Chapter 7

"There she is the red line, the entrance to the Grand line. Once go up Reverse Mountain, we will be in the Grand line. Are you ready girls?"

"Yes" they all say in unison.

"Good, you girls know about the Reverse Mountain right?"

Akane nods " I know what it is. The Reverse Mountain is the entrance to the Grand line . It's a Mountain that connects to all 5 seas. The water coming from the North, South, East, West Blues flows up the mountain, then back down into the Grand line. It's the only way into the Grand line because of calm blelts."

"Right you are, Akane. " Nathan turns to Mizore who was steering the ship. "Mizore head straight for for the red line and look for a waterfall flowing uphill."

As they approach the red line they notice the reverse Mountain waterfall slightly to the Port side. Mizore turns the wheel to Port and heads straight up the mountain. The water was going up the so fast, that the boat slammed against the side of the red line before turning and heading down the mountain. They got a small glimpse of the ocean at the top, before being pulled downhill by the only current flowing down. As they approach the bottom of the mountain they saw what looked, like a wall blocking their path. As they got closer they realized it was an island whale. The Island whale seems to move out of the way as they get closer.

Th whale was huge it certainly lived up, to the name Island whale. It was covered in scars and and had a painted jolly roger on the tip of its nose

When the reach the the bottom of the waterfall, they see an old man lying in a chair on the shore, in front of a big light house. He had on glasses a short sleeve Hawaiian shirt, a pair of shorts and sandals. He had looked like flower petals growing out of his head, and long white beard.

Nathan flies off the ship and lands infront of him" Excuse me Old man." Nathan hears snoring coming from him. As the girls land next to him, they here it too.

Mizore looks at the old man "He is sleeping."

Yoko stares at him "should we wake him."

"It would be rude to do so" Akane says. Xenovia stares at him remaining silent.

" You know I can hear you guys right!"

Nathan was a bit shocked as the old man spoke. "But sir we thought you were asleep, " Nathan says.

" Well I was until you just disturbed my nap. "

"We're sorry sir, but we were just making a small stop before heading out to the Grand line, and we noticed you laying there. "

" You're heading to the Grand line you say. Let me guess your Pirates right? And you're seeking out the legendary One Piece?"

" That would would be the idea, yes. "

"Never seen your flag before? What do you call yourselves?"

"The Demon pirates, I'm the captain Nathaniel Ayrstar, this is Mizore, Akane, Xenovia and, Yoko. "

The old man laughs " I see, an all female crew aren't you the ladies man. The name is Crocus. Do you guys know how to navigate to the Grand line?"

Nathan looked at Crocus like he was crazy, he knew how to navigate." Of course we have a compass, we know how to navigate."

Crocus laughs again, " I see, well mind if I give you a piece of advice about the Grand line."

" Sure go ahead."

" Very well, you see normal navigation methods are useless in the Grand line. Normal compasses do not work in the grand line. You need a very special compass called a log pose. " He pulled out a small wristband with an orb attached to it. Inside the orb was small arrow." In the Grand line the you don't use the magnetic poles of the planet, like you would with a regular compass. But rather each island has its own magnetic pole. The log pose is a special compass that locks onto those magnetic fields. To use it, simply pick a direction from my lighthouse to sail. Once you set sail the log pose will lock onto the nearest magnetic field. Once on the island it will take a certain amount of time for the log pose to lock onto the magnetic field of the next Island. " The old man says.

"So basically we're jumping from Island to Island using the log pose as our guide" Nathan replies.

" Essentially, yes " Crocus replies back. " Now which one of you is going to be the Navigator and use the log pose?"

Nathan takes the log pose, thinks for a minute, then hands it to Akane." I want you to do it, Akane."

She looks at Nathan with a slightly shocked look. "What? Why me? "

"Because you're the smartest of all of us, and know I can trust you with it." Nathan smiles at her as he says that.

"If you're putting your trust in me, then how can I refuse. Very well, I will be the ship's Navigator."

Nathan turns to Crocus " I have one more request sir. Can you tell me what's up with the whale?"

"Ahhh yes, its' name is Laboon. He was left here pirate crew that set to conquer The grand line, when he was just a little whale. His friends from the pirate crew I told him we'll be back in a few years. Laboon has been waiting patiently for their return since then. But sadly I don't think they will ever come back, because that was over 50 years ago. The scars come from him smashing into the red line. but he stop that when a certain pirate crew came through. See the crudely drawn Jolly Roger on his head. You should recognize it as symbol of the Stawhat pirates. Their captain drew that on him, when they passed though here a little over a year ago. When strawhat did that he promised the Laboon he would be back. We will see if strawhat is able to come through with his promise.

"Wow that whale has quite a story. But anyway thank you for your help Crocus-san, but we really must be going. Come on girls, let's set sail. Mizore set a course Southwest, and Akane you tell us the moment the log pose stabilizes. Then tell Mizore which way to sail. " Nathan says as he and the girls take flight and land on the ship, leaving a very stunned Crocus behind them.

The Next day

After sailing for a little less the 24 hours, the log pose had locked onto a Island. Nathan and the girls could see the Island. Akane spots a news coo flying over head. She signals it by waving at it, and it flies down. Akane purchases a paper from the news coo. The coo allows her to take a paper as well as the most recent wanted posters. She looks over them, While most of them did not catch her eye there were three that did. "Hey everyone, I have something you guy will wanna see! " she yells.

Everyone runs over to her, as she holds three pieces of paper. "Is that what I think it is?" Asks Yoko. "Mizore make an ice doll to steer the ship, you gotta come see this."

Mizore makes the doll and tells it to steer the ship to the port. She then comes down to or everyone else was. She notices the papers in Akane's hand. "So we have bounties now?"

" No not all of us do, only Nathan, Yoko, and Xenovia." Akane starts reading the wanted posters. "Nathan the demon is wanted dead or alive for 40 million Beri. Xenovia the blue knight wanted dead or alive for 25 million Beri and Yoko the sharpshooter wanted dead or alive for 20 million Beri. Looks like you and I missed out, Mizore."

"We are the port Mistress, is there anything else you require?" The ice doll asks.

"No thank you that will be all. " Mizore says as she dismisses the ice doll.

They disembark from the ship and nathan looks up at the sign over the pier. " This town is called Harujion girls, I wonder what island this is."

Suddenly they hear explosions, they look around and see they can find out where it came from. As the move closer they hear someone yell "Iron Dragon's Roar!"

A swirling wave of iron shards comes flying past Nathan and the girls, heading right for a guy with pink hair. The pink haired guy jumps up and Dodges it as he shoots a wave of fire from his mouth. Over on the other side of a road was a girl with blonde hair whom was yelling the two fighters."Natsu, Gajeel, stop this fighting before you destroy the whole town!"

A guy who had bolts in his face, turns to the blonde girl and yells. " Zip it Blondie! This is between me and Natsu!"

Nathan guessed he was Gajeel he had long black hair and was wearing a black sleeveless overcoat like shirt and brown pants.

Which ment the guy with pink hair, a black open sleeveless vest, and a white scarf was Natsu.

Nathan takes flight and lands next to her. "Are you a friend of these idoits? "

She just sighs and answers "sadly yes."

"Are those two always like this?"

" Unfortunately they are."

"Wow anyway Blondie can I ask you a few questions? I am a sailor and me and my crew need to know where we are. What country is this?

" First I'm not Blondie, my name is Lucy Heartfilia. Second the country you are in is called fiore." Lucy had on a blue shirt with an open back, and white skirt. Her chest was at least a D-cup, maybe even an E

"Sorry for calling you Blondie, Mrs. Lucy. I am Nathan Arystar and these are my crew" ... Nathan points the girls as he says their Names ..." Mizore Shirayuki, Yoko Littner, Akane Seto and Xenovia Quarta."

"Nice to meet all of you " Lucy says.

Akane thinks for a minute, "You said Fiore, I think I read about this place. It's a very magical place, literally. The place is filled with people who use all kinds of strange abilities. Most are not found outside Fiore, not even with devil fruits."

Lucy who is looking at Akane with an extremely puzzled look." You are really not from around here are you?"

"Like I said we sailed here from a far away land. Say do know how long will it take for the log pose to reset? "

Suddenly Nathan hears a new female voice, "You said a you have a log pose?"

Nathan turns to see a girl with blue hair and a smaller chest then Lucy." Yes, why do ask?" She was walking towards them.

"Well I read about log poses in a book and I have always wanted to see one. "

"Sure I guess yes can!"

"Oh thank you Nathan."

"Wait I never told you my name"

"Yes true, but I saw your wanted poster in the paper. Don't worry though, I won't say a word to any one becuase of the log pose. Oh and by the way I'm Levy Mcgarden."