{“Scientists say that these colorful skies are likely a bi product of rapid climate change and possibly the deterioration of our ozone,

The sea currents have also drastically shifted and temperatures cooler, many believe it could be something else entirely in the works, but as of now nothing has been confirmed

More on the news tonight….”}

“Turn that off I’m trying to focus.” 

“On what mate? 

Ya just got back and rushed to me computers like a madman, 

It’s like ya were over there for a long time, been missing getting a good ol’ wank eh?”

“What?

Shut up Harry, I’m trying to hack back in to the governments internal communication service to see what they know about what’s going on, computer science isn’t really my forte so it’s a bit stressful..”  Metal Fingers softly shoves the woman from near him, eyes glued to a screen

“Aye if ya were anyone else I’d have ya hand,” The pirate replies in a playful tone

“yeah whatever….

…

Yes.

I’m in!” Mf sifts his eyes through a sea of numbers

(All end to end encrypted though)

“I can’t do anything with this…

I wonder if Himari’s account still has access…” he mumbles 

…

…

..!

“Yo, I gotta go,

Gotta warn Shiryu and the others” Mf pulls away from the screen moments after gaining access to the information 

“Sorry Harry, I’ll be back and I’ll tell you everything I swear,”

“Nah mate tell me somethin’ now,

Kage left all mysteriously and now you’re doing the same,

Fess up, what did you see over on the third ring,”

“A lot, but listen you know the first pirate, Sir Savić, he went to the Gaia”

“And what?

What he do there, is there treasure for me?”

“Yeah you met the treasure, his name was Kage…”

…

…

***

Guusssshhhh!!♪

“So….

How do you feel about all this? Like your entire home is now beneath the waters and….” Shiryu trails off seeing an angry glint in Aki’s eyes, 

They stare off at the flowing currents of salt water pushing out down the Kuwagata waterfall and trickling into little streams and rivers on the across the terrain

....

Aki takes a few minutes in silence before speaking…

...

“Bakufu, our history was originally as a tentative nation for the Wu Tang, this area was-is a significant spot of interest and that’s why strong warriors were sent to stay here,

They didn’t know why or what for, only that this was an important place, 

I had always thought it was because Bakufu was the only spot that could access the only trail up the mountains…”

“Little did you know the mountains themselves were the real point of interest.” Shiryu finishes for her

“Doesn’t look like this can be undone though….” Pinoki speaks in

“I am not trying to undo it, just find the cause of it, and stop anything else that may come of it.”

“So are you content with how things are in the Wu Tang?” Shiryu probes

“No,

I feel like a cosplayer, a pretend ruler,

If I rule my enemies it should be after I crush them followed by surrender and acknowledgement,

That vampire and her manipulation, I don’t trust it at all…”

“Me either,” agrees Pinoki

“I had a totally bizarre dream the other night,

Kage and I–” 

–jjuuzzzzzzzzzz♪

As Pinoki had begun to tell his story a sail plane comes whizzing

“That’s Mf.” Shiryu tosses up magic stone that immediately flashes a bright red light, commanding the ship's attention

..

It doesn’t take long for it to swoop down beside the group 

“Shii, I was just wondering to myself how the hell ima supposed to find you, but I guess it’s a good thing you decided to wait to find me first.” Mf steps out once again on the land of Gaia

“What’s the word Mf, any news on what’s going on with the water?” Shiryu questions almost instantly

“That, our scientist are just as baffled as you are over here, but listen to this,

The void sea is gone.”

…?

…?

Mf receives some confused stares in response

“Oh yeah you don’t know what that is…

Basically our entire is majorly made up of water, different oceans and seas connected as one, 

The void sea is the only disconnected sea, it’s cold and lifeless, unable to navigate and unresponsive to tech, like a vacuum of space,

When I first got here I had to travel through the void sea, now it’s gone,

There’s literally a massive crack in the mountains up there where some of our ocean is flowing to here, basically anyone could grab a boat and get here,” Mf voice cracks with excitement

“Its really all connected now…” Shiryu mumbles to himself

(This has Kage written all over it)

“Is that all?” he asks

“No, I was just getting to that, 

The time dilation is also go…” Mf begins but gets more confused looks from Pinoki and Aki

“So yeah, time used to work different between rings,  

A year here would be two where I’m from, but now I think our times have also synced,

We’re all connected now.”

“Ooohh, this gets me energetic!” Pinoki grins from ear to ear

“You’re telling me a land fresh my exploration is only a bow ride away?

I simply cannot wait.”

“Welllll…. 

You’re gonna have to wait a while longer.” Mf’s tone drops

“You see I got something information from my government, they know about what happened, maybe even anticipated

You see…

It’s best if you get prepared for it, 

Not long from now my government is planning on launching a full scale invasion onto this ring.”