Morning came around and Yukiko was woken by the dawn's rays.
She sighed as she stood up, but Luffy began to stir as well.
"Mhn, five more minutes..." He said hugging Yukiko's legs, wanting the warmth back.
"But then we won't get to Sky Island." Yukiko said getting Luffy up.
"Oh yeah! Sky Island!" He said.
Then Yukiko looked a Pachi who was sleeping in the Straw-Hat again.
"Hey! Pachi, my hat's not a bed!" Luffy said getting Pachi up.
Only for the latter to run with it.
"My hat!" Luffy said running after the squirrel.
"Pachi, pa pa pach!" (It's my bed now!)
"Hat."
"Pachi." (Bed.)
"Hat."
"Pachi." (Bed.)
"Hat."
"Pachi." (Bed.)
"Hat."
"Pachi." (Bed.)
"Hat."
"Pachi." (Bed.)
"Hat."
"Pa." (Hat.)
"Bed."
"Pa." (Hat.)
"Bed, and as captain I say so!" Luffy finished.
"Pachi." Pachi said leaving with the Hat.
It took a minute for Luffy to Register something.....
"............................ Hey! Wait a minute!" Luffy said.
"No time for this you two. We got to eat up and the Knock-Up Stream will be emerging soon." Yukiko said as she got Luffy's hat and put it back on his head as he smiled and she kissed his cheek.
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After a quick breakfast, or 12 Eevee pancakes in Luffy's case, the crew say their goodbyes to Cricket as they promise to find Sky Island, setting sail with Masira and Shoujo's ships sailing beside the Merry as guides as well as the South Bird that Yukiko tamed.
However.......
"Watch this!" Luffy says and turns the bird's head to point to the right. He then lets go and the bird's head snaps back to forward position. "He has to face south, no matter what!" Luffy laughs.
"Luffy don't tease him." Yukiko said as she pat the bird and he lets out a caw.
"He says that he'll face a different direction on purpose and laugh once we get lost." Chopper translates.
"I'd like to see you try!" Luffy says. The bird caws and faces the opposite direction, but a few seconds later, he snaps right back to face south, making Luffy laugh despite the bird's angry calls.
Yukiko smiled as she pat the bird making him calm.
Then after sailing for a while, one of Shoujo's men said that the Cumulo Regalus was up ahead, and a full hour earlier than expected!
"You heard them! We gotta hustle!" Nami said.
The waves get higher as the Merry heads towards the current and the crew all stumbles to keep balance. Luffy kept Yukiko in his arm as Pachi hung onto her shoulder.
"The wind direction is perfect! The Cumulo Regalus is lining up perfectly with the whirlpool!" Nami says.
Masira then dispatches two hooks that latch onto the Merry, "We'll guide you to the outer edge, you guys ride the current towards the center!" He instructs.
"You want us to go to the center?!" Nami squeaks. "I don't remember signing up for this!"
"I changed my mind, I wanna go back!" Usopp yells.
"Sorry Usopp, You-Know-Who is already excited." Zoro says pointing at Luffy who laughs with pure glee.
"Yep, we're stuck here, whether we like it or not." Yukiko adds.
Nami and Usopp wept as their Captain's girl agreed to it.
The boat picks up speed as it enters the current of the whirlpool and Masira's ship releases the Merry before they can get sucked in too. "The rest is up to you now!" Masira calls.
"Bye guys! Thanks for everything!" Luffy calls.
In the current, the ship is sailing a lot smoother..but the whirlpool suddenly disappeared.
"What happened?" Sanji asks.
"Where did it go?" Usopp agrees.
"I can feel it." Nami says. "The whirlpool sunk under the surface!"
"Get ready everyone, the Knock-Up Stream will emerge any second!" Yukiko said. "Nami-"
"Hold it right there!" A voice yells.
They all turn to see what looks like a giant raft, carrying four people.
"Hey, its that Mock Town guy!" Nami said.
"Who?" Yukiko asks.
"Straw Hat Luffy, Beast Master White-haired Yukiko, I've come to collect your 200 million berri bounty!" The man says.
Wait...200 million?
"What? 200 million? What do you mean?" Luffy yelled out!
"Don't play dumb. It says right here, Strawhat Luffy, wanted for 100 million berries! And for Pirate Hunter Zoro, 60 million berries! That whitette and her squirrel too! Beast Master White-haired Yukiko for 100 million berries and Thunder Squirrel Pachi worth 87 million berries!" The man said showing the posters.
Usopp pulls out his binoculars and sees that the man is holding two new wanted posters and one of his men holding two more. "It's true, their new wanted posters! Zoro, Yukiko, Pachi, you got bounties on your heads now!"
Nami stared in shock. "I get it. They went up after the Alabasta Incident, but still, two people worth 100 million?!"
"This is great! Hear that?! My bounty went up big time!" Luffy cheers. "Not only that, Yukiko, you have the same bounty as me!"
"I guess having that much on me may be new, no one's had a 100 million as a first bounty before." Yukiko smiled. "Same for Pachi having 87 million as a starting bounty."
"Pachi!"
"I'm a little disappointed at 60 million. " Zoro joked with a smile.
"WILL YOU QUIT ENJOYING THIS?!" Nami yells.
But then, the water began rising, and before the crew knew it, the Knock-Up Stream burst through the water and carried the Merry up into the sky.
"Everyone grab hold of something or get inside!" Sanji yells.
" The ship is just about sailing at a 90 degree angle, almost like when we went up Reverse Mountain or the Grand Fall on Hannibal Island!" Yukiko yelled.
"How are we doing this?!" Usopp yells.
"This is awesome!" Luffy yells.
Sanji glances around, "It's not gonna be that easy!" He says.
"What's wrong?" Luffy asks.
"The hull's starting to float!" Sanji says. "If we don't stop it, we're gonna fall into the ocean!"
"Then what can we do?" Zoro asks. "There's not much we can do when we're at the mercy of mother nature."
But thankfully, Nami had an idea.
"Spread the sails!" Nami says suddenly. "It may be a pillar of water, but it's still a part of the ocean!"
The crew did so as they spread the sails and turn the ship, aligning her with the current.
"Uh Nami? We're rising above the water, is that okay?" Chopper asks.
"Just trust me!" Nami said.
And true to her word......
"We're flying!" Luffy yells in pure joy as he took Yukiko and Pachi in his arms as they hung on.
"We're flying straight up the current; nothing's holding us back now!" Yukiko said.
"Nami, are we almost to Skypiea?!" Luffy asked.
"If it exists, it's just beyond those clouds!" Nami smiles.
Luffy, Yukiko and Pachi all smile.
"Skypiea. I wonder what awaits us there?" Yukiko asked with excitement.
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Meanwhile......
The mysterious group, the Blackbeard Pirates survived and got to shore.
"Hahahaha! Oh well, they got away!" Blackbeard laughed.
"Hic, I'd say, someone up there must be in their favor." Doc Q said.
"How are you laughing at this?! We let 347 million berries get away!" Jesus Burgess yelled.
"Actually more than that. I saw one more person with them, Nico Robin." Blackbeard said.
"Wha? The one with a 79 million bounty? That would make them worth 426 million berries!" Burgess yelled again.
"Don't worry, we'll see them again." Blackbeard assured.
"Yes, though they were able to outrun us, they can't out run destiny." Van Auger said.
A person in a Cloak spotted them and paused.
"My, you have a dark aura sir. But not as sinister as what lies ahead of you." The person, a soothsayer, said.
"Hm?"
".......I see. I suggest you tread carefully. If you continue down this path...........you will be judged..........by
The Scream."
"The Scream?" Burgess asked with a weary look.
"Yes. A creature as old as time itself. It takes on the form of a giant spectral bird composed of shadows and blood of the fallen and the wronged. It's one of the darkest omens of the ancient world.
An omen........
Of Death...
I advise you all be careful of your choices.........
Or the Scream will come to collect you too." The soothsayer warned before vanishing.
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Can you guess what the Scream will be?
Hint, it's a Legendary Pokémon.
And it will appear at Marineford.
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