Hiya! Sorry for the wait, folks! Here's the next chapter of SCP: Tides of Bonds! Now then, as you all know, last chapter the Straw Hats met up with someone of Robin's past. Someone she did not at all wanted to see again. That very same someone went and took down two of their crew members, as well as had Xion go to her break point and almost got someone killed. Managing to escape death by the skin of their teeth, aka Aokiji showing mercy and letting them go, we now wait as the frozen crew members recover from the fight. Now, the big question is... what will go on in the aftermath of this battle? Let's read and find out!

One more thing... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or Kingdom Hearts. I do not own Guthrie and I kind of own Allen.

*OPENING*

(Lala intro)
(Xion & Guthrie come down sliding panels one at a time, followed by Nami next to Xion & Ussop next to Guthrie. Nami shows the Log Pose to Xion, telling her where to go, while Ussop looks pompous while Guthrie shrugs his demeanor. Nami & Ussop are replaced by Zoro & Sanji respectively, and glare daggers at one another as Xion & Guthrie push them away from another. The two are replaced by Chopper and Robin respectively. Chopper dives into Xion's arms as she does a spin hug with him, while Guthrie observes the book Robin is reading with interest. The two are replaced by Allen & Chirithy, with Allen patting Xion's back, grinning at her as she blushes a bit, while Chirithy stands on a barrel, both he and Guthrie causing sparks to shoot at each other from their eyes. The two disappear, and Luffy appears between Xion and Guthrie, grabbing their shoulders and pulling them in as he grins. The two look at one another, and grin, as the background scene shifts to them being on the Going Merry, with the rest of the crew behind them.)

Hello, goodbye to repetition
We cannot be stop
Time to go around to our
Happy days, happy days
(The scene shifts to the sky, with the title of the story appearing)

Hello, goodbye, it cannot be stopped
Because there is desire
(Scene shifts to the Straw Hats on the ship, with Luffy & Ussop fishing, Nami looking at the Log Pose, Zoro sleeping on the crow's nest, Xion helping Chopper with medicine while Chirithy watched, Robin reading her book, Allen practicing his dancing, and Sanji cooking with help from Guthrie.)

It's a journey that does not end
Keeps going, going!
(Xion steps back, wiping her forehead, then looking ahead to the endless sea beyond, wondering what lies ahead.)

You, are
Being shaken by your ragged feet
(Panning through a screenshot of Kokoro, Chimney and Gonbe and Yokozuna, to the Galley-La crew, to the members of the Franky Family, with Franky in front of them, to the masked members of CP9.)

Still, still
No one has much of anything!
(Nico Robin turns and walks away to the tower in Eniss Lobby, with Jabra, Kumadori and Fukuro silhouetted above, followed by Spandam, then Xaldin and Saïx. This shifts to the angered faces of Guthrie, Luffy and Xion.)

I feel like I can fly
I can fly anywhere
Whenever I'm with you
(The trio run through the town of Eniss Lobby, striking numerous marines in their way, while the screen circles around the trio, ending with them standing in the middle of their Straw Hat crew (and Sniper King) on top of the building, facing Robin, Franky and CP9.)

No matter where we are
I feel like I am
Shivering everywhere
(The two Keyblade wielders thrust their Keyblades up at the villains, only to be interfered by the two Organization XIII members. They leap towards them, with Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats following in pursuit. CP9, led by Saïx, Xaldin & Leopard Lucci, leap at them, ready to clash.)

Together when I am with you
If you clench strongly
(Through all the battles of the Straw Hats, Second Gear Luffy starts fighting Leopard Lucci, with Xion fighting Saïx as hard as she could.)

No matter what happens
I'm moving forward
(Guthrie fights and parries off Xaldin, calling out to Robin with a free hand raised to her, as she stands there in the pitch black darkness.)

Together when I am with you
If you clench strongly
(Robin looks back at him, then closes her eyes as she recalls the memories of Ohara. A tear falls from her eyes, hitting a ground, which turns the darkness into the open sea and sky. More teardrops fall, forming white birds that represent each Straw Hat as they soar in the sky together.)

No, no
No matter where we are
I feel like I can fly
(The birds fly over the Going Merry, as it sails into the sun, with silhouettes of the Straw Hats smiling and grouped together as they prepared for their adventure.)

Last time:

"Guthrie... What you saw back there, promise me you won't tell Xion," Allen requested, much to the counselor's surprise. "I know you think we should, but if we tell Xion the truth, it'll make her more worried. She was worried enough about being targeted by that organization. If she hears what may be the reason for them going after her, she'd leave. Either that, or she'd try to use that power against them and never come back." The dancer looked back to the med bay. "I've been with her long enough. Around the second half of our time together, before she suddenly left, she looked like she had a heavy burden on her and always looked so sad. I don't want to see her with that face again. Promise me. You won't say a word about what happened back there or this conversation to her."

Seeing the guy look at him with a serious demeanor made Guthrie hesitate. He had planned on telling Xion about it and offer to help her in some way to control it, but to hear Allen request that and give that reason... While the male chosen felt it was right to tell Xion, at the same time, with what Allen had told him, he couldn't find it in him to want to tell the girl of the fight.

"... I promise," he finally said.

Robin paused for a second, then said, "Please... don't worry about me. I don't want to be the reason you and Chirithy separate. He's right by saying that Xion is a bigger liability than me... I'm just a burden to you all."

The words hurt Guthrie, hearing Robin demote herself like this. He shook his head and replied, "That's not true. You are not a burden at all. Don't you dare say that, okay?"

"But I am..." Robin answered, her eyes quivering in hidden fear. "You heard Aokiji. I have been nothing but a curse to people's lives. Soon, I might bring something that'll cause all of you to die for me. I... I don't want that."

"Enough." Robin looked back up at Guthrie, who looked down at her with a determined expression. "Look, I can tell you have had a life that was painful and dangerous. I don't need to be a counselor to acknowledge that. However, I do know this; if your enemies are too strong for me to handle, then I'll just have to amp up my game and get stronger. I'm still trying to understand why you are so important, but I am not gonna give up on you. If the darkness tries to consume you, I will be the light that protects you, Robin. You'll always have me by your side, through thick and thin."

Robin felt touched by his words, and she could tell he was honest about what he had said. However, she knew the kind of enemies that pursuing her for twenty years, and knew that he, Xion, and the rest of the Straw Hats, had no chance on beating it. Especially not when Xion has a target on her back as well, and a much bigger one at that. She only prayed that they wouldn't deal with her past soon.

"Come on," Guthrie smiled assuringly at Robin. "Get some more sleep. You did manage to escape death from frost." The archeologist simply nodded and shut her eyes. As she did so, Guthrie also closed his own eyes, and decided to let sleep do its work.

It had been a week since the fight against Aokiji. During that time, four days were spent relaxing on the island, especially for Luffy, Xion and Robin's sake. While the certain dum-dum somehow managed to recover more quickly than the other two, the girls took their time to relax in the lounge. Every once in a while, each of the Straw Hat Pirates would come in to check up on them, especially Guthrie and Allen. Of course, that was with Chopper's permission as the doctor. And whenever those two would visit, Allen would often do some small dances in hopes that it would help the two recover faster, as Xion would always smile whenever she watches him dance. As for Guthrie, he'd often deliver some get-well drinks for them or read to them, mostly to Robin, as per her request. She would read herself, but Chopper recommended that she and Xion don't do anything that would strain their body while they were recovering, especially Xion. As overprotective as that was, the man-reindeer had a point, as neither girls were able to feel some parts of their body, hence most of the crew's question as to how Luffy was able to recover so fast.

While they weren't visiting the female patients, Allen was hanging out with Usopp, as the latter said something about making some awesome weapons for him like he did for Nami. Guthrie, on the other hand, was avoiding Chirithy, who was present on the ship and also avoiding the male Keyblade wielder in turn. Ever since their argument that night, the two weren't on good terms with each other and often avoid each other every chance they get. Seeing the two act this way confused the majority of the crew, but decided not to get in their business.

It is day three since they left the uninhabited island. The weather they were in was sunny and the trip to the next island was a smooth sailing. Everyone was relaxing on the ship, doing their own thing or having some of Sanji's snacks.

"Weird as these Blue Sea meals are, these are really good," Allen said, taking a bite of the potato paille. "And this is called a pail?"

"It's 'paille'," Sanji corrected. "It's kind of like fried potatoes. Well, since this is your first time in the Blue Sea, it's best if you don't ponder so much about it."

Allen nodded at his words and continued to enjoy the snack. 'I wonder what sort of dance I should do this time?' he wondered, thinking about Xion and Robin's recoveries.

Almost as though answering his wonders, the sound of a door opening was heard. Everyone turned and saw both Robin and Xion up and out of bed.

"Robin!" Nami called in relief.

"Xion!" Chirithy followed, just as relieved.

"Yoo-hoo! Robin-chwan! Xion-swan!" Sanji happily cheered.

"Robin! Xion-nee!" Chopper rushed over to the two girls. "How are you both feeling? Do either of you feel any chills?"

"We're feeling a lot better, thanks to you," Xion answered.

"Thank you, our excellent doctor," Robin thanked.

"Oh... Being called 'an excellent doctor' wouldn't make me feel happy, you jerk," Chopper claimed, as he did his usual happy dance.

"But wait, isn't he showing signs of being happy?" Allen asked.

"Don't worry about that either," Zoro told him.

"Take it easy, you two," Nami advised. "You might feel uneasy seeing Luffy being good as new after having the same experience as the both of you, but you can take your time and rest, you know."

"Yes, I am quite aware of that, Nami. Which brings me to the question of, how did you recover so quickly?" Xion questioned her captain. "And for the record, now that I've finally recovered completely, can someone enlighten me as to what happened back there?"

"Huh? You mean you-" Usopp was cut off by a sudden headbutt to the face by Chirithy and was knocked down and out.

"Sorry. Thought I saw a bug," the little Dream Eater lied.

Yes, as it would seem, Xion had no memories of what had occurred during her fight against Aokiji. Apparently, after the admiral froze Robin, everything went black for her. As such, she had no idea what happened that got her in her frozen situation earlier.

"It's nothing for you to worry about, Xion. Really," Guthrie assured her.

"That really isn't at all answering my question, though..." she said.

"Robin-chan, Xion-san. Shall I make you something to warm you both up?" Sanji asked, changing the subject. "Do either of you have an appetite?"

"Then... May I have some coffee?" Robin requested.

"I'll have the same," Xion followed.

"Yes! It's my pleasure!" Sanji went to work on their orders.

"Are you two sure you're okay?" Guthrie asked in a worried tone.

"Yes, Guthrie. We spent a whole week doing nothing but stay in bed after all. I'd say we got more than enough rest," Xion answered.

"Then shall I do a dance to celebrate your recoveries?" Allen asked.

"Sure. After we've had our coffee to warm us up."

"Sure thing. I need to know how this 'coffee' as you call it work anyway."

With that, the girls, Allen and Chirithy followed Sanji in the kitchen.

By the figurehead, Zoro, eating some paille with Guthrie nearby, looked out to the sea, watching for any sign of trouble that may come their way. He saw something from a distance, moving in the ocean. "What the hell is that?"

"Hm? What is what?" Guthrie asked him, walking next to him. "See something?"

"Yeah. Over there." Zoro pointed at the thing in the water.

Whatever it was was doing a front crawl. The next thing they both knew, as it brought its face up to get some air... IT WAS A FROG!

Zoro and Guthrie were both shocked to see this, not believing that they were seeing a frog doing a front crawl instead of a breaststroke.

"Hey, Luffy!" Zoro called their captain, who was eating his share of the paille with Chopper and Usopp on the edge of Merry. "A-A frog is doing a front crawl!"

"What?!" the captain asked.

"It went to your side! Take a look!" Guthrie told them.

"Really?"

"A frog... As in that frog?" Chopper asked, as he and Luffy turned back to the sea.

Usopp, not believing in the claim, didn't turn back yet. "Hey, Luffy. Are you taking that stupid admiral seriously? To start with, there's no way a frog could do a-" When he turned back to the sea, he saw that very frog doing the front crawl! "No way! A frog is doing a front crawl!"

"Let's follow it guys!" Luffy ordered.

"Aye!"

"Furl the sails! Stand by the oars! Turn the ship to 2 o'clock!"

"Aye!"

"Hurry up!"

"I don't know why, but I feel like we have to go after it!" Zoro said.

"What a coincidence. So do I," Guthrie said.

Meanwhile, in the lounge, Sanji finished making the coffee for the girls.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, mademoiselles," he said.

"Smooth, aren't you," Chirithy stated.

Suddenly, they felt the ship jerk and either fell off their seats or fell to the floor.

"What the-?! What happened?!" Nami asked.

Once the ship had righted itself up, Robin, who somehow was casually still in her seat, with her Devil Fruit powers managing to save the tray of coffees, as well as taking a calming sip of her coffee, answered, "Seems like the ship changed course."

"How are you not affected by that sudden jerk?" Chirithy asked, slightly amazed at the feat she had done.

"Also, Demon-san. That's quite the show you're giving there."

At that additional statement, Nami, Chirithy and Sanji looked their vice-captain's direction... and had different expressions at the sight.

Xion fell off her seat from that jerk. However, instead of the hard floor she thought she'd feel, she felt something else under her.

"Ow... Are you okay, Xion?" came Allen's voice.

"Yeah, I'm-" she cut herself off, as the female Keyblade wielder opened her eyes and saw her face just inches away from Allen's. And not only that... she was lying right of top of him. Finding herself in such a situation felt funny to her. Very, uncomfortably, funny. In fact, it was enough that, especially knowing that there were people watching, she felt her face heat up, as she suddenly went and hit Allen... sending him flying right out of the room.

"What the heck did you do that for?!" Chirithy shouted, worried for the dancer with wide eyes.

At that question, Xion herself panicked. "Ah! I-I didn't mean to! It was an accident!"

"And falling on top of Dancer-san wasn't?" Robin teased, enjoying the reaction she was getting.

"You're wrong!"

Sanji was in a corner of the room, covered in a fiery aura. "That damn dancer... Doing such a thing to Xion-san..." he growled.

"Okay, we all know that was an accident there!" Nami told him, trying to calm him down. Though, despite what she said, her face was also blushing from the sight she saw.

Wanting to leave the room and save herself from further embarrassment, Xion rushed out of the room. "Allen! Are you okay?!" she asked.

To say he was okay... wouldn't be right. Especially when the guy seemed to have been knocked into Guthrie and both were slammed into the mast.

"Ow... I'm okay..." the Shandian said, getting back up.

"Easy for you to say..." Guthrie groaned.

One look at Luffy and the rest rowing the ship's large oars, and Xion went to her vice-captain mode. "Hey! What's the big idea changing course so suddenly?!"

"Xion! You won't believe this!" Luffy called out. "We found a huge frog with scars all over its body!"

"What was that?" Nami asked, as she, Robin, Sanji and Chirithy joined Xion and the others back on deck.

"We're definitely gonna roast it whole and eat it!"

"You're gonna eat it?!" Zoro, Chopper and Guthrie questioned in shock.

The navigator brought out a pair of binoculars and looked through it, seeing the said frog from a distance. "Hey, he's right," she said. Nami then noticed something else ahead of the frog. "Hm? Is that a lighthouse?"

"A lighthouse? Then, is there an island nearby?" Xion asked.

"No, just a lighthouse. A Log Pose wouldn't point to that sort of place." Nami handed the vice-captain the binoculars, the latter looking through them.

"What about the frog?! Tell us where it went!" Luffy ordered them.

"Not a chance!" Nami denied.

Unfortunately, no one agreed with her on that response. "The frog is heading towards that lighthouse," Robin informed.

Nami couldn't believe she told him that.

"To cook frogs, first remove the slime using white wine, and then dredge them in flour and fry them to crisp," Sanji noted to himself.

"You're really going to cook it?!" Chirithy asked in shock.

"Hey, Sanji-kun!" Nami tried to scold, not believing even he was going along with this.

"Best give it up, Nami," Xion told her. "You know when Luffy gets like this, he won't stop until he gets what he wants." The navigator cried anime tears at the point she made.

"All right! Full speed ahead!" Luffy ordered, in which everyone made cries of response to.

"What's with the solidarity?!" Nami questioned.

The two pairs of rowers rowed the ship as fast as they could towards the swimming frog. Said oversized amphibian leapt out of the water, getting a good jump away from the ship.

"Don't let it get away!" Luffy ordered. "We'll move ahead of it and block its course!"

He and the other three guys rowed faster than before.

Through the binoculars, Xion saw something from a distance. "What is that in the water?" Upon noticing that Merry was heading straight to it, she then shouted, "Hey! Stop rowing!"

The warning came too late, as they bumped into the thing, causing everyone to lose their balance and fall.

"We ran ashore into something!" Usopp stated the obvious.

"Oh... Nami-san, Robin-chan, Xion-san, are you okay?" Sanji asked the girls.

"Yeah, somehow," Nami answered.

"I'm okay," Robin followed.

"Same here," followed Xion.

Sanji sighed in relief at their response. "That's good..." Suddenly, the crew heard dinging sound.

"What? What's this sound?" Nami questioned.

"What? What's going on?" Usopp asked.

Out of everyone on the ship, Xion and Guthrie were the only ones familiar with the sound. Guthrie was one thing, but where did Xion hear it from? And what was it? And why is she getting a bad feeling from it? Following the dingings was a loud and deep screeching sound.

"Hey. What is that?" Allen asked, pointing at something near the ship.

Half the crew looked at where he was pointing and saw a long pole with blinking red lights right next to Merry. One look... and Guthrie's face paled.

"Crap, don't tell me..." he muttered out. "How and why... in a place like this...?"

As for Xion, a memory flashed in her head, and she remembered what exactly was coming their way. "Go back! Go back! Turn this ship around now!" she ordered.

"What the hell is that?!" Sanji asked in shock.

"Just do what she said and turn this ship around!" Guthrie shouted.

Instantly, Luffy, Chopper, Usopp and Zoro went back to the oars and rowed as fast as they could, moving the Merry away from its spot. Unfortunately, the thing approaching them was faster and was going to collide with them-

"STOPRA!" -until Xion used her magic and managed to stop the train.

"Whoa! What is that?!" Luffy gasped out.

"W-W-W-What is that long lump of iron?!" Usopp questioned.

"A ship?" Chopper guessed.

"Something shaped like that can't be a ship!" Nami exclaimed.

"You can ask that after we get out of here!" Guthrie shouted at them.

"Yeah! Stop spells don't last that long!" Chirithy informed.

"Make it fast... I can't hold it for long..." Xion said, sweating and straining from her using magic before she could fully recover still.

At those words, the four pirates picked up the pace and got Merry away. The second they did, Xion gave out, ending the spell, as the train continued onwards as if it didn't stop at all. The long lump of iron wasn't the only thing that shocked them.

"Hey, frog! Run! What are you doing?!" Luffy shouted.

The frog said something, but because of the loud and fast vessel approaching him, Xion didn't quite catch what he said. Not like it mattered, as he got hit by the vessel!

"Ahh! It got run over!" Luffy cried out.

Everyone was just as shocked and worried for the frog, as the ship-like vessel left the group and was soon out of their sight.

"The ship was puffing out smoke!" Chopper could only say.

"No. That was not a ship..." Guthrie corrected, causing everyone to turn their heads to him.

"You know what that thing was, Guthrie?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah."

But before Guthrie would say what it was that almost ran them over, a little girl's voice cried out. "Grandma! Grandma! Pirates are here!"

That shout alarmed the group, as they looked over to the lighthouse.

"What? Is that true?! Okay then, bring the Transponder Snail to me!" came an elderly voice.

The group saw a tipsy-looking, obese, old lady with long, puffy-ish, blonde hair in pigtails, wearing conductor's clothes, a wine bottle in hand. With her were a little girl in an orange and red striped dress with a short, white shirt over it and a blue rabbit. Said little girl went off to get the Transponder snail for the elder.

"Should we be worried?" Allen asked, not familiar with the treatment as a pirate.

"Of course we should be worried," Zoro answered. "Someone came out of the lighthouse and will call for help. Help as in Marines."

Hearing that made Allen remember Aokiji, thus caused him to tense up.

By then, the kid got her grandmother the snail. "Here, Grandma!" she said, handing her the speaker part.

"Uh... Hello?" she spoke into it. "Let's see... What was it? I forgot." The lady then hung up, leaving the tension that was in the air.

"So she's drunk?!" Usopp and Chirithy gasped out in shock.

Lowering the anchor, some of the crew got off the ship and handed the lady and her two companions some paille Sanji made as peace offering. Peace as in they don't call the navy or any other officials on them again. Or attempt to at least.

"Oh? Paille, huh? Goes good with alcohol," the lady said.

"Whoa! This is good!" the kid exclaimed, taking a bite of the treat. "I'm Chimney. This is our cat, Gonbe-"

'Hey,' the 'cat' meowed in greeting.

"-and Grandma Kokoro."

"Blue Sea cats sure look like rabbits," Allen muttered in a mused tone.

"No. I'm pretty sure that is a rabbit," Chirithy corrected in a whisper.

"You guys aren't train robbers, are you?" the lady asked with a laugh.

"I'm Luffy. I'm the man who'll be the King of Pirates," Luffy casually greeted.

"Really?!" Chimney asked in amazement.

"Yeah."

Kokoro let out a laugh at how easy-going the future king was. "What an interesting guy."

"Hey Chimney. That just now wouldn't be a train, would it?" Guthrie asked. "We're in the middle of the sea. It shouldn't be possible for trains to travel on water."

"You've never seen anything like that, right?" Chimney asked back. "Even if you look all over the world, this is the one and only place where you can find it."

"Really? How come?" Allen asked in interest.

"Because that's a sea train called the 'Puffing Tom'."

"'Puffing Tom'?" Chirithy repeated in a questioned tone.

"It turns paddlewheels using the steam engine and runs on the sea railway."

"Railway?" Usopp asked.

"Yeah. It runs a little below the surface of the sea."

Xion looked out to the ocean and in the water. There, she saw the railway Chimney spoke of. "She's right."

"The train travels the same route every day, taking passengers from one island to another," Chimney further informed. "It carries ships and mail as well."

"And we ran ashore on that, huh?" Sanji mused.

"That's right! There's both a signal and a partition. It's dangerous to come inside like that!"

"Except the signal is facing the opposite direction. We couldn't have seen it from where we were sailing," Guthrie reasoned.

"And even if it is facing our way, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think frogs are smart enough to know what it means," Allen said. "I mean, we saw that big one get sent flying earlier instead of running."

"Big frog? You mean Yokozuna?" Chimney asked.

"Yeah. That front crawl frog," Luffy confirmed.

"Yokozuna wouldn't die from that. He's the source of all our headaches at this shift station. He loves strength contests and always tries to defeat the sea trains. He'll show up again."

"That's why he didn't run?" Chirithy questioned.

"Though now that she mentioned it, it had the time to escape when I stopped that train with my magic earlier. Yet instead of running, he faced the train head one," Xion recalled.

"Oh yeah. He sure got guts," Luffy stated.

"Give me a break! We're having problems because of him! The rail guard was broken so many times! And every time he shows up, it causes the passengers a lot of trouble!" Chimney disagreed, pointing at a distance from the lighthouse, where the said broken piece of a train laid.

"Yikes. That's one tough froggy," Chirithy stated.

"To think Blue Sea animals are more frightening than the White-White Sea..." Allen muttered.

"No, no. I'm pretty sure it's just that Yokozuna frog," Guthrie told him.

"All right! I'm not gonna eat him! I'm not gonna eat a fighter!" Luffy decided.

"You shouldn't have thought about eating it in the first place," Nami scolded, as she and several others glared at their captain.

"So where do you guys wanna go?" Kokoro asked, taking a gulp of her wine. "If you're gonna take a sea train from here, the town of Spring Queen, St. Poplar, the gourmet town, Pucci, the Carnival town, San Flado... They're all fun places. And if you're with the Government, there's a separate, special train for you."

One of the places she listed sounded awfully familiar to them.

"The gourmet town, Pucci? Isn't that the place those people spoke of the other day?" Allen asked.

"Oh yeah," Luffy seemed to have remembered them. "Then we'll go to the gourmet town!"

"Obviously not!" Nami denied, slapping him on the head.

"Since we've got our own ship, we won't take the train," Xion reasoned. "We'll just go where the log takes us."

"Oh. Where's it pointing?" Chimney asked.

"East of here," Nami answered, raising her Log Pose.

"I see. That must be Water Seven," Kokoro said. "The train you saw earlier came from that island's Blue Station. It's called the 'City of Water'. A very nice place. Above all, it's a city that made a name for itself with its shipyard. Their technology is number one in the world! And the ships they build are the World Government's favorites! Isn't it amazing?!"

"Wow. Sounds like that place has some really good shipwrights," Guthrie stated.

"Not just 'some'; it's the hangout for the world's best shipwrights!"

Hearing those words got Luffy and Usopp excited.

"All right! I've decided! We're gonna go there and get a shipwright to join our crew for sure!" the former declared.

"Is that right? Then hold on a sec." Kokoro got up from her spot and went to the lighthouse for a moment. She came back out with a piece of paper in hand. "Here's a simple map of the island and a reference letter. Give this to a guy named Iceberg and ask him to fix your ship up good. Water Seven is a big place, so don't get lost."

That brought even bigger smiles on their faces, as the crew couldn't believe their luck in meeting this woman.

"You sure we can have this?!" Guthrie asked.

"Sure I'm sure."

As soon as the group gladly accepted the piece of paper, they returned back to the ship, ready to set sail once more.

"We'll be in Water Seven soon, too," Chimney told them.

"Yeah. If I ever see you guys again, I'll treat you guys to a drink at my favorite bar," Kokoro offered.

"Okay. I hope we'll see each other again soon!" Luffy said.

"It'll take about a week for the log to be stored in Water Seven, so you can take things easy."

"Yeah! Thanks!" To the rest of the crew, Luffy shouted, "Okay, guys! Get ready to set sail!"

"Aye!" majority of them replied.

"Thanks again, Kokoro-san. Chimney," Guthrie thanked.

"We'll be leaving now," Nami waved.

With that, the group set sail to the City of Water.

"Yahoo! Let's go! To the city of meat!" Luffy cheered, causing most of his crew to sweat drop at his words.

"I thought we were heading-"

"Don't bother questioning it," Xion interrupted Allen.