"Whoa! This is great!" Sanji exclaimed elated half way up the rigging, he couldn't see anything for the misty white sheen caused by the cloud the ship had entered a moment ago on their decent down Reverse Mountain.
"This is awesome!" Yukiko exclaimed as the wind blew through her hair and the salty sea spay hitting her face felt wonderful.
"Did you just hear something?" Zoro asked.
"Huh? What did you say?" Nami asked.
"Did, you hear that loud sound?!" Zoro said louder.
"Isn't it the wind?" Nami asked. "There must be lots of unusual landforms!"
"Wait, isn't something up ahead?" Yukiko asked Luffy looked confused. Just as she said that...........The once white clouds that were straight ahead start to darken.
They could just about make out the shape through the clouds constant shifting, it was oval and huge and was increasing to even bigger proportions the closer they got.
The same sound from before was heard again this time by everyone. "What the hell making that sound!" Usopp yelled over the wind.
"Nami-san, I see a mountain up ahead!" Sanji shouted down. The dark shape was growing bigger and bigger as they got closer to where the canal was supposed to meet the open sea.
"A mountain! That can't be!"
"But it's really there!" Sanji exclaimed.
"Who cares?! Go!" Luffy shouted pumping his fist.
"After passing the Twin Capes up ahead, there should be nothing but ocean!" Nami didn't understand was the map wrong- but it had been right about everything else.
"Huh?"
"Oh no." Yukiko blanched along with her Pokémon.
Right in the path the ship was going to take was a huge black object.
"OH CRAP!" Usopp screamed.
"It's not a mountain!"
Luffy's jaw hit the floor. "It's a black wall!"
"No its not!" Yukiko shouted, "That's.....!"
"Then, what is it!" Usopp snapped.
"I-i-i-it's a WHALE!" Yukiko cried as she, Pachi and Luffy scrambled off the figure head.
"What are we going to do?!" Usopp screamed like a girl.
"Shall we fight?!" Luffy said rising his fists.
Usopp smacked him around the head. "Idiot, there's no way we can fight that!"
"But the paths blocked!" Sanji shouted. "What are we going to do!"
"Can't we turn the ship and go threw the gap," she pointed. "Over there!"
"But the rudders broken! How will we turn the ship!" Usopp bawled.
"Wait if it's a whale and not a wall! Where's it's eyes!" Sanji said, maybe the whale hadn't seen them and that's why it was still in the way. "Maybe if we can get its attention it'll get out if the way!"
"But unless we do something, we'll run right into it!" Zoro. "Can't we get out of the side?!"
"Oh yeah! I've got a good idea!" Luffy said to himself also running off.
"What?!" Yukiko asked. "Wait...."
"Luffy...?" Nami called after him. "WHAT are you going to do?!"
"Nami-san, dont tell me he's going to...!" Yukiko started.
All hope of avoiding the huge whale seemed lost as they approached the great creature at blinding speeds.
"Everyone, return! Rea!" Yukiko said to her Dragonite. "Try and slow down the ship with Tailwind!
Rea went to the astonished and blew wind into the sails to slow it down. But it was no use the ship had only slowed down slightly, the downward pull of gravity was too strong and the ship continued on its collision course.
Yukiko had lost her footing and she and Pachi fell off the boat. Thankfully, Rea quickly reacted and caught her. "Thanks girl."
The whale began to call out. The sound reverberated off the water and shook Yukiko to the bone and through the heart. The call was filled with loneliness and determination.
"Where's Yuki-chan?!" Sanji cried.
"Back around at the front of the whale most likely!" Nami cried.
Suddenly, Luffy came barrelling back upon to the deck teeth bared and brow furrowed.
"Luffy. . .?" Nami asked confused, why was he so worked up.
"You. . . !" Luffy growled lowly, raising his fist. "What the hell did you do to my special seat?!" Luffy punched the whale right in the center of its eye.
"DUMBASS!" Everyone shouted gobsmacked and terrified.
For a moment it appeared as if the whale hadn't felt the hit. But then it looked at them.
"How was that?! Bring it on you bastard!" Luffy provoked.
"Shut up already! You idiot!" Usopp, Zoro and Sanji snarled kicking Luffy in the head.
The whale opened its mouth and let out a big cry. At the same time though the mouth acted like a vacuum and the sea water was slowly sucked into the giant mouth along with the ship.
"-Luffy!" Nami exclaimed when she saw him fall over the railing. Luffy managed to stretch though and grab on to a tooth.
Then he spotted Yukiko and Pachi on Rea.
"What are you doing off the ship?'" Luffy yelled when he jumped and got onto Rea's back.
"We tried to slow down the ship but I lost my foot as it was too fast. Rea caught me and Pachi. But the others!" Yukiko said getting his attention.
"Ah! They got eaten!"
"We need to go save them!" She shouted as Luffy spotted something.
"Hey, there's something on that whales' back!" He pointed.
"Huh?!"
It looked like a door. In fact it was!
"Why is there a door on top of a whales head?!" She spluttered, as Rea scrambled to it and Luffy was playing with the door opening it and closing it.
"Don't know, maybe its a Door whale?" Was Luffy's answer.
"Is there such a thing as a door whale in this world?" Yukiko said her brow arching.
"Dunno."
The whale shook again it was diving back in to the sea again.
"Quick! Get in! Get in! Rea Return!" Yukiko said pushing Luffy into the door and following straight after with Pachi.
Locking the door tightly, her jaw dropped. There was a walkway inside of the whale! The interior of the whale looked like what the inside of a submarine might be.
"Why is there a passage way in a whale!" Luffy said putting into words the exact question Yukiko was going to ask.
They walked through the passage way for a while before it opened up into a tunnel like area. There was a river of water- not blood- thankfully and a walkway on each side.
"This is creepy!" Yukiko shivered as the inside of the whale was cold.
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It seemed as if they'd been walking down the dimly lit tunnel for ages and not once had the come across another door or anyone that might be able to tell them how to find the others and get out. There was a rumbling that had been going on and off for a while but nothing had happened yet.
"Whale people! Hello!" Luffy shouted.
"I don't think there's anyone here Luffy." Yukiko told him speeding up her walk so she was at his side.
"There's got to be someone, who made all these tunnels?" He pointed out.
"Maybe it's a tunnel whale?" She joked half heartedly.
Luffy stopped walking. Yukiko turned around to see what was wrong.
"Really, tunnel whales exist!" He shouted with stars in his eyes.
Yukiko sweatdropped. "I don't know maybe, Sanji and Nami did say the Grand Line was filled with lots of mysterious things. . ." She stuttered sheepishly.
"Tunnel Whale! Tunnel Whale! We were all eaten by a Tunnel Whale!" He sang morbidly, marching down the path way.
Yukiko sweatdropped. "What kind of wheels are creaking in that head of his?. . ."
"Pac..."
The whale must have lurched downward as Luffy, Pachi and Yukiko began crashing in to the walls. Pachi held onto Yukiko who had a grip on her and Luffy grabbed the latter after she crashed particularly hard in to the floor with a strangled yelp.
He wrapped her in his arms and used his own body to cushion hers from the impacts.
Yukiko would've been embarrassed at this kind of contact but this was not the time.
They fell through another tight passageway and back out in to another tunnel like place with running water in the center. "I'm dizzy. . . I'm dizzy!" Luffy said.
"What is it! What's happening?!" Yukiko yelled disorientated when they'd finally stopped.
After a wild ride, and the crazy pulls of gravity,
"Arh! Look it's whale people!" Luffy exclaimed.
The whitette looked as she rolled to the top of their ball of body parts. "Your right!"
"Hey whale people get out of the way!" Luffy shouted to the man and the woman and the end of the passage way.
"We cant STOP!" Yukiko cried.
"AHHHHHHHH!" The two people and Luffy, Pachi and Yukiko shouted. They all collided with each other and burst open the door that was behind the man and woman.
They all went flying in the air their momentum keeping them going even after they were no longer rolling.
"The sky!" Wait. Why was there a sky inside the whale!?
"Hey! So everyone's okay?" Luffy said forgetting that he was flying through the air.
"Rea! Hurry and help!" Yukiko said as her Dragonite reappeared and helped Luffy and Yukiko once more.
"Looks like the whale calmed down." Sanji said as the two other people were rescued as well.
"Seems like it. Now. . ." Zoro said idly turning around. "We did save you guys for the time being, but who are you?" Zoro said questioning the two people Yukiko and Luffy and rammed into earlier.
"Their Whale people, right Yukiko!" Luffy said looking over at her.
The others did as well, the whitette looked away sheepishly sweatdropping. "I don't think so?"
"Mr. 9, they're pirates." The blue haired woman said to her fake crown wearing companion.
"I-I know, Miss Wednesday. B-but if we talk to them, they should understand. . . Perhaps. . ." The man trailed off after glaring at all their even stares.
"You thugs're still around." Said the old man Crocus from up on the platform in front of the door Yukiko, Pachi, Luffy and the two suspicious people came through.
"-Huh?" They all said minus the two weirdos.
"-Don't make me say this yet again! I won't let you lay a finger on Laboon as long as I'm alive!"
"Who's that old man?" Asked Luffy.
The trainer was looking from the man to the two people in front of her then back up to the old man.
The woman began to chuckle rising to her feet she picked up one of the bazookas that Tsuna had seen them with before. "Even if you say so, we can't leave."
"Taking down this whale is our mission. . ." The man said mirroring the woman and also picking up his weapon. "We won't let you interfere with our whale hunting this time!"
"Whale Hunters?" Yukiko said to herself.
They positioned their weapons ready to fire. "We'll open an air vent in his stomach! Let's go, baby!"
"Rea! Intercept!" She shouted.
The Dragonite used Extreme Speed to help the old man and deflected the cannons with Protect.
"Ah! A Dragon! I thought they were myths!"
"Where did it come from?!
"Sorry, but I can't let you do that." Yukiko said as Luffy was back on the ship. "He is protecting the whale after all."
"But why should we protect it, it ate us!" Nami exclaimed.
"But we attacked first." Yukiko countered.
That broke Usopp out of his daze. "Yeah! Now, that you mention it. . ."
"We were the one's to attack first. . ." Sanji trailed off.
"No!" Zoro said. "Not us. . ."
One by one the residents of the Going Merry turned.
"It was Him!" They all uttered at the same time glaring daggers at Luffy.
"Hahaha. . . What?!" Luffy laughed completely clueless as to the situation he'd caused.
"#*$$,×*# *, ,/!";,?'!-~"
"Ah!" Nami exclaimed sounding satisfied. "I feel refreshed!"
"Yeah me too!" Usopp agreed.
"S-sowwy!" Luffy muttered through swollen lips.
Yukiko sweatdropped. She didn't know who to feel more sorry for. The captain with an IQ that would make a Slowpoke look smart, or the crew that chose to follow him.
"HA! Ha! Ha! Stop this unless resistance!" The woman sneered.
"If you want to protect the whale that badly, go right ahead." The man mocked. "We'll turn it into food for our town!"
The two continue to laugh at the old man and Yukiko. Until Luffy had had enough he walked over to the two cackling hyenas, grabbed both their heads and smashed them together. Knocking them out instantly.
"Luffy. . . ?" Usopp questioned awkwardly.
"I just. . . Felt like hitting them."
Yukiko smiled. "It's okay no one will hurt the whale now." She smiled down at the old man. Who looked from her, then over to Luffy.
"I thank you for saving me. . . But why?"
"I wasn't trying to save you. I just didn't like them for some reason." Luffy told the man.
Yukiko smiled. "I on the other hand was trying to save you, you felt like a good person."
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"-Say, who are these guys?" Nami questioned.
"-Hey, luffy! What are you doing?" Usopp asked trying to pull Luffy down from the palm tree.
"-Why are you doing inside the whale?" Sanji said, glancing over all Luffy but otherwise ignoring the two fools behind him.
"-Stop it! Hey, luffy! Stop it!" Usopp begged.
"They're thugs from a nearby town. They're after whale meat." Explained Crocus.
"-What're you trying to do?" Usopp asked again.
"A whale of Laboon's size could feed the townspeople for at least 2-3 years, so. . ." Crocus told them all.
"Laboon?" Yukiko questioned.
"It's the name of this whale. It's the world's largest Whale, it's called the Island Whale, which only live in the West Blue." Crocus said staring off into the distance. "I won't let them have him as food. There's a reason he keeps hitting himself on the Red Line and howling at Reverse Mountain."
"It's loneliness, right?"
Crocus turned to look up at Yukiko. "Yeah, how did you know?!"
"Ive been around numerous animals all my life. I have figured what it expresses in their voice. I heard pain and loss." Yukiko said softly. It was almost unbearable to listen.
"What happened did he lose his family pod?" Usopp questioned.
"He's a whale with a human heart. And he's been devotedly waiting for a certain pirate group. . . For 50 long years. . ."
They all listened with bated breaths as Crocus told them about the promise made to Laboon and the heartache caused by it not been carried through.
Apparently Laboon was separated from his pod as a baby but he was found by a nice pirate crew and stuck with them until they decide to journey into the Grand Line. Laboon had to stay with Crocus until they would return.
But they never did. Whether they just abandoned the Whale or died on the Grand Line, Crocus does not know.
But Laboon, despite the 50 years, refuses to believe it.
So he rams into the mountain as if to go look for them.
Yukiko felt sad learning of this. She had many Pokémon who were abandoned by their old trainers or their trainers had passed on, so she knew what Laboon was going through. But she could tell that this whale still has hope.
She jumped in shock when she heard a scream from directly behind her. Before she looked up to see Luffy jump over her head and on to Laboon.
Apparently Luffy was fighting the whale! But after a while.......
"It's a draw." Huh?
"See? I'm strong." Luffy said with a smile.
Yukiko was amazed. Luffy was giving Laboon a new reason to hope.
Laboon teared up and bellowed but this time instead of loss his cry was one of excitement.
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"Looking good!" Luffy praised his handy work. "This is our fight promise! So until we come back. Don't go hitting the wall and rubbing the mark off!"
Yukiko sweatdropped at the slightly disturbing sight of Laboon. Who was now sporting the symbol of the Strawhats crew. But.....itwas badly drawn. . . Very badly drawn and sadly covered the entire front of Laboon's head masking most of the scars.
"YOSH!"
"Hold it Luffy, let me help you get cleaned up before lunch." Yukiko said using a wet cloth to wipe his face to remove the paint.
As she did, Luffy, he usually did not like it when using a cloth to clean his face, for some reason, he didn't mind it from Yukiko.
She had also let Wailord out who decided to play with Laboon. Along with her other Pokemon that helped.
"Hey, I didn't get to know about these guys." Luffy said.
Cue Sparks..
"Stoutland the Big Hearted Pokémon
Its shaggy fur shields it from the cold. This extremely wise Pokémon excels at rescuing people stranded at sea or in the mountains. Being wrapped in its long fur is so comfortable that a person would be fine even overnight on a wintry mountain. Some parents even trust it to babysit. Stoutland is immensely proud of its impressive moustache. It’s said that moustache length is what determines social standing among this species.
Torterra the Contenant Pokemon
Groups of this Pokémon migrating in search of water have been mistaken for “moving forests.” Ancient people imagined that beneath the ground, a gigantic Torterra dwelled.
Wailord the Float Whale Pokémon
Its immense size is the reason for its popularity. Wailord watching is a favorite sightseeing activity in various parts of the world. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath.
Dragonite the Dragon Pokémon
DRAGONITE is capable of circling the globe in just sixteen hours. It is a kindhearted POKéMON that leads lost and foundering ships in a storm to the safety of land."
"Wow! Soo cool!" Luffy could never get tired of listening about Yukiko's Pokemon.
"Hey what happened to those two?" Usopp asked passing by with the wood to fix the mast Luffy had snapped off.
"Oh those two. They must've run off." Nami said airly. "I wonder who they were anyway. . ."
"Weirdos." Zoro said.
"Just forget about them their not important." Yukiko said.
Nami nodded in agreement.
Yukiko went to the kitchen to gather the drinks and food she prepared while Luffy had been painting Laboon. She had made Golden Pinap juice, Master classic Bocadillo, Snow Cloak Ceaser Salad, Spicy and Sweet Tropical Curry, and creamed, strawberry, and chocolate malasadas.
Then she noticed that Luffy retrived somthing from the deck. "What's this?" Luffy asked holding up the object in his hand.
"Looks a little like a compass, but I've never seen one like this before." She said inspecting the bracelet. It had a glass dome, inside of it was a little pointer one side was red it reminded her of a watch. Only it didn't have a minute hand for the numbers around the side to symbolise each of the hours.
"Eh! You don't know either. Well, never mind we'll figure it out later." Luffy smiled as Yukiko set the table with her dishes. "Ooh! These all look so good!"
"Golden Pinap juice, Master classic Bocadillo, Snow Cloak Ceaser Salad, Spicy and Sweet Tropical Curry, and creamed, strawberry, and chocolate malasadas. Hope you'll like them." Yukiko said as she grabbed a salad and some curry and a malasada.
Suddenly Nami screamed. "What's wrong Nami?"
"Your too loud." Luffy complained pouting, he enjoyed talking to Yukiko but Nami had stolen her with her scream.
"What is it, Nami-san? If it's food you want never fear!" Sanji appeared with large plates of food in both hands and balanced on his head.
"Food." Usopp drooled popping up out of no where.
"The compass! It's broken! It won't point in a single direction. . ." Nami said in worry.
"I wonder...." The whitette said worriedly.
"Round and round it goes. . ." Usopp pointed out.
"Heh, cool!" Luffy zoning out half way through had gone back to watching the spinning compass and found great amusement in its twitchy dial. Until he brought his mind back to the food. "This sandwich is delicious!" He said with a full mouth as Pachi nibbled on some berries for herself.
Yukiko made sure her Pokémon were fed with their favorite curry. Laboon even got to share a big plate of Sweet Fishy Curry with Wailord, and loved it. "Thanks, that's what happens when you earn a Charizard Class Cooking Medal. I'll explain another time." Yukiko said as she ate the Curry and drank some juice.
"So you all came here without any idea what you were getting into." Crocus said unnerved by their seemingly lack of forethought as to the world they'd be throwing themselves in to.
"What brazen stupidity." He admonished. "Did you come here to throw your lives away?"
"It's FEED for you, moron." Sanji sneered at Luffy but he saw that Luffy was already eating some of Yukiko's dishes. He was finishing the curry and moving to the Bocadillo sandwiches. But he did stare at the dish Sanji had prepared consisting of the Elephant Tuna he'd won during the competition on Loungetown.
"I told you, this ocean has no common logic to it. That compass isn't broken."
Yukiko gasped in realisation. "Then, could it be a magnetic field?"
"That's right. The islands in the Grand Line are rich with minerals. . .causing abnormal magnetic fields a long the entire line. In addition, the wind and currents are completely unstable. A navigator you must realise how serious this is."
Nami sighed. "Your right. . . If we can't determine our direction we'll never get anywhere. I didn't know about this. My bad! Hahaha!" She trailed off in embarrassment.
"Oi! This is bad! How are we going to make it?!" Usopp seethed.
"What do people use while sailing the Grand Line to navigate their way if they can't use a compass?" Yukiko asked as she finished her curry and salad and started on a malasada.
"This ain't bad, it's great!" Luffy mumbled between mouthful of food.
"HEY YOU GUYS PLEASE BE QUIET FOR A SECOND!?"
"But this is really delicious! This Blue-fin Elephant Tuna. Here Yukiko, have some." He said giving her a piece.
Usopp was the only one who noticed.
Luffy giving someone food? And a girl no less!
Oh, he may not know yet, but even a liar can tell the rubber man has it bad.
"Answering your question a moment ago, trying to navigate the Grand Line will be impossible. . . If you don't have a Log Pose."
"Log Pose?" Nami echoed.
"It's a unique compass that memorises a magnetic field."
"!" It suddenly dawned on Yukiko that a little while ago that little gadget Luffy had found could possibly be.....
"A strange compass? Like this?" Luffy held up the object he'd picked up off the deck for Crocus to inspect beating her to the question.
"Yeah, like that." Crocus nodded.
Yukiko sweatdropped when Crocus didn't seem to register what Luffy had shown him and continued on.
"If you don't have a Log Pose. . . Sailing the Grand Line will be impossible."
"I see. . . But hold on a second. Luffy?. . ."
"Huh?"
"WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE ONE!?" Nami bellowed punching the unsuspecting captain in the face.
Luffy was sent flying along with the food half hanging out of his mouth. He fell down to the floor the Log Pose still in his hand.
"Those two weirdos probably dropped it on the boat when they escaped. . ." Yukiko said as Luffy nodded rapidly.
"They did?"
The two nodded.
"Why'd you punch me?" Luffy asked.
"I felt like it."
"Felt like it?" Yukiko sweatdropped.
"So this is a Log Pose. It doesn't have any markings." Nami said.
"The islands on the Grand Line in at the rules created by magnetic fields. So in order to travel from Island to island, the Log Pose must readapt to the magnetic field of each island, and it will point you in the right direction." Crocus explained
He continued to tell them about the seven magnetic fields that were starting points for all those who travels over Reverse Mountain. And how in the end they all lead to the last Island Raftel.
"In all history, the only person known to have confirmed it's existence. . . Was the Pirate King. The island is legendary."
"Raftel. . ." Nami and Yukiko said.
"So it has to be there then… the One Piece!" Usopp exclaimed.
"Who knows. Thats the most prominent theory, but no one has been able to reach there."
"We'll know once we get there." Luffy said biting through a fish bone. "Now that I'm done eating, should we get ready to set off?"
Ussop and Sanji froze in shock at the demolished food.
"That was for everyone you idiot!" Sanji yelled.
"He even ate the bones!" Usopp exclaimed in shock.
"That's a rule of nature, especially for humans, those who are not quick don't eat." Yukiko said as she finished her food.
"Only you and Pokémon ate besides him!" Usopp shouted.
"Log Pose huh? We have to take good care of this." Nami smiled.
Until......Sanji spin kicked Luffy.
You damn! Rubber man. I wanted Nami-san and Yuki-chan. . . to. . . eat more!" The kick sent Luffy flying backwards right in front of where Nami was. Luffy as he flew past clipped the Log Pose with his hand the fragile glass dome over the pointer shattered rendering it useless.
"Great......." Yukiko sighed as did Pachi.
"It's been nice knowing you Sanji...." Usopp muttered making Sanji confused. To his happiness, Yukiko saved Usopp a Bocadillo sandwich which he quickly ate. "Oh, this is yummy!"
"Sanji-kun."
The confused look on Sanji's face morphed into one of adoration. "Yes, Nami-san!"
"Both of you, go cool your heads off!"
Yukiko watched Nami punch the two trouble causers off the cape and into the sea only feeling slightly sorry for them. "How are we going to set sail now that the Log Pose is broken?" Usopp asked, still eating the sandwich.
"Our precious Log Pose was. . ." Nami murmured sadly.
Crocus came to the rescue. "Don't panic. I'll give you mine."
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As Yukiko was getting her Pokémon back in their Pokeballs, she had let Laboon and Wailord say goodbye to each other.
However, the two troublemakers.......
"Whisky peak? What a strange name." Luffy said.
"What's that?" Usopp asked the two.
"Thats where we live. . . uhm, sir." Replied the crown wearing man.
"What happened to your own ship?" Nami glared down at them.
"Its busted." The woman said trying to sound cute.
"Isn't that a smart thing to ask, Mr.9, after trying to kill the Whale?" Nami frowned.
"So what are you guys?" Usopp interrogated.
"I'm a king."
"Liar." Nami deadpanned tugged on each of his cheeks.
"We can't say." The blue haired woman said as if just the thought of revealing their identity was painful.
"But we want to go back to the town." The fake king was back on his knees pleading. "We don't want to be secretive, either, but. . ."
The woman finished the rest of what Mr.9 was going to say. "But the motto of our company is ''mystery'' after all. . ."
"We just can't tell you anything about us."
"Sounds shady." Sanji said blandly watching the two flinch.
They bowed even lower. "Pacing confidence in your character, we're begging you."
"Don't do it. No matter what they say, they're dishonest people." Crocus warned.
After a little chat though........
"You can ride with us." Luffy told them.
"HUH?!"
"Did you say Whisky Peak? Let's go there."
"What?"
"Hey, are you serious!?" Usopp spluttered. "We're troubling ourselves taking these shadowy people?"
"Whats the problem? Don't worry about the small things." Luffy said calmly. Not at all bothered by the concerns the others had regarding the two before them. "Besides if they do anything, we can beat them up."
"I see. . ." Sanji said taking a drag of his cigarette.
"But you can only choose the rout here, the starting point." Crocus warned.
Luffy leaned around to look at Crocus. "if we don't like it, then we can go around one more time."
Crocus smiled. "I see. . ."
Turning back around Luffy sighed, "Now, shall we get going? Now I've made a promise with the Whale. Let's get ready to set sail."
"Who on earth are you?" Miss Wednesday asked Luffy, who was in the middle of stretching.
"Me? I'm. . . the man who'll be King of the Pirates."
Yukiko watched the two look at each other and snicker, "Laugh all you like, but he will become the king." She said as Luffy watched her smile and for some reason it made him feel weird, but in a good way.
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After Nami received a quick lesson on ow to read the Log Pose and everyone was on the ship. They all gave their goodbyes.
"See ya, flower pops! Thanks for the Log Pose!" Shouted Luffy.
"Yeah. Have a safe trip!" Crocus waved.
"See ya, whale! I'm leaving now!"
"TO WHISKY PEAK. . . FULL SPEED AHEAD!"
Crocus smiled as he looked at the sky.
"He has a strange but strong air about him. Especially the lass.
Wouldn't you agree Roger?"
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Another chapter done!
Already some Luffy x Yukiko Fluff sprinkled in.
Next is Whiskey Peak and Vivi!
Please comment!