* Suddenly, You can't breathe. It is as if you are in the water. You all can't breathe for a few seconds. You all burst out from the water, and the ship lands. Everyone is gasping for air right now. The atmosphere also feels lighter. You feel like Papyrus made your SOUL blue again.
"...! Damn...What happened? Is everyone alright…?" Said Zoro
* Everyone seems a little dazed but alive. Usopp fainted, though.
"Hey! Look, you guys! Outside the ship!" Said Luffy starting to catch his breath.
* You all see a sea of clouds surrounding the ship.
"On top of the clouds…! How are we sailing on clouds…!?" Said Nami
"Of course we can sail on top of it! They're just clouds." Said Luffy as a matter of fact
"No, That's impossible!" Said Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper immediately.
* You poke at Usopp with a stick to wake him up. Chopper notices what you are doing.
"This is bad; Usopp isn't breathing!" Said Chopper
"What!? Think of something! Do CPR!" Said Luffy
"Okay, I'll do CPR on Nami-swan!" Said Sanji
* You're surprised that Luffy knows what CPR is.
"Idiot…" Muttered Zoro
* Chopper manages to have Usopp cough the water out by pressing on his chest.
"In other words, This… Is the "Sea of the Sky"! But look, the log pose is still pointing up!" Said Nami
"Maybe this is only the middle part of the "Millennium cumulonimbus"..." Said Robin
"We need to go higher…? How?" Asked Chopper
* You see Usopp about to take a dive in the sea of clouds.
"Hey, Hey, Hey! Don't fool around. We still don't know anything about this sea!" Said Sanji
"A sea is a sea!" Said Usopp, still diving into the clouds.
* We wait for a bit but don't see Usopp come back up.
"Just a thought, but… is there really a seafloor?" Said Robin
"You mean…!"
"Usopp!" Luffy screamed, stretching his arm down the sea of clouds.
"I told that idiot not to fool around!" Said Sanji
"Extend your arm as far as you can!" Said Robin
"But I can't see if I only rely on my touch…!" Said Luffy crying
"Don't worry, I'll handle it!" Said Robin
"Ojos Fleur!" Said Robin crossing her arms.
* After a minute, Robin tells Luffy to pull back up.
* Usopp pops back up from the clouds with Luffy grabbing on to him.
"You did it! You pulled…" Said Nami
* You all quickly see a giant octopus and a sea serpent trying to eat Usopp."
"Something followed him!"
"waaaaah!" Cried Nami and Chopper
"Nothing to be scared about!" Said Zoro as he cut the octopus arm up."
* The sea serpent tried to eat the boat as a whole, but Sanji kicked it and downed it in one go.
"So there are animals in the clouds… Looks like it's better to think of this place as an ocean rather than a cloud.
"GIYAAAAAAAH" Screamed Usopp suddenly
"So noisy! What is it this time, Usopp!" Said Sanji
"My pants… This was in my pants…" Said Usopp pulling out a strange-looking fish.
"Sky island so scary. Sky island so scary" Usopp started crying.
"Such a tough day for him." Said Robin
* You pick up the fish and show it to robin.
"Then… This would be a "Sky Fish"? It's the strange creature described in Norland's Diary. I think because there is no seafloor in this sky ocean, they must've evolved into various forms to survive." Said Robin while touching the fish.
"So some became flat, and some became like balloons?" Asked Zoro
"Yes, all to make themselves lighter because the buoyant force here is much weaker than seawater." Said Robin
"Their scales look like feathers… But the carnivorous mouth is weird." Said Nami
* You see Luffy take the fish to Sanji while their conversation goes on. Luffy and Sanji quickly come out with a dish of what looks to be the fish they just had.
"I sautédit." Said Sanji
"This is yummy!" Said Luffy
"It tastes really nice! I've never experienced this flavor!" Said Nami
* You start looking out with Chopper with binoculars. You both notice another ship. You also see a person on top of the clouds.
"Oh! A ship… Hey Everyone! There is a ship and… a person?" Said Chopper
* The ship explodes by the person on top of the clouds.
"Eh…!?" said Chopper
"Hey, What is it, Frisk, Chopper?"
"Wah Yah!" Chopper starts making sounds.
"Frisk, Chopper, a ship? A ship is over there!?" asked Nami
"No...Um, there was a ship… But the ship isn't there anymore!" Said Chopper
"What do you mean!?" Said Nami
* You see that Chopper is panicking. You cut off from Chopper babbling on and quickly tell them that a hostile enemy is heading towards us.
"ENEMIES?!" Said Nami and Usopp
* You nod your head. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji get ready for battle.
* You pull out your frying pan.
"Someone's coming! It's running on the cloud!" Said Usopp
* The stranger with a mask jumps towards the ship.
* Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro try to retaliate against them but quickly get kicked down by the enemy. They are not at their usual strength right now.
"Eh? Wait, what's wrong with you three!" Screamed Nami
* You see the enemy go towards Nami. You stand in front of Nami and smack the enemy away from the boat
"You stupid blue sea people!" Said the enemy jumping into the air and shooting his bazooka towards the Merry
* You quickly deflect the shell by launching it back towards him, but he dodges it.
"That's enough!" Said another voice.
* It's an old man with a suit of knight armor and a lance on top of a bird. He lunges towards the enemy sending him flying away into the sea of clouds.
"What! Who is it this time!?"
* The old man lands on the Merry.
"Oooh, I am… The knight of the sky!" Replied the old man.
"What's going on…! Who was that guy!? Also, you three are so useless! Three on one, and you still lost! Thank god Frisk picked the slack!" Yelled Nami
"Thank you for saving us." Said Chopper bowing down to the knight
"Don't mention it. It couldn't be helped." Replied the knight
"Tsk. That was… embarrassing." Said Sanji
"For some reason… My body can't move very well." Said Luffy
"... that's because the oxygen is scarce here." Said Robin
"Frisk moved pretty fine, though?" Said Nami
"That is true…" Said Usopp
* Everyone quickly looks at you. You tell them that you have experienced this type of environment before.
* Now, wait a minute… You probably have many questions, but first things first, I need to talk business with you. I am a freelance mercenary. This is a hazardous part of the sea. Those who do not know how to fight in the sky will be attacked by those guerillas. Or become food for the sky-fish. One whistle will cost you 5 million extol, for me to come and save you!" Said the knight
* Everyone is confused as you all don't have any context of what he is talking about.
"What're you talking about, Mister?" Said Luffy
"Oh! Quit acting like a fool… The price is meager already! I won't accept even 1 extol less than that! I have living expenses, too!" Said the knight
"That's why i'm asking you what an extol is, and what is the whistling thing?" Said Sanji
* The knight seems to be shocked.
"... You people didn't come here through the top of high west? Then you must have been to one or two islands, right!?" Asked the knight
"I told you I don't know what you're talking about, mister." Said Luffy
"Wait! There are other ways to get to this sky sea!? And by one or two islands… You mean there's more than one sky island?" Asked Nami
"...What?! So you guys actually came via that monstrous stream!? I never thought there would still be people this brave…"
"We almost died! If we'd patiently collected more information, we could've used a safer method…" Said Nami screaming at Luffy
"Did you lose one or two crew?" Asked the knight
"Nope, we're all here." Said Luffy
"Other routes are not like this… if 100 people want to go to sky island through the other routes, it would be a gamble with no way to predict how many would survive. However, the knock-up stream means that either everyone dies or everyone gets there together. Either 0 or 100, not many dare to take this gamble. Especially people these years. I deeply respect your navigator, who has both courage and real strength." Said the knight
* Nami is embarrassed. You pat her on the shoulder, proud of her abilities. The knight drops a whistle to you all.
"One whistle, blow this whistle once, and I will come down from Heaven to save you! Using the currency of the sky, each whistle would cost 5 million extol, but your first whistle will be free as my gift to you." Said the knight as he was ready to leave.
"Wait! We don't even know your name…" Said Nami
"I would be Gan Fall, the knight of the sky! This is my partner Pierre!" Said Gan Fall.
* While Gan Fall leaves, he explains how his bird can become a Pegasus by eating the horse-horse fruit. However, it's not as majestic like the fairy tail suggests and even looks a little hideous.
"A little bit off…" Thought everyone
"I wish you luck, brave ones!" Said Gan Fall as he left flying with the pegasus.
"... In the end, he didn't really tell us anything useful!" Said Robin
"Then how do we get higher?" Asked Usopp
"Okay, let's call mister and ask him." Said Luffy, about to blow the whistle.
*Nami and Usopp quickly stop him.
"Wa-wa-wa wait! Wait a minute, Luffy! This is only for an emergency!" Said Nami, chocking Luffy
"If that weird Mask guy comes again, what will we do without the whistle!" Said Usopp pulling Luffy's face.
"Anyways, let's just get the ship moving." Said Zoro
"Hey, Look over there!" Said Chopper
* You and Robin see where Chopper is pointing.
"What's that… looks like a waterfall, but.." Said Robin
"That cloud is weird, right?" Said Chopper
"Okay! It's decided. Let's go over there and check it out!" Said Luffy
* You all start heading there, eventually arriving at clouds where you can get on top of. Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper start navigating the ship by telling you all which directions to go.
"...Good! We seem to have passed through." Said Nami
* You all see a massive gate saying HEAVEN'S GATE.
"Gotta be a bad omen. It's like we're going to die…" Said Usopp
"... Yeah, But maybe we're actually dead already?" Said Zoro jokingly
"Really? If that's so, then that would explain this strange world…" Said Sanji
* You find it amusing how Zoro and Sanji can have everyday conversations sometimes without at each other's throats.
"We're already dead!?" Screamed Chopper in his naivety
"Heaven? Looks fun! We're finally gonna get there!" Said Luffy
* You all arrive at the front of the gate and see an old lady taking pictures of everyone.
"Are you here for sightseeing? Or… For fighting? Actually, it doesn't matter why you're here. If you want to go up, each person must pay a 1 billion extol entrance fee. That's the law." Said the old lady with wings.
"1 billion extol, how much is that when converted to berry?" Asked Usopp with sweat dropping.
"... If we...Um... Don't have any money…" Said Nami
* You tell Nami that you can pull out money if you need to.
"Shh! We're trying to save here!" Said Nami
"You can still go up." Said the old lady
"Really!?" Said Usopp
"If you don't want to go up… It's okay too. I'm not a guard, nor am I a soldier. I just want to know your intentions." Said the old lady ominously.
"Then we're going. We want to go to sky island! We're going, Granny!" Said Luffy
"Really? Eight people, right?" Asked the old lady.
"Right. But how do we get up?" Asked Luffy
* Suddenly, two claws come out under the boat and grabs on to the broken wings of Merry.
"Gyah! What!? Something appeared!"
"That's white sea's special "Speedy Shrimp"..." Said the old lady
"Waaah! It started to move! It's climbing the waterfall!?"
* The shrimp starts to move at a high-speed rate. You quickly hold on to Sanji as there was nothing to latch on to at the moment. He looks delighted despite the chaos.
"I shall hold onto you with my life Frisk-san!" Said Sanji with hearts in his eyes
* You smile and clutch onto him harder. Seeing how you will see sky island very soon fills you with determination.
