A/N: Someone asked if I could make the chapters long, well for my readers I would gladly make it longer! Anyways, I'm thinking on being in HIATUS for a while...

Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece

Last time on Chapter 33…

"TAKE THIS!" Luffy yells as he runs and punches Laboon in the eye without using his devil fruit and no Haki. This time though, it hurt Laboon and he pushes Luffy directly in the lighthouse.

"What's he trying to do…?" Usopp slowly asks as Luffy was still unscathed and was still grinning.

"Luffy! Just what the hell are you doing!?" Zoro shouts as Luffy stands up and Crocus looks at Luffy in amazement.

"BUOOOHHHH!" Laboon bellows with determination to fight in his eyes.

"IT'S A TIE! I'm pretty tough, eh?" Luffy suddenly shouts as Laboon gets surprised and looks at Luffy questioningly "Our fight has yet to be settled, so we must fight each other again!" Luffy pauses as he gets up "Your old friends may be dead, but I'm your new rival! And once my crew sails around 'Grand Line', We'll be sure to come back here to see you again." Laboon gets teary-eyed "AND THEN WE'LL DUKE IT OUT AGAIN!"

Everyone smiles at the touching scene, despite the mast on top of Laboon "BUOOOHHHHH!"

"BUOOHH" Laboon bellows as in his head, was a beautifully/skillfully painted Strawhat flag that hid some of his scars. All of the strawhat 'woah'-s in awe and fascination, not knowing Luffy could paint.

"And… Done! This is will be a sign of our promise to fight again!" Luffy says as he was holding a large brush and has no paints in his body "So don't bash your head against the wall and make it disappear, by the time we come back, you hear!?"

"BUOOHHH." Laboon bellows as Luffy nods in satisfaction.

"Good!" Luffy says as he grins. Crocus was undoubtedly delighted by what happened.

"Alright then, time to chart out our navigation route." Nami says as she takes out her compass.

"This Elephant Trout is just perfect for cooking!" Sanji says as he smiles and cuts the fish.

"Keep your promise, Luffy!" Usopp shouts as Luffy nods and walks toward him with the mast in hand.

"Yeah! Don't worry about fixing it, I'll do it all by myself." Luffy says as he grins and starts fixing the main mast. On the other hand, Zoro is sleeping ( as usual ) on the side.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nami yells that made everyone look, Luffy only looked at the compass before fixing the mast again.

"What's the matter, my dear Nami-swan!?" Sanji shouts while he was holding plates of foods "If it's about the meal, then it's all ready~!" Usopp only looks questioningly at Nami.

"The compass…! It's broken! It's pointing all over the place!" Nami says as Crocus looks at Nami with a blank face.

"Hmm, it appears you've come here without knowing anything. I'm quite amazed. Did you come here to just throw your lives away?" Crocus jokingly asks as Luffy starts eating like a monster with some rum on his side. Nami only looks at him questioningly "I've said before that common sense fails to uphold in this ocean. That compass isn't broken."

"Then is it… The magnetic field!?" Nami says as Crocus nods.

"Yes… There exists a geomagnetic anomaly across Grand Line, due to many islands here being rich with various minerals." Crocus pauses as he takes a plate "Not only that, the currents and the winds here are as unpredictable as they can be. As a navigator, you should well understand how terrifying that can be. If you venture out into this ocean without knowing anything, you'll die for sure."

"True… Without a reliable way to tell one's direction, it's all hopeless." Nami says as there was silence "I… Had no idea." Nami says as she rubs her head sheepishly.

"WHAT!? ISN'T THAT LIKE REALLY REALLY BAD? ARE WE GONNA BE OKAY!?" Usopp asks as his eyes were as long as his nose.

"Ah, Nami-swan's so cute even when she doesn't know~!" Sanji shouts as he fawns over Nami with his heart eyes.

"YOU TWO JUST QUIET DOWN!" Nami yells as the two had their arms up as if admitting their defeat.

"This Elephant Trout trunk is especially delicious!" Luffy says randomly as he chews the trunk meat.

"To navigate through Grand Line, you'll need a Log Pose." Crocus says as Nami blinks.

"A Log Pose? I've never heard of it." Nami admits as she puts down her drink on the table.

"It's a special type of compass that records the magnetic field." Crocus says as Luffy stops eating.

"Here. A Log Pose." Luffy says as he throws the Log Pose to Nami, who only grabbed it.

"Yes, That's a Log Pose." Crocus says as he crosses his arms "Without a Log Pose, It'd be impossible to navigate on this ocean. Of course, it is quite hard to obtain one outside Grand Line."

"I see, but hang on just a second…" Nami says as her eyes were shadowed "WHY THE HECK DO YOU HAVE ONE!?" Nami yells as she attempted punching Luffy, which was deemed to be impossible, yet she still tried. Of course, Luffy unconsciously gets away and looks at her with an unimpressed look.

"I took it from those two weirdos from earlier." Luffy casually says as he takes another meat.

"So this is a Log Pose… There's no marking on it or anything…" Nami says as she looks at the Log Pose in her hand.

"The various islands across Grand Line, all have their own magnetic field surrounding them." Crocus pauses "So in short, you'll have to record the magnetic field interaction between any two islands, before you can progress on to the next island." Nami looks at the Log Pose before returning to look at Crocus "In this ocean where one can't use any normal means of path-finding, this Log Pose represents the only reliable way for one to find his way. From this mountain, you'll choose 1 out of 7 magnetic fields to record, which will lead you to different islands. But no matter which island you start with, the paths will all converge into one eventually… And the name of the very last island one can reach in Grand Line…"

Luffy finishes a round of rum and tightens his grip on the bottle, unconsciously '… Raftel…'

"Raftel, the final stop in Grand Line, the only ones who've ever confirmed its existence in history is the Pirate King and his crew. It is an island of legends." Crocus says as Usopp stands up.

"Then does that mean… One Piece is on that island!?" Usopp asks as Crocus looks on the ocean.

"Who knows. Although that is the most likely theory, nobody has reached there to confirm it." Crocus says as Luffy picks a bone.

"Enough thinking." Luffy says as he grins while chewing a bone "We can see for ourselves once we're there!" Luffy says as he fully eats the bone "Ahhh… Should we get going now? I'm finished eating and all."

"DID YOU JUST EAT EVERYTHING ALL BY YOURSELF!?" Sanji yells as he was surprised and stunned.

"AGHHH! EVEN THE BONES ARE GONE!" Usopp yells as his eyes were now longer than his nose.

"Alright, Log Pose… I'll make sure to take good care of you. The fate of our journey is all up to you, after all." Nami says as she secures the Log Pose in her wrist.

"Why you rubber crap head! That food was… was…" Sanji slowly stands up with his aura in flames "… FOR NAMI-SWAN TO ENJOY! " Sanji tried to kick Luffy, but Luffy stands on the side. The kick must've been strong since it broke the Log Pose in Nami's wrist without even touching it.

"YOU CAN JUST GO COOL YOUR HEAD DOWN IN THE SEA!" Nami yells as she kicks Sanji in the ocean. Suddenly, she turns to Luffy "And you…" Before she could continue Luffy raises his hands up in the sky.

"Wait a minute! I have Log Poses in my room." Luffy says as name raises her eyebrow.

"Log Poses? Fine, prove it!" Nami says as she huffs 'There's no way he could have one!'

Luffy goes to the ship and towards his room. He opens the door and hears the Den Den Mushi ringing. "I could bring it out, it won't hurt." Luffy says to himself as he immediately takes one of the Log Poses in his wooden shelf that is being supported by glass. Once he took the Log Pose, he answers the Den Den Mushi and carries it. "Who is it?" Luffy asks as he goes out of his room and goes out inside.

"Finally! We've been calling you so many times-yoi!" Luffy hears Marco, one of the commanders shout. When he was in the deck, he jumps down. Nami was about to shout at him, but he quickly shushed her quietly, which was effective.

"Sorry, I was busy. What happened? Whisper. I'm currently outside." Luffy whispers as Zoro and the others raise an eyebrow at him.

"Teach betrayed us. It was a good thing you warned us all before it happened, Thatch could've died-yoi." Marco whispers with a monotone voice.

"… I see, wait a minute." Luffy whispering as he throws the Log Pose to Nami, who grabbed it. He signaled he would be in his room for so he starts to walk towards the ship. It was a good thing no one could hear what Marco was saying since they were whispering. "I see, how's Thatch doing right now?"

"He's fine, he's healing very quick. It's a good thing that Haruta was outside, he was about to make a prank in Izo's division until he saw Thatch in the ground with blood-yoi." Marco whispers as he was finally in his room.

"We could talk normally now, and was Blackbeard still on the ship when Haruta saw Thatch?" Luffy asks as he places the Den Den Mushi on his desk with a blank expression like a long, long time ago.

" Unfortunately, no he wasn't. And like you said, he was really after the Yami-Yami no mi ( Dark-Dark fruit )-yoi. " Marco says calmly.

"… When I meet him, can I kill him?" Luffy asks as his eyes say complete bloodlust and he was unaware that he curled his hands so much that it turned white.

"… That's for you to decide-yoi." Marco says as Luffy closes his eyes, for a minute of uncomfortable silence, Marco decided to talk "That's all, bye-yoi." By that, the two placed down the handset to the right place, and so, the snail says 'Katcha'. Luffy controls his feelings before standing up.

Luffy walks towards the deck, and when he did, he saw Miss Wednesday and Mr.9 wet just down in the ground and not in the deck, he raised an eyebrow. "You two got out." Luffy says before the two pales and looks at Luffy, who was grinning at them.

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"Whiskey Peak? What's that?" Usopp asks as Miss Wednesday and Mr.9 was in the ground, this time, in front of Luffy's Nakama. Apparently, the two tried escaping, which they succeeded, but they forgot that they lost their Log Pose, that their downfall. So they went back, which was also a big mistake.

"It's… The name of our town." Mr.9 says as Nami raises her eyebrow.

"So you want us to take you there because you lost your ship? Don't you think that's asking a bit too much, Mr.9?" Nami says as she goes closer to Mr.9's face "Especially considering you tried to kill the whale and all."

"Just who are you guys anyway?" Usopp asks as Mr.9 raises his head.

"I'm a king." Mr.9 says as there was a wave crashing sound effect.

"Liar." Nami says as she has a tick mark in her head and pinches Mr.9's cheek, Mr.9 shrieks in pain.

"WE CANNOT SAY!" Both Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday yells "BUT PLEASE! PLEASE TAKE US BACK TO OUR TOWN AND WE SWEAR WE'LL RETURN THE FAVOR!"

"We'd really rather not keep things hush-hush-" When Miss Wednesday said 'hush-hush', Luffy placed his hand on his mouth to keep his laughter low "–about everything, but 'mystery' is our organization's motto. And so we absolutely cannot tell you anything more. Please help us out from the kindness of your hearts…!" Miss Wednesday asks she glances at Luffy when she said 'organization', but it seems like Luffy wasn't a bit curious at all.

"Don't listen to them. They're nothing but trouble." Crocus says as he crosses his arms while giving Miss Wednesday and Mr.9 a disapproving look.

"Well… We accidentally broke our Log Pose, but do you still want a ride?" Nami says while waving the broken Log Pose in front of them.

"W-WHAT!? YOU BROKE IT!? AND ISN'T THAT OURS!?" Mr.9 shouts in anger.

"HOW DARE YOU TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MISFORTUNE WHEN YOU'RE JUST AS MISFORTUNATE AS WE ARE!?" Miss Wednesday shouts. Apparently, the two already got out when Luffy took a Log Pose.

"Oh right! I forgot to mention that Luffy here gave us another Log Pose." Nami says as the two suddenly bowed and went back on pleading.

"We beseech your kindness, madam…" Both says as they hid their anger on their minds 'Damn this woman! She was toying with us!' Both says in their thoughts at the same time.

"Ok. They can come along if they want." Luffy says as he stares at the sea, most likely he was thinking something else.

"Alright then… Your log should have been recorded by now." Crocus says as he pauses "Is it properly pointing towards a place indicated on the map?"

"Yup! It's pointing towards Whiskey Peak." Nami says as she holds a map and looks at the Log Pose, Luffy looks at the map and the Log Pose, which made Nami look at him curiously but shrugged it off. After that, the Strawhats and the two climbs on Going Merry.

"You sure about this, Strawhat? Picking Whiskey Peak all just because of these ruffians… The only place you can choose which route you want to take is here, you know." Crocus says as Luffy grins at him.

"It's fine. If I don't like the route, I can always sail once around and choose a different route." Luffy says as he leans on the railing.

"I see…" Crocus says as he smiles.

"Pukukuku! Idiotic pirates…!" Mr.9 whispers to Miss Wednesday, though Miss Wednesday didn't do that same, in fact, she was looking troubled.

"Bye then, Crocus-ossan." Luffy says as all of them waves at Crocus.

"See ya then." Crocus says as he places his hands on his hips.

"WE'RE GOING NOW, LABOON!" Luffy says as he waves at Laboon.

"BUOOOHHHHH!" Laboon bellows as the ship goes farther and farther.

Once Merry Going wasn't in sight anymore, Crocus crosses his arms "Perhaps they're the pirates we've been waiting for… That captain has got quite a mysterious aura about him." Crocus pauses "What do you think, Roger…?"

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The ship sails on…

Today's climate is…

Winter.

With a little spring from time to time.

After leaving Twin Capes at the base of Reverse Mountain,

The ship now heads for Whiskey Peak.

"Done! The man who fell from the sky, Mr. Snowman!" Luffy says as he makes a badly made snowman. Well, Luffy was only playing.

"Hahaha… Such childish snow games…" Usopp says as Luffy looks at him "Behold! My masterpiece in snow art! The Snow Queen!"

Luffy laughs "Shishishishi, She looks like Kaya." Luffy gives Usopp a sly grin that made Usopp flinch.

"Wha-!?" Usopp shouts in embarrassment, at the same time a piece of wood shot the Snow Queen's face.

"Snowman punch!" Luffy says as he grins at Usopp's horrid face.

"THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?" Usopp yells as he kicks Mr. Snowman's face. Luffy only grins and lets Usopp run after him.

"Jeez, how can those two be so lively when it's so cold out?" Nami asks to no one as she watches Usopp run after Luffy.

"Nami-swan~! How much longer shall I continue my Snow Shoveling of Love?" Sanji asks as he turns to look at Nami with heart eyes.

"Until it stops snowing, Sanji." Nami responds as she looks at the window.

"YES , MA'AM~!" Sanji shouts as he starts shoveling the piled snow.

"Hey you. Doesn't this ship have a heating system or something?" Mr.9 rudely asks as the two of them were covered with a blanket.

"It's really cold." Miss Wednesday says as the two shivers from the cold.

"SHUT UP! YOU'RE NOT HERE AS OUR GUESTS! GO OUTSIDE AND HELP SHOVEL THE SNOW OR SOMETHING!" Nami shouts in anger. Suddenly, Luffy barges in and closes the door, resulting for Usopp to get slammed on and faint.

"Oops." Luffy says as he grins "Anyways, you might have to check the Log Pose, Nami." Luffy says as he looks at his Log Pose in his wrist. Apparently, Luffy took another Log Pose in his room just to help Nami. Then lightning came down, Nami widens her eyes as she checks the Log Pose, only to make a horrified face.

"AHHHHHHHH!" Nami yells as Luffy grins and puts his weight on his right side.

"W-WHAT IS IT!?" Usopp asks, suddenly awake with his broken nose.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER, MY BELOVED NAMI-SWAN~!?" Sanji yells as he lets go of the shovel.

"This can't be happening!" Nami shouts in disbelief as she goes out in the lounge. "TURN THE SHIP AROUND 180 DEGREES! HURRY!"

"180 degrees? Why're we turning back?" Usopp asks as he stands up, relieving his broken nose.

"NO! THE SHIP TURNED ITSELF AROUND AND IS NOW HEADING DIRECTLY AWAY FROM OUR DESTINATION!" Nami yells as she looks at the Log Pose "I ONLY TOOK MY EYES OFF OF THE LOG POSE FOR A SECOND AND THE WAVES WERE SO CALM TOO…!"

"Looks like you've been played by the waves." Mr.9 says as he makes a smug look.

"Are you really a navigator?" Miss Wednesday says jokingly "That's the kind of ocean this is. The winds, skies, waves, and even the clouds… You can't trust any of them. The only thing you can trust out here is in the direction your Log Pose points! Do you understand?" Miss Wednesday lectures as Nami was at her boiling point.

"Now, now. Go outside and help." Luffy says as if he was talking to two kids while taking the two by their back collar and taking them outside. "Be thankful I took the two of you out before Nami could kick the two of you." Luffy says as he lets go of the two and looks at Nami. "Go on Nami, I'll look after the two." Luffy says as Nami nods. The two was about to complain about being treated like a kid but Luffy just shushed them and ordered the two to work.

"Catch the wind from the right side! We'll use it to turn the ship around 180 degrees to the left! Usopp, you take the jib sail! Sanji, you take the rudder!" Nami shouts as Sanji pumps his fist into the air.

"JUST LEAVE IT TO ME, NAMI-SWAN~!" Sanji yells as he fawns at Nami.

"AND BE QUIET!" Nami orders as she makes the funny face again.

"Got it!" Usopp says as he immediately goes to the jib sail.

"What a violent woman…" Mr.9 says quietly but Luffy heard it, Luffy quickly shushes him like he was shushing a kid.

"Hey, wait! The winds just changed!" Usopp shouts as he stops to go at the jib sail, Nami turns to Usopp with disbelief all over her face.

"That can't be!" Nami shouts as the winter turned to spring.

"Ah, the first breeze of spring." Both Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday says as they stop working, Luffy only laughs.

"WHAT!?" Nami yells the two kept feeling the breeze.

"ZORO, WAKE UP! WE'RE IN AN EMERGENCY!" Usopp yells as Zoro kept sleeping without a care in the world.

"THE WAVES ARE GETTING HIGHER!" Usopp yells as he waves crashed in his face. "ICEBERG SPOTTED AT 10 O'CLOCK!"

"AND NOW THERE'S FOG!" Sanji reports as they couldn't perform things properly.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS OCEAN!" Nami yells while Zoro was still asleep even after all of this shouting and yelling.

"WE JUST GRAZED THE ICEBERG!" Sanji shouts as Merry turns to the side because of the impact.

"THERE'S WATER LEAKING IN THE LOWER DECK!" Luffy yells as Nami turns to Luffy with a troubled face that made Luffy guilty of not having to be of help too much.

"HURRY UP AND SEAL IT UP THEN!" Nami yells as Usopp collects planks and a hammer.

"ON IT!" Usopp asks only to be stopped by Luffy "WHAT IS IT!?"

"I'LL GO SEAL THE LEAKS AND YOU GO GET THE WOODS!" Luffy shouts as Usopp nods and gives him the hammer and the planks he was carrying. "YOU TWO! WORK EVEN IF I'M NOT HERE!" After that, he runs towards the lower deck.

"THE CLOUDS ARE MOVING TOO FAST!" Nami yells as the winds were too strong "RAISE THE SAILS! THE WINDS ARE TOO STRONG!"

"Everyone, eat up and energize!" Sanji shouts as he throws the rums to Luffy, who took it and drank it fast and ate at least two plates and goes back to fixing the leaks including Usopp.

"OH NO! THE SAIL'S TEARING!" Nami yells as the adrenaline was pumping to her blood. Well, everyone feels the same way. Except for Zoro.

"WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LEAK ON THE LOWER DECK!" Luffy yells as Usopp runs back to get planks.

"DAMMIT!" Usopp yells in anger and frustration. "NAMI, WHERE'S THE COMPASS POINTING TO NOW!?" Usopp asks as Nami widens her eyes.

"IT CHANGED AGAIN!" Nami yells as they were having a hard time surviving. Except for Zoro.

"WHAAAAT!?" Usopp yells in disbelief.

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Ah… Such a nice sunny day. The winds are blowing nicely, the Eagles are calm like the clouds and waves… Zoro yawns as he stretches and gets up "Ah, that was a nice nap." Zoro says as he notices Luffy standing, no sign of sweat, discomfort, or even a sign of tiredness. Nope, he was totally calm, his posture firm and his appearance were fresh and he was even grinning. No scathes, perfectly fine. Unlike everyone, they were relaxing in the ground. There's nothing wrong with that, nope, they're just being lazy. "Hey, come on now. I know the weather's nice and warm but don't you think you're being a bit too lazy?" Zoro pauses before looking at Nami, who was limply lying on the deck "Are you sure we're going the right way?"

'YOU SON OF A…!' Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Miss Wednesday and Mr.9 thought of the same time. Luffy was only amused at the scene. If Sanji was completely fine, Sanji could've kicked Zoro right now.

"And why're you two on our ship?" Zoro asks, completely forgetting his talk with Luffy, which made Luffy more amused.

"YOU NOTICED NOW!?" Mr.9 yells in anger, yet too tired to do anything.

"We're headed towards their town right now." Luffy explains as he leans on the main mast. Zoro suddenly remembers his talk with Luffy and only nods.

"Hmm… There's something sinister about your faces…" Zoro says as he crouches down to look at Miss Wednesday and Mr.9's face. "What did you say your names were again…?"

"M-Mr.9…" Mr.9 says as he stutters in discomfort.

"And I'm Miss Wednesday…" Miss Wednesday says as he squirms in discomfort when Zoro looks at them intensely.

"Right… Something about those names has been bugging me ever since I heard 'em." Zoro says as he rubs his chin while the two flinches "I feel like I've heard it before… Or not…" Zoro pauses "Well in any case-!" Zoro gets punched in the back of his head.

"Did you have a NICE nap!?" Nami says with a scary tone "YOU WOULDN'T WAKE UP NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRIED…!" Nami yells that fitted her scary face. "Don't let your guards down, everyone! You can never expect what might happen out there!" Nami shouts as poor Zoro, got what he deserved and now is in pain "You can never expect what might happen out here! I finally understand just how terrifying this ocean truly is, as well as why they call it the 'Grand Line'! I understand because all of my navigation skills have failed to work!"

"You know, I'd rather call 'Grand Line' a Paradise, like some calls it. The other half of Paradise is crueler." Luffy says as Nami looks at him.

"A Paradise!? How can you call this a Paradise!?" Nami asks in disbelief.

"Like I said, the other half of Paradise is crueler." Luffy says as Nami gulps in nervousness.

"Uhh… Are we gonna be fine?" Usopp asks, fearing of what will happen.

"We'll be fine!" Nami says as she keeps her positive side " Things will work out one way or the other. And as proof of that, look…!" Nami says as she turns to the front. "The first leg of our journey, is over." Luffy grins as he sees his Nakama's excited and happy faces.

"It's an island! I see a giant cacti!" Luffy shouts as he sits in Merry's head.

"So this is Whiskey Peak!" Usopp says as the Island was being clearer and clearer.

"Thank God we've arrived alive!" Mr.9 shouts happily. Suddenly, the two was in the railing. "Now then, we ask you please drop us off here!"

"Thank you for taking us here!" Miss Wednesday doesn't add the 'My honeys' because of embarrassment since Luffy was in front of her. "If fate wills it, then let us meet again!"

"Bye bye baby!" Both Mr.9 and Miss Wednesday shout though Miss Wednesday had a light pink dusted on her cheek because Luffy laughed lowly. By that, both of them jumped into the ocean.

"They're gone…" Nami says while she sweatdrops.

"Just what is up with those two…" Usopp says quietly as Luffy laughs.

"Forget about 'em! Prepare to land!" Luffy says as he looks at the island "We'll see them later on, it is their town." Luffy says as everyone nods in agreement.

"There's a river right up ahead." Zoro says as he pauses "Looks like we can dock inland."

"T-there wouldn't be any monsters on this island now, right…!?" Usopp shakily says in fear.

"Considering this place is Grand Line-" Sanji pauses before he looks at Luffy "–or Paradise and all, I'd say there is a good possibility." Sanji says as he puffs out smoke.

"Don't be scared, if you're really want to become a brave man of the sea." Luffy says as he encourages Usopp.

"O-of course not! I'm not scared at all! I'm just worried for all of you!" Usopp says an excuse that made everyone look at him with an unimpressed look. Usopp looked like he became smaller from embarrassment.

"Wait a second. Don't forget we have to stay on this island for a certain amount of time." Nami pauses before pointing at the Log Pose in her wrist "This Log Pose has to record this island's magnetic field, before we can move on to the next island! And the recording time varies for each island. There're some islands that take only a few hours to record, while some take even a few days."

"T-then if we come to a horrible monster island that we want to run away from, it's possible that we'll have to stay on it for several days…!?" Usopp asks Nami.

"That's right." Nami responds while she crosses her arms.

"Let's just go already! It'd be weird not to go in when there's a river in front waiting for us!" Luffy says as Nami sighs.

"For you, maybe…" Nami says as she places her hands on her hips 'I swear, Luffy acts so childish sometimes '

"No, what he says is right. There's no use in worrying about it so let's just go." Zoro says as he agrees on what Luffy just said.

"I'll protect you, Nami-swan~!" Sanji says as Nami ignores him.

"H-h-hey guys… Listen… I uh… I think I've suddenly developed a can't-enter-islands-disease." Usopp says as everyone ignores him.

"… Fine, let's go in then." Zoro says as Usopp flinches.

"I'm serious, guys. My can't-ente-" Usopp was being ignored, again.

"Ready? Be prepared to fight or run at a moment's notice." Nami says as everything went quiet. Until they started hearing people.

"Huh? Isn't that a pirate ship?"

"Hey? You're right!"

"I can hear people. But this fog's too thick to see them." Sanji says as Usopp takes a sharp turn to look at Sanji.

"People!? You sure it's people!?" Usopp asks as they hear people again.

"Go tell the others!"

"PIRATES ARE HERE!"

"WELCOME! OT THE TOWN OF WELCOMING, WHISKEY PEAK!"

"Pirates!"

"Welcome to our town!"

"Welcome to Grand Line!"

"Huh? Not only are there no monsters, but there're people greeting us." Usopp says as everyone was completely shocked, except Luffy.

"What's going on…?" Sanji asks as people were looking too lively to see pirates.

"Long live the brave heroes of the sea!"

"T-there's a bunch of lovely ladies too!" Sanji says as he starts to have his heart eyes and start looking at the women.

"Talk about a warm welcome! Looks like pirates really are the people's heroes!" Usopp says as he starts waving at the people.

Luffy only walks backward while waving at the people. After that, he pulls Zoro and Nami close to him. "Be careful and don't trust the people." Luffy says while smiling and waving at the people. Nami and Zoro nod before looking stiff and guarded. The two already know why Luffy hadn't warned the two idiots, they would still take the bait.

Once all of them lands, they get approached by a tall man with a small red nose and has blonde hair in a style that resembles a powdered wig. "Welg-" the man stops "Ma-ma-maa~" the man pauses again "Welcome, my name is Igarappoi. You may be a little shocked at the welcome, but this is Whiskey Peak, a town of liquor and music. Hospitality is our middle name." Igarappoi smiles at them "If it's fine liquor you want, we have an ocean's worth. So please, I cordially invite you to our banquet, and hope you may entread-" Igarappoi stops again "Ahem. Ma-ma-maaa~" Luffy looks at Igarappoi's hair "Entreat us with tales of your adventures."

After a few minutes, Luffy decided to talk "This man's hair. Too curly."

"Gladly!" Usopp and Sanji says while they swing their arms to each other's shoulders.

'Those idiots' Nami says in her thoughts while walking towards Igarappoi "Ah, by the way, how long will it take for this island's log to be recorded?"

"Log?" Igarappoi repeats "Please put aside thinking of such weary matters for now and focus on resting from your journey!" Igarappoi brings Nami with him "Everyone! Prepare the banquet! And let us sing to our heart's content for these adventurers!"

"ALRIGHT, TIME FOR A PARTY!" All the people cheers happily.

A/N: Is this long enough? Anyways, PikachuSama said :

"It was a good chapter, but I don't like that the only conclusion that they could come up with was that they abandoned Laboon when we all know that the Grand Line, as well as the New World, are renowned for taking the lives of so many men and woman. Other than that it was an alright chapter. "

M: Ummm, I have no control over what Oda created… But thank you for praising my creation xDD

Anyways, have anyone thought of something to ask about me? I sure hope you guys did because I'd be sad if anyone didn't. xD