Goro-Goro no Mi

Zeph, now the user of the Goro-Goro no Mi, is carefully testing his powers out. Zeph's right arm was bustling with a strong electric current. He could feel the immense strength contained his arm increasing as he increased the current coursing through his arm.

"I can amplify my body strength by amplifying it with enough electric current. This should be enough to deal explosive damage with my fists but I should be careful with the dosage."

The Goro-Goro no Mi provides destructible powers at both long range and short range increasing his overall power.

Knowing that the fruit increases the capabilities of Observation Haki, Zeph activated his own. He could instantly feel the changes. The range, for one, has increase by many times compared to before and he could sense the auras in the forest clearly without much effort. Becoming more proficient with the Devil Fruit will increase his strength and effectiveness in battle.

"I'll have to test its improvement in battle." Zeph said, deactivating his Observation Haki.

Zeph, with his Soru, is already quick with his movement and attack. Now, with the Goro-Goro no Mi, his previously quick speed is tremendously enhanced even further. Only people with Observation Haki trained to a high enough level could detect his movements albeit with difficulty.

-After a few hours later-

The ground had various scorch marks, spewing out fumes, and shattered trees surrounding the open area. Lightning streaks are seen roaring in the area, constantly shifting directions. Eventually, it stopped at the center of the damaged field, materializing into a tired and satisfied Zeph.

For the past few hours, Zeph was practicing to control his lightning and speed, leading to him getting a decent control of his Devil Fruit. He can now transform his individual body parts into lightning at will, making it easy for him to evade dangerous attacks and counter-attack at the same time.

"There's still some time left before the Straw Hats arrive at Skypiea. This'll give me enough time to train my Devil Fruit before I make a name for myself in the vast ocean. But before that, I'll have to meet with Gan Fall."

With a flash of lightning, Zeph disappeared from the area towards Giant Jack. He instantly traversed through Giant Jack and reached God's Shrine. Taking the whistle out, he blew it and waited for Gan Fall to arrive.

After waiting at the God's Shrine for a few minutes, Zeph could hear the sound of flapping and looked up. Gan Fall came down with Pierre and got off, landing on the ground. Looking at Gan Fall, he could see a visible difference on his face. His face is now relaxed and rosy compared to the previous haggard and weary look.

"I see you're doing good, Gan Fall" Zeph smiled.

"Haha, Thanks to you. Now, what is the matter?" Gan Fall chuckled and asked.

Pointing towards the center of the God Shrine, where there lie a seat, Zeph said, "The seat is empty and Enel is dead. Somebody has to occupy the seat to bring order and peace to Skypiea. And the only one I can think of sitting on that seat is you, Gan Fall."

Gan Fall was speechless for a while and replied in a deep tone, "Why me?"

"Because the people of Skypiea love you and....also because you're a former God." Zeph replied in a thinking pose.

"I-I see." Gan Fall muttered, and stared at Zeph. "I thought you wanted to become God. Why don't you?"

Zeph simply stared at Gan Fall for a few seconds and laughed loudly. He finally stopped with tears in his eyes and replied, "That is because I plan on going down."

Gan Fall then realized that Zeph is originally a blue sea dweller and nodded in understanding. They both then proceeded to clear out the filth residing in the God's Shrine.

Clearing out the undeserved, few trustworthy advisors and servants were standing in front of them, confused and clueless with a little fear.

"You have nothing to fear about, everyone. God Enel is finally dead and no more." Gan Fall declared.

The advisors and servants cheered in happiness and relief. Gan Fall and Zeph smiled at this.

"With the help of the blue sea dweller who has done the most, we have finally defeated and killed Enel."

""Thank you very much."" They went forwards and thanked Zeph for his courageous effort. Zeph with his hands on his head, smiled sheepishly and appreciated their gratitude. After they had relaxed a bit, Zeph spoke,

"Now, Skypiea needs someone worthy enough to govern order and bring peace to the land. I choose Gan Fall to take in the position and become God. What do you all think?"

The advisors looked at one another and discussed for a while before one of them walked forwards. He said, "We agree. No one is better than our former God who has loved us dearly."

Zeph smiled and said, "Well, that's that, then. We need to go inform the citizens of Skypiea about the situation. We should go there now, Gan Fall"

Gan Fall nodded and said, "Hop on."

Both Gan Fall and Zeph hopped on Pierre and flew towards Angel Island. Pierre flapped his wings and soared through the wind. Feeling the wind hit his face, Zeph enjoyed the feeling and relaxed.

After enjoying the relaxing feeling, Zeph could see the Angel Island in the distance. They quickly reached and hovered on top of Lovely Street. The street was crowded with people. Upon hearing the noises of someone flapping above, they all looked up and saw it was Gan Fall, the former God and an unrecognizable person. They both landed on the ground and got off gently.

"Everyone! Gather everyone here. I have an important announcement to make!" shouted Gan Fall

"Get out of here. We do not want to get punished by God." A random citizen replied.

"Every-" Gan Fall got interrupted by the crowd shouting at him in fear of the non-existent Enel.

'"Leave!!"' the crowd roared.

Seeing that this was leading to nowhere, Zeph was getting impatient. Raising his right arm to the sky, he shot a lightning bolt to the sky with a roar of thunder, spreading into multiple streaks in the sky.

The crowd stopped and stared at Zeph in fear.

"It's GOD!" yelled one of the citizens. All of them starting to kneel on the ground in intense fear.

Zeph seeing this facepalmed and opened his mouth, "I'm not God. He's dead."

The crowd just stared at him with their faces frozen, full of shock and gaping mouths. Gan Fall stared at him in shock with the execution of the news. Zeph looked at him back and shrugged his shoulders, "What?"

Gan Fall shaking his head, continued, "He is right. God Enel is dead and I have seen it with my own eyes."

"Why should we believe you?" the crowd asked

"Because I have the power of lightning and if I was God, I would have killed Gan Fall."

"It's true, everyone. He is truly dead."

After a moment of silence, the crowd cheered in delight and started to spread the news. Many happy faces filled the street and thanked Zeph and Gan Fall. The sounds of footsteps approached them both, and the faces of the former God's Guards arrived, known as White Berets.

They came and stood in front of them. After staring at them, they took a sudden deep bow and expressed their gratitude. Looking up, one of them asked, "Who is the new God?"

At the sound of the question, the street was silent. The citizens were looking at Zeph and Gan Fall with hope. Zeph, upon hearing the question, smiled and replied, "Worry not. Gan Fall here will once again be God!"

The crowd including the White Berets, looked at Gan Fall waiting for his response.

Gan Fall, in response, took a deep breath and declared in a deep tone, "I will be God once again!"

The crowd cheered loudly and ran towards Gan Fall, picking him up and crowd surfing him. Zeph laughed loudly upon seeing this. A lot of people joined in and started to dance in joy. Few people approached Zeph and tried to pull him into the celebration. Zeph wanted to refuse but he gave in and danced along with them.

The party went on for a long time until nightfall and the people went away to their respective homes, thanking Zeph once again. Zeph, seeing that it was time, walked towards Gan Fall and said, "This was fun."

"Indeed, its been a long time." Gan Fall said in an emotional voice.

Zeph smiled and said, "Anyways, I'll have to go and train before I disembark."

Gan Fall nodded and said, "I'll be busy with fixing Enel's damage. Till we meet again!"

Zeph waved and said his goodbye, "See you later!"

With a roar of thunder, Zeph vanished from the spot leaving a trail of dark azure lightning. Zeph re-appeared in a beach and took in its beauty. A shabby looking shack with a straw-laced roof is seen in front of him. Zeph took a small smile and faintly muttered, "I'm back!"

Settling down in the shack, he put his belongings in the corner of the shack and walked out. Seeing the wide open area surrounding him, void of people, made him excited as he could feel the adrenaline pumping in him.

Bringing his right arm to his face, he controlled the lightning making it traverse through his fingers as if he was performing a trick. Pointing a finger in the distance, he shot a lightning bolt aimed at a tree, causing it to shatter and sending pieces of the tree flying away.

"It's time to train once again!" Zeph said with determination.

_____________________________________________

Somewhere far, far away on an island with thick snow covering the land and a series of drum shaped mountains adorning the island making it a spectacle, a village is seen burned to the ground and shrill echoes of help and pain accompanying the chill of the wind.

A large man stood in front of the village with a few people behind him. The large man's body is shaped round and accompanied with thin limbs. He has long, thick woolly hair that falls down to the back of his neck and his face has a small shabby looking dark colored beard around his jaw. Seeing the state of the village, the man held the gold in his hands that he took from the sack near him and laughed out loud.

"Zehahahahahahahaha!"