I don't know how many of your are caught up in the manga but my god if I could have any devil fruit it would be Kaido's. Also Wano is turning out to be quite awesome and I'm hoping we get more Emperor's involved, we got Big Mom and Kaido already, lets get Shanks in the mix!

The Straw Hats, having decided to confront the God of Skypiea, all went to prepare in different ways.

Luffy was in a secluded area behind Conis and Pagaya's home to practice his Chilly Chilly power. He was trying to increase the amount of cold he could bring out at once. The power was there and he could do what he wanted but he wanted it to happen in an instant.

He was trying to come up with a way he could attack at a range and other than freezing the entire area he was coming up blank. Until he noticed Sabo's back, or rather, what was on his back. Luffy had forgotten about the large pipes he had used to use as a kid and grinned when he thought about creating weapons out of ice.

He could make an ice sword or even…

So with the idea now in place he was going through different weapons he could make and practice forming them. He found that it was instinctive for him to forming things with his ice powers. If he thought it and focused hard enough it was formed.

Luffy could see endless possibilities for his fruit. It was truly dawning on him how versatile and powerful his Chilly Chilly fruit was. He wasn't like Ace, who had fire, which was hard to make into shapes, his ice could be anything!

Zoro was doing his same tried and tested routine: swinging around dumbbells with monstrous amounts of weight on them in each hand. Having this be the first time they saw it, both Sabo and Koala were impressed with the swordsman's strength, Koala commenting that he was one of those monsters like the higher ups.

Robin had put her assassin experience to work and was gathering as much information about the area as she could. The crew hadn't seen her since the first day they arrived making this the second day she was gone.

Sanji was going between cooking for everyone, worrying about Robin, and exploring the town for new recipes and wooing angels. He said that he was putting some new ideas to test that would help in the fight. Luffy didn't question him as he knew the cook was a powerful fighter.

Ussop, perhaps the most fortuitous of the crew, was drooling at the dials and all their possibilities. Unfortunately many of the powerful ones were either rare or were used by the warriors and would be impossible for Ussop to get without getting too much attention on him and the crew.

But with the Jet dial that the old man had and a few Ball dials and one Heat Dial Ussop was plenty happy with his new combative capabilities. Pagaya had even said that he had more dials but they weren't in the best condition, Ussop was going to be helping the old man fix them so he'd have even more to work with.

Chopper and Nami weren't preparing for the fight, more everything else. Like Robin, Nami was getting as much information as she could like maps and grilling Conis and Pagaya for the layout of the land and how things worked. Chopper was making sure that he was ready to treat everyone after the fight with the God of Skypiea.

Sabo and Koala were off doing their own thing. Luffy had asked Sabo for a few more tips for his Haki and Koala was being hounded by Sanji every moment that he saw her.

The Blackbeard Pirates had made excellent progress.

They had managed to make their way up to the White White Sea over the last day. With the information gathered from the little Shandian warrior they knew enough about the God of Skypiea that this Eneru would be a great addition to the crew. Blackbeard would also be happy to kill this Eneru and harvest his fruit for his crew.

He wasn't picky.

The Rumble Rumble Fruit was up there with the Glimmer Glimmer and Flame Flame Devil Fruit, the three of them were known as the invincible powers. Unlike the other logia's who were all powerful and devastating, those three were energy logia's capable of harnessing immense power. The Glimmer fruit was in the hands of Admiral Kizaru while the Flame fruit was in the hands of his former commander, Ace. It was time for his crew to have an invincible power!

He would also need to find those Straw Hat pirates. They were integral to his plan and he needed that captain's large bounty for the notoriety to enter the Warlords.

For now his eyes were set on the priests. If he wanted to find this Eneru he would need to find his most loyal servants first. The area around him darkened as he felt his powers pulsing, begging to be released, with practiced ease he pushed it back down and reigned in his need for destruction.

He was in control. But how much could you control pure chaos?

LINE BREAK

Wiper was not happy, no, he was furious.

His tribe was attacked by Eneru and in an instant over thirty of his people were killed. Thankfully Asia, Kamakiri and Laki survived along with several warriors. He knew that without them this would be an impossible task.

Asia told him that there were two groups of intruders that she didn't recognize and that the warrior he sent to the smaller group was killed. Both groups were in the White White Sea one set being close to Angel Beach and the other was making their way toward the ordeals.

Wiper didn't know who there intruders were and didn't care. He and his warriors needed to confront them since they were heading toward Eneru, that was certain. But if they were going to join him or kill him he didn't know but it was too risky to leave alone.

Wiper and the survivors would gather what weapons they had left and regroup. He would be leading the single force. They lost too many to splinter off into groups and he would feel better to have everyone fighting together.

Especially if their enemy were as strong as his gut told him.

Eneru was enjoying his feast of fruit as his priests gathered.

"I have heard the footsteps of several interesting ants approaching upper yard. They, if their pace continues, will reach the ordeals in several hours. I want you at your ordeals and kill all that enter. Should you fail, don't bother returning." Eneru said with a wide smile on his face as he ate more fruit.

His four priests bowed and left without a word.

Eneru could feel the voices of every intruder, the survivors of the foolish tribe, and the elderly Gan Fall trying to reclaim his throne and save his precious people. The old man didn't realize that they were serving a purpose far beyond what their status were worth.

Serving their God.

With his Mantra he could tell that a few of them were interesting to say the least. Two stood out as different, while one had a spirit that was strong and firm. He knew that they would be contenders of the little game he was playing.

He could foresee four making it to him. They would be the winners of the game. They would be the ones to have the privilege of dying by his hand.

The game would begin soon. Oh how excited he got when playing games.

Robin returned to the crew after a few hours and everyone gathered to hear what she had to say.

"I found that this God, Eneru, resides in a place known as the Upper Yard." She said as she looked through the notebook of an old man that she stole in her investigating.

"Upper Yard is a place that has pieces of the fairy vearth that grows food far better than the cloud land. I believe it to be dirt and the Upper Yard a place that was once an island or a piece of one that was shot into the sky by the Knock-up stream."

"The journal!" Shouted Nami. "That would mean that the treasure is up here!" She was already dreaming of the city made of gold.

Nami pulled out a journal she found in the wreckage that fell from the sky.

"Noland's log book says that the treasure was located in the skull's right eye! We can go to the city of gold!" Nami's eyes were beli symbols as she drooled at the thought of finding the city of gold.

"To reach the upper yard we need to pass through the ordeals. Which are four paths that are protected by the priests that follow Eneru. Each is different and have different survival rates." Said Robin getting interested looks from Luffy and Zoro.

"Next is the Shandia Warriors," Continued Robin before the two could interrupt, "They are a warrior tribe that have opposed Eneru for years. They have also been in conflict with the previous Gods going back many years. We can assume that the Shandian's will combat both Eneru and us if we run into them."

Sabo narrowed his eyes in thought, "So we have three groups, we want to take out this Eneru and find the City of Gold. The Shandian's want to take down Eneru and anyone they perceive as outsiders and Eneru and his priests who will fight to keep the status quo. This could get messy."

"How is it every time we have mission it gets more and more complicated with you Sabo!?" Shouted Koala while tugging on her hair, "We were supposed to meet up with your brother and see if we could find your other one. Now we're in some sort of sky war!"

"Sky War!" Cheered Luffy, Zoro, Chopper and Ussop.

Robin chuckled at her crew's enthusiasm before she got more serious, "There is another group."

Everyone calmed down and turned to her while Nami and Ussop started getting nervous, based on Robin's tone, they somehow knew that the next group weren't going to be friendly.

"The crew that attacked us before we got hit by the Knock-up stream is here and are heading toward Upper yard." Said Robin.

Luffy frowned, "That guy…" His face became covered in shadow as he looked down.

Sabo looked at Luffy, "What about him?" He asked seeing the strange reaction from his brother.

"We ran into him in Mock town." Said Nami with a frown on her face as she remembered the confrontation.

"His crew is dangerous." Grunted Zoro with narrowed eyes, "I could tell."

"He felt wrong." Said Luffy, "Something was off with him." Luffy was clutching his Straw-hat tightly, not making eye contact with anyone in the room.

"Also that devil fruit!" Shouted Ussop getting everyones attention, "His arm became black and we were being pulled toward him! He even pulled the Going Merry! Against those currents!"

"That's right." Nodded Sabo seriously, "It must be some sort of gravity fruit… no, it must be… no!" Sabo shouted as he shot up.

Koala jumped at his shout while the others looked at him in surprise. Sabo went to his bag and pulled out a book.

"Every time I go on a mission I take this book so if I find a devil fruit I would know what kind it was." Muttered Sabo while holding up the devil fruit encyclopedia. "Pulling… black powers…" Mumbled Sabo as he turned pages.

He stopped on a pictures of a purple fruit that had many swirling tear drop shaped grape like formations on it. It looked like a pineapple or a batch of grapes.

"The Dark Dark Fruit, the darkness logia. It is a special logia that has one deadly ability. It can cancel other devil fruit powers through touch." Said Sabo getting shocked looks from everyone even Robin.

Sabo continued to read on. "Unlike sea water that makes a devil fruit user an anchor incapable of moving or sea-prism stone that make it impossible to control your powers the Dark Dark fruit can truly cancel them. As long as he touches you, it would be as if you don't have a fruit at all. He can absorb things into him or pull things like a black hole and if he touches you Luffy, you won't have your powers anymore." Warned Sabo seriously.

"So we have a Lightning Logia at the top of upper yard, a darkness Logia approaching and Luffy. A battle of three logics could destroy the entirety of upper yard!" Shouted Koala in fright, "The New World has entire islands that were permanently altered thanks to confrontations involving more than one Logia."

"I hope you haven't become complacent with your fruit Luffy, I don't know how long you've had it but most Logia users get too used to their neigh invincibility and die when confronted by someone who can get around it." Sabo said seriously, he didn't voice that he would rip apart Skypiea itself before he let his brother die. But he wanted to make sure that Luffy knew how dangerous it would be to fight against the Dark Dark Fruit.

Luffy waved of Sabo's worry, "I only ate it after my fight with Crocodile a few weeks ago, I'm still getting my control over it." He could use his powers well enough but he wasn't a master. Luffy had seen the things Ace could do while training in the Grey Terminal, he wasn't even close. Yet.

Nami was far from calm, "What is with this luck?! We're running into too many Logia's! First Crocodile now Eneru and the other guy! What the hell is going on! There can't be that many of them!" She voiced both her and Ussop's thoughts as the gravity of the situation crashed down on them.

She knew that if she was confronted by one of them that she would die. She wasn't a strong fighter in the first place and Luffy was on deaths door after miraculously beating Crocodile. Luffy was a monster in her eyes before that fight, now he was a walking blizzard.

"Don't worry! The solution is simple Nami!" Cheered Ussop with a grin and he shot to his feet.

"We let the monsters fight each other!"

Nami shot up with a grin, "Of course!" She said joining him.

Zoro rolled his eyes while Sanji pledged his life to protect Nami, Robin and Koala.

"There is more we should talk about." Said Robin moving on from the talk of devil fruits. "We should talk about the Ordeals, there are four of them…"

The Ordeals were dangerous paths designed to only allow those who are worthy to reach God's sanctuary. Each with a design that tested those who traveled through them in different ways. From a swamp maze to a giant razor wire filled dome.

Blackbeard and his crew were about five minutes into the Ordeal of String before they were made aware of the fact that they weren't alone.

Van Auger was the first one to act, his long rife: Thousand Worlds, blitzing through the air with bullets firing at such a high speed that it sounded like a single shot.

In the trees surrounding them a few bodies fell to the ground but there were many more approaching. They were recognized as the same tribesmen as the one that attacked them at the lower level when they first arrived in the white sea.

"More of those tribesmen!" Roared Burgess with a wide grin as he readied for a fight, "Captain! Let's take them down!"

"I believe there are twenty left." Said Van Auger while reloading his rife. He kept his excitement for the coming battle out of his voice as he waited for his captain's orders.

"Zehahaha! These ants aren't enough to stop us! Take them out!" Roared Blackbeard with pitch black smoke billowing out of him.

On the other side of the Ordeal was a large man dressed in an orange jump suit. He had two large wings on his back like the other residence of Skypiea and he wielded a long javelin. Next to him was a very large purple bird with orange plumage around its neck.

"It seems that the Shandia and intruders are dealing with each other." Muttered the man with a hand on his chin. "Should I wait and deal with the winner…or join in on the battle?"

The large bird next to him cawed loudly and he nodded as if agreeing.

"You're right." He nodded, "I have no reason to interfere with their battle, it also makes my job easier. I'll take out whoever makes it here." He said resolutely while the bird cawed again.

Back with the Blackbeard Pirates, Teach was avoiding flying spears and clubs with agility not expected of a man of his size and stature. His crew were taking out all who attacked them while he was using his devil fruit to attract more and more of them like a black hole.

Pull them in, then crush them into nothing.

Burgess, who was cackling wildly with every victory, was making sure that no one snuck up on them as he watched his captain's back. So far there hadn't been a single one of these tribesman that he hadn't dropped in a single powerful strike.

Doc Q and Stronger were trying their best. Stronger was avoiding all the attacks for Doc Q while the exhausted man would lash out with a scythe whenever one of them would get close. The Doc was a dangerous adversary despite his sickly demeanor, given by how devastatingly fast he was lashing out with his scythe and the many decapitated and eviscerated bodies at the feet of the horse.

Van Auger was neither tired nor dirty since beginning this battle. None of the Shandia had managed to make it within five meters of the sniper. None of the Shandia had even realized how they were killed when Auger locked onto them. His rife was powerful enough to kill from several kilometers away and he could fire it at such rapid speeds it sounded as if a single bullet left the barrel. However with the sound of one bullet leaving the chamber, several fell.

In the forest far enough to be away from the intruders Wiper was growling and shaking in Furry. His Mantra telling him the unfortunate truth of the situation. His people were being devastated by the intruders.

He needed to pull them away. If these intruders were this strong then he would let them go onward and see how they reacted to the priest. No need fighting them if they aren't even on Eneru's side.

He signaled to his people and they started to pull back. He would sit back to see how the intruders dealt with the priest and decide from there.

At the entrance to the Ordeals, the Straw-Hats and Revolutionaries were trying to decide which one to enter.

"I think the Ordeal of Balls sounds fun!" Called Luffy while pointing to the entrance.

Zoro grinned darkly, "I think the Ordeal of Iron sounds fun."

Nami growled at the both of them, "Can you two take this seriously!" She shouted while smacking them on the head.

"The Ordeal of Iron has a 0% survival rate." Informed Robin, "The Ordeal with the highest survival rate is the Ordeal of Swamp at 50%." She could already guess who would go where but she thought it best to inform them.

"No! I want a fun adventure!" Shouted Luffy now completely ignoring the Swamp entrance. "I chose the Ordeal of Balls!"

"What about the other two, Robin?" Asked Ussop noticeably holding his knees to make sure the shaking went unnoticed. It didn't.

"The Ordeal of String is 3% and the Ordeal of Balls is 10%." Said Robin.

"Ordeal of Swamp it is!" Shouted Nami and Ussop while jumping to their feet.

"Sanji go with Nami and Ussop." Said Luffy to the Cook who only looked thrilled at the idea.

Sanji threw himself over to Nami with love struck eyes, "Your knight will protect you my love!"

Instead of the annoyance Nami's eyes brightened, "I better not get a single injury Sanji~" She said making sure to lay it on thick.

If it were possible, the already subservient Sanji became even more as he knelt in front of her with fire exploding off of his body. "I will sever my own arm before I let a single scratch fall upon your body!"

Zoro rolled his eyes at the cook, "Stupid cook." He snorted to himself.

Luffy turned to Robin, "Go with Zoro, while Chopper comes with me." He said to the two of them making them nod, "We'll make this a race to the other side!"

Robin walked up to Zoro with a smile, "Are you ready, Mr. Swordsman?"

"Of course." Grunted Zoro.

"We can win this race for sure!" Shouted Ussop not forgetting that they were going to the easiest Ordeal with one of their best fighters.

"I think the losers should pay 100,000 thousand beli each!" Proposed Nami liking her odds.

"I want Meat!" Shouted Luffy with a grin.

Chopper jumped up onto Luffy's head, "If we win we get all of the candy!"

"I want to shave the shitty cooks eyebrows." Said Zoro with a smirk.

Sanji shot to his feet to glare at Zoro, "I'm gonna use your swords to cook dinner!"

While the Straw-hats were arguing over who got what for winning the race, Sabo and Koala were watching with looks of amusement and exasperation respectively.

"Your brother and his crew are insane." Muttered Koala watching the ridiculous scene before her.

Sabo merely laughed, "Luffy always wants to have fun. I'm glad that he and his crew are similar in that regard."

"Which one do you want to go through?" Asked Sabo.

Koala thought for a moment, "We should go to the Ordeal of String. None of them are going there and we should make sure that the Priests are all taken care of before we get to Eneru."

Sabo brightened and grew a smile before rushing off to the Straw-hats. "Koala and I are going through the Ordeal of String! If we win we get to fight Eneru first!"

Koala looked shocked at his stakes and rushed to stop him.

Luffy looked at Sabo in shock, "That's what I want too!" He shouted but Chopped quickly reminded him of the meat and he took it back.

"Then it's settled!" Shouted Nami, "We win, then all of you fork over 100,000 beli. Zoro and Robin win then Zoro cuts off Sanji's eye brows. Luffy and Chopper win then they get all of the Meat and Candy for a week. Sabo and Koala win then they get to fight Eneru first." She looked pleased with all of it, if she wins she's rich if she loses then nothing bad happens to her.

"Lets go!" Shouted Luffy before grabbing Chopper and running into the Ordeal of Balls.

Zoro and Robin ran into the Ordeal of Iron without a war cry and Nami shouted for Sanji and Ussop to lead the way.

Sabo grinned and ran off toward the ordeal of string, with Koala shouting at him to slow down.

There we go, this is the set up to the ordeals, which will set up the Eneru stuff.

I really liked writing all of the character interactions, especially the Straw Hats and Sabo and Koala. It's just fun to write since they're all idiots stumbling around.

Blackbeard, on the other hand, is difficult to write since we know so little of what he's capable of. Other than the fight with Ace and Whitebeard he has no feats on screen. The Ace fight was impressive but Blackbeard kinda just finished off Whitebeard, hell Akainu should get the kill for Whitebeard. I know he is a devious manipulator and will kill anyone who gets in his way by any means necessary, but thats it. The Vivir card says he has Observation and Armament but didn't specify whether that was pre or post time skip. Im gonna give him Haki but not his crew, I hope that doesn't seem unfair but since Blackbeard called the others off from fighting Ace I'm just gonna say they didn't have it at the time.

Lastly is Luffy's fruit its just kinda fun to have such a powerful logia to work with. I'm genuinely laughing my ass off when I think of his upcoming fights and going "Well he should just freeze them.". Which is honestly all he has to do, which means I'm going to be changing fights and increasing the abilities of his opponents which is just going to be fun!

Toodles!