I present to you all the long awaited chapter for the start of the summer! May the family of D guide you to greatness.

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Chapter 25: God's Darkest Day Part 1

(Water 7)

In the skies of Water 7, A flying ship known as Ikaros was sailing steadily through the sky. Now whose ship does that belong to, you ask? It was quite simple. The ship belongs to one of the world's founding families; The Cervantes. Rya sat in her study of the ship as she picked up a Den Den Mushi and dialed a number, patiently waiting for a response.

"I wonder what Tiramisu is doing right now." She asked herself curiously..

…..

(Cameron Chanter, Near Water 7)

In the captain's quarters of a steam-powered frigate called the Cameron Chanter, a ringing wakes up a certain drowsy pink-haired figure, from his sleep. This figure is the captain of the Guns and Coffee bounty hunting crew; Charlotte Tiramisu.

"Who is this?" He groaned as he threw his head back in his chair tiredly.

"Stop acting like you're wasted Tiramisu! You know damn well who this is." Rya yelled angrily.

"You know Rya, it's been a while since you called." Tiramisu retorted. Although he was trying to be witty, he was actually surprised it was her.

"Two weeks shouldn't really qualify as a while". Rya groaned in annoyance. "That asshole! She said to herself. So, what's the status on the target?" She resumed asking the question.

"Well, they went to the Sky Islands by using the Knock-Up Stream." Tiramisu responded back with a tone of amusement. Rya shuddered at that thought. She knew this crew wasn't ordinary.

"Good. Keep giving me a status report every time they make a landing, and we might convince the other Dragons to forget about our little 'meetings', got it?"

"Got it Babe." he finished and hung up, leaving Rya completely flustered.

"Did he j-just call me Babe?" She gasped.

…

(The Upper Yard)

Earlier in the afternoon…...

After Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Robin left Zoro and Tashigi in the middle of the forest, they searched for the ruins again, just to get their bearings, and also Robin wanted to see them again. No surprise there.

"So Luffy, how are we going to deal with Enel and his priests?" Usopp decided to ask.

"Go to them, kick their asses!" he responded simply. He wasn't really interested in fighting that arrogant 'Asshole of a God' or that's what Nami and Sanji called him.

"Yeah Luffy, I've been with you since the beginning, I know all about our game plan. I was just thinking, there are only 5 opponents, Enel and his four priests. Oh, and there are two weird dango guys, they are weaker than the priests but they were kind of a decent challenge last time. My point is who gets to fight?"

"There is also Commander of God's militia, Yama, if I remember correctly, he can take a beating. He was also about to crush me under his tons of fat into a mushy corpse." Robin added, morbidly in the end.

"ROBIN!" Usopp and Chopper screamed in unison, with Luffy laughing hysterically in the background.

"Hmm, okay, so there are 8 opponents, one of whom is Enel, so he is mine. Alright, Gin and Nojiko definitely get a priest each. That leaves 5 of us and 5 of them. Now to choose Gin and Nojiko's opponents, they both don't really have any long range attacks and the priests have Observation Haki, so this will be a challenge," Luffy thought out loud, "Guys, any suggestions?"

"How about big bro dango? He's the idiot we fought on our way to the altar." Usopp pitched in.

"There was that bald one too, had this weird cloud sword and all," Robin said, examining some ruins.

"Yeah! He was strong, he had this trained dog too. The guy I fought was an idiot and is a close combatant so I don't think he fits," Chopper finished.

"Ok, I've decided! Gin takes baldy and Nojiko takes fatso," Luffy declared, "Robin and Chopper you take the two little bro dangos, because you are having an intense training session right now and after your fights, Usopp, you are joining Nami, Gin and Nojiko in the strength training Zoro will be instructing as soon as we get back, and tomorrow your assignment is sniping enemies on the edge of your Observation Haki. You can take their dials when we're done. You can take on the idiot if you want to. I guess Wiper and Smokey can take the other two." Luffy nodded to himself.

Usopp stopped listening right after he heard 'strength training' and 'Zoro' in the same sentence, no need to describe how pale his face went. Usopp saw Zoro train, and it could get really intense, more so when he's instructing. Luffy also failed to inform him that other than being exhausted, and possibly carrying very heavy weights, he'll have to dodge Armament imbued pebbles to help his reaction speed and his Haki.

It was two hours before sunset that they split up. Usopp used his Observation Haki to find Zoro and start his crazy training session leaving Luffy, Robin and Chopper to start their own intense session.

Robin decided to test the water, "So, Luffy, now what?"

"Well, first off Chopper, how long can you maintain Monster Point now?" Luffy started.

"Five hours, and after that I'll go berserk," Chopper answered.

"Is that because of your body's hike in testosterone?" Robin asked with slight concern. She always worries about Chopper when it comes to his Devil Fruit powers and it's risks.

"Amazing! Robin, you can make all those giant hands and feet, plus you can make clones, so can you make a giant clone?" Luffy continued.

Although Robin didn't like where this was going, she replied as steadily as usual, "Well, I did try once, I held it for a couple minutes maybe, but it's been years since then."

"Great! Now, Monster Chopper and Giant Robin are both going to fight me!" Chopper's eyes widened a little at that, and, although no facial expression was on Robin's face, you could see her face was sweating. They were silent for a moment until Chopper screamed,

"EHHH, LUFFY! DON'T FIGHT US, PLEASE!" he cried. He was trying so hard since Alabasta to prove to Luffy that he was cooler and all grown up, but at that moment, Chopper knew Luffy is still a badass.

"Luffy, what could we gain from that?" Robin asked calmly. She knew her Captain was completely unpredictable but she felt like Luffy had a specific reason for this training session.

"Doing it this way makes you stretch and improve your powers and to get stronger," She could understand that. Once she calmed down a little, he began speaking up. "Oh and hitting and getting hit by an Armament fist will help you in unlocking it," he said while picking his nose.

Now she was sweating. Profusely. Is that trembling? In conclusion, Robin and Chopper were regretting not running when they had the chance.

Thus, started one of the most painful endeavors the doctor and archaeologist of the crew ever encountered. The destruction and chaos attracted the attention of some shandian warriors, including Wiper, who spectated from the safest distance away. Today the legend of a man with giant black arms fighting a giant goddess that creates giant limbs and her equally giant pet was born and would be told throughout generations. Guess who wins in that good night story. Wiper cracked a small smile.

(Present)

While the Strawhats were feasting, aka resting, Smoker was staring down an arrogant bird rider that obviously had a 'holier than thou' attitude. 'Looks like pompous assholes found their way up here too,' he thought. "I'm guessing you're a priest," he said with an uninterested look.

"Yes, I am a priest of god, the highest position a person may have the honor to hold, for they serve god directly. But you blue sea dwellers have angered him and insulted all of us. You insulted him time and time again, coming up here without permission into God Land, stating something as inconceivable as an execution of the lord himself, invading Upper Yard the god's domain and then you have the gall to imitate his power. Blasphemy! The mere existence of all of you is BLASPHEMY!" he finished his rant.

Smoker didn't really care about all that, but he still had a frown on his face for two reasons. First of which he confirmed his suspicion, the lightning he saw in the morning and the mention of his powers, they were dealing with a lightning Logia power. An Admiral level power. The second being, "The person who insulted your so-called god is a pirate and I am a marine, so don't put us in the same group you self-righteous bastard."

"I do not care for such trivialities, your execution will be by my hand, 'Sky Rider' Shura, God's strongest priest. This is the Ordeal of String, the place where you die!" he charged the marine again.

Smoker sighed, he was just appreciating a good project, now he has to kick this idiot's ass. He pulled out two cigars to replace his finished ones, and lit them before jumping to his left, away from the aircraft.

Prior to his journey in the sky, he decided in his first fight, were it not life-threatening, he will not use his powers, just him, his jitte and a good ol' slugfest. Haki too, he wanted to know what his level was right now, with his New World experience and his training with those guys.

He also decided to train under Garp when he eventually goes down. Granted, a Captain can't really apprentice, but in this timeline every admiral took on 3 Vice Admirals, who says a Vice Admiral can't take on a Captain. He briefly remembered Captain Coby and Lieutenant Commander Helmeppo in the previous timeline, they were the man's apprentices then- now he corrected himself- they are his apprentices now. Coby was a Captain then but he was sure that he was stronger than Captain Smoker of Loguetown even if they had the same rank. The Rocky Port incident was enough indication.

He just had to convince Garp. It wasn't a tall order per se, but the man was a lunatic, definitely had more than a screw loose. Though you didn't need something flashy and big, he was old fashioned and appreciated guts. Meh, he'll just wing it.

He let out a sigh as he dodged to the right, avoiding what had to be the rider's fourth charge. Dealing with the man's carefree and loud attitude will probably help in losing some years along with a portion of his hair, and he thought Tashigi's clumsiness was going to be the end of him.

He tilted his head to the left, avoiding a stab from the lance. Oh, Observation Haki, this should be a nice welcoming party. Speaking of which, he picked up on thin trails following the bird everywhere, creating a net of some kind. The iron strings from earlier. 'He wants to trap me,' he thought. Normally he would just turn into smoke, but he reminded himself that this time he wouldn't use his powers.

Following the priests movements and the strings' locations, after imbuing armament Haki to his leg, he kicked hard in a direction that would cut the strings to his right and simultaneously free the aircraft of its bindings. "

Tempest Kick." he muttered.

The priest halted his assault momentarily."How?!" he shockingly asked. "You! You have Mantra too? And how can you cut my String Cloud with a kick?!"

"Mantra? What's that?" Smoker grunted.

"What? How could you have found my strings if you don't know what mantra is?"

"Oh, is that what it's called here? Well, in the Blue Sea it's called Observation Haki, and yes I have it."

That was the very moment Shura realized that when Enel told him to beware of these people, he knew that they had the privilege of unlocking their own mantra. Add to that the strength to make wind slash techniques by kicking, and creating wind slashes strong enough to cut iron strings.

Upon realizing his blunder, part of him urged him to reconsider, to retreat, but his pride and arrogance won out, "It doesn't matter, the other idiots have it too, that doesn't mean I can't beat them," he said confidently, diving once more, He was about to cry out in anger until Suddenly, his Mantra told him of a punch to his face. He tried to dodge but it was too fast and he found himself flying off of Fuza, he fortunately managed to keep a firm grip on his lance, and slammed into a tree. He heard a quack mid-air and looked only to see his companion diving into the ground with Smoker over it with his jitte out, jumping on air.

Shura got up as soon as he crash landed and ran to his bird, or attempted to, until he was stopped by a slash he jumped back to avoid. He raised his lance to his left, blocking a downward strike from his opponent's weapon. He heated his lance to damage the jitte to avoid the power contest. As expected, the weapon was removed, only to receive a kick in the chest.

"Harder than an Impact Dial!" he unconsciously thought as he coughed up blood. He was about to receive the tip of Smoker's jitte to his head but a breath of flames saved him.

Smoker was surprised, to say the least. His years as a marine taught him not to underestimate people, but he never thought birds could breathe fire. Well, the now recovered bird certainly had no such thoughts. He shaved away and watched as the 'Sky Rider' got up, mounted his steed and took to the sky. He sent two tempest kicks in their course, altering it, and executed a razor just above the bird's head.

As soon as he appeared, he slammed the tip of jitte on the bird's head with both hands. The bird losing control of the flight due to the concussive force made its rider lose balance as they began to fall. However, Smoker had other plans, using Moonwalk, he launched himself at Shura and punched him in the gut sending him flying upwards. He put his jitte away on his back and followed him using Moonwalk again. As the priest reached the peak of his flight, Smoker was holding his shirt with his left hand and delivering a haymaker to his jaw using his right. He pulled him in again for a brutal head-butt, after which he placed him under him, left hand still on his shirt, right hand holding his mangled face and right knee to his gut. Throughout his flight down the priest was screaming, up until he collided with the back of his giant bird.

Smoker stood up from the broken and unconscious bodies of his enemies to check himself and his weapon. He was pleased to note he was not injured, but disappointed from his lack of breath and feeling worn out. He was definitely going to Garp after this. He needed to get stronger or he wouldn't be able to capture Strawhat let alone change the marines and stand up to that rabid dog.

He took out the jitte. It was fine except for a little part that had melted a little. He then appreciated the lance more now. He looked around for it and picked it up. He went to the aircraft next and laid it on some of his smoke and made his way back. Looks like he has two projects now.

As the altar came into view he could hear loud noises, the unmistakable laugh of Strawhat and out-of-sync singing. He used Moonwalk to cross the white sea and land at the top.

He sensed Strawhat peeking at him from the side of the ship as he laid the plane on the ground, "Hey, Smokey! Come join the party! Wow, is that an airplane? Can I fly it? Did you find it in the forest?" he spoke excitedly with stars in his eyes.

"Yes it was in the forest, but it needs to be repaired," he said jumping on deck. He tuned out the rest of his rant as he searched the deck for someone. He noted that 'God' Usopp and Monster Doctor were dancing on the feast table with something in their noses. Black Leg was fawning over a table with all the ladies on it, 'He should be noodle legs,' he thought in passing. He spotted Tashigi over at that table, her face was flushed but he couldn't discern whether it was because of alcohol or embarrassment.

'That woman needs more discipline.' he thought again.

Next to them were the two old men he wanted to find, he approached their table, ignoring the inner voice urging him to join the Pirate Hunter's drinking game at the feast table. He even didn't return the scowl to that grumpy man sitting by himself on the opposite railing

When he arrived he sat down, laying the lance on the table, gaining both men's attention, and started addressing Pagaya, "Excuse me Mr. Pagaya, you said you were a dial mechanic earlier this morning. I wanted to know how this lance can heat up and if I could do the same with my jitte?" he inquired.

Pagaya was about to respond when the other man beat him to it, Gan Fall, if he remembered correctly, "Where did you get that, young man?"

"A priest attacked me and after I beat him I took an interest in it, why?" he answered.

He kept his blank expression as every warrior in earshot looked at him in awe, hearing murmurs of, "He defeated a priest?" and, "He doesn't have a scratch on him," were around him. He also noticed that Luffy and several others stopped and looked at him with amusement.

"Uh, yes, yes, this lance has a flame dial added to it. Also you can add it to your weapon as well but yours will not be able to withstand the heat. But I know someone who can forge a weapon like yours and make it heat resistant enough," was Pagaya's reply after examining the lance.

"Can you take me to them?" he asked.

Pagaya looked conflicted until, "I can," Gan Fall said.

"Oh good, Charon's Hand in lovely street," Pagaya informed.

"Alright, let's go, Pierre, young man," The knight said as he climbed on his bird's back, patting behind him for Smoker.

"One second," Smoker halted him. He stretched out his hand, and secreted smoke that went to his plane and lifted it to him. He then climbed on the bird and said, "Ok let's go."

…

(Back to Smoker)

When they landed in front of the shop, Gan Fall threw Smoker a whistle. "I can't stay here, so when you are done blow that whistle and I'll come get you young man," he informed the marine.

Smoker nodded as the skypiean took off, set the aircraft on the ground and entered the shop. It was a good surprise when he saw machine parts littering the place, if they can fix his aircraft it would be good. He marched to the front desk and rang the bell.

what can I do for you?" she nodded towards the lance.

He looked up at her, snapping out of his thoughts, then put the lance on the counter, then his jitte next to it.

"I'm guessing you know about seastone too, this jitte's tip is made of it. This lance belongs to a priest and heats up to high temperatures. I want you to make me a jitte that can heat up like the lance and can withstand the heat. Stronger too, if possible. Also, cut off the tip and put it in the new one."

"Identical measurement?" She asked. He nodded. She picked up the jitte then said, "The new one will be heavier, that okay?" he grunted affirmatively. "Alright, anything else?"

"Yeah, I also found an airplane, carries only one person and it's in bad shape," he started. Then he lifted his hand and turned it into smoke, "I want it to fit a pilot and one passenger and fitted with some dials that help flight and landing. The engine would be powered by my fruit, so smoke powered-engine. I can find the engine down on the ocean if you can't do it but I expect everything else."

She smirked, "I can do that, engine included. Jet dials on the tail and bottom for takeoff, milky dials on the bottom for landing, they create clouds, so even on the water it won't sink. You have to do it smoothly though. Few impact dials at the back of the wing for a boost. The seat is feasible too, but since you're a Logia I'll make it a tight fit, more room for the passenger. I'll add a compartment for cigars too. The wings will have breath and flame dials, one on each wing, can act like flame throwers." She paused upon seeing a small smile on his face, and she cheekily asked, "How are you going to pay?" It was gone. "Unlike pirates, marines don't usually have lots of gold or money. Upstanding ones at least."

He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and she chuckled, "Look, tomorrow there should be a battle in Upper Yard, bring me 5 impact and 10 axe dials and we'll call it even, deal?" she extended a hand.

"Deal," he nodded.

"Great, now bring it to the back and come after tomorrow, it should be done by morning."

…

Sanji woke up 10 minutes before sunrise, as usual. He would wash up, and smoke a cigarette while watching the sun come up, then start on breakfast. While cooking he was thinking about his Armament training. Unlike Garp and Rayleigh, Zeff was not a veteran from the New World, he retired fairly young, and he wasn't so knowledgeable on haki to begin with. He definitely didn't know how to unlock it except in a life-threatening situation, but he did know how to hone it. Maybe Zeff was not a veteran but he was no rookie either. When Sanji first came back, he already had his Haki unlocked, so the rest was training his body, working on his finesse and making his will stronger, and by extension his Haki.

While in Totto land, he had heard tales of Katakuri's prowess in Observation Haki and his use of the Prophet's Hue. Unfortunately, fighting shitty pirates in the East Blue didn't present much of a challenge, so when he would finish his physical training, he would meditate and try to see into the future.

After a year of meditating and focusing on his Observation Haki, his range improved, but he couldn't see into the future, so he decided to focus his observation Haki and incorporate it into his life. As a result, he had complete awareness of his surroundings, he could keep track of things simultaneously and detect danger in his sleep, allowing him to intercept midnight pirate raids and stop them.

A year after that, 16 year old Sanji would sense ships approaching them when they were only a dot on the horizon. On every supply run he would swim to the island, scout it with his Haki, and try to see the future again and again and again.

One year before Luffy started his journey, Sanji, managed to see a customer's expression after he tasted the food while putting the plate down. He did a double take and one second later, the image that went through his mind was in front of him happening in real time.

After four years of continuous training he saw about half a second into the future, finally! Sanji was so happy he ended his shift early and meditated again. One year later Sanji could see 1.5 seconds into the future at will.

Upon reuniting, Sanji, Zoro and Luffy had the spar at the uninhabited island, Sanji understood his own shortcomings in Armament Haki all too well. So when they dealt with Crocodile, after the feast, he addressed the topic with Luffy and Marimo. Then Luffy proposed a spar. No devil fruit, no swords and fiery legs. They would all clad their bodies in Armament Haki and have a brawl, with Luffy and Sanji against Zoro.

Sanji liked the idea. The Marimo had stronger Armament Haki so clashing with it would make his own stronger, while he and Luffy looked into the future and stop every attack of Zoro before he even launched it. This would force himself to attain stronger Armament Haki if he wanted his legs not to break upon clashing with Marimo's body, and Marimo trains his Observation Haki.

Everything was fine, that is until the shitty Marimo emitted Haki from his palm and blew Sanji away. If he wasn't clad in Haki to begin with, he would have been wounded severely. So since then he's been practicing that application of Armament any chance he gets. He was proud that Luffy had trusted him yesterday in the demonstration to do it right when it counts, but he didn't always execute it correctly.

He was brought out of his thoughts by the familiar call of "Sanji! MEAT!" and a stomach growl. He promptly dismissed his thoughts and started bringing breakfast out to the hungry people on deck. He was looking forward to brawling again tonight.

….

After breakfast was done, Luffy voiced his plan that he decided on yesterday,

Luffy decided to take a detour before heading to Enel. He shaved across the forest until he found her.

"NOLA!" She woke up to his shouting and was about to lung at him until he excitedly said, "I'm going to ring the golden bell for you!"

She halted. "Tsulu~?" Her eyes had tears in them as she voiced her concerns.

"Yes, really! Oh, can you open your mouth I want to get something," he said cheerfully, but then added threateningly with a hint of Conquerors Haki, "If you close your mouth on me I will eat you."

Nola started sweating and nodded her head then opened her mouth as she was told.

"Good girl," Luffy cheered as he entered. 30 minutes later he came out with the bags of treasure, thinking about how Nami will like him even more now.

Luffy still wasn't lewd in this timeline, but he once remembered Hancock's words and asked Ace and Garp why people marry each other and what children had to do with it. So as a result he got a romance talk and the 'Talk' this timeline, although it wasn't very graphic, Luffy understood the concept of affection. He loves people who give him meat, just like Nami loves people who give her money. He knew there were other key elements he'll have to approach soon, but dealing with Enel came first.

So he ordered Nola to go in Merry's direction to drop them off, and then kick earlobes' ass.

…

Later that day…..

As the group was about to march out and foil God's plan again, they all decided to change up their appearances. Thanks to Nojiko, Luffy decided to wear his previous Dressrosa outfit, which showed off his mature body as usual, but this time, it caught the attention of several onlookers and a certain someone wasn't happy about all the attention he was receiving. Meanwhile, Nami changed into a long sleeve crop top that was sky blue and had a stitching of an emblem of a woman who was holding a lightning bolt in her hand. She wore some baggy black pants that had slits on both sides of her legs with blue and yellow loafers for comfort. Her hair blew in the wind as she wrapped her white sash around her waist. Luffy couldn't help but to smile at the beauty that was in his presence. He was staring so long, she finally looked at him. His breath was caught in his throat as he turned his head abruptly. Nami blushed slightly and smiled at him.

Zoro only changed into some long brown leather pants. Nojiko tried to give Zoro some new boots that had a better grip to them but Zoro didn't want them. This ended with him receiving a slap in the back of head from Robin who only smiled in response. Thus causing him to wear the boots. His green band was tied around his right arm. Robin was dressed in a long lavender courtesan dress. Although her cleavage wasn't showing as much, the dress was slit on both sides from her chest to the start of her wore long laced up sandals

Sanji was given some long compressed black jogging pants that had an emblem of a dragon that wrapped around both legs of the jogging pants. For more comfort he decided to wear some black loafers that help him practice with his speed. Usopp was actually dressed in a completely different outfit than before. He was dressed in a yellow sleeveless jacket that had a skull with a long nose wearing a straw hat insignia inscribed on the back of the jacket. Instead of his traditional overalls he usually wore, He was wearing some brown combat training pants and laced up black boots. He was also wearing a weapon pouch belt.

Somehow, someone managed to spread a rumor around the Skypeians about wearing a Commander uniform is the first step to becoming a badass. So here Chopper was standing proudly in his Commander attire, hoping for positive feedback from the crew. Robin and Nami huddled around him praising him endlessly thus causing him to pass out due the amount of flattery he was receiving. Gin, on the other hand, was conflicted. The reason you ask? The answer was simple. He couldn't choose what to wear. Nojiko gave him a sleeveless vest that exposed his whole torso. The clothes weren't the problem. It was the scars on his body that was. Fortunately Zoro, Robin, and surprisingly Wiper noticed his mild discomfort.

"Those old scars on your body doesn't define who you are. Moments like this are what defines a warrior." Wiper's eyes connected with Gin's for a slight moment. For some reason Gin understood what Wiper was trying to convey. He didn't need to worry about his past scars from Kreig. A small grin formed on Gin's face as he laced up his black boots and fixed his sash around his pants.

"Oh my. Looks like i'll have to move my room next to Gin soon." Robin whispered into Nami's ear. Nami blushed furiously.

"Robin!" Nami yelled in embarrassment.

Last but not least, Nojiko was dressed in a silk white tank top that had a laced up black corset over it. She wore some brown and gray skin tight leather pants that had knee high black leather boots coming past her knees. The boot was actually a gift from Robin. She bought them for Nojiko when they were on loved the boots, but she still didn't trust Robin so she was only wearing them as a token of gratitude.

…...

The first to engage with the enemy was Usopp. He was on top of a giant tree, perched on the highest branch, with his eyes closed. He grabbed his Kuro Kabuto in his hands.

"Kuro Kabuto: Grow Up"

Usopp yelled out a familiar command and suddenly it started to swallow the rubble from where Chopper's and Robin's training with Luffy. When he saw the militia get close to his range, he started preparing to fire.

"Such foolish mortals! Feel the real wrath of a GOD! Usopp's voice echoed from atop of the and the rest rolled their eyes from his comment. Since his ammunition was rubble, he didn't really care about air currents, just timing. He fired. Luffy told him there were 50 militia and 19 shandians, it was his job to make sure they win. He observed his first shot, six pieces of rubble for seven militia, hitting one into the other was brilliant but for their axe dials to go off on each other, Usopp the mastermind indeed.

Of the ones he shot, two got up wondering what happened. Shot two, six pieces of rubble for three militia, "Muhahaha, they've fallen for my trap," he cackled. As soon as the group were focusing on the flying projectiles exclusively, three shots went off, and with it Braham's light pistols.

That was the cue for the shandians on top of the trees to start descending on the blinded militia, with Smoker's command. By the fourth shot there were 32 militia left. It took only two more shots of covering fire for the battle to end, Usopp had to admit, Smoker helping the shandians made his job a lot easier. They made a deal about the dials, Usopp promised him 15 dials for helping, and he couldn't wait to play with all the toys he was getting. He even told everyone to bring all the dials they win back.

…..

(Gin vs Satori)

Sanji, Robin, Chopper and Gin just arrived at the stretch of forest that was holding a lot of balls. Like, a ton. They were all cloud balls, but only Sanji knew what they entailed. That's why he led the others to the three other auras in the area. And there they were, dancing that stupid dance of theirs on a big ball in the middle of the forest.

Satori was in the middle started, "Heso! Welcome to my Ordeal of Balls, HOH HO HO—," then the others picked up completely in sync with their brother, "HOHOHOHOHOHO."

That earned a loud sigh from Chopper.

"Can we just crush his balls already?" Chopper groaned out in annoyance. Robin gasped loudly.

"Chopper honey! You mustn't say such vulgar things!" Robin tapped him on his nose lightly. A small tic formed on his forehead.

"Aren't you the Queen of saying scary things!?" Chopper said to himself.

The one to Satori's left then said, "I'm Hotori!" then continued with his brothers.

"I'm Kotori!" the copy on Satori's right said.

Then they both said, completely in sync again, "We are the Vice-Commanders of God's militia."

Sanji lit a cigarette while grimacing. 'These guys are almost as bad as those drag queens.' he thought. "Chopper, Robin my dear, follow me please." he ignored Gin's confused look, and disappeared in a blur after they both nodded. He was suddenly behind the three clowns, grabbing the Vice-Commanders, he dashed away from the ball infested forest and onto a clearer site, Robin and Chopper right behind him.

"What the-" Satori tried to go after his brothers, but Gin jumped in front of him.

"Don't worry about them. some pirates from the blue sea shouldn't be a problem? I mean if you defeat me you can reunite with them." Gin said sarcastically.

Satori calmed down a little and jumped back on a ball, "Alright, HOH HO HOH," Gin sweat dropped. "My name is Satori and this is my makeshift Forest of Illusions. Your survival chance in this ordeal is only 10%."

Gin smirked and took out his daggers from his new holster, and held both in an underhanded grip. He dashed towards Satori, slashing upwards with his right arm. "An upward slash from the left," Satori said. Gin's blood ran cold as he saw the priest twirling to the side and he hesitated, then he had a hand to his chest and he was sent flying into a tree.

As Gin recovered, he had many thoughts that can be summarized into two, 'This guy can predict my moves?!" and 'That's like the thing with Sanji and Pierogi.' But as he picked himself up, all these thoughts disappeared and only one was left, 'I'm gonna bury this clown.'

His daggers reacted to his blood lust, glowing scarlet around his whole body.

"Possession!"

Gin's body blurred as he started moving. Satori was already in the air after he jumped off the surprise ball. When Gin was in range the ball exploded.

"HOH HO HOH! What an idiot! He defied god only to die such a pathetic death," then Satori felt wind rush by him, he looked behind him, only to find Gin there with his jacket burned a bit, arms crossed. He looked down on his chest, realizing an X shaped wound was present on it.

"Cross," Gin finished. He was about to follow up with his Scarlet Flash Dance, but a sudden thought popped up in his mind. He knew how to change direction in mid-possession. He wasn't done though.

"Assassin's Secrets!"

His shout snapped Satori out of his shock, as he realized Gin was about to lunge a dagger in his chin. He raised his arm as Gin closed the space and made his swipe, only to be absorbed by an impact dial. The move produced horrible pain from the wound. The pirate took a step back to his right and executed one of Sanji's kicks to the back of the priest's left knee, capitalizing on the opening. He then spun around delivering a roundhouse kick to his wounded chest that sent him off the ball and on the ground.

Satori managed to lighten the last blow by jumping backwards in the last second. Though the cut was shallower than he thought it still hurt and bled a lot.

He tried to land a blow but as he was losing a bit of blood, his Mantra wasn't working and he didn't notice Gin's dagger coming at him to the back. He was lucky it hit his lower spine. In his last wave of consciousness, he thanked whatever deity was watching that lived to see another day only to discover that he'll never walk again. As Gin got up and dust himself off, his mind started to wander off about a certain individual. Suddenly his face heated up for a quick second.

"Wait….Did Luffy invite him to join the crew?!" Gin asked himself.

Gin Vs Satori= Gin Wins

…

(Robin Vs Hotori)

As Gin was fighting Satori, Chopper and Robin were left to their own devices, meaning Kotori and Hotori.

"At least we're not near the ruins." Robin thought as Hotori was coming her way on a pair of Jet Dials.

"OHOHO! I will definitely take pleasure in seeing your face expressions change." Hotori laughed maniacally. Robin shook her head as she prepared to show this giggling ninny the true meaning of pain.

"Shave."

Robin blurred from her spot as she rushed toward Hotori. She was about to launch a strong right kick into Hotori's chest until he leapt in the sky.

"Heavenly Slashes."

Hotori yelled out as he pulled out an Axe Dial. Several X shaped slashes shot out towards Robin.

"Oh my! I haven't seen one of those dials in a while. Robin smirked as she easily avoided every single slash that was coming her way.

"Not bad mortal. I can see why big bro Satori lost to you pirates. I, however won't and you will pay with your life for disobeying God!" Hotori laughed maniacally as he rushed towards Robin.

"Flames of the Heavenly Dragon!"

Hotori yelled out as a fiery flame blast shot through the dial into Robin. Robin jumped to the side quickly but was forced to barrel backwards as another flame blast shot from the dial. Robin easily kept attempting to close the distance between them thus causing Hotori's anxiety to keep flaring up. He didn't have time to catch a breath as Robin launched off the ground and tried to slam her leg into his chest. Hotori panicked and swayed to the side.

"What is with this woman?" Hotori thought to himself. Robin wasn't an ordinary pirate and Hotori was starting to realize that he might need his brother's help. As he was about to turn his head to search for his brother, a pair of hands sprouted from underneath Hotori's hands.

"Disobeying God?" Robin stopped in the front of some buildings covered in moss. "I do not believe in God." Robin smiled dangerously. Hotori was furious with her response and Robin knew it was time to counterattack although she already knew he wasn't going to survive this.

Dos Fleur."

Robin yelled out as she waved her hand to the right. Now one of the things she learned from training years ago, she didn't have to cross her arms to activate her powers.

"Flip."

Robin flipped Hotori's axe dial around facing him. Hotori didn't even have time to block as Robin clicked the button on the dial thus resulting in Hotori's body almost being torn to shreds. Hotori tried to breathe and regain his consciousness but was completely frozen when a shadow casted over the sun.

"Gigantesco Mano: Stomp!"

Robin waved as her hand as a twin pair of gigantic legs emerged from the ground, slammed into Hotori's chest repeatedly. As Hotori was about to pass out, the ground caved in thus causing him to plummet into the White Sea.

"I think you should take a nice long nap at the bottom of the ocean. Don't worry. There will be more naughty men such as yourself joining soon". Robin winked as she swayed her hair out of her face.

Robin vs Hotori= Robin Wins

…

(Chopper Vs Kotori)

Chopper also thought of ending this on a quickie, but wanting to see what Luffy's mini-training session gave him made him think otherwise. He knows he wasn't going to use Monster Point until he comes across that Wano reject; Kumadori.

'Is Kumadori from Wano? Chopper asked himself curiously. I'll ask him when I get the chance." Chopper finished as he rushed through the forest trying to locate Kotori

Kotori floated through the sky trying to find Chopper, but wasn't able to find him due to his Observation Haki being weak. He wasn't exactly the best when it came to training his Haki.

Chopper popped a Rumble ball and decided to try and steer Kotori away from Robin.

"I can't imagine what Robin would do to him if he tried to interfere with her fight. Images of necks being completely twisted and spines breaking sent shivers up his fur.

Using his Observation Haki, Kotori swooped down into the forest pursuing him. Kotori pulled a small belt from his pocket and pulled out some unusual dials that Chopper wasn't familiar with; Trampoline Dials. Unlike his brothers, Kotori used a variety of dials.

"Heavy Gong!"

Chopper found an opening, as well as an open field, transformed into his Heavy Point form and slammed his fist into Kotori's chest. Kotori was completely caught off guard and lost his balance and accidentally triggered his trampoline dials on the trees resulting in a sequence resembling a pinball machine.

"Ooh, tilt." Chopper said offhandedly.

Kotori, after a few minutes of trying to regain his composure, stripped the dial belt off his body and was left with no choice to activate the impact dials in his hands. He didn't have any other dials and was on the verge of passing out but he thought he could at least take Chopper down with him. Chopper, knowing that last attack almost finished off his opponent, was brimming with joy. Suddenly an idea popped into his head. He wanted to try another move.

"Brain Point!: Scope."

Chopper scanned Kotori to figure which attack he should use. He didn't want to kill the guy, but he knew he wasn't going to give the priest a slap on the wrist. Suddenly, for some unknown reason, Chopper was able to find a weakness. A huge one.

"Fist of the Cloven King!"

Chopper used his jumping point to launch himself into the sky. As he was about to come crashing down, Chopper instantly changed into his Heavy Point to increase his mass. Kotori was trying to use his Observation Haki to predict where Chopper was about to attack but he couldn't focus due to his lack of strength. Chopper slammed his fist into Kotori's chest once again, thus causing Kotori to slam into the ground creating a small crater. Kotori passed out instantly as he knew he couldn't stand up from that attack.

Chopper sat on a tree branch relaxing for a brief moment.

"Let's see Luffy try to top that!" He grinned confidently as he raised his fist into the air.

Chopper Vs Kotori= Chopper Wins

…

(Usopp vs Gedastu)

Usopp, after leveling a few of Enel's Enforcers, decided to venture deeper into the Upper Yard.

"Based on the information Chopper gave me, this guy who I'm supposed to be fighting is an idiot." Usopp sighed and trudged through the forest. He thought he would have a challenge before he returned to the Blue Sea. As he was about to take another step, a large shadow formed over him. Usopp didn't have the time to stop and question the guy as he was already loading his Kuro Kabuto.

"Shave."

Usopp blurred forward and reappeared a couple feet away from his opponent. He was about to launch several of his pellets until he sighed when he noticed his opponent wasn't even looking his way.

"Open your damn eyes so you can see me!" Usopp yelled.

"So it seems the enemy knows some type of magic tricks before our match even started." The man known as Gedatsu grunted.

"It was magic, you just forgot how to open your eyes when you speak to people, idiot." Usopp shook his head in disappointment.

"No matter what useless trick to try, your survival rate is 50%." Gedatsu stated as he tried to fold his arms.

"Survival rate? Gahahahahahaha! Foolish priest! You may think Enel is a "God" but I, "God Usopp" will show you who a real "God" is!" Usopp replied confidently.

"Jet Punch."

Gedatsu muttered as his body shot forward. His fist managed to collide with something but it wasn't any part of Usopp's body. It was another dial that had gas stored inside of it. As the gas encircled around his body, Gedatsu noticed Usopp wasn't inside of the gas.

"Atlas Comet."

Usopp vaulted over Gedatsu while launching several explosive pellets that broke off into several different angles but converging onto the target. Gedatsu was barely able to avoid the blast. The explosion blew the debris across the battlefield. As the smoke began to settle, Gedatsu was seen holding an impact dial in his right hand.

"Where is he?" Gedatsu yelled as he looked around trying to find Usopp but for some reason he couldn't.

"I've always known pirates were less than scum. Resorting to cheap tricks so i can't see you." Gedatsu sneered. All of sudden, Gedatsu was struck with an unknown force. His body shook uncontrollably as the blow was so strong, it sent him careening several feet away.

"You know if you opened your eyes while fighting against an enemy, you would've known where I was and saw what I shot at you. Usopp stated as he prepared his slingshot for one final attack. On the ground where Gedatsu was previously standing laid a small hammer. Gedatsu cried in anger as he regained his posture by using his jet dial in his shoes.

"That puny little hammer shouldn't have that much force to knock me off the ground! What type of hammer is that?" Gedatsu yelled out.

"Oh? that thing? Foolish mortal. That isn't an ordinary hammer. It has an impact dial embedded in it." Usopp grinned manically. Gedatsu threw his hands up into the air he was about to launch his swamp cloud, but all of a sudden a dark shadow was cast above him. Gedatsu looked up to find a giant man eating a plant flying his way.

"How clumsy of me. I guess some of your idiocy was starting to wear off on me. I forgot to mention the hammer wasn't the only thing I shot. While you had your eyes closed, I shot one of my Pop Green seeds into the air."

"Green Star: Devil!"

The men eating plant swallowed Gedatsu as it dove into the White Sea.

"How careless of ME!" Gedatsu's scream was being drowned out due the plant's descent into the White Sea.

"You're right. You were careless. A mortal trying to kill a GOD?! Such blasphemous thoughts!" Usopp laughed as he mocked the priest. As he was about to join up with Nami and the others, he was rushed by several Shandians huddling around him praising him.

"You've taken out that priest with ease!"

"You really are incredible!"

"You are a true GOD!"

"I can get used to this." Usopp grinned as his ego was skyrocketing.

Usopp Vs Gedatsu= Usopp Wins

….

Whew sorry about not including too much dialogue in for the twin priests. Now as you all may know they are alot of mistakes in these recent chapters but rest assured they will be re-edited soon.

Usopp took down a priest all by himself?! I'm starting to think Usopp isn't as weak as i thought. What's going to happen next? Zoro taking a buster call by himself? That's crazy talk!(or is it?)

find out on the next chapter of Piece One i mean One Piece.

S/N: Wow you guys sorry for that long break again. As you all can see that this pandemic has been uneventful for everyone including myself. Now you all know that i'm always honest about everything.

So I've been rocking this anime hoodie that's been getting me in trouble at work. (They secretly hating on all this sauce)

No shade, but you guys should buy his hoodie!

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Trust me! It's worth it :D

See you guys next time XD