"Nami, are we at the Grand Line yet?" Luffy asked the orange-haired navigator as he swung his legs up and down from his spot on Merry's head.

"How many times do I have to tell you? It's gonna take a bit longer to get there. Just be patient." Nami sighed, clearly tired of Luffy repeating that question over and over again.

YAWN! "Don't worry Luff; we'll be there before you know it. Just wait and see!" ("OK!") I sleepily said, "I never thought being on a ship would make you so YAWN... tired!"

I made myself comfortable by sprawling out on the deck. If I'm a part of this crew, then I'm allowed to make myself at home. "Hey this deck is more comfy than it looks Though I could use a pillow " I looked to Zoro who was sitting on the other side of the deck, his arms behind his head.

"Zoooorooooooo-kkuuuuunnnn "

He cracked open an eye. "Whatever it is, No."

I stared at him a while longer. "Pleeeeaasseeee "

"I said NO." He snapped.

"Okay~" I chirped happily. He gave be a puzzled look. Meh heh heh. But he looks like a squishy pillow a GREEN squishy pillow.

"Sannnnjiiii-kuuunnnn ."

Sanji was next to me in a flash. "Yes my lovely goddess~"

I watched him wiggle his arms around, before turning my gaze to the sky. "Can you make me something full of sugar, please?"

"Anything for my Mikari-chwan!~" Sanji ran to the kitchen in the blink of an eye.

"Hehe sugar ." I giggled as all different types of sugary foods came to mind. "Nami-chan!~" I flopped over onto my stomach, searching for our prized navigator. "Huh? Where'd she go?"

I hopped on all fours and crawled over to Zoro. I crouched down, nice and close to him. "Zoro-kun~" Poke, poke. No response. Try again. "Zooorooo-kun~~" Poke, poke, poke. OH! He twitched! "ZOROOOOOOOO-KUNNN!" Poke poke poke poke poke poke poke POKE!

"WHAT IS IT DAMMIT!" Zoro roared, a tick mark square on his forehead, causing me to fall back from the shock.

"Yosh! He awakens!" I whooped, a large grin plastered on my face. "Hey Luffy-kun, you should poke Zoro-kun more often! Hahaha!" Said straw-hat boy came over at hearing his name, curious to why Zoro was shaking with anger and ready to strangle someone on sight.

"Did you call me? And why does Zoro look like he's gonna explode?" Luffy asked, pointing at Zoro while staring at me.

I looked at Zoro, who was indeed ready to explode. "Zoro-kun?" He gave me the nastiest glare. "Get. The hell. Away. From me. NOW!" If looks could kill

Luffy and I looked at each other and cracked up. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY!" Zoro jumped to his feet, shaking his fist's in the air.

"AHAHAHAHA! YOUR-HAHA SO FUNNY-AHAHA WHEN YOUR-HAHA MAD-AHAHAHA! RIGHT LUFFY?" I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. Luffy was rolling around on the floor, laughing his head off.

"One of these days " Zoro grumbled to himself, stomping away from the two hyenas.

Our laughter soon died out and I could breathe again. "Woo that was a good. He's almost as funny as my sister!" I wiped a tear from my eye.

"Your sister, funny? She's scary when she's mad!" Luffy shivered. Must be imagining my sister's reaction after he did something stupid with me well we didn't think it was stupid!

"Everyone, come here! I need to tell you something!" Nami called from where the kitchen was.

"Ah that's where she went! Coming Nami-chan!"

Slurp, slurp, slurp. "Look at this." Nami stamped her hand on the map on the table. "I've heard rumours, but it's written here on the map, too. If they're true, then the entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain."

Slurp, slurp. "You mean we have to crash through the mountain?" Zoro asked, resting his head in his palm.

Slurp, slurp. "Not crash through, but there are canals that go UP the mountainside and into the Grand Line, if I remember correctly." I answered taking another slurp of my sugary sweetness. "Sanji-kun this drink is yummy!" ("Thank you Mikari-chwan!~")

Nami and Zoro stared at me as I watched Sanji dance around the room. "I see, how do you know ?" Slurp.

"Well I studied up in my spare time during my travels. I didn't go travelling for sightseeing, you know." I smiled cheekily at the two.

"Sounds like fun!" Luffy laughed, watching a snot bubble form out of his nose.

Slurp, slurp. "Fun? Even if there was a canal, it's impossible for a ship to climb a mountain." Zoro said, trying to make a point.

"But the map say's we have to!" Nami stated.

"Of course! There's no way Nami-san could be mistaken!" Sanji yelled at the swordsman.

Sluuuuuurp. "You stole that map from Buggy right? You really want to trust it? Mikari could you stop slurping that in my ear!" Slurp.

I leaned into Zoro's side, giving him puppy dog eyes. "But tis so yummo~~" A tick mark had formed on his forehead yet again. But before he could go off at me.

"Zorooo! Help me with this damn helm!" Usopp was struggling to steer the ship. Either Merry doesn't want to move or he's got no strength what-so-ever.

Slurp. "Sanji-kun, go help Usopp, will you?" Nami asked the cook who complied without starting an argument. "I can't think straight with all that noise." Slurp, slurp.

Sanji started tugging on the helm as well. It didn't budge. "T-the current's flowing too fast!"

Nami straightened up, "Usopp, say that again?"

"I said the current's flowing too fast!"

Slurp. "The current " I mumbled along with Nami. Slurp-"("I got it!") Aw I finished my drink " I huffed, still leaning on Zoro who seems to be ignoring my presence as of 5 seconds ago.

"Got what?" Luffy now had a cup hanging from his teeth. When did he get a drink?

"We really do have to climb the mountain." Nami said looking at the map more closely.

"Yeah we do, Nami-chan. You'll see for yourself once we get there!" I started playing with the straw from my drink, making it go up and down with my mouth.

"Look here." We looked at where Nami pointed on the map. Though Usopp and Sanji were still trying to get the helm to move. "There's no doubt the 'guiding light' was pointing here. Here on the Red Line, Reverse Mountain."

Sanji's head popped out from behind me, now looking at the map. ("Oi! What am I supposed to do here!") "See the canal here? If a strong current from each of the four oceans flows toward this mountain "

"The four currents would climb the mountain, meet at the top and flow straight down into the Grand Line." I continued, leaning back on the stool.

"Exactly! Since Reverse Mountain is a 'Winter Island', the currents that collide with the Red Line travel toward the ocean floor. If we can't make it into the canal "

"The Going Merry will slam right into the Red Line and the ship will be destroyed," I finished for Nami. "So we need to make sure we keep an eye out for the entrance. Or it's the end of the line!"

"Took the words right from my mouth." Nami smiled at me.

"So it's a 'Mystery Mountain', right? Ha ha ha." Trust Luffy to not get what we're talking about.

Nami sighed, "In any case, this ship's already riding on one of those currents. So if we don't mess up our steering, we should make it up Reverse Mountain in one piece." ("Nami-san, you're so awesome!")

"Haha one piece " I laughed at my own sad joke. "Anyway, I don't think Usopp-kun can get the helm to move." I pointed over to Usopp, who was struggling to catch his breathe.

Nami looked at Usopp, who was annoyed that Sanji was no longer helping him. "Why me "

Nami chased the boys outside, getting ready to point us in the right direction. I followed soon after, not before sulking over how my 'Sugary treat' didn't last long.

It was pouring with rain as the men pulled up the sails and did whatever Nami told them to do. "I love the rain!~" I sung as I skipped around the slippery deck.

"Oi, I can see the Mystery Mountain!" Luffy shouted, making everyone run to where I was.

"IT'S HUGE!"

"The entrance to the Grand Line."

"Y-You c-can't even see the peak past the clouds!"

"FINALLY! This should be FUN!" I shouted, gaining Usopp to fall over mumbling about some 'climbing mountain' sickness.

The sea currents were getting rougher and rougher. The Going Merry was bobbing up and down violently with the waves.

I looked ahead, spotting a crack in the mountain. "NAMI-CHAN! I see the entrance, I'm sure of it!"

"Unbelievable, the water really is going up the mountain " Zoro said in disbelief, getting a closer look through binoculars.

"Make sure we go straight between those water gates, okay?" Nami told Sanji and Usopp who were back on the helm. "If we don't, the ship'll be smashed to pieces!"

"Right right! Go right!" Luffy yelled as the ship was drifting off course as we got closer to the gates.

"Hard to starboard!" Creak SNAP! CRASH!

"What was that ?" My question was answered rather loudly by the whole crew. "THE HELM!"

"Oh okay wait-WHAT!" I snapped my head back to the gates up ahead. "We're gonna hit!"

"Gomu gomu no FUUSEN!" Luffy stopped the Merry from colliding with the gates just in time by jumping over the rail and becoming a human balloon.

"Nice save Luffy-kun!" The Merry bounced off and back on course. Leaving Luffy to fall into the rapid waters.

"LUFFY! GRAB MY HAND!" Zoro shouted as he reached his hand out to Luffy, who in the last second stretched his arm and grabbed hold before he hit the water.

Instead of Luffy ramming into Zoro like he always does. Zoro let go of Luffy's hand and he smashed into the deck below. "Wew, close one."

"I'll say." Nami sighed in relief. Sanji and Usopp had linked arms and were dancing around, clearly enjoying themselves. "WE MADE IT!"

Up, up, up the Merry went, until we reached the peak. "I wanna see it too!" Luffy joined the rest of us as we grouped up at the top front deck. He hopped onto his claimed throne, AKA Merry's head, to get a better view. "We got above the clouds!"

"Here it comes! The turn!" Nami shouted, a big smile on her face. I ran right up to the railing, practically nearly jumping off the front. "WOOOOOOOOO!" Merry was launched into the air, turning as it did so, making everyone float in the air as it went down again.

"YIPPEEEE!"

"AHHH!"

"EEEPPP!"

"YAHHOOOO!"

Landing in the current again, Merry zoomed along with it. 'I'm coming for you big sis!'

"I can see it! The Grand Line!" Luffy shouted in awe. "One Piece here I come!"

Boooo

"Did you hear something just now?" Zoro asked whoever was listening. "I just head a strange noise!"

"Eh? Come again?" I listened out for any strange sounds.

"Must've been the wind!" Nami shouted.

Booooooo .

"I heard something! I heard something!"

"Nami-san, I see a mountain up ahead!"

"A mountain? There can't be!"

Sanji was right. Up ahead was indeed a huge mountain. Kinda odd looking mountain at that.

"AHHHHH! THAT'S NOT A MOUNTAIN!"

"Then what is it?"

"It's a-a..."

"WHALLLLEEEEEEEE! AHAHAHAHA!"

BOOOOOO!

"Crap! HARD TO PORT DAMMIT!"

"The helm is broken remember!"

"Oh I have an idea!" Luffy ran off somewhere into the ship.

BOOOOOM! The cannon was suddenly fired exploding on the whale, causing Merry to come to a stop, which sadly made Merry's head snap off.

Nami was lying on the deck in shock of almost dying, the head flying towards her. "Watch out Nami-chan!" I jumped over, catching the head and landing soundly on the deck.

"WHAAAAA! MY SPECIAL SEAT!" Luffy came out on deck, noticing the head in my arms.

Everyone was silent for a few seconds .

"RUN FOR IT WHILE WE STILL CAN!" Zoro yelled grabbing an ore along with Sanji and rowing like there was no tomorrow. The whale didn't take action. In fact it just stayed the way it was.

"ROW ROW ROW!"

BOOOOOOOO!

"My ears are bleeding!"

"SHUT UP AND ROW!"

Luffy stared at the whale "My special seat . WHAT THE HELL DID YOU BREAK IT FOR!" Nami screamed at Luffy as he punched the whale in its eye. I kinda just stared with my mouth open

The rest of the crew . "YOUUU IIDDDIOOOOOTT!" They all had tears coming out of their eyes, as well as shark like faces.

The whale's eye looked down at us.. "It sees us!"

"Luffy you MORON! SHUT UP!" Zoro and Usopp roared at him, kicking him in the head.

Then all hell broke loose.

Well not exactly. The whale just opened up his mouth, creating a current that was sucking us in.

And yes while everyone was screaming I was laughing my head off. I just love a good laugh. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!"

"QUIT LAUGHING! THIS ISN'T FUN!"

The whale's mouth closed and all we saw was black.

We were just swallowed by a whale. A huge whale at that. But it wasn't anything like a whale's insides

"Ummm . Well you don't see this everyday hehe "

Checking out the place, it looked as if we were outside. There was a cloudy sky, there was an ocean and there was even a little island!

"Is this a dream?" Usopp murmured, just as confused as everyone else.

"If this was a dream It would be livelier with my imagination."

"Yeah, probably a dream."

Looking at the island now. There was a small house, which I think is occupied by somebody.

"Ah there's a house ?"

"An illusion "

SPLASH! A giant squid came out of the water in front of us.

"And this?" We stared at it for a short while. "A GIANT SQUID!"

Nami and Usopp were cowering behind Sanji, Zoro and I as we got ready to take this squid down.

Our party was pooped when 3 harpoons shot through the squid's head. "Oh yum squid on a hook "

"Looks like someone's home."

"Better hope it's a person "

"You said it "

"I wanna go home "

"If Luffy was here "

"Oh yeah, I wonder if Luffy's alright?"

"Luff'll be fine." I walked closer to the railing. "Hey, I see someone." That got everyone looking towards the door of the house. Someone was pulling in the squid, the someone who shot the squid in the first place.

The someone walked out into the light. "A flower?"

"Flower..?"

"A flower man ? No a flower ON a man. I don't know "

The old man watched us, watch him, as he made his way to an armchair. He sat down and pulled out a newspaper

"SAY SOMETHING, ASSHOLE!"

The old man looked at us again.

"If it's a fight you want we've got a cannon!" Usopp yelled from behind Nami.

"Don't. Or someone will die." The old man said deathly calm.

"And who would that be?" Sanji asked.

"Me."

"YOU! You freakin' "

"Hey. Don't get ticked off now." Zoro said placing a hand on Sanji's shoulder, moving the irritated cook behind him.

"I've got this." I said, facing the old man. "Excuse me sir but where are we? And who might you be?"

"If you ask someone something, it's proper manners to introduce yourself first."

"Oh sorry, sorry! I'm Mikari!-"

"My name is Crocus. I am the keeper of the Twin Capes Lighthouses. I am 71 years old, Gemini, Blood Type AB." ("CAN I KILL HIM NOW?")

"Shh cool it Zoro-kun."

"You want to know where you are? You've come to my one-man resort and then yell such rude things at me. Do you think you're inside a rat's stomach?"

"So we really are inside a whale's stomach "

"I don't want to be digested!"

The old man stared at us for a long time again.

"STOP THAT ALREADY!"

"Can't you appreciate a good running gag? ("A GAG?") As for the exit, it's over there." Crocus pointed to a large doorway over the side of the whale.

"WE CAN LEAVE!"

"Would you look at that, Hahahaha!" I laughed heartily. ("I don't get how she can be so happy about everything ")

"Wait, what's an exit doing in a whale's stomach? And why is that door in the sky?" Nami asked still not entirely getting the situation at hand.

"Well Nami-chan, if you take a better look, it's all a painting!" I through my hands in the air, keeping my grin planted on my face.

"I like having fun." Crocus said, looking back at his paper.

"JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Usopp shouted at the flower-head man.

"Settle Usopp-kun. Leave the man be." I patted Usopp's back.

"Nami, the exit is there. So let's get out of here." Zoro said to the navigator.

As if on cue, the whole place shook around, the 'water' creating some decent sized waves making both our ship and the small island thrash around with them.

"What's going on?" Nami yelled trying to stand her ground. I held onto the railing, looking at Crocus, waiting for him to do something to tell us this was or wasn't normal.

"Look! That island is actually a boat! Plus it's made of iron!" Nami pointed out, now holding onto the railing next to me.

"Then that must mean we are floating on stomach acid!" Usopp said as he looked around the ship from where he stood in the middle of the deck.

"So we'll be digested if we stay here much longer." Sanji added, seeming rather calm about the whole ordeal.

"Well that's just wonderful!" I said with glee, my grin widening.

"THIS ISN'T WONDERFUL!"

"So, Crocus-san, do you know what's causing all this ?" I shouted to the old geezer who was now standing on the edge of his one-man resort.

"The whale Laboon has started ramming himself against the Red Line." Crocus replied. If I do recall, I did notice the huge scars on the whale's head. So this must be a regular thing. I wonder why he does it. Surely it would have a pretty good reason why it would put itself through all this pain.

I ignored all the shouting coming from the crew; I was busy watching the old man. He had jumped into the 'water' and was swimming downward? I'm not sure, I can't see him anymore. What is he up to?

I skimmed around the water's surface, my eyes landing over at the giant door. I spotted Crocus who was now climbing up the ladder. But then a smaller door was slammed open and 3 people went flying out.

Everyone stared as they went flying past the ship. Two were screaming their heads off. You wouldn't guess who the 3rd one was

"Luffy?" Yeah that was too easy.

"Yo! You guys are all okay! By the way Save me!" Luffy shouted before landing in the whale's acid water.

"Nice entrance as always!" I laughed lightly, staring down into the water. I would save Luffy but I have my reasons

In the end Sanji had to dive in after Luffy. The two strangers had already surfaced. Sanji came up not long after, swimming back to the ship and climbing back on board. We let the strangers on deck as well.

The whale had calmed down too, the 'water' going back to its little harmless waves.

We had surrounded the two crooks, who didn't look very pleased.

"Since we saved your asses, mind telling us who you are?" Zoro asked, well more like demanded by the look on his face.

The two started whispering to each other. We all stood there awkwardly waiting for an answer.

"Are you two scoundrels' still here!" I looked up at hearing Crocus shout that. Well everyone did. "As long as I'm alive, you won't lay one finger on Laboon!" Lay a finger on Laboon? Don't tell me these two are bad guys?

"Huh? Who's the old guy?" Luffy asked, though he didn't get a reply.

The blue haired girl chuckled in what you would call an 'evil way'. "You may say that, but we cannot retreat."

"Killing this whale is our mission." The guy with the crown on his head continued, "We won't let you interfere with our whaling anymore! We'll rip a hole in its stomach!"

The two aimed their bazooka's they had with them (What? I'm not an expert on guns! Or are they mini cannons?) at the closest side of the stomach, and fired.

Crocus ran and jumped in the way, taking the blow before it would hit its mark.

"He protected the whale..?"

The blue haired girl laughed loudly, "If you want to protect it that badly, just try that again!" The crowned guy shouted. "This whale is going to feed our town!" That does it

Luffy stood up off the railing and knocked the two out by whacking them into each other.

"Aww you beat me to it." I said in a fake sad tone.

"Luffy ?"

Luffy looked up in a mad/confused state, "Don't know why. But I had to hit them."

I watched as Luffy tried to climb up Merry's mast, but Usopp was tugging on his vest, keeping him from going higher. Luffy hasn't changed a bit, he's only gotten taller that just about sums it up. Funny how time flies

Anyway, after Luffy knocked the two weirdoes out, we had all grouped up on the Merry, Crocus was on his little island boat next to us. No we didn't throw them scoundrels into the whale stomach acid, we tied them together and they are now seated behind our group. Crocus also led us out of the whale after that. During that short trip he mentioned he was a doctor. Luffy asked him to join our crew, but Crocus declined the offer.

"What's with these guys? And what are you doing inside this whale?" Nami asked the old man, gaining my attention so I was now ignoring Luffy and Usopp.

"These two scoundrels are from a nearby town. They want the whale's meat. Laboon could feed their town for two or three years." Crocus replied.

"Laboon?"

"That's this whale's name. He's an Island Whale. They inhabit West Blue, the largest species of whale in the world. How could I let him become food?"

"So you're taking care of Laboon or something like that? Why does he keep head butting the Red Line then?" I asked, rocking back and forth on my heels.

"Yes, there is a reason to why he rams into Reverse Mountain. You see, he's a whale with a heart like a person." Crocus proceeded to tell us about Laboon's case of bashing his head against the Red Line and such. In other words, Laboon's story.

A long time ago Laboon followed a crew of musical pirates, but they had told him to wait here with Crocus since the Grand Line was no place for a young whale. The crew was a lively bunch and being musical, they would always sing songs during their voyage. No wonder Laboon stuck around with them for so long. But in the end they couldn't take care of him. But they promised to come back for Laboon after they sailed through the Grand Line. And then they were gone.

"That was 50 years ago." Crocus ended.

"50 years? Laboon's been waiting for 50 years?" Usopp said shocked, still holding onto Luffy's vest.

"The poor thing. Do you know if they are still alive? No, they would've come back by now unless " I frowned at the thought of them forgetting about Laboon.

"Those guys ran away from the Grand Line." Crocus said sadly. "Even if they were alive, they would never return to this place. The terror of the Grand Line quickly overwhelms the weak of heart."

"They abandoned Laboon! That's so cruel!" Usopp said. He had let go of Luffy and they were both now standing practically on top of me.

"But if you knew this, why haven't you told him? The whale understands human speech, right?" Nami asked.

"I did tell him. But he refused to listen." Crocus sighed. He explained how he told Laboon and the way he reacted to it, that started his head bashing into Reverse Mountain.

"That poor bubby " I whispered, my cheery mood going downhill.

"He still believes they'll return, but he just won't listen to the truth."

"He may have been in a pitiful state, but you were betrayed too, right?" Sanji said, breathing out a cloud of ciggy smoke. "It's not your problem anymore, is it?"

"Look at the scars on his head! If he keeps ramming it against the rocks like that, he will die." Crocus pointed to Laboon's head.

I looked back at Laboon. The scars on his head were terrible; he would die if he didn't stop soon. My heart sunk at the sight.

"OOOOOHHHHHHWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

We shot our heads around to see Luffy running up the side of Laboon.

"What is that moron doing?"

"Can't take your eyes off him for a second!"

"Hey guys, isn't that the mast?"

"I believe so, hahaha!"

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!"

We watched Luffy stab the mast into the top of Laboon. Laboon went crazy, thrashing around, causing tidal waves.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR!" Everyone yelled with shark chompers. Being me, I laughed loudly at their reaction.

Luffy then started attacking Laboon. Kicking, punching, tail whacking, head ramming, the list goes on.

"Luffy, what are you doing!" Zoro shouted as Luffy was sent flying into the lighthouse on the nearby shore. Laboon charged at him but stopped in his tracks when Luffy yelled out.

"It's a draw!" Luffy placed his straw hat back on his head. "Our battle isn't over, so we're going to have to fight again someday. Your nakama may be dead, but from now on I'm your rival!"

Yep, Luffy is still his sweet but crazy self.

"Once we finish sailing the Grand Line, I'll be back! Then we'll finish our fight!" Luffy had that big goofy grin back on his face.

BOOOOOO!~~

That cheered Laboon up a whole ton. A new promise for him to remember.

"Yosh! This is our 'Fight Promise'!" Luffy had painted our Jolly Roger on Laboon's head. It was well some sight. "Don't go hitting the wall and rubbing the mark off!"

Our crew just stared at the mark . Then got back to whatever they were doing before.

"Hey what happened to those two?" Usopp said, looking around the deck.

"Huh? The two weirdoes? They must've run off." Nami replied not really caring for the two strangers.

"I wonder who they were " I said looking out to the ocean.

Nami had then wandered off the ship saying she was going to plan our Grand Line voyage or something. Usopp was fixing the mast, thanks to Luffy. Sanji was in the kitchen. I was left in my world of daydreaming. Luffy was also on deck doing nothing and Zoro was catching up on some shut-eye.

I eyed Zoro's katana's I hadn't seen him use them to his fullest. Yet again, I hadn't got the chance to take a closer look at them. Maybe I could just

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Well, Zoro's katana's will have to wait! I jumped off the side of Merry and onto the lighthouse island, wondering what Nami had screamed about.

I walked over to where Nami was, Usopp, Sanji and Luffy now next to her.

"Round and round it goes " Usopp said, staring at the compass on the table.

"Heh, fun!" Luffy laughed tapping the compass.

"What's wrong Nami-chan?" I squashed in between the boy's, leaning over the table and poking the compass. "Oh ya, guess I should've mentioned compasses don't work around here hehehe "

"What do you mean 'doesn't work around here'?" Nami asked, hands on her hips.

I picked up the compass as Sanji placed the food down that he had loaded on his arms. "Oooh looks tasty "

"The islands of the Grand Line are abundant with minerals causing abnormal magnetic fields along the entire line. What's more, the wind and currents here are completely unstable." Crocus said, walking over to us, overhearing Nami's question.

"Right we'll be doomed if we don't have any way to determine our direction. I didn't know that." Nami laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head.

"W-WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO!" Usopp shouted, shaking and sweating in fear.

"Hey this ain't bad, you guys!" Luffy said, talking about the food and not the compass.

"WOULD YOU BE QUIET FOR A SECOND!" Nami shouted at the two.

"But this is really good, the Blue-fin Elephant "

"Navigating the Grand Line will be impossible if you don't have a Log Pose." Crocus said, Luffy gobbling away at the food in the background.

"Log Pose? Never heard of it."

"If I remember a Log Pose is a compass that memorizes a magnetic field. They look kind strange as well, compared to a normal compass." I explained, answering Nami for Crocus.

"Yeah, they have a very distinct shape." Crocus replied.

"Like this?" Luffy said, pulling out a glass ball on a wrist band and showing it to us.

"Yup, that's right Luff! Without that we won't be able to sail the Grand Line!" I grinned at him, eyeing the Log Pose in his hand. "Wait a second "

"WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE ONE?" Nami shouted, punching Luffy in the face, sending him to the ground.

Luffy popped into a sitting position, "Those two weirdos dropped it on the boat "

"They did?"

"Why'd you punch me?"

"I felt like it."

"Felt like it?"

Nami took the Log Pose out of Luffy's palm, bringing it to her face. "So this is a Log Pose. There aren't any markings on it."

"The islands dotting the Grand Line obey the rules created by magnetic fields. So in order to travel from island to island," Crocus explained.

"The Log Pose must readapt to the magnetic field at each island, and it will point you in the right direction." I finished with a smile.

"Yes, exactly. The truth is that there's no way to determine your exact position on this ocean. You are utterly dependent on the magnetic field memorized by your Log Pose."

"We have to choose one of the 7 magnetic fields emanating from Reverse Mountain. It doesn't matter which one since they'll all join up in the end. Also the final island of the Grand Line is Raftel, right Crocus-san?" Crocus nodded in response.

"Wait, how do you know all this Mikari? Have you been to the Grand Line before?" Nami asked, everyone's eyes turning to me.

"Haha no, no! I read it in a book during my time visiting islands around East Blue. Though I had planned on going by myself there at first "

"Oh okay. Looks like you'll have to tell me about your travels one day."

I nodded, "Yeah, in our free time I will."

"So One Piece must be at Raftel!" Usopp piped in, getting us back on track.

"Who knows, only the Pirate King has survived to discover that island " I looked down in thought.

"We'll find out when we get there!" Luffy said, "Alright, I'm full. Let's set sail!"

"YOU DIDN'T SPARE ANY FOOD FOR US!" Sanji yelled, his and Usopp's eyes bulging out. "Whoa. Even the bones."

I chuckled at the sight, "I wanted Nami-san to . TO BE THE ONE TO EAT IT!" Sanji kicked Luffy in the gut sending him flying past Nami, causing the Log Pose to shatter.

Ohhhh fudge muffins. Wait for it

"Sanji-kun."

"Yes Nami-san!~"

"YOU TWO GO SOAK YOUR HEADS!" BLAM! Luffy and Sanji soared through the sky I tell you.

I blinked. Shot not saving them

"Our precious Log Pose " Nami sniffed sadly.

"Don't worry; I've got one you can have. I owe you for saving Laboon." Crocus said with a small smile.

Laboon was nice enough to bring the drowning lads to shore, plus the 2 weirdos that disappeared earlier. They revealed their names, Mr 9 and Miss Wednesday. I do know that isn't their real identities, just code names surely.

The two were on their hands and knees, begging you could say, for us to drop them off at their home island or something. Whiskey Peak was the name of the place.

"Don't you have your own ship?" Nami asked, impatiently. These guys better have a damn good reason for asking us this favour.

"It was destroyed " Oh .

"Wouldn't that be a little too kind on our part, Mr 9? Considering you tried to kill that whale." Nami said matter-o-factly.

"Just who are you?" Usopp questioned, crossing his arms.

"I am a King!"

"Liar." Nami pulled on Mr 9's face.

"We cannot say! But all we want is to return to our town!" Miss Wednesday begged.

"Please understand, we truly cannot say anything!"

I zoned out since they kept raving on. I lack paying attention to talkative people.

Blah blah, blahhhhh .. "We'll take you. Whiskey Peak right?" I forgot who our captain was

"A-Are you serious?" Usopp stuttered, staring wide eyed at the captain.

"It's fine. No problem." Luffy replied with a straight face.

"But the only place you can decide your course from is here at the starting point." Crocus said, facing Luffy.

"If we don't like it, we'll just try again." Good call Luff.

"I see." Crocus smirked.

"Okay, let's go then!"

With the Log Pose set, and everyone loaded onto the Going Merry, we were ready to head off. Not without bidding farewell of course. And the whole time Zoro was still snoring away on the deck.

"See ya!"

"Bye Crocus-san, Laboon! Take care now!"

"Bye bye!"

We finally set out off into the sunset, our once in a lifetime adventure ahead. Well after we drop of a couple of freeloaders, I hope. I can hardly wait! I'll finally be reunited with my sister! That is if we run into her during our voyage. Guess I have a lot of explaining and storytelling to tell the crew .