The Devil's Grin - A One Piece Fanfic (Snail-like Updates)

Separation

"You promised us answers." Nami pointed at Rayleigh before realizing exactly who she was pointing at. The Dark King wasn't rumored to be a push over. She backed up a bit. "Who is Izume Ame?"

"I'm also curious about the matter," Robin spoke up. "The little we do know isn't near enough."

"And I'm sure you want to know what's going on too?" He looked at Frost. "Your about the right age to be her kid depending on which one you are."

"What?"

"Anyways," Rayleigh continued before he could question him further. "As for that woman who just vanished after playing a game with you all? She isn't Izume Ame."

"But you called her Ame," Nami  pointed out. "Even Frost recognized her before you confirmed it."

"That's because she was Izume Ame," Rayleigh answered confusing her more.

"Your not making any sense!" Ussop exclaimed. "You and Frost says she is! Then you say she isn't! Then you say she is! Make up your mind!"

"I don't know how Ame is now. But I do know how she was before." Rayleigh shrugged. "And she is as she was."

Ussop looked like he had turned to stone.

"I think I get it," Robin mused. "She acts and looks like she did in the past, probably before Frost was conceived. Which means she is D transformed."

"Correct."

"What I don't get is why D doesn't recognize any of us and seems to have become this Izume Ame completely. For some reason his conscious is locked away and in defense took on her personality. Probably from a piece of her soul she gave him?" She seemed very intrigued.

"Your quite the smart lady," he chuckled.

A loud boom echoed above the island causing everyone to look up.

"She really is having fun," he chuckled again. "You guys probably should take this chance to escape. If her playmate bores her or manages to escape you'll all be in trouble."

"Who is she," a second boom echoed. "Playing with?" Nami asked.

"An Admiral obviously. And the only one who has a real chance against her, if only slight." rayleigh grinned. "Kizaru."

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"Hey hey hey hey!" Kizaru shouted as he stopped moving suddenly causing a loud boom.

"Come on, Monkey," Izume laughed. "Why won't you play with me?"

Kizaru frowned. It had been a shock when the Rain Princess suddenly appeared in front of him. Part of him wanted to know why no one had reported her. But in reality he doubted anyone would have known it was her. By the time she vanished she had been blacklisted and her poster removed from circulation. It really wasn't fair that after being gone for over twenty years she was back. And looking not a day older for all that time.

For anyone else, standing in the air above the island for as long as they had would be a fall to their death. For them it was as they had always fought.

"Because your supposed to be dead." he moved to run only to stop again. She was faster than he remembered.  "Or are you going to tell me where you've been hiding?"

"Maybe if you beat me in a game of tag," she chuckled from behind him again. She was definitely faster than he remembered.

A thought occurred to him. "This is a trick."

She frowned.

"This is an illusion created by the Devil." He began looking around trying to find the point that would allow him to break the illusion.