Strength (One Piece fanfiction)

Ch 37

"Guys, look over there!" Chopper pointed off to the side.

"Hm? It looks like a waterfall," Robin said.

"Let's go check it out!" I wanted to fly over, but this place has too many unknown dangers. I haven't let my dragons out either.

As we sailed closer, we realized there were huge clouds in the way. "If it's a normal cloud, we can just sail through it," Nami stated.

"We'll know if we just touch it!" Luffy threw his fist at the cloud, shocking all of us as it just bounced off. He shouted in joy and hopped onto the cloud. "Look! I can sit! I'm not sinking!"

Usopp and I jumped over to join him. "This is amazing!"

"It's so warm," Luffy closed his eyes in bliss.

"Mhmm..." I mumbled, also laying on the cloud. "Better than a sun-warmed blanket."

"Hana! Take it home! I want to make love on this!" Luffy demanded.

I blushed as I saw Usopp falter in his jumping "I'm sure we'll find a smaller one somewhere."

Chopper also joined us on the cloud, "awesome!" We all started jumping with him again.

"Hey! See if you can find a way for the ship to get through!" Nami shouted.

The boys still wanted to play around, so I decided to help her. After a quick look around, I went back to the ship. "There's a huge door underneath the water fall. We can maneuver the Merry through these clouds," I reported.

We began sailing, almost sailing straight into a few dead-ends. But we made it!

"Wow! There really is a door!" Chopper said.

"Heaven's Gate," I read off of the door.

"Bad omen," Usopp trembled. "It's like we're going to die!"

"Or maybe we're actually already dead?" Zoro said.

"That would explain this strange world," Sanji mused.

Chopper started crying, "we're already dead?!"

Luffy belly laughed, "heaven is so funny!"

"Imagine that," I laughed. "A demon at heavens gate!"

As we got closer to the door, we saw someone come into view. "Are you here for sightseeing? Or here to fight? Either way, each person must pay 1 billion extol entrance fee."

Luffy was shocked, "an angel?! So that's how they look! She looks like dried fruit candy!" He turned to me, "I like demons better."

The crew simultaneously nodded their heads, making me blush.

"How much is that in beri?" Usopp asked.

"Uhmm, if we don't have the money...?" Nami trailed off.

"I can pay it, do you accept beri?" I asked.

"You can still go up if you don't pay it," she said. "I'm not a guard, or a soldier. I just want to know your intentions."

"Eh? I don't want any trouble later, I'll pay-" Luffy cut me off.

"Then we will go! To Sky Island! Even if we don't pay!"

"But-" Nami put her hands over my mouth.

"So, 8 people, right?" The lady confirmed.

"Um, how do we get up?" Luffy asked.

We shouted as something lifted the bottom of the ship.

"The white seas special 'speedy shrimp'!" She informed us.