Descent

Chapter 37: Insanity

"Woah! When did you fix the ship?!" Usopp gaped in awe, looking at the copy of the original Going Merry with an impressed gaze.

It didn't even have the chicken design anymore! Rosan sure was effective!

"Last night," Robin grumbled much to the amusement of the redhead.

He gazed at her and snorted before allowing her to rest her head on his shoulder, an offer she took with a pleased sigh.

"Try not to damage it anymore," Rosan advised, remembering his conversation with Merry last night.

If she suffered anymore damage, she'd sink. It would be best if they avoided that outcome…

Well, he'd tell them after suggesting they see a shipwright. If he had the shipwright's words supporting his claims, it'd be easier to digest.

Rosan was no expert on ships and he made that clear so they'd find it hard-pressed to believe his words.

People in denial, found it hard to listen to logic because people in denial relied on emotion and he didn't feel like dealing with that. Rosan was a little too blunt and inconsiderate to let someone know gently that something bad was happening.

That was for later though. For now they would focus on retrieving the gold and increasing their funds without milking Rosan's safe.

They would split up into two teams. One would be the search team and the other would be the escape team.

The search team would take steps to find and secure the gold that was on Upper Yard, while the escape team would take the ship and find an exit route.

The search team consisted of Rosan, Robin, Chopper, Luffy and Zoro while the escape team consisted of Sabo, Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Maro, Angel and Demon.

Robin and Rosan were the best at finding things (next to Nami but she was too afraid to go) and they were also the most patient… so they had the luxury of escorting the dumb powerhouses known as Luffy and Zoro.

"With these guys, I feel unstoppable!" Chopper thought to himself cheerfully as they waltzed through the forest together.

He was with some of the strongest in the crew! Robin and Rosan disappeared often so it felt really cool to actually be traveling with them!

"ZORO WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! WEST IS THIS WAY!" Luffy shouted out in disbelief. "Seriously, you have no sense of direction," the captain muttered.

"WHAT?! IT'S SOUTH? THE SKULL IS IN THE RIGHT EYE THOUGH SO WE GO RIGHT!" Zoro roared back.

"They're both going the wrong way," Robin muttered, glancing at the two with a bit of disbelief.

"I don't get how they can be so stupid and so confident," Rosan replied calmly. "Chopper can you tell them to just follow us, please?"

The reindeer nodded enthusiastically and dragged the two idiots over to their location.

"Oh, we're supposed to go South? Why didn't you say so!" Luffy laughed. The rubber boy waved a stick that he managed to find around and hummed a terrible tune to himself.

"Woah! That's an awesome stick, Luffy!" Chopper awed, looking repeatedly for his own.

"Shishishi! It's nice right? But you can't have it because it's mine!" The greedy captain laughed. He began poking and prodding everything with his fantastic stick while whistling happily.

"What is it with hyperactive boys and sticks?" Robin muttered. Rosan was much the same as a child… He loved to find random rocks or sticks and Modify them.

Was this a normal thing? Zoro was obsessed with swords so maybe he was the same way...

"Man's first instinct, is to find a weapon to defend themselves with," Rosan replied wisely.

"...Don't use such a wise quote to justify this behavior," Zoro sweatdropped.

Chopper continued to unsuccessfully look for a stick, before one was placed right in front of him. The reindeer glanced up to see that it was Rosan himself giving him the stick and his eyes glittered.

"For me?!" He asked in awe, tentatively reaching his hand out to grasp it.

"A good stick is hard to get hold of… I used to cheat all the time as a kid," Rosan replied.

Chopper squealed in excitement and said, "Thanks Rosan!" Before following in Luffy's footsteps and poking everything.

"You are honestly so adorable," Mod gushed at her charge.

"I agree. It's unbelievable how cute you still are," Robin smiled.

"I could turn into a better stick," Ram grumbled in jealousy.

Rosan simply rolled his eyes and continued his trek. "Quiet down all of you. Let me do my good deed of the month."

They all laughed at that.

Rosan? Good deed? Yeah right.

"Watch it," he warned.

"This forest isn't as scary as I thought!" Chopper exclaimed boldly, taking the lead with a pep in his step.

"Yeah, I wanted to run into something dangerous," Luffy sighed in disappointment.

"Please don't say things like that when Rosan's around," Robin requested, already expecting something disastrous to happen now.

Zoro and Chopper perked up at that. "Why?" They asked.

Rosan hummed. "Because I don't believe in fate, Robin is convinced that it's out to get me. Whenever someone tempts it around me, things seem to go bad. I disagree heavily with that notion. Even if I don't say anything, it would still happen no? I just happen to say it right before an event in this extremely dangerous world happens," he explains.

"Robin's right though!" Luffy agreed immediately.

"I'm glad you agree with me... but you're just as bad, Luffy," Robin sweatdropped.

The rubber boy ignored her completely.

"I think it's awesome! Moving around with Rosan is always fun because of it!" He exclaimed.

Robin sighed. "Fun is one way to put it. It happens so consistently, I actually believe fate exists just to prove him wrong."

"It doesn't exist. We choose what happens with our own lives," Rosan retorted calmly.

The swordsman and doctor sweatdropped. "You guys are exaggerating. It can't be that bad—"

Everyone paused as a massive shadow loomed over them and they glanced up at the sea king sized snake responsible for it.

"See?" Robin sighed, unbothered by the massive snake.

"...A coincidence. It would have shown up regardless of if I were here or not," Rosan muttered, utterly unfazed by the creature leering down at them.

"ROBIN AND LUFFY ALREADY UNLOCKED THEIR OBSERVATION?!" Maro roared, fury painted on her features at that as she stamped her feet on the deck.

Goddammit! This was because they got to travel around and fight! Dammit all! She needed to get the one up on them and fast.

"Yeah, while fighting one of the Priests," Usopp muttered, backing away at the indignant fury on the Queen's face.

The woman actually growled, much to the sniper's concern, before sobering up quickly out of nowhere.

"Master still has nothing?" She asked curiously.

"No, he helped those two unlock their own but never got his," Sanji said calmly. He felt like he had been pretty close to unlocking his own… maybe he should join the training with them...

The Dokkaebi grumbled a bit but settled down at that. "At least I'm not the only one… I'll try and unlock it against my opponent then..."

"You're all way too competitive and you dragged poor Robin into it too," Nami sighed with a shake of her head.

"You're telling me," Demon groaned. "I'm the one who suffers the most from their competitive streak. I've had to patch them up more times then I can remember and they just get right back into it. It's a never ending cycle"

Maniacs, all of them.

"It must be hard being the normal one with a family full of psychos." Nami touched his shoulder sympathetically.

"At some point, you stop being normal yourself... but according to them, I was never normal," the doctor sighed.

"I would ask what you mean... but I think I understand," Nami muttered and the rest of the Straw Hats nodded sagely.

"Oh, that reminds me!" Angel gasped, grabbing onto Nami and Maro and dragging them to the girl's quarters.

The men watched them go with tilted heads before shrugging.

"How's the progress?" The redhead asked in a hushed tone as soon as she shut the door.

"Any luck?" Maro jumped in, eyes glittering in curiosity.

Nami pursed her lips a bit in confusion. "Honestly, it's pretty hard to tell since they already act like a couple... but I did hear something really important!"

The two perked up at that and leaned forward eagerly.

"I'm sure you two already know they kissed," Nami began, getting nods out of them.

"We saw it. It was the lewdest thing I've ever seen. Do you know he grabbed her ass?" Angel chimed with red dusting her cheeks.

"Master was relentless… I didn't even know he could kiss that well. I was afraid they were gonna run out of breath," Maro sighed in disbelief, blushing rosily at the memory.

"You and me both," the redhead muttered in despair.

Seriously, they thought their emotionless Master was innocent! Sure they knew he had the occasional fling with Makino, b-but they just assumed she did everything!

Clearly not... Angel's face turned white in horror before she vowed to murder Makino once more.

Nami sweatdropped at the two. Robin had been pretty tame when describing it but that was just her personality... Then again, these two liked to exaggerate...

Oh well, judging by the red on both their cheeks, there was plenty of truth to their words.

"Well, besides that, I heard them talking the other day!" Nami informed them, smiling at the memory. "Rosan was upset because he thought he ruined Robin's chances of finding someone to love and you know what Robin said to that?"

"What?! What?!" Maro grinned eagerly.

What? She became a bit of a gossip over the years! Some of her soldiers picked up on it and she overheard them all the time! Hearing about what her people were up to, always put a smile on her face.

"She said, if she ever wants to settle down with anyone in the future, she'll just stay with Rosan!" The navigator replied, smiling in a pleased manner at that.

"!" Their eyes widened at that and they glanced at each other with large smiles.

"Perfect!" They both squealed excitedly.

"I was listening in and they were talking about all the things they wanted to do when they eventually settled down," the navigator explained, recalling the conversation right before they arrived to Skypiea.

"That's so cute!" Angel gushed with a pleased grin. At the very least, they'd be together for the years they lost.

"Now we just need them both to fall in love…" Maro mused with a smile at how adorable the two were.

"I think it's bound to happen eventually… but I want it to happen now," Angel muttered with a fire in her eyes.

Nami laughed at that. "You guys are scary but I see where your coming from… I've never seen two people act like a blatant couple and then deny it...," she pointed out.

The two Queens grinned at that. "They're both stupid," Maro laughed.

"Master would probably fall in love and not pursue it because he's such a dumbass," Angel sighed.

The navigator nodded her head at that accurate assessment. "Between the three of us... I've been seeing the looks they shoot each other when one isn't looking. I think they'll fall in love sooner rather than later... Rosan really likes her," she added her two cents.

Angel smiled a sad smile. "That's all I want for my big brother... I'm so glad that he's opening his heart up to even one person. He's relying on Robin in a way I haven't seen in so long."

Maro nodded with a fond smile herself. "I've never seen it. He loves Mod-chan... but it's different to see him relying on someone he isn't practically one and the same with... it makes me feel wistful."

Nami gazed at the two wives and felt her determination flare. "Don't worry... I'll do my best to protect what those two have and I'm sure everyone else in the crew is the same. We'll save Rosan!" She said in determination.

Angel couldn't stop the glistening in her eyes and pulled the two into a deep hug. "Thank you... I know Master doesn't want to open his heart to you all yet, but no one deserves it more than this crew."

Maro smiled warmly. "Master is looking for a reason to live and right now he's beginning to think it's Robin... but one day I hope he realizes it's so many more people."

"He's an idiot so we'll make him realize!" Nami beamed.

Satisfied with their meeting, the three women stood up to go back out to the deck.

"What were you guys talking about in there?" Usopp asked curiously. They heard them squeal once but other then that, the conversation was mostly silent.

"Girl stuff," Angel replied smoothly.

Those words managed to immediately quell their curiosity and Nami looked at the redhead with an impressed gaze.

She'd have to remember that for the future.

"So tell me about the Priest you found," Maro said next, grinning excitedly. "I'm gonna kick his and anyone who interferes ass when the time comes because I need to fight someone decent!"

Sabo gripped his chin in contemplation. "I couldn't tell you much because I defeated him in one hit… but his name was Shura and he had a fire breathing bird that I wanted to give to you."

Maro perked up at that. "A fire breathing bird? For me? Hmmm I have a lot of impressive pets so this one is up against tough competition but I'll see for myself!"

They sweatdropped at her claims and Angel shook her head at the idea that Maro could potentially be getting yet another pet.

Greedy Dokkaebi…

The sound of flapping sufficiently distracted them and they glanced up to see the Knight of the Sky himself riding his trusty pegasus.

The old man glanced at them all and indicated his hand towards the ship.

"If I may?" Gan Fall asked, causing the crew to nod without complaint.

The former Kami of Skypiea landed gently on the deck and glanced at them all.

"Thank you for your hospitality… As thanks, would it be a bother to tell you all about what exactly is going on in Skypiea?" Gan Fall asked.

"Who the fuck cares? Actually, who the hell is this Old Man?" Angel mouthed to Maro, who slightly bonked her rude wife on the head.

"Behave Angel. He's... um... Actually I dunno who he is either."

"S-See?!" The redhead whined, holding her head at the bonk.

"That would be nice," Nami said, stifling her laughter at the silent conversation between the wives.

The Knight nodded before noticing that a few people were missing.

"Where are the rest of your crewmates?" He asked curiously.

Sanji sighed. "Probably getting in trouble somewhere. They have the three biggest trouble magnets in the crew with them after all… hopefully Robin-chan is alright with those idiots."

"It hasn't even been that long," Usopp laughed in exasperation. "There's no way they found trouble already!"

A loud snort brought their attention to the Celadon trio.

"You underestimate Master and Luffy," Angel said sagely.

"Those two are chaos incarnate. Where they go, trouble follows," Demon nodded along.

"It makes it most fun to travel with them! I guess when you're those two, you don't run into trouble, you create it!" Maro cackled, stretching her back with a loud pop. "Now, I want to invite some trouble myself! Sabo, can you feel the stupid priest who would dare to hurt my Devil Fruit sibling?"

Sabo glanced up at that and nodded, pointing in a direction. "Over there, he's about to engage with some of those Guerrilla guys."

The Queen grinned in a feral manner and the group watched as she waved her hand and a giant wooden club appeared in it.

"Perfect! Escaping isn't really my thing y'know? All those people are just asking for a good ol beat down, courtesy of yours truly!" She beamed, blue flames beginning to surround her.

"What are you planning on doing?" Usopp asked warily, balking at the violent weapon and the violent flames.

"Me? I'm gonna go fight of course! I gotta work hard to unlock my Haki!" The Queen beamed eagerly.

"She's just as insane as they are!" They thought in disbelief.

"Be careful," Angel said, not looking remotely worried for her wife's well being.

"Don't be as reckless as Rosan is when it comes to unlocking your Haki," Sanji said worriedly.

"No promises!" She shouted, tensing her strong legs and leaping high into the air. "Don't wait up for me!"

With that, the blues flames covered her entire body, not leaving any sight of her visible, and when it dispersed, she was gone.

"I don't actually know what her Devil Fruit lets her do…" Nami mused. Blue flames? She never saw that from the Dokkaebi not to mention she just vanished once they consumed her.

"Maro's Devil Fruit is absurd," Demon replied helpfully. "It's a Mythical Zoan so she's granted an array of abilities pertaining to that of a Dokkaebi besides the transformation aspect."

Sabo nodded. "Mythical Zoans are considered the best class of Devil Fruit for a reason."

Gan Fall sweatdropped at them all. "I didn't even mention Sky Battles or the use of Dials to her before she rocketed off."

Angel waved him off. "Don't worry, Master gave us the rundown of some dials already and Maro is smart. It won't slow her down."

Gan Fall sweatdropped harder.

The one with Black Wings was not to be underestimated it seemed.

"RUN! IT'S A GIANT SNAKE!" Luffy screamed excitedly, grinning ear to ear as he sprinted from the massive snake hunting them down.

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chopper squealed in horror. Tears of terror fell from the reindeer's eyes as he ran for his life.

"It's huge…" Robin remarked as she dashed away from the giant snake. Was it because of the air environment of the Sky Island?

"It's just a big catfish!" Zoro barked, trying for a slash and failing at the speed of the giant snake.

"Would it even get full off of eating us?" Rosan muttered as he leapt high onto a branch.

"P-PLEASE DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT!" Chopper squealed.

Robin saw that they were making no progress and said, "Let's all do a strategic retreat and regroup?"

"Retreat? For what?" Rosan asked in confusion.

Before anyone else could answer, the snake decided to make that decision for them, using it's long body to dart across the clearing and attempting to sink its fangs into them.

They all leapt in opposite directions and when they noticed the snake's poison melting the tree, they decided that fighting this thing was not worth the time it would take.

With that, they all scattered and vowed to meet up on the same path again…

Well, all except for one.

Rosan stared at the snake with a tilted head and simply said, "Why did they run?"

Honestly, they always made such big deals out of such little things. He couldn't believe Robin got roped into Luffy's energy.

"What? I take my eyes off of them for one second and they get lost?" Zoro muttered in disbelief, glancing back and forth and noticing that none of his crew was there.

The swordsman shook his head in exasperation.

"Whatever, they can manage on their own. Since I've got the map memorized… I just need to go right," he said, nodding to himself.

With that, the swordsman walked off in the completely wrong direction.

"AHHHH I GOT SEPARATED FROM EVERYONE!" Chopper squealed in horror.

The reindeer was in walk point and he repeatedly glanced around in hopes that he could find anyone, terror only growing as he realized no one was in sight.

"WHERE IS EVERYONE!" He cried.

Luffy sighed in exasperation. "Those guys really got lost? Oh well. I'll just go ahead and wait at the ruins."

The rubber boy exhaled at their stupidity and glanced in a direction nodding to himself.

"Due South means I go in the warmer direction so it's that way!"

"Oh dear, it seems like I'm the only one on the right path," Robin mused, cupping her cheek as she contemplated what to do.

No one was here except for her and that was rather concerning… considering Luffy and Zoro were apart of their group.

They'd be fine, they were strong.

She could just wait at the ruins… the thought of exploring it was far too tempting and Robin decided she would do that.

Closing her eyes in concentration, the woman used her blooming observation to try and get a feel where everyone was, smiling at being able to detect them.

That smile turned into a confused expression.

"Why is Rosan at the same spot?"

Rosan sat atop the terrified snake with a bored expression on his face, idly drawing circles on the top of its head with a very sharp katana.

The bruised snake whimpered at that but didn't dare try to infuriate the monster.

"See? You didn't have to be so difficult," the redhead admonished, transforming Ram back into her ring and patting the snake. "You got my crew all scattered around the area… that's not very nice, don't you think?"

The giant serpent shuddered at that tone and wisely stayed silent.

"I don't understand how you consistently manage to terrify so many animals."

Mod's voice was full of exasperation and amusement at the sight of Rosan successfully dominating the snake.

"No one wants to get on a dragon's bad side, not even an animal."

"Let's not cause any more problems for my allies again and I'll let you go free, okay?" Rosan hummed, standing up and stretching idly.

The snake nodded so rapidly, the redhead nearly thought its head was about to fall off.

"Good. Remember, don't attack any one of the people you saw here or else I'll deal with you."

Rosan flexed his angelic wings and floated off the Snake's head, waving goodbye and watching it slither away at blistering speeds.

What a polite snake. Such a shame it was so massive, he'd have loved to give it to Maro or Aiko… he was pretty sure Aiko loved snakes.

"She is terrified of them and you know that. Please don't kill your older sister figure by showing her such a large snake."

She wouldn't die… she'd just catch a heart attack probably… okay perhaps that was too far. What animals did Aiko like? Her birthday should be coming up soon so he should get her a gift.

"She hates animals."

Right… she did didn't she?

"You know a lot about Aiko… Did her comments on your figure give you a crush? You already know what that means."

"You unbelievable little brat! I'm beginning to think you are actually serious on your ban!"

"Yes. You cannot date because then that person would think you belong to them and then I'd have to kill them."

Mod spluttered at that. "I genuinely can't believe you sometimes. Do you understand that if I were anyone else, they'd have protested such maniacal behavior from you?"

Rosan shrugged. "You're not anyone else."

"You shouldn't be so possessive of Mod-chan, Rosan. People will get the wrong idea. You two already don't look like Mother and Son anymore. The world will begin to think you're going around collecting pretty women," Robin laughed amusement clear as day.

They would have ideas of him dating Mod-chan? If that's what their thought process was when he eventually managed to bring Mod-chan to the real world… that was all the better for him. He didn't feel like killing someone daily.

Even he would get tired of it.

Mod blushed bright red and spluttered at her foolish son. Did he even hear himself? He wouldn't dissuade the notion of them dating?! What was wrong with him?!

"I genuinely have no words for you, Rosan."

"I suppose it's not the worst idea. Mod-chan will never be far from you anyways," Robin mused.

"I approve!" Ram beamed.

"WHY ARE YOU ALL DOING THIS TO ME?!"

He cracked a small smile at that before focusing on Robin. "Why did you run off?I dealt with that snake."

"I found that it was more trouble then it was worth to deal with so I left… perhaps that wasn't the smartest idea because I feel Zoro and Luffy going in completely opposite directions."

Rosan snorted at that. "They'll be fine, I'm on my way to you."

"I'll be heading to the ruins, I'm curious about its contents."

"Boring."

Robin's eye twitched a bit. "You're free to not come. It'd be better for my mentality if I didn't have you calling me a nerd every few seconds while I explore."

"But that's the fun part."

Was that amusement? That was definitely amusement radiating off the redhead.

"Also, I get the feeling you'll get upset if I actually don't show up... so I will."

She hated him.

"Goodbye, Rosan. You can just fly here, I'm going to save myself the headache for the next few minutes at the very least."

The redhead cracked another smile at that. "Yes, boss. Maybe I'll go make sure Chopper is fine. He's been jittery the whole time."

"You do that… better then you harassing me at the moment."

She cut the connection and the redhead left out an exhale of amusement before flexing his wings and taking off.

He'd send a bird to find Chopper, poking fun at Robin seemed too good to pass up right now.

Wyper stared at his rightful homeland in the distance, a stony expression on his face.

"Right now may be our only chance to retake what's ours," he began gruffly.

"If you don't have the resolve to risk it all, you may stay behind. I will hold no grudges towards you. Only those who are willing to leave behind fallen comrades in the pursuit of victory, are allowed to come."

The man's stony expression turned stormy and he bit his cigarette nearly in half.

"Today, Enel's head will roll."

Enel yawned as he lazily bit into a banana.

"Things are getting interesting," he grinned in amusement.

Yama and the 50 heavenly guards were down in Upper Yard, the Shandians were on the move… and the Blue Sea dwellers added three other people to their group somehow.

The Kami of Skypiea was momentarily confused for a moment, considering he couldn't actually feel two of them (he could hear them) but it was clear that the two he couldn't feel weren't fighters so he'd disregard them for now.

With all the additions, the game of survival was shaping up to be fun!

Even now, one of the new Blue Sea dwellers was en route to run into both Shura and the Shandians.

"Enel-sama, what will you do during this game of survival?" One of his attendants asked.

"Shahahaha! Me?" Enel asked in return, finishing off his banana with an amused smile.

"I think I'll go pay someone a visit soon."

Maro grinned violently as she soared through the air, using her flames to propel her forward.

That grin turned into confusion as she abruptly stopped moving. The Queen tried to scratch her head at that but found that she couldn't move her limbs either.

"So you're the one who wants to defeat me?" A voice asked in amusement. "And how do you plan on doing that when you've already been caught in my string challenge?"

Shura glanced at the Queen with a look of disdain on his face. "I have no business with you but if killing you brings out that wretched one who caught me off guard… then I'd be more then happy to teach you a lesson."

The man gripped his spear and stood tall on Fuza. "Welcome to the String Challenge with a survival rate of 3%! I have invisible strings placed all over the area that slowly but surely latch onto you, making you unable to move!"

He dashed forward to the vulnerable queen, weapon poised to stab and lunged forward.

That plan was quickly aborted as his target was consumed in blue fire that nearly caught him.

"Hmmm, how can I unlock my Haki against this guy?" Maro pondered.

She wouldn't be using her Raid Suit. The Dokkaebi was already durable but with that suit, she became a living tank, able to ignore just about everything thrown at her and retaliate with devastating strength.

Maro was actually the most durable in her family! That didn't mean she could endure the most damage though... that honor belonged to the psychopathic freaks known as Master and Luffy.

Master weathered attacks like he didn't even notice them, despite the visible damage you could see being done to his body. It was like fighting a Goddamn zombie and it was actually really creepy... she could only imagine how other people fought him knowing most of their attacks were working... but he just healed everything back up.

As for Luffy... that idiot was just too tenacious and stubborn! He refused to stay down until he won! He was as insane as Master was and Maro had no doubt if he had the same regenerative capabilities, those two would be the exact same in battle.

But she digressed... No Raid Suit… she was doing this the old fashioned way… good thing she was wearing a battle kimono today.

She also couldn't go invisible, considering she didn't have her crown and illusions wouldn't be too effective against Observation...

He used strings, eh? That sounded like it was going to be annoying but she could probably break out of them with some effort...

Shura watched in some disbelief as the beautiful queen flexed her muscles and tore off the string restraining her. She then glanced at him and tensed, before rocketing off towards him, club in hand.

He gripped his lance and charged her again, activating the heat dial function and clashing with the queen.

That was a mistake. His eyes widened as his own formidable strength immediately crumpled underneath Maro's and the Priest immediately disengaged, flying up high with Fuza.

"Such immense strength," he thought warily.

The Dokkaebi's eyes narrowed at that and with a burst of flames, she immediately pursued.

"Fuza!" Shura shouted and his bird immediately opened its mouth to shoot out a torrent of flames that washed over the Dokkaebi…

Only for her to burst through it without any visible injury, beelining for him with a single minded determination.

Shura's eyes widened in disbelief.

Who was this person? They were not apart of the original group of Blue Sea dwellers that they had pictures of but seemed to possess strength that would make any of the Priests worry!

Enel-sama hadn't seemed worried about her... but meeting them in person showed Shura that he couldn't underestimate this foe.

The woman showed up out of nowhere, wielding strength that he wouldn't want to face head on.

He remembered his defeat against Sabo and scowled deeply.

Maro reached her target in record time and gripped Daisy, before swinging with crushing force at the Priest.

The queen let out a confused noise at not seeing him dodge or die from the attack.

No, instead he just pulled out one of those dial things... and absorbed it?

"Huh?" She muttered, before a palm rested on her belly.

"I don't normally use these, but I need to use everything at my disposal if I want to beat that blue sea dweller," Shura muttered in annoyance.

"Impact."

Maro's eyes flickered and she spat out a glob of blood, as her own monstrous strength was used against her.

Shura couldn't help but balk at the power of the Impact Dial, as Maro went soaring away from him, plummeting at unbelievable speeds until she crashed and nearly bent a massive tree off it's roots.

"Such enormous strength," he muttered in disbelief.

Were they all capable of defeating him in one blow? If that connected, he would have suffered concussive damage.

No... his head would have been crushed to a pulp.

Absurd. It was a good thing she had no idea what an Impact Dial was. Her own hubris was her undoing.

Such a shame… she was rather attractive too. He wouldn't have minded more time with her.

Well, no matter. He could currently feel the Shandians fast approaching so the Priest of Strings set up some of his traps once more in preparation to execute them all.

Shura didn't need to wait long for them to show up and at the yells of surprise, he sighed with a shake of his head.

Idiots. After this, he'd go find and deal with that blue sea blonde. None of these people were worth his time, so now it was time for payback…

Or that was the plan, but it seemed like one of them managed to avoid getting caught by his strings.

"Wyper!" The Shandians shouted in relief.

The violent man snarled at them and ignored them momentarily, focusing fully on Shura.

Before anyone could say anything, a roar of blue flames completely consumed the gigantic tree that Shura's "defeated" opponent landed on.

The Priest himself felt his eyes go wide, at watching a battered Maro stand up with a toothy grin.

B...But how?!

There was blood dripping from a head wound and her kimono was ripped in places but she looked completely unbothered.

"I haven't been hit like that in a while!" The Queen grinned, sharp fangs on display. "Figures that a power that absorbs and rebounds my strength would do it! You're so strong, Maro!"

"What in the world…" Shura muttered in disbelief. The energy in that Impact Dial would have been more then enough to take out any of the Priests. Such was the strength behind the initial blow this blue haired woman charged it with.

Combined with the fall from such a massive height… there was no way she should even be alive right now.

So how on earth was she standing?!

Maro idly rubbed a hand against her belly and hummed in contemplation.

That blow did internal damage… He also managed to hit her on the right side too.

Internal or no, her left side was completely immune to blows (unless you used Haki… but once she learned armament she'd be a true tank!). It didn't matter what connected on the left, Maro wouldn't be affected by it.

Such was her privilege of being a Dokkaebi. It was awesome and she would forever cherish Master for entrusting this fruit to her.

Glancing back up, the Queen assessed the new arrivals and frowned.

Who the hell were these people?

"Hey, the fuck are you doing? Don't even think about interfering with my fight!" she demanded, gazing at the angry looking dude wearing just a skirt.

Wyper's glare deepened and he turned his attention towards the injured blue haired blue sea dweller.

"Stay out of our business or else," he warned coldly.

Maro raised a brow incredulously at the audacity being displayed by this weakling. "Aren't you way too damn weak to be making demands out of me? At the very least, you should be bowing in respect because of the fact I haven't turned you into paste yet! If you have any self preservation skills, you'll go free your allies and stay out of my way!" She sneered.

Wyper's gaze darkened.

"You talk big for someone so weak. If you value your lives, you'll get out of my sight."

"I'm getting real tired of you Blue Sea dwellers," the Shandian said lowly.

Maro's scowl was out in full force. "Woe is me! Cry about it to someone who gives a shit!"

The woman summoned her club and stared him down with a warning gaze. "Last warning before I stop being the benevolent Queen. Get your trapped allies and go, or I'm taking the both of you out and I decide what happens to your friends afterwards."

Shura simply gripped his lance and activated the heat function.

Wyper grabbed his bazooka.

The Queen let out an exaggerated shrug of sympathy, and put a hand over her heart to pay respects to them.

"I tried to help you. Now I'm probably gonna look like the bad guy when I'm finished here," she sighed forlornly.

Maro grinned dangerously.

"Oh well! It wouldn't be the first time. Being a Queen isn't easy!"

A foreboding aura washed over everyone there and they could only watch as before their very eyes, the sole woman there began to change.

She shot up from 5'10 to a staggering 8 ft, muscles bulging, skin turning green and pale hair growing past her butt.

A glowing orange gaze, lacking irises, looked up at them and a serrated maw snarled revealing all its white serrated teeth.

Not a single person was able to withhold a shudder, as the terrifying and unknown creature gazed at them all as if they were nothing but prey. wd

"A Zoan?!" Shura gaped. She wielded that much power in her normal form?! Just who was this woman?

What type of monster did she just transform into? What on earth was that?!

Maro was finished speaking. The hulking Dokkaebi grabbed Daisy and vanished from her spot.

Wyper only had a moment to throw up his shield to block the swing.

It only held up for half a second before Maro's enormous strength crumpled his defense like it were made of paper. With almost no effort at all, Wyper was launched across the clearing and only had a moment to right himself with his skates, before he crashed into a tree.

"Absurd," he thought in disbelief, glancing at the monster with rage coursing through his veins.

By now, Maro focused her attention back on Shura and leapt at him, club at the ready.

Shura, knowing that her strength was even further amplified, had no intention of being hit by her. The man activated his string clouds and had them wrap around her, getting a snarl of irritation out of the Monster.

Before she could break out, the man had Fuza fly forward so that he could stab forward with his heat lance, aiming directly for her heart.

He grinned at the victorious attack, but that turned into confusion, at watching it fail to even dent her skin. In fact, it felt like his lance got the worst of that exchange and he gazed at the creature in disbelief.

His Mantra alerted him quickly to the attack poised to end his life and he hastily had his bird fly away, just in time to avoid the unique blue flames.

Once again, his Mantra went off and he weaved to the right, avoiding the bazooka's fire and glaring at the furious Wyper.

Turning towards the Shandian, Shura looked to make flight to deal with the ant, but a wall of flames cut him off.

"Who told you to take your eyes off of me? You were having so much fun ogling me before," a voice snarled.

His eyes bugged at the sight of Maro floating right next to him. He was about to fly away but the Dokkaebi's next action, halted that plan right in its tracks.

Maro gripped Fuza's head in the palm of her gigantic hands and without any hesitation, she began dragging it down to the floor at increasingly faster speeds.

Fuza squawked in panic and tried to struggle, opening its mouth to fire flames at the Dokkaebi and shrieking in terror as Maro's grip didn't falter for even a second, wholly unbothered by the flames

Shura only had a moment to jump off his bird before Maro crashed its head into the dirt with a brutal snap, breaking its neck and subsequently, ending its life with one move.

"F-FUZA!" The Priest shouted in disbelief, looking at the Dokkaebi toss the corpse of his partner away in disbelief.

"Sleep little birdie… I don't think I want you on second thought," she murmured, getting up from her crouched position and idly flexing her hand.

The Priest glared at her in rage. "How dare you do that to Fuza?! I'll have your head, you bitch!" He snarled.

"Punishment for not paying attention to me. Now you're outta your comfort zone," Maro grunted, utterly unbothered by his language.

"You think you have the advantage because you took me out of the sky?" He asked in disbelieved amusement.

The Dokkaebi snorted (it sounded more like a guttural snarl). "You aren't the first sky specialist I fought and you damn sure ain't the strongest. If you can't even beat me up there, what can you do down here?" she laughed.

She had been fighting Master for 12 years now and he almost always took to the skies in their battles. This man who relied on his birds and silly string tricks was in way out of his league.

Though, that Observation Haki of his was very annoying. She'd need to tread carefully... but at the same time, not immediately end the battle.

She needed to get her Haki after all. She could just tell that she was so close. Training had been doing wonders for her but she needed one final push and she'd get it here and now.

The ground crunched beneath her, as she dashed forward, club at the ready as she chose to engage the man in close combat.

It was as frustrating as she expected it to be.

A precise swing to the leg was leapt away from and Shura retaliated with a stab forward that failed to do any damage to her.

She went in for another swing and made sure to summon a wall of flames to stop him from retreating. The blue fire, despite its heat, didn't burn any of the shrubbery in the area and Maro would have preened over her mastery of it, if she weren't focused on the fight at hand.

Shura's eyes narrowed as the blow nearly connected and he immediately countered it by placing an impact dial in its path, absorbing the blow and storing it.

"Tch." Maro grunted as his string clouds came into play and latched onto her, preventing her from moving for a split second that he swiftly took advantage of.

The Priest swiftly closed the gap between him and the monstrous creature and placed the impact dial on her body once more.

"Impact."

The Dokkaebi was forcefully detached from the strings, by the strength behind her own attack being redirected towards her and she flew into yet another unfortunate tree that nearly collapsed under the weight of the behemoth.

She got up much quicker this time due to being unaffected by this one and Shura's shock was becoming more palpable.

"What is that durability? She is suddenly able to weather any blow I deal to her!"

What type of boost did transforming give her?!

He wasn't able to dwell on it, due to Wyper making his presence known once more behind him.

The Shandian aimed his Burn Bazooka at Maro and Shura and activated the breath dial. Instead of a cannonball firing, a stream of white-blue flames shot out towards them both.

Maro's eyes narrowed and she retaliated with her own flames, sending a massive torrent of blue fire towards the two.

Shura dashed away from the flames converging on him from both directions and watched as Maro's own consumed the bazooka's fire, careening towards the Wyper who was already on the move.

Wyper activated his shooters and skated away from the massive flames, temporarily losing sight of both Maro and Shura due to the sheer size.

He landed atop a tree and glanced down to where his opponents would be...

"You're annoying."

...Only to freeze at the shadow looming over him.

Before he could even think to retaliate, a massive hand palmed his face and brutally slammed the back of his head against the tree.

Blood began steadily leaking from the gash, as Wyper's eyes rolled to the back of his head. A great red stain marred the tree and he coughed up blood before going limp.

Maro scoffed and tossed him aside.

"WYPER!" His trapped allies screamed, struggling even more in their traps.

"It's easier to get the jump on him because he doesn't have Haki like the Priest…" she mused, glancing at the steady amount of blood pouring from his head.

Maro ignored the screaming Shandians and gazed at the surprised Shura.

She'd decide all their fates after this battle was over depending on her mood.

The queen leapt down from the branch she was standing on and cracked the floor beneath with the landing. With a wave of her hands, her magical flames vanished and she gazed at Shura in contemplation.

"He's not faster then me but that Haki of his is really helping him out..."

Not to mention the strings were slowing her down however slightly. It was enough to give him an edge…

The woman nodded to herself.

Shura tensed as Maro slimmed down, shrinking back to her original height but still retaining the green skin. Her hair went back to its normal length, but it had far more white then normal and her molten orange irises returned.

His Mantra began blaring and he barely managed to dodge the massively faster Dokkaebi, sweating at the near hit he received from the flaming club.

He hastily sidestepped the swift Goblin and prepared to absorb the next blow with the impact, hissing at the flames licking his skin.

She grinned cheekily and pressed her assault, making sure that even dodging was a punishment by having her burning club lash out randomly.

Maro could see now why Master didn't like sharing information. This silly Priest actually thought she was invincible durability wise because she kept angling herself in a way that only got her left side struck and he was none the wiser.

She couldn't blame him, she doubted the common person knew what a Dokkaebi was. Master was just a massive nerd.

That didn't mean she came out completely unscathed. She actually accumulated quite a bit of damage from the repeated uses of his impact dial.

He just didn't know some were actually affecting her! Master made sure she could ignore pain mostly by hitting her with his own hellish strength.

Ah, she loved that redhead. He really did give her all the cards to succeed.

Shura was getting more and more nervous, as the flames continuously licked him and slowed him down to a notable degree. Not only were they permanently blue, the flames had strange properties to them as well... they didn't emanate heat but they burned all the same and they moved as if they had a mind of their own, not making his Mantra flare in the process and only further increasing his nerves.

Maro was grinning confidently now, at total ease despite the tears in her clothes and the blood leaking from parts of her body.

It was only a matter of time before he slowed down and by then, even his Haki wouldn't be able to save him. In fact, it had been getting far easier to figure out his next move. Even with his Observation, she was beginning to see his next move easier and easier.

Such a shame, she really wanted to unlock her own haki... she was so close to making a breakthrough (Poor Maro didn't realize), but this guy was just too weak to give her that final push.

Aw man—

Wait.

Huh?

Maro blinked in confusion at the strange sensation telling her that she was in a lot of danger.

What? An attack from behind with a Dial? From that Guerilla guy?

Wait, how did she know that?

Wait, don't tell her this whole fucking time she was using —

Two skates wrapped around her waist and Maro gasped, as she felt her abilities drain.

"Seastone?" Maro gasped, turning back into her human form.

That crafty sunnova bitch.

"You only take damage when your right side is attacked," a bloodied Wyper observed with a vicious glare.

Without any hesitation, he placed a dial on Maro's back and sneered victoriously.

"WYPER WAIT, YOU CAN'T USE THAT!" Braham yelled in horror.

Maro weakly struggled because she knew exactly why he couldn't use that. She could see.

That's why she saw exactly what was about to happen to her.

"Fuck me I messed around too much. I didn't even realize I already unlocked it midfight," she cursed.

This was going to hur—

"Reject!"

Maro's eyes rolled to the back of her skull, as the reject dial slammed into her with the force of a freight train and she was sent hurling through the air, a trail of blood following her.

Wyper bit back the howl of agony from the recoil of using the Reject and nursed his destroyed arm, glaring at Shura now.

"A Reject Dial?" The Priest muttered in shock, glancing at where Maro flew and then at the heaving Wyper.

Loathe as he was to admit, if not for the Reject Dial, that monstrous blue sea dweller, would have defeated everyone here.

It was a repulsive thought to admit that Wyper saved his life... but he'd be sure to repay that embarrassment in blood.

"You think you can fight me with that destroyed arm?" Shura asked with a superior grin.

Such a shame Wyper wasn't his ally, gaining victory like this, left a bitter taste in his mouth but he couldn't be picky right now.

He already suffered one defeat, he would not lose again. If he continuously failed Enel...

Shura shivered.

Wyper scowled and gripped his bazooka. "As long as our home is being inhabited by you thieves. I will never stop fighting until us Shandians have a place to call our own."

"You still believe such a hopeless thing? With the situation your in?" Shura nearly laughed at that and gripped his lance. "Let's see how that works out. Perhaps Kami Enel will grace you with a home in the afterlife!"

The Shandian merely grunted and readied himself…

Huff.

The both of them froze at the sound of movement and felt a cold sweat begin to form in a moment of true hopelessness.

"I'd say I'm getting real tired of being blasted away into these big trees… but right now… I'm actually really happy!"

The two looked over at the legitimate monster in horror, unable to prevent themselves from stepping away from the maniacal creature.

Maro was a tattered mess. Her head was steadily leaking a copious amount of blood, forcing the woman to close her eyes to avoid getting the red liquid in them.

But despite that, she could see them clearly. She couldn't feel her right side, her head was pounding, she felt weaker then she had in years.

But everything was alive.

Maro threw her head back in joy and laughed in a moment of genuine bliss.

"Hahahaha! I did it! I finally beat Master at something! I'm the best! Praise be her majesty, your Queen, Maro, The Goblin Princess!" She cackled in joy.

The monster began actually shuddering in excitement and the constant movement flung blood in every direction but they didn't seem to notice in their happiness. The onlookers couldn't help but balk at how unhinged this made her look and then they realized, there were so many monsters out there in the world.

"I can feel you all!" Maro grinned sharply, sharp fangs glistening with her own blood.

Shura jumped as a bluenette, with more blood covering their face then skin, appeared right in front of him.

C-Could she teleport this entire time? Why was she hiding such a skill?! There had never been a moment where she used such an ability!

Wait... h-had she been holding back?

"I can feel you, String Man!" She cackled before teleporting right behind a stunned Wyper, slinging her left arm over his shoulder.

"And I can feel you, Skirt Man!" Maro smiled.

The Queen took the chance to lean in close to the petrified Shandian and began whispering in his ear.

"It's a shame my heart's on my left side, isn't it? Makes me very hard to kill. It was a good effort though, I can't even feel my right side," she crooned.

Wyper swung at the Queen in a hint of desperation and blinked in shock as she fizzled out of sight.

At the same time, Shura whirled around to face nothing, eyes going wide in horror as Maro shuddered into existence.

"Surprise~ There's a lotta things I didn't use, yknow?" she sang.

Without any warning, the Queen closed the distance between her and Shura and raised her club high, placing it in her left hand instead of her right.

"Oh? You're trying to move to the right?" She asked, adjusting her stance and aiming for where he was going to move.

Shura's eyes widened in dread as she perfectly predicted the move he was about to do.

Wait. No. No… it couldn't be!

Surely she didn't... Surely this monster hadn't been using this battle as an opportunity to gain...

"Hahahaha! I did it!"

"I can feel you all!"

"Oh? You're trying to move to the right?"

"Y-You monster!" Shura stammered in true, utter terror. "Y-You've been using this fight to unlock your Man—"

His face nearly caved, as the massive wooden club smashed him into the floor with concussive force, feeling more akin to steel than wood.

Teeth and blood flew from every direction as the Priest was instantly knocked unconscious, face permanently reconfigured from the strength of the Goblin Princess.

"Hahaha this is awesome! I felt him fall unconscious but I might be more affected by that attack then I thought… that was meant to kill," Maro pondered, idly sidestepping the cannonball shot her way with a limp.

She turned to face the nervous feeling Shandian (he did a good job hiding it) and hummed in contemplation.

"They want a place to call home, eh?" She said to herself.

Wyper tensed as the gap between them was instantly closed but he had no time to brace himself for the incoming blow…

Maro gripped his arm and yanked the Reject Dial out of his hand, wincing at the effort needed to use any part of her right side.

"Since I got what I came here for and you helped me defeat Master for the first time ever, I'll do you all a favor and spare you… but I'm taking this. My Master would very much enjoy such a strong gift," she decided.

Job done, the Queen tossed aside the confused Shandian.

Wyper's confusion turned into a furious scowl. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

"Going back to my wife. I would mention french kissing her, but I'm pretty sure she won't kiss me with all this blood... But I'm still satisfied," Maro replied without missing a beat, glancing in the direction she could feel them and grinning at actually being able to detect them.

Well, she couldn't feel Angel and Demon but that was to be expected.

"You show up here and defeat us both and now you're sparing me?! Cut the bullshit. We're not done here yet!" Wyper snarled in disbelief.

"Wyper stop!" They barked.

Please just accept the gift being handed to them. They couldn't deal with such a monster!

Maro didn't even spare him a glance. "If you want things to go your way, you shouldn't be so weak. The strong earn the privilege to dictate how the world works and the weak have no choice but to accept that unless they choose to become strong. If you want to die so badly, ask your allies to do it or you can try attacking me again."

It wouldn't even require effort. Maro hadn't been truly trying to kill them but if she had been, there wouldn't have even been a body to recover. The fight would have been over within the first few minutes.

She coughed up some blood and nursed her ribs, before going over to steal the Priest's lance and Impact Dial. "Man this hurts… Angel and Demon are gonna flip when they see the state I'm in. My Kimono's all destroyed too…"

Ugh, Aiko just got this one created for her last month. It was a pretty little black kimono with yellow flowers all over it.

Sanji would probably enjoy the view. What an adorable little pervert…

After some deliberation, the Dokkaebi glanced over at the trapped Shandians and nodded to herself before approaching them.

They went stiff at the sight of the monster in human flesh approaching but there was not much they could do about it considering they were still trapped.

"Sorry bout this, some of you are gonna have to travel by foot," she mumbled to herself, stealing the various forms of transportation off their feet.

Angel would love to inspect some of these and well, these people weren't her allies… she just chose to spare them because of her sappy heart!

From one formerly homeless person, to the currently homeless people, she hoped they managed to get that home.

Would she help them? Hell no. They had contributed greatly to her injuries and she felt no obligation to assist them. A queen had to carefully decide if something was worth her investment and these people were not.

But as a favor to them, she'd just take the equipment from the ones who would probably die…

She took some ice skates and boards, grunting at how full her hands currently were and transforming into her Full Zoan just to carry them all easier.

"H-Hey!" They protested at being robbed but she completely ignored them.

Maro tested her flames and nodded to herself, before propelling through the air with the stolen products in tow.

"I got my Haki! I got my Haki!" She sang to the heavens, before breaking out into bloody coughs.

She wanted Armament more then Observation (She was pretty sure all of them did) but this ability to just be able to see was so incredible! It was like an entire new world was being presented to her and she was almost overwhelmed by it.

Now she just needed Demon to finish those Rumble Balls and she'd enter yet another new realm of strength… Maro was already experimenting with partial transformations and she was pretty sure once she consumed one of the balls, she'd be able to figure out the tricks behind it.

But that was for later!

After Master cried at being left behind by them all, she'd give him this Reject Dial thing to absorb and maybe that would help him recover from being in last place.

Heh, this was awesome! Take that, Rosan! Maybe he should start calling her Master now!

Wyper watched the bloodied Queen go with a stupefied expression before roughly shaking his head and going to free his allies.

"Are you alright, Wyper?" Kamakiri asked, assessing the man's hefty injuries with a grimace.

He was a mess from his injuries sustained against that green monster and his arm was even worse off from the now stolen reject dial.

Wyper ignored the pain and glanced away from the position Maro had been at.

"I'm fine… those of you who didn't get your items stolen can continue," he grunted.

"What about that monster? She's pretty injured so should we pursue her to get what was taken back?" Braham asked.

It would do no good to let such a strong enemy survive.

"...No, we have other things to worry about and she'd kill all of you," Wyper decided. "Split up. 2 Priests are defeated so we'll win this decisively today."

That woman…

"A place to call home, eh?"

Did she relate to them somehow? She claimed that she would no longer be benevolent, but was still kinder then she looked.

That still didn't help stifle his fury at being looked down upon so much but he'd just channel that for Enel.

The Shandian glared ahead and activated his shooters before going on ahead.

"I'm back! Rejoice!" Maro greeted with a cheery smile as she dumped everything she collected onto the ship and transformed back into her human form.

Angel glanced up in boredom, knowing that her wife wouldn't have been really challenged.

"Welcome bac— MARO WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU?!" She screeched, boredom being wiped off her face in an instant.

The woman immediately charged the Dokkaebi and began fussing over her in panic. She cringed at the sheer amount of blood dripping from her wife and gnawed on her lip in worry.

"Are you alright? Oh Kami of course you aren't okay! Who did this to you? I'll rip them to shreds!" Angel snarled in rage, gazing at the shred of her clothes with blistering anger.

Everyone jumped at that and balked at the condition the Dokkaebi was in. She looked like she had been through a war!

What the hell happened to her?!

Demon gasped in horror at the state his little sister was in, protective instincts already flaring up as he moved to collect medical supplies.

The Queen laughed sheepishly, rubbing a hand against her blood soaked hair as she pointed at the huge assortment of stolen items on the deck, getting bugged eyes out of Usopp and Nami.

Sanji noticed her state of attire and once he verified that she was well, rocketed away from the nose bleed.

"There was a bit more people then I expected along with the Priest…" She explained.

"Were you messing around? There's no way anyone could you to this degree or Sabo would have warned us!" Angel exclaimed, grabbing a rag and wiping the blood to the best of her ability.

"The Raid Suit would have defeated the purpose of me going out! They weren't strong so it would be overkill! I just messed around a bit too much and was practically fighting 2v1 in a free for all," Maro muttered, putting her hands on .

"S-Stop acting like Master, you maniac!" The redhead shrieked, anxiety coursing through her at seeing her wife so injured.

His influence on her as Maro's teacher, shone clear as day when it came to battles.

"But I need to be a little crazy to achieve my goals!" The Dokkaebi whined.

Angel glowered at her.

Demon forcefully sat the compliant queen and began fussing over her

"I stole a couple of stuff for you and Master, Angel!" The Queen grinned, showing off the dials and the lance while accepting Demon's care.

"That's…" Gan Fall's eyes widened in disbelief as he laid eyes on the Reject Dial and Shura's lance.

Did she defeat Shura along with the other enemies?

Maro's eyes lit up at the recognition. "Yeah some violent guerrilla dude named Wyper was holding this and he used it on me. Said "reject" after weakening me with seastone…"

The former Kami's eyes bugged. "Wyper used a Reject Dial on you and you lived?!"

Just who was this woman?! He had no idea she was so formidable due to her regal attire!

"A Reject Dial has 10 times more power then the Impact Dial! It wields so much force that the user will die from it! They are banned in Skypiea and just the fact he had one..." Gan Fall explained, stressing how powerful it was.

The crew, having just been shown by the Knight how powerful an Impact Dial was, paled at the thought that there was something 10x stronger then it.

Maro nodded sagely. "It felt like I got hit by a bomb. I actually lost consciousness for a bit but guess what?!"

"What?" Usopp asked warily.

"I got my Haki!" She cheered excitedly, only to wilt as Demon shot her a firm glare.

…

"You did?!" Sabo asked in excitement. He felt the battle going on and knew that Maro won but he didn't know the specifics of it further then that.

"Yep! Observation! I actually unlocked it before getting this injured but I didn't realize!" She cackled in joy. "I beat Master at something! I finally fucking did it!" The Queen cheered.

She would have jumped in joy if not for the fact she was currently being patched up.

Demon scared her when he was in doctor mode.

The Revolutionary whistled at that. "You guys are amazing! It seems like training everyday really did pay off!"

They'd need to step it up to have everyone unlock it then. It was only a matter of time.

Angel, despite her worry, felt a swell of pride and happiness at seeing the genuine joy on her face. "I'm so proud of you and you even brought me things in the process!"

"Yep! You can have everything except for this Reject Dial thing! Discuss with Master what you want to split up in this pile!" Maro beamed in return.

Angel's eyes glittered and she helped herself to the assortment of odd technology.

Gan Fall's gaze turned wary. "What will you do with that Dial?"

"Give it to Master," Maro said without missing a beat.

Such a powerful thing would be incredible if Ram absorbed it. She doubted Master would be affected by the recoil either, both because of his insane durability and because of Ram herself refusing to hurt him in anyway.

"Master as in… that Rosan correct?" The Knight asked.

"Yep," she replied with a pop of the p. "He's a weapon expert so he'll use it the best. These Dial things are really useful actually, I want even more!"

"Someone else will have to get them for you. You're officially sitting out for the rest of this," Demon said sternly.

"Yes sir," she saluted with a nervous expression.

The former Kami of Skypiea couldn't help the bead of sweat that formed.

A Reject Dial in the hand of the Forsaken One… it was a recipe for disaster.

"Where is Rosan?" Robin mused.

The Devil Child was currently inspecting some ruins with a curious gaze. She figured that by now, her best friend would have shown up but he was still nowhere to be seen..

Even though he mentioned going to find Chopper, Rosan was also an ass and would find too much joy in making fun of her so he'd likely send a bird for him while personally visiting her.

It was rather odd that he wasn't here yet… Though she would almost never admit it of her own volition, she did hate being separated from him for long so she quite missed him and his annoying antics.

She would just ask him what the hold up wa—

Robin's blue eyes narrowed slightly as her observation flared and she gazed in the direction of the approaching target.

"They're about to land on the ruins? I think not."

Before the Divine Guard could even land on the stone, a row of arms pushed him forward, redirecting his landing path and making him fall flat on the ground.

The goat man spluttered at that and tried to push himself up, wondering what on earth was going on and attempting to turn towards the woman he was targeting...

"He's going to attack me? No thanks."

...Only for him to let out a raspy gasp as a flurry of arms twisted his body.

In just a split second, he had been mercilessly dealt with and the Devil Child hummed in a pleased manner.

Observation Haki was exceedingly useful. Robin enjoyed it very much.

She idly snatched the unconscious goat man's skates and removed the dial from his person, gazing at it curiously.

What did this one do?

Well only one way to find out.

Robin aimed the dial at the prone man and ruthlessly activated it, raising a brow as it effortlessly slashed and cut into his body with brutal efficiency.

That was strong but she didn't think Rosan needed something like this… Well, she'd still keep it and give it to Angel then. Perhaps she'd be able to create new weapons that had dials integrated into them.

Now where exactly was that insufferable redhead named Rosan at—

"Robin," Rosan's deep voice suddenly called. "There's been a change of plans, I won't be meeting up with you… Will you be alright alone?"

She blinked at that in a bit of confusion. "I'll be fine but what happened?"

There was a brief silence on the other side before Rosan spoke up again.

"It seems Kami has deigned to grace me with his presence."

Rosan floated over to where Robin was located at a leisurely pace, as he processed what was going on.

Chopper was currently in the same location as one of the Priests it looked like… Rosan should probably go assist his little doctor because he wasn't sure if the reindeer was ready for a challenge like that yet.

"You sound like a concerned parent," Mod gushed.

"...It would be less then ideal, if we let our super talented doctor die," Rosan retorted calmly.

"Whatever you say!"

Mind made up on ensuring that Chopper stayed alive, Rosan was about to inform Robin of what he was planning on doing…

"Yahahaha! So I finally get to meet the Shinigami in the flesh! What an honor!"

...And stopped what he was doing in favor of tensing up, eyes narrowing slightly at the fact that someone managed to get so close without him noticing and he glanced at the source.

Up on a tree, sitting on a branch, was a man confidently smiling down at him with a half-lidded gaze.

He looked incredibly tall and wiry but well-toned, with a white skull cap over his head and the longest earlobes Rosan had ever seen on a person.

The most notable thing about the man in his simple yet lavish clothing, was the ring that looked to be stuck centrally into his shoulder. Attached to it were 4 shime-daiko with a black mitsudomoe engraved on all of them.

What a unique design…

"Quite bold to be showing yourself to me after trying to kill me twice, Enel," Rosan greeted calmly. He made no move to attack the man and just calmly inspected him.

Enel threw his head back and laughed. "Yahahaha! It was a test that you passed with flying colors, Rosan-kun. After all, it's natural for me to throw suspicion onto a person calling themselves Shinigami!"

"But you've more then proven enough so from one Divine being to another…"

The roar of thunder coursed through Rosan's ears, as The Kami of Skypiea formed in front of him with dangerous speeds.

"...Let's allow our followers to battle without interference from the two of us," he suggested calmly, eyes boring into Rosan's own without a hint of fear.

Rosan didn't flinch at the close proximity, but he did note that Enel was fast.

"He's quick… it's very likely that he really does have the Goro Goro no Mi," Mod muttered.

"Oh?" The redhead raised a brow.

"You were about to go help one of your allies, the animal, deal with one of my Priests, Gedatsu. With your assistance, my Priest would have been dealt with in incredibly short order," Enel pointed out with a confident smile.

"Then, after finishing up there, you were going to rejoin your woman, protecting her from any and all threats."

His woman? He meant Robin? Rosan tilted his head to the side. "And if I did plan on doing that?" He asked calmly.

Enel looked as if he were a teacher dealing with an unruly student by the way he was shaking his head. "It's no fun if Kami deals with all his soldiers battles! We're in the middle of a survival game; It would be quite anticlimactic if the two of us intervened and won in every battle we partook in," he explained.

"..." Rosan was used to being underestimated by his enemies, but this was on another level. Enel was regarding him as if they were friends right now.

"Such confidence… This is one of the major downsides of eating a Logia. The person who consumes one, truly thinks they are invincible and the lack of being able to be hurt, only fills them with more ego… it must be even worse considering his Logia is on the upper end of Devil Fruits and he's been living in such a weak place."

Rosan hummed. "So your saying the both of us will make the battles too easy so we should let them deal with it?"

Enel's smile widened. "That's exactly right. There are battles happening everywhere on Upper Yard… Just moments ago, a blue sea dweller with a Zoan took out one of my Priests and a Shandian, Shura and Wyper in quite the exciting display. I could have intervened and wiped her out but it's more entertaining to watch them fight their own battles!"

"Maro got in a fight with multiple people?" Rosan pondered. "Neither of us are intervening with the battles then? Is that what you're proposing?"

How interesting… Enel's thought process was much like his own.

He wondered what that said about him.

The Logia shook his head. "Not exactly. Besides the fact that you wish to battle me, you also wanted to see what I was capable of correct?"

So his Observation truly did cover all of Skypiea and not only that, he could actively hear conversations… that seemed incredible… Did his Devil Fruit have something to do with it?

"Hm, actually I am," Rosan replied after a short while.

Enel's range spanned across all of Skypiea and that included his abilities as well. If he so pleased, the Logia could snipe anyone of his crew members at any point in time, including Robin and Rosan wouldn't let that happen.

This idea of not intervening in battles was good. Rosan couldn't protect them all and if Enel targeted their ship, he didn't think Sabo could fully protect it from being destroyed.

"Good, then follow me. I will show you what the Kami of Skypiea is capable of," Enel assured, picking a direction and teleporting a short distance away.

Rosan flexed his wings and followed.

Activating his connection with Robin, the redhead said, "Robin. There's been a change of plans, I won't be meeting up with you… Will you be alright alone?"

It didn't take her long to reply.

"I'll be fine but what happened?"

"There's a Shandian named Kamakiri-kun who is looking for me so I'm going to use him as an example," Enel exclaimed lazily.

"I look forward to seeing what you can do," Rosan replied truthfully.

This would be a great way to gauge his strength.

Going back to his connection, he said, "It seems Kami has deigned to grace me with his presence."

He could practically feel the shock.

"You met Enel? What's going on? Are you two fighting right now?" She asked.

"No, he's not regarding me as a threat currently. Right now, he's about to demonstrate some of what he can do to one of the participants in his game."

Rosan explained their entire conversation to Robin and she hummed in contemplation.

"This is for the best then," she nodded. It was true that Enel could attack any of them at any time and for the weaker members, that would be almost certain death.

Even for the stronger ones in the crew, it would be nigh impossible to deal with the self proclaimed Kami. Only Sabo, Luffy and Rosan could deal with him.

"You don't have to worry about me, Rosan. I'll be careful. If I get hurt, you might lose control and destroy these ruins and I would not like that."

Rosan nearly rolled his eyes. "Don your Raid Suit if you have to. It should protect you from Enel's ranged attacks on the off chance he uses one on you."

"Right. Be careful, I'll continue exploring the ruins."

"You be careful too. Love you."

Robin's eyes widened in shock at that, before an embarrassed look overcame her features.

"Don't say such things so boldly," she admonished.

"..."

"..."

"I love you too, Rosan," Robin muttered.

"Don't make it so difficult next time," Rosan chided.

"Please let me explore the ruins in peace."

With that the connection cut and he focused his attention back to completely at ease Enel.

What an odd turn of events…

Chopper was currently in the process of fighting the strangest person on the planet.

He was a priest but… he kept rolling his eyes to the back of his head, either tried to speak with his lower lip in his mouth or in his mind, crossed his arms incorrectly and attacking his own allies.

That wasn't to say his opponent was any weaker for it… his wounds were more then enough to disprove that.

The wounded Reindeer had spent the majority of the fight running because of those terrible swamp clouds that would slowly but surely suffocate you.

Not only that, the man had something called a Jet Dial that allowed him to go really fast and a Milky Dial that let him fly!

He needed to be more careful… That jet dial punch was able to even pierce his guard point but he knew exactly how to defeat him.

After consuming a Rumble Ball and activating Brain Point, it didn't take Chopper long to identify Gedatsu's weakness, that being his feet and the doctor concocted a plan to finish this match here and now.

The bird resting on his shoulder, trilled in approval and the bloodied reindeer smiled shakily at it.

This was Rosan's really realistic bird… he was a little scared that the redhead himself wouldn't be showing up but he did leave him some words.

"I know you can do it. You're strong too so show him what I see. Also, steal all his dials for me."

He sweatdropped at the last part but nodded resolutely.

Gedatsu raised a brow in confusion as Chopper tackled his legs. The Priest grunted and drew his fist back before bashing it on the reindeer's exposed back.

Chopper coughed up some blood at the immense strength and hastily released the man, before transforming into his jump point and launching away from the Priest.

Gedatsu shook his head at the foolish reindeer. "You fool! I told you that the sky is my domain!"

The man activated his milky dials and flew up to catch the reindeer… Only to let out a yelp of shock at suddenly losing control of his flight.

"W-What?! He stole my boot!" Gedatsu gasped.

How careless! Now he couldn't fly properly! But no matter, he still had his Jet Dial—

Huh?! When did his Jet Dials go missing!? Where were they?! W-What? The animal took it?!

What a crafty Raccoon...

Chopper glared at him victoriously.

He would be someone the crew could rely on. He was tired of being unreliable! He could become a monster in a crew full of monsters and that was okay because they would never be afraid of him!

Transforming into his Arm Point Chopper fell towards the Priest and bellowed, "Cloven Cross!"

Gedatsu's eyes rolled at the hit and he plummeted to the ground at rapid speeds, until he ended upside down in one of his own bogs.

Chopper squealed in horror as he fell but he landed on his two feet with a relieved sigh.

Then he cheered excitedly.

"I'M STRONG TOO!" He yelled out, clutching the dials he stole for Rosan.

The bird trilled atop his hat, pleased by a job well done and they both watched in curiosity, as the Priest began struggling… before launching himself further down into the swamp.

"…"

"He sure is stupid," Chopper muttered.

The bird sang its agreement.

"The islands in the south are

Warm〜

Heads all a-swoon-swoon

Buncha fools〜!"

Luffy sang cheerfully to himself as he waved his stick around and headed in the direction he thought the ruins were in.

The rubber boy idly stepped away from the cannonball careening towards him and didn't even spare it a glance.

"Second verse!" He exclaimed.

"The islands in the north are

Chilly〜

Heads all a-brr-brr

Buncha fools〜 "

"Third verse—"

"Oi."

"Eh?"

Luffy paused at being interrupted and glanced at the rude person who did it.

"Oh it's you… What happened to you?" He asked, puzzled.

This was the bazooka guy… What was his name again?

Eh, he didn't know. But man, he sure looked beat up.

Wyper scowled at the idiot but kept his guard up. His battle against Maro was fresh on his mind and if she were any indication, he couldn't underestimate these Blue Sea dwellers any longer.

"Your friend did this… the blue haired one," he said gruffly, glancing at his battered body.

Luffy slammed a fist against his palm. "Oh, you fought Maro! Shishishi! She's really strong isn't she?!"

That was an understatement. That monster was on another level and had effectively fought him and Shura 1 on 2…

"I would have put you down here but I can't waste anymore time," Wyper growled.

The rubber boy laughed at him. He actually had the audacity to laugh at his enemy.

"If you just fought and lost to Maro, you can't beat me! You must be a good guy if she spared you though!" He said matter of factly.

The Shandian grit his teeth in rage. Without any doubt in his stance, this dweller had correctly guessed that the monster had spared him and that was a blow to his pride that he didn't know he could take.

Wyper wasn't sure how many of the Blue Sea dwellers would make note of his strength, but he was getting real sick of it. None of them considered him a threat.

Not the blue haired monster, not this strange boy and not that goddamn Devil.

Worst, it looked like they were more then strong enough to back up their words. Just one person managed to not only defeat him, but Shura as well and it was in the process of holding back to learn something.

"A place to find home, eh?"

"Tell me, what are you Blue Sea dwellers doing here? This is our land so if you want it, I will take you out here," Wyper asked calmly.

Luffy blinked. "Oh this is your land? I thought it was the Kami's… Pardon me," he said, bowing at the Shandian before continuing to walk.

He felt his annoyance rising at the idiot Blue Sea dweller and opened his mouth before closing it.

Whatever, he already spent too much time dealing with that green monster. He needed to think of a new way to defeat Enel now that the Reject Dial was no longer an option.

They came too far to just back down… it would make no sense to continue wasting away his stamina against these formidable Blue Sea dwellers who didn't seem interested in them.

"Just… stay out of my way," Wyper said eventually, shaking his head at the royal idiot not even paying attention to him.

What was wrong with these Blue Sea dwellers?

"Third verse!" Luffy cheered.

"The islands in the east are

Early〜

Hearts all a-woo-hoo

Buncha fools〜 "

Wyper glanced at the departing rubber boy and shook his head.

It wasn't even worth thinking about. He had too much on his plate to risk suffering a headache too.

"Sabo do you feel that?" Maro asked with a furrowed brow.

The woman had been properly bandaged and was barred from fighting for the rest of the day due to the extensive injuries her insides suffered.

Normally she'd complain, but you never complained when Demon was your doctor… and she was happy that she got her Observation Haki... and she still couldn't feel her right side currently.

But it was mostly because Demon was her doctor… her older brother sure was scary when he was being firm.

"You're talking about Rosan?" Sabo asked in return, getting a nod out of the Queen.

The rest of them perked up at that.

"What's wrong with Rosan?" Sanji asked curiously. If something was wrong with him, that mean something was wrong with Robin because those two were always together and if something was wrong with Robin, then Sanji would need to deliver righteous fury onto everyone here.

Sabo cupped his chin but before he could reply, the sound of music captured their attention.

"What is that…?" Nami muttered.

The navigator glanced over the railing and her eyes widened in surprise.

Pulling up on one of the Waver ships, playing an obnoxiously loud sound, was two familiar sights and one unfamiliar one.

"Conis! Pagaya!"

What were they doing here?! Who was that little girl with them? Was she alright? She looked utterly terrified of something.

After allowing all three to board (and getting back their fixed waver that they handed him) the residents of Skypiea thought to explain themselves.

"We came here to help you guys find a way to escape," Conis smiled at the crew, glancing around a bit nervously and frowning when she didn't see the Shiniga— Rosan.

She blinked in pure confusion at seeing three new people instead and the girl noted that two of them looked remarkably like Rosan… while the final one was bandaged heavily under her kimono.

"You're helping us escape?!" Usopp asked.

"You're amazing!" Sanji swooned.

Demon glanced at the small little child in concern. "Is that little girl okay?"

She was curled into herself, with tears of horror falling out of her eyes.

Pagaya frowned. "We're not too sure… we found her on a broken ship and saved her before she could be eaten but sometime during the journey, she teared up and turned into this…"

They glanced at the tiny girl in concern before the doctor moved over to her with easy and gentle steps.

He placed a reassuring hand on her and watched as she jolted with a startled shriek.

"S-STAY AWAY!" Aisa screamed, backing away from the person she couldn't feel until her back hit the wall.

Wait…

Person she couldn't feel?

"Why can't I feel you?" She asked slowly, glancing at the purple haired man with confused eyes.

"Feel me? Does she have...?" Demon hummed in contemplation at that.

"I'll answer you if you answer me. Does that sound fair?" He asked quietly.

She relaxed a little at that soft and deep voice and nodded hesitantly.

Demon simply smiled and said, "I'm not human, that's why you can't feel me. Now, why are you so afraid right now?"

Not human…? What was he then?

"I can hear the voices of the people disappearing…" she said quietly.

"She has Haki?" They all thought in slight shock.

"...A-And I can feel it… The Devil and Kami Enel are in each others company a-and it's so overwhelming."

Lightning. Blizzard. Vanity. Anger. Superiority. Love. Rumbling. Static. Hate…Hate. Hate. Nothingness.

Those two being so close to each other allowed Aisa to feel them at the same time and it was terrifying.

It was getting to the point where she was losing the ability to tell who was who. Both of them were so utterly unnatural.

"So it's like I thought… Master really is with that Kami," Maro mused.

"Yeah, they seem to be moving somewhere pretty quickly somewhere," Sabo mused.

He must have had a reason considering they weren't fighting yet and Rosan made it clear he wanted to battle Enel…

Master might be trying to protect them!

Everyone froze at that revelation.

"They're by each other?!" Conis thought in horror. What… what would happen when two Kamis fought?!

"Rosan's with the Kami?!" Usopp hissed in disbelief.

Oh no. Oh no no no. The redhead was a master at pissing people off! What was going to happen to them when he inevitably infuriated that Kami?!

"We're doomed," Nami sobbed.

"He's not with Robin-chan?" Sanji asked in shock.

Sabo shook his head. "She's alone at the moment but someone's approaching her."

What the hell?! Rosan would never leave Robin alone! Someone was approaching her too?

The redhead was so jealously protective of the archaeologist and didn't want to be separated from her

Did that mean he was distracting Enel for them…? The man could use his attacks anywhere it looked so maybe their scout was looking out for them all…

Gan Fall reeled back in horror at hearing that Enel was on the move and realized this was his chance to see what had happened to the soldiers that had been kidnapped years ago.

The usurper hardly deigned to leave the comfort of his home but he was actively on Upper Yard? And not only that, he and that Rosan were in the presence of each other?!

"I must go now," the former Kami decided. He got up and immediately indicated for Pierre to get ready. "Thank you all for your hospitality but I need to make sure nothing dangerous happens to my men."

With that, the old man flew off deeper into Upper Yard.

"That old man better be careful," Maro muttered, scratching at her bandages and getting slapped on the arm by Angel for doing so.

"So… Enel and… Rosan are not fighting currently?" Conis asked in slight relief.

Aisa spoke up this time and shakily said, "They aren't fighting each other but the voices around them… they're disappearing."

They shuddered at that ominous message.

Just what did that mean? What was going on with Rosan?

"Gedatsu has been defeated by that small animal of yours," Enel said, raising a brow slightly as they leisurely traversed through the forest.

"Seems like I really didn't have to interfere," Rosan said idly.

The two were traveling through Upper Yard at amazing speeds to the one named "Kamakiri". Where exactly they were headed? Rosan wasn't sure but not once did he let his guard down.

It became clear that they reached their destination, when Rosan saw two Shandians skating towards a giant beanstalk with a purpose. They were conversing about Enel himself and the redhead hazarded a guess that this was the reason the self proclaimed Kami, chose them as his targets.

Rosan watched as Enel sparked with blue lightning and dashed forward, grabbing one of the Shandian's right off his skate and appearing on top of a massive tree in one movement.

Then, with barely any effort, he fried the man's body with a burst of electricity and tossed the corpse aside like it were trash.

"Fast," Rosan thought as the body landed next to him with a gruesome thud.

Even if he could actually strike him through his tangibility, that speed of his was also a problem.

The man was made of lightning after all. If Rosan unlocked the element, he'd like to use it to supplement his own already impressive speed.

The other Shandian, a man with a Mohawk and big, round sunglasses, froze at the action that was far too quick for him to process. A look of confusion overtook his features at the smell of ozone wafted through the air and he finally registered that he was suddenly lacking an ally.

He hesitantly glanced up and felt his heart stop for a moment.

"Enel and… the Forsaken One?!" Kamakiri exclaimed in shock, unintentionally taking a step back at seeing the two together. A bead of sweat began rolling down his body, as he saw the two predators gazing at him with lazy expressions.

They looked more akin to lions gazing down at a lone gazelle and Kamakiri distantly realized that he was in danger.

Enel smiled lazily as he sat down on the large branch. "Kamakiri-kun, I heard you calling for me so I decided to grace you with my presence."

Rosan tilted his head and said nothing, standing on his own branch and assessing the exchange.

The Shandian recovered quick and glowered as he honed in on Enel.

"You!" Kamakiri snarled, glaring at Enel in pure hatred.

For just a moment, Enel's smile vanished at the lack of respect. "Don't forget your place. You will address me as the almighty Kami."

Then, that lazy smile appeared again. "You want to kill me right? Fine, for the next 5 minutes, I won't move an inch."

"What?!" Kamakiri shouted in disbelief.

Was he… Was Enel looking down on him?!

"I won't lift a finger. I won't defend myself. So for the next 5 minutes, you are free to do whatever you want," The Kami of Skypiea said calmly.

"But after those 5 minutes are up, you'll understand what it means to defy Kami."

Rosan raised a brow. "That's what you plan on doing? I wouldn't have expected that from you," he praised.

What better way to break someone's spirit, then to show that no matter what they did, it would amount to nothing?

Enel knew exactly how to rule through fear. His methods were incredibly effective with the citizens of Skypiea.

"Yahaha! I am their Kami after all. I must be benevolent to my citizens," Enel laughed.

Suddenly, the Logia glanced in a seemingly random direction with a raised brow. "Oh? It looks like some of my soldiers have business with you, Rosan-kun."

The man's smile vanished fully at that. He thought he made it loud and clear that they were to not interfere in his business with Rosan.

They would dare defy him?

"Oh? They have business with me? I wonder what for?" Rosan asked with a raised brow. Who exactly of his subordinates would have a problem with him? He hardly did a thing.

Was his name that riot inciting? How did they even know where he was?

"Don't you ignore me!" Kamakiri roared, charging Enel with his spear and successfully stabbing through his body…

Only for Enel to not show any sign that he even registered the attack.

"It's Satori's brothers hoping to avenge him…" Enel muttered darkly, getting ready to smite them before they could even show up.

"Satori? You mean the Ball Priest…"

Rosan hummed. "So we are not allowed to intervene with other battles, but we can initiate our own, right?"

The lightning man quickly caught on to what he was saying and the smile returned. He took no notice of the man repeatedly attacking him and instead regarded the neutral Rosan.

"Yahaha! That's exactly right. This is a survival game after all. As long as you don't interfere with another battle, anything else is fair."

The redhead nodded, floating down into the clearing and waiting patiently for his opponents.

It didn't take him too long.

"THERE YOU ARE!"

"HOW DARE YOU KILL OUR OLDER BROTHER, HEATHEN!"

"WE WILL AVENGE HIM AT ALL COSTS! YOU WILL PERISH HERE!"

Two round balls, that looked like bald versions of Satori, landed in the clearing with looks of fury on their face.

That fury very swiftly turned into terror at the horrifying sight of seeing Enel there looking directly at them with a calm smile.

"E-E-Enel-sama!" Kotori and Hotori shrieked, taking a step back in horror.

What was he doing here? T-They thought they could deal with the Heathen before he chose to show up! Surely their Kami didn't want anyone dealing with him because no one was equipped... but they were with the knowledge that their dear brother was dead.

Clearly, that was a mistake.

The Logia, who was still being attacked mind you, simply stared coldly at them. "I thought I told all of you to leave Rosan-kun to me. Have you willingly chosen to disobey Kami's orders?"

His cold voice made them go white and the duo realized they were very quickly about to join their brother due to irritating their Kami.

But the daunting aura of Enel vanished and he regarded them with that always present, lazy smile.

"Luckily for you, the Shinigami has presented a good idea for me."

The Logia held up 3 fingers. "3 minutes is how long Kamakiri-kun has left to attack me. In those 3 minutes, you will fight with everything to try and defeat Rosan-kun here."

He pointed at the stationary redhead as he said that.

"3 minutes?!" Kotori stammered.

"Yahaha! Once those 3 minutes are up, if Rosan-kun is still standing, I'll teach you two and Kamakiri what it means to defy Kami," Enel finished coldly.

They both shuddered at that and Kamakiri, who was beginning to realize how helpless the situation was, began to sweat heavily.

"Their brother had all the time in the world to attack me and he failed but you're only giving them 3 minutes? How cruel," Rosan remarked, holding out his ring and having it transform into a scythe.

"It's been too long!" Ram crooned as she transformed into the signature weapon of the Angel of Death.

"Not to worry, you two," the redhead reassured, watching as they went pale at his choice of weapon. "I'll have this done before the 3 minutes are up and you won't have to worry about your Kami's wrath."

"This is a good way for me to see what you and your woman are both made of in one on one scenarios," Enel said, getting comfortable so that he could observe both the battles.

Rosan paused at that and his brows furrowed.

"Robin's fighting someone?" He asked the Logia.

Enel nodded lethargically. "She's currently engaged in combat with my Divine Commander, Yama."

The redhead frowned at that. Engaged? Robin should be more than strong enough to take out someone who wasn't even a Priest.

What was she…

Rosan sighed.

"By any chance, has she already made it to the ruins?"

Enel pondered the question. "They are currently fighting inside of the ruins."

Rosan didn't even wait a second to fire up his connection.

"Robin, I swear to all that is holy, you better not be allowing yourself to take hits for the sake of the ruins."

The long silence was all Rosan needed to know that she was definitely in trouble next time he saw her.

"How did you even know I was fighting someone?" She had the decency to sound sheepish and the fact that she didn't answer his question…

"Robin."

"I can't just let such priceless ruins be destroyed! He has no respect for them so for the time being, I need to lure him out!"

"...He better hope he's dead before I get my hands on him."

He heard Robin sigh in exasperation.

"Don't worry Rosan, I have my Raid Suit on and I already know how to defeat him. I'll even steal all these dials for you… And besides, he would dare try and damage these ruins? He was never going to be spared from the start."

"Good. Give him hell!" Mod cheered.

"Kick his ass Mother!"

"I will," Robin smiled, before cutting the connection.

Rosan gazed at the nervous duo with a suddenly cold gaze.

"Change of plans, I'm going to use you two as stress relief for a bit."

"My oh my, aren't you a pretty lady!"

Robin, who had been having a great time exploring the ruins (without her best friend insulting her thank you! She did not miss him!), glanced up from her notes at the unfamiliar voice.

"I need to practice having my observation activated at all times even while distracted…" She mused, taking in the large… thing.

"Who are you?" She asked the obese man, shutting her notes and pocketing them in one of the inner pockets of her Raid Suit.

The weird man ignored her question and immediately charged her.

Robin already saw the attack coming from a mile away but she also saw that this ingrate was going to destroy the surrounding ruins!

Did he not care about the state of them?! This giant oaf was actually going to ruin such heavy history...

That just wouldn't do.

So Robin, in a move that would surely anger Rosan (it was okay she just wouldn't tell him!) decided to put her Raid Suit to the test and took the blow in order to protect the ruins safety.

"Mountain Punch!" He roared, slamming a fist against the woman's midsection.

Both Robin and Yama blinked at the fact that the punch did no damage, before the woman turned on her heel and began to run out of the ruins.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! GET BACK HERE!" Yama yelled, taking chase after the astonishingly quick woman.

Robin marveled at how nice it felt to use the Raid Suit and made sure she remained in the large man's sight so he didn't lose hope or even worse, begin destroying the ruins in frustration.

What an outrageous man, how dare he try and destroy such priceless history? When Robin got her hands on him, he was going to regret being so callous—

"Robin, I swear to all that is holy, you better not be allowing yourself to take hits for the sake of the ruins."

"How does he know?!" She thought to herself in disbelief.

The Devil Child glanced around and blinked in confusion at not seeing one of his many birds scouting the area.

Was it hiding somewhere? No, she could tell exactly where his birds liked to remain and hadn't spotted one of them yet.

So... how did he know?!

Her expression turned slightly sheepish at somehow being caught red handed and the Devil Child sighed fondly at how well the redhead knew her.

"How did you even know I was fighting someone?" She asked in hopes that she'd successfully distract him.

"Robin."

The voice was no nonsense and let her know that her attempts were spotted and disapproved of immensely.

Robin should have known there was one thing and one thing only on his mind… overprotective brat.

It was such a horror to know that she enjoyed his unhinged streak of protectiveness. She was still smiling in embarrassment at his blunt comment of loving her.

"I can't just let such priceless ruins be destroyed! He has no respect for them so for the time being, I need to lure him out!"

She could practically hear him calling her a nerd as soon as she finished that sentence.

"...He better hope he's dead before I get my hands on him."

Robin sighed in exasperation.

Honestly, they were both ridiculously overprotective of one another. That's why neither could get mad at the other for said overprotective streak because they'd be terribly hypocritical.

It was also kind of really cute but Robin would never let Rosan know that.

"Don't worry Rosan, I have my Raid Suit on and I already know how to defeat him. I'll even steal all these dials for you… And besides, he would dare try and damage these ruins? He was never going to be spared from the start."

"Good, give him hell!" Mod cheered.

"Kick his ass Mother!" Ram joined.

Robin simply smiled and said, "I will."

Then she immediately cut the connection so that Rosan did not hear this next part and fly over himself to violently torture this stranger.

Robin immediately turned on a heel and intercepted the body slam that would pulverize one of the ancient buildings. She grunted as the dials on the big man's waist began slashing into her and if not for the Raid Suit, she'd have suffered serious damage on her body.

Thanks to the suit though, she only had a few scratches and a very large man over her trying to crush her with his body.

"Make sure Rosan never finds out about this," Robin thought to herself.

With a huff, the woman tensed up her long arms and pushed the heavy man above her with all her strength.

She underestimated how powerful the suit made her. Robin hadn't fully tested it out in training yet because she had gotten it right as they planned on heading to Sky Island.

With wide eyes, she watched as Yama was sent flying high into the sky with a surprised yell and Robin gazed at her flower themed suit with a pleased noise.

Well, she supposed now was as good as time as any to test out its capabilities.

"What in the world?!" Yama said in disbelief as he soared through the air from the woman's unexpected ludicrous strength.

A presence froze him in his tracks and he gazed up with wide eyes to see the very same woman who had done this, hovering next to him.

"H-How did she get up here so quickly?!"

"You show such little care for the ruins around you and it makes me sick to my stomach," Robin said, scowling uncharacteristically at the idiot before her. "Please die."

He tried to react, but a flurry of arms restrained him with no effort. Not only that, but they deftly turned the axe dials on his own person and made sure the axe dials, if activated, would hurt him instead.

Finally, the woman placed her enhanced high heels on his body and rudely launched him toward the ground at breakneck speeds.

Yama groaned in pain as he crashed into the ground, before he began tumbling repeatedly…

Only to run into another flurry of arms that catapulted him into the nearest tree.

The man spat out copious amounts of blood, as his own axe dials were turned against him and they carved into his body with brutal force.

He clutched his red soaked midsection and heaved, shakily standing up and regarding the woman who had just been in the air before.

She looked apologetic and bowed slightly. "Sorry but you were about to destroy such precious history and I really wouldn't have liked that… I had no choice but to retaliate and you… you did attack me first so I'm just defending myself..."

"What is this?!" The man balked in horror, backing away from the confusing woman.

How did she reach him so quickly?! Wasn't she just furious with him?! What caused her to suddenly be apologetic?!

Who was this…

Yama went pale and began to back away from the woman with mood swings as the realization hit him.

No wings, no tribal clothing... a strand of red hair poking out of all black... How did it take so long for him to realize? They even had pictures of the group of Blue Sea dwellers...

This was the Devil's partner!

Yama made a grave mistake. He didn't know the person he was attacking was the Shinigami's woman. He had only been thinking about surviving Enel's game.

How unfortunate was he to run into someone so dangerous?!

This was bad… only the Priests were equipped to deal with someone of this caliber…

The large heavenly commander began to back away from the apologetic looking woman and froze as a presence behind him made itself aware.

"You're headed towards the ruin again… did you seriously not learn your lesson?" An amused voice asked.

Yama felt cold at that very familiar voice and he slowly turned around, turning white when he saw the exact same woman currently in front of him.

"Surprise!" This Robin smiled widely, exuding a cheerful confidence that starkly contrasted both the demure one in front of him and the angry one in the sky.

Speaking of which…

A figure floated down with a soft thud and glared at him.

"You aren't going anywhere until we're done with you," the angry Robin sneered.

"Sorry about this but you kind of deserve it," the sad Robin bowed once more.

"No hard feelings!" The happy Robin waved.

And to finally solidify his doom, the original Robin herself appeared from atop a tree, closing her notebook with a small smile in a display that clearly meant he wasn't being taken seriously at all by her.

"Those who don't read history, are doomed to repeat it. Only by learning from the mistakes of the past, can humanity ever hope to grow," she began with a shake of her head, crossing her arms.

"You should be glad I stopped you from actually destroying anything. If you did, your punishment would have been a lot worse..."

Robin sighed.

"...That doesn't mean I'll spare you though."

Yama yelped as a flurry of arms formed around his entire body, courtesy of the smiling Robin and they held him still no matter how much he weakly struggled in her grasp.

Then, the sad looking Robin stepped in front of him and made sure to firmly secure the somewhat loose reverse axe dials on his person.

Finally, the angry Robin pushed him over so that he could collapse on a row of arms that formed, courtesy of the original Robin.

"Cien Fleur: Delphinium."

Yama's eyes rolled to the back of his head, as he was rolled over and over the plethora of arms.

All the while, two arms tightened the axe dial further into his body, repeatedly activating some of the dials and making the large man squeal in pure agony.

Robin watched coldly as blood spilled on her summoned arms (She still didn't like the sensation), as she rolled the man at more and more speed, until he slammed ruthlessly into a tree stomach first.

Every axe dial activated once more and the man let out a strangled gasp as they tore into his already destroyed midsection mercilessly.

The arms vanished and the man fell unceremoniously.

He did not move.

"Impressive," Robin praised, gazing at her clones with a small smile. "Well done you three. That was a fantastic display."

Robin never expected to see her face blush so freely, but the one she currently dubbed as "Sad Robin" was showing her a fairly new expression.

Would it be narcissistic to claim she knew why Rosan called her adorable?

The clone of hers face turned red and she smiled shakily, "It was nothing!"

"What? Can't handle a compliment?" Angry Robin sneered, making Sad Robin shrink into herself.

"N-Not really," she murmured as she fidgeted.

Happy Robin rolled her eyes and grabbed Angry by the cheek. "Leave her alone. She did good!" She praised.

The woman grumbled and said, "Whatever. I did better."

Robin watched her clones interact with slight sweat. They all acted so unlike her… it was rather odd to see 3 faces identical to her making faces she didn't typically make.

Wait... did Robin really not convey basic emotions much? Surely she did it besides when Rosan was involved, right?

...

Oh Kami, Rosan really did ruin her image. She only showed such emotions around him!

"You three need names… I'd rather not call you by your emotions all the time," she interrupted their argument a little forcefully, thrown off guard by her realizations.

"I can be Robin #1," Angry decided immediately.

Happy instantly protested at that.

"Why do you get to be #1?!" She spoke up.

"Because I'm the best?" Angry replied, crossing her arms under her bust with a glare.

"Best at what?! This was our first fight and you barely did a thing! If anything, I should be #1!" Happy retorted.

"I barely did anything?! Tell me what you did, useless!" Angry snarled and the two immediately began butting heads.

"Useless?! Maybe we decide who's #1 with a fight because I'm about to break you in half!" Happy barked with a strained smile.

"Try it!"

"I'd like to be Robin #1 too," Sad interjected quietly.

She was ignored.

Robin sighed and resisted grabbing her head. So her clones had clashing personalities...

How fun.

"Enough, or I'm making Rosan name all three of you."

Her clones went white and immediately shut up. They knew what being named by Rosan could potentially entail and they refused to have that be the outcome.

The Devil Child smiled at getting them all to calm down and finally pondered the dilemma of naming them all.

It didn't take her long to reach a solution.

"Angry can be Raven, Sad is Crow and Happy is Canary," she decided eventually.

That was good. They would all be named after birds that matched their personality.

Ravens and crows both typically symbolized death and mourning, but Ravens typically symbolized anger more and crows sadness.

As for Canary… they symbolized warmth and happiness. Robin also didn't want to name one of her clones Bluebird.

"Birds… you're naming us after birds?" Angry (now dubbed Raven) raised a brow incredulously.

"Gotta agree with Robin #2 on this one," Happy (now dubbed Canary) nodded. "I was fine taking Robin #1. We were all in agreement!"

"Who is we?!" Angry growled, preparing to butt heads once more.

Sad (now dubbed Crow) spoke up quietly. "Um… you two were never going to give up Robin #1 so to compromise, she chose other birds to name you as… Our name is Robin after all."

The two bickering clones blinked at that.

Robin smiled and ran a pleased hand through Crow's hair. "Exactly. Thank you, Crow. If it were up to me, you'd be Robin #1. You seem to be the only one who kept my intelligence."

Her demure clone lit up as her features turned rosy and she hesitantly smiled back.

Raven and Canary both spluttered at her blunt admittance.

"Should you really be saying that in front of us?!" They complained.

They were all Robin! Of course they were just as smart!

Robin merely smiled and deactivated her ability, ignoring their complaints all the while.

That was incredible! The amount of punishment she could take and dish out… the fact that her clones could utilize her Devil Fruit (even despite their differences in personality), her sudden aerial capabilities…

The Raid Suit added an entire new realm of weapons to her arsenal that would help her keep up with the swiftly improving monsters in her crew.

She would not be left behind… not when Rosan was her best friend because if he left her in the dust, she'd never be able to live it down… because he wouldn't let her.

He was so insufferable.

Robin would do whatever to keep up with the monsters in her crew and she was proud to admit that she was a monster herself.

Walking up to the mangled body of Yama, Robin wasted no time in robbing him of his axe dial sash and hummed in contemplation at how bloody it was.

Thankfully, she had a solution (courtesy of Rosan) and pulled out the small bag she had stored in one of her many useful pockets of the Raid Suit.

Just like she did with the skates and dial of the previous person she encountered, Robin dumped the sash in the bag connected to his Pocket Dimension and pocketed it on the inside of her long violet cloak once more.

"Alright… time to continue to the original location," she muttered after verifying the disgusting man had nothing more to steal.

Honestly, how rude of Rosan to have her loot corpses.

That greed of his was incredibly problematic and it was extending to other members of the crew now too! He was having them all steal for him with promise of rewards!

The woman adjusted her hat and sighed.

He was lucky she loved him.

Hotori collapsed on the floor with a howl and spit out a glob of blood as the Heathen cut into his leg with that demonic scythe of his.

Further away, Kotori was squealing at the fact that there was a hole in his palm, courtesy of the same weapon.

He got that hole because the two were, in his words, "Dumb enough to use a Scent Dial with a fart smell in it" on him and now he was punishing them even further.

While he was riddled in cuts, his opponent was the picture perfect of calm, completely unblemished.

"W-What is this Devil?!" He thought in terror.

Rosan idly spun his scythe with one hand as he assessed the weak duo.

It had been awhile since he last used the scythe in earnest… over the years, he had grown quite fond of using the weapon he used to hate so it felt nice to feel the weapon in his palms again.

Ram actually adored the scythe herself. Granted, she loved every weapon but the scythe was the one she was most familiar with due to being created when he was Reaper.

He was going to just beat them silly until the 3 minutes were up and let Enel kill them… but then one of the idiot twins thought it would be wise to mess with his sensitive nose by using a Scent Dial that had a fart stored into it (he refused to admit how the horrible scent actually disoriented him for quite a bit… not that they could tell).

Needless to say, Rosan was now going to beat them within an inch of their lives.

They tried everything but nothing worked. Rosan had already taken the liberty of stealing 3 of their dials (he recognized Flame and Impact but not this other one… they could keep the scent one) so now he was just cutting them up… making sure the dumb twin with the fart dial suffered even more for his actions.

Meanwhile, Kamakiri was still attempting to inflict any type of damage on Enel, all while growing more and more nervous at not only failing, but watching Rosan effortlessly toy with two of the heavenly soldiers.

Enel had not spared him a single glance, just gazing intently at the bored Rosan with a fascinated gleam in his eyes. The Logia had not taken his eyes off the lackadaisical but precise movement of the redhead and Kamakiri felt his hopes dwindle as the man began laughing at the show.

"Not good, I need to run and warn them all," Kamakiri thought nervously.

He needed to get out of here and fast.

These 5 minutes showed him that Enel was truly invincible. With the Reject Dial, Wyper would still have lost but without it? He stood no chance… especially since the forsaken one was in The Logia's company as well.

If the two were seemingly allies, victory was impossible today. Perhaps victory would always be impossible.

Mind made up, Kamakiri prepared to flee—

"Time's up," Rosan said calmly.

Every one of the victims froze at that statement and they turned nervous as the smell of ozone began seeping into the air.

"Yahaha! You're impressive, Rosan-kun!" Enel praised, amusement clear on his features as he began to glow blue.

"As promised, I gave you time and you failed…"

The smell of ozone grew to dangerous levels.

"...Now it's my turn."

Hotori and Kotori, despite their injuries at the hand of Rosan, found the power to prostrate themselves.

"P-Please Enel-sama! We understand our transgressions! Please forgive us for this mistake and s-save us from this Devil amd punish us after he is dealt with!"

Said Demon floated a comfortable distance away from them as Enel rewarded them with no answer.

Kamakiri was running on pure adrenaline. Pulling out a breath dial on a stick, the man roared out, "BURN BLADE!" and activated it.

A massive fiery beam of fire formed and the Shandian swung it with all his might at the amused Enel, who only grew brighter and brighter.

It cut through his body and the tree next to him like it were made of butter and Kamakiri took that chance to flee.

Grabbing a milky dial, the Shandian formed his own road and went to grab his Jet Dial…

Only for him to freeze at seeing it in Rosan's grasp. The Shandian's knees went weak as hope slowly but surely drained out of him.

"This is useful," he remarked idly, making the board vanish right before his eyes. "I'm going to take it. It's not like you were going to get away anyways. I did warn you about how outmatched you were. Oh and I'm going to take that burn blade too. Useful."

"He's right," Enel said, reforming from the attack. He gazed at Kamakiri with that same amused expression on his face that hadn't left since the 5 minute timer had begun.

It was just like how the Devil not once shifted his expression.

Were they really in the presence of two divine beings? What could they do against them…?!

"I am Lightning," The Logia began confidently. "Since the beginning of time, mankind has replaced all fear of nature, with Kami so that they could escape from the fear of something they could not comprehend."

Kamakiri broke off into a mad sprint, running right past the unfazed Rosan with a look of terror in his eyes as he realized what they were up against.

"They all believe that supernatural phenomena are acts of Kami beyond human understanding… The disasters of heaven, that those same humans thought they couldn't beat…"

The world lit up.

"They are me."

"ENEL-SAMA PLEASE FORGIVE US! PLEASE!" The twin soldiers begged, tears falling from their eyes as the world turned white.

"WYPER, RUN! YOU CAN'T WIN!" Kamakiri howled out as a last resort as he continued to run.

Rosan soared high into the sky.

"1 Million Volts: Vari."

Thunder roared.

Lightning crashed.

"Stop following me!" Zoro barked in annoyance at the massive South Bird that he ran into while eating.

His journey after discovering that his hopeless crew got lost, was quite eventful.

As he traversed through Upper Yard, he had found and engaged in combat with one of those guerrilla dudes.

This one (was his name Braham?) had some annoying guns that lit up whenever he was about to fire and it proved to be real annoying for Zoro but he dealt with guns before (courtesy of Rosan) so he suffered minimal damage from them.

Due to also knowing how to deal with an enemy with high mobility (once again courtesy of his versatile scout… training with him was very useful) Zoro had been in the process of learning a technique that could deal with targets from afar.

Cue, the 36 pound phoenix.

"That's a good technique," Rosan had remarked during their training. "You need more range in your arsenal. Especially if you want to stand a chance against me at my full power. I fly around a lot."

That was a good way to motivate him. He'd need to incorporate even more range into his attacks while continuing his tedious journey of learning Haki.

He still couldn't believe he was the first one to unlock it, but was unable willingly access it… meanwhile Luffy and Robin were running around using their observation without a care in the world.

Bah, whatever. He wanted Armament more anyways. He needed to be able to willingly cut through steel.

Zoro gazed at the clearing he just arrived in with a contemplative expression.

"...This looks like the place where our ship was left earlier," he muttered, glancing at the sacrificial altar.

The swordsman nodded to himself.

"Ah, it just looks similar."

Why did they have two of the same place? Didn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a sacrificial altar?

"Joh," the south bird snickered.

"DON'T LAUGH AT ME!" Zoro barked, throwing his bag at the bird in indignation.

There was a short pause as the bird and Zoro slowly glanced at the bag.

"Don't even think about it," the swordsman warned slowly.

The bird thought about it.

Without any hesitation, it snatched the bag up and prepared to set flight and Zoro dove for the bag, joining the unintentional flight with serrated teeth.

"THERE'S NO FOOD LEFT IN THERE! LET GO!" He roared out, clutching his bag with indignant fury.

"Joh~," the bird sang in joy.

"It seems my attacked reached the Milky Road… such a shame, 20 extra voices have been permanently silenced," Enel pondered with a shrug.

Rosan floated down with an inspecting eye, gazing at the 3 charred bodies with a tilted head as he idly snatched the Burn Blade of Kamakiri and placed it in his Pocket Dimension.

"He's strong. Very strong," Rosan remarked, not noticing the tiny way his blood began to sing at the prospect of a good fight.

"Such power… The Goro Goro no Mi has earned its praise… even by Logia standards, its exceptional. Imagine if he actually put effort into training," Mod remarked with a calculating gaze.

Most Logia's did the bare minimum after getting their fruit. They let the power of perceived invincibility get to their head and didn't train as hard as they could. If they actually spent time training, they'd be nearly unstoppable.

Just look at the Admirals of the World Government. The bastions of the Marines, protecting them all with their sheer power.

"This is going to be a tough battle… probably the toughest we've had," Ram pondered, shuddering in excitement.

Rosan agreed but he had to wonder what Enel's plan here was.

Why was he suddenly being so cordial with him? Showcasing what he could do? Talking with Rosan as if they were old friends?

What was his goal?

Did Enel truly think they were both Kamis? Did the man before him, truly think he was a divine being?

How silly. Rosan was no Kami. Rosan was far closer to a Devil than a Kami. His wings being black was evidence of that.

Hm… Rosan wondered how Enel would act if he broke him. The rather sadistic thought snaked through his body as he made eye contact with the Lightning Man.

"You're probably wondering what I'm planning, right?" Enel asked, materializing next to Rosan once more in a clap.

Rosan simply hummed and nodded.

"Join me," Enel said simply, smirking.

Rosan blinked.

Mod blinked.

Ram blinked.

"I plan on leaving Skypiea and all my Priests are more then disappointing… you on the other hand, have impressed me completely. I don't see the point in killing another Divine being especially based on what you can do."

Rosan tilted his head to the side. "You're offering me a chance to join you."

"Yahaha! It's better then dying, isn't it?' Enel asked like it were a given.

"And what about my other allies?" Rosan asked calmly.

Enel shook his head. "They are not interesting to me but besides us, I plan on recruiting the final 5 survivors of this game. Whoever those are, I will extend the offer to."

…

"The survivors of this game? Final 5? And what will you do with the rest of my allies?" The redhead asked quietly.

The Logia laughed. "Whatever happens to them is of no concern to me or you."

"Even my little brother and sister who aren't combatants? Am I to just let them die?" Rosan questioned darkly, expression shifting in a way that wouldn't be obvious to anyone else but those closest to him.

"Oh? Brother and sister? Would those happen to be the two I cannot feel?" Enel mused. "If I cannot feel them, they are not alive. They are even lesser than humans."

I'm going to rip him to shreds.

"Ah, even if you were contemplating it, that was the wrong thing to say," Mod muttered with a deep scowl.

"I'll have to decline… I won't let danger fall on my crew," Rosan denied eventually, not allowing that heinous thought out in the open.

Enel actually looked slightly surprised by his refusal, raising a brow slightly before that same lazy smile appeared on his face.

"Yahaha! Despite your shackles, you still have the capacity to care… How strange," Enel mused.

Rosan paused. Shackles? Was Enel talking of his emotions?

Could all people with Observation Haki feel his caged emotions?

The Logia seemed to ponder something before coming to a decision.

"Well then, before I kill you, I want to see you at your best. It would be fitting for me to finish off my life in Skypiea by defeating another Kami who is holding nothing back! But, I can't do that with those shackles restraining you…"

Enel's features darkened.

Rosan's gaze sharpened.

"...So I'll push you to stop holding back until those shackles fully unravel. Then, you'll see that even at your best, I am the absolute Kami."

Enel's smile returned and he transformed his body into lightning, "Let the games continue, Rosan-kun. I'll make good of dwindling the numbers of the game. You have quite a bit of nonparticipants on that ship, correct? Including your brother and sister..."

The Kami nodded to himself with a wider smile and waved. "Perhaps I'll go meet them."

With that, he vanished.

"The ship? He plans on destroying Merry? He wants to meet Angel and Demon?"

"Even if Sabo is more then strong enough to eliminate Enel, he won't be able to protect the ship…"

Rosan's gaze narrowed and he spread his wings before soaring in the direction of the ship.

If Enel even put a finger on them, the Lightning Logia would be introduced to the concept of fear.

Raki gasped in horror, as she held Kamakiri's charred body up, worry dominating her features as she saw how extensive his injuries were.

"Kamakiri! What happened to you?!" She asked in disbelief, glancing around the clearing.

Not too far, there were two large heavenly soldiers with equally charred bodies. They were both prostrated in a direction, almost as if they were pleading for their lives before being struck down so mercilessly.

The Shandian himself was barely alive, quickly fading away and Raki felt tears forming in her eyes.

"Run. You need to run," he rasped out, gripping her arm with as much force as he could.

"You need to take everyone and run! Enel and that Devil… they're invincible!"

Tears began forming in the man's eyes as the harsh reality of the situation was shown to him.

Raki went cold as she watched the dying man with her own tears. "Enel and the Devil…? Kamakiri…"

"We can't beat them! Enel… The black wings… If we try and fight either of them we'll die!" The broken man cried.

"His spirits been broken by not only Enel… but the one with the black wings?" Raki thought in terror.

Were they traveling together? But why?! If Enel truly believed himself a Kami, then the one with the Devil's wings should have been his sworn enemy! What were they doing in each other's company?!

She could think about that later. Right now, she needed to get Kamakiri medical attention.

"Hold on Kamakiri… I'll bring you to help," she assured, thinking of how to pick him up without aggravating his injuries and resisting the urge to hiss at his severe burns.

"Don't… it's too late for me. Enel got me," he coughed harshly. "I can't even feel my insides… it would be pointless to try and save me and if you do… everyone else will die before you can deliver my warnings!"

Her body went cold at the admittance from him and tears began to fall as she realized that he was right.

The damage to his body was far too severe and it was a miracle he was still breathing unlike those heavenly soldiers over there.

But that wouldn't be for long… Kamakiri was dying right now.

"Raki… you need to tell all of them to run! There's no point in fighting this battle… it's better to cut our losses and… and save the few still alive. If they fight Enel… if they fight that Devil… they're deaths will be in vain! It's all just a game to them!"

Kamakiri clenched her arm once more as his tears of defeat spilled. "Please… don't fight… them…" he begged, voice going weak.

Finally, his arm went lip and he released her.

He was not speaking anymore. He was not moving anymore. He was not breathing anymore.

"Kamakiri?" Raki asked quietly. "Kamakiri… speak to me! Kamakiri!"

Her tears began flowing as he didn't respond and Raki let out a choked sob at seeing one of her closest friends die before her.

Kamakiri was the last person she ever expected to see so broken but Enel and that forsaken one managed to do so.

Enel was the wielder of the Goro Goro no mi… one of the most powerful Logia in existence and as for the for Black Wings…

They didn't know what he was capable of. Nothing was known about them but what was known was that they were dangerous.

If Wyper really tried to fight them both… Were the Shandians out of their league right now?

Raki delicately removed Kamakiri's shades and closed his eyes, laying him down gently.

Then, the woman wiped her eyes and glared in determination at the giant beanstalk.

"I need to find Wyper."

They were in danger. She needed to head to Kami's Temple.

"Whoa look at this giant beanstalk!" Luffy awed in excitement, glancing up at it with an eager gaze.

Without any hesitation, the rubber boy began his trek up the beanstalk with enthusiasm, crossing the distance at incredible speeds.

It took the captain of the Straw Hats no time at all to reach the top of the Giant Jack and he surveyed the new area.

"Oh, Zoro!" Luffy greeted happily, waving at his swordsman. "I found you!"

Zoro, who was in the presence of Gan Fall, Wyper and Ohm, glanced back in surprise at Luffy.

"Oh, you finally showed up..." the swordsman remarked, holding a tiny figure in his hands.

Luffy's eyes narrowed slightly and in an instant, he was right next to Zoro.

The others eyes widened at the speed of the carefree looking straw hat boy.

"Chopper!" Luffy frowned, gazing at the bloodied reindeer desperately clutching some items in his hand.

The reindeer was unconscious, from what looked like blade wounds and Luffy's eyes narrowed even further as he gazed at their enemies with a glare.

"That bald guy next to the giant dog did it to him," Zoro said with his own frown. "He told me that he beat one of the priests on his own before running into this one…"

The swordsman glared darkly at the one responsible for this.

Ohm glanced at them with a neutral expression, no remorse on his features at what he did to their doctor as he gauged every one of his foes there.

"Zoro… you want to kick his ass, right?" Luffy asked with a serious look.

The swordsman nodded without hesitation. "Yeah, leave it to me."

"Ohm! What does Enel have planned?!" Gan Fall asked in alert. "Kami's Temple has been completely destroyed, meaning he has no use for it! What is the meaning of this?!"

The Priest spared him a glance. "What Kami has planned is of no meaning to a soon to be dead man."

Wyper huffed as he clenched his bazooka. "All of you keep getting in my way… Fine, I'll finish each and one of you once and for all," he decided.

Ohm sighed forlornly. "Human fragility is such a tragic thing. Very well. Holy."

They all watched in confusion as the giant dog run around the arena randomly, seeming to press something as it did so, before finally stopping.

Their curiosity was soon sated.

The area around them began shuddering uncontrollably before a giant white dome formed around the entire group.

Ohm aimed his sword at all the contestants.

"This is the White-Barbed Iron Death Match. None of you can escape until you defeat me…"

All the combatants tensed up.

"Welcome to the Ordeal of Iron, survival rate 0%."

Rosan soared over to the Going Merry with a narrowed gaze.

If they're ship was destroyed, things would get exceedingly difficult for them. They'd have to either use his Save Point and head to Maro's castle, which was less then ideal considering they'd be in the North Blue or rely on Ragnarok to fly back down to the Grand Line.

Not only that, the Logia had the audacity to threaten his little brother and sister... If he dared to put his hand on Angel and Demon... Sabo was there so it would never happen but if Sabo had to split his attention between the boat and keeping everyone safe, even the Revolutionary would be hard pressed to account for all those things.

Sanji was there as well and the chef was incredibly valuable, but he wouldn't be able to beat or defend against the Logia's abilities.

Enel being at the ship was less then desirable and Rosan was not keen on losing Merry just yet until they secured themselves a new one.

"Master?" He heard Maro call before he actually showed up in their view. "What are you doing here?"

The redhead paused as he saw the state his student was in and landed gently on the deck.

"He's not here and the ship is perfectly fine…" Mod pondered in slight confusion.

"I thought the ship was in danger," Rosan replied bluntly.

His eyes roved over all the new additions, briefly pausing at seeing Angel tinkering with a plentiful of Skypiean technology.

The redhead caught his gaze and beamed at him. "What's up Master? You're lookin at me and Demon pretty hard!" She asked curiously, tilting her head to the side as she pushed herself up to her feet.

"Are you alright?" Demon asked in concern, next to some little girl.

Rosan couldn't help but feel relieved at seeing his younger siblings fine and sighed to himself. "I was worried for you all. Don't worry about it," he assured.

Mod hummed in confusion. Rosan was... feeling far more fond of Angel and Demon then normal. Did it have to do with that dream of his?

He loved his younger twins, but the redhead had never explicitly been worried for them.

Rosan tilted his head at seeing Conis, her father but didn't spare them much of his attention.

Then, his eyes made its way to the little girl who began tearing up in terror the moment he showed up.

She flinched at being his focus and immediately hid behind Demon, tears forming against her will.

"Why is this little girl so afraid of me? I don't recall ever meeting her," Rosan asked calmly, unfazed by her fear.

Said little girl, flinched horribly at being addressed by him and practically vanished behind his younger brother, who could only sigh in exasperation and turn reassuringly towards her.

"She possesses Mantra…" Conis spoke up. "She's been able to feel you since you've arrived to Skypiea…"

Rosan hummed. "Ah so its not exclusive to Enel… can all Mantra users feel these "shackles" over my emotions then?"

Sabo nodded. "Yep. It's restraining you but some are leaking out."

"I feel so much love and hate at the same time… it's pretty overwhelming for being so covered," Maro commented with a pondering expression.

Rosan nodded. "I've always loved with my whole heart… which means that I also hate with all of it too. Since I've lost a chain, maybe the gaps are allowing some to leak out—"

Wait a minute.

"Maro, how do you know that?" He asked.

The injured Queen grinned at him in superiority, puffing out her chest (and making Sanji swoon) and regarding him with a cocky expression.

"I did it! I unlocked my Observation while fighting that Priest!" She beamed, doing a little dance in the process.

"I finally beat you at something! Praise me! Now! Praise me right now! I'm better then Master at something!" the Dokkaebi laughed in glee, pushing herself up with a small wince to stand in front of her teacher.

She gazed up at him with an eager grin, looking akin to a daughter wanting praise from their parent.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," Ram moaned in disbelief.

"Language," Mod sighed. If there was one person Ram didn't want beating Rosan in their family, it was Maro.

Rosan simply ran a hand through her bandaged hair and pulled her into a one armed hug. "Well done, Maro. I'm proud of you. With this, you're slowly but surely becoming the strongest person in the North Blue."

Was it a bit annoying that he was truly shaping up to be one of the last to learn Observation?

Yes.

Was he still proud of her?

Of course. He would always be proud of his family and when it came to things like strength... well, he'd love to see the looks on their face when he eventually beat them all.

It was only a matter of time until he was the undisputed best again and then he could bask in the looks on their faces.

"You are so twisted."

Maro beamed up at him and purred at his touch, before rummaging in her Kimono and pulling out a dial.

"Here, for you and Ram," she presented. "It's called a Reject Dial. Apparently it's 10 times stronger then that Impact Dial you absorbed… it's supposed to kill normal humans but you and Ram aren't normal so it should be fine to use," she grinned.

Rosan raised a brow at that and accepted the gift without hesitation. "That's useful… Thank you, Maro."

"Anything for my can't use Observation Master!" She beamed.

The grin on her face vanished as a hand gripped her cheek and she began to whine.

"Y-You can't do this to me! I'm injured! Look at all my bandages!" Maro shouted in horror.

"Says who? I'm free to do whatever I want to my student," he muttered, gripping it even harder.

The Dokkaebi squealed. "A-Angel help me! Didn't you just hear him? He said he can do whatever he wants to me!"

"It's Master. I have nothing to worry about when he's dealing with you because he isn't a massive pervert," Angel replied as she went back to tinkering with something.

"WELL THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD MARRY HIM INSTEAD!" Maro roared in indignance.

"Can't. He's my older brother," she replied calmly.

The Dokkaebi spluttered. "I'm sowwy Master, please forgive me. I need to talk to my wife about something!" she pleaded.

He mercifully released her and made no comment at seeing Angel suddenly seize up at the ominous aura washing over her.

For their sakes, he wouldn't comment. Both were utterly unhinged when it came to him and he tended to make things worse.

The redhead glanced down at the Reject Dial and had Ram absorb it, grunting as he felt his body pulse.

"!" Ram's eyes widened. "Goblin wasn't kidding, Father. This Dial is like the Impact on steroids and I can even negate the recoil too!"

If they had a stronger version of the Impact… perhaps there was a stronger version of the breath dial too. If he could find one that was 10x stronger, then his ability to manipulate wind would be achieved.

Wait a minute. Didn't his bird recently report Chopper's battle with that Priest? Wasn't he utilizing something called a Jet Dial?

Hm...

"Rosan, what are you doing here?" Nami asked in confusion.

He snapped back to attention and frowned. "I was with Enel to stop him from focusing his attention on anyone else. Then he mentioned destroying the ship and dealing with Angel and Demon so I flew here as quickly as possible to try and stop it because even with Sabo, it would be hard to defend the Merry from his wide range attacks while protecting everyone."

"You were worried about us?" Demon asked with wide eyes.

"Of course," Rosan muttered, brows furrowed.

"T-That... you're so fucking sweet, Master!" Angel bawled, jumping on him and making him grunt.

Usopp's eyes widened. "Is that why you were with him? So that he didn't come after us?"

Rosan nodded, hugging Angel and Demon as they lunged on him.

The sniper wiped tears out of his eyes and said, "Our scout is such a good guy!"

"Y-You weren't teaming up with him," Aisa asked quietly, squeaking as he looked at her.

"No. I was simply going along with his whims to humor him. My goal has always been to defeat him… he tried to kill me twice after all," Rosan answered calmly.

Sanji frowned at that. "Something's not adding up… why would he tell you he was going to attack the ship and not do it? Was Sabo deterring him?"

The revolutionary was also deep in thinking at that. "It might have been… I haven't seen him even once so maybe he understands the gap. Did he say anything to you, Rosan?"

The redhead nodded. "He said he wants to beat me at my full power and that can't happen while my emotions are being shackled—"

Rosan froze mid sentence and they looked at him in worry.

"Forcefully… unlock… my emotions…" He said to himself before his expression turned thunderous.

Aisa, Conis and Pagaya went white at the expression on his face and they shakily backed away from the Shinigami.

Angel and Demon stamped down their slight fear.

"Rosan, what's wrong?" Nami asked in worry. He didn't make a face like this often at all. They had rarely ever seen him get angry...

"Enel's target isn't the ship. He just wanted me to come here and waste time," Rosan snarled, eyes glowing brightly as he mechanically turned his head back to Upper Yard.

The anger in his tone caught them all by surprise, but they knew that only one thing could make him react like this and everyone felt themselves going pale in worry too.

Sabo was the one who spoke up. "Are you saying his target is…"

"It's Robin," the redhead finished.

Without any hesitation (he even forgot to tap into his connection with her), he vanished from his spot and the rest of the crew could only gaze at it in shock.

"He's going after Robin?!" Sanji roared in disbelief.

Maro's expression was grim. "He even knows that Robin's the best way to unlock Master's emotion… this Enel guy is scary," she said.

"So much hate…" Aisa whispered, petrified.

"Robin will be fine… Master won't let anything bad happen to her," Angel reassured.

She really did hope nothing bad happened. If something did, Enel wouldn't be the only thing Master destroyed and he was far older than 9 now.

Wyper snarled in annoyance as both the Straw Hat boy and Gan Fall dodged his flamethrower with ease.

Luffy frowned at the Shandian, while holding onto the unconscious Chopper and said, "If you keep attacking me, I'm gonna kick your ass."

"Just try it," the man growled.

Gan Fall shook his head in disbelief. "We shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves while Enel is still at large! It is instrumental for our livelihood that we take both him and his Priest out!"

Wyper let out a snort. "What makes you think I view you any better then Enel, Gan Fall?!" He barked.

The former Kami of Skypiea froze at that.

"To me, you and him are the exact same! Both of you have taken claim of a land that does not belong to you and refuse to give it back! Do you think after this is over, I'll let you reclaim your position as Kami of Skypiea?! No, BOTH OF YOU USURPERS DIE TODAY!" He roared, aiming his burn bazooka at the Knight of the Sky.

Gan Fall sighed at the injured man's drive and had Pierre fly out of the way of the lethal flamethrower attack.

Wyper glared and prepared to pursue with his shooters, but a voice made him go cold.

"WYPER!" Raki called.

His eyes went wide in horror and he immediately turned around. He saw Raki rushing towards their caged trap and felt his horror grow.

That idiot! What the hell was she doing here?!

"Raki, What are you doing here?!" Wyper roared. Didn't he tell her to stay behind?! Why had she disobeyed him!

"Wyper! You need to get out of here! Kamakiri he… before he died, he told me to relay a message to you!" Raki choked out.

...What? Kamakiri was… dead? That wasn't… That couldn't be possible.

He was dead?!

"We can't fight them. Enel… the Devil, there's no point in trying to fight them! We'll die in vain so please escape!" Raki pleaded.

Wyper ran right up to the trap and began to clutch the barbs, uncaring of the wounds he was sustaining.

"We can't fight them, Wyper! They're invincible…"

The woman trailed off as she saw Wyper's visible horror…

And then the smell of ozone wafted through the air.

"You called?"

Raki felt her heart turn cold, as she hesitantly turned around and came face to face with the amused Kami himself.

"ENEL! STOP! SHE'S NOT A FIGHTER!" Wyper howled, making eye contact with the merciless Logia.

The woman gazed up at impending doom and shuddered… before raising her rifle and shooting twice.

Enel raised a brow, as the two holes on his chest closed up and he stared the woman responsible for it down.

Raki felt the hope drain out of her as she remembered Kamakiri's words and she glanced back to look Wyper in the eyes.

"Wyper… run."

That was all she was able to say, before her body was burned ruthlessly by Enel.

Wyper watched her fall with a cold expression on his face, clenching the sharp gates tighter and tighter.

"Yahaha! Now that that's dealt with… I have someone else to visit," Enel said, not bothering to spare anyone in the cage a glance.

With a flash of blue, the Logia vanished.

"So that's the Kami, huh?" Luffy mused. His Observation flared and he glanced downwards in confusion.

"He's right below us…? With Robin?! Where's Rosan?!" The rubber boy said in disbelief.

How was he supposed to get down there? Why was Rosan flying in the opposite direction? Didn't he have dibs?!

"He's using Haki to tell where I am!" Zoro huffed in annoyance, clutching a wound he got from that damn Priest's Eisen Whip.

Hiding did him no good because Ohm could just detect him wherever he went…

Not to mention he was dealing with that damn dog too.

"Eisen Whip."

The wounded swordsman grunted as he barely dodged the attack, only to gasp as the dog crashed into him, sending him tumbling across the ground.

To make matters worse, that iron cloud sword reared its ugly head again and slashed into his midsection brutally, drawing a spray of blood.

"It doesn't matter where you go, I will be able to find you," Ohm stated confidently.

Zoro scowled in annoyance and dashed towards the man.

"Hawk Wave!" He called, preparing to cut into the man.

Only his training with the more flexible weapon known as Ram, gave him enough time to halt his momentum, preventing him from crashing headfirst into the iron wall.

"Oh? You have good reactions," the Priest praised.

"Eisen Fan!"

Zoro clashed against the fan shaped weapon with a grunt and the rapid sound of heavy footsteps alerted him to the nuisance making his life significantly harder.

He dodged Holy's charge but Ohm anticipated that with his mantra and prepared accordingly.

"Eisen Whip!"

Zoro spit out a heave of blood as the attack connected directly with his back and he was sent soaring until he crashed into a building.

"Good job, Holy."

"You cannot win, Blue Sea dweller. You've got interesting moves but as long as you keep doing the same ones, you'll die," Ohm said bluntly, adjusting his shades in the process.

Zoro coughed up blood and shakily pulled himself up, glaring at both the Priest and his dog.

He discarded his broken goggles in favor of his headband and secured it tightly on his head, before pulling out his third blade.

Ohm shook his head. "You and your companions have done well but I've already taken aim at your heart. Pray to Kami, swordsman of the Blue Sea."

Zoro spit out some blood before grinning. "Idiot. I will never pray to Kami."

The Priest shrugged. "Pity. Holy."

The dog growled before charging towards Zoro.

At the same time, Ohm prepared to send yet another Eisen Whip towards the swordsman.

Zoro simply clenched his swords tighter.

"The past held 36 worldly desires. The present holds 72…"

He placed Wado Ichimonji in his mouth.

"...The future will hold 108 worldly desires."

The Eisen Whip flew forward along with the giant dog...

"108 Pound Phoenix!"

Ohm's eyes widened for a split second before the air slash slammed into Holy, his Eisen Whip and then him.

If not for the fact that his pet dog was standing in front of him, he'd have been defeated by that one blow. That didn't mean he didn't take serious damage from it though, the blood staining his entire midsection was proof of that.

Holy let out a pitiful growl as it was instantly cut into by the powerful wave attack and it fell over.

Zoro grunted as he dashed forward towards the still conscious man.

Ohm's eyes widened and he hastily put up an iron cloud wall again to defend himself from the finishing attack.

"Remember it. Feel it. The same sensation that allowed me to cut steel. Tap into it again," Zoro thought to himself, not halting his momentum whatsoever as he made a dash towards the iron cloud wall.

"Fool! At that speed you won't be conscious after crashing into my wall!" Ohm shouted in victory.

Zoro ignored him. The swordsman merely tensed his muscles and continued his course.

"Feel it. Embrace it. Remember it."

"Oni…"

"The only difference between humans, is whether they die sooner or later. This is where you die!" Ohm declared, prepared to finish Zoro off once the swordsman was knocked unconscious.

He never got the chance.

"GIRI!"

Three slash marks appeared on Ohm's chest, as Zoro not only cut through his iron cloud, but his body as well and the Iron Priest spat out copious amounts of blood.

His eyes, that were covered by the shades, rolled to the back of his head and he fell backwards, clutching his wounds in disbelief.

"Im...possible," he rasped in defeat, blood pooling under his body from both blows.

Zoro panted slightly but grinned wildly as he gazed at his swords.

This sensation… He wasn't too sure but this had to have been the feeling of Armament. This was the same feeling he felt when he cut into Mr. 1.

And this time he remembered it.

The swordsman's grin turned truly demonic at that.

"So this is the lost city of Shandora…" Robin pondered, inspecting everything with a fascinated gaze.

Glancing around, the woman noted that the Golden Bell that was said to be in the center of the city, was nowhere to be found.

She had been learning quite a bit as she made her way over here and if she was right, there was a Poneglyph here and this city was protecting it…

She wondered where it was located… was it relocated by the Knock Up Stream or something else…?

The woman inspected her notes once more, as she idly dipped into her Observation Haki.

Luffy, Zoro and Chopper were right above her. Their doctor was currently unconscious but he was being protected by the captain so there was nothing to worry about, even if they were in the middle of a fight up there…

Robin's lips pursed in slight confusion.

Last she checked, Rosan and Enel were indeed traveling with each other and they had been around 3 other presences that had been snuffed out 5 minutes after meeting them.

She had no illusions what happened to them and didn't dwell on it too long.

Robin had also been so invested in her research, that she hadn't tapped into their connection.

Now, Rosan was currently beelining it towards the ship for some reason while Enel was…

Enel was…

Right behind her.

"Yahaha," a voice laughed and she went stiff.

What was he doing here? Why was the self proclaimed Kami suddenly near her?

This was bad, Robin had no means to attack him and even if she did... she didn't think she could defeat this man.

"Amazing isn't it? Even after being shot in the sky, the city of Shandora still exists like this."

Enel gazed at her, amusement in his eyes as he bit into an apple and lazily gauged her. He was sitting atop a pillar cross legged and looked completely at ease.

"So you're Rosan-kun's partner… Robin, correct?" The Kami asked, materializing right in front of the wary woman.

Robin remained silent but Enel didn't seem to mind.

"I can see why. You're quite impressive for discovering this place. No other foolish Kami has been able to find this place and it even took us months to find it… but you managed to only do so in a few short hours," he praised.

"I can see why Rosan-kun chose you as his partner, you're a useful tool."

Robin withheld a flinch at that and felt her gaze darken at that final statement.

What was it with everyone only viewing her as a tool and trying to imply that Rosan thought the same as them?

"Rosan would never call or treat me like a tool. Don't speak as if you know either of us," she couldn't help but bite out.

Enel's smile widened. "Yahaha! Is that what you think? You, a mere archaeologist, think you understand what goes on in that twisted Kami's mind?"

The Devil Child raised a brow at him. "It seems you're not as all knowing as you act like Kami. You don't know a thing about Rosan but you act like you do and now you're trying to rile me up so that you can learn something, aren't you? You ran away from him too... are you actually afraid of him?"

This was incredibly reckless but well, she couldn't help it. Who did this person think he was to try and tell her what she knew about her best friend?

Robin had known that lovable redhead since he was 4. His ins and outs. What made him tick. She learned all of it and she was proud to be one of the few people who did.

She was his first friend and best friend. Rosan kept no secrets from her at all and these days, he told her more things then even Mod-chan and that was a privilege she was glad to have.

She was his most trusted ally. She would be damned if some Logia with delusions of grandeur told her what she knew about Rosan.

Robin was satisfied to see the smile vanish off of Enel's face, replaced by something far more unamused.

The Kami of Skypiea sized her up. "Yahaha! Afraid? Such audacity! You really are impressive. Well then, can you answer this question?"

"...What?" She asked warily.

"What makes me superior to Rosan?" Enel asked calmly.

Robin blinked at that question.

What made him superior to Rosan?

The answer was nothing because Robin didn't think Enel was superior to Rosan at all.

The Logia vanished and appeared atop a pillar. "What is it that separates me from Rosan-kun?"

This time, he appeared atop the main building of Shandora and glanced down at her with a superior smirk.

"What is the key difference between the two Kamis that makes me better?" Enel asked calmly.

"…" Robin said nothing, just keeping her eyes trained on the man the entire time.

"Fine, I'll tell you."

Enel appeared on the floor again, a distance away from her as he smirked at her.

"Besides the fact that I am lightning and he is not... The difference between us, is I don't allow such unnecessary things to weaken myself."

"A Kami does not need bonds. A Kami needs followers but for some reason, Rosan-kun has formed bonds and he's suffered for it," Enel pointed out accurately.

"If not for such frivolous bonds, he would not be imprisoned by these shackles. Now, he's a shell of his former self… all because he tries to fit in with the humans."

Enel shook his head. "It's unbefitting of a Kami to act the way he does so as a favor to him, I'm going to make things right."

"And that starts with you because you are the worst offender. You, a mere concubine, becoming more then your intended role."

Robin stiffened as the Logia began to glow.

"Yahaha! I'm going to force those shackles of his away and I'll be the one to transform him into a Devil... and you're going to help me, Robin."

The woman's eyes widened as ozone began permeating the air. Her observation began to blare and it made her well aware that she was not going to be fast enough to dodge the incoming attack.

"A Kami should not allow anything to weaken him. Allowing humanity to seduce you, is divinities greatest mistake. Absolve yourself from the matters of those beneath you, unless it's to deliver justice. Let this be Rosan's first lesson," Enel smiled.

"El Thor."

A massive beam of electricity, flew from the Logia's arms and headed straight for her, looking more akin to a wave instead of electricity.

It was so large, that Robin would have no hope of dodging it in time. She could only hope that the Raid Suit would be good enough to weather the damage.

The bright light made her inadvertently close her eyes and she braced herself for impact.

This was going to hurt quite a bit.

Robin gasped at the feeling of being grabbed and she felt dread well up inside of her as a figure put themselves completely in the way of the lightning attack by covering her.

Once the attack died down, the woman hesitantly opened her eyes and felt her horror deepen, as Rosan stared down at her with visible concern in his eyes.

"I made it in time," he sighed in relief, resisting the tremors shooting through his body.

"R-Rosan…" Robin choked, eyes going wide at the state he was in and feeling tremors shooting through her own body for different reasons.

Her best friend took the full brunt of that attack in her stead with no hesitation. The redhead's outfit was destroyed and it allowed her to see his charred skin from the lightning attack that was quickly healing up.

"Are you alright?" He asked gently, inspecting her body thoroughly with an ironclad grip on her.

"Am I okay?" She retorted in disbelief, tentatively touching his burned skin with a horrified glance.

He wasn't wearing his Raid Suit (because of her) and that meant he was fully damaged by that dreadfully strong electricity.

But despite that… he was still more concerned about her well being...

Even if it was her fault, none of that mattered to him except for her safety.

"Yahaha! I knew it," Enel laughed, right behind the redhead who went tense. "You're too worried about others. That it causes you to take your attention off of me…"

His expression darkened and the Logia placed a sparking hand directly on Rosan's back.

"Who exactly are you planning on teaching a lesson to, like that?" Kami asked.

"100 Million Volts: Vari."

Torture. Shocking. Seastone. No one but himself. No Mod-chan. No Robin.

J-Just a cruel doctor who kept hurting him. Why did he keep hurting him?!

"What is your name? What is your name? What is your name?"

Rosan underestimated how difficult it was to face trauma head on and Enel made that very clear.

The redhead let out a shaky rasp, as his eyes rolled to the back of his skull. The only thing he could think of, was the constant torture Doc put him through, as the mad man repeatedly shocked him.

"What is your name? What is your name? What is your name? What is your name?!"

"ROSAN!" Robin screamed, clutching the convulsing redhead even despite the fact that she was inadvertently getting shocked in the process by Enel.

For just a moment, Rosan heard her voice loud and clear through the pain and his eyes gained a spark of clarity before he blacked out.

"R-Robin?" He thought in confusion. She was here? To save him?

"You're looking for something you already found, Rosan. You already have reasons to live and you'll realize that soon enough."

Enel cut off the attack and gazed dispassionately as the redhead's body collapsed on the floor.

"Rosan…?" Robin called out quietly. The woman shuddered in pain due to the effects of the lightning but despite that, she bent down to touch the electricity riddled redhead.

She held the man's upper half as she gazed at his unconscious form. Despite his burns, he looked like he always did when he was sleeping...

The woman began trembling slightly at the state he was in and clutched him tighter.

"Yahaha! Such a shame, he suffers the same problems as that fool Gan Fall," Enel sighed with a shake of his head. "I was hoping he was different but he's just a disappointment. Another failure of a Kami."

"Shut up."

The Kami of Skypiea blinked at the sight of the archaeologist glaring at him.

The Devil Child was scowling in full force. "You keep talking about how you're better than Rosan but you aren't even half the man he is. You delusional little Kami, riding off the power of a Logia… Failure? You could have easily fought him upfront yet you resort to such petty tactics. Some Kami you are," Robin scowled in full force.

The woman clutched Rosan to her frame as she ridiculed Enel, uncaring of what he could do to her.

No. All she could feel was the bristling anger at the tactics of this scumbag.

How dare he use their bond to get such a cheap blow? Didn't he claim to be invincible?

"You say that you're better then Rosan… but I think deep down, you fear him. You trick him, you distract him and when the time to fight finally shows up, you resort to petty sneak attacks. You're afraid of Rosan which is why you resorted to doing this."

The wind began buzzing with static, as Enel lost his smile.

"Half the man he is? Fear?" He repeated slowly before materializing directly in front of the angry woman.

"You're mistaken archaeologist. I am no man. I am Kami."

The look in his eyes were terribly cold but despite that, Robin didn't falter. If not for the fact that she was so worried about Rosan and Enel being a Logia, she'd have long attacked him.

"I didn't attack Rosan-kun out of fear. I punished his weakness."

Enel glanced dismissively at Rosan's black wings lying flat on the ground.

"On the White Seas, ancient folktales speak of a person born with black wings. The one born with such wings, is considered a deviant, a natural opposite of a Sky Islander due to being the enemy of natural order. Devil. Fallen Angel. Heathen… The one with Black Wings has many titles but one thing remains true and that is that they're an enemy of Kami."

The Logia's gaze was grave. "No one is my equal and I wanted to make that clear with Rosan-kun here. He was most impressive already but I wanted to defeat him at his best…"

"I just didn't expect him to throw his life away for a human. I figured since you were his consort, he'd take offense to you being killed… but I didn't think he would actually take the attack in your stead. He doesn't have what it takes to be my equal, so I killed him."

Enel raised his hand to the air.

"But since you think I fear him… perhaps you require more of a demonstration."

Robin, who was focused on Rosan once more, glanced up once he said that and prepared to defend both herself and the redhead if she had to.

But Enel was not aiming for her. No, he was aiming right above himself…

Right where the action was taking place between the rest of the contestants.

"Sango."

"Enel plans on destroying all of Skypiea?" Conis asked in horror as they nursed the wounds of one of Gan Fall's old soldier who had been enslaved by Enel.

The injured man nodded. "He has a ship called the Arc Maxim… he plans on using it to leave Sky Island and then he's going to destroy it all… please! You have to tell everyone to evacuate Sky Island…"

Conis bit her lip and nodded in determination. "I can do it! Father and I can go tell them what's about to happen then plan an evacuation."

"We can keep heading to the right area to escape then," Nami said with a nod.

Suddenly, Aisa and Maro let out loud gasps while Sabo's expression went grave.

"What? What happened?" Demon and Usopp asked in concern.

Maro was shaking a bit with wide eyes, glancing in a random direction.

"M-Master he was…" She tapered off, not believing what she felt.

Aisa fared no better. "E-Enel he… he just…"

"What?! What happened to Master?!" Angel barked in concern.

"...He's been knocked unconscious," Sabo told them. "I don't know the details but he's right next to Robin and Enel is there too."

Everyone's eyes shot up in surprise at that.

"Rosan's been knocked unconscious?!" Sanji asked in confusion.

Hearing that their scout was actually beaten left them all reeling in surprise.

"That bastard must have cheated!" Angel snarled furiously. "Master just teleported over to her! He would never be taken out in a few hits!"

"I think so," Sabo agreed with a frown. "Enel was with Robin alone and it's clear he was using her to get to Rosan…"

"Some Kami he is," Maro scoffed angrily. "Afraid that Master was gonna kick his ass so he turned into a huge coward."

"Will Rosan and Robin be alright?" Usopp asked in concern.

Sabo pursed his lips in contemplation. "Luffy and Zoro are with them now along with that old man… Maybe I'll go check on them."

Demon shook his head. "That's not a good idea. I don't think any of us here can beat him right now but you and if you go there, nothing is stopping him from coming here to wipe us out. It's better to rely on Luffy to handle him," the doctor reasoned.

Sabo nodded at that logic. It seemed like Enel actually was avoiding him and if he left, that would give him time to decimate everyone on the ship…

"Master isn't down and out yet," Maro said in determination. "Some cheap shot won't take him out for long and when he wakes up, that stupid Logia is gonna feel the Angel of Death's wrath."

They glanced at the student of Rosan with a bit of awe.

"You have so much faith in him," Conis couldn't help but say in awe.

Why was it, that everyone under Enel's rule was terrified of him, but no one feared Rosan? Wasn't he the one with the black wings? The bringer of chaos? Weren't he and Enel the same type of monsters?

Maro nodded strongly. "Ever since I've known him, he's been the person to put the most faith in me and because of that, I've never let him down if I could help it. What type of student would I be if I didn't place the same amount of faith in him?"

Her answer was full of confidence and didn't hold a hint of doubt. She truly believed in Rosan's capabilities and it was inspiring to know the two had such faith in each other.

"You're right," Sabo said after a moment, unloosening his stance. "I'll stay here and make sure nothing happens to you all. They'll deal with Enel."

Nami nodded. "Believe in them! Conis you go focus on evacuating those people… we'll focus on doing our part and they'll do theirs!"

There was nothing to worry about. Even with Rosan unconscious, Luffy would deal with it! Those two were incredibly reliable when it came down to it.

Enel was going to be defeated today if they had anything to say about it.

"Back so soon?"

Rosan picked himself up at that and glanced over at the concerned Meiko. Her large blue eyes were filled with worry that made his heart pang with nostalgia.

"Looks like it… I took an attack meant for Robin and was knocked unconscious," the redhead said, pushing himself up and gently hugging the girl.

She squeaked in embarrassment but returned the hug, small arms wrapping around him as she sighed.

"Getting shocked brought out your trauma too…" she muttered worriedly. "I knew you weren't fully healed from those wounds… fighting a lightning man might be really difficult for you."

Rosan frowned at that. "Considering I already lost then yeah… I didn't even get a hit in."

Two hits... he lost in two hits. How shameful.

Meiko blinked in confusion. "Lost?! You took an attack for Robin and then he cheapshotted you, dummy! Not to mention, it wasn't even his attack that knocked you unconscious… it was the memories of what Dad did to you…"

The redhead sighed at that. "I thought I washed my body of his presence. But the moment I got hit by a strong lightning attack, all my trauma came roaring back and it overwhelmed me."

Was he really capable of doing something like this? He was a failure after all so maybe he shouldn't even bother...

"And that's okay!" Meiko said strongly, slapping both his cheeks with a look of determination. "Facing your trauma head on isn't easy but you can do it, Rosy!"

It was so simple but so Meiko of her to say.

Rosan glanced at her in confusion. "You think I can do it?"

She nodded with such fervor, the redhead couldn't help but crack a smile.

"I think you can do anything you put your mind to, Rosan! Don't let some chains hold you down because nothing can hold the person I fell in love with down. Don't you want to become a force of nature, Rosy? It's unbefitting to be afraid of lightning," she admonished with a small grin.

Rosan blinked at that.

He… he did want to be a force of nature didn't he? Being afraid of the elements that he wanted to be compared to, looked terrible on him. How could he ever become a force, if one of those forces scared him?

That would make him so pathetic!

Not only that... who was he to let something chain him to this degree? Being chained down by anyone besides his loved ones… That wasn't who he was.

No. He was Portgas D. Rosan, a wild and free spirit that refused to be held down by something as simple as chains.

Here he was, questioning if he should even be qualified to fight someone, when previously the only thing he'd be thinking about was how he was going to win.

It didn't matter who it was. It didn't matter how bad the odds were. Once Rosan got into a fight, the only thing on his mind was winning.

He would fight tooth and nail until the battle was over and his enemy was broken underneath him. That was his right as the one who planned on becoming the strongest in the world.

Meiko smiled victoriously. "That's what I like to see… And Rosy, you're a computer man. Lightning should be the easiest element for you to deal with!"

Rosan felt himself freeze at that, as an epiphany struck him and an unhinged glint entered his eyes.

"Meiko, you're a fucking genius," he said eventually, feeling something shift at the prospect of battle.

The blonde lit up red at the compliment. "You're welcome!" She beamed.

Then, a look of contemplation appeared on her face.

"Oh and one last thing... I completely approve of Robin! She's so sweet!" The blonde smile mischievously.

Rosan blinked and a look of shock appeared on his face, before he smirked. "So you really wouldn't have a problem dating the both of us. Shameless pervert," he sighed with a shake of his head.

Meiko's jaw dropped in confusion, as a brilliant dose of red covered her cheeks. "B-Both?! That's so indecent! I-I mean I wouldn't have a problem with it though... You're both really cute so..." she mumbled.

Rosan snorted and gazed at her in amusement. "Shameless. Right in front of me? You and Robin have no class at all."

"E-Enough about me! Go make sure Robin knows you're alright and give that narcissistic Logia a beating!" The blonde whined, pushing him away and scowling as he barely moved.

His blood began to roar at that and he nodded excitedly.

"Bye, Rosy! Give him hell!" She cheered.

"I will. I think I just figured a few things out that I want to test," he retorted, eyes unknowingly glowing bright.

With that, he vanished from the white field.

"Sango."

Robin clutched Rosan and moved to a safe spot with him in order to avoid the falling debris.

Enel's attack blew a hole right through the cloud and as a result, everyone fighting above them was rudely brought to the ancient city of Shandora.

"W-What?!" Zoro called out, watching the very ground beneath him break.

His eyes bugged in disbelief as he saw just how far they were about to fall.

"Zoro! Chopper! Hang on!" Luffy called out, wrapping his arms around his falling crewmates and bringing them close.

Rapidly kicking his feet, the rubber boy steadied himself and angled himself to quickly descend to the floor.

What he saw, left him stunned.

"R-ROSAN?!" Luffy called out in disbelief, dashing towards his unconscious and scarred brother with a look of concern.

The rubber boy crouched down in shock as he regarded his oldest sibling. "How did this happen? Rosan would never lose to this guy! Robin, what happened?!"

The rubber boy had been paying attention to what was happening under him with his own Observation so he had been understandably shocked to see Rosan's aura suddenly diminish.

Gan Fall's eyes widened at seeing the state Rosan was in.

Was there truly no extent to Enel's power? To so effortlessly take out the powerful redhead...

Could Skypiea truly be saved?

"Enel took a cheap shot at him… He was attacked protecting me," Robin informed them quietly, clutching his prone body.

Zoro's eyes narrowed. "Bit of a cheap move for a Kami."

"He caught Rosan off guard… He's a cheater!" Luffy scowled, glaring at the amused Logia.

If it had been a proper 1v1, his brother would never have lost!

Wyper glanced around in shock. "It can't be… this place, is it?!"

"Yahaha! Welcome to the finale! There's no better place to finish it and you get to all witness the defeat of my so called enemy!"

Enel spread his arms victoriously. "Rejoice in your invincible Kami!"

The Logia didn't even blink, as a flamethrower phased through his body.

"Enel," Wyper snarled, hoisting up the Bazooka with his good arm.

"Attacking me is rude, Warrior Wyper. I even went to the trouble of bringing you to your homeland," Enel smiled, turning his attention towards the Shandian.

"Ah well, some people are just ungrateful to their core. Even if Kami himself is the one giving gifts."

Wyper had no time to react, as Enel tapped one of his drums.

"30 Million Volts: Hino."

A large electric bird slammed into Wyper at unbelievable speeds, making the Shandian rasp as his body was immediately burned from the impact.

His eyes rolled to the back of his head as Enel smiled cruelly at him.

"This is your limit. It's admirable that you made it this far but you could never hope to stand up to me," Enel said matter of factly.

Wyper stumbled backwards but he suddenly caught himself. Not even looking conscious, the man sprinted towards Enel with a single minded purpose.

It was for naught.

"I already know of the Seastone and I know you don't have your Reject due to your battle with the Blue Sea dweller," Enel called, intercepting the man with an amused glint.

The Shandian's eyes widened in a moment of genuine fear, as his last desperate attempt to defeat Enel, was snuffed out before he could even begin it.

"Yahahaha! Now you are beginning to understand, Warrior Wyper…"

"...It's not that people fear Kami, Fear itself is Kami."

Enel pointed a finger at the man.

"Raiho."

A long beam of electricity pierced Wyper right through his stomach and caused the man to begin convulsing. Sparks began running through his frame and try as he might, he could not get back up or control his body.

"Lay there and witness the fall of your homeland and this country. I want you alive to view my ascension," Enel informed him with a cocky smirk.

Those words caught the attention of Gan Fall and the old man's eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean by that, Enel?" He asked incredulously. "Fall with this country… just what are you planning?!"

The current Kami of Skypiea grinned. "Gan Fall… did you know that in the place I was born, there is a place that Kami was meant to reside? They call it Fairy Vearth."

The grin on his face widened and for the first time, Enel truly looked like the madman everyone rightfully thought he was.

"The ground there extends far as the eye can see! Such a dream world is a place perfectly fitting for me!" He shouted to them all, a maniacal gleam in his eye.

The man calmed down from his high and regarded them all like they were insects. "Fighting over Upper Yard… for such trivial amounts of Vearth is a petty triviality."

"Besides, the very existence of a Sky Island is utterly unnatural."

Everyone went still at that ominous statement.

Enel glanced around in disdain. "It was born in the sky but it's not a cloud. It lives in the sky but it's not a bird. This place should not exist! Soil has a place to return to and that is equally true with people and Kami."

Gan Fall felt himself growing cold at the spiel being said by the psychopath.

"You… don't tell me you're?!"

"Yahahaha! Don't act like you're surprised. It's my duty as Kami, to adhere to the province of nature. As such, I'm going to drag down every human from the sky right to where they belong!"

Enel soaked in the stunned silence, watching the shock rip through their body with an amused smile.

Gan Fall's eyes narrowed in rage. "You plan on destroying this nation?! Don't be so conceited! The term "Kami" is only a title for those who govern this nation! None of us are actually divine beings!"

Enel dug a finger into his ear and shrugged. "That was true… up until I showed up."

"The real "Kami" does not exist in this world!" Gan Fall retorted.

"The real "Kami" is me, Former Kami, Gan Fall. I made sure your Divine Squad was aware of that," Enel intoned calmly.

The Knight of the Sky froze at that. "What did you do to my Divine Squad, Enel?!" He snarled in rage.

Enel had the gall to smile. "I had them work on a job for me. They just finished today actually… then I told them of my goals and they attacked me in a rage… pity, all 650 of them fought for what they thought was right but unfortunately, they went against Kami."

"ENEL!" Gan Fall roared, clutching his lance and charging him with fury.

"I was going to let you watch the Sky Island fall, but I've been disappointed by one Kami too many. Perish, Gan Fall," Enel intoned ruthlessly.

He tapped his drums twice and gazed at the Knight of the Sky with cold eyes.

"60 Million Volts: Jamboule."

Gan Fall paused as a giant dragon made of lightning formed and rushed him at incredible speeds. It opened its maw to clamp down on the man in a sure kill move.

"Enel… ENEL!" Gan Fall roared helplessly as he attempted to brace himself in a fruitless attempt.

A hand grabbed the man and yanked him away from the lightning attack before it could fry him from the inside out.

"Be careful, Weird Knight!" Luffy exclaimed, tossing the old man aside and glaring at the unamused Enel.

"Oh? And you are this Luffy, right? The captain of the failed Kami?" The Logia mused, glancing at the scrawny kid with half lidded eyes.

"Yeah, that's right! I'm gonna kick your ass, cheater!" The rubber boy declared.

"Defeat me? Cheater? Is it to avenge Rosan-kun?" Enel asked with a raised brow. "Yahahaha! If he couldn't defeat me, what can you do? Just sit back and watch as this country falls!"

"No, don't wanna," Luffy replied immediately.

Enel's eye twitched.

"Rosan couldn't defeat me, do you think you can?" He asked in a measured tone.

"Yep!" Luffy nodded without hesitation. "You cheated against Rosan! If you didn't, he was gonna kick your ass too!"

Enel felt a frown of deep displeasure form at that.

Cheater? How could Kami be a cheater? He could do whatever he wanted and it would be as the world willed.

That was his privilege. Kami did not cheat. The rules of the world were decided by Kami. If it were his will, then that was the way.

"El Thor."

Luffy balked as the giant beam of electricity quickly soared over to him and the rubber boy braced himself for impact.

Zoro grabbed Chopper's prone body and leapt away from the attack, grunting in pain as half his body suffered some damage and protecting the reindeer in the process.

Robin clenched her teeth and stood in front of Rosan's prone body without any hesitation, using her Raid Suit to prevent both of them from getting too hurt by it.

The woman hissed in pain as her body seized up but she made sure it didn't reach the redhead.

"AHHHHHHHHHhhhhh...hhh...?" Luffy's screams got progressively more unsure as the attack went on, until the rubber boy pursed his lips in confusion.

Enel blinked at seeing Luffy completely unharmed.

"You managed to dodge that?" He muttered, impressed. "Well, no matter. Try and dodge this!"

Robin looked on in slight confusion.

Luffy did not dodge that attack. He was standing directly in front of both her and Rosan so she was able to see that he got hit fully by it.

Then it hit her. It was no wonder Rosan said Luffy could deal with him.

She had thought he meant they would double team him... but no, Rosan had a completely different idea.

"Kiten!" Enel barked, tapping his drum and summoning a giant beast shaped construct of lightning. It took the form of a wolf and began chasing the panicking Luffy.

The rubber boy dodged and weaved the feral beast so he was unable to react in time to Enel appearing directly in front of his path.

"100 Million Volts: Vari!"

The man placed a palm on Luffy's body and repeated the exact same attack he did to Rosan, unleashing a hellish amount of lightning into the rubber boys body.

At the same time, the lightning wolf crashed into the rubber boys body and combined with Enel's already dreadful attack.

"That's… ENOUGH!" Luffy shouted and shoved the man away from him with an annoyed expression.

"W-W-What?!"

Enel's jaw dropped in horror and his eyes bugged in disbelief as he regarded the rubber anomaly in front of him.

"T-That's not possible?! M-My lightning is… but what?" He spluttered.

How was this conceivable? Why were his attacks not working on this strange boy? What was this —

Enel paused as he felt it and if possible, the man's jaw dropped even further in disbelief.

A sudden flicker.

A flicker that very, very swiftly transformed into an overwhelming torrent that threatened to consume everything there.

Robin and Luffy both jolted in shock and glanced behind them with wide eyes.

Enel shakily followed their gaze.

This wasn't… How was this possible?!

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD? HOW WAS HE EVEN AWAKE?!

Sat up and staring at him with a dangerous look in his brightly glowing eyes, Portgas D. Rosan grinned wildly at the horrified expression on Enel's face.

"Kahahaha! Look at that look on your face!" He cackled, body beginning to swiftly heal from the effects of being shocked. "You finally realized it eh? My cute little brother is completely immune to your abilities!"

Robin felt breathless, as she heard Rosan speak and she gazed at him with wide, mesmerized eyes.

After all, the sheer emotion emanating from him was palpable for the world to see and she could feel that cold and heavy blanket's presence, get significantly weaker.

"Rosan…?" She said quietly, watching as the redhead leapt up with practiced ease, fully healed.

Her best friend's eyes gleamed, as he immediately turned towards her and Rosan scooped Robin up into a crushing hug, unmindful of the fact that he was currently shirtless.

"Sorry for worrying you," he said quietly, noticing how she began shuddering in his hold. "I deserve anything you have to say to me later but I don't regret what I did… but, I think I've figured some things out and now look at me!"

Robin didn't realize she had been shaking until now and hesitantly glanced at him.

Rosan smiled right back before he took notice of her injuries.

The Devil Child watched the smile get wiped off his face and a snarl made its way to his face immediately, bright gaze smoldering with unrestrained fury.

"I'm going to tear him apart," he growled lowly.

Robin was far too stunned to say anything and just took in everything, something that Rosan noticed.

The anger melted off his features and he pulled back a bit so that she could take in the entirety of his emotional visage.

She saw the way his eyes narrowed in worry, she saw the glow of his eyes constantly shifting from brighter to dimmer in time with the emotion he was feeling. She saw as those same eyes actually looked at her as if realizing something for the first time.

Robin didn't realize how much something so little, would affect her because there were tears forming in her eyes.

Rosan was... he was... the redhead was back. Her precious sun was shining right now and already, she felt herself basking in his glow.

"Rosan… It's… The castle has lost another chain!" Mod whispered in shock, tears falling from her eyes.

After Rosan fell unconscious, she (Ram had fallen unconscious as well) had been furiously ensuring that everything was fine with her charge, only to freeze at feeling something changing with the castle.

Wanting to see if the Virus made a move, Mod quickly made her way over to the castle and felt herself fall to her knees in shock at seeing one of the chains unravel from the crystalline structure, leaving just the thickest one left.

Almost at the same time, she felt Rosan awaken and the sheer emotion, brought her to her knees as tears began flowing.

"My little boy…" she whispered, putting a hand over her heart as she threatened to get overwhelmed.

"It lost another chain?!" Robin repeated in shock, gazing into the eyes that glowed brighter then before, getting closer and closer to the magnificent glow that he originally had.

"I realized some things about myself with the help of someone special to us all," Rosan replied easily, eyes glowing with mirth. "It was real eye opening, ya know? I'll tell you guys all about it after I'm done with this narcissist who would use my precious Robin against me."

Robin simply wrapped her arms around his exposed midsection and buried her face in the crook of his neck.

"Be careful… If push comes to shove, please let Luffy deal with him," she begged.

The redhead wrapped a single arm around her waist with a cheerfully unhinged smile. "Kahahaha! Don't worry Robin. When I said I discovered some things, I wasn't kidding," he assured.

Rosan's cheer vanished and was immediately replaced by that dark and infamous anger, as he delicately removed Robin from his grasp.

She shuddered at that look in his eyes. It was same look that promised pain because someone would dare mess with her.

He adopted this look plenty of times in their childhood together. Whenever someone happened to recognize her and made sure she didn't feel human, the redhead would show up and make them realize she was far more human than he was.

To see that it was back... Robin stared at the redhead with assessing eyes and a small smile.

A daunting pressure washed over everyone there and they went stiff as it threatened to crush them to the floor.

"Hey, Luffy. I know I lost but can I get one more shot?" Rosan asked his captain calmly.

Luffy's grin was blinding and he immediately leapt onto his older brother with a cheerful laugh and a tight hug.

"He cheated so yeah! Kick his ass, Rosan!"

The redhead's grin turned feral and he affectionately hugged his youngest brother back. "You bet. I'll be sure to give him some punches for you too."

"That's enough!" Enel barked, sweating a bit as that pressure crashed into him. The Logia shook his head rapidly to gain his composure and scowled at Rosan.

"I don't know how you survived that attack, but don't forget that it only took me two moves to knock you unconscious! You cannot resist my attacks like that weird creature holding on to you."

Enel began glowing blue as he held out a hand to the redhead.

"100 Million Volts: Vari!" he roared.

Everyone watched in horror as the attack once more connected to Rosan and the world turned blue for a moment.

"Can't resist?"

Enel felt a spike of true horror, at that condescending sentence.

"Who decided that?" Rosan mocked, completely unharmed from the man's attack.

Everyone watched as the blue sparks coursing across his shirtless body, shifted into a royal purple color, before finally settling on crimson red instead.

"Yes, this is a good color," he thought to himself with a cocky grin.

"Thanks for the meal Enel. You managed to charge me all up."

Robin's confusion at how Rosan was suddenly able to do that, only lasted a moment as the realization hit her exactly like with Luffy.

"He's a computer man!" she gasped. "Come to think of it, lightning should have been the easiest element for him to control… but his trauma must have been holding him back!"

"Bingo~" Rosan sang through their connection, red lightning running rampant through the air as he effortlessly manipulated it. "Why should I as a computer, ever be afraid by something that should empower me? I should have figured this out long ago but my PTSD stopped me..."

"But not anymore," he promised, glaring at Enel with the fury of a thousand suns.

The redhead flexed his gorgeous black wings and began soaring towards the petrified Enel, eyes glowing with murderous intent.

"You've managed to royally piss me off, Enel. By the time I'm done with you, you're silly dreams of being Kami will come crashing down and you'll be praying to me," he called out confidently.

Enel regained his bearings after hearing that and tensed.

"It doesn't matter if he can resist my attacks, he can't touch me! I'll take this chance to regain my mantra."

"Shinigami, Devil, Dragon... I have many titles but I am first and foremost a computer man," Rosan informed them all.

The Kami couldn't help but furrow his brows at that.

"What on earth is a computer—"

A fist planted itself directly on his face and Enel felt his features cave in, as he rocketed through a wall with absolute crushing force. It shattered effortlessly at the hellishly strong punch and his eyes flickered.

Rosan, who's arm had a slight sheen to it, grinned at the blood flying through the air and resisted the urge to lick his dangerously sharp fangs. "Didn't I say I figured some things out? I'm sick and tired of you fucking Logia's thinking you're all invincible because you can't be touched. Now let's see how arrogant you are when you're up against someone better than you."

Zoro's eyes widened in recognition. "No way, did you just?!"

Robin gasped. "Armament?!'

Luffy's eyes bugged. "WHAT?! NO WAY!"

Rosan threw his head back and laughed psychotically. "Kahahaha! I'm 2 for 3 now, you guys. Who's in last place now, huh? No more bragging against me!"

Enel threw up blood as he coughed on his hands and knees. "How did he hit me?! What was that? What is this Armament that they speak about… is it the same as that other term they use… Haki?!"

Footsteps made him rapidly glance up just in time for a kick to plant itself into his gut that sent him tumbling against the floor repeatedly.

The redhead smirked maliciously, applying Armament to both his arms and legs repeatedly until he nodded to himself.

"Alright, I've got the hang of it!" Rosan announced.

"Already?!" Robin asked in disbelief, gazing at the redhead with an annoyed expression.

"Yup," he said, gazing back at her with an insufferable smirk.

She hated this battle genius. He and Luffy were on another level when it came to picking up skills.

"You love me," he chimed.

She sighed with a fond smile.

"Ram, wake your ass up! It's time for battle!" Rosan suddenly barked, making his ring transform into a set of gloves before cracking his knuckles.

Ram shot up at that command, eyes glancing around wildly. "I'm up! I'm up! Where's the action?! Why did Father sound so awesome when he said that?!"

"Because I'm awesome. Now look alive. We've got a fun fight ahead of us."

Ram grinned violently. She didn't know what the hell was going on but her Father gave an order so it was showtime.

She was the best supporting actor for all his performances after all.

"As you wish, Father!"

"Mark my words Enel, I'm going to make you regret trying to kill Robin… by the end of this fight, you'll know true fear."

The redhead's eyes glowed ominously as Enel struggled to stand.

"Everyone who has faced the Angel of Death, Reaper, has understood fear in due time. Now I will teach you the meaning of fear but not as an Angel... no I'm going to teach you as the Devil."

"W-Woah!" Maro, Aisa and Sabo gasped in unison.

Everyone jolted at that. They had been using the 3 as a source of information for what was happening and listened to everything in anticipation.

"Uh… R-Rosan's awake," Aisa stammered, testing the redhead's name on her lips.

Everyone let out a noise of excitement at that.

"See? I told you he'd be fine!" Angel beamed.

"He's our older brother after all," Demon sighed fondly.

"He feels more then fine!" Maro exclaimed, eyes wide in joy. "It's like that cold blanket covering his emotions got pulled back a ton! I feel so much!"

…

"WHAT?!" Everyone roared in equal levels shock and excitement.

Sabo nodded. "It's true! Whatever happened over there, seemed to help Rosan unlock a ton of his emotions. It's amazing!"

He could always feel it underneath that blanket. It was hard to miss the veritable tsunami that was his brother's emotions, but with so much exposed, he could see just how much emotion Rosan seemed to carry.

"H-His emotions?" Demon stuttered softly, eyes going wide in hope.

"Are they really back…?" Angel whispered hopefully.

Maro smiled at the two and scooped them in a reassuring hold. "We'll just have to wait and see when he kicks that guy's ass. The blanket is still there but it's been pulled back a lot!"

It was only a matter of seeing if it would linger, but making this much progress was incredible!

The two slackened in the Queen's grasp and nodded shakily, emotions threatening to overwhelm them as Maro soothingly held her two closest people.

"This has really been eating at you all, huh?" Sabo asked softly.

Demon nodded sadly. "Since the day it first happened."

"It's why Master separated from us," Angel muttered.

"He wanted us to all be independent of him… I'm glad he loved us enough to give us our own lives that we didn't want at first," Maro finished with a soft smile.

They gazed at Rosan's old travel companions with soft eyes.

Aisa looked shell shocked. After all, the influx of emotions radiating off of Rosan in the distance, were slamming into her like a freight train.

She had no idea they were this blanketed. The sheer amount of hate and love being covered… to suddenly feel it so much threatened to overwhelm her and she shut her eyes!

"I wish we could see what was happening…" Sanji muttered. He really needed to unlock his Haki next. He didn't train as hard as the battle junkie group (and Robin) but maybe that would need to change.

Almost as if answering his prayer, a familiar blue bird landed on the deck of the ship and chirped its greeting to them all.

"Oh! Thank you! That's so polite of him," Maro clapped cheerfully at the little thing. Angel, Demon and Sabo nodded along and shot the bird a thumbs up.

"How do they understand it?!" Everyone thought with comical tears running down their eyes.

Maro beckoned for them all to come sit near her, before the bird's eyes began blowing in the familiar red light of Modification.

They all watched with an interested gaze as a giant screen formed above it, for all to see, that perfectly began showcasing what was happening on Rosan and Co's end..

Conis, who had finished convincing all of the people to escape Skypiea, showed up just in time to see the image of Rosan standing over a keeled over Enel with a cocky grin on his face.

"W-Wow!" Aisa's jaw dropped to the floor at the sight of Enel getting launched through the air with a brutal kick to his ribs.

Conis' eyes widened in shock and her jaw dropped to the floor, at seeing their tormentor of 6 years, get kicked across the field like a ball. She gazed at the redhead responsible for it and took note of his unhinged features with a small shudder.

"Hell yeah, kick his ass!" Angel cheered. The look on his face was everything she missed about him. Her psychotic lovable Master who would desperately try to hide the glee in his eyes, as he fought for his life.

"Look at those red sparks… Did Master learn how to control electricity?" Demon asked in awe, watching them dance around his body in a mesmerizing display.

Nami perked up at that, noticing the red sparks thrumming. "Did he really?! That's great for me then!" She beamed, idly touching Clima and feeling how pleased he was.

"That guy really does plan on mastering all the elements…" Maro muttered. Dammit, she needed to step up her game even further.

Well, at least she still had Observation over hi—

A flash of horror crossed her features.

"How the hell is Master hitting a Logia?!" The Queen asked in disbelief.

"Ah you finally noticed!" Sabo laughed. "Rosan's using Armament right now! He's pretty damn good at it already too!"

…

"YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Maro roared loudly.

Enel wheezed in disbelief as he clutched his ribs. The Logia slowly picked himself up and regarded his fellow Kami with wild eyes, not ever expecting to be hit of all things.

"This is what you wanted right?" Rosan crooned, cracking his gloved knuckles. "You wanted to get rid of the shackles and beat me at my best, right? C'mon then. I'm waiting. Technically they're still there... but this is all I need to crush your skull."

The Logia sneered at the redhead and began glowing blue. "You'll regret that insolence."

"El Thor."

The red sparks around Rosan, danced as his eyes began to glow. The attack slammed into him and he hummed as the number of sparks only grew. The blue swiftly turned red as he used Enel's attack as fuel.

"Thanks," he bowed mockingly.

Enel's eyes narrowed but the Kami of Skypiea laughed. "Yahahaha! You think I haven't noticed?!"

Rosan raised a brow.

"You have a limit to how much of my lightning you can absorb. You are not like that other one… I can still hurt you," he said confidently.

The redhead's ducked his head and Enel's victorious grin widened…

Until he heard it.

That low menacing laughter.

"Kahahaha! That just makes this fight more interesting!" Rosan cackled, front spikes shaking in time with him. "I wouldn't wanna stomp you into the ground with no resistance. I want you to fight me at your best so that when I crush you, you'll realize it was never going to be enough."

Enel couldn't describe this feeling pervading his body. He had never quite encountered anything like the man before him and it left him so, so confused.

What type of monstrosity was he currently looking at?!

Was this what the tales spoke of, when they talked about the one with black wings?!

H-He was insane!

"No, it doesn't matter. If he can only absorb some lightning, I'll use everything at my disposal to win… and that includes that…"

Nodding to himself, Enel began glowing blue and vanished to the location of his Ark Maxim.

He would need to activate it because he was going to fight with enough power to destroy all of Skypiea. It was best to set up his escape ship in advance.

Rosan watched him vanish with a tilted head before shrugging.

He knew where the Logia was going. His bird was already on that ship after all.

Turning towards his crew, Rosan walked over to them and banished the lightning from his body.

He eyed the unconscious Chopper for a moment, before gently pulling the Jet Dial that he was still clutching in his hooves.

"Well done, Chopper. You did good," he assured, absorbing the much stronger wind dial and smiling at the results.

The group watched with a fascinated gaze, as a much stronger gust of wind surrounded the redhead before settling into a calm breeze that brushed against them.

"You guys should head back to the ship," he told them. "I'll handle the rest here so I need Luffy to act as a shield for everyone else."

"Will you be alright?" Robin asked worriedly.

The redhead grinned in assurance and grabbed her into another hug (they felt so good! He hadn't felt this good hugging someone in a while). "I'll show you guys the entire fight. I'm gonna let loose a little and I have no idea how much damage that might cause."

She sunk into his frame and nodded against his chest. "You need to win so that I can reprimand your reckless behavior. I had on my Raid Suit, you didn't."

"You could have the world's strongest shield and I'd still have the urge to protect you," Rosan replied truthfully.

Robin shuddered at that statement and regarded her earnest best friend with wide eyes.

Zoro grinned at his training partner and said, "You aren't the only one with Armament you know."

Luffy's eyes bugged. "WAIT, YOU TOO, ZORO?!"

Robin blinked in surprise as well. "You two really don't like losing at all."

Rosan's eyes gleamed at that. "Nice Zoro, our spars are only gonna get more fun now… Maro unlocked her Observation by the way... so its 3 Observation and 2 Armament…"

"Wait… Maro unlocked her observation too?!" The 3 asked in unison.

"Maybe we are all abnormal," Robin mused, taking Chopper out of Zoro's hands and smoothing out his matted fur.

"Shishishi! Nice job guys!" Luffy praised.

"Training gets more intense here… we still have to learn Observation Zoro and you guys need to learn Armament… not to mention I want all of our crew to have at least one type," Rosan muttered, cupping his chin as he thought about it.

The very ground shaking made them all pause and they turned in the direction, eyes widening at seeing a massive bolt of lightning, followed by gigantic ship beginning to float.

"We'll talk about it later," Rosan decided, wings flaring as he gazed at it. "You guys make it back to the ship fast, okay? I've already got a stream of the action playing."

He then glanced at the shell shocked Gan Fall, who was gazing at him with bugged eyes.

"You can go there too old man… and bring that Wyper guy. One of his allies… Aisa was it? Is there too."

Wyper's eyes widened at that. "Aisa is with you?! For what reason?!"

"Dunno, I didn't ask," he shrugged. The redhead flapped once and began ascending.

"Wait, one more thing Rosan," Robin requested, making him pause.

He descended back to the floor and allowed the woman to lean close.

Robin whispered her request in his ear and he blinked, before nodding thoughtfully.

"Sure, I can do that. Hopefully I'm in a good enough shape after this fight."

Robin nodded and gave him another tight hug before releasing him.

"Be careful, okay?" She asked.

"Of course. I won't die with the knowledge that you're still alive. I'm too selfish to let you go," he replied cockily.

She nodded and smiled at his conviction, before moving back to Luffy's side.

"Thank you for attempting to save our country," Gan Fall suddenly said, bowing deeply. "We have no right to rely on visitors but please, you are our only hope."

Rosan raised a brow. "The hell are you talking about? I'm not interested in saving your country. I'm here to kick Enel's ass and that's it. If your country gets saved in the process, cool but I don't really care."

"Still… you have my gratitude… Rosan," Gan Fall replied, not picking his head up.

The redhead shrugged. "I'll be waiting for my gifts then. Make em good or I might just take Enel's place."

With that, the redhead soared towards the Ark Maxim.

"Are you coming with us, Wyper?" Robin asked calmly, as she allowed Luffy to wrap an arm around her. "We'll have a doctor check you as well unless you wish to remain our enemy."

Wyper bit back a scowl and nearly refused before remembering something important. "Fine but I have an ally nearby… a woman named Raki. She needs medical attention more than I do."

Robin nodded before turning towards the knight. "Luffy can't carry all of us. You'll have to put Wyper and his ally on your bird."

"...Very well," Gan Fall nodded, glancing at Pierre.

"Ready?" Luffy asked as he held onto Robin and Zoro

Robin made sure Chopper was secure before nodding. "We're ready. Let's go fast, I'd like to watch every part of Rosan's battle."

"We're still linked y'know," Rosan chimed. "Not only do you get to view me in action. You get to hear all the thoughts of the actual Portgas D. Rosan! Aren't I just so benevolent?"

Robin, despite her worry, rolled her eyes at the smug redhead. "Your ego with emotion is unmatched… but I'm still honored."

"Of course you are… Also, you don't gotta be so worried. After all, Enel is not even half the man I am right?"

Robin's cheek dusted red in mortification at that. "You… you heard that?!" She hissed in disbelief.

"Nope. Mod-chan just told me!"

"! Y-You snitch!" Mod protested.

"Kahahaha! You don't have to be embarrassed, Robin! I'm happy that you would defend me even in the face of such a powerful person…"

"You two are so dead," Robin promised.

"...But I said I appreciate it," Rosan replied lamely.

"I was just touched by your words!" Mod complained.

Ram cheered at Mod and Rosan's dilemma. "Finally! I'm not the one in trouble!"

"You can even help me, Ram!" Robin assured, with a smile as Luffy kicked towards their ship at blistering speeds (Robin never realized how fast their captain was).

The ring cheered even louder.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Enel asked calmly, not even glancing back at the redhead who landed on his ship without a sound.

"It is," Rosan said truthfully. It was so impressive that he was going to take it after he won.

A flying ship… Rosan would be doing his hoarding nature a disservice if he didn't take it.

"So you actually acknowledge that you're a hoarder but do nothing about it…"

"It's more fun to collect everything. If I want it, I should be able to take it"

"I'm finding it more difficult to justify getting you the help you need."

"Robin is my therapist."

"I didn't sign up for this…"

"I signed you up. I know how you write. I can plagiarise using your writing if I wanted."

"...You're unbelievable, Rosan."

"I agree."

Rosan snorted.

"You've calmed down," the redhead pointed out, watching the ship slowly but surely rise into the sky.

Enel turned to face him, confident smile back on his face as he regarded the man with black wings.

"I admit, you managed to catch me off guard. But that doesn't change the fact that I am still Kami. This is exactly what I wanted…"

Enel spread his arms and laughed maniacally. "A battle between you and I to cement my status! A way to show everyone that I truly am invincible by beating the "boogeyman" of Sky Islands. That will be their final gift from Kami, before I destroy it all."

Rosan tilted his head. "I don't care about any tales about my wings or protecting this island. All I care about is getting a good fight out of you and having you calm down is a great start."

The redhead's eyes glowed as his armband expanded and began wrapping his body in black and white until the only skin showing, was his face.

Decked out in his signature cloak in the days of his bounty hunting, Rosan cut quite the intimidating figure as a taller, more muscular version of the Angel of Death.

The Shinigami gazed at Enel with a smirk as his gloves transformed into a giant scythe and he opted to keep his hoodie down for once, as his wings spread out majestically.

"It's only right that I celebrate this exciting day with one final dance. As the one responsible for it it's only right that you join me, Enel," Rosan said calmly.

Enel followed suit and began spinning his golden staff with a maniacal gleam as he began sparking. "A Kami does not deign to dance but you're right. A momentous day like this does deserve to be celebrated so I'll entertain you just this once."

Rosan stopped spinning his scythe and grinned in satisfaction. "Good. I'll make sure this performance is one you'll never forget. Everyone who witnesses my dance, only has good things to say... except for the antagonist of my show."

Enel's eyes gleamed as he stopped as well. "Fine. Show me, Devil."

"Sure thing, Kami."

"Are they flirting? This feels like flirting," Maro couldn't help but say, watching the two interact and sighing in disappointment at seeing the cloak cover his shirtless body.

"Please don't ever put that thought in my head again. Master can do so much better," Angel deadpanned.

"I'm just saying! It was just something I felt the need to point out! I know someone else had to be thinking it!" The Queen replied in her own defense.

"But people have the decency to keep such a disgusting thought to themselves!" The redhead countered.

"I have to agree with Angel," Robin said, a serene smile on her face that immediately made Maro shut up completely.

She nervously nodded at that dangerous expression and scooted closer to Demon, who was working on Chopper, Wyper and Raki, for safety.

"A little scary, huh Robin?" Nami teased, regarding the woman with an almost predatory gaze. "Don't like the thought of Rosan flirting with other people?!"

"No, I don't," she replied truthfully.

Everyone blinked at her blunt answer, thrown off guard as they regarded the Devil Child.

"Really?" Angel prodded, eyes glinting with an unsavory gleam.

She nodded. "It may not be as obvious because it's in comparison to Rosan… but I'm also rather possessive of him…"

"I think it's really hard to tell!" They all thought with sweatdrops.

Rosan was absolutely ridiculous.

"He's the first friend I made around my age and he's also my closest companion and I just got him back. If not for the fact that he already focused almost all his attention on me, I'd probably be as bad as he was," Robin replied truthfully.

She had no interest in being apart from Rosan for long and she was glad that he was the same.

The last thing she needed was for him to start flirting with other people. Right now, Robin wanted to be selfish and she deserved to be, so the redhead was hers until they made up for lost time.

They looked at the woman and nodded at her logic with soft eyes.

Robin deserved this. Let her have her best friend to herself. Her life was already hard enough and Rosan made it easier. She deserved to have an easier life.

"Don't worry! We won't let Master flirt with anyone," Angel assured dangerously.

"You can count on us!" Maro beamed with a dangerous glint in her eyes as she waved around that giant club.

Robin sweatdropped. "I appreciate that you two."

Even if she spent nearly all her time with the redhead already, she did appreciate the sentiment. It wasn't needed but she wouldn't tell them that.

They all settled down for a bit, before a gasp of horror rang through the air.

"Wait… does that mean I have to stop flirting with Master?!" Maro gaped in disbelief.

Angel slammed a fist atop her head. "YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU DUMBASS!" She roared with razor sharp teeth.

Luffy shook his head. "Maro is so stupid," he said in disappointment.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"I-I don't wanna hear that from you," a teary eyed Maro whined, clutching her head.

D-Did Angel have Armament too?!

Rosan launched himself forward, scythe brandished, as he clashed with Enel's golden staff.

As if sensing the difference in physical strength, Enel loosened his grip, transformed into lightning, materialized behind the redhead and slammed his superheated weapon against Rosan's back.

The redhead was launched through the air but recovered quickly, turning on a dime in midair and flying towards Enel at breakneck speeds.

A slash for the head was dodged as was a downward swing. Enel predicted every single one of his swings and expertly maneuvered around them, retaliating with his own swipes that Rosan flew around.

"El Thor."

The redhead palmed the deck of the ship and immediately morphed it into a rubber wall that absorbed the electricity.

Then, he had the modified ground seek out the Logia, who effortlessly began dodging his own weaponized ship.

"That's quite the interesting Devil Fruit you have…" Enel commented, standing atop his golden statue as he regarded his ship with a contemplative expression.

"If you think I'm gonna tell you about it, keep dreaming," Rosan retorted, transforming the deck back to normal.

He didn't want to damage it too much… Maro's gift needed to be in good condition.

The redhead held up his scythe and blocked the sparking staff, ignoring the blue electricity running across his body.

Enel swiftly backed off before Rosan tried to overpower him and the redhead grunted.

"That observation of his is annoying… even though I figured out the Logia issue, he's still lightning and he has Observation to supplement that crazy speed…"

The Kami smiled calmly at Rosan, at total ease with the entire situation.

Hm… Rosan wasn't used to being the slower one in the fight. Speed was something he focused on religiously because he needed to be faster then his bigger and sometimes stronger opponents.

Now the tables were turned… Enel was faster then him, but he did not have Rosan's physical strength.

Decisions decisions… If only he had a bit of talent for learning Observation… Armament felt so easy but the one that allowed you to sense the world, just alluded him.

"The offer to join me is still on the table…" Enel spoke up, smiling calmly at regaining control of the situation.

"I already said no, dumbass. The fact that I got recruited once is something that won't happen unless all the stars align again," Rosan replied with a scoff.

It was a miracle Luffy managed to get him in the crew in the first place. Everything lined up perfectly for his lucky little brother and even now, Rosan was in too deep to simply back out.

Enel shook his head at that response.

"You cannot defeat Kami, Rosan-kun. Despite your discoveries… despite how impressive you've become, you are still a Deviant… You may be the angel with black wings, but you are still forsaken…"

"...You may be a Shinigami, but I am Kami."

Enel vanished, only to appear in front of the golden statue of his Maxim.

"Now let me show you what Kami is capable of doing."

The Logia began sparking, as he fed his ship electricity.

Slowly but surely, a cloud began coalescing above the massive ship and Rosan glanced up at it.

While Enel formed that thunder cloud, the redhead's thoughts were elsewhere.

"Modification: Scan," he thought to himself, inspecting the advanced ship with a gleaming eye.

What he saw did not disappoint him.

The ship was powered by electricity and it was filled to the brim with Dials, most likely meant to aid in powering the ship.

Huh... he didn't know Thunder Dials existed. That would have been good to know but unlocking his own electricity was something he was happy about.

The statue was made of pure gold and its entire makeup spoke of an advanced skill that he wouldn't have applied to Enel.

Quite impressive...

"Shouldn't you be focused on the task at hand?" Mod asked in exasperation, smiling excitedly at seeing his mind wander so much. It was a core trait of his as a child and though it happened even in adulthood, it was far less frequent.

"Yes, stay focused," Robin agreed with the woman.

"Listen to them, Father! We need to kick his ass!" Ram said impatiently.

Rosan hummed. "Now I have 3 people telling me to stay on track nonstop," the redhead retorted.

Just like when he was a kid. Robin and Mod kept his head on straight for him because he was so prone to doing other things that strayed from the task at hand.

But they were right, he should focus on this ship later.

He wondered if it needed all those Dials to function—

Focus.

"This is how I plan on destroying Skypiea," Enel informed Rosan, a maniacal gleam in his eye. "I call it Deathpiea."

"Booo," Ram said immediately. That name fucking sucked.

The dark cloud got larger and larger, until it nearly fully encompassed Upper Yard.

Then, he reached out a hand and shot a beam of lightning into the sky. The moment it touched, a large bolt of lightning flew out and crashed into Angel Island.

"Mamaragan."

"Yahahaha!" Enel laughed, as more and more bolts came crashing down.

Skypiea began to look like it had been struck by a severe thunderstorm, as Enel showcased his prowess on the Island in the sky.

Rosan's eyes narrowed and he tensed, before soaring over to the Logia.

He quickly averted his flight as a bolt nearly crashed directly into him.

It didn't end there. The redhead was forced to fly around, lest he get struck by the lightning that was striking wherever he stayed.

A stray bolt hit him and he grunted as he absorbed it, transforming the blue into red at a slower pace.

"Can you tell me about this technique…?" Mod asked in curiosity. She didn't know how Rosan learned it, just as shocked as everyone else at seeing him absorb and manipulate electricity.

"I'd like to know too… What is this epiphany you've had?" Robin spoke up.

Rosan nodded as he continued to fly, angling himself towards Enel and frowning at yet another failed attack that only got him struck by lightning as a result.

His ability to absorb and control electricity had nothing to do with Ram. It was something that stemmed from the fact that he was a Computer Man.

Every human had electricity inside of them that the body naturally produced. Modification enhanced that electricity. It had always enhanced the electricity produced inside of him. It's why Rosan thought so fast, had near perfect memory. The signals in his body were supercharged the moment Mod had given him the Quality of Life so long ago.

And now he was weaponizing that same electricity. Because his body utilized the electricity so much, it produced even more then the normal human and he was actively using it on external sources instead of internal. He wasn't an infinite source and could naturally run out of electricity and if he used too much, he threatened to drastically slow his bodily functions but he had Modification to gauge the output and tell him when to slow down.

To be honest, now that he was actively using it, Rosan knew that he always had the capabilities of doing this but he couldn't because he was afraid of it. How could he ever absorb something that scarred him so deeply?

Without his fear hindering him, Rosan could see that with Modification, lightning shouldn't be a bother to him.

That wasn't to say he was completely immune like Luffy was. No, he had a limit to how much he could absorb and once he was "fully charged" so to speak, it would begin to hurt again…

Not perfect, but very exceptional. He could begin training his storage capacity to not only be able to absorb more, but have access to even more electricity to use.

Right now, he was already fully charged due to fighting a literal lightning man so all of Enel's attacks would hurt him now. He could try emptying his "battery" but one of Enel's attacks was enough to refill the small amount he was using and it would just result in a waste of stamina.

He was mostly relying on his own durability and the Raid Suit to get him out of trouble for this.

Actually… didn't Sabo mention using Armament to defend yourself? He got the attack part mostly down (it would need a lot of refinement) so maybe he could start getting the hang of the defense part.

"So this entire time, we could have actually been partially immune to lightning," Mod said with wonder.

That was amazing... never in her life did she think she could utilize her own Devil Fruit like this and she gazed at her charge responsible for opening her eyes to so many possibilities.

The woman looked down at her hand and experimentally tapped into the ability Rosan mentioned to her, eyes going wide in delight at seeing purple sparks.

"You're already full charged? That's expected considering Enel's sheer power output but still… You can't hit him and he's able to fully damage you," Robin frowned.

Rosan just knew she was cupping her cheek as she mulled it over and he smiled fondly at his best friend.

Even though he found out his ticket to beating Enel, that didn't make this fight any easier. The Logia was formidable in a way that would prove overwhelming for many people in the Grand Line.

Unfortunately he was just a huge fish in a ludicrously small pond. Enel's potential was being stifled due to being shielded from this tiny little island. If the man was down in the Blue Seas and he understood just how many people out there were stronger than him, his drive to getting stronger would have exploded his growth and Rosan would have lost this battle.

Such a shame.

He didn't know anything about the real dangers of the world. He didn't know that there were people out there who could make him feel tiny.

He didn't know that his blonde brother was one of those people but he'd never figure out because he was about to find out that Rosan was one of those people.

Observation Haki relied on the user reading the other person's intent. It used the person's thought of actions, to give you a sort of clairvoyance that then allowed you to predict their movement.

However, Observation could not predict a person if there was no intent. If Rosan wasn't thinking of what he was going to do next, Enel wouldn't be able to predict it.

"Modification: Boost x2," Rosan grunted, eyes glowing madly as he felt his muscles tighten.

A surge of power coursed through his body as he gazed at Enel. The redhead tensed up and rocketed towards the Logia at blistering speeds.

Enel's eyes widened at the speed and he immediately morphed into lightning to avoid the much faster Shinigami.

Rosan was not deterred, he turned on a dime and placed a palm on the deck, making the surface rubbery and having it grab at Enel's feet in a display that caught the Kami by surprise.

The Logia was lifted into the air and slammed viciously on the deck by the rubber appendages.

Enel's eyes flickered and he tried to morph away, but was unable to do so because of the rubber clutching him.

His Mantra alerted him to the figure fast approaching and he surged with electricity to stall the redhead.

It did not.

A boot slammed into Enel's sternum and the man gagged, as he spat out blood. He felt the creak of his ribs as all his bones threatened to shatter underneath that hellish strength.

His only respite was that his electric aura was shielding him somewhat.

Rosan grunted as he continued to get shocked by the continuous stream of lightning and the redhead floated up to avoid the swipe of the gold staff riddled with electricity.

Enel rasped a bit at the blow and aimed his super heated spear at the rubber, melting it and freeing himself.

Huffing as he tried to breathe with bruised ribs, the man tapped two of his drums.

"60 Million Volts: Jamboule."

The thunder dragon roared as it charged Rosan and the redhead dashed away from it before it could connect to him.

This gave Enel enough time to manipulate his staff and transform it into a trident. Surging with electricity, the man leapt at the fleeing redhead and cut off his escape route.

Rosan had no choice but to whirl around, transforming Ram into a katana in the process, in order to clash with the man's trident and that gave the thunder dragon time to crash into his body.

He seized up in pain as the attack slammed into him but powered through and continued clashing with Enel.

Rosan was far more skilled then him when it came to weapons but it didn't matter because Enel could read him and every clash ended up with Rosan taking damage from the man utilizing electricity and counters.

The redhead made a show of looking frustrated and Enel's grin widened as he continued to counter every blow thrown his way.

"It's futile. You are certainly skilled but you cannot hope to touch me," Enel smirked victoriously, watching as more and more damage accumulated on Rosan's figure.

Of course it eventually all healed, but it was showing that the redhead wasn't immune. There was only so much he could heal before he began to slow down.

The injuries would catch up and soon, Enel would be the victor of this match. It didn't matter that the redhead's speed or power seemed to double, if he couldn't touch the Kami—

"Modification: Auto Mode, Form: Combat."

Enel blinked in confusion, as his mantra suddenly stopped alerting him of Rosan's next move.

That confusion turned into bugged eyes as Rosan planted an elbow directly in his gut, despite the fact that Enel should have been alerted to that. The man hunched over from the pain with confusion on his face, coughing up spittle.

That was when everything went terrible for the Logia.

"W-What?! What happened? Why is my Mantra not workin—"

His nose began to gush with blood as a knee forcefully straightened him back up, leaving him open to a vicious three hit combo to the stomach, courtesy of the suddenly blank faced Rosan.

It had been a long time since he used this technique, but Rosan realized that Auto Mode was the perfect counter to Observation Haki.

Its original purpose was to deal with groups of people but it's true strength (that he just realized) lie in the fact that Rosan wasn't thinking in this form. No, it was all implanted orders that utilized his fighting style and muscle memory to automatically do his bidding.

"To think you found another purpose to use this technique in the middle of battle… You truly are frightening in battle for connecting the dots," Mod praised.

"A genius," Robin sighed, watching as Rosan began thrashing Enel with his close combat abilities.

Without Mantra giving him the advantage, it was quickly turning against him and the man realized that. Enel desperately ducked under a violent swipe of the sword and burst into electricity, tagging Rosan and giving himself distance all in one move.

He wasn't allowed to catch even a moment's breath, as the redhead soared over to him with blistering speeds and worst, his Mantra still wasn't telling him what he was planning on doing.

"El Thor!" He shouted, pouring a massive amount of energy into the attack. The beam of electricity was so massive, he'd be worried for the ship if not for the fact it was lightning proof.

As it launched towards the redhead, Rosan's body instantly found (with the help of Modification) the best course of action.

He palmed the floor of the deck and summoned a gigantic wall made of Rubber that absorbed the blow effortlessly, while hiding his position at the same time.

Enel's Mantra alerted him to the presence behind him and he whirled around, glowing blue to attempt to ward off the entity.

They didn't even flinch as the full brunt of his wild electrical attacks crashed into him. His charred skin instantly healed, as Rosan latched onto Enel's shoulder.

Without hesitation, the redhead vaulted over Enel until he was facing the man's back and he wrapped a single arm around his neck with crushing force.

He then placed a palm directly on the man's heart from his back and Enel's eyes widened in fear.

"Wait… what are you doing?!" The Logia gagged, struggling as the redhead refused to let go. He began to discharge in hopes of making the Devil release him from the pain but it was for naught.

It was as if he was fighting a husk! Nothing phased the Shinigami.

Rosan's face remained blank as Enel's electricity surged through his body, healing factor working overtime to keep him in good condition.

Not that it would need to for long.

Rosan's gloves rested flat on the man's back and they began glowing, making Enel panic more and more.

"Rejection."

An evolution of Retribution, Rejection was a technique that combined the Reject Dial and Germa's Energy to give birth to an attack that affected both the inside and outside of your bodies.

The results were devastating.

Enel's eyes rolled to the back of his head, as his chest caved under the effects of the hellish blow and he flew from the impact, crashing into the gold statue with crushing force.

He did not get up.

Rosan allowed the Auto Mode to end and promptly fell to a knee, body surging with the sparks of Enel's attacks as he panted slightly.

"Fuck, that hurts," he grunted. The Goro Goro no Mi was a force to be reckoned with and his body was suffering the effects of fighting it.

Even his inhuman healing factor, was slowing down from the amount of electricity his body had been forced to take.

But he was in better condition then the Logia. After all, he used that absorbed Reject Dial right on his heart so the man was dead.

Tch, that damn Auto Mode always going for the kill. He didn't want to kill the Logia yet, he wanted to try that technique out.

"Well done, Rosan," Robin praised, smiling at her incredible best friend.

"You did fantastic! Our most difficult battle to date and you performed admirably," Mod beamed.

"We kicked his ass, Father. That Reject Dial is strong as hell but I can mitigate the backlash because I'm awesome," Ram grinned.

Rosan grunted and stood up, glancing at Enel's prone body for a moment before gazing at the ship with a contemplative expression.

This ship was way too huge. He needed to find a way to park it so he could inspect it in detail and make the necessary changes without damaging it from the size decrease.

With Enel dead too, his Devil Fruit should be reforming somewhere… He'd just ask Crocodile and Aiko to keep an eye out for it. He wanted the Goro Goro no Mi on his side—

A surge of electricity made him pause and Rosan's expression turned into one of confusion.

"Electricity? When Logia's die, does their element leave a remnant?" He thought.

The redhead turned around to face his defeated opponent and what he saw, left even him shocked.

Enel's body began shuddering, as it pulsed with electricity. Every few seconds, his chest would pump and it made everyone's eyes widen in realization.

"Is he…?" Mod gasped in disbelief.

"He's using his Devil Fruit as a defibrillator to pump his own heart," Robin said, eyes wide in shock as she gazed at the Logia.

"He did it unconsciously? His usage of this Devil Fruit… This is far from what I expected a Logia to do..."

No wonder this Devil Fruit was regarded so highly. The Goro Goro no Mi was ridiculous.

Not willing to let the man finish his revival, Rosan spread his wings and flew over to finish the job and knock him unconscious…

"El Vajra."

...Only to stop as his body seized up from the utterly massive amounts of electricity poured into him. A wave of lightning burst from Enel and ruthlessly coursed through his body in a litany of blue sparks.

"Ugh…" Rosan's flight abruptly stopped as he fell flat on the deck, wings going stiff straight, as lighting coursed through his veins. He shuddered as his body shook on its own accord, spasms going off and he struggled to move a limb.

"ROSAN!" Mod screamed in worry, eyes going wide in fear at actually hearing him make a noise in pain.

"Are you alright?! Rosan? Speak to me!" Robin asked in concern, biting her lip as electricity periodically surged on the redhead's body. The most worrying part was that none of it was red, meaning he hadn't absorbed a single dosage.

Rosan panted. "Can't… move," he groaned, shutting his eyes as he shuddered again from the effects. He felt his limbs locking up and desperately tried to move even a single one without success.

"You actually tried to kill me."

The voice sounded calm but Rosan could tell that it was purely artificial. He struggled to move his head and glanced up at the Enel who had a maniacal gleam in his eyes.

"I would have died there if not for my Shinzo Massage… You nearly killed me…"

The Logia was staring at Rosan as if he truly were the Devil in that moment.

"You… nearly killed Kami…"

The Logia vanished from his spot, only to appear directly in front of the paralyzed Rosan.

"I see now… you aren't a fellow Kami, you truly are the Devil spoken of in tales. You truly are befitting of the role as my sworn enemy."

The look on Enel's face, as he wiped the blood from his own mouth and stared at it…

"I'm going to cleanse you from this world first, Forsaken One. Not even the Shinigami can claim the life of Kami."

Six black, ball shaped clouds formed around both Enel and Rosan before they began circling the vulnerable redhead.

"Once I rid the world of you, I can finally begin the destruction of Skypiea and the rest of your silly crew. In fact, I think I'll start with your brother and sister, before dealing with your concubine once and for all," Enel said sadistically, grinning psychotically down at the redhead.

Rosan's gaze darkened at that but try as he might, he couldn't move.

It reminded him of when he was strapped to that damn table and he hated that.

The clouds stopped circling him.

"Raijo Rikka."

Rosan howled as a pillar of electric energy formed from underneath him and erupted, courtesy of those six clouds dancing around his body.

The redhead convulsed as that pillar reached nearly into the sky and shocked him until he couldn't think anymore.

Miraculously, the redhead stood up during the attack but it never let up, each black cloud pulsing with raw energy that relentlessly ate at his body and fed the pillar.

Then it stopped.

Enel watched as Rosan teetered back and forth, eyes glazed before they rolled to the back of his head and he collapsed.

"Silly little demon. All things are created by Kami, so it's only natural that all things should be taken away from him if he so pleases," the Logia said matter of factly, staring at the blank gaze of the redhead.

"Now, let's begin the destruction of Skypiea."

The last things the Straw Hats ever expected to hear, was the sound of Rosan screaming as he got electrocuted for who knows how long by that pillar.

The battle between Enel and Rosan was intense and some found it hard to keep up. They furiously exchanged blows with each other but despite that, Rosan was unable to land a proper hit on the incredibly fast Logia who also had access to Observation.

To make matters worse, Enel was more then able to hit Rosan and had landed the majority of the hits in the battle, pummeling the redhead with extreme doses of electricity.

All that changed when Rosan's expression stilled, while Enel's expression turned confused.

The tables immediately turned after that and they watched with shocked eyes, as Rosan began thrashing the Logia with blow after blow.

It was a surreal sight, to see their invincible Kami get tossed around like he were a punching bag. The even battle, suddenly didn't look even at all anymore and almost as soon as the onslaught started, Rosan placed a palm directly over the man's heart and uttered the word "Rejection," before blasting the man away.

The ship went still as Enel landed flat on the deck and did not move.

Then they began to celebrate.

He did it! Rosan actually beat him and he made it look clean too! Once the redhead managed to actually get his hands on the Logia, he made quick work of him!

The Skypieans couldn't believe the sight before them.

Conis had tears of shock in her eyes, Gan Fall's jaw had slackened, Aisa had begun crying, Raki gazed on in disbelief and Wyper clenched his jaw.

But then reality made itself clear because Enel... Enel wasn't human.

No Enel was something far worse.

Everyone could only watch in disbelieved horror, as Enel massaged his own heart to revive himself from death of all things.

From there, it all went downhill as he caught Rosan off guard with a massive pulse of electricity that encompassed the entire ship.

Then the attack ended and Rosan collapsed, filling their hearts with dread as they saw steam and electricity rising from their scout's shuddering body.

"I'm going," Robin decided, clenching her fists so tightly, it nearly drew blood. The woman abruptly stood up and glared in the direction she felt Enel and Rosan.

He won. Rosan won that fight. Every time they fought on even terms, Rosan had the advantage on that wretched wannabe Kami.

Enel relied solely on tricks and not his skills, to win otherwise this fight would have already been over and not in his favor.

Rosan would have slaughtered him in a battle and he knew it! He knew it!

"No."

Robin paused in shock at the hand holding her shoulder and she turned back to see that it was Luffy himself stopping her from going.

"Luffy…?" She called quietly, confused by their captain's actions.

He looked uncharacteristically serious as he shook his head at her. "Don't you trust Rosan?"

Robin looked genuinely offended at the question and nearly directed her ire towards the rubber boy. "Of course I trust Rosan. Don't ever doubt my trust for Rosan."

Maro spoke up this time, eyes glued to the screen with determination. "So do you really think he's out of the fight? You really think Master would lose here? Does that sound like him to you?"

No… no it didn't. Rosan would fight until his dying breath. Nothing would stop him from winning a fight until he was well and truly defeated.

That's just how he was. For the boy that loved fighting, winning a battle by all means was his way of life. Rosan would never be satisfied with a loss, until he exhausted all his resources.

Rosan would never die, until he became the strongest.

Luffy grinned reassuringly and patted her shoulder. "I know you're worried about Rosan but he won't lose to that cheater! Just watch!"

Maro nodded. "I'll kick Master's ass if he loses here and now! This isn't the end yet."

Sabo smiled at the two. "He's a nutjob. He's still got some energy in the tank for sure."

Seeing how much faith they put in him, made Robin want to hit herself.

Of course her best friend wouldn't let himself lose here much less die.

No, Rosan would win and he'd come back to them.

"You're right," she nodded, calming down due to the overwhelming confidence displayed by them both.

She sat down directly next to Luffy as a source of comfort and he shot her that same confident grin.

"Even with the state he's in… you think he'll get up?" Aisa asked in confusion. She had resigned herself to her fate after seeing Rosan collapse but they managed to rejuvenate her once more for some reason.

Their energy was so infectious... how could people have hope in the face of overwhelming power?

"What compels you all to have such faith in that man?" Wyper grunted, tugging at his bandages (and stopping at Demon's glare) as he gazed at the battle.

Those two were completely out of his league… it was a bitter pill to swallow but it simply gave him more drive to get stronger.

"We expect nothing less," the Straw Hats said in unison.

"He sets high expectations for us and himself. So we just follow along and make sure we're at our best," Zoro said like it were obvious.

"Master's a psycho. He won't stop fighting and if he feels like it's his duty to deal with something, he'll do it no matter what," Angel smiled softly, only a bit of sisterly worry in her at seeing his prone body.

"Trust me, as his doctor of who knows how many years… he'll be fine. I've seen him get up from some really dangerous things," Demon laughed.

"I watched him get skewered through the gut and he walked back into battle… that's when I realized I was getting trained by a psychopath," Maro sighed fondly.

"Always going to full extent to protect his loved ones…" Robin said with a fond tint in her voice.

"Is he… Is he really a Devil?" Conis asked, unsure. The one with black wings was like nothing she expected…

He was supposed to be the one bringing doom to Skypiea but yet it was their supposed Kami doing so and the Devil protecting them…

And these sweet people trusted him with all their lives. They truly believed in what he was able to do...

"Everyone's answer is different," Nami replied with a small smile. "I think he's a Devil because he's so damn annoying."

Everyone nodded in unison at that and the Skypieans sweatdropped.

"You shouldn't form an opinion of someone based on what you hear. You should form it based on what you know," Sabo advised, gazing intently at the screen.

"Form opinions based on what you know…" Conis and Aisa repeated.

Gan Fall gazed at the crew with an impressed gaze.

Wyper looked on with a stony expression.

"Rosan… you better wake up. I refuse to let you lose to this man," Robin thought, crossing her arms and gazing once more at the screen.

He would win because it was his right as the one aspiring to be strongest. And it was his duty to make it back safely to her.

Rosan gazed around, taking in the features of the new area with a confused expression.

He was in some mockery of a room, where every piece of furniture was made of either ice or crystal.

Where was he?

That didn't matter. He had more shit to worry about, goddamnit. That fake Kami really thought this would be enough to take him out?

He'd show him—

"You're pathetic."

Rosan went stiff, as a feminine figure draped their slender arms around his neck and whispered those words into his ears. They were crushing their frame into his back and it was preventing him from turning around.

"Who are you?" Rosan asked calmly, preparing to forcefully turn himself around.

"Calm down, my little Rose," the voice crooned.

Rosan froze.

Little Rose...?

"It's not time for you to die yet. Aren't you tired of being knocked unconscious? It's unbefitting of the one whose goal it to be the strongest."

"Die?" Rosan asked incredulously. "I won't die here. If you'd get the fuck off of me, I'd get to waking up right now," he snarled warningly.

"Aww, but I wanted to meet you for at least a little bit and just took the chance to do it," they pouted.

That voice... it was laced with a hint of sadism, seduction and a level of unhinged that reminded him of himself.

"I'm going to ask you on more time. Who are you?" He asked, voice low.

The figure shuddered at that, radiating a minute amount of fear that they nearly expertly hid from Rosan.

Nearly.

"So dangerous! You can call me Pestilence. But who I am exactly isn't really important right now. You need to go and beat that Logia before he takes everything away from you. This is the fight you've been longing for isn't it? It would be a tragedy if you lost all your emotions after gaining them so soon because you couldn't even beat one person."

Rosan bristled at that and his eyes flashed dangerously as he whirled around and glared at the short figure.

"I don't know who you are but count yourself lucky that I have more things to worry about," he growled lowly.

Whoever this person was, was right… Rosan had more things to worry about then whoever this Pestilence was.

He could dwell on it later because right now, he needed to win this fight.

If he didn't… then he'd lose them all. His friends… his family…

He couldn't let that happen.

"Atta boy," the voice whispered, kissing his cheek gently before pushing him away before he could retaliate.

Rosan was too stunned to react, just gazing at the face under the hood with wide, unbelieving eyes.

"Now, don't get knocked unconscious again and close the lid on this fight. Goodbye my Little Rose…"

As he vanished, the figure grinned wildly, red eyes pulsing with glee. "My oh my, Rose you sure are scary~. I expect nothing less from someone who's just like me!"

Enel heard the crew on the ship speaking about Rosan and scoffed to himself.

"Get back up? You think he hasn't been defeated? Fine, I'll make sure he is," he said calmly, turning towards the redhead.

He grasped his trident and prepared to stab down...

Only to go completely cold, as a gloved hand gripped his super heated staff.

"Modification," Rosan hissed, transforming the golden staff into rubber and making it wrap around the petrified Enel's neck.

"Rosan!" Mod exclaimed, voice filled with relief as her son woke up once more.

"You're awake!" Ram grinned.

"Rosan… please stop scaring me," Robin requested, relief in her voice obvious for all.

"I won't stop until I've won or I'm dead," Rosan informed them, blood roaring as he gazed at the terrified Logia.

"W-WHAT ARE YOU?!" Enel shouted, eyes bugged in disbelief as the redhead hoisted himself up with a violent grin.

"Portgas D. Rosan, humble scout of the Straw Hats," the man replied, eyes gleaming psychotically.

He gripped the staff and modified the ground into cold steel, before lifting Enel up by the weapon and slamming him back first onto the metal.

"GAGH!" Enel groaned as he spit up blood, grasping at the rubber choker and desperately trying to remove it from his person.

Rosan was not done. Still gripping the Logia's weapon, he picked him up again and began spinning repeatedly.

Utilizing Modification, the redhead modified the deck once more and had the floor become erect, before Rosan released the man.

Enel crash into the created wall and bounced off of it, only for his eyes to bug as the maniacal redhead slammed him back into it with a violent punch.

He stuck to it this time and the redhead tensed, before planting a boot that broke not only the wall Enel was glued to, but a few bones in his body.

The Logia wheezed in agony as he was punted through the wall, directly into his own golden statue. He struggled to breathe as his body began protesting at the slightest movements and felt his Mantra begin flaring wildly.

"Modification: Form," Rosan growled, palming the deck once more and transforming the material into rubber. Using his ability, he began manipulating them and had the floor soar towards Enel, turning the very ends of it, into something incredibly sharp and lethal.

"W-What the hell is his Devil Fruit?!" Enel couldn't help but think, eyes going wide in fear as certain death approached him.

Using his quick thinking, he began traveling through the gold with his ability to avoid the rubbery spikes.

He wasn't given a moments rest as Rosan appeared above him with staggering speed.

The Logia watched as the demonic redhead approached him, with wild eyes and turned towards his golden statue once more in a desperate attempt to slow the relentless Devil down.

"Gloam Paddling!"

"Oh?" Rosan hummed, watching as Enel manipulated the gold to cover one of his bronze arms completely. He gazed at the giant ball of gold with a curious gaze before his violent grin returned.

"Kahahaha! You thought this was going to slow me down?" Rosan laughed, touching the gold with his right arm and Modifying it into a golden pole, removing it completely from his arm.

"Here, your weapon," the redhead offered, slamming down at the spot Enel was at and watching as the frantic Logia vanished, only to appear on the opposite side.

"Preposterous! What is he doing? How can he manipulate Gold just as easily as me?! How is he transforming it into a different material?!"

His Mantra alerted him to the oncoming onslaught and Enel balked before he vacated his spot.

It was just in time because a rapid barrage of red orbs slammed into where he was at.

Enel's eyes bugged in fury at the audacity of the man destroying. "STOP! CEASE YOUR ATTEMPTS AT DESTROYING MY SHIP!" The man roared in rage.

He needed the Ark Maxim to make it to Fairy Vearth. If it was destroyed here, all his aspirations would be for nothing! All those years down the drain and he refused to see that outcome come true.

Rosan threw his head back and laughed atop the golden statue, mirth radiating off the insane man as he summoned 3 more of those floating red orbs.

"Guess you'll have to protect it somehow," he replied.

The psychopath dropped the orbs directly towards the ship but Enel was already on the move.

"Raichoso!"

He tapped each of his drums and from it, came multiple thunder birds that intercepted the orb and caused a mini explosion that, while damaging, prevented the ship from being completely destroyed.

"ENOUGH!" Enel roared, veins forming across his whole head as he reached his limit with this damned Devil. "YOU TREAT MY SHIP LIKE A PLAYTHING. YOU'VE CHANGED IT, DESTROYED IT AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR INSOLENCE!"

The man began glowing brightly as he focused on the clouds formed from Deathpiea.

He began shaping and combining every single one of the dark clouds created, until they formed a truly gigantic sphere of pulsing electricity.

"I'm going to destroy you and Skypiea. No more games! No more benevolence. WITNESS, THE MIGHT OF KAMI!" Enel shouted with a psychotic glint in his eyes.

"Behold, RAIGO!"

Rosan's eyes narrowed.

"Are you truly okay?" Mod asked in worry. Rosan wasn't making it obvious, but he was far more beat up then he was letting on.

"I'll be fine," he grunted, banishing Shinigami's wings with a bit of strain.

It was time for a bit more firepower.

"Modification: Ragnarok."

A pulse of terror, coursed through all who weren't aware of Rosan's draconic form.

None could stop the primal surge telling them to flee at all costs, as the massive creature burst into all of their views.

"W-What is that?" Conis asked in horror. The blonde Angel went pale in fear at what she was currently witnessing and took a shaky step back.

Not only did Enel just summon a sphere of electricity large enough to wipe out all of Skypiea and that was cause for plenty of terror but... but Rosan just transformed into a… what was that creature? What was that terrifying creature that filled Conis with such primal fear, she was reminded of the days Enel first took residence.

Whatever it was, it was large enough for them to actually see it without the help of the screen recording.

"That's a dragon," Robin explained, watching Enel's own attack with slightly wide eyes.

His power output was truly absurd, even with the help of the ship.

"I'll match it and I don't need a shitty ship to do it," Rosan snarled in her mind.

"A dragon?! You mean as in the ruler of the skys?!" Wyper barked in disbelief.

"Some praise dragon's as divinity. The one true ruler of the sky," Gan Fall explained with wide eyes, gazing at the glorious monster. "The power to gift and destroy... some tribes of Sky Islanders still believe that dragons are the original rulers of the world!"

"A dragon… wow. I-It's so scary..." Aisa awed, looking at the massive creature with fear.

"That ball is huge..." Maro muttered, watching as Ragnarok stared off with the gigantic sphere of electricity, snarling in challenge.

Robin's expression turned thoughtful before she nodded. "Luffy, Sabo... be prepared to use your body to protect the ship if it comes down to it. There's about to be a big explosion."

The captain shot them a thumbs up. "Right!"

The revolutionary nodded, gripping his pipe with a relaxed expression.

They watched on with bated breaths as the battle reached the climax.

"RAOGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The dragon roared, making every denizen of Skypiea shudder in true fear that belayed the horror that giant electric ball filled them with.

"RAOGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Rosan howled to the heavens as he glared up at the sphere of electricity.

"What…?" Enel muttered in disbelief. What... what was that? Was that his true form?! Was this the true form of the Devil?!

Just… just what exactly was Rosan capable of doing?! His reserves of techniques seemed endless?! He revealed trick after trick, in order to match everything he was throwing.

Was this truly what the enemy of Kami was capable of?! But no! It did not matter! He was Kami! Even the enemy of Kami, was lesser!

His black and red, razor sharp, tail swished from left, as the redhead decided his best course of action.

"Things might get messy… Robin, tell Luffy and Sabo to be prepared to guard the ship."

"Alright," she replied.

Rosan growled and began to focus, heterochromatic slits staring at the Raigo without a hint of fear.

No, there was only challenge in those predatory eyes.

Opening his maw, the gigantic dragon placed both of his clawed hands in front of it and began channeling energy.

He began with the abnormal flames of Ragnarok, pouring out the fire and keeping it steady.

Then, using his right claws, he pushed out a burst of energy and amplified the flames with the power of wind.

The flames erupted into an unstoppable torrent the moment he added the wind into the mix and before it could go out of control, he locked it up in a sphere made from Germa's energy…

And then Rosan roared as he poured an insane amount of power into the attack.

Moving his hands away from the sphere growing bigger and bigger, Rosan hoisted his maw up and the thrashing orb followed.

"More," Rosan thought pouring more and more of the 3 separate energies into the attack and grunting at the strain of trying to use all at once.

"MORE!" He shouted, grinning internally at said strain.

The strain showed that he was struggling. The strain showed that he really needed to dig deep.

The strain showed that he was alive and that was a feeling he had longed for without even knowing.

Finally, when he deemed it sufficient enough, Rosan fired.

"DOOMSDAY!" He roared.

For the first time since eating his Devil Fruit, Enel began to doubt.

He began to doubt his ability in being able to deal with someone. He began to doubt his own strength. He began to doubt his —

No. Never.

Enel wasn't sure what he needed to deal with this because the one named Portgas D. Rosan, was an anomaly that he couldn't figure out.

Did he... Did he even want to figure this person out? How long had he had access to this form? Was he... only using it to counter his Raigo?

What was wrong with him?!

He watched with a slack jaw, as a gigantic orb, similar in size to his Raigo shot out of the strange creature's (what animal was that? W) mouth.

The red ball of destructive energy crashed into one of his strongest techniques and Enel felt an abnormal amount of sweat forming, as they actually clashed.

The following explosion was deafening.

All throughout Skypiea, people were forced to duck and find cover, as what could only be described as the apocalypse happened.

Screams of terror rang throughout the land, as stray bolts of lightning and fire crashed into everything that dared to show itself.

Everyone had seen the giant orb of electricity, looming over them in what could only be certain death.

But what they were not expecting, was to see a massive black and red monster burst onto the scene.

Gazing at the horrifying monster, caused some Skypieans to fall to their knees and begin praying.

Evidently their prayers had worked, because the creature began to actually form its own ball of death, to counter the punishment from Enel.

What followed next was utter chaos.

The two orbs collided. They seemed to fuse together for half a second, before exploding in every direction in a shockwave that was felt throughout all of the Sky Island.

"RAOGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Rosan howled in victory, satisfied at the brief enormous explosion, before the attacks canceled each other out.

He turned his gaze towards the shell shocked Enel and morphed back into his human form, angelic wings once again taking place on his back as he floated in place.

"Don't go dragging others into this just yet, Enel. This is a proper one on one don't you remember?" Rosan said calmly. "Interrupt my dance again and the ship goes bye."

Enel gazed at the one who stopped one of his most powerful techniques with an expression he had never donned before.

Distress.

No one should have been able to stop that. He was Kami. HE WAS Kami. NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STOP HIM WHEN HE DECIDED TO STOP HOLDING BACK.

NOT A SKYPIEAN. NOT A BLUE SEA DWELLER. AND NOT SOME DEVIL.

HE WAS Kami. HE WAS ABSOLUTE.

Enel snapped as his eyes lit up in fury and the man began to expand to ludicrous sizes.

"YOU'VE PUSHED ME TO THIS, ROSAN! DIE IN THE NAME OF Kami!" Enel roared, skin vanishing in favor of electricity.

"200 Million Volts: Amaru!"

Rosan watched as Enel's form was replaced with that of a giant, potbellied figure.

Gone was his normal skin, replaced with pulsing electricity as the enormous deity glared down at him with a cracked expression.

"TRY AND TOUCH ME NOW!" Enel shouted manically. "Every touch will be as if your being shocked by the strongest bolt of lightning yet! GO ON! TOUCH ME!"

"What will you do now?" Mod asked in worry.

Rosan tilted his head. "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to win," he replied matter of factly with a serene expression.

"What…?"

"You're about to do something stupid, aren't you?" Robin asked. She just got her battle junkie version of Rosan back and already, he was killing her with worry.

He was so lucky she loved him.

Rosan simply grinned. "I humbly accept any punishment planned for me later!"

"...That means you won the battle so I'll dial it down just a little."

"Kahahaha!" Rosan laughed in genuine joy as his body shuddered excitedly. "You've got a lot of balls for thinking that's gonna scare me, dumbass!"

Enel, who had been laughing as well, blinked owlishly. "What? You cannot touch me like this. I'm invincible—"

His eyes bugged in pain, as a fist planted itself firmly in his giant gut and the man bent over in agony.

Rosan's body crackled with blue electricity, due to making contact but he paid no mind to that.

"A-Are you crazy?" Enel asked in disbelief, watching in fear as the redhead ignored the pain he was certainly in just to keep hitting him.

"Insane actually," the redhead grinned.

Clenching his fist, Rosan began to absolutely batter Enel.

He punched him on the right cheek, turning the man's head forcefully before delivering another to his lift, then he stepped back and planted a vicious boot to the large man's electric nose.

The Logia tried to fight back, clenching a thunderous fist and launching a bolt of pure lightning at the redhead but Rosan simply vanished from his spot and appeared behind him, delivering a knee to the man's back.

Enel wildly swung behind himself and watched as Rosan dodged it, before the Logia dashed for the golden statue.

He slammed a hand into it and manipulated it once more, forming a familiar trident that he aimed at the redhead. It was flowing with so much electricity, the gold began taking a molten hue.

Rosan gazed at him and held out a hand. His gloves seamlessly transformed into his signature scythe, before a roar of unnaturally red flames surrounded him.

Without any of the hesitation Enel expected him to have, the redheaded maniac charged him like a true juggernaut in the midst of battle.

The Logia snarled hatefully and erupted in electricity, shielding himself and making sure to punish every single attempt to attack by the redhead.

Except it only seemed to motivate him.

They exchanged furious blow after furious blow but instead of slowing down, Rosan seemed to be speeding up.

And not only that, Enel was no longer coming out unscathed from these attempts either because even after dodging attacks... he would still get licked by fiery flames or battered by a heavy gale.

He no longer had the clear advantage anymore. As the fight dragged on... it almost felt like this demon was getting stronger.

"I've downloaded and adapted to his style," Rosan grinned eagerly, leaning back from the trident and ducking into Enel's guard to slash at his blue belly, missing narrowly but looking wholly unbothered.

Enel hastily ducked under a downward swipe of that scythe, before his eyes bugged at seeing it lurch back to Rosan's hands in the form of gloves.

The Logia's eyes bugged as the switch of weapons banished the opening he gained from the redhead overextending and instead allowed him to continue his onslaught.

The gloved fists slammed into his gut, before erupting into an explosion that sent the Kami soaring away.

"90 MILLION VOLTS: JAMBOULE!" Enel howled, shooting out three blue serpentine dragons that shot after the redhead.

"Modify Size: Decrease. Output: Minimize."

The man blinked in confusion as Rosan vanished from view and avoided the collision of the dragons, that slammed into the wall instead.

What...? He could still feel him... but where was he?!

"Modify Size: Increase. Output: Maximize."

His answer was soon answered, as a tremor went through the ship and Enel stepped back in horror, as Rosan showed up in his vision again.

Except he was a lot bigger.

"Been a while since I've used this! Figured I could bring some old techniques out!" Rosan smirked wildly, peering down at Enel with those giant glowing eyes of his.

The redhead had transformed into a giant, even dwarfing Enel in Amaru and he nearly encompassed the entire ship.

Not even the wings had been spared from the rapid growth of the redhead and those obsidian feathers cast a shadow above everything.

"You get it now, Enel?" The living, breathing, demon asked mockingly. "You have a great fruit... I would never have complained about eating the Goro Goro no Mi..."

His gaze sharpened.

"...Well, only if I didn't know about this fruit."

The redhead lunged and Enel saw the attack... but there was nowhere he could go to dodge it.

The giant fist planted itself into his whole body and flattened him into the wall immediately. Enel's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he spat out blood from the feeling of his insides caving in.

"He's insane! What is he?! WHAT IS THIS?!" Enel thought in genuine terror as the man fought through his electric shield despite the pain he should be in.

No matter how many times the redhead got shocked from hitting him, he never slowed down for even a second. Even now, as his fist buried itself into Enel and caused him to take who knows how many volts, the redhead was hellbent on inflicting equal amounts of punishment to the Logia.

The Kami coughed up another wad of blood and realized his body was giving out. He couldn't continue anymore. He was at his limit.

He needed to —

"Get away?" Rosan asked, making the man freeze. The redhead cackled even despite the fact his body was sparking and he said, "No one has ever gotten away from me, y'know?"

With that, the redhead unfurled his giant fist and wrapped both hands around Enel's giant body.

"Damn, this damage is really adding up. I can't feel my insides," Rosan huffed, hiding a wince as his body seized up again from the agonizing pain he was in.

It had been shutting down quite a bit actually but Modification was forcefully rebooting him.

"No one should be able to handle the amount of electricity your taking in! You have to end this soon, Rosan!" Mod said in concern.

Oh he would alright.

He'd finish it right now.

"UNHAND ME!" Enel roared. "EL THOR!"

The beam of electricity slammed into them both and Rosan rasped as he shut his eyes and grit his teeth.

He spread his wings and kept his grip firm, before flying forward and slamming the man into the beanstalk.

Then, the redhead began to fly higher and higher up the Beanstalk while the giant Enel struggled in his grasp.

"200 MILLION VOLTS: VARI!" Enel roared in a last ditch effort to end this madness.

Rosan hissed and he briefly fell unconscious as he felt his insides practically frying from the continuous onslaught of electricity.

Then they snapped open in fury, glowing brightly with raw adrenaline.

The battle wasn't over yet. It would never be over until he won. Even if you managed to beat him, as long as he was alive the fight would never be finished until he finished it.

He could worry about the pain when he was done with this fight.

He could worry about resting after he won this fight.

So Rosan pushed through despite his body screaming at him to stop and continued to fly with Enel until they burst through the very top of the clouds and reached the highest point of the beanstalk.

The world froze for a moment, as both took in the sight before them.

Sitting there, look nearly untempered by the flow of time, was a giant golden bell, resting on a solid gold pillar.

Rosan's eyes flickered to it very briefly before he honed in on the Logia once more and reduced his size to normal.

Enel managed to catch a glimpse of the golden bell and felt his eyes widen.

"The Golden Bell?! So this is where it's been located? I must have it at all costs! I must get this demon off of me!" He thought and his struggles renewed.

He continued to shock Rosan to no avail until it felt like finally, the redhead couldn't withstand his onslaught.

Rosan tensed up and launched the Logia towards the ground at breakneck speeds, before transforming his outfit's material into rubber.

With a touch of Modification, his cloak extended like it had a mind of its own and the rubbery outfit lashed out and wrapped around the panicking man.

"S-STOP!" Enel roared, still in his Amaru form. The rubbery outfit of Rosan restrained him and forced him onto his knees where he could only helplessly gaze up at his opponent.

"So the bell really is up here," Rosan muttered as he used his entire cloak as a rubbery chain for Enel. It left him in just his black, long cargo pants.

Right before flying off, Robin had called him down and told him where the Golden Bell was located.

"It probably has a beautiful sound so can you do this for me?" She had requested and he nodded without hesitation.

Good, since it was here… it was time to finish this.

Rosan grinned in victory at the man forced down to his knee.

"Look at that, a so called Kami, brought to his knees by the Devil… or the Shinigami or the Forsaken one… Man you guys have a lot of names for me," he hummed, eyes glowing in delight.

Enel struggled fruitlessly in his confines, staring at the floating redhead with rage. "WHAT ARE YOU?! WHAT IS THIS?! RELEASE ME AT ONCE!"

This damned Devil! He thought those tales were a lie! Not once had he ever taken stock of such a silly fairy tale! Devil? Enemy?

HE HAD NO ENEMIES! HE WAS KAMI!

"We've reached the climax of the show, Enel," Rosan said ominously, beginning to hum a gentle tune.

"You see... to me, every battle is a dance. A performance... and in that performance, no one can take the stage from me because I'm the star. I'm the lead performer," the redhead informed him.

At the same time, pillars of red flames began surrounding Enel, dancing in time with the redhead's humming and making the Logia sweat nervously.

"When you're the lead performer, you have to show up everyone and that's what I do. I love to win. I love when people watch me win. Nothing fills me with more joy, then outperforming my opponent on this grand stage. Nothing fills me with more glee, watching the realization that I'm better hit them!" Rosan grinned psychotically, summoning his scythe and beginning to spin it rapidly.

Enel listened to the psycho with petrified eyes, as he revealed his true colors.

"This pain. This adrenaline. This urge to survive. My blood roaring at me to win... My body telling me to crush all who oppose me... it makes me feel so alive!" Rosan admitted without any hesitation.

Then, the pressure slammed into Enel and the redhead gazed down at him with the eyes of a predator who had locked onto helpless.

"You hit me with a lot of lightning…" Rosan mused.

Enel's eyes widened in true terror as the temperature spiked even further, due to the redhead surrounding himself in the same colored fire as the pillars steadily getting closer to him.

"Let's hit you with my element," he told him.

The shirtless redhead grinned violently.

"A Kami vs A Devil… Fire vs Lightning… Observation vs Armament... All of it is really quite poetic don't you think?" Rosan asked, spinning his fiery scythe repeatedly.

With a thought, the fire expanded and soon, it look like the redhead was holding a gigantic scythe made of flames.

It was almost as if it were begging to be made into a performance. The script wrote itself and perhaps even Rosan was a victim to it...

"But all good shows must come to an end," he said ominously.

Enel felt a moment of true fear, as he watched Rosan begin soaring towards him, spinning that dangerous looking scythe with intent to finish him off.

All the while, the flame pillars began converging onto his position.

No. NO! HE WAS Kami! HE NEEDED TO FIND FAIRY VEARTH! HE COULDN'T LOSE HERE IN THIS REALM OF MORTALS.

"NO! I REFUSE!" Enel howled. Channeling everything in his reserves, the man didn't even bother screaming out a technique.

He just exploded in pure raw electricity.

Without his Raid Suit, Rosan took the full brunt of that unfocused attack and he couldn't stop himself from howling in agony at the attack. He felt his skin crinkle, he felt it burning, he felt himself getting shocked repeatedly by that madman of a doctor.

But still he did not stop. No he could not stop.

Not until he won.

Lighting. Doc. Torture... none of that mattered anymore to him. Here and now, Rosan would cleanse himself of all the trauma he suffered on that island.

Starting here. Starting with this false Kami.

So Rosan pushed through. Even as he got burned from the raw energy emitted by Enel. Even as he felt his body shut down for the umpteenth time.

The Logia was more lightning then human right now, doing everything in his power to keep Rosan away.

"I AM KAMI! I. AM. KAMI! YOU ARE NOTHING TO ME! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A STAIN UPON MY NAME!"

But Rosan would not be kept away.

The redhead soared at max speeds towards the mass of lightning, eyes glowing madly as he ignored all the pain. The pillars roared eagerly at the opportunity to feast and they lunged.

Faster and faster he flew—

"Reckoning."

—Until he cut through the man in a blaze of fire.

"I… am… Kami?" For the first time since eating the Goro Goro no Mi, Enel didn't sound so sure of himself...

And then the pillars crashed into him.

The following explosion was deafening.

Rosan, who was now on the opposite side of Enel now, calmly transformed Ram back into a ring. He glanced back as the explosion dissipated and smirked.

"Poor Kami, losing to a mere humble scout," he said mockingly.

Enel lay there in defeat, Amaru form gone, as horrific burns marred his entire body.

Most notably, a cut from hip to shoulder resided on the man. So hot was the attack, the man wasn't even bleeding, wound instantly cauterized.

Rosan held out a finger and allowed his bird to land, patting it with a single finger gently.

The redhead smirked. "Hope you enjoyed the show. Now if you don't mind, I've got private things to do! Make sure you have my gifts ready, old Kami."

With that, he shut the connection to the stream.

The moment he did, the redhead fell to his knees and silently screamed, dry heaving due to anything that could be thrown up, being incinerated from that lightning.

"That... fucking... hurts," Rosan panted harshly and he desperately clutched his chest as he threatened to collapse right then and there.

"Rosan! Are you alright?" Robin asked in concern, listening to his screams with a worried expression.

"I'm fine... it's just I'm actually drained for once," Rosan snorted, breaking out into coughs as his charred body steamed.

His healing factor had been overworked. It was working far slower then normal but it would pick back up in a few hours.

Right now, he just wanted to rest. But there was always so much to do.

"We did it!" Mod cheered leaping onto an equally exhausted Ram with a proud smile and planting a kiss right on the ring's cheek before rustling her hair. "I'm so proud of you, Rosan! Ram! You two did amazing!"

"I'm tired. G'night," Ram yawned, nuzzling Mod and falling asleep instantly in the woman's protective hold.

"Rest, you earned it. Well done Ram," Rosan thought as his own adrenaline wore off fully.

"That was fantastic, Rosan," Robin said warmly, smiling brightly at seeing him win. "Now please hurry and finish your business, I won't feel satisfied until you are asleep and healing."

Rosan would have snorted but he needed to conserve as much energy as possible. "Sure thing, dear. Want me to go pick up some groceries too?" He mocked.

"Are you sassing me because I'm worried for you?" Robin asked incredulously.

"Kahahaha! Sorry, I couldn't help it!" Rosan laughed, pushing himself up with some effort and wincing as he collapsed slightly in the process.

The redhead slowly walked over to the unconscious Enel and crouched in front of him, gazing intently at the burned body.

"What do you plan on doing?" Mod said, a little nervous because this was one of the things Rosan didn't disclose with her.

Now that his adrenaline wore off, his vibrant emotions seemed to have simmer down. They were still there and visible but it looked like being in battle, is what drew them out fully at the moment.

Rosan grunted as he pulled out the object he planned on using.

"...A pear?" Mod asked in confusion.

Surely… wait, was Rosan trying to do what she thought he was trying to do?

"Hm?" Robin spoke up, before gasping as a mental image of Rosan's perspective roared into her mind.

She shut her eyes slightly and Luffy grabbed her in worry before the woman smiled at him.

"I'm going to try and take his Devil Fruit," Rosan told them bluntly, coughing up smoke.

...

"What?" Robin asked in disbelief, eyes going wide as she heard the words that came out of his mouth.

"Ever since I first spoke to Hiroshi, I wanted to see if I could ever use Modification to take a person's Devil Fruit and I think I got a working version going but I'm not sure…"

It had been a stray thought but he began pursuing it a bit more in the past few years, after hearing about something rather interesting from Aiko.

"Word around the block is that there are artificial Zoan's being created and distributed," she had told him. "I don't know much detail, but one of the Yonko are very interested in them… if I hear more info about them, I'll let you know but it's being kept pretty hush hush."

They didn't know much at all about the artificial Devil Fruits and if they were even real but Rosan had taken that info for himself and came to another realization.

"What if I can steal or copy a Devil Fruit?" He thought to himself.

The revelation that

In theory it should work, especially with what he knew about the Lineage Factor from Hiroshi.

So Rosan began researching more about DNA in his alone time in hopes of figuring out the technique.

He didn't really care about Zoans at all and the Paramecias he'd seen up to now weren't all that impressive to him either.

But a Logia? Of course he'd try and take that one. That's what he planned on doing to Crocodile if he didn't end up subjugating him.

But now… now was as good as time as any to put it into work.

"An ability to take or copy a Devil Fruit?" Mod gaped. That sounded almost startlingly similar to one of the things Vegapunk was interested in.

Was his goal also to attempt to use Modification to help with that? Did he even think of that? No... he couldn't have. Mod was beginning to learn that Rosan's intuitiveness with this fruit, was unmatched to a degree that even Vegapunk couldn't have realized.

She wondered what the scientist would have thought of him.

"Fascinating…" Robin muttered.

"Only if it works," Rosan grunted, eyes glowing wide as he placed a hand directly atop of Enel's heart.

"Modification: Extract Files."

…

Using Extract Files, Rosan would scan another person's body and use Modification to find and forcefully remove their DNA from their body.

Then, he'd use a medium (a fruit) and attempt to mold it with the extracted DNA… creating his very own artificial Devil Fruit.

He didn't know how the ones Aiko told him about created their own... but it couldn't have been as different as his own.

There was only one problem...

Rosan frowned as he inspected Enel's body. He had reached an immediate roadblock that seemed to stop him dead in his tracks.

Enel's body was literally made out of lighting. He couldn't extract his DNA… because his DNA wasn't like Rosan's own.

It wasn't possible… Was this the case with all Logia's? Did every single facet of their makeup turn into a force of nature, making it impossible to control and extract?

... that was so lame.

"Tch. The idea's a bust," Rosan scowled, explaining his revelations to Robin and Mod.

"It sounds like with enough practice, you can extract a Zoan or Paramecia, can't you?" Robin asked, sensing his annoyance.

"I guess," he muttered.

The Devil Child rolled her eyes. He was such a brat. "Don't give up on the idea just yet, think about the Mythical Zoans. There are many types of Paramecias too. Their usefulness varies!" She encouraged.

Rosan perked up at that.

That was true… With enough work he could figure it out…

"One problem... I've never actually practiced this technique on another person. This is my first time attempting it," Rosan frowned.

"You haven't practiced it even once?" Robin thought in surprise. "But why?"

"...I can't experiment on another human being. I've already taken so much from Doc... I can't take that too. I've done some testing on myself and I thought I had it figured out but maybe not," he answered truthfully.

Robin frowned at his answer. It made sense he didn't want to experiment on someone... it was the same reason he had such an aversion to learning medicine.

The technique had so much potential thought and if he never practiced with it, he may never figure it out.

"Use me," she decided. "It's fine if the person is willing, right? You can use me then."

Rosan balked at that and shook his head wildly. "Are you fucking insane?! I could never use you, Robin!"

"You can and you will," she said firmly, shutting his protests down. "You won't fully extract my Devil Fruit and I don't care if you copy it, I trust you. Use me as you see fit until you feel like you confidently have it down."

He was going to protest more but she said, "Rosan. No."

He sighed in defeat. "What did I do to end up with such an amazing best friend?"

"Be a self depreciative idiot," she retorted.

Rude.

"Alright. Fine... but you kinda have to be topless for this to work... and I need to be touching you right over your heart."

"We see each other naked every single day. Putting your palm on my breast is of no concern to me."

"Maybe you aren't amazing and are just a weirdo. How do you not have a problem with me feeling you up?" He asked incredulously.

"Because we're best friends. Now quiet down and stop trying to dissuade me," Robin replied with a roll of her eyes.

The redhead sighed in actual defeat this time and let it go.

Rosan removed his palm from Enel's chest and gazed at the smoking Logia with a contemplative expression.

What would he do with him? It would be pretty funny if he made the man submit and then force him and Crocodile to work with each other.

But the man was a narcissist… he'd never submit to Rosan.

Memories of him trying to kill Robin, just to encite his emotions flashed through his head and the redhead scowled deeply, rage on his features that he was completely unable to control.

How dare he try and kill his best friend? Unforgivable. Rosan had already spared one person for such an atrocity, he'd be damned if he tried to spare another.

Guess he had to kill him and begin the hunt for his fruit.

"Maniac."

"Psychotic."

"Thank you."

"Those were not compliments."

Rosan smirked. Without any hesitation, he slammed his scythe into Enel's chest with brutal force, connecting directly with the man's heart and instantly ending the Kami's life.

There was no fanfare, no speech. Just a clean killing that Rosan felt way too satisfied delivering.

He didn't kill Crocodile for what he had done to Robin, so he'd just do it to Enel.

Speaking of, He'd just have Crocodile be on the lookout for the man's Logia. With someone like him, it'd only be a matter of time before he found it or some clues to the person who had.

"Now that that's done… I've got a few more things to do then I can get some much needed sleep. I'm so tired," Rosan muttered.

"I hope you don't mind being used as a pillow for who knows how long, Robin."

"...You've earned it. I'll read a book in the meantime."

Rosan smiled victoriously.

Everyone watched Rosan's battle with Enel with wide eyes, unable to comprehend how he had managed to flip the tables so thoroughly.

"H-He's amazing!" Conis gasped, as Rosan detonated Enel's country destroying attack with his own.

"Course he is! He's my teacher after all!" Maro beamed proudly, watching as the redhead showed how much of juggernaut he was by tanking all of Enel's blows.

"Moving despite all those injuries… Truly he is most impressive," Gan Fall gasped.

Rosan was relentless. Despite everything Enel bombarded him with, he continued to fight.

Even the Logia's gigantic transformation didn't deter him.

No, it just made him more insane.

They watched as without any hesitation, Rosan grew to ludicrous sizes and continued to pummel Enel, heedless of the damage he was taking in the process.

"He can change his size?!" Nami asked in surprise.

"I've never seen him do it," Maro muttered, just as surprised.

"It's something he used to abuse as a child," Robin informed them with a small smile, feeling nostalgia at seeing him utilize a technique he hadn't touched for so long. "He used to change his size and his toys size all the time. I gained many headaches from his antics."

There was one time he had shrunken himself and scared her by turning to normal while trailing her... she had won their brawl that day.

Good times... it said something about their relationship, that Robin was looking for a reason to brawl him soon.

"He's insane," Wyper muttered, watching as Rosan's body accumulated more and more damage in his quest to win. He just pushed through it all and continued his nonstop assault.

Finally, they watched as the unhinged redhead latched onto Enel's electric body and slam him into the beanstalk.

Rosan began to fly with that huge Logia, battering him on the beanstalk while weathering every attack thrown his way.

"How can he ignore that…? Just one casual hit felt like I was being fried alive and he's taking his strongest techniques," An exhausted Raki asked, sending a thankful look towards the purple haired doctor.

"He's a juggernaut," Angel said with her own unhinged grin. "My older brother will keep fighting until he's won! It's his privilege!"

"The joy of battle… I'm so glad he can smile while fighting again... even if I'm going to have to heal him," Demon said fondly.

He flew and flew, keeping a firm grip on Enel the whole time until he broke through the very top of the beanstalk.

What they saw, left them stunned.

"That's…" Wyper said, shock on his features. The aloof man immediately stood up and glared harshly at the screen.

"What business does he have with the Golden Bell?!" The Shandian barked, poised to battle them all if he had to.

"Wyper, stop!" Raki said nervously. They stood no chance against these people but he looked like he didn't care about that.

If they fought them, they wouldn't even be able to take out one person before being neutralized.

"I told him to find it," Robin informed him calmly. "I figured out the location of it and told Rosan about it. I wanted him to verify if it was there."

"WHY?!" He snarled, rounding on Robin with a furious glare.

"Hey," Maro warned, standing up to regard him with a glare. "Don't talk to Robin like that. If it wasn't for her, you would never know where it was in the first place. Have some decency, you'd have spent hundreds of more years trying to figure out its location."

Robin smiled at the queen, touched that she would stand up for her.

Wyper glared at his former opponent, unbothered by facing the one who defeated him so casually.

"You have no right to that bell! It belongs to the Shandians!" he snarled. He would go after them both himself if he needed to.

"Like this land you've been living on all these years, right?" Maro snarked right back, furrowing her brows at the stubborn man. "There's such thing as too much pride. Learn to sit back and accept that you're benefiting from someone doing something that you can't," she said calmly.

The Shandian clenched his fist and glared darkly at the bandaged woman, unable to refute her claims but refusing to accept that reality despite knowing that yes, he'd never in a million years have been able to stop Enel.

Robin gazed at the angry Shandian with an infuriating smile (in his eyes) and said, "Did you know that in the Blue Seas, there is someone looking for the lost city of Shandora?"

Wyper froze at that and the woman continued unimpeded.

"His ancestor was labeled a liar because one day, the city vanished without a trace nowhere to be seen. In his final moments, he told them all, that it must have sunk to the bottom of the ocean so every day, that ancestor dives down in hopes of finding any trace of the lost city."

The Shandian began trembling at her story.

Surely she couldn't be talking about...

"His name… what is his name?!" Wyper asked shakily.

"Mont Blanc Cricket," she replied evenly, gazing at the screen.

They all watched as Rosan's scythe was engulfed in flames while Enel raved about being Kami. A trio of pillars surrounded the mad Logia and began dancing in time with the redhead's beautiful humming.

The self proclaimed Kami, had completely lost it as he was imprisoned by his greatest weakness and the redhead gazed at him with a victorious grin.

"He's doing it," Conis whispered. Was this nightmare going to end? Was the tyrant Kami going to finally fall…?

Was this the beginning of brighter times for Skypiea?

"Get em Rosan!" Luffy cheered excitedly.

"Reckoning."

Everyone shuddered at that word of finality and they waited with bated breaths, as an enormous fiery explosion happened.

Once the dust settled, they saw an almost serene Rosan standing over a defeated Enel, bird resting on his finger.

His eyes glittered with mirth as he smirked at them all. "Hope you enjoyed the show. Now if you don't mind, I've got private things to do! Make sure you have my gifts ready, old Kami."

And that was that, the stream abruptly ended, leaving them in a state of utter shock.

It did not last long.

"HE DID IT!" They all shouted in glee.

Angel, Demon and Maro all jumped on a surprised Sabo in glee and tackled him to the floor, laughing at the look of exasperation on his face and getting the revolutionary to join them.

Luffy jumped and whooped, landing on an amused Robin and wrapping his arm around her multiple times.

"See, I told you there's nothing to worry about! Rosan's strong!" The Captain grinned at her.

She smiled fondly at that megawatt grin of his and easily returned the hug. "You're right, Captain. I don't know why I was worried."

Wyper stared at where the screen was with a blank expression, lost in his own thoughts.

After all, his whole reason for wanting to reclaim Shandia, was right there. Above all else, he wanted to once more ring the bell to let Mont Blanc Noland know exactly where they were.

And they could do that. If they rang that bell, the ancestor of Noland would know where they are…

"Why… Why did you tell him to find that bell?" Wyper asked Robin and Luffy.

They both tilted their heads at that.

"Isn't it obvious?" Robin asked quietly.

"To ring it of course!" Luffy grinned.

To… ring it?

Then they all heard it.

A melodious sound so loud, it resonated through all of Skypiea. A sound so distinct, it could only belong to one object.

A bell.

Wyper didn't even realize he had fallen to his knees until the taste of tears reached him.

"This sound," Gan Fall choked, tears falling from his eyes. "I always believed this day would come."

Aisa and Raki gazed up in awe, allowing the sound to soak into them.

Conis was the same. Tears fell from her eyes as she realized that yes, the never ending nightmare was over. Enel was defeated. He couldn't hurt them anymore.

All because of one group…

"I… He can't possibly be a Devil," Conis sobbed freely, basking in the sound of the bell with a beautiful smile.

"Actually, the world would disagree with you," an amused voice said.

They all snapped to attention at that familiar deep voice and turned to face the exhausted, yet smirking, redhead.

Their scout was a mess. He was completely shirtless, allowing them to see that a majority of his body had vicious burns on it but despite that, the crew showed just how idiotic they really were.

"ROSAN!" They all cheered, leaping onto the injured redhead in glee.

The redhead stumbled a bit, at being bombarded by a majority of his crew and tried to recover but fell instead due to being so tired.

"C'mon, it hasn't even been that long. Are you that hopeless without me?" Rosan laughed, hugging them back to the best of his ability.

"Look at how expressive you are!" Angel sobbed, hugging him so tightly, he nearly choked.

Everyone nodded, clambering the redhead with looks of excitement.

"You did amazing! You're so strong!" Chopper gushed, resting on his head with excitement.

"I don't know if anyone could have taken as much punishment as you did," Zoro grunted.

They knew Rosan was strong but seeing the fight he put up against Enel, allowed them to really appreciate him even more.

Rosan laughed at that. "You've gotta be able to take a bit of pain in a fight. It makes it easier to withstand being bombarded by you idiots while I have such burns on me," he told them.

"That was way more then a bit of pain!" They deadpanned. Seriously, most people would be dead from that and here he was still finding time to insult them!

The redhead disentangled from them after some time and slowly approached the smiling duo of Robin and Luffy, limping slightly.

"Good job Rosan!" Luffy beamed, dragging the redhead into their hug.

"You did amazing," Robin muttered, hugging him tightly as relief flooded through her veins.

"It's a beautiful sound… I couldn't stop myself from singing," Rosan told the duo as he returned the hug.

"Shishishi! Do you think they can hear it down there?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Kahahaha! Of course they can, I made sure it rang super loud," Rosan assured.

They better be able to hear it. If not, they'd be none the wiser and continue to kill themselves down there and Luffy didn't want that!

"That sound…" Cricket said, gazing into the sky.

"They made it up there, boss!" Masira shouted.

"Isn't that…" Shoujou trailed off.

The descendant of Noland nodded. "There's only one bell that rings like that. Those damn guys actually did it…"

They all gazed at the giant figure in the sky, with magnificently large wings in awe.

It all made sense, if people were living in the sky, the strong sunlight would show them as a giant monster… but it was just their shadows!

That meant the Sky Island really did exist.

"That must have been one hell of an adventure," Cricket grinned, as tears fell down his eyes.

"We hear you loud and clear. Shandora isn't at the bottom of the ocean, it's in the sky!"

The man hunched over, much to the concern of Masira and Shoujou.

"Are you alright boss?!" They asked.

"I'm so glad they're alright," the man told them, tears falling freely at the vindication he was feeling.

"I was so worried for them!"

Rosan sagged in Robin and Luffy's frame and let out harsh raspy coughs as all adrenaline truly tapered off, which made them all focus in on his severely injured body.

"I'm tired," he muttered, sinking into the two with a pained sigh.

Robin instantly steadied him and sat down slowly, allowing the redhead to rest his head on her lap. She idly raked his hair and smiled down gently at those glowing dual eyes of his.

"Sleep. Demon and Chopper will make sure you're as good as new, okay?"

The redhead nodded, sinking himself further into her lap with a pleased hum. "I'll let you guys handle the rest until I wake up then."

They all nodded in unison.

"Thank you… Rosan… No, thank you all," Gan Fall said, bowing at them with nothing but gratefulness.

Rosan blearily turned to look at him, only moving his head, and said, "If you're so thankful, prepare my gifts. I'll let Nami and Angel decide if they're good enough."

"Leave it to us!" They said with a glint in their eyes.

Gan Fall sweatdropped but nodded, bowing once more. "It's the least I can do. Anything you guys want, I'll do my best to accommodate."

The redhead snorted. "You messed up saying that. I'm very greedy."

Rosan faced Robin again. "Join me in the mindscape? There's some things I want to discuss with you and Mod-chan."

Robin blinked but nodded.

"I'm going to sleep now and I'm taking Robin with me… see you all when I wake up," he mumbled, allowing Demon and Chopper to fuss over him with no complaint.

He tapped Robin and activated his technique and the duo both fell asleep.

Rosan opened his arms and caught the flying missile with ease, smiling down as Mod clutched him desperately.

She glanced up at him with teary eyes and the redhead laughed at how innocent his mother looked in that moment.

"This is why you can't date, Mod-chan. You're way too adorable," he teased as he wiped her tears.

"I agree, you're far too cute for your own good," Robin joined, accepting the offer to join the hug and holding the shorter woman.

She blushed scarlet and hid her face in their frames. "I'm just happy you big bullies! T-The castle lost another chain a-and the weather of the mindscape has changed and you have so much emotion showing!"

Rosan snorted and ran a hand through her lustrous hair as she tried her hardest to disappear into him.

"Speaking of which, how do you feel?" Robin asked curiously.

How much of his emotions could he currently feel? Robin had a decent idea with her observation but she'd like to hear him put it into words to get a better grasp.

Rosan hummed as he began walking to where the castle was, carrying an embarrassed Mod as he did so.

She was right, the weather did change and it was perhaps the strangest phenomena yet.

While everything was still frozen slightly, the ice wasn't as thick and it was raining of all things.

How strange. A raining frozen forest...

"If I had to put it into words… I'm much better than when I first broke out of Daybreak... Around the same level as when Meiko and I first started dating. I feel a majority of emotions right now and I think more are unleashed then restrained... which makes me wonder what exactly the chain is holding back," he muttered.

Robin smiled at that.

That was an enormous amount of progress made quickly and it would only get better.

"With you as my emotional support now, I expect to make even more progress," Rosan smiled before it turned into a frown. "If you ever feel like I'm taking advantage of you, just let me know alright? I don't want you to sideline your baggage just for my sake."

Robin gazed at Rosan before rolling her eyes and pinching his cheek.

"Rosan, I am quite literally unable to hide anything from you. You are just as much my emotional support as I am yours. Any baggage I have, is dealt with by you and that's how it's always been," she sighed in exasperation.

Rosan blinked at that before a wry smile made its way onto his face. "It really has been like that eh? My Robin-nee trying her hardest to assure little me that things are fine and being called out immediately."

She blushed in embarrassment at that. "The days when I thought it was possible to hide things from you… why are you so good at detecting lies?"

"Maybe it's a perk of these strange eyes of mine," he smirked, eyes glowing in time with his statement.

"I would love to find any type of information about them," Robin admitted, gazing into those heterochromatic eyes that were so important to Rosan's essence.

"I imagine Raisa would have information on them. It might be a royal secret so information is kept scarce," Rosan hummed.

Mod let out an instinctual growl at the mention of Raisa.

"Please do not mention that woman. It makes me feel uncomfortable," she requested, watching as the castle showed up.

Rosan gazed at the castle with an appraising eye. True to Mod's words, there really was a chain missing now which meant there was only one left…

This one was the thickest and was wrapped the tightest around the castle. Rosan wondered what exactly it signified. If the second chain housed most of his emotions... what exactly was more important to him that the third chain refused to vanish?

Hm...

"Sorry Mod-chan but you might have to be uncomfortable for just a bit longer…"

Mod went stiff at that.

"Because I have some questions for you," Rosan finished, cocky smirk gone in favor of a serious look. It was nothing like the dead eyed expression but honestly, seeing the firmness in his eyes and the slight frown, was all the more scary.

"Y-Yes, Rosan?" Mod asked, tone unsure as she gazed at the redhead.

The redhead gazed down at her. "Who is Pestilence?"

Mod went white.

"I-I… t-that," she stammered.

How did he know their name...? That was…

Rosan said nothing. The redhead patiently waited for her to speak while he ran a hand through a sympathetic, but silent, Robin's hair.

With Ram sleeping too… it was clear to Mod that she was on her own. Even if Ram was awake, she doubted the ring would defend her here. She was becoming equally as skeptical as Rosan was because the redhead's safety was her #1 priority.

C-Could she really face Rosan alone—

Mod froze.

Since when… since when was she so afraid of Rosan? Since when was she so afraid of her son?

The child that she had raised from a tiny toddler to this handsome man... the same man who used to clutch her tightly as he slept against her frame. The same boy who always looked to her for guidance, even when he had a good idea.

The boy who trusted her with all his heart and just wanted answers.

Here Rosan was, asking her a genuine question about a potential threat and she was afraid to answer because she was afraid of disappointing him.

When did Mod become so pathetic?!

The woman's fear vanished, replaced by determination and she gazed up at Rosan with a fierce expression.

"Before I tell you about Pestilence, there's something I want to say to you," she said, standing up straight.

Rosan tilted his head. "Hm?" he hummed curiously.

She steeled herself. "I'm sorry for letting you down, Rosan… As your protector, it was up to me to keep you safe and I failed almost as soon as I started. But please understand, that I truly do love you more then anything and in my eyes, you are my son! I have no intentions of letting Pestilence hurt you and I know above all else what she did is unforgivable in yours eyes…"

Her steely gaze wavered. "But please… please trust me a-and please stop excluding me from things because that really does hurt more than you could imagine… I know I've been nothing but a coward when it comes to you but I promise I'll be more brave so please… please consider me your mother again," she whispered softly.

The woman's fierce gaze melted as she spoke until she glanced at the floor with a brave expression that was quickly wavering as the silence stretched on.

Was it too late...? Had Rosan finally lost all his respect for her? Mod felt tears of defeat forming in her eyes as the realization that Rosan didn't love her anymore hit her.

She messed up so badly. S-She just wanted him to trust her again but she didn't deserve that—

A pair of strong arms wrapped around her and held her close.

"Was that so hard?" Rosan asked tenderly, voice quiet.

Her expression broke and she began sobbing in his chest as his comfort enveloped her.

"I-It was so hard!" She wailed, clutching him tightly as relief flooded through her system. "I just wanted things to go back to the way they were but I was so scared because I knew deep down, you were disappointed in me and you had every right to be. But in my fear, I was failing you even more! We're partners but I took a step back and let you take charge of everything because I didn't want to even entertain going against you," she admitted as she soaked his outfit.

Rosan snorted. "Listen to me Mod-chan. No matter what you will always be my mother and I have never treated you as anything else but that. We have had our ups and downs but nothing will change that fact… I wanted you to come to these realizations on your own because to be honest, if you didn't I wasn't going to let you talk to the virus."

She shuddered at that. "You weren't…?" Mod asked quietly.

"Nope. I was going to destroy it as soon as I laid eyes on it and to be honest, I knew I could get away with it because of your irrational fear… it's cruel of me to say but Mod-chan, it's a good thing you spoke up because I might have lost all respect for you after some time," he admitted.

The Devil Fruit's heart constricted at that because she would have deserved an outcome like that if it came down to it…

"D-Do you still respect me?" She asked quietly.

"Of course, I just want to know about Pestilence because I met them," Rosan said truthfully.

That silly little virus really thought he didn't know who they were? The only reason he didn't do anything was because Mod-chan could deal with it first and he had more pressing matters such as winning that damn fight.

Mod whimpered a bit and nodded in his chest so Rosan allowed her to cry.

"I was actually about to sit the both of you down so that you could talk your issues out so I'm glad you figured it out on your own," Robin informed them. The woman was smiling at the duo and shaking her head in fond exasperation.

"Honestly, you're both so emotionally stupid and that's coming from me…" Robin sighed.

"No, you're just as bad," Rosan retorted, reaching over and dragging her into the hug.

"Shut up," she muttered before sobering up. "You say you met the virus?"

Rosan nodded with a frown. "Yes, I'm very sure Pestilence is the Virus… after all, Mom has been dead for 20 years."

They froze at that.

"Rouge…?" Mod asked quietly, removing her face from Rosan's soaked shirt.

Robin frowned deeply at that.

"Yeah, I saw a glimpse, but she has the exact same voice and face as Rouge but her eyes are red and that's all I could tell," Rosan grunted.

His Devil Fruit frowned just as deep as Robin currently.

"Pestilence is a woman?" She asked in confusion. "That's… I didn't know things such as gender mattered to them… they mentioned once that if they had to pick a gender, it'd be male because of their natural advantages…"

"So they probably picked Mom to piss me off," Rosan grunted.

"What else should I know? I'll still let you deal with them but… they certainly didn't speak to me like someone who would so mercilessly torture me mentally."

Mod pursed her lips. "It might be one of their tricks… I must confess, I typically let the virus do whatever it was they wanted so they were given quite a bit of freedom… even then, considering you're stronger then me, Pestilence shouldn't be able to pose a threat to you…"

"Which is why it went after my emotions," Rosan rationalized.

It made sense. It didn't matter if it was a corrupt force, Pestilence probably didn't even make up half of Modification's power because they were not originally the Devil Fruit.

In a fight, they wouldn't stand a chance against the Devil Fruit itself, much less Rosan who had evolved with this fruit for the past 20 years.

Of the three, he was the strongest. Mod-chan would still give him a difficult battle, but she would inevitably lose… the had tested that out when he turned 20.

So they were hiding. What was their game plan then? It was only a matter of time before Rosan broke into that castle and forced a confrontation.

Is that why they were suddenly acting so courteous…

"How is the Virus able to communicate with me through both the castle and Seastone, when you are completely incapacitated from me having Seastone?" Rosan asked.

Mod pursed her lips. "The Virus is not... Modification. They simply assimilated some of my powers or all of it when I allowed it. I don't know what they are but Pestilence is not Modification... They are a virus that gained their own set of abilities from my powers... perhaps they have a certain resistance to Seastone as a result," she explained.

"Hm," Rosan hummed. "Why do they hate me?"

"It is their nature... Pestilence hates everyone but me and... they probably despise you even more because you earned my loyalty. They are possessive," Mod informed him quietly.

What was the purpose of this Virus? Why did Vegapunk add it? Rosan refused to believe that the genius had an oversight.

This was intentional.

Hm...

There was no point dwelling on it. They would meet soon, Rosan just needed to figure out what that final chain wanted.

"Rosan… thank you," Mod said suddenly. "Thank you for giving me another chance even despite my monumental failure… I'll try my best to make sure it doesn't happen again!"

Rosan glanced at her and rolled his eyes, flicking her on the forehead and getting a surprised yelp out of her.

"You think I was upset because you made a mistake? What type of hypocrite would that make me?" Rosan asked seriously.

Mod's eyes widened at that.

"I was upset with you because you didn't trust me enough to reveal the information," the redhead said truthfully.

"Time and time again I just wanted you to see me as a partner, but you refused to stop babying me and that was the last straw," he admitted.

Her eyes narrowed in guilt at that.

"I decided, since you didn't trust me enough to see me as a partner, I wouldn't trust you enough to be mine," he said softly. "You would be my mother like you wanted and I'd be your son but we wouldn't be partners anymore. After that moment, being both was impossible."

Even Robin looked surprised by that statement. She gazed at the redhead with slightly wide eyes and realized Rosan treated these things very seriously.

"So this entire time… you were… acting like my son?" Mod couldn't help but ask.

"Yup," Rosan popped the p as he smirked.

She opened her mouth and then closed it.

"I… I think I like prioritizing partners more," Mod said in defeat.

Robin and Rosan both burst into laughter at that.

"Kahahaha! What happened? Can't handle a kid who doesn't wanna tell his parents everything? It's natural you know?" Rosan cackled.

"Fufufufu! You should be glad that Rosan's natural teenage phase didn't happen. You'd have found him completely insufferable!" Robin joined.

Mod buried her face in their bodies in embarrassment and let out a moan of sadness.

"I hate you two," she mumbled into their shirts.

To think this whole time… her son was acting like well… her son! Now that she thought about it, it made so much sense that Rosan was acting like they were truly mother and son.

It explained why he had gotten so distant… it was natural for a child. As children got older, they told their parents less and less. It fit the bill of what Rosan was doing to a t.

She still hated it though. She didn't like it one bit. Rosan should be telling her everything.

"What's with that possessive grip?" Rosan asked in amusement, feeling the way Mod's hold on them increased.

"The both of you are mine," she growled fiercely. "No more secrets between us okay? The three of us are going to be open books from now on!" Mod demanded.

"Sure," Rosan complied easily.

"When did I get dragged into this?" Robin sweatdropped.

"You never stood a chance," Mod replied with a victorious smile, gripping the two of them tightly.

Robin sighed and accepted it with a fond smile.

No matter what she said, Mod could really be just as bad as Rosan.

"I want to say I'm surprised you're awake already… but I'm really not."

Rosan let out a small snort and sat up with Robin so they could regard the exasperated Demon.

His younger brother had been reviewing some notes before noticing the duo waking and turned to face them.

"Robin I get. She's not even injured, but Master, with your injuries you should be sleeping for at least another day," the doctor admonished, running a hand through his high ponytail.

He absentmindedly slapped his older brother's hand due to Rosan picking at his bandages.

"Stop that," he muttered, shooting Robin a smile.

Rosan stopped tugging at his bandages and said, "I did everything I wanted while asleep so it's time for me to wake up."

"People don't normally do things in their sleep," Demon retorted with a deadpan gaze.

"I'm not most people, that's why I get to move early," the redhead replied, moving slightly and immediately pausing as the dangerous aura of his younger brother washed over him.

"Master." Demon's smile was gentle as he glared at him with those brilliant red eyes. "I've quite literally never seen your body in worse condition then when Chopper and I worked on it."

"Where is Chopper by the way?" Rosan spoke up.

"He wanted to join the party so I let him go. Don't change the subject."

Rosan closed his mouth at that and Demon continued.

"Seriously, you're normally in top condition but your entire body was practically fried. You're nerve cells were heavily damaged, heavy burns on your skin and you nearly went into cardiac arrest. The Philosopher's Stone worked overtime to repair your organs."

The glare was gone in favor of worry, Demon's innate kindness making him unable to stay angry for long.

"It was bad… Really bad, Master. For the first time since I became your personal doctor, I worried for you," he admitted with a worried frown.

Rosan's eyes went soft and he ran a soothing hand through his brother's hair.

"But I'm fine because I know I had you and Chopper. I just want to move around a bit, Demon. If anything feels wrong, you're the first person I'll tell... okay second. Robin is first by default," he assured.

"I'll be watching him like a hawk… trust me, it's better to know that he's gone then figuring it out when it's too late. Saves you the heart problems," Robin smiled.

Demon stared at the two for a while before nodding. "They're all partying right now. There's a lot of people out there so don't get hurt. Make sure you don't remove your bandages either. I know you love to do that," he demanded.

Rosan smiled and rolled his eyes. "Don't stay cooped up in here, you little nerd. I know you want to surprise Maro with the completed Rumble Ball but make sure you enjoy yourself too."

Demon felt his throat lock up at how casually his emotional brother was speaking to him and nodded tightly.

It felt so good to see him smile and laugh and just have a different expression.

He didn't realize how much he missed it... but he had really missed his older brother. Rosan was the sun for a lot of them and to see his flames be reignited...

"Master, you look beautiful when you're human," he couldn't help but say.

There was a brief pause as they digested his words and Demon's expression, turned into one of mortification at what had inadvertently slipped out.

Both Robin and Rosan looked stunned by that statement, regarding the doctor with wide eyes.

Then, the redhead flashed a small, smug smile.

Demon felt his danger senses going haywire at that smile.

"My oh my, Demon. Don't you think that crushing on your hot older brother is rather insane? I know you like both genders but please have some decency... I guess I can't blame you though, I'm probably the hottest man you've seen yet," he shrugged helplessly, eyes shining in amusement as he looked at his embarrassed brother.

Demon's mortified expression deepened. "T-That's not what I meant! Please don't use my sexual preference to say these things!"

"Kahahaha! Is that why you've always been so afraid to be in my presence? You been leering at me this whole time?" Rosan crooned, wrapping an arm around his horrified brothers shoulder and bringing him close.

"Rosan please stop torturing my poor little Demon!" Mod jumped to the rescue, hiding a smile behind a firm scowl.

"Yes, Rosan... he's just glad that you're doing well," Robin interjected, smiling in amusement at the look of embarrassment on Demon's face.

"Please get out, I'll join the party in a minute," the doctor sighed, trying to will his red face from going away.

Rosan laughed shortly and stood up. "I know how you get during parties so if you want me to bring over Mikita or Zala… or both. I don't think they'd mind honestly... Why haven't you tried that yet?" The redhead asked.

"Rosan don't encourage his bad habits!" Robin reprimanded.

"What?! They're both into him and Demon's a whore! I would have thought he'd be going at both of them by now!" Rosan said incredulously.

"Out!" Demon nearly shouted.

The two let out short laughs and quickly vacated the area, leaving the embarrassed doctor to himself.

"Why is everyone so concerned about my love life?" the doctor sighed to himself.

How did Master even know that both Zala and Mikita harbored feelings for him? Was he some type of wizard?

The man sighed. Thinking about deepening a relationship was too much so he didn't dwell on things like that, which was why he scarcely dated.

The few times he did date someone, they didn't last very long. They pried too deeply into his life eventually and he wasn't comfortable sharing such information so he just gently let them down to avoid it becoming a problem in the future.

Though… maybe he should give some a chance.

Angel had been happily married for 5 years and in a relationship for even longer.

Granted, she was dating a behemoth like Maro so she didn't have to truly worry about the girl's safety often…

Rosan and Robin were practically dating already and their family was hellbent on making it official.

Maybe if Rosan actually opened his heart to her, Demon could find someone to settle down with.

It was a thought for another time, he guess he could go join that party.

The ongoing party went into a momentarily lull the moment everyone saw Robin and Rosan.

It was full to the brim with Shandians, Skypieans, the giant snake of all things and of course, his crew.

Before showing up, there had been quite the cacophony of noise and the bonfire they created, was actually massive.

The redhead idly scratched at his bandage and sent Robin a scalding glare when she slapped his hand away.

She simply smiled innocently at him.

"I'm just scratching my bandages. I already got warned not to tear it off."

"It could possibly be an instinct thing for you. I know how you are so I have to shut it down quickly."

Rosan scowled and made to attack her...

The two's gaze snapped back to the crowd, at the sound of loud cheering.

"HE'S AWAKE!" Everyone roared, swarming the redhead excitedly.

Rosan looked startled and instinctively wrapped an arm around Robin's waist to prevent anything from happening to her.

His worries were for naught. The people seemed genuinely happy to see him of all things…

"Huh?" Rosan thought in confusion as he took a step back from all the excited chatter.

"Rosan-sama! I heard you've taken interest in Skypiea's technology! Please, accept some of our assortment of wavers and breath ships to take back with you!"

"And take as many of our dials as you want! We have so much that leaving with a bunch, is of no issue!"

"We heard that your woman loves books! Please, take any that you find interesting! Skypiean history is rich and diverse!"

"Us Shandians have a few combat based dials you may help yourself to as well."

"Can we see your wings again?!"

The redhead gazed at the people in complete silence.

Why the hell did they like him? What was this? He wasn't... expecting this outcome.

"Probably because you beat their tyrant and invincible Kami," Robin supplied helpfully, laughing through their connection due to Rosan's surprised expression.

"Is our little Rosan not used to being well liked by the masses?" Mod teased.

"It's your right as my father to be loved by all!" Ram beamed.

The redhead remained silent and their expressions turned a little worried.

"Rosan?" They all called in concern.

The redhead took a deep and shaky breath, before saying,

"...How can I steal from them all when they just plan on giving me the stuff?"

Ram and Mod face planted, while Robin held her face in exasperation.

Was he serious right now? Rosan couldn't possibly be a real person.

"Thanks… I'll gladly accept every single gift," Rosan hummed despite his inner turmoil, wings growing out of his back to accommodate that one person's request.

Maybe he'd steal more then what they planned on giving him…? That seemed like a good idea... right?

"Let me help you find the help you need," Mod begged her unbelievable son.

This was ridiculous! He was stealing from people offering him gifts? What type of madness was this?!

"I'll see if I can fit it in my schedule when Robin and I have our therapy session."

Robin could not contain her laughter at that. Rosan was so funny!

The duo made their way over to the crew, all while accepting various snacks and drinks offered to them.

"Finally you're awake, Master!" Maro beamed, slapping the back of the injured Wyper with no remorse and getting a glare out of the Shandian. "I got a bunch of unique crops from these guys! I wanna trade them some of my own and maybe you can help them make them their own greenhouse to store more ground! It's really valuable up here!"

"Sure. After I get the greenlight from Demon, I can put a few greenhouses on that Angel Island of theirs… for even more rewards," Rosan nodded, getting cheers out of the people again.

"You're so greedy," Usopp sighed despondently.

Well, at least Usopp himself had managed to grab a ton of resources. With the amount of dials he received, he could ask Rosan for not only help with Nami's Clima, but his own weapon as well!

"You shouldn't be moving so soon!" Chopper admonished, leaping onto the redhead to deliver justice.

Rosan easily grabbed him out of midair and hugged the little reindeer while ruffling his fur.

"Thanks for grabbing that Jet Dial for me Chopper. You really helped me out," Rosan smiled at their doctor.

Chopper lit up and began dancing in his grasp. "D-Don't think I'll just accept any type of praise you bastard!" He beamed.

"You look so alive like this," Nami complimented the redhead, gazing at his not neutral expression with a bit of wonder.

To see how expressive the normally stone-faced redhead was... it filled her with delight, to see the human side of Rosan that everyone seemed to love so much.

Watching how easily he smiled, how his eyes lit up at some things... they were beginning to see why. It was night and day.

Rosan was about to reply, until a red missile attempted to tackle him to the floor.

He easily caught and held them, seeing his little sister gazing up at him with teary eyes.

"Everyone is so adorable," Rosan sighed fondly.

"It's really not going away?" She asked quietly.

The redhead hummed and stroked her long hair. "It doesn't feel like it, no. Right now, I feel pretty good. It's not all, but a lot of my emotions are currently free."

Angel's eyes glittered at that and she squeezed with all her might, getting a short laugh out of him that turned into a cough of pain as Luffy and Maro tackled him.

"Ow," he said blandly on the floor. The 3 most touchy (besides himself) of his family were squeezing him with quite a bit of force and considering he was still injured, it didn't feel great.

"Please be gentle, Rosan's still hurt," Robin admonished slightly, shooting a smile towards the cheerful Sabo chatting obliviously with a Skypiean fluttering her eyes at him.

"Oh, right!" They gasped, clambering off the prone redhead.

"I'm not used to Master having prolonged injuries," Maro muttered. Had he ever been bandaged up since she knew him?

No, because by then he had already eaten that stupid strong stone of his so even after getting speared through, he didn't need anything but a checkup from Demon.

"I should be healed by tomorrow once I replenish all my energy…" Rosan muttered, not moving from his spot and instead placing his head on Robin's lap.

"So did you guys get what you wanted?" the redhead asked, resisting the urge to purr as Robin raked a hand through his hair.

"I know you want to purr. Can you? Please," Robin asked with a small smile, knowing he wouldn't say no to her.

Rosan rolled his eyes and offered one to her through the connection.

The deep rumble coursed through her body and she couldn't resist the shiver as it practically shook her bones.

"Wow, so deep! I knew you would sound more like a tiger then a kitty now," Robin mused.

"Shut up."

Maro and Angel both nodded eagerly.

"I got plenty of their technology! I can't wait to see if I can reverse engineer it… Did you know some of them can't be used on the Blue Sea because they utilize clouds? I'll need to collaborate with Hiroshi to try and fix that. Using these clouds on ground level would be amazing," Angel mused, expression turning thoughtful.

Celadon and Fregate's technology and livelihood could reach new levels if they incorporated this stuff and she had been getting rather restless. This was perfect to pour her attention into!

It was so exciting!

"I got my Haki and new crops that I can cultivate! I should be able to make an entirely new greenhouse full of those crops in about a month… then I can start selling them along with our others and turn in a whole new page of profits," the Queen muttered.

Heh, at this rate people all over the world would want her stuff. She was already famous in the four seas but outside of it? Heh, yes she could see the money already!

"How good are your crops?" Sanji said, interest clear in his eyes. "I'd be willing to buy them exclusively from you. I've heard a lot about them when working at the Baratie but hearing it from you would be even better."

Maro's eyes glittered in pride.

"The best in the Blue Seas! You won't find them anywhere better because I'm the one growing them!" She grinned. "You can come visit and I'll show you a bunch! I even have my own personal garden just for me!"

Sanji nodded eagerly. Getting both of the Skypiean crops and Maro's? That sounded too good to be true.

"Oh speaking of which," Rosan spoke up, eyes opening from the short rest. "I've got something interesting for Nami and Maro."

The navigator and queen perked up at that, glancing over at the redhead with blatant interest.

Everyone watched as the redhead reached into his cardigan and pulled out a dial that his bird had stolen.

"First, for Nami… Give me Clima," Rosan instructed, slowly removing himself from Robin's person and letting out a disappointed sigh.

"What dial is that?" Nami asked in blatant interest, giddily handing over her weapon to the redhead.

"Zoro should be familiar with it," Rosan commented idly. "According to his opponent, it's called the Eisen Dial."

Zoro's eyes widened at that. "You mean the bald dudes weapon? The clouds that feel like iron?"

Nami's eyes turned into stars at hearing that.

"Yup," Rosan nodded with a glance of concentration. His eyes began glowing as he dismantled Clima into pieces with his ability, before grabbing the dial and placing it in the debris of the staff.

Then, with a thought, the pieces of Nami's weapon began melding back together until it looked as if it was never broken in the first place. There was no physical changes, but the weapon shuddered before stilling.

"So fascinating," everyone couldn't help but think.

"There. I have some more things I want to do but I'm more tired then I thought. Ask Clima later what you can do with that," Rosan grunted.

"Thanks big bro!" Nami beamed, hugging the redhead thankfully.

"Yeah yeah," he replied, patting her back. "I've got wind and lightning under my control now, so you will too. You too Usopp, I can make some new pellets for you if you want."

Nami shook in excitement at that statement and her eyes turned fiery at the jump in power she was soon to get.

Usopp jumped up in excitement. "You're the best Rosan!" He praised.

"I thought I was the only one who believed that," Rosan muttered tiredly.

"Where's my gift?!" Maro demanded. "I want it now!"

"I thought you were satisfied, you bratty goblin," the scout said in amusement, slowly standing up and glancing thankfully at the Robin steadying him as he stumbled a bit.

She placed his arm over her shoulders and kept him straight, allowing him to lean into her.

"You sure you good to keep moving?" Zoro asked with a raised brow.

"I'm fine," the redhead replied. "Come, if I summon your gift here, a lot of people are going to die. This ties in with something I want to show Robin too."

Everyone balked at that statement, wondering what type of psychotic gift he got the queen and only Maro (and Luffy) looked excited by the prospect of what it was.

"You have something to show me?" Robin asked curiously.

"Yeah, it involves that Golden Bell," he said.

Wyper and every other Shandian perked up at that.

"Excuse me…" the chief of the Shandians spoke up, regarding the one who defeated Enel with a weary expression. "What is your plan with the Golden Bell?"

If he wished to take it, there was nothing they could do to stop him. That man and his crew were massively stronger then them all. This was the person who had defeated Enel in one on one combat. If they desired to take it, it was theirs.

Rosan shrugged. "Nothing. I just want to show Robin something," he said shortly.

They couldn't help the swell of relief at hearing he had no intentions of doing anything with the bell.

"Why do you ask? Think I'm gonna steal it? I just might if that old man doesn't cough up my damn reward," he told them with a raised brow.

Gan Fall sweatdropped at the greedy redhead. "I actually do have a reward for you. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised by it but that can wait for later."

The Shandians sighed in relief at that.

"STOP DISTRACTING HIM! I WANT MY GIFT!" Maro roared, transforming into her full zoan to get her point across.

Those unaware of what the friendly and very social queen could do, balked in terror at seeing her monstrous transformation and some screams reverberated through the festivities.

Without any hesitation, the hulking Dokkaebi lifted both Robin and Rosan with startling ease and began marching off (she made sure to keep them as close to each other as possible for Ram).

"Tell me where to go!" she barked.

"I'm not injured," Robin said with an exasperated sigh, ruffling in place as her best friend was practically smushed into her.

"I need to stop spoiling you so much," Rosan grunted, shooting Robin an apologetic look.

"I'm sowwy Master," Maro whined, brought to her knees by the crushing strength of Rosan grabbing her cheek.

"Do not carry me like a baby again and do not crush me against Robin like that. It was borderline inappropriate," Rosan said, unrelenting.

"I have to agree this time... there was almost no room for us to move!" Robin sighed.

"I-I won't now please let me go," she begged. Was he using armament?! Why was he such a dick?!

The redhead snorted. "Don't feel like it."

She began whining even further, prepared to bust out the waterworks if she needed to.

"You shouldn't be so hard on her Rosan… you let me carry you like a baby after all," Robin stepped in mercifully, removing his hand from Maro's cheek.

Rosan sneered at her. "You sure do love forgetting to add context don't you? I was four and sick. For a genius, you're really a fan of saying stupid things."

Robin's eyes narrowed. "That's quite ironic coming from you of all people. After all, for 4 years straight I was convinced you were a hopeless idiot. In fact, I find myself hard pressed calling you smart even now."

Everyone watched with a sweatdrop as the redhead stepped close to Robin, glowering over her and pressing his head against her own.

"Wasn't this hopeless idiot outsmarting you in every single fight we had?" He muttered challengingly, pleasant breath washing over her.

Robin scowled and didn't back off for a second, opting to close the distance even further somehow. "There you go again, always bringing up a fight when we argue. Is that the only thing you're confident about when dealing with me? In fact, I don't know why you're so confident. I remember the record being quite close, wasn't it?"

Rosan scowled back. "Is that what you remember? I thought you were supposed to be smart, Robin-nee," he hissed.

The Devil Child looked like she had enough of his nonsense. "Fine, perhaps I have to show you again exactly why you called me Robin-nee," she announced.

"Bite me!" He snarled.

"They're ridiculous," their allies thought with forlorn sighs.

"Just kiss!" Ram begged silently.

Right before the two could break into one of their many brawls. They both suddenly went still and stepped away from each other.

"This isn't over," Rosan promised.

"I'll see you tonight," she retorted.

"Why did you guys stop fighting?" Maro asked as she rubbed her cheek.

"Mom," they replied in unison.

Everyone who knew of Mod nodded in sympathy.

She could be quite scary.

"I-I just said stop arguing or else there will be consequences!" Mod flushed.

"You are effective," Ram said in fear.

Robin and Rosan both nodded.

Mod flushed deeper.

"C-Can I see my gift, please?" Maro asked hesitantly, hiding behind Angel so that her cheeks would remain safe.

"Oh, right," Rosan nodded, before digging in his cardigan once more. The redhead was faced away from them so they couldn't see what he pulled out and that left them more curious.

"I know I said I should stop spoiling you so much but I always thought as queen, only the best things should be reserved for you," he mused, eyes glowing with Modification.

"So, I got you a present. Happy birthday."

Maro rolled her eyes. "Master, my birthday is August 25th. That's the day you found me and since I don't know the day I was born we decided on — HOLY SHIT!"

Whatever the Dokkaebi was going to say, was completely cut off as the contents of her gift were revealed. Her eyes bugged, before splitting into the largest grin yet.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!" She squealed, tackling both Robin and Rosan to the floor and planting repeated kisses on every part of their faces in glee. "Mwah mwah mwah mwah! You're the best and I love you so much and you're so fucking awesome!"

Robin let out a surprised noise at the action while Rosan just snorted, accepting it with ease.

"Enjoy, I made it smaller and more fitting for you. It can sail or fly and it runs on electricity… that Enel was pretty smart with the design," Rosan mused.

The Thunder Dials in the ship were to make it hover in place for a while but with some quick engineering, Rosan had made it the primary source of travel for the Ark Maxim.

"Will you be the one refilling it when it runs out?" Angel asked curiously, gazing at the ship in awe.

"Nah, you will," Rosan replied easily.

The redheaded woman blinked. "Huh?" She asked in confusion and pointed to herself.

Demon perked a brow at that. "What do you mean?"

Their older brother rolled his eyes, even as Maro continued peppering him. "Fire and wind are not a natural part of Modification so you can't learn it. But lightning is. With your professions, I guess that's a good thing."

The doctor blinked before his eyes widened in surprise. "We can use that electricity?!" He asked in excitement.

"SERIOUSLY?!" Angel balked in unrestrained glee.

"Yeah, c'mere. I can't move," he said as he beckoned towards the ecstatic Maro.

His twin siblings eagerly approached and grabbed one hand each.

"Modification: Update," Rosan intoned, grasping his clones and pouring Modification into them.

The two seized up for a moment, eyes both glowing red as Rosan transferred the information to them.

He completely ignored how Maro had never let up in her affections. Robin had been left stunned by the actions and was unable to muster up another reaction.

Eventually he stopped his technique and both his siblings blinked at the influx of their innate technique.

Angel grinned widely, as purple sparks began dancing across her bronze hand. "HAHAHA! I LOVE YOU MASTER!" She cheered, jumping in joy.

With this, she could create an entire new set of inventions that were electricity powered! Yes! This was incredible!

Demon's eyes were glittering in joy at the new technique, summoning a single red spark between his thumb and index finger.

He had his very own defibrillator now! Using this lightning in conjunction with his skills as a doctor... oh the possibilities were endless!

"Thank you so much, Master," Demon actually grinned and banished the electricity.

"Anytime," he replied easily, smiling fondly at his siblings.

Besides changing the function of the ship, he changed its general appearance and made the ship smaller, while turning it the same shade of azure blue as Maro's hair, with a dash of white over it.

To finish it all off, the giant gold Buddha-esque statue had been modified and transformed into an image of Maro's face as a Dokkaebi.

"When did you do this?" Nami gawked in awe, gazing up at the ship with wide eyes.

"Before I rang that bell," Rosan replied.

"How much energy do you have?! You looked dead on your feet!" Usopp exclaimed in disbelief.

"I have a tendency to get lost in my interests. It let's me ignore my own issues and bites me later," he replied.

THe most obvious was when he created Ram... he couldn't help it. Rosan wouldn't be able to sleep if he wanted to do something.

"Maro, just how long do you plan on kissing us for?"

Maro, who had not stopped her eager peppers, grinned up at them both with joy. "Until I get tired! You guys got me a flying ship! That's so cool! Oh! Oh! We should go visit Makino and then bring her over and then have her chew you out for being so rude! Then we can probably go to Alabasta too!"

A ship that could fly and sail?! It was too good to be true!

"I don't need all the wavers I'm going to be getting either so you can have some of em too."

Maro squealed and resumed her affections.

Robin rolled her eyes with slightly dusted cheeks and just accepted it.

"All these kisses on our faces are distracting you from exploring the ship," Rosan offered finally. "Look, the others are already inspecting it."

Maro shot up at that and glanced wildly at her allies. Without any hesitation, she got off them and rocketed off towards the ship.

"DON'T GO EXPLORING AHEAD OF YOUR QUEEN! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU ALL?!"

"You make it look easy," Robin complimented. The woman got up and dusted herself a bit as she gazed at her best friend and helped him up.

"Perks of raising her from zero. You know everything about them," he shrugged, marching off to find the golden bell. "C'mon, I moved the Golden Bell a lot closer in case those guys wanted to retrieve it."

The Shandians perked up at that and glanced gratefully at the redhead, following after him.

"What is it you wanted to show me?" Robin asked as she quickly caught up and held onto the injured man.

"I'm interested too," Sabo said, sidling next to the duo with curious eyes.

"You remember how you told me to find the Golden Bell right?" He muttered. "Well, your hunches were right, there's a Poneglyph there."

Her eyes widened in interest and Robin did not begin dragging Rosan there at an increased speed.

Rosan just accepted it with a roll of his eyes as Sabo laughed at him.

Maybe he was beginning to regret powering through every injury. His family was ruthless when they wanted to be.

"You can read this message?!" Gan Fall asked with wide eyes.

Robin nodded as she gazed up at the Poneglyph with anticipation on her features. Rosan and Sabo watched right next to her with curious eyes.

The Chief of the Shandians eyes bugged as he heard that and he gazed at the woman with a shocked gaze.

"The Ancient Weapon that bears the name of the Kami "Poseidon"… It's location is within the Mermaid Princess…"

Robin frowned at that. She did not care for the locations of the Ancient Weapons. This was another miss.

Rosan pulled her into a side hug and patted the disappointed woman with a roll of his eyes.

"Another Ancient Weapon?" Sabo asked with a raised brow. "Wait, did you two actually find out the location of Pluton?"

They both nodded in unison and it was then that Sabo saw just why Nico Robin was such a dangerous threat to the World Government.

Rosan hummed. "First Pluton, now Poseidon. We know two of the locations now… I wonder if we should attempt to siege them so that no one else can get them?"

Robin thought about it before shaking her head. "I've been in the Grand Line for a long time and right now, it's impossible to get either. Pluton especially, will just end up with all of us dying."

Poseidon was likely on Fishman Island but Pluton? Nothing they did currently would be able to allow them to acquire it.

Rosan hummed but nodded. "It was food for thought. I have no interest in them either… and if Poseidon really is a person, then I want it even less... but an ancient weapon being a person is volatile. We should be careful."

"I agree. If the time ever comes, we can observe the person for ourselves and make a decision there. If we have to, I wouldn't be opposed to you doing whatever it is that keeps us safe."

Sabo gazed at the two with a calculating eye.

It was rather grim of them but Sabo understood exactly where they were coming from. Sometimes, things just turned out this way and if the holder of Poseidon proved too volatile, he'd probably do the same thing.

Robin and Rosan were about to leave but the revolutionary stopped them before they could.

"Wait, there's another message, right there."

Her eyes followed where he was pointing and narrowed in confusion.

A message not written on the Poneglyph…? Who wrote this?

"I hereby guide this document to its end. Pirate… Gol D… Roger?!" Robin said in shock.

The woman stepped back in disbelief and shot a cautious glance over at the Rosan who just snarled violently, putting a hand on him.

How did Roger know these letters? He had been to Sky Island?

Come to think of it… There were two types of Poneglyphs. Stones with information and stones that show the location of others…

This stone was a stone with information… which meant "I hereby guide this document to its end…"

"You said Roger?" Gan Fall spoke up in surprise.

"You know him?" Robin asked, putting a hand on Rosan, whose gaze had turned smoldering.

The former Kami nodded. "It's been more then 20 years since he came here… he was a pirate of the Blue Sea. I take it that… Rosan knows him as well?" He asked warily.

Rosan sneered. "I know him alright."

"You hate him?" Sabo thought in surprise, before actually thinking about it.

Right… Roger did bring those Marines over to Baterilla. It was natural that Rosan would despise him.

"Of course I do. He's Ace and I's father and yet he single-handedly ruined our lives."

…

Sabo had to do everything in his power, to keep his expression schooled, as his jaw threatened to drop.

"YOU'RE HIS WHAT?!" He shouted loudly through their connection.

Rosan glanced over at him. "Right… I keep forgetting that you don't remember these things anymore."

Sabo held his head at his brother's antics. "You'd think you would mention this earlier… like when you were telling us all the story about Baterilla."

"Slipped my mind."

The revolutionary sighed. He was unbelievable.

So Ace was the actual son of Roger and Rosan was his adopted son.

Huh.

"Did I ever mention that Luffy was Dragon's son? Probably not."

Sabo's jaw did drop this time.

"LUFFY'S DRAGON'S SON?! WHAT THE HELL?! AREN'T YOU ALSO THE SON OF A QUEEN? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU GUYS?!" The Chief of Staff asked in horror.

His boss, was his youngest brother's dad?! Why was he JUST now learning this?!

Robin smiled at them before turning towards the Chief of the Shandians. "Chief, this Poneglyph has already fulfilled its purpose. I'm very sure that by connecting each Poneglyph, a document will slowly be filled until it's completed and the Pirate King, already delivered the document of this Poneglyph to its destination."

The Chief's eyes widened at that and he took a step back. "So… So you mean? You mean we no longer have to fight anymore?"

Robin nodded and the man felt his tears drop, as he fell to his knees.

"OUR ANCESTORS WISH WAS FULFILLED!" The man sobbed to the rest of the emotional Shandians.

The Devil Child smiled at them.

"You say you wanted gold, yes?" Gan Fall asked. "Why not take this broken support column?"

It was one of the support columns holding the bell but it looked like it was seconds away from breaking off.

Rosan glanced at it. "Sure, I'll take it… that must be worth billions," he muttered.

It was too big to fit on the ship but this was what his crew earned, so Rosan wouldn't feel right placing it in his Pocket Dimension but he probably had no choice…

The man broke the column off and laid it gently on the ground with startling ease (everyone's eyes bugged at his strength).

Then, he took out Ram and transformed her into a saw like blade.

The redhead hummed and began to cut the pillar of gold into thick giant pepperoni slices, until he was satisfied.

He had the massive column down to about a quarter and stacked the pieces of gold he cut atop each other.

"This should be enough… then I'll store the rest in an area just for them…" Rosan mused, tapping the column he didn't cut into and having it vanish. The redhead hoisted up the giant coins of gold and secured them.

"Alright, we should be leaving soon so let me put this on the ship," the redhead muttered.

"Wait just a minute!" Gan Fall interrupted. "That wasn't my gift to you."

Rosan, Sabo and Robin blinked. "Oh?"

Gan Fall smiled.

"And you say you aren't lucky."

"I might have to reevaluate that."

Rosan's eyes glowed maniacally at what he was looking at.

"Some of my men found it lying in a pile of fruit while we cleared out Kami's Temple and I figured it would be a perfect gift for you," Gan Fall informed him, satisfied due to the gleam in Rosan's eyes. "I assume you know what it is?"

Gan Fall himself didn't know and if he did, perhaps he would have hesitated a bit more to give it over.

Oh well, it was Rosan's now.

"I'm quite interested in knowing too," Robin chimed in but she had her hunch.

Honestly, Rosan's luck outside of life situations, was amazing.

"Yeah what is it?" Sabo jumped in with interested eyes.

In his palms, Rosan presented a crackling yellow fruit that looked like a pear to them all with a cocky smirk.

"This is the Goro Goro no mi, Enel's Devil Fruit," Rosan told them all.

…

…

…

"WHAT?!" Everyone roared in disbelief.

"I knew it," Robin sighed.

Gan Fall felt his jaw slacken. "I… You… Well, even with that knowledge… better for you to have it then another person on the Sky Islands…"

He had no idea he was giving away Enel's Devil Fruit without a second thought… He actually didn't even know Rosan had finished off the Former Kami of Skypiea.

For it to spawn directly in one of the many fruit piles that Enel enjoyed eating so much…

"What are you going to do with it?" Robin asked.

She knew that if given the chance, Rosan would have her eat it but they were both already Devil Fruit users.

"Dunno just yet… Hey Sabo, wanna eat it?" Rosan asked calmly, gazing at his brother with a tilted head.

Sabo's eyes widened at that. "You're just offering me that Devil Fruit?!" He asked in disbelief.

"Sure. I don't really have anyone I want to give it too besides maybe Nami and you don't have a Devil Fruit so why not?" He retorted calmly. "You're the only brother without a Devil Fruit and it would balance out this way. Luffy and I have Paramecias, you and Ace would have Logias."

He gazed at his oldest brother with wide eyes. Was Rosan seriously going to just offer it to him without hesitation?

The revolutionary thought about it deeply, weighing the pros and cons before coming to a decision.

"As tempting as it is… I'll pass for now," Sabo denied eventually. "I'm fine without a Devil Fruit at the moment and I swim often when I'm on missions."

A Devil Fruit was a big change in life. It changed your core fundamentals and Sabo was content with his level at the moment.

Sure, the Goro Goro no mi, with enough practice, would boost him to even higher levels… but he wasn't pressed to reach that just yet.

Maybe in the future. Enel's usage of that fruit was surprisingly incredible... if Sabo did end up eating it, he'd have a good grounds to start.

Rosan nodded in understanding and had the fruit vanish into his Pocket Dimension. "Fine by me. If I haven't given it to someone else and you change your mind, feel free… Not that I know who I'm going to give it to."

Nami was a Navigator. There was no way she was ever going to accept this fruit.

With that done, the group finally prepared to set off.

"Got some last minute things to do then we're off," Rosan muttered. "Thanks for the gift Old Man… hopefully the next Goro Goro no mi user doesn't subjugate your entire island."

He sweatdropped but nodded in return. "Thank you once more for saving Skypiea… we will never be able to fully repay this debt."

Rosan waved him off. "Don't think about it too much. I know I won't. C'mon Robin. Sabo. We need to get everything situated so we can leave."

The two grabbed onto his shoulder and they promptly vanished.

Rosan stared nervously at Robin, as they both resided in one of the many rooms of their castle.

Robin sighed at his reluctance, before immediately removing her top. "Really, Rosan. It's completely okay. I trust you."

The redhead let out a rattled sigh. "I know it's just... what if I mess up? I don't wanna steal your Devil Fruit."

"You won't," she chided gently. "You have Modification and Mod-chan too, plus you can make holograms. Make one of me while you're inspecting my body and monitor it."

The redhead cursed. "Why are you so damn smart?" He complained. He was hoping she didn't mention that because he had just been about to say how he shouldn't do this without some sort of way to understand where he was navigating her body.

"I have to be because you're stupid," she smiled.

"Despite my reluctance... I have a general idea of the ability as well. I will ensure nothing goes wrong and Ram can keep an eye on the hologram for errors."

The ring transformed into her human form and saluted, before whistling. "Mother, your boobs are huge," she complimented, grinning wildly at the idea that Father needed to be touching them.

"Shut up Ram."

"...Sorry."

Robin rolled her eyes at the ring, used to her inappropriate comments (seriously, Ram had seen her naked so often now... was she serious?) and focused on Rosan. "The faster we get this over with, the faster you can stop being nervous."

The redhead jumped a bit at that before nodding reluctantly. "I won't use Extract Files fully. I'll test it out to see if I can manipulate it then leave it at that. Once I get confident enough... I can find another person and try it out fully on them."

The brunette nodded. "Okay that's perfect. I'm in your care."

He closed the distance and muttered under his breath, before a hologram of Robin formed, lines coursing through its body.

She inspected it curiously, only to let out a small yelp of surprise, at the warm palm resting directly atop her heart.

"His entire body always radiates such a soothing warmth. I guess that's what I should expect from a dragon who has mastered his flames," Robin noted absentmindedly.

"Let me know if its get too uncomfortable. We can stop immediately," Rosan muttered to her gently, eyes glowing as he got ready to activate the technique.

Robin, sensing that he was still nervous, sought to alleviate him in the best way she knew how...

"Come now, Rosan... you're standing here groping me and are so nervous? I'm starting to think the technique isn't the problem. Is my little sweet redhead shy around a woman older than him? You're normally so confident!" She asked in concern.

...By taunting him of course.

She resisted the urge to smile, as a scowl formed on his face.

"I am not groping you," he replied, nervousness melting away immediately as he glared at her.

"This is the second time too," Robin said as she effortlessly ignored him. "First my butt, now my breasts? I can't help but think you're taking advantage of me. Are you sure you're not a pervert—"

The woman abruptly let out an actual shout of surprise this time as the redhead actually squeezed down and she shut her mouth immediately.

"That's groping. I'm trying to do this as professionally as possible, I do not need you to call me a pervert," he grunted, turning to focus on the task.

Mod and Ram's jaw dropped to the floor at his actions.

W-Why was he like this?!

"You are incredibly shameless," Robin muttered, slightly flushed at his bold actions.

"You were asking for it. If I wanted to grope you, I'd be able to freely do so because you wouldn't even get mad like you're supposed to," he replied calmly, activating the technique and inspecting her body with a contemplative expression.

"Don't call me out like that. I can get mad! It's just hard to do so!" She shivered a bit at the alien sensation going on in her body but it finished as soon as it started.

"Right," he said dryly. "Me shamelessly groping you is not grounds to get upset. You're so normal Robin."

"If anyone else did it, I'd break their bones," she tried weakly.

"I'm honored to be exempt from your ire," he mock bowed.

The redhead stepped back, removing his palm and began muttering, eyes shining curiously.

"So it really was because Enel is a Logia. I could grasp your DNA easily and with enough practice, I should be able to extract it... the hard part, would be molding it with the fruit," he explained to her.

"Like this... I don't even think I have to fully remove your Devil Fruit, just a large enough sample would be enough to make a copy but I want to see if it has any negative effects so I won't ever do it to you first," Rosan pondered.

"He's such a nerd," Robin thought fondly, standing up.

She couldn't keep the smile off her face, as Rosan's eyes unwittingly flickered over to her from the sudden movement before he caught himself.

So he was right about his eyes moving reflexively from sudden movement.

"Sorry," he apologized, handing her shirt back to her.

"It's fine. You said yourself that it was a natural human reaction and we do bathe together. You know... most girls don't mind being stared at if it's someone they like and I said you're the only person I wouldn't be upset with," she dismissed, placing the shirt back on.

He smiled at her and pulled her into a hug. "Thanks for doing this for me... do you mind if we do this a few more times in the future? I want to get a perfect feel for it. I might ask Maro for help too just to see if a Zoan feels any different from a Paramecia and Logia."

Robin nodded in agreement, before smiling in a rather impish manner. "I knew you were a pervert. Trying to feel up not only me, but Maro too? I know she's grown quite blessed over the years but she's a married woman, Rosan. Perhaps you actually enjoy when she flirts with you?"

The woman let out a startled yell as Rosan tackled her to the floor.

"I'm not being professional anymore and you've been pretty annoying lately," he hissed, body sparking red.

Robin glared up at him, not even remotely intimidated by those sparks.

That was a mistake.

Rosan tapped her belly with a single finger and sent a tiny jolt through her.

"R-Rosan! You little insufferable brat!" Robin shouted, summoning an entire army of arms to push the redhead off and restrain him.

Before he could properly struggle, she lunged atop him and they quickly began brawling.

Ram put both hands to her rosy cheeks and swooned as she watched them hit each other without any hesitation. "Father is so bold! He should have squeezed her boobs for way longer!"

"Get help, all of you."

Rosan didn't get to rest at all and with his injuries, it left him rather drained.

The amount of new things he placed in his Pocket Dimension, had Mod frothing at the mouth at his hoarding tendencies.

"Please stop exaggerating."

He had taken Maro's ship, new crops, wavers, and dials over to Celadon, built a greenhouse on Angel Island, filled to the brim with soil for them, placed Maro's own crops in it, accepted even more unique things exclusive to Skypiea, brought Maro, Angel and Demon back to Celadon, gave them even more stuff and then he proceeded to steal some more things for himself.

Huh, maybe he was too greedy.

He still hadn't even visited Aiko yet… That could wait for later though.

He also showed his crew the gold he had secured them.

"WE'RE RICH!" Nami cheered with beri shaped eyes. "LOOK AT ALL THIS GOLD!"

They were all dancing in glee at the big stack of gold piled neatly on top of each other.

"That's only about a quarter of all the gold I got," Rosan muttered, wondering how the hell Nami managed to randomly get these superhuman feats of strength.

Seriously, this hug felt like it was going to break his ribs.

"A QUARTER?!" They gaped.

"Yeah that pillar was huge… I had to cut off some pieces because our ship would have sunk otherwise," he replied. "It's going to last us more then enough time and I probably won't even have to dip into my money for you guys anymore."

"WOOO!" Luffy cheered. "LETS BUY ALL THE MEAT IN THE WORLD!"

"I want booze," Zoro said.

"Can we buy a bigger fridge, with a built in lock?" Sanji asked.

"LETS GET 10 CANNONS!" Usopp shouted.

"I want more books on medicine from across the world!" Chopper requested.

Nami sweatdropped at them all. "If we get what you all want, we'll go broke in no time."

"Let Rosan and I decide how to allocate our funds… you can come to us with a request and we'll decide if it's worth getting," the navigator decided.

"Why are you giving me more duties?" Rosan sighed forlornly, falling back tiredly against Robin. "I'm tired."

"We'll go to sleep soon," Robin assured with a small smile. The redhead had been ran ragged and it was his fault for insisting he was fine.

"It's about time we leave," Nami muttered. "Do we have everything, Rosan?"

"Yeah. I got us a bunch of new stuff," he said tiredly, burying himself deeper into Robin with a satisfied hum. "Please don't ask me to do anything else. You guys are fine."

The navigator nodded. "We just have to follow Conis and Pagaya so that we can leave."

"Awww, we have to leave already?" Luffy sighed in disappointment.

"If we ever want to visit again, we can just have Rosan fly us up!" Nami assured.

They all perked up at that and glanced at the redhead with glittering eyes.

"...You guys just really decided that on your own?" he popped one eye open.

They smiled brightly.

"...I hate you all."

"So once we pass through this gate, we just have to take the Milky Road back into the sea?"

"Yes, please be careful!" Conis called out to the group. "THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! I HOPE WE SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN ONE DAY!"

The crew waved goodbye as they began preparations to fully leave.

"Make sure you pull up your sail!" Pagaya informed them. "Be careful of the drop!"

They blinked.

"Drop?"

Then they dropped.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chopper, Usopp and Nami's eyes bugged in disbelief as they fell off Sky Island.

Rosan's tired gaze turned alert as he prepared to fly them the rest of the way down, but there was no need to worry.

A giant floating octopus latched onto their ship and began floating down gently through the air, allowing the scout to once more relax.

The redhead placed his head back onto Robin's lap and sighed.

"It's pretty peaceful," Rosan commented, gazing into her blue eyes in a bit of wonder.

She smiled brightly at those glowing eyes of his and idly brushed a hand against his hair.

"I think we got far more then we bargained, coming up here," she told him.

Rosan cracked a smile at that. "Just a bit."

Haki, technology, a Devil Fruit, new elements, gold, his emotions… They really did come out of Sky Island with far more then they went in with.

"Thank you, Robin," Rosan said suddenly, eyes turning soft as he gazed up at her.

"Hm? Why are you thanking me?" She asked curiously with a raised brow.

The redhead hummed a tune, as they began to hear the loud but gentle sound of the Golden Bell.

It rang through the air as a farewell to them and the entire crew basked in it.

Robin found herself falling into a lull as Rosan's pleasant voice seeped into her.

"Since coming up here, you've done more for me then I could put into words. You reprimanded me, you told me to rely on you, you cared for me... you made me realize just how much I care for you," Rosan said softly, eyes shining brightly.

The Devil Child blinked, stunned silent as she listened to his words.

"The knowledge that I needed to keep you safe from Enel… it motivated me to win that fight. I wouldn't have been able to unlock my emotions without you and it made me realize…"

Robin felt her throat lock up as those intense eyes stared directly into her own with an emotion she couldn't quite pinpoint.

"Meiko told me that I already found a reason worth living for and I thought about it the entire time I was up there but now I know… Nico Robin, You're the reason worth living for so thank you for putting up with an honest idiot like me... I don't know what I'd do without you."

Rosan's mouth spread into a small grin that showed teeth and Robin found herself floored because she could see exactly what Demon meant, when he said that the redhead was beautiful when human.

That small grin meant everything to her.

It would perhaps never match the size of little Rosan but it didn't need to because it was still a grin at the end of the day and Robin wanted nothing more then to protect it.

"I…" Robin was honestly speechless, much like how she always was when Rosan gave her one of his fulfilling speeches.

So she just nodded tightly and stared into the eyes filled with a love that was not there earlier this week.

A love that she had missed for who knows how long. A love that reminded her of just how far Rosan was willing to go for her…

Even when they were far more blanketed, he reserved certain looks just for her and nobody else. To her, Rosan was the world and vice versa. They both needed each other and never hid that detail from the others.

That's what she loved about him and that's why she had feelings for—

Wait.

Hold on a minute.

Feelings?

"Oh no," Robin thought in realization.

Nami (who had been listening in with an eager and fond gleam), Ram and Mod grinned in unison, as they saw Robin look at Rosan with the faintest of blushes.

They all resisted the urge to squeal at the same time.

"Oh yes!" They all thought to themselves.

"Do I... have feelings for Rosan?" Robin thought in disbelief.

As she thought about that, she gazed at the fondly grinning redhead and expertly schooled her expression due to Rosan still staring at her.

That was the wrong thing to do.

Rosan's smile swiftly vanished and he got way too close to her own face with a look of concern.

"You alright?" He muttered lowly, making sure no one could hear in case she wasn't. "Did I say something wrong? I promise I wasn't trying to be harsh on myself. I've been seriously taking your words into account."

"No… it was nothing," she said, as her mind ran a mile a minute.

His eyes narrowed suspiciously. "It's gotta be something. I know you and all your little tells."

That sent a pleased tingle through her and the Devil Child resisted the urge to shudder.

"No really, Rosan… your words just sent me deep into thought. I appreciate them more then you could imagine," Robin assured honestly, wrapping him in a hug to hopefully distract him.

Thankfully, it worked and the redhead immediately relaxed in her grasp, sending another pleased tingle that turned into a roar as he hugged her close.

How could she tell Rosan that it wasn't that something was wrong… but the complete opposite?

His words had hit her in all the correct places and it made Robin starkly aware of a new detail.

That being, she was pretty sure her childish crush on Rosan was back and it wasn't so childish anymore.

Every word of his, sent a tingle. Every memory, was looked at so differently. Even just the one earlier today, where he was practicing Extract Files, was suddenly so much different.

This was bad. This was really bad. Neither of them were ready for a relationship right now so why now of all times did her crush have to come back?

"You're comfy and I'm tired... I'm goin to sleep," Rosan mumbled, yawning and furling deeper into her.

"Y...You sleep, I'll read a book in the meantime," Robin muttered, gazing at his features with furrowed brows.

Surely it was a mistake. Was this... Was this real—

Rosan sent her a small smile that halted her train of thoughts, into absolutely nothing.

Ah, it was real. She had fallen for him hard hadn't she?

"YES! HAHAHAHA, I FUCKING WON!" Ram roared in glee, making sure the connection was cut off so she could cheer without arousing suspicion.

The ring grabbed Mod and began jumping around in glee, effortlessly spinning with the shorter woman.

Mod was too happy to chastise Ram for her language.

Step 1 of Operation: Robin & Rosan was complete. Now that they knew one person was guaranteed interested, it was time to bombard them with the full might of their family.

The Devil Child herself, felt an unexplainable chill crawl down her spine.

Rosan snored inaudibly on her lap.

Memory Viewing With Robin and Rosan - 7 (Covers Chapter 20)

Continued!

(Time frame is between Alabasta and Jaya)

"Hurry up."

Rosan shot Robin a slightly incredulous look, as she urged him to bed.

"Can I finish my workout?" He retorted calmly, staring at her evenly despite being in a perfect handstand.

She gazed at the shirtless redhead with a flat gaze, already dressed in her nightwear. "No. We've already worked out enough today. You're going to start sweating soon and then you're going to say you want to take a shower next," she informed him calmly.

The redhead sighed and pushed himself up, before expertly flipping and landing upright.

"Fine," he grunted, making his way to the bed. "You become so demanding for the strangest of things."

Robin smiled victoriously. "I enjoy watching your memories. I thought I made this clear," she said with a small shrug.

The redhead resisted the urge to sigh at yet another spoiled person commanding him.

"Nothing you want to do? Hungry? Thirsty?" He asked, gazing down at the woman who had already wrapped herself in covers to counteract the everpresent cool temperature of the castle in his Pocket Dimension.

Robin pointed at the cabinet next to her with a platter of sandwiches and a rather large cup of lemonade.

"Thanks to a certain mother hen, I have immediate access to both," Robin said dryly, tilting her head forward a little. "Tie my hair into a bun?"

The redhead nodded easily and leaned in, grasping her hair with nimble and quick fingers.

"Honestly, you're so overprotective of me, I don't find myself wanting because you've probably already sensed and given it to me," Robin sighed, liking the way his fingers manipulated her hair.

"That's because you're so passive. You won't speak up if you want something, if you even slightly view it as an inconvenience for another person," Rosan muttered, leaving the single red strand free and parting the rest of her back. "You're too kind. Be a little more demanding."

The Devil Child protested at being called out so bluntly. "I'm ordering you around, aren't I?" She asked in defense of herself.

"Who else have you ordered around besides me? I'm encouraging you to boss me around in hopes that you'll boss others. Since you know how much I don't like being ordered, it should make you more inclined to demand things from others," he said encouragingly.

The redhead removed his hand from her bun and made her look up at him by grasping her cheek. "You've grown up punished for wanting even the littlest of things on Ohara... You don't have to feel that fear with me. I promise, ask for something and I'll do everything in my power to give it to you. No one should be punished for having desires," he said softly.

Robin looked into his eyes and felt her throat lock up at that, not expecting the conversation to suddenly become serious.

Her best friend really didn't know just how much she appreciated when he said things like that... To go to such an abusive lifestyle, into his loving arms was a shift that she had gotten used to years ago... and was struggling to get used to once more.

She was glad Rosan was putting in an earnest effort to make her feel just as belonged as the days when they were children.

"I... thank you, Rosan," Robin said softly. "I'm glad you're here reminding me of little things like this."

"It's my duty," he said seriously hugging her gently before placing on a silver tee. "Now let's continue the memories."

She nodded, before a thought occurred to her. "Actually, if you're insisting that you'll give me what I want... transform into a woman," Robin said mischievously.

Her smile widened as Rosan turned a startled gaze towards her, neutral gaze confused.

"No. What is wrong with you?" Rosan asked curiously, slipping under the covers and taking his spot right next to her on the giant mattress. "Why are you so obsessed with my female form? Are you a genuine pervert?"

"No, I like tormenting you," she admitted shamelessly. "Now do it."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

Robin's eyes narrowed.

Rosan followed suit.

"Hi Mother and Mother!" Ram greeted eagerly, flying into the utterly unamused Rosan's grasp.

The redheaded woman caught her and felt her gaze flatten even further, as Ram shamelessly poked at her breast.

"You did this to me," Ram muttered with a glower.

Rosan didn't understand what the fascination with this form stemmed from. Was it because he was a male and the idea that he could show them a normally impossible, was too tempting to resist?

Robin smiled and accepted the hug next.

"Refrain from calling me Mother again," Rosan warned once, long red hair fluttering with the shake of her head.

Ram saluted and straightened at that deep, soothing voice. "Y-Yes, Ma'am!"

Red and purple bored into her and the ring shrunk behind the terrible amused Mod.

The Devil Fruit gazed at her son turned daughter and shook her head in disbelief.

Absolutely absurd.

"I've already set everything up. I quite enjoy watching the memories on a bed so I kept the seats like that as well," Mod informed them, allowing the redhead to take the lead.

Robin easily took Rosan's side and stared at the woman standing the same height as her.

"Does that mean as a male, I'd be the same or taller than you while you're a male?" She mused curiously, looking at all the pretty features of the redhead without having to angle her head slightly.

Rosan sideyed her and Robin snorted at how naturally disgusted the royal redhead looked with everything.

"You're free to find out," she offered.

"Pass," Robin replied easily.

The redhead snorted.

They all made it to the room and easily took their places.

"This is a lot more embarrassing," Mod mumbled, resting the side of her head against Rosan's chest as usual.

"Imagine how I feel," Rosan muttered in return, unable to believe Robin actually roped him into doing this.

"Stop being so dramatic," Robin sighed, sinking into her best friends frame while accepting Ram's affections.

The redhead gazed at her unimpressed, while holding out a hand and starting the stream.

"I'm convinced you're a pervert. You seemed far too happy cuddling me as we fell asleep," she said blandly, sighing at the absurdity of Robin.

Robin nodded with an amused smile, watching as the 4 brothers went through their usual antics. "You're still firm, but also with a hint of squishiness! It's surprising how comfortable you are," she praised, squeezing the woman's arms to prove her point.

Soft but firm, Rosan's muscular frame had softened dramatically on this form but there was still definition there that made it clear the redhead worked out.

It reminded her of Maro.

"...Squishy?" Rosan muttered to herself, gazing at her woman form and taking his eyes off the screen of him training with his brothers. "What does this form do to you? You're suddenly so depraved," the redhead pointed out in a bit of disbelief.

"...I'm not sure," Robin mused genuinely. "It just feels far easier to harass you when your like this," she admitted.

"...What a twisted thing you just said," Rosan sighed, focusing fully on the memory.

Robin simply smiled and did the same, idly leaning into the redhead with a pleased hum.

Rosan's life had for once, taken on a more normal tone. He would train with his brothers, visit and work with Makino, listen to Mod complain about how he was getting older and more attractive, go back to his brothers, cook the food they captured into something quite good and head to sleep.

It was endearing watching Rosan act so normal. He hadn't had the luxury since he was 4.

The normalcy of the events finally broke one day, when he and his brothers had decided to try some food in high town.

Despite having Modification, his adorable little brothers had climbed atop each other in a silly disguise that made them ludicrously tall.

Even after Rosan made it clear he could disguise them all, they still didn't discard the outfit and instead made the 14 year old join them.

Robin cooed at the sight of Rosan with blond hair and electric blue eyes.

"I wonder if this is how a child between you and Meiko would have looked," she pondered.

"I wonder how a child between you and Father would look," Ram sighed dreamily at the thought of a younger sibling.

Rosan hummed. "Maybe with a bit more of a mix of features," she replied.

"They'd be adorable," Robin sighed with a small smile, watching as Rosan haggled a vendor with expert precision and sold off the Crocodile with admirable skill.

"What about you two?!" Ram asked shamelessly, gazing at her parents with an innocent gleam.

The two blinked at the question and glanced at each other.

"A child between Rosan and I?" Robin asked slowly, pondering the question.

"Mod-chan is convinced my first will be a girl, so I'd like her to have my red hair," Rosan said thoughtfully.

"It's only fair she has my blue eyes then... though I'd love if they glowed like yours," the Devil Child responded.

"That's fair... we both have great features too so I'll have to be extra protective of them... a mini combination of the two of us will be too desired," the redhead actually sighed in displeasure, pursing her lips and making Robin giggle.

"I very much doubt they'll be leaving our sight until they're an adult regardless. With you, me, Ram and Mod? There is such thing as too protected," the brunette joked.

Rosan alone was too much, but with Mod-chan and Ram wanting to be an older sister?

That poor child.

Ram's eyes glittered in awe as she imagined the little sibling. "Don't worry! Big sis Ram, will make sure nothin happens to her at all!" She beamed.

The duo blinked. Why was Ram speaking as if they had already planned for a child?

Mod sighed at how unsubtle Ram was. "Look, this is a very important talk for the boys," she pointed out in hopes of distracting them.

Robin, who had been keeping one eye on the memory, turned to focus her full attention to it at that.

After being spotted sneaking into the food establishment, the 4 troublemakers had leapt through a window and immediately sprinted away at top speed.

No one even came close to catching the boys and even if they had, Rosan was there to make sure nothing of the sorts happened.

Him remaining vigilant, was what allowed the disguised teen to spot a man recognizing Sabo.

"Is that his Father?" Robin asked.

"Yes. He was hospitalized from a heart attack 2 years ago," Rosan informed her, eyes flashing cruelly.

"...Why do you know that?" She muttered with a bit of sweat.

The swapped redhead gazed at her. "Because I'm the reason of course," she said without hesitation.

Rosan was so twisted.

"What? I'm not hiding anything!"

"Really?"

"Of course he is, Luffy! Tell us, Sabo!"

Robin watched Ace begin grilling Sabo with no mercy. The freckled boy was relentless, demanding the blonde tell them what that was, before resorting to choking the life out of him.

She still found it hard to compare the freckled boy to the middle brother they had met in Alabasta. Ace had truly changed for the better.

The weight on his shoulder, hearing Sabo talk about his parents in such a negative light, despite being a noble... To Ace, just the idea of having parents must have been a privilege so he couldn't understand why Sabo would throw not only that, but wealthiness away too.

It was a depressing thought.

Little Rosan, listened without intervening once, knowing it was something they would need to figure out together because it didn't matter to him...

"It seems that whenever I meet someone of royal heritage, their life is anything but good. Being born with royal blood, doesn't always equal a pleasant life," the teen thought quietly.

"Good parents seem difficult to come by," Robin agreed with the thought.

"It's a shame..." Rosan sighed.

"Auntie, what's with that look in your eyes?" Young Ram asked suddenly.

Robin perked up at that.

"It's… I'm just thinking about the past," Young Mod said vaguely.

"...Mod-chan, did you always know about Rosan's mother? Is that how he found out about her?" Robin asked the woman.

Mod nervously bit her lip and nodded. "I did, yes. I viewed Rosan's earliest memories almost as soon as I could so I saw Raisa when he was still 4."

"I wonder Mod-chan, are you thinking about your past… or are you thinking about mine?" Young Rosan pointed out easily.

Robin never realized just how well Rosan could see through Mod-chan. It was easy for the Devil Fruit to see through him but the other way around? He knew her so well and noticed every little tick about her.

"I reveal her to him soon... I can show the memory of Raisa if you want when that time comes," Mod told her quietly, a flash of displeasure crossing her features at the thought of the woman who looked so much like the swapped Rosan.

"...I'd like to see it," the Devil Child said eventually.

"Ace! Luffy! Rosan! We gotta set out to sea someday! Let's get out of this country and live freely! I wanna see the world out there and write a book about it! Let's become stronger and become pirates someday!" Sabo announced with a wide grin.

Robin watched fondly as Ace and Luffy easily followed suit, unable to resist grinning at Luffy's declaration and then they all zeroed in on Rosan.

"I have no dreams anymore."

She hated how that message was delivered. There was no soul in Rosan's voice, no inflection... just a quiet resignation that made her clutch the redhead next to her a tad tighter.

She wanted him to have dreams again. Rosan was a dreamer after all and those dreams are what made him so good with Modification.

Evidently, the three boys hated the way he said that too because they began hounding the redhead there.

It didn't take long for Rosan to concede to them and it was a testament, that he was so quickly able to trust the three fully. The boys listened to Rosan tell them how he had wanted to be the strongest in the world so he could keep those he loved safe and how all of that had vanished, the moment Meiko died.

Robin didn't know how he could muster up the courage to tell this story time and time again... she didn't think she could do so.

"Does it get easier?" She asked the redhead quietly.

Rosan pondered the question until she came to a startling realization.

"I... don't know," the redhead confessed quietly.

"Oh Rosan," Robin thought with a sad frown, offering the redhead her presence and wrapping an arm around the feminine figure.

"I'll help you."

The Devil Child stilled at that, gazing back at the stream by that simple statement.

"Luffy?" She asked quietly, even despite the fact that he wasn't actually there to reply.

"I'll help you, Rosan! We'll go on the biggest, best adventure ever and I'll make you say you found a new reason to live! You'll become the strongest, just watch!" The child declared with pure resolve in his eyes.

"That's going to be hard to accomplish. I've been trying for two years with little to no success," Rosan said as a way to dissuade the child.

"I don't care! I'll do it because you're my nakama and I'm your captain and we're friends!" Luffy said simply.

"Well if you put it that way, I guess I have to help too," Ace grinned.

"Alright! Count me in! I'll help you get better because I like you, Rosan!" Sabo joined.

Robin listened to them in shock and gazed at the three little boys who somehow became even more precious to her.

"It's charming, no?" Rosan asked curiously, soft voice making her shiver. "The most fascinating thing about it is... They're this way with everyone they care about. It doesn't matter if you're blood or not... if they love you, they'll go to the end of the world for you."

The brunette sat in silence for a while before a warm feeling coursed through her.

"They're just like you," she thought fondly, gazing back at the screen.

The boys were all together again, but with a bottle of sake, courtesy of Ace.

"Did you guys know?! We can become brothers if we exchange this cup of sake!" The freckled boy announced with an eager grin and Robin couldn't stop the fondness from swelling at just how adorable they all were.

She felt her heart grow in size, at seeing Ace accept Rosan as a brother and feeling the burst of warmth that flooded the redhead's body at said acceptance.

"You know, I think I love them too," Robin said eventually.

"I'm sure they love you as well. Luffy certainly does. I showed them all our old memories... they know alot about our relationship," Rosan said truthfully.

She blinked and smiled at her best friend. "I'm glad despite all this, you didn't push me out of your mind," she admitted.

The woman's heterochromatic eyes turned away and Robin watched the beautiful girl turn guilty. "After I realized what I did, I never stopped thinking about how I wronged you. I wanted to find you for a very long time, but for so long, I thought you were in the Grand Line."

"I shouldn't have placed that stupid rule on you," Mod said despondently. "You were more then able at your current age to traverse the Grand Line and at least look for her... By yourself, I wouldn't have been nearly as worried for our safety," she admitted.

Robin looked at the glum duo and took her eyes off the screen of Rosan chatting with Maro, Demon and Angel.

"You two, I'm telling you it's okay. Truly, I'm just so glad we finally have each other again. Please don't think I have any resentment towards either of you," Robin assured, leaning over Rosan a bit to drag Mod into the hug as well.

"R-Right," Mod muttered back, leaning over and hugging the woman.

Rosan grunted. "Get your elbows off my breast," she demanded.

The two jumped and remembered that yes, Rosan was not a man right now.

Mod burned red as she realized where her elbow was and hastily withdrew it.

"See? Squishy," Robin said easily, removing her own elbow.

"I hate you," Rosan groused with an unamused stare.

"No fair!" Ram complained pushing herself up and launching her body atop Rosan's. "I want Mother's affections too!" She whined.

The redhead sighed in annoyance for the umpteenth time at the sudden weight. "Enjoy it now. This experience will not be one you experience often. Also, refrain from calling me Mother."

Ram simply grinned happily and snuggled Rosan with a pleased sigh. "You really are squishy."

"...I hate this," Rosan muttered.

Robin laughed lightly and gazed back at the screen, noting that Maro was hellbent on meeting Rosan's new brothers now.

Of course a meeting between these psychos would only end in one way.

A fight.

After getting pleasantries out of the way, Maro, ever the show off just like her teacher, demanded they spar to give the kids a good view.

"Has Maro remained winless against you?" Robin asked curiously.

"...In one on one combat, yes," Rosan replied after some thought. "Later on in the years, her and Ace actually acquired quite a bit of synergy and managed to catch me off guard in one of the 2v2s. I'm sure if we did our standard 2v2 again, Luffy and I would lose more often than not now."

The Devil Child nodded at that. Ace had grown ridiculously powerful over the years. It was surreal but Robin had also been in the Grand Line for a long time so she could see exactly how he got so strong so quickly.

The spar between Rosan and Maro was utterly thrilling to behold, like all their battles. The two berserkers scarcely had an idea what defense was and just continuously attacked each other over and over again, with almost no regard for each others safety.

But like all the spars, Rosan's versatility combined with his incredible adaptability proved too much for Maro and the redhead finished her off with a rather brutal looking slam from an incredible height.

"Just watching that, makes me want to train," Robin sighed despondently. The battle genes of all the battle freaks, had finally reached her.

"It's fun, isn't it?!" Ram asked excitedly, resisting the urge to transform into a weapon just for the hell of it. "I love fighting!"

"You and Rosan both," Mod said dryly.

"I'm surprised you don't, Mod-chan," Robin interjected with a raised brow.

The Devil Fruit hummed. "I don't mind it at all and I even admit that it can be fun... but I don't very much like getting my hands dirty or jeopardizing Rosan's body. It's why I fight the way I do."

"At a distance," the brunette mused.

"I've been told her fighting style is, "cheating and boring and lame as hell" from Maro," Rosan said, a bit of amusement shining in her eyes.

"I-Is not! I use a controlling and calculated style," Mod complained, glaring at everyone on the screen for ogling her shirtless son. "Maro is just upset that she can't be a brute when I'm her opponent!"

"Booooring, Auntie," Ram sighed despondently, watching the perverts with a glower.

The Devil Fruit spluttered and immediately reached out to grab the ring's cheek, abusing the fact that Ram was far closer.

Robin and Rosan both expertly ignored the sudden whining and continued watching the stream.

Makino had come to pay the boys a visit, causing her to meet the residents of Celadon, Ace and Sabo. They all got along swimmingly and the kind woman had even thought to bring them clothes!

"I'd like to meet Makino-san one day," Robin said suddenly.

Ram froze in horror.

"Do you? Why?" Rosan asked curiously. Makino was kind, but she was very average. In Rosan's eyes, she was a good friend but she was too normal.

"Don't be so cold," the Devil Child admonished her best friend. "She's a sweet person and you left her on East Blue. She probably misses Maro and Angel too!"

The redhead rolled her eyes. "We can visit her one of these days then. I'm not putting a Save Point on her though. It would be a waste."

Robin sighed. "You are so cold sometimes, you need to be more considerate—"

She froze as the memory shifted to them all eating dinner, until Young Rosan froze and gazed immediately at the door.

Garp lumbered in the doorway without a care in the world.

Naturally Rosan didn't take kindly to that.

"Go outside so we can continue from last time or else this whole building will be caught in the crossfire."

Robin shuddered at how willing Rosan was to fight one of the strongest forces in the Government, despite the disparity in strength.

That total lack of fear... it worried her. Rosan had always been reckless, but this was too reckless. He stood no chance against Garp... he just wasn't ready enough.

She was proven right as his attacks failed to even dent the man.

Not even transforming into Ragnarok in the middle of a forest, phased Garp. The Old Marine was treating it like any normal day as he effortlessly dealt with Rosan.

Honestly, what a monster. Was he even affected by old age?

"Why didn't you come with us that day?" Garp asked the teen suddenly.

Robin knew that if he were capable, Young Rosan would be sneering in pure rage right now.

"I would rather die then put my trust in a group of people who would condemn a newborn for the sins of their parent. I was 4 and I had to watch my innocent mother die because of your organization. You think I don't know the cause of my mother's death? You think I don't know who caused it?"

She couldn't help but bite her lip at the way the room shifted at those words. A wave of depression hit everyone listening and she saw the ever emotional Maro and Makino tearing up immediately.

"Gramps, is that true?" Little Luffy asked so innocently, so sadly that it knocked the wind out of Garp.

Robin didn't know much about Garp, but she knew enough to know that the Hero of the Marines getting on his knees and bowing, was not something he would do.

"I'm sorry," he said gravely.

The Devil Child paused as a small wave of actual disbelief, coursed through Rosan's body.

"You're... sorry?"

Of course that would never be enough for him. No one was as vindictive and petty as Rosan.

"Monkey D. Garp. All I ever wanted, was to spend my days with my loving mother and my baby brother in peace. All I wanted, was to be a big brother and to have the safety of my mother. But for 20 months, my mother, Portgas D. Rouge, was forced to endure the hellish process of pregnancy. Through sheer will. All because of you morally inept Marines. All because you wanted to kill my little brother. All because my little brother's birth was considered a sin to the entire world. My same little brother who was condemned to death the very moment he was born."

Robin shuddered at how a lifeless tone could convey such hatred. This version of Rosan... he was scary in a different way. Being so lifeless... it really was scary knowing that someone cared so little about everything around them, that not even their own body was a concern.

It made you fear what they would do to you more.

"I never wanted it to be like this," Garp said quietly.

"Bullshit," Rosan snarled violently, actual anger showing on his teen face. "You only knew about Ace because he told you right? Before he got killed, he must have asked you to save him and that's how you knew. But you only came 20 months after his death."

The Virus? Again? Robin listened to the slight inflection in Rosan's words and tried to spot any sign that he was being influenced...

Nothing. How was this possible? How was the virus able to influence him?

Rosan gazed stonily at the screen while Mod stared nervously. Robin didn't miss the way the Devil Fruit glanced over at the female version of her charge but if Rosan noticed, she made no indication.

Robin knew better. She was sure Rosan noticed but the Devil Child was too caught up in the conversation between Rosan and Garp.

"Mama's last wish for me, was to help Ace grow into an amazing person. I couldn't do that in the condition I was in. I was four and I just lost my mother. I would never have been able to properly raise Ace into the man she wanted him to be. So against all my better judgment, I chose to trust you despite what you were apart of. Trust that you could raise Ace better than I could because Mom trusted you. I trusted that you could honor Mama's words better than I could because I already failed to remain with him."

His logic was sound. Even as a 4 year old, Rosan had been smart for his age so his plan really was good in hindsight...

"But you failed."

Robin winced at the same time as everyone else.

Perhaps... it was a good thing Rosan's emotions had been sealed at the time.

"My mother spent 20 months of agony making sure Ace was able to live, but my ten year old brother is questioning whether he should be alive or not. Whatever happened to me, I deserve because this is the life I chose. But Ace never chose this life and you're the one to blame for forcing him to live like this. I'm a failure and that's why I trusted you with him. I just never expected you to be a bigger failure than me."

Failure... how Robin hated when Rosan referred to himself as one. He was anything but. Rosan had been a child. A child who was being raised by a Devil Fruit with a rudimentary understanding of emotions and a neglected girl who had just gotten her island destroyed.

They had tried their best for the 4 year old... but they were still ill equipped to raise the volatile child. No one was equipped to deal with a child who's emotions dominated his entire being...

None except someone who should be familiar with it, such as his mother.

But even despite that, Rosan was no failure. He was an incredible boy who just wanted the best for everyone he loved and blamed himself when that didn't work. He didn't understand what it meant to share blame.

Robin hated that he couldn't see that. She hated it so much.

But baby steps Robin. One at a time. She just needed Rosan to slip up and she'd strike while the opportunity was prime.

"I thought just guaranteeing his safety would have been enough. As long as he's safe and away from the World Government's eyes, he can have a semi normal childhood. That's what I thought but it wasn't enough. You're right, Ace deserved to live his own life, free of his Father's sin but he wasn't able to escape it. If I could do something different, I would but it's too late to change what's already done..."

Robin didn't think Garp was the type of person to own up to his mistakes in such a grave way. There was no sign of the goofy old man who delivered fists of love. No... right now, Garp was just a Marine who had seen it all and was tired as a result.

"But that doesn't mean you aren't right. I spit in you and your mother's face and I truly am sorry for that. I know that's not enough for you to forgive me so if you want to attack me, do it. I won't try and stop you or resist. It's the least you deserve," the old man said and that was that.

Nevermind, the idiot was still there... She understood his intentions, but giving Rosan an opportunity like this.

"I genuinely can't believe Monkey D. Garp is alive," Robin stated, watching Rosan pocket the gun after deeply contemplating blowing his brains out.

"No one deserves to watch family die," Young Rosan stated so quietly, they strained to hear him.

Robin flinched harshly at that statement, expression pinching a bit.

"If they didn't see Garp as their grandfather, I would have killed him without a second thought," Rosan said softly. "But they did... and I just became their brother. I wouldn't have been able to take family away from my own brothers so soon after we made that declaration... so I spared him."

"You did the right thing, Rosan... I know you have a lot of anger in your heart at the World Government, but Garp is one of the few saving it from complete corruption," Robin muttered, running a hand through those long spikes.

The redhead said nothing before she let out a quiet sigh and shifted the memory. "I suppose so. We stole techniques from him, so I guess he has his uses... but he's taken to calling me his grandson and I despise that."

"Yeah! You're his granddaughter right now!" Ram beamed, atop her temporary mother.

The grin vanished as hands, as soft as Mod's, gripped her cheek and squeezed with even more hellish strength.

"O-O-OW!" Ram squealed as Rosan pulled at her cheeks with no remorse. "I'M SOWWY FATHER! P-PLEASE LET AUNTIE PINCH MY CHEEKS INSTEAD!"

Mod's brows raised high at that and she looked at the immaculate hands of Rosan with a newfound respect.

"Maybe I'll ask Rosan to do it in my stead," she mused.

Ram shook her head rapidly. "I'll be good! I pwomise!"

"She promised, Rosan," Robin smiled gently at the unamused ice queen.

The redhead promptly released her hands from Ram's cheek and the ring weakly crawled off of her demon of a Father and climbed atop the much kinder Robin instead.

Robin merely shifted a bit and accepted her. Ram was tall, how did Rosan look totally unfazed with the ring resting on her frame? They were the same height right now!

The Devil Child's musings were suddenly cut short, as Mod did a sharp intake and she gazed at the woman in concern.

The memory had just shown Angel helping the brothers build their base into something respectable so why was the Devil Fruit suddenly so nervous?

"You wanted to talk to me, Mod-chan?" that familiar quiet voice asked.

"Y-Yes... I wanted to t-talk —"

Robin stilled at that. Was this the memory she thought it was?

Gazing back at the screen. She saw the ever composed Rosan, staring at the nervous Mod while Ram gazed at the Devil Fruit with some confusion.

Judging by how nervous both the Mod on the screen and the Mod right next to Rosan looked, yes it was.

"Rosan... as you probably realized, I haven't been very... active lately. Well, I was actually... looking into the castle... Do you remember the burst of anger you felt when confronting Garp a few weeks ago?"

Robin watched with undivided attention. Young Rosan was already suspecting something based on those few sentences and was content to let Mod speak her mind, no matter how anxious it made her.

Thankfully, Young Ram was far more merciful, asking if the woman was doing alright and getting Mod to relax a tad.

"...Has Ram been shielding Mod-chan?" Robin thought to herself, gazing down at the ring who was looking uncharacteristically calm.

The Devil Child pursed her lips at that. Now that she thought about it, Ram hardly left the Devil Fruits side and it was clear Rosan had a soft spot for his ring. Perhaps this entire time, the ring was operating on her own agenda, much like how they hadn't known she wanted a mother.

Ram was far smarter then she acted. Robin wouldn't put it past her.

"There are two versions of me," Mod said bluntly, snapping the brunette out of her musings.

Robin watched Young Ram's jaw drop, while Young Rosan raised a single brow.

"Two versions of you? Like an alter ego? How is that possible? I've known you since I was four and you've never even once indicated that you have another —"

Robin went stiff at Rosan pausing and those piercing orbs of his landed directly on Mod.

"Explain," was all he said and that was that.

Robin listened to Mod explain the Virus' origins and felt her eyes widen at hearing that there was a virus attached to the A.I Vegapunk had used.

If Rosan had his emotions, words would not have been able to explain how furious he would have been with Mod.

But he didn't have his emotions, so all he settled for, was questioning her about the virus.

"So she sealed it early on in his life to avoid him meeting the fate of his previous wielders," Robin thought, frowning a bit at hearing that it failed.

Not only did it fail, the virus had managed to sneak in its influence regardless, going as far as to do it even before the castle's creation.

That made Robin shudder. Even as far as when he was 4? Just how of the virus' thoughts, did Rosan think were his own? To poison the mind and then take over... had it been trying to do that at Daybreak?

"They've been hiding this whole time and they snuck into the castle when it formed. Now if I want my emotions, I'll have no choice but to confront them. When that time comes, I wonder what you'll do because I already know what I'm going to do."

To hear Rosan throw doubt on even Mod... despite knowing their conflict in regards to the virus, it still left Robin stunned. The redhead almost always listened to his mother. He never had an reason to doubt her but with this, it seems like Rosan was finally fed up.

That blank gaze bore into his mother without a hint of remorse as the teen said, "Mod-chan, would you so willingly get rid of your alter ego if it meant saving me? Would you let me get rid of them if those were my intentions?"

Robin watched sympathetically, as Mod froze like a deer in headlights. There was hurt on her features but the redhead never changed his stance.

The Devil Child watched as Mod slowly began crumbling under the pressure of Rosan pressing her but it seemed even the redhead couldn't see her like this, emotions or not.

So he offered her an alternative.

"Will you handle the virus? Even without my interference? Can I trust that you have this handled despite past mistakes?" The teenager asked quietly.

That simple question, put the woman in tears but as quick as they came, she wiped them off and nodded in determination.

"I will. You don't have to worry. I'll deal with the virus and you deal with getting your emotions back. Once that castle opens, we'll deal with both the issues inside of it."

Robin smiled at the woman's resolve, but it was wiped away as she noticed the way Rosan was staring at his mother. Even after the tension bled away and they hugged, the redhead continued to look at her.

Then... then he plastered a fake smile on his face.

Mod and Ram didn't seem to notice and even now they didn't... but she did.

She idly snaked a hand over to the redhead's side and tapped her in a way that let the computer man (woman) know she wanted to have a private talk.

Rosan easily acquiesced with her request and she felt the link of just the two of them forming.

"What was that?" Robin asked bluntly, gazing at the screen. "That look to Mod-chan. What was that, Rosan?"

The redhead's face never shifted even once, as the memory changed. "It was simply preparations," she said calmly.

"Preparations?" Robin asked warily.

"I do not think Mod can deal with the Virus. I think Mod cares too much for the Virus. At the time, I began preparing for the worst scenario."

Robin stilled at that. "Rosan? What's the worst scenario?"

"..." Rosan closed his eyes. "I don't think it will ever reach that... but I must prepare for every scenario otherwise..."

"Rosan, what do you mean?" Robin pressed, unable to keep the concern off her face.

"...I have to make sure I don't fully break, on the chance that Mod-chan turns her back on me for the virus."

Bonus

"You've given birth to a baby boy, Queen Raisa."

Raisa huffed harshly, sweat pouring down her features as the pain settled and she gazed at her personal doctor holding the wailing baby.

Over the 9 months, she had employed him to keep progress on her with warning of excruciating torture if even one person found out about it.

The doctor knew how difficult it was to hide things from Raisa so he kept this to himself.

It was for good reason too. Once a month, she would interrogate him by asking various questions and as a show of power, she'd tell him to mix in lies and whenever he did, she'd calmly point it out.

The Queen was terrifying. For his own sake, he would never reveal this information because even decades later, she'd find out.

"Do you have a name for him? He inherited your red hair and purple eyes," the doctor pointed out, gazing at the crying infant with a soft gaze.

Bronze skin, a tuft of red hair and when the baby finally opened its eyes, he saw the glowing purple eyes shining even brighter than Raisa's.

He looked up and caught Raisa's unamused gaze, before realizing what he said and bowing profusely.

"My apologies, my Queen. I did not mean to step out of line with my statement."

She glared tiredly at him and simply huffed.

"I need to do a few more checkups and then you can have him," the doctor muttered, taking the baby with a very healthy set of lungs away from the Queen.

Raisa watched them go and gazed outside of the window into the sky.

There had been no complications with the birth. Her son had been born with no complications at all but it had taken a heavy toll on her.

How aggravating. Pregnancy was one of the most frustrating things she had ever had the displeasure of feeling. Her emotions that she had painstakingly worked to get under control, had gone completely out of sorts. She had not met anyone, so as to hide the fact that she was pregnant in her later months but finally, it was over.

"Iris D. Rosan," she muttered to herself.

That was the name she had unwittingly decided on while pregnant with him. It had just randomly lingered into her mind one day and she hadn't been able to get it out of her head until she finally decided on a name.

Rosan.

He was beautiful. Hair as red as hers, eyes as purple as hers... he was so beautiful.

She hated it. Why... why did he have to be so beautiful? Why did he inherit her hair, her eyes, her skin...

Did he inherit...

"Your son is very healthy! There are no complications with him and he's finally sleeping... would you like to hold him?" The doctor asked, walking into the room once more and holding a sufficiently blanketed Rosan.

Raisa glanced over at the doctor and held open her arms, to which he promptly placed the infant in.

"...His name is Iris D. Rosan," she said eventually, gazing at the child sleeping in her arms.

He was so tiny...

Raisa let out a grunt and stood up despite the strain.

"My Queen, you shouldn't be moving so soon! You've only just given birth," he urged. "This is reckless of you!"

"Your job is finished. Remember what I said. I will check up on you once a year to ensure information on my son has never been revealed. Do not think you can get away from me," Raisa said quietly.

The doctor shuddered at that. "My Queen?"

"You're dismissed."

He shakily saluted and hesitantly left the room after glancing back at the neutral woman once more.

Raisa's face never shifted even once until the door shut.

Finally, her neutral expression fade and she stared warily at the sleeping infant.

"So... beautiful," she whispered. "You're perfect, Iris D. Rosan... I can't stand it. But, I don't think I could ever kill you myself," she admitted.

Such innocence... how could she ever live with herself if she personally snuffed him out.

But she couldn't stand to look at him because he was a reminder. Rosan was a reminder of that man.

It was easy to make her choice.

Raisa placed Rosan in a basket with his name on it (she had made it one day while daydreaming) and her eyes narrowed at the Iris part.

Without any hesitation she picked out his surname and left the D. Rosan on it.

He should at least keep his name. Rosan wouldn't know he was an Iris... but he could at least know that his name was Rosan and that he carried the D.

But he would not be staying here. Raisa was not equipped to deal with a child that filled her with just as much resentment as love.

Raisa's didn't notice her lips wobbling, as she hugged the baby close to her frame in a moment of weakness.

"I hate you," she whispered so lowly, she strained to hear herself.

The Queen desperately held her child for a long while, before finally composing herself and taking a deep breath.

She stilled her features and placed the sleeping child into his basket before grabbing it. Raisa made her way over to the window and opened it, before stepping onto the railing.

Two scaly wings burst from her arms and a long tail burst from her back, that she wrapped around her body and the basket, freeing up her arms to fly with.

Raisa departed from her island without any hesitation, flying high in the sky to evade any views from anyone.

She felt Rosan fade in and out of consciousness and ensured that he had no risk of falling.

The woman reached out and grunted tiredly, the effects of birth still dragging her down, but she pushed through and finally located a populated island.

Landing down in an area with no one there, Raisa glanced around and her slit eyes eventually rested on a hidden area that could somewhat conceal him.

She walked towards it and gently placed the basket there.

As soon as the child left her warm heat, he snapped awake and those big innocent purple eyes peered at her.

They were so bright. Even brighter than her own. They glowed in the evening sky and she felt her breath get taken away at them.

So bright. So stunning... like the sun. Raisa knew without a shadow of a doubt, her son was talented. It was his right as her child, to be a prodigy born from a prodigy.

But she hated that. Raisa couldn't stand that. Raisa hated that he was right. Why did he have to be right?

Why couldn't he have been wrong?

Raisa didn't her emotions going haywire, but something must have shown on her neutral expression because her only child's expression wavered and he immediately began breaking out into tears.

"W-WAHHHHH!" The baby began crying frantically, holding out his hands for her and beginning to cry even harder when her familiar warmth didn't come back.

The woman's brows furrowed as she saw the baby's tears begin spilling and she wanted nothing more then to reach out and reassure him.

"Maybe I'm making a mistake. Maybe I should keep him... he's so beautiful and so innocent. Surely no one would ever be able to raise my own son better than I can. Especially with how bright his eyes are glowing. I have no other family left... My brother and sister are gone... Mother and Father are dead... he's really the only connection I have left... Maybe I should raise him—"

"Kahahahaha! My ambitions and your emotions would give birth to quite a strong haki user, don't you think Raisa-chan? Not to mention your natural talent... Hopefully they end up getting alot of things from you too, I want our kid to have as easy of a life as possible."

Raisa went still and her expression immediately smoothed over as that deep laugh slammed into her.

That victorious and bloody laughter of a man she used to trust, coursed through her and Raisa abruptly stood up.

She ignored the baby's crying and took to the skies.

Before she could fly off, the woman hovered above the island and waited.

Raisa waited and waited, until she felt a presence approaching the lone baby and after some time, she felt both of them leaving the spot she abandoned him at.

Finally, the Queen departed from her spot and headed back to her island.

"Good, little Rose," she whispered quietly. "For your sake... I hope you never meet either of your parents..."

Raisa shuddered, as she felt the tears spill out against her own will but she made no move to banish it.

"I hope you never meet that awful man... that man who only wants you for your potential... I hope at the very least, you can enjoy living with someone who doesn't hate you or want to use you... Iris D. Rosan," she whispered.

Her first and only child, doomed to be a curse to her. Her heir. Her son. The next in line to rule Wisteria.

And she was abandoning him.

The queen let out a mirthless laugh and allowed her tears to continue falling, as the 19 year old flew back to Wisteria to continue repairing the wreck of an island.

"Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Perhaps I spared you from that fate, Iris D. Rosan."

Hey there! Welcome to Chapter 37! It's a big one and I really enjoyed it! We're done with Skypiea and not slowing down even a little.

Hope you enjoy the contents and honestly, there's too much for me to talk about so I'll just mention the biggest part.

Rosan's emotions are back! Woo! Been a long time coming but it's finally here and I hope you liked how I handled it. They haven't been fully unlocked but they're there and we even got a glimpse of the Virus! Pestilence is a looming threat and we'll begin seeing more of them very soon.

Enel's dead, Skypiea's saved, the Straw Hats have been properly powered up and now we can get to the Water 7 Saga! But before that, we have to of course get to the Foxy Games!

I'm picking three games from both the anime and manga that I liked, to fit the story better honestly. These were my favorite games and the most entertaining... so I'm using them. This is one of the few things from the anime I really use.

Again, hope you enjoyed the chapter! I expanded that Enel and Rosan fight by a lot and I hope it was entertaining. The gap between Enel and Luffy in canon, was so astronomical that I genuinely believe he would have a 0% chance winning that fight with any other fruit... so I tried to make him that strong in this story and give a good measure of how strong Rosan is too.

Most of Rosan's fights are very imbalanced and I did that on purpose. In the 4 seas, they were relatively easy because he's talented and they aren't. But as shown, he isn't incredibly strong in comparison to the big hitters. Garp trashes him, Ace and Sabo are now stronger than him. He's talented, but he's effectively stifled himself! But I won't go too into detail.

Next Chapter: Davy Back Fight