Peace: I feel so sorry for Noble Red.

Yang: That came out of nowhere.

Peace: D-Don't get me wrong, I hate what Millarc did episode 2 during the concert. But, what they went through, being abused, betrayed and abandon...and then they died at the end of the series.

Freddy: If you want my honest opinion, it's hard to feel sympathy for the vampire woman due to all her actions. I for one wish Elsa could at least survive, she's so young.

Varvula: Which brings us to an important topic...HOW COME THERE ARE NO RESSURACTION FANFICTION INVOLVING NOBLE RED!?

Shiho: What are you talking about?

Varvula: I'm talking about those Isekai manga that are hitting in this day in age~! Like after Noble Red died during Episode 12 or 9 and they had a second chance in life in another world!

Note/: Name changes from Dovan to Izumo/

Sanya: Well Izumo did mention of working on a project involving Elsa and Luffy.

Shiho: Elsa and Luffy? That's an interesting pair.

Raven: That would be so adorable~! Luffy protecting Elsa from the pain of her previous life, and joining Luffy's crew~! Someone should draw a picture of Luffy patting Elsa on the head, or giving him her straw hat to keep safe.

Peace: AWW~! That would be so adorable~!

Freddy: So shipping Elsa Bête with Monkey D Luffy? I would considered them as sibling love. Luffy being the strong, blunt and oblivious older brother, and Elsa being the wise, determine, and patient little sister.

Varvula: Then it settle...DeviantArt community, there's your ammo for this month, LuffyxElsa artwork~!

Shiho:...That's not how it works.

Gwen: If you guys are done with the shipping and gushy love, can we start the theme song already?

Theme Song: Fatally by Kotoko

"Satori has fallen," Gedatsu said as he sat on his statue in his territory. "...This is why his mantra pales in comparison to mine. It seems that the intruders are from the Blue Sea...The sacrifices are now moving around freely due to Luminous Tail's interference. However, even if we leave them alone they won't find their way off the island-Hmm Hmm!"

"Do you hear the voice of sorrowful warriors, Holy?" Ohm asked his giant dog. The two sat on a large rock at the edge of a grassy field, filled with skulls mounted on spikes.

"WOOF!" Holy barked answering.

"It doesn't matter how many times we walk this road, things always end the same," Ohms declared while fixing his glasses. "Shura may have defeated Gan Fall, but Satori's Ordeals were broken. That is where luck will run out for our new challenger's and our old rivals. For them to attempt to see God is an insolence at its greatest and their punishment at my hands will have things a bit unsettled this evening in the Upper Yard... Nobody here will make it out alive."

Wyper led a battalion of thirty weapon-wielding Shandian warriors along the Milky Road towards Upper Yard with his dial-powered skis. Kamakiri rode a surfboard while wielding a spear. Braham held onto a pair of guns, Laki had a long rifle over her shoulder as well as Asia's bag. Genbo was carrying a cannon-like Wyper.

"ALL OF YOU! LISTEN UP!" Wyper called out from the head of the group. "TODAY WE CATCH UPPER YARD AT HER MOST VULNERABLE! THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME! WE MOVE FULL SPEED AHEAD AND DON'T STOP UNTIL WE REACH GOD SHRINE!"

"DO NOT FEAR ENERU! THE GREAT WARRIOR CALGARA IS OUR ONE AND ONLY SAVIOUR! ONLY TO HIM, WE ARE TRUE!"

"BRAHAM~!"

"Ready!" Braham called out as he prepared his gun.

"KAMAKIRI~!"

"Hmph," He responded with a grunt as he twirled his spear.

"GENBO~!"

"Grrr!" The round warrior growled ready.

"LAKI~!"

"Right!" Laki exclaimed.

"Be careful!" Wyper instructed his officers. "We split up here!"

He pointed his cannon at the massive tree in the Upper Yard. "WE VOWED TO THE GREAT WARRIOR CALGARA! LIGHT THE FIRE SHANDORA!"

"YEAH!" Roared the Shandians as Wyper fired the first shot at the Upper Yard.

"The Shandians have come for a fight," The three remaining Priests acknowledged the Shandian's invading.

Chapter 30: God's Shrine

Nami almost fell off the branch when she and the others heard a loud explosion of someone attacking the Upper Yard.

"What was that?!" Wannai asked, a bit frightened.

"That sounded like an explosion," Flamingo answered.

"I thought we heard something earlier," Robin pondered out loud. "But this one seems bigger than before."

"Maybe the others are fighting the priests," Fortune predicted.

"Well whatever it was, we gotta keep moving," Nami said after getting her footing.

"Are you going to tell us why you're acting like this Nami?" Fortune asked.

"Yeah, you've been kind of suspicious," Ray added. "It's like you found something interesting, yet unbelievable."

"Did you see that Eneru person?!" Lovely called out.

"No, if I explain it to you guys now, you won't understand," Nami answered.

"Enough with the mysteries, Nami! Tell us about it now~!" Natsu yelled impatiently.

"Quit ordering me around and do what I said!" Nami demanded. "We've got to get to the shore!"

Nami suddenly realized that she was far behind the others. Flamingo was carrying Touma, while Fortune carried Wannai. Ray, Zoro and Robin were able to hike across the large roots with no problem. "Would one of you...please help me?"

"I'll help her," Lovely eagerly replied. With her pink butterfly wings she flew back to Nami and carried her up to catch up with the others.

"It's the only way we can figure this thing out," Nami replied. "Because to be honest...I'm not 100% sure about my theory until we see it first hand."

"Me too," Robin said, knowing what Nami meant. "It's been bothering me for a while but I still can't prove anything yet. Of course, a theory is only a theory until proven. But if it's what I dream up to turn out to be true, then it would be interesting."

"I think we're close~!" Cure Lovely announced. "I can hear the shoreline."

"We're almost...there," Nami declared. She turned to the others who were way behind her. "Hurry up slowpokes~!"

"You're only saying that because Lovely's carrying you~!" Natsu exclaimed angrily.

"I can hear more than just tides rolling," Robin said, catching up to Nami and Lovely.

"Yeah," Touma agreed. "It sounds like a stampeding army up ahead."

As soon as he said that, they heard more explosions and war cries from the Shandians. Ray decided to comment. "I think this is some kind of distraction tactic for either us or the others."

"Or they're attacking our friends," Robin supplied. "I doubt he'll let our captain walk around freely. Even if this God is hiding something here or not."

"Man a ton of mysteries on this island," Ray commented playfully. "Between both of your theories, Nami acting like an oddball, and those explosions…" The boy paused for a second, before regaining his senses. "...Sorry, what are we talking about again?"

"Short attention span?!" Touma and Flamingo facefaulted.

"Things have gotten a little complicated," Robin said.

"I'm betting the others are probably used to being in deep trouble so I'm not that worried," Natsu assured. "Getting bent out of shape for things that haven't happened is a waste of time."

Robin chuckled. "You got a good point."

"Surprisingly," Flamingo and Touma dryly said in unison.

"Would you hurry up too!" Nami shouted up ahead.

"You know she was just lagging behind us a minute ago," Touma mumbled with a sweatdrop.

"Let me try that again and this time don't make me laugh!"

"Alright~!" Kirika answered. She cleared her throat and then called out. "Hey~! Wake up Zoro~!"

"Huh?" Luffy grunted as he looked up with a groggy snarl. He used his rubber ability to make his face look like Zoro. "You're a dead man!" The minute "Zoro" fell back asleep, Usopp, and Kirika erupt with laughter.

"AHAHHAHAHA~!" Usopp held his stomach still laughing. "THAT WAS THE BEST!"

"You try one Papaya!" Kirika gestured to Papaya.

"M-me?" Papaya blinked, startled.

"Come on, try it!" Luffy insisted.

"Yeah~!" Usopp chanted.

"Okay, but don't expect anything," Papaya declared. She took a deep breath and stood there in silence. Kirika, Usopp and Luffy stared at her patiently as she looked serious with a glare. "Quiet down you idiots! Gray put some clothes on for Pete's sakes and Natsu quit fighting with Gajeel! If one of you touches my strawberry cake, then I'll end your life!"

Kirika, Luffy, and Usopp paused for a second until they burst out of laughter.

"BWAHAHA!" Usopp laughed. "I ALMOST THOUGHT YOU WERE ERZA! THAT'S HILARIOUS!"

"YEAH, YOU SHOULD TRY THAT WHENEVER STRIPPERS AND PINKY ARE FIGHTING!" Kirika laughed as well.

"This is no time for goofing off!" Kuroko scolded the four. "Sissy and the others are lost, they could be in trouble!"

"Relax, I'm sure the others are with them," Luffy said with a grin.

"Did you two idiots realize that there are three other Priests waiting in the wings?" Sanji questioned, looking a bit annoyed. "We may have more challenges ahead of us!"

"Our biggest challenge…" Luffy repeated. His hair brushed down covering his right eye, and pretend that he was smoking. "...Is the Ordeal of Love."

Kirika and Usopp erupted in laughter, clenching their stomachs. Papaya on the other hand, tried to hold back her laugh, but couldn't help it due to how funny Luffy was acting and was soon joining the four of them.

INTERMISSION

Sanji was calmly lighting a new cigar. "Whatever the case is, we got to get to that altar, don't you think?"

Luffy and Usopp had multiple comical lumps, bruises and a black eye around their faces. While Sanji beat up the boys, Kuroko dealt with the two girls. Kirika had suffered the same fate as the two boys while Papaya only received comical sized a lump on her head.

"Okay...we're sorry…" Papaya, Luffy, Usopp, and Kirika groaned.

'Luffy's somehow able to break my barrier,' Papaya thought, realizing she was showing more emotions than before.

Nami and Lovely were the first to make it to the shoreline. The second they laid eyes on what they came all this way to see, they both reacted differently. Lovely's eyes widened and her jaws dropped while Nami was more neutral yet surprised by her theory being right.

"I wonder why she took off so fast?" Robin remarked as the other followed behind Nami.

"Maybe she found the others?" Natsu guessed.

"Or something really important," Touma suggested.

"...I can't believe it…" Lovely uttered in awed.

When they reached the edge of the forest, Robin, Flamingo, Wannai, Fortune, Touma, Ray and Natsu were surprised by what they saw.

"No way…" Fortune said in disbelief.

"It speaks for itself pretty well, doesn't it?" Ray commented.

"You're right," Nami agreed. She went along the side of the round dirt and vine-covered stone structure. "It almost seems unreal, but it's no fairy tale. We've all seen what this belongs to."

"T-This is insane," Flamingo said, stunned. "How did it get all the way up here?"

"I have no clue," Fortune answered. "This...doesn't make any sense…"

"Yeah...why would this be here?" Touma asked in shock. "It looks exactly like a copy."

"No...more like one half of what we saw," Ray acknowledged.

"He's right," Robin nodded. "It's been bugging me for a while...Why is it we walk on the soil here instead of Island Clouds? This dirt, there's nothing in the make-up of the White White sea that would allow for its existence."

"Wait...you're saying that the ground that we're walking on shouldn't exist up here?" Wannai asked.

"Pretty much," Ray answered.

"I knew that house was off when I first saw it," Nami added. "Thing is, it's a two-story house but there was no staircase leading up to the second story. And what would make you build a house on the edge of a cliff? But then again it wasn't a cliff at all."

"So, that means," Touma begins in shock.

"This is what was ripped from the island," Nami announced. "THIS ISLAND USED TO BE PART OF JAYA!"

Robin, Wannai, Touma, Fortune, Flamingo, Nami, and Ray were currently staring at the worn-out, second half of Montblanc Cricket's house up in Skypiea. They pictured the house they saw back in Jaya. The cardboard cutout was to cover the hole in the side of the house that has been split in half. Together Cricket's house combined with the worn-out one they found, make a perfect two-storied house.

"So what that means is a few hundred years back, the island split in half and one side of it rose into the sky," Fortune concluded. "Do you guys know how that could have happened?"

"JOOOOOHH JOOOHHH~!"

"Now this is a great way to travel~!" Manatsu cheered as she along with Cynthia, Awatsuki, Hibiki, Jackal, and Eguchi were soaring through the trees by riding on giant South Birds across the Upper Yard. Each of them paired up on three birds; Hibiki and Cynthia, Manatsu and Awatsuki, and finally Eguchi, and Jackal on the third one.

"Still, these South Birds are so huge compared to the ones we've seen back at the Blue Sea," Awatsuki stated in awed.

"Really? I thought they were only on Sky Island," Eguchi said.

"Look, the Going Merry!" Cynthia pointed to the altar in the distance. Her relief turned into shock when she noticed the missing mast. "W-What happened to them?! The ship looks like it's been destroyed!"

"I hope the others are okay," Manatsu said worriedly.

"JOH JOH~!" The South Bird cawed.

"What with all the noise outside?" Index asked as she appeared on the deck. He did a double-take and noticed the giant birds. "S-South Birds?! Why are they so huge!?"

"Hi Index~!" Manatsu called out.

"Manatsu?" Index repeated confused.

"Cynthia! Manatsu~! Hibiki~!" Happy wailed as he desperately hugged Manatsu. "Thank goodness you're okay!"

"What happened to the Going Merry?" Awatsuki asked while staring petrified by the mast missing from the ship.

"We'll explain everything later, but first..." Index said facing Eguchi. "Who's he?"

"Oh, I'm Eguchi!" The man introduced cheerfully. "I'm part of a group that separates all of you, and turn your friend here into a Devil Fruit user!"

"That's way too blunt!" Cynthia, Jackal, and Manatsu comically exclaimed.

Hibiki on the other hand was surprisingly quiet throughout the whole trip. She was thinking about the conversation she had with Todd and Terra.

Hibiki entered a room in Luminous Tail HQ that had two beds on either side. Terra and Todd were there as well sitting on one of the beds.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Hibiki asked curiously.

'This is about Kouta and that bitch Shizuka,' Terra wrote frowning.

"Those two…" Hibiki mumbled before asking. "You know them?"

"Yes," Todd confirmed. "Shizuka is an officer of the Crimson Blood's Punishment Union and a sadistic bastard who loves to torture prisoners like us. It's all thanks to her Whip Whip Devil fruit she obtained. To men she treats them like gravel unless they're useful to her advantage. And to the girls…"

'She's a sick pervert,' Terra concluded with a straight face.

"Yeah, I kind of figured that part out," Hibiki said with a sweatdrop. "What about her brother?"

"Brother…" Todd muttered quietly with a hint of venom.

'Todd,' Terra placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Right," Todd said, taking a deep breath before speaking. "Only a few of us know the real story of him. But…"

After a few minutes of explaining, Hibiki's eyes widened in disbelief and horror.

'How could she…' Hibiki clenched her shaking fist. 'This is something really big...should I tell the others about i-'

"JOH! JOH!" The South Bird cawed interrupted her train of thought.

"Oh, I see," Eguchi nodded at the bird, causing the others to turn to him with curious looks. "You guys saved the former God of this place, Gan Fall right?"

"...WHAT!?" Everyone turned to Eguchi with a shocking expression on their faces.

"So you're saying that Knock Up Stream blasted this place up in the air?!" Natsu exclaimed in shock.

"That sounds way too ridiculous," Fortune said in disbelief.

"More like impossible," Flamingo agreed still stunned by Nami's theory.

"It may sound impossible but I understand what Nami means," Touma replied, staring at the worn outhouse. "This place used to be part of Jaya. The city of Gold didn't sink into the ocean, it's been floating here for four hundred years!"

"So Noland wasn't lying," Wannai summarized. "There was an island of gold in Jaya, and when he came back with the king, the section was already gone."

"Which means...That Bellamy guy was wrong!" Natsu yelled out with a grin on his face.

"And there's gold…" Nami realized as she suddenly squealed with excitement. "YAHOO~! GOOD GOD THANK YOU! AFTER ALL THE HELL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TO FIND THIS SKY ISLAND AND THE CITY OF GOLD~!"

Everyone sweatdropped by Nami's enthusiasm. She clasps her hands in prayer. "This must be your way of rewarding me with my good behavior."

"Good behavior my ass!" Natsu exclaimed comically.

"Yeah~! Ten minutes you were scared that this God was going to kill you, remember?" Flamingo added.

"Well, call me shallow," Nami scoffed. "But I don't care how scary it gets as long as there's gold waiting for me!"

"Wow, her emotion went a total one-eighty," Ray commented.

"So do you fear or praise this God?" Robin questioned Nami. "I'm confused."

"Honestly, what's with girls and their crazy mood swings?" Touma questioned.

"Whoa~!" Kirika, Usopp, and Luffy awed. They finally exited Satori's part of the forest and were not riding up the Milky Road above an open field.

"Where are we now?" Kuroko asked.

"My money says that we're at the next Ordeal," Sanji answered. "Which means another priest so stay alert."

"I'm done with these Ordeals," Usopp whined. "One was enough for today. Which one are we in right now? Spear? Iron? Swamp?"

"You need to relax," Kirika said. "It's just a grassy field...unless you're scared of grass."

"Open your eyes!" Usopp snapped. "It's a field of thousands of impaled skulls like their trophies! If they're trying to scare us then it's working!"

"Yeah you're right," Luffy noted at the impaled skulls. "I wonder who did this?"

"Another one of those priests I bet," Kuroko answered. "Still, I wonder if they're fake or not."

"They could be fake," Papaya suggested.

"AHHHH~!" Usopp screamed suddenly. "They must be real! I just know it! The priests are going to tear our bodies in half!"

"That sounds like fun, facing another Ordeal!" Luffy said excitedly.

"Are you out of your mind!?" Usopp shouted comically. "Those are heads on a stick back there! ON STICKS! Next, it's gonna be us!"

KA-BOOM!

They quickly turned their heads in time to see an explosion shaking the edge of the field in the distance.

"W-What was that?!" Sanji asked, startled.

"Hey what's with all the smoke?" Luffy asked.

"GAH~!" Usopp yelled frighteningly. "I KNEW IT! THEY'RE GONNA GET US WITH ALL THE ORDEALS AT ONCE!"

"That certainly would save time," Kuroko commented.

Suddenly one of the skulls exploded, startling Usopp. "AGHHHH~! WE'RE DEAD~!"

In a blink of an eye, Wyper and five other Shandians flew over the Little Crow with their skis and boards.

"..." Wyper glared at Luffy and flipped upside down aiming his cannon at the Little Crow, firing off a cannonball at them.

"AGKHKHGLHKHJGG~!" Usopp screamed, frightened and cried.

Luffy quickly pushed Usopp out of the way, taking a deep breath. "Gum Gum...Balloon!"

To Wyper's shock, Luffy enlarged his stomach before the cannonball made contact with his belly, causing it to bounce it back at them, Luckily it avoided the group and hit the tree.

"A Paramecia?" Wyper questioned. He along with the five Shandians landed tree branches.

"Wait…" Kuroko observed the guy and her eyes widened in shock. "He's that guy in the mask!"

"You mean the one that attacked us?" Cure Papaya asked. Remembering how that guy gave them trouble when they first entered Skypiea.

"HEY, YOU~!" Luffy roared at the Shandians. "COME ON DOWN SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASSES!"

"You sound and stink like people of the Blue Sea!" Wyper grumbled looking down at them. "You and your friends are the cause of the chaos in Skypiea!"

"If by chaos, you mean taking down one of the Priests, then yes!" Kirika answered.

"I don't think he sounded happy about it," Papaya reassured.

"If you value your life then you better go back to your blue sea immediately!" Wyper yelled. "Because I promise you...if you ever do anything stupid on this island, we'll send you along with Eneru to your grave!"

"So they're not part of Eneru's group," Kuroko summarized. "Which makes sense considering how different they are compared to Satori."

"If they're not Priests then they don't have to kill us," Usopp pointed out. "I for one would rather keep my body part intact."

"NOT A CHANCE~!" Luffy angrily snapped. "WHAT DO YAH SAY TO A F-!"

"SHUT UP~!" Kuroko roared as she punched Luffy. "We don't have time to fight another opponent!"

"YOU STAY ON THAT TREE BRANCH! I'M COMING FOR YOU!" Luffy continued shouting. Soon Kuroko and Usopp were on top of Luffy trying to calm him down.

"...Should we fight them?" One Shandian asked Wyper.

"No, let them be," Wyper answered, ignoring them. "I doubt they can escape here alive."

The six watched as the Shandian Warriors disappeared into the forest. "I wonder why they're up here?" Luffy asked, calming down a bit.

"If they're not working for Eneru, then we don't have to worry about them...right?" Papaya asked a bit of worry.

"As long as they don't bother us, we'll be okay," Kuroko said.

"She's right. Let's just keep moving," Sanji added.

Usopp fake coughed a bit. "Guys, I think my 'Can't-go-into-the-scary-forest-disease' is acting up!"

"Don't worry I have a needle that can cure that disease," Kuroko smirked as she showed Usopp one of her needles. "Now where do you want it? In your arm, leg,...or right below y-"

"On second thought, I feel a lot better," Usopp quickly said.

"Wow! That was a quick recovery," Kirika said oblivious to the sarcasm.

"I'm starving~!" Luffy complained suddenly.

"HOW CAN YOU STILL BE HUNGRY!?" Usopp and Kuroko exclaimed.

'He calmed down fast,' Papaya thought with a sweatdrop.

Meanwhile Ohm, Holy and Gedatsu were in the forest ahead of the Straw were engaged in combat against the Shandians and two members of Luminous Tail joined in.

Holy lunged forward and clamped his giant mouth down on one of the warriors, causing the man to scream in pain. The dog stomped its paws on the ground to scare off the other Shandians.

"Prism Stone Dragon: Sturdy Fist!" Dimanu dove towards his target. His fist turned shiny metallic gray and slammed them into the canine's jaw causing him to let go of the man.

"Luminous Tail?!" Laki asked in surprise.

"So they weren't a myth," Braham said with no emotion in his voice. "They've been taking down the priests and aiding us all this time."

"Sorry for being all hush-hush, but just following orders," Dimanu answered. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going back to my home base. I'm sure you can handle Ohm's puppy." Dimanu left the Shandians to continue their fight against Holly.

Ohm was surrounded by Six Shandians. They let out a battle cry and leaped at him. Time slowed down as Ohm used his Mantra to sense the movements of the six warriors.

"Useless," Ohm growled in a flash, he drew his sword and slashed his opponents. All six men were hit by a single split-second swing of Ohm's sword and dropped to the ground.

Braham sped towards Holly, firing his guns at Holy's face. However, the dog wasn't phased by the bullets and knocked the gun-wielding warrior away with one of its massive paws.

Not far from him, three Shandians warriors were having trouble against Gedatsu. However, at the same time, the Priest was surrounded by thick mist blinding his field of vision.

The girl that helped Nami earlier, appeared behind Gedatsu whispering in his ears. "...Be devoured in my mist field…"

Gedatsu swiftly lashed his palm at her chest, which looked like a direct hit. However instead his palm phase through her body.

"Mist...is the name of the element that I'm made of…" Sinolia whispered quietly beside the priests. Angrily Gedatsu did a roundhouse kick only to phase through her body again.

"Yah!" A Shandian warrior yelled as he thrust his spear at Gedatsu. However, he grabbed it without looking.

"Just because I'm in your mist field doesn't mean it blinds my mantra, Jet Punch!" Gedatsu struck the Shandian with a powerful punch.

"Gungir the one that kills Gods with it's fist..." Shizuka summarized while she and Kouta were sitting on branch watching the battle down below. "I do want to see that girl again and grip that cute ass of hers."

"..." Kouta was busy eating a small snake, he caught. He had no treatment during her battle with Hibiki and Cynthia, and the punishment he got from Shizuka. The headless body of his snake tail had a stump on the end.

"How long till your tail regrow?" Shizuka asked without looking at him.

"Till the sunsets," Kouta replied after swallowing.

"It's creepy how you can just replace your limbs with any meat you eat," Shizuka clicked her teeth. "And your hindrance cost me the chance to snag Gungir from that girl."

"I'm sorry sis," Kouta quietly apologized. "I won't fail you again."

"You better not," She harshly spat out. "Or else I'll let Holly treat you like his own personal chew toy.

Eguchi and the South Birds already left the ship after revealing Gan Fall's true identity and Awatsuki's new Devil Fruit ability to the others, leaving them flabbergasted.

"Okay let me get this straight..." Index said trying to figure out. "The Sky Knight is a former God of the island, and Awatsuki had accidentally obtained the power to turn into moonlight after she drank a Devil Fruit concentrated juice?"

"Yeah...I know this is much to reconsider," Cynthia sheepishly said scratching the back of her head. "I mean there's still more stuff that involves Erza and the others, but I want to wait until everyone's back to reveal it."

"I'm still confused about the whole Sky Knight being God," Happy said with a puzzle look. "As well as Awatsuki having Devil Fruit powers."

"Yeah, "Awatsuki nodded nervously. "...I just wonder how Wannai would feel once I tell her…"

"HEY~! ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE!?"

"Oi~! Don't say that so casually!"

Everyone on the Going Merry got to the edge of the ship and noticed familiar faces on each side of the altar. Accelerator and Zoro's group on the left edge of the altar area while Nami's group were on the right side.

"WENDY! EVERYONE!" Cynthia called out.

"Aww~! She's alive," Kinoko pouted.

"W-What happened to the mast?" Marie asked, noticing the mast missing.

"HEY, THERE'S THE GOING MERRY~!" Everyone turned to find the Little Crow approaching them.

"Papaya! Luffy! Kuroko! Kirika! Sanji and Usopp!" Cynthia called out excited that they're alive as well.

"HEY GUYS!" Luffy and Kirika waved back.

"LADIES~!" Sanji called out swooning. "I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING! BUT I BEAT THE ORDEAL OF LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL!"

"Ordeal...of Love?" Cynthia blinked after hearing him.

"Uh...I thought it was balls not love?" Luffy asked, confused.

"Whatever, SISSY! I'M BACK I REALLY LOVE TO TOUCH YOUR BEAUTIFUL SKIN!" Kuroko called out.

"D-Don't say that out loud you idiot!" Misaka shouted on the other side.

"Wow...this got weird quickly," Ray commented. No one cared about how weird they were, they were glad that they reunited.

"Um...where's the Main Mast?"

After George warped everyone back on the Going Merry with his portal magic, they were able to get a closer look at the damage Shura did to it. Chopper, Happy and Levy flinched as Usopp stared blankly at the broken mast, in front of them.

"W-we're so sorry Usopp!" Chopper cried out, guilty. "We tried our best to defend the ship against one of the priests. But he overpowered us."

"And while I was rescuing Gan Fall and Pierre. Chopper told me that Shura burned the mast and he had no choice but to rip off the mast before the fire spread." Levy continued.

"No, it was my fault," Tsubasa declared to them looking down. "If I hadn't fallen for Moses's trap, then I could've protected the ship from Shura."

"...Are your wounds okay?" Usopp asked while glancing at them.

The three glanced at the sniper with confusion. "Y-Yeah, Chopper and George treated our injuries," Levy answered.

"Dealing with a Priest that uses a burning lance. That's definitely scarier than that Ball guy," Usopp admitted, looking frightened. He then turned to the three with a smile on his face. "Well, at least the bird only lit the mast instead of you guys right?"

"But…you work so hard on fixing the ship all the time…" Levy said, surprised by his reaction.

"You did your best to prevent damage to the ship and protect the others," Usopp replied and laughed. "We can figure out a way to fix the ship later."

Chopper, who was tearing up a bit, felt touched by Usopp's words. He hops on the rail and was suddenly surrounded by flames of courage. "ALRIGHT~! I'LL BECOME A DEPENDABLE MAN LIKE LILLY~!

"Like me!?" Lily exclaimed in shock.

"I-I'm so sorry Kirika~!" Shervan was on his hands and knees in front of the blond girl.

"W-What is this all of a sudden?!" Kirika asked oddly.

"Because of me, Shirabe got hurt when we were fighting Dimanu!" Shervan declared. "You and Shirabe are close, so I know you probably h-hate me for letting this h-happen. I-I'll take any p-punishment."

"C-Calm down Shervan," Marie said as she picked him up by the back of the collar. "I-It wasn't your fault that you and Shirabe fought against him. You did the right thing to flee when Shirabe was hurt."

"She's right," Kirika declared with her arms crossed. "What happened wasn't your fault~! Still... " She pointed at him dramatically with a smirk. "That doesn't mean I'll let you have Shirabe so easily~! Consider us as rivals desu~!"

"...?" Shervan blinked in confusion, while Kirika left to go check on Shirabe. "D-Did I made h-her more upset?"

"I don't think so." Marie slowly said with a sweatdrop.

"W-Wait you guys fought off a fake Accelerator!?" Touma exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah. But even with Gajeel, and Chris ganging up on him, he was still able to bounce back everything," Misaka replied.

"Yeah, but that was nothing compared to what happened next," Gray smirked. Hearing this caused Gajeel, Misaka, and Chris to flinch in horror. "When we came along we spotted the pipsqueak making the others do a totally humiliating hula dance."

"PFT~! HAHAHAHA~!" Natsu roared out of laughter. "I wish I've seen tin-can acting ridiculous!"

"Sissy, dancing the hula~!" Kuroko swooned. "I wish I was there to see it~!"

"I'm never doing that again!" Misaka retorted.

"Not as embarrassing as Ch-,"

Chris placed her bow gun aimed at Gray's head in a murderous glare. "If you tell them how I was dancing, you'll get an arrow in the head. Got it?"

"G-Got it," Gray sweat nervously.

"So how did you guys beat him?" Natsu asked eagerly.

"The pipsqueak here did," Accelerator said, pointing at Princess.

"Really Hime?!" Lovely said excitedly.

Princess nodded. "He's right...I took down the mighty Accelerator clone wi-" She then realized what Accelerator said angrily snapped at him. "HEY WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PIPSQUEAK!?"

"Are you okay George?" Coral asked, looking worried when she noticed how he was bandaged.

"I'm okay," George answered. "The clone only cut out my air supply for a brief minute. Nothing too severe."

"Hey, wasn't the weird Sky Knight hurt too?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah he's in the sickbay with Pierre as well," Levy answered.

Shervan was about to follow them but noticed Awatsuki not moving from her spot. She was looking down at her feet.

"Um...Maaya?" Shervan calling her name caused her to jump a bit surprised. "Are you okay?"

"Not really..." Awatsuki answered a bit nervously. "I'm afraid to tell Wannai and the others about my new powers."

"New powers?" Shervan repeatedly confused.

"Yeah," Jackal answered, being left alone in the cage. "Apparently those Luminous freaks gave her something called Devil Juice...They mistook it for medicine and now she's a freak just like the rubber bastard."

"Devil Juice?" Shervan said, looking surprised. "W-What kind…?"

"They said it had something to do with moonlight," Awatsuki answered. "All I know is that I can float in the air."

"Just like moonlight…" Shervan said slowly.

"Would you please show me how to control my Devil Fruit powers?" Awatsuki asked.

"M-Me?!" Shervan was surprised. "Sorry to be rude, but why me?"

"You're more skilled in using two abilities than all of us," Awatsuki answered, blushing a bit. "I-I know esper isn't exactly like magic, but maybe I could use it to combine my esper ability...and be more helpful to everyone."

Shervan stared at Awatsuki, which reminded him of how determined he was when he first trained with his mentor. "...Okay, I'll help you. However, it's going to be difficult considering I don't know much about esper powers."

"Oh I can handle that," Awatsuki replied. "I can tell you all about AIM fields."

"In that case..." Shervan said still a bit shy, but determined. "I'll do my best to help you with your new powers."

"Man, he didn't hold back," Kaito commented. He, Maki and Gonta were observing the area where Shirabe and Shervan fought against Dimanu. "Whoever Dimanu fought must've made him go all out."

"Probably one of the pirates," Maki declared. She caught a glimpse of claw marks on a tree.

"Eneru is planning something," Gonta answered. "The bugs told Gonta that he's constructing a game."

"A game, my ass," Kaito clicked his teeth. "He's just enjoying making these people suffer."

While the two were having a conversation, Maki caught a glimpse of something moving in the bushes.

"Show yourself!" Maki demanded, startling the two boys. Before they could ask Maki, a certain silhouette emerged from the bushes, easily towering the three.

"GHAY!" Kaito screamed and held onto Maki, who was startled. "G-GHOST!"

"I-Idiot!" Maki scowled but was blushing a bit. "D-Do you want to die?!"

She comically flung Kaito off and glared at the silhouette. Kaito got a good look at the silhouette, and froze when he noticed something. "T-That symbol…"

"Ssso you're recognized my master's symbol?" The silhouette coolly said. "It'ss suprissing that you two aren't dead sincess you come across my master NOVAH."

"NOVAH? That monster is your master!?" Kaito exclaimed.

"...Correct," His voice hissed. "Don't be alarmed, I'm here to deal with a pest that landed in this area. I won't interfere with your mission."

"..." Maki continued to glare at the figure until she turned away. "Come on you two, let's go."

"Wait, we're just going to let him go?!" Kaito asked angrily. "You told us how powerful this NOVAH girl was! She is the most dangerous person along the Grand Line! Thousands, if not millions of lives were lost just by her being there! You were the only one who was able to survive that incident on that island!"

"I know..." Maki said quietly. "...She along with her followers do pose a threat, but only if you get in their way. As long as we don't interfere with his goal then we'll be safe. However..."

A dark aura surrounds Maki as she glares at the figure. "If you lay a hand on those two idiots or the dragon slayer , I'll kill you."

"..Whatever...I don't have any use for you three. I have a brat to hunt down." Not intimidated by her threat, the figure turned around and vanished into the dark area of the forest leaving the tree Ultimates students alone.

Gwen: That's what I like to see...ominous eerie characters that will affect the plot.

Freddy: This is the part where Izumi wanted to do something similar to the Index series. Where Touma was the main character in Index but plays an important role in the Railgun.

Raven: If you want to know who that figure is then read Izumi other story.

Peace: Guys I'm finish, what do you think of my drawing?

Gwen: I hate to admit it but, your artwork of Luffy and Elsa is so good it's disgusting.

Peace: I can't tell if that's a good thing or not.

Varvula: Well I think it's good~! Seeing Luffy placing his straw hat on Elsa's head make it so cool.

Shiho: So LuffyxElsa's going to be a thing?

Peace: I support it~!

Varvula: Me too~!

Freddy: If you mean their sibling type bond, then make that three.

Sanya:...Luflsa.

Yang: Luflsa? Are you doing the thing where they mush two names together?

Sanya: Elsuffy?

Yang: Just stop.

Raven: Next Chapter: Plotting For Gold Hunting.

Varvula: Elsa and Luffy being shipped will have so many adventures on the high seas~!

Shiho: Wait, Varvula do you know what shipping means?

Varvula: Duh~! It means putting a boy and girl on a ship alone and they have adventures~!