Ryo gets up and sees that law is there too
Law: Alright, seems Ryo is back with us, good, anyway, we need to figure out uta's powers, if we don't she'll capture us all
Luffy: I can take her, I'm on a 184 win streak you know!
Ryo ears twitched: she's coming we gotta go!
Law: right!
They all heard out as Uta tells her fans to team uo and hint the, down, while grinning away
We then cut back to the guys
Ryo is running ahead with law
Law: so is that uta girl really your friend
Ryo: hmm. Friend is a stretch right now, I don't know what's up with her so where gotta take her down first
Law nods
Then we see Barto rolling around on the floor in pain because he ran into a wall while carrying luffy
Law: stop screwing around we need to hurry!
They get to a city with Uta's knights flying around its
Luffy: wow there's a whole giant city!
Barto: yeah being patrolled by those things
??: Gentlmen
They see an old guy walk out of a building and they end up at a church
Barto: you really saved our butts
Old guy: your names are luffy and Ryo
Ryo: Yup that's us
Old guy: then that means-
Luffy: who are you?
Old guy: straight to the point then, my name is Gordon and I'm the ruler of this nation known as Elegia
Barto: not much of a nation without any people in it, you've just got a bunch of buildings
Law: that may be true now, but Elegia was once known as the music capital of the world, until all its citizens disappeared overnight
Barto: really, so what the hell happened?
Ryo: it was the work of a renowned pirate, but that's just a rumour
Gordon: let me tell you something about Uta, after Elegia's citizens where gone, I raised her in this city myself, but as I said the others where gone so it was only us, I'm sure she was terribly lonely, of course she put on a brave face around me, but many times when she was alone I'd catch her singing about her lost friends
🎶I recall that day we played together by the sea
Just you and me
Still that scent of ocean seems to fade each passing day
It slips away
So I sing an old familiar song, I hope you know the one
I will sing to call you back to me🎶
Gordon: I hoped to fill her heart with joy, I raised her to be the greatest singer that the world had ever known
I need you to hear it, need you to believe in
Something out there
Gordon: this is important, are you even listening
Barto: I'm listening pops, keep talking
Bepo's light show thing goes off and he frantically turns it off
Bepo: sorry
Barto: anywho, I guess that explains why mrs uta, doesn't know what mr luffy or mr Ryo has been up too
Gordon: the greatest question I faced was where and when to present her sublime singing to the world, she remained secluded from the world so she remained ignorant of outside affairs, but then the time came in a way that I never could've anticipated
He explains that uta found a new type of video transponder snail, she started sending her songs beyond the island and suddenly she was free and had a countless number of fans and her voice reached every corner of the globe, even if she stayed on the silent empty city
But the more people she reached the more she learned about the state of the outside world, she found that the great pirate era was an unending war and bloodshed for countless people, at first she just wanted to uplift them, but then they started seeing her as some kind of saviour, Uta didn't deny it
Gordon: luffy, Ryo, stop uta's plan before it's too later, you wher eher friends weren't you, surely you two can do it
Law: I take it this plan of hers involves the concert
Then a whole lot of things happen
Bepo is turned into a child, and Uta appears at the entrance
Gordon: Uta..
Uta: Gordon, what are you doing with these pirates..
Ryo grits his teeth: Uta what the hell is going on!
Luffy: yeah uta, you said you where his musician so why don't you want to go back with him? Did something happen?
Uta: that's enough, I don't want to talk about shanks every again..SHUT UP!
She lets out an explosive scream and Ryo rushes right at her
Ryo: UTA!
Ryo in a flash has his Haki active and goes to punch her but he's grabbed in mid air
Uta: and here I thought you where different Ryo, you don't need to be the strongest, you don't need to be a pirate, I can give you everything that matters, if you'll let me, stop fighting and enjoy life for once, I'll bring your love over here with us, you two can stay together forever, happy without anything to worry about
Ryo stops struggling: y..yamato..
Uta: yes, if you just stayed with me, you two could be in love forever
Ryo: I'll admit uta! That's a real tempting offer, but I'm going to have to decline!
Uta: fine then suit yourself
Ryo is then suddenly shackled by two restraints and finally a collar is placed round his neck his back is revealed and it changes form his fire symbol too that of the celestial dragons
Ryo looks genuinely scared now: U...uta please get rid of it
Uta: not unless you agree to join me, but right now why don't you go somewhere and rest
Ryo is thrown out of the church
Luffy: Ryo!
Ryo: don't worry luffy! I'll be alright! Just do what needs to be done!
Ryo crashes into a building and looks around it then changes into something else, something familar
Ryo: No Uta! Please!
But it doesn't stop, Ryo is now imprisoned in a room that is identical to the one that he was held in for the worst years of his life
He was in the cage he was kept in when he was nothing out a pet to the celestial dragon
And the worst part is his mark is back
And that's a wrap
Bet you all didn't see that coming
