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It's owned by Eiichiro Oda

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One Piece Jou's Adventures: Alabasta Saga Pt.29


Finally sailing the Grand Line the Going Merry was sailing along the sea as snow fell down from the sky on it.

"Can somebody please tell me why it's snowing?" Nami wondered in irritation as she was bundled up in a snow jacket, a scarf and earmuff's. "It was hot and sunny just a few minutes a go."

"Well, this is the Grand Line..." Jou said, arms folded over his chest wearing a dark blue and light grey colored winter jacket and wrapped around his neck was a black scarf. "I mean it's not like we bothered to look up how the weather is here." He blew on his hands as if to warm them a bit.

Outside were Luffy, Usopp and Sanji. The first two were playing with the snow and the latter was shoveling it. Luffy puts a stick in his snow creation with a smile.

"Perfect!" Luffy said with a grin. "All done!" He gave his snow man a gentle pat; proud of his work. "Well, look who just dropped in? It's Mister Snow Barrel."

"Haha..." Usopp laughed mockingly. "You amateur. You call that pathetic blob a snow man?"

"What...?" Luffy said looking over at Usopp and his creation.

"Behold!" Usopp said showing his snow creation. "A soulful inspired work of art! The Snow Queen!"

"Woah, nice!" Luffy said. "But can your lady do this?" Luffy pushed one of Mister Snow Barrel's wooden arms. It went flying and destroyed The Snow Queen's head. This act made Usopp mad as he kicked Luffy's own snow creation.

"WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Usopp shouted as he kicked it.

"HEY YOU BIG BULLY!" Luffy shouted as he and Usopp began fighting each other in the snow. Jou and Nami watched the two from inside the kitchen.

"How they can be so freakin' energetic in the freezing cold is beyond me." Nami said, looking at the two. Jou just chuckled a little at the resident knucklehead's of the crew. Sanji was still shoveling snow off the side of the Merry. He turned his head with his eye being the for of a heart.

"Nami~!" Sanji called. "Shall I shovel some more for you?"

"Just keep going 'till it's gone!" She told him. "Doing great!"

"Thank you~!" Sanji said. "My pleasure~!"

Inside the kitchen with with the Look-out and Navigator were the two called Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday. Both wrapped up in blankets.

"Excuse me?" Mr.9 asked. "Doesn't ship have a heater? This environment is inhuman."

"I'm cold." Miss Wednesday complained.

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH'S!" Nami shouted at them with shark teeth. "YOU'RE NOT GUEST HERE! YOU WANNA WARM UP GO SHOVEL SNOW OR SOMETHING!?"

"Nami, relax..." Jou said, putting a hand on Nami's shoulder. "But yeah seriously..." Jou turned to them. "Quit complaining about how cold it is. It's not like we can ask the snow to go away." In the sky there was a lighting bolt.

"Lightning...?" Nami said. "First snow, now lighting? What's going with this weather?" Thunder cracked in the sky again as the wind picked up with it turning into a blizzard. "One minute it's a cloudless sky. Then next is a blizzard. It's like the normal rules of nature don't apply."

"This is bizarre for me too." Jou said. "Hey, didn't Crocus tells us about the rules of nature of the Grand Line?"

"Yeah..." Nami said. "He did."

"He really wasn't kidding about it." Jou said.

"So, what do you think?" Miss Wednesday asked. "Ready to turn back yet?"

"You and your friends have no idea how to survive this place." Mr.9 said.

"I noticed you haven't steered for a while..." Miss Wednesday said with a smile. "Is that wise?"

"What are you getting at?" Jou asked the blue-haired woman.

"I know our heading." Nami said. "I just checked a while ago." Nami went to go check for the heading but what she saw made her shriek in terror.

From outside Usopp, Sanji and Luffy heard Nami's scream.

"What's wrong?! Usopp asked.

"Sounds mad." Luffy said.

"Don't be afraid!" Sanji said. "I'll save you!"

Nami walked out the kitchen with Jou following after her.

"Nami, what is it?" Jou asked. "What's wrong?"

"No way!" Nami said as she kept looking at her Log Pose. "Make a hard turn!" She ordered the guys on deck. "180 degrees! Hurry!"

"A 180!?" Usopp said. "Why would you want us to turn back!?"

"Did you forget something?" Luffy asked.

"The ship has turned around! We're sailing in the wrong direction!" Nami said. "I only took my eyes off the Log Pose for a second. I thought the waves were calm."

"Your not a very good Navigator, are you?" Miss Wednesday asked.

Nami turned to make an angry face at Miss Wednesday. Even Jou had his own glare.

"You can't trust anything here." Miss Wednesday said. "Not the winds, sky, waves, clouds. Nothing is as it seems in this sea. The only way to get reliable direction on the Grand Line is with the Log Pose. Everyone knows that."

Nami has had enough of them. She immediately kicked them outside the kitchen and onto the deck as they flew out screaming.

"SHUT YOUR CONDESCENDING MOUTHS AND DOING SOMETHING USEFUL AROUND HERE!" Nami shouted. She relaxed and sighed out trying to calm herself.

"Geez, all talk, aren't they?" Jou said, walking up to Nami.

"No kidding." She said. "They're seriously getting on my nerves." She sighed.

"Don't listen to word they say, Nami." Jou said. "I for one think your doing a great job as Navigator."

"You think so?" Nami asked. "I'm a mess right now. I didn't know the ship changed course."

"That was one mistake." Jou said. "All you can do is just make sure it doesn't happen again."

"I guess, but..." Nami began.

"Hey, just focus on being the great Navigator I know you are." Jou smiled. "Understand?"

Nami looked up at Jou. She couldn't help but smile at his words. It was like he always knew what to say to her.

"You're right." She nodded. "Thanks, Jou." She said with her own smile.

"Anytime." Jou said as he walked out the kitchen.

Nami smiled at his back as he walked off. It's nice to have someone who appreciates and depends on you. She followed him out on deck. Nami stopped next to Jou.

"So, what do you want us to do, Navigator?" Jou asked. Nami's expression turned serious.

"Brace the yard!" She ordered. "Force the wind Starboard! Turn the ship 180 degrees to the left! Usopp, man the lateen sails!"

"Got it!" Usopp said, running to the sails.

"Jou, help Usopp with the sails!" Nami ordered.

"I'm on it!" Jou said running to help Usopp.

"Sanji! Take the helm!" Nami ordered.

"Leave it to me!" Sanji said, running to the helm.

"Work, you two!" Nami ordered Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday as the pulled on some ropes.

"This girl is crazy..." Mr.9 whimpered.

"Hey, wait!" Usopp said, looking up at the sky. "Looks like the winds changed!" He said as the snow stopped.

"Huh!?" Nami said. The clouds cleared revealing the sun and a breeze began blowing.

"The first spring gale." Mr.9 said.

"You sure?" Nami asked.

Zoro slept peacefully snoring as he rested his hands behind his head. He was even covered in snow.

"Yo!" Usopp called to him. "Wake the hell up, 'Snowman'! We're in a crisis!"

Since the sun was out the other's who were wearing winter jackets found no use to wear them. Everyone was running across the deck to make sure nothing bad happens to the ship.

"Hey!" Luffy said smiling. "I think I just saw a dolphin jump! Let's follow it!"

"YOU KEEP QUIET!" Nami shouted at him in anger.

Jou has his telescope out. In it he can see an iceberg straight ahead.

"We have an ice berg at our 10:00!" Jou said. "We gotta avoid it or else it'll sink us!"

"A fog's rolling in!" Sanji said.

"This is crazy!" Nami shouted. "What's going on!?"

"It's the end!" Usopp shouted. "We're gonna crash!"

Jou and Sanji were both pulling the steering rudder of the Going Merry so they avoid the incoming ice berg. Zoro was still sleeping. Jou and Sanji were pulling the steering rudder to right as hard as they can. Nami and Usopp scream as the ship barely misses the iceberg. But the ship however was damaged from under it from the ice berg. Water began leaking in from the damage.

"Nami, water is coming in from the bottom of the Merry!" Luffy warned.

"Then go patch it!" Nami said.

"Got it!" Usopp said, running with his hammer and 2 2x4 planks of wood. Dark clouds began forming in the sky.

"The wind is picking up!" Nami said. "Quick! We gotta hurry!"

"Big time." Luffy said, with a frightful look on his face pulling on his straw hat.

"No..." Said Miss Wednesday. Her eyes wide in shock.

The wind started blowing rapidly as the waves rocked the Going Merry.

"Aaah!" Nami shrieked. "Pull in the sails! The wind is too strong! We're gonna over turn!"

Jou did as she said pulling the sails with the help of Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday. Sanji walks out the kitchen holding a plate with rice cakes on it.

"Everyone needs to eat to keep their strength up!" Sanji said, placing the plate on a barrel. Usopp ran to go get some, as did Jou, Miss Wednesday and Mr.9. Luffy ran up to eat multiple ones.

"Slow down!" Sanji scolded him as he punched Luffy over the head. Nami shrieked as she pulled a rope. Jou ran to help her and pulled on the rope too. From the strong winds the sail teared.

"Oh, crap! The sails gonna tear!" Usopp shouted.

"Forget about that fix the leak!" Nami said.

"There's another part of the ship damaged below!" Miss Wednesday said.

"Damn it!" Usopp shouted as he ran below deck. Everyone kept doing what they could to keep the ship going through the storm.


After a long while the storm finally ended. The Going Merry was sailing across calm waters. Zoro who has been sleeping the whole time during the storm stretches and finally wakes up.

"Ahh, I'm rested." He said. He got up and looked around and caught of the whole crew just lying around the ship from exhaustion from all the trouble they endured. "C'mon. He said. "The weather's nice and all but that's no reason to be lazy. We better be on the right track." Zoro said. "That's all I can say."

Jou, Nami, Usopp and Sanji all had tic pulses on their heads and scowling at the swordsman.

"Shut up, you bastard." The 4 said in unison in their thoughts. Zoro notices Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday on the deck also exhausted.

"What're you 2 doing here?" He asked.

"You fool!" Mr.9 shouted.

"We're on a side mission to take them home." Luffy said with a smile. "Their town called Whiskey Peak."

"Since when did we become a transport service for thugs?" Zoro said. "We don't owe them anything."

"I don't know." Luffy answered.

"Why did I even ask." Zoro said and then knelt down in front of Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday who were now sitting up. "So, tell me, what were your strange names again? Cause I don't think that you can be trusted." He said with a grin.

"Well, my name is Mr.9." He said, his eyebrows twitching as he sweated.

"I'm called Miss Wednesday." She said with the same expression as her partner.

"Right?" Zoro said, his same smirk. "You know those names sound familiar and that's what's bothering me. In fact, the more I think about it the more I'm certain I've heard them somewhere before."

The pair's faces turned to one's of fright.

"Or maybe I have..." Zoro never finished his sentence since from behind Nami punched right in the back of the head. He smacked his face in the deck leaving a red mark on it.

"You jerk." Nami said, clenching her fist while a fiery orange aura ignited around her. "You think you can just sleep while we do all the work!? You're lucky we didn't toss your lazy ass overboard!"

Zoro glared at her his own green aura turning on around him. Nami punched Zoro on the head a few more times as he had three enormous lumps topped on each other. The Swordsman nursed his bruised head.

"Listen up, everyone!" Nami said. "There's no way to know what's gonna happen next! During the terror most of us just experienced I came to an understanding of why this sea was named the Grand Line! My Navigation skills are useless here! Anything can happen! But mark my words I will guide us through!"

"Uh, okay?" Usopp said. "Are you sure about that, Nami?"

"With out a doubt!" Nami smiled. "Just wait and see!" Nami pointed out to a foggy area with an island in it. "Speaking of which! We're here! Our first journey on the Grand Line comes to an end!"

The island around the fog had these weird-looking giant cactus.

"It's an island!" Luffy said with a laugh.

"So this is Whiskey Peak." Sanji said. "The landscape is unlike anything I've ever scene."

"Are those cactus...?" Jou said. "Or would they be called cacti? They're giant."

"Woah, they're humongous." Luffy said in awe.

Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday jumped on top of the railing. Everyone looked at them.

"Thank you but we must be leaving." The male of the duo said.

"It's been an interesting ride to say the least." The female of duo said.

"Perhaps we'll meet again someday." Mr.9 said.

"Bye Bye, Baby!" The two said in unison as they jumped off the ship and into the ocean and swam away.

"That's a quick exit." Nami said.

"I guess we'll never learn what those nut jobs are to." Usopp said.

"Who cares we're landing!" Luffy said with a grin.

"Well there's a waterway right up to the shoreline..." Nami said. "It looks like we can go inland by ship."

"Umm..." Usopp shook. "I'm weighing the possibility of monsters out there."

"That's definitely a possibility." Sanji said. "This is Grand Line."

"I agree." Jou said. "I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if we ran into a monster or 2."

"No problem." Luffy said."If we find monsters we can just leave."

"That's not true!" Nami said. "According to what Crocus said it's imperative we stay on this island at least for a little while."

"But why...?" Luffy asked.

"The Log Pose needs a enough time to record the islands magnetic field." Nami said, she held her wrist with the device on it. "So until that's done we have to stay put. The Log Pose can require a different amount of time for each island some will take a few hours, others may take several days."

"Suppose this island is crawling with monsters we'd get stuck here waiting." Usopp said. "That's stupid! We'd be done for! What's the point of gathering navigation coordinates if your dead?!"

"We're staying." Nami said.

"Let's not think about the monsters till we have to." Luffy smiled. "There not even there."

"As strange this seems." Zoro said. "I agree. There's no need to worry yet."

"Yeah." Jou said. "We haven't set foot on land yet."

"Now that that settled." Sanji said. "Let's get going and I'll keep you safe, Nami."

"I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it." Usopp said holding his throat. "It's this cold. It's a condition really. You guys just go on without me."

"Alright, get ready!" Nami said. "And... make sure your prepared to run as well as fight."

Usopp kept complaining about how he has 'Don't-go-to-the-island-disease but the others ignored him. The ship sailed smoothly into the fog.

"What's waiting for us out there...?" Sanji said.

"Please don't let us die." Usopp pleaded.

The Going Merry kept sailing forward through the fog. On a surface were several silhouette's moving around.

"Huh?" Luffy said. "Something's moving over there?"

"Who are they?" Sanji said.

"Now be on your guard everyone." Nami said.

"I may have to fight monsters but at least I came prepared." Usopp said, leg's shaking readying his slingshot.

Jou had his red chain over his shoulder and Zoro was thumbing up Wado Ichimonji.

"Whoever's out there I'm ready!" Usopp said. "Show yourself and face my wrath!"

As the ship got closer through the fog everyone heard...cheering? Like there were people on the island cheering as the pirates made it to the island. The fog cleared and that's exactly what that was. People cheering.

"WELCOME TO THE GRAND LINE!" One of the people said. They were people who lived at the town. A lot of people at that. A gigantic crowd.

"GREETINGS AND GOOD TIMES, TRAVELER'S!" Another said.

"WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AT WHISKEY PEAK!" A third said.

"Those aren't monsters..." Usopp said. "They're people and they actually seem happy were here."

Luffy laughed with a smile on his face.

"What the hell's wrong with them?" Sanji wondered.

"Could this be a... trick?" Jou wondered, wrapping his red chain around his wrist. Maybe it isn't a trick since they all look so happy to them.

"PIRATES ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT OUR TOWN!" Another person said.

"HURRAY FOR THE HERO'S OF THE SEA!" One cheered. As the crew sailed their ship the townspeople of Whiskey Peak cheered happily for them.

"Oh, yeah!" Sanji said, heart-eyed. "I've never seen so many cute girls in one place!" To the cook, if there's cute girls involved any place is heaven to him.

"I guess some folks consider pirates to be heroes!" Usopp said, blowing out kisses. "Who knew? Man, I should've come her ages ago!"

"HEY!" Luffy greeted the townspeople with a hearty laugh. The crew docked their ship and walked on the land and were greeted by a man with gray, tube like hair and carrying a Saxaphone.

"Wel-" He began before coughing. "MA~! MA~! MA~! Welcome! My name is Igarappoi. And it is my honor as Mayor to welcome you to Whiskey Peak."

"Oh, great. I'm Luffy nice to meet you." Luffy said. "Nice hair. I like the curls."

"You'll find that this a place that thrives on making liquor and music." Igarappoi said with a smile. "Hospitality is a matter of pride in our town. The smiles roam long and the liquor flow is bountiful as sea water. Would you permit us to throw a party in your arrival so that we may hear-" He cleared his throat. "MA~! MA~! MA~! Your tales of adventure."

"We're glad to!" Said the three of all Luffy, Sanji and Usopp all with smiles on their faces from happiness. Nami, Jou and Zoro just stood and the stared at the goofball trio.

"Idiots." Nami said. "By the way, how long until the Log Pose records this islands magnetic field?" Nami asked Igarappoi.

"Log what?" He said. "Such boring details will have to keep for now. Surely you'd like to rest after your journey." Igarappoi said walking up and put an arm around Nami's shoulder. "Now, let's prepare to party! Sing and make merry! Entertain our guest!"

The townspeople cheered at their Mayors words. Zoro and Jou looked over at each other both raising their eyebrows.


The Straw hats were all partying with the townspeople. People were dancing and playing music and not to mention eating and drinking.

"Then I looked 'em straight in the eye and I said..." Usopp began. "Sea Kings you don't dare touch my friends or you'll have to answer to me." He said waving a finger. He was talking to three girls all with heart eyes staring at him.

"AWW~!" The three sighed lovingly. "OH WOW! YOU'RE AMAZING CAPTAIN USOPP!"

Other villagers were listening to Usopp as well.

"Well, even I trembled when facing the deadly landscape of the calm belt." Usopp smiled. "Trembled with excitement that is."

"Really?" A guy said.

"You're a true hero!" Another said as they cheered with him. Jou, Nami and Zoro were all sitting down together as Igarappoi greeted them and treated them the town drink.

"Please don't hold back on my account." He said. "Drink up!"

"Uh, thanks." Nami said. "But I'm not drinking."

"Don't worry..." He cleared his throat. "MA~! MA~! MA~! Don't you worry. What you have there is a very special drink. Made by using the very sweetest of premium grapes. It contains all the flavorful benefits of a fine wine. With 0 alcohol."

"I see." Nami said and took a sip. "Yeah, you're right! It's delicious!" She said with a smile.

"We had an excellent grape harvest this year." Igarappoi said smiling. "Now to celebrate that harvest! A traditional toast competition!"

The townspeople cheered at that announcement.

"It's simple." Igarappoi said. "Make a toast! Take a drink! This continues for as long as you can hold your liquor! Last one standing is the winner! Join us!"

"Haha..." Nami laughed nervously. "No thanks, you go ahead. I'd rather watch the competition."

Jou took a drink of his beverage and looked over at Igarappoi.

"Would there happen to be an award for doing this competition?" Jou asked.

"Hm? Award?" Nami said. Jou smiled at her reaction.

"As I was about to say..." Igarappoi said, reaching into his coat. "Did I mention that the prize is 100,000 berri's!"

"Then fill her up!" The red-headed navigator said holding out a mug. "Zoro, stand up and join us. You need the money, don't you?"

"Huh?" Was all Zoro said.

"You're joining in too, right Jou?" Nami asked.

"You know..." Jou smirked at her. "I kinda knew you would do this if there was money involved, Nami."

"You planned that, didn't you?" Nami asked him with a smile.

"Guilty as charged." Jou said, holding up one arm up in surrender.

"Okay, for that I challenge you." Nami said. "We'll drink until we're down to the last two. Do you accept it?"

"You challenge me at drinking, Nami?" Jou asked. "Bring it on, 'princess', I've out drank lot's a people at my village, I'm pretty sure I can out drink you."

"All right!" Nami said. "First one who passes out is the winner!"

Jou and Nami shook hands on their little game and joined in to the drinking contest along with Zoro at Nami's request. Luffy was cleaning off several plates of food going at a breakneck speed. Zoro finished his mug.

"Woah!" A villager said. "That's his 10th mug!"

"That's it, I'm done." Said the guy going against Zoro.

"Good." The Swordsman said.

"That's girl is drinking them under the table with mug number 12!" A guy said about Nami as she finished her mug with 2 participants passing out next to her.

"More!" She called out, holding out her mug.

"Look at this guy!" A guy called out to Jou. "Guys are passing out at his feet as he finished his 12th mug!" 3 participants fall to the ground as Jou gulped downed his mug.

"Not done yet so fill 'er up!" Jou said, wiping his bottom lip.

"Give me more!" Luffy said, bloated from all the food he at.

"Unbelievable!" A guy said.

"The Captain just finished a meal fit for 20 people!" Another said. The cook that made the food past out on the floor.

"And the cook is down!" A guy shouted. Everyone laughed.

"Good night..." The cook groaned.

"Woah!" Someone said. "This pirates trying to hit on 20 girls at the same time!"

Sanji was surrounded by a large group of girls and looking quite happy with himself.

"We don't stand a chance with these pirates!" A guy agreed.

Hahahaha!" Igarappoi laughed. "This is truly a fun-..." He cleared his throat. "MA~! MA~! MA~! A fun-filled night! It pleases that all are enjoying the celebration with such vigor! Hahahaha!" He then grinned evilly. "Oh yes indeed. I'm quite pleased."


"I'm calling it quits...!" Zoro said in a drowsy voice. "I need to get some slee-" He didn't finish his sentence he passed out with his head hitting the table.

"Haha!" A guy laughed. "That one's finally down after drinking 13 mugs!"

"Ah, c'mon!" Nami said, a red tinge on her face to her drunkenness. "You quittin' already Zoro, you wuss!" Nami was drinking with a nun.

"My child..." The nun began. "Forfeit for your own sake. There's no disgrace."

"Hah!" Nami laughed shortly. "Well, I appreciate the concern, sister but your not getting me to quit that easy! Hahahaha!" She cackled in laughter. Luffy fell over hitting the floor bloated from all the food he just ate. As well as 3 cooks falling on the floor next to Luffy.

"This is a new feeling..." Luffy said. "I think it's full."

Nami out drank the nun as she passes out finally. Jou out drinks another participant. The drinking contest now leaves Jou and Nami.

"Look at that!" A guy said. "These two are going at their 16th mug and their the final 2! Who's gonna win!?"

"Hear that Nami...?" Jou said, in a bit of a drunken stupor. "Looks like we're the final 2?"

"Seems like it." Nami said.

"Let me know when your ready to call it quits." Jou said.

"Yeah, right!" Nami said. Her and Jou began drinking.

"Whiskey Peak..." Usopp said happily. "What a marvelous town!"

"We've stumbled upon pure paradise!" Sanji said with his head in a girls' lap.

"Aw dammit..." Jou said stumbling over and falling back on a couch dropping his mug to ground.

"This guy's finally had it!" A guy laughed.

"I won!" Nami cheered and laughed and finally falling over and also falling on top of Jou with her head in his chest. "The prize money is mine..." She said falling asleep.

Later on that night all the pirates slept peacefully. Zoro slept with head on the table, Usopp slept on a couch, Nami slept peacefully snuggled up in Jou's chest comfortably as he slept, Luffy slept as his stomach was in it's bloated form rising from the snore's he took and Sanji slept with a blush on his face.

"They've worn themselves out partying..." Igarappoi said. "And are fast asleep. Sweet dreams. Brave adventurer's."


Jou woke up yawning covering his mouth as he did and tried to get up he felt something right on top of him keeping him from getting up.

"Huh?" Jou said. He looked down saw Nami curled up onto him sleeping peacefully in his chest. A pleased smile and a tinge to her cheeks due to all the drinking. "Oh, great." Jou whispered. "Nami... Nami..." He whispered to her to see if she can get off him. She didn't budge. "Damn it." He tried to see if he could wiggle out of her embrace but she snuggled into him even more and buried her face in his neck causing his face to flair up.

"Mm... mmm... mmm." Nami said, still passed out. "You can't just walk out without making me breakfast first, you bum."

He couldn't complain though. That was rather adorable. She looked comfortable and she was rather warm but he needed to get up. He gently grabbed her shoulder's and moved her up a bit and then rolled out from under her falling to the floor. He quickly got up and adjusted his beanie and smoothed out his cardigan. He looked around and saw that the room was completely empty. Everyone who was partying with them was gone.

"Huh, that's weird." Jou said, quietly. "I wonder where everyone went?"

He walked out the door quietly and walked down an alleyway and caught sight of Igarappoi, Mr.9, Miss Wednesday and the nun.

"Damn, my head is killing me." The nun complained. "Our guest didn't have the taste to pass out gracefully so I doctored their drinks a little. So, tell me? Was it really necessary to put on an elaborate show for those idiots." She said taking off her nun get up showing off her muscular form. To the three before her she was known as Miss Monday. "I get that nobody wants to hear me whine but it's my duty to point out the amount of food we wasted when we could've just ambushed them at the harbor. We're already short on supplies."

"So they were gonna ambush us?" Jou thought. "A town that loves pirates is too good to be true."

Jou heard footsteps behind him. He swiftly turned flicking his wrist to grab his red chain to face his unknown assailant.

"Relax, Jou." The voice said. "It's only me." It was only Zoro.

"Oh, Zoro." Jou said. "Sorry about that. Thought you'd still be a bit out of it."

"Nah, remember I slept on the way here, plus I know how to hold my booze longer than that." Zoro said as Jou nodded as the swordsman hid with him.

"They were plannin' on ambushing us." Jou whispered. "What do you think? Wanna charge in there and see if we can get the drop on 'em."

"Not yet." Zoro whispered back. "Let's listen in on them a little first."

"It's not like anyone had high hopes for that whale meat or anything." Miss Monday said.

"Well you go try and kill that damn whale!" Mr. 9 growled. "We tried our best, you know!"

"Both of you calm yourselves!" Iggarappoi said. "Before you question the validity of my plan you should see this..." He held up Luffy's wanted poster.

"30,000,000 berri's!?" The trio talking to Iggrappoi shouted in disbelief.

"For those moron's!?" Mr.9 shouted.

"Don't be foolish." Iggarappoi said. "Appearances can be deceiving. That goes for..." He cleared his throat. "MA~! MA~! MA~! That goes for all of you."

"I'm sorry." Miss Monday said bashfully.

"It's no matter." Iggarappoi said. "Our prey has been trapped. And that's new's the boss will enjoy. For now confiscate everything of value from there ship."

Jou and Zoro from there hiding place got their signal. They nodded and went out of it and sneaked off.

"So, what do we do with them now?" Miss Monday asked.

"Kill them...?" Mr.9 asked.

"If they die the bounty drops 30%." Iggarappoi said. "The government prefers to hold public executions."

"Hey!" A voice called from behind them. "Sorry to interrupt." They all turned and caught sight of Zoro and Jou. "Do you mind letting our friends sleep."

"Yeah, most of us had a rather long day and plus the journey was no picnic." Jou said. Him and Zoro were both seated up top a building both shadowed from the moon shining brightly behind them. A couple of bounty hunters stepped out of the building.

"Hey, Mr.8, Miss Monday!" A bounty hunter said. "2 of them escaped from the room when we weren't looking!"

"They're right over there." Miss Wednesday scoffed.

"Sneaky wretches." Iggrappoi or Mr.8 said. "You two should've stayed asleep with your friends."

"A good swordsman never makes a mistake of letting his guard down plus I had a nap earlier." Zoro said, standing as Jou stayed seated. "Judging by the scowls and cheap disguises I'm guessing your all bounty hunters." He said looking them all over.

"I've never seen bounty hunters wear such ridiculous clothes." Jou said. "So, let me get this straight: your plan is to rob pirates, get them drunk enough and steal everything that belongs to them. Not bad." Jou looking over at how many bounty hunters there were. "Hm? Let's see there is...? Huh? I counting 100 of you. Hey, Zoro, what we split them off 50/50. Sound good?"

"Works for me." Zoro said, with a grin. "We're gonna fight all of you. Hear that, Baroque Works?"


I did decide Jou will fight the bounty hunters along side Zoro. Plus, who knows maybe this will be one of the reasons for Jou to get his own bounty.

Well, onto reviews...

Chance Green G King: Well, she did fall asleep on him and...

Jou: I gotta wonder though... was she really asleep. Like did she do that on purpose?

I'm not sure. We'll see next chapter, Jou. Thanks for the review, Chance.

Hawkeye: I've already planned to person who trained Jou's mom to fight. We'll see that fight next time. Thanks, Hawkeye.

Diazr9999: Glad you like the Jou and Nami moment last chapter. In this Saga there's gonna be a lot of moments between them. And no there's not gonna be any love triangle between Jou, Nami and Vivi. I don't want to upset people if that was gonna be a thing. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and thanks for reviewing.

pokemonking0924: Of course. Can't have him knowing what's gonna happen to him in the future. I will say this... yes he will be meeting that pirate in the future.

Nice suggestion by the way. Let's see what I can do with that fight scene next chapter. Thank you for reviewing.

KP360: Pft! Rayleigh fight with chains!? That'd be a sight to behold. No Rayleigh was not the mentor to Jou's mother. That character is obviously going to be an OC who will appear way later. But since I wasn't being secretive about what crew Jou's mother was on I could say she did in fact know Rayleigh.

Mike: C'mon, man there was never a person who used chains on Roger's crew but this original character in fact did.

Jack Conrad:

He loves her!(In Happy's voice)

Jou: Shut up! No I don't!

Oh yeah? Why are you getting angry about it then? Plus, you ran all the way to her when she screamed. Meaning you would probably do it again in a heart beat.

Jou: I would.

So, it's decided. You love her. XD

Jou: Damn it, author! I'm warning you!

Pandaman: What!? Really!? Hey, Dad! It's been a while! Didn't know you read fanfiction?

Jou: You know this is just a joke, right?

Shut up, Jou! I'm talking to my Dad.

Kjack223: So it was, so it was. RIP Roger Pirates.

JediMasterChris1: Right!? Laboon is like several times his size but Luffy didn't care because that's just him.

OnePieceFan: We got more Jou x Nami moments on the way in this saga. We'll have to see if something like that were to happen. Could be amusing.

Joey Andrews: It's always fun to see Nami trick people. That's just who she is.

SuperSaiyan89: We got a long way to go until that point in this story. There is a scene that was really hard for me to watch during that time(if you've seen the Water 7 arc you know that part is)

Well, that's gonna wrap it up for this chapter. Next one will be action packed as the Swordsman and Chain-Wielder take on the bounty hunters. See you all next time. Later!