4 Hours later...

I admit, there was a good improvement in the amount of fatigue I receive when I used Haki and the boost on the ship. It seems that we’ve already arrived and without any distractions either! Now, all I need to do is to... find a way into Skypiea.

“So, what exactly are planning on doing here, Maris?” Garp questioned me, I looked up into the sky and just blankly stared at it.

In the story, a whirlpool originally sucked up the straw hats and the knock-up stream sent them flying up into the white sea, however the straw hats also had wings on their ship... that I can think of an easy solution to and while it’s not the best idea, it’s to save a lot of time.

“Gramps, I’m going to break the ship’s sides.” I informed him, while it was to be polite I’m certain the fact that I just ran to the lower deck without listening to him negates that. The knock-up stream changes place every time, so I’ll have to find it after I... ‘renovate’ the ship.

It was simple, with Busoshoku Haki I broke off sections of the ship, it took some time to nail them sideways onto the ship and even angle them so they have a tear-drop shape, not to mention I had to reconstruct the walls because Garp got angry that I broke them.

All in all, it took about two hours.

“You just broke the ship to give it wings!” Garp furiously stated. “You didn’t even make them good!”

“It’s makeshift, I’ll remove them afterwards! Just hold on for a second, jeez...” Garp’s complaining wasn’t done, but I did manage to put it on hold. Right now, I have to use Kenbunshoku Haki to find out where the knock-up stream since it changes every time. It is most definitely not easy, since to use it passively at this point I can only cover a short range, around 2 metres, any further and I’ll have to concentrate. “Gramps, order all your guys to get under deck.”

“OI! EVERYONE GET UNDER DECK!” Wow, that was surprisingly easy, I guess I should use his influence later on in the future. It seems that he knows what I’ll do at this point. “I’ll be under as well, don’t want you knocking me out either.”

He chuckled before he left to head downstairs, I could only sigh in response. It seems that I oddly have a habit of using Haoshoku Haki whenever I try to expand the distance I cover with Kenbunshoku Haki, I know they don’t work in turn with one another which is probably why it’s just so odd.

I shut my eyes, concentrating around me, when I broke 10 metres the sea already began to shake, I guess that’s the point in which I just can’t help using Haoshoku Haki. At around 50 metres, I could see deep into the town of Jaya and even a bit down into the see... I also caused a lot of things to faint. When I was able to see 100 metres through my Haki the ship was starting to chip away by itself, it was a sign that I should hurry up and find the stream.

It took until 10,000 metres until I found... well Skypiea, I tried going into bigger distances more quicker so that I would limit the amount of people who fainted and the damage to the ship. Currently, I am around 3 kilometres away from the stream and if I sail there quickly I’ll make it within a few minutes!

“Gramps! I found where we need to-” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by what I saw below deck, everyone had fainted. I guess I have no one to currently drive the ship at this point, except for me, which sounds silly since I have no experience whatsoever driving a ship.

...

How hard can it be?

I did return to the upper deck and approached the steering wheel with caution, I didn’t want to mess it up somehow and end up with no way to travel at all. A brimming confidence did overtake me at that moment, I grasped onto a wheel and even used my Busoshoku Haki to undo the sails, when it began sailing and left the port, I directed the wheel the opposite way of which I wanted to go and appeared to head into the direction I desired.

I was not aware that this was how a ship worked, at best it was just a guess to see if I would get it moving at all, I got lucky again...

10 Minutes Later

With the use of some Haki to provide a further boost I made it within 10 minutes, now I’m standing at where the supposed stream is according to my Haki. I guess waiting is all I can do at this point since the stream triggers itself at a specific moment, most likely to be 11 o’clock according to the original story. Or is the time at which it’s triggered random as well?

I know it may be quite dismissive of me to blame my sudden impatience on the development of my personality, but I am growing impatient and I blame the sudden development of my personality.

So, I’m going to try and speed it up!

“Busoshoku: Koka!” I raised up my right hand and clenched it into a fist, it hardened with Haki and the ship began to break again! I should hurry this up. I used my left hand to spin around my right hand, I was getting used to being rubber at this point and it all seems to be in vain now. Ah well, I am going to enjoy having my own body more than anything else.

I threw my fist down, not stretching it, and released the the twist it had on, all of a sudden it triggered exactly what I was looked for.

A giant whirlpool.

“MARIS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?” Garp was the only one who had awoken, he saw that we were in a giant whirlpool and if tried to make any escape it wasn’t going to work at any cost. I guess I did somewhat trick him, didn’t I?

“Trust me! I know what I’m doing, I’m sending us into the sky.” Well, I am right and at the same time I sound officially insane, don’t I? So in other words I should just make him faint again, shouldn’t I?

I had to use Haoshoku Haki to cause Garp to faint, otherwise he would’ve interfered again. I should really get used to using it without any other form of Haki, it becomes even more tiring. I dragged him back down to the lower deck with the other marines and resumed staring at the giant whirlpool.

Any moment now and I’ll...

As I was thinking, the whirlpool just disappeared after having been there for an ongoing while, I was sure that it was instantaneous whenever it finished and I’d be up in the sky already! Did I just stop it because I used Haki to speed it up or something?

Of course, I was surprised when it suddenly shot the ship upwards, it was heading far into the sky and travelled distances which would put the amount I travelled to shame! However, knowing the story I’m sure I won’t be able to head into the white-white sea, which is where Skypiea and other sky islands are located. I’ve got to head there!

The wings were holding up and were doing a pretty decent job for makeshift wings, I would get to the white-sea no problem, but that’s not what I want. I want to get to the one above it.

I’m already over the amount my stamina can take and I’m still standing, I suppose there’s no harm going all out at this point.

"Busoshoku: Kōtetsu-shin!" I used Steel God, however the difference this time is that I hardened both my skin and bones, an exhausting procedure but right now I don’t feel like I can stop! The ship was flying vertically and gravity didn’t appear to force me down and thanks to the sails and steering I can make it up the stream.

It was a quick ride and there was nothing in my way, the reason I had activated Steel God was now coming in fruition. Once I had reached the top of the stream and busted through the clouds, the ship was at a point where it was vertically facing into the sky again. I took the chance and used one of my own techniques!

“Busoshoku: Kuma no hōkō(Colour of Armaments: Roar of the Bear)!” I released all the Busoshoku Haki I could muster up, sending the entire ship rushing into the sky even more, it broke past the clouds in the sky and caused the ship to enter the white-white sea, of course at the expense of a large portion of the white sea was dispersed.

Again, in the white-white sea the ship was at a point where it was vertically in the sky, I rushed up the ship, focusing all I could on Kenbunshoku Haki, I had to locate the Goro-Goro no Mi! It didn’t take long with all the Haki I had poured in, not to mention it also caused a lot of the clouds to move away.

In front of me, I could see the close resemblance of what is Skypiea, however I turned my direction towards the south-east, another island stood there, what was quite odd was that it looked like it was on the moon!

That wasn’t relevant, I had to get the Goro-Goro no Mi, there wasn’t much time for exploring or even trying to go on an expedition for it, so I threw my arm backwards and sent it stretching forward.

It went far, really far, further than I’ve think I’ve ever seen it go in any of the story. However, it felt as if it was drawing short and even if all my thoughts knew that, I for one couldn’t accept it.

“GO MORE! YOU STUPID ARM!” I unintentionally poured some Haki into it, however that caused me to have an idea. Even if the ship was quite damaged at this point, I still had to get it. I faced my hand in the direction facing me and released another blast of Busoshoku Haki, it pushed it forward yet again, with my Kenbunshoku Haki I was able to see it within the reach of it, within the midst of a forest, so I grasped it and shot my arm back as fast as I could!

It was here! After all this painful usage of Haki I had gotten it!

It had a bunch of swirls on it and even pointed out a bit, but in the end I just ate it! And oh God... it tastes horrible. I might as well just eat rotten pork or even dead corpses or something! I could have died from such horrible tastes!

Well... now it’s time to send this ship back to the ground.

Around ten minutes later of the ship descending through a bunch of holes and landing back into the blue sea.

I... am so tired. I am surprised I mustered so much energy at all, I should be dead at this point! I used one of my new techniques with a fully hardened version of Steel God, yet I’m still standing... I guess I should finally make my body instead of torturing Luffy’s anymore...

I picked up a sword which was on a rack, touching the blade. I tried with an indescribable amount of effort... and within fifty or sixty minutes and about four hundred tries later, I had gotten a sword to conduct electricity! While it was still brimming with it, I stabbed the air and created a body of electricity floating in the air.

Before I could see if I had gotten it right, there was a sudden jolt and everything went dark. Considering the immeasurable amount of books I had read... this means I caused a reaction where my spirit just jumped into its own body, right?

I could open my eyes, it was a new feeling, much lighter than when I used to do it in Luffy’s body. In front of me, I could see I was standing on the ship, Luffy was sleeping right in front of me on the ground... and I’m here... standing in front of him!

I rushed towards the side of the boat, seeing all I could within the water’s reflection! My pale skin is here! My black and curly hair! I’m a seven year old girl!

Finally!

I turned around to look at Luffy ignorantly sleeping away, I’m not sure if... oh, I’m feeling slightly drowsy, I guess I did use an absurd amount of Haki.

Okay, I feel really drowsy now... I don’t think I’ll be able to stand much longer...

A/N:

And she fell asleep!

Okay, I guess I should clear something up, and for that I’ll post the post I put in the last chapter so that everyone can see it!

Okay, I feel like I should clarify, since it seems to be brought up... :P

The story is not ending! There's something which I should explain... the title is makeshift. XD

I literally thought of it on the spur of the moment since it had alliteration!

In fact, when I posted the last chapter I just realised I should probably change the title...

I wouldn't end it so soon, the only thing known about " Maris' " past is that she was a girl. :3

With that done, I suppose it’s the beginning of a new Arc!