Nika and Zoro got on the ship and with Nika's help, Zoro was able to bring the time stone from the boat onto the ship and manajed to avoid turning into bones again.
"It looks... Old... And it's full of mold..." Nika commented looking at the ship's deck, "Say that again about Sunny and I'll cut you to pieces for real this time!" Zoro warned, "What? It's true." Nika defended herself, very much to Zoro's chagrin, This however changed to surprise when Nika was hit in the head with a rake that was thrown by who knows who.
Now on high alert Nika and Zoro stood back to back to figure out who the misterious assailant was, only to be met by absolutely nothing, except the few bones on deck that belonged to something, "Everything here is dead... A ghost?" Zoro suggested, "No, I remember this exact thing happening to someone I know back on Skyloft, they were talking smack about someone and they got hit by their favourite umbrella." Nika explained, "And that is supposed to mean something specific?" Zoro questioned, "A tsukumogami." Nika stated, "Tesuku-What?" Zoro stuttered out, "A type of yōkai, it's basically an object that has existed for so long that it develops a soul of it's own, same thing can happen if it's treated awfully or incredibly well." Nika explained the best she could.
This information made Zoro look at Nika like she was nuts "You're making that up." Zoro figured out, "Nope, it's as real as it gets." Nika responded, "Alright, so if it's real, then the rake must be quite a sourpuss." Zoro commented, "The rake isn't a tsukumogami, it's way too new, but like, made less then two days ago." Nika analyzed, "Hold on... So if the rake isn't it... What is it?" Zoro asked, "I have no idea, just keep your guard up, could be agressive." Nika warned as she headed to a door while Zoro started searching around the ship for something that could explain what happened to it, unbeknownst to them, someone was watching them from the top of the mast.
With Nika.
"Angel, Zoro said the flame is in here, where exactly?" Nika asked the sword, "Unknown." Angel responded, "Are you useful only when you want to be?" Nika asked rhetorically, "I'm sure it's doing it's best." A voice sounded out from somewhere, this prompted the rubber woman to look around frantically seeing as this place was supposed to be abandoned, and Zoro was nowhere near her, " You said you're looking for the flame right? If you tell me how a time stone works, I will lead you to it." The voice offered, "And exactly, what are you planning to do with that knowledge?" Nika asked the voice, "Use the time stone placed in the mast of course!" The voice cheerily said.
Hearing that made Nika think of something, the ship was incredibly old, meaning the Straw Hats must have died long ago, and she didn't really trust the voice, but on the other hand, the only thing it could do is activate the time stone on the ship, so even if it didn't keep it's part of the deal, Nika could still ask the Straw Hats to lead her to the flame, barring the chance they attack her.
With Zoro.
"As much I don't want to sy this, Nika is right, Sunny really did take a beating, and something smell like it was burned... A lot." Zoro said outloud before seeing his time stone deactivate, he panicked for a moment if it wasn't that he didn't turn into a skeleton and the ship turned as good as new, even the burned smell was gone, "What just happened?" He thought as he dropped the time stone he was holding and went back out on deck, "Hey! Zoro! Mind giving me a hand?" Zoro turned to look at who was talking and saw Nika using her foot to hold back a moblin that was restored to life.
About five seconds later.
With the Sunny about... How much does a moblin weigh? 47 Kilos? Let's go with that... With the Sunny now 47 Kilos lighter, Zoro and Nika were free to figure out what happened, "The time stone up there turned on... Maybe a seagull crashed against it..." Zoro hypothesised, but Nika shook her head "Actually it was someone who I was talking with while we split." She explained, obviously Zoro looked at her as if she went nuts, "No I'm serious! I think it must have been the tsukumogami." Nika added, "So you figured out what it is?" Zoro asked, "Nope!" Nika said with a proud smile on her face, "Don't look so self satisfied about it!" Zoro scolded.
"Yo Zoro-!" Someone called out, the duo turned to where the voice came from and saw "Luffy!" Zoro explaimed with a smile, but Luffy was focused on Nika, "...What?" Nika asked seeing as Luffy seemed a little too focused on her, "...Want to join my crew!?" Luffy exclaimed to which Zoro facepalmed "It hasn't been even a minute..." He muttered, "Luffy if you're trying to get a sea monster to join the crew again- What a lovely lady!😍" A man with blonde hair, curly eyebrow and a suit exclaimed while doing a weird wavy movement and his eyes literally turned into hearts, "So this is Sanji eh?" Nika whispered to Zoro and he nodded in response, but hearing Nika say his name made Sanji snap out of his 'lovey dovey state' and he looked confused, "Hold on, how did you-", "SAND SEA!" Someone yelled from the top of the mast, "...Usopp?" Nika questioned, "Usopp." Both Zoro and Sanji replied.
They stood there for a moment before what Usopp said registered for Luffy and Sanji and they hurried to a border of the deck to confirm, "That's all sand!?" Sanji exclaimed in horror, "It's... A long story..." Zoro said solemnly.
After the whole crew was gathered and everything was explained.
"So... That thing up there" Franky pointed to the time stone that's placed on the mast "Through some kind of magic rewinded time, which you completely brushed over by the way, because we're thousands of years in the future!" He finished with that last tidbit, "Yes, that's about it." Nika confirmed, "About it? You literally explained how you come from the sky, have the same fruit as Luffy, you're the combination of some of the most dangerous pirates and marines, you're a legendary hero and the sea was somehow turned into blood due to a giant monster! And you say, that's about it!?" Nami lamented, "Yeah, pretty much." Nika confirmed, "That makes sense!" Luffy said, "No it doesn't!" Nami yelled at him, "How did you get to the sky anyway?" Usopp asked.
There was a moment of silence before Nika replied with "Your nose is long." And Usopp frowned as he responded "You're so obviously avoiding the question..." Nika quickly got all up in Usopp's face and her eyes seemed to glimmer with a dark light, "There are questions you don't want answers to..." She very clearly threatening him, "AHH! My 'don't ask dangerous questions' disease is acting up!" Usopp excused himself, "Right, you do that." Nika remembered, "What do your history book talk about exactly?" Robin asked, to which Nika just went blep, "Okay, no yo're doing this on purpose." Zoro said, 'Of course! Also, he's been looking at me weirdly." Nika said, referring to Sanji, "just ignore him." Nami told her.
They kept talking up until Angel jumped out of it's sheate and knocked Nika on the head with it's hilt, "Oh yeah! Flame!" Nika remembered.