Hello, readers! I'd like to welcome you to the first chapter of my first fanfiction in a really long time. This is a crossover fanfic, as I'm sure you are very much aware. It crosses One Piece and Fairy Tail. The idea is that FT's continent of Fiore is just isolated from the rest of the world for a reason you will eventually find out. Both take place after or during the first arc of their respective timeskips. The crew of the Straw Hats is on their way up to the surface from Fishman Island, and the Fairy Tail wizards are on the beach after their Second Origin is released. So, as you may expect, the Straw Hats will most likely take part in the Grand Magic Games. If there is anything I've messed up, factually or story-wise, just let me know. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. I don't own any of the content in One Piece or Fairy Tail, so please don't sue me :(

Anyway, happy reading. I hope you enjoy!

"WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS DONE?!" A woman with damp orange hair stormed out of the ship's cabin in a tight-fitting blue shirt and shorts. Her name was Nami. "I left you here for not even an hour! Can't I even take a shower? How did you manage this? And what is that fish?!" She gestured to an enormous fish multiple times the size of the ship itself that was attached to it with a long rope.

The crew of the Straw Hat Pirates was far below the surface of the ocean in their ship, the Thousand Sunny. They had just left Fishman Island, and were on their way up towards the surface in their newly coated ship. Their destination was the New World, the second half of the Grand Line. Once they got to the surface, they would officially be in this new, untamed, and unmapped sea.

Luffy, in his usual outfit of a red vest and blue shorts, grinned. "We caught the fish! Sanji is gonna cook it for dinner! And there are two more fish inside!"

Nami, still shocked, pointed to the elephant in the room. "YOUR FISH IS GOING TO GET US KILLED!" The fish that Usopp and Zoro had caught, attached to the ship, was being dragged into a large snake-like current. Its white foaming waters churned in rough swirls, which made it seem like a living creature.

Usopp and Chopper stepped backwards a step, their eyes bugging out of their heads. "WHAT IS THAT?!" They pointed at the current, and clung to each other, tears in their eyes. "Where did it come from? We're so dead!"

"That is the Whitestrom, a phenomenon of nature that takes place here in the New World. It's said that ships who enter it are found in very far away locations, their crew nowhere to be found." Robin informed her comrades.

"The ship can't take that kind of force! Cut the fish loose!" Nami yelled.

"But... our deep-sea fish dinner..." Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp pouted.

Luffy jumped in front of them, staring at the Whitestrom. "Awesome! Is it like one of those super-cool warp zones?" He giggled like a little kid. "I wanna go in it!"

His crew looked at him like he was insane. "What are you talking about? We'll die if we go in there!" Usopp said. "Come on, Luffy. Who knows where we'll end up if we go in?"

At this, Luffy's grin grew wider. "That just makes it more exciting! Let's go!"

"We SUPER don't have a choice anymore! Look!" Franky pointed to the line connecting the ship and the fish they'd caught. "We'll be pulled in any minute now!

"Damn it!" swore Nami, who took a step towards the back of the ship, in the direction of the cabin's door. "Pull up the sail, then get in the ship's cabin! We'll die otherwise!"

"Roger!" yelled Brook. He and the rest of the crew got to work pulling the sail in. They were done in under a minute, and then made a mad dash for the ship's cabin. Unsurprisingly, Usopp was the first one in.

Just as Zoro got inside, and closed the door behind them, the ship started shaking violently. The Straw Hats screamed as they were tossed around the cabin like toys. The ship had entered the Whitestrom.

After a few minutes of chaos, Robin managed to use her Hana Hana powers to pin each member of the crew to whatever surface she could. She was against the wall, while her hands held Luffy, Chopper, and Brook to the ceiling. Nami, Zoro, and Sanji were held to the ground, while Franky was heavy enough that he had to be held to the wall with Robin's Web. The crisscrossing yet interlocking hands held Franky's enormous body down with relative ease. It strained Robin to a considerable degree, and her face contorted with effort.

"Thanks, Robin-chan!" called Sanji.

If it's for my crew, I can bear it, Robin thought.

"This is seriously the worst..." came Usopp's voice. He had big red bumps all over his body from being thrown around.

Luffy laughed. "What are you talking about? Isn't this fun?" He had been grinning through the whole thing, and hadn't been hurt. He was rubber, after all.

It took almost two full hours before Robin reached her limit. Her arms could no longer hold everyone down, she had exerted herself too much.. "I'm sorry, everyone... I can't hold on anymore." she said weakly.

"W-wait! Don't let go of us, Robin!" Nami pleaded. Unfortunately, Robin didn't have a choice. She passed out just as the ship underwent another violent turn. Luffy grabbed her, stretching his arm out immediately and used his rubber body to shield her. This time, though, most of the crew didn't bounce around. Chopper was under the table, clinging desperately to it. Zoro had stuck a sword in the ship's floor and was having no problem staying still. And Usopp had managed to get to one of the hammocks, where he was flipped around again and again. Eventually he was so wrapped up that he couldn't move anymore.

The rest of the Straw Hats were still in trouble. Although Luffy had no problem bouncing around, Sanji was in trouble. He had managed to grab onto Nami before Robin had held them in place, saving her any injuries. His Geppo(Moon Step) had saved them each from being slammed against the ground. But now, they were being sent through the air toward Franky, who was having trouble keeping his balance. Sanji and Nami were flying head first towards him with no way to stop.

Meanwhile, Brook wasn't doing much better. He was so light that he was in the air most of the time. But when he hit a surface, it did quite a bit of damage. He was screaming as he flew around the ship. "Everyone! Help me! I'll die if i hit the ground again!" He paused. "Although I'm already dead. Yohohoho!" he added, laughing.

Finally, Zoro managed to grab his wrist and pull him in. "Oi, Brook. Next time, just do it like this, you damn skeleton."

"Yohohoho! Thank you, Zoro-san!"

Franky, at long last, managed to retain his huge, bulky body's balance by sitting on the floor. He caught Nami and Sanji, one in each giant hand.

Nami wiped her forehead, relieved. "Whew! We're saved. Thank you, Franky!"

"Let go of me, you damn robot!" Sanji struggled against Franky's grip.

"Hey! I'm a cyborg, you know."

"There we go! Everyone's safe now." Luffy interrupted. "Hey, how come the ship's still moving through the warp zone? Don't they only take a few seconds?"

Nami spoke up. "While I was in Weatheria, I learned about all sorts of weather phenomena that take place in the New World, including this one. Basically, this is just a really fast current that forms underwater. It'll disperse into other currents or lead into a weaker one eventually. Although I'm worried about the ship..."

From behind her, Franky laughed. "Oi, oi! Don't doubt the Sunny. She's a strong ship. One way or another, the nine of us and the ship will be safe in the end."

The others, all holding a smile, nodded. "Yeah!"

Even without its crew acting on it, the ship kept flying forward through the Whitestrom, helpless against the incredibly powerful current. The Sunny's mast started to bend slightly backwards, creaking despite the coating of the ship. The large ship was jostled from side to side through the foaming vortex. It was forced up and down, side to side, then finally, it began to rise.

The ship flew through the Whitestrom like it was a rollercoaster. As the 'track' began to slope upwards, so did the ship. It didn't lose any speed, and instead picked it up. Going up in a steeper and steeper slope, it rushed up toward the surface. As if fired from a cannon, the Thousand Sunny shot out of the seas of the New World and was launched through the air. The coating bubble around the ship popped upon making contact with the air. The screams of the crew could be heard from inside the ship.

Propelled by the massive shot out of the sea, the Sunny flew like it had used a super-powered Coup de Burst.

The ship began to tilt to the right. It wasn't made to withstand forces this strong, and it most certainly wasn't aerodynamic. In the distance, a giant green mass appeared, and began to rush up towards the Straw Hats' ship. It tumbled helplessly through the air toward this landmass, surely bound to be smashed into a million pieces along with the crew.

Hurtling toward the beach of the huge continent, the Sunny and its crew were helpless. Was this the end of the Straw Hat Pirates?

Meanwhile, in a house on a very close by beach…

"I feel great! Man, did it hurt, but we're back. And we're going to represent Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games! Nobody is gonna stop us! As a team, we'll kick their asses and make sure they know what our guild is all about. Right, Lucy?" Natsu Dragneel, in his usual outfit, turned his head toward an average height blonde girl. Her name was Lucy Heartfilia, and she was eighteen years old, a member of the Fairy Tail guild. She wore a blue bow in her hair, which matched her skirt and the cross on her shirt.

Lucy nodded, smiling. "Right! We'll do our best!"

Team Natsu was sitting at a table in the beach house the guild had specially reserved for their training, which had unexpectedly been cut short by a sudden crisis. The Fairy Tail wizards who planned on entering the tournament, or just wanted to tag along for some training, were spending their last day there before traveling back to Magnolia to prepare for the trip to the Grand Magic games. Now, they were all eating breakfast together. Well, almost all of them.

Erza's head poked out from behind Lucy, stealing a strawberry from her plate without her noticing. "You're right. With this new power we've obtained from the release of our Second Origin, there shall be none to stand in our way. Crime Sorciere has done a great thing for us, and I will not let it be put to waste. And neither will you." She looked straight at Natsu when she said this.

Wendy rubbed her arms. "It hurt, though…"

Lucy shivered. "Don't remind me. I don't even want to think about that feeling ever again." she said to Team Natsu's youngest member.

Gray shrugged. "I don't know. It didn't hurt that much to me. Unlike this flame-brain over here. He was whining like a little baby." A smirk appeared on his face. Gray had black hair, and was a well-built young man. He was shirtless and wore nothing but his cross-shaped necklace and long black pants.

Natsu stood up, a furious look on his face/ "What'd you say, Frosty?! Wanna fight?"

Gray's face took on the same expression as Natsu's and they pressed their heads together. "Maybe I do, you lizard-faced weakling!" They stayed in that position, their hands coated in their respective magic until they were knocked to the ground, with big red bumps on their heads. Erza stood over them with a stern look on her face. She loomed over them menacingly.

"You two… don't ever cause a commotion like that at breakfast again, or I swear, next time I'll-"

Erza was interrupted mid-threat by a high-pitched voice coming from the newly opened door. "Natsu! Everyone! Come quick! There's something falling from the sky! It's huge!"

Everyone who was eating looked up at the voice's owner. It was Happy, Natsu's longitime friend. Happy was an Exceed, a cat with the capability of human thought and the ability to fly. He was very short but stood on two feet. He wore a green scarf and was waving his hands frantically as he spoke. At his words, Natsu's eves went wide. "WHAT?!" He got up from the ground and ran out the door, soon followed by the rest of his team.

Outside the house were some of the other guild members, who were staying in adjacent houses. They'd decided to separate by teams, and those who weren't on a team could stay with whichever team they wished.

Upon leaving, Lucy could identify that they were from Team Shadow Gear's house, since the ones outside were Levy, Jet, Droy, and Gajeel. They stared at the sky, all with horrified expressions of fear. Except for Gajeel, who scowled at it angrily, his fists balled tightly. A shadow was slowly cast over her guildmates, and she looked upward to see what it was that everyone was staring at.

Up above her head was a large ship on its side, one that threatened to crush at least one of the two houses upon landing. It was falling so fast, and her body froze in cold terror. Would she and all her friends be crushed? What was going on? Where did this thing come from?

Her guildmates weren't doing much better. Most of them looked up in horror, their eyes bugging out of their heads. Carla clung to Wendy's head, and Jet clung onto Droy as they screamed.

Just then, a voice rang out from the ship. "ISLAND..." The Fairy Tail members' eyes widened. People were still on this ship? "...HO!"

The guild members couldn't believe their ears. Or their eyes, for on the sideways ship's railing stood a blonde-haired man in a black suit, a green-haired man in robes of a similar color, and in between them, a shorter boy. He wore a red vest, exposing his bare chest, and blue shorts. On his feet he wore sandals, and on his head was a straw hat. His arms were up in the air as he yelled. The three of them wore huge grins.

"Th-There are people on that ship!" Lucy yelled.

"WHAT?" Natsu and Gray exclaimed. "Where? I don't see them?" They searched frantically while the rest of Team Natsu tried to point them out to the two unobservant friends.

As the ship continued to fall, more people came out of their beach houses to see what was going on. The three men standing on its rail had everyone's attention. Soon, they sprung into action, blurs in the vision of the onlookers.

The man in the black suit jumped upwards, kicking the rail on the other side of the ship with his shoe's heel. His body was almost parallel with his leg as his kick made contact. Surprisingly, it turned the ship just the right amount so that it was upright in mid air. He jumped off the air itself and landed back on the ship, alone.

"Did you see that? He just kicked that massive ship! And it moved!" Happy exclaimed.

"No way! Where?" Natsu and Gray yelled again.

The rest of the team narrowed their eyes at them. "How did you not see that…?"

Next, the green-haired man appeared in front of the ship's bow. Two swords appeared in his hands, and he brought them back behind his head in an intimidating stance. In a blur of flashing motion, the swords appeared crossed over each other on their sides, pressed against the front of the ship. Time seemed to stand still for a moment, then the ship zoomed off in the direction he hit it, just enough to put it directly above the turquoise coastal waters.

"What.." Wendy's voice trailed off. "What kind of magic are they using? The only person I know who can do that is Erza-san..."

"Did that ship just change position?" Natsu and Gray made hand-binoculars, squinting into them.

"ARE YOU TWO BLIND?!" Lucy yelled.

Suddenly, the boy with the straw hat appeared in front of the crowd of people, his back to them. His eyes were concealed by the brim of his hat. He stood there, arms crossed, as his ship fell down towards the water. All was silent.

"Where did he come from?!" Levy asked. Her eyes were wide.

He took a step toward the ship, putting each of his thumbs in his mouth. "Gear... Third."

His arms began to swell up, growing bigger and bigger until they were like a giant's. They then stretched out from where he was standing so that his hands were right under the ship, but not touching the water. The lion-headed ship then dropped harmlessly into his hands, pressing them into the water but bouncing up and down a few times before stopping completely. As soon as his hands touched the water, he flinched, but held them there until the ship was still and then pulled his hands back, allowing them to deflate. The ship then dropped into the sea with a splash and

The green-clad swordsman landed on the deck of the ship, one knee bent. He stood up straight next to the blonde man, who lit a cigarette. "Damn marimo," he said. "You didn't hit it far enough. You almost got Nami-san and Robin-chan killed!"

The swordsman whirled on him. "What'd you say, you shitty cook?"

The two of them disappeared into a cloud of dust, kicks and slashes occasionally emerging. The boy under the straw hat threw his head back in laughter. "You guys are funny!"

Just then, the door to the ship's deck opened, and five more people walked out, one of them carrying someone. A woman with orange hair grumbled. "Jeez, you guys. Couldn't you be a little more gentle with it? I was seriously scared."

A man with fuzzy black hair and a long nose agreed. "Yeah, yeah! I thought we were gonna die!"

The man with the suit stopped fighting, leaping away to in front of the woman. He rubbed the back of his head. "Ah, sorry, Nami-san."

The boy with the straw hat called out to the people on the ship. "Hey, everyone! There's an island! Come on on over! This is gonna be a great adventure!" He laughed again. "Sanji! Don't forget to cook up that giant fish we caught!"

The man wearing a suit nodded. "Roger, Captain!" He then looked around casually, then stopped abruptly. He slowly turned toward his captain with a horrified face. "Luffy… The fish is gone.."

The look Luffy returned was one of pure astonishment, his eyes wide and mouth left hanging open. "You.. you mean..."

Sanji nodded. "That's right. We can't..." He wiped his eyes on his sleeve. "We can't have deep-sea fish for dinner."

"WHAAAAT?!" Luffy's eyes bulged out of his head. "I thought you were gonna say you had already cooked it!"

The crew yelled at him. "OF COURSE HE HASN'T COOKED IT YET, IDIOT!"

Just then, screams rose up from behind Luffy. "Something else is falling?!" the crowd yelled. He turned, to see the giant fish he had caught, with two more giant fish inside of it. Instantly, he got an overjoyed look on his face.

"My fish! It's back!" He started jumping up and down and waving his arms. "Over here, fish!"

The giant fish fell down from the sky, and the crowd began to run away screaming, until all that was left were a few Fairy Tail wizards. Luffy failed to notice them, and kept doing his little dance.

So naturally, when it happened, he had no way to stop it.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" The exclamation caught the attention of both the Fairy Tail wizards and the arguing members of Luffy's crew.

Luffy turned just in time to see a huge puff of fire completely engulf the huge fish that was falling, incinerating it. His jaw dropped to the floor, and his eyes bulged out even more than before. On the ship, it was the same case. Franky nearly dropped Robin. Nami, Chopper, and Usopp all couldn't believe their eyes. Sanji and Zoro looked like they would pass out. Brook fell over, dead for the second time.

"ACE?" Luffy yelled. He ran toward the crowd of people. "Ace, are you alive? How? Where are you?" All the Fairy Tail wizards looked at him like he was crazy. Luffy made his way through the crowd. "Ace! Over here!" Without thinking, he shoved someone to the ground. They had wild black hair and wore nothing but shorts. "Sorry!," he yelled, then continued pushing through the crowd. "Ace! I thought you were dead! Come on out!"

"Hey, asshole! Stop yelling and come back here!" the person he'd pushed yelled.

Luffy kept running through the group of wizards, focusing only on the stream of fire coming up from the ground.

Luffy had finally pushed his way to the back of the crowd, where he saw the source of the fire. Someone about his age stood there, knees bent, fists clenched. He had cherry blossom-colored hair, and his gaze was focused on the fish he was burning. Out of his mouth came an enormous funnel of fire.

The captain of the Straw hats stood there, mouth agape. "You… You're not Ace." His expression turned to one of anger. "That means that you ate the Mera-Mera(Flame-Flame) Fruit!" The boy he was looking at took notice of him and looked at him questioningly.

The fire stopped coming out of his mouth. "Mera-Mera? Fruit? Never heard of them. I don't know any Ace, but my name is Natsu, son of Igneel." The fish he had roasted in the air sprinkled down in a charred black rain.

Luffy disregarded what he had said. "Now, you've committed two crimes against me… First, you've eaten Ace's Devil Fruit." His eyes narrowed. "And… YOU DESTROYED OUR DINNER!"

In a brief moment, Luffy's fist had traversed the five feet between them, stretching out to meet Natsu's face. It collided with a thud, sending the pink-haired boy flying. He flipped over once in midair, but landed squarely on his feet.

"Why the hell did you do that?" Natsu asked, wiping his cheek.

The rest of the Straw Hats had just made their way to the front of the crowd, and saw the two of them standing there, fists up. What was going on?

Chopper was the one to speak up. "Luffy! What are you doing?" He smiled, not sure what was happening.

"Nobody is allowed to have Ace's Devil Fruit. If he can't give it back, I'll beat it out of him."

"What'd you say, bastard?" Natsu yelled. "I'll teach you a lesson. Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!"

Natsu's fist became coasted in blazing flame. He pulled his fist back for a punch, as did his opponent. They ran at each other, determined looks on their faces as they decided where their punches would land. Their teeth clenched, they swung their punches.

"STOP IT, NOW!" The bellowing cries swept across the whole crowd.

In a flash of movement, Sanji was gliding through the air, his foot raised. Luffy was sent soaring away, a red bump on his head. In a similar fashion, Natsu was sent in the opposite direction by a clean punch from Erza. They each glared at the ones they'd hit away. It took a moment before they noticed each other's presence. At the sight of Erza, Sanji couldn't help himself.

"Hello there beautiful lady!" His hands folded and he brought them up to his right shoulder, his eyes hearts. "I'm Sanji! Would you mind telling me your name, gorgeous?"

Erza's cheeks turned slightly red. "Erza. Erza Scarlet."

"What an excellent name! It suits someone as perfect as yourself. What do you say to a- Ow!" Sanji was knocked to the ground by a punch by Nami.

Right then, Erza was joined by the rest of her team members, and a few other notable wizards. The list of the people there was Erza, Lucy, Gajeel, Levy, Wendy, Panther Lily, Gray, and Juvia.

Nami looked at them worriedly, then smiled at Erza. "Hi there. Would you mind letting me explain what that was all about? We don't want any trouble."

"If you didn't want any trouble, then your friend shouldn't have attacked our nakama(comrade)." said Erza. "What guild are you from? Surely you aren't planning on taking us on three days before the Grand Magic Games."

Nami cocked her head, as the rest of her crew, including Luffy, appeared next to her. "Guild? Grand Magic what?"

From behind Erza came a voice. "I knew it. You guys really aren't from here, are you?" The crew of the Straw Hat Pirates all shook their heads.

Levy McGarden stepped forward, brandishing all nine of their wanted posters. "I figured. You're from the Other Side."

Lucy went over to Levy. "Hey, let me see those." She studied them for a moment. "WHAT?!" Her eyes bulged. "That guy's worth four hundred million berries? Each berry is worth three jewels here..."

The rest of the members there jumped behind her, reading over her shoulder. "What...", "No way...", "Is this real?"

Meanwhile, Sanji was busy yelling at Luffy. "What were you thinking attacking him like that?"

Luffy returned a glare. "I won't let anyone have Ace's Devil Fruit. Especially not a stranger."

Sanji sighed. "Captain, how could you be such a dumbass? You don't even know if it was actually Ace's."

"I saw him breathing fire. And his fist had fire on it."

Erza's voice reached both of them as she spoke to Nami. "I see. So you don't have magic in your world. Devil Fruit eaters are the equivalent of wizards. I've never heard of a Devil Fruit before. We use magic here, and those of us who use it are born with the ability to do so."

"Magic?" Nami asked, her eyes lighting up. "Really? What can you do?"

Erza smiled, a confident grin. "I use Requip Magic and Sword Magic. The first one allows me to change into whatever set of armor I like, as long as I know where it is. And Sword Magic allows me to control swords and make them fly through the air as I please."

"Oh?" Zoro stepped forward. "You seem pretty strong." A mischievous smirk had crawled onto his face.

"So do you. What kind of sword is that?" The two of them began showing off their weapons to the other.

After a bit of arguing, Luffy and Sanji joined the others. Luffy's arms were crossed, and he was pouting like a little kid.

The Fairy Tail wizards were done examining the wanted posters. They turned to the group of pirates. "Can we ask you something?" Lucy inquired, looking at Franky, who still held the unconscious Nico Robin.

Franky nodded and grinned. "Sure! Ask away!"

Lucy looked at the ground. "Um… How do I ask this? How come you aren't wearing pants?"

"Silly, that wasn't the question we were going to ask. That's the question Gray wanted to ask." Levy said. She giggled a little. "It's also a question he has no right to ask." Gray glared at her, but she continued. "We meant to ask, just who are you people? The wanted posters only tell us your names and how much you're wanted for."

At this, Luffy recovered from his foul mood and walked over to them, grinning. "We're the Straw Hat Pirates! My name's Monkey D. Luffy., and these are my nakama. Nice to meet you!"