The ship kept on sailing upwards through the clouds, with everyone doing there best to hold on for their lives. It was tense for a few moments before they finally shot up into the open. Everyone was sprawled out on deck, gasping for air after the thrill ride of a lifetime. The Merry took a beating, evident of the torn sails and Merry's new wings being broken off.

"Everybody here?" Zoro coughed as everyone tried to stand. A round of grunts was his answer as everyone looked around the area. The sight left them all breathless.

"CLOUDS!" Chopper yelled in amazement.

"Nothing but white clouds everywhere!" Grace said.

"No way! We're really sailing in the sky!" Nojiko said.

"I'm seeing it, but I'm not believing it." Gin said as Chopper tried to get Usopp up. He had passed out from the shock of the trip. He finally woke up and gasped for air before looking around.

"What happened?" he asked before looking out and screaming. "WHERE ARE WE?!"

"Well, we're sailing on an ocean in the sky." Nami said.

"This is just way too cool." Johnny said.

"Where's the Sky Island though?" Yosaku asked. "All I see is white everywhere."

"What?!" Nami gasped as she looked at the Log Pose. "It's still pointing up?"

"It seems that we've stopped somewhere in the middle of the cloud." Robin said.

"So we have to go higher?" Valerie asked.

"According to the Log Pose, yes." Nami said.

"How are we gonna do that? I don't see anything that could help us get there." Vivi said. None of them knew except for Luffy, who said nothing as Usopp suddenly began laughing. Everyone looked to see him striking a pose while standing on the railing with the top of his overalls off.

"Behold! Usopp, Master of Cloud Swimming!" he declared, making Chopper look at him in awe.

"Go Brother Usopp!" Johnny and Yosaku cheered before Usopp dove into the white sea.

'Wow. There's so little resistance.' he thought as he swam downwards. 'I feel like I can keep going. Deeper...and deeper...' He kept on swimming as his body moved through the clouds with ease. The visibility was poor, and he couldn't see a thing. 'Wonder how deep it goes.' he thought before the view changed from white to blue. 'Did I hit the bottom or something?' he thought as he looked around before he felt himself sinking faster...no. He wasn't sinking...He was falling! His whole body froze in fear as he blacked out, just as a pair of arms wrapped around him before pulling him up through the clouds.

-On the ship-

"I've got him." Robin said. After realizing that Usopp hadn't returned, Luffy threw his arm down through the clouds while Robin made her eyes sprout all over his stretching arm. "Pull him up."

"Right." Luffy said as began to pull with all his strength. A few moments of pulling later, Usopp flew out of the clouds and towards them all.

"He's safe!" Vivi said before a couple of giant skyfish surfaced after him, scaring a few of the weaker crewmates.

"And he brought friends!" Gin yelled before Sanji and Zoro took action. Zoro sliced at the octopus, making it's tentacle burst like a balloon while Sanji kicked the giant flat sky fish out cold onto the deck. The crew was safe, but Sanji and Zoro were now breathing hard, like they were suddenly exhausted.

"Ahhhh!" Usopp yelled as he suddenly came back to life and flopped around on deck.

"What's wrong with you now?" Sanji said.

"Somethings in my overalls!" he yelled before pulling a fish out and throwing it on deck. The fish flopped around while Usopp muttered, "Sky Island's scary." over and over again.

"He's had a bad day." Robin said before picking up and examining the skyfish, stating that it may be the one Norland mentioned in his Logbook. She deduced that since this sea was bottomless, the fish adapted to survive.

"By turning themselves into balloons, or completely flat?" Zoro asked.

"To decrease their density." she said as Luffy took the fish with a big smile on his face. She explained that the sea's density was lower than the one below them.

"What kind of fish has scales that look like feathers?" Nami asked.

"One's that taste this good." Nojiko said. Nami looked to see Nojiko, Luffy, and Alvida taking bites out of the fish that Sanji cooked.

"We weren't done with that!" Nami yelled before taking a bite as well. "Hey! This is delicious." While this was happening, Chopper was looking around with some binoculars, trying to find Sky Island.

"Huh?" he said. "Hey, a ship! And...a person?" he said before he saw the ship explode and sink. "AHHH!" he screamed as he fell backwards onto the ship.

"You see something?" Alvida asked.

"A ship?" Valerie said.

"NO! I MEAN, YES! THERE WAS A SHIP, BUT NOW IT'S GONE! NOW A BULL'S RUNNING ON THE CLOUDS THIS WAY!" Chopper yelled in panic.

"A bull?" Vivi asked as the crew looked over the edge to see a man wearing a large mask zooming towards them before jumping.

"Hey, who are you? What do you want?" Sanji asked.

"TO KILL YOU ALL!" roared the man.

"He wants to fight, huh?" Sanji said as a lot of them got into a battle stance. The man swiftly began taking them down. First was Sanji, then Zoro, then Johnny and Yosaku, and then Gin. He kicked Luffy, but Luffy managed to stay on his feet before the man jumped high into the air and aimed his bazooka at the ship. Chopper screamed, Usopp was still on the deck in fear, and the rest just braced themselves for the worst.

"That's enough!" shouted another man as he came out of nowhere riding a bird and thrust his lance at the other man, knocking him away before landing on the ship. He was an old man wearing armor like a knight, with a cape that was yellow inside and black outside.

"Who is it this time?!" Nami yelled. The man looked to them all while his bird flew behind him.

"I am the Knight of the Sky!" he said. Everyone stared at him as he looked out at the sea. "He has retreated."

"What's going on?" Nami asked. "Who was that?" She then turned to the others and scowled. "And what's with all of you? Six against one and he beat you all!" All of those that the guy from earlier were trying to catch their breath as they lay on the deck.

"Thank you for saving us." Chopper said as he and Vivi bowed.

"We really appreciate it." Vivi said.

"No need to thank me. This is service." said the knight as the others complained that they tried to breathe.

"I couldn't...move like I wanted to." Gin gasped.

"It must be the thin air." Robin said.

"So that's why I can't catch my breath." Johnny wheezed.

"My lungs feel like they wanna pop." Yosaku added.

"Are you all Blue Sea Dwellers?" asked the knight.

"Blue Sea Dwellers?" Alvida asked. "Who are you?"

"I am the Knight of the Sky." repeated the man. "Blue Sea Dwellers is what we call those who live on the sea below us." said the knight. "Am I correct in that you traveled from the Blue Sea?"

"Yep." Luffy said as he stared up at the old man.

"Then it is no surprise." said the knight. "You are all currently in the White Sea, located 7,000 meters above your Blue Sea. Above us is the White White Sea, which is located 10,000 meters above your own. Ordinary Blue Sea dwellers' bodies cannot handle it." he explained as Luffy and the others got their breathing under control, claiming that they were getting used to it. "No, no, no, no, no. That is impossible." said the knight as he waved his hand before Chopper began asking questions. "Hold on a moment. I suspect that you all have many questions for me, but first we must talk business."

"Business?" Nami said in confusion.

"I am a free mercenary. This sea contains many dangers. Since you know not the battle of the sky, you would be easy targets for the guerillas or Skyfish." explained the Knight. "One whistle and I will rescue you for 5,000,000 extols." Most of the crew tilted their heads in confusion at his words.

"What?" Yosaku said.

"That is a reasonable price." argued the knight. "I won't lower it a single extol. I have to make a living, you know."

"What's an extol?" Johnny asked.

"Wait? You did not come by the way of High West?" asked the knight. "Surely, you must've passed by an island or two on the way here."

"High West?" Gin said.

"One or two islands?" Valerie asked.

"Wait a second! You mean there are other ways to get up to this sky sea?" Nami asked. "And that there's more than one Sky Island?"

"You mean to tell me that you all-"

"We rode the Knock-Up Stream to get here." Robin said.

"My word! To think that there were still people brave enough to ride that monstrous current!" exclaimed the knight in surprise.

"I should've known that it wasn't the only way up here!" Nami cried before she started yelling at Luffy while shaking him by his vest.

"Did you lose any of your crew?" asked the knight.

"Nope. Every single one of us is here." Luffy said with a grin. The knight then explained that other routes would've been less kind, stating that bringing 100 people would be a gamble to see how many survived, but that the Knock-Up Stream was an all or nothing bet, in which case everyone lived or died.

"Not many people are willing to use the Knock-Up Stream because of the high risk, especially in recent years. Your navigator must be exceptionally gifted to have gotten you all safely up here." said the knight.

"Well," Usopp said, having recovered from his near death experience. "Seeing as how it was the course I choose-" he said before Nami pulled on his cheek in annoyance while the old knight pulled out a whistle and tossed it to them, claiming that he would help them if they blew into that, and that the first one's free for their bravery.

"Wait! We don't even know who you are!" Nami said.

"I am the Knight of the Sky, Gan Fall. And this is my partner, Pierre." said Gan Fall. "Pierre here is special. He's eaten and gained the abilities of the Horse-Horse Fruit." As he spoke, Pierre's body began to shift from a bird to a horse. "Meaning he is a horse with wings."

"A Pegasus?!" Nami asked in excitement before Pierre changed completely. The result was...less than appealing.

"Okaaaay?" said most of the crew as they looked at Pierre before it and Gan Fall flew away, the old knight wishing them luck on their journey.

"That guy was bizarre." Grace said, earning a nod from everyone.

"In the end, he didn't tell us anything useful." Robin said.

"So, we're stuck here in the middle of cloud with no idea where to go?" Gin asked in irritation. "Fan-fucking-tastic!"

"There's gotta be a way up to that White White Sea that old guy told us about." Nojiko said as she picked up the whistle. "If not, we may have to call him back."

"I'll do it!" Luffy said, eager to blow the whistle for the fun of it.

"NO WAY!" Nami and Usopp yelled as they kept him away from the whistle.

"That's only for an emergency!" Nami yelled.

"In any case, we should move the ship." Zoro said.

"Look over there!" Chopper yelled, gaining everyone's attention to a strange cloud formation that resembled a waterfall.

"It looks like a waterfall." Robin said.

"Then that's where we're going." Zoro said as they sailed towards the cloud. They got close before Nami shouted for them to stop.

"Strange clouds are blocking the path." Robin examined.

"What now?" Vivi asked.

"They're floating above the sky sea, so they're not a part of it." Sanji said.

"What kind are they?" Usopp asked.

"If they're just regular clouds, we can pass through them, right?" Nami suggested before Luffy ran and jumped off the ship towards it. "LUFFY!"

"YAHOOOO!" Luffy yelled as his feet touched the cloud before he started bouncing on it. "Look! They're bouncy!" he yelled as he bounced around on them and laughing like an idiot.

"Quite strange." Robin said before Usopp and Chopper. The three of them kept on bouncing around and laughing their asses off while the rest tried to think of how to get past them. Wel...most of them.

"That does look like fun." Grace said with a small smile.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Valerie asked before she grabbed her around the waist and jumped onto the cloud, joining the three goofballs.

"Wait for us!" Johnny yelled as he and Yosaku joined in.

"Could you all take this a little more seriously?!" Nami yelled before Vivi jumped past her to join in on the fun.

"Forget it, Nami." Nojiko said with a smile. "Those guys are having way too much fun." Nami only sighed before she heard them all shouting in panic.

"What's happening?! Why are we suddenly sinking?!" Usopp yelled from the giant indent in the cloud.

"Help! It's eating us!" Chopper yelled.

"Don't worry! I'll save the ladies!" Sanji yelled as he got ready to jump to help them.

"1 kilo." Suddenly, the cloud sprung back, sending the eight of them soaring into the air, a mixture of frightened and excited yelling as they went higher.

"What just happened?" Gin asked as the ones left on the ship were staring into the sky, either calmly or in panic.

"It would seem that our chocolatier used her powers to increase her weight before rapidly decreasing it." Robin said.

"I wonder how far they flew." Zoro said as he kept his eyes to the sky, where a few dots were slowly growing closer, followed by yelling. One by one, they all fell from the sky. Johnny and Yosaku hit the water, Grace hit the cloud and began bouncing on it, Usopp fell on a different cloud on the other side of the river, Chopper hit the water, causing Zoro to jump in after him, Luffy inflated like a balloon and Valerie shifted to 1 kilo to float down, and Vivi was currently falling towards the ship.

"QUAAAACK!" Carue quacked, going ballistic at the sight of Vivi falling from the sky.

"VIVI!" Sanji yelled in panic as he moved to catch her. "I'VE GOT YOU!" Vivi was falling straight above him screaming as Sanji held his arms out wide to catch her. She landed in his arms, but his arms went through her as her body turned to candy syrup and she ended up a giant splatter on the deck. "AAAAHHHHH!" Sanji yelled in panic, his and Carue's faces both blue with a look of horror on them. "VIIIIVIIII!" he yelled as he looked at her form, not seeing her body rise up and reform behind him while Carue passed out and foamed at the mouth. After everyone was gathered on deck, and Sanji and Carue were calmed down from their shock, Nami left a huge bump on Valerie's head with her fist.

"You big jerk!" Grace yelled as she began throwing a tantrum like a little kid. "What's the big idea of making us fly?!"

"I thought it'd be funny." Valerie said with a laugh as Luffy laughed his ass off.

"That was fun!" he yelled as Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku glared at Valerie while Chopper tried to catch his breath on deck after being pulled up out of the sky sea. "Can we do it again?"

"NO!" most of them yelled.

"We still need to find a way past these clouds!" Nami yelled.

"Well, while we were up in the air, we spotted something in the distance." Usopp said. "And a pathway through the clouds to get there." After following Usopp's directions, they made it through the clouds and came upon a giant gate beneath the cloud fall.

"Heaven's Gate?" Alvida said.

"Does that mean Heaven is behind it?" Nojiko asked.

"Do you think we actually died on the way up here?" Zoro suggested.

"Might explain all the weird crap we've been seeing." Sanji said with his thumb against his chin.

"WHAT?! WE'RE DEAD?!" Chopper yelled.

"Let's go!" Luffy yelled while laughing.

"We're not dead, Chopper." Vivi said in a calm voice as they sailed through the gate. "At least, I hope we're not."

"Look! Someone's coming out!" Usopp yelled. Everyone looked to see a tiny old woman with angel wings on her back step out of a door.

"Is that an angel?" Gin asked.

"That, or a prune with legs." Grace said. Everyone stared at her before Nami tried to speak.

"Excuse me-"

"My name is Amazon. I am the official lookout for Heaven's Gate." explained the old woman. "Sightseeing, or fighting?" she asked.

"Well, sightseeing would be nice." Nami said.

"We wanna go to Sky Island!" Luffy called. "It's past this gate, right?"

"What did you mean by fighting?" Zoro asked. Amazon said nothing at first before stating that either choice was fine, and that they could enter after paying the 1 billion extol entrance fee per person.

"1 BILLION EXTOL?!" Usopp shouted in shock.

"Extols again?" Sanji said.

"How much is that in berries?" Valerie asked.

"Either way, it's gotta be a lot." Yosaku said.

"If it's equal to berries in value, then we'd only have enough for three of us to get in." Johnny added.

"1 billion for one person, so that would be 16 billion for all of us if Bird-san is included." Robin said as she looked at Carue.

"What kind of an entrance fee is that?" Alvida asked in irritation.

"This old bat's nuts." Gin added before Nami covered their mouths.

"Excuse me, but what would happen if we didn't have that much money?" she asked.

"You may pass." Amazon said.

"Just like that?! "Johnny and Yosaku added while slapping the air.

"Or you may not pass." she added, confusing some of them. "I'm neither a guardian, nor a warrior. I can't stop you in whatever it is you wish to do."

"Then we'll be going to Sky Island!" Luffy yelled.

"We don't have the money though, so we can't pay Granny. "Usopp added.

"Alright. 16 of you, right?" she asked.

"That's right!" Luffy said with a grin. Suddenly, a pair of claws came out of the clouds and grasped Merry's broken wings, causing some of the crew to panic. Amazon mumbled it's name, the Speedy Shrimp, before the giant shrimp began carrying them on it's back up the giant cloud fall. The trip up the fall was hectic, as the constant twists and turns nearly sent the crew flying if they hadn't been holding tightly onto the ship. Luffy was laughing before a bright light came into view at the top.

"Is that the exit?" Johnny asked as a sign came into view.

"What's that say?" Yosaku asked.

"Godland! The Land of God, Skypiea!" Robin said.

"That's not the exit!" Luffy yelled in excitement. "IT'S THE ENTRANCE!" Everyone was smiling as they came closer to the light before bursting through the clouds. The Going Merry was now floating on the White White Sea, and in front of them was a sight that was nothing short of beautiful.

"Look!" Luffy yelled. Everyone picked themselves up and looked out from the front of the ship to see and island made of a mixture of colorful buildings, clouds, and colorful buildings floating on top of clouds. "IT'S SKY ISLAND!"

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Yes, it's close to cannon, but let's face it. There was nothing but white until they got up to the island. Also, as for Sanji attacking Luffy after a lemon, I see everyone's point that Luffy should fight back or that the women should stop Sanji. Until next time!