City of Gold & Meeting God

Yo! This is a bit of a shorter chapter because after this one, all the chapters until the end of 'Skypiea' are around 1000 words longer than my average chapter length. Rereading through the whole 'Skypiea' arc to remind myself of shit that happened to write this has been fucking insane. One of the priests forgets to open his fucking mouth when he talks sometimes. I'll put the whole list of all the brain-dead shit this guy is known for in the Author's note at the bottom, but I just had to point it out. THIS DUMBASS FORGETS HOW TO BREATHE SOMETIMES. Alright, sorry, I'm done.

GIMMIE POWER STONE SO I CAN THROW IT AT THAT DUMBASS!! I'LL HIT THE STUPID RIGHT OUT OF HIS HEAD!!!

Enjoy the chapter!

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"Oi, doesn't this look familiar?"

The Straw Hats, minus their three doctors, were exploring the forest to try and find where the "God" they keep hearing about is when they arrived on the edge of the island in the direction they were going.

Oddly enough, there was a stone house covered in tree roots, moss, and vines on the very edge of the island. 

"What the hell is going on? How can we see something like this up here when we saw it on the ground?" Zoro said in disbelief. Robin was the one to answer him.

"No, this is just a piece of what we saw on the ground. In other words, this island was once on the ground. That explains how this island isn't made of clouds." She said, making Luffy and Usopp's eyes turn to stars before running to the deteriorating house.

"So this island flew up here?!" Luffy asked, making Usopp deadpan at him.

"No, Luffy. Islands can't fly." He said, making his Captain pout, but Robin spoke first before either could speak again.

"No, actually, Luffy is right. The island most likely flew up here." She said, making Luffy look at her excitedly and Usopp in disbelief.

"Really?! It flew up here?!" Luffy asked with a massive smile, to which Robin showed a small smile and nodded before she explained.

"I found it odd that Cricket's house was built on the edge of a cliff and how it had a second story but no stairs. It turns out it was because that cliff wasn't natural, but the island itself was ripped apart." Robin said as she walked over to the half of a house and touched it.

"The island that disappeared and caused Montblanc Noland to be labeled a liar wasn't at the bottom of the sea, but was launched up to the sky by the 'Knock-Up Stream'."

.

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"Why the hell are we doing this?!!"

"Shishishi, why wouldn't we do this?"

The Straw Hats could be seen riding on a massive light blue python hundreds of meters long, crashing straight through the giant trees in their way as all of the pirates held on for dear life.

How did this happen? Well...

"Luffy, come on!! We need to get far away from that thing!! Why the hell are you trying to talk to it?!"

"They aren't a thing!! Her name is Nola, and she wants to hear the bell we're gonna ring for the acorn-head guy. She said she's gonna take us to the 'City of Gold' as long as I promise to ring the bell."

"That thing knows where the 'City of Gold' is? What are you waiting for?! Get on already!!"

... Let's just say Luffy made a friend that made a good first impression on both him and Nami.

With that, the Straw Hats had a ride through the forest, even if it was destroying the forest behind them. 

After riding on the python's back for about half an hour, everyone saw how there was a city of buildings covered in moss, vines, and tree roots.

While interesting for most of them, Robin was the one who was blown away by the ancient city. Not only was it obvious that these ruins held lots of untold history within them, but she was able to find writing etched into the walls of some of the ruins in the same language the 'Poneglyphs' were written in.

'While this is quite cryptic and only mentions a 'Golden Belfry', if I reference it to Montblanc Noland's logbook that Cricket gave us, it becomes obvious!' Robin thought to herself in excitement.

'Not only can I tell that the 'Golden Belfry' was with a 'Poneglyph', but it should be right in the middle of these ruins!!' Robin smiled as she started walking toward the center, not noticing Nami dropping to her knees in despair.

"This is the 'City of Gold'?! WHERE THE HELL IS THE GOLD?!!"

Once Robin reached the center of the ruins, she was disappointed to find a massive beanstalk where she expected the 'Golden Belfry' and the 'Poneglyph' to be, which made her frown in annoyance.

"Where did the 'Poneglyph' go?..." Robin muttered to herself before suddenly widening her eyes and looking straight up with an amazed expression on her face.

"I see. The 'Golden Belfry' was right here, but the beanstalk pushed it up," Robin said in awe as she looked up above her, only seeing more clouds.

After a few more seconds of staring, she started walking back to where everyone else was, but she could only take a few steps before she suddenly sensed two people walking up behind her, seemingly popping up out of nowhere.

'Were they waiting for us in the ruins? I suppose the "God" we are looking for must've sent them here.' Robin thought to herself as the two walked straight toward her.

One of the men is a tall, dark-skinned man with dreadlocks who wears a purple jacket, matching purple pants, and black gloves on his hands. Oddly enough, He had a large, white tissue belt around his waist with a red circle in his center.

The other was a bald and muscular man of relatively average height with a pair of small wings sprouting from his back. He has a small mustache and beard and wears a pair of small sunglasses, a green sleeveless shirt, gray pants, and a long and flowing white sash around his waist.

The weirdest part had to be the massive dog that was sitting a bit behind them, just staring at the three of them.

The bald man stared at Robin stoically as he and his fellow priest walked toward her for a few seconds before he spoke up.

"How sad. This woman has the misfortune of facing two priests at once. I almost feel bad for separating her from her allies, though I suppose that's the fragility of human nature." The man said, putting Robin on edge.

'So they waited for me to separate from everyone else? It seems they aren't aware of the fact that my crew mates can not only sense my situation but can hear any noise our fight will make.' She thought to herself as she analyzed her situation to find the best course of action.

All of these thoughts would turn out to be unnecessary, however, as Robin was very correct in her assumption of her crew mates being able to sense what's going on.

*POP* *POP* *POP*

"What the hell do you bastards think you're doing to Robin-chan!!"

The two priests looked behind Robin with narrowed eyes as Sanji came flying over with 'Moon-Walk' with his legs covered in flames. The blonde-haired man was looking at the two priests with anger before he suddenly scowled as he sensed a presence rapidly approaching behind him.

"Wait, Sanji!! Leave one of them for me!!"

Luffy was also using 'Moon-Walk' behind Sanij and approaching fast, making the two priests turn their attention to him.

"Gedatsu, you take care of that kid. I'll get the closer one." The bald man told the now-named Gedatsu, who glared at the bald man while biting his lower lip, which the bald man ignored.

*Tsk*

Sanji clicked his tongue in annoyance when he heard that.

"Guess it's time to turn up the heat..." Sanji muttered to himself before his feet suddenly burst into white-hot flames while covering them in 'Armament Haki' as he shot at his opponent at high speeds before he spun to his right before throwing out a back kick with his left leg. 

"Satan's Foot: Bien Cuit: Grill Shot!!!"

*BOOOOOM*

Even though the bald priest was able to sense Sanji's attack, he wasn't fast enough to block or dodge it, sending him flying into the distance.

*POP*

Without a moment's delay, Sanji shot in the direction he just launched his opponent.

Luffy pouted at Sanji as he shot toward the bald guy who looked way more interesting than this guy he's now stuck fighting.

"I wanted to fight the bald guy... Now I gotta fight this boring guy..." Luffy muttered to himself as he kicked a rock on the ground. He turned around when he felt the boring guy's emotions go crazy after he said that.

"What did you just say?…" He muttered, making Luffy raise an eyebrow at him.

"I said you seem boring. I wanna fight the bald guy. He seems like more fun." Luffy pouted as he watched the priest in question pull out the hilt of a sword before a blade was created from it.

Luffy could tell his words pissed the man off as he glared at him and bit his lip. But what confused him...

"MMMMMM!!!! MMMMMMM MMMMM!!!!"

... Was the weird humming, closed mouth screaming? Luffy had no idea what the hell the guy was doing. After a couple of seconds of staring in confusion, Luffy glared at the weird guy.

"Oi!! Say something, you bastard!!" Luffy said, making the man's glare get worse before he opened his mouth.

"How careless!! I was trying to speak with my lower lip stuck in my mouth!!" The man shouted out with a frown as he started crying. Luffy just stared at the man with a deadpan.

"I know Nami calls me an idiot, but even I wouldn't do some shit like that..." Luffy muttered before he shook his head.

It didn't matter. This guy works for the annoying God guy, so he'll beat him up. There's no need for pointless thinking.

Luffy swung his right hand out, and as he did so, the skin coiled up at his wrist before extending back to normal, creating a light red tint to Luffy's skin with steam coming off of his body.

"Gear 2nd"

The priest widened his eyes when Luffy disappeared from his vision and reappeared right in front of him with both of his fists covered in 'Armament Haki'. He was barely able to track the pirate with his 'Mantra', but it wouldn't do him any good.

"Jet Gatling!!!"

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

Gedatsu tried his best to dodge the countless punches being thrown at him, but his proficiency in 'Mantra' as well as his speed, was nowhere near enough to dodge them more than a lucky few times.

"Aww, I thought you guys said you were strong!! How boring!!"

Usopp, who had walked over to where they were fighting along with everyone else, sweat-dropped at his annoyed Captain as he walked over and put a hand on his shoulder, making Luffy look back at him.

"Luffy, that attack would knock out most pirates in the 'Grand Line'. The fact that I didn't hear any of his bones breaking even though you were using 'Armament Haki' is already impressive enough." Usopp tried to explain to Luffy.

Too bad it had the exact opposite effect Usopp was hoping for.

"You're right; he's pretty tough. I should punch him some more just to be sure." Luffy said as he started walking toward the knocked-out swamp guy while he covered his fists in 'Advanced Armament Haki' this time, making Usopp pale.

"Hold on, Luffy!! If you hit him anymore, he'll definitely die!!"

"Then, why did you say he was super tough? If he's gonna die from just a few punches, he seems pretty weak." Luffy said without a care in the world, making Usopp look at him in exasperation.

'I should've just set sail on my own. I would've had much less headaches.' Usopp thought to himself in resignation as he gave up trying to talk to Luffy about common sense.

"Damn it!! If you were in my 'Ordeal of Swamp', you'd already be dead!!" Gedatsu, who had forced himself back onto his hands and knees, shouted out, making Luffy scowl at him.

"Shut up, you're annoying!!"

*WHAM*

Usopp watched as Luffy smacked the angry, beaten priest hard enough to knock him out and leave an indent on the ground with a sweat-drop before he sighed.

*SIGH*

"Why do I even try…" He muttered to himself, making Luffy tilt his head in confusion.

"Hello, I am God."

Everyone turned around in surprise when they heard someone speak, as none of them sensed him approaching.

They saw a pale, tall man wearing a close-fitting, white skullcap. Oddly enough, his earlobes, which were being weighed down by gold earrings, stretched down to his chest.

He had a gray ring stuck into his shoulder blades is a large, gray ring and attached to it were four wooden shime-daiko drums set next to and above his head.

Luffy's face turned serious when he saw the man, knowing immediately this was the 'God' they were looking for.

The man smiled confidently at them as he scanned their group before ending on Luffy.

"You're the leader, right? Surrender. You can never compare to God." Enel said cockily as Luffy kept looking right at him.

"You're the one who sent the lightning at us back at the Conis' house, right?" Luffy asked in a serious tone, to which Enel scoffed.

*SCOFF*

"Of course, it was me. Who else is capable of such a divine act?" Enel looked affronted that the question even needed to be asked. He suddenly looked like he remembered something before looking back at Luffy.

"Oh yeah, I shocked your furry pets a bit and took the bear back with me. A white bear that can command small amounts of lightning is the perfect pet for me." Enel said with a malicious and confident smile.

When Luffy heard this, his face went cold, and he put his hand on the hilt of his cutlass and covered both of them in 'Advanced Armament Haki'.

"I see." He said simply before he unsheathed his cutlass.

*SHNK*

"Divine One-Sword Style: Divine Departure!!!"