"You always have to jump to conclusions, don't you?!" Laki screamed, sending an earthen pot flying towards Wiper's head. Wiper snarled at her at lept to the side, allowing the pot to crash into the wall. He reached down to the sheathes strapped to his legs, and returned fire with a knife. Laki plucked the whizzing blade out of the air with no problem, and flicked it back at Wiper. Damn that woman. She'd always been the better marksman.

"I was completely justified!" Wiper screamed, diving for his bazooka.

"Um… No firearms in the village?" Kamakiri said tentatively, wringing his hands in worry.

"Screw that!" Laki shouted, retrieving her rifle. Kamakiri stepped between them, holding out his arms.

"Are you guys actually goi-"

The rest of Kamakiri's sentence was lost, blocked out by the sound of Laki's rifle striking the ground near Wiper's feet.

"Guess so," Kamakiri muttered, gesturing at Braham to start evacuating the village.

"Ever since we were children, you've always been rash and arrogant!" Laki screamed, firing another shot. The bullet whizzed by Wiper's head, taking a few strands of hair from his mohawk. "I never thought you would be this stupid!"

"Me? Stupid?!" Wiper shouted, "you've never gone against my word, Laki. Why now?!"

"Because all God-"

"GOD?!" Wiper screeched, enraged. "You call that FOOL in white clothing a GOD?!"

"It is his position in the Skypiean government, his status," Laki yelled back, "I WILL RESPECT THAT. All God wanted was peace between our people! Even the elders of our village, those who are the wisest among us, were for a truce! Yet your stupid actions have cost us the tranquility we once had!"

"What tranquility?!" Wiper shouted, as he dodged another bullet and tried to fire back, only to realize he had no ammunition. He cursed and rolled to the side, grabbing a nearby flintlock, and aiming at Laki.

"This false sense of security has done nothing for our people!" he said, as he shot at Laki. The bullet grazed her arm, and Laki cried out in pain before quickly biting her lip and shooting back.

"The security we hold is genuine!" Laki shouted, "We are thriving, living, yet you yearn for an ancient text we're unsure even exsists! You're risking everything for a sense of pride! For a man named Noland whom you never met. You're stupid!"

Wipe's face set into a grim stare. Laki froze. She'd gone too far.

"Say it again… SAY IT AGAIN," Wiper beckoned her.

"I'm.. sorry. I-I overstepped," Laki mumbled, dropping her weapon.

"Get lost," Wiper muttered, throwing a rock at her.

Kamakiri stepped into the village. It was less damaged than he'd expected, but horrid all the same. Laki had returned to the main group of villagers, and informed them that Wiper had left to go blow off his steam.

"All this over a pint of Pumpkin Juice?" Kamakiri muttered, picking through broken shards of glass. Isa approached him.

"What… What happened?"

Kamikiri sighed. The story was almost too ridiculous to recount.

"Ganfall wanted a treaty with us, and the village elders agreed with the proposal. Wiper, however, wanted the rest of Vearth back in exchange. Apparently, Ganfall was unable to grant him such a request, and asked him to ask for something else. Wiper asked for 100 innocent Skypiean heads mounted on stakes, and of course, Ganfall refused. So the treaty was called off and Ganfall left. Before he left, he complimented our pumpkin juice, and, well, Wiper took it in the wrong way…

"How does one even mistake a compliment for an insult?" Isa asked, her eyebrows drawn close together.

"Apparently it was some religious insult towards Noland? That man is impossible to figure out… God knows what goes through Wiper's mind. Not… Government God, but, y'know, Divine God."

A.N.: It's a bit shorter than the ones I've been doing recently, but I love it all the same~ One of the deepest arcs in One Piece is in fact Skypiea. There's so much going on with Eneru, the Golden Bell, the Vearth, the Skypieans, Bellamy, it's all so much to take in. I passed over the arc years ago, and I'm still analyzing the politics behind it. It was nice to revisit those characters, and write out their drives.Reviews, Favourites, Subscriptions, Reader Birthdays, and Requests are welcomed and much appreciated! I'll see you on the 25th for Bon Clay A.K.A. Bentham A.K.A. Mr. 2!