The crew stared in amazement as they looked at the island while they sailed closer. Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were staring with stars in their eyes, eager to get onto land. Grace looked ready to whip out her easel and paint the sight before her. Johnny and Yosaku were rubbing their eyes, still not believing the sight before them. Alvida was so stunned that she hadn't noticed that she dropped her mace onto the deck. Gin blinked a few times while he looked at the strange island. Valerie and Vivi stared in awe while Carue tilted his head in amazement. Nami and Nojiko were grinning at the beautiful island, and all the others just stared in awe, even if they didn't show it. The ship sailed near the shore before Luffy took a deep breath and jumped off the ship.
"Hang on!" Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku yelled as they jumped after Luffy, who was standing in the sky sea.
"It's not very deep." Luffy said as the three of them smacked into the water and stood up, showing that it reached their ankles.
"That soft cloud is below us?" Usopp said before they all smiled and began running off towards the shore.
"This still seems unbelievable." Gin said as all the women went to change while Chopper ran to join the four others on shore shoving each other around and laughing.
"Yeah, like a dream." Zoro said as he dropped the anchor.
"Still, with the way those guys are having fun, it's hard not to join in." Sanji said as he placed his shoes on deck, took off his jacket, and jumped into the sea. "WOOHOO!"
"You're having too much fun." Zoro said before Nami ran out of the room, the Southbird from before pecking at her head while she screamed before it flew off.
"We forgot to let the Southbird go after getting to the Knock-Up Stream." Nami said as the other women came out of the room in different clothing. Nami with a blue bikini top that had white mixed in and dark brown shorts, Alvida was wearing a white top with polka-dots and red shorts, Nojiko in a light blue bikini top and white shorts, Robin in a yellow top and purple pants that hugged her legs, Valerie was in a yellow crop top and blue shorts, Vivi was in a bikini top that was as blue as her hair and teal shorts, and Grace was wearing a white tank top with blue shorts. (A/N: Not very creative, but I'm no fashion guru.)
"Leave it be." Zoro said as Gin jumped into the sea and began walking towards the shore. "Looks like people live here. That bird can take care of himself."
"Either way, this place looks like a good place to rest." Alvida said before jumping off the side of the ship and landing ankle deep into the clouds.
"I wonder what it's like on shore." Vivi said as she and Carue jumped off and laughed while running towards shore with Alvida.
"Wait for us!" Valerie yelled as she and Grace jumped off before running after them.
"Come on you two." Nojiko said as she jumped off. "This place won't explore itself!"
"Will you be coming?" Robin asked Zoro.
"Yeah. I'm coming." Zoro said as Robin looked at everyone playing on the beach.
"The scent of adventure, navigating and landing. I never thought of them that way." Robin said before jumping off and walking towards the shore, where everyone was having fun.
"Sky Island would be a great place to sleep." Chopper said with a sleepy look on his face as he began rolling on the beach. Gin didn't roll, but he followed Chopper's lead as he began napping under a nearby tree.
"Quaaack!" Carue quacked happily, having plenty of space to run after being cooped up on the ship, with Vivi on his back laughing as the wind whipped her face.
"It feels great to be back up here." Luffy whispered to himself before he picked some fruit and chomped on it. His teeth were halfway through the iron like shell before they stuck and wouldn't budge, leaving him struggling to get them out. "MMMPH! FFPHM!" he yelled as he and Usopp began pulling the fruit in an attempt to get it off.
"HAHAHAHA! Look at Brother Captain!" Johnny laughed.
"Finally found something that even you can't bite through, huh?!" Yosaku added, laughing equally as hard while Sanji went around handing the ladies flowers that he found and picked.
"Robin-chan~!" Sanji sang as he approached her and gently placed the flower in her hair. "A flower for you!" he said before running off to give flowers to the other ladies while Robin took the flower from her hair and looked at it.
"The marines can't chase us here!" Nami said as she stretched her arms out wide with a smile. "We can finally relax." She then noticed a structure a short walk away just as Chopper rolled to her feet. "Hey Chopper. What do you think that is?" She and Chopper walked towards it before sitting down on the chairs that were made of clouds that felt like cushions. "I guess that they have ways of turning clouds into things like this."
"I bet you're wondering what it is you want to paint first, right?" Valerie asked Grace as she balanced her light body on her head.
"I'm gonna need a bigger easel!" Grace said with a huge smile. "Maybe they have really cool paint up here!"
"If they do, then I bet your paintings will look so amazing, it'll make this place dull in comparrison." Valerie said, causing both of them to smile.
"A place like this is perfect to get a tan." Alvida said.
"With your slippery body, it'd probably slide off." Nojiko joked as Zoro walked to shore.
"How do you get wet from clouds anyway?" he asked before he found something on the ground. "Hey, a rag!" he said as he lifted it and tried to wipe his ankles before realizing it was an animal. He dropped it in shock before apologizing while the little animal got it's senses back. "Is this a fox?" he asked before something caught everyone's attention. The sound of a harp playing beautiful music could be heard in the distance.
"What's that?" Gin asked as he opened one eye.
"Someone's over there." Zoro said as he pointed his hand at the figure playing the music.
"Who is it?" Usopp asked as he hid behind a tree, pulling Luffy's head with him as his hands hadn't let go of the fruit. "That guerilla again?"
"Quick! Blow the whistle! Call the Knight!" Chopper yelled in panic.
"Wait. It's not him." Sanji said as the figure came into view. "It's...an Angel!"
"An Angel?" Usopp said as everyone began looking at the Angel as she played her harp before she stopped and looked at them all with a kind smile.
"Heso."
"...Heso?" some of them asked as Sanji gazed at her with hearts in his eyes. Everyone wondered what Heso meant as Luffy finally managed to get his teeth out of the fruit. He looked at her before smiling at how beautiful she looked
"Suu, come." said the woman before the little animal came to her. "Are you all from the Blue Sea?" she asked as she walked towards them.
"Yeah, we came from down there." Luffy said. "Do you live here?"
"Yes, I do." she said. "Welcome to Skypiea's Angel Beach. Would you like to drink that?" she asked. Luffy nodded and handed her the fruit as she explained that the top part was as hard as steel, so that they had to cut a hole in the under side and put a straw in. "Here you go." she said as she handed it back to him.
"DELICIIIIOUS!" Luffy yelled comically after drinking some, prompting some of the others to let them have some.
"My name's Conis." said the Angel. "And this is Suu, a Cloudfox. If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask."
"Actually," Sanji said. "I believe that my heart is-" he began before Nami pulled him away by his ear. She then told Conis that they had many questions before Zoro pointed out that something was coming towards them from the sky sea. Conis explained that it was her father before the man rode the Waver he was on onto shore and smacked into a tree.
"Are you all okay?" he asked as he slowly got up.
"THAT'S OUR LINE!" Zoro yelled.
"Luffy, is that thing you brought up from the ocean floor a Waver?" Nami asked him.
"Yeah." Luffy replied as he drained the fruit of it's nectar. Conis and her father, Pagaya, began chatting with everyone before Conis asked if he caught anything.
"Yes. A fine catch." Pagaya said. "Would you all like to join my daughter and I for lunch?"
"Lunch?! Alright!" Luffy yelled as Sanji offered to help.
"Before that, how does this work?" Nami asked as she stared at the Waver. "No sail to catch wind, and you weren't rowing it."
"You don't know about Dials?" Conis asked.
"Dials?" some of them asked.
-Moments Later-
Luffy and Chopper had just been dragged out of the sky sea by Sanji and Zoro. Luffy for trying to ride the Waver again and failing, and Chopper because he ran into the sea to save Luffy after he fell off the Waver.
"You two idiots are gonna be the death of us." Gin chuckled as Zoro and Sanji argued.
"I'm sorry. I should'nt have allowed a beginner to borrow it." Pagaya said as he explained that the Waver was light and that only those that know the sea well can ride it. "It takes about 10 years to learn how to ride it."
"WAHOO!" Nami yelled as she rode the Waver around with ease. "This is amazing!"
"NAMI-SAN~! YOU'RE THE GREATEST!" Sanji yelled with hearts in his eyes.
"That is quite extraordinary!" Pagaya said as everyone watched her riding around on the clouds.
"That's my sister for ya!" Nojiko said.
"Go Big Sis!" Johnny and Yosaku cheered.
"I really thought I could get it this time." Luffy mumbled as he watched Nami. Nami continued to ride on the Waver while everyone else followed Pagaya to his house to eat. As they walked, they noticed other people cutting up bits of clouds while Pagaya explained how they formed, which Usopp began to brag about how it was easy enough for him to play with when he was a kid.
"Shut up, Long-Nose!" Gin said before they all got to the house and walked inside. Sanji helped Pagaya in the kitchen while everyone else relaxed in the main room. While Sanji yelled and made noise in the kitchen, Conis began explaining what Dials were to everyone else. Everyone was looking at the Dials while Luffy kept staring at the Tone Dial in his hand, his mind wandering to a certain friend he'd see again soon.
Yohohohohohoho!
'Brook. Just wait a little longer. We'll pick up Franky and meet you again in that fog. And we're bringing more friends along for the ride. This time, you will meet Laboon again.'
"LUFFY!" Usopp yelled when Luffy began staring off into space.
"Huh?" Luffy said as he turned to them all.
"You really must've been out of it." Vivi said. "The food's already here."
"FOOD!" Luffy yelled as his eyes fell on the Sky Cuisine on the table. He ran over and began eating with the others while Sanji went to the balcony to smoke.
"Where'd Nami-san go?" he asked.
"Isn't she out there?" Nojiko asked.
"I don't see her." Sanji said.
"She's probably having fun exploring." Usopp said as Conis and Pagaya became nervous.
"Father, do you think she's okay?" Conis asked.
"I have my concerns." Pagaya said.
"Something wrong?" Alvida asked.
"Here in Skypiea, there is one place that no one is allowed to go under any circumstances." Conis explained. "That place is right next to this island and can easily be accessed by Waver."
"Why can't you go there?" Grace asked.
"It's sacred ground." Conis said.
"Sacred ground?" Robin repeated, earning a nod from Conis.
"The Land Where God Resides, Upper Yard." Conis explained.
"God? As in, THE God?!" Chopper asked.
"The one that people pray to and all that?" Gin said.
"Yes." Conis said. "Because Skypiea is God's land, it is ruled by the almighty God, Enel. He knows and hears everything."
"Even what we're saying and doing right now?" Chopper asked.
"God, huh?" Zoro said.
"You don't believe in God, Zoro?" Chopper asked.
"I don't really care if he exists or not." Zoro said. "And I'm not gonna stand in the way of someone else's beliefs."
"Have you seen him?" Nojiko asked Conis. "This God Enel that lives on Upper Yard?"
"N-No I haven't." Conis said as she waved her hands. "We are not allowed to set foot on Upper Yard. Ever. It is forbidden to set foot upon the sacred ground.
-With Nami-
Nami was standing in the Waver a good distance away from Upper Yard, looking up at the tall trees. She then heard voices coming from nearby and began to investigate, only to find a battered ship floating in the clouds. She jumped when she heard the voices again, only this time they were coming out of a Tone Dial on board. She played it again and discovered that a group of people were looking for treasure before they began screaming as the sound of an explosion could be heard in the background, and the name God being said.
"They were killed...by God?" Nami asked before she heard some noise coming from the trees. She followed the sound on the Waver before coming to the sight of four men and two animals surrounding another man. She didn't have time to wonder about it as she heard the cocking of a weapon coming from behind her. She turned just in time to see the guerilla from before shoot at the men on the island. She looked at the smoke as the man that was being surrounded stumbled out of the smoke and saw her.
"P-Please! Let me on!" he begged. "I came from another Sky Island seeking treasure, but now I gotta get out of here!"
"I don't think this is big enough for both of us." Nami said quickly.
"Then I'll take it from you!" he said as he began pulling out a dagger. Suddenly, a bright light surrounded him as he stared at the sky. "...God." Shortly after that, the man and the piece of island he was on were obliterated by a massive beam that came from the sky.
"What's going on?!" Nami yelled as she sailed away behind the rocks. She tried to wrap her mind around what just happened before she heard the men on land talking.
"Who was that guy talking to?"
"Just a guerilla. He's gone now."
"Why would God Enel interfere? It doesn't benefit us."
"We ran out of time. Another set of illegal entrants have landed on Skypiea. Amazon from Heaven's Gate has sent word that a group of 16 Blue Sea Dwellers have arrived."
'16 illegal Blue Sea Dwellers?!' Nami thought. 'Is he talking about us? Then those men on the boat, and that man from earlier were all killed? I gotta warn the others!' With that in mind, she sped off towards Angel Beach.
-Back with the others-
Luffy was dead set on going to Upper Yard again, not only because they said it was dangerous, but because he really wanted to see the place all over again.
"So, what's the punishment for setting foot on Upper Yard?" Robin asked.
"W-Well." Conis answered grimly.
"Well?" Zoro said as they all looked at her.
"I'm afraid the punishment is death." Pagaya answered.
"D-Death?" Nojiko stuttered as Sanji's cigarette fell from his mouth.
"NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji yelled on the balcony in panic.
"She's fine." Luffy said. Everyone looked at him as he stared out the window. "I can sense her. She's a bit far, but she's coming back."
"Really? That's good." Nojiko sighed.
"How...do you know that?" Conis asked.
"Haki." Luffy answered as he put his hand to his ear. "I can hear her from here, though it's faint since she's far away."
"You can hear her?" Conis said in astonishment. "But, how?"
"Such an ability like that has only ever been used by the Priests of Upper Yard and God Enel himself!" Pagaya said.
"Priests?" Gin asked.
"They are the Priests under the rule of almighty God Enel. They watch over Upper Yard." Conis said. "Each of them are very powerful fighters."
"Strong fighters, huh?" Zoro said with a smirk.
"Oh no! Not you too!" Usopp yelled. "Did you not hear their warnings from earlier?!"
"Anyway, let's get to the shore and wait for Nami-san!" Sanji said. "Luffy! Leave the food alone!"
"Gotta eat this first." Luffy said through bites.
"I truly hope that Nami didn't set foot on Upper Yard." Conis said. "Otherwise, she may invoke God Enel's wrath."
"We'll worry about that later." Zoro said as everyone began walking towards the beach, some of them having to drag Luffy away from the food. A few moments later, everyone was now waiting for Nami to return on the Waver she borrowed.
"Too bad that Waver we found is busted." Vivi said.
"You all have a Waver?" Pagaya asked.
"Yeah, but it's broken. We found it at the bottom of our sea." Usopp explained.
"Would you mind if I took a look at it?" he asked. "If it's not too bad, I may be able to fix it."
"You can?" Grace asked.
"I am a Dial ship engineer." he said.
"Okay then. Please fix it for us." Nojiko asked. After that, everyone went about their business doing whatever it is they wished to do.
"Look Usopp! I'm done!" Chopper yelled after finishing his tiny Cloudman.
"I'm done too!" Usopp yelled after finishing his work, which was of the crew worshipping King Cloud Usopp. "Behold, my beautiful masterpiece!"
"THIS IS NOT BEAUTIFUL!" Sanji yelled as he kicked Usopp in the face before kicking all but the cloud women into the ground, making Usopp cry. Just then, the sound of marching footsteps could be heard and everyone looked to see a group of men dressed the same walking towards the beach.
"Unknown vessel, halt!" shouted the leader. Everyone was watching before some of them stared with gapping jaws as the group of men began crawling along the beach towards them for some reason.
"Are they right in the head or something?" Alvida asked.
"Dunno. Might be some weird perverts." Usopp said.
"So that's what a pervert looks like?" Chopper asked innocently.
"Either way, they're coming this way." Nojiko said.
"TROOPS, HALT!" shouted the leader as they were a few feet away from the Straw Hats as everyone gathered around on the beach. The men then stood up straight at attention with their hands behind their backs before lifting their left hands behind their heads and sticking their thumbs, index, and pinky fingers out. "HESO!" they all said.
"Heso." Conis greeted.
"Heso. Good day." Pagaya greeted.
"Heso again?" Gin mumbled.
"You 16 are the illegal entrants from the Blue Sea, correct?" shouted the leader, Captain McKinley. "PREPARE TO RECEIVE HEAVEN'S JUDGEMENT!"
A/N: Okay, we'll stop there everyone. Hope you all enjoyed it. Also, anyone else's stories not letting them see the reviews?