Thanks for reading this story. It is my first work so no flames please though any ideas to help improve this story is welcomed. I know this might contain grammatical errors and I'm not good at writing. After watching a video about anime race, I just want to put this into a story. Since I'm not too familiar with other anime, so it's just between Fairy Tail, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Enjoy~~~

Somewhere in the Grand Line, a ship with a lion-shaped (or is it a sun-shaped) figurehead was riding the waves. Yep, you have guessed it. It is the Thousand Sunny! The sky was a beautiful azure blue and the sun was radiating its illuminating rays onto the cobalt blue ocean waters. The waters sparkled under the Sun's brilliance. It was indeed a magnificent vista to behold, a masterpiece to be framed until the glass cracked by the deafening sound.

'Boom! Boom!Boom!' thunderous roars of the cannon rang through the air and pillars of water erupted simultaneously as cannon balls soared through the air and crashed into the waters. More cannon balls were fired as Captain Luffy and long-nosed Usopp were having fun with the cannon. By their sides, a blue-nosed reindeer Chopper squealed in excitement and cheered on them ( which is not a wise thing to do ). As it goes, the commotion went on and so loud that the residents in Skypiea were wondering what was going on below.

At Skypiea:

A blonde with two pigtails was petting her cloud fox, Su gently as she heard the sound. Startled, she asked her father Pagaya, " Father, what could have happened below?"

" Relax, dear. I'm sure it's just our friends having a little fun."

Hearing this, the corners of Conis' mouth twitched and a warm smile spread on her porcelain face as she looked out of the window into the distance thinking of the beautiful treasured memories that the rambunctious crew had shared with her.

" I sure miss them."

Back to Grand Line ：
Unlike Conis and her father, the seagulls were having one hell of time trying to dodge some cannon balls that strayed from their path. They squawked in rage as one seagull was almost knocked down by a flying cannon ball. All of the sudden, the firing stopped and a boisterous childish voice could be heard.

"Hey, Franky. Do you have anymore cannon balls? We have finished firing them.", shouted Luffy.

"Idiot! How many cannon balls do you think we have?"

Just then, a girl with a bikini-clad perfect figure saunterd towards them ranting, " That's right, Luffy. Cannon balls cost money and our treasure box was almost empty. We need to get some money fast."

As she was speaking while Luffy was obviously not listening, the sea breeze sent a paper right into Luffy's face. Luffy grabbed at the paper which had appeared out of nowhere and was obscuring his vision.

" What is this? Looks interesting."

Out of curiosity, Nami took the paper into her hands. "Let'see... mmhm... a Race at Magnolia ... Prize is a feast and 10000000 BERI!" After seeing that enormous sum, Nami's eyes went into money-crazed mode. ($.$)

"What? Meat? Hurray! Yosh, I've decided! Let's join this race!" with that Luffy went into meat-crazed mode and began fantasized about the feast with Chopper and Usopp. No sooner they had started a chant and began listing out the plethora of dishes that might be at the winning feast.

" Nami-swannnnnnn~~~ Let's hold hands and race into the horizon~~~" Sanji kept looking at Nami with eyes filled with love to their brims. Getting no physical reaction from his beloved Nami, he turned his attention towards Robin. "Robin-chwannnn, are you participating?" Flipping through the pages of her books, she replied nonchalantly while acting oblivious towards his heated stare, "It's fine with me." Unable to stand his disgusting nakama, Zoro called out, "Ero-cook".

Hearing this, flames of rage shot up in Sanji's eyes and he returned the favor. " What is it? Shitty marimo." Needless to say, eye daggers were flashed at each other as they exchanged insults. If a glare can kill a person, they would both be dead for the nth time.

Meanwhile, Nami was still poring over the flyer. Her gaze almost bore holes in the innocent flyer. " Hmmm, the race is on next Monday. We can make it if we go at full speed. Wait, 100000000 beri is too large a sum. What's the catch? " Frowning, Nami was lost in her thoughts. "If the prize is this big, that means the organizers are expecting a lot of strong participants but I must get my hands on the prize money." With steely determination burning fiercely in her light brown eyes, she shouted out to Luffy. " Luffy! We must win this race no matter what. Do you hear me?"

"Atarimaeda! Magnolia here we go!"

Whew, finally finish the first chapter. Thank you guys for reading this to the end. Just in case you didn't know atarimaeda is the japanese for of course and nakama= friend but with a much deeper meaning. This story is set before Brook joined the crew so he is not in this story. Sorry to Brook's fans. I know this chapter is kinda bad. It's hard to transform thoughts into words. Now I totally admire those who can put their thoughts into words. No kidding but still please continue waiting for updates. I think I will update chapter 2 before New Year. Your comments are very appreciated as they mean a lot to me. By the way, I do not own One Piece.