As we searched the town for the rest of the Straw Hat crew Zoro gave me a brief synopsis of the crew and their adventures so far, which was quite a bit in such a short period of time. From what he said about Nami, it might take he a while to warm up to me. Hearing that I was chummy with Arlong, the man who killed her mother and terrorized everyone she cared for, she might just hate me. It's not the nicest thing to hear but I can't help but understand her feelings, after all, they just came he from battle with that crazy fishman and his crew.

"Hey" he shouted to a group of people. The woman I assume is Nami, long nose is Usopp, and the blond with the crazy eyebrow is Sanji. Speaking of which, Zoro made it very clear that he did not like their cook.

"Zoro! Who's this?" Nami asked

"I'm Clementine Snow. It's a pleasure to meet you all. You must be Nami." I said extending my hand to test the water. Although her suspicion was clear Nami was still polite enough to shake my hand with her free one. Better start than I anticipated. Usopp honestly looked like he was about to shit a brick. Clearly the Arlong thing is still sitting fresh in his mind. Sanji on the other hand starred at me with such admiration that I could practically see the hearts in his eyes.

"Where's Luffy." Nami asked.

"Clem and I got separated from him a while ago." Zoro replied, "And I keep getting this feeling. It's not good. It usually means that something bad is going to happen."

From a distance, black billowing smoke could be seen rising above the horizon. A swarm of people ran out one of the side streets about pirates, more specifically Buggy the Clown. Quickly Zoro and Sanji ran in the direction that the crowd cam from leaving Nami and Usopp, who was struggling to stand with that giant fish.

"Treat it like a lady!" Sanji yelled to Usopp without even sparring him a second glance.

Helping him with the fish, Nami lead us to the harbor where their boat, the Going Merry, would be waiting for us hopefully still in tact. From what Nami described the massive cumulous cloud headed towards town was going to cause a huge storm. With the marines coming for Luffy and Buggy we had to make sure that we would be able to make a speedy escape. Much like we had anticipated, the ship was in danger but the threat wasn't the marines, oddly enough it was a lion and a slutty plunger bunny man with a pile of soggy matches at his feet.

"How about that? Well if it isn't the thief," the man said in a challenging tone. "Get 'em Richie."

Before the lion could reach us I used my Devil Fruit powers to manipulate the water and trap him in an orb along with his owner then dropped them into the sea far from us where they could no longer cause any trouble. Usopp and Nami were so taken aback that they couldn't move for a moment. It wasn't until the marines showed up and a wave of bullets whizzed past us that they were shaken from their stupor and started moving again. Putting up a shield behind us we were able to safely board the ship. The only problems now are the cannon balls raining on us and our missing crew members. Manipulating the rainwater that had already fallen on the cannon balls, I pushed them back towards the marines in an effort to destroy their cannons. While I kept them busy the other two raised the anchor and sailed along the coast. Trying his best to catch up Sanji ran as fast as he could. At least 5 marines were hot on his trail with weapons in hand. Using my powers I sent those marines flying backwards with water binging their ankles.

"Sanji," I shouted, "I'm goanna use my powers to get you on board."

"Of course Clemmy!" Really man. Nows is not the time for your love struck bull shit. No wonder Zoro gets so annoyed with him.

Jumping off the ship I liquefied my lower body and summoned more water from the crashing waves. Wrapping my arms and my liquid half around him, we ascended into the air and towards the ship. Before we could land, strong gust of wind whipped past us at the strength of a hurricane. It nearly knocked us into the side of the ship but luckily it passed and rain started to come down again. Unfortunately we were on land and the ship was farther from land than before. Thankfully we were reunited with Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp. 'Wasn't Usopp on the ship?' Pushing that thought out of my mind I kept my hold on Sanji and grabbed Zoro then rode a wave to the Going Merry. Seconds later Luffy and Usopp flew past us and safely onto the ship. Granted it wasn't a soft landing like the one I had but at least they were on the ship. After going through all that hell I was just happy that they were safe. With all that mess done with it seems like we were rewarded because just up ahead was the entrance to the Grand Line.

In order to mark the occasion each crewmember announced their dreams and rested a foot on a barrel. Sanji dreamed of the all blue. Luffy dreamed of being King of the Pirates. Zoro dreamed of being the world's best swordsman. Nami dreamed of making a map of the world. Usopp dreamed of being a warrior of the sea. And me? I simply dreamed of finally being part of something bigger than myself.

"And now to the Grand Line!"