Good morning, day or evening everyone and welcome back to Jou's Adventures. As I recall we last left off as the Straw Hat's escaped from Eric and made it to the Going Merry and are now on their way to Lost Island.
I do not own One Piece
It's owned by Eiichiro Oda
I just own the OC's
So let's continue this adventure, shall we?
One Piece Jou's Adventures: East Blue Saga Pt.25
After escaping the Marines and on their way to the Lost Island the pirates and Apis sailed the ship to help Grandpa Ryu find his home. The said dragon was sitting on the handmade cart the pirates made for him as he napped being pulled by the ship on the ocean.
"No wonder it's called Lost Island..." Nami said. "It's not on any of the charts. It's description doesn't even match any of the islands and the waters around Warship Island."
"Hey, Grandpa Ryu!" Usopp shouted to the dragon. "Which way should we go!? Where's Lost Island!?"
Grandpa Ryu only looked like he was thinking. Like he was deep in thought. Luffy sitting next to the dragon just began looking into his eyes with his own owl-like ones.
"Hey...?" Luffy said to him. Ryu only closed his eyes and went back to napping. "I think he went to sleep to again!" Luffy said to everyone on the ship.
"Well, it looks we're back to just searching around for the Lost Island on our own." Jou said as he was leaning on the rail next to Nami looking over the map.
"Sorry for the wait, everybody!" Apis said running up to meet everyone carrying a pot. "I hope your all hungry?"
"Oh no, don't tell me she cooked again?" Zoro whispered sweat-dropping.
"No one was waiting for her food!" Usopp whimpered.
"J-Just remember guys..." Jou stuttered. "She's only child."
Nami only laughed nervously. Obviously signaling she's not ready to try more of Apis's cooking. Apis happily runs to the group carrying a pot wearing oven mitts on her hands. Sanji was walking up from behind her carrying a basket and a rope.
"Oh, Sanji!" Usopp said sounding relieved. "For a minute there I thought you weren't the one who made the meal!" These words the sniper said made Apis frown in anger. "I'm so-" Usopp didn't get to finish his sentence as Apis slammed her tiny foot into his causing the Sniper to yelp in pain.
"Gotta admit, you kinda deserved that." Jou said to the sniper.
"H-Hey! Who's side are you on!?" Usopp said still in pain over his hurt foot.
"Not yours." Jou smirked folding his arms over his chest. This caused Nami to giggle.
"Lunch time!" Apis said holding up the pot of food. "Now eat up! Grandpa Ryu!"
"Food! Alright!" Luffy said happily stretching his arms toward the pot and grabbed it out of Apis's hands. "Yummy!" Luffy didn't think that the pot would be hot. The pot burned his hands. "HOT!"
"NOOOO!" Sanji shouted with shark teeth. "YOU MORON!"
The food that was flying out of the pot fell straight on top of Grandpa Ryu's lumpy head with the pot falling on it afterwards. The heat from the food even began heating the dragon's lump. Grandpa Ryu opened eyes wide in alarm. Luffy screamed in pain from his burning hands.
Hold on!" Apis said climbing out the ship.
"Apis!" Nami called after the girl.
Apis grabbed hold of the rope pulling Grandpa Ryu's cart. She wrapped her legs around it and started sliding down the rope effortlessly and landed on the cart.
"Grandpa Ryu!" Apis said running up to the dragon. She began wiping off the food off of Grandpa Ryu's head. The dragon didn't seem to mind as he was occupied thinking of something else. "Grandpa Ryu! Are you okay?" The dragon turned it's eyes to Apis. She became surprised like he just told her something.
"Perfect!" Sanji said irritably. "I go through the trouble of making that food and all goes to waste!"
"You can make more though, right?" Usopp asked.
"Yeah, but the point is we should never waste food." Sanji said.
Apis looked out toward the sea. Luffy was holding the pot that was still hot so he had to hold with his sandals on his hands. The pot still had food in it.
"What? What is it?" Luffy asked Apis. The girl turned to Luffy.
"I know where Lost Island is." She said. "The Dragon's Nest is somewhere to east of Warship Island."
"That's great!" Luffy grinned. "How'd you know where to find it?"
"Grandpa Ryu just remembered!" Apis said grinning as well. The captain and girl began laughing together happily.
"We know where it is!" Luffy said to his crew up on the ship. Everyone of them raised their eye brow's. "Lost Island lies to the east of Warship Island guys!"
"Yeah, Grandpa Ryu said so!" Apis said.
"Let's go!" Luffy said.
"Usopp!" Nami said. "Take the helm!"
"Right!" Usopp said. "You got it!" He said following Nami.
"Right!" Luffy said. "We spent enough time here! NOW TO LOST ISLAND!"
The ship began turning around back towards Warship Island.
"Damn it, you better eat all of that!" Sanji warned Luffy about the pot with food still in it.
"Oh, no problem!" Luffy said sounding happy.
They all knew where they were headed.
Sanji and Zoro were off doing dishes in the kitchen. Luffy was sitting in his special seat. The straw hat yawned while stretching.
"So, Lost Island is supposedly out in this direction somewhere." Luffy said. "Wonder what it looks like and when we're gonna see it?" He then turned to Jou, Nami and Usopp in the crow's nest. "Hey! Can you see anything from up there, Usopp!"
"Nope!" Usopp said. "Not a single thing!" The sniper answered with his goggles over his eyes. Jou was looking through his telescope and Nami had a pair of binoculars. "We've come a long way. But there's no sign of this Lost Island. I hope this doesn't turn out to be a wild goose chase."
Nami made a hum sound in disappointment.
"We can only hope for the best." Jou said softly, taking his telescope off his eye.
"And then there's Grandpa Ryu..." Usopp said, taking his goggles off his eyes to look at the two. "I wish there was someway we can make him remember a few more details." Usopp looked to side and saw something. "Ah! That should do the trick!"
Jou and Nami looked and saw Usopp picking up an anvil with his hands.
"So, what say we bonk him on the head with this anvil?" Usopp suggested. "That should loosen up some memories in his old noggin all right!"
Jou frowned at the sniper and put a hand to his hip.
"How about I bonk you on the head with that anvil instead?" Jou suggested.
"No, that's mean." Nami said disagreeing with Usopp's idea. She smacked Usopp's arm with the sniper losing his hold on the anvil and it landing on his foot. The sniper whimpered in pain.
Jou and Nami turned away from the pained sniper and saw a something the side that made the two smile warmly. The two were watching Apis who was talking to Grandpa Ryu from the back of the ship. Usopp walked over to them and glared at Nami who was the reason for his pain but turned to Apis as well and smiled.
"Can you believe it, Grandpa Ryu!" Apis said happily. "We're almost there! We're almost to Lost Island! And it's there, right? The dragon's nest you told me about! And if you got there you'll get all better, won't you?" Grandpa Ryu closed his eye slightly. "Hmm? What?" Apis smiled. "Your so nice but you don't have to thank me! We're not even there yet!"
"Hm? What's that?" Luffy said putting a hand over his eyes so he could a good look a smokey-looking object in the distance. "Smoke?" The straw-hatted boy searched around frantically turning his head in from left to right and went back to sitting calmly in his special seat. "Oh well, I guess we'll know when we get closer."
"Aww!" Apis whined. "NO Grandpa Ryu! That's not true! I don't think your troubling me at all! What's your problem!?" Apis said angrily flailing her arms and leg's as she was propped on the railing as she kept yelling at the dragon.
Jou, Nami and Usopp just watched girl angrily scream.
"At some point it turned into an argument?" Nami said.
"It sounds like Apis is the only one arguing." Usopp said. "Listen to her."
"Grandpa Ryu must've said something that upset her?" Jou said.
"Should we..." Nami was about to suggest something when she turned her head and spotted something.
Back with Luffy, he was looking at an object that looked just like a ship.
"A ship...?" Luffy said, looking up at it curiously. "It's looks like one but something's weird about it?" The Merry slowly approached the shadow ship. Luffy stuck his foot out to see if he can touch it. As the Merry drifted closer Luffy touched it with his foot. As his foot made contact with the object it began to make ripples and became clear. Luffy began to see himself in the reflection. "Woah! Awesome!" The Merry started going into the reflection. "Hey Nami, do you see this?!"
Nami, Usopp and Jou all looked at what was going on. Nami had a startled expression, Usopp's eyes were white with shock and Jou's eyebrow's were raised in confusion.
"Yes." Nami managed to say. "But I don't believe it!"
"Watch this!" Luffy said as he grasped his throat and pulled his head inside the reflection. "Help!" He made a joke like he was being pulled inside which made the boy laugh amusingly.
"What the hell...?" Jou whispered in disbelief as Nami and Usopp were blue in the face from shock which led to them screaming in horror.
Sanji and Zoro who were in the kitchen ran to what was going on but only saw fog enveloping the area.
"What gives?" Zoro said. "It's just fog?"
"From the way Nami was screaming I thought we were in danger?" Sanji said.
"What in the world is going on?" Nami wondered in disbelief.
"Nami, your question is a good as mine." Jou said.
"Can somebody please explain to me what just happened?" Usopp questioned. "I mean our own ship was in front of us but somehow we passed straight through it, right?"
Luffy began looking around curiously.
"This stuff's so thick I can't see a thing." Luffy said.
"It was almost like...well a mirage." Usopp said.
"A mirage?" Jou questioned.
"That's it!" Nami said. "A mirage! I remember reading about it once! When warmer air in the sky collides with cooler air in the ocean's surface it can create mirages at sea!" She explained.
It wasn't long right after the fog cleared that clouds began forming in the sky and loud claps were heard and it began raining down something fierce. Nami began shaking her fist in anger.
"What about this...?" Asked Usopp in disbelief. "Is this a mirage too?"
"Hmm...?" Jou took off one of his black fingerless gloves and felt the water hitting his hand. "Nope. This rain feels very, very real."
"AAAAAAH!" Nami screamed in anger. "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS STUPID OCEAN!?"
The Merry began toppling over from a wave. Jou, Nami and Usopp who're in the crow's nest fell over. Luffy falls off the figurehead but grabs hold of the side and Sanji went to catch Apis but ended up knocking over Zoro.
"Damn it!" Zoro said irritably. "Thanks for knocking me over!" He said to Sanji.
"We didn't do it on purpose, jerk!" Sanji growled. "It's the storms fault!"
"Sanji! Zoro!" Nami called from the crow's nest. "Quit fighting and raise the sails and hurry up!"
"Yes, Nami dear~!" Sanji called back lovingly.
"You'll be safer inside!" Zoro said to Apis holding her arm.
"No!" Apis said ripping her arm away. "I have to stay out her with Grandpa Ryu!" Apis said running off.
"Wait!" Zoro called after her. "Don't be an idiot! It's too dangerous to be out in this storm!"
"I just can't leave him alone in this!" Apis said. "I can't!" Apis began running but the ship began leaning over to it's side which led to her slipping and falling back against the railing.
"See!" Zoro told her. "Now get in there and shut up, kid!"
Usopp was working to get the sails ready. A thunderbolt hit's the ocean from right in front of the ship.
"Get moving!" Nami ordered. "If we keep drifting that lighting is gonna hit us!"
"It almost seems like the ocean's trying to push the ship back from something?" Luffy wondered. "But what?"
Jou and Nami were now on the deck of the ship. The ship began rocking once again by the waves.
"AAAAAAHHH!" A shriek was heard from the side. Jou and Nami looked over and saw Apis falling over the side.
"APIS!" Nami shouted. Jou began sprinting over the side of the ship and dove over the side.
"JOU!" She shouted running over to the side. Luckily, she caught site of Jou carrying Apis in one arm while the other was grabbing hold of the side of the Merry. "Jou! Apis!"
"Nami! Get Luffy!" Jou ordered Nami who turned her head to call for the Captain.
"Luffy!" Nami yelled. Luffy ran over and knew what to do by stretching his arm toward Jou and Apis. Jou let go of the side of the ship to grab hold of Luffy's rubbery arm. With a tug Luffy pulled Jou carrying Apis back aboard the ship.
Jou tumbled on the deck with Apis in his arms landing on his backside and leaning up. Nami ran over to them kneeling down.
"Jou, Apis?" She said. "Are you guy's alright?"
"We're fine." Jou said and looked at Apis who was grabbing hold of his cardigan. "Hey, Apis? You okay, kiddo?"
"I-I'm fine." Apis said looking up at him. "T-Thank you, Jou."
"No prob. Oh...?" Jou saw that Apis wasn't wearing her hat. He picked it up from the deck and plopped it back on her head. "It isn't safe out here, Apis. You need to get in side."
"I know that!" Apis said. "But I need to be there for Grandpa Ryu! I need to go to him!"
"I know, but..." Jou began but saw a sad look in the young girl's eyes. "Fine. Go to him but just be careful."
"Right." She nodded as her and Jou stood up and she ran off to the back of the ship.
Apis went over to check on Grandpa Ryu. The dragon sat on the makeshift cart still looking as calm as ever even though a storm was going on.
"Grandpa Ryu!" Apis shouted at him. "Hold on! We'll get you out of this storm as soon as we can-!"
Water hit the rope that tied the cart to the Merry. The ropes came undone and whipped Apis backwards with the girl falling to the ground. Apis knew she had to do something so she went to grab the rope. She was able to stop it and as she was trying to it made her hands bleed. It was painful for the girl but she just grit her teeth and toughed it knowing that these ropes are the only thing keeping Grandpa Ryu to the Merry.
Apis then felt someone get from behind her. She looked behind herself and saw Zoro helping her keep the ropes in place and keeping them from untying from the ship.
"Zoro!?" Apis said.
Zoro said nothing as he struggled to keep the ropes in place along with him holding onto Apis. He shuffled over to grab hold of the other rope.
"What!?" Apis shouted at Grandpa Ryu. "Grandpa Ryu, what're you saying!? No! We will not let you go to save ourselves! We're going to find your nest like I promised!"
Luffy jumped on the main mast and wrapped himself around it and stretched his arm.
"Gum-Gum...!" Luffy shouted. "Lasso!" His arm wrapped around the cart.
"Hey!" Sanji called. "I see a light over there!"
"Where?" Jou asked as Sanji pointed it out. Jou took his telescope out and zoomed in on the light. "Yeah, I see it!"
"That must be the eye of the storm!" Nami said.
"Not just that!" Jou said still looking through his telescope. "There's an island too!"
"Are we gonna head there?" Usopp asked.
"That's where were heading!" Nami said. "Come on!"
Luffy still hanging from the main mast was hanging onto Grandpa Ryu's cart struggling to hold onto it.
"Luffy!" Apis said.
"Don't worry." Luffy said. "I got him! We're gonna take him to the Dragon's Nest just like you said, okay?"
"Okay!" Apis answered.
They made it out of the storm. The waters were back to being calm as they got out and their ship made it toward the island.
"An island hidden by a mirage and surrounded by stormy seas..." Nami said. "Well that certainly explains why no one's ever found it. It's not lost anymore though. Now that we found it."
"Looks more like a castle that sank into the ocean instead of an island if you ask me." Luffy said.
"Woah! Check out that stonework!" Usopp said. "It actually looks like a dragon! You know, I bet you those millennial dragon's built this place themselves."
"Wow!" Luffy said amazed. "I never knew dragon's were so good at building stuff!"
"They're not you morons!" Sanji said. "It's pretty obvious that humans built this place."
"Well, whatever." Zoro said. "Who cares."
"Yeah, it doesn't matter who built it." Jou said.
"Yeah, who cares." Luffy smiled. "We made it to Lost Island!"
They docked their ship and go on the land. The island looked deserted.
"No signs of life." Sanji observed. "I wonder if anyone lives here anymore? It looks like this place has been reclaimed by nature."
"Does anyone know where the Dragon's Nest could be?" Nami wondered.
"Hey!" Apis said to Grandpa Ryu. "Grandpa Ryu! Hey, I'm talking you!" She said to dragon that had his eyes shut. "Geez! We're on the island with the Dragon's Nest! Would you wake up and tell us where it is!?"
Grandpa Ryu opened his eyes slowly and then shut them again.
"What he say?" Luffy asked hands behind his head.
"Well, he said he's not sure." Apis said with a frown. "But he said that this place might not even be the actual Lost Island."
"What?" Zoro asked raising an eyebrow.
"You can't be serious?" Sanji said.
"So you're saying that this probably isn't Lost Island?" Jou asked.
"So we went through a frickin mirage and that storm for nothing!?" Usopp said.
Apis closed her eyes sadly.
"Hey, Apis...?" Luffy said getting the girl's attention. "See that?" Luffy pointed towards a mountain. "If the Dragon's Nest is on the island I bet we can spot it from up there!"
"Right." Nami smiled. "We can't see anything from down here so why don't we go take a look." She turned to Apis. "What do ya say?"
"Yeah." Apis agreed.
"Great!" Luffy said. "Let's go!"
Nami and Apis walked while all the guy's pushed the cart with Grandpa Ryu still sitting on it. Luffy and Zoro pulled the ropes on the cart from the front while Jou, Usopp and Sanji pushed from the back.
"It's no fair!" Usopp complained. "We men have to do all the work while Nami get's to take a stroll! She should be back here pushing with us!"
"Quit complaining!" Jou said pushing the cart. "And just push already!"
"Yeah!" Nami said. "Less caterwauling and more dragon-hauling!"
"Sure that's easy for you to say!" Usopp said.
"Would you shut up and push!" Sanji said. "Nami so gorgeous when she's ordering us around~!"
"Oh brother!" Usopp said.
"Maybe you should take your own advice, Sanji." Jou said.
"What was that!?" Sanji said.
"Are you hard of hearing now too." Jou said sarcastically. "All I said was you should follow your own advice."
"You picking a fight with me, 'Crap Look-out'!" Sanji said.
"A fight...?" Jou said. "Please, I can take you with one chain with my hand tied behind my back."
"You wanna test that theory?" Sanji said.
"Sure." Jou said. "You 'Swirly eye-browed dope'!"
"What did you call me!?" Sanji said.
"Do I need to say it again...?" Jou asked smirking.
"Jou, Sanji!" Nami shouted. "Quit bickering like children and push the cart!"
"Fine." Jou said.
"Yes, Nami~!" Sanji said lovingly once again.
The group kept pushing the cart up and caught of sight of a city. Everyone saw that the city was abandoned and a little bit ruined.
"It's a city..." Nami said. They all continued their long trek to the top.
"Woah, check it out." Luffy said looking around. "It looks all abandoned and broken down. Do you guys think people really used to live here?"
"Of course." Zoro answered him. "Who else do you think lived in all these houses."
"Why did they leave then?" Usopp said. "And where did they go?"
"Who know's maybe they just found a better island and moved away or something." Sanji said.
"That could be a possibility." Jou said.
Apis stopped and ran to some grass on the side. Kneeling down she picked up something up with a smile on her face. She picked up a round object with a dragon designed in it.
"It's a Millennial Dragon emblem." She said. "I wonder if the children who lived here played with dragon's like I do with Grandpa Ryu?" She looked up and saw three teal-greened birds flying in the air above Apis. "Hi!" Apis greeted the birds. "Do you know if there's a place where dragon's might nest?"
"Hey!" Nami said. "Apis! C'mon, you don't wanna get left behind!"
"Guess what?" Apis said to Nami. Apis had one of the birds on her shoulder. "I was just talking with the birds and they told me there's a building with a dragon emblem on it!"
"What?" Nami asked.
"Really?" Usopp asked.
"It could be the Dragon's Nest!" Apis said and began running. "What're are we waiting for!?"
Nami began walking until she stopped as something caught her eye. She caught sight of some wind blowing around violently in the air. It looked strange to her.
"Hey, Nami!" Luffy called. "Are you coming or what?"
"Uh, of course! Wait up!" Nami said running to catch up with the others.
They made up to where the building was that was on the very top of the mountain. The guy's pushed the cart up on a step. Usopp fell back exhausted.
"Please tell me we don't have to push anymore?" Usopp said.
The bird that was on Apis' shoulder flew off.
"Thank you so much for showing us the way!" Apis said to as it took off.
"Wow, what do you know?" Sanji said. "We traveled a lot further than I thought."
"Thank you all so very much." Apis said to the pirates.
"Yeah, nice work guys!" Nami said to the 5 men. She turned around to the building's large door. "That painting must be the dragon emblem, huh?" She observed the door.
"Yep, guess so." Luffy said.
"Wait, this little building's the dragon's nest?" Sanji said.
"This is it?" Usopp asked.
"Even if it is, where's the door?" Zoro said.
"Yeah, it doesn't looks like there's anyplace where we can enter it?" Jou said.
"The doors right there!" Luffy said pointing at the building.
"No it's not!" Nami said. "There's no handle or keyhole! If there's a door then how are we supposed to open it, stupid!"
Apis looked up at the door curiously. She clutched the necklace around her neck that had a claw of some kind hanging off it. She walked up to the door slowly. She saw an indentation in the wall.
"Hey!" Usopp said.
"Apis..." Nami said. "That pendant of yours...? You mean it's a..."
"So, it's a key that opens the door to the dragon's nest, huh?" Sanji said.
Apis nodded in confirmation with a serious look on her face.
"Well, go for it, kiddo." Jou smiled, crossing his arms over his chest.
Apis held the claw in her hand and reached up to put the claw in the indentation. She tried her best to reach up but she couldn't.
"I..." She turned around to the group with a sad look on her face with tears in her eyes. "I can't reach it!" She cried.
"Heh, that's 'cause your so short, silly." Luffy said.
"Yeah, so?" Apis said.
"Here, let me do it." Luffy said taking the claw and walking up to the door. "Let's see..." He didn't get to put the claw into the wall as the ground gave away underneath everyone. "Uh oh..."
Everyone fell as the ground collapsed. Everyone screamed as they were falling down. Tree branches from underground even fell along with them. Everyone crashed to the ground with all of them having their eyes wide in shock even Grandpa Ryu who's always looking relaxed had his eyes wide open. Everyone brought their eyes up to the sky.
"Um, hey guys...?" Usopp said. "We're still alive, right?"
"Well, it sure feels that way." Zoro said.
"Who was it again that claimed to have a key that would open the door for us...?" Sanji asked.
Apis laughed nervously since she was the one who had the key.
"Here." Luffy said handing Apis the claw which she took as he gave her a smile.
"It isn't a total loss." Jou smiled. "We didn't use the door but at least we're inside."
"So it all worked out." Apis smiled giving a thumbs up.
"Yeah, but..." Zoro said. "Just what is this place?"
Luffy walked a little and looked up. Zoro walked up next to Luffy.
"Hey." Luffy said. "Up there. Look." Everyone followed his direction and looked up.
"What is that...?" Apis asked to no in particular. Everyone was looking up at some drawing up on the ceiling above them.
It could mean something...?
Alright! That's it for this chapter. Hope it was okay. Next time, Eric is gonna come back. We all know that guy just doesn't give up.
Anyway, Reviews...
pokemonking0924:
Jou: Well, of course. The telescope isn't for show.
I've been wanting to show off Jou's eye catcher for a while and now I have. I will say Jou and Sanji have their differences but Sanji and Zoro will always be the one's that argue the most with each other.
Jou: Chain for brains? He could've came with up with something better.
What can ya do? I was laughing when that scene was going on when they were calling Eric a Sicko.
Thanks for reviewing.
Hawkeye: Hey, Hawkeye! I'm not sure. It'll be a little while until reach that point. But I could have some of those post-alabasta arcs. Thanks for reviewing.
scarlet rose white: Yeah, I know what you meant. I hope so because next chapter you'll get to see Jou fight. Thanks.
Mike: I did say that Jou at some point would be able to use wind a weapon. Now would be a good a time as any. They'll most likely fight. Thanks for the review, Mike!
Jack Conrad: This was nothing. Next is gonna be better since you'll see Jou fight. Thanks, Jack!
OnePieceFan:
Jou: Don't know why me and Sanji have been arguing a little?
Maybe because you've both got a thing for Nami?
Jou: I don't have a thing a for her!
Your face is red!
Jou: No, it isn't.
Liar. Had me laughing too with that sicko gag. Thanks for reviewing.
JediMasterChris1: Yeah, I didn't really describe what he looked like but he does look very bizarre-looking. The one after this one will be better because well you know...action. Thanks for reviewing.
Kjack223: Yeah, Eric is menacing but he's low-key kind of a joke being taken out easily by Luffy and then by Nami later on when they were on their way up to Reverse Mountain. Thanks for reviewing.
SuperSaiyan89: To confirm. Yes. Yes he will.
Joey Andrews: Ya know, it took me a while but I finally realized those nails of his are his actual nails. They are that sharp and long
Jou: Gross! How does he even pick his nose?
I-I don't know!? He can just rub it with the back of his wrist or something! Then again, why would he pick his nose? Picking your nose is gross anyway! But if he tried he'd stab his own nose.
Yeah, nails like that are pretty gross but I'm impressed how he got them like that. Probably filed them. Thanks for reviewing.
KP360: Most people actually skip filler arcs but this was the one that I watched so I added it in.
Jou: From what I'm hearing we're definitely not done with him in this arc yet.
You're not wrong about that. Thank you for the review!
Okay! Quick thing, next chapter may be long since there are only three episodes left of this arc so I might jam those in together so we can get to the Alabasta Saga quicker.
Jou: Are you rushing?
Technically I'm not. Doing three episodes may take a while for the chapter to come out. It may take some time but I promise I will have it out. It may tire me out a bit but I'll do it.
Hope this chapter was okay but this was setting things up.
See you guys next time!
Jou: Peace out, guys!