"What do we do now?" Wendy wanted to know, feeling the effects of the cold herself.

"The kids are frozen." Sanji (Chopper) asserted, seeing them being at their limit. "You have to find warm clothes at all costs."

"Other than the fur that raccoon is wearing, I don't see anything that would do the trick." Carla (Grey) retorted, pointing to Chopper's body. "Maybe we can make a fur coat out of it."

"Hey, you still don't think I'm going to let you peel me like an orange."

"At the end of the day, that's probably why there's no one chasing us." Juvia (Carla) remarked, looking in the direction of the lab. "Because of the low temperatures, they know that we won't go far without warm clothes! We have no choice but to go back to get some."

"Don't even think about it." Nami (Sanji) retorted. "With our bodies inverted, it is impossible for us to face a whole new squadron of these satyrs again."

Hearing them, Kin'emon suddenly began to affirm.

"Tsss! You are as pathetic as each other."

"Repeat if you're a man." Nami (Sanji) challenged him, pulling his hair.

"We should cut his hair bun." Carla (Grey) asserted. "With his hair, we might be able to make a pair of gloves! It's better than nothing."

"Are you crazy?" The samurai shouted. "Cutting the hair of a man like me is an insult! Besides, I only said that because I have an idea."

"An idea?" the others wondered.

"Yes, you just have to place a pebble on your head and everything will be fine."

Then pinching it with his huge hands, Franky (Nami) roars.

"Do you really think this is the time for a joke?"

"OUCH! Stop! I'm not kidding! Know that I'm like those people from Fairy Tail! I control sorcery too."

"Huh?" The group wondered, as Franky (Nami) let go.

"Yes! One day, when everything was going for the best, I saw my life change when I ate a very strange fruit with an awful taste! It was as if it belonged to a demon! And since then , the latter put a curse on me and I can now have the powers of a real wizard."

While the whole group watched without saying anything, Wendy wanted to know.

"Huh…I might be wrong but didn't he eat one of your Devil Fruits?"

"It is." Affirmed the four pirates. "But that fool still hasn't figured it out."

"And what is your power?" Gray (Juvia) wanted to know.

"Just put a stone on your head and you'll see it right away! Come on, hurry up."

"Grrr! No choice!" Remarked Chopper (Franky), still having little self-confidence.

Moments later, the whole group was gathered in front of Kin'emon with a rock on their head.

"Hey, samurai! You better not fool us." Carla (Grey) warned him. "Otherwise it will be bad for you as soon as I get my body back."

"We look ridiculous like that with those rocks on our heads." Chopper (Franky) taunted.

"Hush! I'm concentrating!" Kin'emon warned them, closing his eyes.

Seeming then to meditate a few moments, he opened them suddenly before shouting.

" POUFFF ! "

At that moment, all the stones exploded to create a huge cloud of pink smoke, which enveloped the whole group.

"What…?" Juvia (Carla) said, feeling something warm seem to envelop her. " What is happening ? "

" SKY DRAGON'S ROAR !" Wendy roared suddenly, trying to clear the smoke all around them.

But to everyone's surprise, they quickly found that their clothes had now turned into thick winter clothes, ideal for the climate of this island.

"We wear big coats and shoes." A child rejoices.

"Even mittens." Mocha remarked.

"AHHHH! That's so hot."

"How did you do that?" Nami (Sanji) wanted to know, looking at what he was wearing.

"My power is to dress up or dress up other people in any outfit I can think ! Clothes, costumes, disguises of all kinds...I can do anything."

"SUGOI!" the children shouted.

"Talk about a power." Carla (Grey) growled. "And then, first of all, why didn't you do it sooner?"

Looking away from his, Kin'emon retorted.

"Until proven otherwise, the pirates and their friends are my enemies! Don't get me wrong! If I helped you, it was only because those poor children were freezing to death! We are not allies as far as I know. "

"Tsss! You're really annoying, you." Nami (Sanji) raged, kicking him in the head.

Gritting his teeth to keep from screaming, the poor head ends up affirming.

"That... barely makes me itch."

"We found more stubborn than Gajeel." remarked Gray (Juvia).

Going to say something, picking up the Kin'emon's head, Sanji (Chopper) suddenly interrupted, when he heard a voice calling them from afar.

" GUYS ! HEY ! "

" WENDY ! GREY ! "

"Huh?" Each person in the group said, turning around.

Perched on Brownbeard's head, Luffy was waving at his crew members, while Natsu did the same, while Happy was still carrying him.

" Luffy ! "

" Natsu ! Happy ! "

"Finally, we find them." Usopp rejoiced.

"Even Gray and the others are with them." Lucy remarked.

Still being nauseous, Gajeel had his head in a vacuum, and could only raise it enough to see the other group.

"Say, am I crazy or are there giants with them?"

"I think you're right." Erza affirmed. "Yet these giants look like children.

" The others must have gotten themselves into trouble. " Zoro understood, simply sighing.

"This place is really a pile of ruins." Zoro remarked, kicking a set of frozen scrap pieces.

"I can't even eat that." Gajeel asserted, trying to bite into a metal bar, covered in ice.

"Wait, because you eat that, you?" Franky (Nami) wondered.

While the two groups had finally found each other, pirate mages and children had finally decided to take refuge in an abandoned building in ruins. The temperature inside was only slightly warmer, but at least they were protected from the snow and the wind.

"Looks like an explosion wrecking everything here." Robin agreed, seeing some sort of reactor, knocked over on the ground, and completely destroyed.

"When you see the hostile climates of this island, you wonder who could have wanted to build a laboratory here." Lucy remarked.

"It's not the built lab that counts." Lily retorted. "But rather what was done inside."

Uninterested in this, Natsu was bursting out laughing, while pointing to Carla, who was growling.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! If I understand correctly… HAHAHAHA …Grey is in this body! Hahaha! My ribs hurt! HAHAHAHA!"

"Stop giggling." Carla (Grey) ordered him, blushing in shame.

"I sure prefer the real Carla over you." Happy remarked, disgusted to know Gray in his beloved's body.

"Hey, you're not going to put it in too! Do you really think I asked to be in that tiny, weak body?"

"Sorry, for being so small and weak." Juvia (Carla) growled, barely hiding her frustration.

" But stop bothering him, let's see. " Wendy ordered, suddenly taking Carla (Grey) in her arms.

"HEY! What are you doing?" Carla asked her.

"Sorry! It's the habit."

"I understand the man in the cap traded your souls." Erza understood, while staring at her three friends who had had the misfortune to find themselves in the way of the man. "So that means Natsu and Lucy almost suffered the same fate."

"What?" The blonde frightened.

"Yeah, that's not fair." Franky (Nami) whimpered. "Why does this stuff only happen to me?"

"What are you complaining about?" Franky (Chopper) grumbled. "At least you inherited my SUPER dream body! Me, instead, I only got this raccoon body."

"Who's the raccoon?"

"That's great." Kin'emon rejoiced then, while running in all directions.

As his head was reattached to his legs, he seemed to be crying with joy despite missing the middle part.

"I got my legs back! It's a miracle."

" Seeing him like that, Juvia wonders if the head alone wasn't more beautiful than sticking to his legs. " Confirmed Gray (Juvia).

"He sure is scary." Brook confessed.

"You're the scariest of them all." Juvia (Carla) retorted. "A talking skeleton? We've seen it all."

" He is not mean." Erza affirmed. " And it's … "

Suddenly taking her hand, she was surprised to see Nami (Sanji) in front of her, while hearts replaced her eyes.

"I thank God! Yes, for allowing me to gaze upon such a beautiful woman as you! May I have the immense honor of knowing the name of such a magnificent goddess as you?"

Honestly, Erza had no problem with gay people. However, this person's gaze frightened her so much that it made her feel bad. In fact, he reminded her of Ichiya's behavior towards her.

"Huh…I…it's Erza."

"Oh! Erza! Erza! That name sounds like..."

Franky (Nami) suddenly smashes her to the ground with a punch while ordering her.

"Stop that right now."

Then taking it, Franky (Nami) points to himself before affirming.

"Normally, I'm supposed to be that woman! And the soul that's in my body is that of Sanji, the blond-haired person over there! Please accept our apologies for his evil behavior! But he always does that when he sees a pretty girl."

Rather than disgusted by this, Erza smiled somewhat, while affirming.

"It's nothing! To tell you the truth, I have already known several people having the same behavior as his! Besides, I can take that as a compliment if he finds me to his liking."

"Never tell him that again." Zoro advised her, pointing at Nami (Sanji). "Otherwise, he will have the bad idea to believe that he will have a chance with you."

Suddenly, several children started jumping on Franky's (Nami's) back, while asking him.

"Hey, Robot-san! Can you transform into a tank again?"

"Or fire a laser beam?"

"Or shout 'SUPER'?"

"Leave me alone." Franky (Nami) ordered them. "I'm not Franky."

"In that case, it's going to be difficult for us to recognize you." Usopp remarked.

"Who is who, exactly?" Luffy wanted to know.

"Franky!" Chopper (Franky) assured. "So in case of injuries, don't SUPER count on me."

"Chopper!" Sanji (Chopper) said. "I would heal you."

"Nami." Adds Franky (Nami). "And I don't know how to do rays."

"Sanji!" Nami (Sanji) cried, getting ready to unzip her clothes.

Nevertheless, seeing Franky (Nami), throwing him a murderous look, he ends up recovering before assuring.

"Nevertheless, in case of a fight, I risk performing less than usual."

" So it won't change much. " Zoro remarked. "I'll still have to have your back."

"What did you say, Mosshead?"

And as they started arguing, Erza turned to Law's other three victims before asking them.

" And for you ? "

"I'm Grey." Carla (Grey) affirmed, leaning against a wall, having finally removed Kin'emon's coat. "And the next one who laughs, I punch him in the face."

" Not sure it matters much to us. " Gajeel retorted, while holding a piece of metal in his hand that Natsu was heating with his flames. "But see the positive side, you can fly."

Thinking of this ability, Carla (Grey) then focused her magic on her back, and ended up bringing out a pair of wings there. Starting to beat them, it took her a few minutes to find the right rhythm, in order to move them at the same time, before finally taking off.

Flying for a few seconds, remaining static, he ends up regaining the ground, while affirming.

" Yeah, I admit that it's practical! However, it doesn't equal my magic power. "

" You, at least, you can control it easily. " Retorted Juvia (Carla), trying in vain to create water in her hands! I can't do anything!

"So, I imagine Carla is in this body." Lucy understood. "But in this case,…"

Suddenly looking away, she saw Gray (Juvia) give her a victorious look, while affirming.

"Juvia managed to enter Grey-sama's body! Something you never did, poor loser."

"Are you still thinking with this stupid rivalry?"

Thinking about all this, Usopp ends up taking a metal rod, before starting to draw an island on the snow.

"So, if I sum it up correctly, this island is separated into two parts: a land of fire and a land of ice! We arrived here after one of the centaurs contacted us because the samurai here was trying to to kill him! Group 1 entered the land of fire to try to find him! And meanwhile, group 2 was kidnapped to be taken to the land of ice! Do we agree?"

Seeing the pirates nodding, Usopp then drew some new faces, before continuing.

"Then, that's where we met the mages who were brought here by one of Kaido's men! Is that right?"

"Yes." Erza agreed. "We were supposed to complete a mission and we met him on the way! Seeing our level of power, he wanted to kidnap Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy to force them to join Kaido's ranks! However, everything did not work out. passed as he had planned and we ended up landing here."

"Why would you only want to specially kidnap those three?" Robin wanted to know. "If Kaido was looking for new members, any of you could have been a potential recruit."

"I think it's our dragon slayer power he wanted." Natsu asserted.

"Dragon Hunter?" Brook repeated.

"Yes, we received our powers from actual dragons." Gajeel informed them, while eating a freshly warmed metal plate. "Mine taught me steel magic, just like two other dragons taught Salamander and Shrimp magic! Ultimately, our nicknames 'dragon hunters' come from the fact that our powerful are able to cope with the strength of a dragon."

"Great." Luffy gloated. "But then, by going to your world, we would be able to see lots of dragons, wouldn't we? Perfect! Recruiting a dragon in the crew is therefore always possible. "

"You can still dream." Usopp retorted.

"Anyway, I doubt there's a dragon left alive in our world now." Retorted Juvia (Carla). "Centuries ago, they cohabited with humans! Nevertheless, there is a war between them and the dragons were eventually exterminated! Only a handful of them had survived until recently."

And before Luffy tried to find out more about these mythical monsters, Zoro wanted to know.

"Actually, what is a Wano Kuni samurai doing here?"

"I'm just looking for my kidnapped son." Kin'emon told him. "His name is Momonosuke and he came here against his will! I only cut down those who stood in my way."

"It's called acting like a bully." Wendy remarked.

"Because you really believe that all these children are here for a real reason? Kin'emon wanted to know, pointing at them with a nod. " this something tells me that there is something fishy here! Especially since it seems to me that all of it is not even here! The proof, my son is not there

"Clearly there's something wrong." Usopp agreed, looking at his drawing. "A dragon...centaurs...satyrs...a harpy...! It's like we've stumbled upon a mythical island! This whole story doesn't currently make sense."

" Me, what I would like to know is who this guy with the cap was. " Natsu confessed. "What was his name again?"

"Trafalgar Law." Kin'emon roared. "It was he who cut my body into pieces, with his strange power! Against this power, even a samurai like me couldn't do anything."

"It's true that his power is among the strangest I've seen." Lily agreed.

"He was very scary." Happy retorted. "He killed that woman in a flash and held that man's heart in his hand like nothing had happened."

"What is a man like him doing here?" Nami (Sanji) wanted to know.

"No idea." Kin'emon confessed. "But it seems to me that there is someone higher than him, on this island! Someone who is behind all these strangenesses! Nevertheless, what interests me, is to find my son and my torso."

"Speaking of which, I actually fought that last one." Brook recalled.

"Huh? Where?"

"Over the snowy lands! I lost sight of it near the huge lake."

"It's settled." Caesar stated suddenly, putting down a den den mushi. "Apart from Kaido's three main targets, we have permission to kill anyone on this island! Whether it's pirates, other mages or the navy! It's going to be chaos! And the best part is that Joker will be there to cover up the whole thing! Isn't that great?"

"You just have to be able to kill all these beautiful people, while delivering Kaido's prey. " Affirmed Doctor Fronk, with a glass in his hand.

"No problem with that! You know very well that you can always count on my superb brain to come up with plans worthy of me."

"Master, you are awesome." Two people suddenly affirmed.

Sitting on a couch, a man sticking out a long chameleon tongue, while having cupping fingers, and a woman with fish-man arms and legs could be seen.

"Yes, I am." Caesar agreed. "Nevertheless, Cameo, Pisca, I count on you to assist me, my precious generals."

"Of course, master." The two people affirmed.

Hearing them from afar, Monet began to smile a little. Cameo and Pisca were two former contract killers, operating as a duo, whose bounties amounted to 156 million berries for the man and 147 million for the woman. After their forced arrival on this island, their forces were finally much appreciated by Caesar, who made them these two generals.

Yet, despite their unwavering loyalty to Caesar, Monet and Doctor Fronk knew one thing very well: Caesar also saw them as mere potential guinea pigs.