The next morning, Sin woke up to find Robin not in the bed, and he sighed as he heard the sounds of fighting on the beach.
He was having such a nice dream, and now, he had to get up and check on what that silly Lunarian girl wanted.
However, he was in no rush to go out, and he took a peaceful shower, changed his clothes, and only carried Nidai Kitetsu with him as he walked out on the deck without his hat and coat.
On the Cloud Sea that was frozen, Yamato was fighting against the Lunarian, whose entire body was covered in flames, and the Oni Girl had an excited smile on her face.
Everyone on his crew was watching the battle from the beach, and they looked very serious.
Sin smiled when the Lunarian kicked Yamato, sending her skidding over the icy field, but she quickly balanced herself and charged forward again at a much faster speed.
However, her opponent was faster, much faster, and she could fly.
Despite all this, she was unwilling to use her Devil Fruit Powers and was not even using her Conqueror's Haki.
All because she did not want to be unfair to her opponent and wanted to have a good battle.
Even then, she was not really losing as the Lunarian was being made to work extra hard to even land those few hits on her, which did not even hurt her much.
Sin smirked after he observed their battle, and saw what was going to happen next.
After landing a few more hits, the Lunarian's confidence grew, and she recklessly charged in, falling into the trap that Yamato had been setting for a while now.
"Oden Smash!"
Bepo winced when he saw Yamato suddenly swing her Kanabo and strike the Lunarian, who was shot up into the sky at a break-neck speed due to the sheer force that the Oni Girl had put behind her strike.
"Hehe..." She grinned as she watched the fire around her opponent's body subside, but then froze when the Lunarian, who was falling in an arc, suddenly charged at her at a speed that she was not ready for.
Yamato got punched in her face and was sent flying to the side, and her opponent chased her to kick her, sending her up in the air with just the force behind the attack.
Even though the hits did not hurt her much as her Armament Haki was superior, it did not mean that they did not hurt at all.
The Oni Girl winced as the Lunarian coated her body in fire again, and her hits got stronger and also burned a little.
Somehow, she managed to block a punch with her Kanabo and then returned the courtesy as she smashed a punch in the Lunarian's face, sending her chasing into the Icy Field below and destroying it.
She landed on a broken piece of ice, waiting for the girl to show up, but she never surfaced, which made her frown.
And then her eyes suddenly widened in a realisation.
Sin turned into a Lightning and teleported away, climbed down Heaven's Gate, and then rushed to catch the Lunarian Girl, who had escaped the White-White Sea and was now going to fall into the White Sea.
"Seriously?" He chuckled when he caught her in his arms and saw how weak she was. "You have already eaten a Devil Fruit, and now you want another?"
The girl weakly pouted at him, and he quickly rushed back to Valoria.
When he arrived at the Beach and put her down, Bepo worriedly came over to check up on her, and then confusedly looked at her.
"You are not hurt."
"She has Devil Fruit Powers." Robin smiled. "When she recalled her flames, her speed sharply rose, as it should, but her strength did not diminish as it normally happens with the Lunarians. And no normal Lunarian would have tanked Yamato's Oden Smash as she did. It's a Zoan, isn't it?"
"I still want that Devil Fruit." The Girl haughtily said and folded her arms on her chest. "If you won't give it to me, I will tell Grandma that you stole it from me."
"Grandma?" Kuina raised her brow at her words.
"She's Aala, the granddaughter of Chieftess Azala," Sin informed them, and the Lunarian curiously looked at him, a little surprised that he knew who she was.
Then again, years ago, when he had come to Valoria, she had seen him, and he had looked at her and smiled.
"Since you know who I am, give back the Devil Fruit. It belongs to me. I found it."
"I won. So, no Devil Fruit for you." The Oni Girl placed her Kanabo over her shoulder and brightly said. "Wasn't that the deal when you accepted the challenge?"
"I was going easy on you. I did not use my Devil Fruit Powers..."
At her words, all of them started chuckling, and Yamato's grin brightened.
"She was going easy on you too, and much more than you. Yamato also has a Zoan Devil Fruit, and it's one of the strongest," Kuina informed her, and Aala narrowed her eyes.
"One of the strongest? I have the strongest." She proudly said, and they all weirdly looked at her.
"Which one?" Bepo could not contain her curiosity.
"Give me my Devil Fruit and I will tell you." She said, and frowned when all of them suddenly turned around and walked away.
"Wow... She's even more narcissistic than you, Captain." Bonney playfully said, and Sin rolled his eyes at her words.
"At least, Captain is not a braggart and a liar," said Van Augur, and Bart spoke next.
"Just a kid who ate a Devil Fruit and thinks it's the strongest. And I highly doubt that it is some silly animal..."
"I think so too," Bepo nodded his head, and the rest of the crew shared their thoughts as well, knowing well that she was listening to their conversations.
Suddenly, they all stopped in their tracks when they felt the sudden rise in temperature, and when they turned around, they were stunned to see the Lunarian, who had turned into some Flame Devil with long curved horns, dark red skin with veins that seemed to be pulsating with lava, standing nearly ten feet tall, and her hands and feet had claws. Under her neck were golden circles, going around, forming a necklace, and her face had markings similar to that of a cheetah.
Her golden eyes, almost like molten lava, stared into their souls, and chills ran up the spines of the weaker ones.
At the centre of her forehead was a glowing golden gem, almost like a third eye, and her hair had turned flaming as well, swaying in the air.
There was a dark red tail behind her back as well, slender, with a flaming tip, and her Lunarian Wings were also present with the flame burning on her back.
Her ears were now pointed, large but not too large, and overall, she had a dangerous beauty about herself that fascinated them.
"Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Ifrit," Sin brightly smiled, and even Robin looked at her brother in surprise.
She had never heard about this Devil Fruit before.
The Lunarian girl brightly grinned at him.
"So, I am the strongest, right?"
"Just based on your Devil Fruit?" He chuckled and shook his head.
"I am talking about the Devil Fruit itself." She narrowed her eyes at him, and they could sense that she was quite short-tempered in this form.
The Will of Ifrit was strong, and she had not even awakened her true Powers yet.
"Well, it is indeed one of the finest Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, but I would not put you above Yamato's Devil Fruit Powers. The two of you should be equal." He said to her, and she surprisedly looked at the Oni Girl.
"You are beautiful!" Yamato sincerely said, and the Lunarian girl clearly felt a little shy at her sudden compliment.
"Hmph! I don't care what you think. I am the strongest." She proudly said.
"And silly," added Bonney, chuckling, and then to the Lunarian's disbelief, she turned into Ifrit as well.
Everyone laughed when they saw the girl's mouth drop open in shock, and to show her that it was not just an Illusion, Bonney even flared up the flames on her back, which raised the temperature even more.
Yamato entered her Hybrid Form, and to add to Aala's shock, Robin turned into a beautiful Frostflame Spirit.
When she glanced at Sin, expecting him to transform, she just found him smiling at her.
Lily, not to be left behind, quickly started growing into her true size, and then grew even bigger, using her Devil Fruit Powers.
Funnily enough, even Vigaro transformed into a mighty Wyvern, and this made Bepo, who was unable to access his Sulong Form, feel ashamed when Aala looked his way, but Kuina was unbothered by everything.
Bart simply grinned at her. He was already tall and menacing. It was the same for Gad.
The three Fish-maids, however, were just as shocked as the Lunarian, and when everyone returned to their original form, they laughed at the shocked expressions they were wearing.
Feeling embarrassed, Aala flew away, and when they all glanced at each other, they shared another laugh.
"She has an interesting Devil Fruit. Sin, any idea what special abilities Ifrit Fruit has?" Bonney hopefully looked at him, and he smiled.
"Ifrit can heal from fire, is Immune to heat and fire, telepathy, and I think she can create conscious Fire Minions as well, at least, after awakening. The records say that Ifrit had an army of Fire Minions. And other than those abilities, all her senses and intuition should he very sharp, and then there is also the physical strength and speed. Ifrit's wings are different, but she can use her Lunarian Wings, and honestly, with her Lunarian heritage, it is the perfect Devil Fruit for her." He smiled some more. "Ifrit is one of the deities whom Lunarians worship."
"It's a shame we can not invite her on the crew." Bepo sighed, and Yamato nodded her head.
"I don't think she would have agreed anyway." Sin shrugged as he stared into the sky. "She is the hope of her Clan, and nothing matters more to her than her kin."
"Understandable," Bonney nodded her head, and then she grinned at Bart and Vigaro. "Let's go. It's time for you to get some beating." She rubbed her fist in the palm of her other hand, and the two young men sweated at her words.
Under Sin's instruction, Augur took charge of training Gad and the Triplets, and Bepo was allowed to explore Valoria with Robin, Lily, Yamato, and Kuina.
As for the Captain, he left to head to the Drum Island, taking the Devil Fruits with him that he intended to store inside the secret Chamber on the Nanatsu Islands.
There were still a few days before he would have to leave for Reverie, and he wanted to spend them with his Hancock.