Two days have passed since Omar and Kid had it out in Carevel Town. Dante was the first to wake up, seeing his wanted poster he cracked a wide smile, "well things are going to get interesting from now on." Omar woke up hours later, his reaction to the wanted poster was different, "shit what are my parents going to think when they see this." Dante leaned against the wall sitting up, "I'm sure they'll understand, you are not the type to just up and destroy a town without a very good reason." Omar was still worrying when Roland called out, "you guys we need to move now, we got bounty hunter off the port side!" Satomi who was in the room motioned for them not to move, "you two stay put, your health may not be in danger but you still need some time to recover, let Shawn and Roland take care of things." Omar had started to turn his hand dragon like but relaxed at what Satomi said. Shawn and Roland had become quite the team in the two days that the captain and first mate were out of commission. Avoiding bounty hunters and marines was quite a challenge since they did not want to stray to from Reverse Mountain. With Omar and Dante now up the decision to go forward lied with the captain. Omar sat on the deck of the ship thinking hard about going forward. Dante sat next to him and said, "I know you're hesitant about going forward, once we cross that mountain there's no coming back. But at the same time we can't stay here forever, eventually a bounty hunter is going to get lucky and catch us off guard while we're waiting here. When we decided that we would leave to protect the island they knew it was a one way trip. We will trust any decision that you pick." Still looking out at the sea Omar nods at what Dante said. Ten minutes pass as Omar was looking out at the calm sea; Reverse Mountain was still in view in the distance. Getting up Omar looked to his crew, "everyone we're heading to the grand line." Roland smiled, "aye captain, Shawn head for Reverse Mountain."
As the ship got closer to the mountain the current picked up fast and the weather turned for worse. The wreckage of multiple ships could be seen as they passed by following the current. Omar went into the storage room and grabbed a bottle of sake and five glasses. He had everyone gather by the helm of the ship, he passed out the glasses to everyone. Omar poured the sake into the glasses, "everyone right here, right now we have to make a solemn oath to follow whatever dream we have till the end." Everyone saw the seriousness in Omar's face as they held their glass. Standing in a circle Omar put his glass forward, "I swear here and now in front of my crew that I will become a Yonko who is strong enough to protect everyone that I love!" Roland was next to put his glass forward, "I swear here and now that I will navigate the most treacherous of seas and become the world's greatest navigator!" Shawn went next, "I swear here and now that I will steer through the worst the sea has to offer safely and get us to the last island on the Grand Line!" Satomi puffed out her chest and spoke, "I swear here and now that I will become the greatest doctor in the whole world and find cures for every disease so no one ever has to suffer again!" Dante was the last, "I swear here and now that I will protect everyone's dream no matter the cost, that is what a true friend and crewmate does!" With the oaths done everyone down their drink and smashed the glasses on the deck as the ship reached entered the final stretch of current. Steering became difficult due to the strength of the water. Omar, Dante, Roland and Shawn had to work together to reel in the sails and keep the ship steady stop they didn't smash into the side of the mountain. The entrance was extremely small, visibility was even worse considering the storm. Satomi was in the crow's nest trying to get a better view when she shouted, "I can see the entrance, keep on this course." Doing so was easier said than done since the current had become stronger. As the ship reached the entrance everyone could see the grand pillars that lined the entrance signifying that the grand line was just past the mountain. Navigating into the current going up the mountain was a challenge for Roland as even the slightest mishap on the wheel would mean death for everyone. Eventually the ship steadied as it rose up the mountain following the current. The ship passed the clouds and the crew saw the clear blue sky and summit approaching ahead. The summit looked like a geyser as water from all four seas was pushed upward and collided at the summit. The ship was momentarily launched into the air by the force of the current. The crew saw above the clouds and could see how beautiful and clear the sky was before heading back down the mountain. The ride down was not as bad since Shawn had the helm and the waters were not as rough as they were going up the mountain. As they descended the mountain everyone grabbed onto something sturdy as the waters became rough. Reaching the bottom of the mountain Shawn steered the ship to a nearby cape he saw on the way down. The cape had a light house and a small home with an elderly man sitting in a lawn chair reading a newspaper. Roland hopped onto the railing as the man turned and gave an extremely serious look; Omar sniffed the air trying to smell if anything was off. The old man spoke, "you kids seemed to have made the paper," never dropping his look Omar, Dante and Shawn tensed up in case something was to happen. Roland spoke, "and how do you know who we are?" still with the same look the old man replied, "I can see your pictures right here in the wanted section, anyone with eyes and half a brain could put your faces and pictures together and come to that conclusion." Roland gave the old man a serious look back, "so what are you going to do now that you know who we are?" if it were even possible the seriousness of the old man grew, "nothing, I'm not a bounty hunter I'm just here to give pirates a log pose so they can start their journey." Everyone visibly relaxed, Satomi fell to the ground, "don't scare us like that, I almost had a heart attack thinking you were a marine or something." Shawn docked the ship as Omar, Dante, and Roland went ashore. The old man introduced himself, "my name is crocus, I've been living here for quite some time the latter of which has been helping out rookies set out by giving them one of these." Crocus opens a small chest with a small sphere with a compass needle floating in the middle; the sphere is attached to a leather strap that one could wear on the wrist. Roland picked up the log pose, "if I remember there are seven islands that we can start from right?" crocus nodded, "yup, the navigator just has to pick which one." The entire crew looked at Roland as he gazed at the log pose, the entire journey rest on his decision; Roland looked up to the sky deep in thought. Back on the ship Roland was idly looking at the log pose as the needle wobbled between several directions. As the crew waited for Roland to decide on a course Omar perked his ears as he heard a faint whistling in the distance. Turning to the bow Omar looked into the distance, a second passed before a bullet grazed his cheek hit the wall behind him, "TAKE COVER!" Dante, Roland and Shawn hit the deck, Satomi slide underneath one of the medical beds. Omar having finally gotten used to flying took to the sky in hopes that getting an elevated position would help him in better finding the shooter. While in the sky several bullets in quick succession grazed Omar as he tried to stay in the air. A small glint in the distance alerted Omar, 'shit it must be the marines, whoever's taking these shots is really good if they can almost hit me from this distance while I'm moving around.' Omar descended toward his ship, hovering above it he told Shawn, "straight ahead in a navy ship, we can either sail to the nearest island or we can try and fight them." Shawn gripped the wheel, "we're eventually going to run into the marines while sailing in this sea, since they have spotted us running really won't do much." Omar nodded as he rose into the air, shouting to his crew, "TO ARMS!" the ship sailed forward as Omar went ahead to try and do some damage before his crew got to the navy ship.
Omar kept in sight of his ship as he sailed toward the glint of light that was still taking shots at him. Eventually he could hear the sound of voices, a few seconds after he saw the small shape of the navy ship. As Omar got closer the amount of shots increased along with the added cannon fire, it made flying extremely difficult since he had only recently learned how to stay in the air. Circling around Omar saw a small shape in the crow's nest of the ship, as he flew a little closer the shape popped up to reveal a small girl holding a large musket aim right at him. Realizing he had no time Omar dropped onto the deck of the ship and was surrounded by marines in seconds, all had swords and guns drawn. The marine captain stepped forward and spoke, "Omar dragon wing, surrender at once you are surrounded." Omar sucked in air and then set fire to the surrounding area; many marines dived overboard or out of the way to escape the initial fire blast. Some collected themselves and charged swings weapons wildly, Omar dodged some and fought others as his ship got closer. Dante and Shawn hopped aboard to help, Roland and Satomi stayed on the ship as a means of a quick getaway. Ten minutes of fighting lead to the crew's victory as many of the marines stopped fighting to battle the roaring flames that Omar had unleashed. With the navy ship incapacitated Omar, Dante and Shawn leaped back onto the ship as they sailed away to the nearest island that Roland had decided on. The three were in the medical room being patched up by Satomi when Roland entered the room with his hands in the air; confused at his pose Shawn was going to ask what was wrong until Roland stepped to the side to reveal a small girl wearing a navy uniform holding a gun to Roland and another to the crew. She was 4'6" had silver hair, blue eyes, and a tiny build. Everyone raised there arm in the arm as she spoke softly, "everyone out on the deck." As the crew lined up the girl put on gun away as she fumbled with a transponder snail, "this is petty officer Momoko I have the entire crew of the dragon wing pirates under arrest and am waiting for reinforcements." The person on the other end burst into laughter, "hahaha yeah right, a little squirt like you could never pull that off. We heard that your ship was attacked, for that we are sorry but don't be using this official line to spout your fantasies. You are a joke in the navy, it is a miracle that you even made the rank that you did with you poor set of skills." Momoko's face burned red at what the other person was saying, Omar grew irritated and stepped forward grabbing the receiver, "this is captain Omar of the dragon wing this marines has indeed captured us." The person on the other end continued to laugh, "ha so you even managed to sucker in another officer to help you in this charade." Momoko began to cry as the other officer began to insult her, she dropped her gun weakly as she cried into her hands. Dante picked up the receiver, "sir we seem to have lost are bearing what is you location?" the officer relayed the coordinates which Roland jotted down. Omar gave Momoko a hug as she still cried, "you know I was very impressed at how well you can handle a gun, take it from someone who was shot at. To have grazed me with every shot from the distance that you were at is simply amazing, and I'm not saying this to just to butter you up. You really do have skill the marines just can't see it." Momoko stopped crying momentarily, "You think I have skill?" leaning back a little to look at Momoko in the face Omar nodded, "of course, every other marine we've run into wasn't ever close to doing what you did with that musket." Omar help Momoko up, her expression changed only slightly, "thank you for your words but you are still pirates and I am still a marine." Roland stepped forward, "so was I until they saved me from drowning, which would not have happened if the marine captain that I was sailing with trusted in my abilities." Momoko gave Roland an angry look, "you turned pirate, a crime punishable by death." Roland chuckled, "true but sailing with these guys has shown me that not every pirate is bad, and that not every marine is good." Momoko pointed the gun at Roland, "or this could be a trick to get me to lower my guard." Roland with his hands up gave her a serious look, "think about the situation, if the marines do show up who do you think will get credit for the dragon wing pirates capture, you who from what we heard was the joke of the marines or some captain that didn't work as hard as you or even has the amount of skill you have?" Momoko lowered the gun as she thought about it, she remembered the hours, days, weeks, and months she spent on training to be the best. Her training brought her to her breaking point several times as she continued to strive to be the best sniper in the marines, and what did that get her, nothing but laughter since her body was so small. No one in her unit took her seriously, not even her trainers who saw how much extra she was doing to outshine the other recruits. Momoko looked at Omar, "you can call me Momo." With that last statement she turned and climbed the mast leading to the crow's nest.
As the crew arrived at the next island Dante pulls Omar aside, "I don't know if we can trust her just yet, she could still try to turn us in." Omar leaned on the railing, "and Roland can't?" Dante shook his head, "Roland was cast overboard, so it seems like he has a kind of resentment toward the marines right now. Momoko sees turning us in as a chance to be recognized by her superiors." Momo was up in the crow's nest scouting out ahead, unaware of the conversation that was going on beneath her. Omar, Dante, Shawn and Momo went ashore while Roland and Satomi stayed behind to watch the ship. The town before them was bustling with action, many people were moving around in different directions. The amount of smells was playing hell with Omar nose, Dante tried to keep an eye on Momo but with her being so small and the crowd being so dense he lost sight of her. As they three made their way through the crowd a certain smell became more apparent in the crowd, it had a hint of metal and grease mixed in with something else that Omar could not make out. The crowd suddenly began to disperse as the three walked further into town. Dante grabbed hold of his two guns cocking them but hiding them beneath his shirt, Shawn grabbed two daggers he had stashed in his sleeves leaving his arms in a crossed position on his chest. A few more steps and the town suddenly became deserted; Omar could hear the voice of several whispering people. Omar huffed and a small puff of smoke escaped his lips, Dante and Shawn immediately took a position with their backs facing each other. Marines burst from the houses with weapons drawn; there were around thirty marines with a captain walking toward them from the direction that they were heading. The captain was tall, taller than Shawn; he had white hair that was curled on the ends, his arms and legs seemed almost twig like, his abdomen was bulbous. He smiled revealing crooked teeth, "today must be my lucky day, to think that the men responsible for the destruction of Caravel town would walk right into a trap that I have set up. Single handedly capturing you two will give me a great rise in status." Momo charged out from behind a marine with an angry look, "what do you mean single handedly; I was the one who told you where they were heading, I was the one helped set up this trap, why should you get all the credit?" the captain smiled a crooked smile again, "simple, you are no marine. You are just a mascot that with have to get a laugh when we're board. Did you think that someone like you, an orphan and a beggar could ever be a marine? That is a joke that everyone laughs at just thinking about it." Momo had tears streaming down her face as the captain laughed at her, when Momo began to cry harder the captain slapped her across the face knocking her down, "insolent child you will never be a real marine, you don't have the skill to…" the captain never finished his sentence as Omar grabbed him by the face and with a dragon arm slammed his skull into the ground creating a crater before throwing him threw the building in front of him. Momo stood there astounded at what just happened, Omar was turning into his full dragon form as he spoke, "Dante, Shawn show these assholes what happens when they make one of our crewmates cry!" the three dragon wing pirates went to war with the thirty marines, an extra forty showed up as backup when the original marines could handle the enraged pirates. Dante broke off from the fighting to take Momo to a safer place, she was still crying as Dante led her through the streets to a back ally. Momo sat down with her back to the wall while Dante caught his breath, "you know Momo, I told the captain not to trust you for this exact reason. The answer he gave me was 'sure she can try to turn us in but I doubt that she will be recognized for the capture. They don't take her skills seriously, and she does have major skill, I got a firsthand look at them she's really good.' It seems that he had faith that the marines would rather have someone else take credit rather then you. Truthfully he doesn't see the danger in letting a marine or former marine join the crew; he doesn't look at what you were just at what you can do. He told me that you can still join if you want." Momo sat there and stared at Dante, she had tried to turn these pirates in to the same marines that degraded her, and their captain was fighting because they made her cry. Such compassion was new to her as all she had known was criticism driving her to push her limits; her skills that were repeatedly told were not up to the standard of the marines was praised by a pirate. Momo cried even harder, here were people who seemed to acknowledge her skill, and she repays them by turning them in. Dante rubbed Momo's head, "don't worry our captain is pretty strong. I doubt a few marines are going to take him down." Momo saw Dante with a wide smile on his face, he showed a level of trust in someone else trust that she had never known. Wiping her eyes she stood, "hand me one of your guns." Dante pulled out a musket that he had picked up while they were running, "I think this will work better." Grabbing the gun Momo climbed the side of the building running toward the ongoing battle that Dante reentered. Momo surveyed the area, Omar and Shawn alone had taken out close to twenty marines separately. When Dante entered the battle ten fell with a quick slash of his sword, another five with some fancy gun handling. Fifteen marines were left; the three pirates were exhausted from fighting so many marines at once. Lying in a prone position Momo took aim and fell four marines with four well placed shots in rapid succession. The rest fell just as quickly, Omar fell back laughing at the sky exhausted, Shawn and Dante followed suit. Momo climbed down from her perch, she scavenged as many bullets as she could carry from the marines lying on the ground as she made her way to Omar. Standing over him she apologized, "I'm sorry for all of this." Omar motions for Momo to approach him she kneels down next to him as he brings his hand close to her head, smiling he flicks her on the nose, "that's for causing unnecessary trouble," he then pats her head, "and I accept your apology, now can you help us get back to the ship I don't want to be here when the rest of the navy base shows up." Momo helps Omar up and he leans on her for support, Dante helps Shawn and the crew heads back to the ship.