Calgara and Noland:
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"Aw crap!" Usopp exclaimed as he hefted Sanji onto his shoulder while lightning continued to strike the ground all around Upper Yard and the neighboring Sky Islands. "He's not holding back! We've gotta move! Everything here is done for!"
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High up overhead on the Maxim, Eneru's battle with Red Eye continued.
SWISH! Eneru weaved to the side to avoid a punch from Red Eye.
"HOLD STILL, YA BASTARD!" Red Eye yelled as Eneru jumped away from him.
"Yahahahahaha," Eneru laughed. "This is the same case with that rubber fool. You may be able to hit Me but with My Mantra, I am more than capable of dodging all your attacks."
"I don't need to hit you to hurt you!" Red Eye insisted. He leapt at Eneru and lashed out his fist. SWISH! Eneru leaned back and the punch stopped short. "RED EYE... PUNCH!" WOOOSH! But the force of the punch still kept going and plowed into Eneru's face.
Eneru went flying across the deck and crashed to the floor. THUD! He rolled across it until he hit the railing and finally came to a stop. Eneru reached up and pulled himself up with the railing. "That was a... cheap trick..."
Eneru stared off the side of the Ark for a moment. "So, that's where those detestable Shandians have hidden their village," Eneru realized. "They're originally from the Blue Sea, surely they would love to go home. Yahahahahaha!" Eneru jumped up onto the railing. "NOW! FALL TO THE WORLD BELOW!" BA-ZOOOOOOOOOOOOM! A huge bolt of super-charged lightning shot down out of the sky and struck the Shandian Village. The Island Cloud exploded upward and the teepees and other objects that hadn't been taken when Shandians evacuated were blown backwards by the force of the explosion.
"Our village! NO!" a Shandian exclaimed as he hid with some other Shandians inside a bunker. "Its been destroyed!"
Two little girls whimpered and hugged their mother.
"That could have been us if we had waited any longer," another Shanidan realized as they watched their village burn in a distance. "We'd be ashes."
The fire that had been caused by the explosion spread and consumed most of the village. In the middle of it, the statue of the Great Warrior Calgara stood tall over the burning flames.
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"In the name of the Great Warrior Calgara... Light the Fire of Shandora!"
The Chief's words echoed in Wyper's head as he watched the lightning strike Upper Yard.
Aisa ran over and grabbed Wyper's hand. "WYPER!" She tugged on his arm and tried to get him to come after the Straw Hats.
But Wyper was still lost in what the Chief had told him when he was a boy.
"Great Warrior Calgara, your distant ancestor had many reasons for wanting to take back our homeland. But one you may not know."
"He had another reason?" Wyper had questioned.
"Yes," the Chief confirmed. "It would become his greatest regret. Now listen, Great Warrior Calgara had a very close friend."
"Calgara had a friend?" Wyper repeated.
"That's right," the Chief Confirmed. "He came to know Calgara four hundred years ago. His name... Montblanc Noland."
The Chief then told Wyper of the tale that had been passed on through generations of their people. They story of how the Great Warrior Calgara, known as 'the Monster' had become friends with the explorer and botanist Montblanc Noland.
