Chapter 16 The End is Near

I have been having these horrible nightmares lately. Every night for the past week, I have woken up in a sweat, screaming with all my might. The crew was really worried. They all tried, in their own ways to help me. Brooke thought singling was the best solution, while Nami asked me to help her with her charts. Zoro thought meditation would help, and Luffy though having an eating contest would cheer me up. Nothing the crew did actually helped, but I put on a fake smile.

Lately, I have been getting up earlier than everyone else and sitting in the ship's Crows Nest, only coming down to get a bite to eat or drink. I stayed there till long after everyone fell asleep. During the nights, I watched the stars, somewhat hoping that they would give me the answers I need. I also thought I could try to locate my world, but to no avail. Sometimes, I heard them whispering when I dropped down from the Crows Nest, but I just ignored it.

I was distancing myself from the crew, constantly alone. While in the Crows Nests, I thought about my dreams. It is the same dream that I had the day I had cooked the pizza and went shopping with Nami. This dream of Brett and Kyle, killing the crew and attacking me. My only blood family that I have in this world. They wanted to kill me. Not only back at Marineford, but now as well. I could feel it. Then there was that crack. The crack that made me fear for my very life.

For the past couple of days, though, the dreams have been slightly different. Up to a point where Kyle and Brett kill the crew is where the dream starts to change. Instead of them killing me, I … I kill them. This frightens me more then anything else. I don't know why, but this is what frightens me the most. Then it's the sphere of energy that always comes after one of us dies. The mixture of our three auras, then the dominating black. Then the words that the crack always speaks. The word that are constantly echoing in my ears, long after I wake up.

"Silence will Fall…" I said to myself. "What does it mean?"

The Dragon wasn't communicating with me either. I tried many times, but I couldn't hear it's voice. It was if something was causing it's mind to disappear. I took out the weapons that the Shobijin gave me and looked them over. The Dacras. They appeared to be simple dagger-like weapons, but according to the Shobijin, they were more. The ability to drain the 'magic' of one and take it into myself. For a while now, I figured out what I believed to do with these weapons. And I was afraid of what would come after.

"Caeruleus!" cried Luffy. "I'm coming up!" I saw Luffy's hand come over the ledge, so I hid the Dacras, and I saw him stretched himself up to me. He climbed over and sat next to me. He then handed me an empty plate.

"What, what is this?" I asked.

"Sanji asked me to bring you some dinner. He's worried that you haven't been eating enough." said Luffy.

"So, where's my food?" I asked, feeling a blood vessel in my temple throb.

"Oh, I got hungry and started eating." said Luffy with a smile on his face.

"Thanks Luffy." I said with a painfully obvious fake smile.

"Say, remember what we did when we were training when you were down?" asked Luffy. I looked ahead of me with wide eyes.

"Oh no." I said. Luffy then smiled and kicked my out of the Crows Nest. "LUFFY YOU BASTARD!" I fell, but before I hit the ground I did a back flip and landed on my feet. Luffy then jumped off the edge and did a Jet Gatling attack. I dodged the attack, and caught both of his fists in my hands.

"What are you doing Caeruleus?" asked Luffy. "We're sparing! Do something. Gomu Gomu no Jet Stamp!" he swung his leg back and brought it forward into my stomach. I weakened the blow with Haki.

"Froststrike." I said with my hands becoming infused with ice magic. Luffy realized that I was using the power of the elements, something he wasn't used to, against him and he kicked me again, causing me to let go of him. "Chemistry 101- what happens to rubber when it is super cooled?"

"Huh?" asked Luffy, cocking his head to the side.

"Just some humor Luffy." I said. I then ran at Luffy and punched him in the cheek. Frost then formed on his cheek and he was sent flying. He did a cart wheel and threw another punch at me. I dodged his attack and retaliated. "Shadow Mimicry- Jet Gatling!"

"Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling!" yelled Luffy. We both stretched our arms back and rapidly hit each other's fists. The attack just countered each other. I decided that this was getting us nowhere, so I jumped back. Luffy saw his chance and used his Jet Bullet attack. I was able to jump out of the way, but I jumped off the ship.

I grabbed the edge of the ship and hanged there of a moment. Luffy ran over to the edge and tried to look for me in the sea. I then kicked him in the face and flipped myself back on the ship. He was a little angry, so he attacked me with a Jet Bazooka. I ducked in the nick of time and rolled under him, where I kicked him in the chin with both of me feet. We continued our sparing session for two hours, it being sunset now. But in the end, I won.

"That was fun!" said Luffy with a smile while out of breath.

"Yeah, it was" I said, breathing heavily. "I think it was more exhausting to restrain ourselves so we didn't destroy the ship." Luffy didn't reply, as he fell asleep.

"Are you guys finally done?" asked Zoro. He looked annoyed, probably because Luffy and I didn't let him join our sparring session.

"Yeah." I said. "Although, Luffy has tired himself out." I lightly kicked Luffy in the side, but he didn't wake up. Nami walked out of the kitchen and made a face.

"Oh god!" said Nami. "You reek! Go take a shower!" She prodded me with her Climatact towards the bathhouse, which was located near the rear of the ship. I opened the door and walked to the stair case. I walked up and entered the bathroom section of the bathhouse. Nami handed me a towel and said not to leave until I was clean. I then entered the actual bath area and took my clothes off and put them in a corner.

I walked over to the shower and turned on the water. When the temperature was perfect, I stepped under the water. I felt amazing while showering, feeling the dirt and sweat wash away. I saw some shampoo and lathered my hair. Then some of the shampoo got in my eyes and I freaked out a little, so I tried to wash it out. I was rubbing my eyes and blinking, but that wasn't helping.

I then heard a creaking sound, so I turned around. I really couldn't make out anything, through the steam and my eyes being irritated and squinted. I turned back around and finished rinsing out my eyes. After about ten minutes, I finished cleaning up. I turned off the shower and grabbed my towel. I dried off and wrapped the towel around my waist. I walked to the corner where I put my clothes and grabbed them. But, they felt a bit different. I looked closer, and I saw that they were blue, not black.

"Aero" I said, using wind magic to clear the room of steam faster. "What the-?" I realized that I was holding my blue dress shirt Nami bought me. My tie, hat and black pants were also in the corner. I figured that someone, Nami more than likely, had snuck in and switched my clothes. I then blushed fiercely as she may have seen 'something'.

I shook my head and put on my clothes. I was a bit skeptical on what was going on. First the whispers, and someone stealing my usual clothes. I walked out and saw that it was completely dark. I called out, but no one answered. I was a bit scared. Then the lights were turned on and they blinded me for a moment. A blindfold was then put over my eyes and I was spun around a couple of times. I was then steadied and the blindfold was removed.

"Surprise!" cried the crew. Streamers appears and there was a lot of laughter.

"What's going on?" I asked in bewilderment.

"It a party!" said Luffy, mouth full of meat.

"For…me?" I asked. I was amazed. No one really ever threw me a party before.

"Of course." said Robin.

"We like to celebrate a new member to the crew with a large party." said Usopp.

"So have a drink and relax!" said Zoro, shoving a drink in my hands. He already was drunk, so I presumed that he gave me an alcoholic drink. Everyone else had the same drink, so I took a swig. It burned my throat on the way down and I coughed. Everybody laughed.

"How long have you guys been planning this?" I wondered.

"We have been planning the party since we left Fishman Island." said Franky. "We had to keep it a secret."

"Is this what all those group whispering sessions were all about?" I asked. "And why keep it a secret?"

"Luffy asked us to." said Chopper.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why don't you ask him?" suggested Zoro. I looked over at Luffy, who was shoveling food in his mouth.

"He's a bit… preoccupied at the moment." I said.

"Everyone! How about a song!" asked Brooke, who was sitting at his piano.. "It will be like heaven to our ears! Though as a skeleton, I don't have ears. YOHOHOHOHOHO! Skull joke!"

"What song?" I asked.

"It's called, Binks' Sake." said Brooke. "Everyone! Join in when your ready! One, two, three…" Then they all started singing, even Luffy, with his mouth full.

"Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yoUmikaze kimakase namimakaseShio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawaguSora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta

Sayonara minato, Tsumugi no sato yoDON to icchou utao, funade no utaKinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaeteOretacha yuku zo, umi no kagiri

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yoWarera kaizoku, umi wattekuNami wo makura ni, negura wa fune yoHo ni hata ni ketateru wa dokuro

Arashi ga kita zo, senri no sora niNami ga odoru yo, DORAMU naraseOkubyoukaze ni fukarerya saigoAsu no asahi ga nai ja nashi

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yoKyou ka asu ka to yoi no yumeTe wo furu kage ni, mou aenai yoNani wo kuyokuyo, asu mo tsukuyo

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yoDON to icchou utao, unaba no utaDouse dare demo itsuka wa hone yoHatenashi, atenashi, waraibanashi

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho."

Everybody was singing and dancing. Well, I wasn't singing. I didn't know the words. Sanji disappeared in the middle of the song. I didn't notice at first, but when the song ended, I could notice he was gone. He reappeared not long after, pushing a cart with a large, white cake on it. It had ten candles on it.

"Ten candles?" I wondered.

"It's because you're the tenth member of the Straw Hats." said Sanji.

"Do you guys always go all out for a new member?" I asked.

"Not usually." said Nami. "But Luffy wanted to do something special for you."

"Luffy? Special?" I wondered. "Why Luffy."

"Because you said that you missed being around your family." explained Luffy. "So, since we are brothers now, I thought that you would like to have fun with me and my family. You don't have to feel alone in this world." He was smiling, and shown a great amount of concern.

"That's- that's… touching." I said, then pulling him into a hug. "Thank you Luffy. Thank you all. This is a great party, the best one I ever had, though that's not saying much."

"What do you mean?" asked Chopper.

"I never had, or was invited to, parties in my world." I said. "But enough of my past. Let's have fun! Brooke! Start playing!"

"Yeah!" said Brooke. He then began playing Bink's Sake again, and this time I joined in with the crew.

"Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Binkusu no sake wo, todoke ni yuku yoUmikaze kimakase namimakaseShio no mukou de, yuuhi mo sawaguSora nya wa wo kaku, tori no uta

Sayonara minato, Tsumugi no sato yoDON to icchou utao, funade no utaKinpa-ginpa mo shibuki ni kaeteOretacha yuku zo, umi no kagiri …"

After the song, we ate the cake and played many games. It was nearly midnight when we were too tired to stand up anymore. But before we went to bed, we were each given one last drink.

"Everyone! Let's tell Caeruleus our dreams!" said Luffy.

"I'll go first." said a drunken Zoro. He lifted his mug into the air. "I want to become the world's greatest swordsman!"

"I want to draw a map of the entire world!" said Nami.

"I want to be the bravest King of the Snipers to support the King of the Pirates!" said Usopp.

"I want to see the All Blue!" said Sanji.

"I want to travel the world and become the greatest doctor so I can cure any disease!" said Chopper.

"I want to find the Rio Poneglyph and discover the true history of the world!" said Robin.

"I want to travel the world with my SUPER friends on a ship I created!" said Franky.

"I want to see Laboon again and fulfill my promise to my former crew, the Rumbar pirates!" said Brooke.

"I want to become King of the Pirates!" said Luffy. They all then looked at me, waiting for me to tell my dream. I took a deep breath, and raised my mug.

"I want to get my family home safely and end all this hate." I said. They stood there for a moment, completely silent. They then smiled and cheered, and then we clanked glasses.

We all went to bed and slept peacefully. It was the best night of my life. I slept amazing as well, until the dream came to me again. It was the same dream that I have been having.

Kyle and Brett killing the crew one by one. Each death was more gruesome than the last. Like always, they left Luffy for last. He was beaten to a pulp, and was turned so he could face me.

"Caeruleus…" choked out Luffy, with tears falling from his face. " Help -" was all he said before Brett cut his head off. Then Kyle disintegrated their bodies. I felt like I had died inside. Then, Kyle and Brett's forms twisted into their entities, the Tiger and Phoenix respectfully.

My body then had the dark aura flowing out of my body and I changed as well, into the Dragon. The Tiger then formed an energy blast and shot it at me. I deflected it with my tail and it went at the Sunny. It collided with the ship and blew up, it vaporized everything in a two mile radius. The three of us then rammed into each other as fast as we could. I coiled around the two of them and squeezed as tight as I could, while the Tiger bit down on my neck and didn't let go. The Phoenix grasped me in its talons and pecked at me constantly.

We then started to glow and our respective auras emanated from our bodies. The auras then melded together, forming that sphere I feared. The sphere then became black, like always, and then the crack appeared. And, like always, that voice spoke from the crack. And it started to sound familiar. I felt deep down, other than fear, that I knew that voice. Like always, it said , "Silence will Fall!

"Caeruleus!" said Brooke. "Caeruleus, wake up!" I opened my eyes and saw Brookes undead, skeleton head right next to my face. I jumped about a foot in the air and punched Brooke in the face.

"Brooke!" I yelled. "don't ever wake me up again! Do you realize you nearly gave me a heart attack?" There was a series of loud booms, and the ship shook violently. I was thrown from my cot. "What in the world!"

"We're under attack by the Marines!" yelled Brooke.

"What!" I screamed. I got up and ran with Brooke outside. The others were already out of bed and fighting. As I went one direction, Brooke went another. Before I could actually do anything, I was dog piled by a few Marines. I then turned into black spectral energy and slithered behind the pile. I reformed my body and just watch them wrestle with the empty space that I used to occupy. "Enjoying yourselves?"

They stopped moving and looked at me. I just gave them a smug smile. They jumped up and drew their swords and charged at me. Before the swords hit, I put up a dark shield. I then broke the shield and the concussive force blew the Marines away. There was a couple more booms and I saw several more cannonballs heading straight for the ship. I jumped the ledge of the ship and focused my powers.

"Shadow Cannon!" I yelled, sending three spheres of dark energy at three cannons. The collision made decent sized explosions, but five more cannonballs slipped by. I yelled for Luffy, and he jumped off the ship.

"Gomu Gomu no-" said Luffy. "Fusen!" He took a deep breath and inflated, like a balloon. The cannonballs hit Luffy, but he just bounced them away. He deflated, and before he could fall into the water, I grabbed his hand and pulled him up.

-15 minutes later-

"Where do they keep coming from?" I asked out of breath. I was getting tired. They kept coming and coming.

"I don't know." said Luffy, also out of breath. The two of us were on The Sunny's figure head. They were backing us up to the edge.

Open fire!" said a squad captain. The Marines in front of him aimed their rifles and shot at us. I ducked down while Luffy inflated and bounced the bullets back.

"What the-?" asked Luffy. "Where did they go?"

"What are you talking abo-" I started as I went to the other side of Luffy. Luffy deflated and jumped of the figurehead. I joined him and we walked around. The Marines were no where to be seen.

"Hey, where's the crew?" asked Luffy.

"I don't know." I said, as Luffy jumped on the ledge. He scanned the area. I was a little freaked that the Marines just disappeared. I turned around and looked at the Marine ship. It has been quiet for a long while. Then there was a red light that appeared from behind me. "Luffy!" I turned around and he was gone. I jumped down and went to the center of the lawn deck. I then called out to them, realizing who we were dealing with. "I know it's you! If you wanted a reunion, why don't the two of you grow a pair and come see me in person!"

There was another red light and then two bodies formed. One of them had glasses and short, yet gelled, hair. He was about my height and dressed in casual, yet at the same time, formal clothes. His pants were a dark grey with red stripes. The shirt he had on was primarily red, and had hints of pink in it. He wore the usual Marine coat over his shoulders.

"Kyle." I said. I then looked at the other one.

The other one had short hair that was starting to curl. He was somewhat pale, and just a hair shorter than me. He was wearing a shirt that was a deep blue, and had silver accents in it, and at the end of his sleeves had silver flames designed on them. His pants were more of a light silver, but had blue flame designs near the bottom of the legs. He also had the Marine coat as a cape.

"Brett." I said. "It's been awhile."

"'Dark Dragon' Caeruleus," said Kyle, "You are under arrest for crimes against the world."

"Let me stop you there." I said. "My crime is… what exactly?"

"Your existence." the three of us said at he same time.

"Of course." I said, really pissed off. "First Shaman, now you. I was hoping you two would have figured out that I am not evil."

"So says the Darkness." said Brett.

"So says the Darkness, bleh bleh bleh." I mimicked.

"Real mature." said Kyle

"Yeah, maturity isn't something you come by a lot in my crew." I said. "Speaking of which, give them back."

"Why should we?" asked Brett.

"Oh, because…" I started, before I turned into black energy and appeared behind a Marine officer that was sneaking up from behind me and grabbed the back of his neck, then I lifted him off the ground. "I'll… I don't know, do something awful to this soldier. And really? Seastone cuffs? Don't you remember that I, and more than likely the three of us, are immune to seastone?" I grabbed the cuffs the soldier was going to put on me and crushed them in my fist.

"We figured that the Seastone wouldn't work for you." said Brett. "So we figured that you needed some incentive."

"Incentive?" I asked.

"This." said Kyle. He snapped his fingers and a red light appeared to my left. I looked over there and saw the crew materialize, with nine Marines behind them. Zoro had his swords taken away, Nami had her Climatact taken, Usopp had his Black Kabuto taken and Brooke had his blade taken. All the Devil Fruit users had Seastone cuffs around their wrists. Each Marine had a stern look on their faces, and a pistol in their hands. The Marines were pointing the pistols at the crew's heads.

"Let them go." I said as soon as I saw the crew.

"What will happen if we don't?" asked Kyle. I just stared at him.

"I'll end you." I said.

"Your joking right?" asked Brett.

"Does it look like I'm joking?" I asked.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Brett. "You're not the killing type." I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He was right.

"I thought so." said Kyle. "Kill them."

"What!" I screamed. Kyle raised his hand and chains appeared from the ground and tied around me. I was stuck.

"Their Wanted posters say 'Dead or Alive'." said Brett. "Their easier to transport dead."

"You wouldn't dare." I threatened, the Darkness coming out of my body

"WHAT WILL YOU DO!" asked Kyle, who punched my in the jaw. The chains made it so I didn't fall to the ground. "YOU ARE NOT THE KIND OF PERSON TO TAKE A LIFE!" He punched me again.

"Bastard!" I said.

"Unlike you, I know my father." said Kyle.

"You ungrateful son of a bitch!" I spat out. "I saved your life, and this is how you repay me? Killing my family?"

"Family?" asked Brett. "Ha! These little pirates are nothing like what he have Caeruleus. We have blood, the same blood, running through our veins." I just gave him a stern look.

"Ready boys?" asked Kyle.

"Yes Sir!" said the Marines

"Take aim!" said Kyle.

"Yes Sir!" said the Marines

"No stop!" I cried.

"Fi-" started Kyle.

"Silence will Fall!" I screamed, not even thinking. Kyle signaled the soldiers to stop.

"What did you say?" asked Brett.

"Silence-" I started.

"Will" said Brett.

"Fall." finished Kyle.

"Oh my God, you've been having the dreams as well, haven't you?" I asked. "About the dark sphere and the white crack which says-"

"Silence will Fall." said Kyle and Brett at the same time.

"Have you two figured out what the dreams are about?" I asked. They nodded. "Then release my crew. The three of us will finish this somewhere else."

"No." said Kyle.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Even if we wanted to, we can't let the Straw Hats go free." said Brett. I looked over at the crew, they were scared. "Brett, I know you have the power of time. Have you seen into the future?"

"Yes." admitted Brett.

"Tell everyone what you saw." I demanded. Brett started to say something, but closed his mouth, as if he was too afraid to speak.

"Go on Brett." said Kyle. "Tell them all."

"Okay." said Brett. He took a deep breath and started talking. "Time is not usually set in stone, but after Kyle and I had started to have these dreams, I decided to look into the future. I had done this before, and this is a reason why I became an Admiral so fast. Every time I looked into the future, there were things that happened and I prevented them. I changed the timeline. That proved to me that time was not set in stone. But as I was saying, I looked into the future. I saw many thing, but there was something that always remained the same. The three of us are fighting, and nearly kill each other. Sometimes we kill you, other times you kill us. Then, that Dark Sphere, and the crack, and 'Silence will Fall, Silence will Fall, Silence will Fall'! Over and over again."

"Then you must know that we have to fight!" I said. "You might be able to control time, but ultimately, you can't change it. If you went back in time and saved someone's life, someone else would die. There must be order in the universe!"

"Oh will you shut up!" said Kyle as he back handed me.

"Kyle, I just want to end this." I said.

"Then die already!" He grabbed a Marine's sword and stabbed me in the heart.

"Ow." I said. "That smarts a little."

"That was infused with Haki!" said Kyle as he pulled out the sword.

"Yeah, Haki is nothing to me anymore." I said. "I realized this after an incident with a giant cocoon. Turns out, our entities with in us. My power, while still growing, has been awakened. And if I remember right, the two of you actually like a challenge, so-"

There was a loud bang and a bullet went through my forehead. A Marine shot me. My head was thrown back. I lifted my head and looked at the Marine who shot me while I healed.

"Anything you want to say?" I asked.

"Why won't you DIE?" asked the Marine. I said nothing. I looked over at Kyle and Brett. They had emotionless faces put on. Kyle then looked at the Marine and snapped his fingers. The marine then started to disintegrate. He began screaming as loud as he could. In the matter of moments, he was gone.

"I see Akainu has been teaching you well." I said. Kyle looked at Brett and Brett nodded. The chains then disappeared.

"We're leaving." said Brett. "We accept you challenge." The Marines looked dumbstruck.

"Release the Straw Hats." said Kyle. The Marines started to say something, but Kyle gave them a stern look. They nodded and unlocked their handcuffs. Brett signaled one Marine to come to him and he whispered in his ear. He nodded and Kyle created sphere of red light. He walked though and in a matter of moments came back with all of the crews weapons.

"What's this?" I asked.

"A gesture of good faith." said Brett. "The island is North West of our current position. We are going to leave our best men here to watch you until you arrive at the island." I thought about it for a moment.

"Then let's meet in the center of the island." I said. "You go to the other side of the island and we will walk to the center at the same time. As it will take a longer time for you to get to the island, you need to send a flare so I can start walking."

"Very well." said Kyle. "We'll see you soon." He offered his hand. I just looked at it, with my hands in my pockets.

"Yes, you will." I said. "Now, get off my ship." They gave me a stern face again and they both started glowing in a red and blue light. In the next moment, they were gone, along with most of the Marines. The ones that remained were really tall and looked like they were about to kill us. "Oh I'm being awfully rude. Would you three like to introduce yourselves?"

"No." said a Marine with a Mohawk and mustache.

"No need to be shy." I said. "State your name and rank."

"We are all Vice Admirals." said a Marine with many x-shaped scars on his face. "My name is Doberman."

"I am Dalmatian." said the Marine that has had his powers activated since arriving on the ship. He was an obvious Zoan user, and he was half Dalmatian.

"I'm Momonga." said the Mohawk Marine.

"Was that so hard." I asked. They remained silent.

"Caeruleus…" said Luffy.

"Luffy!" I said. "I'm sorry."

"You're going to die, aren't you?" asked Luffy.

"That is the most likely outcome of my foolhardy choice." I said.

"why haven't you come talk to me or any of us about them?" asked Luffy. "We could have helped you."

"Luffy, these nightmares that I have been having are visions of my future. The only thing that ever changes is who dies." I said. "You can't change my fate." He grabbed my shirt and brought me closer to his face. He had tears.

"I can't lose you again!" cried Luffy. "I lost Sabo, Ace, I'm not losing you!"

"We won't let you die!" said Robin.

"We will help you!" said Zoro. Over and over the crew begged me not to go. I kept getting sadder, and more angry, until I snapped.

"Enough!" I yelled, creating a small shockwave of Darkness. The crew fell backward and the Marines had to stab their swords in the ship so they didn't go flying off. "Franky head straight for that island now. Everyone, I'm sorry, but I might die. That's Fate, it's a bit of a bitch. And to be honest, I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen to me if I die. I never really have had faith, so Heaven and Hell, I'm really not sure about. Please, let me fight them." They all had tears in their eyes, but they nodded.

Franky went to the helm and steered the ship towards the Island. Sanji decided to make me the best meal I ever had, as it may have been my last. Nami and Usopp went with him. Zoro went to go sleep. He said to wake him up when the food was ready. Chopper went to his office and cried. Brooke went off and played a sad song. Luffy stayed with me, and we lied down and watched the stars.