42 Where did Zephyr disappear?
Grand Line. Paradise. Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office.
2 months have passed since the day of the "death" of Zephyr the <Black Arm>.
Behind a large wooden table sat a tall, fair-skinned, and muscular man with a long, braided goatee and a mustache. He was wearing black-rimmed glasses and a white and gold full Marine admiral uniform that is adorned with medals. The most distinctive features of this uniform are a life-size seagull on top of his cap, and his oversized Marine coat which he wears like a cape.
The man looked at the Wanted Poster and cursed loudly.
"Damn Pandaman! Where did he come from!? He has been seen for several centuries! For all this time he has never been caught! How can he live for so long!!! Aaaarrrrgggg."
"Baa-a-a-a-a-a."
Near the table was a goat. He handed the poster to the goat and the goat immediately ate it.
Most likely, this goat worked as a replacement for the shredder.
*Knock Knock Knock*
*Knock Knock Knock*
*BOOOOOM*
*Broke the door*
"Bwahahaha, I'm back! Sengoku, you need a new door," breaking the door and entering the office, shouted a tall, tanned, broad-chested, muscular old man. He has a beard and a scar over his left eye.
"GARP! How many times do I need to repeat, enter my office like a normal person!" Sengoku shouted.
"Bwahahaha. This door was too fragile. It couldn't stand my "Fist of Love". Bwahahaha!" Garp laughed.
"BASTARD! RETURN ME MY DAMN DOOR!" Sengoku shouted, his face was red, and a vein popped up on his forehead.
"BWAHAHAHAHA. Some other time," Garp laughed.
He saw Sengoku's expression and raised his hands to cover his ears.
"GAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRPPPPPP!"
All of Marineford began to tremble with the scream of Marine Fleet Admiral. The Marines did not even pay attention to it, they were already used to all these screams.
Garp looked at Sengoku and started picking his nose. He pulled a booger out of his nose and showed it to Sengoku.
"Want to taste it?" with an innocent expression, Garp asked.
Sengoku's eye began to twitch.
*Sigh*
He sighed loudly and tried to calm down.
"Zephyr's body is still not found. I can't believe that he is no longer there," Sengoku said with sadness in his voice.
Garp went to the sofa and sat on it. He looked up at the ceiling and began to say,
"Zephyr... He was a wonderful person. It was he, who "raised" most of the officers of the Marines. If not for Zephyr, we would not have so many strong people. But his value was not that. Zephyr was a fair man and he was always ready to help each of us."
*Sigh*
Sengoku and Garp were silent, they remembered Zephyr. After all, they were all from the same generation.
Sengoku broke the silence.
"<World Government> decided that it was time to appoint new Admirals. They are already strong enough. On top of that, after the killing of Fisher Tiger, the World Nobles began to demand that Borsalino be appointed to the post of Admiral," he said.
"Ha? Do these pigs in the bubbles dare to demand something?" Garp answered harshly.
"Garp! Not now! This is an important question," Sengoku said.
"When will they become Admirals? I'm sure Kong has already prepared all the documents," looking at Sengoku, Garp asked.
"In a week. Because of all this, I need to sign a huge mountain of documents!" Sengoku resented.
"What will happen next? <Absolute Justice>... <Lazy Justice>... and <Scatterbrained Justice>. It will be very interesting," Garp said.
"I have nothing against the last two, but I sincerely despise <Absolute Justice>. This is not Justice, this is lawlessness," Garp said.
"Do you think I can change this? I would never have appointed Sakazuki to the post of The Marine Admiral. He is just obsessed with justice. Such a person is not suitable for the post of Admiral!" hitting the table, Sengoku shouted.
*Boom*
"You yourself have chosen this path. Now you can relieve this burden only when there is a worthy replacement for the post of the Marine Fleet Admiral appears," looking at Sengoku, Garp said.
*Sigh*
"I have regretted my hasty decision a thousand times. I had to become an Instructor and train recruits," Sengoku said with a sigh.
"Bwahahaha. You're damn right!" Garp laughed.
Garp stood up and waved Sengoku goodbye.
*BOOOOOOOM*
He headed towards the wall and without stopping went through it, creating a new entrance to Sengoku's office.
Sengoku looked at the wall, in which a passage appeared in shape similar to Garp's silhouette.
His face turned completely red, a vein popped out on his forehead, and his eye began to twitch.
"GAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRPPPPPPPP!"
Another Fleet Admiral scream was heard all over Marineford.
The Marines could only smile wryly and continue to do their own thing.
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Somewhere in the sky above the Grand Line. Skypiea
Skypiea is an island located in the sky above the Grand Line. On this island, almost everything was made of dense white clouds. However, there is also half of the island from the Earth - Jaya, which was sent up in the sky four hundred years ago by the Knock Up Stream.
Skypiea is composed of numerous areas and is also divided into two yards: lower and upper.
The lower yard is 7000 meters above the sea.
The upper yard is 10,000 meters above the sea.
Skypiea was a place where objects from the Blue Sea were valued. Among all these objects, ordinary dirt and soil, which was called "Vearth", were considered the most valuable. After all, you can grow plants on it, and it is very fertile.
Due to the high value of ordinary soil. Half of Jaya Island, which was called the Upper Yard, was extremely important for the inhabitants of Skypiea.
The Upper Yard was a part of the land, previously unseen by the Skypieans, and that is why they wanted to possess this land.
But the problem was that, along with the Island, the inhabitants of this island, the Shandians, also got to Skypiea. And they categorically did not want to leave their home. This was the reason for the war for the possession of this "Holy Land".
The Skypieans successfully drove out the Shandians and took possession of the Upper Yard. For 400 years, the Skypieans and the Shandians fought constantly.
Over the past 400 years, the Skypieans have changed a lot. Now they are mostly a non-aggressive race who live peacefully on the Sky Islands. They believe in their ruler, who here bears the title of "God" and completely trust him.
The current leader of all Skypieans is called Gan Fall. He seeks peace between the Skypieans and the Shandians, Gan Fall was ready to return the Upper Yard to the Shandians to end this war, but so far it has not yielded any results.
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Skypiea. Angel Island.
12 months have passed since the day of the "death" of Zephyr the <Black Arm>.
On the shores of the White Sea, you could see three people. These three lay on soft and resilient clouds and enjoyed the warm rays of the sun.
"Aaaahhnn."
"It's sooooo nice. It's so nice to lie on the clouds. They are so soft and so bouncy at the same time. I'm in paradise," a beautiful young woman with pink hair said.
She lay on a large cloud and smiled happily.
"Nnnn. I want a bed out of the clouds. It's just heavenly pleasure. Ray, can we take these clouds with us?" a beautiful young woman with dark blue hair asked.
A woman lay on a white cloud and looked at a man with white hair.
"Of course. Why do we need to take a few clouds? We can take the whole island," the man answered, looking into the eyes of a woman with blue hair.
"Nnn. Thank you," a woman said softly, smiling happily.
[Cutie.] the man thought
"Raaaaaay. Have you already found this devil fruit? I want to quickly see the power that Ain will receive. She will become the real Goddess of Lightning!" the woman with pink hair said loudly.
She looked at Ray, and her eyes were filled with expectation.
Ray raised his hand and an unusual looking banana appeared in it. The banana was purple in color and was covered with many spiral patterns.
"Is this the lightning logia? Ain, eat this fruit faster," the pink-haired woman said, looking at the banana.
Ain rose from her seat and went to the cloud on which Ray lay. She sat next to him and took the devil's fruit from his hand.
"This devil fruit grew on Avalon. You don't have to worry that its taste will be disgusting," Ray said, taking Ain's hand.
Ain smiled and nodded. She bit a devil banana and it disappeared from her hand, turning into small blue sparks. Ain's body absorbed all the sparks.
"Do you already feel the change? Feel the Force, Ain," the pink-haired woman said
Ray turned his gaze to her and began to look into her eyes.
"Bonney, did Astoria bite you? Or was it Zesshi? At what point in time did the Queen of Pizza turn into Otaku Queen? How could I miss this moment?" Ray asked.
"Mou! I always wanted to say that phrase," Bonney pouted.
*Bzzzzzz*
A bolt of lightning struck directly into one of the clouds.
Bonney and Ray looked at Ain and saw that her hand was covered in small lightning bolts.
"Wow! Now you can master the transformation into Super Saiyan! Hehehe," Bonney laughed.
"Nnnn. I will never scream as if I cannot normally take a dump and it brings me hellish pains," Ain shook her head negatively.
"Hahahaha," Bonney and Ray laughed.
"Now I understand why Vegeta always has such an angry facial expression," wiping tears from her eyes, Bonney said.
Ray felt a look on himself. He turned his head and saw Ain's face in front of him.
Her beautiful eyes said, "Praise me."
Ray smiled and pulled Ain into his arms. They both fell on a soft cloud and Ray kissed her forehead. Ain smiled happily and buried herself in Ray's neck.
Ray felt a hot breath on his neck. He hugged Ain with his left hand and began to pat her back. Ain kissed his neck and began to fall asleep, on her face was a happy smile.
Bonney watched Ray spoil Ain. She went to the cloud on which the couple lay and lay down next to them. Bonney laid her head on Ray's chest and began to fall asleep.
Ray kissed Bonney on the head and hugged her with his right hand.
A happy smile appeared on his face and he closed his eyes, instantly falling into a dream.
The entire coast of the White Sea was enveloped in absolute silence.
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5 hours later.
A huge number of people gathered on the shore of the White Sea. They stood around a large cloud on which three people slept, a man and two women.
All these people were dressed in simple clothes. On their heads were unusual hairstyles that looked like insect antennas. But the most unusual was that each of those present had small white wings on their backs.
These were the Skypieans, one of the three races living on Skypiea.
"Do you think they died?" an eight-year-old girl asked.
She has blonde hair that she wears in two braided pig-tails and two antennae sticking out at the top of her head.
She wears a pink dress with black, flower shaped textures that goes to her thighs. She also wears red and pink striped sandals, that are white on the bottom.
"No, Conis-chan, they are alive," the old man of average height with long white hair, mustache, and beard said
The old man was dressed in white exquisite clothes.
At that moment, a man and two women opened their eyes and rose from their bed. They began to look at the people around them.
Trio felt these people as soon as they appeared next to them. But due to the fact that these people had no bad intentions, the man and two women simply ignored them and continued to sleep, enjoying the softness of the cloud.
"My name is Gan Fall. I am also the "God" of Skypiea," the old man with gray hair introduced himself.
"My name is Ray. And the two beautiful women next to me are Bonney and Ain," Ray introduced himself.
"Onii-chan, are these beautiful onee-san your wives?" a girl with blond hair asked.
"Conis! To ask such questions is very impolite," the bald man said
"It's all right. So your name is Conis-chan? Yes, these beautiful onee-san are my little wives," Ray smiled.
He went to Conis and stroked her hair.
Conis smiled and closed her eyes.
"Hehehe. Ray-nii has such a big hand," giggled Conis.
Ain and Bonney looked at everything with a smile.
*Cough*
"We have not had guests from the Blue Sea for a long time. Do you have a reason why you visited Skypiea?" Gan Fall asked.
Ray looked at Gan Fall and nodded.
"We have a reason. I want Skypiea to join my Kingdom. In my Kingdom, there is a huge amount of Vearth and it will be enough for absolutely everyone," he said.
"A huge amount of Vearth?"
"Enough for everyone?"
The Skypieans began to whisper.
Gan Fall looked into Ray's eyes. He did not see lies in his eyes. And why say just such a lie?
*Sigh*
"Even if we all agree to this, now it's impossible," Gan Fall said with a sigh.
"If you're talking about your war against the Shandians, then I have a solution," Ray said.
Gan Fall's eyes widened.
"Tell me! Tell me, please. How to end this unnecessary war? I'm even ready to return the "Holy Land" to the Shandians."
Ray looked at all the Skypieans and saw in their eyes an expectation and... hope? Yes, over the past 400 years, the Skypieans have really changed a lot.
"You just need to ring the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell," Ray said.
"The Golden Bell? Never heard of it," Gan Fall said.
"This Bell disappeared 400 years ago. But the Shandians still believe in its existence. The inhabitants of Shandora called this Bell <The Light of Shandora>," Ray replied.
"But, if this bell disappeared, then how do we ring it?" Gan Fall said.
"The bell is on top of the Giant Jack," Ain replied.
"Have you already understood that Goro Goro strengthens your Observation Haki?" Ray asked.
He looked at Ain with a smile.
"Nnnn," Ain nodded and began to look into Ray's eyes.
Ray turned to Ain and began patting her head.
Ain closed her eyes and just enjoyed Ray's affection.
"Mou. You created the Pink Atmosphere again," Bonney said.
Ray removed his hand from Ain's head and turned to Bonney.
"It's just that Ain is so cute when she wants something," Ray smiled.
"Kuudere is very strong," Bonney nodded.
*Cough*
"I'm sorry. But what do we do?" Gan Fall asked.
"Oh. It's simple. You need to gather all the people of Skypiea in one place," Ray answered.
Gan Fall nodded.
"Fine. I'll take up this matter immediately. If you can finish this war, I will give you my title of God of Skypiea," Gan Fall said.
He saddled the unusual looking Pegasus and flew away to fulfill his mission.
"Great. Then we'll do our own thing, too," Ray said.
*Flash*
Immediately after these words, Ray, Bonney, and Ain disappeared in a flash of flame.
"They disappeared!"
"Incredible!"
"Maybe they are also Gods? And they came down to us to stop the war."
"We need to tell everyone else about it."
"Real Gods!"
"I knew that our prayers would be answered! I must tell my brothers Birkans about this!" said some monk.
He had white wings, but they were slightly different from the wings of the Skypieans. His wings were pointing down.
"What was this monk doing here?"
"Huh?"
"Let's go home and share this great news."
"You're right. We must tell our families that the Real Gods have returned to us."
"The Real Gods will give us a new home. A house in which there will be a lot of Vearth!"
"That's right! God Ray himself told us this! We must prepare for the move."
On this day, the inhabitants of Skypiea appeared new God. But unlike past "Gods", it was the True God.
