there quietly and wait there for your doom! No one can stop it from happening!"

"Oh, I know. Nami, let me borrow this," Luffy said as he grabbed the Waiver. Of course, he can`t pilot the thing worth crap, and fell right off when Enel zapped him. "Damn it! No matter what, for Ossan and the gorilla! I will ring the golden bell!"

"Luffy…" Nami said as before.

-X-

Ring the Bell for Them

-X-

"Oi, oi! In the golden city, there`s supposed to be a bell right?" Luffy asked Robin a few hours earlier.

"Yes, that is what was recorded in Norland`s diary," Robin replied.

"I think I remember reading about that back in my world," Kakusei commented.

"Why do you ask?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah, why, why?" Chopper asked very childlike.

"I just had a funny idea," Luffy said smiling. "If I ring that bell really hard, then won`t the diamond head ossan and the gorillas hear it?"

"That does make sense," Kakusei said calmly.

-X-

"You mean… Luffy is trying to…" Wiper said slowly.

"Yes. According to what he said, he probably is…" Robin replied.

"He wants to ring the bell, too?" Wiper asked in shock.

"If he said he`s going to do that, then there is no way Nami can get him down," Zoro said.

"That`s just the way Luffy is," Kakusei commented, putting his hands behind his head again.

"His target`s the same as Enel`s after all," Zoro said.

-X-

The Skypieans could only look in shock at the hole where their homes once were.

"This is terrible," one citizen commented. "Our island is completely gone!"

"The heaven`s gate was destroyed along with the island!" another citizen said in fear.

"Eh?" a third citizen said shocked. "Then we can`t even get down to the White Sea, not to mention Cloud`s End!"

"Is there nothing we can do other than sit here and wait for the same thing that happened to Angel Island to happen to us!" yet another citizen said in fear.

"This is horrible!" a fifth citizen said in fear. "Are we just sitting ducks!"

"The White White Sea is disappearing little by little!" a sixth citizen said again fearing for their life.

-X-

"This is it. This is the Golden Bell of Shandia!" Enel said looking at the vine covered golden bell. "The bell that marked the start of a 400-year war! Marvelous… I shall take it with me to Endless Earth!"

-X-

Timber!

-X-

"Danger! Something is falling down again!" Usopp said pointing at the falling object.

Immediately, Kakusei recognized what it was. "I got it," he said as he flew up and grabbed the object, slowly bringing it down.

"Duck for cover!" Usopp said diving away.

"Relax Usopp, it`s a leaf," Kakusei said looking annoyed.

"Look, something`s written on it!" Aisa said pointing out the writing as Kakusei folded the leaf so it was easier to handle. "It`s a message from Luffy and Nami!"

"What`s it say?" Usopp asked back on his feet.

" 'Cut the beanstalk and make it fall westward'," Robin said slowly.

"What good would that do?" Usopp said quickly. "Danger! Look again!" Everyone looked where Usopp was pointing and looked in shock.

"Enel, that monster," Gan Fall said as we all looked at another Raigoh.

"It`s even bigger than the previous one…" Kakusei said in awe at its sheer size.

"There`s no way we can get away from that," Usopp said slowly. "We are all DOOMED!"

-X-

"Yahahaha! Farewell Skypiea!" Enel said basking in the potential destructive ability of his newest Raigoh.

-X-

"It's bigger than the last one! Dammit!" Luffy yelled.

" He'll use that to finish this land off," Nami said in awe. "It looks like he found the golden bell...! Enel said that there were 'voices right below us,' which means the others haven't gone to the ship yet. I hope they got my message."

"Yeah, we did," Kakusei said shocking Nami and Luffy.

"Kakusei, where did you come from?" Nami asked in shock.

"I can teleport, remember?" Kakusei said a bit smugly. "Anyway, we`ll get that beanstalk down as soon as possible. Luffy, if we`re gonna survive this, we need you to break that Raigoh." Kakusei pointed to the Raigoh. "I know you can do it," he said as he teleported back down to the ground.

" Aren't you going to escape, Nami?" Luffy asked.

" You want to ring the golden bell no matter what, don't you?" Nami asked Luffy

" Yeah! I WILL!" Luffy said loudly and staunchly.

" But you can't even ride a Waver, so I`ll have to do it for you," Nami replied. " I know you'd just try to jump, if I left you. For this plan to work, I`m entrusting my life to you."

"GOT IT!" Luffy said. "DON`T WORRY ABOUT IT!"

" We'll only have one chance... one split-second...!" Nami said.

-X-

" THEY`RE GONNA CROSS THE FALLEN STALK AND JUMP TO THE SHIP?" Usopp said in shock.

" What else are we supposed to do?" Zoro yelled at Usopp.

" THAT'S TOTALLY INSANE...!" Usopp yelled in response.

" Go up there and stop him, then," Kakusei said calmly as he teleported back to the ground.

" AS IF HE COULD BE STOPPED!" Usopp yelled still.

" Insane or not, either way, all we can do for them is try it," Zoro said calmly. Then lightning struck where they were standing. "Quick, get onto solid land! We'll be dropped down onto the ruins if we stay here any longer!"

-X-

"Yahahaha... Little worms... why do you bother running about now?" Enel said haughtily. "Your fate was already decided when you took the survival challenge."

-X-

"Alright, cut the beanstalk and make it fall towards the ship, we have to do it before Enel throws that thing on us," Zoro said looking at the Raigoh. "Right now, the survival of the sky island rests on Luffy`s shoulders!" He ran towards the beanstalk. "Alright, chop off the beanstalk from its west side."

"Can… can… can he make it?" Usopp said almost crying and soiling himself. "PLEASE! YOU`RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN COUNT THAT THING!"

-X-

"You just can't accept your defeat, can you...?" Enel said. "No amount of struggling or running can help you now. All of my goals have been achieved... so, I'll use this "Raigoh" to destroy the emperonimbus clouds supporting your land, and I will journey to the Endless Earth. Yahahaha... I suppose I'll probably miss this place."

-X-

Zoro drew Wado Ichimonji while he dodged more lightning strikes. "Can`t he give these blasts a break for a second?" he asked. Then he jumped at the beanstalk and cut a huge chunk out of it.

"Yes! He did it!" Usopp said with an air of confidence around him. Then Zoro got hit by a lightning bolt. "Zoro! Crap! At least he was able to cut the beanstalk!"

"It`s no good, look!" Robin said drawing our attention to the beanstalk.

"It`s not falling down?" Usopp said in shock.

"Dammit!" Kakusei said. "There`s two halves to the beanstalk, we need to cut both!"

"How are we supposed to cut the other half?" Usopp asked frantically.

Then all of a sudden, the giant snake rammed the beanstalk with its head, but it only tilted it slightly. "You can't, Wiper! Stop it!" Aisa said as she tried to stop Wiper from moving.

" Be silent. That bell... is meant for us to ring, the descendants of Calgara...!" Wiper said still in pain. "What does that Straw Hat have to do with it?"

" Forget him, Robin," Usopp said calmly for once. "He`s half dead so he can't possibly stop us. Knocking over the vine comes first! Luffy and Nami are waiting, up there! NOW, ZORO HAS CUT IT HALFWAY! And the entire thing is slanting to the side! I, Captain Usopp, and my "Dance of the Kayaku-Boshi" will send it toppling with a giant shriek! Yes, that's right... I am the heart of this pirate crew! MOVE OUT!"

" Wait..." Wiper said weakly.

" 400 years ago..." Robin began saying slowly, "an explorer on the Blue Sea lied, saying he saw a 'City of Gold.' The world laughed at him, but his descendants are still searching for the golden city today, down on the Blue Sea. And if the golden bell is rung, those descendants will know the City of Gold rests in the sky. That's what the "Straw Hat Boy" is thinking. Isn't it romantic? He`s throwing his life away to deliver that message." Then another explosion happened right behind Robin.

"And what was the descendant's name...?" Wiper asked.

"Monblanc Cricket," Robin replied.

"Then, 400 years ago..." Wiper said through his tears. "His name was Monblanc Norland."

"Yes," Robin replied.

Wiper looked at Kakusei. "So that`s how he knew, that bastard," he said in his mind.

"Wiper?" Aisa asked as he shoved her hat over her eyes.

"Is this your will too?" Wiper said in his mind as he walked forward. "Oh, great Kalgara."

Meanwhile, Usopp was being the overconfident (out of the face of danger) person he was and tried to burn the other half of the beanstalk. "Hissatsu, Kayaku-Boshi! (Gunpowder Star!) Kayaku Hoshi-Boshi! Usopp Rubber Band! GWAAAH! KAYAKU-BOSHI! ROLLING KAYAKU-BOSHI!" And still, no effect. "Hahh... hahh! Damn, it didn't do a thing! Is that really a plant? Next one will be three..."

Wiper cut him off by shoving his hand in Usopp face. "Move," was all Wiper said as he walked up to the beanstalk. Kakusei immediately realized what Wiper was about to do.

"Wiper, don`t do it! You`ll kill yourself!" was all Kakusei could say before Wiper jumped over to the remaining half of the beanstalk.

He put his right arm down onto the tower, and yelled at the top of his lungs, "REJECT!"

BOOM! A giant hole got ripped into the beanstalk, thanks to Wiper`s efforts.

"What the fuck was that?" Usopp yelled as his eyes bugged out of his head.

"That fool used the Reject Dial again!" Gan Fall said almost angry at Wiper. Wiper hit the ground with a THUD, unable to move from the aftermath of the Reject Dial.

"Break, you damn beanstalk," Wiper said in his mind as his body was unable to do so. The bean stalk began to lean and we all got ready for the thundering crash it would make, but somehow, the remains of Wiper`s attack held strong. "Damn it. Why won`t you break?"

"I guess it`s my turn," Kakusei said stepping up.

"What do you expect to do?" Gan Fall asked. "Even a Reject Dial couldn`t break Giant Jack, what do you expect to do?"

"I`m gonna break it thanks to Wiper making a nice chink in the armor," Kakusei said as the wind began to swirl around him. "This has to be just right," Kakusei said in his mind as he walked forward. "If I screw this attack up, I could destroy the rest of the island. No pressure." Kakusei stopped a few meters away from the beanstalk, and took a certain position. The wind began to center in his hands as a blue and white ball of Ki was created in the center of the wind. "Little more, just a little more… There!" Kakusei said in his mind as he balanced the wind and Ki. "Here goes nothing!" he yelled. "Geiru no Kamehameha!"

BOOM! The wind-enhanced Kamehameha blew through the rest of the beanstalk, while the wind surrounding the blast finally caused Giant Jack to tip over.

CREEEEEAK! The tower began to fall. "He did it…" Gan Fall said in astonishment. "Never have I seen an attack like that."

"Kakusei," Robin said slowly.

"Look out, it`s coming down!" Usopp said his eyes bugging out again.

-X-

One Last Run

-X-

"It`s tilting!" Nami said as she revved up the Waiver. "This is it, Luffy!"

""Okay, Nami, give it all you`ve got!" Luffy said ready to go.

"I`ve never actually tried the Jet Dial`s top speed," Nami said a little uneasy, "so I don`t know if I can control it…"

"I trust you!" Luffy said just as confidently.

"Okay!" Nami said as they shot off like a rocket.

-X-

"Look!" A Skypiean said watching Upper Yard. "Over there, at Upper Yard! Giant Jack is falling down!"

-X-

"Here we go, Luffy!" Nami said as the Waiver rocketed up Giant Jack.

"Right!" Luffy replied.

"Go kick his ass, Luffy!" both Usopp and Kakusei said at the same time.

"Can`t wait to die, can you?" Enel said still confident. "Fine, I`ll just destroy the island before you get to me! Mamaragan!"

-X-

"The thunder strikes are being focused on Upper Yard!" one of the Skypieans commented.

-X-

"Yahahahah!" Enel said haughtily. "How dare you insolent fools presume that you can reach me!"

"He`s attacking the base of the beanstalk directly!" Nami said as the lightning struck around them. "If the beanstalk loses its foundation, we won`t be able to get higher and we won`t reach Enel!"

-X-

"Upper Yard is Disintegrating!" the Skypieans yelled as the lightning struck.

-X-

"Luffy! Nami!" Usopp yelled as fearful as ever.

"Yahahaha! Lightning might not work on you, but if you can't get to me, what's the point?" Enel said still haughty. "Fall below and wait for the completion of my "Raigoh," Rubber Boy!"

"Looks like Enel is doing his best to keep away from close combat with you," Nami said as she and Luffy bounded up Giant Jack.

"He won`t get away that easily!" Luffy said determined to get Enel.

-X-

"Most of the clouds above the ruins is gone!" Usopp said loudly.

"Soon even the ground will be gone too!" Gan Fall said a bit fearful.

"Wiper`s still down there!" Aisa said in a moment of clarity.

"And so are Kakusei and Zoro!" Usopp said still in shock.

"The ruins…" Robin said slowly.

"It`s useless Enel…" Wiper said slowly as he got up. "You will never… you will never destroy Shandia!"

"Wiper!" Aisa said worried for Wiper.

"Under any circumstances, we bravely charge forward AND SURVIVE!" Wiper yelled to the sky. "YOU SHALL NEVER SMOTHER THE PRIDE OF OUR EXISTANCE! NO MATTER HOW MANY RUINS YOU DESTROY OR HOW MANY FORESTS YOU BURN…"

"Stay back," Robin said calmly as she grabbed Aisa.

"RUN WIPER OR YOU`LL DIE!" Aisa said fearing the worst.

"…BUT SHANDIA SHALL NEVER FALL!" Wiper yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Hmm? Are those someone`s dying words I hear?" Enel said as a blast of lightning hit where Wiper was.

"Of course…" Gan Fall said in his mind as Wiper`s words resonated in his mind. "The earth will not fall! Upper Yard can never be bested or destroyed! The strength of the earth, the greatness of this land is profound. None of us has a right to claim it as their own! Why have none of us realized this for the past 400 years?"

"Wiper! Wiper!" Aisa exclaimed as she saw Wiper still standing and alive.

"Get back or the beanstalk will crush you!" Usopp said as he grabbed Aisa.

"Go get him, you brat," Wiper said as Luffy and Nami shot off the top of Giant Jack towards the Maxim.

-X-

Light Up the Sky

-X-

"I`m coming Enel!" Luffy said as he and Nami got closer.

"Will this ever end?" Enel asked almost annoyed by Luffy`s attempts at attacking him.

"Give back the golden bell!" Luffy yelled at Enel at the top of his lungs.

"You`re too late, worm," Enel said calmly. "This should be big enough, so it is now time for you and Skypeia to vanish into thin air! RAIGOH!"

The Raigoh loomed over all present, and doom seemed imminent. "Luffy, I hope you were paying attention to what I told you," Kakusei said with a smile on his face, "or otherwise we`re all screwed."

"Thanks Nami, I`ll take it from here!" Luffy said as he pushed Nami and the Waver to a nearby cloud.

"Wait, Luffy, the ship is that way!" Nami said as Luffy headed straight for the Raigoh. "Luffy, WAIT! That thing is a whirlpool of electrical currents and high air pressure! Do you want to die?"

"Yahahahaha! What can you do against such absolute power, rubber man?" Enel said laughing at Luffy`s move. Luffy went right into the Raigoh, shocking Nami and anyone else who saw what he did, except for Kakusei.

"Wait, didn` t Kakusei tell Luffy to…?" Nami said realizing what Kakusei knew would happen.

"GOMU GOMU NO HANABI: OUGON BOTAN! (Gomu Gomu no Fireworks: Golden Peony!)" Luffy screamed as he swung the giant golden ball attached to his right arm rapidly making it look like an explosion of gold. "We worked hard to get to Skypeia. I won`t let you destroy it, you lightning bastard!" The Raigoh began to look like it was cracking and began to emit light.

"Why is it suddenly emitting light like that?" Nami asked shielding her eyes.

"Perfect Luffy," Kakusei said smiling and shielding his eyes as well. "You got exactly what we needed you to do."

"Damn it," Enel said in his mind, realizing what Luffy just did. "I forgot that his golden ball could act as a conductor! I have to get rid of them before he depletes the electricity!" The golden ball began to fall on Skypeia. "All of you will now DIE!" Enel said hoping to finish the people off.

-X-

"Captain, we are in God`s land, so that`s…" one of the White Berets told their captain, who was on his knees, praying.

"It doesn`t matter as someone just waiting to die and powerless to prevent it!" the captain said out loud. "We can only pray, there is nothing else we can do," he said in his mind.

-X-

"Does God even exist?" Conis wondered aloud. "If he does, will he save us? God… if you are there… we need a miracle… PLEASE SAVE THESE PEOPLE, O GOD! PLEASE SAVE THIS COUNTRY, O GOD!"

-X-

"Clear the sky, NOW!" Luffy said as he finally broke the Raigoh, letting the sun shine back in.

-X-

"The giant ball of cloud disappeared," the Shandians noticed. "How did that happen?"

"Alright, Luffy!" Usopp said with tears in his eyes. "Now KICK HIS ASS!"

"Nice job Luffy," Kakusei said as he put his hands behind his head. "Now just finish the job."

"Ring it you brat!" Wiper said at the top of his lungs. "Re-ignite the Light of Shandia!"

"Yes, my young friend," Gan Fall said in awe of what Luffy had done. "Please let us hear the song of the island!"

Luffy wound up his right arm, the gold ball still on it. "Hi again. This time, I`m gonna knock you off!" Luffy said knowing he could kick Enel`s ass.

"How dare you destroy the Raigoh, you Blue Sea monkey!" Enel said angrily. "Now you have truly angered God!" Enel completely turned into lightning and increased his size to truly resemble a god. "200 Million Volt Reishin!"

"What`s that?" Luffy asked looking at Enel`s new form.

"YOU, ring the GOLDEN BELL? You've been hanging on this whole time because of that silly legend?" Enel said as he blasted Luffy with his left arm. "I am GOD! One little Paramecia user cannot stand a chance against the mightiest of Logia powers!"

"I already told you, they don't work on me!" Luffy said as he ran up the arm Enel blasted him with. "Just shut up with your God crap, already! What kind of GOD... CAN'T SAVE A SINGLE DAMN THING?" Luffy kicked Enel right in the face. "GUAHH!"

"Did you forget I have another weapon?" Enel said as Luffy was stabbed with Enel`s golden trident.

"Luffy!" Nami exclaimed.

"Yahahaha! How unfortunate for you rubber man!" Enel said haughtily. "You are stuck there for good!"

"HOOOT!" Luffy yelled in pain.

"How ironic that the golden ball on your arm is just causing the trident to dig deeper into your body," Enel said still smug. "The only way out of that is to fall down! It is commendable that you got up here, but this is as far as you go! This country is inevitably doomed, for I will just make another Raigoh!"

"UUGUAAHH!" Luffy replied in pain. But then he remembered Conis crying about how she was forced to call the express shrimp, and how Aisa cried over the loss of Sky Island, and Luffy made his decision. He jumped back.

"Yahahaha! So you chose to fall to your doom!" Enel said laughing at Luffy`s situation.

"Luffy!" Nami said as she looked down from the cloud she was on.

"Nami, I`m going back up!" Luffy yelled as he grabbed onto the cloud Nami` was on. His right arm had stretched out and when retracted, would shoot up like a giant yo-yo.

"What?" Enel said in shock.

"You`re going down, you stupid, big-eared freak!" Luffy cried out. "Gomu Gomu no ROCKET!" His arm shot him back up to Enel` s height, twisting up all the while. "Gomu Gomu no…"

"You want to try again?" Enel said questioning Luffy`s actions.

"I will make the bell ring, NO MATTER WHAT!" Luffy cried out again.

"Yahahaha! Dream on scum!" Enel said creating two golden tridents. "I`ll be sure to pierce your heart this time!"

"Gomu Gomu no OUGON RIFLE!" Luffy said as he swung his right arm forward. The massive extra weight and twisting of his arm created so much speed and rotational force, that Luffy`s punch broke the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom.

"It`s so fast!" Enel said in his mind, realizing he was doomed to lose. Even though he could sense the attack with his Mantra, Enel could no t match the speed of sound Luffy just broke. The golden ball connected with Enel, reverting him back to his normal form, though still made of lightning. Luffy`s gold covered hand, and Enel with it, were heading straight for the bell.

"RIIIING!" Luffy said as he sent Enel on a crash-course with the bell. "Diamond-head ossan, do you hear it?" Luffy said in his mind as Enel got slammed into the bell, also breaking the gold ball on Luffy`s arm. "The golden city is here! For the whole 400 years, the city of gold has been here in the sky!" Luffy fell backward, his arm finally free from his golden trap. "Diamond-head ossan, big monkeys, did you hear it? The golden city does exist!"

BOOOOONG, BOOOOONG, BOOOOONG, BOOOOONG, BOOOOONG…

"He did it!" Usopp said crying.

"What a beautiful sound…" Robin said.

"I`ve never heard anything like it…" Kakusei said closing his eyes. "It`s so beautiful."

"Wow! How nice!" Chopper said, full of child-like wonder. "What`s that sound? What`s that sound?"

"I knew it," Gan Fall said. "I knew this day would come. I knew it!"

"So this is what Norland heard back then…" Sanji said, reveling in the bell`s sound.

-X-

"Is that the Vearth… singing?" Conis asked from the Going Merry.

-X-

"Does God really exist?" the White Beret captain asked in awe of what just happened.

-X-

"It's a miracle... After 400 years of silence... We had given it up for lost..." the Shandian Chief said in awe. "We thought that bell would never ring again...! Great Warrior Calgara, can you hear it? It`s the ringing of the Light of Shandia."

-X-

"What just happened in our country?" the Skypieans asked one another. "What is this sound? Could it be… THE LEGENDARY SONG?

-X-

"Can you hear it, Monblanc Norland?" Wiper asked as if he were speaking to heaven. "I`m sorry to be a little late," he said as Zoro and Kakusei looked towards him, resting. "I only hope your descendant can hear this." The giant snake also seemed quite happy the bell was finally rung.

-X-

"Hey, ossan, is that…" both Shojou and Masira asked Cricket.

"Yep," Cricket replied, "no doubt about it. Romantic, isn`t it?"

"In the sky…" Masira said in awe.

"I`m getting on edge with excitement!" Shojou said excited.

"Only one bell could possibly ring that long," Cricket said now figuring things out. "There is an explanation for why giant "monsters" appear along with emperonimbus clouds... That there are humans high up in the clouds, and on very bright, sunny days, their shadows are reflected from high above, upon the mists below. As if they were enormous 'monsters.' "

"Then those monsters are just... people in the sky? How could they confirm that?" Masira said inquisitively. "I mean... we never knew there were people in the sky..."

"Well, it seems to be true. Now we can hear the sound of a bell from the sky. The sound of a giant, golden bell... which means the City of Gold... was in the sky." Cricket said looking towards the emperonimbus cloud. "Norland... my ancestor... Wasn't a liar...! And that... is what you're telling me from up there... Right, kid...?" Cricket, Masira, and Shojou all looked at the emperonimbus cloud. " ...so, you found the City of Gold up there, huh...?" What Cricket, Masira, Shojou, and their crews saw on the cloud was Luffy`s shadow as he was falling after his battle with Enel. " Thanks...! Uugh…"

"Ossan, what`s wrong?" the monkeys asked Cricket as he hunched over. "Are you feeling sick?"

"I`m just glad that they`re all okay," Cricket said crying like a baby out of happiness.

-X-

"Look, it`s god`s air ship!" one of the angels pointed out as the Maxim dropped out of the sky and into the sea cloud. "Look, it`s god!" Enel soon followed his ship into the cloud, unconscious. "They sank! God Enel and his ship sank!"

"It rang," Luffy said lying spread eagle on the cloud he had pushed Nami onto.

"Yup," Nami said with a smile on her face.

"You think they heard it?" Luffy asked Nami.

"I`m sure they did," Nami said. "You think Kakusei will come and get us down safely soon?"

"Maybe," Luffy said grinning as he always did.

-X-

I finally got to it, but I wrapped up Enel`s defeat at the hands of Luffy. I did skip the 400-year flashback, but I`ll make a summed-up version for next chapter.

Next chapter, we party hard due to Enel`s defeat!

Tsugino jikan made! (Until next time!)