Brand New World
Ch. 14: Silver Linings and Gold Treasure
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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, nor any of the songs I put in here. The only thing I own here is Kakusei and a few fan characters.
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.
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One day later…
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"Hey, Nami! Wake everybody up," Luffy whispered to Nami.
" Huh... What?" Nami said sleepily.
"We're gonna steal the gold and take off..." Luffy whispered while holding his pointer finger to his big grin.
"What? There's gold?" Nami whispered excitedly.
" SHUT UP! DON'T TALK SO LOUD!" Luffy said yelled almost at the top of his lungs.
"That was much louder than I just was!" Nami said hitting Luffy.
"Shut up, I can't sleep!" Usopp said hitting Chopper and waking him up.
" GWEHHHHH!" was all Chopper said as he woke up in pain.
"Oh! Morning already?" Zoro said barely waking up.
" Yeah, right," Luffy yelled at Nami, "you were so much more louder than me!
"GOOD MORNING NAMI-SAN!" Sanji said enthusiastically as he woke up. "WAIT THIS ISN'T MORNING!"
"What is it?" Robin asked as she woke up.
"Probably Luffy beginning to wake up everyone around us," Kakusei said waking up almost at the same time Robin did.
"Usopp punched me!" Chopper said crying a bit.
"Those Blue Sea people sure love partying..." the onlookers said in confusion.
"...and that's the deal!" Luffy said after explaining the plan. "Make the best out of tomorrow and don`t have any regrets."
"CHIEF! We found the golden bell!" a group of Shandians said to their chief.
"What?" the chief said surprised.
"It got caught on Giant Jack...!" the Shandians said in response. "We're all pulling it up together!"
"Really?" the chief said still surprised.
"Anyone with strength, come to the eastern shore, now!" the Shandians said gathering anyone they could.
"The gold bell..." Robin said in her mind. "The Poneglyphs... stones you cannot find without great desire... I thought that I could end my search for good here..."
"One more good pull," the people said all grabbing a long rope. "Heave, HOOOO! Pull! Graahh! Heave! Damn! Still not enough hands! This is the pride of our Shandorian ancestors!We have to pull it up...! YEAH! Put your backs into it!" Just then, many of Enel`s former priests walked up more than ready to lend a helping hand, and everyone grabbed onto the rope. "ONE MORE TIME! HERE WE GO!PULL!"
Kakusei walked up towards where the Shandians were pulling up the bell. "Maybe I should give them a hand."
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"Rubber band?" and Angel said as he held a rubber band in his hands and stretched it. "You call this a rubber band?"
"My Usopp Rubber Bands were about 90% responsible for felling the Giant Jack over there. I'm the only man in the world who has them," Usopp said sounding kind of like a salesman who needed his next paycheck. "But wait! What's more important are these metal plates! You want metal, don't you? I took them right off our ship! Let me exchange these for some Dials..."
"No, I just want the rubber bands!" the angel replied. "I'll trade you for those!"
"Me too! Can I trade?" a Shandian warrior said excitedly.
"GAHAHAHAHAHA!" Usopp laughed as he and Zoro headed towards the giant sleeping snake.
"You sound happy, Usopp. Did your trading go well?" Zoro asked.
"You bet your ass it did!" Usopp replied excitedly. "Look at all these Dials! I can do so much now! The Usopp Factory is back in business," he said playing with a few Dials. "Hey Zoro! Want me to turn that blade into a nice smelly "Flavor Sword"?"
"Nah, it's cool," Zoro said nervously at the thought of Usopp working on his swords.
"I can power-up Nami's Clima Tacts, too. And my pachinko balls are gonna be awesome..." Usopp said imagining the possibilities. "Where are Luffy and the guys? And Robin and Kakusei?
"Luffy's still inside. Robin went somewhere," Zoro said calmly. "I don`t know where the hell Kakusei is."
"Damn, that snake sure sleeps a lot," Usopp said looking at the giant sleeping snake.
"It was dancing for days... Dunno what it was so happy about, though..." Zoro said thinking a bit. "Anyways, if they don't get out soon, it'll wake up and they'll be in deep shit."
"What, this friendly snake?" Usopp said in a slightly annoying voice.
"No way! You don't know how vicious it really is," Zoro said quickly.
"What, this friendly snake?" Usopp repeated.
"...I told you, you didn't see it in action, so you don't understand how vicious it can be..." Zoro said a bit annoyed.
"What, this friendly snake?" Usopp repeated again.
"Listen to me, Usopp..." Zoro said very annoyed now.
"SURPRISE! IT WAS A TONE DIAL!" Usopp said holding a Tone Dial high in the air.
"What, this friendly..." the Dial began to repeat.
"SHUT THAT SHIT OFF!" Zoro yelled at Usopp.
"LOOK! LOOK AT ALL THIS TREASURE!" Luffy said as he got out of the snake`s mouth.
"This is real! What was that snake eating?" Sanji said as he held a golden cross.
"SEE! SEE!" Luffy said excitedly as he looked at all the gold.
"WOWWWW!" Nami said as she rubbed her cheek against a very decorated crown.
"It's so pretty! This is the same as the one at the monkeys' house!" Chopper said as he held a small golden bell.
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"Come on!" the people said as they struggled to pull up the bell. "We can do this!"
"I guess this is a good time for me to step in and help," Kakusei said as he came up and grabbed onto the back of the rope.
"Glad you could help, ya pervert!" Wiper said.
"It`s no problem, you stubborn bastard!" Kakusei said jokingly. "All right everyone, it`s time for us to ante up, and it`s all in!" Just then, Kakusei`s body felt weird, he noticed. "What the hell?" he said in his mind. "Oh, well, time to…" he gave the rope a slight tug, which snapped the line taught, which shot the golden bell into the air, and it subsequently fell up on top of the fallen Giant Jack. This "tug" also sent everyone else pulling on the rope flying a few feet. "…pull?" Kakusei thought surprised at his newfound strength, and with a shocked look on his face. Even Robin looked a bit shocked as she saw this. After recovering from his mind blank, he realized his body now felt lighter for some reason, like he barely weighed anything.
"It's up...Wow! So this is "gold"! It's beautiful! Get it on the vearth! That spot is unstable!" the people said quickly.
"I got it," Kakusei said as he jumped over to where the bell was. He grabbed the bell with both hands, and almost effortlessly, lifted it over his head, sending a look of shock though out the entire crowd of people. "Hell, if I`m gonna be strong for now, I`m gonna use it!" he said in his mind and smiling just as big as Luffy did normally.
"He really is like Luffy," Robin said giggling at the absurdity of the situation, while Kakusei set the golden bell down.
"It fills me with pride just to look at it...!" one of the Angels said proudly. "But one of the pillars is broken off."
"Hey, look at that, there. A "Poneglyph"..." one of the Shandians pointed out. "The stone that our ancestors lost their lives and city to protect...! What could be written on it, Chief?"
"Better not to know..." the chief said calmly. "All we need do is..."
"Keep thy motives in heart with closed mouth. We are those who control history with the tolling of the golden bell," Robin said reading the text.
"How do you know... those words?" the chief said amazed at Robin.
"It was written on the ruins of Shandia," Robin said calmly as Kakusei approached her and the chief. "You were its guardians, over the ages, weren't you?"
"You mean... You can read that...?" the chief said amazed.
"An "ancient weapon" with the name of a god. "Poseidon"... and its location," Robin said calmly.
"A weapon made in the seas named after the Greek god of the sea," Kakusei said commenting, "How fitting."
"...Ancient weapon?" the warriors said amazed at what they just heard. "...Why would that be written there...?"
"Another weapon...! And different from Alabasta's "Pluton"...! It sickens me to think these destructive things are still sleeping around the world...!" Robin said in her mind. "Wrong once more," she said aloud. "This isn't what I want to know...!" she said in her mind.
"Hey, Robin!" Kakusei said as he looked at a corner in the base. "Aren`t these Ponegylphs over here?"
"Huh? "I was here, and will follow these words to their end. Gol D. Roger, Pirate" Robin read off the text Kakusei pointed out. "The Pirate King...? He was here, in Sky Island? How can he write in that language...?"
"Roger made it up here?" Kakusei said amazed. "Wow, now that`s cool."
"...it says "Roger"?" Gan Fall said asking Robin.
"Do you know him?" Robin asked.
"He was a guest here, over twenty years ago," Gan Fall said slowly. "He said he was a Blue Sea pirate. So that is the name written there?"
"...yes. I don't know how he reached the bell tower, but it's undeniable proof..."Robin said slowly as Kakusei listened eagerly. "...and there are said to be two kinds of Poneglyphs. "Stones that hold information"... and "Stones that lead to those stones"... This stone is... a "stone that holds information"..."
"That`s good to know," Kakusei said simplistically.
"I was here, and will follow these words to their end"... "Follow these words"... ...then, maybe... The Rio Poneglyph is...!" Robin said realizing something. "Chieftain, this Poneglyph has already... served its purpose."
"...purpose?" the chief said inquisitively.
"Yes... When you take all of the Poneglyphs around the world that contain information, they must form one message that can account for the "Lost Years of History." The Rio Poneglyph IS that completed message, the book that still does not yet exist," Robin said slowly. "The Pirate King, Gol D. Roger... must have arrived at the destination of this message. Which means..."
"I see... We don't have... to fight anymore...?" the chief said slowly and fighting back tears. "Yes... Our ancestors' wishes... were fulfilled...?"
"Chief! Chief!" many Shandians said in haste.
"Yes..." Robin said. "It means that I must follow the words in all the Poneglyphs I have read thus far...To the end of the Grand Line... RAFTEL!"
"By the way, girl... didn't you people want this "gold" stuff? They say it's more valuable than vearth, on the Blue Sea..." the chief said. "How about we give you the broken pillar from the bell tower? We can't give you the bell itself, but..."
"Yeah, that's a good idea!" the people said excitedly. "Besides, we never got the chance to repay you!"
"Really? They'll be delighted!" Robin said smiling.
"With a piece of gold that big, we`ll be loaded for life!" Kakusei said with great energy. "Even with Luffy`s appetite!"
"Okay then! Let's take this to their ship, everyone!" the people said as they quickly lined up. "Wrap it in a cloth! It's too hard to carry, otherwise. This is our repayment for defeating Enel! Be careful! It's heavy! This goes to the saviors of our land! It's so huge..."
"Hey let me help you guys out," Kakusei said as he ran over to the gold pillar. "It`s going to me and my friends after all."
"Girl... you know, that Straw Hat boy," Gan Fall. "He reminds me of the way Roger once was. Is that... just my imagination?"
"His name is Monkey D. Luffy," Robin replied. "I've also got quite a bit of interest in him."
"D... I see, that initial," Gan Fall said. "No wonder he seems so similar...! Hahaha..."
"Yes... I'm sure it will end up having... a great effect on history," Robin said smiling again. "I wonder if Kakusei has that initial too…"
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"Robin and Kakusei are sure taking their time..." Zoro said as he and Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper stood in the ruins of Shandia.
"This place got empty, too. Where did all the guerillas and angels go?" Luffy asked while standing on top of a rock.
"Be thankful they're not here," Usopp commented. "If they were, they'd be chasing us around."
"Cause we're gonna take off with all this gold!" Chopper chimed in.
"Oh well. Nami and Conis and her dad are helping get the ship ready for sailing," Sanji said.
"Damn, I'm tired. Why do we have to wait for them?" Zoro said. "Whatever. I'm going onboard now."
"YOU JERK! SHUT UP!" Usopp yelled at Zoro.
"JERK!" Luffy chimed in.
"MARIMO JERK!" Sanji said angrily.
"JERK MARIMO!" Chopper said imitating Sanji.
"SHUT THE HELL UP, ALL OF YOU!" Zoro said as he, Sanji, Luffy, and Chopper began fighting.
"Jerk!" was all Luffy could insult Zoro with.
"You're lost after three steps into a forest!" Sanji said insulting Zoro. "Should we leave you behind, too?"
"Check it out, it's Robin!" Usopp said crawling out from the fight cloud. "But where`s Kakusei?"
"HEY! ROBIN! HURRY, HURRY! WE STOLE ALL THE GOLD!" Luffy yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Don't tell her, you dumbass!" Sanji said angrily at Luffy. "Look, everyone else is with her!"
"Boy, they all came back at once," Zoro said looking at everyone.
"Oh crap, they've got a giant cannon!" Usopp said noticing the gold pillar everyone was carrying.
"Gyaaaa! It's an entire army!" Chopper screamed overreacting.
"Get on the ship! We can't stay here any longer!" Luffy said showing Robin what he had in his sack of treasure. "Look at this haul! We're filthy RICH! This sack is stuffed with treasure!"
"Huh? Wait, they're not leaving, are they?" the people of Skypeia said. "HEY, WAIT, YOU GUYS! WAIT!"
"LOOK, THEY'RE ONTO US!" Sanji said misinterpreting their intentions.
"RUN FOR IT!" Luffy said as he turned towards the ship.
"Wait, all of you!" the Skypeians said trying to flag down the guys.
"You might demand that we wait!" Usopp said with courage unlike himself. "BUT…!"
"Yeah! You tell 'em, Usopp!" Luffy said cheering him on.
"WE'VE RISKED OUR LIVES TO COME HERE, THE LEGENDARY "CITY OF GOLD" IN THE SKY!" Usopp continued proudly. "DO YOU THINK ANY SELF-RESPECTING PIRATES LIKE US ARE GOING TO WALTZ HOME EMPTY-HANDED?"
"Robin-chwaaan! Hurry, before they catch you!" Sanji said worried for Robin.
"Hurry Kakusei!" Chopper yelled, not knowing Kakusei could hear him.
"What does he mean, catch her?" one of the Skypeians said. "We just want to thank... Hey, hold on...! Don't you want this gold?"
"Haha. I guess they don't want it," Robin said calmly and smiling.
"HUH? NO!" the Skypeians said in objection.
"I`m sure they do," Kakusei said calmly turning a few heads in his direction. "It really is a big misunderstanding."
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Luffy said with a huge smile on his face.
"WAAAAIT!" the people said trying to catch up to the rest of the Strawhat pirates.
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"What...? They left the island?" the chief asked.
"Yes... they would not accept our thanks," a random man said.
"Oh, blast..." the chief said saddened. "Don't they understand how grateful we are to them...?"
"Pie," Pierre said sadly.
"Indeed. Quite irresponsible of them..." Gan Fall said sadly as well. "…even though Kakusei-kun took the pillar. He said he`d take care of it."
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"That wasn't nice, Aisa..." Laki said scolding Aisa a bit while cutting her hair. "Everyone's upset. "Our saviors have slipped away...
"Heheheh!" Aisa said giggling.
"It's not fair if only one person gets to say goodbye," Laki said again scolding Aisa.
"But they told me not to tell anyone," Aisa said giving her reasons. "There sure are some strong warriors on the Blue Sea! I wanna be like that, too. Make my body stretch out really long like that."
"Let's take things one at a time, Aisa," Laki said smiling. "First let your HAIR grow out long... it'll look nice."
"...huh?" Aisa said confused.
"Girls have to look pretty," Laki said simply.
"Pretty? Me?" Aisa said trying to imagine herself as pretty.
"You won't have... to use weapons anymore..." Laki said slowly.
"You're being nice today, Laki," Aisa said happily. "Heehee!"
"Stop moving, Aisa..." Laki said while trying not to mess up Aisa hair.
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"Great Warrior Calgara... Shandia's duty... has been fulfilled..." Wiper said while he and a few other Shandia warriors were looking at the statue of Calgara. "Your wish has been delivered to your friend. It will not cause bloodshed in the generations to come... The fight is over... But we have not lost our pride...! So I hope you will continue to guide us... I SWEAR THAT THE FLAME OF SHANDORA WILL NEVER BE EXTINGUISHED AGAIN!"
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"I am the Sky Knight! A free mercenary!" Gan Fall said loudly. "You are the most suitable, Chieftain. This city was originally yours, in the past."
"Don't act this way, now... That's not a valid reason," the Shandian chief said in reply. "This war has taught ALL of us a lesson... That no one can claim the Vearth. We are a tribe of warriors... we are not fit to lead a nation. "GODS"... are our support. The name of the country is "Skypiea," the name of the city, "Shandora." The only person... that can unite the two is the one who has felt the pain of this war the longest. You. You are the best candidate! You, Gan Fall, the Sky Knight! Take the title of "God" once more...! We want you to be the support of our deeply wounded country."
"We want you, too! Gan Fall-sama!" the former priests and the White Berets said confidently.
"We're down with you!" the Shandian warriors said just as confidently. Yeah! Gan Fall!"
"Your Holiness!" the Angels said as loudly as the others. "Please, come back!"
"And I thought I would be able to enjoy my pumpkin patch in peace..." Gan Fall said a bit happy.
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At the White Sea…
"GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! WE FINALLY GOT GOLD!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper chanted.
"We`re super rich! What should we buy?" Luffy asked. "How 'bout we buy a GI-NORMOUS STATUE? So cool!"
"No way man, that's crazy!" Usopp said just as loud as Luffy. "We should buy cannons! Ten more cannons!"
"Nami-san! I want a refrigerator with a lock!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.
"Hey! Hey! I wanna buy books!" Chopper said excitedly. "I want to read medical books from other countries."
"RUM," was all Zoro said.
"Now, wait a minute, all of you! We'll divide up the treasure after we get down to the surface!" Nami said sternly. "If you start buying whatever you want, it'll hurt us instead of help us..."
"Pweeth buy bookf," Chopper said while Nami was squeezing his cheeks in.
"Hey, has anyone seen Kakusei?" Nami asked, as everyone stopped arguing to think a bit.
"Not really," Usopp said.
"Nope," Luffy and Chopper said simultaneously.
"Haven`t seen him since this morning," Zoro said calmly.
"Where`d that shitty bastard go?" Sanji asked while lighting a cigarette.
"Who`re you callin` a shitty bastard?" Kakusei asked as he teleported onto the ship, while carrying a few briefcases, all with number pad locks built into them.
"Kakusei!" everyone but Zoro said at once.
"Where the hell were you?" Nami asked angrily. "We could have really used your help carrying all this treasure."
"Sorry, but I was taking care of some errands," Kakusei said holding up one of the briefcases. "I gathered up the remnants of that gold ball Luffy had on his arm and cashed it in back at Jaya. It was worth about 100,000,000 Beri." Nami`s eyes switched to Beri signs in a split second.
"100,000,000 Beri? And you`re giving it to me?" Nami said sweetly as she hugged Kakusei and put one hand on the briefcase he was holding. "Wait," she said as she snapped back to normal, "you didn`t use some of that 100,000,000 to buy these briefcases, DID YOU?"
"No, I didn`t," Kakusei setting her straight. "I knew you`d be ticked it I did, so I use some extra cash of my own." He punched in the code for the lock so quickly, no one could tell the combination, and opened the briefcase, showcasing the money. "If you want to check, go right ahead." In a split second, Nami grabbed the briefcase from Kakusei`s hands, and began counting the Beri, with the Beri signs in her eyes again. "Wow, she`s fast when it comes to money."
"No shit," the others said sarcastically.
"It`s all here!" Nami said excitedly. "Thank you very much, Kakusei!" she said as she hugged him, causing Sanji to have his heart broken for the umpteenth time. "But why did you cash it now?"
"Well, we might need to stop for supplies, right?" Kakusei said. "If the next island we stop at has a town, but no bank, we`d have to use what Nami has saved up to buy supplies."
"Wow, I hadn`t thought of that," Sanji said understanding Kakusei`s thinking, and snapping back to normal.
"Plus I had to drop something off at Cricket`s house," Kakusei said.
"What?" everyone asked.
"LOOK UP AHEAD, EVERYONE! Conis said calling them.
"I guess I`ll have to tell you later," Kakusei said as he ran to see what Conis was pointing to.
" YOU CAN SEE IT," Pagaya said calmly and almost in awe. "CLOUD END"!
" Cool!" Kakusei and Luffy said at the same time.
"So we can get down that way?" Kakusei asked.
"Awwwww." Luffy said dejectedly. "We have to leave..."
"Now that we're finally going... It does kinda hurt to leave," Sanji said.
"Goodbye, solid white sea," Zoro said calmly.
"Sky Island was fun. And scary," Chopper said hanging on the side of the rail.
"So when we go through that gate, it's just a Milky Road all the way down to the Blue Sea, right?" Kakusei asked.
"I wonder if we'll ever come back...!" Usopp asked.
"This is it…" Luffy said.
"Okay, everyone! This is as far as we can go!" Pagaya said.
"Take care, everyone!" Conis said as she and her father ran along the shore in pace with the Going Merry.
"Thanks for coming with us!" Nami said waving goodbye.
"Thanks for everything!" Usopp said.
"Take care of yourself, Conis-chan!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.
"Bye, Conis! Bye, Mister! Bye, white thing!" Luffy said.
"Excuse me!" Pagaya said rather hastily "Quickly, raise your sails and hold on tight!"
"Hey, he's right!" Usopp said quickly in response. "Sounds like we're gonna be goin' fast!"
"It's a 7000 meter ride down! Hurry!" Luffy said.
"RIGHT!" the others said quickly as they did what was asked.
"Take the gold into the cabin!" Sanji ordered as he and Kakusei grabbed the gold and took it inside.
"JOHHHHHHH! Johhh johhh johhh!" the South Bird as he flew quickly to get back to the ship.
"Huh?" exclaimed most of the crew.
"GYAAAAA! What's that?" Usopp said fearfully ash the South Bird slammed Luffy into the deck.
"He says, "Don't forget me."," Chopper translated.
"Joh johh joh johhh!" the South bird said.
"Oh... the South Bird we brought with us into the sky!" Nami said realizing what was going on. "Okay, Captain... The log to the next island is set!"
"Oh yeah! Once we get down, a new adventure is going to start!" Luffy said, riling the others on. "OKAY, CREW... WE'RE GOIN' BACK... TO THE BLUE SEA!"
"Yeaaah!" the others yelled in response.
"Be careful of the fall, everyone!" Conis said worriedly.
"Did she say fall?" Kakusei asked, as cartoon physics began working. Just as the crew realized they weren`t on land or sea anymore, they began to fall, and somehow, their eyes popped out of their head and fell second to their bodies, including Merry`s eyes.
"Good luck!" Conis and Pagaya said as the Strawhat Pirates fell.
"Here we go!" Conis said as she pulled out a whistle. "Sky Island species, "Octopus Balloon"!" She blew the whistle and then a giant octopus came out and latched onto the ship.
"Gyaaaa! An octopus!" Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Kakusei yelled in fear.
"Why you..." Zoro said readying his swords.
"AAH! Ooof!" the crew said as they hit the deck of the ship.
"What the..." Luffy said as he was the first to check out the situation. "Hey, check it out! Cool!"
"HUH?" the rest of the crew exclaimed.
"We're slowing down..." Robin said calmly.
"Whoaaaa, COOOOOOL!" Chopper said in awe.
"It's a balloon!" Luffy said in awe as well.
"It`s more like a parachute!" Kakusei said as he looked over the rail.
"What the hell?" Zoro said confused a bit.
"I... I thought I was going back to heaven for a second..." Usopp said recovering from his scare.
Just then, the golden bell began to ring, causing everyone present to look up towards Skypeia, and smile.
"RING IT! SEND THE SOUND TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAVED OUR LAND!" the people of Shanida and Skypeia said enthusiastically. "RETURN HOME SAFELY!"
"Luffy! See you again!" Aisa said holding her hat and yelling as loud as she could.
"Come back soon! THANK YOU!" several people yelled as loud as Aisa was.
" Uhahaha! This is great..." Luffy said happily.
"Ahhh, this feels nice..." Nami said as they floated down.
"What a way to end this chapter of our adventures, huh?" Kakusei asked Chopper.
"Yeah," Chopper said smiling.
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So that`s it. We`re done with Skypeia!
Next chapter, we`ll tie up some loose ends and then start a new arc!
Tsugino jikan made! (Until next time!)