Here is chapter 26.

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CHAPTER 26: THE MILLENIUM DRAGON

"Hu-but-whaaaa…" Luffy stumbled verbally, stunned by the sight in front of him. His glasses slid down his nose. Nami was frozen stiff with fear. The dragon's golden eye shifted ever so slightly to take in both interlopers. Luffy's brain went on autopilot.

"AMAZING!" He nearly squealed, leaping over Apis's head and cuddling with the dragon's head.

"It's alive, it's real! So COOL!"
"Ah, no!" Apis reacted slowly, though by this point the effort was moot. Nami was still frozen stiff with fear.

'Impossible… I thought they were just legends… but for dragons to actually exist…!' Luffy, however, was still infatuated.

"What's your name, big guy? Huh? Huh? Can I keep you?"

The inherent stupidity of the question snapped Nami back to the real world.

"NO!" She screamed, smashing Luffy on the head."It's a dragon, for god's sake! You don't get dragons as pets!" Apis, combined with the power of Nami's fist, was able to yank the besotted captain off of the dragon.

"Owowowowowow… meanie…" Luffy whined.

"You are a strange one." Luffy whipped his head up, pain forgotten.

"Who said that?" Nami lowered her fist, confused.

"Who said what, Lucifer?"
"So, your name is Lucifer? It is a pleasing name." The voice said again. Luffy looked around. Where the hell was that voice coming from? It felt like it was inside his head.

"I believe you wanted to keep me a minute ago." Luffy jerked back in shock, staring at the dragon.

"Y-You can talk!" He screeched. Nami cocked her head as Apis gasped.

"Who are you talking to?"/ "You can hear him!" \The two exclaimed simultaneously. Luffy nodded.

"What, can't you hear him too, Nami?" Nami shook her head vehemently.

"I'm lonely." The dragon murmured softly. Luffy turned back, listening. "I miss my friends. I want to go home." Luffy knelt down, looking into the dragon's eye.

"You want to go home, huh?" Luffy stroked the 'bald spot' of thinner and lighter-colored feathers on his crown. "You're lost?" Apis gasped softly, not knowing what to make of the situation. The dragon slowly shifted its gaze to the little girl.

"This boy… he is nice to me. He is a good person." It rumbled soundlessly. Apis turned to Luffy.

"Ryuuji says it's okay to be friends with you, Luffy. He says you're a good person." Luffy grinned and tapped his head.

"I already know that! I can hear him too, remember?" Nami whipped back and forth between the teen and the girl, completely lost.

"Luffy, how can you understand Ryuuji?" Apis asked, completely befuddled. Luffy cocked his head.

"What, I'm not supposed to? You can hear him, right?" Apis looked away.

"Well, yes, but…" The proverbial light switch in Nami's brain flicked on.

"It's the devil fruit, isn't it?" Apis gave a start as she spoke. "You have the power of a devil fruit, don't you?" Apis nodded.

"Yep! I ate the hiso hiso (whisper whisper) fruit! After that, I could understand the heart of any animal!" Luffy blinked, the light dawning on him.

"So that's why you were freaked out by Arlong…" Apis looked away.

"… Yeah. Mermen frighten me. They… I can hear their thoughts, their instincts, but I can't feel them… it's so very strange… a merman once visited my home before I ate the fruit, and I wasn't scared of him at all. But then, after I ate the fruit, he came back again, and…"
"You were terrified witless." Luffy finished. "The merging of animal and human was not intended by the natural order, so your power gives you an irrational fear of mermen." Apis nodded.

"But, I also met Ryuuji thanks to the hiso hiso fruit, so it's not all bad! I was out picking flowers for my grandma, when I heard such a sad voice calling out. 'Help me… I want to go home…' it kept saying. I followed it up the mountain, and I found Ryuuji here!" Her hand went to Ryuuji's feathers, stroking one absently. "Ryuuji had lost all of his strength and got lost from his nakama. He was searching all alone for the location of the Dragon's Nest, Lost Island."
"Lost island? The island that sank thousands of years ago?" Nami reiterated.

"He says the island is going to rise again. 'it should be about time', he says, but he doesn't remember the location anymore." Apis spoke. Luffy stared at the dilated golden eye of Ryuuji.

"He's lost all of his strength and the ability to fly, but he keeps saying, 'I want to go home!"

"I want to go home… I miss my friends…" Ryuuji repeated, as if to drive home the point. Luffy noted that it almost sounded like a reflex at this point, like he wasn't truly there saying it.

"I want to do something to help, but I have no idea where the island is! The old legend didn't have any clues, so I accidentally asked some marines that were passing by the island." Luffy's eyes hardened.

'So that's how they tie into all this…' He mused.

"But it was a mistake." Apis confirmed. "They were just after the ryuukotsu."

"The ryuukotsu? The ones that grant eternal youth?" Nami asked. "They kidnapped you because they were after those?"

"Yes. They told me that I had to tell them everything, and they kidnapped me." Apis knelt down to look into Ryuuji's eye. "Probably because I was wearing the claw pendant that Ryuuji gave me."

"So that's why you had an entire fleet chasing you down. You're going a bit out of your league, for a little girl." Apis gently stroked the sagging skin underneath the dragon's eye.

"I know. That's why I'm keeping it a secret from grandpa Bokuden and the others. I can't burden them with this. But I want to get Ryuuji back to his birthplace no matter what!" Ryuuji's eye began to quiver. "That's what you always say, right, Ryuuji? If you return to the dragon's nest, you'll get all better!"

"I want to go home… I miss my friends…" Ryuuji repeated listlessly. Luffy looked at the dragon with a pitiful eye.

'Ryuuji… he's sick… his strength to live is almost gone… whatever he's waiting for, he doesn't have much time left to wait…" Apis continued talking, unaware of Luffy's inner conflict.

"No matter how long it takes, I'll find it for you, Ryuuji." She absently stroked one of the beard-like feathers. "No matter what happens to me, Ryuuji, I'll find the dragon's nest for you."

"I want to go home…" Ryuuji repeated mournfully. Luffy stepped forward.

"Dragon's nest, huh? Sounds like fun!" Nami gave a start.

"But, Lucifer! Weren't you listening! It's an island that sank into the sea!" Luffy grinned.

"I AM the sea!" Apis beamed uncontrollably.

"Thank you! Thank you, Luffy! You hear that, Ryuuji! We can bring you home!" Luffy smirked and flipped up two of the remaining butaman to his hands. He shoved one into his mouth and swallowed instantly, holding out the other to the Sennenryuu.

"Now that that's settled, let's eat!" Ryuuji opened his mouth.

"Oh, Luffy! I forgot to tell you, but…" The dragon's jaw snapped shut, encasing Luffy's entire upper body in its jaw. Apis frowned exasperatedly as Nami gaped incredulously. "Ryuuji's a little bit senile." Luffy's feet flailed about wildly before stilling. A second later, a black burst of black mist appeared and Luffy's body vanished. A whirlwind of black mist appears next to Nami revealing Luffy, with a slightly angered look at being almost eaten.

"Oi! I am not food." Luffy mutters as he has a eyebrow twitching and his arms folded.

"And then… in the 1201th generation…" Bokuden mumbled, head drooped down in peaceful sleep. Nami palmed her face exasperatedly.

"Incredible. He's still talking." Luffy knelt down to Usopp, and reached for the snot bubble from his nose.

"Yo! Wake up!" Luffy poked the bubble, creating a loud 'POP!' not unlike a cap gun. Usopp jerked up out of his seat, screeching.

"Okay, I'm up!" He yelped. Zoro's face twitched as he slowly worked his way back to consciousness.

"What? Morning already?" Sanji stretched his arms, yawning loudly.

"That geezer's story was so long, we fell asleep here." Kuro worked himself out of his awkward sleeping position. Gin cracked an eye open, spotted the two, and immediately closed it.

"I don't want to." He righted himself, and grinned.

The door to the cottage slammed open, and a male villager stood in the doorway, panting.

"Bokuden-san! Where's Apis!" Gin stood up.

"You guys are pirates, right? There's a whole fleet of marine ships docking at the harbor right now!" Luffy and company gasped.

"They're still after Apis? Guys just don't give up!" Gin cracked his neck. "Whoever's in charge has too much time on his hands!" Nami waved them towards the back door.

"We know why. Follow us! We'll show you!" Sanji leaped up to his feet in an instant, completely alert.

"Yes, Nami-swan!" Usopp looked at the sleeping elder.

"But, what about him?" Nami frowned.

"Umm… we'll just let him rest here for now." She looked back up at the villager. "Hey!" The man jerked back his attention to her. "If Bokuden-san wakes up, tell him, that we're going to protect Apis." He nodded.

"O-okay." Gin's eyes widened and he jerked from his seat.

"Oh, shit! Guys! Arlong's still guarding the boat! He can't take on an entire fleet by himself! He'd get massacred!" Luffy's eyes widened.

"SHIT! Oh, damn, what do we do!" He snapped his fingers. He formed a water-clone. "Get your ass to the Merry and help Arlong."

"You got it boss." The clone saluted and vanished in a mist.

"Sir! Their ship is docked off to starboard!" A lookout shouted down to the marine captain aboard. Shosa nodded.

"Good! I want a landing party accompanying me to Gunkan Island! Be sure to seize their ship!" Arlong looked up from the fruity drink in his hand. He frowned.

"Damn. Just my luck, getting a marine fleet on my shift…" He shifted out of his lawn-chair, picking up the kiribachi next to him. He grinned toothily. "Well, then! I'll just have to give them a show, won't I? The straw hat pirates won't lose the ship because of me! SHARK ON SAW!"

"GUAAAAAHH…" Usopp's jaw hung down by his crotch.

"Ghhhh!" Sanji's face was a cross between stunned disbelief and how-the-fuck-can-something-get-this-big.

"Aw, shit…" Gin swore. His face was of complete fear.

"Guhhh…" You couldn't even tell what Zoro's face was.

"..." Nojiko was grinned. Apis climbed up on Ryuuji's head from behind.

"Yo, everyone!" She waved. Luffy laughed at her antics.

"You wouldn't believe how fun it is to slide down this guy's tail! It's wicked crazy!" Nami smiled, immensely pleased with their reactions.

"Gentlemen, it's just like grandpa Bokuden said. A legendary Sennenryuu." Luffy stated.

"So, when you get closer to the grand line, you see things like this?" Zoro muttered to Sanji. Sanji was too stunned to even light a cigarette.

"We saw those sea kings from before, but this doesn't look like one of those…" Gin muttered, staring at the giant golden eye. The eye rolled around and met his gaze. Gin shuddered and looked away. "Jeez… the grand line's a freaky place, if there's weirder stuff than this… no wonder we were wiped out…"

"Are… are you sure it's tame?" Usopp mumbled, his words garbled by his free-hanging jaw. Ryuuji lifted his head and stuck his nose directly touching Usopp's. His maw opened, and his massive tongue scraped along Usopp's face, scaring the ever-bajeezus out of him. Apis crawled forward on the beast's head.

"Oh! Sometimes he gets a bit senile! If he thinks you're food, he'll try and eat you!" CHOMP!

"TOO LATE!" Usopp screamed, trapped in the quasi-unwavering power of the dragon's front teeth. Luffy leaned forward, closer to Usopp's trapped sideways body.

"It doesn't hurt at all, right? He almost doesn't know how to chew anymore!" Usopp merely squirmed about in the grip, trying to pry himself loose. Luffy laughed uproariously. "Hahaha! You look like a trout~!"

"A-a-are you just going to stand there! Get me out!"

"Let's just let him eat him."

"Zoroooooooo…" Usopp moaned.

"You better not, he'll give you food poisoning."

"Shut up, love cook!"

The water-clone appeared on the beach in a mist and started running to the ship.

"Arlong!"

"Kama Kama no KAMAITACHI!" A voice shouted out. The charging merman was blasted to the side of the marine boat, body covered with massive gashes, head lolling at an unnatural angle. Luffy-clone gasped.

"Arlong's been captured! That gay-looking guy is no average marine! I could probably take on a man like that on my own, but Arlong is injured. If I had gotten here sooner, then we could have stood a better fighting chance." Sousa turned away from the cabin, and Luffy-clone hid behind the outside wall as Sousa looked at the Going Merry.

"Crap. I have to tell captain." The clone whispers and vanishes in a mist.

"What the marines want is… this Sennenryuu." Nami proclaimed to the gathering before her. Usopp crouched behind a stalagmite, sending panicky glances at the snorting Sennenryuu and quivering in fear. "The truth is, after thinking it over, is that we've decided to take the Sennenryuu back to the lost island."

"You can't be serious!" Usopp shouted, popping his head out from behind the rock formation. "The marines are closing in! It was hard enough getting away by ourselves, but with something that big-"
"Ryuuji…" Apis interrupted. "Really wants to go home! So…"
"Oh, yeah, and I bet Luffy said, 'sure! I'll take you there!' or made some other stupid promise!"
"Yep! That's what I said!" Luffy grinned, sitting atop a pillar of stone. Usopp did a double-take and screamed.

"But we don't have any idea where the island is! How're we supposed to get there!"

"It'll work out."

"No it won't!" Apis absently stroked the bald spot atop Ryuuji's head."Ryuuji thinks that if he gets to his birthplace, he'll get better." Usopp merely gaped.

"Animals have instincts. The Sennenryuu may be able to tell us something." Nami stated. Luffy grinned.

"Yeah! There's this one bird that shanks told me about, on this one island, that no matter what, always has its beak pointing south! And if a bird can be a compass, then I'm pretty sure a dragon can find its way home!" Usopp merely moaned.

"But how…?"

"It'll work out somehow." Said Zoro as he shifted his katanas into a more comfortable position. Sanji lit a nicotine stick.

"But what should we do with him? Just bringing him down the mountain will attract attention." Gin smirked and twirled his tonfa.

"Just let me at 'em. I'll clear the way for us." Nami also smirked.

"You do that, Gin. But first, we'll need a cart. One big enough for Ryuuji to ride on." Usopp felt his blood grow cold, and he pulled at his face.

Luffy leaped off of the pillar and smiled.

"Let's do it."

Luffy looked up from slicing through a grove of trees, the broken lumber falling noisily to the ground.

A mist of water appears and turns solid into the clone that Luffy sent.

"Why aren't you helping Arlong?"

"I'm sorry Admiral. They got to him before I could. He is now in the marines custody." The clone said.

"Shit."

"Thank for reporting back. Well, since you are here you can help us."

"Yes sir, boss!" the Luffy-clone leaped up into the air and melted into drops and flew towards trees and cutting through them. Luffy grinned and raised his blade again. Water gathered around the edge as he swung horizontally.

"Mizu Mizu no BOOMERANG!" With that cry, he released the blade, water arcing out as it spun wildly. The blade and the watery extension sliced through the trees like a hot knife through butter, easily leveling the grove of trees. Nodachi swung back across its arc, and Luffy snatched it out of the air. He grinned.

"Now THAT is a kick-ass move!"

"Show-off…" Gin muttered as he flicked the tonfa twice. The weapon indicator switched to yellow. He grinned. "How about this, captain!" He pulled the triggers, and the cannonballs shot out. The only difference was the serrated chain attached to it. With a whirl, Gin spun around, slicing through the trees. With another pull of the triggers, the cannonballs slammed back into the base. Gin smirked. "I call it, the chain-whip!"

"Of course those two would have a pissing contest." Nami face-palmed. Nojiko watched as the other two powerhouses sliced and kicked, respectively through the trees. They quickly piled up the timbers into even pyramids. Nami grinned and pinched her fingers together. "Perfect!"
"Guess I've got no choice but to help now. Conniving woman…" Usopp grumbled.

"This is perfect for Ryuuji to ride on!" Apis exclaimed joyfully. Usopp eyed his handiwork, the massive cart made of the tree trunks.

"Crude, but effective!" He finally diagnosed. Luffy stomped on top of the cart.

"Sturdy, too!" He waved his hand, and twenty clones formed. "Go get Ryuuji and load him on the cart! And for god's sake, be careful! He's old!"

"Yes, boss!" The clones marched into the cave. Sanji exhaled a cloud of smoke.

"But, what are we going to do about the marines in the harbor? What about the ship?" Luffy grinned.

"I've got it covered!" He pointed at the ocean. "See that cape that looks like Usopp's nose? I've got the ship circling around to there." Gin peered down and laughed.

"Well, I'll be damned! It IS Usopp's nose! Hahaha!"

"Shut up…"

"When it's down there, we can just roll Ryuuji down to the sea and attach him to the ship! Then we can tow him along to the Iowa and then search for Lost Island! Brilliant, if I do say so myself!" Luffy brushed his finger under his nose, grinning in pride. Nami nodded.

"That's actually not a bad idea! Good job, Lucifer!"

"Well, I'm not an idiot, so I could come up with it!"
Kuro pushed up his glasses and peered down the mountainside.

"Well, I hope it works. Because we've got company." Luffy gave a start and stared where the strategist was pointing, at a platoon of marines trudging up the mountainside. He swore.

"Damn! They weren't supposed to get here this fast! How'd they find us?" Kuro pointed at the groove in the ground. Luffy slapped his face. "Dammit… the same way we found Apis… Usopp, can you snipe them down?"

"Uh… no. they're coming up from behind one of those outcrops." Usopp squinted. "I can't get them as long as they're behind that thing." Luffy growled.

"And by the time they come out, they're right on top of us… dammit! Usopp, you stay here! Shoot anybody who gets too close! Kuro, Zoro, you watch Apis and Ryuuji! Nami, watch for the ship! Gin, Sanji, come with me! We're gonna flush 'em out!" Gin cracked his knuckles.

"Direct and to the point. I like it! Let's go!" The three charged forward. Luffy sliced forward, slashing through the rock protecting the marines.

"USOPP!"

"Got it!" The sniper shouted, raising his rifle and shooting rapidly. Sanji shot forward, smashing through the soldiers, Gin finishing off whoever he missed. Erik grimaced at the quickly decimated forces.

"So much for the marines. When you want something done right…" He trailed off, stepping ahead of Sousa. A marine who somehow didn't have every bone in his body broken stumbled to his feet and shambled down the hill, into the path of Erik. Erik merely slashed his hand across the man's torso, and he fell to the ground, dead. Gin's eyes narrowed.

"A knife?" He asked. Luffy, after a moment, shook his head.

"Don't think so. Whoever this guy is, he's stronger than these flunkies." Erik flicked a speck of blood off his immaculate suit and continued with his stroll, a hand in his pocket.

"My name is Erik the Whirlwind. A mercenary under the employ of Nelson Royale. I have no interest in you lowly pirates. My only concern is that girl you're protecting. Or…" He trailed off, staring at Ryuuji, who had suddenly lifted his head, proving his existence. "The Sennenryuu she's protecting. If you oppose me, then you shall taste the power of the Kama Kama fruit."

"What's he talking about? Kama Kama?" Sanji muttered.

"Okama?" Luffy offered trying to make the man mad.

"I don't get it." Gin cocked his head, all three ignoring the mercenary, who was still talking. Luffy looked backwards.

"Nami! How long?" Nami looked up from protectively hugging Apis.

"Not too long!" She shouted, staring at the rapidly approaching ship.

"Good, 'cause I want to get out of here!"

"Being able to see the ocean from so far away, Nami-san is so wonderful~!" Sanji crooned.

"Well, you guys get ready!" Erik quickly realized he was being ignored, and his face turned bright red.

"OI! YOU RIFFRAFF!" Luffy turned to look at the mercenary.

"It's Erik the gay man, right? I heard you the first time."

"Really? I heard Erik the Bike man." Said Gin.

"Bike man? Where the hell did that come from?"

"That's why I'm wondering why you're talking about gay guys!"

"He said okama. He's Erik the gay man."

"OOOOOOOH! I get it!"

"NOOOOOO!" Erik screamed. "Not the 'Kama' in okama! The Kama Kama in Kamaitachi!"

"They're both Kama, right?" Luffy said wisely and trying not to laugh.

"I don't care either way!" Sanji rubbed his brow.

"Its logic like that that pisses so many people off…" Erik trembled in barely suppressed rage."You will regret angering me…" He said in a quiet voice. Luffy's eyes hardened.

"I think we pissed him off."

"Kama Kama no…" He hissed a sound not unlike a rattlesnake while twitching his pointer and middle finger in a similar fashion. "WHIRLWIND!" He sliced forward, winds blasting forward. Luffy's eyes shot open as his body melted multiple times, as if tiny blades raced across his skin. The winds carved out the rocks behind him.

"What the!" Sanji clutched his bleeding shoulder.

"I get it. He means 'kamaitachi'." Gin clapped a hand over his bleeding neck."Damn. A devil fruit user… this could get ugly." Erik chuckled.

"The wind I create is as sharp as a named blade. Tearing a person limb from limb is child's play." He laughed maliciously as Apis looked up to Nami worriedly.

"Are they ready yet?" She asked. Nami shook her head.

"Not yet!"

"Now, step aside. Hand over the Sennenryuu." Erik ordered.

"Like hell!" Luffy rebuffed. Erik raised his fingers.

"My Kama Kama no whirlwind… want another?"

"Can we go yet, Nami-san?" Apis pleaded. Nami pumped her fist.

"Yes! They're ready! We're leaving! Sanji-kun, Lucifer, Gin!" Luffy whirled around and raced up the mountain, Sanji and Gin close behind. Erik did a double take.

"What?"
"Yes, Nami-swan~! We'll be right there!" Zoro set his foot against the mountain, hands on the back of the cart.

"Heave-ho!" He cried out, shoving the cart forward. The three jumped onto the cart as it shot forward, Luffy laughing hilariously.

"WHOO-HOO!" He cried out. Apis merely screamed in terror.

"You won't escape!" Erik shouted. Usopp drew back up his rifle.

"Killing move! Exploding star!" He fired it straight into Erik's face.

"Kama Kama no WHIRLWIND!" He shouted, blasting the pellet to the side. He leaped into the air as the cart whipped underneath him. As he landed, he readjusted his glasses. "You won't escape."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Apis screamed. "There's a boulder in the way!"

"Lucifer!" Nami shouted. He whipped back his fist.

"Yami Yami no GATLING GUN!" The constant barrage of black fists utterly destroyed the boulder as it exploded into fragments. Sanji pumped his leg like a piston as he smashed the larger chunks. Usopp clung to Ryuuji's head as he screamed just as loud as Apis.

"WAAAAAHH!" The two screamed.

"THIS IS NUTS!" Apis shouted. Luffy just laughed harder.

"That's just the way we roll!" He laughed, before his head exploded into water by an overhanging tree branch. "Damn! That would've hurt!"

"Moron! Then don't stick your head up there!" Gin shook his head. "How'd I get roped in with a moron captain?"

"You get used to it, Gin." Kuro said, the calmest one of the bunch. He easily slipped his glasses into his coat pocket. "It takes a while, though." Apis looked around, taking in the absurdity of the situation.

"Heheheh… hahahahahaha! YAHOO!" Luffy laughed just as hard as she did.

"YAHOO!"

"Alright, we're at the cape. The others should be here any second." Luffy-clone looked over at the approaching ship. "This could get ugly, though."

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" A marine screamed. The cart shot out from the cape as it went airborne. The marine ship took a collective gasp as it slammed into the main mast, collapsing it into the water. Ryuuji and company skipped through the water like a stone before slowing to a stop. "PURSUE! PURSUE THAT SHIP!" the sergeant in charge screamed.

"The mast is in the way! We can't moooove!"

Zoro shifted himself up from his sitting position.

"Well, what are we going to do now? We can't just leave Arlong… he's one of us." Nami gave him the evil eye.

"Why not? He deserves it." Luffy pulled at his face he rubbed his forehead. "Well, we can't go back to the marines, not with Ryuuji in tow. We could've rescued him while Erik was still on the mountain, but now…"

"So we keep moving." Kuro finished. "We get the Sennenryuu to Lost Island, so he can recover. Once he is no longer a liability, we can rescue Arlong without dividing our forces. The marines have also made it clear they want the dragon, so they will also more than likely follow us. We could also rescue Arlong then." Luffy, after some deliberation, nodded.

"You're right. They probably won't kill him, not while there's still a chance to use him as a hostage. We can get Ryuuji to Lost Island first." Apis smiled, though with a tint of worry.

"Thank you. I'm sorry I've put you guys through…" Luffy smiled.

"Hey, it's okay. We'll handle it." He cracked his neck. "Now, to see where this Lost Island is…" He stomped his foot down, and a pulse of water shot out. He blinked. "Whoa! Hey, Apis! Was Gunkan Island formed from a volcano?" Apis cocked her head.

"A volcano? I don't know… grandpa Bokuden never mentioned it… why?" Luffy shook his head to clear the cobwebs.

"Because there is something MASSIVE underneath Gunkan Island. I just figure it's an underwater volcano or something. At any rate, it's screwing with my sonar. I can't tell where Lost Island is. We need the Iowa."

"So, what? We just pick a direction and stick with it?" Usopp asked. Luffy shrugged.

"I guess, or I try getting Iowa to come to us and we can use the sonar." He quickly started grinning again. "Oh, well! Let's go! To LOST ISLAND! I am going to contact the Iowa." Luffy forms a clone.

"Go to the Iowa and tell them to come to us. They are about 6 miles away."

"You got it boss." Luffy-clone salutes and jumps into the water.

"Eric how is sonar?" Gunther asks.

"It is good sir but I am getting a weird reading from the island called Gunkan."

"Really? How so?"

"Well I thought it was an underwater volcano but the sonar readings are saying that it is in fact an island that sank. When? That is any ones guess." Eric says.

"Hmmm. Okay we will tell captain when we meet them." Gunther says.

"Gunther!" Luffy-clone yells jumping out of the geyser and lands on the bridge wing.

"Captain!" Gunther salutes.

"Gunther we need the Iowa to use sonar on to look for an island called lost island."

"Funny thing sir, you may find this interesting but sonar found a submerged island."

"What? Really? Where?" Luffy-clone asks.

"Sir the island is Gunkan island. We did a sonar and I thought it was and underwater volcano but it is the island sunk with only the top above water." Eric says shocking Luffy.

"Well we don't have to look far now. Hurry to us we need the Iowa." Luffy-clone says then melts.

"You heard the captain! Let's go!" Gunther says and the Iowa sails for the Going Merry.

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