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Chapter VIII.

Last Time.

Zoro, Nami, And Robin.

Zoro pulled Nami from the shore as a small shark jumped at her. Robin looked down before speaking. "I've just noticed something.. This is dirt. How did it get up here? All the other Islands are clouds." Zoro tapped the ground with his boot. "Yeah, it's not fluffy." Nami grabbed a handful of the dirt before letting it drop.

"Yeah; I noticed it when I got here earlier. Sky Islands are made of clouds. It's feels like it's been a year since I've seen dirt. So why is this island different from the others?" She asked as Robin looked down. "I don't know. But it can be the reason why this place is so sacred." She replied before standing from her kneeling position.

Later, they continued walking through the forest as they talked about trying to go to the other side. "No! I'm not getting attacked again!" Nami yelled before hearing birds fly away. Suddenly, an alligator dropped from a river above them and lunged at Nami. Zoro punched him away as Robin held his mouth shut.

The Going Merry.

Naruto stopped working on the mast as he looked over his shoulder. And saw Shura flying Fuza before turning to face the man. "Who in the hell are you?" Naruto asked walking to the railing as Shura smirked. "The person who has the pleasure of killing you." Naruto just raised an eyebrow before speaking.

"I'd like to see you try. Now why don't you do the smart thing and just leave." Naruto said before getting into a stance.

Now.

Upper Yard, Naruto And Chopper.

TWEEEETTTT!

Naruto got out of his stance and leaned his head back as he groaned before turning to see Chopper blow the whistle Gan Fall gave them. "Really? OK I'll just sit this one out." He said walking to the mast and leaned against it. And quickly grabbed the lance as Shura thrusts it at him.

And then let go as a spark came off it having fire shoot out a couple of inches. Naruto threw a punch only for Shura to dodge by leaning to the left and had Fuza breath fire at him. Naruto poofed revealing a log that was kicked at Shura who leaned back, letting it fall in the clouds.

As Naruto kept Shura from attacking the ship, Shura explained that each Priest have an area that have paths that lead to this spot and when people are coming to the altar the Priest that didn't get 'picked' are to leave them alone as they go through a trail to get to the alter.

"But the alter doesn't sit in either area, it's a free zone. Which means any one of us can attack it without repercussions. But proper etiquette has us not killing the ones here if their friends pass a trial.. But three of your friends left the altar using vines."

"..."

"TEME! (BASTARD!)" Naruto yelled out as they looked to where Zoro and the others left. "We could have had a free pass!" he finished just as Shura turned and parried a strike from Gan Fall. Gan Fall jumped onto Pierre as Shura jumped onto Fuza and flew around attacking each other.

Nami, Robin, And Zoro.

The Trio walked across a root to pass over the river before a shark jumped out at them. "AAAHHH!" Nami scream and slipped off as Zoro sliced the shark with Wado. "You OK Nami?" Zoro asked as Nami hung upside down as Robin created hands to hold her. "Yeah... Fine..."

She came back up on her hands and knees. "Thanks.. Sorry for being a burden." She said to Robin who looked around. "No problem." They walked to the other side and Robin saw what looked like a well. They continued making their way down and saw steps broken by the overgrown trees.

As they made it to the well, Robin used a test tube to bring a sample from the bottom of the well. Zoro looked to see Nami looking ahead in shock through binoculars. They walked towards the direction Nami looked and came up to half a house that looks like Cricket's.

Luffy, Sanji, And Usopp Vs. Satori.

Satori laughed as he danced on a ball as the others struggled to get up. He created a dragon with the balls and had a dragon mask in front. "That the best you can do?" Luffy asked panting. "Each ball is rigged with explosives, just try and escape!" He directed the dragon at them as Luffy spun his arm.

"Gomu Gomu no.. Pistoru. (Gum Gum Pistol.)" Usopp pushed him away as the dragon flew near where Luffy was standing "Baka. (Idiot.) That freak just told us if we touched it, it will explode!" The dragon flew to them, forcing them to run. "Jump!" Usopp said while running on a root. They jumped and grabbed another ball that exploded.

Later, Satori taunted them as they were attacked by several exploding balls before having the dragon attack Luffy who ran. Luffy looked back, and saw a rope tied to the dragon before grabbing it, tore it, and held both ends before Satori pulled them towards him. "OH NO-!"

BOOM!

Satori barely dodged the main blast before Luffy grabbed him, wrapped his limbs around him and had Sanji axe kick him on the head.

Naruto, And Chopper.

Naruto jumped up just as both Gan Fall and Shura hit each other with their lances and landed on the ground in front of the altar. Naruto jumped up to the Merry and put Gan Fall on the ground just as Shura leaving saying he's late for something. "Chopper! He was hit near the chest!"

Naruto stood up before a shadow descended on them. He looked up and saw a flock of very large South Birds flying by them. "Holy shit." Later, Nami and the others got back. "Hey! Are you alright?!" She yelled before hearing Naruto. "Hey Zoro!" He yelled before they saw Naruto lift his hand up and flip Zoro off.

"If you didn't leave we would have been free to go once the others got here!" They got back on the Merry and waited for the others.

Later, the Crew camped out on the land and cooked the fish that was killed beside the Merry and gave what each group what they saw, and about the people that attacked them. Nami explained Upper Yard was the island of gold that was apart of Jaya that was sent up to the clouds by the Knock-Up Stream.

A Few Hours Later.

Sanji was cooking by the fire as the others was eating soup. Naruto looked up to see Nami wearing glasses with her hair tied in two pig tails at the bottom.

They went on to talk about Noland's tale and how the gold city came up to Skypiea while they ate and how being up here had the foliage grow and thrive. Chopper went on to explain that a flock of South Birds referred to Gan Fall as Kami (God).

"He's kami?! So if we beat the crap out of this guy our job's done?!" Luffy asked as Naruto sighed. "No, 'kami' must just be what they call their leader up here King isn't the only label people would use for their leader.. We called our leader Hokage. (Fire Shadow.) Gan Fall must be the previous leader, or was beaten for the position."

They continued talking about Noland talking about a bell as well a flock of South Birds and the city is located within the 'Skull's Right Eye'. Nami nodded before pulling out Skypiea map as well as one for Jaya. Putting them together, they made one large island in the shape of a skull.

"And it should be right here." Nami said pointing to the right eye where a large temple was drawn. "We can't leave the ship unguarded. Tomorrow morning, we'll split up into two teams."

Night came and Naruto sat on a root before hearing Robin say they should douse the flame to keep the enemies from seeing them. Naruto noticed Luffy and Usopp slyly snicker at that. "A rookie mistake." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that before seeing them both fall to their knees saying you need a fire for camping.

The Next Morning.

Naruto woke up to the sun starting to rise from his tent after partying with a pack of wolves. He felt something soft pressing into both of his arms before looking to see that both Nami and Robin were sleeping under his blanket before they stirred awake. He tried moving his arms but both were numb before the girls woke up, and sat up to stretched.

Naruto saw they were wearing only painties as they stretched before they covered their chests with their hands. Nami looked down to him and smirked. "Morning Naruto-kun~" Naruto sat up as he felt the feeling come back to his arms. "What are you two doing in here?"

"Well. we heard something and thought a strong man like you would protect us." Robin said standing up and started to get dressed. Taking her time as she did so. Once they were dressed, both girls walked out swaying their hips doing so.

Priests, Other Side Of The Island.

The three stood in a courtyard in front of a gazebo with a large chair with a small group of people. They saw an obese man with a triple chin standing to their left.

He has a round body shape with wavy black hair and tanned skin. He has bags under his eyes and thick lips. He's wearing a white toga with black vertical stripes, three on each side. Over his toga he has an orange sash, connected by strings, and has red lining and dark orange vertical stripes on it. He has gold bracelets on both his wrist, and has wings on his back.

Suddenly, they were attacked by lighting as a man somersaulted to the chair.

He is a tall, muscular man with light hair covered by a simple white bandana. He has long earlobes weighted down to his chest by diamond-shaped gold earrings that stretch all the way to his chest. He is dressed in a very luxurious manner, with loose, orange pants with a black pattern on them, and around his waist there is a blue, flowing sash, holding up a light-blue veil .

He has gold bracelets on both his arms and legs, and two little gold rings around his bigger toes as he's barefooted. He's holding a gold staff which he puts against the chair as he lazily laid on it. His nose has many lines running horizontally across it. He also has four large Tomoe drums attached via a large ring to his back.

"You boys are getting soft. You're out of practice, you're all on your way to being dismal failures like Satori." He said resting his head on his hand. Two women brought a tray of food over as they talked about the Crew and about a tournament that Enel will start today.

S.H.C. The Going Merry.

The Crew looked at the Merry with the small damaged from getting to the altar now fixed and the flying gear was now off as well before Usopp thought about the night before and thought he saw a ghost working on the Merry. Chopper and Usopp went to the Crow before tying a rope to it had Chopper act as bait to get a shark to jump up.

As one did, Sanji kicked a large hook to it and used the shark to pull the Merry down off of the alter. Later, they split off into two teams to go after the gold. One will stay with the Merry and sail it to the city as close as they can while the other will go on foot to collect the gold.

A few hours later, Nami, Usopp and Sanji stayed on the Merry while Chopper, Zoro, Luffy, and Robin traveled on foot to the city. Naruto and the others traveled for several miles with Robin keeping Luffy and Zoro from going the wrong direction. "Hey is that root moving?"

Zoro asked seeing a green, and dark green striped root move before a large snake moved in front of them. "Oh come on! Really?!" Naruto asked as the snake lunged at them and forced them to dodge. After several minutes of dodging the attacks, each of the group was separated from each other.

The Merry; Sanji, Nami, Usopp, And Gan Fall.

The Merry sailed through the forest using the Crow as a source of power as Sanji moved barrels. Usopp and Gan Fall sat, and stood on the bow as Gan Fall closed his eyes. He explained he was the previous kami six years ago. And that Upper Yard came up on the Knock-Up Stream over 400 years ago.

And before then, they only got trinkets from the Knock-Up Stream. Once Upper Yard came, they attacked the people that came up as well before forcing them from their home and taking the land for themselves. Gan Fall explained he became the Knight to help those that want to go to another Sky Island and escape Enel's rule.

And that Enel and his followers beat him for the position when they showed up from another Sky Island six years ago. He took medicine that Nami gave him before continuing his explanation. "Most people have been forced to do labor on a secret project, I don't know what it is."

After sailing for awhile, Gan Fall showed them Dial's used for attacking before putting a red on on a barrel, and had Sanji hit it with a large mallet. Only for nothing to happen. "Now, flip it over, and push the tip." Sanji did that before pressing the tip.

BOOM!

The barrel exploded sending Sanji back and hit the railing. "That is an Impact Dial." Gan Fall said before explaining that the dial absorbs the 'impact' from an attack and stores it for later use. "That must be how Satori's attack works." Usopp said realizing the attack was the same as before.

He went on to explain a arer one called 'Reject Dial's' can release stored energy ten times stronger than the original attacks. Only to have a chance of injuring the user as well.

Zoro.

Zoro walked through the forest resting his arm on his sword as he walked. He looked around thinking of moves that would combat the fighters on the island and against Mantra. Suddenly, a large buzzard flew down at Zoro before he turned and sliced at him. A shock wave went up in the air before Zoro continued.

"Needs work, but after a few tests, I'll have it down." Zoro said out loud as he walked. He was attacked by the guerilla's before easily taking care of them. Suddenly, one jumped out after attacking one of Enel's followers.

He is a muscular man with the upper-half of his face always hidden by his hat. He's wearing a head covering. He's wearing a grass skirt, with a decorated, long light-red sash around his waist and a light-blue veil appearing from under the skirt and reaching down to his feet. He has on a fur-lined, dark-green jacket, and has dark gloves on his hands.

Zoro sighed as the man picked up two pistoles and attacked. Every time the man shot, Zoro was blinded for a second before running back as the man went in the air. He fired again and blinded Zoro before appearing behind him and used the dial's on his skates to attack Zoro with a kick.

Zoro pulled Wado out just as he was kicked away. "You put up a good fight." The man said as Zoro got up. "I'm almost sorry I underestimated you." Zoro threw his backpack to the ground before smirking. "Thanks pal; but I should apologize to you. I took you for a loser."

The man used his skates to dashed behind Zoro. 'He never moved his feet!' Zoro thought pulling out Kitetsu. Zoro dodged another bullet before putting Wado in his mouth and pulled Yubashiri out and attacked. The man jumped out of the way and went up into the trees.

The man threw a Milky Dial just as Zoro ran up a tree trunk and jumped at him. "Oh shit!" Zoro cursed as the man road the new path towards him. Zoro leaned back just as the man shot at him point blank. And had a large leech jump up out of the river. "Damn it!" Zoro cursed as he fell down at it.

Only to slice it in half and fell to the river before landing on the dead leech. Zoro dodged other shots before running to hide behind a tree and panted as he caught his breath. He gritted his teeth as blood came out of a graze on his right leg. He smirked before putting his goggles on and walked away from the tree.

"Your blinding trick won't work now!" The man just stared. "They look like regular goggles to me." Zoro froze at being found out before the man attacked again. Zoro dropped to the ground and landed in a crouch having blood spray out of his wound getting him to hold in a yell of pain.

Zoro continue to dodge the man's shots before looking up as they stopped. "Think you can run away?" The man asked as the smoke cleared. "Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought." Zoro said holding Wado staring up at the man. "These six root's ground us all by way of good, evil, or neutral." The man raised an eyebrow.

"What are you talking about?" He asked as Zoro continued." And they can be pure and impure, these are the thirty-six Earthly desires." Zoro holds Wado horizontally above the shoulder of his arm holding his elbow with the other. "Listen up; I have the barrel of a cannon pointed right at you."

"And all you have is a couple of pistols. My weapon's superior. You've done very well... But you're still going to die." The man snorted and threw a dial down creating a cloud. "You don't have a cannon, all I see are three sword's." He said gliding down. "You ever see a flying blade attack?"

Zoro asked before tensing. "Ittoryu..." Just as the man got near Zoro just as he swung Wado. "Sanjūroku Pondo Hō. (One Sword Style: 36 Caliber Phoenix.)" Wave's of compressed air hit's the man sending him flying away with a gash on his chest.

Robin.

Robin looked up at a man standing on a old building in white robes, brown gloves, and skates and looks like a goat with small horns on his head.

"Please move; You're disturbing the building!" She yelled. The man just glared at her before hands came up on him and twisted.

Crack!

And he fell over as she looked at the other buildings in the area.

The Going Merry.

A burned Sanji fell down on the deck as the others looked to see Enel crouching on the railing. "Sanji!" Usopp yelled us Nami held a tri-pronged kunai with writing on the handle by the figure head. "What a foolishly angry man." Enel said with a chuckle. "If I came with pain and destruction that would be the first thing I offer you."

"Then why are you here Enel?" Gan Fall asked with a glare. "I expected a warmer hello... It has been six years now; Gan Fall." Enel finished just as Nami threw the kunai on the deck.

To Be Continued.

A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.

Beta: Memodo Shiki.

Ok a little short of the cut off. but only by a few hundred words, just thought it was a good place to end the chapter. I've got nothing else to talk about. One negative thing about having multiple stories is sometimes what you want to talk about only goes for one story or iif you have something to say, you'll only put it on one, and won't have anything else to say for the others.

Next to be updated will be Naruto On Board.

Talk To You Later,

Lone Wolf Out.