Having left Fishman Island, the Thousand Sunny was finally ascending toward the New World. The moment you were back on the current that would lead you outside, you decided to take a bath after days of not having one. It was long awaited. You let out a delighted sigh when you dipped the lower-half of your body inside the warmth of the bath's water.
You leaned back against the cold surface of the edge, the back of your head laying there. Your eyes were closed, expression peaceful as you took in this pleasant sensation. You heard the sound of footsteps coming on the other side of the room, the door of the bathroom opened. Arms immediately covering your chest, you sent a dark glare at the intruder, but relaxed when you realized it was Nami.
"Enjoying your bath?" asked the ginger girl with a smile. "You don't mind if I join you? I need one badly too"
"No, it's alright" you answered, letting your limbs fall back in the water.
The navigator took off her clothes, and let them fall on the floor before tossing them away in a corner with one foot. It seems that she also brought her Clima-Tact, because the next thing you knew, she created a cloud that started to rain, acting like a shower.
"Ah, this feels great" Nami moaned, allowing the droplets of water run down her skin. "What do you think of my Shower Tempo?"
"It's cool, I guess" you mumbled, a little irritated to the fact you will have to dry your hair after.
You turned your head to see Chopper walking in, lifting his head to gaze at the cloud in wonder. He tilted it at the side while Nami giggled a little:
"Do you want to join us?" she asked.
"Who, me?" inquired Chopper. "I'm fine. I washed myself two days ago. I'm more interested in that cloud that looks like cotton candy. It looks delicious!"
"It's not edible, Chopper" you warned the reindeer who was sticking his tongue out, drooling a little.
"Really? You mean it isn't sweet cotton candy?"
"(y/n)-san and Nami-san in the bath....Yohohoho"
"Please, turn this way, Nami-san! (y/n)-swan!"
You sweatdropped as you heard two recognizable voices, remarking the shadow of Brook and Sanji right around the corner. The two perverts were trying to have a glimpse of you and Nami naked. The young woman certainly noticed them right away because her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Chopper, don't get too close to that cloud" instructed Nami, and Chopper watched the cloud as it darkened and floated directly to the perverts's position.
The next thing after, their screams resonated in the bathhouse as lightning struck them. Hard. The doctor let out a squeak, face paling at the sight of Sanji and Brook slightly burned by the hit.
"Scary! I don't want to eat that cloud after all!" he said.
"N-Nami-san...." whimpered in unison the chef and the musician.
"So annoying" growled the navigator, climbing inside the tub with you.
"You know they're just going to come back, huh?" you raised a brow.
"Tell me something I don't know. If only I could keep them away for just one moment..." she groaned, rubbing a hand over her forehead.
"Well, there's one way..."
"What?"
"To give them exactly what they want"
"H-Huh?!"
Nami didn't have the time to blink that you were straddling her laps, trapping her against the tub by gripping the edge of the bath. She heard two gasps from the boys, their audience watching them carefully and attentively. You leaned down, your half-lidded eyes staring deep into her own. You blew softly on her lips, causing the young woman to flinch and blush brightly.
She stuttered your name as you closed on her, lips barely touching. One sudden move, and it would lead to something else. The heavy breathing of the perverts, clutching the doorway tightly, waiting impatiently for the next part. Your lips tugged upward into a smirk, before it changed into a pout. You turned to the boys, eyes becoming pleading:
"It's so unfair for you. To watch us without getting the same attention....Why don't you two join us in the bath?" you said suggestively. "I'm pretty sure you would like to share us as we could do the same..."
Both Sanji and Brook exploded into a nosebleed, rocketing outside the bathhouse through the rooftop. Chopper stood there, beyond confused as to what just happened. You simply scoffed, and retreated from the still stammering and blushing form of Nami.
"....What was THAT about?!" the girl finally exclaimed, breaking out of her stupor.
"Hey, you wanted to get rid of them? That's what I just did" you shrugged it off like it was normal.
"YOU COULD HAVE USED ANOTHER WAY"
As you finished your bath, you nearly faceplanted by the ship starting to sway. Chopper, who was at the same time busy to catch Nami's cloud, noted the sudden change:
"Did something happen? And they're really noisy out on the deck" he said, hearing all the screams outside.
"I guess leaving them alone was a bad idea, after all" groaned Nami, and she turned to face you. "(y/n), could you please check it out?"
"On my way" you responded, putting on a robe since your clothes were still drying.
The moment you stepped outside, you did a double-take at the sight of the huge fish/eel standing upside-down right behind the Sunny. It looked like the ship served as some kind of fishing rod.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" you finally shouted, eyes bulging out of their sockets.
"(y/n)! Look at what we just caught!" waved excitably Luffy, grinning all to ears. "And there's two more fishes in that!"
"What did you all do?! That thing is freaking huge for Realm of God's sake! AND ARE WE EVEN STILL MOVING TO THE SURFACE?!"
"Now that you say it, it seems like we are sinking to me..." sweated Usopp, looking down from the edge.
"You're probably just imagining it" Luffy dismissed with a wave of his hand, ignoring the dark look you sent at him. "Oh? What's that?"
You followed his gaze and sweat gathered over your forehead at the sight of a white colored current that looked like a snake. The Sunny was slowly sailing in its direction, pulled by its strength.
Usopp let out a squeak, clutching his face between his hands:
"A GIANT SEA SNAKE! YAHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"Right! Move us closer! We're gonna eat that top!" said Luffy, fist-pumping the air.
"WE CAN'T PULL THAT WITH THE SHIP!"
"Wait....Could that be the Whitestrom?!" exclaimed Robin. "A giant white maelstrom, which appears underwater out of nowhere, just like a living dragon!"
"An underwater maelstrom?!"
"From what I've heard, any ship that gets caught in this vortex reappears days later in an unbelievably distant sea, with no trace of the crew!"
"EH?! That must mean that everyone dies!" blanched the sniper. "This is really bad! Let's get out of here!"
"The ship is carried to an unbelievably distant sea?" repeated your captain, and you flinched internally when you recognized the familiar look in his eyes. One that screamed danger. And it didn't help with the wide smile forming on his lips. "So...this is like one of those super cool warp zones?!"
"NO, YOU MORON!" you slapped the back of his head.
"Everyone! Get us away from that vortex, quickly!" ordered Nami, arriving on the deck with Chopper.
"Hey! Here comes the navigator!" shouted Usopp. "We're getting out of here, you idiots!"
Nami had a similar reaction as yours as she noticed the strange fish caught next to the ship, shrieking in surprise and disbelief.
"WHAT'S WITH THAT FISH?!"
"Oh, we caught it!" responded Luffy, doing a peace sign.
"What are you doing?! We can't move with that thing attached to the ship!" she said, pointing to the tail of the fish that was getting sucked in the vortex.
"CRAP! GET IT OUT!" shouted heroically the ebony male.
"AYE!" said in unison Zoro, Sanji and Usopp, about to save the next meal.
"NO! CUT IT LOOSE!" barked the ginger haired girl.
"WHAT?! BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR COOKED DEEP SEA FISH?!" the guys shouted in unison, horrified expressions on their faces.
"WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT, THE FISH OR OUR LIVES?! I ONLY LEFT YOU ALONE FOR TEN MINUTES! HOW COULD YOU GET US INTO THIS MUCH TROUBLE?! Franky! Use the Coup de Burst!"
"No, it's super-too late!" replied the cyborg, doing his special pose. "....Right?"
"DON'T YOU 'Right?' ME"
"THERE'S NO TIME TO ARGUE, WE ARE GETTING SUCKED INSIDE!" you snarled.
The bait was the first thing to go, followed by the ship who entered the maelstrom. Luffy ordered your crew to hold yourselves to the Sunny so you wouldn't fall over. While your captain was simply laughing stupidly at the situation, the rest of you were screaming for your dear lives and at the top of your lungs.
You were already starting to get sick with the way the Sunny swayed, doing a few flips inside the vortex. Chopper panicked as you lost consciousness, not to the surprise of everyone.
"HYACK! GRAB HER SOMEONE!" yelled Usopp.
"OI, SILVERS!" said Franky, enrolling an arm around your waist when you floated pass him. "We really need to do something about it, damn it!"
After a long way through the vortex, the Thousand Sunny was propelled outside, drifting aimlessly in a dark ocean. Your comrades fell in exhaustion on the grassy deck, heavy breathes escaping their mouths. You were laying on your back, mouth open and eyes completely white.
"We stopped!" laughed Luffy. "Seems the Sunny is still in one piece"
"We must have crashed into something and been thrown out of the vortex" groaned Nami, putting a hand over her forehead.
"Whatever the case, we're safe!" said in relief Usopp. "How's (y/n)?"
"She will survive" sweatdropped Franky, watching as you regained your colors.
"Where are we?" asked Chopper, observing his surroundings.
"What's this black wall?" inquired Luffy.
"It doesn't look like the Red Line...." murmured Brook, standing up with the others.
There was a moment of silence, until an eye opened by itself from the black wall. Brook and Usopp hugged each other as they screamed loudly, tears cascading down their cheeks by the fright they are experiencing. Luffy gaped at the sight, his eyes widening slightly.
"Can everyone stop being so loud-..." you stated angrily, finally waking up. Your sentence was caught short by the sight of the eye. ".......What the fuck is that thing?"
The eye closed back, and the wall moved away from the Sunny. It's only when you noticed a fin and heard a loud wail that you recognized the wall as being a huge whale instead. And it wasn't alone.
"Amazing! It's a school of whales!" said Luffy. "Oh, that scar! LABOON?!!!!!!!"
"Laboon! You've grown this big?!" yelled Brook, becoming teary.
"Don't be ridiculous! Laboon is in the first half of the Grand Line!" said Usopp. "He's so big, he couldn't even make it through the hole in the Red Line!"
"Amazing!" breathed Chopper.
"It's like a miracle. I never thought we'd see a pod of Island Whales" stated Robin.
"That one has wounds on its head that look just like Laboon's" said Zoro.
"Yeah! The scars are exactly the same!" nodded your captain. "What a shock! It really isn't Laboon?!"
"We're going to deliver Bink's sake...Laboon! Stop! Listen to me! It's me! I was part of the Rumbar Pirates! It's me, Brook!" wailed the skeleton, and the sniper held him back.
"Come to your senses! I told you, that's a different whale!"
"Laboon!"
"This is no time to be calmly admiring them!" snapped Sanji, and the others turned to look at him. "Even if we're out of the maelstrom, we're still in danger! First of all, we have to do a headcount to make sure nobody got thrown overboard in the vortex! Nami-san!"
"Aye!" replied the young woman.
"Robin-chan!"
"I'm here" answered the archaeologist.
"(y/n)-swan!"
"Here" you responded.
"Okay. We've gotta get out of here in a hurry! If we collide with these gigantic whales, the ship will take major damage!" continued the chef, completely forgetting on purpose to call the others.
"COUNT US TOO!" sobbed Chopper.
"SANJI-KUN! IT IS MY SHAME TO ADMIT THAT THE OTHER SIX CREWMATES HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED HONORABLE DEATHS!" added Usopp.
"Nami-san, what are your orders?!"
"We can stay where we are" she said.
"That's right, we're doing just fine, you idiots!" the blonde gave a thumb-up. "Resume whale watching immediately!"
"WHAT THE HELL?!" said in unison Usopp and Chopper.
"This enormous pod of whales is creating its own ocean current. Trying to resist it will just put us in more danger. Make sure the sails are open! Turn the ship in the same direction that the whales are moving!" ordered Nami.
Tugging on the ropes, your crewmates opened the sails and accompanied the whales in their current. You looked all around you to see that Brook was nowhere to be found. You were about to tell the others until you heard the instrumental sound of a violin. The skeleton was perched at the top of the main mast, playing Binks' Sake.
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Going to deliver Binks' Sake! ♪
Following the sea breeze! Riding on the waves! ♪
Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun! ♪
The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky! ♪
Farewell to the harbor, To my old hometown ♪
Lets all sing out with a Don! As the ship sets sail ♪
Waves of gold and silver dissolve to salty spray ♪
As we all set sail to the ends of the sea ♪
Going to deliver Binks' Sake! ♪
We are pirates sailing through the Sea! ♪
The waves are our pillows, The ship our roost ♪
Flying the proud skull on our flags and our sails ♪
Now comes a storm through the far-off sky ♪
Now the waves are dancing, Beat upon the drums ♪
If you lose your nerve this breath could be your last ♪
But if you just hold on, The morning sun will rise ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Going to deliver Binks' Sake! ♪
Let's all sing it with a Don! A song of the waves ♪
Doesn't matter who you are, Someday you'll just be bones ♪
Never-Ending, Ever-wandering, Our funny Traveling tale! ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho ♪
The whales looked quite pleased with Brook's song as he continued to sing, one of them even allowing your ship to rest on top of its head. The whale was carrying you along the current, letting out joyful yells. A bright light shone ahead of you, marking the entrance of the final ocean of the Grand Line: the New World.
Luffy couldn't help but express his impatient for the new adventures awaiting for him in this place, running to stand on the head of the Sunny. As you got nearer to the surface, your comrades shouted the count down, and once you passed through the ocean's ceiling, you were met with wind, lighting bolts and a storm.
"WE'RE HERE!" shouted Luffy.
"IN THE NEW WORLD!" finished the others with a cheer.