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Cricket laughed for a good five minutes, when he eventually calmed down Luffy was annoyed and Nami looked like she was going to kill Cricket for laughing at them, thankfully Usopp stopped her.
"I hate to burst your bubble but Sky Island doesn't exist," Cricket said.
"But it has too, a ship fell from the sky," Luffy instead.
"Yeah that happens sometimes but there is an explanation for that," Cricket claimed.
"There's an explanation for ships falling form the sky?" Usopp asked sceptically.
Cricket nodded.
"The temperatures and the pressure of the water in this area always changing; when it gets too extreme the sea shoots it up into the sky. We call it the Knock Up-Stream, ships get caught in it and get thrown up into the sky and you know what they say, what goes up must come down," Cricket explained.
"But we saw huge monsters in the clouds," Chopper urged.
"This is the Grand Line; monsters are as common as pirates. You just saw one of the few who don't live in the sea," Cricket reasoned.
"No there has to be a sky Island, we found a map," Luffy insisted.
"A map you say?" Cricket asked curiously "Can I see it?"
Luffy nodded he ran out of the house and back to the merry to get the map, when he got back he showed it to Cricket who eyed it critically. He put the map down and reached for a book on the shelf next to his bed, Cricket flipped though it until he found the page he was looking for.
"Here, read this," Cricket said handing the book to Nami.
Nami took the book and looked at the page, her eyes widened.
"This…is this real?" Nami asked.
"Yep," Cricket answered.
"What is it?" Luffy asked.
"It's a ships log," Nami claimed.
"Year of the Sea, January 26 1126 clear weather…hold on this date was 400 years ago," Nami said "Who's Log did this belong too?"
"I know, keep reading," Cricket urged.
"We have just departed the cheerful town on Vila Island, following the log pose we headed northeast. We had just purchased a curious artifact form a merchant; it was a one man small ship that glides over the ocean. We called it a Waver," Nami read "The Waver requires no wind to sail as it produces it's own,"
"A Waver? Sounds cool I want one," Luffy said coming over.
"The merchant claimed to have gotten it from a place called…SkyPiea," Nami gasped.
"So the map wasn't a fake after all, there really is a sky Island," Usopp said excitedly.
"Nami Keep reading," Chopper urged.
"The Waver takes great skill to control, I myself have yet to master it but despite its difficulty it has become the favorite pass time of the crew. I've had to draw up a schedule for turns on it to prevent fights. The waver wasn't the only thing the Merchant had, he also had some strange fish called Sky fish," Nami continued.
"Sky fish?" Sanji asked interested.
"The fish was one of the ugliest things I had ever seen, never the less the merchant sold it to us ad a reasonable price and we had it for dinner that night…it was the most delouses fish I had ever had, despite it's looks it was surprisingly nutritious,"
"When I asked the merchant for the location of SkyPiea he told me it was in the sky. I don't know if I truly believe it but I would defiantly like to find Sky Piea, the land in the sky and visit it one day. Montblanc Noland," Nami finished.
"It does exist, Sky Island is real," Luffy cheered.
"The name on the map and the name in the book are the same…that means we can go there," Usopp said happily.
"Alright we're going to the sky," Luffy declared.
"Wait Noland…the same Noland form the fairy tale?" Sanji gasped.
"Yep, that's his log book," Cricket claimed.
"But why do you have it? Shouldn't it be in the North Blue?" Connor asked.
"Well Noland was my ancestor, his Log books have been passed down through my family for generations," Cricket claimed.
"So you're looking for the city of gold to prove he wasn't a liar," Zoro reasoned.
"I could care less about whether the story is true or not. I'm more interested in proving the world wrong," Cricket said.
"What does that mean?" Connor asked.
"After Noland was executed his family were banished, word quickly spread of his lies and they were ridiculed…they still are. Do have any idea what it's like to grow up with everyone making fun of you and not believing a single thing you say just because your ancestor made a mistake 400 years ago?" Cricket asked.
"I had to live it so one day I formed my own pirate crew and decided to change the family name, but then by chance or fate we landed here…the Island that Noland claimed to have the city of gold. I decided to stay and search for it," Cricket finished.
"Have you found it?" Connor asked.
"Not yet, but I have found a lot of proof that it might be here…want to see?"
"Yeah!" Luffy yelled excitedly.
Cricket got up and walked over to his closet, he pulled something out that was covered by a blanket. Once the blanket was removed it revealed a big solid gold statue of a bird.
"WHOA!" the entire crew cried in amazement, Namis eyes turned to Beli signs.
"I've got more stuff like this as well, folks here may not believe the story but I find this stuff on the sea floor, that's why I keep diving," Cricket said.
"So pretty," Nami drooled.
Cricket put the blanket back on the statue and put it away, he then looked at the straw hats in contemplation.
"Look I don't know if Sky Island exists or not, I'm searching for a fabled city of gold so who am I to question your beliefs…so I'll help you get there," Cricket said.
"Really?" Luffy asked and then he realised something "But you said it didn't exist,"
"Well…I have a theory on where it might be…but it will be very dangerous. Are you sure you want to go?" Cricket asked.
Luffy nodded.
"Yep I want to go to the sky," Luffy said seriously.
"Aright, let's move outside," Cricket said.
Cricket and the Straw hats all moved outside, Masira and Shoujou were happy to see their boss back on his feet and feeling better.
"Hey why are these two here?" Nami asked.
"Oh there fans of the Noland story," Cricket claimed casually.
"There fans?" Usopp asked.
"Yep, they just showed up one day and said they were going to be my followers and help me find the city of gold. I can't seem to get rid of them," Cricket said affectionately.
"Hey you two, we're going to help these pirate get to Sky Island, so make some lunch while I tell them how we're going to do it," Cricket ordered.
Masira and Shoujou ran inside to do as they were told and the straw hats sat on the grass while Cricket explained the Knock Up-Stream and how they would use it to get to Sky Island. Usopp and Nami were sceptical that it could be done and pointed out that if they did get launched into the sky they would just fall back down again.
"That would only happen if there is nothing underneath you," Cricket claimed.
"Underneath us?" Nami asked.
"Right, in this area of the sea sometimes it will suddenly turn to night, despite the fact it is clearly day time," Cricket said.
"Hey that happened to us," Luffy said.
"Yeah and then those monsters appeared," Usopp added.
"Oh good you've already experienced this then," Cricket said "Well ignoring the fact that Giants appear night did not fall it was in fact a cumulus could,"
"That's not possible," Nami interrupted.
"What's a cumulus cloud?" Connor asked curiously.
"It's a type of large thick cloud that can block out the sun, that's why sometimes during the day it goes dark for a bit. Lots of cumulus clouds often lead to rain clouds," Nami explained.
"That's correct except this cumulus cloud never changes its shape or size, it's like its petrified," Cricket added.
"But I thought clouds always changed their shape," Luffy said.
"They do and that's due to the wind, it's impossible for a cloud to maintain its shape forever," Nami claimed.
"Look you can argue about impossible all you want but the fact remains is that this cumulus cloud has not changed since it was first recorded and that cloud and the Knock Up-Stream always show up at the same time,"
"So…what you're saying is.."
"If Sky Island is going to be anywhere it would be in that Cumulus cloud," Cricket said seriously.
"It does make sense, no normal cloud formation would be able to completely eclipse the sun like that," Robin agreed.
"So all we have to do is ride the Knock Up-Stream into the clouds," Luffy said.
"Yep that's pretty much what you have to do," Cricket agreed.
"WE'RE GOING TO THE SKY!" Luffy Usopp and Chopper cheered.
"Except if we miss we will fall back down, our ship will be destroyed and we will die upon impact," Robin added.
"DON"T SAY MORBIED THINGS!" Usopp yelled.
"Well it'll be alright, we just won't miss," Luffy assured.
"HOLD ON! YOU STILL WANT TO GO?!" Usopp cried out.
"Alright let's go to the sky, I wonder what kind of meat they have there," Luffy said ignoring Usopp.
Usopp could not believe what he was hearing, even though it would mean their death if they did not make to the sky. Luffy still wanted to go, he suddenly got an Idea.
"Luffy we can't go, the Merry is to heavily damaged; besides how will we know when the Knock Up-Stream appears?" Usopp asked.
"That's easy, the Knock Up-Stream always appears in the same place at the same time…it actually goes off five times a month," Cricket claimed.
"Okay but we have a few days until the Log resets. We don't know when the Stream will erupt," Usopp tired.
"Don't worry it'll erupt tomorrow morning," Cricket assured "and as for your ship we can repair and reinforce it for you,"
"Really, thanks," Luffy said happily.
Usopps jaw dropped at this offer, it looked like they were going to the sky no matter what.
"See Usopp everything is fine, we'll be fine," Luffy said happily.
Sanji poked his head out of the house.
"Hey foods done!" he called out.
"FOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD!" Luffy cheered and ran into the house.
"Wait a minute," Usopp tried.
The other straw hats followed him ignoring Usopps pleas for them to listen.
"JUST STOPPP!" Usopp yelled out.
Everyone stopped and looked at him.
"How can you be so calm about this, we could die and none of you seem to care?" Usopp reasoned.
"Nah we'll be fine," Luffy grinned.
"But there might not be a sky Island…we'll die for nothing,"
"We won't know unless we try, besides it's impossible to change Luffys mind," Nami pointed out.
"Plus it was in his journal," Robin added.
"But that's just it, Noland was a liar. And this guy is his descendant how do we know he's telling the truth?"
Cricket walked up to Usopp and stopped right in front of him, he stared down at the cowing sniper.
"Your right, Sky Island is a myth and there is no proof it exits. I don't believe it exists either," Cricket said "However you're the ones who came looking for it, I just gave you my theory on where it could be and how to get there,"
"But your sending us to our deaths," Usopp urged.
"I'm not forcing you to go, you're the ones who decided that already," Cricket pointed out "now lunch is ready, and it's not good to let the food get cold,"
Usopp watched as Cricket walked into his house and the other straw hats went with him eager to eat the food that was provided for them. Usopp did not feel like eating and he could not understand why the others still wanted to go to Sky Island even if it meant their deaths.
Usopp walked in and sat down as Sanji started to serve out the food, Shoujou brought out the heavy Sake and it was not long before lunch turned into a party, it turned out that Cricket, Masira and Shoujou could not hold their liquor.
As the day went on the party got rowdier, Usopp quickly lost his negative attitude and joined in, Zoro got into a drinking contest which was fairly one sided and Cricket showed off all of his gold. Nami instantly fell in love with it, the only one who was not joining in was Robin as she sat by herself reading Nolands Journal.
"The City of Gold is in the skulls right eye…what does that mean?" Robin asked herself.
"Don't know, I still haven't figured it out," Cricket said.
Robin looked up to find Cricket standing above her and looking down at the page she was on.
"You don't know?" Robin asked.
"No, but it's the last entry so it must mean something," Cricket said.
"Perhaps it refers to a land mark or something in the area," Robin suggested.
"I thought that too but there are no skull like land marks or anything to do with skulls on this island…unless you count passing pirate ships," Cricket claimed.
"Then can you be sure that this is the Island that Noland discovered?" Robin asked.
"It is, the gold here and the wildlife matches what is described in the Journal. It's too identical to be a coincidence," Cricket answered.
"For a few pages Noland mentions a large golden bell," Robin said.
Luffy looked over at them.
"Yes according to the journal it's half the size of a mountain and makes the most beautiful sound. I would like to hear it just once, I have often dreamed of finding it but so far I haven't," Cricket said regretfully.
Luffy took another bite of food but focused on Cricket and listened in to what he was telling Robin.
"You mentioned the wild life being the same, what does that mean?" Robin asked.
"Well do you remember that bird statue I showed you earlier? Those birds are found on this Island," Cricket said.
"Really?" Robin asked.
Cricket nodded.
"There called South birds and they only ever face south, even when their flying in a different direction their heads always point south. They've been used for navigation since ancient times and…" Cricket explained but suddenly trailed off.
"And what?" Robin asked interested.
"OH SHIT!" Cricket yelled out in panic.
The party stopped and everyone looked at him.
"What's wrong boss?" Masira asked.
"You lot need to find a South bird," Cricket panicked.
"A what?" Usopp asked.
Cricket ran to his closet and pulled out the golden bird stature.
"A South bird. They look like this and you need one if you want to get to the sky," Cricket claimed.
"Why would we need one of those?" Zoro asked.
"Because the Knock Up-Stream occurs directly south from this cape," Cricket claimed "Your Log Pose is still pointing to the sky and regular compasses don't work in the Grand Line,"
The straw hats stared at him in confusion and then Nami realised what he was saying.
"Holy crap he's right," Nami cried "If were sailing for a certain part of the ocean and not land we won't know which way is which,"
"That's why you need to capture one of these birds, they always point south. You can use it to navigate," Cricket said.
"You mean we won't take it to the sky without one?" Luffy asked fearfully.
"No, we're more likely to miss our chance," Nami claimed.
"Oi old man, where do we get one of these magic birds?" Luffy asked urgently.
"They live into the forest south of here, you can see it from outside my house," Cricket said.
"Alright let's go bird hunting," Luffy said and dashed out the door.
"Well he's certainly eager," Marisa claimed.
"Right you lot, head to the forest and we'll start modifying your ship," Cricket said.
The straw hats got up and headed to the merry to get nets and other things they could use for catching the bird. Once they were ready they were about to head off when Sanji approached Cricket.
"Hey how dangerous is the forest at night?" Sanji asked.
"As about as dangerous as it is during the day, why?" Cricket responded.
Sanji nodded and walked up to Connor who was getting lessons from Usopp on the best way to capture a bird…it was all lies of course but Connor listened anyway.
"So when you're close you yell 'In the name of Captain Usopp I capture you,'" Usopp shouted boldly "And then you bring the net down on top of it,"
"Wouldn't that just make it fly away if I announce that I'm capturing it?" Connor asked.
"Ah but once it hears that you're doing it for the great Captain Usopp it'll let you capture it," Usopp claimed proudly.
"Yeah sure it will," Connor said skeptically.
Sanji walked over to them.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"I'm teaching Connor the best way to capture birds," Usopp said proudly.
"More like scare them away," Connor corrected.
"Well stop because he's not coming," Sanji said.
"What?" Usopp asked.
"Why?" Connor whined.
"Because we'll be wandering the forest at night and we don't need you getting lost," Sanji said.
"Shouldn't you be telling this to Zoro then?" Connor asked.
"Connor we're looking for a bird at night in a forest, we're likely to get separated and we really don't need you getting stuck, lost or eaten by some predator that lurks in the dark," Sanji said.
"Wait…there are predators in the forest?" Usopp asked fearfully.
The cook ignored Usopp.
"Look just stay here and help these guys with the ship repairs," Sanji said.
"But I don't know anything about ship repairs," Connor claimed.
"I know but it would be one less thing to worry about if you stayed here," Sanji reasoned.
Connor understood what Sanji was saying but he did not want to be left behind, he wanted to go with the others as he knew staying put would be boring as he had nothing to do.
"Fine I'll stay here," he pouted.
"Good boy, we'll be back before you know it," Sanji said.
"Hey maybe I'll stay with him," Usopp offered.
"Oh no you're coming," Sanji said, he grabbed Usopp by the nose and started dragging him towards the forest.
The other straw hats headed off and Connor looked over his shoulder to the Saruyama Alliance and sighed. He walked over to see if he could help, Cricket had him help move tools and supplies that they would need out of the house but once that was done Connor sat out of the way and watched them begin work on the Merry.
'This is boring….I bet the others are having the time of their lives in the forest,' Connor thought to himself.
In the forest the straw hats had split up into three groups to give a better chance of finding the South bird. Luffy and Chopper went together, Robin went with Zoro and Sanji and Usopp were with Nami.
However there search was not going so well, Luffy and Chopper got distracted and quickly found themselves being chased by wasps and bees along with Praying Mantis who could cut down trees with its pincers.
Usopp learned that both Nami and Sanji were afraid of insects as they had stumbled upon a Tarantula nest and despite Usopps claim that Tarantulas were docile creatures they still ran off in fear…only to run into a giant slug.
Zoro had gotten into a fight with a swam of giant Grasshoppers and was getting increasingly pissed off at the bugs as they kept coming. Robin was impressed by their persistence and Zoro thought they were mocking him.
The straw hats regrouped in a small clearing to catch their breaths.
"So anyone find a South bird yet?" Usopp asked once he had his breath back.
"We saw one, it dropped bee hives and wasp nests on us," Luffy said, he and Chopper were covered in stings.
"This forest is very persistent," Robin commented.
"Yeah it's like the forest is out to get us," Nami agreed.
"Damn Grasshoppers, I'll show them," Zoro hissed.
"What's up with moss head?" Sanji asked.
"He's convinced that the large human sized Grasshoppers we met are mocking him," Robin answered.
Sanji stared at Zoro in surprise.
"Well it's not that hard," Sanji agreed.
Zoro glared at Sanji.
"What was that?" he growled.
"You have to be pretty stupid for bugs to mock you," Sanji said.
"Funny coming from a man who screams at a higher pitch than Nami," Zoro shot back.
"Say that again," Sanji dared.
"I heard three high pitched screams and yours was the highest," Zoro claimed.
"That's it our dead," Sanji said.
"Bring it on you B rated cook," Zoro said and drew his swards.
The two jumped on each other and began to fight. Luffy laughed while the others just sighed, suddenly a South bird landed on the tree above them.
It looked like the statue that Cricket had shown them only with purple feathers and bright green wing tips. It cried it's bird cry.
"You will never catch me, I rule this forest and you're all idiots," Chopper translated.
"Well that's rather rude," Robin said.
The bird cried again.
"I'll give you this one warning leave my forest or die," Chopper continued.
Suddenly two arms sprouted out of the south bird and wrapped themselves around the birds wings, a third arm sprouted form the tree and threw the bird to the ground; the straw hats blinked and looked over at Robin.
"What? If I can see it I can grab it," Robin claimed.
"Well now that we have our south bird let's get out of this creepy forest," Nami said.
"What about Zoro and Sanji?" Luffy asked.
The two were still fighting completely oblivious that the others were leaving.
"Leave them, they'll figure it out eventually," Nami said and walked away.
Back at Crickets house
Cricket, Masira and Shoujou were working on the Merry when another ship approached Connor was sitting against the house outside wall and looked over to the ship. Nine figures disembarked and approached the house, three female and six male.
The leader was a tall man with tan skin and short unkempt blond hair. He wore white pants, a green sash with markings, and a pink sleeveless shirt with a navy blue pirate captain's coat over the top.
He was flanked by another man with shoulder-length blue hair and wore a purple-tinted visor over his eyes. He also wore a white-furred coat over his bare chest, red-and-white striped gloves and pants with the same pattern alongside a gold belt. On his chest was a tattoo of a smiley face with a cancel symbol; he had the same symbol on his belt.
'Who are these guys?' Connor wondered as he watched the pirate crew approach.
The man with the captains' coat surveyed the house and the occupants who were looking at them surprisingly; he burst out laughing.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha what a dump, you'd think with all the gold these losers would have got a proper house," the man who was clearly the leader laughed.
'Gold?' Connors thought as his eyes went wide; he gripped his sword just in case.
"It's the middle of the night, what do you want?" Cricket demanded.
"Me I want your gold of course," the leader said.
"Then go find your own," Cricket said.
"Ohh here that, they expect us to find our own," the man with the visor said.
The leader just laughed again.
"The thing is old man I already have, I'm taking your gold as my own," the leader grinned evilly.
"Who are you?" Cricket asked as his eyes narrowed.
"The name is Bellamy and I will be robbing you tonight," Bellamy grinned evilly.
"If you're looking for a fight we'll give you one," Shoujou said bravely.
"But don't underestimate the Saruyama Alliance. We won't give you our gold," Masira warned.
Sarkies take them out," Bellamy ordered.
"You got it," the blue haired man answered.
Sarkies and the rest of the crew ran in and charged at the Alliance, Sarkies went after Cricket and jabbed at him using a boxing fighting style but Cricket easily blocked the blows. Cricket then kicked Sarkies hard in the chest and the pirate was thrown back and knocked down.
Connor glanced over at Bellamy and the pirate just stood there, none of his crew had bothered with him as they were focused on Masira and Shoujou who swiftly took the rest of the crew out.
'Hmph not very strong for pirates,' Connor thought 'I bet Buggy would be more of a challenge,'
Sarkies got back up and started and started spinning a big Kukri looking knife in circles and charged at Cricket but Cricket countered with a well-timed blow to the other pirates hand and the knife flew out of Sarkies hand and landed several feet away in front of Bellamy.
"Children shouldn't play with sharp things," Cricket commented.
Connor smiled, he was right this crew was weak and there was no need for him to get involved.
"Well then it's time for my performance," Bellamy said.
Connor looked over at the captain as he crouched down and his legs toured to springs.
"Spring-Snipe," Bellamy cried out and he lunged himself off the ground.
He flew and hit Masira square in the spine, the salvager cried in pain and he went down. Bellamy kept going; he grabbed Masira's head and used it to bounce off towards Shoujou. Masira flew back and crashed on the ground while Bellamy punched Shoujou in the face.
"What….a devil fruit?" Connor panicked.
Cricket was stunned by the power and Bellamy launched himself at Cricket but the diver dodged and Bellamy flew towards the Merry, he used the ship to launch himself back at Cricket causing the whole front to break and fall off.
Connor stared at the damage don to the Merry and Bellamy punched Cricket in the jaw knocking him down. He then landed nearby with a satisfied grin on his face.
"Heh, how do you like the power of the Bane-Bane no Mi?" Sarkies mocked as he stood over the fallen fighters.
"Hey boys, finish them off," Bellamy ordered.
Connor watched in horror as Bellamy's crew beat up the already defeated Saruyama Alliance. Once they were done it was clear that they would not be getting back up again.
"Hey, what do we do with the kid?" Sarkies asked when he noticed Connor.
Connor placed his hand on his sword and got ready to fight.
Bellamy looked at Connor.
"Leave him, no point in wasting energy on a useless brat," Bellamy snorted.
Bellamy crew got back up again and Connor watched as a few headed into the house, without thinking Connor drew his sword and quickly sliced them across they're backs before they could enter.
"You're not getting that gold," Connor said seriously.
Bellamy and his looked at Connor; they were surprised that he would attack them.
"Oh and who's going to stop me?" Bellamy asked.
"Me," Connor declared and got into a defensive stance that Zoro had taught him.
"I'd like to see you try kid," Bellamy goaded.
Just then cricket pushed himself up and turned to face the pirates.
"You punks have no right to my gold," Cricket wheezed out.
"Still talking…I'll finish you off," Sarkies declared as he ran up and with his knife drawn.
Cricket saw the attack coming but was too injured to move, just before the knife struck Masira moved in front of Cricket and took the blow for him. A huge cut went straight up the salvagers back and he collapsed to the ground with blood pouring out.
"M…Masira," Cricket whispered in shock.
Shoujou having seen his brother fall to Sakies started to use his soundwave powers but Bellamy shut him up by launching himself at the sonar king, Shoujou flew through the air and crashed into the wooden castle sided of the house before landing in the ocean with a splash; he floated to the surface.
Connor stared at the fallen Alliance members and then turned his attention back to Bellamy.
"Now then do you still want to stand in my way?" Bellamy asked.
"I'm not moving," Connor said defiantly.
'If he launches himself at me I can get him with my blade…he'll lose his powers and then I can finish him off,' Connor thought.
Connor waited for Bellamy to launch himself at him but the pirate captain didn't, instead he walked slowly up to Connor and stopped in front of him, He did nothing but look at him.
Bellamy bent squatted down to Connors eye level and looked directly at him, Connor waited for an attack but none came.
"You're either really brave or really stupid, so you even know who you're standing up too?" Bellamy asked.
"Just some ass hole that has no guts and no business being a pirate," Connor answered.
Bellamys eyes went wide with anger and he reeled back a punch but instead of hitting Connor the boy blocked the attack and the pirate captain hit his blade. The second he touched it he felt himself get weak and start to lose his strength. He quickly pulled away and started at Connor.
"W…What?" Bellamy grabbed.
"What's wrong afraid to fight a little kid?" Connor grinned.
"Sarkies, get him," Bellamy ordered.
Sarkies was quick to obey and engaged Connor in a sword fight, though Connor was easily able to block and counter every move Sarkies made.
'This guy is nothing compared to Zoro,' Connor noted.
Suddenly Sarkies put on a big grin, he stopped fighting and jumped to the left, as soon as he moved Bellamy flew at Connor and hit him square in the stomach into him. The force of impact caused the boy to drop his sword and Connor felt a few of his ribs brake as he felt the full force of the attack though his small body. The sheer force behind the attack cased Connor to fly back through the wall of the houses and warned on the ground serval feet away.
Connor couldn't move due to the pain and was struggling to breath; Bellamy walked over to him and lifted him up by the throat.
"Not so tough without your little sword are you?" Bellamy mocked.
Connor weakly glared at the pirate.
"What do we do with him?" Sarkies asked.
"I have an idea," Bellamy grinned.
Luffy and his crew were walking back to Crickets house, they were feeling practically proud of themselves for catching the South bird, now that they had it they could go to Sky Island and Luffy was so excited that he could not wait till morning.
"I wonder if Cricket and his monkey friends are done with the Merry?" Luffy asked.
"We're almost back, we'll see when we get there," Nami said.
"We should help them if they need it, it is our ship after all," Usopp added.
They walked a bit father and when the hose came into view the saw it was almost completely destroyed with Cricket and his alliance were badly hurt and lying on the ground not moving, Shoujou was in the ocean floating on his back.
Usopp freaked out when he saw the damage done to the Merry.
The straw hats ran up to them and Sanji franticly scanned the area for Connor who was left behind.
"Where's Connor?" Sanji asked urgently.
Nami ran into the house while the others helped Cricket Masira and Zoro swam out to get Shoujou. Chopper immediately got to work on
"In here!" Nami cried out.
The straw hats ran inside and there was Connor he looked badly hurt and his sword was through his right shoulder holding him up against the wall.