SailorStar9: With Chapter 235 uploaded, I present Chapter 236 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
Pairings: Married!Ace/Sasha, Sibling!Luffy/Sasha, Sibling!Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha
Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 236: Arc 15: Curtain-up on a New Adventure! Arriving at the Phantom Island, Zou!
"Keep going to Zou!" Luffy beamed from his place on the figurehead.
"It's too foggy." Bartolomeo moaned, after a week out at sea. "I can't see ahead."
"You guys are getting seasick too often." Zoro retorted, seeing the Barto Club members sick on the floor. "How could you call yourselves pirates?"
"Chewing gum..." Bartolomeo pulled out a strip of chewing gum. "It'll make it a little better, grandma said." he popped the chewing gum into his mouth.
"That's why there is gum stuck everywhere on this ship." Usopp gaped, realizing the reason for the numerous pieces of gum that littered the deck.
"What a riot." Luffy burst out laughing.
"Boss, I see something at two o'clock!" the lookout at the mast reported. "In the dense fog, there's a mountain or monster... it looks like it's moving slowly."
"Look," Law voiced, his exposed palm revealed a Vivre Card. "The Vivre Card is pointing towards that."
"You're right." Luffy blinked. "That means your friends are there."
"I heard Zou blocks out invaders with dense fog and an adverse current." Law explained.
"Take in the sails." Franky suggested. "We'll row it forward."
"Is this the island Zou?" Luffy gawked as the giant elephant came into view.
"This is it." Law confirmed.
"Torao, but this is a zou (elephant)." Luffy gaped.
"Yeah, Zou is the name of a place that flourishes on the back of a massive elephant." Law replied.
"What?" Usopp exclaimed. "Is it alive?"
"It keeps moving, so it'll never be at the same location." Law remarked. "It's a Phantom Island. It's not actually an island, so Log Poses won't get you here. I've never been here before, either. It's showing it's back to us. That means Black Foot and the others could've gotten here much earlier."
"So, we were chasing an elephant that was walking away." Robin noted.
"Yeah," Law confirmed. "Get ready to make landfall. Can you give us some food?" he turned to Bartolomeo.
"Please." Sasha added her puppy-dog eyes for additional effect.
"Take everything in the food storage!" Bartolomeo offered.
"I heard there is a tribe that hates humans." Kanjuro turned to Law.
"Yes, it's the Mink Tribe." Law replied. "They hold off humans and people say the history of their country goes back nearly a thousand years."
"A thousand years?" Luffy gasped. "On the elephant's back? Does that mean that the elephant has been alive for a thousand years?"
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
