Placing his hand on his abdomen, Yosaku was reassured, noting that his heart was still beating.
" I'm alive ? "
Thought he was falling from 10,000 meters in altitude, he and his companions had a heart attack when they felt the Crow fall into the void. Luckily for them, the fall was only a hundred meters high and the Crow was able to land in the Milky Road undamaged.
"HAHAHA! I really thought I was going to die." Luffy affirmed, with a big smile.
"SHUT UP! I don't see what's funny." Sanji roared, kicking his skull.
Behind them, Raynare could see Usopp's soul leaving his body, as he mumbled.
"I'm afraid of Sky Island! I'm afraid of Sky Island."
For his part, being piloting the boat, Loke affirmed.
"I understand why this place is called" the balloon ordeal. "
"Huh?" His companions wondered.
at that moment, looking at the forest around them, they noticed hundreds of white spheres, floating around them.
"Balloons?" Sanji wondered. "Honestly, I didn't think we were really going to see any."
"That's not the only thing to see." Retorted Raynare, leaning over the boat. "The Milky Road is no longer on the ground."
Indeed, seeming to float too, the river where the Crow was was about ten meters above the ground.
"If one of us falls, good luck getting back here."
"What are you complaining about? You have your wings." Yosaku affirmed.
"Speaking of which, Raynare, why didn't you use them earlier, during our fight?" Sanji asked.
Remaining stoic, and preferring to avoid the gaze of her comrades, Raynare simply affirmed.
"I didn't need it! That's all."
" Huh ? "
Staring at Raynare, Luffy looked skeptical of his sanity. That was why he asked.
"Raynare… are you…?"
At that moment, he felt one of the balloons touch the side of his face.
"Hey, go." Luffy ordered it, pushing it away with his fist.
But, upon impact, a huge snake came out of the ball, ready to bite Luffy.
"What...?" The pirates wondered.
Ducking down to avoid being bitten, Luffy then lifted his leg and delivered a powerful kick to the ball, which ended up flying through the air.
"It scared me." Confessed the captain. "What is this delirium? Why was there a snake in this balloon?"
"ANOTHER BALLOON!" Usopp suddenly shouted, seeing another white sphere floating towards them. "Sanji, do something."
"Tsss!" The man growled. "Do all these balloons contain snakes?"
"I'll take care of that." Raynare affirmed, creating a spear of light.
Aiming for the ball, she had no trouble piercing it.
"If there's a snake in there I've probably killed it."
However, instead of a snake, an explosion came out of the balloon. Feeling the shock wave, the pirates shielded their faces with their hands.
"What the hell are these balloons?" Yosaku wanted to know. "And there are hundreds of them."
"Perhaps, but many are very distant from us." Loke remarked. "If the principle of this ordeal is simply to avoid them, then it will be much easier than fighting other pokemons."
"Ohohoh? Am I to understand that you find my balloons less impressive than J's monsters?"
Startled at hearing an unfamiliar voice, Usopp looked around, asking.
"Who spoke? Who spoke?"
"Ohohoh! You should know that these spheres are not balloons but clouds! Surprise clouds."
Finally, appearing in front of the Crow, a sphere floated above the Milky Road, while a man with a round body and face sat on it.
"Who are you?" Luffy questioned him.
"Ohohoh! Thanks for choosing my 'Balloon Ordeal'! Let me introduce myself, I'm Satori! The priest of this place."
Looking at him, Sanji affirmed.
"Looks like a dumpling on legs."
"That's right." His friends agreed.
"This fat-ass is really a prelate?" Raynare asked.
"I admit that his appearance disappoints me after having fought so many pokemons. " Loke confessed.
"Ohohoh! Sorry to disappoint you, but you're wrong to underestimate me."
Standing up, he put on a more serious face as he affirmed.
"It's true that the monsters on this island are fearsome creatures! Generally, they are enough to exterminate the people who come to this island! Nevertheless, it is undeniable that I am much more powerful than a pokemon! We priests , we have the ability to dominate them, thanks to our immeasurable power."
Hearing this, Usopp and Yosaku got scared, while Satori got into a fighting stance. However, instead of attacking, he suddenly began to dance on his ball.
"Ohhohohohoho!"
"Stop clowning around." Sanji roared. "And what do you want from us?"
Ignoring his question, Satori continued to dance and make ridiculous movements. Managing to calm his fear, Usopp asked.
"Do you really think that moron is a priest ?"
"We may have stumbled upon the weakest." Yosaku remarked.
Seeing Satori continue to dance, while the white spheres were quite far from the Crow, Loke affirmed.
"Let's ignore him ! If we manage to prevent the spheres from touching the boat, we will be able to leave here without problem! Finally, this ordeal is not at all dangerous, compared to all that we have been through. "
"Ohohoh! Sorry to disappoint you, dear guests! But if you want to leave this place, you'll have to defeat me first."
"Like we're wasting our time with you." Sanji growled, starting to maneuver the Crow. "Now that Raynare is with us, we don't need to fight you to find out where our friends are."
For answer, Satori jumped from his balloon and pretended to fall in the direction of the boat.
"You won't leave here alive."
"Do you want to bet?" Luffy questioned him, starting to aim at him. " GUM GUM ..."
"You're going to stretch your arm, aren't you?" Satori questioned.
" PISTOL ! "
The blow was fast, precise and powerful. Yet, despite having a power that always amazed people he had never met, Luffy saw Satori dodging his punch, as if he had moved his body before Luffy attacked him.
" What ? "
"Ohohoh ! "
Continuing to drop, Satori found himself next to Luffy and positioned her hand in front of his face. Immediately, a crashing noise was heard and a tremendous force threw Luffy out of the ship. Standing completely still, it took a few seconds for the other pirates to react. Hearing Luffy's body slam into a tree, they eventually turn around, to see him fall to the ground, with injuries to his face.
" Lu ... LUFFY ? "
"What happened?" Yosaku asked. "He... He made it fly with a simple tap."
"Luffy, what's going on with you?" Usopp questioned him. "After all, it wasn't a simple flick that put you in this state."
"A flick?" repeated Satori, who was standing at the side of the crow. "Sorry, but this is far from an ordinary flick."
"You want to fight asshole?" Sanji questioned him, running towards him.
"Kick in the face with the left leg." Satori said.
The pirates could then see him dodging Sanji's kick, as easily as he did Luffy.
"This guy…he can predict attacks." Loke realized.
"It's a power only reserved for Priests." Satori affirmed. "We call this the Mantra."
Then, placing his hand on Sanji's face, he produced another shockwave, which also caused him to fly out of the boat. Seeing him fall, Satori laughed.
"It's a shame for you to stumble upon me! Because I'm the best Mantra user of all the Priests! But, to tell you the truth, there are two morons among us who don't know how to use it ! I still wonder why Enel-sama keeps them among us.'
"You…" Raynare roared, beginning to concentrate her magic in her hands.
"Oh? So you're the fallen angel?" Satori questioned.
Amazed that he knew when she still hadn't made her wings appear, Raynare simply created two spears of light. Performing a strange belly dance, Satori moved so as to dodge the attacks, without having to move his feet.
" How ... ? "
"Leave me fight him." Loke shouted.
Watching Satori's position carefully, the spirit ended up closing his eyes, before hitting him repeatedly.
" REGULUS GATLING. "
Just laughing, Satori dodged each of his attacks, as easily as the previous ones.
"Ohohohoh! You thought I was using your facial expressions to guess your movements, didn't you? Sorry, but closing your eyes won't do you any good! I could guess the movements of a blind man." "
Eventually, leaping forward, he found himself between Raynare and Loke, before moving his hands towards them.
" IMPACT ! "
Immediately, Yosaku and Usopp screamed in fear as they saw their two friends being hit by an unseen force, knocking them off the ship.
"What...what...what did you do?"
"Like I said, my attack has nothing to do with a flick! It's more like..."
His hand moved in front of the duo's faces before slapping them.
"An impact that destroys the organism from within."
Spitting blood, Usopp and Yosaku fell ten meters to the ground, half unconscious. Getting up at that moment, Luffy put his hat back on his head, before groaning.
"That bastard! How did he do that?"
"Luffy, calm down!" Sanji ordered him. "This guy can predict our moves! The worst strategy is to charge into him and allow him to be within range of his attacks."
" This guy is too scary. " Yosaku affirmed, coughing up blood. "Let's abandon the Crow and try to escape into the forest."
"Flee in the forest?" Satori repeated. "You can try, but I warn you right now that you can never get out of the forest of bewilderment alive."
"The forest of bewilderment?" Raynare repeated.
"Yeah! There's only one entrance and one exit."
Suddenly, starting the Crow, it left the boat and landed on a white sphere. A moment later, the Crow's dial lit up and made the boat move.
"Hey, the boat is leaving." Luffy shouted.
"That is indeed what is happening." Satori sneered. "By the force of the current of the Milky Road, your boat will move forward on its own and will be able to leave the area, reaching the only exit that exists! Just to summarize the situation for you, if you lose your boat, you also lose the possibility to go to the sacrificial altar! I therefore advise you to recover it before it is too late! However, it seems only natural to me to mention that my myriad of surprise clouds and myself will be present to prevent you from doing so! And if that's not enough, my partner will be happy to have fun with you."
"Your partner?"
Continuing to smile, Satori took off his hat and showed a red and white sphere that was balanced on his skull. Seizing it, he threw it in the air and let it open. Immediately, a creature resembling a purple hot air balloon appeared.
" Drifblim. "
"What...?" Luffy wondered. "A pokemonster?"
"What was he doing in a sphere?" Usopp asked. "Is that a power of this guy too?"
"That? It's a simple monster-ball! However, I don't think it's worth explaining to you how it works. You will soon die! Dear guests, welcome to Upper Yard!"
" Salamence use FLAMETHROWER ! "
Seeing the column of flames bearing down on them, the pirates swerved to the sides to avoid them. But immediately, the other pokemons rushed at them.
Lucario use BONE RUSH.
Pulling out a sword, Zoro blocked Lucario's attack. However, feeling his feet slip backwards, he was surprised at the pokemon's offensive power.
"Hey, you're not bad."
" Lucario. " The pokemon said simply, placing its palm on Zoro's abdomen.
Lucario use FORCE PALM.
Immediately, Zoro was hit by a shock wave, which ejected him out of the clearing.
" ANIKI ! " Cria Johnny.
Nevertheless, a pokemon, resembling a red werewolf, positioned itself in front of him.
Lycanroc use ROCK TOMB.
Immediately large boulders appeared above Johnny and fell on top of him.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" the man shouted.
"SCORPIO, I'm counting on you." Lucy cried, taking her key.
Immediately, the scorpion man appeared next to Johnny. Then as soon as he saw the attack, he raised his tail to the sky, before creating a tornado of sand that hit the rocks.
Seeing this, Lycanroc growled before spinning around, creating a sandstorm.
Lycanroc use SAND ATTACK.
"Don't think you can defeat us with the sand." Scorpio roared, imitating him.
Immediately, Vivi and Nami backed away, feeling sand being ejected in their direction. Seeing them half-blinded, Corvisquire targeted them, before his wings turned white.
Corvisquire use STEEL WING.
Still not seeing him, the girls were only saved by hands that appeared on the pokemon's body, to immobilize him.
"Corvis?" the pokemon wondered, unable to break free.
" CLUTCH ! "
However, before she could perform her attack, she felt a powerful blow knock her to the ground.
Makuhita use TACKLE .
Groaning in pain, Robin watched the pokemon jump, before collapsing on top of her.
Makuhita use HEAVY SLAM .
Rolling on the ground, Robin avoided getting crushed, while the body of the pokemon crashed hard on the ground, creating cracks. Getting up, he looked for Robin, and ended up seeing Bruno, aiming at him.
" ZIPPER-MAN ! "
Immediately, Sticky Fingers appeared and rushed towards Makuhita to separate his body into several pieces. Unfortunately, sound waves hit the puppet, stopping it.
" What ? " S'étonna Bruno.
Exploud use ECHOED VOICE.
Immediately slapping his hands over his ears, Bruno moaned in pain as the sound waves hit him. Seeing him immobilized, Explod covered his fist with electricity before rushing towards Bruno.
Exploud use THNUDER PUNCH.
Opening his eyes, Bruno barely had time to see the pokemon that he got punched in the face. Rolling on the ground, he finally fell flat on his stomach. Looking at him, the pokemon saw him get up. Bleeding from the nose, Bruno simply passed his thumb over the nostrils. Then, finally, he made Stinky Fingers appear again, before affirming.
"The real fight begins."
Seeing his comrades start to fight against the pirates, Lucario was about to come to help them, when he heard a voice behind him.
"Dog, stay where you are."
" Lucario? " The pokemon wondered, turning around.
Returning to the quarry, Zoro had blood pouring out of his mouth. However, displaying a smile, he had wrapped his bandana around his forehead, before taking out his sabers.
"You, I like you! Do you think you can beat me in a duel?"
Staring at him, Lucario used " BONE RUSH " again. However, instead of creating one bone, he created two. Then he got into a fighting stance. Seeing this, Zoro stretched his smile. Then, finally, the two warriors charged at it.
Seeing the boat disappear in the distance, Usopp asserted.
"We can't afford to lose the boat! If we lose sight of it, it's over for us."
"No worries." Loke retorted, staring at Satori. "We can take care of this guy! And Raynare takes care of the rest! If we can stop the guy from getting away, she can fly to the boat and stop it. We're counting on you, Rayn... "
He fell silent, seeing the fallen angel create a combat spear, which she threw at Satori, who had no trouble dodging it.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"I can easily beat this guy." Raynare asserted, creating another spear.
Drifblim use HEX.
Positioning herself in front of the fallen angel, the specter pokemon surprised her, while his eyes turned purple, having the misfortune to look at them, Raynare felt a huge fear inside her.
" What ... ? "
" I don't recommend looking him in the eye. " Satori affirmed. "The HEX attack allows its user to double the damage he can do to you."
Drifblim use WILL-O-WISP.
In an instant, the blue flames he created hit Raynare, burning her badly.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Raynare!" Luffy and Sanji shouted, running towards Drifblim.
Punching and kicking it, the two pirates were surprised to meet no resistance, hitting the pokemon's body. It was as if they were hitting a ghost.
"What?" Sanji wondered.
"He's like the little ghost." Luffy remarked, remembering his fight against Misdreavus.
"Ohohoh! There's no point trying to hit Drifblim." Satori affirmed. "Physical attacks have no effect on Ghost-type pokemon."
"Ghost ? "
Drifblim use WILL-O-WISP.
However, before creating his attack, Usopp aimed him with his slingshot.
"KAYAKU ... "
"An explosive attack." Satori remarked.
Seeing a sphere pass near him, Satori delivered a powerful punch, sending it flying towards Usopp. Failing to react in time, Usopp felt the sphere touch him, before exploding.
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
"USOPP!" shouted his comrades.
at that moment, Drifblim launched his blue flames which touched Yosaku's chest and Loke's arm. Having jumped in time to avoid them, Sanji and Luffy looked at the pokemon and his owner.
"Ohohoh! I hope you now understand the dangers of Upper Yard! And just so you know, your chance of leaving this forest alive is 10%!"
Who will join Luffy's crew?
Before Shells Town: Raynare - 38 million - (Highschool DxD) / Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
Arc Shells Town: Roronoa Zoro - 60 million -
Kuro Arc: Usopp
Arc Baratie: Sanji / Gin - 32 million -
Arlong Arc: Nami/Johnny/Yosaku
Drum Arc: Chopper
Alabasta Arc: Nico Robin / Eevee (Pokemon) / Bruno -52 million- (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) / Nefertari Vivi -25 million- / Menma (Anohana)
Skypiea Arc:? / ?
Arc Enies Lobby: Franky
Arc Post Enies-Lobby:?
Thriller Bark Arc: Brook
Post Ellipse:?
Punk Hazard Arc:?
Tesoro Arc:?
Dressrosa Arc :? /?
Wano Kuni Arc: Jinbei /?
Post Wano Kuni Arc:? /?
Arc Battle Teach :?
With other characters:
Buggy: Alvida - 21 million-, Magi - 29 million (OC), Bull (OC), Kuro - 37 million -, Morgan - 17 million -, Megumim - 105 million (Konosuba), Zala (Miss Doublefinger) -35 million, Babe (Mr 4) - 3.2 million, Drophy (Miss Merry Christmas) - 14 million, Willy - 20 million, Needless - 57 million
Arlong: Syra (OC)
Milhawk: Alice (OC)
Wapol: Musshuru
Crocodile: Noscula (OC), Mr 6 (OC), Miss Halloween (OC)
Garp: Sakura (Zombieland Saga); Jin (My Hero academia); Emma (The Promised Neverland)
Enel: Hunter J. (Pokemon), Zancrow (Fairy tail), Pit ( Kid Icarus ), Pokemon ( 53 )
Im: Light Yagami (Death Note)
Cobra: Neni (M. 9)
Sengoku: Shinichi Kudo (Detective Conan)
Shanks: Nana Shimura -840 million- (My hero academia), Utsuro -970 million- (Gintama)
Individual: Reiner ( Shingeki no kyojin ), Garou (One Punch Man), Babidi (DBZ), Orochimaru (Naruto); Mirko (My hero Academia), Samus (metroid), Team Rocket (Pokemon), Velvet Crowe
Gold D. Roger (formerly): Igneel - 1.380 billion - (Fairy Tail), Acacia (Toriko), Bardock (Dragon ball Z), Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto), Utsuro - 970 million (Gintama), Nana Shimura - 840 million ( My Hero Academia)
Xerec (formerly): Aizen (bleach)