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Both crews stared at the Sea Turtle in shock as it chewed on the remains of what once the ship that fell from the sky. Masira's crew was in complete state of panic and they called out for their boss but the turtle just continued to eat.

On the Merry the Straw hats were no better off, only Robin was not panicking.

"W…What is that thing?" Nami asked fearfully.

"I didn't Care, I don't see it," Usopp cried "it's a dream that's all it is a dream,"

"Really this is all a dream?" Chopper asked hopefully.

"Of course, it's a dream Giant Turtles the size of islands don't exist," Nami agreed.

The three sighed and tuned their backs on the turtle satisfied that it was most likely a dream. Connor however activated his sight and found that the turtle was giving off an aura.

"It's giving off a white arura," Connor stated and his eyes went back to their normal colour.

Nami Chopper and Usopp froze at that.

"Aren't those the boy's air hoses?" Robin asked.

This statement made Nami Usopp and Chopper start to shake and then a crunching sound was herd.

"I suppose this means they were eaten…oh well at least the turtle remembered to chew," Robin said.

"Actually…" Connor started.

"DON'T SAY SUCH THINGS!" Usopp cried interrupting Connor.

"Umm guys Luffy's…" Connor tried.

"WHAAAAAAA! LUFFY AND THE OHTERS GOT EATEN!" Chopper cried as he ran around the deck, he was in such a panic that he kept switching between forms.

"If you could just…" Connor attempted.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT NAMI, YOU SENT THEM TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND LINE!" Usopp yelled at the navigator "YOU SENT THEM WITHOUT KNOWING IT WAS SAFE!"

"IT'S THE GRAND LINE, OF COURSE IT WAS GOING TO BE DANGOUS! THE SURFACE IS BAD ENOUGH WHAT DID YOU THINK THE BOTTEM WOULD BE LIKE!" Nami yelled back.

"Nami, the others are…" Connor tired again.

"THAT DOSE NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOUR GREED GOT THEM KILLED!" Usopp shouted.

"Your right it's my fault," Nami admitted.

She looked at the turtle with a serious expression.

"Sorry," Nami apologised.

"NO YOUR NOT!" Usopp yelled.

"I give up," Connor sighed in defeat.

It was clear that no one was listening to him or going to listen to him. The Merry started to strain as the ship was pulled closer to the turtle and the crew were thrown off balance by the sudden shift.

"What now?" Chopper panicked.

"It appears the turtle is going to either eat us or drag us underwater," Robin answered.

"NOOOOO ROBIN DO SOMETHING!" Usopp begged.

"I can't it's too big, the only way to ensure our survival is to cut the lines," Robin advised.

"WHATTT NOO! WHAT ABOUT LUFFY?!" Chopper cried.

Connor looked over to Masira's crew they had gotten over the initial shock and the first mate was giving orders to have the air hoses and all of the salvaging equipment reeled in so they could help their captain.

Usopp noticed this as well and he was inspired by Masira's crew's dedication.

'That's right in time like this the loyalty and bravery of a crew is tested,' Usopp thought.

"Alright," Usopp said confidently and taking charge "Let's…"

"Cut the lines," Nami finished.

Usopp fell face first onto the deck.

"You don't decide that!" Usopp cried jumping up.

"Why not, I'm the navigator and the lives of everyone on board are in my hands," Nami argued.

"What about Luffy, Zoro and Sanji?" Usopp asked.

"They're not on board, so they're on their own," Nami pointed out.

"YOU ARE THE WORST!" Usopp shouted.

"THE WORST!" Chopper repeated.

Suddenly the sky turned dark, Nami and Usopp stopped arguing and looked at the sky.

"Is it night time?" Usopp asked.

Nami pulled out a pocket watch and looked at it.

"No…it's still early morning. What's going on?" She asked.

Robin looked over to the other crew and listened to what they were saying.

"We have to hurry, when night falls during the day monsters come out," on panicked.

"I don't want to be killed," another panicked.

'Monsters…what Monsters?' Robin wondered.

Suddenly something came flying out of the water and landed on the deck, it was Luffy.

"Luffy…Your alive!" Usopp and Chopper cheered.

Luffy however did not move and Nami ran over to him, she began slapping him across the face constantly.

"Luffy wake up…did you get any treasure?" Nami asked.

Zoro and Sanji then climbed onto the ship, they were breathing heavily and both had big full sack slung over there shoulders.

"Hey set sail…now," Zoro ordered.

"Zoro, Sanji you're alive too," Usopp cried happily.

"We have to get away from here," Sanji said.

"Why?" Robin asked.

"There's some kind of monster down there," Zoro started.

"Oh you mean the Turtle that ate you?" Robin asked.

"Turtle? No I'm talking about the Monkey in the ocean," Zoro said.

"it must have been some kind of sea monster," Sanji said.

"He and Luffy became fast friends,"

"It was scary how fast it happened,"

"Once we started picking this stuff up, he started rampaging," Zoro finished.

"So you weren't eaten by a giant turtle?" Usopp asked.

"Turtle…why do you keep going on about a turtle?" Sanji asked.

"Hey the turtles acting wired," Connor interrupted "it's got its mouth open,"

Zoro and Sanji looked at the boy and then turned around to see the giant turtle and its mouth was hanging open.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" Zoro and Sanji yelled together.

"NOTICE THINGS AROUND YOU!" Usopp yelled.

Zoro and Sanji put there sacks down and quickly started to get ready to set out, Luffy woke up in the middle of preparation.

"Hey why is it night-time…did I miss dinner?" Luffy asked.

"Luffy give us a hand, we're getting out of here," Zoro said.

Just then Luffy noticed the turtle.

"I GAINT TURTLE!" He screamed with excitement.

"FOCUS YOU IDIOT!" Sanji screamed.

"Imagine all the turtle soup we could get from that," Luffy drooled.

"WHY ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT FOOD NOW?!" Zoro yelled.

While they were arguing something else jumped out form the ocean, it was Masira. The Salvage King landed on the starboard raining of the ship, he did not notice the giant turtle either.

"Hey you guys don't think you can get away with stealing my treasure," Masira said angrily.

"Treasure?" Nami asked as her eyes turned to Beli signs.

"Yep, there was a lot of cool stuff down there," Luffy laughed.

Masira and Luffy then noticed that most of the crew were frozen in fear an looking in the same direction, Masira looked over at his own crew and they were the same as the straw hats. The two captains followed the crew's gave and their jaws dropped.

In the sky above them was three silhouette of what looked like humanoids with wings holding very tall spears, the centre one raised its spear an pointed it at the Merry.

"GHHHAAAAAA! WHAT ARE THOSE?!" Luffy panicked "THERE BIGGER THAN GIANTS!"

"WHO CARES, RUN!" Nami cried.

The merry shot across the ocean in a binding speed as all of the straw hats except Robin and Connor rowed in sheer panic away from the shadow monsters. Connor was tumbling across the deck form how fast they were going and Ronin used her powers to support the boy to make sure he did not fall overboard.

Robin also noticed that Masira was with them and he was rowing as well. The archaeologist created an arm on Masira's back and while the salvager was busy rowing Robins hand took something from him and tossed it to Robin.

The Merry was going so fast that it was soon the monsters were out of sight and the sky became bright again. Once the straw hats were out of danger they all sat slumped on the deck exhausted and out of breath.

"W…Were those real?" Zoro asked.

"They couldn't have been, they're too big," Usopp said.

"Man the Grand Line has so many mysteries," Sanji said as he lit up a cigarette "It's just one thing after another here,"

"First a ship falls form the sky…" Zoro said.

"The Log pose points to the Sky and doesn't change," Nami said next.

"Some wired Monkey comes and salvages the ship," Usopp added.

"A giant turtle then eats the ship while it's been raised," Chopper stated.

"Night falls in the morning…"Robin said.

"And then shadow monsters hundreds of times the size of giants appear," Luffy finished.

The crew all looked at Connor expectedly.

"What?" Connor asked.

"Don't you have something to add to this?" Sanji asked.

Connor thought about what the straw hats had said.

"No you all pretty much summed it up…although…"

"Although what?" Luffy asked.

"What's he doing here?" Connor asked, pointing at Masira. All the straw hats turned to see the salvager was sitting on the deck with them.

"Yeah those monsters were scary alright," Masira agreed.

"GET OFF!" Zoro, Luffy and Sanji yelled as they ran over to him and kicked him off the ship, Masira flew into the air and out of sight with a twinkle.

Once the crew had caught their breath the Merry set off again and Nami wanted to look at what the boys had brought back from their dive. Usopp was looking up at the sky thoughtfully with Connor and Chopper claiming that he once beat ten of those Giants.

Chopper believed the sniper instantly but Connor didn't, as Usopp started to tell the story of how he beat ten giant shadow warriors Connor tuned his attention to the Zoro and Sanji as they showed Nami their hoard.

Nami looked at it disappointingly while Luffy somehow got into some old armour and started marching around on the deck. Connor watched Luffy in mild interest as his head followed the directions Luffy marched while listing to Nami.

"What the hell is this crap?" Nami asked.

"It's what we found," Zoro said.

"Why did you bring this stuff back, I told you to look for records, maps a ships Log," Nami scolded.

"But this was all that was down there," Zoro insisted.

"He's right Nami-swan, we didn't find anything like what you asked for," Sanji claimed.

"Listen what happened to that ship could happen to us, that is why we needed the information," Nami explained.

"Nam-swan it looked like a battle had happened, or a mutiny of some kind," Sanji said "That ship was over 200 years old, anything would like records would have been gone long ago. Maybe by the people who attacked it,"

"Nami we brought back everything that we could,"

"You brought back Junk, what's with this old stuff. Pots, Vases, rusted swords and a live octopus," Nami said angrily.

Nami sighed and then noticed Luffy, she got in his path and glared at the Captain.

"Luffy, what's that you're wearing?" Nami demanded.

"Armor," Luffy answered.

Nami growled and punched the armour; it was so old it shattered from the impact.

"She shattered it in one punch," Zoro said in a mix of awe and fear.

"Oi Nami you don't go around breaking a man's Armor," Luffy scolded.

This earned him a few punches to the head and kick to the face from the Navigator. Luffy crashed into the pile of junk that they had brought up.

"Nami-swan I did bring you some pretty shells," Sanji said as he held out some very beautiful rainbow coloured shells.

Nami snatched them as she walked past and threw them overboard.

"Ahh…she's so cute when she's angry," Sanji complemented with hearts in his eyes.

"My Armor…" Luffy cried depressingly.

Connor spied the live octopus crawling on the deck, he walked over to it and poked it's head and the octopus climbed onto his arm. Connor tried to pull it off but the octopus wrapped it tentacles tightly around the boys arm and refused to let go.

Nami stooped and watched the boy struggling with the octopus and she sighed thinking he was playing around.

"I'm surrounded by idiots," Nami stated.

""Well I think this may make you feel better," Robin said and handed her an eternal pose.

"This is…where did you get this?" Nami asked in surprise.

"From Masira, I took it from him while he was rowing," Robin smiled.

Nami began to cry and Robin was worried that she had done something to upset the Navigator.

"You're the only one I can depend on," Nami cried happily and pulled Robin into a hug.

Robin was a little surprised at this; she gave Nami an awkward pat on the back.

"Uhh…There there," Robin tried; she was not good when it came to physical contact.

Luffy noticed Connor struggling with octopus.

"Is that an Octopus?" Luffy asked excitedly, he forgot about the Armor and ran over to Connor.

"It won't come off," Connor whined.

"That means it can't escape," Luffy grinned.

"Escape what?" Connor asked worriedly.

"Sanji, Connor's got an Octopus. Make me some Takoyaki," Luffy demanded.

"Sure why not," Sanji said and he walked over to Connor "Your coming with me,"

Connor followed the chief into the kitchen so he could get the octopus off his arm.

In the Kitchen once Sanji ad got the octopus off Connors arm, Connor looked at the sucker marks on his arm but they were fading quickly. He watched Sanji work worth interest.

"What's Takoyaki?" Connor asked.

"Deep fired octopus balls with soy sauce on top," Sanji answered without looking up from cutting up the Octopus.

"Are they tasty?" Connor asked.

"Yep, there really nice, have you never tried them?" Sanji asked glancing over his shoulder.

Connor shook his head.

Sanji went back to Cooking and it did not tak him long to make the batter and make the small shaped Takoyaki balls, once they were cooking Sanji turned to see Connor was still watching him.

"So I've been meaning to ask you something," Sanji said.

"What is it?" Connor asked.

"Usopp said he did some cooking while you guys were in the mist and you helped," Sanji said.

"I…I didn't take anything…honest," Connor said quickly and fearfully, he knew what Sanji did to those that stole food...well he knew what the cook did when Luffy stole food.

Sanji sighed; he should have expected this response.

"I'm not mad that you or him for stealing food," Sanji assured "I was wondering if you helped him,"

"Usopp did all the cooking. I just helped him carry the food out," Connor answered.

"But you didn't help him,"

"No," Connor responded.

Sanji thought that it was odd that Usopp did not have Connor help him; then again Usopp had always been more observant of Connors behaviour than the others so maybe there was a different reason.

"Connor…do you know how to cook?" Sanji asked.

"No," Connor answered.

"Do you want to learn?" Sanji asked.

Connor looked at the chief in surprise but quickly shook his head.

"I…I don't think that's a good idea," Connor said softly.

"Why?"

"Because the last time I tried…it turned out worse than Apis's cooking," Connor claimed "and I was…"

"It couldn't have been that bad," Sanji assured.

Connor looked at him sceptically and Sanji's face paled at the thought that there was someone worse than Apis's at cooking.

"Were you punished for it?" Sanji asked.

Connor nodded sadly.

"Well how about this, I'll teach you and if you fail…we'll feed your failures to Luffy," Sanji grinned.

"I…I don't know," Connor said unsure.

"Cooking is a good skill to have, besides if you know how to cook then that's one less thing you have to worry about being punished for," Sanji stated.

Connor had to agree with Sanji on that point, he knew that slaves that could cook were generally left alone and slightly better treatment than those that did not.

"Well…I suppose it wouldn't hurt," Connor admitted.

"Great and if you want to stop just let me know and we'll stop," Sanji smiled.

"But when will I learn?" Connor asked.

"Hmm…well how about you help me make dinner every night? I make the most verity of dishes then we can start with some simple meals and work our way up," Sanji suggested.

Sanji waited patiently as Connor thought about his offer. Connor thought about it and looked at the chief.

"Can you teach me to make cake?" Connor asked.

"I can teach you how to make the best kind of cakes," Sanji answered with a smile.

Connor smiled back and Sanji got the Takoyaki out and served them in a couple of plates, he handed one to Connor and walked out of the kitchen. Connor followed him onto the deck where he saw Sanji hand out the other plates, Connor tired his Takoyaki and he liked it.

Connor sat down with Usopp and Chopper to eat his share of the food and Luffy noticed that Nami was holding an Eternal Pose, the captain spied the name written on the compass.

"Jaya…where's that are we going there?" Luffy asked, with a mouthful of Takoyaki.

"That's way you decide," Nami snapped.

Luffy emptied his plate into his mouth and swallowed all of his Takoyaki balls, he turned to the crew.

"All right, lets head to Jaya," Luffy cheered.

"Nami which way is Jaya?" Luffy asked realising he did not nowhere to go.

"Starboard," Nami answered.

"Hard to starboard," Luffy cried "Chopper you steer the ship,"

"Okay," Chopper said happily

Chopper ran into the kitchen and tuned the Merrry's helm to the direction that Luffy and Nami had specified.

"Hang on, if we go to Jaya won't the log just reset once we get there?" Usopp asked.

"So," Luffy said.

"So if the log changes, that means we won't be able to go to the sky," Usopp pointed out.

"WHAT?!" Luffy screamed "NOOOO UNTURN TO JAYA!"

Luffy ran up to Nami and looked at her in panic.

"Nami what did you do that for?" Luffy panicked.

"What? You're the one who decided to go to Jaya," Nami responded calmly "That's just how the Log Pose works,"

"Oh that's right," Luffy remembered.

He then turned to his crew again.

"Alright I'm the captain and I say we go to the Sky Island," Luffy declared.

"Oaky how do we get there?" Nami asked.

"Umm…." Luffy said as he thought about it "We could ask someone for directions,"

"So you want to gather information," Nami reasoned.

"Yeah that…let's do that," Luffy agreed.

"Okay then how about we aske at Jaya," Nami suggested.

"Okay hard turn to Jaya," Luffy ordered.

"We already did that," Usopp pointed out.

"Luffy the Log won't set as soon as we land, we just need to leave again before that happens," Robin supplied.

"So we can still go to the sky even I we get to Jaya?" Luffy asked.

"If we can find the information we need then yes," Robin answered.

"Alright, first Jaya and then the Sky," Luffy agreed with a big grin.

Nami sighed at her captain's antics and went to make sure that Chopper was steering the ship in the right direction.