"Damn it! This heat is unbearable." Gajeel affirmed, almost taking off his pants, it was so hot. "Where is that water woman when we need her?"

"Stop bitching and keep going." Erza ordered her, still keeping her small armor on. " It's all in the mind. "

"Hey, could one of you help me?" Usopp wanted to know, as he pulled a huge piece of meat behind him. "Why is it up to me to pull this?"

"You're doing well, Usopp." Luffy affirmed, still running with Natsu on his back.

" That's too insane. " Natsu sneered, while Luffy purposely made several jumps to make the race more fun.

"Natsu, I'm going to vomit." Happy affirmed, holding onto him to keep from falling.

" Hahahaha! It's not all the time that I can take advantage of this kind of situation. " Natsu affirmed. "Usually, when I ride a horse, I am immediately sick."

Arriving, meanwhile, at the head of the race, Zoro ends up taking a staircase leading to the top of a building almost spared by the flames. Wanting to see the surroundings, he didn't take long before calling the others.

"Hey, come see."

"What?" Luffy questioned, starting to climb the stairs, while Natsu descended from his back! Did you find something? "

Arriving behind them, the other members of their new group could only widen their eyes, seeing what was in front of them.

"Tell me I'm dreaming." Usopp shouted.

"That's impossible." Lucy remarked. " Impossible. "

"Yet that's what we see." Robin affirmed.

In front of them, everyone could see a huge lake starting from Tierra del Fuego to stop in front of snow-capped mountains. Thus, Punbk Hazard comprised two completely different ecosystems: an area covered in flames and an area completely frozen.

"Okay! This world is the strangest I've ever seen." Lily affirmed, keeping his composure. "Do you happen to have islands floating in the sky or lying at the bottom of the ocean?"

"Huh?" Luffy wondered. "How do you know that?"

"I didn't say anything." Lily affirmed, preferring to lower his head and let out a long sigh.

"Is it really necessary for us to go nothing?" Lucy asked. "After all, this island seems to be completely deserted."

"She's right." Usopp agreed. "I say that this island is too strange to risk our lives by continuing to visit it! We have already fought a dragon! I don't want to meet a yeti or something like that on the other side from the island. "

"Nevertheless, that's where we'll find the samurai we're looking for." Robin retorted. "The man who called us said it was cold where he was."

"In that case, that's where we're going." Luffy and Natsu stated.

"No way" Retorted Usopp. "This island is far too strange."

"I agree." Lucy nodded.

However, their words were completely ignored, as Luffy and Natsu were already rushing towards the shore. Noting that the others ended up following them, the two cowards of the group began to brood. Finally, Usopp asked.

"Do you always have to do things against your will too?"

"Yeah." Lucy affirmed. "Whenever Natsu has an idea in his head, I am always the target of the repercussions of his actions."

"Welcome to the club! I don't know anyone more carefree than Luffy."

"In this category, I'm sure Natsu will be a perfect rival for him."

"Hey, Usopp! Luigi! Get moving." Zoro ordered them, seeing them stay behind.

"MY NAME IS LUCY!" The blonde roared, starting to follow them, despite herself.

However, she stopped when she heard Usopp start to cry out in fear.

" What's up ? "

"There…there…over there." he shouted, pointing at something.

Looking in the direction indicated, Lucy began to tremble, seeing a figure standing on a perch above the flames. Resembling a woman, the figure had a pair of green wings and eagle claws. Taking all these details into account, it gave a creature from mythological legends.

"A…A HARPY ! " The pair shouted.

Wanting to get away, Usopp bumped into a rock and bumped into Lucy. Then tumbling down the stairs, they eventually crash into Zoro, arriving at the bottom.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

" There… There… There's a monster. " Usopp affirmed.

"Yes! A harpy." Lucy clarified. "It was a harpy."

"A harpy?" Gajeel wondered.

"Yes! She had a pair of wings." Lucy assured.

"And eagle claws." Usopp added.

"But she had the body and head of a woman." They finished.

"WOW! Where?" Natsu and Luffy questioned them, looking around.

However, no matter how much they turned their heads in all directions, they saw nothing very interesting, apart from buildings on fire.

" There is nobody "

"Huh?" Usopp and Lucy wondered. " And yet … "

"The heat makes you hallucinate." Gajeel affirmed.

"But it was true." Usopp affirmed.

" Say rather that you want to return to the Sunny. " Zoro retorted.

"Let's stay vigilant though." Erza remarked. " After seeing that dragon, that bisected samurai, and that island of ice in the distance, I figured a harpy on that island wouldn't be the strangest thing we could encounter! Who knows, we may very well come across even more impressive monsters than that. "

Hearing this, as the others started walking again, Lucy and Usopp immediately got up and started running towards them.

"Hey, don't leave us behind."

Getting passed, Lily found himself at the back of the group. Suddenly, he finally stopped and pricked up his ears.

"Huh?" He said, thinking he heard a noise.

Turning around, he thought he saw a silhouette, flying through the air, through the flames. Passing behind a column of smoke, it ends up disappearing into it, never to appear again.

"Hey, Lily, are you coming?" Gajeel called.

"Huh…yes." The exceed said, before continuing on his way.

" Perhaps my imagination. "

Meanwhile, right in the middle of a lab, a person with a gigantic body was talking in a den den mushi.

"Yeah…Yeah…Okay…Tell him I'll take care of it."

Hanging up then, he allowed the person behind him to ask.

"What's going on? Shulololololo! Was that a customer on the other end of the line?"

"Sort of." The colossus told him. "Kaido-sama is asking us to do him a favor."

"Kai…Kaido?" Caesar repeated, losing his smile.

Trying to sound calm, he affirmed.

"As you know, I'm still unable to produce any more non-failing Smiles! But if Kaido gives me some more time, I'm sure..."

" It has nothing to do with your work. " Retorted the colossus. "Kaido wants us to capture intruders."

"Intruders?"

"Yes, apparently three people he wants are currently on this island ! Our mission is to capture them and wait for one of his ships to come and get them."

"Three people?" Caesar repeated. "And what do they look like?"

"There are two men and a young girl! One of the two men has pink hair and a tortoiseshell scarf and the second has black hair and red eyes! The young girl has long blue hair ! However, it has also been reported that four other people, as well as three small creatures have arrived with them! For them, we can do with them as we see fit."

"Perfect." Caesar smiled. "I was just wondering where to find new guinea pigs! They will be perfect."

"Caesar-sama! Doctor Fronk!" someone called them suddenly, opening the door to the lab.

"Yeah, who's got it?" Caesar wanted to know, turning to the man in the yellow jumpsuit.

"We just captured four intruders." The man told them. "From the first information, it seems that all four of them are part of Mugiwara's crew."

"Mugiwara?" Repeated Caesar. "The one who rose to prominence at Enies Lobby and Marine Ford? Interesting ! "

"Don't forget our mission, Caesar." Doctor Frank retorted.

"Yeah...yeah! affirmed the scientist! We are just as capable of finding these three intruders as we are having fun gassing a pirate whose bounty is worth 400 million berries. "

Suddenly opening his eyes, Grey sat up, still holding his aching head.

"Damn it! What happened?"

Turning his face in all directions, he finally realized that he was currently in a long corridor dotted with many doors. Far from resembling the little wood where he was, before Teru came to see him.

"Where am I?"

Hearing a moan, he finally found that Wendy, Juvia and Carla were at his feet, eyes closed.

"Hey! Wake up." He ordered. "I believe we have a problem."

"Yes, Grey-sama?" Juvia called, rubbing her eye.

"Where are we?" Carla wanted to know.

"No idea." The man confessed to her. "All I remember is Teru trying to take us with him, with his strange power."

"Natsu and the others are missing." Wendy remarked. "Do you think they're okay?"

" If it turns out, Teru managed to take them with him. " Juvia suggested.

"And we may be in his master Kaido's territory." Gray informed them. " In any case, let's remain discreet and extract information from the first person we meet. "

"HEY! Who are you?" they suddenly heard.

Behind them, pointing a strange gun in their direction, a man in a yellow jumpsuit was the one who just spoke. Despite his weapon, Gray advanced towards him, before declaring.

"You've come at the right time! Would you be so kind as to tell us where we…?"

"Intruder." The man suddenly shouted, putting his hand on a button, standing on a hallway wall.

An alarm sounds at this moment.

"What… what's going on?" Wendy wanted to know.

"He called for backup." Carla understood.

" In that case, Juvia suggests fleeing before getting surrounded. " Juvia affirmed.

"You're not going anywhere." The jumpsuit man retorted, taking aim at them.

" ICE MAKE LANCE !" Gray shouted, creating spears out of his hands.

Shooting towards the man, the projectiles slammed into him, before freezing the parts of his body hit by their extremities, preventing him from moving further.

"What the…?" He wondered, no longer feeling his body.

"They're here." Someone shouted behind him.

Arriving in large numbers, several of his comrades spotted Gray and the others and prepared to target them.

" Appointment ! "

"RUN!" Gray ordered, starting to run, followed by some girls.

Running like this, through the corridors, while being followed, the mages ended up passing in front of a huge metal door. Passing ahead it, they noticed that the door was starting to melt, as if something warm was touching it on the other side.

"Wha…?" Carla said, who was the last to overtake her.

Passing, in turn, in front of the door, their pursuers were surprised to see it explode, while a laser projected it on them.

"AHHHHH!" they shouted, before being crushed by the huge metal door.

"But what…?" The four mages wondered, turning around.

"SUUUUPPPPEEEEERRRR!" A powerful voice shouted. "Thanks to me, we are now free."

"I see that strange body isn't just for showing off." Another voice sneered.

"Great! I want to shoot lasers too." A child's voice affirmed.

"For now, we have to get out of here, quickly." A female voice remarked.

A woman then came out of the room behind the huge door, followed by a strange raccoon-like creature with a blue cap on his head.

"Okay! Where are we going?" The woman wanted to know, turning her head to both sides of the hallway.

She paused, noticing the presence of the four mages, who were still staring at what was left of the door.

"Are there people?" Chopper wondered, hiding behind Nami.

"Huh? Where?" Franky wanted to know, arriving in the hallway.

"What is this monster?" Carla wanted to know, seeing his huge body.

"WOW! A robot." Gray remarked, who couldn't help but look at Franky with interest.

"There's also a funny talking creature." Wendy remarked. "Still, it does look like an exceed."

"Hey, there's the talking cat." Nami remarked. "Besides, he flies."

"Is there a problem?" Sanji wanted to know, leaving the room.

Standing in front of his friends, he allowed everyone to see what he had in his hands.

" H … He's holding a head?" Juvia wondered.

"Hey, who are you?" The head asked. "Help me get out of the clutches of these bandits."

For once, Gray couldn't help but scream, while Wendy nearly fainted, pronouncing.

"A talking head."

Seeing that they were close to the shore, Robin affirmed.

"I don't see anything resembling a boat."

" We'll have to find some to go to the other island. " Erza remarked. "It would be a bit of a hassle to swim there."

"No way am I going in that water." Lucy retorted, seeing flames ending up above the surface of the water, right in front of them, as well as icebergs at the other end of the lake.

"Or we can turn around and go to the other island with the sunny." Usopp remarked. "Going there by boat would be much less dangerous."

"I vote for this option." Lucy and Happy assured immediately.

However, the two people in front of them ignored their discussion and preferred to sprint straight for the shore.

"I bet you how much we'll find ice cream there?" Luffy asked.

" After this delicious meat, nothing beats a good dessert. " Natsu affirmed.

Having decided to let go of his shoulder, Happy rested on Lucy's and declared.

"They make me hot."

"How can they be so fit in an environment like this?" Usopp wanted to know.

But as Natsu and Luffy had almost reached the shore, a huge figure moved above them, before trying to crush them with a huge club.

"What…?" The duo wondered, jumping to the sides to avoid the attack.

" Found you, intruder. " The figure asserted, standing in front of them. "So it was you two who killed the dragon? "

Eyes widening, Natsu and Luffy opened their mouths wide, noticing that the person talking to them was a real centaur, with leopard paws. The worst part was that the newcomer stared at Luffy's strange body, while the samurai's legs were still fixed to him.

"A centaur. " Natsu shouted. "A real centaur."

" Wow ! Very cool. " Affirma Luffy.

"Damn it! I made a mistake! You're one of us." The centaur noted, pointing at Luffy's strange rear end. "Huh... excuse me! I thought you were intruders! Sometimes I just rush in without thinking! It's my fault."

" Oh, there's no harm. " Luffy affirmed.

"Hey, man, are you a real centaur?" Natsu questioned, circling around him. " It's incredible. "

"Of course I'm a centaur." He affirmed. " However … "

Looking at Natsu, he finally noticed.

"You seem like a perfectly ordinary human to me."

" Hey! You have a dragon in front of you. " Natsu retorted.

"A dragon?" Repeated the centaur.

"Yeah, look."

Suddenly, Natsu took a deep breath, before spitting out a huge column of smoke above him, knocking Luffy and the centaur back. Still, the duo looked at him in wonder.

"Wow! How did you do that?" The centaur questioned.

"I have the lungs of a dragon." Natsu told him.

"Are you kidding me? That's incredible power."

Suddenly, he noticed Luffy's rear legs making funny movements as if they wanted to separate from his body.

"Hey, is there a problem?" Natsu questioned.

"No, nothing! It's just that I still have trouble controlling them." Luffy affirmed.

"Damn it, but you're gonna let me go, in the end." The samurai 'body' cried.

"I'm dreaming! Your legs have spoken." The real centaur remarked.

"Yeah, they are able to do that." Luffy affirmed, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

"Amazing! None of my friends have legs like yours."

"Friends?" Luffy repeated.

"But then…" Natsu began.

"There are others." They rejoiced. " Where are they ? "

Eventually catching up with them, Zoro couldn't help but sigh.

"Damn it! Luffy is trying to befriend some weird guy again. "

"Huh? Is it me or is this guy a real centaur?" Gajeel wanted to know, looking at the man in question.

"Normally, he should have the body of a horse." Erza affirmed.

Walking towards them, Lily pricked up his ears again and began to slow down.

"A problem?" Robin asked, seeing him pensive.

"Keep walking." Lily advised her, seriously. "I feel like someone is watching us. "

Doing as he was told, Robin questioned him.

"Where do you think he is?"

"Right behind us."

"It's okay, we just located the intruders." Someone affirmed, speaking into a den den mushi. "There are four Straw Hat Crew members including Monkey himself! And there are also four other people and two cats with them."

" Is there a man with pink hair...another with long black hair and a little girl? " Asked a female voice, from the other end of the den den mushi.

"Huh…" He began, watching them through a pair of binoculars. "Yes! I see the two men in question but not the child."

" Good! In that case, bring them both alive to the lab! Apparently, they are fugitives wanted by Kaido! Don't kill them at all. ''

"It's understood! So I'm going to settle the fate of the others."

Hanging up, a centaur-giraffe stared at Luffy's gang, while another person, right next to him, questioned him.

" What do we do ? "

"You, you take care of this woman in armor as well as Roronoa Zoro! Me, I'm killing Nico Robin, the blonde and this guy with the long nose! Leoppo will take care of Mugiwara! Nevertheless, don't touch the other two! The master wants them alive."

" Okay ! "