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Two Princesses, Two Hearts
Reverie, an event that takes place once every four years inside the Holy Land of Mariejois. And event where important figures from all over the Grand Line and even the world gather. An event where the kings, queens, princes, princesses, nobles and politicians from all over the world gather together to discuss the events that are going on in the world. And this year's Reverie is sure to be one that would be remembered for years to come. For one reason, it is the first Reverie being held after the Great War of the Best two years ago which shook the very foundations of the world to its core. That war watched the three great powers of the world clash. Whitebeard and his allies representing the Emperors, the Shichibukai representing themselves and the marines headed by admirals. It was a war to be remembered for an emperor lost his life, three Shichbukai lost their ranks, numerous lives both pirate and marine were lost along with the rise of a new power of the world, Blackbeard who soon replaced the deceased Whitebeard. This Reverie also marked the first one since the infamous Straw Hat Pirates began their reputation of constantly embarrassing the world government. But now the biggest threat was sure to be discussed. The deaths of not one but three emperors along with the massacre of a large number of revolutionaries. This threat clearly surpasses all others for whowever committed this act could clearly bring the world government to ruin. All these issues needed to be handled at this one event for there would not be another for four years and the world government could not wait another four years to discuss this terrible situation.
At one part of the Holy Land we see none other than the representatives of Alasbasta Kingdom. Cobra Nefatari the king of Alabasta and princess Vivi Nefatari. Along with them were the captain of Alabasta kingdom's royal army Igaram. Escorting the group were three body guards, Chaka, Pell and finally former leader of the rebel army Kohza. The entire group was here to represent Alabasta kingdom. Of course the group knew that this would be by far the most important Reverie meeting ever due to the events of the past two years especially the past month.
"We're here Vivi sama" said Igaram.
"Indeed it's felt like ages ever since I've been here" replied Vivi.
"I guess that is to be expected. The country was in a civil war thanks to Crocodile and Baroque Works that we didn't exactly have time for Reverie," said Cobra.
"Well that's certainly true my king," said Kohza.
"Anyway Cobra-sama, Vivi-sama, both of you would have to stay sharp during the meeting. So much has happened recently that if either of you miss anything, It could spell disaster for us. " cautioned Chaka.
"He's right Vivi-sama. Despite Alabasta kingdom recovering well after Crocodile's defeat during these past two years, Alabasta kingdom is still in turmoil. It would take a while before we reach back to our former glory. We can't afford to make ourselves look bad at this event." Pell also cautioned Vivi.
"Right I'll do my best," replied Vivi in a determined voice.
"Besides Luffy-kun and his friends would definitely want this," said Cobra with a smile.
Upon hearing Luffy's name, Vivi couldn't help but smile foundly. The memory of her nakama especially the Straw Hat wearing captain always brought a smile to her face. She just couldn't help it. They were her nakama and saved her kingdom.
"Yes that is what they would surely want," replied Vivi with a smile adorning her face.
"By the way you heard that they are back and by the looks of it better than ever." Said Igaram who like Vivi enjoyed talking about the Straw Hats.
"They all seem to be doing very well so naturally you should do the same if you still want to call yourself their nakama." said Kohza who despite never really officially meeting the Straw Hats heard great stories about them from Chaka, Pell, Igaram, Cobra and especially Vivi though at times she seemed to rant on about Straw Hat Luffy more than the others.
"Well you're right. Their doing their best to achieve their dreams so I should do my best for Alabasta." Said Vivi.
In other part of Mariejois were the representatives of Ryuuga Kingdom. They were the king of Ryuuga Kingdom king Neptune along with his three sons. They were the Neptune brothers and the three strongest warriors of Ryuuga Kingdom Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi and Manboshi. Also with them was the youngest of the Neptune family, the adorable and beautiful princess Shirahoshi. Along with them were the minister of the left and the minister of the right were also along to help the Royal Family.
"Reverie, it's been a while since I've been here. Especially with all that has happened with Fishman Island Jamon" said Neptune who ended his sentence with his trademark Jamon.
"We're here father, at reverie. Now we can come one step closer to making mother's dream a reality." Said Fukaboshi remembering his beloved mother Otohime.
"Yeah finally mother's dream is within our grasp. We already managed to collect a lot of signatures for the past 10 years la-ti-do," said Ryuboshi.
"Moonfish shake shake and thanks to the actions of the Straw Hat Pirates fishmen and merfolk trust humans now more than ever before." Said Manboshi.
"With all the large amount of signatures we've gathered combined with the great level of trust between humans and fishman thanks to the actions of the Straw Hat pirates, humans and fishmen are closer than even before. We can really bond with humans this time," said the old catfish mermen minister of the left.
"Yeah, Otohime-sama would definitely be happy if she saw this. I'd probably say the same for Fisher Tiger as well. Both of thier dreams are coming to bear fruit and ironically it is because of humans, pirates nonetheless," said the minister of the right, a sea horse mermen.
"And it a good thing that we found those pills" said the minister of the left.
"True. Those pills have been in Fishman Island for a long time. They're meant to turn extremely large or small fishmen into the size of regular humans to allow better interaction. There only temporary size changers and have no side effects. There perfect. Neptune-sama and Shirahoshi-sama both of you had to take one. Your large sizes might understandably intimidate the humans" Replied minister of the right.
"Fishman Island has a very large amount of them for a long time. Because of bad relationship with humans, merfolk and fishmen never wanted to interact with humans so they never wanted to take them. That has changed recently thanks to Luffy-kun and his crew." Said Fukaboshi.
While the royal family and ambassadors were talking about the bonds between humans and fishmen growing, Shirahoshi was strangely quiet.
"By the way Shirahoshi you've been strangely quiet. I thought that being above ground, you would be more enthusiastic." said Fukaboshi.
"Yeah sis what's wrong la-ti-do?" asked Ryuboshi.
"Yeah Shirahoshi. What's the matter? You should do moonfish mambo to make you feel better," said Manboshi who was dancing moonfish mambo.
When they all inspected Shirahoshi close they noticed that she was twindling her fingers and sprouted a cute blush on her face. It was then that they knew what was going on and realized there was no need for alarm. It became obvious to everyone Shirahoshi spoke to that the mermaid princess had a crush on the Straw Hat wearing hero. Because they were the kingdoms saviors naturally they were the talk of the entire kingdom. As a result anyway you go, at some point the Straw Hats would be brought up. Unfortunately Shirahoshi's time in the tower made things hard. Because she was so sheltered all her life, she was never able to control her emotions properly. So she cried whenever she was happy or sad. And as for the Straw Hats, well because she was unable to control her emotions properly she, was never able to suppress her feelings for the boy captain. As a result, whenever they mentioned the Straw Hats or Luffy, she would start blushing and occasionally twindling her fingers together. Most girls would have ways of hiding their crushes on cute boys but inexperienced Shirahoshi had no idea how to do such things. And worse was that the entire kingdom was aware that Shirahoshi and Luffy had an adventure together which meant she was questioned a lot about Luffy, especially by the mermaid population.
"Um well, I'm happy to be here at Reverie. Now I can finally do something to help mother's dream," said Shirahoshi who just got over her thoughts of Luffy. She always wanted to help her mother but unfortunately because of Vander Decken she couldn't. But that has changed thanks to Luffy. Now she can live her dream of seeing the outside world and helping her mother's dream of a world where humans and merfold coexist come true. She owes Luffy-sama so much.
"Ho Ho Ho well now we all can do that together Jamon" said Neptune.
"Well said Shirahoshi," said Fukaboshi with a smile.
"Yeah" shouted Ryuboshi and Manboshi.
The meeting was far more heated than usual. The events of the past two years all came crashing down at the table all at once. First was the death of Whitebeard. Now the deaths of three emperors. Also there was the massacre of the revolutionaries as well as the rise and return of the Straw Hat Pirates. In fact the meeting seemed to be mostly focused solely on those three things. But it became apparent that the deaths of the emperors overshadowed all the previous issues. The fact that there was a force out there strong enough to defeat three emperors frightened everyone present. And for good reason. It took the full force of the world government plus the power of the Shichbukai to combat the power of just one of the emperors. Yet three of them were defeated at the same time. It was clear that whoever was responsible for this clearly has enough military might to tramble the world government and clearly that has everyone paranoid. As a result the meeting was far less productive and more chaotic than it should be. However given the extreme gravity of what happened in the past two years, especially the past month it was understandable.
After the meeting the rest of the participants decided to take a break and just enjoy the calming scenery of the Holy Land. Everyone presented really enjoyed this break from the meeting for the meeting itself was so heated and intense due to recent events that a break like this was really appreciated. Of course that did not mean that they could drop their guard. This event Reverie had important people from many different nations attending. Even those not directly allied with the World Government were present. As a result even the slightest actions could trigger a full scale war. Of course no one ever wanted war under any circumstances. Especially in this situation when the mysterious threat was out there. The Emperors strength was on par with the admirals who were crowned as the world government's most powerful fighters. If there are foes out there who could take out the Emperors, then chances are they could just as easily take out the admirals. And if the admirals could not protect them, then no one could. This realization meant that no one wanted to start a war when these dangerous figures were out there and are bold enough to attack even the world's most powerful fighters. But nonetheless there are always selfish people out there who would start wars on a whim. So naturally people had to tread with caution. And furthermore the presence of the World Nobles complicated things even further so they were avoided as much as possible.
Somewhere on the Holy Land we could see two parties were near each other. They were the representatives of Alabasta and the representatives of Fishman Island. Both were currently walking in the same direction when they spotted each other. Out of politeness they decided to greet each other.
"Hello there," greeted Cobra.
"Hello there everyone," Vivi followed suite.
Igaram, Chaka, Pell and Kohza greeted the group politely. Also their guards were lower than usual since everyone could tell than the fishmen and merfolk from Ryuuga Kingdom were kind and benevolent people so there was no need to be too uptight. Of course as bodyguards some level of awareness and focus was needed.
"Hello there to you too Jamon," Neptune greeted even bowing politely.
"Um, hi there everyone," Shirahoshi greeted shyly.
"Greetings there," greeted Fukaboshi the eldest and most mature of the Neptune siblings.
"Hello there la-ti-do," sang Ryuboshi whose greeting sounded more like a choir than a proper greeting.
"Hiya there," greeted Manoboshi who was doing his trademark moonfish mambo.
The ministers of the left and right both greeted the Alabasta Royal family and their bodyguards with polite bows of their own.
"You two need to stop acting so immaturely. You're both princes of the royal family and are acting as such in front of a royal family. Act your age boys," scolded the minister of the right who knew the implications of acting so inappropriately.
Instantly the two younger brothers of the Neptune families go out of their immature attitudes and were looking at the ground like two children who got caught doing something they shouldn't be doing.
"I'm really sorry la-ti-do," said Ryuboshi with his eyes still downcast and a cloud over his head.
"Me too, I don't want to do any more moonfish mambo," said Manoboshi equally depressed also with a cloud over his head.
"And whats with that la-ti-do and moonfish mambo. Both of you need to stop acting like this in front of such important delegates,"scolded the minister of the right.
"We're both are really sorry and wouldn't do it again," said both Ryuboshi and Manoboshi together both with black clouds over their heads.
While this was going on the delegates of Alabasta looked at the display with confused looks. This was a bit of an usual act for members of the royal family but they were not in any way shape or form offending anyway so they didn't mind. Also it's not like they haven't seen anything even more bizarre. All of them with the exception of Kohza remembered even more bizarre behavior from not a royal family but from pirates. In fact what they were witnessing was completely normal compared to some of the things they've seen with the Straw Hats. In fact their behavior actually reminded them of the Straw Hats. Specifically how Nami would shout at the crew. Because of this everyone of them found their behavior amusing and even nostalgic.
Meanwhile Neptune realized what they were doing infront of the representatives of Alabasta and called for a stop in the behavior. Clearing his throught he said.
"Sorry about that, my sons and my staff could be a bit, eccentric so please forgive them," said Neptune.
"No not at all. It's alright believe me I've seen even stranger and weirder behavior before," replied Cobra with a smile.
With this Vivi couldn't help but smile and laugh when she remembered who her father was referring to. And when she thought about one in particular, a certain rubber she blushed slightly.
"Yep, my father's right believe me we've seen a lot worse. Trust me your normal compared to what we've seen," said Vivi while laughing as her blush died down to almost barely noticeable.
"Well then I believe you're the Royal family of uhm, Alabasta if I'm correct Jamon," said Neptune.
"That is correct, I'm Cobra Nefatari and this is my daughter Vivi Nefatari," said Cobra introducing himself and his daughter.
"Hello there," said Vivi.
"And these four are our bodyguards. First this is Igaram captain of the royal army." Said Cobra introducing Igaram.
"This is Chaka and the other is Pell. They are two of Alabasta Kingdoms greatest warriors," said Cobra introducing his two bodyguards.
"Hello there," said Chaka with a smile.
"Greetings," greeted Pell politely.
"Finally this is Kohza," introduced Vivi.
"Hello there," said Kohza.
"And if I recall your King Neptune, king of Ryuuga Kingdom of the Fishman Island I believe," said Cobra.
"That is correct jamon. I am Neppptuuune," said Neptune singing his name.
"Greetings, I'm Fukaboshi, eldest son of the royal family," greeted Fukaboshi.
"And I'm Ryuboshi, second son of the royal family," greeted Ryuboshi.
"And as for me. I am Manoboshi, the third son," greeted Manoboshi.
"And I'm Shirahoshi. The youngest and only daughter of father Neptune," said Shirahoshi.
"And these two are my ministers. The first is the minister of the left while the other is the minister of the right," Neptune introduced his two ministers.
The two ministers likewise bowed respectfully.
"Anyway it's really nice to have a fishman at this year's Reverie. We usually don't see your kind here too often so welcome and good to have you," said a smiling Cobra.
"Ho ho ho ho thank you King Cobra and I'm delighted to be here. And I sure that the others are happy to be here as well," said Neptune pointing to his children and ministers.
"Really thank you very much. That's really nice of you. There are some really nice humans in this world," said Shirahoshi with a smile.
Cobra, Vivi, Chaka, Igaram, Pell and Kohza looked at her questionably. Fukaboshi picked up on their confusion and decided to continue where his father left off.
"Well you see humans and fishmen don't exactly get along. So we are here to try and extends our bonds with humans. The people of our race are willing to do this so naturally we have to help," said Fukaboshi giving a slight overview of the situation but made sure not to mention anything regarding the discrimination.
"Oh I see, I'm sorry to hear that. Well just so you know, Alabasta Kingdom supports your mission to its fullest," said Vivi with a smile.
"Thank you that means so much to us. It's great that we have another kingdom supporting us," said the minister of the left.
"Thank you very much Jamon," said Neptune gratefully.
Shirahoshi couldn't help but lower her head bowing down out of gratitude.
"Thank you so much. This really means a lot to me. I can't believe that there as so many nice humans out there," said Shirahoshi who as usual cries whenever she is happy.
Everyone looks at here and smile. Unfortunately Kohza was never the diplomatic kind of person and unfortunately had to break up the touching moment with an accidental comment.
"Hey, hey does she always cry this much?" asked Kohza generally curious and a little annoyed.
"Kohza, you're heartless. Leave the poor girl alone," said an irritated Vivi who knocked Kohza's shoulder.
"But still you have to admit, it's annoying. I mean nothing even really happened so far and she's crying," said Kohza who was still annoyed.
Cobra and the other Alabasta delegates knew Kohza was a tough guy even as a child so his saying snarky comment like this was expected, even during a big event like this and in such a touching moment as well.
The Neptune family and the ministers didn't mind for the knew Kohza meant no harm and has not discriminated them in any way. And they expected some humans to be annoyed by the crying so they didn't mind.
"Kohza apologise right now," said Vivi in a commanding voice.
"What why? I didn't do anything to make her cry." replied Kohza.
"Apologize for being a jerk to the mermaid," said Vivi with a tick mark on her head.
"Okay fine fine. I'm sorry uhh Shirahoshi I believe it was," said Kohza in a dismissal tone indicating he didn't mean it one bit.
"It's alright really. I don't mind. I know another human who I admire deeply and calls me crybaby a lot. So I don't mind. Though I do wish to stop being a crybaby," said Shirahoshi who was wiping away her tears.
"Ha ha ha that's true. Luffy always calls Shirahoshi a crybaby," said Manoboshi.
Instantly the conversation grew silent. Everyone stopped the conversation to look at Manoboshi. Manboshi then finally realized his slip up of letting the secret out that they knew Straw Hat Luffy, the world famous pirate personally.
"Manoboshi what the hell are you thinking. You can't just go telling everyone that. They'll know we're friends with a pirate." said Ryuboshi who clearly wasn't happy at this development.
"Indeed Manoboshi you need to think before you speak," said Fukaboshi in his usual mature voice.
The entire Neptune family and the ministers knew that this meeting would no longer go well. Straw Hat Luffy was a world famous pirate who has broken into Ennies Lobby, Impel Down and a major participant during the war. That along with being the son of the revolutionary Dragon made him an immensely dangerous figure. And they knew that now that Alabasta Kingdom knew of their involvement with the Straw Hats, any sort of diplomatic relations with them would be impossible. Worse if they told any of the other kings, queens or high ranking officials here, this year's Reverie would go badly and fishmen and merfolk would be looked down upon even more. They would be looked at as creatures who would aid dangerous pirates. This was clearly not looking good.
"So what," said Shirahoshi in a brave voice.
Everyone turned to her.
"So what if they know we are friends with Luffy-sama. I don't care. Luffy-sama is a strong kind caring and courageous human. He freed me from my past and saved my kingdom." said Shirahoshi in a brave voice.
Meanwhile the Neptune family look on shocked at Shirahoshi's sudden outburst and bravery. This was unlike her and right now she didn't seem like the usual shy mermaid she usually was. She seemed a lot more assertive as if speaking about something she truly believed in. In fact she appeared more like her mother Otohime now than ever before. It was amazing how much Luffy changed her.
"Shirahoshi," was all Neptune could say.
"Even if we don't become friends with you. Even if we don't ever become friends with humans. I would always be Luffy-sama's friend. He's been there for me when I needed him and he's my friend and I don't care what anyone else has to say," said Shirahoshi in a determined voice not holding any of her usual shyness.
The Alabasta kingdom went from shocked to amused. So amused that all of them started chuckling even laughing. Unfortunately none of the Ryuuga Kingdom's members could understand why they were laughing. However to them it's as if they were making fun of their little sister's commitment to Fishman Island's savior.
"Is there something you all find funny," said Fukaboshi in a hostile voice.
Likewise Neptune, Ryuboshi and Manoboshi along with the ministers of both left and right had hostile looks on their faces.
"I'm sorry. It's just that they way she defended him. It's not like she's the only one around here who is a friend with Luffy-kun," said Cobra with a smile.
"Wait Luffy-kun. Are you saying you know Straw Hat Luffy personally la-ti-do," asked a shocked Ryuboshi.
"Off course I do. Just like your's, my kingdom was also saved by Luffy-san and his crew. He and the others are my nakama," said Vivi.
Hearing this, whatever tense atmosphere was present was gone instantly and a more light hearted one was present. Members of both kingdoms got along well with each other more than before knowing they both shared a bond with the Straw Hat pirates. In fact they spent the entire day together just talking and having fun. Most of the conversations were inevitably about the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Don't worry, compared to the Straw Hats, your two younger sons are practically normal," said Vivi laughing.
"I would have to admit that your certainly right about that. You should have seen them during the banquet celebrating Fishman Island's saving," said the minister of the left.
"You should have seen ours. I swear there was never such a lively banquet ever in the royal palace," said Chaka.
"But I still can't believe that your kingdom was also saved by Luffy-kun and his crew. This was really a coincidence," said Fukaboshi.
"But does it surprise?" said Vivi.
"Excuse me?" asked Fukaboshi.
"That's just the kind of person Luffy-san is. He just likes to help people, especially those he calls his friends. And if you are his friends then it is definitely expected that he would save your kingdom without a second thought. Luffy-kun is the greatest man I've ever met," said Vivi with a smile on her face complement with a slight blush.
"Your right. That is exactly what Luffy-sama would do," said Shirahoshi in a shy voice with her blush being more visible than Vivi's.
"Anyway Shirahoshi how about we go talk somewhere else," said Vivi with a smile.
"Sure I don't mind," said Shirahoshi who also had a smile present.
With that the two girls left the males to go and talk in private while giggling at the same time. They looked like two teenage girls who were about to go and gossip about hot guys which is ironic since they were about to do something similar.
"Vivi-sama, Shirahoshi-sama where are you both going?" called out Igaram.
"Just let them be," said Kohza in a bored voice.
"They probably going to talk about you know girl stuff. And probably Straw Hat as well," said Kohza in a bored voice.
Both kingdoms members stopped what they were doing to look at Kohza.
"What? Their kingdoms were both saved by the same guy. So isn't it natural that they want to have alone time to talk about their Knight In Shining Armor," said Kohza who right now was getting creeped out.
With that pandemonium set in mostly due to the fathers who were upset that their little princess was now going for a guy. That along with trying to calm down the over protective fathers.
Meanwhile Vivi and Shirahoshi were right now alone together. The two girls, the two princesses who both were saved by the charismatic young man were now alone where they could freely express their thoughts to each other. Only they could truly understand what the other was thinking because they both experienced the same thing.
"Luffy-san is a really amazing person isn't he," said Vivi in a soft voice.
"Yes he is. He is the greatest human I've ever met," replied Shirahoshi.
"He freed me from Vander Decken-sama and saved my kingdom from Hody-sama. Also thanks to him mother's dream can finally happen," said Shirahoshi with a smile.
"I'm pretty much the same. He saved my kingdom from Crocodile and now my kingdom is prospering. He's really done a lot for me. For both of us," said Vivi who had a found smile.
"I'm also a much stronger and braver person because of him. I can face my fears better and I want to be a stronger person when I see Luffy-sama again. I promised him I wouldn't be a crybaby when I see him again," said Shirahoshi.
"I also want to see him again. And I want to have a big feast waiting for him. Luffy-san does eat a lot," said Vivi.
"You know it's thanks to Luffy-san that we really became such close friends. I mean both of us are princesses and had our kingdom saved by him. And we both hold him in high regards," said Vivi.
"You're right. And that's probably why I feel so delighted being near you. Because we're so similar," said Shirahoshi.
"We'll that's certainly true. We're both connected because of him," said Vivi.
Shirahoshi couldn't help the smile on her face.
"Though I'll admit you do turn red a lot whenever we talk about Luffy-san," said Vivi in a teasing voice.
And with that Shirahoshi's face lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Uhm I also notice that you do that as well," said Shirahoshi timidly.
"What me, oh no way," replied Vivi whose face ironically turned red as well.
With that the girls continued giggling and talking about Luffy for the rest of the day.
The next day another meeting was held which had pretty much the same results as the first. Also during breaks the Alabasta Royal Family and the Neptune Royal Family would spend time with each other. More noticeable Vivi and Shirahoshi seemed to have bonded together to the point that they appeared like sisters.
Meanwhile high in the sky above the Holy City of Mariejois, thirteen figures were standing in the air.
"Look at them all. They don't know what's about to take place," commented Dragon ominously.
"The Knights of D are ready to attack on your order my lord," said Sabo.
"Father I am ready to do this," said Luffy in a determined voice.
"Well then shall we begin," said Dragon.
Immediately twelve huge tornadoes appeared out of nowhere directly striking different points of Mariejois. With that each of the eleven present members of the Knights of D jumped into the center of one of the eleven tornados fully prepared to destroy everything. Each of them landed on the Holy Land at the same time.
"Fenrir D Hannibal has landed," said Hannibal.
"Isonade D Sanb has landed," said Sanbi.
"Ottoman D Juri has landed," said Juri.
"Kisara D Elektra has landed," said Elektra.
"Alkain D Jupiter has landed," said Jupiter.
"Melkon D Kanka has landed" said Kanka.
"Aaron D Monroe has landed," said Monroe.
"Zero D Scorpius has landed," said Scorpius.
"Nexus D Zeraph has landed," said Zeraph.
"Bell D Kirov has landed," said Kirov.
"Monkey D Luffy has landed," said Luffy.
"Outlook D Sabo has landed," said Sabo.
"Lord Dragon, all Knights of D have successfully entered the Holy City," said Sabo informing Dragon.
Standing high above Mariejois overseeing the eve of this deadly crusade, this one sided massacre, Dragon was observing the March of the Knights of D.
"Let the invasion of Mariejois begin," said Dragon.
The invasion of Mariejois has begin. A major turning point of this story is at hand. As usual some notes.
This fic does have VivixLuffyxShirahoshi present. However because Shirahoshi was locked up and sheltered she can't control her blushing or feelings for Luffy as well as Vivi could. Vivi has feelings but she is better at keeping them under wraps.
Not much happened here. I just wanted to have Vivi and Shirahoshi meet up. I think the relationship between those two parallels that of Nami and Robin. Both Nami and Robin had their mother killed at a young age and both suffered terribly during their lives. Both were saved from their respective hell by Luffy which resulted in both of them loving him. Robin is the more mature of the two and acts like a big sister for Nami. Likewise Vivi and Shirahoshi are both princesses and both had their kingdoms threatened to be destroyed. Both had their respective kingdoms saved by Luffy and as a result both love him. Vivi is clearly the more mature of the two and as such is almost like a big sister for Shirahoshi.
Shirahoshi and Neptune are much smaller than their regular size. Shirahoshi is the size of a normal mermaid while Neptune is the size of a large person, not a giant. This is because of a pill that allows a fishman or mermen to change their size to that of a normal person. It is so that they don't appear intimidating to the humans. The pills are temporary and harmless. This was done because I don't see how I could have Shirahoshi in the harem if she is a giant mermaid.
I believe that if the royal family from Alabasta and the royal family from Ryuuga Kingdom met, they would get along. Both have benevolent kings and neither Cobra nor Vivi are the discriminating type. Especially since both were saved by Luffy. I believe if Fishman Island ever wants support for human fishman relations, Alabasta will agree completely.
Having Vivi and Shirahoshi present sets up the inevitable confrontation they would have with the dark Luffy.
Dragon's power. He has the weather weather fruit. This allows him to control and manipulate weather and weather phenomena, even create powerful storms. In other words, the atmosphere. Using his devil fruit powers he solidified the air underneath him so that he and the other Knights can stand on it. He then created twelve tornadoes to strike the Holy City and each of the Knights jumped into each one. He made the tornadoes such that they Knights inside wouldn't not be harmed.
Mariejois is on top the red line. That means that it is very high up. Furthermore it is surrounded by two Marine bases, Marine Headquarters and G1. As such they are heavily fortified. Because of this and its height it is virtually impossible to attack by a fleet of ships. However they never expected to be attacked from the air.
There are twelve Knights but clearly the final Knight Blackbeard is missing. He is missing because he is an Emperor as such has to manage his territory. More importantly it's because they don't want Luffy finding out.
The invasion of Mariejois is not the final event of the story. In fact it is just the beginning. Right now in the One Piece manga the world Government are the main villains. For the revolutionary army to be the main villains, naturally the world government would have to be destroyed. Also with the world government powerless it would be up to the Straw Hats to stop them. Trust me a lot more would happen after the invasion.
Get ready because now the real action is about to begin. Actions scene are going to start.
Review please as usual.