A/N: An update less than a week after the last one, while also writing for the 20 years at sea event over on tumblr, you could say I'm a little proud of myself. With coursework starting up again next week I'm setting myself a goal to update at least once a fortnight, and if I can more often.
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Warning: Sanji may have taken over this chapter, and it involves Zoro, so language.
Sanji still couldn't quite believe they had made it. Or even that such a place existed.
They were actually sailing on clouds.
If it hadn't been for that attack earlier and the conversation with the old guy, Sanji might have believed that the Knock Up Stream had killed them and they'd all gone to heaven. (If the shitty idiots hadn't also joined them up there at least.)
It was an amazing sight to take in. Even the shitty Marimo was wide awake to see it.
A quick glance at the idiot to verify this fact brings back all the frustration from earlier. The events that occurred as they were about to catch the Knock up stream, just added to the long list of things that annoyed the blond about the green-haired idiot.
First, when sweet Nami-swan (and almost every other member of the crew, beautiful Robin-chwan was as tidily composed as ever) was panicking about being sucked into that massive whirlpool, all he said (calmly Sanji might add) was not to bother trying to back out because somebody (their shitty captain) was already excited. No attempt to calm anyone down. No attempt to protect either of the ladies (or the rest of the weaker members of the crew). Not even an attempt to try and reason with the Captain (Sanji knew that this wasn't going to amount to anything, but the shitty Marimo had a better chance of it than anyone else). Just calmly pointing out that they were about to be swallowed by the whirlpool.
Then, those crazy guys in the raft showed up, talking about the bounty on Luffy's head and showed them all two bounty posters. Only two. Luffy's new bounty and the shitty Marimo's first.
Sure, the idiot took down the Mr 1 guy in Alabaster but Sanji had taken on Mr 2 and won. Surely, he deserved a bounty too. And how the shitty idiot reacted to his amount, not happy with how much it was. Couldn't he be happy that he had one at all.
Sanji had spent a long time on the seas, dealing with Marines and pirates both, he knew that often times there were many who didn't acknowledge pirates unless they had a bounty. Sure, having a Captain with a bounty made them a legitimate pirate crew, but unless an individual had a bounty to themselves they would be completely ignored in favour of those that did. It annoyed Sanji that he was not yet an acknowledged fighter but the government but the shitty idiot was.
The only thing that had lessened his frustration before he could find time to pick a fight was the fact that it had taken him the same amount of time to acclimatise to the lower oxygen levels in the sky. That they had both been as affected by the change in conditions the same as him and they had all recovered at the same time. It showed that he wasn't that far behind the two idiots, the government was just underestimating him.
P.S: Loving the Reviews and the motivation they throw back at me, please keep it up.
