Hello everyone and welcome back now in case if this chapter is confusing this will take some elements of Episode 207, and 208 but remixed to help fit the story a little bit better.
"So Luffy are we headed to Water 7?" Ussop said
"Not yet, before we go I would like to take a look around, we never really took anytime to explore this place, except this little area, there could be a lot of cool stuff here." Luffy said intrigued
"Yeah and it can also give us sometime restock on some fresh food." Sanji said
"YEAH LETS GO EXPLORING!" Luffy yelled running out along with Ussop and Chopper
"Wait Luffy we don't really know much about this island don't just run off." Cray said.
"WHOA HEY GUYS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!" Luffy yelled
Everyone decided to take a look at what Luffy was yelling about, and as they got close they noticed a very tall bear
"Whoa look at the size of that thing!"Cray yelled
"Chopper, Luffy and Ussop were then climbing up the tall bear, much to its annoyance Luffy then climbed up to its head and then grabbed a weirdly shaped apple that was growing from one of the tall trees.
"Look at this even the apples are long to." Luffy said eating it.
the bear then shook the three of them off and started to walk off with steam coming out of his head.
"haha that was fun!" Luffy yelled laying on his back looking at the sky and as he did he noticed big bird with a very long neck.
"Look at that bird!" Chopper yelled looking up
The Straw Hats looked around them and noticed all the different types of animals, all of which were abnormally longer then they should be, one in particular was Dog that was so long you couldn't even see the end of it for yards upon yards away.
"Hey guys check this out." Ussop said getting near the dog
Ussop then started to try to limbo under the dogs body, with nobody else noticing.
"Lets see if it knows a few tricks, sit boy." Nami said
the dog then sat down completely flattening Ussop under it.
" oh its trained, Roll over." Cray said
the dog then rolled over causing Ussop face to scrunch in.
"DAHH GUYS STOP IT!" Chopper yelled
Beg." Luffy said
The dog lifted up its entire high up into the air in a standing position.
"I can't even see its face up there." Sanji said looking up
"This is so cool!" Luffy yelled looking at all the strange animals, and as he did he then noticed a small little house, Luffy being the curious person he is decided to take a closer look.
Hello anyone home.' Luffy said walking in
'Don't' just walk into someone else's house!' Ussop yelled
That's weird why is there a house in the middle of nowhere?' Nami said
"Luffy no stop! A crazy long snake monster might be in there or something!" Ussop yelled trying to pull him back
"Its empty." Luffy said
Luffy took a peek and noticed everything looked normal but everything was really dusty like no one has been in it for years.
"Looks like who ever lived here, is long gone." Cray said
"it sure looks like it. phew thats a relief." Ussop said
"HEY GUYS LOOK I FOUND A GIRAFFE!" Chopper yelled outside behind the house.
"WAIT WHAT! I WANT TO SEE!" Luffy yelled running out and behind the house. along with Cray and Ussop
"Neigh." the animal yelled
"Ugh Chopper that's not a Giraffe that's a horse." Cray said
"Although the neck does kind of give it an impression of a giraffe though." Ussop said
"What a pretty horse." Luffy said
"Yeah but the real question is who does it belong to? Look it has a saddle so it must belong to someone." Cray said
"I'll ask her." Chopper said
Chopper then started to speak to the horse who in return did a bunch neighing noises.
"What did she say?" Cray said
" She said her name was shelly, She told that she hasn't seen her owner for a very long time, shes actually still trying to find him." Chopper said
"Ugh guys." Luffy said
"What is it Luffy?" ussop said
"do you see those two bamboo sticks right there" Luffy said pointing
"Whoa i can't see the top talk about long!" Ussop said
"Yeah but take a closer look." Luffy said
"What why?' ussop said
"suddenly one of the bamboo sticks quickly moved forward surprising and scaring Ussop.
"Its Running Away?" Cray said
"Its must be another long animal!" Luffy yelled
"Luffy watch out! Cray yelled
the other one then quickly hit Luffy right across the face knocking him down
"Luffy are you alright?" Ussop said
suddenly the other stick moved towards ussop as he quickly dodged out of the way.
"You stupid Bamboo Sticks! Gum Gum whip!" Luffy yelled as he kicked and broke the two bamboo sticks.
Yeah you beat the bamboo monster!" Ussop yelled
Yeah I cut it!" Luffy yelled
Ugh guys you might want to look up." Cray said
"Huh?" Ussop and Luffy said looking
Then suddenly a small figure then started to tumble right near the others
"Nami, Robin, Sanji, Zoro look out!" Luffy yelled
all of them quickly moved out of the way as the figure dropped down to the ground hard.
Are you all alright!?" Cray yelled
"Were fine." Zoro said
All of them then gathered around the figure that fell towards the ground. it was small man wearing some kind of tribal clothes.
"Hey Whats going on!?" Chopper yelled running back to them after done talking with the horse.
"I think..when I cut the bamboo I released a spirit." Luffy said
Nami then slapped him in the back of the head
"don't be an idiot its obviously a person." Nami said
"He's probably dead." Robin said nonchalantly
"Why are you saying it so calmly?!" Ussop yelled
suddenly the small old man slowly started to open his eyes.
"He's waking up." Cray said
"Who.. who are you people?" The old man said
"Were Pirates." Luffy said
"Pirates? huh I haven;t seen any pirates in a very long time." the old man
The man lifted himself up.
"My name is Tonjit you have my thanks, I assume your the ones who took down my stilts." Tonjit said scratching his nose.
"Stilts?" Ussop said
They looked at the end and noticed the foot stands that were on the bamboo.
"Well I'll be darn they are Stilts." Cray said
"but they were so long we couldn't see the top at all." Luffy said
"Indeed at was at the very top." Tonjit said
"Why were on long stilts to begin with?" Cray said
"I've always been fond of stilts, So tried to make the worlds longest Stilts using this islands bamboo, I managed to get on top of them but was then to scared to come back down." tonji t said
"your crazy, old man." Luffy said
"How long have you been up there?" Sanji said
"Oh i was up there for about...Ten years." Tonjit said
"TEN YEARS!?" The Straw Hats yelled out
"Thats right the bamboo continued to grow the entire time to which made it even harder for me to come down..so scary." Tonjit said
"THATS YOUR ONLY COMMENT AFTER TEN YEARS!?" Ussop yelled
"Theirs no way! how in the world could you have survived for that long up there!?" Cray yelled
"There are many trees out here on this island just as tall as the Stilts, and I was able to eat the fruits from those trees to survive." Tonjit said
"How could he say that so casually especially, for being up there for so long, this old man is insane." Nami said sweat dropping
"but enough of my scary tale, come inside my house I want to thank you all for helping me." tonjit said walking in
"Its custom in this village to treat visitors to milk from our farm animals." Tonjit said
"Village? Wheres the village?" Luffy said
"And your farm animals?" chopper said
"What do you mean where?" tonjit said looking around more clearly, he then went into a state of shock
"Ahh The village is gone and the Farm animals!?" Tonjit yelled to himself
"Get real, villages don't just disappear in ten years you know." Ussop said
"Oh actually...Well I can explain it later for now let me treat you all, I believe I had some milk stored away somewhere." Tonjit said looking in a large pot.
"Somewhere? You do realize that you've been away for ten years? its probably bad by now." Sanji said
"Oh here it is." Tonjit said taking out a huge wad of what looked like old cheese.
"Here help yourselves to some cheese instead." Tonjit said backing face away away from the clump that he was holding in his hands
Everyone just had a look of disgust.
"Don't look away!" Thats obviously your ten year old milk!" Ussop yelled out
"I know, what a shame." Tonjit said kind of disappointed that he couldn't treat his guests.
"but still all of you make yourselves at home." Tonjit said sitting down.
"So old man were you going to explain to us about what you think might've happened to your village?" Luffy said
"Oh yeah, Well if its been about ten years they probably move on to the other islands that are around here. For you see me and my village are Nomads" Tonjit said
"Nomads?" Cray said
"Yes, and we are always on the move." tonjit said
"Well that would explain on why your village disappeared in only ten years." chopper said
'This Island is called the Long Ring Long Island, its technically a single shaped island, but because of the seas high tide its usually divided into ten separate islands, but on one day a year the tide gets especially low and for those few hours the island regains its original ring shape, we use this fact to migrate from one island to the next every three years." Tonjit said
"so you got left behind when the villages migrated." Ussop said
Sadly yes." Tonjit said
"So that means if they stay on an island every three years then it would take them three decades to come all the way back. and plus taking the away the time you were stuck on those stilts that leaves only "two" more decades." Cray said
"Pretty much, if only I had my hoooorse i could catch up to the others in only five years by crossing an island once every year." Tonjit said
"A Hoooorse?" Luffy said
"Yes, the most beautiful animals on these islands they gallop through the grassy plains so gracefully there necessary to migrate from Island to island there strong and can carry large loads of supplies and equipment and there really fast to, I wouldn't be able to to do it on foot, the tide would come back before i could even reach the next island." Tonjit said
"Why not just use a ship?" Zoro said
"We don't know how to sail, and besides a log pose wouldn't be able to point to the next island. all ten island are actually one big island after all...I guess i'll just wait here for twenty years" Tonjit said
"Are you sure? it would be really lonely?" Luffy said
"Wait a minute...Tonjit! I think we might be able to help you?" Cray said
How?" tonjit said
"Chopper is that Horse still there?" Cray said
"Oh yeah I'll check!" chopper yelled running out of the house
SHELLY!" Tonjit Yelled running towards the horse and petting her
neigh." Shelly said
" I can't believe you've waited for me all this time, you've grown so long the last time I saw you, you've must've been lonely after all these years, Thank you, Thank you, I promise to never you ever again." Tonjit said almost in tears
NEIGH! NEIGH!" Shelly neighed in excitement raising her body up.
"She said that she wants you to ride her." Chopper said
Shelly then laid her head down as Tonjit climbed up to the saddle.
"ALRIGHT SHELLY! LETS GO!" Tonjit yelled
Shelly then started Galloping across the Grassy Plains with Tonjit on the saddle. as both of them were smiling with happiness as The Straw Hats looked on.
"So that horse has been waiting for him this entire time." Nami said
"That's got to be the second most committed animal I've ever seen." Cray said taking out his Sketchbook.
"She's Great!" Luffy said laying down
"She must really like him a lot." Chopper said
"Shes pretty fast." Robin said kind of smiling at the sight.
"and Graceful." Cray said
"Shelly, lets cross the sea together on the next low tide day..all those days in the rain and snow thank you, for waiting through it all." tonjit said in his head.
"Thank you all so very much, you cannot imagine how much appreciation I have for you all for helping me unite with my Shelly." Tonjit said petting her
"Heh heh don't sweat it." luffy said smiling
"Please if Theres anything that I can offer you all, please let me know." Tonjit said
"(GURGLE)"
Luffy then clenched his stomach
"Well I am a little hungry, I don;t suppose you have something other then old cheese and milk to eat." Luffy said
"Really Luffy we just had a big meal with Alisa and her crew a few hours ago?" Nami said
"Yeah I know...Ahh man I wish I had more of that delicious Apple pie." Luffy said sadly
"Well if you may have guessed all the food that i have in my house is spoiled rotten, but if you would all follow me into the forest I could take you to my Villages crops" Tonjit said
"Crops?" Ussop said
"Yes you see, before we migrate from one island to the next we make sure to plant vegetables and fruits on the island before hand for it prosper and so the next time we arrive to that island we never have to worry about planting and regrowing the next time we arrive on the island, Its been a while since I have been there but my memory will soon come back to me once we get there." Tonjit said walking with his Shelly
(In the Forest)
The Straw Hats along with Tonjit and Shelly were walking into the forest looking for the crops was planted here all those years ago.
"Are we getting close?" Cray said
"I think we are it shouldn't be to far now." Tonjit said
As they were walking further into the forest they then found themselves in another open field, and in the field they could see the crops that Tonjit was talking about, countless rows of veggies and Fruits and some of the native animals enjoying it.
"Whoa look at this place." Luffy said amazed
"Over Ten years of Growth, I'm glad that it has still prospered." Tonjit said walking towards a big rock that was in the middle of the field. then suddenly Tonjit was then knocked back by something that caused him to fall down, which caught the eyes of the Straw Hats
"Tonjit are you all right?" Luffy said quickly running to him.
"Yeah I'm fine." Tonjit said
the Rest of the Straw Hats went to investigate and noticed incredibly tall man wearing to what seemed like a Marine uniform, laying down with eye covers covering his eyes. the man then slowly lifted them up and then noticed Tonjit along with the Straw Hats.
"Oh high there." the man said looking at Tonjit
"Hey who are you?" Luffy said
As the Rest of them looked, Robin was the one that the most shocked and surprised she fell back, with a look of terror in ehr eyes.
"Hey robin are you okay?" cray said
"Its Him." Robin said
"Who this guy? do you know him?" Luffy said
"He's one of the three main Admirals of Navy Headquarters...Aokiji." Robin said scared
Alright we are almost to the conclusion you guys, Just two more Chapters to go, and then its off to one of my favorite arcs of all time! See you all next time. bye for now.